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NORWALIL GAZETTE.
. Office in Wood's New Brick Building.
Main Street.
A. H. BYINGTON & CO"
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MESINESS DlREC’l‘ORY.
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ALI-IS HOUSE;
Formerly Norwalk Hotel,
NORWALK, cr.,
.AVING been leased for a term of years.
_ .has been thoroughly renovated and
greatly improved. and is now open for the re-
ception of company,and will be kept usa first
class house. No pains nor expense will be
spared tomake ltlpll’nsant for its guests.
_._ 5 5___, the village of Norwalk
It. is believed that u... ' ' "chicnts to
mos mm,
And Prosecutor of Claims before
the several Departments and
the Court of Claims.
Washington . D. C.
:r. s. moons", m. 1).,
HOMmorATm
GruduateYailc Mcd.Institute,Class 1851 e ’52
Office in Hubbell’s Bloch, Norwnlk.
JAMES G. BAREO'UR,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
DENTIST ,
Office at Residence,'East Avenue, Nor-
walk, Conn.
Architecture. '
SIDNEY M. STONE,
ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans. Specifications, detail
Drawinga,and superintend the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-sh, New Haven, Ct.
‘ WM. 0. STREET & co,
Importers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
nannwann, snore,
Steel, Cutlery, Guns, Agricul-
tural Implements, Oils,
Paints, \Vindow Glass,
&c,, &c., &c.
GeneralPension a; Patent Agent
tf52 '
Paper Hanging,
FIRE BOARD PRINTS,
Window Shades and Fixtures.
THE subscriber has now on hand a large
and well selected nssortmeutof'fhe above
named goods, which be will now offer for
sale cheaper than ever before thought of in
this market. -
Paper Hanging,
House and Sign Painting,
Executed in all their branches. Bidwell’s
I atent Wagon Grease for sale at my store,
next door north of Wood’s Building. Main-
st., Norwalk. GEORGE MARVIN.
IOOHNG.
HE subscriber is prepared to furnish par-
ties building with Warren’s superior
Fell and Cement Roofing.
This article of Roofingis in use upon the Nor-
waik Lock Company’sBuilding, and at Louns-
bury, Bissell ,& 00’s., where it gives entire
satisfaction, and is believed to be the cheap-
est, as well as the best roofing in use. All
orders 1ch with John W.Hubbell,at the office
of Win. K. James, will receive prompt atten-
tion.- tf41. J. N. HILL.
Notice.
General Blacksmithing and
Machine Jobbing.
HE 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 thoroug!‘ , ‘ workmanlikc
manner, and at reason i" an“. ' ' - . " .
attention will be , .able prices. Special
Norwalk, Conn.
WM. C. STREET, A. H. WiLcoxsos
S. E. OLMSTEAD & I: v
WHOLESALE AND nnTAi"
GROCERI]: li. DEALERS IN
and its environs afford more limbo.» 3°s
the pleasure seeker and the man of b‘usmcs'
than any town in the state. Its splendid
Churches, Seminaries and Schools ' ‘
_ . With their
pnrrounding scenery—its magnifichnt drives,
its superior facilities for sailing and fishing,
and, last but not least, its fine.- oystcrs, are
sufficient it is believed to tempt the most fus-
tidious. Hoping for a share or the public pat-
~ ronage, I am its humble sex-vent.
L. P. " v '
rNorwalk, May 20, 18,5A9PLID’ Pmpmtor’
Gonnecticut Hotel.
J- 0- KELLY, Proprietor.
The above w' 1
having been P's: I known and popular Hotel.
33: 13°“ ton‘venient and best conducted in
his ailing} . The subscriber would assure
consta “t and the public, that it will be his
a at lent endeavor to keep his House in such
Thash ”as Will ensure satisfaction to all.-—
the 3" .ul for past favors, a continuance of
_ 1? oral patronage he has heretofore re-
“a.” I, is respectfully solicited.
. .nnected with the Hotel, is a Livery Sta-
, -, where .snperior Horses and Carriages
9'1 at all times be procured. '
South Norwalk Hotel.
JAMES LUCAS, Pnoruinron.
This House has recently been thorou bl
rebuilt and greatly enlarged, and is €10;
ready for the reception of guests. It is pleas-
antly located, in immediate proximity to the
depot of the N. Y. and N. H. Railroad, and
In this respect for permanent or transient
botrders 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
pernanent and transient boarders, and to
entertain Travellers and the Public gener-
ally. The Hotel is large, commodions, 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 of the
Railroad Depot.
0. S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor,
._.a n d.—
GEN’ILEMEN’S FURNISHING EMPORIUM,
No. 3Skiddy’s Block,
Main Street. Norwalk, Conn.
Dentistry.
Doctors 3m 61. PITCH,
Surgical & Mechanical
usurisrs,
Office over the Store of C.J.Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.
A. HILL, CuAnLns FITCH.
G. J. GRUMAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
our GOODS, _CARPETINGS,
, Carriage Trimmings. Cloths, Cassi.
mares, Salmons, Veslings.and Tail.
f or": Trimmings, by the Yard
’, Piece or Package. ’
suEE'rINGs, SHIRTINGS,JEANS,
At the lowest possible prices .
NORWALK, CONN,
I r. n. NASH,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALE n IN
S '1' O 'V' E S ,
MANUFACTURER 0F
‘I‘in,Sho at Iron & Copper Wares
Has constantly on hand a large assor;
men: of general House-keeping
Furniture, at So. Norwalk.
Conn.
