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No. II, 9 Salutations of the Sea, 10 Old Ways 11 Rejiiniscences of a Privateersman. No. II, . . 12 htjmber thbee. Our Village Bell, 17 The YOSE.MITE Valley, 17 Memory of Ciiannixg, 18 Weniia-m Lake is The Return to the Lily Wreath, 19 Reminiscences of a Prita ieersjian. No. Ill, . . 19 Page The Boston Paradox, 20 An Unpublished Letter of Eliza Wharton, . . 20 mtjmbeb foub. The Tracy House, 25 Song " Rose of May." 25 The Fair, 25 A Stroll about Pisa, 26 "El Pobrecito," 26 Old Salem. No. Ill, 27 The Afflicted WIDO^VER, 28 Salbji Boys Fifty Years Ago, 28 A Field of Grass 29 NUMBEB FIVE. Our River 33 Visit to the Outflow of the Volcanic Erui'tion OF Mauna Loa into the Sea, at Hawaii, in October, 1859, 33 Vale! Vale! 34 Old Salem. No. IV, 34 A Reminiscence of School Days, 37 County Items 37 .A.XDVIBE-TISEZSdlEIN-'X'S. Pages Al.my & BiGELOW, 8, 14, 22, 30, 38 Archer, Downing & Co., 5, 14, 22, 30, 38 Arvedson, George, 8, 14, 30, 38 Brooks, Horace a., 6, 16, 24, 32, 40 Conrad, D. a 7, 15, 23, 31, 39 Cressy, W. B., 5, 13, 21, 29, 37 Dudley, A. S., 6, 16. 24, 32, 40 Essex Institute Press, 38 Fellows, Israel, 7, 15, 23, 31, 39 Fogg, Julian A. & Co., 7, 15, 23, 31, 39 Griswold, B. L., 6, 16, 24, 32, 40 H^uiRis, N. W., 8, 14 Harwood, C. H. 7, 14, 22, 30 Grant, John W., 8 Grindal, S., 8, 14, 21, 29 Guy' & Brothers, 8 lREL.tND, William A., 6, 16, 24, 32, 40 Jones, 6, 16, 24, 32, 40 Keuew, Williaji H., 15, 23, 31, 39 LORING, D. K., 7, 15, 23, 31, 39 Pages Low, Daniel, 8, 22, 30, 38 Manning, R. C. & Co 7, 15, 23, 31, 39 Nichols, Thomas B., 5, 14, 22, 30, 38 Ober, W. Y., 7,22,30,38 Peabody, John P., 8. 14, 22, 30, 38 Peach, P. H., 15, 23, 31, 39 Peck, F. S., . 6, 16, 22, 30, 38 Perley, Jonathan, 6, 16, 24, 32, 40 Porter, M. A., 15, 23, 31, 39 Price, C. H. & J 6, 16, 24, 32, 40 Proctor, G. K., 8 Reith, Wm., 7, 15, 23, 31, 39 Richardson & Waters, 7, 15, 23, 31, 39 Salem Lead Company, 24, 32, 40 S,^^TH, Samuel H 6, 16, 24, 32, 40 Spiller, Miss Sarah M., 7, 14, 22 Stanley & Norton, 8, 14, 22, 30, 38 The Salem Gazette, 6, 16, 24, 32, 40 Whipple & Smith 6, 16, 24, 32, 40 Wruck, F. a 7, 15, 23, 31, 39 THE FAIR. The Esskx Institutu at its Annual Mooting in May, organized a department of "Tlic Fine Arts." An act amendatory to the Act of lucoi'poratiou, liaving Ijeeu passed by the Legislature in February and accepted at a meeting duly called for the purpose, authorized the same. In order to place this department in good condition, when it should be organized, several plans were proposed during the previous winter to raise the necessary funds, among others a Fair was suggested, which met with much favor among many friends of the Institute. The Salkm OiiATouio Society being desirous to pro- cure a Grand Piano I'or its rehearsals and other perform- ances, contemplated a similar plan for obtaining the requisite means. To take some definite action on this subject a meeting of the ladies of the Society was held in Plummer Hall, on Friday evening, July 13. At this meeting it was decided to hold a Fair in Mechanic Hall when the same shall be ready for occupancy. The pro- posed Institute Fair was mentioned and a proposition made for holding a.ioint fair, the objects of the two being- similar in manv respects. The meeting .adjourned to tlie following Thursday, July 21, when it was voted to unite with the Essex Institute and to divide the proceeds equally. A committee was appointed consisting of Mrs. J. 0. SalTord, Mrs. W. W. Goodhue, Mrs. J. F. Dane, Mrs. D. Upton, Mrs. B. Brown, Misses Sophia Wheeler and E. W. Silsbee, to confer with a committee of ladies representing the Essex Institute, and with full powers to make all nec- essary arrangements. The committee of the Institute consisted of Mrs. E. D. Kimball, Mrs. D. B. Hagar, Misses Martha G. Wheatland, n. M. King, and M. O. Hodges. These committees acting jointly together after several meetings, effected the following organization : President, — Mrs. Edward D. Kimball; Vice Presidents, — Mrs. James 0. Safford, Miss Mary O. Hodges; Secretary,— Mrs. Daniel Upton; Treasurer, — yivs. W. W. Goodhue. Committee,— lU-n. D. B. Ilagar, Miss Elizabeth W. Sils- bee, Miss H. M. King, Jlrs. B. Brown, Miss Martha G. Wheatland, Mrs. Joseph F. Dane, Miss Sophia Wheeler. Board of Adcisors, — llemy Wheatland, Francis II. Lee, William Northey, D. B. Hagar, James Kimball, Daniel Upton, R. S. Kautoul, George M. Whipple, E. C. Cheever. MANAGERS. TaUe No. 1, — Mrs. E. D. Kimball, Mrs. James O. Saf- ford, Misses M. O. Hodges, E. W. Silsbee. TaWe .Vo. 2, — Mrs. D. B. Hagar, Mrs. F. C. Butuian, Mrs. W. W. Goodhue, Mrs. Charles E. Fabens. Table Xo. 3 (Beverly), — Mrs. E. Burley, Mrs. B. Brown. TaUe Xo. 4,— Misses Harriet M. King, Elizabeth Wheat- land, Ellen Brown. TaUe No. 6, — Mrs. 1). H. Johnson, Miss Abbie Peirson. Table No. C (Peabody), — Mrs. B. C. Perkins, Miss So- phia Wheeler. Table No. 7, — Mrs. J. F. Dane, Mrs. W. Northey, Mrs. D. Upton, Miss Martha G. Wheatland. Refreshment Table, — Mrs. W. Archer, Miss Augusta Robinson. Flower Table, — Mrs. E. Putnam, Miss Carrie TV. Austin. Art Gallery, — Misses E. S. Merritt, Lucy B. Willson, J. R. Simonds. Antique Kitchen, — Mrs. Nathan Foster of Beverly, Miss S. M. Spiller. In addition to the above several ladies were assigned to the different tables as assistants and their valuable ser- vices were very essential and duly appreciated. Managers of the Hop, — B. H. Fabens, B. A. West, R. Osgood, James 0. Safford, W. A. Frye, John M. Hagar, G. M. Whipple, and George Perkins. Editors of the Pa per, — Robert S. Rantoul, Jas. A. Gillis. PROGRAMME. The Fair opened for the sale of usefid and ornamental articles, on Monday evening at G o'clock, and closed at 10 o'clock. Tuesday morning opened at 11 o'clock, and continued through the daj', with instrumental music during the evening and an '-Old Folks' Concert" in the "Antique Kitchen." Wednesday morning opened at the same hour, and con- tinued during the afternoon, with vocal music in the even- ing, consisting of part-songs by a chorus of sixty male voices from the Oratorio Society. Thursday the Fair opened in the morning at 11 o'clock, and closed at 1 p.m. Thursday Evening, Nov. 3, 1870. Grand hop, com- mencing at 8 o'clock, r.M. The Fair is now closed and the managers take this oc- casion to express their thanks to those who have aided them in money, materials, and above all in personal atten- tions previous to the opening and during its continuance. To the Press they are under very great obligations for the many kind notices that have appeared in their col- umns, not only in those of this city (the Register, Gazette, and Observer), but in several of those of the metropolis, as the Daily Advertiser, Post, Transcript and the Trav- eller; the last named paper has given several very ex- tended notices in its issues during the Fair. Tlie managers are fortunate in being the first occupants of the Hall since its enlargement and reconstruction. The convenience of the Hall in its several appointments, and the beautiful .and appropriate decorations added much to the comfort of the managers and assistants and to the general interest of the occasion. , f^KlNiilD FOK l-Oll SALE XI THE INSTITUTE AXD ORATORIO 1 N iH«I J; ,ffL> H « THE FAIR, AT LORINQ'S in BoBton. BY BOOKSELLERS sn AND OX SAI.E9I:. KIEE CARS. jS^o. 1. Salem, October 31, 1870. Price 10 Ceistts. CONTKIBUTIOXS ARE ACKNOWLBDOED WITH THANKS FROM Col. T. \V. Hioc.iNSOX. Miss Lccv L vncoM, Fitch Poole, Rev. A. P. Peabodv, D.D . Mrs. Nath'l Silsbee, Rev. CHA3. T. BiioOKS. Abser C. Goodeli,, jr., Miss C. R. Dekbv. Rev. AuGLSTLS ^VooDiirnv, Mis. .JAUED Sl'AUKS, TlIEODOUE A. XEAL, Miss IIAKRIET E. Lust. Rev. Jones Very, Edward S. Morse, Miss L. L. A. VEltT, l!ev. Cuas. Babbidge, CiiAS. vr. Palfray, Mrs. ClIMU.ES I.OWE. anVith a glimpse of Saugus spire in the west. And Maiden hills wrapped in liazy rest. AU this you watch idly, and more by far. From the cushioned seat of a railway-ear. But in days of witchcraft it was not so; City-bound travellers had to go Horseback over a blind, rough road. Or as part of a jolting wagon-load Of garden-produce and household goods. Crossing the fords, half-lost in the woods. By wolves and red-skins frightened all day, And the roar of lions, some histories say. If a crat^ for Boston were setting sail. Ver}' few of a passage would fail Wiio had trading to do iu the three-hilled town ; For they might return ere the sun was down. So, one breezy midsummer dawn. Skipper Xash, of the schooner Fawn. Sails away with a crowded deck.— One of his passengers cranes her neck Out of her scarlet cloak. — an eye Like a smouldering coal had Peggy Bligh,— And looks at her townsmen, looks at the sea. At the crew and the skipper; what can it be That hinders their flinging her bold glance back? M.any a goodwife hath eye as black. And a cloak as scarlet. Ay, but she, Nobody covets her company. Nobody meets that strange eye of hers But a nameless terror within him stirs : \Vas the glauce for him or his neighbor? which ? 'Tis an evil eye.— it wiU curse and bewitch. Afraid to be silent, afraid to speak. The crew and the skipper, with half-oaths weak Looked up dismayed when aboard she came: .\nd the voyagers whispered around her name. And gazed askance, as apart she stood. Eying them, under her scarlet hood. .V fair wind wafted them dowu the Bay ; Ere noon, by the Boston wharves they lay. " We shall sail at three !" the skipper cried ; Save Peggy, each was aware that he lied, For from lip to ear had been passed a word Which onlj- speaker and listener heard; — That he meant to give the old witch the slip By an hour or so, on the homew;ird trip. Errands all flniched, and anchor weighed, Out of the harbor her way she made, — The schooner Fawn. But who hastenelh Down to the water-side, out of breath, — Angrily stamps with her high-heeled shoe. — Audibly curses the skipper and crew. Flutters her cloak, and flames with her eye?^ Who but the witch-woman, old Peg Bligh? ■■ We'll give her the go-by !" says skipper Nash. And laughs at his schooner's sctirry and dash : But here and there one muttered. " He's rash ?'' '• As good right has Peggy," said one or tw<), •' To a homeward passage as I or you ; ** For what has the poor old beldam done " That any man could lay flnger on, '* Save living alone in a tumbledown hut, •* And speaking her mind when she chose to ? But — " .V monstrous gull bore down on the blast : Once it poised on the schooner's mast ; Once it flapped in the skijiper's face; Scarcely it veered for a moment's space From the prow's white track iu the seetliing brhie; Its shai-p eye gleamed with a steel-cold shine. And one of the sailors averred that he saiv A red strip dangle from beak and claw : -Vnd all the voj'agers stared with fear To see the «jld creature a-swoop so near. They had hove in sight of Salem town When a fog came up, and the breeze went down : They could almost hear the farm-folk speak. And smell the magnolias at .Jeffrey's Creek : Abreast of the Half-way Rock once more. With the Misery Islands just off shore. The gull gave a shriek, and flew out of sight. And — there they lay in the fog all night. They dared not stir until morn was red, And the sky showed a l>lue streak overhead. Theu gliid on the clear wave sped the Fawn Homeward again through a breezy dawn. And the .-^kipper shouted, "The vessel arrives In season for breakfast with your wives !" But some one else has arrived before. Who is that, by the hut on the shore. Milking her cow \\ ith indifferent mien, As if no schooner were yet to be seen ? By the side-glance out of her small black eye. It must be — surely it is — Peg Bligh I Uow she got there no mortal could tell. But crew and passengers kne.w right well That she had not set foot upon deck or hull. •' S'or tlie mast ?" .\boul that you might ask the gidl. 2'o - (i aj> . •:. Well, llii' >t"iv goes on to sny That skiijper Naali always rued the ilay Wlicu lie lull old Peg ou tlie wliarl' beliiud. With licr shrill cry drifliiiR along the wind. For he lost his schooner, his children died. And his wile; and his cattle and sheep beside; And his old age found him alone, forlorn. Wieliing. nil doubt, he had never been born. What I'eKKy Hligh had to do with his case Can scarcely be shown, at this day and place. Had his fate licen the conser|ucnce of her curse, i\.9 the neighbors thought, he had fared no worse. But this moral s a good one for all to mind : — His own heart is the curse of a man unkind. TO-DAY Ouii paper is ollureil to the public, and a word is due to tliose kindly .souls who take it in and voutli.safe to it a synipallietic reception. That word shall be said, for it craves all your kindness and charity. It i.s devoted to the I'air. When wo have .s;iid lliis we have said all. Indeed we tremble at saying so much. For this word '-fair" is a much abused and long sufleriug word, and, ten to one, we sliall be suspected of some hid- den mcauiug. We may as well aunouucc, therefore, at the outset, that no liberty with the word w ill be permitted in these columns. It will be idle to write us asking if a Uatlle is a fair proceeding, — whether it does not savor too much of the Faro-table,— or beginning with " How fares it Willi you?", or clo.sing with " farewell'' in italics, or to say that Faraday could not have asked for pleasauter weatlier,— or that this paper should have beeu called •' The Pharisee, "—or that the ladies at such a table recall to the writer's mind an old song beginning "Those Fairy Bell(e)s," — or that the fascinating being who was named head of such and such a committee is really alicad of all the fair,— or that tlie ices sold in the refreshment room are not wholly farinaceous,— or complaining tliat pay was asked for one, when you thought you had paid your fare lit the door,— or to say that you let fall the gallicism, "luinse: faire" within ear-shot of a certain young person who instantly became all smiles and blushes under the impression that you intended a compliment. All such far- fetched joking is mere farrago. We can have none of it. We have no room for fanfaronnade. AYe may go farther and fare worse, but we cannot and will not notice such communications. No ! our hope is to make as good an exliiblt, iu four or live daily issues of tliis little paper, of tlie skill and taste of the county in the use of the pen, as yonder tables do of .'^kill and taste with the needle. Succeeding iu this we shall make of it a kind of sampler, or patchwork of the wit and wisdom of old Essex. It will present every va- riety of material, and all .shades of color, from grave to gay— from lively to severe. We speak with a diflidence, characteristic of the press, of our anticipations of success. But we should wrong ourselves, through an unbecoming bashfiilncss, if we did not say that we have secured, at great cost, the services of the Champion Cliiipist of America, who will conduct the piratical department of this journal without interference. He will neither give credit nor take any. His motto will be, '-If any man attempts to say a good thing, clip him on the spot." If wc dared be merry ou so grave a topic we might hope that tliis enterprising gentleman would pick up tlie mantle of the late Emperor of France and give a new start to tlie business of Scissorism. Besides the regular daily issues of this sheet, wliich will be for sale at the Fair, and at Loring's two Book- stores iu Boston every morning, and on the cars, we shall ofl'er for sale a somewhat amusing account of the early discovery of Salem. In this morceau ilUistratious will not be wanting to deliglit the eye, instruct the understanding, and gave au upward turn to the corners of the mouth. For those silly wits to whom nothing is laughable but silhouettes, silhouettes are provided. There are other blockheads so wooden that they can only be reached with cuts, and wood-cuts they shall have. Such, briefly, is otir little enterprise in Its length, breadth and entirety. We wish everbody well. We hope everybody will smile ou us and be pleased to see us. We print above a list of contemporary writers, who will no doubt be chiefly known hereafter, as contributors to this sheet. We thank them for their favors, one and all, and hope this enduring fame (it is all we have to ofl'er) may be a solace and a compensation. Against their names embalmed iu our pages, the antiquary of the future, delv- iug into the musty rubbish of a long forgotten epoch, will gladly write this suflicient record: I'LOUlilSIIED TOWAItDS THE CLOSH OF llli: NIXETEEXTII CENTUItY AND WROTE F O n TODAY. BITTER-SWEET ROCKS. There is no spot so lonely, rough, and wihl, But Nature doth, with careful lingers deck With flowers, or vines, or ferns, or soft green moss, To give to those, who to such haunts may stray, A sweet surprise, a pleasure all their own. To such a spot, an unfrequented dell. When Autumn comes, some warm October day, I love to wander, and in silence muse. O'er rocky hills, where cattle roam and feed, fropping the meadows and the pastures green. My way I take ; pausing at times to view The city's spires, or ocean's blue expanse ; Then down the naiTow glen, shady and still. Save when some startled Ijird has taken to flight. Or cricket's song amid the grass is heard. Here from the clifl" above vast rocks have fallen, Thrown down by some convulsion, or by frost ; And at its base are in confusion heaped. But not neglected doth this ruin lie. For here a beauteous show hath Nature wrought For those, who to this lonely spot have come. Among these broken rocks the bitter- sweet Has taken root, and clasped the fragments round In close embrace, covering the mossy rocks With leafy screen; where clustering bunches hang. Of juirest gold. And. sight most beautiful 1 As Nature sought yet more to charm the eye: I'p to the very top of a high tree. Which, rooted, grows amid'st the fallen crags, A vine has clomb; and every bough and twig Is lailen with its golden berries ripe, And from the top in gay festoons they hang, tiiving a wondrous beauty to the place. I'o - d aj' . OLD SALEM. NO. I. A woman who cau look back througli a large part of the present century, and remember a gi-eat many of the distinctive marks of life in Salera in the years preceding 1820, is at least qualified, by right of seniority, to talk about '-the good old times." And they were emphatically good old times ; times of respectability, of comfort, of lionest toil and elegant leisure, of steady thrift, of modest charities. Moderate times they ivere — knowing little ex- cess, admitting of no extraordinary action, but so pleas- ant, so genial, so real, that I would fain describe to the young folks of nowadays, the ancestry which gave a cer- tain significance to Salem, the occupations of their in- dustrious, methodical lives, the di.'