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PIIOTQGRAPHIC. ARTIST,
“fer D. 8:. N. Depot.
NORWALK.
gkilzanesses
warranted to please all Good J udges
L. H-. CAZDEP,
- SUCCESSOR T0
JAMESISHERWOOD,
Bookseller, Stationer & Binder.
I I? Jlfain Street, Norwallc.
= . . Dentistry.
Doctors IEILI. 6:. PITGE.
‘Surgical & Mechanical-
D E N T I S T .3.
‘Disc over the Store of G. J. Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.
Cu.uu.1~:s Frrcn.
, J. E‘. POOTE,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
OFFICE OVER Jlt.-7LLOI2Y’S STORE
Norwalks C0111!-
H. C. RANDLE,
——DE.\I.El". I.\'-—
S ‘Bats, claps,---llIen’s & Boy’s
. STRAW GOODS, &c.,
Ladies Pars, Gents Gloves, canes,
‘Umbrellas, ceo.,
No. 2 Ski¢ldv9s Block.
—‘ .
‘C. J. GRURIAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS, CARPETINGS
Carriage -T7‘i77m1»Z')2gs, 0101/13. 04351‘
mares, San’-netts,, Vestings, and Tail-
or’: T-rzmmirzgs, by the Yard,
‘ ’ ' ' Piece or Package.
sgumrxxos, .=mnT1.\'os, .lE.\.\'S,1l.-XTTS AND WARP
A the lowest possible prices.
NORWALK. CON N-
______.__
1:. V. A. Cl-IICHESTER,
iliardvvare
' D E A L E R.
NORWALK, CONN.
p. 8:.‘ 2:. K. iT6E.7KwooD, 81- co.
' NORWALK. CONN.,
MANUFACTURERS 01-‘
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares,
AND DEALERS IN
Stoves. Ranges, Fumaces, Cutlery,
- Britannia Porcelain and W'oodm’
Ware, and K1'.€clz.en F m'm'ture
in general, Pumps, Sheet
Lead Lead Pipe,
C/‘ac/cery, Glass
and Cltina
I’Vcz7’e.
13.3. 3001-11.
Attorney & Counsellor at Law,
I 61 WALL S'l‘I‘.EE'l‘,
f . _ NEW YORK.
I‘. H. NASH,
WHOLESALE AND RETAII. D1-:.tLr.v. IN
ST 0 V E S ,
MANUFACTURER OF
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper‘ Wares,
Ha:.cozzsta2zzlg/ on /zaml a large assort-
‘ -mm‘; qf general Ifouse-keeping
Furn-iture, at So. Narwalk,
Conn.
AMOS HUNT,
General Pension & Patent Agent
And Prosecutor qf Claims before
the several Departments and
the Court of C'Zaz'm.s.
\Vashington, D. C.
Henry Hudson rr¢ii§T
(Forruerly Ilnuorx 8'. Hour.)
nuns: ARGHI'.l.'E0'.I';
AND SUl’F.RI.\'TE-.\'DEN:I‘,
47 Mofi'al.’s Buildings, 335 Broadway, N. Y.
(corner of l'Vort/1,furmer1y flnthuny-st.)
Residence Stamford, Conn.
Mr. Holly has, for some years, devoted
himself entirely to country work, viz : Fur-
nishing Designs f'or Villas,Cottagcs, Farm
IIouses.etc.,together with general Embel-
llshments f'or Grounds, such as Out Houses,
Fences, Arbors, etc.
' Rcf'ercnccs at J\"0I‘ll:!1ll-‘.
Prof I. B. ‘ll’oodbury, Henry I. Hoyt. flml
:r-ail-iiléiii County Bank.
B.-l-.\'KI.\'G HOURS.
From 9 A. M. to 12 M.
"do. 1 P. llf. to 3 P. M.
CHAS. ISAACS-, President.
J. A. MO0RHl'f.-XD, Cashier.
. Jan. 1st, 1357,
E1 £I,nd~C~OP—ETEE',H<:-:ItE1Il—y'.-Selected, of
gupeljiorqquallty, always to be had at
' ILL
do
- - R. A.WILLIAllS P.M.
i
“Connecticut Saddle and Harness
E 1\I P Q E. I IT 1\I 3
East side the Bridge, umler Ct. Hotel
TEPHEN SWANN, successor to FRI-lDl~‘.RICl-I
BRADLEY, manufactures and intends to
H.‘
_ keep constantly on hand a full ;,.:x<u-lxncut of
Harness, of’ all descriptions, ligl: l uggy and
Coach, and light double }I:u'nes- 2 also, a new
style of Wagon Harness, of super r:.: make.-
Conmns of every val-iety,cousism.g ofuoach,
Buggy, Gig, Cart, Team and Brea.<L.all of the
best materials. Also, Riding-Saddles. Bridles.
Mtwtingules, &c., together with a large assort-
ment of Whips of every description, Trunks,
‘Valises, Satchels. Carpet Bags, Leather do.
for schoolchildren, which he intends to sell
cheap.
All in want of any of the aboveuamed 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 promptly
executed. Repairing done at the shortest
notice, and in the best and ncatcst manner.‘
SOMETHING
Under the (Sun) Ct. Hotel.
URK has now on hand and is constantly
renewing one of the largest, and most ju-
diciously selected stocks of .
FJILL .zf.N'D I'VI.«’\"TER_.
READY MADE CLQTHING.
Ever exhibited in this vicinity. Those in
want of‘ good substantial tasty and durable
garments, can find them of every size and va-
riety, ready made for less than they willhave
to pay elsewhere for the cloth alone. Remem-
ber the place for good and cheap clothing is at
TURKS under the Ct. Hotcl,Main-sl.. Norwnlk
New Goal Yard.
HE subscribers have cstablhehcd a NEW
COAL Yxnn at Norwalk, on the east side
of the Bridge, on Smitli’s Dock below the Pot-
tery, where they intend to keep constantly on
hand and are now delivering it very sztprrior
article of Goal, of the different sizes required-
for family use, such as for the furnace, parlor
and kitchen stoves. Our stock is alljresh and
pains have been taken to secure the best kiruls
known in the market, such as Spring Mount-
ain Lehigh, and the Locust Mountain White
Ash; acknowledged by good judges to have
no superior. We have also the Pittslon vari-
ety, all of which kinds we will sell at fair re-
munerating prices. A share of the -public
patronage is respectfully solicitcd._
We also keep the above varieties at our
Yard in Winnipauk.
tf35 GEO. H. RANDLE cl: BROTHER.
