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, BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

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‘ Norwalk 1'0th Office.
‘ MAILs CLOSE
West 7.30 A. M.—2.30 P. M.
East 8.30 A. 'M.—-5.00 P. M.

Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. N.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, 1 ues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.

. MAILS DUE.
West 9.10 A. M.—0.00 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—-3.30 P. M.
Danbury & N orwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
:POST OFFICE HOURS.

From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
~ CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. M.

 

New

HARDWARE 8t PAINT STORE,

M a i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,

MARVIN a PROWITT,

Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings,Window Shades, 6:0.

ROOFING SLATE,
Prom Vermont,

‘VERY CHEAP,
At South Norwalk by

 

H. E. WING.

 

" THE: ALLIS HOUSE,

(formerly Union House,)

Opposite N ._ I. &N. H..Depot..=in..Uuion-st., .a,

Nevv Haven, onn.
L. P. ALLIS, Pnornmron.

0N. A. mosmam, m. n, ’

Homeopathic Physician do Surgeon.
Office over C. T. Cornwall’s Store, first buil-
ding east of Nor-walk Hotel,
NORWALK, CONN.

References .'

Prof. J. Beakley, Dean of the Faculty,

Prof. S. R. Kirby, Homoepathic Medical Col-
lege, New York city, or

G. W. Swazey, M. D., Springfield, Mass. 21

JAMES G. 311330113,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
'D E N '1’ I S '1',
Ofiice at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut.

 

 

 

Architecture.
_SIDNB if M. STONE,

ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintend the erection oi
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. ti52

 

1 E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
ui‘acturer oi Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort~
ment of House Keeping articles generally.

 

E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give

0 particular attention to sales by Auc-

tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property and
Household Furniture : terms 10w.

WM. 0. STREET & co,

Importers ; wholesale and retail dealers in

EARD'WARE, snow,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, &c.

C. s. Loosswoon,
fashionable Draper & Tailor,

and
GENTLEMEN’S FURN ISHIN G

EM? OBI UM 2
No. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Ct.

's. n. onmsrnan a. co., ,

Wholesale and Retail Dealers ill

Groceries. Flour, Feed, &c.,

14 and 10 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.

 

 

 

 

jurors INSURANCE COMPANY,

01' Hartford,
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Cask Capitol $1,000,000
Insure against 105:. and dulllagc by Fire,
on Torus adapted to the huzard,and
consistent with the laws of
compensation.

GEORGE E. COW'LES, Sole Agent
1 y3 For Norwalk and vicinity.

New Meat Market. ,_ ___

THE Subscriber would respectfully inform
the public that he has

REMO VED HIS STAND

to Curtis‘ Building, Main Street, and
lends keeping constantly on hand the chor-
ccst of Beef, Pork, Mutton, Poultry, &c., &c.
Having had long experience in the business
he is confident of his ability to please. A
share of the public patronage is respectfully
solicited. JAifns BYXBEE.

Norwalk, Nov 5th, 1861. tf5

ROOFING.

FI‘l-IE subscriber is prepared to furnish par-
ties, building, with Warren‘s superior

FELJ AND CEMENT BOOTH)T G.

This article of Roofing is in use upon the
Norwalk Lock Company’s Building, and at
Lounsbury, Bisscll do Co‘s, where it gives en-
tire satisfaction, and is believrd to be the
cheapest as well as the best r0: ~'ing in use.—
All orders will receive prompt i ttention.

 

'New York, and altogether for cash, so that

.ning; Scroll and other Sawing ; manufacture

 

 

West Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NEW BLOCK,
EEP constantly on hand, a large and
varied assortment of Ladies', Gents’,and
Children’s
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &C.,
all made under our own personal supervis-
ion, of the best material and in the most
workmanlikc-manner. 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 ofi‘er-
ed in Norwalk. We are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any article in our line,a'nd
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.

Whitney’s
Photographic and Fine Art
GALLERY,

NORWALK, CONN.

ATE E. B. Tnonrsox’s. E T. Whitney

would inform the citizens of Norwalk
that he has established himself in the Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
graps, Alnbrotypes, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain; in the highest style
of the art. E. T. WHITNEY.

Imporlant to owners of Horses.
WILLIAM '3. SWAN,

Saddler 6L Harness Maker,

Adjoining Danbury & N orwalk R. R. Depot
N ORWALK, CON N.,

EEPS constantly on hand and will make
to order every description of

Harness,
Horse F ur'niturc,
Trappiagsor Clothing.
Also Saddler’s Hardware
and outfits.

Trunks, VaZises, Carpet Bugs, do
All in want of anything in his ime,will do
well to give him a call. Orders for any kind
of work promptly executed. Repairing done
neatly and cheaply, and at short notice.

