Bloonaer-ism.
It is useless to cling to the skirts of the mat-
ter any longer. Our fair friends will Bloom-
er-ise themselves, They will train just as
they please-—-will have it their own way,
whether that waybe long or short. They
propose to inaugurate Flora as their patron
saint and tocarry the world under a mask
of flowers Sometime this summer we
learn that there is to be a grand Floral
demonstration, and while the musculine-,
mind is confused with ‘sweet odors and‘
sweeter smiles the grand blow is to be-struck.
and Flora, Bloomer and breeches a-re to
come in triumphant.’ We warn all‘ -recal-
ritrant pantaloons betiines. For not only
have we been much and with me_lanc'ho’ly.,
meditating the portents of the time, but a_
wiser than we, speaks,f and to this result."
“ —-'-l have always said it: ‘Unbeaten
VVoman lords it o’er the world ! (By the
way, that’s a verse, but it is as true as prose
itseif.)= -Vale males swagger, and talk of
our‘ su‘periorit'y,. but only the Savage has
fpractical dominion over the “weaker sex,"
simply because he bangs his recalcitrant
female in lordly style! VVe doii’tLbeat our
women, and are therefore slaves ; we are
forced to knock under because we have
fastidious scruples about knocking them
down 1 This may be quite correct: I only
state the fact, without comuieiitary. . Un-
beaten Womanisa Tyrant. The weaker
they are the more tyrannical. A little
blonde creature with fair eyes and fragile
figure, whom you could crush in your ziiiin-
ly grasp, somehow or other you find your-
self trembling before, as before a crowned
potentate. She bends you to her purposes,
.to her caprices: if you resist, her pretty
eyes flash scornful fire -; if you quail not
before her anger, she rusnes into hyster-
icsl What is helpless ——and, above all,
clubless man to do? Be meek and acquies-
cent !
'l_‘hat I take to be one of the primordial
laws of civiliza‘.ion. Directly man emer.
ges from the savage state he becomes wo-
man’s prey. l find it the eternal theme of
literature. In one shape or another ii.‘ is
always Sampson laying his shaggy head in
the fair lap of Dalilah. I“l‘(in'l‘f.‘_l0nu»_'[' to
Paul de Kock the story of C_7/7ll0II. and Ip-
}L'LgL’.‘LZ65—-\'-‘l1lCl'1 Mr. Dryden told in resoun-
ding couplets—-has been varied in its inci-
dents, but has preserved its kernel of senti-
ment, which is none other than the domin-
i011 U5 B8301)’. The old lion who allowed
the fair maincii to draw his teeth and clip
liisierrible claws, what is that but the sym-
bol of our daily folly? Do we not all
stoop from our pedestal and crouch beineaih
the merciless grace of woman P
“Did not great Hercules lay down his
strength,
Spinning with Om phale, and all for love ?”
Ihink. of Achilles the Terrible, he whose
sboutalone made the horses of Troy trem-
blein their shoes, foreseeing the sorrows
which that shout implied. VVell, the
swift-footed himself who slew the Horse-
530191‘? Was c0uquci'ed bv the gentleness of
the fair Briseis I And when she was gape“
from him, he stalked irefuland moody by
the shores. of the many sounding sea, and
mingled his salt tears \~ ith the “ ocean
WW8-l’ (Unless you suppose that he had
- an eye lo P05'*e“l.Yal1nd Wished to furnish
.‘7’_°U“.‘-’ geiitleinaii of a classical turn with
me 1102.’./Ilillfr/l-\‘b!Il0 Z/ialas.s'es as an flPl)r0liriate
‘luolallon 3l‘“"3)'5 read)’-) If ‘Achilles
could betrmied by l,e,,ui_,,-, V,-1,0, after him
shall resist?
Breach of Proniiise of Marriage.
The case of Blake against VVilkins, tried
at the Gilway Spring Assizes for 1817,
merits recollection, as perhaps one of the
-est calculated, on record, to covered
with deserved ridicule the abuse of a spe-
cies of action wliichought to be very scl-
dom brought, and very sparingly encour-
aged. The plaintiff was a lieutenant in
the navy, not above thirt_v ‘years of age;
the defendant was at least sixty five.iind
‘was the wclljointiired tvidow of tbelstafl
physician in Wll-’S3 arms General Wolfe ex-
pired at thcsiege of Quebec. The pluiutiflfq
case liaving been gone through, Mr,
Philips addressed the jury on the part of
Mrs. Wilkins, in a speech of great felici-
ty, both for its eloquence and wit.
