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NUMBER 432--NEW SERIES.
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A. II. BYINGTON Editor &Proprietor.
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DRY GOODS.
HE Subscriber would return his thanks for
the very liberal patronage with which his
Store has been favored the year past, and hopes
by a constant attention to the wants of the
trading public and by a system of mi r and hoii-
orable dealing, to retain his share of trade f'or
the year ensuing. His Stock comprises at all
times a choice and varied selection of fashiona-
ble and seasonablc 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., f'or Gentlemens wear, which will be
sold at the lowest market prices.
L. H. RANDLE.
NORWALK em.-omen‘:
' PROVISIONS,’ FRUITS.
Vegetables, Fish of All Kinds,
clams. Oysters, &.c.,
As good as the market afl‘ords,constantly to be
found at the well known establishment of
ALLEN, MEEKEP. A‘: 00.
_@‘ Goods of the above description received
daily, and for sale at wholesale and retail on
the most favorable terms.
Notices,Z25 per cent addition to the above _
rates. -. A 1 . ~ _ _ Lune,
3'3‘ These terms W111 bsinflexibly a<1hW~‘<1t°- 100 Bbls. of Lime for sale by T. L. Pl-ICK.
—.-.- Timber and Laths,
BOSIVNESS DIRECTORY. A T s 0 U T H N o R W A L K .
Union Telegraph Oflice,
Gazette Rooms, over F. St.Jolm’s Store.
Messagesfsefit toall parts of the Union with
pramptues_s_,and_ accuracy.
Ofice Hours from 8 AM, to 9 P. M.. Sundays
excepted. ’ I
B. F. COAN, Operator.
6-. 3. Mannomrs
A’MBli0,TYl?E ROOMS,
Over D. 8:. N. Depot.
NORWALK.
Likbhossos
Warranted to please all Good Judges.
Dentistry.
‘ Doctors" HILL 8:. I-‘ITCI-I,
Surgical dffliechanical
D E N T I S T 3,
times over the" Store of G. J. Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.
CHARLES Fires.
n.n.iooTH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAS REMOVED FROM DANBURY T0 NOR WA LK
OFFICE oviza H.iioiiT’s Srovn FACTORY.
J’. I‘. POOTB,
Attorney and counselor at Law,
OFFICE OVER .M.dLLORY’S STORE
Norwalk, Conn.
A. BILL.
AMOS HUNT,
General Pension & Patent Agent
And Prosecutor of Claims before
the several Departments and
the Court of Claims.
Washington, D. C.
H. C. RANDLE,
Hats, Celia,---lVIeiiIs ti Boy’s
STRAW GOODS, &c.,
graved.
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 !
I IILL 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
liberal prices. . ,
5 J, C. HUBBELL,
SPANG-' ,& BAIiDwEL1'.7§ I’
Dry Good & clothing Store,
At Westport, Conn
HE above firm would inform the inhabitants
of Westport and vicinity, that they have
on hand a complete and extensive assortment
of DRY GOODS,READY MADE CLOTHING,
and every kind and style of goods adapted to
Mens 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, Blac/r, and
Fancy Cassimeres, Sattinetts, Kentucky J mics
Merinos, Cassimers, Linens, and Cotton Gom.’.~.-
forsummer wear, than is or ever has been kept
in the place. Cloth etc., is outfrce 0ft‘/I£1I'g(?
when bought at this Establishment.
SPANG dc BARDWELL.
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy e..2.'.i;-I.
NEW SPRING STOCK!
HE Subscriber has just returned from
«=77
New York with a new Stock of l-‘ash-
{._ ionable Jewelry, Watches, Pl-.1ted
Ware and Fancy Goods, which he offers to his
customers very cheap.
Clocks and Watches repaired.
Accordeons tuned and repaired.
Coffin Plates, Spoons, Rings, &c.,neatly en-
0. S. CLARK,
cheaper than Ever
Jlt the South .Norwall:'
GROCERY‘ STORE.
HE. Subscriber has on hand by far the /ur‘
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 Oqllfiiallily receiv-
Ladies Furs,-~Geuts Gloves, Canes,
Umbreuas, c£sc.,
No. 2 Skiddv’s ,BIocl_;.,
; c. A N,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS, ' CARPETIN GS
Carriage Trimmings. Cloths, Cassi-
meres, Sa.tinetts,, Vestings, and Tail-
or’s Trimmings. by the Yard,
Piece or Package.
SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, JEANS, BATTS AND WARP
At the lowest possible prices.
NQRVVALK, CON N.
c. at E. K. Looxwdon, at Go.
_ NORWALK, CONN”
LSANUEAOTURHRS OF '
Tin, Sheet Iron _& Copper Wares,
- AND DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery,
Britannia ‘Porcelain and Wooden
Ware, and Kitchen F en‘-niture
in general, Pumps, Sheet
Lead 4» Lead Pipe, -
Crockery, Glass _
tmd_C-hind
Ware.
E. VIII CHICHESTER,
Iiardvvare
D E AL ER. .
NORWALK, CONN.
Jammssnnnwoon,
SUCCESSOR TO
.A.. SEIIIILIEICII,
Bookseller, Stationer &. Binder,
‘.7 Main Street, Norwalk.
P. NASH,
WBGLESALI-I AND RETAIL DEALER IN
srovns,
MANUFACTUREH 0}‘
Tin, Shoat Iron & copper‘ Wares,
H as constantly on hand a large as.io7-t-
men; of general House-keeping
Furniture, at So.,Norwal/c,
Conn.
