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tree. The people all appeared quiet and orderly. 

 The candles were relighted, but the Charter was gone, 

 and no discovery could be made of it, or the person 

 who carried it away. Sir Edmund Andres, however, 

 assumed the Government. 



Connecticut is the State of which Jonathan Trum- 

 bull was Governor, from whom originated the epithet 

 " Brother Jonathan," as applied to Americans. It is 

 said that General Washington was accustomed to 

 consult Governor Trumbull on all matters of im- 

 portance, and would generally say, when things of 

 importance were under consideration, " I must seek 

 the advice of Brother Jonathan." 



At Hartford I first saw the famous General Tom 

 Thumb, together with his ponies and carriage, pre- 

 sented to him by Queen Victoria ; and also other 

 valuable gifts from the crowned heads of Europe. 

 While I was at Hartford, the news of the death of 

 General Taylor, President of the United States, 

 reached that city. The President's death was 

 announced by the firing of sixty-six minute guns — 

 sixty-six years being the age of the President. The 

 funeral at Washington is said to have cost over $100,- 

 000. Some time after the funeral obsequies in Wash- 

 ington, mocTc funerals took place at Boston, New 



