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BUSINESS DliREC'l‘0BY.
Norwalk Hotel.
D.STEPHENSON,PROPRIETOR.
A first class Hotel, beautifully located at
Norwalk, Connecticut. and open for the re-
ception of guests at all times. In connection
with the Hotel is a large Livery Stable,
where good Horses and Cairiages can at all
times be procured. 1f5
Gonnecticut Hotel.
EAST SIDE THE BRIDGE, NORWALK, CONN.
J. C. KELLY, Proprietor.
This well known and popular House,while
under the management of James Stevens de-
ceased, is open for the reception of transient
or perm-.meut boardcrs,ainl no expense or
Good Stabling for horses, &c. 15
South Norwa.lk Hotel.
JAMES LUCAS, PROPRIETOR.
This llouse has recently been thoroughly
rebuilt and greatly enlarged, and is now
rc.idy for the. reception of guests. It is pleas-
antly located, in immediate proximity to the
depot of the N. Y. and N. 11. R-.iili'o-.id, and
b iardbrs possesses advantages over any other
Hotel in the town. A good Stableis keptin
counectionwith the Hotel.
Wooster House, Danbury, Conn.
WM. P. STEVENS, Proprietor.
The Subscriber, having purchased the
above named lIot.el.is prepared to receive
permanent and transient boarders, and to
entertain Travellers and the Public gener-
ally. The llotel is largc,coininodious, and
is fitted up Will! the conveniences of modern
Hotels; it is abiindaiitly supplied with pure
Spring Water, and is pleasantly located on
Main Street,wilhin ii very few rods of the
Railroad Depot.
0. s. LOGKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor,
-—-and-
GEN'I‘LEMEN,S FURNISHING EMPORIUM,
-No. 3 Skiddy-‘s Block,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
J‘. I‘. I'O0'.l.'E,
attorney and Counselor at Law,
armor: o VER M.u.Lo1z y’ s s TORE..
Nor-Walk, Conn.
c. .1. onumaiv,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GD DDS, CARPEPINGS,
Carriage Trimm.i;zgs,Claths, Cassi-
meres, S at inetts, Vest z'ngs',and Tail-
or’: Trmmuhzgs, by the Yard,
Piece or Package.
snianri-xcs,sHiuri.vcs 'EANS,
At the lowest possibieprices.
NORVVALK. CONN.
r. n. 3451:,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALE It in
S "'1' C 'V' E S ,
. u.isur.icronr.i.or
‘I'1n,Shcet Iron & Copper Wares
Has constanzlyan hand a largeassart-
mmt Qf general House-keeping
Furniture, at So. Narwal/c.
Conn.
W“
At‘ orney & Counsellor at Law,
6! WALL S1‘REE'[‘,
NEW YORK.
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.Dr. P.C. Skiff, New Haven, Conn
AMOS ironic-,
GeneralPension a- Patent Agent
And P2-asec:/tor of Claims before
the ‘several I}ep((.’I'M7w7Zt.S‘ and
the Court of Claims.
Washington . D. C.
Life Insurance.
A. H. BYINGTON,
(At the Gazette Oflice)
AG]-INT 1-‘on rm-:
AMERICAN TEMPERANCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
o 1' Hartford ,Conn .
J’. W. WILSON’,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law,
Connected in business with J. M. Carter, Esq.
and in his oflice, Main street,
Norwalk. Conn. ‘ 46
.1. s. MOODY, M. 15.,
H O M (E O P A T H,
Graduate-,Yalc Med. Insl.itute,Class 1851 .i ’52
Office iil.iIubbcll’s Block, Norwalk.
iu~:ri~:ui-:.\ci:s._
Dr. Dennison. Fairfieldy Coll"-
Dr. Norton, Bridgeport, Conn.
Dr. H. A. Collins, Springfield, Mass. _
Dr. G. P. Cooley. New Britain, Conn .
Dr. Jae. H. Austin. Bristol, Conn.
Dr. G. A. Moody. Plaiuville, Conn.
W. S. Sanford dz Co., New Haven,Conu. 46
Architecture.
SIDNEY M. STONE,
ARCIIITECT,
Will furnish Plans. Specifications. detail
Drawings,and superintend the erection of
public and private buildings. Oflice in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st., New Haven, Ct. ti52
WM. 0. STREET & 00.
Im porters, Wholeshle and Retail 7Dealor’s in
HARDWARE, IRON’,
Steel, Cutlery, Guns, A gricul-
tural Implements, Oils,
Paints,\Vindov\' Glass,
&c_, &c., &c.
Norwalk , Conn.
A. H. Wucoxsox
Wu. C. Srnrnr,
JAMES G. BARDOIIR,
SURGICAL AND .\[FICH.-l.\'lCAL
DENTIST,
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Nor-
walk, Conn.
S. E. OLMSTEAD & GO,
wnoi.i-:s.iLn xxn RETAIL DEALERS IN
GROCERIES, FLOUR, FEED, &c.,
No’s 14 & I6 Main Street,Norwnlk,Conn.
sired.
Paper Hanging,
FIRE BOARD PRINTS,
Window Shades and Fixtures.
IIE subscriber has now on hand a large
and wcl ctcd assortmentofthe above
named goods, hicli he will now offer for
sale cheaper than ever before thought of in
this market. -
Paper Hanging, _ _ _
House and Sign Taunting,
Executed in all tlirir branches. Bidwell’s
Pa tent Wagon Grease for. sale at my store,
next door north of Wood's Building. Main-
st., Norivalk. GEORGE MARVIN.
I‘ ‘U R N’ I T ‘I!’ R E l
HE subsciberis now prepared to offer to
the public, at his old stand, as good an
assortment of
cabinet Furniture
ascan be fouudin Fairfield County, and at
lower prices, FOR C./1SH,thnn the same
quality of Goods can be obtained at anyoth.
erestablishment.
