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POST OFFICE nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. n.
D. PRITCHAR D, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
I MAIN STREET,
" SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
"AHMABE. ABLBMNT STORE:
. ..-,-1\I; an is t’ r "e e t.
OppositeIfH, Campell’s Confectionery,
" mama a. rnowrrr,
Wholesale'and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
illgS.jW.iIid0w Shades, doc.
- - “Assume a. BAMO'CR,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
DE ‘N '1- I s '.l'.'.
.xTeeth extracted without pain by the use
offiN-i'trOus'Oxide or Laughing Gas.
O‘Iibe at Residence, East Avenue, N orwalk,
' Connecticut.
Architecture.
SIDNEY 'M. STONE,
ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintend the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52
«. GEOE BELDEN, Nomauguqtmnman-
ufacturer of Tin, Cop ’er,‘ and Sheet'
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
EumaCes, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally...
c“: s. nocnwoon, -
Ishionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
WPORIUM .,
Jw’Mainfstt Norwalk, Conn.
s. E. onms‘irnan a. co.,
__Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, flour, Feed, 5&0,
14 and 116 _ Main-st, N orwalk, Conn.
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
‘ - Of Bartford.‘
Incorporated in 1819,'Charter Perpetual.
Cash,Capital $1,500,000
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 - 5,." ' For Norwalk and vicinity.
_ DEN-ran cum.
A Nimpression having gone abroad that
- - =:me undersigned has relinquished his
. i the p'ubldi‘ that he still continues‘the practice
6
;of his profession at his 01] stand, foot of
~ ,Main-stg Norwalk, where he will be happy
willing to serve
'to tender them his best services. In case of
temporary absence,a skillful assistant will be
found in attendaupfg at the Oflic‘e’, ready and
a that may call.
A. HILL, D. D. S.
to. JACKSON a. 330.
No, 1 Gazette Building.
‘ , _ O D respectfully announce to the
. , public and their old customers, that
, \thcy“ have recently made extensive additions
. Watches, which is larger than ever before.—
a,
. eater.
. , . lateu Wares was never better than at pres-
to their; stock of goods. We are now prepar-
,_eil to odor-an assortment not to be surpassed
in hairfield County, in qualityor price. We
would call particular attention-to Our stock of
We‘have a fine lot of Ladies’ Swiss Watches,
. in old cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$1 , whi lr we can recommend as being cor-
rect time. eepers. Also, Gentlenien’s Watch-
fg’és, in Silver and gold cases, at any price from
to $.00. We buy of the best importers in
‘fiw York, and altogether for cash, 0 that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
Our stock of Jewelry,'Silver and
out. and comprises all or the latest styles that
.319 manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO.
- FOR SALE. '
.THE Real Estate formerly owned by
' WILLIAM SEYMOUELdeceased, situated
10 thistuvjn. on White Oak Shade Street,
about4 miles from N01‘“’fflk or Darien, to
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: ’2 ’Wit :é—one
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""I-arge new Dwelling House,
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rrs 0 land attached—and 4 acres,
with out-buildings and 12 or 14 acres of very
w‘superior Baml,_ well "adapted to Gardefibg
, piirp .- Also .a Small House wi' ‘jtwo
7 a fitted in or nea;:_Hanford’§ Swamimso
(1:1 70‘]:
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83"“ , e’pi‘operty will be sold all together ’01.
9...“. my. W .
. ,vln separate parcels as 'may suit PlTlIChase'rs,
Jfr'and on.accoflmniOdatingjtel-ms; th thirds of
"fiflwev'pqrdiase moneyCau remain secured on
“Z ., ‘ . ‘ 5;," ‘r ' I " '
”New Cunaan,-Feb 10th, 1863.
”Allow Burner for Kerosene
fwd-TO use'withom a chimney, and will fit any
,~,..Flmd Lamp ;.u makes a good substitute
65‘
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l .um,m¢§-‘tb1-'atennmf‘years if des'r d.
i‘gr f-‘urthé’r particulars apply 10 l c i
. S Y ST.JOHN.
49; Eluid. Price of burner only 20 cents. :
C. 53 E. K. LOCKWOOD 6; CO.
on, this is to inform his friends andJ
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NORWAIIK HOTEL.
NORWALK, CONN.
;. E. S. Brewster, Proprietor.
’PHIS House, having been renovated and
improved, is now open for the reception
of permanent or transient boarders, and will
be kept as afirst class Halal. This Hotel is
very pleasantly situated in one of the most
beautiful towns on Long Island Sound, and
is especially attractive for Summer Board-
ers.
The Proprietor would assure the public,
that it will be his constant endeavor to
keep his house in such a style, as will ensure
satisfaction to all.
NEW FURNISHING STORE,
NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST.
East Side of the Bridge.
HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortment of
Household I'urniture
in this county, consisting of- Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, Tete-a-Tetes, Card
Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center
Tables, Wash Stands,
EXTENSION TA BLEs,
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 alarge assortment of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
‘ furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-
thing necessary for 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 charge.
ELBERT RAYMOND.
Norwalk, Sept. 1st, 1863. 44
NORWAIIK
Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I I. I. .
HE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning; Scroll and other Sawing ; manufacture
of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., &c., in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail promptly at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITCH.
