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NORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY, MARCH 11,1862,
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POST OFFICE HOURS.
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CHARLES OLMSTEAD, r. M.
New
HARDWARE 8i. PAINT STORE,
M a i n S t r e e t,
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MARVIN & PROWITT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
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ROOFING SLATE,
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At South Norwalk by
H. E. WING.
THE: ALLIS HOUSE,
(formerly Union House,)
Opposite N. Y. 85 N. H. Depot, in Union-st,
New Hawen, Conn.
L. P. ALLIS, PBOPRIETOR.
N. A. 'MOSMAN, M. 1).,
Homeopathic Physician (it Surgeon.
Oflice over 0. T. Cornwall’s Store, first buil-
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NORWALK, CONN.
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0 7 A Architecture.
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19 Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52
E0. F, BELDEN, Norwalk. Capitalism
ufa‘cturer Oi Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Fumaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give
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ass!
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S. E. OIMSTEAD 61.60.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
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GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
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New Meat Market.
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the public that he has
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to Curtis’ -' Building, Main Street, and
tends keepinor constantly on hand the choi-
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0. F. LOOMIS.
SNOW-BALLING.
BY JOSIE S. HUNT.
The soft, loose gold of her tresses
Is straying about her face,
And the wind through its silken meshes
Is running a frolicsome race.
Her violet eyes—how they darken and flash!
Her rose-red cheeks—how they glow!
As she stands ankle-deep in the milk-white drifts
Pclting me with the snow.
She tosses the soft flakes round her,
In her pretty hoydenish play,
Till she looks like a sea-nymph rising
Through the billows of foam and spray.
Slic molds the ball with her little bare hands;
Do you think she would pout or scold
If I nestled the pink palms down in my breast
’l‘o warm them? they look so cold!
Her white woolen mittens are flung on the snow,
Each one in itself a flake,
And the silken scarf beside them lies,
Coiled up like a crimson snake.
All about me tracks of her soft brown feet
IIave printed the downy snow.
And I know by them where, another spring
The prettiest flowers will grow.
She laughs and scofl‘s when my snow-balls fly
Harmless over her head,
And she flirts her curls in a saucy way,
And cronches in mimic dread ;
And she calls me a sorry marksman—
An awkward fellow—and still
The sly little witch knows well enough
It isn’t for lack of skill.
She knows I would sooner think
or tearing it butterfly’a wing,
0r beating a lily, or throttling
The first sweet robin of spring,
Than of aiming at her in earnest,
Or hitting her if I could,
0r harming so much as a tassel
Other little scarlet hood.
Gay, beautiful Madge! oh, what‘would she do
If my mouth was half Io bold
As the crystals which fall on her lips and hair,
Like pearls among rubies and gold ?
Will her pride, her willfulness trample my love,
As her light feet have trampled the snow 9
That the missiles she flings, which are ice to my
Are fire to my heart, does she know ? [face
Sweet tease! does she guess I am wondering now
Whether she’ll ever be,
In the long, long future before us both,
Anything else to me
Than a little hoyden, with wild, gold hair,
And rose-red cheeks in a glow,
Who stands ankle-deep in the milk white drifts
Pelting me with the snow ?
‘1‘.»
_ A GOOD CREDIT.
“Let me show you one of the finest
pieces of cloth I have seen for the last six
months,” said a. smiling storekeeper to a
young married man, whose income from a
clerkship was in the neighborhood of sev-
en hundred dollars.
“Don’t trouble yourself, Mr. Edwards,’
replied the customer, “ the silks and but-
tons are all I want.”
Oh, no trouble at all, Mr. Jacobs—no
trouble at all. It is a pleasure for me to
show my goods,” said the storekeeper,
drawing from the shelf the piece of cloth
ho had mentioned, and throwing it upon
the counter. “There,” he added, as he
unfolded the glossy broad-cloth and clap-
ped his hand upon it, self-complaceutly,
“there is something worth looking at, and
it’s cheap as dirt. Only four dollars a
yard, and worth six, evei y cent of it. I
bought it at auction yesterday, at a great
bargain.”
“It’s cheap enough, certainly,” remark.
ed Jacobs half indifi‘erently, as be bent
down to inspect the cloth, “but I’ve no
money to spare just now.”
“Don’t want any money,” replied Ed-
wards, “at least not from such men as
you.”
Jacobs looked up into the man’s face
in some doubt as to his meaning.
“Your creditis good,” said Edwards,
smiling.
Credit! I’ve no credit. I ueverask-
od a map to trust me in my life," replied
the customer». ’
“I’ll trust you to half that is in my
store,” was answered.
