,- his ambition and his energies.
. tor how brilliant, how intelligent, how
. death sets him free.
- ergetic, the weary routine of official life
— been defeated in that State.
- Judge isa bosom friend of the President,
A
!;-__
reign of the Stuarts summarly brought to
an end.
We have reluctantly been obliged to
omit many points of interest in and about
London“, which we may hereafter have
occasion to regret; but we have seen
.quite as much in the time allotted to us
as we can digest. The weather has been
unusually fine for England, but we have
‘ not yet seen what are call a bright,
clear day. London is by no means a
pleasent place of residence, the perpetual
smoke and fog making it at all times dis-
agreeable to a stranger. Its wonderful
extent, and the variety of sights in and
around it will always make it interesting
and the resort oftravelers from all parts
of the world. We leave to-morrow for
Paris, and shall, for the first time, meet
,the serious embarrasmeuts of a foreign
country.. The sights and wonders of the
continent may elipse those we have yet
.seen but we shall always remember with
pleasure, our visit to England Scotland,
{and the many new and kind friends we
have met in the father land.
Yours, truly,
N..o—o—————-——
- An Indignant Woman,‘
A lady thus expiates upon a delicate
' topic: .
“A woman who loves unsonght, de-
‘ serves the scorn of the man she loves.”
Heaven forgive me i but may the man
- who penned that paragraph never see an-
other bonnet! May no white dimpled
arms ever encircle his cravat, or buttons
vegetatc on his shirt. May no rosy lips
,- ever press his moustache, and the fates
, grant that his dickey strings break short
. off every morning. May no woman’s
heart ever learn to beat faster—except
with indignation—at the mention of his
name, and may his stockings always need
darning. _ And when his nerves are all un-
strung by disease, and his head throbs
with pain, as though an earthquake were
' brewing in it, may he have nothing in his
sick chamber but boot-heels, and not see
one inch of muslin or calico.
' , o»
. Tan Ptaasuxa or HOLDING Osman.—
. Mr. Connel, one of the editors of the Eu-
. gle, published at Lancaster, Ohio, has
thrownup his position as chief clerk of
-, the Comptroller of the Treasury, and re-
turned to the tripod. He gives as his
reasonsfor so doing, what may not prove
unprofitable food for the contemplation of
many young men who look upon a clerk-
ship at Washington as a place where for-
. tunes are made, and eminent distinction
gained. He says :
“ We return with feeling of pleasure to
the editorial chair, after an absence of
one year. A year in the public service
at Washington has had the effect of con-
vincing us that the private station is the
post of office, pleasure and profit; and
we quit public ofiice gladly, voluntarily,
Sf
-. and without a single regret at the loss of
its honors or emoluments. It seems
. strange that there should be such a fasci-
~ nation ie those positions at Washington
. for the young men of our country.—
When obtained,they are- but living graves
in which the occupant buries his hopes.
No mat-
. industrious, he becomes metamorphosed
- into the tread-mill horse, pursuing the
' same weary, never-changing round, until
No matter how en-
lies crushiugly upon his energies and as-
pirations. It is enough to say that such
a life did not suit us, and that we would
not while young and in health, sell out
L our future for an annuity of $2,000 per
- year, at the will of changing political dy-
nestles.”
W
fiThe New Ybrk Evening Post
- says Judge Porter of Pennsylvania has
-. resigned his seat upon the beach of the
Supreme Court, because his party has
As the
his conduct has raised the question in po-
' .lilicai circles whether the President will
..resign also.
.- ———-o«o>~———
A Toucnnvo Drrrv IN Puma—When
- Seth got' home from mackereiing he sought
; his Sarah Ann, and found that she the
-; heartless one, had found another man.—
~And then most awful tight he got, and
-- then he went away, and bound himself to
.4 cut live oak all dowa in Floriday. He
pined upon the live Oak land, he murmur-
: ed in the shades ; his axe grew heavy in
: his hand, all the wild wood glades. Mos-
' quitos hit him everywhere, no comfort
-- did he get, and oh! how terribly he
named whenever he got hit. At last de-
spairing of relief, and wishing himself
-§-dead, he Went into the woods a piece, and
;‘chopped off his own head.
n‘.»
mIt is'reported that Queen Victo-
.; ria playfully asked a young American,
--. who attended one of her levees not long
since, which he Would prefer, if he could
-.~.§‘.ave his choice, a’ monarchy or a Repub-
w:lic, to which he replied, “ May it please
:l-ycurj Majesty, unless I were king of the
- monarchy, I should, prefer to take my
,, chance of being elected president of the
r“
:years.
1
' republic.”
“co—w
RA natural daughter of Aaron
.1311", and his residuary legatee, comes
..cnriously into possession of quite a for-
. tune in this way:
Burr held a lease
2 from TrinityChurch of the Richmond
1101 property, three or four hundred lots
in the center of New York, for sixty-six
He released the land for sixty
.three years to Astor and others, and their
.‘lease expires in 1860. The lease for three
years then belongs to Burr’s daughter,
and the claim is indisputable, and the
-.value of the lease very great. Already
several of the lessees have compromised
;. day week has official returns and report-
-t,he claim for from $1500 to $2000 per
atot.
”—
W
fi'The Detroit Advertiser of Mon-
ed majorities from all Michigan but eight
5 counties, which cannot materially affect
. the result. Moses Wisue'r, Republican,
has 9,564 over his opponent, U. S. Sena-
_.tor Stuart. The votes to comain may
reduce Governor Wisner’s majority to
. 9,000, but the average Republican ma
jority in the state must be fully 10,000.
This, considering that election day was
.;signalized bya furious tempest of wind
.and rain, which kept thousands of voters
from the polls, is very fair.
. . -———————-—o-o<.
, ', fir The General Missionary Commit-
tee of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
U'yv‘as in New York last week, and deter-
},miued to send six additional missionaries
{,to India ; to increase the work in China,
iand to form a mission in Salt Lake City.
,gThe entire appropriations for the year
._-,,1859 are $261,549, distributed asfollow:
,_ Foreign missions, $84,059 5 domestic anis-
z‘sions, $131,490 ; contingent fund, $10,-
’ I000 ; office expenses, $6,000 ; liquidatibn
. of debt, $30,000. .
‘<.>a.———————
. firThe will of the late Judge “’0-
liam Jay of New York leaves $1,000 to
,his son in trust, to be applied in promo-
ting the safety and comfort of fugitive
slaves. This defiance of the fugtive
slave act by an eminent judge upon his
.death bed is one of the singular events
that mark our American history.
