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NUMBER 712--NEW SERIES.
- NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1861.
VOLUME XLIV--NUMBER 35.
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NQE'iEALK GAZETTE. ‘
OFFICE in GAZETTE BUILDING.
- =n3afiirmerow a. co.
A. H;__meo’rou, J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLS.
_ ,‘jSubscriptiou Rates.
All subscribers ', Carrier, Mail, Post Riders and
Wagou‘e'rs; pébyyear ‘ . . . 2 00
Those living out of any Carrier’s District, if
paid one year in advance,
Clubs of six or mere sent to one address, to be
paid in advance,
Singlecopies 4 cents.
Advertising Rates.
one Square,lone insertion, $1 00
“ two insertions, 1 25
“ three insertions, _ 1 50
“ one month, 1 75
" two months, 3 00
.._ three months, 4 00
.. ~ six months. 7 oo
“ , . one year—with paper 15 00
Two mares, one year—with paper, 25 00
Each ‘ itional Square, per year, 8 00
One hall‘oolumn, one year, 40 00
One Column,“one year, '15 00
Fifteen lines, 'or 100 'words,makc a square. Fraction-
al parts of a's'quare cha ed for as a whole.
Year ; advertisers have t e privilege of changing
the r advertisements once per month. Advertise-v
meats them ed oftener charged as transient.
Yearly advert sements payable 1st of January & July.
Yearlyndvertisers restricted to the business contem-
- plated at the _time of contract.
Cards, Resolutions, Funeral and all other Special No-
trees. 25 per cent. additional on the above.
33" These terms will be inflexibly adhered to. am
BUSINESS mascroav. _
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Norwalk Post Ofice-
KAILS CLOSE
West 31.30 A. M.—2.30 P. M.
East 820 A. M.-—5.00 P. M.
Danbury 8; Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, ’1 nos-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
MAIES DUE.
West 9.10 A. M.—6.00 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—3.30. P. M.
Danbury (it Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
. POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 9.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, r. M.
GREGORY’S POINT
H O ’1‘ E L,
Norwalk, Conn.
D. H. NUTTER, . . . . . . . . .Pnornrn'ron.
THE ALLIS HOUSE,
(formerly Union House,)
Opposite N. Y. 85 N. H. Depot, in Union-sh,
New Haven, Conn.
L. P. ALLIS, Pnorum'ron.
N. A. 'MOSMAN, M. 3.,
Homeopathic Physician 6r Surgeon.
Office over C. T. Cornwall’s Store, first builv
ding east 0f N email; Hotel,
NORWALK, CONN.
' References :
Prof. J.,Beakley, Dean of the Faculty,
Prof. S. R. Kirby, Homeopathic Medical Col-
lege, New York city, or
G. W. Swazey. M. D., Springfield, Mass. 21
CYRUS NORTHROP.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office opposite Congregational Church,
,. _ ,. _
' SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
um.-. .
JAMES e. 3.5330113,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
D E N '1‘ I s '1',
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut.
, Architecture,
SEEKS? M. STONE,
, ARCHITECT,
Will fdmish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintend'the erection of
public and private buildings. Ofiice in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52’
E0. F. BELDEN, N orwalk, Conn.,Man—
ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittaunia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and, a full assort-
uwni of lions? Keeping: articles generally.
you
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"‘7' E. .BISSELL. Auctioneer, will give
9 particular attention to sales by Auc-
den, of, Real Estate, Personal Property and
Household Furniture : terms low.
WM. 0. STREET & co, 1
Importers; wholesale and retail dealers in
HARDWARE, IRON,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, the,
dieinoenviomif
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPOB IUM I
No. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Ct.
.uucuumaw,
Dealor- in Foreign and Domestic
our GOODS, CARPETINGS,
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Satiuetts, Vestings, and 'l‘ailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, l’iecc
or Package. Sheetings,
Shirtings, Jeans, Ape.
Mills lowest insane prices
NORWALK, CONN'
I
“was“ 9.... t. .1,
s. I. oasis-man a 00.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Peed, &c.,
14—aud 16 Main-st.,.-Norwalk, Conn.
5T1” INTERNET; COMPANY.
or Hartford.
incorporated in 1810, Charter Porpctual.
gash. Genital $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire,
on Terms adapted to the lmznrdmnd
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
1y3 ' , For Norwalk and vicinity.
‘ IN SUSAN CE.
r ‘llE subscriber having takep tie as» gy,
. or the Nero. firnhlfd like and crow n2
satanic 1’90.- ol’ Humor , is pre arod to insure
a
b
kinds of property against oss or damage
fire, on as accommodating terms as any
other Compan .
The N cw England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established
With a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for, Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, Feb. 1st,1861. t
USAF. n. Molasses-t
lg fie, fl owél'r
right prices at “
EAD & CO’S.
f5 also (so assl‘ioy‘d
JACOB noun a co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
READY MADE CLOTHING !
and -
Gents’ Punishing Goods
of their own manufacture.
REMOVAL.
HE ofiice of C. F. Mocllcr’s Dyeing Es-
tablishment has been
REMOVED
from Mr. John F. Bennett's, to Bunting’s
Bakery, Main-st, where he will be glad to
see all his old customers as well as many
new ones as will favor him with a call.
South Norwalk, Chas. R. Bennett; Winni-
puuk, J 0s. 0. Bundle
Gutta Percha & India Rubber
CEMENT ROOFING.
THIS article has been thoroughly tested by
builders, Architects, and others, and the
experience of years has proved it to be the
cheapest and mostdurable roofing in use?
We call attention to the following facts :
lst—It is fire and water proof.
2d—From its great elasticity it is not inju-
riously affected by extremes of heat and cold.
