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VOLUME XXXIX.---NUMBERVB9.
[r‘€l© EBWALIK GAZETTE.
A. II‘. BYINGTQN Editor &Proprietor.
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sncxsowa QUINTA nns
A MBRO TYPE |l00MS,
Over D. &. N. Depot.
NORWALK.
I. i k e n 0 S s e s
Warranted to please all Good Judges
Dentistry. '
Doctors HILL &. PITCH,
Surgical & Mechanical
D E N T I S T S,
Omce over the Store of G. J.Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.
CHARLES FITCH.
J. 1". I'00'.l'I:,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
orncn 0:71:12 JII./ILLOR Y’ s__ srozw
N orwalk, Conn.
A. HILL.
AMOS HUNT,
General Pension & Patent Agent
And Prosecutor of Claims before
the several Departments and
the Court of Claims.
Washington, D. C.
H. c. RANDLE,
Hats, Cap.s:fl]IIeIhIs & Boy’s
STRAW GOODS, &c.,
Ladies Furs, Gents Gloves, canes,
Unnbrellas, ck:c.,
No. 2 Skiddv’s Block.
C. J. GRUMAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS, CARPETINGS
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassi-
meres, Satinetts" Vestings, and Tail-
or’s Trimmings, by the Yard,
Piece or Package.
sunnrmcs, SHIBTINGS, JEANS, BATrs AND WARP
A the lowest possible prices.
NORVVALK, CONN.
C. & B. K. LOGKWOOD, 81- Go.
NORWALK. coNN.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
- Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares,
AND DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery,
Britannia Porcelain and Wooden
IVare, and Kitchen Furniture
in general, Pumps, Sheet
Lead 4- Lead Pipe,
Crockery, Glass
and,C'hina
Ware.
E. V. A. GI-IICHESTER,
I-Ia.rdvva.re
D E A L E R,
NORWALK, CONN.‘
I SUCCESSOB. TO
JAMES SHERWOOD,
Bookseller, Stationer &. Binder,
17 Main Street, Norwalk.
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Wnoi.EsALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
STOVES,
MANUFACTURER OF
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper‘ Wares:
H as constantly on hand a large assort-
ment of general House-keeping
Furniture, at So. Norwalk,
Conn.
T
Norwalk Post Oflice.
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Mail C'loses.—WEsT. 7.30 A. M.. 3.00, P.M.
do do EAsT, 8.30 A. M., 4.30 P. M.
do do D. & N. R. R., 8.45.
do do New York City, 4.30.
WESTON, Tuesday do Saturday at 2.00 P..\i.
Mail D-ue.—D. & N R. R. 8.00 A. M.
do do Wnsr, 9.30 A. n., 6.00 P. is.
do do EAST, 8.30 A. M., 4.45 P M.
R. A. WILLIAMS P. M.
S. E. OLMSTIIAD,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries,
Provisions, &-c., No. 14 and I6 Main-st.
Asjnst received an entirely new and ex-
tensive assortment of goods which he
will sell on as favorable terms as any_iu the
trade, The public are respectfully invited to
call.
Norwalk, March 5th. 1855-
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POTASH’ N° 9‘ OLMSTEAD'S.
Alkaline D8Iltlfl‘iG9-
R. BARBOUR manufactures and keeps
D con-tantly on hand the above D|'9P‘“'”""°_“
for preserviiig- and cleuiisiug the teeth. . It is
unhesitatingly pronounced the best. Pl?P9J‘il'
tion inthe market, for the purposesindlcated
Sason able
DRY GOODS.
HE Subscriber would return his thanks for
the very liberal patronage with which his
Store has been favored the your past, and hopes
by a constant attention to the wants of the
trading public and by a system of fair and hon-
orable dealing, to retain his share of trade for
the year ensuing. His Stock comprises at all
times a choice and varied selection offnsliiona.-
ble and seasoiiable Dry Goods, of every quality
and price. He is confident that purchasers
will find every article purchased at his store,
equal in quality, and as cheap in price, as can
be obtained elsewhere. Particular attention
devoted to the selection of Cloths, Vcstiiigs,
&c., &c., for Gcutlemens wear, which will be
sold at the lowest market prices.
L. H. RANDLE.
Lime.
100 Bbls. of Lime for sale by T. L. PECK.
Timber and Laths,
AT SOUTH NORWALK.
350,000 Plastering Laths.
50,000 Feet Pine and Spruce Timber.
10,000 Pine Pickets just received and for
sale by THOS. L. PECK.
LUMBER! LUMBER!
ILL & HUBBELL have recently com-
menced the Lumber Business at the old
stand lately occupied by Mr. Charles Thomas,
and intend to keep on sale
Timber, Lath and Lime,
together with every variety of Lumber sold in
this market. We shall be happy to accommo-
date customers with any thing in our line at
liberal prices. M. HIL ,
15 J, c. HUBBELL,
NORWALK Iuvrronruivr !
PROVISIONS, FRUITS.
Vegetables, Fish of All Kinds,
clams. Oysters, &c.,
As good as the market afi'ords,constantly to be
found at the well known establishment of
MEEKER & OLMSTEAD.
@* Goods of the above description.-received
daily, and for sale at wholesale and retail on
he most favorable terms.
Cheaper than Ever
flt the South Norwalk
GROCERY STORE.
