_. ’OAOOWA GA r 4:5 r PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY g gamilg alumna, genital to gtnml $va and gamma, Omani goddamn, gamma, gums, gunman, flattens, &t.---®5tallli51ttdiulfiflfl. \ NUMBER 787--NEW SERIES, N ORWAL A. H. BYINGTON 8t. 00., AT TWU DOLLARS PER ALVIV UM, 13 AD \ AAL'E. K, CONN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1863. VOLU A. :3: 4“: ME XLVI--NUMBER 5. NORWALK GAZETTE. OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING. A. HBYINGTON & CO. A. H. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLs. Advertising Rates. One Square, one insertion, $1 00 .. two insertions, 1 25 three insertions, 1 50 “ one month, 1 75 “ two months, 3 00 “ three months, 4 00 “ six months, "i 00 " one year—with paper 15 00 Two 8 uares, one yearL-with paper, 25 00 Each itional Square, per year, 8 00 One half column, one year, 40 00 One Column, one year, 75 00 Fifteen lines, or 100 words,make a square. Fraction- at arts of a square charged for as a whole. Year y advertisements payable lst of January &July. Yearly advertisers restricted to the business contem- lsted at the time of contract. &"Thesc terms will be luticxibly adhered to._a 5:7 watts “mnem- ’ ‘ Norwalk Post Ofice. MAILs CLOSE. West 7.30 A. M.—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, Thes- days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M. turns DUE. West 9.10 A. M.—6.CG P. M. East 8.20 A. M.—-3.30 P. M. Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M. POST OFFICE nouns. From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M. CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. n. N. A. MOSMAN. M. 1)., Homoeopathic Physician and Surgeon, Office over C. J. Gruman’s Store, NORWALK, CONN. Office hours from 1 to 3 P. M. Dr. J. J. WALLACE, HOMIEOPATHIST, Office at Dr. Moody’s late Residence, WEST AVENUE, NORWALK, CONN. Slate at Mr. Frank Nash’s Store, South . horwalk. New BE 81. 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, &c. ' JAMES mannoun, SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL 'D' E N '1'.- 1. s '1', Office at Residence, East Avenue, N orwalk, Connecticut. Architecture. armour INLSTONE, BLT '11:. ARCHITECT, Will, 'furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail Drawings, and super-intend the erection of public and private buildings. Office in Mar- ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tt52 ‘8 E0. E. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man— 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. 0. s. Locxwoon, Fashionable Draper & Tailor, and GEN TLEMEN’S FURNISHING EMPORIUM 2 No. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, N orwalk, Ct s. n. onus-rum 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 Perpetual. Cash Capital $1,000,000 Insure against loss and damage by Fire on Terms adapted to the hazard,and consistent with the laws Of compensation. GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent lv3 . - For Norwalk and vicinity. DENTAL cm. AN impression having gone abroad that the undersigned has relinquished his profession, this is to infer his friends and .he public that he still continues the practice of his professwn at his 01:1 stand, foot of Main-st, Norwalk, where he will be happy to tender them his best services. In case of temporary absence,a skillful assistant will be found in attendance at the Office, ready and willing to serve all that may call. A. HILL, D. D. S. A. JACKSON 6!. BRO. N o. l Gazette Building. WOULD respectfully announce to the public and their Old customers, that they have recently made extensive additions \u their stock of goods. We-are now prepar- ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed in Fairfield Count , in quality or price. We would callparticu or attention to our stock of Watches, which 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 cor- :ctiltlmfi: keepepi. 1Also, Gentlemen’s atch- , 5 ver 8.11( go cases at an ricefroni $5 to $-00. We buy of th’e best lgporters in New York, and alto ether for cash, so that our facrhtles for selling cheap could not be reater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and later; Wares was never better than at pres- cut, and compriscsall ot the latest styles that are manufactured. A. JACKSON &. BRO, [SH POLES, Travelin Baskets F Baskets, \Vork Basketgs. Also nggdg: Ware in general, at C. & E. K. LOCKWOOD & 00. l l & CO‘S Wood Yard, for sale low. ~ Window Shades. SPLENDID Assortment of Window Shades just received and for sale by Nov 3 d 1860MARVIN & PROWI'I ' . r , e. P 00D, all lengths, at S. E. OLMSTEAD Children’s Carriages, RICE ranging from $1.50 upward, at C. & E. K. LOCKWOOD & CO. as. mam LI.