NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24,1871.
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VOLUME LIVs-NUMBER 4.
WHOLE NUMBER 1203. ,
NORWALK GAZETTE.
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' ‘O ’WILSON a: HUELBIITT,
Att neys and Counselors at Law,
ALSO, PENSION AND PATENT AGENTS,
Room No. 4 GazetteBuildlng, Norwalk, Conn.
JOSEPH \h'. WILSON, I. BBL‘DEN HUBLBU'I'I‘.
ALEx. s. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
FROM THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
Teacher of the
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical Carn-
sltion.
Box 379 P. 0. Norwalk, Conn.
In New York, care of Wm. A. Pond e 00., 890
Broadway.
. ”FRED. H. NASH,
(Organist Trinity Church, Bridgeport.)
Teacher of Music,
In Bridge ort on Tuesdays and Fridays. Nor-walk
on Thursgays. Westport, Mondays and Saturdays.
FRIXNK MEAD & 00.:
MANUFACTURERS 0!
,_ CON FE GT£ON ER Y,
In all its brflhches. _
rior Quality ‘of Ice Cream.
OY STIR AND'DINING SALOON, l
:Norwslk, Conn.
from the R0 al
so...
Gasette Building,
“I . OAIES n D.
. O‘pthalmic hill-man; , London Physic an
end largoon lo; the E e an Hannah 33:22:]
a sheer an
Dheases 01 the no es. of all kinds, particularlythose
All of which he has made his
rsctice more than
aha Nervous mala
“€35?qu ecessful
u an an
In?” yl'sarsy: Can ’be consu ted ratis) at his
once, over the Store of Kne p a; Dic eman, Wash.
in too St., South Norwalk, rom9 A. IL, to 9 r. N.
he Dr. will visit patients during the day, wlhye‘g
required.
DB. J. G. nannorm,
' :D :E: N '1- :I: s '1- ,
NORWALK, CONN.
Office in Gazette Building, Room No. 8, over J ack~
s onBro's stores
Nitrous oxide or Laughing Gas, administered when
desired. -
PATENT AGENCY.
\V‘ILLIA—li ,vIN'E,
Agent and Solicitor of Patents,
Mechanical Dranghtsman and
MODEL MAKER,
Winnipauk, Conn.
C. s. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper 8t Tailor
AND
Gentlemens Furnishing Emporium,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
7
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AGENT FOR THE
Singer Manufacturing Co’s
First Premium sowing Machine,
The best Machine l'or general work.
ELBERT CURTIS,
Merchant Tailor,
Curtis’s Building, Main Street, Norwalk, Ct
Gents’ and Youth’s Clothing cut and made to order,
at short notice, of the best materials, in the latest
styles, by experienced workmen. Prices reasonable.
Etna Insurance Co. of Hartford,
Incorporated 1919, Charter Perpetual. ’
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880 19
lusures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adapted to the hazard, and consistent with
the laws of compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES,
Sole Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
NorwallI Insurance Company.
NanALK, CONN.
Cash Capital, $500,000
Paid up Capital, 0 1 00,000
Wu. C. S-rsazr, President, Gso. 1!. Costs, Sec'y.
Enum'HILL, Treasurer.
ASSETS OVER $25,000,000.
GEO. R. COWLES,
AGENT at Nomalk, and issues policies for thefol-
lowing Insurance Companies.
a of Hartfor Assets Jan. let, ’58, 6,052,880
€314, of N. Y. d' u . u u .. 3,730,981
thnix, of N. in, " “ " “ 1,558,567
Home, of N. H., “ “ “ “ 1,533,219
Security, of N. Y.. “ “ “ “ 1,417,677
International, N. Y., “ ” “ “ 1,128,012
a ringfield r. a 10., “ u u " 781,087
onkers A: N. Y., “ “ “ “ 781,386
North American N. Y. “ “ “ “ 702,162
Putnam, Hd., “ “ " “ 618,198
Lamar, N. Y., “ “ “- “ 509,963
Commerce, Albany N. Y., " " “ 568,873
Western Bufi'alo, N. Y., “ “ “ 553,267
Merchants Hd., “ “ “ “ 418,309
North America, H’d., " “ “ “ 401,274
Norwich, u u u u 476,949
People’s. Worcester, “ “ “ “ d 000
Baltic of N. Y. . “ “ “ 279,146
Commonwealth N. Y.,“ “ “ “ 280,000
Westchester of New Rochelle N. Y., 200,000
Peoples of Middletowu, Conh., 115,000
Enterprise of Cincinnati, 1,000,000
And other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in Connecti-
cut, Massachusetts and New York. At So. Nor-
walk. application may be made to WM. T. CRAW.
, soo'rn NOBWALK
Planing M111 Co.
Builders and others are informed that this Compa~
ny are now repared to execute in the best manner,
at short no cc, all kinds of
Steam Sawing,
Scroll Sawing,
Planing,
and Turning.
They will also furnish on the most reasonable terms
all kinds of
Lumber and Timber,
and manufacture to order,
Sash,
Bl In ds ,
_ Doors, Etc.
BA LUSTERS, NEWELS. &C.,
for Stairs and Railings, and
Black Walnut, Ash, Cherryflflaite wood
rho, kept constantiy on hand.
Prompt attention given to orders. Works near the
Steamboat Landing, SOUTH NORWALK.
C. F. TOLLES,
D. R. AU =TIN, R. I. TOLLES, Treasurer.
R. I. TOLLES
J. U. CARIER
ANNOUNCES to the ublic that hehas fitted a a
room in FRED. OCKWOOD’S BUILDI G,
Room No. 1, opposite the Horse Car Depot, where he
lv‘rlll starve his customers as before anything in the
ne 0
BOOTS (*2 SHOES
, wnsmurass IETML, ' '
Cheap for Cash.
NOTICE.
Nor/walk Dyc .Wo’rks.
HE subscriber would inform the nblic that he
will still continue to receive orders or Dyeing all
kinds of goods, as heretofore, at his office foot of
Mill Hill. He has made arrangements to have the
work‘oxecated at the noted Staten Island Dye Works,
until he can re-establish his own Works, recently de-
stroyed by fire. A continuance of the {public stre-
nage is solicited. R. . PERIIY.
Gas .
AND
Steam. Fitting.
M. CLOVER, at his works on River Street, is
prepared to fill all orders in the above line,
Willi Promptness and at low rates. He invites spec-
II‘ It ‘0‘! to “The American Submerged Force
Pump," for Which he is Agent. It is double-acting,
non- rearing. and proves to he the cheapest, most
.ofnclent, durable and reliable pump in use. 21
REAL ESTATE.
ll, which he is willing to rent to a good tenant
To Rent.
Possession Given Immediately.
Furnace and gas pipes throughout. Lot 120x2001't.
with good garden and abundance of Fruit.
For farther particulars enquire 0
{4 Hon. Will. C.
____,_._.__.__——
Desirable Place for Sale.
HE subscriber offers for sale her very desirable
T place, situated on Van Zant Avenue, Down
the new bridge. The place comprises a
Dwelling House, 11 rooms, and a lot 200x70, well
stocked with fruit; water in abundance. Terms easy,
A ply to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent,or
o the subscriber on the premises.
38tf MR8. JOSEPH JONES.
on SA LE-AT NOROTON STATION
- on the New Haven Railroad, 38 miles from New
York, _
A Beautiful Dwelling House,
lately completed, in ornamental villa style. House
has large cellar, with modern improvements, includ-
ing furnace, 7 rooms and large attic; marble man-
tels in parlor and dining room; water tank in attic,
with complete system of not and cold water in sec-
ond story, bath-room and kitchen. Carriage-house
and stable room for four horses. Neighborhood
first-class. Three miles from Stamford de 0t and
two minutes’ walk over good sidewalk to . oroton
station. Five trains daily from New York city. Will
be sold for 88,000. Apply to MELVILLE E. MEAD,
Darien Depot, Conn.