A. Jackson? a. 330.
No. 1 Gazette Building.

“TOULD respectfully announce to the

public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. IVe are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in Fairfield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is lot or than ever before.—
W’e have a fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as being cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen‘s Watch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in

 

 

 

our facilities for selling cheap could not be
eater. Our stock of J ewclry,.,Silvcr and ,
l‘l’ite'il Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON 65 BRO.

NORWAIJI‘:

Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I :I'. I. .

HE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-

 

of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., doc, in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail promptly at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITCH.

INSURANCE.

HE subscriber having taken the agency

of the New England Fire and Ala/rim: In-
surance 00. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
by fire, on 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 a
surplus of $6,295.00.

JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,

Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
N0rwalk, Feb. lst, 18-31. ' tf5

DAVID E. PITCH,

Dealer in

Grain, Flour, Feed, Meal, Hay,

&c., No. 2 Watcrst" third door south of the
Bridge, has in store Flour and Meal, (fresh
ground) direct from the mills.

Grocers, Bakers 6!. Families
supplied as cheap as can be procured in New
York (ii-,elsewhere. Feed of every variety
constantly on hand. 51

SOUTH NORW'ALK

Ladies and Gents’

Boot dc Shoe Sta .
, [HE subscriber, having taken the bu .ess

and stand of Stevens & Tristraln, 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,

Gents’ Patent Leather Boots, Shoes, (fie. ,-
Ladz'es’ Gaiters, (to, disc. ; Children’s
Gaiters, and Shoes, dc, (ht, d’éc.
Rubber goods ; a large stock kept constantly
on hand. Repairing done neatly and expedi-

ently. HARVEY STEVEN S.

South N orwalk (No. 3, Ely’s Block), April

7, 1860

Hardware and Cutlery.
Mechanic‘s Tools, Farming Utensils, Guns,
, Pistols, Iron and Steel, \Vindow
Glass, Paints and Oils.

WM. 0. STREET& CO. have in store

and are constantly receiving direct

from the manufacturers, a large supply of

Foreign and Domestic Goods, under the above

denominationawhicll makes their assortment

of articles suited to this market, .6un1 to any

in the State, and which will be s'old either

wholesale or retail on as favorable terms as
can be purchased in New York.

‘ WILLIAM C. STREET,

A. H. WILCOXSON.

TIMBER! LUMBER!
hath, Lime, Brick, Cement,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
BUILDERS’ HARTnEygEARE, so. so,

A.

 

 

 

N ew Lumber Yard,
NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE,
SOU TH NORWALK.

Our Stock is new, bought for Cash, and

will be sold low. ToLLEs a ELY.
South Norwalk, Oct. 15, 1860. tf42

House 8:3 Sign Painting,

GILDING, GLAZING, &c., 81.0.,

SOUTH NORWALK.

HE subscriber will execute all orders in
Plain or 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, shrubbery,
&c., and a shop thereon. Terms easy.

 

to

mith’s Carriage Factor
GE GE HODGES.
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C. 1“. LOOMIS.

J. N.LO0KWO0D& cod

Ap-
ly on the premises, opposite Quintard &

ALMOST THERE.

BY M. L. IIOF‘FORD.

 

“I am almost there i"
Said a dying child,
As he upward looked
And sweetly smiled;
“The happy homes
Of the blest I see,
And an angel band,
Awaiting me.”

”gin: almost there I
‘ at do not weep-
In a Saviour's arms
It is sweet to sleep'.”
And he closed his eyes. ,
And gently placed
His folded hands
Across his breast.

“I am almost there!
Sweet Jesus, now.”

And the dumps of death
O’erspread his brow.

And his brightening features
Almost smiled,

As we wept beside

The dying child. -—Presbyterian.

 

‘* o‘ofiu—o
LITTLE BESSIE;
AND THE war IN WHICH snr. FELL ASLEEP.

“Hug me closer, closer, mother,
Put your arms around me tight;
I am cold and tired, mother,
And I feel so strange to-night;
Something hurts me here, dear mother,
Like a stone upon my breast;
Oh, I wonder, wonder, mother,
Why it is I cannot rest !

 

 

All day long, while you ware working,
As I lay upon my bed,
1 was trying to be patient,
And to think of what you said:
How the kind and blessed Jesus
Loves His lambs to watch and keep!
And I wished He’d come and take me
In His arms, that I might sleep.
Just before the lamp was lighted,
Just before the children came,
While the room was very quiet,
I heard some one call my name.
And at once the window opened,
In a field where lambs and sheep,
Some from out a brook were drinking.
Some were lying fast asleep.
But I could not see the Saviour,
Though I strained my eyes to see ;
And I wondered if He saw me,
Would Be speak to such as me Y
In a moment I was looking
On a world so bright and fair,
Which was full of little children,
And they seemed so happy there?
They were singing, oh, how sweetly l
Sweeter songs I never heard!
They were singing sweeter, mother,
Than can sing our yellow bird.
And while I my breath was holding,
One so bright upon me smiled ;
And I knew itmust be Jesus,
When He said. ‘Come here, my child !‘
‘Comc up here, my little Bessie!
Come up here and livanvith lac.
Where the children never suffer,
But are happier than you see :’
Then I thought of all you toldfime
Of that bright and happy land;
I was going when you called me,
When you came and kissed my hand.

