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NORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31., [861.

 

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Norwalk Post Ofice.
' - mus CLOSE
West 7.30 A. ELI—2.30 P. M.
East 8.30 A. M.—.‘—5.00 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, 1 ues.
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at _ 12 M.
giIAILs DUE. .

West 9.10 A. M—BDO P. M.
East 8.20 A. I'll—3.30 P. M.
Danbury & N orwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.

POST OFFICE HOURS.

From 7.00s. h. to 8.00 P. M.
.1 CHARLES OLMS'I‘EAD, r. M.

ROOFING SLATE,

' ri‘om Vermont,
Virgin? CHEAP,
At South Nofwalk by

 

H. E. WING.

 

l
rad ALLIS HOUSE,
(forlierly Union House,)
Opposite NY. 85 N. H. Depot, in Union-st,
Nevvl Haven, Conn.
L. P'l ALLIS, Puornm'ron.

N. a. shaman, m. n,
Homeopathic Physician dz; Surgeon.
Ofilce over C.‘T. Cornwall’s Store, first buil-

ding elast of Norwalk Hotel,
NORWALK, CONN.

‘ References .-

Prof. J. Beakléy; Dean of the Faculty,

Prof. S. R. Kirby, Homcepathic Medical Col-
lege, N ' w York city, or

G. W. Swaze l M. D., Springfield, Mass. 21

CYRUS NORTHROP.

Attorney (1 Counsellor at Law,
Office oppo te Congregational Church,
SOUT N ORWALK, CONN.

rams. .mnannoun,

SURGIC AND . MECHANICAL

D E N’ '.l'.‘ I S '1',
Office at Residlhce, East Avenue, Norwalk,

 

 

 

 

 

onnecticut.
A. hitecture.
SIDNE M. STONE,
ucmrEc'r,

ans,. . Specifications, Detail
uperintend the erection of
e buildings. Office in Mar-
-st., New Haven, Ct. tf52

Will furnish

Drawings, and
public and priV‘
ble Block, Clial

 

EO. F. BE EN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-

ufacturer Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; an dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlei , Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, C ckery; and a full assort-

ment of House I eping articles generally.

 

E. BISS L, Auctioneer, will give

0 particul attention to sales by Auc-

tion, of Real Est e, Personal Property and
Household Furni re : terms low.

 

 

R E, I at o N,
Agricultural Imple-

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as St .
fashionable

ilocnwoon,
Draper & Tailor,

and
NS FURNISHING

 

GENTLE.“

Dealer in orcign and Domestic

Boar con 3, CARPETINGS,

Carriage 'l‘rim lags, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Sutuietis, estings, and ’l‘ailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
or Package. Sheetings,
Shirtiligs, Jeans, &c.

At the lolivest possible prices.

, Nonwxmr, CONN'

N
s. E. onusrnan a co.,

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.

ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,

Of Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetuahfi
Cash Capital $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire,
on 'l‘erms adapted to the huzai'd,and
consist-m With the laws of
compensation.

GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
1y3 ' _ For Norwalk and vi cinity,

 

 

- INSURANCE.

THE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England ' be and Marble In-
suram'e 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, _
Agentzfor Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, Feb. lot, 1861. tf5

 

STEPHEN RAYMOND,
Collector.
Office at the Store of S. & L. Curtis,
Norwalk, Conn.

REMOVAL.

HE office of C. F. Moeller’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 favor him with a call.
South N orwalk, Chas. R. Bennett; Winni-
pauk, Jos. C. Randlc

Cutta rercha & India Rubber

CEMENT ROOFING.

r HIS article has been thoroughly tested by
r builders, Architects, and others, and the
experience ofyears 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 elasticit . it is not inju-
riously affected by extremes of heat and cold.

3d-—It is adapted to all kinds of Roofs,
whether steep or flat, and is not in want of
constant repairs, as is the case with metal and
other roofs. '

4th—The-cost is only about One-Half that

of Tin, and it is twice as durable.
It is readily upplied to Old Shingle Roofs,
without removing the shingles, which is a
great dcsulera m to parties who do not wish
to risk having, their ceilings and furniture ru-
ined, while repairs are being made.

Leaky Tinéand Metal Roofs are readily re-

paired with Gutta Pei'cha Cement,‘ and
prevented 11' in further corrosion and leaking
thereby insuring a perfectly waterLtight root
for many ye, 8.
Specimens of the Roofing can be seen by
calling on tic subscriber, at South Norwalk.
All orders by letter will receive prompt at-
tention. llD. F. HUNT, South Norwalk.

A. chanson. a. nae.
No. 1 gazette Building.

‘ ‘7 OULD respectfully announce to the

public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stuck of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in Fairficld County, in quality on price. We
would call p rticular attention to,our stock of
Watches, wl"ch is lar er than ever before.—

 

 

.We have a fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,

in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as bein r cor-
rect tiin'e keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s ateli-
cs, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and alto ether for gash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be.
eater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
latedWarcs was never better; than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. J ACKSQN & BR0.

