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Village subscribers bycarrier—-per year $12 00
Mail do. in adviince do. 2 00
Office subscribers, or those living out of
'tlie Carrier's-disti'ict, and who call for
their papers at the office, 1 50
Companies of five or more receiving their
papers by mall, if paid in advance 1_ 50
9. 3. Perry,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
_ Mal_lory7s Building.
Oflicc hours from 8 /0 12 o’clock, A. 111. ;‘ and
from 1 lo 4 o'clock, P. Ill.
0. 8:. G. A. BESSELL,
Attorneys and eounsellors_ at Law.
Office over J. Mallory &. Co.’s Store
NORWALK, CONN. -
George .P.\.. Davenport,
Attorney and Counsellor at law.
Oflice ll/Iest Side the Brzdge,
NORVVALK, CONN.
Jan. 1st, 1850.
Wm. W. Narramore,
iifiilbbhldii kh'l'lST
Corner of State and ZlIa.i72. Streets,
BRIDGIZPORT, CONN.
FIELDS &. HENDRICKS,‘
1\'I:\i'.\'UFAC'1'URER5 AND DEALERS IN
Boots, Shoes, Leatlier, and Findings
No. 12-3 Iviain-Street,
NOl’.\V.-XLK, or.
3
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II:u't.'fo1'(l County
Mutual Fire liisai-inioe Coiiipany.
GEORGE ST. JOHN, Agent.
E, AS a pledged capital of about $800,000.
. A cash surplus ofmoro than $3.000.—
Ins'ui'ance on $100 about7 cents per year.
March 12. tfl0
Spring and Summer Clothing.
' ITHAUE I .54: TURK have received their
stock of sprEng,and summer ready-made
clothing, which they will sell at city prices,
which is much cheaper than can be purchased
at uiiyoilier establishment in this place.
Norwalk, April 12th, 1850.
Ready Made Clothing.
.;s- .
.. ——;
TIIE subscriber has on hand and intends
‘keeping a good assort.mei_it of Ready Made
Also, a. good assortment
of Cloths, Cassimeres, and Vcstings, which
he will make up to order in good style and at
short. notice.
,N. B. Particular attention paid to cutting.
THOMAS RILEY.
Norwalk, Feb. ‘.25. 1850. 9
1'}. Curtis. Merchant Taylor.
No. 10 ilfrzin Street, 0lms£cazl’s Builzlirigs.
TI-l.E Subscriber has received, within a
few days past, a large addition to his as-
sortment of Spring Goods, consisting, in part,
of Broadcloths, of French, German, English
and American manufactui'e.
CASSIMERES,
Plain Black and Doeskin ; also a large assort-
ment of Fancy Goods. of ii variety of patterns.
VESTINGS AND TRIMMINGCN‘;
A good assortment; always on hand, tovall of
which I would invite an examination from my
friends and customers, and the public genomi-
ly. The above goods will be sold on as rea
sonable terms as can be offered elsewhere.
Garments made. or made and Trimmed in a
most fashionable and workinanlike manner.
Cutting done as usual.
Fashions received every month.
ELBERT CURTIS.
Norwalk, April 817i, 1850.
Removal.
MRS. Tl NDALL has
removed her Millinery
Business to the House
recently occupied by
Mrs. Gray, over the
jewelry store of C.
Dis‘Jrow,whei'e she is
now opening a.hfll1dS0'_"9
Spring Bonnelsa Rlb‘
bone, and eVG1')’ I'h_'”_g
pertaining to the Milli-
nery Business.
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//,, c. Norwal/c, April 901..
A Card. '
TIIE Subscribers would take this method
- to inform their friends and the public gen
erally, that they have associated together in
the practice-of Dental Surgery, and will be
happy to serve their patrons in the best: possi-
ble manner. It is their intention to perfect
such arrangements as will secure to their
friends all the advantages that the Dental Pro-
fession affords. and to execute their business
in a style creditable -to themselves. With many
thanks for past favors, they would respectfully
solicit a continuance of the same.