—r G A S: H’.
AID for Soap Grease, rancid Lard or But
P tcr, tainted Pork. &c. I
For Sale.
A superior quality of Soft Soap, for Cash or
exchange for Soap Grease ; Also, on the same
terms, 100 bushels oflleached Ashes for sale
by I. IIENRIETTA,
2,117 at the Ncrwulk Soup Factory.
LUMBER! LUMBER!
ILL 85 HUBBELL have recently com
mcuced the Lumber Business at the old
stand lately occupied by .\Ir_. Charles Thomas,
and intend to keep on sale
Timber, Lath and Lime,
together with every variety of I-umbt‘!' Sold in
this market. We shall be happy to accpmmo-
date customers with any thing lll our line at
.\l
1'}, 1 ' g, .IllLL.
13°” pme J,C. IIUBBELL,
A First Rate Farm for Sale-
HE Subscriber desires to scl.he whole. or
T a portion of his farm, situated in the town
of Fairporl‘, Monroe County, N. '1 ., _ on the
New York Central Railroad, and 10 miles east
of Rochester. The land is in a high state of
cultivation, and specially adapt:-il for 31 wn_eat
growing farm. It is so apportioned with lim-
ber, grazing, meadow and grain land, as to be
particularly well adapted for (ll\'l:‘lOll. and the
owuer would dispose of a portion if the pur-
chaser should desire. It contains about 13.0
acres, well fenced, good house and outbuild-
ings, and very pleasantly located, as to situa-
tion and access to Churches, Schools and Mar-
kets being within two miles of the Depot of
the Y. Central Railroad. and the N. Y. and
Erie Canal. If applied for soon, will be sold
cheap. For further particulars, enquire of the
_ '1) ti '*mi.'.-s.
“bl-cm mu llethlurxlih BRAITIIWAITE.
Fnirport. N. ‘1'., Nov. 28th, 1856. U49
Wu. ALLEN. Wu: T. C:..ar.x.
ALLEN & CLARK.
Attorneys at Law. Real E9"-9-t9
Bro].~er_s and General Land Agenl-9.
DAVENPORT, IOWA.
AND Warrants bought, sold and located-
Farms Houses and Lots leased. Real
Estate of all kinds bought and sold on Com-
mission. Moncy invested. Taxes paid for
non-residents. Money loaned on unencumber-
ed Real Estate security. N23
S Norwalk"'Book"llih“d-cry. "
PECIAL notice is hereby given that the
subscriber is always at his place of busi-
ness, ready to receive orders for Binding.—-
Work done in the best possible manner, and
warranted satisfactory. All orders by letter
promptly attended to. Magazines of all
kinds bound in any style, and put ‘together
with great care. Publishers of pamphlets
and School Books before awarding their con-
tracts would do well to address
ALFRED H. CAMP,
M-.\iu strcet,Norwalk, Ct.
Removal.
HE undersigned would respectfully on-
T nounce to his patrons and the public gen‘-
erally that he has removed to No. 3 Phcenix
Block. where he has fitted up a beautiful stage
which is now opened with a new and splendid
assortment of Cloths, Cassimcrcs, and Vest-
ings for the Summer of 1856. Garments
made and trimmed in the neutcstand most
fashionable style. A complete assortment of
Men and Boys’ Clothing ready made.
Grateful for long and continued favors at
my old stand, I shall endeavor with renewed
exertion to merit tlicix-continuation.
N. B.—Goods bought of me Will be cl1_t‘£Il'3'
tis if desired. 27 THOMAS RILEY.
Gut Glass.
' d nassortmcnt. of Rich Cut
JU(iE1'F,:l;e\c\$d::.clbnsistiflg 0‘. SIIE9-1' B°“'1-5»
‘M ' Salts, Tumblers. Goblets,
P'°”°"° Dishes’ E. A. BLANK & co.
the.
-_—:——-
Ladies’ Merino Vests.
ND the largest assortmcutof Hosiery and
Gloves cvcr offered in horwnlk, may be
r 1 H), F Store, 15 Main-st-.
mum at cnew ancy 0's. CLARK.
POTASH, No. 1, at
OLi\ISTF.AD'S.
ANARY Seed,frec fr-o‘m dirt, at Dispensa-
1‘S’y Bmzmc «I; So.\'.
L ACKEREL in Bbls.and half Bbls.,at I
. , 0L.\(STEAD’S
HOOPER’S Female Pills, at the Dispensa-
U: Buss: & Sozv.
‘arm: & 0Lxsrz.u>’s.
Cheaper than Ever
.6! the Smith .Noru.-all:
GROCERY STORE.
HE Subscriberlxasou hand by far the lar.
gas: and best selection of Family Groce-
ries and I’rr'lvisions, to be found in South
Norwalk, which he offers to his customers
and the public,ut greatly reduced prices.
His facilities are such that he will be cons-
tantly rcceiviug new and fresh supplies of
goods, as the wants ofhis Customers may
require, which will always be of the best
quality and sold at the very lowest possible
price, and he would respectfully solicit an
examinationand trial of the same.
GEO. W. SMITH.
BUIIDIIWG MATERIALS.
Pressed and Common Brick,
Lime, Cement, calcined Plas-
ter, flair, and Marble Dust.
HE Subscriber having dissolved his con-
nection with W. C. Srm-:1~;'r, Esq. in the
business, will continue it on his own ac-
count, aud will keep a good assortment of
the above named articles cons-tantly‘on hand,
which will be sold cheap for Cash.
15 CHAS. T. LEONARD.
Office at the -‘Store of W. C. Sm:-:1-;'r.
Q Land For Sale.
ABOUT eight acres of good Land, near
Main-st., one mile north of the Bridge, is of-
fered for sale upon very reasonable terms.
