. .. _.-.- -. ___ _ .. - iiiiiuds us of .Abrallaiii, to whom it was promised, " thou shalt be buried in a good old age ;” and of whom it was af- terwards recorded that he " died in a good old age, an old man and full of years.” An old man is a venerable sight. " The hoary head is n crown of glory if it be found in the way of right- eousness." Mr. Ellis " brought forth fruit in old aga;" and in him was verified the promise, " even to your old age I am lie.” He possessed naturally a very strong mind. Had it been early and properly trained and cultivated, he might hpive IS made one of the greatest of men. _ theology was Calvinistic. Gill was his favorite commentator. But he read much and prized Fuller. He was not li popular preacher; but he must have been generally interesting and useful. His sermons were doctrinal and syste- matic; chiefly adapted to Christians, but often containing pungent appeals to the sinner. He usually preached from brief notes. We have looked over some of his skeletons and find them_trulyiedify- ing. His conversation during the wri- [e[’3 acqugimorics with him, which was in his last days, usually turned on holy things—practical godliness and P_°"5°ll‘l religion, too, rather than theoretical di- vinity. When he descended from these high themes, it was almost sure to be to tell an anecdote of Rowland Hill, whom he greatly revered. Mr. Ellis’ general character, as was natural, was after the pattern of his spir- itual Father. He had his peculiarities --was of a very quick and decided judg- ment, free of speech, and self-confident. Yet he was not obstinate. He was ever ready to be convinced of an error, and when convinced he would heartily aban- don it. Neither was he boastful and ar- rogant; but possessed that just self-es. room no rospect which made him a man among his equals. _ His Christian character was irre- proachable. Before God. he W?‘ Sm" kingly humble. During hid last sickness he often expressed the sentiment which John Wesley had done upon his death bed. based upon that of Paul- “ I the chief of sinners am, But Jesus died for me.” He frequently uttered the desire that he might be patient and ‘resigned ; and a phrase often upon his lips during the last days of his life, was " I-le doeth all things well." In him another minister has seen "the f..ist of earth.” His name is stricken from the living to be placed on the dead roll of the church. Many respected and loved him, and they miss him. ' His sympathy, counsel and aid the church is Jeprived of forever. " The chariot of F -rael and the horsemen thereof” have some -lown and borne him to the celes- -ll city. The world can ill afford to ;.Il‘t with righteous men ; least of all with good ministers of Jesus Christ. They are "the salt of the earth,” the izglit of men. He did not live in vain. Many in eternity will acknowledge their indebt- edness to him as an agent of grace. Ma- ny a trembling sinner has he led to the .-toss; many a wounded heart directed :..ito peace. And now he " rests from “.is‘labors, and his works do follow him." fife preached, he has recorded, upwards <3? 6000 sermons, and baptized about 130 souls. A favorite passage of scripture with ':.::.e departed was, “ He being dead yet =<-iealteth." He has inscribed it in sev- . .'al of his books. The saying is strictly zzue of himself. And what does the oice say '." Perpetually and amen—“Be . s a follower of me, as I also was of ' ilirist.” " Be ye followers of those who I-trough faith and patience are now in- ‘ eriting the promises.” Long may he »‘-intinue to speak ; and God grant that ye may hear him as he thus breathes rth solemn and constant. The righteous must die. They too must take that route, which is sad, even slough it leads to Paradise. Faith indeed » niye: " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are.” 1;-‘int nature still cries- ~ The wearlest and most loathed worldly life, "rat age, ache, penury and imprisonment -' kin lay on nature, is a paradise 3‘) what we fear of death. " Thanks be unto God which givetli ithe victory through our Lord Jesus 5' hrist.” Txianir Bunoi:ss.—The recent death ;-9' this great New England Orator, has §'l.'0l.IglIt again to mind his tremendous rihillipic against John Randolph—whicli probably never was surpassed for ven- .1--.nousinvectiv_e. It would have been outrageous, uttered against any other still] than Randolph of Roanoke, who never scrupled himself to wound an ad- versary in the most tender part. Ran- r“-olph had no chi|dren—-and the follow- ing was the conclusion of Mr. Burgess’ retort to some sarcastic remarks upon New England ‘: *- Sir, Divine Providence takes care of His own uiiiversi-.. Moral monsters .4-auiiut propagate. Impotent of every. zh-no hm niai.-volence of purpose, they -. an no otiierwise multiply miseries, than My l-lasplieriiiiig all thatis pure and pros- :-vrousand happy. Could demon propo- ~.-aH= demon, the universe might become 9 Pantlemoiiiiim ; but I rejoice that the ‘mixer of lies can never become the fath- er of liars. One adversary of God and M180 15 eII0|lgh'‘ for one universe. Too “Mich. Oh 5 ll0W me much for one nation." It is Bllrl. We ‘ltcow not how truly, hat R9“d°lPhl|’ND°1liately left the Hall, ..-nd never raised his voice more after- yards. Nathaniel 1’. Banks, Jr.. the present luti-Nebraska Speaker of the National iiiouse of Represntatives, is a native of -‘llfilelllli N: H. He was bred to the "reds of a Black-smith and worked or that and in ii shop untill he was more ban thirty years of age. Relinquisiiing that business he commenced the study of law, and was elected a member of the ildassachusettsflouse of Representatives ,; revious to his admission to the bar. In . 851 he was re elected to the House, :- lid was chosen speaker of that body, -srhich station he filled with distinguish. 'd ability for two years. In 1853 he ,. resided over the deliberations of the ".*lI'gQ3t and ablest deliberative body as- - imbled this state since 1820, being the - onstitulional convention of that year--— "Is is about forty years of age. of slender =’=u_t erect and muscular figure, of dark »-air, decided aspect and quick motion. Springfield Republican. A Favorite Remedy.--We believe -..-an medicine in the world has fier given ich astonishing proof of its eficacy as Jr. Rogers, Lioertoort, for and Can- .