Norwalk Gazette, 1818-1883, 1854-12-05

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i:iBLIsHED...EvE1iY TUESDAY MORNING, BY
ﬂilmteir to Total Edna ash A gutmsls, Gums! Enttlligtntt, iiitmttutt, $ulitits, Zygtitulturz, ﬁletyanits, lb: 3

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NORWALK, com. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 185

VOLUME XXREVII.-A--INTI

MBER 4.9

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From the Greemo-ich ./Vews.

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‘fcrgtjly. advertisers hayq. the prlvlleteef ,_ehee_glI_g. their
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;uoz;thi«. Yearly advertisers restricted to their rage
or-~ usineas: .. - . -- .. .~. .1: ‘.7 . a-*_«.‘i 1:» .1
‘pt-eilsl Notices 25 per out addiﬂon on the above rates.
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f ih('A.:\"Ul~‘AC‘l'U'RB1t“& crush 15:" ,
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Wuouuslns lilo" Barns. bssussw '
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TI-N, SHEET IRON -db" GOPPEI
W a r e e , " E -,

Has c'¢':‘n.e"z‘i’zizzl_1,/*'on ‘-hand "~‘¢'z‘larige' assort-
men‘: ‘of ‘gmeraz-'= 71ra-m.kaping-

jF‘ia'r7‘zz"t_wr,e,' a’t”“S_o. ‘Norwalk

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Hail ,§2lo,ses.'-I-e-Wear, 7.1’ 0..s.=m.‘,~ 1139 r. I.
“ } ,‘‘_ .EA.sr,,,. 8.30 A...X,_, 5,,3o_r_. is.
Jfail 1)uc—-Wssr, 9.30 A. ’x;,‘6.30 r.’ I.
. -* : ..-.‘.‘-- i-liner;-8.30-A‘.’x.', &r.‘-n.':' 5 ~-

V ~..—.=.~.'W..-:3. DIESEL]:-..~.; ~
‘X . =;QUJ-Désrite the-.st_te.nti¢.I.I 9!‘
the neighboring community 0 vast
H tock"6f g‘6'ods,-"(to which-addi'ti'o'ns'~‘are* ‘weekly
being made.)s9mpriIisc,sfnll.and;¢enersl. st.
S°mn.eut_9_f.
FT51F'EIGN.‘A1"D D9FE3TI0.T’R‘..“.*$$.; .
s elec'tod“wfth ‘the = greatest ‘3‘c'sre‘,‘-‘end?‘ﬁ‘tem ‘ti!’
b est. whioh:§the:New;i York. :market will 3 eﬂotdej
He has also a*cho_i_o;c,selcctl_on_ol’:, _ '
..1’e,r.ﬁ.I,merv.
Including Lnhi._n.'a_ extracts ojlf .911 kinds. co.los'i.°-
water in‘ ‘a"varifety or styles,-'etc._-" ‘ms stock‘ of
‘ PATENT 5i!EDIGlNES,f‘-
(}ompl‘l_BC3.*‘ﬂ-ﬂ:i"‘“.1.9“!9*Y!-?§!F¥i.'P3'A3§Jl?§nI of
cu-ticles which bave_galped 9' reputaﬁouamong
~ ‘ " d‘are‘valuabl‘eunidlclna‘l|iﬂIoera-'-

She peopl*e',*°au

ticns.._ ‘ - -. , . ...::E:.i ~.-,..: Y...» .‘z:.-. -.-':.:.
He would invite ‘the Ltggntgon ,9f,_,tHc°_1y1,lo_,-to,‘
his FANCY“G*‘0'-0D'3',a;-;-".',~ -'-~

whieh are too numiro‘ai‘1o”‘pirti¢h1ag‘-_Ise,.-sad.
which for taste and‘. leganoe-"I13 557°“ *1.-I9‘

xalry in this vicinity. ,., —._,__»_.._._.,-3 ,._,,.1', .,.
Very purticularj attention is‘ paid to propﬂlllt

' PH.YSlCIAN’S"PRES(3ltll"l‘IGNSi _-*
and supplying‘familles»w’ith !l!¢ll!1*G’
l'1l.l.'£(l medicines. ‘ Hie;,prieve_s:;1,Ivil_l,,-Wllllplgﬁﬁ ,-15,7,

\'m'ably_ with those of any’ot‘he__x-’eitI§l>.“||'|¢||‘3i._

Pure Wines, Liquors, Sébtéh Ale‘ and’Pe_ﬂCl‘o‘
elected expressly for rnsdjgjn,n,l_..;Ju§e,.,_; _,,, .,_,,,_

PPa%er llang'ing"s:" ‘

I OBS "of every: zetyle. I ’
i've_d, find now offers

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tern from '_lcts..te ,3s. a piece. II‘.
dfo'i~"sal_c*by "'
.9. ';[.'.G-RlIH:AN,
-.. A‘ “*9 91d<.B..riI<!o¢ Stern .31
Old i'ictures
~: A-USTEN, has‘recently:.ifitrodIeed;"In
’ 0 3t1"*““3“”".'.’Y."."l“°1‘.“«°.-‘?“1P95-tsreforcopy
02.1 Pictures, D|1Kl10l‘I‘e0t'ypes,_&,c.;giviﬁfiigﬁ
ll niuch liner ﬁnish‘, than in‘the original,
AIigIlet.39th.'s.-7 ‘. ' ‘ ‘ ' .3 '""'.

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J ewoosrnn. -nousn

consult on MAIN AND. :WE!TE’srussrs. "

Near the Rail,'Ro_ad ,_1)epo't_,_ J‘ ‘

-' us‘ sulisci-iber“_hav,in,glcascd'the_aBovnuem'
e(1“[»'I“o't'cl‘;- is prepared to?‘-receive‘ boirdére‘

:mrl ti-anslen t='Vibitel'8£
'5' supplilﬁﬁl.
ucnvciiicuccs
33:10, and the _‘E.'‘_.
the c.\'pc1fiCD°.9 F5
or hotel iécepinxv

at he has had in the, busing“
that he can ‘ give sstfefactién

::.i3.-3 all-.1!!! ....~* 9,!’ ‘.9393 -.
ill. all hglll (D““_3,’“?’’ ;. '..‘ ..:

1% sale.