‘And at first I felt so sorry
You had called me? I would go—
Oh, to sleep, and never sufi'er 1
Mother, don‘t be crying so !
Hug me closer, closer, mother,
Pllt your arm around me tight;
Oh, how much I love you, mother,
But I feel strange twilight 1”

And the mother pressed her closer
To her overburdened breast;

On the heart so near to breaking.
Lay the heart so near its rest.

At the solemn hour of midnight,
In the darkness, calm and deep.

Lying on her mother’s bosom,
Little Bessie fell asleep!

___....,..___
@Au Irish shopkeeper having order-
ed a quantity of haddock fish, by the
Adams & Co.’s express, was somewhat
indignant upon the delivery of the fish to
find on the package the letters C. 0. D.
‘An’ sure,’ says Pat, ‘I didn’t order
codfixh l’ ' .

The expressman examined the fish, and
pronounced them haddock.

‘Woll,’ snys Pat, ‘c-o-d won’t spell
haddock.’ ‘

‘Oh, lio,’ the expressman replied, ‘c-o-d
spells ccd.’

‘All,’ says Put, triumphantly, pointing
to the fish, ‘them’s fish !'

‘Yes—you are right there.’

“Well, that makes codfish, don’t it, ye
spalpeeu ?’ ,

‘But where do you get the cod from ?’
returns the crpressman.

‘Look there,’ says Pat, pointing at the
pretentous C. 0. D., ‘thnt’s cod to be
sure?

‘Oh, no,’ replies express, ‘tllat’s C. O.
D., which means ‘colleet on delivery!’

‘Ah, bedad, I didn’t think 0’ that,’
cries Pal, scratching his head with one
hand, and feeling for his purse with the
other; ‘but youg man, let me give ye a
bit 0’ advice. When yez bring any bun-
dles for me, don’t put on anything so mis-
tirious again: but joost reverse the big
letters, D. O, C., and they ye; can deliver
on collection, which any fool can under
stand.’

The expressman walked off, much
pleased, and promised to lay Pat’s sug-
gestion before the superintendent,

Tun Biron Bun—Mr. Tattersall and
Charles Matthews the actor were very
intimate, and the great comedian was
frequently in the habit of accompanying
his friend to Newmarket races, where on
one occasion Matthews indulged in his
well-known taste for mimicry at the ex-
pense of Mr. Tattersall, during a sale of
blood stock conducted by 'the latter.—
“The first lot, gentlemen," said Mr. Tat-
tersall, “is a buy filly by Smolensko,&.c.”
“The first lot, gentlemen,” echoed Mat-
thews, in precisely the same tone of voice,
“is a bay filly by Smolensko.” Mr. Tat-
tersall looked somewhat assayed, but
proceeded, “What shall we say to begin
with?” “What shall we say to begin
with ?” replied the inevitable echo.—
Still eudeuvoring to conceal his vexation
Mr. Tattersull inquiring called out, “One
hundred guineas 1’” ”One hundred guin-
eas f” bowled Matthews. “Thank you,
sir,” cried Mr. Tattersall bringing dowu
the hammer with a bang- “The filly is
yours. Mark the bay filly by Smolensko
to Mr. Charles Matthews for one hun-
dred gulneas ” \ Matthews, We need
scarcely add, was somewhat taken aback
by his sudden acquisition of “blooded
my,

 

VOLUME XL "NUMBER? :17.

 

 

NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1862.

 

‘ From the Hartford Press.