0. it. E. n. Lockwood, 6190-:
NORWALK, CONN.,
IIAnurAc'runnns o"
Tin ,Shectlron &Copper flare s,
AND DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, thery, Bri.
taunia Porcelain and Worlen Ware,
and Kitchen Furnitue in gen-
eral, Pumps, Shell Lead
do Lend Pipe Crock-
ery, Glen and
China-€318.
ETNL, INSUHINGE COMPANY,
_ 0f rartford.
I'Iworporhtcd in 1’19, Charter Perpetual,
Cash capital. - - - $1,000,000
Insure against ,oss/and damage by Fit e,
on Terms athpf to the hazard, and
mmjsfiig ith the law‘ of
Lao motion. '
GEO. ‘R OWLES, Sale flgent
1y34 .r Norwalk and 'vicinity.
‘ Insurance.
A. E. YING'I'ON,
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Aennr roll run
.mmcm PERANCElIFEINSURANCECOMPANY
of Hartford,Gonn.
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in fine order, is now one of
No’s'.- AS, FLOUR, FEED, 820.,
A '7 “" '.,'s..ssMain StrcctNorwalk.Conn.
fiG‘fi’fi/ ‘ n an,
Attorney & Counse or atLaw,
Office in Mallory’s Bullying, East side
the Bridge,i
NORWALK, dONN.
.1. r. to "e,
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OFFICE o VER JIMLL £1: Y’S s TORE,
Norwalk, 0 nn.
_ 5L iii‘édrn,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law,
6! “’ALL STREET,
NEW YORK.
3. PRICE & son‘.
MANUFACTURERS or
Monuments, Grave Stmesi
Mantles doc.
AT Furdy’s Station, New York. Our stock
comprises the very best qualify 0f Ital-
inn and AmericanMarble. All woiir‘dcliler-
ed free of charge. All orders pronptly cre-
cuted, at prices as favorable as carbe obtain-
ed at any similar establishment ii the coun-
try. 5 27
THOMAS m2.
No. 3 Phoenix Block, Norwalk, Coun.,
HE subscriber would respectfully announce
that having cleared out. all his old stock
at his auction sales, he has now or haul a
fresh selected stock of sensonable Cloths.
Cassimeres, Vcstings, &c., which he isvpre-
pared to make up in the best and most ,fash-
ionable styles. A complete assortment of
Mcns’ and Boys’ CLOTHING READY
.MJIDE. , .
Grateful for long and continued favors,I
shell endeavor with renewed exertions, to
merit their continuance. i
E. QUINTARD 6L SONS,
Cabinet Maker ;
At their old established Ware Rooms
East side the Bridge, opposite
Phamix Block,
assortment of Cabinet F 11 rd i t 111' e,
Chairs. Looking Glasses, Mattr:sees . &c.,
everofl‘ered for sale in this placr, which we
havejust purchased for Cash, it extremely
low prices, and intend to sclltccordingly.
We also keep constantly on hand Ready
Made Coflins of all sizes rnd descriptions,
from the mostcostly Rosei 00d to the plain-
est ever used.
From our long experfil‘lcel n th eUnderta—
king business,we are JOnfidcnt wccan give
perfectsatisfaction tr all W110 may needour
services.
Norwalk,Sept.13-h, 1858. 37
HousePaintiug,
GRAJNIJ‘G AND GLA ZING.
T HE Subgriber would respectfully an-
nonncevo his former customers (and as
many uewmcs as will give him a call.) that
he is preyill'ed to execute all orders in his
line wit! neatness and dispatch, and solicits
their pttronage.
J01». taken and stockfurnishcd if required.
He can be found at his old stand, Union Sh,
oppfiite Quiuturd its Smith’s Carriage Facto.
ry GEORGE HODGES.
South Nor.walk,April lst, 1859. 1y12
Norwalk Machine Shop.
IIE subscribers are now full re arcd t
J a o
:I‘ 1}" all orderefor the makirji’gporprepnir-
_ng o evpry description ofmachiuery. Cast-
ings furnished, Patterns made, Wood Turning
&c., all of which will be done in a workmanlikg-
mia‘nhucr, andlat short notice. ‘
cy are a so agents 1‘ ’
cut. Steam Floating GOOJQI‘IIIEI‘FFZIISVS" Pt‘l:
Sierra Faucet Co.’s Steam and Water Vailvrs
,5 A. C. ARNOLD do sou‘ '
Graceries Cheaper than ever
FOR CASH!
HE subscriber would inform the ‘
T generally, Iliathe still continues lgaglll:
the best of Groceries, Provisions,&c., at his
old stand, N0. 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 attentiop’ of all to
his stock of
Coffees, Teas and S/ugars,
Which are of the very best quality, and will
be sold cheap. The public arcinvited to call
and examine, and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE-
Notice.
ALL persons indebted to the subscriber
will please call and make immediate
payment, or thcywill find their accounts in
an otlicer’s hands for collection, as he is about
closing business.
2 I. S. JONES. So, Norwalk.
To Painters 1
WE are now prepared to sell White Lead,
Pure.Zinc,Raw and Boiled Oils, Col-
plil'stgroplnd in 0:1, and Colors dry. at prices
a Wl compe e with an revio sl ff -
ed in this_inarket. y p u y 0 er
LEONARD do STREET.
Attorney and Gounslor at Law, r’
Merchant Tailor ani‘ Draper.
I I AVE now on hand' the largestnnd best '
chinery. Rm paid to the repairing ofma-
' THEODORE GLovn'n.
