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'A. H. BYINGTON 8:; CO.,
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NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY,” JANUARY 15, 1861.
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, VOLUME XLIV--NUMBER3'
NORWALK GAZETTE
‘ OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
, ________________L
»A. '3. BYINGTON 84 CO..
A. H. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLs.
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Subscription Rates.
All Subscribers by Carrier, Mail, Post Riders and
oners, or car, _ . ' _ _
T127333 living But 3of any Carrier 8 District, 1f
' ‘ . ‘ in advance, J
Clldbldloofnseikcdf more sent to one address, to be
paid in advance,
Single copies 4 cents.
Advertising Rates.
One Square, one insert-ion, ‘$1 09
.. two insertions, 1 2:)
‘. three insertions, 1 59
~- one month, ‘ 1 "to
n two months, 3 00
‘- three months, , 4 00
“ six months, 7 00
“ - one year—L-with paper 15 00
Two S uares, one year—with paper, 25 00
Each‘a ditional Square, per year, 8 (1)
One half Column, one year, ~ 39 a
‘3
One Column, one year"! . _
Fifteen lines; or 100 w rds,1nake a square. Fraction-
a1 parts of a square char ed for as a whole. .
Year y advertisers have t e privilege of changing
their advertisements , once per month. 'AdVCl‘llSC-
meats chan ed ofteuer charged as transient.
Yearly advertisements payable 1stpf January & July.
Yearlyadvertisers restricted to the bnsmess contem-
plated atthe time 'of contract. ,
Cards, Resolutions, Funeral and all other Spccml No-
tices 2g percent. additional on the above.
835-” These'terms will be inflexibly adhered to._@
BUSINESS DIRECTORY. ‘—
\xv
‘Norwalk Post Office.
‘ MAILS CLOSE. -
West.7'.00“A. M.——2.30 P. M.
East 820 A. ISL—5.15 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Redding and Bedding Ridge, 12 M.
MAILS DUE.
West 9.1931. lib—6.30 P. M.
East 8.’W~.A--M.——3.30 P. M.
Danbuiy‘&.Norwalk Railroad 7.30 A. M.
' crosr OFFICE nouns.
. From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
‘ H. W. SMITH, I’. M.
NORWALK HOTEL,
(LATELY THE ALLIS HOUSE,)
EDWIN PECIK, PROPRIETOR,
VLEASE of this well-known and popu-
A lar House havinrr been purchased of
Mr. Allis, will be contmued, as heretofore, as
a first class provincial Hotel. No painsta-
king or expense will be spared to render
this in all respects a quiet and genteel, as It
is a beautiful rural .rctrcat. Permanent and
tranSicnt‘ guests accommodated upon reason-
able terms. _ ..
W A good Livery Stable connected pith
the Hotel.
DENTISTRY.
DR."A. I-IILL,
SURGICAL lie MECHANICAL
D j E N T I S T !
Office over the Store of C. J. Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.
JAMES c. Bannock,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL '
:D E _J..\T u:- I s '1',
Office atsv'Residencc, East Avenue, Norwalk',
Connecticut.
‘ Architecture.
'SI-DNEY M. STONE,
ARCHITECT,
\Vill furnish Plans, Specifications, ‘Dctail
Drawings, and superintend the erection of
public and private buildings. OflJce 111 Mar-
ble Block, Chapel—st, New Haven, Ct. tf62
‘l E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
ufacturcr of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, IVOoden and
Willow Ware, Crockery ;o and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
“I E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give
- o particular attention to sales by Auc-
tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property and
Household Furniture : terms low.
Will. a. STREET & co...
- Importers; wholesale and retail dealers in
HARDWARE, rnorv,
. Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, &c.
c. ls; Lockwoon. _
- Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
_ and .
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPORIUM : _
No. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Ct.
~ cannumruv,
Dealer in. Foreign andDomcstic
'on GOODS, .CARPETINGS,
- Carriage 'I‘rinnnings, Cloths, Cussimercs,
Satinctls, Vestings, and Tailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
or Package. Sheetings,
Shh-tings, Jeans, SLO.
At the lowest possible prices.
NonwALK, CONN.
s. E. hither-nan a. co.,
. \Vholesalc and‘Rc’tail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
14 and 16 Villain-st, Norwalk, Conn.
r. u. xv A 1:,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
smovms,
andoManufacturcr of .
Tin,Sheet Iron,& Cooper Ware,
Has constantly on hand a large assort-
ment of general House Keeping
. Furniture, ut-Sonth Non-walk,
.' . Conn,
ETNA INSURANCE comrauv,
or Hartford,
Incorporate] in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Gall; Capital ' $1,000,000
limure against loss and damage by Fire,
‘..n’."[‘.li-ms adapted to the l1nzarcl,a11d
4 consist ".ll. with the laws of
, _ compensation.
GEORGE It.“ COIVLES, Sole Agent
1y34 * For Norwalk and vicinity.
Gas riping, Fitting, ac.
- SEWING MACHINES ' B‘I‘JIPAIEED:
HE Eilllscpilygr i3 panhflfid t9 dtlflnd all
_ ,cgfils‘in the gas-fittiu ' i
be in readiness lo repair ‘eng or otherMa-
chines. Charges reasonable and work thor-
nghl y and promptl ' done. .
59111 . . EODORE GLOVER.
“S't'bves,. rStOVes.