Wheeler a. Wilson’s
c o n N n '1- 3 A N n ,
Bridgeport, Conn. .-
ARE prepared to furnish first-class MUSIC
for Military, Firemen’s and Civic Pa-
rades, Concerts, Promenades, Pic Nics, &c.
Orders addressed to F. J. THOMAS, Leader
or J. E. MORRIS, Scc’y, will meet with
prompt attention. 22
N. B.—A(ldrcss Letters, care Wheeler &
Wilson M. F. G. Co.,East Bridgeport, Ct.
n. QUIN'I'ARD at soars,
CABINET MAKERS, do,
A RE now prepared to offer to the public
the largest and best assortment Of
Good Furniture,
comprising every articlerusually kept in :1
Furniture Store, evcr offered in Norwalk,
which willbe sold ,
AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES.
k‘Our customers and the public generally who
want anything we keep, will find it to, their
interest 10 give us a call. “Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 different kinds, very cheap. Hair
Mattresses, made to order, and old ones made
over as good as-new.
UNDERTAKING,
We keep on hand a. very large assortment of
00172703 of every description, furnish shrouds,.,
scarfs, carriages, and everything necessary
for the interment of the dead, and at very
low prices; We are just completing another
splendid Hearse, which will give us two
Hearses equal to any in the State, Which we
shall use whenever our services are required,
without extra change. "
E. QUINTARD & SONS.
Norwalk, March 15th 1862. ‘
Hammer’s Champagne Ale.
THE attention of the public is solicited to
the superior quality of
HAMMERE
Fresh Brewed Champagne Ale.
This Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the
year, and its keeping qzmlz'ly, especially of
that brewed during the most excessive hot
weather, is guaranteed for any length of time.
For sale in Barrels .aud half-Barrels, at
Selleck’s Packet Ofiice, Norwalk.
JEHIEL GRUMMAN,
Agent for the sale of Hammer’s Champagne
Ale, Wilton, Conn. ' 2
Notice.
HE Subscriber has the pleasure Ofinform-
ing the public that he has purchased the
interest of Ebenezer Crissey in the Boot and
Shoe Business lately car'ried on at the Store
corner of Wall and Water Street, where he
will continue the business. He trusts that
while under his control as partner and inan-
ager, will be continued to him as proprietor.
9 J. N. LOCKWOOD.
Cash System adopted Iter‘
Photographs & Gartes de Visits
AT WHITNEY & BECKWI’I‘H’S.
IN consequence of the great rise in chem-
icals, metals, and paper, used in our busi-
ness, that can only be bought for cash, we
had either to increase our prices, or adopt
the Cash system. IVe choose the latter, as it
will alike benefit the customer and suit us.
Hereafter, when a proof is accepted, the
order for prints must be accompanied With
the CASH.
WHITNEY & BECK WITII.
Norwalk, Conn, June 15.
WM. T. BARNUM,
'0'. S. War Claim Agent,
Will promptly collect Bounty Money,
Back Pay, Pensions for Disabled, Dis-
charged Soldiers, Widows and Children,
Mothers and" Sisters, and all other Claims
against Government. Office opposite Con-
cert Hall. All business letters promptly
1y36
' ,answered.
Danbury, Conn.
Empire Shuttle Machine.
THE SUBSCRIBER having taken the
_ Agency for the towns of Norwalk,
New Canaan, Wilton, Westport and Ridge-
field, for the sale of them well-knowa fami-
ly Sewing Machines, would respectfully in-
vite all persons in want of a good Machine,
which will be warranted, to call at his resi-
dence in Silver Mine District, Norwalk, and
examine the Machine and its Work, before
purchasing eisewhcte. It has only to be
seen in motion to be appreciated. Call, ex-
amine and try for yourselves.
. THOMAS M. RAYMOND,4
2m 9
Norwalk,Dcc. 5th, 1863.
Children’s Carriages,
PRICE ranging from $1.50 upward, at
. C. & E. K. LOCKWOOD & CO.
EVERYBODY 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.
the liberal patronage given to this Store :
. Norwalk
anlTlliliNll EflMl’lNY, -
ORWALK CONN, ‘
Chartered Capital, $500,000
Paid up Capital,
WM. C. STREET, President.
_ EBEN. HILL, Treasurer.
Nor-walk, Jan lst. 1864
INSURANCE.
THE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England lire and Marine Ia-
summ-e Co. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
1y
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. 1st, 1861. tf5
INSURANCE
May be had in the
LORILLARD. CONTINENTAL,
MARKET and MANHATT AN
Fire Insurance Companies of New York
.City—these companies together have acash
capital of nearly Four Million Dollaos. In-
sure Real Estate and personal property at
lowest possible rates, and pay their losses
promptly—this business will be personally
attended to by their Agent,
.3 CHAS. G. DEAN.
Insurance can be obtained at this agency
for any sum from One Hundred Dollars to
One Hundred Thousand Dollars. All appli-
cations will receive prompt and personal at-
tention. -
Norwalk, Jan, 1864. 1
N orwalk
CLASSICAL INSTITUTE. -
REV. R. BAYARD SNOWDEN,A. M.,
Instructor.
HIS DAY SCHOOL, located next
door to the Bank of Norwalk, has
been putupon a firm basis by the confidence
and support of the public. Instruction is
imparted in the Latin and Greek Classics,
French, Mathematics, and English Studies.
