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CoL. Frir-:MoNr’s RECORD.—Tlle more
unscrupulous of the Doughface press have
been charging that Col. Fremont voted
against the abolition of the slave trade in
the District of Columbia. But the falsity
of the slander is proved by the record.
On page 1830 of vol. 21, part 2, of the
Congressional Globe, occurs the following
“Senate Proceedings, September 6th,
1850.”

“ Mr. Ha1e—Mi°. President, 1 rise. to
inquire what is the question before the
Senate 1?

“ The President—It is on the passage
of the bill ‘ to suppress the Slave Trade in
the District of Columbia.’

* ill * ‘K * -1:

“ Mr. Mason called for the ayes and
noes on the passage of the bill, and they
were ordered, and were as follows :

“ Ayes——Messrs. Baldwin, Benton,
Bright, * * * Dayton, Fremont,
Seward, &o., &c.

“ Noes--Messrs. Atchison, &c., dzc.”

,We shall see whether any of the pa'rs
that made the charge will have the man-
liness to vindicate the “truth of history”
in the .matter.——-Utioa Herald.

From. the Topeka, K. T. 001'-respondence of the
0z'ncimtatz' (Ohio) Gazette.
An Infernal Outrage in Kansas.

I heard to-day of an outrage which ex-
ceeds any that I have heard of during the
Kansas troubles. A man by the name of
Richards, formerly of Ohio, residing on
Pottawatto creek, in the southern portion
of the territory, having an occasion to
go to Westport, left home on Thursday
last, with the understanding that he would
be back in four days. During the first
day of his absence two men came to his
house and inquired for him; finding he
was not at home, they left, saying they
would call when he returned, his wife in-
viting them to do so, and stating that he
would be at home ig a day or two. About
ten o’clock that night after the family had
retired to rest, a knock was heard at the
door, when Mrs. Richards ‘asked what
was wanted, and the reply was that they
wanted to see Mr. Richards. She replied
that he was not at home. They then de-
manded Mrs. Richards to open the door,
saying, “ He is a G—d d—d Abolitionisl,
we must have him.” She again replied
that he was not at home and refused to
open the door. It was then broken open,
and seven or eight men entered the room
and commenced searching for Mr. Rich-
ards. Ni-t finding him, they accused Mrs.
Richards and her daughter, an intelligent
young lady about 19 years of age, with
secreting him. The ladies, completely
bewildered by terror, protested that they
had not secreted him, that he had actual-
ly gone to Westport. One of the men then
replied, “ Then, G—d d—d you, we want
you,” and dragged the daughter from the
bed, and from the house into the bushes
close by and there proceeded deliberately

to violate her person. ‘ 1, ,.
Her mother, Mrs. Richards, was treat-
ed the same manner, and bot left for
dead. How long they remained in the
bush they were unable to tell, but they
managed finally to reach the house, where
they were found by one of the neighbors
the next morning, who, after providing
for their personal comfort, immediately
started to raise a company to pursue the
villains. In an hour a company of terrifi-
bly excited men were raised, numbering
about thirty, who, under the command of
Mr. Smith, started on the trail. They

traced them to a camp of about one hun
dred men, situated in a deep,ravine some
distance from the creek. Finding that
they were not strong enough to fight,
some of the company started for assist-
ance, while others remained to watch
their proceedings. The watchers were,
however, unfortunately discovered, and
consequently had to leave, and by the
time their comrades returned, the camp
had been moved, and the rutlians escaped.
This affair has caused great excitement
throughout the Territory and is almost too
horrible to believe. I had the facts from
Mr. Richards himself, who has been to
_ Acting Governor Woodson to endeavor to
get justice done, but without avail, and
has come to Topeka to get the citizens to
help him to arrest and obtain the perpe-
trators of this diabolical outrage. It has
since been astertained that the scoundrels
were part of Buford’s men, who are arm-
ed with United States muskets and in the

pay of the’ United States Marshal.

3:5’ Judge B ,of Missouri, was
in many respects a remarkable man.——
He stood six feet two in his boots, and
was as fond of a frolic as the most rat-
tling lad in the:country. He could drink
more liquor, “ lift” a hca vier bag of
meal, and play better game of “ poker"
than any man in his circuit. These ad-
mirahle qualifications, of course, render-
ed the most popular judge on the bench
of his district. Yet he never lost his
dignity while on the bench. There he
was stem, haughty and dignified. The
least approach to familiarity, while he
was sitting in court, was always resented
by a fine, and sometimes by imprison-
ment.

Well, it happened one day while he

was holding court, that Mr. Dewzenbury
a rough looking, but independent cus-
tomer. came into the court room with
his hat on his head. This the judge
considered an indignity offered to the
court, and forthwith ordered Mr. Dew-
zenbury to take off his hat.
To this Mr. Dewzenbury paid no atten-
tion, which being observed by “his hon-
or,” who again discovered the incorrigi-
ble standing with his hat on his head ;

“ Sheriff,” cried the court, “ take that
man’s hat off.”

The Sheriff approached, and repeated
the command of the court.

" I’m bald,” said Mr. Dewzenbury,
-“ can’! comply.”

"You can't,” exclaimed thejudge.
Waxing angry, “then I will line you
five dollars for contempt of court.”

“ What’s that you say. judge?” re.
plied Mr. Dewzenbury, as he walked de-
liberately up to the judge’s stand. -'

“ I say that I fine you five dollars for
contempt of court.”

*‘ Very well,” said Mr. D., as he care-
fully put his hand into his pocket. and
pulled out a filty cent piece, " Very
Well, here’s the money,” handing the
jildge the half dollar: this squares us,
,judge.—- You owed mefour dollars and
.a. iitaff when we quiz playing poker last
night, and a half ma./ces us even .”’

The bar roared, the crowd smiled, and
lthe judge pocketed his change without
uttering a word.

A P-rc_2/itabZe._C'.ow.——A friend in the
town of Tully inform us that Mr. Brown,
of that town, owned a cow last year,
which is now owned by a gentleman
of the same namein Delphi, from which,
during the year. he made 476 pounds of

butter, which, at the average price of,

' that article during the year (22 cents
per pound), netted $104 75. ' The pres-
ent owner has wisely refused the sum of
:$l000 for this cow. She is discribed as
-deeply red, of medium size. and of fine
:-appearance--N. Y. Tribune.

_,(1:§-‘ Mr. Brooks received 7900 votes
.on his re-election to Congress, and $600
-was contributed towards the payment of
this line. '

From the Boston Transcript, August 8th
Charles Sumner.

