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3. :3. -rrroivrrsour,
AMBROTYPE ARTIST,
OVER D. IV. DEPOT,
Nonwanx, Coxx.
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GEORGE I‘. BELDEN,
hf.-kNUF.\C'l‘URER AND
I/Wzolesale and Retail Dealer in
Tin, Copper, & Sheet Iron Ware
NORWALK, 00NN.,
Opposite D. if-. N. Railroad Depot, and
next to Steplic-nson’s Hotel.
3Dentistry.
Doctors HILL 6!. PITCH,
Surgical & Mechanical
D E N T I S T S,
Ofllce over the Store of C. J.G1-uman,
NORWALK, com.
A. BILL. CHARLES FITCH.
_ J. I‘. POOTB,
Attorney and counselor at Law,
OFFICE OVER JlI.1LLORY’S STORE
, Norwalk. Conn.
EEEXESEET
-—DEALER IN-—
Hats, Gaps,---Men's & Boy's
STRAW GOODS, &c.,
Ladies Furs, Gents Gloves, Canes,
‘(_J':na.1ore11as, ctec.,
No. 2 Skiddws Block.
C. J. GRURIAN,
"Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GDODS, CARPETINGS
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassi-
meres, Satinetts,, Vestings, and Tad-
or's Trimnzings, by the Yard»
Piece or Package.
sum-zrixcs, SHIRTINGS, JEANS, BATTS AND was
A the lowest possible prices.
_ _No_r,wal,k Post Oflice.
.Mac'I Closes.—-W1-:sT.7.30 A. M.. 3.00,r.i\i.
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R. A. WILLIAMS P. M.
Saugatuck Bank.
BANKING HOURS
From 9 A. M. to 12 M.,
“ I P. M. to 31’. M.
II. STAPLES, President.
B. L. Woonwoivrii, Cashier;
Wcstport, June 19th, 1857
New Goal Yard.
HE subscribers have established a N EW
COAL Yuan at Norwalk, on the east side
of the Bridge, on Smith's Dock below the Pot-
tery, where they intcnd to keep constantly on
hand and are now delivering a very superior
article of Goal, of the different sizes required
for family use, such as for the furnace, parlor
and kitchen stoves. Our stock is all jresli and
pains have been taken to secure the best kinds
known in the market, such as Spring Mount-
ain Leliigh, 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-
muneratiug prices. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited.
We also keep the above varieties at our
Yard in Winuipauk.
tf35 G. H. &. J. C. RANDLE.
LUMBER l LUMBER !
ILL & HUBBELL 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 ofLumber sold in
this market. We shall be happy to accommo-
date customers with any thing in our line at
liberal prices. M. H ,
15 J, C. HUBBELL,_
Wu. ALLEN. Wu. T. Ci.,uu:.
ALLEN & CLARK,
Attorneys at Law, Real Estate
Brokers and General Land Agents,
DAVENPORT , IOWA.
AND Warrants bought, sold and located-
Farins Houses and Lots leased. Real
Estate of all kinds bought and sold on Coin-
mission. honey invested. Taxes paid for
non-residcu s. Money loaned on unencumber-
ed Real Estate security. L123
Removal.
HE undersigned would respectfully an-
nounce to his patrons and the public gen-
erally that he has removed to No. 3 Phoenix
Block, where he has fitted up a beautiful store
which is now opened with a new and splendid
assortment of Cloths, Cassimcres,and Vest-
ings for the Summer of 1856. Garments
made and trimmed in the ueatest and most
fashionable sty_le. A complete assortment of
Men and Boys’ Clothing ready made.
Griiteful for long and continued favors at
my old stand, I shall endeavor with renewed
exertion to merit theircontinuation.
N. B.—-Goodsbought of me will be cut gra-
tisif desired. 27 THOMAS RILEY.
Cheaper than Ever
At the South JV'orwu.lIi:
GROCERY STORE.
lilfllsubscriberhason hand by far the far.
gest and best selection ‘of Family Groce-
ries and Provisions, to be found in South
Norwalk, which he offers to his custoniers
and 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
quality and sold at the very lowest possible
price, and he would respectfully solicit an
25
NORWALK. CONN-
__..—__
c. 8!. E.—K-ILOCKWOOD, &. co.
NORWALK, CONN.,
KANU ACTURERS OF
Tin, Sheet Iron 81. Copper Wares,
AND DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery,
Britannia Porcelain and Wooden
Ware, and Kitchen Furniture
in general, Pumps, Sheet
Lead &- Lead Pipe,
Crockery, Glass
and C/zirza
Ware.
1'. H. NASH,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
S T O V E S ,
i_v;.vurxc'runr..r: or
Tin, Shea;-. Iron &. Copper Wares,
Has constantly on hand a large assort-
ment of general House-I.-ecpmg
Furniture, at So. Norwalk,
Conn.
AMOS HUNT,
General Pension & Patent Agent
And Prosecutor of Claims before
the several Departmetlts (W4
the Court of Claims.
w--I-i-_-.-we D- 9-_
573. noorn.
Attorney & Counsellor at Law,
6| WALL STREET,
NEW YORK.
Wholesale
P APER DEALERS,
MARSHALL BROTHERS,
58 Courllrl/nzll Scrcet, N. Y‘!
(Between Washington and Greenwich-sll,-)
ROBERT T. MARSHALL. ‘
' 1y24 Bi-iw. L. MARSAALL.
Orders and-consignments respectfully 5°‘
licited.
Hanford Scott,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
Brandies, Gins. Wines, cigars,
7. &c., No. 17 James Slip,
One door from South-st.. New York.
All orders by mail or otherwise promptly
attended to.
