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A first class Hotel,beautifully local. ed at Norwalk, Connnecticut,nnd open for the re - ception of guests at all times. In connection with the Hotel, is a large Stable, affording superior accommodation for Stabliug Boll-7- ass. Connecticut Hotel. J. C. KELLY, Proprietor. The above well known and popular Hotel, having been put in fine order, is now one of the most convenient and best conducted in this County. The subscriber would assure his friends and the public. that it will be his constant endeavor to keep his House ill such a style as will ensure satisfaction to all.—-— Thankful for past favors, a continuance of the liberal patronage he has heretofore re- ceived, is respectfully solicited. Connected with the Hotel, is a LiverySta- ble, where superior Horses and Carriages can at all times be procured. South Norwalk Hotel. JAMES LUCAS , Pnorninron. This House has recently been thoroughly rebuilt‘ and greatly enlarged, and is now ready for the reception of guests. It is pleas- antly located, in immediate proximity to the - depot of the N. Y. and N. 11. Railroad, and in this respect for permanent or transient boarders possesses advantages over any other Hotel in the town. A good Stableis keptin connection with the Hotel. Wooster House, Danbury, Conn. A. CHICHESTER, Proprietor, The Subscriber, having purchased the above named Hotel. is prepared to receive permanent and transient boarders, and to entertain Travellers and the Public gener- ally. The Hotel is lurge,commodious, and is fitted up With the conveniences of modern Hotels ; it is abundantly supplied with pure Spring Water, and is pleasantly located on Main Street,.within a very few doors ofthe Railroad Depot. 0. s. Locxwoon, Fashionable Draper and Tailor, '—-a n d— GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING EMPORIUM, No. askiddy’s Block, gain Street, Norwalk, Conn. I. 1'. POOTE, Attorney and Counselor at Law, OFFICE o VER MALL on re s TORE, Norwalk. Conn. O. I. GR'U'MAN, Dealer in Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS, CARPETINGS, Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassi- meres, Salmons, Vestings,and Tail- or’s Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece or Package. snaarlNcs, snmrmcsunsus, At the lowest possible prices. NORWALK, CONN. 1". R. NASH, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALE I. IN' s '1' o v E S , MANUFACTURE n or Tin,Sheet Iron & Copper Wares Has constantly on hand a large assert ment of general House-Iceeping Furniture, at So. Norwalk. Conn. 1.. wannnn, Attorney & Counsellor at Law, Office in Mallory’s Building, East side the Bridge, NORWALK, CONN. G. 61. E. R. Lockwood, 61. 00., NORWALK, OONN., HANUFACTUREBS 0F Tin,Sheetlron &Copper Ware 3, AND DEALERS IN Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery, Bri- tannia Porcelain and Wooden Ware, and Kitchen Furniture in gen- eral, Pumps, Sheet Lead 6: Lead Pipe, Crock- ery, Glass and China We re. Dentistry. Doctors Hull'- 61. PITCH, Surgical it Mechanical ‘DENTISTS, 0fioe over the Store of C.J.Gruman, ' NORWALK, CONN. A. BILL, CHARLES Flrcu. EETNA _INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Hartford. Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual, Cash Capital. $1,000,000 Insure against loss "‘and damage by File, on Term: adapted to the hazard, and consisting with the law: of compensation. GEO. R. CO WEBS, Sole flgcnt For Norwalk and vicinity. , Life Insurance. . . ‘. . A. n. DYINGI'ON, (At the Gazette Office) Aosxr son rnr. ERICA" IEMPERANCF, LIFE INSURANCE CUMPANY of Hartford, Conn. ,1 1y34 mos Hunt-i: GeneralPension in Patent Agent r; And Prosecutor of Claims before the several Departments and the Court qulaims. Washington. D. C. . -:r.s.1vroomr,1vr.n., H O M (E O P A T H, Graduate-Yale Med.Iustitute,Clase 1851 a; ’52 Office in Hubbell’s Block, Norwalk. nursnnxcns. Dr. Dennison, Fairfield, Conn. Dr. P.C. Skiff, New Havtn, Conn Dr. Norton, Bridgeport, Conn. Dr. 11. A. Collins. Springfield, Mass. Dr, G. P. Cooley. New Britain, Conn . Dr. Jas. II. Austin, Bristol,Conn. Dr. G. A. Moody. Plainville, Conn. W. S. Sanford do 00., New Ilaven,Conn. 46 JAMES G. BARBOUR, SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL DENTIST , Office at Residence, East Avenue, Nor- walk, Conn. Architecture. ' SIDNEY M. STONE, ARCHITECT, Will furnish Plans. Specifications, detail Drawings,end superintcnd the erection of public and private buildings. Office in Mar- ble Block, Chapel-st., New Haven, Ct. “52 WM. (2. STREET & co, Importers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in HARDWARE, IRON, Steel, Cutlery, Guns, Agricul- tural Implements, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, 810., &c., &c. Norwalk, Conn. A. H. Wchoxsox. Wu. C. Srnnnr, S. B. OLMSTEAD & CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN GROCERIES, FLOUR, FEED, &c., No’s l4& l6 Main Street,Norwalk,Coun. I W :n. 3. noon-n, Atiorney & Counsellor at Law, 6| “’ALL STREET, NEW YORK. __,_._._____ .-___ ___, _¥:_ Norwalk Post Office. MAILs CLOSE. West 7.30 A.M.,—2.30 P. M. East 8.20 A. M.—5.00 P. M. Danbury and Norwalk Railroad, 8.50 A. M. Weston, Bedding. and Reading Ridge 12 M, llAlLS DUE. West 9.10 A. M.—5.55 1’ . M. East 8 ‘20 A. M.——3.