^tinguishcd characters who made their native town a noted little place, and the numerous oddities who added a flavor, like pickles, to the daily food of life, some fifty years ago. AVhere shall I begin? ■' Begin at the beginning and tell all about it." as the grand-children say to the beloved grandmammas, when they are begging for a story? Well then, so I will, and let mo as'^ure you that it will be all true, and even if you think that one half is not worth describing, be certain that it has all been, and all hap- pened in some nook or corner, and to some people in this snug town before it grew up to be a city. I think that somehow my brain must be brimful of small photographs, such vivid little pictures shine out to me when I am sitting alone and thinking, as elderly people do, of the times when there was no brown or black under the sun, — noth- ing but rose color; when such lovely rainbows came on the drops shed by childish eyes, that a small sorrow only made the joy that came next to it greater by contrast, and although the ministers insisted on preaching about snares and trials, and professors of religion irotihl groan about "a Vale," we were firm in the conviction that we should always emei'ge in triumpli from the one, and tread on flowers in our journey through the other. Happy were the little feet that walked in Salem half a century ago — free to wander up and down the shady streets — out in the green lanes and over the rocky pastures — blessed were the young lives so hedged in by watchful love, doubt- less in somewhat narrow enclosures, but with small ne- cessity for straying beyond them. And who shall say if the existence apportioned to the elders, so equipoised in every day pleasure -and duty, was not held as worthy of acceptance in the judgment Halls above, as the more brilliant and spasmodic work of the present era? The ■•day of small things" was comparatively guiltless of omission, for every piece of work could be done when there was not too mueli to do. If there were not thcu sclf-sacriflcing mortals, ready to devote tliree-quarters of their working hours to taking charge of all members of tiie human family who did not belong to their division of it, reserving one quarter for visits, dress, and the suf- fering households, why, it can be said in extenuation of their short comings, that there were not then so many poor folks or naughty folks in the community, and with some aid and a little scolding thej' managed to take care of themselves. Dear old Salem ! you were lovely and pleasaijt in a quiet dignity, tj^c pjen going to tQw^j niCQtr ings with punctuality amounting to a virtue,— that was their duty, — ranging themselves in front of the Insurance o95ces on Essex street, from 12 M., to 1 o'clock, P. 51.. to pass criticisms on the ladies, who, in the abounding beauty of the period flitted up and down before admiring eyes — that was their plcasui'e. Now and then some un- civil old gentleman, after steadily staring his hour, would insinuate that the pretty girls walked that way ''to be seen of men." And what if they did — but they didn't, and if they did they had right on their side — it was not to be expected that they should retreat to the back streets because the Lords of Creation chose to dominate over the main thoroughfare. The busy merchants drove over the turnpike to Boston, as often as their affairs required the journey, or took places in Manning's Stage Coaches, if they preferred to make the pilgrimage with a crowd, rather than in the solitude of their own chaises. The lawyers set people by the cars, or helped them out of their dilemmas. In the dingy offices of Court street ; tlie "Storekeepers" were courteous gentlemen behind their counters ; the physicians brought skill and science to alleviate the ills to which humanity is subject; and the clergymen did their allotted work in a conscientious spirit of devotion. Women limited themselves mostly to Mrs. Adeline Whitney's mass meetings of two ; and let me tell you that two clear headed and warm hearted womeu arc not to bo set aside, even by legions. I think that their peculiar mission was the making a sunshine in the shady places of the house. Always on haud, always occupied in the right hours, they could assist in the kitchen, and dust delicately in the parlor, and best of all, they knew how to direct as well as to act. So when the household duties were done they were ready to take their scat by the fire side, with a basket of work on the pretty work table, a book — perhaps the last Scott's novel, perhaps a number of the Edinboro' Keview — laying in close neighborhood, and I do not believe that there was a plcasantcr sight in the world, than a Salem mistress of a family, through the afternoon and evening. The old homes 1 how many hal- lowed memories cluster around these words. A home was a homo then — a place to be born in, to live in, and to dio in, and if fiitc so ordained, to be married from. And a day was a d.ay then, beginning at six o'clock in a sum- mer morning and at half past seven in winter, and usually ending at ten, at which time tiic sober household was ready for the night's rest. But as I am not romancing, only describing. I must confess that vast discomforts were borne with stoicism because they were inevitable. All through the long severe winter we were cold, as a matter of course, excepting the side next to the glowing wood fire, and that was scorched ; the cntrys and sleeping rooms were probably at freezing point; ice in the water pitchers ; unmelting frost on the windows. But the roarr ing fires were built up in the spacious cavities with back log, back stick and fore stick, split wood and cat stick, chips for kindling, and big bellows to blow the flame, and who cared for cold? How many brass andirons aro left in the world; how many have been sold for old metal? Gladly would I recover a pair in whicli a certain neuud face was subjected to every possible contortion ; they were sacrificed on the altar of mammon. If I could but buj- tUcm bacH 1 In t]n)sc faf Q.T days, punctuality hcadei^ To - d a J' the list of domestic virtues; establi.-Umcuts were not large, two or tlircc at tlio utmost, constitutiui; tlic forces. We kept Helps theu (soniotiuies they were hindrances), addicted to occasional sauciuess, especially if they were good, and nobody in the parlor would have been bold cnougli to interfere materially in tlic woman's rights of the kitchen. Still, genuine yankec help was an admirable institution, and when it was judiciously managed it gave large returns of love and service. The family all met at the breakfast table in winter, at eight o'clock, and very cosy and appetizing was tlie morning meal. As there were no nerves then, coffee was a licensed drink; as dyspep- sia was an unacknowledged sin, hot bread, in shape of bread-cakes (now biscuits), or griddle cakes of flour and rye, or Indian Johnny-cake, smoking from its board ; or drop cakes baked on the brick floor of the oven, while the few who did not choose slow poison indulged in spread, or dip toast. Not all this at once — take your choice. Milk and honey flowed for the cliildren. and to this day I never sec a bee, without thinking of the grocery store round liuffum's corner, from which the up-town supplies were obtained. Breakfast over, the next duty was to fit our- selves for the outer world. Long tippets, knit mittens, carpet moccasins, woolen overcoats, and wadded hoods for the girls, with a difference for the boys of greased boots, ugly beaver hats, or knit caps shaped like a pudding bag. Then came the fun of sliding in the w ide gutters all the way to school (there was a spleudid one in front of Miss Kceky Cabot's fine old house), or wading through deep snow banks which buried us up to our heads ; but only the boys were allowed to drag sleds, and the sole girl of the period who dared do it, was called tora-boy, by way of showing the superior good manners of the numerous critics. At one o'clock dinner was eaten hind part before, first the pudding, theu the meat, and as the children were obliged to be in the school-room again at two, there was no time for dessert, and the fruit was disposed of at odd seasons. At six the pleasant tea, or supper as it was usually called, was spread, and when the "second girl" had cleared the table, a happy group quickly surrounded it, while books, work, games, slate and pencils, with a dish of rosy apples, furnished the occupation of the eve- ning. The light of other days did not shine on distant corners; two handsome plated lamps glimmer in memory until a few years later they were displaced by an Astral. And the winter day of Salem was over. In the next pa- per I shall speak of the amusements, social pleasures and large parties, and even if my readers And some cause for wonder in the contrast of past and present, I hope they will agree with me that I am telling stories about the good old times. ji. c. d. s. r A T F, R F A JI I LI A S L QT' I T U K . El'piiemia wears thc'flncst hair. And every lock, I know, is gohlcn, For eagles oft I'm doonicil to sp.ire. To keep th' exjiensive jade from seolJliii' Enitbemi.a's locks .nvc false as fair! They're mine by niirrliase,— .hers by use; .Vml When she buyi again. I swear, ■Ti>* J- not she, AiiU bo the chooser I UEMIXISCENCES OF A PRIVATEERSMAN. NIMUER OXi:. Thu Cruises of the Diomcde; from the MS. autohinr/rriphy of the late Vavhl A. Xeal. CO.iniUNICATED BY TUEOllORE A. SEAL. [PliEUMIXART XOTE. Jfr. Neal. at tl;c breaking out of the war of ISl'i. was nineteen yenrs of age, and hail made a voyage to Calcutta as Captain's Clerk.'and another to the Mediterranean as -Supercargo. Having declined a Jjieutenancy in the Unitcil .Stales Engineer Corps, he cast about for a congenial oceupatitm. The se(pial may be told in his own words. — T. .\. x] In privateering there was something attractive in its adventurousuess, its liberty of plan and action, .ind the comparative freedom from the rigid discipline of national ships. But it was not in every private armed sliip, nor under every commander, that I was disposed to enlist. I was urged to take the berth of Master's Mate in the America, the best privateer that was fitted out of Salem; but it was one with the duties of which I was not at all conversant, and I deciined it. Jly friend James W. Chevertook it, and by his energy and courage, after two or three cruises, was raised to the command over a lai'ge number of his then superior officers and much older men. ******* It happened about this time that Mr. John Crownin- .shield, with whom I was quite intimate, had commenced the building of a vessel in Xew Yor'K, purposely for a Privateer, lie was curious in regard to vessels, and thought that he could model one which would sail very fast, and had made a contract with Mr. Burrough, a cele- brated shipbuilder in Xew York, for a schooner of about ICO tons. He decided to take command of her himself, and urged me to go out with him, promising, if possible, to land me in France, and give nie there the management of any prizes he might be able to send in, for it was his plan to beard the lion in his den, or in other words to make the coast of England hi: iround. This IS cruising exactly coincided with my wishes. It seemed to inc it would be glorious fun to make prizes in sight of the enemy's towns, or to run away from his channel fleet. Of course I assumed that we could do cither. Then I had a great desire to visit Europe, then the scene of the most stirring events. I therefore accepted his proposition, and took the oflice of Captain's Clerk, as one which brought me into confidential eomniunication with the Commander. Capt. Crowuin.sliiL-ld then wished me to go on to New York and attend to tlu; outllt of the vessel, then on the stocks. I went on in November. The hull of the schooner appeared to be well built, and her model somewhat novel, but well calculated for speed. She was, however, too small to make great headway in very rough weather. It was originally iulonded that she should carry one long gun on a circle forward, and a number of small ones on carriages. When I saw her, I advised decking over the main hatchwr.y, and putting three circles, mounted with twelve or eighteen pounders, between the masts, and leaving out ail but ioxtr of the small guns. This plan was adopted. She was fitted in the best manner for seventy- flve men and a four montlis cruise. She was called the Diomede, after a vessel which Cai)tain Crowninshicld had lost by capture, ller officers were, liesides Capt. Crown- inshield and myself as Clerk, Samuel Briggs, 1st Lieuten- ant; Kichard Downing, I'd Lieutenant; John Dcmpsey, 3d Lieutenant; Joseph Preston, Sailing Master; Usher Parsons, Surgeon; Joseph Strout, Samuel I'pton, George Lall'erty, Obed Ilussey, Charles Leaeh and Thomas Clout- man, Prize Masters," and fifty-five men, making sixty- seven persons all told on board. On the 4th of Eein'uary. 1814. we proceeded to the anchorage at Sandy Hook, and lay there wailing for the absence of British Mcn-of-Wai', to" give us a chance to get out, till the 9th, when wc sailed, and proceeded towards Bermuda. On the 17th we fell in with a British ten gun brig and outsailed her easily, thus giving us confldenee in the sail- ing qualities of the Diomede. On the 2Isl. captured Brit- ish schooner Lord Pousonby, cargo, rum, sugar, coB'ee and cocoa. Put on board Charles I^each, as Vx\if M-istcfr sntl To - d a J' ordered her to the United States. Early in the morning of the 23d heard the report of a gun, and stood in the direction from which it came. At daylight saw a fleet of five vessels. In the course of the day captured the ivhole of them. They proved to be schooners William. Joseph, Mary, and Margaret, and Brig Frie'uds, all with cargoes of rum, sugar, etc., from St. Thomas, bound to Nova Scotia. Manned them out, putting ou board Joseph Strout, Samuel Upton, Jr., George Lafferty, Obed Hussey, and Thomas Cloutman. as Trize Masters, and ordered them to the United States. These vessels had parted with their convoy, H. B. M. Brig Charybdis, the day be- fore their capture, and the gun we heard was from one of them that undertook to act as commodore. We proceeded on our cruise, but of course quite short handed. On the 2Cth fell in with a seventy-four, but lost sight of her in the night. On the 27tli were chased by a frigate, which having the weather gauge of us, and it blowing a gale, gained upon us until we threw overboard our lea six pounders, some provisions, spars, boat, shot, wood, etc., after which we left her. At noon, in a heavy squall, we sprung our mainmast in the partners. Next day nothing in sight; fished the mast, and laid our course for the United States, and ou the 8th of March, after just one month's cruise, arrived in Salem. It had been short and successful, but I was disappointed that we had not reached Europe, as originally intended, but I hoped for better luck next time. Our prizes arrived safe in differ- ent ports of the United States. The schooner was refitted and we sailed ou her second cruise with pretty much the same odiccrs, on the 2(')t!i of April, 18U. This time we steered for the Nova Scotia shore. On the 29th, chased a brig into a port just east of Cape Negro, which is between Cape Sable and Shelburn. Scuttled her. Next day recaptured a Spanish brig de- tained by an English cruiser. May 3d had an exciting cliase by a British seventy-four. We wore near the land, the wind directly off shore, and the ship outside of us. We of course could not keep our v.iud, and must cross her bows, taking the outside of a circle, while she was steer- ing on a straight line, ."ifter seven hours chase we lirought her into our wake, and then soon left her. She gave us two or three bow guns, but their shot fell short. Wc supposed her to be the "Victorious" Line of Battle Ship. On the oth we stood Into Sydney harbor, in chase of a brig, till we saw a battery on tlie shore, when we about ship and stood out. Cape North and the Island of St. Paul's in sight, the land covered with snow. On the Nth we ran into a bay and sent a boat ashore for wood and water, which we obtained. Ou the 11th, ofi' Miquclon Island and surrounded by fishing boats— stood in among the islands in Placentia B.iy. oft" Cape Chape.au Rouge, and into Great St. Lawrence harbor, but finding that the in- habitants were flying from the village, and not wishing to al.irm tliem, hove round and went out. Cruised al)out in the fog'doing nothing till tlie 21st, when we captured, after an hour's action, sliip L'pton, of six guns and fifteen men, with ninety Irish passengers. One man killed and one wounded on ijoard of her. We sustained no injury. In the '^afternoon took a sealing schooner, and put the passengers and part of the crew of the Upton on board, and released her. Sent the ship, with Henry Jaques as Prize Master, to the United States. 22d, captured ship Mary, with thirty-one hundred barrels of flour and twenty pipes of wine. Put Samuel Upton on board as Prize Master, and ordered her to the United States. Same day was decoyed within muskcj; shot of an English Sloop of AVar, disguised. He threw shot over us for an hour, with- out doing us any injury; but wc beat him, and finally lost him in the fog. 24th, captured ship Codhook, and sent Obed Hussey in hor as Prize Master, to tlie United States. .Mso took brig Martha, in ballast, wliich we gave up. 2GUi, had an action with a ship, but being short of ammu- nition, and there being two oilier vessels in sight, left lier and took them, but they were in ballest, and we scuttled t-lieni. 27th, captured schooner Traveller, cargo of rum. JPut 9u board William Tuckci- as Prize Master, and ordered ^er to the Unltect States. Also took brig A)ex,'^nder, iii ballast — gave her up. 28th, afternoon, chased by a Brig Sloop of War — smart chop of a sea — she gained on us, but we lost sight of her in the night, after which we lay by. Next morning fell in with her again in a thick fog. close aboard and to windward. Made sail on a wind, in hopes to cross her bows, but she was too near, and the Captain then ordered her to be put l)efore the wind. The brig was pouring her broadsides into us. * * * » The Captain ordered me to bring up the signal bag ready for throwing it overboard. * * » * Brought up the sig- nals, put shot in the bag, when the brig being close along- side, I threw them over, and wo struck to H. B. M. Brig Rifleman, of sixteen guns, Capt. Pearce. Immediately after the surrender, we wove all, except the Surgeon and a few of the men, transferred to the Rifleman. Capt. Crowninshield was invited to mess with the Lieutenants, in the wardroom, and to take with him any one of his officers that lie chose, and he chose me. The other officers were accommodated with the Midshipmen, and the men allowed to go free among the crew of the brig. .Ml our personal clfects were delivered to us without search, and wo were treated liy the Captain and officers with great kindness. After the capture of the Dionicde, the sea being smoother, we found she would beat the Rifleman either before or on the wind. The two vessels proceeded in company to Halifax, where we arrived on the 3Ist of May, ISU. Our privateer was too small to allow, under the rules, the officers to remain on parole, but an exception was made in favor of Capt. Crowninshield in considera- tion of the kindness he had shown to the pi isoners taken by himself. All the rest of us were sent to Melville Island prison on the 2d of June. Some of us hired a carriage and drove to it, passing through the town ; the men were marched there in a body. On the 8th I was twenty-one years of age, and of course passed the day I became legally free, within the walls of a British prison. W. B. Cresset, 198 Essex street, having enlarged his store and also his stock of goods, we would ndvisc all our friends and pat- rons who ai-e in want of anything in the boot, shoe, and rubber line, to give him a call, for wc can say with conBdence that they will find the largest stock of Xew York good.?, comin-ising .".U widths and styles, as well as oilier kinds to suit the purchaser. W. B. CRESSEY, 198 Essex St.. Saloni. ARCHER, DOWNING & CO.. m:.\i.ki;s in FOREIGN AND AMERICAN DRY GOODS, SilA-s, S.'ian/.i, and Dress Goods, Clo//is, Cassimeres, CloaK-inffS, IIOTJSE-K:3i;EI*I>fO GiOOUfeJ, CAUPETISVS, tfr. ij'f., 179 ESSEX STHEET SALEM, MASS. THOMAS B. NICHOLS & CO., ^ |); rx t h e c a r i b s , NO. 158 1-2 ESSEX STREET, (Museum r,iiihn».:i). SALEM. 31 ASS. HAVE .^LWAVS HAD OX HAND A LAllGE ASSOllTMEST OF 'P/n-e 2>r/fr/s (/ml Chemicals. Ta/nif Jfea/ci/ies, Hair, Tooth andJyyiil 'Brushes, Fancy Goods. Toilet. Ariicles and Ter/imierj'. tfg- Presoriptions carefiilly prpp.-srecl- »^ I'o - d aj^ . WILLIAM A. lEELAl^D, (Successor to TiMoTIIV Uoi'ES) DEALER IN Croc/cerj', C/iina, Glass Ware, HOUSE rUIiXISHIXG GOODS, No. 214 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. SAMUEL H. SMITH, Af H. F. .'ikcny & .Son'.^, Dealer in WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER k PLATED WARE, ITO. 181 ESSEX: STieSET, (opposite Essex House), SALEM, MASS. Cull nnd see his Mu.^ii'.nl Clorli. Ho lins .1 line stock, .niul is selling low. Uopairing in :iU its brunches promptly ami Ihoroiighlr done nt short notice. THE VERY BEST LIGHT FOR JiE.wixa. wEirixa, axd woukixg, is THE GEEMAN STUDENT LAMP. Sec one biiniing at tlic tiiblo next the Org.in now at this Fair. G. M. WHirPLK & A. A. .SMITH, Are the Salem Agents. J. PERLE Y, (350i Essex St., Salkm. Mass., up ST.vmg), BL.\XK BOOK MAXUFACTUKER. Pcriociic.ils of all descriptions, bonnd in Plain ami Ornamental .Style. I'Ai'Eit KULF.I). and Blank Books made to any desired pattern. C. H. & J. PETCE, DKAl.ER.I IN ^ntffs, MefUcmes and Chemicals, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, Sponges, Bi-ushes, Perfuinevy, &;c. IMPORTERS OF MANILA CIGARS. 226 ESSEX STHEET, SALEM, MASS. HORACE A. BROOKS, yooh-binbcv anti lihmh ^looh HUuiufacturfr. OI.D BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND PEUIODICAI.S, or every description, liointd in t/ie larioiis sfylcs, Xo. 23r. l-y KSSEX STKEJEiT, SAJvEM. THE S.AJ:.EM aA.ZETTE IS I'fELISIIED ON TUESDAY AXD FIIIDAY MOBNINGS, AT NO. 199 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. It is the clTort "t Ihc publisliers to make the GAzmTK. a good local paper, giving a I'aitht'ul summary of all news of iuterost in Essex county. The subscriiitiou price, when paiil in advance, is $3.50 per year, or $4.00 paid otherwise. E.«SSEX COlSfTY MEm IHV .