A. HILL, DDS.
CHAS. FITCH.
C_-ytherean cream ofsoap
NEW pFepai'ation for washing and bath-
ing, just received and for sale by
-' C. E. DISBROW-
. HITE-VV ASH‘ and Scrubbing Brushes,
Notice.
HE subscriber would respectfully call the
ttention of the public to the largest assort-
ment of Harness to be found in any similar es-
tablisliinent. in this county, wh'ch he has on
ha nd, and offers for sale at the very lowest pri-
ces. - It is believed that no similar establish
ment can f_nrnish a better or cheaper article
in his line of business. He has also avery
large lot; of Carriage W'liips, which he offers
at factory prices. It is his intention to sell any
and every article in his line as low as any other
establishment in the country. He has on hand
a large assomnciit of Saddlery wai'e,and con-
tinues to manufacture all kinds of Goods in his
line on the most reasoiiuble terms.
\VM. B. SWAN.
Norwalk, Feb 12 .
More Wet Goods at Westport,
M ONG wliich are Black and Brown
French I3i'oadcloths——medium to extra
fine.
Black F-rench Cassimercs, a part of which
are of the best qualities imported.
6-it Black Drap D’Ete, extra fine.
4-4 Black Silks, superior quality, high
lustre.
Colored Silk Cravats for Gents.
Illusion Laces, Table Covers.
Chainbray and other Gingliams.
2000 yards of Calicoes.
1000 pair of Scissors.
I-Ieiivy Twilled Cotton Duck, suitable for
Boat Sails, Awnings, &c.
Heavy Unbleached Jean.
India Rubber Suspenders.
Coarse Boots. Fine Cloth Caps.
Stout Overcoats, Sack Coats, Monkey Jack-
ets. Linen Sacks, Pants, Vests, &c.; together
with a large assortnient of Dry Goods suited
to the season, to which will be added a new
supply every week. ‘
Particular attention is paid to the manufac-
ture of clothing to order, from the very best
and most fashionable city styles, to all the
l0WGl'qualit.ies, and at prices much lower than
ever before offered at in this county.
MOULTON.
l'I7cS/purl, _7l'Ta_7/ 2017:. 1850.
H. 0'. Randall.
HAS just received anew and beautiful ar-
ticle in his line—a fancy-shaped silk
glazed cap, of the finest texture, the assort-
ment of which he will rapidly reduce by the
daily sales. Also a complete variety of every
kind of cap, which he offers surpassingly
cheap for cash. -
He is manufacturing as good a hat for $4
as can be procured at Bebee 66 Co., N. Y.,
for Any person desiring a hat, light, easy
and waterproof‘, and made by careful measure
to fit all the side-bumps of the head, had bet-
ter call without. delay, as he is rolling off the
present edition of Spring Hats like hot-cakes.
Silk OI’ Fur hats finished as per order. 18
&. €3.ii§@5§.*E§'.E3‘Ti§,
' €33-. E2'.mi'iI‘1.
l’ HE Subscriber would inform his foi'mer
- custoineis and the public generally, that
he may be found at his new store in South
Norwalk, wlicrehe will keep a good and ex-
tensive assortment of Groceries, Provisions,
Croclxery, China. and Glass \Vai'e. Also Flour
and Feed, Sporting and Blasting Powder,
Patent: Fuse. and a general assoitinent of
Patent: Medicines. All of which he will sell
at as low rates as they can be procured at in
this village or elsewliere. -
Fresh Goods received every week. Goods
delivered in any part of the village.
South Norival/c, Jllay (ilh 1850. ‘.20
Adams’ «So Co’s Express.
_ ADAMS’ & Co respectfully give no-
. tice to the ciiizens of Norwalk and
i “ vicinity, that, having effected contracts
With lllc New York 65 New Haven, the Hous-
iitonic,‘-Naugatuck, New Haven 85 Northamp-
ton. and New Haven, Hartford 66 Springfield
Railroads, they are prepared to receive and
deliver Packages, parcels, &c., on the line of
these roads. .
