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VOLUME XLrV--NUMnEE}34.
NORWALK‘ GAZETTE.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
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A. H. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLs.
Subscription Rates.
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Yearly advert semonts ayable 1st of January & July.
Yearly advertisers restr cted to the business contem-
plated at the e of contract. ‘
Cards, Resolutions,.Funeral and all other Special No-
tices 25 per cent. additional on tlfia above.
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flsosmsss mascrosv.
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. nor-walk Post Ofice.
NAILS CLOSE
West 7.30 A. M.—2.30 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.——5.00 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, ’I-ues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
NAILS DUE.
West 9.10 A. M.—6.00 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—3.30 P. M.
Danbury St Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 9.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. M.
NORWALK HOTEL,
(LATELY THE ALLrs nousE,) -
EDWIN PECK, PROPRIETOR,
LEASE of this well-known and popu-
_ lar' House having been purchased of
Mr. Allis, will be continued, as heretofore, as
afirst class provincial Hotel. No pains ta-
king or expense will be spared to render
this inall respects a quiet and genteel, as ll.
is a beautiful rural retreat. Permanent and
transient guests accommodated upon reason-
able terms.
W A good Livery Stable connected with
the Hotel. '
GREGORY’S POINT
H O T E L ,
N orwalk, Conn.
D. H. NUTTER, . ........ Pnopnm'ron.
Tilt: ALLIS HOUSE, '
(formerly Union House,)
Opposite N. Y. «is N. H. Depot, in Union-st,
New Haven, Conn.
L. P. ALLIS, PROPRIETOB.
N. A. mosairarr, m. n,
Homeopathic Physician 6t Surgeon.
Ofiice over C. T. Cornwall’s Store, first buil-
ding east of Norwalk Hotel,
NORWALK, CONN. . '
References :
Prof. J. Beakley, Dean of the Faculty,
Prof. S. R. Kirby, Homeopathic Medical Col-
lege, New York city, or
G. W. Swazey. M. D., Springfield, Mass. 21
CYRUS NORTHROP.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office opposite Congregational Church,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
.rAmns e. 311330173,
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-
ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52
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01.”!nbwi-H-U-H‘
88888883888
Salli
E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
ufacturer Of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Fumaces,'Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Cnocke‘ry; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give
0 particular attention to sales by Auc-
tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property and
Household Furniture ; terms low,
WM.'c."‘STaEET”efloo.,
Importers; wholesale and retail dealers in .
HARDWARE, IRON,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, &c.
C. S. LOCRWOOD, .
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPOB 11334: 8
No. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, N orwalk, Ct.
or. ottoman,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY. GOODS, canrsrmes,
awnings Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimereé,
Satinetts, Vestings, and 'l‘ailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
or Package. Sheetings,
Shirtings, Jeans, &c.
At the lowest possible prices.
NORWALK', CONN'
.s. e. onus-man a co.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Peed, ac,
' 14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of nartfbrd,
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
CIIII Capital $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire,
gr; err-l} adapted to tlie'lmzard,and
”(13” nélstent' with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE B. COWLES, Sole Agent
1134 For Norwalk and vicinity.
races Tom a co.,‘
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
READY MADE CLOTHING!
‘ and
Gents’ Furnishing Goods
of their own manufacture.
REMOVAL.
HE office of C. F. Moeller’s Dyeing Es-
tablishment has been
REMOVED ,
from Mi: John F. Bennett’s, to Bunting’s
Bakery, Main-st, where he will be glad to
many
see all his Old customers as well as
new ones as will favor him with a call.
South N orwalk, Chas. R. Bennett; Winni-
pauk, Joe. C. Randle
Gutta Percha & India Rubber
CEMEN '1' ROOFING.
THIS 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 :
lst—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, anti 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 and Metal 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 theRcofing can be seen by
calling on the subscriber, at South N orwalk.
All orders by letter will receive prompt at-
tention. D. F. HUNT, South Norwalk.
- INSURANCE.
THE subscriber having taken the agency
of the New England Fire and Marine I11.-
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.
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 Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, Feb. lst, 1850. tf5
E. QUIN'I‘ARD 6L SONS,
Cabinet Makers ;
At their Old Established Ware Rooms,
East Side the Bridge,
OPPOSITE PHOENIX ‘ BLOCK.
HAVE now on hand the largest and best
assortment of Cabinet Furniture,Chairs,
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 Coflins of all sizes and descriptions, from
the most costly Rosewood to the plainest ever
used.
From our long experience in the Underta-
kin Business, we are confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may need our
services. 37
Groceries Cheaper than ever
1‘ O R C II S E !
THE 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 qualities as can
be found at any store in the couutr . He
would invite the special attention of a! to 1113
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 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 L'ldss float and Shoe Establishment, f'or la-
dies, gentlemen, or children’s wear,
Our goods are manufactured expressly for
our own sales, and warrant all work sold by
us. Always on hand, or made to order at
short notice,
Gents’ Patent Leatlwr Boots, Shoes, the. ;
Ladz'es’ Gaiters, (£20., «fl-o. ; th'hiren’s
Gaiters, and Shoes, (to, (he, the.