1:. auxin-nan at soars,

Cabinet Ma. era 3
All their old Established W re Rooms,
l East Side the'Brz'd e,

OPPOSI 11E PHWNIX l BLOCK.

HA’VE now on hand the la gest and best
assortment of Cabinet F x nit-urc,Chairs,

Looking G1 ses, Mattresses, etc, ever offered

for sells-in t ,splace, which we ‘have just pur-

chased for ark, at extremely lbw prices, and

 

intend to sel accordingly. A

We also ,eep constantly on hand, Ready
Made Coffins ‘of all sizes and desoriptions, from
the most costly Rosewood to the plainest ever
used. 3 .

, From our long experience ih the Underta-
king Businem, we are confideht we can give
perfect satisfiction to all who may need our
services. 3 z 37

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Groceries Cheaperlthan ever
1" O R C A 3‘ n I

THE subscriber Would, inform the public
generally, that he 'still contmues to sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc., at hlS
old stand, Nb. 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 “

COFFBES, TEAS AND SUGARS, .
which are of the very best .quahty, and Will
be sold che . The public are muted to call

: ‘ (1 'ud e for themselves. .
and examin? an J g A. MOREHOUSE.

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sou-’TH NORWALK
Ladies and- Cents’
Boot lgb Shoe Store.

r ‘HE subscriber, having taken the business
and stand of Stevens & Tristram, is pre-
pared to supply every article to be found in a
first class Boot and Shoe Establzshmcnt, for 1a-
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 Leather Boots, Shoes, «2-4. ,-
Ladies’Gaz'wrs, (to, «20.3; Children’s
Gaiters, and Shoes, do, do, the.

- Ids ' a large stock kept constantly
31:13:31?” ’ :m'ng done neatly and camped:-
cntly. HARVEY STEVENS. _

South N¢m31k(No. 3, Ey’s Block), April
7, 1860. l E'.--_..______

"runnrwnnni

HE su scriber is now prepared to offer to
T the p mic, at his old stand, as good an

assortment of
Cabinet Furniture

‘ in Fairfield County, and at
in “g? biiggngOR CASH, than the same
£12m Bf goods can be obtained at any other

' t.
Estab léfl'i‘rfitlllitock consists in part of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and

Quartetle Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sbfas. Tete-a-tete Lounges ; Mahog-

lanyland Cane seat Chairs; Gilt
i am1lllliihoganyFrame Look-
i ing Glasses, &c., &c.

" FIN WAREROOMS -
where boglbe found a full assortmei’it of Cof-
fins which will finished in the best possible
marina-find at short notice.

arse will be furnished when de-
sk? fihe A. RENOUD.

Westyort, May lst, 1858.

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ardware and Cutlery.

Me c’s Tools, Farming Utensils, Guns,
elm“Elstols, Iron and Steel, Window
. Glass, Paints and Oils. '

73. C. STREET& 00. have in store
“ and are constantly receiving direct
from c manufacturers, a large supply of
Forei and Domestic Goods, under the above
deno hations,which makes their assortment
' les suited to this market, equal to_ any
State, and which will be sold either
ale or retail on as favorable terms as
can b purchased in New York.

WILLIAM C. STREET,
I A. H. WILCOXSON.

 
 
 

 

Irancv Goods, etc.

A fine assortment of Fancy Goods, Pocket
lCutlery, and a new lot of Rodger‘s Scis-

-sors,ljust received and warranted to be a first

rate’ rtiéle. Clocks of all kinds. We have

also ghe agency of Merrill’s Oriental Pomade,

something new, and needs only to be tried to

be appreciated. A. JACKSON & BRO'

 

FINE variety of Meerschaum, Lava

 

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and China, Pipes and Cigar Tubes may
land at the Corner Store. ‘

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. New

'HAnnwinE a PAINT STORE,

M a i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,

MARVIN & PROWITT,

Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, 83c.

TIMBER! LUMBER!
bath, Lime, Brick, Cement,

Paints, Oils», Glass,
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, &C., &C.,
AT THE.

 

N ew Lumber l’ard,
NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE,
SOUTH NORWALK.

Our Stock is new, bought for Cash, and
will be sold low. TOLLES & ELY.
South Norwalk, Oct. 15, 1800. 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 : ‘

Win. K. James, Wm. S. Lockwood, Geo.
G. Bishop, S. d: L. Curtis,Timothy B. Fitch,
(Steam Mill,)JosephW.Hubbell, James Mitch-
ell, Hill A: Hubbell, Jonathan Camp, C. J.
Gruman. 3m15

Mn—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. All orders left
at his residence, Main-st, and store of A. H.
Camp, No. 17 Main—st, Norwalk, will be

 

 

 

 

promptly attended to. 1y32
NORWAIJC

Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I I. I. .

V HE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla—
niug; Scroll and other Sawintr ; manufacture
of Doors, Sash, Blinds, dad, Rd, in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail promptl at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITCH.

