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heartless DIRECTORY.
j. NorwaIkrost Oflce l
NAILS CLOSE.
we... rho-A. M.—-2.3o P. M.
East'ssao A. lib—25.15 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston,- Bedding and Bedding Ridge, 12 M.
. ‘ ' MAILS DUE.
West'sao A. M.—6.30 P. M.
East 8.00 A. M.-3.30 P. M. .
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 7.30 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
‘ H. W. SMITH, r. M.
NORWALK HOTEL,
. (LATELY Tun anus mesa)
EDWIN VPECK, Pnormnron,
LEASE of this well-known and popu-
A .lar House having been purchased 0
Mr.‘~' 'llis,'will be continued, as heretofore, as
a‘firstfciassfp'rovincial Hotel. N0 pams ta-
singer’mrpeus’e will be spared to render
thl‘s lu‘ali respeCts a quiet and genteel, as it
'ié eibeagutiful rural retreat. Permanent and
transieut'guests accommodated upon reason-
abloiie’rms.‘ , ,
“WA goodLivery Stable connected with
theHotel." ., '
GREGORY’S POINT
' H 0' .T E L,
NorWalk, Conn.
D. H. NUTTER, ......... Phoranon.
Tin: anus sonar,
' (formerly Haida House) .
Opposite N. Y. 8; N. H. Depot, in Union-st,
New HaVenx,'Conn. '
L. P. ALLIS, Pnornm'ron.
CYRUS NORTHROP.
Attoi'noy and Counsellor at Law,
Office opposite. Congregational Church,
SOUTH NORWALK,HCON N .
, JAMES a. BARBO‘UR,
SURGICAL Aivp MECHANICAL
DENTIST.
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut,
Architecture. -
sznrvnv m. STONE,
ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintend the erection of
nulls: and privatehuildings Office In Mar-
lc Block, Chapel-sh, New Haven, Ct. -ti‘52
4"."
EO. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
ufacturer oi Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
FumaCcs, Cutlery, Brittannia, WOOdcn and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give
_ o particular attention to sales by Auc-
tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property and
Household Furniture : terms low.
' ' ‘ Will. 0. STREET a co,
Importers; wholesale and retail dealers in
'BARDWABE, IRON,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, &c.
o. s. noonwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
shit '
‘GENTLEMEN‘S FURNISHING
”EMPOB IUM 2
No. 3 'Skiddy‘s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Gt.
0. :r. anon-AN,
Dealer in‘Foreisn and. 1291985???
m Goons, canrsrmcs,
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Satinetts,» Vestings, and ~'l‘ailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
or Package. Shootings,
Sbirtiugs, Jeans, &c.
At the lowest possible, prices,
' I ‘ Hoover‘s. Cous'
. S. E. OEHSTEAD a. 00.,
' Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Peed, &c.,
I 14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk,Conn.
mus. ‘msonmcr comrmv,
9!. F glggg‘lflerpetual.
insurers!“ in 18182 .
g3“! gantry-l $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire,
On Terms adapted to the huzard,and
consi-utent With ill? laws (if
- coiupensatlon.
GEORGE R. COVVLES, Sole Agent
1y34 For Norwalk and vicinity.
Fancy Goods, ac.
a fine assortment of Fancy Gmods, Pocket
Cutlery, and a new lot of Rodger s Seis-
sors, just received and wall'rakntefl to be alfirst
.atc article. 919““ a : _ lug g. e luvs
£153 flit; tig‘omfy‘ diflVQlfrrillloE Gillian] .oniacle,
alonictlilng new, and needs only to )0 mod to
no Appreciated. A. JACKSON 8. BRO.
At. the Oh] Stand in Main Street
17:11; and Straw Cutters.
‘iELF-Sbarpcning Yankee Hay and Straw
Cutters, the best article in use for sale by
W. C. STREET & Co.
‘ monument is. 00.,
Wholééale and Retail Dealers in
READY MADE- CLOTHING !
and
Gents’ furnishing Goods
I
of their own manufacture.
5°‘-- .' “blown.
.HE office of C. F. Moellcr’s Dyeing .Es-
tablishmcnt 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 Norwalk, 'Chas. R. Bennett; Winni-
pauk, Jos. C. Randle.
Gotta Percha & India Rubber
CEMEN 1‘ ROOFING.
.11‘HIS article has been thoroughly tested by
builders, Architects, and others, and the
experience of years has proved it to be the
cheapest and most durable roofing in use.
We call attention to the following facts :
1st—It is fire and water proof.
2d——-From its great elasticity it is not inju-
riously affected 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 Shingle Roofs,
without removing the shingles, which is a
great dcsidcratum to panics who do not wish
to risk having their ceilings and furniture ru-
ined, while repairs are being made. ‘
Leaky Tin and Metal Roofs are readily rc-
paired with Gutta Pcrcha 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 N orwalk.
All orders by letter will receive prompt at-
tention. I). F. HUNT, South Norwalk.
INSURANCE.
THE subscriber having taken the agency
of the New England Hire and Marine 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
other Company. 4 '
The-New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established
With a' paid in :capitsl of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
. *- JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
cut for Norwalk and vicinity.
N orvvalk, Feb. 1st,'1850. . , tf5
n. own-Than or soars,
Cabinet -. Makers ;
At their Old Established Ware Rooms,
East Side 7 The Bridge, ' . . . .