“Thank you,” said Jacobs, feeling a
little, flattered by a compliment like this.
“But I’ve no want in the dry goods line
to that extent. A skein of silk and a
dozen buttons for my wife, are all that I
reunite at unseat ”
“You want a new coat,” replied the
persevering storekeeper, and he laid his
hand upon the sleeve of Jacob’s coat and
examined it closely. ‘This one is getting
rusty and threadbare. A man like you
should have some regard to his personal .
appearance. Let me see. Two yards of
this beautiful cloth will cost eight dollars
and I won’t send ln your bill for six
months. Eight dollars, for a fine broad-
cloth'coatl Bargains of this sort don’t
grow on every tree.” '
While Edwards t-ilked thus, he was
displayipg the goods he wlshed to sell in
g way to let the rich glossy shrfuce catch
the best points of light, and his quick eye
soon told him his customer was beginning
to be tempted
“I’ll cut you off a coat pattern,” said
be taking up his yard stick. “I know you
want it. Doh’t hositalze “Elli-t ill? ill“:
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Jacobs did not say no, although it was
on his tongue. While be yet hesitated.
the coat pattern was measured 03' and
severed from the piece.
\“There it l5,” came in a satisfied, half-
triumphant tone from the storckeeper’s
lips, “and the greatest bargain you ever
had. You will want trimmings, of
course l” '
_ s he spoke he turned to the shelves
{of ‘addipxg llllilig’ slllg, 35.5“” and while
Jacobs, half bewildered, stood loolilng on
the coat trimmings were all. hicely laid
out. This done, Mr, Edwards faced his
customer again, rubbing his hands from
an eternal feeling of delight, and said—
“You must have a handsome vest to
go with this, of course.”
“My vest is a little shabby,” replied
Jacobs, as he glanced dowuwards at a
cent fro, one iece an a other until
. ill P . . ll g
garment which had seen pretty fair ser-
vice.
“If that’s the best one you have it will
never do to .gO with a new cost,” said
Edwards in a decided tone. Let me
show you a beautiful piece of black satin.”
And so the store keeper went on temp-
ting his customer, until he sold him a
vest and pantaloons in addition to the
coat. After that he found no difficulty
in selling him a silk dress for his wife.—
Havingindulged himself with an entire
new suit, he could not, upon reflection,
think of passing by his wife, who had been
wishing for a new dress for more than six
months.
“Can't you think of anything else?” in-
quired Edwards. “I shall be happy to
supply whatever you want in my line.”
Nothing more, I believe,” answered
Jacobs, whose bill was already thirty-five
dollars; and he had yet to pay for ma-
king his coat, pautaloons and vest.
“But you will want various articles of
dry goods In a family there is some
thing called for every day. Tell Mrs.
Jacobs to send down for whatever she
may need. Never mind about the money.
You credit is good with me for any
amount.”
When Mr. Jacobs went home and told
his wife what he had done, she unrefloct-
ing woman, was delighted.
‘I wish you had taken a piece of mus-
lin. We want sheets and pillow-cases
badly.’
‘You can get a piece,’ replied Jacobs,
‘we want have to pay for it now. Ed-
wards will send the bill at the end of six
months, and it will be easy enough to pay
it then.’
‘Ohl yes, easy enough,” responded his
wife confidently.
So a piece of muslin was procured in
the credit account. But things did'not
stop there. A credit account is too often
liken breach in the canal; the steam is
small at first, but soon increases to a ru-
inous current. Now that want had found
a supply source, want become more clam-
orous than before. Scarcely a day pass-
ed that Mr. or Mrs. J acohs did not order
something from the store, nor dreaming,
simple souls, that an alarmingly heavy
debt was accumulating against them.
As to the income of Mr. Jacobs it- was
not large.
He Was, as has been intimated, a clerk
a wholesale store, and received a salary
of seven hundred dollars a year. His
family consisted of a wife and three chil-
dren, and he had found it necessary to be
prudent in all his expenditures, in order
to ‘make both ends meet.’ Somewhat in-
dependent iu his feelings, he had never
asked credit of any one with whom he
tempting inducement held out by Mr. Ed-
wards, he had regulated his out-goes by
his actual income.
By this means he had managed to keep
even with the world, thought not to gain
any advantage on the side of forums.»—
Let us see how it is with him at the end
of six months under the new system.—
Let’s see if his credit has been of any real
benefit to him.
