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VOLUME XLIV--NUMBER 43.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Norwalk Post Office.
‘MAILS CLOSE
West 7.30 A. M.——2.30 P. M.
Emit 8.20 A. M.—-5.00 1’. M. ‘
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M
Wéston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, 'lues-
days, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 12 M.
_, MAILS DUE.
West 9.10 A. M.——6.00 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.——3.30 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A; M.
POST OFFICE , nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.30 P. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, I’. M.
GREGORY’S POINT
H O T E L ,
Norwalk, Conn.
D. H. NUTTER, . ...... . .Pnornmron.
THE: ALLIS HOUSE,
(formerly Union House,)
Opposite N. Y. & N. H. Depot, in Union-st,
‘ New ‘Haven, Conn.
L. P. ALLIS, Paornm'ron.
n; a. mosmmv, M. n,
Homeopathic Physician (it Surgeon.
Office over C. '1‘. Cornwall’s Store, first buil-
ding east of Norwalk Hotel,
NORWALK, CONN.
References :
Prof. J. Beaklcy, Dean of the Faculty,
Prof. S. R. Kirby, Hommpathic Medical Col-
- lege, New York city, or
G. W. Swnzey. M. D., Springfield, Mass. 21
CYRUS NORTHROP.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office opposite Congregational Church,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
JAMES C. BARBOUB,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
D E N '1‘ I S '1',
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut.
Architecture.
IIDNEY M. STONE,
ARCHITECT,
1Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintcnd the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52
E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
, ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittaniiia, Wooden and
“fillet? Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give
u particular attention to sales by Auc-
tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property and
Household Furniture : terms low.
WM. 0. STREET & 00.,
humps ; wholesale and retail dealers in
HARDWARE, IRON,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
-ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, &c.
W a. s. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPO B I UM 3
£0, 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main—st, N orwalk, Ct.
_. our. GRUMAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS, CARPETINGS,
carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimercs,
Satinetts, Vestings, and 'l‘ailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
9r Package. Shcctings,
Shirtings, Jeans, (320.
At the lowest possible prices.
NORWALK, CONN'
_____.__..—__.
5.1:. onus-man a 00.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
ETNL INSURANCE COMPANY,
' Of Hartford,
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Calhpapitfil $1,000,000
{Insure against loss and damage by Fire,
'on Terms adapted to the hazardmnd
coiisiatent with the laws of
compensation.
COVVLES, Sole Agent
For Norwalk and vicinity.
INSURANCE.
' HE subscriber having taken the agency
of the New England Fire and Marine In-
ummcc Co. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
by fire, on as accommodating terms as any
other Company.
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recent! y established
With a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a
nurplus of $6,205.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for N orwalk and vicinity.
Horwalk, Feb. 1st, 1861. til”)
GEORGE R.
1y3
. tention.
\Vliolesalc and Retail Dcalcrsin,
READY MADE CLOTHING !
and
Gents’ Furnishing Goods
of their own manufacture.
_ REMOVAL.
VI‘I'IE office of C. F. Mocllcr‘s Dyeing Es-
tablishment has been
R E .l[ O V E
from Mr. John F. Bennett‘s, to Bunting’s
Bakery, Main-st, where he will be glad to
1)
see all his old customers as well as many
new ones as will favorhim with a call.
South Noi-walk, Chas. R. Bennett; Whini-
pauk, Jos. C. liaiidlc
Cutta Percha a India Rubber
CEMENT ROOFING.
’FIIIS 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.
\Vc 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 oflicat and cold.
Lid—It is adapted to all kinds of Roofs,
whether sleep or flat, and is not in want of
constant repairs, as is the case will! metal and
other roofs.
rub—The cost is only about ()nc-llalf 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 dcsidei'atuiii to parties who do not \\‘1Sll
to risk having their ceilings and furniture l'll-
incd, while repairs are being made.
Leaky Tin and Metal Roofs are readily re-
paired with Gutta Percha Cement, and
prevented from further corrosion and leakng
thereby insuring a perfectly water-tight roof
for many years.
Specimens of the Roofing can be seen by
calling on the subscriber, at South Norwalk.
All orders by letter will receive prompt at-
D. F. HUNT, South Norwalk.
A. JACKSON 6L 330.
No. 1 Gazette Building.
VVOULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. ‘Vc are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in Fairfield County, in quality or price. “’13
would call particular attention to our stock of
\Vatches, which is lar er than ever before.—
Wc have a fine lot of' adics‘ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as being cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gcntlcmen’s Watch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. lVe buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
rrcater. 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 do BRO.
