WHOLE NUMBER 1790. f
- Love Crowned.’
A maiden, With a garland on her head,
Sat in her bower between two lovers ; one
Wore such a wreath as hers; the other none.
But him, in merry wise, she garlanded
With that she wore; then, gayly, took in-
stead '
The other's wreath and wore it as her own;
Whereat both smiled, cach deeming she had
shown
Himself the favorite.
said
Concerning this by any spoken word,
Yet by her act, methinks, the maid pre-
ferred
The lover she discrowned. A friendly thing
Or whimsical —no more—the gift she gave
(A queen might do as much by any slave),
But he whose crown she wore was her heart's
king. -
—John Godfrey Some, in the May Cmvruux.
Though she nothing
From the Lippimott Magazine.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM KIDD.
BY CHARLES BUR]! TODD.
tConcludedJ
The preliminaries being satisfactorily set-
tled, a large ship, the “ Adventure Galley,"
was purchased and fitted out at an expense
of six thousand pounds, and Sir Edmund
Harrison took upon himself the task of
enlisting a competent crew; they were
nearly all natives of England, and most of
them left wives and children at home. In
this vessel Kidd sailed from London in th'
month of February, 1696. He had two com-
missions,—one from the Admiralty, empow-
' aring him to act as a private man-of-war, the
other of a novel and important character,
given under the great seal, _and stating that
“His Majesty did there "give power to Cap-
tain Kidd, commander of the “Adventure
Galley,’ to apprehend and seize all pirates
whom he should meet with on the coasts of
America or other seas, with their ships and
goods, and, in case of resistance, to fight
with and compel them to yield, and to bring
them to a legal tria ." The commission also
required him to keep an exact journal of his
proceedings and a perfect inventory of all
ships, arms, ammunition, and lading, of the
ships captured. And luck overtook the
adventurer at the first. Dropping down the
Thames, filled 'no doubt with bright antici-
pations of capturing many a plump Gallic
mercbautman and plunder-laden pirate,—for
Kidd, at this stage of his‘career, was no ,
doubt an honest mam—he reached the Buoy
in the Nore, and was there pounced on by a ,
press-gang and his piCked crew swept on to
his_majesty’s ships-of-war lying there. Not
enough were left to man the vessel, and the
unfortunate captain was obliged to run down
to Plymouth and remain there several weeks
before a crew could be supplied, and they,
when shipped, were of indifferent material,
being vagabonds and other desperate char-
acters whom the press-gang had spared.
With sucha crew, but with a good ship,
well armed and provisioned, Kidd, put to '
sea on the 23d of April, 1696. In May he
fell in with a small French vessel, laden with
salt andjtackling, bound for Newfoundland,
which he captured. His disposition 'of this
prize was contrary to "the agreement, for,
instead of sailing with it directly to Boston,
as promised, be here up for New York, and
arrived at- that port on the 4th of July,
without further incident. Three months
spent here seem to have completely demora-
lized him, and he determined on an fit of
the hasest treachery. He sold the prize and
applied the money received to purchasing
supplies and an outfit generally; he beat the
town for recruits, with the consent of
Governor Fletcher, and entered into contract
with that worthy—so Colontl Livingston
asserted—to pay him ten thousand pounds
for his countenance if he made a prosperous
voyage. Besides this, he openly consorted
with the pirates, smugglers, and other dis-
reputable characters of the port. By Step
tember his preparations were completed, and
on the 6th he sailed for Madeira, thence oz‘a
Bonavista and St. Jago to the Cape of Good
Hope, and thence oz'a Madagascar to India
and the coasts of Malabar. The waters of the
Indian Ocean were at that time the favorite
cruising-ground of all sea-rovers. Aden, at
the {entrance to the Red Sea, was a vast
commercial emporium. Mocha and Loheia
~ in Arabia Felix, the hundred ports of India,
China and Malayan Archipelago, and the
African coast, were so many feeders to the .
vast stream of commerce constantly flowing
westward from the waters. The East India
Company of London exercised commercial
jurisdiction from the Cape of Good Hope
eastward to Cape Horn, and drew hence its
immense revenues of calicoes, muslins, silks,
cashmeres, gold. silver, jewels, diamonds,
ivory, precious drugs, teas. coffee, spices,
saltpetre, and other commodities. The East
India Company of Amsterdam had nearly an
large a trade, and the Portuguese, Spanish,
French, Moors, and Arabs were well repre-
sented. .
Kidd, having arrived in the midst of these
treasurers,threw of! all disguise and blossom-
ed at once into the most finished freebooter.
His crew, shipped, no doubt, with this ob-
ject in view, made no objection, and, when
ever it became necessary,lowered with a will
the pennant of;St.;George and ran up in its
place the terrible black flag of the pirates.
Details of Kidd's piracies in the East Indies
are few in number, and are derived entirely ,
from his own statement and the depositions
of members of his crew given at his trial!
From the long deposition of Gabriel Loffe,
of Long Island, one of his crew given, before
Justices Cook and Davenport at Boston, it
appears that his first capture was a Dutch
craft of one hundred and fifty tons burden,
laden with cotton-wool, beeswax, tobacco,
and two horses, which they carried to Mad-
agascar and there burned. Some weeks, after
they took a ship of four hundred and fifty
tons, Captain Wright, from Bengal, laden
with a rich cargo of silks and 'other precious
abrics, which they also carried to Madagas-
car snd divided among the crew according to
the rules of the pirate guild. Here part of
the crew deserted. With the others Kidd
captured a Mocha frigate belonging to the
East India Company, called the “Quidah
Merchant,” in which he cruised for some
months, committing many piracies, and at
length returned to America. His original
ship, the “Adventure Galley,” he stripped
and burned at St. Mary’s. Kidd’s account
of his exploits, given on his trial in the hope
of saving his life, and t herefore to be taken
with the customary grain of salt, differs
somewhat from this. As an act of justice to
“10 mfill-Dilute, it is inserted here, though in
an abridged form. "About September 6,
sailed [from New York] for Madeira, and
arrived there about October 8; at Bonavista,
18“). where we took in some unit; at St.
“B0: 24th 0030b". where we took in water;
then sailed for the Cape of Good Hope;
thence to a point in Madagascar. which we
reached before January 29. We arrived at
the Island of Johannsn about March 18.
April 25, 1697, we steered for India; came
tothe coast of Malabar the 1st of September;
on the 22d September two Poflugucm.shlps
from Goa came out after us“; they watched
an opportunity to board us. Next morning
one of them attacked us, and we fought all
' day, but beat her 01!; had fourteen men
wounded. We cruised on about_0aps_Co-
morin for pirates till the 1st. of November,
s These apsrs were discovered by :Mr.
Joseph B. Felt in the British Colonial omc e
in London. They were first embodied by
him in a lecture cu Kidd, and subseque ntly
rinted in the "New England Historic and
genealogical Rainer" for January, 1852.
1697, when we met an Ehglish ship, ‘Royal
Captain,’ commanded by How, belonging to
Madras, and boundto Surat; examined her
papers, and would have let her pass, but the
crew became mutinous because two Dutch.
men of How’s crew said that there were
Greeks and Armenians with precious stones
and other rich goods on board. Two-thirds
of my men voted to take the ship; but I pre-
vailed with them to let Captain How go.
About the 18th or 19th of November, met
with a Moorish ship of two hundred tons,
from Surat, bound to the coast of Malabar,
with a cargo of sugar, cotton, two horses,
and forty Moors, and a Dutch pilot; carried
her to St. Mary's. About February 1, met a
Bengal merchantman of Surat,of four or five
hundred tons and ten guns, and captured
her. With the two prizes sailed to St. Mary’s
in Madagascar; the ‘Gally’ was very leaky;
arrived there about April 1. My chmuti-
uied, and on the 6th of April sunk the first
prize; the other had not yet arrived. When
I reached said port, there was a pirate called
the 'Mocha' frigate, Captain Robert Culli-.
ford. who with his men left her and ran into
the woods. I proposed to my men to cap-
ture her, as we had sufficient force, and they
said they had rather fire two shots into me
than one into the other; and thereupon
ninety-seven deserted, went on board the
‘Mocha’ frigate,and invited Captain Culliford
and his men back. hey came and plund-
ered me of ammunition, etc., and threatened
to kill me, which I prevented by fastening
my cabin 0’ nights with abundant arms.
