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PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST,
‘fret D. 8. N. Depot.
NORWALK.
laikenosses
‘A. II. CAMP,
SUCCESSOR T0
JAMES SHERWOOD,
Bookseller, Stationer & Binder.
' H Mair: Street, Norwallc.
Dentistry.
‘Doctors nnr. oi. nu.-en.
Surgical & Mechanical
D E N T I S T S,
Oiioe ovcrthc store of C. J.Grnman,
NORWALK, cons.
CsARLss FITCH.
J. I‘. POOTB,
Attorney. and Counselor at Law,
JFEICE ,0 VER JlI.dLL 012 Y’ s s TORE
' 0 Norwalk, Conn.
H. c. RANDLE,
—-DEALER IN-—
liats, Caps,---lVIen’s & Boy's
Uxnbrellas, ¢£:c.,
No. 2 S,kiddv’s Block.
C. J. G_.uUMA1v,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
our GOODS, CARPETINGS
mares, Satinettsn Vestings, and Tail-
or’: Trimmings, by the Yard,
Piece or Package.
SHEEIINGS, SHIRTINGS, JEANS, BA'l"l‘S_ AND WARP
A. thelowest possible prices.
NORW.A'LK. CON N.
E. V. A. CHICI-IESTER,
I-Iardxxrare
‘ (D E AL E R,
NORWALK, CONN.
O. &. E. K. LOCKWOOD, 8:. O0.
NORWALK. CONN. ,
MANUFACTURERS OP‘
Tin, Shoat Iron & Copper Wares,
AND DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery.
:_ Britannia Porcelain and Wooden
Ware, qnd Kitchen Furniture
in general, Pumps, Sheet
. Lead 45- Lead Pipe,
Crockery, Glass
an(l,C-hina.
Ware.
D. 3. BOOTH,
6| WALL srnnnr,
NEW YORK.
I‘. II. NASH,
WuoLssALs Axn RETAIL in-:ALsn IN
s To v E s ,
MANUFACTURER OF
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper‘ Wares,
Has corzstontly on hand a large assort-
.ment of general Ifouse-keeping
Furniture, at So. Norwalk,
Conn. »
AMOS HUNT,»
General Pension & Patent Agent
And Prosecutor of Claims before
the several Departments anal
the Court of Claims.
\Vashington, D. C.
Henry Hudson Holly,
(Fornicrly DUGGIN do HOLLY.)
nunar. ARCHITECT,
AND SUI’!-ZllI.\"l‘ENDEi\‘T,
(¢‘0I‘1lt’I‘ 0/‘ PVorlli,fonnc-rly flnthorzy-st.)
Residence Stamford, Conn.
Ml‘ Hon)’ 1133, for some years, devoted
himself entirely to country work, viz ; Fm-_
' uishing Designs for ‘Villas,Cottagcs, Farm
Houses. etc., together with general Embel.
, lishinents for Grounds, such as Out Houses
' Fences, Arbors, etc. ’
References at JV'oru'al/c.
Prof I. B. Woodbury, Henry I. Hoyt. 3m1
rairfield County Bank.
BANKING HOURS.
From 9 A. M. to 12M.
do. 1 P. M. to 3 P. M.
CHAS. ISAACS, President.
J. A. MOORHEAD, Cashier.
Jan. 1st, 1857,
EA and COFFEE, carefully selected, of
superior quality, always to be had at
* Mssxsn & OLiisrsAn’s.
Norwalk Post Oflice.
Mail ‘Closes.-—-Wnsr. 7.30 A. .\f.. 3.00, r M. .\
do - do EAST, 8.30 A. .\i., 4301-..\i.
do - do D. at N. R. n., 3.45.
do do New York City, 4.30.
Wssrox, Tuesday dz Saturday at 2.00 I‘.M.
Mail Due.——l). & N R. R. 8.00 A. M.
do do Wssr, 9.30 A. u.. 0.00 r. M.
do do EAsr, 8.30 A. M., 3.45 r M.
R. A. WILLIAMS P. M.
NORWALH IAINTING,
—AND—
Paper Hanging Establishment.
HE Subscriber would announce that in
connection with his House and Sign Paint-
ing, he now carries on a general
PJPER H./HJVGIJVG BUSIJVESS,
and will keep constantly on hand a complete
assortment of plain and oriiameutul Papers for
sidc walls. ceilings, balls, «to. His establish-
ment is one door north of Skiddy’s Block,
where he will be happy to execute all orders
in House and Sign Painting,and Paper Hang-
ing. Paints and Oils for sale, and Paints
mixed ready for use.
GEORGE MARVIN.
Enaecticut Saddle and Harness
E 1\I I’ C E. I TI M
East-side the Bridge, umler Ct. Hotel.
TEPHEN SWANN, successor to FREDERICK
BRADLEY, manufactures and intends to
keep constantly on hand a full assortment o
Harness, of all descriptions, light Buggy and
Coach, and light double Harness; also, a new
style of Wagon Harness, of superior make.-
CoLLAns of every variety,consistiugofCoach,
Buggy, Gig, Cart, Team and Breast, all of the
best materials. Also, Riding Saddles,‘ Bi-idles,
Martiiigales, &c., together with a large assort-
ment of Whips of every description, Trunks,
Valises, Satchels, Carpet Bags, Leather do.
for school children, which he intends to sell
cheap. '
All in want of any of the above named arti-
cles will do well to give him a call, for he is
bound to sell his goods at satisfactory prices.
Orders for any description of work prompt]
executed. Repairing done at the shortest
notice, and in the best and neatest manner.
somzwume Nnw
Under the (Sun ) Ct. Hotel.
TURK has now on hand and is constantly
renewing one of the largest, and mostju-
diciously selected stocks of
F./ILL ./l.N'I) IVIJVTER,
-READY MADE CLOTHING.