If. M. PROWITT,
.!
Teacher oflnlliusic.
Lessons on the Piano Forte, Melodeoii, and in
Vocal Music.
Pianos and Melodeons selected, with Ere”?-
care as to tone and quality: f0!‘ “I039 deg!‘
ring to purchase, if 16
2
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Sulky For Sale,
LIGHT and in good condition, will be sold
cheap if applied for soon. Enquire at
Gazette 0flice._ ’
VIVASSEII-BU'1"l‘0NSgoiug at 6 1-4 cents
ing new and fresh supplies of goods, as the
wants of his Customers may require, which will
always be of the best quality and sold at the
very lowest possible price, and he would re-
gpectfully solicit an examination and trial oi
the same. GEO. W. SM]'l‘il._
E Land For Sale.
ABOUT eight a_cre.~s of good Laud, near
Main-st., one mile north of the Bri<]ge_, 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 a large bed of vegetable. mould or
compost manure, thereon; or it is well calcu-
lated for a first rate meadow. It is \ve1l.f'ezioed
and in a very eligible location. For furtlier
particulars enquire at this Olhoe. tf:-I
Building Moving,
3!’ CHARLES TUBES.‘
LL orders f'or building raising and in_(wing~
left with the subscriber, will receive
prompt attention and be executed in the safest
and most expeditious manncii.
JOSEPH SHEPHERD,
ly41 Carriage Maker, ./lgent.
BUILDING MATERIALS.
Pressed &. Common Brick Lime
Cement, calcined Plaster. I-Iajr
and Marble Bust.
THE Subscriber huvingdissolved his connec-
_ $1011 Wtth W. C. STREET, Esq. in the above
business, W111 continue it on his own account,
and will keep a good assortment of the above
named articles constantly on hand which will
be sold cheap for Cash.
15 CHAS. T. LEONARD.
Office at the Store of W. C. S’l‘I'.F.E’l‘.
New Styles. @
pflflew Goods &. low prices.
HARLES FIELDS has now on hand as
large and varied an assortment of Gentle-
men aud Ladies’ Gaiters, Boots, and Slippers,
as has ever been presented to the public in this
market Tbestyles orenew ; the workmanship
neat and bcaL'.tii"ul; while the material is of
the finest texture and most durable quality.—
150 has SOTIJG Very elegant, plain and fancy
colored, Ladies Gaiters; also, Gent's Pateiit
Leather Boots and Shoes, with an (_1]](]](}_q_q fig-
BOl‘tm€I1l- 01' BOYS and Misses Shoes, all of which
will besold very low for cash. Thopublic are
are invited to call and examine his stock for
tbeniselves. tr-31
Norwalk Iron Foundry:
VERY description‘ of CASTING done at the
shortest notice and in the best llll\l|l)_(5};‘,
as cheap as can be obtained at any other es.
tablisliinent in the State. Galvsiiizcd (Jhains,
"Chain Puuips,Iroii Fence, Posts,R:iiliiigs, &e_,
furnished to order. Patterns execiiterl at
sliort notice and upon reasonable terms.
lyl ALEXANDER. AUSTIN.
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N orwalk I
Jllrril Closes-.—WEs'r. 7.30 A. .\i.. 3.00, I‘ u.
do do EAST, 8.30 A. . ., 4.30 l’. .\l.
do do 1). db N. R. R., 8.45,
do do New York City,
WEsTo,.\', Tuesday do Saturday at 2.00 r..u.
Jl a_,il D,i4e.——D.. :35 N R. R. 8.00 .i.,ii.
0 do WEST, 9.30 A. .\l., (3.00 1-. .\I.
do do EAST, 8.30 A. .\l.. 4.4:‘) P ii.
_ R. A. WILLIAMS l’. M.
POTASH, No. 1, at
OLMSTEA D "S.
each. at o. s. CLARK’S.
\
ACKEREL in Bbls. and half Bbls., at
I , _ ()LMS'l‘EAD’S.
.- \....,-_. _. .. ... .
'J3ona.11nson
SPRING 6;. AXLE 00..
.\iA.\’UFACTURICRS 01-‘
SPRINGS & AXL ES
BOTH COMMON & PATENT,
Of all kinds and sizes,
Caiinou-st., opposite Tomlinson’s Carriage .\lanuf.'ictory,
Briinosrour, CONN.
It is acknowledged that the above Establish
meut manufactures the best articles in their
line, to be found in the market. All orders
by Mail or otherwise promptly responded to,
RUSSEL 'I‘0.\ll’.lN-SON, Pres., S. B. FEltGUSO\', J a.,
Treas’r, WM. G. LINEBURGH, Scc’y. tf34
Norwalk Saddle, Harness and
TRUNK EMPORIUM !
HE subscriber would extend his thanks to
the public for their liberal patronage du-
ring the last fifteen years and at the same time
express his conviction that the business expe-
rience he has acquired duringso longa period
has peculiarly qualified him for judging of
the tastes and requirements of those having
occasion to patronize an extensive Saddlery
establishment. He. is constantly manufactur-
ing'and keeps on hand a full assortment of
Harness, of all descriptions, comprising all
kinds of Buggy, Gig, Express, Cart, Coach,
Farm and Wagon Harness ; also, a great vari-
ety of Ladies and gentlcmen’s Riding Saddles
Bi-idles, Martingales, «be. also Collars in great
variety and every style of pattern, Fly Nets,
Horsecloths, Stable Furniture, _Saddler’s hard-
ware, Whips in endless variety, Trunks of all
sizes and descriptions, Valices, Carpet Bags,
Satchels,‘&c. doc. All iii want of any of the
above named articles will do well to give us a
call, as we are bound to sell our wares at sat-
isfactory prices. Orders for any kind of work
promptly executed. Repairing done neatly
and cheaply. -WM. B. SWAN.
