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‘NORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY, FE
BRUARY 2.6, 1861. '
, VOLUME XLIV--NUMBER 9.
NORWALK GAZETT E
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‘ BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Nos-walk Test on...
. ‘ ms CLOSE.
Westfl'lloo A; _M.-2.30 P. M.
East_8.20 A. M.—5.15 P. M.
Daubury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, 12 M.
ms . DUE.
Wést 9.... A. M.—6.30 P. M.
East 8.00 A. M.——3.30 P. M. '
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 7.30 A. M.
roar orrrcn nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
H. W. SMITH, r. n.
NORWALK HOTEL,
_ (LATELY THE ALLIS nonsn,)
EDWIN PEC‘K, Pnorainron,
A LEASE of this well-known and popu-
lar House having been purchased of
Mr. Allis, willbe continued, as heretofore, as
a first class provincial Hotel. No.pains ta-
king or' expense will be spared to render
this in'all. respects a quiet and genteel, as it
is a beautiful rural retreat. Permanent and
transient guests accommodated upon reason-
. able terms; _ ' g _
33' A good Livery Stable connected .w1th
the Hotel. ' .
GREGORY’S POINT
:H o ’1‘ E L, ,
Norvv'hlk, Conn.
D. H. NUTTER, ......... Paornm'roa.
HE ALLIS HOUSE,
(formerly Union House,)
Opposite NI'Y. & N. 'H. Depot, in Union-st,
New Haven, Conn.
L. P. ALLIS, Paornm'ron.
CYRUS NORTHROP.
Attorney and Counsellor at Lag,
Office opposite Congregational Church,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
JAMES o. nannoun,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
D E N '1' I S '1',
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut.
. Architecture.
SIDNEY M. STONE,
ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintend the erection of
public and private buildings; Office in Mar-
bleBlock, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. - ti52
E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
ufacturer of ’l‘in, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Bn'ttannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give
0‘ pprticular attention to sales by Auc-
tion, of cal Estate, Personal Property and
Household Furniture : terms 10w.
WM. 0- STREET & 60.,
Importers ; wholesale and retail dealers in
nannwnnn, more,
Steel, Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, &c.
o. s. nocnwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and .
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHIN G
EMPORIUM :
No. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Gt.
.0. I. GRUHAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
oar GOODS, CARPBTINGS,
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Satinetts, Vestings, and Tailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
or Package. Sheetings,
Shirtings, J cans; &c.
At the lowest possible prices.
Ndnwxnx, CONN
s. I. OIMS'I'EAD a. co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Food, do,
' 14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
F o. a o. M. Iranians,
DEALERS IN l ..
Groceries, Provisions, I‘lour,
FEED, we.
No. 13 Main Street, Norwalkyonn.
GEO. HOLMES. GEO. . HOLMEI.
ETNA . insomnia}: couranr,
0f Hartford, ‘\
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Pe etual.
Gash Capital ‘ $1. .000
Insure against loss and damage Fire,
on 'l‘erins adapted to the hazar ,and
consistent, With the laws f
compensation.
GEOBGF- R COWLES, Sole Agent
' 1y 34 For Norwalk apd
. Buckwheat Cakes.
NEW Buckwheat Flour, from rry’s
1111!. At Ours'rsan & ’s.
8888888881888
REMOVAL.
THE office of C. F. Moeller’s Dyeing Ea-
tablishment has been
REMOVED
from Mr. John F. Bennett’s, to Bunting’s
Bakery, Main-st, where he will be glad to
see all his old customers as well as many
new ones as will favor him with a call.
South N orwalk, Chas. R. Bennett; Winni-
pauk, J 05.0. Randle.
Outta I'ercha' & India Rubber
CEMEN '1' ROOTING.
HIS article has been thoroughly tested by
builders, Architects, and othe and the
experience of years has ' roved it t be the
cheapest and most durab c roofing in use.
We call attention to the following facts :
lat-It is fire and water proof.
2d—From its great elasticity it is not inju-
riously affected by extremes ofheat 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 Shingle Roofs,
without removing the shingles, which is a
great desideratum to parties who do not wish
to risk having their ceilings and furniture ru-
ined, while repairs are being made.
Leaky Tin andMetal Roofs are readily re-
paired with Gutta Percha Cement, and
prevented from further corrosion and leaking
thereby insuring a perfectly water-tight roof
for many years. .
Specimens of the Rcofing can be seen by
calling on the subscriber, at South Norwalk.
All orders b letter will receive prompt at-
tention. . F. HUNT, South Norwalk.
INSURANCE.
THE subscriber having taken the agency
of the New England litre and Marine In-
surance Co. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
by fire, on as accommodating terms as any
other 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. 1st, 1850. t
n. corn-rams 5:. sons,
Cabinet Makers 5
At their Old Established Ware Rooms,
, ,Eiwl Side the Bridge,
OPPOSITE PHG'NIX BLOCK.
HAVE now on hand the largest and best
assortment of Cabinet Furniture,Cha1rs,
Looking Glasses, Mattresses, etc, ever offered
for sale in this place, which we have just pur-
chased for cash, at extremely low prices, and
intend to sell accordingly. -
We also keep constantly on hand, Ready
Made Cofim of all sizes and descriptions, from
the most costly Rosewood to the plainest ever
used.
From our long experience in the Underta-
king Business, we arc confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may need our
services. ' 37
Groceries Cheaper than ever
I' 0 R C A S E !
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 large .an assort-
ment of groceries of the best quahties as can
be found at anystore in the country. He
would invite the special attention of a! 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 w Shoe Store.