^NU AV eekly Salem Gazette, riijLisnED ON ' -WEIDJiTESD_A."Z', Is made up IVom the reading n\attor of the Salem Gazette, with the addition of such late news as comes on Tuesday, and contains at least double the usual cpiantity of reading given in most county newspapers of the State for tiie same money. The subscription price, when not paid actually in advance, is $2.50 per year. For strictly advance p.iyment we deduct 50 cents, leaving the price $2.00 per year. F. S. PECK, healer in MEN'S AND BOYS' READY-MADE €LOTHIN<;, FUBXISHING GOODS, rfc, 240 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. SEWINC^ MACHINES axd eindinus of all kinds .vt GE-ISAATOXjI^'S, 142 Essex Street SALEM. PAYMENT TAKEX IN SMALL INSTALMENTS. H'hen desired, Instruction ffiren at residence 0/ lPurc?iase7-s. For AitTiFiciAL Teeth, bcautil'ul. ilurable and coml'jrtablc; v.ith which you can cat, l.augh or sing, call on ]> II . D u u r E Y , No. litJ-i K-ssex Street, S-VLKM. For tlic IT.ESEKVATIOS of the nalural teeth by medical treatment and fllliug, I>il. T. P. .VBELI. at the same ofUce has acquired the reputation of great skill, and is a gentle and careful operator. fictoviii f ovtvaits, JOJVUS'S, 27^ Bssex Sr.. 2^0 - d aj> . ETEMXTHrxe DESIMAIHE IS MILLINEHY GOODS, CAS BE FOUND AT " LoAv Prices" AT REITH'S, 188 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. DKALEIt IS lliflr Iftoelrw, fint ^citatrbcs ^- .$illjcr Mure, Largest Stock and Lowest Prices. No. 195 Essex Street, Salem. RICHARDSON & WATERS, Hardware, Cutlery, A N It SPORTING APPARATUS, No. 215 Essex Street, SALEM. AT CONRAD'S PAVILION CAN BE FOUND Tlie ILiarif est Assortment of Itlds ! The rAviLios Kids, of our own inipoiUtion, in White. Opera Colors, the new Cai-ucine Shahe. Black, and all (Icsiralilu shade.'". in single and double button for Ladies, Gentlemen. Misses, and Children. Also the first qu.ilitj- of Tkefousse — a real French Kid — the same as sold at Ilolbrook's, in Boston. ALSO, A GOOD ASSORTMENT OK Beal and Imitataon Lacea of every Desoription, at CONR.\D'S PAVILION. ISRAEL FELLOWS, F A S U I O N A B L K CABINET MANUFACTURER, No. 205 ESSEX STREET, R. C. MANNING & CO., DEALERS IN HAB© J.H© SQ^T QQA%S OF THE BEST QUALITIES, ^'OOS, BAIIK, HAIT, &C. Ji''o. !89 Derby Street. . . Salem, Mass. GEORGE MACDONALD'S BOOKS. David Ei^cixdrod. 12mo. cloth. Frice. $1.T.). "That wonderful work.'' [Scribner's Monthly.] David Elginbrod was first itublished in I^oudon in January, 1803, and to this day commands the attention of all thoughtful readers. LORINO'8 American edition is very attractive; is having a steady sale in every large city. The London Morning Post says: "The character of David is a fine study, and it may be doubted if Sir Walter Scott himself ever painted a Scotch fireside with more truth than George Macdonald." Robert Faicozver. limo. cloth. I'ricc. $i. The New York Independent, of Sept. 20. devoted one whole column to this remarkable book. The effect was to sweep from the book- sellers' shelves all copies on hand and created a new demand every- where. The TuiHi) Thousand is printing, and will be ready next week. PlI.4XTASTEg : A Faerie Bomance for Men and Women, limo. cloth. Price, $1.75. In active preparation. Sold by all Booksellers everywhere. LOSING, Publisher, Boston. GO AJVD SBB O B E] le., 1 II i; BOOT ANB SHOE MAN. HE HAS THE NICEST AS.SORTMENT OF GOODS THAT CAN BE FOUND IN THE CITY. Gire /lim o rati. ^V. Y. OBER, Ko. 144 Essex Street, Salem, Mass. MISS SARAH M. SPILLER, 275 ESSEX ST., SAiEM, MASS. Fancy Goods and Dress Trimmings, LADIES- UNDEIl-CLOTHIXG, CORSETS, H001> SKIRTS, KMDKOIDEltlES, HUFFLING, LACES, IIANDK'KS. HOSIERY, GLO\TiS, ETC. French Fluting done to Order. JULIAN & CO. Practical Engrarent, Chasers. Watchmakers, Jeicellers, arid Dealers in Silver Ware, Clocks, Watches, Spectacles, Opera Classes. &c. 237 ESSEX: STI^EET, Next door to Horse Railroad Office, SALEM. DENTISTRY. X) s- - c. Kc . n ^ le •w^ o o X) , Successor to ]>R. ^V. I>. noWDOIH, at the old stand, 208 Essex Street, .... SALEM. 20 - d a J' 1*^70. FAX/lr SEASON. 1S70. « I-; ARE MAKINi; I.AIIGE ADDITIONS TO OUR STOCK OP JEWELRY AND SILVER WARE Ami -hull olVii- lliis Fall ;is Hue ;iii :i>f(iilM!Ciil as can lie Ibmi'l in Ihin cmnity ; man}- ol" the pallcrn- are now and niade to niu- older. WE HAVE A I.AUCE SlOCIi OI' Gold Chains, Keys, Charms, etc., etc. Please cali anci examine the goods Iiefore imrehasin^'-. 1> A ::« I E !< li o tv , 199 3!]8sex, comer of Central Street, Salem, Maes. Miss :N^. W. HAERIS, FRENCH MILLINERY, No. 278 ESSEX STREET, BOOT AND SHOE STORE, 21 () ESSEX STREET. Successor to T . V A ¥> M BO II . JOHN W. GRANT, MAXUFACTir.ER OF PLAIN AND FANCY PAPER BOXES, INCl.l I>IN(.i CARTOONS, WEDDING C'AKK, vtc. ^'O. O <'K.\TRAI^ i^TUEKT (llI>-Mtail'!<>), HALEM, MASS. AI.I. 0UPE1!« rnOMI'TI.Y ATTKXKKD TO. C3-. k:. iphe^octoi^, l>ia4>TO(.i BI APIS Kit, AM> i>i;alkk IX 0/7 'yahithiffs, Cfiromos, Picture Praines, Stereoscopic 7 'lews, A-r. 200 ESSEX STREET, . SAIEM, MASS. -;ix Laicc.e Ca]!I> rirrtuF.s. oit one 8x10 Pictihe and Frame FOR ONLV One Dollar, at PBOCTOR'S, Opposite Market Square. PE^BODY'S TW4» STORES. XL:DXK:saT, G?:COTSS, Hosiery, Buttons, Trimmings, CORSETS, SKIRTS, &c. THE LO'WEST I^ItlCES. STANLEY & NOETON, (Successors to the late E. H. .Staten), DEALERS IX Steaixi, Gas, and "Water IPipes, rLUMBIXG, AXD PLVMBIXG MATElilALS, t(I' allliinds. Gas Fixtures, Ruljber Hose and Packings. Steam aud Heating .Viijiaratus. M'llliam F. fShaw's Gas .Stoves, Carcel tias Burners (Wood's Patent). No. 151 Essex St., Salem, Mass., Lynde Block, A.J.STANLEY. C.NORTON. S. aRI]SrDA.L, DEALER IN 2iooks, Slalf'oncrj', 'I*e7'iodicaIs, PICTURES AND PICTURE FRAMES. CIRCTJLATEPCCS^ LIBRARY. No. 9 Central Street, Salem. GUY & BROTHERS, DEALERS IN RICH FRENCH CHINA, CROCKERY, GLASS, TIN AND WOODEN WARE, 1G3 TCSSEX STRKET, S A li E M , First Door ll'est of the Marine Hall. Also at Fnciinunr;. Ashland. Peabodv and Boston. 1£IC PRIXTHD FOR THE INSTITUTE AND ORATORIO, IF ^ I li , AT SAX. EM. FOR SALE AT THE FAIR, AT LOBINQ-'S in Boston, BY BOOKSELLERS AND ON THE CARSi. Xo. 2. Sale3J, jSTo^timbek 1, 1870. Price 10 Cents. CON T R I B U T I N S ABE ACK1I0WT.EDGED WITH THANKS FROM CoUT. W. HiGGIXSON, Miss Lucr Lahcom, FiTCii Poole, Rev. A. P. PEABODV, I).U.. Mrs. Xath'l Sii-snEK. Kev. CuAS. T. Brooks, AnXEK C. GOODELI,. jr., Miss C. R. Dekbv. ReT. Augustus Wooduikv. Mrs. Ellen F. Cosdit, Gilbert L. Streeter, non.R. II. Da.na, jr., and otliers, wliose n.imes are. Mrs. Jaued Si-ahus, Theodore A. Xeal, Miss Harriet E. Lu.s t. Rev. Jones Very, Euv.ARD S. Morse, .Miss L. L. A. Very, Rev. Chas. Babbiiige, CuAS. W. Palfrav, Mrs. Charles Lowe, W. V. Phillips, Jliss .Sarah W. Lander, Rev. Geo. L. Ch.vxet. at tlicir request, witlilicld. SOXNET FR05I PETHARCH. •QU-VL nOXNA ATTEXDE a GLOKIO.-'A KAMA.' DoTii .my m.iiJeu seek tho glorious fame Of chastity, of strengtli, of courtesy ? Gaze in tlie eyes of tliat sweet enemy ^Vhom all the lyorUl doth as my lady ii:ime ! How honor grows, and imre. devotion's flame, How truth is Joined witli graceful dignity, There thou niay'st leani, and what the patliway be To that high heaven which doth her siiirit claim ; There learii soft speech, l)eyoud all poet's skill, -And softer silence, and those holy ways Unutteriible, untold by hnm.nn he.Ti't. But tho inflnite be.inty that .all eyes doth fdl. This none can copy I since its lovely rays Are given by God's pure grace, and not by art. T. vr. ITinGixsox. Dfar Sir: XEwror.T, I!. I., Oct. 24. 1870. I ought to liuve written earlier, but .shall be liappy to send something to the fair. * * * It always gives me pleasure to be "counted in '" for the home of my ances- tors — " Essex-countied-iii," I might say. Yours ever truly, t. w. n. I'KOM THE SEAsnoni;. All love to look upon .1 breaking wave : it is the only thing in nature that is the most beautifnl at the moment of its dissolution. Or.D SALEM. NO. n. JIy pleasant task grows more diflicult as I advance. I have neither time nor inclination to u.ail down every oc- curence on the exact year to which it belonged; my knowledge has its limits in "at about this period," which is a mixture of ignorance and information possessing at least the advantage of not being liable to attack, for if no date Is given, no question can arise, calling for other answer than from the questioner's own mind. This di- lemma in a measure evaded, another appears which must be bravely met. How can persons be plainly spoken of except by their u.ames? Children and grand-children of my clramatin iiersonm are living — the more the better — and as none of them need be ashamed of seeing their patronymics in print, and yet as it may be objected to by some, I shall try to suit everybody and perhaps suit no- body, by using initials where the occasion requires no more, and giving the name in full where propriety would seem to demand it. It is ten or twelve years since a Iiundle of old yellow letters, written on coarse paper, with ink paled by time, was placed in my liands, and from their pages I have gleaned a few records which, added to my recollection of talk and story, furnish tliese slight and fragmentary sketches. As all who have lived long enough can testify, the early part of the present century was marked by po- litical diflcrcuces which broke up friendships, divided families and nourished animosities, almost as a duty. Salem may not have been more bitter than other places of its size, but doubtless the gall was poured into the wine of life in liberal measure. Republicans and Federalists could not take the same newspaper, coidd not dance in the same ball-room, and it would seem, from a glance at local- ities, they could not live in the same part of tho town ; but through all this obvious hindcrauce to general social development, we know that Saleni girls were bright and lovely, and Salem men, as a class, upright and intelligent. Gay ))arties abounded, and I find in one of the old letters a description of a summer evening's festivity at the house of the great merch.int, Mr. William Gray, who built and occupied the large brick mansion, afterward known as the Essex Coflee House — still later as the Essex House. One young girl writing to another, was just about the same then as now. So she saj's that "our party at L. G's was pleasanter than could have been expected at this season. We had a great deal to eat and to drink, and considerable conversation; and, to crown all, we closed the evening with a reel to the music of the piano. I had Leverett S.iltonstall for my partner, a sensible, agreeable, good natured soul, and to be sure, in spite of the heat, we jigged it away most merrily," In another letter to the same friend our writer savs : ■•The beautiful, accom- 10 Wo - d aj^ . plishca and uuaflcctcd Mrs. Kicliard Derby passed last AVcdnesday evening with us ; wliat nn honor conferred on our liouse '. and yet Iicr carriage is not that of a superior. .Mr. John Pickering was pleased to appropriate to her Hnrke's description of Marie Auloincttc; but although she richly merits this high jiraise, Iicv manners arc such as rather to invite you to familiarity." Here is an extract to which an explanation of a word used in a sense now obsolete may be of use. A dance at that time was a con- tre dance, unless it was a reel; and a •' voluntary," was one for which partners were chosen, not drawn ; and now for the letter. ■' We had a little ball at L. G's last week ; dances all voluntary, not a very judicious arrangement for Salem. '• You are more interested for H. L. and myself than for any others, so I will tell you that II. danced with Messrs. J. P.. G.. S., B. G., 11. P., and I have forgotten who else. I must give you a good story about her. Look- ing at Miss , who you know is a beauty, but with- out animation, she exclaimed, • Oh, if I had that girl's face how haudsorae I would be !' To give a detail of my own concerns in the style of that model of female elegance, Miss Harriet Byron, know tliat, enveloped in a new gown, made for the occasion, I entered the room ; assisted by tlie graces I swam to a seat where I alternately sipped the scandal breathing potation, and criticised the drapery of one of the ladies, until we were summoned to the dancing room. Mr. J. P. danced the lirst dance witli me ; I had the pleasure of sitting still the second; danced the third with II. P., the fourth with Mr. J. P— e. the fifth with J. S., the sixth with S. S., the seventh, and last, with Mr. W. ; and so ended the evening." In another letter, she asks, "Has the rumor of our l)all at Palmer's reached you'/ I was at the top of Fortune's- wheel; answered to Xo. 2 in tlie draw-dances with S. S., cousin H., and L. S., for ni}' partners. My voluntaries were two with cousin 1). L. 1'., one with J. S. (a sweet little fellow), oue with cousin H., and one with Mr. K. (a nou-resident— Ed.), who tliiuks himself an Adonis. We supped at eleven o'clock. — a true Yankee feast, — luoi'c ducks, chickens, chicken-iiics, coffee, bread and butter, ham, tongue, be- side a regiment of knicknackcrics, than would feed a nation; but I suppose it is very anti-republicau to abuse the hospitalities of onr countrymen, unless I choose to prefer the frogs of Sister France." Again: — "To attempt a description of our various routes would be presumption: a ball and supper at Mrs. Putnam's, were most elegant, but Jlrs. Hersey Derby's exceeded in .splendor, decorations, and music. Four rooms were open for the reception of company ; above sixty dancers on the floor, and a superb supper service of cut glass, even to the very plates we ate from. The tal)le was in the form of a crescent, ornamented with a great variety of exotic plants : our fare consisted of cold ham and tongue, jellys, whips, custards, creams and blanc- mange, trifles, tarts, puddings, chescakes, grapes, nuts, raisins, almonds, cakes of every description, and confec- tionery. Our attendants were numerous, and everything conducted with ease and propriety. I will also tell you of \\ party at my brother's, at Mrs. Tucker's, Mrs. Sam. Derby's, Mrs. Bowditch's, Miss Eliza Orne's, Jlrs. Cusli- ing's, and two at onr own house. Judge then of my employments — great assiduity is necessury to rep:nr the ravages made by such dissipation on our more important concerns, and I am on the point of running off to Danvers to avoid them and recover my sober senses." It must not be supposed that these letters were wholly devoted to descriptions of evening parties, they contained many a chronicle of home life, details of the occupations fitting the daughter of the house, allusions to visits in Boston, during one of which she played a game of chess with '•young Mr. Kirklund," and found him very agreeable, as the students of Harvard College found him, so many years after this opinion was given ; of morning calls in Marble- head, of shoppings for friends, of going to "meeting" and criticising thedninister in very young lady stjie, with a bit of political chatter which shall close the extracts. "We are in the midst of politics — alias, trying to rout you Democrats — and I could not help joiuing a friend in the pious wish that the morning town meeting might be the harbinger of the political exit of Mr. Jacob Crownin- shield. But you are alw^ays so indefatigable in the bad cause that there is little hope for us. If I am saucy, I will give you leave to return the compliment, and you may even join Carlton in blackguarding Colonel Tim. Picker- ing, but like him, I suspect you will find nothing much amiss, but that he eats turnips and holds the plough." In the next number I will speak of the early Assemblies, and the style of entertainment in Salem after the close of the war. M. c. D. s. S.VLUTATION OF THE SEA. {From the German of Count Aucrsperg.] Boundless, measureless and eiH.lIcss, Type uf that unknown To-l)e, Bright and calm thou spi'cad'st before nie. Holy and eternal seal Shall I come with tears to greet ihce. Tears th.it sorrow loves to shed, Wlien she wanders through the graveyard W'ceping o'er her precious dead ? For a still and mighty graveyard, One vast sepulchre, thou art ; Cold and pitiless thy waters lloll o'er m.Tny a hope and heart. Neither cross nor gravestone whispers Where they sleep in calm and storm ; Only on thy shore goes weeping Many a monumental form. Or shall I with rapture hail thoe, Uapture, such as thrills the soul, When the eye a blooming garden 8ecs its wide-spread charms unroll ? For a boundless, glittering garden Art thon, broad and lustrous deep ) Noble blossoms, i)ricclese treasures, In thy crystal tiosom sleep. Like a garden's rich enamel Lies thy surface, smooth and green. }ted8 of pearl and groves of coral Arc thy flowers that bloom unseen. Like still roamers through :i garden ishipp across thy waters go, t-ecking treasures, bringing treasures. Hopes and greetings, to and l^o. 2'o - d aj' . 11 Tears of woe or tears of rapture, Which — old Ocean I shall be thine? Idle doubt— unmeaning question- Since, indeed, no choice is mine ! Since, indeed, the deepest rapture From my eye in tears distils. As the flush of morn and evening Still with dew the flower-cup fljls. Tearful eyes to God I lifted, 'Xeath the great Cathedral's dome; And with tears I greeted lately My loved land, my long-sought home. TSathed in tears, my ai-ms I opened, AVhen my darling greeted me; On the hill I bowed me weeping. Where I first caught siglit of thee'. Newport, Oct. 4, 1870. OI.I) WAYS. Mv friend iiiul neiglibor, Atkins, is one of tlic most in- consistent men alive. In religion and politics an extreme radical, in the practical nflairs of life he would go I)ack fifty, or a hundred years. Atkins is alwaj's hunting up people whom he knew when he was a boy; he would walk ten miles, in bad weather, to meet an old school fellow : and would sleep In the garret, at home, to give liis Ix'd to somebody who knew his grandfather. We live in the same block, and our wives are intimate; we spend many evenings together, so that I know Atkins' mind pretty well. You should hear him wax elo(iiiciit over the old Frank- lin fire-place, and grow- pathetic over the remembrance of cakes baked in a Dutch oven. And I have always fancied that he would fall prostrate before a dumb I5etty, oi' a hand-loom. As for sewing and washing machines, Atkins actually shivers and shrinks at the notion of one on his premises. "When I have a Hercules in my kitchen, who needs the exercise, I will buy one of tliese wheel and crank abomi- nations. When I want to make my wife more a slave, we will have a Singer's, a Wilcox & Gibbs. or whatever name you call the things. ,Just so soon as one of these con- founded affairs comes into a house, the mistress begins to make it pay, as she calls it. That is she lays out ten times the usual amount of work, strains every nerve to get it done, then reckons how much it would have cost her to hire it all, and so makes it out Iiow much money the ma- chine has saved." Gas and kerosene find in my friend their inveterate enemy. " What with new fixtures — there is always a man presenting you with a great improvement, and begging you, almost with tears, to just let them show you the prin- ciple, — what with these, which you are fool enough to try, and with leaks, your gas is forever making leaks in a man's pocket. And as for kerosene, the lamp chimneys alone would make all men of common means paupers in thirty years; and any common city might build the Great Pyramid out of the broken glass in half the time. I have worked it all out." TJjej-p )s no iise in trying to balance the good sud ill in these things, and to show that the good is heaviest, the convenience more than covering the inconvenience. You might as well undertake to hinder him from searching through a large citj- to find a man, who stopped one night at his father's, or somebody with whom lie hunted wood- chucks, as a boy, twenty years ago. Last summer we hired one of a new row of cottages, at the beach, for our two families. We left the children and clothing to our wives, and divided the remaining iteitis between us. to note down and transport. So it happened that all pertaining to the culinary arrangements fell to my share. We arrived at our new quarters late in the afternoon, lietiring by moouliglit, there was no chance for my experiment till morning. With daylight the youngest chihlreu were crying for breakfast; but as our quarters were narrow, Atkins and myself proposed to get our decks well cleared and our action begun, ere children or females should appear upon the scene. "I thought this would bo a good time to try and realize our father's and grandfather's times, so I have looked back fifty years in making arrangements," I remarked, hand- ing Atkins the old fasliioned depository of ''latent heat," while I prepared to pick up drift-wood along shore. I had exhumed the box after long and patient research in the cellars and garrets of iny acquaintance; tlie Ijunch of matches I had made and dipped with mj' own hands, and these I gave to my friend, last, after tlie manner of a benediction. It took me a long time to collect the drift-wood. I didn't hurry, — I might as well get enough for all day; there was plenty of light stutt" inside, to begin with ; and beside it was a fine morning and I liked to watch the sun- light on the waves. 