N. B.—Imported liquors of all kinds for me-
dicinal purposes, kept constaiitly on hand,
which will be warranted pure.
BUILDING MATERIALS.
Pressed and common Brick,
Iiime, Cement, Oalcined Plas-
ter, Hair, and Marble Dust.
HE subscriber having dissolved his con-
T uection with W. C. STREET, 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,
15
Oftlce removed to Sellick’s Packet Oflicc.
OLMSTEAD’S-
examinationand trial of the same. .
GEO. W. SMITH.
§ Land For Sale.
ABOUT eight acres of good Laud, 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 alirst rate meadow. Itis
wcllfenced, and in a very eligible location.
gar further particulars enquire at this Of-
ce.
Horse and 0x shoeing.
HE subscriber having taken the old stand
formerly occupied by Waterbury and
Duncan, in the rear of the old Bakery, foot of
Mill Hill, devotes his entire attention to the
careful and judicious shoeing of Horses and
oxen, for which he ll1lS‘llllCqllallt‘(1 facilities.
From his many years experience, devoting
himself exclusively to this branch of business,
he is confident he can give entire satisfaction
to all who may favor him with their patron-
age. Particular attention paid to shoeing
Horses with tender and diseased feet.
JAMES D. SHEA.
Norwalk, March 27th, 1857. tl13
Cabinet Ware Rooms at
El WESTPORT !
HE Subscriber would respectfullyinform
hisfriends 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 generalassort-
merit of CABINET Fuiixirunu.
Unilerlalringin all its dcpartincnt-sa,tten-
ded to at the shortest notice and upon rea-
sonable terms. 13 ALLEN RENOUD.
Norwalk Iron Foundry. ”
VERY description of'C.isrixo done at the
shortest notice and in the best manner,
as cheap as can be obtained at any other cs-
tablishment in the State. Galvanized Chains,
Chain Pumps_.Irou Fence,I’osts,Railings,elc
furnished to order. Patterns executed at
short notice and upon reasonable terms.
lyl ALEXANDER AUSTIN.
Second Hand Piano For Sale.
ENQUIRE of
I 25 N. TUR K.
Notice----Extra.
The Subscriber will continue to
sell the remainder of his stock of
Clothing, ‘
for the few weeks now interve-
ning before his departure for
Europe, AT AND BELOVV
COST! Now is your time to
buy, N. TURK.
Under Connecticut Hotel.
Corn Shellers.
ticle for sale by W- 0- STREET-
,_.
DRIED Apples, Plums, Peaches and Cher-
ries, at Mnuxua (ll OI.iisTu.iIrs.
COUNTRY Pork. clear, at
S. E. OLMSTEAD’S.
Tm°T1=iY SEED, at
EW pattern Corn Shellers. a first rate ar-
3. I. 0LMS'I'EAD’S
l Norwalk Emporium.
PROVISIONS. FRUI'.l‘S..
Vegetables, Fish of All Kinds,
Clams, Oysters, &.c.
As good as theinarkot affords. constantly to
be found at the well known establishment of
MEEKER & OLMSTEAD.
__@‘Goods of the above description re-
ceived daily, and for sale at wholesale and
retail on thrimost favorable terms.
Further Notice.
THE undersigned having extended hisbu-
_ siness is now not only pl'ep:u:ed to 153'.
pair and re-paint Carriages and Wagons is
usual, but is also prepared to make the
same to Order. Tasteful Carriages or heavy
Wagons made in every style to suit the pur-
chascr,and at prices to suit the times.
EDSON BEERS.
At the establishment formerly occupied
by Charles Isuacs.
Watches, Jewelry and I‘anoy.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.
Accordcons tuned and repaired.
Collin l’lates,Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en-
graved. 0. S . CLARK,
S. E. OLMSTEAD,
I-Vholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries
Provisions ,&-c., ./\’‘o. 14 and 16 Jllain-st.
I lxsjust 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 ,Jau. 1st,l857.
New Styles. -3
Eflnlew Goods &. low prices
IIARLES 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, all of which will be
sold very low for cash. ’I‘he public are invi-
ted to call and examine his stock for them-
selves. “'21
South Norwalk Hotel.
HE Subscriber, having leased that beauti-
ful and central location recently occupied
by Fowler Ray, Esq., on the corner, a few steps
from the New York & New Haven Railroad.
Depot, is now prepared to entertain transient
or permanent. guests. As a summer retreat,
few places can compare with this location.
tf20 JAMES LUCAS.
Oils I Oils !
OILED and raw Linseed Oil, winter
strained, bleached Lard and Polar, Lamp
and Machine Oil. Boiled Paint Oil at 75 cts
pergallon, pure Neats Foot Oil. The above
Oils are of the best quality, and for sale by
the barrel, or retail by W. C. STREET.
Great Bargains in
LUMBER,
AT SOUTI-I NORWALK,BY
.'.i.'HO1VIAS Ii. PEER.
UST RECEIVED, 100,000 ft. Spruce Tim-
P her, all sizes ; 150,000 Spruce Laths,200,-
000 ft. Boards, 190,000 ft. 1 I-4,1 I-2. and 2
inch Plank, 30,000 ft. Siding, 25,000 ft. Spruce
Boards, 25,000 ft. Spruce Plank, 50,000 ft.
Hemlock Boards, 50,000 ft. 5-8 Boards, 800
Bunches Shingles.
THOS. L. PECK.
South Norwalk, May 16, 1857. 1
Notice.
" THE 0 UGH B Y ‘DA YLIGHT.”