We are sorry to learn that the ac-
counts from Mr. Sumner are by no
means favorable. Since Saturday, the
2nd inst., he has been at Cresson,- the
highest point of the Allegheny moun-
tains,on the line of the Pittsburg rail-
road a sojourn there having been thought
desirable by his physician, after a fail.
are of his attempt to recover health at
Cape May. Neither sea air or mountain
air have as yet. produced any effect ; and
Mr. Sumner continues in a state of pros.
tration, unable to walk for more than
two or three minutes, and utterly une-
qua! 10 90)’ Prolonged mental ,efl"ort.—
One of the ables: physicians of Philadel-
phia has pronounced his case ciimble,
and that there is no injury which time
and care will not remove. During the
first five days after the outrages, Mr.
Sumner was comparitively comfortable,
saw many friends, and spoke to them
confidently of his speedy return to the
Senate. On the night of the 27th of
May, a violent fever set in; and from
that day to the present his conditionhas
been such as to excite the deepest anx-
iety of his friends and of the country —
Mr. Sumner has always indulged the
hope that he should be able to return to
the Senate before the session closes.——
'1‘o the physician, who warned him of
the danger of the attempt, he said, "the
Senate was his post of 'duty, and it was
better to die in opposing the crime
against Kansas, than to linger useless
at a distance.” His anxiety to return
to his post, has seriously interfered with
that tranquility which is so essential to

his recovery.

03- A spirited letter-writer for the
New York Times in speaking of the
election of Frank Blair, Jr. to Congresss
from St. Louis, says :—

“ St Louis is an anti-slavery city. ”* ""
“' Never did man bear himself more
nobly than Mr. Blahr has done through-
out the present contest. The firmness
and nerve displayed by him under the
most tremendous pressure, and the
promptness and openness with which he
has met every exigency arising during
the campaign, have endeared him to a
whole host of noble and generous friends,
and excited the admiration even of his
bitter enemies.

" We.may very naturally exaggerate
the importance to be attached to Mr.
Blair's election ; to us. at least, it has a
very deep signgficance, an expression of
a determination on the part of the people
of St. Louis not to be domineered over
by those who iusolently take it upon
themselves to represent the only interest
that is thought worthy of protection in
the South—niggers. niggers, niggers.—
What makes this victory more worthy of
notice is the fact that while the position
of Mr. Blair has been well ‘defined and
understood, that of Mr. Kennett, his chief
opponent, has been involved in doubt.-—
Though in fact a very compliant instru-
ment in the hands of the Slavery propa-
gandists, his friends have been able to
place him in a wide range of position.
from the strongest Pro-Slaveryism to the
mildest and most reluctant acquiescence
in the Kansas-Nebraska act. He has
-never met the issues presented by the
openly expressed opinions and purposes
of Mr. Blair.’

3:? The " Catholic” drivel of the
mendacious boobies of the N. Y. Ex.
press begins to run slow, says the Al-
bany Evening Journal. We will sup-
ply them with another weeli’s material
for falsehood and inuendo, by the state-
ment of the damning fact that Fremont
wears his suspeudrs CROSSED ! We
have this from an unquestionable source
—the Pathfinder’s tailor.

fig? As a specimen of the principles
upon which F. P. Blair. Jr., went into
the Congressional canvass in St. Louis,
we quote the following paragraph from
the St. Louis Democrat, in favor of his
election.

" To the polls, then, voters of St.
Louis, and show the dignity of your cal-
ling, and vindicate the rights of labor.
Prove to them that white men will not
be made slaves, and that the free citi-
zens of St. Louis knows no masters.”_

Sweet -S'z':z:teen.—Fremont was con-
firmed in the Episcopal Church when he
was sixteen; he ran away ‘with Jessie
when she was sixteen ; he has been mar-
ried just sixteen years ; and he will be
elected by the electoral vote of sixteen
States.

[[§= The Rock Islander, says that one
of the Mormon women who was in the
company of the crowd which has passed
through that town for Salt Lake, had
no less than four husbands. She is an
intelligent, pleasant looking individual.
She contended that womenihave as good
a right to have a number of hilsbands,
as a man had to have as many wives as
he wished, provided the men were all
members of the Mormon Church.-
There is nothing like making circum.
stances suit occasions, and these Mor-
mons appear to have a peculiar facculty
for such transactions.

Woman’s Laugh.--A woman has
no natural grace more bewitching than
a sweet laugh. It is like the sound of
flutes on the water. It leaps from her
heart in a clear sparkling rill, and the
heart that hears it feels as if bathed in
the cool exhilarating spring. Have you
ever pursued an unseen fugitive through
trees, led on by her fairy laugh. now
here now there, now lost, now found ?—
We have. And we are pursuing that
wandering voice till ’to day. Some-
times it comes to us in the midst of care
or sorrow, or irksome business; and
,then we turn away and listen, and hear
it ringing through the room like a silver
hell, with power to scare away the ill
spirits of the mind. It turns the prose of
our life into poetry, it fliugs showers of
sunshine over the darksome wood in
which we are traveling : It touches wtth
light even our sleep, which is no mori-
the image of death but it is consumed
with dreams that are shadows of immor-
t_ality. ‘

 

[Q “Cou|dn’t you get young pork,
ma’am, to bake with your beans '2” said
old Roger, somewhat cynically, as he sat
at the table one Sunday.

“ They told me it was young, said
landlady. .
- “ Well, it may be so, but grey hair is
not a juvenile feature, by any means, in
our latitude, ma’am," continued he fish-
ing up a hair about a foot and a halflong
with his fork. “ He may have been
young, but he must have lived a very
wicked life to be gray so soon.”

As he spoke he looked along the table
and a slight emotiont was visible among
the boarders, and ths man who sat Oppo.
site with his ,y,n,o.uth full of edibles, with
which he had been .l3_lM,i.(-.'£lVOl'lllg to smoth-
er a laugh, grew dark -with the effort,

and crumbs amid the nicely plated folds-
of old Roger's shirt frills.

000 for a Post Offiice in.New, York city.

‘and then collzipsed, scattering dismay-

Q? Congress has appropriated $500; -

For-ign News

The Baltic arrived Sunday, bringing,
Liverpool dates to the 16th inst. The
most important feature ofthe news is
the surrender of the Saragossa and the
triumph of O'Donnell throughout all
Spain. A new Government. had been
named in Catalonia and the insurgents
were rapidly dispersing

Three days after the fighting had
ceased. two battalions of the National-
Guards coming to the help of the citi-
zens, were met by the Royal Cavalry,
and every man of them cut to pieces.-
Seventeen insurrectionists had been shot.
_The English news is absolutely nothing.

It is reported that Louis Napoleon is
in a critical state of health from an at-
ection of the spine, though it was un-
derstood that he was not in immediate
danger. *-

The market reports from England
represent breadstutfs something IOWBF
in consequence of the harvest.

 

California.

The Ariel has arrived from California,
bringing $l.473,879,ou freignt.

Various regiments of the Vigilance
Committee are frequently out on parade,
and are recipients of beautiful flags and
banners from the siterhood of the city.

The city is quiet and healthy.

