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NORWALK, CT. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1, 184-7. VOLUME 30-NUMBER 35-
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Sellee1:’s Lane.
\‘¥est side he Bridge.
THE Sloop l\Iary
A. Selleck, Capt. Cru-
- tttatt, will commence .
,.,,,,,_,, -‘ _.,, her ‘Wot-.kly Trips fol" ' '-
.New York on Tuc.sda_v tlte.-1(>'t'h Of I‘vItl1‘Cl't, and
the Domestic, Capt. Merrill, on the Satttt'tltty
following I\’. SELLECK.
Norwalk, March 9. 1847.
‘.‘T»‘. 3 -. "
W. -2--
For islets: evils.
1l.EGUL.—\.R. ' ‘RIPS FOR, THE SEA SON’.
1-\ F "- lilli Sloop '.‘»I.5.RY \VILLlS,
’ ' Capt. \\’illi..< .l. Merritt, ltav-
; . ittg commettced her regular trips
. , ‘ ,,'_,,,,_,,., for the Se:-tsott, will leave Norwalk,
East side the Bridge. t-wary Tuesday Evenittg,
-and Nexv York e'»'ery Saturday.
Any one lt:-tving ltttsittess with the l”a(-kt-t
‘Office during the i1l)E$U!t(‘.(‘. of the vessel. tuay
'apply at the (,'ahinet Shop of \Vntct'l.)ttt'y <5;
\VILLIS J. Mil‘-IRRIT’I‘.
18-17. J‘?
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"Quittt'artl, on the l.)ock. l
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- Norwalk, Blztrch '29.
.E’o:t: Eiiev-=3 R eels?
_ Till‘) sloop JULIA ht-‘ts comm
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.-’s
'.:.r
_,_/‘ ”"""’C” ”m’ ”"S_"””’ ””l""’,,””"m“.’,’,” either by Steauthoat or Sloop, attd tltey uill recci\'e
% ’ ' ’ ’.’t’’We ’’mri’Jm”’’ng 3’ ””’e ""0 his iutntt-u'iatc tlll(‘tlll(Hl on their ttrrival. l’crsottsl
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1....-..T...e..a» AU‘ Cl 0“ l“"*‘l‘!)‘ ’--‘0*”!‘§-It Noll} “I , wtshtttg lllt-‘ll’ goods shipped to atty othe: poll in the,
1‘-Iatclt, and New York on Saturday, April 2d,;
and will cotttittne to sail on Tuesdays and Salt-}
urdays of the se:tson. l"l'0l"lll‘ and pt'otluce will
he t_'.ttt:\'c_\'e.d as usual on the utest farorableterttts.
For freight or passage apply to tlte captain on
board or at the store on the landing.
. \V. C. S.-\ M WIS.
Five Mile River, hlart-lt Qllth, I8-17.
swat-.‘+..'-1;. .4-.tEza.t..\I(;t:r.~tt:c.c;'t1‘.
Co mncncing t‘.§'a.'urdu3/, ./llarc/1. bl/2, 184-7.
PORT C1}l~‘.S'.l‘_.‘.«.‘.R, ROCKY NECK,
8'1‘ A.-Hi-‘*l3‘E§Z) it.-=32) 2-tezc; -tvgt tar.-.-:.
The Nctv and Splendid Stcatttboat
CA't{‘.-§.lnL?.t?€EE, éifssgyt. €E‘.'ti'£ES §’<:c§-:, J2‘.
’\Vi!l leave New York frottt the Pier east. side
Catharitte Market. Slip, as above every after-
noon, at t.w;t o’c-lock, Sttttdays excepted. Ro-
tt11't]ittg will lca'\'c N()t'\\’ttll{ at seven U’(:l0 ;l{,
.‘-it-amfm-(l at 8, Rocky Neel: at ltalfpast 8, and
Port. (".ltestcr at quarter before 9.
Stages will be itt t‘(‘tt(lltl(‘.$S at the Ltttzding to
cottvey passettgers to \Vc.stpo rt, Soul ltport, f~’air-
field, Bridgeport, Danhury, Ritlgefteld, Nt:\*.'—
Canaan attd \\"ilt‘ou. t
EFEPAII persons a re forbid trusting any indi-
VitIi1tll0Il account. of this boat or her owners. _
New York, Tvlarch 6th, 1r’:'-£7.
. P2'o:.ec:ia«tta H1ir‘u§l:‘:H2tt'.C djottzapautay
Of IIAR'l’l4’ORD, Coxx.
Capital $’2{}‘0,0®6——\vit.lt privilege to
increase. to Hal f a Million.
§'7§]lI..LI.»\ M .l. S'l‘,llEl'2'l’.. rlgttltt. 0tl’o1"s,t0
I insure Ilouscs, Stores, Mtlls. l"tlCl’,L)l'!(‘S,
I-‘turns and the contents of each, together with
every other species ot’1)t'tH,>'c1'l,'\'t 1
./7grLi.'z.52f Loss or I)r1.:angc by Iv’1r.'2.