Ever exhibited in this vicinity. Those in
want of good substantial tasty and durable
garments, can find them of every size and va-
riety, readg made for less than they willhave
to_ pay elsewhere for the cloth alone. Remem-
her the place for good and cheap clothing is at
TURKS under the Ct. lIote1,Main-sl., Noi-walk
Tonalinson
SPRING 61. AXLE G0.,
MANUFACTURERS OI-‘
SPRINGS & AXLES,
BOTH COMMON & PATENT;
Ofall kinds and sizes,
c,,nnon.3t_, opposit ' },'.nilinson’s Carriage Miinnfactory
Bniounronr, Coxx.
It is acknowledged that the above Establish
ment mauuf-.icturc_s the best articles in their
line, to be found in the market. All orders
by Mail or otherwise promptly responded to.
Russsi. Tonnmsox, Pres., S. B. Fsnousox _.-Ill-9
Ti-eas’r, Wu. G. Lixununoii, Scc'y. M3‘!
New Coal Yard.
HE subscribers have establisliod a New
Con. YARD at Norwalk, on the east side
of the Bridge, on Sn1ith’s Dock below the I-’ot-
tery, where they intend to keep constantly on
hand and are now delivering a very supm-for
article of Goal, of the difibrcnt sizes required
for family use“, such as for the furnace, parlor
and kitchen stoves. Our stock is all fresh and
pains have been taken to secure the best lrimls
known in the market, such as Spring Mount-
ain Lehigh, and the Locust ‘untaiu White
Ash ; acknowledged by good judges to have
no superior. We have also the Pittsfoii vari-
ety, all of which kinds we will sell at fair rc-
munerating prices. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited.‘ .
We also keep the above varieties at our
Yard in Wiunipauk.
tf35 GEO. H. RANDLE & BROTHER.
Norwalk Dye Works,
Foot oflllill Hill, Norwalk, Conn.
OHN PICKENS, practical Dyer and Re
finisher. of Silk, Cotton, and 7’VooIe7l
Goods, Of every description, begs leave to
return his sincere thanks to his friends and
the public for the many favoi-s_ bestowed on
him since be commenced business at Winni-
pauk, and he would now inform that he has
removed as above, and fitted up a Dye House
and Finishing Room in the most complete
manner, with all the latest improvements in
the art of Dyeing; and having given up
Coloring for the Winnipauk Company, he will
now be enabled to do his work in a manner
that cannot be surpassed by any other estab-
,- lishment in the Country.
' Ofiicesfor reception and delivery of goods.
Attorney 8: Counsellor at Law
At the Dye Works, foot of Mill Hill, in the
rearof the old Bakery, and at his Residence,
Main street, Norwalk, Conn,
.dGE.I\/‘TS.
Shepherd-‘s Bakery, Norwalk, G. II. Randle &
Brother, Winnipauk ; Mrs. Mallet, Danbury ;
Horace Lockwood, No.1 Summer-st., Stam-
ford; David Sclleck, West Norwalk ; G. B.
Bristol at D. Chapman’s, Coleman's Block,
Pittsfield, Mass.
Orders Sent by‘ Adam’:-3 Express, or by
Waggoners, will receive prompt attention. 25
CASH
AID for Soap Grease, rancid Lard or But
ter, tainted Pork, &c.
For Sale.
A superior quality of Soft Soup, for Cash or
exchange for Soap Grease ; Also, on the some
terms, 100 bushels of Lcached Ashes for sale
by 1. HENRIETTA,
2ui7 at the Norwalk Soap Factory.
LUMBER! LUMBER!
I
ILL do IIUBBELL have recently com
mcnced 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 every variety of'Lumbcr sold in
this market. We shall be happy to accommo-
date customers with any tgjngiiln our line at
m’°"‘1’"i°e9' J, C. IIUBBELL,
15
Cut G-lass.
UST received an assortment of Rich Cut
J Glass Ware, consisting of Sugar Bowls,
' ii ' S lts, Tumblers. Goblets
1,g),':s°'V° ms es’ 3 ILA. BLANK nco. ’
Ladies’ Merino Vests.
ND the largest assortment of Hosiery and
A. Gloves ever offered in Norwalk, may be
found at the new Fancy St8l.'0S..IgLll‘lf1‘{l;é‘.$t-
\
0'l‘ASH,N .1, c
P ° “ 0LMSTEAD'S.
ANARY Seed,frec from dirt, at Dispensa-
ry, Bnsnu on Sou.
L ACKEREL in Bbls.aud half Bbls.,at
OLMSTEAD’S
OOPEWS Female Pills, at the Dis ensu-
ry, Bssps & Sou.
am-..
Cheaper than Ever
flt the South Norwalk
GROCERY STORE.
THE Subscribcrhus on hand by far the lar.
gest and best selection of Family Groce-
ries and Provisions, to be found in South
Norwalk, which he ol’f'ers to his customers
aml the public, at greatly reduced prices.
His facilities are such that he will be cons-
tantly receiving new and fresh supplies of
goods, as the wants ofhis Customers may
require, which will always be of the best
quali_ty and sold at the very lowest possible
price, and he would respectfully solicit an
cxaminationand trial of the same.
GEO. W. SLIITII.
3'lJ‘II£DIN'G- MATERIALS.
Pressed and Common‘ Brick,
Iiime, Cement, calcined Plas-
ter, Hair, and Marble Dust.
HE Subscriber having dissolved his con-
nection with W. C. Srni-:1-Ir, Esq. in the
business, will continue it on his own ac-
count, 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.
Otlice at the Store of W. C. Srnsnr.
E Land For Sale.
ABOUT eight acres of good Land, near
Main-st., one mile north of the Bridge,is of-
fercd for sale upon very reasonable terms.
t 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 calculated for afirst rate meadow. Itis
wellfenced, and in a very eligible location.
For further particulars enquire at this Of-
flce.