Selleck’s Line of Packets
Oh and after Tuesday, March l7th,
_ I857, the Sloop Mary A. Selleck will
commence her regular trips. for the
se i=on, leaving Norwalk every Tuesday, and
Pike Slip, N. Y., every Saturday.
The Domestic leaves Norwalk every Satur-
day and Pike Slip every Thursday. One of
the above vessels will be at the Pike Slip
dock at all times, so that Freighlers may ship
their freight at any time, and be sure of hav-
ing it put on board.
till SELLECK do DEMMON.
N. B.---All freight to or from the line oi
the Danbury Railroad, taken from and deliv-
e:-ed at the Company’s Freight Depot, without
c iarge.
—'!'O‘lI'NGS, Hours 4. co.,
Merchant Tailors & Clothiers,
successors to Jas. H. Beers,
1'74 and I76 Chatliam Square, New York.
CHAS. E. Youxos,
LEWIS Hcrrs,
HENRY M . l’uowIT'r.
N orwalk Machine Shop.
HE subscriber having taken the shop here-
tofore occupied by Dimon Finch, and fit-
ted it up with special reference to a. General
.Mac/u'nc Jobbing and Repairing Business,
would respectfiilly solicit the orders of all
who may require his services in Repairing
broken or defective Machinery of any des-
cription. He has Lnthes,a Planer, elc., for
all work appertaining to his business, and
from his many years experience in Mauufac
luring, and his familiarity with all kinds of
l\lanufac1—urer’s Machinery, he feels confident
that he can execute all orders in a substan-
tial aud workmanlike inxnner. Having had
much experience in the manufacture of For
Machinery, Building of Blowers, &c.,hc is
enabled to give particular attention thereto.
2 - A. C. ARNOLD.
Through in Five Minutes.
ASSER’S Five Minute Freezers work like
a charm. Call and get a circular and
receipt at Locxwoons’ Furnishing Store.
Tilt} BLACK H.-IWK HORSE NICHOLAS Nicholas is
out of the celebrated “ Winch” marla by Raven
one of old Black Hawk’s best colts. He is four years old
in lliiy, 15 1-2 hands high, of a beautiful black color,
and with a coat as fine as silk. He is considered by the
best judges, without controversy, the best Black Hawk
lloi-se in the State.
Two FIRST Pnicninis of the Conn. State Agricultural
Society were awarded him, one in 1855 and one in 1856.
NICHOL.-\S is perfect, in form, of great elegance ot‘iic-
tion. of high spirit, perfectly kind and docile, thorough-
ly broken, inid gives promise of great speed. '
I1
.luly lst. Terms :—$ 15 cash, tingle service, 825 for
the .~'(‘l|.\l0ll ; payable Sept- lst. Insurance by agree-
nicnt.
I shall be pleased to have the lovers of fine stock call
and exaniinehini. , '
A limited number ofniares ‘only will be taken, and
those wishing to secure the services ofNICHOLAS would
do well to npply early.
Good pasturage furnished at moderate charge. Mn re
at their owncr’s flak. }lER.\lAN IlAl\lBl.l.V.
owner u-mild refer to ilie Editor of the Gazette.
Canton, llay I, 1857.
Notice.
J IIANDES having f'iiruishcd himself with
o a suitable team fora general Carinan
Business, would respecfully solicitthe patron-
age of those wanting carting done. Orders
left at the store of Chas. Murry, (Fish Mar-
ket) will be faithfully and promptly attended
to.
Norwalk, June 22nd. 1857. 1.925
OWDEB. and Shot, PctentFuse, an Caps,
at OLMSTEAD’S.
tl‘23
lle will stand at my stable in Canton from May 1st to .
For further particulars concerning said horse, the .
ETRY.
~ \.\A.AAr .- I\/KAI‘
PO
‘ Wriuenfor the Norwalk Oudle.
The Story of tho—n;(otliei‘I'Grié‘£--- - .. ._
Il\' AXONES.
Close by the brink of a rivulet, clear,
Stood lnmbcnt in the passing breeze,
A sturdy Oak that long had borne
The stunning shock of wintry years;
Tho’ verdant was its comely hue,
In places and the loftlesfspots,
Dead, sapless sticks loom’d darkly thro’—
Yictiins of winter-’s blasting rage I
Just at the roots of this old friend
Reclined a Mother and her boy,-
Stretched out upon the mossy ground.
Sombrous shadows flit o-'e'r her dye,
Gentle wliispers play’d round her car,
And lured by scenes which I-‘iincy saw,
Mind, ‘as sleep forsook its wonted die,
Roamed fitful thro’ unbidden fields.
Persuasive soft, Night Eve’: lips kiss’d I
-I: ~ c xv an t at
Down the hill’: copse ambush’d sides,
Within the rocky dens of earth,-
Through capacious forest chambers,-—
Upon the tide with measur’d swell,
That breast-like throbs in heaving: wild;
O’er lakes protect by woody 1ios¢.i,_
Giants of ages grandest growth
Most loyal, well'girt, as by one
Gemniy girdle of youth's fondness
Aspiring ’mid ancestral pride ;
Slow stealing, as a tender fawn
Made apt thrc’ instinct and thro’ want,
Alternate nears the prolfer’d food ;—
Or, as a hopeful captive, lone,
Half doubtful for-tifies himself
To strike the enfrunchisiug blow,
The darksome guilty Night program-i‘d.
She, humane Mother, knew this not ; ‘
Truant sight drawn on Mission: false,
Blind, here saw nor help’d her heed the
Still approach. ,
The cheery green and wind-thrill’d bush
Once sportive in the noon-day breeze,
Or lazy ’mid the morning’s grey-
Was still as awe I The lively green
Was to dull and darkness in Minds
So pregnant of ill forebodings
Strangely metamorpho_s'd. The birds,
The lowing herd, the frisky lamb,
Glad in the Sun’s vivacious sport
’Mong the clouds, to their folds return’d,
Or, unknown to home solicits slept
Upon the plains. Void of their thrills
The grassy fields were lone, and in
Still, coy blackness, surpassing drear.