It is admirably adapted for building lots,
or for gardening purposes, having a quick
and rich soil, and a large bed of vegetable
mould or compost manure, thereon; or it is
well calculated for afirstratc meadow. Itis
wellfeuced, and in a. very eligible location.
For further particulars enquire atlhis Of-
flcc.
Cabinet Ware Rooms at
WESTPORT l
THE Subscriber would respcctfullyinform
hisfriemls and the public generally,
that he is still located a few doors north of
the turnpike, opposite the Store of Alva
Gray, where may be found a gencralassort-
ment of CA1ll.\'l:2T Fcnxrruun.
Umlcrtal.-i11.ginall its departmentsatten-
ded to at the shortest notice and upon rea-
sonable terms. 13 ALLEN RENOUD.
Norwalk Emporium.
"Decking? f
PROVISIONS, FRUITS.
Vegetables, Fish of All Kinds,
Clams, Oysters, &c.
As good as thcmarket affords, constantly to
be found at the well known establishment of
MEEKER &. OLMSTEAD.
fii3*Gno(ls of the above description rc-
ccivcd daily, and for sale at wholesale and
retail on the most favorable terms.
Norwalk Iron Foundry.
VERY description of CASTING done at the
shortest notice and in the best manner,
as cheap as can be obtained at any other es-
tablishment in the State. Galvanized Chains,
Chain l’umps_.lrou Fcucc,l’osts,Railings,e(c
furnished to order. Patterns cxecutcd at
short notice and upon reasonable terms.
lyl ALEXANDER AUSTIN.
further Notice.
IIE undersigned having extended hisbu-
siness is now not only prepared to re-
pair and re-paint Carriages and Wagons as
usual, but is also prepared to make the
same to Order. Tasteful Carriages or heavy
l'(ag;oi1sxn:ulc in every style to suit the pur-
chasm-,and at prices to suit the times.
' EDSON BEERS.
At the establishment formerly occupied
by Charles Isaacs.
comma rvrovnvc-,
BY CHARLES TUBES.
LL orders for building raising and moving
left with the subscriber, will receive
prompt attention and be executed in the sa-
fest and most expeditious manner.
JOSEPH SHEPHERD,
Curria e Maker, Agent.’
;
1y41
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods
NEW SPRING STOCK l .
THE Subscriber basjust returned
cfy from New York with a new Stock of
v Fashionable Jewelry, Watches, Pla-
tecl ware and Fancy Goods. which he offers
to his customers very cheap.
Clocks and Watches repaired.
Accordcons tuned and repaired.
Collin l’lutcs,Spoons, Rings, &c.,neal.ly en-
graved. O. S. CLARK,
S. If. OIMSTEAD,
I-Vlmlcsale and Retail Dealerin Groceries
Provisions, &'c., ./\'"o. 14 and I6 Jlfain-st.
Hasjust received an entirely new and
extensive assortment of goods which
he will sell on as favorable terms as any in
the trade. Thepublic are respectfully in-
vited to cull.
Norwalk ,Jan. 1st, I857.
New Styles. - 2
Fflhlew Goods 8:. low prices
IIARLES FIELDS has now on hand as
large and varied an assortment of Gen-
tlemen and Ladies’ Gaiters, Boots, and
Slippcrs,ashas 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
clcgant,_pl-.1iu. and fancy colored, Ladies
Gaiters; also, Gent-‘s Patent Leather Boots
and Shoes, with an endless assortment of
Boys and Misses Shoes, all of which will be
sold very low for cash. The public are invi-
ted to call and examine his stock for them-
selves-x.V 1-I91
Corn Shellers.
EW pattern Corn Shcllcrs, :1 first rate ar-
ticle for sale by W. C. STREET.
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber having disposed of his stock
of Stoves, 'l‘iu Ware, «kc. to O. I. & J. S.
Joxus, would recommend them to his friends
and patrons as well worthy uf their continued
patronage and support.
All personsindebted to the subscriber are
also hereby notified that their accounts are
ready for settlement at the old stand of the
subscriber. S. B. WAKEMAN.
HE S_‘,‘bscribers having purchased of S. B.
W.tkn.u.t.\', his stock of Stoves, Tin Ware,
&c._. would respectfully inform the inhabitants
of Wcstport and the adjoining lowns,thut they
will keep (under the name and firm of O. 1.
lb J. S. Jo.\'r~:s,) at the old stand, a complete
assortment of Srovl-zs, T1.v, Slim-.'r Inox and
Corrnu \\’.uu:, 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
c.\jpcricncc in the business they feel confident
that by a strict attention to their business,
they will be able to meet the wants and de-
serve the patronage of the public.
'l‘in Roofing and all kinds of Jobbing done
in the best manner and at the shortest notice
by the best of workmen. _
O. I. & J. S. JONES.
. West side of Bridge, Westport.
Oscuz 1. Jonas. Jon): S. .lo.\'r.s.
Wcstport, July lst. 1856. 27
-‘*1; U;\:'I‘I':1' Pork. clear, at
(1), _ _ S. l1l.OLMS’l‘EAD’S. '
_ RIED Apples,Plums,"Pcachesand Cher-
, fies, gt Mnnxsn ct 0I.lzlSTEAD"S.
been thought of .
A. H. BYINGTON, _
i 51 lfumilq Sliemnpupu---illruulu lu ifnrul Slluu Mllfintuub, cllimrul Entelligwrt, iitéruluu, Zféul
LKGAZ
RY.
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P (YE
. .-.~.r»‘ "u'-’g\"fIv\’v‘-’»'u'-¥\f-/- .—.
l “ A Life on the Ocean Wave.”
“ A life on the Ocean Wave .""
The man who wrote it was green ;
He never has been to sea,
And a storm he never has seen.
He never has seen a. wave .
As it daslied o'er the vey:el‘s deck ;
He never has seen a. tire at sea,
Or been floating upon a wreck.
He never has been aroused
From his morning's gentle dose
By the sound of splashing water,
As it fell from the horrid hose.
He never has heard a man
Scrubbing right over his head,
With svnoise suliicieut to rouse
From the grave the slumbering dead.
He never has seen a fat women
Growing thinner day by day,
And leaning over the \'P.sscl’s side,
Throwing herself away ;
While people look carelessly on,
Though in tears the woman may be,
And unfeelingly say it is nothing at all,
Only the roll of the sea.
