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‘NUMBER 392--NEW
SERIES.
NORWALK, CONN. TU;ES'DAY, JULY 3, isss.
VOLUME XXXVIII.===N UMBER
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A. H. E"fi.‘i\IG'i’0N Editor tfropristor.
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' BUSINESS DlREC’l‘0BY.
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AMOS HUNT,
And Prosecutor cy’ Claim: 'I3c,f'ar¢
the several Departments and
the Court of Claims.
Wasmnston, If-. 0.
WM. 1). HAIGHTp
Was: Side the Bridge, .«’V°o'rwaIl:, Conn.
MANUFACTURIR at DEALER IN
Stove, Tin, Shoot Iron, and
' COPPER WARES,
Ranges, Furnaces, Britania 4}» Crack-
cry, ?.Vorce, Chain Pumps, Lead
and Lena’ Pipe, Groceries,
-C7}.is'2ir.s. and Glass Wares,
($6., 4%., die.
G. is E. K. LOOKWOOD,
NORWALK. CONN.,
MAHUFACTERERS OF
Soaaoliiablc
DRY GOODS.
HE Subscriber would return his thanks for
the very liberal patronage with which his
Store has been favored the your past, and hopes
by or constant attention to the wants of the
trading public and by a system of fair and hon-
orable d 'ng, to retain his share of trade for
the year ing. His Stock comprises at all
times a c ce and varied selection of_f_ashiona-
hie and seasonable 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.
devoted to the selection of Cloths, Vestings,
&:c., &c., for Gentlemens wear, which will be
sold at the lowest market prices.
. Lil. RANDLE.
‘ NORWALK HAT, .
cap and fur Emporium.
THE Subscriber having just made very large
additions to his former stock of new and fash-
ionable Goods in his line, would now call the
attention of the public, generally, to the great
advantages which he is enabled to offer over
his competitors in Norwalk. Confining our
whole attention to this one branch of business,
we feel that we can make purchases and secure
a much better quality of goods, than those
comparatively unpcquainted with the business.
We have now on hand a fine assortment of
Hus just suited to:tbe season -and the wants
of the community. For. further particulars,
just drop in and examine for yourselves, at No.
2 Sklddy’s Block, Main Street.
._ . H. C. RANDLE.
isonwaai: nivrronnnvi
_ PROVISIONS, FRUITS,
Vegetables, Fish of All "Kinds,
clams. Oysters, &c.,
As good as the mai-k‘et'aifords, constantly to be
found at the well known establishment of
ALLEN, MEEKER ac CO.
Goods of the above description received
daily, and for sale at wholesale and retail on
the most favorable terms. .
time.
100 Bbla. of Lime for sale by T. L. PECK.
'1'l.m'baI"' ‘andlaths,
ATASOUTHO NORWALK.
350,000 Plastering Iiaths.
50,000 Feet Pine and Spruce Timber.
10,000 Pine Picket: just received and for
sale by THOS. L. PECK.
,Now Goods at Southport.
UGUSTUS JENNINGS has opened during
the past week a large and well selected
assortment of DRY GOODS, Dar GEOCEBIES,
Cnocxnnr, FURNITURE, Cnrnnnr-ms AND Lwrns
Siions. Hus, Cars & LADIES Boyxnrs, Looking
Glasses, Paper Hangings, I‘Vindow Shades,
Umbrellas, Parasols, Trunks, Warp, Bat-
Tiii, Sheet iron it Copper Wares,
AND DELI-CR8 IN
-‘Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cuzlory,
Britannia Porcelain and Wooden
117 are, and Kitchen Furniture
in general, Pumps‘, Sheet
Lead 4‘ Lead Pipe,
Crockery, Glass
and-China
Ware.
F. H. NASH,
Wzrorsssns nan Rs-rut. DEALER De‘
3 T 0 V E S ,
mxoucrcniiu or
Tin, Shoot Iron & Copper Wares,
Ha: constantly on hand a large assort-
ment qf general House-keeping
Fztrrziture, at So. Norwalk,
Coma.
E. V. A. CHIGHESTER.
Hardware
‘” ALE R,
N'ORWAALK, CONN.
J. I‘. POOTB,
it-toruay and Counselor at Law,
oivrzcr OVER M.dLLORY’S sronn
Nor-walk, Conn.
JAMES SHERWOOD.
soccnsson ro
Bookaallor, Stationor ls Binder,
21 Main Street, Morwalk.
sous: ans-rsirra
-nAs1rEnIAN Iiooms
Over D. is N. Depot.
NOR-WALK.
I. l k a in a s a a a
Warranzed to please all Good Judges.
H. M. PROWITT,
Teacher of 1111310.
Lessons on the Piano Forte, hiolodeon, and in
Vocal Music. _
Pianos and Melo-icons selected, With ET?“
care as to tone and quality, for those desi-
ring to purchase. ‘I16
Norwallr Pout Oflce.
ifiail Closes.-Wi?:S'i'. 7.30 A. FL. 2.00, Pm.
do - do EAST, 8.30 A. u., 4 30 r. M.
do do D. & N. R. R., 9.00.
Jrfail 1)ue.——D.& N R. 8.00 A. 3.’.
do do Wear, 9.30 A. 24., 5.45 r. id.
do do Essr, 8.30 A. m., 3 15 P. M.
do do New York City, 4.30.
R. A. WILLIAMS, P. hi.
Telegraph Once opan.
HE Telegraph Office in Ncrwalk is now
open on week days from 8 AM. to 9 P.M.,
and on the Sabbath from 7 to 8 o’clock, P. M.
Oflce as heretofore at Austen's Daguen-inn
Rooms, Danbury and Norwslk Railroad Depot.
