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NUMBER 726--NEW SERIES.
tNORWALK GAZETTE.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
A. H. BYIN’GTON & CO..
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All Subscribers by Carrier, Mail, Post Riders and
Wagoners,“per year , , _ ,
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, paid one year in advance,
Clubs of six or more sent to one address, to be
, paid in advance, 1 50
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" two insertions,
" three insertions,
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One half column,'one year,
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al parts of a square charged for as a whole. _
Year y advertisers have the privilege of changing
their advertisements once per month. Advertise-
ments chan ed oftener charged as transient.
{early advertisements payable 151: of January it; July.
early advertisers restricted to the business contem-
plated at'the' time of contract.
Cards, Resolutions, Funeral and all other Special No-
tions 25 per cent. additional on the above.
is” These terms will be inllexibly adhered toga
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orwalk rest Oilice'."
NAILS CLOSE
West 7.30 ,A. M.——2.30 P. M.
East 8.80 A. M.—-5.00 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, ’1 nos-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
MAILS DUE.
West 9.10 A. M.-—-6.00 RM.
East 8.20 A. M.——3.30 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, r. 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, Pnornmron.
N. A. MO'SMAN, M. 1).,
Homeopathic Physician do Surgeon.
Office over C. T. Cornwall’s Store, first buil-
ding east of Norwalk IIotcl,
.NORWALK, CONN.
References .'
Prof. J. Beakley, Dean-Of the Faculty,
Prof. S. R. Kirby, Hommpatliic 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.
JAMES G. EAREOUR,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
D E— N '.I'.‘ 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. Oflice in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52'
“ E0. F. BELDEN, N orwalk, Conn.,Mai1-
ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give
a particular attention to sales by Auc-
tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property and
Household Furniture : terms low.
WM. c. STREET & co,
Importers; wholesale and retail dealers in
HARDWARE, IRON,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, &c.
o. s. nocnwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPOBIUM 2
No. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Ct.
0.3. GRUMAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS, ,CARPETINGS,
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cussimeres,
Satinett’s, Vestings, and 'l‘ailor’s
Trimmings,.by the Yard, Piece
or Package. Shootings,
Shirtings, Jeans, the.
At the lowest possible prices.
Nonwax, CONN’
S. E. OI-MSTEAD 6!. (30.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
14 and 10 Mainrst, Norwalk, Conn.
ferns INSURANCE comrmvv,
:Of Hartford.
Iiicorpornlod in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Cash Capital $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire,
on 'l‘irms adapted to the liazard,and
consistent With the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
ly3 For Norwalk and vicinity.
INSURANCE.
HE subscriber having taken the agency
; of the New III/iglumlJflh-c and Mn‘ine In-
surance Co. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
y 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 111 Capital of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
. . JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent-for Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, Feb. lst, 1851. t
\I'GARS and Molasses at rinht. rices t
b OLMSTEADIA; and.
f5
STEPHEN R SIMONE,
Collector.
Office at the Store of S. d: L. Curtis,
I Norwalk, Conn.
REMOVAL.
HE office of C. F. Moellcr’s Dyeing Es-
tablishment has been
REMOVED
from Mr. John F. Bennett‘s, to Bunting’s
Bakery, Main-st, where he will be glad to
see all his old customers as well as many
new ones as will favorhim with a call.
South Norwalk, Chas. R. Bennett; Winni-
pauk, J 03. 0. Bundle
Gotta I’ercha & India Rubber
CEMENT ROOFING.
‘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 :
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.
4tli—Tlie cost is only about One-Half that
of Tin, and it is twice as durable.
It is readily applied to Old Shingle Roofs,
without removing the shingles, which is a
great desideratum to parties who do not wish
to risk having their ceilings and furniture ru-
ined, while repairs are being made.
Leaky Tin 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 the Roofing can be seen by
calling on the subscriber, at Smith N orwalk.
All orders by letter will receive prompt at-
tention. D. F. HUNT, South Norwalk.
A. JACKSON 6!. BRO.
No. l Gazette Building.
V 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 Fairflcld County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is larger than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of Ladics’ Swiss \Vatclies,
in gold Cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as bcin r cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s atch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
rented Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
1:1th Wares was never better than at pres-
ent. and comprises all or the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BR0.
1:. onus-mum a soars,
Cabinet Makers ;
At their Old Establislwd Ware Rooms,
. i East Stile the Bridge, _ .