E. QUINTAED 6L SONS,
Cabinet Makers ;
At their Old Establislwd Ware Rooms,
East Side the Bridge,
OPPOSITE PHCENIX BLOCK.
AVE now on hand the largest and best
assortment of Cabinet Fin-'niturc,Chairs,
Looking‘ Glasses, Mattresses, ctc., 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
Mule Coffins of all sizes and descriptions, from
the most costly Rosewood to the plaincst ever
used.
From our long experience in the Underta-
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 H !
‘IIE subscriber would inform the public
1 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 country. He
would invite the special attention of all to his
stook 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. MOItEl'IOUSE.
SOU’I‘II NORWALK
Ladies and Gents’
Boot dc Shoe Store.
1' lHE subscriber, having taken the business
J. and stand of Stevens A: Tristrani, is pre-
pared to supply every article to be found in a
first class Boot and Shoe Establishment, for la—
dies, gentlemcn, 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,
Gents1 Patent Leather Boots, Shoes, die. ,-
Ladz‘cs’ Gaiters, the, «to. ,' Children’s
Gaiters, and Shoes, «‘30., (00., die.
Rubber goods ; a large stock kept constantly
on hand. Repairing done neatly and 6.177ch-
cntly. HARVEY STEVENS. _
South Norwalk (No. 3, Ely’s Block), April
7, 1860.
’runnrrunni
THE subscriber 15 now prepared to offer to
the public, at his old stand, as good an
assortment of
Cabinet Furniture
as can be found in Faii'field County, and at
lower prices, FOR CASH, than the same
quality of goods can be obtained at any other
Establishment.
The stock consists in part of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and
Quartctte Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tcte-a—tcte Lounges ; Mahog—
any and Cane seat Chairs ; Gilt
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., the.
COFFIN WAREROOMS ,-
where may be found a full assortment of Cof-
fins, which will finished III the best possible
manner, and at. short notice.
W“ A hcai‘se 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, lVindow
Glass, Paints and Oils.
M. C. STREETNS CO. have in store
and are constantly receiving direct
from the iiiaiiufiictui‘ers, a large supply of
Foreign and Domestic Goods, under the above
denominations,whicli makes their assortment
of articles suited to this market, equal to any
in the State, and which will be sold either
wholesale or retail on as favorable terms as
can be purchased in New York.
WILLIAM C. STREET,
A. II. WILCOXSON.
I'ancv Goods, 6Lc.
fine assortment of Fancy Goods, Pocket
Cutlery, and a new lot of Rodger‘s Scis-
sors, just received and warranted to be a first
rate article. Clocks ‘of all kinds. We have
also the agency of Mci'i'ill’s Oriental Pomade,
SUGARS and Molasses at right prices at
OLMSTEAD & CO’S.
something 'new, and needs only to be tried to
be appreciated. A. JACKSON & BRO.
“'awcoi‘iiunn‘fcoi. ' ‘
HARDWARE 8t PAINT STORE,
M a i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. II. Campell’s Confectionery,
MARVIN a rnowrrr,
IVliolesalc and reiail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, &c.
TIMBER! ,LIIMBElll
lath,_1'.ime, Brick, Cement,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
BUILDERS‘ HARDWARE, &C., &C.,
A'I‘TIIE
N (“v Lulnber l’ard,
NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE,
SOUTH NORWALK.
Our Stock is new, bought for Cash, and
will be sold low. TOLLES & ELY.
South N orwalk, Oct. 15, 1860. tf42
Billldlllg Raismg and Movmg.
IIE Subscriber would give notice that he
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, or with the Subscriber, will
receive prompt attention.
GEORGE PERRY.
.Rofhrmzcvs .-
lVin. K. James, Wm. S. Lockwood, Geo.
G. Bishop, S. A: L. Cui'tis,Timotliy B. Fitch,
(Steam Mill,).Ioscph\V.Hubbell, James Mitch-
C. J.
3i1115
Mr. J'. Hessian,
Professorof Music
Is now prepared to re-
ncw his course of instruc-
tion to all those who may desire his services.
Instructions given on the Piano Forte, Organ
or ’Melodcon.
Pianos tuned and repaired. 11 orders left
at his residence, Main-st, and store of A. H.
Camp, No. 17 Main-st, Norwalk, will be
ell, fill! it l’Iubbell, Jonathan Camp,
G ru m an.
promptly attended to. 1y32
NORWAIIII
Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I I. I. .
THE subscriber has fitted \u and is now
prepared to execute all or' crs 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 prompt! at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITCH.
House 8; Sign Painting,
GlLDING,-GLAZING, &c., 810.,
SOUTH NORWALK.