, ly40
Fire! Fire E !
w. Ii. ZBISSLL,
A,-9 refitted.lii's Store, and has neplenishea
- - hlsatoclr or Pure Drugs, Medicines, Chem.
icals, Dye Stufis, Patent Medicines, Perfumery,
Fancy and Toilctt Goods, Brushes, d:c., and
ab,“ {,9 happy to meet his old Customers at
the People’s‘Drug Store, under the Connecticut
Ei’otel..Ma' ’ - 3.-.....Yvh'-‘re _m.7,.b9 500114 every
-,7“-1;,-'£j_'o_ oods appertaining to an Apothe-
,,m~,7g stgck ; which will be sold at the lowest
(‘ash prices. _ _ _
Particular attention will_ be given in select-
ing Pure. Drugs and Chemicals, and dispensing
Physician's Prescriptions. The Store will be
kept open on Sundays before and after Church,
and in the Evening.
ALL. Jobbing in Tinuer’s Line executed with
A neatness and dispatch, at ‘
F. ii. NA8I'.I’S, So. ltoruvallr.
FOUR by the load orgess
.ii:s*i'“%..
Particular attention fi
I NOBVVALK
iiouae and Sign -Painting‘
ESTABI.I,S'H‘MEN'T.
THE Subscriber would again announce to his
friends and the public, that he is in the
field ready for the cumpcignof 1855, and will
be glad to attend to; any orders for House,
Sign and Ornamental Painting, Gilding,
Gaining, and Paper Hanging. Particular
attention will bepaid to Lettering and embel-
lishlng Sign Boards, drcl, for the getting’ up of
which he possesses unequalled-facilities. Give
me a call. GEORGE MARVIN, .
1yl0 Norwalk, Conn.
firms.
HE Subscriber would return his thanks for
the very liberal patronage which the Pub-
lic have favored him with for the past year,
and would respectfully inform his customers
that he is prepared to execute. all .orde_ra,in a
superior manner. Silks,,M,erinoe,s. Paramet-
las,'D_e I_.._aines, Shawls, Ribbons, Gloves, and
Stockings, dyed all colors, every week. --'
Broche Shawls cleaned‘ equal to new, Ora
Shawls cleaned, and dyed allcolors, and t a
new China finish put on equal to new.
All; orders left at the subscriber’; residence
at Winnipauk, or at Shepherd’: Bakery, at
Norwalk, or of Joy ct Sons, Danbnry, Ct., and
301 Bowery, N. Y., will receiv'c"attentlon.
10 .. . . JOHN PICKENS.
.N‘°RWA".I-3?.-i
AGRICULTURAL ASTORE.
THE Subscriber has just openad at »the- Store
a verycxtensivc and comp1cta,,_aasortment_v of
Agricultural. Implements, ‘
Such as P1o_ws‘,Bai-rows,-Ox Y-.okc‘a~, Gar-deiier’a
topla, Pruning Knives, Shcars,«&c.,.¢c,., which
purchased anywhere in the Ccuutyi , ,Fai‘ui:era,
Gardeners and others will find it to _th'elr in-
terest to give me a call before purchasing else-
where. . WM. J. FINLEY.
Norwalk, Feb. 16, 1855. _ . . , t_f8
Watches, Jewelry and Paiioy Goods-
NEW SPRING STOCK '
THE Subscriber has just returned from-
& New York with a new Stock of ‘Fash-
ar
- ionable Jewelry, Watches, Plated
e_aiid Fancy Goods, which he offers-to his
customers ve cheap. _ _ . . ‘
Clocks and atchea repaired. ‘
Accordeons tuned and repaired. .
Collin Plates, Spoons, Rings, &c.,neatly en-
graved. - O. S. CLARK, .
. No. 2, Sklddy’s Block.
for Sale.
of land, located about 1 1-4 miles from the
Bridge on the New Canaan Road. There is a
first rate orchard, a good well of water, and a
never failing stream running through the prop-
erty. . Said place will be sold at 9. great, but.
gain, if applied for soon. For particulars en-
quire of Mitchell dc Camp, or on the remises,
ting, drc. A weekly supply of fashionable
goods. All orders promptly filled at the low-
ost cashpriccs; Satisfaction given or goods
may be returned. »
snwma-,
Coats, Pants, Vests, Drawers, &c , constantly
on hand for all good Sewers. Those in Nor-
walk can be supplied every Monday from the
dwelling of Mr. Lewis Smith, in South Nor-walk,
between 9 and 12 o’clock, A. M. Those on
Redding Ridge and vicinity can be supplied
from Samuel 0sborn’s every other Wednesday.
Sonthpcrt, May. 18
cheaper than Ever
./It the South Norwall
GROCERY STORE.
THE Subscriber has on hand by far the lar-
gest and but selection of Family Groce-
ries and Provisions, to be found in South Nor-
walk, which he offers to his customers and the
public, at greatly reduced prices. His facili-
ties are such that he will be constantly receiv-
ing new and fresh supplies of goods, as the
wants of his Customers may require, which will
always be of the best quality and sold at the
very lowest possible price, and he would re-
spectfully solicit au examination and trial of
the same. GEO. W. SMITH.
1 Land For Sale.
ABOUT eight acres of god Land, near
Main-st., one mile north of the Bridge, is offer-
ed for sale upon very reasonable terms. It is
admirably adapted for building lots, or for
gardening purposes, having a quick and riclg
soil, and a large bed of vegetable mould o
compost manure, thereon; or it is well calcu-
lated for a first rate meadow. It is well fenced
and in a very eligible location. For further
particulars enquire at this Ofllce. tf3
Cabinet Ware ‘Rooms at
WESTPORT !
THE Subscribers would respectfully inform
their friends and the public generally, that
they are still located a. few doors north of the
turnpike, opposite the Store of Alva Gray,
where may be found a large and general as-
aortment, of CAIINIT Wm: in general.
Undertaking in all its departments attended
to at the shortest notice and upon reasonable
terms.
An examination of our stock and prices is
respectfully solicited, as we are determined
not to be undersold by any similar establish-
ment in the County.
13 RENOUD dz BRUEN.
New Bakery.
S R. BUNTING would respectfully inform
a his old Customers and the public general-
ly, that he has returned to his former business
and is now prepared to furnish his friends with
every variety of fresh Cakes, Pics, and Bread,
including Graham, Rye and Domestic Bread,
«kc. Hisstore, adjoining Messrs. Allen, Meeker
_& Co., has been fitted up expressly for his bus-
iness, and he hopes to receive a liberal share
of the public patronage, 20
Building Moving,
If OBARLII ‘E17388.