The‘ rates of prctniuttt offered, are as low as
those of any other similar Ittstittttiott, and gtvery
man has now an op;‘o‘.'tunity, for a trillittg sum,
to protect ltitnsclfagaitast this tlcstt"c.cti'.'c ele-
ment, which often in a single hour, sweeps
away the e2n':tin;__:s ol’so many years.
It is ittcuntbcnt on all persons applying for a
renewal or policy on ltuihliugs, to inforut the
agent of all changes int and about the pt'etr.ises,
tltat: increase tlte lta'/.artl; or on ntacltinery ren-
-dered unproductive by ttew inventions, or use-
less by changes itt husittess, as no ittsurance
oflice is bound by their policy, to pay any more.
tltan the cash value of property, at the time of
its dcstructiott.
Norwalk. April 1st, 18-17.
A! the Peo§)§«it’s Store
‘I ON STAN'.l’ L Y on hattd a bcatttiful assort-
(J ment of Dress ("r()0(lS, suc.h as Printed
Muslins, Embroidered Lawns, l.«’rettch, Anteri-
can and Scot.eh.Gingltams, French and English
Prints, De Laines and almost. every style of
Dress Goods usually called for in it Retail Store.
Purchasers can rest tt.-:s'.tred tltat all the goods
offered attltc l’c0plo’s Store, are of the best
quality and styles, and what is tnore tl(‘.slt't1l)lt3,
entirely 7z(3w-—-l'm\’lrlg no old stock of several
years standing to work off, we can take for our
inotto “Small profits and quick sales.”
Btsst-:t.t. 6-: Moon)’.
HUIJDS Double, Single, and Cltiltlren‘s
Trt1sses,.for sale by J. A. \Vt-:t«:u.
15
s_.1nz)L_Es, tmsztvtgsstcs, ma.
#7
‘,\,’,tw York and New llavten l{ailro::d.
IKZBVV.-EH31) ENS‘URARs"('E C0.
Office No. 6!) \\'all st., New York.
HE C:! pitul, intpaired by losses itt 1845,
was filled up itt Jtute, ’-17 to $250,000,
by the payment ofall the subscriptions in caslz.
Insurances ztgztittst loss by fireaud ittlattd na v-
igation, are made by this Co. on favorable terms.
DIl{lCC'l‘0llS :
R. Ilavens. Najah Ta_‘.'lor,
J. ‘tulips Pltccttix, \\’ut. \V. 'l‘ot!d,
\Villiant Conch. Fttttttittg C. ’l’uckcr,
John David \’v’olfe, .loltn Rankin.
M. D. llettjatttin, l"’erdittattd Suydant,
Edward Autltouy, ll. G. Tltomprtott,
Tltos. '\\’. l’ears:tl|, Julttt llagget't_Y-
Henry E. Davies, ("rttl)l'I(.‘l \VlStt(‘l',
Ileury R. Retttsett, (lltarlcs N. Talbot,
.laphet. Bishop,
I.tEWlS I’tttt.t.trs, St-.c. R. ll.-‘.\'l-INS, Pres.
' (1‘l~I(.)I’t(,lE ST. JOIIN, Act-:_\"r.
t Not‘wulk,'Conn.
’ YE!‘ N0'§‘ll<C.E.
. Ill‘) sultscril;er ltaving taken the stand for-
lllt'l‘l_\' ot-cttpictl by \\’'m. Ulttl>‘l(‘t:(l, and mute re-
cently by W. G. l.itu-l.tttrglt, as f.':trutan and (lette-
ral I"0l'\\’.'tl'(llll_1__' Ag:-tit itt t\e\v York city. takes this
now ready to attetzd to all ordcrsitt his line. Conu-
try .\lt.-rcltattts or .\l:utttfar-titre.-' wi.-lung his services
will please cottsign their goutl.-: or lt.'ll_(‘l'S
States, utay depend ttpon having their ltttsittess
dotte correctly and witlt all possible (lt'.~‘]t:Ilcil.
(L‘()Ll§Y l5Al’t'l'RA’.\I.
Norwalk, July lTth. IS-l7. 29
Q-i-ends l
-'1 HI-I st:l)::cril)cr ltttsjttstrt-turned frotn New
York with an entire new stock ofseason-
able goods suitable for the Sprittg trade, eut-
ltraciug as cotttplctt--.a:-.r.l desirable assortment as
ever brought into l"airfield County. _
"l. ant receiving daily from my agent itt N. Y.
the most desirable goodsitt the market, ltongltt
at auction and ofthe itttportors, wltich will be
sold on the most‘ favorable t'ertns for cash.
