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MAILS CLOSE.
West 7.30 A. M.—2.30 P. M.
East 830 A. M.——5.00 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
MAILS DUE. ‘
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has: 8.20 A. M.—3.30 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
' From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. M.
NLL. WHOSMAN, M. 3.,
Homoeopathic
Rhysician and Surgeon,
V Office over C. J. Gruman’s Store,
N QRWALK, CONN.
Office hours from 1 to 3 P. M.
Dr. J. J. WALLACE,
HOMCEOPATHIST,
' Office at Dr. Moody’s late Residence,
WEST AVENUE,
NORWALK, CONN.
‘Slate at Mr. Frank Nash’s Store, South
l‘sorwalk.
New
HARDWARE &. PAINT STORE,
M a i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. H. Campell’S Confectionery,
MARVIN 8t PROWI'I'T,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, &c.
JAMES G. EARBO'U'R,
SURGICAL AND LIECHANICAL
, b E N '.'.l'.' I S '1',
» O‘flce at Residence, East Avenue, N orwalk,
Connecticut.
Architecture.
,SIDNEY M. STONE,
_, , ARCHITECT,
Will furnish i’laus, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintend the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. ti‘52
; ' , i E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
” ' uf'acturer Of 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.
. . o. s. uoonwoon,
Ilr‘tshionablo Draper & Tailor,
_ , and
f. , GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
- -EMPOBIU M 2
No. ,3‘ Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Ct
s. I. onmsrnnn a. 00.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
GYOcerics, Flour, Feed, ._&c.,
~ -.. 14 and 16 Main—st, Norwalk, Conn.
Erna INSURANCE comrauv,
_‘ j' Of Hartford,
;. Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Quilt Capital $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire
on Terms adapted to the hazard,and
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
13'? For Norwalk and vicinity
. .. . nun-ran cm.
-; N impression having gone abroad that
‘ ‘. ,_the undersigned has relinquished his
p'rol'ession, this i‘ to inform his friends and
.he public that he still continues the practice
.of-his profession at his 011 stand, foot of
“figment, Norwalk, where he will be happy
,to,§euder them his best services. In case of
tempOrury absence,a skillful assistant will be
1 fund in attendance at the Office, ready and
‘ willing to serve all that may call.
, " A. HILL, D. D. S.
‘ A. JACKSON 6!. BRO.
N o. l Gazette Building.
WOULD respectfully announce to the
public and their Old customers, that
f"c.y have recently made extensive additions
in their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
Pd to offer an assortment not to be shrpassed
In lunrficld County, in quality or price. We
Would call particular attention to our stock Of
Watches, which is lar er than ever before.—
We have a line lot Of adies’ Swiss Watches,
at old cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$7 , which we can recommend as bein r cor-
atect tune keepers. Also, Gentlemen‘s atch-
cs, In Silver and gold cases, at any price from
- 5 to $00. \Ve buy of the best importers in
BW 191ij and altogether for cash, so that
our facthtles for selling cheap could not be
~ renter. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
4 latetl Wares was never better than at pres-
- out. and comprises all of the latest styles that
we manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO,
, ' ISH POLES Travelinr Bask t —
E‘ Baskets, \Vdrk Buskelbs. Alszsl’Vcdlgdgg
Ware‘ in' general, at
-. (a, St E. K. LOCKWOOD & CO.
' 00D, all lengths, as. E. OLMSTEAD
. = &;C()’S mel Yard, for sale low.
Window Shades.
‘ - SPLENDID Assortment of Window
Shailcsjust received and for sale b
MARVIN 6';- PROWI T.
, Nov. 8rd, 1862.
Children’s Carriages,
PRICE ranging from $1.50 upward, at
C. & E. K. LOCKWOOD do CO.
,GAZETTE BUILDING,
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Mrs. 'I'iudall, in the new block
BENNETT’S BUILDING,
.No. 17 and 19 Main St.,
ILL call the attention of the public to
her new and well selected assort-
ment of MILLINERY Goons, at a very small
advance from former prices. Vclvets very
cheap for these times. Feathers, Ribbons,
Flowers, &c., &c. She will give her atten-
tion to the business at all hours of the day
and evening, up to the usual hours of clos-
ing. All orders promptly filled. Ready
made Bonnets on hand. Bloomers trimmed
in unique styles. 45
New Goods
_‘ FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
OYS, China Mugs, Match Boxes, Motto _
Cups, Motto Mugs, Vases and Cologne
Bottles.
Also, Toy Tea Setts, China Tea Setts, plain
and hand, and a large assortmeutof all kinds
of Crockery. Sold by
E. W. . H. SMITH,
Phoenix Block.
Whitney 6L Beckwith,
PHOTOGRAPHERS,
NORWALK, CONN.
MBROTYPBS, MBLAINOTYPBS,
and PHOTOGRAPHS, plain, retouch-
ed or colored, in the best style Of the Art.
Cortes de Visites in all styles. Stereoscopic
Groups, Views of Private Residences and
Grounds taken.