‘20 P. M. Danbury and Norwalk Railroad 7.55 A. M. rosr omen nouns From 7.00 A.M. to 8.00 P.M. R. A. WILLlAns,P. M. :n". rates: a. son. MANUFACTURERS 0F Monuments, Grave Stones, Mantles we. T Purdy's Station, New York. Our stock comprises the very best quality of Ital- ian and American Marble. All work deliler- ed free of charge. All orders promptly cve' outed, at prices as favorable as can bc obtain- ed at any similar establishment in the coun‘ 27 try. enemas RILEY, Y“ Merchant Tailor and Draper No. 3 Phoenix Block, Norwalk,Conn., HE subscriber would respectfully announce that having cleared out all his old stock at his auction sales, he has now or hand a fresh selected stock of seasonable Cloths. Cassimeres, Vestings,&c., which he is pre- pared to make up in the best and most fash- ionable styles. A complete assortment of Mens’ and Boys’ CLOTHIJV‘G REJIDY MADE. Grateful for long and continued favors,I shall endeavor with renewed exertions, to merit their continuance. ll. QUIN'I‘ARD 6L SONS, Cabinet Maker ,- At their old established Ware Rooms East side the Bridge, opposite Phat/nix Bloch, AVE now on hand the largest and best pssortment of Cabinet F u r n it u re, Chairs. Looking Glasses, Mattresses . &c., evcrolfered for sale in this place, which we havcjust purchased for Cash, at extremely low prices,and intend to scllaccordingly. We also keep constantly on hand Ready Made Coflins of all sizes and descriptions, from the most costly Rosewood to the plain- est ever used. From our long experiencei n theUnderta- king bllsincss,we are confident wecnn give perf'cctsutisfactiofl’ to all who may need our scrvrces. Norwalk ,Scpt.13th , 1858. 37 House Painting, GRAINING AND G LA ZIN G. THE Subscriber would respectfully un- nounce to his former customers (and as mm}? new ones as will give him a call.) that be I: prepared to execute all orders in his line with neatness and dispatch, and solicits their patronage. Jobs taken and stockfurnished if required. He can be found at his old stand, Union St., OPPOS'te Quintnrd 8: Smith’s Carriage Facto- ry. GEOR E ‘. South Norwalk, April lst, (1}85JFODGE15312 “I-Norwalk Machine Shap. HE subscribers are now full T fill all ordersfor the 'makihggingggit lug of every description ofmachine - . ings furnished, Patterns made, Wood’Turgi‘llt &c., all of which will be done ina workmanlif.‘ manner, and at short notice. They are also agents for La Francis’ Pat. ent Steam Floating Governor Valve ; the Stern Faucet Co.’s Steam and Water Vl'llVes. 15 A. C. ARNOLD dc SON. Norwalk Dye Works, Foot of Mil IIill, lVorwal/r, Cu'rm. JOHN PIC KENS, Practical Dyer and Re- finirher, would remind his friends and the public generally that hc-slill carries on the Dyeing business. in all its branches, at his old stand. Ladies Dresses died any col- or, and Steam-finished in the most approved manner. Crepe, “Brushes, and Cashmere Shawls, Cleaned, Dyed and Pressed, to compare with new goods. Lace, Damask and Moreen Curtains, Table Covers, Rugs, ets., Cleaned, Dyed and Finished. Gentle- men’s Clothing and Straw Hats, Cleaned, Dyed and Pressed. flgents, Joseph Shepard, Norwalk, Lyman Plait, Main St., Danbury, David Selleck. West Norwalk.J. W. Reed, Stamford, Corn; wall & Miles, Milford. l2 . b, .. _ Seed Potatoes. ARLY Nutmeg or Napoleon. Early June. Prince Albert, and Peach Blossom Pota- tocs,for sale at the Agricultural and Seed Store of Lnosaan & Scalar. Paper Hanging, FIRE BOARD PRINTS, Window Shades and Fixtures. IlE subscriber has now on hand a large and well selected ussortmentol’the above named goods, which he will now offer for sale cheaper thnnfier before thought of in this market. Paper Hanging, House and Sign Painting, Executed in all their branches. Bidwell’s Patent Wagon Grease for sale at my store, next door north of Wood’s Building. Main- st., Norwalk. GEORGE MARVIN. mmwféinlvd. THE subscriber is prepared to furnish pur- tics building with Warren’s superior Felt and Cement Roofing. This article of Roofingis in use upon the Nor- Wulk Look Company’s Building. and at Louns- bury,Bissell .&Co’s., where it gives entire satisfaction, and is believed to be the cheap- est, as well as thcbcst roofing in use. All orders left with Jolm W.Hubhell,at the office ofle. K. James, will receive prompt atten~ tion. “41. J.N. HILL. Notice. General Blacksmithing and Machine Jobbing. THE Subscriber having established himself in the above line Of business, at the old stand of his Father, Wm. Glover, is prepared to execute all orders in the Blacksmithing Department, in a thorough andaworkmanlike manner, and at reasonable prices. Special attention will be paid to the repairing ofma- chinery,&c. THEODORE GLOVER. Norwalk, March 14th, 1859. lltf Saddlery and Harness Making. HE Subscriber having p .rcbased the en- tire interest in and to the Saddle and Bar- ness establishment of Stephen Swnnn, adjoin- ing the Connecticut Hotel, offers his services to owners of horses in every capacity apper- tainingto his business. He will keep con- stantly on hand and make to order, every variety of Saddlery or Harness wares and keep a full assortment of Horse Clothes, Whips, Brushes, Conibs, Chamois Skins, Trunks,VaIises, Carpet Bags, do, do. A share of the public patronage is respectfully solicited. WM. 11. FORLOW. Norwalk, March 21st, 1859. Infinancn. HE Subscriber having taken the agency Of the NEW England Fire and Marine In- surance 00., of Hartford, is prepared to in- sure all kinds of property against loss or dam- age by lirc.on as accommodating terms as any gthcr Company. The New England Fire and Marine Insu- rance Company has been recently established, with a paid lilfiaplllll of $200,000, and has a surplus of $6,295.00. JOSEPH W. HUBBELL, Agent for Norwalk and vicinity; Norwalk, Feb. 1st, 1859. 