s.
' Oficc at the foot
, ly -for this iiiarket.
A spared to please
. Extremities,
I m_'e;invited to
‘ themselves by
5.; , _
‘-il?UBLIiS_H.ED ‘EVERY TUESDAY MORNING -
I B¥I:N.i?+fI;?ii>N;i&§i.00- g *1 -
rr. . -.-5‘-s: ‘v7ik~c~.. . ~- - _ _
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1 Qt fatitilp ibicmspape:---itlisiiotciiis to §3itcraturi;,1'i®':5itéiicil 3itt2lli'ggc,3tit£, fioll’iiiis,l,i}fZl{gticitltlnri2.iinto jilititufafliiiitiisiillf‘fa *3‘ ’*
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wt-‘ tic‘.
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f_I4t,~U,-ttviiitit Q35--NEW SERIES.
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"‘rii"i«:. NORWALK GAZETTE.
. A. H. BYINGTON 8- CO.
. 'A. H. Bviaoiioiv. H: W’. flrarr.
of. Main st.——over the store of
. J. Gruman.
Terms or the Gazette.
Village subscribers by cai-rier——-pr yr
Mail ' do in advance do
Ofiice subscribers, or those living out of
the Carrier's district. and who call for
their papers at the ofiice 1 5
Companies of fiveor more receiving their
papa,-shy m_ail, ifpaid in advance 1 50
Ternns of Advertising.
-16 lines or less. 1 -insertion 75
‘ H 2 is 87
“ 1 _ 00
u - 3
I’ Ion PRINTING ‘executed with neahiess
and rlcspatcli, and at jaw prices.
~ - Nuwnoofixstion,
’ lcat.lier & finding store
\V HOLESALE 6: RETAIL.
‘oi Sub3c|'il)e)'s liei-e.by' give notice to the
citizens of Norwalk,and the public in gen-
eral, that they lnive taken a store on the west
-side of the bridge. opposite the Post Office-—
x No 1 \Vatei' st, and fitted it. up in good order,
‘wliere.may be found at all times a lai'ge stool:
‘of germs, ladies’ and cliildreii’s Boots and Shoes
ofiill de‘scriptions, maiiiifactui'ed by us express-
by the best of workmen and
oflthe best materials, and no exertions will be
' I those who favor us with a call.
Custoiners' work made to order, with neatliess
and despatch. A Sl1t11"Pl0fLlle public patronage
's res iectfnll solicitor iy
‘ .‘l. - ' yJ P. HANFORD. Jr.
E2?’ Particular attention paid to repairing in
all its branches. '
Norwalk, April 1st, 1852- 15
' I
i Q LL persons liaving’ unsettled accounts on
[ny bgokg ;1)'(»') |'equ9Sl5‘.(l t0 Cilll lllld settle
,with me. or Judson & Bissell, who are author-
ized to receipt said accounts at their store, for-
-merly occupied by the S1Ill)s‘Cl'll)8l‘- ‘
S. E. OLMSTEAD.
Aprilh12tli, 1852. . 15”
fit-y. -jfioods & Garpeting.
I HIS day i'ece_ived and now re-.idy lor in-
spection the largest and best ass0rtin~ont'
of goods 1 have ever had the pleasure of of1ei'-
'ing the public, among the‘ goods may ‘be lolmtl
it very large amount subject to slight imperfec-
_tion in inanufzicture which will be sold at one
httlfnfitlieir actual value (all in want. of t.wo
‘dollars for one would do well to call) my 510!-‘ll
is‘ now full and complete and every iiiduceftieiit
'3V'|Il_.l)e'0fT&".l'e,(l to all in this or the athoiniiig
towns, come one, come all and cieaniiiia for
yoiii'ss-.'l’ves,as,all my goods will be fi'eely*sliowi‘i
and nonnhriiaqedf to hi:y.greater imiiicements will
be offered than ever before. Remember this
and call at the Bitiilge stn.-‘E.’ GRU MAN.
Window Glass.
BOXES best FRENCH GLASS,
all sizes. -
,. 100 boxes do American , do.
for sale very low by Z. SANFORD. .
Westpoit, March 29, ’52. _
\
ssrqxgenmraln BI-rrmés.
CONTAINING NO‘ ALCOHOL,
. . . .A'.s'u‘rc’R'eni.'e(ly.for
w ‘ *1 .
D Y S P E Pb l A ,
in ape i'r_s vaiuons Ii_pltltfS‘,*
Such as Pain -in the St?omac‘l'r. Heai‘tb~iirn', Ha-
‘ b‘i€nali'Cost.iivenes‘s, Acid‘Stom:ich. Head'-
H ha-’c'.hc,i Loss of Appetite’, Piles. Night}.
Sweats. Asthma or Phtisic. _
Flatulence or \Vind in“ the Stem‘-
.a¢h',.' "Net-votisnessr Coldiiess of the‘
\.Veakness.‘ of t.he Limbs,
= ''‘'‘‘‘‘''“¢’£€e21e3'a.1‘Deb1lzty, , t _
and all the iiide‘scifibz_1bte_ symptoms of this u-n_i-
versal disease. These‘ are also the best tome
known for the prevention and cure of
Fever‘ and Agiiiie,
“These Bitters .liav'e' ie'c'eive'd t-h’e
'.P-ESTIMONIALS ever otfered to‘ the public .in fa-
vorbf any medicine in the world. =1"d’1T1'0 "P-
. 'proved"by‘’sbme‘ot'‘tlie best.‘ phy'sicia‘ns‘. who‘ use
them in tlieir-pi'.actice. , For ,thoj.in'_ost satisfac-
toi-y.iproof of the success of I this remedy, see
pamplilets: containing full p:irtie'u-la-rs and cer-
tificates from‘ Members of Congress and other
parti'es:we|l k-nownzto the public. A-ny individ-
ual wisl_1ing;further information respecting this
INVAALUAB-LE .-MEDICl.l*NE,
I i call _-_on_ the Agents. and satisfy
refei'ence t.o numerous letters
and certificates of ,the' highest; respectability.