BUILDING LOTS, FARMS, ESTATES—-value
from 8100 to 8100,000—at Rye, Grand Park, Darien,
N orwalk. New Canaan, &c. Afip‘llyi to E. F. HYDE,
25 Broad street, N. Y., or M LLE E. MEAD,
Darien Depot, Conn. 3mm
FOR SALE,
UILDING LOTS fronting on Union Park ; from
01,000 to $1,600 each; location first-class ; terms
CHARLES P. TURNEY. 2St
VERY VALUABLE
BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.
THE subscriber has six Building Lots for sale.
situated on the" Isaac S. Beers property, and
fronting south. Two especially desirable, fronting
on West Avenue. Also two lots adjoining the resi-
dence of Oliver Clark. Also two lots on Fair street
west of the Catholic Cemetery. All will be sold
cheap, and on accommodating terms. Apply to
44tf JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent.
Valuable Property for Sale.
SI ill flAX lllll, IIIIVIALI.
TUATED near the residences of Messrs. John
H. Knapp and David ‘Low, consisting of two
good Dwelling Houses, two Barns, excellent Garden
and an abundance of Water. Will be sold in whole.
or in part, to suit purchasers; very cheap if applied
for soon. Also, one other tract of six acres, elegant-
ly situated near the residence of Gen. Taylor, on
Flax Hill. Terms easy. For particulars enquire of
JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate, Agent, or on the
premises, of JOHN BUTT. lrtf
CHANCE FOB. POOR MEN T0
SECURED 'elTIE‘IQEOMIIEI' RIVERSIDE
is s suunrul ,
lay'lslliassatnst suspects an:
810 per month payments. Apply at Gazer-rs Omar.
Farm For Sale.
n2 subscriber offers for sale his Farm, situated on
Comatock’s Hill, two miles from Norwalk Bridge.
The farm consists of thirty acres of good Meadow,
Wood, and Pasture land. There is a large House -
nd Barn lately built. For further particulars en-
uire of JA 8. MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, or of
th b iber on the remises.
"u so: , p LEGRAND COMSTOCK.
MRS. A. B. WILCOXSON.
Town near
easy,
OD
For Sale or to Lot.
HAT neat and very commodious Cottage on
Union Avenue, recently occupied by the subscri-
ber Hot and Cold Water, Gas, Furnace, Baths,
Water Closet, Jae. Wig! be sold lesls’lthtan its cost, or
1. at a 00 tenan on reasona e erms.
ren e 0 g A. H. BYINGTON.
For Sale.
REE very desirable BUILDING LQTS within
five minutes walk of the Bridge, situated on
Plymouth Avenue; also, two good ones atNorth Nor-
walk. For particulars enquire of R. L. ELLS.
BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.
HE subscriber ofi'ers for sale, on very resonable
terms, a number of the choicest, and most desi-
able Building Lots in the town oi Norwaik, situated
11 high ground, (Prospect Hill), near and of easy ac-
ess from the villa e, and commands a fine and un-
bstructedview of t e town, harbor. Long Island and
ound. A good avenue, 50 feet wide, has been laid
out in front of the property. Is within five minutes’
walk of the Horse Railroad Size of lots to suit pur-
chasers : no fancy prices. For further particulars cn-
quire of ' ESSE DENTON,
28 or JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent.
“BUILDING LOTS.”
HE undersigned ofi'er for Sale some of the most
desirable building sites in the village, lying along
the slope northwest of Union Park, convenient to the
village and easy 0'! access, having an extensive View
of the village and harbor, prices low and terms easy.
TH
MOOO"!
Apply to A. H. BYINGTON,
' S. E. OLMSTEAD,
' E. K. LOCKWOOD.
Norwalk, Sept. 21', 1868.
For Sale.
NE LOT on Golden Hill next to new house of H.
H. ELWELL, 80 feet front by 217 feet in depth.
A ply to LEWIS F. BEERS, Trustee, or GEORGE
VJ: RAYMOND, South Norwalk, Conn. tf26
M111 Property
FOR SALE.
HE subscriber ofi‘ers for sale his Mil. Properly sit-
noted in West Norwalk, about two miles from
Darlen Depot, three miles from South Norwalk, and
two miles from New Canaan, consisting of a menu-
faciory, two stories high, 86x18 feet, with about 12
feet head and fall of water, With three acres of land.
now used as 3 Saw Mill but suitable for a manufacto-
ry of any kind. Terms easy and price low. Enquire
of JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent, Norwalk,or
of the subscriber, CHAUNUEY STREET.
West Norwalk, Sept. 25, 1869. mm
Real Estate for Sale.
THE land belongin to the estate of George W
Raymond, compr sing some of the most desira-
ble prOperty in South Norwalk, is now ofi‘ered for sale
at a bargain by the trustee of that estate. Apply to
LEWIS F. BEERS, Trustee, GEORGE W. RAY-
giOND and CHESTER F. TOLLES, South Norwiig,
noun. 6
NASH a; IVES,
Real Estate Agents,
No. 12 MAIN STREET.
PROPERTY bought, sold, exchanged or let, on rea-
sonable terms. We have a good variety of desira-
ble Houses and Farms in and out of town for sale on
accommodating terms. tfaz
Wu. R. NASH. NATHAN Ives.
JAMES FINNEY,
Real Estate Agent, Licensed Auction-
eer, Constable, Collector, are.
GRATEFULLY returns thanks for the very liberal
patorna e heretofore extended him by a gener-
ous public, an solicits a continuance of the same.
He has taken a‘ desk . at J. B. Hurbnrt’s Law
Office, Room No. 4 Gazette Building, where he
can hereafter be found, or orders can be eft. He will
ve rompt attention to the buying and selling of
eal state, renting of places, Auctioneering of real
and personal property, the collection of debts, &c.,
and will make every reasonable exertion to please all
who may favor him with their patronage. -
JAMES MITCHELL,
REAL ESTATE BROKER
AND
AUCTIONEER,
OFFICE MITCHELL’S BLOCK,
WALL STREET,
NORWALK, CONN.
CITY RESIDENCES,
Farms and Country Seats,
Bought, Sold, Rented and Exchanged,
REAL ESTATE, STOCKS,
FURNITURE, &c,
at public and private sale.
AUCTION SALES 0F HOUSES. LOTS, FARMS,
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Sales of Furniture, at Owner’s
Residences.
Houses to Rent
Furnished or Unfurnished.
PLACES FOR SALE VARYlNG IN PRICE,
from 95.000 to $50,000
Block. Norwalk, Conn. will receiveprompt attention.
JAMES MITCHELL.
UNIS To [EL—The subscriber has from six to
fleight good rooms in his new house on Spring
i
For terms, &c., apply at his boot and shoe manufac-
THE RESIDENCE ofthe subscriber, situa-
ted on Camp Street, Norwalk, “Conn. House
contains ten rooms besides closers, attic and cellar.
Loca-
tion every way desirable. and place in good repair‘
STREET, or on the premises.
Al orders left at the UNION MARKET, Mitchell’s
To LET. _
MMEDIATELY, or by first of April, or for the
Ished the House of the subscriber at Winnl auk.