Our facilities on the Southern Roads are
such, we are enabed to transport merchandise
at Mail speed, in iirlvaiice of any other medium.
M i«:ssr:Noi~:ns constantly accompany our Ex-
press Cars. in which are placed laox SAi_-‘rs,
with JON]-ZS’ PA'ri«:.\"r BANK LOCKS, for he
greater security of Bank Notes, Specie, and
other valuables entrusted to our charge.
&3?’°Order for goods to be returned by our
Express will be delivered free of charge.
Packages, Parcels, &c.. should be marked
care of " Adams’ 6: Co.’s__ Express.”
Bridgeport, Ct. H. SPOONER.
Leaves Norwalk for New York South a
52 P. M.
For the East at 6.13, P. M.
'-rite Cordia1«Balm or eiieaa,
‘& remedy for mental and bodiiy debility.
nervous disorders, &c. is universally ac-
knowledged to be peculiarly efficacious in all
inward wiistings, loss of appetite, indigestion,
pepression of spirits. treinbliiig or shaking of
the hands or limb, shortnoss of breath, consump-
tive habits. Iteases the most violent pains in
the head and stoinacli, and promotes perspira-
tion. For sale by W. E. BISSELL.
5.
3m
Blacksmithing.
VVILLLIAM H. LAMB
\Vould inform his friends and the
_,, public that he has made arrange-
-?‘---‘ ments for conducting the above
business in all its various branches, at the old
stand on Main street, where he will be found
ready to do all kinds of work usually done in a
country shop; never tires in ironing wiigops,
sleighsi, and such work as liisgcustomlers gvisli
done. By paying strict attention to its usi-
ness, and endeavoring to give perfect satisfac-
tion, he hopes to so weld the interest the inter-
est of the public with his sledge that D0 flflVV
will prevent him from receiving a share of
patronage. _ _
N. B. Horse-shoeing done in the most ap-
proved manner.
Norv_valk, Jan.
Ploughsl Ploughs!
AGLE PLOUGHS. warranted the best
Plough made in the United States.
Muyher’s No. 19. 20, mid 21 plouglls-
Do. Horse —do.
Couch’s Sanford 0 D. 1 D, and 2 D_d0-
‘ Hall's No. 3 and Horse do .
Castings for the above and Wai'i'iiig’s
Ploughs ; just received and for sale by
WM. C. STREET.
1,1850.
for sale at 4
' S. BISSELL’
P'O'FASH, for saleby " ' F "
» W. E. BISSELL.
pizvlv -
NORWALK, er. ii, I850.
POETRY.
SONG OF IVIAY.
'Whe.n the green grass, gently springs,
Wlieii the sky-lurk sweetly sings, ’
\Vhen' the tears of weeping night
Sparkle in the morning light,
And on every emerald stein,
Gleams a spangled (liadem ;
\Vben a soft descending shower
Bids the buds disclose the flower;
\Vhen the sunny south wind flings
Perfume fiom its balmy wings;
\Vlieii the orient beams of day
Through the pathless azure stray;
\Vhen the lamps of golden light,
Gem the purple brow of night;
\Vhen from forth her watch tower high,
Cyntnia gazed radiently, '
And adowii the wooden dell,
\Varbles plaintive Pliilomel‘;
Then I come with smiling mien, .
Clad in robe of gayest green,
Scattering flowers of brightest hue,
\Vhite and crimson, pied and blue.
In my moss strewed lap I bear
Rosey wreaths and chaplets fair;
Round my tapering fingers twine
Teiidrils ofthe clasping vine,
Criinson clouds that in the west-
Pearls that lie the depths within-—
Hues that gild the raiubow’s riin—
.Gleams there notin air or sea,
Tinge, or tint. unknown to me.
I-lither haste! bright: gifts I bear, -
Gifts most beautiful iind rare.‘ ‘
See! I cast. them in my way:
Take them from the hand of May.
Tlien, when lavished is my store,
I'll away and seek for more, ,
> And come again and deck your bowci-s
\Vith verdant leaves, and roscute flowers.