OPPOSITE PHQNIX. BLOCK: ~
I I AVE now on hand-the-largest- and best
assortment of Cabinet Furmture,Cha1r:
Looking Glasses, Mattresses, etc., ever offers.
for sale in this place, which we have Just pur-
chased‘fo'r cash, atcxtremely low prices, and
‘ -' intend’to sen accordingly.
We also kee‘p e0 tan'tly on ‘ hand, Ready
Made C'ofino of all, sizes anddeserlptrons, from
the most costly Rosewood to the plamestever
used. :
From our long experience in the Undertas
king Business, we are confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may need our
services. . \ 37
Groceries Cheaper than ever
_ I' O R C A S - I! !
HE subscriber would inform the public
generall r, that he still continues to sell
the best of ‘rqceries, 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 qualities as can
be found at any store in the cormtry. 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 chea . The )ublic are invited to call
and examine and judge for themselves.
" A. MOREHOUSE.
SOUTH-NORWALK
Ladies and Gents’
Boot ck! Shoe Store.
' ‘HE subscriber, having taken the business
.I. and stand of Stevens & Tristram, is pre-
pared to supply every article to be found in a
first class Boot and Shoo Establclvluncnt, 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 blind, or "made to order at
short notice, ‘ 4 -
Gents‘ Patent Leather Boots, Shoes, u'cc. ,-
Ladz'es’ Gaiters, 430., die. ; Oh-z'hlren’s
Gaiters, and Shoes, dc, do, (to.
Rubber goods ; a large stock kept constantly
on hand. Repairing done neatly and amped»-
ently. . HARVEY STEVEN S. _
South Norwalk (N 0. 3, Ely’s Block), April
7, 1860.
P T! 3: N T T1! B I! 3
THE 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 th same
ualit of goods can be obtained at an other
Estab ‘shment. " ‘ “I “"
Th‘o's 'ock consists in part of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and
Quartctte Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tete-a—tete Lounges; Mahog-
any and Cane scat Chairs ; Gilt
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., &c.
UOFFIN WAREROOMS ,~
where may be found a, full assortment of 00f.
fins, which will finished p; the h’eaf‘possible
manner, and at short notice.
W 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, Pain: aCnd Oils.
- M. C. qlTRPE ‘ , , ,
{in ' fife ‘igohgthntlygrece ving‘ direct
from thé‘ an'ufacturers, a large supply of
Foreign and Domestic Goods, under 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 favoiahla terms as
can be purchased in *or '.
have in store
New '1
4 WILLIAM C. STREET,
A. H. WILCOXSON.
Notice.
HE subscriber having secured the agen-
cy for the sale of Fincklcd; Lyons Sew-
ing Machine for the Towns of N orwalk,
Westport, Redding,Ridgeileld, Wilton, N ew
Canaan. Dalian and Stem cpl. Ibo will "so
prepaced to Exhibit and opera e bald Machih’e
in the’ ooursc of the coming week. The a-
chi'ne, 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. ll. HANDLE.
P. S.——The- Machines may be seen in open
L aticn at the Store of George Hoyt.
sl-
THE ’, _ ,
FLAG or non COUNTRY! .
the glorious
STARS AND STRIPES,
In triumph shall wave. Union men can find
‘ the best quality of Ice.Cream at
Northrop’s Saloon.
Families, Parties, Picnics, Fairs and Fes-
tivals furnished with Oysters, Ice Cream,
Confectionery. Jellies, Blanc Mange, &c., at
short notice, on reasonable terms at
. NORTHROP’S SALOON, Main-st.
, N e W
HARDWARE 8b PAINT STORE,
Main Street,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
MARVIN 8: PROWITT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, rive.
TIMBER! LUMBER!
Lath, Lime, Brick, Cement,
Paints, Oils,-Glass,
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, are. ac,-
AT THE
N ewv Lumber S’ard,
NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE,
SOUTH N ORWALK.
Our Stock is new, bouoht for Cash, and
will be sold low. T LLES & ELY.
South Norwalk, Oct. 15, 1860. tf42
A. JAGKSON a. 330.
VVOULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. \Ve 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 lar er than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as bcin cor-
recttimc keepers. Also, Gentlemen’sl atch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in
New Yerk, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
eater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
latcd Wares was never bettcr'than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
areumlinutbctured. A. JACKSON & BRO.
' Mr. J'. Hession,
Professoroflllusic
Is now prepared to re-
~ . new his course of instruc-
tion toall those who may desire his services.
Instructions given on the Piano Forte, Organ
or MelodeOn.
promptlyatt'ended to. ’ '1y32.
House a: Signpainting,
' SOUTH NORWALK.
HE‘subscriber will execute all orders in
' 'Plaiu 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,
830., and a shop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quintard &
Smith’s Carriage Factory, to
GEORGE access.
May 7th, 1800, 1y19
J. N.LOCKWO0D& co,
IVest Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NEW BLOC ,
I EEP constantly on- hand, a large and
varied assortment of Ladies‘, Gents’,and
Children’s
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &C.,
all made under our own personal supervise
ion, of the best material, and in the most
workmanlike-manner. Our assortment of
Ladies’ Gaiters undoubtedly compriseseboth
in extent and quality—.3, floor 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 ofi'er-
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, Ruhbcrs,ctc.,
in endless variety. A fine article (if-Slippers
for Gents’ we. r. ' ’
REPAIRI ‘G—jn all its branches—done
neatly. quickly. and Cheaply.
