Norwalk Gazette, 1818-1883, 1872-11-26

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The Second eldest Popor in the state

 

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Engineer 6; Surveyor,

NORWALK, CONN.

 

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ALEX. s. GIBSON,

Organistof the First Congregational Church,

"II III! 9|" 9! IEVI VIII. 5
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PlAII-HIIEJIRIAI All!!!“ IDIPOSIIIDI.

Box to r. 0. Norwalk, Conn.

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In New York, care of William A. Pond & 00., so
Broadway. . _
c.-~A. HILLBANK,.

Graduate of the

Penn. College of Dental Surgery,

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M the once of the old Falrﬂeld County Bank A of nearly eightacresof choice 8nd,ac0nven-

lending, Wall Street.

CHAS. W. MANY,
DINTIBT,

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W. H. swears.
Merchant ..Tiallor

’ OBNER WASHINGTON AND MAIN s'rs.,
'SOU'I‘II’NORWALK, ooNN..

Scotch Ghevoits, Meltons, Grape and
Bigglish Coatings ,
MADE UP IN TYLE’, AND AT LOWEST PRICES

A good ﬁt warranted and made as the custome r may
‘wantit. Cutting done for others to make ashereto
ore. '
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF

Al It! A LARGE ASSORTMENT oi HATSandCAPS

REAL ESTATE.

HOUSE T0 RENT.

LL be rented to a‘ respectable family. a neatly
built cottage, with alt modern conveniences,

pace. Enquire at the -
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and a low
”if
OUSF. to rent in Winnipauk. .Price nominal.

H House and Lot for sale at North N orwalk. Price
81,600. Apply to D. S. CURTIS. Hatter. 2.139

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Ill SALE ill T0 [EL—House on Butlerstreet. Pos-
session immediately. Enquire of
' BURR SMITH.

 

For Sale or Exchange.
SPLENDID FARM containing Seventy Acres.
with good buildings, fruit and water, situated
three nileenorth of Stamford, on the main road to
Long Ridge. Willabe sold cheap, 0r exchanged for
any iced roperty. For full particularseuquireioi
J M S M TCHBLL. Real Estate Agent and Auc-
t oncer. Norwaik. Conn. ‘ 24st

AT W_EiSZI'PonT STA TION.
A GOOD CONVENIENT HOUSE, with Gardch.
Barn. and other Onthonses attached. and a well
of never-failing water. an abundance of good unit,
.20. Also, can be bad with the same. 1’ desired,
thorn one to eight acres of land. Is within three
minutes walk of the Railroad Depot, and situated
direct! upon Weetport harbor. Only a small por-
tion 0 the purchase money required down; the rest
can remain on bond or mortga'ie. or further Bar-
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tlculars enquire of ARTIN GRAC
N orwelk. April 29th. 1872.
5 For. Sale Cheap or to Rent:
a ‘DWELLING HOUSE. only two years old, on
the Ely Neck road, South Norwalk. for sale
geap, or to rent:

 

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. _ _ ' v.13. Locxwoon.

son. ohm; '

excellenthomestead at‘a bar aln,consisting
lent and substantial 2storwaeiling house. Barn
and other out-buildings in goodrep ir, well supplied
with iruit.-water, the. These pi'e see are situated
about two miles from the Bridge luarespactshie
neighborhood and healthy locality. The present

owner wishing to sell, it will be offered cheapi lap-
piied for soon. Par: of the purchase money can re-

‘ NORWALKi » .main,(if desired.) secured by mortgagei‘for particu-

Olee onMein Street, opposite Connecticut nag.

Teeth ﬁlled, and extracts

Almost um mum at Law saver. '?
WILLIAM MITCHELL

At the ever popular .

5 UNION MARKET,

has always the besi'of

BEEP,.VEAL, MUTTON, e PORK

 

at fair living prices. Union (formerly Modelagfarr

ket.'on the Bridge.

 

Fairﬁeld Cbuntyc

5 FIRE ~

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South Nonvalk, Conn.

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II. II. TURNER, Secretary.

. . $200,000?
.1000, 101101872, $200,000;

w. s. summons-,rneeoe-er 6,

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JOHN ROBERTS, 5

Dealer in

BEEF, 0100000. 0000 000 0103.?

PRESERVE, BAIIED "HITS, 0.0.,
No. 8 JAMES, BLOCK,

I WATER STREET. NORWALK. CONN.

011:3 public. and solicits a contiuu
Oﬂice,
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Real Estate.
and personal property. the collection of debts, Ale"
and will make every reasonable exertion to please all

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cnmnns P. UIILE, M. 1).,
PHYSICIAN db SUREEDM

Oﬁlce over Prowitt’eD rug Store;

orrics Nouns :—.\iornings s
veulngs 7 to 9 o’clock. Orders left
ru Store. will receive prompt attention.

0. s. Locnwoon,

to 10 o’clock;
at H. L. Uhie’s
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Fashionable Draper it Tailor

AND

~Gentleman’s Furnishing Emporium?

Main Street, Norwaik. Conn.

ILBEB'I‘ CURTIS,
Merchant Tailor,

Curtis’s Building, Main Street, Norwalk,

 

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Gauts' and Youths’ Clothing cut and made to order, ,
at short notice. of the best materials. in the latest-
styles. by experienced workmen. Prices reasonable.

w. 1:. OAKS, 1n. 1).,

nucleus at, SURGEON, o

3 Kris p’s store, Washington St..
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onsultation gratis from 9 a. in. to 9 p.111.

ﬁles over Alfred
South-Norwalk,;

1110 .

Norwallc Insurance Company. ?

-NOBWALK, CONN.

Costs Capital,
laid up Cupital, ‘

.$000,000?
$100,000?

Wu. C. Stars-r, President. Gro. R. Gowns. Sec’yi

Ears. HILL. Treasurer.

- J. SPENCER,

stores.
3min! of IOBGAN '1'. SMITH. or GEORGE H

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Darien Depot, three miles from South N orwalk, and
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factory, two stories high, 86x18 feet, with about 12
feet bead andfall of water, with three acres of land,

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iars and . rmisslon .to see the prom cs.apply to
. J A! S MITCHELL. or to C. F. OSBOBN,
1 East Avenue.

 

For Sale 'or to Rent. .

HF. Place lately owned and occupied by the late
John D. Lounsbury. in rWiunipank. The place

consists of large'Dwe‘lling House. with modern

imprevemeu .aud Five Acres of mi Land. Pleas-

antly located on the main street. sr Depot, Post

ofﬁce and Possession given immediately.

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“BUILDING LOTS.”
B undersigned o'er for Sale some of the most
desirable building sites in the village. lying along
he slope northwest of Union Park, convenientto the

 

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village eudeaey ofsccess, having an extensive view
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f the village and harbor. prices low and terms easy.
A. II. BYINGTON.

. E. OLMSTEAD,
E. K. LOCKWOOD.

Apply to

Norwelk Sept. 21, 1868.

MillPro art
For: Slug. y

HE subscriber oﬁ'ers for sale his 1411. Property sit-
uated in West Norwalk, about two miles from

 

we miles from New Chnaan, consisting of a manu-

ow used as :1 Saw Mill but suitable for a manufacto-
y of any kind. Terms easy and price low. Enquire
f J AMBS FINNEY. Real Estate Agent, Norwalk,or
f the subscriber, CHAUNCEY STREET.

West Norwalk. Sept. 25. 1869. 39“

Real Estate for Sale.

HE land belonging to the estate of George W:
Raymondmomprising some of the most desira-

 

ble propertyin South Norwaik. is now offered for sale
at a bargain by the trustee of that estate.

LEWIS F. was Trustee, GEORGE
W l';'l‘OLLES, South Normal}.
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Apply to
W. BAY-

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JAMES FINNEY, ,

Jioml Est-.26 “outrmoonoéd-h-o-SIOII'

c or, Constable, Collector, Arc . .

RATEFULLY returns thanks tor- the verylibersl
patornage heretofore extended him by a gener'
ance of the same;

e has taken a desk at J. B. Hurburt’s Law
Room No. 4. Gazette Building, where be
u hereafter be found, or orderscau be left. He will
ve prompt attention to the buying and selling oi
renting of places. Auctioneering of real

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ho may favor him with their patronage.

JAMES MITCHELL,

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. AND

AUCTIONEER,

OFFICE MITCHELL’S BLOCK,

'WALL STREET,

NORWALK, CONN.
CITY RESIDENCES.

Farms and Country Seats,
Bought, Sold, Rentedsud Exchanged,
REAL ESTATE, STocns,

FURNITURE., a c
at public and privatcsale. .

AUCTION SALES 01“ HOUSES, LOTS, FARMS
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.

Sales of Furniture, oi Owner’s
.Rcsidcnccs. - -
Equsea to Rent-
Furnished or Unfurnished.
PLACES FOR SALE VARYiNG m PRICE,
from 135.000 to 950,000 I
Al orderslefist the UNION MARKET. Mitchell’s

1 Biock.Norwalk,Conn. willrecelvepromptsttennon.

5WATCI-1MAKER;

_ UNDER NORWALK OPERA HOUSE,
A well selected stock of

GOLD JEWELRY,
‘ SPECTACLES,

. EYE GLASSES

always on hand.

300010000100 Walden Specialty.

? ty Deposit Boxes for rentalin ourvaul
2. small cost, per annum.to the depositor.

 

Etna Insurance Co. of Hartford, 3

Incorporated 1819, Charter Perpetual.

Capital and Assets.

the laws of com ensatiou.

GEO GE R. COWLES.
Sole Agent for Norwalk and Aiclnity. i

23ly

ms. J. c. HARBOUR,
,D E N ".l‘.' :1: s‘ '1'.

Cities in Gazette Building,
son Brothers' store.

Nitrous oxide or l..‘laigiiing Gas, administered when ;

desired.

$5,052,880 19

luaures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adapted to the hazard. and consistent with

NORWALK. CONN. ' $

Room No. 8, over Jack' 5
3 rials, which he will SELL AS LOW as they can

A New Device for plate work—light.durabie and

heap.

 

RANGES.

GOOD NO. 7 RANGE,

n u H . . .

Call and see them before buying elsewhere.

310.00
14. 00

GEORGE F BELDEN.