HE Subscriber has on hand by far the tar‘
gcst and best selection of Family Groce-
ries and Provisions, to be found in South Nor-
walk, which he offers to his customers and the
public, at greatly reduced prices. His facili-
ties are such that he will be constantly receiv-
ing new and fresh supplies of goods, as the
wants of his Customers may reqirlre, which will
always be of the best quality and sold at the
very lowest possible price, and he would re-
spectfully solicit an examination and trial of
the same. GEO. W. SMITH.
Q Land For Sale.
ABOUT eight acres of good Land, near
ed for sale upon very reasonable terms. It is
admirably adapted for building lots, or for
gardening purposes,haviug a quick and rich
soil, and a large bed of vegetable mould or
compost manure, thereon; or it is well calcu-
lated for a first rate meadow. Itis well fenced
and in a very eligible location. For further
particulars enquire at this Office. tf3
%‘ Cabinet Ware Ilboms at ‘
WESTPORT !
THE Subscriber would respectfully inform
his friends and the public generally, that
he is still located a few doors north of the
turnpike, opposite the Store of Alva Gray,
Where may be found a general assortment of
CABINET FURNITURE.
Undertaking in all its departments attended
to at the shortest notice and upon reasonable
terms. 13 ALLEN RENOUD.
N St 1 .
Fflhlew (:bvodsy&.I¢siw Q
HARLES FIELDS has now on hand as
large a.nd'varied an assortment of Gentle-
men and Ladies’ Gaiters, Boots, and Slippers,
as has ever been presented to the public in this
market. The styles are new ; t-he workmanship
neat and beautiful ; while the material is of
the finest texture and most durable quality.-—
He has some very elegant, plain and" fancy
colored, Ladies Gaiters; also, Gent’ s Patent
Leather Boots and Shoes, with an endless as-
sortment of Boys and Misses Shoes, all of which
will be sold very low for cash. The public are
are invited to call and examine his stock for
themselves. tf:21
Norwalk Iron Foundry.
EVERY description of CASTING done at the
shortest notice and in the best manner,
as cheap as can be obtained at any other es-
tablishment in the State. Galvanized Chains,
Chain Pumps,Irou Fence,Posts,Railings,&c.,
furnished to order. Patterns executed at
short notice and upon reasonable terms.
lyl ALEXANDER AUSTIN.
Building Moving,
BY GEARL8 TUBES.
LL orders for building raising and moving.
left with the subscriber, will receive
prompt attention and be executed in the safest
and most expeditious manner.
JOSEPH SHEPHERD,
Carriage Maker, flgcnt.
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Watches, Jewelry and Fancy GOMIS.
NEW SPRING STOCK!
THE Subscriber has just returned from
New York with a new Stock of Fash-
ionable Jewelry, Watches, Plated
Ware and Fancy Goods. which he offers to his
customers very cheap.
Clocks and Watches repaired.
Accordcons tuned and repaired.
Cofiin Plates, Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en-
gWV0d- O. S. CLARK,
BUILDING MATERIALS.
Pressed &. Common Brick Lime
Cement, Calcined Plaster. Hair
and Marble Dust.
HE Subscriber havingdissolved hisconuec-
tion with W. C. STREET, Esq. in the above
business, will continue it on his own account,
and will keep a good assortment of the above
‘ named articles constantly on hand which will
be sold cheap for Cash.
15 ' CHAS. T. LEONARD.
Office at the {Store of W. C. STREET.
Something New.
WNERS of Horses will find a new and val‘
uable invention in the way of Horse Col
lars, known as Briggs’ Patent Horse Collars.
In their construction they correspond exactly
to the anatomy of the Horse’s neck, and will
neither scald, bruise, or gall the animal. They
give full scope and action to the shoulder-
blade and joints, and altogether are the most
perfect application ever applied to the neck 0
the Horse. They have been fully tested al-
ready, and are so constructed that they com-
mend themselves to the judgment of every
sensible and humane man.
Also, every variety, quality and quantity of
Harness, Saddles and Horse Equipments in
general, may be found at the Store of the
Subscriber. WM. S. JONES.
Westport. (East side the Bridge.)
Keep Cool.
UR stock of Refrigerators and Ice Cream
by all who have ever used it. It may be _h8-d
at all the principal stores in Town. ‘I-'1‘! 1‘-
freezera for the Summer, are now ready.
C. it E. K. Locxwoon A‘. Go.
Main-st., one mile north of the Bridge, is ofi'er- .
—AND-
Paper Hanging Establishment.
HE Subscriber would announce that in
_ connection with his House and Sign Paint-
ing, he now carries on a general
P./IPER HANGING BU SIJVESS,
and will keep constantly on hand a complete
assortment of plain and ornamental Papers for
side walls. ceilings, halls, «Inc. His establish-
ment is one door north of Skiddy’s Block,
_where he will be happy to execute all orders
in House and Sign Painting, and Paper Hang-
ing. Paints and Oils for sale, and Paints
mixed ready for use.
GEORGE MARVIN.
'.'I.‘o:n:L11:n.son.
SPRING do AXLE 00..
MANUFACTURERS OF
SPRINGS & AXLES,
BOTH COMMON It PATEN '1';
Ofall kinds and sizes,
Cannon-st., opposite Tomlinson’s Carriage Manufactory,
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
It is acknowledged that the above Establish
ment manufactures the best articles in their
line, to be found in the market. All orders
by Mail or otherwise promptly responded to,
RUSSEL TOMLINSON, Pres., S. B. FERGUSON, J u.,
Treas’r, WM. G. LINEBURGII, Scc’y. tfi’-4
CASH
PAID for Soap Grease, rancid Lard or But
ter, tainted" Pork, &c.