Rubber goods ; a large stock kept constantly
on hand. Repairing done neatly and amped;-
ently. HARVEY STEVENS. .
South Norwalk (No. 3, Ely’s Block), April
7, 1860. .
runurwvnni
HE subscriber is new prepared to Offer to
the public, at his Old stand, as good an
assortment Of‘
Cabinet Furniture
as can be found in Fairficld County, and at
lower prices, FOR CASH, than the same
qualit of goods can be obtained at any other
Estab islnncnt.
The stock consists in part of
Marble Top, Extensnon, Dining, (jam, and
Quartette Tables; Bankcases’, Bureaus,
Sofas, ‘I‘etezaotete Lounges ; Mahog-
any and Cane seat Chairs ; Gilt
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., &c.
00 FFIN WAREROOMS’ ;
where may be found a full assortment of Cof-
fins, which will finished in the best possible
manner, and at 311013 riotifce. _ l 1
W“ A hearse wi ,e .lll‘lllfg. or W- rcn de-
sired. 11.xlil‘1N0UD.
Westport, May lat, 1858.
Hardware and Cutlery.
Mechanic’s Tools, Farming Utensils, Guns,
Pistols, Iron and Steel, Window
Glass, Paints and~Oils.
M. C. STREET & 00. have in store
and are constantly receiving direct
from the manufacturers, _ a large supply Of
Foreign and Domestic Goods, under tho, above
denominationspvhich make; tligiit‘t'tfis‘urtment
of articles suitgt to, this: iiiarket, equal to any
ill the Siiilé. as which will he sold either
wholesale or retail on as favorable terms as
can be purchased in New York.
WILLIAM C. STREET,
A. H. WILCOXSON.
Poi-Sale.
A very desirable small Farm, on the turn-
pike to N. Y., and about 10 minutes’
drive from the N. Y. & N. H. Depot. Said
farm contains about 14 a, pr, has all kinds of
Fruit i full hearing; Eige- Barn and Car-
riage ouse in gOod repair, and a very con-
venien House. Terms reasonable. Apply
to T. B. Griflith, So. Norwalk.
Also, a House and Lot on Flux Hill—terms
reasonable. Also, House and Store in South
~ Norwalk, The undersigned attends to the
purchase and sale of Real Estate on reason-
i able terms. n34 T. B. GRIFFITH.
‘New
HARBWABE &. PAINT STORE,
M a i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
MARVIN & PROWITT,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, &c.
TIMBER! LUMBER! ‘
lath, Lime, 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 Cash, and
will be sold low. T LLES & ELY.
South Norwalk, Oct. 15, 1860. tf42
A. JACKSON 6!. 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 larrrcr than ever before.—
Wc have a fine lot ofiadies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as, being- cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s V ateli-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. \Ve buy of the best importers in
New York, 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 better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON &. BRO.
Building Raising and Moving.
THE Subscriber would give notice that he
i is fully prepared to raise or move any
Buildings, either of Wood, Brick, or Stone.
He has all Of‘ the necessary tools, and feels
qualified by experience to conduct the busi-
ness in a proper manner. Orders left at the
Gazette Office, 01' with the Subscriber, will
receive prompt attention.
GEORGE PERRY.
References :
Wm. K. James, Wm. S. Lockwood, Geo.
G. Bishop, S. 6.7 L. Curtis, Timothy B. Fitch,
(Steam Mill,)JosephW.Hubbell, James Mitch-
ell, Hill & Hubbell, Jonathan Camp, 0. J.
Gruman. 311115
Mr. J. Hession,
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 Melodeon.
Pianos tuned and repaired. All orders left
at his residence, Main-st., and store of A. II.
Camp, NO. 17 Main-st, Norwalk, will be
promptly attended to. 1y32
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NOR‘VA14K
Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I I. I. .
HE subscribcr has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning; Scroll and other Sawing; manufacture
of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., c., in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail promptl at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITC .
House St Sign Painting,
GILDING, GLAZING, &c., &c.,
SOUTH NORWALK.
HE subscriber will execute all orders in
Plain or Ornamental Painting in the
most satisfactory manner, and at reasonable
prices.
Also, For Sale, his present residence (with
his business if desired), comprising a house
nearly new, with garden, trees, shrubbery,
&c., and ashop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quintard 85
Smith’s Carriage Factory, to
GE RGE HODGES.
May 7th, 1860. 1y19
‘J.N.LOCKWO0D& 00,
‘Vest Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’INE‘V BLOC ,
KEEP constantly on hand, a large and
varied assortment of Ladics’, Gents’,and
Children‘s
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &c.,
all made under our own personal supervis-
ion, of‘ the best material, and in the most
workman!lite-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 Ge ’s Boots, Gaiters, Shoes,
etc, we have a larger and better assortment,
we are confident, than was ever before offer-
ed in Norwalk. We are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any article in our llmémnd
at the shortest notice.
