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NORWALK, coNN. . TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1854.‘
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VOLUME XXXVII.---NUMBER
nionw./nuts QAZETTEE.
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B-uilding, over store of F. St. John.
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5'. I‘. TOOTH,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
OFFICE OVER .M.4LLORY-‘S STORE,
N orwalk, Conn.
0. S. Perry,”
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Norwalk Conn.
JOHN, AU 5 'l'IlN"S
DAGUERIAN ROOMS
Over D. 8:. N. Depot.
NORWALK,
Likenessos
I’Va.v'ra-nted to please all Good Judges
0. &. E. K. LOCKWOOD,
NORWALK, coNN.,
.iiA.\'ur,.ic_ruRi~:as or
TIN, SHEET’-IRON & COPPER
‘\7»?@a=-casssg
AND DEALERSIN
Stoves, Ranges, 14‘-arizctces, Cutlery»
B/"z‘tamzz7a, Porcelain and Wooden
l’Va-re, and Ki'tc/ten Fm'm'ture
in grill’?/‘rt/, Pumps,‘S/teet
_L(?Ll([ (3! Lead Pipe,
C’-roc/cei-:7/, Glass
cmrl C/Lina
Building Moving.
I ‘ AVING taken the building moving busi-
ness of Times, the subscribe:-is prepar
ed to move, and raise Buildings, with safety
and dispatch. They can have the assistance and
advice, of C Times, at any time.
All orders addressed to the subscriber, will
méct with prompt attention.
1y34 C H TUBBS, Not-walk, Conn.
Seasonablo
DRY GOODS. .
HE Subscriber would return his thaiiks for
the very liberal patronage with which his
Store has been favored the year past, and hopes
trading public and by a system of fair and hon-
orable dealing, to retain his share of trade for
the year ensuing. His Stock comprises at all
times a choice and varied selection of fashiona-
ble aud scasouable Dry Goods, of every quality
and price. He is confident that purchasers
will find every article purchased at his store,
equal in quality, and-as cheap in price, as can
be obtained elsewhere. Particular attention
devoted to the selection of Cloths, Vestings,
&c.. &c., for Gentlemens wear, which will be
sold at the lowest market prices. I
Jan. 16. L. H. RANDLE.
PA|NT|NG,GLAZliNG
aud Paper Hanging Establishment.
HE subscriber has taken the Store recently
occupied by Messrs. Randle do Platt, and
has opened an extensive and general Oil, Paint,
Painting and Glasicry’ Depot. House, Sign,
Plain and Ornamenta1'Painting, Gilding, Mar-
bling, Graiuing, &.c., done with neatness, cheap-
ness and despatch. Also, Banners, window
shades, designs, &c., skilfully painted to order.
He will also keep on hand a general assortment
of Paints, Oils, &c., which will be sold whole-
sale or by the pot, with the loan of brushes.-
Spccial attention paid to Paper Hanging, &c.
By a punctual fulfillment of all engagements,
and reasonable charges. he hopes to receive a
share of public patronage.
. ‘ GEORGE MARVIN.
Norwalk, Aug. 9th, 1853 - tfl5
NORVVA LK, HAT.
a cap and Fur Emporium.
THE subscribers having removed to No.
2 Skiddy’s Block, would say, that they have
just made very large additions to theformer
stock, of new and fashionable goods in their
line, would now call the attention ofthe public
generally, to the great advantages which they
are enabled to offer over their competitors in
Norwalk. Coufining their whole attention to
this one branch of business, they feel that they
can make purchases and secure a much better
quality of goods, than those comparatively
unacquaiuted with the business. We have
now on hand a fine assortment of I-Ins, just
suited to the season and the wants of the .com-
munity.—For further particulars, just drop in
'[/If“,-0 and examine for yourselves, at No. 2 Skiddy’s
' Block. Main street. RANDLE & PLATT;
Norwaik Post Office. NORWALII BMPORIUMI
.‘rI.zil C.’o.~cs-—WEs'r, 7.40 A. .\i., 1.45 r .\f. GR‘mi:ES J.‘ Fénockgnv
H‘; D “ EAST, 8.45 A. 31.. 6.45 P .\I. T ‘
ail ue——WEsr, 10 A. .\f._. 8 r. M. f " . 4
.. .. ,,, , ,., ram isioix s, PRUMS,
' ‘W. 323. BISSELL "
WOULI) invite the attention of this and
the neighboring community to his vast.
stock of goods,’ (to which additions are Weekly
being uiadc,) comprising a full and general as-
sortment of '
- FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRUGS,
selected withthc greatest care, and_f'rom the
best which the New York‘ market will afford.
He has also a choice selection of ‘
Perfumery, _
Including Lubiu’s extracts of all kinds, cologne
water in -.1 vat-iety of styles, ctc. His stock of
PATENT MEDICINES, _
Comprises an immense variety, pi-iricipally of
articles which have gained a reputation among
the people, and are valuable medicinal prepara-
He would invite the attention of the ladies to
his FANCY GOODS,
which for taste and elegance are beyond all ri-
valry in this vicinity. . _ _ _
V cry particular attention is paid to preparing
PH,YSICIAN’S PRESCRIPTIONS,
' or [‘,. '1‘ - "th ure and unadulte-
§,Y,,ltdg3ug1:il5ll:lliics[!lnl}lliessIliicespwill compare fa-
]‘,o,.,1b1y with those of any other establisment.
Pure Wines. Liquors, Scotch Ale and Porter,
.cte,1 (‘mm-e'ssl_s' for medicinal use.
5j,';,-.3;“;}£1” Selected Teas.