An important feature is the teaching of the
Spencerian System of Penmanship under
the careful supervision of an experienced
Chirographist. Lectures will be occasionally
given on History, English Literature, and
kindred subjects. Terms $11.00 and $8.00
per quarter of eleven weeks. Students may
enter at any time and be charged from time
of admission. ' tfl
New Meat Market.
HE Sub‘scriberwould respectfully inform
fhepublic that he has bought out the
MARKET lately kcgt by Mr. James Byxbee
in SKIDD Y’SBBQ K Main Street, and in-
tends ke‘epinggonstantly on: hand the choi-
cast of Beef, Pork, Mutton, Poultry, &c., &c.
Having had long experience in the business
he is confident of his ability to please. A
share of the public patronage is respectfully
solicited. ULIUS F. PARTRICK.
Norwalk; Sept. 21st,’1863. 38
IMPORTED CUTLERY.
1‘HE Subscriber, while in England, recent-
ly, made arrangements with the Shef-
ficd Manufacturers for the sale of Thomas
Harrison’s celebrated Cutlery, and has now
on exhibition and sale at his Store opposite
the. Post Office, a large, and one of the most
complete as$ortmepts of Sheffield Cutlery
ever offered in this Country,. including Car-
ving Knives and Forks; .Bread Knives;
Butter Knives; Table Knives and Forks;
Pocket Knives of every description, inclu-
ding many curious styles; Scissors, &c., &c.
Call and examine the assortment.
tf46] , JOSEPH SHEPHERD.
Business Change ! ‘
WATERBURY d: DUNCAN,
OULD announce to the public that
they have purchased the Carriage Ma-
king Business formerly conducted by Mr.
Edson Beers, and connected it with their
Blacksmith Shop, making one complete es-
tablishment. They are now prepared to exe-
cute in the best manner, and with greater
dispatch than ever before, anything in the
line of
Carriage Making and Blacksmith-
ln -
Carriages made to order, and Painting,
Trimming, Repairing, &c., done by experi-
enced workmen, with dispatch. _
O WGood Carriage timber taken In ex-
change for work.
N orwalk, Nov. 23d, ’63. ti4’l‘
NI! W
Grocery Store !
East side Of Main Street.
The subscriber having moved from his
old stand at Winnipauk, and taken the Store
formerly occupied by C. S. Lockwood, in
Main Street, has replenished the same with a
New 6:. Fresh Assortment of
GROCERIES,
which he will sell on as reasonable terms‘as
can be obtained elsewhere.
A share of the public patronage is respect-
fully solicited.
J. C. RANDLE.
Norwalk, April 10, 1863' 1y15
'REMOVAI.
fl .
Nthe lst of January 1864, the subscri-
' ' her will remove his Blacksmithing es-
tablishment from the Old stand near the
foot of Mill Hill to the new Brick Building
of the _
NOR WALK HORSE RAIL WAY 00.
Thankful for past favors, he confidently ex-
wauts of the community, a. continuance of
the public patronage. -- ,
JAMES D. SHEA.
Norwalk, Dec. 218i. 1863. tf51
$100,000 .
GEO. R. COWLEs, Secretary. . .
by' fire, on as accommodating terms as any,
peels, by prompt personal attention to the
From “ Young America.”
BY FITZ GREENE HALLECK.
These spirited lines are from a poem of
three hundred lines, just published in the
New York Ledger:
Hark ! a bugle’s echo comes,
Hark! a fife is singing,
Hark! the roll of far-off drums
Through the air is ringing !
Nearer the bligle’s echo comes,
Nearer the fife is singing,
Near and more near the roll of drums
Through the air is ringing.
War! it is thy music proud,
Wakening the brave-hearted,
Memories—hopes—a glorious crowd,
At its call have started.
I Memories of our sires of old,
Who, oppression-driyen, 0
High their rainbow flag‘unrolled
To the sun and sky of heaven.
Memories of the true and brave,
Who at Honor’s bidding,
Stept, their country’s life to save,
To war as to their wedding.
Memories of many a battle plain,
Where, their life-blood flowing,
Made green the grass, and gold the grain,
Abovetheir grave-mounds growing.
Hopes—that the children of their prayers,
,With them in valor vieing,
May do as noble deeds as theirs,
In living and in dying;
And make, for children yet to come,
The land of their bequeathing,
The imperial and the peerless home
0! happiest beings breathing.
' For this the warrior-path we tread,
The battle-path of duty,
And change, for field and forest bed, .
Our bowers of love and beauty.
Music! bid thy minstrels play
No tunes of grief or sorrow.
Let them cheer the living brave to-day—
They may wail the dead to-morrow.
.Aoy..__
The End of the Play.
BY W. M. THACKERAY.
The play is done; the curtain drops
Slow falling to the prompter’s hell;
A moment yet the actor stops,
And looks around, to say farewell;
It is an irksome work and task ;
And, when he’s laughed and said his say,
He shows, as he removes his mask,
A face that’s anything but gay.
Who knows the inscrutable design?
Blessed be he who took and gave!
Why should your mother, Charles, not mine,
Be weeping at her darling’s grave 2...
We bow to Heaven, that willed it so,
That darkly rules the fate of all,
That sends the respite Or the blow,
That’s free to give or recall.
So such shall mourn, in life’s advance,
Dear hopes, dear friends, untimely killed;
Shall grieve for many a forfeit chance,
And longing passion unfulfilled.