Oh darkness, when groundwork to I-‘ate
How sublime l Blank as the canvas’
Divine arguments were, void of
Thy intermingled aid--both naught,-
Till contrast prisms that supreme l
Oh Thought, and Fear, and Destiny!
How complete, the guardian links
Which bind Life, yet, of fiercest ills,
Each bent.to excess, productive,
E’en in sleep, Will all seeing and
0f pow‘r, peers to sights that Reason,
On Natnre’s lhroue, shrinks instinctive
From, as starts the maniac wild
And bays at views dreamy fancy ‘
Owns as born of Reason’: magic.
=.2 =!< as it is is
Anon, ’mid strides in mellow’d light
The moon arose and sped along
Its airy course, on, on, whitening
Clear and bright, one slanting highway
Through the tree to earth below,—- _
Breaking upon that Mother’s breast.
A winning siubrosial zophyr
Played along the slumbering West,
Waking melody 'moug the shrubs
And bright nymphs to fan the sleeper.
I saw her,—and her siglitless lids
Gleam’d queerly in the lighten’d train,
As in mock’ry danc’d the ripples
To the wild discord of her brain ;
I saw that Mother,—and her arm
Rounding fell gently by her side,
Her thick-mnntled head bow’d as tho’
Power of pride had fled away.
A deep-drawn sigh now heaves her breast,
She starts ! and lo, around her looked,
But iniss’d the object of her care,—-
The image of her departed god,-
The tender syreu of her soul !
Uplifted and erect she stood,
Her shining locks she frantic toss’d,
And TORI them as she guess’d the worse.
Her CHILD was gone, her all, her pride,
Nay Ln‘: had vanislflil, for there she
Stood transfixed, a. gnom of that
Ancient Oak I
Her hurt soul unliung in spirit-
An only sigh escaped her lips,
A lone tear cast gossamers in
Her eyes, bedewing that cheek once
So placid, ruddy, nnd so sweet,
Nor paling, robb’d it of its charm,-
Added thereto the keennesa of
A M0‘l‘lllZR’S Ginny.
She call’d aloud ;—tax’d evei y nerve ;
Tried each muscle and their strength,
,’l'hen darted on the stream to track,
Calling upon her boy. '
Those arms whose unconstrain’d effort
Awoke her from her sleep, now prcst
Upon her breast—a boundary
To its throes, uiark’d well her anguish.
I looked on her as her eye-bulls
Shot wildly o’er the treacherous stream
Laughing wanton at her agony,
Then flash and gleam to taunt her more.
On and on, the waters rushed,
And on, and on, she madly spel
Hoping, yet dreading, to find her boy !
“ Hold, ye powers I oh for an arm
That could as omnipotcnt reach
And snatch him quickly from the wave ."’
Reason long and sorely taxed
Has flezl. Compromising sight
Lures her on, her child to rescue ;
She plunges in, but a huge stump B
Dances and recedes from her grasp.
. Quick as thought a. prny’r to lleav'u is sent ;
“ Oh spare my child, Great I-‘other, spare,
Restore him to my arms, restore I”
Cclmness marked her features now,-
To die were joy, to live were spite,
Death seem’d near, his breath as warm
As over to his outstretchkl arms
The rampant gave her nnguishkl form.
. Nay, stay, grave-house sire,—stop, foul fiend,
Thou hast not yet thy victim I
Hope cast her in the water’: depths,
Hope buoy’d her up, and kindly taught
Her hands to grasp the seeming
. Body of her child ; ’tvvas Hope that
Snatched her from the self-willed
Altar and bade her thoughtful act ;—
Shc rose upon the bank and shric-k’d;
"l‘wi I more than loyal nature could
Sustain, more than :1 Mother's love
Could stand, so, fiiinting to the earth
She fell exhausted ; but now rose,
Tenacious life bright as a flame,
Latent, once hidden, loomed up,
Glowed once more; Hope, confidence
Lured her, and on that rugged bank
She clasped her hands to Heaven
Nor thought of moi-tal’s timely aid,
Nor dared to leave the spot.
Wliut season this, a. Mother on
The waste of life’: wrecked Hopes,-
Life dismantled of its impulses, aims !
Terror seized her now awhile ;—
As the onken leaf ’neath the bleak
November wind, shook her light frame ;
Frenzy took possess‘ -u of her soul
And play’d within the Devil's part
To cause her bitter cur.-ie her lot.
Unconscious and unneri ’d she lay-
Her Maker who had tried her hard
Now sent an angel by that way
To soothe her soul.
Instinctive she woke but spoke not,
A gentle hand preas‘d softly down
The burning heat and bath’d her head,
Ported the loosened locks
Opened the wetted jacket,
And hclp’d but to the vision! of
The world,-—spoko a voice gently in
Her ears the soft words of pity,
Friendship and sisterly love.
"Oh wretched daughter, faint no more,
Thy tears are seen, thy pray’rs are heard,
Aye more—Rine, think, thank, rejoice,
V‘ -';'‘})y boy is safe, and sweetly sleeps
In mt,-"tithe.-33 99: .‘:a:'.‘ by.”
With choking voice ’twas thus she spoke,
“ Nay, maiden, fool me not again
Nor try ought more 3 Mother’s love,
But tell me all-the awfulworst
Then, lead me to the wretched tomb.”
