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l Hart ford ltlntlisil lnsllrainee Co.
a , JAMES REED. Aomli. H ,_
Oflicc over the lVcst cndofPen7io_2/er Jlferrill
Store—S2d door East of the Bridge.
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J. III. SIVIITIPS
Marble ltlauiufactory,
‘Near the Bridge, Norwallc‘. Conn.
Monuments and Grave
Stones .of"evei'y vai'ietyof patterns, and of
the most skilful workmanship. The best as-
Zurtment of American and Foreign Marble,
kept constantly on hand.
Pei'sons wishing to procure Monuments or
"anykind of Marble }Vork, are‘ invited to call and
‘give a personal inspection of his material and
xvorkmanship, as this will be more satisfactory
"than to purchase of Agents without an _o pportu—
--nity of testing the quality of the article con-
tracted for.
§’The Lettering and Ornamental work is
executed by‘an experienced workman and can
"warrant it. to give entire satisfaction.
- _ Norwalk, Aug. 21,‘ 1848.
National ‘Dagucrrian Gallery,
N 0.251 Broaulwav, New York.
TTWO patents granted under Great Seal of
the U_nited States—-—awarded the gold and
Silver medals, four first premiums and two
highest honors, at the National, the Massachu-
.setts, the New» York. and the Pennsylvania
Exhibitions, for the most splendid colored Da-
;guerreot‘ypes,‘and best apparatus. _
Apparatnsyand Stock. wholesale and retail-
Po'rt.raits taken in any weather in exquisite
style-—.Insti'uctions given in the Art.
New York. June 20, 1848. ''’1y25
’ WOI!'l‘llY or N0'l_‘lCl3.
Roderick Lawrence‘,
47 Canal-st. (near Broadway), New‘ York,
HAS just received from auction a splendid
supply. of Brussels, Three Ply, lngrain,
and Venetian »
. _ CARPETINGS.
which he" has resolved to sell at. prices well de-
serving the’ attention of the public. Purchasers
of -Carpeting will promote their ‘interests by
,calling—where alsomay be;had on.as favorable
terms, every description of g .
Oil Cloths. Druggets, Chincllc Tufted Rugs,
Chinelle,’ Adelaide,‘ I/Vool and other Door
‘ ' 'Mats, Stdir Roa's,Elcgan.t lVindow
v ‘Shades, Fixtures,
Personsgdisposed to do themselves justice in
tthe purchase of any of the above articles, may
depend with the fullest confidence on being
‘fairlyand honestly dealt with inevery transac-
tion, whether or not they are acquainted with
the value of the goods purchased.
I5? Churches, the clergy, and other charita-
‘ble institutions, in all cases, will be furnished at
.cost:.
New York, Sept. 15,1848. 3m40
SELLING OFF.
;-Linacan Botanic Garden and Niirscry,
Lateof PV/n. Prince, dcc’d, Flushing,‘L. I.
- "WINTE'R 66 CO. Pao1=_rur:'roaz.- '
’ ’ I-N consequence ofthe death oftlie
Junior and of the advanced age of the
surviv_ing partner, the entire stock 0
this establishment, comprising every
-description, including the newest and choicest _
varieties of
Fruit aiul 0r|_iamcntal Trees,
Shrubs, Vines, Plants, Roses, &c. will be dis-
posed of at very reduced prices, in order to
close the’ business as speedily as possible".
.ORDERS. accoiiipanied. with the cash, to
the amount of ten dollars, or upwards, will be
supplied ‘at a reduction. qf25 per cent. front. the
usual prices. '
Nurserymen, Vendei's._and others, wishing
to purchase by wholesale, will be supplied at
Such reduced prices according to the kind and
plpaiitity, as will ‘probably prove satisfactory to
em. - . .
Descriptive Catalogues gratis on application
post pa: . '
‘ Sept 14. 1848. ' *8t40
A Lumber. . t
-. UST re_t:’d<fi'om -Albany a good ~assortti1enf-
, of.'all‘kinds of L_umber, consisting in part of
shingles of all qualities, siding, floor-plank and
.'gli'e,s_sed boards, &c., &c., all of fiwliich will _be
_'iold"ati-gi°eatly.i'educed prices. - ‘ '
.5 : :W. H. ’CLE=VE'I_-AND.‘
2 -Noi'walk,i(Eive-Mile R.ive.r,) June 26, 1848.
