‘Village subscribers by carrier-—pr yr
A
N,
N
I
, their papers at the OIIICB 1 50
C-onipariit-s offiveor more receiving their
papers by mail, ifpaid in advance 1 50
Terms of Advertisliig. ,
16 lines or less, 1 insertion j‘-5'5
H 2 H '82;
H 3 “ I 00
., H 1 36 P M
Express 4 53
‘Accommodation 5 15
‘Coinmutation _, 7 ,, _ _.A‘ _ *
xpress l.l‘t‘l‘i‘fl‘s ,_\Vest stop only ‘at SltIl‘t‘!fnll(I.
“ East " Bridgeport.
Ilominiittilion train 5 30 A M
Avcoiiiiiiodiition 7
,_ -- 9 3.5
'_lExpre.=s 1 15 P -.I
‘.-\“ccoinm’odat ion 4 Qlfl
‘Express 3 4.5 _
‘sfuit:ibl‘o for the li‘iil‘i ti~ati‘e.”si'i't‘:l‘i as 'ti'gi.I.i‘ed i1i':'d .
:!€a'1|SbllT,l8l‘8S and Vestings of 'ill colors and qual-
-~gQpI-\-.-.e.~;w.~.vn.- .1: -own. - -.-.5
s_.
»- mg--1.-OD ..x;-,a,-r.'.~$:._-_“ .....s_, ,,,__ _.
<~i‘~"NW~ :2-_.
.7 info-_. _ .
. ...-... ,- .—. ,._ ,_ __ _,_,____, ,_,:_.
PUB‘I';'I§H'E‘TIll ‘EVERY TUESDAY MORNING
NUMBER iii--Niiiv SERIES.
—:x.vnI§.~..o.
‘ ‘-"2 .
THE NORWALK G..lZE'["I‘E.
A. II. BYINGTON & CO.
A. Bnsarox. II. VV. I‘IYA1"l‘.
Oficc at the foot of Main st.—-over the store of
C. J. Gruman.
Terms of the Gazette.
32 00
Mail do in advance do :3 00
Otfice subscril-iers, or those living out of
the Carrier’s district. and who call for
fig; J03 PRINTING ezecuti.-(Z wit/i. nea-tncss
ml ti-ispalc/’i., and at low ‘prices.
"mgr:
Railroad.
\Vl.‘l'l‘ER ARRANGEt\'IE.\'1‘.
COMM!-Z.\CING one. 1, 1851.
Leave '.\’orwalk for New York.
_ Leave Norwalk for New I-Ia‘ve‘n. .
‘Accommodation train 9 o'clock 13 min A M
‘Leave New York for Norwalk.
Accommodation train 7 o’clock,A M
. "' 11 30 ,, ,,
,‘Express 3 I? M
,‘A‘ccommodation 4
Commutation » 4 55
In-ave New Haven for Noriiullk.
NH
Gl<‘.O.\1‘Y. W 1lS'[‘Ll€R.,Sup’t.
New Fall Goods.
‘ T‘ “ E subscriber would call the attention of
the public to his stock of Dry Goods just.
'puri:lia.-.=.ed. e'i'nln:i'i‘c_i_iig st yles of all descriptions _
‘i)ltIll‘l Poplins, very rich Caslii‘nei'es, I)le‘f3iii‘ii‘<‘=.s,
,\}lflgll:llll.~‘l—-l'l0\V styles and very fine. Calicoes,
Gl‘oves',_ Ho‘:ii‘éry."aiiil'a ”v‘t'i‘i‘i,ety of other Goods.
‘all of wlii‘t:‘li have ham. iihrizliiised at the lowest
For-liet prices, and will be sold :i‘c‘c'o‘riii’ii'gl‘j.i.—
_ Ie has also a fresh supply of Broadclotlis,
I‘fi'6s,‘wliicli he will "out free of expense, or
‘I‘hilke‘l.'o ‘drcler in the inti‘s't"’fasliioniil3le styles at
‘prices that willdefy competition. .
A ,_ L, H. RANI)LE.
Norwalk. August ‘.£‘6th, 1851 .
f N“ m ‘J , '1‘IlI'ICELl‘IBRATi‘II) .
BXYGEMATBD BITTERS,
u'cNi'.itf‘<ilfio No, ALCOHOL,
,1; s_ur¢;,,R“eiii(_2Z_t‘/‘ ,
‘UYSPEPSIA,
is 31.1, 'i"i"s VARIOUS roazus, ,
?s‘i*n';ii as I"ii'in i‘n the Stomacli. I~leai'tl'.‘li,‘&"t'i; Ida-
bituiil ‘C-_()SllVHll_PSS. Acid Stpniiicl‘. Head-
a'cli_e, Lloss 'd‘f .-lrppetite. ‘I’ile,‘S. Bight.
_S\ve‘tll§, Astliniii. ill" tilislé.
_FIiit.iileri‘c'e or Wind iii the Stb'i“l‘i~‘
acb. Nervousness, Coldness ‘(ff ."ll'i"e
Extremities, Weakness of the Limbs.
General Debility,
ind all_t.lie indescribable symptoms of this uiii-
versill tlisease. ‘These are also the best tonic
'uown for t.li'i§_pre'vent.idn iiild tzliria bf
Fever and Agile, _
These Bitters liaveieceived the Hicui«:s'i'
'I‘i-;s'rii.1o.\'i.u.s ever oll"ei'.ed to the public in‘
iior of any medicine iii the wo"rld, fill‘d ate
proved by some of the be‘sl:_ physiciiiiis. who use
them in their practiiie. For the uldst satisfac-
tory proof of tile slibiiiqjs .2’? this iibiiiedy, see
ainplilets co’n'tainiilg' flIll_lllll:ll‘('llI‘lllI'S and '§i8r-_
titicates from 3 embers o’f Coiigi'ess iilltl, b'tlIlii'
parties well kn_o'_wtt to the public. Any individ-
ual wishing fdi'tli'er infoi'niation respecting this
T
IRVALUABLE MEDICINE,
are invited lo‘ (all on the Ageiits:_ti_d*.l sittisfy
Iheniselves by reference’, to nulll6i'0u§ létte‘i's
and -certificates of the highest i'espect_tibi'lit‘y.