'J'here was no smoke curling from the chimney as I ncared the house, but I fancied a slight commotion within. As I opened the door, Atkins, in an awful voice, was remanding his son and heir to bed, ac- coujpanying the order with frightful threats, and sending to Nattie, the next child, a warning to come down if she dared. My friend was seated in a low cliair by the fire place, the tin box between his knees, his face almost purple from his exertion ; the flint and steel were in position ; he had evidently been striking fire ever since I left Iiim, but tlie lire was not struck. "Here, Jones," he exclaimed, "let's have some matches; I have worked on this confounded old contrivance long enough." But as an after thought, he added: "Fifty years out of practice, you see." No more practical joke in his tone than in the sound of the sea outside. "I have no matches but these," I answered, -'I thought I we might be as smart as our mothers; I expected to find ! breakfast on tlie tabic ; I have earned mine getting wood. Give ns the box." ' .Ukiiis passed over tlic implements with a deep breath of relief, and I took his place. I had practiced a little Ijefore we started, in dread of what might liappen. But I found it was one thing to strike a spark from the steel, and an- other to light a match. I would strike tv.cuty times, pei'. haps, and at last would see one little dot of fire upon the tinder, to which I would hurriedly touch the matcli, 12 I'o - (I (t y putting out the little clot instantlj'. Then, for a quarter of an liour, I woulil work vigorously without gelling one spark to rcacli Uie titider; at one more energetic stroke the flint would slip out of my fingers and go half way aeross the room. By this time the children of Ijoth families were clamor- ous, and their mothers desperate. It was evident the siege must soon be raised. So we held a hasty consulta- tion and agreed to feed the little ones with whatever was available. "I'd go to the next house and ask for matches if I could think of any good story to tell," said Atkins, assuming that we were alike victims to enthusiasm for antiquity. I do not know wUlc'i woman really accomplished the deed, but while we were busy with the children, our wives had really struck sparks that had lighted a male'.'., and a fire was burning on the hearth before we realized that the attempt was making. I should say it was not later than ten .\. M., that wo sat down to hot coffee and steak, with hunger, but not appe- tite. I wasn't sorry to see Atkins climb up the side of a wagon that one of our neighbors was sending to town for stores in the afleruoon. He said nothing of his inten- tions, but when he came back there were matches of the modern kind on the mantle shelf of our little kitchen. It was a relief, for the children might fall sick in the night, and even our wives' skill might fail in that emergency. The next winter I went into my neighbor's ofliec one morning, and asked him to see a great purchase that I had made. I opened a paper and displayed in triumph two tin tubes, about five inches long and tliree-quarters of an inch in diameter, pointed at the lower ends, and fastened together throngliont their entire length, and liaving a small ring by which they could be hung up, when out of use. "This," I explained, for really it might as well be men- tioned in tlie singular number, •• is a candle mould : it Is a rare piece of fortune to find one, and knowing how yon hate kerosene and gas, I snapped this np, at the sale of old Xiles' goods just now. I'll venture to say there isn't another in this city. I am told that sometimes there were half a dozen moulds in one, but it is hopeless our ever getting one of those; so you must be content with run- ning two candles at a time. You are not obliged to illu- minate your house every uight, as I have heard you remark. Two oil lamps answered for your father and mother; why should'nt two tallow candles serve for you?" Atkins had seized the precious relic of the past, and was gazing in apparent reverence and admiration upon it. "I am deeply grateful to you Jones, but pray explain fully how I am to work the machine." I produced from my pocket a ball of wicking, a square piece of soft pine board, a round stick half a foot long, and half an inch in diameter, and an immense needle; cutting off twelve inches of the wicking, I cro\vded the ends through the needle and dropped it into the right hand cylinder; pulling the needle through the pointed end, I brought the two ends through and tied them in a knot. I did the same to the other half of the mould, then making two Incisions in my piece of board, I inserted the pointed ends of the mould, until it Stood upright; finally running my stick through. the loops of wicking, and rest- ing it across the tops of the cylinders. "Xow it is in position you have only to pour in melted tallow and allow it to harden; when ready, remove the stick, pull out by the loops, and your candles are made. When you have dipped a dozen or so, put a string through these same loops and hang them up ready for use. But I will melt the tallovv' and show the whole process, if you have any doubt." "No, no; you have made it all clear. .V wonderful thing, a great prize! Are you sure that this one is all that can be had ?" "I do not think it possible to obtain another; I liave been long on the lookout for this." "Then I will have it at any price. But do not imagine I am so far gone in selfishness as to keep such an article for ray private use. Xo indeed. I shall send it straight to tlic Essex Institute, with a notice that you are ready to give illustrated lectures upon it this very winter." "You .shall not be alone in this sacrifice. I will give the tinder-box, with a bunch of my own matches, and you shall have the honor of lecturing upon and illustrat- ing the use of flint and steel." r.EMIXISCEXCES OF A PKIVATEEHSMAX. XLJIBER TWO. The HevoU on the Benson ; from the MS. autohingrafhy nf the kite David A. Jfeal. LO.M.MLMCATEU IIV THKODOI!!'. A. NEAt. Having some money with me, I was not altogether dependent on the prison fare, but it was not always easy to obtain what we reiinired, even liy paying for it. At this time all exchange of prisoners taken in sliips of war, or privateers, had been stopped, and the policy of Great Britain seemed to be, to concentrate all such in one depot in England. Accordingly on the 11th of Jidy. I was in- cluded in a draft of about tv,-o hundred, and sent from Mel- ville Island, on board a transport ship called the Benson, aud ordered for England under convey of II. B. JI. Kazee Goliatli. of sixty guns, Capt. T. F. Maitland. We sailed on the lyih. The ship's company of the Benson consisted of about thirty men. There was also on board, to secure the prisoners, a detail of some twenty-flve or thirty marines, under charge of two lieutenants. About a dozen British Naval OiTicers, going home on furlough, were passengers. The prisoners were all confined to- gether in tiio between decks, 'i'lie main hatch was strongly secured by gratings, with room for one only to come up at a time. Not more than two were allowed to hi on deck at once. The ship's crew lived in the middle steerage, the Marines in the forecastle, and the passen- gers, of course, with the Captain and Ollicers, in the cabin. We knew that we largely outiuiml)ercd the Brit- ish, aud that we should at this season have thick fogs on the lianks of Newfoundland. If we could get out of the way of the convoy, there would be a fair chance of get- ting possession of tlic ship, even without any arms but those that nature had given us, if we could dejiend on only one-h.alf of the prisoners. It was therefore determined to make the attempt, and if we succeed, to proceed either to the Western Islands, or the United States, as the winds might favor. On the afternoon and night of the ISth of July, we were on the Banks, and enveloped in thick fogs. The convoy kept ahead, but indicated her position by firing signal guns. We watched the sound all night, the wind being strong from the south-west. At davlight on the lOth, tin; To - d ajf 13 report of the guus gradually died away in tlic distance, indicating that the Goliath had ranged ahead out of our immediate vicinity. Tlie fog ^yas of intense thickness. Two of the prisoners were on deck. A preconcerted sig- nal was given by them, and almost at the same instant, and while three or four of us were getting up through the opening in the liatchway, a volley of musketr}' came from a party of marines who had been concealed under a sail on the (|Uartcr deck. It was evident that we had been betrayed, and this at ouce cooled the courage of some, and oilercd an excuse to others who had none, but who had been foremost in talk at least, in promoting the at- tempt. Out of the two hundred, I think only about nine persevered in gaining the deck, of these some five or si.\ rushed aft, as had been aiTaugcd, to close over the com- panion-way and the after hatch, by which last, .iccess was had to the steerage. My place was to be (with others who did not come up) on the forecastle. On getting up through the scuttle from between decks, being just for- ward the mainmast in the larboard waist, I found the nuiu who had been one of the two who were on deck, and had given the signal, struggling with a marine who had a musket in his hand, and who liad probably been the sen- try over the hatchway. I was fortunate enough to find lying on the spars, a cook's axe, and the marine seeing that I was about to try its force on his cranium, dropped his musket and ran forv.ai-d. AVe picked it up, I taking the bayonet, and my companion the gun, and we scpar- tcd, he going aft, and I forward. Just then the marines from the ([uartcr deck, or some of them, rushed by us, going forward. I pursued them and hit the last one as he was Jumping over the windlass. They succeeded in get- ting into the forecastle, when I closed over the lid, and having no other means of securing it, used the bayonet for a toggle. The forecastle was now all clear. I was there alone; from the foremast all round to the bows, I was lord of the sheets and the tacks. A.s the ship was going before the wind, all I liad to do was to tend them, whenever the jiarty aft should be ready to brace up aucl bring the ship to the wind, which of course was our first object, so as to increase our distance from the couvo\'. I liad no time, however, to reflect much about it, for I al- most instantly heard the sharp crackling of fire arms aft, and found there was nobody coming forward to support me. Supposing that the ship's comi>any had succeeded in clcsing the scuttle, and so prevented the prisoners from coming up, I stepped to the larboard side where I had left the axe, and was proceeding round the bows of the long- boat in hopes to be able to break in the grating and let them up, when I saw a number of person on the quarter deck firing pistols and carbines in every direction, and met one of the prisoners, in shirt and trousers, staggering along with a shot hole iu the left breast. I mechanically caught him as he was tottering, drojiping my axe, and had just placed my right hand over the wound, from which the blood was flowing profusely, having my left behind him, when a volley was fired at us, and a ball struck him in the forehead, and, as I suppose, killed him at once, as he dropped instantly. Finding myself the only prisoner iu sight, and several persons advancing on me, and firing at the same time, I made for the forehatch (which was open, and led into the I'orehold, being bulk-headed all round, to prevent communication with the between decks), and succeeded in landing on the water casks stowed there, where I was followed by the discharge of small arms. One shot, I supposed a slug from a carbine, took cfl'ect, shattering three lingers of my left hand. I got out of the wa}-, when they stopped firing, and called out for all in the forehold to su'rrendcr themselves. There was one other person there, but who he was, or how he got there, I never knew. I got en deck, and was taken aft with many imprecations, and was then, of course, well guarded. By this time, the Goliath, alarmed by some reports from the carriage guns on board the Benson, and which, as we were to windward, were heard at ouce, lay by for us and was &a^\\ along^de; the first seen of her, so thick was the fog, being lier jib-boom over our quarter. After the siirgeou. who was fittached to (he Marine Corps on board, had taken his time to dress the wound of the ouly person who was hurt on the British side (a cap- tain in the Nav.v, who was going home on leave), he pro- ceeded to attend to the prisoners. Two, if not niore. ou our side, had been killed, and their bodies thrown over- board. Another was badly wounded in the side and he afterwards died on board" the Goliath. Another. John Xantz, a lieutenant of a Baltimore privateer, had both arms shattered. Jly turn came next. My fingers were hanging by the flesh and skin, but were badly shattered. The surgeon very roughly cut them ofl' and bound them up in a rag, leaving the bone ragged and projecting, all the time cursing and swearing at me for having been the means of one of II. B. Majesty's oflicers being made a cripple for life. It appeared that the oidy .•■hor fired, or which we had the Ujcans of firing, was from the musket which 1 had got from the Marine iu the waist, and had given to the American wlio had Ix^cn struggling for it. Tins he fired and hit the above ollicer in the right wrist, so that his hand had to be amputated. From some cause or other it was evident that the Marine oflicers had got the impression that the revolt, as they called it, had orig- inated with me. and when it was decided to send some of the prisoners on board the Goliath, I was designated as the ringleader, for the other two who were wounded, were put in charge of the surgeon, and placed in the sickbay, while I with about twenty-five others, taken, I believe, promlscnously from the prisoners iu the be- tween decks, was put in irons and stov.'cd away alto- gether in a black-hole in the lowest part of the ship, where there was scarcely a breath of air, and the heat was excessive. From the bad state of the atmosphere I fully expected my wounds to mortify, and no doubt Ihey would have done so, had I not been relieved by the interposition of the surgeon, who learning in some way that one of the prisoners thus incarcerated, was wounded, insisted that he should be sent to the siek- b.iy, and placed under his charge. Moreover no allow- ance of provisions was served out to me, so that I was likely to be starved if not otherwise murdered, had not the doctor heard of it and sent me all my meals from the ward-room. He examined my wounds, and pronomiced the treatmeut of it, as well as that of Xantz's arm, to be disgraceful to the service, and such as ought to be re- ported to the Transport Board. In fact the whole con- duct of the surgeon of the Goliath towards the Americans, was of the most noble character, and this will be readily accounted for wlien I state that he was the Barry U'Mkar.v who afterwards becaiue ko distinguished as the physician and defender of Napoleon at St. Helena. We arrived at Spithead about the 4th of August, and orders were given next day, that Xantz and myself should be removed to Haslar Hospital at Gosport. i)r. O'Meara accompanied us thither, and saw that we had good quar- ters in the saiue ward, and left us deeply impressed by his kindness. He called at the hospital some months after- wards, to see us, but it was after we had been sent away, and I have never met him since. I went to "Loring's" t'other ilay— A book-store famed in Boston city — Home on the stream tlmt Hows tliat way. To ask for books both grave ahd witty. The maid that hands them, — 'pon my life ! Well, — let it pass. — we're all soft-hearted. I whispering a^ked for, *• man and wife ;'' She lisped " engaged," and so wo parted. W. B. Cur.SSEV, 188 Essex street, having enlarged liis store and also his stoik of goods, wc would advise all our friends and pat- rons who are in want of anytliing in the hoot. shoe, and, rnbher line, to give him a call, for v>'C can say willi confidence that they will find the largest stock of New York goods, comprising nil width? and styles, as well as other kinds to suit the purchaser. W. B. CRESSET, 1S8 Essex St., Salcni. 14 I'o - daj' Miss ]^. W. HAREIS, FRENCH MILLINERY, No. 278 ESSEX STREET, XWO STOItKH. Hosiery, Buttons, Trimmings, CORSETS, SKIRTS, &c. THE XiO"w^Esa: :fi2,iges. STANLEY & NORTON, (Successors to the late E. H. States), DEALKllS IX Steam. Gas, and "Water P*ipe.s, PLUilHIXa, AXD rLVMIilXCi MATEBIALS, of «1I kinds. Gas Kixlures. liuliher IIosp ami I'ackinps. Steam ami HentiiiK Apparatus. \Villi:im F. Sliaw's tins Stoves. f:irrcl (;a< liiirners (Wood's I'alenti. No. 151 Essex St., Salem, Mass., Lynde Block. I. I. STANLEY. 0. NOllTOX. AECHEK, DOWNING & CO., nr. A I, Kits IV FOREIGN AND AMERICAN DRY GOODS, 6'/7Av. Shau'l.t. aiiil '/)rr.i.t doods, Clof/is, Crissiui ei TS, C/o tiAy'tir/s, iioxjeii:-Ki:Ei»ijV(j ciOor>s, CAnrKTrKGs, .Jc. ifc, 179 ESSEX STREET, .... SALEM, MASS. THOMAS 15. NICHOLS & CO., ^ p: n t Ix e c a r i B s , NO. 159 1-2 ESSEX STREET, {Museum Buildinrj), SALEM, MA ,S S. UAVE ALWAYS HAD OX HAND A LARGE ASSOllT.MEXT OF ^iirr Sniffs (rtid C/ifmicals, 'Vate/it .iret/ichics, JIair, 'J'oof/i (iiid A'all 7Jriis?tcs, yaiicy Goods, '/'oilct .-irf/clfs and 'J'er/'iimoy. tS" Prescriptions carefully prepared. -Bt S. GRIN^D^L, DEALER IN 'JSooks, Slatio?ierj', 'Periodicats, PICTURES AND PICTUKE FR.A.MES. crRCTTLATnsrcT l.ii?ra.rv. No. 9 Central Street, Salem. BOOT ANC SHOE STORE, 21G ESSEX STREET. a-EOI^G-E J^ie. VE IDS O InT , Successor to MISS SARAH M. SPILLER, 275 ESSEX ST., SALEM, MASS. Fancy Goods and Dress Trimmings, LADIES' UNDEll-VLOTinyU, CORSETS, HOOP SKIRTS, EMBIJOIDEKIES, RUFFLING, LACES, IIAKDK'FS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, ETC. French Fluting done to Order. DENTISTRY. ID-R. C. H . H .A. E, "\A7" O O 13 , siicfcssor to I> n . '%%' . I> . B «» w i> o I :« , at tlic olil stuml. 208 Essex Street, .... SALEM. ^o - d ajy , is IN IMILLHSTERY QOODS, CAX HE FOIND AT "Low Prices" Al REITH'S, 188 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. IF. J^. -SRSfUCnii <'oI- lars and C'tiltfti. And tioods usually found in a first-class Thread Store. WATCJI SPRIXC SKIRTS MADE TO OliDEIi. M. A. POETEE, 267 Essex Street, Salem, Mass. If you are about to have ARTIFICIAL TEETH made, or any operation in Dentistry performed, go to DE. PEAOH, 238 Essex Street, Salem, I >iPOSiTp; Ho;;sE R, R. Ofkioe. If) 2 o - d a J' . AN ILLIAM A. IKELAIS^D, (Successor to Timotiiv Roi-es) DEALER IN Crockerj', China, G/((SS Ware, llOrSE FURNISHING GOODS, Froiitli riiiil Holioiixiaii Fancy Ooods, No. 214 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. S A :M U E L H . SMITH, Al 11. !•'. .-^kcny t in Ksse.x county. Tlic" subscription price, when paid in !idv.incc. is $3.50 per year, or $4.00 paid ntlicrwise. and "\V eolcly Sale in Gazette, ri'llLISIIKD ON ^W"EIDiTESlD.^"X", Is made up from the reading matter of the Salesi Gazette, with the addition of such lale news as conies on Tuesday, and contains at least double the usual (juantity of reading given in most county ne\vspapers of the State for the same money. The subscription price, when not paid actually in advance, is $2.50 per year. For strictly advance payment we deduct 50 cents, leaving the price $2.00 per year. E. S. FECK, dealeu in MEN'S .AND BOYS' READY-MADE ELOTHINO, FURNISHING GOODS, &c., 240 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. SEWINO MAEHINES AND FINDINGS OF ALL KINDS AT a-E,XS^v^OLID'S, 142 Essex Street, .... SALEM. PAYMENT TAKEN IN S.UALL IN.STALMKNTS. )l7ie7i desired, Instruction ffircn at residence of T'lirchasers. For .Vkitficial Teeth, beautifal. durable and comfortable; Avith •Hhich vou can cat. laugh or sing, call on No. 33-i Es-sex Street, . . . S^^JLEai. For the rnESERVATiON of the natural teeth by medical tieatmcnt and lining, Dn. T. P. ABELL at the same office has acquired the reputation of great skill, and is a gentle and careful operator. firtovi;i f ovtvaitiS, JOjYA'S'fi, .274^ Bssex St. THE INSTITUTE AND OUATOUIO F JV I IB , AT ' 1@«©4¥.. FOn SALE AT THE FAIR, AT LOSING'S in Boston, BY BOOKSELLiKS -VXD OX XHK CABS. Ifo. 3. Salem, JSTovembek 2, 1870. Price 10 Cents. C N T in 15 U T I N S ARE ACKNOWLEDaED WITH THANKS PBOM Col. T. W. IIIGGIXSO.V, Miss Lucy Lakcom, FiTCii Poole, nev. A. P. Peabouv, D.D.. Mrs. Natu'l Silsbee, Rev. CiiAS. T. Brooks. Abxer C. Goodell, jr., Mias C. K. Derby. IlCT. AUGL'-STUS WOODBI by, Mrs. Ellex F. Coxdit. Gilbert L. .Streeter, lion. K. II. T)AXA, jr.. Rev. IlEXRY W. FOOTE, and otliers, whose names are. Jlrs. JAKEI) SrAliK.S, THEODORE A. Seal, miss Harriet E. Llxt, Rev. JoxES Very. EinVARD S. Mouse, Miss L. L. A. A'EKY, Rev. Chas. Babbidge, ClIAS. W. Palkuay, Mrs. Charles Lov.e, AV. P. PIIILLII'S, Miss Sarah W. T.axdek, Rev. Geo. 1-. Ciiaxet, Capt. Joiix F. Df.vekeix. at tlieir i-equest, willilielil. OUR VILLAGE BELL. How sweet to licar it speak Tlie first (lay of the week. And gather all the people slowly. To worsliip Him. the holy. Itoly ! It rings at busy noon The hungry laborers' time; At night of gentle rest 'tis pealing, .