Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, December 13, 1859 · page 2

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fHEGAZETTE.

Norwalk, Tuesday,
Town Auditors’ Report.
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DEE 1859.

 

 

 

 

 

Some two weeks since.we spok
1, of the then Board of Selectmen. and .ru
marked that never within our recollection
had we heard less fault finding with the ac
tion of any similar body. We publish to day
the report of the Auditors of the Town Ac-
counts, and we think therein is contained a
much more substantial compliment than any
we could pay, to the careful prudence and
efleient good management of that Board. It
will be seen that in almost every particular

' our expenses have been lessened, that One

Thousand Dollars of the Town Debt has been
paid 03‘, while a balance of over three thou-
sand dollars more remains in the treasury.
We are confident that no similar showing
can be made by the Town Records of the past

dozen or twenty years at least; for while .

these savings have been effected, the interest
of the town have in no way been neglected.
There has been a wise economy. but no nig-
gardness or parsimony in any of its needed
outlays, and we believe the honest convic-
tions of our people of all political afiinities.
will accord those ofiicers the‘ me cd of their
undivided gratitude for these results so bap-
pily attained.’ We‘ were told by one of the
Auditors that in the whole financial transac
tions of th.e town. involving an amount of

, nearly twentythree thousand dollars, there

was not a discrepancy or error of a single
penny in the accounts of the first Selectman,
which indicates a business accuracy asgrati—
tying as it is rare. The decreasefin the

' crimmal expenses of the town is one of the
most marked features of the report,amounting
to nearly two hundred dollars I We are
nevertheless assured by those who ought. to
know, that this branch of the town expense
can,and should be still further lessened . That
thereare too. many actions brought, with a
greater apparent desire to secure fees, than
the peace and welfare of the community. It
thia'be the popular sentiment we presume
still greater reductions will be made for the
coming year If'ho, while an honest and ‘pat-
riotic regard for the Town Treasury is bad.

. let not the public peace and true welfare be
permitted to suffer injury. The savings at
the Alms House and in management of the
Term Farm, &c., are items which will com-
mend themselves to the full notice of our tax
payers. May our new board he ab t'o ren—
der as good an account of themselves,both as
regards liberality and economy, is the prayer
of the “ deqr people.”

 

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New York City Election.

The municipal election in. New York City
which took place on Tuesday passed of very
quietly, and resulted in the choice of Fernan-
do Wood for Mayor, Greene C. Bronson for
Corporation Counsel and James Pinckney for
Aims house Governor. The vote of Tues day
shows an increase ever that ca‘in November
of 14,831, and over that given for Secretary
of State, last month of 21,942 ; but compared
with the Mayorality vote given in December‘,
1857, it shows a falling off of 5,430. .

The result of Tuesday ’8 election seems to

I be the total lefeat of the Tammany Hall par-
ty with all their corruptions and intrigues.—
Mr. Wood’s felection seems to have been suc-
cesal’ul in spite 'of the co mbined influence and
money of the Tammany Hall faction and Ad-
ministration influence which is conclusive ev-
idence that the hitherto harmonious Democ-
racy of New York are now at ‘loggerheads
with each other.

 

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' ' fl. At a meeting of the First Congrega-
tional Society of this town, held Monday A.
11., it was unanimously voted to increase the
salary of Rev. Mr.Weed to $1500. The seats
of the Church are to be sold one week from
next Monday.

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Another Improvement.

we learn that another street is to be open—

» ed from the‘ . termination of Camp street-
through by the rear lots of C. N. Case and
Harvey Fitch out through the land of Samuel

» Camp and out at a point between the hou se
andbarn 'olCharles Adams. This will be a
fine improvement and open some spl enoid

building sites to the public, particularly on -

that beautiful plateau belonging to Mr.
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Festival. Supper, &c.—-As will be seen
by the adv.. those indefatigable “ Meth odist
~Siaters” have another Tea Party on the tapis
for next Tuesday evening. There is always
a great crowd at these social un ions. Boys,
save your dimes for the ‘- Tea Party.” '

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”Little Dolly Dutton, whose fairy levees
turned theIheads of all the little people,
hereabouts, only a few weeks since, was er—
roneously reported dead, by one of the New
Haven papers. We are glad to learn that
she is alive and well and giving her levees to
admiring thousands, just as well as ever.—
She is really a- sweet little specimen of
diminutive human nature and draws crowds
of earnest friends wherever she goes. Suc-
cess to her and her worthy parents.

 

 

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. u The Lecture at Ely’s Hall heretofore
announced and postponed, is to be given (Ins

Tuesday evening. Subject—[of greatest pos—

sible moment to all single persona] See adv.”

 

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Christmas Target Excursion—The J,
P. B‘fsa'rrr GUARDS, numbering about forty
~live men, are preparing to turn out on their
Third Annual Target Excursion, on Mouday‘
’D'ec'.26th. The officers of the Company are
G. Boomr. Captain: H. H. 'Srnsrox, lst
Lieut.; C. Bnown‘, 2d Lieut; A. CHINERY
Orderly. Thehlusic for the occasion will be
furnished, we understand, by the Wheeler (1'.
Wilson Brass Band or East Bridgeport.

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h. Spriggins says the locos ‘3 reckoned
without their host" in their jubilant ovor the
town clerk. There is a question of veracity
between that “ committee man” and the in—
cumbent,which it is said nightly distracts
the councils of the unterrifiedl Under which
king, Benzonia ‘2” '

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fl‘ The .New Haven Register and the

Bridgeport Farmer, with their usual honesty
and truthfulness when speaking of any one
whose political faith is not of the locofoco
:stamp; says of a Lecture delivered by Joshua
LR. Giddings in Waterbury,ihat “only a hand-4
ful gathered to hear him, and that it was evi—
dent that it would not pay to invite such an—
otherfvisilant ; also that nobody met him at
the cars, and that the cold shoulder was given
him generally.” The Waterbury .dmerican.
a neutral parenin speaking of it says it is one
of the most barefaced falsehoods which ever I
appeared in the Register, tnat notwithstand-'
sing its being a stormy evening and an extra
leeoture. with no free list, the audience num-
gmred .400 afiif that he was greeted with
lbsorty .npfil’ause and treated with much res-
ptoot whil-‘c‘b’e was in that city. It also says
0th out 0171 Lectures delivered before their
Institute, but‘fivhave paid" as well as that of
Mr? Giddings. Ofcourse neither the Former
0,. Rjegwnr out have the honesty to retract
what they said about u.

 

 

Another Lecture Connie

Where is old Norwallt‘? What is that clas_

vic and artistic locality—renowned in song

and story as .N'or’alk Bridge-a-doing ‘2 Here'

we have our young. fair, ‘ coqucttishnand

spunky little sister of South Not'Wulk. blazing

away under a full speed of literary canvass,

with two organized courses of popular lectures

and a promise of a third and we poor decrep-

ids, can’t raisc even one single, independent,

individual Lecture 1

Our readers are already aware of the"
Course inaugurated in aid of the Baptist

Church of South Norwalk. The new course

is to be given at the M. E. Church—compri-

sing a course of six, by 'Rev. Prof. Mattison

of N. Y. The subjects as announced are' such

as will naturally excite a deep Interest. in

all minds of a spiritual turn at least, and

from our personal knowledge of Prof. Matti-
son, we can vouch for his ability to render"
his subjects both instructive and entertain—
ing. See adv.

 

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No Speaker Yet. 0
The House has not yet been able to organize, and
little or nothing can be done in the Senate. The de-
mocracy of the House have done little else other than
threaten dissolution of the Union, advertise Helper’s
Book, (whereby we think oils million copies will now
be sold,) wrangle among themselves; take en steam and
blow off gas. The Tribune, whose editor is on the spot,

thus states the position of things up to Monday :

All manner of negotiations and fizurings have been
80ng on for a few days past between the Democrats
and the South Americans in the House, with a view to
carrying the organization by a combination of their
forces ; but, it is understood to no purpose- The deli}-
ocrats, we learn, have offered to drop their own candl-
dato for Speaker.and cast their ninety-three votes unan-
imously for aASouth American.provt‘ded the S - A.’s_could
add thereto votes enough to elect him—twenty-six be.
ing the number required. The latter were of‘COurso
expected in the dicker, to cast their votes likewtso for
Democrats for all the subordinate posts. The bargain
fell through for two reasons ; first, the South Ameri-
cans could not furnish to the joint concern the amount
of capital required of them; secondly, some of them
did not like the company proposed for .them, and re-
fused to be bound to vote for Democrats. It is now
morally certain that Mr. Sherman must be elected
Speaker, though perhaps not for weeks yet. as both
Democrats and tooth Americans resist the plurality
rule, yet refuse to suggest any practicable substitute.
and steadily vote so as to prevent organization It
would certainly seem that those who have no remain.
ing hope of electing a Speaker after their own heart ;
m-ight at least withhold their votes, and so let the
House be organized without them ; but he thatbetween
them and their constituents.