3d—It is adapted to all kinds of Roofs,
whether steep or fiat,'aud is not in want of
constant repairs, as is the case with metal and
other roofs.
4th—The cost is only about One-Half that
of Tin, and it is twice as durable.
It is readily applied to Old Shingle Roofs,
without removing the shingles, which is a _
great dcsideratum to parties who do not wish
to risk having their ceilings and furniture ru-
ined, while repairs are being made.
Leaky Tin and Metal Roofs are readily rc-
paired with Gutta Pcrcha Cement, and
prevented from further corrosion and leaking
thereby insuring a perfectly water-tight roof
for many years. .
Specimens of the Roofing can be seen by
calling on the subscriber, at South Norwalk.
All orders by letter will receive prompt at-
tention. D. F. HUNT, South Norwalk.
A. JACKSON 6L 330.
“l OULD 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 be surpassed
in Fairfield County, in quality or price. We
wou1d cull particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is larger than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of Ladies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as beintr cor- .
rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s \fatcli-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
rrc'atcr. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
lated \Vares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO.
E. QUIN'I'ARD a. SONS,
Cabinet Makers 3
Al their Old Established Ware Rooms.
EaslSz'de the Bridge,
OPPOSITE PHaiNIX BLOCK.
HAVE now on hand the largest and best
assortment of Cabinet Furniturc,Cliairs,
Looking Glasses, Mattresses, etc, ever offered
for sale‘in this place, which we have just pur-
chased for wall, at extremely low prices, and
intend to sell accordingly. .
We also keep constantly on hand, Ready
Made Cofins of all sizes and descriptions, from
the most costly Rosewood to the plainest ever
used. '
From our long experience in the Underta-
kin Business, we are confident we can give
per ,‘ect satisfaction to all who may need 'Our
services. . 37
Groceries Cheaperthan ever
1' 0 It C A S II I
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 are of the very best quality, and Will
be sold cheap. The public are mvrtcd to call
and examine and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE. ‘
SOUTH NORWALK
Ladies and Gents’
Boo r. ob Shoe Store.
' ‘HE subscriber, having taken the business
1 and stand of Stevens & ’l‘ristram, is pre-
pared to supply every article to be found, in a
first class Boot and Shoe Establishment, for la-
dies, gentlemen, or children’s Wear.
Our goods. are manufactured expressly for
our own sales, and warrant all work sold by
us. Always on hand, or made to order at
short notice,
Genls’ Patent Leather Boots, Shoes, iii-c. ;
Ladi'cs’ Gaiters, (£36., (to ; Children’s
Gaiters, and Shoes, (to, '&c., the.
Rubber goods ; a large stock kept constantly
on hand. Repairing done neatly and ed:-
cntlo HARVEY svnv s. ,
7 ngtih Norwolk (No. 8, Ely‘s Bloc-k), April
‘EunNIwunni
HE subscriber is now prepared to offer to
the public, at his old stand, as good an
assortment of
Cabinet Furniture
as can be found. in Fairfield County, and at
lower prices. 13 0431501th the same
qualit, of goods can be obtained at any other
ishinent. _ _ '
The stock consuls in part 01‘
Marble Top, Extensxon, Dining, Card, and
Quartctte Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tcte-a-tcte Lounges ; Mahog-
any and Cane scat Chairs ; Gilt
arid Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., &c.
OOFFIN WAREROOIVS,‘
where ma be found, 9, full assortment of (2.01":
1.1118. uhic will finished in the nest poss1ble
manner, and at short notice. . ,
W A hearse will be furnished when do-
sircd, A. RENOUD.
Westport, May 1st, 1858.
Hardware and Cutlery.
Mechanic’s Tools, Farming Utensils, Guns,
Pistols, Iron and Steel, Window
Glass, Paints and Oils.
M. C. STREET & CO. have in stor .
and are constantly receiving. three?
from the manufacturers, a, lures; Supp '3 0,
Foreign aminoisotonic.union... ove
fight-“flllllilllfll‘isih‘lll(‘ll makes their assortment
Cll‘ articles SLIlIOd to this market, equal to any
wholesale or retail on as favorable terms as
can be purchased in New York.
WILLIAM C. STREET,
A. H. WILCOXSON.
Fancy Goods, die.
A fine assortment of Fancy Goods, Pocket
Cutlery, and a new lot of Rog mpg-Is, Snip.
sors, just received and warraptcd fif’bé a first
rate article. I719??? oii'hfl, ‘kihds. We have
Men'ill’s Oriental Pomade,
some liug'new, and needs only to be tried to
be'appreciated. A. JACKSON 85 BRO.
At the Old Stand in Main Street
in the State, and which will be sold eithcr'
New
HARDWARE 8i. PAINT STORE,
M a i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. H. Campell's Confectionery,
MARVIN 8i PROWITT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, &c.
TIMBER! LUMBER!
Iiath, Lime, Brick, Cement,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, &C.. &C.,
AT THE
New Lumber Yard,
NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE,
SOUTH NORWALK.
Our Stock is new, bouoht for Cash, and
will be sold low. T LLES & ELY.
South Norwalk, Oct. 15, 1860. tf42
Building Raising and Moving.
HE Subscriber would give notice that he
is fully prepared to raise or ineve any
Buildings, either of Wood, Brick, or Stone.
He has all of the necessary tools, and feels
qualified by experience to conduct the busi-
ness in a proper manner. Orders left at the
Gazette Office, or with the Subscriber, will
receive prompt attention.
GEORGE PERRY.
, References .' .
Wm. K. James, Wm. S. Lockwood, Geo.
G. Bishop, S. & L. Curtis,Tiniothy B. Fitch,
(Steam Mill,)Joscpli\V.Hubbell, James Mitch-
ell, Hill & Hubbcll, Jonathan Camp, 0. J.