 

House 8:. Sign Painting,

GILDING, GLAZING, &c., &c.,

SOUTH N ORWALK.

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.,aud ashop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply-on the premises, opposite Quintard do
Smith’s Carriage Factory, to

GEORGE HODGES.

May 7th, 1860. . 1y19

J. N. Locxwoon & on,

West Side of the Bridge,

L YNJBS’ N EVV BLOCK,
EEP constantly on hand, a large and
varied assortment of Ladies’, Gents’,and

Children’s

GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &c.,

all made under our own personal supervis-
ion, of the best material, and in the most
worknianlike-manner. Our assortment of
Ladies’ Gaiters undoubtedly comprises—both
in extent and quality—~21 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 offer-
ed in Norwalk. We are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any article in our line,a7zd
at the shortest notice.
. Misscs’ 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 Pins Art
GALLERY,

NORWALK, CONN.

ATE E. B. Tuonrsorz’s. E T. Whitney
would infonn the citizens of Norwalk
that he has established himself in the Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
graps, Anibrotypes, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain; in the hi hcst st le

of the art. E. T. WH TNE

 

 

 

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.
ti29 E. L. ARNOLD.

nannna- nrnnrnn,

MERCHANT TAILOR,

DJOINING Store of Knapp & 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-
mcres and Vestings, also a general assortment
of Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, consistin ,
in part, of Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Shirts, 00 -
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.

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 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 undersi ned attends to the
purchase and sale of Rea Estate, on reason-
able terms. t$4 T. B. GRIFFITH.

ROOFING.

THE subscriber is prepared to furnish par-
ties, building, with Warren’s superior

FELT AND CEMENT ROOFING.
This article of Roofing is in use upon the
Norwalk Lock Compan ’3 Building, and at
Lounsbury, Bissell &. 00 s, where it gives en-
'tire satisfaction, and is believd to be the
cheapest as well as the best ro ing in use.—
All orders will receive, prompt ttention.

C. l‘ LOOMIS.

SUPERIOR Machine for utting Hay,

Straw and Stalks, for so] at the New

Hardware Stere ofMARVIN «k. PROWITT
Main Street.

 

 

 

Merrill’s Oriental remade.

A NEW lot, just received, also a fine lot
Perfumery, b

 

 

A JAyCKSON & BROTHER.

From Knickerbocker Magazine for Januory.
THE NEW YEAR‘S CALL.

Mr. Lionel Lightfoot. a dashing young beau,
Had been only three weeks in the city,
And by those I‘ve been told who had reason to know,
That never till then, (what a pity!) '
Had the cleansparkling goblet been filled to the brim,
Or the nectarine poison sipped lightly by him;
For, though friends and companions had booted and
sneercd,
Laughed, scofi‘cd, and persuaded, tormented, and
jeercd,
Though in club-room and bar they would oftentimes
meet,
Ile ne’er treated, nor could be eiztrcatcd to treat.

But now it was Nuw-Ynn—a happy New Year,
And he‘d surely be guilty of treason,
Should he fall to the fair ones in person to pay
His dues with the dues of the season.

So calling on Fairface, an exquisite dandy—

Au ardent believer in brands of good brandy,

He found him perturbed—in a barbarous passion.

His mustache had been trimmed quite too close for
the fashion;

His head, too, (oh! shocking to add to the list 1)

Two hairs on the left the Macassar had missed.

But Lightfoot restored him—the former, he said,

Looked so foreign, distingue—a beautiful red,

He fain would have added, but paused, lest the ire

Oflliis comrade might set his adornment on fire.

Then, waiting till Fairface, made smooth as a die

For the fiftieth time, his “miwaculous tie,”

With assurance his collar just touched his goatee,

Without varying in distance the thousandth degree ;

With cane between kid just as tight as would squeeze
on,

They turned toward Miss Mabel’s, the belle of the
season; -

And listening the while to her glowing nurrations,

0f the healths she had drank with her sparkling po-
tatious,

Since first the bright New-Year had mounted his
throne,

They basked in her smiles as the moments sped on;

Then, ere they departed, she pressed them to share

The wine and refreshments spread temptingly there;

And while Fairface accepts, and complaceutly sips

The juice that reflects the Soft blush of her lips,

" Your health," cries ma belle : returns Lightfoot, -
“Excuse me,

I never indulge.” “What, on New Year’s refuse mel

Politeness demands it—beside," soft and low,

“Champagne is so perfectly harmless, you know.”

0 woman! fair temtptress I thou knew’st not the
while, _

The doom that was sealed by that Innocent smile;

Or how fatal the spell in that voice that was given

To lure man from vice, and direct him to heaven.

Thou saw’st not the phantoms that clutched at the
bowl,

Or the serpents that fastened their fangs in his soul;

Thou heard’st not the clank of the chains that were
wound,

By fiends who kept mocking the spirit they bound.