__ _._...M , Physician and Surgeon», Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store, :MAIN STREET, SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. Mrs. Tindall, in the new block BENNETT-’5 nonsense, No. 1’7 and 19 Main St, ILL call the attention of the public to her new and Well selected assort- ment of MILLINEBY Goons, at a very small advance from former prices. Velvets very cheap for these times. Feathers, Ribbons, Flowers, &c., &c. She will give her atten- tion to the business at all hours of the day and evening, up to the usual hours of clos- Ing. All orders promptly filled. Ready made Bonnets on hand. Bloomers trimmed in unique styles. 45 New Goods FOR THE HOLIDAYS. OYS, China. Mugs, Match Boxes, Motto Cups, Motto Mugs, Vases and Cologne Bottles. Also, Toy Tea Setts, China Tea Setts, plain and band, and a large assortmentof all kinds of Crockerg. Sold by . W. & H. H. SMITH, Phoenix Block. Whitney a. Beckwith, PHOTOGRAPHERS, GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN. MBROTYPBS, MBLAINOTYPES, and PHOTOGRAPHS, plain, retouch- ed or colored, in the best style of the Art. Cartes de Visites in all styles. Stereoscopic Groups, Views of Private Residences and Grounds taken. A good assortment of Rosewood, Gilt and Passe Partout Frames, for Photographs and Cortes de Visites. E. T. WHITNEY. R. A. BECKWITH. Roofing. HE subscriber is prepared to furnish par- ties building, with Warreu’s superior FELT AND CEMENT ROOFING. This article of Roofing is in use upon the Norwalk Lock Company’s Building, and at Lounsbury, Bissell d: Co’s, where it gives en- tire satisfaction, and is believed to be the cheapest as well as the best roofing in use.—-' All orders will receive prompt attention. tt38 C. W. LOCKWOOD. N. B.— All orders left at the store of A. Morehouse, Main street, will be promptly at- tended to, Inquiries freely answered. War Claims. THE undersigned, through the agency of reliable friends in Washington, is pre- pared tO secure Bounty Money, Back Pay, Pensions, and claims of all kinds against the Government. Charge for collecting from two to five per cent. NO charge will be made for advice given in relation to claims, and no fee charged unless the claim is col- lected. JOSEPH W. WILSON. Aug. 22, 1862. ELM STREET SALOON, Between Main and Broad Streets, NEW CANAAN, CONN. J. W. EDMONDS, Proprietor. OYSTERS served in any style, and for sale by the Quart or Gallon. Also, all kinds of FRUIT, UONFECTIONERY, and other REFRESH- MENTS. Private Supper Rooms for Small Parties. Also, in connection with, but in separate apartments, a first-class SHAVING AND HAIR DRESSING SALOON. TO CAPTAINS AND THE undersigned has taken the SHIP YARD and MARINE RAILWAY, (formerly owned by Clark & Ritch,) in Greenwich, Conn, where he intends to car- ry on all kinds of Ship Building and Repairing of Vessels. He keeps constantly on hand all kinds of Paints and Oils, Timber of all kinds for the repair of vessels. SHIP SMITH WORK done in the best manner, and with. dispatch, on as favorable terms as any other marine railway in the country.- 24 E. M. MERRITT. NEW FURNISHING STORE, IN JAMES” NE W BUILDING, Water Street, Norwallc. HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest assortment of Household Furniture in this county, consisting of Bureaus Of all kinds, Lounges, Sofas, Tete-a-Tetcs, Card Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center Tables, Wash Stands, ‘ EXIENSION TABLES, CHAIRS and ROCKERS of all kinds, Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, and everything else in the Furniture line cheap for Cash. ’ Repairing, done promptly and by experienced workmen. Undertaking, , I have on hand a. large assortment of COFFINS, of the best materials, and will furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every- thing necessary tor the burial Of the dead. cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. I have as good- a Hearse as there is in the county; and will attend Funerals in neigh- boring towns, without extra char e. ELBERT RA MOND. Norwalk, May 1st, 1862. 44 Splendid Attractions FOR THE HOLIDAYS. HE Firm of KNAPP dc LYNES would inform their old friends and pat- rons that they have made an extensive addi- tion to their stock of DRUGS, MEDICINEs, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, FLAVOR- ING EXTRACTS, POMADES, and other articles usually found in a First-Class Drug Store, and are prepared to furnish anything in their line of business at the lowest possible rates. Flavoring Extracts, Of the finest quality, constantly on hand; among which are to be found Vanilla, Lem-. on, Almond, Rose, Peach, Celery, Raspberry, Strawberry, Pineapple, Jamaica Ginger, &c. Also, a splendid assortment of Lunm’s, and KNAPI' & LYNEs’ HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS and COLOGNES. Also, a superior quality of Hair Oils and Pomades. EVERY BODY wants the Tax Pay. er’s Manual, containing all the items of Taxation, the mode of proceeding, and the duties of the Officers, at SELLECK’S. neatly Cleaned and Repaired. RS. ANN E. WOOD Would inform the citizens of Norwalk, that she still con- tinues to renovate old garments; wi 1 clean, alter, repair, brighten, and restore the col- lars, and make them look all most equal to new garments. ANN E. WOOD, Clothing D. PRITCHARD, M. D.,“ OWNERS