ALL orders for building raising and moving.
left with the subscriber, will receive
prompt attention and be executed in the safest
and most expeditious manner.
. JOSEPH SHEPHERD,
Carria_.e Maker, Agent.
WOOSTEB HOUSE
CORNER OF MAIN AND WHITE STREETS,
Ilaar tho Rail Road Depot.
HE Subscriber having leased the above
. named Hotel, is prepared to receive board-
ers and transient visiters. The House is abun-
dantly supplicd with spring water, and has all
the conveniences necessary to make guests
comfortable, and the undersigned reels confi-
dent from the experience that he has had in
the business of hotel keeping, that he can give
satisfaction to those who favor him with their
patronage. JOHN R. FORRESTER.
N. B.—-Warm and Cold Water Baths ready
at all hours.
Danbury, 1855.
Hoes, Parks and Baker.
U'1"1‘LE’s Cast Steel Hoes, Manure and
Hay-\Forks, Spading Forks, and Malnble
and Cast Steel Garden Rakes, for sale by the
d°Z- at manufacturer’s price by
WM. C. STREET.
There’s great demand
Throughout the land
For LYON’S POWDER-—-warmnted
To kill bugs, fleas,
Insects on trees,
And roaches too--’tis guaranteed,
DEPOT for Lg/o',~z’s Paisonleos Ma rietic
_Powder and Magnetic Pills, for t e de-
struction of insects and vermin, at
KNAPP’S.
Zforwslk, Conn.
ly4l
36
of _ LEEMAN C RTIS.
Norwallr, July 15, 1854. gm;
3 New Styles.
New Goods &. low prices.
HARLES FIELDS has now on hand as
large and varied an assortment of Gentle.
men and Ladies’ Gaiters, Boots, and Slippers,
as has ever been presented to the public in this
market. The styles are new :, the workmanship
neat and beautiful; while the material is of
tha fiuesr. texture and most durable quality.——-
He has some very elegant, plain and fancy
colored, Ladies Gaiters; also, Gent~‘s Patent
Leather Boots and Shoes, with an endless as-
sortment of Boys and Misses Shoes, all of which
will be sold very low for cash. The public are
are invited to call and examine his stock for
themselves. um
Improved Dagucrreotypaa,
In New and Splendid Cases. »
JUST received 9 large assortment of every
variety pf plain and fancy cases, iucludin
the new styie of Patent Union Cases, which
are considered by all,_ as a most beautiful, and
durable article. Also on hand Astcreoscope
cases, with carefully selected lens, which have
the efi‘ect to condense two Daguerreotypeg tn.
ken at different angles into one, and thereby
shows the features in ii most perfect and ,1if¢.
like manner. Persons can have no conception
of the beautiful effect thus produced unlegg
they have seen them. The subscriber is also
taking,.with wonderful success, Crayon Da-
guerreotypes, and at a very low 1-ate, 1; is .
very common occurrence for persons who have
had their likenesses taken in New York and
elsewhere, to have them retalren at the Sub-
scriber’.s Gallery. _ _
JOHN AUSTEN.
P. S. A large assortment of Fancy Cases,
Souvenors, Annuals,»Tokens, Lockets, &c.,
designed expressly for'Holiday Gifts. ‘. Don’t
fail to call and get a picture, over Danbury ll‘.
Norwalk Rnilroad Depot. ' ' 51
WATBRIIIBY do DUNCAN,
Blacksmiths.’
HE Subscribers thankful for the liberal
patronage which they have received from
the Public during the past year,would re-
spectfully inform their customers that they
are still prepared to execute all orders in
their line of business, in the, best possible
manner,_expediticusly and at reasonable rates.
Especial attention -paid to the repairin A of
Wagons, Sleighs, &c. Mill~Work and a-
chingry made and repaired, Turning, &c., dc,
Carriages, Sleighs, Wheel-beams, <tc., built to
order.
WATERBURY dc DUNCAN.
adjoining-Joseph P’-'.HIllf.0l!l’._p.Sh0.¢.» Store, _ ,
he will sellupon as reaaonablejcrais aacaii be -
HOUSE, Barn, &c., with about five acres ’
POETRY.
From the Bufaio Democracy,
Ce Meme Yienx Coon. , v
“Ce meme vieux coon” n’est pas quite moi-t,
I1 n’est que -aeulcment napping,
Je pense, myself, unlass.j’ai tort,
Cctte chose eat yet to hopping.-
En dix huit fifty-six, je sais, ' _
Vous’ll heni-_'d.es ‘curious n9is,es,,
He’ll whet acs dent against some Clay,
Et aoaro deb I-oco_boy-co.
. . . \
You know,que_qua,u¢_l il est awake.
Et quaud ilscratch sea claw-co,
Lea Locol. dang l¢.Ill'8. 000159" 93836.
Et sheepish hang jieurjaso-ei..
Ce meme vieux _cooi_i jclne sais pas why,
Le mischief’: conic -icroaihlm,‘
ll Ifait believe heia going.-totdic, .
Quand sculmeiit playing -pooaham.
Halo, wa_it_ till: nous, lé'W_§llt_'éllc0l'¢,'
_' ,Nous’ll mi» him withune ‘pore, A ' -
._Hc_’llAbltc tnauvaiajaa before "
"Nous pulled dc son hole.
3_¢_E.|..!|.!! tea can-
3: ki_ii_d when you can, though the kiudneaabe
’~',l‘i.a_.,-.a_I,I_'iall _lettera
.,a,c_ifo_lla;_.,: ’ _ . ..
The egg _‘_ ,l‘ofh'a_ppiueaa vivid sis! brittle,
099 kilos 9".‘ F‘! ‘“—*° Y??? .1-"'8" ."’.“"'_."-.
"Bis atbmlrthat dwellln the.
hIlI,.'.- ~ “.3 3 - .~:' >‘:--.- 1-"; “ »' ,.