The Stock consistsin part of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining,Card,ana
Quartette Tables; Bookc-.iscs,Bureaus,
Sof-.1s,Tete-a-Tetc L’ouuges,Muhog-
any and Cane-seat Chaii-s;Gi1t
and Mahogany Frame Look-
‘ ing Glasses, &c. &c.
COFFIu’\‘ IV./IREROOJUS.
Where may be found a full assortmentol
Collins,which will be finished in the hestpos~
sihle manner, and at short notice .
fl‘ A Hearse will be furnished when de-
A.Ri:lNOUD.
Westport,May1st,l858.
_ WESTPORT
Saddle, Harness, Trunk and
VVh.1p Store.
HE Subscriber returns his thanks to the
inhabitants of the towifif Westport,and
its vicinit/, for the kind and liberal patron~
agehe has received since his commencement
in the above business, and begs to inform h i5
customers that he intends keeping constantly
on hand a full assortment of all urti3lescon-
nected with his business, and is nrw manufac-
turing a full stock of all descriptions of
Harness and Saddles
At ‘very ‘Low Prices, mid the best materials
Horse Blankets, Buffalo Robes. Whips,Cha-
mois, &c., kept constantly on hand.
Particularattentiongiven to Cleauing,0il-
ing, and Repairing ll arness.
JOSEPH GARDNER.
Wcstport,Oct.27th,1858. l
”il.\‘l'orwalk Dost Office.
iu.ui.s CLOSE.
West 7.30 A. -lli.,-2.30 l’. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—5.U0 P. M.
Duubury and Nurv.':ilk Railroad, 8.50 A. M.
Weston, ltedding. and Rt.-dding Ridge l2M_
- .\i.ui.s urn. ‘
West9.10A.l\l.—5.5-3 P.llI.
East 8 20 A. i\l.—3.20 P. M.
Danbury and Norwalk Railroad 7.55 A. M.
Posr OFFICE nouns
From 7.00 A.M. to 8.00 P.M.
R. A. W1Li.uns,P-. M.
Groceries cheaper than ever
1'01! GAS!!!
THE subscriber would inform the public
. generally, that he still continues to sell
the best of Groceries. Provisions, &c.,at his
old stand, No.4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as
the cheapest. He offers grcntinducements to
Cash buyers.as he has as large an assortment
of Groceries of the best qualities, as can be
found at any store in the County. He would
invite the special attention ofall to hiss took
of
Coffees, Teas, and Sugars,
Which are of the very‘best quality, and will
be sold cheap. The public are invited to
call,examine,andjudgc for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE.
THOMAS nrnnsr,
Merchant Tailor and Draper
No.3 Plioznix Block,Norw.’ Conn.
THEsubscriberivoii,ldrespectfnllynnnounce
at his auction salt-s,he ha now on hand a
fresh selected stock ofseasonable Cloths,Cas-
simeres,Vestings, &c., which heis prepared
to make up in the best and most fashionable
styles, A complete assortment of Mons and
Boys’ CLOTIII./VG Rl'.‘.dI)Y.hI./IDE.
Grateful for long and continued favors,I
shall endeavor with renewed exertion, to
merit theireontinuance.
Norwalk Dye Works,
Foot of Zllill Hill, Nbrwalk, (Jami.
E. PRICE &.~ SON,
nixcrxcrcrnnns or ‘
Monuments, Grave Stones,
naiantles ebo-
T Purdy's Station, New York. Our stock
A comprises the very best (]_ll'.tllly of Ital-
ian and American Marble. All work deliler-
ed free ofcharge. All orders promptly eve
outed. at prices as favorable as can be obtain-
ed at any similar establishment in the coun-
try. . 27
c. an 1:. Lockwood, a. co.,
NORWALK, CONN.,
MANUFAOTUREIIS
Tin ,Shee tlron &CopDer Ware s,
AND DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery, Bri-
tannin Porcelain and ‘Voodoo Ware,
and Kitchen Furniture in gen-
eral. Pumps, Sheet Lead
& Lead Pipe, Crock-
ery, Glass and
China \Vare.
Dentistry.
Doctors HILL 6:. PITCH,
Surgical & Mechanical
D_ E N T I S '1‘ S ,
Ollice over the Store of C.J.Gruman,
NORWALK, .CONN.
A_ 31”” Cu.uii.i:s Frrcn.
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EETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
of Hartford.
Incorporaled in 1819, Charter Perpetual,
Cash Capital, - - - - - $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fix e,
on Terms adapted to the hazard, and
consisting with the laws of
compensation.
GEO. R. COWLBS, Sole flgent _
For Norwalk and vicinity.
01-‘
lyst
OIIN PICKE-NS,practicalDyer and Re
finisher. would remind his friends nndthe
Public generally. that he still can-iescn the»
- D.YemgBusiness.in allits branches, at his
0111 St-Ind. Ladies Dress:-s _D;z/ed any
C'oIar,-and Ste-.un-Finished in the most up-
PPOWG manner. Crape.l}rnclie,and Cash-
mere Shawls .Cleaned.Dyed, and Pressed,
To compare with new goods. L ice Damask
and .\loreenCurtains, Table Covers, Rugs,
etc..Cleaned,Dyed, and Finished. Gentle-
m01|’SCl0“1lng‘ and Straw Ilats, Cleaned
Dyed and" Pressed. '
.f1gen!s_.. Joseph Shepherd, Norwalk, Ly-
man l’latt,,Main-st..Danbury David Selleck,
West Ncrwalk . J. W. R8(3(l,Stamf0N] C0,.,,_
walldc Miles,.‘.[ilford,Conn. ’ 1.2
Groceries ! Groceries!