_. F ‘ ‘ __
7‘ lTTE
Tlln GAZ ll l .
Norwaik, Tues day, Nov. 23, 1858.
Great Conflagration in N orwalk
' Sixteen Buildings in Ashes !--Property
to the amount of $100,000 destroyed!
By far the most disastrous and exten-
sive fire with which this town was ever
visited, occurred on Friday night last,
sweeping over about one-quarter of the
” Bridge" portion of the town. The
flames were first seen at about fifteen min-
utes to ten, issuing from the workshop and
feed mill rooms of Messrs. Terrell 8:.
Downs, on “'ater street, known for nearly
a quarter of a. century as the old Gazette
Building. From thence the fire rapidly
spread to the Cabinet Ware Rooms of
the same firm, stored in what is better
known perhaps as Scllcck’s Marine Hall.
Beneath the workshop was the Grocery
of Frederick St. John, and beneath the
Warerooms the Packet Office and Storcj
house of Selleck St Demmon, and the of-
fice and slzoreroom of Chas. '1‘. Leonard‘s
Sewing Machine and Plaster and Cement
Business, which were rapidly consumed ;
thence spreading to the " Model Market”
building on the corner of Water-st, and'
the Bridge, occupied above by the Mitch-
' ells as a meat, and by Chas. Murray, as
a Fish and Vegetable market, devouring
that in turn, while the open space of. the
Bridge way, and the strong wind blowing
South-east at the time, stopped its furth-
er course to the North. The large Tin,
Sheet Iron and Stove Ware House of S.
& L. Curtis, was the next building dc-
stroyed. This store was heavily filled with
their winter Stock, and the tons upon tons
of Stoves and various articles of tin ware
to be seen in the ruins the next morning,
presented a. sad sight. Their stock could
scarcely have been worth less than $10,-
000. The adjoining building was the ten-
ant house own'ed by S. Lynes, and known
among the Young Americas of this and
the adjoining towns, as “ Mrs. Phcneas’
Liberian Hotel. Few tears were shed as
the mad flames leaped and lapped upon
this enchanted castle, as if joyous in the
opportunity of working a much need-
ed moral and physical purgation.——
From the Liberian, the flames contracted
with the large lumber piles in the adjoin-
ing yard of Wm. K. James, and from
thence to his office and storehouse build-
ing, and from this to his yard again upon
the south. The loss of Mr. James must
be very heavy ; we hear it stated at from
$8,000 to $12,000, although he is un-
doubtedly well insured. Mr. J. was ab-
sent in Albany ht. the time, and although
his loss is severe, it is a consolation to
know that a long life of untiring business
industry has placed him in such a. condi-
tion, that even so great a loss will not
cause his children to cry for bread ! From
the yard of Mr. James, if spread to the.
office-building of Hill dz Hubbcll’s Lum-
ber Yard, consuming if, with a considcra~
ble quantity of their lumber. Here the
progress of the flames, on “later-st, was
arrested on the south-eastern side. On the
west side of Water-st, the flames com-
municated with the tenement building
owned by Stiles Curtis, opposite his
store, which was soon consumed, as was
also the Shoe store of Paul Brisner. From
the Curtis building the fire spread to the
Hardware store of Wm. C. Street, which
was in turn soon wrapped in flames and
consumed. Mr. Street was confined to
his bed at home, with fever. His loss is
very heavy, but we learn is partly covered
by insurance. The Lynes building, occu-
pied on the first floor by George Low, as
a Liquor Store and Grocer ‘, and by J.
N. Lockwood & Co. as 3. Shoe store, and
above by Judge Davenport as a. Law and
Probate office, and Geo. R. Cowles as a
Law and Insurance office, and as the resi—
dence of Geo. Low, was next consumed.
This connnimicatcd with the store of E.
V. A. Chichester, which in its turn con-
nected with the Isaacs’ block adjoining,
occupied on the first story by Dinion
Finch as a Grocery, Geo. W. Jennings as
a News-room and Express office, and by
Wm. B. Swan’s Saddle and Rumors cs-
tablislnnent, and above by private fami-
lies. This soon connected with the Dan-
bury and Norwalk Railroad Depot, occu-
pied above by E. B. Thompson as a Do-
guci‘riuirRoom, and by the Norwalk Tel-
egraph station, which burned and fell
through upon the track beneath. The
Lawbuilding which stood between the dc-
pot and the new Bank of Norwalk edifice,
and occupied by Messrs. Ferry 65 Wood-
ward, was soon ignited, but before it had
got well to burning, it was cut away from
beneath, and chains hitched to the “PP“
portion, and pulled to the ground, thus in
all probability saving the roof of the Bank
building, and arresting the progress of the
flames to the westward. The total mun—
ber of buildings and blocks consumed is
sixteen. The number of business firms
and families dispossessed cannot be far
from fifty, and the space burned over cov-
ers about one-fourth of the Bridge portion
of our village. Of course acouflagrafion
than a great calamity, occurring at any
time, but the ilulividual loss, and the cm-
barrussmenfs arising from being dispos-
sessed at this season of the year, when in
almost every store, large Winter stocks of
goods had just been introduced, and when
the opportunities for securing new loca-
tions, or of rebuilding, are greatly compli-
cated by the approach of Winter, the dis-
aster becomes doubly severe upon our un-
fortunate f'cllow towusmeu, whose property
is thus destroyed. Among the losers
whose individual hardships occur ‘to us
as especially severe, are Messrs. S. &
L. Curtis, whose loss” must be at least
$10,000 over and above their insurance.
M r. Case has but $2,500 insurancc‘on the
Packet Office, Mai-ine, Hull, and old zGa-
zettc building. which is probably less than
half of their actual value. H. M. Ter-
rell loses everything he owned in the
world. His tools, his machinery, and all
‘lhcir uppnrlcnanccs, fogcihcr with consid-
erable quantities of unlinishml work, in nil,
“01 life}; than from $800 to $1000. 11in
loss is one of peculiar hardship, having
having Slllj‘l't‘t‘flf'd in ifs cstnlrlishnu-nt, he
is smhlcnly robbed of_lhc fruits of all his
foils. lic has no insurance. Mr. Chas.