Whitney’s
Photographic and Fine Art
GALLERY, ‘
Nonwxnx, CONN.
ATE E. B. Tuonrsox’s. E T. Whitney
would inform the» citizens of Norwalk
that he has established himself in the Gazette
graps, Ambrotypcs, nd all kinds of .ictures
taken by llle‘aun, , om IiI niatures, to life
; in'tlc h'ghcst st 16
E. T. WHTNE .
size; cqlorcd or plain
of the art. ‘ .
D. B. Woonnonv, Operator: tf29
Wa. on endearris e
BUILDI G; AND REPAI ING,
I}; 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.
n29 ‘ E. L. ARNOLD.
unmas- seasons.
IMMIGRANT 1341.14.93...
DJONIN SierOK...& .
A Maillot lgorwallr. slipper... 1iridium
are respectfully invxted to call and examine
the lar e and varied assortment of READY
MAD. CLOTHING, French Cloths, Cassi-
meres and Vestings, also ageneral assortment
of Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, consistin ,
in part, of Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Shirts, C ,-
lars, Cravats, Handkerchiefs, 53%;??nt "
Cloths, Cassimeres {113% "filings I) oyard
or paiii’ililfifil cut his f‘ charge. articular
attcntlon pa ( to Childre arments. ~
- NORWALK
I
_ prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning; Scroll and other Sawin ; manufacture
of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., the best
and most expeditious manner, a d at satis-
factory prices. Orders b mail -
tended to. 1y17 TIMOyl‘HY grg‘lIT’ngu
Window 3115217.?“
And Paper Hassles-s.
A .
NEW and ~l. rge assortment, just‘ re-
ceived, and fo sale b
MARVI d: PROWITT.
SUPERIOR Machine for Cutting Hay
Straw and Stalks, for sale at the New
Hardware Store of MARVIN do PROWITT
.4 Main Street.
'FINE variety of Mecrscbaum,
A and China, Pipes, Lava
RCIOi of Tubes ' a
if? 5011116 ut- the Corner tore.g ' ‘ " 1‘!“ ’V
Y.
m-.-
_ Pianostuned and repaired. All orders left ’
at his residence,1llaia-st., and store of A. H.
Camp, No. 17 Main-st, N0rwalk,.will be .
GILDING, GLAZING‘, do, he, ’
nearly new, with garden, tregs, shrubbery, _
Building, and will furnish them witlialdhoto?
- 69
Steam Sawing and Plaining 4
. ‘1 '
HE, fidhafil‘lbal‘llas fitted up and is now '
. 5 ,3tallluilgilmvfiphpmj ground to Sgt-oral gums and galleria. WWWillem:slime. igolitira, g
NNTUESDAYJUNE 4 4861: T
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minutiae, arduous, tilt-"ethahliahrfl- in 1800.
‘ VOLUME. HIV—NUMBER '23.
. _ .. . ' forthe missile. I
m VISION or, vans
0n the shoreof time,’,a prophet stands,
With clear far-seeing eye.
A starry flag Is in his hands,
And its'folds float out on high.
He sees the tide erm- incoming;
The'storm clouds gather o‘er;
He hears afin- the sound of'drumming,
He hears the csnuon’s roar.
He sees the storm about to break ;
The darkness settle round ; .
Tie speaks-;-and the hearts of traitor’s quake,
At that voice of‘thunder sound.
“Freemen of the mighty North,
Strike for your country’s fame;
Drive the cowardly rebels forth,
Cursed with eternal sfilme.
Fear not, though hosts against you stand.
God battles for the right;
And the banner of our native land
Shall triumph in the fight.
For with prophetic vision blest,
To gaze the future through;
I see away in the distant west,
A little patch of blue.
And in this lovely piece of sky;
I see an eagle soaring;
While on the flag his talons grasp,
A golden light is pouring.
Soon shall over traitors’ graves,
On land or on the sea,
The Stars and Stripes, in triumph wave, '
The Flag of Liberty.”
Dorian, May 24, 1861.
____.o<.>.
F. H. S.
From Me Missouri Democrat.
The Secession Results, vs. the Union.
In Southern clime, where necroes shine,
And cotton bales are plenty;
Where men are fierce, and money scarce,
And wharfs and harbors-empty: '
Where men and boys are full of noise,
Who boast of theft and treason,
Defy the law, and talk of war,
Devoid of wit or reason ;
Such men of might, so full of fight,
Who seem chuck full of thunder;
Keep all they get, but pay no debt,
And save their strength for plunder.
Cunning and bold, was one of old;
He got a mess of postage;
One rebel fair, bung‘by the hair,
And he lost all his porridge.
One rebel “troop was swallowed up,"
Which caus’d a world-wide shouting;
The Southern crew we must subdue;
The world approves their routing.
They steal their arms—raise false alarms— 7
Commence war at Sumter ;
They fire some squibs—tell many libs,
Deceptions without number.
For ifwe think, and only wink,
They call it abolition;
Discard the North is only froth,
And that they call secession.
Our ships go full to Johnny Bull,
And gold returns. excessive.
We take the chink with nod and wink
Decidedly expressive. _ -
, We hold our grip, :aud we 'willjship
King corn as wellss cotton,
And keep our hold upon the gold
Where negroes are forgotten.
And how they groan about a loan,
80 paltry for a nation, ’
They can’t relax their negro tax,
Nor dodge repudiation.
«.mm
The Mist over the Valley.