Within. three minutes’ walk of Da’nbury Rai road
Depot, and connecting lines _of New York a New
Haven Railroad, 11 trains daily. To be rented with
tor a stairs) corner of Wall and River streets op- or without from twenty to fifty acres of land, two
posyitla Ehe Norwalk‘Hotel. 0. ESKELSON. barns, fruit, &c. tfs b. R. P. CAMP.
Norwalk, Jan. 7, 1871. ti‘2
Farm for Sale at \Vilton.
HE " Daniel Alice " farm, containing 42 acres
of choice land, well watered; good building, in
complete order; within five minutes’ walk of Can-
non’s station, on the D.&N. Rai.road. Terms easy. or
will exchange for village property,_ Apply to SAM-
UEL BEERS. Cannon’s station, Wilton, or to S. E.
Olmstead,Norwslk, Ct. Dec. 2, 1870. 49tf
FOR SALE.
HE well-known property in the city of South
Norwalk, now occulpied by James Lucas, and
known as the “WAS H0 El, is offered for sale. lts
nearucss to the depot, and location on Main Street,
makes it one of the most desirable business places
in this part of the county. It Will be sold with or
without the furniture on resonable terms. For par-
ticulars enquire of JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate
Agent, or on the premises, of JAMES LUCAS. Betf
HOMES FOR THE MILLION !
One Hundred Building Lots.
HE SUBSCRIBER has for sale One Hundred Build-
in Lots within eight minutes walk of South
Norwal ' depot, at LOCKWOODVILLE. Parties
wishing to purchase may have a lot with a house built
thereon by paying a small amount in cash. balance on
mortgage, or may purchase a lot without anyimprove-
ment, for a small percentage of the purchase money
in cash,balance on mortgage. Price of Lots from One
Hundred to Three Hundred Dollars. I wrll be pleased
to show the lots to any person wishing to purchase.
WILLIAM T. CliAW,
Real Estate Agency, over F. B. Purdy’s Drug Store.
Norwalk, Aug. 24th, 1808. 35
For Sale.
NE of the most desirable places on Long Island ~
0 Sound, situated in the town of West ori, in
Green‘s Farms district, known as the “De eystcr
Place,"containing ten acres, with a first class coun-
try residence. good barns, carriage houses, ice house,
etc., is offered for sale, together with all the House-
hold Furniture, carriages, horse, cow and poultry-
The place is stocked with a great abundance of all
kinds of fruit, including apples pears, rapes,
peaches. strawberries, raspberries, blackber es, cur-
rents, gooseberries, etc. The land is divided into
six acres of meadow, one acre of onions, one acre of
potatoes, two acres of lawn and. homestead. Pos-
session given immediately if desrred. Price 315,000.
For further particulars enquire of
JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent and Auc-
tioneer, Norwalk, Conn., or of the proprietor on the
premises. ROBERT G. . DE PEYS'IER, 22
SPLENDID
Building Sites
For Sale, of one-third acre and upwards nearthe new
“ RIVERSIDE DEPOT,”
At the east end of Cos-Cob Bridge. The property is
beautifully situated, has a fine water front on the bar-
bor, and is only two minutes’ walk from all trains to
New York, EXPRESS INCLUDED. Apply to or
address J. W. ATWATER, Cos-Cob Bridge, Conn.
A Good and Cheap Farm for Sale.
THE farm of the late Daniel Leavenworth, Esq.,
Pleasantly situated in a good neighborhood in
the Town of Monroe on the direct road from Bridge-
port to Danbury, an conveniently located to schools,
churches, depot, and market. Said farm contains
148 acres, a good dwelling of eleven rooms, a good
am, one old cider mill (new used for barn). The
soil is loambottom and well watered. There is an
abundance of wood, some of which Is very nice.
There was on the farm last year from 125 to 140 bash-
els apples. Any one wishing a pleasant home and a
good productive farm will do well to look at this
place. Possession glven immediately. Price 84,200,
part of which can remain on bond and mort e, if
esired. For further particulars enquire of e ER
. PARMLEE, Terr ille, Conn. '1‘. K. HUBBELL,
Wilton, Conn. orJA ES MITCHELL, Real Estate
Agent, Norwslk, Conn.
g A. JACKSON “330.,
U‘
was:
No. I Gazette Building.
OULD invite the attention of their old customer
and the public generally to their varied and ex
tensive stock of
WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, FANCY
Goons, SILVER PLATED WARE, &c.,
which was selected with great care and is not to be
surpassed in Fairfield County. in quality or price.
Constant additions are made of all the latest styles 0.
goods. A. JACKSON &. BRO,
PlumbiEg and Roofing.
HE subscriber havingbought out the stock and
fotnres o'f Jarvis Ii. Knapp is prepared to do
all kinds of
PLUMBING,
T/IN ROOFING, FURNACE WORK.
’ GUTTERS AND LEADERS
made and put up.
ROOFS REPAIRED AT SHORT NOTICE.
Also, JOBBIIIE II All uses or Till, SHEET
llllll Mill llllPPEll WARE.
JAMES M. BUYER,
Basement of Raymond’s New Building, corner of
Main and Hoyt Street. 15
A FULL LINE OF
Fill. 0 Wills lllli
Men &- Boy’s Wear.
A
la. ALSO,
.GENTlEMEN’S Funmsmle 00003
C. '1‘. Cornwall,
Corner store, Under Norwal]: Hall.
Festivals, Pic-Niel, Sailing Parties,
&c., furnished with
’ SODA WATER
AND
SARSAPARILLA,
in any desired quantity, by
s. GRUMMAN, Manufac’turcr,
under Raymond’s new building, Main St., Norwalk.
NEW STORE
THE subscribers have taken the store in Quintard’s
Block, recently occupied by the Post Office, and
are now prepared to serve the public with a general
assortment of
Choice Groceries,
Flour, Feed, Grain,
Hay, Straw, etc.,
which they "will sell at
‘VIIOLESA LE AND RETAIL
at the lowest market rates.
Every effort made to please. Patronage solicited.
SELLECK BRO’S.
FOR SALE.
Building Sand.
BEER
700 LOADS 0F
Fine Building Stone.
Apply to arm. A. ST. JOHN.
11 EAST AVENUE.
MILK. MILK.
PERSONS wishing to each C their milk of the
“AYRESHIRE DAIR ARM,” can do so by
leaving their orders at Frank Mead & Co’s. The
milk willbe served punctually every morning. 41t
REMOVAL.
OHN COTTER, MACHINIST, PRACTICAL EN-
GINEER, &c., has removed his Variety Ma-
chine Shop to the ,
Basement or the Nor-walk Steam Plan-
ing Mill,
on Water street, where he will be pleased to greet
his old customers and any others who may be in want
of anything in his line. 44 if
, SAVE THE CHILDREN!
Mulitndes of them snfi'er, linger, and die, because
of Pin-Worms. The only known remedy for these
most troublesome and dangerous of all worms in
children or adults is
0R. COULD’S PIN-WORM SYRUP.
Purely vegetable, safe and certain. A valuable ea-
thartic, and beneficial to health. Warranted to care.
C. C. GoonwrN & 030., Boston, and all druggists.6m40
A Public Ewh-ibition
OF THE
P._ P. STEWART DUMPING GRATE
Cools. Stove
was had Friday. July 1st. 1870, on the side-walk in
front of the store of
E. K. IaOCKWOOD,
NORWALK, CONN.,
witnessed by hundreds of persons the following tort:
BAKED x ABARREL OF FLOUR INTO BREAD,
COOKED X A BUSHEL 0F POTATOES,
ROASTED 50 POUNDS 0F BEEF,
BOILED X A BBL. OF WATER,
All of which was done to the satisfaction of the spec-
tators with Thirteen and a half Pounds of Coal, or less
lE attention of the public is solicited to the supe-
This Ale is brewed flesh at all seasons of the ar,
For sale in Barrels and Half-Barrels, at the store
Hammcr’s Champaigri Alc.