’1‘. Leonard lost, all his: books and pa-
pers. Mr. A. Morehouse also loses about
$800 worth I
stored at the time in the Packet office,
and of course without insurance, a loss
that must fall heavily upon him. Gould
D. Jennings had $100 worth of met-cham-
dize in the same storehouse. The Mitch-
ell’s lose about $200. Mr. GibsOil, who
had a barbershop and oyster saloon under
the Model Market, is dispossessed with a
loss, which might be trifling to many, but
is a serious one to him. He is doubly unfor-
tunate in being burned out of his dwelling
also, hpving resided in the Curtis building,
adjoining Street‘s Hardware store. ,Paul
Brisner, an honest son of foil, who owned
and occupied the little building adjoining
the above for a Shoe shop, is also a se-
verc sufferer, and deserving the popular
sympathies. Mr. Wm. C. Street loses
about $7000 over and above his insurance.
There are numerous other cases, we pre-
sume, to which we might allude in this
connection, with equal propriety. Indi-
vidually, it is a sad calamity, but who
shall say that considered town-wise this
calamity may not be turned into a. public
benefit ? Such, we trust, the wisdom and
forecast of our prOpcrfy owners may ren-
der it. -
THE LOSS.
The loss has been stated in general
terms at $100000. A careful estimate,
however, leads us to believe that. it can'
not exceed from sixty to seventy-five thou-
sand. Many goods were saved, al~
though, of course, in a more. or less dam-
aged condition, und subject to various
depreciation and to total loss. We have
obtained from Geo. R. Cowles, Esq, the
us from hasty recollection :
C. N. Case. loss on buildings
—- Cleveland do. 2,500, 2.000
S. k L. Curtis. buildings a stock 15.000, 5,000
S. Lynes. tenement building 100. unknown
Wm. R. James. buildings at lumber 10,000, insured 8,000
do.
(11.
llill & Hubbell. do. 8.000, do. 10.000
I’aul Brisner, building. etc., 250. no ins.
S. Curtis, tenement building, 500, no ins.)
Win. 0. Street, building a stock 10,000, do. 3.00
S. Lyrics, Store building, 2,000, do. 700
do. t‘hichester‘s building, 1 000, do. 500
Chas. lsaacs, building, 2,500, do. 1.000
Daubury Railroad Depot, do. 1,200 no ins.
S. Lyrics, olfirh building. 450 insured 300
Mitchell Brothers, on stock, 200 no ins.
Chas. Murray. do. 100 no ins.
Geo. Gibson. stock and dwelling. 250 no ins.
A. Greek, stock, ' mo no ins.
F. St. .lohn, Groceries. etc., at 500 insured 3.000
C. N. Case, unlehmery, 1.200 do. 000
11. M. Terrell, Tools and stock, 1,200 no ins.
do. Furniture ,600 do. 1.000
George. Selleck. stock and fixtures, 1.2200 no ins.
(fins. '1'. Leonard, ' 500 insured 200
George R. Cowles. 150 do 300
George A. llavcnporl. 50 no ins.
George Low, 25') no ins.
J. N. Lockwood & Co. {Ti-l0
t1. '\'. A. Chiehester, loss on stock, 3,500
Dimon Finch, do. 250
fully insured
insured 2.0m”)
no ins.
George W. Jennings, do. 200 no ins.
Wm. B. Swan, do 1,000 insured 0‘00
E. B. Thompson. do. 200 no ins.
Ferry 6: Woodward, 100 no ins.
Origin of the Fire.
'A thousand conjectures and rumors as
to the cause of the fire have been set
afloat, but from all that can be gathered,
we have no doubt that it had its origin
in the'rickcty chimney which for years,
was a terror to us and finally led to our
removal from the building to our present
quarters. This chimney was set upon two
planks resting upon the second story floor,
and proceeded up through the wall into
the garret and out [of the roof on the
South side. A stove pipe from the store
below passed up through the floor and
entered the chimney about three feet
above it. There were some three or four
other stove pipe holes cut into it just be-
low the wall. Onc of these holes we re-
member to have been posted orer wi‘lrwall
paper, and of course,” caught fire and was
burned, but having been discovered by us,
no serious injury occurred. On another
occasion, a cloud of smoke and carpenter’s
shavings on fire blowing out the the tin
cap, were puffed out and scattered all
about our floor, on the kindling up of a
fire beneath, from which, a similar catas—
trophe, as that which has now overtaken
us, might have occurred, had not hands
been at work in the office at the time.—
But the point. of greatest danger was in
the gurret between the second story wall
and the roof. Here was a space of about
two and one-half feet, and owing to the
decay of the shingles, or other defect in
the roof, the water poured down in
streams about the chimney whenever any
considerable rain occurred. This had de-
composed the mortar and bricks so that
the entire chimney was in a crumbling
state, and having our attention always
turned to it, we frequently found an en-
tire brick gone, and an open cavity to
the flue visible. TVs had it repaired at
dur own expense at least a dozen times,
but were. always assured by the masons
that nothing short of a new chimney
would render it safe. lVe repeatedly
called our landlord’s attention to it, and
also that of Mr. Cowles, the I insurance
of such an extent could not prove other ,
, agent. “’0. believe the latter gentleman
i on one occasion, had it again patched up.
We have also repeatedly called the at-
tention of the other occupants of the
prophetic warning that it would yet burn
ithcm all up; and the fact just come to
V light that sparks of fire were seen coming
out of this chimney, just before the flames
burst forth, is conclusive evidence to our
mind that the fire had its origin in this
quarter, and no other. This opinion is
confirmed also by the testimony of those
who first entered the building alter the
alarm, all agreeing that the flames were
visible only in the immediate vicinity of
this chimney. »
Such was .our constant apprehension when
an occupantof the building, of being burned
out from this cause, that when we found there
were no hopes of inducing our landlord to
thoroughly rebuild the chimney, we packed
up Our duds and at great labor, inconvenience,
and expense, removed from, the building'—
Since that'limc, the property has passed into
the hands of C. N. Case. Esq, and by him it
was rented to Mr. H. M. Terrell, who introdu-
.ccd sic-(Hp power into the building, the boiler
&c., being lecated in the rear upon the dock.
A very great degree of indignation was ex-
pressed towards Mr. Cass and Mr.’1‘erreli,
following general estimates, which he gives
.
$1,000, insured $2,500 ‘
struggled against poverty and want «ll',con,pjcte.1 their plans.
means, lo build up :1. business, and after"
of Flour and‘ Groceries,
for introducing so dangerous an element into
such close proximity to the surroumling, hinh-
ly infiumuble buildings; but these gentlemen
being persuaded that secured as it was, no
possible danger could or: sc,u~cnt forward and
Whatever may have
been the hazards of this enterprise. it is evi-
.dent to all that it had no connection with
the origin of the fire, there having been no
fire in the building except in the grocery be-
low, at any time.