Something New.
WNERS of Horses will find a new and val‘
uable invention in the way of Horse Col‘
lars, known as Briggs’ Patent Horse Collars.
In their construction they correspond exactly
to the anatomy of the Horseis neck, and will
neither scald, bruise,or gall the animal. They
give full scope and action to the shoulder-
blade and joints, and altogether are the most
perfect application ever applied to the neck of
the Horse. They have been fully tested al-
ready, and are so constructed that they com-
mend themselves to the judgment of every
sensible and humane man.
Also, every variety, quality and quantity of
Harness, Saddles and Horse Equipments in
general, may be found at the Store of the
Subscriber. W“. S. JONES.
Wcstport, (East side the Bridge.)
$5,000 Wanted. _
GENTLEMAN, owner of 8 Patent Ma-
chine in extensive demand, desiring to
make Norwalk his Residence, who will put in
his Patent against the above capital, in carry-
ing on the business in this town. The invest-
ment will be shown to the satisfaction of any
one, to be safe and profitable. Address “ M.”
pare of Norwalk Gazette, or confer with Edi-
"or.
P. S.—All the capital would not be reqiiir-
ed down. 3m*45
A New Map of
PAIRFIELD COUNTY.
THE Subscriber is now canvassing in the
various towns of the County for subscri-
bers to this new work, published from the Sur
vcys of Baker 8; Chase. '
tf32 JAMES O. ROOT, Agent.
Gent1emen’s Hats.
SPRING STYLES.
THE Subscriber is now receiving his invoi-
ces of Spring Fashions of Gentlemens
Hats, which for beauty of design and elegance
of liiiish, have never been surpassed. By an
ingenious improvement in their manufacture,
the Silk Hat of the Spring Fashion is as easy
upon the head as the Soft Hat. Also, Men’s
and Boys’ Gaps in endless variety; Umbrellas,
Canes, &c., with an ‘immense assortment of
Soft Hats of‘ every price, size, color and qual-
ity, all for sale cheap for cash, at
H. C. RANDLE’S.
I’. S. Also, Agent for the sale of tli Grafen-
berg Co.’s Celebrated Medicines.
_PATENT noon PLATES.
NY person in want of a rich and beauti-
tiful Door Plate will do well to call at
the Ainbrotype rooms of the subscriber over
the Danbiiry Depot. G. B. MALLORY
_._._a
Alka lino Dentifrice.
DR. BARBOUR manufactures and keeps
con.-tautly on hand the above preparation
for preserving and cleansing the teeth. It is
unhesitatingly pronounced the best prepara-
tion in the market, for the purposesindicated,
by all who have ever used it. It may be had
at all the principal stores in Town. Try it.
Further, Notice.
THE undersigned having extended his busi'
ness is now not only prepared to repair
and ro-paint Carriages and Wagons as usual,
but is also prepared to make the same to Or-
der. Tasteful Carriages or heavy Wagons
made in every style to suit the purchaser, and
at prices to suit tbetimes.
EDSON BEERS.
At the establishment formerly occupied by
Ch arlcs Isaacs.
Blacksmithing.
HE Subscriber having taken a shop adjoin-
ing the old stand of Joseph Shepherd, 18
prepared to execute every order in the line of
a general Blacksmitbing Establishment. All
work left with him will be well and promptly
done, and every effort made to please and sub-
serve the interests of all who may feel disposed
to favor him with their patronage.
tf THOMAS FANCHER.
S. E. OLMSTEAD,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries,
Provisions, &c., No. 14 and 16 Main-st.
I ASjust received an entirely new and ex-
tcnsive 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, I855.
I—I Cabinet Ware Rooms at
. WESTPORTI
HE Subscriber would respectfully inform
hisfi-iends and the public generally, that
he is still located a few doors north of the
turnpike, opposite the Store of Alva Gray,
where may be found a general assortment of
CABIN}-IT FIJILNITURE.
U n tIm‘£(lIt'ing in all its departments attended
to at the shortest notice and upon reasonable
to;-ms, _ 13 ALLEN RENOUD.
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something New !
Horse shoeing and General
Blaclisznithing.
WATERBUBY & DUNCAN,
HAVING taken their old stand, occupied
_ the last year by J. Deady, would inform
their customers and the public that they are
now prepared to shoe Horses, Oxeu, &c., in
such a manner as will give entire satisfaction.
1'!-“RY are aw-arp of the mischief done to hor-
sus by 1_nexpericuced workmen, and they are
determined that no cause of complaint shall
be found agai_nst their work. They will also
continue their general lllacksmitliing busi-
ness at their old stand, where Repairinrr F0,-.
ginfi’ ‘icon will be done as heretofore. 5,
Jan. 1st, 1856.
NOTHER lot of those VELVETS. of all
wi(lths, at O. S. CLARK’S.
TUART’S No._l Syrup Molasses,’ for sale
‘-.. . S@.}f%.l-I
From Saxe’s Poem on Progress.