W. lIUB.'3l".LL, JR., woiildrespcctfully
. invite the attention of the public gen-
eraleralljtotheii-large assortment of
Groceries, ' Provisions,
Flour, ‘Peed, &.'c '
whichheoffcrs forsale at the lowest possible
prices and warrants them to be ofthe best
. uality. Our stock oi‘
Tea, Coffee, and Sugar,
Isof it supi.-riorquality.and wil lbe sold a‘
chcapastlic cheapest We keep a good as‘
Sortmentof Floui-ol'.lic best brands cons‘-
‘antly on hand.
Hardware and Cutlery.
Mec-lia.nic’s '1‘ools,Farming Utensils,Gnns,
Pistols, Iron and Steel, Window
Glask, Paints and Oils.
WM. G. STREET 6!. 00.,
Have in store, and are constantly receiving,
direct from lhe iiizinuliicturi-rs, allarge sup-
ply'of Foreign and Domestic Gu0(lS, under
the above denominations, which makes their
assortment of articles suited to this market,
equal to any in the Slate. and which will be
sold either wholesale or retail on as favora-
ble terms ascan be purchased in’ New York.
Wu. G. Si-iuznr, , ,_ , A.-. H. Wm.-oxsos.
Ndrwallt, Jan. Iét, I859.
thnthaving cleared out all his old stock '
HATS ! HATS
Fall& Winter Styles,
IIE.-iubscriber hasjust recci veda largein
voice of Men’s and Boys 1IilI.S and Cups
of every variety, cuibraccd in the
Fall and I/VZ"7Ill.’I' Fashions,
whichuill be sold as heretofore cheap for
Ca..s‘h,or approved Credit. “ Small profits
and large sales” we find the best policy in
tI‘€\(lL',alld upon this principle we mean to
“ push along.i{eep moving,” so don’tfailto
give us a callat No. 2 Skiddy’s Block.
HENRY C. HANDLE!
Norwalk, Oct.15th, 1858.
GOAL I GOAL l
H. 8: J’. C. RANDLE, have been re-
. ccivingdircct from the Mines and are
now prepared to offer at thelowesl. market
rates, the following kinds of Co.u.. from their
Coal Yard, East side the Bridge, viz :
Spring Jlfounlain Lehigh,
Sugar Loaf do
Jlfammolh Vein (W7hi!e fish)
Locust .MounIai'n do
Scranton do
Council Ridge, (Pink ./Ish)
Laurence (Red _ do )
Trcvorton Semi Jluthracite.
The Lrhigli, Mammoth Vein,Locust Mon n-
tain,Council llidge and Trevoitou Goals, are
of the first class, and are acknowledged by
dealers to have no superiors. For furnaces
and all stoves with strong draughts.thc Le-
high Coals cannot be surpassed, being hard,
enduring and very pure. For ordinary do.
mestic purposes,thc Mammoth Veiu,Locug¢
Mountain and Council Ridge Coals,sland nu-
rivalled; burning more freely than the Le.
high, making no clinker,andleavinglessash-
es and slate thanmostuny kind olCoalknown
in the market. "
As to the 'l‘revorton,we can say to any
person: trying il..that if it does not answer
the recommendation and prove entirely satig.
factory, we will take it back again ifdesii-ea,
at our own expense and refund the money.
MIN 0. H. Benedict. long and fuvo;-nu]y
known in the Coal Trade, will bealwnys on
hand to serve the public. A shareofthepub.
,lic patron: ge i s solicited.
P. S,—Just. received, a cargo of very gape-
riorBlacksmith’s Coal, mined by the Hamp-
shirr-Mining Company. -
E. QUINTARD GI. SONS.
Cabinet Makers;
At their old established Ware Rooms,
East side the Bridge, opposite
-' Phwnix Bloc/c,
HAVE now on hand the largest and best
assortment of Cabinet F u r n i t u r e,
Chairs. Looking Glasses, Mattresses. &c.,
evei'oif<.-red for sale in this place, which we
havejust. purcliased l'or Cash, at extremely
low prices,and intend to sellaccordingly.
We also keep constantly on hand Ready
Made Coffins of all sizes and descriptions,
from the mostcostly Rosewood to the plaini
est ever used.
From onrlong experiencei n theUnderta-
kingbusiness.we are confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may needour
services.
Norwalk,SeptA3th.1858. 37
Millinery and Dress Making.
MISS F.PlLGRIM would respectfully i ii‘
form her old friends and customers of
Norwalk and vicinity, that she has re-opened
her Millinery in the Post Ofllcebnilding,Wall
street, entrance 2nd door west of the Post
Oliice. In connection with her Millinery,
she hnemade arrangements in carry on the
Dress Making businessin alli tsbranclies 43
ROOFING.
HEsubscribei-is prepared to furnish par
ties building with Warren’: nuperi or
‘Fall and Cement Roofing.
Thisarticle of Roofing isin use upon the
Norwalk Lock Conlpanyha Building, and at
lfounsbury, Bisselldb Co’s,where it give: en-
tire satisfaction. and is believed to he the
f"IP0pt'-9!, as well as the best Roofing in use.
All ordersleft with John W. Hubbcll, attho
office of Win. K.James, will receive prompt
attention. H41 J.N.HILL.
._-___,______
“ I still Dive !”
subscriber may be found at his build-
ing. (one door south of Gray’: stables)
where he is on hand with 9. stock of fresh
family --roceries, which will be sold cheaper
than at his old stand, in consequence of hay.
mg no rentto pay I Call and see.
“'52 D. FINCH. .