For Sale,
A superior quality of Soft Soap, for Cash or
exchange for Soap Grease; Also, on the same
terms, 100 bushels of Leached Ashes for sale
by - I. HENRIETTA,
2m7 at the Norwalk Soap Factory.
Gentlemen’s Hats.
srnrnc s-1-vr.r:s.
HE Subscriber is now receiving his invoi-
ces of Spring Fashions of Gcntlcmens
Hats, which for beauty of design and elegance
of finish, have never been surpassed. By an
ingenious improvement in their manufacture,
the Silk Hat of the Spring Fashion is as easy
upon the head as the Soft Hat. Also, Men’s
and Boys’ Caps in endless variety ; Umbrellas,
Canes, &c., with an immense assortment of
Soft Hats of every price, size, color and qual-
ity, all for sale cheap for cash, at
H. C. RANDLE’S.
P. S. Also, Agent for the sale of th Grafen-
berg Co.’s Celebrated Medicines.
Further Notice.
THE undersigned having extended his busi-
ness is now not only prepared to repair
and re-paint Carriages and Wagons as usual,
but is also prepared to make the same to Or-
der; Tasteful Carriages or heavy Wagons
made in every style to suit the purchaser,and
at prices to suit thetimes. .
EDSON BEERS.
At the establishment formerly occupied by
Charles Isaacs.
Norwalk Dye Works,
Foot of Mill Hill, Norwalk, Conn.
JOHN PICKENS, practical Dyer and Re
finisher. of Silk, Cotton, and W'oolcn
Goods, Of every description, begs leave to
return his sincere thanks to his friends and
the public for the many favors bestowed on
him since he commenced business at Winni-
punk, and he would now inform that he has
removed as above, and fitted up a Dye House
and Finishing Room in the most complete
manner, with all the latest improvements in
the art of Dyeing; and having given up
Coloring for the Winnipauk Company. he will
now be enabled to do his work in a manner
that cannot be surpassed by any other estab-
lishment in the Country.
Oflicesfor reception and delivery of goods.‘
‘At the Dye Works, foot of Mill Hill, in the
rearof the old Bakery, and at his Residence,
Main street, Norwalk, Conn,
' .4 GENTS.
Shepherd-‘s Bakery, Norwalk, G. H. Randle do
Brother, Winnipauk ; Mrs. Mallet, Daubury ;
Horace Lockwood, No.1 Summer-st., Stam-
ford; David Selleck, West Norwalk ; G. B.
Bristol at D. Chapman’s, CoIeman’s Block,
Pittsfield, Mass.
Orders sent by Adam’s Express, or by
Waggoners, will receive prompt attention. 25
something New.
GREAT DISCOVERY ! !
Science and Art Triumphant! I
Y the introduction of the Beautiful and
Wonderful Invention of Dr. Langdel,
which Photographs the Life Tints of the Hu-
man Face and the Most Delicate Shades of
Color in the Dress, the most exquisitely beau-
tiful and life-like pictures ever produced can
now be obtained at the
.N'0RWJlLI( EMBROTYPE GALLERY
Over the Depot of the Daubury dc Norwalk
Railroad. The public are invited to call and
examine specimens now being taken by this
new process and satisfy themselves that the
crowning point in the photographic art has
been reached, and that a PERFECT likeness can
now be obtained. Trial pictures will be cheer-
fully taken without charge whenever the ope-
rator is not otherwise engaged.
Special attention paid to the taking of like-
nesses of children, and deceased persons, and
in copying old pictures. In short if you de-
sire an unsurpassed likeness, beautiful, truth-
ful and cheap, repair at once to the NoRwAi.x
AMBROTYPE GALLERY. 29
Nonwnnx
Horse shoeing and General
B1a.c2I;a:rn.:lth.:I.:n.g.
THE subscribers continue their general
Blacksmithing, Wagon Ironing, Repair-
ing, Forging, &c., as heretofore, at their old
stand, where they will attend promptly to the
calls of their customers. They also conduct
the shoeing establishment in the rear of the
old Bakery, where they have the services of
Mr. J. Deady, who is admitted to be equal as
a Shocr to any Smith in the country. Par-
ticuiar attention will be devoted to shoeing
Horses and Oxen in such a manner as to se-
cure their comfort and soundness. Thankful
for the very liberal patronage already con-
ferred, they would solicit its continuance.
WATERBURY do DUNCANJN
For Sale.
4 TON, Second-hand, Coal or Hay Scale ;
nearlyas good as New. Price 50 Dollars.
MALLORY & CURTISt,2
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Enquire of
Norwalk , June, 1856. .
Norwalk Saddle, Harness and
TRUNK EMPORIUMI
THE subscriber would extend his thanks to
the public for their liberal patronage du-
ring the last fifteen years and at the same time
express his conviction that the business expe-
rience he has acquired during so longa period
has peculiarly qualified him for judging of
the tastes and requirements of those having
occasion to patronize an extensive Saddlery
establishment. He is constantly manufactur-
ing and keeps on hand a full assortment of
Harness, of all descriptions, comprising all
kinds of Buggy, Gig, Express, Cart, Coach,
Farm and Wagon Harness ; also, a great vari-
ety of Ladies and gcntlernen’s Riding Saddles
Bridles, Iilartiiigales, «Inc. also Collars in great
variety and every style of pattern, Fly Nets,
Horseclotlis, Stable Furniture, Saddler’s hard-
ware, Whips in endless variety, Trunks of all
sizes and descriptions, Vnlices, Carpet Bags,
Satchels, &c. &c. All in want of any of the
above named articles will do well to give usa
call, as we are bound to sell our wares at sat-
isfactor prices. Orders for any kind of work
prompt y executed. Repairing done neatly
and cheaply. WM. 3. SWAN.