We beg the Republican members to rest asssured that
their constituents are in no hurry. So long as they
stand to their guns, making few and short speeches,
proposing and voting for no early adjournments, but
voting solid for Speaker as often as they get a chance,
and ready to adopt the plurality rule whenever an op-
ponent proposes it, they are doing a good business—
probably better then if the House were organized. '
those who want money from the Treasury can wait,we,
who have only ‘to grant it, certainly can. Let us take
things very coolly.

 

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19- The following gentlemen were chosen to com-
plete the corps of Town Officials for the en‘iing year :

Fence Vimuers.-—Ca'rmi Lockwood, David St. John,
Henry Lamb, James Benedict, Eseck Kellogg, John
Seymour, Henry Smith, Charles Sherry.

Supt . of Highways—Henry Selleck.

Surveyors of Highways —District No. 1, W. M. Ray-
mond, No. 2 Harry Partrick, No. 3 Carmi Lockwood,l\'o
4 W. L. James, No. 5 Francis 11. Gregory.No. 6 James
Benedict, No. 7 Harvey Pennoyer.

Sealer of Weight: and Measures—Horace A. Gibbs.

Key Keepers—Henry. F. Guthrie, George B. Fitch,
William Byxbee, Wm. H. Benedict,Harvey-Pennoyer,
Morgan T. Smith, David Selleck. '

aywards -Edwin Lockwood, Samuel Stevens, 2d,
Joseph Plait, William Byxbee, Abraham S. Camp.

The town meeting was further adjourned to the first
Wednesday in January at three o’clock, for completion
of the town business, to been reports upon the pauper
systems of Danbury &c., the feasibility and advisabili
ty of the erection of a village “ lock up”. for “ rowdy
tramps” and such “ local talent” of the same order as

may challenge the guardianship of our vigilant police.
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' SruMBOA'I‘.-We have received a. communication
from a prominent and influential citizen concerning
our steamboat. We regret that it came too late for
this week’s paper. Will appear in our next. '

 

 

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wHon’ s. L. F. S. Foster and Ferry will please ac-
cept our thanks for such pub. docs. as the factions
Democracy have allowed thus far to be ground out of
the government mlll.

 

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A Beautiful Engraving.

The Cosmopolitan Art “Association have
presented us with a beautiful engraving of
Shakspeare and his friends. It should adorn
the parlor walls of every refined gentleman.
It gives the likeness of Shakspeare, Ba con
and in fact all the literary notables of that
day. .We commend if: as a beautiful orna-
ment, and a splendid holiday gift. George
R. Cowles, Esq., is the agent for Norwalk.-—
See adv. . '
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The Mastodon Paperq—George Roberts
announces, for the Holidays, at new edition of

 

 

the largest sheet of paperever printed. It is
decidedly a great curiosity. The price has
been reduced to twenty cents. They can be
obfiined of any of our newsboys. Buy one.
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m, Those of our readers who find Bridge.
port within their individual circuit will not
fail to give our old friend Nausuoas a. call
at 230 Main street. He is a “specimen brick”
in the photographic art and has a host of
old friends and well wishers left behind him
here in Norwalk.

 

 

Appointment of Secretary.

At the Meeting of the Board, October 26th,
the Re I. S. B. S. BISSELL was appointed As-
sociate Corresponding Secretary of the Anna-
lCAN Seaman’s Furnso SOCIETY, and has en-
tered on the duties of his office. '-

Mn. BISSELL is too well known to the min-
istry and the church to need any commenda-
tion from the Society. His lung experience
in the agency work,“ District Secretary of
the American Tract Society, in Virginia. and
afterwards as Secretary of the American Sun-
day School Union iu New York, and his pus-
torale of several years duration. have Well
qualified him for the duties and responsibili-
ties of the office. The Board indulge in the
strongest hope that the appointment will
commend the cause anew to the confidence
and cooperation of the whole church, and
that through his agency we may soon be able
to increase the number of our Foreign Chap.
laincies. on fields ui‘gently demanding imme—
diate, occuppncv .— Sailor ’s Magazine.

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fly“ The Post Master General has made a
very singular decision. A postmaster in Vir-
ginia had asked his opinion with reference to
‘the constitutionality of a late decision of the
attorney general of that Commonwealth, sus-
taining the State statute, prohibiting the
circulation. by mail; ofall pamphets, newspa
pets and books tending. to excite the slave
population. He wished to be instructed as to
his duty in the premises; to which the P. M.
G. replies. ‘- That the‘people of Virginia may
not only forbid the introduction and. dissemi~
nation of such documents within their borders
but if they are brought there in the mails,
thev may, by.appropriate legal proceeding,
have them destroyed. They have the same
right [the P. M. G. grows eloouen ] to extin-
guish the firebrands thus impionsly hurled
into the midst of their homes and their alters
that a man has to pluck the burning fuse of
i? btomb shell that is about to, explode at their

so ..

The slave power has thus of: ossession of
the U. S. M.—Courant. g p
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,fi‘ The Baltimore Patriot, in reply to
Reverdy Johnson’s remark that the slavery
question must be settled again.“ If the peace
of the country is to be maintained,” says :

“ So we go swinging to and fro like a pen-
dulum. under the dead weight of" the ‘Demo—
cratic party. First the peace of the country
was restored by the Missouri Compromise,
then by destroying the Bank of the United
States, then by the compromise Tariff Act,
then by the Compromise act of 1850. then by
the Kansas Nebraska not, then - by
the Dred Scott decision, and now it is in pro-
cess of'bcing restored again by re-opening the
African Slave trade and letting the Constitu-
tion carry slavery by its own vigor into the
territories! Oh. this peace disturbing and
peace restoring Democratic party 1” -

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[ar'l‘he New Haven Railroad Express
train for Boston, which left New York
at 8 . o’clock Saturday, ran over and
killed a man who was crossing the track
‘in an ox-curt at Mamaroneck, about half
a mile west of the station. The man was
so cutiand ground to pieces as scarcely
to retain a vestige of humanity. The

 

 

 

- oxen and train escaped injury.

 

his celebrated “Quadruple Constellation,”

The Sailor.
We had the pleasure. during the storm of
Sabbath evening week, of hearing the claims
of the poor sailor npbn " Christian Charity,” l
most ably and impressingiy‘enforced by Rev,
8. B. s Bissell , who has just bee -~ installed as
associate Secretary of the American Sca-
mens’ Friend Society. There were but few
presentnhowever, to hear the needs of the
seamen narrated, and as we know that this
cause is one that is very near and dear to all
the churches in this vicinity, we have essayed
to cast in our mite by copying and calling at.
tention to the 'following earnest appeal,
which we find in the last No. of the Sailors’
Magazine.front the pen of Dr. Humphrey
—formerly a pastor at Fairfield; afterwards
President of Amherst College :

Dr. Humphreya Plea to r the Sailor.

(We are most happy to give place to the following
communication from a venerable and venerated father
in the ministry, Dr. H. Humphrey, of Pittsfleld, Mass.,
the more readily as it is a volunteer and impartial tes-
timony from a mature and thoughtful mind, conver-
sant with the history of the benevolent operations of
the church, and the relative importance of the various
societies engaged in the work of the worlds conversion.
We commend it to the careful perusal of our readers.

Edr'. Sailors’ Magazine.

All branches of Missionary labor are so
vitally important in their influence upon the
conversion of the world that it is sometimes
difficult to decide which has the strongest
claims upon the churches. Some persons
while they desire the prosperity of all, give
the preference to one, and some to another.—
Happy for the great cause of hum an salva-
tion that it is so, as it insures the support of
all. We expect at our religious anniversaries
to ,hear the secretaries and agents plead for
their society. and honestly too, as standing
if not at the head, very near it, among the
pious and benevolent enterprises of the age,
This enthusiasm, ifI may so col 1 it, is one of
the essential elements of success in every and
any such society for thebollection and nppro
priation of funds to carry on 'its distinctive
work.

