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Eg‘ These terms will be inilcx1bly adhered log I , 3.113103%,DIRECTORY; I mama Post Source. ' West 7.50 A. M.—2.30, and 8 P. M. East 830 A. bib—5.00 P. M. Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M. Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M. I MAILS 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 I OFFICE HOURS. From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M. CHARLES OLMSTEAD, r. M. D. PRITCHARD, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store, MAIN STREET, SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. or. 'E. rownEE inmost, Physician and Surgeon, Residence Levi Clark’s opposite the Congre- gatiOnal Church. Office at the Drug Store of E.Blackman, No.11 Main Street, Nor- Will?- 32 m. :r.’ s.- moonv, Has resumed the practice of Medicine and offers his professional services to tbepubiic. Office at the residence of Mr. Cole, opposite the Methodist Church, South Norwaik. Office hours, 12 M to 2 P. M, and 7 to 8 P. M. tf44 Janus. e. 311313003, srinoresr. AND MECHANICAL DENTIST. leeth extracted without pain by the use of Iitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas. (lilies at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut. Li E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man- T ufacturer of Tin, Copper, 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. 0. S. IIOGEWOOD, Fashionable Draper & Tailor, and GENTLEMEN’S FWNISHING EMP ORIUM ! IMain—st, Norwalk, Conn. s. E. ohms-ran!) a. co., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Flour, Peed, &c., 14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. arm INSURANCE comranv, Of Hartford, Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual. Qagital’qnd Assets, $3,128,820 Insure against loss and damage by Fire on Terms adapted to the hazard,aud consistent with the' laws of compensation. GEORGE E CCWLES, Sole Agent lv3 For'Norwalk and vicinity Business Change ! WATERBURY «fa-DUN CAN, WOULD 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 cs- , ta‘bhshment. They are now prepared to exc- ' , cut’e iii the best manner, and with greater dispatch than ever before, anything in the line 'of . Carriage Making and Blacksmith! 111g. Carriages made to order, and Painting, 'l‘rimming,IRepairing, &c., done by experi- enced workmen, with dispatch. WGood Carriage timber taken in ex- change for Work. ' qu-waik, Nov. 230, ’63. ' mm A. JACKSON 6!. 330. No, II Gazette Building. ' OULD respectfully announce to ' the , public ant their old customers, that ilngy have regen’tly made extensive additions to their stock of goods. We are now prepar- ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed in I‘"i.irfield County, in quality or price. We would call particular attention to our stock of Watches, which is larger than ever before.— We have a fine lot of Ladies’ Swiss Watches, in old cases, at prices varying from $20 to $7 , which we can recommend as bein' cor- ateli- es, in Slchl‘ and gold cases, at any price from V to $-00. We buy of the best importers in New York, and altogether for cash, so that our fuel. ties for selling cheap could not be rcatcr. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and law“ Wares was never hetter‘than at pres- ent, and Comprises all of the latest styles that i. "e manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO. Groceries Cheaper than ever 1' 0 R c A S n l V ‘HE subscriber would inform the public ‘ generally, that he still continues to sell the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc, at his pld stand, NO. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as the cheapest. He offers great inducements to cash‘ buyers, as he has as large an assort- ment of groceries of' the best qualities as can he found at any store in the country. He Would invite the special attention of all to his stock of (3014‘ i" EMS, TEAS AND SUGARS, which lll'f' of the very best quality, and will in; Sillli .zliczip. The public are invited to call Elli-l .L‘Péllllllll“ and judge for themselves. (51-. & G. M. Holmes, DEALERS 1N Groceries, I'lour,‘ Provision, ac, Main Street, 14 Norwalk, Conn JAMES SHERWOOD, REAL ESTATE AGENT, OFFICE IN H. M. 05 J- T. Prowitt’s Hardware Store, SHERWOOD‘S BLOCK Main street, , N ouwann, CONN. Real Estate bought‘ and sold on the most favorable terms. 1y1 .MORE THAN FIFTY HOUSES, LOTS AND FARMS FOR SALE. NEW FURNISHING s‘rous, NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST. East Side of the Bridge. ' 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-Tetes, Card Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center Tables, Wash Stands, _ EXTENSION 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 for the burial of the dead, cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. I have as good a Hearse as tlicre.is in the county; and will attend Funerals in neigh- boring towns, without cxtra char e. ELBERT RAYMOND. Norwalk, Sept. lst, 1863. 