C1-'I~l3]!'STS of Green and Black Teas.
40 Coffee and Teas, vqaiiraiited to please;
. . ° ~ eriori .
mprlce 3”“ ‘““”‘ty’ they (i.eIlOfLl§lES 8: ho.
r—‘:"———’_ -I g‘ C
Gar:-rage Re-p0S1t°1‘Y
AT BRIDGEPORT. .
1_ -'13 -s have constantly on him
}i1iJidsfbi'S:h.le(:1l\’holesale and Retail.
Top Buggies.
No Top, :1?-
E;‘0}t,?111%‘;0:,}L;§,\,-ays, and all other ‘styles of
Li h% Galvpiaircs. ‘ all {1'.lClEX£1mlll€. ’
iioLcoM§ .2: LYON, 83 and 95 Water-st.
. Bridgeport.
>—j—*‘W‘
uratchosafewelry, Silver and
PLATED WA-RE.
‘X;\I.liappy’ to say to the pu‘g1i_c, that {I13
I iiew Jewelry Store at No. 2, Skiddy s Bl"k.,
is still in snccc:-zsful operation, and the very lib-
’ p,,,,..,,,',,_;e bcsl‘.owc(1 is proof positive that
as are sold very cheap. _ _ _
I shall open on ltloiulay in addition to my
present large assortment, another much larger
stock fine Gold ainl Silver Watches, Watch
Chains. Seals, of keys,l-adios’ ear rings and pins,
finger Hugs, &c., together with a large lot of
Y3,uket;- Notions.
I will sell Gold Lcpiu Watzclics 18 carrot ca-
ses, fo!‘ , 320
Gbld Anchors, 13 jetvels, ' 25
Silver Patent Levers, _ 20
5- Patent Levers, fulljcwcled, 25
H Anchors 13 jewels. 12
“ jewels, hunting cases,
Lepincs, -1- jewels. warranted, 8
_« ~'‘ _ -.1. j"‘vs‘ls, hunting cases,
And,,1101,1ie1- \Vaici..,-.5 in proportion, chains,
8m1S’keys,1-‘pigs, .l'._c.., T\\'lll also be sold less
than can be bought in l\orwalk.
[5
If
Silvergpoonsniade‘untlcr the direction of
‘ ark—-warranted pure and fashionable.
MrI’l‘a..tEa’d Spoons and forks in any quantity
hmldsbmcyy eug1'a\'ed. l§_iiiv'cs, scissors, port
monies, 1117,01-s’ tea bells, -‘ac. plated and britan-
um WM-C, cake baskets, castors, &c.
“nltch ,.ep,,g‘,~mg, .e11gl'fl.V’ll1g‘ on spoons, coflin
plates, 1.-mgs, A:c._. will be done by Mr. L. Clark,
who gives his undivided attention, andthe c_ou-
Staut increase of watch work, engraving, job-
bing_ g;;;,, is sure proof that the public appre-
ciaté his skin and puncmmii. s. CLARK.
to call at Clark’s New Jewelry
Be Sure 2 Skithly’s blocl-ysign of‘ the red
Store. N0-
watch-
Norwalk, lune 24, 1853.
. , VICES !
I-LL13, palm Wright’s solid box. Hydc’s
‘and various otlfiazj) i‘,1Y‘563}5I’,
83 and 95 Water-st, Bridgep0i'l..
Borax and Emory.
., LE dRetail by
HO-“ISA. aigio LCOMB a LYON,
83 and 95 Water-st., Bridgeport.
_ —’_<<;____
, Paper Hangings.
~- PIECES of every _ _
torn from 7cts._ to 3s. a piece juft
and -“.933.°‘*""""§§‘T;‘f‘&x‘2’{;tt.t:<,
style and pat- '
Vegetables. of Fish all kinds.
Clams, oysters, doc. -
As good as the market affords, constantly to be
found at the well known establishment of
ALLEN, MEEKER dz CO.
jfl‘ Goods of the above description received
byaconstant attention to the wants of the-
TL
Unparalleled Bargains!
EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTIONS! I
. AT THE CELBBRATED,
LAHGIIT AND CHEAPEST.
CARPET ESTllBLlSlIllIEN'I‘
‘ IN THE UNITED STATES, AT
Hiram Ander-son’s.
No. 991'BOWERY, New Yonx,
Import”-ofEng1i,ch and French Carpets.
BUYERS will findthc largest Stock of Low
Price and Medium to the most elaborate
Aubussion, Mosaic, Medallion, and Velvet Car-
pets ever offered in the world. »
TIN SPACIOUS SALES ROOKI-
Above ground, no damp Basements or Vaults
under the sidewalk to endanger the health ‘of-_
Laikvpurchascrs, each Sales Room is devoted
exclusively to one description of'Cai'pets. The
Wholesale and Retail Departments of this eg-
tablishmcnt have been enlarged and an addi-
tion of two extensive Sales Rooms, making a
wonderful and orgeous display:
Sa es Room No. 1,
Floor Oil Cloths. An Enormous Stock of
John Hare 85 Son’: celebrated English oil
cloths; also, American floor oil cloths of mag-
nificent satin finish, Fresco, marble, Italian, and
Scroll Paintings, from 2s.6d., 3s., 43., §s., 63.,
to 95, per yard, from 3 feet to 24 feet wide and
90 long. .
‘Sales Room No. 2, '
Ingrain Carpets. Two hundred and my
pieces of English and American Ingram Car-
peting, all new style, manufactured expressly
for this establishment. *
. ales Room No. 3,
Three Ply. Carpets. English, Scotch, and
American Imperial Three Ply Carpeting of our
own Importation ; gorgeous, splendid new style
of pattern.