Tl
CHAMPAIGN ALE.
any length of time.
Li—Cheap—A Lady‘s Top-thton.
Inquire at this once.
F? 3 Just
hilt, n the best manner, and run but a few tiger
than MU of the usual sized had of Coal.
This Stove Is for sale by i_ I, “WINNIE
rior quality of
HAMMER’S FRESH BREWED
dits f uah‘is‘cs especially of thatbrewe dur-
Iiilg themrgxaessive hot weather, is guaranteed for
of the suossribers 1?ng ill RENOIID,
am , .
Agents for the sale of Hammer’s Champaigu Ate.
/
summer months, partially furnished or unfur-
W. H. SWORDS,
Merchant Tailor
CORNER WASHINGTON AND MAIN STS.,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.,
Scotch Chevoits, Meltons, Crepe and
English Coatings,
MADE UP IN STYLE, AND AT LOWEST PRICES.
A good fit warranted and made as the customer may
Punt it. Cutting done for others to make as hereto-
ore.
Also, 0 LARGE ASSORTMENT or HATS and CAPS.
To the Ladies -
0f Norwalk, So. N orwalk do vicinity.
HOSE wishing their Mods and Far Collars re-
T paired and newlyllued or Fur Ca scut over
and made into Fashionable Mufi's and ‘ollars, Tip-
ts, or Boas, can have them done by the subscriber
I): South Norwalk, in Elizabeth Street, first house
east of the Davis liatch place. He has on hand the
best kind of Silk for lining Mufi's and Collars, colors
to match the fore; also, new style of Tassels, Buttons
and Trimmings, all of which he will sell as low as
can be boneht elsewhere. Ladies wishing their furs
newly line will please call and leave them before the
hurried season. Articles from upj-town and vicinity
can be left at the store of Van oosear dc Ambler
Gazette Building. Fancy Fur Robes re aired and
newly lined, 4m48 H. BE EDICT.
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GENERA BLACKSMITHING AND WAGON
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_ TO .TIIE PUBLIC
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DIRECT ACT!“ 1. MIA“! WHEEL STEAM PUMPS
a BWALK IRON wonxs
fygsrm N0 scorn NORWALK, CT.
ATTENTION 2
Michael Casey begs to inform the people of Nor-
walk and vicinity that he has purchased the interest
of his late partner, Mr. George H. Bracken, in their
Wholesale Wine is Liquor Store,
WATER STREET, SOUTH NORWALK,
one door from Washington Street, and will himself,
ersonally attend to the business 111 the future.
hose who may favor him with their patronage will
find such advantages as capitac, andaloug experience
in the business can secure. They can also rely on
etting the finest uality of goods at New York prices
Families and Phyls chlhl ma'yafilyhon thte purityofthe
nrcbase a s cs is men .
“we” MICHAEL CASEY,
Wholesale Wine and Liquor Merchant,
Wat.r Street. one dom- from Washington, South
Nor lk, Con
Noyember 2 48“
“NEW DRUG STORE.
THE undersigned would respectfully announce to
the citizens in this vicinity, that he has just
fitted upa New Drug Store,
CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND DEPOT STS.
where will be found
P U R E D 1% U G S ,
CHOICE WINES and LIQUOBS,
FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES,‘
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
PA TENT MEDICINES, (to.
W Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded
day and night. Can be found nights, in samebuilding,
entrance on Washington St.
U49 8. F. PECK. South Norwalk, Conn.
Keeler w Hope,
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OODEN PUMPS, the best thing for Wells and
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A NEW YEAR’S LYRIC.
in NEW raAa's.
Before I was dressed came Mr. Swan,
A prime old fellow of forty-four,
Who begins his calls at the break of dawn,
And stays—well candidly he's a bore!
While he was talking of grain and'uear,
In walked Harry; of course, yoptsee
That “was proper on this New Yciar,
To make his earliest call on me.
I gave his necktie a'litile touch.
And pulled his hair—just in fun, he sure!
And then he punished me—not too much—
And started off on his calling tour.
After him come a Mr. Brown, _,
A timid young fellow of twenty-three,
Who wriggled his fingers, looked up and down,
But never by accident looked at me,
Till I found myselftempted to run away:
Then came Hopkins, :1 young baboon,
Who uses powder, and wears'a stay,
And talks. I bade him “Good afternoon ;”
And that was all I had need to do.
His voice, like a' pendulum, clacked and swung;
But I know that Brown (between me and you)
Would have given the world for , that monkey’s
tongue.
Next came a party of six or more, '
One of whom I had met, I think.
Who ate as though they had starved before;
But looked askunce at the proffered drink—
(Cofi'ee and lemonade, you know)—
And shook their heads with a silly grin,
And mumbled ajoke about “None for Joe 1”
And something about being a "little this 1”
’ Well, I can’t begin to tell you of all, I
In' parties or singly, who came that day ;
One hundred and fifty, great and small.
Healthy and invalids, young and gray,
Would s‘carcely cover the lot, I fear, ‘
And after'dark cam'e some whose gait
The veriest lunatic. far and near,
Would never dream cfpronouneing'straight.
These worked mischief ! one great beer
Tore a rent in my sweeping train,
And ruined it utterly-just be sure
I’ll never speak to the wretch again—
An other—striving to toast me l—turaed
Some steaming cofi‘ Yer his hair ~
And groaned aloud, f . ust have burned ;
And tipped the cap from its tiny stand,
Down it went at the monster's feet,
Who looked in my face with a drunken leer,
And said : “ No mutter—ft was too sweet I”
As if that settled‘the case—oh, dear !
How Pa did scold when he saw the spot,
And vowed he’d horsewhip the drunken wit:
In truth I’d rather he would than not, .
So that threat troubled me not a bit.
But the hardest blow came the last in train :
As 1 was counting my callers o’r,
And wishing that Harry had come again—
As he had promised to do—the door
Was shaken forcibly to and fro,
While some ‘one fumbled to find the hell.
I did not wait for the maid to go,
But went myself—it was quite as well.
A man was leaning against the rail.
And tattered forward into the hall,
And stood in the gaslight worn and pale :
It was Harry’s self -on his final call.
Father andmother had gone to bed,
And I was glad that they Could not see
The man their daughter had vowed to wed,
In the terrible state he came to me.
Did [forgive him 7 Yes! You know
Love is merciful—when true.
I turned him out that evening, though :
What else was left for a girl to do ‘2
But in the morning he came around
Looking so sorry, I could not stay
Cold and dignified. list I found
Little of joy in my New~Year’s-Day !
B. W. E.
AN ODD FIX?
BYF. w. ROBINSON. ‘
Author of“ Stem Necessity,” etc;
When it came at last to asking Samuel
Rowley’s consent to pay my addresses to
his ward, I knew it was all over with me. I
felt that it was alljover directly I was shown
into the library where samuel ‘Rowley sat
before the fire toasting his gouty feet, and
reading his Times newspaper. I felt it was
so completely all over with me, that I
would very gladly have backed myself out
of the room, without entering into any par
ticulars as to the object of my visit. I
would have cheerfully 'mformed him that I
was an agent for Boshiier’s Hair-resiorer,
and had called with a sample, which might
be returned if not approved. after one day’s
rubbing. But he knew me, and I knew him.