A good assortment of Rosewood, Gilt and
Passe Partout Frames, for Photographs and
Cartcs de Visites.
E. T. WHITNEY. R. A. BECKWITH.
Roofing.
HE subscriber is prepared to furnish par-
ties building, with Warrcu’s superior
FELT AND GEMEN T ROOFING.
This article of Roofingv is in use upon the
Norwalk Lock Company’s Building, and at
Lounsbury,-Bissell & Co’s, where it gives en-
tire satisfaction, aud is believed to be the
cheapest as well as the best roofing in use.—
All orders will receive prompt attention.
tl38 C. W. LOCKWOOD.
N. B.-—- All orders left at the store of A.
Morehouse, Main street, will be prognptly at-
tended to, Inquiries freely answered.
War Claims.
THE undersigned, through the agency of
reliable friends in Washington, is pre-
pared to secure Bounty Money, Back Pay,
Pensions, and claims Of all kinds against the
Government. Charge for collecting from
two to five per cent. NO charge will be
made for advice given in relation to claims,
and no fee charged unless the claim is col-
lected. JOSEPH‘W. WILSON.
Aug. 22, 1862. .
ELM S'I'REE'I' SALOON,
Between Main and Broad Streets, NEW
CANAAN, CONN.
J. W. EDMONDS, Proprietor.
, OYSTERS served in any style, and for sale
by the Quart or Gallon. Also, all kinds Of
FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, and other REFRESH-
MENTS. Private Slipper Rooms for Small
Parties. Also, in connection with, but in
separate apartments, a first-class SHAVING
AND HAIR DRESSING SALOON.
'I‘D CAPTAIN S
AND
OWNERS of VESSELS.
HE undersigned has taken the SHIP
YARD and MARINE RAILWAY,
(formerly owned by Clark & Ritch,) in
Greenwich, Conn., where he intends to car-
ry on all kinds Of
Ship Building and Repairing
of Vessels.
He keeps constantly on hand all kinds of
Points and Oils, Timber of all kinds
for the repair of vessels. SHIP SMITH
WORK done in the best manner, and with
dispatch, on as favorable terms as any other
marine railway in the country.
24 E. M. MERRITT.
NEW FURNISHING STORE,
IN JAMES’ NEW BLpLDING,
Water Street, No rwalk.
HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortment of
Household furniture
in this county, consisting Of Bureaus Of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, Tete-a—Tetes, Card
Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center
Tables, Wash Stands,
EXTENSION TABLES,
CHAIRS and ROCKERS of all kinds,
Looking Glassgs,
Picture Frames,.and everything else in the
Furniture line cheap for Cash.
Repalfing,
done promptly and by experienced workmen.
Undertaking,
I have on hand a large assortment of
COFFIN S, of the best materials, and- will
furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-
thing necessary lor the burial of the dead,
cheaper than can be obtaincd'clsewhere. I
have as good a. Hearse as there'is in the
county; and will attend Funerals in neigh-
boring towns, without extra char e.
ELBERT RA MOND.
Norwalk, May 1st, 1862. 44
Splendid Attractions
FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
HE Firm of KNAPP & LYNES
would inform their old friends and pat-
rons that they have made an extensive addi-
tion to their stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES,
PEREUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, F AVOR-
ING EXTRACTS, POMADES, and other articles
usually found in a First-Class Drug Store,
and are prepared to furnish anything in their
line of business at the lowest possible rates.
Flavoring Extracts,
Of the finest quality, constantly on hand;
among which are to be found Vanilla, Lem-
on, Almond, Rose, Pcach,‘ Celery, Raspberry,
Strawberry, Pineapple, Jamaica Ginger, &.c.
Also,a splendid assortment Of LUBIN’S,
and KNAPP & LYNES’ HANDKERCHIEF
EXTRACTS and COLOGNES. Also, a
superior quality of Hair Oils and Pomades.
VERY BODY wants the Tax Pay.
er’s Manual, containing all the
items of Taxation, the mode of proceeding,
and the duties of the Officers, at
SELLECK’S.
Clothing neatly Cleaned and
, Repaired.
RS. ANN E. WOOD would inform the
. citizens Of Norwalk, that she still con-
tinues to renovate old garments; will clean,
alter, repair, brighten, and restore the col-
lars, and make them look all most equal to
new garments. ANN E. WOOD,
“if Over Bebee’s Drug Store.
. '“ .44; a ._
,/
land 21st Conn. regiments.
limiter—Swear on my sword.
GHOST—(below) Swear !—[Sheke5peare.
Ye freeman, how long will ye stifle
The vengeance that justice inspires!
With treason how long will ye trifle,
And shame the proud name of your sires ?
Cut, out with the sword and the rifle
In defence of your homes and your fires.
The flag of the old Revolution
Swear firmly to serve and uphold,
That no treasououe breath of pollution
Shall tarnish one star on its fold.
Swear!