I sustain no active responsible relation to
any ofthese organizations, and if the question
were asked me, which do you deem most im-
portant and worthy of patronrnge. I should
say I like all of them which “ hold the head”
so well that I should feel very much as if I
was asked, ‘- which of your children do you
like best i” I love them all, and cannot tell
which. At the same time, some of theseso-
cieties may be less popular and more strait
ened for friends than others, for which, for
the time being, I should deem it my duty to
plead more earnestly. ,

Waiving all this, however, my thoughts
and inquiries have for sometime been devo-
ted to seamen ; ahd the more I think and in-
quire the more do I become interested in their
claims, end in what is doing for them as a
great missionary.enterprise. The associations
which have sprung up in this and other lands
to labor forthc conversion of sailors are not

distinctly eitherforez'g'n or home missionary
isocieties, They combine both in one. Under
whatever name or names it may go, it is
strictly a missionary enterprise. Every
Bethel Chapel is a Missionary station for the,
religious accommodation and instruction of a
class of men, most of whom are almost as ig.
norant of the way of salvation as the heathen
themselves. All the Chaplains are missiona-
ries, laboring to turn them from darkness. to
light, and from the power of Satan unto God.

The souls of seamen are of no more value
than of any other class of man. All alike are
of priceless worth. If the conversion of sail-
ors is more important than that of an equal
number of men of other classes, it must be
because their “ home is the deep.” and be-
cause they have a wide spread influence over
the world. And this places them on vantage
groundlor doing good, when once they are
truly converted, which none but ‘those “who
go down to the sea in ships, and do business
upon the great waters” enjoy. Pious sailors
are like so many voyagiug mis aries.—
Our hardy seamen visit all parts are world.
They enter ever harbor of the continents and
islands. They come in contact with all peo-
ple, nations and languages. Many thousands
of them sail, not merely from one port to
another, but in successive years, to fifty or a
hundred ports,where they land. and some-
times spend weeks or months, which they
cannot do without leaving an influence good
or bad behind them.

Wherever they go they are the represents
tives of our morals and our religion. Know-
ing nothing of us but what they gather from
this visits and conduct of our seamen, the
heathen of every maratime clime naturally
infer that these crewqofour navy and mer-
chantmen fairly represent the character of
their respective nations. How could it be
otherwise.

It is " known and read of all men,” that
ever since the days ofCaptain Cook, and long
before sailors, instead ofspreading abroad the
knowledge of Christianity, have stood direct-
ly, in the way of the enlightenment and civi-
lization of the dark places of the earth. ' In
their unbridled debauchery and blasphemies
they have sunk below the heathen, and
dragged them down into the lower depths of
licentiousness if possible, than they found
them. In their voyages among the islandsof
the Pacific they have spread a loathsome vi-
rus,unknown before, which has so poisoned
the blood of successive generations. as to
threaten the native population with utter
extinction, in spite of all that the spread
of religion and civilization can do to arrest
the wasting contagion. .

' No‘wonder our missionaries are so often
met with on forcigd heathen shores with the

‘ the vilest of ours in their debaucheries.—-
They arc your own countrymen. If this is
your religion, we want none of it. You had
better go home and labor where you are more
wanted.” It is easy to reply that they misc
represent and belie our religion by their wick-
ed and abominable practices; and experi-
ence teaches that by the grace of God these
unavoidable predjudices may be slowly worn
away. .The Gospel does gain a foothold
" where Satan's seat is.” But I see not how
barbarous people can be civilized and conver-
ted so long as the ships of professcdly Chris-
tian nations carry demoralizution, disease.
and death wherever they touch on pagan
shores. A single ship of war, Cn‘ the most
peaceful cruise,can do more to debase and
destroy a whole group of islands than all the
missionaries of any board can do to save
them. Wicked seamen have been for centu-
ries, and still are, the missionar.es of Satan,
having more influence to prolong his cruel
reign—than any—than all other classes of
men, however vile, in Christian lands, just
because they roam the world over, wherever
.wind and stream can carry them. '

For these reasons, converted sailors enjoy
tadvantages for carrying, and by their 'enam‘
pie recommending, true religion over all the
islands. and shores of continents which no
other class of converted men can enjoy, We
reasonaby expect more from the hundreds of
seamen who have been converted, renewad
by the mighty power of God. during the late
revivals,thau from any equal number of lands-
men. They may all, in one sense. become
missiOnaries among their companions on ship
board .and in the-ports which they visit.

0, could all the thousands, or even a tvthe
of the thousands, who sail from our maratime
shores be truly born again by the Spirit,what
blessings would they carry with them from
the Arctic to the frozen Southl Hoar would
they rejoice the heart and strengthen the
hands of that higher class of missionaries
whom we send out, and whom they so often
meet in works of trafiic, and ”in their voyages
round the world.

May I not, therefore, without under estima-
ting the importance of other Christian enter-
prises of the day, plead, with special earnest-
nose, for funds to open and sustain sailor’s
homes. build chapels. where they may hear
the Gospel and be converted. How glorious,
when the beincl flag shall wave in every
important harbor and can-merclal seaport of
the globe, when the songs'of salvation shall
be heard in every forecastle, and (in every

his ability and influence. shall become an-
allxlllittry missionary, and when all the abun-
dance 01' the sea shall be converted to Christ.
" The Lord hath need of them,” there is mon-
ey enough in the hands of his stewards, and
the fundsmust not be witnhcld, for he will
come and reckon with them. - H. H.

18‘ A good joke about Harper’s Fer-
ry is laid at the door of Thaddeus Stevens,
He was talking of “ the invasion” at a
Washington hotel the other evening to a
Southern friend. Southern waxed 'hot
and declared that John Brown “d—.—u
him, deserved a dozen hangings.” “Yes,”
said Thaddeus, in his solemn, drawling
style, '~‘ yes, you are right; he deserved
hanging. He only brought down seven-
teen men ; if he had brought thirty he
would have settled‘the Slavery question
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,Washington dispatch, referring to the first

Ia rating rebufi‘.‘ see how those men go beyond'

gun deek ; when every sailor, to the best of ,

' CONGRESS.

Mosnax‘. Dec. 5th.—-Bolh ‘Houses of Con-
gress met at noon—The. nbsentecs from the .
Senate were Messrs Benjamin.Clay, Crittenz,

3 den, Davis, Douglas.Fttch, Fitzpatrick. llam-

mond. Johnson ofAlkunsas. Polk, Sebastian, l
Seward and ’l‘oombs. Those aosent from the

dense. were Messrs. Slallworih and Landrum

of Alabama, Brown and Adams of Kentucky,

Hundman and Rust of Arkansas. and Hamil:
ton of Texas. In the Senate, Mr. Mason of

Virginia submitted a resolution to lie over

one day; for the appointment of a Committee

of Investigation respecting the Harper’s Ferry

illvasion. Mr. Trumbull ofIll., gave notice
cf an amendment to inquire into the seizure
of the' Arsenal at Franklin, Missouri. I}!
the House. a ballot was had for Speakernlfl
which there was no choice—Mr._Bocock being
named by 86, Mr. Sherman by 66, Mr. Grow
by 43, Mr. Boteler by 14, and twelve other
members receiving one -‘or two votes. Mr-
Grow withdrew his name and a motion to
adjourn, made by Mr. Burnett of Kentucky,
Administration Democrat,wus carried.

Tunsmvé-In the Senate',Mr. Mason’s res-
olution for information respecting the Har-
per’s Ferry invasion came up again. eliciting
debate. in which Messrs. Trumbull. Mason,
Hall, Hunter, Davis, Green, Crittenden, W_Il-
son, Clark, Brown. Pugh, and Iverspn partic-
ipated, when the Senate adjOurned. without
taking the question. ' ‘ '

In the House, debate on Mr. Clark’s reso-
lution relative to Mr. Helper’s back was re~
sumed, Mr. Clark taking the floor. He was
followed by Mr. Gilmcr, who moved a substi-
tute, reiterating the Declarations heretofore
made by the Whig and Democratic parties,
resisting all attempts at a renewal of
slavery agitation, The previous question
was movéd,but in a tie vote. the House re-
fused to order‘ it taken. A long debate en-
sued, when the Hon se adjourned without hav-
ing a ballot for speaker, or taking a vote on
Mr. Clark’s resolution.

Wannnsnnv.—A report showing the pro-_
gross made‘ in printing American State pa~
pers. Mr. Clay gave notice of abill to
repeal the bill of the Fishing Bounties
act. Mr. Powell, ofa bill to abolish the
Frauking Privilege. Mr, Mason’s Harper’s
Ferry resolution wasthen taken up again and
debated,but no question was taken up to
'4 3-4 o’clock, when the Senate adjourned.

In the House, Mr. Kellogg, on a question
of privilege. had read the Tribune’s special

day’s proceedings. in which it was claimed
that the Republican side of the House should
not be held responsible for the cowardly per
formance of the day. Mr. Kellogg took ex
cepsion to the position assumed in the dis-

atch. ,The discussion was continued, M essrs.
McClernand, Duell, Morris and Garnett par-
ticipating ; and then it was proposed by Mr.
Winslow that the House proceed informally to
a vote for Speaker. The proposition. was
received with cries of' “ Agreed.” After a
personal episode between Messrs. Pryer and
Nelson, a vote was had which stood—for
Sherman, 107 ; Bocock, 88; Gilmer, 22 :scat-
tering, 14. No choice—116 being required.