OPPOSITE PHOENIX BLOCK.
AVE-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 foricash, at extremely low prices, and
intend to sell accordingly. .
We also keep constantly on hand, Ready
Made Comm of all sizes and descriptions, from ,
the most costly Rosewood to the plaincst ever
used. 2 , ,
From our long experience in the Underta-
king Biisincss, we are confident we can give
perfect shtisfaction to all who may need our
services: 3
Groceries Cheaper than ever
‘I‘ O R C A S II !
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 country. He
would invite the special attention of all to his
stock of.
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are of the very best quality, and will
be sold cheap. The public are invited to call
and examine and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE.
SOUTH NORWALK
Ladies and Gents’
Boat ck! Shoe'Store.
’J ‘HE subscriber, having taken the business
. and stand 01 Stevens &. ’I‘ristram, is pre-
pared to supply every article to be found in a
first class Boot and Shoe thubh'shment, fouls-
dics, 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,
Gcnts’ Puma Leather Boots, Shoes, ifsc. ,-
Lculics’ Gaiters, (for, cEc. ,' Children’s
Gaiters, and Shoes, (to, dc, (to.
Rubber goods ; a large stock kept constantly
on hand. Repairing done neatly and expedi—
cntly. HARVEY STEVENS.
South Norwalk (N o. 3, Ely’s Block), April
7, 1800.
FURNITURE!
VFHE subscriber Is now prepared to offer to
the public, at his old stand, as good an
assortment of
Cabinet Furniture
as can be, found in Fairfield County, and at
lower prices, FOR CASH, than the some
quality of goods can be obtained at any other
Establishment.
The stock consists in part of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and
Quartette Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tete-a-tcte Lounges ; Mahog—
any and Cane scat Chairs ; Gilt,
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., tbc.
OOFFIN WAREROOMS ;
where may be found a full assortment of Cof-
fins, which will finished in the best possible
manner, and at short notice.
W” A hearse will be furnished when de-
sired. A. RE OUD.
Westport, May lst, 1858.
Hardware and Cutlery.
Mechanic’s Tools, Farming Utensils, Guns,
Pistols, Iron and Steel, \Vindow
Glass, Paints and Oils.
M. C. STREET & CO. have in store
and are constantly receiving direct
from the manufacturers, a large supply of
Foreign and Domestic Goods, under the above
denominationspvhich 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, dtc.‘
fine assortment of Fancy Goods, Pocket
Cutlery, and a new lot of Rodgcr‘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 Pomude,
something new, and needs only to be tried to
be appreciated. A. JACKSON & BRO'
FINE variety of Mecrscliauui, Lava
and China, Pipes and Cigar Tubes may
be found at the Garner Store.
New-
HARDWARE 8t PAINT STORE,
M ai n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
MARVIN & PROWI'I'T,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, «be.
TIMBER! LUMBER!
Iuath, Lime, Brick, Cement,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, so. no,
AT THE
N ew Lumber 17ard,
NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE,
SOUTI—I NORWALK.
Our Stock is new, bought for (lash, and
will be sold low. TOLLES & ELY.
South Norwalk, Oct. 15, 1860. tf42
Building Raising and Moving.
THE 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.
References .-
Wm. K. James, Wm. S. Lockwood, Geo.
G. Bishop, S. & L. Curtis, Timothy B. Fitch,
(Steam Mill,)JosepliW.Hubbell, James Mitch-
ell, Hill ib Hubbell, Jonathan Camp, 0. J.
Gruman. 3m15
Mr. J'. Hessian,
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. 11 orders left
at his residence, Main-st, and store of A. H.
Camp, N0. 17 Main-st, Norwalk, will be
promptly attended to. 1y32
NOR‘VAIAK
Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I I. I. .
V HE subscriber 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 prompt] at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITCH.
Hquse .3: Sign Painting,
GILDING, .cLAziNc, &c., be,
SOUTH NORWALK.
HE. subscriber will execute all orders in
Plain or Ornamental Painting in the
most satisfactory manner, and at reasonable
prices. '
Also, For Sale, his present residence (with
his business if desired), comprising a house
nearly new, with garden, trees, shrubbery,
&c., and a shop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quintard &
Smith‘s Carriage Factory, to
, GEORGE HODGES.
