POETRY.

THE LIGHT AT HOME,

SELECTED.

--

The light at home! how bright it beams
When evening shades around us fall;
And from the lattice far it gleams,
To love, and rest, and comfort all;
When wearied with the toils of day,

And strife for glory, gold or fame,
How sweet to seek the quiet way'

Where loving lips will lisp our name,
Around the light at home!

When through the dark and stormy night.
The wayward wanderer homeward flies,
llow cheering is that twinkling light,
Which through the forest gloom he spies!
It is the light of home. He feels

That loving hearts will greet him there,
And safely through his bosom steals
The joy and love that banish care
Around the light at home.

The light at home! how still and sweet
It peeps from yonder cottage door-
The weary laborer to greet-

When the rough toils of day are o'er!
Sad is the soul that does not know

The blessings that the beams impart, The cheerful hopes and joys that flow, And lightens up the heaviest heart,

Around the light at home.

"LET ME DIE QUIETLY.”

Be still-make no noise-let me die quietly.

[VICE PRESIDENT KING. "Be still!" The hour of the soul's departure is at hand. Earth is fading from its vision; Time is gliding from its presence! Hopes that cluster around young life, that swell in the bosom of manhood, have fallen from around it like the forest leaves, when the frosts of autumn have chilled them unto death. Ambition, with its hollow promises, and Pride, with

THE HOUSEHOLD.
HOW TO AVOID DISEASE.-The great

by grosser sounds. A far off music comes
floating to it by the air. "Tis the sound
of the heavenly harps touched by viewless
fingers-mar not the harmony by the dis thing, then to do in order to ward off seri-
ous disease, (and sickness never comes
without a friendly premonition in the dis-
lessness, we often fail to make a note of it,)
tance, only that in our stupidity or heed-
is simply to observe three things:

cord of earth.

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Let me die quietly!" The commotion of life, the struggles of ambition, the strife and warring with human destiny

1. The instant we become conscious of

any unpleasfnt sensation in the body, cease eating absolutely.

2. Keep warm.
3. Be still.

These are applicable and safe in all cases; sometimes a more speedy result is ob

hours.-Dr. Hall.

are over. Wealth accumulated must be
scattered; honors won must be resigned;
and all the triumphs that come within the
range of human achievements must be
thrown away. The past, with its trials,
its accumulating responsibilities, its cling-
ing memories, its vanished hopes, is ren-
dering up to the future its long acount-
disturb not the quiet of that awful reckon-tained, if instead of being quiet, the pa-
tient would, by moderate, steady exercise,
ing. Speak not of fading memories of af.
fections whose objects, perish in their love-keep up a general perspiration for several
liness, like the flowers of spring, or with-
er in a slow decay. Talk not of an earth-
ly home where loved ones linger, where a
seat will be yacant, a cherished voice hush-
ed forever, or of the desolation that will
seat itself by the hearthstone. The soul
is at peace with God: let it pass calmly
away. Heaven is opening upon its vision.
The bright turrets, and the lofty domes of
the Eternal City, are emerging from the
spectral darkness, and the glory of the
Most High is drawing around them. The
White Throne is glistening in the dis-
tance, and the white robed angels are
beckoning the weary spirit to its everlast-
tng home. What is life that it should be
clung to longer? What the joys of the
world that they should be regretted?
What has earth to place before the spirit
of a man to tempt its stay, or turn it from
its eternal rest?

TRANSPARENT WINDOW SHADES.-Cut India-rubber in small pieces, put in an earthern vessel, cover with spirits turpenfine; let it stand, stirring occasionally until is becomes a jelly; then thin with oil, such as is used for painting, and boil in an iron vessel. When nearly cool, apply with a brush to your cloth, which should be bleached and tacked smoothly and tightly on frames the size you wish your curtains. Dry in the shade. When dry you can trace with a pencil any design you please, and paint with oil paint. A small landscape, surrounded by a wreath of flowers is pretty. This is also a good way to make oil cloths for stands, doorways, and carpet preservers around stoves, taking thick cloth.

KEEPING CIDER SWEET.-Take a barrel that will not leak in the sides, with bottom in and top out, bore holes in the LONGEVITY.-Some of the paper are re-bottom that there will be no trouble in the porting the number of old persons ascer

its lofty look, have vanished away. The tained by the census still living in many world, with its deceitfulness. pleasure of the smaller towns in this State. The with its gilded temptations are gone; and writer met this morning on Main street, alone in utter destitution of all that time one of three men now living in this city, promised, it must start on its solemn jour-born in the Fall of 1776-7. They were ney across the Valley of the Shadow of schoolboys together, and will all enter on their eighty-fifth year within the next four months, and have always resided in New London. One of them commanded a ship from this port 62 years ago, and another can tell us of heroic exploits as master of a New York packet in the last

Death!