' ‘HE subscriber, having taken the business
1. and stand of Stevens & Tristram, is pre-
pared to supply ever article who found in a
first class Boot and [we 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. A1Ways on hand, or made to order at
short notice, '
Gents’ Patent Leather Boots, Shoes, di-c. ,-
Ladi'es’ Gaiters, d”:c., (to. ; Children’s
Gaiters, and Shoes, (to, (to, (to.
Rubber goods ; a large stock kept constantly
on hand. Repai'fing done neatly and o'-
ently. HARVEY STEVENS.
South Norwalk (No. 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 I'urmture ,
as can be found in Fairfield County, and at
lower. prices, FOR CASE; than the same
unlit of goods can be obtained at any other
Estab 'shment. - .
The stock consists in part of ,
Marble Top, Extension", Dining, Card, and
Quartette Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Teteatete Lounges; Mahog-
any and Cane seat Chairs ; Gilt
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., &c.
COFEIN WAREROOMS ; '
where may be found a mu assortment of Cof-
fins, which will finished in the best possible
manner, and at short notice.
(13‘ A hearse will be furnished when de-
sired. A. RENOUD.
. Westport, May lst, 1858.
Hardware and Cutlery.
Mechanic’s Tools, Farming Utensils, Guns,
Pistols, Iron and Steel, Window
Glass, Paints and Oils. ‘
M. C. STREET & CO. have in store
and are constantly receiving direct
item the manufacturers, a is; e supply of
Foreign and Domestic Goods, an or the above
denominations,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.
Notice.
THE subscriber having secured the agen-
cy for the sale of Fincklcd: Lyons Sew-
in' Machine for the Towns of N orwalk,
Wgestport Redding,Ridgefield, Wilton, New
Canaan, Darien and Stamford, he will be
repared to exhibit and operate said Machine
in the course of the coming week. The Ma-
chine, considering its great range of work-
manship, is probably the best Family Sewing
Machine in existence; and any person wish-
ing to get one will do well to wait- a few
days, when he can see and judge for himself.
GEO. H. RANDLE.
P. S.-——The Machines may be seen in oper-
ation at the Store of George Hoyt.
f5
I'ancv Goods, ac.
fine assortment of Fancy Goods, Pocket
Cutlery, and a new lot of Rodger’s Scis-
sors, just received and warranted to be a first
rate article. Clocks of all kinds. We have
also the agency of Merrill’s Oriental Pomade,
something new, and needs on] to be tried to
be appreciated. A. JACK ON & BRO.
At the Old Stand in Main Street.
D. B. Woonnimr, Operator
mcomeihrecrozpi'sn
LADIES’ AND GENT’S
ovsrssaicsanAM SALOON
Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk.
N e w
HARDWARE 8i. PAINT STORE,
M a i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
MARVIN & PROWIT'I',
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
- ings, Window Shades, &c.
" TIMBER! LUMBER! .
Lath, Iuime, Brick, Cement,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, &C., &C.,
AT THE
N ew Lumber Yard, .
NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE,
SOUTH NORWALK.
Our Stock is new, bou ht for Cosh, and
will be sold low. TOLLES 65 ELY.
South Norwalk, Oct. 15,-1860. tf42
A. JACKSON .3: BRO.
“7 OULD 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
Watches, which is larger than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of Ladies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as bein cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s atch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and alto ether for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
greater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
latcd Wares was never better than at pres—
ent. and comprises all oil the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO.
Mr. J. IIession,
Professorof Music
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 Melodcon.
Pianos tuned and repaired. All orders left
at his residence, Main-st, and store of A. H.
Camp, No. 17 Main-st, Norwalk, will be
promptly attended to. 1y32
House At Sign Painting,
GILDING, GLAZING, do. do,
SOUTH N ORWALK.
HE subscriber will execute all orders in
Plain or Ornamental Painting in the
most satisfactory manner, and at reasonable
prices 2 - .
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
GE RGE HODGES.
May 7th, 1860. 1y19
J.N.LOGKWO0D&00,
West Side of the Bridge, ~
LYNES’ NEW BLOCK,
KEEP constantly on hand, a large and
varied assortment of Ladies’, Gents’,and
Children’s
' GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &c.,
all made under our own personal supervis-
ion, of the best material and in the most
workmanlike-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 lar er and better assortment,
we are confident, t ran was ever before offer-
ed in Norwalk. We are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any article in our li'ne,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.
General Blacksmithiug.
CARRIAGE MAKING if: REPAIRNG ;
And Horse Shoei'ng Exchange.
THE subscribers have made arrangements
for carrying on a general Blacksmithing,
Carriage Making and Repairing; and also,
for the Shoeing 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 .95 00.
E. M. MERRITT. G. W. MERRY”.
Water-st, Norwalk, Conn.
Whitney’s
Photographic and Pins Art
GALLERY,
Nouwstn, CONN.
ATE E. B. Thom-son's. -E T. Whitne
would inform the citizens of Norwalll
that he has established himself in the-Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
graps, Ambrotypes, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain; in the highest st le
of the art. E. T. WH TNE f2!)
t
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. chea er than
any other shop in the cOunty. All inds of
Farm produce, and Oak, Ash, and Hickory
Plank taken in exchange for work.
tt29 . E. L. ARNOLD.
,AIuBER'I' E-IRPII,
.MERCHANT'TAILOR,
ADJ OINING Store of Knapp .& Lynes,
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. The public
are respectfully invited to call and examine
the lar e and varied assortment of READY
MAD CLOTHING, French Cloths, Cassi-
meres and Vestin s, also agcneral assortment
of Gentleman’s urnishing Goods, consistin ,
in part, of Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Shirts, Co -
lars, Cravats, Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, &c.
Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings b the yard
or pattern, and cut fine of charge. Sl’articular
attention paid to Children’s Garments.
NORWALK
Steam Sawing and Plaining
m I :I'. I. .
THE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning); Scroll and other Sawing; manufacture
of oors, Sash, Blinds, &c., c., in the best
and most expeditious manner,-and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail rom ii at-
,Ltepded to. ly17 TIMOTHY .Fl 0 _
‘ I
From the New Harm Palladium.
IGY.
I met her on the ice
Amid the flying skaters,
And the flashing of the istee'l
As she swept by, made me wheel,
And gaze after—in a trice—
Such a tiny pair of galters.
The cherry of her lips,
Her eyes with mischief glancing.
And her thousand winning ways,
Set my being in a blaze—-
Oh, those dainty finger tips,
And the golden rlnglets da ncing.
As we rushed on, hand in hand,
Joining in the merry laughter,
I imagined her the queen
Of that restless, moving scene,
And I myself unmanned
Theueand forever after.
Ah, that starry winter night,
And its oft remembered blisses,
Flits across each waking dream,
Like a warm and sunny beam,
As I sit, and muse, and write,
With a mouth brimfnl of kisses.
But, alas! she is not here+
I am growing old and lonely—
Other hearts before her bow,
And she thinks not of me now:
So I drop a single tear,
Saying—“‘Twas flirtation only.”
<.>
The Burial of the Beautiful.
Robe the beautiful for the tomb—
We may no longer stay her;
She has pass’d away in budding bloom,
In vestal white array her.
One single auburn tress we crave
Before her face ye cover;
Why should the cold and grasping grave
Take all from those who love her 9
Bear the beautiful to the tomb
While yet the sun is shining,
Ere the shadows and evening gloom
Denote the days declining.
Beni- her softly and slowly on—
Disturb no placid feature ;
Deep the sleep she‘s fallen upon,
The last ofa mortal creature.
Lay the beautiful in the tomb;
Beneath the weeping willow;
Let the maiden have sleeping room,
And softly spread her pillow.
Angels hasten from realms of bliss,
Their watch above her keeping;
Dear to the heart of the Father is
The place where a child is sleeping.
Leave the beautiful in the tomb;
There may be others fairer,
Haughtier heads may wave a plume
With glory to the ‘wearer ;
But so beautiful and so good
—Think they who dearly held her-
Earth in its loveliest sisterhood
May never have excell'd her.
4.‘....
Thy Will be Done.
Searcher of Hearts l—from mine erase
All thoughts that should not be,
And in its deep recesses trace
My gratitude to Thee!
Bearer of Prayer l—oh, guide aright
Eachwordand-deed of mine;
Life's battle teach me how to fight,
And be the victory Thine:
Giver of All l—-fbr every good—
In the Redeemer came—-
For raiment, shelter, and for food,
‘ I Thank Thee in His name.
Father and Son and Holy Ghost!
Thou glorious Three in One!
Thou knowest best what I need most,
And let Thy will be done.
<0»
“I AM LITTLE JACK.”—Thc following ac-
count is given by the Rev. Leigh Richmond,
as having been related by a minister in a
meeting of the British and Foreign Bible
Society:
“A drunkard was one day staggering in
drink on the brink of the sea. His lettle son
by him, three years of age. Being very
hungry, solicited him for something to eat.
The miserable father, conscious of his pov-
erty, and of the criminal cause of it, in a
kind of rage, occasioned by his intempcr-
ance and despair, hurled the little innocent
into the sea, and made ofl‘ with himself. The
poor little sufi'erer, finding a plank floating
by his side on the water, clung to it. The
wind soon waited him and the plank into the
sea. A British man-of-war passing'by, dis-
covered the plank and child; a sailor, at the
risk of his own life, plunged into the sea,
and brought him on board. He could inform
them little more than his name was Jack.—
They. gave him the name of “Poor Jack.”
He grew up on board of that man-of—war,
behaved well, and gained the love of all the
officers and men. He became an oficer of
the sick and wounded department. During.
an action in the late war, an aged man came
under his care nearly in a dying state. He
was all attention to the dying stranger, but
could not save his life.
“ The aged stranger was dying, and thus
addressed the kind young officer: '
“ For the great attention you have shown.
me, I give you this only treasure that I am
possessed of, (presenting him with a Bible
bearing the stamp of the British and Foreign
Society.) “ It was given me by a lady; has
been the means of my conversion; and has
been a great comfort to me. Read it, and
it will “lead you in the way you ought
to go.” He went on to confess the wicked-
nessand profiigacyvof his life before the re-
ception of his Bible ; and among other enor-
mities, how he once cast a little sou, three
years old, into the sea, because he cried to
him for needful food.
"The young ofilcer inquired of him the
time and place, and found here was his own
history. Reader, judge, if you can, of his
feelings, to recognize in the dying old man
his father—dying a patient' under his care!
and judge of the-feeling of the dying patient,
to find this some young stranger was his son
—-the very son whom he had plunged into
the sea long years before, and had no idea
but he had immediately perished! A des-
cription of their mutual feelings will not be
attempted.'.The old man soon expired in the
arms of his son. The latter left the service
and became a pious preacher of the gospel.
0n closing this story, the minister in the
meeting of the Bible Society bowed to the
chairman and said, “ I am Little Jack." -
-——Major Chase has resigned the command
of the rebels at Pensacola. The rebels there
have all dispersed, fearing that they would
pa fired upon by the Macedonian and Brook-
11.