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u’si..I'Ji.£-‘ll if-.ro.»¥."I¥rnor!--2.-P

Borlsnbstévubztb"

. - GEORGE MARVIN. «
~ 3 -.!.1.9I:vsl1:...Aus-9.th.1853.- - ms
I ': NORWALK. HAT.
' Gap andrur Emporium.

" ‘ use;-would-‘now call the intention ofthe public

-» how on. hands »,ﬁM,...sssort,men.t .of H4-rs,just
T11ii...sH£.I:1f‘,I1i.

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’As~good

'a'seortm'cn‘t'of‘-DRY GOODS, -Dar Giiocsimzs,

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. purchasers ar,e~'r.eque3ted’-to.cnll-~ and examine

cop:-<1-;ee=:a.e.;.a.=.

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Thitﬂonseisﬁﬁunduté,
with 3Pl‘il!8“.—§‘l4¢¥i H11 :1“! All. ﬁll.
necessary.99;-Wisssst-9?. ’ior..t~;
dci_-sl_g_ncd feels con deit fro‘ie*'

Soaeonable

Y GOODS.

er would return his thanks for
eral patronage with which his
Store has been favored the year past, and hopes
, bye constant attention to the wants. of - the
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 and seasonable Dry Goods, of every quality
and price. Be is conﬁdent that purchasers
will find every article purchased at his store,
equal in quality, and as cheap in price, as can
be obtained elsewh_ere._ Particular attention
devoted to the selection of Cloths, Vestinge,
&.c.,,ibc.,1-for-Gentlemenswear, which will be
sold_at.tho lowest market prices.
Jan. 16. ' ‘ ' ' L. H. RANDLE.

PAINinm,s_LAzINc

and Paper Hanging Eetablishrnent. 1'
THE subscriber has taken the Store recently

occupied by- Messrs. Randle & Platt,; and
he's opened’ an extensive and general Oil,Paint
. Painting and» Glasiery Depot. -House, Sign:
Plgun and 0rn_amental.Painting, Gilding, Mar-
bling, Graining, &c., d_'one with neatncss, cheap-
nossand *' dcspatch. Also,‘ Banners, window
IhIdqs,designg,,&,c., skilfully painted to order.
He will also‘ke-«Econ hand a general assortment
hf -Paints, Oils, .', which -will be sold whole-
¢!I.1_9,9}' by th_e.pot,;witb the loan of brushes.-
Special attention paid to Paper Hanging,‘ dcc.
VBy“-'a=punct'ual fulﬁllment of all engagements,
a_nd_,ijs_g.sonable_ charges, he hopes to receive a
share of public patronage.

, _H,_E Subscrib
’ ’ the verylib

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7 THE subscriber having removed to No, ,
1 Skiddyﬁs-Block, wouldsay, am having
jhst made yerylarge additions to his former '
, stock, of new and fashionable goods in his

generally, to thevgreat advantages which he
is enabled to ofer over hiscompetltors in
Norwalk:Con'nnlng ’our"‘wholc 9.tten‘tion to" V
this one branch.of business,»-ve fe_el that we ‘
canmske urchase _ ,
quality 0 goods,"th‘s.n' those‘ comparatively ;
unacqualnte --with -the business. We -have ,

salted to the caisson sue‘ the ‘wants orthe‘ ‘com-

munity--.+Eor -further particulars, j u_st ‘ drop in‘-

and examine for yourselves, at No. 2 Skiddy’s
‘ H50. RANDLE. ‘

‘Block; Main street? ‘ ‘ “

§VP.~R—.OVISI0NS. c FRUITS,
f Vegetables.-of -Fish all kinds.“

? ~"-‘Gianna, oysters, &c.
as the market affords, constantly to be

foundpt the well known establishment of
' A A_LLEN,~)fEEKER do 00.

. , Goods of‘ thenbove description received
daily,-‘ind for sale at wholesale and retail on B

the most favorable terms--A-. . »

i . f-‘Lime. - *
-' 100 Bbls. of Lime for sale by T. L. ‘PEG-‘K.
<".l'irnbor andhaths

-.A*»'l‘.,=S.QU'.l‘H NORWALK.

350,000 Plastering Laths. ,
50,000‘ Feet Pine and Spruce Timber. _
1Q,000:Pine Pickets just rec’d and for ‘sale

y . , _ . THOS. L. PEGK.

f South Nor-walk,Aug. 2.1853. ‘

7 Now. Goods at. Southport.

.1 IIGUSTUSZJENNINGS has opened during S
"the past week a. "large and well selected

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Gaocx_nnr,Fcsi.'irunn, Cninnnuss AND LADXBS
snore, Hus, Cars & LADIES Boxxurs, Looking
Glasses, Baper Hangings, Window Shades,
Umbrellas, Paraeols, Trunks, Warp, Batting,

kc. ' 'A weekly supply of fashionable goods.-

returned. , _‘
: snwme,

5 Costs, Pants, Vests, Drawers,&o., constantly
on.band_for all good Sewers. Those in Nor-
walk can be supplied every Monday from the P

Bedding Ridge and vicinity can be supplied
from Samuel 0sborn’s every otherweduesday,
f’. M,,,comi_ucuci_ng l0th-.9? May.
g Southport, May 2d, I854.

‘ - ~ Thor Norwallr Book. .
' EM.'P.OR IUM.

ALL 'Kinds‘of plain and fancy stationery ; C
school and miscellaneous books ; the latest
publications; every Ain_erican,_ eriodical, etc.-
can behad at’ ' A.’SELLE K’S Book and 1
Blnd‘ery.Estab1ishment, Main _st.'Norwalk.-

,‘ ‘‘'Cheaper‘’ than Ever
- ' ’, J1! the South JV‘orwaIk '
WGRODHBY STORE.

ceries and Provisions, to be“f'ound’ in South
N.9x_walk,,whlch he offers to, his customers, and
$119, public, at greatly reduced prices.- His fa-
hllitlcs are such thathe will. be constantly "re,-
gelvlng new and fr ',sh‘_supplies of goods, as
{wants of his Customers may-require, which will ,
always be of.the.bestq.uality-and-sold at the
V¢1‘Y{10,West possible, price. and he would re-

c full solicit an’ examination and trial of'the
_50‘!|19=- 13-‘ - - - GEO. W.‘ SMITH.
.-_ Sgutb Iflgrwalk, Hay 15:1,, 1354, ..