Incidents of the Fire;
Many scenes occurred during the pro-
‘ gress of the fire, of a most serious, solemn,
and ludicrous character, to a few of which
only, can we advert this sleek. ‘ A rumor
gained currency, and fora time was be-
lieved, that Mrs. " Phone,” proprietress
of the Liberian Hotel, had been burned
inthe building. The unsingcd caput of
the veritable Topsy, appearingsoon after
in the-crowd, dissipated the painful ru-
mor. A ladder struck Mr. Henry Kel-
logg-on the head. A brick also fell upon
the head of ,Helan Cinch-ester, inflicting
a bad wound; and last, though not least,
an amount of rafters and roof of the old
Gazette building, which we did not stop
to estimate, came tumbling down upon
our own broad shoulders, luckily doing
no more serious damage, however, than
burning the back out of our coat. About
$7000 worth of hay, merchandize, etc.,
was stored in Seileckls Packet Office,
which Was rolled off the dock. The hay
here took fire, and floating about the-
harbor iii its blazing state, added an odd
feature to the general conflagration.‘ The
Probate Records were all got out of
Judge Davenport’s office, and a portion
deposited at the Fairfield Co. Bank, and
anothcrlct at Austin’s Foundr , where
Mrs. Brush, a colored lady, stood sen ti-
nel, declaring that “ nobody should touch
Mussa Davenport’s papers, unless taken
over her dead body.” Such patriotic de-
votion ought not to go unrequited by the
Judge. At another time she is said to
have been seen taking wood from neigh-
bor Austin’s pile, but as it was undoubt-
edlyfortho purpose of beating in the
heads of any who should attempt a des-
cent upon the Rl’l'lll‘lls, it is a question
whether it was not justifiable larceny.
The records in the new Stearns d:
Marvin’s Safes, were in the store of Wm.
C. Street. These were rolled out of the
building on the walk in front, but in a
position where they must have been ex-
posedTo as great a heat as they would
have been had they remained in the bull-
ding. On openipg these, the papers and
boo/rs are not. scorched in the least, al~
though thc~leathcr binding on the books
is crispcd by the steam, a circumstance
winch pays a thousand fold their cost to
the town. '
Another rumor asserts that while the
Covers of the Probate records were roast-
ed, a cask of" rum in the same vicinity
wouldn’t burn .’ Ergo, shouldn’t the Pro-
bate Records be encased in LTOI'WIIlh'
whisacy ! The manner in which afl‘right-
ed tenants in the vicinity made their exo-
dus from their habitation, variously
freighted with their worldly goods,-——re—
minded us of some immense .ant hill in
commotion, each one bearing a. burden
twice its own size. .
Selleck’s packet was lying at the dock
at the time the fire broke out, and being
luckily about half tide, it was floated out
of harm’s way.‘ Mrs. Nathaniel Boutou
founda roll of hills, which awaits the
owner’s call.‘ Mr. Terrell has lest a val-
uable mirror, which was saved from the
fire, while our friend Swan mourns the
loss of his coat, which he remembers see-
ing some friendly arm bearing off in tri-
umph from the scene of the disaster.—
His heart’s desire is to meet said friend
at the earliest possible moment. It is
suggested that the destruction or neigh-
bor James’ lumber,yard, will occasion
great suffering among those destitute of
principle as well as means, and that some
new pl'ovision will have to be made fofr
supplying them with their needful kind-
ling wood.
Ou the breaking out of the fire, efforts
were made to telegraph to Stamford and
to Bridgeport to procure engines, but the
offices being closed, no c ommunication
could be established At about twelve
o’clock, alocomotive was dispatched to
Daubnry for help and returned in about
two hours with two engines, two hose
carts and about one hundred men. Al-
though coming too late lo render essen-
tial service, the promptncss with which
they responded to the call made upon
them entitles them to the warmest grati-
tude of our citizens, a gratitude, which
we regret, owing to the general confusion
l
and excitement, could not have been bet-
ter -cxcmplified. One engine and hose
cart remained with us during the day and
assisted in extinguishing the burning cm-
bcrs. it is with a mortification that we
know not how to express, that We allude
. to the fact that in a town of the size,
wealth and business significance of Nor-
Walk, nothing but mlittle garden. engine
i
could be brought into requisitidu at such
a time. Now 11ml flu: [muse is stolen, sizall
building to its unsafe condition, with the l ”M’- S’M’l‘i (“07' be I’lfb'f’l ?
We would uothndervaluc even so trifling
an instrument as a. gardenenginc, for with
oncprocurcd by Mr. Faber and Bowers
much was done towards saving the Mcr
rill’s building and thus preventing the fire
from crossing to the east side of the bridge.
Willi another of these instruments the
store of Wm. C. Street might have been
saved and with it, all othersnn the line up
to the Norwalk Bank. .
———- ~m—40+0>—-r .__ ‘
The Atlantic Monthly, Godey’s Lady’s
Book, Arthur’s Magazine, and the Printer,
for December, have been received. ‘
.‘Q..._...___.
m Wc have received a copy of the Wa-
terbury Almanac‘fdr 1859. Itis filled :with
statistics, (to... ofizgreatlocal interest to the
citizens of “band also'loffsorne considerable
interest to outsidca's,'as.it cojn‘taips,among
other filings, a list, of articles manufgpturgd,
in that place, together with [hexanufacturw
it, “'9'" two Norwalk men, npwdoinghusiness
there. It is from the press of E. B. Cooke 82
Co., of the American ; Bronson lb Brothers,
publishers.
or": Cards, etc. We notice Business Cards in _
Some Lessons from the Fire.
The bhrut district is, ol'conrsc, to be sp‘eed-
ily built up. The whole of it is within the
Fire limits, (the law relating to which ishap-
pily in full force,) so that no wooden build-
ings can be erected in place of the old ones,
without incurring a heavy penalty. And in
rebuidiug. why cannot some symmetry be pre-
served? why cannot nutter st. be made a pass-
able thorougfure with side walks, and abund-
ant room. now that Isuacs’ Hill is to be re-
movcd, and the owners along the wharf can
buildif they choose to the waters’ edge? We
hope that out oflhis calamity, our town may
revive With some degree of beauty. even in
,its busine.s localities.
ON
South Novvalk Lectures-
Mr.Woodford fully maintained his char-
as a thinker and Speaker last Wednesday
evening. Horace Greeley speaks to-morrow,
Wednesday,cvening at the same place, on
Reforms and Reformers. The well known
character he hears as one of the most inde
pendent thinkers an ad blest writers of the
age, should fill the church to its utmost ca-
pacify.