%, Cabinet Ware Rooms at
WESTPORTI
TIIE Subscriber would rospectfullyinform
his friends and the public generally.
that he is still located a few doors north of
Y the turnpike, opposite the Store of Alva
Gray, where may be found a general assort-
ment of CABINET FURNITURE.
Umlerlakingin all its departments atten-
ded to at the shortest notice and upon rea-
sonnble terms. 13 ALLEN RENOUD.
Noi-walk Emporium. .
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PROVISIONS, FRUITS.
Vegetables, Fish of All Kinds,
Clams, Oysters, dtc.
MEEKER. do OLMSTEAD.
_;7£E‘Goods of theabove description re-
ceived daily, and for sale at wholesale and
retail on the mo favorable terms. '
Norwalk Iron Foundry.
VERY descripf.ionofCAs'rixo done at the
shortest notice and in the best manner,
as cheap as can be obtained at any other es-
tablishment iu the State. Galvanized Chains,
Chain Puinps,Iroii Fence,Posts,Railings,etc
furnished to order. Patterns executed at
short notice and upon reasonable terms.
lyl ALEXANDER AUSTIN.
Further Notice.
HE undersigned having extended his bu-
sincss is now not only prepared to re-
usual, but is also prepared to make the
same to Order. Tasteful Carriages or heavy
Wagons made in every style to suit the pur-
chaser, and at prices to suit the times.
EDSON BEERS.
At the establishment formerly occupied
by Charles Isaacs.
B'lI'IIiDI1VG MOVIING-,
3!‘ CHARLES TUBES.
LL orders for building raising and moving
left with the subscriber, will receive
prompt atteiition and be executed in the so.-
fcst and most expeditions manner.
JOSEPI-I SHEPHERD,
ly4l Carriage Maker, flgenf.
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods
NEW SPRING STOCK!
'.,- THE Subscriber hasjust returned
§‘~, from New York with a new Stock of
Fashionable Jewelry, Watches, Pla-
ted Ware and Fancy Goods. which he offers
to his customers very cheap.
Clocks and Watches repaired.
Accorileous tuned and repaired.
Collin Pl-ates,Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en-
graved. 0. S . CLARK,
S. E. OLMSTEAD,
I‘VhoIesale and RelailDealer in Groceries
Provisions, &;c., No. 14 and 16 Jllain-st.
I_IAsjust received an entirely new and
extensive assortment of goods which
he will sell on as favorable terms as any in
the trade. The public are respectfully in-
vited to call.
Norwalk,Jan. 1st, 1857.
New Styles. -5
Fflnlew Goods &. low prices
HARLES FIELDS has now on hand as
large and varied an assortment of Gen-
tlemen and Ladies’ - Gaiters, Boots, and
Slippers, as has ever been presented to the
publicin this market. The styles are new;
the workmanship neat and beautiful ; while
the material is of the finest texture and
most durable quality. He has some very
elegant, plain and fancy colored, Ladies
Gaiters; also, Gent-‘s Patent Leather Boots
and Shoes, with an endless assortment of
Boys and Misses Shoes, allof which will be
sold very low for cash. The public are invi-
ted to call and examine his stock for them-
selves. ' tf'2l
Corn Shellers.
EW pattern Corn Shcllers, a first rate ar-
ticlc for sale by W. C. STREET.
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber having disposed of his stock
of Stoves, Tin Ware, &c. to 0. I. do J. S.
J oxss, would recommend them to his friends
and patrons as well worthy. of their c_ontinued
patronage and support. ’ _
All pcrsonsiudebted to the subscriber are
also hereby notified that their accounts are
ready f'or so-ttlemeiit at the old stand of the
subszcriber. S. B.,WAKEMAN.
VIIHE Subscribers having purchased of S. B.
WAKEMAX, his stock of Stoves, Tin Ware,
&c., would respectfully inform the inhabitants
of Westport and the adjoining towns, that they
will keep (under the mime and firm of O. I.
ii: J. S. JONES,) at the old stand, a complete
assortment of STOVI-is, Tm, Sussr Inos and
COPPER WARE, and every thing else usually
found in a shop of this kind, which they will
sell as ,low as can be bought for cash at
this or any other place. Having had a long
experience in the business they feel confident
that by a strict attention totlicir business,
they will be able to meet the wants and de-
serve the patronage of the public.
'l‘iu Roofing and all kinds of Jobbing done
in the best manner and at the shortest notice
by the best of workmen.
O. I. so J. S. JONES,
West side of Bridge, Westport.
Osoin I. J osss. Joux S. Joxss.
Wcstport, July 1st. 1856. 27
"tOUNTRY Pork. clear, at
(J S. E. OLMS TEAD’S.
RIED Apples, Plums. Peaches and Dyer-
D 1-ies,at Mssxsn 35 OLMBTEAD s.
As good as themurkct affords.’ constantly to. ‘
be found at the well" known establishment of ’
pair and re-paint Carriages and Wagons as _
POETRY .w-‘W
For the Norwolk Gaselle.
AN’ ACROBTIC.
S outh Norwalk is a little town of some consideration,
0 n the great New llavon Railroad line, it has a good
location,
U pan the margin of the Sound, which gives communi-
cation, '
T 0 all the country round about, by means of naviga-
tion, V
II ow many are th’ advantages of its fine situation!
N 0 other in Connecticut has all its fascination,
0 r all th’ attractione which so much excite our admi-
ration,
R especting the good people, they, if singled from the
nation,
W onld pass for real Yankees, that! swow bfiall tama-
tlou, -
A ad could I see the place once more, without mlc
hesitition,
Like a shot you'd see me streaking down unto “Canal
Street Station, '
K ind Fortune bless the journey that I have in contem-
plation. ‘
v M:-o.qQ...._._A.
The Dismissal of trying.
BY FRANCIS I. WATKINS.
" We have but three words to say-‘ served
him righ_t’.”—‘_—CIim-cli Janrnal.