. * Hardware ‘and Cutlery,
;Me'd¢a‘m'c's‘ Tool$,'Fa'miin'.gj Utensils,
: Guns, .P2St0lS-, Iron "and Steel,‘

', 'W:ndozo - Giass, .Paz'nts

-'1 « -and Oils.

snb_scrlber_.has now in store. and is con.
5' stantly receiving direct from the mann.
fact=ui'ers;a lkrgciupply of foreign and domgg.
.“°=- 8-.'3l.9§$>’ ‘1.J1§l‘3.1‘-11.1.9 above -denominations
yrhich makes his assortment of articles suited
tothiii ‘r'na'rket,‘e ‘mil to a'n’y’in' the state, and
Whml W311 116-‘. 991% ¢.i.t,her wholesale or retail
on asfavorable terms as can be purchased 1,;
New York. For ‘list’ ofartlclcs and prices,

for themselves.

‘ _ , WM. C. STREET.
Norwalk, April l7i . ‘

--~~Sh11?t - Makers
' ‘9~- -"‘ ‘- WANTED.'= ’
_, QMORISON ‘dz HOYT are now giving
’. ,. put.Shirts,Bosoms,.Collars,&c., to expe-
ri'ciiiée'd‘scwers. -
j ,G_'_qnstau't \cmploymcnt~give-n and .GASII,paid
n ¢_le]iv‘er,y of the work. ,
Ndrwalk,’July' 10th, 1853. 8in’2o

-Land For sale.

' _' . A-BQUT, eight-acres of good" lunhuear
"Main-st.,o'ne mile north of the Bridge,is- cred
for sale upon very_reasonable terms. It is ad-
inirgbly adapted for building lots, or for gard-
ening purposes, having_o_. qI,1,ic_!( and “Ch IOU.
bud alsrgebed of vegetable mould,or compost
manure thereQn,'or‘itis well calculated fpr e
llrstvrate meadow. It irwell fenced and in a
yeryéli‘g‘il3lc‘location. For further particulars
, uquirent this oﬂlcc. V "3

_ Marble Works. _
J ,M.,SMl‘l‘I;{_bavingassociatedhinisclfwlth
_ _"e Tilbuls Moitolx. in the Marble business.
"‘1.l‘°0l.‘.W1ﬂ9 i0 keep on hand. at the old stand‘
|1§§1”:h,%.’Bl‘idg-9 in Main ‘Sti-'e‘e‘t, Monuments
PF“ Grave Stones of every variety ofpstterns,
B|"0”h° mﬂllﬁskillfnl workmanship. ~‘
.Slll'.l‘ti..& MORGAN...

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Where, sung in his shop, he deﬁed all weather,

lle bristled his ends, and he kept‘ them going,
Andifelt to each moment a stich-was owing,

Of every deed that hiswax was sealing,

The prick. of his awl never caused a feeling
Of pain to the too; and his skill in heeling

Whenever you gave him a foot to measure,

He took its proportions with looks of pleasure,
As if you were giving the costliest treasure,

And many aione did he save from getting"

For many a foot did he save from wetting
When, whether in water or snowv’twae setting,

When be had done with his making and mend-
Resignlng his iawl, as his thread was ending,

He passed from his bench ‘to the grave de-
ille struggled to kiss her. She struggled the

s and secure a much .._better "But as smitten by lightning, he heard her ex-

‘Bnt __wbe_n_ he_ returned", with _,t_he ﬁmdiaheat
isréwing‘ c'1'e'u1y‘ that he was allronted, [laug_b,
_EAnd' threatened bymaln force to carry‘ her of. Of 0101110!-"
. -She cried ‘.‘Don’tl-” ‘end the

an English paper.

icate, timid girl of eighteen,‘
eased the springtime of life beneath her a
dwelling of Mr. Lewis Smith,iu South Norwalk, father’: roof.
between 9 and ;l2 7o’clook, A.-. M. Those on and "cable wen, strangers.
few years of her marriedilife psssedhap. message from Ralph that he had been
i|y——for Ralph W88 006 Of the “Dd”? arrested while atahie work, for debt. by

18 of husbands. and ' Suﬂbled his Wife *0 his landlord, who was going to throw few mo
can on him so steadily, that the native him in jail,
strength of her own character remained meaty dollars,

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tion upon her in what. herhusband said,
" that Nancy Jones don’t spend her line-
band’s "earnings more frugally than I do
mine.
to help her wash, endl do it all myself."

P 0 E T» R Y.
THE snonmalinm
sr iuusln 2. south.

The shoemaker sat amid ..wax and leather,
With the lapetoue over;his knee,

Drawing his quarters and sole together;

I A bappyold man‘ was he!‘ "

This happy old man was so wise -and knowing,
rue -‘mu: arm‘. time he knew: ’

Until he got round the shoe. ’

The closing was ﬁrm and fast,

Wes perfect, and true to the last.

With gentle and skillful hand

Or dubbing him lord of the land.

A fever, or cold, or cough;

His shoeing would keep them of.

‘ ins.
With hope and a peac_e__ful-broast,~

scendlng,
As highee the king to rest.

An Original Love Story.

same
To prcventhlm, so bold andundaunted ;

claim, ,
" Avaun't‘sir,” and of!’ he avannted. ‘

lers saved in each year would give the
handsome sum of three hundred and
twenty dollars. Thomas Jones neither
drank, smoked nor chewed, and conse-
quently not only saved money enough in
a few years to build himself a snug lit-
tle house,-but could afford during the
time, to lethis wife, have a wesher-wo-
msn to help her every week, and to dress
much more comfortable than Sally Lyon
had been able to do.

The difference in the condition of the
two fsmilieuaet Mrs. Lyon to thinking
very seriously about the matter, and
thinking and calculating soon made the
cause quite plain to her. It was the
drinking and the smoking. But with a
discovery of the evil did not come a
cheering consciousness of its easy remo-
val. How could she ask Ralph to give
up his glass and his ‘tobacco, to both of
which he ‘seemed so strongly wedded.
He worked hard for his money, and if
he chose to enjoy it in that way, she had
no heart to interfere with him. But
from the time that Ralph discovered how
well his neighbor Jones was getting
along, while he, like a horse in a mill,
had been toiling and sweating for years,
and yet stood in the same place, he be-
came dissatisﬁed, and often expressed his
dissatisfaction to Sally, at the same time
declaring his inability to tell where the
money he earned went to.

