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BUSINESS DIRECTORY. '
Nor-walk Post Office
MAILS CLOSE
West 7.80 A. M.-—2.30 P. M. ’
East 8.30 A. M.--5.00 P.~M.
Danbury do 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 i. M.—6.00 P.'M.
East 8.20 A M.-—3.30 P. M.
Danbury pk Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. M.
New
HARDWARE 8:. PAINT' STORE,
M a i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
MARVIN 8t PROWITT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
, Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, dsc.
ROOFING SLATE,
Prom Vermont,
VERY CHEAP,
At South Norwalk by
H. E. WING.
THE ALLIS HOUSE, ‘
(formerly Union House,)
Opposite N. Y. & N. H. Depot. in Union-st,
New Haven, onn.
L. P. AL‘LIS, Pnornm'ron.
N. A. mosmnx, m. n,
Homeopathic Physician do Surgeon.
Ofllce over C. T. Cornwall’s Store, first buil-
ding east of Nprwalk Hotel,
NORWALK, CONN.
References :
Prof. J. Beakloy, Dean of the Faculty,
Prof. S. R. Kirby, Homepathic Medical Col-
lege, New York city, or
G. W. Swazey, M. D., Springfield, Mass. 21
JAMES G. DARBOD'R,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
D E N er." :I: s '1',
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut.
Architecture.
SIDNB 2 M. STONE,
ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawingshaml superintcnd the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel~st., New Haven, Ct. 1152
“i E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
ufacturer oi 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
9 particular attention to sales by Auc-
tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property and
Household Furniture : terms low.
“um. 0. mm a co,
Importers; wholesale and retail dealers in
HARDWARE, IRON,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, &c.
""“OT's. noonwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
- and
GEN TLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMP OBI UM 1
No. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Ct.
3. If. OLMSTDAD 61.00.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Grclcries. Flour, Peed, do,
14 and 16 Main—st, Norwalk, Conn.
JETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Cash Capital $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire,
on Term adapted to the hazard,and
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
HEORGE R. GOWLES. Sole Agent
1y?! For Norwalk and vicinity.
New Meat Market.
THE Subscriber would respectfully inform
the public that he has
REMOVED HIS STAND
. to Curtis’ Building, Main Street, and
tends keeping constantly on hand the choi-
cest of Beef, Pork, Mutton, Poultry, &c., &c.
Having had long experience in the business
he is confident of his ability to please.
share of the public patronaoe is respectfully
solicited. JANi’Es BYXBEE.
Norwalk, Nov 5th, 1861. tf5
ROOFING.
'I‘HE subscriber is prepared to furnish par-
ties, building, with Warren’s superior
Pres 41m aoamvr 1390 mm.
This Article 'Of Roofing is in use upon the
éorwalk Lock Company's Building, and at
ounsbury, Bissell & Co’s, where it gives en-
tire satisfaction, and is believed to be the
cheapest as well as the best ron'ing in use.—
All. orders will receive prompt attention.
. in extent and quality—a finer assortment than
, at the shortest notice.
I Saddler a. Harness Maker,
-KEEPS constantly on hand and will make
‘ed to Offer an assortment not to be surpassed
A .
J. N. Locxwoon aco’,‘
West Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NEW BLOCK,
KEEPconstantly 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
Zworkmunlike-manner. Our assortment of
Ladies’ Gaiters undoubtedly comprises—both“
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 ofl‘er-
ed in Norwalk. We are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any article in our line, and
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. THOMPSON’s. E T. Whitney
wOuld inform the citizens of Norwalk
that he has established himself" in the Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
graps, Ambrotypes, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain; in the hi best st le
of the art. E. T. WH TNE .
Important to owners of Horses.
WIIIIIIAM 3. SWAN,
Adjohting Danbury & N orwalk R. R. Depot
' NORWALK, CONN,
to order every description of
Harness,
Horse Furniture,
Trapping; 07 Clothing.
Also Saddler’s Hardware
and outfits.
Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bugs, (PC.
All in want of anything in his iine,wi11 do
well to give him a call. Orders for any kind
Of work promptly executed Repairing done
neatly and cheaply, and at short notice.
A. JACKSON 6!. 330.
N o. 1 Gazette Building.
WOULD 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-
in Fairfield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is lar er than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,
$75, which we can recommend as bein cor-
recttimekeepcrs. Also,Gentlcmen’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
eater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
lateu Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all or the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON 85 BRO.
NORWAIsK
Steam Savving and Plaining
M I I. I. .
HE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
nin ; Scroll and other Sawin ; manufacture
of oors, Sash, Blinds, &c., c., in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail promptl at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITC .
INSURANCE.
THE subscriber havinghtaken the agency
of the New England 're and Marine In-
surance 00. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
by fire, on as accommodating terms as any
other Company.
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established
with a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, Feb. lst, 1801. tf5
DAVID E. FITCH,
Dealer in ’
Grain, Flour, Peed, Meal, Hay,
&c., No. 2 Watcr—st,, third door south of the
Bridge, has in store Flour and Meal, (fresh
ground) direct from the mills.
