’ 3-Phii_I’e‘as~—-Ci'iiigli', ct-cc!-c-m, cl-cct (3-10, am
.quict, and exceedingly genteel.
‘HEAT _.
passes, itswoiidcrfiil’ construction and per-
fect safety, in the midst of l.ll(‘Sc wild
mountains, is a mouiiment of human la-
bor and engineering skill, which will nev-
,__.'§§‘cease to command the :i.dmiral.ioii of
' the world.
]_i‘i-oiii Brcigg the ascent" is
by an easy grade, winding arouiid the
sides of the iiioiiiilaius, and after seven
hours of sl.ead_v ascciili, the town was left
in plain siglit tlirough the mountain pass.
The skill of the eiigiiiccrs in eari'_viug the
road around the niost inipossiblc of pas-
ses, keeps you constaiitly excited with’
curiosity how certain coining passes are
to be made, and astonisliuicnt at the ease
with which it is accouiplishcd. Your
journey up the iiiouutaiii is an easy vari-
ety of riding and walkiiig, most delight-
ful and satisfactoi'y
‘As we approaclicd the summit,‘ the
cold grew severe, sharp, Cutting‘ Winds
and occasional flnrries of snow, slinwetl
the great height we had rcaciu:d, and the
snowy mountain’ tops were just at band.
In several gorges by the way side were
deep drifts of snow, and we warmed our-
selves with afgood, hearty scliool-boy
.frolic of snow-balling.
A little over thrfsumniil, at a point
somewhat protected, is the Hospice, pro-
jected and commenced by Napoleon, but
finished by the Swiss Government. It
isa very large building, fully provided
with refreshments and accommodations
for travellers, for which no charge will
be made, but contributions are expected.
A more bleak and solitary situation can-
not be conceived, and the monks who
keep th‘c‘Hospie'e in order, have no envi-
able position in this desolate spot. Here
we commenced the descent of the nioiin-
tain on the Italian side, at a round. trot,
which was kept up verystcadily the re-
mainder ofllie “journey.” At the vil-
lage of Simplou, in agorgc of the moun-
tains, wc stopped for dinner, and a hard
one it was. Shortly after leaving this
halting place, we enter into the great
pass, where the heaviest work was per-
formed in the construction of the road.——
Sevcral tiiiiucls are passed through. “ml
heavy structures of mason work passed
over.
The “ G.i'lleries dc Ag-ilhy” is the
greatest piece of work on the road, being
a tunnel six hunclred feet in length, with
side openings for light cut in the solid
rock, and on the verge of a chasm the
I most savage and grand we have met in
the Alps. It makes one dizzy to look up
or down, and the foaming torrent as it
forces its way through the narrow and
rocky pass, forms with the immense rocks
above and below, a scene of most wild
I terrific grandeur. 'l‘lic road all this
time winds with an easy grade down and
through these tremendous passes, perfect-
ly smooth and safe, and tweiity-five feet
wide, yet it takes considerable nerve and
self-possession to pass over it for the first
time without some trepidation. VVc soon
reached the Sardiniau station, where our
baggage and passports wei'e regularly
examined, and we were fairly in llaly.—
Asa. e descended the mountain,the weath-
cr moderated rapidly, vcgetatiou, began
” to appear, and before dark we were in
the midst of tlie'ri:-li narrow valleys, full
of vegetatioii, and cvcry hill side capable
of cultivation, covered with vineyards.-
Shortly after dark we arrived at Domo
id’ Ossola, a small station town, where
‘we stopped for the night, lindiiig a very
comfortableliotcl. In the morning we
resumed our journey and soon found the
differciice in the atmosphere from the.
day before. 'l‘licii everything was
wrapped around us to keep off the cold,
and now everything we could spare was
thrown off to keep cool. The road ivas
lined with vineyards, and the vines load-
ed with fruit. Pears, peaches, plums and
grapes were offered at the carriage door
in abundance, at a trifling price and most
delicious they were. We arrived about
‘noon at Barcuo,‘ on the shore of Lake
Maggiore, completing our passage over
the Simplou in less than thirty hours, in-
cludiug the stoppage for the night at Do-
,mo d’Ossola. The view of Lake Maggi-
orc as you descend the mountain, is beau-
tiful beyond description, its high ascend-
ing banks covered with vineyards and
green fields and the beautiful Borroincau‘
islands dotting the’ bright green water.
Yours, truly, S.
An exciting Sea-Story of the Revolution.
SEAVTAIP;
on, rm:
or THE cons-r. V
.—._..
TERROR
A T.-\_LE 0;‘ PRI\'A'f‘EERI.\*G In 1776.
CH.-\-l:‘—IIt.I.
_ -‘‘I’d like to know your history, Cap-
-tain Sea waif—l’d' like very much to
‘know your history,‘ sir ! I think I’vc a
‘rightto sir—a right, you understand.-—
“And If"l’;l|(:l'6. is any one thing which I stick
‘-out for more ‘peremptorily than another,
jitisfriglit,-"sii'4rigiit! That is why I,
' ,n"__ pen'_uiid avowed patriot, sir. Old
i’.m_,_ " jTvvi'ong,and Young America is
{I3 er'cfore,' I’m with her. You
clung man-,‘-yet you come so well
ded~_to inc as ‘a skillful seamen,
airiiud anhoncst one, witlial,
on,‘ ;-though you’rc not so
.5?“
-_I-have given you com-
'I‘yru'nuicide,-’ as good a
_ H-‘on “salt ‘water-~—woll maii-
“luau-ed,~ well’ arnicd, ct-cet-e-ra
_I have no history worth
Criugle; but I will try
itli my word which all the
iiiicdonis tithe United Colonies of Amer-
tlic ‘store of the first speaker, Mr.
‘ A‘ '4 ' ~Ci'ingle,“ “ mi.-reliant, ct-cct-e-ra.,”
‘nsflic dwiiys called himself.
- He was a curious, but a good old man
-L'very'”e,cc‘€-iii'i*ic in his wa_vs,but as sound
"a't‘liea“rt- as a young, nu.-lixikcii oak. llis
‘age was fullsixiy, and his long, natural
‘-liair was white as snow, and hung in inas-
frcs down about his in-ck ; but his close-
isliavcn face ivus as smooth and as rosy
‘almost as that of Kate Cringlc, his bloo-
rt».
k..
1
W ‘miiig daughter, who was just. ciglitccvi.
Mr. Criiigle’s short, thick-sct figure
was dressed in a claret, sliad-bellied-c'o;it,
'-bull" waist-coal, kucc-brceclies, (claret,
'-like his coat) white cotton long liosc,witli
-iinmciiscsilvcr buckles in his shoes. Upon
‘ his head he woic lbs lri-coriicrcd coiiIi-
-iienlal hat of the day, with a red white
‘ and blue cockade placed so C0|]S])lL'lI0ll.~'.l_Y
‘on it, that all who looked might see that
he did not fear to wear the sign of a pa-
'll'lOl’. American.
'I‘lie person whom he spoke to was a
’young‘man, probably twenty-live years of
ago. His eyes were large, dark bluc,and
shaded by long. brown lashes ; his flow-
ing hair and soft, glossy heard was of a
rich, dark brown ; his figure was slight,
‘yet very graceful ; his entire appearance
But
i. hen his eye looked upon you, there was
a something in its cold, clear deptli——a
something in the expression of his curved
' lip, that‘ told you, that "when niaiiliood
was needed, he was there,-in spite‘ of the
I delicacy or his appearance, Ilisjdrési
was a naval frock-coat,wiLli cpaulct straps
upon the slionldei's, plain paiitulnoiis and
boots, and a blue naval cap. “fl “'0”!
no wcn.po_ns tlicrc——yct he loolccd like Um‘.
who could ivear a sword gi'accl':illy, and
use if. skillfully. .