May 7th, 1860. 1y19
J. N.LOCKWOOD& co,
\Vest Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NE‘V BLOC ,
EEP constantly on hand, a large and
varied assortment of Ladies’, Geiits’,aiid
Children’s
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &C.,
all made under our own personal supervis-
ion, Of the best material, and in the most
worknmiilike-maniier. Our assortment of
Ladies’ Gaiters undoubtedly comprises—both
in extent and quality—a finer assortment than
can be found at any similar establishment in
the County. In Gent’s Boots, Gaiters, Shoes,
etc, we have a larger and better assortment,
we are confident, than was ever before Ofi‘er-
ed in Norwalk. We are prepared to manti-.
facturc, 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,
NORWALK, CONN.
LATE E. B. THOiil’sox’s. E T. \Vhituey
would inform the citizens of Norwalk
that he has established himself in the Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo:
graps, Ainbrotypes, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain; in the highest style
of the art. E. T. WHITNEY.
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’29 E. L. ARNOLD.
ALBERT IIJERPEIH
MERCHANT TAILOR,
ADJOININ G Store of Knapp 8.5 Lynes,
Main-st, N orwalk, Conn. The public
are respectfully invited to call and examine
the large and varied assortment of READY
MADE CLOTHING, French Cloths, Cassi-
incres and Vestings, also a general assortment
of Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, consisting,
in part, of Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Shirts, Col-
lars, Cravats, Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, &c.
Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings by the yard
or pattern, and out free of charge. Particular
attention paid to Children’s Garments.
For Sale.
very desirable sma Farm, on the turn-
. pike to N. Y., on 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
N orwalk, The undersigned attends to the
purchase and sale of Real Estate, on reason-
able terms. tf‘d4 T. B. GRIFFITH.
ROOFING.
VI‘HE subscriber is prepared to furnish par-
ties, building, With Warren‘s superior
.cFELfl AND OEMEI’T ROOFING.
This article of Roofing is in use upon the
Norwalk Lock Company’s Building, and at
Lounsbiiry, Bisscll &. Co s, Will‘l‘c it gives en-
tire satisfaction, and is belicv d to be the
cheapest as well as the best ro ing in use.-—-
All orders will receive prompt ttention.
C. P LOOMIS.
SUPERIOR Machine for uttiiig Hay,
Straw and Stalks, for sal at the New
Hardware Store ofMARVIN ((5 PROWITT
Main Street.
Merrill’s Oriental Pomade.
NEW lot, just received, also a fine lot
L‘Pertumery, by
A JACKSON A BROTHER:
-NORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 [861.
. From Sharpe’s Magazine.
'. Tie the Heart that makes the Home.
You praise the Homes of Englcnd, and your earnest
glance is bent
On a cottage that you deem to be the cottage of con-
tent;
Around the porch how lovingly the rich red roses
cling,
IIow sweetly ’mid the orchard-trees the birds in con—
cert sing!
You picture the fond husband, and the fair and gen-
tle wife,
But do you boast a magic glass to view their inner
life '2
If storms of angry strife assail that scene of light
and bloom,
Vain in its sylvan beauty—’tis the heart that makes
the home. '
Anon we journey on our way—the air blows fresh
and free, '
Yon goodly dwelling looks upon the deep and
boundless sea;
Well must its owners love, you say, the votive
. waves to greet,
That cast bright sea-weed and gay shells as tributes
at their feet.
But have they gifts of purer kind—of noblcr, better
worth 7
Does true affection bring its stores to cheer the so-
cial hearth P
If not, their eyes in lauguor o’er the wondrous see
may roam,
Unheedful of its glories—’tis the heart that makes
the home.
The owners of the stately hall that now attracts your
sight,
Are welcoming a courtly throng within their walls
to-night.
‘Tis but a fair “dissolving view” that mom will soon
dispel— '
Yes, soon the music will be hushed, the guests will
say farewell;
Then, when the household group remain ’mid dying
lamps and flowers,
Will they with fevered restless recall those festal
hours,
Each reading in the others' eyes a Isle of weary
gloom ?
If so, their gold is worthless—’tis the heart that
makes the home. ’
Come, I will show you happy homes amid the city’s
din;
Discord and strife may reign without, but love
abides within.
They are not graced with works of art, rare flowers,
or warbling birds,
Yet are they rich in pleasant thoughts, kind smiles,
and gentle words.
Perchance their inmates may depart another home,
to find,
Yet will they cast no longing glance on that they
leave behind ;
Tlie tranquil spirit of content they feel will surely
come .