“ It has- been left to me,” said Mr. Pliil-
lips, “ to defend my unfortunate old client
from the double battery of love and of law
‘4’l‘l1lCl‘l, at-the age of sixty-five, has so un-
expcctedly opened on her. Oh, gentle-
men! how vain-glorfliiis is the boast of
beauty! How misapprehended have been
the charms of youth, if years and wrinkles
can thus despoil their conquests, and de-
populate the navy of its prowess, and be-
guile the bar of its eloquence! How
mistaken were all the amatory poets, froni
Anacreon downwards, who preferred the
bl_00rri of the rose and the thrill of the
nightingale, to the safiion hide and dulcet
treble of sixty five! _
“ Alniiglity love eclipsed the glories of
ambition. 'l'rnfalgar and St. Vincent ll-it-
ted from the (.‘efendant’s memory; he
gave up all for woman, as Mark Antony
did before him 3 and like Cupid in Hudibras
he
took his stand
Upon tl«WldUW’S jointure liind--
llis lr'li(lel-'Slg-ll. and trickling tear,
L-ong’d for five liundi-ed pounds a year ;
And limguisliing desires were fond
Cf stntur-, niorlgnge, billaiid bond!"
Oh,gentlemc-ii ! only imagine him "on
the lakes of North Aiiierica——alil.'e to him
the varieties of season, or the vicissitudes
of warfare. One sovereign image monop-
olizes his sensibilities. Does the storm
I‘-age? The V\7idow Wilkins outsighs the
Whirlwind. Is the ocean calm? Its mir-
ror sh-‘iviis him'the lovely VVidow Wlilkins
_Is‘ the battle won? He thinks his laurel,
that tho Widow VViikins may interweave
.-her myrtles. Does the broadside thunder ?
_He invokes the Vi/idow \Vilkins.
‘ A sweet little cherub she Sits up aloft,
To keep watch for the life of poor Peter!’
Alas, how much is he to be piiied ! How
amply he should he recuiiipensedg who
The "' Mountain of Light.
in speaking of this-niagnificent diamond,
(the greatest, probably, the world ever pro-
duced,) which occupies a conspicuous place
in the London Industrial ,Exhibition, Will-
mer & Sm~ith’s Times says :——-
“Every one who goes to the Exhibition
tries to get a good lookiat the great diamond
There it is-,.i-n its gilt iron cage,'under aglass
case, on its lockup pillar, blazing back the
light. People have heard so much about
the diamond that they must see it, and bear-
ing in mind its Eastern name, Mountain of
Light, and seeing from a long way off its
golden dome, and a crowd around it, as if
they were basking in its beams, up they go,
elbowing and pushing to the prison bars.
' “ It is supposed .to be, the largest diamond
“in the world;_and the lapidaries, having
weighed it and tested its purity, set down its
pricejat more than all the other things in the
Exhibition are worth taken togeiher. That
bit of‘ crystalized carbon, that any one could
with the greatest ease hide in his mouth, it is
said to be of sufficient value to buy every
item the world has sent to its Show of lndus-
try, Queen of Spain's jewels, C‘-rystalPalace
and all. ‘
“ Your diamond-finders add‘ nothing to
the world's wdalih ; the growers of corn and
cotton, the feeders of cattle and weavers of
wool, the carriers of commerce, awakened
industry throughout the world the richest
people in the genius that has made that iron
work, and gathered from every corner of the
world harvests for an ever-growing multi-
tude; add richer we might be a hundred
fold.the.value of that world-wonder of a dia-
mond if, instead of the sword, we had car-
ried to India, honor, justice and industry.”
“ M'ciclam, the Greeks are at your Door ."’—
Such was the response of John Randolph,
once on a time, when waited upon by a
lady acquaintance who was all zeal
in ameliorating the condition and reliev-
ing the poverty of the‘ Greeks. The lady
was the mistress of _Dl1m€l'0liS slaves,’ for
whose condition or welfare she never had
exhibited much interest allowing them to go
poorly fed, in rags, and squalid in filth.-
Raiidolph knew it, and administered that
mild yet severe rebnke——llIadam, l/Le Grrec/cs
are at your Door!
Annually, as the reader will probably rec-
ollect. there comes across the Atlantic, from
the bold cliffs of Scotin, the address of the
anti-slavery ladies of Glasgow" to their sisters
in America, potently and eloquently appeal-
ing to them to push forward in the cause of
abolitionism, in the amelioration of the down
trodden slave of the Souih—the scourged
and manacled African !”
The New York Expess most appriately
brought up this anecdote of John Randolph
and applied it to the Scottish Philanthropist
-—-reminding them that the Greek is at their
own Door; that if they would elevate the
down trodden—-if they would knock off the
manacles of the slave-—the iminacle of igno-
rance froin the-iislave of politcal society—-—if
they wold relieve corroding poverty, and res
cue from vice and immorality their sisters
and brethren—to go abroad in their own
streets, and find them all in thousand of iii-
stiinces more abject,’ more degraded, more
poverty stricken, more diseases than in all
the slave regions in America combined.—
Truc, in their own streets they would have
ii ficld wider than philanibropy could find
for its ministrations in all the American
South—\vhere fifty thousand, crowded in
murky cellars, living on scanty food, tasting
meat no more than once a fortnight, having
not even the comfort of a bed, and drag out
an existence compared with which American
slavery is the highest state of politczil, moral
and physical existence. That is a peculiar phi-
lantliropy which looks above all this wretch-
edncss to sympathise so keenly with the
slave of the American States, and sees not
the “ Greek at their own door!” Modern
phil.in‘.hi'opy—such as was mouthed by the
Pharisees of old in the market places!