My wife was dead. I had never loved her
——I may as well speak frankly-Luster loved
her; and yet for her sake I cast away the
one priceless pearl of my life. I think every
human existence has its moment of fate—
its moment when the golden apple of‘the
Hesperides hangs ready upon the bough¥
how is it that so few of us are wise enough to
pluck it? The decision of a single hour may
open for us the gate of the enchanted garf
dens, where are flowers and sunshine, anda'hi
purer than any breezes of earth; or it may,
condemn us, Tantalus-likc to reach ever-'
more after some far-off, unattainable good-'—
make us slaves of the lamp forever and for-
ever. And yet we seek no counsel. W0
stretch forth our hands and grasp blindly at
the future, forgetting that. we have only our-
selvesvto blame when we draw them back
pierced. sorely with thorns
My life, like all. others, had its hour of des-
tiny; and it is of that hour-wits perils, its,
temptations, siumtbat I am about to tell you.
Iliad known Bertha Payson from my in‘
fancy, She was only a year younger than I..
f I can remember her face, far away back
among the misty visions of my boyhood. It
looked then, as it does now,'pure and pale,‘
underneath the summer moon, deep, as the
sea—a clear. mumbled. gray. Her hair was
soft, and smooth, and dark, She wore it
plainly banded away from her large thoughb
ful forehead. The pure yet heallhlhl white
of her complexion contracted only with her
eyes,her hair. her clearly defined,arching eye-
brows, and one line of red marking the thin
flexible lips. It was relieved by no other
trace of color, even in the cheeks.
I have not painted for you a beauty, and
yet I think now that Bertha Payson had the
noblest female face my eyes ever rested upon
Her figure was iallfimd lithe, and slender,
her voim clear, low and musical. From my
earliest boyhood she had seemed to me like
3 some guardian saint, pure enough ibr wor-
, ship, but, for a long time I had though, no
; warm euotgh for love. ~
She was twenty before I began to under.
', stand her better. I had just graduated at
ZIHarvard, and I came home—perhaps a little
. less dogmatic and conceited than “’0 majori-
fty of newly fledged A. E’s—.3131“. of loll-yes-
pirationa, generous, purposes, and romantic
I
.I never though of loving quiet Bertha Pay-
son, my next neighbor‘s . daughter. The
_ideal lady of my fancy was for prettier—u
fairy creature, with the golden hair and star-
ry eyes Tennysonls dream-nan
“Airy, fair Lillian,
Flittlng, fairy Lillian.” .
And yet, in the mean time, I looked for-
.ward with pleasure to Bertha’s companion-
ship. To talk with her always brought out
"the most of Heaven I had in me.’ There
was nothing in art or nature so glorious that
it did not take new glory when "the glances
'of her eye kindled over it. My mind never
scaled any height of'loily purpose or heroic
thought which her far-reaching soul had not
gconquered before me, and so the best pur-
poses of my life grew better and stronger in
the serene atmosphere of her approval.
Thus it came about that we were daily to—
gether. Long before I thought of looking at
that pale, proud face with a lover‘s ‘piissiou,
, I think I had given her ‘rcason'to believe that
llove her. What other interpretation could
a, woman like her, so pure, so single-hearted,
so true, have put' upon the eagerness with
' thought.
' motion:
' little backs of bright waters.
‘ even thus, from all proud hearts the mist will
' - roll goldenly, away, and we shall see as we
'.i.
yet proud. Her eyes were calm as a full lake 3
dreams. I was prepared to fall in love, but‘
Evvhicb Icontinually- sought, her {society} : I
, passed the largest portion of everyday imner
presence. She Was an early risen-and- often
even before the, summer sunrise, I went
through the narrow; path and little wicket
gate, which divided our garden from hers, to
persuade her to join me in a ramble in the
delicious morning twilight,
There was one scene of which we never“
tired. I have never seen; it anywhere but in
Ryefield. In the valley of the Quinebaug
the mist rises so blue and dense that, fr‘oin
the hills overtopping hat a milc’s distance,
.it‘look‘s like some strange inland sea, whefe
upon, perchance, Curtis” Flying Dutchman
might - take his long andiwonderful'crise, or
a phantom Maid of the Mist, sailing at daWn
~.out of some silent’cove, might cut the plum-
' tom sea with her phantom keel and, go back
with the sunrise into silence and shadows.—
‘ On one of those o'ertopping hills Bertha'and
4 I watched the slow coming of many a sum-
»' mer morning. It was in one of these en-
chanted hours that I first learned that a-
woman’s heart, strong and passionate as it is
pure, slumbered beneath the calm reticence
of her external life.
We had been watching, as usual, the sea
of mist, and speculating idly about the phan-
- tom bark and its strange crew. Then we
‘ stood silent for a mement, Bertha looking
- .over the mist and I looking at her dilating-
eyes, growing so large, so solemn, so full of
At last she turned with a sudden
“Who Would think, Frank, to see this pros-
- pcct now, that underneath this seeming sea '
lay smiling the greenest and loveliest valley
~ in Connecticut? I was thinking how like it
was to some human existences—mcn and
women whose outward life is a veil denser
and more impenetrable than the mist over
' the valley, screening the throbbing, passion»
ate, yet silent heart from human vision.‘ And
yet there comes a time when the veiled heart
will assertitself. See, the sun is rising now;
the mist looks like‘a soundless sea no longer;
it is beginning to curl away in golden wreaths;
soon we shall see the fair valley, with its
three white houses, its waving trees, and its
Some time,
are know—if not here, there.”