“ You can at least tell me wlicrc NO“
was born, sir l" said Mr. (_‘-ringle, pursu-
ing his olijccli. _
U ] r-,..,..Ui tell where I was born, or
evi-ii who iuy failier or mother was,” re-
pliud the ymiii_e;ciiptaiii. “ As my name
imjiciifw, I am literally a. waif of llll‘.si,’i’t.
l)ril‘ted asliore from a wreck upon a litllc
island at the soulli-west coriicr of Nan-
tucl.-:ct Shoal, I was taken froui a chest
into which I had been laid by the hands
of a noble and good old man who had
left the world to live a licrmit life there.
lie iininednie Edward Seawall’-the first
name his own ; the liil.:cr,in reinembraiice
of the manner in which I came to liiiii.—
No living thing but myself reached the
land. Tliat. old man, Edward Zane, W*lS
more than father or mother to nic--—lic
hatcd a world which had wroiigcd him
much ; but he loved uic all the more that
-I had seen nothing of it. ’I‘o him I owe
everything.”
“ You had no history, you said sir ?—-—
N o history, indeed l” cried Mr. Crlngle.
" VVliy, sir, already you are a hero of" ro-
inancc. I must liiid out who your father
and mother were, ct-cc!-e-ra, cl-crt c-ra /-
\Vus there nothing beside you in the. chest
when the good old man found you if”
“ Ycs,sir——a Bible, :1 quantity of clolli-
ing and jewels-—some of it e\'ld¢_mlY be‘
longing to a lady of rank and fashion ; for
it was very rich." ,
“Any name in the Bible, on the jew-
elry or clothing, el-cet-c-ra ?”
" No sir, none——cxcept a crest and
c‘oat of arms that were on a seal ring and
also engraved on various articles of jewel-
ry which I possess, for when the good
old hermit died, he begged me to keep
them, in hopes that they might lead to
the discovery of my family.”
“ Yes, he was rig-ht—vcry right.-—
What was this crest and coat of arias ?”
asked the mercliaiit.
“ Two aims and hands grasping crossed
swords over a coroner, for the crest ; a
shield with diamonds and flucr dc lis for
the coat of arms.”
“ Uniph-—uoble blood ; lIll0.flIl.L’I’ (Ir [is
is Frcncli, or was once l” said the old
iucrchant, writing in his memorandum
book. “ Ive got soinclhing lo do—I'll
find out who your parents were oi' are
(for they may yet be living), if'I have to
hunt over the heraldry of all the world.
But come up st-.i_irs, captain, wc’ll take a
glass of punch of daughter Kal.e’s brew-
ing, aiid then we’ll go aboard of the ‘ 'l‘y-
ruunicide,’ and see how matters go there.
I suppose you’ll go to sea in the morn-
iug ?”
“ Yes sir,” said Scawaif, _following the
mercliaiit to the dwelling part of his’
house, which wasin,llie upper part of his
store and warcliousc-—-a thing very coni-
mou in those days.
ciixinsa ii,
“ Isu’t she a beauty ? ’I‘aut and neat
aloft, trim and saucy below, cf cc! c ILL ."’
said Mr. Criuglc, as he and the young
captain stood upon the wliarf, and looked
at a craft which lay at anchor in the lit-
tle liarbor.
She was, foi' that era, astoiiisliiiigly
clipperisli, raking in spars, sharp in linll,
and calculated to carrv an astoiii-iliing
quantity of canvas. Her rig was that of
a two-topsail sclioouer, her lower masts
being very long and heavy, so as to "car-
ry large f'ore-aiid-aft sails. llcr tonnage
appeared to be about three liundreil tons.
She was pierced for eight twenty-four
pound carronadcs on a side ; and ii long
brass tliirty-tv.'o poiiiidcr, working on a
pivot, shone bright as gold between her
masts, mounted high ciimigli to work
over her liauiniock ncttiii-gs. Around
licr masts could be seen the gleam of bat-
tle axes and boarding pikcs. At her
main-mast head a blood red flag floated
out, bearing the motto : " Deal/i. la Ty-
‘I'u’lllS (ind their Tamls.” At the f'orc—truck
auotlier-i‘cd flag bore the name of the
schooner, " 'l‘ui: TYRRANNICIDE.” Her
figure-licad was a serpent striking its
fangs into the heart of a man who wore
a crown. 'l‘a glicrultogcther, she was
indeed a saucy and dangerous looking
craft, calculated to both sail and fight
well. Upon her decks many men could
be sccii,‘showiiig‘lliat if she had “ teeth,”
she had also strength to ute thcin. '
The young captain did not reply to the
proud owner-’s reiniirks,biii,witli "an equal-
ly cxultiug c 'e, loukednt the liaiidsouie
vessel, while boat which he lind sig-
naled,,rapidly approached the shore.
It was surf-biiilt, pulled by eight stur-
dy youiig men, and an officer, alsx young,
bnta bold and hanilsonic boy, steered
Iicr. In a few inonicnls, she was at ‘the
pier. The young ofllcer touclicd his ha‘.
and said :
“Ifyou please, Captain Scawaif, you
had lietter hasten aboard.”
“ \Vhy, Mr. Morley, what is the inat-
tcr there ?” asked the captain, as he and
Mr. Cringlc sprung info the boat.
“ The surg-ton, sir, Dr. La Motle, has
had a quarrel with Mr. Dolittlc, the
first ofllcer, sir, and has clialleiiged .him
to a duel. I believe they were getting
arms ready to settle the matter when I
lef't, sir.”
“ Ali, qnarreliug already? I’ll give
them achuiicc to fight our country’s foes
not her fricmls, soon l” said Captain
Seawaif. “Giveaway with a will, uien,”
he added, to those at "the oars ; put inc
aloiigside in a huri'y——I hear the clash
of steel l” ‘
But a few moments claps:-d era the
boat Iouclicd the scliooucr’s gangwn y.
'l‘lie captain S(:iirccl_\’ touched the inan-
iopcs as he leaped over the side, with a
frown on his pnlc brow, and an angry
light in his dark eye.
' And he came just in lime; for one
of the comlintaiitii, his first officer, was
l.l'L'm€lll.lOll>l_y'l|tll'Ll pressed by |.i_.; oppo-
iieii','vlin,iisiiig a lnng,sliiu rapier ol'in:.ich-
less steel with cunsiiuiniate .-kill, was f.i|'
superior to the other, who had the short,
curved cullass, iuucli us d by SCHIIICII at
that day. \Vliilc the aiiizr/.e¢'l, yr,-i.
uiuuscd crew of the vessel looked o:i, the
Fl‘('l‘lCllmt‘ll hail made binge after liiugc
at the officer, iiiakiiig rciiiarlcs at each
luiigc, which brought shouts of‘ hiiiglilcr
from the lll°.ll.
“ Ali, lia l Monsieur Dulce!/r; Iiiiake
you do sr,i2ic.s-i'n_g- now, ch ‘?" he would cry,
as he made ii luiigc, which the officer
staiiding solely on the flrfl‘llSl\'t', barely
succeeded in purryiug. “ How you like
zcgfrog-slickarc, in 7.0 hands of ze frog-
catarc, ch ?” he would add, as his kc-cu
bl idc, doubling over the still‘ one of his
adversary, narrowly cscapcd ii sheath in
the bosmu of the latter.
“Hold ln-re, now I” cried Seawuif,
stcrnly, as he stepped between the coni-
balants, who instantly lowered the points
of llieir wcapoiis. “IVlint incaus this
breach of’discipline‘i-i"-‘officers, and npoii
my quarter-deck, which should and slia-ll_
be as inviolnte as a church to all who be-
long upon it l” '-
'l‘hc attiiiide and look of the comba-
tants at this instant was most strikiiig.‘
The Frcnchmaii, who was ‘very lean and
'-tall, bad cast off not only his cap, but his
wig. leaving his. perfectly bald’ head ex-
posed. He was in his shii-t-sleeves,- and,
,-.w.-,3»
aiid wore the tiglitcst kind of black
brceclics and stockings, niai-ting his very
active, but diminutive legs look even
sinallcr than flu.-.y were. Ills. moustaclic
wliicli was thick and licavy, was twisted
ferociously over toward each car, which
it. nearly touclicd.