Now saw mills grate in every forest nook,\
Now spindles bum beside each mountain
. brook '
Through virgin forests locomotives wail,
And prairie flowers are crushed beneath the
rail ;
Where ocean rolled so ftrackless once and
free,
The age of prose stalks forth and maps the
sea,
And the swift lightning—once celestial fire—-
Does drudgery, in harness, on a wire ;
While patents fill the air, bestride the wave,
And dog us from the cradle to the grave ;
Machines that rock asleep our infant cry,
Machines that wait upon our latest sigh,
We wait by telegraph our love’s young dream
Live by machinery, and die by steam.
Prosaic after death, our spirits then,
Invent machinery to talk with men ;
And, rapping from the world beyond, disclose
New depths of dullness and eternal prose.
No more the fairy queen, “in times of night,
Is lulled in flowers with dances and delight ;
No elves by moonlight tread their dusky
round, .
And trace green circles on the dew-dropped
ground ;
No spooks haunt cliurcbyards and no corpse
lights burn ;
No goblin checks the butter in the churn ;
And young America laughs to scorn
The good old devil, with his tail and born-
Poetic follies of a younger age!
We deal in acts more prosy and less sage ;
For Shakspeare’s spirit visits earth to tell
How he and Washington are very well ;
And Lindley Murray, from the body free,
Can’t make his verbs and nominatives agree ;
Ben Franklin raps an idiotic dream,
And Webster scrawls vile twaddle by the
ream ;
That splendid knave, Lord Bacon, has turned
fool.
And Penn’s great soul is busy keeping school,
Well may the LIVING poet heave a sigh,
To think his spirit, stooping from the sky,
When he is dead can rap at mortal call
Bad rhymes and wretched metre on the wall ;
Well may the hero shudder in despair,
Whose soul can choose to animate a chair ;
And the great statesman sinking in the tomb,
To rise and wheel a table round a room.
Who knows how soon we, too, must join these
hosts
Of silly, dull, disreputable ghosts?
How soon our friends and relatives must shed
Some decent tears, and cut our spirits dead?
And who will work for character or fame,
If his own ghost can ruin his good name.
Recipe for a “Love of It Bonnet.”
Two scraps of foundation, some fragments of
lace,
A shower of French rosebuds to droop o’er
the face;
Fine ribbons and feathers, with lcrape and il-
lusion,
Then mix and derange them in graceful con-
fusion ;
Inveigle some fairy, out roaming for pleasure
And beg the slight favor of taking her meas-
ure, --
The length and the breadth of her dear little
pate,
And hasten a miniature frame to create ;
Then pour, as above, the bright mixture upon
it,
And 10! you possess “ such a love of a bon-
net!”
M3iS®SitI..ON‘il..
For the JV‘orwallr Gazette.
Birds and Flowers.
We have always loved the music of
the birds, and now that their sweet
warblings again are heard, it seems like
awakening to new life. All the long
dreary winter has their song been
hushed; so unsuited to them has been
the snow, and ice, and leafless trees,
that it seemed almost visionary to look
for their return. There are changes
which one can hardly realize, though
often experienced. The transitions from
mid-suinmer to winter, from daylight to
darkness, from sickness to health, or
from life to death, how incomprehensi-
ble! Yet we see them. “Let not our
hearts be troubled."
The birds are here, and the flowers
are coming.’ We hail them as old
friends. We have always held sweet
converse with them, they have to us a
language all their own. They used to
talk of the future. but now their whis-
pers are of the past—they‘ speak in tones
of mingled joy and sadness. VVe used
to wonder, when a child we wandered
forth to gather the earliest violets, and
listen to the first song of Spring, why
there was so much of sadness mingled
with our joy. We wondered why the
tears would start when we ought to be
so happy. Vile wondered why music
should make us think about. losing all
our friends, father, mother and brothers,
and the dearest ties we then knew, and
why we felt alone in the wide world.
Oh we have cried as if our heart would
break at such times, with feelings that
could not be controlled. Years have
passed, and the mystery is solved. We
now know that the shadows of our fu.
re were then falling on the heart
—--a future strangely, deeply mixed with
joy and soriow.
“ Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure,
Thrill the deepest notes of woe.”
Sing away sweet blue bird, we love
to think of the past, thy notesstilll echo
mingled feelings as of old, but the shad-
ows do not fall so darkly now on the
future, for our hopes reach beyond this
vale of tears. We have little more to
dread in this world of sun and shade.
Sing away sweet birds, as we faintly
trace the echo thy song brings out from
We had a home, a home in the sunny
South, where the wild flowers bloom
profusely, and the mocking bird tires
not with its ever varying song. The
aspen and the locust embowered our
cot; undisturbed by the cruel sports-
man, the feathered songstress sang and
builded their nests and reared their
young among their branches. Our dear
home; birds sang around and about it,
and birds sang within it. The song of
our birds is heard no more by mortal
ear, but we know they are singing still
-—singing in tones too sweet, too en-
chanting for us to listen too and live.—
Patience, my soul, thou art not yet.
“made perfect through suffering.”
The sympathy and love of the birds !