He understood perfectly well why I had so-
licited the honor of an interview with him
at twelve o’clcck, a. m.,; be was a sharp old
gentleman, who had his eyes on me for
some time, and was not to be imposed upon.
He said, “take a seat, Mr. , I forget
your namc,”,and then he fumbled with his
glasses, an" " ferred to ‘ y polite epistle.
which lay on the table I hiui.
I took a seat and nursed my hat. I per.
spired a little. I had a tremalous motion of
my knees come on, which made me look ri-
diculous. I waited for him to begin, but he
did not. I began myself, after one or two
secret encounters in my throat with a some-
thing that felt vcry much like a cork out of
a soda-water bottle.
“You are not aware—that is, you cannot
but be aware—that I have long regarded
your ward Clara with—did you speak, sir?”
“ NO, sir, I did not, speak.” ,
He had given an awful cough ofh double-
kuock character, that was all. He kept his
glasses-on his nose, and ‘focussed me, and
the operation was unpleasant. . He was not
pleasant in his reception of my statement
either; he‘ was decidedly unpleasant, notlto
say desperately disagreeable. But then he
was a cross, (ill-grained old fellow; every-
body kucw it in Wolverton, and I have no
particular reason to disguise it here.
I recommenccd my statement;'I poured
forth the best feelings of my heart, and with
an eloquence that might have melted ada-
mant, I confessed to him that Clara was my
one ambition. As I have said already, I
knew that it was all over with me, but I‘
was poetic even in the midst of my despair-
ing consciousness.
Mr. Rowley set aside his newspaper, drew
his chair an inch or two closer to me, put
his great hands—rather disposed to be gouty
like his feet—upon his knees, and surveyed
me from head to foot contemptuously.
“May I ask your age, young man ?” he
crooked.
This was my weak point of defense, but I
told. ,
“ Seventeen.” /
“ And how did you first become acquaint-
ed with my Clara, who is a year your jun-
ior, the huzzy ?”
“ Well, Mr. Rowley, it has been a long at-
tachment." My finishing school at Beesbor-
ough was situated Opposite her finishing
school, and we saw each other at church;
and I think—”
“ I think that you both ought to/be horse-
whipped l” he said, fiercely interrupting me,
“and as for my consent to Clara’s engage-
ment to a boy like you—I will even go so
far as to say a whipper-snapper like you—”
> “A whipper-snappcr, sir l”
“ I repeat it, a whipper-snapper l” cried
old Rowlcy, becoming very red and apo-
plcctic in appearance. “I decline to listen
to your preposterous proposal for one in-
stant. Clara is only sixteen, and does not
know her own mind. She is a mere child.”
“ But we shall both grow older, Mr. Row-
le .”
“Ah! and more sensible, I hope.
morning.”
“Good morning, sir.”
I did not wait to tell ;him of my expecta-
tions from my grandmother, or to reason
with him on his want of justice and consid-
eration. I went away crest-fallen and heart
broken. I dashed from the library in des-
pair, ond brought my forehead against that
of my beloved with a concussion that was
nearly the means of stretching our senseless
forms outside the tyront’s den, the victims
of his cruel obduracy. Clara, naturally in-
'\
Good
terested in the result of my interview with
her guardian, had forced her pure, but anx-
ious soul to listen at the library key-hole. I
had retired in basic, and floored her.
“011, my gracious 1” she sobbcd forth; “ I
did not know you were coming out like
that! Oh, my head! Oh, how dreadful!
0h, Alphonse, we must part forever l”
‘ She rested her head on my shoulder, and
shed many tears. I kissed away her tears;
I patted her head fondly, keeping clear of
the bumps which I had raised there. I could
scarcely see her golden hair for tears my-
self—the water had risen into my eyes im-
mediately we had met each other. I sought
to calm her emotion. I bade her be firm,
and recommended vinegar and brown pa-
per for the damaged brow. I said that I
should try them myself when I- got home.
We renewed our vows of fidelity, and tore
ourselves from each other-’5 arms, crushed
in spirit, but strong yet to resist unjust op-
pression. '
I told all my troubles to Jack Edwards,
my bosom friend and adviser. Jack and I
had been school fellows together; we were
going into the medical.profession together
presently; my father had resolved that I
should walk the hospitals instead of the
rosy path of love. Jack heard my story,
and said that he would not have stood half
of old Rowley’s' nonsense; but what he
would have done under the circumstances
he did not impart to me at the time, and I
forgot to ask him afterward.
Clara and I met claudestinely. We were
lovers; we had been lovers from our youth;
the fiinty heart of a guardian who had out-
lived mortal passions was not to stand be-
tween our fresh young souls.
I met Clara in the village; I scaled the
park fence and met her in the green
wood; and Jack, good fellow, kept watch
on the door of the hall and old Rowley’s
library windows with a telescope, lest we
should be surprised at any moment. Clara
and I used to arrange our meetings in this
wise: Clara had a confidante in the game-
keeper, Peter Stokes. an invaluable man,
with a weakness for tobacco, and with a
heart all charity toward his fellow-creatures.
Peter was always getting up subscriptions
for his fellow-creatures in the village; and
what with his subscription and his tobacco
—I kept him entirely in tobacco—my pock-
et money knew but little rest. Still he had
a good heart, and was kind to us. He took
charge of our correspondence, which was
carried on by a circumlOcutory but sure
process. Clara gave it to her maid Selina,
another confidante—who, alas! proved her-
self a perfidious snake—and Selina in trusted
it to Peter, who took it to a gnarled monarch
of the forest—an oak tree in fact—and con-
cealed it from all human gaze in a small hol-
low cavity some ten feet from the ground,
where, at a later hour, I found it, and depos-
ited my answer, to be conveyed by the same
process into my dearest Clara’s hands.
Peter was a look old man, and very wiry ;
he could climb a tree like a squirrel, and I
was agile myself. The whole conception
was romantic, if you will, but grand l I
thought so, Clara thought so, Peter thought
so. The idea was from Millias’s picture, ,
which we had both carefully studied; and if
Peter had not deposited his small notes to
myself at the same time, asking my "kind
considerashun as a gentleman born with a
warm heart, to an aflligting knee in the par-
ish,” the romance would have been pure
and unalloyed.
_ Clara defied the obdmate guardian for two
months. It was February when Selina Mug-
gins betrayed us. I was advancing in an in-
nocent and unsuspecting manner, to the sc-
cret post-office in the wood half a mile from
Mr. Rowley’s house, when I became con-
scious of the whole perfidy. I was close
upon the tree—that brave old oak which
had héld so many secrets—when voices in
another direction filled my soul with horror.
They were the voices of Samuel Bowley,
Esq, J. P., and Peter Stokes, my Mercury.
I sank down in 0.6 long grassfi-ihere was a
rapid thaw that morning, and the (lamp
struck me at once; and I trembled for my
love. 'I was not an instant too soon; their
footsteps were upon me. Mr. Rowley's right
foot was nearly upon me also; he shaved
my features by a hair’s breacth, and passed
on. The harsh tones of his voice rang in
my ears an instant afterward.
“You don’t consider yourself an abomina-
ble scamp, I suppose,” Mr. Rowley said, “an
unprincipled Old vagabond, io act as a go-
between to a, silly school-girl and that idiot
of a boy! YOu never thought of the harm
of encouraging this, did you?
“I’m worry sorry, sir,” whimpered Peter.
“Teaching my ward to be deceitful for
the sake of a few sixpences, I suppose?”
“I never had a ,ha’penny, your honor,
much more a Sixpence.”
Neither had be. They were generally
half crowns he was in the habit of receiviu
from me.