Mr. ])o«‘~litllc was equally long and
laiik ; but he wore a. scaiu.-in’s loose trow-
scrs, wlii-ch, tliougli they fitted at. the
waist in spider-like tiglitiiess, spread out
'l‘nrkislilv below, and lherc coiicealcil the
slender slianks of‘ bone and skin. Ills
loose shirt, buigiiig out above his 501
waist, gave an idea tlnil. there was an
pausiou of chest sillil body tlic|'°-‘ i ll“ “I
vain had the rapier of Doctor La Motte,
in several passages though the garment,
sought for iuore solid inaleriul than Cotlcu
sliirliug. His face was siuootl-i, and his-
long, straight hair so.-eincd to. have been
plastered to his cheeks witn tallow, or
some other such substance, of its own dir-
ty-while color.
“What means this quarrcl'.’ Speak,
geutlcnien, I will permit no frifliugln-rc!"
“ I guess it wonldn’t have been a t/-.5/I2
if the doctor had run his turnal toad-.-niclv
er through my gizzard l” said Mr. Doo-
little. "But, cap’n, I reckon I was in
the wroiigl ll‘he doctor ordered some
fried frogs on the table, and I said I'd
ratlier‘ eat stewed kitti-us. lie twittcd
uic about eating pork and molasses, and
I talked buck rather saucy l and he want-
ed to fight, and I ucconunodated him.-
'I‘hat’s all sir———l’m the one to blaiue !”
“No Monsieur Dooleetle, ’sciisc me if
you still please-—you are ‘out gem2rciisc.——
I sure, am so slicutilhoninie zai. is to
blame. Monsieur lc Capitaiue, I shall
make one grande apology to your quar-
ter-dcck——lres griande lo Monsieur Doo-
lcctlr, aml iiiora zanzift to you, sure l I
vil make once more frcnts wiz,Mons'icur
Dooleetlc ; and if at any time he have a
shot in zc leg, or zc arm, I vill tnkc zcni
oil’ as easy as p.ull a foot l”
“’I‘lmuk yc ; I hope you'll not have
any chance for sin-li opei'atfons,” Slllll the
ofliccr ; “ but here's my hand and if the
cup’n will excuse us this time, we’ll be as
fast friends ns.ever.”
“Eli! bicii-z-at is one grand idea,
Monsieur Doolcclle. I . uevarc shall ob-'
serve if you cut wiz inolnsscs and inure,”
said La Motte, grasping the extended
hand. r
“ And you may eat frogs fill you crouk
doctor, before I find fault with you again,”
said the naturally good-lieartud male.
The captain sinilcd, mid went down
iiilo the ca\_riu with Mr. Cringle ; wliitli-
er, after the doctor had recovered his wig
cap, and coat, they were followed by him
and Mr. Doolittle.
“ Geiitlciiicii this has been the first
difficult y on board ; let it be the last, and
it shall be excused,” said, the young com-
mauder. “ Save your strcngtli and your
steel for Aniei-ic.i’s foes-—I will soon place
you where yoii'!l have work enough to do
with tlicm.”
“ Eh bicii. I sall be excessive-ly delight
vcii zat day sal! arrive. My iustruineuts
are all ready for ze ainputat, ze bnl'l-cx-
tract, zc every.~:ing,” cried the doctor,
rolling up his sleeves.
" The sooner we're away, and at work
a inakiu’ sonietliiu,’ the better I’ll be
pleased,” said Mr. Doolittle. “They do
say tliei‘c’s a powerful sight 0’ transports
and the like a croasin’ over and their car-
goes iuust be worth a mint o’ money to
our government folks just now when pow-
der, and lead aml slioootiii'-tools are so
scarce l”
“ We will sail as soon as ebb-lid_e makes
in the lllollllllg‘, sir,” said the captain".—
“ See that everything is ready for son, be-
low and aloft.” ' _
“Av, ay, -sir-—tliis is the best news
that I’vc heard in a coon’s age l And
the uicii are just as impatient as I am.”
"It is well ; I look to you to SCGIIIIII.
all rcady. I shall now go on shore with
Mr. Criuglc to l’(.‘(.'llVC his last ordcrs.—-
Send a boat for me at ten to-night, pre-
cisely," ,
‘‘ A y, ny, si_r l” replied the officer.
“ Call 1 do anything for you on shore,
doctor ?” inquired t-he caplaiii.
“Xossing sarc—~iios.~:iiig, I sank you.
Ali pardon uic——zcro: is one sing I ’ave
forgot. I visli, sarc,if yoiipleasc, pro or
tree pound of snuff, zc Mai-knby, for tickle
my nose. I ‘ave forgot liiin."
“ You shall have. it. doctor,” said the
captain as be entered the boat w'hich liad
been ordered to be ready, and wil.li Mr.
Cringlc was rowed tollic pier, f’roin_whicli
thcy both returned to the store.
, CilAl"l‘F.l:_ in. A
It was caily iuorniug. The red sun
now brigliteueu the sliglitly-rii led wa-
ters of Salem harbor. -I he an of the
“ 'l‘yr-.innicid'c”liad been looscrl,'li_er cable
hove short, :iiid slie only waited l'or the
cliangc of tide to commence her cijui.-e.
All of Iicr boats Iind been hoisted lint
the captain’.-i gig,’ imd lior officers, except-
ing Ill.’/II inily, were watcliiug the tide very
iiiipaliciilly for its cliaiige. He had been
suinznoiicd to the share by a' signal from
Mr. Criuglc, very soon after daylight,
much to his surprisc_—-for he had, as be
supposed received his final directions the
night before. . '.
When he reached liic store, the mer-
chant inct him, and said : “ Go up stairs
to Kate, my dear captain, she has got
somc‘errand for you. I tried to find out
but she would only tell you_.”
'l‘ln_a captain, who was in a hurry, to re-
turn to his vessel, liastciu.-d up slai '5 iiilo
the parlor where Miss Kate Cringlc wait-
for liiiu. \
She was not what niight strictly be
termed a l'€I'_I/ liaiidsomc girl, but yet was
pi-ctt_v.' She had a line’, plump, well-
:-liiipi-il figure; her liaiir was a. glo.-sy
l.ro-.vn, alnnist black ;‘ll(.‘l‘ eyes of u briglit
liazcl—-at times laughing and full of liglii.
tlieii liquid with deep and true woniiinly
fci-ling ; licr icalurcs very good ; and her
complexion as clear red and while as ii
pink in full bloom. .
'l‘licrc wasno luck of strong, bold iii-
lcllrct in. her c.\'pi'cssioii ; but she was
iiii_iil:.-st almost to a fault-—if' uiodesty
could be faulty ; forflic blushes came and
went like the flashes of Iicr-Aiirora Bore-
alis across a pale nortlii-rii sky:
“ Your good failicr said that you wish-
ed to sic inc, lady,” said Seawall’, as
he tl/Ol b.for.: "her zctu-.lly liliisliiiig
as mucli as she dii.l—for u l.iruvc man is
oflcii timid bcl'0l‘e il lady ; only fops, louls
:1IH'l C0‘-\'i‘.I'(lS are apt to be “ brave” in
\\o:imii‘s prc.-ciice, where iliiiigifi" only (ex-
ists in licr love-dnrlirg 1-yrs. Such as
they are protected by shit-Ids of brass,
while lrue men go there with open hearts‘
and naked breasts.
“ 1'05 Sl|‘.",’ mill Kale, wlrile her eyes
were doiviicnstwitli niodi-sly. “ You are
about to leave us on an cxpediiioii where
death will be hovering above, below, and
all aroiii.d you, and I could not sleep all
the night for lhiukiiig.of'j it; and so]
spent iny_ wakcfiil hours in uiakiiig for
you a little token which might .-.,-mind
you, when far away, that there was ‘one
here who would play for your sufi-l_v,
' watch for your safe relni'ii, and tremble
at every storm-cloud Illlll. appears.”
