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PUBLISHEDEVERY TUESDAY MORNING- BY
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NUMBER cage-NEW SERIES.
NORWALK GAZETTE.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING. '
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AL. H.3Y1NGTOE‘ 81130.,
A. H. BYINGTON, . J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLE,
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Subsoriptxou Rates. ‘
All Subscribers by Carrieli, Mail, Post Riders undsllz'algé
onus, per year, . . '
Those. living out of any Carrier 5
'~ One year in advance,
Clubs of six or more 5
District, if paid .
I 50
but to one address, to be
poidin advance, I :20
Single, copies 4 cents. _
,fl
Advertising Rates.
One Square, one insertion,. ‘ ‘ 1 00
" two . “ 1 25
- three .“ , . 1 5o
.. one month, 1 75
two months, 3 00
three months, 4 00
“ six months, 7 00
“ one year—with paper 15 00
Two Squares, one year—with paper - 25 00 .
Each additional Square per year, s 00
One half Column, one year, 40 00
One Column, one your, ‘ ' ’ - , 75 0,,
Fifteen “11“. or 100 words, make a square. Fraction.
:11 parts of at s‘quore charged for as aAvhole,
Yourly advertisers have the privilege of changing their
advertisements once per month. Advertisements
changed oftenér charged as -transient. ,
Yearly advertisements'payahle lst of January 8: Jul)“
Yearly advertisers restricted to 'the business contem-
plated at-the-itime-of contract. ‘
Cards, Resolutions, Funeral and all other Special Nu-
tices, 25 percent. additional on the above.
5;- These terms w‘ill b9 infiexibly adhered to.
jrusmsss Yolancronv.
I P 11:: xsfhibbhx, m. 11., '0 ,.
H '0 M (E O P A T H,
Graduate of Yale Medic-.11 Institute; Class
of1851 and ’52.
Office in Isoacs‘ Block, Norwalk, adjoining
the Danbnry & Norwmk R. R. Depot.
p _ DENTISTRY.
Doctors HILL _& PITCH.
SURGICAL, (S IllEC'IIANIC/i L
D E N T'I‘S' T S.
Ofiice over the. Storeol‘ C. J. Grumon,
NORWALK, . CONN.
' 'ClIARLES FITCli.
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ASA HILL,
- Architecture. . i
SIDNE Y. M. STONE»
. ' ARCHITECT, ‘ ‘ ,
Will furnish Plans, Sp’cCificntiOns, Detail
Drawings, and superintcnd the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
blc Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52
Wm. natural. SMITH,
ENGINEER and SURVEYOII,
Office at Chichester‘s Store,
. . " Norwalk, Conn.
3'. TI". TOOTH,
attorney and Counselor at Law. ,
Office over Mallory-”5 Store, '
Nor-walk. Conn.
:.waumnn,
. Attorney. ‘8: Counsellor atI-aW.
Office in 11.1110qu Building, East side‘of the
Bridge, Norwalk, Conn. ' :
Will. 0. STREET .0 00., . -
Importers ; wholesale and retail dealers in
BARhWARE, I RON,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Oils, Paints, Window'Gloss, &c.
c. s. Locnwoon,
Fashionable Draper &. Tailor,
and
' GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
No. 3 Skiddy’s BIOCk,_,Main-st., Norwalk, Ct.
0.3. Gunman,
" Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
'1le 000113,. CARPETINGS,
Carriage. Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Satinetts,. 1Vestings, and Tailor’s
Trimmings, bythe Yard, Piece
' 0|" Package. Sheetings,
Shirtings‘, Jeans, &c.
At the lowest possible prices.
' NORWALK, CONN.
s. n. onus-roan a 00.,
IVholcsale and Retail Dealers ill
Grocenes,,Flour, Feed, 00.,
14 and 10 Main-st, Norwolk, Conn.
F. H. ‘ N A S 1!,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ,
S '1' O V{ 13 S
. .. “ml Manufacturer of
- ‘ ‘l
Tm,8hoet Iron,&. Cooper Ware,
Has constantly on hand .0. large assort-
ment of general Houic. Keeping
Furniture, at South Non-walk,
Cool. .
,
s
- c. an. 1:. Lockwood or oo.,
Norwalk, 001111., Manufacturers 'of
Tm, Sheet Iron,&copper Ware,
and Dealers in. '
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery, ‘Brit
‘ . -:jfil]la,P0l‘t2c Iain, Wooden Ware,and
’ Kitchen Furniture ill genera/l ;
Pumps, Sheet Lead' and
Lend Pipe, Crockery,
- Glass and China.
Ware.
AMOS. .EUN '1',
General
Pension and Patent Agent,
And. Prosecutor of Claims before the
' ~several Departments, and“ theCourt
. of Claims, '
_ ' IVASHINGTON, D. 'C.
ETNK INSURANCE COMPANY,
. . .:_or Hartford,"
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
gash Capital $1,000,000
Insure agoipstifdss and damage by Fire,
on Terms 'udapted to the hazardmnd
consistent with the lows of,'
compensation. '
GEORGE R. COWLEs, Sole Agent
115734 For Norwalk and vicinity.
life Idsmnce. -
A- n. BEINGTON,
(At the Gazette Oflicc,)
Agent for, the
‘ HERICAN TEMPERANCE IIF§INSURANCE COMPANY ‘
Hartford, Conn. -
JAMES G. BAREO‘U‘R. -
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
‘D E N '1? I 35 '1',
Chloe at Residence, East Avenue, Iiorwalk.
Connecticut.
Norwalk Post omoo
leAILS CLOSE.
West 7.30 A. M.——2.30 P. M.
East 8.20 A. III—5.00 P. M.
Danbury 813 Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, 12 M.
» MAILS DUE.
West 010 A. III—5.55 P. M.
FRI-808.20 A. M.——3.20 P. M.