‘Collins, ‘Undertaking, ac,
HAVEjust received a large assortment of
Collins of superior makeyand finish. which .
will be furnished at as reasonable :1 price as t
can be obtained anywhere. Funerals atten-
ded, and-all duties appertaining to burial at-
tended to at the shortest notice. A new
Hearse will be used at Funerals. .
n. M. rnnnmin.
iiictrg.
Katy Peace. of U'tica._N
There is but 1 on earth Ilovo, ."
And that is K-T-P’: ;
Without her, wliereso’er I tore,
My heart in ill at E’I.
v~vv-
She dwells beyond the deep blue C,
In lovely U-T-K,
York State—3000 miles or more
From Cal-i-for-ni-A.
Venns might N V her charms,
When decked in R-A ;
And then to paint her I’: 8 0'5,
"Iwere idle to S-A !
Ber cheeks R 0 Z in the non,
Her teeth as white as pearl ;
To fill one’: love with X-T-C,
Oh 1 she is just the girl I
The I-V green climbs at her door,
The sweet P blossoms there ;
Of all the flowers that ever blow,
My K-'1' is most fair.
1 do not lavish M-T praise,
Tlirough wild X-S of love ;
But, oh, I worship her next to
The D-E-T above.
Though former joy: 3 dead to me,
That once I held so D R,
I will not mourn their and D K,
Nor shed ii single r R.
And though N-F-I-G I am,
As everybody C’s,
I ask but one to P-T me,
And that is K-T-P’I.
Her smile or sympnth y would soon -
My N-R-G restore,
And make me something like the man
I used to B 3-4.
Not given to Q-I’-D-T,
Yet l’ve enough of pelt‘ ;
But still F M-1-N-8 l’m grown,
And careless of inyulf.
My coat and rest R C-D now
My pants let in the breeze ;
Life’: turbid stream runs I-C cold,
Unwarined by K-'1‘ P’.s.
APOSTROPIIS
X Qls me, K-'1‘-—as I live,
I hope you soon 2 C ;
And then, if “mother” don’t object,
Y——inn.iried we will B I
And then piepare, my charming 1,
2 vamose U-T K ;
For we will go 2 O I 0,,
' Or else 21-O-A.
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agiarcllnn ‘
M’ ’ ‘ " 'w;3~3;~' ‘i/If.‘/"xiii;-..;.'.T‘1‘;'.""'&‘.~“.‘.*z'.-'1ii»."
The Earthquake of 1837.
It was January 1st. The scene was
in Northern Palestine. “A pale smoky
haze obscured the sun, and cast an air of
sadness over the closing day, while a‘ life-
less and oppressive calm had settled
down upon the face of nature.’ Our na-
tive church at Beirut” says Dr. Thomp-
son, " were gathered around the com-
munion table, when suddenly the house
began to shake fen:-fully,’ and the stone
floor to heave and roll like a ship in a
storm. ‘ Earthquake l earthquake l’
burst from every trembling lip, as all rush-
ed into the yard. 'I'hc shock was com-
paratively slight in Beirut, but still many
houes were much shattered, and some
on the river entirely thrown down. Du-
ring the week succeeding this Sabbath,
there came flying reports from various
quarters, of towns and villages destroyed
and lives lost ; but so slow does informa-
tion travel in this country, especially, in
winter, that it was eight days before any
reliable accounts were received. Then
letters arrived from Snfed with the start-
ling intelligence, that the whole town was
utterly overthrown, and that Tiberius to-
gether with many other places in this re-
gion [Northern Galilee] had shared the
same fate. Some of the letters stated
that not more than one in a hundred of
the inhabitants had escaped.”
Dr. Thompson and another gentleman
were sent with money and medicines to
relieve the survivors. Dr. T. says :-
"On the 17th we reached Rumaish,
where we met the first real confirmation
of the intelligence from Safed. The vil-
lage seemed to be quite destroyed. Thir-
ty people hnd been crushed to death an-
der their fallen houses, and many more
would have shared the same fate, if they
had not been at evening prayers in the
church. That building was ‘low and
compact, so that it was not seriously in-
jured. After distribnting medicine to
the wounded, and charity to the disabled,
we went on to J ish. -Of this village not
one house remained; all had been thrown
down and the church also, burying the
entire congregution—one hundred and
thirty five persons, under the ruins.~-
None escaped except the Priest, who
was saved by a projection of the arch
over the altar. On the morning of the
18th we reached Safed. Then I under-
stood, for the first time, -what desolations
God can make when he ariaotn to shake
terribly the earth. All anticipation, eve-
ry imagination was utterly confounded
when the reality burst upon our sight.-
I had all the while refused to give full
credit to the reports, but one frightful
glance convinced me that it was not in
the power of language to overdraw or ex‘
aggeratc such a ruin. We came first to
the Jewish half of the town, which con-
tained about four thousand inhabitants
two years before, wlun I was there ; now
not a house was left standing. The
town was built upon the side of the
mountain, which is so steep that the
roofs of the houses below formed the
street for those above: when therefore,
the shock dashed all to the ground, the
highest fell on the next below, that upon
the third, and so on to the bottom-—
burying each. successive row of houses
deeper and deeper under accumulated rub-
bish. From thislcanse it happened that
many who win not instantly killed, par-
....,".’.-"-?L' ' .1.-V ‘-3-
- -‘ ::.cza:a.'s:4n:w:“"*-2%‘
— getting one, four fifths of the population
l
islied' before they could be rescued,
and others were rescued five, six, and
even seven days after.the earthquake,
still alive! A friend of mine told me
that he found hisiwifc dead with one
child under her arm and the babe with
the nipple in its mouth; it had died of
hunger--trying to draw life from its me-
ther. Parents heard their little ones
crying ‘Pnpa‘l ‘Mama’! fainter and
faiutgr, until hushed in death. My heart
evc,huiow- sickens at the thought of that
loiig‘black,,winter’s night, a night, which
closed around the wretched remnants of
Safed, in half an hour after the overthrow
—-without a light or the possibility of
under the ruins, dead or dying, with
frightful groans and shrieks of agony and
despair—-the earth trembling all the
while as if all’:-iglited at the awful desola-
tion she had wrought. The survivors
crowded around us with loud lamenta-
tions as if kindness had unsealed the flood-
gates of their sorrow—husbands without
wives-‘wives without husbands ; parents
childless and children without parents,
and not a few left the solitary remnants
of large familes.