Take the Papers.-—’Tis sweet on a win-
ter’s night at home to sit by fire and tapers;
but ah it’s a wiser ihing by far, to read the
papers! VVon’t you" take the papers?-—
Can’t you take the papers?
heart are of little worth_unless you take the
papersl
Maidens waiting lovers true—you must
take the papers! Won’t you take the pa-
pers? Can’t you take the papers? Thejoys
of heart are of little worth unless you take
the papers.
Married folks of all degree—you must
take the papers! You must truly- happy
be if you take the papers? Can’t you take
the papeas? Thcy’ll say your mean and
rather green, unless you take the papers.
‘ N. 11. Gazette.
A Costly Visit ——As Capt. Nye, com-
mander of the Pacific, was conducting a par-
ty of European friends through Phalon’s
magnificent Tensorial Saloons in New York
for the purpose of showing them what an
expensive and elegant people we American‘s
are, not only in the fitting up of our steam-
boats, but even in the decoration of our bar-
ber’s shops, a pugnacious ‘bull dog belong-
ing to one of the foreign gentleman, suddenly
dashed through the costly mirror extending
from the floor to the ceiling, and shattered it
into a l'll1ntll'¢_‘ll fragments. 'l‘he price of the
mirror was $500, which sum the owner of
the dog handed over to Mr Pbalon with the
greatestnonc/zalance. "
Got -me 7'/1.£?I'C‘.—-All examining committee,
about to test the capacities of an individual
for school teaching, put the following ques-
tion :
“ At what period did France produce her
greatest general '2”
“At what period?” pausing and scratch-
ing ‘his head-—-‘at what-—ahl you’ve got me
there l” '
“ Well, was it beforeor after Christ,’.l”
“ Before or alter Christ’! Before. or after
——-well, old l1osses,you’ve got me agin cer-
tain !” A
, §$>“I wish,” said a Virginian to his
brother, resident in Ohio, “ to emancipate
one hundred slaves and I desire you to take
them to Ohio.” “ I (‘8l'lDOi. do it,” replied the
brother.
The joys of
A Deplorable. Case-.
A western paper relates the following,
which we hope may baa warning to all
such in our county as persist in the course
'pu-rsued byithéir western exemplar:
“The man t_hat don't take his county pa-
per. wasin town yesterday_.- He brought_hns-
whole family in a two horse wagon. He
still believed that Gfienerali 'l5"ayl,or Was Presi-
dent, and wanted to know ifthe ‘ Kaniscliat-
ki_ans’ had taken Cuba, and if so, w/i-ere they
had taken it. He had sold his corn for
twenty-fi-ve cents, the price being thirty one
but on going to deposite the money, they told
him it was mostly counterfeit. The only
hard money he had was some three cent
piecesand those some sharper had run on
him for half dimes! His old lady smoked a
‘cob pipe,’ and would not believe that any-
thing else could be used. One of the boys
went to a blacksmiths shop to be measured
for a pair of shoes, and ‘another mistook the
market house for a church.
his hat on a meat book, he piously ,took a
seat on a butchei"s stall and listened to an
auctioneer, whom he took to be the preach-
er. He left before meetin’ was out, and
no great opinion of the sarinint.
ions to the post office to trade them for a
letter. She had a baby, which she_car-
ried in a ‘ sugar trough,’ stopping at times
to rock it on the side walk. When it cried
stuffed its mouth with an old stocking, and
sang ‘ Barbara Allen.’ The oldest.boy had
sold two ‘ coon skins’ and was on fl bust.’-—
When last seen, he had called fora glass
of soda and water,’ and stood soaking ginger-
bread and making wry faces. The shop
keeper, mistaking his meaning, had given
him a mixture of sal soda and water, and it
tasted strongly of soap. But he had hearn
tell of sody and water and was bound to give
it ii fair trial, puke or no puke. Some town
fellow came in and called for lemoniide with
a fly in ii, ivherc-upon our soaped friend turn-
ed his back and quietly wiped several flies
into his drink. .
‘£1 We approached the old gentleman and
tried to get him to subscribe,but he would not
listen to it. But he was opposed to internal
iinprovements, and he thought lurnin was a
wicked invention, and culterwateu noihin’
but waniiy and wexiition.’ None of his
fairhily learncd to read, but one boy, and he
teached school awhile, then went to studying
diwinity."
Terrible Afl'ray.—'l'liis morning about 1
o’clock, a general and dcsperatelighv. bt’t\V66l'l
a number of sailors and long-.<horeinen, oc-
curred in front of the house No. 72 Oliver
street. Officers Sullivan and George T.