The Committee have published a long
report in vindication of themselves,
which purports to he a statement of their
doings and watchful investigations In
the commencement ofit, they observe
that the magnitude of the task assigned,
the variety and extent of the subject
matter proposed for their investigation,
as well ‘as the ‘shortness of time al-
lowed them, have rendered it imposi-
ble to make so thorough an examina-
tion as could be desired. _

But they appear to have gone over the
whole ground. All kinds of civil and
criminal interests havc_been looked into
with the minutes: circuspection, and the
whole story of the sheriff's office, and
business, the Assessor’s, County Recor-
der’s and Cotoner’s offices, is shown up.
They have_ into the courts, too, and tell.
the people just what they find, and what
is wanted in the way of reform.

9:? It will be remembered that Judge
Terry stabbed a member of the Califor-
nia Vigilance Committee, while he was
arresting a person. He is now on bail
before the Committee. The New York
Times says ;

‘- Nearly I50 witnesses on both sides
have peen examined in the case of Judge
Terry, and it is understood his trial is
about closed. It is said evidence is on
file that he has been engaged in more
than twenty fights, assaults and street
brawls since he has been in the country.
As Hopkins is now thought to be con-
valescent, tit is possible Judge Terry
will be expelled by’ this steamer. In
that case we shall have no high Court
of Appeal, as the third Judge, Hayden-
felt, isin Europe, and Murray cannot
act alone. That Terry will not be al-
lowed to occupy the Supreme Bench
again is certain. ‘

fl The storm of the 10th, 11th 12th
inst., which visited the vicinity of New-
Orleans was of the most terrible charac-
ter. The most disastrious effects were
felt at a Summer resort called Last Is-
land,a short distance above New-Or-
leans, which is represented to have had
every house swept from it. and to have
been completely inundated. Two hun-
dred persons, it is estimated, lost their
lives on this Island. Grand Cailiou
Island, another watering place, had also
suffered severely; the extent of the loss
of life was not known, but it was repor-
ted that thirty bodies had been found on
one end of the island‘ The damage
to the sugar, cotton and corn crops is
said to be almost incalculable. The
banks of the river a Bayou Sara had
caved in, carrying away three hundred
residences.

They Leave the Sinking Ship.

The special Washington correspon-
dent of the N. Y. Times telegraphs that
the Flmore men in Congress are about
to declare for Fremont.

Reanimazion of Drowned Persons.-
Dr. Hall, an eminent physician of Lon-
don, has just given to the world the re-
sults of a series of investigations on
Asphyxia, or the suspended animation
resulting from immersion in water,
which are interesting in the highest de-
gree, and if in the hands of others found
to be effectual, will revolutionize the
entire method of treating persons found
drowned. He objects to the practice of
seeking to restore animation by eleva-
ting the temperature of the_body by hot
blankets and hot. applications. The sus-
pended animation in the case of drown-
ing ariscs from two distinct causes; first
a want of the air usually received in the
process of respiration, and second, a re-
tention of carbonic acid gass in the lungs,
and its final premeation in the blood, and
producing death from this cause alone,
and is increased by heat and heating ap-
plications. Dr. Hall has pointed out one
impediment to the restoration of this
function which has hitherto escaped
notice. This is the falling back of the
tongue across the top of the gllttis. or
entrance into the wind pipe. The first
step in Dr. Hall's process is to remove
this difficulty by placing the patient up-
on his face and breast, instead of his
back, as is usually done. The body is
then turned slowly upon ists side, and re-
turned as slowly to its first position up-
on the breast and face. This motion,
whose effect is to cause a considerable
amount of air in the lungs to be expelled
and reinspired, is to be kept up until
breathing is restored, or all hopes of res-
uscitatiou from this scource are abandon-
ed. "Nothing,” says Dr Hall, “can ex-
ceed the beauty of this life-giving’ (if
life can be givon,) fithis breathing pro-
cess.”—Baltz'more Amencan. ‘

 

‘ For the Gazette.

Mn. Emron :-—When a charge is
publicly made against an official in the
presence of -one of his colleagues,
who knows it to be unjust and untrue,
is it not his duty as.a man of honor and
a Christian, to correct the erroneous
impression sought to be made, and if he
fails so to do, does he not violate the
recognized principles of morality and
religion _ J usrrcr.-:.

V. We don’t pretend to be much of a mor-
alist or theologian, nevertheless. if our cor-
respondent means to imply that such has

been the conduct of any one, our opinion is,
that '“lion‘or,” ‘-Clu-istiani_ty,”~ “morality,’

and “religion,” has very little to do with such

a man’s character.

 

m, Our thanks are due Hon. Messrs. Fos
ter, Douglass, Whitney and Woodrufi‘ for pub-
lic documents, and to Dr. Welch for a copy of
the Report of the Special Committee on the_
Troubles in Kansas.

fl“ We shall publish the L~I.~.:i: i:..‘.Zz..lion-
Laws in our next, .

flit?» EAZESTTB.

iNorwal_lr,,'1’nesday, Aug-19, 1866.

Hxxar can on Sl.AV'ERY.—“I have said that Ineve1'
could vote for it myself, and I repeat that I never can,
and never will vote, and no earthly p'o\\'erivill ever make
me vote to spread slavery over territory where it does
not now exist.”—Henry (.'Ia_i/’s Speech, Feb. 6, 1850.

“ I FEEL there is nothing which the civilized world,_ill
they take notice of so humble it person as myself, ml
reproach me with, when, 1 say, as Isiiid the other day:
I had made up my mind, for one. that under no circum-
stances would I consent to the farther extension of the
area of Slavery in the United States, or to the farther
increase of Slave Representation in the House of Repre-
sentative.w.”—Speech qfDam’cl l‘Vcb.ttcron Oregon Bill, ’-18.

“ Tn: ABOUTION or Dom-‘.s'ric SI.AVERk' is the greatest ob-
ject of‘ desire in these Colonies, where it was unhappily
introduced in their infant state.”—-Jrgfibrson, in 1774.

'1
FOR PRESIDENT

Joan c. 1-amour,

or CALIFORNIA.
road vrcn PRESIDENT,

wu.1.nM r. Jonnsrou,

OF PENNSYLVANIA .

American National Platform.

I. Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and in-
separable.

II. Freedom of‘ the ballot-box from foreign influence.

III. Freedom of conscience.

IV. Freedom of speech.

V. Freedom of the press.

VI. Free Territory and Free K:msas—No advantage
to accflo to Slavery from the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise.

VII. The improvement of rivers and the construction
and improvement of harbors, as well upon the great
lakes as on the seaboai-il.

VIII. The immediate construction of a railroad across
American territory to the Pacific States, by such aid on
the part of the Government as may be necessary to ac-
complish such result.

FREMONT & VICTORY.