 

nnwnnn P. wann-

Drug-gist

Wall Street, opp. N orwalk Hall 3 _

A large and wellselectedstock of

Drugs and Medicines

rasroussv, PATEN
kinds. ulNanI. WATERS
xsoicsrsn sons, FLA

SKINS, STATIONS
la coostsntlyaddiu
ular medicineso 7 th

to hisstockail
edsy.

T MEDICINES, all
TOILET Ind
VORING 13
.HAIR

RY. mousse. ac. ' ' T
the new and pop

nd

_. Engines always on hand.

 

' JAMES MITCHELL.

NOTICE .

N TEREST willherea‘fterbe allowed ouaildeposits
made with the Norwalk Savings Society from the

' 1st day of each month. provided the same shall not

WATCHES, CLOCKS,§

exceed One Thousand Dollars in amountin the name
of an one person in any one year. Attention is also
calle to the fact that that we have a few more Safe:
t, at a very

Norwalk.uct.1.1870. .6110. E. MILLER.Tress

simplicity realism!

The Norwallc Engine.
THE MOST SIMPLE, PERFECT
' AND CHEAPEST ENGINE

IN THE MARKET.

Twenty per cent. added to the eﬁ'ective power of
the common Slide Valve Engine by using the NOR-
- WALK IRON WORKS’ BALANCED PISTON
VALVES. Six, eight, ten twelve and fourteen inch

Inquiries solicitedaudref-
erences given in all parts of the country.

I ' IIIEGI AGTIIS 1'. lAlAIGE WHEEL STEAM PUMPS

Address NOEWALK IRON WORKS,
SOUTH NORWALK, CT.

HABNESSES FOR SALE.

HE subscriber would respectfully inform the
public that he has now on hand a good assort-
ment of HARNESSES, made of the very best mate-

 

ossibly be furnished at any other similar estab-
l'ehmentin the county. Now for the orders. Let
me have them at once. M. B. SWAN.
' 'Feh.1.1871. _.

, ivnw Booms i
3 NEW FURNITURE z
n. QUIN'I‘ABD’S sous,

AVE removed to their new rooms in thsPost-o
ﬁce Building, (entrance one door west of the
nidstore) where they have avcry large assortment o-

 

 

. Furniture of every deucrlption,
At greatly reduced prices. _
UNDERTAKING,‘
in all its branches.
WATER 1 WATER l

WELLS REPAIRED'aud BUNK. with Patcu
Cement WellPlpe,by
cuss. T. LEONARD.

 

 

Norwslk Feb. 27,1872.

Gents’ Furnishing Goods. .

- Sherman...... ..... .

924 From Somers, by Somervilie. Scitico, Hazard-

926 From Rockvilie to Toiland,5 miles and back.

927 From Bolton De at (u. 0.), by Quarryville. Cov-

929 From Audover,by Gilead, Hebron, and Tamer-

INDEX
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Mill llllllTES3 Ill llglllllllilllllilll,

Number
To— of

From— .

Route.

Abington. .. . . . .. .. . . . . .Killingly. . .
Andovel'. . . . . . . . .. . . "1001006818?
Bolton Depot.. . . . .....Ashford. . . .
Cobalt... . East Bump .
Collinsvllle. ... . .Wolcottvllle . . .
..... Sharon. . .... .
..i . .New h‘airﬁcld”

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

. rookﬁeld .. ..
Village. West Hartlund.
Falls Village ..... Salisbury. . ..... . .

Goshen ...West Cornwall.
Greenwich..... ...LongbBidgeuun .
llurtford..... ...-........Marl orough... .
Hartford, by Hockanum..Broad Brook. . . .. . .. ..919
Hartford. by East Hartf'd.Broad Brook. . . .. . .920
Hartford...... ‘ East Granby.. .........921

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Hartford.. . . . . ..... . . .. . . .Farmiukton.. ...922
Hop River Station. . . . . . . .Coiumbla. . . . . . . . . ..930
Litcbﬁeld . . ........ . .Lilchﬁeld B. it. Stat'n.981

. .CoruwaliBrldge. . . . . . .968

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Lit hﬁeld......
Mi dletown....
New Hartford.

...-"no...

0 us.
estGreenviiie (Mass)

974
94

 

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New Haven..............DeepBiver..... ... 7
New London... ........ uonoc Bridg 941-
5New London. . ' .=;Co cheater ~-

New Milford. 954
New Preston 962
'Newiownn

North Lyme. . .
rth Woodstock

Scotland............
Seymour. . . . .. ......

bomers..............
Stamford...
Stamford.......
Tarriﬁ‘ville.. . . .
’i‘homaston.
Voluntown..
Waterbury

Watertown.
West Cheste
West Killin ly
West Suﬁe d. .
West Willington
Willimautic.. . . .
Winsted....... .. . .. ;
Wolcottviile..............West Goshen..-......'.

 

.907

United " States Mails.
CONNECTICUT.

,Pos-r Olnon DurAlrirsN-r.
' '. > Washington. Aug. 81. 1872.
PROPOSALS will be received at the Contract Ofﬁce
of this Department until 8 . m. of February,3. 1873,
for conveying the mails o the United States from
July 1, 1878, todune 30, 1877. in the State of

- CONNECTICUT, .
on the routes and by the schedules of departures
and arrivals herein speciﬁed.
Decisions announced on or before March 3, 1873.

(See law requiring certiﬁed check or draft, with bids
of 85.000 and upwards.) .

Railroad routes not advertised.

918 From Hartford by Hockanum. Naubuc. Glasten-
bury, South Glastonbury, Buckingham, and
East Glastonbury, to Marlborough, 20% miles

and back. six times a week. '

LeavcHartford daily, exceptSunday, at 3 p. m;

Arrive at Marlborough]? 5 p. in ;

 

 

Leave Marlborough y. except Sunday, at 7.30

a. m'.
Arrive ’at Hartford by 9. so a. m.
919 From Hartford, by East Hartford. South Wind-
sor, East Windsor Hill, and East Windsor, to
Broad Brook, 17 miles and back. three times a

week. -
Leave Hartford Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-
day at 4 g m ' . . -
Arrive at road Brook by .8 p. in;
Leave Broad Brook Monday. Wednesday, and
Friday at 7.30 a. in; 5
Arrive at Hartford by 11.80 s. m. .
920 From Hartford. by East Hartford South Wind-
sor, East Windsor Hill, and Windsorville, to
Broad Brook, 15 miles and back. three times a

week. .

Leave Hartford Tuesday. Thursday. and Satur-
day at 2.30 p m- '

IArrive 1g: Brgag-iBX-olnglay 6 . ,
cave roa roo es a . Th d
Saturda at 7.30 a in ; - y ursday. an

Arrive at artford by 11a in. , '

921 From Hartford, by Poquonock and Rainbow, to

East Granby, 16 miles and back, six timesa

week.
Leave Hartford daily, except Sunday,at 1.80 p

m
Arri've at East Granby by 5.30 p m ;
Leave Bust Crabby daily, except Sunday, at 5.80

a m -
Arrive. at Hartford by 9.30 a in.
Winter schedule.
Leave Hartford daily. except Sunday. at 1.30 p m :
Arﬂve at East Granby by 5.30 p m;
Leave East Granby daily, except Sunday. at 8.80

a m -
Arrive, at Hartford by 12.80 p m.
922 From Hartford, by West Hartford, to Farming-
ton, 9% miles and back, six times a week.
Leave Hartford daily, except Sunday. 3.80 p m;
ﬁgrlveﬂpt Fiiirmingtgglby 5.30 p in ;
ave arm n ton exce tSunda at 8 '
Arrive at Hartgford by 1,011 m. p y, sin '
923 From Farms Village by North Canton Bark-
humstead, and Cen'tre Hill. to West Hi'irtland,
15% miles and back, twice a week. -
Lcﬁv:5 Farms Village Tuesday and Saturday at
. a m -
Arrive at West Hartland by 4.40 p in;
Leave West Hurtland Tuesday and Saturday at

5 a 1n;
Arrive. at Farms Village by 10 a m.

ville. and-Enﬁeld, to‘ Thompsonville. 12 miles
and back. six times a week.
Leave Somers daily, exce t Sunday, at 7 a m;
Arrive at Thompsonville y 10 a m; ‘
Leave Thompsonvilie daily, except Sunday. at 3
P In '
Arrive, at Somers by 6 p m. o
25 From West Suﬁield. by Feeding Hills (Mass), to
Springﬁeld, 12 miles and back. six times aweek.
Leave West Suﬁieid daily. except Sunday, us

a m -
Arrive, at Sprin eld by 10 a in;
Leave Springﬁe d daily except Sunday, at 2 p in;
Arrive_at West Suﬁield by 4 p in.

six times a week. .
. Leave Rockville daily. except, Sunday. at 3.30 p m;
Arrive at Tolland by 5.30 p in;
Leave Toilandxlally. except Sunday. at 7.3001 in;
Arrive at Rockville by 9.30 a m. -

entry. Mausﬁe ch ot. Mansﬁeld, and West
Ashford. to Ashfor , 19 miles and back, six
times a week. ,

Leave Bolton Depot daily. except Sunday, at 6

a m ;
Arrive at Ashford by 11 a in;
Leave Ashford daily. except Sunday. at 1 p in;

. Arrive at Bolton Depot by 6 p m.

928 From Abington. by Pomfre: Landing, to Kill-

ingly. six miles and back. six times a week.

Leave Abin on daily, except Sunday, at 10 am;

Arrive at K Iggly by 11.30 a m; '

Leave Killing all ,except Sunday. at 1.30pm:

Arrive at Ab ngton y 3 p m.

ville, to Colchester, 14% miles and backp six
times aweek. ’
Leave Andover daily, except Sunday, at 5.30p m;
Arrive at Colchester by 8.80 s in;
Leave Colchester dull y, except Sunday, at 5.39

a m;

Arrive at Au dover by 8.30 a. m.

930 From Hop River Station (n. 0.), to Columbia, 4
miles and back. six times a week.

Leave Hop River Station, daily, except Sunday,
at 8.15 p in; _

Arrive at Columbia by 4.15 p in °

Leave Columbia daily. except Sunday. at 2 p in;

Arrive at Hop River Station by 3 p in.