. Misscs’ and Children‘s Shoes, Rubbers,ctc.,
In endless variety. A fine article of Slippers
for Gents‘ wear.
REPAIRING—in all its branches—done
neatly, quickly, and cheaply.
E. '1'. Whitney 6L Co.’s
Photographic and Fine Art
GALLERY,
NORWALK, 00mg.
ATE E. B. Tnonpscg’s E" T, Whime
would inform the citizens of Norwal
that 1.1,? 1th established himself in the Gazette
Builtlm ,and will fhrnisli them with Photo-
graps, mbrotypcs, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by ,thc sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain; in the hi hest style
of the. art. E. T. WH TNEY.
D. B. WOODBURY. “29
Wagon and Carrie c-
BUILDING AND saw me,
N. New Canaan, at the old stand of the
summing“ 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
Planktaken in exchange for work.
tf29 E. L. ARNOLD.
an: E nu.- n-nrni.
MERCHANT TAILOR.
DJOINING Ste . of K' & nos,
A Mars—at. Npovzhle Cmiiipp'l‘he 113mm
are respectfully united to call and examine
the larva and var-zed assortment of READY
MADE CLOTHING, French Cloths, Cassi-
mercs and Vestmgs, also a general assortment
of Gentlemen’s Furnishing 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 out free of charge. articular
attention paid to Children’s Garments.
Pane? fissile. at"?
fine assortment of Fancy Goods, Pocket
Cutlery, anti 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 0N & BRO.
At the Old Stand in Main Street
SUPERIOR Machine for Cutting Hay,
Straw and Stalks, for sale at the New
Hardware Store of MARVIN & PROWITT
. Main Street.
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
I
The Sleep.
3r uizx‘snrn ulnar" snowman.
“He giveth His belot'ed sleep.‘.’—Psalm cxxxvn.
Of all the thoughts of God that are
Brae inward into souls afar,
Along the Psalmist’s music deep
Now tell me if that any is,
For gift or grace surpassing this—
“He giveth His beloved sleep I"
What would we give to our beloved f!
The hero’s heart, to be unmoved,
The poet’s star-tuned harp, to sweep,
The patriot’s voice, to teach and reuse,
The monarch’s crown, to light the brows ?—
“He giveth His beloved sleep.”
What do we give to our beloved P
A little faith, all undisproved,
A little dust, to over weep,
And bitter memories, to make
The whole earth blasted for our sake,
"He giveth His beloved sleep."
“Sleep soft. beloved!" we sometimes say,
But have no tone to charm away
Sad dreams that through the eyelids creep:
But never doleful dream again
Shall break the happy slumber, when
“He giveth His beloved sleep."
0 earth, so full of dreary noises!
0 men, with wailing in your voices!
, 0 delved gold, the wailers heap!
0 strife, O curse, that o'er it fall!
God makes a silence through you all,
And “givcth His beloved sleep.”
. His dews drop mutely on the hill,
His cloud above it saiicth still,
Though on its slope men sow and reap.
More softly than the dew is shed,
0r cloud is floated overhead,
“He giveth His beloved sleep.”
Yea! men may wonder while they scan
A living, thinking, feeling man.
Continued, in such a rest to keep;
But angels say—and through the word
I think their happy smile is heard——
“He giveth His beloved sleep.”
For me, my heart that erst did go
Most like a tired child at a show
That sees through tears the jugglers leap,—
Would now its wedricd vision close,
Would childlike on His love repose,
Who “giveth His beloved sleep I"
And friends, dear friends,-—when it shall be
That this low breath is gone from me,
And round my bier ye come to weep,
Let one, most loving of you all,
Say , ‘Not a tear must o’er her fall—
He giveth His beloved sleep."
-<.>.*—
The Widow’s Only Son.
“Mother, I will be everything to you that I
can be; I promise you that.”
The boy lifted his head. A look of high
resolve made the young brow manlike in
expression. Not yet had ten summers deep-
ened the gold on those fair locks. The ear-
nest blue eye looked fondly in the face that
bent over him. There was a world of love
that was not only lip-deep, but was proved
by acts of self-denial.
They were poor—that mother and son—
Oh, how poor they were! You could almost
see how poverty had drifted over everything
about them—drifted whitely over the pine
chairs and tables—drifted over their clothes,
and through them, till patch after patch was
placed on the sad havoc that pitiless, drifting
want had made.
But in holy heart-love they were richer
than the Rothschilds; yes, out of their bank
in heaven—that bank directorshere might
sneer at—they drew every day, every hour
uncounted treasure.
“Mother, I will lie everything to you that I
can be; I promise you that.”
The words are beautiful enough to be re-
peated. Henry Locke smiled, because as he
spoke there came tears to his mother’s eyes.
He had that morning been promised a place
in alittle country store, five miles from the
cot, or rather cabin, where they lived. It
was but a small pittance; but of late the
mother had grown so feeble that she could
scarcely do the little that order and Deafness
called for at her hands.