Norwalk, March 14th, 1859. lltf
Saddlery and Harness Maldng.
V ‘HE Subscriber having p rchascd the en-
ti rcintcrest in and to the Saddle and Har-
ness establishment of Stephen Swann, adjoin-
ing the Coniicciicut Hotel, offers his services
to owners of horses in every capacity apper-
taining to his business. He will keep con-
stantly on hand and make to order, every
variety of Saddlery or Harness wares and
keep ‘ full assortment of Horse Clothes,
Whip , Brushes, Combs. Chamois Skins,
Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bags, do, &c. A
shire of the public patronage is respectfully
Silicitcd. WM. 11. FORLOW.
Nor walk, March 2151;, 1859.
INSURANCE.
, HE Subscriber having taken the agency rf
the New England Fire and .Marmc Io-
,siirance 00., of Hartford, is prepared to in-
sure all kinds of property against loss or dim-
age by fire. on as accommodating terms as
any other Company.
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently cstablshed,
with a paid in capital of $200,000, andhas a.
surplus of $6,295.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity:
Norwalk. Feb. list. 1859. 5tf
I'ish and Vegetable Market:
- The undersgned hav-
~.‘;: ing purchases the stand
formerly occupied by Mr.
Charles Mirray, would
inform the public that he
keeps eonshntly on hand
the best kind of Fish and Vegonbles the mar-
ket affords, in great variety. He will always
be ready to serve the public with such kind
of fish as can be had in any narkct. Remem
her the old stand on the bric’ge.
2m‘21 JOfEPH MOORE.
2 I‘ I S H. O l
1:. New Fish Market.
, Connecticut River Shad, and fresh Fish
riof all kinds; with Vegetables of eve-
ry description in tieir season, may be
found at the store c'
G. do}. M. HOLMES,
13 and 15 Main-st.
The world is puzzled much to know
How RANDLE ca: sell Hats so low,—
And some there are who think t’will tend
. In finul bankrupt y to end.
We thank all thoeewho are so good,
To feel such kinl of solicitude,—
But beg that they]! not be alarmed,
Since we’ve nofear of being banned.
Some other timeivc will confess,
The secret ofour great success,
And tell :liem more about our labors,
And how we“ UNDERSRLL” our xsionnons.
At present we will merely say
To young and old, to grave and gay,—
Ifyou upon us please to cull,
We’re surethat we can suit you all.
FURNITURE!
THE subcriber is now prepared to offer to
the puilic, at his old stand, as good an
assortment of
cabinet furniture
as can befound in Fairfield County,and at
lower p‘ices, FOR CflSH, than the same
qualitypf Goods casbe obtained at any oth-
er Estullishmene.
The Stock consists in part
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, rd and
Qua‘tetoc Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tetc-n-Tete Lounges, Mahog-
any and Gone seat Chairs ; Gilt
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., &c.
C OFFIJV' WflRER 0 OMS,
Where may be found a full assortment of
Ciffiiis, which will be finished inthc beet poa—
s-blc manner, and at short. notice.
18‘ A Hearse will be furnished when de-
sired, A. RENOUD.
Westport, May lst, 1858.
GOA!- ! GOAL 1
H.-& J. C. HANDLE, have been re-
. ceiving direct from the mines,aiid 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 .M'zmnlain Lchigh,
Sugar Loaf do.
Mammoth Vein ( I'V/u'te .dsh)
Locust .Moimta'iu do.
Scranton do.
Council Ridge, (Pink fish)
Laurcnce (Red do.)
Trevorton Semi .dnlhracite.
The Lehigh, Mammoth Vein, Locust Menu--
tain. Council Ridge and Trevcrton Conls are
(If the first class, and are acknowledged by
dealers to have no superior. For furnaces
illlpd all stoves with strong droughts, the Le-
‘lglll coals cannot be surpassed, being hard,
UN tiring and very pure. For ordinary do-
lilies If: purposes. the Mammoth Vein, Locust.
.oulri am and Council Ridge Goals, st and on»
gt”; 9‘1; burning more freely than the Le-«
slid-$133? 30 clinker, and leaving less
. - . e um ‘
known in the markctfnost any kind of Coal
As to tthe Trevcrton,
1’01‘50“S rying it. that if it do as not an—
swer the rccommepdation and ‘pircvc entirely
saggfacttgry. we Will take it be ck again if de-
u ur own ex
moody. pensc, and refund the
Mr. O. H. Benedict lon ' -
. an .
known in the Coal Trade, will] b: 333:2}:
hand to serve the public. .A share of the pub--
lichastronIage ll solicited.
. .— nst received. a cargo of'
rior BlackSmifh’s Coal in' very super
shire Mining Go. “5:45;?“ by the Hamp~
ERUVIAN Guano, ad a.
P of Lime for sale by“, Super Phosphate
we can any to any
going.
Have Patience.
. . .-.-.-..— .‘ ~ wr.‘ “Ms
A youth and maid one winter night
Were sitting in the corner,
His name we’re told, was Joshua White,
And hers was Patience Warner.
Not much the pretty maiden said,
Beside the young man sitting ;
Her chceks were flushed a rosy red,
Her eyes bent on her knitting.
Nor could he guess what thoughts of him
Where to her bosom flocking,
As her fair fingers, swift and slim,
Flow round and round the stocking.
While, as for Joshua, bashful youth,
Ilis words grew few and fewer ;
Though all the time, to tell the truth,
His chair edged nearer to her.
Meantime her ball of yarn gave out,
She knit so fast and steady ;
And he must give his aid, no doubt,
To get another ready.