’'l‘is memento that sum up the century's
aishtr‘ :-- ~
.,1 ,.u....r..-..
mnsate.l¢O_I.lI°|I“
,’1‘ia ijnyo, ainglcraya, fcraitha harvest-moon’
Stone by stone" builds the temple that rises in
‘ glory, ' ‘ - I '
Inch by inch grows
’priiae; ~ ' - . v- --
Thc jewels so famous in bright Eastern story
Have been nursed, tint by tint, lathe-bosom‘
of 'l'liiic.=~ '
the child "till maturity’s
S .'Tis 3".-iris.’-‘*i.'..i:e the ‘I desert-sheet,
and spreading; ' -
“Tia but petals that deck every blossom-'
twincd spray '; ' ' -
There are lea'ves,—-only leaves-—wliore the for-
est is shading ' ' I
Its gloointill the density shuts out the day.
A word or a glance which we give “ without
thinking,” -
May shadow or lighten some sensitive breast ;
And the draughtfrom the well-spring is wine
in the ‘drinking
If quaifed from the brim that Afiection has-
bleIt.m
duties,
Don ’t wait for the larger expression of Love ;~
For the heart depends less for its joys and its
‘beauties
On the flight of the Eagle and the coo of the
Dove.
E§S<i‘.>El.-I.flNY.'
From the‘ New York Tribune.
Europe Revisited---No.’ IX.
‘ rwo DAYS AT CLICBY.
No. 70 Run Cniciiv, Piiius, J one 3.
Most proverbs arc hyparboiical ; not
so that which affirms tiiat."ona haiftiic
world don't "know how the other half
lives." This is not merely true, but a
good deal inside of the truth. We visit
scores of people, feast with them, dance
with them, buy ,and sell with thcrn;,yct
of how very few do we really know how
they liva? Just think of us travellers,
for instance, whose display of our igno-
rance are only-more conspicuous and
emphatic than those of other: peopleé
what do. we knowas tothe; real-manner
of life of the nations we. write: ‘about?-
To -realize now. .Innch.ign9rInc.en.I-y be
crowded, into , ,12mo., open. almost any
volume ,of,rccenF travels. .'I‘hi.l.1k 0f I
Frenchman or, German whisked‘ through
me Un'ited_.. -S.r.at_c_s,. steaminglup a.fcw-
rivers and over half a dozen railroads,
taking breakfast in New York, dinner
(in twenty mi_n.Iltcs)_at Utica,.t_ca at Buf-
falo, and on the strength of threa? months
of such racing and as many weeka_ spent
among his particular friends (maflily for-
eigners of course) in two or three of the
great seaports, undcrtakinglto tell Eu-
rope what sort of people we areand how
we live. Fairly considered, the mere
audacity of the attempt challenges amaze-
ment if not admiration. - =
Nos-walk Iron foundry.
VERY description of Curiiro doneat th'
shortest notice and in thebest manner:
as cheap as can be obtained ‘at any-other es‘
tablishment in the State. Galvanized Chains,
Chain Pumps, Iron Fence, Posts, Railings, &c.,
furnished to order. Patterns executed at
short notice and upon reasonable terms, '
lyl ALEXANDER AUSTIN.-
a. E. OLMSTBAD,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries,
Provisions, &c., N0. 14 and I3 Main-st.
l I-AS just received an entirely new and ex-
tensive assortment of goods which he
will sell on as favorable terms as any in the
trtirlie. The public are respectfully invited to
ca .
Norwallr, March 5th, I855.
BUILDING MATERIALS. .
Pressed 8:. Common _I__Brick Limo,
Cement, Caloined-"Plaster. Hair
and Marble Dust.
THE Subscriber having dissolved his connec-
_ tion with W. C. Sriaicnr, Esq. in the above
business, will continue it on his own account,
and will keep a good assortment of the above
named articles constantly on hand which will
be sold cheap for Cash.
15 CHAS. T. LEONARD.
Office at the {Store of W. C.‘ Srnnnr.
311? the chcapcacand Boat
Hams:
HAVING received the Agency for the sale
of CAPE J: HALSEY’S, celebrated Sugar
C0*|ted 331118. we are prepared to fill orders,
both'wh_olesalc and_retail. at N. Y. City lowest
Cash prices, and will guarantee :1,“ we on;
sell Smoked Hams, Shoulders, Smoked Beef;
Tongues, and Lard, of a superior quality, of.
less rates than can be purchased elsewhere. _
_ Merchants and Wholesale (Dealers will flnil
it to their interest to give us ii call.
F. H. NASH, South Norwalk.
4
MOLASSES in Hhds. and5_Bbls.,‘of superh-
or quality, at OI-.MSTEAD’S.
RATE Aprons, and fancfout Tissue Pa-
[ rel‘. at , nfiarrs.
I had baen looking at things if not in-
to thcmfor a great maiiyyeara prior to
yesterday. 1- had climbed mountains
and descended’; into minaa, had gropcd in
cavemand scaled prccipices, sacn Vcnica
and Cincinnati, Dublin and Mineral
Point, Niagara and St. Gothard, and ra-
ally supposed I was approximating a
middling outside of . things in general.