One dollar a week! It was. a very little
sum but better, much better, than nothing.—
Besides, Henry was to have his meals with
his employer, and could, if he choose, sleep
there. But he did not choose. For a glad
smile from mother; for a pressure of that
feeble hand; for the tender, Christian words
that came from those palelips.he was brave-
ly willing, after his day’s hard work, to walk
the five miles, dark and tedious though the
way was. Often he came bringing some
little delicacy that he had earned, and which
was sweet to the invalid, because he brought
it.
One night the sky was curtained with
clouds. The widow looked from her little
window facing the hilly road along which
the hay-wagons went on their way to the
city, and said, as she was the twilight deepen-
ing earlier than its w out, “I10 will not come
to-night.”
N 0: he would not surely come that night.
The wind blew fiercely,and sent the branches
Of‘the old apple-free rattling against the clap
boards, and threw the rain as with a spite,
over flu; little windows, sheeting them, and
making dreary music. SO the widow, quite
confident that Henry would not venture out
in that storm, read her Bible . her heart
kindled with the holy words, and putting out
her little light, went to rest.
She knew out how long she had slept,
when a voice awakened her. The sweet
voice so dear to her, was crying, “Mother!
mother!” At first she thought it a dream,
but, listening intently, she heard blending
with the wail of the wind, that cry and a
sound against the latch greeted her. In-
stantly rising, she groped for a light, unfas-
tened the door, and behold, there stood Hen-
ry, a piteous sight, indeed, covered with mire
literally, from head to foot. His face was
wet; but the honest, happy smile was by no
ways abated.
“My boy, how could you come on such a
night?” exclaimed the widow.
“Why, mother, storm couldn’t keep me
from you,” was his hearty response. “I’ve
had the greatest time, though, you ever did
see—lost my way, got into a creek, and it
must be midnight; but I meant to come, for
S. gave me a trifle over tonight, and I knew
how much you needed it.”
“My dear day i” sprang from the mother's
full heart, with a tear or two that trickled
down her pale checks.
“I wonder I havn’t thought before,” she
said, musingly. “After this, I'll put alight
in the window.” To be sure, it won‘t show
far; but when you get to the top of the bill,
it will be pleasant to see it, and know that I
am watching for you.” ‘
For three years the lamp was placed in the
little window every night.\ People often re-
marked it; and “as bright as Mother Locke’s
,little window” became a favorite saying.
At the end of that time, young Henry was
offered a good chance on board of a whaling
vessel and be resolved to accept it. It cost
him none knew what a struggle to part hour
the being he loved with an almost worship-
ful affection. But he knew that the time had
come when he must go forth into the world
to do battle for himself and for her; and a
sailor’s life was his coveted calling.
“It seems to me Henry,” said the mother,
when, with a trembling lip, she parted from
him, “as ifI must still put the light in the
little window. I shall think sometimes I
hear the sound of your footsteps, the click of
the latch and your pleasant voice. 0 Henry,
Henry, if I could but light you over the
stormy waters!”
“Mother, God will do that,” said Henry,
pointing to the glowing heavens. “God will
light me through storm and through calm;
but, mother, I shall think _every night that
the lamp is in the window; that you sit
near it; that somebody blesses you for the
guiding ray, and, above all, that you are pray-
ing for me.”
The long voyage was almost ended, but
another voyage was to end before that. The
widow Locke was taken ill. Yet, with no-
failing regularity, with fecble step and tremu-
lous hand, nightly the dear woman trimmed
' the little lamp, and placed it in the window.
Still, when the bended form could no longer
totter about the cottage, when she lay help-
less upon her bed, and the neighbors came in
to care for her, she would say, “Put the little
lamp in the window; my Henry will be
thinking of it.”
Night after night, and even until her eyes
grew dim, she would watch the radiance
of the flickering light, only saying, some-
times, “Shall I live to hear his foot steps?
Will that feeble flame still burn when my
life’s light has gone out?”
“Pray with me,” she murmured, “that I
may see him before I die. Oh for this most
precious boon!”
In vain all prayer. Slowly, more slowly,
the wheels went round, and the pulses, like
ebbing drops, fell fainter and fewer, until one,
calm night in Summer, the waters were
scarcely stirred.
She lay quietly, a smile upon her lips, her
eyes closed, her hands folded.
“I have longed to see him,” she said; “I
have prayed earnestly; but I have given it
all up now. I shall not meet him in this
world.
“Have you put the light in the window ‘2”
she asked, suddenly, earnestly, a few mo-
ments after. “It is growing dark.”
Alas! it was not the light that was grow-
ing dark.
Her hands were cold. Over her counte-
nance came that mysterious shadow that falls
batonce on any mortal face.
“Oh, may boy 1” she whispered; “tell him"
-they bent lower to catch the failing words
—“tell him I will put alight in the window
of heaven to guide his footsteps there.”
The thrilling sentence was hardly spoken
when the shadow dropped from the suffering
face, and it smiled in the calm majesty of
death.
A funeral followed; humbled hearts at-
tended the body of one who was loved for
her sincere goodness all through the hamlet;
and on the hillside, in a little graveyard, she
was buried.