 

Torment—Mr. Slidell gave notice of a
bill making an appropriation to facilitate
negotiations for the - acquisition of Cuba.—
Mr.Joh'ns0n also gave notice of a Homestead
bill. Mr Mason’s Harper’s Ferry resolution
was then taken up again, and speeches made,
when tne‘ Senate adjourned to Monday.

In the House, the discussion on the Helper
Book was resumed and continued throughout
the session. and the House adjourned without
taking a. vote on Speaker. .

 

-Farnnr.-—Senate‘ not in session.

In the House, Mr. Morris, on a question of
privilege, called attention to the charges
made by Mr. Kellogg that Mr. Greeley had
had apolitical intetview with Senator Doug-
las in the latter’s parlor; and also had read
Mr. Greeley’s denial. - Mr. Kellogg replied
that Horace Greeley and Senator Douglas
had been put on trial. and be (Mr. K.) gave
notice that he would hereafter prosecute the
issue. Mr. Logan said the charge was made
to injure Mr. Douglas, who was the candidate
for the Presidency on the part of the great
Northwest, to injure him by seociatiug him
with Mr. Greeley. Mr. L. declared that he
never again would notice Mr. Kellogg. who,
he said. when called upon for proof of his
charges, like a spaniel shrank into a corner:
At this point Mr. Kellogg rose from his seat,
and, as it with hostile intent, advaucfii to-
wards Mr. Logan who put himself into an
offensive attitude. Membersin the immediate
vicinity seized upon both to 'restrain them,
and much excitement prevailed throughout
the Hall. The‘Clerk called loudly for order,
and Messrs. K. and L. being widely separated
Mr. Logan continued his remarks. Mr. Mor-
ris called for the Sergeant-at Arms, but order
was, after a while, restored. Mr. Taylor took
the floor and proceeded to say that it was
time these irritating discussions ceased. and
that‘the representatives of the people should
proceed to an election quietly and decently.
They should have some competent person
preserve order. After some cros’sfiring rela-
tivc to applause and biases in the galleries
and on the floor, Mr. Logan pronounced Mr.
Kellogg’s charge false in every respect. Mr.
McClernand produced a letter from Senator
Douglas branding 'the charge as false. Mr.
Logan again took the floor. reprobating the
action of the Republican party in Illinors.—
Then followed a series of questions and replies
between Messrs. Haskin and Logan. when
Mr. Stanton obtained the floor, saying that he
would yield'it if the Houscdesired to proceed
to the election ofaSpeaker, provided he could
have the floor again. This was agreed to
and a vote was taken, standing : For Mr.
Sherman, 110; Mr, Bocock, 88; Mr. Gilmer.
20; scattering,1_3. Atlempts were made by
Mr. Hickman to move the plurality rule. but
they were declared out of order, and the
House adjourned. , '

SATURDAY.-—-In the House, Mr. Hickman'
called attention to the fact that no notice was
taken in the journal of the procedings of his
resolution to adopt the Plurality rule and
moved that thejournal be amended so as' to
state- that fact. The Clerk stated that the
resolution was merely read for information.—
.Hereupon a discussion ensued, much of which
was ofa personal and political 'nature. ,With-
out coming to any apparent conclusion, the
House adjOurned, after Messrs. Kellogg and
Logan mudeapologies and explanations for
the remarks they made in theHonse 'on' Fri-
day.

—————o«.-» .

INTEMPERANCE AMONG Fa smosennn LADIES-
-—The New York Correspondent of the
Charleston Courier says : ~

“ There isa great and growing evil in ihi
city, but one of such a delicate nature as to
almost forbid being dragged into public print.
I refer to the increasing and lamentable habit
now so common of the indulgence by ladies
in intoxicating drinks. I do not refer to those
who do wrong almost from necvssity. but to
that class who have rich husbands and homes
that might'be made happy A large number
of this class seem to] be steadily diving deep-
er intd dissipation every year than many per-
sons gi'eatly'intercstcd in their welfare and
happiness evenimagine. _I have heard“ rc-
Cently of several distressing cases of this
kind. And today I learn that the wife of a
well known citiz'en reported to be very weal-
thy, has been sent to the lunatic asylum. in
the hopes that she may be able to overcome
the terrible temptations which intoxicating
liquors have of late for her. Her husband’s
name is almost as familiar to some parts of
the South as it is here." -
> ‘ ————‘“°>¢

Death of Mrs.Pernando Wood.-

The city was shocked yesterday to learn

that a most estimable lady, Mrs. Fernando
Wood, 'wife ofihe mayor elect of New York
had just expired. She died at an early hour
in the morning while her, lmsbundwas ab—
sent in Washington. Mrs. Wood was a
daughter of lho ate Judge Richardson. of Au-
burn, N. Y., and about 36 years cfage. She
leaves seven children—three boys,. named
Calhoun, Joseph and Fernando, and three
girls and a. baby but two or three days old.—
The excitement superinduced by the-success
of her husband was to much for her feeble
health to endure. By those who had the
pleasure of her acquaintance, Mrs. Wood is
spoken of its a woman of in. st exemplary
character, whose' gentle loving nature was
almost theonly restraint to which herself
willed partuerever yielded. -
In this sad bereavement,~we doubt not that
friends and foes will instinctively accogd their
sympathies to him whose cup of bliss has so
suddenly been dashed with the bitterest woe
man can ever know. Mrs. Wood died at her
residence at Bloomingdale, whence her fune-
ral will take-place on Monday. '

. - Tribune, Saturday. ' '
«<.>t .
Hon. La Fayette S. Foster will please
acceptour thanks for-valuable Public Docu-
ments. ‘

 

 

 

 

”an“.-.

 

._—I A. young. man, in conversation. one
evening, chanced to remark—"'1 amno proph-
et.” “ True,” replied a lady present, “ no

 

'District now represented by him.

 

NEWS ITEMS. .
——Tho town eléction of Bridgeport resulted
Ill favor of the 'emocratic ticket, with few
exceptions. The board (selectmcn with town
clerk) stands two and .two. '
_——’l‘he Norwich and Worcester Railroad
ompany‘has commenced usingcoal as a fuel
for their locomotives. . -
_._ilon. 'l‘homas Corwin, twenty nine years
ago Monday, took his seat in the House of
Representatives as a member from the same
There is
not a member of the llouse with him who was
there when-he first took his seat. In ‘Iess
than a generation there has been an entire
change with a single exception.
-—- The vote’ for Mayor in N. Y. City was
Wood 30 639; Havemaycr 26,813 ; Opdyke
22,716 ; total 79,868 ; total in Nov., 56,359.
—Let it be remembered that for two days
the Democrats have prevented the organiza-
tion of Congress for the sake of discussing
'Helper’s book.
The sleighing in New Hampshire has
been very good.
—-In Davie county, N. 0., not long ago, a
staIWart youth of 96 was married to abloom-
ing maiden or 87 summers. The couple gaily
sped on foot to the residence of the officiating

 

- magistrate and walked home again with the

knot tied—.-round trip, sixteen miles.
—Mrs. Deane. widow of, Bishop Doane,died
in Florence. Italy,Nov. 10th, at the residence
of her son Edward N. Perkins. Her mind
never rec0vered frem the shock she received
in the massacre of ‘Perugia. She was' 70
years old.

-—The Republicans. Emancipationists, Am-
ericans and old Whigs of Missouri are about
forming a union party to be called The 0p-
;lzgsition. A Statc Convention has been cai-

gbout to become a candidate for the priest-
ood.

The grandson of Tecumseh whois said
to be well educated and accomplished, having

 

'tiavelled extensively in Europe, is 'now liv-

ing in Natchez, Missl. where he is dealing
out“ roots and yurbs” to his palef'aced breth-
ren who have great faith in his curative pow-
ers as‘ he obtained the -‘ secret” from his
grandmother who was a great and mysterious
" medicine” woman. '

Gen. Gist of South Carolina says, in
his message, that there is a great scarcity of
corn in the Northern part of the State. in
consequence of it being used by the distiller-s.
He recommends that a tax should be laid on
stills. amounting to a prohibition.

-—A Bridgeport paper says the Housatonic
railroad is now in a prosperous condition.—
About twenty new freight cars for the road
will be ready on the 1st of January, and the
number of passenger cars is to be enlarged.
—'l‘he friends of General Pierce have been
successful in New Hampshire, in electing
delegates to the Charlestown Convention
over those of Judge Douglas.