Grumau. 311115
Mr. J. Hessian,
Professorof Music
Is now prepared to re-
new his course of instruc-
tion to all those who may desire his services.
Instructions given on the Piano Forte, Organ
or Mclodeon.
Pianos tuned and repaired. All orders left
at his residence, Main-st, and store of A. H.
Camp, N0. 17 Main-st, Norwalk, will be
pmmptly attended to. 1y32
NOR‘VALK
Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I I. I. .
THE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning; Scroll and other Sawinrr ; manufacture
of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., The, in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail prompt-l at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITCT'I.
House 5:, Sign Painting,
GILDING, GOLAZING, &c., &c.,
SOUTH N ORVVALK.
’l‘HE subscriber will execute all orders in
Plain 0r Ornamental Painting in the
most satisfactory manner, and at reasonable
prices.
.Also, For Sale, his present residence (with
his business if desired), comprising a house
nearly new, with garden, trees, shrubbcry,
&c., and a shop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quintard &
Smith’s Carriage Factory, to
GEORGE HODGES.
May 7th, 1860.
1y19
J. N.LO0KWO0D& co,
\Vest Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ N EW BLOC ,
I{EEP constantly on hand, a large and
varied assortment of Ladics’, Gents‘,and
Children’s .
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &c.,
all made under our own personal supervis-
ion, of the best material, and in the most
workmanlike-maiiner. Our assortment of
Ladies’ Gaiters undoubtedly comprises—both
in extent and quality—a finer assortment than
can be found at any similar establishment in
the County. In Gent’s Boots, Gaiters, Shoes,
etc, we have a larger and better assortment,
we are confident, than was ever before offer-
ed iu Norwalk. IVE are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any article in our line, and
at the shortest not-ice.
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.
E. '1'. Whitney 6L Co.’s
Photographic and Fine Art
GALLERY,
' Nonwax, Conn.
ATE E'B. THOMPSON’S. E T. \Vhitney
would inform tho citizens of Norwalk
that he has established himself in the Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
graps, A’mbmtypes, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain; in the hi best st le
of the art. E. T. WHITNE .
D. B. Woonnunv. til»
Wagon and Carriage
BUILDING AND REPAIRING,
N New Canaan, at the old stand of the
subscli‘llml‘. Every description of Wagons
made to (inlet, and ten percent. cheaper than
any other shop in the county. All kinds of
Farm produce, and Oak, Ash, and Hickory
Plank taken in exchange for work.
tf‘29 E. L. ARNOLD.
All-BERT KEEPEI,
MERCHANT TAIL-OR,
DJ OININ G Store of Knap d; n
A. Main-st, Norwalk, Conn, pThe finial:
are respectfully invited to. call and examine
the large and varied. assortment of READY
MADE CLOTHING French Cloths, Cassi-
mcres and Voutiugs, a so a general assortment
of Guiltleniun‘s Furnishing Goods, consisting,
in part, of Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Shirts, Col-
lars, Cravats, Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, &c.
Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings h the yard
or pattern, and out free of charge. articular
attention paid to Children‘s Garments.
for Sale.
A very desirable small Farm, on the turn~
_ ‘ pike to, N. Y., and about 10 minutes’
drive from the N. Y. \D N. H. Depot- Said
form contains about 14 acres has all kinds of
Fruit 1“ full bearing; large Barn and Car-
riage House in good repair, and a very con-
venient I-Iouse. Terms reasonable. Apply
to T. B. Grifiith, So. Norwalk.
Also, a House and Lot on Flax Hill—terms
reasonable. Also, House and Store in South
Norwalk, The uiidcrsi ned attends to the
purchase and sale of Ron Estate on roas0n-
able terms. til-34 T, D. GRIFFITH.
EOOI‘ING.
HE subscriber is prepared to furnish par-
ties, building, with Warren‘s superior
FELT AND CEMEI 'T ROOFING.
This article of Roofing is in use upon the
Norwalk Lock Compan ’s Building, and at
Lounsbury, Bisscll & Co s, where it gives e35,
tire satisfaction, and is believed to, be the
cheapest as well as the best routing- in. use.—
All, orders Will receive pror‘ll attention.
F. LOOMIS.
SUPERIOR Machine for Cutting Hay,
.. .. Straw and Stalks, for sale at the New
Hardware Store of MARVIN & PROWITT
Main Street.
Merrill’s Oriental remade.
NEW lot, just received, alsoa fine lot
of Pefumcry, by
A. JACKSON 1% BRO.
DE
For the Gazette.
W The following lines were suggested by one of
those memorable peace meetings, being held in vari-
ous parts Of our country, ostensibly to establish
peace. but really to aid, if possible, in putting the
reins of government into the hands of Jeff. Davis:
Our Country’s Peace.
“What care we for. our country’s glory,
Or the mighty deeds of olden story,
By which her sons of great renown
Hurled the despots power down i”
“The precious been of freedom, bought
By the last life-blood of those who fought
To gain for us a sacred trust—
Trample it within the dust.”
“Let the rights of justice, truth, and God‘s
humanly,
No more distrust our equanimlty;
Give, 0h give us peace,
No matter what the price i"
“Let Northern men withhold their thoughts,
And bar the chambers of their hearts ;
Let our Southern brethren do their will;
Meckly we’ll their wish fulfill.”
This is the cry which hundreds raise, _
Indifferent to our nation’s shame or praise;
Traitors and cowards of the blackest dye,
Who seek to sink our land in infamy.
Peace! forsoofh the tyrants reign,
The deSpot’s power, and the boutman’s chain;
’Tis for these ye clamor;
For these our immortal rights ye’d barter.
But there are patriot arms, and hearts that will
not bend,
And prayers increasing to the Eternal Throne
ascend,
And our country‘s peace shall be
That of justice, truth, and equity.