There will be a meeting of the N o r walk
Fremont Club, at Pnuurx HALL, on
Wednesday evening, 20th inst. at 7 1-2 o’c1ock
C. A. DANA, EQ. of‘ the N. Y. Tribune,
and others, are expected to be present and ad-
dress the meeting.

Wilton Fremont Club.

. The friends of Freedom and Fremont are in-

 

vited to meet at the Town House in Wilton‘

on Friday Evening, 22d inst. at 7 1-2 o’clock,
Hon. A. OAKEY HALL and others will ad-
dress the meeting.

 

NEW - CANANN.

There will be a meeting of the New Canaan
Fremont Club, at Concert Hall on Saturday
Evening the 23d inst. at 7 1-2 o’clock, when
Hon. A. OAKEY HALL will address the
meeting.

 

Co|I'ax’s Speech.
Any of our friends desiring copies of this
able vindication of the rights of Free Kansas»
can have them by leaving orders at this office.

Bedding Mail.

We see that Uncle Sam cannot dispense with
the services of our primitive uncle Burr, who
prior to the railroad era, used to transport the
mails to and from Norwalk and Redding. It
has been withdrawn from the Danbury road
and placed back in his charge, to be transpor-
ted thrice a week.

The Bell Ringers.

The Concert to be given this Tuesday even-
ing by the Peak Family will be a rare enter-
tainment. Those who heard the Swiss Bell
Ringers a. few years since. will not fail to be
present, as these are said to surpass them. It
is no clap-trap exhibition, and will no doubt
be well attended.

Q Mr. G. W. Merriam gives a Union Con-
cert ot vocal music at New Canaan this even-
ing. Mr. G. is a very successful manager.

Editorial Correspondence of the Gazette,
The Block Island Expedition-,-

Concluded. '
Sun rise at .MontauIc—T/ie Ocean Roll-—

Immemie Slaughter of Porgie.9—.& fleet of

Fi.9hermen.—Indians trolling for Blue

Fish-— Weighing flnchor for Block Island

-1701/age thither—.drrival—-Sojourn at

the Spring Hoitse—0odfishing, &c.—Fish-

ermen vs. Connecticut Yankees— The Sab-
bath at JV'ewport—Its fashions, its fools,
and shad-bellies— With a general account
of the wonderful adventures of a compa-
ny of Fireside Voyager: on a Oodfiah Ear-

peditim, &-c., 8,-c.

Our vessel, although she rode securély at
anchor on the “billowy deep,” rolled and
tumbled heavily all night. But so thorough-
ly had been our purification the evening be-
fore, none were sea-sick during the night, and
the physical prostration occasioned, by the
terrible ordeal we had passed, seemed to seal
the bonds of our sleep. Bright and early
all were up to greet the glorious harbinger:

And see the sun himself on wings
Of glory, as up the East he springs-”
This was a sight worth a week’s voyage to
witness. Off‘ over the blue waters the god of
day rose in all his unclouded splendor, and as
he peeped midway above the disk of the "hori-
zon, lighting up its vast expanse of heaving
waters with a sheen of lurid light, it formed
an enchanting sight which could not fail to
move the most plethoric mind. No man
with a. living soul within him, with a
heart and an intellect above a brute,
but must feel his lite’s—blood bounding
through his veinswith ton-fold greater power
as when moved by music’s “voluptuous
swell.” Far, far away. through the limitless
paths of ocea.n—yea., through the eternity of
space—shone the life-giving beams of the sun
and then tinting before us with his soft morn-
ing glimmers, the crested waves that danced
and glanced, and glitter-ed on as rapid A as
one’s thou gbts :

' ‘How humbling to one with ii. heart and a. soul,

To look on thy greatness and list to its roll ;

To think how that heart in cold ashes shall be,

While the voice of eternity rises from thee l

Oh thou art. n.lmlghty—eternnl--iutblimc-—

Unwakened, univasted—twin brother of time!

Fleets, tompests, nor nations, thy glory can bow ;

As the stars first beheld thee, still clialnless art thou

But hold, when thy surges no lnpgcr shall roll,

And that firmament’s length is drawn back like a

scroll ;

Tdsn—then shall the spirit that sighs by thee now,

Be more mighty-—rriore lasting, more chailless than

than 1'’

But we were destined soon to leave the
realms of fancy and go to something else, not
less oil-al it is true, but to our minds one of
the grossest of all sensuous operations in
which-the human animal engages. So taking
a hasty cup, not of soup, but most excellent
coffee, a slice of blue-fish just transposed from
its native element to the gridiron—an eggs-
traordinary ham-ming_ over a tender slice of;
premonitory pork, and then for the first can-
test with the finny tribes. Montank Point is
the grand rendezvous of those chubby fellows
who so battled the powers of our most skillful
ortliographists some time since. In fact Por-
gies are a great institution. If you doubt it
visit the fish markets of Gotham, or rather
visit old Montauk.

Here was enacted the first truly exciting
scene. The first fish caught was a bird, or
rather ii. uondescript with fine, wings, and al-
most feathers, which our water wise ones puc-
nouuced a "sea robin.” The next one was -an
ugly looking customer, worse even than our
friend Dickerson’s Devil Fish. Like many of
the human family, he was fair to look upon at
first acquaintance, but suddenly he began to

swell with indignation, tiil his orbicular vis-
cera, like an obese Dutcliman’s, looked as it’
he hatlbeen expressly created for guzzling
down lager bier. The “married man,” being
of a speculative turn of mind, saw at once a
fortune lurking under the skins of fiiese fisli.
His plan was to dry them and put them in the
market in opposition to those abominable con-
trivances now constructed for ladies under-
garments! They would bc sure to have
a great run with the cailfiah aristocracy at all
events. We soon commenced an onslaught
on the Porgies however, taking them by whole
battalions, and in about four hours gave up
from sheer exhaustion. having caught some-
thing like a barrel and a. half, plentifully in-
terspersed however, with those hideous “rob-
ins,” and “Dutchmen.”