\nil all to sleep are stealing, stc.iling! \Vhen green is all the earth. With goodly, festive mirth, It calls the boys at .July dawning. Who ache to .see the morning, morning! Hark, now 'tis wild and loud. And sends a hurniug crowd Around the village corner turning. To see the school-house burning, burning! The names are forking high. The little children cry. The blue-eyed mistress all surrounding, Tlie dreadful bell is sounding, soumling.— Tliey jump Ihrongli all the harms Down in tlicir fathers' arms, And laugh and cry to see the flurry. And hear the firemen hurry, hnriy ! The bell is deep and low; The mourners silent go; It strikes, when first the eartli is dropping. And all their liearts are stopping, stopping! They give tlie dust to dust. Tlie soul to God they trust. Throngli awful iiauses, hark, 'tis 1)rcaking, Tlie world from folly waking, waking! .Mautiia I'. I.owe. THE YO.SEMITE A^-VLLEY. A. P. V. TiiK Yo-soniiti; Valley, Itself four thousand feet above tJie sea level, is enclosed by cliffs from three to four thou- sand feet in height. It is about .seven miles in length, and from half a mile to a inile in width. It is depressed below file whole surrounding country, and can be reached only by plunging down a rocky declivity of tliree thousand feet, the descent being as nearly perpendicular as teuacious horse-hoofs or lininan courage can hazard. Professor Whitney, the state-geologist, thinks that this valley was originally level witli its walls, but sank many ages ago, iu some one of those convulsions whose frequent recurrence still betrays the action of vast subterranean forces. A U\kc welled up over the sunken territory, which has been gradually filled in by tlio debris from the overhanging clifls, till the only vestige of it is tlie gentle river Merced, a few yards wide, wliicli now winds and babbles tlirough tlie centre of the valley. Tlie waterfalls pour over the cliffs into tlie v.alley. and feed the Merced, tliemselves fed by ranges of mountains in the rear, covered with perpetual snow, which melts rapidly during the entire summer, and especially in the intense heat of the longest daj's. One of the most beauti- ful of these falls is the Bridal Veil. Tliis is best described l)y its name. It looks like a lace veil of the most delicate tissue, perpetually falling over a precipice nine hundred feet higli. The water is so broken in its descent, that one can trace even the meshes of the lace. It falls so gently, the Merced receives its tribute so quietly, the surrounding trees temper the summer heat so dcliciously, so glorious a rainbow spans its base, and the lace-threads caught in the tourist's cup, arc so cool and sweet to the taste— literally living water — that the whole scene dwells in my memory as if I had spent the hour in Paradise. Yet at the foot of tlie fall are huge boulders, iu wild confusion, indicating the miglity forces at work on the breaking up of winter, when the filmy lace-current becomes fjr the time a roaring, foaming torrent. I pass to a grander scene, — the site of the Vernal and Xevada Ealls, in which the largest of the mountain streams, the same Merced River of which I have made repeated mention, plunges into the valley from the height of a thousand feet, in two leaps, with a Ijroad plateau be- tween. In approaching these falls, I found myself in a vast, deep gorge, tilled witli Cyclopean rocks, jammed to- gether in wild disorder, lying at every possible angle with one another. Tlie wliole world beside was sluit out. and I was reminded of the time when, in classic fable, tlie Titans piled Ossa upon Pelion, and leafy Olympus upon Ossa. and the thunder-bolts of .Tupiter luirkd down the 18 2'o - d aj^ . rocky mass, and licupcU up its fraguicnts on tlie gi-ouucl below. 15y a somowliiit ilillicult ascent, I icaclicd the foot of the lower or Vernal fall, and found a groat volume of water, pouring with a roar like that of distant thunder, spanned I)y countless rainbows, more perfectly formX. I am uniipic. and yet dual, a common noun, but still a very uncommon thing! I am a substance, and a sub- stantive; — singular, yet plural; masculine and neuter, a biped and a quadruped I I belong both to the animal and to the mineral kingdoms. I am artilicial, yet natural; full of art, yet guileless as a little child ! I am always on foot, yet never a pedestrian ; powerless as an infant, yet no living man has power to turn roe, and though I am always armed, I cannot defend myself: I died years be- foi-e I was created, and yet I shall outlive my Creator! I was meant for futurity, yet I sludl never reach Heaven, and I do not care if I do not. I am cold, hollow-hearted, unpityiug, unscrupulous and unsparing; yet no one fears me although they own that I could crush them I I am surrounded by railing and commendation, yet I listen to neither; for those who flat- ter me most have nothing to gain from me ; and those who find the most fault, never wound my feelings. It is my mission to speak to the multitude, yet I never open my lips to them. I ignore the common lot of humanity, fur I was not born of woman, and I shall not die as men die ; the light- ning may shiver me, or the earthcpiake may engulph me, but no man now living will be likely to witness my last exodus ; and yet, dear as I am to thousands to-day, if I should perish to-morro\o no bells would be tolled for me, (ind no sad funei-al rites be paid me ! I have passed through the fiery furnace unscathed as Bhadrach and his brethren, and all the rigors of your northern winters cannot chill me. Those who call me good and true, know me to be a counterfeit, and those who own that I am but a counterfeit, will still maintain that I am grand and noble ! I have no belief, — no holy faith, — no religious senti- ment, yet those who kuov,- me best, speak of my merits, and call me perfect .' I am of the people, I belong to the people, yet I look down npon them, and they like mc the better for it. I am above the multitude, yet not the equal of the meanest man that lives, although 1 am connected with "the ton" in three direct ways. I bear an honorable name ; I have never disgraced it : and I have wronged no man ; yet no one cares to speak to me. People arc glad to see me, and proud knowing me, yet of the thousands who pass me on the street, not one turns to address me, and if they did, I would not return their salutation, I am looked upon with reverence, affection, and admiration, yet not a beggar in the street will lift his cap to me ! I bear a proud name in the land, and it is an unsullied one; yet I have been dragged through the streets and placed before the tribunal of the people. I had no coun- sel to defend me, I had no trial by jury, and I was not condemned, yet some of the best judges in the land ordered my execution. I irtis executed, yet no igno- miny clings to me, and those who executed me were my earliest and best friends! I am wholly and emphatically American, — and yet I caimot boast of having drawn my first breath npon America's free shores. A heavy price was paid for me, yet those who bought me never touch me, and those who own me do not use me, and though no amount of money could buy me from my present possessors, my warmest admirer would not care to own me, or take the trouble to cai'ry me home, if I were freely given to him 1 I have more legs than a horse, and more ears than a man! People say I am full of life and action. .Mas! the}- do not know me. The world may go on and on. but I am stationary and unmoved. I go neither forward nor backward, until the end cometh, — now say, what am I? C. R. l>. AX t:xr u n 1. 1 sii ED i.kttkh ov ELTZ.V WHARTON. Delivers, Jahj 0, 1788. Mrs. Lucv Si;.\i.\En : Esteemed and Dear Friend : — Your much valued letter of the 2,5th ult. is I'cccived, and its contents noted. I thank you for your kindly expressed desire to relieve my distracted mind by turning its thoughts away from itself to dwell on more cheerful themes. It is thus I construe 3'our earnest request that I shall send you a miinite ac- count of my situation here, and of all the little affairs transpiring in the quiet village where I am sojourning. Let me warn you that such a narrative can be of no sort of interest to you. No matter, it will serve your benevo- lent purpose just as well if the attempt diverts my mind from the thoughts and reflections which consume it. You know, my dear Lucy, all the circumstances of my sad history previous to my leaving New Ilavcn, better than any other person, one only excepted, but whose n.ame my pen refuses to write. I arrived here safely after a hard journey of two days, over rough roads, and found lodgings at the Bell Tavern, kept by Francis Sy- nionds, who is a Chocol.itc maker as well as landlord. All are very kind to me, especially Mrs. Symonds, who accepts my story with the most perfect credulity, and seems to take a motherly interest in my welfiirc. Directly opposite the tavern is lUe residence of nti ad- / 2'o - (I a J' 21 mirable Quaker family of the iiame of Soutlnvick. They claim to be desceudants of that Joseph and Cassandra Southwick who suft'ered such cruel persecution in the middle of the last ceutuiy. These people are truly lova- ble, and the generous manner with which they bestowed their confidence upon a poor stranger, impressed me most favorably. How conscience stricken I felt, as I thought of the deception I was practising on these ver.v kind friends 1 Would that there were more of such in this cold world ! Yesterday was more than usually stirring, on account of a kind of Court or liefcrence case which was held here. It was a case about Trask's Mill, in which I took no inter- est, but it gave me an opportunity I had long desired, to see Col. Timothy IMckeriug, who was one of the referees, being in Salem, ou a visit from the South. I had heard much of him. when politics was discussed at our house, as the friend and associate of Gen. Washington, and enjoying the full confidence of that great man. Jlr. Pick- ering has strongly marked features, which suggest to my mind the idea that he looks like an old Roman. He commanded a regiment at the time of the fight at Breed's Hill, which halted here on its march to Charlestown. He pointed out the precise spot. The other referees were Dr. Samuel Holten, a member of Congress, and Capt. Gideon Fosteil a leader of Minute Men at the beginning of the late war. This court caused a great gathering of idlers, boys aud negroes, as well as full grown men, who used the occasion for fun and sport. Foremost in these sports I observed two active lads about ten years of age. in whom I took so much interest as to ask their names. I found that one of them, named John, was the son of Col. Pickering, and the other, whose name was Joseph, was a son of Dr. Story of Marblehead. They are both preparing, although so young, for college. Were I called ui)on to conjecture the future career of these bright youths, I should saj- that John would be the more sedate aud closer student, while Joseph, with less application, will make a greater show in the world. I had a call yesterday from the minister of the parish, good Parsou Holt, as his people love to call him. I was at first not disposed to grant him audience, although I have a partiality for the clerical profession, mj- father be- longing to it, as well as dear Mr, Biickminster, whose name I cannot write without u swelling breast and scald- ing tears. I at last consented to see Mr. Holt, rather as a compliment to Mrs. Symonds, who holds him in high esteem, as do also the whole parish. He was very polite and complaisant, and not inquisitive. His call was brief but agreeable, aud enlivened by pleasant anecdotes. It was abridged by the visit of Rev. Mr. Prince, a young minister from Salem seeking for an- exchange of pulpits. Mrs. Symonds says of Mr. Holt that he is singularly abstemious, requiring no other bev- erage but good cider of which he is very fond. She also says that he is quite hospitable and has always on his side board the best of Jamaica and Hollands, as well as good French Brandy, to ofl"er to his ministerial brethren. When ilr. Holt was settled he was supposed to be an Arrainian, but now it is thought that he leans towards Socinianism. Two or three days since I took a walk about a half mile towards Salem to make a few little purchases at a dra- per's shop. I found the prices generally lower for hard money, than we pay at Xew Haven or Hartford. I bought very good nankeen for three pistarecns a yai-d and other goods in proportion. Mr. Shillaber, the young shop- keeper, is very talkative, and abouuds in proverbial say- ings. He is, moreover, quite eloquent in praise of his goods. He appears to be a fair dealer, although he likes to receive hard money and pay back change in Old Tenor. Accustomed, as I have always been at home, to keep Saturday night strictlj- as holy time, I wa.s a great deal surprised last Saturday evening to sec my landlady busily employed about her household afl'airs, knitting and doing other work, just as if it were not a breaking of the fourth conimaudinent. It seemed to me to be so improper, if not wicked, that I could not forbear making some remark about it. My landlady assured me that the holy time was reckoned here to begin at \'l o'clock Saturday night and end at 12 o'clock Sunday night. It seems rather strange to me that holy time should begin here twelve hours later than at New Haven. It puzzled me so much that I asked Mrs. Southwick, the Quakeress, about it, and she shocked me more than ever by saying that all time was holy! .\ very strange remark, but worth considering. * * * * * I have been looking over this gossiping narrative and have half a mind not to send it, especially as its chief cud is accomplished by diverting \wy thoughts awhie from my dreadful secret. If it is to go to-day it must be posted at once, as this is one of the post days. As I look out of the window I see the post rider coming in with his precious burden, and I trust he may be the bearer cf tidings from my dear friend Lucy. Excuse me if I caution you to use good sealing wax, and to be careful in the folding of your letters, so much depends on the secrecy of their contents. Perhaps at some future time a way may be devised to pro- tect the letters of friends from prying curiosity. Most afl'ectionately yours, El.IZAUKTII. J^^ We shall issue with the fourth number of To-dav, an original song called the •' Rose of May," the Music by E. C. Cheever of this city. W. B. Ckesset. 198 Essex street, having enl.nvgect his store ami also his stock of goods, wo wotiUi ailvlse all our friends and pat- rons who are in want of anything in the boot, slioe, and ruUlier line, to give him a call, for we can sa}- with confldencc that they will find the largest stock of Xew York goods, comiirising all widths and styles, as well as other kinds to suit the purchaser. W. B. CRESSET, 108 Essex St., Salem. DKALEH IN ^oo7cs, Slaiioiieiir, Periodicals, PICTURES AND PICTURE FRAMES. CIRCULATIN-G LIBRARV. No. 9 Central Street, Salem, \ 22 I'o - d aj^ . GO A.VD .v^^' O B E I?., BOOT AND SHOE MAN, HE HAS TlIK NICEST ASSdiiT.MEXT OF GOODS THAT CAN BE FOUND IN THE CITY. Give hi in a call. AV. Y. 013ER, No. 144 Esses Street, Salem, Mass. P»EA.BODY'S T«VO STORK!«. ;XX,X,X:tTDiaT, aX>OT®S, Hosiery, Buttons, Trinmiings, CORSETS, SKIRTS, &c. THIE XiOAA7"EST 1= i?, I C IE S - STANLEY & NORTON, (Successors to the late E. H. Staten), DEALERS IX steam. Gas, and "Water !Pipes, TLVMliING, AND rLimBING MATEHIALS, 111' all kinds. Gas Fi.\turo3, RuMkv Ilosr and P.->('!;ins9. Steam and Heating Apparatu-s. 'William F. Slia\^'8 Has Stoves, Cancel Gas Bnrueis (Wood's ratenl). No. 151 Essex St., Salem, Mass., Lynde Block. ARCHER, DOWNING & CO., i>i:alf.1!.s is FOREIGN AND AMERICAN DRY GOODS, S/7A:f. Shdu /s. and 'Dixss Guud.i. ('lo//is, Cassi meres, CloeiK'hiffs, cAr.i'F.TiKns, .ji-. .fi-.. 170 ESSEX STREET SALEM, MASS. THOMAS B. NICHOLS & CO., Jl p; G t h' e c a r i t> s , NO. 159 1-2 ESSEX STEEET, (Museum SiiiUUiix/), S A L E Jl , MASS. HAVE ALWAYS HAD OX HAND A LAItcJK ASSOKTMEXT OK 'Pure S>rif/'/s tind C/ioiilcals, 'PateDf .^[ediciiics. Hair. Tooth raid .Vail 'Jiriisfirs, I-\nicy Goods, 1'oilef .--irticles aiid T'erJ'iimerj'. r^g- ri-escriptioii.s carefully prepared. ~g^ 1)^70. FAI,!, SEAiSOar. 1!^70. A- .1. SrAXLEV. <;. xuKio.v. WE ARE 5IAKIXG LAEGE ADDITIONS TO OHR STOCK OF JEWELRY AND SILVER WARE, And shall offer \\\\^ F;dl a;5 fine an a?sortnicnt as can be fonnd in this connty ; many of the patterns arc new and made to onr order. WE HA\E A LARGE STOCK OF GOLTJ ^?fr> SII..VEK ^VA^TCIIES, Gold Chains, Keys, Charms, etc., otc. rieaee call and examine the goods before pnrchasing. 19 A 3r X E li li o w , 189 Eseex. corner of Central Street, Salem, Mnss. F. S. PECK, MERCHA.^T TAILOR, DLALKIt IN Men's and Boys' Clothing, GENTS' rUENISHING GOODS, HATS, CAPS, &c. It'o. 3-1:0 Kssex Street, '. . SAi.E.-fi. MISS SARAH M. SPILLER, 275 ESSEX ST., SALEM, MASS. Fancy Goods and Dress Trimmings, LADIES' VXDEIt-CLOTHIXG, CORSETS, HOOP SKIRTS. EMniiOIDKUIES. liUFFLINO, LACES, HANPK'FS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, ETC. French Fluting done to Order. DENTISTRY. 13 12, . C. H - H .A. E, AA7" O O X3 , Successor to On. ^V . I, . K o M s» «> B i¥ , at the old stand. 208 Essex Street, .... SALEM. :to ' d aj> . 23 Ey£R^'THi:X& DKSIRABI.E ]VIILLINERY GOODS, CAX BE rOr>D AT "Low Prices" REITH'S, 188 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. DEALER IN X'Xit, Largest Stock and Lowest Prices. No. 195 Essex Street, Salem. RICHARDSON & WATERS, H a rd wa re, C u 1 1 e ry, \ N 1> SPORTING APPARATUS, No. 215 Essvx Street, SALEM. AT CONRAD'S PAVILION CAN HE FOCNU The I^arBfest JLssortnieiit ol' ICIds I The Paviliox Kids, of our own importation, in White. Opera Colors, the new C'ArcciNF. Shade. Bluek. .mil .ill desirable shades. in single and double button for Ladies, Gcntlenirn, Misses, and Children. Also the lir6tqu.ilityot Tuefolsse — a real French Kid — the same as 6old at Holbrook's. in Boston. also, a good assortment of Real and Imitation Laces of every Description, at CONKADS PAVILIOX. ISRAEL FELLOWS, fA=UIOXABLKj CABINET MANUFACTURER, No. 205 ESSEX STREET, R. C. MANNING & CO., DEALERS IN OF THE BEST QIALITIES. '^'OOI>, SAISK. 1I.4V, Ac. A'o. IMO y)erhr Street. , . Soleni. .Ifeiss. GEORGE MACDONALD'S BOOKS. linio. cloth. Price, Jl.TJ. •■ That nonderful work."' [Scribner's Monthly.] David Elginbrod was first published in London in January. 1HC;5. and to this day commands the attention of all thoughtful readers. LORINO'S American edition is very attractive; is having a steady sale in every large city. The London Morning Post says: "The character of David is a flne study, and it may be doubted" if Sir Walter Scott him.'self ever painted a Scotch fireside with more truth than George Macdonald.'* Hobert Faxco^teh. i2nio. cloth. Price. :?-2. The New York Independent, of Sept. 29. devoted one whole column to this remarkable book. The eflV'ct was to sweep fi-om the book- sellers' shelves all copies on hand and created .1 new demand every- where. The Thikd Thous.\nd is printing, and will be ready next week. rilAXTASTES : A Faerie Somance for Men and 'Wonien. limo. cloth. Price, $1.73. In .ictive preparation. SoUl by all Booksellers everywhere. LOEING, Publisher, Boston. JULIAN A. FOGG k CO. Practical En(jr--, No. 214 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. S A M U E L II . SMI T II , .\I ir. F. .'^kcny & .Son's, Dealer ia WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY. SILVER & TL.M'ED WARE, ITO. 18X ESSEX! STREET, (oi'iio>ite Kssex House). SALEM, MASS. Call ami see Ills Musical Clock. He lias a tine stock, and is selling low. Repairing in all its branches jiromptly and thorouglily done at short notice. THE VERY BEST LIGHT mu UKADIXG. WlilTIXt;, AXD WOUKn^^. IS THE GERMAN STUDENT LAMP. See one iMiniiiig at the table ne.\t the Organ Kooni at thi.s Fair. G. y\. WIlll'l'I.E & .