NOIIWALK PAINTING |
POETRY.
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For the Norwalk Gazette.
To Phillips
Where are the friends of early life?
Where dearer friends of Inter years?
Who can outlast the sick’uiug, weary strife,
When left alone with woe, and bitter tears?
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Cmi life be darkness all, and pain? '
Must sorrow sit cuthi-oned for aye,
Within that breast where joy was wont to reign ;
While the fond heart thrilled with ecstacy ‘P
Must faith and trust forever die ?
Is friendship nothing but a name I
Oh I will not duty—honor——trnth—deny
These crushing doubts, fanned by loves jealous flame .
Vista, Westchester Co., N. Y. Es‘:-nun.
Fremont and Victory.
NEW roux PRIZI soxo.--av ensnus s. wi-:rlAN.
A-ir—“ Sunni la Trdmba.”-—Puritani.
Men of the North, who remember
The deeds of your sires, ever glorious,
Join in our pman victorious,
The piean of liberty l
Hai-kl on the gallon of November
Millions of voices are ringing,
Glorious the song they are singing,
Fremont and victory !
‘ Hurrah I
Join the great chorus they’i-e singing,
Fremont and victory I
Come from your forest clad mountains,
Come from the fields of your tillage,
Come forth from city and village,
Jointhe great host of the free I
As from their cavernous fountains
Roll the deep floods to the ocean,
Join the great army in motion,
Marching to victory I
Hurrah I
Join the great chorus they’)-e singing,
Fremont and victory I
For in the West rolls the thunder,
The tumult of battle is raging,
Where bleeding Kansas is waging
Warfare with Slavery l
Lo 1 she implores you to stay her i
Will you to slavery betray her?
Never 1 she shall be free 1
Hurrah l
Swear that you’ll never betray her ;
Kansas shall yet be free l
‘ March I we have sworn to support her ;
The prayers of the righteous shall speed us ;
A chief never conquered shall lead us-
Fremont shall lead the free I
Then from these fields redwith slaughter,
Slave:-y’s hordes shall be driven,
- Freedom to Kansas be given,
Fi-semen shall make her free I
Hurrah I
To Kansas shall Freedom be given ;
Fremont shall make her free 1
Men of the North who remember
The deeds of your sires, ever glorious,
Join in ourpaean victorious,
The pecan of Liberty l
Hark l on the gales of November,
Millions of voices are ringing,
Glorious the song they are singing-
Fremont and victory I
Hurrah I
Join the great chorus they’re singing,
_ J Fremont and victory I
‘MISOELEANY.
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Interview with Col. Fremont.
A correspondent favors the Boston
Christian Freeman with the following in-
teresting communication :
DEAR FREEMAN : This forenoon I start-
ed out under a hot sun, to fulfill an en-
gagement which I made yesterday. At
.about 12 o’clock, M., I rang the bell at the
door of 56 Ninth street. As I stood there
waiting for an answer to my summons, in-
stinctively I cast my eyes to see where the
balcony had been broken, for not many
evenings since there was a crash there
somewhere while quite a precious load
was upon it. Butl could see nothing, the
hands of the artificer having made all
right. I had just seen that there was no-
thing to be seen, when the door was open-
ed,l handed my card to the attendant,
and was conducted to the front parlor on
the second floor, where I was left alone
some ten or fifteen minutes. The apart-
ment was furnished in ii style of simple
luxuriousness, every thing there being
made either for comfort or use. Upon the
‘walls were some valuable paintings, and
among them a fine portrait of “ Old Bul-
lion.” Also, a characteristic likeness of
the iron statesman of South Carolina,
Calhoun. Many books were there, some
of them much read, and I could not but
notice that these latter works were of no-
ble merit—mostly scientific, historical,
and records of important travels. The
best poets were there, and had certainly
been often thumbed. .
At length the attendant called upon me
and desired me to follow him. In a quiet,
simply furnished apartment, upon the
rear of the first floor, I found my host. I
was not prepared to meet such a man.
None of the published prints of him which
I had seen did him justice. Yet I knew
that I held Col. John Charles Fremont by
the hand.
I had expected to see a stout-built, full
featured, dark, sharp-eyed man, with the
air of “ rough-and-tumble” life fresh upon
him. I was looking for an eye that should
pierce me through, and make me feel
anywhere but at home. In short, I was
all prepared to keep cool and wear an
outward show of case. But mark :
I met a man rather below the medium
size, as far as mere bulk is concerned,
with a mild,~modest expression of counte-
nance; a deep, meaning eye, but beam-
ing with intellectual light; a brow nobly
formed, though half hidden by the dark.
curling hair, which parts in the centre,
and floats away on either side; a bold,
aquiline nose, with those‘ finely curved
nostrils which mark the fearless, firm-
souled man; lips rather thin, and not at
all hidden by the graceful mustache; a
prominent chin for character, though in
perfect keeping with the rest of the fea-
tures. I never saw a masculine face with
so much boldness of outline, and less of
the animal. There is hardly an animal
feature discernable. It is all MAN-—true,
pure and noble. His feelings speak out
plainly in his face, especially in his eyes
and lips, and the varying shades of his
countenance betray at once the man who
is not used to concealment or prevuricu-
tiou.