——Mr. Seward was at Paris, Nov.12th. He
denies that Col. Forbes ever informed him of
the projected Harper’s Ferry insurrection

'A reading club under the auspices of
the Rev.H. N. Hudson. has been formed by
the young men of Lilchficld. who propose to
meet weekly for the purpose of passing a
pleasant evening in the recreation and in
struction of reading Shaksperinn plays. A
very sensible idea. . -

The suitor Geoge Peabody dc Co., the
London Bankers. against the Middlesex man-
ufacturin g company, which grew out of the
failure of Lawrence. Stone. & Co., has result-
ed in a verdict of $47,106.54 for the plain-
tiffs. It was for the value of a lot, of wool.
....The Russ pavement in Broadway, which
was laid about ten years ago, and which cost
the city ofNew York some $400,000, is to be
taken up, and the Belgian pavement substitu.
ted forit. The loss of horses by the Russ
panement is said to have been very great.
—'—-The Virginia Legislature have unani-
mously passed resolutions approving the sen-
tence of Cook and the other Harper’s Ferry
prisoners. and refusing all interference in
their behalf.

—A Litcbfield county boy years ago with
little money but lots of perseverance, bought
a: boggy island in the Hudson, near Peekskill.
Cultivation soon made it a garden. and last
year the boy now grown to Dr. C. W. Grant
of Peekskill, sold $12000 worth of grapevines
from the bog. He has glass houses covering
over an acre of ground.

———The receipts of cotton at the shipping
ports thus far this seasori are beyond the an~
ticipation of the most sanguine and far beyond
the receipts of any previous year. The foot-
in gs for the two months of September and
October will be about 730.000 bales.
——NorthE1ba,the home of old John Brown’s
family, gave last- year 42 votes for Gerrlt
Smith for Governor, 18 for Parker and only 2
for Gov. Morgam .
Senor Oliveira, the great Spanish vie;
linist who has just arrived in this country and
who owns two violins worth 25,000 francs,
has been to visit Capt. John Brooks of Bridge-
port to buy his fiddle, declared by Sivori
(when he was here ten years ago) to be the
best Cremona he ever saw.

——The present threats of disunion at the
South have not as yet affected the price of
U. S. stocks.

—g-T,hree millions of silver roubles have been
given by the Russian Government to the in-
habitants of Sebastopol who suffered in the
late siege.

——On Saturday evening the students of the
college at Princeton, N.lJ..paraded the town
with efiigies of Seward and Beecher, with
which they made a bonfire in front of lhe col-
lege, in spite of the exertions of the Facultv.
...... Gov. Wise of Virginia and Gov. Chase
of Ohio have had some correspondence
on the John Brown ullair. Gov. Chase
said :' “ Ohio will fulfil every constitu-
tional obligation to other members of the
Union, but cannot consent to an invasion of
her territory by 'armed men. even for the pur-
pose of pursuing and arresting fugitives.
'———Thc BaltimOre election will be speedily
brought to a test of its legality. Some of the

 

 

 

 

- county officers elects! have attempted to take

their. places, but the incumbents refused to
.yield them on the ground that the’ applicants
were illegally elected. This will bring the
matter into court to decide whether an elec-
tion carried by force is legal. -

--—-The‘ law passed some six or seven years
ago in New Jersey, by which the killing of
deer'was prohibited for five years. has had
the effect to make game comparatively plen-
ty-in-the shore counties. ‘ ' '
——What strange ideas they have of justice
at Washington. A murderous assault upon a
Massachusetts Senator is punished, by a fine
of $300 ; a word against slavery is a felony
and the-uttercr is put under $2000 bonds to

V . keep the peace

,; A peculiar and trying. care of desertion
by a wife has lately occured in ,'1‘uronlo.Can-
ads. ‘ A young man married a pretty girl of
sixteen about three months since and soon af-
ter marriage met with an-accident by which
he lost the use of his eyes. From this time
the wife’s affection began to wane, and a few
weeks ago sh e left him, taking with her some
money and other valuables. '
-;—'l‘lie Washington Star says that Daniel
E. Sickle: appeared in his seat in the House
Hall on Monday. On his reappearance there
he was warmly greeted by the Sergeant at-
Arms of the House. “ Messrs. Montgom cry ,
Cox, and another whose countenance we did
not recognize, had conversed with him ere
wc‘l‘eft the Hall, after the termination of the
first ballot for Speaker.” - ,
——At a John Brown meeting in Cleveland,
a few nights ago, Judge Tilden said: “ I was
talking with Frank Wade last night about
this Virginia army of Gov. Wise, that was
to take the capital and scize half the public
documents. as that worthy has-threatened to
do. He (Wade) said he thought the best way
to crush the army would be to drive a drone
of cows upon them.” '
An old man in Indiana recently cow-
hided his daughter, nineteen yearaold, for
wearing hoops. .

—-—A superficial person having heard a pop-
ular decluimer each, said to Dr. Bellamy :
‘2 0h, sir, I has been fed this evening,”-
The doctor added :f‘ So the calves think, all-
er huving sucked each other-”s eurs.’

—- Two initials of famous characters; J. B.
Jnck~ Bunsby, Joe Bugatock in Domby a: Son,
James Buchanan, a celebrated judge of " old
rye,” and John Brown. \

-—An editor down east apologizes for a
day’s dclay‘in the issue of his paper. on the
ground that he had an extra “ male” to at-
tend to duringthe week.

-.—-I‘om Corwin, the." wagon-boy,” is in his
sixty-seventh year“

-——The ScientificAmerican

 

 

estimates that

-about,400,000 cigars are smoked daily in New

York. At an average of three cents each,
this would give-912.000 a day, or the hand-
some sum of $4.380,000, per year, as the cost
of tobacco smoked up in that city, alone, to
say nothing of meerschautns, and the whole
family of pipes, . ; ,
.. .'.A‘ doctor’s tvife attempted to move him
by he ' tears. -“ Ah 1” said he," tears ‘are
useless. I have analyzed them. * They com
tain a little phosphate of lime. some , chloride
of sodium and water. _ . .'
fi-As the truly wonderful merits of the,nygenated
Bitters in curing Dyspepsia in its worst Adevelopcments,
become known and appreciated, orders for it are pour-
ing in from all parts 'of the country—North, South,

 

prophet: to yourself or any one else.”

East had West. This tells the story. .

-—Hon. Edward Stanley, of California is

l they'shallpat past. (political) tombstone.

Program—If anything were wanting to
prove that Norwalk is on the progressive, we
think tha'tconcise, yet comprehensive and
business-like document, emanating from our
Young America Auditing Committee, which
we publish herewith, finishes that evidence :
AUDITORS’ REPORT.

The undersigned Auditors of Town Ac-

counts lor the Year 1859, respectfully submit

the following Report :

We have examined the accounts of the town,
the report of tho selectmen and the hills and
vouchers of the same. We find upon such ex-
amination. that the Books of ‘the Town have.
been kept with great care and correctness,
and in a manner creditable to the Selectmen,
and intelligible to those who may wish to ex-
amine them. 'l‘he Report of the Selectmen
for the year 1859. in its statement of receipts
and expenditures. is correct, vouchers.being
present for each item. .

In examining the statement of expenditures
for the aim-house, we find that the Selectmen
havejn accordance with the vote of last year,
purchased the supplies for it. as_ far as possi-
ble, in quantities at wholesale and with econ-
omy for 'the Town.

1t affords us much gratification t‘obe enabled
,to inform the Town, that during the year just
closed its affairs seem to have been managed
with judgment and economy. and in a man.
nor to reflect credit on those who-did it.—
Thls, we think,is shown—by a decrease—
in most of tee important items of Town ex-
penses and a reduction of the Town debt of
over $1000 and a larger balance in the Treas-
ury now than one year ago.