"Make no noise?" Let the tumult of life cease. Let no sound break the soul's communion with itself ere it starts on its returnless flight. Trouble it not with the accents of sorrow. Let the tears stand still on the cheek of affliction; and let not the wailing of grief break the solemn silence of the death scene.

Let it gather the accents that come within the dark shadows of eternity, saying to it, "Come home!" The whisperings of angels are in its ears; obstruct not their silvery voices

doubled piece of flannel and lay on the escapement of the cider, Now take a bottom neatly, that no sand can run through. Place a layer of sand thereon, to about the depth of six inches, and pulverize charcoal and make a very thin layer, then another layer of sand of the same depth, again another layer of charcoal, the last, a heavier layer of sand. This barrel of sand and charcoal is to set over a tub which the cider can run in. The process of cleansing now commences. Draw from your cider barrel and pour on the sand &c., taking care not to stir up the sand We have older men in this and other much, rack the whole through, putting towns, but can any place show three other therectifiedc ider into another sweet barrel or women of eighty four years who in which, afterward, put a pint of mustard were born and have ever lived in the same seed, and your cider is fit for any compaplace, and were school children together.-ny, Too much charcoal is a damage, as

war with Great Britain.

men

Chronicle.

it colors it.-Rural New Yorker.

REGISTER OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, AT EAST NEW LONDON, FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1860. REPORTED BY H. E. CHITTY.

HORTICULTURAL.

THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL

SOCIETY,

Willow Twig, Limber Twig, Bonum, | ken of by Messrs, Hooker and Prince, bu
Stansill, White Pippin, Pryor's Red, Kes- others seemed to think little of it. Pau-
wick Codlin, Rawles' Jeanette. Maiden's line was recommended by several South-
Blush, Pomme Royal, Summer Queen. ern members as a fine grape. The Massa-
The Currant was next taken up, and achusetts White met with little favor from
warm discussion ensued in regard to the anybody. Allen's Hybrid was spoken of
merits of the Cherry. Messrs. Wilder, by several, and the merits of the Anna,
Downing, Hovey, Lawton, and others Ontario, Roger's Seedling, and others were
spoke of it as being excessively acid, and freely discussed. The Delaware met with
destitute of flavor; while Messrs. Barry, encomiums more or less warm, on all
Hooker, Warder, and others spoke in its hands.
favor; and it was finally left on the list, to
which were added, the Versailles, Fertile
d'Angers, and Imperial Jaune, a new
French variety.

The eighth Fiennial session of this Society opened at Philadelphia on the 11th of September, and continued three days. The morning session was occupied chiefly in organizing, and appointing a nominating committee. In the afternoon, the President Marshall P. Wilder, Esq., delivered his address. At the close of the address the nominating committee reported, and the officers were elected, President, M. P. Wilder, of Boston. Treasurer, T. P. James, of Philadelphia. Secretary, Strawberries were next taken up, Thomas W. Field, of Brooklyn, L. I. and interesting discussion followed, in Tho session just closed lost some of its which the opinion was expressed that a interest from the fact that the list for gen-distinction should be made between the eral cultivation was not touched, the Presforeign varieties; that while those from England had almost invariably proved ill adapted to our climate, those from France and Belgium had on the contrary, proved promising, as instances of which the

On

On Grape-culture a great variety of opinions were expressed, each man seeming to have a system of his own. some points, however, there was much unanimity, and some particulars were elicited in regard to trenching, manuring, etc.

Pear Culture, however, brought out a greater variety of opinions than any other subject; some of them indeed, curious enough. One gentleman thought moisture had more to do with the growth of plants than manure, the impression being

ident having recommended that the duty of revising this list should be referred to special and local committees, to report at the next meeting. This we regard as the most important step yet taken by the So-very ciety. If these committees shall faithful. Triomphe de Gand and others were men- that manure was of no consequence where

ly perform their duties, something will at last have been done worthy of a national Pomological Society. We purpose help. ing these gentlemen by and by. Their labors will be of the most onerous kind,

but we hope they will not flinch from

them.

tioned. The Triomphe de Gand was spo-
ken well of by everybody, and this and

Jenny Lird were added to the list.

moisture was abundant.
Our reporter
may have failed to catch his idea. Dr,
Boynton gave some lengthened remarks
on his mode of using manures for the
pear, including a number of salts, by the
use of which he claimed to have given his
pears a high color and glossy appearance.