Gossip about Pulaski and Ty-
bee. '
Now that Fort Pulaski has fallen, we are
at liberty to print some gossip from J. R-
H., in a private letter, which was not intend-
ed for publication. Its latest date is April
36, on Tybee Island. We give such discon-
nected paragraphs as seem interesting, and
do not speak of future operations.
The delay in preparations for the siege
gives us time for many things that would
otherwise, have been neglected—for in-
stance, the making of “burrows,” or tech-
nically “splinter proofs” and “ bomb
proofs,” near the batteries, for the men
sick or wounded or resting, to lie down in
safety ; and the more thorough drilling of
our gunners and cannooiers. The Conn.
7th will have the most delicate and re-
sponsible work—the charge of the mor-
tars, twelve 13-inch and four 10-inch. T10
18 ofiicers who are to have charge of the
six batteries—three at each,relieving each
other at intervals of eight hours—and the
48 gunners, and about 375 cunnoniers,
fillers of shell, magazine men, &c., have
all been selected. The gunners have
been drilled at a mortar several days by
Lt. Porter, U. S. 'A., and he and Gen.
Gilman express great delight at the read.
iness with which our Yankee mechanics
comprehend the whole science of the great
mortars. * * * 1‘ *
The work is driving at all possible speed.
All our heavy teams and mule carts work
18 hours a day, driving from half a mile
to two miles on a sandy road with great
loads of shot and shell. The beach is
strewn with all the implements of war; and
day and night, taking all advantages of
wind and tide, boats are tugging back
and forth, dumping their shot and shell
into the water at high tide, and as the
water recedes the boys wade in and roll
them up into carts and wagons. Up to
the more distant batteries (nearest Pu-
laski) parties of men go before daylight
with a day’s food, and dig or fill shot, &c.
quietly behind the low saudhills—not
over ten feet shelter—all day and silently
file along down the narrow strip between
the beach and the marsh, after dark,
meeting other parties who go up to work
all night. ,
These 18-inch mortars weigh 17,000
pounds, or 0000 more than any ever used
before, and are different in several re-
spects Military men every-where look
with great interest to see how they will
work. We shall have many vessels, and
our leading Generals in the Sound look-
ing on ;the “regulars” will criticise ; mil-
itary journals will have articles on the
new mortars and the siege of Pulaski,
and how well or ill volunteer Yankees with
a fortnight’s training, worked the great
machines; and if we reduce the Fort it
will be the first of Uncle Sam’s regular
cascmated fortifications retakeu by bom-
bardment. The whole division is getting
up a most intense excitement on the
subject.

I long to have the fight begin, and end,
for the first gun will be a relief. This
strain of anticipation is almost as painful
(more so in some respects) as the contest
itself.

[ The batteries are first, nearest Pulaski
battery Totteu, four 10-inch mortars,
about 1650 yards from Pulaski, under
charge of Captains Rodman and Gray;
then, battery Halleck, two. mortars (those
and all the following are 13-inch) 2200
yards, Capt. Stanford; battery Sherman,
three mortars, 2400 yards, Capt. Francis; '
battery Burnside, one mortar, Capt.
Skinner; battery Lincoln, Columbiad,
&c., 3200 yards, by 3rd R. 1.; battery
Grant, 3 mortars, 3400 yards, Capt,
Palmer; and battery Stanton, 3 mortars
Capt. Bacon. These batteries were to be
supervised by the Colonel, Lt. Colonel
and Major of the 7th, on duty eight hours
each—ED. Paras]

The sand on most of the batteries, es»
pecially Burnside and Sherman, cannot
be thrown up sumciently to cover the
magazines and raise the parapets or
epaulments, until the night before the
fire opens. That will be busy time As
daylight approaches, the mortars will be
loaded and carefully pointed. Our men
at Goat’s Point will listen carefully
to the drums of Pulaski’s reveille. The
moment after it stops, when all the men
there will probably be drawn up in the
open area of the fort, attending- to roll-
call, a gun from Goat’s Point will lead
the way, and the whole 34 pieces, mor-
tars and all, will fire, and our guns at the
Martello Tower and the -——— up the river
as Jones and Bird Islands all will bellow
together,-—the latter for “moral effect.”
Oh, the grandeur, of that thunder! It
will shake the islands about, as 3800
pounds of iron roar, hiss and rush through
the air for half a minute on their merci-
less erraud. Then the rolling, echoing
thunder will be reinforced by the
bursting of sixteen mortar shells. These
we hope to burst la the air over the fort,
the Columbiads and Permits will most of
them tire shells also, and the great thun-
der will last two or three minutes. In
some conditions of the wind and atmos-
phere, the report of a. big gun rolls along
the shore for half a minute or more.~~
Then thc'work will be taken up steadily.
The 13‘inchers will be fired, by the watch
four times an hour; the lO-iuchers six

times; the Columbiads, James and Par-
rotts from five to ten times, as occasion

 

 

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,Esch mortar is in a sort of pit, In
front the sand, rises from nine to fifteen
fecathe Fort being aimed at by means

airst'akes. Ditches four to six-fost'deep,

with the dirt thrown up creditor side,
roll from one mortar to author, suite
the, magazine. The'imazine is s low roof-
ed spllllrwggvgred by eight or ten fut-of
sun and elm WNW! but!!!
of p ‘ der. mefit‘i‘ifi‘éb‘m‘éfiffio
that bursting shells outside may not en-
danger the powder. In the anteoroom
stay Several “fillers,” who scoop out pow-
der from a single barrel at a time, putting
from-1250 18 pounds in a flannel bag for
the cartridge, and taking 8 pounds to
pelll‘ into a shell outside. The shell is
then firmly stopod by a plug with apzth
of composition that burns an inch to five
seconds, and is sawed off at the right
length.

