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With power to administer oaths in proceedings in
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OFFICE ' No. 3, Looxwoon’s BUILDING.
ISRAEL M. BULLOCK,
300mg It Coliseum: ditch.
OFFlCl-l: No. dG-azette Building.
LEWIS F. BEERS,
@0072ng at flaw. '.
OrrICE Over Sword‘s Clothing Store,
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
3m*2S
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Removal.
DR. MOSMAN
Has removed his ofiice and residence to the House
formerly occupicdby C. J. Griiman, opposite the ed
M. E. Church. :Otficc hours; till 9 o‘clock, a. m., and
‘ from 1 to 3 o'clock, p. in. 1 “9.5
A Slate can be found at H. II. Baker‘s store, South
N or walk.
NATHAN S- ROBERTS, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ,
‘Jpposlte the Union School House,
lt'30 South Norwalk, Ct.
w. B. CAKES, M. 1).,
From the Royal Opfhalmz'o Infirmary, London
' Pb sieian and Surgeon for the Eye and Ear
an Cntarrhal diseases ofthe Lungs, Fauccs
and nasal passages, also Nervous maladies of
" ill kinds, particularly those affecting females.
Lil of which he has made his special study, and suc-
essfhl prhcticc more than thirty years. Testimonials
n 'abuudance of his superior and successful treatment,
an be seen at his office and Residence near the Nor-
valk Hotel, and over Bcldcn’s Tin Store, where he Will
to in daily attendance, from 9 a. m., to 6. p M., every
lay, except the lst and 2d of each month, when he
goes to Danbury.
Dr. I}. FOWLER BIRCH,
Physician and Surgeon,
Mike at the Drug Store of E. Blackman, No. 11 Main
Street, Norwalk, Conn.
R. W. WELLES,
Piano Tuning and Repairing.
in the best manner. JI‘erms moderate.
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
All orders, addressed by mail or personally, prompt-
ly attended to. [3m30
Patent Agency.
WM. VINE, -
Agent and Solicitor of Patents,
MECHANICAL DRAUGHTSMAN
AND
MODEL MAKER,
Winnipauk, Norwalk, Conn.
ELBER’I‘ CURTIS,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
CURTIS’S BUILDING‘ Main Street.
iy7
Gents and Youfh‘s Clothing cut and made to or-
der at short notice, of the best materials, in the la-
test styles, by experienced workmen, and at rea-
sonable prices.
Removal.
6 0 n N W A. I. I. ’ S
FASHIONABLE MERCHANT
Tailoring Establishment.
Has been removed to Raymond’s Building, Main
Street, where
READY MADE CLOTHING
AND
FURNISIIING GOODS.
Can be had in great variety, and of cxccllclit quality.
G. & G. M. HOLMES,
DEALERS 1N
Groceries,
Flour,
Provisions, &c.,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
S. I}. OI-MSTEAD 6t. 00.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, the,
14 and 10 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn,
IETNA INSURANCE COMPANY
Of Hartford,
Incorporated in 1319, Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL AND Assnrs, $3,128,820
Insure against loss and damage by Fire on Terms
adapted to the hazard, and consistent with
the laws of compensation.
GEORGE R. CO WLES, Sole Agent,
For Norwalk and vicinity.
A SWORDS’
Circulating Library.
AT the News Depot. South Norwalk. The sub-
scriber has made large additions to his Circula-
ting Library alid invites the patronage of the pub-
lic ; he intends to increase the number of books as
fast as the enterprise will warrant. He has also
constantly on bad a good assortment of Stationery
Books, Papers, School Books, Slates. Pencils, Pens,
Pocket Books, the. The patronage ofthc, public isl
solicited. A. S“ OliDS, South Norwalk,
. CASH CAPITAL,
a... my“ Goods,
N ORWALK
INSURANCE COMPANY.
NORWALE, CONN.
$500000
. $100,000
PAID UP CAPITAL,
WM. C. STREET. President.
GEO. R. COWLES Secretar '.
EBEN. IIILL, Treasurer. ’ 5
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE or LBASI
For a term of years,
A
FINE house suitable for a large family, a Board-
ing House, or a School. Good gardens barn and
abundance of fruit; about two acres of ground.
Price $15,000. Terms easy. If not sold soon it will
be Let from the lst of Oct. to May, furnished.
Apply to Mrs. L .A. SMITH. “Hillside” Norwalk.
Also some of the most desirable building sites in
the town. Apply as above.
Assets over $23,000,000.
GEO. R. COWLES,
SAGENT at Nnrwalk, aiid issues Policies for the
for the following Insurance Companies.
Home, of N. Y., Assets Jan. 1st, ’fit, $3,286.270
Etna, of Hartford, ” “ “ “ 3 123.8720
Phoenix, ofN. Y. “ “ -“ 17-2-7 ‘11!)
Home, ofN. ii. ’ .. c “ .. 506’600
INorwiclfi ’ “ “ “ “ 3003510
ulnar, . Y., “ “ “ “ 33!) 375
North American, Ilt’d “ “ “ “ 381:010
City of New Haven, “ “ “ “ 330,-th
Merchants, Hartford, “ “ “ “ 301,413
WesternMass.,I’ittsficld, “ “ “
Hampdcn, Springfield, " “ ,
Poop e‘s, Worcester, “ “ 405,593
and other Companies, Stock and Mutual, iii Connecti-
cut. Massachusetts and New York, with assets of
$13,000,000. At So. Not-walk, application may be
made to WM. T. CRAW.
Waterbury & Duncan,
Rear of Norwalk Horse Railway Depot, are
now prepared to execute in the best man-
her and with the greatest dispatch, everything in the
line of
Carriage-making and Blacksmithing,
Carriages made to order, and Painting. Trimming
Repairing, &c., done by experienced workmen, with
dispatch.
:Ji'Good Carriage timber taken in exchange for
wor '.
CARRIAGE MAKING
Horse Shoeing (it Black-smithing.
LYON, AHERN, & 00.,
OULD announce topthe public that they have ta-
‘ ken the old stand of Capt. Henry Lamb. Main
Street, where they are ).ICOIII‘C(I to execute in the best
manner and greatest ( ispatch anything in the above
lure. .Clll‘l‘lfl‘ICS made to order, and Horse Shoeino,
Painting, Trimming, Repairing, &c., done by experi-
enced workmen with dis latch. 1yd‘l
Aveusrcs Li'oN, \ M. AIIERN, CHAS. Fox.
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it
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mm: b _ N otace.