«.pu
OUR NATIONAL SONG.
DEDICATED To run PEOPLE or rm: UNION, av
VANITY Fxm.
Of all the broad lands on this beautiful Earth,
And all the fair islands that smile in the Sea,
No spot is so dear as the land of our birth,
No country so noble, no people so free!
We are freemen, and mighty through Freedom alone,
United by ties that no tyrants can sever;
The State may be shaken, but never o'erthrown,
It shall stand in its grandeur forever!
Forever!
It shall stand in its grandeur forever!
We are proud of our country—Who would not be
proud
(if its forests. its rivers, its mountains so grand,
And its patriot heroes, whose souls never bowed
To aught but their God, and the lawa of the land?
We are proud of our fathers—the blood that they
shed.
And the freedom they won—Shall we part with it 3'
Never l
Better die than live slaves, a disgrace to the dead,
They were free, and we will be forever!
Forever!
They were free, and ice-will heforwer .’
Then fling out our banner, the stripes and the stars,
The beautiful union of morning and night;
Our motto is “Peace, but we shrink not from wars.
As ready to die, as to live, for the Right!
We will fight to the death for the land that we love,
Foes without,or \vithin,no dissensions shall sever:
And our last prayer shall be (angels, waft it above!)
"God bless our dear country forever 1"
Forever .’
Gon ntsss ova DEAR couxrar ronuvnnl
n-‘.p-
Seventy-five Dollars for a Dinner.
Among the many anecdotes told ofi‘Billy
Gibbons,” the New Jersey millionaire, is one
of his high-priced dinner in the country. It
seems he was on a visit to a. country village
in which he owned some real estate, and af-
ter transacting his business he came to , the
village hotel about 2 P. M., tired, hungry and
dusty, and applied for a hot dinner. A smart
clerk in attendance, glancing at his rather
rusty habilimeuts, told him “They didn’t
have hot dinners for travellers at :that time
of day, but to wait till the committee on the
New Town House were attended to, and if
there was any chance then he would see.“
“But,” remarked the 01d gcntlemen,whose
olfactorics were saluted with a grateful in-
cense of certain roasts and broils, “there
seems to be something ready now ?“
“Oli,ycs,” said the clerk, the committee of
selectmen for purchasing a new Town House
lot have a dinner here today,”——and be bus-
tlcd off in one direction, the landlord in an-
other, and two white jacketed waiters flew
hither and thither, impressed with the vast
importance of providing for the magnates‘
who were to honor the house by dinner
there.
“Why can't I have dinner with the com-
mittee ‘3" said the old gentleman arresting
the clerk once more as he passed by him,
“I’m perfectly willing to pay for all that I
have."
“You! Well, my old fellow, that is cool,”
said the clerk, “why, do you think the select-
men would let you in to their table.”
“Stranger things have happened,” was
the reply; “at any rate, I should like to
try.”
“Ha ! ha! ha i" laughed the clerk, “couldn’t
think of such a thing."
The old man at this moment, however, as
the clerk turned away, caught sight, through
a half-opened door, of a well-spread table,
evidently all in readiness for the committee,
who were amcmbled in a room above, and
would soon be summoned to discuss the
viands that were already smoking on the
board. Without any more ado, therebre,
he passed in, took a seat, and commenced a
vigorous attack upon the dish nearest him,
which chanced to be' an excellent pair of
roast chickens. It happened that there was
no one in the room when the uninvited guest
took his Seat, and two or three servants who
came in within the next few minutes to
place upon the table the remaining articles
which were necessary, only honored him
with a curious stare as they performed their
duties, while he plied his kuifoand fork with
aivigor that betokened a sharpened appetite
and a proper appreciation of the excellence
of the fare before him.
The clerk, who entered a short time after
to take a flu-i1 glance and see that all was
right, was horrified at the spectacle. “Why,
you old sinner," said he, rushing up to the
object of his wrath, who was enjoying the
savory viands before him with great gusto,
“didn‘t I tell you that this dinner was for the
committee? What are you doing here i".
“Can’t you W for yourself ?” said the old
man, culture into a huge decorated ham,
“I'm barking a good dinner."
“Having a good dinner! Why, you are
spoiling everything," said the clerk, aghast
at the frightful gap made by the onslaught
upon the ham.
“That‘s very true, young man,” was the
reply. “I‘m spoiling my appetite also, and if
matters proceed in this manner it will soon
be gone altogether."
The clerk, in dismay, hurried off for the
landlord, while the cause of the trouble con-
tinued to eat navayas industriously and
quietly as. though. nothing had happened.
In a, few minutes the hndlord rushed in
boiling with wrath.
“How dare you, sir!” exclaimed the wor-
thy, “how dare you ?" said he, advancing
with hostile intent. *
“Keep perfectly cool,” said the old man,
with a dangerous look in his eye, as he sus-
pended operations, with a large carving
knife upon a roast turkey he was dismem-
be‘ring; "remember, I’ll pay for all I have.”
“Pay for all you have !" said the landlord,
eyeing the carving knife, “why, you’ll have
to pay for the whOle supper.”
“Very glad to do that,” said the other, re-
suming his knife and finishing his rc-
past with a few choice morsels.
“Yes, you shall pay for all you’ve des-
troyed,” said the landlord, almost choking
with rage, as his visitor cooly poured out a
glass of wine from a decanter, and nodding
to him drank it off. 0
“Agreed, said the other, as be wiped his
mouth and fingers upon a napkin and drew
along breath of satisfaction; “and, landlord,
you say I shall pay for all I destroy ?”
“That I do, and roundly too,” said Boni-
face.
“Well, then, let's have the bill for the sum
total," said the old man as he rose, bringing
up one side of the table with him at the same
time, and precipitating, with a crash, the
whole contents in one common pile upon
the floor.