Served him right I How could he dare
To touch the idol of our day 9
What if its shrine be red with blood?
Why, let him turn his eyes away.
A.'\f\fuN.\.\/\/\d'n\
Who dares dispute our right to bind,
With galling chains, the weak and poor ‘?
To starve and crush the deathless mind,
Or hunt the slave from door to door?
Who dares dispute our right to sell
The mother from her weeping child 2
To hush, with ruthless stripes and blows,
Her shriek: and sobs of anguish wild?
”l'is right to plead for heathen lands,
To send the Bible to their shores,
And then to make, for power and pelf,
A race of heathens at our doors.
What holy horror filled our hearts-—
lt shook our church from dome to nave-
Our cheeks grew pile with plans dread,
To hear him breathe the name of slave.
Upon our Zion, fair and strong,
His words fell like s. fearful blight,
We turned him from our saintly fold ;
And this we did to “ serve him right.”
-A-<o<.>
The Child and the Sunbeam.
I saw a youthful mother,
Once on a. summer's day,
Set down her smiling infant,
_ To watch its frolic play ;
It gamboled on the flowrots,
' That decked the carpet o’er,
And seemed with childish wonder,
Each object to explore.
A something on the instant
His glad career arrests,
And earnestly it gases where
A golden sunbeam rests ;
While on the new found glory
It fixed its wondering eyes,
And ti-ustfully reached forth its hands,
To seize the glitteilng prize.
-, And now its tiny fingers clasp
The treasure rich and rare,
Which in its baby innocence
It surely thought was there ;
But ah i the hand uncloses,
And to its earnest gaze
Reveals no gem of beauty;
No bright imprisoned rays.
And then the first of many tears
Fell on that cherub face ;
The first sad disappointment
In lile’s uncertain race !
And thus it hntlkbeen with us all, .
Who its dark game have played,
We’ve sought to grasp the sunshine,
And only found the shade I
' o<.>oo——-—-
Grand Scheme of Emigration.
The “ Brewers” should to “ Malta” go,
The “ Boobies” all to “ Scilly ;”
The “Quakers” to the “ Friendly Isles,”
Tho “ Furriners” to “Chilli,”
The little snarling, caroling ‘- babies,”
That break our nightly rest,
Should be packed off to “ Baby-lon,”
To “ Lap-land” or to “Brest.”
From “Spit”-head “ Cooks” go o'er to “Greece”
And while the “ Miser” waits
His passage to “ Guinea” coast,
“ Spenilthrifts” are in the “ Straits.”
“ Spiunters” should to the “ Needles” go,
“ Wine-Bibbers” to “ Burgundy.”
“ Gourmands” should launch at “ Sandwich
Isles.”
“ Wags” at the Bay of “ Fun”-dy-
" Bachelors" flee to the “United States,”
“ Maids" to the “ Isle of Man.”
Let “ Gardners.” go to “ Botany” Day,
And “Shoe-Blacks” to “Japan.”
Thus cmigi-ate—and mls-placed men
Will then no longer vex us,
And all who ain't provided for,
Bad better go to Texas.
MISCELLANY.
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O
From the Boston Journal.
Franklin’s Domestic Economy.
We are indebted to J oshua. C. Oliver,
Esq., of Lynn, Mass, for an opportunity
to examine a relic of the past of rare iii-
terest. It is an old ledger, begun in Phil-
adelphia in 1730, and the last entry in
which is dated in 1786. It was found in
the garret of an old house in that city.
The book, which was originally made in
a. very substantial manner, and covered
with parchment, is in an excellent state
of preservation, which is remarkable con-
sidering that it was used for over half a
century, and has slumbered in some for-
gotten nook for sixty years more. The
ledger appears to have been kept original-
ly for a small grocery and dry goods store,
like many of our present country stores.
On a fly leaf is written, “Ann Chand-
lcr’s Ledger A, begun July 4th, 1737,”
and underneath “ Thomas Paschal],
1747.” The latter appears have
greatly enlarged the business of his pre-
decessor, keeping besides groceries and
dry goods, a large stock of hardware,
hats, furs, etc., shipping the latter to some
extent, and importing, underwriting, etc.
Although it would appear from the in-
scription on the fly leaf that the ledger
was opened in 1738, yet the accounts ac-
tually commeuce in 1730. The entries
previous to the former date are in a diffe-
rent hand-writing from those of the sub-
esquent date, but who was the original
proprietor of the store Whose transactions
are here recorded does not appear.
" The chief interest which attaches to
this old relic of the business transactions
of by-gone days, is the fact that it con-
tains an account against the statesman and
philosopher, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Ex-
tending over a series of years, and cm-
bracing the recorded purchase of articles
for the every day use of his family, this
old account ossesses more than ordinary _
interest. T e aocoilnt Commences with
the year of Franklin’s marriage, 1730,
and extends down to the year 1750-1.
The first entry is in October of- the for-
mer year, the day not being mentioned,
and probably comprises the purchases of
the previous month, "as no ‘cure seems to
have been taken in making entries in -the
ledger to give the exact dates of the dif-
ferent transactions. September, 1730,
was the first month of Franklin’s mar-
riage, and we, obtain from the earlier on-
tries in this ledger, some idea of the eco-
nomical scale on which his domestic or-
rangements were conducted. The follow-
ing are the first entries, ccrbotim at litera-
tim, under date of October, (without day)
' BENJAMIN I-‘RANKLIN, on.
To 1-4 lb of"l‘ea 4s 4d ; a nutmeg, 4d 4.8 --
.To 4 yds of Caddie 8d. to 3 1-2 yds do.