—y——Some prominent southern acceding pol-
iticians profess to have been-advised that the
South Carolina authorities are‘not satisfied
with the manner in which she has been treat-
ed in the Moutgomer congress. Asshe was
the first to set the ha i in motion, she claim-
ed unusual honors from the provisional gov-
ernment. .
W Jay Gibbons, a democratic ‘member
of the New York Assembly has been arres
ted on a charge of bribery and corruption in
demanding $100 for his vote on a'certain bill
and threatening to defeat the bill without
J
the pay. The evidence is clear.
HOW GODFREY HORTON CBOSE
HIS WIPE.
“Godfrey, old boy,” said Henry Clayton as
he tilted back his chair, and\placed his feet
on the mantle piece, “when is your wedding
to be ?”
“Whose wedding 1?"
, “ Miss Laura Summers, or Jenny, which of
them is it ?”
“I don’t know, I am sure.”
“Now don’t be mysterious, Godfrey; you
are a most constant vistor, and all ‘our set’
are talking about the match. Don’t pretend
’ you have not selected one of the sisters.”
“How do you know either of them will
have me 1”
“Don’t be absurd, old boy. You, young,
handsome and talented, and with a large for-
tune, need not berover bashful. Come be
frank; which is the favorite sister 1’”
“Well, fl'ankly, then, Henry I cannot,tell
you. I have visited the family for several
months, as you know, but I cannot decide.
Laura is certainly the handsomest, with
her flashing eyes and queenly manner, but
Jenny seems, although the youngest, to be
usefull oi the two. My entrance is the signal
for cordial welcome and smiles, and, let me
L
7 call at what hour I will, they are always well
dressed and apparently disengaged. To be
sure, I always, in the morning, have to wait
some time before Laura is visible."
“Pop in unexpectedly, and notice the in-
ternal economy.”
“How can I l’ A card at the door will put
any lady on her guard, or even the notice ofi
a gentleman visitor.”
“Go there in disguise, as a washer-Woman
for. instance.”
“Good! I will.”
:“Go there as a Washerwomen ?” cried.
‘ Clayton.
“Not exactly, but I will gain admittance
to a morning privacy."
“Well, let’s know the result.”
Laura and Jenny Summers were the only
moderate circumstances, moved in very fash-
ionable society. At the period of my short
sketch, he was about'to supply the place af-
ter: nearly. ten years mourning, and, although
a kind, indulgent parent, had no objections
to his daughters’ marriage, and indeed had
said so.
Laura, whose high spirit, resented the
probable supremacy of a step-mother, had L
already selected Godfi'ey as her future has-
band; and 'Jeuny, who Was younger and
gentler in spirit, tried to conquor a carefully
concealed preference for the same person.—
All his attentions were ascribed by her to a
brothely regard, though every act of kindness
and courtesy touched her very heart.
It was the morning after a large ball, and
the sisterw were -in the breakfast room togeth-
er. Laura, ,her'glossy hair pushed negligent-
ly off her face, while the rough, tumbled
braids of rust evening’s elaborate coifi'ure
’ gathered loosely into a comb, wearing a soil-
. ed'wrapper, torn stocking, and presenting
rather an alarming contrast to the brilliant
ballroom belle, who was lounging on the
sofa. Jenny, in a neat mourning dress, with
a large gingham apron, little white collar,
and hair smoothly brushed into a neat knot,
was washing the breakfast dishes.
“Thereis an old man at the door with some
artifiicial flowers,” said the servant, opening
the dining room door. “Will you see him?”
“No.”
“Yes,” cried Laura, “send him up.”
The servant departed to obey the last
order.
In a few moments the old man came in.—
He was poorly clad, with a coarse blue cloak
which was much too large for him. His hair
was white, and he wore a moustache of the
same snowy hue. Making a low how, he
placed the large basket which he carried on
the large table.
“I have a bunch of blue flowers here,” he
said, taking them from the basket, “that will
just suit your golden hair, Miss,” andhe held
them before Jenny.
“It was my sister who wished to look at
your flowers,” said Jenny, quietly.
“Yes bring them here,” was Laura’s imper-
ious demand. .
The old man’s eyes followed Jenny, as she
washed, wiped, and put away the dishes,
swept the room and then set down beside
Laura, who was still looking over the basket.
“See. Jenny, this scarlet bunch. Will they
not be lovely with a few dark leaves to wear
with my new silk?”
“But,” whispered J cnny, “you can’t afford
it just now.”
“Yes I can. Father gave me some money
yesterday.”
“To pay the last dry goods bill.”
“Well, I can have that carried to my pri-
vate account.” "
“Ah! Laura, I hate to hear you talk of
that private account. It seems too much like
cheating father.”
“Nonsense! It will stand till I am mar
ried, and then I can easily save it out of my
house-keeping money.”
“I should not want to marry in debt, said
J euny."
“You had better take this blue bunch,
Miss,” he said to Jenny. “If it can’t be con-
venient to pay for it now, I will call iigain." ‘
“N o, I shall not take them.”
“They are very becoming, Miss. Look in.
this glass."
They were becoming, mixing with the
glossy, golden hair, and setting off Jenny’s
dazzling complexion. . ,
“I wish my hair was light,” said Laura.—
“I should like to wear blue. Godfrey Hor-
ton said last night that forget-menots were
his favorite flowers."
“Jenny colored, and placing the bunch of
flowers again in the basket, said:
“Come, Laura decide. You are keeping
one waiting here whose time is probably val-
uable.” Then passing a chair, she added,
“Be seated, Sir, you look tired."
“I am tired, indeed,” was the reply.
“I will take the scarlet bunch, and those-
red camclias, and this whith cluster."
“But, sister, you cannot afford it."
“Yes I can. Godfrey Horton is rich.”