Grocers, Bakers 6!. Families
supplied as cheap as can be procured in New
York oryelsewhere. Feed of every variety
constantly on hand. 51
SOUTH NORWALK
ladies and “may ‘.
Boot do Shge Store.
rrHE subscriber having taken the business
and stand of Stevens & Tristram, is me
pared to supply every article to be found in a
first class Boot and Shoe Establishment, for la-
dies, gentlemen, or children’s wear.
Our goods are manufactured expressly for
our own sales, and warrant all work sold by
us. Always on hand, or made to order at
short notice,
Gents’ Patent Leatlwr Boots, Shoes, (to. ;
Ladies’ Gaiters, (handle. ; Children’s
Gaiters, and Shoes, «130., the, (to.
Rubber goods; a large stock kept constantly
on hand. Repairing done neatly and medi-
ently. HARVEY STEVENS.
7 Sggéh Norwalk (N O. 3, Ely’s Block), April
Hardware and Cutlery.
Mechanic’s Tools, Farming Utensils, Guns,
Pistols, Iron and Steel, Window
Glass Points and Oils.
M. C. s'rR‘EET & CO. have in store
and are constantly receiving direct
from the manufacturers, a large supply of
Foreign and Domestic Goods, under the above
denominations,which makes their assortment
of articles suited to this market, equal to any
in the State, and which will be sold either
wholesale or retail on as favorable terms as
can be purchased in New York. '
WILLIAM C. STREET,
A. H. WILCOXSON.
TIMBER! LUMBER!
Lath, Lime, Brick, Cement,
Paints, Oils, GlaSS,
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, &C.. &C..
AT THE
N ew Lumber Yard,
NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE,
SOUTH NORWALK.
Our Stock is new, bofight for thh, and
will be sold low. LLES & ELY.
South Norwalk, Oct. 15, 1860. tf42
House 8: Sign Painting,
GILDING, GLAZING, &c., &c.,
SOUTH NORWALK.
THE subscriber will execute all orders in
Plain or Ornamental Painting in the
most satisfactory manner, and at reasonable
prices. ' , l m , ,m'
Also, For Sale, his present residence (with
his business if desired), comprising a house
nearly new, with gardgp, trees, shrubbery,
&c., and ashOp thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
gly on the premises, opposite Quintard do
mith’s Carriage Factorg, to
GE RGE HODGES.
C. I". LOOMIS.
~ For her sweet spring had lost its flowers,
in gold?cases', at prices varying from $20 to -
“ Under the Snow.” '
BY GIN. F. W. LANDIB.
The Spring had tripped and lost her flowers,
The Summer sauntered throughthc glades,
The wounded feet of autumn hours
Left ruddy footprints on the blades.
And all the glories of the woods
IIad flung their shadowy silence down ,——
When, wilder than the storm it broods,
She fled before the winter’s frown.
She fell, and passion’s tongues offlame
Ran reddening through the blushing bowers,
Now haggard as her naked shame.
One secret thought her soul had screened,
When prying matrons sought her wrong,
And Blame stalked on. a mouthing fiend,
And mocked her as she fled along.
And now she bore its weight aloof.
To hide it where one ghastly birch
Held up the rafters of the roof,
And grim old pine-trees formed a church.
’Twas there her spring-time vows were sworn.
And there, upon its frozen sod,
While wintry midnightqreigned forlorn,
She knelt. and held her hands to God.
The cautious creatures of the air
Looked out, from many a secret place,
To see the embers of despair
Flush the gray ashes Other face.
And where the last week's snow had caught
The gray heard of a cypress limb
She heard the music ofa thought
More sweet than her own childhood’s hymn. ,
For , rising in that cadence low,
With "Now I lay me dewn to sleep,”
Her mother rocked her to and fro,
And prayed the Lord her soul to keep.
And still her prayer was humbly raised,
‘ Held up in two cold hands to God,
That, white as some old pine-tree blazed,
Gleamed far o’er that dark frozen sod. ’
The stOrm stole out beyond the wood,
She grew the vision of a cloud,
'Her dark hair was a misty hood.
Her stark face shown as from a shroud.
Still sped the wild storm’s rustling feet
To martial music of the pines,
And to her cold heart’s muffled beat
Wheeled grandly into solemn lines.
And still, as if her secret’s woe
No mortal words had ever found,
This dying sinner draped in snow
Held up her prayer without a sound.
But when the holy angel bands
Saw this lone vigil, lowly kept.
They gathered from her frozed hands
The prayer thus folded, and they 'wept.
Some snowflakes—wiser than the rest—-
Soon {altered o’er a thing of clay.
First read this secret of her breast,
Then gently rcbed her where she lay.
The dead dark hair, made white with snow,
A still, stark face, two folded palms,
And. (mothers breathe'her secret low I)
An unborn infant—asking slats.