He held the skein ; of course the thread
Got tangled, snarled and funded ;
“Have patience I” cried the artless maid,
To him whom hcr assisted.
Good chance was this for tongue-tied churl
To shorten all paliiver,
“Have patience I" cried ho “dearest girl 1
And may lrenlly have her i”
The deed was done ; no more, that night,
Clicked needles in the corner ;
And she is Mrs. Joshua White
That once was Patience Warner.
o<.>o
The fOlIL wing beh‘Ltim] poem commends itself; ",6 ev-
ery heart. Bonnet is OER": England'fl'bfnoihest poets',
and is taking a high place in his Ichunfry’s literature.
The Worn Wedding Ring.
or w. c nssxm.
Your wedding ring wears thin, dear wife ; Ah summers
not a few, _
Since I put it on your finger first, have passed o’er me
and you ;
And love, what changes we have seen—what cu res and
pleasures too——
Since you became my own dear wife, when this old
ring was new.
O blessings on that happy day, the happiest of my life,
When, thanks to God, your low sweet “ Yes” made
you my loving wife.
Your heart will say the same, I know; that day’s as
dear to you,
That day that made me yours, dear wife, when this old
ring was new 1
How well do I remember now, your young sweet face,
that day 2
How fair you were—how dear you were—my tongue
could hardly say ;
Nor could I denied on you ; oh, how proud I was of
you ;
But did I love you more than now, when this old ring
was new I
No—no ', no fairer were you then than at this hour to
me, .
And dear as life to me this day, how could you dearer
be P
As sweet your face might be that day as now it is, ’tis
true,
But did I know your heart as well when this old ring
was new 1’
0 partner of my gladness, wife, what care, what grief
is there,
For me you would not bravely face,—with me you
would not share?
0 what a weary want had every day, if wanting you,
Wanting the love that God made mine when this old
ring was new.
Years bring fresh links to bind us, wife~small voices
that are here,
Small faces round our fire that make their mother’s
yet more dear,
Small, loving hearts, your care each day makes yet
more like to you,
More like the loving heart made mine when this old
ring was new.
And, blessed be God, Q He has given are with us yet ;
around '
Our table, every little life lent to us, still is found ;
Though cares we’ve known, with hopeful hearts the
worst we’ve struggled through ;
Blessed be Ilia name for all His love since this old ring
WES new.
The past is dear; its sweetness still our memories
treasure yet ;
The griefs we’ve bourne,togethor borne, we would not
now forgot ; .
Whatever, wile, the future brings, heart unto heart
still true,
We’ll share as we have shared all also since this old
ring was new .
And if God spare us ’mongst our sons and daughters to
grow old,
We know his goodness will not let your heart or mine
grow cold ;
Your aged eyes will see In mine all they’ve still shown
to you,
And mine in yours all they have seen since this old
ring was new.
And 0, when death shall come at last to bid me to my
rest,
May I die looking in those eyes, and resting on that
breast ;
0 may my parting gaze be blessed with tho dear light
of you,
Of'thOSe fond eyes—fond as they were when this old
ring was new. ‘
figisicltsug.
WHAT CONSTITUTES Reunion—This
extract is taken from a speech of the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher, at one of the uni-
versurics in New York during the past
week :— .
” Allow me to say, in respect to thil
matter, treating a little more largely,
and in closing these few remarks of mine,
that I hold religion to pe that large spir-
it of God shed abroad upon the human
heart, not developing any one form of ex-
perience, but. developing every part of
man’s nature in its right estate and in its
right subordinations. I hold that the
spirit of divine love which is shed abroad
upon the hen makes the man better,
in his whole i llectunl iife ; better not
in this alone, but in all domestic affections
and that a truly felt manhood developes
christianity universally.
S‘The changes of life are like the
forms and coloring of the kaleidoscope.—
At every turn, a new figure is presented
and yet the materials which form them
are the some. Thus do our views and
feelings change with revolving time.—
Whether for the worse or for the better
can only be determined by that. all-wise
Providence who rules the destinies of all.
.....__._-. .pso—W
ONE or run Wrrssssns—The following
scene occurred in Court lately butween the
{ledge and a witness all the way fr omRotfer-
am :
" What is your native language '2”
“ lch pe no native.”
“ What is your mother tongue 2”
” Ich hab no mnddcr, nether.” ~
Judge, in an irritable tone, ‘- \What did you
first learn? ' ”What language did you speak in
the cradle f"
“ I did speak no language in do cradle. I
only cry in doofch.”
Here there was a . general .‘laugli,and 'the
witness was interrogated no fen-the: about his
E. vs. onion. ESTER. j
native language.
A Beautiful Story.
A short time ago, in one of our higher
courts, was witnessed a beautiful illustra-
tion of the simplicity and power of truth.
A little girl nine years of age was offered
us a witness against the prisoner, who
was on trial for felony committed in her
father’s house. “Now Emily,” said the
counsel for the prisoner, upon being of-
fered as a witness, “I desire to know
if you understand the nature of an
oath '3” '
“I don’t know what you mean,” was
the simple answer. '
“There your honor,” said the counsel
addressing the court, “ is anything fur-
ther necessary to demonstrate the validi-
ty of my objections ? This witness should
be rejected. She does not understand
the nature of an oath.” ‘
“ Let. me see,” said the judge ; ”come
here my daughter.”
Assured by the kind tone and manner
of the judge, the child stepped powards
him and looked confidently up in his face
with a calm,;clcar eye, that went stright
to the heart.