It was not so very pleasant to have
thingslcomfortable or for a little display
‘without feeling that the indulgence drain-
ed the purse too heavily. And weak
vanity On the part of Jacobs was grati-
fied by the flattering opinions of his hon-
esty entertained by Mr. Edwards, the
storekeeper. His credit was good and
he was proud Of the fact. But the day
of reckoning was approaching, and at last
it came. ‘
Notwithstanding, the credit of tho dry
goods store, there was no more money in,
the young clerk’s purse at the end of six
months than at the beginning. The cash
that would have gone for clothing, when
necessity called for additions to the fami-
ly wardrobe, had been spent for thingI,
the purchase Of which would be omitted,
but for the fact the money was in the
arse instead of ill the shopkeeper’s
hands, and tempted needless expenditure,
As tho end of the six month’s credit
approached. the mind 017 Jacobs began to
rest upon the dry good'sdealer’s hill, and
to be disturhed by a feeling of anxiety.
As to the amount of this bill be was in
sOmc uncertainly ; but he thought it
would not be less than forty dollars.—
That was a large sum for him to owe,
particularly as he had hothing ahead, and
his current cxpehscs wore fhlly up to his
inane it was or foi- the tint. fine is
his. life that Jacobs felt the night-mare
pressure of debt, and it seemed at times,
as if it would sufl'ocate him.
One evening he came home, feeling
more sober than usual. He had thought
of little else all day besides his bill at the
store.
On meeting his wife he saw that some-
thing was wrong.
‘What ails you Jane,” said he hihdly.
‘. 128 you. sicti’ ‘
' {No.iwns the simple mph: But be
9395 dropped as she said it, and her lips-
hand saw that her lips slightly quivered.
‘Something is wrong, Jane,’ said the
hhshopd.
Tears stole to the wife’s check from
beneath her half-closed lips—the bosom
labored with the weight of some pressure;
‘Tell me, Jane,’ urged Jacobs, ‘if any-
thing is wrong. Your manners alarm
me. Are any of the children sick?’
‘Oh.rno, no. Nothing of that,’ was
I
dealt, and no one ofi'ered, previous to the .
quickly answered. ‘Bat—‘but—Mr. Ed-
wards has sent his bill.’
‘That was to be expected, of course,’
said Jacobs, with forced calmness. The
credit was for only six months. But how
much is the bill ?’
His voice was unsteady as hEasked the
question.
‘An hundred and twenty dollars,’ and
poor Mrs. Jacobs burst into tears.
‘Impossiblcl’ exclaimed the startled
husband. ‘Impossible l There is some
mistake. An hundred and twenty dol-
lars? Neverl’
‘There is the hill.’ And Mrs. Jacobs
drew the bill from her bosom.
J acohs glanced eagerly at the footing
up of the long column of figures, where
were numerals to the value of one hun-
dred and twenty dollars.
‘It can’t be,’ he said in a troubled tone.
‘Edtvards has made a miItake.’
‘So I thought when I first looked at
the bill,’ replied Mrs. Jacobs, recovering
herself, yet speaking in a tremulous tone.
But I am sorry to say that it is all right.
I have been over it, and over it again,
and cannot find an error. 0h, dear,liow
foolish I have been. It was so easy to
get things when the money was iiotto be
paid down. But I never thought of a
bill like this. Never.’
Jacobs sat for a few moments with his
eyes resting on the door. He was think-
ing rapidly.
‘So much for good credit,’ he said at
length, taking a long breath. ‘What a
fool I have been. That cunning fellow,
Edwards, has gone to the windward of
me, completely. He knew if he got me
on his books, he would certainly secure
three dollars to one of my money, be-
yond what he would get by the cash down
system. One hundred and twenty dollars
in six months. Ah, Inc, are we any hap«
pier now for the extra. dry goods we
have procured? N at a whit. Our bod-
ies have been a little better clothed, and
our love of display gratified to some ex-
tent. But has all that wrought a com-
pensation for the pain of this day of
reckoning ?’
Poor Mrs. Jacobs was silent. Sadly
was she repeating of her part in the folly
they had committed. Tea time came,but
neither husband cor wife could do much
more than taste food. That bill for a
hundred and twenty dollars had taken
away their appetite. The night that fol-
lowed brought to neither of them a very
refreshing slumber ; and in the morning
they awoke sober-minded, and little in-
clined to conversation. But one thought
was in the mind of Jacobs—the bill of
Edwards ; and one feeling in the mind of
his wife4Sclf-reproacli for her part in the
work of embarrassment. .