She paused, and I looked at her inspired
face. 1 did 'not wish to break the'silence
which followed her words. I started and
' "led the way down the steep hill. After-slit-
tle, I looked round to see if the same morn-I
ing sunrise still lingered in her eyes. ’ Icaught
in ‘foot,’ in some incautious step, against the
1'0 Its of a tree from which the spring rains
hsd‘wasbed away the earth. 'I was thrown
headlong and violently to the ground. I;
was stunned for a moment. '
.My first sensation of returning-consciousl-
ness was a pleasant one. I felt Bertha’s cool?
hand 'upon my forehead. She had run swift-s
ly to a neighboring spring, and, With quick;
presence of mind, had saturated her handker-f
chief and mine, and now she was bathing?
my brow with water. I did not open myf
eyes at first; It was so pleasant to lie fliers;
and receive her gentle ministration. At'
length I felt her place her ear close to my
lips By a resolute effort I held my breath.:
- I wished to try her. She thought I was dead.
She did not shriek or moan, only, as if against '
her will, a single cry, low and sorrowful, es-
caped hcr: ‘
“011, Frank, darling l"
I slowly opened my eyes and met hers.—
There was a look in them I have never seen
in any other woman’s before or since. Then
I new that Bertha now could love; that she-
did love me with a love that not one woman
in ten thousand could even understand. I
saw that under her cold marble heart, was
flame; but it was a flame as pure as the heav- '
en-kindlcd fires on the altar of the God of the
Hebrews. I knew'that she loved me, and,
in the same moment, I knew that with
all the might of my heart I loved her—
that she alone was the one woman to whom
mind and soul could do homage and say, ‘I
have found my queen.” But I did notspeak
of love then. I know she must have read my
glance as I had hers; but she only said very
quietly: _
“Thank God that you are alive. I must
leave you now. see about getting some one
to take you home.”
“310,1 can walk, if you will help me.”
I made the effort, but I could not rise.—
The least attempt to m0ve caused me such
excruciating pain that I began to think my
injuries must be severe. I said reluctantly:
“I am very sorry, Bertha. I shall have to
let you go. I see it is impossible for me to
walk."
She drew a light summer shawl itom her
shoulders and arranged it so as- to make the
position in which my head was lying a little
easier. Then she tripped away, and, lying
there, I watched, half‘dreamily, her light fig-
ure go out of sight down the hill-side. The
time of her absence seemed to me very short.
Except when I attempted to move, I felt lit-
. tle pain, and never had my soul been so
flooded with happiness. I loved Bertha—I
was beloved by her. I felt too weak to spec-
ulate about the future. I only rejoicedin the
present. 1
Soon Bertho returned with the village doc-
tor and two or three sturdy assistants. Ar.
ranging a hastily constructed litter they start-
the motion caused me intense pain. With a
longing for sympathy; I stretched out my
hand. Bertha understood me, and laid her
own in it; and so, with her walking besid
me, I was borne home. -
No bones had been broken by my full.—
My injuries were all internal, though not
dangerous, but my convalesceuce was long
and tedious. In all this time Bertha was like
an angel of light. She shared with my
mother the labor of nursing me. She read
to me, sang to me; or, when I liked it better
sat by me in silence. It was six weeks be-
fore I was again able to walk out; but in all
this time we had never spoken of love. With
all my soul I worshipped her; but my pas-
sion was too reverent for light or hasty utter-
ance. I resolved to wait until I could stand
with her again upon the hill-top where I had
first read my heart’s answer in her eyes.
When at length I could go out, my first
visit was made to Dr. Green. He had been
so kind and attentive, he seemed to take so.
much pride in his success, that I could not re-
fuse his invitation to take my first walk to
his house, and drink a cup of tea with his
wife and a friend she had staying with her..
It is with this friend only that my story has
to hear me down the hill. ‘* At the first jolt *
God knows I did not willingly‘put myself
in the way of temptation. How.c0uld I tell
thah‘sitting that summer afternoon in Dr.
Green’s quiet parlor, I should find a Circe?
“Miss Ireton,” said the doctor’s deep, sono-
rous votce as I entered the roomfand before
me rose a young, slight figure, robed in white
with roses on her bosom, roses on her cheek,
roses in her golden hair that lay‘in long ring-
lets upon her dainty shoulders, slid clustered
around her proud little head. Her eyes were
bright and full of smiles; dimples played at
hide-and-seek among her cheeks'roses; her
lips were full and red, and her complexion
wonderfullyclcar,wlth a quick changing color
infinitely charming. Nellie Ireton was in-
deed beautiful. Sometimes—even now, out
of the darkness of death and the grave—that
face rises up to me, and I see herstand before
me once more, in all her Witching loveliness,
as she stood that summer afternoon. If you
had seen her then, you would have thought
she was immortal—that death and change
could never come to that form of grace,
those eyes of light,
Miss Ireton was a practiced flirt. It was
not in the nature of things that any man
could love her as rcvcrently as I loved Ber-
tha. She could not have comprehended Ber-
tha’s self-abnegation, heroism, her entire free-
dom from all vanity, all desire for triumph.