.GOOD assortment'of Parlor and Cook
Stov'c constantly on hand 'and will be'
sold at, the lowest possible prices. Also
- Russia and Common Iron Pipe, Sheet Zinc,
«ts-- GEO- r. BELDEN '
me, one will also
REMOVAL.
HE office of C. F. Mocller‘s Dyeing Es-
tablishment has been
R E M 0 I"
from Mr. John F. Beanett’s; to Bunting’s
Bakery, Main-st, where he will be glad to
see all his oldcustomers as well as many
new ones as will favor him with a call.‘
. South Norwalk, 011213. R. Bennett; Winni-
pauk, J 05. C. Randlc. '
ED
Gutta Percha & India Rubber
CEMENT ROOTING.
I ‘HIS article has been thoroughly tested by
builders, Architects, and others, and the
experience ofyears has proved It to be the
cheapest and most durable Toofing m use.
We call attention to the following facts :
lst—It is ,fire and water proof. . .
2d—-From its great elasticity it is not Inju-
rionslyafl'ected by extremes of heat and cold.
3d-—It is adapted to all kinds of Roofs,
whether steep or flat, and is not in want of
constant repairs, as is the case with metal and
other roofs.
4th—The cost is only about One-Half that
of Tin, and it is twice as durable.
It is readily applied to Old Shinglc'Roofs,,
without removing the shingles, which is a
great desideratum- to parties who do not wrsh
to risk having their ceilings and furniture ru-
ined, while repairs are being made. _
Leaky Tin and Metal Roofs are readily re-
paired with Gutta Pcrcha Cement, oand
prevented from further corrosion and leaking
thereby insuring a perfectly water-tight roof
for many years. . ‘
Specimens of the Roofing can be seen by
calling on the subscriber, at South Norwalk.
All orders by letter will receive prompt at-
tention. D. F. HUNT, South Norwalk.
INSURANCE.
HE subscriber having taken the agency
of the New England Fire and lilac-inc In-
surance 00. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
by fire, on. as accommodating terms as any
othcr Company.
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established
with a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00. _
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for N orwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, Feb. lst, 1850. ' . f5
E. QUINTARZD 6L SONS,
Cabinet Makers ;
At'thcz'r Old Establislwtl Ware Rooms,
East Side the Bridge,
OPPOSITE PH (ENIX L’L 0 0K.
AVE now on hand the largest and best
assortment of Cabinet Furmturc,Cha1rs,
Looking Glasses, Mattresses, etc., ever offered
for sale in this place, which we have just pur-
chased for cash, at extremely low‘p‘t‘lces, and
intend to sell accordingly.
We also keep constantly on hand, Ready
Mule Coflins of all sizes and descriptions, from
the most costly Rosewood to the plamcst cvcr
med.
From our-long experience in the Underta-
king Business, we arc confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may need opr
services. 07
Groceries Cheaper than ever
I' O B. G A. S H l
HE subscriber would inform the public
generally, that he still continues to sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc, 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 lax-gean assort—
ment of groceries of "the best qualities as can
be found at any store in the country. 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.
SOUTH NORWALK
. Ladies and Gents’
Boot dc Shoe Store.
' “HE subscriber,-haviug tgken the business
.I. and stand of Stevens do Tristram, is pre-
pared to supply every article to be found in a
first class Boot and Shoo Establishment, for la-
dies, gentlemen, Or children’s wear.
Our goods are manufactured expressly for
our own sales, and warrant all work sold by
us. Always on hand, or made to order at
short notice, _
Gents’ Patent Leather Boots, Shoes, (ii-c. ;
Ladics’ Gaiters, (£36., (to. ; Children’s
Gaiters, and Shoes, &c., (90., the.
Rubber goods; a large stock kept constantly
on hand. Repaz‘rz'nlq done negtl and coped;—
cntly. IARVEI TEVENS. .
South Norwalk (N o. 3,. Ely’s Block), April
7, 1860. ‘
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 in Fairfield County, and at
lower prices, FOR CASH,_ than the same
quality'of goods can, be obtained at any-other
Establishment}.
The stock consists in part of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and
Quartettc Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tctc-a-tcte Lounges ; Mahog-
any and Cane scat Chairs ; Gilt
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., &c.
C‘OII’FIN WAREROOMS ;
whom: may he found a full assortment of Cof-
fins, which will finished in the best possible
manner, and at short notice.
W A hearse will be furnished when de-
sired. A. RENOUD.
VVcstport, May 1st, 1858.
“HOME AGAIN z”
Returned to Norwalk.
THE snbscribcrtakcs pleasure in notifying
' the public in general, ant 1iS old custom-
ers in particular, that he has rc-purchascd his
'fi)’rmc1' business, and 15 as, ready as ever to
serve them in every department of SADDLE
AND HARNESS MAKING.
'l‘hankfnl for the liberal patronage hereto-
fore extended him while a resident of Nor-
walk_—~hc hopes by- renewed efforts to please
—to merit a Continuance Qflll'fi same,
Remember our motto, Better than the best,
and cheaper than the cheapest: at the old stand
——cast end of Connecticut Hotel,
33 STEPHEN SWANN.
Fancy Goods, GLc.
_ finc aséortmcnt of Fancy Goods, Pocket
, Cutlery, and a new lot of Rodgcr’s Scis-
sors, just reocivcd and warranted to be a‘first
rate aiticlc. Clocks of all kinds. “’0 have
'also the agency of Mcrrill's Oriental Pomade,
something new, and needs only to be tried to
be appreciated. A. JACKSON & BRO.