Did any one ever think of assigning
any such mission to them ? Never
mind, we think strange things, and we
know some quite as mysterious. In
our home might be seen daily a. little
one—we called her "birdie,” and "an-
gel,” she lisped “mama,” “papa"-—with
crumbs feeding the birds. They be-
came so used to her that they would
come close enough to tempt her little
hands to reach after them, and then hop
away just far enough to elude their
grasp. Thus for two summers, appar-
ently the same birds came and sang,
and eat with our little one, until one
day, “when roses bloomed and prettiest
seemed” she could not go out. Our bird
was sick. She begun a new song. It
was of Heaven—"I shall die, papa, I
want to die.” Her birds and her flow-
ers were -given in charge of a little
friend. Every morning early she asked
for the curtain to be raised that she
might still look on a cherished nest
away up in the aspen boughs. Cheeri-
ly did her little companions sinv. It
seemed as if never before had their
notes rung forth so loud and clear, as if
to reach the ear of the dying one, and
blend their music with the heavenly
choir--"papa do you hear that music '2”
it >X< it *3 II‘ ‘I: 3"
oh
We buried her beneath the branches
of a noble spreading oak near our home.
A white rose blossomed on her grave,
we watched it almost hourly, and
thought we alone kept vigil o’er o’ur
cherished bud. Not so, her friends for-
got her not. They sang and fluttered
around regardless of our presence, and
when we left for a short hour, they
came and strewed the petals of the rose
o’er her little grave} A beautiful
tribute to her that slept, and a fit em-
blem of ourself. Alone, stripped of all
that gave in life and beauty stood the
parent stem, untimely, torn and with-
ered were the leaves of that beautiful
flower. Another lesson was read to our
heart. The birds have their mission,
the flowers have their mission, every-
thing has its mission—a mission of love
and sympathy.
Now we know why long ago the
shadows crept over our heart when
music struck its chords. We now know
why we then wept to think some day
we should he leftalone in this beautiful
world. Mountains, rocks, brooks, birds
and flowers, everything in Nature
seemed beautiful then, they seem so
now.
Sing away pretty blue bird, sad yet
sweet are thy echoes. Never mind the
chilly winds—brighter days are coming
—cheerily sing. Thine is a mission of
love, perform it. Let man that refused
to do the will of his Maker stand alone.
"Alone, zalone, though kindred and kind
friends are near." Our home! stran-
gers are there. Does the locust still
send forth its yearly blossoms with their
air-perfuming fragrance? Do the leaves
of the noble aspen still tremble amid
the breathless stillness of a mid-sum-
mer’s day, as if it were a plant too frail
to bear its own life breathing impetus’!
Are the mocking birds singing?
Sing on dear bird. Our home is not
here. Birds are singing above for us,
and flowers are blooming there, and we
are going home. L.
Traiteral fact.
Matrimonial Squall.——"Nancy, my
dear, did John black my boots?”
‘How should I know——I hain’t got
nothing to do with your boots! This is
washing day.”
-But my love, you need’nt speak so
cross.”
‘Speak cross!
'0 yes you did.’
'I didn't,’
‘I say you did.’
‘I say I didn't.’
‘By gracious! I-won't stand this; it's
too bad to be treated in this way. l’ll
leave you, madame. I’ll have a'separa-
tion.’
‘Oh, Mr. Slob ! Was ever a woman
so abused ! Here I’ve been washing and
scrubbing all day long, as hard as ever I
could, and then you come home and act
so to me—just cos 1 don't know nothing
about your boots. Oh, it is too bad-—-it
is-boo boo! boo boo!’ ‘
‘Hem! Well, Nancy, I didn’t mean to
make you cry. Never mind. I reckon
John has blackened my boots. Is them
ere sassengers to be fried for supper P’
‘Ye-e-s—my dear, I got ’em for you
particularly.’
I didn't speak cross.’
Andrew Jackson Donelson says, in a
published letter, that he was not the
adopted son of General Jackson, but that
the latter was his uncle, guardian and
friend from infancy. General Jackson’s
adopted son bears the old iiero’s name
by HUBBELI. it. C0.
memory's treasures.
._...._. ...a.~..--—. .- ----
and is now living at the Hermitage. ,
NORWALK,' CONN. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1856.
ET
Biddy MaIoney’s Cat.
Matthew Maloney, better known by
the boys at the mill as "Father Mat,”
on returning from work one evening,
was met at the gate by Biddy, his bet-
ter half, in a high state of excitement.
“Mat,” says she, "there’s a strange
cat in the cabin ” .
“Cast her out, thin, an’ don't be a
botlierin’ me about the haste.”
“Faix, and I've been sthrivin’ to do
that same for the matter of ten minutes
past, but slie’s jist beyant my rache, be-
him; the big red chist in the corner.-—
Will yez be afther helpin’ me to dlirive
her out, Mat '3”
"To be sure I will, bad luck to the
consate she has for me home; show her
that's due a man in his own house to be
takin’ possession without as much as by
yer lave, the thafe of the world!”
Now Mat had a special antipathy for
cats, and never let pass an opportunity
to kill one. This be resolved to do in
the present case, and instantly formed a
plan for the purpose. ‘Perceiving but
one mode of egress for the animal, he
says to Biddy-—
“Have yez iver a male bag in the
house, me darlint '3”
, “Divil a wan is there, Mat. Yez tuk
it to the mill wiil yez to bring home
chips wid, this mornin’ ”
“Faix, an‘ I did. and there it is yet,
thin. Well, have yez notliingat all in
the house that will tie up like a bag,
Biddy '3”
‘Troth, an’ I have it, Mat; there’s me
Sunday petticoat; ye can dhraw the
strings, close at the top, an’ sure it will
better not Iettin’ the cat be lavin’ yez.”