Danbuly .1: Norwalk Railroad 7.55 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M. .
H. W. SMITH, P. M.
' ALI-IS HOUSE,
FORMERLY NORWALK HOTEL,
NORWALK, CONN.
Having been leased for a term of years, has
been thoroughly renovated and greatly 111le
proved, and is now, open for the reception of
cOmpauy, and will be kept as :1 FIRST CLAss.
HOUSE. No pains nor expense will be spared
to make it pleasant for its guests. ,-
It is believed that the village of Norwalh
and its environs afford more inducements to
the pleasure seeker and the man of business
than any town in the State. Its splcndu
Churches, Scminories, and Schools, with theil
surrounding scenery—its magnificent drives
its superior facilities for sailing and fishing.I
and lost, but not least, its fine Oystcrs,:1re sul‘
licient, it is believed, to tempt the most fastid‘
ions. Hoping for :1 share of the publicpnt
ronugc, I am its humble servant. 3
L. P. ALLIS, Proprietor. ‘
South Norwalk Hotel,
JAMES, LUCAS, Proprietor.
This House has 'rccently been thorough]
rebuilt imd greatly enlarged, and is 1101
ready for the reception of guests. It is plcns
antly located, ill immediate. proximity [0 the
depot of the N. 'Y. & N. H. Railroad, and in‘.
this respect for permanent or transient board-
"crs possesses advantages over :my other Hotel
,in the town. A good Stable is kept ill con-
nection with the Hotel.
INSURANCE.
THE subscriber having taken the agency
of the New England Fire and Marine Irl-
smmwe 00. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
by fire, 011 as accommodating terms as any
other Company. ‘ , .
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established
with a paid in capital of $200,000 and has n
surplus of $6,295.00. ’
JO"EPH W. HUBBELL,
A cut for Norwalk and vicinity.
Nfirwalk, Feb. lst, 1850. db
3:. own-ram: a. soars,
”Cabinet Makers 5
At their Old Established Ware Rooms,
East Side the Bridge,
OPPOSITE PHEMX BL 0 0K.
AVE now on hand thelargest and best
assortment of Cabinet Ftu'niturc,Chairs,
Looking Glasses, Mattresses,'etc., ever offered
for sale in this place, which we have just pur-
chased for cash, at extremely low prices, and
intend to sell accordingly.
We also keep constantly on hand, Ready
Made Collins of all sizes and descriptions, from
the most costly Rosewood to the plainest ever
used.
From bur long experience in the Undertas
king Business, we are confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may need our
services. . 37 .
Groceries Cheaper than ever
' P 0 R -c A S H l
HE subscriber would inform the public
' generally, that he still continues to sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc, at his
old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as
the cheapest. He offers great inducements
'to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort-
ment of groceries of the best qualities as can.
be found at. any store in the country. He
wOuld invite the special attention of all to his
stock of '
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which arc of the very best quality, and will
, ,3 sold cheap. The public are invited to call
And examine and judge for themselves.
V " ‘ A. MOREHOUSE.
A '- -I - WhitneY’s
Photographic and ' Fine, Art“
GALLERY, '
L NORWALK, CONN.
ATE E. B. Tuonrson‘s ET. Whitney
‘ i would inform the citizens of N orwulk
that he has established himself in the Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
- graps, Ambrotypes, and all kinds of Pictures
toke11.by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain; in the highest style
:0f.the art. E. T. VWHITNEY.
D. B. VVOODBURI’, Operator. tf20
GOA!- l GOAL 2
G H. .11 J. C. RANDLE have been recei-
o ving direct from the mines, and are
Ilowlprcpared to offer at the lowest market
rates, the following kinds of coal, from their
Coal Yard,ic_ast side the bridge, viz : .
Spring Mountain Lehfgh,
Sugar Loaf do.
Vein (IV/lite Ash)
Mammoth
Locust IlIomltm'n do.
[Sm-anion do.
Council Ridge, (Pink Ash)
Laurence (Red Ash)
Trevor-ton ShmiAnthramle. ,
Mr. 0. H. Benedict, long and favorably
known in the Coal Trade, will be always on
hand to serve the public. A share of'thc
public patronage is solicited.
FURNITURE}!
HE subscriber is. now prepared to offal} to
. the P111010, at 1118 Old stand, as good an
assortment of
Cabinet Furniture
as can be fouudin Fairfield Count I and a
lower prices, FOR CASH, than till: 921mg.
ualit of goods can be obtained at any other
Estab islnnent. ‘
' The stock consists in port of ,
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and
Quartettc Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tcte-a-te'tc Lounges; Mahog—
any and Cane sent Choirs ; Gilt.
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., &c.
UOFFIN W-A—RE’ROOMS ,-
where may be found a full assortment of Cof-
fins, which will finished in, the best possible
manner, and at short notice.
(I? A hearse will be furnished when de-
sired. A. RENOUD.
Westport, May lot, 1858.
“HOME AGAIN 1"
Returnod to Norwalk.
HE subscriber takes pleasure in notifying
the public in general, and his old custom-
ers in particular, that 11c has roe-purchased his
former business, and is as ready as evor to
serve them in every department of SADDLE
AND HARNESS MAKING. ‘ ‘ '
- Thankful for the liberal patronage hereto-
forerextendcd him while, a resident of Nor-
walk—he hopes by renewed efforts to please
-—-to merit a continuance ofthc some. '
Remember our motto, Better than the best,
and cheaperthan the cheapest: at the old stand
——cust end of Connecticut Hotel. . .
33 STEPHEN SWANN.‘
JUST received—the Uncle Sam Rugs—at
BELDEN’S.