Sales Room No. 4,
Low Price Ingrain Carpets. Three Hund-
red pieces of Medium quality Ingram Carpets,
beautiful large and small patterns, manufactur-
ed for the City trade, incredible low prices of
2: 6d, 33, 4:, 5s, per yard.
Sales Room No. 5,
Rugs and Druggeta. English Druggets 4
yards wide, 3000 yards of low priced Druggets,
1 to 3 yards wide at 3s 6d to ,6s per yard, also
an immense assortment of Mosaic Landscape,
Anminster, and Tufted Hearth Rug; also 2000
Tufted Rugs at 16510 24s each.
’ Sales Room No. 6,
Stair and Hall Carpet.I.—-50,000 yards of
striped and figured Hall and Stair Carpets at
29, 2s 6d, 3s, 30 (id, 43, 5s, 6s and 7 s.
Sales Room No. 7,
.MedaIIi'an_ Carpets, with borders; Mosaic
and Axminstcr of ‘one entire piece, can be fitted
to any sized room,‘ from $350 to _l000.
Royal Velvet, Tapestry and Brussels, from
the celebrated Factories of John Crossly & Sons,
and Messrs. Henderson & Co., and others, Eng-
land, all of our own importation, some of which
are exclusively our own styles, and cannot be
found at anyother establishment.
Sales Room No. 8,
comniendatious of every beholder, excel in
beauty and durability, are sold at moderate
prices, and introduced in the market at this es-
tablishment.
Sales Room No. 9,
Velvet, Tapestry. Brussels three ply and
twilled Venitian Stair Carpeting, remarkably
cheap. ,
Sales Room No. 10,
Patent Tapestry‘ Ingrain Carpefs—Gold,
. Plain, White, Buff and Scroll Window Shades,
at (33, I25, 203, 40s, to $10 per pair ; Table and
Piano Covers, Silver and Brass Stair Rods, Par-
lor Door Mats, Coir-Matting; also, 4s 3d, 53 (id
White and Check Canton Matting, &c.-
of about One Acre,
F OR SALE.
HE subscriber ofl‘crs for sale,'upon reasona-
ble terms, it House and Lot, situated in
Silver Mine, sit-called, in the town of New Ca-
naan. and 23; miles from Norwalk Bridge. The
House is newly built, contains 5 large rooms,
and 3 bed-rooms, attached‘ to which .is an out-
housc, containing 4 rooms, cellar. &c., &c.
The above property will be sold very low up-
on application to A. GLENDENING,
or STEPHFN HYATT.
N cw-Canaan, Silver Mine, scpt. 21, 1853-tf 39
Lime.
100 Bbls. of Lime for sale by T. L. PECK.
Timber and Laths
.. AT SOUTH NORWALK.
350,000 Plastering Laths.
50,000 Feet Pine and Spruce Timber.
10,000 Pine Pickets just rec’d and for sale
- THOS. L. PECK.
2. 1853.
by
South Norwalk, Aug.
Brent Qtnnglg. itenttitg.
. _ , /5»
db‘? i
/-
I-‘OR rm: coirimsfrn coin: or
coughs, Colds, Influenza, Bronchitis,
Spitting Blood, Asthma,
AND ALL OTHER LUNG COMPLAINTS
' TENDING ro
(IONSIIMPTION!
I'll-1 ailmvv laxpcctonml. prep:m-it by an (expel-fenced
Physician and Chemi.-'t, has now become a standard
Preparation, and is om.-i-ed for the complete cure of those
diseases of the Throat, and Lungs, which, if neglected,
usually terminate fatally in C(m<ump.'i‘mi. it contain 10
opium, calomel, or any mineral \\'lI}lI0\'t‘l‘, but is compos-
connectcd organs. Its inimediate elfect is to allay all ir-
ritation. and gently remove the phlegm and other inor-
biil secretions from the throat and Aii'-passages, thus
relieving the Cough. by subduing the intlzuuatiou and
rccomnientled by l"li_vsicians ofthe highest standing. and
may be given with perfect safety to the youngest child
or the most delicate female.
Broadway, New York.
New Englantl Depcl.—Bi’izR & PERRY, No. 1' Cornhill,
Boston, ‘Alas.-'.
Durien. S. W. Raymond ;—Wes-tpoet, Jno. W. Taylor ;_..
New Canaan, S. C. Silliman ;——Ridg'efleld. N. D. Ilaight ;
Redding, T. B. Fanton :—und by Druggi.-its in Bridgeport,
Stamford. and elsewhere. 618m
Wet Goods,
From Simmer " II-umlm/dz.”
LACK Satins, black Gros do Rhine, Plaid
Silks, Ingrain Carpets. Tabla.» Clotlis, Bon-
net Ribbons. Fancy ti'iuiiniugs. &c.. rec'd thi!
day from Auction, and for sale at bargains at
Westport, Jan. 14. tittl hIOULTON’S.
Sand. _
I HITE Rockaway Sand for Plastering and
House-cleaning purposes, f'or sale by the
subscribers at his Marble Works.
graze on Bridge Store?”
