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N ORWALK.
, I. i 1: e n o s s e s
Warranted to please all Good Judges
1)_en.tf§t;}l
Doctors HILL &. FITCH,
-Surgical & Mechanical
T D E N T I s T s,
Oflice over the Store of C. .f.Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.
A. HILL. CHARLES Frrcu.
-Attorney and counselor at Law,
OFFICE“ OVER ./l_l.dLLOR ins STORE
. ..NorWalk, Conn.
AMOS HIINT,
General Pension & Patent Agent
Ladies Ifurs,~Geuts Gloves, canes.
DRY. GOODS. GARPETINGS
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassi-
susnrmos, SHIRTINGS, JEANS, narrs AND WARP
c. it .3... K. LOOKWOOD, &. co.
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares,
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And Prosecutor of Claims before 5
the several Departments. and
the Court of Claims.
Washington, D. C. .
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H. c. RANDLE,
Bats, Gaps?-Lllldhls &'Boy’s
. -. STRAW GOODS, &c.,
.1-J’Il_::.1::'e1~e.12_I.as, cec.,
No. 2 Skiddv’s Block.
C. J . G R U M A N ,
V -Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
me-res, Satinetts,, Vestings, and Tail-
qr’s Trimmings, by the Yard,
Piece or Package.
A the lowest possible prices.
N.ORW'ALK. CON N.
NOEWALK. CONN-,
‘l..!41i'Ul“A.CTUIH‘1.RS or
AND nEALi_.-ins IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery.
Britannia P0.’-‘ct-’l.c.u'2i and Wooden
Ware, and Ifitclzen 1v‘urm'ture
in general, Pumps, Sheet
Lead if Lead Pipe,
C-roc/cer_'1/, G’-lass
and_C'/Lina
Ware.
, B. V. A. CHIGIIESTER,
Iiardvvare
‘ D E A L E R,
NORWALK, CONN.
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,)‘A.‘lll_[.~ES SHERWOOD,
Bookseller, Stationer &. Binder,
17 Main Street, Norwalk.
15'. E- NASH,
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s T o v E s ,
, . ' u,iivnrAc'ruiii:si or
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares:
Has constantly on hand a large assort-
nggégt Q] general House-/cecping
.Fur‘m'mre, A at So. Norwalk.
Conn.
Mail Closes.—Wis‘.s'I‘. 7.30 A. M.. 3.00, P.M.
do do EAsT, 8.30 A. M., 4.30 l’. M.
do do D. «it N. R. R_., 8.40.
do do New York City, 4..-50.
WESTON, Tuesday it: Saturday at 2.00 P.hl.
' D .—D.&NR. R.8,00A.iu,
‘"3’! 4:8 Wir,sT, 9.39 4. ii, can I‘. M.
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’_ ' " Ram‘; pg,-afar in 6;‘-ruceri¢*.s'
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‘ ',':;S-’ust received an entirely new and ex-
iisive assortment of goods which he
- ten on as favorable terms as any in the
iiviildese The public are respectfully invited to
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“Norwalk, March 5th, 1855»
‘' O'l‘ASH,N0-1-at
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QpigsTn.in's.
Alkaline Dentifrice.
"'1. BARBOUR inaiiuf'acturcs and keeps
pI'cpar:iLiou
It is
unhcsitatingly pronounced the best_ P|'f3lla"il‘
tion in the m.ii-ket, for the purposesiiidicatcil
con tantly on hand the above
for preserving and clcansiiig the leel-ll
’ T" L . -"A,BOU'l.‘4'e’i'g tacres of godd-Lani], iieaii
Main-st., one mile north of the Bridge, is offer-
Seaonablfie
DRY GOODS.
by a constant attention to the wants of the
trading public and by a system of l'air and lion-
orable dealing, to retain his share of trade for
the year ensuing. His Stock C0lIl[)l'lSUS at all
times a choice and varied selection of'f:isliiona-
ble and seasonable Dry Goods, of evoi-y quality
and price. He is confident that purcliascrs
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, Vcstings,
&c., if:c., for Gcutlemens wear, which will be
sold at the lowest market prices.
. L. H. RANDLE.
Lime.
I00 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 !
l IILL A's 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. HILL.
15 1 ‘ “ J, C. HUBBELL,
fionwann , nmfiiiiruiii 1
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PROVISIONS, FRUITS.
Vegetables, Fish of All Kinds,
Clams. Oysters, &c.,
As good as themarkct afl‘ords,constantly to be
found at the well known establishment of
MEEKER. its OLMSTEAD.
@" Goods of the above description received
daily, and for sale at wholesale and retail on
he most favorable terms. «
Cheaper than Ever
./It the South JVorwulI.:
GROCERY‘ STORE.
HE Subscriber has on hand by f'ar the Mr‘
gas! and best selection of Family Groce"
Ties and Provisions, to be l'ound 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 require, which will
always be of the best quality and sold at the
very lowest possible price, and he would re-
pcctfully solicit an examination and trial
be same. GEO. W. SMITH;
‘ La, _.For S_.ale., I.