God kept her counsel ;‘ cold and mute ,
Bis steadfast mourners closed her eyes,
Her headstone was an oldtree’s root, l
Be mine to utter, ”Here she lies.," ‘
' ' —A~¢lanticfor Hey.‘
N.» 4
t
- To a menu Sheet ofi'aper._ ;
If OLIVER WENDILL HOLMEI.
Wan visased thing! thy virgin lea:T
To me looks more than deadly pale,
Unknowing what may stain thee yet—
A poem or a tale.
Can Seer or Sibyl read thee now i
No !—seek to trace the fate of man
i
l
l
Who can thy unborn meaning scan ? l
l
Writ on his infant brow. ‘
If it should be in posture hour ,
Some sorrow-moving theme I try, 9
AhLmaiden, how thy tears will fall, 1
For all I doom to die! ’
But if in merry mood I touch
Thy leaves, then shall the sight of thee
Sow smiles as thick on rosy lips
As ripples on the sea.
The Weekly Press shall gladly stoop
To bind thee up among its sheaves ;.
The Daily steal thy shining ore,
To gild its leader leaves.
Thou hast no tongue, yet thou canst breath
Till distant shores shall hear the sound ;
Thou hast no life, yet thou canst breathe
Fresh life on all around.
Thou art the arena of the wise l
The noiseless battle-ground of fame; l
The sky where halos may be wreathed
Around the humblest name,
Take, then, this treasure to my trust,
To win some idle reader’s smile, I
Then fade and moulder in the dust, ‘
0r swell some bonfire‘a crackling pile! E
O>~°-—-—- l
@The N. Y. Herald has of late been
very severe upon Sec. Welles Las’Fri-
day it unjustly charged Mr. Welles’with
the fault of not taking Noriolk,—-a lace
which Mr. Welles has strongly desirtd .to
take for several months past, but of (purse
could not well do it without aid froln an-
other department. The Herald says he
was afraid of Norfolk, as be was if the
“Monitor,” when it was first proptted to
him; that Captain Ericssou waits upon
the Secretary from day to day for hear-
ing till his patience was exhausted; and
then, as a last resort, going in pd‘son to
the President, with his plans and propo-
sals, he was heard and authorized lo build
his ship. Saturday’s Herald codtains a
letter from Capt. Ericsson, which lot only
uses up the Herald’s charge, but shovvs
the way the Secretary does hie llusiness.
'After saying that the IIerald llad done
the Secretary of the Navy great fnjustice,
he adds: . .
“A more prompt and spiritedfiaction is
probably not on record in a. similar case
than that of the Navy Depot-lg? as re-
gards the “Monitor.” The co ,ittec of
naval commanders appointed gthe Sec-
retary to decide op the plans ulgunboats
laid before the Department, occupied me
less than two hours in exglulnint my new
system. In about two cars more the
committee had come to a decisioic. After
their favorable report had been made to
the Secretary I was called intohis ofice,
where I was detained less than five min-
utes. In‘ order not to lose any time, \the
Secretary ordered me to ‘go ahead at
once.’ Consequently, while the clerks of
the Department were engaged in drawing
up the formal contract, the iron which
now forms the keel plate of the ‘Mouitor’
was drawn through the rolling mill.”
The I.’era.’d says: “Our statement was
made on excellent authority: but Capt.
E.’s note settles the point, Now, if Mr.
Welles has been soldecided in the case of
the ‘Monitor,’ is it not charitable to sup-
pose that he has been equally so in other
matters connected with the Navy?”
.Aop.
—--The Pequot House. New London, H.
S. Cracker, pro rietor, opens for the season
May 7th, 1800. 171.9
on the 20th of y.
. The Fatal Trick-4A Tiger‘- Loose.
“BOunds with one lashing spring the nightgobmte,
-———————-—-W do wav n to and ,
ms an tail; red roll his eyes di sted grew.”
“Wherflis vast deckgust shingles withthei spine,
Sheathed'ln his form t e deadly weapon llet.
- ‘ Chime Harold's Pilgrimage.
Upon one evening a party- of collegians
and young bloods of the town had met
together at my rooms to play and ca-
rouse. In fact, it was a regular meeting
' of the hunters, who assembled twice every
week. we kept it up jollily until mid-
night, having is that time managed to
get full of Bacchus, when Somers pro-
posed that we should sally forth and as;
tonish the town by some well-planned
and well directed piece of mischief.—
Without any one of us having a clear con.-
o'eption of our action or intentions, we
llailed the proposition with drunken
rapture, and started forth. _
A traveling menagerie had arrived in
lawn the day before, and among the won-
ders was a young hear. The poor ani-
lnal had been so well beaten, that he be-
bame very humble, and acquired a num-
ber of amusing tricks. Of this we were
{all well aware, having visited'the menag-
fierie the day before. Just as we passed,
{I the spot where the animals were confined
{it occurred to me what rare sport it
{would be to capture Brain, and place
{him in the chemical lecture room, to as-
ltonish, on the next day, the professor
and the class.