And yet her dominion over the senses was
absolute. I was a born worshipper of beau-
ty. I could not help admiring the airy grace
of her face, the smiles which hovered so arch-
ly about her lips. Days passed, and no fly
was ever more hopelessly entangled in a spi-
der’s not than I in the meshes of her golden
hair. At first I could see that Bertha was
simply incredulous and astonished; then a
Wild trouble began to darken the clear gray
of her eyes. All this time I loved her. A
single tone of her voice had more power over
my highest nature than all the enchantlnents
of the others; and yet I ,could not break
away from the fatal spell that bound me.—.
My senses \ re intoxicated—steeped in de-
lirium by t , irce. Can you comprehend
the enigma? Its solution involves the his-
tory of many a man’s marriage besides my
own.
Just at the right time Miss Ireton brought
a new competitor into the field. In a young
law-student then visitingin the place, I found
a rival. Nellie was a good tactlciau. She
played usofi‘ against each other most adroitly
until we were inspired with till a gamester’s
eagerness to win. Bertha had now with-
drawn herself from my society almost alto-
gether. Indeed, I seldom visited her; but
‘ when I did, I only saw her in the presence of
her mother. Every evening I passed at Dr.
Green’s. At last, in one fatal hour, I found
-Miss Ireton alone. I proposed, and" was a'ce
' copied. So for had my madness lasted; but
when I heard her faltering “Yes ;” when the
" golden head sunk with full as much triumph
as tenderness upon my shoulder; when" I
’ would have passed the kiss of betrothal upon
'her lips a cold shudder ran through all my
veins.
:the struggle to regain my self-command, and
there, before my closed eyes, I saw Bertha
I closed my eyes for a moment, in
stand as she stood that morning. I saw her
'pale, rapt face, her eyes dilated with thought
fixed on the mist over the valley. I heard
her inspired voice: -
“Some time, even thus from all proud
hearts the mist will roll goldenly away, and
'we shall see as we are seen, and know as We
are known.”
Alas! in vain had the mist rolled away
from that proud heart of Bertha Payson,
showing me its hidden treasures. I had re-
jected the golden fruit of the Hesperides.
' lured by the fair seeming apple of Sodom;
and now I must wait vainly at the closed
gates of Eden. We have but one birth and
one death; and the charmed hour of fate
comes but once to life.
My betrothed was speaking; I roused my
self to listen.
“I liked you the very first time I saw you,
Mr. Osborne; and meant to make you like
me. You see, I thought it would be more
difficult;- for Dr. Green told me you were
more than half in love with that pale, proud
Bertha Payson,and I meant to see if I couldn’t
make you fancy me, in spite of all.”
“You succeeded only too well, little charm-
er.” .
There was a mournful truth in my answer,
which her light heart did not penetrate. I
do think Nellie loved me, or, as she said,
liked me,as well as she was capable of liking.
Her freely expressed preference was fully
sincere. I should have a true wife, as the
world reckons truth; and yet, in God’s sight
I should be unmarried still. We two could
never be made one.
I made haste to announce my engagement.
I hurried the preparations for my nuptials.—
I felt that my own safety would be in leaving
Ryeiield as soon as possible. Now that. the
excitement of the love chase was over and
the young law-student had subsided into the
quiet friend of my affianced, I could not con-
ceal from myself that I had set the seal to
my own mad folly, and condemned myself
to an eternal, yet unavailing, despair. Icare-
fully avoided any opportunity of seeing Ber-
tha. I Would not have dared to trust myself
in her presence. ‘
It was the day before my bridal. So far
had I traversed my path of thorns. I rose
early and went out of doors. One more walk
I would have to the hill where the knowl—
edge of Bertha’s love had come to mc—down
whose slopes I had been born with her hand
in mine. It was September, but it had been
a. cool, damp summer, and the verdure along
the hillside was still fresh as June. I climb-
ed rapidly. When I was within a few rods
of its summit I looked up. A tall, slight fig-
ure was clearly defined against the sky.—
Should I go'on ‘? Darcd I meet Bertha then
and there ? I answered these questions to
myself by climbing on silently and quickly.
I could not help it.
In five minutes I stood by Bertha‘s side.—
She had not heard my approach. Proud wo-
man as she was, she had not been too 'proud
to weep. The tears glittercd heavily upon
her long lashes. She made no vain attempt
to conceal them. She met my glance stead-
lastly.
“Bertha,” I! said, in a choking voice, “I (lid
not think to find you here.”
“Or I you," she answered. “See, the mist
lies as heavily over the valley as when we
stood here last. How little the scene is
changed.”
“And how much everything else is,” I'in-
terrupted her, wildly. “Bertha, it may be
madness or sin, but I must speak. I love
you better than my own soul. I always did
w “I
l love you but never with such passion, such
despair as now. Is it too late? Must it be
too late ‘?,’
She looked at me a moment in wonder, in
sorrow. Her dark, searching eyes question-
ed me. Then her lip curled.
“Would you be twice a traitor, Frank Os-
borne ?”
“No!” I answered, impetuously. “I would
but return to my only true allegiance. Nel-
lie’s pride Would be wounded, but her heart
would not suiier much. And you, oh! Ber-
tha, you did love me—you do love me. Do
not wreck your own life and mine."
"Frank,” she said, quietly, yet earnestly,
“this is worse than folly, it is sin. To mor-
row you will be the husband of another.—
What right have you to speak to me of love?
True, I didlove you once, but that dream is
past. If you were free to-day, I could not
trust my happiness to your keeping. Forget
me, or think of me only as a kind, well-wish-
ing friend.”