A good dinner again devoured, with appe-
tites sharpened on] as appetites can be by a
saline atmosphere 9. dessert consisting of
choice pastry and an abundance of Charley
D’Artois’ inimitable Ice Cream, and we
weighed anchor and were’ off for Block Island
that eastern gem of the ocean. Here we ar-
rived just at evening, after an afternoon of
delightful sailing, and were boarded by a
horde of the most otlicious, unmanly and hog-
gish set of pirates it was ever our bad fortune
to encounter. Some idea of their totiil de-
pravity may be gathered from the fact that
they even stole our best shoes and tooth-
brush! Perhaps we ought to say, however,
in extenuation of their guilt, that they did
not know ’twas a printer they were robbing.
Leaving a sufilcient force on board armed with
one revolver, and an old fuzee of the Eliza-
bethian period, to preserve its from saorile-
gions pillage, in company with our Commo-
dore, the “married man,” and one skilled in
.drclier-y, we repaired to tho“Spring House,”
a most capital Hotel kept by the tar famed
Carr. CARD, whose shadow we trust will never
be less. We found him a gentleman in every
sense, and from his watchfuluess the natives‘
did not get their fish-hooks into us as bad as
they might otherwise have done. We hope no
one will go to Block Island from this quarter
without paying Capt. Card :2. visit. His house
is situated on the point of the bluff overlook-
ing the ocean, is orderly and quiet, and one of
the most inviting and attractive spots we can
recall, for a week’s sojourn, especially for in-
valids. Near his house is a fine Clialybeate
Spring of excellent tonic waters, a fine beach
for bathing, with bath-houses, Bro, and most
of all, a cool, bracing, ocean atmospliere,which
forces new life into your system, while the eye
ranges to the limits of vision, and the ear
drinks iu to satiety the ceaseless roar of the
mighty world of . waters. His house is well
filled with that class of guests who prefer
substantial living and quiet, to fuss and feath-
ers, noise and confusion. If we live, we shall
be reported there again.

The Island is a quiet, romantic boulder of
landsome ten miles long by three wide, about
30 miles from the main land, and 20 miles
east of Montauk, and is under the jurisdiction
of Rho de Island. It has a fine harbor, and a
sort of inland lake which a few thousand dol-
lars could convert into a safe and secure haven
for the tempest tossed mariner. It is inhab-
ited almost entirely by fishermen, who take
in large numbers of blue-fish, cod-fish, and
summer ea.-cur.-n'om'ats. There are nearly two
thousand inhabitants upon the Island, and ev-
erything with the exception of two fine hotels
bear the strongest evidence of its having been
the kingdom assigned by the immortal Cer-
vantes to Don Quixotte and his worthy squire
—two huge and hideous wind-mills furnishing
any collateral evidence which might be neces-
sary for a faith in the conceit. The point at
which we landed is designated “New Shore-
ham,” and has the only harbor of note on the
island. It is on the can extremity of the Is-
land, and about lhirty miles south west
from Newport. It is certainly one of the
most romantic and healthy spots we have ever
visited, except it be for consumptives, who
here find their symptoms aggravated in conse-
quence of the highly oxygenated condition of

‘ the atmosphere. In a very clear day you can

faintlydescry the main land, but usually the
eye can rest upon naught but the limitless ex-
pause of ocean. Here, as an old correspon-
dent truly remarks, “the song of the sea-bird.
and the eternal lullaby of old ocean, will hush
you to sleep at night, and stir the very depths
of your soul with its wild music in the morn-
ing,while the crested billows of the Atlantic
lash itsrugged shores continually. The island
appears very naked, there being no trees wor-
thy the name. and the land is curiously undu-
lating, looking for all the world as if nature
in some war of the elements had changed the
rolling bed of the ocean into terra firma.—
The land is exceedingly fertile, and fine crops
of grain were being harvested. For fuel the
Islanders are dependant upon the peat holes
with which the Island abounds and coal ship-
ped thither. There are four or five churches
all of the Baptist denomination, and for the
carrying out of their baptismal tenets there is
every natural facility. We were subjected to
several immersions during our sojourn, not,
however, in consequence of any change in our
theology.

There isa beautiful schooner-rigged yacht
that runs to and from Newport twice a week
with the mails and carrying passengers.-
There is also a sloop constituting a semi
weekly line from Stonsngton, which ‘prevents
the inhabitants from being completely isola-
ted. The want of a dock or breakwater,
however, subjects these people, and all who
visit the island, to great inconvenience.-
Spiles are driven into the beach among which
the little schooner-rigged “ Block Island
Sliarpies” are run and lashed, when not in use.
While disembarking, visitors, male and fe-
male, are handed over the sides of the an-
chored vessels, aud go ashore 'in the yaw].-
This is all very fine, however, for the gents, if
the wind doesn’t blow, and for the ladiesiif
they don’t happen to be accoulred in tashion-
able undergarments. If they do, then “w-hoop
hurrah,” but stand from under, while the taw-
ny fishermen blush to their boots. Neverthe-
less, let us urge our readers one and all to
come to Block Island. Come in the hottest
weather of Summer, and while the dear ones
at home are dissolving in their “melting
moods,” you will shiver with your overcoata
and cloaks. Come here and commune with
nature in her sublimast aspects. Seat your-
self on some overhanging clifi‘ away up above
the dashing rollers that madly roar and break
below, and drink in nature’s terrific inspira-
tions. Come here, and on a calm, pleasant
morn, see the “God of day” rising like a
globe of‘ molten fire from the misty beds of
ocean. And come here and witness the ter-
rors of the Storm King, and
From thcfihigh hills that view thy wreck-making shore,
When the bride of the mariner shrieks at thy roar ;
When like lambs in the tempest, or mews in the blast,
.0’er ridge-broken billows the canvas: is cast.

Witness the fated vessel dash madly upon the
shores, ace the mast fly in splinters, the
shrouds to shreds. Hear the cries of the lost.
seamen as he is hurledto destruction by the
pitiless gale. Or ifuoue of othese scenes await
you, and you are caught here in a fog, give
yourself over to the ludicrous and be ,p_lii_-lo-
aophical and telicitous—Calculate

“How long the soa’s been in roaring

At this inferno; rate,

And if all it’s been a pouring,

Could be clphered on a a§.a.,tc,

That Moses never mentioned ye than pzpyider,

Wllile other things descri hing,

And think how it must have foamed K tliii,nde1:o.¢_l

When the Deluge was aubsiding.