(Amen l whatever fate be sent,
Pray God the heart may kindly glow,
Although the head with cares be bent,
And whitened with the winter snow.
Come wealth or want, cOme good or ill,
Let young and old accept their part,
And bow before the Awful Will,
And bear it with an honest heart.
Who misses, or who wins the prize?
Go, lose or conquer as you can :
But if you fail or if you rise,
Be each, pi' God, a gentleman.
_ . A . -....__..
From the New York Sunday Mercury.
Wanted, a Wife.
BY JOHN BLACKERIDG E.
I am the original advertiser for a wife.
All others are imposters. I have pesi-
tively no connection with any other estab-
lishment. I am the genteel widower,
aged twenty-eight, possessed of a fine
head of black hair, and of large property
safely invested ; of high social standing,
but destitute of female acquaintances;
familiar with the usages of the best soci-
ety, who takes this method of finding a
congenial partner for life, who must be
witty, graceful, handsome, genteel, young,
well dressed, elegant, social, domestic,
versed in private theatricals, not over
twenty-two years of age, and of good
moral character.
I am also that low of an officer who
has just retired from the army, owing to
the jealousy of his superiors, who view
with alarm his brilliant successes; who
is twenty-five years of age, domestic, of
the very best social relations, whom a
camp life has deburred from the society
of ladies; handsome, tall, well formed,
with hair black as the raven’s wing;
would make a good husband ; and is pre-
pared to exchange photographs at this
office.
It is hardly necessary here to recapit
ulatc my manifold appearances before the
matrimonially—inclined fair, through the
medium of the public press. Any one
who is curious in these matters may con-I
suit the matrimonial columns of all the
papers,dowu to a period six months ago.
At that period my advertisements and
my wants suddenly .ceased. Fortune
smiled on me ; the widower was no long-
er widowed ; the officer found some one
to act as his obedient private ; the con-
genial partner for life turned up; and
Younger Mann, the undersigned that is,»
-was at last permanently, at least until
death doth us part, taken out of the
market matrimonial. ~
Now, reader, between you and me, in
order to establish a perfect and delight-
ful confidence between us at once, I will
candidly inform you that I am not awid
ower aged twenty—eight, as above de-
scribed, nor am I the ofiicer as just stat-
ed, nor do the several hundred photo-.-
.graphs and caries de uisz'le which 1 have
issued during the last few years to every
part of New York, Brooklyn, Williams-
burgh and High Bridge, depicting me in-
tion, genteel widower, author, tragic
actor, officer, sailor, clergyman, fast man
, about town, and doctor of medicine ;,nor,~
I say, do these photographs and caries de
visite accurately express me. I amsimp-
ly and plainly, Mr, Younger Moon. I
am about twenty-five years old. I am a
clerk in an importing house, where I
. men.
home, resolved to get married, and stop
'the Sake'of fresh air.
every variety'of dress," uniform and pbsi- 1
work hard and get a ridiculously small
salary. I have no particularly high so—‘
cial standing friends in society or else-
where. I have passed my evenings usu—
ally, since I- left off running with No.
Slxty Hose, in. going to balls and'recove
ering from the effects of them. For
instance, if an evening hung heavily on
. my hands, I would brush my hair, put on
a, pair of thin boots, and go over to the
. , Apollo, or the City, or Union Assembly.
. Here, by picking up some lady’s hand-
kerchief, or by picking herself up when
she fell down in a polka, I could general-
ly manage _to get a partner, and dance
myself fairly blind before morning. Then
I would go to my room, wash up, give
my hair another brush, take breakfast,
and\go to the store. _ Here-I would be
complimented for my early rising, and
afi’ectio’nately advised by the porter not
to overdo the thing. By evening I would
begin to feel stale, and after supper I
would usually go to bed, with a certainty
of being able to sleep twelve hours.—
Now, if 'that isn’t a nice way to put
through the time, then I don’t know how
But then, one may get tired of even
such amusement as that. There is such
a thing as having too much partridge.—
This dancing with strange girls all the
time doesn’t satisfy the longing which the
human heart has for a Congenial soul.—
That was what I wanted—a congenial
soul. Some one to love. Some one to
loveme. Delightful idea l .
I Went One night to hear Ralph Waldo
Emerson. He didn't come, but he sent
Phindall Willips in his place. Phindall
Willips was taken sick at the dinner to.-
ble, just before the lecture hour, in con-
sequence of being waited on by a colored
waiter who wasn’t a subscriber to the
Russian baths ; so he sent Mrs. Coortha
Mack in his place. Mrs. Coortha Mack
is an immense female ; I mean intellectu-
ally. She edits the Hemispherentai
Magazine, which is issued in this city at
such times as the credit system is in fash-
ion among the. paper dealers ; and when
she writes leading articles, the English
language is made to undergo uses which
Lord Bacon,:William S., the play wright,
and T. Babington Macauley weren’t up
to. Well, Mrs. Coortha Mack brought
along her lecture on ‘ Dualism ; or, The
Supernai Two-uess,’ in which she says
that monads are out of place in the crys-
talline universe that over-arches, and of
which the eye is the objective subject;
Eand that the quality of the race is the
-, central truth around which the subjective
objects of humanity’s noblest aspirations
and demi’semi-quavers unremittingly ar-
range themselves, glohing, so to speak,
the accutions of intense individuality into
the heterogeneous union 'of a valid Hy-
That set'me thinking, and I went
going to bolls. This was in rather a
warm season of the year, just as mosqui-
tos had begun their ravages ; and on my
attic door—for, to be frank with you,
reader, I lived in an attic in Carmine
street—I had written, with a view to
attract the eye of the girl who took care
of my room : ‘ Please keep the door
shut, so as to keep the mosquitos out.’-—-
Now, it so happened that on the previ—
ous night a. friend had slept with me, and
he had left my door open all night for
In the adjoining
rooms the girl who took care of my room
slept; also, two other girls, boarders,
and some of them had noticed that the
door was left open ; for now in the rays
of‘the room, shining through a. side win-
dow of the attic, I read the following,
written in pencil on my door: ‘I guess
the mosquitos are all gone now, for I
saw you left your door open last 'night.’