DR....GEO.'B.' GREEN, Proprietor, Witid-
em,’-.'Vt. 3 1* ' 7 I '1‘ ~ “ r
__ R-_EED.‘BA"1‘E-S 6; AUSTIN,-' VVholesale
Druggists. Nio.-26»Merchants’-' Row, Boston,
Genera”! Ag‘ents.. s -
PJ'lC6 $1 |)6l'.‘l)0til6; six-for'$5'.. . ' .
CAUTION-.—-Eeahbottle of the Gcnizin-c
Oxygenalecl Biuizi-29,.’ will’ li‘ave.-.-the outside,
wm~pper printed in2En2lish,Fi-encli and Spah-1*
ish,"with:tl1e=signiitiire of ‘Gen. B. Green, Pro-
pi'ietcii‘, upon ¥'~1‘h'i'ee‘ Sides. and in addition’, a
finely en’gieavedilabe‘l.upon the top of the bottle
with the-sig.natui~e‘~of Reed,IBat-es 165 Austin;
wlioiaijetbe .s‘ole-General A-gents,and to whom
all ordeiis must; b‘e3addressed_;. . V -
Fe1'Fsailié'by;iW EBISSELL, andrdrnggiszs
gel)erel.l.y. in. the U. S.iand"'Canndas. ‘ '
Efioiri-:s'r
9
For San Francisco; ,- l A
On Saturday, July 10. at 3 o'clock, P. M..
from the foot of North Moore st., North River,
the new and splendid double engine steamship
CITY OF PITTSBURGH,
2,400 tons burden, Win.‘C. Stotesbury, Coin-
iiiander, will positively sail for San Francisco,
touching at Rio Valparaiso, and Panama, on
SATURDAY, July 10, at 3_ o’clnck P. M.-—
'l‘liis steamer lnis superior accommodations
is well ventilated and otherwise titted. for the
trade. It is confidently expected that she will
make the passage in the shortest time on rec-
ord, tlius affording a rare chance to families
and others. who wish to avoid the crowded
ships viii the Isthmus, as only a limited number
of passengers will be taken. A small quantity
of freiglit: will also be taken._ Arningements
have been with the owners of the new steam-
shipUiicle Sam, 1,800 tuns. new building, to
make a tlirougli connection, and she will soon
take her place in the line.“
For freight or piissage apply to
THOMAS RICH.-i.RDSOE‘l,No 41 Exchange
Place, or to E. MIL LS, No. 51 C0t't'landl st.
Agent of the Uncle Sam.
New York, June 15, 1852.
3 -.
tldiiftiiiéd iifi
A M. QUIMBY ck: SON. No.13? East
a 27th st. New York. are prepared to fur-
nish and aliix to biiildiiigs their iinprovetl light.-
ning rods. in a neat and permanent manner. and
at. a i'easor.ii'ol.e price. These rods have been in
use seventeen years. and have ncve_r_ failed to
ali'ord complete protection to the buildings on
which they have been pliicetl. Specimens may
be seen on the houses of l\lessi's. A. E. I3eurd
at Norwalk; li‘t'ancis Burritt, \Vestpnrt; N. P.
Pike. Souiliport ; Jolin Btirzkingliain and J.
Sttii'ges, Fiiii-field, and niany otliers in various
parts of the State. 'l‘liey have also been placed
mi some of the most splenrlid biiilrliiigs in New
York and vicinity. Circulars containing fui-tlier
inl'oi'matioii may be obtained at the otiice of this
paper. 4m,,17
Houses and Lots for Sale.
4,, - THE subscriber has for sale ‘several
convenietit cottage houses with good lots and
iinproveinents. which he will sell upon reason
able terms, and very cheap. -
12lf GEO. O. STREET.
Hats. Gaps, &c.
THE NORVVALK Ei\lPORIU‘.\I.
V VIIE subscribei' having purchased the old
stand of H. C. Handle. is new prepared to
offer as izreat 0|‘ greater inducements to pur-
chasers oftlio above named articles, than have
ever before been presented to this community.
Call and examine‘ for yoiii-selves. ’
D XVII) COMSTOCK, Jr.
Norwalli. Feb. 1st. 1852.. ' -
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.
‘SUMMER Al:1li.AN(.iEME.V'P.
C0Mll[l~IiVCli\'G MAY 3, 1852.
Leave Norwalk for New York.
A M
Special '1‘riiin 6 o'clock
C0l1)l‘IltJifli.li0’|l » 6‘ 38‘ ‘
Accoiiiiriodatiotl ’ 8 ' 9
*‘ 10 50
Express 91 P . M
Acconimodatioti 5 c 35
Express 9 53
Leave Norwiilk for Nevv Haven.-
Accomrnodation ti"i.iin .9_ o'clock 13 l!lltl«.‘£ M
“ _ l_ 36 P M
Express , y 5 35'; I
Accommorliifioti I5
Commutation ' 7 4 3
E_xpi'e's's‘tra‘ins West stop only at Stiinifotd;
‘ Leave New York for,No'rvvalk_.-
Accommoda‘tio‘n-' triii'n ’7 o'clock, A M
-- 11 30 , J .
f‘jx}')'l'°esS 3' 30. F M '
Special ' 3 50
Express 4 15
Coiiiinutatinn 5 30’
- Leave New Haven for Not'ivdlk. I
Commutation train .530 A M
A;cco’mmodation 7 _
. '“ 9 35 . ,_
Exprets _ _ ,4 I 15 P M
Accommodation‘ 4 20
Express -A 8 50 ’
GEO. xv. \'vnis'ri'.1'«:R;. Sa’p'£.-’
TJANBURY at NURWALK
Rail Road Arr’a.=ng‘ementf,-
Commencing Jzins‘ 215%, I852. Trains_ will
run as. fiillows uiit‘.i’l lu'i-th‘ei' n‘ot‘ic'e :3 Leave
Danbury at 6' 45 A M with passengers only.
" 3 [5 P" M p‘assenge‘rs and .fi'eight.~
PtETUENl3NG‘. will leive
So Norwalk at 9 16' fr M t sssé’t'igei"'s and fr’li't.
, , _ 5 40 P M passengers only.‘ .