At the 01d Stand in Main Street.
Hardware and Cutlery.
Mechanic’s Tools, Farming Utensils, Guns,
Pistols, Iron and Steel, lYindow
, Glass. . is“? and} 011.9;
“fll. C, STRE t, «515 CO, have in store
and are constantly receiving direct
from the manufacturers, a large supply of
Foreign and Domestic Goods, under the above
dcnominations,which makes their-assortment
of articles suited to this market, equal to any
in the State, and which ”will be sold either
wholesale or“ retail on as favorable terms as
can be purchased in. New York. -
' WILLIAM C. STREET,
A. H. WILCOXSON.
FURS a
E. M. MERRITT.
m©zeeibaae©1p9sa
LADIES' AND' GENT’S
OYSTEIML ICE CREAM SALOON
Skiddy’s‘ Block, Main-st, Norwalk. '
Pure Domestic Wines.
HE subscriber has always on ‘hand, of
his own manufacture, Grape and Cur-
rant Wines, from 3 to 5 years Old, price $1.50
per gallon. Also, Cider Vinegar—14 cts. per
gallon, all are warranted pure, and equal to
any in market.
Address. C. s. MIDDLEB‘ROOK, ,
Box 422 Bridtrc ort.
W Refer to L. P. Allis or the E itor of
Gazette. 23
A. JACKSON 61.4330.
VVOULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently, made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in Fairfield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
VVatchesfivhich is lar er than ever before.——.
We have a fine lot of adics’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as bein cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentleman’s alch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
renter. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
latcd “fares was never better than at pres-
ent. and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO.
Wagon and Carriage
BUILDING AND REPAIRING,
IN New Canaan, at the old stand of the
subscriber. Every description of Wagons
made to order, and ten per cent. cheaper than
any other shop in the county. All kinds of
Farm produce, and Oak, Ash, and Hickory
Plank taken in exchange for work. '
11729 E. L. ARNOLD.
- Mr. J. Hessian,
I 3-star! 1,15 - .
’3 ,g,g - Professor of Musrc
, ' . . J/ll .. Is now, prepared to re-
new his course of instruc-
tion to all those who may desire his services.
Instructions given on the Piano Forte, Organ
or Mclodcon.
Pianos'tuncd and repaired. All orders left
at his residence, Main—st, and store of A. H.
Camp, N0. 17 Main-st, Norwalk, will be
promptly attcndcd_t0. 1y32
House 8: Sign Painting,
GILDING, GLAZING, &c., be,
SOUTH NORWALK.
HE subscriber will execute all orders in
Plain or Ornamental Painting in the
most satisfactory manner, and at reasonable
prices.
Also, For Sale, his present residence (with
his business if desired), comprising a house
nearly new, with garden, trees, shrubbery,
&c., and a shop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quintard -&
Smith’s Carriage Factory, to '
. ,GEORGE HODGES
May 7th,1860. - 1y19
J. N.LOGK.WO0D& co,
\Vest Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NEIV BLOCK,
I , EEP constantly 011 band, a. large and
varied assortment of Ladies’, Gents’,and
Children’s . ,
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &c.,
all made under our own personal supervisi
ion, of the best material, and in the most
workman]ikc-manner. Our assortment of
Ladies‘ Gaiters undoubtedly comprises—both
in extent and quality—a finer assortment than
can be found at any similar establishment in
the County. In Gent’s Boots, Gaiters, Shoes,
etc, we have a larger and better assortment,
we are confident, than was ever before Offer-
ed in Norwalk. We are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any article in our line, and
at the shortest notice.
Misses’ and Children’s Shoes, Rubbers, etc.,
in endless variety. A fine article Of Slippers
for Gents’ wear.
REPAIRING—in all its branches—done
neatly, quickly, and cheaply.
House Painting,
GLAZING, GRAINING, GILDING, ETC.
C. C. BROTHERTON
IS prepared to execute all orders in the
above line of business with neatncss and-
dispatch. All orders for
PAPER HANGING, ,
will be executed in the best manner, by an
experienced workman. ,
Orders left at the Store of E. Va. th'chester,
on at the subscriber’s residence, on Mer-
win Street, will meet with prompt attention.
0. C. Buo'rnun'ron.
General Blacksmithing.
CARRIAGE MAKING c REPAIRNG;
And Horsé Shacz'ng Exchange. '
HE subscribers have made arrangements
for carrying on a general Blacksmithing,
Carriage Making and Repairing; and also,
for the Shocing of Horses, in which depart-
ment, we have the services of a man thor-
oughly competent and experienced, whom
we will warrant not to be surpassed in this
line of his vocation. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited. ~
. . E. M. MERRITT & CO.
G. W. Murmur.
Water—st, N orwalk, Conn.
I ' Whitney’s
Photographic and Fine Art
GALLERY,
NORWALK, CONN. .