The ‘Mocha’ frigate stayed four or fivodays.
The deserters went to Edward Welch’s house
four miles off, where my chest was, and
plundered it of _ ten ounces gold, forty
pounds plate, and three hundred and seventy
pieceshof-eight. The Mocha frigate sailed
J une’ with one hundred and fifty men and
forty guns to take vessels Of all nations. .
There was left me thirteen men: we could
not keep the ‘Galley' from sinking, and went
on board the prize; we took on heard some
passengers .for New. England. 1st of April,
1699, we arrived at Anguilla, West Indies-
"wherewe heard we were proclaimed _as pi -
rates. The crew sought all opportunities to
run the vessel ashore, lest we'should be car.
ried into an English port. We came to St.
Thomas, where my brother-in-law, Samuel
Bradley,was put on shore,being sick,and five
moredaserted;heard the same news there,that
we were pirates. Sailed for Mons, between
Hispaniola and Port Rico, where .we met a
sloop, the ‘St. Anthony,’ from Curaco for
Antego,‘ William Bolton, merchant; and
Samuel Wood, master. My men swore they
would navigate the ship no further. I sent
by the sloop to get sails for the ship; gone
ten days. Six more of the crew deserted.
'The rest of the crew were not able to sail
‘the ship, and we left it in a port of Hispan-
'iola, in the care of said Bolton. I bought the
sloop of Mr. Bolton for the owner’s account,
then sailed for New York,where I heard Earl
Bellamont was,who was principally concern-
ed in the ‘Adventure Galley.’ ”
Leaving Kidd for the noses sailing up the
American coast in his sloop,we will return to
England for a glance at some affairs of
moment to him and his ‘guild that had hap-
pened since his departure. , Early in .the
autumn of 1696, Lord Bellamont sailed for
his new seat of. government, although, ow-
ing to a violent" storm which met his vessel
off the American {coast and blew it so far
southward and with such damage that it was
obliged to put into Barbadoes to refit, he did
not reach New York until the 2d of April,
1696. He came with the special purpose of
suppressing piracy and smuggling, and be-
gun at once a thorough revision of the cor-
rupt and inefiicient public service. He ad-
monished the courts, seized cargoes imported
in unfrec bottoms,arrested known pirates,and
.Iustituted a strict esponiage of vessels sus-
pected of piratical designs: so that, 'as the
reader will perceive, the New York toward
which Kidd was now hastening was far dif-
ferent in its attitude toward men of his class
from that which he had left in 1696.
The first news of Kidd's treachery reached
England in August, 1698, and was furnished
by the directors of the East India company,
.who informed the lord-justices that they had
received intelligence from their factors that
Kidd had committed several piracies in those
waters. Circular letters were at once sent
to all the Americad governors, making this
intelligence public and ordering them to
keep strict watch .for the freebooter, who, it
was rightly conjectured, would return soon-
er or later to his home and friends in the
Lcolonies. On May 18, 1699, the Council of
Nevis in the West Indies wrote to the home
government that Kidd hadfbeen seen in their
waters in a “Genoese vessel, very leaky, and
in distress for provisions," and that they had
sent the "Queensborough," man-of-war in
pursuit of him. Meantime'Kidd was sailing
up the American coast. Off Cape Henlopen
Bay, and put on shore a chest of treasure be.
longing to one James Gillam,a passenger who
‘had come on board at Madagascar.* But,
unfortunately for treasure-seekers, .no one
knows whether the chest was buried or sold
to traders on the coast.
Kidd next cast anchor at Gardiner’s Bay,
a landlocked tributary of the Sound off the
eastward end of Long Island. A beautiful
green island—Gardiner’s Island—containing
some six hundred acres, lies between. this
bay and the ship-channel leading past Mon
tauk Point. It is perhaps the only estate in
the New World that has continued in the
possession of one family for ten generations.
. John Cardin er, its third proprietor, was then
living in the mansion-house of the family, on
the west side of the island, and at the subse-
quent examination 'of Kidd before Bellamont
in Boston, gave this account of the‘pirate's
proceedings in the bay:
“About twenty days ago. Mr. Emot, of
New York, came to my house and desired a
boat to go to New York; furnished him with
one. That evening I saw a sloop with six
guns riding 05 the island. Two days after-
ward, in the evening, I went on board the
sleep to inquire what she was. When I
came on board, Captain Kidd—till then un-
known to me—asked me how myself and
family-did; said he wasfgoing to Lord Bella-
mont at Boston, and desired me to carry
two negro boys and one» negro girl-ashore
and keep them till he returned or his order
called for them. About ten hours after I
had taken the negroes.,Captain Kidd sent'his
boat ashore with two bales of goods and a
negro boy. Next morning Kidd desired me
to come on board and bring {six sheep with
me for his voyage to Boston which I did.
Then Kidd desired me 'to spare a barrel of
cider, which I consented to do. I sent two
of my men for it, and, while they were gone,
Kidd offered me several pieces of damaged
muslin and Bengal as a present to my wife,
About a quarter of an hour after, Kidd gave
me two or three pieces of damaged muslin
for my own use. When the men came on
board with the cider. Kidd gave them four
pieces of gold for their trouble, and also for
bringing him wood. Then Kidd, ready to
sail, told me that he would pay me for the
cider, and I as‘ewared that I was already
paid by the present to my wife. Some of
Kidd's men gave some of my men muslin
for neck-cloths. Then I took leave of Kidd.
At parting, Kidd fired four guns and stood
for Block Island. About three days after,
Kidd sent the master of the sleep and one
* Gillman_was a notorious pirate and was
. d on his arrival in Rhode Island by
or er or Lord Bellamont and tried for the
murder of Captain Edgecomb, of the Mocha
frigate, and for inducing her crew to beaome
k pirates.
be altered his course, sailed into Delaware“
which he put in a bag and handed to me. -
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, riiEsD AY» APRIL 25% 1882-.
Clarke in his boat for me, and -I went on
board with them. Then Kidd desired me to
take and keep for him or order a chest and
a box of gold and a bundle of quilts and four'
bales of goods, which box of gold he told me
was intended for Lord Bellamont. I com-
plied. Then two' of Kidd’s men, called
Cook and Parrai, delivered to me two bags
of silver, which they said weighed thirty
pounds, for which I gave a receipt. Another
of Kidd’s men delivered me gold and gold-
dust of about one pound to keep for him,and
did present to me a sash and a pair of worste
stockings. Just before Kidd sailed, be pre‘-
sented'me with a bag of sugar, and then
steered for Boston." .
Gardiner also declared that he knew noth--
ing of Kidd’s being proclaimed a pirate, and,
if he had, he dared not have acted otherwise
than he did, having no force to oppose them,
and that he had formerly been threatened to
be killed‘by privateers if he should “carry
unkindly to them." . -
Gardiner further testified that, while Kidd
lay with his sloop at Gardiner’s Island,
a New York sloop, Captain Coster, and his
mate, a little black man who. was reported to
have been formerly a quartermuster with
Captain Kidd, and another sloop of New
York, Captain Jacob .Fenwick, lay near
Kidd's vessel, several bales of goods and other
things were put on board of the two sloops,
and they sailed up the Sound, after which
Kidd sailed'jfor Block Island, and in three
days returned to Gardiner’s Island in com-
pany (with ianother sloop of New York,
Captain Cornelius Quick, on board of which
was Thomas Ciarge, of Setauket, commonly
called “Whisking” Clarke, and one Harrison
of J amaica, father to a boy with Captain
Kidd’s wife was ’ then’ on board of his own
sloop. Quick remained from noon till even-
ing, and then took on board two chests from
Kidd’s sloop, and, he believes, several-sorts
of goods more, and then sailed up the Sound.