5“ Prince’s South Norwalk PAPER BOX MANUFACTORY. ATTERS,Ehoe Dealers, Milliners, and all others requiring PAPER BOXES. supplied at short notice. Office in Sword’s Knob Factory, Opposite the Lock Factory,So. Norwalk, Conn. 3ml5 FURNITURE! HE subscriber is now prepared to Offer to the public,at his old stand, as good an assortment of’ " Cabinet Furniture as can be found ill Fairfleld County,end at lower prices, FOR CflSH, than the some quality of Goods can be obtained at any oth- er Establishmene. The Stock consists in part of Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card and Quartctoe Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus. Sofas, Tcto-n-Tete Lounges, Mahog- any and Gone seat Chairs ; Gilt and Mahogany Frame Look- ing Glasses, dzc., dzc. COFFIN‘ IVflREROOM .8, Where may be found a full assortment of Coffins, which will be finished in the best pos- sible manner, and at. short notice. fir A Hearse will be furnished when de- sired, ' A. RENOUD. Westport, May lst, 1858. Groceries l Groceries ! W. HUBBELL,Ju., would respectfully .invitc the attention of the public gener- ally to their assortment of Groceries, Provisions, Flour, I'eed, ac" which he Offers for sale at the lowest possi- ble prices and warrantslhem to be of the best quality. Our stock of _ Tea, Coffee, and Sugar is ofu superior quality, and will be sold as cheap as the cheapest. We keep a good as- sortment of Flour of the best brands con- stantly on hand. Groceries Cheaper than ever 1' O R C A S E ! HE subscriber would inform the public generally , Ihathe 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 great inducements to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort- ment of groceries of the best qualities as can be found at any store in the county. He would invite the special attention of all to his stock of Coffees, Teas and Sugars, Which are of the very best quality, and will be sold cheap. The public are invited to call and examine, and judge for themselves. ‘ A. MOREHOUSE‘ GOAL 1 GOAL 1 H. 8‘ J. C. HANDLE, have been re- . ceiving direct from the mines, and are now prepared to offer at the lowest market rates, the following kinds of coal, from their Coal Yard, east side the Bridge, viz : Spring .Mountain Lehigh, Sugar Loaf do. .Mammoth Vein (White .dsh) Locust Mountain do. Scranton do. Council Ridge, (Pin/r fish) Laurence (Red do.) Trccorton Semi .dnlhracile. The Lehigh, Mammoth Vein, Locust Moun- tfiln, Council Ridge and Treverton Coals are ofthefirsf class, and are acknowledged by dealers to have no superior. For furnaces and all stoves with strong droughts, the Le- hlgh coals cannot be surpassed, being hardy enduring and very pure. For ordinary do- mestic purposes. the Mammoth Vein, Locust Mountain and Council Ridge Goals, stand un- rlvnllcd; burning more freely than the Le- hlgh, making no clinker, and leaving less ashes and slate than most any kind of Coal known in the market. As to thcfl‘rcverton, we can say to any persons trying It, that if it, does not an- swcr the recommendation and prove entirely EphlSIROIOIy, we will take it back again if de- sired, at our own expense, and refund the - money. .. Mr. .0. H. Benedict, long and favorabl known in the Coal Trade, will be always oh hand to serve the public. A share of the pub- lic patronage is solicited. P. s.—Just received, a cargo of very supe- rior Blacksmith’s Coal mined the ' - shire Mining Co. ' by Hemp Quotrp stxxen.‘ - / .wvavs". \xvs-xu-x.‘ Manx-um eww Fbr the Not-walk Gazette. LINES. How much we have to love In this fair world of ours ; The songster in the grove, The roses in our bowers ; The light approach of morn Freightcd with lovely flowers, The growing of the dawn, Bringing life’s'sunnicst hours ; The grand old forest tree, That fades not in a day, The bushes in the lea, Which bloom and soon decay ; The little dancing rivulat That ripples in the dale, And the modest timid violet, For down the distant vale. The sun, the light of day, The moon, the beacon light, The sunbeam’s glowing ray, The stars that shine by night. The love which fills each heart, And thrills our souls with joy, Which forms of life itself a part, Our bliss without alloy. But better still than all On earth we have to love, Is God our Maker’s call Who hears us from above ; How gratified we should be To Him, who loves us so, He condescends to guard And watch us here below. «”h— Tlred to Death. We copy the following poem from the Providence (R- I.) Journal. It is the production of Troj .n young lady of sixteen. - My lady is tired to death 1 She has studied the print of the gay velvet rug, And given her dear darling poodle a hug, And from her bay-window has noticed the fall of a ripe nectarine from the low sunny wall ; She’s embroidered an inch on some delicate lace, And has viewed in the mirror her elegant face, Has looked at an album, a rich bijouterle, Then restlessly owned herself dead with ennui l S. E. P. And my lady is tired to death 1 Exhausted l It’s strange that as day after day Of her frivolous life passes slowly away, So aimless and “stylish,” so empty and fine, 80 free from those duties sometimes called divine-:- Thut she wearies of something,she hardly knows what, Thinks of not what she is, but of all she is not 1 Oh no I allbmotions are vulgar you know, And my lady’s have always been quit; comme ll taut. O Still my lady is tired to death 1 0h womnn, false woman, false motherhfalse wife, What account can you give of your wasted life, of that life that has passed like a feverish dream, The life that has been not to be, but to seem ! What account will you give to the awful, last day, When the pomp and the show of the world pass away, When the Master