Tliifs saying, she produced it small,
white, silken banner, npoii which was
worked, in rich gold-'_. embroidery, the
‘ideiitieal coat-of-ainis which he had de-
scribed as iiei-"fi':tvi_ivr or the airy liéfdi'¢.'_
. . Q .._..__'__ _,... -..._ ~—.-—-- --
had just come up ontof the Atlantic, and’
“ I«‘orgivc me,” she said as she saw with
what surprise he looked upon the work.
“ I iiccideiitally yesterday, over lieard the
sad story which you told to my l':i.tlier——
for I was in his counliugrooin, copying
soiiie invoices. And lcoiild not rc.-at;
uiul so I mailc this little bainier, as a lo-
ken ol' i'ciucinbi'niice froiu one who feels
a deep interest in your success and liap-
piiicss.”
She ceased to speak, and tiuiidly raiscil
her eyes to his, as she lniudcd liiui the
pretty flag. _
" I thank you, lady,” said Seawall’,
while his voice trembled with emotion.
And he took the little bag, and placed
it in his bosom, next to his heart ; and
after pressing her small, white hand to
his lips, said :
“ ‘Excuse me that I do not tarry-—iny
sails are loose, the anchor almost apenk,
and the tide will serve by the time I can
get back to mv vessel. Heaven bless
you aml ndicu !”
He was gone.
And the pretty maiden
-stood and looked at the hand on which
he had prinlcd his last burning kiss--a
saiute, it is true, of respect only——lookcd
at it as if the kiss Md left a visible iiii-
piession, a sign which she could look up-
on for all time when she thought of him.
And a still, soft sigh came up from her
licart, seeming to linger on her red, sweet
lips, as if loih to part with llicin. She
stood thus dreumily, until she heaitd the
sound of ineu elicci'iiig; and flicu she
went to the window, which fronted lo-
wnrd the harbor, and saw that the “Ty-
rannisidc” was under way. '
(To Be Caeiliiipcd.)
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NEWS ITEMS
. . . .'I‘lio wife of l\Ir. Bcrry,- of Port..-
iuouth, Vn., on last Sunday, presented
her liiisbaml with three fine babics'—two
boys and a girl.
. . . . .'l‘lic Missouri Legislature have
uiueiidcd the State constitution, limiting
the Slate (lcbl. lo $30,000,000. .
. . . .IIoii. Mr. Benjamin has been re-
clcctcd senator from Loiiisiiflia. .
. . . .'l‘|ie New York I-ridcpcmleut says ifit
were publishing failures as foruicrly, it
would have to report James Biicliiiiniii
& Co suspeuded—too largely ciiguged in
outside operations, filibusteriiig &:c.
. . . .'l‘he vote on Mr. Hon stousaltcnipt to
introduce a Loan bill is generally cou-
cedcd to have settled the fact lliat a de-
cisive niajorily of the House will under no
consideration vote a loan or ii rc-".ssuc of
Trciisiiry notes unless coupled 'witli an iii-
creasc of the 'I'arifl'. ,
. . . . Mr.‘ II. D. Chase, and six of his pu-
pils, skated from Miililletown to Hartford
a distance ol' about twenty miles, in two
hours on Tliursduy, and stopped twenty
minutes on the way.
. . . .Someboilv advertises for agents to
sell a work entitled, “ llyineiieal Instruc-
tor." A colcvuporary adds, “ The best
liyiiieiical in slriictor we know of is a
young widow. \Vhat she dou’t know,
there is no use lcuriiiug.”
. . . .'l‘he body of John Phelps was recov-
ered froin the well at Derby on Monday
after an interment of twclveduys. From
the position in which the body was l'oiiud
it is supposed he must have been killed
instantly.
. . . .'l‘hc Ilouse of Rcprescnlmives of
Kansas, have passed by a unanimous vote
a law swecpiiig from the 'l'erritory all
veslige of slavery.
. .A party of eleven gentlemen from
Norwich Falls drove out sixtceii miles on
'l‘liursday, coininenccd fishiiig at 8 o’clock
and at 3 p. in. llilll taken 348 pickercl,
weighing iiiull 23:! pounds.
. . . .’l‘wciily shares of lhe New Haven,
Hartford and Spriiiglicld Railroad were
sold at New York on the ‘Iitli at'$l22.
. . . .'l‘he Court. has rcf'nscd lo reduce the
hail of Ilougliton, Cusliicr of the LllC‘ll-
field Bank, now fixed at $7000.
. . .'l‘lie i'ecciv(-1's of the \Voodbury Bunk
udvcrti.-c te p:iy 80 per cunt on its bills.
. . . .'l‘he New York times Icarus lliut our
minister to Nicaragiiii, (Jen. Liiiiiar, ap-
pciirs about every day at Icacios, wlii.-re
our Pacific fleet is Iiurborcd, in a condi-
tion unflt for bus'.ness,' and suinctiincs iiii-
fit to be secu,t|ie plain Englisli of which
we take to be stupidly drunk. , _
.'...At i\'cwiii'k, N. J., a woman left
two children alone in the house while she
carried her linsbaud his iliiiner, and when
she returned she fouiu.l l‘lllll2_ the bed had
taken fire and one of‘ the childrcii was
(lead, and the other burnt so tnat it can
not i'ccov'i-I’. -
. . . .'l‘lic Iilclimond Enquirer, the old or-
gun of the lleiuocratic purl y mid the
month price of Governor \Viso_ says that
in order to carry Virginia it will be nee-
cssary for the democracy “to repudiate
the message of President I3iicliniiaii,”——
This is tlrrlast kick at the dead lion.
. . . .IIeury Wni'd Beecher delivered an
eloquent: address on Robert Burns, at the
Cooper Institute on Moiiday cveiiiug.
. . . .Si.-iuitor Broderick in his speccli,up-
on tlie.l’acific railroad bill, happily show
ed up the llll"()II.~‘l.s‘lUl|('y, ofllie Soutlieru ,
strict coiisti'iiclioiii.-.ts. 'l'liese very coii—
sciculious gcu_tlcuicu,, said lie,_ oppose an
uppi'opriuti0n to build a railroad to Cali-
furiiizi, Leuiiiiiie llir (7mi.\tz7lu.lirrii. grants to
(»'()'Ilg'I'e3S')H power lnknizi/.c szir/c_ appropria-
tions.’ Yet these strict L‘0llfil.l'IlL'l.l0lIlSIS,
to a man, vole a llnrly million coiriiptioii
fiiud into the hands of the President mi-
der the pretence of buyiug.Cuba l
o 4 Q p. 9
The Troubles of Toncey.
Advices from \Vasliingtoii' state that
the Coiumitlce appointed to investigate
‘hc corriiptioiis of the Navy Department
have already snumioncd ii great iiuuibcr
of witnesses, and discover lliat they have
opened an exceedingly rich iiiiuc. We
hope they may penetrate to .ils utiimst
dcplli, and we urclnol, like Secretary
'l‘euce_v, afilict-ed with any serious anxie-
ty, as to flu: " cff.-ct it iuayliavc on the
Connecticut election.”
From the W asliingtou cori‘c..-p:-iiizlent
of the New York Evening Post, we clip
the following acc.:unt of llir;,,yinittci":
In this coiiiicctiou, ‘in remii'.dcd of
the f'=.ict lliat S- .-ta i'l‘oncc_v has giv-
cnilic (:l)lltI'tI building the marine
cngiiie for the large sloop-of-war at the
l'urlsm itli Navy Yard, to \\’ooilrull' &
Bracli, at I.rtford, Coma, for the sum
of o e liuudrcd and twcnly-live tliousanil
ilpgjlim, just ['l('L'lll_¢/-.S'i"l'i?Il llionsuud dollars
M than the I\'ovclly Works bid for
t"‘llSll'|l'_cllll,9,‘ the same cnguic, and /i/‘(ecu
llfuiisuiid dollars above the bid of the
z lairc Works. Now, our i'ciiizii'ka|ilc
it-iilmiit this coiitract is that \Vnud
& Beacli have never built a iii:iriiic
c%iiic, while the Novelty "and Allairc
\\ jifks lnivelgreat experience in the con
stififuctioii of such eiigiiies. As it caniiol
= ssiblc flint Mr. 'l‘oucey disregarded
the Iow'cst bidders, in the present state
of tliii ’l'_i"casi'ir_v', for the sake of giving
'llic coiiu'iict-, with the uilditioniil twenty-
sevcii flionsttiid dollars, to Woodrull'&
liciicli siiiiplfibgcaiise the junior iucnibi.-r
_of H) 1; i. flriu ‘liappi-"igs' to another iii-pliew
of his, it niut be—-aiid, iii,.t-li'ir,i:i'l'y;,--;-..l will
so consider il—.-flint iii tlic'kiiidi.e-as of his
heart he ilelsircd to give the Hartford
firm an opporfiiiiity to test their skill, and
‘compete witli,’the,‘older,'ani.l, more - experi-
enced §stablishmeiits‘l;,‘.