Signed, ‘Violet.’ ‘
It then occurred to me to establish a
correspondence on my chamber door with
the fair writer of the above ; but there
was this difficulty, that I didn’t know
which one of the girls it was. There
were three of them. One was pretty;
one so-so ; one not even so-so—in fact,
the less said about her the better. Now
which_one was Violet? I concluded it
must be the pretty one. Pretty girls are
always bolder than so-so girls. They
presume more on their looks, as they
have a good right to do; more, even,
than a handsome young fellow has to
‘travel on his shape.’ So, after some
little deliberation, I concluded to answer
my fair unknown in French, thinking
that, if she should be interested in me,
she would take the trouble to translate
the French. So I wrote under her com-
munication : ‘ Violet, qui etos vous? Il
y a trois jenues femmes dons cette mai—
sou; etes-vous la jolie femme avec des
beaux yeux? J e sale no homme desole.
Avez-vous me daus votre beaux regard?
Repoudez. Priez pour moi. Adieu.’——
Signed, ‘ Tulip’ I then went to bed. .
Next evening I found the following
under my communication :
‘You must write iu'English, Mr; Tu—
lip, for I don’t understand Latin.
' VIOLET."
By this time the chamber door was
pretty well scrawled over, so I concluded
to adopt a different style of writing.—
Thereforfi, I took a sheet of note paper,
and addressed Miss Violet as follows :
‘ MY DEAR MISS VIOLET :——Lumber is
very dear, and doors are more expensive
as a medium of communication of ideas
than sheets of note paper. My letter to
you was French, not Latin ; rather bad
French, to, be sure. It meant: Violet,
who are you? There are three young
ladies in this house. Are you the pretty
one .with'the nice eyes? 'I am a poor
lonesome chap. Have me in your kind
regards. That was all. Now. I should
like to correspond with you, but. you
must tell me who you are ; for I am, at
present, like one playing with" edgetools
in the dark. You understand me ? ,
‘ TULIP.’
This letter I sealed and left on my tit—-
ble, addressed to Violet.
In the evening I found a letter ad-—
. dressed to Tulip.‘
‘Mr DEAR Team—You are very
bold indeed, and you make me feel as if
I had been overbold, too. I really
thought you wrote Latin on the door.—
Was it really French? I don’t read
French. I wish I did. You want to
know who I am. That I can’t tell you
at present. I have the advantage of,
you, haven’t I? I know you,_but you
don’t knowme. Do you really think me
a‘ desirable correspondent? If you do,
you can- keep on writing. I’ll answer
you if you desire it. VIOLET.’
I answered, through the medium," of .
the same post-oflice :
‘ MY DEAR MISS VIOLET :——I may
have been bold, but you are not ; for, if
a gentleman requests you to write to him,
you are not hold in gratifying him. But
you have too much the advantage of me
in this respect : that I don’t know which
of the ladies you are, and it isn’t exactly
fair on a fellow to keep him in such ig-
norance. So I am going to make you a
proposition. Please meet 'me at seven
o’clock on Tuesday evening, at the south-
east corner of Washington Park. I will
certainly be there, and you know my ap-
pearance. You might show the tip of
your handkerchief as you pass by, so that
I could know you. TULIP.’
Reply, found on my’ table on the same
evening :
‘ Mn. TULIP z—Meet you at Washing-
ton Park 1 what an idea i 0, Mr. Tu-
lip! I am astonished at you"! I am
not in the habit of meeting gentlemen at
the corners of parks. Don’t try to find
out who I am. Don’t ask anybody in
the house ; for, if it were known that I
am writing to you, I should be severely
censured for my unladylike behavior.—
Mr. Tulip, your proposition is very sur-
prising, and I can’t respond to it. To
be sure, I have to pay a visit to an aunt
in McDougaI street, on Tuesday evening,
and possibly I may pass by the south—
east corner of the park about half past
seven, if the weather is fine ; if not, the
first fair evening. But the idea of meet-
ing a gentleman at the corner of the
park l O, Tulip ! VIOLET.’
‘ P. S.—A_lady’s handkerchief is often
visible in her cloak pocket when she
walks out. V.’