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d for sale upon very reasonable terms. It is
admirably adapted for building lots, or for ,.
gardening purposes, having 3 quick and rich express his conviction that the business expe-
Solla and 94 “W30 bed 0f "°g°t“l’l‘~‘ "‘°“]‘1 °'' rience he has acquired during so ionga period
compost manure, thereon; orit is well calcn- [ms pe0u1ia,.1y qualified him for judging of
latcd for a first rate meadow. Itis well fenced me tastes and re(l11il'ement,s of those having
and in a very eligible location. For f'urther occasion to p,m.0,,iZc an extensive smjdjery
particulars enquire at this Office.
tfil
Cabinet Ware llciinis at
WESTPORT !
THE Subscriber would respectfully inform
hisfriends 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 FURNl'l‘URE.
Undertalcing in all its departments attended
to at the shortest notice and upon reasonable ‘<1
|*,e1'.I1]S. 13 ALLEN RENOUD.
New Styles. a
Fmhlew Goods &. low prices.
HARLES FIELDS has now on hand as
large and varied an assortment of Gentle-
men and Ladies’ Gaiters, BU.0_t.s, and» Slippers,
as has ever been presented to the public in this
market, The styles are new ; the 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 Slices, with an endless as-
sortment cf Boys and Misses Sll00S,{tll of which
will he sold very low for cash. 'l‘he public are
are invited to call and examine his stock for
themselves. ' W31"
Norwalk Iron Poundry.
VERY description of CASTING done at the
shortestnotice and in the best manner,
as cheap as can be obtained at any other_ es-
tablishinciit in the State, Galvauiiie(1ChaIns,
Chain l‘unips_.Iron Fencc,Posts,Railings,&c.,
furnished to order. Patterns executed at
short notice and upon reasonable terms.
lyl ALEXANDER AUSTIN.
Building Moving,
BY_ CHARLES TUBES.
LL orders for building raisiiig and m_ovin_g.
left with the su_hsci_'ibei;, will 'receive
pi'cmpt iittentipq and be executed in the safest
and most expeditious manner.
JOSEPH SHEPIIERD,
Carria_-e Maker, i/lgent.
1341
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods.
NEW SPRING STOCK!
,,... THE Subscrilier liasjust 1‘-eturned from
F New York with a now Stock of Fash-
=®.' ionable Jewelry, Watches, Plated
Ware and Fancy Goods. which he offers to his
customers very cheap. ‘
Clocks and Watches repaired.
, Aceordcons tuned and repaired.
Collin Plates, Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en-
trravcd. O. S. CLARK;
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BUILDING MATERIALS.
Pressed &. Common Brick Lime
Cement, Calcined Plaster. Hair
and Marble Dust.
HE Subscriber havingdissolved hisconnec-
tion with W. C. S'ri_u-ii-2T, 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
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bc soldc cap or 21%CHAS-T-LAIEONACRP.
5Office at the ;sipi:e of W- 0- ST,m-i*_=T_-
something New.
WNERS ofllorses will find a new and val’
uablc invention in l«l!l3 l.l.’§l.Y Ql I'l°l'f‘'”' 0“
lars, k_nown -:..~s Briggs’ Patent Horse (zOll:ll'.\‘-
In their construction they correspond exactly
to the anatomy of the lloi-sc’s neck. and will
neither scald, bi-uise,ci' gall the animal. ’l‘ht'y
sensible and human’: lll:‘.!!. -
H-arness,Saildlcs and Horse Fqiiipinents in
SllbS(:l‘il)ul'. WM. s. JONES.
Westpnrt. (East side the l5i*iil_-.-,4.-.)
Iiecp Cool.
by all who have ever used it. It may be had
at an the principal mm in Tomi. Try it-
C. & Eu KI IIOCSWOOD & COT
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HE Subscriber would return his thanks for;
the very liberal patronage with which his
Store has been favored the year past, and hopes
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give full scope and action to the sliouliler-
blade and joints, and altogetlier are the most
pr.-rI‘ect application cvcr applied to the neck oi
the Horse. 'l‘hcy have been fully tested al-
l'Cf|(ly,ll.ll(l are so coiisl.i-iieled that they coin-
mond themselves to the judgment. of every
Also, every variety, ‘q'il"aiiLy and qiiuiiiity cf
i:cnei°al.Inay be found at fhc Store of the
UR stock of Rnl’i-igcr;itoi-;,- and Ice Cronin
freezers for the Summer, are now ready.
NORWALK PAINTING"
-—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 H./9.N'Gl.N‘G.B US]./VES S,
and will keep constantly "on hand a complete
assortment of plain and ornamental Papers for
side walls, ceilings, halls, «kc. 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 Daug-
ing. Paints and Oils for sale, and aints
mixed ready for use. '
- GEORGE MARVIN.
Tonnlinson
SPRING -do AXLE 00..
.\l.-\N[lI~‘ACTUIlERS 01-‘ ‘
SPRINGS & AxLi:s,
BOTH COIVINION & PATENT;
Of all /iinda and sizes,
Cannon-st., opposite ’l‘omlinson’s Carriage hlanufactory,
BRIDGEPORT, Corn.
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 oth'ei'wisc promptly responded to_
RUSSEL Toumusou, Prcs., S. B. FERGUSON, J B-7
Treas’r, Wu. G. LINEBURGH, Scc’y. tf‘-34
CASH
AID 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.
Gentleman's Hats.
SPRING STYLES.