And hark. the deep voices replying
From graves where your fathers are lying.
“ Swear, oli, swear I”
In this moment who hesitates, barters
The rights which his forefathers won,
Ile forfeits all claim to the charters
Transmitted from sire to son.
Knee], kneel at the graves of our martyrs
And Iwenr on your sword and your gun ;,
Lay up your great oath on an altar
As huge and as strong as Stone-hedge,
And then with sword, fire, and halter,
Sweep down to the field of revenge.
' Swear!
And hark, the deep voices replying
From graves where your fathers are lying,
“ Swear, oh, swear!”
By the tombs of your sires and brothers,
The host which the traitors have slain,
By the tears of your sisters and mothers,
In secret concealing their pain,
The hich the heroine smothers,
Cons In; the heart and the brain—-
By the sigh of the penniless widow,
By the sob of' her orphans” despair,
Where they sit in their sorrowful shadow,
Kueel, kneel every freeman and swear ;
Swear!
And hark, the deep voices replying
From graves where your fathers are lying,
“ Swear, oh, swear I"
On mounds which are wet with the weeping
Where a.Nation has bowed to the sod,
Where the noblest of martyrs are sleeping.
Let the winds hear your vengeance abroad;
And your firm oaths be held in the keeping
Of your patriot hearts and your. God.
Over Ellsworth, for whom the first tear rose,
While to Baker and Lyon you look—-
By Winthrop, a star among heroes,
By the blood of our murdered McCook,
Swear-i
And hark, the deep voices replying
From graves where your fathers are lying,
“ Swear, oh, savear l”
1‘.»
“ To Give is to Live.”
Forever the sun is pouring his gold
On a hundred worlds that beg and borrow ;
His warmth he squanders on summits cold,
His wealth on the homes of want and sorrow.
To withhold his largest and precious light
Is to bury himself in eternal night ;
To give is to live.
The flOwer shines not for itself at all,
Its joy is the joy it freely diffuses ;
0f beauty and balm it is prodigal,
And it lives in the life it sweetly loses.
No choice for the rose but glory and doom,
To exhale or smother, to wither and blom ;
To deny is to die,
The seas lend silvery rain to the land,
The land its sapphire streams to the ocean;
The heart sends blood to the brain of command.
The brain to the heart its lightning motion;
And ever and ever we yield our breath
Till the mirrror is dry, and images death;
To give is to live.
He is dead whose hand is not opened wide
To help the need of a human brother ;
I-Ic doubtless the life of his life-long ride
Who gives his fortunate place to another;
And a thousand million lives are his
Who carries the world in his sympathies ;
To deny is to die.
Throw gold to the far-dispersing wave
And your ships sail home with tons of treasure;
Care not for comfort, all hardships brave,
And evening and age shall sup with pleasure ;
Fling health to the sunshine, wind and rain,
And roses shall come to the check again;
To give is to live.
What is our life ? Is it wealth and strength?
If we, for the Master‘s sake, will lose it ;
We shall find a hundred-fold, at length,
While they shall forever lose who refuse it;
And nations that save their union and peace
At the cost of right, their woe shall increase;
They save a grave.
.<.>ow-—
The Battle.
The following stirring lines descriptive of a bat-
tle scene, are from a poem by Bayard Taylor:
Then the rattling roll of the musketeerl,
And the ruffled drums and the rallying cheers.
And the rifles burn with a keen desire,
Like the crackling whips of the hemlock fire.
And the singing shot and the shrieking shell,
And thesplintry fire of the shattered hell,
And the great white breaths of the caution smoke,
As the growling guns by batteries spoke
In syllables dropp‘d from the thunder of GOD—
The throb of the cloud where the drummer-boy
trod !— '
And the ragged gaps in the walls of blue
Where the iron surge rolls heavily through,
That the,Colouel builds with a breath again.
As he cleaves the din with his “ close up, men."
And the groan torn out from the blackeu'd lips,
And the prayer doled slow with the crimson drips,
And the beamy look on the dying eye,
As under the cloud the STATIB go by i
But his Soul marched on, the Captain said,
For the Boy in Blue can never be dead l
And the troopers sit in their saddles all,
As the statues carved in an ancient ball,
And they watch the whirl from their breathless
ranks,
And their spurs are close to the horses flanks,
And the fingers work, of the snbre hand— ,
Oh, to bid them live, and to make them grand !
And the bugle sounds to the charge at last,
And away they plunge and the front is passed,
And the jackets blue grow red as they ride;
And the scabbards too, that clank by their side,
And the dead soldiers deaden the strokes iron shod,
As they gallop right on o'er the plashy red sod;
Right into the cloud all spectral and grim,
Right down on the hedges bordered with steel,
Right through the dense column, then “ right about
wheel i”
Hurrah i a new swath through the harvest again i
Hurrah for the Flag! To the battle, amen l
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THE COMMISSIONER or INTERNAL Rav-
ENUE has made the following decision :
Gravestoues and monuments, made to
order from rough material, from plans or
design submitted with the order, are not
manufactures under the excise law, and
as such are exempt from taxation ; pro-
vided that no monument or gravestone
shall be considered as made to order
which is wrought further than the block
or slab before the order for it is given.