The reader may guess whether or no I
determined to go to the Park on Tues-
day evening. But meantime I had re-
ceived an answer to one of my advertise.
ments, which I ventured to think was a
big thing. It was in reply to one of my
advertisements in which I figured as a
retired capitalist, whose activity in
amassing money had prevented him from
forming female acquaintances, and who
now, feeling sufficiently wealthy to retire,
desired a union with a lady who must be
young, attractive, domestic, and possess
a reasonable amount of property, which,
the advertiser not being of mercenary
views, should be settled on herself, in
event of matrimony. To this I had re—
ceived, among other answers, one which
seemed to exactly hit the point, and an
interview was appointed, per mail, at
No. 90 Thirteenth avenue, that being the
house of a friend of the lady’s, who sign-
ed herself Estella Windham.
At the appointed hour I called at the
house aforesaid, and, on inquiring for
Miss Estella Windham, the girl who an-
swered the bell smiled slightly, and ash-
ered me up stairs, where a young lady
sat. She was of a graceful figure, nicely
dressed, with her head well set upon her
shoulders ; a stylish looking person, and
masked with several folds of black crepe,
which, however, Was open at the mouth,
displaying a pair of fresh cherry lips, and
rows of dazzling teeth. She courteously
motioned me to a chair, and our dialogue
opened.
‘Have I the pleasure of seeing Miss
Estella Windham ?’
‘Yes ; and you are Fitz RoyBullion ?’
‘ Such is my appelation, Madam. But
the happiness of this interview will be
greatly marred if you continue masked .’
- ‘ It suits me best at present to remain
so. At another time, Mr. Bullion, this
crape may be removed. I tell you the
truth, I am a little afraid of you just
now, not being in the habit of answering
matrimonial advertisements. . But there
was such an air of sincerity about your
communication—’
‘Sincerity, Madam ; ah ! Ia'ssure you
it is real. Unfeigned, Miss Windham;
natural, Madam—in fact, the genuine,
imported article.’
‘ I believe you, sir. But Lam afraid,
after all, you may prove—O, what shall
I say? I am so unaccustomed to this
sort of thing. What might be now—-
really, you must excuse me for asking
such impertineut questiéns—the nature
of the securities, Mr. Bullion, on which
you propose to live if we—that. is, I—,,—
Well, you know what I mean.’
‘ Well, I am perfectly willing to come
to the point at once. Will you be equal:
ly frank? You know I desired only a
reasonably wealthy lady to answer. But
first, how do you like my looks? Am I
of a commanding presence, Miss Wind-
ham—a fine figure, eh?’ ‘
‘ Well, on the whole, I should say, no,
not exactly that.’
‘ You disappoint me a little ; for, be-
ing not under five feet six, I had hoped
my presence would prove sufficiently com-
manding. But is not my face finely
moulded? Are not my features classi-
cally regular?’
‘ Now I look at you closely, I should
say, decidedly not. On the contrary,
quite the reverse.’
‘ 0, Miss Windham, you are too se-
vere l’ ‘
‘ Mr. Bullion, I don’t fancy a man for
his looks alone. Those form the smallest
consideration. I admire the solid quali-
ties of the heart and——’
‘ Pocket ?’
‘ Well, yes, pocket, too. Now, am I
not candid?’ _
‘Indeed, you are. Iwill be equally
so. I think your lips very pretty, and I
guess your face is so, also. But there is
anOther point on which I want to he sat-
isfied, equally with yourself; and so we
will both be frank and open. Now, I
am a capitalist, and you are a reasona-
bly wealthy lady. Suppose we compare
notes.’ ’ --
‘I don’t invest in notes,’ said she,
laughing. ,7 .- ' q
‘Well,.let’s show car hands; that’s
what I meant.’ "
With that the lady put out a very
pretty pair. ' '
_ ‘No, no,’ said I, “that isn’t what I
"mean, at all. You’re only poking fun at
me.’
" Ah,’ replied she, ‘you want to com-
pare securities. What a prudent, thrifty
Bullion you are. Well, I’ll tell “younwuat
we’ll do. Draw up that table,'and we’ll
have a game like a game ofcards. You
shall lead out a security, and I will fol
low. The best security takes the'vtrick.
When we are played out, we w111 see
whether it wlll' be prudent to unite the
tricks. If we think it will be prudent,
why then, we’ll—talk about it.’
. dealer ?
‘ Agreed,’ said ,1 laughing. ‘What a
queer girl this is l’ I whispered to myself.
‘She is as good as a comedy, any day;
but I don’t believe she will know how
had my documents are. Hers may be
pretty good .~ Some heiress,I guess, with-
out any papa to look after her; and rath-
or wild; fond of a lark. Well, here goes.’
So I drew up the table, and taking a
bulky envelope out of my pocket, selected
a thousand dollar bond of the Slogan
County Mining Company, of- the fifty
millions issue, unauthorized, confidence
unlimited, coupons attached. This I led
off with.
The lady paused a moment, then cov-
ering it with a fourth mortgage on a
South Brooklyn water-lot,"took the trick.
I hadn’t the face to contest it. But
nothing dauntcd, I lead again with a cer-
tificate of_ ten shares in the Parker Vein
Coal Co. The lady followed with the
same number of shares of the Knicker-
bocker Bank. ‘Take up the trick,’ said
she.
‘ Well, now,’ says I, ‘you lead first,
this time. I oughtn’t to have led, last
time.’ ' ~ -.
‘Agreed,’ she replied, ‘laying dowu a
draft on August Belmont by the Texas
Fillibuster, Parker H. French, for five
thousand dollars, six years old uuaccepted.