LATE E. B. TIIONIPSON’S. E T. Whitnc
would inform the citizens of Norwal
that he has established himself iuthc Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
graps, Ambrotypcs, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the'sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain; in the llirrhcst st le
of the art. E. . VHITNE .-
D, B. Woonnunv, Operator . tf29
Great Bargains
| C IN
Good Goods 2
Y a'lresh arrival from New York, we
have received the best assortment of
«veneral Dry Goods, ever seen in West'port.——
Dress Goods of every description, Merinoes,
plain and printed Cashmercs, All Wool Dc
Laines, Valencias, Mohairs, &c., &c. We
'would call special attention to our Worsted
Plaids, one anda quarter a yd, wide, at only
Three and Sixpence, and 011.16? goods in pro.
portion, '
Bleached and Unbleached Shootings, and
Canton Flanncls, Red, Blue, and Grey Wool
Flannels, Sacquc Flanncls. plain and figured.
Cotton and Linen Table Cloths by the piece
or yd. Also, Napkins, Towels, Wool Stand
and Table covers.
Fall and Winter Shawls and Cloaks, very
cheap. We cannot enumerate all, but will
be glad to show everything to all who may
favor uswith a call.
Ready Made Clothing and Clothing mad
to order, from the newest styles {rigged and
warranted to be cheaper. and fit ,‘eltert an
can be found, in the county. Clothing cut
f he of Charge," Tailoring conducted by Mr.
pang, whose ten years’ experience has pro-
, ..
DISBRQW’S.
LADIES and Children’s
ved him to be A No. 1. SPANG do GRAY.
- '2' Emma; trmfutrls‘. .. .
Whittier on the Union.
,, .—
John G. Whittier has written many good things,
but few equal to the following patriotic lines. He
glories in our race, our nation, prosperity, power.
and growth; therefore his pen had a sort of inspira-
tion when he penned these verses :
The blood that flowed at Lexington, and crlmsoued
bright Champlain,
Streams along the Southern Gulf, and by the lakes
of Maine.
It flows in vein: that swrll above Pacific‘s golden
sand,
And throbs in hearts that love and grieve by dark
Atlantic’s strand. .
It binds in one vast brotherhood the trappers of the
“'est,
With men whose cities glass themselves in Erie’s
classic breast; . ,
And those to whom September brings the fireside
social hours,
With those who see December’s brow all wreathed
with gorgeous flowers.
From where Columbia laughs to greet the smiling
Western wave,
To where Potomac sighs beside the patriot hero’s.
grave:
And from the gleaming everglades to Enron’s lordly
mm »
The glory of a nation‘s past thrills through a kindred
blood. . ‘
Wherever Arnold‘s tale is told it dyes the cheek with
shame,
And glows with pride o‘er Bunker Bill or Moultrle’s
wider fame ;
And whereso’er above the fray the stars of empire
gleam; 4‘
Upon the deck or o‘er the dust it proves a common
theme 1
It is a sacred legacy ye never can divide,
Nor take from village urchin nor son of city pride,
Nor the hunter’s white~haired children, who find a
faithful home ”
Where nameless lakes aré sparkling, and where lone-
ly rivers roam.
Greene drew his sword at Eutaw, and bleeding South‘
ern feet
Trod the march across the Delaware, amid the snow
and sleet! -
And 10 l upon the parchment, where our natal rec-
ord shines, .
The burning page of Jefferson bears Franklin’s calm-
er lines. ’
Could ye divide that record bright, and tear the
names apart , .
That first were written boldly there with plight of
hand and heart ?
Could ye erase a Hancock’s name e’en with the sa-
brc’s edge
Or wash out with fraternal blood a Carroll's double
pledge? ' '
Say, can the South sell all her share in Banker’s
hoary height,
Or can the North give up her beast in. Yarktown’s
closing fight .9 .
Can ye divide with equal hand a heritage of graves,
0r rend iu twain the starry flag that o’er them proud-
ly waves 9
Can yc cast lots for Vernon’s soil, or chafi‘er ’mid
the gloom
That hangs its solemn folds about your common
Father’s tomb?
Or could you meet around his grave as patricldal foes,
And breathe your burning curses o’er his calm rep'o'se?
Ye dare not! is the Alleghaniau’s thunder-toned
decree l .
’Tis echoed where Nevada guards the blue and trau-
quil lea;
Where tropic waves delighted clasp our flowing
Southern shore,
And where through foaming mountain gates NObras-
ka‘s waters roar.
——.v-<I.>o
From the Jefl‘erson tan.
Talaria—A Skating Song.
I
We press the heel to the curving steel,
And while the echo rings,
From bended knee springs light and free
Upborne on sandal wings.
In flying flakes the furrows breaks
Before each glancing glaive,
And falls away in snOwy spray
The foam of the frozen wave!
List to the chime, the rumbling rime
And ringing runners keep
As o’er the floor of crystal ore
With undulating sweep.
And measured sway, we cleave our way,
And course the perfect plain,
As lithe of limb as birds that skim
The billows of the main!
Such melodies of rhythmic'ease
Our airy footsteps buoy-
Such ready dower of conscious power— 1
Each impulse is a joy!
We‘ll poise and swerve with careless curve
To carve each rounded wreath :-
We’ll chase afar the mirrored star '
That floats in skies beneath;
Now whirl and wheel in mazy reel—
Was never dance so light I—
Now o’er the wide ice-shadows glide,
Far out into the night! '
Like those vilcd spiritcl whoge frosty lights
Dart o‘er the frozen zone,
No bounds there be the eye can see,
Shall hold as their own.
We catch the blow that spirits know,
Flushed with immortal powers—
‘Thought roams as light as the dreams of night—
Thc heart of youth is ours—-
So, outer Dearth makes dear the Hearth-
From Dearth the warm life springs-
Fate’s icy force shall smooth the course
For Wisdom’s tempered wings.