In conclusion we present a brief summary
of the affairs of the Town as shown by the re-

 

 

port of the Selectmen : .,_
Amount of outstanding Town 0r-

ders, Dec, 6, 1859 ~ $16,745 25
Borrowed from the Towu Depos-

it fund, Dec.6, 1859 5.845 00
Tota debt outstanding, drawing

in rest, Dec. 6, 1859 ' $22,590 5
Deduct balance in 'l‘reasury,Dec.

e, 1859 3,157 14
Amount of Town debt, Dec. 6,

1859 ‘ $19,433 11
Amount " “ “ 1858 20,825 61

Decrease during past year 81,392 50

 

Net amount paid for out door poor

 

 

 

 

1858 1,495 47
Net ls. H 6‘ fl
1859 1,453 27
'- Decrease in 1859 842 20
Net amount paid for support of poor.
in Aims house, 1858 ' 1,007 23
Net amount paid for “ “ 1859 724 40
Decrease in 1859 282 83-
Net expenses of Town farm 1858 152 77
to It .s it 1859 80 ‘1
Decrease in 1859, $72 36
Amount paid for highway repairs
1858 $2,490 09
- “ “ “ “ 1859 $2,453 54
Decrease in 1859 36 55
Amount 'paid for bridge repairs
" 1859 449 73
I‘ N If ad 1858 155 79
Increase in 1859 293 94
Net Criminal expenses in 1858 ‘ 448 68
.s a. n 1859 264 47
decrease in 1859 184 21

Amount paid Selectmen forlservices
1859 308 00
“ 1858 273 48

Increase in 1859 . 34 52

We find in-report of Selectmen to us a new
item of expenditure, as follows :
Amount paid North 5 Mile River

“ l‘ u

82 81

 

district exemption of School Bills
Amount paid Silver Mine District
exemption of school bills _ 2 91
Amount paid South Norwalk Union
School District, exemption ofSchool
Bills . . 170 76
_ Total, 6176 48
Amount paid State Tax‘ 1859 $1,488 29
. 4. s. .s 1858 . 966 49
Increase in 1859 . 521 90
All 0; which is respectgull submitted.
AMUEL LYNE , . -. ' - '
CHAS. onusrmn. i “am"

Norwalk, Dec. 6, 1859.
Q.

. Death of Mr. Isaac 8, Bears.

Extract from the minutes of a meeting of the board
of Directors of the Norwalk Gas Light Company held on
the 9th inst :—

Wnsasss, In the inscrutable providence of Almighty
God, Mr Isaac S. Beers, a member of this board has
been removed by death ; and , -

Warrants, from long and esteemed assioclat‘ion. our de-
ceased friend has won in no ordinary degree our re-
gard and esteem. Therefore, .

BI 11' Rmonvso, That we tender our sincere condolence
and sympathy In their affliction, to his widow and
bereaved family, invoking the blessing of Almighty
God upon them. and praying that as HIS hand has
wounded, so it will heal; and that Inmfutur‘o
providence, us would so gently and benignly deal
wlth them as to cause them to lean confldingly on
ins arm, remembering ms promise to be the God of
the widow and the Father of the l‘atlierless.

llasqnvxn, That a. copy of these Resolutions, signed by
the officers of this board be transmitted to the fami-
ly of our deceased associate and a copy furnished the

Norwulk Gazette, for publication. ;

H. I.‘ HOY'I', President pro tem.‘
W. C. STREET, Secretary,

 

 

At a meeting of the Directors of the Desserts 8: Non-
waur Ran. Roan COMPANY, held at the Office of the,
Company in Norwalk, on Tuesday, Dec. 6th, 1859, En
T. Hon, Esq., President. in the Chair, the following
preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted :

Wnums, it has pleased the Almighty in His wise
providence to suddenly remove by death from our own
cils, 'one of our most respected and useful members, in
the person of Isaac S. Banks. Therefore .

Resolved That the enlarged. discriminating and cul-
tivated intelligence of our departed friend, his nnbend-
ing integrityfltis enterprise anti public spirit, together
with his benevolence of heart, and snuvity of manners,
rendered him a valuable ,citizen and a very efficient
member of'tbis Board ; and, the mysterious dispensa-
tion of Providence which has ,so suddenly taken him
away in the midst of his (in. s from the posts of useful-
ness which he has so ably lled, has brought sadness

to our hearts. . , .
Resolved, That we tender to his bereaved family and

friends our most heartfelt sympathies.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions. be for-
wardedto his family, and a copy furnished for publi-
cation in the Noawaur Cam-rs. ’

' E. S. TWEEDY,

. ‘ Secretaryr
Nor-walk, Dec. 6th, 1859. _
-———-—--Oo<.»O-———-

F We would call the attention of our readers to .
Whitney’s Holiday Bulletin, and although not so va-
ried as that of some of our atorekeepers, still what
more appropriate gift can there be than one of his
splendid Photographs, or a Stereosctpe, with a set of en-
tertaining views bringing the world at our door.

An early call is necessary to in sure a colored photo-
graph for Christmas.

 

 

s<.-.

—'.I.'he Home Journal for 1860.

loam axn wrsus, xni'roas. -

 

NEW YEAR of this popular family newspaper will
A be commenced on the first day of January neat—-
printed on fine paper and clear type

ith the January number will begin the publication
-of'a new and beautiful original work of fact and fiction,
written expressly for 'the Home Journal, entitled ms-
rv rnounloo'r, axomunce 0'. American History, by a dis-
tinguished author. The romantic events on which this
beautiful story is founded occurred in the troubled
times of 1782, immediately before the close of the Revo-
lutionary war and the recognition of American indepen-
dence. _

This charming story will he succeeded by a Brilliant
Venetian tale, by Octave Feuillet, the celebrated auth-
or of " The Romance ufa. Poor Young Man,” the suc-
cess and circulation of which, both in the new and old
world, have been unprecederlted and given him a place
amongst the first of living novelists.

George 1’. Morris besides. his usual constant labors
.upon the sever I departments of the paper will make
it the woof on which to broider first many Sketches,
Songs, Ballads, «(3., suggested by the history and
events of the passing time ' .

N. P. Willis will give ,continuous series of Photo;
graphs of an llour,embod ed in his journal of the prom-
inent persons and leading productions in the fashiona-
ble, artistic and Intellectual world. He will also give
‘more of his picturings of home life and rural 'fumtly
sympathies and interests, out doors and in, and a low
more a Memoranda for landslide, which his experi
once. spondenca wrth invalids and practiced obser-
vation on this subject enabled him to write.

rry Crey will supply a new series of amusing
at has drawn from real life, under sh‘. title of in
ramxns my l. in which sundry well known literal y men
and artists will figure. -
'l‘saus—For one copy, 82; for three copies, 35—m-
one copy for three years,-85—-for a club of seven copies
310 ; for a club of fifteen copies, $20 ; and that rate for
a larger club—always in advance. MORRIS dz WILLIS.
Editors and proprietors, 107 Fulton street,NewYork.

.3“...
—-——Somebody, on being 'asked from whom
he received his first lesson in wisdom, replied
“ From thehlind, who never take astep. until
they have felt the ground before them.”
-——Why is a locomotive»,jlikc a belle ?_-—
She transports the mullahs Allowed by a tram,
makesa noise, scatters the ..gparks, and says
to the fender, ‘pi‘ne knof.’ . n

, "fKilled by~ Harper’s Magazine, . or~
"‘ Killed by Harper’s Ferry.” The friends of
Senator Douglas are hesitating ass to which

 

 

 

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A New Weekly Paper. ,
0n the first of January; 1860, Mr. Gleason, of Boston.
will commence the publication of the largest, most
magnificent and valuable literary weekly Journal yet
attempted in this country, entitled the “ LITERARY
COMPANION.” 'n will be an elegant, moral and refined
family Journal. Its columns will be entirely devoted
to polite literature, wit and humor, prose and poetic
gems. An unriv'alled corps of contributors has been
engaged for the same, and every department will be
under the most finished system that the long- experi-
ence of Mr. Gleason as a publisher could devrse.‘

In size the “ LITERARY COMPANION" will contain
some n‘zteen hundred square inches, forming a mammoth
paper of sixteen octave pages and will contain about
twice as much reading matter as any other 82 weekly.
Our friends no doubt will be surprised at the astonish»
ing 10' prics of this valuable weekly, viz : one subscri-
her, 0“ year 32 ; 2 subscribers $3 ; 4 do 95 ; and 10
do '10- Besides a gratis copy to the getter up of the
club of 10. Specimen copies will be sent to any one
who wishes to form a club, by addressing F. Gleason,
Boston, Mass.

W

n- The following from the pen of ex-Seilator Halli-
gan, of Indianna will be appreciated by all :

“ We cannot refrain from callin the t '
readers to the Hair Restorative.) gr Pro; Ofngf'hll’tgdour
It will be seen that lie ll” numerous certificates from

noon: of the highest character, to the merits of his
eatorative. Prim positive knowlege we are also ena-
bled to say that it Is In every sense what it professes
to be, and we do not hesitate to pronounce it u“, finest
preparation for the head and half, which has so far
been devised by human ingenuity. We have seen it
'arrest threatened baldness, and restore to the head its
original profusion of natural and glossy hair, and when
the latter has been prematurely tinged vnth guy, we
have seen it like magic restore the colors of youth and
health. The distinguishing property of this we might
truly say miraculous ° Restorative’ is that .it glee; to
the person who uses it the same head of hair they wore
in youth, thus acting in .strict. compliance with the
first and greatest of all toilet mkerfisature. N.
one who has used it will hesitate to unite with us in
this testimony to its peculiar merit. ”
- Caving!” (1nd.) People’s Friend.
Sold by all respectable druggists in city and country.
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a- Taylor’s Saloon, corner of Broadway and Frank-
lin street, Newfork, continues to be the favorite re-
aortol‘ the hon ton. Notwithstanding all the costly
and beautiful buildings which have sprung npin Broad-

the splendor and gorgeonsness of their decorations,
Taylor’s stands unrivalled and promises fair to contin-
ue as it always has been, the most popular as well as
the most beautiful Saloon 'in the city. Stop in there at
any hour of the day and it presents a scene of fashion
and gayety unequalled by the’ most-noted Saloous oi'l’a-
rib and London ; while at night, under the glare of a
thousand gas lights reflected by coun ass mirrors, the
effect is truly dazzling—reminding one of those magnif-
cent palaces mentioned In Eastern fables.