HE Subscriber is now receiving his invoi-
ces of Spring Fashions of Gentlemens
Hats, which "for beauty of design and elegance
of finish, have never been surpassed. By an
ingeuiousimprovemeut 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’ Gaps in endless variety; Umbrellas,
Canes, &c., with an immense assortment of
Soft Hats of every price, size, color and qual-
ity, all f'or sale cheap for casli, at
H. C. RANDLE’S.
P. S. Also, Agent for the sale of tli Grafen-
berg Co.’s Celebrated Medicines.
-_lIZE‘ur—tIher 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 establishmcntformerly occupied by
Charles Isaacs.
Ndrwdlk Saddle, Harness an
'TRUNK“"EMPOR1UM!
HE subscriber would extend his thanks to
the public for their liberal patronage du-
lug the last fifteen years and at the same time
establishment. He is constantly manufactur-
ing and keeps on hand a full assortment of
l-Iaruess, of all descriptions, comprising all
kinds of Buggy, Gig, Express, Cart, Coach,
Farm and Wagon Harness ; also, a great vari-
ety of Ladies and gentlcmen’s Riding Saddles
Bridles, Martingales, &c. also Collars in great
variety and every style of pattern, Fly Nets,
Horsecloths, Stable Furniture, Saddler’s hard-
ware, Whips iu endless variety, Trunks of all
sizes and descriptions, Valices, Carpet Bags,
Satchels, &c. &C. All in want of any of the
hove named articles will do well to give us a
call, as we are bound to sell our wares at sat-
isfactory prices. Orders for any kind of work
promptly executed. Repairing done neatly
and cheaply. ' WM. B. SWAN.
Norwalk Dye Works,
F oat of Zllill Hill, Norwalk, Conn.
OHN PICKENS, practical Dyer and Re
J finisher. of Silk, Cotton, and W00le1l-
Goods, Of every description, begs leave to
return his sincere thanks to his friends and
thepublic for the many favors bestowed on
him since be 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 f'cr 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. ,
Offices for 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 GEJV‘ TS.
Shepherd's Bakery, Norwalk, G. H. Randle do
Brother, Winnipauk ; Mrs. Mallet, Danbury ;
Horace Lockwood, N0-,1,-Summer-st., Stam-
ford; David Selleck, West Norwalk ; G. B.
Bristol at D. Chapman’s, Coleman’s Block,
Pittsfield, Mass.
Ol‘(lcl‘S sent by Adan1’s Express, _or by
Waggoners, will receive prompt attention. 25
Something New.
GREAT DISCOVERY ! !
Science and Art Triumphant! l
BY theintrcducticu 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 Drcs.9, the most exquisitely beau-
tiful and life-like pictures ever produced can
now be obtained at the
JVOR I/I’-/U.’-K ‘LMBRO TYPE G.dLLER Y
Over the Depot of the Danbury do 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 willbe cheer-
fully taken without charge whenever the ope-
rator is not otherwise engaged.
Special attention paid to the taking of like-
ncsses of children, and deceased persons, and
in copying old pictures. In short if you de-
sire an unsurpassed likeness, bcaiitil'ul, truth-
ful and cheap, repair at once to the NORWALK
A_hlliRO'l‘YPlG GALLERY. 29
IYTTORWALE
iio__i_'se Slicciiig and General
Blacksnnithing.
VIWHF} siibscrilicrs continue their general
lilacksinitliing.Wagon Ironing, Repair-
iiig, Forging. &c., as heretofore, at their old
stand, where they will attend promptly to the
calls of lhf‘ll‘cl.lSli0mel‘S. They also conduct
the .8‘/mriii,-: establishment in the rear of the
old Bakery, where they have the services of
Mr. J. Dandy, who is admitted to be equal as
a Slicer to any Smith iii the count_ry.‘ Par-
ticniar attention will be devoted to "shoeing
Horses 9';ii‘d o:,:‘e‘n l'{‘1‘SIlCll_ a manner as to se-
cure‘ their comfort and soundness. Thankful
for the very liberal patronage already con-
l'errcd, they would solicit its continuance.
WA 'l‘ERBUR.Y do DUNCAN.
. ~. For Sale.
4 TON, Second-liaud, Coal or Hay Scale;
A. ncarlyas good as New. l’rice 50 Dollars.
Enquire of MALLORY do CURTIS.
No:-wa1k,June, 1856. title
POETRY
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From the Springfield Republican.
Song of the Campaign.
AiR—“Partant pour la Syrie.
The vo’ce of I-‘reedom loudly culls,
On all the true and brave,
From slavei'y’s destroying hand,
Her fair domain to save.
Arise and let my Empire stretch,
From widening sea to sea,
Her soil forever conseci-ate
To blessed Liberty.
Her banner is unfolded wide,
Of red and purest white ;
Her lofty countenance divine,
Shines like her armor bright ;
Amei-ica’s true-liearted sons,
Her warriors brave shall be ;
Her battle shout victorious,
FREMONT AND LIBERTY.
Let freemen hasten to her side,
And raise her banner high,
Free speech beneath our domes to have,
Free soil beneath our sky.
Letbleediug Kansas’ fertile plains
A land of freedom be :
And let this circled Union cry,
Fizniox-T AND LIBERTY.
mg, The following effusion, which appeared in the
Boston Transcript, is a‘ pretty tribute to
Jessie Fremont.
Aiu--“Jessie the Flower of Dmnblane.”