\The old man bit his lips.
“Think,” said Jenny in a low tone, “if you
love him, how much it will grieve him if he
‘should discover this deceit.”
“Nonsense! Well, I will tell you how to
remedy it. Lend me some money out of the
house-keeping funds.”
“So,” thought the old man, “she is the
house-keeper. Miss Laura always gave me 5
to understand that that was her post.” '
“Laura! Steal from my father!”
l “Then don’t preach.”
chidren of a widowers, who although in )
“Miss Jenny,” saida servant, entering at
that moment.
Jenny left the room, and Laura still turned
over the gay flowers, while the Old man
pointed out their various beauties, his eye, in
the meantime, running over the disordered
hair, shabby dress, and lazy position, whilst
he mentally contrasted them with Jenny’s
neat attire.
“Not decided yet?” said Jenny, returning
after a short absence.
“N 0. Come here.”
“I can’t. Father has sent me home a calf’s
head, and I am afraid to trust it entirely to
Margaret. I must superintend the dinner,
make a pudding, and the parlors must be
dusted, and there is my white muslin to be
finished.”
“Before I would be the drudge you are 1”
cried Laura.
“Drudge! nonsense. I have plenty Of time
left for enjoyment, and father cannot have a
comfortable home if some one does not su-
per-intend these things. When I marry you
may do it,” and she laughed merrily.
“As if I should not marry first,” said Laura.
“There, I have chosa all I want.”
“Shall I call again for the change?” said
the peddler; “I shall be happy to place the
Misses Summers on my list of customers.”
“Yes, call again.”
So the peddler took up his basket, walked
home, threw aside his wig, beard and dis-
guise, and wrote an offer of his hand and
heart to Miss Jenny Summers, which was ac-
cepted.
Laura Summers had two. sources of pro-
found speculation. One is: “Why did God-
frey Horton propose to Jenny instead of me?"
The other: “I wonder why that old man
never called to be paid for those exquisite
flowers.”
M.»
an rxms TEE FARMER:
[An expressman brought us a barrel of ap-
ples, the other morning, bearing no mark of
the source from whence they came. The ex-
pressman said the freight was paid upon them
and we were left to wonder who the gener-
ous donor might be. At length it occurred
to us that, as Blif kins had moved out to
Watertown, last year, and had bragged some-
what about his apples, it might be be. He
came in, a day or two afterwards, and on our
putting the question to him, acknowledged
the barrel.
We thanked him very cordially, and he
seemed to be a little ashamed that we should
praise his generosity so :well, averring that
it was nothing at all, and that the gift had no
generosity in it. We began to speak about
fruits, and the pleasure of seeing things grow
through one’s own efi'orts.
“Great thing, this farming !” said he, look-
ing up at the picture of “The Sewer,” which
graces our wall.
“It pays, does it ?” ‘wo asked. ‘
“Pays l” he repeated,looking a little unha -
py; “well, yes, perhaps it does; at any rate,
’tis well to think so 1”
“What mean you, oh, Blif kins ‘2” we cried,
“has the season failed you ? Has your crop
diminished where others have {proved fruit-
ful ?”
"No,” said be, far from it; but farming is
rather uncertain; there are plenty of apples
this year. You see, when I hired my place
at Watertown, my wife said to me, ‘Blii kins,
the apples will help to pay the rent.’ The
trees were then in blossom {and promised a
bounteous harvest, I hired the house and
went to farming. My wife claimed the best
places for flower-beds and left me the ground
beneath the trees for vegetables, which, she
said, always grew better - in the shade. I
hired a man for a week to dig up and pre-
pare my ground, and I helped him myself at
such times as I could spare. I bought large
quantities of seeds, procured a book on agri-
culture, aud went in for raising things gen-
erally. There came a rain which rotted cv-
erything in the ground, and corn, peas, po-
tatoes, squashes, beets, carrots, watermelons,
cantelopes and onions, and all, went to des-
truction—drowned in the-flood. I got more
seed; but, though some of them came up, the
plants grew sickly and slim, the victims, evi-
dently of weak constitutions, and the weeds
had it all their own way. Such weeds I
never saw. They couldn’t be killed. I pos-
itively believe that if I had cut them down,
before I could turn round they would grow
up again—so I let them grow. They seem-
ed providentially sent too to redeem the char-
acter of my garden, and show the world
that something would grow in it. I felt grat-
ificd.
But the apples; they were elegant, large
and plenty. None of my neighbors had any
near as gOod, and they had raised apples for
many years. Deacon Sloper looked over
my garden wall and said my apples would
take the first premium at any agricultural
fair in the country, and Sloper was a very
conscientiods man,
‘Mrs. {Blif kins,’ said I, ‘the proceeds of
those three trees I shall devote to the pur-
chase of new dresses for you and the girls,
and as my coat is a little threadbare in spots,
,I shall be able to get a new one.”
‘Blif kins,’ said my wife, ‘you must give me
credit for seeing the advantages of this place,
you know I spoke about the apples.’
‘You did. indeed, my dear,’ said I, and, I
felts. glow of admiration for the shrewdness
and forethought of that astonishing woman.
‘I had this advantage over Adam,’ I said; ‘hc
was tempted by his Eve with one apple; I
was tempted by mine with three trees.’
‘She smiled as though she liked to bc call-
ed Eve, and a little flattery does not cost
much.
How I watched the growth of those ap-
ples, and they fairly blushe’d, though not
naturally blush apples,as I gonad upon them.