Gillespie, of the 4th Ward, were soon on
the spot, and used every effort to induce
the combatants to desist and retire quietly to
their respective homes. The pugilistic
spirit, however, had risen quite too high,
to be cooled "down suddenly, and those eii-
gaged in the disturbance refused to listen to
the requests of the oflicinls,——wbere upon
the latter attempted to enforce the obedience
to their commands, and while Officer Gil-
lespie was escorting one of the party to his
residence up an alley way,and while backing
out was attacked from the street by the ruf-
fiiins, who were armed with cart rungs,
with which they struck him on the head,
knocking him down, and leaving him for
dead They then made their escape. ’ ‘be
injured officer was picked up and conveyed
to the Station House, and attended by_Dr.
[-lilton,who ordered him to be conveyed to the
City Hospital. He linge_red until 7 o’clock
this morning, uhcn he died from’ the effects
of injuries received.
The deceased never rcgainetl his senses af-
ter receiving the first blow from the fatal
weapon. The Police, after the affray suc-
ceeded iii arresting several persons.’ The
deceased was one of the most i.-flicient offi-
cers attached to the Police of his VVard. He
has left a wife and family to mourn his loss.
N. Y. Express, IOU».
Poslagc in Adi-ance.— it is desirable on
manfiiccounts that postage should be paid in
advance under the new law. The postage
is cheaper in advance, and the new system
will work better and less expensive to the
government. if-the postage is generally pre-
paid. This will prepare the way for still
further reduction, and give us in good time
a self supporting post office establishment,
with letter postage at two cents, and news-
papers free all over the country.-—-
The proper and most convenient way
to pay the postage, is by the stain ps
which are sold by the postmasters. The
stamps may be carried in the pocketbook or
kept with the writing materials, go as to be
always on hand. lf you write on your own
business, you will of course pay the postage
and if the letter requires an answer, inclose
a stamp for your correspondcnt to use in send
ing his reply. Let this be done generally
and it will soon become the rule of courtesy
and of post office morality, for every man
to pay postage in advance.
Pro ‘l(l(’7lC6 Journal.
T/ic Hcig/it of Im.pzuz'cncc.——A young
spaik who had boarded atone of our princi-
pal hotels, managed fora loncr time by one
artifice or anotber,to posipoifia the pavment
of his bill. At last, the landlord became
qiiite impatient, and stepping up to his ju-
venile boarder, slapped him gently on the
shoulderand asked him for some ,money.—-
I bagp nqt a red celnt al:‘0lll3l me ag prescnf,
was ie aconic rep y. ut, my earsir,
said the landlord, i can’t afford to keep a
boarding house without being paid ”—
“ VVell, d nit,” exclaimed our young
philosopher, " if you can’t afford it, sell out
to some one that can l"
Sam, F-ra./i.c-zsco Public Balance,
E’ A Brooklyn paper tells a story of MI‘.
Robinson,ofFl-atbush, L l.,who has two dogs,
one a small spaniel and the other a large half
breed deer-hound. The small dog was play-
ing with Mr. R.’s child near a cistern,
when the child fell head foremost, into the
water ; the agonized mother, who, from
a window, witnessed from :1 window
witnessed the occurrence, saw the span-
iel run to the kennel of the bound, who iii-
stantly inn to the spot, and, before the moth-
er could reach the child, the noble animal
gregational M i'msters qf'Ma.-ssa-ztlmsells. —This
After h-angi-rig -
‘One of the girls took a lot of seed’ 0-n- _
Geiieral xfssocicition-qf'tlie (‘Orr/iodoix) Con
Ecclesiastical Body, which represents not far
from three-fourths of the Bay State, held i-ts ‘
annual‘ meeting on: the 24th of June, at
VVrentl'ia~m-. Its members, as it appears from
the repoits of’ the re.l»igious_, papers, were so
much »plen"sed wi'tl'i=‘ the resolutions concern-
ing “ The Higher Law,” passed by the Con-
necticut Gene ‘:11 Association at its last meet-
ing at Bridgeport, they took them up and
adopted them unanimously.
Elopcmcn£.——We learn a young married
woman, the wife of a cur-maker residing
in I-lumphrcysville, and recently from Sprin-
field eloped on Saturday with a man named
Wright, also an inhabitant of the former
place. lt seems that the husband had left
town on some business on Thursdav, and
immediately on his departure, his wife com-
menced selling off his furniture, and on Sat-
urday took ber departure. “fright remain-
ed behind until Sunday evening. In the
mean time the officers had made prepera-
tions for his arrest, of which he probabl
obtained information, and contrived to milk
his escape. The woman is young and
pretty, and has no children.
N. H. Journal.
_ D'rou:7icrl.—A young man whose name is
said to have been Patrick McGee, was
drowned while bathiiigin the Creek not fa‘:
from the Crescent Foot Bridge, on VVednes-
iday afternoon last. The corpse was recover-
ed and inquest, we believe, was held. ,
Bri«lgi_']7ort Stomdamrl.