Your thoughts’ll be great, magnificent and deep,

As you look. upon the sea,

To all Etei-nity l
But enough of‘ this-—u most excellent sup-
per at mine host Cari1’s Spring House, a gen-
eral perambulalion among the huts of the fish-
ermen aud farmers, in the mood of the philoso-
pher “seeking knowledge under difiicnlties,”
a cursory view of the wrecks, one a brig and
one a schooner which had been driven ashore
in a gale and lost,‘ and we retired to a soft
clean bed, and “wrapped the drapery of our
couch about us, and lay’ down to pleasant
dreams.” About three o’clock next morning
we were suuinbned by a loud order from our
Commodore to rise and prepare for Blue-fish
inspection, and Cod-fish exercise. Performinlfi
it hasty ablation, we repaired to the dock of
standing spiles, and soon were rowed to our
yacht by the Pilot who was to conduct as to
the fishing grounds, and was glad to find that
the fishermen had not taken out all her spars,
thanks to our revolver and oldtfuzeo. Long
before the sun came forth, we were bounding
out on the ocean south-east of the Island, and
trolling for blue—fish. , This is deemed the
fishing exercise, and after seeing our friend
the “married man,” (who also bears a similar
coguomon to himwho objected to the premature
burial of his brother Joseph, but introduced
the celebrated "Compromise measure” of ol-
den time, whereby the said Joseph was sold
into Egypt,) haul one in, for he had the first
bite in this case, as he did subsequently with
a different kind of fish, we had no disposition
to question the superiority of this kind of
fishing over all other. A somewhat prema-
ture breakfast, aided by the ocean roll, and
that aided again by a pretty stiff breeze, left
our friend with his head hanging over the
side, as if getting himself in readiness for the
payment of another instalment to old Nep-
tune. His under lip had sensibly dropped,
his eye was expressionless, and every feature
bore that "don’t-care-for-the-worldableness"
and utter resignation so peculiar to persons of
weak digestion in all similar exigencies, when
all of‘ a sudden, as it struck with an electric
bolt, he sprang to his feet, his eyes dilating
with the fires of frenzy, his recently inanimate
and almost helpless arms were flung madly
aloft, and for about three minutes, as he con-
tinued to beat the air, one from the shore
would. have thought him some crazed lunatic
who had escaped from his cell to fall into a
bumble-bees’ nest. But not so—soon a five-
pound blue-fish came skipping and bounding
through the waters, and neared our craft.-
Our friend had fairly caught him, and he was
not only the first one, but he was a proper
nice one, one worthy of his steel. So with
the aid of some two or three, we jerked him
from the vessel’s side to her deck, while our
friend overcome by his exertions, crawled for-
ward and proceeded to return old Neptune
the change. Our friend is not a penurious
man, yet we did think he paid for that fish re-
luctantly, although it is due to him to say
that the price was a severe exaction for only
five pounds of fish !

But the fish was secure. and although some-
what pained to see the beautiful thiqz
gle and pant as it gave up its life to an’s ra-
pacious appetite, that beautiful and touching
little ode from Burns came to mind, and it‘ the
reader will pordon our alliteration, we will
introduce it :

¢“Wee, sleekit, cow’rin, timorous beastie,
What a. panic’s in thy breastie—- ~
 rl: I 3% O 

I’m only sorry man’s dominion,

I-Ias broken naturc’s social union,

And justifies that ill opinion

Which makes thee startle-
At me thy poor earth born creature,
Au’ fellow mortal.

But jishey, thou art no thy lane,

In proving foresight may be vain ;

The best laid schemes 0’ jun. an men,

Gang aft aglay,

An’ leave us naught but grief an’ pain,

l-‘or promised joy.

Yet thou art blest compared with me,

The present only toucheth thee,

But och I I backward cast my e’e

On prospects drear-,
An’ forward, tho’ I canna see,
I guess an’ fear ”
One after another of our company went
through the wild gyrations described above,
but the sea rolled so heavily that each was
sure to “ pay dear for the whistle.” “ When,
in the course of human events” it came our
turn to have a bite—and such a bite-we
could have testified on the moment that it was
the great-grandfather of all Blue Fish, or else
the veritable whale that swallowed Jonah had
heard of our irregularities and with an appe-
tite cultivated by age and experience, had an
inclination to try an Editor. The struggle
was severe, thoug luckily I take it for both of
us, it didn’t last long, for when assistance
came, we found ourselt‘ left—but our fish, our
squid and some thirty feet of our line, were
gone. The unrequited exertion, and vexatious
loss caused a feeling sympathy; (for we
are the most sympathetic animal in the world,
and mental emetics are always the surest and
quickest to act upon our system,) for those
who had gone before, we found ourselves the
victim of an unaccountable insurrection in the
lower provinces, and as is our wont, went with
the majority—although we did protest from
the bottom of our stomach that it was an out-
rage to pay for what we had not got. Never-
theless the Fish King was inexorable, and as
each fish was purchased at so dear a rate, we
sagely concluded that we would show a prop-
er resentment by pulling up our lines and
bearing away in indignation, towards the quiet
moorings we had left in ‘the morning—being
somewhat incited thereto by an increasing
freshness of‘ the wind, which boiled no good
to our troubled spirits.

We had scarcely reached our moorings when
we were intercepted by a boat load of gay ex-
cursionists from one of the Hotels, comprising
among their number the Lieut. Gov. of Rhode

Island, his two sisters and
“ * * A dearer one
Still, and I near one
Yet, than all others.”

The company were from Newport, New Lon-
don and Stonington, and after rowing around
as several times, and when

“Music arose with its voluptuous swell, $.90

Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again,”'—
Our friend of spotted coat associations before
named, forgetting that he were a Benedict-
as the best of men will forget on such occasions
-with all the gallantry of a “ lover sighiug
like furnace,” invited the gay party of‘ “ fair
women and brave men,” on board. The invi-
tation wasaccepted, and all went “ merry as
a marriage bell,” until our friend aforesaid, by
his “ marked attentions” to the acknowledged
Belle of the party, seemed to have so t‘ar—won
a reciprocation of soft glances and languishing
repartees “ as told the victory won,” which
seemed to have roused up “ the green eyed
monster” in her afilauced lover’s breast. Who
shall deny that there is not some psychology,
or 'mesmeric power of‘ mind over mind.

“ Oh Love, thou art indeed acurious thing,"
and curious pranks was the wily God playing
with the damsel and with our oblivious Bene-
dict. Seeing how he did thrive in this fair
lady’s love, we “ more in sorrow than in an-

if
-l'v

‘ger” whispered the interrogation in her ear-—

“ Did you know that this fellow is the only
married man in our party?” We intended no
,.lie, but it proved to us how much a falsehood

,pfi_y',ip_e ‘-ipficpsified when uttered by human-

,T_lie poison ‘took zpqd ou,r “married. man’s”
stock could not,bave,oqm;nii,ii,de;l ten cents on
the dollar for the balance of ‘the (Our

declinedpbut as we considered nothing_more
than a grateful acknowledgement for the ser-
vice we had done by our revelations, we make
noboaat of‘ “our winning ways.” Cafldldly
however. we believe our friend .D’A"° 9’ 1°?

stru g- i

own stock rose asvrapiidliy as our frieudki zhagl '

Cream, (which held out till this onscnt.) liar!
the most admirers, and the cnconiuins pabst:t=
upon it by our lady guests were far more in-
dicative of sincerity than all the fulsome adu-
lations heaped upon our “ Married Man.”

But our time had come to bid adieu to Block.
Island, and after salting down our OM80 0'
fish, we weighed anchor and set sail for New-
port. A tihe sail of four hours brought 118 t0
the great modern Babel of fashion and folly-
The grand rendezvous of

“ The Prudo severe, and gav Coquette,

The sober widow, and the _vonng'gree1i. virgin,
Garrulons 6111 age, and jovial youth,

The shrill-tongucd shrew, meek as a turtle dove,
The wise, the good, the generous, the brave,

The downright clown, the fool, the churl,

The mean, the worthless and profane’-‘—

Where, as our own poet has it—-

Tlie maiden flirts, and the widow comes
Like the ocean, to cast her weeds.