At last, after consultion with Deacon 810-
per, I concluded to have them picked, and
hired two of my neighbor’s boys to do it for
me at fifty cents per day—for I would not
have the trees shaken. I bought them a new
ladder and got them upon the ladder and set
them about it. They were bothered about
the ladder the first day, and didn’t make
much progress; the. second day they got
fairly into the work, and the third it was
finished. Iwas on the spot when .the last
apple was picked. but just as they were ta-
king down the ladder the foot of one ofthem
slipped and plungedathe ladder right into my
bow window, where Mrs. Blifkins’ choice
flowers were.
‘You will drive me to distraction, Mr. Blif-
kins,’ said my wife, appearing at the breach
' like a soldier ready to defend it. ‘You have
always had a spite at those flowers, now I
hope you are satisfied.’
O
‘I assured her that malice was not a part
of my nature, and appealed to her as a sen-
sible woman to say whether I would be like-
ly to manifest such a disposition, at such ex-
pense as was involved in the destruction Of
the window; but she couldn’t see through
the argument, though she could easily see
through the broken window.
The ladder was likewise broken by the fall
and the boys, though a little terrified at first,
rather liked it, their fear being forgotten in
the domestic cloud that had suddenly come
overthe lanscape.
The apples were put in the new barrels I
had bought for them, at thirty cents apiece,
and I sent for a carpenter to come and head
them up, which he did. But apples are a
species of capital unprofitable as an invest-
ment unless circulated, and I determined to
send three barrels to market, after waiting a
day or two to see if any one would apply for
them. I found thatDeacen Sloper had man-
aged to sell all his, though they were not
nearly so good as mine. I accordingly sent
three barrels in by express, which costs
twenty-five cents per barrel, and had them
leil: at afriend’s for sale. The first barrel the
opened presented a lamentably bruised ap-
pearance. They were as speckled as though
they had been suddenly struck with some
cutaneou's distemper. The second “were dit-
to, the third ditto. The boys had, indeed,
been careful in picking the apples, but they
had dropped them from the tree into the
barrel, and the effect, unperceived at first,
was now very apparent. A few days ago I
went to see if my friend had sold them. .
‘Sold them l” said he, sardonically, and I
thought rather. unkindly, ‘I couldn’t give ’em
away.’
‘What !’ said I, in astonishment, with a
large discount on the profits looking up in
the distance. - - .
‘Couldn’t give ’em away,’ he repeated. I
managed to get one barrel off at seventy
cents to a boarding-house keeper, but she
growled like the devil. The other two, to
keep them from spoiling altogether, I car-
ried home myself, thinking you wouldn’t
object to paying half the freight, I have
credited you with the amount and allowed it
as commission.’
He handed me seventy cents, which I
pocketed in silence and went home.
‘Mrs. Blifkins,’ said I, on my return, ‘it’s
all up.’ _
‘So you’ve been saying all election time,’
said she.
‘I mean our apple speculation-4t won’t
DW-
I told the story and she forthwith proceed-
ed to give me that comfort which she is so
well qualified to bestow.
‘You should have known better, Mr. Blif-
kins,’ said she;.‘but you are perfectly stupid
in all such matters. You couldn’t ask my
advice about it—oh, no! If you had come
to me I could have told you—told you—that
the whole would be a perfect failure—and
the window br oke-and my gilliflowers- all
gone to shoestrings—but you never will be
persuaded—’
I left her in the middle of her speech, con-
vinced that that the apple trade is more
profitable when conducted with a basket or
a stand, like that philosopher in front of your
window. If I catch-an apple-blossom on
one of those trees next spring, I’ll pinch ’em
off.” .
This was Blif kins first experience in farm-
ing—Boston Saturday Evening Post.
- 0
Wk has been ascertained that Connecti~
cut will neither gain norlose in Congression-
al representation for the next ten years, as
compared with the last ten. The"‘represen-
tative population” of the United States in
1860 was 27,641,401. Divide by 283, the
number of Representatives fixed by the law
of 1860, and we have 127,286 ior the. number
of population entitled to one representative.
As Connecticut shows 460,670, it is evident
that we have so nearly enough for four r'ep-
resentatives, as to be entitled by the size of
Our fraction over three to have the fourth.—
This is doing very well; considering that
Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, North
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Minnesota
will each lose one member after 1863, and
Pennsylvania, South Carolina,‘ Tennessee,
Kentucky and Ohio will each lose two mem~
bers and New York will lose three mem-
bers. The total popiilation of the late Uni-
ted States, with the District of Columbia and
the organized territories is 31,241,144.
. ——-———o-..>...__.._..
Shall Treason be Justified
The Bath Times (Democratic) asks what
is more despicably mean than for a man to
get mad, and flo his neighbors for conduct
which he tame y submits to in his own?
How is the principle changed when a Gov-
ernment will go to war with a foreign nation
for insults ten thousand times less aggrava-
ting than indignities which are home, With-
out fiinching, from its own subjects? .
The Philadelphia Press (Democratic) says
that there never can, and there never Will,
he a military despotism in this country,
under the laws made in pursuance of the
ConstitutiOn. The Government will defend
itself only when those who have put
themselves in a position of attacking the
Government shall strike the blow is struck,
whether upon Anderson in Sumpter, or
Slcmmcr in Pickens, we tell all the men who
are now justifying the robbers and traitors
who are now stealing the public property
and defying the national laws in the Cotton
States, there will be but one sentiment 111 all
the States remaining in the Union, North
and South. That blow will be like the first
gun fired at Lexington—it will fill the Amer-
ican heart with patriotic fire. It Will put an
end to the factions among the friends, of the
Union! and, although blood will flow, the
judgment of the civilized world .Wlll place
the responsibility on those who, Without pro-
vocation, liave resorted to revolution, and
have returned the indulgence of the Federal
Government. and the rising spirit of fraterni-
ty and good-fellowship in the free States, by
firing upon the American flag,’aud by doom—
ing to destruction the brave soldiers who dc-
fcnd it. ‘
I
——-———-.'n‘.>o
W The investigation of that Great Fraud
in the Department of the Interior, and the
connection of Secretary Floyd in the matter,
is said to establish the following points:
1. That Secretary Floyd was disgrucefully
implicated in the robbery.