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8' -' CHOICE‘selectio_n' of Hair Oils at
s ‘ P153P_~°‘.?V’.S- at"!
5. -i
trim».
From the N. Y. Tribune.
--Time--The‘ Auctioneer.
R1«:v.>RaI.Pn Hon‘, in a poem in the Literary
’W’!)’t!ld of this week," has eugrafte'd something
0 _of the lofty spirit oftlie Marseilla-ise upon his
usual felicitous verse, This last is‘ perhapst.lie
most successful effort: of his muse. _ We quote
a few passages from this fine poem :
_ lie spraug,.~, A ,
And. planting his red signal there, his thunder-
ing call outrano: »
Ye multitudes, give ear to me, this merchan-
dise survey;
VVhat bargains these for king and clown, what
fortunes here to day! I
Oppression is all bankrupt now, and despot
sway is done,
For in the chancery above, lo, Freedom's plea.
hath won :
The fiimished world has payment claimed of
its most rightful debt, .
And Sheriff Revolution hence has——Palai-es to
let! -
All idle pomp, all princely state, all signs of
royal rule .
Are going, going,'.now! for man hath spurned
the kingly school ;‘ ’
And thostern lessons he has learned through
ma'ny a-weary page,
Maturedto mighty deeds, have oped a grand
l'4‘raternal_ Age ;
A tarnished baulile in his hand then lifted he
on high, '
And cried, Ye crownless Potentate's,,ye. pow-
erless ‘Princes, buy! '
‘Tis somewhat faded it is true, but «still it is a
crown, —
"I'll throw the iron scepter in——7tis going. going
» ' —-down !
And here the remnant of a_ Throne—Ye sov-
'ei'eigns of the soil, ’
Buy now the monster that deuoured the pro-
4 -ducts of your toil !
Once it was bright with burnished gold, with
uaiiit devices graced,
But: long the luster has been dimmed, each em-
blem long defaced;
See Justice bearing broken scales; Honor and
_ trut.h'seein dead;
Power has lost its thuuderbolts ; Mercy and
hope have fled !
I-low much-the antiquated Throne! .who’ll buy
the regal seat; V 8
What bliss to sit there and suppose an empire
at your feet. '
Ah could they 'speak,—whose once it was an-
gust. thereon to reign, ~
\Vhat desperate battle would they bid for this
old might. again. f
I cannot-dwell, it must be sold, who makes it
now his own ?
Once, twice, the last. ’tia going, gone !—liere,
serf, ascend your throne!
Then at his hand a massive coil of pouderous
chains I saw !
A sign that men would never more the car of
bondage draw.
Here, here! again cried he aloud, ye king-
doms in decay,
Buy nowagirdle for your realms, and hold
them t.o your sway. ‘
these strong ba rids secure; -
So potent to subdue the great, and crash the
rebel poor.
Ye Caesars. listen, ere too late, for soon shall
all men hear
The final word to sell these chains to some
brave buyer here,
Is there no Alexander now would grasp the
globe again, '
Ere my reluctant arm descend and you lament
in-valn '!
All going—going !—At the word the listless
throngawoke. ‘
And down irrevocably came the long impen-
' ding stroke ! ~
Btit lo, the old corroded links, drawn clanking
up to sight, ,
Fell piecemeal at the blow to earth——no more
to reunite !
Then burst. one thundering peal of ofjoy from
all the gathered host, .
Till mountain shouted to the sea, and coast
replied to coast! ‘ '
The woe-worn earth, so hopeful long, for that
ecstatic time,
Put on again her Eden robes in every happy
_clime, ~
And down the sky ii glorious zone the nations
saw descend,
Expanding o'er remotest hills, where human
hoine’s extend,
Till full, within its glittering verge it shut the
world’s wide span, - -
And bound, by lasting Christian Love, the
heart of man to man. '
T1
as:
S filisrellaiip.