. su scribci'haviiirr purchased the CLOTHING
:i. and GENTS FURNISHING EMPORIUM, of A.
hmprel, \vdl ceiitiuue the Business in all its branches
at the old stand, No. 3Maiu Street, N orwalk.
. The public are respectfully invited to call alid exam-
ine the large and varied assortment of
Ready Made Clothing,
FRENCH CLOTHS, CASSIMERES and VESTINGS,
which he will make up to order at short notice and in
the latest fashionable style. E. GUSOWSKI, '
1y10 - No. 3 Main Street.
Notlce.
IIE subscriber having taken the old Horse Slioeiiig
Stand at the foot of Mill Iiill, is prepared to ab
Horse Slioeiiig and all kinds of job Blacksmithiug, on
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. ft35
Groceries Cheaper than ever
I' 0 B G A S H 1
THE subscriccr would inform the public generally.
. thathe still continues to sell the best of Grocer-
ies, Prov1sxous. etc., at his old stand, No. 4 Skiddy‘s
Block, as cheap as the cheapest, He ofi‘ers great in-
ducements to cash buyers, as he has as large an as-
sortment of groceries of the best qualities as can be
found at_any store in the country. We would invite
the specml attention of all to his stock of
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are of the very best quailty,and will be sold cheap-
'1he public are invited to call and examine and judge
for themselves. A. MOREHOUSE.
DINING SALOON.
REFRESIMENTS
oi ii
in. Ul
a» a
draw YORK HOUSE. p
Meals at all hours.
'5. It
Oysters g,
o 0
in every style.
The best of
Wines, Liquors & Ales.
Also, a first class
,BILLIARD SALOON
attached to the House. 0
ISAAC LEE.
No. 28 Main St. Norwalk. Z
IMPORTANT
To GENTLEMEN.
ENTLEMEN would save a good 3
. deal of money in having their-
:_ clothes
Cleaned, 01' Dyed 2‘:
’ in all fashionable colors, without rip ,;
; ping them. Also all other kinds of i
Dyeing and Cleaning,
done in the best style at
LOUIS MOEGLIN’S
DANBURY DYE wears.
- Orders left with [1. ii. Welliiian&00..
39 DIR N "
r RY '
IN SOUTH NORWALK.
DR. KENDALL will continue the use of
Laughing Gas,
in extracting teeth as there is no longer any doubt
as to its perfect safety when administered by acute
fill and experienced Physician, to which hundreds
in Norwalk can testify.
He will spend three days each week, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday hereafter. in Nor~
walk, that all who desirehis services may be accom-
modated But those who wish teeth extracted are
i'cqicstcd to call on Wednesday if possible.
’l‘eeth filled in the latest and most approved
manner, those partially broken away by de-
cay restored to their former size and shape.
We are constantly making the best styles ofAi'tifi-
cial Teeth and can furnish them at. short notice.
Room near the Depot, over Swords‘ Clothing Elit-
porlum.
’I—I. H. BELDEN,
Westport, Conn.
People’s Store.
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Clothing,
HATS, CAPS and FANCY GOODS. Our BOOT
and SHOE DEPARTMENT comprises over a bun-
dred different varieties. CLOTHING out free of
expense. Sewing Machine work done at. short. no-
tice. Goods from Aiictioil every few days. All the
newest styles of floods in Market constantly on hand
Prices aslowas any store in the County. Call
aiid see.
. Norwalk Machine Shop.
HE subscriber would respectfully inform Manut'aC-
turcrs and others using Machinery, iii Norwalk
and viciliity, that he is prepared to do all filings per-
taining to a general machine shop. All orders for the
making or repairing of cvury description of- Machinery
attended to with promptness by experienced work-
nicil. Having added a Steam Engine (in addition to
water power) to his works, he flutters himself he is
well prepared to do all kinds of work at very short.
notice. ISAAC CIIURCII, .l'it.
Machine Shop just back of the Post Ollicc alidliorsc
Railway Building. 11
*‘ravrwourn ROCK"
I C E 2
4 AMILIES.Saloons, Stores, Meat and Fish Mar-
ty, on reasonableterms. Orders may be left at. the
I'or Sale.
A. Large House
lN SOUTII NORWALK, CONN.
Enquire of S. S. HATCH,
South Norwalk, Celia.
A FARM FOR SALE. '
ONTAINING 32 ACRES : on the road from Dari
en tohew Canaan about one mile from Darlen,
pleasantly situated Oiirising ground overlooking the
Sound, and near the new Railroad now building ' on
the place is a large new Barn. filled with new ha .
The farm Will be sold with all that is growinrr on the
plgcc, CorruPotatous. Buckwheat; also on lfic place
120 Fruit Trees. Will be sold cheap and the terms
made to stilt purchaser. Apply at
S. 'l‘. WOOD’S Intelligence Office,
tl31 . Norwalk.
P. S.—Wil! exchange for property in Norwalk.
For Sale.
N Cranberry Plains. Not-walk, a large, new and
desirable located dwelling house. with three acres
of land. contamipg a variety of fruit, situated on the
Newtowu Turnpike, about two miles from the vil-
lage. For particulars enquire of
CHARLES J. IIYATT.
5t4t31 on the premises.
31
For "Sale.
Beers, oeceascd. For farihcr particulars, apply to
ti?) MORGAN T. SMITH
Rare Chance.
W0 first-class Building Lots, foi- sale on the cor-
. nor of Washington and Franklin Streets, front-
ing on Union Park. They are seventy-five feet wide
and one-hundred and seventy-five deep, with a beau-
tiful grove in front, and an abundance of Grapes,
Strawberries and Cherries, in bearing. Convenient
to the cars, and in a first-class neighborhood.
January, 5th, 1866. 9t? LY
hits. the” supplied with good lee, iii any qualiti-,
NAsn & IVES,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
No. 1 WATER STREET.
ROPERTY Bought, Sold Exchangcd or Let, on
' reasonable terms. We avea good variety of
desirable Houses and Farms in and out of town for
sale on'accommoda ting terms. “'32
W M. It. NASH. NATHAN Ivns.
J'- FERRIS.
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
50 Estates
0R SALE Ill-NOIWI‘IIk and vicinity, from L4 to
_ 200 acres. With buildings thereon, price from
$4.0m $100,000. Also, TO LET. furnished and un-
furnished houses. Addriss J. FERRIS. at Tollcs 85
Elyjs Drug Store, South Norwalk. Notice for stir-
vcying may be leftat. the Gazette Ofilce. .