The sun-burst has dawned over all the glad mountains,
While Freedom and glory rise up hand in hand
To meet our young chieftain f'rom Liberty’s fountains,
With Jessie, sweet Jessie, the flower o’ the land I
How blithe is the summons o’er all the wide nation,
How swells the bold music that marshals our band 1
He comes like a hero to fill the proud station-
‘ With Jessie, sweet Jessie, the flower o’ the land l
She’s wise and nlie’s prudent ; she’s good as alie’s bon-
nie ;
i For Vii-tn e and Valor she takes a brave" stand,
For the Chiefta.iu’s White Mansion she’s better than
onie,
So give her “God speed I” there, the flower o’ the land
Let honest hearts greet her, and victory meet her,
You’ll never repent it—so join hand in hand,
Till firm with our leader in rapture we sent her-
Our noble yoiiug Jessie, the flower o’ the land l
niscsttnuv.
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Is Col. Fremont a Roman Cath-
olic.
It is not intended in this article to ad-
mit or concede the propriety of introduc-
ing sectarian issues iuto politics. Reli-
gious liberty is as importand and valua-
ble as civil liberty; and one can hardly
exist without the other.
But it is now made a question of ve-
racity between his friends and a portion
of his opponents, whether Col. Fremont
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4 is crhas beena Romain Catholic or not.
Let us impartially examine the evi-
dence. It is said that Col. Fremont is
a Roman Catholic—
I.—-Because he was married by a
Catholic Priest, and Catholic Priests
never marry Protestants.
has stated that in March, 1852, he saw
Col. Fremont joining in the religious
services of a Roman Catholic Church
at Washington, -and that in subsequent
conversation with him at dinner, at
Brown‘s Hotel, Col.- Fremont declared
himself a Catholic, and a believer in the
peculiar doctrines of that Church.
III.——Becanse in one of his exploring
expeditions he made a cro.ss upon a
rock.
IV.—Because he refused to accept a
Protestant hymn book when handed to
him by professor Weir at West Point.
V.—Because the Rev. J. M. French
has written a letter to George B. War-
ren, Jr., Esq., saying that he had al-
ways supposed Col. Fremont to be a
Roman Catholic.
. VI.—Because Mr. J. A. McMastei',
editor of the ‘Freeman’: Journal, has
written a letter saying that he can have
twenty distinct affidavits of highly re-
spectable people, men and women,
priests and lay, Catholic and Protestant,
who will swear that for years Col. Fre-
mont professed himself a Catholic, and
denied having any other belief in any
other religion.
VII.—Because of the following letter
from Mr. Nathan Sargent:
Washington, Aug. 2, 1856.
A. B. ELY, Esq ——Dear Sir: I have
your note of the 28th of July, inquiring
where Col. Williaui Russell of Missouri
resides, or may be addressed; and ask-
ing me what he has said or will say, in
reference to Col. Fi'emom.’s religious
opinions. ‘
Col. Russell’s residence is at Harri-
sonville, Cass Co., M0,. but I am in-
formed that he is at present in Baltimore
on a visit. _
Col Russell is a man who will say
what he has said’; and he has said to
me that Col. Fremont was a Catholic
when he was in California. I spent an
evening with Col. R. at Brown’! Hotel
two or three weeks ago, and knowing
that he had been much with Col. F. in
California, and on very intimate term
with him, I asked him if he knew any-
thing of Col. Fi'emont’s religious views
at that time’! He replied that he did ;
that he was with him a great deal, and
in fact might. say that. he had slept. un-
der the same blanket with him for eight
months. I then asked him what Col.
F. was? He replied, "a Catholic.” I
asked him if he was sure of this? Per-
fectly,” he said; and then fidllrd, " Col.
Fremont won’t deny that he -was a
Catholic; eve'rylI0£_l_('-/ 3-5979 30 under’
stood a, argpl he made no secret of it."
Furiher conver.-ation occurred be-
tween us on the subject, but this is the
sum and substance at it. I asked him
if]; might referto this conversation and
use his name, He replied, “ ce’l‘tallllY 3
you are at liberty to do so. But
he again said, “ Col. Fremont won t
deny that he was a Catolic.”
Col. Russell, you may not be aware,
was Fi'emont’s principal witness on his
trial before the Conn-martin-|=. Should
Col. Fremont deny over his own signa-
turn that he was a Catholic when in
II.-—Becanse Ex—AIderman Fulmer
California, I presume Col. Russell will
then speak for himself.
Col. R. , is an old, ardent, personal
friend of Henry Clay, with whose fam-
ily his own is connected, his daughter
having married Mr. Clay’s gran'dson. I
am very truly, your obedient servant,
. — N.- SARGENT.
Now let us investigate’ these several
propositions, and see whether they can
be maintained.
I.—-It is ti'ue_that Col. Fremont was
married bya Catholic Priest. Some
opposition was made to the match by
the fami’ly"of Mr. Benton, wh'ich_ren-
dered it necessary to have the ceremony
hastily performed. It was not conven-
ient to get a Protestant minister. The
parties had resorted to the house of a
friend, who procured the services of a
Catholic Priest to tie the nuptial knot.
No great importance, under the circum-
stances, was attached to the religious
views of the clergyman, any way. He
required no assent to them on the part
of either Mr. or Mrs. Fremont.