I’_lease call and jtttlge for your:‘st-rlvcs.
\V.\I. J. FINCII.
\Vt.‘..'s'l'port. l’\Iat'(tlt iZ9t.h, 1.‘?-l7.
'E‘e ttizama 5'2u:t.'«2:-t::'s or Mzaclaiatists.
FOR SALE or T0 LE .-\.SE, a large,
l l ttuw 33 story ltuiltlittg, 3:3 by 55, with a 12
horse power ettgittt~, boiler, sltafting, lathes,
drills, vices attd all ta-cc.’-'.-::tt‘y toolslor :1 hrs irate
Machine Shop, and well calculated for almost.
any kittd of tnattitfatrtttrittg purpose. Situatv:-d
ttt the business portion of tlte towtt of Norwalk,
in miles from New York, anti within a few rods
of l’az-ket navigation and about a mile from the
T110
facilities for rot-eivittg or sctttlittg lteigltt. to or
front New "York, either by sloop, steamboat or
Railroad is uusut'passed. The building has
been used ashort; time as a machine sltop,
foundry attd screw factory.
-38 G. A. LA LL Y.
B‘.UiLD5I'—‘.’G I.€)'E‘§, I-‘or §:nEe.
Q NI7;.Ii3lCR of fine Building Lott; are now
ofl'c.re.d for sale, on 3Ic.1'\vitt Place, situa-
tcd between the two villages in t\'or\\alk itt
views of the .Railro;t<l, t\’orwalk llarbor. t\'c.
Now is the time to st-cure. a guotl lluildittg Lot,
as tltese lots will be sold wry low. ' F.:tqt.tit'c. of
(Ill.-XS. ISAACS.
Norwalk, July '20, 18-17.
H.931‘.
{ N St. John's (lay, June 24th while riding
front Retldittg to Norwalk. itt the vicinity
ofthe I.)t'n, a stripetl silk Sttn-Sltade, lilac attdl
The littde;' will bel
green with deep fringe.
suitably l.(:“YT]l.(](|t(.l by waving itat Mr. (’}runtan's
Store in Norwalk, or applyittg to Dr. I.)oDct«:. of
I('(ltllll;:. 9530
V.-’ut:atc<t1.
good Blelclisltlllll to occupy a new stand,
tltrco miles distant from atty other shop-
A good mechattic and one who uutlerstands
well histiradt-, would be liberally supportcd.——
l7ut'ftnjther partit-nlars, enquire of Alon’/.0 \V.
Street. Irluury Clark or David Selleck at. Sel-
lt-.ck’s Mills, \Vest Norwalk, Ct. ofthc subsc1'i-
ber. :37 Nassau st. N. Y.
‘2tpd'27 DAVID R. SELLECK.
7 [IE subscriber has in.-:t t'eceivctl large addi-l
tional supplies of I-tl.-\RD\VARE, CUT-
LERY. l~’l(’)I..LO\V-XV.-\.I’vlr‘.. GUNS, IRON
AND STEEL, FA L.\'IER.’S UTENSILS,
PAINTS, OILS, \VlI\'DO\V—(l-LASS, &C.
which are ttfl'et't-.d either wholesale or retail at
the lowest New York prices.
. \V. C. S’l‘RX-Z}-2'1‘.
Norwalk, March 30, 18-17.
New Books.
ASHlN(;"l‘ON attd his Generals, by .l.
T. H catlley; Taylor and his Generals,
I “_IlE subsct°il>e’r"woultl respectfully iufotntf
. the public that he has on hand a large,
and extensive assortment ofI.Iat'ncsse.s, Sadtllcs, t
Bridles, Mart:ing:‘tlcs, Trunks. Vflllst-IS, Carpet-
Also a first rate assortment of Carriage and Rt-
ding '\Vltips, which are for sale at a small ad-
va nee from factory prices. Harness Collars,‘
wholesale and retail. A good assortment of
saddlet-‘s silk. purse twist, eutbracing all colors I
and qualities. Every article needed in the line. ,
may be found here, ofthc best quality, and will '
be sold as low as catt be furnislted by atty one,
not excepting the gromztl floor establislttttettt on
the other side of the Bridge.
Repairing done at the shortest notice, and in
the best. manner. \VM. 1}. SVVAN.
Norwalk, ._lune__21.,l.847.
IIARNESSES, «$43.
New Establishttnent!
HE attention of the public is ‘invited to the
new Saddlery Establishment. just opened
by the subscriber under the Connecticut lrlotel.
His stock and workmanship he believs to be ful-
ly equal to the best, and his attention will be
assiduously given to meet; the wtsltes, and secure
the approbation of all who favor bun with their
patronage. \Vork done at short notice, and pri-
ces moderate. . '
A good assortment of Harnesses, Saddles,
Bridles, \Vhips. Trunks, Valises, Carpetbags,
dcc. will be kept constantly on hand, and for sale
cheap.