At length Sally ventured to hint at the
truth. But Ralph met it with-—

" Pooh! nonsense! Don't tell me
that a glass of‘ liquor now and then, and
a bit of tobacco, are going to make the
difference. It isn't reasonable. Besides
I work veryrhard and I ought to have a
little comfort with it. When I am tired
a glass wanna me up,’ and makes me

do without my pipe.”

"I don't ask you to do so, Ralph," I

money like our neighbor Jones I am
sure I amavery careful in our expenses,

fellow
donted. -,~ . ‘- ’ ~_ ‘ -

When he meekly approached, and got down at

her feet,
Prsyihg..loud,'as before he had fluted,

sweet, .
And said “ Can't you f"+the

_ dear girl re-
canted. ’ _ ’ ‘

Then softly whlspered—“ How "£9424 you

I certainly‘ thought I was jllted, [do so,
at ‘come than with me, to the person we’ll go ;

- Say, wilt than my dearf”'and‘she wilted. - -

Then gaily he took li._e,i-.,_to.s_,ee‘ her new home-— up the rent ; and their. landlord, with
' A shanty by no means c_nchanted—,-
."Seo l here we can live with no longerfto roam,”

He said, “Shan’t"we, my dear?” I So they
shantedl " '

i,ml§§ELLANY.

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I _. , From Graham’: Magacine.
ally Lyon’s first and last visit
to the Alehouse.

in r. s. aarirfm.

This story is founded upon a brief

A“ °l"1°" Pl'°mP“Y “"95 ‘ll ‘be 1°"°"t °“h narrative which met the author’: eye in iug his errors. When he came home in h
. prices; Satisfaction giyen or goods may be '

When Sally'Le,_ster gave her hand in

marriage to Ralph LYON. She Wat 8 d01- he was sober, for then he appeared so t
‘Who llld ashamed and put down that she could saw her husband sitting comfortably by

To her care and anxiety,
The first

ndeveloped.
Ralph Lyon was an industrious me-

hanic, who always had -steady work kind neighbor to take care of her child- h
and good wages. Still he did not seem ran for her, and then putting on her hon- Great, of course,
° 39‘ ahead 35 90709 “he” did. 1109 net she almost flew to the magistrate’s
withstanding Sally ‘ was a. frugal wife omce,
and did 9-” he!’ 0WD WON‘. illﬁteﬂd 7 0‘ cer by his side, ready to remove him to e
_ - putting him to the expense of .help in pmon

the family. Of course, this being the
0339. ii W33 Widen‘ the“ ‘ WIS 8.1981‘ she said, wildly, as she saw the real as-
. HE subscriber. hason hand by far the somewhere, but where it was «neither pgct, of things,
i large: and best selection, of Family Gl'0~ .Rg|ph not big wifg gould [g[[_

" Thomas Jones has bought the piece

of ground next , to his cottage," said
, Riliph. 009 dill’ W Sim‘, “ ‘W1 9,833 “IN the magistrate, "to do so, but it can't be
"“ “en Y9“ he h°P°° t° be 3519'“? P“ “P he|ped.—the debt must be paid, or your anywhere to be with you.

as small - farm-house, big enough for i,ug1,.nd mus; go to jail.

hem to live in He paid sixty dollars

«for the. lot,‘ and it is at least-a quarter of mew; to pay the debt? 1f not, perhaps c
an aére. ‘B-e.i8. going ‘-0’ PM ii 8“ in you had better see your landlord. you
garden this spring and he says he will
raise enough to give him- potatoel. IN er for his money, and not send your ‘nus-
-other vcgelableefor a year to come. It bud cojeil.” A

puzzles me to know how be saves ruon
ey. k:le'doesu't get any better wages
than’ I" do, and his fa

mily is ‘quite an
urge." . - ‘ .

" I am sure," returned Sally, who felt
ha: there was something like a reflec-

Every week she . has a woman

" I am sure it.‘ isn't‘ your -fault--at

least I don’t think it is,” replied Ralph.
“but something. is wrong somewhere. I
don't‘ spend anything at all. except for a
glass or two every day, and 8 little to-

bacco, and this of course couldn't make
the difference ” .

Sally said nothing, A ; few glaseesa
day and tobacco, she kneiv must cost
something, though like her husband, she
did notbelieve it would make the differ-

ence of buying a quarter of an acre of

ground, and building a snug cottag
the course of afew years. - - -

Let us see how this is. Perhaps we
can ﬁnd out the leak that wasted the
substance of Ralph Lyon,
drank less than three glasses a day, and
sometimes four; and his tobacco cost,

sin

for smoking and chewing, just ' twelve
how
Why, to
just sixty-ﬁve dollars a year, provided

and a half cents a week. Now,
much would this amount to’!

nothing was spent in treating a friend.
But. the ‘limit was not

.pelled to wait for the balance some two 1

He never

always observed,
and the consequence was, that take the
year through, at least eighty dollars
were spent in. drinking, smoking and
chewing. - Understanding this, the thing
is-very plain. In four yeare,_eigbty del-

for a long time, although lam very hard t

The way in which Ralph replied to 1
evil complained of. determined her to I
say no more-; and as he felt some con
victions on the subject, which he was

not willing to admit, he was ever after t

way in which his money went. I

thing, he gre'duallyVbegsn_to fall in deb!
When quarter’-day came round, there
was generally: dollars wanting to make I

much grumbling on his part. was com-
or three weeks beyond the due day. At e

Somehow a
or otherhe was not able to earn as much a
from sickness, and days lost from other
causes, end what he did earn appeared a
to melt away like snow in the sunshine. a
Poor Mrs. Lyon felt very miserable t

as in addition to the money squandered t
came home intoxicated. The grief to b

her was more severe, from the fact that
I

liquor, she did not chide him, nor did o

she say anything to him about it when

ot ﬁnd it in her heart to utter a single a

word. it

They now owed him over d
The idea of her hus- a
band being thrown into a j

ble to poor Mrs. Lyon. She askeda o

0
There was Ralph with an ofﬁ- I

5
"You shun’: take my husband to jail,

clinging fast hold of
"Nobody shall take him to 3

Ralph.
jeil."
"I am sorry-,my good woman,” said i

I have no dis- t

crstionih the matter.‘ Canl you ﬁnd

"Ves, Sally, do go and see him," said
Ralph, "I am sure he will rciem. when (
he sees you."

Mrs..Lyo_u let go the arm of her hus-

full speed to the house of their landlord.
"Oh, sir!” she exclaimed, "you can-
not, you will not send my husband to
°ail.”