-._.-lalagua. In cases of severe Cough, . .l_roncIis°¢s's, and incipient Consumption, no medicine actsin the most prompt rid agreeable manner, restoring health * hen all oyther remedies have failed; - is sold by all Druggist. [G- A foot of snow fall at “St. Louis, A the 6th. 1 .- of the Persia. - _. New YORK; Feb. 9. The Belgiqne put back leaky. The Arago arrived at Southampton. 83 m_l<l' night on the 25th. -~ Kelly 8.’. Gilmore, of Manchester have failed. _ Chances in favor of speedy Pacific settlement are on the increase. Rus- sia’: sincerity is as much ¢i“°5l'°“9‘l 3% on former occasions. but 3PP°'“'3“°°‘ are all fair and straightforward. The czar has ordered his army in the Crimea to cease hostilities, without wai- ring for formal armistice, although it is rumored thatarmistice is agreed on for three months. France, England, and Austria eon- tinue in accord, although it is foreseen that grave questions" must arise during negotiations. No place of meeting yet decided. Despatches of doubtful ou- thenticity say it will certainly be either Paris or London, and also that Baron Brunner will be the Russian plenipo- tentiary. It will be Feb. 2d, at least, before all preliminary signatures are appended to the agreement to meet. .The ships Honson, Independence, and Mary Green have been lost. i Daily News claims, on undoubted au- thority, that the preliminary treaty will be signed probably before esday— certainly before the meetin Parlia- ment. An armistice will be concluded immediately after signing preliminaries and negotiations, with a view to a final comprehensive treaty. It further cléims that it is the deter- mination of the Allied powers, to exer- cise to the full extent the right reserved to them by the 5th article of the Aus- trian proposals, to bring forward addi- tional stipulations to the general inter- ests of Europe. Despatches from Berlin state that the peace proposals were strongly supported at St. Petersburg, by Holland. K? The Palladium collates the fol- lowingfparagraphs concerning the Je- rome Clock Co.’s affairs, from various New York papers. . The first is from the Journal of Commerce: “ A meeting of creditors of the Jerome Manufacturing Co. was held at New Haven ‘last Saturday evening. The debts of the Co. were stated to be about $550,000, and the assets at a cash valu- ation, about $400,000., It was repre- sented that Mr. Barnum had offered 100,000 to he released from his obliga tions to the creditors of the company, amounting in the aggregate to something like 300,000. This proposition was not accepted at the meeting, but may possi- bly lead to an arrangement. An effort is making to get up a new company. with a capital of $250,000-—the _ stock- holders to consist chiefly of creditors of the old Company. Whether or not the attempt will succeed. remains to be seen. The Express says: " It is said that P. T. Barnum’s con- nection‘ with the Jerome Clock company (New Haven) embarrassments are of this sort : He agreed to endorse and ac- cept for that company papers to the, ex- tent of $100,000. By some means or other, however, it is further said, that company has made him answerable for something over four times the amount. The law, it is expected will decide whether this increase was genuine or otherwise. So _goes the story on Change. Some of the Connecticut cred- itors,’ it is reported in Wall street, are about to enjoin the Jerome Company from paying t_li_e paper held in New York, on the ground that it is "accom- modation,” bought at an enormous dis- count, and of course usurious. There is fun ahead for the lawyers. The Evening Mirror has the following; ” An application was made in the Sn- preme Court on Friday on the part of Mr. Barnum, to direct the words ’secur- ed by appeal, to be endorsed on the dock- et of a judgment obtained by Orson D. Munn, and other against. the defendant for the sum of 816.974. The effect of this would be to remove alien on his real estate, and enable him to sell it.- The decssion was reserved. We under- stand that Mr. Barnum is on the paper of the Jerome Clock Company to the amount of nearly $500,000. but the pay- ment of which it is supposed he could successfully resist on the ground of fraud We learn, however, that a compromise is contemplated with the holders of his endorsements, which will probably be effected. The liabilities of the Compa- ny amouni, it is said, to nearly $600,- 000, while the assets will probably not reach above $400,000." The Tribune says: "As we understand the facts in re- gard to the unfortunate entangling alli. ance between the Jerome Clock Compa- ny and Mr. Barnum. the latter for the purpose, among other inducements, of establishing a branch of the manufactu- ry at East Bridgeport, where he was largely interested in land, agreed with the Clock Co., to indorse and accept of them to the amount of $110,000. 'l‘he notes and acceptances endorsed by him were generally left in blank as regarded iI'l8 time they had to run, with the un- derstanding that they were to be used mainly as renewals. he finds at last, that riie paper but, with his name on it, is‘ over 8450.000. If compelled to pay it, it would require the sacrifice of near- ly 31 000.000 worth of such property as he owns to accomplish it. The whole affair we understand, will be sifted tliro’~ the law, and what the result will be time only can tell. Mr. Barnum, we believe, provides promptly for his own private liabilities as usual. He has also amply secured Mr. Leland and Mr. Mil. ler, who are his‘ bondsmen in the Mann case. When he made the indorsements be supposed he was fully secured, but on examination the assets of the Com- pany are found to be of much less value than estimated.” A meeting of the creditors of the Je- ronie Manufacturing Company and of P.~ T. Barnum will be held at the office of .N. A. Cow-rey, New Haven’ on Monday evening next. It is stated that impor- tant propositions will then be made. In "'9 °Plnl°h 0l The New Haven Jour- nal and Courier. “ Any proposition which intends the whole or partial pay ment of creditors, within a given time. will be better for all parties than the chance of uncertain payment at the end 0‘ lawsuits :ind'forced sales of property. *4 The Republican Party. , The Boston Atlas thus forcibly speaks of the new Republican party, the prin. ciples of which are stigmatized as Black. The Republican is not a digunion party, and will not be. It has no other banner but "the Gorgeous Ensign of the Republic." It will march to no music but that of the Union. It will in. scribe upon its flag no such “ words of delusion and folly as “Liberty first and Union afterwards,” but "that other sen- timent dear to every true American lieart—Linaa'n' AND UNION now AND '9!