Repairing done in a neat, substantial, and ex-
peditious manner. FR]-‘,[)1«;RxC1{ BttAt)Lt-:v.
Norwalk, June 21, 1847. 25
chest p edition; Biographies for Cltildrcu. eont- -
prising Life of Gen. Taylor. Scott. \Vortl‘t,
Brown, l3onaparte, \Vellingtott, W'ashingtou,
Putnam, La Fayette, Franklin, \Varren, &c.
ltandsotuely bound and illustrated- Just.rec’d
J. A. \VEED.
ty
‘§fAl\l'i‘ED, A. Lad to rtnt of errands attd
to be generally useful. Apply to
CHARLES Scatnxtzx.
\Vcstport, July 6, 1847.
R. HELL will be happy to see his
. friends, and t'cspond to all their calls tn the
way of his profession.
27
H-lawtfortl Mlattttt:al Enttslttmmce (30.
JAMES REED, Act-:N'r.
At the office of the Normal]: Gazelle.
SHAD.
NO. 1 55 2 from Connecticut River, at
S. E. C)1.t\ts't'r.Att’s.
To Close
THE TIIADE FOR THE
A, 17}. EVARI)
‘ ILL sell the remainder of his stock of
Printed Muslitts, Lawns and Bert-ages,
at reduced prices.
N0'l‘lCl3.
June 29th.
LL- persons indebted to the subscriber,
wltose accounts are of more than 3 months
standing are requested to‘ make immediate pay
ment. C. J. GRUI\‘IA.N.
DOZEN Clark's best Spool Cotton,
warrattted 200 yr_ls——slightly imper-
fect, for sale by the subscriber, at 25 Gd pet‘
dozen. \VM.J. l*‘INC1l,Westport.
SEASON.
MlSCELLANY-
I"l'0lIltl10 Union Magazine.
THE CITY CLERK.
nr‘ MISS c. M. stznc.-vvtcx.
“A sister’s love! I dwell upon the thomc-.—
The only love on cartlt to which the earth
llas given no ta tut of self-regardful care.”
It is about the middle of Novetnbcr-—a
what were you listening to, Ruthy dear '!’ l pediment of vehicles had accumulatetl the to see Charles Hathaway, were led hastily
‘Wlty, father, I was listening for the
gthe railroad WltlSll9;' we always hear it,
‘vou know, when the wind is west.’
‘Why. I heard it, Ruth, when you were
setting up the dishes.’
‘Oh, did you, father’! then Charlie’s let-
ter is near the post. office by this time.’
‘Dou’t be too sure, my cltild.’
‘I can’t help being sure, mother, Charlie
never fails to write when lte says he will,
,1).-ight, soft day, when the geniat spirit of and this letter is to tell us whether heican
‘the year looks back with one of his fare- 90"“? lmme lo Tl"”"‘S§_-’!Vl"¥a “ml “,5 °“l.V
v. ell smiles. His trarntbreatlt has spread
fa silver haze over the rugged ltill sides.
{The mountain tops are shittiug——1he dried
llcaves bitten off by the frost, turn round
,and round, and drop uithout a sound A
;rather narrow, brisk stream runs rapidly,
,descentliug as it. goes, till it reacltes the
rear of a neat one story house, where, he-
ittg set back by a dam below, It seems like
pl-.t'e of burni.-.lted steel frotn which a soft
Around its edges is a
_a
,'rapor is rising.
__,_ '_ ‘method ofittfurutittg the citizens of Fairlield (‘ouuly' .'. '. ' - ' ' -
‘ - I . llllll ('O'lI.ll|‘-'7 Ur ICC ll'l(ll(’i]IIn"' '
gcncral|y.tltat he has reutovetl to the city. and is! ’ C ’ = the "OM 0’
itlte pre-ced_in_g ttiglit. The house stands
=0n the (le(:ll\'lt_\' ofa hill that slopes grad-
l0l|i-“ CNN’, ; uallv front the road (a hundred yards from i 97,5
it,) with one end to the river, the otlterto
‘the road, and fronting south. Behind it
is a little garden patch, which in its winter
iadversity shows signs of being cared for
and loved; some plants being carefully
tied up, and a few being covered with old
boxes artd barrels.
, signs of refinement, not too common,
iabout the humble dwellings ofour country
lparts; vines trained about the low door,
'-and rose bushes so nicely fitted around
itlte old windows that they seem to have
lcome and to stay of their own accord.