“ Did you ever take an oath ?” in-
quired the judge.
The little girl stepped back with alook
of horror, and the red blood mantlcd in
a blush all over her face and neck, as she
answered, “ No, sir.” She thought he
intended to inquire if she had over sworn.
...,u. I do not mean that,” said the judge,
'who saw her mistake. “ _I mean were
you ever a witness. before ‘3'
“ No, Sir, I never was in a court be-
fore.” .
He handed her a Bible Open. “Do
you know that book, my daughter ?"
She looked at it and answered, “ yes,
sir it is a Bible.” ‘
" Do you ever read it ?”
“ Yes, sir ; every evening.”
“ Can you tell me what the Bible is ?”
inquired théjudge.
“ It is the word of the great God,”
she answered.
“ Well place your hand upon this Bi-
blc and listen to what. I have to soy ;”
and be repeated slowly and solemnly the
oath usually administered to witnesses.
“ Now,” said the judge, “ you have
been sworn as a. witness ; will you tell
me what will become of you if you do
not tell the truth?”
“ I shall be shut up in State prison.”
answered the child. ,
“ Anything else ?” asked the judge.
“ I shall never go to heaven,” shc re-
plied.
“ How do you know Washed the judge
again.
The child took the Bible, and turning
rapidly to the chapter containing the
commandments, pointed to the injunction
“Thou shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbor,” “I learned that,” she
said, “ before I could read.”
“ Has any one talked with you about
your being a. witness here in court against
this man ?” inquired the judge.
“ Yes, sir,” she replied. “ My moth-
er lienrd they wanted me to be a witness
and last night she called me up to her
room, and asked me to tell her the ten
commandments, and then we knelt doWn
together and she prayed that I might
understand how wicked it was to bear
false witness, and that God would help
me, a little child, to tell the truth, as it
were before him. And when I came up
here with father, she kissed me and told
me to remember the ninth commandment
and that God would hear every word I
said.”
“ Do you believe this ?” asked the
judge, while a tear glistened in his eye
and his lip quivcred with emotion.
“ Yes, sir,” said the little girl, with a
Voice and manner that showed her con-
vi ction of the truth was perfect.
“God bless you my child,” said the
judge ; “ you haven good mother. This
witness is competent. He continued :—
“Wow I on trial for my life, and in-
nocéiit of the charge against me, I would
pray. God for such a witness as this —-
Let her be examined.”
She told her story with the simplicity
of a child, as she was, but there was a
directness about it which carried convic-
tion of its truth to every heart. She
was rigidly cross examined. The coun-
sel plied her with infinite and ingenious
questions, but she varied from her first
Statement in nothing. The truth as spo-
ken by thnt child was sublime. False-
hood and perjury had proceeded her tes-
timony. The prisoner had intrenched m
lies, until be deemed himself impreguable.
Witnesses had falsified facts in his favor,
and villniuy had manufactured for him a
sham defence, but. before her testimony,
falsehood was scattered like chaff The
little child for whom a mother had prayed
for strength to be given her to speak the
truth, as it was before God, broke the
cunning devices of villa-icy to pieces like
a pottcr’s vessel. The strength that the
mother had prayed for was given ’her .3
the sublime terrible simplicity (terri-
ble to the p, oer and his ,wrjured .“SSO‘
ciates) with which she spoke, was llko 0-
revclution from God himself.
——9<‘.>e
Prepaymg Papers.
The present. Post Office law requires
that all transient newspapers passing
through the mail should be prepaid ; but
it sometimes occurs that such papers pass
through unpaid until they reach their
destination. The Postmaster at Horuells—
ville, N. Y., having doubts as to the
amount of postage to be charged in such
cases, addressed a letter to the Postmas-
ter-General on the subject, and received
the following reply, in which it will be
seen that this question is definitely set-
tled :— ’
POST OFFICE DsrAJTm'T,
Arr-omnnixr Orrics, July 5th», 1859.
Sin :-—In reply to yours of the 2d inst,
I inform you that if transient newspapers
happen to be mailed to you without hav-
ing the postage on them prepaid, you are
entitled to receive them from the office of
delivery on paying such amount of post-
age upon them as ought to have been be-
fore they were mailed.
Respectfully he,
HonArIo KING,
First Assistant Postmaster-General.
M
g. A ship load of New York adven-
The Strides of Russia.
The colossal monarchy of the North
has felt. the spirit of the age. and
13 £50ng forwm'tl in the path of" pro-
gress with a rapidity which, at first view
shakes Ono’s confidence in the maxim that
freedom Is an essential condition of rapid
development. It is scarcely a century
and a half since Peter the Great, stood at.
the tomb OI Richelieu lllltl exclaimed:
“Great maul could I restore thee to
life, how readily would I give then one-
half of my empire to teach me how to
govern the other I" What we may think
of his choice of afeacllcr, the price he was
willing to give for his lesson shows his
empire then stood of a better organization
as Well as the fervor of his own aspira-
tions after improvement. Russia was
then (about 1697) barbarian, unacknowl-
edged and almost unknown by the civil-
izcd nations of Europe. She was 9. cy-
pher, or rather, perhaps, a portcutons,
though as yet powerless row of cyphers,
in the future of Europe and of humanity.