V IIE subscriber will execute all orders in
Plain or Ornamental Painting in the
mosbsatisfactory manner, and at reasonable
prices.
Also, For Sale, his present residence (with
his business if desired), compi‘isin a house
nearly new, with garden, trees, s irubbery,
&c., and a shop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quintard &
Smith’s Carriage Factory, to
GEORGE HODGES.
May 7th, 1860. 1y19
J. N.LO0KWO0D& 00,
West Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NEW BLOC ,
I EEP 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
workmanlike-manner. Our assortment of
Ladies’ Gaiters undoubtedly comprises—both
in extent and quality—ii finer assortment than
can be found at any similar establishment in
the County. In Gent‘s Boots, Gaiters, Shoes,
etc, we have a larger and better assortment,
we a ‘e confident, than was ever before offer-
ed ill Noi'walk. \Ve are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any article in our line, and
at the shortest notice.
Misses” and Children‘s Shoes, Rubbers, etc.,
in endless variety. A fine article of Slippers
for Gents‘ wear.
REPAIRING—in all its branches—done
neatly, quickly, and cheaply.
Whitney’s
Photographic and Fine Art
GALLERY,
Nouwxnx, CONN. '
‘ ATE E. B. ’l‘iionrsou’s. ET. Whitney
would inform the citizens of Norwalk
that he has established himself in the Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
graps, Ambrotypcs, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain; in the highest st 16
of the art. E. T. WIIITNE .
Wagon and Carriage
BUILDING AND REPAIRING,
N 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.
tf‘39 E. L. ARNOLD.
ALBERT KCERPEII,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
DJOINING Store of Knapp & Lyrics,
glam-st, N orwalk, Conn. The public
are r pectf‘ully invited to call and examine
the large and varied assortment of READY
MADE CLOTHING, French Cloths, Cassi-
mcrcs and Vestings, also agcncral assortment
of Gentlcmcn’s Furnishing Goods, consisting,
in part, of Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Shirts, Col‘
lars, Ci'avats, Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, &c.
Cloths, Cassiniercs and Vestings by the yard
or pattern, and out free of charge. Particular
attention paid to Children’s Garments.
For Sale.
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 acres has all kinds of
Fruit in full bearing; large Barn and Car-
riage House in good repair, and a very con-
venient House. Terms reasonable. Apply
to T. B. Griffith, So. Norwalk.
Also, a House and Lot on Flax Hill—terms
reasonable. Also, House and Store in South
Norwalk, The undersigned attends to the
purchase and sale of Real Estate, on reason-
able terms. tf‘34 T. B. GRIFFITH.
ROOFING.
’I‘HE subscriber is prepared to furnish par-
ties, building, with Warren’s superior
FELZ AND CEMENT ROOFING.
This article of Roofing is in use upon the
Norwalk Lock Company’s Building, and at
Lounsbury, Bissell & Co 9, where it givgs en-
tire satisfaction, and is believed to be the
cheapest as well as the best roofing in use.—
All orders will receive prompt attention.
0. F. LOOMIS.
SUPERIOR Machine for Cutting Hay,
Straw and Stalks, for sale at the New
Hardware Store ofMARVIN N7 PROWITT
Main Street.
Merrill’s Oriental remade.
NEW lot, just received, also a fine lot
.1 of Pefumei‘y, by
A. JACKSON 8!. BRO.
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From Vanity Fair.
“The Situation.”
There‘s a splendid country going to seed,
A people living in sorest need,
And animals running short of feed,
For want of means and labor;
There‘s a bogus Government, made with skill,
By a leader who always lied with a will,
Some say in his grave he is Lying Still,
Our most cantankerous neighbor!
There are grass-grown cities and useless ports,
A Cabinet awfully out of sorts,
A host of merchants troubled with "shorts,”
Whoso credit is getting rotten;
There are empty ware-rooms, gloomy and wide,
Where rats and bats and cuts abide,
In holes and corners they love to hide,
That ought to be crammed with cotton.
There’s a bankrupt treasury, dead flat broke,
A monstrous scheme that must end In smoke,
Too funny for fact, too sad for ajoke,
Though the promises all were palmy;
There’s a fetter on every pen and tongue,
A daily tissue of lies out-flung,
A navy of pirates who ought be hung,
And a half-starved, mntinous army.