IIEAVEN.
That clinic is not like this dull clinic of ours.
All, all is brightness there;
A sweeter influence breailies around its flowers
And a far inilder air.
No cairn below is like that calm above ;
No region here is like that realm oflove ;
Eai'th’s softest spring ne’er shed so soft light;
Earth’s brightest summernevershoue so bright.’
That sky is not like this sad sky of ours,
Tinged with earth's change and care;
No shadow dims it, and no ruin-cloud lowers;
No broken sunshiné there! ,
One overlasting stretch ofazure pours
Its stainless splendor o'er those siiiless shores;
For there Jehovah shines with heavenly ray,
There Jesus reigns, dispensing endless day.
The dwellers there are not like those of earth-—
No mortal stain they bear;
And yet tlicysecin of kiiiilred blood and birth;
\Vlicnce and how came they there?
l<‘.artli was their native soil; from sin and shame
Tlirough tribulation, they to glory came;
Bond-slaves. delivered from siu's crushing load,
Brands plucked from bui-uing,by the hand ofGod.
Those robes of tl'ieirs are not like those below;
No iingel’s half so bright !
VVhence came that beauty, whence that living
glow? I
\Vhence came that radiant white I
Wiislied in the blood of the atoning Lamb,
Fair as the light those robes of theirs became;
And now, all tears wiped off from every eye,
’l‘hey wander where the freshest pastures lie,
Through all the nightless day of that unfading
sky.
MISCELLANY.
Flattcii-y Sometixncs Servicable.
A bear who was taking a lesson in danc-
ing; and who believed that he could not fail
to be admired, paused for a moment on his
hindlegs to ask an ape how he liked his
dancing.
“ '1‘o say the truth, friend, you dance very
badly—you are too heavy.”
“ But surely, I do not want grace, and
what you call heaviness, may it not be dig-
nity of carriage C?” and Bruin recommenced
his practice with somewhat of an offended
air.
“ Bravo,” cried an ass, who passed by,
“such light and graceful dancing I have
never secn_; it is perfection.”
This uiiqiialified praise was too much for
even the self-love of the bear, and startled by
it into modesty, he said within himself:
“ Whilst the ape only censured I doubted ;
but now that the ass praises me, I am sure I
must dance horribly.”
Friends, suffer a word of advice; when
good taste censures, hesitate, doubt; when
folly applauds, be certain you are all in the
wrong. _.
Acknoiwledgiwgt/Le Fa,cl.—-The old poverb
that many a true word is spoken in jest,
was forcibly illustrated a few Sundays since
A Free Church Minister in Glasgow, gave
out as the morning lesson, the fourth section
of the 119th Psalm and while the congrega-
tion were looking out the “portion” in their
Bibles the Dr. took out his mull,and seizing
a hasty pinch with finger and thumb,regaled
his nose with the snuff-—he then began‘ the
lesson: “ My soul cleavcth unto the dust l”
The titter ran round the church, and "the
confusion -ofthe poor priest, showed that both
the congregation and he felt the Psalmist’s
“pinch.”
A Szimfitakiag Slatue.——An English offi-
cer, in Venice, walking one day from the
Doge’s palace, thought he saw one of the
figures on the clock tower of St. Mark’s
stoop and take up something! He looked
up again, and positively saw the figure take
a pinch of snuff! The officer declared that
he was apprehensive he was losing his
senses, or that his vision was deranged;
when an old woman, observing his conster-
nation, soon explained the seeming miracle,
by telling him that one of the figures that
struck the hour being out of repair, her
nephew, Jacapo, was engaged its a substi-
tute, till the machinery was put in order. 9
:¢___?_
21:’;-'-"Be calm‘a_nd steady’; nothing will
grow un'der'a moving barrow.
"known better,) used
I iITale of Real Life. 7
B_Y MISS SEDGWICK.
“ I am going round to -Broad-street to in-
quirepf Ross," the ‘glover, about little Lucy
Wendall. " I _
Lucy Wendall ! W'hois she ?”