‘Biddy, darlint, yez a jewel to be
thinkin’ o’ the same; be afther bringin’
it to me.’
Biddy brought the garment, and when
the strings were drawn close it uiade a
very good substitute for the meal bag,
and Mat declared it was ‘illegant.’
So holding close against the edge of
the chest, he took a look behind and saw
a pair of bright eyes glaring at him.
‘An is it there ye are, ye _ divil P Be
out 0’ that now, bad luck to all your kin
ye thavin vagabone ye. Bedad, an’ ye
won't. lave me house at all wid perlite
axin’? Yersilf will bates a pig’s imita-
ly. Biddy, have yez any hot wather in
the house ?’
‘Yis, I’ve a plenty, Mat; the toy ket-
tla’s full ov it.’
,Be after castin’ the matter of a quart
thin behind the chist till I say how the
shavy devil likes it.’
‘Hould ’im close, Mat; here goes the
wather.’ Dash went the water, and out
jumped the animal into Mar’s trap.
‘Arrah, by the holy poker, I have him
in, Biddy,’ says Mat, drawing close the
folds of the garment; ‘now had cess to
yez ye tbafe it's nine lives ye have is it.
Be afther axin’ me forgiveness for the
thavin’ ye have done in me house, for
I'm thinkin’ the nine lives ye have won’t
save ye now any way, Biddy snize holt
of the poker, and when I'll shoulder the
haytlien ye’ll beat the daylights out of
’im.’
Mat threw the bundle over his shoul-
der, and told Biddy to play“St. Pat:-icks
day in the mcrniii” on it. Biddy struck
about three notes of that popular Irish
air, and suddenly stopped, exclaimiug-
‘What smills so quare Mat’? It’s
takin’ me brith,'away with the power
nv it. Och, murther, murther, Mat sure
and ye have the divil in the sack.’
‘Baler the ould liaytlien, then, you’ll
niver have a better chance. Bate the
horns off ’im; lather ’im’ like blazes,
me darlint !”
'Augh,’ says Biddy, ‘l’m faintin’ wid
the power uv ’im. Cast him off yez
Mat.’ '
‘Hourly St. Pather ‘P’ says Mat, throw-
ing down the sack. ‘Biddy, the baste
is a polecat! Lave the house or yez
’il be kilt entirely. Murther and turf
how the haythen smells! Och Biddy
Malone)’. a purty kittle of fish yez made
of it, to be shure to mistake that little
divil for a harmless cat.’
‘Mat, for the love of God, if yez be
convenient to the door, he aftber openin’
it, for I’m narely choked wid ’im. Och
Biddy Malauey, bad luck to yez for la-
vin ould Ireland to be murthered in this
way! Howly Mary purtict me! Mat,
I’m clane kilt, intirely; take me out of
this!’
Mat drew her out.of doors and then
broke for the pump, like a quarter horse
closely followed by Biddy.
‘Sure, that little villain bates the div-
il intirely; he's ruined me house and
kilt Biddy, and put me out o’ consate
wid meself for a month to come. Och,
the deceavin’ vagaboue bad luck to him;
and Mac plunged his head into the horse-
trough up to his shoulders.
‘Get out 0’ that Mat, I'm narely blind’
and Biddy went under water.
‘Och the murthering haste,’ says Bid-
dy, sputtering the water out of her
mouth, ‘me bist piiticoat is spoilt entire-
ly. Mat Maloney divil of a trap will I
iver help yez sit. for a cat agin.’
‘Don’t trouble yourself Mistress Malo-
ney you’ve played the devil as it is.——
Niver fear me axin’ a he’porth o’ yez
assistance. It’s a nathral fool ye are to
be takin’a haste nv a pole cat for a house
cat.’ '
Mat and Biddy went cautiously back
to the cabin from which the offensive
quadruped had taken his’ departure.-—-
Things were mined out. 0’ doors, Bid-
dy’s petticoat buried, the bed, which for-
bors, the stove moved outside, and for
weeks they kept house out of doors, by
which time, by dint of scrubbing, wash --
cat.”
repealing all laws allowing foreign coin
ting permission to the government offi-
anil quarters at 5, l0 and 20 cents, res-
they are to be excluded from circulation
entirely; but the United States mint
will at all times receive them as bullion
paying for them what they are worth by
weight.
to me, Biddy, till I tache her the respict_
tunately escaped, moved to a near neigh-,
ing and airing, the house was rendered.
once more inliabitable, but neither Mat,
nor Biddy have forgotten the “strange;
The Finance Com. of the U. S. Sen--§
ate, it is said to have a plan to \Vltll(]l‘aW".-
all Spanish coin from our circulation, by-.',
to be used asicirculation, and then gran-‘
cers to take Spanish sixteenths, eiglits,
pectively, for two years; and thereafter‘
1'
f
l
Z haps back again into New York. trying
AT Two DOLLARSIPER ANNUM, IN
Efflubnuiw, the nu, tlhmrntinn, lo. lcr.---tltttnlilinyih in 1800.
VOLUM
Perils of the Atlantic in \Vinter.