711 1 3
To 5 lb-of Sugsr;6 ; to 3 yds Caddie, 6 8;
Too loaf of Sugar wt 7 lb dz; a 2s 15.0
To 1 lb Sugar 6,; do 1 lb do. 6 ‘ 12.0
To 3 lb of Sugar is 6 -to pay 133
, - 8d ~ 15.2
To 5 yd of Flanel,'1s_ 3-8 of Cal-
ico ] 5511 2.0
To a piece of Diaper a Is per yd, 14.9
To 1 yd Linen ls 4d ; ferret and Sugar ‘
' “id: to 1 lb ofcotton-ls 4d 3.3
'To 4 yds ofltcd Quality Binding 1 1-8 3 3
to 1-3 of siuimon 3d,
' To 71 lbs of Sugar 2s 9d ; and cash left .
to pay is (id; to 1 la Loafsugar
2s 4d, 0.1
It will be evident by an inspection of
the above account that the household of
Franklin was conducted upon a most fru-
gal scale." The item of sugar, however,
figures largely in the account, and‘ com-
pared with .the. small quantities of other
articles purchased, indicates that there
must have been sweet teeth to be filled in
his family. In his autobiography Frank-
liu says of this period of his life : Q
“r We have an English proverb that says,
He that would thrive must ask his wife. It
was lucky for me that I had one as much dis-
posed to industry and frugality as myself‘;
she assisted me cheerfully in my business,
folding and stitching pamphlets, tending shop
purchasing old inen rags for the paper makers
etc. We kept no idle servants, our table
was plain and simple, our furniture of cheap-
est. For instance my breakfast was fora long
time bread and milk, (no tea) and I eat‘it
out of‘ a two-penny porringer, with a pewter
spoou. But markhow luxury will enter a
family and make a-progers in spite of princi-
pal,- Being called one morning to breakfast
I found it in a china bowl with a spoon of ‘ sil-
ver. Tbey had been bought for me with-
out my knowledge by ‘my wife, and had cost
her the enormous sum of three and twenty
shillings, for which she had no other excuse
or apology to make but that she thought her .
husband deserved a silver spoon and china
bowlas well as any of his neighbors. - This
was thefirst appearance of plate and china. in
our house, which afterwards, in the course of.
years, as our wealth increased, augmented
gragually to several hundred pounds in vol-
uc.
However great a luxury a China bowl
may have been at this period of Frank-
lin’s matrimonial career, it is evident that
they had ‘become more common a few
years later. Under 1741 (no month or
(lay given,)- we have a charge for four
China bowls ls 3d each.
Some, of the items in the account
against Franklin are curious. ' Thus we
have Sept. 1733. “To 3 yd. of Garlix,
ls 10d.” Under the same date we have
“starch. and blue 5d,” showing that
housewifes used bluing for their starchcd
clethes, in those days as at prescnt.+
March 1. 1734, “To 5' of black Persion
5s 4d ; to 1 yd, Quality 5cl”—-articles of '
dry goods which probably go by some
other name in these days. Under date
of 1736, we have “To a pair of Nee-
bands, ls Sd.” July 12 same year, “ To
a per of pins, Is.” In April, 1740, there
is a charge “ To making a Whood ‘for
Debby, 1s.” The Debby thus familiarly
spoken of, was Franklin’s wife. May 28
of the same year, Franklin is charged
“To sundrys d’d to Sary the Maid, 9s
5d.” Again, .17 32, “ To a Fan to Deb-
by, 2s.” January 12, 1743, “ To Sun-
dry’s d’d to Elener Schull, ’ls.” Nov. 1,
1746, “ To Sundrys d’d to Eliz Woodard
3s 6d.” The two individuals last men-
tioned were probably domestics or visit-
ors in Franklin’s family. There is a sep-
arate account in the ledger against Eliz-
abeth Woodard, which we are sorry to
say of one so intimately asgociatcd with
Franklin, was never paid.
The last entries in the account are as
follows :
1747- 8,l~‘eb. 18—To in Beaver Hatt for
his son,
1759, April 10-To dressing and Lin’g
an old Halt
June 3—'l'o a Beaver Hatt for himself,
June 29-—'l‘o :1 Beaver Hatt, 40s, and
dressing an old Butt for his son, £2 25
Dec. 23—'l'o a Hatt for his Son William, 2
1750-], Feb. ll—To 1 Hatt do. 2
OJ.»-
3Q'-Thc old saw says : “There is
many a slip between cup and the lip.”——
The , following is an illustration of its
truth, in a pretty broad political sense,
which we copy from the Hartford Cour-
ant :
‘ In consequence of the severe snow
storm on the first Wednesday of Decem-
ber, none of the Presidential Electors of
Wisconsin could reach Madison, the cap-
ital. The State, therefore, ‘has lost her
vote for President. If one Elector could
have reached the capital, it would have
been sufficient, for he could have filled
the vacancies. The Constitution makes
no provision for a failure of the whole
college to meet on the first Wednesday,
such a thing having not be deemed among
the possibilities. Had the election of the
President depended on this vote of Wis-
consin, there would havc been in the
country a scene of treniendons excite-
ment. As it is, Congress had better
make provision against such ii contingen-
cy iu future. '
———-—-4-40»-
LIBEL on THE FAIR Ssx.——Iu a. case in
our Supreme Court yesterday, a witness
was asked if his wife did not have some
conversation with another lady in regard
to the question in hand, “I don’t kiiow,’_’
said the husband-—“woineIi are olivays
chatting together, and I never care what
they say.” Such a brute should be turned
over ‘to the tender mercies of the next
w0man’s rights convention.
Boston Comic! .
2s
20s
U
—————oo<.
36* It is said that the new styles of
visiting cards for some time in vogue in
Germany, have come into use in England,
On the card is engraved the portrait of
the party to whom the pastebourd belongs,
instead of the name. Why not adopt
them here? A lady’s card plate \v01.1_l.d
then contain more interesting matter than
inaily of the fancy coveiiecl books whicli
are strewn upon. parlor t-ables.
fi"The following is a complete list of
United States Ministers at the Court of
St. James: -
G0IlVel'l1lel§lS') Morris, (N. J .).commissioner
Thomas Pinckney, (S. C.,) full minister,
1792 '
1794
1796
1803
John Jay, (N. Y.) full minister,
Rufus King, (N.Y.) -do. -
James Monroe,. (Va.) do. .