The landlord started back with horror and
dismay at the sight, while his customer, cool.
1y drawing a tooth-pick from his vest pockt,
exclaimed: ‘
“Let’s have the bill, landlord! Don’t be
fi'ightened at a little broken crockery. Let’s
know the price of the supper?”
The landlord giving the wink to his clerk,
to keep an eye on the old fellow, and see
that he did not escape, proceeded to the of-
fice, followed by his customer. The score
was soon figured up and passed over to the
old man, who stood quietly waiting for it,
with the clerk and two waiters behind him
ready to seize him at a signal from their em-
ployer. '
“There's the amount, sir," said the land-
lord, with a grin of triumph. “Seventy-five
dollars! Now where’s your money ?”
“Cheap enough i" said the expensive din’
ner enter, as he drew a portentious calf-skin
wallet from his pocket, and, opening it, com-
menced turning over the bank-notes therein,
when the host ascertained that they were of
s h large denomination therein, that he had
no money enough in the house to make
change with his customer.
The clerk, who had been gaping over the
old man’s shoulder during the operation
slipped round to the landlord and whisper:
ed : .
“It must be the president of a bank for he
has ten thousand dollars in his wallet.”
Finally the stranger managed to find a
one hundred doltar note among the pile in
his wallet, which he passed over to the as-
tonished landlord, received the change, care-
fully counted it, placed it in his wallet, and
walked away, saying as he did so:
“Good-day, landlord, I always pay for
what I have."
“Do you know who that old chap is that
just went out ?" asked the landlord of one
ofthe selectmen who came in at that mo-
ment.
“That man? why you, that’s old Billy
Glbbou’s, the richest man in the State. We
bought five thousand dollars worth of real
estate from him to-day, and paid him the
cash for it.
“Five thousand dollars I” said the host.—
“Why, how much is be worth ?”
“Oh, a million or so,” was the reply.
“Who—e—w," said the landlord. “N o
wonder he can afford a seventy-five dollar
dinner.”
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WORKING AND Tame—It is no less
a fatal error to despise labor, when regulated
by intellect, than to value it for its own sake.
We are always, in these days, trying to sepa-
rate the two; we want one man to be always
thinking, and another to be always working,
and we call one a gentleman, and the other
an operator; whereas the working man
ought always to be thinking, and the thinker
often to be working; and both should be
gentlemen in the best sense. As it is, we
make both ungentle, the one euvying, the
othci' despising his brother: and the mass of
society is made up of morbid thinkers and
miserable workers. Now it is only by labor
that thought can be made healthy, and it is
only by thought that labor can be made
happy, and the two cannot be separated with
impunity. All professions should be libe-
ral, and there should be less pride felt in pe-
culiarity of employment, and more in excel"
lence of achievment.
.<.p.
A NEW YORK LEASE—About the com-
mencement of this century the celebrated
Aaron Burr, who was the principal counsel-
lor for Trinity Church, leased from that weal-
thy corporation a farm of 40 acres. The
land lay on the west side of the city, north
of Canal Street, and between the river and
Thompson street that now is. It was used
as a farm, and Burr resided upon it at Rich-
mond Hill, near McDougal and . Houston
streets. After Burr shot Hamilton, he be-
came so odious that it was doubtful whether
he would ever be allowed to live in New
York City again. He was cramped for mon-
ey. In order to raise funds Burr sold out
his valuable lease, having somefifty years to
run, to Mr. John Jacob Astor. That proper-
ty is now immensely valuable. At least 1500
buildings stand upon it. Astor has leased
it all, and these lenses fall due one or two
years inside of the Trinity lease to Burr.—
Conscquently all the tenants who liavo
erected buildings will have to settle with
Mr. Wm. B.’ Astor by selling to him .their
property at reasonable rates, or move it.—
They will have no chance to deal with Trin-
ity. The latter could not pay the tenants
for all the improvements, and consequently
Mr. Astor will get the ground for a mere song.
These matters are kept very quiet.
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‘ W Mr. Everett has declared his opinion
that to write and print treason is as bad as
to act it. No doubt this is a sound conclu-
sion, and we dare say that in time it will be
acted upon. But when that day arrives,
there must be a considerable diminution in
the number of literary men at large as well
as in the number of news papers published.
However, freedom of speech and treason are
not identical, as some'appear to suppose.
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—-—Col. John A. Chatfield, of ~Waterbury,
late oftlic 3d C. V, has accepted theappoint—
ment of Colonel of the 0th Regimeuh‘C, V.,
,‘now forming.
From the N: Y. World.
THE CONQUEST DI" MEXICO.
The Confederate States and the
K. G. C.
Letter from Gov. Pettus, of Miss, to Gen-
G. W. Bickley.
“The success of the South—if it can succeed
—musl lead to complications and remtlls in
other parts of the world, for which neither it
nor Europe is now prepared.” So Mr. Russell
in his Natchez letter declares; and who dare
doubt that these results would all be unfavor-
able to the growth of American civilization?
An empire in the West existing solely for the
extension of slaver . denying the cardinal
principles of human equality, and living by a
perpetual outrage on human rights, would be
to the modern world all that the Dead Sea
cities were to the ancient. Such a nation
would be an embarrassment in all interna-
tional legislation, the enemy of all progress,
and a scandal in all history. This the south-
ern confederacy would become, and that the
Southern States are not this now is due to
the opposition of the civilized world to their
barbaric tendencies, and their existence in a
republican Union.
The first act of a southern confederacy
would be a robbery, which, for magnitude,
cruelty and wrong, would have had no par-
allel in the history of piratical nations. Mr.
Russell affirms that the reopening of the slave
trade would follow the success of the South;
but this is an old fact, palpable as sunlight.