BUILDING Lors,
F o 33. s .A. :I:. E
EVERAL very eligible buildinn lots for Sale, in
the immediate Vicinity of t e Bridoe, others
more remote. Three acres ofunimprovecfland pleas
antlylocuted. for sale at a bargain. A house and
five acres of land, ditto. Apply to A. II. BYINGTON
FLOUR, FEED and GRAIN
At Wholesale.
HIE-subscribers having taken the store in Janies’s
building, Water Street, just above the store of
Win. C. Street, are now prepared to furnish Flour,
Feed and Grain at wholesale, at the lowest market pri-
ces. They when, and will endeavor to merit liberal
patronage. H. & I. SELLECK.
Hannv SELLECK, (1’7) ISAAC SELLECK, Jn.
. ' \
Union Livery Stables.
Next to Byxbcc‘s Hotel, SoutliNoi-walk.
' ORSES and Carriages to let at all hours. Our-
riages run to all thetrains aiid_to the Steam-
Ceaches for Weddings, Funerals, Ike.
WILLIAM H. WILCOX.
boat.
THE PROPRIETORS OF THE
continue to sell all kinds of -
GRAIN, noon and FEED,
in quantities and at prices to suit purchasers.
Grist work promptly attended to. Cash paid for
Grain. MILLS 85 WHIPPLE.
Temperance Dining Saloon.
AT THE OLD SPRING STAND.
JULIUS F. PARTRICK. having taken the above Sa-
loon, recently kept by Mr. Chas. II. Byxbee, is now
prepared to furnish hot meals. at all reasonable
hours. Oysters Stewed, Roasted. Fried, or on the
shell; Families or Parties supplied; also, shipped
in kegs to all parts oftlie country.
Home made Pics and Cake constantly on hand.
Ale drawn fresh from bfll‘l‘cl~n0 poisonous lead pipe
used. No Liquors kept.
Saloon open from 6 a. in.
(Closed On.Suiidays-) Private
dies, entrance under J. 1". Bennett’s Store.
entrance under Carier‘s Shoe Store.
_to 11 o’clock p. m.
iiiing Room tbr La-
Gent's
16
“ I‘IOBIE AGAIN.”
COAL! COAL ! ! COAL !! !
AT
Steamboat Dock,
SOUTH NORWALK.
THE subscribe having resumed his old business as
above, is prepared to furnish the public with a
better article of COAL, than has ever before been
offered, and at thelowest possible rates. Also,
WOOD,
[IS] DAVID H. WEBB.
N o R. w A L K
Steam Dyeing,Scouring Establishm’t
FOOT OF MILL HILL.
AVING recently made extensive improvements
we are now enabled to do all kinds onyeing and
Bleacliingiiitlic best stylcandat the shortest notice.
All kinds of Ladies‘ Dunssss, SACQUES, CAPES, MAN-
TLES, SHAWLS, Ribbons. VELVETS, Famous. VEILB,
the, Cleaned. Dyedand Pressed. Particular atten-
tion paid to the Cleansing, Dyeing and Pressing of
Genttciiien’s Gariiieiits;they do not require to be
ripped; we also Cleaner Dye Kid Gloves, so that
they look almost equal to new. We invite compari-
son with goods done at any other establishment,
for brlglitiies ofcolor, softness of finish, or with less
injury to the fabric. Calland see samples. done at
the old stand foot ofMill Hill. AgenCIcs at J. Shep-
herds, opposite the Post Office, and J. F. d; C. R.
Bennett‘s, South Norwalk. R. N, PERRY.
of all descriptions.
West wing of the Gazette Building.
~ The place formerly owned and occupied by Isaac S. '
Norwalk Grist and Flour Mill; 1
NORWALK, CONN.
Bounties, Pensions, ac. .‘
HAVlNG just discovered that there has been a
report widely circulated that I have given up
the United States Claim Agency business, whic i
has been believed by some. I would here state to
all persons interested that I am fully prepared and
wil attend to the collection of claims against the
United States Government. the same as heretofore.
I am also frilly prepared to make out applications
under all the late Acts of Con ress respecting cqual~
izution of Bounty, Increased eusions. 850., the.
H41 WM. '1‘. BARNUM.
Daubury. 1867.
7-30’5 and 5-20’5.
. N OIIWALK, Feb. 18th. 1867,
PARTIES Wishing to exchange '1 -30 Notes, ina-
turing 15th of August, next, for 5- 20 Bonds, can
be accommodated on re ulost reasonable terms by
applying at the Fairfleld County National Bank.
US GEO. E. MILLER, Cashier.
Fruit Trees! Fruit Trees! !
AT THE '
NEW CANAAN NURSERY.
The subscribers take pleasure in announcing to the
public that their stock of
Fruit (in Ornamental Trees, Vines, the.
is unusually large and of unsurpassed excellence.
We feel confident in saying that we believe that our
stock of APPLE TREES particularly, to be theLar-
gcst and Best in this Country. We are also positive
that we can furnish Trees in better quality. better
from distant Nurseries. _
Those wishing to purchase Trees and Vines Will do
well to send their orders early—or still better, vialt
our Nursery and make their own selections.
STEPHEN IIOYT d: SONS.
P. S. We take pleasure in showin'r persons through
ouanrsei-ies. whether desirous o purchasing trees
or not; and would cordially invite all interested to
visit the Nursery.
Boots and Shoes.
' HE Subscribers having bought out MR. E. L.
HENDRICKS, Shoe Store, lly‘s Block, South
Norwalk. would respectfully call the attention of the
public to their
NEW STOCK 0F GOODS,
consisting of a general assortment of
Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, &C.,
' which will be sold very low for
O A. S H .
BROWN & STEVENS.
HIRAM S. BROWN. HARVEY STEVENS.
N. B. Having returned to South Norwalk, to my
old stand, Iwould respectfully invite my friends and
former customers to give iue aeall at Ely‘s Block.
Horse Cars run right by the door.
34 HARVEY STEVENS.
Double E'o ot-Powei; rump.
Rttcnfczl Aug. 95h 1864 Rte-issued Jan. 1, 1865
The best recommendation forlabor-saving machines
in this age of inventions is that they prove well.
This machine pumps from 16 to 32 gallons per
minute, they are sxmple,durable, work very easy, and
do not freeze. Being made of wood they are not 11-
able to corrode, rust. or in any way impart an un-
plcasant flavor; and can be repaired at. a trifling ex-
cuse. Samples of this Pump can be seen at the fol-
owinrr places ; South Norwulk PlaningMill ; near
the Hotel in Westpert; at E. Raymond‘s “place,
Cranberry P1ain.aud at Cyrus Morgan’s North iitou
Manufactured and sold by
Z. M. COMSTOCK, South Norwalk.
.All orders romptl attended to when accompa-
nied by the ( epth o the well. measuring from the
platform down.