981 From West Willington. by Willington. Moose
Meadow, Westford. and North Ashford, to
Woodstock Valley, 16% miles and back, six .5
times a week to estford, and three times a
week the residue. ‘

Leave West Williugton daily, except Sunday, at

4.15 p in; -

Arrive at Westford by 6.30 in:

Leave Westford Monday. cdncsday, and Fri-
day. at 6.40 p m '

9
Arrive at Woodstock Valley by 8.30 p in;
Leave Woodstock Valley- Tuesday. Thursday,
and Saturda at 4 a m;.
Arrive at Wes ford by 6 am;
Leave Westford daily, except Sun day. at 6.10 a in:

'Arrive at West Willington by 8.40 a in.

932 From Willimantic, by Mansﬁeld Centre,
Chaplin, Phoenixvllle. Eastford. Woodstock
Valley, West Woodstock. Woodstock, and
South Woodstock. to Putnam, 80 miles and
back. six times a week. >

Leave Willimantic daily, except Sunday. at 5 p m:

Arrive at Putnam next days by 7.10 a in;

Leave Putnam daily, except Sunday, at 11.45 a m;

Arrive at ‘Willimnntic next days by 8.30 a m.

993 From Scotland, by Windham. to Willimantic, 7
miles and back, six times .a week to Windham,
and twelve times a week the residue.

Leave Scotland daii . except Sunday, at 7 a m;

Arrive at Wiliimant c b 9 a m; -

Leave Wiliimantic dai y. except Sunday, at 10

a m;
Arrive at Scotland b 12 m;

, Leave Windham dai y except Sunday. at 2 p m;
Arrive at Willimanticlly s p in;

Leave Willimantic daily. except Sunday, at4 p in;
Arrive at Windham by 4.45 p m.

934 From North Woodstock, by East Woodstock.
Woodstock, South Woodstock. and Pomiret.
to Putnam, 14 miles and back, six times a week-

Leave North Woodstock daily except Sunday, at
9. m. from November 1 to May 1 of each year.

Ar vs at Putnam next days by 7.10 a m;

Leave Putnam dail , except Sunday. at 6.30 p
m. or on arrival 0 mail train from Boston;

Arrive at North Woodstock by 8.45 p m

935 From Pininﬁeid. by Canterbury. to Westminster.
7 miles and back, six times a wee .

Leave Plainﬁeld daily. except Sunday, at 12.15

m .
AIPrive'at Westminster by 2 p in;
Leave Westminster daily, except Sunday, at 9.30

a in;
Arrive at Plaiuﬁeld by 11.80 a m.

936 From West Killingiy, by Brooklyn, Hampton,
and North Windham, to Willimantic, 2i};
miles and back. six times uvweek.

Leave West Killingly daily, except Sunday, at 1

m; ,

Arrive at Willimautlc by 5.30 p in;

Leave Willimnntic dail , except Sunday, 918 a m;

Arrive at West Killing y by 12.80 p m,

987 From Voluntown by Campbell’s Mills. Ekonx.
and Sterling Hill, to Sterling, 11%. miles and
back tmce a week.

Leave Voluntown Tuesday and Saturday at 12 m ;

Arrive at Sterling by 3.30 p in;

Leave Sterling Tuesday and Saturday at 9 p, m;

Arrive at Voluntowu by 12.30 p m.

938 me Norwich, by Preston. 'Glasgo, Pendle.
ton Hill, and North Stonington. to
Westerly (R. 1.), 30 miles and back, six times
a week.

Leave Norwich daily, except Sunday.
Arrive at Voluntown by 5.30 p in;

Leave Voluutown daily, except Sunday, ate a m;
Arrive at Norwich by 10.80 a in
Leave Voluntown daily. except
Arrive at Westerly by 5.30 p m;

Leave Westerly daily. except Sunday, at 8.15 a m;
Arrive at Voluntown by 12.30 p m. -

989 From Norwich, by Poquetauuck, to Ledyard. 8
miles and back. three times a week, suppl lug
Gale's Ferry from Uncasvilie, Smiles, six mes

‘atspm;

Sunday. on p m;

948me Greenwich. by Ron d Hill.Banksville,

949 From Stamford, by Springdale. New Canaan.

950 From Stamford. by ‘North Stamford to High

951 From Danbury. by Ball's Pond. to New Fair-

952' From Danbury to Brookﬁeld, 9 miles and back,

.953 From Newtowu. by Sandy Hook‘and South

954 From New Milfor

955 From Seymour. by Oxford, Southford, South-

956 From Watertown. by Morris. to Bethlehem

957 From Waterbury, by Middiébury. to We odbnry.

958 From Thomaston, by Plymouth. to Terryville

959 From Colliusville. by Nepaug, Bakersviile and

900 From Winsted. by Robertsville, Rivcrton, Cole-

961 From Litchﬁeld to thchﬁcld Railroad station

902 From N
» and

963 From Litcliﬁeld. by Milto

964 From Goshen, b West Goshen and North

965 From Cornwall Bridge. by Ellsworth. to Sharon

day at 8.30 a m-

rah. and Bczrahvllle, to Colchester, 16 miles
and back. six times a week.
Leave Norwich daily. except Sunday. at 2.30

. m'
111?de at Colchester by 6 p m; ,
Leave Colchester daily, except Sunday, at 7.30

a m; -
Arrive at Norwich by 11 a m.

941 From New London. by Groton. Centre Groton,
Mystic. Mystic Bridtr and Mystic River, to
Poquonoc Bridge, 75% miles and back, six
times a week. , . '

Leave New London daily, except Sunday. at 7 a

in. and return to New London by 1 p m.
942 From New London. b Chesterﬁeld and Salem,
' to Colchester, 21 ml es and back. three times a

urday at 7.30 a m;

Arrive at Colchester by 12 in;

Leave Colchester Monday, Wednesday, and Fr!-
day at 11 a in;

Arrive at New London by 8.30 p m.

.943 From North Lyme. by Hamburgh. to Lyme, 9
miles and back. six times a week.

Leave North Lyme daily, except Sunday. at 9

a m;
Arrvio at Lyme by 11 a m; . ,
Leave Lyme dailﬁfexcent Sunday, at 2 p m;
Arrive at North yme by 4 pm. .
944 From Westchester, by Moodus. to East Haddam.
'9 miles and back. three times a week to Mood-
us, and twelve times a week the residue.-
Leave Westchesier Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-

urday at 1.80 p in; ~ 5,
Arrive at 'Moodus by 2.30 m; .
Leave Moodus Tuesday, T uisday,and Saturday.
at 8.80 a m ' -

. 9

Arrive at,Westchester by 9.30 a m; _

Leavde-IMoodus daily, except Sunday. at 4 p m
on p m; -

Arrive at East Haddam by 5 p m and 8 p m; -

Leave East Haddum daily, except Sunday, at
730nm audliam;

Arrive at Moodus by 8 30 a m and 12 in.

945 From Middletown, by Portland, Cobalt, Middlé
Haddam, Haddam Neck, and Leesville.‘ to
Moodu 185‘ miles and back, six times sweek
to {land am Neck, and three times a week the

es ue. ‘

Leave Middletown daily except Sunday. at2 p
m, oron arrival of ma 1 train from Boston;

Arrive‘atﬁaddam Neck by 6 p in; . .

Iﬁasvoe‘iladdam Neck daily, except Sunday. at

m; » 4

Arrive at Middletown by 10 30 a m; ' 1

Leave Haddam Neck Monday, Wednesday; and
Fridayat 6. m°_ - " 7 4

Arrive at Moogns by 730 p m; . '. g ..;,“. -

Leave Moodus Tuesday. Thursday, andfsaiur-
dayatﬁam; - . ‘ 5-5) ‘

Arrive at Haddam Neck by 730 a in. , ,. "f 1

9461’er Cobalt to East Hampton, 4 miles sud back!

six times a week. , ' . . ? '

Leave Cobaltdaiiv, except Sunday, at 4 80 p m;

Arrive at East Hampton by 6 p in; ~ 5

Leave East Hampton daily. except Sunday,

7 30 a m;

Arrive at Cobalt by 9 a m. - ’ .

947 From New Haven by Fair Haven, North Bran-
ford, North Gu lford, North Madison. Kili-
inﬁaworth. and Winthrop. to Deep River, 28);
in es and back, twice a week. ,

Leave New Haven Tuesday and Friday at 9 am ;‘

Arrive at Dec River by 6 p m;

Leave Deep iver Monday and Thursday at s

9 m; ' ‘ .
Arrive at New Haven by 5 p m.-

at

and Stanwich. to Long R dg'e, 15% miles and

back, twice a week. '
Leave Greenwich Wednesday and Saturday at

12 30 p in; . .
Arrive at Long Riddle by 6 g m;
Leave Long Ridge Wednes ay and Saturday at

6 80 a m '
Arrive at Greenwich by 1130 a m;

Smith’s Ridge.Vlsta. and Lewisborough, to‘
Ridgcﬁeld, 17 miles and back. twelve times a
wee to New Canaan, and twice a week the
residue. ‘ . - '

' Lea Stamford twice daily, except Sunday. on
a val of New York n—say at 9a in and

6 p in; .
Arrive at New Canaan by 9 40 a m and 640 pin;-
Leave New Canaan twice daily, cxcept Sunday,
at720amand55m; ' ‘
Arrive at Stamford b 8 a in and 540 p m;
_ Leave New Canaan uesday and Friday at 1030

a m - -
Arrive, at Ridgeﬁeld by 1 p m; ‘
Leave ‘Rid ﬁeld Tuesday and Friday at 1 30pm;
Arrive at ew Canaan by 4 p in.

Leave Norwich Tuesday. Thursday, and Semi-Ill

week.
Leave NewLondon Tuesday, Thursday. and Sat-’

972 From Plegs‘aitt . iley to.liiverton, 4 miles and
back ' thrc‘et ms 9. week.

Arrive at Ledyard by 10.15 a m ' _ Leave Pl‘e ‘ t'Valle Tuesdu Thursda ‘aud
Leave Ledyard Tuesday. Thulsday. and Satur- Saturday nigh p tiny y,. y,
day at 10.30 a m ' ‘ Arrive at Rivertoh byh p m; 5
Arrive at Norwich by 12 m. Legive Rifverton :l‘nebday. Thursday, and Satur-
_ ‘ ay 5 _ a in '
940 From Norwich, by Norwichtown. Yantic, Boz . AH,“ at Pleaiiant Valley by 8 g m.