Peter, by his vast personal energy and
sngacity, instantly put a figure of no in-
considcrablc magnitude at the left hand
of the line, and Russia become, at once,
a factor of no mean power in theexamplc
0f the influence of one great intellect; and
energetic will on the destinies of a people
What Epuminondas was to 'l‘licbcs, and
Philip. to Macedon, in ancient times, Pe-
ter has been to Russia great and compli-
cated, problem—m memorable. But'l‘hc-
bcs did not contain the material resources
to main her permanently in the position
of a great state. She rose at once to the
mud of a first rate power by the genius
and virtues of her great son, and sank us
suddenly to her natural position at his
death. The development of Macedon
being a purely military one, her ascend-
ancy was almost as brief, and her down
fall was more disastrous. tussle, posses-
sing a vast extent and population, with
ample verge room for almost boundless
expansion, (her girdle on the 60th paral-
lel of latitude being about six thousand
miles,) and inexhaustible internal resour-
ces in her vast primeval forestswiicr many
metals and minerals, and agricultural pro-
ducts, varying though a region which
stretches through nearly forty parallels of
latitude—governed too, by prim-cs who
have generally combined the policy of“
agricultual, commercial and industrial dc-
Velopment with military ambition, pos-
sesses solid and enduring elements of pow-
er and sway which put her beyond all
comparison with those ancient states.
III fact, her future is one winch history
furnishes no means of calculating. She
needs only development, organization, civ-
ilization, to make her in poweraud every
element of greatness what. she already is
in geographical extent—the greatest cin-
pire the world has yet seen. .
The rupidty of her growth surprises us
no less than the height it has already
reached. There is only one parallel, to it
——that of a notion whose history, institu-
tions, and ideas are totally of an opposite
character—no others, in a word, than our
own. About the time when Peter was
entering on his laborious career of self-
education, in order to the development of
his country—for if ever moi: deserved the
title of Father of his Country it was he
——thc English colonies on this western
continent occupied but a narrow strip of
its Atlantic coast, and were just then
feebly struggling with the French colo-
nists and Indian tribes in the “ French
war.” Little more than a century and a
half has since holled away, and those few
and weak colonies have oversprend and
subdued the best part of the continent,
and become a nation of some 31,000,000
Whose numerical amount is by no means
the principal element of its greatness.—
Russia has meanwhile advanced, if not
with equal, at least with like rapidity.—
She has emerged from her barbarian iso-
lation, while our country has shaken off
the letters of colonial dcpendancc and been
n. orking out. for herself a national organi-
zation position. Both have, about the
same time, attained to the rank of first-
rate powers, and while the forces that
have propelled them forward have been
as dissimilar as the direction in which
they have advanced, the ratio of their
progress has really been not unlike. The
great autocrncy of the Old “’orld and the
rent democracy of the New have been
steadily advancing, the one eastward, the
other westward, till now, at the month of
the Amoor and from the coasts of Califor-
nia and Columbia, they confront. each
other across the Pacific 1
Russia has it is true, long possessed a
coast on the Pacific ; but. the frozen and
flvcrless solitudes of Siberia, Were of little
practical use to her. She has procured
from China, in the treaty of 'I‘icu-Tsin, of
an ample and rich region about the month
of the no , ivcr Ainoor. That is an
acqiiistiouio‘iuestimablc value to her, and
of va'sffli rtancc to the future of Asm
and :Wffic world. Ilcnccforfii Russia
wil.”- fluiverful In the Pacific as Well as
o ; Baltic and Black Seas, and wil
m _ than clieckmute England in China,
wliiie the fleets she is sure; to construct.
and float. on these sens, wi be a constant
anxiety and annuoyance to the Mistress
of the Ocean. At the some time cmliz;.-
tiou will take up its mnerh in N ortlica.’
tern Asia, and be sure not ling llC‘llt'U 1'0
march down into Northern China, and
Russian dominion with it. This acquisi-
tion brings the United States into more
intimate relations with Russia, smooch
active commerce is sure to spring Hp {m-
mcdiatcly between California and 11115511“!
Eastern Asia. _ .
This new acquisition by Pull-“Si“, With
the new commerce to spring Up, the new
fortified towns to be built, the new dwel-
opmcut of the internal resources of Rus.
sian Asia, and the giganticschcines upon
China projected, and sure In time to be
carried ouf, will probably accelerate the
future progress of Rnssm at. a rate hard
to be conceived. .
' ‘he overshadowing greatness of Russia,
has in it nothing to endanger . the peace
or the liberty of Europe. Russm is strong
and endurinng for defence, but weak f
a gression. Her tardy legions are no
match for the fiery valor of the French-
man. Hcr fleets can never be so manned
or navigated as to be formidable to Eng-
land. She has always inflicted terrible
losses on her assailants, but even this has
been rather by retiring and leaving them
to perish from cold and disgnse in the sol-
' Etude which her self-destroying hand has
turers are going to dig gold in the grave
iyards of Chitiqne.
Hungarians she overcame only through
the treachery of their leaders. And the
success with which her inexhaustible my-
riuils have been followed by the brave but
ill-appointed and undisciplinedtribcs offlic
Circussians, for almost. an entire genera-
tion, is a proof how, little she is to be
dreaded as an invader. If ever the spirit
of revolution should clcctrify llCl‘ sluggish
nlflSRLS, thou the volcano might be expect-
ed to pour its fiery torrent southward——
But till. then. whether Europe is likely to
become Republican or not, she is in no
danger of becoming Cossack. She seems
at length, in fact, to have discovered that
her true policy is that of peace. Her
last attempt to fake Constantinople has
taught her nlcsson too painful and humil-
iating to be soon forgotten. The schemes
she is now entertaining, though projected
on a. gigantic scale, are all of a pacific
character. The emancipation of her serfs
the construction of a railroad along the
southern border of her vast empire, and
of a telegraphic line through the whole
breadth of Em‘Opc and Asia, from the.