Now, let us look on the other hand,
Where bravely here in the Northern land,
A nation of patriots takes its stand,
For a Union none may sever ;
However the traitorous South may rave,
We love the liberty Wasnixorou gave,
And the Star-spnngled Banner shall proudly wave,
Above us forever and ever l
There’s an army hundreds of thousands strong,
Ready to march on the dastard throng,
Who leave the Right and cleave to the Wrong,
~ When most their country needs them ;
An army whose weapons are hardly toys—
Who can fight as easy as make a noise,
An army of regular “hunky boys,”
And General MCCLELLAN leads them! _
So hasten the day when we shall see,
A nation reunited and free,
Shouting for Union and Liberty—-
A whole and regenerate nation ;
To grow and flourish again in peace,
When the knavish Rebels their'mischicf cease
And the Union once more holds the lease,
or a happier situation!
.a.-.
The Comfort of a plain Wife.
She is not very fair, and yet
I love her quiet face ;
She wears not beauty’s coronet,
But there a tender grace
Upon her brow, and in her eyes
A light, which could not be,
If her thoughts were not sweet harmonies—
She‘s beautiful to me.
Not beautiful, save when the flush
0f feeling dyes her cheek;
When her lips are mute beneath its gush,
And leave her eyes to speak!
Not bcautiful, save when some thought
0f goodness sends its glow
Across the face by art untaught;
And yet, I love her so !
For she is beautiful, though
The gifts that overlie
The soul so beautiful in all—
In all that cannot die.
Goodness is beauty, this is why
The tides of friendship roll
Up from my heart and light my eye—
I love her for her soul.
The heart! the heart! give in: the heart!
I care not for the face,
However fair each separate part
If it lack the srim'r’s grace ;
Give an: the heart—I care not how
The form may moulded be,
If perfect love light up the brow
’Tis beautiful to me.
——-—<o+o
From Harper’s Weekly.
Red, White, and Blue.
It was the 15th of April, 1861—11 day
to be recorded—-to be remembered ; for
on this day, across countless wires, flash-
ed the startling intelligence, "SURRENDER
or THE Four AND GARiusou! 70,000 Mu.-
l'l‘IA CALLED FOR!”
J ust back from Eumpe, in the midst
of the rose odors of a lady’s boudoir, and
surrounded by the costly preparations for
a party—laces and jewels and flowers——
Edgar Mayne was reading this; Edgar
Mayne—sound of heart as of limb—c
young Hercules. ardent and impetuous,
who for the last three years, at English
clubs, and French salons, and Roman
cafes, had raved and roared his patriotic
belief in the Government of these United
States with true American zeal. And
now drums were beating and buglcs blow-
ing at its dissolution.
“75,000 men! Do you hear that, Car-
oline? I tell you before three months
have elapsed we shall be occupied in fight-
ing, and not flirting; so you might as
well put up your flowers and flounees,
and all this gauze folly,” settling a strong
hand down with a contemptuous crush on
flowers, and flounces, and “folly.”
u75,000!
the newspaper at the girl there, decking
a gauze gown with slips of scarlet kalmira
and beads of golden grain. She tossed
her head at him with an air.
“Bah! blondc and flowers—that’s all
the women of today are fit for! You
girls? what do you care for your country,
for liberty or tyranny, so that you can
have your fineries ?” and raising, be half
smiled at his own earnestness, and pass-
ing her, let the strong band drop cares-
singly upon her loose silky hair, dropping
a remark with it to soften his previous
brusqueric; for Edgar Mayne was too
well bred to bc' deliberately rude, even to
his own sister.
Later in the day, as he sat by the fire
absorbed in an evening journal, the mis-
tress of the boudoir put her gem-like face
between him and the news with a ques-
tion : .
"Will the country allow you to accom-
pany me to Mrs. Welles’s tonight, Ed-
gar I”
Be pinched the vivid cheek. and with a
little grimace made answer.
“You are pretty, Carrie ; but such a
doll I”
Then he goes railing 00", as young men
like to do.
“Oh you women, you pretty women,
Carrie!
"l‘o think men can not take you, sweet,
And enfold you,
Ay and hold you,
And so keep you, what they make you, sweet 1’
Singing the German waltz, she went
Do you realize it, Caro--
line?” lookin with lar e brown e es over. _ .
g g y ' moment all the conventionalities had
up the stairs. Three hours after she
came down trilling the bars of a Redowa
and enveloped in a white mist of drapery
blooming with flowers-“the scarlet kal-
mia and beads of yellow grain nodding in
her hair of dense black—hair cloudy and
soft beside a face of dappled rose and
white, and violet eyes hiding darkly un-
derneath darker brows and heavy fringes.