44 E. QUINTARD 6t SONS, CABINET MAKERS, & 0 RE now prepared to offer to the public the largest and best assortment of Good Furniture, comprising every article usually kept in 0. Furniture Store, ever offered in Norwalk, which will be sold AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES. Our customers and the public generally who want anything we keep, will find it to their interest to 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. UN DERTAKING, We keep on hand a very large assortment of .Ooflins of every description, i'u‘rnisli shrouds, scarfs, carriages, and everything necessary for the interment of the dead, and at very low prices. W . are just completinganother splendid Hearse, which will give us two Hearses equal to any in the State, which we shallusc whenever our services are required, without calm ohaage. « E. QUINTARD 8.5 SONS. Norwalk, March 15th 1862. ST OVES , HEATERS, RANGES, ' VER FORTY VARIETIESand sizes of Cooking Stoves and Ranges; over thir- ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and Office Stoves, not excelled in beauty of design, per- fection of operation, or variety, by any Stove in the State. Manufactures ’l‘in, Sheet, Iron and Copper Wares, deals in J appan, Brittan- ia, Crockery, \Voodcn, and Silver Plated Wares, Stove Blocking, Coal Hods, Shovels and Riddles, Brass Kettles, Sausage Cutters, Matts, Brooms, Bells, Fire Place Grates, Sad Irons, Slicct Lead, Lead Pipe, Fruit Jars, Fluid and Coal Oil Lamps, Stove Castings, in fact, all that constitutes a \vell filled Kitch- en Furnishing Store. Books, describing prin ciplc and management of Stove, free. Lar gcst assortment of Pumps iii the State. Call at ‘. H. NASH’S, 1v4 South N orwalk, Ct. Hammer’s Champagne Ale. HE attention of the public is solicited to the superior quality of HAMMEum Fresh Brewed Champagne Ale. This Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the year, and its keeping quality, especially of that brewed during the most excessive hot weather, is guaranteed for any length of time. For sale in Barrels and half-Barrels, at Sellcck’s Packet Oflice, Norwalk. JEHIELI GRUMMA‘N, Agent forthe sale of Hammcr's Champagne Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2 N 91:19?- F ‘HE Subscriber has the pleasure of inform- 1 ing the public that he has purchased the in‘tcrcst of Ebenezer Crissey in the Boot and Shoe Business lately carried on at the Store corner of Wall and Water Street, where he will continue the business. Elle trusts that the liberal patronage "given to this Store * while under his centrol as partner and man- ager, will he continued to him as proprietor. 9 J. N. LOCKWOOD. _- 10923103.; ' TH]? Subscriber having purchased the . 1 Iardwarc business, formerly conducted by Edwin V. A. Cliiclicster, hopes by fair dealing, and close attention to business, to retain all the customers of the old stand, 9.0a add many new ones. * ‘ . . THEODORE, FITCH. A CARD. rl‘uE subscriber takes this method of thanking his friends for their good will during the past ten years. At. the same timé requesting them, and the public, to extend their patronage to his successor, Mr. 'l‘hco- (lore Fitch. EDWIN V. A. OHICIIESTER. quwalk, Dec. 15th, 1863. 51 Laughing era? 11" mincenrrnnn. Drs. Kendall 6t Paddock Extract teeth entirely without pain or injury to the patient, by the aid of NITRO US OXIDE GAS. lilifi r YEARS EXPERIENCE in putting ‘ up Physicians’ Prescriptions has enu- iliCIi the proprietor of SILLIMAN’S COUGH BALSAM to select the very best and most. a. MOREHOUsE. ejfloz’ent articles for the compound, . x . 6m*—6 .. T 1 Etna, of Hartford, “ ‘ 3,128,820 Phoenix, of N .Y., “ “ 722,219 Home, of N. H., “ “ 500,000 Norwich, “ “ 390,501 Lamar, N. Y., “ “ 389,375 North American, Ht’d“ “ 384,010 City of New Haven, " “ 330,419 Merchants, Hartford, “ “ 301,443 Western Mass, Pittstield, “ - 236,424 Hampdcn, Springfield,“ “ - 200,000 People’s, Worcester, “ “ 405,593 ' dcr, &c., &c. I of Mill Hill, is prepared to do Horse Shoe- ; ing and all kinds of job Blacksmithing, on . THE Subscriber would inform the public , South Norwalk, and will continue the busi- ' always on hand, a large stock of Hardware, - Harnessdlcrse Furniture, Trappings Nor-walk illilillfll llfllii’lNY, NORWAIK CONN, Chartered Capital $500000 Paid up Capital $100,000 WM. 0. STREET, President. GEo. R. COWLEs, Secretary. EBEN. HILL, Treasurer. Norwalk, Jan 1st. 1864 . 