Thus Lightfoot was tempted and yielded at last,
’Bcguiled by this siren of beauty ; '
And, quitting her presence, he carried along
Her smiles of approval as booty.
A dangerous tribute, these smiles of the fair,
They melted his good resolutions to air;
For, though he had reasoned, “I‘ll only partake
This once of the wine for the fair charmer‘s sake,”
He was sadly mistaken—the breach had been made,
The fortress surrendered, its inmates betrayed;
The noble resolves that had guarded the tower
Where faith held 'her torch in temptatiou's dark
hour;
The purposes high that had stamped on his brow;
The glory of manhood, oh ! where were they now '3

Next they called on Miss Fannie—a Witching young
elf,
With eyes so transparently blue,
They looked like greatjewels in pure sapphire set,
With crystals of violet dew.
Like some weird cuchautress, her magical wand
Makes Lightfoot a slave to her slightest command.
He sees not the nectar that flushes the cup,
But the exquisite fingers now raising it up;
He marks not the glass she so gracefully sips,
But the full, crimson tide that ebbs from her lips;
And thus taken captive, transported, enchained,
He quafi‘s to her health till the goblet is drained.

But why follow on with the twain as they flit
From bower to bower, partaking ;
0r tell how the feeble resolves of the one
Were seized with an ague of shaking?

How, long before nightfall, he fancied his brain

Was dancing a reel on a circular plain;

How houses, inverted, in warlike array,

Wheeled backward and forward in endless chaise.

We pass these sad pictures; nor linger to tell,

How step after step from true manhood he fell:

How, at first,he took naught but the choicest of wine,

Madeira undrugged, or old Port superfine;

How he drank but with gentlemen, such as would
deign

'I‘o touch no cheap brandy or third-rate champagne.

Alas I for poor Lightfoot l As well might be fling

His form among scorpions, escaping their sting,

As hope to pursue without danger, the plan

That raises the brute and debases the man.

Behold him, at length, in some vice-crowded den,

Where skulk the crouched forms of what once rank-
ed as men ;

Where the pestilent fumes from each whiskey-
scorched threat,

The pure air of heaven with plague-spots have smote;

Where malice, pollution, and wretchedness teem,

And guilt stalks among them to mock and blas-
pheme;

There see him the victim of beauty’s soft smile,

Debauched and corrupted, degraded and vile.

Again it is New~Year-—each long, silken lash,
0n Miss Mabel‘e fiushed check is reposing;
Her beautiful lips, ere they part in a smile,
Look like rose-leaves before the unclosing,
0r like shells, whose deep blushes half hidden
must be,
Till their crimson lips open to moan of the sea. ,
Miss Mabel is weary ; the day has been passed
In calls and refreshments-a type of the last ;
She is languid, yet woes a calm slumber in vain;
The vanished excitement has heated her brain.
She dreams—'tis of Lightfoot—ehe tempts him to
drink ;
Ho quafi‘s at her bidding, then ceases to shrink
From frequent indulgence of evils the worst;
Ilia hopes are all blasted—his life is accursed;
She sees him descended from honor and renown,
And sinking to ruin, down, hopelessly down;
There, battling with rum-fiends, in fury he raves,
Like a soul reft of reason on life’s maddening waves.
s a a: s a c o a: s: s s
0 ladies, dear ladies! when next round the wine,
Your delicate fingers carelessly twine ;
When like a soft blessing, the breath of your lip
Floats over and hallows the juice that you sip,
J net call the crouched form ofpoor Lightfoot to view,
And know that the dream of Miss Mabel was true.
Then, by your allurements teach man to refrain,
And prove that your charms were bestowed not in
vain;
Let your spotless example illustrate the plan
That woman was made as a help-meet for man.
To warn him from treading the pathways of sin,
By the beautiful love-light that glows within.
- n<.>.
16“ As flowers never put on their
best clothes for Sunday, but wear their
spotless raiment and exhale their odor
every day, so let your life, free from
stain, ever give forth the fragrance of
the love of God.

 

 

 

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19.. Those girls who like to be kissed
best, always make the most fuss about it.

————ao<.’
—The Breckinridge Democratic State Cen-
tral Committee, it is understood, have deci-
decided to call their Convention at Middle-
town, on Wednesday, the 12th of February
ucxt,jl'or the nomination of State officers.
—chry Ward Beecher has assumed the
editorial management of the Independent.—
A change having been made in the proprie-
torship, Messrs. Leonard Bacon, J os. P.
Thompson, and R. S. Siorrs. Jr., who have
been its editors from the beginning,withdraw
their connection with the paper.
——-'l‘he conscription in Nashville, Tenn,
does not work to please the sccesh nabobs.
Some of the high-toned and stiff-starched
gentry have offered as high as $2000 for mude
sill substitutes. A great many of the most
blustering at the secessionists have been
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sack.

My Attempt at Match-
Making.

 

er cranes c. tram.