Proposals for six-times-a-week service invitedv

978 From Bedding til-Bridgeport. 18 miles and back.

once a wee . '

' Leave Bedding Saturday at 7 a in,-
Arrive at Bridgeport by 1 p in ;,
Leave Brid e on Saturday at 3 p m;
Arrive at e ding by 9 p m.

974 From New Har lbrd. by Barkhamsleud and
Hartlaud. to West Greenville (Mass ). 15 miles
and back, once a week.

Leave New Hartford Saturday at 7 a m;

Arrive at West Greenvllle by 12 m;

, Leave West Greenville Saturday at 2 p m.

Arrive at New Hartford by 7 p 111.

Blank bids furnished—ddepplication to the De-
partment. '

OATH 0F MAIL CONTRACTORS AND’ CARRI-
ERS. RE UIRED BY ACTS OF CONGRESS
OF LY 2. 1862. AND JUNE 8, 1812.

I.-———-—. do solemnly swear (or aﬁlrm) that I will
faithful]? perform all the duties re uired of me, and
abstain roin everything forbidden _ ythe laws in re-
lation to the establish ent of post ofﬁces and. post-
rosds within the Unite States ; and that I will honest
ly and truly account-for and bay over any money, be-
longing to the said United States which may come
into my possession or control: and lfurthersolemn-
ly swear-that l have never voluntarily borne arms
against the United States since I have been-a citizen,
thereof; that 1 have voluntarily given no aid. coun-
tenance. counsel, or incoursgemcnt to persons en-
gaged in armed hosti ity thereto; that I have neith-
er sought nor accepted. nor attempted to exercise
the functions of. an omce whatever under any
author-lg or pretende authority in hostility to the
'Uuited tates; that I havenot yielded a voluntary
support to any retendcd government. authority,
power. or const tution within the United States,

will support an ‘dcfend t e Constitution of t e
United States against allebemies foreign ordomes-
tic; that I will bear truelfelth on
same; that Itake this obligation freely, without
any mental reservation or urpose of evasion: and
that I will well and‘fslthih ly dischar e’ the duties
of the office or trust) on which I am it out to enter:
.80 Help me od. f ’ .

OATH RE UIRED BY ACTS OF JULY 11 1868,
-_AND J NI: e. um; To an TAKEN B'Y
PERSONS WHO CANNOT TAKE THE *

OATH PRESCRIBFD liY THE ACT
, 0F JUL%, 1862.

I ,.——, do solemnly s . r (or afﬁrm that [will
,faithfull performailt‘he duties require of me, and
»abstsiu r j \pverytklug forbidden by the laws in
-relntion~.toﬁth’sr’establishm'ent of post ofﬁces and
gosh-raids with n the United States; and that I ,wili
— oneetl alightru‘iymccount for and pay over any
money. elgggln' rimthe‘said United States which
may'come- to y-pess‘ession or control. AndI do
further solemn] ,sweart t.I will support and dc-
l‘end the Constiution of e United States aoalnst
all enemies, forei or mestic; that I wil bear
true faith ands egiaucefto the same; that! take
this obligation freely, without any mental reserva-
tion or urpose 'ervasi‘ou: and that I will well and
faithful y discharge the duties of the oﬂce (or trust)
on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

 

 

3

' By section 16 of the act 08 June 8. 1872, every per-
son employed in the postal service is subject to all
the pains. penalties, and fotfeitures for violation of
the laws relating to- such‘servlce, whether he has
taken the above oath or ﬁction or not.

SECTIONS OF THE ACT1 OF CONGRESS "TO
REVISE, CON SOLIDATB'. AND AMEND THE
STATUES - RELATING TO THE POST‘
OFFICE DEPARTMENT,” APPROVED
. JUNE 8.1'1872

_an. Pos-rirasi'an. Guru's. requests that bidders.
guarantors, sureties. and all persons concerned, or
intending to be concerned. in mail contracts, will
carefully read and criticall' examine the abstract of
laws here presented and ago the forms and instruc-
tions at the end of this advertisement, in order that
aids may he made. one liabilities assumed under-
standiu ly and that all misapprehensiops or. cause
of comp al'nt hereafter may be avoided -
Posrsnsrxus are ’ uired'lo make themselves fa-
miliar wit these laws and instructions, that they
may be ab e to inform and direct others. ~

CERTIFIED CHECKS 'OR DRAFTS To ACCOM-
PANY'ALL BIDS “$5.000 AND UPWARD.

8:0. 253. That-hereufterali bidders upon every
mail route for the transportation of the mails
upon the same. where thednuual. compensation for
the service on such routexat the -time_ exceeds the
sumo! ﬁve thousand dollars, shall accompany their
bids with a certifed check or draft. payable to the
order of tho Postmaster General upon some solvent

 

. ~ Ridge, 9 miles and back. once a week.
, Leave Stamford Saturday on urrinl of New
York train—say at 6 p m :
Arrive at High Rid eby9 p m; .
Leave High Ridge aturday at 7 a m;
Arrive. at Stamford by 10 a m;

ﬁeld, 9 miles and back, twice a week.
Leave Danbury Wednesday and Saturday at

m; .
AIPrive at New Fairﬂeld by 430 p in;
Leave New Fairﬁeld Wednesday and Saturday at

5 P In 1
Arrive at Danbury by 6 30p in.

six times a week.
Leave Danbury daily. except Sunday, at 10 a m;
Arrive at Brookﬁeld by 12 in;
Leave Brookﬁeld daily, except Sunday, at 1 p in;
Arrive at Danbury by 3 p in.

Britain, to Southbury,10 miles and back. six
times a week. _ 5
Leave Newtown daily. except Sunday. at 12 m; _

Arrive at Southbury by 3 p in;

Leave Southbury daily. except Sunday, at 8 a m;

Arrive at Newtown by 11 a in.

d by Bridgewater, to Cbaly-
hes, 7% miles and back. six times a week.

Leave New Milford daily, except Sunday, at_115

m ' .
AiI-l-ive'at Chalybes by s 15 p in;
Leave Chnlybes daily. except Sunday. at 9 15 a m;
Arrive at New Milford by 1115 a in; ‘ “ '

bury, and Woodbury. to Hotchkissville, 16
miles and back, six times a week.
Leave Seymour daily. except Sunday, at 1130

a m '
Arrive, at Hotchkissville b 3 30 p m;
Lgag: Hotchklssville . da y. except Sunday, at
a m - .
Arrive at Seymour by 9 30 a m.

is};

miles and back. six times a week. ’ '

Leave Watertown daily. except Sunday, at 1 pm;
Arrive at Bethlehem by 3 30 p m ' '

Leave Bethlehem daily, except Sunday, at 9 45

a m;
Arrive at Watertown by 1215 p m.

12 miles and back. three times a week.
Leave Waterbury Monday, Wednesday. and
Friday. at 1 m; .
Arrive at Woo bury by4p in; '
Leave Woodbury Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-
day at 8 a in; 5
Arrive at Waterbury by 11 a in.

3}; miles and back, six times a ck.

Leave Thomaston daily, except S uy, an a m;
Arrive at Terryville by 880 a in:
Sunday at 5 15 pm;

Leave Terryville daily except
Arrive at Thomaston by 6 45 p m. .

Torrin ford. to Wolcottville, 12 miles antlback.
three mes a week. - ’
Leave Collinsville Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-
day at 6 30 in:
Arrive at We cottville by 10 p m:
Leave Wolcottvllle Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 480 a m; . ,
Arrive at Coliinsville by 7 a, . —
brookRIver, NewBoston, Otis (Masm). West
Beckett, and East Lee. to Lee. 37 milesand
back, six times a week, and supplying Tyrlngq
ham from Lee in close connection.
Leave Winsted daily. except Sunday, at 2 p m;
Arrive at Lee by 8 50 p in;
Leave Lee daily, except Sunday, at 340 p m ; _
‘ Arrive at Winsted by 11 a m. .

(n. 0.), 4% miles and back;.six times a week.
Leave Litchﬁeld daily, except Sﬁday. at 630 .

a in - . .
Arrivé at Railroad Station by 7 30 a m - ,
Leave Railroad Station daily. except Sunday, at ,

7 45 p m ' .
Arrive at Litchﬁeld by 845 p m. .
ew Preston. by Marble Dale. Northvllle. _-
Park Lane, to New Milford. Smiles and:
back, six times a week. Warren to be sup—
lied six times a week by side mail from New
reston, iu'close connection with . main route.
Leave New Preston daily, except Sunday, at 915

a m °
Arrive. at New Milford by 11 15 a
Leave New Milford daily. except

in .' ,
Sunday, at 1 15

m;

All-lye at New Preston by 3 15 p m.

11 Bust Cornwall, and
Cornwall, to Col-wan Bridge, 151(- miles and
back, six times a week. 5

Leave Litchﬁeld daily. except Sunday, at 6 .I m:

Arrive at Cornwall Brid e by 9 a in;

Leave Cornwall Bridge ally, except Sunday, at

2 m ' > -
Anl’ve a’t thchﬁeld by a p m. .

Cornwall, to eat Cornwall. 9}; miles and '
back six times a week.
Leave Goshen daily. except Sunday, at 8 a m:
Arrive at West Cornwall y 11 a in;
Leave West Cornwall daily, except Sunday, at 9
m;
Agrive at Goshon by 5 p m; ,
8 miles and back. six times a week. .
Leave Cornwall Bridge daily. except Sunday, af-
ter arrival of mail -say at 2 p m; .
Arrive at Sharon by 5 p m; ~
Leave Sharon dail , except Sunday. at 8 am;
Arrive at Cornwul Bridge by 10 a m.

965 From Falls Village. by Lime'Rock, to Salisbury,
7);. miles and back, six times a week.
Leave Falls Village daily. except Sunday. at 3

m .
A31"; at Salisbury by 5 p in;

Leave Salisbury daily. except Sunday, at 630 a m;
Arrive at Falls Village by 8 80 a m.

967 From Wolcottville, by Torrin on and Goshen,
to West Goshen, 8 miles an back, six times a

week.

Leave Wolcottvtlle daily, except Sunday, on ar-
rival of mail—say at 2 p in;

Arrive at West Goshen by4 00 p in;

Leave West Goshen daily. except Sunday. at
10 30 a m ;

Arrive at Wolcottville by 12 30 p m.

968 From Tarriﬁ‘vllle, by Granby Station n. 0.).
Grauby, and West Granbv to Bartlun ,cllx

miles and back. pix times'ii week.