Resistance.—“ lt’s quite too bad of you,
Darby, to say that your wife’s worselthan
the devil.” “»An’ please your reverence,
I can prove’ it from Scripture.’ Didn’t
2 your reverence yesterday, in your sermon,
tell us’-rthatif-we resist the divil, he’ll’-flee
from us’! Now if I resist my 4 wife, ‘she
flies at me.” . ’
./Ynz'mal’s Friend _ Social;/.—-Three full
blooded, dandified ‘ gents,’ applied at _a
stable, before the railroad era, for the hire
of a horse and gig to take them to, Brighton
and back in one day. I ' '
“ What !” ‘said the groom, “ you certainly
miles in a day l” . V _
“ Vy not 1” said one ‘of . them, "‘ we've
all got vips l.” l ’ ' ' V V
. Hand z'n.—A gentleman in his earnest-_
nppls pie. owing to his .knife’ §liPp,i.qgfon
t.he«bott'om of the dis'h‘fouiid"liisk ucfkles
oppositeto liim"“ve_‘ry_ gravely.’ obseryed,
- Whllsl. ‘he ~'-h¢tit_'s-hisj»ptoté+“ so-, may ‘I,
ii-oubloyyoti for bit, .a_>li,'i'l_st’ your‘ head °_z_'s;. ‘
Upon the shattered parapet of some old tower
What hopeless tliraldom for a world might »
would not drive apoor beastone hundred
nessat a table to'apswer‘a call for sQtpe_
buriedin lhe crust-'—-when a_ _wag"wl,i’o sat‘
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. Jicics _-ALIIIIINAO.
A certain lnobleman, living in? the city
of London, having a considerable number-
.of-servants, there was one among themin
whom he reposed a great deal of confi.-
deuce. "One ofhis fellow-servants became
jealous of him and complained to his mas-
ter, in order to get him turned out of ser-
vice; and all he could impeach him with‘
was, that he was a% great gamester at
cards.
At which the nobleman being highly
displeased (for Igamesters were a ’ set of
people that he mortallyhated and detest-
ed,) called him _to an account, in order to-
chastise him for the ‘same. ,
‘Jack,’ says the nobleman, ‘what is;
this I have heard of you ‘l’ ' ' ‘
‘ Please your lordship,’ says Jack,’
‘ what is it?’ A ’.,
‘ Why,’ says the nobleman, ‘I am in-’
formed that you are a‘ great gamester at‘
cards.’ - ‘ - I
‘ My lord,’ says ja_c,'r, ‘ who is it that
informs you so’! It. is a false report,l
wish I could know who told you '!’
‘It’s no matter for that,’ says the no-
bleuian—‘ are you really a gainester or
not 'l’ . 5 '
‘ My lord,’ says Jack, ‘ I am so far from’?-
being a gamester, tliatl never played a‘
card in my life, nordo I know even what
a card means.’ '
‘ Well,’ says the nobleman, ‘I am glad
of that 9n your account; however, l shall
call on the informer and know whether
these reports be true or not.’
‘ \Vith all my heart, my lord,’ says"
Jack, ‘I am very well satisfied.’
The informer being called, and come to
the door-— ‘ V ‘ t
‘ Did you not tell me,’ says the noble-'
man, ‘that Jack was a gamester at-
cards '!’ -
Informer.—‘ I did my lord, indeed.’
.N'obleman.——‘ Why, then you villain,
how dare you belie any one to me I’
I.—‘ I did not, my _lord.’
JV’.-—Why, Jack utterly denies it.’
I.—‘ I don't care, my lord, I’ll prove it
to his face .that he is the greatest game-
ster in London; and to convince your
lordship of the truth of what l say, search
him, and you’ll find a pack of cards in his
pocket.’ .
Jack being searched, the cards were
hauled from his pocket.
The nobleman being in a great fury‘,
began to stamp and rage about the room,
saying, ‘you audacious, impudent rogue,
how dare you .be_guilty of.suchfalselioo.cl‘
before my face’! Did you not tell me
you never played a card in your life, nor
could tell me what a card meant, and now
I find them in your pocket, you villain;
seeing you were guilty, what reason had
you to deny it’! Had you confessed your
fault,l would be apt to forgzive you; but
now I will punish you with the utmost
severity, not only because you are a
gamester, but a liar also.’