“Is there no hope, Bertha ‘3”
But I could not so give her up. The hour
had come I had dreamed of through my long
convalescence. I stood with Bertha again
upon that hill-top where I had meant to tell
her my love. I must plead with her a little
longer. Scarcely knowing what I said, Ias-
sailed her with wild prayers. I poured out
my very soul at her feet. But she only look-
' ed at me with her dark, wistful eyes, and re-
turned the same firm, reproachiul, No. At
last I was silent. I saw it was of no use. I
had myself cast away my pearl of great price.
I must be contented hereafter with the glit-
ter of my past brilliant.
“Well,” I said humbly and sorrowfully
enough, “I do not deserve you. You are
right, Bertha. But give‘mc your hand once
more, as you did that morning. Friends
claim that much, Bertha.”
She laid her fingers in mine. They did
not tremble, but they were very cold. She
said, with a deep, pathetic earnestness,
“God bless you, Frank Osborne. I, who
know you so well, believe that you are sin-
cere in the words you have spoken to me this
morning. But you must think suchthoughts
no longer. Frank, happiness only comes to
us in the right. Your duty now is to Miss
Ireton. Fulfillit, I conjure you. You have
a woman’s happiness in your keeping. You
must answer to God for it, I conjure you
to make her future bright. Trust nothing
to her light heartedness. I tell you no wo-
man’s heart is light enough to bear up under
any want of love from the man for whom
she has given up all things. Do your duty,
and you will find comfort even yet. Good-
bye, Frank !” ‘
She turned away, and once more, as on
that other morning, I watched her light" fig-
ure, tripping down the hill. Her step was
firm. Her heart must have been strong.—
‘She did not once look back. I watched her
till 1 could see her no longer. And then I
turned and looked moodily over the valley.
Already the mist had parted, and before the
sun’s fiery eyes the valley lay uns’hrouded,
undisguised, as our souls must stand some
day before His eye at whose word the first
sun rose and the last sun will set. I thought
of the solemn import of Bertha‘s words. I
had, indeed, a duty to do. I could lay my
burden of sin and punishment on no other
shoulders. It was not Nelly Iretou's fault
that I had turned away from Bertha and
asked her to be my wife. I owed her my
life now. She should have it. I knelt upon
the hillside. I hated my forehead to the cool
breeze of the September morning. I cried
out to Heaven for strength. I think my
prayer was heard.
The next day I was married. We left
Ryeficld at once, and for three years I did
not return there.
I do believe—thank God for this gleam of
comfort—that I made Nellie happy. In her
own way she was fond of me. She loved
society, mirth and fashion. She had them
all. I placed no restraint upon her pleasures
though I seldom accompanied her. Often
she has retumed from some gay party, late
at night, and found me sitting alone in my
study. She would bound to my lap at such
times, with her child-like abandon; tell me
what a fine time she had had; who talked
to her and complimented her; and then
asked with a comical air of self-satisfaction,
if I was not proud of such a handsome little
wife. ‘
“You know I am handsome, you prove?
king, teasing, clever old fellow, now don’t
you ?” was usually the conclusion of her ha-
rangue; and I would always give her'the
confirmation she coveted. Thank God, she
never knew how lonely my soul was in
those days—how my heart pined for com.
pauionship ; how my spirit pauted for a kin-
dred spirit to share its doubts, its triumphs,
its seekings after the Infinite! Thank God
that the lark in the meadow was not. gladder
or merrier than she!
She had been my wife more than two
years, when she went out, one cold night,
with her fair neck and arms uncovered, and
only an opera cloak thrown over them as
she drove to a gay party. I had remonsira-
ted, but she had pleaded to be allowed to
have her own way, and I never could bring
myself to cross her in anything—I who could
never look at her without a remorseful con-
sciousness that the heart which should have
been hers only shrined in secret image of
another. I strove, by the most lavish indul-
gence, even to her whims, to make what
compensation I could for the heart’s devo-
tion I could never give her, and so this night
as usual, she had her will. She did, indeed,
look very lovely with her azure dress falling
in such graceful folds about her little figure
—the golden curls just vailing, but not con-
cealing the snow of her neck, and her arms
gleaming through misty lace. Most men
would have been proud of her; but I had
known one woman whose simple superiority
to all outside decorations so far transcended
all the aids of dress and fashion,that I could
not triumph in the mere beauty of the ex-
ternal. '
For once the consequences of my indul-
gence were disastrous. That night Nellie
took a severe cold. In a few days it settled
upon her lungs, and then medical skill was
of no avail. She grew rapidly worse, and
they made her grave beneath the cold, grey
sky of' March. Through her illness I had
been a patient nurse. She died with h;
head on my bosom. \Vith almost her last
breath she told me I had made her happy.—
When I stood over her grave, I‘ mourned for
her sincerely. I would have given much to
call her back to life; nay, I wouldhave been
willirg—life was not very precious to me—
to have taken her place under the mouldfio
that she couldhavo walked forth. again in
her youth and beauty. And yet, 85' weeks
passed on, God, who judgeth not aslinsn
j udgeth, will iOrgive me if a wild thrill of joy
did sometimes make my heart-strings quiver
when I thought of the love of my youth,and
remembered that I was free. » ,
After-a time] went home to Ryefield. I
sought Bertha’s society. At first it' seemed
to me that she tried to avoid me, but I per.
severed. I know she must have felt to the
core of her heart the sincrcity of my love.