8'. In. HOPKINfi,
Livery, Sales and Exchange Stables,
No. 2Marshall Street, South Norwalk, Conn.
FEW Good Horses for sale; Also. four cheap
horses. Horses and Carriaves to let at all hours
Carriages run to all trains and to the Steamboat.
Coaches for Weddings, Funerals, the.
Notice.
HE subscriber can furnish the Ladies of Norwalk
with all styles and varieties for the season of
Bonnets and Jockeys,
forthc old and young, and with prices to suit the
times. Allkinds of
‘IIATS SEWED 0" ER,
and new ones made to order. I am confident that
with my new and improved process of
Bleachang
that I can give entire satisfaction.
Ladies give me a call at the old stand foot of - Mar-
shall street, South Norwalk,
GILES I—IAULENBEEI{.
N. B.——Tuscans.Pauamas, chliorns, Neapolitans.
and all kinds of Braids,Bleachcd, Pressed and Dyed,
Spring Styles
MILLINERY and FANCY GOODS
For 1867. MISS S. A. BEERS, would respectfully ail-
nonnee to the citizens of Norwalk, that she has taken
the store in Wood’s Building, Main St., formein occu-
)icd by Mrs. Duff, and will carry on the business of
filliucry. She has also a good variety ofFancy Goods,
Corsets, Hosiery, Dress Trimmings, &e., and will do
all kinds of Machine Stitching. Gents and Ladies
under Garments made to order, She has also a large
variety of handsome patterns for Stamping, Braiding
and Embroideriiig, which she will do to order at short
notice. A share of the public patronarre is solicited.
1y15 MISS S. A. BEERS, orwalk, Conn.
Millincry and llressniaking,
Mrs. E. LAWRENCE,
OULD inform the Ladies of South Norwalk and
vicinity that she has taken the stand formerly
occupied by Mrs. Newcomb, Washington Street,
South Norlvalk where she will continue the MIL-
LINERY and DRESS-MAKING Business. Ladies
are invited to call and examine ller assortment of
Spring Goods. - 1y3ni*1s
A. Jackson & Bro.,
No. 1, GAzETTE BUILDING,
OULD invite the attention of their old custom-
ers and the public generally to their varied and
extensive stock of
WATCIIEs, JEWELRY, SILvEu WARE, FAN-
CY Goons, SILVER PLATED WARE, &e.,
which was selected with great care and is not to be
surpassed in Fairflcld County, in quality or price.
Constant additions are made of all the latest styles
of goods. A.JACKSON III BRO.
The Star Shuttle Sewing Machine.
PRICE $20, IVI'I‘II TABLES AND TREADLE 535.
r uses two threads and makes the (Lock Stitch)
which is alike on doth sides oftlie fabric sewed.
It is one of the most simple constructed and durable
niachiilciu use. ,
G. 'l‘. OSBORN. Georgetown,
and W. W. BEERS, Norwalk, Uonn.,
Agents for Fairticld County.
Can be seen at the Store of Meeker A: Selleck,
MuiIiSt.. Norwalk. 3mm
I'ur mture Repairing.
V IIE subscriber would inform the citizens of Nor-
walk. that IlCll:\S taken the old Engine House,
rearof Shcrwood‘s Block, Muir. Street. and now of-
fers his services to the public in repairing all kinds
of Fun}: noun or. CABINET WARE All work will be
promptly and neatly executed and satisfaction guar-
anteed. Having had long experience in Upholster-
ing and Repairing of Furniture, and intending to
give his personal attention thereto, he feels confident.
of suiting any who are in need of work in his line.
1y23 , EDWARD NELSON.
FITCH £5 RENOUD,
Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Liquors, &c.
Main Street, Norwalk, Colin,
Having had long experience in the business they
confidently rely upon their abilitfr to please their
friends and customers, by fair dca lug and strict at-
tention to business.
lIAIch FI'rcu,
READ THIS .'.
House and Sign Painting,
at
SOU'IflI NOIINVALIL.
Particular attention given to Graiuiiig. Blind
Paiiitiugaild (Hazing; also. to Paper Hanging aiid
Calccmiilciug, by J. II. N; A. ll. KIDNE 1'.
Lo‘ Shop North of new foundry, onpositon. E.
Montgomery‘s (,‘oal yard, fool. of Marshall Street.
1.
Jenn W. Ranoun.
(lAzn'rrn OFFICE. I it. ELLS IS: SON.
South Norwalk, Couii. 1y25
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UESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1867.
For the Nor-wall: (locale.
Serenade.
BY w. M, L. JAY.
Low bending from her throne above,
The moon o'erlooks this world of ours,
And stoops to kiss with pitying love.
The slew- wet lids ot‘sleeping flowers.
The zephyrs in their chosen bowers
Are wmppcd in silent ecstasies,
And some, through all the long night
hours,
Lie dreaming in the stirless trees,—
Stirlcss—save when some dreamer‘s start
Shakes the light foliage to its heart 1
So still the wood ! so still the dell l
So deep the silence o’er the lea !
My heart andlute confess the “spell,
And both grow hushed unconsciously.
Yet let me but tliy soft eyes see,
An
Before their light all shadows flee,
All thoughts of care, all throes of pain,—
And tranced in love my hushed heart lies
Like moonlit seas ’neath summer skies !
a<.>.
0n the Cars.
I am a frequent traVeler on the railway,
and I am often struck with what I see and
hear, and I propose to semi you occasional
notes thereof.
I.
“Can you tell me, Mr. —-—," said a busy,
restless man, as the train stopped at a sta-
tion, to a quiet, foreign looking gentleman
in another seat, “can you tell me why gold
went up to-day from 140 1-8 to 140 1-2 ‘2" It
was a momentous question, and not being a
private one I prieked up my ears. “No.”
(very seriously) “no, Icannot, and yet, and
yet the Government is not selling, and the
—the,——banks are very low and exchange is
quite in demand ;” and the foreign gentle-
man ceased, and the other gentleman also
ceased, and both were satisfied. and I said is
this a specimen of the acuteuess of our bank-
ers and merchants, who discuss finance on
the cars, while that “ancient covenant peo-
ple," as my grandmother calls the Jews, run
up the price of gold on 'the eurb‘stone
from 140 1-8 to 140 1-2 because it rains or is
going to, or the sun does not shine when it
ought, a Napoleon has been buying horses,
or Bismark refused to be shaved by a French-
man, or Wade Hampton declined to sell his
spurs for old brass to a negro pedlar.
II.