And oh ! he never has been sea-sick,
And crept into bed in his coat,
While every motion increased his throes,
And hi.s_1‘eel1'ngs were all in his throat.
That man may have sailed in a bout,
In some puddle or on a sound, '
But if he has been to sea and'wrote
Such a. song, he deserves to be drown’d.
o<Qa—»
From the Home Journal.
Waking-Dream in Sickness.
BY S. P. WILLIS.
The night creeps weurily. I lit my lamp
To hide the brightness of the morning star
That mocks me witha sleeplessness like mine‘-—
(‘oldly and glitteringly apart and lone I
How unlike life it is——this sickness-waking l
Conscious of life's enfeebled link no more
The soul feels death-released ; and, as the star
Wakes not the colors of earth’s slumbering flowers,
Nor warms the darkness of the mountain brow
From which so pathlessly it soars away,
So, with strange lift, unnaturally bright,
The sick man's thought soars tracklessly and far 1--
The pale check on the pillow, and the pulse
Oi‘ the sad silent heart, made deuthlier only
By thought in which their fuintuess has no share I
I MISCELLANY. .7“
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[6“’The following article is from the
December number of Harper's Magazine
and has been made the provocation for
two desperately determined Southern du-
els, but which were amicably settled on
the field of battle, and the parties were
all left as sound in body and limb as if
no villainous salt-petre, or its concomi-
tnnts of blood and slaughter had ever
‘The Virginia Editor.
BY A VlRflI.\'l.-l..\'.
The \'irgini-a. Editor is a young, un-
married, iutemperatc, puguacious, gam-
bling gentleman. Between drink and
duelling pistols he is generally escorted to
a premature grave. If he so far with-
stands thc ravages of brandy and gun-
powder as to reach the period of gray
hairs and cuutiousncss, he is deposed to
make room for a youth who liutes his life
with an utter hatred, and who can’t keep
drunk more than at week at a time.
I)epose'(l, he becomes a literary ostrich,
and may be seen, with swollen red nose
and diminished, ealflcss shanks, migra-
ting srom court-house to court.-house, lay-
ing a newspaper egg, which he leaves to
be hatched into life and permanence by
the pecuniary warmth of the party to
whom he sells out at a small advance.-
Or he undertakes an unfinishable series of
the Lives of the Governors of Virginia,
and besecchcs subscriptions thereto.-—-
Should he, by the good luck and the mi-
raculous interposition of Providence,
have saved any money, he buys a proper-
ty in the country, retires to it, dcbuuchcs
himself with miscellaneous litcrntttre,
lounges much, does a great deal of noth-
ing at all, becomes curious as to the va-
riety and flavor of his cigars, and writes
an occasional article about wheat». Should
he get nmrried, he sinks into an obscure
and decent citizen, and looks back upon
his early career as a horrid dream.‘
I’rev_ious to his death, the Virginia
Editor makes most of the short time al-
lotted to him on earth by living at n sui-
cidal velocity, To test the strength of
his constitution, by subjecting it to the
influence of the most destructive habits
and agencies, appears to be his sole pleas-
ure aud aim. He is determined not to
live longer than he can help. A quiet
death at uripe old age he regards as o.
disgrace. ‘
His first waking moments in the morn-
iug, are sat.1_u'a.ted with a number of pow-
erful cocktails, to cure a heafa. :bc,
“ brought over,” as an accountant would
say, from the previous midnight. Cock-
tailed past the point. of nervousness and
remorse, he dresses himself, and weuds
his way to the barber's shop to get shaved
if he shaves at all. Not unfrequently he
has himself shaved in bed. Breakfast
succeeds, and then, with a. cigar in his
mouth, hc_ enters his samtmn and goes to
work; which work consists in hunting
for insults in his excliangcs, and in laying
the foundation, by means of a scathing
article, of a future duel. Whileengaged
upon his leading article he suffers no in-
terruption, except from the gentleuutn
who brings a note from another gentle-
man, whom he (the Editor) grossly in-
sulted at an oyster slipper the night be-
fore. Having no ea.rthl_v recollection of
such an occurrence, the Editor feels no
hesitation (unless he happens to be‘ unu-_
sually bilious, or has no “affair” upon his
hauds,) in saying that he “ fully and
frankly withdraws any and every expres-
sion rcflectiug upon the character of the
gentleman as it gentleman and a man of
honor, - '
-His editorial labors vary from five
minutes to two hours and 9. half in dura-
tion. If he feels very badly he _\_vou’t
write at all, but goes armed with a stick
to a neighboring law office, and threatens
the occupant with a caning unless he has
a spicy article in the_ compositor’s hands
by such an hour. \ The unhappy barrister
complies, and spicrs the. Editor into to
‘scrape, for which ‘the Editor is unaffected-
ly thankful, swearing"he“vvould die with-
ogt excitement, ‘
_ bowie-knife, and 9. revolver.
N RWALK, colN1lv:TUEsDAY, ,.IANUAnv.i7,lilis57.
Before leaving his sa-m-tum. he answers
a. couple of letters which arrived by the
last mail. He engages tomeet “ the gal-
lnnt Democracy of district,” and
to “ address‘ them on August court-day.”
He assures a “Constant Reader” that
“the glorious cause is prospcring, the
skies brightening ;” and suggests, as the
best means of. putting the issue of the
canvass———“ the most momentous canvass
that ever occurred in t.he history of the
Republic”——-beyond a doubt, that the
“ Constant Reader”- shall send in ten new
subscribers to the Keepa. Pétclz2'.-nz'v:.. He
then huddles a shirt, a case of dueling
pistols, and adbottle of “ Oturd” int-on
small trunk, and goes to the telegraph of-
fice to notify a brother, Editor that he
will be in Washington tomorrow night,
waiting" for him at the’; N ational "Hotel.
His mind being thus relieved of business,
he has nothing to do but to wander off
if anybody has come. Meets there with
another Editor———a red headed provincial,
fresh l'rom the mountains, and already
heavily laden with “rifle whisky-"—-with
whom he proceeds without delay to drink
julips and talk politics "until dinner time.