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JUST received; the Bay State Ran e—-at
BEEDE S
durum Quintin
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A. HIBYINC'ToN & Co.,
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-- AT TWO DOLLARS PERANNUM, IN ADVANCE.
laments, dolor! Quantum», gimme, 30min, monitor», flotsam, &t.--;-Qintahlinlod in WHO.
NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1860.
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OULI) respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
cd‘to offer an assortment. not to ’bc suranscd
in Fairficld County, in quality or price. “70
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is larger than ever before.—
We have a. line. lot ofLadics’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to ‘
$75, which we can recommend as bcin cor-
rect tlnlc keepers. Also, Gentlenlcu’s I alch-
cs, 111 Silver and gold cases, at any price from
- $5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and alton‘cthcr for cash, so that
our facilities «for selllng cheap could not be
greater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
Plated Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and compriseshll of the latest styles that
- arc manu ctured.
Those who intend to
make a fine holiday present, we would par-
ticularly invite to give us a call, as amongst
our large assortment of goods the could not
fail to be suited. . A. JACKSO & BRO.
Wagon and Carriage
BUILDING AND REPAIRING,
N New Canaan, at the old stand of the
subscriber. Every description of Wagons
made to order, and ten per cent. cheaper than
any other shop in the county. All kinds of
Farm produée, and 00‘, Ash, and Hickory
Plank taken in exchange for work
tf‘29 E. L. ARNOLD.
:3 , Mr. J. Hessian,
"M‘s” Professorof Music
“LEE; ' Will be prepared to re.
‘ new his course of instruc-
tion—to all those who may desire his services
---in Instrumental Music. Instructions given
011 the Piano Forte, Organ or Melodeon.
Pianos tuned and repaired. All orders left
at his residence, Main-st, N orwalk, or at
Turk’s Clothing Store, will be promptly at“
tended to. 1y32
House Painting,
GRAJNING AND GLA ZING.
I
‘IE subscriber would ' respectfully an-
nounce to his former" customers, (and as
many new ones as will give him a 0.111,) that
he is prepared to execute all orders in his line
with madness and dispatch, and solicits their
patronage .
Jobsiakcn and stock furnished if required.
He can be found at his old stand, Union-31.,
Opposite Quintard dz Smith’s Carriage Manu-
factory. GEORGE HODGES.
South Norwalk, April 2d, 1860. 1y12
J. N. LOCKWOOD & 00,
West Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NEW BLOCK,
KEEP constantly 011 band, a large and
varied assortment of Ladies’, Gcnts‘,and
Children’s
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &C.,
all made under our own per'sonal supervis-
ion, Of the best material, and in the most
workmonlike-manner. Our assort llt. 0f
Ladics’ Gaiters undoubtedly compris¥both
inextent and quality—a finer assortme t than
can be found at any similar establishment in
the County. In Gent’s Boots, Gaiters, Shoes,
etc, we have a larger and bettcrussortlnent,
we are confident, than was ever before offer-
ed in ‘Norwulk. We are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any article in our line,mul
at the shortest notice.
Misses‘ and Children‘s Shoes, Rubbers, etc.,
in endless variety. , A, fine article ’of Slippers
for Gents’ wear.
REPAIRING—in all its branches—done
neatly, quickly, and cheaply.
C. C. BROTHERTON,
House and Sign raintor,
‘ PPOSITE Leonard & Street’s Cool
, Yard, Norwalk, Ct, is prepared to exe-
cute all orders in‘ the above line of business
with ncatuess and dispatch. Also,
-‘ GRAINING, GILDING, MARBLING,
Paper Hanging, etc. A liberal share of the
public patronage is respectfully solicited. 30
Gas Piping. Fitting, 0L0.
SEWING MACHINES REPAIRED.
THE subscriber is prepared to attend all
calls in the gas—fittinrr line, and will also
be in readiness to repair S’ewing or other Ma-
chines. Chorges' reasonable and work than
oughly and promptllfr done.
tfll T EODORE CLOVER.
Always on Hand,
LOT of 2d hand wagons, etc, which we
are ready to sell or exchange at a bar-
, E. M. MERRITT&CO.
Silver and Plated Ware.
‘ ILVER SPOONS warranted as ure as
S Com, Butter Kniiies, Fruit Knivcfi), Nap-
lnn ngs, Silver Cups.
very handsome.
A
gain.
P] t d (Plated Tea Setts,
a e astors and Cake
Baskets. Plated Card Baskets—a beautiful
altlcle. Plated Puff Boxes, Salt Cellars, M0-
losses Cup, Spoons, Forks, Butter Knives
Salt Spoons, Plated Table Knives—a fine or:
Willa-I1 Ivory handled Dining and'Tea Knives,
1 1. 0“roll varict of f '
opening3 at the jcwg’lry swig?!" articles, nOW
O. S. CLARK.
CAUTION !,
HIS ls to certify that -F. H. NASH is our
. ' only authorized Agent for sale of Carbon
011 m Norwalk.. Any person or persons as-
summg to sell the said Oil are selling aspuri-
one article and by using our trade mark ren-
der themselves liable to rosecution. ,
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New York, Fe . 11. 18603., 0’ Agem
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, For the Normal}: Gazette.
Many of the readers of the Gazette will re-
member seeing, some three years ago, a notice
of the death of James E. St. John, of New
Canaan, at St. Louis, MO, on his return from
a tour through the West and South. Though
gone from the social circle, be yet lives in the
memories of his friends, and the following
lines were spggested by the thought of what
his feelings must have been when he found
that death was drawing near:
They tell me I must die, mother, »
Away from my Childhood’s home,
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I. Must close my eyes in death, mother,
In this distantplace alone; ,
I would not sleepin a stranger’s land,
Though fb‘rever’bl'ue the sky, '
Away from our loving household band, ‘
Oh, carry me home to die.