Eclipses.—’I‘l'iei'e will be two eclipses of
the moon during the present month, one on
the evening of the 12th, and the othcron the
morning of the 13th inst. They will both
be visible in the principal cities of the Union
On the morning of the 28th inst. there will
be an eclipse of the sun, which will be visi-
ble more or less throughout the United States
with the exception of the southern part of
Florida. It wi.l.bc chiefly visible at Astoria
in Oregon.
The Deserlcr from the Brilis/i Army/.——No
event that has occurred for some time in our
city created more general satisfaction than
the decision yesterday pronounced by-the U
S Commissioner ordering the discharge of
Stephen Walsh the desertei’froin the British
army. lt is the intention, we understand,
of some parties to get up an entertainment
for W~alsh, and thus prove that in the eyes of
the people of New York, the title, “ Descr-
tcr from the British Army,” is a title of lion-
or, and. at the same time, to mark their con-
tempt for the late futile and ridiculous effort
of Sir H. L. Bulwcr and Mr. Consul Barclay
to evade the provisions of the Ashburton
T i‘eaty.——N. Y. Sun, July 3rd.
Kosszit/i.—A letter dated at Constantinople
in May says :—It is now understood here
that Kossuth and his fellow exiles have re-
ceived a positive promise from the Turkish
government thz1t,c0mu what will, they shall
be at liberty on the first of September next.
I asked one of Kossuths compatriots the oth-
er day whether he thought Kossuth would
go to America. “ Yes,” said he, “ when
he has no hope of anything better.” That
is, when he is satisfied that there is no hope
of the deliverance of his country, he will
accept the offer so generously made to him
by the American governmnnt, and spend the
rest of his days in that lane which has be-
come so great an asylum for the oppressed
of all nations.
SE’ A proposition has been started in
New Orleans to erect a Union Column, at
the cost of ‘$20,000, in honor of Messrs.
Clay, Webster, M-anguiii, and other leading
national statesmen. It is to be a beautiful
Corinthian, rising from a massive pedestal,
and surmounted by a statue of Henry Clay.
An effort will be made to raise the necessary
amount by subscription.
N
_Ea.rl/iqu.a./cc.—- A letter received in New
York, siiystbe Journal of Commerce, dated
Caldera, S. A., May 26 185i, says :-“ VVe
felt this afternoon a severe shock of an eartli-
quake driving, shaking our house, and driv-
ing us into the street. The sea arose and
receded several successive times, to the dist-
ance of ten or twelve feet, in as many ruin-
utes. To the Southward, it must have caus-
ed niuch damage, as from thence itapproach-
ed.” Caldera is about two hundred miles
North of Valparaiso.
New York Legislature have voted, afier a
considerable debate, to supply from the libia-
ry money, Webster’s Unabridged Dictiona-
ry (,i\/lei'riarns edition) to each of the 48,000
school districts of that State if they want it.
Elf;-=The Legislature having refused a
charter to the New Britain folks for a rail-
road to Berlin, they have secured the right
of way, and are going on to build. it imme-
diately.
Q2/.acl.'ei'_7/ —-ln Roxbury ‘and lrish woman
named Toomey, having heard that a quan-
lily of tobacgo sieepcd in milk would operate
as an exct>lleiit1~ermifzzge for children, procu-
red the wicked dose and administered it to
her own child, only a year and a half old,
causing its death in less than an hour and a
half.
The Model Ifuslmml ——Mrs. Smith has
company to dinner and there are not straw-
berries enough, and she looks at Mr. Smith
with a sweet smile, and offers to help him
(at the same time Iric/ring/iim gently; with her
slipper under the table,) be always l'('pll€‘S,
“ No I thank you, dear, they don’t agree with
me.”
Great Speed.-—'A trial of engines was
made on the South Eastern _Rail\vay, on the
I4th June, in _the presence of the officers of
the road, and several scientifiic men. One
of Crampton’s patent engines ran from Lon-
don to Ashfsrd and back, 80 miles, at the
rate of sevcizty milci an liour ! The increased
speed produced no increase of oscillation, the
engine remaining much stcadier the ordinary
ones.
Siiigi/lar and La.-mentalile Occurrence --
A few days since a lady residing in Ann
joy through" our’ bosom, in nnticipatioii of
o
-NORWALK GiiI§iitr*:r'1i. , I
________, _ . i
TUESDAY. July 15,1851.
, tour Vi!|ag.c §_nc_l ‘Ont-selves.
Having just been dropped iiltor an absence
of two years, into. station known to the car
men ns"Norwnlk” and which upon its an-
nouncement: sent an almost electrical thrill of
once more yeturning to the scenes of our cliild-
hood and the gree-tings of early ltllldi ardent;
friendsliips—judge of our surprise and disap-
pointment at being utterly unable to '~- find the
town there were so many (new) houses.”