There’s a bride 1 Well, I always advocate
marrying, that ‘ is where the right kind of
love exists. She isn’t very pretty, but sensi-
ble I know. How do I know ? Why look
at her dress, it is neat and simple. She isn't
rich, she isn’t poor. She belongs to the class
that has neither poverty or riches. From
her ears no ornaments of wood or iron or
gold are dangling; and oh, marvelous, she ‘
has a hat with a crowul Then her hair ! it
is neatly brushed and coiled, not fixed with
the chzgnon, after the style of the African
tribe that DuChiller found in Africa, for she
is a christian woman. She doesn’t sit lean-
ing on her husband‘s shoulder with her hand
laid in his, but rather, as a modest, loving (ml
of. wife should, evidently enjoying the glimp-
ses of the country from the window, or the
words that her husband addresses to her.
Am I sure she is a bride ? No doubt of it ;
I am an old fellow and have travelled a good
deal; I have seen many bridal pairs on their
wedding trips, and have generally felt sorry
for them. Not so with this one. What a
comfort sensible young people are.
. _ III.
I am inclined to think that daily railway
riding has a tendency to make people selfish.
At way stations there is sometimes a lack of
seats; it is not easy riding on your feetat the
rate of thirty miles an hour, and so you
come, almostinstinctively to feel that you
must look out for yourself," and that right
off. I have seen two gentlemen talking very
earnestly, I‘presume on some important sub-
ject, as the train slowed for the station; then
the conversation stopped at once and both
started at a rapid rate, in opposite directions,
and before the train had stopped were on
opposite platforms, / knocking against such
passengers'as were leaving, here poking an
elbow in the eyes of a baby in a woman’s
arms, and there almost crushing Biddy’s
“band-box; and to what end all this haste?
To find that there were a plenty of seats in
both cars, and that if they had but waited,
they might have sat together. and talked
quietly and pleasantly for a couple of hours.
But it there should be but one seat ? True,
then the quickest man would have got it!
I admit it, and this is why we all grow self-
ish in this respect. R.
.<.p.
How IT FEELS To BE Seaman—Last
week we gave an account of the destruction
of a train on the Union Pacific Railroad, and
the killing and scalping of ,several men by
the Indians, and the escape of one of the vic-
tims, Wm. Thompson, who gives the follow-
ing version of the aflair :—
“About nine o‘clock, Tuesday Iiight,iny-
self and five others left Plum Creek station,
and started up the track on a hand-car to
hunt up where the break in the Telegraph
was. When we came to where the break
proved to be, We saw a lot of tiles piled on
the track, but at the same moment Indians
jumped up from the grass all around, and
fired on us. We fired thI or three shots In
return, and then, as the Indians pressed on
us. we ran away. An Indian on a pony
singled me out, and galloped up to me. At-
tcr coming to within ten feet of me he fired,
the bulletcnterlug my right arm ; seeing me
' still run, he “clubbed his rifle" and knocked
me down. He then took out his knife, stab-
bed me in the neck, and then makiuga twril
round his fingers with my hair. he com.
menCed sawing and hacking away at. my
scalp. Though the pain was awful, and I
felt dizzy and sick. I knew enough to keep
quiet. . After what seemed to be half an hour.
he gave it a jerk. I just thought then that I
could have screamed my life out. I can‘t
d( scribe it to you. Itjust felt as if the whole
head was taken‘right Off. The Indian then
mounted and galloped away, but as he went
he dropped my scalp within a few feet of me
which I managed to get and hide. The In-
dians were thick in the vicinity. or I then
might have made my escape. While lying
down I could hear the Indians moving
around whispering to each other, and then
shortly after placing obstructions on the
track. After lying down about an hour and
and half, I heard the low rumbling of the
train as it. came tearing along, and I might;
have been able to 11 lg it offhad I dared."
. «gunk- ___...
-—'l‘bere is reason to fear a yellow fever
season on the Gulf coast. It. has broken out:
at New Iberia, Louisiana, New Orleans,
700 ; Agricultiiralist.; 'l‘i'iunipliodc (laud ; large car-
ly Jersey Scarlet ; Wilson‘s ; Russell‘s, .kc.
-1L* E. 1’. S51 1TH, Westport, Conn.
PAPERS HAVE FALLEN!
Including Foolscap, Legal.l.ot.tcr, Com. Note, Svo, l
and Billcts, at SELLECK‘S Bookstore. '
Pensacola, and rages ill Galveston, Texas.
September is the mouth to be dreaded.
— A chicken dealer in Fulton Market,
iiaillcd Robbins, is said to be worth five mil-
lions. lle tends his own stall.
'a'cb shall breathe its sweetest strain; .
Sketch No. Three.
As I promised you in my last, to fake a
look upon the brighter side of human nature,
I now propose to send you a line, as a cor-
responding proof of the fact.
Some years ago I had an occasion to visit
East Sagana'w, Mich, and taking a steamer
from Detroit, on Saturday- morning, I was
soon on my way to that place. It was early
spring, and at that season of the year there
was ibut little travel upon the lakes, and 1
well remember almost every passenger on
board. They consisted of a party of men
goin up to build a saw-mill in a logging
district, and they had with them every requi-
site thing to begin immediate operation, even
several horses, with harnesses, wagons, &c.,
and provisions for the animals for several
months. Rough men were talking in the
cabins most of the time. and the tone of their
conversation was almost entirely upon the
lumber trade. There was an old lady, also,
with two sons who had seen very little of
out side life, by their actions, in whom I took
considerable interest, but more prominently
among those that attracted my attention was
a young man about my own age, who, I af-
terward learned. was from New Jersey, and
from very respectable' parents, but who had
been rather “fast." I watched him a long
time, (for our trip was several days, we going
much out of our way to accommodate the
lumberinen',) and I soon saw that this young
man was the dope of some of that party.—
As he had plenty of money, it was his “treat”
almost all the time, and at the end of the
second day hls funds began to run low.'then
(as is usual in such cases,) he was discarded
and jeered. He bore up under it for some
time, and-at last came to me, (though an en-
tire stranger). and begged my protection
which I freely gave to him. I took him into
my ' state-room and treated him nicely, at
which he was greatly pleased, and offered to
give me his revolver, and all the remaining
money, he had, and many other little person-
al things, if I would rid him of his unpleas-
ant companions, and I was only too willing
to ‘do all in my power for him.
Although in that intoxicated state at
which time a man is scarcely responsible for
any action he may commit, I had not the
slightest fear and he proved himself the rest
of the journey not unworthy of the confi-
dence I placed in him. Ileft him at. Bay
City and have never seen or heard from him
since but I often think of the little circum-
stance with much pleasure that in that in-
stance, I fouud a person that was (even in
that forlorn state) to have some selfrespect
left, and on whom a kind word had great
influence, and also found in him an opportu-
nity of doing good to a fellow man.