I long to hear thy voice, mother,
My father’s hearty tones,
M sister's loving words, mother,
ut I’m all alone, alone;
I’d feel the touch Of thy gentle hand,
Would meet the glance of thine eye, ,
Would have thee watch life’s ebbing sands,
0h, curly me home to die.
I close my eyes to rest, mother, .
With a fever sigh and moon,
And then I seem to be, mother,
In my own, my well loved home;
I hear again the rustling trees
Whose branches meet the sky,
I wake to find it all a dream,
Oh, carry me home to die.
A oin, I’m by your side, mOthcr,
Iy father is in his chair,
I grieve to see your furrowed brow,
His fading eye and hair;
I think I’ll smooth with loving hand,
Your passage to the sky,
When years have fled I’ll meet you there,
I um (00 young to die. '
Those visions pass away, mother,
Not one of on are here,
My anguishe thoughts have fled, mother,-
And death I do not fear; ~
I‘ll think that God is with me now,
And angels hover nigh, -
My Saviour waits with outstretched arms,
I'm ready now to die.
I dreamed not ’twould be thus, mother,
When I bade you all farewell,
That the lightning’s burning touch to you
Would sound my funeral knell;
I thought in health to greet you all,
With a laughing tone and e c,
But strength has failed—live aid me down
In a distant land to die.
I hear a well known step, mother,
» My brother dear-has come, _
Now God has heard my prayer, mother,
I shall not die alone;
He‘ll stoop to hear my parting words,
To catch the last, last sigh,
I’ll pass in peace, in joy from earth,
Though I can’t go home to 'die.
EMILY S. B.
~< .b—a
Infellolaotmus.
Shed not a tear for Margery,
Dead, with despair, let her rest;
Alike with the cold sod-cover
Her shame and the babe on her breast.
Plant but one lily above her,
Type of a sweet grace lost;
Then in your pity remember
A love which all else engrossed.
But when, in the man of the city,
You pass him who slighted her trust
Oh ! pray that the lightning of Heaven
May shrivel him into the dust.
«.0-
Old J oken Verslfied.
Said Johnson, “This galvanized goblet of lead
Shall be his who can soonest assemble _
His wits, and say when can a candle be 501d
A tombstone at all to resemble ‘3”
Then Jackson replied, with successful en-
deavor,
Extending his hand for the cup,
That a candle resembled a tombstone when-
ever
’Twas for any late husband set up.
”Sgt-riding .-
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Highly Interesting from Washington.
REPORT ON rah-1:13pm PRINTING
James Buchanan in the Field,
POLITICAL CORRUPTION.
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The Committee on Public Expendi-
tures in the House of Representatives, of
which Mr. Haskio of New York is Chair-
man, have nearly completed their investi-
gation into the manner in which the pub-
lic printing has hitherto been conducted,
and from the testimony before them we
gather the followiog'facts:
Cornelius Wendell testifies that he was
the printer de facto of the last Congress;
that James B. Steadmau was elected
Printer of the House, he never performed
the duties of the office. Wendell doing
the Work, and getting sixty-four cents
of each dollar receiv'odlby Steadman,who
consequently pocketed 36 cents on a dol-
lar of the money paid by Congress, with-
out troubling himself to do more than to
receive the pay. ' This was the. arrange-
ment at first, but afterward it wos‘aot
aside, and Steadmon “ being very anxious
for money,” Wendell bought him out on-
tirely, five months after his electibn, and
paid the round sum ”of $34,000 as a
bonus. About a year later, testifies Mr.
I’Veudell, “rather than have a. row in
the House about. the matter, I paid him
31,3333 I: wash black mail operation
with him ; he threatened to resign and
make a muss generally.” p
m; A: 1), 13321351 of Virginia, Mr.
Washington McLean,
and two or three others, held minor inter.
ests in the profits of the ofiice to Which
Mr. Steadman had been elected, Mr.
Banks to the amount of one-half, Mr.
McLean one-third, and Judge Walker a
quarter interest. Mr. Steadman at the
time of his election to the House had no
focilities~“nono whatever”—-for doing
the work which the public printer would
be compelled to do. , ,
_ ’bhe 'amount paid for printing Post.
Office blanks averages about. $40,000 a
year. The profit on this is $20,000._
This fatjoer.Wendell says is Since 1352
i“ “'9 disposal or the’ Sliperilitendence
0f public printing, and, he has given jg
“ to, the printer “‘0“ generally connected
with the'organ, of the President’L-thgt is;
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'to the printer of 771: Um newspaper,
Judge Walker, ”
,or'as it is noiv called The Constituen—
Msjor Harris of Missouri was printer of
this “organ," and Mr. Wendell bOught
him out, as he did also ‘Steadman, for
$20,000; ‘ .'
The Chairman of the Committee hav~
i’ng asked Mr. Wendell as to his motives'
in becoming owner of the “organ?” The
following testimony, was elicited :
Answer. The editor of the organ is
generally supposed to command the pat-
ronage of the President. There is a good
deal of this work at the disposal .of the
President—say an aggregate of $100,000
per year, more or less.
Question. At the disposal 'of the
President? A. Yes; Sir. That pat-
ronllge the organ has commanded for
years, it being im ible to keep a-paper
up litre without annual; support. ',
Q. _ Is this $100,000 worth 'ofpatroni'
age you speak of at the" disposal Of the.
President personally? A. ‘The law
provides that it shall be under the control
of the Heads of the Departments; but
if the President signifies to his Cabinet
- that he would be pleased to see A'. B, or
0 get it, as a matter of curse. they will
obey his wishes. It has been a matter
of Custom for the President to' dispose of
it. Mr. Buchanan has done it, and his
predecessor, Mr. Pierce, did it. I never
bod any intercourse with tile Cabinet in
the,’ matter; my intercourse has been
direct with Mr. Buchanan, and 'was so
with Mr. Pierce. -
Q. You say the aggregate amount
paid for the executive printing per year is
$100,000? A. FrOm $86000 to
$110,000 I think that it will average
$100,000. \’
Q. Do the profits on that. printing
average fifty cents on' the dollar? A.
