Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-02
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Al prietor had weekly circulation of less than forty thousand, copies. and at the end of the week; when we had paid 7sofdid prin. ter and an unimaginative paper-maker, we were in condition that entitled ns to rank as objects of charity rather than as bene. factors of the poor. A fvesdollar bill was all my available assets that November af- ternoon, and out of this purposed to re. serve two dollars for my dinner ct Mata- Iran g. stated the case plainly to the Governor, suggesting that could get the note changed at the Tribune office.
 1 He picked up the bill which I had spread l out on the table between Jiss Sremsrkin0 that he thought he could changeit. Where. tupon he produced 8 portly pocket.book from the breast of his coat, and from the pocket-book so fat roll of bank notes that | I glowed with indignation to think he had the coolness to appropriate three hfths of my slender earnings.
 :" New Orleans you know," he remarked, I explanitorily. t7 aj lS9.,h
 The Governor was quite another man
 now, running dexterously over the bills with moist forefnger in the gayest of spirits. He handed me my share of the fye-dollar bill with the manner of benev-
 olent prince dispensing his bounties, ac. corded me the privilege of grasping his manly hand, raised his hat with good
 deal of his old quasi-aristocratic flourish, and was gone. "A f. 'h-i14lCq
 | There is this heavenly duality in a deed tof even misplaced charity-ito makes the heart of the doer sit lightly in his bosom. EI treated myself handsomely that afternoon at dinner. went through the delicacies lof M. Mataran's cttisine to the whole ex- tent of my purse; but when stepped to the desk to pay the reckoning, those two out to be counterfeits '4.'
 Well, suppose deserved it. l.
 The frequency with which Governor Doris name figured in the local police re-
 ports during the ensuing twelve months leads. me to infer that he did not depart
 for New Orleans as soon as he expected. ! Time rolled on, and the Saturday Press, being loved by the gods, died early, and lone fine morning in 1861, found myself at liherty to undertake a long deferred pill II grimage to Rivermouth. g.. f4't'' Lo1
 On arriving at my destination, cramped with nights ride in the cars. I resolved
 to get the kinks out of me by walking to 1 the station. :. Turning into one of the less ] frequented streets in order not to meet too ;, many of my townsfolk, came abruptly upon hearse jogging along quite pleas l'antly and followed at . little dfstancs by Q single hack. When all ones friends can
 be put into single hack perhaps 1t is best that one should be buried exped editiously II A malign boy stood on the corner whist ling shrilly through his fingers, which he
 removed from his lips with an injured air
 long enough to answer my question,
 dead That's 'im," curving calliopean thumb at the hearse. The pity of 1t! The forlornness of the thing touched me, and a , feeling of gratitude went out from my boz som towards the two or three hacks which
 now made their appearanoe round the cor ner and joined the funeral train,
 Broken down in his prime with careless living, Governor Dorr few months pre- viously had struggled back to the old place to die; and thus had chance which some times displays a keen appreciation of dra- matic effect-once more brought me in con-
 tact with the friend of my youth. Obey
 ing the impulse, turned and followed the procession until it came back to the head of that long unbuilt street which. stretch
 ing in curve from the yawning gate of
 the cemetery into the heart of the town ,al- ways seemed to me like a great siphon draining the life from Rivermouth. Here I halted and watched the black carriages as they crawled down the road, growing small CT and smaller, until they appeared to re- solve themselves into one tiny coach, which, lessening in the distance, finally vanished through gateway that seemed about foot high. T. B. A1pR1cH.
 A REFORMED DEsPERADo. Our New York exchanges mention the pardon by the Court of Pardons of New Jersey, at the ex- piration of half the term of Imprisonment for which he was sentenced, of one Ed ward Norton, the most noted criminal in the State of New Jersey; whose name was for years the terror of Trenton and the sur. rounding country. They state that Nor ton, at the age of twenty-fonr years, was found guilty by fourteen juries on as many indictments, without single recommenda- ton of mercy, and the extent of his sem tence, had it been given, would have been imprisonment for one hundred and thirty years and fines amounting to over $12, 900. The Court, at the time of his last trial, sentenced him to thirty years imprison |. ment. On hearing his sentence, he arose and called down such curses upon the judge as made every person in the crowd ed court room shudder. This was in Jan. 1856. For five years he was the terror of his keepers, as he had been of the citizens. Scarcely had he been confined when he succeeded in escaping from his cell, and seizing large knife, forced an entrance into the front corridor, where he barricad- ed himself and proposed to fight his way out. So greatly did the authorities fear. him that, without any attempt to recapture him, he was deliberately shot down by 6 deputy keeper, who aimed rife through the iron bars dividing the corridors. He was then placed in close confinement, a ball and chain were attached to his legs, and he was closely guarded. Yet he twice escaped, and, returning to his old haunts, spread fear through the city. For five years he.was chained down and guarded.
 o Ten years ago he professed to have ex- perienced religion, and from that day to I this his conduct has been unexceptionable. In 1868 portion of the prison was burned, and in the confusion the doors were thrown open, and the prisoners thronged into the yards. An attack was organized, the pTis- oners agreeing to force an escape. At this juncture only the presence and author ity of Norton prevented terrible Inassacte. The prisoners were armed with implements from the shops, and the 500 desperate men could easily have murdered the handful of keepers opposed to them had it not been | kho SloAA