"‘ff"Sl;1e is a pretty little Dutch girl, who liv-
ed.jqpposite to me in that bit of a little dwell-
ing’ that looks likeia crack or a seam be-
‘IIYQCR the two houses on each side of it. She
lived wi‘th her grand parents natives of this
city-', and once proprietors of many a lot with-
, -in 'it,ibut they have been out-bargained and
out;-;w_.itted till they were reduced to this little
tenement, twenty feet by fifteen. Their on-
ly. _SlI'I‘-Vi\'lIlg decendaiit was my little friend
Lucy, a’ pretty, fair skinned, fair-haired, blue
eyed girl, _oi'a most modest, quiet, engaging
demeanor. For many months after we
I’ mo-yed’ to State street, I knew nothing of the
faniil-‘y ; but from such observations as the
eyefccpitlld tpke, negitpdess yyzlals the ]ruling pas-
S100 .0 18 1ouse- o '. eir on y servant,
lvlinerva, (the goddess of wisdom should have
to scrub the house
,we‘ekly from garret to cellar; their only
carpet was S(§l(‘)j0l_{I every! Saturday ;, the spifps
were-scoure ai y, no never, in my ie,
saw the old woman without a dusting cloth
in-her hand. Such a war of extermination
did she carry on against the intruding parti-
cle_s,__that my friend E. used to say, it must
be ‘hardto think of ‘turning to dust’,
Lucy had no visitors, no companions ; and
of the only indulgent of the old people,
which was sitting on the stoop, every pleas-
antafiernoon, according to the ancient Dutch
custom, she never partook. She never went
out, excepting on Sundays, to Church, and
then she reminded me of one of those bright
pretty flowers that hang on the cragged,
barclstems of the cactus. I pitied her, her
spring of life seemed passing away so drear-
ly. tr’My pity was misapplied; and I felt it
to be so when I looked into her serene and
sweet countenance, and saw there the im-
press of that happiness which certainly flows
from duties religiously performed. It is a
great marten- Grace,.to have your desires
bounded within your station ; to be satisfied
with-. the quiet, unnoticed performance of the
duties Providence has allotted to you, and
not to wast your efforts or strength in
seeking togdo good, or to obtain pleasure be-
yond your spbere. This is true wisdom '
and this was VVendall’s. At last there camd
into this family, what comes to all; death
and its changes. The old man and his wife
died ivitliin a few days of each other, of the
.infl;tien_2athut then raged in the city. The
hope of serving this pretty orphan induced
me to go to the house. She received _mc
gratefully, and as an old friend ; and though
we had never exchanged a word tocrether
there had been an interchange of kind look;
and friendly nods, those little humanities
that bind even strangers together.
On inquiry into her affairs, I found she
was almost pennilcss, but a discreet and
kind female friend had procured a place for
her in Ross’ glove factory. Lucy was skill-
ed in all the artand handicraft of the needle.
Ross, it seems, is a very thriving tradesman ;
and to the warm recommendation of Lucy’s
friend, he had promised to board her _in
his own family, and allow her sufficient com-
pensation for her labor. ,
In a few days she removed to her new
home. It is now fifteen months since she
left our street. She came once to tell me
that she was perfectly satisfied with her place
and since then I have heard nothing of her.
Do not look so reproving my lady Mentor.-—
I have been intending for some time to call
at Mr Ross’ to make inquiries about her. My
story has brought us almost to the shop’;
“ Jolm Ross, glove manufacturer.” I‘his
must be the place. Stop one moment, Grace
and look through the window; that man, no
doubtis Ross himself. What a fine head!
You might know such a man would succeed
in the world, let his lot be cast where it
would. He would have made a resolute
general, :1 safe statesman ; but here he is an
honest, thrivinrr glover, and that perhaps is
just as well,” Iiotbing truer than the trite
-old couplet:
“Honor and fame from no condition rise;
Act well your part, there all the glory lies.”
“ The old man looks as though he might
be a little tyrannical though. Heaven grant
poor Lucy may not have suffered from that
trait in his physiognomy.”