.<.»
———Commissioucr Boutwell writes to I.
‘W. Brooks, Esq, (Town Clerk in Go-
shen,) that all certificates of admission
as electors require a ten cent stamp, un-
der the recent act of Congress.
—r—-Ont Of the 35 regiments which con-
stitute the Ninth Army Corps, 17 are
from New England ; viz: the 21st, 29th
35th: and 36th Mass, 6th, 9th, 10th,
11th and 13th N. H., the 4th, 7th, and
12th R. I., and the 8th, 11th, 15th,.16th
GERMAN OF E. ANDERSON.
It was very beautiful in the counlry,
for it was now Summer, and though the
corn was yellow, the on“ were yet green,
and the meadows were filled with great
stacks of hay. Here and there a Stock
stood on .his long red legs chattering
Egyptian, a language he had learned
from his wife’s mother. These field were
surrounded by large forests, in the center
of which, were deep lakes. Yes, it was
beautiful indeed. A fine old manor-house
stood there in the sun-shine ; its grounds
bounded by a wide caudl, and stretching
from the wall to this canal were immense
burdocks, so tall 9. child might stand erect
under their broad leaves. A Duck had
made her nest here, and was hatching her
brood. The days seemed wearisome to
her, as her friends seldom called upon her,
preferring a swim in the canal to a gossip
with her under the burdock leaves. At
length the eggs began to burst, and “peep,
peep" came from all sides, as one little
head after another made its appearance.
“ How big the world is,” they said, for
this was very different from being in a
shell. “DO you think that this is the
whole world i” the mother said, “ why, it
reaches for over the other side of the
garden, way down to the Parson’s field,
though I have never been there myself.
Are you all here? Come out and
stand up i No, I have not all, the largest
egg lies there yet. I wonder how long it
is going to keep me ; I am almost worn
out now i” and thus saying, she quietly
settled herself down again.
“ How are you ?” said an old Duck
who had come to visit her.
“ This egg detains me a long time, it
will not open, but just look at the others.
Did you ever see any that were hand-
somer? They are exactly like their fa‘
ther i”
“Let me see the eg that will not hatch.
I should not wonder if it was a turkey’s-
egg. I was cheated that way once my-
selfnnud the young ones gave me a great
deal of trouble, as they walk: in a great
hurry to get to the water, and I could
not take them. I peeked it, and snapped
it, but it did no good. Let me see it.
Yes, that is a. turkey’s egg l You had
better let it be there and go and teach
the others to swim.”
“ I will sit awhile yet,” said the Duck,
for as I have waited so long, I may as
well wait a few days longer.”
“ Asyou please,” the old duck replied,
and bade her good morning.
Finally the big egg cracked. “ Peep,
peep,” said the duckling as it crawled out.
It was very large and quite as ugly, and
as the Duck looked at it, she said “ This
don’t look like any of the others. Can it
be a turkey’s chick ? I will find out
though, for it shall go in the water, even
if I have to push it in.” The next day the
weather was very fine, and the sun shown
bright on the green leaves as the Duck
led her brood down to the canal. “Quack,
quack,” she said, and the ducklings jump-
ed in one after another, first diving till
the water closed over them, then swim-
ming boldly away. All were in, even the
ugly gray one. .“ No, indeed, it is no
turkey,” said the mother Duck. See
how splendidly it uses its legs,how straight
it holds itself—it is my own child. On
the whole, it is very good looking if you
only examine it properly. Quack, come
with me now—I am going to take you
into the great world, and present you at
the Court of Ducks. You must keep
near me all the time for fear some one
should step on you, and look out for the
cat.” When they reached the Duck’s
Court, they found it in a frightful tumult,
for two of the families were quarreling
Over an eel’s head, which after all, the cat
got away from them. “ So it goes in
this world,” said the Duck, who was
nevertheless snapping her bill at the some
time for a bite at the «PS head. “ Nowi
use your legs—Ice if you can rattle your
bills—and do you see that old Duck there,
you must bow to her. She is the most
important one here. She is of Spanish
extraction, which makes her so fat. The
red flap you see on one of her legs is a
mark of high rank, and is the most dc-
sirable thing that can fall to the lot of a
Duck, as it seems to distinguish us from
men and animals. N ow rattle—don’t put
your feet in. A well educated Duck al-
ways sets its feet for out, like its father
and mother, look—SO. Are you ready ?
Then beud your heads and say ‘quuck."
_While they were doing this, the Ducks
who stood around said to each other in
not very low tOncs, “ We are going to
have our family enlarged it seems, as, if
there were not enough of us already. Fy,
how that Duck does look. We will not
let them stay here,” and one of the
Ducks flew at it and bit its neck.
“ Let it alone,” said its mother, " it
has harmed no one.”