James Monroe and \Vm. Piiickney,
‘(Md.) jointly and severally
’ 1806
ministers,
William Pinckney, full minister, 1808-
John Q. Adams, (Mass) do. 1815
Richard Rush, (I’a.) do. 1817
Rufus King, (N.Y.) . do. 1825
Albert Gallatin, (N.Y.) do. 1826
James Barbour, (Va.) do. 3 1828
Louis McLane, (Md. do. 1829
Martin Van Buren, 2N.Y.) do. 1831
[Mr. Van Buren’s nomination was re-
] 3 jected in‘ the Senate by the casting vote-
of Mr. Calhoun, and in March 1832, he
left the mission in charge of Aaron Vail,
Secretary of Legation, who continued in
charge till 1836.] ,
Andrew Stevenson, (Va) full minister,
1836. .
Edward Everett, (Mass), 0 do. 1841
Louis McLonc, (Md.) do. 1845
Geo. Bancroft,‘ (Mass) - do. 1846
Abbott Lawrence, (Mass) do. 1849
JJR. Ingersoll, (Pa.) do. 1852
James.Buchanan, .(Pa.) do. ‘ 1853
Geo. M. Dallas, (Pa.) do. ' 1856
It is a singular coincidence, that three
euibassadors in succession should have
beeif appointéd from Pennsylvania. The
new minister, Mr. Dallas, is the son of
Alexander J nines Dallas, formerly Secre.
taryof the‘ Treasury,_ and was born in
Philadelphia in 1792. He. accompanied
Mr. Gallatin to Russia as his private sec-
retary, during_ the ‘last war with Great
Britain, and was in Ghent at the time’
of negotiations for peace. In 1831, he
was chosen to the United States Senate
to Pennsylvania. In 1837 he was ap-
'_'pointed minister for Russia. In 1844 he
was chosen Vice President of the United
States.’ ‘ -
.
ltlissmss or A LscrURsn.—Rcv: Dr.
Bethune, in the course of a lecture at
Newark, N, J., lately gave an amusing
sketch of the miseries of a public lecturer"
in which he is reported to have said :
Then again the reporters, (whose irate
quills he would no sooner provoke . than
those of a hundred fretful porcupines,)
often made him say very queer things.
Once when he said that he was not by
birth, but only ecclesiastically, a Dutch-_
man, the reporter made him an “ ecclesias-
tical deduction.” At "another time he
spoke of the devil sowing tares, and was
astonished to read the next morning that
he had mentioned the devil’s sawi-ng wood.
At another time he was made to say that
the patriarcli Abraham taught Ceci-op’s
Arithmetic ! Nevertheless, his experi-
ence of life had taught him three things.
lst, Never contradict a woman. _ 2d,
Never challenge the bill of a hotel keep-
er. _ 3d, N ever quarrel with an editor.-
Then again it was often annoying to see
one’s name posted on placards in ludi-
crous proximity with those of negro
minstrcls and all -sorts of other connec-
tions, and especially so, when the bills
have become torn and partly overlaid by
newer ones, so as to read something like
this: Jullien’s Grand Operatic Troupe
will give this evening a. Magnificent Per-
formance by Horace Greely, Esq.-
Highest cash price paid for rags—by
Hon. Rufus Choate.
A Polite Judge.
Gov. Ford of Ohio, tells an anecdote
of one of—the early Judges of that State,
but the Governor does not put upon rec-
ord'the name of the considerate magis-
trate.
At the Court over which this Judge
presided, a man by the name of Green
was convicted of murder, and the Judge
was obliged to pass sentence of death up-
on the culprit. Calling on the prisoner
to rise, the Judge said to him,
“ Mr. Green, the jury say you are
guilty of murder, and the law says you
are to be hung. I want you and all your
fiiends down on Indian Creek to know
that it is not I that condemns you ; it is
the jury and the law. Mr. Green, at
what time, Sir, would you like tobe hung?
‘ The law allows you time for preparation.”
The prisoner replied : “ May it please
your honor, I am ready at any time, those
who kill the body have no power to kill
the soul. My preparation is made, and
you can fix the time to suit yourself ; it is
all the some to me, Sir ?”
“Mr. Green,” returned the Judge, “it
is a very serious matter to be hung. It
can’t happen to a man but once in his
life, unless the rope should break before
his neck is broke, and you had better
take all the time you can get. Mr. Clerk
since it makes no difference to Mr. Green
when he is hung, just look into the abun-
nac and see whether this day four weeks
comes on Sunday.” . '
The clerk looked as he was directed,
and reported that that day four weeks
came on Thursday.
“ 'l‘heii,” said the Judge, “Mr. Green,
if you picase, you will be hung this day
four weeks at 12 o’clock.”
The Attorney General, James Turney,
Esq., here interposed and ‘said : “ Mo)’ it
please the Court, on occasions of this
kind, it is usual for Courts to pronounce a
formal sentence, to reprove him for his‘
guilt, and to warn him against the judg-
ment in the world to come.”
“ Oh, M1‘. Turney,” said the J udgc,.
“Mr. Green understands the whole mat-
ter ; he knows he has got to be hung.-
You iindcrstand it, Mr. Green, (lon’t
'ou ?”
“ Certainly,” said the prisoner. _
“Mr. Sherifi} adjourn the Court."
Four weeks from tliat day Mr, Green
‘was ll_l1_ll_g', but not so n'mcli' to his own
satisfiiction as his appearance promised
on the day of his conviction.