Kidd remained till next morning, and then
sailed, as he said for Boston. Next day,
after Quick sailed from‘ Gardiner’s Island,
Gardiner saw him turning out of Oyster Bay
though the wind was fair to carry him up
the Sound. Gardiner supposed Quickwent
in to land goods, and stated that he had from
Kidd’s vessel seven bales of silk and other
goods, and one box of fifty-two pounds of
gold and plate.
But, instead of sailing to Boston, where
Lord Bellamont then was, Kidd put in to
Newport, and from there despatched a
trusty mesisnger (a Mr. Emot, mentioned in
Mr. Gardiner’s narrative) to the earl to treat
with him about ’_a pardon. Kidd declared
himself innocent of crime, and averred that
his men locked him up while they committed
piracies ; said h§had left his great Moorish
ship, the “Quidah' Merchant,” in a creek in
HispaniOla, valued with her cargo at sixty
thousand pounds, that he had brought the
sleep in which he then was, and had on
board other East India goods, gold and sil-
ver to the value of ten thousand pounds, all
of which he would deliver up if he could be
assured a free pardon. The earl, after con-
ferring with his Council, sent an old acquain-
tance of Kidd’s; Mr. Campbell, the post;
master at Boston, with Mr. Emot to treat
with the pirate. Kidd was assured that if
he was innocent he would receive pardon.
He returned an answer asserting his inno-
cence, but desired some pledges from ‘ the
earl before putting himself in his power.
By the messenger he sent some presents of
jewelry to Lady Bellamont. Campbell was
at once sent back with a kindly—worded let-
ter, saying that if he could prove his inno‘
cence he might rely on a full pardon. and on
receipt of this Kidd,with his wife and child-
ren, sailed for Boston, where he arrived on
8th of July.
Meanwhile, Colonel Livingston had arrived
and he too brought his influence to bear on
the governor for Kidd’s pardon,* actuated
not so much by friendship as by thoughts of
his liability on the bond of ten thousand
pounds: his principal argument was that
unless Kidd was releasedjhe would not bring
in the "Quidah Merchant,” but would reim-
buse him (Livingston) from the proceeds of
her cargo. Lord Bellamont, however, stood
firm, and on the 16th of July, learning that
Kidd was prepared to escape ordered him to
be seized and remanded to prison.His exami-
nation begau the next day. Lofi‘e ad nJenkis
two of his crew, and Mr. John Gardiner were
the principal witnesses against him. The
examination resulted in his being held for
trial to await the action of the home author-
ities. Simultaneously with Kidd’s arrest,
the earl ordered the sloop and crew to be
seized, the former being placed in charge of
trustees appointed by the Council. At the
same time, hearing that Kidd's men had of-
fered thirty pounds for a vessel to take him
to Gardiner’s Island, and Kidd admitted that
he had huried,treasure there, Bellamont des-
patched four commissioners—Samuel Sewell
Nathaniel Byfield, Jeremiah Dummer, and
Andrew Belcher—‘to Mr, Gardiner with in-
'structions to deliver up the treasure to
them.i The commissioners came to the island
and received the treasure, of which they
made the following return:
“A true account of all such gold, silver,
jewels and merchandise, late in the posses.
sion of Captain William Kidd, which have
been seized and secured by us, pursuant to
an order from his excellency Richard, Earl
'of Bellamont, bearing the date of July 7,
4699: ~ .
“Received, the 17th instant, of Mr. John
Gardiner, viz.,—
No Ounces.
1. One bag of dust gold
2. One bag of coined gold..................
And one in silver ..... 124
. One bag dust gold................... ..... 24%
. One bag of silver rings and sundry .
precious stones......................... 25>,i
. Onebag of unpolished stones.......... 12¢
. One piece of crystal cornelian, two
agates, two amethysts................
. One bag silver buttons and lamps.
. One bag of broken silver.. 1
9. One bag. of gold ,bars.... . .
10; One ditto.....................................233§~
11. One bag (lust gold 69!;
12. One bag of silver bars...................394
Bellamont also succeeded in recovering
the goods sent to New York. With the
“Quidah Merchant” he was not so fortunate.
He had engaged a vessel to go in search of
her, at a cost of seventeen hundred pounds,
and she was about setting out, when a Cap-
tain Smith arrived from the West Indies
with the news that the crew left in charge
had burned the ship, that taking out her cargo
of jewels and Indian fabrics, which they had
sold in Caracas.
On the close. of Kidd's examinat ioniBella-
mont transmitted all the papers in the case
to. the ministry, andasked for‘iustructions as
to the disposal of the prisoner. In this letter
he called attention to the fact that there was
#00
oo-c cam
* The authority for this statement is the
pamphlet before cited. f ‘
i This gentleman in his affidavit, it will be
remembered, made no mention of Captain
Kidd’s having buried valuables. The reason-
for this silence is given in the traditions of
the family somewhat as follows. One dark
night, when all was asleep, there came a
loud thumping at the door. The master
rose,and found there Kidd and several of
his men, all armed to the teeth, and the lat-
ter bearing a heavy chest between them.
They forced the proprietor to go some dis-
tance into the woods with them, and there
buried the chest, Kidd telling the prisoner
that it contained gold and jewels,and that he
would answer with his life forits safe keep-
ing. One autumn day the writer, furnished
with a horse and guide,rodev to the spot where
where tradition asserts the chest was buried.
It is at the base Ola. little amphitheite of
hills on the margin of :a- small .swamp, or
thicket, known locally as “Quaker Swamp."
It isa little singular that,- with so many
tales of Kidd’s buried treature as are cur-
rent, this is the only authentic instance of
khisever having buried tremure on the coast.
no law in New England to punish piracy
with death, and asserted that he was in daily
fear :of Kidd‘s escape, as the jail was very
insecure and he was surrounded by friends.
'Orde'rs were at once returned for the removal
of Kidd and his crew to England for trial.
The vessel having them on board arrived in
the Downs on the 12th of April, 1700.
King William had appointed ayacht to meet
marsh of the Admiralty to take the pris-
oners into custody; and in the grip of this
official they rolled through the streets of
London in the prison-van; and were lodged
close prisoners in the old Newgate. '
‘ Kidd had now bec )me the most notorious
man on two continents. His name had been
freely bandied in the House of Commens,
and the ballad-mongers had painted his
crimes in such lurid colors that he stood pre-
eminent for wickedness. The attack of the
l‘ory leaders on Lord Bellamont and his as-
sociates for their [htriotic service in fitting
out the “Adventure Galley" affords a strik-
Macaulay makes it the subject of some
scathing sarcasms. He considers that the
attack was aimed solely at Lord Somers,
whOm the Tories hated because he was great
and they little. But our pamphleteer recog-
nizing this motive, also includes the East
India Company—whose commerce Kidd had
crippled, and whose request for an Admir-
alty Court in India had been denied by the
ministry-among the active promoters of the
movement. ’ .
The Chancellors act in placing the great
seal of England to the commission of a pri-
vateer'was made the subject of an official
inquiry in‘ the House of Commons. The
course of five of the foremost lords of the
realm in fitting out a private man-of-war to
'capture pirates when the regular navy was
too fully employed to punish them, and the
subsequent appearance of that vessel as the
most reckless of» freebooters, were tortured
into proof that these men were in collusion
with pirates, and had even commissioned ‘
Kidd to seize and plunder merchants. The
king, {who had been a silent partner is the
enterprise, came in for his share of the ob;
loquy. Twice the matter {came before
the House for inquiry: first on the opening
of Carliament,- in December, '1699, when
Harley and Seymour, the Tory leaders, in-
troduced a resolution to the effect “that the
letters-patent granted to the Earl of Bella-
mont and others 0‘ pirates" goods were dis-
honorable to the king, against the laws of
nations, contrary to the laws and statues of
this realm, invasive of property, and destruc-
tive of trade and commerce,” which failed by
a vote of one hundred and eighty-nine to one
hundred and thirty-six.