J.—My lord, your worship may use
your pleasure, but I hope you will not
condemn me for a fault that I am not
guilty of.
.N‘.—-You villain,what stronger evidence
need there be than the cards found in your
pocket; how can _you speak for your-
self?
J.—My lord, if you call these cards, I
do not, neither do I use them as such!
.N'.——-What do you call them, then!
J.—My lord, this is my almanac.
.N‘.—-Your almanac! you dog, did ever
any one make an almanac of a pack of
cards’! You villain, what sense could
any body make of them’! ' .
J.——My lord,~I am no scholar, and for
that reason I use them as an almanac to
rule and govern the year_ by.
./\".—Well, Jack, if so, let me hear how
lyou manage your cards, and if I_fiiid you
convert them to a proper use, I will not.‘
in the least be angry, but will forgive
ou. .
J.—VVhy, then, my lord, consider in
the first place, that. these four suits in
the cards intimate the four quarters in the
year; then, as there are thirteen cards in
every suit, that is,just as many as there
are weeks in a quarter; there are also as
many lunations in a year, as there are
cards in a suit; there are twelve court
_cards, which intimate the twelve months
in a year, there are fifty two cards in the
pack, and that directly answers the exact.
number of weeks in a year; examine the
cards a little further, and you will find as
many spots on them as there are days in
a year, which are 365, which multiplied
by 24-, gives the exact -numberof hours in
a year, and this amount,‘ multipliedby 60,
gives the exact number of minutes ina
year. I ‘ _
I .N'.—Very well, .Iack,I can’t say’ but
you apply your almanac very well; but
prithee, Jack, do you make no other use
of your cards ‘!
» ’J.——Yes, my lord, I do a great deal.
JV'.—Why prithee, «Jack, what further
use of them’! ‘ '
J.——Why, my lord, sometimes I con-
vertmy cards into a Prayer-book. '
, _ JV.—A Prayer book! you villain, lam
sure if you make an . alinahack of your
pack of ‘cards, you. can never make a‘
Prayer-book of them....
J.—My_. lord, I’ll make it appear; you
lriiow.I_told‘ you I could [neither read or
write, andfor that reason these cards.
ariswer my purpose as well as the best
Pi_'_a_yer-bo_ok'in England. ' ‘
N.-—--Prithee, Jacfk,’ ‘lé ' are hear o,ut’;.r
;l’;lilr__e the . beginning very} well.‘
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Z ttboti 'tl_i‘¢s‘e' foiiif {suits *or*i,iig~ooi+a;s, they.
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P/1-esent’Ito’me’tlie_four principle-yforrns of
WO|’sh’lp predornijnant in the world, viz :-
Chi-isiianity. Judalsin. Mahometanism, and
Paganism; when __..look over the twelve.
court cards, they "mind me of the-twelve
Pulriarchs ol lsrael,.the twelve Apostles,
,lo_ok,upon the King, itreminds me of the’,
alle_t_ria_nce to h_is,majesty.,,;» when I look on’
lll_€’Quee_n, it puts me in mind of the ten
cities in the ,plains.of Sodom and Gomo-
Ital), destroyed with fire and -brimstoncv
from H_e_aven, the ten pleagues of Egypt,
wherewith God afllicted the. Egyptians
when he brought the children of Israel
_out of that land ; -also, the ten. command-
’ ments and the--ten tribes of-Israel, which
were cutoff for their wickedness; when
I look» ‘upon the nine it puts me in mind
of the nine liierarches. the nine masses,
and the nine noble orders among men;
when llook upon the eight it: reminds me
ofthe eight beatitudes, the eight attitudes,
the.eight persons saved in Noah’s ark, the
eight persons mentioned in scripture to
.be released from death unto life; when I
of the. seven administering ‘spirits that
stand before the throne of God, the seven
seals, where with the book of life is sealed,
the seven angels with the seven vials filled
with the indignation of the ‘Lord, where-
with they were to pleague the carth, as
mentioned in the apocalypse of St. John,
the seven liberal arts and sciences given
by God for the instriiction of man, the
seven wonders of the world, the seven
planets that rulethe seven days in the
week; the six puts me in mind of the six
. petitions contained in- the Lord’s Prayer,
the six days of the week that I have to
work for my bread, and that I am required
to keep the seventh holy; the five puts
me in mind of the five senses. given to
man, viz :—hearing, seeing, feeling, tast-
ing‘and smelling; the four puts me in
mind of the four evangelists, the four last
things, death, judgment, heaven, and hell,
and for the four seasons into which God
hath divided and disposed the year for the
use of man,. Spring, Summer, Autumn,
Winter; the three puts me in mind of the
Trinity, in which three distinct persons,
co-equal and co-eternal; it also puts me
in mind of the three ‘days Jonah was in
the whale’s belly, and the three hours our
Saviour hung upon the cross, and the
three days he was interred in the bowels
of the earth; the two puts me in mind of
the two testaments, the old and the new,
containing the law and the Gospel, the
two contrary principles striiggling in man,-
viz :—virtue and vice; then my lord
when I look upon the ace, it puts me in
mind that I have but one God to adore,
worship, and serve, one faith to believe,
one truth to practice, one baptism to
cleanse us from original sin, and one only
master to serve and obey.