Raspberries were next in order. The Allen after a warm discussion, was placed on the list of the rejected fruit. The Belle de Fontenay was placed on the list which The Treasurer reported a balance on The discussions which followed were promises well, and the Hornet was well rambling and discursive, but some inter-spoken of. The Purple Cane or Ameri- hand in 1858, $258,94; received Septemesting facts were brought out. We find it can Red was highly commended by Mr. ber, 1860, $357; the total amount of exDowning. penditures $418,30; leaving a balance of necessary to condense our reporter's remarks, Gooseberries. The Downing was added $97,64 in the treasury.

to the list.

Blackberries were brought up, several new kinds spoken of, such as the Grape, Parsley-leaved, etc., but none added to the

list.

An amendment was made to the constitution, reducing the life-membership fee from twenty to ten dollars. The discussions were then begun, the first in order being the Apple. It will be remembered Grapes. This subject proved the most that the list for general cultivation was not brought up at any time, the discus-interesting brought before the Society. sion being confined to varieties which The Taylor and Maxatawny were added promise well. The leading members hav- to the list. The Clara was thought too ing expressed their opinious, the following were added to the list of apples which promise well: Summer Sweet, Paradise, Canon, Pearmain, Fall Wine, Early Joe,

tender for out-door culture. The To Ka-
lon was said to mildew and rot badly in
some localities, but was thought good
when perfect. The Clinton was well spo-

The Standing Dommittees were announced by the Chair, which we shall publish as soon as we can get them. Boston was selected as the place for holding the next meeting.

Danby Bank, Danby....
South Royalton Bank, South Royalton.... 90
Stark Bank, Bennington.....

MASSACHUSETTS.
$3.00 Cochichuate Bank, Boston.
$2.75
Grocer's Bank, Boston.
$1.25
$1.25 Western Bank, Springfield.

DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF TRUTH, VIRTUE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

Vol. III.

BY W. H. STARR NEW-LONDON, CT.

Thursday, October 18, 1860.

THE HARVEST ÓF THE HEART. subsequently distributed among nephews

Life hath its seasons:

And Time on a chariot of hours,

Rolls to Eternity's gate

Adown a dim valley, where flowers.

Bereft of their beauty,

Lie withered and scattered by Fate.

Hearts have their harvests:
And Sorrow goes after the reapers
To mildew the yellowing grain;
While Pity, in tears,
Stands watching the laboring weepers,
Go reaping a harvest of pain.

Youth is the Seed-time :-
The season of sunshine and showers,
That nurtures the delicate germ
Which, in Life's autumn,
Will bring to our bosoms sweet flowers,
Or thorns and a cankering worm.

GOD's is the Harvest :-
Whose sickle by Mercy is wielded

Among the ripe grain and the tares;
Unto His garner

The sheaves of the gleaner are yielded,
With Harvest Home anthems and prayers.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

NUMBER TEN.

and nieces living in Rhode Island and
North Carolina.

In 1762, Capt. Thomas Oliver, was ap-
pointed Collector of the port and District
of New London. He continued in office
but a short period and his subsequent his-
tory is not known, except that he made
his will in 1770 at New London, where it
was proved many years afterward. He
owned a valuable lot upon Town Hill
which was confiscated during the revolu-
tion.

ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
No. 35.

have been located in that part of the town, but it must be remembered that the Cove, was then the seat of the principal mercantile business of the town. The wharves and ware-houses were all north of the Parade.

Mr. Stewart lived in free, hospitable style. Those were the days when cards, clubs, game-dinners and tripe-suppers were in vogue, and Mr. Stewart's house was one of the gathering places of the gay men of that period. He seemed also to take a lively interest in the prosperity of the place; contributed liberally to the Episcopal church and was one of the orig

The last of the royal custom house off cers in New London was Duncan Stewart. He received the appointment of "Collec-inal founders and proprietors of the Union tor of his Majesty's Customs for the port School. In a M.S., letter of Nathaniel and district of New London," early in the Shaw Esq., to the Messrs Wharton, his year 1764, and sailed from Portsmouth, business correspondents in Philadelphia, Eng., in June, in the frigate Essex. he requests them to engage and send on Meeting with very tempestuous weather, some German servants for Mr. Stewart, the vessel was driven out of her course, the Collector, of whom he thus speaks :and having sprung a leak, was compelled to put into Lisbon harbor. From this place Mr. Stewart took passage in a brig to New York, and from thence came iminediately to New London, where he arrived, Sept 21, 1764.

The New London District then included the whole Colony of Connecticut: vesCGLLECTORS OF THE PORT OF NEW LON- sels from Hartford, Middletown, New

DON, BEFORE THE REVOLUTION.