Arfirst the visitor is hardly willing to
believe that the lightly built man before
him is the Alexander of Califoi'nia—che
Vespucius of the Rocky Mountains; but
when we note that fir_mncss of muscle-
that knitting of f'rame—tbat superabun-
dance of nerve and neatly arranged mus-
cle—-we are no longer at fault.
I had not spokenjwith him a full minute
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before I felt as perfectly at home as tho’
Ihad been with a member of my own fu-
mily. His salutation was frank and manly
free from all study, and bore upon its tone
in "genial welcome. I wondered, are I was
intrqduced, if my costume was au,fait or
combic ilfait, for I knew that some of our
plain (1?) Republican gentry, when called
upon to serve the public, were very punc-
tilious in this respect, and it is not to be
wondered at that ere I left the drowning-
room I gave one last look in the mirror to
be assured that all was right. But when
I found the Colonel, I thanked my stars
that _I had studied my own comfort in my
costume. , I-Iiszowin 'dre_ss..consisted of a
pair, ipfitfiin pants, without suspenders, no
vest, and a common, loose. brown linen
sack, and so he received his guests.
Why, I tell you, he is a perfect man,
just as God made him, without foreign
airs or fixings of any sort or kind. He
is republican to the backbone, and you
may rest assured that he has a “back-
bone,” too. None of your still‘ ones that
can’: bend till it brakes, nor none of your
India rubber ones that bend to everything
--but it is one of your finely tempered
steel fixtures. that bends beneath no or-
dinary weight, and never bends to lose its
‘noble uprightness. In conversation he is
free, easy and pleasing, with language
just fined to convey his thoughts, a spirit.
of mild good-nature predominant, with
just fire enough in those deep-set eyes to
show that they could burn rather warmly
weréthe stroke given. As we talk on,
wcfind him possessing a wondrous fund
of sound, practical seuse—keen and pene-
trating, reading motives easily, and de-
ducing his conclusions with more than
ordinary accuracy. He presents one of
those peculiar conformations which seek
good in everything ; ever ready to grasp
gobd‘ advice, seeking counsel from those
qualified to give it, never acting upon a
preconceived plan when he is shown a
better, but no more to be turned from
what he knows is right than his own Rocky
Mountains can be turned into the Pacific.
_I have just seen enough of John Char-
les Fremont to assure me that no moral
duty, and that no man knows his duty
better. Why, his whole life is one living,
vividly pictured proof of this. Where is
the man who has faced death oflener in
the path of duty than he‘! Where is the
man who has sacrificed more of personal
comfort to the good of his country than
he‘! Surely the man cannot be found.
Amid the “ pride,'pomp, and circumstan-
des of glorious war” many men will stake
their lives; but we shall find few, very
few, who will nobly brave the thousand
deaths which stare upon the pioneer
* "among the eternal snows and wild savages
of the Rocky Mountains, and that, too, for
the single purpose of opening the road of
civilization and Christianity to the vast
rich regions beyond. ‘Fremont’s mission
was most emphatically one of peace and
good will, and his highest hope was only
that he might be able to open [0 his coun-
trymen a short and safe route to the Paci-
fic country. He did it—aye, he did it, or
he would not now be resting upon his
laurels.
Col. Fremont was born at Savannah,
Ga., on the 21st of January, 1813, and is
consequently at the present time forty-
three years of age. Just in the prime of
life—iu the vigor of full manhood, with a
noble experience fresh upon him; one of
the people, in the broadest sense of the
expression, with his sympathies warm for
humaniiy, no bitter prejudices to warp his
judgment. but fresh and strong, firm in
the right, and looking only to the eternal
laws of J ustice and Truth for his guide,
he stands at the present time pre-eminent
ly qualified to represent to the world of
nations the true Republican sentiment of
this glorious Union.
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Conrt Scene.
JUDcE—Bring the prisoner into Court.
PRisoNER—Here I is, bound to blaze,
as the spirits of turpentine said when it
was all on fire.
J—We will take a little of the fire out
of on. How do you live ‘.1
—I arn’t pertiklar, as the oyster said
when they axed him if he'd be fried or
roasted.
J—We do not want to hear what the
oyster said, or the turpentine either.-
What do you follow ‘.1
P—-Anything that cums in my way, as
the locomotive said when he run over the
little nigger.
J—We don’t care anything about the
locomotive. What’s your business?
P—That’s various, as the cat said when
-she stole the hash from the table.
J—That comes near the line I suppose ’!
P—Allogether in my line, as the rope
saidvwhen it was choking the pirate.
J—If I hear any more absurd compar.
isons, I will give you twelve months.
P—I am done, as the beefstake said to
the cook.
J—-Now, sir, your punishment shall de-
pend on the shortness and correctness of
your answers. I suppose you live round
the docks ‘.1
P—No, sir, I can’t go round the docks
without a boat, and I hain’t a got none.
J —Answer me ; where do you get your
bread ‘!
P-—Sometimes at the buker’s ; some-
times I eat taters.
J—No more of that stupid iusolence.
How do you support yourself?
P—Somctimes on my legs, and some-
times on a chair.
J—I order you to answer my question
correctly. How do you do?
P-—'Pretty well,I thank you ; how do
you do—how is your mother ‘!