After dinner he borrows twice as much
money as will take him to VV-ashiugton
and back, 1'ese1'ving the surplus to bet
that night at the" faro-bank.
In his personal appearance the Virgin-
ia. Editor vibra.t.es between positive gen-
_tili,t.yjand absolute shabbiness, and this
irrespective of his condition as to ‘funds.’
At times he is smooth and clean‘ face,
immaculate in his shirt, perfect of boot
‘and hat ; at others he is great in beard
and dirt, resembling an uucleaned press-
man, or a pirate j. ~ has cruised for years
upon an ocean ~ .k. He raifely buys
clothes until be’ u immediate need of
them ; and, inn: ch as he lives all over
the State, is quit .s apt to have on some-
body else’s clot. ts as his own. He des-
pises o fashionable, dandified man as he
does a man who drinks weak driuks.——
He viudicates his democracy even in his
liquor; believcsiin good old brandy or
whisky. calls them “ strict -construction
drinks,” and will have nothing to dolwith
them except to “taper off ” on. .
There is nothing in his form or features
to distinguish him from other men. A
pliysiognomist might perhaps detect in
his face a bloody good nat-ure—au ‘amia-
bility easily kindled into angcr—as' if the
iierce animal instincts of the man were
but imperfeftly subdued by the pressure
of social refinentents.
His negligence in dress is not greater
than his carelessness in regard to another
comfort which the majority of mankind
deem essential to happiness. He will live
upon the best of food, will drink the best _
of liquor, and smoke the finest. cigars, but
he is utterly indifi‘erent as to where or
how he sleeps, provided he has a. bedfcl—
low, for he is greu_tl_v social, and cannot.
bearcver to be alone. No respect-able
young man living in the same city is se-
cure against. an invasion of the Editor at
the most. iuopportune hours of night.-—
}Iow many sweet dreams have been rude-
ly broken by his assaults upon the front
door, or in his noisy esculadc of the back
window, it would be impossible to tell.
He has a. room of his own, originally
furnished with some taste and care, but
has a mortal antipathy to sleeping in it.
Nor is this aversion to be wondered at.
Through a. puddle of 11ewspupe1's, Cou-
gressional speeches, tobacco juice, cigar
stumps, broken spit-boxes, and pipes ems,
he wades to o bed whose sheets bade
adieu to the WflSllel'WOlllt1ll at a period.
too remote to be recalled, and whose
counterpauc secrets its primitive tints un-
der :1 sweet and greasy scum of sperma-
ecti and spilled brandy toddies. . A can-
dle-stand is drawn conveniently near the
yellow pillow, and on it lie, disorderly, a
candle burned to the Socket, :1 fragmenta-
ry volume of Byron, a. plug of tobacco, a
cork, (fellow to others on the floor,) an
inkstand without any ink in it, and a
foolscap scrap of unfinished editorial.--
Upou the window-sill, near the foot of
the bed, stands marshalled a. platoon of
various sized bottles, from the gre'nadicr
Champagne to the squatter porter and
the slab-sided ticklcr. In the little word-
robe are no clothes, except 8. skeleton
waistcoat gibbeted upon a broken hook,
but 'a number of empty cigar boxes, at
The odor
of this apartment is not inviting. The
door is always open, night and day, and
it is the common dormitory of all belated
ro_vstere1's. Any one may sleep here
who chooses.
Notwithst.nndiug his habits, the Edi-
tor obtains a popula.rit._v wholly dispro-
port-ioned, one would say, to his merits.
That he should achieve notoriety is no
matter f'or surprise, when ‘every number
of every paper issued in the State con-
tains the name of DurringerThundcrgust
or It-’illiam Jcems Rawlxeud, as principal,
second, or adjustant of some personal
ditliculty ; but not.oriet._v is one thing, and
populzirity another and very. different.
thing.
Habits which would outlaw any other
man, enable him to ride rough-shod" over
the inviolablc law of custom. Conduct
which would damn a man in business, en-
deurs him to men in whoy creed “strict.
business habits” rank next to, if they do
not take precedence of, godliness. Grave
men"-—t.he slaves of routine and propriety
——appear to take the same delight in wit.-
ncssing his unbridled eccentricities that
inspired the poet Job when contemplating
the gambols of his wild ass. There is an
airy bravado in his out-rages, a guy can-
dor and naturalness in his excesses, which
extract all their sting. As soon quarrel
with the habits of a strange bird as with
those of a being who is not :1 man but an
Editor, and to whom no gauge of human
morals is in any particular applicable.
His ubhorrcncc of the vice of solitary
drinking has a good deal to do with this
popularity. Scarcely a respectable citi-
zen can be found in the commonwealth
with whom he has not, at some time or
other, hob-nobbed in a friendly manner.
Rather than drink alone he will drink
with a negro, provided the negro is at all
genteel and has a. gentleman for his mas-
ter. His Etliiopian popularity is im-
mense and perfect. It could hardly be
otherwise when. from the White Sulphur
Springs t‘0'tllG'(‘.lty of Norfolk, lie l1asre-
peatedly aud extra.v'uga»i1tly"fvcd every-
thing a.uswering to the name of "' waiter.’-‘
The Virginia Editor is not a. pious, not
strictly speaking, a gallant man. Wo-
itira, Silgrirnlllzrr, Ella
to his hotel _to lookat the register and, see
men, children, and preachers he classes
under the common head of “ nou-combat-
ants,” and he views them pretty much in
the light in which he regards flies7—as
species of not very harmful, but some-
what abundant insects, perhaps useful,
but whose uses are not yet well under-
stood. Still, he makes it a point of hou-
or to place implicit faith in the truth of
the Christian religion and the virtue of
women ; and while he regards the softer
sex as, at best, beautiful toys, they are
gloss toys, and he treads respectfully and
giug-erly among the frail vessels. He
clings with sectarian tenacity to the be-
lief in future rewards and punishments ;
he is too brave and resentful a. man to
think otherwise. A disbelief in hell he
denounces as the‘ ‘.‘poltroonery of infidel-
ity,” nor can any casuist-ry convince him
that a man is not as responsible for his
faith a-she is for his actions._
. He loves to talk,’ and his great theme,
after‘ politics, ‘is himself. In himself he
has the most unbounded confidence——a
confidence which, in the most trying
.emergcucies, scarcely ever deserts hjm.——
'l‘hrough-difficulties that would nppal and
crush ordin'ary men,- he moves with the
smiling aba-nklon of a knight-errant. prick-
ing onward to meet a dragon, gorgon, or
chimera dire. Only in moments of ex-
treme nervous depression will he admit
himself not competent to the discharge
of the most arduous and varied duties of
life, and especially of those duties for
which he is evidently uniittcd. ‘ He looks
upon himself as pro-eminently a practical
man. Rothschild was not his equal in
financiering ability, Napoleon nor Hamp-
den could have wcaried him ; Halifax
was not his superior in political Sagacity.