I had been chosen defendant in several
libel-suits, and been flattered with the
information that my censurcs were deem-
ed of more consequence than those of
-other people, undshould be paid for ac-
cordingly. I had been through twenty
of our States, yet. never in a jail outside
of New York, and over half Europe yet
never looked into one. Here I had been
seeing Paris for the last six weeks, visit-
ing this sight, then that, till there seem-
ed little remaining worth looking at or
after-—-yet I had never once thought of
looking into a debtor's prison. I should
probably have gone away next week, as
ignorant in that regard as I came, when
circumstaiicss favored me most unex-
pectedly with an inside view of this fa-
mous "Maison de Detention" or prison
for Debtors, 70 Rue dc Ciichy. I think
what I have seen here, fairly told, must
be instructive and interesting, and I sup-
pose others will tell the story ifI do not
and I don’: know any one whose oppor-
tunities will enable him to tell it so ac-
cuiatelyas I can. So here goes:
But firs: let me explain.-and insist on
the important distinction between inoida
_and_outside views of a prison. Pcopla
fancy they have been in prison where
they have by courtesy been inside of the
gates; but that is properly an outside
view--at best the view jaccordeded to
an outsider. It gives you no propcridoa
of the place at all—-no acciu to its ‘pen-
atralia. The difierence avan batwacn
thll outside and tha proper inside view
Tin _but5dt91>_!.*.hI*. unit! f°.!P"“?|-3 ~
is very broad indeed. The grecnness of
those who don’: know how the world
looks from the wrong side of the gratings
is pitiable. Yet how many reflcct on
the disdain witli which the lion must re-
gard the bumpkin who perverts his gond-
stick to_ the ‘ignobie use of stirring said
lion up? or how many suspect that the
'grin wlierewith the baboon contemplates
‘ the human ape who with umbrella at
arin’s length is poking Jocko for his
doxy-'s delectation, is one of contempt
rather than complacency? Rely on it,
the world seen here behind the gratings
is very difierent in aspect from that of
the same world otherwise inspected.-—
Othcra may think sd_——I'Imow it. And
1 this, is how:
' I had been down at the Palace of In-
'_dustry and returned to my lodginga
when, a- little before 4 o'clock yesterday
Qaftcrnoon, four strnngers, called for me.
By the help of my‘ courier I soon learned
‘that they had a‘ writ of arrest for ' moat
j the‘ suit ‘ofbiic Mons, Leclicsiie, sculp-
‘tor, aiiirming. that ‘he sent‘: statue to the
' ‘Nose’ York Crystal Palace Exhibition, at
"or on the way to which it had broken,
‘ so that it could not be (at all events it had
, not been) restored to him—whereforc ha
' ,'_a;s_k_e'd of me, as‘ a Director and Repre-
sentative of the Crystal Palace Associa-
tion, to pay him "dou'ze"millc francs," or
j_$2,6_00. Not happening to have the
fchanga, and no idea“ of paying.thia de-
pfnind if ‘I‘had'it, Icould only ‘signify
' "those facts; whereupon they told me that
I was under arrest, and muatigo along,
which I readily did. We drove circuit-
’ ;oua|y to the aculptor”a, residence at the
‘other end of’ Paris, waited his conven-
' ’-ic'ncc'foi‘ along half hour, aiidthen went
.-tofltlié President Judge who had issued
_‘tlié_i Ibriafly explained to him my
pida of the _cas‘e,’when' he‘ asked me if I
‘wished to give bail; I‘toid him I would
'giv_a" good" bail for my appearance at
' ‘court easy time, but that I knew no
.__man in Paris whom I fol: willing to ask
‘to become my security for tha payment
of so large a sum as 02,500. After a lit-
tle” parlcy I‘ named Judge Piatt, United
.-stud. Secretary of Legation, as one
Jvho, I _felt_ confident, would ‘recognize
for my appearance when wanted, and
this suggestion met with universal assent
Twice over, I carefully explained that I
preferred going to prison to asking afiy
friend to give bail for the payment in any
case of this claim, and knew,I was fully
understood. So we all except the Judge
drove off together to the Legatioii.
There we found J udgc P., who readi-
ly agreed to recognize as I required ;-—
but now the plaintiff and his lawyer re-
fused to accept him as security in any
way, alleging that he was privileged
from arrest by his office. He offered to
give his check on‘ Greene 8:. Co., bank-
"Then ‘be'kind'wh‘en‘ you can in the smallest of
era’, for‘ the 12,000 ‘francs in dispute as
security for my appearance; but they
would not have him in any shape.-
While we were cliaffering Mr. Maunsell
B. Field, United States Commissioner
in the French Exposition, came along,
and offered to join Mr. Piatt in the re-
cognizance ; but nothing would do.-—
Mr. F. then offered to raise the money
demanded; but I said No-if the agree-
ment before the Judge was adhered to
by the other side, I would give no bail
whatever, but go to prison. High words
ensued, and the beginning of a scuflie,
in the midst of which 1, half unconscious-
ly, descended from the carriage. Of
course I was ordered back instanzer, and
obeyed so soon as I heard the order, but
we were losing temper. As putting me
in jail would simply secure my forthcom-
ing when wanted, and as I waaready to
give any amount of security for this,
which tho other side had once agreed
to take, I thought they were rather
crowding matters in the course they
were taking. So, as making my friends
too late for a pleasant dinner party at
Srois 'Frcres,- where I hadexpected to
join them. ‘I closed the discussion by in-
sisting that we should drive off.
. Crossing the Avenue Champs Elysaes
the iiextmoment, our horses struck an-
other horae, took. fright and tan until
reined up against a , tree, disabling the
concern. My cortegc of officers got out
I attempted to follow, but was thrust
back very roughly and held in with su-
perfluous energy, since they had had
abundant opportunity to see that 1 had
no idea of getting, away from them. I
had in fact evinced ample determination
to enjoy their delightful society to the
utmost. At last they had to transfer me
tdanotlier carriage, but they made such
a parade of it,and insisted on taking hold
of me so numerously and so fussily, (this
being just the .most thronged and con-
spicuous locality in Paris) that I came
_naar losing my temper again. We got
along, however, and in due time arrived
-at tliia-"spacious, substantial, secure as-
tablishmcnt, No. 70 Rue de Ciichy.
I -waabrought in through three or four
heavy iron doors to the office of the Gov-
ernor, wherc I was properly received.-
Hcrc Iwas told I must stay till 9 o’cl’k
since the President Judge had allowed
me till that hour to find bail. ‘In vain l
urged that I had refused to give bail,
would give none, and wanted to be
shown to my celi—- I must stay here till
9 o'clock. So I ordered something" for
dinner, and amused myself by looking at
the ball play, &:c., of the prisoners in the
yard, to whose immunities I was not yet
eligible. but I had the privilege of look-
ing in through the barred windows...-
The yard is one of the best I have seen
anywhere. has a good many trees and
some flowers, and, as the wall is at least
fifteen feet high, and another of twenty
surrounding ‘it, with guards with loaded
muslicts always pacing between, I should
judge the danger of burgiary or other
annoyance from without very moderate.