But the Tory leaders were not yet satis-
fied ; and on the 16th March, 1700, when it
was known that Kidd was on the seas, bound
for England, they secured the adoption of a
petition to the king that he might not be
tried, discharged, or pardoned till the next
session of Parliament, and‘that the Earl of _
Bellamont should transmit all. commissions.
instructions, and other papers relating to him.
The king granted this petition. Parliament
rose on the 11th of April, and Kidd was
brought to London on the 12th.
His examination was at once begun before
the Commissioner of Admiralty, and, when
concluded, he was committed for trial, and
the result of the examination and all the
papers in the case were scaled up to await
the action of Parliament. Kidd lay in N ew-
gate for nearly a year. EAt length, early in
March, 1701, the House of Commons pro.
nounced itself ready for a second inquiry
into the affair. On this occasion the Tory
leaders seem to have exhausted. all their in-
genuity in the effort to fix on Kidd's patrons
the stigma of his crimes. The arch-pirate
himself, 'was brought to the bar of the House
and examined in the most searching manner.
All the papers, letters, examination, and in-
structions relating to the affair were produc-
ed. Some of the principals were examined.
The sailing orders were read, the ‘original
articles between the parties, theletters of
marque from the Admiralty, the commission
under the great seal, with the result, after a_
- long debate, of thetriumphant vindication of
the chancellor and his associates,
This was the last ‘time that the Kidd affair
became the subject of official inquiry.
Shortly after, on \Thursday, the 8th of May,
1701, Kidd was put on trial before the Ad.
miralty Sessions of the Old Bailey. Six in-
for the murder of a sailor named Avery, one
of his crew, and five for various acts of pi-
racy committed on the high seas. The court
room was thronged with spectators and the
wildest interest was felt in the proceedings.
Kidd confessed to the fact of the piracies,
but threw himself on the mercy of his judges
with the plea that his men mutinied and
forced him to embark on his career of crime
—a plea so manifestly improbable that it
could have little weight with a jury. On
the third day of the trial they returned a
verdict of guilty, and the judges at once
passed sentence of death. He was remanded
to prison, where he remained until the 12th
when he was taken to Execution Dock,loaded
with chains, in accordance with an ancient
law of the realm relating to pirates; and there
hung in the presence of a vast concourse of
spectators who had gathered'to witness the
spectacle. .
—__—-—-_.-==-
A Piece of Silk for Mrs. Garfield.
The Women’s Silk Culture association of
America, whose headquarters are in Phila—
delphia, some time ago conceived the idea of
presenting a piece of silk dress goods to Mrs.
Garfield, the widow cf the late president,
the intention being that the goods should be
of American production in every respect.
The silk was to be grown in the United
States, and the, reeling and all subsequent
processes of manufactui'e were to be done in
this country. Mrs. Garfield will soon be
presented with 'the piece of goods. At the
recent exhibition by the Women's Silk Cul-
ture association in Philadelphia, prizes were
oflercd for the best specimens of silk grown
in the United States. It was the silk which
took one of-these prizes that was selected for
the making of the dress. > The reeling was
done in the exhibition. . The silk was then
sent to Hamil & Booth’of Paterson, N. J., to
be woven. The throwing processes were
done in the mill of. that firm in Mill street,
and the weaving in their other mill in Ward
street. The design was'made byJames Sim’p;
son, the designer employed by' the firm, and
is original. It was submitted to the. Silk
Culture association and approved by them.
The silk‘ as finished is‘ of extraordinary
weight. The color is black, and the back-
ground of the design, which appears in
raised figures, is satin. The figure is a com-
bination of the patterns of: trcfalle and Irish
lace. The silk is twentytwo yards long,
and of the usual width of dress goods.
WILL YOU BUFFER with Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint? Shiloh’sVitaiizer is guar-
anteed to cure you. Munson Hoyt, agent.
The American book exchange assets will
realize‘about ten cents on the dollar. 7
It may not be amiss to inquire if a kettle-
drum is,.a pound party.j-—Bostlm Courier, -
Wh'eri Bismarck heard that Jumbo" was
goingto emigrate to America he exclaimed,
“Er tu, Bring?"
_———-¢-oo—o———-
Barou'r’s DISEASE of the Kidneys.Diabetes
and other diseases of the Kidneys and Liver,
which you are being so frightened about,Hop
Bitters is the only thing that will _surely, and
permanently prevent and cure; 'All other
pretended cures only for a time and then
make you many times worse.
_.___..————-
It does not take much to turn the head of
Wk.
7/.
the vessel there, and despatched with her a .
ing instance of partisan hatred and maliguity. ,
dictments were preferred against him—one -
_ . .5' .__. ’
Letters From the People.
Dean Gaznr'rn:
I. noticed in your issue of January 31st, a
bill offered by Mr. Mitchell, of Scuthbury,
relating to female sufiraze, and I have been
trying‘to find the time to filly! express my
joy at the thought that'cven a step has been
taken in that direction, especially for the
easy conditions on which they are to be made
elligible and competent. . Only. think, $150
will qualify any woman .twenty-one‘ years
old and a resident, &c., to vote and act in
town meetings on all matters relating to
schools and education,and also upon licenses;
$150 in personal estate qualifies; how cheap.
I cannot forget how quickly I ripened into
intelligent manhood after I had appeared on
parade armed and equipped as the law di-
at what a small cost. Coat, with scarlet
trimmings, black feather with bluish-red tip,
cockade and frontispiecc, cartridge box,
bayonet belt and priming wire, and thc‘old
kings arm‘with a bore to carry an ounce
ball, marked Isaac Bartram,.Jr., 4th Raga,
then I was by this outfit qualified to vote on
all subjects in town meeting, even on the
disposition of Wilton’s share of.:the surplus
revenuef I ought to state thatI bought this
mighty educator from Odel Boughton, the
Northfield miller and class leader. Now I
submit, did the military_equipnge apalifyf
and ‘will $150 qualify a woman“=to vote as
above stated 1’ Or rather, does a woman need-
'other mental or moral. qualifications to pre- .
pare her to Vote on :all civil subjects than ,
men 1’ Women have proven themselves capag
blc of giving wise counsel ' to husbands and,
sons in all matters pertaining to family rela-
tions,and often without any financial strength
in the beginning, and 'why. impose the paltry
sum imposed in Mitchell’s bill, or any money
qualifications. Let us' be fair and meet the
issue fairly, and make the. franchise as easy
for women as for men. OLD Hummus.
em
.The First Steamboata.
A “ Septuagenarian,” though unable to
furnish the “ names of the first half dozen
Hudson River steamboats,” as requested by
Mr. Hill, writes that with hiflather he was
a passenger on the first “Safety Barge,” the
Lady Clinton, on its first trip in the autumn
of 1824, towed by the steamboat-Commerce.
He says: “The explosion of the Etna-J
think it was—alarmed the country, and led
to this experiment. I believe the Lady Clin-
ton had a consort. She was a large and-
handsome structure, neatly fitted up ;- and
being unincumbered by boiler, machinery,
etc., he'r passengers enjoyed the full sweep
of her’decks; Her how was joined to the
stern of the Commerce by a broad gangway
plank. Gaily dressed in flags and streamers,
the experimental twin-boats left a crowded
wharf on a bright. morning, bearing a large
of music. As they slowly ascended the
noble river occasional salutes from cannon,
and the shouts and wavings of people con'-'
gregated on wharves and hills, testified to
the public interest and exhilarated Vthé pas-
sengers; ‘but the passage became rather'mc‘é
notonous and wearisome before it terminated
at Albany in the afternoon of the next day,
after a thirty-two hours’ trip.
“ We returned to New York on thephan-
cellor Livingston, being conveyed to her in
a smaller steamer from the deck of the
Albany, as she lay below the famous over-
slaugh whose obstruction hindered 'her higher
ascent, and we congratulated ourselves on
making the downward trip in twenty hours.”
“Excelsior” as Longfellow Meant
It.