J "I both can and will," was the grad
reply, “A man who drinks up his earn-
ings as he does, and then, when quarter-
day comes, can't pay his rent, deserves
to go to jail." .

“But, sir, cousider—’-’-

"Don’t talk to me, woman! If you
have the money for the .rent,l will take
it, end letyoui‘ husbandgo freo ; if not,
the quicker you leave herefthe better."

It was vain she saw to.-"strive with the
bard hearted man, whose face was like
iron. Hurricdly leaving the house, she
hastened back to the office, but her ‘hus-
band wus not there. In her absence he
had been removed to , prison. When
‘Mrs. Lyon fully, understood this, she
made no remark, but turned from the
magistrate and walked home with a film
step. The ‘weakness of the woman was
giving way to the quicbening energies
of the wife, whose husband was in pris-
on, and could not be released except by
her effort. On entering her house she
went to her drawers, and took therefrom
a silk dress, but little worn, a mother's
present when she was married, a good
shawl that she had bought from her own
earnings when a happy maiden, a few
articles of jewelry that had not been
worn for years, most of them presents
from Ralph before they. had stood at the

en with a little milk.
her entire store.

by the hands and left the house.

One day she had been alarmed by a were sitting around, and all see
oying themselves well.

company for me like yours.

may prevail on him to wait a little iung- me.

‘than I do.

bridal altar, and sundry other things
that could best be dispensed with.-
Thesc she took to a pawnbrokefs and
obtained an advance of ﬁfteen dollars.
She hadjtvvo dollars in the house which
made seventeen, the balance she bor-
rowed from two or three of her neigh-
bors, and then hurried off to obtain her
husband's release.

Things, instead of getting better, grew
worse year after. year. The rent, Mrs.
Lyon managed always to pay; for the
fear of seeing her husband carried off to
jail was ever before her eyes, stimulating
her to constant exertion ; but down,
down, down they went steadily and sure-
ly, and the hope faded daily, and grew
dimmer and dimmer before the eyes of
the much enduring wife and mother.-
Amid all, her patience was wonderful.-—
She never spoke angrily to Ralph, but
strove, rather to appear cheerful before
him. If he was disposed to talk, she
would talk with him,. and humor his
mood of mind ; if he was gloomy and in-
lent, she would intrude nothing up-
on him calculeted to fret his temper; if
he complained she tried to soothe him.-

The man was in a charmed circle, and
every impulse tended to throw him into
the centre where ruin awaited him.

At last even the few dollars she had

received every week from her husband’:
earnings, ceased to come into her hands.
The wretched‘ men worked little over
half of his time, and drank up all that he
made.
the entire product of Mrs. Lyon's labor
would procure, was barely sufficient to
satisfy the hunger of her family. The
clothes of her children soon began to
hang in tattere about them ; her own
garments were faded, worn.und patched
bright again ; and Iem sure I could not and every thing about the house that had
not been sold to pay rent, was in a di-

Even the amount of food that

apidated condition. Still, there had

replied Sally, "I only said what I did been no unkind words. not even a re-
-that youinightsee why we couldn’Lsavc monstrence, from the much enduring
wife.

Matters at last reached a climax. Poor

and I havn't bought myself a new gown Mr. Lyon had not been able to get any.

hing to do for I week, and all supplies

of loud, except a little meal were exhaus

ed. An‘InXious day had closed, and at

his wife's suggestion of the cause of the night-fall the mother made some ha.-ty

uuddiug for-the children which was cut-
This consumed
She had four children;
be two Oldest she put to bed, but kept

Thu‘ Ills W0.u1<l?'f01'8l'.¢ hill; 3354!! to be wards silent -about the unaccountable -the two youngest, one ﬁve years old, and

he other three up with her. She moved

In about the same ratio tbatthe extei- ‘about with a-ﬁrmer step than usual, and
-nel condition of Thomas Jones lmprovell her lips were tightly closed, as if she had
did that of Re_lph_.Ly_ou grow worse and made up her mind to do something from
worse, For not being able to save any- which,under ordinary circumstances, she
would have shrunk.

After the older children had been put

0 bed, she made the two younger ones
draw neerto the hearth, upon which a
few brands were burning, and warming
hemselves as well as the feeble heat

mined by the almost exhausted ﬁre

length the quarter day found Ralph \Vllfl would permiif Then she wrapped each
» nothing laidgbyfor his rem

round with a piece of an old shawl, and
ftcr putting on her bonnet, took them
It was

chilly night in winter. The wind

wept cold along the street, piercing thro’
he thin garments of the desperate moth-
at the aspect of things, more especially, er, who was leading forth her tender lit-
le ones on some strange unnatural or-
at the alehouse by her husband, he often rand. But she shrunk not in the blast,

ut walked rapidly along, almost drag-

cing her children after her. At length
he loved Ralph tenderly, notwithstand- she stopped before the window of an sle-

ouse, and standing on tip-toe, looked
ver the red curtain that shaded half the

window, and concealed the inmates from
he view of the passers by. Within she

table, a glass by his side, and in pipe in
is mouth. Half a dozen pot-companions
med en-

Mrs. Lyon remained without only 2:
meals: then taking hold of the
cor she walked ﬁrmly in, and without
ppearing to notice her husband, went

ail was terri- up to the bar and called for three glasses

fbrsndy. After doing this, she seated
erself at a table near by her husband.
was the surprise of Ly-

not this apparition. He jumped from

Ill chair and stood before his wife, just

some was taking her seat at the table,
aying, in an under tone, as he did so—
"For 1-Ieaven’s sake, Sally ! what

brings you here '1"

"It is very lonesome at home, Ralph,”
he replied, in a calm but sad voice -

'0ur wood is all gone, and it is cold

1 am your wife, and there is no
I will go
I am willing

here.

0 come even here.”

"But, Sally, to think of your coming
0 such a place as this."

“If it is pleasoui to you. it shall be so to
And, where my I.-.u.-band goes, sure-

y I can go. God has joined us together

as one, and nothing should divide us.”—

By this time the three glasses of bran-
ly that Mrs. Lyon had Called for were

placed before her on the table.

"Bring another glass,“ said Mrs. Ly-

bend, sndoarung from the oﬂice, ran at on, calmly, "my husband wnlidrmk with
us."

"Sally, are you mad ?" ejaculated

Why

Ralph.