1y INSURANCE. HE subscriber havin taken the agency of the New England F surance Co. of Hartford, is prepared to insure all kinds of property against loss or damage by fire, on as accommodating terms as any other Company. ranec 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 Nerwalk and vicinity. tf5 Norwalk, Feb. lst, 1861. Assets over $23,000,000. GEO. R. COWLES, IS AGENT at N orwalk, and issues Policies for the following INSURANCE COMPANIES. Home, of N. Y., Assets Jan. ‘1, ’64 $3,286,270 and other Companies, Stock andMutual, in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, with assets of $13,000,000. At So. Norwalk application may be made to WM. T. Cnaw. William G. White, Graduate of the Leipzig Conservatory, INSTRUCTOR IN [caustic awn @EIREIEJAEE, LOCKWOOD’S BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN. American and Foreign Music constantly on hand; orders for Music wxll receive spe- cial attention. References—the Clergy of Norwalk. REMOVAL! NIRS. J. E. HOYT, would respectfully inform the public that she has Remo- ved her MILLINERY ROOMS to Curtis’s Building, (directly over the Store of Mr. Bat- terson,) Main St, where she will be pleased to meet all her old friends and patrons. Attention is called to her new stock of Winter Millincry Goods, which are now on. exhibition and Sale. 'MILIINERY., MISS PILGRIM Has Removed to the new Store between the Bank of Nor- walk and the Danbury R. R. Depot. 1tf 3. r. RYDER, Agent for the sale of ' WHEELER & WILSON’S Family Sewing Machines. Oflices—Danbury, Conn., opposite Savings‘ Bank. Norwalk, Sherwood’s Block. 26 N. B.—-—I will sell you a machine delivered at your house for the same price that you would have to pay at the Factory. Will teach you thoroughly to use it, warrant it to be perfect, and keep it in order for one year free of charge. 35 EDW. A. B. NORTHROP. GUN AND 1.001! SMITH, And Bell Hanger, SAACS’S BUILDING, (next to’Norwalk Hall,)I,Norwalk, Ct. Jobbing of every de- scription. Particular attention paid to re- pairing Guns, Pistols, &c., Mortice, Rim, Cabinet and Trunk Locks. Saws filed and set. Sewing Machines, Clocks, and Pumps repaired. Platform and Counter Scales put in order. Skates repaired and made to or- * if44 Notice. HE subscriber having taken the old Horse Sliocing Stand, at the foot the most reasonable terms. He also carries on the Carriage Business at the old Stand occupied by his father for the last twenty-three years. ‘ JOHN SHEPHERD. N orwalk, Aug. 29th, 1864. U35 Hardware, Gutierly, dim, AT SOUTH, NORWALK.‘ _ that he has purchased of Mr. Cliicbestcr the old established Hardware Business, at ncss at the old Stand. He intends keeping Cutlery, Agricultural Implements, Mechan- 103’. Tools, Fire Arms, Builders’ Hardware, Paints, Oils, Varnish, and all other articles usually kept in first-class Hardware Stores. Ithill be his endeavor to meet the wants of hiu customkrs, and merit the patronage of the public. . 15 WM. S. FITCH. WILLIAM .B. SWAN, SADDLER 0t HARNESS MAKER, ADJOINING Danbury and Norwalk R. I p R. Depot, Norwalk, Conn., keeps con- stantly on hand and will make to order eve- ry description of or Clothing. Also Saddler’s Hardware and outfits, Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bags, &c. All in want of anything in his line, will do well to give him a call. Orders for any kind of work promptly executed. Repairing done neatly andclicaply, and at short notice. IMPORTED CUTLEBY, And Silver-Plated Ware. THE Subscriber, while in England, recent- ly,madc 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 Ofllce, a large, and one of the most complete assortments of Sheffield Cutlery ever oilercd in this Country, including Car- vnig Knives and Forks; Bread KniveS' Butter Knives; Table Knives and Forksz Pocket Knives of every description inclui ding many curious styles ;' Scissors, (kc. &c. _ Also! just received, an assortmentot b’eau- tiful Silver-Plated “la-re, made by a ncwpatcuted process, by the same House and is the first let imported into this coon,— try. Call and examine for yourselves. “461 JOSEPH SHEPHERD. AM, MY BOY, get up the old horse and ' go over to the Drug Store and get some- thing for my cold, my throat is sore and I cough all night. Why, Father, I bought a bottle of SILLIMAN’S COUGH BALSAM day before yesterday, and it has cured me already. Try some of it. ire and Marine In- ~ The New England. Fire and Marine Insu- ' VOLUME XLVIIi-NEMBER 9. N ORWALK, CONN .. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1865. *— For the Gazette. The Birds th;t I; Sing. , A SPRING 9‘ no. How sweet the chair is ring O’es all the hills ;, 5 How full the accent trilis. The birds that sing, Oh brightest, merriest Spring, With thy green fields and trees ; But sweetest of all these, The birds that sing. Broadcast, bright flowers you fling, O’er every hill and dale. ‘ And far above them sail The birds that sing. Upon thy tiny wing, Ye float in ether blue ; I list to you, Ye birds that sing. Oh that your sung may bring, To other hearts than mine, Thoughts just its dear, divine, Ye birds that sing. «Q» Iii-om the Atlantic Monthly for March. 