From Bay City I went to East Sagauaw,
and from thence I took a stage to Flint, some
16 miles, (a railroad counccts‘ those two
points now), and on my arrival I was forced
to spend that night, sleeping in a bed with
two other persons, but feeling that confi-
dence, inspired by what had passed a day or
two before, I had not the slightest fear, nor
had I occasion for any, for awaking in the
morning I found both my companions bad
decamped and left allof my property untouch-
ed though I had a considerable amount of
money with me at the time. .I write this_ to
show (as I said before), there is a bright side
to human life. as well use dark one, which
I hope to better demonstrate in my next
pa er. . M.
nooern, Aug. 6, 1867.
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_ American Bunting.
We noticed at. the residence of Harrison
Flint, Esq., on the Fourth, a beautiful flag,
said to be the first bunting ever manufactur-
ed in the United States that our Government
would accept. And it is really an honor to
the town to know that one of our citizens
was the first to manufacture and get the
Gavcrnmeut to use American made bunting,
as there always has been a strong prcdjudlce
existing in favor of English make. And in
fact, it may not begenerally known thatall
the flags used by our Government during
the war were manufactured by a foreign gov-
ei‘nment.
The United States Bunting Company at
Lowell, Mass, are now making all the flags
used by our Government, which amounts to
over two hundred thousand dollars per year,
and we are proud to know that one of our
townsmen, Mr. Flint, was the founder of the
company.
Our Government during the war used over
six hundred thousand dollars worth of flags
each year, and it cost over two thousand dol-
lars for buntingto‘ furnish one man-of—war.
All of our foreign ministers and consuls have
a flag continually flying over the door of
their office and each flag is not supposed to
exceed four months in use, consequently
there is a contlnnulcall for flagsnvhich are
placed in tin tubes and forwarded from this
side of the water, which was formerly done
in England for our Government. _
~Danbury Jefiersoman
.g.»
-—A young gentleman of' Virginity has con-
trived a new way to kill time—a little pas-
time which he calls “fly-loo." This game,
according to a Lynchburgh paper, may be
played by any number of persons. The
playars‘ names are written on pieces of pa-
per, and a lump of sugar on each._ Then
begins the eager excitement of waiting for a
fly to light, and when it does so, the name of
player under the sugar which has attracted
the fly has to treat all around.
._._-_._. . «op--
WF-anny Fern thinks it ought to be con-
sidered a disgrace to be sick, confidentially
adding; “I am seventy—five, and I feel half
the time as if I was just made. To be sure,
I was born in Maine, where the timber and
the human race last ; but I don’t eat pastry
nor candy, nor Ice cream. I own stout boots
——pi'etty ones too. I have a wafer-proof
cloak, and no diamonds; I like a nice bit of
beefsteak and glass of ale, and anybody else
who wants it may eat pap. I go to bed at.
ten and get up at six. I dash out in the rain
because it feels good on lily face. 1 dont
care for my clothes, but I will be well; and
after I am buried, I warn you, don’t let any
fresh air or sunlight down on my cofiiu, if
you don't. want me to get tip.”
.«Q».
——It is stated that. Gen. Grant has taken
steps to reduce the Quarterniasterls Depart-
ment at Washington to its condition before
the war. _
—-'I‘lic rumors ofturlher changes in the
Cabinet are again revived. 7 _
—-Ncw York financiers were much excu-
ed on Friday week by the announcementthat
Messrs. Atwater and Baker, the two tellers
of the 'l‘i'adesniau’s National Bank, were dis-
covered to be detaultcrs to the amount of
$95,000. The two men lived in ayel‘y mod-
est way, and had no apparent Vices They
liad‘botli been employed in the bank thirty
yeais. The bank has a surplus of $150,000,
so that its capital is not affected by the defol-
cation.
4‘.>...__————
-.-L:u-kiu G. Mend. Jr., the sculptor. is at
present engaged upon his most ambitious cf-
fort, The Last Appeal of Columbus, a group
ordered by Le Grand Lockwood.
—-Ex-Gov. Buckingham of Connecticut
has paid one-half the cost of a $6,000 church
building at Buckingham, Tania . County,
Iowa, which place was named for lum,bcsule
giving a fine carpet and Bible.
——Profcssor Lang-worthy, while performing
with the lions of Forcpaugh‘s circus at Hou-
eye Falls, N. Y., last week, was attacked by
a lion and badly injured. . Ills sale was
crushed and be back and limbs laccriitcd.
He will probably recover.
——-lleinbx ld, the druggist, began with a
capital of $50. He expended $214,000 in ad-
vertising, and is now a millionaire.
——'l‘hc famous trotting horse Dexter trot-
ted against llis best time, 2.19, at Buffalo
‘rcccntly and made the mile in 2.17 14.
Tlietiluc is the best ever iiizulesiu liarncssby
1 3-4 Seconds. I). xti-i‘ was mild on the same
afternoon to liobv rt Bonner [91' $50,000.
—T|it: wheat Imports at SJII Francisco du
rim; the month of July were 171000 sackf.
'l‘ue toutl value of cxpnlti from I'llal city this
year is nearly $6,500,000 in gold.
O
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VOLUME L--NUMBER 35.
”How The Pacific Railroad is
' Built.
We have already noted the rapid progress:
made by the construction parties who are lay-
ing down the track of the Union Pacific Rail-
way. The best explanation of the actual
process of construction is furnished by a cor-
respondent of The Cincinnati Gazette, who
has recently been with the senatorial excur-
sion party from Omaha to the western term-
inus of the road. He says:
There is little known by the people of the
character of the enterprise. Most think that
a company of capitalists are hastily putting
down a rude track, over which cars can be
moved with care, for the purpose of secur-
ing lands and money from the government.
The fact is, that one of the most' cemplete
roads of which the country can boast, with
equipments that surpass many, is being laid
with a speed that fails to impress the nation,
simply because it is not believed. But let
the facts tell their plain yet wanderful story.
General J. S. and D. C. Casement, of Ohio,
grade the road, lay the track, and put up the
telegraph. The graders 0 first. There are
two thousand of them. he advance‘is near
the Black Hills. They protect themselves
and are digging the great fortification which
makes the future sure for us, on through In-
dian battlefields, while the daily fight goes
on. Their work is done to Julesbnrg.