-‘Mad to go with my husband?

should you ask that, Ralph? Drink,
children.” she added, turning to her lit-
tle ones, placing a glass of unadulterated
brandy before them.
good‘),
own glass to her lips."

"I; will do you
As Sally said this, she lifted her

"surely, you are not going to drink
that," said Ralph.

"Why not? You drink to forget sor-
row, on! if brandy has that effect, 1 am
sure no living creature needs it more
Besides I have eaten noth-
ing to ‘day, and need something to
strengthen me.”

Saying this, she sipped the burning
liquid, and smacking her lips, looked up
into her husband's face and smiled.

"It warms to the very heart, Ralph!"
she said. “I feel better already.” Then
turning to the children, whose glasses re-
mained untouched before them, she said
to the astonished little ones.

“Drink, my children’ It is very good."

"Women! are you mad ? My cliil-
dren shell not touch it ;” and he lifted
the glasses from the table and handed
them to one of the company that had
crowded around to witness this strange
scene.

"Why not 1” said his wife, in the calm
tone with which she had at first spoken.

his is is good for you, it is good for your

dear ones to sleep, and they will forget
that they are cold and hungry. To you
it is ﬁre and food and bed and clothing,
all these we need, and you will surely
not withhold them from us."

By this time Ralph was less under
the influence of liquor then he had been
for weeks, although he had drank as free-
ly as ever through the day. Taking
hold of his \vife's‘nrm, he said, in a voice
for he began to think that her mind was
really wandering-

"Come, Sally, let us go home 9"

"Why should we go, Ralph?" she re-
plied keeping her seat. "There is no ﬁre
at home, but it is warm and comfortable
here. There is no food there, but here
is plenty to eat and drink. I don’: wou-
der that you like this place better than
home, and I am sure would rather stay
here."

The drunken husband was confounded
He knew not what to do or say. The
words of his wife smote him to the heart
for she uttered a stunning rebuke that
could not be gainsaid. He felts choking
sensation, and his trembling knees bore
heavily against each other.

"Sally,” he said, after I pause, in an
altered and very earnest tone—-“I know
it's more comfortable here than it is at
home, but I“am goin home, and I in-
tend etaying there. on’: you go with
me and try to "make it as comfortable as
it used to be?" The change ‘is all my
fault, I know; but it shell be my fault
no longer. Here, once and forever, I
solemnly pledge myself before God never
agsin to drink the poi'son_"thet has made
me more than half a brute, and beggared
my poor family. Come Sally; let ‘us
hurry away from hsre; the very air op-
presses me. Come, in_Heaven's name?
come !” ' ‘
Quickly, as if an electric shock had
startled her, did Mrs. Lyonspring from
her seat, as her husband uttered the last
word, and lay hold of his arm with an ea‘-
ger grasp. '
"The Lord in Heaven be praised !” she
said, solemnly, "for it is his work. ' Yes,
come! Let us goquickly. There will
again be light, and fire, and food in our
dwelling. Our last days may yetbe our
best days.” "
Lifting each a child from the ﬁoor, the
husband and wife left that den of misery
with as hasty steps as Chrisnan’s when
he fled from the City of Destructionf ‘
The hopeful declaration of Mrs. Lynn
proved indeed true. There was soon
Iight, and ﬁre, and food again in that
cheei-less dwelling; and the last days of
Ralph and his family have proved to be
their best days. He has never tasted
the tempting cup, imdﬁnde that it’ is a
very easy matter to save one or two dol-
lets a week, and yetplive very comforta-
bly. ” ‘ _ _ , .
The scene in the ale-house is never al-'
luded to by either the husband orpvife.
They take no pleasure in looking back
prefelflllll. rather, to' look forward with
hope. When it is thoughtpf by either,

‘country exploring and rnveging it.

that tribe, but its existence is conﬁrmed
by so many proofs that it becomes diffi-
cult to doubt it.

The Sultan of Tugurt, whose acquain-
tance M Couret formed in Africa, de-
clares that he once had in his capital a
negress of the race of Niam-Niams, of
the usual conformation, i. e., equipped
‘with a tail.

Prince Mahommed, son of the last

Sultan of Fezzan, conﬁrmed, when he
was In Paris, the existence of the Niam-
Niams, at the south of Bornon, and sta-
ted that his brother, who reigns there,
had made war upon them. M. M. Ar-
man: and Vaysiere, travellers in Abyssi-
nin, Rochet de Herricourt, d’Abbadis,
and Francis de Cnstleuau, have all heard
of the Niem-Nieins. ' The last has col-
lected, with respect to them, the decla-
rations of a dozen negroes of Soudan, and
he attaches great value to the declara-
tion of a certain Mahammah, or Manuel
a negro slave at Bahia, remarkable for
his__ intelligenbe, who had made very
long journeys, and whose veracity was
attested on various occasions. This
Manuel stated that he had made part of
an expedition of Haoussa, conducted by
the Sultan of Kano, against the Niam-
Niams, theobject of which was express-
ly to verify their existence. We will
let M.,Castle_nau speak:

"The Haoussa expedition slept. nine
nights in these forests of Lanchandon;
frequéntly it was necessary to open a
road for the horses, and many animals
were seen, but not a single men. Upon
getting out of the forest, they began to
as.cend‘high’mountains, and "a few days

afterwards they discovered I band'of

wild Niam-Niams. They all had tails,
about forty centimeters (about fifteen in-
ches) in length, and two or three thick;
‘and they were without hair. Among
the’dead,‘were several women, who had
tails'also. ' In every other respect these
people resembled other negroes. They
were entirely naked.

“Some days afterwards, they fell in

with other‘ bands, who met with the

seine fate. One of the handsiwns enga-

ged iireating human flesh, and the heads

of three men.wgt§,'ro’_esting at the fire on
poles driven i_to;the"earth. Manuel be-
longed to the vanguard and snw_ many of
these‘ people ‘killed; he examined the
bodies, measured the tails, and can have

,no doubt of their existence.