,Neatness, that good angel of an ltttmble
Ehome, keeping all right with her ever rus-
tling wings, hovers round this pretty
ldwelling. A small wood pile is laid up,
as if ivy tnzttltematical rule. N0 litter of
,any kind is any tvhere to be seen, and one
,\t*rtntlers what the splendid cock wit.) his
‘lpedestrtan larem can find to make them
“pick so busily around the sunny doorway.
ltis but nine o’clock and mornirg at
Ztltat hour on the fifteenth of November,
{had hardly dawned on luxurious dwellers
in great houses; but here how muclt oftlte
ldaily work of life had been accomplislied.
EA pale, and, in common parlance, “unfor-
-tunatc man,” is sitting bolstered in an easy
tcltair, near a cheerful fire, his right arm
and leg useless His wife, a woman with
a mild, thoughtful face sits near the win-
(low, making him a vest, and with the im-
plements of tailoring about her. \Vith
‘every stitch, and without hindering it, she
turns her eye on the lame man, and ad-
dressing him as country wives do, she
Says: “Do you find your paper interes-
gting, fatlter ‘Z’ “is it not most time for
',father’s drops 1” and the answer is “yes,”
501' “no,” as may be, but always in acheer-
'ful tone, wlticlt, coating from that poor,
, ,mutilated figure, is startling like a light
suddenly kindled in darkness. A trip lit-
tle lass is putting the last touches to the
-moruing’s housework. She has cleared
.away the breakfast, sltiutmetl the milk,
swept up and mopped up. and is ready to
;sit down by her mother to finish off the
:\\'0l‘l{ that always accutnlatcs for Satur-
lday. Both father’s and m0'.her’s eyes of-
ten turn to her, and who would not love
tto look on a face so beau-ittg with intelli-
,gence, so ftesh and cheerful. Never
gwere there prettier or brighter lips, or
;more beautiful teeth, or, in palace or cot-
itage, :t more electrifying smile than Ruth
:Hatha\vay’s. Perhaps it derived this qual-
’ity from a cast of sadness and care on her
ll)l'0\V; it was a shadow on a rose. There
lit. fell when her father was brought home
-from his new factory with the flesh torn
ifrom his arm and leg, and there it remain-
ed indelible. As to the rest, the _ face is
’pretty attd pleasing, l.ut not beautiful; her
eyes are rather small and greyish, and her
,complexion, clear and pure, ifnot brilliant.
fl-let‘ hair not only does not curl, and is nei-
ltlter auburn, chestnut nor raven, but a very
'common brown, and only remarkable for
gtlte neatness with which she arranges it
Eon her well shaped head. Ruth is said to
‘he the image of her father, and she rather
prides herself on this resemblance.
I Ralph I-Iatltatvay is reckoned by com-
mon observers, as we have said, an “un-
fortunate man ;” but could any amount of
,ill luck or calamity make that epithet fit-
'ting him whose temperament is so cheer-
ful that his sun will break through the
,heaviest clouds’!
ltermitting fountain of love to God, and
peace and good will to man.
t ‘Ruth; what are you listening for?’ ask-
led tltp father; ‘I hear nothing but the fac-
'tor_v. ~
‘Nor I, father; Iwish we did not always
hear that—it-—’
‘Itputs you in mind of father’s accident?
I know, Rutlty, and so it does me, but
then it sets me off thinking how my life
was spared, and how I should never have
known what a good woman mother is, but
for tltat—-’tis not every wife that would
care for such a poor rack as I am.’
‘O, father!’ exclaimed both mother and
child.
‘VVell, then, it is not every woman that
would give up the thoughts of being the
wife of a rich agent for a company, move
out of a nice, new house, and stitch,stitch
front morning to night to support her fami-
ly. Who has a right to be cheerful, if I
have not? Ican tell you there’s times
when the factory makes my thoughts go
straight up.’ '
Our friend Hat.ltaway’s voice was rather
There are some other,
His heart is a never in-,
chol-.cd; be cleared it, and added ‘but_
twelve days to that, and I shall bejust six-
teen that day.’
‘Yes, Ruthy,’ said tl.e father, ‘come what
may, thanksgiving day will always be
thanksgiving to us.’ _ _
‘Oh, there’s Colonel Miles !’ exclaimed
Ruth, and she rushed to the door.
7 ‘Colottcl Miles!’ she shouted, ‘can’t you
please to stop at the post office, and bring
our letter from Charlie’!
was not going to the post office, but his
turning off place was near it, and it was
but the work of two minutes for Ruth to
‘beg a seat in his wagon, to get her moth-
leave to go herself to the post office,
to-take the chance of the two mites’ walk
home, and above all to obtain leave to open
thelettcr herself, as soon as received, to
wlticltever member of the family it might
‘be addressed.