2. That the President was notified of the
theft a year ago. _
3, That the Clerk, Bailey, was made the
,tool of the conspirators. '
4. hat Russell is. fearfully involved in
the transaction; and
5. THAT THE GOVERNMENT LOSES OVER
SIX MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
' It is difficult to trace a large part of this
enormous amount. Many believe that it
has gone to aid the seceders. Perh ps.
The late Convention at New Ha on some-
how neglected to compliment Mr. Floyd for
robbing the government in this magnificent
st 1e, and aiding the cause of the rebels.—
ery strange.
Seseshnn in Homby.
Ethan Spike. who has evacuated his seat in the
Maine legislature, gives an account in the Portland
Transcript of the secession movement amon his
Hornby constituents. At a recent meeting 0 the
moonicipal emporium of Homby, a commutation
was received from the secretary of the town treasury ‘
to the effect that there was “not a red” in that de-
partment. The secretary of war of the village report—
ed as follows: “That ei ht of the sixteen mem e
of theHornby phalananx ed deserted-ban that noth-
iu short of a new supply of rum would save the loy-
alty of the balance—was referred to the committe on
Lighthaouses‘ with instruction to get the moss
supplies in Portland—on credit—if they can.”- The
committee on ways and means reported: “That
ways is plenty. but means contra .minded, and re
commed a voluntary tax on old ma ds cats an tea to
fill up the public exigencies.” The convention went
into committee of the hull — and—-
Resolved—We are a poor daown trodden, long-ant:
ferin, despised, lninred, miserable meek, mean, in-
nocent. irrepressa 1e. ill-begotten individual ple.
Resolved, That the demand of the state lin on '
us to tell wot aonr‘ grievnances is. an what we want ‘
is insultin to aour feelins. Jest as though an
with one eye put out an tether banged coul ’t see
that the election of 1er Washbnrn was a premedita-
ted lnsult to Homby. . ‘
Resolved, That we are opposed to Koertion—ex-
cc t when exercised by aonrselves.
esolved, That the oke atiou of Baldwin Lightus
by a state keeper is a i tatin circumstance. An
onless he is withdrawn, aour army be instructed to
take possession of the same in the name of the tsoun.
Resolved, That if aour reasenable demands is not
comdpelied to, that we will take possession of, an
hol for aour own use, the states prison and the in-
sane assylum.
Resolved, That aour survrin sister, Saouth Kar-
eliny be invited to jine with us in the stand we take
again oppression. ’
Resolved, that if any man shall speak agin seces- '
sion, or be suspected of thinking agin it, any good
law-abidin citizen may knock him down an empt his
Epckets—the proceeds to be appropriated, under the
rection of the committee on ways and means, for a
glneral treat. ‘ '
Resolved, That this ere» conventaion is
this orgust body is both horse dew combat—being
floored, so to speak, an helpless, that a forced loan
to the survinty be now made from their ockets of a
sufficient sum fora gineral “smile,” o'nt e principle
of self-defense.
Resolved, That Homby be an hereby is a free port
of entry for everything but niggers, aberlishunlsts
and black republicans, which'is contraband.
Resolved, That the haybius korpus act, taxes, an
the Maine Law be and is suspended; Also an ordi-
cauce relation to weights an measures as usedln the
licker trade. Be: it enacted, That hence forth an
foreyler in this ere realm—every quart pot shall hold
age on. ,
Ordered, That the foregoing articles shall be the
Constitution of this Suvrinty. All that an'attested
copy thereof be posted on the taownpnmp for terror
to evil doers.
Done at the Caouucil Chamber in the Year One
S. Tannmvnons Y. Torus,
President pro lemme.
I i“ * * ’3 * ', C *, Feb. 11th, 1881.
Hrs Excntmxcx, Funnels W. Prcxans, Gom~
'Non or Sousa CAROLINA—Sin: Ihave the honorto
transmit, under cover of this note, for your Excel-
lency’s consideration,certain resolutions of the"mu-
nicipal emporium of Homby.” The resolutions ex-
plain themselves. I know very little of the citizens
of Hornby. They are said, however, to be “chival-
rous.” 0f the Hon. E. Spike I can speak with more
certainty. He was “ born insensible to fear”; has
held various important public posts under the last
two Administrations, and has quite recently return-
ed from a foreign mission. As a proof ’of the high
honor in which he was held, I may add that he was
promptly paid by the government for his distin-
guished. services. He feels keenly the injustice which
the people of Hornby suffer from their government.
and is now at the head of their present movement.
I hope your Excellency will do all in your power to
aid the people of Homby in throwing ofi'the oppres-
sive yoke, and if need be dispatch some troops (of
which I notice your Excellency he's a plenty.) to as-
sist the loyal people of Homby in “taking” the
Baldwin Light House. the occupation of which by a
foreign keeper, your Excellency will not fail to eb-
serve, is referred to as an “irritating circumstance."
Your Excellency can do no less, I am persuaded,than
transmit to the legislature of South Carolina these
resolutions, to which that august body will no doubt
give a fitting response.