Leave Tax riffviile daily, except Sunday, at 6 pm;
Arrive at Haraland by 10 p in;

Leave Hartland daily. except Sunday, at 3 a m;
Arrive at Tarrii‘fville by 6 a in.

909 From Norwich, by Greenville, Taftville, Occum
(n. o), Eagleville (n. 0.), and Versailles. to
Hanover, 9% miles and back. six times a week. '

Leave Norwich daily. except Sunday. at syn m.
or on arrivalofaftcrnoon mailiromNew ork;

Arrive at Hanover by 530 p. in

Leave Hanover da

Arrive at Norwich by 10 a m.

970 From Norwalk to Weston. 7 miles and back, six
times a week. - - .
Leave Norwaik daily, except Sunday, at 7 a m;
Arrive at Weston by 9 u m; ,
Leave Weston daily, except Sunday, at 2 p in;
Arrive at Norwalk by 4 p m.
Proposals to begin at Wilton. instead of Nor-
walk, invited. -

971 From Sherman to New Milford, 6 miles and
back. three times a week.
Leave Sherman, Tuesday, Thursday. and Satur-
dsyat8am';
Arrive at Nelelford by 10a m; 5
Leave New Milford Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturda at 12 m - ' 5

 

 

I W203.

Ely, except Shuday, at7 80 a m ; ‘

nathnai bank, with check or draft shall not be less
' than ﬁve per century 1.3; "the amount of the annual
boy on sa d routes! the time such bid is made; and
in case of new service, not‘less than ﬁve per ecu--
tum of the amount of one year’s pay ‘proposed in
such bid, if thejbid' exceed ﬁve thonsan dollars per
ann mm In case any bidder. on being awarded so
such contract. shall fall to execute the same, wit
good and sufﬁcient sureties, according to the terms
on which sash bid was made and accepted, and en-
ter upon the performsncepf the service to the satis-
faction of thsfpstmastergeneral. such bidder shall
forfeit the amount so deposited to the United States.
and the same shah forthwith be paid into the treas-
ury for the use of 2 ‘ Post Ofﬁce Department; but
if such contract s be, duly executed and the ser-
viceentered upon as aforesaid. such draft or check
so deposited shall be returned to the bidder.

. —.—.' .
POSTMASTERS EMS C. CAN BE
» bgl'riuci ' NOT

Sec. .73: That no pestmaster, assistant—postman;

er. or clerk employed in any post ofﬁce, shall be a

gﬁnuwitlor or concerned in a contract for carrying
e ma .

PERSONS IN THE ElliPLOY OF THE POST
.OFFICE DEPARTMENT INCLUDING POST-
MASTEBS) CANNOT ECOMF. INTER-
ESTED IN A MAIL CONTRACT, NOR
ACT AS AﬂENT ﬁgONTRACT-
CBS .08 B ERS.

Sec. 12 .That no person employed in the Post
Oﬁice department shall become interested in any
contract for currying the mail. or act as agent, with
or withoutcom usation.for any contractor or per-
son oﬁ‘erin to ecome acontractor in any business
before the apartment. and only person so oﬁendins
shall be immediately dismisse from oﬁlce, and shall
be iiableto pay so muci.‘ 1110119! 113 WOlIld have been
realised from said contract. 10"?! recovered ll! an
action of debt, for the use Of the P0“ Oﬁice De-
partment.

By regulation. of the Department. no carrier
shouldbe empio ed who is under sixteen years of
age;audno bid will be accepted who is under
twenty-one yearsofage,or who is a murded woman.

CONVEYANCE 0F LETTERS OUT 0!? THE
MA PRIVATE EXPRESSES. &C.
Sue. 227. That any person concerned in carrying -
the mail, who shall collect, receive. ‘or carry any
letter‘or packet. or cause or procure the same to be l
done, contrary to law, shall. on conviction thereof,
so; evdcl such offense, forfeit and pay not exceeding
y o are
See. 228 ’That no person shall establish any ni-
vate express for the conveyancepf letters or packets.~
or in any manner cause or provide for the convey-
ance of the same by regular trips orat stated peri-
ods, over any postprouiewhich is or may be estab-
lished by law, or from anyclty. town, or place to
any other city, town, or place between which the
mail is regularly carried; and em person so oﬁ'en-
'ding, or aiding or assisting therein, -_shall, for each
intense, forfeit and pay one hundred and ﬁfty dol-
ars.

railway-car. steambodt, or other vehicle or vessel.
which shall. with the knowledge of any owner, in
whole or‘in part. or with the knowledge or conni-
vaﬁce of the driver. conductor, master. or other
person having charge of the same. convey any per-
son acting or en loycd as a private express for the
conveyance of etters or packets, and actually in
possession of the same forthe our so of conveying
them contrary to the spirit, true ntent,5and mean-
ing of this law. shall,for every such offense, forfeit
and pay one hundred and ﬁfty dollars. 5
See. 230. That no person shall transmit by pri-

vate express or other unlawful means, or deliver to

any agent of such unlawful express, or de osit, or

cause to be deposited. at anyep ointed p sec, for'
the purpose of being transmi ted. any letter or

packet, and for every such offence the party so

oﬁ'eudln shall forfeit and pay ﬁfty dollars.

Sac. 2 1. That no stage-coach railway-car,

steamboat, or other vehicle or vessel. which regu-
larly performs trips at stated 'periods .on any post-
route. or from any city. town. or place to any other
city. town. or place between whlc the mail is re u-
isrly carried. shall carry, otherwise than in e
mail. any letters or packets, except such as relate to
some partofthe cargo. of such steamboat or other
vessel. or to some article carried at the same time
by thetsnme stage-coach. rallway-car. or other vehi-‘
cle. except as provided in section two hundred and
thirty-nine; and for every such offence the owner of
the stage-coach. railway~car. - steamboat, or other
vehicle or vessel shall forfeit and pay one hundred

dollars; and the driver, conductor, master, or other
person having charge thereof. and not at the time
owner of the whole or any part thereof, shall in like
dialling: forfeit and pay for every such cﬁ'ense ﬁfty

o are. ,

stumped envelopes otherwise than by mail.)

PROPOSALS MUST BE GUARANTEED. AND
ACCOMPANIED BY DATE OF THE BID-
DER. LIABILITY OF POSTMASTERS.

Sso’. 245 -,'l‘hat every proposal for carrying the
mail shell bezaccompanled by a written guarantee,

derlaking that,.within such time a er the bid is -
cepted as the Poss-luster General may prescribe, the
bidder will eurerunto an obligation, with good and
anﬁlcientaureizes. to; rform the comma proposed;
and no proposals sha l:be considered unless accom-
panied y such guarantee. . .
Sac. 246 Thatesch bid for-earning the mail shall
hereafter have afﬁxed to it them: th of the bidder,
taken beforean ofﬁcer qualiﬁcdtpirdmiuister oaths,
that he has the abllit y pecuniaﬁcy to fulﬁll his obliga-
tions, and that the bids is made in good faith. and
with the intention to enter‘ into contract an d
perform the service, is use his bid shall be accepted ;
and that the‘signatums of his guarantors are genu-
ine. and that he believes saidgusrantors pecuniarily
responsible for and able to pay all ' damages the
.United States shall snﬁ'er by reason of the bidder’s
failing to perform his obligations as such biddem

Sun. 247. That any postmas.er or o.her officer 01'
the Post Ofﬁce Department who shall afﬁx his signs!
true to the certiﬁcate of suﬁlciebcy -of guarantors
or sureties before the guaranty or contract is signed
by the guarantors or sureties, or shall knowingly
make any false or illusory Certiﬁcate. shall be forth-
with dismissed from oﬁice, and shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction
thereof. be, punished by a ﬁne not exceeding one
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding
one year, or both.

 

INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST
MASTERS; -

(dining also conditions to be incorporated
in the contracts to the ectent the De-
partment may deem proper.

1. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
ofﬁce. when not otherwise speciﬁed, for asserting
the mails. ‘

2. 0n routes where the mode of conveyance admits
of it, the special agents of the Post ofﬁce Depart-
ment, also post ofﬁce blanks. mail bags locks and
keys, are to be conveyed Without extra c urge.

3. "Way bills" or receipm prepared. by ostmas-
ters. or other agents of the Department, wi i seem-
pany the mails, s ecil‘ying the number and destina-
tion of the severe bags to be examined by the post-
masters, to insure regularity in the delivery of bags
andpouches.

‘4. No pay will be made for tri s not performed;
and for each of such omissions, l the failure be oc-

_ Can

pit? of the trip will be deducted. For ‘
eh nd time as to break connection
with dependlnimails, and not sufﬁcient] excused.
one-fourth oft e compensation for the rip is sub-
ject to forfeiture. ' For repealed delinquencies of the
kind herein speciﬁed. enlarged penalties, propor-
tioned to the nature thereof, and the .importauce of
the mall. may be made. ,

5. For leavln behind or throwing off the mails, or

three times the
arrivals so far b

 

 

Arrive at herman by 2p in.
.

any portion of em. for the admission of passen-

'hostlie or inimical thereto. And I do further swear
lit 1 obstructions of an
that, to the her '0‘ my owledge and ability P Ellis! palhl‘clfoegpéggxmi’yfli’e incurred. No clainyi

allegiance to the' .

l
' She. 229. That the ownerof every stagecoach,

. (Section 239 permits conveyances oflettersin

signed by once: more responsible ersons, and n- ‘

gers, or for being concerned in setting up or musing
an express conveying intelligence in advance of the
'nail, a quarter's pay may be deducted. ' .
6. Fines will be imposed. unless the delinquency
be promptly and sutisfactoril cx laiued by certiﬁ-
cates of postmasters or the dav is of other credi-
ble persons, for failing.to arrive in cpntrnct time;
for neglecting to take the mail from, or deliver it
into, a post ofﬁce; for suffering it to be wet.ib1nred,
destroyed. robbed or lost; and for refusing. after de-
mand, to convey the mail as frequently as the con-
tractor runs, or is concerned in running, a coach,
car, or steamboat on a route. . *
The Postmaster General may ennui the contract
epeated failures to run agreeably to contract;
for violating the post oﬂce laws, or disobeying the
instructions of the Department ' for refusing to dis-
charge a carrier when required by the Department to
do so; for running an express, as aforesaid; or for
transporting persousor packages conveying mails-
ble matter out of the mat . 5
8. The Postmaster General may order an increase
of service on a route by allowing therefor a pro rhto
increase on the contract pay. He may change
schedules of departures and arrivals in all cases, and
.purticularly to make them conform to connections
with railroads. without increase of pay. provided the
running time be not abridged. The Postmaster Gen-
eral may also discontinue or curtail the service. in
whole or in part, in order to place on the route
superior service, or wheneverthe public interests, in
hisjudgment, shall require such discontinuance or
curtailment for any other cause; he allowing as full
indemnity to contractor one month’s extra pay on
the amount of service dispensed with, and a 1m- rota
com ensation for the amount of service retained and
cont hood.
9. Payments will be made by collections from. or
drafts on, postmasters or otherwise. alter the expi-
ration of each quarter—say in November, February,
May and August. provided that required evidence of
service has been received.
10. The distances given are believed to be sub.
stantiaiiy correct; bntno increased pay will be al-
lowed should the be greater than advertised. if the
points to be sup led are correctly stated. Bidders
must inform t selves on this point, and also in
reference to the weight of the mail, the condition of
hills. roads. streams. dtc., and all toll-bridges, turn-

l.
for additional pay, based on such ground.cun be
considered; nor foralleged mistakes ormlsappreheu-
sion as to the degree of service; nor for bridges
destroyed, ferriesdiscontinued, orother obstructions

A PIECE OF.DECEP'.I‘ION.