BY F. M. c.

"I should be very glad if you could get him three such servants to suit him, for I really think him to be as good a man as any that belongs to the Revenue. His motive ir. sending for them is, that he has a great aversion to negroes and the white servants about here have too many connections."

Immediately after the battle of LexHaven. all cleared from this port. Mr. ington, Mr. Stewart became a prisoner, Stewart was a popular officer and assimi- so far as to be placed under watch and lated readily with the people and customis guard to prevent all communication with of the country. He married in Boston, the royal party. In general, he was alNancy, youngest daughter of John Er-lowed the liberty of the town, on his ving, Esq., January, 6, 1767, A small pledge to keep within its bounds, but such headstone in our old Burial Ground is was the violence of the populace in those dedicated to the memory of one of their days of strife and embittered feeling, that but 35 years of age, and it may be con- children removed by death in early infan- he could not appear in the streets without

The first Collector of the port of whom any notice has been obtained was John Shackmaple, who died in 1743. He was

jectured that his father, whose name first appears on the New London records about the year 1710, held the office before him.

Joseph Hull was probably the successor of the two Shackmaples and continued in office, perhaps 20 years. He amassed a considerable property in New London, being the owner of several farms, together with various houses and house lots in the town plot. He died after 1760, leaving apparently no family, as his property was

cy: "Isabella, daughter of Duncan and
Anne Stewart, died April 17, 1770."

being pursued by a mob and subjected to insult. Once on the arrival of some goods Mr. Stewart lived in Main Street, with from New York, which he had been per. the Custom House a little in the rear of mitted to receive for the use of his family, his dwelling. Both buildings were origi- a lawless throng gathered at the wharf to nally erected by Robert Sloan a former prevent their being landed. They were merchant of New London, and were de- balked in this attempt, but seized them stroyed in the conflagration of Sept 6, afterwards, set fire to them, and in the 1781. The mauufacturing establishment midst of noise and tumult they were conof Albertson and Douglass now occupies sumed in a public bonfire. The ring. the site. It may seem strange at the pres-leaders were indeed arrested and imprisent day that the Custom House should oned, but they were forcibly released by

another mob, and allowed to go unscath-THE REPOSITORY: vania, Kentucky and Virginia, some ex

ed.

By the regular authorities of the town and state, Mr. Stewart was uniformly treated with kindness and liberality. In the autum of 1776, he was permitted to go to New York on parole for three months, and in June, 1777, he obtained leave from the State authorities to return to England. The sloop Union, came from New York with a flag of truce to convey his family and effects thither, from whence he was to take passage immediately for London, having a passport which covered his family, his furniture, two servants, and "one milch cow for the benefit of the children on the voyage."

NEW-LONDON, CONN.
BY W. H. STARR.
Thursday, October 18. 1860.

THE COAL OIL BUSINESS.

traordinary experiments were undertaken, by persons whose desire to learn all about the art was at that time only equalled by their ignorance of chemical manipulations. The process of distillation would be occasionally directed by the village apothecary,

Like most of the useful inventions and under the superintendence ot the coal land discoveries of the present day, the extrac-owner, both in turn overlooked by the tion of a cheap and safe illuminator from capitalist of the county, who varied his coal and other bituminous substances, has scientific labors by demolishing the stateattained its present development, through ments and calculations of his companions, the long and patient labors of the chemists Frequently the glass retorts used would of this country and of Europe. The abun-burst from being overcharged, and sprindance of the raw materials, cannel coal, kle the party with creosote or carbonic acbitumen, and petroleum in the United id, which is found in the crude oil distilled States, naturally caused a greater expendi- from coal. In one mining district, where The question is often asked, what be-ture of skill and capital here than in any the writer was employed in building a came of the Colonial Custom House reccoal distillery, the people planted corn in ords of this port? No positive answer great quantities, under the impression that can be given, as there does not appear to it would bring a good price at the works; be any actual testimony upon the subject. they not believing that oil could be made Three conjectures may be admissible, viz., from "stone coal," as they called it, but that the state took possession of them afsupposing the statement was made to preter the Declaration of Independence; vent their ministers from denouncing the that Mr. Stewart carried them with him concern as a whiskey distillery. to England; that they were left in the Custom House and consumed in the building. The last supposition is the most probable, for were they still extant, in the course of 80 years some trace of them would probably have been discovered.

other country. In 1853 the manufacture
was first commenced in America by a
New York company, working under the
"Kerosene" patents which were granted
to a chemist of New York.