Through the mystic changes of the
German waltz, and the sweet sliding
cadences of the R-edowa, there went
Weaving a solemn strain of dissonance.—
Into the pauses of the dance stole subtle
languors—.flowers faded banners drooped
and the wind flung in through opened
windows a quivering, shuddering sigh
which every heart repeated.
“How stupid every thing seems i—
What is the matter ?—what ails the
night?" asked Caroline Mayne of her
- companion, young Ryvcrsant, in a disap-
pointed, petulant tone.
He pushed a curtain aside, and they
stood in the conservatory.
“What ails the night, Miss Caroline?
We’ve had a shock—an electric shock—
and we are a little stunned by it. One
can’t help thinking, while the horns and
bugles are playing in there, of how they
will sound a month hence, perhaps, when
the bullets are whizzing round our heads.”
“Do you really think it will come to
that, Mr. Ryversant ?”
“I think it is already here.”
"Yes, I know there has been a call for
troops ; but I fancied there’d be a blus-
ter, and then—”
“And then what, Miss Caroline ?”
“Why, that both parties would keep
on the defensive a while, but that it would
finally be settled without bloodshed.”
“It will be settled only with the shed-
ding of the best and bravest blood in the
country.”
She mused. At length, speaking half
obsently : “I wonder who will go ?”
“I shall go, Miss Caroline.”
“You !”—a little start of surprise, cov-
ered by a laugh of incredulity ; then an
exclamation, as she held out a hand with
its snowy glove spotted and streaked with
eiimson stains.
“What is it? Ah! I see; you have
cut your hand on that vile Egyptian urn
against which you leaned. I did once
in this very spot ;” and he took the hand
commiseratingly.
“No, no, it is nothing of the kind ; it
it only the red orcbis that you gave me
—I crushed it between my fingers.”
There was a glow upon her check as
fiery as the red orchis’s stain, and a gloom
gathering in her eyes, while the little
stained palm was dented and crushed by
the fingers yet trembling from the effort.
“Ugh! how it looks like blood!” she
went on. “Yes, take it off—do. I hope
it isn’t an omen.”
“An omen?”
“Yes, of real bloodshed, and of what
may follow if what you say comes true—
of death, you know.”
“Ab!” and a lifted look of lofty pain
crossed his face. “The sin is great, but
it shall be washed away in a nation’s
blood!”
The rapt expression was yet in his eyes
as the little hand, soft and cold, lay on-
covered in his own; and the absent air
which he kissed it could no woman with
a heart and soul. gainsay. But the cool
touch of the slight fingers brought him
back—he was but a man, and a young
and ardent one. Lingering over the fair,
little hand, he said. -
. “I want a keepsake to take away with
me when I go, Miss Caroline—a gnerdon
of emprise. Give me this little glove,
with itsmock blood-stains. It is a fitting
token of the present—a symbol of the
Iblood-red blossom of war.’ "
She shuddered visibly.
Mr. Ryversant, not that l”
The sudden passion of her manner, the
gathering color, the kindling eyes ! Up
sprang the hope that for six months had
been living and dying in his heart. In a
“Oh no, no,
swept by.
“But you will give me something! Oh
Caroline, give me yourself l” And the
young fellow bent down his head, and hid
his eyes against the little soft hand in
that moment of suspense.
There come a stir—a lifted curtain
drenched the moonlight in a flood of gas.
A ripple of laughter, a rustle of silk, and
the apartment had two other occupants-
One, a woman, had quickly caught the
spirit of the scene. And this woman ?—
She hated Caroline Mayne as women
hate sometimes from sheer antagonism of
youth and beauty ; and hating her, she
knew her weak points. She knew that
Caroline Mayne had the dangerous repu-
tation of a Clara Vere de Vere—whether
deserved or no she did not care to inquire
So, with one of those mischievous im.
pulses which tempt some souls, she drop-
pod this small sneer at their feet.
“.Oh! just in time to interrupt your re-
jection, Mr. Ryversant.”
“And Caroline Mayne—what did she
do? A Splendid thing. One moment
she hesitated, while the fiery flame of
wounded delicacy rose to her cheek and
kindled in her eyes. Then, quite clearly,
though a little haughty of tone, and with
an inscrutable depth in her glance, she
made answer:
“You are just in time to give me your
congratulations, Miss Wyid. I am hap-
py in owing allegiance to Mr. Ryversant.”
An.over Mr. Ryversant’s arm a little
ungloved hand Went stealing.
If ten minutes before he had thought
Caroline Mayne the dearest and fairest of
women, what did he think now in view of
her charming courage, her proud and ten-
der generosity? In view of it his heart
thrilling with its sudden rapture of ac-
ceptance, a new feeling of reverence
touched him so deeply that eyes filled and
checks flushed. “If I am ever tempted,”
he said unto himself, “to judge this wo-
man in anger, the memory of this night
shall soften all.latcr memories.”
