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VOLUME X
, IN ADVANCE.
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XXVIII.--‘N UMBER '36.
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i , Business DlREC'l‘0RY. A
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A.’-/'\/‘-.
D.n.noowH,
'A,,.fIf.TORNEY AT LAW,"
H.457 BEMO FED FROAI DANBURY T0 NOR WALK '
Orricr oven H.s.Ionr’s Srovis FACTORY.
~d:) - __ . _ __ . _ __
AMOS HUNT,
General Pension & Patent Agent
Arid Prosecutor of Claims before
the several Departments and
the Court of Claims.
VVashington, D. C.
WM.. D. HAIGHT,
IVe.9t Side the Bridge, J\"orwallc, Conn.
mlxuiiscroasn A: DEALER Ix
COPPER WARES,
Ranges, Furnaces, Britariia <5» Crock-
. erg/,, IVares, C’/zain Pumps, Lead
and _Lead Pipe, Groceries,
Clhirza and Glass I/Vares,
cf-c., ¢j~c., cjwc.
0. & r:. K. LOCKWOOD,
Seasonable
DRY GOODS.
HE‘Subscriber would return his thanks for
the vjery,li_l)_eral patronage with which his
Store has been fa\"O_l‘._i’,(l the year past, and hopes
by it constant attention to the wants of the
ti ading 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. He is confident that purchasers
will find every article purchased at his store,
equal in quality, and as cheap in price, as can
be obtained elsewhere. Particular attention
devoted to the selection of Cloths, Vestings,
&c., &c., for Gentlemens wear, which will be
sold at the lowest market prices.
L. H..RANDLE.
3 Cap
' NORWALK HAT,
and Fur Emporium.
THE Subscriber having just made very large
ad(lit.ons 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. Confiuing 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 unacquainted with the business.
We have now on hand a fine assortment of
Hus just suited to-the season and the wants
of the community. For further particulars,
just drop in and examine for yourselves, at No.
2 Skiddy’§ Block, Main Street.
. H. C. RANDLE.
Nonwamr nmromuiifi
'. " 1 ‘s @551
. PROVISIONS, FRUITS.
Vegetables, Fish of All Kinds,
'GlamS.,Oysters, &c.,
As good,as the market affords, constantly to be
found at the well known establishment of
‘ ALLEN, MEEKER 8: CO.
J3?‘ Goodsof the above description received
daily, and for sale at wholesale and retail on
the most favorable terms.
Lime. _
1,00 Bbls. of Lime for sale by T. L. PECK,
Timber and Laths,
AT SOUTH NORWALK.
350,000 Plastering Laths.
50,000 Feet Pine and Spruce Timber.
10,000 Pine_Pickets just received and for
sale by . THOS. L. PECK.
LUMBER ! LUMBER !
ILL do HUBBELL have recently com-
menced the Lumber Business at the old
stand lately occupied by Mr. Charles Thomas,
and intend to keep on sale
Timber, Lath and Lime,
together ‘with everyvariety of Lumber sold in
this market. We shall be happy to accommo-
date customers with any thing in our line at
iberal prices. A . HI ,
' A J, C. HUBBELL,
1
lo
1\"ORWALK. coNN., _
.\5.-\.\'l7l-'ACTITRERS OI’
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares,
up DEALERS Ix
Stoves, Ranges, Furnacc.9, C'utler7/,'
Britamzia Porcelain and‘_Woocle7i '
' Ware, and Kitchen F iornimre
in general, - P umps, S heel
Lead Lead‘ Pipe,
C’-roc/cery, Glass
and O/Lina
Ware.
r. H. NASH,
Wnoi.ics.u.r~: sxn RETAIL DEALER is
--s T o. v E —-s ,
MANUFACTURER OP
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares,
}Itis“co7zstamly on /zaml a. large assort-
'%an’enz' of general House-kee;oing
Titrfziturc, at So. ’No9'toalk,
" ‘ Conn. ‘
E. v. A. cinciiiisriiii,
Iiardvvare
* i :1) E ALE R,
‘i4.f'o’RWALI;, CONN.
J. “r. roo-rzi,‘
Attorney‘ and Counselor at Law,
‘oriifion, OVER MALL 01: W3 swam:
” ' ‘A , Norwalk, Conn. ‘
JA
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MES S~HERWOOD.
- - a ‘ succnsson T0
V BELIJECK,
Bookseller, Stationer 8:. Binder,
17 Main Street, No7'ioalk.
Janis AUS'1‘EN’S
DAMERIAN ROOMS
0ve,1f’I),. so N. Depot.
ANORWALK. ,
L i 1: o n e s s e s
Whrramerl to please all Good Judges.
H. M. PROWITT,
Teacher of 1\/.l:u.s1c_.
Lessons on the Piano Forte, Mclodeom and "1
Vocal Music.
Pianos and Melo :eons selected, with great
care as to tone and quality, for those desi-
ring to purchase. " U15
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N orwalk Post Office.-
" Mail Closes.-WEs'r. 7.30 A.'M.. 2.00, P M-
do do EAST, 8.30 A. .\I.. 4 30-r. M.
do do D. S: N. R. R.. 9.00. '
Jilail Due.—D. & N R. R. ‘son A'.'.\(.
do do Wrisr, 9.30 i, ,u_, 5_45 1-_ 3;,
do do Essr, 8.30 A. .\l., 3 15 r. M.
do New York City, il.3o_
do‘
. R.-A. W1LI.1A.\1s, P. M.