of VESSELS. * , if E- The forlowing Poem is handed us by the Prin- cipal of the Center School, being the Composition of onepf the scholars of- that Institution: ' A Midnight Reqneim. or s. A. wanna. Hush! what means that distant music? Angel voices seem to sing! Through the night their forms are flitting, Pearly tipped each silver wing. Hush! the midnight bells are telling :o— Mournfully they seem to sing. For the “ Old year now is dying!” Chant the seruphs on the wing. Soon their song is one of gladness ; Wiped away each dewey tear, Flying homeward,now theyre singing— Welcome! welcome, King New Year 1” Yes. thou‘rt herel thouyoutht‘ul monuch. But a curse is on the land! If we turn our vision southward— Ruin lies on every hand. Now a mother weeps in anguish, For a son in battle slain. Now the wife calls for the husband, Who will never come again i Ne‘er again around the hearth-stone, Will they gather, as of yore ; Many now have vacant places, Which were filled by friends before. Far away ’neuth the southern pine-trees, Where they feel not winter’s breath,— Calmly now there’s thousands sleeping; But it is the sleep of death. Father, hear us! We implore thee ! For our hearts within us burn- That the God of War, be vanquished, And the dove of Peace return! .<.>. Treason’s Last Device. " Who deserves greatness Deserves your hate. * * * You common cry of ours, whose breath I loathe As reck o’ the rotten fen.” [Coriolsnus. “ Hark! harkl the dogs to bark." [Nursery Rhyme. Sons of New-England, in the fray, Do you hear the clamor behind your back? Do you hear the yelping of Blanche, and Tray, Sweetheart, and all the mongrel pack? Girded well with her ecean crags, Little our mother heeds their noise; Her eyes are fixed on crimsoned flags; But you—do you hear it, Yankee boys? # Do you hear them say that the patriot fire Burns on her altars too pure and bright, To the darken’d heavens‘leapiug higher, Tho‘ drench’d with the blood of every fight; That in the light of its searching fisme Treason and tyrants stand reveal’d, And the yielding craven is put to shame, 0n Capitol floor or foughten field? Do you hear the hissing voice, whichssith That she—who bore thro‘ all the land The lyre ofIFreedom, the touch of Faith, And young Invention’s mystic wand—- Should gather her skirts and dwell apart, With not one of her sisters to share her fate ; A Hagar, wandering sick at heart; A Pariah, bearing the Nation‘s hate ? Son’s who have peopled the gorgeous West, And planted the Pilgrim vine anew. Where, by a richer soil carest, It grows as ever its parent grew, Say, do you hear—while the very bells 0f your churches ring with her ancient voice, And the song of your children sweetly tolls How true was the land of your fathers'choice. Do you hear the traitors who bid you speak The word that shall sever the sacred tie ? ' And ye, who dwell by the golden Peak, Has the subtle whisper glided by ? Has it crost the immemoriai plains, To coasts, where the gray Pacific roars, And the Pilgrim blood in the people’s veins Is pure as the wealth of their mountain ores ? Spirit of sons who, side by side, In a hundred battles fought and fell ; Whom now no East and West divide, In the isles where the shades of heroes dwell: Say; has it reach‘d your glorious rest, And ruffled the calm which crowns you there, The shame, that recrcants have confest, The plot, that floats in the troubled air ! Sons of New-England, here and there; Wherever men are still holding by The honor our fathers‘left so fair l Say, do you hear the cowards’ cry ? Crouching amongst the grand old crsgs, Lightly our mother heeds their noise, With her fond eyes fixed on distant flags; But you—do you hear it, Yankee boys Y EDMUND C. STEDMAN. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 1863. N. 1’. Tribune. «O» THE OFFICE-BOY. BY M. A. AVERY. “Bov Wanna—One who can read manuscript well, can find a situation by application at this Office ” Such was the paragraph that met the eye and took the fancy of a fair, slender girl of twenty, as she sat alone in one of the sparsely-furnished attic rooms of a miserable tenant house in a great city: running her eye down the column of “wants,” in a flourishing daily pdper, in the dim hope of finding something that would meet her own particular: “wants” and needs. “Would that I were a boy l" she murmured. “Boys are always wanted,“ Men, too, are wanted,and good stout Wo- men; but nobody wants weak, slender girls like me, Teachers are wanted, but they require recommendations which I couldn’t get, except from two old Irish women. Nurses are wanted, but I know nothing of that business. Servants are wanted ; but they say 1 106k to delicate to be good for anything ;” and she looked pityingly at her white,thiu hands. “Seam- stresses are wanted; but I have tried that—I cannot now get work enough to keep me'from starving—and when I did my health visibly declined. Alas I that dear Arthur and I should have come to the city, alone and orphaned as we were, to live upon our slender menus, in the vain hope that his authorship was to bring us such a golden harvest. How little we knew then of its uncertainty or precariousness ; or that his precious health, and perhaps life, would be the sacrifice. As a last resort he has gone to a warmer clime, to which, but for our straitcued means, I would have accompa- -nied him, and it would kill him, I think if he knew that by his trust in a villain depended, and that I was reduced to such straits to obtain the means of liv- ing. Ihave removed to this miserable attic, sold everything that I can possibly 44tf Over Bebee’s Drug Store. 