Most fully could we sympathise in the sol‘
ferings of- Vain \Vinkle of old-—-when we began
to cast about to find some old land mark or some
familiar face, by wliicb we could trace our
own uatilvity or even our own. identity which
had become well nigh lost. At the place of
egress from the cars. instead of the wentliei'-
w.cr_n_ diliipidated tenements that used to ins-
ire us with so much venerntion for the liibors
0l1|'ifI')l'8ftIll)B|‘S, and which at every angle
forced themselves uponthe observation when
South Norwiilk was plain " Old VVell,” we
l'lOW.fill(l ii most beautiful iiiiiiinliirecily, teeming
with business tliriflt, and activity-—'the melan-
choly rookei-ies of former days replaced‘ by
the cheerful, pretty and even magnificent edi-
fices of modern taste and! finish.
\Vending our way up to the “Bridge,” (oli—
excuse us for being tainted still with ii fondness
for olden times and olden euphonies——up to
NORWALK, as we must learn to call it now. in
iinitiition of the modems, and in conformity_
with the spirit of the iige.) we expected soon
to bid farewell to the bright, cheerful, prosper-
ous and happy little- village before us-—and
greet the more imniediiite locality of our for-
mal-joys and S0l'l'0WS—-NORWALI{. But here
again we were tiinteilized with inexplicable dif-
ficulty—foi' in our absence like “two clouds at
even," the towns had “ miugledinto one." \Ve
had heard and seen imicli of short courtships
and early -marriages, such as the poets rant.
about——but *‘ who'd’ ii tliouglit it” that in 11 lil-
tle more tliiin one year, South Norwnlk would
have thrown off her swaiddling c.lothes—pnssed
the pliiisesofblooming mnidenhoovl, :1 nd wedded
herself so indissolubly to her elder rivnl '!
Trutli is strzinger than fiction—such is the fiict,
and long inny the Union continiie. not only of
painted boards and niortiir, but in linrmony of
feel‘ing——in mutual kind offices and synipntliies,
so that. whiitever may be for the interest of
one branch of the town family may receive
the most cheerful cooperation of the other. as
tending to the prosperity and well being of the
glorious wlzolc.
Being unable to find where South Norwiilk
left ofi'. of course we did not afflict ourselves
with any effort to determine where Norwiilk.
as it used to was, begnii—hut stoically resign-
ed ourselves to the rapid flight of our steeds.
with all our developments of wonder and credo-
lity strained to l.l16ll'iul‘.mOSl. tension, in pi'ep:irn-
tion for any new wonder, flint might greet. the
medium of vision which had already so much
confounded our other senses, or rather as the
sequel proves. “ worth all the rest," had rob-
bed usrgf our home.
Suddenly wliirling round a cornernnd de-
scending ii slight declivily, we began to discover
fiiiiit ll’tl(.'eS of the older, vill:ige—iliere was the
private palace ofour quiindnm knight oflumber,
all tenantless and alone, not us we had hoped to
see it,but all the better as it was, for us, other-
wise wo should not. have so readily known it;
—but what could he have been about for two:
yeiirs—are there no maids in town, and no phy-
sicians (of divinity) here 7 And then there was
Fai-rfield County Bank. whoi-e in days lung
syne we used to trace in accelerated step our
weary wily after much liard s/Liiiningiind cei‘tni'n
feiirful lookings for of protests to come, on the
lnsttliiy of griice, when advertising ran l0\\'i
and subscribers wouldn’t pay. How could
we forget that; locality? Never, no never !—
tliourh we do hope our patrons, by disclinrg-
ing their obligiiiiiiiis promptly towards us will
cause our visits lierenft.er to be like unto angels
—fe\v and far between. Our perplexity thus
relieved by a few glleainiiigs of ancient Norwalk,
we raised our longiiig eyes to greet that plans-
antest retreat for the traveler in all New Eng-
liind. the Norwalk Hotel. But no, it couldn’t be,
there was too unmistalieable evideiices ofsome
unclcrnzining process, which our ingenuous
friend “ David,” of former days, would never
permit about his house. Then too there was
the smell of gunpowder and the marcliiiig to
and fro of horses and chariots with hosts of
armed men. nppiirently intent on ‘- carrying the
war iii-to”——C/iina .’ and ‘- David" was no war
man ; impossible !
*‘ A thunge came o’er the spirit of my dream,"
and the next fiimiliiir object that glziddened our
sight was the how shall we express it—-
tlio Bkioci-: ! thrice immortal, hallowed, con-
secmtod spot! All hail iiiiinimate yet elo-
quent monitor of the past. No Viindnl hiinrl
has dared to desecriite it single pin of thy ven-
erable, frame! \-Ve joy to greet ‘thee! thou
whose decaying timbers mid creaking chip-
boards tell the sad tale of centuries past and
give promise that the winds of centuries yet to
come, shnll whistle tllro’ thy branches! Here
too. was the Fo3'r Brunei-:——tliat triumph of
genius over cvcryt/iin.g—conceived and brought
forth by ur most favored knight of ti mber———a
never Jug monument [No doubt of il:—if it
doesii’t last; longer-——Devil.] of his industry and
skill, and for which generations yet: unborn will
rise up and call him blessed ! These evidences
were 0V8l‘“.7lle!miDg-—lll6 scales dropped fioiii
our eyes, and in ecstacies unut.t.ei'iible, we did
excliiim this is home, this is NOR\VALK I
Seriousl_v, however—the spirit; of improve-
ment hiis seized hold upon our people in right
good earnest, and so great has been the change
colln rs.
heir-sojourn at Jerico, and are now rejoicing
ifull’ grown boards and most luxuriant shirt
In short, new houses, new stores, now
faces. new evcry!I_iing, greet the the eye at
all points.