No sooner had I made the proposition
to this efl'eet than it was adopted,‘and
all volunteered their assistance in carry-
ing it into execution; The ten: or pavil-
ion which covered the beasts, was erected
in the yard of the principal tavern. The
. cages,- each containing one or more ani-
! . .
: mals, were grated tron boxes, stand-mg
on wheels, by means of which they had
been dragged into town, They were ar-
ranged around the interior of the tent,
forming a circular. array of wood and
iron. . Not imagining that any one would
disturb the animals, the showmen and
inmates of the tavern left the tents en-
tirely unwatched. Thus we were afl'ord~
ed a clear field in which to execute our
scheme After several of our number
had been posted as sentinels, the rest
crept in under the canvas and entered the
areas. It was sometime before we could
in the deep darkness of the place, identify
the cage in which our friend Bruin had
been put to sleep. After stumbling over
divers things which lay scattered about,
and peering here and there in the dark,
we found the object of our search.—
There, in a substantial cage, was the dim
outline of the animal, his two white eyes
flashing drops of fire at being aroused
from his quiet slumber.
The next difficulty that occurred to
us was t e mode of conveying him to the
college, which was several hundred yards
distant. Some of the revellers propused
that we should throw a halter round his
neck, and so drag him along.
We objected to it, not from any per-
sonal fear, since we had arrived at that
point which makes one oblivious of danger,
but. lest we should‘be seen by some late
straggler and have our fun spoiled. A
better plan was, after much scheming,de-
vised, and one which met with universal
I acquiescence.
In the tavern yard stood a water hogs-
beod, with a sliding lid,fasteued by means
of a heap and staple. We had only to
roll this in, slide down the box from the
wheels, open the door immediately in
front of the hogshead and drive the ani—
mal in. We could then push down the
lid of the cask, secure it by means of a
rope passed through the staple, and roll
our prisoner and prison house to the col-
lege.
No sooner was this suggested than we
hastened to put it in execution. The
cage, with our united efforts, was slid
quietly down from the wheelsLBruin
growling all the while with anger—the
hogshead was rolledlin and placed upon
end in front of the cage, and the animal
stirred up with our canes. With a ter-
rific yell be rushed in, and we closed the
lid suddenly down upon him, fastening it
at the some time in a. secure manner.—
The yell of the bear. roused the other an-
imals, and our ears were regaled for the
next ten minutes with a variety of bid-
eous sounds that wake-ed fearfully the
sleeping echoes of the night. The ani-
mal in the hogsbead growled, and his
voice came like distant thunder, so deaf-
ened «as it by the'wood is which he lay.
His fellows bad no incumbrance to their
voices, and they howled as clearly as
though they had been in their native for-
ests. Fearful of being discovered, we
remained quiet for- some time. holding
our breath in suspense. But no one dis-
turbed, or thought of disturbing us.—
The animals often started a chorus of
strange noises during the night, and the
keepers thinking nothing unusual to be
the matter, merely cursed the unruly
brutes for destroying the unity of their
rest, and turning back, went to sleep
again.
As soon as quiet was restored, we slit
a hole in the canvas, go'r we were afraid
. to emerge byhtlte aperture which faced
the tavern, rolled our bogshend through
the yard to the back gate. This we un-
iastened and passed into the road, start-
ed at a, quick rate for our spot of des-
tination. Over and over went the hogs-
head, the animal within growled at the
rough treatment he experienced, and we
nearly convalud with laughter at the.
x. ‘1 ,..
uncouthn‘esi'of the noise whiéb ' he‘s...
making. ,
At length we reached the back part
of the collf'gi, when one of our party
climbed over the wall and unfastsned'the
gate. We rolled in our prize to thebsck
door of the: 'labratory, which was the
place where our professor of chemistry
lectured. We found that in consequence
of the narrowness of the passage through
the‘door the hogshead would not enter.
Such bein ' the case, we were about
starting fihl’mal through the door
whe‘naui 3imam redolent offun struck
the fancy .. Sinners. Back of the lee-
tnre roonfswas a small apartment con-
taining od'fls’aud ends, and which was
not visitedfirhaps, once a month. He
said rightlfi'khat if we placed Brain in
this apartment, in Would not be likely
to be'discc't'ered until some time during
the noise ke wbnld, be apt to make at-
tracling attention, the plot would be read-
ily brOuglit to. a crisis. We joined our
strengtbgbrnd upon our shoulders up went
the hogalie‘fiduntil it was placed on a
leulwitb‘thewiudow. A light young
fellow, ti”! smallest of the party, climbed
up, holsthp’ the window, and slid ”up
the lid: '7fhb,vcask. We shook the hogs-
head} vi ‘ ly; but at first to no purpose.
The Alli“ was thoroughly frightened
and lay fill], or with only an occasional
growl. Eye'shook it again and he start-
ed. Tm'was but one pessible mode of
progre“fi'n, which was straight, forward,
and the hate gave coming through the
winddw.‘ Ther’cwas a crash .of gloss, a
howl,é and then' the terrified animal;
crouchi in the corner, remained silent.