I covered this with a nickel cent, and
at once raked down the pile. .
‘ Fairly done,’ said she. ‘ I’ll tell you
what it is there’s no use going on with
this thing. We are both of us humbugs,
especially you. As for me, I found this
trash that I have put on the table in the
hat box of a seedy individual who ran
away from the house where I boarded, -
some two years ago, without paying his
bill; and I think they are enough to make
any lady reasonably wealthy,‘so long as
she has good health, and her parents
are able to support her. But as for you,
why are you a retired capitalist! My
father died only about a year ago; he
was a broker, and I’ve heard him talk
about these things that you have exhibit-
ed. Did you buy them of a waste-paper
I should be real angry with
you, if it wasn’t that, it is just what one
might expect; and, besides there is a. cer-
tain something about you, which—but no,
I won’t go on.’
"Now, please do,’ said I, shoving the
table aside. and drawing my chair close
to hers. ‘Please do.’
‘No, I won’t. You are a gracelcss
young humbug. I don’t believe your
name is Fitz Roy Bullion, at all. There’s
no such name in the Directory.’ ,
‘Well,’ said 'I, “you are right. I am a
graceless young humbug, and my name
isn’t Fitz Roy Bullion. I’ll tell you who
I am, and you can deal with the infor-
mation exactly as you like. - My name is
Yunger Mann; I am a clerk in tin-import.
iug house, where I hope some day to have
an interest; my" salary isn’t large, yet I
have laid up something out of it, and
it is in the bank, not in the shape of any
such securities as these, which one of my
employers handed me the other day to
light my cigars with, if I should feel like
it. I am fond of a joke, and this has
been a joke of the first magnitude, But
it might be something more, perhaps, if
you would only take that confounded
thick crepe away from your face. Crape
or noCrape, I’m tempted to go it blind,
if you’ll only give me your word of honor
that you haven’t had the small pox, or’
anything Of that dreadful nature, so'that
this crape is a necessity.’
‘0 Mr. Yunger Mann, what a silly
little man you would be I’
‘I don’t think I should,’ said I. ‘There
is something in your tones, in your man-
ner, in the ueatuess with which you have
played your part in this queer little com-
edy, which makes me like you. Come I’ll
goit blind, will you have me, on eight
hundred dollars a year, with a prospect
of a rise,aud of an interest in the concern.’
‘But Mr. Yunger Mann, I am not rea-
soiiubly wealthy, I haven‘t over a thou-
sand dollars in the world. Do you, with
only eight hundred dollars a year, really
Want a poor girl for a wife ?’
‘Yus,’ said I, 'if you are to be the girl.’
She paused a moment. ‘But I am not
really Estella Windham.’
Of course not. You sailed under false-
colors, just as I did.’
"Jest so, my real name is—
‘ W'hut ?’ 7
‘I can’t tell you today. You have
made me a most honorable proposition.
I will ask a day’s time to consider. I
shall be willing to give you an answer
to-morrow.’ ‘
‘ Where? Here ‘2’ “L
‘ No. I will meet you tomorrow even-
ing, well, any at the southeast corner of
Washington Park, about half-past seveu.’
‘ B—b—bnt~«’ ,
‘No buts. I can’t see you at any
other time or place, I’ll be there with my
crape off. Then if you like are-3
‘ Well.’ ~
‘ Then I won’t say whether 1 will say
yes or not. Now you will have to excuse
me, to day I really must run home. You
may have these securities! All of them,’
and suiting the action to the word, she
ran off, before I could get my hat to
follow.
\Vhat a scrape I was in. These two
young women would both meet me at the
same corner of the park at the same hour.
Horrors! It wouldn’t answer at all I
must itVel t Violet’s visit.
So I wrote a note to Violet, stating
that I was suddenly culled away into the
country to attend the funeral of a highly
respected aunt and should be back on
Thursday evening when I hope to see her.
Then said to myself, the other girl is all
right, 1 can easily shake 00’ Miss Violet
This notu I left in my room on Tuesday
morning. About noon on the same day,
a. boy brought me the following, at the
store, addressed on the outside: ‘To
Mr. Yuuger Murm.’
‘ Mr Tulip, I am real sorry about your
aunt. hope she was a good woman,
religious and truthful, as no doubt she
was, If I had known you wore bereaved
I would have offered you some crape for
a hatbaud, as I have a little which is of
no use to me. You know I didn’t promise
to meet you at the park; and I don’t'know'
anything abou’l’ Thursday evening.
- . VIOLET.’
‘All right,’ said I, to myself. ‘Now
for the lady in the craps. Grape—hum.
It’s a little odd that Miss Violet has a
lot of crepe—singular coincidence, noth—
ing more, of course not.’
The evening came, it was a fine even—
ing: I took a position at the southeast
grace.
corneaof the park, and watched the even-S
mg sky as it gradually grew ~1e‘ss‘and lent
bright, and the summer stars began toi
twinkle shyly from their serene habitu-
tions through the redundant foliage of,
the. trees that overhung me. While Ii
mused the time flew by, audit was now
a little more than half-past‘seve’n,-when I}
gentle tap on my arm awakened ,- me to
the appearance of a very pretty young,
lady, with apiece of blackcrape in 1101' i
hand; no less that Miss Windham, but;
also my pretty neighbor in the Carmine- '1
street house, who must be no other than
Violet, both one and the same person. i
‘I have brought you some crepe, Fitz 3
Roy Tulip, to wear in‘ memory of your 5
aunt. Isn’t.the funeral over sooner than ~.
you expected ?’ I‘
‘Is it possible?" gasped the unhappy ,
undersigned, ‘ Do I see Miss Violet?’