We refer to a scheme which we shall show
to have been long considered in the South
planned by her ablest men,and the secret and
chief end of the rebellion.
The recent disclosures in the Louisville
Journal of the mysteries of the secret society
of the Knights of the Golden Circle have not
met the consideration they deserve. It would
be enough to laugh at. the K. G. C. if General
George Washington Bickley, who pretends
to be the president of the society, were really
its master. The general, it is said, is one less
likely to bleed his enemies than his friends.
Great is his strategy in campaigns of pccula-
tion, and wonderful his bravery in attacking
the well defended purses of his friends.—
Tremble when the general approaches, if you
have a dollar unprotected by a cannon. Yet
though he is terrible as an army making war
upon your pocket, he is harmless as a lamb
in any other capacity. So far as he is con
ccrued we have no fears of the K. G. C., but
on the contrary, confess to a sincere pity for
its members.
But Gen. G. W. Bicklcy is a mere tool.—
The K. G. C. is under the control of men
each of whom is to him more than Iago to
Rodcrigo.
General G. W'ashington Bickley in 1860 in-
duced a gentleman of respectability, then re-
sidinlr in Kentucky, to cash acheck for a few
liund ed dollars on a bank in which he had
no funds. The general had previously given
to this gentleman documents of great interest'
which are now in our possession, and throw
new light on the disclosures in the Journal.—
They are of greater service still—they show
the secret relations of the K. G. C. to the
present rebellion, and its connection with the
confederate government.
We have now before us the address of the
convention of the K.G.C., held at Raleigh, N.
C,.ou the 7th of May, 1860, to the people ofthc
Southern States. In this pamphlet the pur-
poses of the K. G. C. are declared in language
most emphatic. It declares the K. G. C. to
have been organized in 1854 as a military or-
ganization, intended to make the South in-
dependent of the North, either in or out of
the Union. Its great object is the establish-
ment of aDefeusivc (‘3) Colony in Mexico,
though what is to be defended is not ex-
plained, and cannot be conjectured. It af-
firms the Norih to be radically abolitionized
and declares the possession of Mexico, by the
South an absolute necessity of political equal-
ity in the Union and out of it. All of its elo-
quence and logic enforces this cardinal doc-
trine. For this the North is slandcrcd and
the South excited; Mexico is painted as the
slaveholder’s paradise: her unhappy condi-
tion is coatrasted with the possibilities of her
future improvement, and the establishment
of slavery throughout her laud declared the
religious duty of all pious slaveholders. Sick
oftheir party strife and civil wars, the mis-
erable Mexicans are represented as pining
for southern protection. “Southern citizens,”
cxclaims the tender hearted K. G. C., “we
ask you to contemplate a nation which has
had thirty-five separate and distinct govern
ments in thirty-six years, with seventy-six ru-
lers, only two of whom have served their full
terms, and that an adjoining country asking
you to rescue them [wretched grammar] from
war and bloodshed—from murder and pilagc
—from rape, arson and willing to divide with
a be governed by your counsels. Can you find
it in your hearts to respond negatively? We
have sympathy for the Turk, the African,
the Moor, the Hungarians, the Poles, Siciliv
ans, and Irish, yet we have none for our
neighbors, the poor Mexicans! On other can-
shloran'ons than those of hmnam‘ly, you must
do it in self-defense, as we shall hereafter
show."
We shall let this precious pamphlet tell its
own story; then, when the public knows all
that is nccdful of the K.G. C..we have anoth-
er mystery to unfold. The power behind the
throne is greater than the throne itself. The
K. G. C., acting for itself alone, is important
as a filibusteriug expedition of individuals;
as the instrument of the confederate govern-
ment it is more—it is the piratieal horde of a
would be nation. The following quotations
set forth the main argument of the pamchlet
with the omission of numbcrless falsehoods
about Mexico, the North, and the K. G. C.
itself :
“No republic has over yet maintained its
inlegrit longer than it maintained its slave
institutions and conquest policy. The mo-
ment we renounce these our doom is fixed—
our history as a great republic will be com-
late.
“The federal government having no foreign
policy, and being so cramped 133/ legal reattac-
tions on its powers, must remain an inactive
spectator to the national advantages which
present themselves, leavmg the work solely
in tthiands of private enterprise. .
“The safety of a republic as all .lnstory
shows, depends on two promiuept principles
viz: aggression and conservative institutions—
expansion and slavery.
“Under these circumstances, the K. G. C.
would go forth, plant new colonies, build up
new markets, and expand the area of Anglo-
Americanism. We would educate our young
mento the science of arms; we would ac-
quire, anc‘. hold as a rallying point and an out-
let, other territory adapted to slave labor; we
would remove the coming struggle between
the North and South to the plains and val-
leys of Mexico; we would have such an or-
ganization in every slave state that the nu-
cleus of an army would be everywhere pres-
ent. Now, fellow citizens of the South, we
ask you if the time has not arrived for a pow-
erful effort on the part of the people of the
South to arrest this northern policy, which
must so soon lead to the most deplorable re-
sults? The Knights of the Golden Circle
have no political schemes to serve by this
movement. We act alone for the common
good of the Southern States.”
Of course they do not act for the good
of Mexico. Then follows an eloquent de-
scription of the fruitfulness of Mexico—of her
Flora and Pomona—of the wondrous fertility
of her soil, and its undeveloped capacity for
the production of cotton, sugar and tobacco;
of her six thousand miles of sea coast; the
rich mines of gold and silver; the suitablity
of her climate to slave labor, and last, but not
least,'thc enormous wealth of the Romish
Church in Mexico, and the advantages of the
confiscation of three hundred millions of dol-
lars to the use of the K. G. C. Then, to
clinch all these temptations,’is added the cry
of the Mexican people, “ Come and take us!
