, 1870-08-28

look at them whArves, TINT river empty as
3ond. II would he melancholy II it ws,'t 80
queer. But thea " b aid, with an inquisi-
t.se /. l, iook, sud@ &es his speetaeles,
know"
"1t's between "a aua Xeseas Island"
Oh! Congtcax 41sKfen6 10 put our navy
up TINT river. Tint D11Gzfe ain't no &C
count. II it want for the scltIsluess OF them
philadelphia Congressman and tho richos OF
rhilsde!rhia. we'd been chosen long ago.
There's no ports in America like this
ness to the ocean, good protection from the
enemy, inside ctannel to New York; aud thi-
place will protect every placc Oh the Sound,
~ New Haven. Bridgeport. STAFFORD brook
lyn. LII threc-lua1tcrs OF All hour you eau be
on the open ocean. WhF, every Commander
navy yar1!" .
The old man was all the time peering up at
mo IL he said this with SURPRISING vo1ubllity
and energy-almost with entreaty. soon
foand that ali New London had the same
thing at beart, the hope to get the BEooklyn
Navy Yard moved amoug them az means to
J restore the vanished greatness Of their town
j New England il never -greater than when
public measure IL to be undertaken; then
everybody goes in for the public in
terest, and the poorest is ~ de-
voted ~ the richest: hut in the
l
tinally to plumber the enterprise they all de-
sire. Tue town-meeting is the glory OF SeT
England, and it is y natural outErowth OF 70
1itnn institutions, the elect meeting together
to resolve that the earth j. The h-5assge lsI' OF
have lie fullest belief that If there Is
sno,lIer nav yard to be set up New London
ougbt TO be the place for it. This remarkable
,ort IL 10 the Atlantic what southampton is
10 England. The American Thames resena-
a. far 10 Norwich IL bold, broad, and repre-
sentative. A monument to the memory OF
Ledyard and tho other victims OF Arnol1's
rnid here ncar the close Of the Revolution, is
Thamee- We have had Buu made the sub
icct Of an euloE Of late; why not
Arnold And as Louis Napoleon has
furnished = clergyman with the thlrtecnth
apostle, it seems necessary that the devil
should st least have his dcserta. Besides be-
shrewd; for, as the DYING Irislman said when
called upon to renounce the devil md all his
works, :. Your reverence, as l DON'T know
where am going, would it be wise to make
inimies in advance"
On this principle they write biographies Of
late.
RISE OF arAxupAc1uEEs uroS COMMERCIAL RuIS.
The growth and power Of manufacturing
toMns in tie immediate proximity OF these
pa1alytic seapor3s is 3 strong commentary
upon the res1,lta Of invidious Legislation
Norwich, few miles above. New London, i
bun.liug with industries. and the Whule back
country toward Hartford is hive OF ham
| mera, loomH, aud foIgeB. Westerly, few
| miles from s;tonington. IL perfectly rroai
gate with the earnings OF its shops, aud Bah
cock and Noes. two nnill-owners, found them
sclyea possessed OF such staggering qnAn
tity Of money at the end Of the war that the.
have been, ever since, throwing 1t away II
preposterous building enterprises. The!
have put up, in their l1ttie town Of five thou
sand people, u hotel which cost half milllo1
brown stone trimmings, sol,d walnut finish
ing, marble floors, Turkey carpets. bells an
gna in very room, and capacity for four or aE
| hundred people. There is no such hotel
! Washington City and get it liaa never had ~
:, guests ill tLis summer, when it received tn
:. overflow Of Wslch Hill. 1t had fo'ir rcrms
nent boar1ess last year. This recklessl1
: built editice. named in honor Of Key
!; I resentative Dixon, who resides in Westerl.
:. was avowedly set up By its propticsoIs a.
i personal monument. They want II TO be y
= rertluous and extrayagaHt. aud TO he assocl'
i ted with their names A. record OF Their rrt
:. | ,licjous success in manufacturing goods du
- ing period of high tariff. They ara ais
- about finishing large mill built in the sanl
lavirh way, with swiss tower At tue angi'
=. elevators, aud eteep roof, aud yet, despite
tho us,eutstion of tichep- til" operatives in Il
l. town Of Westerly arc no more thriving th1
~ "a elsewhere. They arc Obliged to deal at Il
=. manufacturing shops. which nre tho only on'
Il ,shicl, will give them credit. and the kcene
- - Of ono OF these stores, Chapman 4 We
q p.ez, have made enough money TO inVest ?.o
~ - C4,O in watering-place property at Watch Hi
VI It is apparent that tie United States 60
- ernment il not an equal, psternal, and impa
i. tial government. il 1t were meant 70 be suc
"a - when We Zee Westerly and Norwich At q =
10 10 protaig.l. while Stoniugton and New l.9no 5,a
rasp Tor the little life got ron,
fha manufacturing n,erest q s1s E"w " 's1 rcs
ro 9Ac aa 5xsnteEo ny tho taf1n. OSe1.:tsu
I'd during Ess,asoarI, unreal, it has got periIs a
or i41eispscs 10 encounter which only the gen
=, Of its peop1c can noet; and to coyet m
= protection will simply be 10 CRY Help" in
ii rapids, instead Of striking out resolutels
life. GATH