-IVIII. on anti tssaraaaai.a.” Latest.— Lonnon, Saturday. —The ’ M_MM__.__ -r A steamer sent to the Relief the Pacific. . -New Yoitx, Sunday Afternoon. ‘ Lieiit.-Hartstein has telegraphed to- day to the Secretary of the Navy, - for permission to sail in the steam brig Arctic, in search of the steamship Recif- ic, and to convey relief to other v’ fssels presumed to be locked in the ice iii’ the vicinity of New Foundliind. I-lie applications were backed‘ by at very urgent request from Mr. Collins.- At 11 o’clock last night Secretary Dob- bin telegraphed back to Commander Hartstein, giving him permission to take the steamer, and she will be got ready l and probably start early this afternoon. The Arctic, which was recently em- ployed in the search for Dr. Kane, in the polar regions, proved herself admira- bly adapted for combatting with the ice and ‘no doubt will be of valuable service in the search for the Pacific. Her com- mander got her ready for sea in two hours after receiving orders from the Secretary of the Navy Mr. Collins has chartered and furn- ished with ample supplies the steamship Alabama, for a similar purpose, and she willsail at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Ngw Yoiut,‘Sunday Evening. The Alabama has gone on a cruise in search of the Pacific. The Board of Underwriters have put on board the Al- abama five hnndred barrels of provissions that she may be able promptly to relieve any vesselsshe may fall in with. There has been also been supplied a store of clothing for the same purpose, with extra spars, boats, casks of water’ &c. The Persia on her late voyage, badly damaged her wheels in the ice, and was compelled to steer south for eight hours and stop for repairs. She then came on under easy steam—hence her long pass- age. . It is said that the Star of the West took out yesterday about three hundred Fillibusters for Nicaragua, including several of those now under indictment in this city. ’ A Herald Washington Correspondent telegraphs there is great excitement here about the formation of the Committees in the House. They will not, probably be announced before Tuesday. Mr. Cambpell, of Ohio, has been tendered the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Pennington,s friends. claim the position as due him.- Mr. Giddings, it is said, will be at the head of the Territorial Committee and Mr. Colfax Chairman of the Coirimittee on Piihlic Lands. Hon. N. P. Banks, Jr. The career of Nathaniel Prentiss Banks is full of interest and hope the more especially to the young. He has risen to his present post from the hum- blest of life. His early days witness him struggling with poverty, a boy of 15 years, working sixteen hoursa day in the machine shop of the Boston Man ufacturing Company, at Waltham. " He was born in 1816' and is 40 years old—- Hie first appearance in public, except in a Dramatic Club, formed by the young men of Waltham.' was a -teinperance lecturer, making his debuts in Water- town. He read from manuscript before him. It was a creditable production—- He subsequently otained much skill as a speaker, in the debating club of the town. From that period, some fifteen years to the present, he has engaged more or less in politics. His thirst for knowledge has always been very mar- ked ; and to gratify it while yet in the machine shop’ he regularly spent the hours after work until midnight. Let those who see Mr. Banks in the chair of the House of Representatives, remem- ber that its price is twenty-five years of toll and study-—a long and Qugged path. In 1848 he comencedthe study of law in the office of the late Robert Ran- toul, Jr. In i819, 50 51 and 52 he repre- sented his native town in our Legisla- ture ; and in 51 and 52 was chosen Spea- ker. He was also elected President of the Constitutional Convention one of the most marked gatherings ever held in Massachusetts. He was elected to Con- gress in 1852 and again in 1854. On the last day of nine weeks, continuous balloting he is elected as Speaker of the House, a culminating point, we happén to know. of his oft cherished ambition. Mr. Banks is signally a} self made man. He is indebted to no adventitous aid for what he has in his head. The circumstances which he was surrounded in his early days, no less than the coun- sels which saluted his ears wer anything but encoragiug. Had he taken the coun. sel of those [who affected to be wiser than himself (the embodied spirits of of musty old fogyism often found in vil- lage life.) he would never have been known outside the limits ofhis village ; and only withintliem as perhaps, a civ- er piece of animated stupidity. Such is a glance at the salient points of Mr. Bank's career; one full, as we have intimated, of much encouragment and hope to the young. What Mr. Banks is most any young man may be if he will labor as long and as devotedly- . ‘ — ' Boston Bee. [?= " From the first the Democrats had no hopes of organizing the house.” —.Hart. Times And so your friends have been wast- ing the public money and resisting every effort from any quarter to organize the House while they had no hopes of orga- nizing it themselves. There's patriot- ism for -you.—Ha.r. Courant. The Newly Discovered Guano Is- lands.—By the last news from San Francisco we learn that the, U. S. flag- ship lndependence,(Com Merwin,) was soon to sail to those newly discovered Islands in the Pacific where guano is said to be found in immense quantities- The Comodore will go in person and take possession by order of the Govern- ment of the United States. If the san guine anticipations of Company are half realized, the advantages that must ac- crue to the agricultural interests of the country will be incalculable. By a letter from the special Agent to the Company, at San Yamslo to the President here, it would appear that the island and its de- posits are soon to be proclaimed fixed facts. The situation in which the President has left Kansas.