‘What will you do ?’ said Mrs. Jacobs,
in a voice that was unsteady, looking in-
to her husband’s face with glittering eyes
as she laid her hand upon his arm, can:
sing him to pause,.as he was leaving the
house.
‘I’m sure I don’t know,’ replied the
young man, gloomily. ‘I shall have to
see Edwards,'I suppose, and ask him to
wait. But I’m sure I had rather take a
horse-whipping. Good credit 1 He’ll
sing a different song how.’
For a moment or two longer the bus-
band and wife stood looking at each oth-
er. Thon as each sighed heavily, the
former turned away and left the house.
His road to business was past the store
of Mr. Edwards—-but now be avoided
the street in which he lived, and went a
whole block out of his way to do so,
‘How aml to, pay this l’ murmured
the unhappy Jacobs, pausing in his work
for the twentieth time, as he sat by his
desk, and gave his mind up to troubled
thoughts.
Just at this moment the senior partner
in the establishment came up and stood
beside him.
‘Well, my young mend} said he kind-
ly, ihow are you getting along P
Jacobs tried to smile and look cheer-
ful as he replied :_ ‘Pretty well,Iir.’ But
his voice had in it a touch of despouden-
c .
‘Let me see,’ remarked the employer
after a. pause; ‘your regular year is up
today is it not ?’
‘Yes, sir,’ replied Jacobs, his heart
sinking more heavily in his bosom, for the
question soggcstcd a, discharge. from his
plugs—business having been doll for some
time. _
‘I was, looking at your account yesterc
day,’ resumed the employer, ‘and I find
that it is drawn up too close ; have you
nothing ahead?’
‘Not a dollar I am sorry to say,’ re-
turned Jacobs. ‘Living is expensive,aud
I have six months to feed.’
‘That being the case,"said the employ-
'er, ‘as you have been faithful i0 us, ahq
your services are valuahlc, we mpst add,
somethlog to yohr salary. ' You, now re-
ceiye sevco hundred dollars ‘2’
‘Yes, sir.’
‘We will call it eight hundred and fif-
ty.’
A sudden light flashed into the face of
the unhappy clerk, seeing which the cm-
ployer, already blessed in blessing anoth-
er, added— ‘
‘And it shall be for the last as well as
for the coming year. I will fill you out
a check for one hundred and fifty dollars
as the balance due up to this day.’
The feelings of Jacobs were too much
irritated to trust himself with oral thanks
and be received the check which the em-
ployer immediately. filled up ; but his
countenance expressed his grateful emo-
tions. . .
A little while afterwards the young
man entered the store of Edwards, who
met him with a smiling face.
‘I’ve come to settle your bill,’ said J a-
cobs.
‘You needn’t have troubled yourself
about it,’ replied the shopkeeper, ‘though
money is always acceptable.’
The money was paid, and the bill re-
ceipted, when Edwards, rubbing his
hands, an action peculiar to him When in
a happy state of mind, said :-
‘And now what shall I show you?’
‘Nothing,’ was the young man’s reply.
‘Nothing l ' Don’t say that,’ replied
Edwards. ‘I’vc just got in a beautiful
lot of spring goods.’
‘I’ve no more money to spare,’ ans-
wered Jacobs.
‘That’s of no consequence. Your
credit is good enough for any amount.’
‘A World too good, I find,’ answered
Jacobs, beginning to button up his coat
with the air of a man who had lost his
pocket-book and feels disposed to look
that his purse doesn’t follow in the some
unprofitable direction.
‘How so ‘I What do you mean ?’
asked the storekeeper.
‘My good credit has taken a hundred
and twenty dollars out of my pocket,’ re-
plied J acobs'. '
‘I don’t understand you,’ said Ed-
wards, looking serious.
‘It’s a very plain case,’ answered J a-
cobs. ‘This credit account at your store
had induced myself and wife to purchase
twice as many goods as we would other-
wise have bought. That has taken sixty
dollars out of my pocket ; and Iixty
more have been spent under temptation,
because it was in the purse instead of be-
ing paid out for goods credited to us on
your books. Good morning, Mr. Ed-
wards. When I have money to spare I
shall be happy to spend it with you, but
no more book accounts for me.’
Wise will they be who profit by the
experience of Mr. Jacob. Those credit
access“ are a curse to people of mode-
rate incomes and should never, under any
pretence be opened.