. gates. '
TIIEGAZET1‘E-
l.{i&aiI,lli4I.§I..l.iay, Feh. 8,1859.
REP Ul':i.I".iICAN STATE TICKET.
I-Til: lil)\ I§l{.\lll{,
WILLI.-‘III A. l$UCl{li\"(lllAi\I, of Norwicli.
FUN I.II\'|"I'l-Z.\'.\.'\"I' lil)\'IIli.VI)I§,
JULIUS CATLIN, of llaitf'ord.
If-IR >'fi(Tl{I\'I'.\Il\' 0|" S'l'.\'l'E,
JOIIN lit)Yl), of Wiuclicslcr.
FOII S'l'.\'I'H 'I'l'U":.\L"l,'lIIIR,
LUCIIFS J. IIISNDEE. of Ilebron.
rou C0lfl'1’ll0LIls'R,
WILLIAM ll. BUELL, of Clinton.
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4TH DISTRICT.
Congressional convention.
The Refntlbllcillls and all Electors opposed
10 the Pl‘0S|-'lll« National Adiniiiis-trr.liou, in
‘the toiviis,c0iiipoi-:ir_ig the‘ I-‘ourtli Congres-
sional District, are requested to send Dele-
gitcs, (equal to double the number of their
Representatives in the General Assembly, to
a Uouvciiliuu lo be held at l‘IlANK.l.IN
II.-\ IL, in the city of Bridpcpoit, on [Va]-
m'sdu:l/. Feln-uaiy, 911:, 1:59, at 10 o’clock
<\- M-. for the purpose of iiouiinntiiig u can-
iiidate to represent said District in the next
Congress. ‘
J. s.u NOVER.
SANDS SEELEY.
ouo.Lovi-:i.Aci:,
Committee for
Fairllcld Co.
’ l)ilIdl‘l'lI?§llllgll-:l,lllm’ ,<?r;_',';'i,g,*°9 '°r
\v.i).srnini_v, , "‘_‘ ‘ "°-
i jrhe Congressional Convention,
A:-scnibles to-iuorijow, at Bridgeport,
and from all we can learn, llicre will be a
fuller repicseiitatlou of delegates from the
towns which compose the Fourth Cougrcssiou
al Distridl‘. lliaii have been convened fur
inuny previous years. ‘As to the resuIl,of lhe
action of this Convention, we have heard but
one opinion, and that result, ‘if’ we do not
‘greatly mixitakc the iul'orinalion we have re-
ccived, will be atluiiicil by an unusual dc-'
grcc of uiianiinity on the first. or iiiforuial
ballot". Of the claims the frhiiils of i\lr.
f~‘i-:iiiiv fecl llmt they have upon the Coiiveii-
tion lor his iioiuiualiou, we have already
spoken deflnilivi.-ly, and if is a mailer of no
small gratification to us to know that our
views liavo met the coi'.currencc, not only of
those who are to bear lhc brunt of the battle
in the approaching contest, but that the op-
position press lliruugliout lhc Dii-li-icl have
seconded our position with rnlire uiiauiiiiify.
As to Mr. I°‘i:iii:r's personal claims, we as-
sert, without the l'c-.ir of contradiction, that
no uiaii cflhcl‘ in or out of our gallant Stale,
can show a brighter record upon lhe‘grcal.
questions \\'lll:ll give life and being to the
paity to which‘ we are !lIll((I. And it is no
dispai-agcin~iiit lo other worlliy laborers in
the field, to say that no man has coulribulcd
more to the success of those principles. No
man made uiorc,or grcalcijsacriliccs of lime
and means, and personal effort, throughout
the whole l~‘iii-zuoxr campaign. And when
we allude to individual abilily, i.o one pre-
tcnilsliiiu to be iufeiior to any gentleman
whose name could be suggested to the Con-
vcnliou.
We have said this much (against the per-
sonal wish of Mn. Fi:i:nv,cxprcssed to us,
that no allusions to the matter should be
made I:cre,) out of regard lo llie prevailing
and almost unanimous sentiment of his fil-
low citizens, whose opinions are entitled not
only to coiisidcralioii, lint expression.
'l‘lic Bridgeport Standard of last week
has the following with i'cfcrcuce liicrelo :
'l‘li9 Convention of the -Itli.District will
meet in this Qty on Wednesday, the 0th
of Ft-bi'uai'y, not the 16th, as stated by
some papers. It is called at 10 o'clock,
and delegates should, if possible, be pres-
cut at the opening. It is probable, liow-
ever, that the iiuportant liiisiiicss of the
C-.ouveu_tio2i will be deferreifi until, after-
noou——nu,til the arrival of the Ilousaton-
ic lI‘rain.. . . ’ . . .
Our impression is that Mr. Ferry will
bc_rcnoiiiiiial.nted, that he will receive a
large inujority on the iiiforiii-.il ballot -
_l_Ie iviis uoniinatcd two years since under
very iiiilavorablc ACll'tllllllSl.i.llICl'S%llaVlllg‘
been one of'four prominent cuiididates.—7
In the previous struggle for the iioiniiia-
lion, the competition by the friciuls ofllie
.~f)\'t‘I‘lll candidates, a state of feeling was
‘occasioned, iiotfavorablc to the cleclioii
of any body on our side. Aside from
- other elcuiriits and other troiiblcs, we had
_fl rainy (lay f'or the election The cornic-
qncnc.-. was that with at least a tliousiiid
R."|)lllIllL'llll votes nu ' alled in the District,
we were barely. dc alcd. Under such
f3l|'CJlllSIfII|(.‘9S it may well be asked,
“ Had Mr. Furry ii fair eliauce? Did
he receive that support to which he was
fairly cutillcd? Can he be set aside
witliout doing him great injustice ?” Let
these and similar questions be calmly_sub-
mitted to the Convention by the personal
friends of Mr. Ferry and as it seems to
us, the result will not be a doubtful nint-
lcr. ‘
As little do we doubt that a Ilcpubli
can will ‘represent this District in the
next Congress. One cause of the success
of Mr‘ liisliop in 1857, was the belief
that he could not be iuide ii lII.!|'C pro-
slavcry tool, that ‘according to his own
repeated declai'atioiis, lie would vote for
no constitution not "satisfactory to the
majority of the people of Kaiisiis. Not-
witlistuudiiig such dcclariilious as these
he went and to all appearance, very wil-
lingly, for that Lecoinptoii busiucss-
“mi: raxun FOR A FRAUD” as designated
by John J. Crittendeu— a swindle so
barefaiccal, that even a Soutli Carolina
S(ll|‘:lI0l', who voted l'or it, now says " it
ought to lmve been kicked out of Coii-
gi°css.” Can a min who voted in any
sin-li fasliiou-—-ivlio in this thing, acted in ’
direct oppoeilinn to the wishes of three-
fourths of his L'0llSl.lllIf:llIS—I3an such a
iii.iii be rc-i.-lei-ted in n‘ JV.-w I-.‘-iigl.-cud
Dislrict I We (lon’t believe any such
thing. ‘- _
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fifi!‘ At.t|ic Republican Caucus, held at
the Nurwalk Hotel on Wednesday evrniug
last, the following gentlemen were chosen
l)..-lc'g.il.cs to the Coiigressioiial Convention,
to be held at llridgepoit, lo-iiiorrow :
l).iuicl' K. Nash, Jo-icph \V. Ilubhell, Dr.