My first visitor was Judge Mason, U.
S. Emba.-sador, accompanied by Mr.
Kirby, one of the attaches of the Embas-
sy, Judge M. had heard of my luck
from the Legution, and was willing to
serve me to any extent, and in any man-
ner-_ I was reminded by my position of
the case of the prying Yankee ‘who un-
dcrtook to fish out a gratuitous opinion
on a knotty point. in 9. lawsuit ‘in which
he was involved. "Supposing," said he
to an eminent counselor, you were in-
volved in such and such a difficulty,
what would you do '3" "Sir,” said the
counselor with becoming gravity, "1
should take the very best legal advice I
could obtain.” I told Judge M. that I
wanted neither moaoy nor bail, but a
first rate French lawyer, who could un-
derstand my statements in English, at
the very earliest moment.
left to call on Mr. James Munroe, ban-
ker, and send me a lawyer as soon as
could be. This was done; but it was 8
o’clock on Saturday night. before Which
hour at this season most eminent Parisi-
ans have left for their country residences,
and no lawyer of the proper Slam? and
standing could then be or has yet been
found. _ ._ ‘
, At the designated hour, 1 was ouly
installed and admired to all the privile-
gas of Ciichy. By 10 o’ciock, each of
us lodgers had retired to our several
apartments (about eight feet by five) and
an obiiging functionary came around and
locked out all rascally intruders. I don’t
think I ever before slept in a place so per-
fectly secure. At six this morning, this
extra protetcion was w'itlidi'awn,and each
of us was therefore obliged to keep
watch over his own valuables. We
uniformly keep good hourahei-e in Ciichy
which is what not many large hotels in
Paris can boast of. .
The bedroom appointments are not of
a highorder, as.is_reaaonabla,- since we
are only charged for them four sons
(cents) per night, washing extra. The
sheets are rather of a hickory order,
(mine were given me clcan,)tiie bed is
indiflercnt, but I.hava.slept..on worse ;-—
the window lacks a curtain or blinds, but
in its staad there are four strong upright
iron bars, which are a perfect safeguard
against getting up in the night and pitch-
ing or falling out so as to break your neck,
as any one who want out would certain-
ly do. V .(I.am.in the fifth or highest sto-
ry.) Perhaps one of my predecessors
was a somiiambulist. . I have two chairs
(one iessthan Iam entitled to,) two lit-
tle tables, (probably one of them extra,
by some mistake,) and a cupboard, which
may once have been clean. The pint
wash-bowl and half pint pitcher, candles
&c., I have ordered, and pa? for. I am
a little ashamed to own that my repose
has been indifferent; but then I never
do sleep in a strange place.
Dascending to the common room on
the lower floor this morning, I find there
an American (From Boston) who, has
met me often and knew me at once, tho’
I could not have called him by name.—--
He seemed rather amazed to meet me
here, (I believe he last before saw me at
the Astor House.) but greeted me very
cordially, and we ordered breakfast for
both in my room. It was a not sumptu
ous mcul,but we enjoyed it. Next he
made me acquainted with some other of
our best fellow lodgers, and four of us
agreed to dine together after business
hours. Before breakfasts friend from the
outer world (M.Vattermaie) had found ac-
cess to me, though the, rules of the prison
allow no visitors till'l 0 o’clock. I needed -
first of all, lawyers, not yet procurable;
next law books, (American,) which M.
Vattemare knew just where to lay his
hands on. I had them all on hand and
my citations looked up long before I had
any help to use them. But let my own
affairs wait a little till I dispense some
of my gleanings in Ciichy.
This is perhaps the only large dwel-
ling house in Paris where no one ever
suffers from hunger. Each person in-
carcerated is allowed a franc per day to
live on; if this is not forthcoming from
his creditor he is at once turned out to
pick up a living as he can. While he
remains here he must have his franc per
day, paid every third third day. From
this is deducted four sons per _day for his
fire (in the kitchen,) leaving him fifteen
sous net and cooking fire paid for. This
will keep him in bread any how. But
there exists among the prisoners, and is
always maintained a "Philanthropic So-
ciety," which by cooking altogether and
dividing into messes, is enabled to give
every subscriber to its articles a very fair
dinner for sixteen sons (11 cents,) and a
scanner one for barely nine sous. He
who has no friends but the inevitable
franc per day may still have nine sous
feast on Sunday, by living on bread and
water or being so sick as not to need any
thing for a couple of days each week. I
regret to say that the high price of food
of late has cramped the resources of the
"Philanthropic Society,” so that it has
been obliged to appeal to the public for
aid. I trust it will not appeal in vain.
It is an example‘ of the advantage of As-
sociation whose benefits no one will dis-
pute.
I never met a more friendly and social
people than the inmates of Ciichy. Be-
fore I had been up two hours this morn-
ing, though most of them speak only
French and I but English, the outlines of
my case were generally known, my char-
acter and standing canvassed and dilated
on, and I had a dozen fast friends in an-
other hour; had I been able to speak
French, they would have been a bun-
dred. Of course,‘ we are not all saints
here, and make no pretensions to be ;—
some of us are incorrigible spcndthrifrs
desperately first man, hurried to ruin by
association with still faster women—-
probably some unlucky rogues among us
and very likely a fool or two; though
as a class I am sure my associates
will compare favorably in intelligence
and intellect with so many of the next
men you meet on the Boulevards or
in Broadway. Several of them are men
of decided ability and energy—-the tem-
porary victims of other men’-a rascaiity
or their own over sanguine enterprise-
sometimes of shipwreck, fire or other
unavoidable misfortune. A more hearty
and kindly set of men I never met in my
life than are those who can speak En-
glish; I have acquired important help
from three or four of them in copying and
translating papers; and never was 1 more
zealously nor effectively aided than by
these acquaintances of to-day, to not one
of whom would Idare to ofl'cr money for
the service. Where could I match this
out of Ciichy? _
Let me be entirely‘ candid. 1 -$3)’
nothing of "Liberty," save to caution
outsiders in France to be eq|13“Y m°d°5‘
but "Equality and Fraternity" I have
found prevailing here more thoroughly
than elsewhere in Europe. Still We
have not realized the Social Millenium.