-——-——Q-<.>o
Obsequles ofCapt. F. W. Shaw.-
Our readers have already been made
aware of the circumstances attending the
death or the gallant hero whose ihneral cer-
emonies we find reported thus fully in the
Illinois Gazette. Aside from Capt. Shaw’s
being a man of Connecticut origin, stranger,
as he is to most of our readers, a thousand
hearts will kindle with emotion, and many
eyes will moisten as his case will picture to
them the possible fate of some one to the
battle gone. As common apprehension links
us in sympathy to the humblest soldier who
lays down his life for his country’s glory and
honor; this is our only apology for devo-
ting so much space in to-day’s paper to the
noble life, character and chivalric death of
the fallen brave:
From the Lawn (111.) Gazette.
Reception of the Body, and Fu-
neral of Capt. F. W. Shaw.
On receiving a dispatch from Cairo
that Lieut. Deane would accompany the
remains of Capt. Show to his home in this
city, our citizens assembled at the Court
House at 10 A M. of Thursday last,and
made arrangements for the reception of his
body, and, acting in harmony with the
wishes of the relatives, for the funeral.—
For these purposes a committee of eight
was appointed to repair to LaSslle and
a committee of twelve to be at our R.
R. station on the arrival of the train
Friday morning, and to make all other
arrangements for the obsequies. At 6
o'clock Friday morning the ringing of
the bell signalized the time to leave for
the station; and the Brass Band, Ger-
man Rifles and hundreds of citizens went
0'9? with the committee. By the 7
o‘clock train the parties expected arrived
with the body of the lamented dead.—
Returning, the procession was formed and
led by Capt. B. '1'. Baldwin, Marshal,as-
slated by E. V. Robbins and Theo. Per-
ry, assistant Marshals. Arrived at the
river, the one to two hundred awaiting,
ported in opposite lines, between which
the cortege passed, when the former
joined the pronesaiou in the rear, and the
whole line proceeded to the step of the
mouthful funeral dirge, to the late resi-
dence of the deceased. Before the re-
mains were taken into the dwelling,Judge
Bangs, responding to an invitation,made
in the broken accents of profound grief,
a brief address to the assembled multi-
tude.
On Saturday the remains of the gel-
lant captain were laid in state
in the’ Presbyterian Church, from 19 A.
M. to 4 P. 14.; during- which it was
thought five thousand. from city and
country. paid. their resnects to the heroic
dead.
The internal arrangements of the
' church were conducted and executed by
a committee of ladies, and well did they
perform their part. Back of the pulpit
the wall was draped with a sable robe,
extending in a. half-circle some thirty feet;
and over this was constructed in large
.letters with evergreen on white canvas,
the words—,‘Thy will be done.” The
front of the gallery its entire length was
also draped with the same and emblem ;
the Chandalier entwined with crepe 89%
evergreen ; a beautiful silk gag, hung at
half-mast oyer the remains, robed in part
' myrtle and flowers, with the touching
with crepe; the chair in the gallery of
the choir, long occupied by the deceased,
draped in mourning and unoccupied,(and
thus to remain for some time,) and at-
tached to the front of the gallery was a
beautiful circular wreath of evergreen,
words, executed in bronze—“He sings
the new Song.” Numerous other mottoes
also executed in bronze and of various
sizes, were attached to the pulpit, on all
the walls, in the vestibule, and in and up-
on the sides of the chair of the deceased.
The three placed upon the chair were as
follows :
“Traitors killed him and stripped him, and stole
all huhad, and left him naked and cold on the ho
zen and bloody field.”
“He was shot three times and Inbred; but not
till life was extinct did he yield the conflict."
“Brave heart, good friend, bail and FAREWELL!”
Those mottoes were also put up in oth-
or parts of the church, in addition to the
following :
“We honor our country’s defenders.”
“How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the
battle l"—i'i Saul, l. c. 23d v.
"We honor and weep for the dead, and may God
snccor the wounded; the widow and the orphan.”
“Marathon, Bunker Hill, and Fort Donelson."
“And the Glory of Death for the Stripes and
Stars.”
“With the storied brave rust thee."
f‘To the hero when his sword
Has won the battle for the free,
Death’s voice sounds like a prophet’s word,
And in its hollow tones are heard
The thanks of millions yet to be.”
“We tell thy doom without a sigh,
For thou art Freedom’s now, and Fame’s
One of the few, the immortal names,
That were not born to die.”
“Cannon to right of him,
Cannon to left of him,
Cannon in front of him,
Volleyed and thundered;
Star-med at with shot and shell,
Boldly he fought and um. 1"
“Farewell 1 fallen brother-though this life he o’er,
There’s another, in which we shall meet you once
more.”