 

or AN nx-nnrxcuvn.

. . I. '-

Many years ago, Alexandria was a refuge
for half the runaway swindlers, robbers and
assassins of Europe. It was, in fact (the
Viceroy will pardon the strength of the? ex-
pression), the sink of all the rascalily of the
Eastern and Western Worlds.

Among the rogues and scarves who made
Egypt the land of their adoption, two
scoundrels especially attracted my attrac-
tion. {These persons (the one of Prussian,
the other of French extraction) were, both
gentlemen in appearance and conversation,
chevau‘ere d‘ inddstn'e by trade. The former
James Vauler, was a converted Prussian
Jew ; the latter, M. Ernest. had lived several
years in Paris, and claimed French protec-
tion. What the prefect of police in Paris
thought of these two worthy men I never
heard; but I strongly suspect that a; change
of climate had become necessary for their
health. It soon became certain to me that
they had taken high degrees in the blackleg
schools of Paris, Berlin and Vienna. Vahler
was, a pink-and-white man, with glossy,
black, scented whiskers, and large dark
eyes full of- a smiling and, false frankness;
Ernest. a sallow little man, bad .a. keen,
sharp glance, and a smart, alert, business
like manner. They were both great talkers,
and sang in u fervid, semi-operatic way. ‘

 

 

causing or increasing distance or expense occurring
durtn the contract term. Ofﬁces established after
this a vertisemcntis issued. and also during thecon-I
tract term, are to be visited without extra pay, ifthe
distance be not increased. .. .

11. Bidders are cautioned to mail their proposals
in time to reach the Department by thedayand hour
named, (8 p. m., February 8 1873,) for bids received.
after that time will not be considered in competition-
with bids. of reasonable amount, received in time.
Neither can bids be considered which are without
the guarantee required by law, and a certiﬁcate of
the suﬁlcienc of such guarantee, and the oath of the
bidder accor lug to Section 246, Act ofJune 8, 1872.
12. Bidderssbould ﬁrst propose for service strictly
according to the advertisembnt, and then, if they de-
sire. separately for the different service; and if the
regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised
service, the other ropositionsmay be considered.

13. There shoul be but one route bid for in a pro-

osal. Consolidated or combination bids (” ropes-
n one sum for two or more routes") cannot e con-

sl ered.

14. The route, the service the lyearly pay, the
name and residence ofthe bidder, (t stris, his usual
post office address.) and the name of each member of

a ﬁrm, where a company offers, should be distinctly

sta .

l5. Bidders are requested to use. as far as practi-
cable. the printed proposals furnished b the De-
partment. to write out in full the sum of t eir bids,
and to retain coplies of them.

Altered bids a cold out be submitted; nor should
bids once submitted be withdrawn. No withdrawal
of a bidder or guarantor will be allowed unless the

withdrawal is received tweutrfour hours previous

to the time ﬁxed for opening 1. e proposals.
' Each bid must be guaranteed ,by two responsible
persons. The bid and guarantee should be signed
plainly with the full name of euchpcrson.
The Postmaster General reserves the right to re.
iect any bid which may be deemed extravagant; and
also to disregard the bi of falling contractw and
bidders. Act ofJune 72. section 249.) .
16. The id should be sealed, snperscribed “Mail
Pro osals. State of Connecticut."addressed “Second
Ass taut Postmaster General, Contract Ofﬁce," and
sent by mail, not by or to an a cut. Bids of 35,000
per annum and upward must e accompanied by a
certiﬁed check or draft on some solvent National
Bank, equal to 5 per cent. of the amount. (See law
of Con rose of June 8, 1872. ~ '
17. e contracts are to be executed and returned
to the Department on or before the 1st day at July,
1873:but the service must be be u on that day. or
on the mail day next after it, w ether the contracts
be executed or not.
Transfers of contracts, or of interest in contracts,
are forbidden by law, and consequently cannot be.
allowed. Neither can bids, or interests in bids. be
transferred or assigned to other parties. - Bidders
will therefore take notice that they Will be expected
to perform the service accepted to them through the
whole contract term.
- 18. Section 249 of the act of June 8. 1872. provides
that contracts for the transportation of the mail
shall be "awarded to the lowest bidder tendering
suﬁieient varantees for the faithful performance,
without at er reference to thcmode 0 such trans-
ortatlonthan ma be necessary to provide for the
Sue celerily, certa nty , and security thereof.” Un-
der this law bids that propose to transport the mails -
With “celerity, certainty. and security.” having been
decided to be the only legal We, are construed as pro-
ei’di m» thcenti're mail, however large. and whatever
may 6 the mode of conveyance necessary to insure its
f' celen’ty. certainty, and security,” and have the pref-
erence over all others, and no others are considered.
except for steamboat routes. .
19. A modiﬁcation of a bid in any of its essential
terms is tantamount to a new bid,,and cannot be re-
ceived. so as to interfere with regular competition.
Making a new bid with guarantee and certiﬁcate, is
the only way to modify a revious bid.
20.'Post Masters are to ecareful not to certify to
the sufﬁciency of guarantors withou knowing that
they are ersons of suﬁicient resp nsibllity. (See
section 6, act of June 8, 1872.) The must not
at n the certiﬁcate until the sum of the b dis insert—
e and the bid and guarantee are signed by the bid.
der and (two) guarantors; a liter ard a] this 1'1:-
stru ‘ n will subject them to immcd ale removal, and
to re penalties. _ '
Postma‘sters are also liable to dismissal from oﬁlce
for acting as agents for contractors or_bidders, with
or without compensation, in any business, matter,
or thing, relating to the mail servzce. They are the

.trusted agents of the Department, and cannot» con-

sistent] act in both capacities. .
21. A 1 bidders. guarantors. and sureties are dis-
tinctly notiﬁed that on a failure to enter into or per-
form the contracts for the service proposed for in the '
accepted bids, their legal liabilities will be enforced
sgainstthcm.

22. Present contractors. and persons known at the
Department, must. equally with others. procure
guarantors and certiﬁcates of their sufﬁciency sub-
stantlaily in the forms above prescribed. The cer-
tiﬁcate of suﬁiciency must be signed by a post-
master. - JN . J. CRES ELL,
6M5 Postmaster General.

sermons: Tam wrinnsivo.
nus—h—

or menu novobas.

Milk-white and honey-sweet its ﬂowers
The locust-tree isrshedding; ‘

0, if this weather would but stay,

I could not ask a lovelier day,

Yes, ’tis, in truth. my bridal path
The wind with ﬂowers is strewing.

The things woman says she won’t,
She’s always sure of doing;

And. from a child. I have declared, ,

I’d choose a maid to tarry,

And single-handed ﬁght my way,
Before I’d ever marry,

(Though he, by all his deeds and words.
Were worth and wisdom proving),

A Methodist itinerant. ‘

» And keep forever moving,

Moving. moving. moving,—

Just two years in a place,—

Stopping hero and off again.

With scarce a breathing space.

 

But when camp-meeting came'around.
A "year ago this summer,
TheSudbury people had a tent. ~
And I, with Sister Hartley, went,
And ﬁrst heard Broth‘er Plummer.
“A youngmsn looking for a wife."
Was some on’s sly reminder.

"And he maylook for allotme,"

I said. “and never ﬁnd her:,

But when I came to hear him preach,
He told tlie Gospel story.
So thrillingly. through all the grove
Went up, one about of "Glory"!
Bough men were bowed, hard sinners wept,
I owned his power thhold me,—- '
His glowing fervor, like a spell,
Against my will controlled me.
_ “For. who is he 7" I said, my own; f
Admiring thoughts reproving;
“A Methodist itinerant,
Who keeps forevermoving.
Moving-moving, moving;—
Just two years in a place. _ .
- That’s too hard 5 way.” thought I, .
“To run the Christian race 1”

I

I said the preacher pleased the not,—
I did not wish to meet him;
And, when we met, I tried to see
How coldly formal I could be
And c'ourteously treat him;
But-when a' woman tries to hate,
Be sure it’s love’s beginning;
The more i'frowned. the more I felt
- That be my heart was winning;

‘- Dnll (may the Lord forgive l) I found
The class, unless he led it; .
And' sweeter seemed the blessed word.
Of Scripture, if he reed‘it;
And, from the closing love-feast, when. >
As we walked'lome tOgether,
Heled me down a quiet path,
And calmly asked me whether

 

casioncd by the fault of the cdntractor or carrier, .

"My future should be one with his 2"—
And I must take or lose him,
I felt my hold on earthly joy'

. Was lost, shonldI refuse him.
“But, if I love, there's but one way,"
I said. “my love of proving; ,
And 1 am willing, for your 'snke,
'To keep forever moving,

. :liovlng, moving, moving.—
.Just two years in a place.—
.‘Happy, whereso’er I go. 5

5':If Ibu‘t see your face l"

380 now, my bridal blossoms fall,
"These locust-ﬂowers sweet-scented: '
My~futuro pathway is the one
I’ve always thought that I would shun.
Yet I am well contented!
We choose not for ourselves; we go
'The way the Conference sends us;
.But. rough or smooth, we know. through all,
.A Father’s care attends us. '
:His perfect stiougth our weakness shields,

Bis patient love broods o’er us,—

What matters it what changes ﬁll

The years that lie before us 'I

13;; mi'We only pray we may be kept
From faithless servantsprovlng.