The following thrilling account of the
way the Cunard steamers are crowded
through the Atlantic, amid ice fields, ice-
hergs and fogs, and in the track of the
most thronged thorouglifare upon the
ocean, is understood to be from the pen
of Frederick Law Olmsted, formerly of
Hartford. He is an old salt Liinself and
knows what is right. :
Reaching the Banks, we took south-
easterly winds and encountered thick
fogs; and thus we were running, during
Sunday fcrenoon, the 17th, heading
soiitheasterly, carrying maintopsail, reef-
ed foretopsail, and all fore-and aft sail,
with a fair strong wind, and going very
rapidly, fourteen miles an hour. I be-
lieve by the log—thefog all the time
so dense that oision of the Sea extended
seldom so far as the ship’s own length
bcforeus.
It was chilly, damp and altogether
unpleasant on deck, the ship plunging
and rolling a good deal, and few of the
passengers showing themselves. The
captain stood constantly under the lee of
the weather paddle-box, looking ahead;
the officer of the deck walk near him,
keeping his eyes on the look outs, two
of whom stood at the cat-heads and one
on each paddle-box. Another man was
stationed near the rnaiumast, and the
third and fourth ofiicers relieved each
other as quarter masters near the wheel.
No other precautions were taken. No
bell, no gong, no steam whistling, no
gun firing, and the remainder of the
watch on deck were permitted tolounge
or caullc under shelter. Thus We Went
driving on more rapidly than the A7611?
or the Vesta. before their fatal collision,
and with less precaution—-less precau-
tion, but not less vigilance.
1 think it was about two o'clock ;—
I was stahding between the paddle-box-
es with a friend, looking forward, when
I heard the captain quietly say to the
oflicer of the deck : "All hands, sit. 81101’-
ten sail.” At the same moment he step-
ped backwards and touched the engi-
neer’s alarm bell.
The look-outs had said nothing; the
,,wind had not increased, the fog not
thickened. “VVhat. can this be for '3”-—
said I, looking to windward. The watch
on deck were clewing up, men standing
bv sheets and halyards, and the boat-
sivain was piping up the sleepers. When
I cast my eye forward on the turbid wa-
ter. “See, there is a bit. of ice ;” it was
not larger than a tumbler; “It’s the first
I have seen, and there is anothei'—oh !—
that is what the captain saw; he is
afraid we are approaching a body of it.
There—-tliere! there is more; oh, there
is plenty of it!”
“Hardaport!” shouted the captain
in a voice to he: remembered. "Hard
a port. ” was repeated aft; the engineers
bell sounded “stop, turn back ;” the sails
swung aback or flapped idly, but in a
moment. the Arabia was rushing, yet at
full speed, into the close, white field of
ice; in another moment clear water was
beyond our vision on any side.
The captain rang “stop,” and the en-
gine tested as Liie _ice struck the paddles.
After the Ship had lost headway. they
were again turned forward slowly, while
the crew furled the sails. Slowly we
parted the surging, surface Of the 109.
which was so broken that the pieces av-
eraged in size not larger than a bucket;
slowly moved on, lieadiiig soptliwest,
until at length we rsui out into clear wa-
Aboui fifteen minutes after-
Ler again.
wards, the look-ours forward shouted
"More ice 3” The lielrn was put down
to bring the wind against. us; paddle
stopped and backed, as before; but 3133!!‘
though we were r;hen moving niucn
more slowly, we had presently run somp
ship’s lengths, I judged into the “field. ’
Again the snip’s course was made south-
west, and the engineer’s bell was rung
to go forward slowly, I walked to the
stern and leaned over the counter to see
if the paddles were at. all injured.-—
While I was in this position I heard an
exclamation, and, raising my head. be-
held the most frightful object. that in
thatin fifty thousand miles sea-sailing I
ever encountei-ed—9'ight abreast of us.
and not a. hundred yards distant, yet
spectral in zhefog, or. dead, g/lastly and
unblemished white iceberg, just about
at large above water as the City Ha“
in New York.
We passed it quickly and silently ;—
many of those on deck, even, did not
see it; a few minutes afterwards the
ship ran into clear water, and We Went
driving on, still heading towards Boston
however, at full speed. An hour later
we, passengers, went to our dinner.—
The steward had exerted himself as usu
al on Sunday. Champaign flowed free-
ly, the ladieswlio were well enough per-
fidiously kissed Charlotte of Russia. and
then demolished calf-foot Malakoffs, and
Blane Mange, Redans highly credita-
ble to the ships confectioner. The Jews
and Gentiles withheld for the day, by
the good law of the sea, from their usual
recreation of gambling, exerted them-
selves to unusual hilarity, to kill the
tiresome old enemy, Time. If, appL'och-
ing from windward, we had run upon
the berg we had so closely shaved, as
we first did into the field-ice, beyond a
doubt, every man and woman of US
would ourselves have beern, long before
dinner-time, food for cod fishes and per-
the thin skin of our spiri tual knuckles
on the mahogany of “Mrs. Jones’ Medi-
um.”
We ran southwesterly till 6 o’clock,
when the temperature of ‘the water was
found to be 29 deg. Farenheit warmer
than at 4. We then came back to our
southeast course. At. 9 o’t:lock the fog
had become a mere haze; at 12 it was
clear, we were off the Banks, were car-
rying sail, and the captain had left the
deck.
Had we in the circumstances, under
which we were running before we first
saw the ice, ‘met the disaster Of the 1170'
tie and had the Captain of the Arabia
feaghed New York alive, it ‘would have
gone hard with him, if his life were not
demanded as the only meet punishment
for such recklessne.-ss. For he was dri-
ving his ship with all the speed he could
command blindly fonvard in the fog and
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ADVANCE.