One of our cotemporaries states that in
1855, after the new oil had in some degree
overcome the prejudices of the people and
the opposition of those interested in the
manufacture of camphene and burning
fluid, the owners of deposits of cannel coal,
which is found in many parts of the Alle-
ghany coal field, began to erect works for
its manufacture. The raw material up to
that time had been imported from the
British provinces and Scotland. In most
cases the business proved unremunerative,
from the fact that the art was a new one,

Although the first coal oils manufactured were inferior to those of the present time, they soon came into use for burning and lubrication, principally for the former pur pose, however. The following list comprises most of the companies and firms manufacturing coal oil, not more than ten of whom were in operation prior to 1856:

COAL OIL COMPANIES AND FIRMS, 1860. Aladdin Co., Kiskiminitas, Pa.; Atlantic Co., New

York; Adair & Veeder, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Ander

son, Darlington, Pa.; Breckinridge Co., Cloverport. Ky.; Boston & Portland Co., Boston; Beloni Co., New York; Brooks, Zanesville, O.; Covington Co., Covington, Ky.; Cox, Zanesville, O.; Carbon Co Co., Now York; Downer & Co., Boston; Dean, New York; Cornell & Co., Canfield, O.; Clough & Co., New York; Eureka Co., New York; East Cieveland; Empire State Co., New York; Excelsior Cambridge Co.. East Cambridge, Mass.; Enon Valre-ley Co., Enon Valley. Pa.; Franklin Co., New York: Forest Hilt Co., Kanauha, Va.; Falling Rock Co., Kananha, Va.; Great Western Co., Newark, O. Greers, Kananha, Va; Great Kananha Co., Kanan; ha, Va.; Grasselli, Cincinnati; Glendon Co,, Boston; Hartford Co., Hartford, Ct.; Himebaugh & Ceshocton, O.; Knickerbocker Co., New York; Keystone Co., Preston county, Va.; Long Island Co., New York; Lucesco Co., Kiskiminitas, Pa.; New York nd Wheeling Co., Wheeling, Va.; New BedCo., New Galilee, Pa; Orion Co., New York; Finkford Co., New Bedford, Mass.; New York Coal Oil ham, Boston; Peasley, Boston; Page & Co., Boston; Pictou Co., New York; Palestine Co., Palestine, Pa.; Phoenix Co., Cincinnati, O.; Preston Co., G.; Ritchie Co., (bitumen,) Ritchie county, Preston county, Va.; Robinson & Co., Perry county, Sherwood, Canfield, O.; Stanton, Kananha, Va.; Ky.; White Day Co., Monangalia county, Va.; Stamford Co., Stamford, Ct.; Union Co., Maysville, Western Co, Cincinnati, O.; Zephyr Co., New York.

The office of Controller of the Customs appears to have been distinct from that of Collector. This office was held for a considerable term of years, under Hull, Oli-and the data for its suceessful prosecution ver and Stewart, by Dr. Thomas Moffatt, an English physician and surgeon. During the vacancies that had occurred in the collectorship, he had acted as collector. He practised also as a physician in the place, and was highly esteemed in that capacity. He appears to have withdrawn from town suddenly, on the first rumor of the approaching conflict, leaving his effects behind, Mr. Stewart at first obtained permission to take the goods of Dr. Moff at with his own to London, but the order was countermanded, a representation being made to the government that he had left the country in a hostile spirit and had since been in arms against her. His effects were therefore confiscated and sold by the select men, 20th of April 1778.The advertisement states that they consisted of a valuable collection of books, some drugs and medicines, an anatomy, and a quantity of household furniture.

were only to be obtained by experience. The mystery which was about the art served to excite the desire of many persons to attempt its prosecution, and with every accession to the ranks of coal oil amateurs, the statement made of the astonishing sults of their experiments only intensified the excitement upon the subject. The yield of marketable oil from one ton of cannel coal, averaging twenty gallons in the Western coal fields, was stated to be one hundred gallons and one hundred and fifty gallons, and the profits of the business were calculated from that enormous yield, far beyond that of the purest bitumen, which yields rarely more than seventy-five gallous per ton. A coal oil fever, which has been compared to the "morus multicaulis" mania, seemed to fasten upon all who attempted to experiment in making oil; material for some very laughable farces abound in the experiences of the pioneer Dr. Moffat died in London in the year coal oil manufacturers. In the log cabins of the mining distircts of Ohio, Pennsyl

1787.

Co.,

Total 57.

Va.;

There are, besides the above, a number of small coal oil works in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and the western cities, owned by individuals.

estimated to be thirty thousand gallons per The quantity of coal oil produced is