To cheer their future dwelling—’tis the heart that
makes the home.
0117‘ home below should typify the home we seek
above:
Ilow shall we gain the blessing ? We are told that
“ God is love :“ -
Each to the humblest dwelling-place the graces may
impart . ‘
Of a meek and lowly spirit— f a true and tender
heart. »
Forbearance, kindness. patience, trust—these, these
shall prove our stay,
When youth declines, when pleasure palls, when
riches pass away;
And though, beyond our calm abode, we gaze on
mists and gloom,
Sweet peace shall shine within it—’tis the heart that
makes the home.
«Ow—~—
THB DETECTIVE IN AMERICA.
Being off duty for the time, and the
evening close and sultry, I, was
just settling myself in. the Open
window of my lodgings, to smoke a
quiet pipe, when another member of the
force came to tell me that I was wanted
by the Superintendent. I went at once,
as required.
“Banks,” said the superintendent to me
when I was in his room, and the door
shut, “we have got a clue at last towards
finding the man Jennings.”
“Indeed, sir, I am glad to hear you
say so,” answered I, and I spoke the
truth. Uncommonly glad I was, for our
profession, like the rest, has its pride
about if, and we had been a good deal
twitted in the newspapers for not having
succeeded, during seven months fruitless
search, in securing that particular crimin-
al. A shy bird was that Jennings. His
doubles and twists had bafiicd some of
the deepest heads in the police, and al-
though we liad often come upon his iii-
iling-pluce just after he had left it, we
never could lay hands on him. He was
not a common offender. Well ed ucated,
and born in a very respectable station of
life, he might have done ivell, and made
an honest fortune, if he could but have
kept straight. He was clever, and a first
rate accountant, and got the post of cash.
ier to the Bank, while still a young
man. I need hardly repeat his story——
how be forged and altered figures in pass-
books, and played ducks and drakes
with the floating balance of his employ-
ers. It isacommon narrative. He Went
off at last, just when detection grew cer-
tain, and carried with him nineteen thou-
sand pounds, besides valuable papers
and securities for a large amount. Every
exertion was made, no expense Was spared
and many times we seemed sure of him as
he prowlcd up and down the country in
various disguises; but at last the scent
grew colder and colder, and we feared
Jennings had given us the slip for good
and all. Five months had elapsed since
the last time he had been seen or heard
of, and we had given up the job us hope-
less, when the superintendent sent for we,
and gave me the above information.
“Yes,” said my superior, rubbing his
hands together as was his way when he
was thoughtful, “we have got aclue to
him at last, he is a long way off—out of
our reach, perhaps—lie is in America.”
This did not surprise me in the least.
The number of rogues that I have had,
professionally, to hunt down, and who
were on their way to America, or start.
ing to go l0 America, or making up their
minds to go to America, would astonish
you. Why, when you hear of a runaway
criminal, the first thing that comes into
our Iii-ads in: Liverpool and the line of
packets.
“Biii‘iks,” Went on the superintendent,
“I Illlt‘lltl to send you after him. But I
doubt Very much whether you will be
able to track him out, much less to bring
.him and, the property back to England
with you.”
“I’ve very little fear about the matter,
sir, if I can but come with him,” I an-
swered cheerfully enough; for you see,
during the seven years I had been in my
present department of the force, I had
been on similar errands three times—
twice to America, and once to France,
and had been successful on all occasions.
Not that I am a bit more expert than
my comrades, nor perhaps equal to some
that I could name, but that an. offender
can generally be traced out, if a man will
but give his whole heart to the work.
“Yes,” said the superintendent, “but I
needfnot tell you that this Jennings is a
slippery customer, and too wide awake to
fall into the errors of ordinary scoundrels.
You won’t find him drinking at the bar
of a BOWCry tavern, nor yet lodging at a
water-side hotel in New York. You took
your first man in New York that way,
did you not, Banks?”
“Yes, sir,” I replied.
“And your second at Philadelphia,
where you had an easy bargain of him.—
But this is a different matter. Jennings
has ghne South, Banks.”
“1 am ready to follow, sir,” I answered.
So after some more necessary talk, the
superintendent gave me the information
that had come to the ears of government,
and my instructions and money to defray
expenses, besides telling me how and
where to draw for more, and handing me
a warrant to apprehend the body of Ca-
leb Jennings, properly signed by the Sec-
retary of State. One more help was af-
forded me-—-a photographic picture of the
runaway, which had been procured with
difiiculty, and only a very little while be-
fore from the artist who had taken his
likeness, who had lit-pt a copy as usual.