A portion of it averages much more ; but
tho‘avcrage on the whole of it‘ is about
thirty-five cents on the dollar.
Q. Was there ever any understanding
with you while ”you had that printing
that a portion of the profits should be
used toward sustaining the organ? A.
Yes, sir ; it was given for the purpose of
sustaining the organ,
Q. Was there ever any understanding
between you and the President as to
what portion of the profits should” go to-
ward sustaining the Government organ?
A. N 0, Sir ; I_ cannot say there was a
direct understanding; I understood it,
and I suppose he did. ‘
Q. .There was no distinct sum fixed
upon out of the profits? . A. No, Sir ;
the understanding was that the paper
should go on.
Q. And that patronage should support
it I A. Yes, Sir ; I never had anything
to say about editing it.
From a written statement submitted to
the Committee by Mr. Wendell, it ap-
pears that the aggregate amount paid for
printing, binding, &c., by Congress, in
the last six years, was $3,462,655 12, or
a yearly average of ' nearly $700,000 1—
Iu addition to this the printing done for
the Executive Departments of the Gov-
ernment, during the some six years,
amounted to $374,772,280. The profit
on this work ranges from 33 to .70 per
cent, averaging 50 per cent. at least;
that is to say, the work dune for these
six years has cost the Government just
$1,918,713 70 more than it should have
done.
' Mr. James English, 1111' Wendell's
foreman for six years past, states un-
der oath: ' With such an "establishment
as Mr. Wendell’s, I could take the prio.
ting and do it for fifty cents on the dollar
and make money ; as an evidence of that
fact, Mr. Larcomhe and myself have of-
fered to do it for Mr. Wendell, in case he
got the whole of it, for forty cents on the
dollar, and at that rate we would have
been able to make a few dollars.
Mr. Larcombe, also a practical printer
states : ‘f I should be very glad to have
the opportunity to do the Government
work at 50 per cent.”
“ On the prices now paid ?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Could you not do it at 40 per cent
on the price now paid ?”
" Mr. English and myself offered to do
it for Wendell for that.”
Mr. George W. Bowman, late Super-
intendent of the Public Printing, thus ex-
plains to the Committee one source of
these immense profits: .
When I was appointed Superintendent
of the Public Printing I discovered that
about $300,000 .a year were paid for
what is _ called “ double composition ;"
that is to say, a Printer was elected for
the Senate and and a Printer for the
House, and by_a' power of attorney. their
rights were transferred to Mr. Wendell,
and he became the printer, infact, for
both Houses of Congress ; for instance,
the message and documents would be or-
dered by the Senate, and a certificate
would be given by the Superintendent of
Public Printing to Mr. Steadman, as
Printer of the House, for the composition
and printing of the message, and docu-
ments; thuspay would be drawn for the
work on acc'Ount of the House Printer,
and then a bill would be presented by
~Wendell, in the name of Mr. Harris, the
Senate Printer, fer the composition and'
printing of the message and documents
for the Senate ; and thus the same work
would be twice charged .had paid for.- -
This was done on every occasion where
the some documents were ordered by both
Houses, and the composition executed
but once; we traced $25,000 which we
found was drawn every year for double
composition, without going into the smal-
“Ws of printing, which would have
lef‘mio'e‘- ‘ '1’ least $30,000 a
at at
run the 11111005011136 3. -.~
the .close of the last session of, Congress ;
I dlscovered further, on looking into
what are called the regular annual docu-
meats, of Congress of which the number
regularly supplied to House is, I think
1,520, and the Senate, 1,420, and which
documpnts'are bound in calf—stile most
extensive binding—and furnished to every
member of. the Government entitled to
receive a_‘. copy, that $37,500 were ex-
pended every’ year duplicating these db‘c‘m
year; that was reformed by an a». ..':-
rily so ; for instance, paper amounting to
some hundreds of thousands of dollars
had been received by a man employed in
the printing-office as it watchman who
was in the habit of receiving from vessel.
and from the cars large invoices of paper
sent by the contractors to the Govern-
ment, and who would simply tear off a
small piece of outside sheet of the print-
ing paper write upon it, “received by
such a vessel or such a train of- cars so
many reams of 56, 48, or 45 pound pa.
per,” as the case might be, and address
that note to the Superintendent’s office ;
I found I do not know how many of those
notes or pieces of paper lying around
loose in the office, but enough to make a
scrap-book ; I collected them all in a
scrap-book, which I kept in the office,
and which was there when I left.
Q. Do you know the name of this
man? A. I think his name was Wal-
lace; this immense amount of paper, I
found, as in sole charge of this irresponsi-
ble man, who had no connection With the
Government, but was in the employ of a.
private individual, and I found’tbat he.
was in' the habit of sending the paper
from the Government ware-room to the
wetting-roam ;‘ this wore-room was with:
in a few feet of the, printing office, and:
was owned by Wendell, and by him’
rented to the Government ; on discover-
ing this fact, I dismissed Wallace, and
took the key of the ware room into my
own possessin.
John ‘ sort the present Superintend-
ent of Public Printing testifies : I believe
this work could be done by the public at
its own expensefor fifty cents on the dol-
lor; I would be willing—and this will
show my impression on the subject—I
would be willing, as a printer, togive
bond and security to execute the entire
public printing and binding at a. saving
to the Government of $100,000 a year
on present prices and.‘I would'then, if
receiving all the profits over and above
that amount, consider myself making a
to $140,000 might be Saved by the Gov?
ernmeot executing is own printing and
binding. -
By the Chairman—Have you given
this subject a good deal of consideration?!