“You deserve to be kicked out of my ser-
vice, Stokes—drummed out of the village for
a wicked old hypocrite !"
“They were werry fond of each other, sir,
and Miss Clara used to ask me so beseech-
ing; and when I told her there was harm in
writing to Master Huskisson without her
dear gardcwan’s knowing anything about
it, she alway’s said it was for the last time
sir—really.” '
“If it was not for your age, Stokes, I’d
send you about your business this very day.”
“I’m worry sorry, sir,” Stokes said again,
shedding many tears.
“Is this the tree?”
“Yes, sir, that’s the tree."
“And Clara’s last letter is up there now,
eh ? In that hole? Now no more of your
lies 1”
“Yes, sir, in that hole.”
“How on earth do you get at it 1””
“Master Huskisson climbs up there, sir,
for‘ his answers. I’ll go up and fetch clown
Miss Clara’s letter in a minit.”
There was a small epistle of his own he
wished to obtain as well, perhaps; or it was
possible that his noble mind had suggested
some scheme to save dear Clara’s missive
from sacreligious eyes. But Mr. Rowley
suspected his old servitor.
“Step where you are, Stokes l,’ he roared
forth; I’ll have no more of your monkey
tricks. Give me a back."
“Give you a wot, sir ?” -
“Bend your back, you rascal, and I’ll jump
on it, and get the letter myself.”
“lump on it i” repeated Stokes, with a
look of dismay at Mr. Rowlcy’s portly fig-
ure; “it don’t strike me that I can bear you
weight, master.”
‘It will be only a minute,” said Mr. Row-
ley, quite brutually; and if I break your
back, it will serve you right enough. I’m
not an elephant,‘ma'n, and I'will have no
more of this nonsense.”
Mr. Stokes resisted no farther. He made
his back as if about to commence at a game
of leap frog with a justice of the peace ;
and with more agility than I had given Mr.
Rowlcy’ credit for, the guardian was aloft,
and within an inch or two ofou'r letter-box.
“Raise your shoulder, you .rascal, a little
mere,” cried his employer.
Stokes did so, and soon I saw the hand of
Mr. Rowlcy strive, with some difficulty—-
for it was a. fat, gouty hand, I have already
said—to force itself into that casket, which
had contained so many of my dear Clara’s
epistlcs. Samuel Rowley was an excitable
man ; for he swore a little in his efforts, and
turned very red, and moved his feet restless-
ly upon poor Siokc’s back.
“I have got it!” he cried at last. “The
artful jade—the cunning, plotting little
minx, to serve her own guardian in this-—
0h 1”
“What’s the mailer, sir?”
“Is anything. partickler the- matter, Sir?
Not a hadder, I hope, or a nest of serpents,
or anything ‘1’” and old Stokes hid his head
a little more—tucked in his iuppenny we
called it at school—to conceal his laughing
and 'sardoniCacountcuance.
“N o, Stokes: it’s something 'much worse,
I’m sorry to say.”
“Was, sir i’” said Stokeswho left off laugh-
ing immediately.
“Yes; I—I can’t get my hand out l”
"It’s twisted somehow, or swollen, or the
wood has gripped Inc. Wait a moment,
Stokes—0h, Its all up with me! I can’t."
“Take it quiet, sir. Keep cool or you’ll
never do it—don’t hagitaie'yoursclf: I in a
cracking.”
“Don’t move, Stokes—as you are a man,
don’tmove! If you were to drop. I can-
not imagine what would become of me. It
will be all right in a. minute.”
“Make it less if you can,” groaned Stokes;
“all the blood’s got into my head orful. 'Are
you out air ‘2”
“N 0, I’m not; I’m fixed, Stokes. I’m a
dead man if you move; I am indeed.”
Stokes burst into tears, and howled with
all his might; and Mr. Rowley shouted a-
great deal. Stokes would have run it, prob-
ably, for he was succumbing fast to the dead
weight above him, had not Mr. Rowley
held him by the throat with his boots, and
fixed him too. In another moment I had
sprung to my feet, and was rushing to the
rescue. I
"I am really very sorry, Mr. Rowley; can
I be of any assistance?"
“Assistance. Yes you can, my dear child.
Run for a ladder and a saw, or something,
as quick as lightning, to the house.”
“Ai—hi—hollo l” shriekcd Stokes as I
prepared to obey Mr. Rowley’s commands;
“Don’t run; come here and let me run. or
burst I must! do come and take a turn.
He’s not so heavy when you’re used to him
—he isn’t indeed."
I saw the necessity of advancing to the
rescue at once, and so did Mr. Rowley. I
was tall for my age and tolerablj strong,
and I hastened to take the place of Mr.
Stokes which I did with the greatest cau-
tion on all sides. Behold me at last bearing
the guardian of Clara on my shoulders, and
feeling terribly the weight of my responsi-
bility as he stood with his face to the tree,
stsll exercising his ingenuity to get his hand
out of the trap.
“I hope I’m not too heavy for you, Master
Huskisson,” he condescended to say, polite-
ly, for the sight of me even was pleasant to
witness.
“N at at all,” was my cheerful answer.
‘You’ll make yourself as light as you can
to oblige me, perhaps ‘2” »
I had not quite done growing, and man is
fragile during that process. Mr. Rowley
was very heavy, and Stokes was wrong in
his assertion—wickedly wrong.
“This is all your fault, mind you, Huskie-
son. This might have been my death,” he
said, reproachfhlly.
“ch, Mr. Rowley, if I hadn’t been in the
way,” was my happy rejoinder.
“Ah ! but”—hc looked round with difficul-
ty, and found Stokes still there, making
every human eii‘ort to straighten his back
before flying. on his mission. “Curse it,
Stokes, run for your life !-don’t stand there
you wretChcd-lunatic, another instant !”
Stokes ran away' and I was left as the one
support of Mr. Rowlcy. Stokes had not
been gone more, than a minute and a half
when Iwished that he had remained and
shared the weight with me. I tried to keep
firm, but the difficulty was immense.
“Boy, you’re giving! Don’t shake so.
Keep yourself more against the tree,” Mr.
Rowley called down.
“All right. I’ll do it for Clara’s sake, if its
possible ; but if I snap—”
Then I remembered that he had called me
a Whippet-snapper; and so did he, too, I
think, and was sorry.
“0h, you’ll keep up,” he said, offering me
every encouragement in his power. “You're
a. big boy for seventeen, and I’m only nine
stone ten—not a great weight. I’ve seen
people in a circus do this kind of thing for
hours, you know.”
It was a gross cxageration, and I felt it to
be one. I was getting faint also. I had un-
dertaken too much; and his language at
times was still violent, as he endeavored to
extricate his hand.
“IfI should (lie sir,” I said feebly, "will
you please give my love to Clara ? Tell her
I did all I could to bear up—aud to hear you
up. Oh dear! Did you say nine stone ten?”’
“1 did.”
“I should have thought you had been
ninety,” I murmered.
“You’re giving !” be routed again, with a
vehemence that revived me. “Keep up a
little longer, my dear boy. I can hear them
coming in the distance.”
Which was another falsehood; but no
matter, Rowley was not a truthful man. I
set myself firmly against the tree, according
to his instructions, but it was of no avail.
My heels, in a few minutes, would slide
gracefully away from me, I was certain,
and the~ guardian of my Clara would be
swinging about by one arm, like an early
Christian martyr. His blood would be on
my head. and so would he, if he came down
with his whole weight—perhaps armless—
on the top of me. '
“Keep up i” he cried, in a great fright
now. “You shall see Clara when you like,
my boy. I will not say a word against the
match any more. You're a fine, strapping,
brave fellow, that you are—a young Her-
cules l” ,
“Thank you, Mr. Rowley,” I answered,
and his words did sustain .me a little, and
helped me to sustain him.