“ Not sol but in my Father's cot
Sleeps thy babe unliurt, unharmed,
Save is splinter scratch ’pon his knee,
His forehead and his arm, as down
The yielding, rugged bank he roll’d.”
“Godjead me on, haste, maiden, luule,
Nor stay 0‘IO-IQ‘o_¥§nt, no, not one,
And urge me fast till I may keep
Pace with the dastard waters !”
I saw lier_ as she fied along,
Nor guessed what now her bosom pressed,-—
What now fired her soul, and made her
Speed along as fleet—as wild doubt ;
But well wathcd her to the end ;
-Oh happy moment I thrice renewed.-
She pressed that boy Q her fond breast,
And raving kissed him, blessed—carcssed,
Ecstatic cost him in the air,
Then catching, whirled a thousand ways
Butcould a mothcr’s love devise.
A wound was in that mother’: heart,
This cure was deep and haply sure,-
Such pouring out of spirit and
Ofjoy, could ue’er long sustain the mind
Burdened with passing woes,—it fell,
And she liaggardyexliausted sunk
In the arms of him who upon
The frenzied boiling cruel wave
Had rescued from Death her child!
Heaven long protect, sustain her
And justly bless the gray hair’d sire
Thus placed thy agent, when, upon
A God ordained mission amongst
His traps, had stayed a M01‘!!!-IR'l GRIEF,
And called her bittercst anguish
And her frenzy, into a low
Ecstatic burst of JOY I
MISCELLAN Y.
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Dr. Wayland on Church Music.
Dr. Wayland is urging the Baptist
churches to try anew the ancient prac-
tice of congregational singing. Might
not gratifying results be produced by its
adoption into the worship of other church-
es ? We think we could suggest another
beneficial, if not popular, reform, upon
the practice which prevails in most of the
New England churches, and that is for
the whole congregation to rise and stand
while singing. In this, not only would
the volume and cfi'ect of the music be en‘
hanced, but the change of posture would
rest and refresh both the body and mind
of the worshipper, and better prepare the
latter for the reception of the truths de.
signed to be impressed in the sermon.-
There is a lazy and inexcusable habit 9.1-
so prevaleut, in many churches, for per-
tions of its members to stand. up, others
to how the head, while still another sit
bolt upright during prayer. How much
more “decently and in order” would it
appear could some reverent and umforvz
posture be assumed by the entire cougrc'
gation during prayer. Dr. \'V. says :
Baptists formerly were universally op-
posed to the introduction of musical ins-
truments into the house of God. IVe
had neither choirs nor organs. Nothing
but the voices of worshippers was heard
in hymuing the praises of God, and in
this service.every devout worshipper was
expected to unite. I do not pretend that
in this singing there was an artistic excel-
lence. This is never needed in popular
music which is intended to move a multi-
tude of people. All national airs are
simple, and they strike upon those chords
which vibrate equally in the bosom of the
common man and the amateur. When
you hear 9. thousand Englishmen join in
the chorus of ‘Rule Britannia,’ or as
many Americans join in singing ‘ Hail
Columbia,’ you forget everything about‘
chords and discords, but you are deeply
movedby the common feeling, and can
hardly refrain from leaping and shouting
from deep emotion. So in religious mu-
sic. The tunes employed were perfectly
adapted to religious sentiment, and blen-
ded the whole audience in one conscious-
ness of solemn worship.
But a. change has come over us. The
Episcopal church has always approved of
organs and the music of choirs. The
Congregationalists imitated the Episco-
palians, and we of course imitate the
Cougrcgatioiialists. \Ve have organs in
all our churches at the north, and they
are now deemed essential in all small
towns and villages, and even in the coun-
try. The organ requires an organist.—
The organist requires a. leader and sever-
al other professional singers to constitute
an appropriate choir. This involves a
heavy expense. The singers have a pro-
fessional character at stake. They must
perform in such a manner as to promote
their own reputation. They select their
own music———music to which the congrega-
tion listeus in silence to a mere, musical
performance, precisely as the audience at
a concert or an opera. The performers
are not unfrequeutly the very persons
who amuse the theatre on the evenings
of the week and the church of God on
the Sabbath. I have known cases in
which they had so little of the common
respect for religion that they have left
the house of God as soon as their perfor-
mance was at an end. I know a case in
which the leader of 9. choir had conducted
this part of what is intended to be the
worship of God for several years, but
who, during this whole period, as be con-
fessed on his death-bed, had never once
‘ heard a sermon.
This great change has come over us
gradually. We are partially overcome
by the declamation of men who professed
great knowledge of music and who ridi-
culed what they were pleased to call our
want of taste. I hope however that a
reaction in this-matter has commenced.
o<.>oo—-——:-—
Wmr Monnux Duiiocmcr CONSISTS IN.
1. Enslaviug iiiggers.
2. Stealing the public money.
3. Laying blame on Republicans.
4. Dragooning the people of Kansas
into obedience to Missouri Border Rufiian
rule. .
This is the Alpha and the Omega, the
beginning and the end of modern De-
mocracy, and all intelligent Democrats
know it, and all honest ones aomit it.
’ Cleveland Leader.
spread dental renown.
Correspondence of the Boston Post.
John Phcnnix and the Dentists.
‘ Nmsur Honsi-:, Aug. 6, 1857.