A. A good deal ; so much that I would
be perfectly willing togive bond and st-
curity that I would enter into'such 'o
contract. _ 7' 1
Question by the Chairman—5W0 are
authorized to inquire into these abuses ' f
the public printing; be kind enough to
state any abuses which may have come
under your observation. A. The great
abuse, in my opinion, is in making the
public printing the reward for political
partizanship instead of looking to the
interests of the Govérmneut ; you elect
men who are not printers ; they emplOy
others who some times are not printers,
the remedy, in my opinion, is for. the Gov-
ment to employ printers itself and leaVe
out the intermediates.
and House of Representatives do their
own printing? A. No. Sir, as to the
present Printer of the House, I um in-
formed that he is absent from the city ;
there is a subpena after him from the Sen-
ate Investigating Uommittee, and he can-
not_be found ; Mr. Dufrees, who has an
interest with him in the HOuse printiug,
cannot be found either ; the printers who
actually do the work are Larco‘mbe 8:
English, who do the printing at 20 per
cent 00' the priceiallowed by low.
Q. HOW is it as to the Senate Printer?
A. The Senate Printer employ Ml- Rives,
who has a. large printing establishment,
and be employs his printers ; he is not a
practical printer himself, though he has
long been associated with the printing
business ; I think I may say authoritative.
\ly, because evidence of the fact has been
have reason to know, that Mr. Rives ex-
ecutes the Senate printing for thirty-three
and one-third per cent. off the price al-
lowed bylaw ; I think this is. tootlow,
and I do not think he can save himself
and do the work full justice at that price;
he only does a portion of the Executive
printing ; there is a portion of it done by
Mr. Jewett of Buffalo, for M19 Bowman.
Q. What portion is that ? A. He
,does the Post Office blanks, as I am in-
formed, at 50 per cent 05 the pricool-
lowed by law. ,
Q. Is he a. practical printer ? A.
That I do not know ; I am not aware of
his antecedents ; he has alargo establish-
ment there. ‘
Q. At Buffalo? A. Yes, Sir.
Q. Is he not the publisher of a. news-
lleal'd, but I have not burdened my mem-
ory with it.
It appeared afterward that the Mr.
J ewett here referred to is the publisher
of a. Know- Nothing or Fillmore paper at
Buffalo, whose support was deemed es-
sential to the interests of Democracy.
And now'let us see where the money
went to. From the testimony before the
Committee, it plainly appears that there
was some foundation for our honorable
President’s righteous indignation at the
use of money for influencing elections, as
expressed in this notorious Fort du
Quesne letter. , '
Mr. John Larcombe, the money clerk
and book-keeper of Mr. Wendell, the
late public printer, testifies as follows : 4'
. Q. I want to ask you wh or you
know of any part of “the profit erived
from.the public printing being appropri-
ated toward carrying any of the Congres-
sional elections in the Fall of 1858 ; and
if so, in what districts? A. I have made
a memorandum of $11,198 50, spent
chiefly during the Fall elections of 1858.
Q. For political purposes? A. .Yes
Sir; *~ ». _
’ Q. State the 0mm.-.
two districts to which you n..-
A. Without being able to state par..-
lar amounts, I should only be able to tell
you that some of the Ilponey,t I thlnk,
' 0 Mr. Loudy s istrlc .
“'th mAtbout how much? A. I do not
mean to say that Mr. Landy ever saw any
of. this money, or heard of It, or thpt any
other," gentleman, who was a candidate,
cuts and the one. or
"a. referred.-
um}
uments. I think, if you would, take into.
packing room, and. the twine and other
materials seem putting them up, that the
cost for duplicating . them would run up
$50,000 ; butI showed by an estimate
that $37,500 were expanded aloné "for
«the. paper ”and printing; I discovered
very loose manner—indeed,
.
”1 Fl,
extraordina-
consideratibn' the paper used about the
that the paper accounts were kept in 11 ~
on thin to‘do with" it.
hadQ‘ Was Illa Laudy. a candidate, at“
that glow, in the District-f .A. , I am not
sure,‘bn,t- I know theblilsttgitwoopalled
’ ' Wistrictatt a l . .-
Latgtingolw. hose election was ’this’money
"PPI'Opria‘ted ? A. ThatIcouldnot tell.
Q, was,“ appropriated for tbePelp-
ple’s candidate.” A. Always for t 0
good bargain ; I believe from $120,000-
- Q. Do the Printers elect of the Senate .
before a Committee of the Senate, and 1'
paper? A. I don’t know ; I may have
Q. How much was spent in that Dis~
trict? A. I think there were two drafts
inside of $1,000; one perhaps for $500,
the other for $300: _ . 1
Q. What other Districts was money
spent in? A. I think in Mr. Jones’
District.
Q. Into which of the Jones’s District
—J. Gluncy Jones or Owen Jones ’2' A.
There was none went into the District of
Owen Jones that I know of.
Q. In regard to the District represent-
ed by J. Glancy Jones in the last Con-
gress—was'any money sent into that Dis.
trict to secure ' his re-clection? A, I
think some money Went into his District.
Q. How much? A. I cannot. state
how much. I merely made‘a memoran-
dum of the amount of money that went
into Pennsylvania during that time. I
bavethe amountsth'at were paid toward
sustaining the Philadelphia “Pennsylva-
‘nian and Evening Argus. . ' . ‘
Q, You do not know the amount 0
money that went into J. Glancy Joues’
district? A. 'Ildo not remember.
Q. Can you approximate to it? A,
If my memory serves me,'there wai$500
sent there on one occasion. Instead of
speaking 0f the $11,198,5'l having been
spent in the Fall_ election of 1858 in
Pennsylvania,_I‘ 'sb‘ou‘ld' 'have said that
that amount was contributed to the sup-
port of the 'Petinsylvanian newspaper...