« The 6 45’ A M train from_ Daribnry coiiiiects
at.‘ Norwalk with the 8 09 A M train t1o'N York _
PlltSs(‘.t’IgPl'S going east can leave Norwalk at’
9 13 Ac'M.- « . ’ .. ,
'l‘lie 3 15 P M ti"a‘i~n’c'oni'i‘ect‘s at Norvitrlli
with the 5 35" accommodation train to N. York,
and t.h'e' 5 35» c-xiprcss train to New Haven. _
P-la-sseiigoi's from‘ N~ew.Yo‘i'k will leave at 7'
56‘
this‘ i‘o‘ad.- '
oftlie trainsat the Riilgefield Stationto convey
passengers to Riilgefield village. Le‘\visboi'ougli,
&c. ' - ’ HARVEY SMITH", Sup’_t.
Patent Medicines.
‘ L-L- the popular Patient Medicines -of the
. _ ‘day may be found at; BI‘SSELL’S cheap
drug store under the Conn Hotel. . 3.
Dr S P and Dr Jacob’ Townsend's Sa~rsapai'illa.~
Sa-nd’s_. _ - . » d9
Woodwort_h’s ‘. _ _’ . 359'
W v n l-: oo_p’s‘ d°'
Gr‘ii‘isnti.'s‘ I . do‘.
wootrs 3 ‘ do _
Bissel|'s‘ ' d°' I
Ayer‘s Cherry Pect‘o1‘nT,~
Brant's Ralsam,
Oxygenated Bitters,-
H"utchings- "‘ -
Di‘. J"ayne’s M.-edic‘in'eg-,4
Fitclfs H . '
_‘Hun,t_’s Liniin'e’jriF,~ _ -
‘Perry Davis’ I’ai_n,'Killei‘,
:Kellenge'r’s Liiiimént,
!McAlllSi8l'.SCllflblhefltu, _ H I '_ ,
,‘D_ally'e Pain, Ex‘ti'act'or,-and,,1'0,Q01.in addition.
=BissELi22s.~;
a“ ptire
‘ofthis Bank have this day declared a dividend
‘month. criiiiineuce diwiwing interest. on the, 1st
-by Della A. Goodsell, and we’ste_i-ly by Slierman
A. M and at 3- 30'_P'M~ to. connect with trc'-ins on‘ ,
El-E3?’ Stages will be in i'eadi'n"e's’s on t'l:e"ni‘i'ival
. _very' low rtites. _
at 1‘ . . ~.
, ‘Westport. May 17.
I\lORWALK,,. ctr. T.UE,sD.i*i.t,.sJUNii-.29, iss52._
,‘ 1-
, r0nrRY..:~;<
A 'Mot‘lier’s Tear.’ _
Earth hath its eloquence, and strong
To move the -erring heart to fear;
But deeper than the flowing tongue"
Isa kind mother_'s melting tear}
Oft; when :1 st.uliliorn, wayward child,
I’ve scorned reproof, despised control,
‘A’ tear has made me tame and mild.
,And bowed with grief my inmost soul‘.
Off, when I broke her gentle" laws,
And turned regardless from her frown,’
A tear would advocate lier__cause, ,. _
And break my will and inelt me down.
When older grown, her admonition
Has fallen coldly, unregarded—
A tear has made me give attention, -
And pride and petulance-discarded.
And now when unto manhood grown,
‘Twill pierce my breast with many a smart,
And make uie weep when l liiive done
Aught that will \V ound my mother's heart.
Say reader! hast l/iou never moiirnnd
\Vlien thou hast made (1 mother weep?
On nnguislfs pillow never turiierl. , '
And souglit in vain for soothing sleep?
Proud one ! whose heart is cased in‘ steel,
And knowc-.st not an earthly fear--.
Tell me if t/zou didst never feel,
Wlieii thou hast caused a mother's tear.
If not. thou art of Stygginii 'stain—-
Go—’-‘hie thee to seine other sphere;
No heart should live in e:iril1’s doinain
Iinpei-vious to a mother's tear L”
Efiairfield County flank.
J Um-1 11th. 1852.
At the annual meeting of the stocl.lio*.dei's
of this Bank, liolden at tlie Banking House, on
the 8th inst.. the following gentlciiieii were
chosen Directors for the year ensuiii_i;:—~\.Vin
K. James. J. W. lliibbell, Asa E. Sm‘t.li.Clias.
lsaircs, \Vm. S. Lockwood. E. 13. Bennett, and
VVm. C. Street. _
At a subsequent meeting of the-Directors
Chas. lsaacs,_Esq.. was unanimously elected
Prt-sident. in place ef A. E. l5c_a1‘d,' Esq, who
declined a re-election. Attesr, _ _
T. XVARNERE, Jr , Casliier.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY BANK.
_l , JU.\'El~3t. 1852.
Divint-mo.-—'I‘lis‘President and Dii-ectr.irs
of four pei cent, on the capital stock. out oftlie
profits for the last six iiinnlhs, payable to the
stockholders on demand. Per Order,
_ ’l‘. \VARNER., Jr., Cashier.’
NORWALB: SAVINGS s,ocIij'a‘v.
_ _ _JUN.E 11th, 1852.
_ All mo_nies deposited , during the present
T. WA R N E R, Jr.,
July I 8532.
' Sec’y ti’. 'I‘i‘easurei'.
District of Norwalk ss Probate C_o'urt,= June
l9£’z. 1852. ~ , ‘ _ _
E S'l‘A'l‘E- of ELIJAH REED. late. of
Norwalk in Slllll _distitict.decease’d.
Oirderca/'——'l‘liat the Executors* exhibit
their Aclniiiiistration account to this Court for
adjustment, at the Probate Office in Noiwalk
on the 3d day of July, 1852, at 9 o"'clock.
forenoon; and tha_t all persons interested in said
Estate may be notified lliereof, the Execu-
tors will cause this Or(ler_to be published in
a newspap'ei' printed in F‘airfield County and
post a copy thereof on the sign post. in said Nor-
walk. nearest. the last residence of said deceas-
ed, atileiist. ten days b‘t=fore' said 3_d day of July..
GEORGE A: DAVENPORT, Judge.