“ The only customer is coming out; now
we have a clear field, let us go in.”
“Mr. Ross, I beleive.”
“ The same, ma’am."
“ I came, Mr. Ross, to inquire after a
young woman who came to live with you
last Christmas.”
"I have had a great many young women
living with me, ma’am.”
“ The old man’s humor requires me to be
explicit. Her name, Mr. Ross, was Lucy
Wendall.” ,
“ Ay, Lucy lVendall did come into the
factory about that time.”
There was an expression of Ross’ face at
the mention of her name, that might betide
good, and it might betide evil of Lucy. “l
merely wished to know, Mr. Ross, whether
she yet remains with you.”
“ Was you a friend to Lucy VVendall,
ma’am'Z”
“I should think it an honor to call myself
so but I could hardly claim that name. She
was my neighbor, and interested me by her
correct department, and uncommon dutiful-
ness to her parents.” Ross made no reply,
but fumbled over some gloves that were on
the counter, then tied, up the bundle and laid
it on the shelf. “ You seem, Mr. Ross, not
disposed to answer my enquiry. I am afraid
some accident has happened to the poor
irl."
“ Would you like to know, ma’am, what
has happened, to -her?” I-leleaned his el-
bow on,his.desl;-;.a,n,d;seen;ed about t0'C0,I.Il'
mence a story; ,
,i ‘‘_Certainly I would.’..’ _.,
AT TWO ‘DOLLARS _PER' ANNIUIM.
: :1
VOLUME _ XXXIIII.‘--RNUMBJEB. 24. ,
...,“ VVell, you know, when Lucy Wendall
came to me, she was a little, demure Ihing—
not a beauty, but so comely and so tidy, that
she was a pretty resting-place for the eye of
old or young. She was as great a contrast
to the other girls in the work-shop as white
is to black. She just sat quiet in one corner,
and minded her work, and took no part in
their gabbling.' ‘You know what a parcel
of girls are, ma'am, clinging away from
morning till night, like forty thousand chim-
ney swallows. Lucy was very different:
she made herself neat and tidy in the morn-
ing, and did not lose half an hour at noon
when the ’p'rentice boyswere coming to din-
ner, twitching out curl-papers, and furbelow-
ing her hair. The boys and girls used to
have their joke about her, and call her the
little parsoii ; but she only preached in her
actions; and that is what I call practical
preaching, ma’am. She was a little master-
workinan at her needle. I never had a
match for her since I began business; but
(you know there is always a but in this life,)
she gave me great offence. She crossed me
where I could least bear to be crossed.”
“Not intentionally, I am sure, Mr. Ross.”
“You shall bear, ma’am. I have an only
son, John Ross—a fine, fresh-looking, good-
natured lad. lsct my heart on his marry-
ing his cousin Ainy Bruce. She is the
datighter of my youngest sister, and had a
pretty fortune in hand, enough to set John
up in any business he fancied. There was
no reason in the world why he’ should not
like Amy. I hadkept my wishes to myself,
because I knew that young folks’ love is
like an unbroken colt, that will not mind
spur nor bit.‘ I never mistru.-"ted that any-
thing was going wrong, till one day ‘I heard
the girls making a great wonderment about
a canary bird that they found when they
went in the morning into the workshop, in
a cage hanging over Lucy’s seat; and then
I remembered that John asked me for five
dollars the day before, and when I asked
him what he wanted it for, he looked sheep-
ish and made no answer. I thought it pru-
dent, before matters went any further, to tell
John my wishes about his cousin Amy.
My wishes, ma’am, I have always made a
law to my children. To be sure I have
taken care for the most part that they should
be reasonable. I am a little wilful, I own;
and ‘* children, obey your parents” is the
law both of Scripture and of Nature. So
Itold John,l did not hint any suspicious
about Lucy, but told him this marriage with
his cousin he could have no objections to,
and to set about it without delay, on peril of
my displeasure. He was silent, and looked
downcast, but saw that I was determined,
and I believed he would not disobey me.