DR. GEO. B. GREEN, Pt'opri€ito'i", Wind-
sor, Vt. , - ..
R.EED.BA'1‘ES dc AUSTIN. _\viioiiisn_is
pruggists. No. 26 Mcrcliunts’ Row. 1505100.
General Agents.
Price $1 per bottle; six for $5. , _
CAU'l‘lON.—-Eeah bottle of the ,Gc7m_mc
Ozygcnatcd Bitters, will have tlfe o’t‘t'tside
wrapper printed in En2lisli,Fi'encli and Span-
ih. with the signature of Gen’. B. Groe_n_. Pro-'
prietor, upon Three Sides. and in addi_tio'n. fl
finely engraved labelupon the top of the. bottle
with the signature of Reed, Bates 66 Austin,
_who are the sole General Agents,aud to whom
all orders must be addressed.
For sale b‘y_W- E. BISSELL, and drug-
Parm for Sale. %
Co7zi‘air:ing 1:25 Acres of Lana’. -2;
with the buildings thereon situated, one mile
south ofthe village of New Canaan. Said fiirin
will be sold cheap; 75 per cent. of the purchase
money can remain on inortgiige if desired.--—
For lurtlier particulars eiit';uii'e,p_f , ,_
\VM. SEYMOU R, nea r tli8‘t)1"8Il1lS£_!,%,.
New Canaan, Jan. 12. I852. _ _ 3t*i'.’
Notice. .. .-
HE court of probate for the dlstiict of
Ridgcticld hath assigned lll‘\_‘3 Qtl day of
February next at 9 o'clock in the forenoon. at
the probate ofiice in said Ridge.-field, for the ap-
pointment of commissioners on the estate of
Elienezer Jones. late of siiizl Ridgeiield, dec‘tl,
represeiited lllS0lV8nt———V\'ll8n and where all
persons interested are notified to appear if they
iiee cause and be heard. _
ARVEY SM ITI-l, A(llnl_(ii§,Li‘_€‘_l‘tt‘_3:t‘,_
312 ‘witli ‘the ‘\‘vill ‘annexed.
To the Probate Court for the Dz‘slr2'ct Q/' Nor-
wal ' : , , . _
r VHF‘ application of D_Ai\"IEL G. wt; ‘)9
, (‘>ll',T5l i-.w (fa naaln ll‘I[L‘Stlll(’.l (‘l‘l$l,I:l(3l‘.l'i3S,‘\lf‘(Il l'ul]l)y
£~'l0¥\'el1l'Itll. ie is tiw u "uart inn to ’ar' .
Greoory Ann A. Grevoryi: Abner G. Gre<iloi'y
I‘ 9 P‘ b . 7
and Stephen 0. Gi'egory, minors beloiigiiig to
said district, and that said minors are the owners
‘oi tlie:fol;l._owi_n'g real t‘.,SIi,llP SlllJi,l,l,‘P.(I in said New
Ca naa‘u, to ‘wit’; tl‘C(3I‘l‘ll‘l‘_fl pielce of land at S'il“v‘ei'
Mine so called, in quantity seven acres, more
_i‘E{l°”lmutlll,l,°'l ,.,,Tl‘”l" G (“lock min‘ A M or less, with the builtlings thereon standing,
CC°"l'”°‘ -ll-'0‘ .,3 _,_ , hounded nort.he:'ly by Perry _leers and Polly
1F _ H 13 3.,’ ,.,,j .l‘;:’:,'ii,'tt, efasteijly ‘Polly -yiittiiiitl Stephen
-'."..l’.l°.$§ . ..,._. " _~'-5‘, “‘ Ilyatt, soutlicrly by Alfred Free and b'teplien
):°‘5°'“‘“°‘llm"” ,5 33' Bishop. and westerly by liigliway. Also, a cer-
l""l"‘e53 9 49 tain other place of land at \Vlioi'tlebcrr3' Ilill
' I’,ll‘),“(.'l‘.£'.‘llt‘.t‘.l. in qritiptity tiftecii acres more or less,
bouiidetl iio‘rtli‘ei'ly uy ‘\Vm. L. \Varing. CtlS‘i“t*.l-
ly by I’artin:: llrotik so called, southerly by
Darius St. John, and westerly by lii«,»liway.
And he further says that the estate is at
l"l‘l"';“-S‘t‘.llI un ll'0till(:IlVt‘-‘ that the avails tliereof
2" “int «-1 :i. - 1 - ~
are wanied .Cl".lll0 support,,mii_iiiteiiance and
educatioii ‘of said l‘il‘lllOl'S, a‘i'id ‘that it will ‘b‘t>. ‘for
. . . « ill
the advantage of said minors to sell the same.
. _. i'.'-- I .1, i. "
and invest the avails thereof iiccoi'din_g to law;
. \vl5.‘§.I"efo‘i‘e ‘lie I!'.ll\_",".‘i that there is _'“}‘ll‘S‘l_‘tl’..llltl reas-
onable cause for selling the same. He tliere-
fore prays the court to order said real estate to
be sold, azzd to empower him or some other
meet. person to sell the same. pursuant to the
I‘:'lll‘l‘ll‘.:l“i.6 in s't'i‘&'ti ‘.‘".t'is"e ‘ll.li‘tll.lB ii rid ';'i'r'o‘.'i‘il‘e'tl.
Dated Jiinuiiry 1()t.li. 1852
DA-.\lIli‘.L G. WEED, Guardian.
I)i£“;£I',ict,of Norwat'/c Probate Cou'rl,ss January
1‘gl’:l_i.