There was at the time no well estab-
lished or written rule which was closely
observed, forbiding Roman Catholic
Priests from performing the marriage
ceremony, where both parties were
Protestants. _Col. Fi-eniom’s was not
an isolated case of the kind, occurring
in Washington, by any means.
Witness the following affidavit of a
womanin that city, who states that she
and her husband were both Protestants,
but were married by a Catholic Priest :
District of Columbia. }
County of Washington. j
‘Personally appeared before me, Ben-
jamin K. Morsell, ii Justice of the Peace,
in and for the County and District afore-
said, Mrs. Marinda Leydane, widow of
P. Leydaue, deceased, late of the City
of Washington, who being duly sworn,
according to law, deposeth and says,
that she was married on the 26th Feb-
ruary, 1844, to her late husband the said
P. Leydane, by the Rev. J. P. Donelan,
late of —St. Matthew's Roman Catholic
Church of this city. Deponent avers,
that she was then as also was her hus-
band,a Prozestant, and not a Roman
Cotholic. Deponent further avers, that
she never was a Roman Catholic, and
so far as she knows and believes, her
husband never was one, Deponent fur-
ther avers, that the said Donelan at the
time she was married by him, kncwber
to be a Protestant, and she believes
knew her husband was not a Roman
Catholic. M. LEYDANE.
Sworn and Subscribed before me,
this third day of Oct. 1856.
B. K. MORSELL, J. P.
District of Columbia,
Washington County, to wit:
I, John A. Smith, Clerk of the Cer-
cuit Court of the District of Columbia,
for the County of Washington, hereby
certify, that BenjamiuK. Morsell‘, Esq.,
before whom the above and annexed‘
aflidavit was made. and who has hereto
subscribed his name, was at the time
hereof a Justice of the Peace, in and
for the County and District aforesaid,
duly commissioned and qualified, and
that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereun-
to subscribed my name and affixed the
Seal of said Court, this 3d day of Octo-
ber, 1856.
Joan A. SMITHCEN,
St. Matthew’s Church,
February 26th. 1844.
Married, Parick Leydane and Marinda
Bassett. .
Rev. H. Mun-ms,
CATHERINE J ouuson,
Joniv P. DONELAN,
I hereby certify, that the above is a
correct copy of Marriage Register, kept
at St. Matthews’s Church, Washington
City, D. C. JAMES B. DoN|n.Aiv.
October 2d, 1856.
The letter of the Rev. Michael Oli-
vetti, of Whitehall, N. Y., is pertinent
to the same point :
Whitehall, Aug. 28. 1856.
To the Editor of the Whitehall
Chronicle .'
The Albany Statesman has published
a statement. purporting to have been
made by me, in which I am understood
to say that Col. Fremont was a Catho-
lic, and for that reason would receive
my vote.
Being a Minister of the Gospel, I ap-
pear before the public with reluctance ;
but my name having been dragged into
the political arena against my consent,
to give countenance to a misstatement,
no other course is left me. I therefore
say that I do not know that Col. Fre-
mont is a. Catholic I never intended
to say that he was a Catholic. I never
stated that I should vote for him. I
have heard no evidence to prove that he
was a Catholic; the fact that he was
married by a. Catholic Priest. if kuch
was the case, furnishes but little evi-
dence that he was a Catholic. Catholic
Clergy/men often marry those who are
not Catholic.
II‘ ‘D
Witnesses,
1h i 3*
Yours, respectfully,
REV. MICHAL OLIVETTI.
So we see that Col. Fremont’s mar-
riage by a Catholic Priest—especially
situated as he was—proves nothing at
all in regard to his religious views.
II.—-—Col. Fremont was not in Wash-
ington at all in lS52; and as he was not
rlllel'B, Alderman Fulmer can not have
seen him there. Dates are material on
this point, for Alderman Fulmer admits
Ihat he was never in Washington any
other time——iiever there but once.—
Either Mr. Fulmer lies or was mistaken
in the man who conversed with hiin._
As he is aware of this, it would look
better in him to come out any say so.
SWORN STATEMENT or JOHN A. c. CRAY,
nsQ., 01-‘ NEW YORK.
Invthe ,nioutli’of July last; I ‘called
‘family are brought up to worship in the
.he "could give no proof ;" and » admitt-
this city, in regard to his statement
about having seen Col. Fremont in
Washington, in 1852, and conversing
with him on the subject of religion. He
said that it was on the Sunday preced-
the conversation referred to with Col.
Fremont. He said he first thought it
was on the 7th, but his hotel bill satis-
fied' him that it was the 3d that he left
Washington to return to New York.
We then showed him the certificate of
Marshall 0. Roberts, President of the
Steamship Company, proving that Col.
Fremont was at that time on lns way
from Callivfornia, gnd. cnuldnot have been
in.Washington. '.But Mr. Fulmer said
he had seen Mr. Brooks on the subject,
and would not retract the assertion.
JOHN A. O. GRAY.
Sworn before me this 8th
October, 1856. i
b JOHN BISNY,
W Cominissiqner of Deeds.
III.—-The circumstances that Col.
Fremont made a cross upon a rock, on
one of his expeditions, proves nothing
at all in regard to his religious views.