We respond to a general wish to in-
Sert in this connection that portion of
the discourse especially, which gives a
sketch of the life and religious character
of the deceased; for which purpose the
gentlemanly author has kindly furnished
as with a copy. The sketch occurs near
the close of the sermon, and is as fol-
lows:
Capt. Shaw, whose tragical end we
so deeply mourn, had certain marked
traits of character, perhaps as an inheri-
tance from such men as Steuben found
in the time Of his ancestry. By the force
of his own active energies, while yet a
mere youth, he rose to the foremost place
in a company of cavaliers, in his own no.-
tive State, where in the famed anti-rent
troubles he gained an enviable distinc-
tion. He seemed born to command.—
PoSsessiug as he did in a large measure
the’many requisites of military success,
azretentivo memory for almost endless
details, an inventive brain, a cool be ad
and warm heart, it is no wonder that or-
ganized bodies, in the martial lines fixed
upon him as their leader.
Possibly he was ambitious. If so it
was of a noble type ; of a chastened
kind; the outgrowth ofa pure love of
country, and the higher love of God.—
The» one object of life seemed to be to fill
the place and fulfill the destiny his ma-
ker had manifestly designed for him.—
Of this scripture he was among military
men a model. “He that striveth for the
mastery is temperate in all things. ”-—
Deep and lasting were his convictions
that a pure virtue and self-control are
not only found in the path of Christian
progress, but also in the true path to
success and excellence in earthly things.
He possessed in a high degree what may
be called a chivalrous sense of honor, sin-
cerity, truth and loyalty coupled with ar-
dent aud tender affection.
Capt. Shaw received his education at
the Franklin Institute in New York, near
which place he afterwards became a.
teacher Of youth. He c me to this city
some seven years ago, finished his law
studies and entered into partnership with
one of the elders Of this church. The
presence of the Brotherhood to-day, and
the badges of mourning they wear, give
touching evidence of the high esteem and
tender afl‘ectiuu in which he was held by
them.
It only remains that I speak a moment
of his religious character. Some years
ago, by a letter from his former home,he
became a member of this church, was an
associate leader of the choir, and for a
considerable period the Superintendent
of the Sabbath School. Ever since he
took the sword, resolved, if need be, to
lay himself a sacrifice upon his country’s
altar, in his brief visits to his family,
oven to the last one. we found him in his
place in the choir, with heart attuned to
the praises of God. It was his pure re-
ligion, his full confidence in the rectitnde
of his motives and intentions, his con-
scious evidence of acceptance with God
that sustained him 3 nothing less than
these could have carved his arm and
made him so brave and fearless at that
dreadful hour when our destiny seemed
trembling in the balance, though thrice
wounded, twice pierced with shell, and
fearfully cut with the sabre. But he
fell and death is swallowed up in victory,
for he at that moment received promo-
tion at the hand of the great Captain of
salvation. The special i‘npt‘rument of
that promotion I hold in my hand, (mus-
kot- mill.) When Paul addressed the
multitude from his prison with his hands
in chains, he Iaidptlfi'ould God ye were
like yours ; but I know that when time
SO'of our brother, from his new but eter-
nal home—“Would to God that we were
all as I am, saving the bloody strife, the
fearful instruments of death.’
That I have not misjudged his religious
character will at once be apparent from
the precious fruit thereof. In a note ad-
dressed to his now bereaved companion,
Feb. 9th, from Fort Henry, among many
sweet words and words of encourage-
ment, he writes : “Dearest, you must not
allow your spirits to sink under the bur-
den of anxiety and suspense to which you
are now subjected. Trust in God and be
brave of heart. He will not leave or
forsake you, if you will but put your
trust in him. DO not forget where your
strength is. I have faith that He will
protect me through all the dangers thro’
which I am called to pass. Be brave,be
strong, and trust in God.” Near the
same date in another note,he says : “We
hear cannonading from the boats which
have gone up the river. I think we shall
have a fight before another twenty-four
hours passes. Good bye, dearest. Should
I fall in the approaching contest,may the
God of our fathers protect and watch
over you, and the deer little ones, and
may we meet where wars and tumults
never come. But God will protect me,”
die.
that he wrote. Such is the spirit and
such the tone of his communications. The
great and fearful enterprise seemed to him
a solemn sacred necessity. Before he left
home the last time, though he left by the
morning train, and though all things are
hurried in a departure so early, I am told
that he found time to kneel beside his
companion for humble, holy communion
with God. That prayer, in which he
earnestly commended his dear household
circle—his wife, his children, his cause
and himself to the faithful care of a cov-
enant-keeping God, has passed to a rec-
ord in the Book of God’s remembrance,
and I doubt not it has been and will be
answered, though his return'to his home
was in so strange a drapery. He who
could do such things at such a time ;
whose heart seemed a fountain of love
toward all men, who could write such
letters upon the battle-field and in the
near prospect of death, could not have
been far from the Kingdom of Heaven.