‘iOI‘(‘f“i“."'l“‘tI‘(‘f:"-’I“l’]‘l‘l‘l l:li,e ftii'."g‘din9, application be
heard and dt5t,ci'i'i'ii‘_ii‘e’ti a“t. llie ,.l’r,oliii_io O_ftit-e in
,I_“<l(‘.‘,_r“‘.l‘/‘i‘l.,l.:li,l’(’Jll t.li‘e '.I7lll day ‘of Ilvlarcli. 155512, at
9 o“cloclt foi'etiooii; and ‘that notice lll0l't‘.Ul‘ be
published in some public newspaper near the
place wli‘erc Sll('.ll real estate lies, three weeks
successively, at l.-itsi six weeks iwfore sititl time
i1s‘sigi_ied. ‘GEUIIGE A. DAVENl’(‘)l'I'I‘,
PD
3 udgc‘.
AJ
Schooner for Sale’.
THE schooner Minerva is nli'ei'erl
for s'al‘e.. . She 'c:i'i;i'ies,'ovei' 100 gross
tons, and is in good :<.‘t'lil,lllg ‘comlitioti.--—
,‘For fiirther particulai"s,_‘enqnire at the
store of F. H. Nash, or of the sii_l)st:i'ilmi-.
__. __ D.___I.‘{‘. I\'k5.SlI:_.,
Sb‘:‘i.li Norwalk, Dec. 12th. 185i. fill
.. Ready for Winter.
UST received a large iind splendid lot of
“.. _,,R,'<;‘_l)e‘s, Bells and Blankets, call and exam-
‘life illeill.
WM. 15. SWAN.
SI‘:a.te'§.
“ INE and low priced Skiil‘e‘s". lol'siil'eliy ‘tliu
doz oi"l‘i.§_'tii’l,tiy , ,, ,
LiT‘REE'I‘ 6.’ ‘QUINTARD.
l)OC‘KE’I‘ as; T_.-XBLF. C“J,jIf,li_lj‘, ,.Y ‘c"<i'r_'n-
‘[lI‘lSlllg a i"ai'ié.ty df Patttirns. at pri-
ces ti lit‘t.fe loll.-'c‘:i' than lli‘ey liiive llll.l‘6l"I‘tl been
o"li'ei'etl intliis ‘ni':‘z‘rlCet. For Sale liy,
D. rm tit-‘i.
Books ! _
. UST rec'd a large, assortment: of__t,oy, and
" ' ‘,ftin,c‘y liboks, stilt‘i,t‘int“ii'_y',‘_tScc., s‘el‘es‘t‘ed 'e5?‘-
pvessly ‘tor the isoiiiiiig l1‘,(‘,)ll(l:lj;‘.‘S. , _., , , ,.
XV‘. E. I3‘.lSS‘E’LL.
. Sleigh Bells. ,
Sleigh Bells. assorted froin,n0- 0. Y0
’ 10 comprising, rough, polished and
iilver plated, loose t_i_n_d on st.riips..for sn,le,by
S'1"REl5'I‘ ac QUINTARD.
. .Al fniacs. .- _
‘ IDDLEBBUO _{fS Alimiiincs for sale by
i‘l“io huiidr“ed, dozen or single. at
J. A. WEED'S.
Auction.
V. ILL be sold by o._i'de,if of the Court of
Probate fortlre district. of Vvestpoit. 0!
public Auction. near the store of Messrs Sta-
ples dc Adanis in said \Vestport on Monrliiy the
2d day of February l859.at '2 o'clock P. ’.\''l.—-
The franie_ofa vessel of tll)‘l_'l,tl_l’. 60. tons burtlien
oh the stocks. also aboiit. feet of timber
and plank and ii lot o“f.sa'il‘s. riééin9.. &c.. belon-
ging t.o the estate of Ransoiii Lockwood dec‘d
Terms made known at time of sale. ‘
ALVA G RAY, Administrator.
West port, Jan 2d, 1852.
More Nevg Goods
At the Wcstpoi-t Variety Store!
HE subscriber has recently added very
considerably to his stock of Goods at the‘
above establishment, uiaking the ussoitment
complete in every department.
lie has unify ‘oil lliiiijil Q first-rate stock of
l)‘rugs add Mediciiies. I’ei'l'dh'iei'y and Confec
tionery. Also, Books and Stationery. Cutlery,
Bl’l1Sl'l‘§’§ and Combs. English Frenttli and Ger-
man 'ro3-s, <5cc.. which he will offer for stile
:liea‘p'. The piibliic are invited to call and ex-
-.i‘i‘i'i‘z'1‘e for tliezi'i'§é‘l‘ves. ,, . , .
JOHN vii. TAYLOP..
Vfestporti 1390- 1. 1851 2m""43
Cheaper than Ever !
Groceries selling of at czstonzshzng rates at
the old store of , _ _ .
GE. w. SMITH. s0‘U'rii NORWALK.
W HE RE purchasers can find one of the
largest and best assortments of Groce-
ries, Crockéry.,'&c.,everoti"ered in this mt_i,r-_
ket; before. '.l‘<")‘ our up town customer's. (for
we have customers from the Bridge. cause why
we sell betterarticles and cheaper than others. )'
we would say that. we vvill guarantee them a’
saving of 25 per cent. by purchasing of list’,
which will pay for a ride up and down any day’
Call and examine foryoui-selves.
GEORGE ‘W. SMITH.
BY A.1"i.B
YING'roN 8. co.-
~ ‘-;,.\¢,u.'4i-:—n-9d=la-JLV-..:d-.-:,0r.-- _ .,
.. g- — . .. ..
AT Two
i NORWALK, CT. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, tan.
POETRY.
MISCELLANY.