evgn in C|ichy_ Some of us were born
to gain our living by the hardest and
most meagerly rewarded labor; others
to live idly and sumptuously on the ear-
nings of other. Of course, these vices
of an irrational and decaying social state
are not instantly oradiaatad by our ab-
Judge M,
rupt removal to this mansion. Some of
us cook, while others only know’ how to
eat, and so require assistance in the pre-
paration of our food, "as none is cooked
or even provided for us, and our inter-
course with the outer World is subject to
limitations. Those of us who lived gen-
erously aforetimc, and are in for gentle-
manly sums, are very apt to have money
which the luckless chaps who are in for.
a beggarly hundred francs or so and
have no fixed income beyond the franc
per day are very glad to earn by doing
us acts of kindness. One of these at-
tached himself to me immediately on my
taking possession of my apartment, and
proceeded to make my bed, bring me ba-
sinand PILCIICF of water, matches, lights
&c., for which I expect. to pay him-—
these articles being reckoned superflui-
ties in Ciichy. But no such aristocratic
distinction as master, no such degrading
appellation as servant, is tolerated in
this community; this philanthropic fel-
low-boardcr isknown to all as my "aux-
iliary." Where haa the stupid world
outside known how to drape the hard
‘realities of life with figieaf so graceful I8
this ? .
_So of all titular distinctions. We pre-
tend to have abjui-ed titles of honor in
America,and the only consequence is that
everybody has a title--either Honorable,
or General, or Colonel,‘ or Reverend, or
at the very least Esquire. But here in
Ciichy all such empty and absurd‘prefix-
es are absolutely unknown-—even names
Christian or family, are discarded as use-
less, antiquated lumber. Every ‘lodger
is known by the number of his room on-
iy; mine is 139, and-whenever a friend
calls, a "Commissionairc” comes in from
the outer apartments to the great hull
sacred to our common use, and begins
calling out “cent-ti-ente-neuf,” (phoneti-
cally "sent-tran-nuf,”) at the top of his
voice, and goes on yelling as he climbs,
in the hope of finding or calling me
short of ascending to my fifth story sanc-
tuary. To nine-tenths of my comrades
I am only known as "san-trnn-nuf."——
My auxiliary is No. 54, and when I need
his aid I go singing "sankaii-cat” afiel-
the same fashion. Equality being thus
rigidly preserved, in spite of slight ad-
versities of fortune, the jealousies, rival-
ries and heart-burnings which keep most
of mankind in a ferment are here abso-
lutely unknown. I never before talked
so much with so many people intimate-
ly acquainted with each other without
hearing something said or insinua-ed to
one another’s prejudice ; here there is
nothing of the sort. Some folks outside
are here fitted with characters which
they would hardly consider flattering-—
some laws and usages get. the blessings
they richly deserve——but among our-
selves ali is harmony and good will.—
How would .Meurice.'s, the hotelde Ville
or even the Tuileries, like to compare
notes with us on this head 7
Our social intercourse with outsiders
is under most enlightened regulations.—-
A person calls who wishes to see one of
us, and is thereupon admitted through
two or three doors, but not within sever
al locks of us. Here he gives his card
and pays two sous to a Commissionaire
to take it to No.—, of whom the inter-
view is solicited. No.—- being found,
takes the card, scrutinizes it, and if he
chooses to see the visitor, writes a re»
quest for his admission This is taken
to a functionary, who grants the request
and the visitor is then brought into a
sort of neutral reception-room, outside of
the prison proper, but a good way inside
of the hall wherein the visitor has hith-
erto tarriecl. But let the indger say No.
and the visitor must instantly walk out
with a very tall flea in his car.-
So perfect an arrangement for keeping
duns, bores, (writ-servers evcn,) and all
such enemies of human happiness at a
distance is found scarcely anywhere else,
at all events not in Editor's rooms-—I am
sure of that. But yesterday an old resi-
dent here, who ought to have been up
to trap, was told that a man wished to
see him a moment at the nearest grate,
and, being completely off his guard, he
went immediately down, without obser-
ving or requiring the proper formalities,
and was instantly served with afresh
writ. “Sir," said h?with proper indig-
nation, to the sneak of an officer, (who
had doubtless made his way in here by
favor or bribery,) “If you ever serve me
"that trick again, you will go out of here
half killed.” However, he had mainly
his own folly to blame; he should have
stood upon his reserved rights, and bade
the outsider send up his card like a geri-
tleinan, if he aspired to a gentleman's so-
ciety.
And this brings me to the visiting
room, where I have seen very many
friends during the day, including two
United States Ministers, beside almost
every one belonging to our Legation
here, three bankers and nearly all the
Americans I know in Paris‘ but not one
French lawyer of the standing required,
for it seems impossible to find one in
Paris to-day. This room can hardly be
called a parlor, all things considered ;—
but it has been crowded all day (10 to
6) with wives and female friends visit-
ing one or other of us insiders——per~
haps it may be most accurately charac-
terized as the kissing room. I should
like to speak of the phases of life
here from hour to hour present€d—0f
the demonstrations of fervent affection
the confidential whisperirigs and the uni-
versal desire of each hasty late (1 tete to
respect the sacredness of others’ confi-
dence, so that fifteen or twenty couples
converse here by the hour within a space
mm}: by twenty, yet no one knows be.-
cause no one wishes to know what any
other couple are saying. But I must
hurry over all this or ‘my letter will nev-
er hqye an end.
Formerly, Ciichy was in bad repute
on account of the facility wherewith all
manner of females called upon and min-
gled with the male lodgers in the inner
sanctum. Ail this, however, has been
corrected, and no woman is now admit.
ted beyond the public kissing room ex-
cept on an express order from the Pre-
fecture of Police, which is only granted
to the well authenticated wife or child
of an inmate. (Th:-.« female prison is in
an entirely separate wing of the build-
ing.) The enforcement of this rule is
moat rigid and, while I am not inclined
to be vain-glorious, and do not doubt
that other large domiciias in Paris are
medals of propriety and virtue, ya: this
I
I do say that domestic morals of Ciichy
may safely challenge a comparison with
those of Paris generally. I might put
the case more strongly, but it is" best to
keep withrn the truth.