1 1‘ ¢=—- an \spare, and yet—Ah, there is Arthur’s we had lost all upon which both of us . old trunk that he brought from home ! Wouldn’t that bring something? I won- der what rubbish is in it ?” And she took out a key, opened the trunk, and laid out the contents upon the miserable bed. As she did so, her eye again fell upon the staring capitals, “Boy wanted.” "I declare, that paragraph haunts me; and sure enough, here is quite a de- cent suit to clothe that boy—the same that Arthur were when he first came to the city, five years ago. Who knows but that an over-ruling Providence has purposely placed these things in my way, to keep me from perditlon or death? But I will not think of that, What do they want of a boy, I should like to know, thatI couldn’t do just as well? Answer the devil’s call for ‘copy,’ run errands from morning till night? Ay, and read manuscript to the lazy, yawning editor, i. e, decypher such unintelligible hiero- glyphics as puzzle him, and would make a monkey laugh. Does a printer’s boy do that? I believe I could do all that, though, with the privilege of getting a maledictiou once in an hour or two, bet- ter than stitching to the tune of Hood’s “Song of the Shirt ;” and Arthur used to say I had a peculiar knack at guessing out the meaning of cabalistic characters and making sense out of nonsense, which I got no doubt, by copying law papers for Uncle Hamilton. How much and how often I have tried in vain to getvem- ployment suited to my sex and condition, during the past few weeks, Heaven only knows, and I cannot believe I shall for- feit its favor by playing the fictitious role of a boy. I will, I must try it, whether I succeed or not ; and upon the whole, I think I should like that freedom and independence that are supposed to belong of right to the pantaloons,” said she, smiling. Having come to this conclusion, the young lady proceeded to invest herself so- berly in the strange garments; but she could not help smiling when she took a survey of herself in a bit of cracked mir- ror, and saw how nearly she resembled her brother, when a bright active boy of sixteen— all but the hair. It was dread- fully against the grain to clip those dark shining curls, ; but she did it—for neces- sity is a stern master—it was a struggle of life and death with her, and she must hesitate of no means that would insure success. After surveying herself to see that all was right, and marching up and down awhile to get used to the feeling of the strange garments, and get her cour- age up to the sticking point, she set out upon her mission. The editor of an exceedingly popular weekly as'well as daily journal was sit- ting iu his office pen in hand, poring over a pile of manuscript, and trying to gather his ideas into a focus, for a spicy leader, during the pauses of a nervous headache, when our boy, with a trem- bling heart, was ushered into his pres- ence. “Boy, sir i” echoed the obsequi- ous servitor, senteutiously. ‘ The editor looked up scowlingly, for he had just caught an idea, and did not like to be disturbed. “You advertised for a boy, sir,” said she, tremblingly. “Yes, you are the fourth who has ap- plied for the place to day.” And with a keen, searching glance from a pair of sharp gray eyes, she was told to sit down and wait. ' “The boy’s courage fell out yet a good many degrees lower at this, and if her case had been onewhit less desperate, she would have made a hasty retrea‘t. As it was, she drapped into a seat, with pale cheek and downcast eyes, and it was some time before she ventured again to raise them. He paid no heed to her, however, 'but continued to write rapidly for half tan hour'or more before he deigued to bestow upon her the least notice. But this was a benefit to her, as it gave her time to collect her thoughts, and examirie his physioguomy and surroundings. At last he turned upon her suddenly, and laid : “You want a place, do you ?” “Yes, sir.” ' “What are your qualifications ?” “Such as I thought would suit you, sir. I can read, write, and run.” “Good things ; but let us see about the first,” and he passed her a book of selections. Now Alice Hamlin was one of the finest readers in the world, with a. pleas- ant, sweet-toued voice, an agreeable ex- pression, and a. face that lighted up elo- quently when she read or couversed, and the fascination of her looks and tones was not lost upon our bachelor editor, even