Spirit Ra;ipings-
In the world of iniud and spirit,.coul'd our gros-
sor senses hea r it,
There's a sweet and gentle flowing from a
loved and lovely shore; , __ ,. --=
Yet our life is but a dial, where the hand of
v- .st'érn denial ’ ,_-, ,,_ _, ;
Keeps us in the path of trial bidding us wait
evermore,_ ,. -_ _ _A ,,
xi bile t_li_‘_eAlii,i‘id ofHope‘s iiieiii-, distant‘, aisiil.-.:.
ever-more. “
Bids the spirit onward soar. , _
I have often sat and wondered whether spirits
, ever blunilered
From the world beyond this mundane, as they
, say they did of_‘,‘ore; ,
And lryc ,,(),l,',l,B,l1,qUf3.l_'l,¢9’.,l iv_he‘tlier they woulr‘!
. .‘tlbr_i_ie _aiid talk lf‘i‘:zt%“lllt“I' . I
With the ll'le_[l that. wall. in leather, who their
presence might implore-—— ,
\Vheilier they could come and bring them,
from the untrotlen shore, _
NB!'v’S of wonders-ye‘t.‘i ii ‘s,‘tor"e‘.
While I pondered ontlio‘bitaftei'ft:l1inl;'i‘iig wheth-
er in tlieseliitter , , ,
Days oi'ic.legi'iiplis and c‘latte‘i‘, they would see
us any nioie, _ _,,__ ,_ ,
Tiiliiiig up the daily papers, there I read ofsun-
, ,,,(l!’y t.-iip‘ei's
Cfthe tables. chairs and tapers, moving on the
cliniiibei' floor,
And the rapping and the tapping, growing louder
than l)nfoi'e,
On the cliamberand the doo'i{.
Soon they found. somehow or other. how in
tall; to one aiiotlier,
As a man would ask his brother wliattlie ines-
_ sage that be_b.t:ije; , - _ _ _
And they itiiswet'ed by it knocking, r.‘ 'liicli “.‘-‘.'.iu'l“d
set the tiiin_9,s a i'ockin_g,
And would l)l'lllfJ_ ilie folks a flocking, flocking
to the chamber door,
While they st:oo‘d __i_ii_i_t.l silent waited, peeping
‘t‘lii"o‘“ng‘li ‘the cliiii'i'il,-ei' door,
\Vl‘i‘i.‘e ‘they w‘ondei‘ed more and mor%; '
Tlieii in"i'ill‘i‘ige,. town and ‘city——(.-;oine declared
. it, was a pil"y
That believers in the spirits should the myste-
ries so outpour)-—
Still the wonder was increasing, and there
S€".t!ltIP(l to be no ceasing,
Till the wlieels sllii">‘L':'_lt'l get a greasing, of this
rusty wot Id of yore ;
While the mitliuins—Fish-y, Fox-y—‘-on our
,i__~,i'.i-is m’ ieiial shore, ,
Fear the spirits neverinoro’!
They have i'appei's wide tll‘Jill‘i‘9‘, O! Wi‘i‘ll the
, spirits do‘.'."’ii to Sac-0.
‘-.Vl.‘iero lllt‘. people l.li"dlll\ the spirits in the gloo-
my days oi’ yore.
And the rappings glowing louder make me feel
ti ,¢_voo:l deal prouder
Of the Stiitti wliero folks can chowder wiiliout
spirits front the store,
And l.‘li'l.l‘Bltf- people ‘free and li't‘i‘{‘)'pf‘,', from the
mountain to the shore. ’
Fear tho {spirits ne-.verinore!
Tliere the Sheiili‘ lcliies the 1'tippl|“ig‘,tllf(I ‘tile
spirits hear the tapping, ,,
And they tremble in their lodgings in the cor-
ner ofihe store;
And the noise ofax and hammer, with the peo-
plc‘s_ shouts and clamor, _
Make the spirits start and st:iinr‘ti‘ei'. ‘for they
know their days a‘r'e o'er,
And they blush, as they had oughtto, but their
bloody race is o'er.
Making maniacs nevormoie!
So ‘with pusliing. SllQ\’lll,£,". rolling, and their
,. ,__i;‘o'u‘i‘§'e_‘iviili rare t:oiiti'olling',., . A
l*"o“r‘t_l‘i tlfe Sliei-iii'lii'iiig-i the sbirits'far with-
,_ 6Ilb?IlI8 liziiiiited store; A _
And be says, "I ratlier reckon--'tis a guess]
I'll stake my neck on—
That Sll_(.“l,] spirits I could beckon from a ‘])lEl‘t:0
b,e‘l‘o*.=J the floor;" . __ .. . _
Aii‘t1_‘tlie valiant, lJlm*,.',Al'i“o gives ‘Ilibili, lets {lie
£~“')ll‘ll,siill,01ll[l(illl‘,,,
C rsing mortals ‘nevermore! ,4
0
“Oh! I love the kind of rtipping. and the
come friend wliosetappiug, , __ ,
Tells that t\'lert;y, like an angel. stands lb gi.ii‘zi'i'.‘.
...t.l..ie iréirii:-'lI?2ii.-W .<l’°‘r>fi“: , .
And l5:_'_otliei'liii‘i‘i‘d tlial. ‘even, by a holy pure
,_ .. . ,
Seeks our ‘fallen ones to seve‘r from the mon-
Sl€3l'~l.‘l('6 ofyore, «A
\Vhile the father, motlier, children, see the
gloomy ll°9lfll°.l.l5°. door‘
1 Or the prison ‘ner_emo,re
'\Vak:en! eve_r‘y_son _a_i,-(,1 brother!
,.. bi'ac'c‘d "ti“r,ieaif5_t‘.i,‘ei'!,. UH,‘
‘ ' bt}t‘i‘d of union round your
sli‘o‘ulde‘i's
Keep this ‘,i;lorious
heartli-stones evei‘inoi'e‘! , ,_ _ , 4
Peace shall smile and sweetly bless you, and
the future shall caress you. A ‘ A _
And the cliiltli-en's love iiddress you‘, liom their
_ cliilvlliooilfs golden sI‘2oi_"e, , _
Wliileille tli‘<S,"_'§§,‘tids i‘n_ t'l_'t__;e fullifess of their
blessing; rise and pour ».