The Haoussas wore six month in the
' It is
cov_ered with very high rocks.
greater part of the Haoussns live in the
holes in the rocks, but some of them
build miserable huts of straw. The Ha-
oussas were frequently attacked by these

savages, and they killed a great number

of them ’ ' These people are a dull black,
their "teeth ,are ﬁled, and their bodies not
tattooed. They obtain ﬁre’ by meansof
a-stone found" in "the country. Their
arms are,_clube,’a'rro\vs, and javelins ;-
when they attack they utter shrill yells.
They cultivate rice, maize, and oth-
er ,-_rrains, and fruits unknown to the Ho.-

it is something as n__m_n_u who has endu-
red a pain ful,_operat_ion'to_save his ‘life,
thinks of the intensosufferings he has en-
dured. . _

Men with Tells. ,

An engraving which cannot fail to be
successful has appeared in the last_num-
ber of the Medical and Pl-ermeccutic of
France. It is the full length of e man
with a tail, drawn at Mecca, in 1842, by
the only European who can speak other-
wise than by besrsey of that singular va-
riety of our species. The artist is the
traveller known in Africa, the theatre of
his discoveries, by the name of Hadji-
Abcl-I-Iemid-Rey. and in France, his na-
tive country, by that of M du Couret.

It is a long time since men provided
with this appendage have been talked
about andof which only certain monkeys
of distinction, the chimpanzee, the gorilla
and the ouraug outeng, ere: destitute.-
They were talked about in the days of
Ptolemy, and if modern travellers are to
be believed, it is a very common phenom-
enon. Some of their relations appear,
however, to be worthy of credit.

One traveller relates that he saw at.
Tripoli a negro, named Mahommed, a
native of Bsmou, who bade tail a foot
long. Mahommed declared that all his
tribe were tailed as well as himself, and
the slave merchants conﬁrmed what he
said. ' f

The Hollander, John Strays. saw with
his own eyes, in the Island of Formosa, a
man sporting a caudal appendage more
than a foot long, and "covered with red
hair, very much like an ox-fail,’ and ac-
cording to liim, all the inhabitants of the
southern part of Formosa, were in the
same predicament.

It we are to believe Oemelln. Manilla
is inhabited by negroee with tails four or
ﬁve feet long. And Home-nann affirms
that, between the Gulf of‘ Benin and
Abyesinis, there are amhropophagi with
(ails, called Niam~Niams.
Nevertheless, down to the present
time, these relations were classed With
those that asserted the existence of the
Munoculi, or Cycloos, in India; the
Buemmyee, or Acephali, in Lybia; the
cgptaurs, the Scyihie; the tritons, syn-ns
nereids, &c., all of which were believed
in the former times. and which Saint Isi-
dore, for example, believed to be very
probable, although he disbelieved the ex-
istence of the antipodee; and, indeed,
that was generally believed.

Since the discovery of M Couret, the
thing is now iucomestib!e. and every one
can have the satisfaction of looking at
the authentic likeness of a men with a
mi], which supplement is three inches in
length, and almost as flexible as the tail
of a monkey.

M Couret adds, that his model has the
gift of speech, and that, besides his ma-
terial language, he speaks the Arabic ﬂu-
ently. He was a slave, and worked for
his master, who was obliged to give him
a ration of raw mutton every morning,
and as he was anthropophagons by na-
ture, this was a wise precaution.

All the members of this tribe, which
is that of the Ghilanes—the same, proba-
bly, as the Niam-Niame, which is much
more of a negro name, ere, according to
the Mecca slave, provided with the can-
dal prolongation. Since his ﬁrst com-
munication upon this subject, M Couret
has made a voyage to Africa, and he has
been specially charged bY}h° 3"’-‘“°h
Government to obtain a Niem-Niam.—

oussas. They are well formed, and their
hair woolly. '
"The chief of the Nism-Niams beg-

. ged for mercy, but the king of Bano or-

d°red all the prisoners to be killed, be-
cause they had tails, and he did not be-
lieve that any one would buy such slaves.
"The Niam-Niams have a breed of
small cattle without horns, and goats of
a great size, as well as sheep.

If, as cannot be doubted, this strange
peculiarity ie that of the whole race, its
accidental appearance among the varie-
ties of the human species, from which it
is habitually absent, is not at all improb-
able. If we are to believe certain au-
thors, this fact is not very uncommon.
J. B. Robinet, in a book entitled "Ef-
forts of nature in her attempt to make
Man” a book in which is to be found all
me‘ evtrnvagancies indicated by the title,
cities very numerous examples.

A certain Cruvellier de la Crontat,
who was a successful corsair against the
Turks, "was as well known by his tail,
with which he was born, as by his val-
iant actions." A lemonade girl at Paris
had a tail "which ﬁfty persons had seen."
An attorney at Aix, named Bernard was
called pigstail, “because he was known
to have a tail, which had been seen
whilst he was bathing when young.”
In a pamphlet entitled “Notices of
Central Africa and of a Nation of Men
with tails to be found there,"a pamphlet
from which the relation of the negro
Manuel is extracted, M de Castlenau de-
clares that the fact appears to him to be
contrary to zoological principles; “for it
is to be observed,” he says, ready depri-
ved of this appendage, not even, having
the rudiments ofit." We are not of the
smne opinion of this well informed trav-
eller with respect to the alleged contra-
diction he notices. So far from being in
opposition to the course of - nature, the
fact in question would be an additional
example of the transitions so numerous
and -to ﬁnely graduated, of which the
natural sciences place before our eyes the
marvellous spectacle of innumerable in-
stances. Two species different in digni-
hemg given, it is not an uncommon thing
[0 discover in the most noble, imperfec-
nous from which the inferior is exempt.
VVhere it necessary to excite examples,
the difficulty of choosing would be the
only difficulty.

The explanation, of this fact, in ap-
pearance so strange and in reality so
simple, is very easily given. It is to be
found in ernbryogeny. M. Serre had
given it previously to I842, in his article
Organngeny, in the New Encyclopedia,
that every human embryo, from the ﬁfth
to the sixth and seventh week. is P1'°V1'
dead with a caudal prolongation. This
prolongation disappears among men In
genera, but remains among the Gh1lal1e§.
and me: is all. Therefore. the singular!-
ty witnessed among them -is in perfect
conformity with one of the most general
laws of organic nature.

Ashes are a solvent for Bones.—Bones
are a valuable manure and should be reg-
ularly thrown into a pile on every farm.
They can as we have often stated in
these columns, be dissolved and used. If
placed in a pile and covered with wood
ashes, the ashes of fossil coal, leached
ashes, or common sand, and left exposed
to the rain and atmosphere, they will soon
crumble into powder. This manure is
worth about as much as guano. Test
the matter for yourselves.

Unfommguly, be was not able to reach

Germanuwn Telegraph.

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Meus sibi conscia recte.
Virg. ﬂen. 1-. 608
His intentions were good.