though he thought her a boy, “That will do," he said, after several trials ; “but here is where you all fail. If you can read these, you would indeed be a treasure to me just now ;” and he pass- ed over a handful of the kuottiest kind of mauuscrip_ts,which to his evident aston- ishmentshe deciphered at once. The man’s forehead relaxed its frown, and a genial smile broke over his face, as he said : “You will do, if we can cometoterms, What is your name ?” “Alia—Alison Hamlin, sir,” she said, with a bright blush, for, strange to say, she had not before thought of a change of name. “Have you friends in the city, or rec- ommendations 2” “Neither. I came to the city but. a few months ago, to live with an only brother. He was obliged to go South, on account of failing health ; we lost our property soon after, so I am obliged to do as I can.” “We usually require recommendations, and he looked her over searchingly. The bright brown eyes filled with tears and fell for an instant before his steady gaze, and the cheek crimsoned ; but they were raised again with au'assursnce born of the necessities of the hour, as she said : ‘-‘I could judge of a man’s talents, capability, or honesty, better by his countenance than his recommendations The latter might be forged, the former never.” “Perhaps you are right,” said the edi- tor, laughing. “You are a queer boy, and I suppose you have been sitting here all this time, spaniel-like, reading my ugly countenance.” “Yes, sir.” "Well, what did you make of it ?” The dimples came into the corners of her mouth, as she said : “You looked sick, and harassed, and stem enough ; but I would trust to your generosity, or kindness of heart. “Well, you shall not trust in vain, boy. I like you so well that I will dispense with the recommendations, and shall try and give you reason to belive you were right.” After the terms ' were concluded upon, Alice went home with a lighter heart, and the next day she entered upon her new duties and a new phase of life. She found that the continued illness of the junior editor was the cause of the “boy’s being wanted, and that Mr. Morely, the senior, who was a gentleman of thirty- five, or so with superior ability, but in- firm health, was indeed overworked, and harassed enough by his, double duty, and very much in need of an assistant. Piles of unanswered letters, and unexamined manuscripts had accumulated, and every thing about the office was in the utmost confusion ; for the senior had not been in the habit of ‘ attending to such matters as taking care of the odds and ends, and doing the ofiicc drudgery generally ; but devoted his time to writing and obtaining general information. He had expected only temporary and partial relief from a boy. but somehow, with her woman’s tact and ingenuity, joined to untiriug pa- tience and perseverance, things about the office in a very few days began to assume quite a different aspect, and the editoi‘ looked with astonishment upon the im- mense amount of business performed in one day by that “strange boy.” Heaps of letters were answered, interminable manuscripts waded through, large quan- tities of papers filed, and put in their proper places, and everything reduced to better system than had ever been known in the office before ; and all without the least noise or confusion, or bother to the gentleman, who, though custautly occu- pied, was yet made dimly conscious of what was going on, by an occasional low toned inquiry, as well as by the gradual accession of comfort and freedom from cares that had so unexpectedly come to him. He seldom spoke to her at first, except upon the business of the office; but after awhile, upon rare occasions, he would converse with her quite genially, each time with a growing wonder and ad- miration of ihc boy,s abilities, and stock of general information. Where did you get such a tact for office-work? Why, you are as handy us a woman,” he said to her one day. 0 Alice had now got used to his abrupt ways, and the feeling of her strange gar- ments ; but this feminine allusion brought the blushes to her cheek, and for the mo- ment disconcerted her. “I used to sort and file law papers for my guardian at home, and later, since I came to the city, I have written a great deal for my brother, who is an author.” “What was his name ?” “Arthur Hamlin, sir.” “Ah, I remember him ; you resem- ble, him too, light literature, wasn’t it ? Very light, Blake said; but Blake was sick and cross then, and perhaps too fas- tidious. papers yonder, and see if you can find any of his productions.” Alice readily found them for they were in her own hand writing, and she had before, and sighed over the broken hopes ed her with unusual interest and conde- scensiou to read them, she was careful to do her best. He interrupted herlseveral times with expressions of admiration, and at the end exclaimed; “ Why, what was Blake thinking of ? It is really excellent.” Alice’s eyes glisteued with tears, as she said, “I knew that you were kind