So witli regard to Liquor. Thay
keep saying there is no Prohibitory Law‘
in France; but they mistake, if Ciichy
is in France. No Ardent Spirits are
brought into this well regulated‘ estab-
lishment, unless for medical use, ex"ce'p't
in violation of law; and the"searcli and
seizure clauses here are a great deal
more rigorous and better enforced than
in Maine. I know ‘a little is smuggled
in notwithstanding, mainly by officials,
for money goes a great way in France";
but no woman comes in- without being
felt all over (by a woman) for concealad
bottles of liquor. There was a small
flask on our (private) dinner table to-day.
of what was called brandy, and smelt
like a compound of spirits of turpentine
and diluted aqua fortis (for a'dultera'tio'n
is a vice which prevails even here";)' but
not a glass is now smuggled ih where a
gallon used to come in boldly under the
protection of law. Wine being here‘ cs-
teemed a necessary, is allowed in ridd-
eration; no inmate to have more than
one bottle per day either of ten sand or
twenty sous wine, éccordinglto his'_ta's'ta
or means-—no better and no more". ‘I
don’: defend the consistency of those rag-
ulations; we do some things batter in
America than even in Ciichy; buthare
drunkennesa is absolutely prevented
and riotous living ‘suppressed by"'a
sumptuury law ‘far ‘more’ stringent‘ ‘thin
any of our States ever tried. .'An'd, mind
you, this is no criminal prison, but sim-
ply a house of detention for those who
happen to have less money than others
would like to extractfrom their pockets,
many of . whom do not pay sirnpl'y‘be-
cause they do not owe. So, if any one
tells you again that Liquor_Pi-o"hibition
is a Yankee novelty just ask him what
he knows of Ciichy. ‘
1 know that cookery is a point of hon-
or with the French, and rightly, for they
approach it with the inspiration of go-
nius. Sad am to say that I find no
proof of this eminence in Ciichy, and
am forced to tiieconclusion that to be in
debt and unable to pay does not qualify
even a Frenchman in the culinary art.
My auxiliary doubtless does his best, but
his resources are limited and fifty fellows
dancing round range with only a few
pots and kettles among them, probably
confuses him. Even our dinner to day
(four of us—two Yankees, and English
merchant and an Italian banker—dined
enfa.mz'lle in No. 98,) on what we or.
dered from an out-door restaurant (such
are the prejudices of education and hab-
it) and paid fifty sous each for, biz: it did
not seem to be the thing‘. The gather.
ing kHiV€S. forks, spoons, bottles, &c'.,
from Nos. 82. 63 and 139, to set the
common table, was the freshest feature
' of the spread.
The sitting was nevertheless a pleas-
ant one, and an Englishman joined us
after the cloth was (figuratively) remo-
ved, who was much the clevcrest man of
the party. This man's case is so in-
structive that I must make room for it,
He has been every where and knows
every ‘thing, but is especially strong in
Chemistry and Metallurgy. A few
Weeks 8:30. he was a cokeburncrat Rou-
en, doing an immense and profitable bu.
siness, till a heavy debtor failed," which
frightened his partner into running of
with all the cash of the concern, and my
friend was compelled to stop paymen:_....
He called together the creditors, eight in
number, (their banker alone was in 45,.
000 fi'ancs,) and said, "Here is my case;
appoint your own receiver, conduct the
business wisely, and all will be paid."
Every man at once assented, and the
conceni was at once put in train of liq.
uidation. But a discharged employ: of
the concern, at this moment owing it
15,000 francs now in judgment, said,
"Here is my chance for revenge ;” so
he had my friend arrested and put hon:
as a foreign debtor, though he has been
for years in most extensive business in
France, and was, up to the ‘date of his
bankruptcy, paying the Government
1,500 francs for annual license for the
privilege of employing several hundred
Frenchmen in transforming valualéas
peat into coke. He will get out by-and.
by and may prosecute his persecutor, but
the latter is’ utterly irresponsible; and
meantime a most extensive business is
being wound up at Rouen by a receiver
with the only man qualified to oversee
and direct the affair in close jail at Paris.
This is but one case among many such.
I always hated and condemned imprison-
ment for debt untainted by fraud-—
abovc all, for suspicion of dcbt—but I
There are other other cases and clas.
ses very different from this--.gsy ]gd,_
who are working out debts .wli'i'ch they
never would have paid otherwisa; for
here in Ciichy every man actually ad-
judged guilty of indebtedness is senten.
cad to stay a certain term in the discs-g-
non of the Court-—-never more thgn ten
years. The creditors, of some would
like to coax them out to-morrow, but
they are not so soft as to go until thg
debt is worked out——so far that is, thus
they can never again be imprisoned for
it. The first question -asked of a new
comer is. “Have You been here before '3"
and if he answers "Yes,” the books an
consulted; and if this debt was charged
him then he is remorselessiy turned into
the street. No price would procure such
a man a night's lodging in Clichy._
Some are here who say their lives wen
so tormented by duns and writs that they
had a friendly creditor put them here for
safety from annoyance. And some of
our humble brethren, I am assured, hlv.
‘mg been once here and earned four or
five francs a day as auxiliaries, with
cheap lodgings and a chance to forage
oil" the plates of those they serve, actu-
ally get themselves put in because they
can do so well nowhere else. A few
days since, an auxiliary, who had aided
and trusted 8 hard-up Englishman forty
eight francs on honor, (all debts contrac-
ted here are debts of honor purely. and
therefore are always paid.) received I
present of five hundred francs from the
grateful obliges when, a few days after,-
he received ample funds from his distant
resources, paid everything, and went out
with flying colors.
To return to my own matter, I have
been all day convincing one party of
friends after another, as they no aaliad,
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