. 1 M
t-f‘22 J. M. SMITH.
ed entirely of tli se Roots, Herbs, and l'cgc.’aLIe substances
which have a specific influence upon the Lungs and their
other Causes which give rise to it. It is approvt‘-d of and
Prepared by A. L. SCO.'\’ILL 8; CO”, Gothic Hall, No. 316
sold in Xorwalk. by J. A. Weed, and Wm. F3. Bissell ;—
daily, and for sale at wholesale and retail on HIRAM ANDERSON 1
the most favorable terms. 3"‘5 . 99 B°We"Y-
A HOUSE AND LOT, I nvms’
compound Pitch Lozongo I
THIS Pitch Lozenge is like no other'prepa-
ration in the market, and is brought into
competition with no other medicine. It stands
upon its own merits. Hundreds have used it
for Cows, Couons, pain in the side, back,’
shoulders, soreness of the breast and lungs, and
for Coxsuni-rios, and found immediate relief.
Its use acts beneficially on every part of the
system, and makes strength and vigor take the
place of weakness and debility, and is admitted
to be the cheapest, most efficient and pleasant
remedy ever offered to the afflicted. Try it
faithfully, always safe for the Infant or the.In-
valid. Sold at 25 cents 0; 5 Boxes for 31, by
W. E. BISSELL and other dealers in Norwalk.
Orders addressed WM. RENNE, N. Y. 3m‘6
E. 17.-.-A'_."(lIINI!(ll!AiI:lS"!l"!_:'R"S
anscELLANE0Us
CATALOGUE.
Barn Door Rollers and Hangers.
Dish Scrapers. Scrapers for wood J: stone.
Sash Rollers.
' Chain Pump Reels, 6 and 8 arm.
Pump Chain. .
Wagon Boxes, 9 to
Carriage Bolts.
Tire Bolts.
Boring Machines. *
Twine Paper.
.\Iason’s Seives.
Carriage Bows and Bands.
Lace and‘Damask‘.
Euamelled Car-Cloth.
Window Sash, all sizes.
Patent Clot-hes Pins.
Well Buckets and Wheels.
Glue Pots and Kettles.
Malleable Castings.
_Six barrel Revolvers, 4 and 5 in barrels.
Single “ Rifle Pistols.
Game Bags, &c.. &c.
PAIN'.I.‘BR’S MATERIALS.
White Lead, all qualities.
No. 1, or snow white Zinc.
6 in. inlsetts.
" 2, silver “ V “
“ 3, brown stone “
, (5 4, :5 hi
Linseed Oil, boiled and raw.
Spirits Turpentine.
Copal, Coach and Demar Varnish.
Putty and Sand Paper.
Chinese and American Vermillion.
Chrome Green and Yellow.
Paris Green, dry and in oil.
‘French Marine and Imperial Green.
Burnt and Raw Umber. Terra dc Sehnua.
Litharge and Red Lead.
Drop Ivory and Lnmpblack.
out buildings.
Pumice Stone, ground and _in lump.
Window Glass, a large assortment of all
qualities and_priccs, both French and
American.
AGRICULTURAL IIVIPLEMENT8.
Bush Hooks.
Garden and Railioad Wheclbarrows.
Corn Shcllcrs, single and double wheeled;
Fanning .\[ills.
Manure Forks. Butchclor, Harper, Whip-
ple and Harriiigton makers. -
Hay Forks, various makes.
Horse Ilay Rakes and Harrows.
Ploughs, made to order to’ suit the various
kinds of land in this part of the coun-
try.
Straw and Hay Cutters, made by Hovey,the
most approved kifid.
Roéid or Ox Scrapers.
Ox Bows and Yokes.
Bow Pins. ’
Cow Tics.
- Crow Bars.
‘ Hay Knives.
Farrier "
Ox Baskets.
Scythe Stones and Rifles, at-., &c.
Window Glass.
BOXES of the best 1-‘ R
o t GLASS all sizes.
100 boxes do American all sizes.
For sale very low by Z. SANFORD
» Westport, July 25th.
~ ' -rnas. -
THE subscriber keeps constantly on hand a
large supgly of fresh TEAS, of ullqualities
, and prices.
ENCII
on’t forget to call at
HOLMES & Cob.
Jfubusson Carpets-—They elicit the warmest _
Croton and Bushwell’s Mctalic ‘Paints, for‘
350 as it ‘i.
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ry.-s-v~.-~.~w_v-.— .
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The New Comer.
A POEM FOR HOTHEIIS ONLY.
The hour arrives, the moment wished and
13 feared, ‘
The child is born, by many a pang endeared,-
And now the mother’: car has caught his cry:
Oh! "grant the cherub to her asking eye !
He comes, she clasps him, to her bosom pressed
He drinks the balm of life, and drops to rest.
She, by her smile, how soon the stranger knows
Al to her lips she lifts the lovely_ boy,
How soon by his the glad discoverer shows :
What answering looks of sympathy and joy 1
He walks—he speak_s—in many a broken word
His wants, his wishes, and his griefs are heard
ever, ever, to herlap he flies,‘
Wherelrouy sleep comes on with sweet surprise,
Locked in her, armI.‘his'a'rms’ac‘ross her flung,
That name most "dear forever on his tongue.
As with soft acccnts round her neck’ he clings,
And check to cheek her lulling song she sings,
Howblest to feel the beating of ‘his heart,
Breathe his sweet breath, and kiss for kiss im-
part, , _
Watch o’er his sluinbers, like the brooding
dove,
And if she can, exhausts mothci-’s love I
17501» the Paston Daily Bee.
CIIARLIE SLEEPS.
Charlie sleeps !——oh! tread ye lightly
In the room so still, so dear,-
Lightly !—-for a mother's stricken,
And her heart ‘lies on the bier,
Hushedby every‘ voice and footstep—
Angels now are hovering near.