Perhaps, if we had had that photograph
to assist us a half a year back, we might
have Circumvented him, for we heard of-
terwards that he had twice seen and spo-
ken With our officers, who took him for
somebody else.
“Well, good luck to you, Banks,” said
the superintendent, at parting; “and if
ypu wanted, which 1 don’t believe, any
'fiirthcr inducement to do your best in for-
warding important capture, I am in a po‘
sitionE to supply it. The commissioner
especially selected you for the duty; ad-
ding tliat, in the event of success, you
'might3 expect your immediate promotion
to be? inspector. .. Now, goodbye, and
don't fail to bring Jennings back with
you.” -
So I went. I did not. disguise from
myself, as I steamed pleasantly over to
New York, that difficult business lay be-
fore me. My two former trips across the
Atlantic, although thev had only given
me a sight of two or three important
Northern cities, and taught me that
America differed from England by long
clialks, and that there was still less like-
ncss between North and South than be-
tween the Old Country and the New. I
cannot pretend to much book-knowledge,
though I improve my mind when I have
a chance, but I had talked to Americans
a. good deal, and read many of their news-
papers; had kept eyes and ears open; but
I know pretty well that, down South, the
law was less respected than elsewhere,
that duels and street rows, and stabbings
and gougings and shootings, were only
too plenty, and human life valued at a
very low figure ; and that shows the cun-
ning of Jennings in taking his precious
self and his ill gotten cash down South
instead of staying, as all the uneducated
scamps did, among the whiskey shops and
fourth-rate boarding houses of the sea-
ports.
He knew, Jennings did, how much
tougher would be the work of any officer
to ferret him out and bring him back, if
he were to put thousands of rail and
unhealthy climates, and lawless places,
betwixt him and the usual landing-places
of passengers from England. Besides,
in the slave States, where people's
tempers are hot and peppery, the odds
were fifty to one that a Britisher
would never be allowed to make a cap-
ture. It would be resented as an insult
to the States, and I should be likely to
get a leaden pill administered to me by
some native boon companion of the for-
gcr. I did not lose heart whcuI thought
of all this, but I determined I would be
cautious, and not burn my fingers ifI.
could help it. I went from New York to
Norfolk in Virginia, not that it was be-
lieved that the man was there, because he
had been heard Of in Nashville, Tennes-
see, at a latter date, but because it was
best to track him regularly, and rake up
every scrap of information against a rainy
day. This is indeed a maxim of my pro-
fesssion, never to neglect trifles. Noth-
ing is a trifle to those who have patience
and wit to use it. l’ve known an old
button, a torn envelope,'a worn-out slip-
per, to serve to bring a rogue to justice
when all else proved a failure.
From Norfolk, having picked up what
little I could, I Went off into Tennessee,
to Nashville town; Well, Jennings had
been there. Not under his own name——
he was not such a green born as that.—
At Norfolk he had been Mr. Smith, and
at Nashville he had called himsrlf Cap-
tain Williams. These changes of name
would lmVOIIII‘OWD me clear off the scent
but for the portrait. I showed the pho-
tograph to a negro servant at one of the
principal hotels, and says he, “Dot Massa
Cap. Williams.” The black remembered
Williams, or rather Jennings, because he
had won a lot of dollars at billiards, and
chucked Pompey a live dollar piece out
of the winnings. But I had heard of his
destination, and made out that he had
gone west to Little Rock in Arkansas
State, I was less lucky when I followed
him there. I was six days in Little Rock
before I could hear the least word of news
about him; and as I do not want to
make my self out a eleverer person than I
am. nor a more knowing one, I freely own
that I found myself thoroughly out in my
estimate of the difficulties of my search.
You see I had heard the Yankees were
very inquisitive, never at rest till they had
wormed out a stranger’s business; and
quite true, so they forget almost as soon
as learned, seeing they have no real inter-
est in the matter ; but just ask questions
because it is their habit, and talk they
must. So it came about that when, in
an American city or village I went high
and low to trace out my customer, work
was like looking for a needle in a hay-
stack.