M...
Merrill’a Oriental Pomado

. Is the best article in use, for the hair. It
not only gives it a gloss impossible to obtain
by using other preparations, but causes it to
grow luxuriantly, at the same time cleanses
the head from dandruff/and allimpurities.—
It is warranted made from the purest material
and should be in every family. Try it and
you will be satisfied. We claim nothing that
is notjustly our due. MERRILL do DANA.
S. D. Msamn, F. A. DANA, N. Y.
Sold in Norwalk, only, by
3m4l' - A; Jncxsox & Bno.

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WEDDING AND VISITING CARDS.

The subscribers having made arrangements with one
of the best Engravers in New York, are prepared to
furnish WEDDING AND‘VISI‘I'ING CARDS, engraved in
the latest .and most fashionable Styles, and at amour:
New Your; Plum. Also printed Cards, at short notice,
and at usual rates. Order-for Exomvnvo, DESIGNING,
&c., executed at short notice, in the best manner, and
on as reasonable terms'as can be obtained elsewhersg :

Orders solicited. .A. H. BYINGTON &CO,
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a'Dr. HOSTE'I'I‘ER’S Bl'l'l'EBS have received the
warmest encomiums from the'press and people through-
out tlre Union. As a valuable tonic for the cure of
Dyspepsia, Flatulence, Constipation ' and General
Nervops Debility, it cannot be approached. Every
day new cases of its great effect are chronicled through
our p'ublic journals. There is nothing equal to the
enjoyment to that which the afilicted experience when
using this valuable specific. Its mild tone; its sure
and vigorous action upon a disordered stomach and
the cleansing of the entire human body, necessary to
convincathe skeptical of its healthy efi'ects is to par
chase a bottle and be convinced. _
Sold by druggiste and dealers generally every-
where. .

a- See Adverlsement.
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Dr. Wlatar'a Balsam of Wild Cherry.

The unequalled success that has attendedotho applie
cation of this medicine in Coughs, Colds,14ethm, Bron-
chial Afectum, Disease of the Threat and Lungs, Incipi»
and Consumption, has induced many physicians of high
standing to employ it in their practice, many of whom
advise us of the fact under their own signature :

Winter’s Balsam of Wild Cherry recom-

mended by Physicians.

Anava, Sept. 6, 1858.
S. W. Fawn: & Co,—sias :—I most cheerfully add my
testimony in favor of the Balsam. We havr used it in
our family in Pulmonary affections, Coughs and Colds,
and esteem it a moat, valuabloremedy, and have recom-
mended it in various complaints of this nature with in-

variably happy results. W. B. LYNCH, .\I. D.

MANSFIELD, Tram co, PL, Aug 1858.
Guam :—Having‘ used in my practice the last
four years, Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry, with great
success, I most cheerfully recommend it to those af-

flicted with obstinate coughs, colds, Asthma, to.

‘ H. D. MARTIN, M. D.

. Cars VINCENT, July 17, 1553.
Gmnsxsx :—After using Dr. Wistar’s Balsam for a
long time I can say from repeated observation that I
regard it as one of the best kind of cough medicines,
and take great pleasure inrecommendiag it to the afilic-

ted. . W. H. WEBB, M. D.

- Baowxvinn, July 18, 18, 1858.
Cumulus :—Having sold Wistar’s for. two years
past and having used the same myself with great suc-
cess, I cheerfully recommend it to all who are suffering

.with asthma or consumption. A. A. GIBBS.
Prepared by earn. w. rowtn .a Co., Boston and for
sale by Knapp is Lynes, L. L. Beebe hSon and Edward
1’. Weed Norwalk ; D. H. Webb South Norwalk; G.
Mather 8: Co., Darien Depot ; Lockwood 8: Height and
Roswell Hoyt, Stamford ; Lucius M. Munroe New Ca-
naan ; John W. Taylor Westport ; Samuel Pike, South-
port: L H. Bailey and H. K. Scott Ridgofield; H.488:

 

J. Harvey Danbury and by dealers everywhere.
—4-<.>-r—————

BREAK UP sous cows.

The most important discovery since Vacci-
' . nation. '
DR. HANSON’S VEGETABLE CHEMICAL POWDERS

ILL break up colds at once, without sweating, di-
eting, interruption of business, or the use of hot,
stimulating, and burning compounds, herb, teas, can-
dies, balsams, or any other disagreeable inconvenient
and nauseating doses ; they do not cause the least un-
pleasant aymptoms—eyen if taken in large doses, they
create only a thirst, which being alloyed with water,
an agreeable warmth and moisture at the surface is
soon experienced. When taken as directed, they break
up the cold and arrest effects. and the only Operation
perceived is a mysterious and unaccountable disap~
penance of all symptoms, as feverishness, chills,lame-
noes, darting puma, dull heavy pains, tightness of the
chest, hoarseness, cough, sore "throat, croup, catarrh,
headache, ac. '

'I‘Hlt VEGETABLE CHEMICAL POWDERS are to colds
what Vaccination is against Small Pox and Qulnine lor
Ague. They are a specific remedy for the prevention
and cure of a specific disease. And by breaking colds
with them the system is not weakened -and deranged
and rendered more subject to repeated attacks, but is
rather strengthened and fortified against them. Tho-y
arrest croup instantly and permanently," and by their
timely use, coughs, catarrh, bronchitis. levers, rheu-
mutism, sore throats, consumption, and all diseases
primarily excited by colds, can be banished from
among the people. .
119811th Y OF THOSE WHO HA VE TBSTED HIE

REMARKABLE PO WERS-O ' THE VEGETABLE

CHEMICAL PU WDERS.

No medicine ever introduced to the public has drawn
out so emphatic testimony to substantiate its claims
as the Cold Powders. It is but little over two years
that they have been before the public, and the manner
they seized upon public confidence is truly surprising
Our prominent men have been the first to recommend
them, hollering them to_ be a public benefacsion.
'1 he publishers have liberty to refer to the following
gentlemen who have used too Cold Powders, and who
are ready to corroborate this statements made above
from their own personalexperience :
’ Thomas M. Day, Esq., Editor of Hartford Courtlnt.
J. B. Currlugton, Esq., Editor of New Haven Courier
D. B. Mosely, Esq. Editor of Religious Herold.
Norman Burr. Help, Editor of Christian Secretary.
Rev. Curdon Robbins, Hartford Conn. .
“ Dennis Plant, South Norwalk, Conn.
“ Pliilo Judson, Rocky Hill, "
Joseph J. Wooley. Ridgelield,
. R. 1). Williams, Woodbnry,
1-‘. Harrison, Bridgewater,
Burden Hart, Fair Haven,
John S. Haugh, New York.
Wm. H. Miller, " '
C. A, Clark, "
Uriah Underwood Andover, Mass.
Gordon Hall, Northampton, “ -
“ A-‘A. Tryon, North Becket, “ .
“ 1". Beslor, Long Meadow, ‘ '
COWLl-S & LEI-TIE, Wholesale Druggtsts, 52- and 54
State Street, New Haven, Conn, P 1'91" WW”.
Sold by a. r. warm and 1. 1.. DEERE a sort, Nor.
walk, and D. H. WEBB, South Norwalk. 5m49

MARJE‘QDEEJ).

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ln Portchester, on Monday, the 5111 inst, by Rev. Mr.
Benedict, Mr. Geo. W. Moritt to Miss Mary A. Brown,
all of Norwalk. .
1n Bridgeport, on Tuesdaleec, 6th, at St. John’s
Church, by the Rev. Gordon S. Cort, D. 1)., Mr. '1‘, B,
Crittenden, of Albany, to Miss Fannie 5., daughter of
Eliakim Bough, of the former place.