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Wilto‘h.-—The Bye_Law permitting swine,
&e., to run at large,-which has so exercised
the good people of Wilton, both pro and con,
was repealed on Thursday last. by a handsome
majority. ’
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Bitter Sweet ——Wc are indebted to. the
Publisl er, Chas. Scribner, New York . through
N'BVv/‘S ITEMS.
é ....Statisticinns begin, to foot up the
l bills of the Utah War. They only
1 amount to seven or eight million dollars,
lus the offlicinls let the information leak,
l .
l.
l
|
l
i can doubt.
l . . . .Thc Memphis Avalanche states that
lJznnes ll. (‘lny has sold the residence. of
Henry Clay, for two hundred thousand
acres of 'l‘exns land.
. . . .Clmrles Lannmn, Esq, has announc-
ed his intention of publishing r. Dictiona-
5 mcnt ; with an appendix, complied as a
manual of reference for the Legislator
and Statesman. '
. . . . All the realand personal property of l
the city and county of New York is ad-
verlised for sale at auction on the 24th of
December, to satisfy the Lowbcr claim.
. . . .John Surplars of Brooklyn gave his '
four year old boy a glass of gin bv mis— '
take instead of water, and thelchild soon
died.
. . . .The two Baptist churches in Stam-
ford lmve cordially agreed to unite in one
body again, and are making arrange-
ments for building a new house of wor-
ship. An EcclesiastisalCouncil was held
there on Wednesday, Oct 27th, at which
they were constituted into a regular Bap-
tist church. ’
. . . .A correspondent of the New Haven
’N‘ws, writing'from‘Hartford, says " the
city (Hartford) generally is improving.
A. H. Camp, for a copy of the lllll‘IVt' inimita-
ble Poem from the pen of Dr. lloliuud. ol' the i
Springfield Republicanmulhcr of “ Titeomb‘si
Letters,” “ The Bay Path." do. The l'ocm l
will be received with an eager appetite wher-
ever the'author or his u orks are known..—
Rricc 75 cents.
4.‘.pa*_———_._.
Stuams & Marvin's Safes.
We cheerfully call the attention of our
readers to the advertisement of Steamed:
Marvin. in another column. We were present
at the opening of one of the Sales, and which
seemed to have passed through the greatest
heat, and was gratified to find the writing on
all the papers and books as legible as ever.—
'1‘he binding of the books was injured by the
steam which always parches and blackens.
leather, and appears, to the uninitiated, to be
burned, but which in fact preserves them from
hurtling. This is one of the great advantages
of the Wilder's Patent. We advise all of our
business men to do as we have done today,
and that is. order one of Slearns d: Marvin’s
Fire Proof Wilder’s Patent SalamanderSafes,
and then they will certainly be safe. Mr
Wm. C. Street will cheerfully attend to the,I
business.
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Fire in Greens’ Farms.
The large summer baarding house'in Green’s
Farms, (Westporl,) occupied by Walter Sher-
wood, was entirely destroyed by fire on Wed-
nesday morning last, together with. nearly all
its contents. The fire is supposed to have
caught from a defective flue.
———-¢o~o@>oo—.———
my, Rev. Mr. Weed gave an earnest dis-
course upon'thc lessons of the late calamity,
on Sunday evening last, from the text “ Shall
there be cviliu the city, and God berth not
done it.” The reckless indifference m auilcst-
ed by our people,in the neglect ofall :means or
appliances for resisting such a corifl:ag1-aficn
was must earnestly treated. The ,discourse
aboundcd in eloquent and earnest suggestions
and would not have been without good effects
could it have been more generally heard.
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fi‘ We learn from the Danbury Times,
that there will be a special train (ill the flun-
bury & Norwulk Rail Road, for the accom-
modation of those desirous of keeping
Thanksgiving, at the upper end (if-this Road,
The train will leave Dunbuty at 1 o'clock 1'.
81., on Wednesday the 2411. last", and return-
ing leave South Norwalk at 2.35 1’. 31., or on
the arrival of the 12.45 train from New York.
vo»o———-—-o—
36" There is to be a grand Soiree at
the Wooster House, Danbury, on Wed-
nesday evening, 24th inst. It is under
the superintendance of the young men of
that place. Dodworth’s Band is to fur-
nish music ; and one of the finest, as well
as the pleasantest occasions of the season
is anticipated.
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Tns Cosnorom‘rxi: Au-r .lounxxr. for Nov. is .
an excellent number. It has two very superior
steel plate Engravings, w'ilh a number of mi-
nor Engravings on Wood,aud Literary Arti-
cles from Miss Alice Carey, Henry T. Tuck-
erman, '1‘. B. Aldrich and several other
notable writers. Taken all in all,it is a very
good magazine. and each number appeals. to
:;c better than its predecessor. It is publish-
ed by the Cosmopolitan Arf'Association.
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0??? Some think that the fire was caus-
ed by a defective chimney in the Cabinet
Warehouse of Messrs. Terrell & Downs.
The building has caught fire several times
previous to this from this cause. There
is also some suspicions resting upon aper-
son who has lately been released from
jail and who returned to Noru'alk yes-
tcdiary—Bridgeport Farmer.
333“ We have no doubt ourselves. knowing
us we do [/an chimney, that the fire or igina-
ted here. At all events, we promote the sus-
picions alluded to above, and 'at first. current
here, are wilhont foundation. The party
‘ nesday.
Never has there been so much improve-
ment going on at any one time. Many
are ‘the buildings now being erected ;
many are the substantial improvements.”
..... ‘\ ‘l r. Douglas looks down very pat-
ronizingly on the occupant of the White
House. He says he will make no terms
of compromise with Buchanan until all
his (Douglas’) friends are restored to
the identical offices they held previous to
the breaking out of hostilities. He
swears that the slain. quouozlc bellam must
be established.
. . . .The American Tract Society at Bos-
ton has published the tract lately prepar-
which was rejected by the New York So-
ciety. It consists of thirty-one texts or
scripture condemning the sin of oppres-
sron.
. . .‘ .Elihu S. Blukeslec’, oi l’rospect, has
raised fifty-one'cnrs of corn which made
a bushel, Weighing forty-three pounds, and
says he raised the present season, on a
piece of ground measuring a little less
than one and three—fourths acres. two lum-
dred and forty bushels of cars of the same
variety. This is not one-fourth part, how-
ever, of his corn crop this year.