While deeply interested in the discus-
sion of. the luxurious repast prepared for
the happy guests of this mansion yester-
day afternoon, my attention was diverted
by the sound of music of 9. wild Saraceuie
description, resounding from the exterioi-
of the building. The melody appeared
to be that portion of the “ Battle of Pra-
gue” which represents the “ cries of the
wounded,” accompanied by an unlimited
amount. of exertion on the part of the op-
orator on the bass drum. Hastily rush-
ing to the window, bearing elevated on
my fok the large potato from which I had
partially removed the cuticle, (Stencns
gives us enormous potatoes, it takes twenty
minutes to skiu'bue properly,) I behold a
procession, numbering three or four hun-
dred, all in their Sunday clothes, every
man with a cigar in his mouth, slowly and
solemnly moving past the hotel. They
bore a banner at their head on which,
was depicted an enormous cork screw, or
some instrument of that description, with
the motto, “A long pull, 9. strong pull,
and a. pull altogether.” J udge of my as-
tonishment and delight in recognizing in
the bearer of this banner, my old friend
the philanthropic Tushmaker, of wide
As the procession
reached the front of the hotel, each man
threw away his cigar, and having replac-
ed it by 9. large quid of tobacco, defiled
on the esplauade beneath the piazza, in a
tolerable straight line and then gazing in
teutly at the windows, opened his mouth
from one auricular orifice to the other, and
showed his teeth. . Never have I seen so
glittering a display. Filled with curiosi-
ty, was about to ask an explanation, when
my friend" Doolittle from Androscoggin,
who had rushed to the window at the
same time with myself, saved me the
trouble, by demanding with an incoher-
ent and exceedingly nasal pronunciation:
“Why, what on earth is this ere?” “'l‘his"
replied the courteous Hiram, whose suav-
ity of manner is only equalled by the bean-
ty of his person, “this sir, is the Amer-
ican Dental Asociation, composed of mem-
bers from all parts of both continents,
and the “lest India Islands,” “ J ercwsa-
lem,” said Doolittle, “ three hundred
tewth carpenters 1”
It was indeed a thrilling spcctacle.—
To think of the amount of agony that
body of men had produced, and were ca-
pable of yet producing, to think of the
blood they had shed, and of their dar.ng
and impetuous charges after the glorious
action was over! The immortal charge of
six hundred at Balaklava was not a cir-
cumstance to the charges made daily by
this three hundred. As Hiram had truly
said, these were dentists from all parts of
the civilized world and elsewhere. There.
was the elegant city practitioner, with
shiny hat and straw colered gloves, side
by side with the gentleman from the
country, who hauls a man over the floor
for two hours, for a quarter of a dollar,
and gives him the worth of his money.-
I observed that forty-seven of them wore
white hats, and two liuudrcd and sixty
eight used tobacco in some form. 'I‘hcrc
can be no question that this substance is a
preservative to teeth. I observed, in the
rear rank, the ingenious gentleman who
invented the sudden though painful meth-
od of extracting a tooth by climbing a tree
and connecting by a cat-gut string the of-
fending member with a stout limb, and
then jumping down ; a highly successful
mode of operation, but uotcalculatcd to
become popular in the community. He
wore buckskin mocassius, and did not ap-
pear to be enjoying a sucessful practice.
But while I gazed with deep interest
upon the assembly, the baud struck up
“ Tom Tug,” and away they went..-
Three times they encircled the hotel,
then “ with their wings aslant, like the
fierce cormoraut,” swooped down upon the
bar, registered their names, and took a
grand united Federal drink, (each man
paying for himself.) Herc toasts and
sentiments were the order of the day.—-
“The American Dental Association, like
watermen, we pull one way and look an-
other.” “ The woodcock, emblem of don-
tistry——he picks up his living from the
holes, and passes in a. prcciousloug bill.”
The memory of Dr. Beale, drunk staiiding.
These, with other sentiments of a similar-
ly meritorious character, were given, and
received with great applause.
Having all drunk from the flowing
bowl, the association again formed in line
in front of the piazzas, which were now
crowded with a curious and admiring
throng and sang with surprising harmony
the following beautiful, plaintive and ap-
propriate chaunt :—
“ Oh Jonathan Gibbs he broke his tewth
A eatiu’ a puddin,’ a eatin’puddin’-—
Johnathan Gibbs he broke his tewth
A eating’ puddiu,’ a eatin’ puddiu.’
“ Great lumps of such, they "stuck intew it,
Intew it, intew it, intew it, intew it,-
Great lumps of suet, they stuck intew it,
As big as my two thumbs.”
This chant finished, and the applause
subsiding, an air of gravity came over the
association and the President, Dr. Tush-
maker, stepping forward, announced that
a few pleasing and wonderful performan-
ces would now be gone through with, with
the object of exhibiting the dexterity ac-
quired by the members of the society.-
Thcn turning to the line he gave the com-
mand, “ Draw I’’ In an instant every
one of the associoution was armed with ii.
billiant tiirnscrew. ‘Fix 1’ shouted Dr.
Tushmaker, and each member opened his
mouth and attached the fearful instru-
ment to a. back tooth. ‘fflaul !”'scrcam-
ed the doctor. “ Hold,-for-God’s Sake.”
shouted I, but it was toolate; three hun-
dred double-fanged back teeth, dripping
with blood, were held cxultant in the air.
The association looked cool and collected
there might have been pt!-my blfto mm
the Spartan boy, they repressed it; the
ladies, with ii. wild cry of horror, fled
from the piazza. “ Replace!” shouted
Dr. '.l‘ushma.ker, and in an instant every
tooth returned to the mouth from whence
it came. I understood it at once, it
was ball practice with blank cartridge
.__they were all false teeth. Several
other extremely interesting exercises were
gone through with. A hackman passing
by on his carriage was placed under the
influence of chloroform,-all his teeth c '-
tvacted without pain, and an entir
AT TWO DOLLA
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and elegant set put in their place, all in
forty-two seconds. His appearance'was
wonderfully improved, he had been known
for years, as “ snuggle toothed Bill,” but
a new and more complimentary title will
have to be devised for him.——VVonderful
‘are l'.l1(!"iliii-}iY'~QY.3lIl.e.ll.,l'S. 9f.scien_ce- At 5
o’clock the procession was i-eféimeégsusl
the band playing, “ Pull, Brothers, Pull”
the association moved off, returning by
the Nelly Baker 1;) Boston.