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thing first seen directly before her. On-
ly tiie usual night lookouts were set.—-
Before, when I have been crossing the
Banks, in fog, even when no ice was 8P‘
prehended. men have been placed aloft
and even on the bowsprit end, and the
ship’s bell constantly mug and the steam
whistle sounded at short intervals.—-
Even in sailing vessels I have seen these
precautions taken as far as possible’.-—
Such precautions had been taken, if I
recollect rightly, by the master of the
Arctic and of the Vesta; yet the mask"
of the Arctic was most severely berated
by hundreds of scribbling landsmen, be-
cause he did not use them more freely
and constantly. That was the judg-
ment of wiseacres after disaster.
Before we reached Liverpool, a paper
was drawn and largely signed by 0111'
passengers—denonncing the reckless-
ness of Captain Sroun, of the Arabia’?
Not at all : but eulogizing, in the psual
fulsome manner of Sych “testimonials, ’
his success in getting his ship safely
through the ice, and enumerating as his
every imaginable qualification Of the pet'-
fect shipmaster, inn-keeper, hospital
nurse. ladies’ cavalier, and good fellows’
companion.
I declined to sign it. Need I say
why’! There are occasions in which
the testimony of passengers to the sober-
ness, watchfulness, coolness and untiring
energy of a shipmaster, may be of essen-
tial service to him, proper, useful and
commendable; but in the majority of
cases these testimonials are given I by
men who know as much of seamansliip
as a cow does of Theology, and yet pass
judgment upon grave points which
the most accomplished seamen -would
hesitate over. Under most circumstan-
ces these testimonials simply make the
unfortunate object of them ridiculous in
the eyes of those whose judgment is of
consequence to him.
The Charter Oak.
Everybody’ has heard of the celebra-
ted “Charter Oak,” of Connecticut,
which has and deserves to have a nation-
al renown; yet there are a large portion
of the public not familiar with its histo-
ry, or the events wbieh gave it that re-
nown. And as they are full of interest
to every American we subjoin a brief
sketch, with which the Savannah Re-
publican recentiy favored its readers in
a notice of a handsome engraved portrait
of the brave old tree beautifully framed
in some of its wood, which had been
presented by the Historical Society of
Connecticut to the Captain of the ship
“Charter Oak,” a Savannah and Liver-
pool packet:
The Historical reader will remember
that the founders of the colony of Con-
necticut met in 1639 at. Hartford, per-
sonally, in full convention, and framed
for themselves a written constitution or
platform of civil government. In 1662
Charles H. granted a charter to the colo-
ny, which confirmed the rights and priv-
ileges which the people had previously
enjoyed. This was the first example of
awritten constitution proceeding from
the people, and in their name establish-
ing and defining a government, and Cot-
ton Matlier called it "the freest charter
under the cope of Heaven.’
Charles H. died in 1685. The king-
ly power and divine right of his succes-
sor, .Iames I-I. could endure no such free
charter. - He ordered Sir Edmond An-
drose to go and demand its surrender, or
to seize it. Judge Sewall in his diary
says:
“Wednesda_v, October 27, 1687, His
excellency, with sundry of ye Council,
Justices, and other gentlemen, four blew
coats, two trumpeters, Sam Bligh, fifteen
or twenty red coats. with small guns and
short lances in ye-tops of ym, set out for
Woodcocks, in order to go to Connecti-
cut (0 assume ye Government of ye
place.”
Reaching Hartford, he sent a message
to the General Court demanding the
Charter. The Assembly met on the 313:
of October 1687, and deliberated long
and earnestlv on this message; represen-
ting the great expense and hardships of
the colonists in planting the colony, the
blood and treasure which they have ex-
pended in defending it, and the happy
result it had afforded them. The eve.
ning came on, and still they would not
determine to surrender it. At last Sir
Edmond, impatient at their delay, came
3'} Person to take it; and when advan-
cing to secure it, as it lay upon the ta-
ble, the lights were suddenly extinguish-
ed. the Charter was seized by Captain
Joseph VVadsworth, borne away in tri.
umph, and lodged in a hollow oak tree,
fronting the house of the Hon. . Samuel
Wyllys, in the south part of the city.-—-
The tree is still standing, and is thrifty
in appearance. The premises on which
it stands are owned and occupied by
Hon. 1. W. Stuart. Since the event
just stated, it has always been known,
and still is, by the name of the Charter
Oak.
It is an engraving of this Oak that the
Historical Society of Connecticut has
presented to the ship Charter Oak. It is
a most appropriate gift, and cannot but
be highly acceptable to Captain Houd-
lette and the owners of the ship. We
understand it is theintention of the cap-
tain, after allowing it :0 remain a few
days in our Reading Room to suspend
it in his cabin.
Recent medical research has thrown
some curious light. upon the action of
cheese in promoting digestion. When
the curd of milk is exposed to the air in
a mist state for a few days at a moder-
ate temperature, it begins gradually to
decay, to emit a disagreeble odor, and
to ferment. VVhen in this state, it pos-
sesses the property, in certain circum-
stances, of inducinga species of chemical
change and fermentation i_n other moist
substances with which‘ it is brought in
contact; acts as a sour leaven when
mixed with sweet dough. Now old and
partially decayed cheese acts in the same
way when introduced into the stomach.
It causes chemical changes gradually to
commece among the particles of food
which has previously been eaten, and
it would, at any time, have been quite
impossible to avuid a collision with any-
time facilitates the dissolution which
necessarily produces digestion.
Norwalk Chronicler