To the P;roli'a"te Courrt for Ike Dist-rict _of, Na-
wallr : .
"ll.'lE iip‘pl.icalio'r'i‘ of HENRY BEERS'of
- I\'orw.alk in said District, respectfiitly
sliowcth t.liat he is pa rentand iiutu‘i‘alguat"di-
an to I Sarah A. Beers, \Villiam \V. Beers,
Fanny ‘J. Beers‘ and George S. Beers, minors
lielriiigiog to‘ said‘ district. and that said minors’
are the owners of the fol'lo'wi‘iig real el-mite, ly-
ing in the town of Ptitlgefielil, in Fairfield cunn-
ty, to wit.‘ one ‘niece of land, in q'uantity five’
acres, inore _oi' ;ess,' bounded noi'tl‘ie‘i-ly: by
Bradley Beeijs.’ezist.eii‘y by iiigl'ix‘va_v, soutlierly_
Beers ;' also.‘ one pieceiif land, in q'.ua'nt'ity six
acres and one'ro'o‘d, more’ or less,‘ with a‘ barn
sta'n‘d'ing t1h’ei'eo a. bound ed ~noi"th_ei~ly by ’I‘liornas'
Hoyt and Steplien B‘u'itlei'y, easterly by Ingli-
way,'s.outliei ly by Benji-i'iiiii Go‘dfrey,=and west-'
erly by Tlioinas Hoyt and 'Stehen_ Jones; ul-
so. one Oil]el'.|)lé.‘Ce of land inquantity 3'0'acres,'
more or less, with a dwelling house and other
lmiildiiigs standing thereon, bounded northerly
and sou-th‘ei'ly by Elislia (:‘rilbert',- Easterly by
B'riidlr-.y Beers,’ and woserly by liigliway. _
And he-fi.irtliei' says that. the estate‘ is at pi'.e's‘i-
e‘nt u’nproductiv'e':, fllttli the avails thereof are
wanted for tlie'su‘pp‘o'rt, ma'ii‘itenanco and edu-
cation of said" mitiors, and that-it. will be for ‘the
advziiitiige of said minors to sell the sanie, and
iiivest the av’ails t"liei'eof according to lawf
wherefore he says that there‘ is just and re‘ason-
able cause for Séllltlg the same. He tliereforc
prays ll’l8-Colllfi. to‘ order said real". estate to be
sold‘, and to empower him or seine, other meet
person to sell’ the‘ same.pni-suanttothestatate
in such case made‘ a'nd prov'ided'. \ -
Dated .l'uno’1?2tli-, 1852.’ ~ .
__ H EN R.Y_ BEERS.
Parent and natural Guai'dia‘n'.
Districtl of Norwallc Probate Court ss.Ju'ne
12111., 1352. ‘ O _ ‘- , ,
()rdé'red—,=-Tliat the foregoing’ ‘a‘ppli'cafio,‘n be
:hea rd and detei'mit_ied at the probate omce in
Norwalk on the 21st day of Auausf.‘1852. ill
9'‘ o'clock forenoon’; iind that notice thereof be
publi's'hed in some public" newspaper near tli‘e
.place_ where such real estate lies, three weelis
sticcessively. at least six weeks bel'ore'said time
-assigned. GEORGE‘ A. DA,VEN.PORT. ”
24 . -. . L . _ -Judge'.'..
1 - New"Sp”ring-Go‘ocis‘.' ‘ ,
_ UST ' received tt‘ltl'l'ge~sl1|)[)l’y of new" goods?
, . .'1‘ho,se in want of bii_i'gaiiis,-\vi_l_l do well to
callsoon; MALLORY & LE_VVIS.,,_.,
B.eaciy-nitade .G1oth_1ng.
GOOD assoi-tiiiei_it and, warranted’ well
made. ‘ Also, Clothing niade to order in
the‘ best‘ inannéi-‘, by -a"fi‘i'st'-ra't’e tailor alnd-at
H Cutting done witlmut.cliai'ge;
. M'.0.UL'1“.0‘N.’S;-. : -i
- .. . 3.19.0"
‘ A
.
Q‘-, STORE and tenein at _fo'ra_sm'ail, taint.-
, ‘ 'ly'.at’S'otith"Nor\viilk,toi'mbifly ovfvti'eii’_by‘
. IM.ISCELLANY;' I I .~
The Old Slugar-Ilouse Prison.
The following letter from a relative of a ven-
erable revolut'io'na'ry hero, is a valuable contri-
bution to history, and cannot fail to eitc_ite’_ the
interest of all who read it;._ The cruelties to
which pi_'isone_r_s of war ciofiued in the L.,be-fly-
street Sugar House‘ were subjected by the Brit-
ish, find a parallel only in the political pe'i'sec-.:-A
tions pe_i'peti'ated in our day in Austria and Na-
ples. LEVI Hanronn, a native of No_rwalk. it
will be i"er1*!enibei'e_cl. is the sticcessfiil competi-
tor offou r survivors of°the in‘m'a{es ofthe Sugar-
if I-'1onse"Prison, for the cane awarded by Mr.
Barker, madefroma timber oftl_1atbuildin‘g.—-'
His story is given in his own words, with the
simplicity‘a'n_d‘ d‘irectn‘ess of truth:
Correspondence of the .Iom'nal of Commerce.
W.iL'roN, Jan. 10, 1852.