Ourilltt ' companion closed the sash and
leaped down. We rolled the hogsbead
up into a corner of the yard, and return-
ing to our rooms, continued our revelry
till near daylight.
It use about noon when I awoke. I
hurried .on my clothes, passed a wet towel
around my head,_swsllowed some soda.
water, and afterwards scan of, ofl'eo, and
then hastened to the college. It was'tho'
bour- dfitha professor of chemistry, and I
enters the room just as they‘had com-
mence§ to descont upon the subject. The
class ,ere all wrapt in attention—for the
lecturer was an able man, and was treat-
ing SPA". “Ligbtjl . it matter of interest,
audcapoblefif beautiful illustration. He
scarcely finished his short and eloquent
exordium, before we heard the crash of
bottles, and a low, startling growlingin
the next room. The professor started,
and stopped a moment, while those of the
class not in the secret locked at each other
in astonishment. There was a pause of
a few seconds’ duration, and then the
professor proceeded.
I began to feel alarmed, as I remem-
bered what had been done the night be-
fore. Under ordinary circumstances
there was no danger to be apprehended.
The beer was tame enough, and had been
wipped until he had imbibed a proper
sense of the superiority of man. But
from the sounds, I judged that Bruin had
worked himself into a room only separa~
ted from us by a thin partition full of wir-
d0WS, in which were kept the various
drugs used in illustrating experiments.—
There were a great many carboys and
bottles of acid in the room. Should he
oversct any of these, and their contents
touch his skin, he would be apt to break
through the windows of the appartment.
and do some mischief before we could
secure him. By the looks of my. coat-
panious I saw they entertained the same
fears.
There was another crash and growl.—
The professor stopped again, and the
class looked around in dismay. Those
who were acquainted with the cause of
the noise, could scarcely keep their coun-
tenance. In spite of the alarm under
which they labored, there Was something
so ludicrous in the grow], especially when
we figured to ourselves the coming con-
sternation of the class, that they could
hardly refrain from laughing outright,—
The professor who could not tell from
whencethe sound proceeded and thought
it a trick of the class, reprovéd them
severely, and then continued his lecture.
“Gentlemen,” sahi he, “prepare for ebril-
liaut experiment; I will show you a most
startling effect.”
And he did: Hark! there was” a sad
den crash as if every bottle in the place
had been destroyed at once—a smoke
rose tip—there Was a terrible howl that
made the blood curdle and the marrow
thrill—and through the frail gloss—Fath.
er of Truthl we had mistaken the cage
—there leaped forth, infuriated with bar-
ning liquid which streamed over him—
horror—nn untamed royal tiger!
No words can describe the consterna-
tion of the class. Petrified ‘with horror
—motionless—there we sat. Not a
muscle quivered, so rigid were we with
intense fear. It was our preservationwe-
Maddened with pain, the animal rushed .
on with terrific ligands, and, meeting with
no obstacle, passed down the stairs into
i the great hall, There as he looped and
rolled and howled in his agony, the eldest
daughter of our janitor, coming with a
message, unwittingly entered. She
screamed and fell. The tiger, frantic
with the acid, which was eating to his
very flesh, heeded her not. On he passed
and the girl lived. Betterhad she died,
for never again shown the light of reason
in those vacant eyes. From that day
l forth, she was s gibbering, incurable idiot.
Os passed the tiger, out through the
streets, with the populace flying to every
side for shelter—past his old prison, where
the keepers stood wondering at his escape.
On he went, while behind him before and
around him rose the misled cry of men
women and children—“The tiger! the
tiger l”
At the extremity of the main street a
traveler was riding quietly to his house.
He heard the noise behind him, and cast-
ing his eyes saw the cause. He spurred
his horse, who started snorting with ter‘
ror, for he saw the coming of the mighty
animal as well as his master. It was in
vain. The tiger noted not the malt. He
only saw the terrified steed. One leap—
the distance was just saved—and he put
his claws into the hind quarters of the
horse, who unmindful of his double bur-
den, rushed on hearing his fearful load as
though it were but a feather’s weight.—
The man received no hurt.- With pres-
ence of mind and coolness most determin-
ed-for it resulted from despair—he drew
his bowie-knife from his bosom, and
with one stroke buried it to the hilt
in the tiger’s neck. The spinal marrow
of the royal brute was severed and he
died in an instant. But he did not re-
lease his hold. Still with the death gripe
be clung to his place, his eyes glassy and
glaring, and his claws sunk deep into the
flesh. On went the horse, snorting,
plunging and rearing in mingled pain and
terror—on he went. until, exhausted by
fatigue and loss of blood,he fell prostrate.
Those who came that way an hour after,
cautiously and timidly, saw the three
stretched together. They stole up—lol
the bores and tiger were dead, and over
their lifeless forms the traveler, insensible
though alive, and still grasping in his
need the friendly knife.
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Twelfih left Correspondence.