J—I shall have to commit you.
P—Well, you’ve committed yourself
first, that’s some consolation.
§§‘ Say, Sam, what makes the cream
so very dear?’ ‘ Why, you see, ma’am,
the milk is raised so high the cream can’:
get to the top !’
13‘ In going on board the Mississippi
steamer the other day, Mr. Jones met Mr.
Smith. 'W hicli way are you going Smith,
up or down?’ ‘ That depends on circum-
stances. If I sleep over the boiler, up-
if in the cabin, down.’
139‘ Theodore Hook, the wit, and a
friend were walking out, when the two
came to a bridge. ‘ Do you know who
built this bridge ‘.3’ said the friend to Hook.
power can swerve him from the path of ‘
Disnnion Sentiments.
It isihard to believe that Pierce and his
Cabiuetare plotting a dissolution of the
Union,"__-bin! is to be feared that such is the
case. ,:§l‘e see how eagerly they are plir.
suing qgfidesign to make Kansas a Slave
State, have rumors from the South
that thejlilltfle determined to prevent Col.
Fremont’ ffiom taking the Presidential
chain Washington correspondent
of the Neslrt-._,Orleans Delta, 9. person said
to be the confidential organ of Jefferson
Davis,_aniiounces the following conspiraw,
cy, acouspffacyof black, damning ti-ea~"
s"on,"’and yet announced with as much
coolness as if it was a commendable ex-
ercise of Presidential prerogative. He
says :—
“ It is already arranged, in the event
of Fremont’s election, or a failure to elect
by the people, to call the Legislatures of
Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia, to
concert measures to withdraw from the
Union before Fremont can get possession
of the army and navy and the purse strings
of government. Gov. Wise is actively at
work already in the matter. The South
can rely on the President in the emergen-
cy contemplated. The question now is,
whether the people of the South will sus-
tain their leaders.”
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]§" The Carolina Times sees ‘ unmis-
takable indications that Fremont will be
elected.’ The elections in Iowa and
Vermont had home this conviction in up-
on the mind of our chivalric cotemporary,
and no doubt the recent news from Maine
will strengthen in him that judicious con-
viction. The same journal also has
trustworthy advices that ‘the leaders of
Democracy are even now greatly alarmed
for the success of Buchanan and Breck-
enridge in Pennsylvania.’ Indeed, the
only ground for hope that Fremont might
be defeated has rested on the supposition
that ‘ Fillmore might so divide the vote of
the North as to throw the election into the
House of Representatives ;’ but that sup-
position is now ‘ jejune, unpromising, un-
reliable.’ The truth is, according to this
organ of the fire-eaters, that ‘the signs of
the times poimto the overwhelming elec-
tion of Fremont.’ But what is the uni
tude of the State of Carolina in view of
this approaching event? Why, it is the
rational and sensible attitude of patriotic
acquiescence in the result of a regular
constitutional election. ‘ The profoundest
apathy’—so the Times impatiently ex-
presses it—‘ has seized upon people and
politicians—upon all classes—and we
contemplate the probable triumph of Black
Republicanism with a stolid indifi'e1-eace
and stoicism which are amazing and
alarming.’ We do not wonder that the
professed disunionists are amazed and
alarmed at the prospect of the suppression
cf their agitation and the annihilation of
their party by the election of Fremont.-
They dislike the necessity of finding
some new branch of business; they hate
to see the permanence of the Union as-
sured by a peaceful process, which will
quietly bring back the Government to the
paths of the Constitution. But the people
even of South Carolina are not with them
They contemplate the election of Fre-’
mom ‘ with stolid indifi'erence and stoic-
ism 1’ Rather say with that calm confi-
dence and real satisfaction with which all
parties must in their hearts anticipate the
substitution of a Man, like the gallant
son of South Carolina, in place of one
who has sunk to that imbecility of infamy
which the unanimous judgement of the
world assigns to Franklin Pierce.
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MIND THE Hoors.—‘ Sam, what was the
matter with you last Sunday night when
I seen you walking up and down the
street ‘.1’
‘ Oh, Bill, I met with a sad misfortune
on last night, time of that hard wind.’
‘ How came that, Sam ‘.1’
‘ Why you know those hoops that ladies
have got to wearing in their skirts?’
‘ Yes, Sam,I do, and I don’! like them.’
‘ You needu’t like them ; forl Iras a
walking with my gal that night, who had
one of them on, and, blame the thing, it
kept rolling my boot handles for an ex-
cuse, I told her to let go of my arm while
I got my handkerchief, and in the mean-
time a gale came and took her up in the
air, and I have not seen her since! It
was a most awful sight !’
‘ Well, have you heard from her since ‘.3
‘ Yes, I got a letter from her to-day,’
* Where is she ‘.3’
‘ Why, she’s over in a place called Jer-
sey, where she landed after a pleasant ride
of fifteen minutes. She ‘ aks in elo-
quent terms of the people of Jersey, and
says that they are as clever and hospita-
ble as the people of the United States.
‘ Well, they must have improved won-
derfully of late. Good night, Sam!’
[3'lt’s said that Tom Moore one night
while stopping at an inn in Scotland, was
continually troubled by the landlady with
the request that he should write her epi-
taph. Accordingly at night he gave im-
promptu as follows: '
“ Good Susan Blake, in royal state,
Arrived at last at Heaven’s gate.”
And stopped, promising to finish it in the"
morning. The good lady was intrans-
ports at this inscription, and treated Mr.