--B.
. «O»
Arrench ill Story.
“Is She dead th "
“Yes, madame,” repliedalittle gentle-
man in a brown coat and short breeches.
“And her will I” ' .
"Is going to be opened hero immedi-
ately by the solicitor.” '
“Shall we inherit anything I”
“It must be supposed so, we have
claims.” '
“Who is this miserably dresssed por-
sonago who intrudes herself here I"
“011, she,” replied‘tbc man sneeriugly,
“she won’t have much in the will, she is.
sister to the deceased."
"What l—that Anne, who wedded in
1812, a man of nothing—an officer I”
Precisely so.”
“She must have no small amount of
impatience to present herself before a rc-
spectablc"family.”
“The more so, as sister Egrie, of noble
birtb,had never forgiven her for that
mesalliunce. .
Anniemoved at this time acrOss the
room in which the family ,of the deceased
were assembled. She ' was pale ; her
eyes were filled with tears, and her face
wa§ furrowed by care with precious wrin-
klel. ' ¢ ' "
“What do'you come here for I” asked
Madame do Villeboys, with great haugh-
tiness, who a moment before had been
interrogating the little man who inherit-
ed with-her.
“'Mndame,” the poor lady replied, with
humility, “I do not come here to claim a
part of what does not belong to me ;' I
came solely to see M. Duboil, my sister's ,
solicitdr, to inquire if she spoke of ' me in
her last hour.”
“What 1 do you think people busy
themselves about you I” arrogantly ob-
served Madame de Villeboys. “the dis-
grace of a great house—you, who wed-
ded’a man'of nothing, a soldier of Bona-
parte.” .
“Madame, my husband, though a child
of the people, was a brave soldfir, and,
what is better, an honest man,” observed
Annie. ,
At this momenta venerable person-
age, the notary M, Dubois, made his ap-
pearance. .
“Cease,” he said, “to reproach Annie
with a union which her sister had forgiv-
en hcr. Anne loved a' generous, brave
,and good man, who had no ~ other‘crime
to reproach himself with than poverty
and tbs: obscurity 'of his name. Never-
theless, had he lived, if his family had
known him. as I knew him—I, his old
-ftiend—L—Annie would now be happy and
respected.” . .
“But why is this meau her e,”—-said
the notary gravely, “Lmyself requested
her to be here.” ' I l
M. Duboisvthen proceeded to open the
will.
“I, being sound in mind and heart,
Egrie de'Deml’reneg, retired as a 'board-
er in the Convent of the Sisters of the
Sacred, Heart of Jesus, dictate the fol-
lowing wishes as the expression of my-
formal desire and principal clause of my
testament: ,
After my decease, there will be found
, two hundred thousand fraucs' in money
at my notary’s, besides jewelry, clothes
god furniture, as also a chateau 'worth
two hundred thousand francs.
-In the convent where I haye been re-
siding, will be found my book ‘Hieures
dc‘la Vierge,’ a holy volume, which re-
mains as it was, when I took it with me
at the time of emigration. I desire that
these three objects be divided into three
lots.”
The first lot, two hundred thousand
francs in money.” ‘
The second lot, the chateau, furniture
and jewels. - I ’
The third lot my book, Hieures de la
Vierge. ' . .
_ I have pardoned my sister Annie the
griefs she has caused us, and I would
have comforted her sorrows, if I had
known sooner Of her 'return to France.—
I comprise her in my will.
Madame de Villeboys, my much he-
loved cousin, sbdll have the first choice.
M. Vatry, my brother-in-law shall have
the second choice. '
Anne will take the remaining lot.
“Ah, ah,” said Vatry, “sister Egrie
was a good one; that was rather clever
on her part.”
“Annie will only have the prayer-
book,” exclaimed Madame de Villeboys,
laughing aloud.
The notary interrupted her jocnlarity.
“Madame,” said be, “which lot do
you choose l” .
The Iwo hundred thousand francs in
money.” ,
"Have you quite made up yourjmindf”
“Perfectly so.”
The man of the law, addressing him-
self to the good feelings of the lady, said,
“Madame, you are rich, and Anne has
nothing. Could you not leave this, and
take the book.of prayers, which the ct:-
centricity of the deceased has placed on a
par with the other lot.”
:‘You must be joking, M. Dubois,” ex-
claimed Madame de Villeboys ; “you
must really be dull not to see the inten-
tion of sister Egricin this. Our honored
cousin foresaw full well that her book of
prayers would fall to the lot of Anne,
who had the last choice.
‘And what do you conclude from that?’
inquired the notary.
“I conclude that she intended to inti-
mate to her sister that repentance and
prayer were the only help'that she had to
expect in this world.
As she finished these words Madame
de V. made a definite selection of the
ready money for her share. M- Vatry,
.as may be easily imagined, select ed the
chateau, furniture and jewels as his lot.
“Monsieur Vatry,” said M. Dubois
to that gentleman, “even suppose it had
been the intention of the deceased to pan-
ish her sister, it wouldbe noble on your
part, millionaire as you are, to give at
least a portion of your share to Annie,
‘ who is in want of it.”'