———-so . , . -
.I@-'1‘he I.I_o.u.se on. Monday passed ti bill
giving to Lieut, Gen. Scott $22_,000,_ the
o,rrca_i:s of back pay of which J eff. Davis
wished to deprive him,
-Gough on Prohibition.
The necessity as well, as justice of pro-
hibition is seldom set forth with greater
clcarness or power than in the following
narrative given by John B. Gougli which
we extract from the Christian Secretary.
As the Hartford Times is a “ true friend of
temperance” will they publish the extract ?
It is no fanaticism but a simple statement
of facts.
He said he was riding in the cars, some
few years since, from Portland to Boston‘,
when a. young man who sat near him in-
quired of him if he was in favor of a pro-
tective law-of a law that would shut up
the liquor seller in jail ? He replied that
he was _not prepared to go that length—-
that moral suasion worked very well, the:
The young man in reply said that he was
in favor _ofa law that would‘place the liquor
seller behind the grates, and gave the fol-
lowing reasons for his belief in the neces-
sity of such a law-. Myufather, said he,
resided some eight miles - from Portland,
where he’ owned acgood form, but-he be-'
come a hopeless tlrunkard; my mother
managed to keep the farm clear of mort-
gage by hiring men tofwork it, and su-
perintending its interests herself, until the
boys got to be old enough to relieve her
from her burdens. In the meantime my
father reformed and became a teetotaller.
One of the greatest sources -of happiness
to my mother was the fact that she had
saved thefarin. We were in the habit
of-taking‘ loads to Portland. ‘ One day
while we were in the city, I saw my fath-
er tie the horses to a post and enter a low
grog shop which he had formerly been in
the habit of frequenting. _ I followed him,
and saw the rumseller in the very’ act of
handing a glass of liquor to my ?father.
I ran to him and said, _don’t sir, give that
to my father. I.should_think boys were
getting tobe masters now-a-days said the
rumseller, and their parents the servants,
Again I begged of him -' not -to give my
father the drink, but he ordered me to
hold'my tongue, and finally to leave the
store. There was no relief for me ; the
man Iwaslicensed by the law to" sell rum,
. and had I been strong enough to have
stopped him by force from selling that
r-um, he could have taken me up for as-
sault and battery, and the law would have
sustained him in the complaint, and fined
me for _interfering in his lawful business.
Fiiially, late in the evening. my father
came out of that grog shop‘ (l7"lmlt.’ I
got him into the wagon the best way I
could, and started for home. When
about halfway home, my father made an
attempt to seize the reins, and in doing
so fell from the wagon, and before I could
check the horses, the wheel passed over
his head, smashing it on the frozen ground,
There all alone, boy as I was, I labored
to get the dead body of my father into
the wagon. I finally succeeded, and at
1 o’clock at night I drove up to the door
of our house, and presented the pallid
corps of her husband to my mother. She
never smiled again ; in the short space
of four months she died a heart-broken
woman; Talk of moral snasimz, said he,
to such a man as that 1-umseller I what‘
good would it do? You might as well
reason with a brute. The law protected
him from the slightest injury in the pros-
ecution of it. But for me, after he had
murdered my father and mother, there
was no redress. He could go on, dealing
out “ liquid fire and distilled damnation”
unmolested, no matter how many children
it. rendered orphans, or how many lives
be destroyed. Does not the public need
the protection of the law from the busi-
ness of such a. man?
——-o-<Q>..M__.
86”’ Mr. VVillis, in ii. letter to the
Home Journal, tells the story of Bayard
Taylor’s new home in Germany. VVith
a German Gentleman, who had been his
traveling companion in the East, he had
formed one of those friendships of wliic_li
we had been speo.king—-an inexplicable
interchange of magnetic recognition and
trust. They were together in scenes far
remote from both their homes ; and their
acquaintance, brief as it was, was yet
knit by unusifal asociations and by a
sympathy that had been reciprocally com-
plete. They parted—each to return to his
native land, but without promise of cor-
rcspondence, and it was some time before
Bayard heard from his German’ friend.
The missive, when it came, was startling,
however. It was a formal conveyance to
him of an estate, to belong to him and
his heirs——a free gift, and given irreversi-
bly, as a pledge and token of friendship.
The grounds were complete, the house
furnished.
.>o
VALUABLE MiNs.’—-Mr. E. C. Webster,
living on the old road to Hackensack,
about a mile from the New York turnpike,
and two miles from the Passaic Bridge at
East Newark, some two years ago discov-
ered on his property apeculiar rock, which
was found very useful for fertilizing, and
also for making paint, mid it led to the
formation of a. mannfactnriiig company,
which purchased the land from Mr. W.
for $450,000. They continued selling the.
land for fertilizing purposes until recently,
when it was discovered that the stone con-
tained about four per cent. of nickel, and
also a. large proportion of oxyde of lime
and cobalt, and asmall proportion of silver
which parties in Europe had known for El.
long time, and had been purcliasing the
rock of $15 per ton. for the purpose
of extracting these valuable substances.-
A steani mill was recently erected for the
purpose of griiidiiig the rock into powder,
and about twenty men are constanly em-
ployed, who turn out from 300 to 400
barrels a week, each barrel weighing 400
pounds. This is the second and richest
discovery of nickel in the United States,
and promises to be very profitable, the
mine being estimated to be \\:‘€»!‘-ill. millions
of dollars. - A shaft is near being sunk,
and other iinp_1:ovenieuts made to carry on
the business witli more facility.
Ncwarlc Ad1vorh‘ser_.
.—-——-oo<Q>oo—--.--—_
fir An exchange paper, from a snowy
region, remiu:ks:——TlIe season for shov-
eling siioiv has xwrived. and our citizens
will soon have to turn, out in the niorniiig
and clean the path... Particular care
should be taken that the path be dug wide
enongh_ to admit the free ssagefof ladies
places at.intervals.-in case two of them
2 - ..
O VOOLUMEO -XL?-NUJIBER 2.