Three hours passed away, when Antho-
,ny, a colored man, living at Mr. Gardner’s,
in the Vil'age, brought Mrs. I-lathaway a
letter from Ruth. lt enclosed one from
Charles. On Rutlt’s letter was written in
large characters, “Read this Frst;” and
the mother re.l as follows: “Dear moth-
er, and father—don’t feel too bad. lsltall
be on my way to New York when you get
this. Misss Emma Gardner has lent me
ten dollars, attd what clotltesl shall want,
Father can’t go; and you can’t leave Fath-
er, mother; and l—Icun"I shy. Father,
you will keep up tnother’s spirits, won’t
you’! I know it will all come right. ’
lll rs. Hathaway‘, pale and trembliug,gavc
this letter to her husband, while she read
that from her son Charles.
‘Dear father and mother, and Rutlt——l
have got into some trouble. I ask of you
all not to feel anxious or distressed. I
expect (expect was erased and /rope substi-
tuted) to get out well, bttt ifl tlon,t, I shall
still keep ‘right side up,’ as father would
say. Now be calm, mother, dear. Just
before we locked up last night,I observed
a stranger come into the shop; the doors
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sides and the counters.
spoken to. l lteard hint mutter ‘d——n it,’
but 1 had not the least. thought ofwhat was
coming. l\lr. Brown stood one side ofthe
stt'anget',i\'Ir. \Vilson the other. Mr. Brown
spoke: ‘We have been missing,’ says lte,
‘fine goods for the last month; 11 shawl
was taken last week ; two yards of costly
lace and one of the five dollar pocket
ltandkercltiefs are gone to day. We have
a policeman here, and you must all be
searched. Otte of you must be guilty. I
am sorry for the innocent, but no disgrace
will rest upon them —do your duty—-Rush-
ton.” The policeman began the search.
Some of our young men laughed and jok-
ed; lcould not,l was afraid it would
prove to be Otis. He was the fourth
searched; nothing was found on him. My
turn came next; the things were found in
my coat pocket atop of my handkercltief
and everything, as if they had just been
put there. How the truth is to be found
outl don’t know, but I feel as if it would.
All I ask is, that father will keep up moth-
er's spirits; and dear Ruth, only think
ltow you would all feel ifl had taken the
things. I shall write daily, so don’t be
anxious.
Ever your loving son and brother,
CHARLES.
I’. S. Direct to me, ‘care of Robert
I-lenshatv ;’ lie is my friend among the
clerks.”
There was a dead silence in that home
of the Hathaways, till the father, breaking
out into something between a cry and a
laugh, said, ‘Mother, Charlie is an honest
boy and well trained, and that should be
comfort enough; how often have you said
,to me, ‘Charlie never told a lie in his life.’
l ‘He never did, lte never will!’ subbed
i the poor mother.
‘VVe’ll trust him with our Father and his
'Farher; we’ll commit the case to Him,
and then we shall feel better ;’ and the still,
, small voice of their prayer arose, attd God
was there.
The next morning at nine o’clock, Ruth
.Hatha\vay disembarkcd from a Hudson
‘steamer on a New York wharf,‘ dirty,
'crowded,and noisy enough to have con-
lfounded, a head and heart less clear and
strong of purpose than hers. She had tn-
quired of the captain the way to Canal
:street, where Brown dz VVilson’s shop is,
‘and with her little sack, containing her
.change of‘clothes, in her hand, she walked
straight up Liberty street to Broadway.
Her quick step;_had caught the rye of an
oxtmibus driver who beckoned to her, and
she nodded aflirmatively, jumped into the
coach, thinking ‘ltow very kind it was of
him to give her a ride!’ She asked a man
one of four fellow passengers to tell her
when she got to Canal street; acccordingly
the man pulled the strap, the coach stop-
ped, and with her habitual impetuous
movement, she jumped out, and dropping
a little curtsy to the driver, said, ‘Thank
you, sir.’ He fancying she was tricking
ltim, called out, ‘That’s cool! Stop that
The Colonel ,
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passengers on the sidewalk at the corner.
of Canal street. Every eye-was turned
on our poor little stranger. She stopped,
turned round, and in a voice that indica-
ted her honest perplexity, asked, ‘What
does he meattl’ ‘He means to be paid,
my child,’ said an elderly gentleman. who
was strttck with the simplicity of Ruth’s
manner; and ltimself gave the fare to the
vociferating driver. Ruth now compre
‘headed her mistake, and repaying the six-
pence, site said with her cltaracteristic
good sense, ‘I am a stranger itt New York,
or I should have known better. He invited
me to ride with hint, and the people where
I live often give rides to strangers.’
Her friend again smiled at her simplici-
ty, advised her to keep a good look out,
now she had come to the cit_v, and they
parted; he tltinking her sweet smile might
pay her fate, and she to look for the sign
of Brown, \Vilson & Co., which she soon
found, and entered llte shop. It was
tltror.ged with eager buyers and civil
clerks, intent on their Sales. Site looked
up and down the long counters, all were
unlnown to her, till at the extremity of
one, she saw Otis Jackson. His eye met
hers and instantly fell; she saw that in
that glance he had recognized her. He
was her townsman and an old scltool mate
of her brother, two years older than Chas.