“Thanks for your kind advice,.dear
sir,” replied Vatry, “the mansion is situ-
ated on the very confines of my'w’oods,
and suits admirably, all the more so that
it is ready furnished. . As to the jewels
of sister Egrie, they are reminiscences
which one ought never to part with.”
“Since it is so,” said the notary, “my
poor Madame Anne, here is the 'prayer
book which remains to you.”
Anne, attended by her son, a hand-
some boy with blue eyes, took her sister’s
old prayer book and making her son
kiss it after her said.
“Hector, kiss this book, which belong-
ed to your poor aunt, who is dead, but
who would have loved you, had she
known you. When you-have learned to
read you'vlill pray to heaven to make
you wise and good as your father was,
and happier than your unfortunate moth-
er.” '
The eyes of those who were present
were filled with tears, notwithstanding
their efforts to preserve
indifference.
The child embraced the old. book with
boyish fervor,and opening it afterwards—
”O. mamma,” he said, what pretty
pictures l” .
“Indeed 1” said the mother, happy in
the'gladness of her boy.
an appearance of
holding the infant J esus‘in her arms.—
But why, mamma, has silk paper been put
upon the pictures l” -
“So that they might pot be injured,
my dear.” ' '
“But, mammafwhy are there ten silk
papers on each engraving?” ,
The mother looked, and uttering a sad-
den shriek, she fell into the arms of M.
Dubois, the, notaryfivho addressing those
present, said : '
“Leave her aloue, it won’t be much ;
people don’t die of these shocks. As for
you; little one,” addressing Hector, “give
engravings.”
The inheritors withdrew, making vari-
ous conjectures as to the cause of lunch
sudden illness, and the interest the notary
took in her. A month afterwards they
'met Anne and her son exceedingly well
yet not extrava'gantly dressed, taking. an
airing in a . barouche. This led them to
make inquiries, and they ascertained that
Madame Anne had recently purchased a
hotel for one hundred -and eighty thou-
sand frahcs, and that shewas giving a
first rate education to her son. The
news came like. a thunder bolt upon them
Madame do Villeboys and M. Vatry has-
tened to call upon the notary for expla-
nations. The good Dubois was working
at his desk. .
“Perhaps we are disturbing you ?” said
the arrogant old lady.
“No matter ; I was in theact of set'
tling a purchpSe in the State funds for
Madame Anne,”
“What I” exclaimed Vastry, after
“purchasing house and equipage has she
still money to invest?”
“Undoubtedly so.” . . ,
“Where i did you not see I?”
“When I”
“When she shrieked at seeing what the
prayer book contained which She inher-
ited.”
“We observed nothing.” , _‘ .
“O, I thought you saw it,” said the
sarcastic notary. “The prayer back con-
tained sixty exgraviags, and each engrav—
ing was covered by. ten notes of a thou-
sand francs each.”
“Good heavens l” exclaimed Vatry,‘
thunderstruck.
“If I had only known in. l” shouted
Madame dc Villeboys.
“Yonhad the choice,” added the no-
tary. “and I, myself, urged you to take
the prayer book, but you refused.”
“But who could have expected to find
a fortune in a breviary l”
The two baffled egotists withdrew,their
hearts swollen with passionable envy.
Madame Anne is till in Paris. It you
pass by the Rue Lafitte, on a summer
evening, you will see a charming picture
on the first floor illuminated by the pale
reflection of wax lights.
A lady who has joined the two fair
hands of her son, a fair child of six years
of age, in prayer before an old book of
“Hieurs de la Vlerge,” and for which a
cross of gold has been made.
“Pray for me, child,” said the mother.
“And for who else ?” inquired the
child. '
“For your father, your dear ‘father,
who perished without knowing you, and
without being able to love you.”
Must I pray to the Saint, my patron?"
"Yes, my little friend, but do not for-
get a saint who watches, as from heaven
and who smiles upon us from above the
clouds.” I . '
“What is the name of that saint, mam-
ma dear ?’-' I.
The mother then, watering the child’s
head with her tears, answered :
“Her name is—sisterEgrie.”
.«Q».
N. Y. Express Doctrines.
We clip the subjoined article from the Ex-
press, with the Hartford Courant’s preface,
simply that our readers may see theprofound
source from which so much of the political
statemenship, retailed hereabouts, with such
lavish profundity emenates, We opiue few
will read it without remembering that they
have heard something very like it before:
4 The brothers Brooks, of the New York
Express, were born in Portland, Maine.
and have wbrked their way in the world
by dint of Yankee talents. They com-
menced with small means, as country boys
from Down East, and have now become
'so thoroughly citéfied that they turn up
their noses, in a good-homered way, at
the plain, sincere and hearty farmers they
left behiug them when they migrated into
the commercial metrOpolis. In reply to.
our remark that New England has; virtu-
ally overspread the whole North and-
Nortbwest of our national (Ouain, the
Express makes a rejoinder, which we give
witliout note or comment, leaving our
readers to make their own criticisms :
“The New England element is indeed
one of power, intellectual, physical, and
territorial nowg—but it agrees not with
the .Atlantic ,Border of the. .Nortbern
States, or with the Southern half of the
_Westcru States,—and hence it is but nat-
ural, that men, who cannot agree, should
think of parting. The fact is,—-if New
England and the New England great
Lake lines Emigration would but go to
Chanda, and the Provinces and form a
great Republic of its own, including
w
“Yes. The good virgin, in a red dress
me that prayer book ; you will tear the
“But where did the money come frOm?”