' I have never seen three hundred den-
tists together before, and I don t believe
any body else ever did, but I consider it
a pleasing and on improving spectacle,
and would suggest that’ the next time
they meet they make an excursion which
shall combine business with pleasure, and
all go down together and remove the
snags from the mouth of the Mississippi.
VVe had ahop here last night ; Belle ;
a young lady from Boston. Good bye.
Remember me to the Tewth Doc-tor.
Yours respectably, J. P. .
OC
Eating it Raw.
On a very warm and sultry evening a
short time since, as Dr. and
myself were seated in a fashionable saloon
in our town, indulging in the cool luxur-
ies which the proprietors of the establish-
ment know so well liow to prepare, and
chatting the while upon such subjects as
fancy dic~tated——a. tall limber looking in-
divdual of about twenty-three, made his
appearance, and after looking about him
some time in bewilderment seated himself
at a table close by the one at which we
were sitting. The young man was appar-
ently ii. stranger, and from the country ;
and the illuminated sign, with “Ice-cream,
Coufectiouaries,” &.c., &c., blazoned there-
on, bad evidently taken him in. Know-
ing the doctor to have a propensity for
practical joking, I turned to see what ef-
fect this new arrival would have upon
him ; and one glance: at his restless,
twinkling eye, satisfied me that there
would be sport—the tiger was already in
imagination gloating over his prey.
After sitting some time as if uscertaiu
how to proceed, the young man plucke
up sufficient courage to address us, and
inquired whether he could get some ice
cream and a couple of coufectionaries.”—-
stating at the same time, that he had
“never been at the canawl afore, and
didn’t know how people acted at such
places.” He was informed by the Doc-
tor, that if he would ring the bell which
stood upon the table, his wishes would be
gratified. The green ’un did as he was
directed, and in clue time was served with
ice cream and confectionaries. After
eyeing for a. few moments the articles be-
fore him, he took the spoon from the glass
took a small quantity of the cream, and
put it to the tip of his ton-_:;iie, and then
looked a-bout the room with an air of
great satisfaction and delight. Soon
however, another idea seemed to strike
liiui ; he rammed the spoon deep into the
glass, took it out heaped full, and in a
moment, its contents disappeared.
At this instant, I felt a twitch at my
side—the next, the doctor was on his feet,
had clutched my arm convulsively, and
with one hand pointing towards the vic-
tim almost screamed-
“Good Gracious ! that young man is
eating his ice cream raw !”
Down went ice cream, spoon, confec-
tionarics and table upon the floor, out
leaped the victim at least tcnfcet towards
the middle of the room, gasping for
breath--eyes protruding from their sockets
and countenance exhibiting all the marks
of the greatest terror and helplessness.———
In a moment the Doctor was by his side,
felt of his pulse, nnbuttoned his waistcoat
and shirt collar, as if to admit fresh air ;
then gently pushed him into a chair and
commenced fanning him with the skirt of
his coat. It was then that the victim’s
tongue became loosed, and with imploriiig
look, be half whispered, half screecl1ed—
“ O, kin I live ?” Upon this, the Doctor
looked mysterious, felt his pulse again
examined his tongue, and then in a sol-
emu tone replied :
“ It my be, young man, that by explic-
itly following my directions, you can yet
escape the consequence of your rashness
and folly, I would advise to”-
“Anything, I’ll do anything you tell
me, so as I kin get over this spell, and
find my home again.
“V\"ell, then, sir, take off your coat.”
The youiig man did so—-“ tie a. handker-
chief about you,’’ lie was obeyed. “ And
now, sir, go to the door, run three times
around this square with all the might
that’s in you, and then come back to me,
and I will tell you what further to do.”
The young man vanished, and we re-
sumed our seats ; in a few moments he re-
turned, pufiing and blowing, and apparent-
ly in better spirits.
“ Now,” said the doctor, “do you put
on your coat, button it close up to your
chin ; go to your lodging place, and turn
in immediately, and let me advise you,
young man, that before you undertake to
eat ice cream see that it is properly pre-
pared ; and let me particularly charge
you, (and here he assumed a very serious
air,) never again do you attempt to eat
it raw.” _
The young man stamiuercd forth ,‘|lS
thanks for the advice, and left, we follow-_,_
iug sooou after.‘
<4.»-
jar Very little Porter Wine is called
for by any body but an Englishman ;
he drinks it, not because he likes it, but
because he thinks it genteel to drink
Port, and was taught to drink it at his
University. The class of sap-heads have
been shocked lately to learn what ever
body else has known for generations
back, that the direct importation of what
place of its nominal growth is no guaran-
ty of the purity of said article. A speci-
al outcry being raised ‘lately, government
interfered and seized at Oporto, a quan-
tity of bad alcohol, molasses and tar,
mixed up, and intended so sent to Eug-
laud or America. as the “ gnniue article,
direct from Oporto,” Inquiries in London
revealed about 3000 pipes of this stuff,
ready for transportation to Oporto, there
to be converted into the best of “Old
Port Wine.” Who would not be a mod-
ern wine-dealer? Fraud at one end and
the poor-house at the other.
VOLUME XL.---N UMBER 35.
is certified to be a pure article from the _
RS PETE-‘ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.
llllmrutinn, 3Ct.?<l.---lll3filu|l1ifilJtll' in 1300.