-—Shannon, has abscon- ded, the public affairs of the territory are in the hands of the rufiian Woodson and and he is in the hands of the Missouri- ans. Meanwhile, inoffensive - citizens are murdered for exercising the duities and privileges of freemen; and the Pres- ident libels the associations which send them aid in their emergency. -What a beautiful Republican government we are living under !—Boston Atlas. []:_§"- The New Haven Railroad Com- pauy have suppressed a report of their earnings for the past few months, for the reason that they have fallen off. Jan. uary earnings of this year are some $3- 000 larger than last, on account of the suspension of steartiboating upon the Sound, and the fact is made public. Wiiflltd Herald. 1 News Summary. Gen. Cass slipped from the steps of the Patent Office last week, and sus- tained severe iiijury.-, A dispatch on Sunday evening pronounces him out of danger. The new Episcopal church at Southport was consecrated on the 31st ult., tip. the Rt.‘ Rev. Bishop Wil- liams. ‘A vein of copper or_e that promises to be valuable, has been dis- covered in »- Hawleyville, Fairfield. Co. An Irish woman, named Ellen Des- mond, was frozen to death, on Tuesday evening, in attempting to walk from Middlstotvn to Middle Haddam, on the ice of- the Conn. River. The Nation- al Intelligencer states that the health of Hon. Thomas Corwin of Ohio is impro- ving, although his severe injury last fall will result in permanent lameness. The court house in Waynesboro. N. C., with nearly all the records, and several adjoining buildings, was consumed by fire, Thursday night. We hope our Norwalk Records will not ‘share the same “fate. - - The schooner Vapor, with a cargo of rice and cotton, sixteen days from Cliarleston, S. C., bound to New York, put into New Haven har- bor on Saturday afternoon week, with a signal of distress flying. She was boar- ded by persons from the shore, when it was found that she was out of wood and provisions, and all hands in a great state of suffering. The American Council of Pennsylvania, assembled at Harrisburgh, recommend Millard Fill- more for the Presidency The Court to which the subject has been referred, have decided in favor of the great Cen- tral Park in New York City. On Tuesday, persons crossed the Hudson on the ice from New York City to Jer- sey City. Col. French has again been refused a ‘recognition as Nicara- guan Minister at Washingtoii. An Elephant was washed overboard during a gale, when 30 miles out at sea, and came ashore alive and well at Mount Pleasant, S. C. What is very remark- able he succeeded _in taking his trunk ashore with him. The ship Sebago foundered at sea on the 8th of Jan., and three of the crew were lost. She sailed from New York for Falmouth on the 24th of December. She was comman- ded by Capt. John Beecher of New Haven. Three hundred men, women and children were blockaded for thirty-. eight hours within seven miles of Chi- cago, week before last. Hon S. A. Douglass is recovering. The First Congregational and the Baptist Socie- ties of Danbury, intend to erect new church .edifices this Spring. Five more whites have been‘ massacred by the Indians in Florida. . The Demo- cratic Convention at Philadelphia, have recoiiimended Buchanan for the Presi- dency. Resolutions, thanking Pierce for his views of the Slavery question, put forth in his message, have been laid on the table in the Virginia.Legislature. Rank ingratitnde. A Louisville, Ky. aper estimates that the cold weather as ruined half ii million of dollars worth of potatoes in that city. Sev- enty cords of wood belonging to the N. Y. Central Railroad, were burnt at Port Byron, on Friday. It is reported from Washington, that Mr. Forney is dangerously - ill with inflammation of the bowels, supposed to have been pro- duced by the excitement and over-exer- tion of his late duties as Clerk of the I-Ionse._ He is recovering. Mayor Wood of New York, is very anxious for the erection of immense batteries on Long Island for the protection of the city. Missouri is fast becoming a great wine producing country. Wes- tern lard must be beautiful stuff. .Iii some places, it is manufactured by a pc- culiar process from hogs that have died of themselves. The Rhode Island State American Convention have chosen delegates for Philadelphia Convention- Mr. McElrath. of the N. Y. Tribune, one Mr. James Brooks, of the N. Y. Ex- press, have purchased houses in 5th Av- enue. There are so many candidates for U. S. Senator, in California that it is thought some of them will not be elected. The new steam frigate-Niagara, is 345 feet long, and measures 5200 tons. The Adriatic, building for the Collins line, is 352 feet long, and measures 5888 tons. She is the largesftoooden vessel in the world. The Great Eastern, now building at London, is of iron and is lar- ger than the Adriatic. ' i]? A Washingtan correspondent of a Baltimore paper, desscibing the Presi- dent's levee and the persons present, af- ter speaking of Judge Trumbull and la- dy of Illinois, says: - " Close behind followed the Senator from Connecticut, ‘Mr. Foster, a man whose clear intellect and energy of char- acter will, without doubt, ere long, ren- der him a shining light in those halls wherein the genius of clay and Calhoun have left an undying halo. He also ac- companied by his wife, an elegant and highly bred woman, and an ornament to the society of the Metropolis. [§ George Law has wrtten a letter to one of his friends in New Jersey, de- claring that he will not pay any money towards securiiig his nomination or elec- tion to the Presidency. Not only does be positively promise not to pay his way to the Presidency, but he now threatens to expose any mercenary adventurer who applies to him for money. l? One of the Hell Gate "pilots re- ports that on the morning of the 7th inst when at the Norwalk Islands he observ- ed a large schooner with a signal of dis- tress; she blowed,off toward Huntington, and afterward drifted back past Nor- walk to the eastward. Her name, hail or destination, was not known. It was supposed she was not leaking, lint per- haps short of provissions. D? This vessel was observed off our harbor on Sunday last, but could not be reached from the shore. A similar craft entered New Haven harbor in distress the same evening we beleive and we had supposed it to be the same. [§ The Rev. James Hoyt denies the statement that was published in the Nor- walk Gazette, which says " that he was a believer in Modern Spiritualism.”