Telegraph Oflico Open,
HE Telegraph Office in Norwalk is now
T open on week days from 8 A M. to 9 P_,\[__
and on the Sabbath from 7 to 8 o'clock, P, M,
Office as heretofore at Au:-:t-en's Daguerrian
Rooms, Daubury and Norwalk Railroad Depot,
ly-10
Fire! Firel! '0
W. 1:. BISSELL,
AS refitted his Store, and has replenished
his-stock of Pure Drugs, Medicines. Chem-
icals, Dye Stuffs, Patent Medicines, Perfumery,
‘Fancy and Toilett Goods, Brushes, &c., and
gha“ behappy to meet his old Customers at
the People’s Drug Store, under the Connecticut
Hotel. .\Iain-St., where may be found every
variety of Goods appertaining to an Apothe-
cary’s Stock ; which will be sold at the lowest
Cash p_riccs._ _ _ _ ,
Particular attention will be given In select-
lug Pure Drugs and Chemicals, and dispensing
Physician’s Prescriptions. The Store will be
£ept_open on Sundays before and after Church,
and in the Evening. -If
SPANG & BARDWELL’S
Dry Good do Clothing Store,
At Westport, Coma.
HE above firm would inform the inhabitants
’of Westport andvicinity, that they have
on hand a complete and extensive assortment
of'DRY GOOl)S,READY MADE CLOTHING,
and every lcind and style of goods adapted to
.M'ens wear.
The Clothing and Tailoring department is
conducted by the senior partner (J. Spang,)
whose reputation as a cutter is well established.
There can always be found a better assort-
ment of Black and C'ol’d Cloths, Blacl.-, and
Fzmcyflassifneres, Sattinctts, Kentucky Jancs
Merinos, Cassimers, Linens. and Cotton Goods
for Sunmier wear, than is or ever has been kept
in the place. Cloth ctc., is cutfrec of charge
when bought’ at this Establishnient.
. SPANG ii‘. BARDWELL.
Cheaper than Ever
.4! the South J\"orwal/r
GROCERY S‘I‘0R.'l.‘..
HE Subscriber has on hand by far the Zar-
" gest and best 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 lib 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 an examination and trial of
the same. GEO. W. SMITH.
fl Land For Sale.
ABOUT eight acresof good 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 rich
soil, and ti large bed of vegetable mould or
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 Office. tf3
Cabinet Ware Rooms at
WESTPORT !
HE 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 founl a large and general as-
sortment of CABINET \V.inE 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 iu thcCcunty.
13 ‘
RENOUD & BRUEN.
New Bakery.
S R. BUNTING would respectfully inform
. his old Customers and the public general-
ly, that he has returned to his former business
and is now prc'parcd to furnish his friends with
every variety of fresh Cakes, Pics, and Bread,
including Graham, Rye and Domestic Bread,
6:0. Hisstore, adjoining Messrs. Allen, Meeker
8: Co., has been fitted up expressly f'or his bus-
iness, and he hopes to receive a liberal share
of the public patronage, 20
Building Moving,
BY CHARLES TUBES.
LL orders for building raising and moving.
lcf't with the subscriber, will receive
prompt attention and be executed in the safest
and most expeditious manner.
JOSEPH SHEPHERD,
Carria e illaker, Jgent.
woos"-run HOUSE
'CORNER or MAiN AND wuirr. smears,
Near the__Ra.il Road Depot.
HE Subscriber. having leased the above
named Hot_é1_, is prepared to receive board-
ers and transient visitors. The House is abun-
dantly supplied with spring water, and has all
the com-eiiiences necessary to make guests
comfortable, and the undersigned icels confi-
dent from the experience that he has had in
the business of hotel keeping, that he can give
Séltisf-.1ction to those who favor him with their
PM1‘0nuge. 301-IN R. FORRESTER.
N. B.—Warm and Cold Water Baths ready
at all hours. ”
Daubury, 1855,
36
B! OLASSI-SS in of superi-
or quality, at 0LMS'l‘EAD’S.
RATE Aprons, and fancy cut Tissue Pa-
lm‘; 3‘ KNAPP’S.
NOBVVALK
House and Sign Painting
ESTABLISHMENT.
T friends and the public, that he is in the
field ready for the campaign of 1855, and will
be glad to attend Ito any‘ orders for House,
Sign and Ornamcmal Painting, Gilding,
Grai”m'n.g,- and Paper Hanging. Particular
atten-ti_on_will be paid-to Lettering and.emb_el-
lishing Sign Boards, &c., for thegetting up of
which he possesses unequalled facilities. Give
;me a call. GEORGE MARVIN,
.1y10 Norwalk, Conn.
?IivINe.
HE Subscriber would return his thanks for
the very liberal patronage which the Pub-
he have favored liim with for the past year,
and would ‘respectfully inform‘ his customers
that he is prepared to execute all orders in a
superior manner. Silks, Merinoes. Paramet-
tas, De Laines, Shawls, Ribbons. Gloves, .and
Stockings, dyed all colors, every week.
Broche Shawls cleaned equal to new, Grape
Shawls qleaued, and dyed all colors, and the
ne\v»_,China finish put on equal to iicw.- _
All orders left at the Subscriber’s residence
at Winiiipauk. or. at Sliephei'd’s Bakery, at
Norwalk, or of Joy sh Sous, Daubury. Ct., and
301 Bowery, N. Y., will receive attention. '
10 - - JOHN PICKENS.
NOR-WALK «-
AGRICULTURAL _' STORE.
HE Subscriber has just opened at the Store
adjoining Joseph P. Hanford’s Shoe Store,
a very extensive and complete assortment of
Agricultural Implements,
u- .
' Such as Plows, Harrows, Ox Yokes, Gardeiier’s
tools, Pruning Knives, Shears-, &c.; &c:, which
be will sell upon as reasonable terms as can be
purchased anywhere in the County. Farmers,
Gardeners, and others will find it to their in-
terest to give me a call before purchasing else-
where. _ WM. J. FINL_EY.