MY late friend Absalom Absent, being
a philosopher, and a man of parts, was
very often caught napping. His
thoughts, like those of Adam Smith and
Sir Isaac Newton, being continually
employed in abstract contemplation, he
was often betrayed, as were his great
prototypes, into the commission of singu
lar inadvertences. '
Not long since, he arose as usual
about six of the clock, and mist-akir.«,r the
window of his room for a. looking-Qiziss,
presented himself beforeit, and resolutely
shaved himself with the back of ill'\’ ra-
zor. Having concluded the operation,
he raked out the empty ffrc pi:-ulc, -mil
placed the blower before it to i«’.l’.lLi'.c a
ﬂame, and throwing himself into an arm-
chair. be stretched his feel. upon the
marble hearth, and read through three
columns of the last week’s Daily Times.
Being sufficiently warmed, he descended
to the dining-room, asked a blessing
three times, and invited his waiter 10 be
seated.
_The meal being ﬁnished, he retired to
his library, and having written an affec-
tionate letter to his wife, who was ab-
38113-118 Sealed, and directed it to the
principal clerk of his establishment down
town, and gave it to his waiter, to he
put in the Penny Post; handing him
two ten dollar pieces to prepay the post-
age. He then mounted the box of his
coach to drive his servant to business,
but being reminded that he had ior2our.en
his hat and his boots, he returned for
thorn, and seizing his umbrella, wiiich a
wise man always carries on a clear day,
he walked down the Fifth Avenue, 1.-..'v-
ing the coachmnn standing at his door,
On his way he stopped at the wrong
house to inquire after the health of a
friend who was perfectly well, came into
collision with a lady, and demanded ea‘:-
isfactiou for the insult, and raised his
hat to acknowledge the politeness of 2.
gentleman who was bowing to somebody
else.
Stopping in Broadway, opposite the
City Hotel, he took out his watch, and
having reversed "the positions of the i011_z,
and the short hands, he proceeded to his
place of business. Soon alter reacllinz
his office, his clerk handed him the let‘.
ter he had written to his wife. He read
it through, and not deeming its come-ms
of importance enough to be ansxvered,
he placed it in the ﬁre. Consulting, his
watch about 12 o’clock, he found it \v'a.s
the hour for his departure, but was con-
siderably surprised on seeing no coach at
the door. He however trolled up to
Broadway, stopped a down-town omni-
bus, and was somewhat puzzled on hcim:
landed a few minutes afterwards at the
South Ferry
» Discovering his mistake, he resented
himself in another, and on reacliixig his
residence, he called for dinner. and was
informed it would be ready for him in o.
few——hours.
About 9 o’c|ock——hy his watch— he
retired to his sleeping room, closed the
shutters, it being broad day--lighl, and
lighted the candle.
As the house was burned to the ground
during the night, and as no ‘emams of
Mr. Absalom Absent could be found, it
was concluded that the unfortunate gen-
tleman had deliberately put the candle
to bed, and clapped an 8Xl.lllglllSilSl‘ upon
existence. H,

A Locomotive on a “Bemier.”—'l‘l1e
locomotive attached to the evening [min
up on the D. &. N. Railroad, on Tl.lt‘5lizU,'
mistook the companies’ carpenter shop‘,
(which was not fully prepared for us re-
ception,) a few rods below the pa:-‘sciluer
depot in this place, and through xvlxicll a
branch track passes, for its re-_{uIar ,-:op-
ping place. A party of Irish l'ub::)r:'i's,
employed on the Road, passed lure the
shop witha hand-car, a short time pre-
vious, and, it is supposed, left the st-,~,,,3;,
unlocked and turned on to the ivroiig
track. Upon the arrival of the
passenger train below, the-'locorn.:tivc,
as usual was uncoupled from the train,
in order to diuide it, to allow the farmer
to take a side track, and the cars to pass
on to the passenger depot Of go-_u-.,e
the whole train ran into the shop, Tue
engineer, discovering, the mistake, sp1‘an~_;~
from the locomotive——the‘fireman, 315;",
having time to follow suit, remaining in
his position. The locoziidtivc ﬁr.~:'.h en-
countered and made wreck of the lmml.
car, jamming it between the "cc;\v;,-,a,.-;,-
er” and a passenger car stationed lll iiie
building, driving the latter out at me cp-
Pﬁﬁile Side. taking down Liirce pair of
doors, with some timbers, and em.‘-_-U. by
throwing itself, minus the “cor.-'-can-mar"
with the car, off the track. This cpu'.'-.1-
tiou was accomplished \VlEfl’)lll. ..<e*;‘iouS
detriment to the passengers. One little
girl, a daughter of Mr. Bulsnejs, v. as
thrown forward from the s.-at, ’(i:_;illll.\.‘u'.
the end of the saloon, receiving a slaglit
bruise on her face, and Conductor 5ll‘L.L‘i.
had one of his hands .~;oziue\vl:z1L iuj.arud,
The uniform care lllzllillcsicd by rials
Company, in the seiecuou of rrii.~:-wcr-
thy agents, has hitherto pl‘l3:‘el‘V'Ed them
and their patrons from aCU|d€ll[, and fills
triﬂing loss will not prove their mi.-mr-
tune, if it serves to render them still
more watcbful.—Da.nb~m'_z/ Times.

0:? At Sullivan county, N. Y., a few
days since, Mr. Nathan Huickiey called
upon his lady love for the purpose of
marrying her according to a«_:reeiu=.~nt,
when he was turned out of the house and
driven away by I;l1eiad_V’s futile-1', who
threatened to shoot him if he ever si1«:»w-
ed himself in these diggmgs again. lie
then got out a warrant for the :m-«.~.-r of
his intended, on 8. charge of oi)-'.:xl'.11ug :1
ring by false preteuces. Sue \*.':i.< ar-
rested, taken to court forihwim, wnere,
the criminal process witlulrau.-=u., a softer
impeachment confessed, and me follow-
ing sentence pronounced: In Deming,
October, 27th, by Jacob Osiraiidvr, E.-‘q.,
Nathan Hinckley and Mary E. Donald-
son, Neversmk, Sullivan COu1)Ly_
Roz:/Lester Amerzam.

Col. Benton feels that it IS the
duty of the whole Cabinet of Mr Pl(.'l'Ce
to resign at once, in consequence of the
unmistakable disapprobation of their
measures, manifested by the people at
the late elections.

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