-— We thought at the time that there was no foundation for such a report. - Bridgeport Farmer. fl‘ It was the Stamford Advocate, we be- lieve, which started the story, We have had very little to do with hunting spirits this _cold weather. afar" An exchange says that larg quan- tities of sausages rae made of horse fiesh. A friend ofours says he believes it, as he invarebly has the nightmare when he has eaten them for supper. ix?’ The Kanzas call for aid was pre- sented by»Gov. Chase, to the Ohio Leg- islature on the 5th- inst , accompanied by a message referring in strong terms to the repeal of the Missoiiri comprom- ise, and to the distitrbances growing out of the repeal. l Norwalk,'l'pesday,Peb. 12, less. ..__.._. American Nominations. [:._ililectioii,-‘Monday. -April 7.] FOR oovaitnoit, WILLIAM. T. MINOR, of Stamford. r-‘on Lritrrr. oovaairoa, ALBERT DAY, of Hartford. sou -i-ausimiia, FREDERICK P. COE, of West Killingiy. iron sacaas-sax, NEHEMIAH D. SPERRY, of New Haven. roit ooitrraotnaa, EDWARD PRENTISS. of New London. 4. - Notice. Any person having $6,000 in cash at their command can purchase a mortgage having one and two years to run, paying 7 per cent. and of undoubted security so as to make several hundred dollars thereby, if immediate applica- tlon is made. Apply at this ofiice. .._...._ Notice. Any one having copies of the Gazette of March 20th, June-26th, and October 9th, 1855, will be liberally paid for their trouble if they will send them to us-those numbers having been lost from our files. _ Norwaik Institute. Mr. lllchnomdrs Lecture. _ We are gratified to learn that the Directors of the Institute have so far succeeded in the sale of tickets for the extra course of Lectures by Rev. James C. Richmond, that they have felt justified in making an engagement with that gentleman. The 11th and 12th Lectures of the regular Course will be delivered by him on the evenings of Monday the 18th and Wed- nesday the 20th of February, respectively. These will finish the regular Course. The extra Course will begin on Monday the 25th, and will be continued on Wednesday the 27th of February, Monday March 3d, Wednes- day March _5tli, and Monday March 10th ;flve Lectures in all, two Lectures to be given each week, till the last. The prices, one dollar for a ticket for the Course for one person; twenty-five cents for a ticket to a single lecture for adults, and twelve and a half cents for ticket to ‘single lecture for young people under fifteen years of age, are as low as the Lectures can be given I110 P‘! expenses. - We anticipate a rich treat. Lectures. this Week. Mr. Whipple lectures at Phoenix Hall, this (Monday) Evening, Feb. ll-subject, “Joan of Arc.” ‘ The Lecture announced to be given by Rev. J. P. Thompson, at the South Norwalk Congre- gational Chnrch this Evening, has been defer- red in order to give all an opportunity to en- joy the rare treat of listening to Mr. Whipple_ Due notice will be given of Mr. 'l‘hompsou’s lecture, and the fact of its being the’ best one of his series, will no doubt draw large num- bers from the‘ Bridge to hear him. Elihu Burritt, the Learned Blacksmith, lec- turing there on Wednesday week, 20th lust. and being unable to come any other evening, a change in time will be made for Rev. Mr. RichInond’s lecture, advertised for that date, if possible so to do. If the change can be ef- fected, notice of course will be given. Rev. Mr. Bradley, did notogive his lecture last Thursday as we erroneoulsy announced. He gives it some time hence. PAINFUL 0ocuaasucu.—A young mother in riding from Norwalk to Ridgefield last week, in the excess of her maternal anxiety to keep her infant warm smothered it, and on unwrap- ping the child on reaching home was horrified at finding it a corpse. -___. @.The severe weather of the past few weeks seems to have had a serious efi'ect upon the heaiths of several of our leading fellow townsmen. Messrs. Charles Isaacs, Win. C. Street, Samuel Lynes, Eben Hill, etc. have been prostrated with fevers, and causing more or less apprehension for their safety. We are glad to learn however, that nearly all are at present considered convalescent. Mr. Banlrs on Ansel-icanlssm. We shall publish in our next, Mr. Banks’ former speech on the American movement,de- iivered during the last Congress. and to which in his recent speech he referred all who desired to khow his views on that subject. _fi‘We give to-day ‘from the Christian Secretary, at Biographical Sketch of Rev. Father Ellis, as he was familiarly known among us, written by Rev. Mr. Ulyat. It will possessapecnliar interest to all who knew him in life. and will well repay a perusal by the general reader. “ Cash Down.” We give on our outside a story with a capl- tal moral, from the February No. of Arthur's Home Magazine, having the above caption.- We think it can be read with much b_enefit by anybody residing, say ten or twelve miles dis- tant from Norwalk. Of course no one here needs any such moral lesson, and we shall "stand in no fear of giving offence therefor, if we hint to. desire for all having business rela- tions with this ofilce, especially, to give it a careful reading. A Public Convenience. We are really glad to note, as we do by an advertisement in to-day’s paper, that one of our citizens has had enterprise enough to open a Wood Yard, complete in all its depart- ments. This is a convenience long needed by this town, and we are confident that the en- terprise will be well sustained. Jas. Finney, Esq., is the agent. 