The amount spent in Pennsylvania in the
Fall election of 1858 was about $4,000
only. . ' ’
B. Do yomow of mouey having been
spent in any er districts but those you
have mentioned? A. There was money
sent into Philadelphia, but I cannot tell
intowhose District.
Q: Was any sent. into Mr. Florence’s
district? A. None that I know of ; I
only know that there were drafts made
from Philadelphia; Mr. Wendell, drew
two or three checks himself. ‘ '
Q. by the Chairman. You kept Wen-
dell’s check back. A. I did. ‘ '
Q. Did it appear upon these Check-
designated as having been sent into Penu-
tor political purposes ? ' A. It did.
Q. You have no doubt. of these mon-
eys being used for political purposes ?—.
A. None in the world. '
Q. by Mr. Killioger—At the time the
money you spoke of was sent into J]
'Glaucy J one’s' District, had Mr..Wen-
dell any business relations in that dis-
trict? A. None to my knowledge. '
Q. Had be any business relations in
Mr. Laudy’s district when he sent money
up there In the Fall» of 1858 ‘f A. No,
Sir. ' - —
Q. by Mr. Cloptou—Does it appear
on the margin of Mr. Wendell’s check
book that those amounts were drawn for
political purposes, or is there simply a
memorandum. of the amount drawn ?-‘-
A. The word “politic:1l"'us well as the
amount in some cases. °
_ Q. Did you, in November of 1858, ac-
‘cept a draft from J. Glaucy Jones’s dis~
trict, in favor of anybody ; and if so, for
whom and for what amount? A. I
could not now tell; the truthis. there
was so many checks. drafts, &c.,. drawn
by or on Mr. IVendell, chiefly from Penn-
sylvania, about that. time, that I could
not, unless I had the books before me,
tell whether there was :1 check drown
here, taken to the bank, and a draft. oh—
toiued there which was forwarded, or
whether the draft was drawn on Mr.
Vchdell.
Q. by the Chairman—“Mrs not. the
entries in the check book of these sums
headed “political.” to distinguish them
from others? A. Many of them were.
Q. And do you not know, from your
own knowledge, that the checks drown,
of which these entries are the memoran-
dums, went to support newspapers, or to
influence the, elections ill different dis.
tricts? A. There is .110 doubt in my
mind as to that that.
Mr. Wendell being recalled and asked
if the President had been in the habit of
dispensing the Post Office Printing, re-
plied that, prior to 1856, it was done by
contract, but that under Mr. Buchanan
it was done by the President, and the
Po'st-Mastcr General.
gave it to a. Mr. Rice, for whom Mr.
Wendell did the work, and received for-
tyotbree cents on a dollar. Here is what
followed : ‘
Q. Was there any understanding when
this work was given to Rice that any
newspaper was to be supported out of it ?
the understanding.
Q. The understanding between who?
A. The understanding between the Pres-
ident and the Postmaster General
Q. by Mr. Hiudman. How did you
know that? " '
A. From conversations I held with
them ; I insisted on having more of the
profits of the printing to support The
Union, as it was rather one of those on.
profitable pecuniary organs, and Mr.
Rice was very clamorous to have a share
for the Pennsylvanian, and we finally
settled on forty-three cents on the dollar;
I then made a contract with Mr. Crow-
ell, who did the work for me for forty-
five or fifty cents on the dollpr ; he did
it a portion of the time for forty-five
cents and d‘portiou of the time for fifty
cents ; I had also the cxecutivo binding,
which Rice thought. ought to satisfy me,
but the profits on that were not; so great,
and the expenses of The Union being "very
large, I insisted that. I ’sliould have all,
the profits of the Post'Of’fiCe blank print-
ing, I could not keep it, however:.
Q. by the Chairman. YCu stated that
A $20,000 was 'to be allowed out of the
profits of the executive printing towards
supporting the orgnn'uuder under Gen.
Bowman. A. When I ported with it
in March last, I'found that, paying Rice
4 . Qavel'ns: I could not sustain‘ IT)“:
I]??? 1110 V Moms of the 19-” ‘mmive
man 1'0 no r.‘ - .. osed If ‘ive It
work, and I therefore F‘Ophé‘ d'esz‘gllated
to tony party that might , , ‘ H .
. esldent. , -, .
bleleWOrlo did you make msg#39351“?
lo? A. To the Pl'esideuf,'j__'anh,l\ "01:10),
$10,000 per aunuutlhw:s myofipsiznp. 1' -
. . -. endiu ‘ a prop s1 , .;._
8115::ng she C(i‘llector of Philadelphia,
came down to procure aid-for The Penn-
5 loanitm, and finally I had to accede to
giving $20,000 per annum, $10,000 per
annum of Which Mr. Baker obtained for
The Pennsylvanian. _I have been 1117
formed that $10,000 of the $20,000. was
for The 'PennSylvanion, butgmy; pbllga-
Democratic caus‘s "
books that the amount you have already
sylvania in the fall of 1858 had been paid .
The President ._
A. It was understood that it was for the;
support of The Pennsylvanian—such was.
tion is with Mr. pontoon {05320000,
that obligation existed, Still exists, and
there has , beenuo, action had. iurelao
tion to it, owing to Mr. ,Bowmalt’sgArefu-
sol to carry. out. his part of..tllfe 9113339
ment, which was, that I. shonld-ddthe
Senate Printing in' case’ he was, (slated,
Printer to the Senate ; .I paid lit-“30"
moo $5,000 in advance when het‘o’ok The
Union, and the balance I, secured th‘him’
by giving him orders on the I’Ost'fflfice
work, which he could not dr'ow‘, "litiviog
no orders on it. - _= '- ‘
Q. Was it understood, when you trons
ferred The Union to Mr. Bowman, that
$20,000 should bendiverted' Out of the
proceeds of the Post Office Printing" by
you to its support. A:~ Yes, Sir, that
was the understanding; - - * . . .