Through the kindness of-a friend, I have
just beeushown an article in your paper of
January 1st, over the signature of B., stating
that the writer has a CANE made from one of
the large oak beams of the old Sugar-House
Prison, lai':'ly’ tot‘n‘doWn "in Liberty street,
and wishes to find some one of our Revolu-
tionary heroes who was imprisioned therein,
that be may present it to him as a support
for his declining years. Hcjustly supposes
that the associations connected with it would
make it ofvalue to the recipient. I have to
state that Ltzvi HANPORIU, now of VValton,
-Delaware C0.. New York, is of that honored
number, one of the veryfciv who "still stir-
vive the Wasting band oftime. He is now
in his 9311 year, feeble in“ body of course, but
still able to walk, and Still retaining his fac-
ulties in a reinarl-:able degree, and the mem-
ory of Revvolutionary events and the transac-
tions of by-‘gone days in great perfcction—th‘e
result no doubt of habits of steady.indusiry,
temperance, and piety, joinedto a good con-
stitution." I will give you a short history of
his Revolutionary life and his iiriprisonrncnt,
as l took it down in his own words, some four
.y,e;irs.s,ince,.and which may not be wholly
Ul’!lt1l.0l'CSlll’),Q’* - ,
lt is said he, with feelings ofsadness that
l view the time fast appi'oacliirig when those
that were active in that war will liavepassed
away, and those that shall theti live will know
nothing of the events of that day, only as
they read ufthem as they read the history of
other nation:-1. There aie those that yet live
wlio do know, th-it were active in that day,
what our indcpeiiclence cost us. History rc-
cords the most important of its events and
transactions ;’yet there are those tb‘ousa‘nds of
scenes ofnoblu daring, of personal s'aci'i‘fir‘:é,
siififeriny, and di.-ti'ees,;tb'at never have our nev-
er will find. their wayinto the pages ofliisto-
ry, but will fade out as the old soldiers pass
away, til! the last page of teeirfiing tradition
shall be placed Side by side, and buried in the
grave with the last ofthe old’ soldiers.
I was born,~continu'edh‘e, in the town of
Norwalk, Connecticut, in‘ the _.;rca.t" year
_/ifry/-iiinr, ‘is it used to be termed, (the year"
in which the British‘ took C.in_ada )' 'l"ney
began to fight at Concord and Lexington‘ in.
the springof 1775; and in‘ the September
following, [was old .enou'gli to do‘ duty-
that is, I _wa‘s sixteen, tlieage th'en‘ required.
During that rind the following year I went
qccasioniy on duty», for short peri'o'ds,-‘to New
Yorkand other places. - ' -
lyvus one.of.af company sent in the sp‘r'in'g
of 177610 (iovenor’s Island, in the night, to
- break the first ground that was ever broken
to fortify that now strong place. In_ March,
1777, I was called out as a g‘u'a'rd on Long-Is-
land Sound. On the 13th‘ of M.-irch,~ a‘ very
dark and stormy night, 1, with twelve others,
was stationedas an oitt guard. Out‘ officers
were negligent, and iii‘ the niglit we were
surrounded by tories from‘ L-o,ng,_[sland, and
theguard made prisoners myself among the
rest-—'an" ig‘ri’r)rant boy of seventeen‘. ‘V-.7e
wereihen taken‘ in an open boat across" the
sound, ‘to Hun'tin'gton ; from‘ there to Flush‘-
ing,van'd thence -to NewYoi'lt, and incarcera-
ted in the Sugafyl-Iou‘se-2 Prison in Liberty
street,‘ near-the New Dutch ‘Clriirch, which
was at the time converted into‘_a riding school
forthe Briti‘sh,lig‘h‘t horse, and is now used
for the city post office." The old prison,
Wbicb is now torn‘ down_,- was a stone build-
in‘;';, six stories iilgll, but the stories‘ were very
low, which made it dark and confined. It
was built for a sugar refin'ery,~ and its appear-P
ance was dark and glooriiy, while its small
and deep windows gave it the appearance of
a‘ prison, whicli it really was, with a lii<_r.h
board fence inclosiiig a small yard. _W'e
found at this t'im‘e fibblli forty 0'1‘ fifty prison-
ers‘, in; an em’acia‘te‘d,-starving, wretched con-
dition'. There numbers were con'st:intly be-
ing o'i‘m'inislictl bysiclcness and death, and as
constantly in‘crea‘sed by the accession of‘n'e-iv"
prisoneis, to the pain b-er of-£00 or 500'." Our
. allowance ofp‘1_'ovision's_was Pbrk and sea bis- ..
.cuit;- it \vo‘i_1,ld.n0t keep a well man. in
strength.‘-. The biscuit was such as had been
worms and mlouldv. it was‘ our "common
practice to’ ‘put water in our camp tcenlé, then
.break- up tll'e-b‘iscui‘t into’ if. skim offtlte
worms‘, pu't'in‘ the porlr, and boil it, if we had"
fu‘_el_; but tbiswas allojwcd‘ usonlv part of
the time ,- when we _co‘iili:i_'.g'et no fue , we ate
our rneat raw:an'd our biscuit dry; _Sta'i'ved
»as"v.'re w.ere,~ther_e' was _nothing in, the _Sl'laPe
offood that was rejectéil or was nnpnlalable._
_Cro‘wd'ed together in bad air and v~'i‘t'li such
diet, it'ivas'_not"s_tra‘ng'e that disease and pesti-
lence shoullil ‘prevziill H" I {T ' :
I‘ hadtnot been on}: ti ‘ere e ‘ore - ivas ta-
krn \VZl,l.l1’i'llC srn‘a*ll‘.po"x, and sent to the Small‘-'
Pox l-I"o.=pital‘.- fliacl it liglltl, 5110: 8000 “3ll_“'_0''
ed to thezprison,-‘but.not ti L. = ad-.-seen':it in
its grost_m_1ilig'nant forms. _ Soineofmy com-
'panion_s died, iirtbat’ hospital. When .1 re-
turned to. the prison,-others of our cotnpany
.had been‘ tiakyen" to _th'e _"diffet'en_t} hospitals,
:frorri"'wb‘ich"’ few i1,'etti,rnod., HI rernainetl in
.pris'o‘:'s fora time, w’i;¢jn, from bad air’, c0t§,fir‘i9j-
merit,‘and?b§a‘d,iét;,’I‘ Vl5as"taken sick‘ and
wet‘ wit‘h‘s'éa wa’ter and damaged, was full of _
— of my feet‘.