I hope to be pardoned for what may seem at fir at
an intrusion in this matter, as I learn that the Attor-
ney General of Homby will soon be dispatched to
South Carolina with the official copy of these reso-
lutions ; as a private citizen, however,l felt it my
duty to forwiird them to your Excellency at once, as
the sympathy of Hornby (with co-operation, if need
be) may at this critical period he of the utmost im-
portance to the sovereignty of South Carolina.
I remain with high consideration,
Your Excellency’s most ob’t servant,
e s e a s s
0—1..»
MR. LINCOLN ’S SPEECHES.
In the account of Mr. Lincoln’s journey from
Springfield to New York, in our last, we were obli—
ged to omit most of the Speeches made by the Presi-
dent elect, for want of room. We now publish the
most important on es, and trust they will be read at
tentively.
Season on Ma. Lixconx a'r CINCINNATI—HE An-
muissns Hxxsnnr To Tm: Knsrtcmaxs.
I have spoken but once before this in Cincinnati.
That was a year prcvmus to the late Presidential
election. On that occasion in a playful manner
but with sincere words, I addressed much of what I
said to the Kentuckians. I gave my opinion that
we, as Republicans, would ultimately beat them as
Democrats, but that they could postpone that result
longer by nominating Senator Douglas for the Presi-
dency, than they could in any other way. They'did
not, in any true sense of the word, nominate Mr.
Douglas, and the result has come, certainly as soon
as ever 1 expected it. .
I also told them how I expected they would be
treated after.they should have been beaten, and I
now wish to call their attention to .what I then said:
“When we do, as we say we Will, beat you, you,
perhaps, want to know what we will do with you.—
I will tell you, as far as I am authorized to speak for
the Opposition, what we mean to do with you. We
mean to treat you as near as we possibly can as
Washington, Jeirerson and Madison treated.you.—
We mean to leave you_aloue, and in no ‘way to. in~
terfere with your institutions—to abide by all and
every compromise of the Constitution., ,, In a .word
—coming back to the original proposition—to treat ‘
you, so far as degenerate men—if we‘ have de-
generated—may, according to the example of
those noble fathers, Washington, J efi'erson
and Madison. We mean to remember that you
are as good as we; that there is no difference be-
tween us, other than the difference of circumstan-
ces. We mean to recognize and bear in mind al-
ways that you have as good hearts in your bosoms
as other people, or, as weclaim to have, andto treat
you aceordingly.” _
Fellow citizens of Kentucky—Friends, brethren—
may I call you such i—in my new position I see no
occasion and feel no inclination to retract a word of
this. If it shall not be made good, he assured that
the fault shall not be mine.
Srsncnnsv as Pirrsaimo.
And here I may remark that in every short address
I have made to the people, in every crowd through
which I have passe of late, some allusion has been
made to the present distracted state of the country.
It is naturally expected that I should say some-
thing upou this subject; but if I touch upon it at
all, it would involve an elaborate discussion. The
great number of the questions and circumstances
"would require more time than I can at present com~
mand, and I would perhaps unnecessarily commit
myself upon matters that have not yet fully develop-
ed themselves. [Immense cheering and cries of
“Good,” “That’s right.”]
The condition of the country is an extraordinary
one, and fills the mind of every patriot 'w1th anxiety
and solicitude. My intention is to give this sub-
ject all the consideration that I possibly can,before
I speak fully and definitely in regard to it. [Cheers.]
So that when I do speak, 1 may be as nearl right
as possible. [Loud and continued applause,
When I do speak, I hope I mu say nothing in or
position to the spirit of the Constitution, or contra-
rv to the integrityof the Union or which will prove
inimical to the liberties of t e .people or to the
peace of the whole country. [Vocif‘erous applause.)
And furthermore, when t. e time arrives or me to
speak on this great subject, I hope I will say noth-
ing to disappoint the people generally throughout
the country, especially if their expectations have
been based upon anything which I may have here:
said. [Applause-l
Notwrtustanding the troubles across the river
(the speaker pointing southwardly to the Mononga-
hela and smiling) there is really no crisis, except an
artificial one. [Laughter and a plause. What is ,
there now to warrant the con tion 0 affairs pro.
sented by our friends over the riyer? Take even
their own View of the questions involved, there is
nothing to justify the coursethey are pursuing.
I repeat then, that there is no crisis, excepting
such a one as may be gottcu up litany time by tur-
bulent men, aided by destgmng politicians.
My advice then, under the circumstances, is to
keep cool. If the great American people only keep
their temper on both‘sxdes of the has, these troubch
will come to an end. and the question that now die
tracts the country Will be settledjust as surclyss
all other difficulties of a like character, which have
originated in the Government, have been adjusted.
Let the people on both sides keep their self-posses-
sion, andjust as other clouds have cleared away in
due time, so will this, and this great nation continue
to prosper as heretofore. [Loud applause.] Bill,
fellow. citizens, I have spoken longer on this subject
than I intended in the outset. [Cries of “Go on, go
on."]
“It is often said that the tariti is'the speciality of
Pennsylvania. Assuming that direct taxation ll
not to be adopted, the tariff nestion must be as du-
rable as the government itse i. It is a question of
national housekeeping. It is to the government
What replenishing the meal-tub is to the family.—
Ever-varying circumsiances Will require frequent
modifications as to the amount needed and the
sources of snppiy. So far there is little difference
of opinion among the peopte. It is to whether and
how far the duties on imports shall be adjusted to
favor home product one. In the home marketthst
controversy begins. One party insists that too
much adjustment oppresses one class for the advan-
was of another. while the other party ar as that
wi°ih all its incidents, in the long run all c asses are
benefitted. In the Chicago platform there is s xplank
J upon this subject, which should be a general
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that whereas, the president and vice presi 1: ol'
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