demands of the talents He's given, A stewardship rendered on Earth and in Heaven 7 Tired eo death ! Cast off for a moment your diamonds and lace, And shine in the light of true, womanly grace ,- Look around you and see with eyes raised 0 the light, Strong men and true women, who live for the right ; Brave hearts that ne’er falter,though distant the goal: Great lives whose fierce struggles will never be told, Whose wild straying hearts stern duties control, Whose only true life is the life of the soul, Troy, N. Y., 1859. «0». Th! Captain and His Child. or this old ballad of the tempest, by James T. ilelds, one can never weary. There is something in thé little daughter’s whisper above all human philosophy : O We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to gleep— It was midnight on the wafers, And a storm was on the deep. ’Tis a fearful thing in Winter To be shattered by the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder “cut away the mast l” ' So we shuddered there in silence— For the stoutest held his breath, While the hungry sea was roaring, And the breakers talked with death. As thus we sat in darkness, Each one busy with his prayers— “We are lost,” the captain shouted, As he staggered down the stairs. But his little daughter whispered As she took his my hand,] ‘ “Isn’t God upon the water, Just the same as on the land t" Then he kissed the little maiden, And we spoke in better cheer, And we anchored safe in harbor, When the mom was shining clear. agiarcllnug. x- .w ”I‘m r v.\.-r. SENATOR SEWAnn.—We see a short, delicately made man, with a singular looking‘wrinkled face, and a Roman nose ; a head calculated to puzzle Spurzheim, covered with coarse, short, grey hair, not very tidily brush‘ed ; bushy grey eyebrows overhanging eyes most remarkable for- tlleir brilliancy of expression; clothed in at tire neat to prescision but negligently worn. We hear him speak, and his voice is poor —-evidently injured by the long and prodi- gal use of snuff ; his delivery careless even ‘to slouchincss ; leaning against his desk, with his hands in‘ his pockets, his only gesture mode with his head, which rolls about almost independently of his body ; thus deliberately and more in the tone of conversation than that of debate, he pours out the most beautiful Specimens of rhet- oric, the clearest logic in the language of Saxon purity, the profoundest axioms, prophesies that never fail, legal aphorisms true as the statutes, illustrations drawn from every source which literature has reached—all clothed in language, not one word of which need be blotted out. M CHEAP Pounce—The cheap postage system is now in its seventh year. It. has accomplished all that produced during the years 1857-58 the sum of $8,058,952. This is more by a million and a quarter of dollars, than the immediately preceed- ing system produced during the last year of its operation. In the face of these facts, it seems strange that any one should favor a return to the old system. Let the flanking privilege be abridged—let the mails be transported at the chcapest rates over wagon-roads without regard to the mode of conve‘ycnce—let the service be reduced upon extensive routes which have been established West of the Missis- ippi and we are confident that within a little while the present system of cheap postage will pay, At any rate, the mass of the people wiil not consent to the obo- lition' system until, by the reform of the freaking privilege and other abuses, the cost of mail transportation has been brought dorm to the lowest possible oint. Then if cheap postage will not pay, it will be time for Congress to con- sider the question. of increasing the rates, and not till then. ‘ covered with leather. From the Home Journal. “ Mother made i ." A few weeks since, while in one of the beautiful inland cities of Wisco'bsin, an incident occurred which awakened in my mind a train of reflections which possibly may be written and read with advantage. I was hurrying along the street, when my attention was arrested by the appear- ance of a little boy on the side of the pave- ment, selling candy. He Was not ,really beautiful, nor was he decidedly the re- verse. His age as about niuc years ; his clothes were old and faded, but well patched. His candy was spread upon a coarse white cotton cloth, nearly stretch- cd over what had been a japanued server. He was surrounded by a small group of boys, evidently belonging to; different. grades of society. moan As I came nearly opposite him,the soft repeated interlude, “ Candy, sir i" fell up- my ears, and although opposed to the ex- cessive use of'candy, I stepped aside to patronize the light haired, pale, freckled, homespun little representative of trade.— I purchased of him partly for his encour- agement, but with particular reference to the friendship of the little folks of the family with which I was a temporary guest. The candy was as white as the cloth beneath it, being free from the poisonous coloring ingredients so extensively used the confectionery art. I tasted it and found it delicately flavored and very nice. “ My boy,” said I, “ your candy is very good ; let me have a little more. I immediately saw that my remark had aWakened in his young heart emotions which in themselves, Were quite abstract from the candy trade. I] is countenance beamed with joy as he raised his large eyes, sparkling with delight, and observed in reply: “ It is good, isn’t it ? Mot/m- made it.” In these few words were embodied an unconscious exhibition of character.