Moore with every possible attention. In
the morning, he was about leaving, when
the lady reminded him that he had not
finish the epitaph. ‘ That is so,’ said he,
and immediately added :
“ But Peter met her, with a club,
And knocked her back to Beelzebuz.”
It IS said that Mr. Moore’s horses were
in motion just as he finished the last line.
3‘ ‘ Charles,’ said a father to his son,
while they were working at 8 saw mill,
' what possesses you to associate with
such girls as you do’! When I was of
your‘ age,I could go with the first cut.’
‘ The first out,’ said the son, as he assist-
ed the old man in rolling over a log, ‘is
always a slab.’
‘ A windy orator once got up and
said, ‘ Sir, after much reflection, consider-
ation, and examination, I have calmly and
deliberately and carefully come to the
conclusion—that in cities where the popu-
lation is very large, there are a greater
‘ No,’ replied Hook, ‘ but if you go over
you’ll be tolled.’
. 3:2-3 f
-"1-\‘v 23;" r‘
number of men, women and children,
‘ion in cities where the population is less.’
From the JV‘. Y. Independent.
The Only Question.
Every Northern man has been taught
to abhor slavery. Scarcely one could
he found, who would not say that slave-
ry ought not to be allowed to go into
Kansas. Why? Because it is an evil
at any rate ; because our territories
ought not to be consumed by a blight ;
because this territory has been solemnly
made over to freedom, by the agree-
_meuis.9f Nortlfand South—-a compact
,;,o‘>«,;i“-j;r.,:saorcd..}han law, because foun-
de “upon mutual honor and trust. ;
because it will make agitation fier-
cer and more bitter than ever, be-
tween the North and the South. There
ought to be a public rebuke, adminis-
tered by the whole North, to those men
who have wantonly violated a long set-
tled compact; who haveinvaded Kansas
with robber bands, destroying the free-
dom of elections, erected a foreign leg.
islation upon its soil; enacted a system
of laws such as were never known be-
fore in any territory of this Union; des-
troying liberty of the press, the right of
free speech, the right to establish truth
and combat error by the dissemination of
arguments and reasons; ordaining pun-
ishmcnts for the use of speech, and the
press, odious, cruel and disgraceful.
The laws of this spurious _ legislation
of Kansas ought to be kept before every
Christian man’s eyes as he revolves the
question of duty to the three parties be-
fore the public :
Sec. 12. If any free person, by speak-
ing or bywriting, assert or maintain
that persons have not the right to hold
slaves in this Territory, or shall intro-
duce into this Territory, print, publish,
write, circulate, or cause to be intro-
duced inio this Territory, Written, print-
ed, published or circulated in this Terri-
tory. any book, paper, magazine, pamph-
let, or circular, containing any denial of
the right of persons to hold slaves . in
this Territory, such persons shall be
deemed guilty offalony, and shall be
punished by imprisonment at hard la-
bar for a term of not less than two
years.
This is the
votes to sustain who votes for Mr.
cbanan.
Size. 11. If any person print, write,
introduce into, publish, or circulate, or
cause to be biou’ght into, printed, writ-
ten,_published, or circulated, or shall
knowingly aid or assist in bringing into,
printing,‘ publishing or circulating with-
in this Territory, any book, paper,
pamphlet, magazine, hand-bill, or circu-
lar, containing any statements, argu-
ments, opiuions, sentiment, doctrine, ad-
vice, or inuendo, calculated to produces
disorderly, dangerous, or rebellious disaf-
fectiou among the slaves in this Territo-
ry, or to induce such slaves to escape
from the service of their masters, or to
resist their authority, he shall be guilty
of felony, and be punished by imprison-
ment and hard labor fora term not less
than five years.
|aw.which every man
Bu-
SEC. 13. No person who is conscien-
tiously opposed to holding slaves, or
who does not admit the right to hold
slaves in this Territory, shall sit as a ju-
ror on the trial of any prosecution for
any viola'.ion_of any of the sections of
this act.
CRAP. 22: SEC. 2. Every person who
may be sentenced by any court of com-
petent jurisdiction, under any law in
force within this Territory, to punish-
ment by coufinement and hard labor,
shall be deemed a convict, and shall im-
mediately, under the charge of the
keeper of such jail or public prison, or
under the charge of such person as the
keeper of such jail or public prison may
select, be put to hard labor. as in the
first section of this act specified. [to wit,
"on the streets, roads, public buildings,
or other public works of- the Territory”
-—Sec. 1, page 146,] and such keeper or
other person having charge of such con-
vict, shall cause such convict, while
engaged at such labor, to be securely
confined by a chain six feet in length,
of not less than four-sixteeuths, nor
more than three-eigths of an inch links,
with a round ballqf iron, of not less
than four not more than six inches in
diameter, attached, which chain shall be
securely fastened to the ankle of such
convict with a strong lock and key ;
and such keeper or other person having
charge of such convict may-, if necessa-
ry, confine such convict while thus en-
gaged at hard labor, by other chains, or
other means in his discretion, so as to
keep such convict secure and prevent
his escape; and when there shall be two
or more convicts shall.be fastened to-
gether by sirong chains, with strong
locks and keys, during the time such
convicts shall be engaged in hard labor
without the walls of any jail or prison.”
All the grievances complained of by
our fathers against Great Britain were
but as the little finger on this gigantic
hand of tyranny. There is not at this
day, in any European despotism, a code
more outrageous and utterly wanton.