Not many days after, a great ship came
into the port of a busy city. Among all those
who stepped from her decks, none were more
hopeful, more joyous, than young Henry
Locke. He had passed through the ordeal
of a sea life, so far unscathed. No blight of
immorality had fallen upon him. He had
kept himself as spotless as if at every night
fall his feet had been turned toward the door
of his mother’s cottage. How his heart
bounded as he thought of her! Strangely
enough, .he never dreamed shemlght be dead.
It did not occur to him that, perhaps, her
silver locks were lying under the lid of the
coffin. Oh,no he only thought of the pleasant
light in the window, that her hands had trim-
med for him. ‘ \
Beautiful and bland was the day on which
he traveled again the Iongaccustomed road.
How pleasant now to go home with sufficient
to provide for the comfort of that dear moth-
er! She would never want again. He
would never want again. He would take
her to a better home, and give her the luxu-
ries he had once longed to see in her posses-
sion. That old arm chair—she should have
a new one, easy in motion, elegant in mate-
rial. The fadcd shawl that he had seen fold-
ed and refolded year after year; and that
old-fashioned bonnet, with its one band of
crape; these, yet everything, should be
replaced with new and' better. The flowers
on the road all smiled as he looked toward
them; the very kine seemed to him turning
their meek eves at the sound'of strange foot-
steps. to know that his heart was glad with
love and anticipation. Hope on, dreamer!
Yonder comes one who trudges on laggingly
—a farmer, in heavy boots and frock, his
Whip in his hand. He cheers the lazy oxen,
but suddenly stops, amazed.
“I see you know me,” said the youngsailor
smiling. “Well farmer Brown, how is —”
“Know ye? why. how tall ye are! So”—
his eye drops, his mouth trembles—“so you've
got home):
“Yes, and glad enough to get back again-
how’s my mother ?”
“Your—'mother—” he says it in that slow,
hesrtatiug way that telegraphs ill tidings be-
fore they are told in words.
“Yes—is she well ? Is she expecting me?
Of course she is; we‘re late by a mouth,
full.” ‘
“ Your mother, Henry, well—the Old
lady—3’ He plays with his whip, or, rather
strikes it hard on the dusty road. How can
he crush that happy heart!
“There, you need not speak i" cried the
young man in a voice of sudden anguish;
he recoiled almost staggering, from the far-
mer’s side, and buried his face in his hands.
“Henry, my poor lad, yOurmother is —.”
“Don’t! don’t 1” cried the other, showing
now a face from which all color had fled.—
“Oh, my mother! my mother l—she is gone,
gone—and I coming home so happy i"
For some moments he sobbed as in agony.
How dreary the world had grown! The
flowers had lost fragritnce, the sun warmth;
his heart seemed dead.
“Henry, she left a message for you,” said
the old farmer, wiping his eyes with the
sleeve of his frock.
“A message for mel” it seemed as if‘ the
, white lips could hardly speak.
“Yes; says she—so my dame told me and
sothe minister said—“Tell Henry I will put
alight in the window of heaven to guide his
footsteps there.’ ”
“Did she, oh, did she say that? God-bless
you for telling me! All my long voyage I
have thought of the light in her little win-
dow. I have seemed to see it streaming
along down to the foot of the hill, it grew
brighter and brighter as I drew nearer. A
light in the window of heaven? Yes, moth-
er, I will think still you are waiting for me.
I could not see you in these long years; but
I knew the light was burning. I cannot see
you now, but I know the light is burning
I will come mother.”
Slowly and reverently he went to the hill-
side graveyard, and there he knelt and wept
upon her lonely grave. But not there he
thought her. A sweet vision was vouchsafed
him. All robed in heavenly garments, he
saw the beautiful soul he had called mother,
and, streaming from the brightness of her
glorious home, a slender beam seemed to
come, trembling to his very feet. Then he
knew that the light was placed in the window
of heaven.
Once more he knelt in the little room
where he had last left her. Nothing was re-
moved, but, oh how much was wanting !—
Thcrc, on the window sill, stood the little
lamp, that brought the tears afresh. But he
took his mother’s wellwom Bible, and, kneel-
ing by the bedside, as if she could hear him:
he sought her Saviour, and consecrated him-
self to a life and work of righteousness.—
From that cpttage he went out into the world
carrying his grief as a sacred memorial, but
seeing always, wherever his work led him
his waiting mother, and the lamp in the win-
dow of Heaven.
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From the Presbyterian.
ADDRESS PROM TENNESSEE.
While none can more sincerely deplore the
existence of this war than ourselves, or have
labored more earnestly, though fruitlessly, to
avert its occurrence, we are now constrained
to regard it as an existing fact which is not
likely to be affected by any other appeal than
that which has already been made—to arms.
There was a period when we felt it to be our
duty to advocate any reasonable compromise
which would secure the constitutional rights
of all without endangering the integrity of
the government; but our efforts, so far from
being seconded by our Southern religious
journals, and by many of our Southern sub-
scribers, was met with stern rebuke, on the
ground that they did not desire a continuance
of the Union. Now, compromise is hopeless.