Often and often did I sigh to be in one
of those nice little market towns at home
in England, where the dogs sleep all day
on the pavement, and the tradesmen look
at one another over the half doors of their
sheps. Those are the places in which to
inquire about a man in hiding. A stran-
ger can’t go into them without setting
fifty tongues gossiping; housemaids clean-
ing door-steps, shop-boys and their mas-
ters, nurses, children, old ladies, boys and
men lounging at corners, all remark the
strange face. But in America, with all
the curiosity of the people, so many thou-
sand queer pcrsons come and go that
they pass out of sight and out of memory
at once; and especially is this the case in
the West and South, and a pretty source
(if trouble it proved to me.
Six days I wasted in Little Rock, and
then after all, it was the stoker of a
steamboat from whom I gleaned fresh
news. This man had come up from the
river side to see his sweetheart, and he
reported Jennings to be living under his
own name at Memphis, in the Columbian
Hotel. I suppose the rascal thought, af-
ter taking so many aliases, his own name
was as safe as any for a bit. However,
quick as I was in hurrying to Memphis, I
found that Mr. Jennings was gone; indeed
the landlord had for gotten his personal
appearance, and could only say that he
was tallish and dark, which he was ; but
as for his being the original of the picture
that he couldn’t say, nor could the wai-
ters, though the barkeeper was ready to
swear to it. Off I went, right up the
river to Cincinnati, in pursuit of that Mr.
Jennings. At Cincinnati I lost him again
then,saw his name cccidently in the books
of a steamboat ofiice ; went after him to
Chicago and then to Buffalo, and then to
London, Canada. West ; and the end of
my wild goose chase was, that just as I
felt secure of victory, I came up with this
Mr. Jennings, but he was not my Jen-
nings. He turned out to be a corn-dealer,
an honest townsman of London, Canada
West, two inches taller than the abscond-
ed cashier, and no more like him than I
was. Here was a blow to my hopes.—
I was fairly at my wits’ end. I had to
draw for money, too, and had nothing to
show for what I had spent, but the fact
of my having travelled over an immensi-
ty of land and water. I declare I could
have cried with vexation, as I turned
from the corn-dealer’s door. Nor was my
sorrow, I assure you, all selfish. Of
course Iknew my reputation was at stake
and my promotion to an inspectorship
too; but that was not all; we detectives
have a real pride and pleasure in being
in a sense, the protectors and helpers of
the honest part of the community, and I
hate a rogue to get off scot-free—it does
so encourage other rogues.”
At New Orleans I found a letter from
the superintendent, bidding me keep a
good heart, and never slackcn my en-
deavors; for the joint-stock would spend
anything to effect the arrest of their
treacherous servant. It was not merely
out of revciige, nor yet for the nineteen
thousand pounds, though that is a vast
sum of money; but there were papers
among those he had gone off with that
had been merely dep0sitcd with the bank,
title deeds of estates, vouchers, and what
not, and no cost was too great to get
them back. The superintendent would
send another officer to help me if I chose.
I didn’t choose. After all the baffling
and winding, I thought, I will run my fox
to earth, if I grow gray in searching fw
him. Ifhe is inAmerica. l’ll findhim. In-
deed, I tried very hard to do so I spent
months in the search, and to recount all
my wandering would be tedious. Here
I got a clue, and I followed it for a time
and then it broke short off. t another
place I would get a fancied inkling of my
man’s whereabouts and find out somebody
who Was evidently in hiding, and get
within arm’s length of the person, and
find him a suspicious-eyed, slinking stran-
ger. Bless you! Jennings was not the
only rogue hiding himself in the South.
And New Orleans, which had been
deserted ever since summer brought in
the yellow fever, began to be full to over-
flowing. ‘ ‘
I went there, now that the healthy
cold wind—the norther, as they call it—
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ple were crowding in for their winter’s
gaiety. I had a notion that Jenning’s
might be there ; there were so many as
bad as he, and worse ; and I knew that
New Orleans attracted all the scamps of
the country ; but though I believe I
went into every bar and billiard room,
and cafe and gambling house in that
profiigate city, never a. [glimpse of Jen-
nings couldI get. He had been a wild
fellow in England—on the sly, of course,
for he was a finished hypocrite, and his
masters had thought such a pious,
modest, industrious young man didn’t live
as their model cashier. This was why I
looked for him in the haunts of gay folks.