- _at one time, the prlodifctiof one" twentyifour
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. I soon becanie-iii5s"e‘n§ibl_e,lalndthe time pass-
.ed unconsciously till [began slowly to recov-
er.hea,ltl_1 and st'r-,en‘g'tb,. and -was -again per-
mllied 10, exchange these s'cén_cs of disease
ancldenih for the. prison. .Qn my return I
found t‘he'ntimb’er of Clint companions still
further redticed by sickness:iiri‘d death. I Du-'
ring all this tiinean in ueiice was exerted to
induce the piisoners to enlist into the ‘tory
regimenlts. Although our sufferingswere
iritolei1ab'le', and the men were urged by those
vv_bo,__ha,d been I their own toivnstnen and
neighbors, who had joined the British, yet
the instances were rare tbatthey -could be
Irifluencéd to eallst._ So wedded were they
to their principles, that they chose honorable
death rather than sacrifice them. , _
Iremained in the prison till the 24th of
October, when the names of a company of
prisoners were taken down, and mine among
the rest. It was told us that we were going.
home. Wedrcw our week’: provisions,
wliich by solicitation we cheerfully divided.
among our starving associates, whom‘ we
were to leave in prison. But wether it was
to torment and aggralvgxte our feeling. I know
not; but this l do know—-that instead of go‘-
ing home we were taken from the prison j.xn‘d
put on board of one of the prison ships (the
Good latent) lying in the North river, and
reported there with one we'ek’s provisions.-—
The scene of starvation‘ and suffering that
followed cannot be described; every thing
was eaten that could appease hunger; From
this and other causes,-and crowded as we_weri=,
with ovei';two‘ l‘.Un(lt'€Ci in" the‘ hold of one
ship, enleebled as we had become, and now
reduced-by faiaiiie, pestilence began to sweep
us down, till in less than two months we
were .redu'ced by death to scarcely one hand-
red. In addition to all this‘ we were ‘treated
with the utinost severity and cruelty. In
December, when the. liver begun to freeze,-
our ship was taken ar_our.d into the Walla-
bout, where lay the Jersey, another prison,
ship of horrific inemory,‘ whose rotted hulk
recently rem‘ainc'd"‘to' ‘inark the spot where
thousands yielded up their-livés it sacrifice
to Britisli cruelty. - .
The dead lrom thse ships were thrown in-
oones, after the war, were collected and de-
cently buried. It was here that E=.lia'n Allen
exhausted his fund of'c‘u'rses and bitter invisc-
tives agaiii st the British, as he passed 't'imo‘ng
the prisoners‘ and viewcil the lr)t1llis()m'e'dens
.ofsuf‘I'ering,- after his return from his sharpe-
lul i,mpri,sonm‘entlic_ Eixigiand; Here I was‘
taken_ sick, and my name taken down for the
liospital. The day before,_New Year, the
sick, were taken in'1o'_a boat for the city she
had lo3‘t.'i"pi_ece of plank from the bottom,
but it. was fill».-.d up wit'nlicre,- and we wei'_e_ta‘-
ken in tow. ‘ From the motion the ice soon’
loosened; and the boat began to leak ;"az‘i‘d‘ be-
fore we had gone far the sailors "inquired if
we leaked. Oar men, from pi-ide, and not to
s‘ho’w, fear, replied but a mere tr'ifle ; bu'ttl'1‘ey
soo‘n‘pei'ceived 0'u'r‘inct‘casedl1'eft,pulled hard ‘
for a‘ time,-ancl then lay too till we came
Out: boat was half filled with waiter. W-lien‘
they’st1w' it they cursed t1,s,tan'cl pulled for the
nearest dock slioutiiig for help.‘ W'ben the
b‘o‘at'touched the dock, slie stijuck level with
the water, and we held on with our hands to‘
the (lock and a small boat by our side to keep‘
us from‘ si'nking. It was low wn".er, and the
sailors reached down from tlie.doclt.clen'ched
hold of our hands, and drew us up. ire‘-‘
member that I W_as_di-awn up with such vio-‘
lence,‘ that the skinwas taken from my chest
and stomach'.‘ One poor fellow that could
not sit up, we had to haul on the gunnel of
the boat‘ tokeep his head out of water‘-i-but
be‘ got wet,-and died iria few m-inntes after
he was got. on shore. ' _ . _,
VVe werevtaken to the hospital in Dr‘.
ers’ B’rick Meeting House, (now Di‘. Spring’.-1,,
neat‘ the foot ofttic_ p.'irl{_[) F_r_o_i_n;. the yard I
carried one ‘end of a‘ b‘u‘nl<,- fi"oif1"wh"icli some
persort liadjust died, into the c‘hu’r<‘:h',‘ and got
into it exhausted and o‘vérc'om‘e.' The head‘
nurse saw my ’condition., She-n'i’ade me some
ten,-;«an'd pulled the blankets from‘ the sick
Irish, regardless of their comjplaints.oricurses,
and piljedthem on me‘, till [sweat p’ro‘fu'sely‘
and fell asleep‘. When’ I awoke in‘ the rz'i‘orn-
in,=:;,' they gave‘ me some tnullc-d wine and
water. l-Vine and some other {liings were
sent in by ed} ,go'vet‘nm'ent for the sick ;' the
British fu‘r‘r'ii's'ned nothing. ~ I then lay perfect-
ly-ieasy»an‘d free from‘ pain,‘ and‘ it appeared
to me that-l never vvas so bnppyin my life,
and yet so weak that I could notget out of
and :1 prisoner, ;,,(lia‘d'bee'n' taken out ofthe
that niy blood was breaking rlmvn an'd_turn--
ing to water,‘ from the effect of‘tl'1e's‘mall poi.
He said Iniust have some bitters. lgave
h'im'_ w,ha‘t' money ‘I had, and l1'epi‘e'pa'recl-
‘some for are, arid ,,\-‘Vl'1‘eU‘;ll’it'1_l was gonelie bad
gain‘, and finally to walk about. _
side of‘ the church, in the warm sun, my
‘toes began to ‘sting and pain‘ are é:i':c'essiv'cly.