Name any man who has succeeded or
failed in any undertaking, he will instant-
ly unfold to you the secret of his success,
or the oversights which led to his down-
full. -
‘,‘ But, for cards and liquor,” himself
would have excelled any man of his ac-
quaintance .; as it is, see how well he
gets along in the world. In truth,-his
mind is strictly of the "‘ I/zil arlm.-riari” or-
der; worships no man; and his regard
for‘ himself is only a reluctant indulgence
accorded not to what he is,'but to what
he ought to be, andwould be, _“ but for
cards and liquor” -
For this rema.rka.blc self-confidence he
is indebted partly to a nature erqinently
high-spirited, and partly to his position.
Like the driver of a locomotive, he wields
a power greater than his own. He hau-
dles the lever that unlooses the throttle’-
valve of the mightiest engine on earth,
and it is but natural that he should con-
foued derived with individual power.——
Disconnect him from his engine, let him
conduct a business other than his own,
upon the same loose principles, he would
lose one of his most delight-ful traits. '
The Virginia Editor is not a profound-
ly learned mun ; he is not even a smatter-
er, in the sense, at least, in which the
equivocal compliment was paid to Milton.
His speciality is politics; and his taste
not less than his occupation conspire to
prevent him acquiring any other knowl-
edge. Of Latin he remembers a. few
terms, such as “ex: post farm” and “or
party,” which he picked up while drifting
through 21. law-office. Of Greek he re-
tains nearly the whole alphabet, being
only a little uncertain as to the relative
shapes of Zeta, and Xi, and confusing
Phi with Psi. His stock of poetry con-
sists of a. few scraps of Iludibrus, Byron,
and Peter Piudar ; he has, besides, a
professional pride and tenderness for the
quatraiu commencing:
' ‘-Truth crushed to earth will rise again 1"
It would‘ be impossible to restrain him
from quoting} this occasionally, and, if it
were possible, it would be cruel.
Ills historical information does not‘ ex-
tend quite to the times of the Achzen
League and the Amphictyonic Council,
but dates rather from the Resolutions of
’98. With the workings of the Ameri-
can Government, from its inception down
to the present time ; with the character,
and to an extent, with the writings of
the great men who took prominent part
in its formation ; with the politicians,
great and small, of his own times, and
-with their tactics, he is intimately famil-
iar. In fact, his attainments may be
summed up in the word "politics,” for
while he does not uuderratc those who
understand and take an interest in Belles
Lettres and the Arts and Sciences, he
frankly confesses that he knows and cares
nothing about them himself. So fitted is
he for partisan journalism, and so wedded
to it, that it is to hoped the divine econo-
my has set apart some waste democlrntic
star, some uneleared portion‘ of the celes-
tial public domain, some half-settled neb-
elous Kansas as a newspaper heaven for
him and his fellows. Elsewhere no con-
ceivable use could be found for them.
His style in writing varies from the
plninest Anglo-Saxon to the most gor-
geous high-falutiu. In general, however,
he makes use of ordinary English, and
cures little or nothing about uicct-y and
finish. He is better at repertee than at
argument, but prefers hard talk to ‘the
most polished wit. His humor is pecu-
liar, and considerably wider than it is
subtle.
It has been said by some that the Vir-
ginia. Editor is chosen rather for the stout-
ness of his heart than for the brilliaucy
of his intellect, and, to be honest, there
is some truth in the allegation. A news-
paper to be successful in the Old Domin-
ion must not be defective in what they
call chivalry ; and a long-established pa-
per, having the prcscigc of high-toned val-
or, would lm.rdl_v employ a ready-writ.iug
craveu in preference to a brave gentle-
man less facile with the pen. But the
requirements of the public. in this regard,
and the usages of the papers, have been
a thought exaggeratecl.
It is not true, for example, that the
mau-of-all-work, the “ Caesar" of the
oflicc, who is cntyloyetl to sweep out the
old papers. and trash in the morning, re-
ceives au additional compensation for
sweepiug in the dead Editors lying about
the door, who have been killed at vari-
ous places during the night and brought
there, as to a .7l'lo7'gue, for recognition
and distribution. Neither is it true that"
a paper, in order to keep up its circula-
tion; must have at least one Editor killed‘
it day, and that papers having secured a
good Editor, one Whom thlly are uuwil-.
ling to lose, are in the habit of imposing
s
an underhanded revenge.
and his reason again fled. What preach-
ljnuiu, lb? ,‘2'lxl5, lltimrutinu, ?<r. lct.---cltniahlinbrlt iu- 1800. T . I
._.._..
AT mi DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
wrctc-hes to assassinate in place of him.
Equally unfounded is the report that pa-
pers impoverished and doing a small bu-
siness are forced to practice the contemp
tiblc fraud of substituting» wooden dum-
mies, manikins, _or lay figures in place of
be-mz jidc corpses. These reports have
reference, doubtless, to States ‘ further
south than Virginia.
A propensity for gaming is a part of
the Editor's constitution——an hereditary
taint, for which he is no more responsible
than for the age of his grandfather, and
which he could as easily get rid of as re-
move the shape of his legs. The afllic.-
tiou being eminently genteel, he not only
bears up under it with manly fortitude,
but cherishes it with much regard. He
is notmucli of a hand at “ short cards.”