.N'.—Very well jack, I cant’t say but
you convert your cards to a good use!
But now I perceive there is one particu-
lar card in the pack, that you have‘ not ex-
plained to me.
J.-—-What is that, my lord’!
./V'.——When you were shuffling the cards
you passed from the queen to the ten, and
laid by the knave—doth that put you in
mind of nothing’!
J.—That is right, my lord. I like to
have forgot. that when I look upon the
knave, it puts ms in mind of your lord-
ship‘
.N'.—What, you villainl do you account
rr-.e.a knave to my face’!
J.—Oh no, my lord, you misapprehend
me; I mean your l0rdshlp’s informer.
JV‘.-—lf so, Jack, I freely forgive you;
’tis pretty well turned. «
On which the nobleman was so highly
pleased with the ready'turns of wit and
humor which he found in Jack, that he
preferred hiiri to the highest place in his
service, doubled his wages, and discharg-
ed the informer. .
AN INCIDENT.
The Journal of Commerce relates a
painful incident that occurred among the
passengers in the steamer Commodore, on
her way to New Haven, on Saturday last.
On board was the wife of a man by the
name ‘of Rowe, who is a Cornish miner,
now at work in the copper mines at Bris-
tol, Conn. His wife and children, 'so‘rne
five or sixin number, had just arrived in
New York from Wales, and had taken a
passage in the steamer above mentioned,
for New Haven,‘ on‘ their way ‘to join the
husband and father." The children were
chiefly girls, the oldest about twelve
years,‘and the youngest a babe. As the
sent the oldest‘ girl to purchase; some
bread, and during her absence the steamer
left. This separated the family under cir-
cumstances of peculiar trial : ‘
when she returned to the wharf and found
the‘ boat gone, and herself left alonein a
strange city of half a million inhabitants,
' we know ‘not, but _ can _partly'iinag_in_e.--‘
The {mother 'was,'if possible, still" more
wretched. When she found" that the
steamer was actually off. and that .tliere
wasno hope of‘ returning to tlle'wliart',
all the tender sympathiies ,of a parent’s
hedrt were awakened ,;'within’her,'.a_'rid she
ran‘ about the ‘boat crying, '“~O'h, my child l
.tried '16 console her, by telling "h'e‘t" 5 that
‘ ~ the:litt~le'-=g_i.rl would ‘no_‘ doubt? bé'g_'ftil§én
care-ofgtandlbe-‘sent-‘up-to~lieriate.New3Ha-.2
veii by the evening boa_t,'-’*l'g_._§is"iafl'or.ded’
also the twelve articles of Christian. faith‘,
in which. I am «bound t-o;beli__eve;.. when _I"
look upon the seven, it puts me in mind-
stea-mer was about to start, the mother.
What the poor girl's thoughts were,-,
my poor~c_hild! Oh-oh-oh !” The ‘st'e'w'art_
of the boat and-somevof ‘the iipssengers.