3, " 'l‘ypo’s” criticisms are all just, no doubt, but the game, in our opinion, does n’t warrant such an expenditure of amuiiltion. Congress Has not yet got fully under way. The elec- tion of Printer completes the organization, which will doubtless be accomplished to-day. The several Committees have not yet been definitely arranged. Mr. Banks, as Speaker, gives unusual satisfaction, even to the strong- est opponent to his election. Mr. Greeley, speaking of his appearance in the Chair, says ; Mr. Banks appeared in the Speaker’s chair this morning, for the first time as a presiding ofilcer. The promptitude, decision and quiet- ness with which he dispatched business, at once attracted the good opinion and confidence of the House, in his ‘ability and superior qualifi- cations. Everybody conceded that the man for the place had been chosen, and none were more ready in their acknowledgment than the Members who had been most zealous in the endeavor to compass his defeat. Following the clear line of dirt ,''and seeiii_ the path quickly and plainly, e cannot iii )0 _lr||P|'9§-‘l himself strongly upon the Rouge. 31.111 l.o~yi_!} over whatever feelings of l'l|'°J||‘ll¢9 3“! 39:‘ remain In a long experience ."“°o I _l"_',“ never yet seen any man ascend the spoon‘, _‘ chair with the seine consciousness of power and flies; e self-possessed ease in the performance; of all t e functions of the olllce. The IIerald’s Correspondent. says; “Mr. Banks gave evidence on Moods of f} determination to hold a tight rein, on pro- serve order. He seems perfectly at home, no doubt wii make a popular Speaker.” ' confidence. 3. By far the most original, if not most entertaining lecture before our Institute, was given last week by Rev. Mr. Clapp, of Danbu. ry, on Wednesday evening last. His theme was. prolific of historical incident, anecdote, &o., and well did the lecturer glean the field. Ills dry, yet irresistible wit, moved his audi- ence immeasurably, while never a muscle of his sober face changed its sedate expression. His sarcastic blade cleaved to the very bone, and yet he was true to his subject, and true to himself as a man and a minister. What awon- derfnl creature was John Randolph,of Roa- noke, thought we, and what a faithful and fo- licitous exposition of his erratic life was this lecture, thought everybody. fl“ Great fears are entertained for the safe- ; ty of the Collins’ Steamer Pacific, which sailed 3 from Liverpool on the 23d of January last-. Among her passengers was Legraad Smith, son of Stephen Smith, Esq., of Norwalk, also James Glenn, known to many of our citizens as the adopted son of Commodore Gregory. New Publications. Pntvarsi Coaairsrounizxcn or lunar Cur. Edited by Calvin Colton, L. L. D., New York: published by A. S. Barnes do Go. An interesting and valuable work. It con- tains ietters to and from Mr. Clay, from 1801 to the period of his death, arranged in chrono- logical order. It is worthy the patronage of every one, but especially of " Henry Clay Whigs.” The price of this work is $2.50 in muslin binding, and $3 in sheep. It is sold only by subscription. The Agent for New England is Frederick Parker, No. 52 Cornhlll, Boston. The Agent for this County is Mr. G. T. Barrett, who is likewise Agent ‘of the Cyclo- pedia of Literature, a valuable work just issued and which is meeting with a merited success. Mr. Barrett is now in town soliciting subscrip- tions for the above works. ‘ gr Wm. T. Hooker, originally from‘ West- fieid, Mass., and long cashier of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Hartford, has been promoted to the Presidency of the Continental Bank in New York. B. F. Warner, of Spring- field, is to fill the cashier’s desk vacated by Mr. Hooker. Mr. Warner is brother of T. Warner, Jr., Cashier of the Fairfield Co.Bank. A considerable amount of the capital of the Continental Bank is owned, we believe, by citizens of this town and vicinity. fit‘ There were about 60 representatives at the annual meeting of the Fairfield Co. Temp- eriince society. The liquor law was reported to be generally enforced and effective. m. There was but one vote from New England for Mr. Aiken of South Carolina, and that was from Mr. Fuller of Maine, whose seat is contested. A STRANGE Farm: on Na'ruitn.—Tnc wife- of the Mayor of New York city has been de- livered of a wood baby. fl‘ Rev. James Hoyt, denies the assertion made by the Stamford Advocate, that he was a convert to Spiritualism. ‘ For the JV‘orw«sIk Gazette. Mn. EDITOR :--To a man whose feel- ings are ardent in the love of his race, and who looks in the spirit of kindness upon the evils-incident to our existence in the world, anything calculated to in- crease our comforts, augment our happi- ness, or lessen the calamities of our being, is cherished by him with the tenderest emotions. Science has done much to improve the condition of men, and they who are its votaries, and in whose hearts a love of their fellows is predomi- natiug. are public benefactors. Ignor- ance and indifference are the parents of many evils. Selfisliness, also, blinds ‘the eyes and hardens the hearts of men, but "knowledge and skill, when directed to a eliorate the condition of our kindred am the world of mankind, possess prop- erties of the noblest kind. Men having such competencies and resolutely bent upon doing good, should be regarded by us with the highest respect and fullest They, even in our midst, are like fountains in the arid desert, and deserve that their deeds and names should be transmitted to posterity " like Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver.” Pope, in his Essay on man, declares that “‘VV0l‘lll makes the man! the want of it the fellow.” True worth mingled with benevolence and scientific knowledge, when devoted to the alleviation of human ills, is calculated togive lustre to the character of man, and nothing but selfish blindness will seek to obscure it. Medicine and Surgery hav,e ever done much good to the suffering portion of the human family,—life has been preserved and comforts restored, in the hands of scientific men, when administered with a wise discretion. The improvemenlsol the age are vast in these departments, and but a few among the mass of our citizens, from constitutional peculiarities if not from a destitution of a proper knowledge, can ever become distinguish- ed in any of the Professions. But when men, by patient study and accurate views, become superior to the multitudes about them, no selfish spleen should arise in our minds to take from them their dear-bought superiority. “ Honor to whom honor is due," is a maxim of sterling value. And if others have ac- complished morgtlian we have, it would be becoming in us to give the tribute of praise for meritorious actions, rather than to under-estimate their importance. The writer was led to these reflectlons from a knowledge of an exceedingly nice and successful operation performed by E. P. Bennett, M. D., of the Borough of Danbury, in extirpating an Ovarian Tumor of the weight of twenty-two pounds, from the body of a patient. The. late Dr. N. Smith, of New Haven, then unrivalled in the Surgical Departments of New England, first made a successful effort of-the kind, and this recent one of Dr. Bennett's, which has resulted in per- fect health, is the second. As a compe- tent Surgeon, without disparaging the learning and skill of others. a successful operation of this kind must give him a standing in community, and a hold upon the confidence of the public, too strong to be shaken, and we congratulate him as haying attained to an eminence in the Profession he has ‘chosen, which few §I__ O J I can equh.’ and n no excel . MEDlCl.lS. T. Elle night of the let all a house IT...