I had silently watched my aunt for an
hour——my aunt Katharine, who sat
silently by the window with her sewing.
Through the light meshes of the lumen
tains the bright sunshine came in and fell
upon her soft dark dress, smooth hair,
and pretty white work, while the fresh
breeze floating in through open window,
blew into bloom a carnation pink upon
her cheeks. And sitting there in the
breeze and sunshine I saw that my aunt
Katharine was handsome. ‘At first I
thought it strange that I had never no.
ticed that fact before; but it was not
strange, for children think nothing about
their parents’ or guardiens’ looks, except
that they be pleasant or unpleasant, and
I was little more than a child. Ever
since I could rembei', aunt Katharine,
with her dark dress, smooth hair, and
gentle ways, had taken care of me; and
when I grew into a tall girl of fifteen, old
enough to go to kissing parties and have
young beaux, she watched over me still.
She was my mother, my companion, my
friend. I never realized my orphange or
want of other kin, but had been the same
careless, light-hearted merry girl ever
sinceI could remember, that I was on
the J one morning I watched her at work
in the sunlight. She looked up at last.

“Addie, isn’t it most school-time?” she
said.

“Yes, auntie, I am going in a minute ;
but first tell me—”

“What, child?”

“Why you never were married.”

“Because I never liked anybody well
enough, to marry him. Now go and get
ready for school.”

She smiled as she Spoke, and after a
glance at her face I smiled, too, and ran
off up stairs to get my bonnet and satch-
el. Coming down stairs again, I put my
head in at the sitting-room door.

“Aunt Katharine?”

“Well l”

“If r on fouiid'anybody whom you liked
well enough wouldn’t you marry him?”

“Idon’t know—I suppose so. 'Why,
what in the world has got into your head
Addie ?" '

l laughed,slammed the door and bound-
ed through the hall into theroad. [Half
way to the school-house I met my teach-
er, Mr. Charles Devereux.

“Good morning, Miss Addie.
tions all ready?”

“Yes, sir, I answered. and he passed
on ahead. I sauntered on slowly, think-
ing of my aunt Katharine. I thought it
would be a nice plan for' her to be mar-
ried. The next thought was, who could
she'marry?

There was only half a dozen unmarried
middle-aged men in the village. Aunt
Katharine was twenty-seven, and of
course she wouldn’t marry a very young
man. I rapidly enumerated the half
dozen eligible ones and their suitability
for my plan. “Lawyer Hyde, thirty,
rich a'istocretic and stingy, Mr. Leigh-
ton, thirty-five, handsome, good, well off,
but a widower; and I've heard aunt
Katharine say she did not like widowers.
Mr. Pierson, twentyoeight, handsome,
we ilthy, but too fast; she would not like
him. Dr. Javis, thirty-six, small, crab-
bed, miserable, and unbearable generally.
Mr. Howe, too homely to be thought of ;
and Captain Haynes, with his yellow,
bushy whiskers, and nine thousand dollars
worth of mortgaged property, which he
is always talking about, worse yet. Rath-
er a sorry array.”

Recita-

went in to my books and Mr. Charles
Devereux—aged twenty-eigh, handsome
intelligent, well-educated, and unmarried.
The class in intellectual philosophy was
called first, and though I had carefully
committed my lesson to memory the even-
ing before, my late thoughts had quite
driven all remembrance of it from my
head, and my recitation was imperfect.—
Mr. Devercux looked surpriscdly at me,
but said nothing. In French grammar
my performance was still worse.

“Miss Addie,” said Mr. Devereux, as
I passed by him On my way to my seat,
“do you have any trouble with those
French verbs in learning your lessons?"

“Yes, sir, a little,” I replied.

“You want a little reviewing, I tan.
If I have time, I will call in at your house
this evening, and help you a little while
you are studying.”

Mr. Devereux knew that I always
studied in the evening, and had several
times called in and spent an hour in us-
sisiing me with a particularly difficult
task designed for the next day’s recita-
sion. So I was not surprised to hear
him make this offer, though a little
ashamed of the cause of it, as my failure
had resulted from my wilful inattention
and Icarelessness. I thanked him, how
own with a flushed face, and went to my
seat. But it was not entirely shame that
flushed my face.

As I expected, Mr. Devereux came in
the evening to explain my French lesson.

But he did not find me alone Aunt
Katharine sat by the table sewing, and
looked even handsomer than in the morn-
ing. My heart gave n Butter of impa-
tient anticipation every time Mr. Deve-
reux looked at her, and after the lessons

 

l‘v'n'r'e'throash I did my best to make liar

Just then the school bell rung, and l .

talk to please him. My aunt always
talked well, but she quite excelled her-
self in conversation that night. .I saw
that Mr. Devcroux was interested, and I
was delighted with the success of my se-
cret plan. .