A few evenings after, I saw a light in the
workshop after the usual time, and went to
inquire into it. I had on my slippers, and
my steps made little or no sound. The up-
per part of the door was set with glass, and
I could see Lucy finishing off a pair of
gloves —my son was standing near her. It
appears they were for him ; and he insisted
upon her trying them on his hand. Hers,
poor thing, seemed to tremble. The glove
would not go on, but it came off, and their
hands met without gloves,-and a nice fit they
were. Iburst in upon them, asked John if
this was his obedience to me, and told Lucy
to quit my service immediately. Now that
the whole matter is past, 1 must do John the
justice to say he stood by her like a man.
He had given his heart and promised his
hand to Lucy, and she owned she loved him
——him who was not worthy of her love.
He said, too, something of my being a kind
father, and a kind man; and he would not V
believe that the first case of iny doing wrong
would be to the orphan girl whom Provi-
dence had placed under our roof. Ma’am,
you will wonder that I hardened my heart
to all this, but you know that anger is a
short madness, and so it is; and, besides,
there is nothing that makes us so deaf to
reason and true feeling as the strong sense
we are wilfully doing wrong. I was harsh
and John lost his temper, and poor Lucy
cried, and was too frightened to speak; it
ended by my telling Lucy she should not
stay another day in my house, and John,
that if he did not obey me, my curse should
be upon him.
“The next morning,iliey had both cleared
out, and every body thought they had gone
off to get married, and so I believed till
night, when John came in like a distracted
man, and said he had been all day seeking
Lucy, in vain—-that the only friend she had
in the city knew nothing of where she xx as
-—and when I answered ‘so much the bet-
ter,’ accused me of cruelty, and then fol-
lowed high words, such as never should
pass between father and son ; and it ended
in turning him froiu my door. I do not
wonder you turn away—but hear me.
Saturday night, three days after, John came
borne, an altered man. He was as humble
as if he only had been wrong. He begged
pardon, and promised to obey me in all
things but marrying Amy Bruce. ‘I give
up Lucy, father,’ said lie,‘but I cannot
marry any one else ” I forgave him—from
the bottom of my heart I forgave him--and
Ilonged to ask him to forgive me—butI
have not come to that yet. I asked him
what had brought him back to duty. He
put into my hands a letter which he had re-
ceived from Lucy; she had persevered In
not seeing him——but, such a letter, ladies!
If ministers could speak so to the heart,
there would be no sin in the world. She
said she had deserved to suffer for carrying
matters so far without my knowledge. She
spoke _of me as the kindest of fathers, and
the kindest of masters. Then she spoke of
the duty a child owed a parent——said she
should never have any peace of mind till
she heard we were reconciled ; and told him
it would be in vain for him to seek her, for
she had solemnly resolved never to see him
again. The paper was blistered with tears
from the topgto the bottom; but saving and
excepting ‘nothing’ but from which you
....
#1
could guess what it costiherito write -the,‘
letter. _ ~
“I could not stand it; my heart melted,
within me; I found her that very night,
and, without loss of time, brought her back,
to my house, and there,” he added, walking
hastily to the further end of the shop, and,
throwing open the ‘door that led into'a back
parlor, ‘there, madam, is the long and short
of it.’ And there was one of the most touch-
ing scenes of human life My pretty, duti-
'ful friend had become a wife and mother,’
her infant in her arms, and her husband 'sit-
ting beside her, watching the first intima-
tions of intelligence and love in its bright
little face. Such should be the summer of
happiness when the spring is consecrated to‘
virtue.
Bones in the Desert.
BY ALEXANDER DUMAS.