. Charlie sleeps I-ah, how serenely 1
He no more will wake to weep;
But a mother’s heart clings madly
To the child she fain would keep,
Give o’er, fond mother! night is waning-
Thy weary boy has gone to sleep.
Charlie’: gone l—away they’ve borne him.
Through the azure depths of blue ;
In angels’ arms the boy lay dreaming
Of a Homc—so'pui-e, so true-
Look up! fond mother, where shine the stars
And you’ll find one there for you!
For the Gazette.
tinesto ** * * *.
Br rnnononn R. nxcnnn.
Hail, bright eyed beauty; hail,
Those charms of thine will oft avail
To win the hearts of friends most dear,
Who’ll ever strive with thee to cheer
Thy pathway on through this dull life,
Where nought appears but storm and strife.
Hail thou sweet child of gentleness,
May the light of true happiness,
Ever on thy pathway shine,
Andlheai-ts ofvlove be true to thine;
Thy horizon cloudlcss and bright,
Andheaven thy beacon light.
I saw thee first in life’: early morn,
Before the joys of youth were gone,
Thy merry voice rang out with glee.
Like acaptive bird set free;
And ever on my ear itfell
Like the winding rivers dell.
May pangs of bitterness ne’er pursue
And all thy friends for life be true,
May angels watch thy slumbcrs light.
And guide thee on through life aright,
To where tears of sorrow ne‘cr start
And friends meet never-,to part -
MISCELLEIIY.
A Peep at the Five Points.
Where are the Five Points? There
are many an old resident of New York
that cah hardly answer this question ;-
and to some of the cologne-ed and cash-
mered dwellers on Fifth Avenue, that
famous region is as much a term incog-
nita as Nova Zembla or Japan. Their
in gun-shot of more wretchedness and
heathenism than darken the streets of
Bombay! Let me take-the comforta-
bly cushioued reader of the Intelligen-
cer out into a short wall: such as I took
a few mornings since.
We will turn out of superb and flash-
ing Broadway at Anthony street. The
whole view changes in an instant. We
have entered a new world. That arch-
way to the right leads of!" to the “stage-
entr'ance" of the Broadway Theater, and
the lady, with a shawl drawn close about
her, who is coming out, is probably an
, actress whohas been attending a re-hear-
sal. Strange that she be contributing
her support to a system which is dam-
ning so many of her frail sisterhood to
infamy and death! The theaters are the
dazzling vestibules of the broiliel and
the almhouse; they lie '-hard by the
gates of hell.”
We walk onward, and the streets
grow filtliier at every step, Ragged
children blocked the sidewalk ; asicken-
ing stench comes up from the open cel-‘
lars ; and a startling oath tings out from
that subterranean grogshop. That bloa-
ted, squalid creature, who Ieers at us
from that rotting casement was once a
eunshiny child; perhaps repeated her
prayers at: a mother's. knee! You will
seca thousand such within five minutes’
walk; and in ten years, nearly all will
be huddled into paupers’ craves !
Here we are. We need not be told
tliattltis triangular spot, about an acre
or more of open ground, is the world-
known Five Points. 'l‘hre-e years of
Christian effort have changed it marvel-
lously ;‘ but still “Cow-Bay” remains in
all its original hideousuess. 'l‘liiscl-assic
name is applied to a narrow alley or
“close" that runs out from the corner of
the Five Points where Anthony sin-cc
fitters. Upon its reeking, steaming
pavements tibout fifty ragged tvretchcs,
mostly negroes, are sunning themselves,
like adders ~Ihi_s bright morning. All
these crazy buildings that overlfang the
l
sumptuous carriages roll every day wiih- .
sidewalk, just ‘ready to topple intolruins,
are swarming human beings! Scores
lie upon the floor of a single garret every
night, huddled together like loathsome
heaps of rags -in every directiou.--
Thieves, beggars, and prostitutes, black
and white, old and young, nestle down
inpthese dismal dens, and find their only
rest from the misery and the crime of the
weary day. It is said that ele_ven~Imn-
(I-red persons here occupy _a space not so
large as that on which Trinity Church
is built! Up in that noisome garret you
' see yon lei, theydiscovered, a few days
since, a wretched creature, only twenty-
three years of age, and beautiful even in
her ruin, locked into the room of a drun-
ken negro"! . She had been in one of the
Mission buildings for a short time, and
was partially reformed ; but the burning
lust for rum sent her back at night to
her former haunts. The father of that
ruined outcast lives on one of the fash-
ionable avenues up town! With the de-
tails of her career we are not familiar;
but we will venture to guess that a
French romance and a champagne bottle
had something to do with the saddest
parts of her dark history. Into the laby-
rinths of Cow-Bay we will not penetrate
and at midnight. it would not be safe to
do so without the escort of a policeman.
From the spot we now stand we can
All this detestable region lives, moves,
subsists, drinks, sleeps, steals, swears,
and sins on RUM. Take away this
score of grogshops, and you take away the
tap-root from which the giant Upas
grows.
To prove this, let us walk across the
other side or the Five Points, the side
where Christianity is at work. It islike
transition of Pandemonium to Paradise-
That fine brick building of the Methodist
Church. It stands on the very spot
where stood the "Old Brewery,” which
for many a year was -a perfect hive of
harlots. . A capital school of ragged chil-
drer. is sustained here, and there is earn-
est preaching too every Sabbath. The
first process in the morning is to put the
children into the bat/1.-tub, before they
are admitted to the school-room. It
hard to make a clean soul into a dirty
body.