Greenland, if, necessary,—the rest of us
in the United States, could jog along in
peace, and think of something else but
that omnipotent ‘Negro.’ The South
asks not ing'of as 0n the Atlantic or
Ohio Borders, that four-fifths of our Peo-
ple did not yield in 1787, when the con-‘
stitution was formed, dad would not. now
guarantee; but a large portion of the
N on England element of our population
is neither willing to execute the compact
in good faith, nor to guarantee its execu-
tion. The domineering Puritan; spirit
demands having everything its own way,
and hence the perils and the sufferings
of our lacerated country.
“But when we speak of New England
we by no means mean all her good men,
—for no better Constitutional Unionists
exist on earth than that large minority in
the New England States, which holds
fast to the ways of the practical Franklin
and the patriotic Roger Shérnian, with-
out shooting ofi'. into the isms, ologies and
it: of modern New England education.
, "‘The‘ fact is, the people of New Eug-
kinda—strange as it may be to say it,—
have not half enoughto do, and hence
ghey are so often minding other peoplefs
business when their own ceases to afford
their active intellects enough of mental
occupation. The woman of New Eng-
land often rises Monday morning, the,
washing and the baking for the week are
done, and the ‘lady’ turns out in- mouse-
lines or calico at the breakfast. table,
panting to discuss, theologically or ethno-
logically, ‘Shem, Ham and Japhet,’ or
their offspring the Caucasian, Mongolian,
Or Ethiopian races... Her busy mind,
with no other work. for the day, mist do
something, and. hence in an afternoon tea
drinking, she settles all Europe and
Asia, while in the evening she reserves
herself for Lecture, to bear discussed ‘Af-
rica,’ and more especially that part of Af-
rica that is in our Southern States. . The
men, once in ‘the nine months winter,’
had occupation to employ their minds,—
but now that the threshing machine, the
corn Sheller, the apple paring machine,
have robbed them of winter’s employment
and the stove invention has saved nine-
tenths Of their fuel, so that one tenth of
labor now gets from the forest, the wood,‘
that nine-tenths more labor, not long ago
was indispensible to get,—cven the farm-
er must employ himself in'hearing Lloyd
Garrison or Wendell Phillips, lecture, or
if not them, the free, love ‘soap lock’ men
that go about the countryhxith the strong
minded women to preach ‘Frecdom on
everything,” but especially on ‘thc negro.’
“New England is rough, rocky and
cold,—and if the Puritans had not stum-
bled upon the Rock of Plymouth, or if
they had known what they were stum-
bling upon,——New England would have
been the last end of the Amef'icau crea-
tion to be settled. The New Englander,
however, has conquered nature, while the
spirit within him has turned everything
into gold—and now that he has couquer—_
ed rocks, sands, seas, forests, everything,
his honqucring energies pant to be con-
quering his fellow man—a sturdier subject
to be overcome than even Plymouth Rock
or Cape Cod sands. The ex'citalfie oxy-
. gen of his frigid air, acts upon him, as in-
dating gas, and that gas often makes him
insane. This excitability of New Eng-
land, wbic'o once ran riot exclusively in
religion, has recently ran riot in politics.
The intellectual gaseous tendencies were
once counteracted by hard ,work, chop-
ping down trees, pulling up stumps, plow-
ing up fields, &c.,-—bat the manufacturing
business of New England, within doors,
preventing the laborer from cultivating
his body, and thus counteracting his in-
flammable mind, has left him often, now,
a. long, lean, lank anatomy of a. man, 'all
head and no body,—in many respects re-
sembling the poppy, but little of stalk,
but all seed. These poppy men become
‘lecturers,’ poripatetic orators, congrega-
tional preachers, and go forth into the
world—armed, first, with the logic of
major and minor, and next, as they fail-in
these, with Sharps’ rifles, to shoot into
sinucrs’ bodies the Gospel they may not
be able to batter into their brains. Hence
the godly John Brown, with Connecticut
pikes, at Harper’s Ferry, and the more
godly preachers in Texas with strychnine
in one pocket of the saddle-bags, and
Burlingamc’s Anti Slavery Bible in the
other, to say nothing of the Boston
“Tracts’ from that new Tract Society
that had not confidence in the old Tract
Society here doing God’s .work, without
the accompaniment of rifle or the strych~
nine.‘
‘Now, our old line friend of Hartford
must see,—Yankees as we of the Express
are, and proud of our race,—that We
cannot possibly agree with this new race
of Yankees which have sprung up since
our day, and which just now, because of
the application of machinery to everything
in New England, have not - half enough
for their minds to do. When we were
permitted to wrestle, romp, and run for
‘fnu,’—-aud for work, to cut down trees,
split rails or chop wood for winter fires.
The basking, the shocking, and apple
paring business occupied Winter evening,
and people went to bed at nine o’clock to
get up at four A. M. to feed the cattle
and the hogs—but now it is ‘the Anti-
Slavery Lecture,’ ‘tbe Rights of men and,
.women,’ that employ the wintercvening
of. the present time, instead of the more
rational, healthy occupations of fun or
labor. 1
“Really, what New England most
need: is ‘fun’ for the mind, and, gymnas-
tics for the body. And if its women and
girls would only clamber up tall poles,
or learn to ride two hours at one time, or,
stand up on one horse‘ih full gallop, or,-
if the men would only spend their even-
ings in dancing the old long reel, the
double shuflle,or the French cotilliou, the
whole country would soon have peace.—
New England would then be innocently
employed.”