Songs ofgladness evermore!
The Printer-9s Boy.
I'll sine you a song ot a Priiii.er'5 BOY
"5 ‘v 2.»-
_“TVll05§§__l)lfil,glI‘[,’__tllI,§l,lICl_Ild_lfi8(l name
Stands out iii‘ ‘glowing c.‘~.P1T.u.s,
Upon the scrollof fame--
Who iu the days that tried mans souls;
In freorloiii‘s clarlzest night-,_
Stood manfnlly with VVashingto:‘i.
And battled fortho right.
Ben FI'ilnhlll) was that Printer Boy, one of the
olden time. , _ _ ,
And 'lwas tli‘iit.,l§oy wlio flew his kilo
. “o the tliun,:lei," cl0'i(llCl,S on liigh.,-—-
And biouglitt e orke igutniiig town
From regions ofthe sky;
"I‘wiis be who cauglit this tiorry horse,
. .And trained liiiii’ for the ma ,e.
‘Till now he 5 driven safe liy Mor.§e,
Right intothc I’riiitci"s case-
Bcn Frenglin was that Printer Boy, one of the
, isiiioii_:ii~3c:
Bong shall {be ii-c_i‘-ti] {extol his name,
Tlié pattibf arid thigh,‘
‘(Vito fnily justified by faith,
Vl/'as pra=..'ed on every pa ge;
Ilis_]o‘rn'i; corrected, and rcviticti.
Is now worked of and pressed .'
A new cilitioli in the skies,
A star among the b est. A
All honor to ilmt Piint'ei- Boy, one of the
olden tinie.
And now my brother Typos. take
This leader for your gttia’c.
Follow c0I't‘e'.:l‘GLl ,copv,' _tl‘li.l‘§
All errors mark‘ oifisidé--‘-
Bo _frugal,‘ chaste and t8l1.‘fp0l'l1‘IQ.
, -Sticfg to the golden ruléo .
And you s_l:i_all shine amend the star:
Inthé Printing omen snchool. _
Just imitate that Printer Boy, one of the
gist‘: generally in the U. S.end Canadas.
South Norwnlk, August 12,1851.
.-
olden time.‘
l'V'Z‘€lm fin‘ the Gazette.
BARTON;
A STORY OF OLDEN TIMES.
-—-‘tit ‘i"_i'_1_'i';__‘i'.\fi_'f_i}_;‘i's’i.i-:i—-
. _ C-HA‘fTER VII.
__ Afew Wot'd‘s will suffize to explain the
sliddén _a=ppe€irai“tce bf Sassomoc. ‘\l‘Vhelt"i
Barton \‘vi‘is informed, by his companion} at
the Point, that Clinton had escaped their
pursuit on horseback, the young officcr had
iminediately suspected il'ia__t, the fugitive
would seek the ‘house of r. my. Lo‘lve'r‘s.
'a‘re pl"O“'J8l'IJl8llyJ8a.lOLIS, and Harry had al~
really thought that be detected a smile of pe-
culiar meaning lurking; around the mouth
of ‘the s‘p'y‘,lvlie‘n ‘they parted,at‘the residence
of Mary, in the forenoon.- It was evident
enough that, after vi hat bad transpireil, "Clin-
ton ivonld no longer dalre stay in I“l0‘t".“.‘zlll{_'_§.
if Biillloli was right in his suspicions, would
the r‘oyalist leave the town, perhapsforcver,
without. ‘occevinore ‘seeing Mary Gray ?—‘~
Iudgi‘ii‘§,“ot “ot‘lit=‘rs by liiinself, Harry at once
concluded that he would not, and briefly sta-
ting his cori_ie‘(‘:‘-'.‘i.':r‘e‘3 to his C0t‘T“tpt‘1l".tlOll.'~‘, all
three took the 1'18:-‘1re“s‘l direct roi‘1"ie to the
bouse of Mr. Gray. It was important to
secure the person of Clinton. He had been
‘e‘ng‘é‘getl in manifest t‘:o‘rres‘po‘ndence 'irii.li
the enemy; he might even ‘tlicn have ‘t“:poi‘i
his p:“.*s_on papers of great interest, not to
Nnrii'i‘il.‘lc ‘alone, b"u‘t to the American cause.
:I,—le:r‘ice w‘l'i‘t-‘n tli‘e‘y entered the door yard,
Nattick was, detached to the rear of the
house, and Bitrttin app“~roa‘cli"ei _‘the porch,
While §ifss‘ti‘r3.iii'c stole lt‘l0‘l:‘r:lli3$:l_‘,‘ around
to i’i'~.'..-2.‘: side at ‘the bijildiug, ivhere the ligh-
tsd windows of the sitting room 5l“i.v.vc(l
the inmates to be ‘
lowered so that i‘vhé‘r': ‘the indian gained
The ‘éii_rinins were not
his i‘iitended position, the first ol;_i.~ct that
‘mtt hi}:
tightly
the maiden.
heavy flfililitfl, Safii-‘Onint: da_,ii1i-,j [l',~g
sight was the fi;r‘ui'e of the spy
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Qiilslilhg the sirnggling form of
‘PH ‘ _
~'i.h one blow oi the l,-uit oi
his
"I I‘ ' ' ~ ~ ' .i.
sasti to pieces and sprang into the room,
while our hero startled by the crash and"
the shrirk of the rnui:.'en at a in 5: e < M
O lliu ualisb
instant rusfréil :3’: ‘Elli: ‘door.