It is the practice common to both Cath-
olicand Protestant explorers, to mark
important points in their progress with
the cross. And it was in conformity to
this custom that Col. Fremont engraved
a cross upon Rock Independence. It
was done, to use his own language, “as
a symbol of Christian faith.” He does
not say a symbol ._of Roman Catholic
faith. It is his habit to say what he
means. If he had meant Roman Cath-
olic, he would certainly have said so.
But the symbol of the cross, any
where. is by no means peculiar to the
Roman Catholics.
A very large proportion of the Prot-
estant Episcopal Churches are built in
the form of a cross. They generally
have a cross at the summit of the spire.
There is one upon Trinity Church, New
York,and there are crosses on a hundred
grave stones, more or less in Trinity
Burying Ground.
A One of the most. pei-severing persecu-
tors of Col. Fremont, in this matter of
the cross, is the.I-Ion. James Brooks, of
New York city. Mr. Brooks has a pew
in Grace Church, Protestant Episcopal,
in Broadway. On that church any cas-
ual passer will observe not less than
four crosses in stone. Mr. Brooks’
church. The order for baptism of in-
fants in that church, provides as fol-
lows:
Here the minister shall say:
“We receive this child into the con-
gregatien of Christ’s flock ; and do sign
him with the sign of the cross, [here the
minister shall make a cross upon the
child’s forehead,] in token that hereaf-
ter he shall not be ashamed to confess
the faith of Christ crucified, uianfally to
fight under his banner against sin, the
world, and the devil; and to continue
Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto
his life's end.”
Surely Mr. Brooks is a mile specimen
of a man, to come fresh from worship
undera cross, and before a cross, in a
church built in the form of a cross, and
whose creed directs—unless it be special-
ly objected to—that children in baptism
shall be signed with the sign of the
cross-—we say Mr. Brooks must be a
high-souled and honorable man to come
from all this into a political meeting and
denounce a neighbor for conforming
with the universal practice of explorers,
and marking an important achievement
wilh the sign of the cross!
The stony point in Mr. Brooks’ print-
ed argument is, that Col. 1-‘i-emont cov-
ered the cross cut on Rock Independ.
ence with india-rubber. But a man
with a conscience which stretches like
his, should entertain no prejudice against
the elastic gum.
Probably the symbol of the mode of
death of our Saviour was never so de-
nounced by any other scoffers as it has
been by the Brookses.
If a man, pretending to be religious,
will mock and scoff at the cross of the
Saviour for the sake of gaining votes
from bigoted and ignorant people as can-
didate for Governor, what would be his
fidelity to his friends, or to anybody, if
elected '.' -'
IV.—Professo: Weir himself has dis-
posed of this statement in a conversa-
tiou with Mr. John A. C. Gray, Mer-
chant, doing business at 19 Broad street.
New York, as will be seen by the fol-
lowing affidavit of Mr. Gray.
New York, Oct. 7, 1856.
Professor R. W. Weir, of Wesipoint,
stated to me in the latter part of August
last, that he never handed a prayer book
or any other book to Col. Fremont; and
that he never heard Col. Fremont say
one word on the subject of religion, and
that he never heard the subject of reli-
gion mentioned in Col. Freuiom.’s pres-
ence. Join: A. C. GRAY.
Sworn before me Illlsg
8th Oct. 1856.
Join: BISNY,
Commissioner of Deeds.
V.-The Rev. J. M. French has
written to a friend in New York that he
is sure that Mr. Warren is "too much of
a gentleman and a man of honor ever
to have allowei " his "letter to be used
for publication ;” speaking of "gross
outrageous perversions ” of said letter;
“distorted represeutations"of il,l|e says,
have "passed into the public press ;”
tha.e wrote what he “supposed" when
ing in the most unequivocal terms that
ing the third day of March, that he held,
' permit him to withhold it.
was a Catholic he had fallen . into an
error, . '
In the letter to Mr. Warren, Mr.
French, a Chaplain in the army, ap-
pointed by Gen. Pierce, stated that he
knew nothing of Col. Fremont’s eccle-
siastical relations. ‘
VI.—-Mr. McMastei- lies. He. can
produce no such ‘evidence as he speaks
of, or he would produce it, He knows
that he cannot. It is impossible to dis-
prove his testimony, because he does
not produce ii.
Even Ai‘r‘.ll§."iishop Hughes has thbbght‘
if necessary to wash his hands of all re-
sponsibility for the statements of Me-
Master : ' __
[From the N. Y. Courier St Enquirer, Oct. 8, 1856.]
CARD FROM ARCHBISHOP Huouns.
We have received the fnllowing card
from ‘Archcishop Hughes, with a re-
quest. to publish :
The Archbishop of New York thinks
it due both-to the private feelings of Col.
Fremont, and his family, as well as to
reasonable self-respect, to state that he
has had nothing to do, either directly or
indirectly, with the private letter which
is now being circulated through the
newspapers, purporting to have been
written by J. A. McMaster, Editor and
Proprietor of the Freeman's Journal.
Some of those. papers connect‘ the Arch-
bishop’s name" directly with that letter,
and some of them go so far as'to desig-
unieit as the testimony of Archbishop
Hughes. . .