But I did not see him, could not hear of
him, and began to despair. I was at
Vicksburg, on the Mississippi, mere
accident. I had been up to . Louis
in consequence of false information, and
on my return from that idle errand the
boat had ran aground two miles above
Vicksburgh. . Nobody was the worse,
except for the delay, and we all had to
sleep at that place as best we might.—
Kuowing the tastes of Jennings I always
went to flash first-chop hotels, as the
likeliest place wherein to hear of him ;
but on this day I found the chief estab-
lishment crowded, and went to a decayed
second-rate hotel, kept by a snufi'y Old
French creole. It was evening, and
though the Americans called it cool, I
found it warm enough to make it pleas-
ant to sit by an open window in the big‘
dining saloon, where I could enjoy my
brandy cobbler and cigar in peace.
Most luckily, there was a big screen of
stamped and gilded Spanish which cut
my slice of the room ofi‘ from the rest,
and shut me up as completely as if I had
been in the box of one of our own old
taverns iii the city of London. I had
got but halfway through my glass of
delicious iced beverage—and why they
are not as common at home indeed I do
not know—when in came two young men
and sat down at a distant table, and
called for refreshments, which a. black
waiter brought them. I took a peep at
them through a crack in the screen. I
had never seen them before. By what
they said, I guessed them to be overseers
of plantations somewhere up the country;
or one might have been an overseer and
the other a book-keeper. Believing
themselves to be alone, they began to
talk very freely. They talked of New
Orleans, and gambling, and, duels, and
conquests over the fair sex, and the like
profitable discourse, and then of negroes,
crops, and cotton, till I nearly dropped
asleep.
And yet I listened. You see I made
it my duty to listen, for, who knows l
queer things do come out somstimes.—-
At last one young man began to rally
the other about his being “smitten” with
the charms of a certain Miss Linwood,
the daughter of a planter, which the oth-
er liiughiiigly denied. “Kate Linwood is
pretty enough,” said be, "but if little
j Kitty cares for any one, it’s for Hervey
Vaughan.”
“TVhat i that naval fellow—second
lieutenant of the Vespucius .frigate, ain’t
he 2?” yawned the other.
“Yes,” said the overseer. “A good
looking chap enough. and no nonsense
about him ; but he’ll find himself out
when he returns from his cruise. Old
Linwood swears his daughter shall take
that new overseer of his for better or for
worse, though the girl hates the skunk,
and quite right, too.”
‘ Is that the fellow,” flaked the other,
“that old Linwood hired when Bill Brown
cut the place :7”
“The identical individual,” was the
answer. “He’s flush of the rhino, it
seems, and has lent old Linwood no end
of dollars on mortgage. A precious ass
he must be, for the Lesmoiues plantation
is worn out, and every nigger worth a
cent has been sold at New Orleans. But
perhaps the scamp did it to buy pretty
Kate.”
““"liat’s his name?
believe, ain’t he ?”
“He says his name is Duff, and lie
hails from Canada ; but in my mind, be
A Canadian, I
~ has the cut of a British born—a. dark,
slim chap, that shows his teeth, when he
smiles, in the funniest way possible, just
like a dog grinning.
"By Jove!” thought I, “that’s my
man l”
Of the importance of my recent dis-
covery I had very little doubt. To be
sure, it might be moonshine, like the sto-
ry of the Canada corn-dealer, who had
led me such a dance through the North-
west, but Ifelt pretty sure that this Duff
this rich overseer, was no other than the
runaway cashier. And very sharp of
Jennings, too, very sharp and clever ; to
adopt a regular calling, and a calling so
popular in the South as that of overseer.
was a stroke of which a great many poor
rogues would have been incapable But
to get a hold on this insolvent employer,
marry the daughter of the house, and
become a landholder in due time, allied
to a respec‘able family—that was about
the most prudent thing he could have
done. How could lie guess I should ev-
er be sitting in the hotel at Vicksburg
listening to the talk of these two lads ?-—
It was by more accident that the boat
grounded, by more accident the other
houses were full, and yet see how it
checkinated all his excellent precautions.
had taken to blowing, and .that the peo-
When the young men were gone, I
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slipped out and made inquiries, in a
guarded way, about the Lesmoinee plan-
tation and Mr. Linwood. First, one
couldn’t tell me ; then, another,f3the es-
tate was down stream a hundred miles ;
and next, I was roundly asked what I
wanted to know for, and whether I was.
a tarnation thief of an abolition spy,
wanting to steal away niggers. But I
pretended I was travelling for a Man-
chester house, and had some book debts
to look up. I heard at length that the
Lesmoines property lay back a little dis-
tance from a river, hard by a town called
Princeton, which is built on the banks of
the stream, just at the angle where three I
States meet. These three states are
Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas. I
dare say it pleased Jennings all the bet-
ter on that account, increasing as it did
his chances of escape.