Q. Between-whom? A. The. paper
was drawu up by- J'u‘dg'c Black; jityuas
between Mr. Bowman and I“ myself; '. :we
being put forward as tho-active melt: ~ ,
Q. Was the Presideitta.c6n‘sultod,.in
relation to it at any time I. »-;A: I: ll!“
addressed a note to the Pruidsuk-rto
Judge Nicholson, who was my... friend in
the case, for the President, and.—.Ilo,took
it up tohim ; in that note Istagdthnt
it was rather onerous to meto bebbligod
to support The Union, and whotldéhifld
to do ; I suggested that 'Mr. Madddhild,
formerly a member of Congrgsi ’from
Maine, should take the, paper and‘bo-
come its editor ; he was Competent, I
supposed ; but in thefcourse of“. two or
‘ three weeks Bowman’s name ‘was men:
tinned, and I assented to'iti ; we met at
the Attorney‘-G‘ener’al’s‘ofice, no Judge
Black drew up the? papers between us,
which consisted in my conveyifig‘Tlle
Union tohim. ‘ - . , '- ~ ~ 3
Q. To Bowmanf A. Yet," 'l‘, "to
B'owman, with‘a stipulation CtO': ‘ ‘ 'tllo
money—also.' -- ,. . .
_ Q. The editors of The Union wand“-
ignated by the"P1'e"sidsut while you had
tosmanmlrsns «fiche paper-
sir, while I was the owner of it.
Q. Was any one of those editors in
*the employ of the government? A.
«Not when they wereappointed editors;
r-Mr. Appleton was afterwards appointed
Assistant Secretary. .of State, and Mr.
Harris elected Senate Printer. ,.
Q. Yoo_hav_e spoken of your liberality ;
_..be kind enough tostate whether out of.
thugprofito~ of the public printiug, you
Contributed, in 1858, certain amount: ' to
securetbe 'electidn of Members of Con-
' gross in different Districts in‘Pennlylva—
‘ ‘oio; if so,‘ in what Districts? "A. I .
spent a good deal of money in politics;
but, with all deference to the Committee,
I muétdecline to answer in what; Dis
'tricts.
Q. Was there or was there. not pro-
pounded to youbefore the Senate, Inves-
tigating Committee inquiring into this
subject, a question of this pu rt :
“ Whether the President: of the cited
States and yOurSelf‘h'ad had any corm-
pondence in regard to the use of money
in the elections of any State?” and if so,
what was his response upon the subject?
A. There was a. question .of 'tllatkind.
Q. State what your answer was? A.
The answer I intended to convey w
this, that pending the Congas-lions
election of 1858, I suggested to blurthe
suspensionof the payment of this month.
ly stipend to The Pennsylvanian and Ar-
gus, o'nd thespproprintion of that money
to party. purposes, to be used in difl'erent
localities. It was my own suggestion to
him tllat,_in my judgment, the money was
uselessly expended in keeping up ofete
papers, and that it could be used to bet-
ter advantage by getting out voters, cir-
culating documents, 5.70.: _I told him
that I thought it would be‘ better for the
party to apply it in that way, and thatI
would take the responsibility of doing it.
I assumed the responsibility and did it,-
he not dissen'l'ing from that course';'but
there was no specific direction fr " 'the
President to me to do it. It is jfiltlice to
him to state that he hadiauthoriie‘d the
payment of certain mOoeys,- at certain
rates per annum, out of the profits of the
printing, to The Pennsylvanianlnd to
the Argus, and that when this; election
occurred, I, actingupon the beliefIbavo
already stated, took the responsibility of
making this suggestion and carrying it
out; so that the sin or blame of stop-
ping what I always deemed an unjust
tax on me, as the mechanicperformiog
the work, and 10f, divertingthe money to
other pol-pom, if it was a sin, rests upon
me alone. ...',,, .
Q. By the Chairman. Did the Pros-
ident agree to your suggestion? A.—
He did not dissent from it.
Q. You made thestatement you have
just go. as to him? A. I did.
Q. Were your relations with him of a
'very intimate character during your con.
nection with the Government organ asits
Ovmer? A. Yes. Sir., _ .
Q. Were you in the habit of seeing
him frequently? A. veryfrcquently.
Q. How frequently ? A, Really, I
cannot say. .
Q. How many times a week? . A. I
averaged two or thréé‘ times a week;
some weeks more and somewevks‘ 19“-
Ml‘. Wendell said, in Conclusion. in re
ply to the question whether he. had cou-
tributed any moneyin'1858 in any of the
Congressional Districts ofNew York
city, that he had Contributed, he be—
lieved, in nearly every district.»
«<0»
ma- “I’m very sorrv, ”*soi'dfa learned
J odgu to a young woman, tho hesitated
much in giving some very unpleasant ev-
idence, “I’m very sorryrto have to enforce
such explanation as this. It must of
course be painful to any decent person,
but the ends of justice require it : and
not only so, but allthe well-dressed ladies
on either side 0: me have come a long
way to hear that which pains you so to
utter.” - 2 ..
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3A small publication ._- of . Caxton,
,the first printer has been QISCOvered.é—~ -
It is a. broadside, and it'is” remarkable.“ .
the first broadsidepi-inte‘d in tbe‘English
language. It was discovered lurking in
Lord Spencer’s cup; of the Pylgremage
.ot‘ the Sonic, translated into English
from the ,French of Guillaume du- Guillo-
vifle, andpriuted by‘Caxtou in, the year
1483.
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'fie One of the dullest molly.- we "or
saw, so ‘8 Prentice, wasnamodfiharp,
one of thestupidest Wes name'd'Smart,
one of the slowest was named Swift, one
'of the tallest normed". Lows “” “M
ex-Governor otlfirgim tiling. L‘:
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