The ‘midnight call,’ even though it found
him with drawn sWord, urging his com-
rades on to victory, also found him ready
and prompt to obey the order of his
greater Captain—the Captain of his Sal-
vation.
Letter of Condolence from Col. lVal-
lace to [lie Bereawd Widow, M's. F. W
Shaw.
HEADQUARTERS 2D BRIGADE, U. S. An-
VANCE FORCE, FORT DONELSON, Tenn,
Feb. 17th, 1862.
MRS. F. W. SHAW-—
Dear Madam-—The sad
news of the death of your late husband,
Capt. F. W. Shaw, commanding Compa-
ny B, 11th Ill. Infantry, will doubtless
reach you from other sourees before you
receive this letter. The grief you feel is
shared by all who knew your amiable
husband, and the tears you shed will be
mingled with those of his brother officers
of his command. We mourn the death
of a valued friend and a gallant officer,
and while we may not realize the depth
of your grief, we sympathize most sin-
cerely in your bereavement.
You will learn the details and particu-
lars’of the terrible battle in which your
husband fell, from the public papers. Af-
ter a preliminary fight——or rather a skir-
mish—of two days and a half, on the
morning of the 15th inst, the enemy at-
tacked the right of our lines with tre-
mendous force. The 11th Regiment oc-
cupied the right of the 2d Brfgade, with
the other Brigades on its right. The
fierce onslaught began about 7 o’clock in
the morning, and from that till 11 o’clk
the most destructive fire was kept up.—
The enemy in large numbers charged
that portion of the line where the 11th
was stationed, three several times, and
though the ranks were constantly thinned,
they bravely maintained their ground and
drove the enemy back until the forces on
our right, having exhausted their ammu-
nition fell back, thus leaving the right
flank of the 11th exposed to the whole
force which had been engaged on our
right. Still they maintained their ground
against the fearful odds until they were
attacked in front and on the flank, and
their ammunition exhausted when they
were forced by overpowering numbers to
retire a short distance till supports could
be brought up.
Throughout this fearful conflict, Com-
pany B, animated and encouraged by the
courageous bearing of Capt. Shaw, bore
itself most gallautly. With steady voice
and an: eye and manner that knew no
tinge of fear or wavering, he bravely
stood by his men and at last fell, struck
down by the storm of balls. He died as
every true soldier and patriot should do-
sire to meet that fate.
“With his back to the earth and his feet to the foe."
I feel, dear madam, how little power
there is is mere words to assuage a grief
shall have soothed in some degree the
deep pangs of that grief, you will have an
enduring consolation in knowing that
your husband’s death was worthy of the
gallant officer and worthy gentleman that
all as I am tbiI.do'yI:ii‘vo these bonds.”—
This was among the last sentences '
have been called to make, has tended
greatly to the accomplishment of one of
the greatest victories of modern times,
and done much to restore that Union
your husband so much loved. Most sin-
cerely your obedient servant,
W. H. WALLACE,
Col. 11th Ill., com’dg 2d Brigade.
We may remark, in conclusion, that
from first to last everything was properly
and well done as a testimonial of respect
to the memory of the departed hero, and
of sympathy for the bereaved. Our
choir prepared for the occasion suitable
selections, &c. / The first piece was a
tribute to Capt. Shaw, by A J. Hamil:
ton, song to the tune of ‘Pleyel’s Hymn’
—the next, ‘Cast thy burden on the
Lord’--the third. ‘There is sweet rest in
heaven’—by the way, the last piece sung
by Capt. Show with the choir ;’ and the
last while removing the body from the
church, the choir sang—
“Enfold him in the Stripes and Stars—
He will not dim the brightest beam ;
His blood will tinge the crimson bars——
Add richer lustre to its gleam.”
The-choir,und the members of the bar,
wore badges of mourning. ,
The following is the poem referred to
above, composed by Mr. Hamilton :
Fold his arms upon his breast;
Softly, gently, close his eyes ;
Gently lay him down to rest—
This is how a soldier dies.
Such a death becomes him Well,
In the thickest of the fight—
From the foremost ranks he fell.
Striving for Columbia’s right.
Yet his dim and glazing eye,
When the ball had laid him low,
Saw his country‘s banner fly,
Waving o’er the conquered foe.