' ‘ Norwalk, Feb. 16, 1855. tf8
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods.
NEW’ SPRING, ‘STOCK !
THE Siibscriber has just returned from
-. . New York with a'new_Stock of Fash-
ionable Jewelry, Wiitches, Plated
Ware. and Fancy Goods, which he offers to his
customers very cheap. . ,.
Clocks and Watches repaired. .
Accordeous tuned and repaired.
Collin Plates, Spoons, Rings, &c.,’heatly en-
graved. O. S. CLARK,
No. 2, Skiddy’s Block.
For Sale.
HOUSE, BM", 510-. with about five acres
ofland. 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 ii great bar-
gain, if applied for soon. For particulars en-
quire of Mitchell & Camp. or on the premises,
of LEEMAN CURTIS.
Norwalk, July 15, 1854. mm;
New Styles. @
’mNew 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
the fincst texture and most" durable quality.—-
He has some very elegant,’ plain and fancy
colored, Ladies Gaiters ; lso, 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 inv-ited to call and examine his stock for
tbemselves. “'21
Improved Daguerreotypes,
In New and Splemlirl Cases.
JUS'l‘ received a large assortment of every
variety of plain and faucycascs, including
the new style of Patent Union Cases. which
are considered by all, as a most beautiful and
durable article. Also on hand stercoseopc
cases, with carefully selected lens, which have
the effect to condense two Daguerreotypes ta-
ken at different angles into one. and -thereby
shows the features ll] a most perfect and life-
like manner. Persons can have no conception
of the beautiful effect thus p1‘o‘du'ced unless
they have seen them. The Subscriber is also
taking, with wonderful success, Crayon Da-
guerreotypes, and at a very low rate. It is a
very common occurrence f'or persons who have
had their likenesses taken in New York and
elsewhere, to‘ ‘have them retaken at the Sub-
scriber’s Gallery. .
. JOHN AUSTEN.
P. S. A large assortment of Fancy Cases,
Souveuors, Annuals, Tokens, Lockets, &c.,
designed expressly for-Holiday Gifts. Don’:
fail to call and get a picture, over Daubury 3:
Norwalk Railroad Depot. 51
WATERBURY do DUNCAN,
Blacksrniths.
HE Subscribers thankful for the liberal
. patronage which they have received from
the l’ublic_during the past year,would re-
spectf_ull-yinforin their customers that they
are_ still prepared to execute all orders in
their line of business, in the best possible
mannernexperlitioiisly and at reasonable rates.
Especial-ut_teution paid to the repairing of
W'sg0ns, Sleighs, &c. Mill-Work and Ma-
cliinery made and repaired, Turning, &c., &c.
Cagriages, Sleiglis, Wheel-beams, &c., built to
or er.
WATERBURY do DUNCAN.
Norwalk Iron Foundry.
VERY description of C.-ISTING done at the
shortest notice and in the best 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.
._ S. E. OLMSTEAD,
lVliolesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries,
Provisions, &c., ./Vb. I4 aml 16 .Main-st.
ASjust received an entirely new and ex-
‘ tensive assortment of goods which he
will sell on as favorable terms as any in the
trade. The public are respectfully invited to
call. -
Norwalk, March 5th, 1855.
‘BUILDING MATERIALS.
Pressed &. Common Brick Lime,
Cement, Calcined Plaster. Hair
and Marble Dust.
HE Subscriber haviuudissolved his connec-
tion with W. C. STREET, Esq. in the above
business, will continue it.on his own account,
and will keep a good assortment of’ the above
named articles ccnstai'itly’on hand which w_ill
be sold cheap for Casb., '
CHAS. T. LEONARD.
of \V. C. S'ri:i-:i~:'r.
15 , _
Office at the {store
Por Sale Very Cheap.
DWELLING and TWO ACRES ofLAND,
non occupied by the Subscriber. Said
House is entirely new, built in the best nian-
uer by day’s'worh; is pleasantly situated-
commanding a splendid view of Long Island
Sound, the village and surrounding country.
There is a never failing Spring of first rate
soft \vuter. iinmediaicly in front of the House,
at a very small expense it could be so arrang-
ed that au immense quantity of trout could be
raised for the New York l\lurket——thereby
givin a profitable pastime to the purchaser.
Eiiquire—on the preniises-01"
GEORGE O. STREET.
-1 0l)A_,_Iiutter,' 'Watcr, G-1-ulimn. llailroucl,
Boston, Lemon and Fancy Crackers, just
received, from the Bakery and f‘or sale by
ALLEN , MEEKER & CO.
HE Subscriber would’ again announce to his‘
P 0 E if R Y .'
?
For the Gazette.
Give me a Home. ,
BY 8. B. FANCEER.
Give me a home amid my own native hills
With their rich verdant sides and bright gush-
ing rills,
Their gnarled old oaks
past,
And huge granite boulders that ages shall lust ;
With groves where wild birds oft rival in song,
And echo the nightingale’s plaintings prolong."
that tell of centuries
Here give me a home in a sweet lovely vale,
Where health and pure fragrance are borne on
the gale—- '
’Mid the hills of New England where first I
drew breath, , . _
Where my forefathers sleep in the embrace of
death; .. , . . .
Herevgive me a home. a lawn arid_a grove,
Contentment and health with the friends that I
love. - .
Here freedom and knowledge find genial soil,
And strength is developed for study or toil ;
Yes, land of my fathers,vthou e’er art my pride,
My boast that thy influence is felt for and wide-
That thy sons for our liberty struck the lirst.
blow, .
Which awoke all the wrath of a ty
ranous foe!