_ \Ve neednot add how much we are gratified
by these unmistakable signs of improvement
and progress, of prosporitiy mid refinement
among us. Surely, in Bible phrase, our lines
have fallen to usin pleasant pliices—yen we
have ii goodly lieritnge, and far, far, he the day
from us i when we shiill relapse into our former
masterly imictivity—or rather, most culpable
stupidity. T
Second Centennial Celebration of
the Settlement of N orwalk.
The services of this occasion took ‘place at -
the Congregatioiiiil Church on Wednesday last
at 10 o'clock A. M. A very large audience
was in atteiidunce. comprising inn ny strangers.
The services were commenced by Rev. Dr.
Hall by reading it porlioii of the 43d Psalm
from 8 copy of the Bishop's Bible—ii triuisla.
tion made prior to the one in common use.-'
Tlie copy of the Bible from which the psulm
was read was brought over fi_'om England by
one of the earliest settlers. After it hymn.
pray or was offered by Rev. S. B. S. Bissell of
Greenwicli. A psnlm having been sung, the
address was delivered by Rev. Niilhnniel Bou-
ton of. Concord, N. H., ii native of Norwiilk
and it descendant of one ofthe original settlers
of the ])lilC0. Of this address we have heard
but one opinion. For eleguiice of style, im-
pressiveness ofsentiment, and interest of unr-
riition, we have seldom lienrd it equalled; As
it is soon to be published we forbear further.
comment. Aft er the address prayer was offer.
ed by Rev. Mr. Boutoii of the Baptist Church
in this place. and the benediction pronounced-.
by Rev. Mr. E.lis. After the exercises wo-i-'e-
concluded, the citizeiis of Norwiilk were re-
quested to reiniiin. and the_ asst-nibly having
been dismissed it meeting of citizens was or-
ganized by calling Gov. Bissell to the chair.-
George \V. Betts, Esq , moved a resolution of
thanks to Rev. Nuthniiiel Bouton, and that It
committee be appointed to procure a copy of
the address for publication ; the resolution was
adopted, and such committee nppoiiited, who
immediately waited upon Mr. Bouton. As we.
have before remarked. the address will speedily
be publislied.
more interesting, gintifving, or
\Ve have 'l'lll'(-‘ly known of a
instructive
occasion.
What shall an Editor do ’!
Some people have an idea that it is a mighty
easy job to fill up t.he editorial columns of it
newspaper from week to week, but they are
egregiously mistaken. The col|iilion__,of select-
ed articles, of items of news, and of iinecilotes,
from extraneous sources, is difficult eiiougli,
but to make up some eight or ten foolscnp
pages of originiil matter upon politics, isms;
lociil nintters, and current affairs weekly is not
at job to be sneezed iit. But; the thing -must be
clone, hot or cold, wet or dry. sick or well, the-
nowspiip-er editor must touch upon every pus-
sing topic and express some sort of opinion
about it. As no two men over think alike upon
the same subject of public interest, of course
the Cllt|!1CPS are ten to one that a iiiiijority of
his readers will entirely disiipprove of his son-
timents. If he happens to say something that:
is just and right no notice is taken of it more
than the passing comment, “why, of course,
every body knows th:it;” while 11 slip of the
pen, a typoginpliical error, or ii hastily express-
ed opinion jottod down while the devil is how!-
ing for copy is instantly seized upon. and un-
numbered mnlerlictions showered upon his
unhappy head for his temerity or his folly.—-
Jones thinks one way, Brown another, and
Snooksiiuotlicr still. Perh'aps the Editor in.-
his own heart differs from all three. \Vhnti
shall he do? Give Jones’ views to the world as
his own! Stmiglitwiiy Brown and Snooks fly
into ii passion and so with the others. \V1mt
shall he do’! VVe know of but one .wiiy, and
thiitis to publish his own views, just nstl-i.eya1'e,
being always open to correction and conviction-
if wrong. If people don’t; like his views, they
cign shiiiiie him out by stopping his paper, and
he can seek some more congenialcalling. In
the haste of publication he must sometimes fall
into error, liutno earthly consideration should
induce him to give up his clear conviction of
truth and right, becii use those convictions don't
exactly suit Tom, Dick or Harry. '
Fire.