" That may be, but it is so large it
must be ended,” said the Duck that bit it.
”This mother’s children are very pret-
ty,” interposed the Duck with the flap
on her leg, “ With one exception they
are quite handsome.
“ It is true, Your Grace, that it is not
handsome,” its mother said, ‘,‘ but has a
goodmiud and swim as well, if not bet-
ther than the others. I think its up-
lpearsnce will improve in time, and per-
“ The others look remarkably well,” re-
plied the old Duck, “now make your-
selves at home, and if you find an eel’s"
head you may bring ittome.” They
were soon settled in their new home, but
the duckling who left_the shell the last,
and was so ugly looking, was beaten,
knocked and teazed by all, even the
hens disliked it because it was so large.
"It made the poor thing very sad to think
,that no one loved it because it was so'
ugly, for its sisters began now to taunt it
and said, “ Oh, if the cat could only
catch you, you hateful creature. and
worse than the rest, its mother said, “ I
.wish you were for enough from here."
The Ducks peeked it, the Hens beat it,
and the servant who fed them knotted it
around with her feet. The poor abused
duckling could bear it no longer, and ran
away, but as it crept through the hedge,
the birds were frightened and flew up.
“ That is because I am so ugly,” the
Duck thought, and shutting its eyes, ran
on till it reached the moor where the
wild Ducks live. It laid here through
the night, for it was very weary and very
sad. Early the next morning the wild
Ducks came, and seeing their new com-
rade, said to it, “ What kind of a Duck
are you? You are uglyenough, but we
will not mind that however, provided you
do not marry into our family." The poor
thing did not trouble itself about marry-
ing, it was only too glad that they per-
mitted it to lie there among the reeds, it
had lain here a couple of days when it
was startled by a strange noise, and then
came the report of guns, and balls won‘t
whizziug in every direction through the
reeds. The hunters were killing the wild
geese who lived among the weeds and
Sedge. The noise lasted nearly all day,
and the frightened Duck dared not move.
It was very late when it gained courage
to leave its hiding place, but though a
violent storm was raging, it ran on as fast
as possible over fields and meadows.
The storm increased till now the poor
thing could no longer stand against it.
It had reached a miserable peassut’s but,
whose walls were so ruinous that not
knowing on which side to fall first, still
stood erect. Noticing that the door had
lost a hinge, thus leaving it slightly open,
it crept through into the room. An old
woman. lived in the hut ; her only com-
panion, a cat and hen. The first she
called her little son, and as it would pnrr,
raise its back, and throw sparks, that is,
if you rubbed its hair the wrong way. _It
felt very important, and was, in fact, the
lord Of'thc house. The heu’s legs were
very short, hence they called her “ tiuuey
legs.” She’laid very good eggs, however,
and the old woman loved her as she
would a child. Whenever the cat or hen
spoke, they always said, " We of the
world,” for they fancied they formed half
of it, in fact, the best half by far. The
Duck said that probably all were not of
the same opinion, to which idea the hen
would not listen for a moment. “ Can
you lay eggs?”she asked. “No!” “Then
have the goodness to be silent.”
. The out next spoke, “ Can you make a
crooked back, or purr, or throw sparks ?”
“No l” “Then do not presume to ex-
press your opiuiou when sensible people
are speaking.”
The poor Duck shrank into the corner,
quite out of spirits, but when it felt the
warm sun-shine and the fresh air, it ex-
perienced a strange desire to be again in
the water, and it could not help mention-
ing it to the hen. “ What have you got
into your head now ?” said she. You
have nothing to do; that is the cause of
such nonsensical fancies. Lay‘ eggs or
part and they will soon pass away.”
“ But it is so beautiful to swim and lst
the water close over your head as you
dive to the bottom.” “Humph, that
must be a great pleasure indeed. You
are certainly deranged. Ask the cat
there—he is the wisest creature I know—
,if he likes to swim or dive under the wa-
ter? I will not speak of myself. Ask
our mistress, the old woman. There is
no one in the world wiser than shy. Do
you suppose she has a desire to swim or
to let the water go over her head ?"
“ You do not understand me,” said the
Duck. “ We do not understand you?
I would like to know who can understand
you? Do you fancy you are wiser than
the cat or the old woman ? Of myself,
I will say nothing. Don’t you imagine
anything of the kind, child, but be thank-
ful for all the kindness shown you. Are
you not in a warm room enj'iyiug the so-
ciety of those who can benefit you 7 . How-
ever, yon are nothing but a bother, and
it Is not pleasant to associate with you.
Believe me, I mean it for your good when
I tell you these unpleasant things, for it
is by this, one knows who are his true
friends.‘ You had better learn to lay
eggs, or pnrr or scatter sparks.” “ I
would rather go into the wide world,” re-
plied the Duck. “ Very well, do so,”
the hen answered, and the Duck left her.