The following letter to C. K.‘ Tuckermau,
written many years ago, is now printed for
the first time by the London Telegraph:
‘ “I have had the pleasure of receiving your
note in regard to the poem ‘Excclsior," and
very willingly give you my intention'iu writ-
ing it.’ This was no more than to display, in
a series of pictures, the life of s. man of
genius, resisting all temptations, laying aside
all fears, headless of all warnings, and pres-
sing right on to accomplish his purpose.
His motto is excelsior—‘higher. He passes
through the Alpine village—through the
rough, cold paths of the world—where the
peasants cannot, understand him, and where
his watchword is in an unknown tongue.
_He disregards the happiness of domestic
him. He disregards the warning of the old
man’s wisdom and the fascinations of woman’s
love. He answers to all, ‘Higher yeti’ The
monks of St. Bernard are the representatives
of religious forms and ceremonies, and with
their oft-repeats ayer mingles the sound
of his voice, telling them- there is something
higher than forms and ceremonies. Filled
.with these aspirations, he“ perishes without
having reached the perfection he longed for;
and the voice heard in the air is the promise
of immortality and progress even upward.
You will perceive that ‘excelsior,’ an adject-
tive of the comparitivs degree, is used adver-
bially; a use justified by the 'best Latin
writers. I remain, very truly yours.
Haunt W. Loncrsnnow.
,m
‘ Mineral Resources of the San
Juan Region.
In introducing some account of the char-
acteristics of this regiOn as a district produc-
ing the precious metals, it is to be said, is
the first place, thht as yet it is chiefly a re.
gion of “great expectations." ‘, Its prospects
are well founded, but up to the present time
its Linacessibility and other disadvantages
have been' obstacles to the development that
under more favorable circumstances might
have occurred. The scrutiny to which it has
been subjected by sharp and knowing eyes,
that such ' digging'rhas been "done—by no
.means a small amount in the aggregate—
exhibit the fact that the region is remarkable
for its general richness. Profitablc‘ores are
to be had nearly everywhere within its lim-
its; hardly a volcanic hill canlbe mentioned
where veins- carrying are do not occur.
Every mile of its fifty. miles square may be
said to hold one or more gOod mines. It is
doubtful if anywhere else in the world there
is so large a region over which the precious
metals are so generally diffused. ‘ .
Generally speaking, these are all fissure
veins, and the gangue, or matrix,constitutin'g
the veins in which the desired metals are
mixed, is quartz, instead of any of the lime
spars .or ferruginous materials with which
silver and gold are often associated. ' The
—is principally galena, frequently enriched
by gray copper.(tetrahedrite.) This high
percentage of lead makes smelting the meat
rational process of treatment.
In several localities, however, of which
Parrott City and, Mount Sneflels are chief
examples, rich ores of silver ocur nearly or
quite devoid of lead. These come mainly
into the group of antimonial. ores, with
chlorides and sulphides also. Popularly
these ores, barring the chloride are termed
“brittle silver.”v They are unfit for. smelting
eventually be treated by a milling process in
which the pulp is subjected to the action of
mercury in amalg'amating pans, where the
silver is separated from the quartz. and col-
lected by the quicksilver. ~Antimonial ores,
prior to amalgamation, will require chlorina—
tion (roasting ,with salt), _as .is done at the
Ontario Mine, Utah, while rthe chlorides and
sulphides of . silver can be treated directly
without roasting, as, ~ for example, at the
mines of the Comstock Lode, NevadaT-Har-
pei’s Moaasimfoi- April.
reefs, for military inspection and review,and-
1776, for all of which I paid $3.50 only, and '
'Full column, one time. . . -
‘
number of passengers enlivened by a band '
peace and sees the glaciers—his fate-before .
ore itself—that is, of silver, for gold is scarce‘
on account of the absence” of lead, but must:
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permitted to make monthly changes of their ad-
vemsemcuts.
Marriages and Deaths inserted tuitousl .
Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 centsgpgr line. y
All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra
if. H. BALDWIN, M. I).
Ills Removed his office to his New Residence
No. 71 Wall Street, Dr. Hill’s place.
Hours till 9 a.-m., 1 to_3 and 7 to s p. m. ,
.L. N. PHINNEY, M. D.,
Residence andofilce. No. 62 Wall Street.
Olllce Hours—6 to 9 a. m., 12 to 3 and 7 to 8 p.m.
Slates at I. A, Meeker a 00’s,Norwalk, and Still-
son’s and Plaisted’s Drug Stores, So. N orwalk.
CHARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist.
ivonwazx, CONN. .
Ofiloe corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous;
Oxide Gas administered.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregationalist Church
Teacher ’of
Plano-Forte. Organ him illusion]
“Composltlong ,. z. .
Lock Box 39, B. 0., NORWALK. CONN. '
The N orwalk Dye Works
ABE now in successful operation. Ladies’ and
, Gents’ Garments Dyed, Cleaned or Secured
in best possible manner without injury to cloth.
Any shade of color produced which - may be- de:
sired. Work well done and : noes reasonable.
Goods can be left at the Mi “NH nd ancy
Store of the 165 .ST; JOHN; 33 81:3, N or-
walk, or at MRS. H. KBEIGEB’S Millinery. “39“
BERNARD calm. '
MERCHANT TAILOR,-
wnnms Hummus}, want. say.
Oh rum. LINE or
Imported and Domestic Cloths
of the latest styles, coustantl on hand. Novel-
ties in Scotch Suitings. Satis action guaranteed
in every particular. 46
w. s. columns,
General ~Flll'lliiillilfl Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R“. u. DEPOT.
B'Orders attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue.
The. "small. Fire Insurance 00.,
_ . Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year.
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaidlosses
or of claims for losses. - -
III Sill" 80mm" IISIIIIESAT [it'll-BATES.
Was.0.sraunr. Pres., S. E. Oursrnan, Tress.
Gnth. cownnsScc’y.
. TNA l NSURANCE Co.ofH-ARTI'OBD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, 38,9023 72.64
Insures against loss and damage b Fire, on terms
adopted to the hazard and cons stent with the
laws of compensation. COWLES a MERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwaik and vicinity.
Notice. ' ‘
THE undersigned having sold out all his inter-
,' est in the Hardware, and House and Sign
Painting Business heretofore conducted by him
at No. 30 Main St., to his son. William Hindley.
Jr.,wou1d return his thanks to this community
for the patronage accorded him and respectfully
ask for a continuance of the same to his succes-
sor. Persona havmg unsettled accounts with the
subscriber are requested to call and settle the
same immediately. .
WILLIAM HINDLEY.
Norwalk, Jan. 16th, 1882.
measure a. nocrxwoon ,
Fas‘hinnablelliaper and Tailor!
AND
GENrs' FURNJsHINe summon
MainStreet,Norwslk. Conn.
TE- MODE:-
Ilair DresSing&‘ Bath Rooms
Wall Street, Up Stairs.
cleanliness, cemfort, Artistic Workmanship and
_nt1cmanly Attendance are leading features of
t is establishment.
'_ E. APELL, Proprietor.
Geo. Ward Selleck ,
Oflas in his New Store,‘.-
lihllllllitfllil's IEVI Ilflil, WALL STREET,
A complete assortmentof the best class of
ac” for family use,at Popular Prices. His stock
is at all times fresh and good,nnd will stun
ariaon with those of any Grocer In town.
is and leave your orders.
GREAT liEliM DESTRMER 1
1313133103
Prophylactic; Fluid.
Fitting ogd Small Pox
Upreveu _ .
. lcers purified as healed
Gangrene preventcddt
cured. . '
Wounds healed rapidly.
Seaway cured in short
t Inc,
Teller dried up.
1m perfectly harmless.
For Sore Throat it is a
sure cure.
nIrTHEnIA ,
rasvsursn.
Cholera dissipated.
Ship Fever prevented
by its use.
Egoves allunpleasant
s.
In c see of death in the
house,it should always
be used about the
_. corpse-it will prevent
any uu leusaut smell.