On the “Little Water street” side of
the Points stands Mr. Pease’s House of
Industry. Those seven buildings were
all brothels three years ago! And when
, they cleansed them for their present use,
no.|ess than forty loads of filth were car-
ted off. Let us go through these build-
ings. How‘ clean, how neat, how coin-
fortable! In one of the tidy rooms, twen-
ty well-clad women (what some of them
once were I need not say) are now ply-
ing the needles. They earn an honest
livelihood, and are regaining their self-
respect, the sure passport to thcrespect
of others. In another room is a happy
noisy school, and oh! such children !—
Such ruddy faces smeared over with mud
such ghastly faces, with the autograph
shrewd faces, and such sad,sad ones too.
That school is worth a long walk to see.
We would commend the teachers of the
The savory smell of fresh bread comes
up inn; the school room from the bakery
underneath, and many a scholar carries
home a wholesome loaf for her supper
when the day's work is over. _
Blessings upon this Five Points Mis_
31072 .’ It is a mighty blow in the right
quarter. New York has not seen its
equal before Mr. Pease deserves great
-praise, but he needs great grace likewise.
His . enterprise is getting popular, and
popularityis always perilous. Let us all
give him our aid and our prayers too.-—
His new scheme of a farm near the city
is an admirable one we have no room to
discuss now. Let every reader of tits
article, who can do so, pay the Five
Points House of Industry an early visit;
and let him not. go without his purse. A
Christian parent will offer a very differ-
ent sort of family prayer at his household
altarfafter an hour among the wrecks and
restorations of the Five Points.
(7hrz'stz'an Inzelligencer.
Decline of Drunkenness in England
—The London Daily News comments
upon‘ the decline of drunkenness in the
higher classes,‘ believing it to be especial-
ly true, with regard to this vice, that in
changes of society the prevalent vices go
out at the lower end. _
"Half a century ago, Mr. Pitt was
known to be killing himself with port.
wine, and nobody spoke or thought of
the catastrophe in the way we should
.now,,if such a thing was happening.’-—
Ministers and ‘M. -P."s said foolish" and
mischievous things in public, and were
merely" declared to be drunk.
other diseases consequent upon excess,
wereso prevalent as to make old people
now wonder what has become of them,
Tliii spirit decanters were brought out in
the evening in the middle class houses,
and the wine iiie:cham.’s bill was an an-
nual expense to the shopkeeper which
few would think of now. Half a centu-
ry of improved cultivation of mind, of ex-
panded travel, of multiplied amusements
and, not least, of a partial introd notion
of lighter wines, has prodigiously eleva.
ted the personal morality of the higher
and middle classes,"
smfi
count no less than twenty groggeries!‘
is"
of a parent’s sin upon them; such briglitr‘
city Sabbath Schools to visit that room.‘
Gout and ‘
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N ewspaperdom.
It is beyond my comprehension how
Methusalch lived nine hundred and six-
ty nine years without a newspaper, or,
what the mischief Noah, did, during that
‘forty days’ shower, when he had ex-
hausted the study of Natural History.—
It makes me yawn to think of it. Or
what later generations did, the famished
half-hour beforegmeals; or, when travel-
ling, when the old stage coach crept up
a steep hill,some dusty hot summer noon.
Shade of Franklin! how- they must
have ennug/evi .’ How did they ever know
when flour 'riz'-—-o'r what was the price
of pork, small tooth combs, cotton, wool,
and molasses? How did they know
whether Queen Victoria had made. her
brother an uncle or an aunt fr How
could they find out whether Fanny Fid-
dlcstick was Naphtah Wilkin's sister I
What christianized gouty old men; and
snappish old ladies? ' What kept the
old maids from making mincemeatof.
pretty young girls? What did love-sick
damsels do for sweet Lits of poetry, and
touching continued stories? Where did
their papas find a solace when the coffee
was muddy, the toast smoked, _and the
beef-steak raw, or done to a leather‘?-
What did cab drivers do when waiting
for a tardy patron? What did draymen
do when there was ‘a great calm’ at the
dry-goods store of Go Ahead 85 Co ?—
What screen did husbands dodge behind
when their wives asked them for some
money? _
Some people define happiness to he
one thing some another. I define it to
be a room ‘carpeted, and furnished with
exchanges,’ with a place cleared in the
middle, for two arm chairs, one for a
clever editor, and one for yourself. lsay
it is to take up ' those papers one by one
laugh over the funny things and skip the
stupid ones, to admire the ingenuity Of
would-be literary lights, who pilfer one-
half their original ideas, and steal the
remainder. I say it is to shudder a
thanksgiving that you are not in the
marriage list to try, for the hundredth
time, to solve the riddle-, how can each
paper that passes through your hands be
‘the cheapesvand best periodical in the
known world.’
I say it‘is to look round an editorial
sanctumjnwurdlychuckling at the forlcrn
appearance it makes, without feminine
fingers to keep it tidy, [0 see the looking
glass veiled with cobwebs, the dust on
the desk thick enough to write your name
in; the wash-bowl and towel niulatto
color, the soap liquified to a jelly; (edi-
ors like soft soap !)the table covered with _
a heterogeneous mass of manuscripts and
paper folders, wafers, stamps, blotting
paper, envelopes, tailor’s bills and letters
complimentary, belligerent, and pacific.
I say it is to hear the editor complain
with a frown, of the heat and his head-
ache; to conceal a smile while you sug-
gest the probability of relief if a window
should be opened; to see him start at
your superior profouiidity; to hear him
say with a groan; how much proof he
has to read, before he can leave for home,
to take off your gloves and help him cor-
rect it; to hear him say, there is a book
for review, which has not time to look
over; to take a folder and cut the leaves
and afiix -guide-boards for notice at all
the fine passages; to see him kick over
an innocent chair, because he cannot get
hold of the right word for an editorial ;—
to feel (while you help him to it) very
much like the mouse who gnawed the
lion out of a net, and then to take up his
paper some days after. and find a para-
graph endorsed by him ‘deploring the in-
tellectual inferiority of woman.’