Bring your rifles lest we might inadvertently
resist. We ask no greater bliss than to have
our property seized by the K. G. C., and to
live under a mild government of southern
oversecrs, and in tho companionship of hun-
dred of thousands benighted Africans.”
“Common humanity,” says the K. G. C.,
“calls on us as a civilized people to arrest this
state of anarchy and misrule. The K. G. .C.
in co-opcration with the best and only relia-
ble people in Mexico, have undertaken to in-
fusc such an American element into the
country as will lead to the establishment ofa
permanent and just. government. If the
threatening aspect of politics in our country,
and the disorganized condition of Mexico, do_
not lead to the conclusion that the powers of
the North and the South need balancing, and
that Mcrt'co is the weight to be thrown 27}, then
we are laboring under a wild and foolish dc-
lusion. '
“The K. G. C. would not at once ask that
the States of Mexico be admitted. to the Union
but they would Americanize it—plant our
institutions there, and build up a separate
nationality, as in the case of Texas, adopt
such a. policy as [he South most medaand under
the aegis of our flag gain, perfect and a com-
plete control of the Gulf of Mexmo.
“If the South should be pressed out of the
Union we should at once jom her, and as a
unit resist all encmiesto her rights and inter-
ests; we would buy her cotton and man-
ufacture it, and in return give her our coffee.
fruits, gold and silver. We would keep pure
and undefilcd the religion of our fathers from
the coulamiuations of the abounnablclhcrc-
sics of northern fimaticismfi‘rec sorl socnilism
abolitionism, spiritualism, Mormonism, and
other utopianisms.
“We would not draw slaves from the pres-
ent slave states, but we would organize and
remedy the defects of the present pcon system
of Brazil, and protect by law all Africans
landed on our shores. While we would not
open or engage in the slave trade, ll others
took the risks we should protect them when once
landed.
“There are hundreds {of other reasons
that might be urged why every southern
man should become a K. G. C., and assust 1l1
extending southern institutions. Unless the
Southern States look to this matter we shall
be practically disfranchised. * * * *
Help us as the gallant state of Texas has
done. Texas has furnished herself. Vtht
other state will do as much? _Send us a.
company if you cannot raise a regiment—arm
them with f'owling pieces ifyou cannot do no
better. Put offthc crisis and we are lost.—
The border states are slipping from our grasp
and unless the people are aroused to a full
sense of their danger, the southern concfcde-
racy will embrace only the cotton states.
“That we have made the right issue the re-
sults of the Charleston and Baltimore con-
ventions will show, and that the southern
governors will have use for us in the nest 32:1;
months is confidently especial. _ If .80, the K. G.
0. may find its Monica in the District of Colum-
bia. Now, men of the South, will you help
us or not? The K. G. C. have presented the
only practical solution of the slave question
ever offered to the American people.”
Here are the principles of this dangerous
society in brief. “To need only add the sta-
tistics of its military force. Its army in 1860
was composed of four divisions of four thou-
sand mcu each, and the address states that
100,000 men could be mustered if the money
could be obtained to put them in the field.—
It also declares that every private in the army
of invasion shall receive 640 acres of land,
and that officers shall have property in pl‘O- _
portion of their rank. The entire member-
ship in 1860 is stated at 48,000.
From the statement we have gives these
facts are made plain:
1. That the K. G. C. has been for seven
years arming the South against fancied op-
pression by the North.
2. That it has always declared itself inde-
pendent of the federal government.
3. That it denies the existence of any re-
sponsible Mexican government, and would
usurp full power over the people.
4. That it would impose slavery upon Mex-
ico as a permanent institution, and would rc-
opcn the slave trade.
5. That it has always been on the best
terms with the southern state governments,
and that its policy is identical with that of
secession.
. That its doctrines have been thoroughly
advocated in the South, countless facts might
be cited. Especially is cure taken to circulate
them among southern colleges and schools.
Witness the following extract from an ad—
dress dclivcd by the Hon. D. W. Voorhces,
of Indiana, before the literary societies of the
University of Virginia, July 4,1860. After
urging the acquisition of Cuba, Mr. Voorliecs
says 2 ,
“But is this all? Are there no other con-
cerns of vast national importance under the
southwestern horizon? Ah! .what giant
events are there awaiting the ripening pro-
cess ofa few eventful years. Look to Mexrco!
-—lost, fallen, disscvcrcd, the prey of domestic
assassins. Her experiment of government in
every form has proved a failure. This con-
dition of affairs cannot Inst. There are those
within the hearing of my mice—many, I
doubt not—who will behold the land of the
Aztecs carved into ACLlli‘lCiln states. * *.
If the American Union shall. be preserved, its
wisest statesmen will be the first to look
steadily and boldly to these facts, and to
shape the policy of the nation toward itslaw-
ful and inevitable expansion."
So Mr. Voorhe:s says, but really means:
“When the American Union is dissolved let
the South look to it, and execute his divinely
ordained piracy herself."
But the force of our argument does not
merely show what the lawless K. G. C. in-
tends, nor have we anything further to do
with the great Bickley or thclittlc Voorhecs.
We call attention to the secret purposes Of
the rebellion, and Warn our people and for-
eign governments that a more separation of
the North and South mu: never intended by the
rebel leaders. The government of the south-
ern ccnfedcrucy is heart and soul committed
to the policy of conquest and the extension
of slavery. It is knit up inseparably with
the K. G. C., and the independence of the
cotton States is chiefly, Lvalued as the metals
of executing Bickley’s plans. Jefferson Da-
vis will hardly have been acknowledged by
the world as the rightful ruler of an hide;
pendent nation when the soldiers of the K.