Speaking of the barbette guns of Fort
Pulaski, it is confidently believed that
they will be silenced very soon. In the
first place,solid shot .wil! be pitched at them
from Goat’s Point; secondly, the Colum-
biads and 10-inch mortars will try to ex-
plode their shells in the air over them;
and thirdly our 13-inch shells will con-
standy be bursting all about them. If
we aim 'well, no bravery on earth can
work those guns an hour in the open air
on the tap of high walls.

——-——.——~<<.>..——— --——

Sunday Battle.

The late terrible struggle at Pittsburgh
adds another to the long list of Sunday
battles. The facts are so clear in this and
numerous other conflicts, and the results
have been so uniform and decisive, that
comment is not only warranted, but de-
manded, alike by philosophy, patriotism,
and piety. The general statement can-
not be gaiusaid, that the more important
movements of the National forces, in the
early stages of the present war, were made
on Sunday; and that they were undenia-
ble failures. Patterson’s column was com
stantly notorious for its manteuvering on
Sundays, and for little else. Big Bethel'
Bull Run, and Ball’s Blufl‘ were the great
blunders and defeats of attacking armies
on Sunday. All these engagements, ex-
cepting Ball’s Blufi‘. under the now im-

prisoned? General Stone, preceded Gen-

MoClellon‘s noble Sabbath order.———
'l‘heuceforward the rebels have made the
Sunday assaults, with invariable loss of
the battles thus waged. Mill Spring
opened their career of Sunday fighting,
which closes. with Pittsburgh. The bot-
tle of Winchester was begun on Sunday
morning. The first of these battles cost
the rebels Kentucky; the second, the val-
ley of Virginia; and the third, the Mis-
sissippi valley. The Merrimac, too, after
its destructive Saturday‘s raid, ran a
mock against the Monitor on Sunday,
and has spent a month in repairing
damages.

Add to the facts, that most of the gen-
erals commanding, whose names figure as
assilants in thesebattles,were_ slain in them,
or are ill disgrace on account of them,
and there is food for reflection in these
bits of history. What has become of our
Gen. Pierce, of Big Bethel‘meniory ?-
What of Gen. Stone? Where are Zolli-
caller and Sydney Johnston? In short,
since we have ceased the business of Sun-
day fighting. and the rebels took it up,
we have had only victories to record, and
they only defeats and surrenders. Fort
Dooelsou and Island No. 10 were our
Sunday morning benisou on week-day
powess.

Nor are these isolated historical facts.
History is full of them. The British for
cos assailed us on Lake Champlain and
at N ew-Orleans on Sunday, and were'de-
feated. We assailed them at Quebec;
our army was repulsed, and its leader
slain- We began the battle at Mon-
mouth, and had the worst of it. Napo-
leon begun the battle of Water 1000, and
1ost his army and his empire. The bat-
tle of Blenheim, which has been repeated-
ly cited by the Herald, with its usual ac-
curacy, as a successful Sunday battle,
was not fought on Sunday, but began on
Wednesday.

We content ourselves with the simple
collation of these suggestive facts. Let
them go to swell that mighty volume of
testimony to the supremacy and stability
of a law. as old as creation, which claims
quite other use of one-seventh part of
time than the work of willing human
hatchery—New York Times.

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“GIVE THE CHILDREN FRESH AIR.”—
Some parents make the great mistake of
keeping their children in doors during
cold weather. Such a practice is perni-
cious in many respects. 1t enfeebles the
bodies of children, and renders them pecu-
liarly liable to colds and coughs. A
child should have its feet well shod will
socks and boots, its body will wrapped in
warm clothing, its head and ears securely
protected from the cold, and then be let
loose to play in the keen bracing winter
air. By means its body will become ro-
bust, and its spirits be kept bright and
cheerful; whereas, if a child be shut up
in the house, it will become frctful and
feverish, and perhaps wind up with a
severe attack of illness.

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W Mary—It seems cruel to killsomsny
animals for their filr—thirty-six poor squir-
rels put to death to make a mufl' for us 1—
Em‘ly—Yes it is cruel—Win didn’t the

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. state.