An Anti ate for Animal
. or Vegetable Poisons.
Stings, &c. .
Dgn crous efiluvias of
1c
Call
i'St i'
SMALL rox'
BBADIOA'I‘ED.
Con‘ta ion destroyed.
Sick oomspurificdand
made pleasant.
revered and Sick Per-
sons relieved and ‘re-
freaked by bathing
w i t h Profhylacti
Fluid adds to the
water. ‘
Soft White Complezsons
secured byita use In
bathin . - ,
Impure irmadcharm-
lea:i and purilgiedbb'y
s n as ra y s
Illuid about.
To Purify the Breath,
Cleanse the Teeth, it.
can't be surpassed.
Catarrh relieved and
Ecuredum d
msipe scare .
Bumstrelieved instantly
Scars prevented.
s-eAaLET- ‘
FEVER Dated» .22.. F...
* I Eradicated'
In fact. it is the great . . .
.msmucuui Mill PURIFIER,
Prepared by
4 J. ,H. ZEILIN & 00..
I Manufacturing Chemists, Sole Proprietors.
Black mudguard Burl,~
Carmine and Blue in! Fanev Work
a. n. Home... .00.
GROCEBIES, PROVISIDNS, FRUITS.
Rooms and lios-'
pitals removed by its
J. G. GREGORY & CO.
DRUGGISTS,
Successors to EDWARD P. WEED,-
No.38 wan Stre'ct. Nos-walk, ca,
invite the attention of the public to their complete
stock of
Pure Medicines and Drugs,
anrla fnll line of l
. TOILET & FANCY ARTICLE.
Also dealers in .
Pure Wine sac Liquors for
. Medicinal Purposes.
Careful attention paid to the dispensing of pb
. Y.
siciaus’ prescriptions. 28
ENTISTIIY .--Dr. C. H. Kendall can and
_ ' will Extract Teeth better and Make Teeth
cheaper than any Dentist in Nonwalk. lyl '
FRAN T. arm,
. sonnblc prices, andthc best of materials
used. Allworkwarrantcd, Extractingflfic.
Office and Residence. West Avenue,adyorn1ng
Methodist Parsonage, Norwalk.
Open ,quningq.
Notice.
Dita HITGHGOGK HAS REMOVED
0 the corner of West Avenue and Berkeley
Place, third house below the Methodist
Church. . , ‘
Office Hours from 7 to 9a.. m., 2 to 3, and 7 to 8
D. m.
limiting Aunt initiations,
THE subscribers will not as Purchasing Agents
and Messengers between Norwalk and N ew
York dailyi. Orders and packages received a
Theodore napp’s, South Norwulk, and Bene-
dict’s News Room, Post Office, N orwalk.
EDWIN K, SELLECK, with J amcs McCrccry .1:
09., takes fio’clock tram. .
D. R. SELLECK, takes 7:45 a.m. train.
PURE: MILK.
Delivered in Norwalk and South N orwalk, at
your door, every morning
AT 7 CENTS PER- QUART,
’ py REMSON BROS. _
PENSIONS.
Pensions and Bounties got for
all Soldiers of my own and other
Regiments, &c. I ’
W. H. NOBLE,
' nnrnonroa'r, court.
0. ’1‘. Leonard 85 Son,
COAL, WOOD,
.Maaons’ Materials,
0 E M; E N rs.- P n:- E
Fer Drains, Sewers, Wells,&c.,
. - At Lowest Cash‘Prices.
Drains and Wells Dug and Piped
_' AlsdiSoleAgentfor '
Patent Tinder wood,
The Cheapest and Best Kindling out . Tryit
G'Branch omcc at H. S. Betts' DrugStore
‘ J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs,
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK.
'NEW MARKET!
No. 6 Main street, Norwal, Ct.
. THE BEST or
Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb,‘l’ork,
HAMS, POULTRY, &c., always on hand at very
lowest market prices. GAME of all kinds in its
season. Tr me; I will try to suit.
6min W. I. LOOK 00D, late with Adams Bros.
R E M O V .A. In. I
To tine Basement or 58 Wall street,
Next door below Jackson Brothers’.
E. BEACH,
House and Sign Painting,
' Paper Hanging and Kalsomining,
o Residence—Lewis Street,
nonwanx, CONN.
All. work entrusted to use shall be promptly;
reasonably and well done. A share of the public
patronage solicited. 83st
Stamforit N mull Telephone Co
l-IST 0F SIIISGIIIIERS 0F IORWALI. Ill SPEAK-
Ill fififlfllllllchlliil 1'0 DATE.
Adams Bros. - - - Market
Adams Express.so. Norwalk -
'Adams Express Co' at S. K. Stanley’s
- Adams. Leroy — . Mdrkct
BaldwinLA. 11., of. D. - Residence
Bank, Fairfield 00. Na. . Office
Beard, E~ - -.. - Residence
Beatty. J .P.&. Bros. . - Ofilce
Betts, H. S. - —
- Dru gist
- Gilles
- Gazette Office
- Residence
Burke, W.C.,M. D. -
Bytngton, A. H. st 00.
Clarke. E. C., M. D: -
00 took Bros. - - Norwuik
Com took Bros. - South Norwalk
Croiut a. Knapp, . Upper Ofilcc
Crofut at Knapp, — Lower Oilicc
D. 85 N. R. 1L: . - Freight Office
D. do N. R. R. - . Coal Dock .
Donn, HoraceE. - -' - Stable
Donovan Jerry . - - Store
Early. W. H. - - - Residence
Ferris, J. H. ~ . - Bestdencc ‘
Ferris, J. H. - Coal, Upper Office
I erris, J. H, - - Cost, Lower Oflicc
Ferry, Mrs. O. s. ' . - Residence
Fitch, Henry R - - Lumber Yard
Gibson,A. S. - - - Residence
Gregory Bros, - - y - Stable
' Grego_ry,J. G., M. D. - . ERcsidcncc
6108011. J. G. it Co. - - Druggists
Hatch. Bailey 85 Co. - Plunin g Mill
Hot Forming O'o. - - Office
Hifiglns, R. L., M. D. - ‘ Residence
H} , E.J. , - - Lumber Yard
Hitchcock. D., M. D. - Residence
Holmes s: Keeler - - Grocers
Hoyt, I. M. PAY Osman - lDruggiSt
Hyatt, J. W. - , - - —- Office
Hyatt, J. W. - - Residence
Keelcr, E. O. - - - Residence
Kenda11,J. C., M, D. - - Residence
Leonard, C. T.& Son. - Conl.Eust side
Leonard, C.’I‘. at Sou. - Coral, West side
Lockwood. W. A., ALD - Residence
Lockwood, F. St. J oh: - Residence
Lounsbury & Bisscli Co. - Office
Mahackcmo Hotel. - - .Officc
Many, C. W. - - - Residence
Mccker, I. A. d5. 00. - Druggists
Miller, George E. - - Residence
Mitchell. W. .b I). - Meat Market ‘
Nolan. R. G., M. D. - - Residence
North. G. S. - - - Gallery
,. Norwaik Gazette . - - Ofllce
Norwulk Hour - ,- g - Ofiice
Nortvalk Iron Works - - Ofiicc
Norwalk Look 00. . . ,Ofiice
Norwalk Mills - - - Ofllce
Nor-walk Savings Society - - Bunk
Palmer, E. M. St Co. - - Oflicc
Pardee. E. V.. M- D. - Residence
. Phrnncy, L.N., M. D. - Residence
Plarstcd, G. 1:. - - Druggist
Postomce, rant OFFICE, - Norotou
Propeller Dock .- - Norwalk
Prowitt,J‘. '1‘: - - Hardware
Bundle, J. O..rnx orrrcn. - Store
Raymond E Nickcrson - - Store
Raymond. G. W. - - r Residence
Raymond Brothers - Upper Office
Raymond Brothers .* Lower Office
:1 andiforth, L. W. -' - Residence
Selleckllrothers, - - - Grocers
. Sherman, S. J. - 4 - - Residence
Sherman, S. J, - - ' - Stable
Smith, W. II. a Co. - Hardware
Solmans, A. - - - Office
Starr, O. S. - - - Residence
Starr. Brothers - - : Store
Steamboat Dock - South Norwulk,
Stillson. G. C. - . - Druggist
st.John, C. E. - - Residence
Trowbridgcmhas. S. » - - Ofilco
Western Union Telegraph - N orwalk
Western Union Telegraph.South Norwalk
Wilson, S. B. Builder, - Residence
Wood, Chas.N. - - Market
WESTPORT.