Here the fetters of tyrants" were cast in the brine
And the goddess of freedom" erected her shrine,
And the names of thy sons upon history’s page
Shall win admiration for age after age ;
Wooster, Putnam and others, too many to name,
With Webster and Shefman shall long be thy
fame.
Though Italy may boast of her vines and her
_ skies, I
Her temples and ruins—-my heart still replies,
That dearer to me is my own native land,
Where, beauty and freedom are joined hand'in
in hand ; _ _
Here give me a home ’neath my own native sky,
And beneath its green turf lay my form when
I die.
Bachelor-’s Hall.
more A.LIMERIOK,PAPER.
Bachelor’s Hall! what a.
it is ;
Kape me from such all the days of my life ;
Sure, but I think -what a burning disgrace ltis,
Niver at all to be getting a wife. ‘
queer looking place‘
See the old Bachelor, gloomy and sadenougli,
Placing the taylrettle over'th'e’fire, , ' I
Soon it tips over—St. Patrick I he’s mad enough
(If he were present) to fight with the Squire.
,\
Now, like a hog in a mortar-bed wallowing,
(Awkward enough) see him kneading his
dough ; -I '
Truth, if the bread he could eat without swal-
lowing,
How it would favor his palate you know.
His dishcloth is missing, the pigs are devouring
it, v
In the pursuit he has battered his shin ;
A plate wanted washing, grimalkin is scouring
.it,-- '
Thunder and turf‘! what a pickle he’s in.
Pots, dishes and pans, such greasy commodities,
Ashes and parata skins kivcr the floor ;
His cupboard’s a storehouse of comical oddities,
Things that had never been neighbors before.
His meal being over, the table's left sitting so ;
Dishes take care of yourselves if you can!
But hunger returns, then hc’s fuming and fret-
ting so ;
Och! let him alone for a haste of a man.
Late in the night, then he goes to bed shivering-
Nivcr_a bit is the bed made at all;
He_crapes like a terrapin under the kiveriu’-—
Bad luck to’ the picture of Bachelor’s Hall!
niseerrnnr.
The Society of Ladies‘.——'1‘he follow-
ing pertinent remarksoccur at the close
of an article on the dangers of “College
Life,” from the pen ofa New York cler-
gyman, which appeared in’ the N_. York
Times :
The society of ladies has, done much
for me all my life long; and it was the
salutary softening influence of such as-
sociations that with God’_s blessing, re-
strained me from many an excess into
which I might otherwise have been
while receiving myreducetioii. It is a
bad sign when a young man has no relish
for such company.’ ' Wliateve_r be a
man’s station.in.'life,_ whether higher or
lower, public or private, he will become
a better man, and escape many adisaster,
if he will li en in (Inc season to the voice
of the intelligent and the refined among
the other sex. Not only do they gener-
ally excel us in their nice perception of
the proprieties of life, and in their tender
sense of duty to both God and man, but
they are equally before us in their in-’
stinctive facility of forcseeing evil before
it is upon us, and of wisely discerning
the character and motives of men. ‘_
It was not all a dream which made the
wife of‘Julius Caesar "so anxious that he
should not go to the Senate Chamber on
the fatal ides of March; and had becom-
plied with her emreaties, he might have
escaped the dagger of Brutus. Disas-
ter followed disaster in the career of
Napoleon, from the time he ceased to
feel the balance wheel of Joseph'me’s in-
fluence on his impetuous spirit. Our
o\vn Washington, when important ques-
tions were submitted to’ him, often has
said he should like to carry the subject
to his bed chamber before hehad formed
his decision; and those that knew the
clear judgement and elevated purposes
of Mrs. VVashiligtoii, thought all the bet-
“ terof him for wishing to make her a
confidential councillor. Indeed, the great‘
majority of men who have acquired for
-‘ themselves a good and great name were
not only married men, but happily mar-
ried—“ both paired and matched."_ . ‘
[|:? ‘Mary, why did vou kiss your hand
to the young gentleman opposite, this
morning 5’ said a careful parent to his
blooming daugliter.
‘Why, the fellow had the impudencc
to throw a kiss clear across the street to
me, and of course I threw it back indig-
nantly. You wouldn’t have had me en-
courage him by keeping it, would you '."
Suspicious paternal relative is con-
vinced that he drew an erroneous infer-
ence.
My Husba
nd.-—-A Sketch from
_ Real Life. -
My husband is a very -strange man.
provoked about such a little’. thing as
' that scarlet scarf. ‘Well, there is no use
in trying to drive him, l’ve settled that
in my mind. But he can be coaxed—-
can’t be though? And from this time
shun’: I kuow.how to manage him '.'-—
Still there is no denying Mr, Adams is a
strange man. You see, it was this mor-
iimg at breakfast, I said to him: “Hen-
ry, I must have one of those ten dollar
scarfs at Stewar_t.'s. They are perfectly
charming, and will correspond so nicely
witli my maroon__velvet cloak., I want
to go this morning and get one before
they are all gone.”