In the course of the evening, John Au-
brey, my lover, came in. Of course I
claimed J ohu as my lover, for though he
was a nice young man of twenty-seven,
and I a. mere child of a girl, hardly six-
teen, he had beaued me to parties and
concerts all one winter. and told mea
dozen times that I was the sweetest,pret-
tieat, most lovable girl in all Hartford.—
So that when John came in, I went and
sat down by him in a cosy corner, and
left aunt Katharine to entertain Mr. De-
vercux—a plan which I thougth at first
seemed to suit all round.

But after a little timeI saw John cast-
ing uneasy glances toward the place
where. Mr. Devereux, looking superbly
handsome, sat talking with my aunt. ‘

“You needn’t be jealous of him, John,”
I said ; “he’s only my teacher.”

John started and leaned back in his
sent without saying a word.

Neither of the gentlemen stayed very
late John going away directly after Mr,
Devereux, and I went to my room elated
with my prosperity, or rather the pros-
perity of my plans.

I did not need assistance in my studies
before Mr.Devereux came again,aud after
after a short time it came to be a regular
for him to spend an evening once or twice
a week with us. With us, I say, because
I could see that, though he admired my
aunt Katharine very much he had too
good taste to monopolize her company
entirely, to the exclusion of mine. I en-
joyed these evenings very much. . It
seemed to me that Mr. Devereux grew
remarkably agreeable Very fast. Some‘
times John would come in, but John
seemed to have grown strange and moody
of late. I thought it was because Mr.
Devereux was at our house so much, and
endeavored to please him by extra atten-
tion when he did spend an evening with
us but it didn’t seem to be of much use.
I resented his silence and inattentiou to
me one night. and after that he didn’t
come near us for nearly a month. But
We seemed to get along just as well with-
out him—at least I did though aunt
Katharine asked me a number of times
about the cause of his absence.

“He is sulky, I suppose.

about me, aunt Katharine ;
trouble me at uh,” I said.
A few evenings after, Johnmade his'
appearance, and entered the parlor where
Mr. Dchreux and I sat playing chess,
while my aunt was writing a letter at a
side table. I thought it would be rather
awkward for him at' first, but he came
forward easily, and after speaking to Mr.
Devereux and myself, crossed the room
and seated himself by my aunt. Pleased
with this arrangement, I devoted
myself to my game, and did not look
around for some half hour afterward,
when my attention was attracted by the
sound of John Aubrey's voice, which,
though low, was remarkably earnest and
emphatic. I turned my head and gazed
in wonder. My aunt’s checks were flush-
ed crimson, and John’s face as seen by
me for an instant, was pale and agitated.
I turned to Mr. Devereux in astonishment
but he only smiled slightly, made a move
and then waited for me to do the same.—
But I could not play from excitement
caused by the scene I had observed a
moment before, and lost the game
through iiiatleution.

“Shall we play again?” said Mr. De-
vereux.

I shook my head, and be replaced the
pieces in a box, and then took up a book.
The next moment Joliu arose, and my
aunt went with him to the door. She did
not come. back for some time, and when
she did Mr. Devereux was preparing to
go. He looked up quickly at her en-
trance, and then asked her lau ghingly, if
it was amicably settled, and if he might
congratulate her? She blushed, but said
‘ Yes, at some other time,” and bade him
good-night. I had stood by in round.
eyed wonder and bewilderment.

When the door closed on him my aunt
locked steadily at me a moment, then

Don’t fret
it don’t

.luughcd, and finally burst into hysteria

tears. I was frightened. She put her
arm about me.

“Addie, are you sure you didn't like
John?” she asked.

“I believe I did a little last winter, but
I don’t at all now.”

"Are you sure ?”

-"Quilc sure,” I replied, “he is so sullen

“Wait l—do you know who you are
talking to ?”

“What do you mean, aunt Katharine?”

“I am John Aubrey’s betrothed wife,
Addie!” and she laughed, and then cried
again.

I stood mutely staring at her.
I found words to say:

“Why, aunt Katharine, I thought it
was I whom John was in love with!”

She shook her head

“And I thought Mr. Devereux was in
love with you.”

“You must ask him about that,” she
said smiling through her tears.

And I did ask him the next erening
while we stood by an open window, and

At last

 

my aunt Katharine sat by John Aubrey

 

in the cosy corner where I used to sit
with him.

“Is it possible that you haven’t been
courting aunt Katharine all this time, Mr.
Devereux?” I said.

How he laughed I

“Is it 'possible that you don’t know
that I have been courting you all this
time?”

“Mr. Devereuxl” I exclaimed.

But he wasn’t iestiug—and neither
was I, when I promised a year later to
“Love, nouou, AND oust am” through
life.

John Aubrey and my aunt Katharine
were married at the same time, which my
aunt declared was a great saving of
trouble and wedding-cake

‘1‘.-.

A Sleigh Ride.