Now the Archbishop is bound to say
that, whether as regards the matter es-
pecially alluded to in thisletter, or in
regard to any other topic involving, even
by implication, his name with any char-
ges which could fix a stain on the pri-
vate. or personal character of Col. Fre-
mont, he (the Archbishop‘) knows noth-
ing of his own knowledge, and therefore
hasnoi made, not authorized any one to
make, an accusation against Mr. Fre-
mom. This is of course, negative tes-
timony, but a sense of justice, so‘ far as
the Archbishop is concerned, will not
October 7, 1856.
VII.—In reply to Mr. Sargent.’s letter,
we submit the following:
SWORN STATEMENT 01-‘ CHARLES
ESQ., OF WISCONSIN.
One day in August last, I met Col.
William Russell, of Missouri, ‘at the
house of Col. John C. Fremont, in this
city. Col. Fremont was presegt. ' The
conversation turned upon a letter which
had been published, dated at Washing-
ton, August 2d, 1856, signed N. Sargent,
stating in substance that Col. Fremont
was a Catholic when he was in Cali‘-
fornia. Col. Russell emphatically pro-
nounced said letter and statement of
said N. Sargrnt, false in every partic-
ular, and stated that he never said Col.
Fremont was a Catholic, and did not
believe he was.
JAMES,
CHARLES JAMEs,
Sworn to this, 7th day of October,
i856, before me,
OSCAR. W. STURTEVANT,
Comm’r. of Deeds.
F;biJ:7».e_.7_v: Y. Herald.
The Disunion Game of the South-
ern Dembcracy — Magnificent
Programme for the Extension
of Slavery and a Great Increase
in the Price of Nigger-s.
Many of our readers have doubtless
supposed that Governor Wise’s opinion,
to wit: that the election of Mr. Bu-
chanau to the Presidency would increase
the price of stout, healthy, Virginia nig-
gers from one thousand to five thousand
dollars a head, was an enthusiastic
stretch of imagination ; but we think
we have at length arrived at the South-
ern Democratic programme, by which a
very large increase in the price of Vir-
ginia niggers will undoubtedly be real-
ized. We should not be surprised if, in
less than three years, they were to run
up to full five thousand dollars a head.
First, we refer our readers to the dis-
union movements of the late meeting of
certain Southern Democratic Governors
at Raleigh, N. C., to a debate on Union
or disunion between Gen. Houston and
Gen. Rusk in Texas, and to the letter
of Robert J. VValker, addressed to the
fears of our Northern commercial classes,
all of which articles will be found else-
where in our columns, and an under the
same head, for they are all of a piece.
All of the Southern secession move-
ments, discussions, disunion speeches.
and threatening letters, are directed to
the one common object, in fi-igpten the
North into submission ; but we must
now admit that the magnificent slavery
programme of the South will fully ac-
co':.nt for every expedient of intimida-
tion they have adopted.
The whole game of the Southern dis-
union Democracy in this campaign may
be resolved imo two simple objec‘ts:—
First, to divide the North, and secondly
to frighten the N'onli. The division of
the opposition elements of the North
was effected with the nomination of Mr.
Fillmore, :1 purely Southern nomination;
and thus his influence, and the influence
of the Northern opposition faction drawn
offimo his support, were secured for the
accomplislimem of the second object
Mr. Fillnioie’s speech at Albany, a few
days after his return from Europe, shows
conclusively that the Southern manu-
gers of his Ilollllllatloll did not mismke
the pliable instrument selected for their
work. He promptly declared that the
South would and should secede from the
Union if Fremont was elected to the
Presidency. Since that day the organs
and stumpers of the Buffalo candidate
have cheerfully done all the dirty work
required by the Southern Democracy in
the North, in order to defeat the only
candidatennd party siifficiently popular
and formidable, in a fair fight, to sweep :
the North from Maine to San Francisco.
The late P-nu.-=vlv:ui,ia ii:-union, espe-
:-.m|:_y an the only of l‘li.aa-l--lpliia, in-xi
iiiii.-sin:-2‘ l?H;' .~c(‘.0nIl
branch of Luis dssiinii -i ;_»..ne oi lint‘
Southern Democracy-—the old trick of
frightening and intimidating the coin-
mercial interests of the C North into a
.
i.'Ii~ .~-||"i'-~~ ml
upon Ex-Alderman Peter Fulmer, in
company with Hiram Barney. Esq., of
in his impression that Col. Fremont
terrorism, under-_w,hic»n the constitution
has become ii déa"¢l"l‘e’tter in the South,
the Fremont party have been rigorously
denied the liberty of speech and of the
press in fourteen States ; and Our Dem-
cratic Southern Committees" ’_'of‘ safety
have followed this up with the cry that
Fremont is a sectional candidate-—f.hat
the South are excluded from his ticket
—and that they can have no alternative
than disunion, should he be el_é9j.ed*by
Northern votes. Treachetons~,;;_i’m_c_on-
stitutional, mean, and dastardly"a§'.‘this
branch of the game of intimidation has
been, it has still had its effect among our
Northern commercial classes and their
dependents. Thousands of silly men
-havebeen made, to, believe, or made to
preach, the "preposterous nonsense that
Fi'emout’s electionwould be Vfliéend of
the Union, and the -end of'jonr= trade
with the South. " Let them laugh who
win,” and we doubt not that.‘ already
Gov. VVise, Mr. Toombs, Mr. Brooks,
Mr. Keitt, Mr. Slideil, Mr. Jeff. Davis,
Mr. Atchison, and all concerned, are
laughing in their sleeves at their unex-
pected success with this old stale trick
of Southern:-rights, Sou’:-hern”wr'ongs,
secession andulisnuion. A
We say this old stale trick; for all
this Southern Democratic bravo of dis-
union is nothing but the old trick for di-
viding and frightening the North, so as
to slip in and secure the spoils and the
Government for another term‘ of four
years. But the programme of the
Southern leaders,-of the Democracy in
this campaign is on a scale so grand and
comprehensive for the extension and
perpetuation of sla'v'ei'y, as almost to ex
cuse, in a party sense, even the bases:
devices of the Democratic warfai-e.to the
fullest extent. to which they have been
carried. The riiffianism at Washington,
the rufiianism of Kansas, the terrorism
which reigns supreme all over the South,
the desperate hue and cry of disunion
all over. the North, the bribery.and_ cor-
ruption and ballot stuffing at the polls,
will ‘be looked upon as but trifling of-
fences against law, decency, morality
and justice. should they culminate in the
success of the great, Southern Demo-
cratic programme of 1856 _ .