"T: 3'“: o i. ‘. '
.. 4. '_:5:
driiriinatedy. ' "What-lcould_lVlatilda_’dlq_’l_'_pen-
niless, in ihie midst of strangers, without
a home, Qt: Trierild, or, kiiowledge any
thingaround her. W.ho_rri ,could,s,he_tI'.ust!
and reserved, for a_ _!d,’(_>'.o.in -_ worse -than
dea_th_?__ Hogarth could not ha‘ve_d,esired*a'
more lively lpersonification of..g'tief,,.than
when that fll,OIllB’|",V8l‘l,€l',I)€l.llg‘_ in. a..ineas-
'nur_sir'ig her ,iiifari_t arid hugging it whlle
t_he"o'ther childr’én_”e’_xcept’th'e_lost one, sat
aroundher on the floor, not one of them
utteritig a cry, but cfvéry'c"oun:tenance ex-
pr'es’sive of the dec_p,es't sortt'tjw;.: Presently,
Capt.‘ Lefevre cameand siit’_d'own by them,
them the’ whole of '_’their passage money.
Several dollursflxvere also" giveii them by
passengers. This was the more fneedful,
as by waiting for Matilda at New Haven
until Saturdayevening, they were under
the necessity "of spending" the Sabbath
' there, as there wasno subsequent trainfor,
.Bristol until Monday. But what -if'Matilda
should not come? What if they should
never see her again ’! These apprehensions
together with the anxiety already endured,
produced syinptoms of mental aberration
in the mother, even before she arrived at
New Haven. lrnmetliately on their arrival,
a telegraphic despatch was forwarded to
Messrs. Saxton .& Webb, agents of _the
line in New York, requesting them to
send by the afternoon boat ,the little girl
that was left_in the mornin_r_r, and stating
that her mother would wait_f_or her at New
Haven. On receiving; this message,
Messrs. Saxton dz Webb, who had no pre-
vious knowledgeof the mishap, went. to
the wharf and found the girl crying. This
must have been at least five -hoiirs after
the stramer’s departure. They told ‘her
the message they had received from-New
Haven, and that they would send her safe
to her mother in a few hours, which ..tbey
accordingly did, free of cost. Thus, after
a day of fearful anxiety and suspense, the
family circle was again united, to the joy
of all, though the shattered mind of the
mother prevented her from a full appreci-
ation of tie fact. The family where she
spent the Sabbath, informed us that she
was evidently a good deal deranged, and
that Matilda said she had been so before.
Her former derangementwas occasioned
by the loss of a husband and child, (the
latter being burnt or scaldcd to death.)——
On Monday, she and allber children took
the railroad train for Bristol, and must
have reached their destination in_a few
hours afterwards.
A Story of an Honest Man.
Years ago when the now proud city of
Boston was but a brisk seaport town, with
its houses struggling to caover the hill-
sides and barren pastures, and not very
successful in the attempt, there lived a
man somewhat celebrated in his way, who
rejoiced in the name of Seth Thornton.
His way of celebrity was and .still.is a pe-
culiar oneslionesty. Folks used to say
that Seth was so intensely honest, that he
uas accustomed to set aside a percentage
of his profits in trade, for the benefit of
the poor as an offset to any monies he
.mighi by any 'possihilliy._,have become an-
lawfully possessed of without his being
aware of it.
Whether this was so or not, he was
celebrated for his sterling, undeviating
honesty, and without the reward that
would have seemed to have been his due.
Seth was poor and although he was
always comfortable, he was indebted for
his comfort rather to his economy in life
than to his success in business. He was
‘barely thirty years of age when the story
commences, and was regular and method-
ical to a nicety in his transactions, and
from that had obtained the soubriquet of
of Old Seth.
So much for preinises—now to our
story. " ‘
A dull gloomy day, it was wet without,
cold within, and. clieerless everywhere.