The city has nothing of special beauty or at
tractiveness, aside from its location at a point
where it is ever fanned by the cool winds from
the ocean. There is the d nondescript tower
it is true, which is a rid to the profound as
well as to the foolish. Here, however are
some beautiful and costly edifices, built by
summer residents and several of‘ the largest
Hotels in the country, chief among which is
the Ocean House. Either we repaired with
the “ Married Man,” and our arclier--to shoot
sly glances at the vain human butterflies who
throng its immense corridors.

If any man has a desire to see humanity and

vanity in all its phases, let him come here.—-
Here is the prim ancient maiden, whose parse.
verance holds out better than her prospects
for matrimony. To us, as we saw these poor
human chattels, trippping about bedazzled
with jewels, silks and gossameres, it seemed
like a great human auction ware house,where
partnerships for life could be bought and sold
upon the most accommodating terms. Real,
genuine beauty is scarce at Newport, walking
clothes-frames there are of the most approved
patterns and in abundance. But let no sensi-
ble yonng man bring the freight of an honest
‘and honorable affection to this market for bar-
ter. We never witnessed so much of the un-
real and superllcial—-all seem intent on seem-
ing what they are not. Beauty, Brains and
Morals are all cast aside as dross in the uni-
versal acclaims to the god of mammon. In
front of‘ us at Dinner sat a. noted “ Pea-nut
Merchant” from New York, without apparent
refinement, education, or brains for anything
more than money getting, yet he had made
$50,000 in the exchange of these delectable
edibles, and money sanctities all other- defi-
ciencies. He was a 1iou’s cub here. (For be
it known the true lions, are not to get below
the hundreds in the thousand column.) At
the Hotel. on the Promeuades, at the Bathing
grounds, in short, at all points, “ vanity of
vanities, all is vanity” and superficial show.
We do believe that half the mincing bipeds we
met were as devoid of soul and moral princi-
ple as are their wire and rag counterparts in
the shop windows. A fashionable lady of the
eroclusioe, is expected to dress eleven times
each day, while the inoustached tops who ogle
them are expected to renew? his kids every
time he exchanges salutations with one of the
Prim family.

Sea Bathing, however, is an institution at
Newport, and is about the only sensible thing
enacted by the fashionable fools who resort
thither. We are a convert to the Sea Bath,
especially when safe from its breakers, and a
good sandy bottom whercon to dance the foam
How delicious to some into the opening flood
and_slieet your parched skin with an aqueous
covering reeking from the cooling depths of
its ocean distillery. How exquisitely revivi-
fying to feel the crested waves dash about
your neck, and break over your shoulders in
rollicking glee, and then run galloping back,
‘laughing and frolicing like mad—while myr-
iads of rainbow-tinted bubbles dance, and
glitter like fairies in the sun. Then up
comes another, and another, and an-
other, to kiss away the great briny drops its
twin-sister left upon your cheeks, and that
too, frolie away again to old ocean’s centre,
bespangled with its silvery foam, as pure and
light as the tlirobbings of your own glad
heart the while. Then to one like our afore-
mentioned friend, susceptible to the tender
emotions, egad, it is a most delicious luxury
so see the dear creatures so intent on annex-
ation, skipping and tripping the tiny feet in
dances over the seas, and swathing their vo-
luptuous forms like Naiads in the fountain
while their golden locks and auburn tresses
dally with the waves, and twine about their
alabaster necks, “like sea-weed round a clam. ’
Oh how — .

“ I loved to stand on some high beetliug Rock,

Or dusky brow of savage promontory,

Watching the waves with their white crests dancing

Come, like thick-plumed Squadrons, to the shore,

Gallantly bounding.”

But then the genuine exquisite has ‘to be
fashionable, in the bath, as in all other mat-
ters, and there is after all, little of that free-
and-easy, lithe-and-gay sportiveness, we
should witness in a similar exercise at our
Norwalk Islands.

The bath-houses are about a; mile from the
hotels, and -from the heights which overlook
them appear like the tents of a large army
They are kept in excellent order, and every
precaution is now taken to prevent the possi-
bility of’ accident from drowning, etc. It is
but a few years since, however, that a most
lovely and accomplished young lady was car-

_ried out by the breakers and drowned, and
the wildest terror and confusion gave place to
the wohted hilarity and merriment of the

place :
=i= how coldly

The rough river rau-
Over the brink of it,
Picture it, think of it,
Dissolute man l
Lave in it, drink of it,
Then it you can l
On Sabbath morning we attended the
church of the late Dr. Choules. This Society
was organized just two hundred years ago-
in the afternoon, the 1st Episcopal church,
but everything tended to fasten the convic-
tion that Christian worship was not among
the popular institutions of Newport. ‘
Early on Monday morning, we cast off our
lines and were heartily glad to leave this
great Sodom of upper-ten folly.‘ Our little
craft soon sped by the more gorgeous yachts
with which the harbor abounds, down past the
fort. into the broad bay, thence by the light-
ship, and so on, homeward bound. While we
were rejoiced to bid adieu to the scene of so
much weakness, imbecility and folly, our
friend, the aforesaid “married man,” felt a
reluctance at parting with so much life and
gaiety. But then he is peculiarly constitu-
ted, and wry susceptible to the tender pas.
sions :
A little glove stirs up his heart as tides stir up the ocean
And snow-white muslin, when it fits, wakes" ninn_v :4. cu-
rious notion ; ’
All sorts of lady fixing thrill his feelings as thcy’d otter
And to him little gaitcr-boots are death, and nothing
shorter !
In spite of all regrets, we sped rapidly on
into the ocean’s bosom again.-
“ That glorious mirror, where the Almighty’s l'orm
Glasses itself in Tempests ; in all time,
Calm or convulsed—in Breeze, or Gale, or Storm,
Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime
Dark-lieaving ;—boundless, and sublime-—
The image of‘ Eternity—the Throne
Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime
The monsters of‘ the deep are made: each Zone
Obeys thee ; thou gocst forth, Drond,F:tthomless,Al0ne."
Just 2A3 91.8 were bidding adieu to Neptune’s
feI;,l1nY,..}V_é. got. bec,al;ne_d, and although the
iocciiii‘ roll did not as ',exactl_y si.-as.-i_ck,
yet, as out‘ junior Co inmod,or_ei f,e_eli_ugly ‘ex-
pressed it, “it wasn’t pleasant.” We solid
lazily along, however, till about oil‘ Southold,