Baltic to the Pacific—these are the
schemes which appear just now to occupy
the mind of her enlightened humane Em-
peror ; and they are such as every well-
wislier to humanity must ardcntly desire
that he may be spared to accowlish.
Nor can there be a doubt that e exten-
sion of Russian SWuy in the East will be
favorable to civilimition and to the pro-
gress of Christianity. There is indeed,
not much life or power in the form of
Christianty proposed in Russia. The
Czar istlie head of the church there and
lie is as absolute and infallible in the
Greek Church, at least in his own domin-
ions, as the Pope is in the Roman. But
it is justly remarked by the eminent orien—
talist and missionary Dr. Buchanan, as
the result of his Mao and extensive obser-
vation, that In: «cyst form of Christiani-
ty is incompuml‘li' better for human vir-
tuc and liuppl ":nu fur.- best form of
Paganism. Wit” Russian domination
will come son. . natiwledgcd at least of the
truths of the Gospel some inf ounce of,
least of its peaceful and hu-noeaizf" r' in?!
and this will prepare th! v.
thing purer and better in
There is a curious prod
tobiogrnpliy of Bi<hop \i .
some fifty years ago, whim. 2
especially the grout event .l .
the treaty with China and mi: - s-
tablislimcnt of British .ul-.- ‘n im :1 52cm
).
not. unlikely, in some (1‘ , : decom-
plisli. “ The empire of El: 9...; is emerg-
‘icn it has ac-
ing from liurbai'ism, and. W1
([llll'ctl a stability and strength answering
to it its extent. it will enlarge its borders
and casting an ambitious eye. on 'l‘liibct,
China. and Japan, may introduce with its
commerce Christianity in to those coun-
tries. India will be Christianised by
Great Britain. 'l‘lms Christian monarchs
who aim at nothing but an increase of
their temporal kingdmns, may become by
the Providence of G0d,unconscious instru—
ments in propagating the spiritual king-
dom of his Son.”
There cannot be a more erroneous idea
of Russian history (though it is a preval-
cnf. one,) than that her present vast terri-
torial limits have been much the some
from time immemorial. A few @nturics
ago she was a not very considerable duke-
dom. By slow but sure and tcnadous
nggcssions she has attained her present
great. dimensions. The empire never ac-
quired much strength or consistency till
the now reigning house of Romanofl' as-
cended the throne, about two hundred
and fifty years ago. Russia has ever
found gold more effective than steel in
extending her conquests. As Austria
has grown great by match making so
Russia has expanded by money and diplo-
macy. But all her history displays a.
high degree of that organizing power
which Polybins affirmed of the Roman
race in the ancient world and which dis-
tinguishes the Anglo-Saxon in the modern.
The good understanding between this
country and Russia is something. We.
rcmcinhr a story of a French couple who
lived to beyond fourscorc without any in-
terruptions to harmony, which are said
to occur sometimes “in the best regulated
families.” One day the old gentleman
said to his wife : “ I have been thinking
my dear, how it 13 that while married folks
fall out. so often, you and I have lived so
long in perfect domestic tranquillity.”—
“Eh bier: ! moo cher, reSpondcd the old
__-____._._ _.‘... ._,_>..._..__..§,:._.x-
Finer THINGS IN LITERATURE—The
first literary journal ever published was
issued at Paris, on the 30th of May,
1666, by Dennis de Sallo, ecclesiastical
counsel to the Parisian parliament. Its
title is Journal des Savans. This work
met with a favorable reception and was
soon imitated throughout Europe. Its
author had the gratification of seeing it
translated into several languages.
Lord Snrrey’s translation of the 4th
zE’neid was the first specimen of English
blank verse ; anoerville’s translations
from Ouid the second, and Kit Marlow’s
Lucan the Third.
The first almanac in England was
printed in Oxford in 1973. “ There
were,” says Wood, “ near thirty thous—
and of them printed, besides a sheet al-
mouse for twopence, that was printed for
that year, and because of the novelty of
the said almanac and its title, they were
all vended. Its sale was so great that
the Society of Booksellers in London
bought off the copy for the future, in or‘
der to cngross the profits in their own
hands.”
The first daily paper in Paris appeared
only a few days prior to the revolution
and was called the Journal de Paris.
The first journal published in France
was the brain child of a physician named
Theophraste Renandot, and appeared on
the 20th, 1631, under the title of the
Gazette. The far-sighted Richileu, the
man before his age, who was as necessary
to the France of that day as Lous Bona
portc is to the present, greeted its ap-
pearance with pleasure, for he knew that
it would act as his unbounded partisan.
The earliest magazine issued in America,
was entitled, “The General Magazine
and Monthly Chronicle for the British
Plantations in America.” It was pub-
lished in Philadelphia by Benjamin
Franklin. . The first number appeared in
January, 17-11. A few successive num-
bers of the work are owned by the Phili-
dclphia Library Company.
The first English literature production
penned in America, which has any rank
in the general history of literature, is the
translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, by
.fiem'gf‘, Sundys, printed in London,
first collection ever made of Amer-
ics- n retry was in 1763. It was edited
by , a. H. Smith, of Connecticut.
The first American edition of Sternhold
& Hopkin’s version was published at Cam-
bridge, 1093.