“Ten dollars 'don’t grow on every
bush, Adeline, and just now times are
very hard you know,” he answered, in a
dry, careless kind of a tone, which irri-
tated me greatly. Beside that,-I knew
he could affordlo get me the scarf just
as well as not, only perhaps my manner
of requestingit did not quite suit‘ his
lordship. ' -
"_Gentlemen who can afford to buy
satin vests-at ten dollars apiece, cauhave
no motive but penurioiisness for »object'-
bag to give their‘ wives as much for a
scarf,” 1 retorted glancing at the money
which a moment before he had" laid by
my plate, reqiiesting’ me to procure one
for h'im—he' always trusts me in‘ these
matt.ers—-I spoke angrily, and should
have been'sorry for it the next' moment,
if he had not answered: " ‘ '
"'You will then charge it to~my penu-
riousness, I suppose, when-I tell’ you
that you cannot have another ten ‘dol-
lars'." '
“Well,.tlien, I will-take this and»get
a scarf. You can dolwithout the vest
this fall,” and I-took up the bill and left
the foam, for’ he did not answer. '
I need it, and must. have it was my
mental observation,-as I ‘washed mylear
swoilon eyes and adjusted ‘my hair for a
walk on Broadway, buvall ' thefi w«hi'le
there was ii whispering at my heart-
“Do not do it. Go and buy the vestfor
your husband,” and at last that inner
voice triumphed. I went to the-iailor’s
. bought the vest. and brought it home; '
“Here it is, Henry, I selected the col-
or I thought would suit you best. Isn’t
it rich?” I said as _I unfolded the vest
after dinner, for somehow my pride was
gone I had felt so much happier since
I had given up the scarf. _ _..
Hedid not_answer..m'e, but there was}
sucli a ‘look of -tenderness fil|'ing.his dark.
‘eyes as his lips fell, on my forehead, that.
it was as much as I could do to keep
from crying outright. But th,,e,'cr.e_ar-n_of.
the story is not yet told. At nigfitivlien
he came home to tea. he threw"/"a little
bundle into my lap. I opened it, and
there was the scarlet‘ scarf. the very
one I set my heart on. at Stewart’s yes-
terrlay.
“Oh Henry E” I said, locking up and
trying to thank him, but my lips trem-
bled and tears dashed over the lashes ;
andlie drew my head to his heart and
smoothed down my curls, and murmur-
ed ihe old loving words in my car, while
I cried there a long time, but my tears
were such sweet ones. He is a strange‘
man, my husband, but be is a noble one
too, only itis a little hard to find it out’
sometimes, and it seems my heart says
more earnestly to night than ever be-
fore——God bless him.
Premature Matrimony.
Marriage is a divine and beautiful ar-
rangement. It was designed by Provi-
'dence not solely as the means of keeping
up population, or as a mere social and
economical convenience, but as the blen-
ding of two spirits imo one——the mascu-
line representing wisdom, and the femi-
nine afection. When there is a true
spiritual affinity between the two, then
the design is accomplished.
Premature marriages are among the
greatest evils of the times, and it would
not be a bad idea in these days of re-
forms, _ if an Auti-marryin9;-in-a-hurry
Society were instituted. Now-a-days
people leap into the 0 magic life circle
with no more consideration than they
would, partake of a dinner——-little think-
ing that when once in, they are there
until their end ‘comes There is but
little, sometimes no mutual analysis of
disposition, and comparison of taste and
affections. They seem to fancy that, if
there are any discrepancies, the fatal
Gordian knot, which can be seldom cut.
and never untied, will harmonize all.
. Th_e_numbers who have felt this truth
--the numbers still feeling it to their
bea,rt_’s 'core—are incalculable. They
recognize it as the great mistake of
their lives. The chain is not to them a
silken one, but a cable of iron,_that tigh-
tens around‘ them more and more, crush-
ing all hope and energy, substituting
hate for love, and eating out with its
rust, the very inner life of the soul.
Boys and girls now marry to agreater
extent than ever before, instead of wai-
ting till they become full grown and
matured men and women. The young
dandy. as sooiras he gets" out of short
jackets, and finds a little fzltrze gathered
on his upper lip--and the yoiing miss,
as soon as she emerges from the iiursery
and abbreviated frocks—— think _they are
qualified to assume the most solemn res-
ponsibilities of life. ‘And so if “Pa”
and "Ma” w‘on’t consent, they post ' off
to some Gretna Green, and mate". take
obligations that in ninety nine cases out
of a hundred, they will never cease bit-
terly to repent. '
Marriage should never be the result
of fancy. The ball room and the even-
ing puny rarely develop real characterrl.
Under the exliilerating influence of the
dance, the glare of lights,_ and the mer-
ry quib and joke, the -dissolute ' young
man may appear amiable, aii¢l'l.he' slat;
teriily scold. lovable. Matches made at
such places, or under" s"inl"i|ar circum-
'sfiirif:es'are not of the rcl-ass that originate
in heaven. They more -[generally are
conceived in the opposite place, and
bring forth only iniquity. Thetruc way
to learn each other is to do it at home,
in the parlor, in the kitchen, and on oc-
casions that test the temper. We see
the retult of these unions in the almost
daily divorces that are taking place, in
the running away of husbands, leaving
their wives and children to starve, and
in the elopement of wives. Not only
this, but we witness it in broken spirited
'I‘o think how he could have grown so"
men, made old in the prime of life, strug-
gling on for mere food and clo'thing, and
shelter, and in women cro_ss,_dirty, slut-
tislfand ,w.rink_|ed. A .
Inwoiild be quite impossible for us,to
depictifaitlifjilly the multitude of physi-
caliand moral ‘evils that result from these
sinful alliances, for sinful they are.—
They ruin the body, corrupt the morals,
and siultify the mind. And the result
does not stop with husband and wife -
There are the children._ They partake
of the feebleness and vices of the par-
ents, both physical and moral, and go
out iutothe busy world stunted and
gnarled. God pity them! ‘
We would not be understood as spea-
king against the institution of marriage.
It is holy, beautiful, and benificent. , But
let every one takehis mate or none.- —
Let not the brave "eagle pair with’ ‘the
stupid owl, nor the gentle dove with the
carrion,crow. Like should have like.