Jones.Oscar_I.,r.ur omen - TiulShop
Messages to and from Pay Offices, will be
char ed 10 cents each. no mat er by whom the
may esentorreceived. Exce tion, store of _ '.
0. Handle, andl, M.,Hoyt, where no charge wall
be made for ubscnbers.
‘PRANGS’
’ Birthday Cards,
Fort SALE AT THE
'; GAZETTE OFFIC'E.
- one-half of smoi
a
. I V ; " . f VOL-LXVa-NUMBER‘N
lifeline f6RAllSKIN.
READY. SUCH AS DISEASES
TMJTCHISORESR.‘ PIMPLES.
0le if
rm: rearran- .
utilities/In
ptoms are moisture, stinging, itching, worse at
night; seemsas if pin-worms were crawling about
the rectum; the private parts are often affected. As a,
leasant, economical and positive cure swnsr‘g
Insular is superior to any article in the market;
Sold by druggists, or send 50 eta. in 3-ct. Stamps. 3
Boxes. $1.25.- Address, Da. Swarm: it Son, Phila, Pa.
REAL ESTATE.
NWV'\.'\1'VWV\A
To Rent.
A Store and dwelling goo] stand for basin 3
corner State and ltivcr’ sts , West ort. Inqi‘iisre:
on the premises. ‘ TUTTEE. stpls
To Let.
THE large, commodious front room in Gazette
Building just vacated by Francis Melicon.
Full partrculars of
B. J. armless.
For Sale or to Rent.
THE well-knOWn Farm at Winnipauk, formerly
owned by Mar an T. Smith, is offered for
sale or to rent. The arm contains some 40 acres
of improved land, in good condition, a commodi-
ons and convenient. residence, barns, ac. Pos-
session ven immediately. Price low and terms
easy. or further articulars enQuirc at the
FAIBFIELD COUN Y NATIONAL BAN K. 11
To Rent.
A PLACE on the Winnipauk Roadmear the
head of Main Street. A comfortable House,
small Barn, Garden, Orchard, large front yard,
grass plots, and plenty of land. Apply to B. J.
TURGES, Gazette Building.
To Rent. . '
DWELLING containing 9 rooms. Also 4
rooms suitable for cfiices, over G. & S.H.
Holmes’ Grocery Store. Main Street. Forpartic-
ulars apply to [8] C. C. BETTS.
Farm for Sale.
THE Homestead of the late Seth Hickok, com-
prising about 75 acres of tillable ground, sit-
uated 111 New Canaan:near the Reservoir of the
Norwalk Water Works. It has a good Dwelling
House, Burn, and other out-buildings thereon. It
Is well watercd,and has an abundance of good
adjoining the Homestead. Price reasonable.
‘nquire of“ MRS. ANNA M.‘ HICKOK, or of
RUSELL L.-HALL, New Canaan. 7t!
. For Sale or to Rent.
A House and One Acre of Land, on Prospect
Hill.
May be had on reasonable terms. App 0
l t
E W. STJART.
Norwalk, March 16th, 1881. 12f
Farm for Sale
IN SOUTH'WILTON.
0R SALE—the place known as the Samuel
. 1’. Handle Farm. A very desirable farm
With 20 acres up to SO'according as the purchaser
may need. If not sold by the 1st of April, would
like to rent the place to some good party. For
full particulars apply to J. C. HANDLE, Winni-
pauk, or STEPHEN H. SMITH.Norwalk. Stl
Apartments to Let.
. N the Brick Houses on Leonard street; In-
quire at LEONARD’S COAL OFFICE.
For Sale.
T South Norwalk, half a mile from the depot,
the late residence of A. H.Snowden, known
as “Clifl'wood.” Large Villa House, substantial—
ly built, in good order, eleven rooms, cellar and
attic, largepnrlor with bay windows beautiful
tower, carriage house, barn and stable. attractive
grounds, finely shaded wtth fruit and forest‘trees.
' arms to. suit. Apply to A. C. SNOWDEN, on
the premises, or to REV. 1!. B. SNOWDEN, 81
St. Mark’s Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. tuft
Farm for Sale.
THE subscriber will sell the wel known David
St. John Farm with all the Stock, Tools and
Growing .Crops. Most of the price can remain on
mortgage. For full particulars address
22th . GEO. F. DELDEN, Winnipauk, Conn.
FOB. SAL f‘.
TWO very desirable Building Lots on West
Main street. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
For Sale.
THE well known pro any. of WILLIAM C.
STREET, situated on . igh Street, in the Bor-
ough of Nor\va1k.contaming one acre of ground
fronting on High and Main Streets,.w1th commo-
dious Dwelling House, With all the modern im-
provements, large Barn, and out buildings, and
house on Main Street. For fur
therpasticulars enquire of BU BR SMITH, Agrir5iti
t
Norwalk. April 11th, 1381,
A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS willbuy
a. small place on the hill east of Wmmpauk
facing the ounsbm'y 87 Bissell Factory.
chance for a poor man to secure ahome olhis
own. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. 6tl‘
Farm for Sale.
HE subscriber offers his Farm forsale, situa-
ted in the Town of Greenfield, in Saratoga
00., in the state oI-New York, nine miles from
Saratoga Springs. It IS pleasontly situated on
a rise of ground, 95 acres of land, which is favor-
ably dividcd Into pasture, plow, meadow and
woodland; With a large house; the size of the
born 30 by 40, wagon house and stabling, hay loft
over the same, % by 43, and graiuery 16 by 18.
Will be sold cheap; part of the purchase money
can rcmrmpn mortgage if dcsrred, or will ex-
change for-Village propert . ForfurtI-er particu-
lars inquire of ' S LAS P. TUTTLE,
tiol Norwaik. Conn,
Desirable Property female.
A Very desirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue. for sale cheap.
Also. a. nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wrn Street near West Avenue. for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of .
“.11 S. E. OSBORN,East Avenue,
or to D. W, Fitch, W est Avenue.
Small Place for Sale.
SMALL, two-story House, with one acre of
Land, near BroadRiver Briugc,is offered
for sale at a low rice, to close an estate. lt‘n
quire at the GAZE TE OFFICE. 6
For Sale.
Acosy, comfortable Cottage on one of the pious-
walk of the Bridge or Churches, will be sold at
low price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price 87,000. En-
quire ut this Office. ' ‘
. For Sale Cheap.
Better Ihan low interest Bonds.
'A House on Fair Street.
Apply to B. J. Sturge's.
DWEQLXNGS: ’
A1 D .
Building Lots.
SEVERAL dwellings, various prices in differ—
ent portions 01‘ Borough, minor to let or for
sale at reasonable prices. Also several places
outside of Borough limits—one in Winnipuuk
Also several Building lots in and out of' Borough
tilt) Enquire at this Office.
CLEANLIHESS [3 NEXT Til GGDLIEESS.
. c. A. meanness
Shaving and Hair Culling Salon.
nor: 1
Pleasant Shnvc,:
Artistic Hair Cut, or
Thorough Shampoo
can. AT
Mr- I‘ranke’s Hair‘ Cutting Saloon,
No. 1 GAZETTE: BUILDING. '
ren’s Hair Cutting and Shampooing.