But I was sliding slowly but surely, from
under his feet, when assistance arrived—
men with ladders and saws and chisels; and
Clara too, wild with fright, and with tears
streaming down her cheeks.
“Oh my p00r gardy l” she cried. “Oh
you wicked Alphonse! its all your dreadful
fault.”
This was the last feather on the camel’s
back. Ilfell forward and a grand rush of
servants at Mr. Rowley’s legs only saved
the guardian from summary dislocation on
the spot. He was got down with difficulty;
and once down he was not grateful.
“A pretty fool you have made of me 1” he
said to. Clara as he walked away rubbing
his wrist, “and a pretty pair of fools you
and that boy are, too 1”
Still, other all, he was not so bad as I had
expected to find him. He was a man who
kept his word, and for that I have always
respected old Rowley. Clara and I saw
each other in a more rational manner. I
went to the hall once or twice, she was at
my house on my eighteenth birthday, at a
little party which mama absurdly called
“juvenile” in the invitations; and there
Jack Edwards was too attentive to Clara,
and raised a jealous demon in my breast.
-I went to London shortly afterwards.
Clara and I were to be engaged when I
passed, if we were of the some mind, her
guardian said. But we were not. While I
was walking the hospitals a fellow in the
tallow trade walked off with Clara, and I do
not think she resisted in the least.
' It was an excellent match, though he was
forty-seven, and very stout. I went down
to the wedding, and returned thanks at the
breakfast for the bridesmaids, one of whom
has promised to be mine when I set up in
business. for myself.
I
WILLIAM CULLEII BRYANT,
0N ITALIAN UNITY.
The meeting at Music Hall, New York,
on Thursday evening, Jan. 12th, in favor of
Italian unity, was one of the largest and
most respectable, as well as enthusiastic,
that has.come together of late in that city.
Mr. Bryant was the last speaker of a. long
list. He said:
We are assembled. my friends, to celebrate
a new and signal triumph of liberty and con-
stitutional government—mot a victory obtair-
ed by one religious denomination over an-
other, b'ui the successful assertion of rights
which are the natural inheritance of every
man born into the world-rights of which
no man can divest himself, and which no
possible. form of government should be al-
lowed to deny its subjects. A great nation,
the Italian nation, while yet acknowledging
allegiance to the Latin church,has been mov-
ed to strike the fettcrs of civil and religious
thraldorn from the inhabitants of the most
interesting city of the world, in the midst of
their exulting acclamatious. We are assem-
bled to re-echo these acclamaiions. The
govrnment which has just been overthrown
in Rome denied to those who had the mis-
fortune io be its subjects every one of the
liberties which are the pride and glory of
our own country—liberty of the press, liber-
ty of speech, liberty of worship, liberty of
assembling. It was an iron despotism which
to the scandal of the christian church, in-
sisted on persecution as a duty, set the ex'
ample of persecution to other catholic coun-
tries, and, wherever it could make itself 0-
beyed, maintained the obligation of repress-
ing heresy by the law of force.
Take a single example of the manner in
which the government was administered.
An American lady, an acquaintance of mine
a resident in Rome for several years was
summoned one morning io appear before
the police of that city. She went accom-
panied by the American Consul. “You are
charged,” said the police magistrate, “with
having sent money to Florence, to be exu-
ployed in founding a Protestant orphan asy-
lum. What do you say ?” “I did send mon-
ey for that purpose,” was the lady’s answer.
“I did not ask for it, it was brought to me
by some ladies, who requested me to for-
ward it to Florence, and I did so; and I
take the liberty to say it is no affair of yours.
“Of that you are not to judge,” replied the
magistrate. “See that you never repeat the
offense.” Such was the government which,
to the great joy of the Roman people and
the satisfaction of the friends of liberty eve-
ry where, has been overthrown. Was it
worthy—I put this question to this assem-
bly—was such a government worthy to sub-
sist even for an hour?
And yet there are those who protest a—
gainst this change—American citizens, and
excellent people among iheni, who lend
their names to '0 public I'elnonstrance against
admitting the people of Romelio the liberties
which we on joy. My friendsds there a. sin-
gle one of those liberties which is not as
dear to you as the light of day and the free
air of heaven? The liberty of public wor‘
ship, would you give. it up without a mortal
struggle? The liberty of discussing, openly
a conversation, or by means Oi the press,
in books or in newspapers, every question
which interests the welfare of our race—a
liberty of which the poor Romans were not
allowed even the shadow—this and the lib-
erty of assembling as we now assemble in
vast throngs, thousands upon thousands, to
give an expression of public opinion the sig-
nificance of which cannot be mistaken—arc
not these as dear to you as the crimson cur-
rent that warms your hearts, and am they
not worthy to be defended at the risk of your
lives ? How is it, then, that any citizen of
our own country in the enjoyment of these
blessings, and prizing ihemas he must, can
protest against their being conferred upon
the Roman people—a people nobly endow-
ed by nature, and worthy of a boiler lot
than the slavery they have endured for so
many generations ?
What sort of Protestantism is this? Pro-
testanism in its worst form of misapplica-
iion. I should as soon think of protesting
againin the glorious light of the sun, of pre-
testing against admitting the sweet air of the
outer world into a. dungeon full of noisome
dumps and stifling exhalations. I should as
soon think of remonstrating with Providence
against the return of Spring with its verdurc
and flowers and promising of harvests, after
a long and (heavy Winter. Is it possible
that those of our countrymen who lend their
names to condemn this act of justice to the
Roman pcoplc are aware of what they do?
My friends, I respect profound religions
convictions wherever I meet them. Ihonor
a good life wherever I see it, and I find men
of saintly lives in every religious denomina-
tion, But when I hear it affirmed that there
is a natural alliance between despotism and
Chriiianity, that the necessary prop and sup-
port of religion is the law of force, and that
the Christian church should be so organized
that its head shall be an absolute temporal
monarch, surrounded by a population com-
pelled to be his slaves, I must say to those
who make this assertion, whatever be their
phrsonal worth, that their docrine (lishouors
Christianity, that it brings scandal upon re-
ligion, and blasphemes the holy and gracious
memory of the Savior of the world.
It is now nearly two centuries and a half
since Roger Williams established in Rhocle
Island a commonwealth on the basis of strict
religious equality. That was a. little light
shining upon the world than) a distance and
slow has been the progress of the nations in
taking that commonwealth for an example.
Yet, though slow, the progress of religious
liberty has been constant; the day of its tri-
umph has arrived; to-uight we celebrate its
crowning conquest. It was but a little while
since that Austria thrust out the priesthood
from that partnership in the political power
which it had held for centuries. It is not
many years since that at Malaga, in Spain,
when a heretic died, his corpse was convey-
ed to the sea beach, amid the hooiings of the
populace, and that the soil of Spain might
not be polluted by his remains, it was buried
in the sand at low-water mark, where the
waves sometimes uncovered it and swept
it out tq sea to become the prey of sharks.
Now, the heretic may erect a temple and
pay worship in any part of Spain. Not long
since there was no part of Italy in which any
worship save that of the Latin church was
permitted. Now, we owe to an eminent
Italian statesman the glorious maxim, “A
free church in a free state,” and we behold
the religious conscience set free from its fet-
tcrs even in the Eternal City. With the aid
of popular education it will remain so for-
ever.