— Here was a spontaneous outburst of filial affection. Now this incident, in itself, was trifling; but the spirit of the language curried my mind back through the life more than thir- ty years, apd at irregullr intervals bade me pause and apply the sentiment to some item connected with my own history. Before making the application, how- ever, I wish t) discbusp myself of the charge, which such applications may incur of appropriating to myself the nobility of character which I have attributed to the candy boy. Holding myself exempt from this arrogance, I would simply say, I am not ashamed of the profession of my afl‘ec- outlive that profession. When I was a little boy, at school and carried my dinner in a satchel made of calico, some Of my schoolmates carried theirs in fashionable willow baskgts and sometimes teased me because I carried mine in “ poke.” I fel xed, but reconciled myself with the recollection that if I did carry a col- ico poke, “ mother madejt.” In less than twenty-five years after that time, one of those same school-mates was hap- py to avail himself of the privilege of sending his children to my school to re- ceive gratuitous instruction, proffered in view of his extreme poverty. His chil- dren came to school without any dinner. They had no nice willow basket—they needed no calico “ poke.” Wm. Foster ruled his copy book with a pencil set in a fine silver case. He said he would not carry such a great ugly club of a pencil as mine, I compared the pencils. His was the handsomest, but no better than mine, I had a good lead pencil hammered out of a piece of lead. “Mother made it,” and I was satisfied with it. After we grew up to be men, William Foster came to get me to calcu- late interest on a small notc,at 6 per cent per nnnum; he carried a pencil worth four cents. I had no gum-elastic ball ; but 1 had one made of woolen ravellings and “Mother made it ” When in my twenty-second year, I left home to attend school in L. There were in the school some fast young men, the sons of wealthy parents. There were others whose good sense was not annihila-' ted by pecuniary advantages. Of the former class was one John Stokes, who wore Very fine broadcloth? My best coat was not so fine,the cloth cost two dollars and fifty cents a. yard ; my mother had traded tow check of her own manufacture for it, while I was working to assist my father in raising his family ; she paidfifty cents for getting the garment out, and made it herself. John Stokes came one day to my desk, held out his arm com- moved his coat-sleeve with mine, and in- quired, ironically, where I got such a fine coat. I proudly told him, “ Mother made it !” He feigned great surprise, and sar- castically observed he had mistaken it for imported goods ; he wished he could get such fine clothes, and wondered if moth- (r wou‘d get hi up a fine coat. A short tim .terward, while in a tail. or shop one morning with a fellow stu- dent, John Stoke’s fine coat was brought in by a lad, with instructions to scour and press it. He was not in his class that day ; he had been seen the previous night on Water-st., rolling ill the mud, drunk as Bacchus. He left the school in dis- grace. He now lies in a drunkard’s grim ~ I boarded myself while attending school here ; I Walked nine miles home at the close of each week, and returnedson Monday morning with my loaf of bread under my mm. It would becom stale before Friday evening, but I all$s rel- ished it when I recollected that " Mother made it.” . I am now so for advanced in life that my friends begin to call me old.— But I have not lived long enough to learn why I should not still respect my mother and regard her affectionately. She is quite advanced in years, and has nearly lost her sight. She sits within a few feet of me, sewing up a rent in my new linen coat while I write this. She knows not what I am writing. She has been a wid- ow eight years, and is still toiling for the welfare of her children. She has never studied grammar, nor philosophy, nor music. These things were seldom taught in her younger days. But she‘ knows their value, and has toiled many a day to purchase books for her children, and sup- port them. at school. And shall I now curl the lip of scorn, or blush in company A to hear her substitute a verb of unity for ‘ one of plurality, or pronounce a word twenty years behind the Websterian era? Never—no never l The old dilapidated grammar in my library might testify against her style ; but its testimony would be infinitely more terrible against my in- gratitude. I recollect well whens rode seven miles, one cold winter’s da*o sell produce and purchase that book or me, when I was a little boy. It required a sacrifice, but “ nornnn MADE 1r.” «.».__. WA London correspondent of the New York Tribune gives the following sketches of Barnum, Dickens and Spur- geon : Barnum holds forth every Saturday night to crowded, uproarions houses at St. James Hall. The most amusing thing about his “ Lectures” is that the English people will not believe a word he says, even when he tells them verita- blc fa‘cts ; for instance, that Bonner pays Fanny Fern $100 a. column for a contri- bution to the Ledger, and $5,000 every day for advertising! and he thereupon produces some of the “magnificently mon- otonous’ chequer board New York dailies to the astonished eyes of his crowd, all of which is believed just as much as the his- tories of the monkey mermaid, or Gen. Washington’s nurse. . The story is going the rounds of the press, that Dickens is engaged to go to the States and road for £30,000 1 Of course it’s a lie; but if any speculators have gone in for