It is aglorious sight to see two old peo-
ple, who have weathered the storm and
backed in the sunshine of life together,
go hand in hand, lovingly and truthful-
ly down the gentle declivity of time,
with no angers, nor jealoiisies, nor ha-
tredsqgarnered up against "each otlier,
and looking with hope’ and joy tothe
everlasting youthof heaven, where they
two sliallibe one,"fo'reve_r., That istrue
marriage_——for_it is the marriage of,spir-
it, with spirit. Their lovéis woven into
a woof of gold, that neither 't.inie,' nor
death, nor"e_t_crnity causever. ' ,
’ " . T/te;',Ec,léctz'c.'
i
. Frbm the Repzablicop .Io‘urn.oI.
,TransatIaj_1tic Telegraph. . .
By one of those peculiar coincidences
which so often form an auspicious" pre-
ludelo the accomplishment of greater]:-
terprises, both the American and Erench
presses are at this moment discussing
the feasibility of the trans-Atlan'tic-teie-
graph. We find'in the department of
a leading journal of. Paris ‘La Presse
the following article upon the great en-
terprise contemplated, and' which if it.
succeed, will almost'efl"ac'e the recollec-.
tion of all past acliievexiients _ Jof pyiicti-
cal science. ,In the translation .we have
'not'in every instance reduced thezfigure.
of distance and xveight to English, b'i'it_
this does not stand in the way ofia clear
, understanding of the writer :—-
"An English and American company
has -been fomied for the purpose of at-
tempting the establishment .of a tele-
graphic commuifiication across the At
lantic Ocean: .I§ver.siuce the first suc-
cess of-the submarine telegraph-,-since
experiment has shown the admirable
precfsioii with which the- submerged
telegraphic cord is made the medium of
communicatiou—-the magnificent proj-
ect of connecting the two hemisphres
by an electric cable has not ceased to
occupy leading minds in England and
America.
For a long time, to many minds, this
enterprise has seemed beset with insur-
mountable obstables. Admitting that
there may be found on the basin of the
Atlantic» a crossing place where the
depth of ‘the water is not too great to
admit the sinking and securing of the
cable, how can there be expected a suffi-
ciently long continuance of . suitable
weather, a. calm sea, a cable of sufficient
length and firmness, and means of trans-
port suf‘ficie_nt for the purpose? And
these obstacles overcome, it is to be
hoped that electricity, sent out from the
voltaic pile, will have power sufficient
for the purpose contemplated, and at so
immense a distance’? Many learned
men do not hesitate; to respond negative-
ly to these questi us, and especially so
far as relates to the latter point; that is
to say,.tlie possibility of preserving a
powerful eleitrical current-from one to
the other side of the ocean. Such was,
for example, the opinion of one of our
doctors of the Instiiute,.and one of the
most. learned of them-—M. Babinet.
Notwithstanding, English enterprise,
and American enterprise, right or wrong
ordinarily pays but little attention to the
opinions or fears of saizans. In 1853
an American corps, under the direction
of the navy department of the United
States, and in national Vessels, made the
prellniinary iiivestigations with refer-
ence to the project. These investiga-
tions were. under ihe personal direction
of Lieutenant Maury, one of the most
distinguislied of the scieniffic‘ men of
America. The first labors of this sa-
pant decided the first proposition, that
as to the most favorable place in which
to sink the cable. It was determined
that the most feasible point that offered
was from Ireland to Newfoundland.-‘
At the end of the year 1853, Lieuten-
ant Berrymzui executed a series of soun-
dings from Newfoundland to the Irish
coast. These hydrograpbic operations-
resulted in demonstrating that the estab-
lishment of the t_rans,Atlantic telegraph
was possible, or at least, was not oppo-
sed by any material obstacles presented
by the basin of the ocean.
From Newfoundland to Ireland, the
shortest distance is two thousand five
hundred and seventy-five kilometres,
(about two thousand Luiles,) end the ba-
sin of the sea between these two points
is a sort of plateau, fitted to receive, and
preserve without damage, the telegraph-
ic coril. It has sufficient depth also, to
preserve the wire from any disturbance
by anchors, after it is once placed, as al-
so from all icebergs and floating bodies;
and at the some time it is not so deep as
to prevent the sinking of the cable.
A
fo'undland and Ireland, without any ab-
riipt-va.ria_r,'ip_iis,_.,is about one thousniid
seven bund_.r,e _,‘_qiid,,;forty-five metres, (a
;'n1,etre is tliirty-seven and one-third En-
glisli_iiiches,) and at this depth the wa-
ters of the Atlaiitic are as caim as W059
of a lake, so that the wire once placed,
will be secure from all causes of rupture.
VVliatever may be the agitatious, of
the water on the surface, it affects the
ocean only to a certain d6P“‘- This
important fact has been arrived at by
experiments very simple in themselves,
but which give a striking illustration of
the connection that exists between all
facts in science, and which proves that
the mostinsigmficant observations, and
those first remarked, often conduct to
the most interesting inductions.
I
‘wire is concerned, and the other
‘concluded during the next
The depth of the ocean between Ne\i}.:-l73b'e» ‘"9 "‘a"MacL“re of which has 31'
Examining with the microscope _ the
debris brought from the bottom of the
ocean by the sounding lead during the
operations of Lieutenant. Berrymnu,
Professor Bailey has. discovered that
these.del2r2's are only excessively smnll
shell-fish, without any part of sand or
gravel. Thus, the professor remarks, if
there existed at the bottom of the Ar.-
lantic, where these soundings have been
made, any currents susceptible and suf-
ficient to disturb the cable, these cut‘-
rents would cause a deposit to be washed
up from the bed of the sea,, such as a
muddy ooze, or grains of sand, and min-
gle these debris with the shell fish. The
absence of any presentation of that na-
ture, shows that at this depth the waters
of the ocean arealmost
tion. .