0m- OIdest Friend. BY 0. \V. HOLMES. Read to “The Boys of ’29,” Jan. 5,1865. I give you the health of the oldest friend That, short of eternity, earth can lend ,— A friend so faithful and tried and true That nothing can wean him from me and you. When first we screeched in the sudden blaze Of the daylight’s blinding and blasting rays, And gulped at the gaseous, groggy air, This old, old friend stood waiting there. And when, ‘with a kind of mortal strife, . We had gasped and choked into breathing life, He watched by the cradle day and night, And held our hands till we stood upright. From gristle and pulp our frames have grown To stringy muscle and solid bone ; While we were changing, be altered not; We might forget, he never forgot. He came with us to the college class,— Little cared be for the steward's pass ! All the rest must pay their fee, But the grim Old dead-head entered free. He stayed with us while we counted o’er Four times each of the seasons four; And with every season,»from year to year, The dear name Classmate he made more dear. He never leaves us,—lie never will, Till our hands are cold and our hearts are still ; ' On birthdays, and Christmas, and New Year’s too, He always remembers both me and you. Every year this faithful friend His little present is sure to send ;' Every year wheresoe’er we be, He wants a keepsake from you and me. How he loves us i he pats our heads, And, 10 ! they are gleaming with silver threads; And he’s always begging one lock of hair, Tillour shining crowns have nothing to wear. , ' At length be will tell us, one by one, “My child,- your labor on earth is done; And now you must journey afar to see My elder brother,—Eternity 2" And so, when long, long years have passed, Some dear old follow will be the last,— Never a boy alive but he -Oi' all our goodly company ! When he lies down, but not till then, Our kind ClassAngel will drop the pen That writes in the day-book kept above Our lifelong record of faith and love. So here’s a health in homely rhyme To our oldest classmate, Father Time ! May our last survivor live to be . As bald, but as wise and tough as he ! - v<.>+ Coffee : A Rhapsody. I. Sieepings brown of Mochn’s grain Mingled with delicious cream And the sweets of Cuban cane Risein aromatic steam,— ' Floating up From my China coffee cup, Like a fairy cloud ascending, Curling graceful here and there, Curling, wavering, floating, blending Into viewless space, and sending ' Dainty odors through the air. . 11. And I sip, and dream, and sing, Thinking many a happy thing, And I dream and sing and sip, Making many a fancied trip Far away and far away, Over ocean, and gulf, and buy To islands whence the spicy wind Breathes fragrant o'er the tropic sea, To pearl strewn shores of distant Ind, To coasts of burning Araby. ' To lands untouched by winter‘s ill, Like fair Brazil ; 0r Jabal’s many cloudy hill. ' III. Let me dream, and sip, and sing, Thinking many a happy thing : Let me sing, and dream, and sip, While the pleasant momenissiip ; Let me sip, and sing, and dream. While immortal blisses seem, ‘ Flowing through me in a stream, Sweet the feeling o’er inc stealing, Lightly thrilling ' Brain and heart ; Gently filling Every part. Let me drink, and let me dream, Breathing aromatic steam Ever floating slowly up, From my China coffee cup, Like a fairy cloud, and sending Dainty odors everywhere, Curling, wavering, floating, blending Softly with the viewless air. ~.~aq-—-. WA young gentleman with an inquir- ing mind wishes to be informed on the fol; lowing; If brooks are, as the poets call them, the most joyous things in nature, what are they always murmuring about? ~<Q>u . The 36th Mississippi regiment com- menced Hood’s campaign 700 strong. It , numbered, on reaching Corinth, fifteen, rank and file. The 37th commenced with over ..., ._._.. .m...“ . .—.a_._1~ WI~1_‘.~\‘(ML--—;bwy --» 0m*46 A600, and had 63 left. ,1 I BEHIND THE SCENES.” ‘ Four o’clock, and no Ellen yet i What can detain her so—she that is usu- ally more punctual than the clock itself 1’ It was scarcely a room in which Laura Avery was sitting—rather a magnificent bay window with draperies of embroid cred lace. I . , ‘Poor Ellen 1’ she murmured, ' ‘how differently, our lots have been ordered in this world. Her parents dead—their wealth irretrievably lost—and she too prpud to accept a cent that she has not laboriously , earned. ‘ O, dear i’ and Laura sighed again,’just as the clock’s liquid voice chimed the half hour. ‘Shc doesn’t come,’ soliloquized the. puzzled little damsel. ‘There’s some- thing the matter. Perhaps she is sick ; 0, yes, she must be sick! I’ll send Jamest o inquire—no, I’ll go myself.’ Before the sentence was well’ out of- her lips she was up in her own room, adjusting a soft grey shawl over her black silk dress, and tying the strings of a quiet little brown velvet bonnet, whose crimson rose, among its trimmings of emerald moss, was not unlike the soft bloom of her own cheek. ‘ I don’t think it is going to snow,’ she pondered, looking out at the gray, threat- ening sky, as she drew on her perfectly fitting kid gloves. ‘ At any rate I shall walk very fast.’ . As she came through the softly car- peted vestibule, a servant approached her. ‘A note, Miss Laura—it came five minutes ago.’ ' ' Ah 1 the rose was‘ several shades in the background now, as Laura Avery broke open the scented seal, and glanced over the cream-colored sheet, with a bright, half suppressed smile dimpling the corners of her mouth —I_,Yet the note was a very simple one, after all : “Mr DEAR Miss AvEnv:—May I prom- ise myself the pleasure of accompanying you to hear the new opera to-niglit ? I Unless receive a message to forbid me, I will call for you at halt-past seven. - “ Your most devoted slave and subject, “FLORIAN RICHLEY.” Laura instinctively slipped the note into her pocket, as if fearful lest the very pictures on the wall should catch a sight of the elegant chirography, and pursued her way down the gloomy street, with eyes that saw the gloomy atmosphere through a radiant glow of coleur de rose. Meanwhile, the gray October light was fading away from a. dreary room on the third floor of a house situated on one of thoseside streets where decent respect- ability strives, hand to hand, with the grim assailant Want. Singulariy out of keeping with the shabby and poverty-stricken aspect of the little apartment was a'newiy finished dress of lustrous purple silk, bright as the dyes of Tyre, that lay folded on the table beside the window, in such a man- ner thatfyou could see the costly trim- ming4a wide border of purple velvet; edged on either side with a fluting of white point lace. For poor Ellen Way- nali was nothing more important than a hardworking and poorly paid dressmaker. She lay on the little white bed in the corner, with her flushed cheek pressed close against the pillow, and her slender figure partially covered by a coarse scar- let piaided shawl, while the occasional involuntary contraction of her forehead bore witness to the pain she was meekly sofiering. As one or two quiet tears escaped from her eyelids and crept softly down her check, a light step sounded on the landing outside, and a knock came gently to the panels of the door. _ ' ‘ Come in 1' said Ellen, hurriedly dash- ing away the tears. ‘Laural is it pos- sible that this is you, dear ?" For Laura’s arms were clasped around her neck, and her warm, rosy j lips press- ed to Ellen’s wan cheek. ‘Yet, his I myself, and none other, Neil ! I could not imagine why you did not come to fit that dnss ' as you. had appointed ; but I know the reason now. Nelly, you are sick—why did not you send to me?’ Ellen tried to smile, faintly. . ‘I am not very sick, Laura—at least I have not suflI'cred much pain until to- night ; and. the doctor says that if I only had a little wine I No, Lau- m, don’t draw out your purse,’ she ad- ded, with a slightly perceptible sparkle in her eyes and a proud quiver to her lips. ‘ I am not yet reduced solow as to ac- cept charity. Don’t look so hurt and grieved, dearest—you know. how sensitive I cannot help being on some points. It is only for a little while ; when I am well enough to take that dress homp and receive the money for it, I shall be ena- bled to purchase whatever I may require. Laura Avery knelt down at her friend’s bedside. with soft pleading eyes. ‘ Dear" Ellen, you surely will not refuse to accept a temporary loan from me ?’ Ellen shook her head with a grave smile. ‘ I can Wait, Laura.’ Laura looked from the dress to Ellen with a face of pained perplexity. Sud- denly a bright inspiration seemed to strike her. . ‘Let me take the dress home, Eilen,’ .. a- A“ 5»... am-..“ .. —A4v—u~ .MA .-.— w...» a...— she exclaimed. The“ walk will be just what I need, and I can stop at Dufour’s 0n the my back and order the wine for l you. You will never be strong if you don’t cosset yourself up a little. You will let me, Neil?’ Ellen hesitated a moment. ‘ Bat Lanra——-’ ‘ No but: in the matter, if you please, Nell.’ laughed Laura, gleefully begins ning to fold the rich dress into the lit- tle basket that stood upon the table be- side it. ‘ Where is it to go 1’ ' ‘ To Mrs. Richley’s, in Rives street. ,Why, Laura, what is the matter ?’ ‘- N othing—only I’m folding this dress wrong,’ returned Laura, in a-low voice. It was well that Ellen did. not see the scarlet blush that rose to her friend’s love- .iy cheek as'she stood with her back to the bed smoothing the lustrous breadths of purple alike-Mrs. Richley’s ! Laura was-almost sorry that she had volunteer- ed to go—but it was too late to retract her other now. ‘What aselfish little creature I am,’ she mused. .