As I was going past Mr. Josh Car-
ter's tavern the other day, I heard a ter-
rible noise in the bar-room, and thinks I,
I’ll just put my head in and see what is
the matter. “Whoorah,” roared a heap
of fellows, “here’s Johnny Biddle, he’ll
go, and that makes ten,”—and hauled
me in among them “What's the occa-
sion ?” says 1—0, a sleigh ride over to
Shaw’s (everybody goes to Shaw’s, that
goes sleigh-riding) with-gals, fiddles and
frolic. Whoorah, says I. I motion,
says Dr. Partridge, that every gentle-
man go right straight now, and get his
sleigh and lady and meet me at Hank’s
Corner; and with another whoorah, we
burst out of doors and scattered.

I ran, full split, to the widow Bean’s.
Her daughter is the handsomest girl on
Casco bay I had given her some pret-
ty broad hints, and only waited for a
good chance to pop the question. “And
out it shall come this very night,” says I.
I bounced in to the widow Bean’s out
of breath, and was near catching Patty
in the suds. She had just done washing,
and was wringing out, standing in the
midst of polls, tubs, amps and kettles.—
Sbe was struck all of a heap,at the sight
of her spark, and would have blushed
nicely, I guess, if she hadn’t been as red
as she could be already. “A word in‘
your ear, Patty, says I, giving her a
wink, and stepping-aside into a corner,
I told her what was brewing. “I’ll run
and borrow the Deacon’s sleigh, and
come back for you right away,” says I '
0, you needn’t be in such a tearing hun-
i'y, says she, for I have got to shift
from top to toe. You see what a pickle
I am in. All, Patty, says I, beauty
when unadoriied is adorned the Well
I vow, says Putty, says she. And off I
shei, for how was I to follow up such a
bold speech; hutI couldn’t help snig-
geriug all the way to the Deacon’s, to
think how swimmiugly matters were go-
ing ‘on. I was so full of this, that I for-
got to make upa story to fob ofi' upon
the deacon, till I got almost to his door,
for the Deacon is a sworn enemy to all
kinds of frollickiug, and so is his mare.—
“I’ll tell him,” says I, “I’ll tell him—I
want to carry a grist to mill. But that
will be found out—no matter ; so it’s not
till after ’lection, as the politicians say.
The Deacon gave a mortal squint at
my face when I did my errand ; but I
was safe. behind a shirt collar. He then
fell to chewm his cud and considering.—
“Mother’s clean out,” says I—botli rye
and injun.” The Deacon spit. "Well,
neighbor, if you are afeard to trust a fel-
low, liere's your two shillings aforehand.”
“Poh, poh, John,”.says he, walking up
and pocketing the money, “not trust
you; hear that now. Joshua tackle up
Sukey. You’ll drive the critter slow,
John—and now I think ou’t it, you may
back my grist, that. is now at the mill—
and look sharp at the miller, John, when
he strikes the toll measure." It was too
late to stick at lies now, so I promised.
everything, jumped into the sleigh, and
steered for th; widow’s, with flying colors;
It is the height of gentility, you must
know, fora lady to make her beau wait
as long as possible, on such an occasion.
I sat over a heap of Vill'ln ashes in wid-
ow Bean’s parlor, listening to Potty
stamping about in her stocking feet for
an hour in the chamber over head. Then
I stood up to the looking glass and NZ-
zled up my hair, changed my shirt pin to
a new place ; thought over some speech-
es to make under the buffalo robe, and
finally laid a plot to lug in the awful
question in a sort of a slantiii’ fashion.

At last Patty appeared in all her glo-
ry ; and I wasjust crooking my elbow to
lead her out, when in come mother Bean.
"Where are you gwyin’ to, Patty ?" A
sleigh-riding, mother. ”What and leave
your cousin Dolly all alone, to suck her
fingers? A pretty how d'ye do, that,
aftcrconiing all the Way from Saco to
see you." Here was]. knock down ar-
gument. All my plans of courting and
comlort melted down and ran 03' in a
moment. I saw directly that the widow
was resolved, to push big Dolly Fisher in-
to my sleigh, whether or no ; and there
was no remedy, for the widow Bean is a
stamp that is neither to be got round
nor moved out of the way. I made
some mention of the small size of the
sleigh, but she shut my mouth instantly.
“Let me alone,” says she, “I went a
sleigh-riding afore you was born, young-
ster. And if I don’t know how to pack a
sleigh, who does? l'utty Beau, stow
yourself away here, and slink yourself

 

 

 

 

must make room, as the boys say. New
Dolly, hoist yourself in there.” Andalis
tumbled her into the sleigh, like shot
from a shovel, or a cart load of pumkius
into a gondola. It was chock-full of
her. 0, she is a whopper, 1 tell you.—
“Why, Johnny Biddle, in my day, they
used to pack as layer upon layer.” At
this hint I sneaked round to find Patty
to begin the second layer upon her lap.
But the widow was Wide awake. She
clinched me by the collar and patting up-
on Dolly’s knees, “here’s the driver’s seat,-
says she. “Plant your feet flat and firm
niece. Jump up Johnny. And now
aWay with yer, my lad.”