His delight is to beseated over against a
grim, imperturbable foro dealer-—-to have
bets of “ red checks” all over the table-
balf a dozen “ piddlers” of “ white chips”
to be leaning over his shoulder and ad-
miriug his uerve——o negro to be patiently
awaiting the end of the deal to hand him
abrandy toddy on a silverwaiter--for the
game to be stoutly contested, and for. .
himself to “come out right smartly win-
ner." He has no great faith in “cases,”
but believes in betting on three cards at
a time, and has a special hankering for
“the pot.” .
After all, and in spite of his many
faults, the‘ Virginia Editor is a gentle-
man. }Ic comes of a good stock, and,
however wild he may be, never disgraces
it by a low or mean action. , His. vices ‘
are not those of a groveling spirit. If
-liistcmpcr is hot, it is not implacable ;. I
if his resentment is quick, it never seeks
I If he prefers
a. clean bullet-hole to a fisticuifish brui-
sing or mougling with a bludgeon, that is
his own concern. If he is a sturdy parti-
zan, he is above the venality and the
trimming which disgruces the journalism-
of States ufiarer the pole than his own.
If he drinks too much, it is because the
liquor he uses.is of the best quality. If
he gambles it is because he can’t help it.
If he lives beyond his income, he is doing
nopmorc than all enlightened nations and
the majority of great men have done and
continue to do. His tastes are lavish.-
An imperial gallon cannot be .cout_a.iued
in 0. quart pot. And what political fab-
ric was ever reared or maintained in its 1
integrity without the aid of an occasion-
al loan ? If he is. not a. very good citi-
zen, it is because he wants to be 9. better
Editor.
Finally half an ounce of lead is “hou-
orably and satisfactorily adjusted” in his
heart or brain, and the Virginia Editor
dies, to the great joy of himself and ‘to
the intense grief of his party, the furo-
dealers, the bar-keepers, and of everybody
who is entitled _ to an unexpected fifty
cents simply because he is a negro and
can run an errand. The no longer bel- ,
ligcrent remains are attended to the tomb ,
b_v nu -iutmense’ concourse of citizens of
all parties, and the epitaph, stale but ~
true, is, that “ the community could have
bcttcr spared u "better man.”
. re.»
A Pxcrmm or Gconcr: ms: THIRD.——-
History presents no sadder picture than
that old man blind and deprived of reason,
wandering through his palace, imrauguing
imagium'_v parliaments and reviewing
ghost.l_v troops. He became utterly deaf
too.-- All sight, all reason, all sound of
human voices, all the pleasures of this
world, of God, were taken from him.—-
Some slight lucid moments he had, in one
of which the Queen, desiring to see him,
entered the room and found him. singing
a. hymn accoxnpauyinghimself on the harp-.
sichord. Wliexi finished, he knelt down
and pra_ve‘(l for her and her fa.mil_v, and
then for the nation, concluding v.'it.h a
prayer for himself that God would avert
the’ heavy calamity from him, but if not
that he ‘would give him resignation to
submit to it. He then burst into tears,
er need moralizc on this st0r_v? What
words, save the simplest, are requisite to
tell it? It is too terrible for tears. The
thought of such misery smitcs me down
in submission before the Ruler of kings,
and mcn—the monarch supreme over em-
pires and republics, the inscrutable dis-
penser of life, death, happiness, victory.
T/mc.7.'era«y.
-<.p-o
38*.-I MORAL AND Ex.utr-Ls.——“ Lis-
ten,” said I, “listen and attend, and you
shall have a moral and an example. \Vhcn
the wasp now in the window entered the
room, you flew at it with all kinds of vio-
lence. I wonder it didn’t sting every one
of you. Now, in future, let a wasp, when
it comes, have its little bout, and make
its little noise. Don’t stir a muscle—
dou’t move a. lip but be quiet as the statue
of Venus or Diana or anybody of that
sort, until the wasp seems inc1ined—-as at
this momcut—-to settle. Then do as I do
now.” Wherenpon, dipping the feather
end of a pen in the cruet of salad oil, I
approached the wasp, and, in the softest
and tenderest manner possible, just oiled
it up the body (the black and yellow, like
0. groom’s waist-coat) when down it fell,
turned upon its back, and was dead in a
minute. “There, girls,” said I, “ see
what kindness and a little 011 does !—
Now, here's my moral and example--
\Vheu a. husband comes home in an ill
humor, don’t cry out and fly at him, but
try a. little oil—in fact, treat your husband
like a wasp.”
._:..__....<.._...____.__.
A Confession.
The Norwich‘ Postmaster, and editor
of the Aurora, owns up that his party
cannot expect success in this State next
Spring. He seems, in the following par-
agraph, to despair, though he tries to
keep up the coutjage of his readers, he
evidently has none himself :
“ This is a. bad looking balance sheet-
for_ us to commence business on in the
Spring, supposing our opponents able to
concentrate their strength upon a State
and Congressional ticket and supposing
further that this enormous vote this fall
was legitimate, and will be again within
their control. We have no faith that
either of these suppositions will be:re'u'.l-‘
ized, but nearer so than will be altogeth-
‘cr comfortable.” ' "
.- ., .
erty tn the Uuitedgstates, is fifteen hun-
upon the public by buying up worthless ,
voLUMn XL.---NIIMBEBI 4.
-- --~ - --——~-—-———-_~,--ru-
O
The Woman, that Wanted Just to Peep
into that Privat-3‘.C‘loset;i ' ‘,
The Lodge I. O. O. F., at Woodstown,
determined to’ have the Lod'ge'room- done
up clean, and nice, and it was - resolved’
unanimously that Mrs. K- should be em-
ployed to-do the job. . 1 . ._
After the meeting ndjourned,.the gnar-
dian, who knew the inquisitive character
of Mrs. K., procured a hilly goat and
placed-him in a closet that was kept as a.
rescrvoire for the sccrét’thing.s.. I He then
informed the lady of the. wishes , of the
Lodge and requested her to come early
next morning, as he would then". be at
leasure to show her what was'..and what
was not to be done. - I .
Morning came, and with it’ Madame
K., with her broom, brushes, pails, tubs,
&c., prepared and a.rmccl._for.thc job, and
found the guar(lian.\\'aitirig.for her.
" Now jmatlame,.” said‘ h_c,. ?‘ I’ll tell
you what we want done,,L-and, how we
‘came to employ you. ‘..The:b1-others said
it was difficult to get anybody to_ do the
job, and not be. meddling wit._h'_thc secrets
‘of that little closet ,; ' we" -have." lost‘ the
key, and cannot find it to lock the door.