I lost no time in going up to Prince-
ton, and there I put up at a little board-
ing house kept by a. Swiss, and where
foreigners mostly lodged. Hitherto I
had been travelling in the printed calico
line, but now I had to sing a difl‘ereut
song.” Having partly served my time as
a bell hanger, in my native place, before
I entered the force, I took up the'trade
again. I bought a. basketfal of tools at
Vicksburg, second hand, except one or
two Chisels, because it would never do to
have everything bran new and bright, as
if I were a sham smith. A little oil and
charcoal dust on my hands and clothes,
and I really made up the character very
fairly, though my old master would have
stared to see me in a shabby suit of black
with a swallow-tailed coat,cut for even-
ing wear, and a black stock, but that
is American fashion. I gave myself out
for an English workman seeking employ
ment, and who had been a twelvemonth
at New Orleans. To pass myself off for
a Yankee I knew to be hopeless ; in fact
I had tried it, and ' could not imitate the
twang so as to impose upon those who
were born to it. Indeed, I was a deal
too sturdy and round faced, and not tall
enough, for any one to imagine me a
New Englander,-‘mnch- less a Southern
man. SO I just took the character I
have spoken of, and which secured me
from Suspicion. [was not silly enough
to begin chattering, directly, about Les-
moiucs plantation and the afi‘airsof its
proprietor. But I heard Mr. Linwood
canvassed more than once in conversa-
tions I listened to, and the general opin-
ion was that he was a ruined man.
But what-I heard about Miss Katha-
rine, his daughter, interested me a good
deal. There were no two voices about
her; evCi-y one said she. was good and
pretty, and going to be sold to the new
overseer, who had got such influence over
the weak father, and folks swore it was a
shame. Slieliad been, as I understood,
regularly engaged to Lieut. Harvey Vau-
ghan, :of' the United States Navy ; and
he was absent in the full faith that she
was true to him, and that when he came
back ll. first lieutenant, they should be
married. But the poor young officer was
likely to find the girl he loved the wife of
another man ; for Duff or Jennings could
twist old Linwood round his finger. He
had lent the farmer money—a most unu-
sual thing for an overseer to (lo—but the
people guessed he had got the cash by
some speculation or gambling hazard.—
'l‘lic land Of Lesmoiiies was good, but
mostly exhausted ; there was plenty of
virgin ground yet that grew nothing but
weeds and wild cane, but there were no
hands to break it up; and why? 39'
cause old Linwood, a self-indulgent, care-
less person, with taste for cards and clar-
et, had gradually sold off all his best
slaves to pay debts of honor and pressing
bills, and could hardly get on at all. In
this reckless and ruinous course he had
been encouraged by his two last over-
seers, who had lined their pockeh with
their share of the purchase money, hav-
ing been commissioned to manage the
sale of the field hands at New Orleans
city. Everybody said that Duff was
playing- a still bolder game, since, by
inrrrving his master’s only child, be was
sure. to be the owner of the Losiuoines
one day ; and a vigorous owner might
restore the property to its original value.
All people agreed that Kate Linwood
dctcstcd Duff, and loved the absent lieu—
tenant, but her father, who was a violent
man, for all his easy ways about money,
had terrified her into areluctaht consent.
It took me afortnight or more to make
out this confirmation of the news I had
picked up in Vicksburg ; and, sharp a!
my notch was,I never could getaglimyee
Of the designing overseer. He remi-
came into town. He had frieuil at
Princeton, or perhaps I should my asso-
ciates, who now and then rock out to
Lesmoines ; but for'a mouth or more he
had not been seen in the place. I could
guess why. lie had his suit to press and
his influence to keep up. At lastl heard
that a day had actually been fixed {01' the
wedding.
lmpatieucc is a poor quality in most
vocations, but it is fatal to the usefulness
of a, police officer. Still I got impatient.
I strolled to the boundary of Lesmoines’
estate twice ovei',aud I was Elmo“ temp-
ted to talk to the poor Old uegroea that
were hoeing or rail-mending, but I lucki-
ly let them alone ; I 8.l_V luckily, because
a. Britisher, even a plain workman, can-
not speak to a black field hand without
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