and generous—” “There’s no generosity about it, I look at these things in a purely business point of view. The story is admirable and shall be published and paid for; and if you have any more as good at home,_ why bring them along.” No thanks; but did your brother write much?" “Yes but; he was unknown, and his writings were not very highly apprecia- ted. l have a number of his articles at home that I think better than half that .l Lyould think gets into the papers; but you, perhaps, Look in that drawer of waste . happened to come upon them a few days . they involved, and when Mr. Morley ask- . i “I have considerable respect for your judgement Allison, and we will see what they are like.” The papers were brought, highly ap- proved aud paid for; a kindness that touched Alice the more deeply in that she had heard from her brother who was slowly improving and she was try- ing to send him a remittance. From that time a more confidential intercourse grew up between the two, though neither could have told why. Alice found no happier place than the grim office and its associates; and our editor felt lost, and a strong sense of loss, whenever the boy was away, until he returned again. And when more at leisure than usual, he would sometimes sit for an hour tipped back in his chair, with his feet upon another, and eyes half shut, listening entranced to the clear bell-like tones of her voice, and watching the play expression upon her exquisite features, as she read some grand old poem or romance, or even dry politi- cal speech or disquisitiou. And often after office hours he would ask her home with him to his hotel, to dinner or tea, and spend an hour or two in quiet con- versation. ' Alice was fully aware of what miscon- structions would be put upon their inter- views, vere it known that she was a wo- man; but she trusted to her disguise, and was only too happy to enjoy them. It seemed strange to her, though, and him- self, evcn that he should form such a friendship for a. mere boy, a. lad of half his years, and a few educational ad- vantages, but so it was. It was early" autumn when she entered the office, the winter was over and gone and one morning in early spring the edi- tor came in, and as usual found a good fire, the Office swept and dusted, and his boy at the desk, busily engaged in wri- ting. “Good morning, Allison,” said he pleas antly. "I have been over to see Blake. He' is decidedly better at last, and thinks he shall be able to go to work again in a few days.” “And then you will want me no long- er,” gasped Alice. And she turned very pale, and grasped at the'desk to prevent herself from falling. Mr Morley saw the look, and the act and stepped quickly forward. “Do you really like your place and employment so much?’, he questioned. * “Ay, and my employer more than ei- ther," she uttered, impulsively, and blush- ing at the words as soon as they were spoken. ‘ “Do not be alarmed then, for there are so few in the world that do that, that I cannot afi'ord to lose one. Blake has received the offer of a better berth than less give,him, and will not come back to the office. To tell the truth boy you are worth quite as much as he ever was with the exception of writing an editori- al occasionally.” “How do you know but that I could d3 that?” “I think not; few possess or acquire the gift.” “What will you have—the one you spoke of upon the condition of the times generally, or something else?” And with ablush, and smile, she passed him the pa- per upon which she was engaged at his eu- trance with ink as yet scarcely dry upon the last page. “Bravo!” exclaimed Mr. Morley, laugh- ing as he ran his eye over the page. “I couldn’t have done it better myself. Did you really do this, boy?” “ Certainly, sir. They used tosay I had some knack at compoaition at school, and (I’ve been trying my hand at it a little late- 1y.” “Why didn’t I know you had such a talent before?” “I hardly knew it myself.” “But what are you trying to do with it I?” “Just practising a little to get my hand in,” said Alice, blushingly. , “I see it all,” said the editor, with a searching glance. “You have looked weary and worn, of late. You are sit- ting up nights, after a hard day’s ,work, ' striving to realize some ambitious dream of authorship. You must not do so. You! your health, as your brother has done.” “But in case of a. necessity, sir—J’ “What necessity, I would like to know ? . Do I not pay you enough for your sup- port 7?” "Yes, and much more—more than 1 dared hope for.” - “But you wear the same old clothes— you live in obscure lodgings—you go to ,no place of amusement—tell me, won’t you, for what you are denying yourself ’all the pleasures Of youth ?” “I hate to plague you with my troubles, Mr. Morley.” ' “Its no plague. I like to have those about me give me their confidence.” “Well sir, you know that my brother is sick, needing many comforts in a for- eign land, where gold melts away like dew before the sun.” “AI. 1°“ told me :as much before.” “Well, be though