0f tie-getters and wood-choppers there are
one thousand five hundred. Their axes are
resounding in the Black Hills, over Laramie
Plains and in the passes of the Rocky Moun-
tains. They have one hundred thousand
ties in these bills awaiting safeguards for
trains foliaul them.
A mile in advance of the track-layers are
the squads which place the ties. There are
three of these. First, however, the engi-
neers, set their levelling stakes at distances
of - one hundred feet on straight lines and fit-
ty feet on curves. At each of these points
sawed ties are placed and levelled by them.
Then come two men with a measuring rod,
marking off spaces equal to the length of a
rail, and also the half of this space. These
sawed ties are laid by the second squad, to
give firm support to the ends and middle of
each rail. These are placed by sighting
along the guide-ties already laid. The third
squad then place the ifermediate ties and the
bed is then ready for the iron.
Now go back twenty miles on the road
and look at the immense construction trains
loaded with ties and rails and all things
neided for the work. It is like the grand
reserve of an army. Six miles back are other
trains of like character. These are the sec-
ond line. Next. near the terminus, and fol-
lowing it hour by hour, are the boarding
cats and a construction train,which answers
to the actual battle-line. The one is the
camp; the other is the ammunition used in
the fight. ,
The boarding cars are eighty feet long.—
Some are filled with berths; two are dining
one is a kitchen. storeroom and office. Un-
der the whole thOsc who prefer fresh air
have swung hammocks. Rifles are hung
over head, plentiful in number, loaded and
convenient. The. party protects itself With—
out attention from the government. The
track-laying gang numbers 400. On the 350
miles already built there nre‘1000 track re-
pairers constantly improving the road-bed.
The boarding cars go in advance. They
are pushed to the extremity of the track; a
construction train then corfics up, unloads
its material and starts back to bring another
from the second line. The boarding train is
then run back till it has cleared the unloaded
material. ~
Three trucks each drawn by two horses
ply between the truck layers and their sup-
plies. The horses run outside the track, pul-
lin‘g with along tow line, as boats are moved
on canals. They must be out of the way of
the workmen. One of these tracks takes on
a load of rails, about forty, with a proper
proportion of spikes and chairs making a
lead, when the horses are started off on a lull
gallop for the track layers. On each side of
these trucks are rollers to facilitate running
off the iron. 0n reaching the end of the
last rail the truck is stopped. A single horse
is attached to move it over each successwe
rail. Meantime, the truck last emptied has
turned on its side to allow the loaded one to
go to the front. The two horses released
are started back on a keen gallop for anoth-
er supply. The third one movesup in like
manner, and thus through all the day they
are rushing forward with their iron load.—
To see them and reflect what their rush and
rearing means, is as exciting as it ever was
to watch a battery thunder into posulon at a
needed moment, at a vital point in its line.
The rails within reach, parties of fin: men
stand on either side. One in, the rear throws
.a rail upon the rollers, three in advance
seize it, run out with it to the proper dis-
tance. The chairs haVc, meantime, been set
under the last rails placed. The two men
in the rear, with a single swing, force the end
of the rail into the chair, and the chief of
the squad calls out “dowufl in a tone that
equals “forward” to an army. Every thirty
seconds there came‘ that brave “ down, ’
“ down," on either side of the track. They
were the pendulum beats of naughty em;
they marked the time of the march and its
regulation step. _
One of the rear men drove the cars, In ad;
dition to handling the rail. The horses,
rail was projected into the. wilderneSS, «with
the same precision and haste; then camel lei
magic “clown," the car moved on again, and
another length was accomplished.
Two spikcrs followed each red, one party
a little in advance of the other. One rail
was fastened at the end and at the middle.—
The second party then drew the opppsnte
rail to the exact gauge, and fastened it in
the middle and the end. Then came other
squads of spikers, moving along With the
precision of military drill, each having a
particular spike to drive, and no one inter-
f'eiing with another. Track liners followed
these, and with their crowbars rectified the
line. The fillers came last. One party of
these filled and packed the spaces at the ends
and middle of the rails, the other completed
the intermediate intervals, and the )01) was
left till the squads of track repaireis should
come up and finish the ballastlng. But as
the fillers leave it. full trains can run over it
with safety attwonty miles an hour.
These are the dry details. Let the reader
picturellie scene. The rush of the loaded
track ; the successive dropping of the railstn
place; the rattle of the spiker’s hammer,
sounding like a hotly contested. skirmish;
the roarof the distant supply trains Inovuig
up; the resounding of the frequent Signals,
near at hand; the universal bustle; ‘the
rumble, and grumble. and roar’ of the won-
derful advanc -. Let the elements of savage
warfare. and the actual presence of hostile
Sioux along the blutls, be woven into the
picture, and together it forms one that. the
world has not seen before, and which the
stories of magic can scarcely equal.
Nor is any of this energy wasted. If it is
asked: “How does the weik get on ?" again
let the facts answer. Oil the 9th of May,
1866, but forty miles of road were complet-
ed. In an hundred and two working days
thereafter two hundred and forty-five addi—
tional miles were laid aiid put in prime condi-
ti0li,cvcry rail and tie and spike having been
brought. tip from the rear. Seven saw mills
furnish the lie and luuibu'. All bridges are
framed, the pieces numbered, and set up
where wanted without the least delay. The
bridge at Lonp Fork is fifteen hundred feet
long. and as fine a Howe truss as can be
found in the land. While our train was run-
ning the sixty miles from North Platte over
a Iiiile of truck had been put down and 'one
train passed over it. From one o’clock
till four in the afternoon a illlit! and two
hundred feet were added to this while the
party {veic looking on. The progress was
astonishing, and the more so llt'f'ullSC the
ground was wet and the Soil :t-ll aodhard
with alkali.
Unless driven oil by Indians; which dons
not now sci-iii probable. the road will touch
the basis of" the lucky Mountains tlm com-
ing autumn. The California end has alrczuly
reached a point about an hundred miles east,
and is descending the eastern slope of the
Sierra Nevadas into the valley of the Hum-
boldt. It is confidently expected that Salt
Lake will be reached next year, and that
1870 will see the whole line coin lewd.—
.Wllile the nation has scarcely hear of what
was being done, the work has been near one-
third accomplished.
l .4...
(tween Victoria’s Courtship and
Marriage.