Hathaway. Ruth went to the end of the
counter where he stood, and said, “Otis!’
Her voice was low, but it had it heart
sound; it seemed to come, as it. indeed
did, from another world than that vanity
fair that surrounded her. Ladies, exam-
ing laces, paused to look at her, and one
or two of the clerks turned their eyes to
Otis Jackson, expecting him to attswer,
but he averted his eye, and went to the ex-
tremity of the shop, to receive some new
customers. ‘Is Mr. Hettsltaw here .7’ asked
Ruth. She ,was civilly answered ‘Yes,’
and Henshaw was summoned. ‘Where is
my brother 1’ she said. There were tears
in ltcr voice, though none in lterieyes. It
was ratlter an indefinite inquiry frotn a to-
tal stranger; but whctlter it was her fami-
were closed, and all the cletks called into,
the middle of the shop, away from the’,Staying,I will try to get leave to come to
Otis Jncl,-son ;vas,you in the course of the day, and go with
standing close to me at the time we were 3'00 10 see him.
hussy! She’s dodged her fate!’ An im-.
ly resemblance to her brother, or tlte tone
of the voice supplying all that the words
wanted, Hensltaw was sure the inquiry
was for Hathaway, and coming from be-
hind the counter, before he replied, said in
-a low voice to Ruth, ‘You have heard of
your brother’s misfortune I’
‘Yes; where is he I’
‘Wlty——he—you cannot see him imme-
diately; if you will tell tne where you are
‘Oh, I must go now. lshall stay where
lte is. I have no other place.’
‘Henshaw !’ called out Mr. Brown, ‘who
are you talking to there 7.’
Henshaw went to him and explained.
‘A pretty business this,’ said the surly
master; ‘look, she is fingering over the
laces; they are birds of a feather, brother
and sister !’ Pour-Ruth had unconsciously
placed her hand on the box of laces. ‘Go
to your own business, Hensltaw, behind:
the counter,’ added Brown ; and then.
striding up to Ruth, and taking her by the;
arm, with a mixture of savagencss and
familiarity, he said ‘VValk out of my shop
orl will send you to the police-office.”
‘Tell me first where my brother is.’
‘Where all thieves should be——in the
Tombs.”
‘The Tombs! where are the Tombs !’
‘Go out and ask along the "street-you’ll
soon find out.’
Ruth went forth with a burning heart.
She walked rapidly a few steps from the
hateful sltop, and then stopped, as if uncer-
tain what to do. Suddenly, a finger
touched her shoulder, and a low voice
spoke tindly to her. It was Hensltaw’s.
H.is face was agitated and highly colored,
and hardly seemed the saute serene, mild
countenance she had first addressed. ‘I
will go with you now,’ he said, ‘to see
your brother.’
‘Oh, can you .7 how kind you are.”
How much this kindness had cost Hen-
shaw, Ruth little dreamed. On her leav-
ing the shop he had not been able to repress
the expression ofhisindignation at Bt'own’s
inhumanity. Brown was abusive. Hen-
shaw was hot and hasty, and declaring his
intention of attending the little girl imme-
diately to her brother, Brown told ltim if
lte then left the shop, never again to
enter it.
“I suppos", sir, it’s a prison,’ said Ruth,
“where Charlie is '!”
‘Yes, a house of detention, where per-
sons are confined to await their trial.’
‘Then Charlie is not yet tried '!—he is
not yet condemned, is he 1’
‘No, no; not yet.’ And not yet struck
like a tolling bell on Rutlt’s heart.
‘Your brother wrote to you the circum-
stances '!’ resumed Ilenshaw. “He told
you, of course, that he was not guilty '!’
‘No; he did not say that.’
‘He did not!’ exclaimed Henshaw, in
an alarmed tone.
‘No, sir; why should he '2’ speaking for
the first time with an assured voice. ‘You
would not ask sue!) a question if you knew
Charles, Mr. Henshaw.’
‘I do know him, and I feel a confidence
in his integrity; but ’ ’
‘But. what '!-—oh, do speak out.’
‘I only hesitated because I cannot hear
to distress you. I fear we shall have
difficulty in proving your brotlter’s inno-
cence: but we will not talk about that
now.’ ,
They soon arrived at the Tombs——and
after requesting permission of the keeper
- -t.-,5l,‘__:
along _t'rt'e dismal corridors towards the cell
pccupted by the ttnfortunate young man.-
nley ‘V_eX_'e_ tnterceptcd and impeded by a
party vtstttng the prison from curiosity.----
I here were two or three elderly people,
two yonng ladies, from the country, run
of exctternent from being for the fifst
time within prison walls—and their cousin,
a young city lawyer, who acted as the ex3~'
ponent of the ‘scene.