By this time I had got so raviu’ mad
that I could hold no longer I fell foul
of the old mare, and if I didn’t give it to
her about right, then there’s none 0’ me,
that’s all. The . Deacon counted the
welts upon her hide a week afterwards,
when he called me to a reckoning, which
was made with chalk upon the upper-
llap of his every day hat. Sukey not
understanding such jokes, took the bit in
her mouth and shot off, right on eend,
like a flash of true Connecticut lightning.
Jemima! how we skimmed over it.—
And the houses, and burns, and fences
and pig-styes flew by us like send by the
moon. And yonder is Hank’s corner.—
WIioorahl and whoorah answered all
the ladies and gentlemen with one voice.
Sukey, scared at the noise, turned the
corner with a dirt, and the sleigh was
bottom upwards in a whoa, there I,
whoa ! The first thing I knew I was
in the bowels of a suowbauk, jammed-
down under half a ton of Dolly Fisher.
I thought I never should see daylight
again, and when they hauled me out, I,
left a print in the snow very much like a
cooked hat knocked into the middle of:
next week, as the sailors say.

Howsomever, no bones were broke.—.
We shook our feathers and crept into
our nest again, laughing as loud as the
best of them. The sleighs were now
fonned in a string, the fiddler foremost
and away we started on the road» to
Shaw’s, bells jingliog, fiddle sounding,
and everybody hallooing and screaming
for joy.
~Pctcl' Show heard the racket two
miles off, for he is always on the look-out
nl‘ihoon‘shioey nights. He fell to kick-
ing up a dust in the best room, to put it
to rights, and when we arrived the floor
was MIN-pi, the best Jupanned candle-
sticks \Vol'c paraded, the fire place filled
with green wood, and little Ben anchor-
ed close under the jam to tug at the bro-
kcii-wuided belusses. No fire appeared,
hut lllcl‘e were strong symptoms of it,
for there was no luck of smoke, and part
of it, missing the way up the chimney,
strayed about the dancing room, which
gave me a chance to hit off another com-
pliment upon Patty’s beauty, as being
the cause (I said) of drawing the smoke.
Everybody laughed at the novelty of the
idea. But there was no time for chat.—
As soon as we had taken a swig of the
hot stuff all round, we slat the fiddler.
down by the other join, and took the.
floor with might and main, the fiddler
keeping time with the bellusses.

N at to be longer, we kept it up, :l'ol.
licking and drinking hot stuff till mid
night ; and while it lasted the fun was
real genuine. But as I cast a sheep’s
eye at Putty now and then, I took a no-
tion that she and Siah Golding were
rather too thick together, considering.—
Thinks 1, She wants to ma lu- me jealous,
to spur me on ; so seeing them in close
confab, asl was centering "down cal.
side," I poked my head in atween _them
and cried boo .'——But the cat was soon
let out nl‘tl.e bag We paid the reck-
ouing—- four and six apiece. Think d
that! Everybody grumbled, but Pete
Shaw didn’t care. Then followed the
crowding of sleighs, raking in the ladies
at the door. Such a liubbub and confu-
sion. But when my turn came, 10 and
behold, l’atty Bean was missing ! And
so was Slab Golding. Here's the end of
my story, whoever wants to know the
particulars that happened to the ride
home, must ask Dolly Fisher. The De.-
con will tell ye what sort of a pickle Sit-
koy conic liouu- in, and how much I paid
Finally, whoev-

liouse thc next

 

him for “the whistle.”

or went to our meeting
Sunday morning, knows very well how
Patty Bean and Josiah Golding are tir

squari- nocounts. .
M”
A HANDSOME FINANCIAL Distinction—A
polite operation is attributed to one of 00’
Kentucky generals, viz: .
“By the way, speaking of their currency
calls up a performance of our Gen. Schoefl'
——to whom all eyes are turned—in that line,
whichhas never, I believe, been mentioned
in the papers. When the. Generiilarrived'in
the neighborhood of London, after the Wild
Cat fight, he found that Zollicofi‘cr had been
levying on Union men for provisions, forage,
transportation, &c., and had paid them in
confederate bonds. - Imitating an example-
which secessionsty thought so unexceptiona-
ble, Gen. Schoclf commenced levying on _the
secessionists for similar supplies. Meantime
be assembled the Union men, and opening
an exchange office for their benefit, set at de-
fiance all banking rules by taking the cor-
lederate bonds at par, and supplyiu _ the
Union min with good‘ Ohio and In iana
money in its stead. Then, when the seces-
sionists presented their bills, he paid them
all oil, with the utmost politeness, in their
own currency. They didn’t know enough
to be thankful for the arrangement, but that
wasn’t his fault.

Moo——
———It is not in the least improbable that the
late of Charleston may be shared beforelong
by other Southern cities. The Montgomery.
(Ala) Advertiser says that no less than Mf‘
en attempts were made to set fire’to that city- J
withinxtwo days, and that two of them wens

 

 

smell. If there isn’t room enough we Jpnrtially successful.

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