. . . .An important suit for damages, on
trial in Yew York, was concluded “red-
VVhen the jury came in the fore-
man announced .lhat eleven members
agreed upon a verdict, but~the twelfth did
not, for be u as a German, and roulzl not
'zmlecrslaml English ! Counsel for plaint-
iff offered to take a verdict of eleven, but
counsel for defendant refused, and a new
trial was ordered.
. . . .Demoeracy and slavery very narrow-
ly cscnped defeat in Delaware at the late
election ; for Governor their majority is
but 204, and for member of Congress 410
against nearly 2000 majority two years
ago. In 1850, the opposition elected not
a single member to eilner branch of the
legislature ; now the Senate stands 7 dem-
ocrats to 2 opposition, and the House 14
to IT. ‘
. . . .The contest between RN and Bar-
rett in St. Louis, is bringing out; 'nedis-
grucefnl revelations. Among otht 3.
worthy of the supporters of Calhoun, is
the fact that some thirty convicts, under
the Sentence of the Criminal Court, were
pardoned, on condition of voting for Bar-
rctt.
. At Manchester, N. I{., on Tuesday
Lafayette Goodenow, a notorious rumsell-
er and rnfiiun, decoyed an aged man nam-
ed William Kimball into a lonely place,
and then nearly murdered him with a
heavy bludgeon. Kimball had been a
witness against him in a liquor case.
. .Mr. Glaudensklec, one of the saved
from the Austria has presented a $360
snuff box to the captain of the bark Lotus
of Yarmouth, N. S., for safely taking
him to Halifax from the French bark.
which picked him up.
. . . .The fastest time ever made by ,an
American horse, was that of the mere
“ l’rioress,” over the Newman-ket course,
England, recently. She ran two miles
and a quarter, and 28yds., in 3 minutes
and 56 sect-mils. This is at the rate of
in] 405 to the mile.
. . . .Wm. Dashlcn has been defeated in
a suit he brought. in the New York Court
of Common Pleas against the N. Y. & N.
H. R. R. Company. He was walking
across the truck and the locomotive struck
and injured him. The defendant said he
had no business on the truck and so the
Court. thought.
, . . .Old Blaster llrowr. brought his fe-
rulc down—his face was angry and red.
“ Now A uthony Clair, go seat you there
with the girls,” he said. Then Anthony
Clair, with mortified air, and his chin
drawn down to his breast crept slowly
away, and sat all day by the girl that
loved him iu-st.
. . ..In the list of distinguished men rc-
ccntly elected members of the Royal So-
ciety of London, we find the name of Pro-
fessor llcury D. Rogers, whose scientific
labors have given him so high a position
would not be likely to suffer any very great
uneasiness of' mind on account of the rumor,
. . . . . ’ ..
yet It is bcit to “ give the devil ins due."
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are» A very cruel and heartless joke was
played 00‘. by some uretch, on the poor folks
ol'.\jew York City, on Thursday lusf,('l‘hanks-
ogiving day in N. Y.) It was given cut in'the
columns of the New York Sun. that on that
flay, at Union Square, there would he distrib-
uted to the poor 6,000 pounds of bread and
l2,000 pounds of beef contributed by the Da-
kcisand Butchers of the city. The wagons
with the bread and beef were to be stationed
around the statue of Washington and the dis-
tribution was. in be from 10 to 11 o'clock A. M.
The poor folks began to assemble at about 0
o'clockaudat the appointed hour it is said
there \Vi-rc about 4,000 on the in Ll ul. and
patiently awaiting, baskctiu hand. for tluir
share of the bread and beef, but ulu> they
waited in vain, as“ no wagons arrived \xith
the. articles and of court-c no dlSll'lllllllUll‘
took place.‘ Several of the parties where '
names were affixed to the card deny all 7
knowledge of the matter, and say their names.
were used without authority. ; '
Mr. John l‘leeker, the well-known bake-n,
has entered a suit for libel again-l. the Sun
and Herald for publishing the spuriun.~ notice
about the distribution of food to the poor on
Thanksgiving day. Mr. 11 . Is one of the par
ties whose names were reputed attached to
that notice. Another one of the .repufed
signers was attacked in the street the next
day, by a mob of the victims of the hoax, and
his life threatened. Ilc escaped with the aid
of the polioe, who arrested several of the as-
sailants. ‘
" '——-—-——Os.d.kos'r-f
' Eula-ha Yen fierce is against the
right of search. If we judge liis'fflihrafc-
ter rightly he carries his principle so far
that he does not even “ search the scrip-
‘ doubt that the difficulty was attributable
jtherefore, of Opinion the present cable
among geologists. Hitherto Very few
Americans have been the recipients of this
honor.
. . . .Thc Lilchfleld Bank, has been per-
manently t‘lilellf‘fl——tl . hearing before
Judge Ellsworth having been had at Hart-
ford. Abijah Catlin and F. E. Harrison
have been appointed Receivers, and four
months are allowed for the presentation
of claims.
. . . .l’ref. B. Silliman, Jr., of New Haven
lectured at the Cooper Institute, in New
York, Tuesday night, and expressed his
belief that the difficulty experienced in
working the cable was owing to some (1e-
fccfs which were caused by its exposure
to the great heat of the sun while it lay
coiled last year in the factory at Green-
wich, England. Twenty miles of this
u‘crc found, on examination, to be so
faulty that they had to be rejected, and
as other defects had since been found by
Mr. Tiffany, in cutting up that portion of
the cable which he purchased, he had no ,
to the cause he had named. He was
would never be worked.
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E“ The report that Bonner has offer-
ed Mr. Buchanan, “ half a million of dol-
lars” to send his message first to the N.
Y. Ledger in not confirmed.
Bridgeport Silamlanl
:8“ At Hartford, one day last week,
a colored man named Benjamin Roberts,
killed his “wife, Mary, by stabbing her
with a jack knife. lie was somewhutin-
toxicated at the time. He gave her sev-
eral stabs—one or two after persons hear-
ing the cry of murder had rushed into
tlic‘house. A colored man in attimpt-
in to wrest the knife from the murders}!
had ~hil-i'h'nnd ’cut.‘ " Roberts was taken
to jail—his wife dying in the coarse of a
' out, but that it will be much more no man ‘
ed by Rev. Mr. Wolcott of Providence, .
Revival of the Quarantine Difficulties.
NEW Yonx, Nov. 21.
The Express states that preparations
for :1. second attack upon the anu'anliue
buildings, a re being made. It states that
meetings lluvn been held at Staten ls-
lund, and that a large fund is being raised.