‘ Pittsburg, Pa. was destroyed by fire, and two children perished in the flames. " 1e;'EZ: Waiting for a Thaw. "I shall have to wait until there comes a tlia'».'.'.” Very cool, Doctor‘. What a blessing quietnerves _l_nuSt he; ll ena- bles one to take such rational views of ‘ other people's sufferings-. Mail the. thaw begin so close to thy own heart that than will be fully conscious of 8 change! Lord, when thou deignest again to bestow ten talents on a physician, may it please thee to consider whether it is to, (desire. ' : one who will be willing, if able, to use them. Mercy on us! only to ‘think of ner- vous patienta waiting an awful suspense for a “thaw to come,” ere their worst fears are either removed or confirmed. Does it do them any good to know that the Doctor "is not one bit afraid they’ll die 2” . How can he tell what sudden change has come o'er them? Suppose he has in former days so gained their donfidence by his skillful management of their nerves, that they almost feel as if there wasa charm in his "old hat." Is it kind to put such confidence to sovere a text. Admitting that the disease may be in the imagination more than in the stomach. ' "Wait for athaw, indeed!" Yes, in addition to all your present worriments, makes thermometer of your feelings. and when the mercury begins to rise, hope may also be awakened, for the Dr. may come when it gets warm enough. Go tell the slave he must wait until he becomes white ere he can be free—give -no hope to the poor exile but in the death of his perseciitors—poslpone the execu- tion of sentence against the doomed criminal from day to day—-it is all noth. ing; despair has made them free. But the poor hypocfmdriac, don’t say "wait" to him, for he cannot quite despair, there will be just enough ofhope left to make him sick so long as he knows from ex- perience that even bread pills will work astonishing cures when administered by the right one—one who has gained their implicit faith. ” Ah! this is a world of trial and of contrast. And there are perhaps no re- lations in life in which the latter is more striking than that of Doctor and patient Just take the following as one instance : r In a pleasantly situated and tastefully furnished apartment sits the Doctor, in his “old arm chair,” leisurely reading the news, or perchance feeling a little weary, he is reclining on a luxurious lounge. Everything that affection can suggest is there to minister to his com- fort. He need not cross the threshold of his own door to enjoy the society of the intellectual and refined. He has earned lanrels enough (if he has taken his own time for it.) to more than satis- fy one of modern pretensions. Under such circumstances who could not af- ford to wait for “a thaw." In a room not far distant lies the pa- tient, who for many a long month has been unable to breathe the pure air of heaven except as it come faintly through the half closed shutter. The voice of friendship can scarce he listened to tho’ spoken in its sweetest tones. The al- -most noiseless tread of the attendant echoes through the shattered nerves. Day after day is the whispered inqui- ry rmde, "won't be come to-day '3” Of- ten is the throbbing heart stilled to mo- mentary quiet, to listen for the well known footstep, and as often does its wild throbbings return with redoubli-d quickness. Is there no hope? no re. lief? must the suffering patient patient- ly Wait Until Nature relaxes her stern features? her big heart throbs convul- sively and the very elements weep tears of sympathy’! God speed "the thaw.” A Surrnnaa. For the Gazelle. Ma. Enrroa :—Wliat few remarks I have made on the Liquor. Law, seem to have been well received, as no one finds fault with them. I have not yet prefa- ced my objections in full; if no one cho- ses to qake up the other side of the ques- tion, may I be indulg_ed to express my opinion through your éoliimns. In doing so it may be necessary to allude to other questions and to speak in general of the two parties to this present question, the effect it has on both is not the least ob- jection I have to the whole; my motto is for F‘ the greater! good to the greatest mtmber.” I consider peace and quietness the greatest blessings that this Earth af- fords, aiid I am of opinion that this Law has done more to disturb that equilibrium than any other law since the hanging of ‘Witches in Salem, and I think that they are not altogether dissimilar. both parta- king in a measure of fanaticism. I do not think every man dishonest who dif- fers from me in opinion I don’t think the Salem people were dishonest; I be- lieve they labored under a delusion, for when the Crown sent out his mandate to stop the proceedings and liberate their liuiidreds of convicts, the Witches all disappeared and have not been heard of since. I am still open for. con victton, and wish to hear some good argument 0!] the other side. Su,p;Nro[t5_ Ex-Gov. Reunite of Kanzas, has "written a letter which is published in the N. Y. papers, indigiiantly and warmly replying to charges against hi!!! contained in the President’s Kan- zas message. The Governor ably vindieates ghe charactes of the people of Kansas, and is not particularly velvety in repellingthe gross accns ations made by the President ; and he promises, when he shall be allowed to take his seat in Congress as the Representative of the Territory, to vindicate himself from the President's slaifilers. He thinks that one of President’s motives in sending his Kansas Message to Congress. was to prejudice the minds of members against him: and aid in keeping him from his seat. ""1:-’ m, Amongthe persons injured by the ac- cideift on ‘the railI'03,¢.l -‘Pf-‘_5ween Harrisburgh mi Philadelphia, was Rev. Anson Rood, :9... merly of Danbury, and more recently of New Ervoo, Ilia wounds are not considered dail- ts. .. ** ‘ ’ ‘ .92‘?!