AT HOME To EVERYBODY.
can obtain TYPE
METALatthe
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MACHINIST
fruittrecs. Also twenty acres of cultivated land .
antcst streets in town, within five minutes
Particular attention given to Ladies and Chilel-’
Hot and ColdWater Baths
- For the Gazette,
LOVE. ‘
Transcendent Queen of Virtue, Virtue's self,
Of all the Graces most esteem’d. the best!
From whence deriv'd thy regal excellence ?
. Eu-th’s record, on its ev’ry page extols
Thy doings, lauds thy influence benian '
Tells of thine advent, amid Eden segues;
Thy first enchantments of humanity;
How, by thy dulcet notes, thou didst attuue
To sweetest harmony, the new made fair;
How nature, echoing forth their joyousnt-ss
Awake its lovely realm to new delights;
Takes us to Royal Courts, and gladdens
sight
With hearts together knit, fraternully,
Minstrel and Prince united as one soul.
'l‘hro’ cv’ry age it owns thy wondrous pow'r
To animate and purify the life,
Exterminating ev’ry loose desire,
Refining and ennobling ev’ry sense.
Wher’e'er thou rcigu’st no selfishness can
dwell, '
A common interest uniting all.
Like to pure gold,thou hast thy counterfeits;
Lust takes thy name. and thus. acceptance
gains
Till time rubs off the base pretentiousness.
Vain orientation blazous forth its gifts,
As from thy band, to gain the world’s er.-
plause
For a philanthropy it ne'er conceiv’d.
Cold aem'z'ae doth, often, simulate
Thy winning tenderness,its hand outstretch’d
To grasp, as Opportunity occurs.
The wealth of a deceiv’d yet trusting friend.
The politician, in his thirst for place,
And eagerness for its emoluments,
Proclaims hisfoudness for constituents,
And pledges it for his fidelity,
His end obtain’d, ’tis early manifest
That his affection centres in himself. .
These scv’ral persouations do but prove
Thy current worth,and wide world influence.
Thou an exotic art, from far off clime
Where an eternal summer reigns, whose
warmth
Raised thee to full. luxuriance. Hence ’tis
That in a frigid soul thou canst not dwell, '
Thy nature shrinks from such proximity.
Thou art an emanation from the font,
That hath its rise beneath the throne och'd;
Nay l- Deity'itself, for “ God is love."
“ In the beginning," ere earth was, thou
wert;
The universe to thy volition owes
Its being, its adaptedness to man,
Its kind arrangements, for the happiness
Of all the dwellers in its wide domain.
It was a loving mind‘ that erst conceiv’d
Structure so perfect, so replete with good.
Munificeuce divine, this planet stor’d
With richest gifts, for its inhabitants,
Ample for ev’ry want or eirigence.
'All human benefactions are as naught
Compar’d with even these; but there are
_ . heights _
And depths of love, to man reveal’d, beyond
All finite measurement; E'en angels gaze
With wonder, and confess their utmost
pow’rs
1 Unequal to a task, unparallel’d!
’Tis the stupendous scheme of Grace devis’d
For earth, are it contained one guilty soul; ‘
A plan, which cost no less, to consummate,
Than the surrender of God’s only Son
to death; that not for friends, but enemies.
Herein was love! Nor is this all, It seeks
To raise a fallen, guilty, race from sin
To holiness, to likeness of the Great Su-
preme ;
From earth-born slaves to citizens of Heav’n;
From penury to hei‘rship with the Christ;
From Death to Life eternal, near the throne i
What tongue of man, or angel, then can
name
The priceless worth of this rich scheme of
Heav’n,
The measure of the love that prompted it?
Life, then, to thee, 0 Love, owes all its joys,
Its social pleasures, and sustaining hopes.
For thou art “ kind,” c’en tho’ thou suff’rest
much
From the neglects, or injuries, of those
Who slight thy gracious efforts for their good:
" Patient” in waiting, ’till returning sense '
Rebukes the wrongs done to thy constancy.
“ Envy no place bath in thy gen’rous heart
The good of others, is thy happiness.
No undue self-esteem dost thou indulge,"
Thou “ vanatest not," nor art thou “puffed-
“P;
Meekly, and silently, thy work performed,
To others left the fate of thy renown.
Nothing “ unseemly ” ever mars thy acts,
Most decorous and suave thy mode and
speech . -
To all, regardless of their standing or repute:
“Thine own thou seekest not ;” no hope of
game .
Or praise, or pleasure, moveth thee to deeds
Of' Kindness, for in doing there inheres '
Such compensation as ccntenteth thee;
The passions thou dost curb; restraineth
, rage _ ’
And art not ‘; easily provoked ;” Anger
No habitation hath where thou abid’st;
“No evil thinkest thou ;" no heed doth give
To accusationsfram’d, ’gainst. friend or foe,
Proof thou demandest, ere thou wilt con-
demn. _
“No pleasure hast thou in iniquity,”
It grieveth thee, and deep compassion moves;
But in the truth thou hast supreme delight,
Its triumphs add to thy felicity. f
O’er faults of others then a robe dost cast,
“ A multitude of sins thou coverest”
All things believeth, crediteth with good
(Some rightful thought) e’en in the most dei
prav'd, - ‘
And ever “ hopelh,” even against hope,
That grace may cure such soul deformity.
“Eternal thy duration,” Faith shall cease,
The veil removed at Resurrection morn;
Hope to fruition turn’d, no more exist, _
Its largest expectations realiz’d; '
But thou remain’st and shalt forever reign
The animating grace of the redeem’d;
One thlcliught and one desire shall fill each
cart, ‘ '
To laud and to perpetuate thy sway,
Beneath which all-shall dwell in harmony;
“ Wars at an end; swords into ploughshares
turn’d, _ -
“ Spears into pruning books. The gentle
lamb, '
“ Shall. nestling, lie with the rapscious wolf,
“ The tender kid, secure with leopard sleep;
“ Young lions,with the calf and failing rove,
“Lead. in their gambols, by a little child;”
The cow and bear near to each other feed,
Their young together by their side shall rest.
Would that earth’s dwellers did foreStall
These scenes of universal friendliness.
Man his own enemy becomes, who wars.
With man. He who his neighborlo'ves,pro-
motes
In his degree, the geu'ral harmony, .
.While his own happiness he doihaugment.
Strange that a common interest hath fail'd
To bind the race in closest fellowship;
That hearts should cherish loathsome selfish-
ness
And give no place to fond, attractive love!
This the foul stain on our humanity,
Branding the deep abasement of mankind!
Conceiv‘d in the fond heart of Deity,
Man into being sprang. cndow’d by love.
With ev‘ry noble faculty; cnrich’d . .
By the donation of a wide domain,
Within whose bounds goodness was seen in-
scrib’d
On ev’ry thing his nature could desire;
The form, the sweet perfume, the melody
Of Love was ev’rywhere; on shading tree,
On rosy and delicious fruit, on fio‘w’rs ‘
With their unnumber’d, beauteous hues and
scents ; '
On swift-wing’d bii (13 with decorated plumes
And most enchanting songs; on insect tribes
And sportive beasts in undisturbed retreats!
Love, momentarily appealed to man .
In ev’ry breath inhal’d; iu the pure air,
The light and warmth of the revolving sun,
The soltcn'd beams of moon and starry
worlds; '
In all the sweet emotiOns, oft béstirr’d,
In the survey of such surpassing gifts,
Withal, in the supreme felicity
Which fond association with his kind,
Gave to his native zest for smity.
Form'd. environ’d, eurich‘d by love and
‘ traiu’d ‘ ' ' ~
By sweet experience among its charms,
Sad the perversion seem’diu sight'of Heav’n,
That has depopulated earth, by wars,
By milliliter, and the countless ways that
US l ' . '
That rapinc, and revenge.thro' ev’ry age,
~gave stimulated with such dire result!
eaven’s long forbearing grace, then, doth
attes‘t-‘ , .» . ' '
To Love’s supremacy, and man’s reproach.
To bear with such desert, from age to age,
Revenloth a compassion, infinite. ‘
The regal genealogy of Lova
Thus traced, she justly is esteem’d divine.
i Tums.
Norwalk Chronicler