I
Clinton strviigglcd ‘for a “mon‘:e.ri‘t in the pow-
"er‘l‘ulgl‘iis‘p‘o“l the chief, but seeiiig Barton.
and soon utter Nattick,wlio entered by the
same mode as his llll.llel' had done, the arnisot‘
the fn'gitlve fell by l'1i‘s:‘sEde,éni_l he siibinittetl
‘to li is ‘rm’-.. ,
There ivzis ‘but one domestic in the fami-
ly of Mr. Gray. This was a woiniin now
iiboiil any _.-ens of z‘),:‘f“, t“i’l“.() ‘llatl ‘been bra.
tip, the father of the present proprigtor of
the house‘, and who had lived with the son,
'fror‘:i his marriage to the present time. it-
laciitztl and Idlulllfill to lint‘ ll-J;15lt‘.l‘,, and .'S,,.,.
ciiilly '55 ‘her young mistress, Dutfle .l..ii.;V,
‘f_oi" such was her name, and she had almost
forgotten that she had any otlier—--D..ime Lu-
cy yct felt it lierprivilcgc to ongtizrtiis of
perfect familiarity with both I“.’Ir.‘Gray and
siarigr. Sli‘,"ec‘oi,ilcl‘i:_ot help ‘still regarding
the format‘ as :1 growing boy and the latter
as a baby, and sxercised her nnt'aoi‘i‘ty accfiin
dingly. The liiihcr arid ‘daughter liumorcd
the afi‘ect‘io‘i‘iate ‘Cl'8al.lJ“["F’, arid let her fiavé
pretty much her own way about the house.
Dame _Lucy l‘i(‘)'iw' ourst into the apartment
redand breathless from the kitchen, armed
with a ‘huge ‘fire sliovcl, such as the grand-
riicntlicrs of t'ne_ p s‘E.e“zit gt“nciatic‘n use in
their ovens on belting days.
“ Injuns and robbers! 9: go o’Miss lla-
ry you ugly rascal !” and she lTl'.t(l€€ ii lunge
with lief lveapdii at 0l.‘1‘l'l]f:l‘O, who was sup-
porting tbe sinking form of the riiaidea.
“ Take care, Luc ',” said Barton, p'cri~‘y-
lng the tlirust with his arm, “ you iiiistulie;
Mary here needs yéiir assistunize in another
way than with ‘cold iron, or lidt, it may be
for aiiglil I know.”
, “ Why, Ltiukl Harry Barton is that
you? And all drippiu’ wet too, but what
am I talkin’ aboiit, and ‘bliss biiiry faintim‘
afore my eyes! Give her to me, Cuplall]
Harry, give her to me, and get. these Injun
lookin’ tellers out o’ the way. Why! b‘lc:.=5
mel it"s only .‘3assornoc,and Naliick arter all.
Vi-"a!l‘ wal ! lddn‘t‘iiiideisiand it, but l’ll
take this poor girl into another rc"om, and
you shall come and tell me aboul it
pfbtty soon, Harry." So saying, Lucy half
lcd,hall‘boi‘e the maiden from the apartment,
leaving the captors to decide iipoii the éuua-
tly of their prisoner.
Clinton had sank into :1 chair; on‘ either
side‘ of him‘ stood N-mick and SL".‘3s‘0‘m‘0c.--
Burton closed the door behind the females
andpreturning seated liiiiiself opposite the
g't'lJ“up. There wasa silence of some rain-
u“lcs. At last the American ofliccr said
gravely, “ Mr. Clin‘tqn‘,‘ I‘ am‘ sorry, that: yoiz‘
Iuxve placed yoiirself in the situation, in
which you are,‘ and I regret‘ the painful duty
“Lord o’roassy !” screamed the deride, '
that has boon, and still is imposed u,-.~t'.i'a" me.‘
Q\ Jfutiiilp Newspaper-~~iIl2nn‘ti:b to flitcratnre, ®£tI£rt1l3tIl£lli.g£11f£, ]]Jol‘i‘t‘irs, ‘il\gri'tultu‘fé, flirts aim flflatiufaiturts.
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Your person, sir, must be searched. The
prisoner made no reply,and without resistance
submitted to the close examination of Sasso.
mot: and Nattick: a letter enclosed in a thick
‘envelope, a,n,d_a ‘purse of so_verei_§n'li were
}he only articles of in‘ipo‘rtance found upon
him..
is The m‘on,ey, sit-,”_'sa'_id Barton, in the
same grave t__one‘, “ I s‘hal"l deposit with Mr.
_Gra,,-. It will be ‘needed,‘as c‘i"i,de,ric‘e, and,
in the present state of the coi‘2‘t’ii,-',., I f,,,,,.,
lJe!1I‘Vei‘y hardly against you. Few patri-
ois, in these times, carry agoldeu image of
King ‘Geotgeiii their purses.” As our he-
ro uttered these words, Mr. Gray entered
the room. He stared a moment at his un-
than inquired, quickly,
i'y,Sassoinoc,wliy iilzat in the ‘world is this?”
r s . _ r, —~ . I - .
lhe chief was the hrs! to answer; pointing
to Clintr‘i‘r‘:, he replied lé"(:‘C‘t)lC2il'l-y, in spy I"
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I " Spy! ’ repcateil Gray, “ Harry 5 what
is the meaning of all this 3” ’
“l grielle to say, sir,” Sui-’.l the officer,
“ that Sassomoc has spoken too trul.y. ~ ‘We
have this alteinoon detected the prisoner
l‘l‘~3I<’i ll! the Very act of lioliling comniunica-
lion ‘ivitli the enemy. We pursued him, we
took him in this room ”
“ Spy !” repeated Gray again‘, “ Daniel
1,l,l,l,).l.Sli’,S son a spy l a British spy! a Tory!
; can’: believe it.”
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“ lfll ll-"lV_e befllclled hrm sit‘, and this
Pulse: I lifléh lo Plilce in }’0fzr hi‘2‘i‘ids for the
l‘:‘SlOl't’(l to him.”
Mr, ray look the ,l”‘f]l‘S6 ‘mccbanically,
and ,L_;l'?tl'lt2Ei'.l at his Contents, " Sovereigns!”
he excluiined,“ but then be c'.zmefrot‘1iNew
Ymii: ll‘? Elms not disguise that and it is nail-
urul he should have them.”