At an early period of our difficulties, when
the fatal act of secession was adopted with
acclamation in South Carolina, we denounced
it as a wicked and criminal precipitation of
war on the nation; and when, contrary to
our hope, that ruinous example has met with
the concurrence of other States, our convic-
tion has been strengthened, that a more
causeless, suicidal and criminal procedure is
not to be found in the world’s history. That
it was long premeditated and determined on,
isa fact which cannot be denied or evaded.
The life-long efforts of Mr. Calhoun and his
compeers; the publication, more than thirty
years ago, of the “Partisan Leader,” by Bev-
erly Tucker of Virginia; the institution of
the secret conspiracy known under the name
of “The Knights of the Golden Circle,"
which had its ramifications in all the South-
ern States; the dishonest, fraudulent and
systematic schemes of members of the late
Cabinet to furnish the South with all the
means of successful insurrection, while strip-
ping the North of all means of successful re-
sistance; and the even more potent voice of
the Southern press in preparing the minds
of their people for the very crisis .which has
now occurred, furnish demonstrative proof
that Southern independence was to be asser-
ted whenever afavorable opportunity should
occur. The election of Mr. Lincoln was
made this pretext, and we know that it was
hailed in South Carolina as the event which
they most desired; which they helped to
accomplish by the disruption of the Demo-
cratic party; and which they new welcomed
as the most plausible ground on which they
could base their divisible appeals to the peo-
ple. The President elect was, through every
available vehicle, represented as hostile to
the inIrests of the South, and as controlled
by a party whose aim was to humiliate them
and subvert their peculiar institutions. This
was aflirmed in the absence of all proof, and
in the face of positive disavowal by the Pres-
ident himself. While this was the alleged
cause of the insurrection, the true one was
the ascendant power 'of the North, and the
hopelessness that the South could any long-
er imperiously dictate to the nation, and hold
within its grasp the patronage . of govern-
ment.
The crisis occurred, but how did it occur?
Was it by an appeal to 8. Convention of the
States, asking for the South permission to
withdraw from the Federal Union? This
would have been a constitutional resort, and
it is by no means certain that the appeal
would have been in vain. So far from such
manifestation of desire for amicable, and, as
it might have been,coustitutional separation,
the first exhibitions of the secession spirit
were those of positive and defiaht hostility
and war. A pseudo government was institu-
ted, warmeusures were initiated, the nation-
al fortresses were seized, the public treasure
confiscated, the national armories rifled, and
the United States troops, placed in the
Southern States for their protection, were
disarmed, and in some instances compelled
to renounce their oath of allegiance. So
soon as the usurpiug government was organ
ized, their first acts were of a hostile charac-
ter, particularly in the effort to propitiatc
foreign governments by the enactment Of a
rival and neutralizing tariff. The very pre-
cipitancy with which all this was evidently
designed to coerce other States to adopt se-
cession ordinances. It had this effect. Se-
cession ordinances were adopted by various
States, not fairly by the act of the people, but
that strictly of political demagogues. The
people were not asked whether they were
prepared to abandon the government under
which they had happily lived; it was not by
the free expression of their opinion that a
new one was inaugurated; nor had they the
opportunity to give their sufi‘rages for its
chief ofllcers; and there was no call upon
othe people to express their assent or dissent,
until a terrorism was established, which very
effectually suppressed the free expression of
dissent. Tennessee itself was so influenced,
and if testimony is to be believed, Union
men were not—at least in the first instance
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—so tolerated as our brethren would repre-
sent. Should wc even admit, as we are re-
quired to do, that Tennessee is now united, al-
most to a man, in resisting the Federal Gov-
ernment,it is difficult to see in this a justifica-
tion of their conduct. If secession is wrong in
itself, as we religiously believe it to be, the
wrong is only intensified by such unanimity.
The fact may be held up as a menace, and to
that its argumentative force must be confined.
We are asked how we Presbyterians of the
North can countenance a war which thus
threatens invasion and bloodshed ? We
might ask in return, why we were so ruth-
lessly plunged into war? Those who initia-
ted it should have bethought themselves
sooner of its probable consequences. Why
was an army collected to seize upon the na-
tional Capital? How could any reasonable
man' imagine, for a moment, that in the
midst of such hostile demonstrations, the
great North should remain passive and qui-
escent? The gage of battle has been thrown
down; the North has only taken it up. The
responsibility of all consequences must rest
with those who have fanned into a flame
this fratricidal strife.
The address from Tennessee insists that
they have no desire to abolish the national
Constitution, or subvert its government.—
This is a marvellous statement, and the more
extraordinary as coming from intelligent and.
religious men. Is the declaration of inde-
pendence by so many of the Southern States
no evidence of a design to break up the Gov-
ernment? Is the avowed principle of States’
Rights no infringement of government as
already existing? Ah, but it is replied,
when their right to secede is admitted, the
remaining fragments can institute a new and
consolidated government; but. how can this
be done except on the presumption that gov-
ernment has first been destroyed ? The very
intimation of reconstruction is based on the
supposition that we had been previously
shattered.