I showiéd themito the‘ .su‘rgeo"n* when he
came in ;'glie l"«\l(_lillJE.‘lfi' open‘ ;, they had‘ been
frozen’, and the fiesli‘ wastedi till only the
bone and ton‘gh skin r'em'ain’ed_‘. I _I_,h‘ad now
to renfaiti‘ here for a‘ lon,q‘tini'e' on‘ 'a'cc'o'u'n‘i
And of all places‘ that was the‘
‘last to.b‘e’ coveted ;- disea'se':‘rnd" d‘ea't‘b‘ reign-
.sce‘n fifteen‘ dead bodies sewed. up‘ , lit , l_l1f¢_l|';,
-blankets‘ and lhid in‘ the corn'e,|‘ Of llfe yard
"hours". Every, morning at eight 0'¢_l°_Ci< file.
dead cart came, tlie boidi_es?‘,W.8T6' Pl?‘ my ‘_ll_9_
men .(li'e.,\‘J' their rum‘, and‘ that-art \v_as ,d_ri\t-,2
en off to the tr,enc_hE;S . ,0l. We f°'?'fi°3l‘°“s
that our ‘people’ ‘had tr:a'_cle,. _ Once I was
permitted to go with are guard to the, place
of inieruiem,-- ad tiev'er shall" I’ forget the-
.scenetha‘t‘[- 'th‘er'e beh"el‘d;~l "They tu‘mbl‘ed
‘ ithenrinto the ditch‘, just a's='i!-heppBnI!Cl,’t’l1l'eW'
;'6t_i srliItlei1irt,a'nditheo-wentiawayu --In-c.outd»;:.
i’0wME
to the trencltes of ourfortifications ; andtheir .
my bank, had it been to save the _Union.—'- f
The Doctor, who was an American Surgeon -
prison and sei"F%:‘d in the liospital,(~ toid me''_
the kindness to prépa_re1scm_e for me once or -
twice‘ at his own expense. I began s'lo:v.ly to ,
\Vhlle_$1afltllI1g one day in 1\«Iafcti by the A
’e‘d”the're in*all' their terror.‘ ‘ l." have lhicl‘ in'e’n '-
die by the side of me in the nigl_1't,a‘nd=h‘,i've--’
47?”?
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t-_..
the rains,-iswi'>.llen', blflbb‘6'ring,:.§,§¢f fall.-
1115 to'de'ca'y.=;- ' = " " " 4
this itl'D:e':Vf(_)l'Wa‘l'(l,'_I," é,t"Ij_oye'd,_, comtoi-g'g.|,|g‘
health. -to {the i close 5 ; of A mix ii‘7‘ipriIo"nmen:,~
which took place’it‘i t'he'Mh’y‘folloivin‘g. Ono‘
dz_1y,—,s_s~l was_standii‘ig; in} tlie. yiact a‘éI‘i- the‘
high board fence, in t'fiati- passed «injthti pmgi
,Cl,0,So ‘lo the fence, dnd ivitbéiiit stopfiiiig of
ll“'m“.$ his lleiid ‘said iii a‘ law ioiéeg,Gén-
erzil Burgoyne-is-taken,witltitll bi8'drt'r'.y‘
u is a truth you may d_ep‘end span 1;... shui
0”" ll'°m' all lnforinationns we h_a"db’e“én', tho‘
neivs was grateful indeed, ’ai‘i'd'cheé‘r”ed us in‘,
01" Y"el°l7ed_‘pris_on. _jKnowin‘g‘ nothing of
whafiwas ,_ga!<i_nt-., place — beyond fillé confines
of our rrnseiabig abode, we had been left to‘_
'‘“’_l' ‘c'5l3-59$ émll _ll1'_e probabilities of otir _Go'v=.
era-meat-lbeing-able-to"-_éitc'lning‘é or ‘release
us. , We knew not whether our c'a"u'se was
Pl'°9_“?3S”lg: 01‘ whethei‘ résiétancie 'vv:is’Still'
continued. _ _ Our informatioti‘ was obtained
°“lY_ through illé exaggerations ‘of British
S915liery_-. But this gave as the‘ sweet cgiisoa
liition that our 'cause_ was yet‘ uiagfipha-m.,
and the hope of final liberation; ind out‘
informant beenudiscovered be nxight have had
to_ run‘ the gauntlet,-or lose“ his , life fox‘-, Ehid
kindness. One day, ab'ou't théfirst of ,’May
two ollicers came into she‘ prison‘. f
them was a‘ serJear'i't«by the naitie of Wally,-
who had from some cause, and wliatl t'fe'l"b‘t"
l<!l¢W,'_ lalrfrn a great dislike to the §_tlie olhef
was an officer by the name of Blackgrove.-"3
lligy told us there was to be en‘ exchii'n'g'i’
of trio oldest prisoners. They began‘ to call
llie Toll. great many names were 6.". led
but no answer given ; they had‘ been eiichau‘-°
g‘-ed l._l'lllC Being who has power to set‘ the‘
captive free". Here and there vfas‘ one to‘ step‘
lorw-.ird.~_ At length my namiriivas called.-
Iat-tetnpted to step forward to answer, when
Seijycant Wally turned and frowned apart
me with a look of demonlac fury, and diction‘
.€tl,iY19-,lJ’*0l<- I dared not tt.t']SW'el'.'. ?All,was'
still. Then;otber names were called; i_I felt
that, live or die, that was the.titiié.tb“ speak.
I told Ofiicer Blaclagrove;that there were-but
ele_i:en; men in prison older than iny'self. VH0’
looked at rim, and sskédfivhy I did not--am
swer. told liimihat I a'tte'rnpt'e‘d._t'b answer;
but Seryeunt Wally stopt me; . He‘ turned
and looked "at him with contempt, and _.ihe;1
put ‘down my nai‘ne.. But of the tiivielvd
_l.=1l_?.en,, with me, only two new rétnained ;'
niysclf and one other were the’ only oneii to’
i>e_eXcha_nged. On the 8th of May we ifvere‘
released from our wretched abode. They; in!’