When it reached the water, it swamV
and dived, but no one noticed .it on ac-
count of its ugliness. It was now an-
tumn, the forest leaves were brown and
yellow, and the wind as it caught them,
whirled them in every direction. The air
was cold, very cold; the clouds were fill-
ed with snow flakes. and the ravens
shivering with cold, stood on the hedges
crying “ aw, aw.” The poor Duck qu-
lerod greatly. . .
ness, and their necks were long and flexi-
ble. Utteriug a peculiar cry, they spread
out their magnificent wings and flew from
thiscold country far away tOwards the
warm landsaud open see. As they rose
higher and higher in the air, the ugly
Duckling felt strangely. ' It turned over
in the water like a. wheel, and then
stretching its neck high as possible, it
sent forth such a singularory that it was
fairly frightened. .It never forgot those
splendid, happy birds, but the thought of
desiring such happiness never occurred to
it. The weather was now so cold that
the Duck was obliged to keep constantly
in motion, in order to prevent the water
from entirely freezing over. At last it
was completely worn out, and lying still,
froze fast in the ice. A farmer passing
by the next day, ’Saw the Duck, and
breaking the ice with his shoe, carried the
poor creature home to his wife. When
it revived a little, the children were anx-
ious to play with it, but the Duck feared
they were going to do it some injury, and
in its fright, jumped in the milk-pan,
scattering its contents over the floor. The
good wife clapped her hands at this, and
the Duck, more frightened than ever, flew
into the churn, then into the flour barrel,
and finally on the floor. How it did
look. The woman screamed and shook
the tongs at it, and the children knocked
each other down in their haste to catch
the Duck, laughing till the tears ran
dOWu their cheeks. Fortunately, the
door was slightly open, and the poor
thing crept out and fell on the snow quite
exhausted. It would take too long to
relate all the sorrows of the Duck through
the long, hard winter.
Spring came at last, bringing the warm
sun-shine, and the joyous lurks, and now
the Duck found its wings were stronger,
rustled louder than the previous Summer.
With vigorous strokes they bore it over
the fields, till it reached, it scarcely knew
how, a large garden, filed with apple
trees in full bloom, and flowering elders,
whose fragrance filled the air as they dip-
ped their long branches down to the
winding canal at their feet. It was very
beautiful there, for everything was so
fresh and spring-like. A couple Of Swans
came out of a thicket in front rustling
their wing as they floated slowly along.
The Duck recognized the graceful creat-
ures, and was filled with a strange and-
ness. “ I will fly to those royal birds.
They will no doubt kill me, because I,
who am so ugly, have ventured so near
them, but itis far better to be killed by
them than to be pinched by. the ducks,
beaten by the heus,kicked by the servants.
or pass the winter in such misery as I
have doue. As it said this, it flew to the
water and swam towards the splendid
birds.” “ Only kill me,” cried the poor
thing, as it bent its head for the death-
strokc. Ah! What did she see in the
clear water? It saw its own.image, no
longer a clumsey, dark gray Duck, ugly
and deformed, but 8. Swan.
It is no harm if one is hatched among
Ducks, if one has only been laid in a
Swan’s nest. The sufiering it had passed
through enabled it to more highly appre-
ciate its present happiness and splendor,
as the large Swans swam around it caress.
ing it with their bills Sean after, some
children came in the garden, and as they
were throwing bread and corn in the wa-
ter, one of them called out, “ Here is,a
new one.” The others joined in the shout,
“A new one has come," and then they
ran for their father and mother, that they
might see the new bird, which every one
pronounced to be the haudsomest by far.
They gave it bread and cake, and the
older Swans bent themselves before it.
But this made it feel ashamed, and it hid
its head under its wing. While it felt so
happy, it was not at all proud, for a good
bird is never proud. It remembered how
persecuted it had been, despised by all,
yet now every one said it was the most
beautiful of birds. The elders beat their
branches towards it, and the San shone
soft and warm upon it. Then rustling its
wings and raising its slender neck, it said,
" I never dreamed of such happiness
when I was but a Duck ”
JANUARY 9, 1863.
«o»
To run POINT—Gen. Rousseau of
Kentucky, who is now connected with the
army of Gen. Rosecrans, has a creed
which is at once pithy and comprehensive,
If all democrats stood upon his platform
we should have little difficulty about fin~
ishiug the war. During a recent visit to
Lancaster, Pa., he made the following
speech, in response to a serenade :
I am not a politician, and never expect
to be. Before the war began I was a
lawyer, and since I have been a soldier.
All I have ever asked has been men and
means to put down this rebellion. My
political creed is but a minute long. I
am for the government of my fathers, and
the friends of that government, and all
their friends both North and South. .
«o»———
fir In order to convey some idea of
the amount of fuel consumed by the ar-
my of the Potomac since it has been lo-
cated opposite Fredericksburg, it is stated
the command has, at intervals, occupied
something like thirty-two square miles,
at least twentyofour of which was, when
it came there, covered with dense woods,
mostly oak and cedar. Where this forest
stood there is now naught but one vast
THURLOW ,WEEpL .