'Sarr Isuan, March 28, 1862;
- Having a chance to send you a little
more news, I avail myself of the oppor-‘
tunity. Yesterday I was on guard, and
consequently to-day was my own, which
was improved, as may be seen by the fol-
lowing circumstances. The guard drum-
mer requested me to obtain a pass so
that we could go down to the endvof the
island, both to pass away time and to ob-
tain a few shells on~ women—blob be-
ing done, we filled our canteens and Ob-
tained from the cook two slices of raw
pork and sufleient hard bread to last un~
til evening, and started for an all-day
tramp. We soon passed the pickets and
then followed up the line of the beach,
picking up such shells as we took a fancy
to. At eleven o’clock we had arrived at
the centre of the woodland, after a
lengthy and tiresome walk of three and
a half hours. When the regular hour
for dinner had arrived, we gathered some
pine knots and long brush, made a ton-
sing good fire, aud then taking from our
haversacks a slice of pork and placing it
upon the end of a long stick, held it over
the fire until sumciently cooked, then lay-
ing that one side served the other one in
like manner, and of all meals served
about cabip, that was the best. After
dinner we started onward feeling greatly
refreshed. Soon we arrived at a port of
the island where a creek sets in which di-
vides the island, as may be seen in many
of the maps. Up to this creek is con-
sidered to be seven miles. Here we
wandered through swamps and rushes,
where up to this time five alligators have
been shot, but saw nous. Arriving at
the water’s edge. we crossed the creek,
but not without noticing the immense
quantity of large fish, such as are caught
daily with a hook and line in deep water
at the upper part of the island. These
fish seem to be fearless of man, for at
times I could walk up to them. With a
seine taken from a rebel prise-boat»: bar-
rel full has been taken at two hauls, in
water five feet deep, and where they
would be the least likely to be. There
is no knowing how many could be taken
at a single haul in that creek. The kind
of fish is to as unknown, but there is a
large assortment. Walking onward it
was with dificulty that we could avoid
treading upon “iiddlers,” of which there
are almost countless numbers, the ground
being actually hidden from sight by their
black shells. No wonder the Secession-
ists, upon surrendering the island, re-
marked to one of the _Union men that
there were but 500 of our troops here
stationed, and they would shortly be de-
voured by these fiddlers. Often we came
across wild ducks, plover, snipe and peli-
cans, the latter mentioned being the only
ones to fly away. We soon made our
way back to camp on the opposite shore,
reaching there at 5 o’clock. tired enough
to rest until morning, I send you a cor-
rect “roster”: of our Company, which
having never yet been published, may be
of interest to your readers :
Stephen D. Byxbee, Captain.
Gilbert Bogart, lst Lieut.
Edwin H. Nearing. 2d Lieut.
Joseph P. Crossmon, lst Sergeant.
H'énry M. Prowitt, J r., George Ma-
cauless, Wm. B. Hard, and Wm. O.
Hoyt, Sergeants. ‘
Henry A. White,Samuel Magee,Clark
H. Osborn, Rockwell H. Smith, Samuel
Clark, Joseph P. Beers, Alonzo P. Ab-
bott, and Alexander H. Taylor, Corpo- ‘
rals. .
Music—Frederick Green and Wm.‘S.
Sarles. '
Wogm.—Miles Banker.
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Pm.-Gsor¢c
M. -.~.-.-‘
: "View/w-
.dsted London, some scandal on this point
less, the aforesaid old stagers, whose con-
Allen, Thos. Brady, Stanton .Babcock,
Francis E. Bates, Frederick S. Bevans‘,
Chas. H. Brown, John W. Brown, J as.
L. Brundage, Gideon B. Botsford, Geo.
G. Buck, Edwin H. Bush, Dennis Court-
ney, Timothy Converse, Robert A. Can-
fiel‘d, Carlo Christian, Charles M. Doug-
las. Iames W. Davis, William E. Dau-
cby, Maximillian Delefant, Walter Dike-
man, James Dame, Chas. H, Edgett, '
John Lewis Elwood, James J. Everson,
Joseph H. Everett, John Fox, Batslaus
Francisco, Patrick Fennen, Patrick Fitz-
patrick, Asa H. Foot'e, Patrick Foley,
John Gradv, Lorenzo D. Gavitt, John
A. chdis, Charles F. Gilbert, Henry
H. Grey, Joel 1’. Gray, William“ H.
Ho 1y, James L. Howard, William H;
son; Joshua R. Jennings, Abner H.
J ohbson, Noah H. Joyce, John Lam~
bert, Oscar S. Lull, Olius L. Lyon, Jehn.
Murphy, Lawrence ’McA‘lvoy’, Edward
Millericir, SamuelE. Morebouse, G'eOrgs
E. Norris, Eli Northrup, Ebenezer Nor-
man, Corvus Northrop, Elisha Parker-
ton, George W. Parkerton, James E.