That’s what I call happiness!
FANNY FERN. ’
T/ze C/mzese and Japanese.-—Bayard
Taylor says that the Chinese and Japa-
nese race, although both sprung from
Mongolian ances'try;‘ are widely different
in most respects. The language of the
two nations are somewhat similar, but
the pronunciation and accent. The Chi-
nese nasal is unpleasant, while the Japa-
nese is pure, articulate and distinct, Om:
peculiarity is, that while the Chinese
have no sound for R, and invariably sub-
stitutes L where it occurs, the! Japanese,
on_ the comrary, have no sound for L, and
invariably substitute R. The complex-
ion of the Chinese is yellow, a stolid stu-
pidity rests upon their features, and in
measures they are awkward and un-
graceful. The Japanese possess an 0|.
ive complexion, have a handsomely sha-
ped head, With broad foreheads, and are
graceful in their motions and dignified in
their appearance- The steam whistle
seemed to be the only thing which in
any degree disturbed their equaniinity
while visiting the American steamer. A
few Chinamen were on board the ship;
these they treated -with contempt, and
did not seem,_satis_fied until informed that
they were the servants of the sailors.—
The boats of the Japanese were general-
ly propelled by sc-ulling, and accordiugto
Mr. Taylor's account are of tlzc same
model as’:/me yacht America.’ The pe-
culiar tulent of_!.he Chinese is initiation.
The Japanese do not content themselves
with this, but are probably next to the
Yankees the most inquiring race in the
world, and would be inventors were it
not for the restrictions of Government.
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Dismissing Aged Ministers.
The following pungent satire from the
pen of Fanny Fern may be read with in-
terest:
Your minister is superannuated, ishe?
Well, call a parish meeting, and vote
him a dismission ; hint that his usefulness
is gone—th_at he is given to : -petition-—
that he puts his hearers to sleep. Turn
him adrift like a blind horse, or a lame
house dog. Never mind that he has
grown gray in your thankless service-
that he has smiled on your infants at the
babtismal font, given them loving away
in marriage to their heart's chosen, and
wept with you when death’s shadow
darkened your door. Never mind that
he has listened, many a time and oft,
with courteous grace, to your tedious,
prosy conversations, when his moments
were like gold dust. Never mind that
he has patiently and uncomplainingly
accepted at your hands, the smallest pit-
tance that would sustain life, because
the master whispered in his ear, "tarry
here till I come.” Never mind that the
wife of his youth, who, won from a
house of luxury, is broken down with
fatigue and privation, and your thousand
unnecessary demands upon her patience,
strength and time. Never mind that
his children, at an early age, were exiled
from the parsonage roof because there
was not “bread enough and to spare”
in their father’s house‘. Never mind
that his library consists of only a Bible,
concordance, and a dictionary; and that
to the luxury of a religious paper he has
been long a stranger. Never mind that
his wardrobe would be spurned by many
a mechanic in our cities. Never mind
that he has risen early and sat up late,
and tilled the ground with weary limbs
for earthly “ manna,” while his glorious
intellect lay in fetters-—for you! Never
mind allthat; call a parish meeting and
vote him “ superaimuated.” Don’: spare
him the starting tear of wounded pride,
by delicately offering to settle a .col-
league, that your aged pastor may rest
on his staff in graceful, gray haired inde-
pendcnce. No! turn the old patriarch
out—give him’ time to goio the moss
ground church-yard, and say farewell to
his unconscious dead, and then—give
the " right hand of fellowship” to some
beardless, pedantic, noisy college boy,
who will save your sexton the trouble of
pounding the pulpit cushions; and who
will tell you and the Almighty in his
prayers, all the political news of the
week.
A Desperate Encounter with
Burglar-s.
The Philadelphia Bulletin contains an
account of a daring burglary which was
committed in’ that city on Saturday mor-
ning last, and of a desperate conflict be-
tween the burglars and Mr. VVm.
AV‘/right, the occupant of the house,
which was entered. It seems that about
four years since Mr. Wright's house was
entered by burglars, since which time he
has adopted certain precautions against
similar occurrences——among which was
havinga bell placed beside his bed and
connected by wires with the back door,
so that the door could not be_ opened
without causing; it to ring. ' On Saturday
morning about two o'clock, he heard the
bell ring, and immediately arming him-
self with a revolver and a heavy, pointed
piece of iron, he descended to the dining
room, into which, after some difficulty,
the robbers forced their way from the
kitchen. Mr. VVright had ' concealed
himself, previous to their entrance, be-
hind an orange tree in the hall, from
which hiding place he saw them light
the gas and deliberately ransack the
room. Finally, two of the men went
. up stairs, one of them taking with him
a heavy stone, which the leader of the
gang directed him to " give to the mais-
tcr.” ' -
At this juncture Mr. \Vright rushed-
into the dining room and attacked one of
the men who remained there, throwing
him headlong to the floor. His thfee
companions quickly came to the rescue,
and a terrible fight ensued, which ended
in the fellows making the best of their
way ofI—but not without having receiv-
ed some serious wounds. The burglars
left behind them the collar of a coa[
which had been set on fire by adischarge
of Mr.'.VVright’s pistol ; also a hat, which
was cut through by a heavy blow of his
\veapon—-the lininglbf which was slain-
ed with blood, andaclot of gore on the
inside had a long lock of red hair matted
in it.