When I ihink of these changes, I am re-
minded of that grand allegory in one of the
Hebrew prophets, in which we read ofa
stone cut out of a quarry without hands
smiling a gigantic image with a headof‘gold
and legs of iron, and breaking it to pieces,
which became like the chaff of the Summer ,
threshing-floor to be carried away by the
wind, while the stone that smote the image
became a great mountain and filled the whole
earth. Thus has the principle of religious
liberty, a s‘one cut out of the quarry without
hands—an inspiration of the most High——
smitten the grim tyranny that held the re-
ligious conscience in subjection to the law of
force, and broke it into fragments, while it is
rapidly expanding itself to fill the civilized
world. Let us hope that the rubbish left by
the demolition of this foul idol, made small
as the chaff of the Summer threshing floors
and dispersed by the breath of public opin-
ion, may never be gathered up again and re-
ooustiiuied even in the mildest form it ever
wore, while the globe on which we tread
shall endure.
A Maniac For-t in. Ruins.
The fort on the northern. extremity of
Blackwell’s Island has been destroyed by'fire.
Some time in 1841 Thomas Maxsey was ad-
mitted to the Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's
Island. He was laboring un'der mental
derangement, and his principal delusion was
that he owned vast tracts ofland in Harlem
and others parts of the city, and that he was
possessed of vast wealth in real estate. He
was well advanced in years, and evinced
decided mechanical talent, although the
trade which he had followed could never be
ascertained. His first act on arriving with-
in the bounds of the Asvlum was to “locate"
a tract of aboutfive acres of marshy land on
the extreme norlh end of the island. He
claimed this land as his own by right of
settlement, and was accustomed to roam
over it and warn ofi' all intruders. One
afiemoon, while watching a fine ship which
was sailing down the East River, it occurred
to Maxsey that a trading post for vessels
passing that way might be established with
advantage on the extreme end of his truck. ‘
He revolved the idea in his mind, and finally
determined that he would erect a building
suitable for trading purposes. The only ma-
terials at hand were the pieces of lumber
which were washed ashore and a few bricks
which lie contrived to steal from the scene
of some building operations on the Island.
As none of the inmates of the Asylum were
impressed with the utility of Maxsey’s
scheme, he could not find any one to assist
him, and was obliged to go it single-handed.
This he did with commendable pluck and
having erected
A atom or MUD
about six feet high, he proceeded to construct
his trading post on it. Eightcccn years
were occupied in building the depot, which
was composed wholly of pieces of drift wood
and stolen brick, put together piece by piece.
When finished the structure was about
twenty feet long by twelve wide, and was
of no known style of architecture. Maxsey’s
labors upon his edifice were scarcely at an
end, when, in 1860, rumors of trouble with
the South arose. They reach Blackwell’s
Island, and the ears of Maxsey. His pat-
riotism was aroused’ and be determined to
protect the island against any rebel fleet
that might enter the river. He turned his
trading post into a fort, and placed.
FOUR WOODEN GUNS
in position on his mound to strike terror
into the hearts of all Southern renegade:
During the war Maxsey was at his post
every day, but the enemy never chine with-
in range of his wooden cannon. Some six-
teen monihs ago the Blackwell’s, Island fort
took fire and was reduced to ashes, Max-
sey’s grief was excessive, but soon afterward
Commissioners Brennan and Frear visited
the island and consoled him by Offering him
$100,000 for the land on which the fort once
stood. The bargain was concluded and a
deed was gravely drawn out. In payment
Maxsey received from the Commissioners a.
check drawn in his favor for the sum agreed
upon. Maxsey is keeping the check until
the price of gold fails a little when he intends
to get it cashed.
Soon after Maxsey’s fort was burnt, he
was at work upon a. second one. This was
constructed in the same manner as the first,
with the exception that he took less pains
over it. It was a little further removed
from the river side. than the old one and
was erected on a. mound only four feet high.
Maxsey had mounted
TWO WOODEN CANNON,
but the name of the nation against which
they were to be employed could never be
learned from him. Inside the fort were a
rude table constructed of drift wood, some
chairs of the same material, and a. bunk
where Maxsey always desired to sleep, but
was as invariably prevented by the Asylum
authorities. There was also a stove and
other articles.
Lately, during Maxsey’s absence, some
immates of the Asylum discovered smoke
rising'from the fort, and presently the whole
structure was in flames. Efforts were made
to save it, but in vain.
When the fire was subdued, nothing re-
mained standing save a few charred posts
and an artistic brick archway which Max~
sey had built for the entrance of his castle.
The “guns” had been totally consumed, and
the mound showed signs of dilapidation.
On learning his loss,
MAXSEY was PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED.
He eyed with great suspicion a New York
Fire Marshal who had crossed over on seeing
the flames, and accused him of being the
incendiary. The old man says his last fort
is built. He will never build another, and
for the future Government must md'ertake
the defence of the river.
araxsnv’s OWN s'ronv.
A gentleman Who visited Blackwell’s
Island gives the subjoined account:
At the rude, arched stone gate stood Max-
sey, his head covered with a thin-peaked
cap, his face blackened, and a short clay
pipe in his month. On our approach, he
got on the bridge and began fixing its plank.
To the salutation of my companion he paid
no attention.
“Ah, the poor fellow, he knows me,” said
my friend : "he is a little soft, and feels bad;
you speak to him.”r
“I am sorry, Mr. Maxsey.” I began, “for
you loss. How did the fort take fire ?”
For a while he would not answer, but
kept moving the boards here and there.
Repeating the question, he stood up and
said :
“I was up to the house, and seeing more
smoke in the chimney than there was need
for, I came down. There are
GOOD srmI'rs AND BAD srmrrs,
you know; they done it.”
“Did you lose much i” I inquired.
“Well,” was the reply, “some little things
not worth much; no money; every house
is filled with them.”
"How much is your loss ?” I asked
“Mr. Smylhe told me to make out papers,
about two or three thousand dollars. I’ve
got it insured now.”
“I suppose you lost everything ‘2”
“I pushed my guns (here turning round
and laughed) into the ditch; the . are safe.”
“How long,” I asked, “will it C before
mron'r CAN BE 111::an ?”
“Next spring,” he answered. “I will
build a little place now, so I can come down
every day. It would not do for me to be
away now, as these fine acres (turning
around and throwing out his arms) are mine.
IfI didn’t come here, people would think
I gave up possession. Next spring I’ll
build a bigger fort.”
“Yes,” put in m companion, “he owns
all around here. he city give him $100,-
000 for the placewhere his old fort was,”
Maxsey, hearing this smiled, and exhibit-
ed len bank notes, duly stamped and signed
with such names as
mmrwmm, GOODENOUGH, co,
each for $10,000. He asked us to cash one,
saying he’d pay the premium of old when
he went to Harlem, France, and reload in
a coach. Explaining that he had now im-
portant business on hand which he must
attend to, the rebuilding of his brokenbiidge
he said he would defer the cashing of the
notes until some other time. As we were
going away he said :
“I know you are sorry that I’ve had such
trouble; all the people in the city are.
THEY WILL FIX IT."
To my companion, as we went along, I
said: “He thinks those notes are good: see
how jealously he guards them.”
“So they are; don’t you think ’so ?” Was.
mv companion’s answer. , ‘
I looked up; my companion stood siill,and
slapping his hands together, continued: I’d
give $120,000 for them.”
I was scarce! able to reply, so great was
my surprise. e, too, I discovered, was a
lunatic. I bade him good day as he entered
the pavillion for his supper. When express-
ing my thanks for his kindness, he said, “No
no ;” and pointing to his head, added, “I am
one of them.”
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