Sam icl I I.ynes, \Vui_. 'l‘. Cra,'w.
’l‘o llio Senatorial and I'l'(ib:Il(.‘ Convention,
(to be called) Dr, A.,iiiii, I-Ilbcrf. Curtis, 11.
H Elwcll, and Ilatlheiv Wilcox.
llolh the Delegations appointed wiili pow-
ers of substitution, in case of limit‘ own ina-
bility to allcnd. ] . . .
We3tport.~Alva Gray and II. M. Lees,
f-Isq.=.. are the dcl..-gzilcs to the Congressional
Coiiventimi on Wcdiiexulay.
Redsling.--llessrs. -Miller, Shaw, F. San
ford and 'r. M. Abbott are the Ilcddiug dele-
Lecture In ,Ricflgefie1d.—-R_cv. J. J. Wool-
lcy L'ccluri;_s inext -Monday Evening, at the
.\|. E.'Chp_r§h1 iiiiiiii of the “ Ladies Beucvo
lciit,Soci'c'tyI” ' ' I" ’ " ‘ '
&, We Iedllll lliat‘a”bi9otlici' of'I)r. Bennett
of ‘New 'lIav'en"l)’iv'or‘ce' Case noloricly, is
about to be madeaiiginviiibly coiispicuous on
a charge of ialiumanly and brutally flogging
a negro boy upon his nnkad_ bo_dy,,und then
lhrowingliiin iii,lo,_f,li,c,su5i\'v_. wlicrc his hands
and fechliecaineltrdzen,-.on that ‘f..Gola.-lion;
ls-'y=.v-ii.-I‘-'.ei'».tii,r‘:i«,i..-.-,.~. .1...
_Tlic finale was slightly marred, we hear, by
Burnt to Death.
A .\lrs. Gray, ol'Silver Mine District, a few
eveiiiiigs since, f|l..l.'I||[llf.‘tI lo llll it fluid lauip
while burning, which caused an explosion of
the can in her hands, and of course envelop-
iiig her in flaiiics. Size llll,'.{l'l"'ll IIIUIU: 5"
ili‘i-iulfiil agony buf a slim! time, when flf'fll.ll
released her f'roiu licr §llllI‘l'lllgS.
-o-«Q5».
Cowardly Tlicft.-—Soiiic daslurdly f-'C0llll-
lIl'(‘I or sconiiclrels, lnklug ndvuiilag: of the
illness and C0|Illllt'lllt:lil. of John l\'napp. an
age-l au.l |'.is]H9I':l:tlnl0t:lll/.i:Il ii-sidiiig on Flux
Illll, entered his pri.-niiscs a few days 3-'llICL',
aml iobbcd him of about fifty pounds of lion-
cy. Tlic meanness of the act is anginculcd
by the fact that the poor bees were left to
perish f'or want of food. A little ra_wmie
i'i-om the muzzle of an old Cuniincnlal IuZl!(',
would improve the morals of this class of
thieves.
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Suicide.
A servant girl iriméd Eliza i\lc'. Cormic,
living in the family of, the senior proprietor
of this paper, liiiug herself‘ in the burn on
Wednesday morning last. She was obtained
some three months since, and from her hun-
csl, faithful performance ofhousi-hold duties,
and an unusual solicilude forllie welfare and
comfort of the family. she rapidly won the
confidence and esteem of all who knew her.
Although a poor, fricudlcss Irish girl,inexpe-
ricnecd and uneducated, she had, nevcithc-
less, a noble heart, hosting with generous,
sell"-sacrificing impulses Alas l'i.r her that
it was so susceptible. Her sloiy was a short
and sad one. She had left an old uiolimr—a
widow——across the water. who, together with
an lrisli lad, named P-at Mahcr. were all
she lcit behind to share her nfl'cclious.——
She landed in New York; went to Newburgli,
where she had a sister living, and a cousin,
who had preceded her. Here she hired out
to a family named Rodgers, and with the
first iiioucy earned, she purchased a passage
ticket f'or the scoundrcl, who was to rob her
life of all its joys. lle came out. She got
him a place to board with tho couain.—
He remained here for a month or so than
he ubscondcd, leaving his hoard bill uri-
paid, and (Il3l~f.‘l‘llllg his bcfrollici heiicl'-.ic-
l.rcss. To add to her grief, the cousin
v.lii-cafciied her willi personal violence if she
did not liquidate the board bill, and others
tlmughtlcssly assured her lliat her Put had
iuuriied aiiulhrr. This seems to have driven
her mad, although on all other suljtcls her
mind sci-med niiaffccled. She left Ni.-wburgh
from those causes, and came In N. Y._ where
wc procured her. No unusual syinplomsof
dcrungcineut exhibited lh€mfi\‘CS to us, oth-
er thau licr periodical dcspon iicy, up lo the
morning of her self-destruction. We have
thus pailicularizcd,willi a hope that through
tliisinstruinentzility, the sad fate of the un-
knowugirl may reach the cars of that poor
old mother.
.q.>u
Mad Dog.—-A strange dog, of large size,
exhibiting all the symptoms of liydropliobi-.1,
was shotiu the yard of Rev. S. B. Bisscll,
last week. As he had been seen ‘running
wildly about the Bridge for several hours
previous, perhaps it would be prudent to have
an eye to resident specimens ef "the canine
species, for a little while lolcomc.
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-Borougli Charter Accepted!
The Borough Charter was accepted yester-
day by a vole of 93 to 65. '
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figV"l lic visit of the 2nd M.E.Socicl.y,wliich
was held at Plicnix Ilall, last Wednesday ove-
ning, was in every sense a succiss. The sub-
stantial reccipts amounltd to about $200 in
hard cash, besides numberlcssbthor liltlc me-
uicnlocs of affectionate regard. A beiiulifiil
writing desk, preeculcd by several young in-
dies of the congregation, was among the
souvenirs. ’flicrc must have bieu at least
five hundred persons present.
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‘The Eudora Imogene.
. The body which was" reported nsliore on
Long Island, proved to be that of Chas Ilen-
dricks of \\"eslport, a liirnd on the above ill-
starred vessel. lls was found dead in the
yawl. The galley containing the stove and
.a quantity of coal, together with 2 _lialclics,
also drifted ashore, which fixes the fate of the
vessel beyond a doubt. The mast of a sunk-
‘cn schooner has been discovered ofl'Slralford
whic’i may possibly prove to be the Ellf‘I.
Now she was lost is a mystery, but in all
probability she was capsized in the squall of
the l0lli, or else loaded with ice on the cold
Monday following and-sunk.
The crew of the I-fudoi-a consisted ‘of Capt.
M. Allen, Azor Ailen. a consiu.ol' the Cap-
taiu, and Chas. lleuilricliii. of Wu.-slport —
The Capt. was 49 years old_, niidlenvcs invite
and you to mourn his loss. ' -
A Azor Allen was a ‘young man,-and was
married last July. I indricka was an un-
married man.
The Eudora was five years old, and consid-
ered a strong vessel. She had on board 100
tons of coal.
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gar We leain that the Pulpit of the Con-
gregational Church in Wilton, made vacant
by the death of liuv. Mr Ball, is temporarily
supplied by Ilcv. Mr. Bisscll.
..<.-....i_._
fit Last Friday rnoining was one of the
glorious seasons which it is worth a dozen
such “ cold .\fondays” as that we have so re-
cently piiss-cd,—-to witness. Every limb and
branch and fwig and spray had been encased
in icy aimor by the rain ofthe previous night,
and when the sun came bounding up the ori-
ent, suzh a blaze, such a dazzling, glittering
.8IH.'e|| of i-ilvciy light as held our visual
orbs in cncliuiitmcnt, has no parallel short of
the inspired vision of the New Jerusalem.