The destruction of life in Tiberius was
notso great as at Safed, but the houses
and walls of the city were fearfully shat-
tered. About six hundred perished nn-
der'the ruins, and there were scenes of in-
dividual suffering not exceeded by any in
Safed.” E. D. K.
0-4.?»
From C’olhum’s New Monthly.
THE-‘GRAND ASSIZE CAUSE.
“ .isnLr.r.”
BY THE AUTHOR OF
. . II.
Tuesday morning dawned, and before
nine o'clock the Nisi Prius court was more
densely packed than on the preceding day,
all Rivertou—at least, as many -as could
push in—were anxious to hear his lord-
ship's summing up. At twenty-eight min-
utes after nine, the javelins of the sheriff’s
men appeared in the outer hall, ushering
in" the procession of the judges.
The senior judge proceeded to the crim-
incl court the other, as on the Monday,
took his place in the Nisi Prius. His
lordship had his notes in his hand, and
was turning to the jury, preparatory to
entering on his _task, when Mr. Sergeant
Wmngle rose.
“ My lord—I must crave your lord-
ship’s permission to state a fact, bearing
on the case Carr 1*. Curr. Au unexpect-
ed witiiess has arisen ; 9. most important
witness ; one who will testify to the ab-
straction from the register ; one who was
present when that abstraction was made.
Your lordship will allow him to be
heard ?”
Sergeant Siftem, and Mynn and Mynn
and Squire Carr and his son Valentine,
and all who espoused that side, looked
contemptuous daggers of incredulity at
Sergeant Wrangle. But the judge al-
lowed the witness to be heard for all that.
He came forward ; a remarkably hanflul
some boy, at the’ stage between youth
and manhood. The judge put his silver
glasses across his nose and gazed at him:
he thought he recognized those beautiful
features.
“Swear the witness,” cried some of-
ficial.
The witness was sworn.
“ What is your name i”’ demanded Ser-
gaunt Wrangle. '
“ Henry Cheveley Arkell.” '
“ Wliere do you reside I”
“In College-terrace, Riverton.”
“ You are a member of the college
school and a cliorister, are you not I” in-
terposed the judge, whose remembrance
lied come to him.
“ A king‘: scholar my, lord and senior
chorister.”
" Were you in St. Jnmes’s Church on
a certain night of last November ?” re-
sumed thc counsel. ’
“ Yes.”
" For how long ? And how came you
to be there?”
"’I went in to practice on the organ,
when afternoon school was over and some
one looked me in. I was there until near
ly two in the morning.”
“ Who locked you in I;
“ I did not know then. ‘ I have heard
since that it was one of the senior boys.”
“ Tell the jury whatyon saw."
Henry Arltell, amidst the confused
scene, so unfamiliar to him, wondered
which -was the jury. Not knowing, he
stood as he had done before, looking al-
ternately at the examining cainsel and
the judge. '
" I went to sleep on the singer’: seat
in the organ-gallery, and slept till a noisel
awoke me. I saw two people stealing
up the church with a light ; they turned
into.the vestry, and I went softly down
stairs and followed them, and stood at
the vestry-door looking in.”
“ \’Vho were those parties?”
“ The one was Mr. George Prattleton;
the other a stranger of the name of Rolls
who was staying somewhere in Riverton.
Mr. George Prattleton unlocked the safe
aud gave Roll: the register, and he sat
down and looked through it ; he was
looking a long while.”
“ What next did you see I”
“ When Mr. George Prattleton had his
back turned to the table I saw Rolls
blow out the light. He pretended it had
gone out of itself, and asked George Prat-
tleton to fetch the matches from the bench
at the entrance-door. As soon as George
Prattleton had gone for them, a light re-
appeared in the vestry, and I saw Rolls
place what looked to be a piece of thick
pasteboard behind one of the leaves, and
then draw a knife down it and cut it out.
He put the leaf the board and the knife
into -his pocket, and blew out the candle
again.”
“ Did Mr. George Prattleton nee noth-
ing of this?”
" No. He was gone for the matches,
and when he came back the Vestry was
in darkness as he had left it. ‘Nothing
risk, nothing win,’ I heard Rolls say to
himself. ‘ I thought I could do him.’ ”
~ After an 2" '
“ After that, when Mr. George Prat-
tleton came back with the matches, Rolls
lighted the candle and continued to look
over the register, and George Prattleton
grumbled at him for being so long. Pres-
ently Rolls shut the book and hurraed,
saying it was not in and Mr. Prattleton
might put it up again.”
Did you understand what he meant by
‘it’ I Can you repeat the word; he
used?” _ j ,
“ I believe I can, or nearly so, for I
have thought of them often since. ‘ It’s
not in the register Prattleton,’ he said.
‘ Hurrah ! It will be thousands of pounds
in our pockets. When the other side
brought forth the lame tale that there
was such an entry, we thought it a bag
of moonshine. _Put up your register.’ I
think that was it."
-“ What next happened ?”
" I saw Rolls hand thcbook to George
Prattleton, and then -I went down the
church as quietly as I could, and found
the key in the door and got out. I hid
behind a. tombstone, and I saw them both
emerge from the church, and Mr. George
Prattleton locked it and put the key in
his pocket. I heard them disputing at
the door, when they found it open : Rolls
accused George Prattleton of unlocking
the door when he went to fetch the
matches ; and George Prattleton accused
Rolls of having neglected to lock it when
they entered the church.”