‘PoorNelly need’s the money so much and cannot go for it herself, and it isn’t at all likely that I shall ’ see Florian. I will go i there’s an end of it i’ ‘ Thank . you, dear Laura—it is so kind of you,” said Ellen, fervently, as Miss Avery came to. the bedside, with the basket on her arm. and a blue vaii draWn closely over the brown velvet bou- net; ‘ She owes me three dollars for this dress, and there are seven dollars on the old account that she has never yet paid me.’ - "Ten dollars? I’ll collect, it, never fear 1’ said Laura, gayly, as she disap- peared, while to' poor Ellen it seemed as if the sunshine all died "out with the bright presence of liar beautiful friend. It was nearlydnsk when Miss Avery, summoning up all her resolutions, ascend- ed the brown stone stepsof the Richley residence and rang the bell. ‘ Is Mrs. Richlcy at home?’ ‘ What’s your business with her ?’ asked the servant, suspiciously scrutini- zing the little basket that she carried Laura bit servants was entirely a new experience to her, yet how often must poor Ellen have endured it. I ' ‘ I have called to bring home a dress that has been finished for her,’ she said, in a tone of quiet dignity. ’ , ‘ O—ab—yes. Well, I s’pose you’d best walk in.’ The servant conducted her .up stairs into a sort of boudoir, where Mrs. Rich- iey, a portly dame of about fifty, gor geousiy dressed in crimson silk, was sit- ting in her easy chairin front of a glow- ing coal fire. Laura was inwardly grateful that the gas had not yet been lighted, particularly when she observed that Florian Richiey was lounging on a velvet sofa in one of the window recesses. Mrs. Richiey looked up as the servant ushered in the new comer. ‘Well, young woman, what do you want ?’ Laura’s check tinglod at the tone of coarse insolence in which she was address- ed, but she commanded herself to reply, meekly : ‘ I have brought home your dress, Mrs. Richiey.’ ‘ Where is Miss Waynall ?’ ‘ She is if]! “V ery well—lay down the dress—it is all right.’ But Laura stood her ground valiantly. ‘Mias Waynail would like the money tonight, madam—it is seven dollars on the old account and three for this dress.’ ‘ it is not convenient to-night.’ ‘ But, Mrs. Bic bley, Miss Waynail is sick, and needs the money,’ persisted Laura. ‘ There, Florian,’ said Mrs. Ricbley, pe’tulantly, addressing the yenug man in the Turkish dressing gown and elaborate- ly arranged hair, ‘I told you just how it would be i’ ‘ What the deuce is the matter'now ?’ snappisbiy asked Florian, . for the first time condescending'to evince any inter-- est in what was going on.’ * ‘ Why, these impertinent dressmaking people are always clamoring for money, money, just when you have drained me of my last cent 1’ ‘Let ’em clamor, then—that’s my ad- vice,’ said Mr. Florian, without the troub- le to move his head. . ' ‘ Just give me back that ten-dollar bill, Florian," urged his lady mother. ‘ You can’t want it to-night.’ ‘But Ido want it, it happens,’ said Florian coolly. ‘ You are just going to fritter it away in some 'of those gambling places, or drink yourself stupid agoin,’ fretted Mrs. Richley.—‘It’s too bad, getting my mon- ey away from me, just to indulge in those horrid habits 1’ Why don’t you earn money for yourself?’ ‘Easy, momma. easy 1" said the'dutifnl. son, lazily dragging himself into a sitting posture. ‘Don’t lose your temper, for it isn’t worth while. This ten-dollar bill is going to help make my fortune—i}. shall take the lovely Laura to the opera to- night! _ ‘ Nonsense—this fine scheme Will flash in the pan just like all the rest of your castles in the air. She won’t have you 1’ ‘0, yes she will, my incredulous mam- ma—just wait and see. I shall bring her to the point pretty soon. Then I’ll pay you back the money, with interest, [out of my lady’y bag of shiners.’ her lip—this manner from to explain,’ he stammcred. 4 ' ‘ And will you leave 00' your gambling habits? O, Florian, they will be the ruin of youyet i’ , ‘Perhaps—perhaps not,’ returned the young man, insoiently. ‘ That will be very much as I please.’ Both mother, and hopeful son had tip—- parentiy entirely fugotten the presence of the young girl who was standing in the dusk, shadows near the door, until this moment, when Mrs. Richly, turning sharply round, saw her. ‘ What are you waiting for ?’ she asked irritably. I have already told you that it is not convenient to pay you the iiioney to—night—why don’t you go about your business?’ ’ Her cheek; was flushed, even beneath its artificial bloom of rouge ; and her chill gray eyes sparkled with rising au— ger, as Laura Avery advanced compos— ediy forward. She took one of the wax tapers from its china shell and lighted of rich rings struck Mrs.Richiey with as- tonishment. , I am sorry that you cannot pay your just debts, madam,’ she said,quietiy look- ing the amazed mother and son in the face; ‘but Iain not sorry for any oc— currence that has had the effect of Open— ing my eyes to the true character of Mr. Florian Richly. I will take the ten dol- lars, sir, to my sick friend, as you will find it entirely unnecessary to go to the expense of taking Miss Laura Avery to the opera to—night l’ Florian’s handsome cheek had grown very pale—his knees.quivered beneath him, as be mechanically took the bill from his pocket—book and placcd it in the hand of the imperative beauty, while .Mrs. Richley sank back aghast into the cushioned easy chair. One desperate attempt Florian made _ moments of sore defeat and disc omfit— urc. ‘ Iain very sorry—awkward mistake— hflie you will afford me an opportunity ‘I require no explanation, sir,’ was Laura’s cold reply, as she withdre wd‘rom the apartment,haughty and unapproaeh— able as a. statue of ice. She hurried homeward through the twighllght streets, with a burning cheek and beating heart, and it was nearly dark when once more she entered Ellen Wayuali’s room, lighted only by the faint glow of the low fil‘& _ ‘ Back so soon Laura?’ asked Ellen, somewhat surprised. ' Here is the money, Nelly, and the wine,’ she said, thankful for the half light that could-not betray her tell-tale fea— tures. ‘Aud now you must get well as fast as you can.’ ‘ 0, Laura, I am So much obliged to you,’ said Ellen, earnestly. Laura stooped to kiss her friend’s pale cheek, inwardly reflecting how much reason she had to thank Ellen’s indispe- sitiou. . But she never told Ellen the discovery she had unwittingly made while fulfilling the gentle mission of friendship, and no one ever knew the precise manner in which the contemplated match between Florian Richiey and Laura Avery was broken oil“. There are some things that bring their own reward in this world—and the one act of kindness had saved Laura from unconsciously taking the fatal step that would have precipitated her into a life— time of misery.I «.p. A LEAL BoeiIEuANe.—'-A diminutive German—we will call him Mr. Kraut— eutered a complaint that his wife had beaten him in a manner literally merci— less. He unszatbed his head from the bandages surrounding it, exhibiting the marks of a. broom-handle administered with no feeble auction. Mrs. Kraut was arrested. She stood full six feet high, with breadth of shoulder and length of arm in due proportion. The husband reiterated his affidavit. The ”woman made no defense, and the magistrate fined her for intoxication. As she didn’t pay the fine, the officer motioned her to fol- low him to prison. She obeyed the or- der. - ‘Wbat are you goin’ to do ‘3’ asked Mr. Kraut. ~ ‘ Take that woman to prison.’ _ ‘ Take her to prison ?’ " Certainly." ‘ And who dakes care of der baby ?’ ‘ Don’t know ; suppose you must take care of it yourself.’ . ‘ But I can’t. I goes now to mine vork.’ . ‘ Well, if somebody don’t pay her fine she must be locked up.’ ‘Und must I get knocked into dcr cel- lar by mine vife, und my head broke,aud den turn round und pay for it ?’ ‘ Somebody must.’ Mr. Kraut said something that sound- ed like profanity. He dropped five dollars and ten tears, the former on the ,desk of the recorder, the latter on the floor, and departed with his wife, plunged in profound wonder at the curiosities of the law. As we have said before, people indulg- ing in matrimony often learn a great deal by a very short course of study. Philadelphia North American. the gas with a steady hand, whose flash , Interesting Questions and All: swers relative to the 7.80 U. 0. than. Mr. Jay Cooke, of Philadelphia, who for so long a time had the management of the popular 500 million 5.20 Loan, hasjast been appointed by Sacaaranr FESSENDEN, the GENERAL AGENT to dis- pose of THE ONLY POPULAR LOAN now of- fered for sale by the Government, viz: the ‘SEVEN-THIRTY.’ ' In entering upon his duties he desires to answer plainly the large number of questions daily and hourly propounded .to him, so that his fellow-countrymen may all understand what this ‘ Seven- Thirty Loan’ is—what are its peculiar merits,--h_ow they can subscribe 'for or obtain the notes, the. _ , 1st Question. Why is this Loan call- ed the ‘ Seven Thirty’ Loan. Answer. It bears Interest, in curren- cy, at the rate of Seven Dollars and thirty cents, each year, on every hun- dred dollars ; oinaking the interest I! follows : 7 “i 1' One cent per day on each $150 note. ' ." .100 it Two cents “ Ten u u u I 500 u Twenty “ “ 1,000 " One Dollar “ “ 5,000 " 2d Question. When and how can they be obtained ? . Answer. They are for sale, at par, and accrued interest, by all Sub-Treasu- ries, National and other Banks, and all Bankers and Brokers- ; 3d Question. When is the; interest payable and how can it beeollected 1 Answer. The Coupons or; interest Tickets are due 15th of February and 15thof August in each year, and can be cut off from the note,- and will-be cashed by any Sub-Treasurer, U. S. Depository, National or other Bank or Banker. to retrieve his lost fortune, even in the_' 45/; Question. When most the. Gov- ernment pay off these 7.308 ?" - , Answer. They are due in two' years and a half from the 15th of February, 1865 ; viz: on' the 15th'of August, 1867. 