t he took money out with him to last mutil his return; but it was gone before he hardly realized the fact, and twice he has written for, more -—-the last time saying .he wanted quite a large sum to bring him home in the ear- ly summer, supposing sll‘ thii time that are to young. You will soon sacrifice t friend to make him quite independent of surrounding circumstances. But , that friend has failed. We have lost all our depeudouce; but I dared not tell him so yet, through fear that the shock might kill him. So what was I to do but cou- trivc some way to supply the deficiency?, You should have come to me.” I had no claim upon you, sir. You had paid me ail and more than I earned and there was no one else upon whom I could rely.” “But what did you do?” “I wroga.” “What,‘pro.y?” “Can you tell me who is the author of “Golden Dreams?” ”What, that long serial we begun to day?” "The same sir." “You are not the author of that splen- did story—the lady whom ill health pre- vented from calling to make the arrage- ment '3” , “I believe so.” And Alice laughed and blushed as she took the correspond- ence from her pocket and presented it to him. “ I will confess myself nonplussed and imposed on. For you recollect I told you that I could see the feminine charac- teristics sticking out all over it. But tell me why you deceived me so? Could’nt you have come to me in your own char acter just as well ?” ” I feared you would despise the ar- ticle coming from a mere boy ; and be- sides, a little mystery is sometimes a ben- efit to an author, is it not '3” “Perhaps. But how you must have enjoyed the freedom of my comments. Authors dont Often have so fine an oppor- tunity to hear themselves cut up,” said be laughing. “ You are very kind, and I thank you,” said Alice, tearfully ; “ and in accepting what has caused me so much care and anxiety, yor. have relieved my mind from a great burtheu.” Mr. Morley chided her for risking her health and life in the night watches that the article must have cost her, yet he could not help admiring the self-sacrific3 ing devotion that led to it. “ The world attribute all the noble- ness, generosity, and self-devotion in the universe to weak, vain, frivolous woman ; but give me a man or boy for the display of such sentiments,” he thought, and in consideration of this he gave her an ex- tra fifty dollars for the story, for which Alice was sufficiently gatef'ul. The mail that carried Arthur his re- mittance, in due time brought Alice his reply, and she was rejoicing in heart at the near prospect of his return, with re- newed health and brighter hopes, when a circumstance happened that changed the aspect Of everything materially. In tak- ing out her handkerchief one day, as she was about to leave the office on some or- rand, Arthur’s last letter came out with- out her observing it. Mr. Morley was absorbed at the time, and did not notice it ; but rising.r for something not long af- rer, he observed and picked it up, to see what it was. “ Some office paper, I suppose—Ay, ' an open letter. ‘Miss Alice Hamlin, No. 510 Cherry street,’ W. I. postmark. Alice Hamlin, who can than be? Patron or correspondent ? What does it all mean ?” And eagerly Opened the myste- rious epistle, our editor reads as follows : HAVANA, Cuba, May 25, 1859. “ DEAR SISTER ALICE :—You can’t imagine how glad I was to hear from you, and receive that welcome remittance, for .my money was all gone ; I was be- set with duns on every side, and expect- ed every moment to be turned out of doors by the landlady. I had sought in vain for employment, retrenched every expense, and sold my watch and most valuable effects to satisfy my grasping creditors, and but for this timely relief, must have shipped as a foremost hand, and run away to avoid paying a few small debts. I feared you were ill, that my letter had miscarried, or that there was some trouble with Harding about getting the money ; but I did not blame you, dearest sister, for I knew you would do all you could for me, at the earliest possible moment. My health is very much improved, and now that I have the means, shall come home at once, and you may expect me by the next steamer. Yours, now and ever, ARTHUR HAMLIN. There could be but one solution to all this; and we won’t say our bachelor ed- itor’s heart didn’t give a bound as the truth flashed over him, or that he was very angry at the thought that the boy helmd befriended so much, who had been his constant and almost only companion for months, who had grown into his af- fection, and won his admiration as boy never had" done before, was a girl after all ! What a goose he had been not to have known it all the time. He remem' bored now that she had revealed herself in a dozen different ways, had he but thought of it, and he wandered now that he had been blind so long. He had half a. mind to Wait and amuse himself by seeing when and how she would reveal therself ; but he was too eager for the de- menemeut to do this, and besides, he judged rightly in