Into the German waltz no longer
wound the solemn strains of dissonance.
The wind no longer sighed in fitful mel-
ancholy, the flowers no longer droopcd ;
Death’s head had vanished from the feast
and the eternal flower of love loomed in
its place.
Riding home, Edgar Mayne asked his
sister.
“What did Lou Wyld mean by your
being a subject for congratulation? She
met me as she went to her carriage, and
said she had just congratulated you on
your engagement. Some of her nonsense
I suppose.”
“N o, It was quite true;” and Caroline
as briefly as possible, related the circum-
stances of the last half hour. Brief' as
the relation was, Edgar Mayne perceived
in these “circumstances” the peculiar no-
bility which had so touchédfithe soul of
Jerome Ryversant. He beat forward,
and scanned her face—touched the lovely
falling hair, and the drooping kalmia,
and the “gauze folly.”
“Carrie, I didn’t think it was in you.”
“To love ?”
“To be so brave. Carrie, do you know
what you have done? By this one not
you have bound Jerome Ryversant to you
by a bond of tender admiration which
years of ordinary devotion wouldnot have
accomplished.”
“You overrate it. I don’t see.”
“You little girl!” coming over, an-
checked now by the clondskof “gauze fol-
ly,” to sit beside her and put his arm
about her: “Don’t you see that you did
it for him. I see, and so did he, that
your soul rose to meet the occasion be-
cause you were assailed in your pride and
tenderness for him. It wasn’t an easy
thing to do, Carrie. I can fancy the
color mounting, and the storm in your
eyes; but it was easier than to let the
shadow of a momentary mortification or
pain rest upon your lover. No, I didn’t
think it was in you, Carrie. I give you
my congratulations ;” bending forward
and touching his lips to hers.
“She is really quite splendid!” he
thought. “I am glad I know her better?
Did he know her better ? Did she
know herself better? Let us see.
Three days followed of congratulation,
of happiness. The pretty boudoir was
odorous with the rarest flowers that a
lover could find, and redolent with the
fair presences of youth and beauty. Ev-
cry hour he thought—this young lover——
“She is the noblest woman in the world!”
Outside this rose-Eden of youth, and
beauty, and happiness the three days
were set to sadder music while the 75,000
loyal souls were rapidly gathering under
the Stars and Stripes. DidJerome Ryv-
ersent forget that he had promised him-
self to his country in this newer and near-
er promise? In the fair fetters of this
rose-Eden did he forget his allegiance to
his native land? He was only waiting.
At the close of the three days there
would be time enough for parting words.
So the three days went in a trance of
happiness _ He saw the sun set upon the
last,with a sigh yet upon his lips lh sought
her presence. She was standing by-tlie
window, the warm mellow light bathing
her beauty in a celestial bloom. The
lovely hair falling, as he liked best—the
lovely figure wearing the colors be ap-
proved—and on her breast and in her
hair the very flowers he had given her in
the morning. The pang of parting struck
deeper. She came forward in her pretty
stately way,her be ad drooped to him,her
proud lips meltinginto a smile, and a con-
scious color rising.
“What is the matter? Has any body
hurt you? as we say to little Nell,” she
asked him. He never answered; but the
glance he dropped down upon her,yearning
and mournful, the touch of his hand, lin.
gering and tender, like a benediction upon
her head, while a sigh tore up from his
heart like a sob—all this was more elo-
quent than words, and in afi'right she put
her question a second time with affection-
ate alarm.
“What is the mattar, dear?
has happened ?”
He drew her nearer, bending down his
gaze to meet hers.
“I was thinking of what is to happen,
dearest—that the time draws nearer. It
seems harder now, though I have the
heart I sought for a ‘guerdon of emprise.’”
She looked puzzled, shook her head,
and said, questioningly, “I don’t under-
stand.” ‘
He watched her a moment as she loam,
ed against his arm-«soft tints of rose,and
violet darks—all a flower mode to wear
in one’s bosom, to
“Sing and say for
Watch and pray for,”
And as he watched a fear shot into his
heart—she didn’t understand! Then be
What
said. softly, drawing her closer still, to
, above all other women.
“ My regiment you know, it leaves
soon.”
“We” ?77
“Woulden’t she understand ?”
He waited a second—her face was out
of sight—he was holding it in his breast;
and she was quite still. Presently he
spoke.