‘On her way to her aunt’s, with Miss
Estela Windham. She mustn’t stay here
talking with Mr. Sincerity. Such perfect
frauknessas his is too exalted for so low-
ly a personage as Susan Williams.’
With a'merry twinkle in her eyes, she
was passing on, when I seized her hand.
. ‘Please stop, Miss Susan,r said I, look-
ing her earnestly in the face. ‘Haven’t I
told you I am a humbug? Now, I want
to stop being one. As Miss Windham,
I fell in love with you, even without see-
ing your face. As my neighbor in our
house I would have done so, if you had
permitted me to know you well enough.
Now you know me pretty well, foolishness
and all; you know my circumstances; I
love you ; will you accept me for your fu-
ture husband 17’
She took it, and we walked about.“-
der the trees, while the soft summer night
grew darker and darker and our talk
more and more pleasant.
We have been married abOut two
months. We live in a little bit of a house
up town, where Susy and I are as happy
as birds. She is a charming woman, and
I am a most fortunate YUNGER MANN.
«<0».
Brother Camp is gone.
A clergyman said that little incidents
often tell in .what light a man is regard-
ed. He said he was coming across the
ferry from Williamsbnrg the other day,
and a man approached him and said:
‘ I hear that Rev. Mr. Camp is dead.’ ' -
‘Yes,’ I said, ‘ he is dead.’
‘Well,’ said the man, ‘I am very sorry.
Do you remember ever seeing me in the
Tombs ?’
- ‘Yes’ I saw you with Mr. Camp. Let
me tell you about him. He came into
the prison one day, and to the door of
my cell in which I was confined, and said
tome, “How do you do my friend?" at
the same time putting his hand through
the little door to shake hands with me.
I said to him, “I have no friend!” “Yes,”
said he, “I am your friend, and the Lord
Jesus is your Friend.” '
‘I was a poor, miserable, condemned
wretch, and I could not remember when
I had heard any one say that he. was my
friend, and so I could not believe him.—
But I was unjust, for I found he was my
friend; and he was the friend of all the
poor prisoners. I am so sorry that Mr.
Camp is dead. We have all lost a friend.’
‘Now,’ said the speaker, ‘here was a
reapectable-looking man, who had been
an inmate of the city prison, now neatly
clothed, and pursuing an honest calling,
evidently, fOr a livelihood. And- you
.may find hundreds of such men, and all
the poor people in the Sixth Ward, who
feel that they havé lost/a friend, for our
brother was a friend to the poor.
“And what a. loss out of this meeting!
You cannot well estimate the loss. He
was not a man known and honored in
the influential pulpits of this city. His
was not the eloquence of the up-town
pulpits. But nobody who ever heard his
voice in this place of prayer, will ever
forget it—so «aruest, so full of pleading
for sinners, so full of comfort for saints. -
‘ As Dr. Mason said many of the fash—
ionable, and the rich, and the honorable
of the city \vill one day be glad to sit
down in heaven beside Isabella Graham,
so many an up town’minister will be glad
some day to sit down in heaven by the
side of Amzi Camp,’
Fulton 8!. Prayer Meeting.
«QM
.Seuator Bayard, of Delaware, has
resigned, and Hon. George Read Biddle,
a peace man, succeeds him.
. . . {file Philadelphia Inquirer of Tues-
day, says: Yesterday afternoon 1200
rebels, who had taken the oath of alle-
giance to the government of the United
States, arrived in Philadelphia. They
came from the West. The authorities at
the navy yard received 2’15 of these re-
formed secessjonists. They will be at
once sworn into the government service
as sailors and marines.
.A movement is on foot in several
counties in the State of New York to
erect monuments to the memory of the
brave men who have fallen in defense of
our common country since the commence-
ment of the war. It is the intention of
the grateful and patriotic men and wo-
men who take the lead in this laudable
enterprise, to put up in each town a shaft
of marble containing the names of the
gallant men who have died in the service.
. . . The loyal ladies of New York,asham-
ed of the indifference of the men over'the
returning veterans, took hold and gave
the 10th New York regiment a splendid
reception at the republican headquarters
last Friday Week, A dinner was “had;
speeches made by,George Bancroft, Gen-
eral Burnside and others. Mrs Gen
Fremont (Jessie) was‘ one of the most
active in doing honor to the brave'regi-
ment *
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ca, d.Smith Homaus, who was em-
ployed in the Treasury Department, got
a Welch boy appointed to a clerkship
worth.$l,200 a year gave the lad to un-
derstand that his salary was only $600
and so packeted $50 a month for himself.
Secretary Chase heard of the transaction
and properly dismissed Homans in dis-
Good for Chase.
M.
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come along some fortnight earlier than
\was expected, and was born at Frogmore '
instead of Marlboro House. None of the
appointed doctors were in waiting, no
nurse was engaged, and there was great
consternation all round. But the baby
seems to be doing just as well as though
he had waited till things we‘re all fixed.
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