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‘ In South Norwalk, Dec., 1011:, Mrs. Almira Tucker,

aged 52 years.
In Westport, on the 3rd inst, Walter Sherwood, aged
61 ’ ‘ -

years. -
1n Ridgefield, on -the 1st inst, Stephen Reade, aged
85 years. _ . ., . ' .

in Chicago, 111., on the 10th inst., Lilla Iggrand.
daughter of the late legra‘nd Smith, in the 711: year of
her-age. -.

"11111888, 1111,“? :5; 1st inst, hiartha S..wife of Gould
. ewis an e es aughter of e rand Sturgea .
of Wilton, aged about 29 years. 3 _ ' ’ Esq '
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1.86.0: MIDDLEBROOK’S Am macs 18671. ,
Np“! ready and for sale in quantities, to
' suit purchasers. At _
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way within the past few years, outvleing each other in .

Stoves. ‘ac.

TEA Pia-tr"
retailer: Ear.“

r ‘HE LADIES connected with the 2d
1 Church. Norwulk. will give a Tea-121.53;

ON TUESDAY EVENING DEC. 201k ; the
proceeds to be devoted to the furnishing of
their new Church Edificc, uow beingsrected
in this,villagc. ’ \
. Refreshments of all kinds, such as Ice
Cream, Confectioneries, Fruits, the” “We“
be procured during the evening. A CHRIST-
MAS TREE will also be prepared and ,0“: ed‘
_with HOLIDAY PRESENTS for the Chil-
drent 'Parents can supply themselves filth
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS~ for their children
at lhe same rates they would have to pay
elsewhere. .

‘ Tickets 50 Cents each,which entitles the
holder to the SUPPER which will be no“.
tifully provided. They may be procured gt
the Drug Store of Knapp do Lynes, the-
Bakery of S. R. Bunting, and the Store of
G. P. Adams, South Norwalk.
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rosmromnasnnr.‘

Notice.

EV. D. H. MILLER of Meriden will de-
liver the Lecture for the benefit of the
South Norwalk Baptist Church, which was
announced for last Wednesday Evening, at
ELY’S HALL.South Norwalk. .

Tuesday Evening, Dec. 13th

at 71 o’clock. Subject : Love,‘Conrtship’snd

Marriage.

Admission, 15 Gents.

The Ladies of the South Norwalk Baptist
Congregation will hold a‘Fair at Ely’s Hall,
on Wednesday and Thursday the 21st and
22nd inst. 1t

 

srx nncrunns.’

ON '
IMM'OR.I‘A'&ITH..
Rev. PROFESSOR MATTISON,

OfJVew York, ,

HAG been engaged to deliver a course of
x Lectures. upon the above general
subject, at the M. E. Church, South Nor-walk
as lofiows :— g .1 . '

I. , onday Even’g,'Dec. mill—Matte ' '
Spirit ; or Man’s two fold Nature and Iii-tux:
tality. "

11. Tuesday Eve’g.Dec.20th-—The Nature
of Death. as a Transition from the Body to
Immortality. ' 7 ' ,

111. Monday Eve’g .Dec- 2601- The Con-
scious Knowledge and. Activity of 8011!, be-
tween, Death and: the Resurrection.

IV._ Tuesday Eve’g Dec. 27lh—The Abode
ofSpmts; or “Intermediate Place of Souls ”
have]? DeathJand the Retu'rrection. '

, _ ,. onday an’ 2d—RutiOnal E id '
ofAnother Life. y ' em

VI. Tuesday Eve’ J an’ 3d,--Philoso i-
cal and Rational profifs of Immortality. ph .
. These Lectures are both , “solemn
and Scientific ; and aredesigned, not. ”I,
to reassure the Christian of anothe‘fgfile
“beyond the river,” but as a counlerp'oifl' to
the prevailing tendencies of the tithes ‘to
Museums)! and Aswan.“-roxisrs.1 Th
have been delivered in various places,wig
decided success,and have never failed to gigs”
entire satisfaction. ~ -, _. ,

Single Tick'ets,20 cents, Course Tickets,
$1.90—rfor Lady and Gentlemen, $1.5m ,

Tickets can be had at the Store. of Kas p
J; L ynes, Stevens db Tristrams Shoe Store,- ’0.
Norwalk, and at the door. 3f50

._ s OME THING. -
1'03 THE LADIES.

HAT has so long been needed can at
._ > last be procured. The subsciiber
having for the past two years been engaged
in the sale and manufacture of Steel Spring
Shirts for Ladies, has made arrangements’fo
repairnnd make over old Skirts after the most
approved style. making them as good as new,
at 5 and 6 Cents a. Spring,.every Skirt made
tofil and please the person wearing it; made
over with the (woven loop web,‘) or the pa‘t-
ent Silver Mounted Clasp that does not cit
the tape. 'Orders are respectfully solicited ,
and will meet with prompt attention,“ ‘

 

 

3 doorseast of Post Qfiicc Building, Stills
Norwalk'. ‘ lt'50
E. T. WHITJV‘EY’S - .2?
EDI-IDA! sum
Ambrotypes for Mailing, . , , .50
. “ ~ , in Rich Cases, - 81.091115
Plain Photographs “ Frames, ,.3.00 _..z. .
Colored “ “ . “ 10.00 .-
lndia Ink“ . “» “ ,._7.00 ‘7
Oil " Life or Cabinet, 3’5 to 850,

Also a beautiful assortment of Stereoscopes

Photograph. before Christmas. ,3t50

Holiday- Season for 1.59.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS} _‘
Pnnrann iron run HOL1~DAYI."'
WE intendto have a larger and more ex-
- tensive amortment'of Annual; Gift
Books. Bibles, Pra'y’er' Books, Writing D, ,
Portfolios, Children’s Books, .Gamesy‘lot,‘ .,
than ever, and at prices to suit all. For ,1!!-

ther particulars see next week’s Gazette.‘
ALFRED H.ACAM,Pi.

: Tor-k names-or" 8510.,
FINE lot of Pork Barrels, made on of
the best materials and in the mostworb

 

market price, at the new Cooper’s Shop, foot

 

of Mill Hill. NOEL B. 8 myfl.
Norwalk. Dec. 12th, 1859. ' ‘ 7 ’~ SD50
nonre-

IS'hereby given to all personaliuble to pay
Taxes in the Town of Norwalkg; than“
Board of Relief of said Town will meet. at
the Hotel of L. P. Allis, in said Noswplk,“
one o’clock. P. M., on Monday the ,2 tide of
January, 1860, to attend to the dutila of t eir

appointment.

. catamaran, q _
DANIEL BEERS, , , | Board
,csumnocxwoon, l of
WILLIAM comm, _ Relief

3150 srnrnsN onusrnan,.l. .2:-

 

Bmpsre Goal 031. - .,
HE best in use, made by theEmpirs-‘Cogl
‘ ‘01] Co. and gives a. brilliant light and is
free from smoke .or smell. Also, iStand
Brackets, Hanging and Side Lamps for
burning the above, for sale by ‘ -
so -~ "~ GEO. r. saunas.

Notice. _.
Saugatuok Bank. ;
Wnsrrour Conn.. Dec. 9, 1859, ,3, I
[‘HE Annual Meeting of the Stockholdefl
of this Bank, (for the election of Direct.
ors for the year ensuing.) will be held at their
Banking House on Wednesday the 4th day of
January. 1860. ' Doors op'en from 10 s.'m., to
12 m. .3150 - B. L. Woonwcarl, Cashier. f

New Goods at Damon’s»?

FINE lot of For Caps and Mufflers. Win-
A. ter Caps for Men and ,Boys. Tue hm
assortment of Silk Hats, Soft Hats, Capo.
Umbrellas and Canes ever altered in Norwalk
ut_ ' . DISBROW’S. _.

THIS! F033! ‘

ONSISTING of Fitch ,_ Marten, ,Biver

Mink, Sable, the" at 25 per out under
the usual prices, at Disbro‘sz. Gilli and ex-
amine this stock before purchasing" elsewhere,
as all the above goods will be sold' exceed?
ingly low for Cash. J. H. DISBROW.

cums TMAS“. reassure 'l l
Daily and Weekly News”-
para, Toilet Articles,?oh'-.
firmer-y, dun,

at CLARENCE COOKE’S
Fancy Store, Post Office Building, opposi
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"Christmas a New Yearsfiiitp- I

TOYS, Fancy Goods in any 9999“!le
suitable for Presents, for sale at Auction!
prices. 'At BISSELL’S Auction Room-”m

—' ' o ‘ "V
. Sales at Auction~ , , _
‘OR this week ; T ueSday Evening, Ready
Made Clothing. Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday Evening-Fancy Goodwill-Idem.
Clocks, I'Iurs, lic- 59""le Afternoon, 1
Bay Horse,one 1 Seated Wagon. l2'new Cook
W. E. BISSELBfihctlonser.

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