“Meanwhile it was you who had nu-
locked it, to let yourself out ?”
“ Yes. And I was in too great ahnr-
ry, for fear they should see me, to shut it
after me,” .
“ A very nicely concocted tale l” sneer-
ed Sergeant Siftem, after several more
questions had been asked of Henry and he
rose to cross-e amine. “ You would like
the court and jury to believe you sir I”
“ I hope all will believe, who hear me,
for it is the truth.” be answered with sim-
plicity. And he had his wish ; for all did
believe him ; and Sergeant Siftem’s
searching questions, and iusinuations that
the fancied George Prattleton and Rolls
were nothing but ghosts, failed to shake
his testimony, or their belief. '
The next witness called was Roland
Lewis, who had just come into court,mar-
shaled by the head-master. A messenger
attended by a javelin man, had been dis-
pnched in hot haste to the college school-'
room, demanding the attendance of R0-
land Lewis. Mr: Wilberforce, confound-
ed by tlicir appearance, and perplexed
by the obscure tale of the messenger. that
“ two of the colic-gegentlemen, Lewis and
another, was found to have had som’at
to do fith the theft from the register,
though not he b’lieved in the way of thiev-
ing it theirselves,” left his desk and his
mics, and accompanied Lewis.
“ You arevin the college school ?” said
Sergeant. Wrangle,after Lewis was sworn
and had given his name.
“ King's scholar, sir, and third senior,"
replied Lewis who could scarcely speak
for fright ; which was not lessened-when
he caught sight of the Dean of Riverton
on the bench, next the judge.
“ Did you shut up a companion, Henry
Cheveley Arkell, in tlie- church of St
James the Less, one afternoon last No-
vember, when he had gone in to practice
on the organ ?”
Lewis wiped his face, and tried to calm
his breathing,aud glared fearfully towards
the bench, but never spoke.
“ You have sworn to tell the truth,the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth,
sir, and you ‘must do so,” said the judge,
staring at his ugly face, through his
glasses. “Answer the question.”
“Y-es.”
“ What was your motive for doing
so I” asked Sergeant Wrangle.
"It was only done in fun. I didn’t
mean to hurt him.”
“Pretty fun l” ejaculated one of the
jury, who had a timid boy of his own in
the college school, and thought how hor-
rible miglit be the consequences should he
get locked up in St. James’s Church.
" How long did you leave him there I”
“ I don't know. I took back the key
to the clerk’s, and the next morning,
when we went to let him out, he was
gone.”
“-Who is ‘ we’? Who was with you ?”
cried Sergeant Wrangle, catching at the
word. -
" Mr. George Prattleton. He was at
the clerk’s in the morning, and I told him
about it, mid asked him to get the key,
for Hunt would not let me have it. So
he came with me and opened the church;
but Arkell was not there. He had got
out somehow.”
“ When this witness, after a good deal
of badgering, was released Sergeant Sif-
tem, a bright thought having occurred to
him, desired that the Revereud'Mr. Wil-
berforce might get into the witness-box.
The Reverend Mr. Wilberforce did so;
and the Sergeant. began, in an insinuating
tone :
" The witness, Henry Cheveley Arkell
in under your tuition in the collegiate
school, I assume $
“ He is,” stern replied Mr. Wilber-
force, who had not forgotten Sergeant
Siftem’s insult of the previous day.
“ Would you believe him on his oath?”
“ On his oath, or without it.”
“ Oh l you would, would you l” retort-
ed the Sergeant. “Schoolboys are ad-
dicted to romancing ~th0ugh.” .
“ Henry Arkell is of strict integrity.
His word may be implicity trusted.”
"I can bear testimony to Henry Ark-
ell’s honorable and truthful nature,” spoke
up the Dean of Riverton, from his place
beside the judge, “ His general conduct
is exemplary ; a pattern to the school.”
“ Henry Chevely Arkell,” roared out
the undnuuted Sergeant Siftem drowning
the dean’s voice. " I have done with you
Mr. Wilberforce.” So the master" left.
the witness-box,aud Henry re-entered it.
“ I omitted to put a question to you,
Mr. Chorister,” began Sergeant Siftem.
" Should you know this fabulous gentle-
man of your imagination, this Rolls, if
you were to see him ?”
“Yes, replied Henry.‘ “ I saw him
this morning as I came into court.”
That shut up Sergeant Siftem.
“ Where did you see him I” inquired
the judge. '
"In the outer hall, my lord. He was
with Mr. Valentine Carr.”
The judge whispered a word to some-
body with a white wand, who was stand-
Rolls and bring him before the judge.-—
But Rolls had made himself scarce ere
the conclusion of Henry Arkell's first evi-
dence, and as it transpired afterwards,
decumped from the town. The next wit-
.ness put into the box was Mr. George
Prattleton _
“You are aware, I presume, of the
evidence given, by Henry Cheveley Ar-
kell,” said Sergeant Wranglc. " Can
you deny that part of it which relates to
yourself?”
“ No, unfortunately I can not,” replied
down in the mouth-—as his looks were de-
scribed by a friend of his in court. “Balls
is a villain.” »
“That is not evidence, sir, said the
judge.
“ He is a despicable villin, my lord,”
returned the witness,’giving way to his
injured feelings. “He came a stranger
to Riverton, and I got acquainted with
him ; that is he scraped acquaintance with
me, and we were soon intimate. Very
soon he began to make use of me ; he ask-
ed if I would do him a favor. He want-
ed to go a private sight of the register
in St. J nmes’s Church. 80 I consented,
I am sorry to say, to get him a private
sight but I made the bargain that he
should not copy a single word out of it,
and of course Imeant to be with him and
watch him.”