What is this programme 1’ It was
broadly foreshadowed at Cincinnati ; but
it has since been more fully developed.
It may be briefly reduced to the follow-
ing’ splendid scheme for the extension of
slavery and an increase in the price of
niggers, The admission-of
1. Kansas as a slave State. . ,:‘_',=
2. Nicaragua as a slave State.
3. Cuba as a slave State.
4. Another slave State from Texas.
5. The half of California as ~a stave
State. .___~_ _
6. The whole of Mexico.
The election of Mr: Buenananénd a
Democratic Congress to‘bnck' him, can-
not possibly end in any other way than
the admission of Kansas as a slave State
at the first session of the next Congress.
The game in Nicaragua is equally clear.
The Cincinnati platform expressly sym-
pafhises with the Walker movement.
Mr. Soule, Mr. Buchanan's right. hand
man, to Ostend, lately went down, as a
sort of volunteer ’Democrati'c ambassa-
dor, to Nicaragua. and the firs: fruit of
his diplomacy appears in a decree from.
President Walker re-establishing slavery
which had stood abolished in that State
for forty years. Under Mr. Buchanan it
will be easy, with the advice and influ-
ence of Mr. Soule, to secure the admis-
sion of Nicaragua as a slave State.
Cuba comes next. Nicaragua will be
the rendezvous, and San Juan,will be
ihe Varna for the descent upon Cuba,
after the plan of the descent of the :1].
lies upon the Crimea. Mr. Souls re-
turned from Spain to write a book upon
his mission, disclosing everything con-
nected with it. He contracted with a
New York publisher to print the book;
he wrote the book; but with the nomi-
nation of Mr. Buchanan be suppressed
the DOOR. And Why? For the 3]|-suf.
ficient reason that the election of Mr.
Buchanan would revive the Ostend pol-
lcy» and bring it into an experimen:——-
the policy of “ wresting Cuba froirs
Spain, if we have the power.”
Wltli Nicaragua and Cuba. in our-
poseession, Mexico falls next into the
Union as a matter of course. What is
there to prevent it, should we succeed
in “wresling Cuba from Spain '.’ ”—
There, however, is the rub. There this
magnificent Southern programme may
be tumbled about their cars like a lordly
castle built upon the quicksands of the
sea shore. The attempt to “wresr.Cuba.
from Spain” may very possibly result in.
a war with England, France, and Spain.
combined. Otherwise, with the election.
of Mr. Buchanan, we see nothing to pre-
vent the speedy acquisition by the.-
Southern spoils Democracy of an abso-
lute and overshadowing supremacy in
the government, to the extent of ten or
fifteen additional slave States to the
confederacy. Nor will this be all. As.
a necessary consequence, the demands
of Kansas (perhaps Nebraska, too,) and;
Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico for slave-
labor, will not only result in raising the-
price of Virginia niggers to four or five»
thousand dollars ahead, but it must also
result in the necessity of re-establishing;
that benign and humane institution for
niggers, the African slave trade.
Such is the meaning of this Demo-
cratic and Fillmore hue and cry of
“Abolition Caudldale." “sectional par-
ty," “Southern eqeality,” "secession,"
and “disunion.” his all nothing more-
ihan the old trick to divide and frighten;
the North into submission. Thus far,
the Southern terrorists hold the chances
or the game; and with Mr. Buchanan
in the White House, and with such
deep players as Jefferson Davis, Atchi.
.-on, Tooinbs, Slidell, and Sonic around
him, we may depend upon it they will
prove ample markets for their niggersh
and ample securities for the future.
The letter of Robert J. VVa|kei' is but an.
Irick——tlie decree of Gen. William,
,Walker. establishing slavery in Nicai-..
agua developes the whole game,
, [GP " Poh 3” said a wife to her ex--
piring husband as he sirove to utter a-
l”“’ P3”'"1§ W°TdS. “ 000'! -‘l0!’ to talk,.
but no mi Will] your dying.”
Stopping intercourse 'im't/I. the Nortiii
—Tlic Ricliriiiziid \\':.«:-,3 .-:n_.'.- vi-.~sea,.~ aj-g
wanted to take freigliis io Noiiherii and
surrender at discretion. By a system of
Eastern points from that port."
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