The venerable old barn and cider mill of Thom-
as Benedict, Scn., were entirely dc.<ti'oycd by_ fire
on Weduesdziy morning last about 2 o"cl'ock. The
Engiiie coiiipiiny was on the spot and made every ef-
ment had made too great progress to be arrested,
and the entire property was consumed. The loss
_beyond the value of tl-e biiildiiigs we are informed
was inconsiderable, not having yet garnered; his
hay and crops. No insiimnce. The fire is sup-
‘posed to have bcen the work of an incendiary
who must have been of ii fort-ign birth, as _no na-
tive of Norwalk however lost to honor or shame
could so for overcome our all prevailing love of
relics, as to commit so gross a sacrilege. This spot
will bezira hallowed plaice in the memories of our
grey headed citizens.-ind j'ivenilcs, as the inill where
in school boy days, airined with quills and straws,
daily forage used to be made upon “uncle Tommy's
sweet cider.”
The same evening two destructive fires occurred-
in Bridgeport. The Iloiisatonic Rail Road Car
shop took fire about ll o’clock, and was totally
consumed, the loss being from 18 to $20,000.-
This had hardly been subdued, when Morris’ Lea-
ther establishment in John St. was discovered to be
on fire. which was also’ carfipletely destroyed. The.
loss was about $5,000, and the fire is supposad to
have been the work of an incendiary.
Onr enterprising neighbor on the VVest was also
the scene ofaifire on Sntiirdayiweck. The wood
house_ on the premises of Geo. E. \Varing Esq..
fort to save the structures but the devouring ele‘-‘» .
but rt f'- ~ " “ " ' ' -' . - - .
mus mourn .iis sublime, disinterested, The citizens of Ohio viill not al. st purchased a large steel trap, with a view 0,, “,6 co,,nerofBe(-"0,-d and Broad s,,.ec,_,, ,,,,,,, e_,,_
sweet souled patriotism l Who but must
syinpatliise Will) his pure, ardent, generous
affection l-—Perry A7.iccLlalcs. '
ff-;-,--i-‘X propo.-nl is seriously entertained in
the inetropolis of pleasure, Paris, for an 8
days’ festival, a splendid fare, to which all
nations are to be invited. 'l'h.e.object is to
grow to Paris Elie fiorrent of visitors which
ave gone to ion on, and to answer the
English exhibition by something more
‘splendid still..- The /Life is to cost 1,500,900
francs.
low me to bring one hundred slaves among
them _to settle. But do you take them to
Wheeling, and there place them on a steam.
boat for Cincinnati, and speak of taking
them to New Orleans; and while you are
looking out for another boat give the chance
and the rilzolitionesls will steal the 'w/iole' oy’
I/icm and run them off, and then celebrate a
perfect triumph over. them. But if=you take
them to the same. men. But if you take
them to the same men and ask them to, re-
you to 31.15.32 care of the:-in yourself.”
had placed it in safety. lnsiinci. might have
induced the small dogfto attempt a rescue,
but evidently knowing his inabilitfto do so,
what prevented him from trying, and caused -
him, quick as thought, to fetch the stron-
ger
_ §1fg= An exchange paper gives the follow-
ing hint to its delinquent subscribers; Blank
receipts for subscriptionfilled up, at the short-
est notice, at this office. We would like
to the destruction of rats, they having be-
come very annoying in several apartments
ofher residence. - The trap was set on
Sunday night, and placed by her upon a
chair,she intending to'remove it into a clos-
et befone.r.etiring.' In the meantime her
husband entered the apartment, and-undres-
sing was in the act of sitting»-upon the chair
when the spring was movétffand in an in-
stant the clamps seized him in such a man-
some of our subscribers who are in arrears ner that amputation was rendered necessarv. W!-'9" “'9 Wen‘ S0ld5¢T?7"g-'
Ba-lt S u7_z..
wroiight in a few. months that the temporary
absentee can scarcely recognise the place.
Every thing wears an air of thrift, of prosperi-
tyiind go-a-/marl-itivcizess which we never wit-
move quicker, talk faster, look sleeker, than We
ever“ dreamed of in our philosophy." The
ccive and teko care of them, they will tell to witness the facility with which» we per- Fears are entertained for his final recovery. y68te1'dny.up0n Wb0S8 jvcuml Cheekslllfi d°“’"- 1
form this important branch of our business.”J .
lirel_y’consumed. This building was near a barn
and carriage house, to which the fire was communi-
cated, but owing to the well directed efforts of the
_ _ _ fire company and citizens, it was extinguished and
nessed before I" this locality. Men appear to , .
hus its further progress stopped.
§ Aman by the name of Cornelius Regan‘
ladies too—God bless them—seem prettier, was committed to the House of Correction in
smile more "fnscinatingly than “in the days Springfield on the 10tli of June, nsa punish-,
Ev n the lads of merit for intoxication.
ie refused to eat and drink. and actually died
After his commitment,
of puberty bud not begun to prick, have made from obstinate starvation on Monday J uue 30th.
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Norwalk Chronicler