Thus the first part of the , problem is
found to be aevautageouely. sqlyed, the
problem that relates to the obstacles to
be anticipated fromthe ocean itself.
It remains to. resolve other difficulties.
So: far as the lengthof the telegraphic
obsta-
cles than those to be found in the ocean
itself, which stand in the way or the in-
stallation of the telegraphic wire at the
bottoniof the ocean, facts known since
the inception of this project are found
to be of. a practical imp_ortan_ce, and are
of a nature tofmspire much hopes,
The. cable from _ Calais 20 Dover ,is
thirty kilometres in length. . It isformed
as is kno,wn, of four threads of copper,
uicased in a coating of gutta percha.—
These fountlireads form a sort, of, metal-
lic cord, around which is . still a fifth
thread. This last is surrounded. by two
threads of galvanized iron, and co nipo-
sed of pieces solileredi together, each
piece being about thirty-nine kilometres
in length. _
cable is one million eight hundred and
twenty-eight thousand eight, hundred
kilogfanis, or thereabour. (A kilograni
is fifteen thousand four hundred and
thirty-fourfgrains.) '
This cab_le Was‘ made, in the short
space of twenty days, b'y a machine in-
vented by Mr. G. Fenuick, engineer. of
me forges at Leaharn Harbor, Durham.
With six such mac'h,i,nes, the trans-At-
lantic cable could be m,ade‘in six or sev-
e_ii.mo'nt,hs, at least." _ ’ ,
Welnay add, as a niore recent dem-
onstrafion still, tliat-the submarine tele-
gi‘aph’tlirough the Black Sea, from Var-
ua to the allied camp before Sebastopol,
one hundred and fifty leagues, (six hun
dred k'ilometres,) has been completed
during the present month, (May) and
the whole matter presented no difficult
point. ‘ _ _ ,
‘.‘Pcrbaps the most difficult part of
the whole matter, so far as, arriviiig at
any ssatisfactory coriclusionis concern-
ed, relates to the question as to the sen-
d'ing‘of_‘the electric current over so long
a wire,
land is three thousand five hundred and
seventy-five kilometres. But known
facls offer a hope of the solution of this
problem. In fact, on the immeese terri-
tory of the United States, telegraphic
lines are operated for the distance of
from three hundred and twenty five to
four hiindred leagues. They have even
succeeded in making signals by an elec-
tric current, on the uninterrupted line
between Boston and Montreal, a dis-
tance of two thousand four hundred
and fourteen kilometres. Indeed, the
telegraph has been xvorkedwithout any
interruption the whole length of the
line between New York and New Or-
leans, by Charleston, Savannah and Mo-
bile, adistance of seven hundred and
ninety leagues, (three thousand one limi-
dred and sixty four kilometres.)
The difficulties of transporting the
enormous mass of cable, the: weight of
which would be one hundr.ed and twen-
tyfone millions eight hundred thousand
kilograms, presents no insurmountable
obstrcle. ‘. For“tbat purpose there would
be required a sufficient number of ships
to transport the whole in sections. Fi-
nally, it would net be impossible to find
favorable weather for the subniersion of
the cable, since there has been found a
season propitious enough for the. pur-
pose of making the soundings and other
delicate bydograpbic examinations on
the entire line. .
All these facts, and all the investiga-
tions of which we have seen any ac-
count, have appeared sufficient, in Eng-
land and America, to warrang the put-
ting of this admirable project to a prac-
tical test. At. the commencement of
this year, two companies, one English
.and the other American, associated them-
selves together for this purpose.
The Trans-Atlantic Submarine Tele-
graph Company, which is composed, as
we know, of English and French capi- ,
talists, has concluded with the New
York, Newfoundland and London Tele-
graph (American) Compnny,a contract,
by virtue of which the first engages to
construct and place, at all risks and per.
lls, a marine cord, to connect Ireland
with St. Johns, Newfoundland. The
cable is to be in its place before the 22.1
of January, 1858.
To connect the trans-Atlantic tele-
graph with the various Uimea States
lines, it will be necessary to establish a
private line between Newfoundland and
Prince Edward's Island, which is but a
short distance. A second electric cable
will be sunk so as to continue the line
to Cape Breton. The American compa-
ny uudertake this siipplemelltafl’ lal’01'-
Unce C0l1Strui:ted,Eu1‘0pe and America
will be connected by all their various
ramifications of telegraphic wires. The
supplementary part of the work is to be
year. The
,»'ea_dy_ commenced in England, will
we:gh fi‘v,e,ions and two hundred pounds
per mile, and ,will be coristructed with
great care. Each company will have
the proprietorship of the portion it builds
but the line is to be operated in common,
and to the exclusion of every other com-
pany.
In conclusion, if success crowns this
admirable enterprise, it will be only
three years before we shall be able to
annoince. the accomplishment of one of
the most astonishing marvels of this or
any former age.”
The Evening Post has an article up-
on the same subject, and also an engra-
ving which represents a section of the
wire, which is being nianufactured in
Camberwell, England, by Kuper St 00.
without mo-‘
The whole. ,u/eight of the
From Ireland to Newfound- .
The cable" “is an inch and a half in di-
ameter, and contains six communicating
copper wires-—copper of all metals hav-
ing, the greatest capacity for conducting
the‘ ‘electrical ' current.‘ The company
have obtained of the Danish govern-
sive tight to establish telegraphic" com-
munications across Greenland, Iceland
and the Faroe Islands, with the View of
adopting this route in laying down the
submarine cable, as there is some doubt
as to whether sufficient electrical action
can beproduced one cable of two thou-
sand miles i_n length, the ?*d=ista'ncé"'be-
tween Newfoundland and Ireland.-—
There are now experiments going on in
Europe tl’ia't_ will determine-thi‘s‘point.