Garmendcm cf“! Gazelle-
BACINE, .WISCONSIN,

Muss”. Ephesus—Perhaps molly 'of
your tendons" not aware of- the; impor-
gnocchi. above thriving city, Situated
on‘ the shore othkc Michigan, between
Chicago" and Morgana. It is beautiful-
bimetalldccniimim thousand in-
hm. '- ‘I‘ts-‘lrs'fllbb’is‘lsrg's' and vast
quantities of grain are shipped to Eas-
tern markets. The Chicago & Milwau-
kie R. R. passes through the city, which
adds greatly to its prosperity. The Ra-

state of advancement, and now extends
from this city to Freeport. It is ably
conducted,and fast gaining the confidence
of the public. It is well patrOnized, and
of great importance to farmers and oth‘
ers. The Racine of to-day is not that of
twenty years ago. Then it was but a
wilderness containing two or three log
huts Now it has about twenty-five
churches, some of them fine brick struc-
lures, four public schools, one college,one
high school, one Lutheran and one Ger-
man Catholic school. Also, six hotels,
several large grain warehouses, two ex-
hibition halls, several large manufactu-
ring establishments, among which are
Falvey’s Reaper, and J. I. Case’s thresh-
ing machine establishment, which employ
several hundred hands. The Court
House looks a little the "worse for wear”
and we think can be improved a little.—
Main street, which lies fronting on the
lake, contains many splendid residences
which would do credit to older cities.—
Most of our public and private buildings
are built of a peculiar kind of hard yellow
brick, made in different parts of this
Racine is clad in winter garb,
and presents a lively appearance, The
merry jingle of sleigh bells seems to cheer
the heart, and makes one think of the
“merry times of old” when we “went bob-
bing ’round.” The winters are very se-
vere here ; we have had good sleighiog
for the last two months, and the mercury
has several times fallen to twenty-five de-
grees below.

The surrounding country is blessed
with afertile soil, and most of the far-
mers are in comfortable circumstances,
and many of them rich—wheat being
their staple production. The population
is made up of English, Scotch, Germans,
Dunes, Bohemians, Irish, Welsh, and, in
fact, almost every nation is represented
in this State. Business is lively' here,
considering these hard war times. We
have had but few failures, and the manu-
factories are in hill blast. We have one
of the best bookblnderles in the state,
conducted by R. E. Flaveu. There are
three ueWSpapers published here, two
Republican and one Democratic. They
are all well patronized and Well conduct-
ed. But the most flourishing establish-
ments are the grog shops which infest
this, as We]! as other cities, and are as
thick as “hairs on a dog,” and customers
ditto! Were it not for accursed rum-
selling, the wretcheduess and poverty
which reign in many familieswould know
no existence. Religion seems to keep
the ‘even tenor of its way” and our city
is generally at all times—the “wee sma’
hours” included—very quiet.

Provisions are very low at present.—
Dressed hogs are selling at three dollars
per hundred, floor at four and five dollars
per barrel, potatoes at twenty-five cents
per bushel, butter at ten cents per pound
and wheat sixty and seventy-five cents
per bushel. The climate of Wisconsin
is well adapted to the culture of Wheat,
potatoes, hay, die, but Indian corn does
not do Well on account of the late spring
and early fall frosts. Land in the vicin-
ity of the city is very dear, but further
back, can be bought at from fifteen to
thirty dollars an acre. One curious
freak of nature concerning our lake shore
is in the fact that about three hundred
feet of the banks have been washed away
by the action of the waves, within the
last fifteen years, and houses have had
to be removed. A miserably constructed
breakwater has been put up, but is of
little avail, as the banks continue to grow
“beautifully less.” I do not mean our
money basics, for they may be considered
as gone up already.

As my communication is getting-“rath-
er lellgthy, I will close by giving you a
few items concerning military matters in
this city. Camp Utley is in a pleasant
grove iu the outskirts of the city, on the
shore of LakeMichigan, and commands
a find view of that beautiful lake. There
are now several hundred Wisconsin Vol~
unteers—as fine and brave men as ever
"faced the music”——iu camp. Wisconsin
may well feel proud of her brave sons
who have thus willingly come forth to
defend the Union. The 19th Regiment
under Col. Sanders is fast filling up, and
will soon be ready for active service.—
The soldiers in Camp Utley are well
cared for, well clothed and fed, and very
efficient in their drill. They march
through our streets daily—both infantry
and artillery companies—and command
the admiration of all. We like to see
the martial step and hear the sound of
the fife and “spirit-stirring drum.” Sev-
eral regiments have recently left Camp
Utley for the scene of action, and new
companies are eucamping in their place.
There seems to be no abatement of pa-
triotism in Wisconsin, as new companies
are weekly forming.

 

cine ilrMississippi R. R. is in a rapid -

celebrated in Racine, by the firing of so-
lutes, marching of soldiers, speechemuge
bonfires, &c. In fact, it was a Fourth of
J oly afl'sir. The surrender of Fort'Don-
elson served to increase the enthusiasm of
the people. Numerous ‘flags were dis-
played, Stores closed, and Eating Amr-
ca was busy with cracker! sudpMdh;
At night, public and private buildings-
were illuminated, and fireworks went up
from all parts. GRANVILLE.

 

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,Why Irving was Never Married!