I assured. them that you could -be depen-
dedoni” ’. . _ .
“ epcnded on; l”.said'she,. ‘.‘I guess I
can. My poor dend.'_and_..'gone husband,
who belonged’ to" the 'F1'eeMasons, or
Anti-Masons, Idonft. know. which, used
to tell me all the se'crc'ts_ . of..tl1e. concern,
and when he showedfnic‘, ::1‘1.:t1,¢ marks
the gridiron xnadefwhen he," wcsiinitiaterl,
and told me howithey-fixed.’pqox§Morgan,
I nevertold a.liv_i_Ii'g. s‘oul,tb;“tl;is 'day.——-
If nobody troubles. your closétsfto find
out your secrets till I do, they’1l§la.y there
‘till they rot—t-hey will.”,- - - .
“I thought _so,”" said -the. guardian,
“ and now I’ want you". to.;cgmnience7. in
that corner, and give" .tl1c whole. room I a.
decent .cl_ea.ning', and -I have‘ ‘pledged my
word and honor’ for yourgfidelity to’; your
promise. ;_ and don’t go -to thotcloset, and
then left the lady’,t_o.herself'.. I -- I _,
No sooner hi1d.:_she.I1eard_the sound
of his foot on the last step of - the‘ stairs
than she exclaimed'.—“ Don’t go into that
closet I __ I’l_l Warrant there, is a gridiron,
or some nonsense, .just_l_ike_ the .Auti-Ma.-
sons for all the world, I’ll be. bound." I
will just take a. peep, and nobodywill be
"any wiser, as [I can keep it ‘to"mys'elf.”
Suiting the‘ action to the word, she
stepped lightly to the forbicldcn ' closet-
turned the button,-—which was ,no sooner
done, than bah I went the billy goat, with
‘a; spring to regain his liberty, : which came
near upsetting her ladyship. ‘Both start-
ed forthe door, but it was filled with im-
plements for house.c_leauing', and alllwere
swept clear from their position down to
the bottom of the,stai1's. A
The noise and confusion occasioned by
such uncercmonious coming down stairs
drew half the town At0‘}Y;It-_ll€S_S._ Mrs. K’s
e‘fl'orts to get from under the pile of pails,
tubs, broomsand brushes'iut'o the. street.
Who should be _fir_st on ‘the, _ spot -but
the raseally door lieepe,1',._"\v_hp after re.
leasing the goat, which wuss» cripple for
life, and uplifting tl1c__r_ubbi__sh «that bound
the good wom2:.n to the earth, anxiously
inquired if she had been taking the de-
rees. _
“ Taking the" degrees !” exclimed the
lady.’.’ , _ t V l , »
If you call tumbling from jtheztop to. the
bottomof the stairs, with thcf_dcvil after
you‘, taking things by degrees, I have
them, and hurt them to boot, I:'ll- warrant
they’ll make as muchnoise as_I-did.” _
I hope you did not “open thecloset,
Madame,” said the door keeper;
. "‘ Open the closet .? E,-vc_nte the ap-
ple she was forbidden ! If you want 9. W0-
man to do anything, tell her‘ not to do it,
and she’ll do it certain. I.could not stand
the temptation. The secret was there,
I wanted to know it. I opened the door,
and out popped the tnrnal critter right
into my face. I thought the devil had
me, and I broke for the stairs, with the
devil butting me at every jump. I fell
over the tub, and got down the tairs as
you found us, all in a. heap.”
“ But, madam,” said the-door keeper,
“ you are in possession of the great secret
of the Order, and must go up and be in-
itiated, sworn, and then go in the regular
way.”
“Regular way I’’ exclaimed the lady,
.“and do you suppose I am” going near
the tnrnal place again, and ride that ar
critter without; a bridle or 1ady’s saddle ?
No, never ! I don’t want nothing to do
with the man that rides it. ‘ I’d look nice
perched on a. billy goat, wouldn’t I? No,
ncvc-r” I’ll never go nigh it again, nor
your hall uut.her—if I can prevent it, no
lady shall ever join‘ the Odd Fellows.—
Why, I'd sooner be a Free Mason, andbe
broiled on n gridiron as long as fire could
be kept under it, and pulled from the gar-
rct to collar with a halter, in a. pair of
old breaches and slippers,‘ just as my
poor dead lmsbund was ; he lived over it,
but I never could out live such another
ride as I took to-day.”
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);® Everybody hears so much “for
better or worse” about Henry Word
Beecher, that they will be interested in
learning that the sale of pews in his Ply-
mouth Church, Brooklyn, the other day,
realized $13,000 as the annual rental.-
Thc number of pews on -the catalogue
was 293. Of these, 202. ‘-’were‘ Péntedr
and 174 at a premium. -136 we1'5e'o‘n'tho
floor of the house, and 66 in the gallery.
The total ammount of -rental‘ ‘at the prmt-
cd valuation was $10,000, and of the pre-
miums, $3,000 ; total, $13,000. Tins
shows an iudreas over last year of about
$3,000.—the fixed rental ‘and the added
premium thus ammounting to $10,000-
equaled by the sum of the rents for the
present year without the Jprémium. The
premium for last year was $1.750, which
was eJ:cec.'lcd in the premium ‘of last rental
by $1,350. '~ ‘
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age The last number of the “‘ London
Illustrated . News-" devotes a lurge_ space
to representations of the Qucen’s visit to
the “ Resolute.” “Punc ” takes Brother
Johnathau’s likeness while .din‘in'g with the
Queen, witba big -plum--pudding in the
form of ‘ a sphere’,*su'rm_ounted.L ‘by /the
Resolute, -: between =them.~ : The nautical
present hasfmadc n.-‘deep and favorable
impression,Lnot only at head. quarters but
_______4,. - ; upon thg mixidsof the people‘.
- gar-The estimated value ofslave ‘V I ' ” I l I I
I l r -
' --S" In Louisville, the last bushel of
dred to two thqusand millions of dollars.
‘I9 .
'ce‘u1ror,sa1e in that city, has been bought.
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