_ wanim. nuance.
I have speculated a great deal upon
matrimony. I have seen j young and
beautiful women, the pride, ‘ bf “I‘d-BIL",
circles, married—as the _. world... 899!— , .
well 1 Some hve mbved into .oostl!
houses, and their friends have alb come
and looked at their fine ruminant!
splendid arrangements for happia@,:. and
they have- gone away and cOmmitted
them to their Sunny hopes, cheerfully and
without fear. It is natural to be . ul-
guine for the young, and at such tintée‘k‘l’:
am carried avay’by similar feelingi.‘ ‘I
love to get, unobserved, into a corner
and watch the bride, in'her white, attire,-
and with her'smiling' face and soft . eyes,-
moving before me in thepride of her life,
weave a waking dream of her future lisp;
piness, and persuade myself that It .will
betme. ' '_ ‘ _. '
I think how they will , set . upon the.
luxurious sofa as the twilight falls, .Ild-
-b ' _ gay hopes, and murmur-in lowtonee'
t . now unforbidden tenderness, and ,
how thrilling- the allowed kisses and
beautiful endearments of wedded life‘will
make even their parting joyous: and
how gladly they will come back fromvtho
crowd and theempty mirth, and of the
gayhto each other’s quietjoompinfiu, I - .
picture to myself that young ”creative,
listening eagerly for his reopen,“ the
night steals on, and wishing-that”. lle
wouldcome ; and when he entersiatleat, '
and with an affection as undying as his ‘
palSe, folds her. to his bosom, I on} fuel ‘
the very tide that goes. flowing through ‘
his heart, and gaze with him on her
graceful formasshe moves abouthimfor
'tbe kind oflices of afl‘ection, soothing all f
his nnquiet cares and making him forget ',
eyen himself in her young: and unshidé .
owed beauty. ' ' f . I I ' ‘; . ,.
I go'foi'ward for years and.-..seo.her=
luxurious hair put soberly away from
herbrow, and her girlish graces-ripening
into dignity, and bright loveliness chas-
tenedinto affection. ~Her husband looks
on her with a proud eye, and shows her,
the same fervent love and delicate attem
tions that first won her; and fair chil-
drea have grown up about them, and '
they go on full of honor and untroubled
Wand are remembered when they
die. I say I love to dream thus when. I.
go to give the young bride joy. It is
the natural tendency and feeling touched
by loveliness that fears nothing for itself, 1
and if I ever yield to darker feeling it is
because the light of the picture ischabg-
ed. 1 am not fond of dwelling upon
such changes, and I 'will not, minutely
now. I allude to it only because. I trust
that my simple page willberread by some '
of the’youug and. beautiful beings who
daily cross my path ; and I would whiz}-
per to them as- they glide by,.joyoualy' '
and confidently, the secret of an unclouds
ed future.
The pictures I have drawn » above is
not peculiar. It is colored like the (fan-21'
cies of the bride ; and many, oh i many-
an hour will she sit, with her rich jev’vels
lying loose in her fingers, and dream such .
dreams “3. these. She believes them, too.
_and she goes on for'a while undeoeived. '
The evenings are not too long when they '-
talk of plans of happiness, andgthe quiet
meal is still pleasant with delightful nov-
elty of mutual reliance and attention.—
There comes Soon, however, a timeiwhen
personal topics become bare and warl-
some, and slight attentions will, not alone
keep up the social excitement. ' There
are intervals, of silence and-I detected
symptoms'of‘WeaI-iness, and the husband
first, in his manhood, breaks in upon the :
hours theywere wont to spend together.: I , ‘ '
cannot follow it circum'stautially. There ‘
come long hours of restlessness, and tar-
rible misgivings of each other”: worth .
and affection, until, by and by, they can
conceal their uneasiness no longer, and,"
go .out seperately to seek relief, and lean
upon a hollow world for support, which .
one, who was their lover and friend,
could not give them I .
Heed this, ye who are winning,by your
innocent beauty, the afl'ections of high- I
minded'and thinking beings I Remain:
her that he will give up the brother of ‘
his heart, with whom he had ever a fel-
lowship of mind ; the society of his co-
temporary runners in the race of fame,
who have held with him a stern compan-
ionship, and frequently in . his passionate
lave he will break away from the arena
of his burning ambition, to come and lie,
ten to the “voice of the Charmer.” It
will bewilder bimat first,ibut it will not
long ; and then, think you, that an idle
blandishment will claim the - mind that 7
has been used for years to an equal com .1 ' :
munion ? Think you that he ‘will give"
up fora weak dallianco the animating!
themes of men and the search into the
mysteries of knowledge? Oh, no, lady!
believe me—nol Trust not yourinflu-
cues to such light fetters‘? Credit not I
the old fashioned absurdity. that women’s... .
is a. secondary ‘lot—miniSteering to the ,
necessities of her lord and master. It is
a higher. destiny I would ‘ Ema _
ybu. If your'immortalityisas complete; '
and your gift of mind is as . capable)";
ours, I would charge you to water the
bud, and give yourself a healthy. icalturow -
and open its beauty to the: sun, and their“
you may hope that when your life '
u
bound with another, you may go on
”equally and with at fellowship that shall
pervade every earthly interest.
Washington .I’QL'n‘,w
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