---r.-;?.—.J:§ 7 " -<-.i~=- Clair 'l*=-‘cw 3'’: PI o0fl'C].Id..°"‘ Ni-:w Yoitx, Feb. 8th, 1856. The great magician . of the weather,‘ iificeordance with the prayers of aflll<=~. ted“ thousands, has brought the "great circle” of snow to a close, and inaugu- ' rated a season of rain and slush. The latter is to continue till the winds of March dry up the super-abundant fa- vors of Aquarius. The two great arti- cles of demand this Winter have been furs and rubbers. The costui_rie.of the Russ has given an additional penciling of the picturesque to our unwonted Arc- tic scenery. The rubbers are peculifr- |y American, (if Goodyear be reliable,) but their minmtorm and slush associa- tions decidedly drown out allideas of the artistic and ‘graceful. The most provoking instance of this is in the case of ladies’ ankle-envelopes. Our India rubber idealiats have invented an article of long-legged boots, W50“ Ell't°“l“8 cylinders abroad the white statuary which once twinlrled their classical cot- ton our the wet pace of Broadway, and "shut out heaven from our view.” The highest utility and the most eleva- ted loveliness, in this, as in other cases, are incompatible. ’ ‘ In this icy winter, as if -to pile a Po. lion upon Ossa of ice, we have had icy plays and Arctic adventures spread be- fore us to "freeze the genial current of our souls.” The "Sea of Ice" has been served up to the li'alf-frozen hobs’- tues of one of our theatres, and Dr. Kane has added a dish of adventurous cream to the already congealed public. These entertainments should have been packed away in straw, until the sultry hours of the next July, if, indeed, they shall be sultry. , But the realities of New York har- bor, during the past fortnight, have out- 'Borealized the efiorts of the dramatist or the dangers of the adventurer. We have had the -frozen pack, and the ice- floe, the resistless drift that tore the best bower from its bed; we have had ves- sels crushed and their hardy crews lost, steamboats sunk in the perilous endeav- or to discover the passage to Staten ls- land, ice sleds and skaters skimming over a sea-of ice, and fair ladies and brave men castaway upon icebergs, and only, at last, most unromantically res- cued, not for love, but money, at the rate of two shillings-apiece, I We bade wanted only the reindeers and Laplan- ders to complete the illusion. Fortune week, a shopping through the wet.- (By the way, it is a singular fact, which seems to have escapedthe notice of E. slushy day for shopping. It is feared by dry goods men that the. introduction of the above mentioned boot-legs will dacrease this laudable practice. "A bar les liones."’ we say.) As for Lapland, that will be realized by the husbands upon their return at the tea-time-green ing, and the footing up of the day’s for- aging for furs and shawls. _ To return to boots, gentlemen of the top-strata are beginning io sport the tas- selled top boots of thepart half century. The old family servants of Virginia can- not esteem any one ‘a “gen’leman" un- less he wears the "far lop boots” of their “old massas,” 'Well, fair-tops and tassel-tops will soon reproduce the cor- tume of the old regime. Bill: will they reproduce the men? Will they bring back to name truth, the honor, and the lofty principle of the early Republics ? We fear these characteristics would sit as loosely upon some of our public men, as ‘far top boots" upon the shrunken shanks of one of our modern Shang- haes! Masked balls have been quite fashion- bje during the winter. They are how- ever, mostly confined to our lbrethrcn of Teutonic birth. "Teutonic,” as our as- piring politicians are politic enough to call our German "fellow c‘itizei.s.” It’s all right. "The Teuton! The Celt !” Igsounds very well! Well one of the best characters we saw at a late ball, was a lively Teuton, with a large beer cask on him, his head and arms run through convenient holes, and the cask labelled "Lager Bier!" How apropos .’ And he met a “maid of honor," who was also in hoops .' Poor fellow ! he couldn't get within looe distance .' We commend hoops to the Shakers, but we entreat all clergyman of temperance-amt ten-dollar-matrimonial-fee principles to iiiclnde all hoops in their denunciations. It is astonishing to observe how many ill-natured things are things are said about hoops just now. The young lady who woke up one morning last week, and found herself famous in one of the dailies for having put seven hundred (N. B_., the little seamstress that sewed it on, told it to a reporter of the afore- said daily, and he published it next day, under the head of "Improvements in the Ou|skirts,’,) well, this young lady went, in her dress to Nfblo's, last wfek. "She’s a gem !" "said I. “She’s a casket of gems!” said my bachelor friend, Lit.- tle York. "You’d better say, she’s a cask!” ill-naturedly remarked my mar- ried friend John. It is understood that Queen Victoria is not favorable tohoops as corpulency has besome chronic with her. It is also understood that the Grand council of War, now assembled at’ Par- is, have the subject under their consider- ration, (we would not be understood here to refer to war-whoops.) The? have decided that hoops shall be in 5.8-‘ill-' ion but two months longer. That uP°'l an order of the Emperor, at I119 9"‘ °f .that time, to be responded to bi’ ‘ 5‘l“" of one hundred guns from the ¢8ll0%n of the Invalides, all hot)?‘ "9 ‘° ° trundled off, those of the EmP|'°39 “’°"° - _...u .1 and to be placed among :i'..b.°.Z-351'.-a 2.5 ..'::.’::.= 0’ 5”” "l ill’. F,.,,,,,,,, monarchy American ladies are expected to follow suite. . » . NOR\\’AI.K. sco Cow to; sure. by Bay? Kisser. Darieii. 3013113. I s .;-‘"7’ favoring, the rain-dear: will be out next ‘ M., that the "dears" always prefera _ and fifty yards of ribbon upon her dress. _
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