Sucli in morning was enough to make niiy
himiaii niiiuial bless his God and take cour-
age.
<<-‘pp.
Scarlet Pever.— This terror to parenls,
we see by our ext-liaiiges, is very prevalent,
as well as falal in inauy parts of the country.
We have been coinpiirativcly cxciiipt from the
disease llt'l't3, thus far. allliougli Mr. Fi'edi.-rick
Ilcldcu buried n swctl litllc giil—a vicliui In
this terrible scourge-— last work It does seem
to us that the medical talent of‘ the country
ought to bring its powers to bear upon this
fatal iualady, and if possib|e,discover some
mode of ti-ealiucnt which shall rub it of its
terror: to every parent‘: l|t.t|I'l.- As at pres-
ent undcr-ilood, small pox, until recently,
deemed the most awful as well as loathsome
of diseases, is not to be compared with mod-
crn Scarlet I-‘crux
«<0»-o—_?__
fit‘ The bcui-lit cnlerluiuinent given by
the Germ-.1 uic Glee Club - passed off finely. It
waswcll and respectably attended, and re-
sullcd in a niodcratc. though very acceptable
pecuniary consideration for the recipient.
The singing was oflhe first order. and higlily
entertaining to their“ American Cousins.”-
onc of " ycjolly lailore men” pres.-nl, lliroupli
the influence of Iago.-r,_or some other evil pres-
ence, getting, ,a: lager-heads with another
niuih partofa man. The hostilities were iii-
stautly qucllcd however, in line dt-lIocralic,_
"l-‘ainlniiiiyllall slylc, by shutting oflllic gun.’
The Club, feeling ;a moitillcntiou that any-
thing of an unpleasant nature should have
occurrcfl, propose giving another invitation
atone of the lulelli gcucc olliccsiu New York ‘
’l‘he \Vatci-biii-y American calls attra-
tion to it “ musical progidy” rcsidiiig in
\\’at('i-tmvii-—-Abigail I‘llll(‘llllC Atwood,
between ll -.ind 12 years old, the dangli-
l,(‘l‘ of :i l':iriiu-i'. She plays upon ii. dul-
('ilIl(‘l', ll]!-lml('.(‘:ll or :l(.'('lll'll(,‘(Ill, .wil.h poi‘-
fcct (‘.'l$l', :ii-i-oiiipziiiyiiig them with her
voice, which has the llI:Illll‘ll.)' of ripcr
years, and wliicli she iiioilululcs with line
ell".-cl. But what. constitutes the chief’
woiidcr, is the l':ii'l. that the Clllltl is sell‘-
lauglit, having iicver 1'i:('.elVL‘tl any other
aid or iiislriiclioii than wliat she has pick-
ed up by clmiii-e, and her opportunities
liavc been coiiip:ii'al.ivcly few. So nice is
her car, that by licaring it time mice, af-
ter a few hours‘ practice she will play it
corrcclly. ‘
A little girl named I-Illa Burns, four
years old, from Ciiiciiuialli, is i-xcitiiig
iuucli asloiiishiiiciit in New York as an.
clociilioiiist. The perfection with which
she reads and recites productions that
would seem to bcwlinlly above the ca.
pacit y of such a child, is said to be some-
lliing little less than miraculous. She
learned to read without books, by inqui-
ring the words upon signs in the streets.
While the New Haven ./Vrws boasts of a.
precocious lilllc air] in that cily,as follows :
A little child, of this city, who is ac-
knowlcdgcd by all to be pretty smart,
was holding a very animated conversation
with one of about its own years, a few
days since. A portion of it was over-
heard, and it appeared to be a dispute
as to what their -" mothers could do.” Af-
tcr imining over various meritorious acts
of which their uiatcriials W8I'.: capable,
the one in question putun end to the dis-
pute by cxclaimiiig—“ \Vcll, there's one
thing my motlier can do that your’s can't
«my moilirr can lalrc cur.-‘y one of her lcrl/i
out at mire !”
ޤ!*Neillicr are we destitute of juvenile
prodigies here in Norwulk. A precocious
liltlcfcllowjust past his third birthday. at
our house, was threatened with “couilign
punishineiif,” should he repeat his predatory
visits lo a favorite div-.irf pear tree. Coming
in soon after, the uialcrnal injunction, with
lips besmearcd with the ‘forbidden fruit, he
was at once “talnen in hand” for disobedi-
ence of the order not to pick another pear.
Swelling wilb baby indignation he replied,
"llfain-a,I did not pick off the pear, you
come and see if I did.” And, sure eiioi gli.
he iliilu’!. He simply cloud bci-iilelho dwarf
and c t up the pear without picking, leaving
its core dangling by its stem! We ihall ded-
icate Ibut boy to the “ legal profession ”
Speaking of the "legal profession,” re-
minds us of another good one which occurred
in our neighborhood. A bright-eyed, mis
chicvous-lcoking ell‘, the daughter of a lead-
ing lawyer, was accosted in this wise: "Well
my little dear, do you know how roguisliyou
look 5'” "I know I loolrjust12!.-em,i/father,”
was the laconic reply.
While on the subject of lawyc-rs,wc may
as well finish up under-that hind, by setting
one of that fraternity right bcfore the “ pro-
fession.” It will be remembered that we re-
cently boasled, with what we dccmed.a justi-
liable lccal pride of a Noiwalk lawyt; find-
ing acheck.and having exerted liimselfito
place it in the bands of its owner. We stated
at the lime. in exlcnnulion of the “unpro-
fcssioiial” act, that he was one of the young-
er members of the bar, but it seems that even
this excuse didn’t save him‘ from seiious crit-
icisms on the part of his professional breth-
ren. As we were the instrument of his hav-
ing lhus been comptoiuised, we will state a
further fact whizh has just come in light, i. e.
the check was made payable to ordtr, so that
he could not possibly lnive drawn the money
iipou it. Will that do, gentlemen?
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‘or (lot J\"urwalk Gaze-_!!c.
Examination: !
Examinations are linmbngs. People
generally like hun-bugs, and therefore ex-
aniiuations are not only tolerated, but de-
niandcd by the apprcciatiiig public. P
'1‘ Baruiiin got iiiiiueiisely wealthy by his
linml.iiiggery, and has acquired a name
w_liicli is the Mount Blane among show-
men, and so by the oily examination
many a school teacheiflias acquired with
the public, a rank of the highest grade in
the profession. _ _ ,
The very -height of all praise, which
the public are wonl: to ‘bestow upon some
teachers is “he gets up such a splendid
exainination.” _
'l‘lie trained elephant makes a splen-
beast after all, but all the people will come
to see the elephant. Many a woman‘ is
called a splendid lady——slie appears so cl-
cgant, so refiiied, so bri lliaut, so witty in
the evening party, aml yet the poor lins-
baiid, in the experiences "of every day life,
sighs for a social ‘companion in his house-
hold, a kind mother for his little ones, and
for a sweet tcnipercd wife to love.
\Vhat watchers of schools has not seen
the slack and slovcnly method of doing
things during term tiiue ; the scolded and
bautered scholars of the eleven weeks
quarter ; the miserable and torpid nzo.-Ics
of giving and receiving iiistruction, aml
the lmpcrlo inaniicr of discipline, all rous-
ing from their lethargy, as the term nears
its end, and like an ill fed, ill watered, ill
cur'ricd, bad conditioned horse, four weeks
before the day of exliibitioli, under the
stiinuius of nails s/tort and lmi_2', Lecoming
the first prize Buccphalus of the market.
What faithful teaclier,wlio loves patient
‘merit, has not seen some darling scholar
tiiiiizl but true, who iievci' missed a lesson,
was never out of place, never broke a rule
of school, and was the vcr ' gold of stridi-
'o‘us worth during the term, finally crowua
did breakdoivu before the aitguit array of
criticrl visitors, before whom f'. o.ii the very
depths of her soul, rlie stood in fcar and
lreinbliiig ; and who toc,has not seen sonic
shrewd, roistcring rogue of a Loy, whose
only pride for WJ.(.‘liS has been in break-
ing the rules of school, and 'sliirking his
lessons, and gelling others into a scrape,
to get out hinisclf, couiiiig into the exami-
nation, on the last day, like the _uiilidy
lion.-:c-wifc, ‘whose brass and steel and sil-
ver are never scoured and polished except
for the ocasiouiil dinner party, to make
what the Students calla lcii slrilre in reci-
tation and lo bcarofl‘ the palm of scholar-
ship by a triumphant examination.