‘Babe, the pirate,’ said he to them, ‘is in
that cell, No. 81.’
_ ‘That horrid wretch we read so much of
tn the newspaper’! How I should like to
see ltim !’
‘There is 8 still more curious monster
in No. 83, Cousin Jane—the German who
burned his wife to death.” - .
‘Oh, horrors ! And who can "that be be-
tween them, in No. 82.’
‘I don‘t know; somebody worse than
either, I suppose. Whois it, Mr. Farran PI.
‘I don’t know ltis name; a lad commit-
ted for stealing.’
‘Let us pass, if you please, ladies,’ said
Rutlt’s conductor. Our amateur visitors
stared at Ruth. One said", touching her
cousin’s arm, ‘Oh Henry,’ did you ever
see any thing so pale as that poor girl.-
Mercy, do you think she is going to be
shut up here I’
,No ; that. is impossible. What ‘inno-
ccnce,s\veetaess and misery! Ruth's con.
(luctor was now unbolting the door of No.-
82. The youngest of the young ladies, im-
pelled by irrepressible curiosity, followed
close enough to see, when the door was
opened, a handsome youth, pale, haggard,
and sorrowful, bending over :1 sheet of
paper, on tthich he was intently writing‘.
Ruth darted into the cell ; the keeper shut.
the door, and rebolting it, said to Henshnw
coolly, ‘You may speak to me when she
is ready to come out.’ Hensltaw, walking
to and fro, unoccupied, in the corridor,
presented too tempting an opportunity to
gratify the young ladies’ curiosity; and
their cousin being put up to asking some
questions, they got possession of Charles’
story, and what was far more important,
Henshaw found out that. the inquirer was
a young lawyer, whose very clever man-
agement lof a criminal case had, a few
weeks before, been much talked of in the
city.
Hensltaw gave him a retaining fee for
his friend on the spot, and he engaged tr-
get the trial put off till testimonials of
Charles Hathaway's good character could
be obtained from the country. On those
documents, and on the testimony of his
fellow clerk, he said, they must found all
their hopes of clearing ltitn; at the same
time he confessed the chance was small,
against the overwlteltning fact of the sto-
len goods being found in Chavles’s posses-
sion. ‘\Vas there,’ he asked, ‘among the
clerks, any one who could be suspected of
the villaitty of putting the stolen goods
into Hathatvay’s pocket. I’ Henshuw'l)es-
itated, and only said, in reply, that there
was not :1 clerk in the shop he should not
sooner have suspected than Hathaway.
He did suspect—he had all along aus-
pecte'l——--Otis Jackson, but he was too
scrupulous to run the risk of wronging him
by the expression of suspicions that had
no proof whatever. _
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After Cltarles’s first moment of surprise
at Ruth's appcarance——nfter the first burst
of their young hearts—ztnd after Ruth had.
sat for :1 few moments on his pallet, beside
him, with her arms linked around his
tteck, ‘Now, Ruthy, we must not give way
so; Ibeur it very well, only when I sit
down to write home. How did you get
here, Ruth, so soon’! How did mother
bear it’! What did father say 1’ Ruth
told her short story, and concluded by
saying, ‘To-morrow, Charlie, we shall cer-
tainly have a letter from them.’
There was a rap at the door, the bolts
were turned, and Hensltaw told Charles
that a lawyer was waiting to speak to him.
Sanclley, the lawyer, entered, and he
did not leave the cell without being thor-
ougltly convinced that Charles was inno-
cent, and nearly as well convinced that
they should not be able to prove his inno-
cence; and so impressed with thelove of
the brother and sister, that he resolved to
strain every nerve in their behalf. He
comforted Charles by assuring him that
the matron of the prison was a humane
Woman———that he would engage her to fur-
nish his sister a bed in her own room, and
to see that Ruth had every facility in go-
ing to and from her brother’s cell.
‘Please tell them,’ said Ruth, ‘I will
only trouble them twice a day. I shall
come to Charles in the morning and go
away in the evening.
“Angel for angel glows with such regard,
Thus whole, deep, self-forgetting. Bowers of
heaven,
'\Vituess it in the cherubs’ changeless loves;
Earth sees it; itt a sister's heart alone.”
it # is =1? it III
Ten days had passed since Ruth’s depar-
ture for New York; and on each of these
days the parents had received a letter full
of affection, and of details of every occur-
rence that could be put in a cheerful light.
Their children did not express strong hope, i
for they would not embittet a too probable
disappointment; but neither did they im-
part their fears. For if worst comes to
worst, said Ruth, ‘mother will bear it bet-
ter when I am with her. The department
of these young people-—-their mutual af-
fection—and the earnest devotion of the
siste1'——Won for.them unusual respect and
attention from the officers of the prison.
“There those innocent cltiltlr‘e'?n are-;’ said
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