G. C. will, at his bidding, cross the Texan
border; when Beauregard will renew the
battles of Vera Cruz: and Cherubusco,‘ and .
imitate, as well as he can, the successful
march of our own Scott to the city of the
Montezumas. '
Whoever reads this copy of an original un-
published letter, now iu our possession, writ-
ten by Governor Pettus of Mississippi; to
General Bickley, dare no longer doubt this
complicity of the secessiOn leaders with} the
rascally plottings of the K. G. C. It shows .-
that a southern invasion of Mexico is only"
suspended: that the invasion is taken out of
the control ofthe K. G. C., and that the sac?
ccss of this rebellion is intended to give the
dignity of‘ national authority to an act
which would otherwise be too palpably pi-
ratical. . '
[Copy-l .
Execurrvn Omen, JACKSON, Miss,
September 29, 1860.
, Gen. George Bickley: » . ,
MY DEAR Sm: It is the opinion of your
friends here that you ought to arrest your
movements until after the result of the pres-
idential election is known. As the govern~
or of this state I have the right to ask. you to
suspend operations for a while. If Mr. Lin-
coln is elected, Mississippi will resist, and I-
demand of you all the assistance possibl e.—
You have now nearly 70,000 of the first men
of the South united. Do not carry off these
men until you see whether you are needed
at home. If M inColn is not elected you
may rely on this state for an appropriation '
of five hundred thousand dollars. If he is
elected you must take the field for us. No
odds, general,,how much'you maybe abused
take the field for us and trust to Mississippi
to protect you. Will you obey me or not?
If so, go to Texas and organize that state I!
you have this, but suffer no move until Per-
ry, Gist, Moore and myself write you.—
Brown will not act, but the Georgians will
force him. Allison will give you 1000 men
at any hour. Do not reCcive him yet. Wait
and be circumspect. Keep yor own counsel
and believe me always your best friend, here
or elsewhere. J J. PETTUB.
What now shall become of the white flag
of “Let us alone ?" The southern coufedes
raCy, would drop that hypocrisy forever,
and the black flag of the pirate would flaunt
its skull and bones ,instead. No longer can
we be blind to the real meaning of this bold
rebellion. It is not to redress their own im-
agined injuries that the rebel armies are in-
treuchcd before Richmond. It is for Mexi-
co they are fighting. Well might Mr. Rus-
sell write those significant words we have
quoted. Well may Europe look to this great
slave empire that is struggling to arise in
the West, to strike a. blow at-tlic world’s civ-
ilization dangerous as any that history re-
cords. We, too, have deeper motives for
destroying this rebellion. The monster of
Secession has not yet revealed its full defor-
mity; the United States fights not alone
against the villainy that is, declared, but
against the greater villainy that is hidden.
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Shall we change our Opinion. ?
The other day we overheard a pompous
and very self-satisfied looking gentleman ex-
claim, in a rather loud tone of voice, to a
weak, negative appearing individual: “I am .
no weatliercock, sir! What I believe once I
believe always. I never change my opinions
When you see me once, you see me always."
We set that pompous gentlimin down as
born but out of due season. He belongs to
the age of the Polcmiias, and should have
been mummified three thousand years ago.
According to his own confession he knows,
no more to day than he did when he was a
boy. There are several more of this kind of
belated gentlemen among us, who have never
learned anything since they left the primary
school. They are always right and every-
body else is wrong. They are. snags in the
river of life, and will neither move on them-
selves nor permit, if they can help it anybody
else to move on.
Dr. Johnson once said, “When a man
changes his opinion, he only acknowledges
that he is wiser to-_day than he was yester-'
day.” We humbly bow to the great mpn’s
decision. He who on Tuesday believes on
all subjects precisely as he did on Monday
has lost a day. The sun may have stood still
in Joshua’s time, but it doesn’tdo anything of
the sort in our day. Everything moves on-
ward aud upward, Change, change, change,
is the programme of the times.
If Watt and Fulton had been unchangeable
we might never have known the luxury of
river and ocean steamers.
If IIukisson and Stephenson had not been
“weathereocks,” we might still be travelling
in stage-coaches.
If Dageurre had learned only what he was
at first taught, we might have been yet charg-
cd thirty or fifty dollars for an ordinary min-
iaturu.
If Col Hoe had never changed hiaopinions
we might still have been working on the old
obsolete printing-presses, at the rate of five
hundred impressions—instead of, as now,
twenty five thousand—an hour.
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Daniel Webster against Concession.
The following passages occur in one of
the latest public speeches of Daniel Web-
ster—onc delivered at Buffalo on the 22d of
May, 1851.
Compromise mongers and theirdupes may
profitably read and ponder:—
“Ifthe Smith wish any concession from,
me they won’t get it—not a hair’s breadth of
it. If they come to my house for it, they
will not find it. I coxcnpn xornixo. *
ii * * * No matter what may be said at
the Syracuse Convention, or any other as-
scniblagc of insane persons, I would never
consent that there should be one foot of slave
territory beyond what the old Thirteen States
had at the time of the formation of the
Union. Never, never. The man can't
show his face to me and prove thatI ever do
pu-tcd from this doctrine. He would sneak
away, or sink away, or hire a mercenary
gap that he might say what a mercenary
rpostate from liberty Daniel Webster has be-
come. He knows himself to be a hypocrite
and falsifier. * * * * * All ithat ‘1'
now say is that with the blessing of God, I
will not now or hereafter, before the coun-'
try or the world,‘conscnt to be numbered
among those who introduced new slave pow:
er in the Union. I will do all in my power
to prevent it."
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W The Secessionists ask, “Where will
Kentucky go :3” When the countryman was
asked, “where does this railroad go?" he
answered, "the road doesn't go at all ." Kin.
tucky won’t go, she’ll my.
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