“ I did not tlii_£i?<_ of that cit-ciirnstar‘ic9,”
“’i3llF'<l flurry, “ lint fierc is ‘siziiiictliing else,
sir, that tie have taken from liim Wl}iL‘.l'I I
hope triiijl be as easily , explairiet ,” and he
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gave t‘h‘e‘lctier in i'._-: t:[l:.7t‘3l()‘)‘8 ‘to Mr. G_:i‘iy.
“ II;-. 3” 5-Lid the lattr-1', as La torc
Cfivcring and peruseil the clociiiiicnt, “‘it‘s l.u0
true, i1.n~'y, too true. I'm glacl Din Clin-
toi'i’s in his grave! Read it Har‘r'y,"’
Tl‘-9 l.e‘~l‘er r'.'z‘:s \‘Iii‘.“zou‘t zitltlress or signa-
ture, and its conzcnts were as r..~i:¢..v..~
, “ We shall be prepared for an expedition
by the last of_'June or first of July. It must
be t‘ff.5‘t:ll'Jt‘, a.'l'l the icbsls are to be taught
_ \Ve intend to burn
must oftbe villages on the Coniiecticut:;hcri~,
all of any C0llSt‘ql}t‘l‘lC£’.. Let our friends be
ready. Every faithful subject of his iiiajes-
lty sliéuld co-‘tipercte with us. Provide :1 pi
lo! 501’ us at '.\'oii“valk. I cannot inform you
i“.'l‘iat they are brai'iii‘r‘;.
whether we shall begin westivarzl and work
811S'.Wi3i'd, or the reverse. You will learn in
‘tiz"ne._ , , , ‘Yours 33¢.”
“ You say that you detected ‘him in the
act Of conjimuuication '.=.=it'ri the enemy '2”in-
quired Mr Gray. _
“_Sass‘0:nc=c, Nattick and myself, saw 21
smack outside of Goose Island about sunset.
\Ve saw him row out bchincl the Island and
‘return. We pursued at once, aacl—‘you see
the result.”
" He told me, that Daniel Clinton was
‘fz‘ztlier‘,”suid t;ii~.%,: ll'll.i:“.,l‘Zi_z_il'y‘, “‘and de-
tailed so many circumstaicl‘-"hes ‘thatl believed
him ; yet I had po distinct recollection of his
riwn person. Pi-rliaps it was all a lie. 1
llmuslit be said-—hc did say be was a patriot
and Col. Watltinson too. I can't‘unr.lerst-and
it. LH’s look at him; yes, ibcre’s sonic.
‘tb,iré,o‘;,o‘l Dan_‘tliere,l see a resembltince-
but, bless me! Hairy, wtiy he looks film
P’
“ Ugh! exclaimed both‘ the Indians at
‘oiice, glancing at the two young men,
“ It may be, sir,” said Barton, “ but v.-9
have other wail‘: than ‘to trace resemblances.
I think we had better take him into the Vi].
logo, to night, and place him in safe tziisiotly.
“,C§.I‘€aiiily, Hzirry, certainly. But where
I‘:’Iary '2” -
“She. left tticroom,sir, soon after the ar-
rest;_I l’."i3lle‘.'e :lie is with Ivliss Lucy—.I“
Gray, and perhaps send for them in the mo"i‘~-
ning; Sa:s__omor:, it is dark ; perhaps it would‘
be well to lsind the prisoiicr."’
The Indian‘ detached the belt from his‘
person and seciircd the hands of Clinton,
“ We bid you good night, Mr. Gray,” said
Barton as they left the house with their pris-
oner, who had not uttered a word since his
"c‘c'pti1"re.
, , ‘CIIAPTEI’. VIII.
After Clinton had left the house occupied
by Baggs, the latter worthy seated himself,
and for a few nionienis seemed to cognate
deeply upon what had just taken place. ‘fl
don’f half like it, after all,” muttered he.-
Sneaking i3ill’s cunning; he was cunning
i__n New York,’ vi-lien he made me an errand
bay for his err‘2ployer’s store. He was cu‘n-
ning when be setup business for Iiimself,
and sent me up here to keep this‘ d-.2‘-‘d old
shanty frorrifiilling‘ to pieces,-and at be,‘ or
voiaiiia XXX‘V‘.—-NLTlltB‘li31‘t
expecietl goes-ts,in extreine surprise, fandi
“ Mr. Clinton, Hair-‘
present,‘ should lie ‘ta-rm inno‘cc‘nt it can be,
will leave the letter and purse with you, Mr. ,
DOLLARS ‘PER ANNUM:
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l‘]8l"l(l,f()l'. any sly i'oguer‘_v’,- of ibis ,,',',,.,,_ 3,3‘,
then he is a fearless devil,‘aftei- all, and ivtjefi
his temper is up, he acts like an infernal ‘fool’,
Always, a‘f:'gr some ‘gal or otliei-, g‘0'o“_'-‘,',.‘,,‘,;
can he be ‘chasing after now? I don’t like ‘ill,
l’ll go to Norwalk and see if I can track ‘hiifi
out.” So saying, the Tory arose, buiitmeci
his threadbare coat around him, put ‘on ii
dilapidated bat, and strode forth. ‘A walk
of some two hours or more in duraijun bfof,
him to the Bridge, and entering the bar-room
,"f‘l’e “Vein: be seated himself and called
for a glass of rum and water. Having pa‘;-‘I
taken op ti“-is ciegaiit beverage, he threw z‘i
"'°l("‘3l_‘3l“s~"l U00“ the bar, and waited for his‘
change. The landlord, who appeared to be‘
an acquaiiitancc, eye-l the coin suspiciously;
and as be passed the change to his customer,
remarked with a grave shake of his head‘,
“ Alla Bilggsi 'you‘ll get your neck stretched
yet! It is notbiiig to me though, nothing to
me, but we Yanlicos don’t often see the color
of gold in these tiines.”
“ Go and take care of a farm tlien,'as‘I
do,” said Baggs, griiffly, “ and what‘ yoiif
can't get from {lie land, get‘ out of the
owner.”