The trade was dull as the Weather, and
Seth was grabbing up old accounts with
severe determination, when he was dis-
turbed by the creaking of the low door of
his shop and the entrance of an old bowed
down figure, who barely placing one foot
before the other, shuffled across the floor
through piles of West India and dry goods
hard-ware, groceries and notions (for
yankee land was even then full of them,)
and depositing a well-filled bag up'on his
countefr,'with the ejaculation, “ use for
Ben Foula and Sons”—siiddenly shuffled
so i._iubu_siness-like. transactions, Seth -was
some time ina muse, before‘ the brilliant
idea of examining the bag left, occurred
to his bewildered brain. _
The first touch told him it was gold,
, and upon examination -it contained the
tlien e_norm_oiis sum of five hundred guin-
eas in gold of Spain. Having satisfied
himself as to the amoiint,—he turned to his
'day-book and made entry. “Received
cash this ~day‘500g. to be used for
Benjainin Fuller and Sons,” and opened
his account accordingly. ,. _ ‘
Years passed-’0n,.and fromyear to- year
the property invested. in -tlie-_natrie' of
Benjamin F. and Sons, seemed cherished
by fortune’s self. 'l’hei.r ventures Were
_s_uccessft_il: by sea and land,’ when all bthé
ers w.ere<.I'ui.no'us,-é.-.-their ships’ node safe
.t-_ht_',o_,ugh;,st.orms..tnat sunké, the’ slowest
merchantmaii, and their-«cargoes arrived
in safety when privateers had taken gr
,di-_iven,a\vay all o'theI-ts. So.imiri'éns‘i3.;;,tvas
this increase that soon old Seth was.
her aqglealm 0f’ll9pE,’liJul”l_lef f_ear;,st’,ill pre-
How, li;.’_ib_le'to be, decayed ajiyayf by villains,"
’u_re_q'iiietéd,'._sat‘ sobbing. in‘ her chair,
andaftrr soli:e soothing reriiar;k’s,’ret.ttrned_
‘away. Not comprehending the nature of‘
_
his own property‘ increase was" of little’
V-a,ccou_‘n’t‘ compar’ed5"':w_ith_ the '_i,tnrnense
commission on tlie,i"r"iltv’e:str,!ten’ts"_'.'- His
-w'arelious’e was bec‘orn'e one oftlie _li1_i_‘gcst:‘
in the colony,’ nnd his s_’li.ips pgf:ssed.j'i‘ri and
out‘ from every port’of_us:tal‘ _:t‘i"ad."e"dl' the
time, -laden w‘ith"t'he prop-my _ot'-_"’tl,ie"un-
jknown, , . , _, A '3
Still was the same‘accd_ulli’t opfhis lgedg-s
"er preserved, and receipts "aiti’d" expendi-
tures always kept, waifing flief of
his principal or his son‘s'”i'ind’t’li‘e‘it! exam-
ination. ,_ _ , Z _ ”’f' '- -
So_ time’ went on—.-pr6sp’ei‘i,t.’5,’l0‘ the
mysterious pérsori and mis'f’prfunf.e.- l9;the
agent. -' -‘A new market’ was ’_t,h’e"q do ght;
for outhe coas_t of tlie'l\le_ditei‘_1;ai_i'ct'_lti, and
avessel ‘was’ ‘clispatched for”‘Algi’et’§with
rich consignments. “The ’ctipt_ii’ii‘f "dpuii
his arrival, waited upon "t!i,e' ’pr,iiicipal
inercliants, of the place and all ol"_th.e Ful-
l'er’s“ manifest was iii denragdd, iivliile old
Setli’s produced but a 'nominiil”profil.”‘,‘
A sale was finally e‘flected_ of thewliole
cargo,‘ and the ‘merchant and the‘ captain
discussed the subject or the ‘new trade, to-
gether. The merchant. ’e’xpre'ss’e’d.'his
desire to see the new cou'iitry,and in-
ritation of the other, 'took"p‘assag’e inflhis
ship for America!" " ' ' _
The day succeeding, his _a_rr'i lal, Seth
was seated in his counting’ro’om,’_engaged
in his usual exainination‘of 'ledg‘ers. and
papers, when a movement. attract_ed'_'his
attention, snd he sawhiefore‘h'ii‘ii"the same
bowed down" figure, and the‘ same ‘shuffling
step approaching. ' ' 'i I
“ Where is the money for B'en"F_onla 2”
VVithout hesitation and a'lm'ost‘w’ith,ont~
surprise, the account of ‘the investments
was read over and deeds of estates _and
evidences of property in the name’ of
Benjamin Fuller were produced. Houses
ships and cargoes were p_assed’over.to the
rightful owner, and a rigid account of ex-
penses and‘ commissions was rendered
and with no comment or inquiry, the lion-
orable man was left alone. '
The days passed on, and old Seth again
was toiling in business, when a’ captain
of a ship newly arrived from the Mediter-
ranean, entered and placed in his hands a
pacl-age. lt was a will be,stoivi‘n’g"upon
him all the property of'tlie inysterious old
man accumulated by himself as agent.