\. A. SMITH. Arc the Salem Agents, J . P E 11 L E Y , (25i;i KssE-\ St., S.vlem. M.vss., ur staius). BOOKZ-BIlsriDElI^, AKD BL.VNK BOOK MANUFACTUKER. l*eriodicals of all dcseriplions. bound in Plain .and Ornamental .Style. PAi'Eit I{LLf;o, and Blank Books made to any desired pattern. C. H. & J. PRICE, DEALKltS I.V jO/'Uf/s, Medi'cmes and Chemicals, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, 8i><>naeB, Brusliess, Perl'uinory, &f. IMPORTERS OF MANIL.V CKJAUS. 226 ESSEX STREET, SALEM, MASS. HORACE A. BROOKS, l^ooli-binbfr aiib ^Munli I'looli Pimufadurfr. KM) HOOKS, MAOA/.IXKS AND I'I'.UIODIIALS. or every ocBcription, /i'oinid ill the rariuns stj/cs. THE SALEM G.AZETTE IS I'UIIM.SIIKI) ON TVKSDAY AXD FI^WAV MOIiXIXO'S, AT NO. 199 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. It is the effort of the luiblislieis to make the Gazette a good local liaper, giving a laithliil summary of all news of interest In Esse.\ county. The subscription price, when paid in advance, is $3.50 per year, or $4.00 paiil otiienvise. AND ^V^'(■kly Salens Gazette, J'fnLISIIED ON ■WEDDJ^TESEJi.-^, Is made up from tlic reading matter of the SALEM G.4ZETTE, witli the addition ol" such late news as comes on Tuesday, and contains at least double the usual quantity of reading given in most county uewspajiers of the State for the same money. The subscription price, when not paid actually in advance, is $2.50 per year. For strictly advance payment we deduct 50 cents, leaving the price $2.00 iier year. SALEM LEAD COMPANY. MANUFACTURERS OF PURE WHITE LEAD, This Lend in; made from the vcrv best material, and warranted pcrlectly ITHE. Us ItKILLIANT WHITENESS makes it vm\- Hpiruoiis wherever it is used, and these qjualitics in a preeminent dejrri'e. are e--tablistuiig lor it a most enviable reputation with the Trade tliniii;,diinit the eountn-. This Company also niannfaetuves LEAD ril'K of any si/e ami thickness required, at the Mills on North Kiver, Salem. D. G. BATGHELDER. Sni-'T. FRANCIS BROWN, TreaS. SEWING MACHINES ANIi KINIiINCS OF ALL KINDS AT 142 Essex Street SALEM. Payment taken In small installments when desired. Instruction ffiycn at i-esidence of ^iirctiasers. For AiiTIFICIAL Teeth, bcautiful.«lurable and comfortable; with which you can eat. laugh or sing, call on 1» n . D <- n I. E Y , No. 2124 Essex Street, SALEM. For the PRESEnvATlON of the natural teeth by medical treatment and filling, Dr. T. P. .\BI';i.I, at the s.wic office has acquired the reputation of great skill, and is a gentle and careful operator. f ictovia f ovtvaits, .rOJy\KS''^, 2n Bsse.r S7. PBUITED rCR THE INSTITUTE AND OKATOEIO IF" J5l. I IS , AT FOn BALE AT THE FAIR, AT liOKING'S in Boston, BT BOOKSELLERS AND OX XHE CARS. Ko. 4. Salem, Xo-s"embek 3, 1870. Price 10 Cents. CONTKIBUTIOXS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS PROM Col. T. W. HuiOIxsox. Miss Lucr Larcom, Fitch Poole, Kev. A. P. Peabodt, D.D.. Mrs. Xatii'l Sii-sbee, Kcv. Cua.s. t. Brooks, AnNBR C. GOODELL, jr.. Miss C. R. Derbv. KtV. AL'GLSXUS \VOOI>!iVRV, Mrs. Ellex F. CoxDiT, (JILRERT L. STEEETEU, lion. R. II. Daxa, jr., Itcv. IlESRV Vl'. FOOTE, Mrs. Jarei) Sparks, Theodore A. Seal, Miss IIabriet E. Luxt, Rev. Jones Vert, Edward S. Morse, Miss L. I... A. Vert, Rot. Chas. Barbiuce, CUAS. \V. Palfrav, Mrs. Charles Lowk, W. P. riiiLLirs, Miss Sarau W. Lander, Rev. Geo. L. Chanev, Cnpt. .John F. Dkveri;i:x. and otliers, whose names arc, at their request, witliliclil. THE TKACY IIOUSi;. Tin: TuACY House, State street, Newburyport, was Imilt a century since, by Mr. Patrick Tracy, for the use of liis son. Nathaniel Tracy made liis home famous, through his great wesilth and large liospitality. Later the house became a place of interest by having as its guests Washington, Lafayette, Talloyraiul, Louis Phil- lippe and other distinguished persons. Lilie some of its visitors, however, the house experi- enced the vicissitudes of fortune. At one time used as a tavern ; then having its old splendor revived, under a new owner; afterward falling to renting out, until it passed into the hands of a committee having in cliarge a fund for the purchase of a library building. The deed stipulates that the building be used " for the City Library, and for the reception of suitable objects of science and art." The same year (1803) the mansion was refitted, and on Jan- nary 1, 18Ci;. the library was reopened to the public. Early in the present year, a former citizen of Ncwbury- port, made an offer toward tlie establishment of a Free Public Heading Koom, The gift was accepted, and by the generosity of this gentleman and by donations from other persons, at home and abroad, sixty-one magazines and newspapers are entirely free to citizens .above sixteen years of age. This IJeadiug Koom, occupying half the first floor of the library building, was opened July 1st, 1870, and now exhibits seven hundred names upon its record of visitors, with about one Imndred readers, daily. Thus a place venerable for its past, is made doubly in- teresting by its connection with present public benefits. THE FAIR. liV a SVUVIVOR. On! a womlerfiil plai'e is tlie In.-tiuite Fair And Iieltl in a wuiuirou.= Hall ! And if its Ijeauties to view yon care Dy niglit or by day you may vcninre there. And its doors .«tand open to all. And m.irvellons sights can there lie seen. And all that is rich and rare; Mirlst splendors untold you may thread your way Through acres of worsted, and liglit crocliet. At lliat Essex Institute Fair, And there on the floor of that ivondrjus Hall, Many a table is standing; And whether you're early or ivhcther you're late, There's many a damsel lies in wait, ■^■our money and pur.se demanding. .Vnd whoso looks with glances rash, In their eyes with mischief dancing. Straightway he is held in a magic bond. And as if* he were touched by a fairy's wand. lie yields to their wiles entrancing. And ill vain to their pity you make appeal, For they've never the least compunction, And they'll tell you they really have done no sin. For being a stranger they've lakcn yon in. And obeyed the scripture injunction. And 1 went last night to that wonderlnl Fair To see what fashions were going; And I wandered about midst that brilliant thron {. I sauntered late and I loitered long. To niy complete undoing, Aiul I listened to hear what chirming lii)3 In accents soft were saying; And I looked till my eyes with rapture burned And I thought — for my head was well-nigh turned. That in Paradijp I was straying. And I once had money and ca.-^h to spare, And stocks of a fair quotation. And I once could open my purse with an : i •, ,\s of one who had still some greenbacks ther.-, Though or modest denomination. But the name of that time is tlie Long Ago (Now vanished in thinnest air) Before through those tables I t<,ok my way, .\nd became of those damsels the sport and p'ay, .\t that E-^scx Institute Fair. And now that I've told with a faltering tongue The talc that I've hail to tell, I bid to the scenes of that wondrous Hall, To the tables, and ralltes, and ladies all A long and a last Farewell. 26 2'o - d aj> A STROLL ABOUT PISA. It liappeiictl to be my good fortmio to be at Pisa with a frieud or two on one of the loveliest Aulumnal days, that I have ever known. It was a calm, bright, beautiful, windless day, with that clear depth of blue, transparent atmosphere, for which an Italian sky is famous. The snow capped mountains that looked down upon the old city Avere "bright and glistering" in the clear sunlight. It was one of those indescribable days, when all nature seems to be at rest, and even the bustling, striving, care- ful life of man is chceUcd and soothed into a temporary repose. We wandered about among the architectural wonders of the place, marvelling at and admiring the pa- tience, the skill, and the genius with which the builders were possessed. Here is the building known as the Leaning Tower. It is the bell-lower of the Cathedral, standing as is the cus- tom, detached from the main edifice, and bearing a chime of seven bells. It is round in form, composed of eight ■stories of colonnades, supported by columns to the num- ber of one hundred and seven. Its height is about one liundrcd and ninety feet, and it inclines from the perpen- dicular about thirteen feet. Whether this has happened from the sinking of the soil during its constructioD, or from the design of the builder, is not known and does not seem to be of nnicli consequence. There is nothing in the stj-le of the building to prove citlier the one proposi- tion or the other. Judging Irom analogy, it would seem that the inclination of the tower was contemplated. In the city of Bologna are two square leaning towers of brick, both of which are built in that way by design. If the foundation of the tower at Pisa had settled after the commencement of the building, it would appear, as though such an untoward event would have effectually .slopped the work. For every course of stone must there- after have been laid with the sense of inuniuent peril to all engaged upon the labor. IS'o man builds in the appre- hension that his building is to fall. However the case may be, tlic tower stands, and stands securely. The ring- ing of the heavy bells makes not the slightest vibration, and it would seem as though nothing less than an earth- (iuakc could move it from its base. Opposite the other end of the Cathedral is the Bap- tistery, a high, octagonal building, containing little more than a font and pulpit. The interior is ornamented in fresco. In its aspect there is no particular or surpassing beauty. But the great charm of the Baptistery at Pisa is the wonderful echo, that seems to live in the lofty arches above, and sends down its sweet, heavenly voice, in re- sponse to tvcry word uttered below. There is nothing that can approach it in Knrope, for the music of its tones. The guide sings a few notes. In a moment, the dome is filled with invisible choirs of angels, repeating and com- pleting the notes into a song of praise ; now swelling in triumph, and now falling in soft, sweet cadences, as the music dies away. One stands in awe below, with heart and sold melted into admiration and reverence. Surely Ile.avcn has opened its gates, and seraphic strains have floated down to e;\rth I \. w. "EL POBRECITO." DOX'. Sritintiii.i) ill llic s-liadc. where the proiul iialaie lliiny Its broad, ilaik, .shadow o'er (ho neighboring stye, A beggar hiy biight-eycd. sloiit-linibed .'ind young. — •' Tor I>io3. Senor," was the piteous cry Tluil lefl his lip.", to every passer.by. Ili.s up.lhi'u.-t arm youth's glorious oullhiu knew; Through nil their dirt, his limbs were smooth and iciuinl. llcallh and full strength, and wondrous beauty, too, lilcssed lh;it young beggar, whiuing on the ground. As whines, beneath the lash, some suppliant hound. ;ropi>ed his last real, and, in passhig, said— '■/i7;;o6»-ecito." Ahl proud descendant of those knights of old. Whose high crests topped the battle's bloodiest tiile. Whose feats of arms in loftiest verse are told, \\\\o led their vassals, by their monarch's side,— Of what was theirs what, now, is yours— but pride ? Art thou not beggared of all, save their name,- Is not thy priile but guarded by thy fears? They earned right nobly all they chose to claim. And fed their pride amid the shock of spears. Scorning, as worse tlian death, a coward's fear.bought years In other lands, the noble leads the way, As did his fathers whose proud name ho wears. In war or peace, in council or in fray, l''irst 'mid the foremost is the crest he bears,— Ilul, when ho looks on lliee. he mutters, as he st.ares, ^- Elpohnclto." And thou, fair .Spain, once, foremost of the Earth, Mistress of half of this, our western shore, Wlicrc arc the hcr»es, statesmen, that found birth Beneath thy. skies, .and thy proud banner bore Through unknown seas, to lands uuknoM n before ? To-day, a nation, that was once so great. Begs of the world to find for it a king.— Too lost to .all its greatness to debate Within, and for itself what Fate mitj' bring,— I!ut hears the nations sneer, as the poor boon they lling,- '■• Ltt pohredlla." There was a young female at Wenham Dreamed verses but never could pen 'em. She put on a blue dress, Scut and called the express, And expressed herself tlius about Wenham. There was a young creature at Ipswich Much troubled with chaps on her lips, which Iler parents annoyed. And their peace quite destroyed — Kxlraueou.^ young i-realurc at Ipswich. SONG I W ^ w ^ f -BY- E. o. diE:E:T ]Ei« ROSE OF MAY. (B, €, ^htmx. Allegro. W=l 4^=^: :t^ ^ :^=1^ :^=^=:1: n^ w — —m m m x 1. Pearly pink the flowers are coming, - ver all the bramble bowers ; 2. Pearly pink the Howers are beaming, And an im-age there I trace; * 1^ m^^^ :^- z^—i—A- -0 •- mi r -0 — • — 0- -0 — — i — 0- -0 • 0- yr^- i -# — — ii Birds are singing, bees are hiunming, For the birthday (rf the flowers. Who can wonder I am dreaming, Of my loved one's gen-tle face. 'To - d a J' 27 OLD SALEJI. NO. in. I turn now to tlie remonibercil talcs of cliildliood, and will endeavor to give a slight sketch of the early Salem Assemblies, which were held originallj- at the rooms in Federal street, afterwards altered to a charming dwelling house, and occupied by Judge Putnam, whose family filled, through many years, an important place in our social life, and left a corresponding gap when It went, among our first pioneers of the Second Exodus to Boston. During the winter season these balls were sufticiently numerous to satisfy the merry young people, and would seem to have been conducted on principles of philantliropy which might well amaze the more selfish elegance of a modern ball room. The evening's amusement began at six o'clock. First in order came the draw-dances, which were to give every person present two or three opportunities to share in the pleasure, for which they helped to pay. The man- ager, arrayed in black coat, volumiuous white neckcloth, black knee breeches, silk stockings and pumps, standing whore all eyes might fix themselves in deferential gaze, then called in sonorous voice, '-Number one— a lady," and number one took her place at the top of the room, a little anxious about number one, a gentleman, who di- rectly on being called took his stand opposite to the lady, and soon the lines v.'ere filled. At a stamp of that trimly dressed foot, the music struck up and away went the head couple, vigorous and clastic. Dancers danced in those times; it would pass the power of modern heart to conceive the agility and dexterity with which feet, H aHcru, were used. Traditions have floated down to us of brisk young gentlemen occasionally bounding into chairs and the pirouettes, flic-flacs and pigeon wings, in- troduced into the perpetual motion of an old-fashioned contre dance, made a sight worth seeing. After the draw-dances came the voluntaries — reels and contr6 dances — in due proportion, and the stately grace of the minuet tempering gaiety, with a dash of dig- nity. On the lady at the head devolved the duty of or- dering the dance, and when our letter writer once called for '• Drops of Brandy," she found that nobody but her- self and her partner from Boston had ever partaken of the seductive potion. The music v,as pecular, and the figures were intricate, and as they could get nobody to help them, they accomplished the entire job, while all the others stood amazed by the audacitj' of the proceed- ing. The dress worn on this occasion was an exceeding- ly scant gold muslin, with a very short waist, yellow kid slippers, with round toes and slashes across, below the instep, and long white kid gloves, nearly meeting the sleeves, which were not much to speak of. A comforta- ble supper was served at ten o'clock, and at midnight the revellers went home, and were probably sound asleep long before tlie hour at which the main interest of mod- ern parties commences. And now, if the space were left to nic, I would gladly touch upon another period, when Salem, at the close of the war, was as comfortable a place to live in, as could be found iu America. It was wealthy, industrious, intellec- tual, and independent in tjicory and practice. The young folks of the preceding years were married, and bringing up tlieir children to fill their places when they were done with them. Social intercourse was delightful, as there were great readers, deep thinkers, and good talkers, in large number. luvitatious to parties were not written, but sent by domestics, or more frequently by the children of the family, as being more easily spared, and occasion- ally the style was modified by tlie taste of the messengers, as for instance, when ,Tim Thornton, chores-man, thought it suitable to announce that " Miss V. wanted Mr. and Miss D., and the whole bilsie on 'cm to drink tea with her." I warrant the desired guests did not trouble them- selves much about trifles, and doubtless went and had a good time. The average size of evening parties was from thirty to fifty; the company began to come at seven and began to go at ten. York Morris, with a dexterity peculiar to himself, handed round huge traj-s of tea and coft'ee, pound and sponge cake, thin, crisp sugar ginger- bread and milk biscuits, and the ladies, with those gentle- men who chose to come early, did ample justice to the feast. The majority of the men wandered iu from the oflTices at half past eight or nine, in season for the cus- tards and blauc-mange, whips and creams, sangaree and Madeira. The ladies sat in circles, the gentlemen moving round, pausing in front of those with whom they wished to converse, and sometimes getting a chance at a chair. Conversation was general whenever the assembly was small enough to admit of il; no going into corners, no tetc-a-tute's ; keen wit, good natnred argument, and sound sense, never flagged ; men liked to visit, and had a laud- able pride in making themselves as deliglitful as possible. There was John Pickering, lawyer and philologist, pol- ished in manner, courteous of address, ready for the oc- casion ; Henrj' Pickering, refined in taste, poetic in na- turn, with the soul of an artist, and heart of a true gentleman ; Leverett Saltonstall, intelligent, musical, gen- erous and cordial ; Nathaniel Saltonstall, full of drol- lery, bubbling over with fnn, kindly to all, and the especial favorite of the young folks ; Dudley L. Pickman, keen as blade of Damascus, fiiithful in friendship, and an absolute genius in financial matters; Judge White, who devoted the leisure hours of his professional life to the reading and study which made him so desirable a companion ; Pickering Dodge, the energetic merchant, always iu a hurry, never stopping to rest, whose quaint sayings doubled themselves in oddity, because like Charles Lamb, he uttered them through the medium of hesitancy of speech; one was tempted to suspect him of doing it on purpose! Judge Putnam, kindly and honorable, with open hearted and handed hospitality. Ben. Merrill, the witty old bachelor; John G. King, elegant scholar and keen talker; Colonel Pickman, gentleman of the old school ; numphrey Devereux, whose 'mind enriched by travel in Europe, not then so common as now, was fur- tJicr matured by culture at the college he so dearly loved ; Dr. Bowditch, with a charming simplicity equalled only by his great learning; Timothy Pickering, the upright statesman and firm friend, full of revolutionary anecdote, incapable of a low sentiment, or a mean action. Many others there were, as well skilled in the amenities of life ; the Silsbees, Whites, Crowniushields, Judge Story, Bar- stows, etc. Some of these gentleivicn were noted for 28 'I'o - d ay their elcj;!Uit dinner parties, at, which the heads of gov- ernment, distinsiiished politicians, and members of the foreign diiiloniatlc corps were often entertained, -while the great balls for which they not infrciinently opened tlielr honses, were nmeli landed in their day and genera- tion. Nor must the women of tlie ago be forgotten. There was an urbane statclincss from which the elders seldom departed, and as in tliose days, society, not "Germans," had leaders, it was well that the acknowledged rulers should have authority to temper the vivacity of the young folks. Who coidd ignore the presence of a lady attired in crim- son merino gown and turban; or perchance black or rich colored silk, embroidered collar, trimmed with thread lace, and brows wreathed with snowy muslin? Young people knew their places then, and so, to do them justice, did the older ones, and kept them, too, yet these dignified dames seldom wore their starch very stifi", and might still be seen at the head of the now occasional contre dance. Looking back tln'ongh the vanished years, I suppose that their stockings may have had a little bluing in them, but the decorous length of the petticoats prevented undue disclosures, and they were so well balanced between their household duties and the culture of their minds, that we must unhesitatingly class them among the best produc- tions of the time. The gracious kindness with which they sent their children with election cake to some old dependent or reduced gentlewoman, the Thanksgiving pics and puddings bestowed with the turkey or chickens on the more favored pensioners, their many charities, their considerate kindnesses, till up this picture of the Salem ladies of other days, and I trust you have received some idea of the charming originals. Of course there were a few specimens of stupid or silly women, but there was a wonderful knack of keeping them out of the way. They were not invited and then ridiculed ; they were left to their own devices. Those who once shone in that ."