“Instead of being content with the sup-
pression of a disioyal newspaper at Harrie-
burg Pa., the Government should have sup-
pressed the vastly more dangerous and In-
cendiary Independent of New-York.”—
Thurlow Weed, Albany Evening Journal,
Jan. 7, 1863.
We have long known that The “Inde-
pendent was not a favorite of Mr. Weed.
But ueither’were his politics palatable to
us, and so we were even; . But, onl'seve'r-
sl' oocisions lately, - Mr; Wudlhemaeig
feeted’wblttor feeling fowfid"‘fle Indeé
pendent. There we have him It “advan-
tage. Our feelings are sweet and gentle.
And by his retiring from a position which
we sincerely believe he can no longer hold
, with profit to his country,he has made us
even more amiable. If we could believe
thatthis meant a relinquishment also of
all attempts to control the politics of the
country by his peculiar views and meth-
ods, we should join those who tender to
him their,.complimentcry sympathies on
his retirifl‘ from along and arduOus pub.
lic life.
Mr. Weed belongs to a school of pol-
iticians, unfortunately known in every
country and age—who erect politics into
a department outside of Christian ethics
or religious principles. Mr. Weed may,
from the happy accident of a better mor-
aleudowment than his companions, have
escaped many of the errors of his class.
But the schOol to which he belongs is a
school of politicians, and not of state
men. It never graduates stateman. It al-
ways sends out politicians.
A statesman never loses sight of great
moral principles, and a politician seldom
gets sight of them.
We are sorry to say that New-York and
Pennsylvania have bred for the last fifty
years a generation of most astute politi-
cians of the most unscrupulous and dan.
gerons kind. They have been men with-
out moral cocvictious. They lost all faith
in human integrity. They believe that
every man has his price. Such men must
at length cease to reckon upon moral con-
victions as of validity or practical force
in the conduct of State and National
politics. This training not only ruins its
disciples, but corrupts the public mind,
weakens the Government, and lays the
community open to the dangers which
arise from the passions of unprincipled
men when thwarted in their schemes.
There can be neither moral principle nor
even patriotism in men who have learned
to put party abOVe country, and to serve
the party, even, by employing the worse
motives for the accomplishment of the
most selfish ends.
If Mr. Weed has not manifested the
worst features of such a school, it must
be attributed rather to his natural gene.
rosity and personal integrity. SO long as
his sphere was New-York, and the topics
Of party were local and secular, he has
been adroit and reasonably successful.
But the moment he attempted, in these
great days Of revolution, to' transfer to
national affairs the petite arts and sung
shrewduess of a lower sphere, he found
himself impotent. He was like a man
skillful in rowing a skill on his own fish-
poud, and thought that he would try the
Atlantic Ocean during an equiuoctical
storm l Loosing sight Of everything. He
was used to headlauds and shores,but not
stars. He could not take observations
of planets higher than storms. He cal-
culated by log and dead reckoning.
0 great people with little men to lead
them i O nation of grand common peo-
ple, but coutemptiblc politicians. A peo-
ple of faiths and inspirations deluded by
men without convictions, hold only in
juggles, and cowards in moral principles!
Christ came again to this people, saying
as of Old,“ He hat/i anointed me to preach
the Gospel to the poor, he hath sent meta
heal the brown-hearted, to preach deliver-
ance to the captives, and recovering of sight
to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
bruised !” And to this Mr. Weed and
those of his school replied, “What have
we to do with Thee, thou Jesus of Naz-
areth? Art thou come to torment us be-
fore our time I” I
Had there been a lull Man to counsel
this Government and people in the be-
ginning, from the hour of Fremout’s pro-
clamation the victory would have began.
The peOple were ready. All the nobler
sentiments of the nation were active.
Had a wise and wonderfully bold coun-
Ielor moved the national policy with the
national heart, we should have overwhelm-
ed this deepot’s rebellion with irreversible
disaster long ago. But politicians feared
lest Governtmeut should go faster than
the peOple ! The President was held back.
Naturally slow and cautious yet more
resolute. While all the President’s ma-
tured convictions were hearing him to.
ward true statesmuuship. the Old-fashion.
ed politicians were holding him back, and
hoping to reduce rebellion by leniency
rather than reduce it by war. The Gov-
ernment ShOWed its bosom when it should
have thrust out its sworded hand !
The difference between Mr. Weed and
ourselves is not casual, nor one of de-
grees. It is radical and irreconcilable.
If we understand Mr. Weed, he be-
lieves Slavery to be an evil, but quite
consistent with republican institutions.
We believe it to be a disease fatal to re.
publicau institutions. He therefore pre.
ribcs for the symptoms, and we for the
sea of national trouble. He believe:
at the Federal Government, in time of
peace, should administer impartially to-
ward both Liberty and Slavery. We
hold that in time of peace the Govern.
ment should leave Slavery to State juris-
diction, without a single Federal favor,
and give the whole pOWel' and influence
of National Administration to Liberty.