' Dorsey Mrs Phebe

lsliuwl" ‘-‘ti-gi1‘l.‘t-'Il0l‘8 7’ Running out‘ Vessel
into about a r1l1ul‘lcr of 11 mile of the ‘Island.
all but our lliitlifiil cook diseinbarked and
rowed to the shore. Here we found all 80141!
of curious shells, white sand, stones and peb-
bles. with an endless quantity and variety of
drift wood and wreck which had been cast
upon the beach. Some mounted the cliff and
were picking berries, some strolling upon the
beach, while our Commodore, having regard
for the milk of human kindness, was off‘ a
farm house for a supply of the lacteal fluid,
when all of a sudden “hung were the heavens
in black.” and one of the most terrible squalls
of wind and rain wewere ever caught in, was
upon us. The waters, as it were, in a mo-
ment were lashed to fury,and with the greatest
exertions was our vessel reached. But with
the caution and courage of our commodores,
we all got safely on board, thoroughly
drenched with the surf, pulled up the anchor
which was bent out of all semblance of its
former shape, and, with the loss of our top-
sail, rapidly send off before the wind, well
satisfied with this kind of ocean traveling.-
Nightisoon set in, and but for the faint glim-
mers of New Haven light, sad and sorrowful
would have been the condition of our bra-
vest fireside voyagers. Near midnight, after
having been nearly run down by the steamer
Plymouth Rock, we drifted on to soundings,
and then cast anchor, to await with bodings
and impatience, the morniug’s light. But
“downy sleep, deatli’s counterfeit,” had van-
ished from our eyes, and never do we care to
stand sentinel through such a night, and sage-
ly concluded that whatever might be the
tastes of other men, we’d endeavor never to
.be caught at sea again, except-

“While gentle zephyrs play with prosperous galel,
And fortune’s favor fills the swelling sails,

And would forsake the ship and make the shore,
When the wind whistl es and the tempest roars.”

Morning came, however, with its glad light
and although the winds were light, the day
was pleasant, and the prospects of reaching
home before night, gladdened the hearts ofall

At noon we found ourselves abreast South-
port, and dinner being over, each began to
look up and pack away old clothes, fishing
tackle, etc., preparatory to reaching “home
again.” One thin'g, however, was not forgot-
ten. A meeting was called of those on board
and a resolution of thanks to Captains Dan-
iel K. and Burr Nash passed, for their unre-
mitted watchtuluess and care, in the manage-
ment of our boat and our party, which had
resulted in our exemption from accident. and
safe return home. Never were two comman-
ders more deserving of such a compliment
and their gentlemanly kindness and conside-
ration will never be forgotten by their fellow
voyagers to Block Island. The resolution
was responded to in "a neat and pertinent-
speech from the,elder Captain Nash, by which
time we had reached Gregory’s Pciut,§nd our
homes were in full view, then the (look, from
which one week previous, to an hour, we had
“bid adieu to those we left behind,” and with
a premonition of our arrival, there stood

“’l'h’ expectant wee things, todlin, stacher through
To meet their Dad, wi’ flichterin noise and glee."

Thus ending the eventful Blue Fish Expedi-
tyou, “and if again the race is run, may we
be there to see”

 

We are at last to have an Overland
Mail to California, which we should have had
these eight or nine years.

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List 01 Letters
Remaining in the Post Office, Norivalk, Ct., Aug. 15,1858.

Allan Elizabeth Killboy, Thomas Esq
Byrnes James . Larkin, Thomas
Berna Mary Lockwood, Miss

Boole Miss Louise E Lewins, D
Birdsey E W Esq Met‘-nnce, Wm ,
Baker Mrs Jane N Mchali, Thomas

Morris. Barbara 2
Milard. Miss'Jaue

Mix, J T

McMahon, Patrick
Maloney, Miss Johunuah
Miller, Mrs Roberta
Nickerson, Norman F
Nash, Miss Sarah
Nash, Charlott

Nash, Mrs Ann
Olmstead, John
O’Cortnell Jermjv
O’Shea, Miss Mary Anne

Bennett David J Esq
Breed E I’

Bishop Miss Hannah
Brakenridge N C Esq
Clark Timothy Esq
Cunningham Frahcis 2
Curtis or Morgan 2
Coe Seth M

Colburn & Ban-ington
Carmichael Miss Abby
Ccle Thomas
Davenport Mrs William

Daley Mrs Powers, Bridget
Davis Mary 2 . Ramon, William
Dilly Ann Reynold, Miss Margaret A
Davls Mrs Ann Randall, Mrs C N
Davis I . Richards. Miss Susan
Dauely Margaret Reefs, Bridget
Dalton Eliza. Rodan,Jno

Eldridge Capt Alfred Robbins, C J

Elwell H H Sloop Mystic Capt
Fstvan Col Sutton, A G

Finch J C Sayers, Mrs 2
Fowler cap; _ _Selleck. Mrs Henry
Fishy John Smith, Mrs Mary
Gunney Fran]; Egq Steele. Stephen Esq

Guy-er wimam A Smith. Mrs Julia 3

Hoyt Mrs Anagusta
Hoyt Miss Catharine
Hardy Joliu

Hogan Mrs Margaret
Hoyt Miss Laura E

Scofield, Andrew
Tliayer, E A

Tuttle, Lewis

Todd, Miss M C
Taylor, Mrs Hannah

Ho‘,-t w H White Miss Kate

Hill J W Fsq Wilcox, 1- T F‘-sq

EM-en R M White. Messrs W A & A M
Holmes. R c W_adhell, M W

I-lusou‘ Niss Clorinilii. Winslow, J

Hyatt, Mrs .-\nn Wheeler, ‘\V T

Wright, Samuel
Wilch. Thomas
Wickharn, F
Wyman, Samuel
R. A. WILLIAMS, P. M.

Johnson, Clark S Esq
Jenks, Grlior P
Keirnan, Miss Ann

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Q. Reader, are you afilicted with any kind of hu-
murs or suffering from the ell‘i-cts of indigestfon, flatu-
lency, cnstiveness, troubled with bilions stomach. allie-
tiun of tlie'liver, or the piles? if so, consult your phy-
sician and he will undoubtedly advise you to pr0c}ll'¢ In
bottle of G. W, Stone‘s Vegetable Liquid Cathartic, II
it has been proved a reliable remedy in all the alto"
complaints. .
Beebe .t Sun, sole agent for Norwalk, Horace Taylflfo
So. Norwnlk, H. H. Taylor, Stamford.

S .5 Beware-
LOST, on Wednesday Aug. 'l3th. a Hall‘
Bracelet, with blue cnamellcd clesp- _ Al
it was the gift of a deceased Sister, it is prized.
far beyond its intrinsic value, and the finder
will receive the above reward and thanks of
the owner, on leaving it vvitli Mr. Sl9Ph‘?1“°“
at the Norwalk Hotel, or with Mr. John Colli-
stock, Wilton. ‘I m“

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NOTICE

pan-field (30, Agricultural Society
HERE will be a meeting of the Committee
T of Apfangcnlelll-S oi’ the above Society, at
the Gazette Office in Norwalk. on Saturday
EVellIn’g, at 7 1-2 ociock, to prepare for the
' ‘ All interested-iuthe

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