Would she ever again return it?
At last, one night, I asked her _to go with
me the next morning to the hill over looking
the valley, where we had stood together so
many times in other day. She consented.
We went up the hill almost in silence, and
when we reached its summit we still stood
silently for a time.
At length I turned to her.
“Bertha, there was a time when, as the
morning mist rolled away from over the val-
ley, the mist rolled away from your heart,
and I saw its hidden treasure—your love for
me. I have sinned since then; but oh, Ber-
tha, I have suffered. I loved you first, last,
always. With all the might of my soul I
love you now. Will you take me, and weave
the broken threads of my life into brightness
at last ‘9”
She looked at me steadfastly and sorrow-
fully.
“Frank,” she said, with a gentle, pitying
aspect. “I came up here with you because I
knew you wanted to ask me that question.
I could see that you were cherishing hopes
about me that I ought not to let you cherish
any longer. It is all in vain. I will be your
friend. Frank—your warm, tender friend,
but the day for anything more is past. There
was a time when I would have gone with
you to the world’s end; but you yourself
made my love a sin. I could not cherish it
for the husband 0f another. Frank, I con-
quered it, and on earth it can have no resur-
rection. By the wild agony of its death-
throes I know that it is dead—dead utterly,
You can never again kindle the life in its
cold corpse. If you wronged me once, I for-
give you. If you are unhappy, I pity you.
On earth I can never have a . dearer friend
than you, but the flame on my heart’s alter
is burned to white ashes. I can never be
your wife.”
I looked in her clear, friendly eyes. An
angel’s pity softened their glance, but they
were not once cast down. I turned away
from their wistful look. I uttered no more
prayers. I only clasped her hand in mine,
and some tears I was not ashamed to shed
fell over it. . Then I let her go. Once more
she went down the hill alone, and I was left
upon its brow to struggle with the anguish of
my désp ir.
' Oh, Bertha! Bertha!
Look out, my friend. From this eastern
window, even now, you can see the mist roll-
ing goldcnly away from the valley of the
Quincbaug. Just so, I have sometimes
thought, I shall one day see it roll away from
the valleys of the Upper Country, and, per-
chance, the love that was dead, when I would
have awakened it on earth, will have its own
resurrection in Heaven. God knows !
.«Q».
How Sal Disgraced the Family.
A traveller in the State of Illinois, some
years ago, came to a lone log but on the
prairies, near Cairo, and there halted. He
went into the house of logs. It was awrctch-
ed affair, with an empty packing box. for a.
table, while two or three old chairs and disa~
bled stools graced the reception room, the
dark walls of which were further ornament
ed by a display of dirty tin-ware, and a bro-
ken dclf article or two.
The woman was crying in one corner,and
the man, with tears in his eyes and a pipe in
his mouth, sat on a stool, with his diI‘ty arms
resting on his knees, and his sorrow-looking
head supported by the palms of his hands.
Not a word greeted the interloper.
“Well,” he said, “you seem to be in awful
trouble here, what’s up ?”
“ Oh, we are most crazed, neighbor," said
the woman, “ and we ain‘t got no patience to
see folks now.”
“ That’s all right,” said the visitor, not
much taken aback by this polite rebuff, “ but ‘
can I be of any service to you in all this
trouble ‘2”
“ Well, we’ve lost our gal; our Sal’s gone
off and left us,” said the man in tones of des-
pair.
“ Ah, do you know what induced her to
leave you ?” remarked the new arrival.
“We can’t say, stranger as how she’s so
for lost as to be induced, Gut then she’s gone
and disgraced us,” remarked the afflicted
father. ~
“ Yes, neighbor, and not as I should say it
as is her mother, but there warn’t a pootier
gal in the West than our Sal; she’s gone
and brought ruin on us and her own head
now,” followed the stricken mother.
“ Who has she gone with ?” asked the vis-
itor.
“Well, there‘s the trouble. The gal could
have done well, and might have married
Martin Kehoe, a capital shoemaker, who al-
though hc has got but one eye,plays the flute
in a lively manner, and earns a good living.
Then look what a home and a life she has
deserted. She was surrounded by all the
luxury in the country,” said the father.
“Yes, who knows what poor Sal will have
to eat, drink or wear now?” groancd the old
woman.
“ Antkwlio is the fellow that has taken her
from you to lead her into such misery t?”
quoth the stranger.
“ Why, she's gone ofl‘ and got married to
a critter called an editor, as lives in the vil-
lage, and the deuce only knows how they
are to aim a living 1”
—-————-<O>eo———--—
WA Statement is going the rounds of
the papers that Mrs. Sarah Sanford, a native
of .New Haven, .but for sometime a teacher
in a grammar school in New Orleans, for exs'
pressing sentiments obnoxious to the chival-
ry, was seized by the mob on Sunday, the
12th, carried to Lafayette Square, and there
in the presence of an immense crowd of peo—
ple, many of them richly dressed ladies, she
was stripped naked and tarred and feathered,
while the crowd applauded. The statement
was first made in the Buffalo Express on the
strength of information furnished by a dentist
who claimed to have been driven away from
New Orleans. We have no faith at all in the
truth of the statement. The sccessionists
have been guilty of many outrages, but we
have yet to believe that in a public square on
Sunday, in the city of New Orleans, :1 respec-
table woman could be the victim of such hel-
lish treatment. It cannotbe tyne.
Ham Coltrane
Norwalk Chronicler