-ociety, are now all gone ; most of them died in the abounding wealth of virtue, in- tellect, and household worth ; died ere age had dimmed the brightness of the eye, or abated the vigor of the mind; a few lingered to liappy old age; children and grandchildren cherish the precious memories which alone remain of those who made the little town a pleasant dwelling place, and here and there, in my wanderings from the dear old homo, I meet with a gallant octogena- rian who can recall the vision of Salem's daughters as they existed, loving and beloved, half a ccnturj' ago. M. C. U. S. " Consistency 's a jewel," first appeared originally in JIurtagh's Collection of Ancient English and Scotch Bal- lads, 1754. In tlie ballad of "Jolly Rol)yu Roughhead," are the following lines, in which it appears ; — Tiislil tuslil in\ la^sfie! s.jcli tliouglits resigne. Comparisons are crccll. Fine itict lives suit in IVaincs as Hue, C^>n^J^*lencie 's a jewel. Kor thee and nio eoarse clothes are be^t, Kiulc folks in homely raiment itrest. "Wife .Joan ami ^ooi.lman Rohyn. THE AFFLICTED WIDOWER. (mtOM THE GKRMAS OF GELLERT.) (N Poitou once {I name tlio plaec in season. That any who desire May I'or themselves ini|niro. Ami no one may have reason, .Vs many do, the stoi-y'.s truth to doiiiit. If not quite true some sliglit details turn oul) Jii l*oitoii. onee, a man allonded The funeral of liis consort, who hait dieil ; ISut please take notice, tliis was in Poitou; Where funerals are not so splendid, Nor pass with sucli jiavade and pomp and pride As among us they do. The corpse in haste with linen shroud they cover. Lift up the bier, without a chitli thrown over. And bear it to its doslined place. IC'eii so they bore it in the present case. But what took place while thus they bore the Ijier ? Attend, and you sliall hear: The ro;id the funeral took went by a hedge. .V thorn projecting o'er the edge Made a deep scratch in the dead lady's chin. Amazed they see her all at once begin To open wide her eyes. -Vud, " whither do you carry me ? " she cries. But how (I seem to hear the questions rise) Came the good lady back to life? And did the man, too, for a blessing reckon His getting back again the wife. Whom an untimely death from him had taken ? What were his feeling at this iingular turn ? On this last point the truth you soon sliall learn. Scarce seven years had passed away, A second time she forfeits lier young life. The man again a funei'al makes that day. And walks composedly beside his wife. As all hard country- people do. But when the well known hedge came into view. Ah, then, he shov.cd what grief his heart had kept. He wrung his hands, and wept. ■ All, heavens !" he cried, 'twas here, 'twas hero I Eight by that hedge ! don't go too near I" c. T. SALEM BOYS FIFTY YEARS AGO. Fit TV years ago 1 Who that was a boy then, can do otherwise than thrust his fingers through his hair (if he has any), or scratch his shiny pate (as is most likely to. be the case), and with do-.vncast eyes soliloquize, " .^m I so old ! ! " A word concerning the circumstances which fifty years, ago moulded the character of Salem boys. For a half dozen years or more after the close of the "war of 1812," not only were the minds of the seniors a good deal af- fected by the events that had marked its continuance, but even the sports of the juniors took their form and spirit from the same sources. As a natural conseciuence the boys who liad heard few topics discussed by their fathers and mothers, by day and by night — and on Sunday's more particularly — except those relating to battles by sea and by land, and at Marblehcad, the boys, some of wliom, accounted it an act of special bravery to have squinted over the guns of the old " America," as they were ranged us peacefully as a flock of sheep, along the fences at tlie head of Crowninshicld's wliarf. The boys carried as I'o - d a J' 29 much of the form and the '-animus" of the late contest as they possibly could, into all their juvenile games and conflicts. Horace Greeley once remarked that the Yan- kees finding that there was no nation that could whip them, took hold and whipped themselves. However this may be, certain it is that party fends, as bitter as ever pre- vailed between Highland and Lowland Scotch, prevailed in the City of Peace. During the summer season the fa- cilities for bathing, so freely enjoyed in those happy times, every dock being a schoolboy's bathing tub, washed away every trace of animosity. But, in winter, when ammunition from the clouds (not, indeed, from the arsenal of the Gods), was abundanth' furnished, then the hosts were drawn up in battle arra.v. and deeds of prowess per- formed which the Gods of Greece and P.ome, had they survived to this day, would have looked upon with do- light. Looking back' as wo do, over an interval of fifty years, it is amusing to sec with our more experiencod eyes, with what precocious skill the battles of our child- hood were planned, fought and won, or lost. Skirmishers were thrown out, — oftentimes a " reconuoissance in force" — the "tug of war" — the advance of the "re- serve " by some lateral street, the sullen retreat— the shouts of victory. It might often have been said, "The combat] thickens." especially when the snow-ball, the legitimate missile, proving in adequate, recourse was had to lumps of ice, and even the mitralUi: of brickbats. The battles were not always bloodless. " lunndnnt sunrjuine fussx ;" and this reminds us of an apt quotation of one of our boys, who, as a discomfltted party, rushing into a house in A— w street were thrust out, amid a shower of snow-balls by the sturdy dame who occupied it, cried out " Xon claustnt Icrjunt jam mcenia Teucros." The un- fortunate woman would have found it a difficult (piestiou, whether she most marked the "soft falling snow," or was marked by it." It is a curious fact that fifty years ago the minds of Salem boys turned almost instinctively in the direction of the sea. Jlost of their fathers and brothers were, or had been, eug.aged in maritime pursuits, or were in some way directly connected with the commerce of Salem. It was great sport for the boys assembled on the Common, to unite in a game called " Blancanara," after some foreign l)iratical craft. In the dusk of the evening, a small num- ber of boys having been detailed to act as pirates, the re- mainder dispersed themselves about the Common, within a reasonable distance of the place called the Goal. The pirates, as cruisers, would start out after the others, and, when seen by them, the fact would be communicated to the fleet, by the cry " Speronero," or " Blancanara," and all would start to make a harbor at the goal. The sport would have been very tame, but for this circumstance. Over a considerable space in front of the goal, tufts of grass woidd be brought together and tied, leaving an opening sulliciently large to admit a foot, and thus sud- denly tripping up the boj- who was endeavoring to " make a harlior." As these dangers were known to exist in the " passage in," some caution was necessary, and so the rate of sailing was impeded. It thus became a question of recklessness between the pursuer and the pursued. The captured party became an ally of the pirates. That these games, so peculiar, and now utterly obsolete, did something in forming the character of those who have now passed the threescore mile-stone, no one can doubt. The Grecian games wrought wonderful results in both the outer and inner man, for those who witnessed, as well as those who shared in them. May it not be that a little of that "spunk" which was exhibited by the Salem boys in the late war of the Rebellion, can be traced to these mimic, but not always bloodless battles? b. A FIELD OF GRASS. A sea 01' vordure, whore the frolic wind Itushcs aiitl b.ithes with ever new delight; A srentud batti, wliere honeysuckles beinl And airy nymphs of butterflies alight. O. sweeter than the scented batlis of old ! Hemmed in Ity w.ills and roof of changing bhic; Wliero fragrant weeds 'mid dew drops fresli unfold, Whore buttercups show bright tlicir glowing gold ; Pleased rests the eye, thougli humble be the view. Througli [lie solt. rustling spires, the phiyful wind Like some sweot music-str.iin is running round, .\nd fancy bids tlie thought a Song to And, Song without words and scarce witliout a sound. A dreaminess that tells the soul of peace — TliG insects happy lives tliat breatlic cont.,'nt, Their piping sounds of pr.iise that never ce;ise. Like man's, unmindful for the blessings lout. O Field of Urass ! the wooing summer wind Tells tliee liis secrets gathered far and wide ; Around thee seeks Ids gentle arms to Ijiiid, And closely fold thee iu on every side. And when the mower's scythe sliali lay thee low. Thy dyiig breath in fragrance shall arise; K'en as tlie soul of man should humbly bow. And yicbl Submission's breath 'mid sacrifice! LTDIA L. A. VERT. There was a bad boy at Mcthuen, And what do you think he was doing ':• Why he sat on the fence. And threw apple-cores thence At the staid passers by of Methuen 1 W. B. CltESSET. lliS Essex street, having enlarged bi« store and also his stock of goods, we would .idvise all our friends aud pat- rons who are in want of anything in the boot. shoe, aud rubber line, to give him a call, for wo can say wilh coulldence that they will And the largest stock of New Vork goods, comprising all widths and stylos, as well as other kinds to suit the purchaser. W. B. CRESSET, 198 Esse.t St., Salem. DEALEB IX ^ooJcs, Siaiionerr, Teriodicals, PICTURES AND PICTURE FRAMES. CIRCUI-.,A.Tr!SrC> I.IlJKAItV. No, 9 Central Street, Salem. 30 I'o - d a J' GO c^i-jYO) SJSJS O S E -^j, I'll i; BOOT AND SHOE MAN. HE HAS THE NICEST ASS()1!T>[ENT OK OOOUS THAT CAN liE rilUNl) IN TllE CITY. dirr //in/ (/ rfi//. ^Y. Y. OBKIi, Wo. 144 Essex Street, Salem, Mass. FEA-BODY'S XIVO STOIB!:9. IVIILLINERY, GLOVES, Hosiery, Buttons, Trimmings, CORSETS, SKIRTS, &c. THE XiOVnTest :ps.igss. STANLEY & NOETON, (SiK'cesioi-s to the late E. II. Statex), DEALERS 7X Steana, Oas, and "Water ]?ipes, PLUMBING, AND FLVMBIXG MATEBIALS, iif all kinds. Gas Fixtures, Kiilibrr llo.^o nntl P.-ickinps. Stcnm and Heeling Aiiiiaiatue. William F. Slian's Gas .Stoves, Carcel Gas Buiucrs (Wood's I'ati'iit). No. 151 Easex St., Salem, Mass,, Lyndo Block. A. .J. STANLEY. U. XORPON. AECHEE, DOWNING & CO., l>EAI,Iil!S IX FOREIGN AND AMERICAN DRY GOODS, S/'/Ax. S//f/>i/s, a?/d S)rcss (lood.i. <'lo///s, ( 'i/sntj)/ €) 'es, Cto a A •/>/(/.<:, IIOtJSK-XCEEI*i:iVG CiOODS, CAnPETIXGS, .;c. ifc, 179 ESSEX STREET SALEM, MASS. THOMAS H. NICHOLS & CO., ^ p. o. t li D r- a X \ V ^ , NO. 159 1-2 ESSEX STREET, {Museum Biiiiahnj), SA L E M , MA S S. HAVE ALWAYS HAD ON UA.ND A LAIiGE ASSOltT.MKXT OF "P/ire S)r/if/.r, •Sur-ressor to T . r A I. M E M . DENTISTRY. X5 li . C. H . H .A. S. AAT O O 3D , Successor lo I>ii. 'Vk' . Ej. U<>ivi>4>i:«, at the old itand. 208 Essex street, .... SALEM. Sil - ver leaves the dew- drops hold-ing, Green and glitter on the spray. Silk -en leaves the spring un - fold-ing, Bright and beautiful are they, ^i^ii ^ 9S: 1=1=1^ • ^- -^ ■»€ • d "i- i^^ -^. -& ♦ a^ :^ i=^ ■tf — • — • — #- fe © t— t-:=t S 3^ Where the f\xir - est flow'rs unfold - ing, Is the ten - der For the tho'ts of her they're holding, Her I call my rose of May rose of May (i*3=i 3: ^,ii!V: 4*=* i^,^ :=!■ r^i^-is;: %^l iti: " rail cun cuiilo. --N — N- i^^ -A- ^-N— e: a^l==J _^ ^3i * * :i=!S=SE* -#— temp. TSS U fcfe 5=t -9—V ^f=t: -0- :« ^^J^. 5PS :p^^ * 41 ft rX -^r -::]" /r\ :S^3 -m — «- 5 To - d aj> . 31 IK M:ILLI]N"ERY G0033S, CAX BR FOVXD AT "Low Prices" AT REITH'S, 188 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. DHALER IX Larokst Stock and Lowest Prices. No. 195 Essex Street, Salem. RICHARDSON & WATERS, Hardware, Cutlery, A N I> SPORTING APPARATUS, Xo. 21 r> Essex Street, SALEM. AT CONRAD'S PAVILION CAX HE FOIND The Larafest Assoi-tnient of I^lds I The Patiliox Kid9, of our own importation, in White. Opera Colors, the new Capucine .SiniiE. BlacK. .nnd all desirable shades. iu single and double button for Ladies, Gentlemen, Misses, and Children. Also the flrst quality of Trefoisse — a real French Kid — the same as sold at Holbrook's, in Boston. ALSO, A GOOD ASSOKTMEXT OF Real and Imitation Laces of every Description, at CONRAD'S PAVILIOK. ISRAEL FELLOAYS, F A S H I X A B L R] CABINET MANUFACTURER, No. 20.3 ESSEX STREET, R. C. MANNING & CO., DEALERS IX ^^M3P m SOtT 0©A3!,8 OF THE BEST QIALITIES, fV'OOD. BARK. HAY, Ac. J\''o. iSO 7)erhv Sfrecf. . . Sfiiem, .irnss. GEORGE MACDONALD'S BOOKS. 12mo. cloth, rricc, $1.75. •■ That wonderful work.'' [Scribner's Monthly.] David Elginbrod was flrst published in London iu January. 1«>3. and to this day comm.inds the attention of all thoughtful readers. LORiNO's Aniericau edition is very attractive; is having a stcailv sale in every large city. The London Morning Post s.iy.s ; "The character of David is a fine study, and it may be doubted if Sir Walter Scott himself ever painted a Scotch fireside with more truth than George Mncdonald." Robehv Faicoxem. ]2mo. cloth, rrice, $i. The New York Independent, of Sept. 30. devoted one whole column to this remarkable book. The effect was to sweep from the book- sellers' shelves all copies on hand and created a new demand every- where. The Third Thoi-.saxd is printing, and will be ready ne.xt week. Phaxxasxes : A Faerie Komance for Men and Women- l'2mo. cloth. Trice, $1.7.3. In aelive preparatiou. Sold by nil Booksellers everywhere. LOEING, Publislier, Boston. JULIAN L FOGG " & Practical Encjravers, Chasers. ]]'atchma/:ers, JaceUers, anO, Dealers in Silver ]Vare, Clocks, ^yatc!les, Spectacles, Opera Glasses, dc. 237 DESSEX: STISEET, Xext door to Horse Railroad Office, SALEM. WILLIA]M H. KEHEW, 230 ESSEX STREET, Has ju.st i-eceivecl .1 fi-esK Stoolc of <50LD AND SILVER WATCHES, LEONTINE AND VEST CHAINS. HOSrERY, . WTT.LIAM A. IRELAND, (Sncccssoi- to TiMOTiir Ropf.s) DEALER IN Croclerj', C/iiiia, Glass Wo-e, HOUSE FUUNISIIIXG GOODS, Ifi'eiicU and TJolioiiiian It'aiicy GooI,1) HOOKS. MAGAZINES AND I'intlOliICALS, Of every dcuoription, 'JUiinid i/i f/ie rarloiis stytrs. N"o. SS6 1-a lESSKX STIIKKT, SALKM- THE S^LElVr a^ZETTE LS rLnLISHED ON TUESDAY AXD FUIDAY MOnNINGS, AT NO. 199 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. It is the en'ort of the imblishers to make the Ga/.ettr n g n . I> i; D I. E T , M"o. 3iJ"t Essex Street, . . . S^VLEM. For the preservation of the natural teeth by medical trcalnicut and tilling, Dn. T. r. AI5ELL at the same office has acquired the reputation of great skill, and is a gentle and careful operator. fittoriii fovtvaits, JOjYJiJS''^, 274. Bssex St. PRIStED FOR THE INSTITUTE AX0 ORATORIO FOR SALE AT THE FAIR, AT IiORINQ'S in BoBton, BT BOOKSELLEHS AND ON THE C'AItS. l^o. 5. Salem, ]S"ovember 4, 1870. Pkice 10 Cekts. CON Tin BUTIOXS ARE ACKNOWLEDSED WITH THANKS PKOM I'.il. T. W. UlGGIXSOX. Miss Llcy Lai'.com, FiTCU Poole, Rev. A. P. Peauody, D.D.. Mrs. Xath'l SiLSbHE. Ucv. Cuas. T. Brooks, AUSER C. GOODELL, jr., Mies C. R. Derby. Rev. Auoi'STtrs WoouuiUY, Mrs. Ellex F. Condit. Gilbert L. Streetek, Hon. R. H. Dana, jr., Rev. Henry VT. Kootk, A. C. Martin. Mrs. Jared Sparks, Theodore A. Xeal, Miss Harrii;t E. Li xt. Rev. Jones A'eky', Edward S. Morse, Miss L. L. A. Very, Rev. CnAS. Babbidgk, C'HAS. ^y. Palfr.iy', Mrs. Ch.usles Lowe, Vr. p. PlIILLII'S, Miss Sarah W. Lander, Rev. Geo. L. Cu.\net, Capt. John F. Di:verel x. Gen. H. K. Oliver. and others, wliose uaiiies are. at tlieir request, withheld. O U K li I V E I! . Twice a day eoiues up the tide Hurrying from the ocean. Bringinfc to tlie meadow-side Sparkle ami commotion. Twice a day the land's alive With its gleam and quiver; Then the backward ehb will drive Home the truant river. Many a mei'rier streamlet sings Down the mountain courses; But the drought may seal those springs In their cloudy .sources. Twice a day this river's filK'd High above all dulues j ; And, 'till Ocean's pulse is stilled She shall share his fulness. She's a daughter of the Sea, M'eary of home-splendor, Running to the hills, to be Hid by shadows tender; Whispering yet, along her flight, Snatches of his story; Trailing, on blue breadths of light His abundant glory. Twice a day the shores arc glad With their guest so royal ; Twice a ilay she leaves them sad ; Desolate, yet loyal. Tides that go will come again : — Glimmering ripples shiver Hark, the music of the main ! Inland flows our river! neverlii Farm'. Xor. '2, IfTO. visit to the oitflow of the VOLCANIC ERUPTION OF M.VUNA LOA INTO THE SEA, \T HAWAII. I\ OCTOBEl!, IMO. IIltllAliD 11. DAXA, .7I{. The i.slaiul:; are much oscitetl overan onipUou of Mauna Loa, ou Hawaii, and its stfil^ing phenomenon of an out- flow to the soa. As a visit to Hawaii is part of nn' plan, I iiasteu it a little, lest I Ijc too late for tlie sight. The otli of October I take passage in a little native schooner, for Kawaihae; and after rolliug about for several daj's, in tlie long heavy swell of tlie Pacific, in dead calms, so near Lahaina, that an hour's row would have set us ashore there, and endur- ing, as well as I could for five days the smells of the crowded natives and their food, we came to anchor oS a beach in the uorth-western corner of Hawaii. Here is a temple, or huge altai-, a large pile of coral stones, with no roof, terraced down to the plain, biiilt by Kamehameha the First, in his days of heathenism. I roamed about the spot, enjoying the unspeakable beauty of the tropical seashores, and temperature, until evening, when I engaged a native boat to take me to the outflow Never can I forget the charm of this night. If you have never been on an island of the Pacific tropics, read the first two stanzas of Tennyson's '• Lotos-Eaters," and fancy may fill the place of experience. "In the alTcrnoon they came unto a land. In which it seemed always ailernoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon. Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. Full-faced above the valley stood theraoon ; And like a downward smoke, the slender stream Along the clift'to f.d! and pau>c and f.ill did seem." The "slumbrous foam" broke in sheets, lazily, over the outposts of coral reefs, the moonlight \vaved upon the long swell, the gentle trade-wind breathed over us an ex- quisite breath, neither hot nor cold, and our little boat, with its keeled outrigger, moved over the fairy sceue in sileuce, the bow scarce imiking a ripple against the sil- vered surface of the sea. AVhen the wind i-aises itself a little, as it does, ever and anon, a native lies out at his length on the outrigger, and so keeps the boat on an even keel. A drowsiness comes over us all, which is broken as soon as we round the poiut, and the glaring fires of the volcano burst upon our view. But. how ditferent is this from all views of volcanoes of which I have ever read ! The crater, from which this out- f OW comes, is forty miles from the sea, and some ten or 34 to - (tajy . twelve thousand feet above it. There is a lurid light above the spot scon in tlic heavens, and reflected over land and sea ; Ijut tlierc is no eruption at the crater into the air. There is onlj- a steady flow of deep, wide streams of lava. These move at a very slow rate, and find their way, by dint of good engineering, to the sea. They pour into a valley for days until they have fllled it to tlie height of its outer hillside, and then hurry in fierce and rapid tu- mult down its sides, until tliey bridge a river, with burn- ing, hissing streaks, or gully out an obstruction, or, after long debate, make up their mind to go round it, although it shall delay them for days. In this slow way the mass travels seaward, now in one vast stream, of one, two or three miles wide, and now in detachments. All who have seen a course of lava know how soon its fiery red, left in repose, crusts over with a slate-colored scum, and how soon this crust, if unbroken, cools and hardens, so as to be passable on foot. These processes had been at work on this stream so long that no uniform course was visible to the eye. But long lines of miles in length were crusted and hardened over, the lava flowing under this surface; and here and there, like ranges of potteries in Stafford- shire seen at night, the red spots appeared, looking like little long lakes of crimson water. The outflow into the sea, had already worked wonders. It had filled up a harbor, worked itself out in the form of moles and breakwaters, made new harbors, and new reefs and headlands, all the while burning and hissing at its vast, titanic labors. The space occupied by the outflow, was about three miles in width. Kot that a sheet of lava three miles wide, was always flowing into the sea; but that was the width given up to its operations. Sometimes, for minutes together, there was no flow along the entire line. Then, overcoming the opposing mass of rocks, earth, and trees, it had borne along and heaped up before it the lava mounted over it, aud poured itself into the tranquil sea, hissing aud steaming, with continuous explo- sions, as of fire-arms and small artillery, aud sending up into the air, steadily rising clouds of vapor. Then this effort subsides ; this spot becomes quiet; and the assault- ing force breaks over at the other end of the long line. Sometimes several points are stormed and carried at once, by the blood-red invader of the sea, with rattling and roaring of musketry and artillery, and rising clouds of vapor. Old Ocean feels the unwonted heat, far out into its depth. I w ent as near it as I could persuade the natives to take their boat. They were afraid, partly, no doubt, from the remaius of their old superstitions. Peli, the Goddess of wrath, had her seat on this mountain top, and the erup- tions of her ftiry, carried terror into the hearts of the people. Peli is still, under tlieir christian civilization, the name for a volcano, as our own word is derived from Vulcan. They pretended that the heat of the water would injure the boat, aud open her seams, and 1 was obliged to stay at, perhaps, a safer distance. Tutting my hands over the gunwale, I found the water warm, and at times as hot as I could couifort.ably bear it. For hours, I lay rocking in tlie little boat, in silence, for the natives did not speak, giving myself up to the impres- sions of this wonderful scene,— -wonderful in its display of the power and grandeur of physical forces in their con- flicts —wonderful in the combination of wrathful vehe- ment action on land, with the magnificent repose of the great ocean ; the short space given up to the cobtiist ; the long, dimly traceable line of march of the lava, its occa- sional camp fires burning along its course, from tlie red crater, so far in the inland; and all under the canopy of a tropical night, of moon and stars, and gentle winds, niountaius, hills, and valleys, where the strange forms of palms and cocoa trees are visible; *• And iu tlie heavens that ^iear-oh^^•tu■e So ilecijly (lark, and darkly jiure;'' until the approach of dawn made me release the weary na- tives from their unwelcome duty ; and we glided away from the supernatural scene, around a high point, through reefs of tumbling foam, coming, at daybreak, into the quiet haven of ancient Kailua. To-day, Friday, November 4, 1870. VALE! VALE! Oi'it work is over. And we cannot leave the chair, without a word of thanks to our coadjutors. First, to contributors. Their kindness has surprised us. Whatever have been our short comings we have not come short of copy. AVe have many articles of decided merit left, which, unless otherwise directed, we will make over to the " Grand Army Fair" for publication in their paper. Next, to the press. The very cordial and general notice which our efforts have called forth, were encouraging in the extreme. AVhen gentlemen who could be critical pre- fer to be complimentary, the fact testifies as much to their goodness of heart as to our merits. Finally, to our Headers. We have done what we could for tliem, uuder the limitations of inexperience aud of want of space and facilities. For the enlightenment of the curi- ous we will say that " Peggy Bligh's Voyage " as well as the verses on "Bass River," were from Miss LucyLarcom; that "Old Salem" was contributed by Mrs. Nathaniel Silsbee ; and that Miss Lunt's contributions were " My Neighbor Atkins" and "The Tracy House;" aud Fitch Poole's, the letter attributed to Eliza Wharton. We turn the last sheet and To-day is done. OLD SALEM. NO. rv. I.N this, my fourth aud last number, I shall try to bring before you, some of the distinguished inhabitants of Sa- lem, nuiuy of them emiuent for learning, more of them noted for peculiarity of tliouglit and action, and finish with a goodly collection of odds and ends. First, in Qua- ker suit, comes Abijah Northey, Selectman, whose beauti- ful address to George Washington, when he honored Salem by a visit, was more eloquent than many a longer speech : — " Frieud Washington, I am glad to see thee, and in the name of the inhabitants of Salem, I give thee a hearty welcome." Next appears the Rev. Dr. Prince, about whose ordination there was some demur, because 2'o - d a J' . 35 his health was delicate, and he probablj' could not live long, but who sm-vivcd to bury every man who settled him. In clerical trim of shovel hat, coat with long wide skirts, knee breeches, broad Happed wulst-coat, black silk or worsted stockings and buckled shoes, he rises to the memory of all who ever saw him. His blue eyes shone with intelligence, his thick hair was combed back from the high forehead, and rolled in a stiff curl, looking like a wig. which it was not. In gown, cassock and bands, with black silk gloves, duly ripped at the lingers, he was ft perfect representative of a parson of the old school, .V kindlier man never lived ; he was a profound theologian, a scientific philosopher, the originator of valuable im- provements in the mounting of the telescope, for which he made the brass work, and finished It on his eightieth birth day. He contributed in a large degree, to the beauty of the kaleidoscope, aided in the construction of the diur- nal microscope, and the "American .\ir Pump "owed its creation to liis skill, but as his modesty was as great as liis learning was profound, he allowed to others all the credit due to himself, and content with usefulness, never sought for fame. Once in a while, when an important Instrument was on the eve of completion, or a new in- voice of books was just received, he has been known to forget the long prayer, but the children of the parish were glad, and I don't think the seniors deeply regretted it. He has been heard to pray that vacant ministers might be supplied with parishes, aud he has endeavored to alter the design of the lugubrious Thursday in April, by reading a proclamation for illumination, etc. He once requested the choir to sing a chapter of Matthew, and apologized for not attending the wedding of one of his young lambs, by regretting that he was not able to be present at her funeral ; yet ho was a sincerely devout man, and those who knew and loved him, were well aware of the great amount of wisdom and goodness packed under that queer hat and waistcoat. A notable personage during and after the war of 1812, was the Rev. Wm. Bentlcy, pastor of the East Church; all bis energies were devoted to tiie service of his God and his country. He was a walking Polyglot dictionary, an eminent antiquarian, a devoted parish minister, and supplied the re- publican journals of the day with articles in support of the government. He preached allegiance from his pulpit, and on several occasions dismissed his hearers, who at his suggestion ''went" to fight, while none -'remained to pray." One fine Sunday, some of the watchful inhabitants reported that the British frigates blockading the port, were in hot pursuit of an Americau vessel, supposed to be in the merchant service. Two of the parishioners im- medi.ately drove over the Marblehead road, and had not gone far when they met a horseman galloping to Salem to ask for men and cannon to protect the Constitution. The chaise was turned, and the requisition made ; the East Church sent its members to join the church militant, and Dr. Bcntley went with them, but old Iron Sides was safe in the friendly harbor before they reached the scene of action. When the tidings of the safety of Baltimore and the death of the British general were announced to the anx- ious worshippers during divine service, the Pastor, after pausing to )jstpn to tjje ioe5S«Pger of glail tiIay Heaven's harps be out of tune. And he be there to tunc them all. Somewhere about 1818, when Manning's Stage Coaches were all tlie go, a shy. silent young man might have been seen ofllciatiug as clerk, in his uncle's office — that is. a sudden dropper in could have caught a glimpse of his coat tails, as he darted out of the opposite door. Per- haps in that very moment, dim visions of the beautiful creations of his genius, were gliding in veiled mystery before the poetic eye of Nathaniel Hathorne, aud a few years later some of his charming minor talcs were written. Doubtless the quiet inlluences of his birth place did their appointed work, and although he left it in the morning of his brilliant day, Salem will always pride herself on this runaway son. Who that lias lived long enough in the City of I'cace will fail to recall the wiry figure of irascible Pierre Charles Louvrier! During many years he w.as the sole instructor in French and music, and a most faithful one he was I How he scolded us for our blunders, and praised our smallest successes! All honor to the generous, impetu- ous little man who, in the land of his adoption, was never guilt}' of a base action or a mean thought. Faithful to his beloved France he was a valnable citizen of America, and always did what he could for the support of our most cherished institutions. And now I will call for a select meeting of those who should not be oniiltcd in these memories. Take your seat once more, gentle English Mrs, Spencer, on the side .walk of lilssex street with a basket of gibralters by your side, Soon wc shall sec you driving the little pony flrora . 2'o - d a J 37 shop to shop, depositing iu each j'oiir unrivalled candies. In a few years you will leave our New, for your old, Eng- land, dropping the mantle in your (light on William Pep- per, who has proved himself somewhat disloyal iu making gibralters, which are not "Salem." Come forward ven- erable John Remond, for so many years caterer to the old Salem assemijiies, and purveyor for all the good din- ners, public and private. AVas there ever sucli a coolv as Mrs. Itemond, whose sweet manners were pleasant as the dainty dishes, transitory monuments to her enduring rep- utation ! Now form a procession to escort all my shadows. Step out Daniel Dutch, Deputy Sherift"; grope along George Mulct, blind town crier; come from the auction room Mrs. Johnson; hide tlie leg of mutton under your sad colored cloali, Sarey Pease, Tlianksgiving beggar ; leave the "low- er and upper shelf" gingerbread browning in the oven, Mrs. Molly Saunders ; stump on, poor Pompey-no-lcgs, Debby Saco is coming; "Skilikallce " bring forth your primitive puppets ; Johnny Gear's huge lips will salute you all in passing, and Miss Sally Downe is peering through the tumblers of sugar plums and rows of ginger- bread animals in her shop window, with an expression on her wrinkled face a little more gracious than usnal. They move onward ; they have turned the corner. .All gone and some of us will soon follow. .M. c. d. s. A REMINISCENCE OF SCHOOL DAYS. nv A SAI.EM SCHOOL GIUT.. Tiir.KK are i)lcnty of people l)eside8 Salem school girls and boys, who remember "old marm Cairns," who lived, thirty years ago, near the corner of Cambridge and Essex streets. Large, but almost empty, was her abode, with some relics of ancient grandeur, and ample evidence of present poverty. She was fed, not indeed by ravens, but a daily loaf, and a most steady going milk man's unfailing visit, were the modern instrumentalities used l)y a kind Providence to supply her wants, and the moving luunan spirit to bring this most desirable result of daily bread to this decrepit, almost forsaken old wreck, was a gentle- woman in the neigldiorhood, ^vhose sweet gentle dignity I well remember, who sowed the blessed seeds of kind words and acts, iu her daily walk. I used to think this was the reason the roses and geraniums looked so t)right iu her windows in winter. I remember well hearing one of Salem's pattern house keepers say, as she stood gazing in admiration at her (tower show, one very cold winter day. "Now which is the most beautiful, the diamond bright window pane, or the full blooming flowers '? " Now this is not my ■• Marni Cairns" Story ; shall I ever get at it, not to say through it. When ever I could, or her mood permitted, I delighted to stray into her forlorn old parlor — •• front room," as slic always, with great dignity, called it — and listen to her stories of old Salem days, and old Salem grandees, for she was bright and sharp, and in fact had a weird, witiiering wit, which often half frightened me then, and which I can go back to now, and see how piteous it sometimes was, for she seemed to realize what she was and what .she had been, Init slie did not seem sorrowful or sulfering. She would turn upon the world with a most unforgiving heart and a most bitter ton;;ue; oftener her mood was mild and gay, with no pain in the present, and no fear for the fu- ture. This af,ernoou she had gone through with the story of her centre table, ■■made of one slice of a tree, you see," she said, pointing her long, dingy, snuffy Angers at it; and she told that some long dead ■' Madam Corbett;" liad wanted it, and couldn't get it, and "shouldn't have it now," she generally most amiably added. She had dis- played her beautifully painted kid fan, "Queen Easter, you see. I wouldn't show it to you If it want a Scripter piece." I think the old lady felt that without this an- nouncement some exception might be taken to some of the ladies toilets, but I hardl.v remember enough about it to judge whether any unfavorable criticism about it would be just or not. Salem merchants Iiad been condemned iu a body, for not giving her a pension, ■■because my hus- band was the first man that ever went to Sumatra; he showed them all what to do when tliey got there, and what to do when they got back, and they ought to pay me for it." She certainly had taken It out in pi-ppn-iiig several gen- erations of S;ilem for their failure to do what she consid- ered right In her case, as the destitute relict of the departed ■• Cairns," who hung iu dim, not to say grim, portraiture upon the wall, and ever and anon was appealed to and apostrophised during her discourse. All this I had heard over and over again, when all at once she seemed to wander farther auKAI,K1IS I\ FOREIGN AND AMERICAN DRY GOODS, .SilAs, S?iaH'ls, and "Dress Goods, Cloths. Cassi Mercs, Cloak-hiffs, IIOXJ8E-KEEPI?fCi GOOI>e, CAISPETIKaS, ifc. cf-e., 179 ESSEX STREET SAIjEH, MASS. THOMAS B. NICHOLS & CO., ^ p a t h c c a r i c s , NO. 159 1-2 ESSEX STREET, {Museum BuiJiUiuj), SALEM, MASS. UAVE ALWAYS ON IIANU A LARGE ASSOUT.MKNT OF "Pure Dri/ffs and Chemicals, 'Patent .ifedicines. Hair, 'Tootfi a/id .\'ail 'Uri/slies, J'^a/irj' Goods, 'Toilet Articles and ^er/ionery. tS" Frescriptioiis carefully prepai-etl. .*» 1S70. FAiii SE Asonr. ISYO. WE ARE MAKI.NG LARGE ADDITION.S TO OUR STOCK OF JEWELRY AND SILVER WARE, And shall oITer llii.'» F;tll as fine an assortment as can be fonn SPORTING APPARATUS, Xo. 215 Essex Street, SALEM. AT CONRAD'S PAVILION CAN HE FOIND ITlie X^nrsest Assortment of K^ids ! The Pavilion Kids, of oiu* own importation, in White. Opera Colors, the new Cai'UCIne Shade. Blact. and all desirable shades. in single and double button for Ladies, Gentlemen, Misses, and Children. Also the first quality of Trefousse — a real French Kid — the same as sold at Holbrook's, in Boston. ALSO, A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF Real and Imitation Laces of everj Description, at CONRAD'S PAVILION. ISRAEL FELLOWS, r A S II 1 O N A B L Ej CABINET MANUFACTURER, No. 205 ESSEX STREET, R. C. MANNING & CO., DEALERS IN OF THE BEST QUALITIES, TVOOD, BARK, HAir, &v. M>. i89 l>erhv Street . . . Salem, Mass. GEORGE MACDONALD'S BOOKS. David ]i:i:.cii:vBROD. 12mo, cloth. Price, $1.73. " That wonderful work." [Scribiier's Monthly.] David Elginbrod was flist published iu London in Januarr, 1IW3, and to this day commands the attention of all thoughtful readeri. LoKrao'S American edition is verv attractive; is having a steadr sale in every large city. The Loudon Morning Post says: •■The character of David is a fine study, and it may be doubted if Sir Waller Scott himself ever painted a Scotch fireside with more tnith than George Macdouald." Robert JPai^coxer. 12mo, cloth. Price, $2. The New York Independent, of Sept. 29, devoted one whole column to this remarkable book. The effect was to sweep from the book- sellers' shelves all copies ou hand and created a new demand every- where. The Third Thoisand is printing, and will be ready ue-\t week. Phaxtastes : A Faerie Bomance for Men and Women. 12mo, clolli. Price, $1.75. In active preparation. Sold by all Booksellers everywhere. LOEING, Publisher, Boston. JULIANA. FOGG k CO. Practical Engravers, Chasers, Watchnud-ers, Jewellers, and Dealers in Silrer Ware, Clocks, Watches, Spectacles, Opera Glasses, lic. 237 ESSEX: STieSET, Next door to Horse Railroad Office, SALEM. WILLIAM H. KEHEW, 230 ESSEX STHEET, Has ju.st received a fresh Stock of OOLC AND SILVER WATCHES, LEONTINE AND VEST CHAINS. HOSIERY, WILLIAM A. niELA:N^D, (Siu-cessor to TnioTiiv UorES) DEALEa IN CrocAerj', C/tina, Glass Ware, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, TTi-encU and HoliPiiiian Fancy Goods, No. 214 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. SAMUEL H. SMITH, At II. F. Skerry & Son's, Denier in \V.\TCI1ES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER & PL.VrED W.\RE, IsTO. X81 ESSEX Sa?E,EET, (opposite Essex Hoii^c), SALEM, MASS. Call nnil see his Musical Clock. He has a line st.)Ck. and is selling low. Uopairing iu all its branches promptly niul thoroughly done at short notice. THE VERY BEST LIGHT FOU JlEADJXa. WRlTJXd, A.\D WOIiKIXG, IS THE GERMAN STUDENT LAMP. See one buruiiig at the table next llie Organ Kooni at this Fuif. G. M. WHiri'I.K & A. A. SMITH. Are the Salem Agents, TIIE S^LEM QAZETTE IS ^UI!r.I^'lIEU ox 7'UESDAY AXD FlilDAY MOSNINGS, AT NO. 199 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. It is the efl'ort of the pnlili.shers to make the GAZF.rrE a good local paper, giving a laitliAil summary of all news of interest in Essex county. The' subflcriptiitu price, uhen paid in adv.-iiifc. ie $3.50 per yew, or $4.00 paid othenvise. J . P E R L E Y , (2.'iHJ ESSEX St., S.hi.km. Mass., cr .staius). ASD BJ,.\XK BOOK JIANUFACTURER. Periodicals of all descriptions, bound in I'lain and Ornamental Style. I'AfEit Ruled, and Blank Books made to any desired imttern. C. H. & J. PRICE, DEALEKS IN' ^ru(/s, Medicines and CJiemicals, FANCV AND TOILET ARTICLES, Sponges, 33ruslao!«, rerl'vimery , I'vro. IMPORTERS OF MANILA CICAUS. 226 ESSEX STREET, SALEM, MASS. AND 'V\^eekly Salein. Cf alette, rrunsiiEii ox "WBlDIsrESID.A.Y, Is m.ade up from the reading matter of the Salem G.vzexte, with the addition of such late news as comes on Tuesday, and contains at least double the usual quantity of reading given in most county newspapers of the State for the same money. The subscription price, when not paid actually iu advance, is $2.50 per year. For strictly adv.ancc payment we deduct 5(1 cents, Ie.aTing the price $2.00 per year. SALEM LEAD COMPANY. MANUFACTURERS OF PURE WHITE LEAD. THIS Lead is made from the verv best material, and warranted perfectly PURE. Its BlilLLlANT WHITENESS makes it con- spicuous wherever it is used, and these qualities in a preeminent degree, are establishing for it a must enviable reputation with the Trade throughout the countiT. This Company also manufactures LEAD PIPE of any size anci thickness required, at the Mills on North River. Salem. D. G. r.ATCHELDER. Sur'T. FR.VNCIS BROWN. Treas. SEWIN<; MACHINES ANIJ FIXIIIXCS OK AM. KINDS AT <3-iaiS^N7'OXiI3'S, 142 Essex Street, .... SALEM. Payment taken in small installments wlien desired. Instruction ffhen at residence o/ Ttircfiasers. For AiiTiviciAL Teeth, beautiful, durable and eonifortable; with which you can eat, laugh or sing, call on HORACE A. BROOKS, ^looh-binticr ;inLi iUanh ^looh P:utuf;icim-er. <>1.I> HOIIKS. MAGA/.INKS AM) PEUlOl il( AI.S. Of every description. 'Bound in the larioi/s stytrs, No. S20 1-3 iJCSSKX STREET, SAJL.EM. ]> R . D I- 1> I. E Y , No. 2ri-3U Essex Sti-eet, s^^ji.e:vi. For the riSESERVATIOx of the natural teeth by medical treatment and niling. Dr. T. P. 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