If one gram] effort on the last day will
secure a better reputation, than the pa-
tient labor of weeks, if the shrewd teacher
can riseliiglier in his profe:sion by a smooth
and well varnished cxiiinlnaliou, than by
the steady and coiistiiiit effort of paticiit
coiitinuancc in well doing, iflhc fitful glare
of torch light will please better than the
calm radiance of the constant beaming of
entertainment, mo of its I'__s¢ to‘ their wild. l
the stats, if_l",I_'r_1.l:s_,-_(0)\l,y-glldlll it. be well pol-
did ring perforiner, yet he is but a sorry‘
worthy mid brilliant scliolaislilp by a splcn- -
-_. T
is-liczl,) for set occasions will shine bi-lg-liter
and please, better than the ever bright-
iu-:<s, but less ilazzling brilliaiicy, of tho
virgin gold—~—pi':iy fell, wlinl. is the use of
so much coslant effort, argues the utilita-
rian lcaclier, or the lazy sclioliir. Schol-
ars-arc not chcrubs, teachers are not an-
gels. Under the stimulus of’ such a temp‘
tatioii, as our present iuode of visiting
and judging of schools, deem me not ob
Lind public, a dcfaiiicr, for saying, as I
said at first, that examinations are hum.
liiigs.
Every school oiiglit to be visited every
week by every one of its patrons, not on
fixed and stated times, but by chance vis-
ilations. Parents ; visit your school as
you visit your store, or your workshop,
when your clerks or men least expect
you. Ilrippcii iii, when neither scholar
nor teaclicr;-: are looking for a visit, and
:-:ce for yourself, that all is going on well.
It is such an examination that is no linin-
lm T. s. B.
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For the ./Va:-walk Gazette.
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I\ .ii.woimi Conan, Wis., Jan. 1859-,
Mi-Issns. Eniroiis :
You may pick whatever
crumbs of coinfort you can find, in the
fact that you have one prefiy constant‘
reader of your paper——as much so at any
rate,_ as I7?irle Sam will allow, out here
in the “Badger State ;” and perhaps a
letter now and then sent back as a rcmem.
braairer, will not._come amiss. Dbnglns
( not Frederick) in one of his speeches
made oiia visit'to'liis native state Ver-
inont,speuks of it as a good place to emigrate
f rnm~—I can go farther than he, and
speak of old Coiinecticut as a good place :-
also to ’)'£'llL)"lll0-—lI]01'e especially if one,
went out from a home such as is found in
‘old Narwzillr. I
I am writing from a small town of seine
500 _'or 600 iiiliabitaiits, on the line of the
lacine and Mississipi Railroad, some -50
miles West of Racine, and '18 miles East
of Bcloit. It is surrounded by a rich
farming country, not surpassed probably-‘
by any in the state.’ Prior to the build-
ing of the road, the inhabitants were al-
most cnlirely farmers. Its coming,__I_i_o_vv-
ever made the place the most accessible
point from which the towns of Walwoi-th,
Sharon, and a portion of Delavan. might
ship their grain to market. It therefore
brought in many new ones to establish
themselves in business, and stores, ware-
houses a_ud'dwellings, went up rapidly.-
'l'hc first passenger train from Racine
reached here the 9th day of August,l856,
and from that time to the fall of 1857,
there were erected 'six stores, four ware-
houses and from forty to fifty dwelling
schoolhouse capable of accommodating
from 150 to I75 scholars. The Town is
0&IE1)pt’ltlllgS.”"' On the North and East
liltlc is to be seen but groves of young
and tlirifty oaks : while on the South
and West “Turtle Priirie” lies strut.-bed '
out for iniles—one of the most beautiful of
all the Wisconsin Prairies. The ‘-scenery
building sites of the town command a view
whose diameter‘ islfrom 10 to 15 miles.-—
The soil is of, a black, deep, loamy, char-
acter, and you-may--form some-idea, of ‘its
cels of land on which, no manure has ever
been placed, wheat has been -raised 3-in
good crops, for 19 successive years with-
out subsoiling,and the land is by no,mcan_s.
yet exhausted. . . .. ' , . .
The older settlers of the town came
mostly from the same place in one of - the
Western couuties_ in New York. They
took up their lands at government
in ti'act§ of fi-om 160 to 6-I0'acres each.
Grain has been the principal article -mis-_
ed-—very little attention having‘ beenigiv-I
cn, until within a few years, to the. rais-
ing of stock ; the farmers, for the Jneilt
part, contenting themselves with keeping
a few cows, and so many cattle andhorses
as would enable them to work their bad,
and draw’ their producelto ‘market. 7.'.'l‘Iieii-.
labor is light, as compared with-our New
England farmers, yet verymany of fiem
might learn useful lessons from -the litter-
Very few have barns, or any decent out-
cinity). Their grain is stacked, their
thresliing done in the open air,their straw
mostly burnt to get rid of it-, their cattle
of winter, and a low shanty,or a few posts
stuck in the ground and covered with
to their horses. With many the houses
are not sncli as an Eastern farmer would
think of putting his cattle into, neither is
IIOSSCSS.
gone, I belive more real comfort is taken -
by farmers at, the East, notwithstanding
all flair foil, than is experienced by those‘
bc1'c twice over. Such is my opinion.
_ WINNIPAUK.
ova.»
New Canaan.—Ilon. O. S. Ferry lectured
.hcfoi-e the Ladies’ Mount Vernon Asmciacion _
on Saturday Evening lust.
.€
at We have received the fillowing onl-
liiio of the proposed _2.l Ccplennial Celebra-
tion of the town of Woodbury, to be held at
the Orcnnug Rocks in Woodbury,Jirl_y oil:
and 5th, 1859 :
There will be at Centennial Celebration at
w°°‘"’“"! as above, which, all interested in
the l.islory'of' the old town, am! all other!-
inlereslcd in antiquarian nnl.lers,arc lavi-
W “"9041. A part of the exei-ciscI..oa.tlno.-:
occasion will be as follows, .vlz :-—Hf:torica,l
address by William Coiliren, EIq..;.~.Pn‘_eIlI by
Rev. William Thompson Bacon ; Sermon hr,’
Rev. Henry in Sherman -or Bellevl‘ll‘e'N.-
WI" llltlllm Encampment, tlig fin! nlgb:tl*‘§f‘J"
Castle Rock. ‘ ‘The F'at|ien," as §llB‘lfd3:||n.
der arms, to protect the assemblage wine
engaged in1he'iiervicos. A pionéct eI‘caIIip-
ment from the several towns ofanpltnt wood.
bury. Odes and songs. Oldjllundfed sung by a
¢'lI0|l' Of 5_00. Anliqnuii-In Portrait Gallery.
SW9. .*i.~l.<.1_r.-'=.s.v.-is-:..L9sat...&r.‘..rmnai.an¢i:i.ii.. .
ed gentlemen from abroad. _ Antiquarian pic‘
izic each d_ay‘of the Celebration. _ _
houses, and one large two story brick-
fiuely situated on what are called “ the .
is quite picturesque, and many of the.
richness, from the tact that on some par-f .
buildings (I speak now of those inthis vi: '
are exposed ‘to all the storms and winds - '
straw, or sided up with rough boards, ,
roughly put on forms the pl‘OlZeCtlOlI given '
this the result of poterlgl, but rather of a .
desire to add‘ to the number of acres they _ ‘
So far as my observation has . ,_‘
an antique procession the first day. ; an A_ina- ., ‘
w. ooiiaeu, ciiiiinsni‘ i'iic‘iie‘qé:iéi£i .
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