It was while engaged.in writing his
“History of New York,” that Irving
then a young man of twenty-six, was cal-
led to mourn the somewhat sudden death
of Matilda Hofl'man, whom he had hoped
to call his wife. This young lady was the
second daughter of Josiah Ogden Hof-
man, the sister of those two talented men
Charles Fenuo Hofl'man the poet, and
Ogden Hoffman, the eloquent jurist. In
her. father's ofice Washington Irving had
essayed to study law, and with every
prospect, if industrious and studious, of a
partnership with Mr. Hofi'man as well as
a matrimonial alliance with Matilda.—
These high hopes were disappointed by
the decease of the young lady on the
26th, of April, 1809, in the eighteenth
year of her age.

There is a pathos about Irving’s recital
of the circumstances of her death, and of
his own feelings, that is truly painful and
tear impelling. He says; “She. was ta-
ken ill with a cold. Nothing was
thought of it at first; but she grew rap-
idly worse, aud fell into a consumption.—
I cannot tell you what I suffered. * *
I saw her fade rapidly awe-y; beautiful
and more beautiful and more angelic to
the very last. I was often by her bed:
side; and in her wandering state of mind
she would talk to me with a sweet, natu-
ral and affecting eloquence that was
overpowering. I heard more of the
beauty of her mind in that delirious state
than I had ever known before. Her
malady was rapid in its career, and hur-
ried her all“ in two months. Her dying
struggles were painful and protracted,
for three days and nights I did not leave
the house, and scarcely slept. I was by
her when she died ; all the family were
assembled round her, some praying, oth~
ers weeping, for she was adored by them
all. I was the last one she looked upon.
* * * Icauuot tell you what a
horrid state of mind I was in for a long
time. I seemed to care for nothing ;
the world was a blank :0 me. I aban-
doned all thoughts of the law. I went
into the country, but could not bear soli-
tude, yet could not enjoy society. There
was a dismal horror continually in my
mind, that made me fear to be alone. I
had often to get up ill the night and seek
the bedroam of my brother, as if the hav-
ing a human be' by me would relieve
me from the frightful gloom of my own
thoughts.

Months elapsed before my mind would
resume any tone; but the depoudency I
had suffered for a long time in the course
of this attachment, and the anguish that
attended its catastrOphe, Seemed to give
a turn to my whole character, and threw
some clouds into my disposition, which
have ever since hung about it. * * *
I seemed to drift about without aim or
object, at the mercy of every breeze; my
heart wanted anchorage. I was natural-
ly susceptible, and tried to form other at-
tachments, but my heart would not hold
on; it would continually recur to what it
had lost; and when ever there was a
pause in the hurry ot'uovelty and excite-
ment, I would sink into dismal dejection.
For years I could not talk on the subject
of this hopeless regret; I could not even
mentioa her name ; but her image was
continually before me and I dreamt of
her incessantly.”

Such was the language in which Irving
poured forth his sorrows and sad memo-
ries, in a letter written many years ago
to a lady who wondered at his celibacy
and expressed the wish to know why he
had never married. Can words more
graphically describe the shipwreck of
hope, or more tenderly depict the chival~
ric devotion of a faithful lover? How
sweetly, too, does eriug portray with his
artist-pen the lineameuts of his loved one!
He says, ill the same letter, “The more I
saw of her, the more I had reason to ad-
mire her. Her mind seemed to unfold
itself leaf by leaf, and every time to dis-
cover new sweetness. No body knew
her so well as I, for she was generally
timid and silent; but I in a manner stud-
ied her excellence. Never did I meet
with more intuitive rectitude of mind,
more native delicacy, more exquisite pro-
priety in word, thought or action, than in
this young creature. I am not exagger-
ating; what I~say was acknowledged by
all that knew her. Her brilliant little
sister used to say that people began by
admiring her, but ended by loving Ma-
tilda. For my part, I idolized her. I
felt at times rebuked by her surperior
delicacy and purity, and as if I was a
coarse, unworthy being in comparison.”

Irving seldom or never alluded to this
sad event nor was the name of Matilda
ever spoken in his presence. Thirty
years after her death, Irving was viliting
Mr. Hoffman, and a granddaughter in
drawing out some sheets of music to be
performed upon the piano, accidentally
brought with them a piece of embroid-

 

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“Washington,” said Mr. 110 filiflhlllis
is a piece of poor Matilda’s workmen-
ship}? His biographer described the; ef-
feet as electric. .“He had been coolers-
ing lathe sprightliest mood before," ise'ys
Pierre M. Irving, “and he subarctic.
:ihtontter silence, and in a féwiuclrlrslits
got up and'left the house.” Dearly of
the pages that record the “love of the
poets” glistcn With a purer, brighterhslo
than is thrown. around Ithe name and
character and memory of Matilda Hof-
.man by the lifelong constancy and the
graceful tributes, of one whose name'd'es-
.tined to a deathless renown, may not
henceforth be dissevered from that of the
early 1051: and dearly loved whose death
made WashingtoaIrving what he was
and what the world admires? g
N Y. Cor. Boston Post.