_.‘_."¢._.._
The Fillibuster Expedition Stopped-
Al‘uvsrx, (1A,, NOV. 20.
A dcspalch has been received here sta-
ting that the Nicaragua emigrants at Mo-
bile have demanded ofthe agent who sup-
ry of the United States Congress, con-ll)“Cd them With “91‘9“, ll full compli-
taining biographical sketches of its mom-i
, hers from the foundation of the. G overn-.
once with the agreement on which they
were issued. Should he not do so, vid-
lence was apprehended.
«:6
Fall of the New Arsenal.
New YORK,Nov. ill—At an early hour
this morning, the floor of the New State
Arsenal, :1 structure nearly completed,
corner of 35th street and 7th avenue, fell
in with a terrible crash, crushing every-
thing. in its way.
A portion of the wall and coping struck
on the roofofa house adjoining 35th st,
crushing it in. A heavy piece of the co-
ping lodged on a bed upon which ,Mrs.
Armstrong and her two daughters were
sleeping. Mrs. A. was severely injured,
and had to be conveyed to the 20th pre-
cinct station. Her daughters escaped
injury.
Another piece of coping fell upon a
stable in the rear, and killed a horse Vul-
ucd at $200. Italso crushed in the roof
of a house adjoining on 7th avenue, but
injured no one.
The erection of this arsenal was com-
menced on April last, and it was com-
pletedwith the ex‘caption of some work
to the interior. . It was200 feet long,
100 feet wide, and 00 feet high, built of
North River stoncwith heavy slate ” self
sustaining roaf. Richard Culrow had
the contract for its erection, and the work
was superintended by State authorities.
Someof the best engineers in the coun-
try were. it is said, inspecting the work,
and it seems strange that it fell. It was
thought that the fhnlt was in the roof be-
ing too heavy, tending to crowd out the
walls.
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Highly Important from Mexico.
Wasnmcrox, Nov. 20.
The steamship General Rusk, which
arrived at New Orleans on Sunday last,
brought the Brownsville (Texas) Flag,
which says that General .Blanco, of the
liberal party, with an army of fifteen hun
dred mcu, attacked and entered the city
of Moxico, advancing to within one block
of the Capitol, on the 15th of October.
General Zulosga made an imposing
resistance, and lost four hundred of his
soldiers, besides having a large number
wounded. The loss on the part of the
liberals was comparalively small.
General Blanco held his position for a
few hours, and then retired to Tacnbaya,
where he remained encamped at last ac-
counts.
The city would hnve been completely
captured by the liberals, but the parti-
sans within, uporr whose movements de—
pended the wholc triumph, not. being pre-
viously advised of the intended attack
were not prepared to render any efficient
aid.
~46».
The Mount Vernon Fund.
We give below the admirable appeal of the
Ladies Mount Vernon Associalion, which will
undoubtedly exert its desired influence upon
every patriotic heart. Although we feel no
sympathy with the individual who seeks to
drive a hard bargain, with these ladies, we
rejoice at the opportunity of eating this hal-
lowed spot from his mercenary grasp. Col-
lectors to the fund for this town,arc appoint-
ed aud are now canvassing for subscriptions.
More than half a cetury has now elaps-
ed sincc Washington walked among us—'——
a half a. century of neglect and ingrati-
tude to his memory. Between the bro-
ken pledges of Congress, and the apathy
of his mother State, the remains of the
Father of his Country have lain unhonor-
ed'by the mausoleum voted in the hour
of a Nation’s grief, and his Home and
Grave left to the fate of private property
aseessible to the public, only through the
forebcurance'or courtesy of its various
private owners !
Ever and anon, a voice was heard to
protest against republican ingratitude,
for ever and anon, the heart of this great
nation seemed to throb with a remem»
brance of his virtues and of his services,
and the priceless legacy he bequeathed.
But during the stern struggles of ayoung
Republic, this voice, this voice was un-
hecded, and since America became a
power on earth, it was either silenced by
the din of party, and sectional srife, or
stifled by the murmurs of Mammon, un-
til the generations, which know him not
were in danger of forgetting wholly de-
parting from those principles, which are
the bulwark of our greatness, and those
warning cozmscls which can alone mail;-
our Union in safety. But that Provi-
dence which has so often interposed for
our rescue in the darkest days of the Re
public, when the ship of State, with no
master hand at the helm, rocked to and
fro on the angry waves of sectional srife
and bitterness, which threatened to en-'
gulf it ; has stirred the heart of woman
to revive, through the rescue of the sacred
ashes of the Father of his Country, that
love for his memory, slumbcring but not
dead, which could be made all powerful,
in regenerating and healing influences l
A call was made to the women of the
South, to gather around his grave and
become the Vestals to keep aliVe the fires
of patriotism. The motives \vcrc pure—-
the intentions generous—but they failed !
Ye who watch the signs of the times,
know ye not wherefore? lVas/ringtou ba-
lanced not alone [0 tin: Soul/z !
Again the call Was made, and this
time to ”1.01007711311er t/w N'atz'on .’ Again
it failed l—and wherefore ?
The title, and all [be power were to be
git-en lo a. Stale ; and Washington belong-
ed not to one State alone i -
Devoted woman would be neither baf-
fled nor conquered; but she only ’tri-
umphs when the connnou homestead can
bc prOcnrcd as a common heritage, for
the estranged children ofa. common fath-
er, the sqeil of those memory will yet have
the power to reunite them around his hal-
lowed scpulchre.
Unexpected success has crowned her
efforts. Our country can be saved, one
and indissolublc- forever—for Woman has
become her guardian spirit." In the sa-
cred groves of Mount Vernon, she will
learn those lessons, which will never leave
us without a Mary, to train a Washing-
for her Country’s hour of need.
Orators—Statesmcn—tlle noble llI'Oi-h-
saloon. of Masons—Odd Fellows—patri-
ots, one and all, have come pI‘Omptly to
thcuid of woman! And ye, women of
the North and. of the South, of the East
and of the West, will ye not rally to the
work ‘3 Will ye not via, one with anoth-
er, wliich will give most do most, that we
may, on the twenty-second of February,
1859, claim and take possession of the.
Home and Graveof him, who lored us
all, and this make his birth-day, the birth-
day also of Republican gratitude, justice
and fraternul love ! " . ‘
xxx alumna cuxxrx‘cnan, .3‘
Regent Mount Vernon Ladies’ Associ-
few minutes.
tures "—Louisrille Journal ,.
ation. April 15th, 1858. l
with ordinary matters,
From the Bufialu Commercial fldverlisrr.