The accustomed route is marked by 21‘
white line of bleached bones extending to‘
the horizon. This extraordinary circum-
stance, it may well be supposed, aroused all
my attention. I called to Bechara, who,
however, did not wait for my question, for’
he at once read my desire in my obvious
astonishment. “The droinedary,” said he,‘
as he was coming to my side, and commencv
ing his story without preface, “is not so
troublesome and iinportunate an animal as a.
horse, He continues his course without-
stopping, without eating, without drinking;
nothing about him betrays sickness, hunger,
or exhaustion. 'I‘he,Arab who can hear-
from such a distance the roar ofa lion, the
néigli ofa horse, or the noise of men, hears
nothing from his hagliin, but its quick or.
lengthened respiration; it ‘never enters 11
Complaint or a groan.- But when nature is
vanished by suffering", when privutious have
exhausted its strength, when life is ebbing,‘
the dromcdary kneels down, stretches out his
neck, and closes its eyes. The master then
knows that all is over. He dismounis, and
without an attempt to make it risc—for he
lmows the honesty of its nature, and never
suspects it of deception or laziness—he re-'
moves the saddle, places it on the back of
another dromcdary, and departs, abandoning’
the one that is no longer able to accompany
him. When night approaches, the jackals
and hycnas, attracted by the scent, come up
and attack the poor animal till nothing is left"
but the skeleton. IVe are now on the high-
way from Cairo to Mecca ; twice a year the
caravans go and return by this route, and"
these bones, so numerous and so constantly
replenished, that the tempcsts of the desert
can never entirely disperse them ; these bones
which, without a guide, would lead you to
the cases, the wells, and fountains where the
Arab finds shade and water, and would end
by conducting you to the tomb of the Pro- '
phet ; these bones are those of the di'omeda-
rics which perish in the desert. If you loolc_
attentively, you will see some bones similar
-in size, and ofa differentconformation; these
too, are wrecks of wearied bodies, that have
found repose before they have reached the
goal. They are the bones of believers who
desired to obey the Prophet’s command, that
all the faithful shall once in their lives per-
forrn this holy journey; and who, having
been too long deterred from undertaking it
bycares or pleasures, commence their pil-
grimage so late on earth, that they are
obliged ‘to finish it in heaven. Add to these
some stupid Turk or bloated eunuch, who,
sleeping when he ought to have his eyes-
open, has fallen and broken his neck; give
the plague its share, which often destroys
one, and you will readily see that these fu-
neral guide-posts are planted with sufficient:
frequency to preserve the road in good order,
and to point out to the children the road pur-
sued by their fathers.” .
LE GISLATIVE.
MoNi).ur, June 3. .
S'enate,afier waiting an hour for a quorum,
adjourned to Tuesday.
In. the House, Resolution adopted appoint- ’
ing Elisha Dodd and Calvin Spencer Aud-
itors of the Public Accounts.
Memoiiial for abolition of Capital Punish-
ment, came from the Senate referred to Select
Committee on subject——refercnce concurred
in.
Report of Committee on education recom-
mending that 500 copies of the Reports of
the Insane, Blind, and Deaf and Dumb, be
priiited. Report accepted and recommenda-
tion adopted.
Report. on claim of Wm. T. Jones for re-
muneration of expenses incurred in contest-
ing seat of E. P. Buel in the House in 1846,
with the opinion that if the petitioner be en-
titled to any remuneration, the sum should
be 5585. Also, a resolution from the Senate,
authorizing a draft in his favor for $100.
After.-1 long debate, the report was accepted,
and" the resolution, after some amendment,
and much discussion, was adopted.
Adjourned.
, ’l’Ur:sn.u*, June 4.
In the Senate, Resolution appointing Sam-
uel H. Huntington Judge of Hartford coun-
ty court, .
Report of committee to whom was refer-
red the subject ofaboliiion of capital punish-
ment, made the order of the day for Tuesday
next
Report of States Prison Directors, accept-
Bill for public act authorizing free bank-
ing-read. Second reading dispensed with.
The Senator from the 20m did not sup-'
pose but there were errors in tl e bill had
received the advice ofeminent banking men
and knew no serious objection to it. The"
Bank commissioners object to it because our
system is good and safe. But under our pre-
sent system, however secure it may: be in
time of prosperity; but let a revulsion come
over us as in 1837, there is not a bank that
could pay half its bills in specie. This bill
provides for an_ issue ot bills, upon a basis-of
United States and State stock, lodged with
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