 

H. .
Religious Services on Com.
Foote’s Flag Ship. .

The correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, writing on Sunday, the .23
ult, from Benton, says:

"Lieut.‘Bishop gives the order, ‘All
hands to muster.’ We visit the gun deck
where we find' the sailors, clad-in their
clean, blue uniforms, congregated on the
forward port side. Here, in line on the
starboard, we see the marines drawn up
in line, or, ‘at ease,’ with their musket!
and fixed bayonets resting on their left
shoulder. In the foreground is the‘chp-
stan,'covered with the ‘Union Jack’—its
blue field and and white. stars adorning
the patriotic pulpit. Around it stand
Flag Ofiicer Foote, Lieut. Phelps, Col.
Buford, and other officers. As the Flag
Ofiieer approaches, he is saluted by ‘all
hands,’ who stand with uncovered heads.
The gay, glittering, showy uniforms of
the officers are in striking contrast with
the plain garb of the seamen and marines.
The Flag Oflicer, in a few brief and elo-
quent remarks, reminds us ’tis Sunday—-
the day set apart for rest and worship
held on the flag ship—that during the
last Sabbath we were prevented from
participating 'in service together, oving
to an engagement with the enemy, which
could not necessarily be avoided.

' “In the course of a moral lecture, he
he reminded all that they should bear in
mind that we ought to try and be pre-
pared to meet our Maker; that he hoped
officers and mell'would refrain from swear-
ing and drinking, and all immoral orac-
tices, and try and prepare themselr zs'to
meet their Saviour at any moment rheu
called for. He also offered up a I' ayer
from the Episcopal service. The ser vices
were indeed impressive and interestiizg._—l-
While flag officer Foote was praying
‘Our father who art in heaven,’ doc), the
report and zip, zip, zip, of a shot or: shell
from the enemy’s guns could be distinctly
heard by all present. The Flag Officer
was calm and unmoved, however, elo-
quently and feelingly progressing with
the service until concluded. J ustvss he]-
had finished,» the Quartermaster reported
the enemy had opened out from acouple
of batteries, evidently aiming at the trans-
port Alps, which had occasion to (10th
the river pretty low down on the Mile
sonri Point, and within range of their
guns.” '

 

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WEDDING- Fssr.—The religious papers
occasionally get CE a spicy item. The
reverend editor of one of these papers, in’
a recent issue, says : “In our experience,
we have married persons for 37 1.2 cents;
We have married on trust; and we have
married for a counterfeit bill!” Dr. Bos-
teiu, in copying this item, adds. ‘.'We
may soften our German friend’s sorrows,
by quoting the case of the minister yho
received as a wedding fee a. salt codfisb,
which, when he had taken it home for his
table, was chiefly eaten by the brideiand
groom who called upon him at dinner!”

 

 

 

«a»
Beauregard an Assassin,~

It is stated by the New York Evening
Post that when Beauregard was planning“
to capture Washington, he at onetime
fixed the day and hour for crossing the
river, and sent a cipher dispatch to One
of his confederates iu Washingtongwhich
being translated, read as follows: -

“I shall cross the river above Little
Falls on Sunday, at 2. a. in. Signal, red
and white rockets from Turner’s Hill—"r
For God’s sake don’t fail us. Fit) the
city at all points agreed on at on :e.--
Despatch Lincoln and Scott as you sug-
gest, and let the execution of our pl )t be
perfect. BEAUREGARJ."

The "chivalry,” we see, are incend arias
and assassins. They sought to murder
Mr. Lincoln on his way to Washington,
and assassination was to accompany their
march on the capital: “Fire the day at
all points—dispatch Lincoln and 800%.”
And he had coufederates in Wasbirgton
ready to do this work. and, doubtless,
they had taken the oath of allegiance sev-
eral times, and were in full enjoyment of
the freedom of the city, if not snug..y en-
sconced in one of the departments. The
cipher dispatch is now in the hands: of a .
gentleman of New York, who preserves
it as an important relic.

 

 

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Bannmr HALF Bunyan—P. T. Barnum
was in Goshen one da last week, looking for
a team of fine horses. efure’leavmg toivn he
thought he would try the skill of one of our
village barbers. Seating himself easilyiu n -.
chair with feet comfortably elevated, hogan \
himself over to the tender mercies of I' “F
iant knight of the razor strop. “ .Georgellhidl "
completed the lathering, and shaved .dmw.
01m arms of the face, when the whistle elm v:
locomotive was heard in the depot li Dustin
sprung to his feet and called to .hsi'si'gl iiis
best powers of locomotion. When last seen
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