VVe learn that Mess‘t's. Alden -and
Eddy, to whom ‘our G‘o‘vc_'2i’fiéiit"=.have
grauted the right of w‘a§r"‘to" Eiinstruct a
line to California, are7ac'tihg iii" captur-
reiice with the trans-Atlantic 'comiia_ny,-
so that in a few years th'él‘e"iiiay be hour-
ly ccimiiiuiiications betwetln San Fran-
cisco and tb'e'Ea_st'Indies',:___"‘d’ at suin-
definite date we i'nay' 'day,'\’vitli”"Puck ; G’
’jI can put a girdle rouuditlfezearth ' A
of”, Is forty minutes.” '1 ll 1.‘ '
J
.,;
, ‘Cause 0'! ‘£1-;u‘;' “
A work has just}beIen‘is'ii'ed:’_ fig.
nicli, Bavaria, written ,by_ Pitfenké
ber, Professor of Chemistryat ‘the,Mi’1'-
nicli University, entitled “ Investigations
and observations in" regard to the
_gation of Cholera, with reflections"on'ifio
The book is the result of ,observations
made at Munich, Nuremburgh, kegs,
burgh, VVurtzburgh, Ebrach,'1ngolstadt,
Rattisbone, Fraunstein, and Freysing;
and the author compares his results with
the " Report of the Mortality of Cholén
in England, 1848,” and the reportsbh
the Cholera in India during the year.
1817,1818, 1819, James Sampson." "He
finds a general agreement in all "then
data, and comes to the following fissur-
‘ esting conclusions touching Cholera:-_’—
1. That ' it is not contagious, in the
usual sense of the word; but that ijt,can,
nevertheless, be carried from one,pl,l'c'o
to another. A _ . _
2. That it always follows the usual
routes of commerce. ' _
3'. That no elevatioii above the level
of the ocean, furnishes a guarpntee
against the disease, not is any depth.noc-
essarily exposed to its ravages. ,,
4. That no contagious cholera matter
is floating in the atmosphere. and that
consequently ‘that disease is not pro"pog,|-
ted by currents of air. , ,
,5. That it. is not propagated through
the_water,_ , ~ _ _ o
_6. That iris not propagated through
the earth. -
.7. That the earth receives and,devol-
opes the cholera contagion from the ex-
crements of diseased persons.
8. That excrements from adiseased
person, thrown into a sink or privy, are
capable of transforming the whole "mass
into a hearth of cholera contagion.
9. That the_ gases disengaged by the
decomposition of organic substances, and
especially of excrements, penetrate the
earth, rise to the surface, and become
then the cause of fevers and of cholera.
10_ That, there has not been a single
case of cholera observed in Bavaria that
could not be traced to that species of in-
fection. .
1 1. That the stools of persons afflicte
with cholera, or that peculiar speciesof
diarrhoea which usually precedes cholera,
are more infectious than those whoaro
actually seized with the disease. '
12. The cholera is always carried to
a place where it has not yet appeared,
by a diseased person, and communicated
through excrements brought in contact
with the earth; and that there. is no
v°""i‘ “"?Y:°.f' propagating the disease.
Immediate contact with the patient,'in.
haling the air of the sick room, washing
the dead body, nay, even dissectigag it pf.
tel‘ death, does not communicate the
disease. _ . _
13. Not every species of earth acts on
the process of decomposition in like niflfi.
ner, and the capacity for spreadingfithe
contagion in the manner above stated,
Varies in consequence with the compari-
son of the soil on which dwellings are
built. On rocky foundation, granite ,0:
sandstone, cholera never beeomes,_epi-
demic. An aliuvial soil, nnderlaid with
lime or clay, or any other cause which
keeps the ground moist, may become a
teeming womb for the cholera contagion.
14. The cholera poison may be in. a
person from one to twenty-eight days,
without manifesting itself. ’1‘his.fIct
furnishes a measure for the distance to
which it may be carried from one place
[0 another. _ .
15. The disease which is not commu-
nicated is carried to the inmates of
houses, sleeping in rooms exposed to tho
cholera poison as above engendered.
16. If the cholera, as proved in Log.
eon, is more intense and fats! in the
plain than on elevations, it will, on In-
vestigation, be found that it is owing to
the better drainage, by which filth is re-
moved before it is decomposed, or beforg
it enters, as in damp and wet soils, into
process of fermentation. Dr. Pattenko-
ber found some of the worst cases of
cholera on hills where the privieo of
houses still higher situated em tied into
sinks or sewers of improper ii! I. Th.
upper houses were generally exempt,
17. To prevent contagion, the moo];
of cholera patients must be disinfected
before they are emptied. The best diein-
infected agent is vitriol of iron. Chloridg
of lime only purifies the air, but does not
destroy the cholera poison.
18. When strangers from cholera dis-
tricts are expected to arrive, the privies
of hotels and boarding houses where they
are expected to put up, ought to be dis-
infected with vitriol of iron-—say mice 3
week. In the rooms and corridors of
hospitals, turpentine may be spread, on
paper and exposed to the atmosphere.
The ozen (electrified oxygen) thus given
out is the best purifyer of the atmosphere.
19. Care must be had not to allow
any linen to be washed which is soiled
“Hill the excrements of a cholera patieno.
The P100888 of maceration to which
soiled clothes are usually subjected, is
capable of developing and communica-
ting the disease in its worst form. June-
son found the same truth in "1817, '13
and '19 in India, without tracing it to
its source. ,
20. There are no other unitary regiu
ment for one‘ hundred years, the ='excln- _
proper means of arresting its pi-ogi-es's',".’. _
Norwalk Chronicler