“ Oh I” said the hos‘, “this is some of‘:
young Clinton’s ca.-h, thcn——he’s been about
ll’<‘T9i [0 day ,' lmi, Jiiii, you don‘t make the
old homestead pay expenses then 2”’
“Who the cc-ul.l’.2” exclaimed the
other, “selling bard worl-: and scanty crops
for COnlIl‘39l’il.‘::l paper as you call it? Buiyou
said that Mr. Clinton was here
see him before he goes back to New Ymi,-_n
“ ‘Vrll, he stopped here, not long ago, and
rode offiigitin. I guess you’ll find him mil
to John Gray's or tbereabouts. John’s go‘! 5,
pretty daughter, you know !”
I ‘want to
“ ‘v ’liew,” ivbistled Baggs, turning ‘a‘wair‘
and leaVi!)<_§ the inn ; then bending his course
tow-aids Mi‘. Grays, bepinuttered to himself
“ the d—l l that never’ll do. .lhavri’t forgdf
about the Lieutenant and Gray’s wife_yel.'
Bill Iit:j‘Jt‘gr knew that ; why, John Gray,
once got him woke up, will raise -4-vwiin
the wl'i‘cle- of us. No, no, I'll stop Bill this
time, if I can. I ve heard soinetliingr alibi‘:
yo-Jog Harry Bzn-ton in that quariéi‘ too.
Wool-.'n"i that be queer, though :2" _H_e_hu.r_-_
tied his pare, exclaitniiifj, half aloud, ‘‘‘‘b‘l‘1‘l,‘
791113‘ 5l0P il- Egad! and it's getting late,
I01) ll _
I)i‘.l‘l{l’i€S.’.“, iiitleed, bad fully set in wlirii“
the‘ wry turn.=.-d into the road lt”8(iillg ,¢1i,re,¢i1y
to tilt. Uray‘s house. As he approached the‘
building-_ he heard the noise of l]orsg's hoof;
from the opposite direction. 'I"hg gogmd
ceased at tl.e gate, and ininiediatcly after-
ward he sa w the door open, and heard the
voice of Clinton addressing‘ Mary Gray, agf
narrated in a prtrcetling chapter. The door‘
Swim <‘_l0serl,and Bziggs was left standing‘
H981‘ the gate. “ Well,” said he, “he is:
there at any rate; but I can wait for him, [
may as well get into the slirubberyin
garden tliougli, for nobody knows ‘vi-lie‘
d——l may come next.” Mntt‘eiji‘.o“g l‘.‘l‘1is,the
tory clambered ovxr the. garden fence and
placed hiinself aiming the lu.:‘.f‘ll]i'l‘21r]l.gl'0"iVl!I|g:
current. bushes in such a position ‘to give
him :1 view of the \‘llll')(lt.)l.“/‘S of the “s‘it‘t‘i‘ag-
room. “'l"nere,” iiiutter‘;-d he, chuckling,
“l v.'oul»_in’t swap places with Bill Clinton,
no iv; ‘if he offers l'iirnse_lf_ to that gal, shi§’ll
refuse him flat —thai’s 7‘iz‘z/ opinion ; and
l1c’ll gt»: fllild, and act l.ke a d—d fool, and
if old John Gray-’s around, why sneaking
Bill ‘ll grit. ki-.-kcd out of the liou.=e—z/‘iat‘s
my opinion to»; be. he, he! Hallo! what
the cl-l’s that P” The latter 8XClti‘l}’lfli.‘I‘0fI was
called torth‘ by the sudden u‘pr‘ising of,_il:~'e
head of Sassomoc against the lig lited window‘.
Of the occnrienct-s which iminerliately suc-
C£’8Ll8(l, Bfagg-:_s was a -.-iient‘, unlénvown‘, but,‘
by no mantis, uinizitciez-ted 5,’)€’Ci§l.(i':", ,
1'2. Barton and the IfIllli1l!S,'.'Il.l'I l.l'l_t'-.‘lK‘
prisoner, came far:h front the house,_. the
C0n(.“e&_lL‘tl tory heart! the Ainerican ofii“cé‘i‘-
rcin8‘rl§, “SaS::onioc, you zinzl Natticli‘ will
‘.3’.-ilit, one on either side ._of_ Mr‘. Clinton.—-
This pain in my Sl]0l.‘ll(li"l',l'€l7iiIlt‘.l.“:-‘.l"l‘3‘E.’ that;
my strengili is not fully restored. will
n‘io‘un‘t the prisoner's horse and ride‘ near
you. The natives gave a grant of lass-e‘nt
lend the party soon dl.‘=i'tpp£‘.‘_=.l’€(l in the dark-‘
ncss, taking the same route‘: as‘ zliat by which
Baggs had come. ,_ W _
“ ‘37ll:Cll,” exclaimed the la.tte_r,_ “’be’i_‘e’s a‘
pretty‘ fi:i‘:‘l I knew the cl fool iiould‘
géi into some scrape or other before he got:
through with this gal business. But what"
.is,!o be done ? ii'i1‘z‘st head ’etr: off and“
thin}: as Igo.” So saying, the Tory leaped )
over the garden fence into the field‘ in the
rear and proceeded in a course vvbich would
bring him to the village before ‘Batton’s par-A‘
ty could a.rri'i'c. Over, h'i_l_l and ,tht'oug‘h clule
now dashing across s'.vamps,‘ did Baggs ptii;:_'.
s1‘2‘e his route _ Upon'reachinv‘tki'v§ I3riAd,;{"/.:“
he again‘ betook ,l1l_t’i'!3‘3I‘f to the.‘ tavei;n‘,‘~_tii?fre':
to await this arrival of out héro and,,,Ei,i‘s'com-"
panions. The Tory seated bimsé f in'ihe‘,'_’
~ba"r-rooné‘ and rumiaated ;' the escapé”;‘ii“
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