And onward, as our footsteps press,

May they be heavcnwsrd moving!

\

e

 

—A tlonttcfor Dumber-

.]y of their extensive transactions in Man-

'only of being the most elegant and charm-

_classes. They gave a ceaseless round of
breakfasts, balls and correct.

‘ “Patriots,” "benefactors,” no words were

, streets :- the gourmande praised their cook-

_ delightful, dashing fellows. Even the boys

' terprising glories of- Alexandria, might be
, induced to undertake the raising a new loan.

.orders, which they only met at the en

 

human nature, combined with the gen ere]
corruption of Egyptian society, and the case
of bribing every one, from the highest 10‘ the
donkey-boy, enabled these two impu ent
swindlers to dazzle and cheat all classes
with whom they came into contact. Atllasi'
the lime-seemed ripe for the rascalslflast
coup. In twelve months they had establish-
ed conﬁdence among all business men ; 'and
they commenced simultaneous work itii
three months’ bills, aided by their auxil ary
ﬁrms in Alexandria, Berlin, Vienna, nd
‘Paris,having prepared the way by sgiall

of
the three months, and which gave .themzthe
real credit they: needed. The next three
months they spent in renewed hospitali ‘es,
to which the bays and pachas came wil out
scrapie. The two partners were by this
time engaged to about eight Alexandiiian
beauties each; but, as these Jew and Greek
merchants had each cliques of their own,
the treachery of false Herr Vaulei' and per-'

ﬁdious M. Ernest remained for a long time

undiscovered. Whenever the sixteen failjers

in-law met, and demanded that the ﬁrm’in-
stanily lead their sixteen than?“ s'
taneously to the allar,afracas, scouittry
newspapers call a disturbance. was inevi—
table. '

ul-

In the mean! time the ﬁrm prepared to

play their ﬁnal card, and-sweep the Viable,
and decamp. They issued orders—urgent
orders—for vast consignments; cottons nd

 

They arrived from Paris'm'a. Marseilles.

impression, that commercial magnaies of
enormous wealth and immaculate honesty
had arrived to give a new impetus to the
trade of Alexandria. They, Arcades ambo,
got invited to one or two places, their sh‘al-
low accomplishments, and the ﬂuency with
which they spoke Frehcb and Italian, soon
making them the talk of all the marriages-
ble young ladies in theiown ; and many a
cap was set at.them. In a month. M. Vaulcr
was courting at the same time at least half
a dozen of the danghters of the richest mer-
chants of the place. The rascals were dar-
ing in their plans. The small sum they had
with them they deposited for a few days, by
turns, in every bank of Alexandria. So on
the stage a few “supers” march round and
round, and appear and re-appear, and pass
for a large and almost innumerable army.
They began by a few real purchases, which
they paid for in ready cash, in order to
spread a belief that all their transactions
were to be bona ﬁde and prompt. Five or
six confederates, several of whom rested in
Paris, sent them constantly'very large orders
never- to be executed, and sham notes for
payment drawn on other confederaies. They
then received from Marseilles with much
solemnity several boxes of old iron, which
they'pretended 'to be specie, and on Which
they paid the usual freight. They also
showed every one shan’i invoices from Paris,
Yienna,_and other places ; and talked large_

cheater, Liege and Paris goods. In this way
they got hold of various consignments of
whiskey, brandy and beer, ordered by their
European confederates, and gave them away
to the friends who visited their oﬂices.

Their suites of rooms in a house ﬁt for a
palace, were hung witb~silk and damask,
and the ﬂoors adorned with the most rich
and velvety of carpets. There were showy
oil-paintings on ibe walls, and singing birds
hung at every window. Musical sn'uﬁ‘-
boxes were chiming and. tingling at all
hours; and, in the intervals of business,
Vauler played brilliant reminiscences of
Rossini on a one-hundred-and-twenty-pound
grand. piano, which he had secured at an
auclion soon after his arrival, and instantly~
paid for by a check. A game of cards for
high points occasionally Served to while
away the‘ half-hour between a commercial
transaction and a champagne lunch. In a
word, three months sufﬁced to secure to
these dashing swindlers the reputation, not

1

1

ing of marriageab'le men of Alexandria, but
also of being the wealthiest men in all Egypt.
Their success was complete ; ~ and, seeing the
impression they had made by their extrava-
gant hospitality and sham business trans-
actions, they soon grew more daring, and
laid themselves out for grander operations.
They began to Show the sham orders
ﬂ'om their confederates to everybody in
their own way '01‘ business,to see who
would execute them cheapest, and to prove
the bona ﬁde nature of their transactions.
Their. gulls regarded them as millionaires.
In the meantime they were most hospitable
to their dupes,‘and business-men of all

The choicest
wines and the most exquisite French dishes
seemed al ways ready at their ofﬁces. Their _
consumption of wine became, indeed,‘so no.
lotions, that the agents of the leading wine
merchants of France and the Rhine forced
wines uponthem at two years’ 'credit; add
they gave the orders with such evident re‘
luctance, that the jewellers, hearing it, come
next, and pressed upon ibcm'from time to'
time diamonds of great value, on the same
terms. Both these importunate classes of
persons our two ikiends at last consented to
patronize, never condescending to give or-
ders for less than two or three thdusand.
pennd’s worth of any commodity at a time.
They also refused to give bills, objecting to
all transactions with bill-brokers. in their
'own half-pleasant, half-contemptuous way.
If it was possible to rise higher in public
favor, Messrs. Vauler and Ernest, the fascic
nating millionaires, did so risewhen they,
die day sta'rted abank, in which the poor
of Alexandria might deposit their savings.

tee good for them. Wherever they went
there was an ovation {the donkey-boys
cheered‘them when they saw them in the

ing; diners-out applauded their wines;
thc‘match-makers pronounced them charm:
ing; the rich fathers vowed they were
Rolhscliilds in all but name. Alllhis en-
thusiasm was not to :be wasted. Very soon
came. an endrmous order from a swindling
confederate at Calcutta—four hundred and
ﬁfteen thousand pouud’s worth of Manches-
ter goods, _wanted at once. This order
Vauler and Ernest distributed condescend-
ingly among the fathers of their future
Wives; away the goods went to Bom.
buy, the victims paying the carriage half-
way. They then sent the invoices and bills
of lading to their fraudulent agent in India.
who, Oll‘tlle arrival of the goods, threw them
into the market, aud‘soid them at once for
anything they could get. And all this time
the ﬁrm kept up a round of parties and balls";
and their picnics to the gardens outside the
town, at which they had usually Egyptian
daucing-girls-and jugglers to amuse the
guests by their skill, became quite famous.
While all this tissue of rascaliiy was
weaving.Vauler and Ernest had the good
sense never to quarrel, and always took
every opportunity of praising up each other
to the world as sharp men of business. and

and pacbas became drawn in‘, so fascinating
were the patriots of the- new bank, so
glorious were their wines l—forbidden by
Mahomet, but winked at by his degenerate
followers. There was-even some talk that
Messrs. Vauler and Ernest, the rich, the ch-

.10 help wipe away some of the viceroy’s
debts. Even some native ladies, of.,rank
gave them audience.

 

5
Hundreds of gulls declared there wasino
proof of the ﬂight, and crowded into the
house to see the piano, the oil-pictures, the
singing-birds, the musical .snuﬁiboxes, and
returned home re-assurcdv I and the six:
teen fathers-in-luw started at once for Cairo
to see if the ﬁrm was there. Welea-ped on
seventeen donkeys the moment we arrived
at Cairo, and galloped‘ to' the house. My
sixteen companions! nearly fell from their.
donkeys when the black servantwho calne
to us said his masters were not there, and
that all'th'e furniture had just been taken
away. He hadat ﬁrst refused to let it go,
telling the men "who camcfor it that his
masters were no brankrupts, but some of the '
~ richest men in the world; that only a week
before they had taken champagne baths for
a joke. He would not believe a word of the,
matter; upon which the men fell to and
beat him. severely; but, nevertheless, they
had not convinced him. Finding the poor
fellow had not been paid his wages for three
months, I advised him to at once seize, the
wine, which the rascals, inth'eir hurry, had
forgotten. If he left it for another day, some
other victim would have it.

fools came in a crowd to me.
commission agent in Alexandria; but, I had
been rather an active‘cbief inspector of police

5 calicoes from Manchester, clOth from Leeds,
The ﬁt“ glitter 01' their diamond rings 88- coals from Newcastle,—goods, indeed, filom
cured them credit, and. produceda general every large town in England. They 4150
sent for silk from Lyons, champaigne filom
Rheims, brandy from Charente, and cos’ily
hrouzes and clocks from Paris.
were, in addition, distributed freely in

Vienna. Berlin, Trieste, Smyrna and ' n-

sianiinople. . The goods arrived nearly; all

at the same time. They had calculated ?’lhe

bills would fall due the week they left.

While waiting for the goods from Eurépc,

to pass the time, they bought up all av ila-

ble goods in the square of Alexandria, ,hd

paid for them with bills for six monibs.