Tht’e is no more pestilent political heresy
than that every State, in our once happy
Union, has a reserved right of withdrawing,
at its pleasure, from the Federal compact.—
The notion in itself is without foundation in
reason, and wholly subversive of all effective
government. No such right is recogniz edin
the Constitution, and never could have been
admllted in the construction of such an in-
strument. Had it been otherwise, instead of
being a bond of union, it would have been a
rope of sand. It should be recollected that
when this Constitution was framed its de-
sign was to form one people out of indepen-
dent provinces; and to re-model from them,
ill-working and inefficient as they were, one
united government, which, while recognizing
only such reserved rights as should be neces-
sary for local administration, should itself be
sovereign and undivisible. The advantages
of such a central power were obvious and
fully recognized, and Offered sufficient in-
ducement to the otherwise imbecile, but in-
dependent provincial governments, to forego
their strict independence. There were no
such reserved States’ rights‘ as are now
claimed, for there wore no States until, un-
der the aegis of the Constitution, they be-
came such, as constituent parts of the United
States. All their powers as States were de-
rived from the fact of union, and surely
among these could not have been a reserved
one to break up the .very Union which had
imparted to them their vitality. And yet up-
on this sheer figmént, that every state in the
Union has such a right, when moved by sel-
fish intercsts, passion or caprice, to dissolve
the Union, is based that secession movement
which offers the alternative of war or anar-
chy; government or no government. Ter-
rible as war is, it has been accepted as the
least of the two evils; and fearful must be
the responsibility of those who have render-
ed this choice necessary and imperative.
It may be asked if the Union is so irre-
vocable that under no circumstances a sepa-
ration of its parts can take place? It is not
possible except, lsf. By the voice of the
whole people, who are parties in the Union,
and whose interests are essentially identified
with it. No such resort has ever been at-
tempted in this present case as an appeal to
the whole people. 2d. By revolution. It
has not been admitted by the Southern wing
of the Confederacy that they are engaged in
a revolutionary enterprise; on the contrary,
they justify their proceedings as an attempt-
ed pcaceful separation. It is, however, to
all intents and purposes, a revolutionary up-
rising against government. Now nothing
can justify revolution but great and intol-
erable grievances. Government is an ordi-
nance of God; it is his sacred institution, not
lightly to be meddled with, and any attempt
to overturn it causelehsly, is impiety towards
God, and a bold defiance of his authority.—
Shouid it, however, become grievously cor-
rupt, a correction of its evils may lawfully
be attempted by revolution. Can the South
justify its course on any such ground as this?
Has the government been iutolerablyoppres-
sive to them? Have they not been happy
and prosperous under its propitious admin-
istration tO an unparalleled extent? Have
they not had even more than their just share
in its administration? Have not their rights
been protected by it? Why, then, plunge
into revolution? Could they have promised
themselves any advantages by its subversion
which would compensate the destruction of
a prosperous peace, the sacrifice ofthousaud!
of lives, the degradation of high national
character, and the squandcriug of millions
Of‘ money ‘? Admitting that the South had
some just grounds of complaint, their griev-
ances were not of‘ a nature which might not
have been better healed under government
than by aresort to the sword. Rather, how
ever, than wait for the trial of peaceful meas-
ures, they have suffered themselves to be hur-
ried by ambitious and unprincipled dema-
gogucs into a war against the North, under
the flimsy pretence that the North intended
to dominate over them with a tyrrannical
sway, and endanger their peculiar institu-
tions! Yes, it was nothing more or less
than a prosp ectivé evil which induced them
to try the hazards of war. No adequate
cause for revolution can therefore he pleaded
by them, before God or man. We speak the
honest conviction of our heart, when we
say that the course they have pursued is a
great and inexcusable iniquity. South Car-
olina, the inceptor of this work of ruin, had
not, from its remote posrtion, even the par-
tial grievances to which the border states
were subject, and yet it has dragooned State
after State into a concurrence with its meas-
ures. Whether the South will ultimately
glory in such a leadership will depend upon
the contingent future.
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The attempt to liken this revolution~ to
that by which our independence was sable! -
ed is simply preposterous. The war of the
revolution was a justifiable and successful
attempt to break a foreign yoke, which was
oppressive, and at the same time W
sive of the rising energies of a Mm“.
The central government which excreted {11.6
controlling power was at a distance of three
thousand miles from the people to b.6397:
emed; it was a government in whichthc
people had no voice or representative ; it
was a government which exacted taxation
without equivalent benefits; itwas therefdn.
a tyrranny which might lawfully'be resisted.
Has the Southern insurrection any features
of resemblance to this ? They had a full
representation in the government; they were
not oppressed; they received greaterbenoflts
from the Union than they conferred; and
yet they have initiated a muscles: war,
which has brought a dark cloud on our heri-
zon, introduced the spirit Of fell discord,pros-
trated the material interests of a whole peo-
ple, and attempted to crush out the life‘ofthe
most benign government which ever exismd.