If it stood alone, if it had no antece-
dents it would be a memorial of shame,
fitted to excite horror. But when it is
regarded in its historical connections,
words fail to express the outrage and
wantouness of it. The territory was
made over to freedom by the South.-
The treaty was broken by the South
against the solemn outcry of the whole
North. Rutblessly seized by political
violence the victim was struck down,
gagged, boundjhaud and foot, by laws
more infamous than a hang-man's cord,
and by penalties borrowed from the dun-
geons of the Inquisition.
This IIa‘__1|I.IOU§‘ nalininil wickedness
- n~..- uni left it to cmir-uses I0 mike the
issues for the couung election. The
South has made the issue. She has
broken down land-marks, invaded sacred
‘J
territory, silenced lawful voters; erected
a legislature that needed no instructions
from Rome ; but, by the native maligni-
ty of slavery, equaled in a month, that
which the Inquisition gathered up by
the slow experience of centuries. The
issue is forced upon us. Shall a nation
make itself responsible before God for
all this unparalleled wickedness? It is
in the power of the North to annul and
solemnly rebuke it. If with that pow-
er she ‘confirms it, and elects men to
carry out and consummate the evil, then .
the guilt is no longer that of a party, or
a section, but of the nation ! And the
real question is, shall this nation ratify
the wickedness of desperate men in
Kansas ?
No matter how men may seek to
evade the question, or avoid the real is-
sue. There is but om: Quusrioiv now
really before the American people.--—
Shall the North become a partner in
the wickedness of making Kansas a.
Slave State ? ’
The American question has some im-
portance. But it is not the question
now. When a house is in .flameI, all
questions of food, of family government,
of domestic arrangement, no matter
how important, give way. The am‘
thing is to put out the fire} All other
questions can wait. Tariff, finance,
naturalization laws, internal improve-
ments, these all will bear keeping. The
question of Liberty in Kansas must be
decided now It will be decided now.
Christian men may deceive them-
selves, but. God is not mocked. He “big”
allowed this tremendous issue to come,
(may we not believe?) to try and prove
his people, and to see who among this
haiion are honest, are lovers of justice,
of liberty, and of true religion. Every
man who neglects to vote, is one who
hearing the trumpet for battle, hides»
himself.‘ Every man that votes for any
other issue than free Kansas, is carrying
help to the enemy‘, and really votes for the
villain code of Kansas. It is not once in
a thousand years that men are. placed in A
circumstances where they are permitted
and commanded to vote directly upon the
life of an Empire !—-Every Northern
vote strikes right through all pretenses
and false issues, and says, before God
and nations, either Kansas shall be free,
or Kansas shall be slavetl. Every vote
for Mr. Buchanan is an open undisguised
endorsement of the Kansas outrages.-—
Every vote for Mr. Fillmore is a disguis-
ed vote for the same. The short road and
the long road, the direct vote and the
circuitous vote, the explicit Buchanan
platform, or the silent evasive Fillmore"
platform, all come to one issue. They
give Kansas over to Slavery ! Now,
while votes are to be deceived and won,
it is denied. As soon as the election
shall have given victory to Mr. Buchan-
an, all disguise will be thrown off, and
it will be declared that the people meant
that Kansas should go to slavery. They
will boast, and what is more, they will
act upon this issue, as if every vote that
did not go for the Republican move-
ment was meant to go for the South.—
They will judge rightly. There is but
one question and two parties Freedom
or Slavery—for or against! All other
things are deceptive impertiuences.-—
They may mislead men now. Thejudg-
ment day will strike sunlight through
them. No man need be deceived unless
he wishes to be. It is CERTAIN that
Kansas is free, if Fremont is elected.-
It is certain that she is enslaved if either
Fillmore or Buchanan be elected. If a
man really loves freedom why should he
abandon directness, certainty and open-
ness for indirectness and deception 9-
Vote honestly! Vote openly! Do not
vote with a lie in your right hand, say-
ing "Fillmore,” when you know that it
will come out "Buchanan.”
If you want slavery vote for Mr. Bu-
chanan. If you want liberty vote for
Mr. Fremont. If you want slavery
covered by the uumauliness of I lie,
vote for Mr. F illmoro.
If youdo not vote at all, your country
suffers by neglect. If you vote wrong,
you stab her. If you vote right, you
raise her head and put the cup of salva-
tion to her lips! it
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To give an idea of the secret changes
going on in the minds of honest Demo.
crats, a Vermont paper instances the case
of Nortford, hitherto :1 Democratic town.
A leading Buchanan man canvassed the
town thoroughly, by going to every man.
He said the Deiiiocruts would carry the
town bv 50 majority. The next day, the
Republicans had 180 majority in the
same town I
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13‘ It is stated that in the possession
of one of a gang of tour pickpockets lately
arrested at the depot of the Western rail-
road in Springfield, was found a correct
and full list of every convention, muster
arid fair to be held in New England-the
present season. The arrest therefore was
none too soon. ‘
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§"I‘he Halifax Journal says the sub
merged wires between Nova Scotia and
Prince Edward Island, worked admirably
find full employment; and that the other
and still greater experiment between New '
Foundland and Cape Breton has been
quite successful. They are only waitino
for the settling up 6f the land wires 0;
both islands to establish communication,
under 60 miles of oceans with St. John,
and oiher parts of New Fonndland.
Can you un_tic- rinytliiiig knotty ‘.3
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