_ pulpit-demagogues—thcrc the
with tlielioopod skirts, w th switching off ~
' From the Fre'e"man’s' Journal.
An Irish and Catholic View of the late
' - I>llection.--’5 V ‘
_ Wherever New Englandism predomi-
nated——whercv'ar the New-' -Englander
had transplanted himself from his orig-
inal barren home into newer and richer
soil—-wherever the New England idea
found tolerance, there was to be seen sec-
tio_naIism—there was hatred engendered
by the appeals of person-politicians and
, , Clicevers
and the Beechers lifted up their "voices
and manifested the bitter blood of New
England and its hostility against the
common constitution. The evidence of
this attempt on the part of New England
and her allies against the country is to
be seen in the vote of New York as con-
trasted in its northern ‘and southern di-
visions, ‘as well as in the portions of Ohio,
Michigan, and other States peopled by
settlers of New England origin.
The fidelity to principle of the native
born of the Southern and Middle States,
»of- various races, largely ‘assisted by the
men -of the ‘emigration; has saved the
Union. Henceforth no man who loves
the Union will doubt the intelligence and
» devotion of themloptczl. citizens, for had they
not stood in,tIw,gap to stem , the torrent oe
Nina Englwmlism, the contimoame of the
Union of these States. would have been an
impossibillity ,- therefore the outpouring
of malice against them is but the evidence
of the extent of their service,--it, consti-
tutes their glory, and they accept it as
their reward. ‘It is honor to be so well
hated by those wliohate the Union. New
Englandism has received a mortal blow,
not so much in the (defeat of sectional
cauidate, as in the coloring, of the new
moral and political map ‘of the country
whereon its sinuous course can traced for
fnture warning. New Englandism in its
littlencss is unfit to lead the country. It
is but the mere inheriter the Island-
Spirit of Old England, and does not pos-
sess -that faculty of expansion needed to
take in‘ a continent of States. New En-
gland has never possessed ‘more than one
idea at a. time, and that she has always
run into the _ ground. Her Puritanisin
was but ‘ a spiritual despotism-—under
which every man had to.sq_uare his opin-
ions and his conduct according to the
rigid spiritual pattern -placed before the
people by their spiritual masters. Under
Puritanism there existed no toleration for
dissent. - Disagreement with the standard
on even a minor point, was sure to lead
to instant religious, ‘social and civil ex-
communication. Though thoothep ex.
tremc—latitndinarianism—-has "now been
reached, when belief‘, even in the divinity
of our Lord, is regarded as a. nonessen-
tial, yet New Englandism has changed in
essence not an iota. There is always a
one, paramount and exclusive idea in the
New England iniiicl—‘and- there is room
for nothing else. V V "
. ,_____,,‘._.
7 When Judge McLean was Postmaster.
General he was grossly‘ abused by a dis.
appointed applicant for reappointment as
postmaster in one of the small towns.--
He at length demanded to be informed in
writin g why he was not re-appointed. He
was so informed; and it is said that the
following is a copy of the letter with which
he was’ favored by the Postmastei-.(}ene.
ral :
P. 0. Department, J une 6, 1823.
Sir: The allegations against you are
numerous and strong, and are chiefly
these : ,
That you cannot writia or read well
enough ; are nota safe accountant ; have
been guilty of the grossest negligence in
not delivering letters when called for, is
attended with injury; deliver letters fre-
quently to persons for whom they were
not intended, and suffer them to be taken
away; fail to send letters and packages
P5’ 1119-“ in proper time: sometimes send-
mg of the mail without putting into it
any letters or packets that had been lod-
ged at your office; reverse the destination
of letters, and send them back to the pla-
ces whencc_ they came ; have not sense
enough to discover the error after the let-
ters had been repeatedly returned ; made
frequent and gross mistakes in the bills
forwarded to other offices ; open packages
addressed to other post offices ; when the
mail is called for by a. neighboring post-
master, handing out any one right or
wrong ; disobey the regulations respecting
dead newspapers ; appropriate half a
three years, and resort to the miserable ,0
speculation of selling them for wrapping ;
paper 3 fill up a. circulating library with ‘
periodical works obtained in this way ;
are uncouth in your behavior ; odious to
the population; heap error upon error,
and avail yourself of those errors in order
to. supplant your employer; have been
tried by the vicinage and found‘ wanting
and to sum up, they charge you with
Want of principle and capacity.
Respectfully, your obedient,
JOHN McLs.i.\'.
v 4
Cnu.o_uoon.——“ Good night I” A loud
clear voice from the top of the stairs said
that: it was ’l‘ommy’s. “ Good night,”
miirmers a little something from a, t.1-mm.
dle bed——a little something we ca]1edJen.
ny, that fills a. very large place in the
centre of two pretty large hearts. “Good
night,” lisps ii little fellow in a plaid dress,
Who Was christened Willie about six years
ago.
NOW I la): me down to sleep,
I p1‘o)’She- Lord my soul to keep,
If I should die before I wake———” .
and the small bundle in the trundle DNI :‘
has dropped off to sleep, but an angel will I
finish the broken prayer for‘ her.
Q>>o-—M. _
3? The negro preacher Aniillson, ar-
rested at Conallton Ky., for complication
in the supposed slave revolt, has been ex-
amined ond nothing proved against him. «
So the report that he had papers “impli-
cating distinguished men at the north,” is
all ahumbug. ‘
<<.>-o——--—.—
_@" A statement of the ‘number of
“"93 °f the“/[embers of the Legislature,
the Executive and his sijnordinane offlcei-3'
In Utah. gives 420 Wives to. 4o men.
- H““t!”8t0__'I(the‘fbrger, has commenced
should hoppeato iijcct. 7.,»
‘a
- -the éagggaéiug business at Sing Sing-
V‘
negligence always inconvenient and often _f
dozen of them to your own use for two or 7'
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