‘Did you know that his request had
reference to the case of Carr cs. Carr?’
inquired Sergeant Wrangle.
' No, I'll swear I did not,’ retorted the
witness, inn savage tone, forgetting. pro-
bably, that be was already on his oath.
‘He never told me why he wanted to
look. He would go, in at night; if he
were seen entering the church in the day
it might be fatal to his client's cause,
was the tale he told ; and-I am ashamed
to acknowledge that I took him in at
night, and sufl'ered him to look at the reg-
ister.’
“ You know where the key of the safe
was kept ?' '
‘Yes; I was one day in the church
with the Rev. Mr. Prattleton, and saw
-him take it from its place ’ ' v
‘ Did you see Rolls abstract the leaf ?’
‘ Of course I did not,’ indignautly re-
torted the witness. ‘ I suddenly found
the Vestry in darkness, and he got me to
fetch the matches, which were left on the
bench at the entrance door. It- must
have been done then. Soon after I re-
turned, he gave me the register, and I
locked it up again. \Vhen we got to the
church-doo1', we were astonished to find
it open, but—’ .
‘ But you did not suspect it was open-
ed by one who had watched your pro-
ceedings,’ interrupted the judge.
‘ No, my lord. Polls left the town
the next day. and I have never seen him
since. 'l‘lir.t’s all I know of the transac-
tion, and I can only publicly repeat my
deep regret that I should have been drawn
into such a one.’
‘ Drawn, however, without much scru-
ple, as it appears,’ rebuked the judge
with a severe countenance. ' Allow me
to ask you, sir, when it was that you be-
came acquainted with the fact that a
theft had been perpetrated on the regis-
ter ?b
Mr. George Prattleton did not imme-
diately answer. He would have given
much not to be obliged to do so ; but the
court wore an ominous silence, and the
judge waited his reply.
“The day after it took place, Arkell,
the college-boy came and told me whit
he had seen, but-”
‘ Then, sir, it was your duty to have
proclaimed it, and to have had steps ta-
ken to arrest your confederate, Rolls,’
interrupted the jiflge.
“ But, my lord, I did not believe Ar-
kell. I did not, indeed,’ he added, on
deavoriug to impart to his tone an air of
veracity, and therefore, as is sure to be
the case, imparting to it just the contra-
ry. ‘ I could not believe that Rolls, or
any one else in a re-pectable position,
would be guilty of so felonious an action.’
‘ The less excuse you mike upon the
point, the better,’ said the judge.
For some few minutes Sergeant Siftem
and his party had been conferring in low
whispers. The Sergeant at this stage
spoke,
‘My lord, this revelation has come up-
on my instructors, Mynn and Mynn, with
the most utter surprise, and—’
‘ The man, Rolls, is clerk to Mynn and
Mynn,’ I believe,’ interrupted the jndge,in
as significant a tone as ii presiding judge
permits himself to assume. - _
‘ He was, my lord, but he will not be
in future. In fact, should he not make
good his escape from the country, which
it is more than likely he is endeavoring to
effect, he will probably, next assizes. find
himself placed before your lordship for
judgement, should you happen to come
this circuit,and preside in the other court
But Mynn and Mynn wish to disclaim, in
the most emphatic manner, all cognizance
of this man’: erjme. They-—’
‘ There is no charge to be brought
against Mynn and Mynn in connection
with it, is there?’ again interposed the
judge. .
‘ Most certainly not, my lord,’ replied
the counsel, in a lofty tone, meant to im-
press the pul)l’.c cur. _
‘ Then Brother Siftem, it. appears to me-
thnt you need not take up the time of the
court to enter on their defense.’
‘ I bow to your lordship’s opinions.-—
Mynn nnd Mynn and their client, Squire
Carr, are no less indignant that so rascal-
ly a trick should have been perpetrated
than the public are. But this evidence,
which has come upon them in so over-
whelming a manner, they feel they cannot
hope to confute I am therefore instruct-
ed to inform your lordship and the jury
that they withdraw from the suit, and
permit a verdict to be entered for the oth-
er side.
‘ Very good,’ replied the judge.
And thus, after certain technicalities
had been observed. the proceedings were
concluded, and the court began to empty
itself of spectators, the next cause coming
on, bad no interest for them. For once
the right had prospered.
The Reverend Mr. Wilberforce laid
hold of Henry Arkell. ‘Tell me,’ said
hc,but not in an angry tone, ‘ how much
more that is incomprehensible are you to
keep secret, allowing it to come out to me
' I I’ . _
p‘eI:'I:eiIIIr‘yusmiled. ‘ I dont think there is
ing near him and that person immediately
Wont hunting about the court, to find
any more, sir.’
Mr. George Prattleton who was very_
gag
‘Yes there is. It in incomprebaifiblc '
Vfhy you should not have disclogcd,-attic
time, all you had been a witnoittoin the
church Why did you not.’ ,
_ ‘ I could not speak Iitltollt-GOIDIOQIE
"18 George Prattleton, tit,‘ and ;if:I. bad,
he might have been brought t'o“tkilI' for
it, .. ......; ‘._-;___;v
, "Serve him right too,’ ..;.1 ,_wm,~.,.