Thus a soldier loves to die—
Such a death to him belongs,
When the shouts of victory
Mingle with the angel‘s songs.
At a meeting of the members of the
bar of Lacon, and the officers of the
courts of Marshall County, a series of
resolutions expressive of the feeling of
the Bar were passed.
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Washington’s Birthday at West-
port.
TO THE EDITORS or THE NORWALK GA-
znrrsz—Though we do not claim a large
space for our doings in this little town, yet
we like it to be known that loyal hearts are
here, and that full expression of our joy in
the late victories was given on the “ glorious
twenty second.” It was the more enjoyable
because so spontaneous, and many were de-
lighted to witness the alacrity with which all
did their parts. The firemen, the band, the
volunteer choir, the united clergy—all were
on the spot at 2 p. in., and a procession for-
med which marched from the Post Office to
the Congregational church, which had been
hastily but tastefully decorated with flags
for the occasion. The services were opened
by Rev. Mr. Pulling, the Declaration of In-
dependence was read by Rev. Mr. Atkinson.
and the Farewell Address by Rev. Mr. Wil-
liams. The audience were then delighted
with some very sweet singing, and music
from the band, and all departed with hearts
refreshed and glorious with renewed hope
for the continued unity and prosperity of
their beloved country.
Westport, Feb. 24th, 1862.
—‘.—*“9>‘
official Report of Commodore
Goldsborongh.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.
The Navy Department has received dis-
patches from Commodore Golclsborough, da-
ted 20th.
He had received t e official accounts of
the visits of four vesse s to Edonton and to
the Currituck Canal—the latter being the
popular designation of the link 01 the Alber-
marle and Chesapeak Canal Company con—
necting North River with Currituck Sound.
It appears that the Obstructions of this link
were mostly the work of the enemy,
The lighthouse at Cape Hatteras may now
be lighted with perfect safety.
The names of the men-of-war destroyed
by our vessels, since the fleet reach Hatteras
Island, the Sea Bird, Forrest, Curlew, Fanny
—all steamers—and the schr. Black Warrior.
The steamer Ellis was captured. The new
gunboat on stocks at Elizabeth City, was de-
stroyed. The first six were all well armed
—-all except the Curlew were destroyed or
captured in the attack on Elizabeth City, and
it may be prOper to mention that the whole
of them, saving, of course, the one on the
stocks were struck by our projectiles of one
kind or another in the course Of the engage-
ment on the 7th inst.
As our forces took undisturbed possession
of Edenton part of the Flying Artillery regi-
ment, variously estimated at from one hun-
dred and fifty to three hundred fled, precipi-
tately without firing a shot. Many ofthoin-
habitants also left in consequence.
Commodore Goldsborough says thathe rc-
maincd two hours abreast of the town, and
was visited by the authorities and others,
many of whom promised sentiments of loy- '
ally to the old Union.
«‘Qb.
WESTERN EXUBERANcs.—The Frankfort
(Ky) Commonwealth of the 19th, contains the
following letter to the rebels:
MY DEAR Rises :——I now take my pen in
hand for the purpose of holding communion
with you through the silent medium of pen.
and paper. Ihave just learned that tlielinco
are now open as far as Fort Donelson, in
Tennessee, and I avail myself, with alacrity
‘of_the opportunity now presented of resu-
ming our correspondence. Your many
friends in this section would like to be infor-
med on various topics—for instance:
How are you, any how?
how does “ dying in the last ditch” agree
with your federal heaith ?
How is the “constitution" clown your way?
Do you think there is any government ?
How is “ King Kotting ‘9" I
Is Yancey well, and able to eat his oats ‘?
'When will Buckner take his Christmas
dinner in Louisville? '
Is Lloyd Tilghmaii still hanging Union
men in the first district 1’
Is Floyd still “fiflz’ng” cannon and other
small arms?
.How is Pillow’s last “ ditch," and when
Will he gratify his numerous friends by dy-
ing in the same?
How is the “Southern Heart?”
Are you still able to whip five to one ?‘
What is your opinion of the Dutch race 1"
Did the recognition of the S. Confed. by.-
England and France benefit on much?
Where is the “Provisional ? overnment” of:"
Kentucky, and what is it kept in ? '
Where is the LouiSville-Nashville-Bowling-
Green Courier now published? Say! - '
And lastly, what do you think of your
selves any how ?
_ A prompt answer will relieve many anx=~
ions hearts. Yours in a horn,
A LINCOLN
lie was—and that the heavy sacrifice you
ll ’
MAN.
United States, Feb. 18, 1862. 2.?
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