A black cloth cap, tom to pieces by
repeated blows, and the inide matted
with blood, was also found, and. a por
tion of a coat with a mic: hole in it,
and about one lialfof the leg of a pair of
pantaloons, bore fearful evidence of. the
struggle which had taken place. The
burglars left also various instruments of
their trade, i_ncltiding several formidable
looking knives. Their track while es-
caping could be iracedsome distance by
the blood which - flowed from their
wounds. Mr. Wright escaped without
important injury. , f !"I"h_e police are on the
track of the burglars, and feel confident
of securing them. Mr. \Vrigl.t says he
will be able to identify them if arrested."
[Q== He is a dangerous character who
has malice, wit and ‘leisure. "
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No Sabbath.
In a “Prize Essay on the Sabbath,”
written by a journeyman printer in Scot-
land-which for singularpoxver of lan-
guage and beauty of expression has never
-‘been surpassed, there occurs the follow-
ing passage. Read it, and then reflect
for a while, what a dreary and desolate
page would this life present if the Sab-
bath was cast out from our calculations :
“ Yoke fellow! think how the abstrac-
tions ofthe Sabbath would hopelessly en-
slave the working classes, with whom
we are identified. Think of labor thus
going on in one monotonous and continu-
ous and eternal cycle-—limbs forever on
the rack, the fingers playing, the eye balls
forever straining, the brow forever sweat-
ing, the feet forever pludding, the brain
forever throbbiiig. the shoulders forever
dropping. the loin forever acliing. and
the restless mind forever scheming.
Think of the beauty it would etlhce, of
the merry-lieartedness it would extin-
guish; ofthe giant strength that it would
tame; of the resources of nature that it
would exhaust; of the aspiration it
would crush; of the sickness it would
ofthe groans it would extort; ofthe lives
it would immolate‘; and of the cheerless
graves that it would prematurely dig !
See them, toiling and mailing, sweating
and fretting, grinding and hewing, wea-
ving and spinning, sowing and gather-
ing, mowing 'and reapiiig, razing and
building, digging and planting, unload-
ing and storing, striving _and struggling,
in the garden and in the field, in the
granary and i.i the barn, in the factory
and in the mill, in the warehouse and in
the shop, onthe mountain and in the
ditch, on the ioadside and in the wood,
in the city and in_'the country, on the
sea and on the shore, on the earth, in
days of brightness and of gloom. What
a sad picture would the world present if
we had no Sabbath."
Greeleg/’s Ride in a. Hand Car in In-
diana.-—The full moon rose bright over
the eastern woods as, with the north star
straight ahead, we bade adieu to the em-
bryo city of Brookston. We were seven
of us in the hand car, four propelling by
twos, as if turning a heavy two handed
grindstone, but we left off one passenger
after travelling a. few miles. The engi.
nee: and I made up the party; and the
car, about equal in size to a wlieelbar
row and a‘lialf, just managed to hold us
and give the propellers working room.—
To economize space, I sat a good part of
of the time facing backward, with my
feet hanging over the rear of the car
knocking here and there on a tie or bridge
timber, and often tickled through my
boots by the coarse, rank weeds growing
up at intervals between the ties and re-
cently stiffened by the hard October frosts.
As a constant effort to hold on was re-
quired, the position was not favorable to
slumber however it mirrht be to tr‘ , .
-tion. Our Irish steam fvas et'olvecd0::;qn
Yankee muscles and proved of capital
quality. We made our first five miles
heavily laden as we were, in 20 min.
utes; our first ten miles in an hour; but
our propellersgrew gradually weary ; we
stopped twice or thrice for oil, water and
perliapsone other liquid so that we were
five hours in making the forty-tln-ee
miles‘, or from 7 o’clock till midnight. I
only tried my hand at propelling, for a
short mile, and that experience sufficed
to convince me that howe\'cr it mav be
as a business, this species ofexercisc can-
not be conscientiously commended as an
amusement.
New York City/.—'I.‘lie Herald, in al-
luding to the social condition of the city’
district known as the Five Points, paints
the following picture:
“ Hereis a district of the city in which
four or .five thousand men", women and
children manage to vegetate; and it is
safe to say that three-fourths of this mim-
ber know not when they rise in the mor-
ning where they will get a dinner. The
district is a plague spot on the city’s es-
cutcheon; to it resort murderers. thieves,
prostitutes, vigrants, and beggars with-
out nuuibe. Here, in pooriy ventilated
rooms, more like the. holes wherein the
beasts of the field make their dens than
human habitatious, do these ‘outcasts
front society live, steal, die and rot.-
The picture is too horrid for contempla-
tion-Ihe depth of misery is too low for
description. VVe find in the police re-
ports so much of drunkenness, (and crime
resulting therefrom) that we are astou-
lshed at the idea of the occurrence of
such things in the city of New York,
where there is so much philanthropy for
man. New York! New York ! the
Empire City, the Center, (we are told,)
of refinement! New York! with her
two hundred churches, her eloquent par.
£008, her great philosophers, her pure
patriots—-New York ! distinguished for
everythin'* ‘hat "‘— moral, both male and
female!’ ‘ “n such sinks
of iniquity J‘ , Slave 5
about whichjfliere is :6 much ‘ agii
now-a-days, as can easily be found
in five blocks of Broadway in-the
New York, the city where every!
free and equal and wherethe blac
may hold up his head as high as ti“
)3
man.
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breed; of the projects it would wreck ; .
the black man and so little for the white"
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