orce. . .~,.’“'.',','.‘, _"'T
“It would h vebce .u'n3ag‘.'"" ' ‘L _
turn, air, to th: Rev.‘ II? -» * ' fut
tler all the kinda he has shown my fan
‘Gratitude is c raisewortli » ' ',
Arkoll, but it shouItI)_vi_cld to
-Had Mrs. Carr and bar;
their cause through your no_t,_ ,, _ , g,
you wculd have reflected on yonnolf-all
yl(1>.lIl"llfe.- Y on ought tohcvczhougbt of
t is. ' -‘r-~ 2 ..~-.; -
‘ It is only within C any ot"’tW6,"'Iir,
that I knew the leaf, token I
erencc to Mrs. Carr’: case in:
only yesterday eve-nig that I ‘land it
would be likely"to cost |Ier»tIOttiCl-‘;-‘Old
I immediately went to'Geo‘r‘g'cPI"ottiOto|
and told him be mnstabcolve in from the
promise ‘I lied-given l|iIn,?or else I eke!‘
speak without it.” v - -.-is ;: ,_
‘ Then you gave him a promise not Q
betray him‘ l”,_Iastily lute.-rI‘pt¢d'-titiulr
ter. ' ‘ ‘ - "
‘ Yes, sir; conditionally.
lowing the scene in the. chni‘_cl_‘|,lI_’,.'tol¢I
George Prattleton what '1 had
At first I could not to-rut;
‘had my father been ‘ii’r"“tov‘II_- -*I? think I
should have disclosed it Ilftb
thought of telling you ;th'ei;‘fli~,’_"£n_u.|..
ton ; but it was iinpossiblo to tollfinj one
without betraying George. . At, lat I
decided to go to George himself,--‘Ind I
did so, and I related what I-hid
Though he professed not to me,
he wanted me- to take an oath’ mm.
dlvulge it to any one. I, wouldnot do
that, but I gave him my w‘ord"n7ot’ to die-
close it,unless circumstance! compelled me.
He asked me to define what I"nil!in_t by
‘circumstances,’ and I explained that
should any mischief or injustice"-arise,
through the theft, which my speaking
would remeclyfthen I should speak.”
‘ Like what has arisen,’ cried‘ Mr.--Wib
berforce. 8
“ Yes sir. So yesterday’ evening,when
George found I was determined; be him-
self told Mr. Prattlcton, and called me
in to confirm it ; and than Mr. Prettie-
ton made us go with him to Mr. Fauntle-
roy.”
“Did your evidence - in court to-day
comprise all you saw and heard in the vet-
trvg?” -
‘‘ Yes sir, nearly." ' ,
“Nearly, what did-you omit I”
“ I omitted nothing of what I saw, and
but little of ‘what I heard. It‘ In only
some conversation that passed between
Rolls and George Pruttleton ; nothing
that could affect the case either way, no
I did not think myself obliged to mention
it.”
“ I suspect what it was,” said Mr. Wil-
berforce : “ George Prnttleton got paid
for his services ; and would do the same
again, tomorrow, for money. I ‘wonder
Mr. Prattleton will have anything to do
with him. Did you know it" was Lewis
who locked you up in the church I”
“ Not that some night. George Prat-
t-lcton told me at the interview the next
day.”
“ And you generously screened him
from punishment! like you now would
screen George Prattleton to inc. '_'Yon
are a good boy, Arkell," the matter cin-
phatically added, laying his hand upon
his shoulder‘ “ and you will makengood
man.” '
“I hope so, sir, if I live."
“ If you live I What do you man by
that I By the way,” added -the. master,
recollecting himself, “ have you found any
ill efi'ects to-day from the full?"
“ There is a dull‘ pain in my head, sir ;
I did not feel it much in court today; it
is aching again now." 0 _
"Well, don't come to-college’ until you
feel quite equal to it,’ ‘concluded tilt mat-
ter, walking away '
Henry was nearer his own home when
he met a party ; the dean and Misc Benn-
elerc, some friends of theirs, with Mr. St.
John and his cousin, Lady ‘Anni. Hen-
ry touched his cap to the dean, and took
it oil‘-to Miss Beauclerc. The dean stop
ped him.
Y “ What do you call yourself now? A
ion .” ' '
Henry smiled.
’ “ I think you stand a.‘ fair chance of
being promoted into’ one.‘ Do you know
what I wished to day, when you were
giving your evidence?” .~
“ No sir.”
“That you were my own son.”
gina, and she glanced at him ; her face
retained itscalmness, but a flush of crim-
son came over his. No one observed
them but Mr, St. John.
“ I want you at the dennofy to light,”
continued the dean, rolcllillg Henry.-
“ N o excuse about less.on|,|_mr,. your full
on Sundav has given you a holiday. You
will come 1?” . « _ “"
" Yes sir." I _ ' , .
Georgina’s eyes sparkled, and shy nod-
ded to him in triumph a dozen timfu,-"es
she walked on with the dean. . "‘
Following in the wake of the donfli
party came the Rev. Mr. Prat‘tletoi."—-
Henry approached timidly. ._-
“ I hope you will forgive me, Iir,I could
not lii,l._,speaking.’’ , .
“ Forgive you I" echoed Mr. Prettie-
ton, “ I wish nobody wanted forgiveness:
worse than you do. You havcactcd Io- ‘
bly throughout, I have recommended :-
Mr. George to get some employment out
of the town, not to remain in it in idleness 3
and trouble my table any. longer. Ho :-
can join his friend Rollson the Continent '
if he likes; I understand he is most like- '
ly ofi‘ thither.” '
So, taking one‘ thing with another, it
was a satisfactory termination to the re-
nowned cause, Carr versus Corr.
-<0» .
A Pnlrrrr C0)lPI.i)llN'l'..—:A driver of a
coach stopping toget some water for the
young ladies. inside, being asked what he
stopped for, replied “~I’n;: watering my
flowers.” - -
——,?-oo-‘Q0-o
. . . .A Gas Light Comdnny-in Stunfo
(population within the‘ limits, any 3,-'
000,) paye I I per cent lent hand
dividdlid. ‘ _
Henry involuntarily glanced at Goor- I
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