Parks, Charles Payne, Henry M. Pyne,
Daniel Rearden, Peter Riley, Jacob Roth,
Jeremiah Sullivan, George Slauson, Wil-
liam P. Smith, Thomas Shaoley, Giles
St. John, Patrick Sullivan, Benjamin
Stebbins, J ohn 'l‘appan, William H.
Tubbs, Henry Vanderbilt, Ezra Water-
man, John Welsh, James K. White,Hen-
ry F. Williams, Leonard L. Wilkinsdn,
George Youngs, J ohn’Yonngs.
Yours, ' truly,
"-0
Queen Vietorla‘Tr-Onbled by the
Dissolnte Heir to the Throne,
and a Brutal Sondra-Law.
The heir of the English throne is not a
promising youth. He is unlike his prince-
ly and accomplished father, and already
developes appetities and tastes that indi—
cate the progeny of the Hauoverian style
that gave England the corrupt or imbue
cile Georges, and their coarse brothers.
Hei indicated some of those tastes while
here, and they have rapidly grown upon
him of late. They gave great solicitude
to Prince Albert before his , death and
have since furnished a theme to the Lan-
don Times for some harsh admonitions.
Next November he will have completed
hismajority, and will come in possession
of £20,000, the savings of his Cornwall
Duchy under his - father’s care. The
Queen, his mother, i; giving way too de‘
gree of despondency that indicates mental
disease, which her family is subject.
We copy from a letter ‘in the Herald,
H.
which is probably made up from the lower
class of English newspapers :
“The Prince’s tastes are of a low order
and whenever left to his own devices he
is fond of herding with parties utterly
unworthy of him. He is morbidly sus-
ceptible of flattery of a gross kind, and
his amours are all more or less of a vul-
gar character. Shortly before the death
of the Pines Consort it is well known that
he visited Cambridge, but it is not gener-
ally known that t. conversations he had
with the Prince of Wales at Middeuley
Were of so unsatisfactory a nature as to
give him the most serious anxiety. On
his return to Windsor he brooded over
what has passed to that degree that his
physicians remonstrated; and only a short
time before his death he saidto the
Princess Alice that the answers he receiv-
cd from her brother were of a character
so low, so depraved and vitiated, that be
feared all the pains he had bestOWed on
his education would be found to be worse
than useless. It appears there is some
woman in town who exercises a great in-
fluence over him, and once or twice the
Prince stole away from Middenley un-
known to Gen. Bunce, his tutor, to see
her. Upon one occasion he was found
out, but not till the train had departed,
when a telegram was dispatched to Wind-
sor, and the Prince was somewhat sur-
prise to find at the station,writing for him
one of the loyal carriages, with Sir George
Grey in attendance, to escort him to the
pater familiar.
In England much fault is found wth
the system that has been pursued with
the Prince of Wales’ education. With
Eton close to Windsor, where the
flower of proud Britain is reared, the
Prince was relegated to a forcing house,
superintendcd by a parcel of savans, gen~
eralo and old women. Nominally placed
at the great Universities-~Oxford and
Cambridge—he has simply resided at
some ,maison de campaigns within a few
miles of these seminaries; having instead
of the youth of England for his compan-
versation was to be of an ‘instructive,
improving character.’ The wonder is—
not that he prefers the companions of the
servants’ hull; not that he loves kitchen
maids and works of tint school immortal.
bred by Smollett—but that he has not
been driven mad.”
The same letter adds that the Princess
Royal, who married the Crown Prince of
Prussia, has, it appears, been united to a
man of disolute character. Sometime
since her Royal Highness was said to have
sprained her ankle; when the truthwas
that her husband, in one of his drunken
fits had kicked her down some steps.
This, with the depression of the Queen
makes a sad story,and proves that the
divinity that doth hedge a king sometimes
hedges royalty in with thorns.
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W There is living in Rocky Hill a colored
man, known as “Old Murray.’ who was born
On Long Island, May 2lst, 1745, and is-om
hundred and seventeen years old in May. He
has resided in Rocky Hill about fifty years,
' 9 " me years yet.—
, person in Con-
Ho bell, Aaron-S. Hill], Theodore Jack- ‘
Fall of New Orleans.
Fonraass MONROE, April 239-.
Hart. Edward M. Stanton Sec. of War.- .
The following appears in the Richmond
Dispatch, of the 28th instant :—
The fearful state of suspense in which
this city has existed for two or' three days
has at last ended. I
New Orleans is in the possession of the
enemy. .
- It was vacuated by General LOVell,
who has. removed his forces to Camp
Moore, on-the' Jackson Railroad. , ._ »
[Signed,] JOHN E. WOQLi
' ' Cmcsco, April’ , ,
A special dispatch to the Times frdm
Fort Wright dated the 28th Says-g? .
From deserters, I learn ' that NewOr-
leans is now in Captain Porter’s quit
possession.