one third that amount, they will lose money ; for after the New York papers have honestly spoken out, that the readings are monotonous and dreary, I fancy that the crowds will not care to give their dollars simply to see the-great novelist. I went; with some friends a few evenings since to St. Mar- tin’s Hall to hear him, and we left in twenty minutes with an unanimous opiu- ion that it did not pay. Dickens is_ very young looking for a man of whom we have read and heard so much, and ap- pears before us fashionably dressed, with raven hair and mustacbios, reminding one of those dapper, shining follows, who mostfrequcnt the steps of the St. N ich- olas, and the corner of Prince Street and Broadway. With few exceptions, Spurgeon’s reg- ular attendants arc of the lower order of the middle and working classes, to whom a little learning has proved a dangerous thing, and who considerit a duty and be- coming to innovate and run after and applnnd any clever talker who rails at his butters. There is no disputing Spur- geon’s genius, any more than Maflit’s, tion for my parents, and hope I may 00" Flder Knapp’s or Father Miller’s, bllt as to comparing hiw with Beecher and Cha— pin—et id 0mm: genus illuslrissimum ill our country,witll which some have classed him, it is like comparing the hand organ with the church organ, the stump-speaker to the senator. At present he is hired out. to some speculators, who have car- ried him Off to Scotland, where, the pa- pers say, he has great success. He pitches into the waltzers, smokers and broad-skirters, and all things temporal which are not to his mind. He frequent- ly threatens his followers to leave them ill their sins and darkness for the land of liberality, (meaning the country of four million slaves and Mount Vernon Asso- ciation 1) unless they come down with the dust and build him a great Tabernacle. If he takes my advice, he will remain where he is doing well enough, and not try his hand on a people whq.have heard better preachers than he is. --—-—-—*0<. MODERN MEANING TO OLD WORDS.— Aristocmtg-One who considers the re- spectability of his grandfather to be sufli- cient payment for his own debts. Abstemious Mam—One who never tastes wine nor spirits—at home.- Apprentice.—A lad learning, by expe- rience, the tyranny necessary to make him a master. Balance of Power.—Common sense. Laws—Authority for publicly whip- ping the wicked—poor. Nuisance ——The disturbance caused by your neighbor in making his fortune. Oversight—To leave your Old umbrel- la in a news room, and bring away a new one. Precocity.-—The impertincnce of your child. Remorsc.——Tllefcelings[of a pickpocket caught in the act. Reflective Turn—TO have your um— brella turned inside out while turning a corner. Science—To tie a canister to a dog's tail, and observe whether he runs east or west. _ Unfortunate Man—One born with a conscience: ‘ Suggestion—Advice given by a ser~ vent to his master. Young Man’s Best Companion—He who takes him home when he cannot take himself home. ——————oo-<.>oo———-— Q, There a are great many stories told about. conductors of railroads, how rapid- ly they become rich on $78, $80 or $10€ per month, &c. The conductors take I all in good part, and laugh as heartily as any one at them. Aduy or two since as one of the most popular of the conductors in this vicinity was driving a really splen- did mare by a certain livery stable, the following conversation occurred : Char- ley N—-—, “ Well that’s a splendid nag, by gracious, wonder what her pedigree is ?” Livery proprietor—“ Pedigree ?—- Any one could tell that—why, is it p05- sible you don’t know i” Charley— “ Don’t know 1 Of course I dont know, how should I ? What is her pedigree?” “ Why, she’s out of Railroad by Con- nucron, of course.” Exit crowd smiling, Charles with his breast compressed, and the corners of his mouth drawu down. Chicago Journal. SPANISH—FROVERBS-—In love the virtu- ous woman says “ no ;” the passionate says “ ycs ; ”the capricious says “ yes and no,” the coqnette neither " yes” nor “no.” Love, while it frequently corrupts pure hearts, often purifies corrupt hearts. Woman loves more than man, because she sacrifices more. Woman loves or abhors ; man admires or despises. Woman loves with her heart ; man with his head. ‘ Love gives understanding to woman, and takes it away from man. Weak souls love all ; tender souls love one object well. ,1 m ‘ Senator Douglas. For a few brief days Stephen A. Douglas shone as a statesman, but he had not the courage to carry through the hurt, and has sunk back to the chair of a politician and not a very shrewd one at thug, He started for Connecticut, backed out when he heard that the ad‘ ministration was fully endorsed by the Middletown convention, but was over- pcrsuaded into lending his name by letter which virtually puthis reputation at stake as well as the President’s. .Mr. Buchan- an seems to be the only consistent sham engaged in the fight. He got himself en- dorsed and whipped ;. it was his fight.— Mr. Douglas, went ill gratuitously and cannot now ask to be “counted out.”— As for our opponents at home they were both Douglas and Buchanan ,men, by quick turns anything 1:) get a vote. But they are all whipped The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Ameri- can sets the little giant in his true light. “ The friends of Judge Douglas here, are much exercised that be complicated himself by letter in the Connecticut elec- tion. They think it was a gratuitous blunder, inasmuch as the committal might have been easily avoided. His position was bad enough before, but now it is much worse, inasmuch as he shares the defeat of the administration, and espec- ially of Mr. Toncey. They are all in the same boat, and may expect the same fate at Charleston. Since the appearance of Judge Douglas here last winter, after his election, he has gradually subsided into a condition of surprising nnimportancc.