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
No.XVIII.
Plan, July 24, 1858.
We arrived at Paris via Bologne on Sat-
urday last. late in the evening. On ar-
riving at the depot, all the passenger's
were ushered into one room. the baggage
into another, and all regularly arranged
for examination. The passengers were
then admitted, each one Opening his
trunks for the officers. The formsowerc
gone-.through with in a brief and business
like manner, and conducted with great
politeness. A friend who left London
ethe day before, had provided rooms for
us at the Hotel du Louvre, which words
we were able to repeat, and we were soon
on our way in the right direction. It
was near midnight when we got fairly in-
to the street, but there were many of the
shops open, and the city presented a gay
and lively appearance.
The Hotel du Louvre ,is situated on
the Rue Rivvli, opposite the Louvre, and
is the most extensive building for hotel
burposes we have yet seen. We drove
into a large paved court, where we were
received by attendants who spoke Eng—
lish, and we. wrre shown to our aparta
meats. These we ;ound large and show-y
with no unusual real conveniences, but
with very splendid bed and window cur-
tains, and four mirrors. A nice cold
chicken and other e! celeras gave us a fig-
vorable impression of French cookery.—
In the morning we found our way to this
breakfast room, and obtained a very ear
French breakfast at about ten o’clock.—
The morning was fine, so we gamed out
alone to make discoveries. The new pal-
ace of the Louvre is a continuation of
the old Palace, and is immediately in
front of tne hotel. We passed through a
broad archway and found ourselves in the
Place de Carroussel, which is the grand
court yard of the Louvre and the Palace
of the Tuilleries. The buildings ‘ around
this grand court yard are enormous in
their extent, and truly magnificent.—
They are built of the very light gray
stone which is so abundant at Paris, and
has no superior in this world as a build-
ing stone. It is quite soft when taken
out of the quarry, which gives great fa-
cility for preparing it for building purpo-
ses and for the elaborate carving which
is so common in all the best buildings in
Paris. The carved work and statuary
on the Louvre buildings is wonderful to
look upon. The statues are likenesses,
executed by the best artists, and are as
life-like as statues can be. Those on the
Rue Rivoli front, at the new grand en-
trance are of Napoleon’s most celebrated
Marshals, while the front of the inner
court is lined with statues of the great
men of France of all ages. The front of
the old palace of the Tuilleries is on this
lgrand court, with a large inclosure in
front extending entirely across. Fur-
ther on, in what is called the rear of the
Tuilleries, which is quite equal to the
front, are the celebrated palace gardens,
now torn up adjacent to the palace, prep-
aratory to the erection oi'additional build- '
ings, and a reorganization of the whole.
A part of the garden contains an almost
dense forest, with wide, smatth walks,
and occasional open spaces laid out to
llow’er gardens, filled with the choicest
flowers and statuary, making it a most
beautiful resort on a summer’s day. Pas-
sing through these grounds, we come to
the Place de Concorde, in which several
wide avenues center, somewhat similar to
our Niagara Square. In the centre is
the celebrated column of Luxorfithe most
perfect Egyptian column now in exist-
ence. It' was brought from Egypt in
1833, and set up under the administra-
tion of Louis Phillippe. At the squares
made by the intersecting streets are splen-
did pieces of allegorical statuary, and on
the north and south‘sides are very large
-l'oun.tains, which are nearly all the time
in action. From the centre of thesquare
near the column of Luxor, the view is
very fine. Immediately in front and in
a straight line from the palace of the Tu-
illeries, is the Champs de Elysees, at the
head of which grand avenue—which ri-
ses gradually alltheway—is theArch or
Triumph. erected by Louis. Phillippe,
to commemorate the victories of France.
On the right hand through another wide
avenue, is seen the church of the Madele-
ine, the finest specimen of . the architec-
ture of.modern times. On the left, at
about the-same distance, is the Legisla-
tive palace, a much older, but very splen-
did buiding,'occupicd by the‘French leg-
islative assemblagetj _ W
The Place de Concorde was formerly
called the. Place. de Revolution, and was
used during that eventful period as the
place of execution of political ,victims.-——
Here Louis XVI. and his Queen, Char-
lotte Corday, Danton, Robespierre, and
myriads of others were executed during
the transition of the nation from the des-
potism of the Bourbous to the, constitu-
tional empire under Napoleon.
Towards evening we walked againon
the Champ Elysees. Its appearance on
a fine summer evening is brilliant beyond
description. It is apparently the resort
of all Paris, men, women, and children,
-u well-bred and well-dressed crowd.—
Sunduy appears to be a special holiday,
and in the evening theatres, open-air
operas, circuses, pleasure grounds, dzc,
were in full operation, and refreshments
are served all over the grounds in the
open air. ,The avenue was filled with
carriages of every description, and as all
are required to carry lanterns, the flash-
ing of the lights of the innumerable vehi-
cles as they passed each other, had a
brilliant effect.
The next day we succeeded, through
the politeness of an American friend, I‘l-
siding ‘in Paris, in obtaining excellent
qurrters at the Chateau Chateaubriand
on a street of the same name, and in a.
pleasantand quiet part of the city. It
was built for the celebrated French author,
is well-known in America by his publish-
erl travels many years ago in our coun-
try, as well as by his general literary
reputation. It is a fair specimen of a
first class French chateau, with points
and nziniarets in abundance, well arranged
for a summer residence, and filled in all
parts with a profusion of pictrures and
portraits, in the old French style, belong-
mg to the chateau, many of them very
beautiful. It has a large court yard fit-
ted up like a park, with trees, flowers
and shrubbery, a neat little fountain, and
a largegreelrhouse. Since the death of
Chautebriand, it has passed out of the
hands of the family, and is now occupied
as a private hotel, with special reference
to English and American people.
'An attempt next day to gO'nbOUl‘a “ Oil
your owu book” first brought home to us
home to the realizing sense of being In a
foreign country. Having trained 0.1!!"
selves in a few words of Frencn, S"Ch we
thought would enable us to ge_t_ul.ong
' ' we sallled out
as walking about is con?
cerned, all is well enough ; but the mtg
ment you attempt to hold any {uteri-com,“
with the peOplc you are all. adult. . Yen
mat a little refreshment, and .hi‘VmE as
you suppose, the names of a few. artlcle
venture to go into one of the numerous
attractive restaurants anda’sk for them
boldly. So far
You find your accent is not 91qu “gm,
and are asked an expla‘uatiom in Fre ch,
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