5!]; Question. .Musi: I re’éei've back my money so soon as 1867. ' ' Answer. No! not unless you'II your- self prefer to do so—the law gives you the rig/it to demand from the Gavel-n- ment, at that time, either your money or an equal amount at par, of the famous and popular 5.20 Gold Bearing 6per cent Loan. - ' ' 6”]. Question. ' How much 'do you consider this privilege of conversion, in- to 5.20 Loan to be worth? from lst of November, are today worth 9 per cent premium. If they are worth no more at the end of the two years and a half, when you have a right to them, than they now are, this premium added to the interest you receive, will give you at least 10 per cent. per annum for your money—but the opinion is that they will be worth more than 9 per centpremium- at that time. - ‘ it}; Question. What other'advantage is there in investing in the I7.30 Loan. Answer. It cannot be taxed by States, Counties, or Cities, and this adds-'I-from one to three per cent per annumito the net income of the holder, according to the rate of taxation in various. localities. All bonds and stocks, except those of the United States, and all mortgages, &c., are taxed, not onlyby the Govern- ment, but by States, Cuuntiés and Cities. Sl/i Question. How does the “Govern- ment raise the money to pay the inter— est, and is it safe and sure? Answer. The Government collects,by taxes, internal revenue, and duties on imports, fully three hundred millions each year. This is nearly three- times on all the debt, and as soon as no: war is ended, the amount. not needed? to. pay the interest will be used in paying off the debt. Our Government has. twice paid qfi‘ all its debt, and can easily do so again. The interest is sure to be paid promptly, and the debt itself is the very safest investment in the world.- -It is, in fact, a First ZlIortgage on all lands, all incomes, all railroad and canal bonds, and bank or other stocks, mortgages,&c. Nothing can be safer, for We" are all bound for it, and all that we have is firm- ly held for the payment of principal and interest. How foolish those ‘p‘ueplcI are who keep gold and greenbacks ' file and locked up, or purchase mortgages’orgrail- road stocks and bonds, which pay-only 5 or 6 per cent. interest, when these Seren- Thirties pay (counting the premium on Five—Twenties) over ten per cent, and are so much safer and surer. . 9th Question. How many Seven— Thirties are there, and how much remains unsold? ‘ ~ Answer. There are only about three hundred and twenty-five millions author- ized bylaw, and only about one hundred and ninety millions remain unsold. IOl/L Question; How long will it take you to sell the balance ? - .. :3; Answer. There are about 800 NI— tional Banks all engaged in selling them; also a large number of the old bitch, and at least three thousand private bankers and brokers, and special agents will be engaged in all parts of the coun- try iu disposing of them to the people. 11th Question. How long will. it take to sell the whole ? ‘ Answer. In less than three months they will be all sold, and will no doubt then sell at a premium, as was the case with the old Seven—thirties, the lll'lli Twenty—Year Loan, and the Fin-Twen- ties. . i The above questions and answers,“ is believed, will give full informationtonil. If not, the General Subscription Agent, or any of the Books or Bankers em- ployed to sell the Loan, will be glad to answer all questions, and to furnish the Seven—Thirties in small or large spins as the notes are issued in denominations of $50, $100, $500, $1.000 and $5.000.) and to render it easy for all to subscribo -—-'1‘hus fulfilling the instructions ,of Mr. FESSENDEN, who earnestly desires that 1 ‘ . p. —-—-Colonel Fish, formerly of the 1st .Conn. Cavalry, late Provost Marshal at Baltimore, has been pardoned by President Lincoln. ~<.>. Abill introduced in the National several gentlemen of New York and Wash- a capital stock of a million and a half of dollars, to build a great hotel in Washing— ton .. _ .g’ifigW’x‘ ' '.' 1.- Senate a few days since, incorporates Chas. 3 A, Little and A. C. Wisbun, of Boston, and f ington, as the Capitol Hotel Company, with - the people of the whole land, (as well; u the capitalists,) shall have cvery‘opp‘gr— tnaity afforded them of obtaining a por- tion of this most desirable investment; ' ’ \LET NONE DELAY, BU'I‘ SUBSCRIBE AT .oNCE, raccoon THE Nnaunsr Rusronsi— BLE BANK on BANKERS. M. or the 1,000,000 inhabitant in New York, 500,000 live in tenement hob”, and 15.000 in 06 lists. AN CE. Answer. 5.20s bearing Gold Interest - as much as is needed to pay the interest ' i
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