-— When he entered the democratic caucus at the first opportunity, without a sylla- ble of rebuke to the humiliating indignity to which he had been subjected, in the deposition from the chairmanship of the Committee on Territories, he at once de- scended from the high place he had before occupied as a political leader, and lost moral cast as a man. That ground is not to be recovered easily.” o‘.». w. “ Almost another Sicklcs case” oc- curred nota thousand miles from Hart- ford a few days ago. The inconsiderate husband told his “ affectionate” wife that he was to be absent from the city over night. She was too timid to think of 0c- cupying aroom alone, and a particular and intimate friend,on learning the absence of the husband, was but too happy to be of service. The husband, unexpectedly, returned home at twelve o’clock at nignt, and with the aid of Ills night-key entered the house without disturbing any one. On lighting a lamp, and entering the bed-room he saw some one in bed in his place, but. suppo- sing it to be some female friend ,that his wife had asked to stay with her over night, he started to go out without dis- turbing them, when he stumbled and came near falling over what he soon ascertained to be a pair of men’s boots. His noise awoke his wife and “ friend.” She was “gratified to see him home again but Sarah had come in to stay over night with her, and he had better go up stairs and go to bed in the back chamber??— 'On enquiry about the boots she said “ it was so muddy that Sarah had worn over. a pair of John’s.” The unsuspecting husband started to go up stairs as directed by his wife, but bethiuking himself that his every day clothes Were in the bed-room, went in for them, when 10 i there was the clothes of another man lying on a chair beside his. In an instant the whole truth flashed across his mind, and of course he was ter- ribly incensed. He ordered the disturber of his peace to get up instantly and put on his clothes, which he proceeded to do, and he then assured him that if “ he ever caught him in that predicament again he would throw his clams right out of the window if it rainederer so hard !” Hartford Post. -—-——O<-‘..-o Obituary of a Negro. Dian—In this city on Monday morn- ing MARCH 28th 1859, Jeffrey Droin' in the 58th year of his-age. Jeffrey was born in St. Louis a slave of Joseph Robidoux, Sn, Esq, founder of St. Joseph, and passed nearly 'the whole of his early life with that old noted trader in the Indian tribes and became proficient as an interpreter. By associw tion with his master he became an expert trader and realized sufficient means to purchase-his freedom in 1835. ~He was then employed as the Government Inter- preter for many years. In 1844. he 00- _companied a number Of Iowa, Sacs and Fox Indian Chiefs, under the charge of Col. Melody, to Europe. HIS Interpre- tation of their language was so clear and intelligent that he not only made. a favor- able impression upon the dlgnaltarles of the foreign Courts by Which they were received, but it is said, fascinated a lady of high title. Disraeli and other literati had frequent conversations with him, snd showed him marked attentions. He returned to this country loaded with presents and was soon called to a position of Government interpreter. In expeditions of United States officers, or other gentleman of pa.“ sition,,ovcr the plains and mountains, he was generally engaged as interpreter and guide. His acquaintance was almost uni- versal in the far West, and many will re- member him, in Europe. He spoke French as fluently as he did English, or a dozen, Indian tongues, with Which he was familiar. He was a fine looking mu- latto with a benevolent, intelligent cou n- tenauce ; stout figure, modest and re- spectful demeanor, and was an honest and faithful man. He left a wife and children, and several thousand dollars worth of preperty. He purchased his wife some time ago from Dr. Brown, of Kentucky. N o negro was ever more re- spected, or will be more generally regret- ted, thun Jeffrey Droin. St. Joseph, (Mn) Gazette. __-.——oo‘.>oo-———- fi-The New Haven Register states that of yhe once powerful tribe of Pequot Indians, there now remain fourteen. males and seventeen females, residing la the town of Ledyard. Their property amounts _ to $8,582, from which they derived their income, last year, of $396.42, while their maintenance cost $418. What they are going to right about. 