It is too late for.the brethren in Tennessee,
or in any other place, to plead that, as Chris-
tians, we should not lend our countcmuce
or aid to a government so ruthlessly assailed.
They should have thought of the evilsbeforo
they plunged into them. It is too late to
say to the North, “Let us secede quietly,”
when their secession commenced, and has
been carried on amidst the din of arms.—
Aud it is certainly asking more than we are
willing to grant, that the principle of . seces-
sion is right, when it must be seen that ifthe
principle were once admitted, there couldbe
no government left. Every State, on the
flimsiest pretext, would thus be encouraged
‘to secede from every other State; only
great city might thus secede from the State
of which it had been a part; every village
might secede from its county; and, for any-
thing we can see, every man, claiming the
right of selfgovernment, might insist on set-
ting all law at defiance. When it is demon—
strated to our satisfaction that there, is no
need of any government whatever, we will
be prepared to acknowledge the right of se-
cession, but not until then. The dieis cast;
we have had no responsibility in hurrying
on the crisis; war is actually waged. A great
and precious principle is involved in it,
whether we have a government ornot. Had
we even the inclination, we have not. the
power of‘ arresting the progress of events;—
We will indulge in no predictions as to the
final issue; that must be left with the Great:
Disposer of events, whose counsels are in:
scrutable. What concerns us is, has the
North the right in this quarrel? We have
not the shadow of a doubt that it has, and
so believing, we adhere to it and its
cause with an invincible tenacity. We owe
a profound debt of gratitude to our country
and its institutions; it has conferred upon us
unspeakable blessings and to prove recreant
to it in this righteous struggle, would be to
prove recrcant to God, who has conferred-on
us such national distinction. ‘
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_ For the Gazelle.
NEWS FROM DARIEN.
Jottings from the Metropolis.
MEssns. EDITORS :—We “still live,” here
in Darien, notwithstanding our national
troubles; the withdrawal of Southern pu-
tronage and money, and the threats of fanat-
ical rebels that the grass would grow in our
streets. Does the grass vegetate in our
thoroughfares? Nary spear; but trade
thunders on nearly as brisk as ever, and the
“Bar stangled spanner” floats in triumph
over our busy city. The latest arrival is that .
of Col. Pluck of the C. S. A. (Cannon-Sink-
ing-Abolishers). His arrival has created
quite a stir-Lsomething like the stirring of
pole-cats or cesspools. He is one of the big
guns and goes 011‘ with a report, particularly
when secession gains a supposed advantage.
You have heard the particulars. He fired a
salute on the battery when the defeat at Bull
Run was announced, and some of our. citi-
zens were supposed tobe killed. Soon after,
his cannon was spiked and dumped into the
creek—the only thing to be regretted being
that it was not dumped in deeper mud, with
the owner tied, to it, (although it might be a
pity to defile the creek so much.) The own-
er, as you know, is a very law-abiding citi-
zen; particularly moral; and devoted tothe
interests of the Maine law. This saint in ev-
erything bestial, not liking to have laws vio-
lated, had certain young men arrested for
Riot—“assault and battery with intent to
kill,” and various other crimes. He employ,-
ed 3. Norwalk laWyer, who, had he been irra
better cause might have met better success;
and attempted to prosecute before a justice
who had given his decision against the dc-
fendants before trying the case.
The trial came off last Saturday. The
culprits marched under the American flag,
for whose honor they had worked, to the
tune of Yankee Doodle, to the Court room.
The writ of indictment drawn by the afore.
said lawyer was found defective, and after
exciting the lawyer and confuddling the juso
ties, the case was quashed. The COL is en-
raged that his efforts to promote law and or-
der have thus far failed, and he intends be.
ginning anew and more thoroughly. We
wish him success, only wishing that he and
his dastardly crew headed—no—tm'led by the
Bridgeport Farmer, would go where they
belong, and give loyal men a chanceto pulh
ish them as they merit; without being call-
ed law-breakers. But the time will come
before long when treason North will be re-
garded as it deserves, and rewarded accord~
ingly. We have quite a number of the film
kind of naitors here, of whom the Co]. is
only a specimen brick. Another citizen turn-
ed his son out of doors because he was" in-
dependent enough to vote as be pleased, and
blackguarded his clergyman for daring to
pray for the success of our cause.
Then there are others whose cowardice
exceeds their treason, and who dare not. fa-
vor secession openly, but cannot help show-
ing where their sympathies are at every op-
portunity, never losing a chance to praise
Southern valor and disparage our own brave
troops, and clamoring for peace when it h
evident the only peace we can have ‘ must
be “conquered” or the peace of submission, ._‘
Still you must not imagine our city. is. a
rebel hole, these traitors are only “the few
rotten fruit on a tree where most b 3011116,] A ~
We have furnished our number of good”!-
diers, who kept a position of honor at: the
3d Regiment, and merit all the praise they
can receive. They are now home, enjoying
A ahearty welcome, and resting on their lau-
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