lfio iF0uble,ai1'd to1'*'men‘t us, took tlie_Soi’1th-'
ern prisoners off to_v_'vai‘d Boston to bésdis-'
'chai‘ge'Ll,v vvlii_le, the Eastern prisoners Jivéro’
taken t.o.Eliz'abetht'own‘,_in the Jersey. F-',t'ot‘fl
there, we went to _Newark; Hefe. everything’
was clad in‘ _the,beauty of.sptiti'g,-and !ipp‘éa'r.:
so r.lol_lgh_tlu_l t'liat_ .\vé“coI'1’ld not forlzetir gd-‘
ing out and rolling .on_tbc.g‘re.en grass. The‘
isxmfy app‘ec;red so»greatf_a‘fte‘t .t1‘ confinement
of four_tec7_i.tn0't_iLhs' in it loathsome pi‘iso'n-‘-'-'
clo't.l1'ed in‘_ i'°ag’si_a'n'd_fi_lth, and with a'sso'ci'ated‘
too 'nu'm_erous and ofiiensive to admit of des.-'
criptio'n'._ From here. '.we_t1"aveled on as first
as o‘ur-en'fee'blé‘d powers would_per'niif. [W6
crossed:tbe I-Iudso'n'a't Dob'b’s Ferry}. Hex‘-‘a’
we began to. separate,-"é‘.ich for his own home;
The oliicers . pressed horses and agent on--I-'--‘u
l\"Iy éompaiiioriiund tnysalf were’ soon‘ vvend-'
‘ing our way slowly and aloti‘é'.', As we pass:
ed on’ we saw in the distance, trio men‘ fltlfflg
towarcls us‘, each leading a horse.’ It di'cf_i‘i‘ot'
talte me~long‘to dliscover the mat, on it iivél
known‘ horse‘ to be ray fat'Iier,,a’t'id the 6tbéf-
the father of my comrade: ‘ The tfleéfffi'g‘E
will not attempt to désfEr'ibe' here ;‘~ but fruit‘!
the n‘ature,of the case you may ir’i'ragi'n'¢ if
was_an affecting o‘n'e-.1 -And‘ p‘ecu'li'zI'i‘ly §o’,<ai
my friends had been‘ informed s‘o‘rr‘i'e' {trite be-'
fore’_‘Lliat I died in prison‘. They had had
p.ra"yers offe_i'ed up‘, according to the cdsioiit
_of the times,'__an‘d the family had gone into’
m"ourning.. _They t1he‘i_‘efo're‘ felt t'_hu't they
had received me from the’ dead. The ofi‘-j
cers‘ h‘a'd carried the news of our return‘; amt‘
our friends had ridden’all—night to’ meet us;
We' proceeded on ‘our way, and en‘-1 tho‘
shad-es‘ of evening ‘closed around ifs,‘ we
were once more in‘ the bosom of f,rié'nds,~ant,f
enj‘oyi'ng thesociety of thiose vie‘, Iov'ed’,‘a"b'd,
thesweets of home; .And may my heart‘
ever rise in gratitu’de.‘to that .B‘eing,- vilfoso’
preserving care has been over me and has‘
n'e~vjerjlorsakén me.‘ _ .-_ - _ ‘ .
Levi H-anford c‘or'i’tin'u'ed in {request and
active servic-.e,to the close of the war. '
.Respeclfully_yoD't§,‘
13:, t1A‘-NE"'oft'D‘.-A '
]3issipeti'on soften’s'thé soul so‘ mulch" that
the most superficial eiYiplo'ymen't beconi‘es‘a.‘
burden, and the slightest‘ inc'onvenién’c'e a__ti_
agony. 't‘h'e ~rosés‘ of pleasure’ sel"do_’n’rlas’t
long‘ eii‘o1'i’gh' to adorn‘ the brow of him’ who
plncks them ;‘ for they are the .only.'roses:
which do not retain-their sweetness alfei‘ they
have" lost th’ei'i:7 beauty. __ v _
The Spirit .Meclzums.——The' “sp"£ril:,’."_tip’
at '1‘uscarawas county,‘ last winter were con-’
sulted for-.ihe.faie of Daniel ‘Edg‘,erl'y,'...who_'
had’ been’ unheard of in’ Cal'it'oi'ni‘a'. _ Th'¢y_
.res‘pon‘ded that poor -Dain wasas détfd. a‘s'..E
h’erring.- The friends" were believers‘ and
.h.(,p-6 fl'e',]_' Last week Dan dropped? down‘,
at hom'e.{u‘ll of health, _sp'irit.s‘.zind“iiocks‘.”
Hie inquired forfthe impostorsgfor b‘e'__vvaji‘i‘terf
t'o‘sh'ovv ‘them that he was alivecafnd kicfrmg.
_ ‘?.foli,n stop your ciyja{g','? ,§:‘ii‘ti_"t,t_t'i-en-'
ra'géd father to his s‘on',» vi‘l_t‘o‘ had‘ kept _u'p--an‘
inmrerablq ‘_ye1,l-;’.fo,: the lajst five min_utes._-
m S,,~,,,,,]f say, doyou’-hear 2” a’ga‘i'n" ;1'7epeat'g;Il;
so .
_“'Yot'l"(_l0t'1’t‘ suppose I’ can’ .éh’0ll"d§‘. "
the father after a few. i‘xi‘i'n'ut_es', the boy
crying.
ofl‘ in_;a minute", do‘. -yon,’,_’
hopeful urchin’. ,
he staggered‘ h¢ure_ from :ll‘nl!_'IJPl53|’ -Peri;
-«haw evii ;éfori’i‘si_n‘ini.<':'aii<'ui‘-= corrupt-.£°°
. m'a'n_ neJs'.- --Ij3V_e,b8el!:'sufl'Q‘i titled ‘bY=‘‘imPE9T‘‘i‘
:
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féonviafyedi-ioitb"é Q‘uaker-Meeting;“flbspitalgaio
iriiticle. 'f'or"‘szilb at‘ ‘
Fitclrr an Fow_lei-.- 'E'iiiii'iii-ea_i’i_;‘ this ‘otfi¢é._'-.~ '
=00lled~ from-‘ its~bci‘n'g“- at 3Q!1‘}1liet“- cl:tu_1‘l9l1‘3.-3,1‘ -'
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was .no‘w.i:eti1'rned'_r‘o‘ -(lie priiifin ;' ind fl-otii .
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“;’,Tis s‘tr'ang'e,” inuttejred i1y'oung' ti‘I5!i}"i§'. - ‘
’all this eriening,.aiid niiiii.,::§‘~?gi‘ ¢ixurb1titi;gt.'='fi'." ..
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