These latter goods they secretly sold to Elbe

Jews of Cairo and.Alexaudria, half of w "om

paid in ready cash; and in this way the

rogues realized-thousands. When thug ds.
from Europe arrived, the ﬁrm. following

Alexandrinn custom. sold everything om

the invoices, being very particular about

ready mony. This done,~u's the place was

getting hotter daily, the ﬁrm scraped 1111:1111

they could, changed names with some refu-

gees from Syria, and ﬂew from Alexandria,
The game was over, the last card played,
the table swept, and the room deserted. 5

, The ﬁnal tableau was not unworthy of
such a. career. 5 The noble pair gave a splen-
did ball the night; of their hegira; lw‘iue.
ﬂowed in fountains; two bands discourlsed
most eloquent music; the sixteen fuiui‘e
fathers-in-law were all there, the sixteen

future brides glowed on each other. and each

one exerted all her fascinations to ﬁx gthe

ﬁrm for the greatest number of dances. ;An

hour or two after midnight,a quiet brougb‘am

drove up to the door of the swindlers“
palace ; and the ﬁrm, leaving the balhro'pm

Or ers

it full Spin,stole away and embarked? on

board a steamer bound for Cyprus,city of
ovc and wine. The report at ﬁrst was, that
they had quietly gone to Cairo on suddep,
business ; but one of their coufederaies, ills-
satisﬁed Willi his pay, soon betrayed their
real ﬂight. '

Il— .
The news fell on Alexandria like the news

of Sedan on Paris. From the viceroy to Elbe
poorest donkey-boy,"every one was “striick
with the thunderbolt of amazement." We
must be pardoned .recurring to Oriental
metaphor. , . .
Ernest had goneégon‘e, ioo,’with £105,000-'-
ﬂew like lightning from country-house to
country-house. Faces turned pale, jaws fell,
hands shook. The sixteen future fathers-in-
tore their hair; and yelped hysterically ;
the sixteen future: brides fainted right 206‘.
and when they came to, screamed violently,
and went off again.
the streets crying; old Arabs almost wrench-
ed off their top-knots, by which the angels
were to carry them up to hearen, and

The news that Vauler and?

The women ran abbot

houted for their seventy years' savings.

I believe he
took my advice. -

angry dupes now was, what plan to adopt
to arrest the rogues, and wring the plunder
out of them. Iii-their trouble, the indignant
' I was then a

in theJown ’;_. and I had in my time brought
to justice more slippery rogues than even

fused the Jews, and those fooled rascals, the.

the poor Arabs who had'lost their hard:
earned dollars, and I felt no mercy to such
mean and cruel cheats. I yielded to the pro-.
cession demanding vengeance. I derided
them, and told them they had been justly
punished for putting such false confidence.
in two tricky adventurers, who had gulled
half the city with a littlé mook piiteness
and shamjewelr'y. Even the biggesta'ascal,
when he has suffered, dies at once to the
police. The police could not refuse their
help, mimic the undeserving; so I promised
to do what I could. The Jews and the Six-
tecn faihers-in-law overwhelmed me with
communications of their 105ses ; one blamed
the others for having introduced the rascals,
and declared that they were responsible.
My ﬁrst step was to go to diﬁ'ereniforeign Z
consuls, and get them to' Sign a general
warrant empowering me to arrest Vanler
and Ernest wherever I could lay my hands
on them. I felt sure that, aslhe swindlers
could neither of them speak Arabic, they
must have obtained some one else’s pass.
ports, and’huve .left for some place in the
Levant under native name. Now, I ha not
been chief inspector for nothinn'.‘ I had by
me a monster roll of ' all the mhrdcrcrs and
thieves in Alexandria. I‘ knew all their
haunts, and the very places to ﬁnd them
there. I had never removed 0. policeman
from his beat. except for‘dishonesty or con-

snivnnc'e' ;’ and 1 held each policeman responi

sible for all~'-lhat ~ha'ppeued on his beat. I
instantly summoned-eighteen hundred of the

 

Thus, a'certaiu amount of knowledge of

worst rascals in the infamous city to appear

9

After four days of increduliiy, it began .to 5
be pretty certain that the men were swin‘
dlers, and had really ﬂed. Even the sixteen
future falhers-in-laW began reluctantly, to
allow this ; and the question among the

such men as Vauler and Ernest._ It was an :
unthankful oﬂce; apd I would havc‘re-5

sixteen fathers-in-law; but I was sorry for

before me at a certain place and hour, What
an army of Satan! What foreheads 1 what
squints l 'wha‘f months! what demure, what
deﬁant villan‘y i There were men there who
would have murdered their own fathers for
a shilling; and their mothers. for half a
crown. I had previpusly becn‘io the pass.
port ofﬁce, and taken down the names of all
natives who had recently left Alexandria by
sea or land. I called the'list over, and‘came
at last to the names of two Jervs, who at
once answered, although their passports had
been made out for Beyrout. , :

“Gncorb and Demetbriani,—-that willdo,”
I said ; “These are the two fellow; I wont ;
the rest I dismiss to their business, regretting
that so many honest aiid worthy gentlemen
should have been inconvenienced by two
rascals.” .

011' the scurvy regiment trooped. The two
Jews then declared'to me that they had lost
their passports. and were afraid to apply for
fresh. - They did not like to confess to me
that they had sold them to the ﬁrm. , This
was all I wanted. I afterwards found that
a Wallachian Jew, one of the worst class of‘
Oriental Jews, had purchased the passports.
I had known this fellow before. as ready to
do anything for money, and living by secret-
ly buying and selling young Abysinian
slaves, whom he kept hidden in cellars. I
should, then, ﬁnd the ﬁrm for certain at'Bey-
rout, Damascus or Cyprus. 4
My plans were soon arranged. and were
based on some knowledge of the East. Ibe-
gan by drawing largely on my imagination;
and going to a printer in the great square of
Alexandria, I drew up a placard in English,
Arabic. liaiian, and French.

Taking\my friend Wilkinson with me,
disguised as a Bedouin, and blocking myself
as an African from Barbary, Istnried by the
Austrian night-steamer for Beyrout. With
my hair greased; and armed with a big knife,
a revolver, a war-club and a battle—axe. I
looked sufﬁciently formidable, for in that
country men go armed; in the same boat
there were Aleppo men carrying swords and
targets, and no one wonderedat my wieldy
equipment. 0n arriving at Beyrout, we
kept ‘very quiet, for fear of alarming the
thieves or their friends. We went ﬁrst to
the ofﬁces of the different steatﬁers to make
inquiries for certain friends we pretended to
have expazied by the last boat. While en-
tering the port we had noticed another
steamer nearly ready to start,which we had
head was the vessel going to Cyprus; so
we felt there was no time to lose, and posted
to and froemore like madmen than decent
thief-takers. In every oﬂce we entered we felt
we might come upon our men. and wegwerc
ready to pounce upon them. In one bureau
the agent was counting out gold (the money
paid for goods shipped). I suppose I looked
very wild as I entered, pulling out my knife .
without thinking what I was doing; for
directly he saw me, the good bourgeois gaye
a frightened stare, and, without giving me
any answer, jumped from his stool, broke a
passage through the window and'leaped into
the garden like a harlequin. He tookme for
a murderer come to kill him and seize the
money. Luckilyfa heap of mud behind his
own house brokehis fall and saved his neck.
When he had changed his clothes and re-
turned, he found the harmless murderer
guarding the treasure so foolishly abandoned.
Two hours after the bills had been posted
up, as Iwas on my way to M. Leesepe. the
French .nsul’s, I was astonished to ﬁnd
a crowd in the street dragging along some
unfortunate wretch. I passed through the
mob, and, to my delight, found one of my
men. It was Vauler, one,of my birds; and
like a true. sportsman, I ran to takejiim
from the dogs. They had a halter already
round his neck, undone side of his face was
bleeding, for the barber who had been
shaving 08‘ his whiskers, to prevent his be-
ing recognized, had beenfriglilened by the
arrival of the mob, and had removed only
one whisker, and cut the men’s cheek ill
doing that. There he was, forlorn, stunned,
with one whiskerou and the other of, look.
ing' a most deplorable object. I threw away
the rope, silenced the donkeyuieu and. boys
by insisting on his ﬁrst having a' trialJ and
then took him to the French consul's, where
I got an order enabling me :to send him :to
the local prison. I had bagged one, and
now I waniedthe other. ‘

I found him at last. still on board the
steamer. The animal was sung inped in his
cabin, reading in. -novel of the younger
Dumas, and with a bottle of port-wine 'by
his side. The moment I told him my name,
produced the handcuffs, and ordered him to
get up and go on ,shore with me to the
Prussian consul, the French captain and the
'oﬁlcerSeyall of whom .he had bribed—got
out and {protested against the violation of
hospitaliiyand insult offered to the French
ﬂag. - The engineer, who had been drinking.
was especially indig'nant,a_ud ran for _ his
double-barrel gun. I had ,to pddress the
angry crew. ’I told them that I had not
come :10 insult any ﬂag, but .- to arrest a man
who hadstolen the savings of the widow -
and the orphan. I washre they would not
lend their ﬂag to conceal such a‘ villain;
and then, to prove that I had the sanction
_.of their own consul, leaned the janissary of
the French consulate. He deposed lo the
authenticity of my ~ mission. I then asked
for some water, and washed the disguising
color from my face and hands. This quite
satisﬁed my opponents. The engineer put
away his gun, the captain asked me to take
wine, and I returned on shore, handed over
the thief to his consul, and determined to re-
turn .10 Alexandria as soon as possible.

On my way back from the cage in which
I had locked my two birds, I met my friend
Wilkinson. tired. and dispiritcd. He was
looking for me. He. would not at ﬂISt be-
lieve my success, and, when we returned to
the prison, borrowed a lantern of a Turk to
go in and look at my captives. He spoke to‘
' them and was satisﬁed; ‘He returned iii-rap-
; lures, and declared that such a capture had
never been so successfully effected.

The news of the arrest had" reached the
city More me. and I foun’ddhe populace
atvare of my success. The moment we on
tered the harbor, and the name of the vessel
had gone up on'thc Rassakhun signal-staff, a
vast crowd poured down to welcome me.
-'The city had never known such a commo-
tion since the battle of Aboukir. Most of the
people were glad ; but some of the swingcrg'
accomplices were afraid of the confessions
they might make, and the secrets theymight
disclose. Every one, pleased or not, wanted
to see the two men brought in chains. Not
a door or window, from the custom-house
to the great square, but was crowded with
friends or foes of Vanler and. Ernest. The
Arab rabble screamed and shouted at the
discomﬁture of the wretches who had robbed
the widows and orphans. The trafﬁc of two

' miles of street was entirely stopped as we

passed. The women from the balconies

cast down on me rose-water and ﬂowers,

and mr the square some fervid enthusiast

tossed me‘a small gold chain and a stringof
gold pieces. The delight at the defeat of the

impostors was great and irrepl'OSSible- The'
French and Prussian ' consuls claimgd their
precious subjects). and the brief trial soon

took place,——Emest being sentenced to
eighteen months‘,and Vauler to ﬁve years’
imprisonment. They, however, still had
money, and they brought such inﬂuence to
\bcar that in a few months,somehow or other,
the imprisonment was commutedio simple
banishment. 5 j _ ,

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