“I go with it as—”
“You!” The utter coldness of the
ringing resonance, as she ejaculated this
one world, sounded like an accusation—
like an accusation, pale and fierce, rose
the clear-cut face, and she looked at him.
He met the gaze tenderly, but sorrowful-
ly. She waited for him to speak
“You have forgotten, dear,” he said at
length, thaw—lie paused a moment,
hashing his heart at the memory of “that
timc”—“you have. forgotten I told you
four nights ago that I was going.”
“Then l—bnt now—all is changed since
then. Is life no dearer to you? Do you
owe it to none other than yourself ?”—-
The clear-cut face gathered color, and the
eyes began to fill with hot tears.
“Caroline!” he met the angry crimson:
the tearful tones, with a firm gaze: he
answered steadily, “I owe it to my
country l” “Wait till you are needed more
imperatively; thousands are ready to go,
are going ; thousands abler than you ——
Wby should you rush hastily forward?
It is a madness; 9. piece of folly: you are
excited with the olmsion. Because
others are going you go ; and you call it
patriotism, courage. It is neither; you
are a coward, because you dare not stay
behind. And more than that,you love your
own glory better than you love me i”
Conflicting passions reflected them-
selves in the face oi herlistener. Sorrow
tenderness, and a man’s honor shone
there: all three dictated his reply :
“Caroline, you do not know what you
say, or you would never say it. I love
you, because I honor you and admire you
I love you as I
love all that is beautiful and true; for you
are to me the representative of every
thing beautiful and true ' and so to love
my honor and duty. How then could I
do less '3”
The passionate tears she Shed, the wild
words of denial she uttered, were not a!1
passion and wildness. It was her .first
grief; and out of an aching heart sprang
all this fierce emotion. From the soul’s
most sacred recesses of tenderness came
the hot tide of agony that translated it-
self iii taunts and reproaches. Perhaps
something of this was apparent to her
listener, for through the harshest taunt,
lhe cruellest reproach, he possessed him-
self. Perhaps one memory still more
possessed him—a remembrance of that
night—four days agone, when the world
was transfigured for him, and when on
the altar of his son! he made a vow to
let all judgments soften to that hour.—
They softened now into clear, concise an-
swers, perfectly manly, and perfectly ten-
der; but they failed to convince or sof-
ten. To all this forbearance she return-
ed only sharp reproach or bitter scorn,
and lastly drew from her finger its one
special ring, dropped it into his hand,
from whence it fell untaken to the floor,
gave him her stoteliest courtesy for a
“good-bye,” and swept from the room.—
Half stupefied with the shock, the young
fellow stood a moment gazing vacantly
before him, murmuring, incoherently,
“And this is the end—this is the end !”
It was thus Edgar Mayne found him.
He went up to him asking the same ques-
tion his sister had put a few minutes be-
fore uuder such (liflereiit circumstances,
“What is the matter?” but in that in-
stant his eye caught the gleam of the
diamond flashing out like a star against
the soft glooms of the carpet. “Ali 1”
and he looked sadly into the face before
him, as he lifted it—“A lover’s quarrel?”
A bad time for that now, on the eve of
his departnne, however. He would ask
no questions ; but all questions were an-
ticipated, were answered in a few brief
words.
Edgar Mayne was indignant.
“The girl is crazy l” he ejaculated, and
was rushing from the room to tell her so,to
bring her down before them, in his im-
pulse, when the calmer reason of Jerome
Ryversant stayed him. But after, when
be bid his guest good-night, with tears in
his eyes, and haunted by his suffering
face. he sought her. He was not pre-
pared for the pale look of agony that met
him, and his greeting softened ; but his
errand was enough to rouse her, and
something of the old scorn returned to
her.
“But you cannot see,” he returned,
impatiently, to her persistent accusations,
“that he had pledged not only his word,
but his heart and soul, to this cause in
the very outset.”
“That was before ! that was before l”
she exclaimed, with quick significance;
“and after, when hundreds are pressing
forward, and many rejected, why should
he leave me, and so soon? No, do not
argue with me—I am only secondary.—
I thought him finer than other men, but
I was mistaken ; it is their own glory
first—then a woman’s love. If I never
marry I will not take a man who makes
me second in his heart. I must reign
there, the first consideration; his firm
honor and glory, as he shall reign in
mine.”
“But—” He stopped, wise enough
-.,__.. “ME
to her error—time and remorse; that
his words were wasted : and warmth“
that, adding still more to her determinz.
tion. .
As abruptly as he had entered he left
her presence, left her to the sharp, burn-
ing pain, the consuming passion, thotde-
vastatcs such proud, concentrativ'oi ru-
tures.