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A Dying—Wife'a Letter to her Husband.
The following most touching fragment
of a letter of a. dying wife to her husband
was found by him some months after her
death, between the leaves of a religious
volume which she was very fond of pern-
§;'p,g_ _‘_,_'l‘li_c letter which was literally dim
with tear marks, was vi’i‘i€i‘.{’I1 I993’ c..f9l30
the husband was aware that the grep of
a fatal disease had fastened upon the
lovely form of his wife, who died at the
age of nineteen : _ .
“When this shall reach your eye, dear
G—-—, some day when you are turning
over the relics of the past, I shall have
passed away forever, and the cold white‘
stone will be keeping its lonely watch
over the lips you have so often pressed.
and the sod will be growing green that
shall hide forever from your sight the
dust of one who has so often nestled close
to your warm beart. For many long and
sleepless nights, when ‘ all beside my
thoughts were at rest, I have wrestled
with the consciousness of approaching
death, until at last it has forced itself up-
on my mind ; and although to you and
to others it might now seem but the
nervous imaginations of a girl, yet
dear G , itis so ! Many weary hours
have I passed in the endeavor to recon-
cile myself to leaving you, whom ‘I love
so well, and this bright world of sunshine
and beauty ; and hard indeed it is to
struggle on silently and alone, with the
sure conviction that I am about to leave
all forever, and go down into the dark
valley. “But I know in whom I have
trusted,” and leaning upon His arm, “ I
fear no evil.” Don’t blame me for keep-
ing all this from you. How could I sub-
ject you, of all others, to such sorrow as
I feel at parting, when time will so soon
make it apparent to you I I could have
wished to live, if only to be at your side
when your time shall. come, and pillowiug
your head upon my breast, wipe the death
damps from your brow, and usher your
,1‘ departing spirit into his Maker’s presence
embalmed in woman’s holiest prayer. But
it ls not so to be, and I‘ submit. Yours
is the privellege of watching, through
long and dreary nights, for the spirit’s
final flight, and of transferring my sink-
ing head from your breast to my Savior’s
bosom. And you shall share my last
thought ; the last faint pressure of the
hand, and the last kiss‘ shall be yours;
and even when flesh and heart shall have
failed me, my eye shall rest on yours un-
til glazed by death, and our spirits shall
hold one last communication, until gently
fading from my view——the last of earth,
you shall mingle with the first bright
glimpses of the nnfading glories of that
better world where partings are unknown.
Well do I know the spot, dear G., where
you will lay me ; often have we stood by
the place, and as we watched the mellow
sunset, as it glanced in quivering flashes
-through the leaves, and burnished the
grassy mounds around us with stripes of
burnished gold, each perhaps has thougui.
that some day one of us would come alone
and whichever it might be, your name
would be on the stone. But we loved
the spot ; and I know you’ll love it none
the less when you see the same quiet sun-
light linger and play among the grass that
grows over your Mary’s grave. I know
you will go often alone there, when I am
laid there, and my spirit will be with you
then, and whisper among the waving
branches, ‘ I am not lost, but gone before.’
-:L—O
Importation of Dead Bodies—The Ex-
pressman and the Corpse.
Among the thousand serviceable things
done by the express companies is the
conveyance of corpses. Prior to the es-
tablishmeut of expresses, (we wonder,
now, how the world ever got along with-
out them !) if 9. husband or a son died
on a journey, or while temporally residing
for health or business at a distance from
his kindred, and it was decided by his
friends to have his body brought home, it
was usually done at heavy expense if the
distance exceeded one or two hundred
miles. .
It was the custom, if the way lay over-
land, to employ an undertaker, who
would start out in a covered wagon, es-
tablish relays, and travel night and day
until the task was done. What is now
accomplished in eight hours by the Ex-
press would then occupy the undertaker
at least a week ; and his pay, if he trav
elled at night, was rarely less than ten
dollars a day, every expense en route in-
eluded.
At present, the price for conveying a.
corpse by Express, in charge of it Me-
seuger, a distance of 200 or 250 miles
miles upon a. regular route, does not ex-
ceed thlrty dollars. That we believe to
be the price between New York and
Boston, for instance.
The work, however, is not at all popu-
lar with expressmeu, and the messengers
never meet among their freight with one
of those wooden ccses in which coffins are
usually enclosed, without awish that they
were rid of it. Some of them are very
notional upon this subject ; not from an-
perstition, but from that instinctive fear
of the progress of decay which all feel in
the presence of a corpse ; especially when
there is any suspicion that it has been
kept too long.
An instance illustrating what we have
said occurred in this city one morning
last week. An Express Messenger hav-
ing among his freight, in the Express
Company’s car, one of those ominously
oblong boxes, declared confidcntlv ‘
the conductor of the‘ tr:
=“' "i. : be very L \
a mfiell of it made‘ s.
horse. In vain he tried to forgi-,.'."- :-
salubrify the odor by smoking a magnifi-
cent cigar. The smell became more offen-
sive to him each minute during the long
night he was whizzing away with it over
the rail track ; and before the train ar-
rived at New York, it affected him so
much that he vomited. _ ~ »
When the drivers, with the wagons of
the New York oflice, went to the de-
. of, for the express freight, the illnesss
of the unfortunate messenger was obvious
and in answer to inquiries he explained
the cause. All eyes fell on_the oblong
box, and every man held his nose. It
a
far gone to be" taken to the ofiice, and as
the railrood men swore (through their
compressed olfactories) that they would .
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on»,-..
E, ,. ,a.-‘Smasher-.t. -
was decided unanimously, that it was too .
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