1 . . I . . , 4’ The New York Times hasgiven’asdii' telligible and brief a summary of tbs'i'sd? sons Why they are going to kill one‘allothL . er in Italy, and perhaps all over Europa, as we have been able to find, and in copy the substantial portion of their arti- cle : ' ' The Italian peninsula, with an an; . about equal to that of New. Yarns New England combined,‘ and',,,,-pith a population of nearly twenty-five, fill- lions, occupies such a position in Essay" ‘ . that. were it united under one authority, or lengued in one interest, itlnust ' .. with it the command of the Mediterrane- an, and balance in the South the power of Germany in the North. Were the Italian States free and independent, no power could successfully undertake» to or- rogute to itself the dominion 05th Europe. Were the Italian.,Stltefl 1-b- Ject to any one of the great powers, that power might undertake the accomplish- ment of the dream of universal Ell" ' dominion, at least as safely astralIce' ill the time of Napoleon I.,or Spain 'in the time of Charles V. When exhausted EurOpe fell back in 1815 from its victory over Napoleon upon the reconstruction of principalities aad powers, it was felt to be imperativslyiasc- essnry not only that Italy should be put beyond the reach of any of the parties to the Holy Alliance, but also that she should be prevented from aspiring to a unity of her own. No ruler could trust his brother ruler with what Richiliau called the ” Key of the World,” and all the rulers were resolved that the Italians should not hold it. Italy was, therefore, divided as follows : 'To the restored King of Naples was given him his oldiroalln, the Italian inheritance of the- Spanish Bour- bons. Upon an area nearly equal to that of New York, this sovereign was to rule over ten millions of subjects, and the whole Southern region of the Peninsula. To the Pope was confided an area equal to that of Maryland and Massachusetts, with three millions of people, in the cen- tre Of Italy. stretching from sea to sea.— An Austrian prince of the young branch Of the House ofHapsbnrg, held Tuscany with two millions of people ; and afertilo region on the west, fully as lurgeas Mas- sachusetts, locked in upon its north- eastern borders by the smaller states of Puma and Modems, also ruled by Princes of Austrian exaction and alliance, and witha combined population of about a million souls. Northern Italy was final- ly divided by the river Ticino and the La- go Maggiore between the Houses of:Sa-. voy and Hapsburg, the former as Kings of Sardinia, possessing a dominion to the West about as large as South Carolina, with a pOpulation twice as large as that of“ New York, the latter as Kings of Lom- bardo—Venctia, holding a region half as large as Maine, with a population of about five millions. In these arrange- ments it pleased the Congress of Vienna to see a sure guarantee of the importance of Italy to menace the peace of the world. But the House of Hapsbnrg has not forgotten its ancient motto, and was de- termiued not only to retain Lombardy, which had descended toit from the inher- itance of Charles V., and Venice, , which had fallen into its hands in the chances of the last Napoleonic war but also to use Northern Ithly as its’levcr for making all the peninsula its own. It lost no timoia beginning operations. It has never ceased to prosecute them. The most for- midable engines of Austrian influence have been the systematic attempts of the Italian sovereigns to crush their Boo 0 back‘ into the recognition of “ ivino Right,” and to kill the hydras of liberty and law throughout their States. .The ink was hardly dry on the Conventions of Paris, when in July 12, 1815, Austria. signed a “ secret treaty," with Naples, binding the King of Naples to “ rule his dominions in accordance with theviews of the Austrian government.” Five years later, in 1820, Naples forced her king to grant her a Constitution. Austria then appealed to the secret treaty, and by vir- tue of it marched an army into " indepen- dent.” Naples, suppressed the constitution, and ‘established that Austrian tutelage which has eudur’ed, with the exception of a feW months in 1848, up to this time.— In 1821, Sardinia demanded a constitu- tion. Into Sardinia, likewise, Austria mulched without a secret treaty and restored despotism there also. All oat- brcak at Bologna brought Anetta in- t0 the papal states, one or another point of which sh: has never since ceased to oc- cupy. The Grand Duke of Tuscany is strictly Austrian by family, andhas there- fore been left comparitively uncompli- mented by the armed presence of his kins. men. With Forum. and Modena, in 1847 Austria concluded treaties allowing her to take armed possession of these States whenever “ military prudence" requires it. Within the ' last forty years, therefore, Austria, from ruling live millions 0f Ital- inns in one corner of the Peninsula, has advanced to a practical control over the whole Peninsula, with the single excep- tion of Sardinia, in which state liberty has established itself, and has held its own witn incomparable spirit and good gem, ' 0n formal grounds, Napoleon III. has. clearly been right as a European sover- eign in protesting against the steady in- fractions of the balance of power in Italy of which Austria has been guilty. In thesc protests he has simply echoed the less determined language of his predeces- sor Louis Philippe, and by the English Government. His right to protect Sar- dinia from any invasion of Austria is do- monstrable on these overt grounds alone. As a French sovereign, Napoleon, how- ever, has other and even stronger reasons for his present action, not the less respect- able that they need not-be diplomatically put forward. The course of Austria in Italy, while it threatens all the Powers concerned in the freedom of the Mediter- ranean, bears directly upon the fstpre welfare of France. France has nothing to fear from Italy, if the Italian States defined by the treaties of Vienna be real- 4 ly independent. From Italy, as a fief of’ Austria, France has everything to fear ;‘ and the French monarch would be roare- ant to his trust who could suffer the pro' cess begun in'~l.8,l5 with N epics to be con- summated with Sardinia in 1859. Should Austria, in the war which she new inoites be driven beyond the Alp9,it‘"is idle to :‘r-l ' l >—.
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