supposing that she would drop the character and disappear without explanation, when her brother returned, for such had been her intention. Peeple who called that afternoon thought our editor wonderfully absentmiuded :1 but his wandering wits came back from their wool-gathering when Alice returned I /. work was done, and they were about to quit the office, he turned to her suddenly, and said : “Have you lost anything lately, Ali- son ?” “Not that I know of.” And Alice put her hand in her pocket, but without re- vealing her loss. ‘ “Does this belong to you?” Andh regarded her with a. keen, searching glance, as he gave her the letter. She took. it carelessly, but the instant she glanced at the superscriptiou, and then up to his face, she knew that he had discovered the truth, and crimsouingto the roots of her hair, and overcome by an impulse of shame, she turned without a word, and was leaving the office, when I firm hand was laid upon her arm. “Do not go, Alice, or grieve that the truth is revealed to me’” said Mr. Mor- ley, earnestly. “I know your motivesJ and what were your necessities too well to blame you very severely. Bilt you must have knowu that it was a dangerous ex- periment.” “My choice was between that, starva- tion and the streets,” sobbed Alice, shud- dering at the remembrance ; and now you can disgrace and turn me out agaiu,'if you wish ;” and she sank into a seat and bar- icd her face in her hands. “Alice, have I ever given you reason to wrong me thus?” said Mr. Morley, in a deeply agitated voice, "No, no ; you have been all that is no- ble, kind, and generous, and for my sake, as well as your own, you will keep my sc- eret, and' shield my name from obloquyfi "Your trust in me shall not be in vain, Alice.” “But I must leave you. You in ill not have a woman in your office, knowingly.” “Yet I cannot spare you, Alice. You have done me a world of good, and al- most saved my life by coming here, and now I cannot begin to do without you.” “But you must, for Arthur is coming home, and I would not have him know—” She had hushed her sobs, but the expres- . sion of his face, as she looked up, made her hesitate. “Alice,” he said, in a tone that was el- oquent with emotion, “if I know myself, the world would be a blank to me if you should leave me forever. 0, stay with me always, and become my. wife.” “But you hate women. You despise the whole sex.” “I hate their vanity and folly ; you have none of it, and if you could but re- turn a tithe of the deep love Ibesr you, I could worship the whole of them for your sake. You know me well, and that I our many years your senior, and know- ing this, can you love me well enough to be my wife ?” Alice looked up into the strong manly face that bent over her, to read its an- ious solicitude for her favor : but still she doubted- “You know my poverty and depen- dance,,’ she said, “and it is pity alone that you feel for me.” “No, by my hopes. of heaven 1 For years a lonely hearted man, I felt the magnetism of your presence, though I knew not all the causes, from the moment yOu first entered the ofice. But I see how it is. You cannot return my afi'ec- tiou, and say in your heart that the bright spring and the dreary autumn were never designed for the same place in the seasons. My age and plain person,” said he, sorrowfully, “are—” “NO objections with me,”said Alice, impulsively. “Did you think I could not see the noble soul through its plain out. ward setting? Or that all your kindness and generosity were lost upon me? No, Mr. Morley, I have seen and felt it all, as an impulsive woman must, and for months I have been conscious of sucha deep and absorbing love for you as Ihad neverfelt for another.” “Thank God for the precious gift, my darling,” he said, as the blushing face was bid for a brief moment upon the ho- som to which she was pressed so tenderly “Life will bloom anew for me, if this is true, dear Alice.” “But you know my poverty, my inferi- ority of intellect when compared with your own,” she murmured. "Not a werd of that. I value you above the wealth of , the ladies and in intel- lect few men can compare with you] Need we say that Arthur Hamlin, up- on his return fo the North, took the “boy’s place in the ofiice as a. junior part- ner in the firm, or that Alice was joined in another and dearer partnership with the chief or senior partner of the estab- lishment'? ___—..‘....__ TIIE WOOLEN MANUFACTURE-The im- mense demand for woolen goods is not only driving old mills night and day, but is causing the construction of many new woolen mills. A new mill has recently been built in North Berwick, on the site of the old mill burned a year ago. It will go into immediate operation. The increased price of wool is stimulating the farmers to keep larger flocks of sheep. Sheep raising is very profitable business at present rates of wool. Lewislan (Mk) Journal. W —-The “tramps” that infest the State are at work in New Haven with some success. 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