EA very. curious book has just been pub-
lis’hed in London, written by the Queen of
England. It is'the Memoirs of Prince Al-
bert, andicomalns many interesting incidents
iii the lives of Queen and Prince. Of the
“courtship and its consequences," we learn
this much :— ‘
An intimation was given to the Prince,
through Baron Alvensleben, Master of the
Horse to the Duke of Cobnrg, and long at-
~,-,ta,t'.hed to. his family, who had accompanied
the Prince'to England, that the Queen wish-
ed to speak to him the next day. On that
day, the 15th, the Prince had been out hunt-
ing early with his. brother, but returned at
tWelve, and at half an hour afterwards obey-
ed the Queen’s summons to her room, where
he found her: alone. After a few Inlantes‘
‘ cohversation another-subjects the Queen told
hi why shelled sent for him, and we can
w . “understand any little hesitation and del-
icacyslie may have felt in doing so- for the
queen's; pisition. making it imperat ve that
any proposal of marriage alien d come first
DII'Oln her, must necessarily appear a painful
one to those who, deriving eir ideils on
this subject from the practice of private life,
' are wont to look upon it as the privilege and
happiness of a woman to have her hand
sought in marriage instead of having to offer
itzherself. , .
That same day the Queen thus wrote to
the King of the Belgians :—
WINDson CASTLE, Oct. 15, 1839. -
Mr DEAnEs'r UNCLE:—This letter will, I
am sure, give you pleasure; for you have al-
ways shown and taken so warm an interest
in all that concerns me. . My mind is quite
made up, and I told Albert this morning” it.
The warm affection he showed me on learn-
ing this. gave me great pleasure. He seems
perfection, and I think that I have the pros-
pect of a very great happiness before me. I
love him more than I can say, and 'shall do
everything in my power to render this sacri-
fice (for such in my opinion it is) as small as
I can. He seems to have great tact-a very
necessary thing in his position. These last
few days have passed like a dream to,me,and
I am so much bewildered by it all that I
know hardly how to write; but I do feel
very happy. ‘It is absolutely necessary that
this determination of mine should be known
to no one but Parliament, as it would becon-
sidered, otherwise neglectlnl on my part not
to have assembled Parliament at once to in-
form them of it. ~
Lord Melbourne. whom I have, of course,
consulted about the whole affair, quite up-
pr0ves my choice, and expresses great satis-
faction at this event, which he thinks in every
way highly desirable-
Lord Melbourne has acted in this business
as he has always done tov‘vards me, with the
greatest. kind- as and affection. We also think
it better, and Albert quite approves of it, '
that we should be married very soon after
Parlainent meets, about the beginning of Feb-
riiary.
Pray. dearest uncle, forward these two let-
ters to Uncle Ernest, to whom I beg you will
enjoin strict secerecy, and explain these de-
tails, which I have not time to do, and to
faithful Stockmar. I think you might tell
Louise of it, but none of her family.
I wish to keep the dear young gentleman
here till the end of next month. Ernest’s
sincere pleasure givesnle great delight. He
does so adore dearesf‘Albert. Ever, dearest
uncle, your devoted niece, , V. B.
The king, in his reply, says that the Queen’s
choice had been “for these last four years”
his conviction of what would be best for her
happiness :- .
In your position. which may and will per-
haps become in future even more difficult in
a political point oi view, you could not exist
withonthaving a happy and agreeable inte-
rz’eur. And I am . much deceived (which I
think I am not,) or you will find in Albert
just the very qualitise and disposition which
are indispensible for your happiness, and
which will suit your own characte‘rf’telnper
and mode of life. You say amiably that you
consider it a sacrifice on the part of Albert.
This is true in many points, because his po«
sition will be a difficult one; but much, Imay
say all, will depend upon your affection for
him. If you love him and are kind to him
he will easily bear the bothers of his.posi-
lion, and there is a steadiness, and at the
same time a cheerfnlness in his character
which will facilitate this.
What Prince Albert himself felt on the
subject we can learn from his own letters.
He thus wrote to his grandmother:—
The subject which has oecu led us so
much of late is at last settled. he Queen
sent for me alone to her room a few days
, ago, and declared to me in a genuine outburst
. _ . , ,of glove and affection Ergusse Miami-21W
started as each rail fell intone place, _tlie.»..unll,‘Lz'ebc, that I had gained her whole heart,
truck rolled Oil to the end of it, a second-ii-“and would made her intensily happy (aber-
glucklwk), if I would make her the sacrifice
*‘of 'sharlng‘hei- life with her; for she said she
looked on it as a sacrifice; the only thin
which troubled her was that she did not thin
she wasworthy of me. The joyous open-
ness of manner in which she told me this
quite enchanted me, and I was quite carried
away by it, She is really most good and
amiable, and I am quite sure Heaven hasnot
given me into evil bands, and that we shall
be happy together.
Since that moment Victoria does whatever
she fancies I should wish or like, and. we
talk together a great deal of" our future life,
which she promises me to make as happy as
possible. Oh, the future 1 does it. not bring
with it the moment when I shall have to
take leave of my dear, dear home. and of
that without deep melancholy taking posses.
sion of me. It was on the 15th of October
that Victoria made me this declaration, and
[have hitherto shrunk from telling you; but
how does delay make it better I .1
To his college friend, Prince Lowenstein,
he wrote thus :—
Yes, I am actually a bridegroom, and
about the 4th of February hope to see myself
united to hcrI love. _
You know how matters stood whenI last
saw you here. After that the sky was dark-
ened more and more. The Queen declared
in Belgium that she isbcd the affair to be
considered as broken £1}; and that for four
years she could thin of no marriage. , _
went, therefore, with the quiet but firm reso-
lution to declare, on my part, that I also.
tired of the delay, withdrew entirely from
the affair. It was not, howeverthns ordain-
ed by Providence; for on the second day af-
ter our arrival the most. friendly demonstra-
tions were directed towards me, and two
days later I was seccretiy called to a private
audience, in which the Queen offered me be:
hand and heart.
On the 16th Of January, 1840, the Queen
opened Parliament. in person, and announc-
ed her intention to marry Prince Albert. On
the tom of February the marriage took place.
.4.-.
—-Gen. Sherman, at St. Paul iecently de-
nied that he was a democrat. He said :“No,
sir, I out not, and never was. 1 am a sol-
dier."
-— The Evening Gazette says that Noah
Porter of New Haven is the hardest worked
college prott-ssor ill it 0 country. ,
__ '|‘i..- North Rivl steamers go up to Al-
b-inv and Troy evely night with an “Vera-A:
of lI-iu 700 to 1000 [ldHSI‘IIL'I 1'4 each, yel ll.e
railln uls Melon lily cit-wdcd -
— A slcalii flu- i-lie’i'nc has jiisl been ship-
ped from New Ynlk'to' Japan.
— The 500110” of ilu- (lit-amt) (fentrnl rail-
road will bc commenced in September.
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