Dr. Watts Hymns were first published
in England in 1707, and his psalms in
1717. He sent specimens ”of them to
Cotton .‘slather. ’l‘hese hymns were first
published in America by Dr. Franklin in
1741, and the psalms were published the
same year in Boston. They did not
coflc into general use till after the Revo-
lution.
James Otis was the first writer of the
American Revolution.
The Rev. John Callender was the first
historian of Rhode Island.
The first. Greek type used in the Uni-
tcd States was used at Boston in 1761,
in printing,r an original Greek ode and an
original Greek elegy, both by Stephen
Sewail, afterwards Professor of Hebrew
in Harvard College.
._——_—M.
TYPE SETTING.--A printer accustomed
to set type, never thinks what the letters
are which he puts into his stick. He
never looks at one of them as they go in.
But when he first began to set type, it
was a very different thing with him. He
looked and read, “ And as they departed
thence, etc, and so began, “ And”--a ;
and then he had to see which end was
up ! He puts in a and then comes to in.
He takes up the wrong letter 1 He puts
that back and gets the right one, and
making sure about it, he puts the right
one in. . Then he gets (1 and puts that in.
Then he thinks now there is a space
wanted, and he divides the word from.
the next one. Then comes the next one
and he looks at the type, letter by letter
and makes mistakes at that 1 But go a.
year after, and let the man set up the
same verse :--“ And as they departed
thence” etc, he read as much as that,
and then click ! click 1 click l—-it is all
done ! What made that? How those
different faculties of the hand—the mus.
clcs—cll work i What an immense
amount nfdiscipliue has been condensed in-
to that automatic power 1 This is a
lady, and what have you made out to he
the cause of it I” “ I’m inclined to
think,” said the husband, “ that it is prob-
ably owing to our perfect indifi'crence to
one another.” “ I believe,” said the old
lady, “ that you’ve hit the true reason.”
With generous, bravo, free Old Eng-
land, we have so many common interests
such deep lllll‘ uttl sympathies—n common
faith. a comm-on history, .-mnmon Objects
a common f'utir- — and if any one could
lock dOwn inn. .;..-, bottom of our hearts,
we verily belie», such a sincere love for
Olll‘l“flllotllel', that as thh married people
wonderful element of the human mind 1
II. W. Beecher.
W
Tns Emma—The Richmond Mail
throws oil‘ the following capital illnstra,
tion :—
“ They have afsteombont on the We st.
eru waters named the ‘ Editor.’ This is
the very best name ever given to a steam-
boat. We are surprised that it never
has been thought of before. The editor
is a working engine, whose fires are go-
ing day and night. Now he sails against.
the tide, now with it—whcnever he moves
ivho'aré sincerely and deeply «ff-i- fwl
one another: a bro-sh now '- r. -,.
.‘évitnblc. 'l'hen, :iftcrnli’rr -
solding, crimination and l ,
oral-c hp and love one a 5
well, perhaps a little hr“: '4 ' .
But. with Russia We lm.‘ ‘ :5‘
in common. “'0. simp‘" 030
“Hill mutual cmirfcsies . .ircd
The
(‘qlltllfiInfillll.{llllIOW:ll‘(l nun ‘
:-.'-.£.- 1-. it) her
American people do 1 , 5 _
except with the lni‘g'st mini of general
philanthropy. Hcr brute and. benevo-
lent young monarch, perilling his crown
and his ncml to effect the emancnpauon Of
some forty million of his enslaved peasants
they do regard with an affectionate and
and admiring interest; But this is rather
a personal than a national feeling. It
cannot take a wide character till the suc-
cess of a scheme has infused into the na-
tion the life of freedom, and SO awakened
towards her the sympathies of a free peo-
ple. It was long ago remarked by De-
mostlicucs that there can be no true sym-
pathy between a free and autonomic and
a despotic and autocratic government.—
ThIis the case now stands between the
United States and Russia. May the day
soon arrive when their mutual intercourse
shall be more warm, deep and vital 1-—
But through what unknown convulsions,
(to judge from the recent history of En-
ropenn relation's,) is Russia to reach It Y
«fir—fl
fi" An unsricceszul attempt at a gen-
eral riot took place lately at Sing Sing
prepared for them.
The Poles and the,
prison. ' It was put down at once.
1.
. he puts the water in agitation, and leaves-
‘.. wake of troubled waters behind him.—
;;:r\':;-.s every one but himself, carries
~ . .zcl'S in any quantity, and goes puff
pl....-~ 7 down the stream of life.”
———-oo<.»
How To AVOID CAPE HArrnnAs.—-—T'nc
opening of the Albemnrlc and Chesapeake
Canal completes a chain of inland navi—
gutlun from N ew York Southward a dis-
Lance Of over 600 miles.
Recently the steamer Victor, Capt.
Morse, bound from Bath Me, to St Mn-
ry’s, GIL, was enabled to pass from Not-
folk, through the inland waters of North
Coroiiuia, to a point beyond Hatteras.—
5110 was too large for the locks of the
New Jersey and Delaware Canals, but
found no difficulty in passing through the
new canal. Vessels drawing not more
than five fact, can now pass through the
canal. When completed, it will be eight
feet deep and seventy wide.
W
W I am afraid that American moth
crs wrll laugh when I say the mothers of
England are very particular not to allow
their children, before they are old enough
to walk, to sit much on the carpet, as it
is a posture unfavorable to erectness and
fullness of figure. They are therefore
taught, with especial pains, to roll them-
selves on the carpet and to lie on the
stomach, all of which have a direct ten~
dency to secure a perpendicular spinal
[column and a broad full chest.
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