Jackson on Thursday after a desperate
naval engagement, in which one vessel ;
was sunk and several : badly damaged-,5,
It is supposed that the federal loss is very -
heavy. The rebel loss was 60 killed and
184 wounded. The engagement lasted
part oftwo days. 1 ,
The federals took possession of the city
without a struggle, on Friday, their'eb‘el
all the steamers which they had nous.
for. They took with them the greater
part of the military stores in the city,-
The Union citinens were very jubilant._'
Defenses of New-Orleans,
The New Orleans correspondent of The
Richmond Dispatch, writes as follows of
bibs Rebel defenses of that city :
The Mississippi is fortified so so to be
impassable for any hostile fleet or flotilla.
Forts J acksou and St. Phillip armed with
one hundred and seventy heavy guns—68
pounders, rifled by Barkley Britton,;snd
received from England. The navigation
of the river is stopped by a dam of about
a quarter of a mile from the above forts.
N o flotilla on earth could force that dam
in less than two hours, during which it
would be within short and cross range of
170 guns of'tbe heaviest caliber. many of
which would be served with red-bot shot,
numerous furnaces for which have been
erected in every fort and battery.
,. 31.1.3.6?! or two we shall have ready
two" iron-cased' floating batteries. The
plates are four and a half inches thick, of
England and France. Each iron-cased
battery will’mount twenty 68-pour.ders,
, placed so as to skim the water, and strike
the enemy’s hull between wind and wa-
ter. We have an abundant supply of
incendiary shells, copula furnaces for
molten iron, congreve rockets, and fire-
ships. '
there is a constant succession of earth
works. Atthe Plain of Chamlette, heir,
J amin’s property, there are redoubts,
armed with rifled cannon,
been found to be efl‘ective 8 five miles
range. A ditch thirty feet wits-sud
twenty deep extends from the Missssippi
to La Cipriere.
are 3,000 men, whom a goodly propor-
gunners who have served in the navy.
At New-Orleans itself we have 32,000
infantry, and as many more quartered in
the immediate neighborhood. In disci-
pline and drill they are far superiorto
the Yankees. We have two very able
and active generals, who possess our en-
tire confidence, Gen. Mansfield Lovell,
and Brig-Gen. Buggies. For Comma.
dore, we have'old Hollins, 8. Nelson in
his wuv.
M—
WFor the purpose of providing pecuniary
means to carry on the Revolutionary wan,
being pledged for their redemption. ‘The
first issue was June 22, 1775, of $8,000,”
authorised, till the beginning of 17“, when
$200,000,000 had been issued, and none re-
deemed. Mr. Lossing, in his Field Book
of the Revolution, gives a scale of the depre-
cation of the Continental money. Iannu-
cent discount. :1 July it was twent -
maud in silver, a dollar. In 1778 the paper
currency continued to depreciate, so that in.
April tour dollars in paper was equal to one
to one, and at the close of the year was six ,
and a half to one. In 1779 the depreciation
rapidly continued.
the close of the year, a paper dollar was only,
worth four cents! In Merch, 1780, a per
worth two cents, and in December, seventy:
iour dollars in paper was worth onc‘ dollarin
silver. At this point the historian stops.
_————.«.».————
FEEDING Domasrrc ANmALsr-Jn Ger,-
at each meal. Here we feed three times per,-
day. Which plan is right? Do cattle in the
wild state feed but three times a day. .01",
three meals per day, adhere to the custom;
quently ? Are either the habits of the wild
cattle or the domesticated, to be taken as per-
tinent examples of the more judicious course
to be pursued ? Cases may occur w}; are the
the feeding of working cattle while t1: eir dri-
vers are at their meals; but should this ap-
ply to fatting cattle, milch cows, or cattle not
in use ?
«.’.
to the Archduke Maximilian, governOr'of
The federal fleet passed Fort
force having evacuated, after destroying
the best hammered iron, received from; ,
Between New Orleans and the forts
In Forts St. P‘lip and Jackson there
tion are experienced artillerymeu'and '
the Continental Congress issued bill! in dlfv. j
ferent sizes, the faith of the United Colonies. _
and from time to time other emissions were,_
ary, 1777, the paper currency was at’flvchr
Y3.
in coin. In September, the ratio was at five ,
In February, the ratio .
was eight dollars and a half of paper to ogo _
of silver; in May, it was twelve to one; in, .
September, eighteen to one, and before the. ., ,
when permitted to range in rich .pastt‘ res 23- _-_
do they eat smaller quantities and more flea
'. Major! Gm.flfi_., . . .
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d9.
which have _
per cent discount; and before the end 0., the. ‘ I
year three dollars in paper would not com- .-
dollar was worth three cents; in May, tyne .. '
many, cattle and horses arefed five times, ,
each day, and of course a summer quantity, . _
do even our domestic cattle, educated to. . .
present custom is most convenient, such”;
-—-Count Sweinitz Grain, late aid-de-camp. . , ,
Venice, has been tendered an appointment -
of aid-de-cam’p upon Gen. Fremont’s stsfl'.
~4I.»
-—The chain cable armor with which our
ships which attacked Fort Jackson wet,
protected, is said to be ten inches in thickh
Alden, Jeremiah
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