The true story of the mysterious visitor
was never told, but long afterwards it was
recalled to mind that ,a Mohammedan
Merchant named Hamet Ben ‘Foiila, had
been in America when ‘the firsl: incident;
occurred, and the passenger who came
and returned in the Yankee ship, was
called by the samc name. This mercliant
continued his business withold Seth long‘
afterward, and the latter never surmised
that the tall Arab was the old decripid
man who was his benefactor, nor that he
helddhis property, by will of'one who still
“V8 5
Two Jersey Girls who 4lidiii’tsee'tiie-
_ . _Elcpliia_ait.- ~
One of the Jersey boats brought to the
city of New York, on th‘e 4«th, twolyoung,
tresh and hearty, girls, who had long. be-
fore agreed to celebrate thoFourt.h of July
together, in seeing the wonders of that
city. They had made a trifle of money
in picking strawberries at one .penny it
basket, were fast friends and not half so
green as the fields they were accustomed
to roam in, albeit they were veritable
country girls, and had never read the la-
test work on etiquette. You maybe sure
they were in fine spirits, and after swal-
lowing a cup of tolerable good coffee in
Washington market, they walked up Ful-
ton street tothe American Museum ;~paid
their two shillings each, ‘and “helped
themselves” liberally to at sight of the
nuinberless curiosities which that popular
establishment contains. When, according
to their own estimation, they had got their
money’s wot‘lh,_l.hey went out, intending
to make their way to the Battery to see
the military pageant. But they had scarcely
left the Museum steps, before a good look-
ing, well dressed young man, quite acci-
dentally stumbled against them, and quite
as naturally apologisee for the unpremed-I
itated offence.
“ There’s no harm done,” said Susan,
-“ is there Jane. We are country girls,
and don’t mind trifles. Besides you city
people always walk with your eyes at the
tops of the houses. For niy_’part, I don't
seehow you get along so well.”
ladies 'l” said the strange young g,entl'eman:
with a bow and a smile. i ’
- "“ Yes, ‘we are,” answered Susan, “ ai'n’t.
we Jane’! , We are from the Jarsys, just.
back of Shrewsbury. VVere you ever at.
Shrcwsbury, sir‘-—down at the Beach‘,1
mean’! We a famous place ‘along that.
shore,‘ and people who are born there have
their eye-teeth ready cut, and their eye-
brows buttoned back when they’re away
from home. Catch them napping! Why
they were all what you call land pirates,
once and didn’t think any more oftolling
.a ship ashore, than a city sharper. would
think of cheating a._c0Dtj|,l,!7S’;gTt,3eI_l h01‘ll-’_.’
«“ I am not from Jersey,” the young man
replie'd,_ “-but._a st'rang_er._in town, like
yourself,‘and if youjhave, I10 0bj€_C_tl0n,1
should be.plea.s<:<lt-.10 eccvmpany S°‘.U'9‘.“!d
for a few ‘hours.”---. . .. . .. j " ‘
'. “ laiim. agreed,.” said 'Susan, “.§i.f= Jane
:is. . We are ?’a going to3£lie4Battery;t_o':se'e
the soge_rs.” V .*-~":=‘:’t ;i-:'- ;_:'
Jane said she‘ was notthe‘ girlito break
ujfi pleasant company,’ ’ap’d"o'ff the trio
‘stt1”rted,’1tlt girls‘ q'uiei.ly‘jex'chan“g_ed_ glan-
t§€3‘b'b’Su"sin"’Wlt"i§p'e’t'e’d't"0 Ja'n‘e=5-'-' ’ ' " ‘ I
known'on‘ly as"a’ger‘i_'t“.' for the Fullers,’ and ,
“ Then you are from the country,.ypung'
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