Thus days went on in this wild inward
war which gave no outward sign; In
the time she asked no questions, she
made no allusion to the past ; but se-
cretly and alone she devoured eféry
crumb of information that the newspapers
ofi'ered. She who hated politics and
newspapers !
One day, in a long list of names, she
read one that sent every vestige of color
from her cheek—~Jerome Ryversalt 1-
If she had any hope of his relentlng, it
was over now ; but even here shc'gavo
no sign—there was still an outward calm.
Three days more and he would be gone.
Gone 1 it was a bitter word.
The night of the third day came dresr.
ily to many a. heart—to none more drear-
ily than to her, sitting apart and alone
in a rose-colored boudoir. The sickly
scent of faded flowers filled the room—-
his flowers. The curtains were undrawn
the chairs and couches still strewn with
the trifles that had occupied than ten
days agone, All as he had Heft. ’ In
this sepulchre the proud heart struggled
on.
For these last three days her bro
ther had caught no glimpse of her. But
on the last night, somewhere bctwoon
the hours of twelve and one, a little knock
came outside his door, and her voice call-
ed him. He was sitting writing, and
somewhat startled, bade her come in.—
The face that greeted him startled him
still more. Its rose-bloom was gone-
youth itself seemed to have departed.—
So touching was the sight that his eye!
filled, and he received her with more
kindliness than he had evinced since that
fatal night. Was she ill ? he inquired.
She hesitated a momant, then told her
errand. She would see Jerome Ryvcr-
sant once more before he sailed. Would
her brother aid her to this? There we
no time to lose, for at dawn they might
have left the city; but let him under-
stand her ; she had not changed her mind
—this Was not to acknowledge thaté-it
was no reunion, but she would see hm
one: again. V
At what he considered unpardonablo
obstinacy, Edgar Mayne was again in-
dignant, but another look at the pale,
worn face, and he consented to undertako
the mission.
To Jerome Ryversant he communica-
ted the letter and spirit of her words.—
For a moment his eye blazed, and a
man’s passion rose angrily. Then the
memory of another night came np.’ He
remembered her, proud and tender and
brave for his sake ; he remembered his
vow as well, and signified his readinessto
go to her. * * * * *
The lights were all down but one in
the "rose~Eden," that. one, burn-
ing through pale purple glass, sent forth
over the room a mystical radiance. In-
to this room Edgar Mayne conducted
young Ryversant, leaving him at the
door.
As the two looked at each other the
door closed upon them, they realized,per-
haps, something more of the change suf-
fering had wrought. But to her it had
wrought much more change in these
three days than the whole time' had
wrought to him. He was upheld by'tho
sublime knowledge of sacrifice, of patri-
otism, of right; plunged, too, into tho
midst of unparalleled excitements.
She, nursing an insane sense of wrong,
born of her defective education as a wo-
man—of her ignorance ; alone, too, in
the inaction of domestic life, had . hung
out the pale colors of distress. - Seeing
her thus, he knew she loved him, "though
still blinded to the right. Seeing him,
with a flush upon his cheek, uniformed
and eager, she still'less believed his an.
S0 her voice came coldly : .
‘ I sent for you,” she said slowly and
with mucn effort. , “We parted angrily,
which was not wise nor well for 'tht
may be a final parting. In my view of
your undertaking I yet hold the some
opinions ; but we will part as friends.
should.”
He came forward and took her hands.
Once more he pleaded with her. She
lie ard him sadly, not. angrily, but yet an.
believing. He glanced down upon. tho
fair little hands he held, but his ring had
never been replaced. She was fearfully
in earnest then—it was only a friendly
“good-bye.” So, bending down, he
dropped a kiss upon the two hands {and
lifting his head, with a “God bless, you
Caroline 1” was about to go, when the
ghastly pallor of her face,the-faiut droop-
ing of her figure, stayed him. She had
no stregnth, nor any will to resist, as ho?
took her in his arms. Very quietly she
rested there, and when once or twice his
hand went caressingly. down her: hair,
iidtear forced itself through the shuteyo-
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How To coon A Barnum—The follow;
ing were the rules adopted by the celeb!!-
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'tnd “Beefstcak Club," started in England in
1734 :
Pound well your-meat until the fibers break ; . .
Be sure that next you have, to broil the steak, ;
Good coal in plenty; nor for a moment let‘we.’ ' '
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The loan should be quite rare—not so the fat,
The platter now and then the juice recoivo,
Put on your butter, place it on your meat,
ease the ache.
to see that only time could open her eyes A
Salt, pepper, turn it over, cone and eat.
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