We presume Mr. Weed belongs to that
school who think that by the “ Chmpro-
mises of the Constitution ” Slavery was
us really introduced as an intragal elc~
ment, a constitutional principle, in the
fundamental Law of this Federal Gov-
ernment, as was Liberty. We, on the
other hand, believe that Political Liberty
was the very genius of our constitution,
and JuItice the instrument by'which it
was to be secured; and that the whole
frame-work and the vital principle of the
Constitution is Civil Liberty; and that
the anomalous and inconsistent provisions
for Slavery were exceptional, temporary,
passing away of Slavery.
We are Radicals, then, in demanding
and doomed to empty themselves by the.
self to Liberty wholly: favoring it, and
refusing in any wise to favor Slavery,
leaving that, as a. local disease, to the
care of State's in which it exists.
But, now that Slavery heat rehelbd
against the Constitution and Government
of this Nation; and now that the evil
policy of such timid men nadir: Word
has protracted the War tillxthe national
life is in jeopardy, we' hold thattthe .90!-
ernmeut should Itrike 'a‘t' th'e’rodfu ill
our :pables, :Ifldauuihiliuto Slavery for
th. . “on . f . 4M l."»rinu
" in. cod ”21% adjoumii'he &
and patch up a settlement. We would
fight tho-matter home snd'endfitx' fit.
It has got to beeudedfirst or last by the
distinct conflict of Liberty and 81“.”,-
The two are not giving to live ‘ together.
The attempt to compress them into. one
Government is an attempt, to divide: , fill!
country. We are. for the Union. I“
shall fight for one only national govern-
ment over the original territory oft).
United States. For that sake, perish
everything that hinders. . . . y. ,. _.
The North was never better M
to go through with the work. National
Redemption is her work. 1 It lancer 3!
hand. There are but two methcdng'ooo
by the amputation of the Southern
leaving the North free; and the 0501', by
putting the sword to the core of the car
buucle Slavery. We gravely fear that
Mr. Weed secretly contemplates their“
that he hopes for a recount-notionggd
that he would postpone the nugniehfio
present conflict with a vague hope , ,
in the great future, there will- be .i, _
opportunity for cunning managemto fluf-
fle the States and make a new deck-id
begin the game of national life useful '
But we areno gamblers. This conti-
nent is not a table, These “it” are
not cards. This federal Government. ll
not a game, This nation ieldyiug Ile-
cause meu refuse to régn‘rd it as a Vi
Organization, subject to this“ of
ties and Liberty for leave to live as the
human body is to the laws of haturcg,
It is not wonderful that Mr. Waddle. '
likes The Independent. It is an appoi-
tiou creditable to the paper.’ 'We‘el".
first and last, openly and for ever, for .
Civil Liberty,- uot as the prerogative of
a few, but as the birthright of mankind.
We are Openly and to the death commit-
ted against everythiug, that corrupts na-
tional justice or impedes liberty. . We
are at declared and deadly war with Slu-
very, that was the corrupter of that Gov-
ernment of which now it would be the
ashassin; we are f raukly, thoroughly, and
with our whole strength, the enemies bf
all that tribe of political “idea when
Mr. Weed represents, .who bring to the
tasks of statesmauship the petty crafts of
piddling politicians instead of the proud
principles and maul y counsels of the Fa-
thers. Because we revere the Washing-
tous, .the Jeffersous, the Hamilton, the
Frauklius, the Piuckueys, the Pickenus,
the Madisons, we despise the degenerate
Ofl‘spriugs which insult their august mem-
ories—the Weeds, the Seymours, the
Woods, that signalize their love of Lib-
erty by hating its friends, that propose
to quench rebellion by sending to prim
the men that would crush it. ‘
No man is master to day but he of
profound faith in Human Rights, Civil
Liberty, and in the mortal danger to any
Government or Nation Of despis'ing eith-
er of them, in the person of its lowest
and most helpless subject. And weeount
Mr. Weed’s despair and retirement I
one of the auspicious signs of a better
day. The heavens are already brighter
by one cloud the less. It is true that he
mistakes the cause. He deems ‘
thwarted by radicals. His training
would not allow him to reach higher, for
a reason. He is not capable of under
standing that a new era has brought
great Principles into the place of party
management. But he has tried all the
arts of small politics, ‘and has eigudly
failed. There is hope in that fact. Aha.
ha and Pharpar will not do. Now let
the leprosy be dipped in Jordan.
When Autumnal fires sweep over the
prairies of the West, and hang their la-
rid clouds for many a league, men
are filled with fear, for harveetyfor
homes, and for boundaries But out of
their ashes comes the riches of aucthcr
your, and while some fences ands fww
harvests have perished, there . her also
been burned up innumerable i es,
worms, and countless serpents. The f8-
mers losses are more than compound
by the destruction of myriads of enemies
to his crops and fruits. The fires that
burn along our land are not alone scour-
ges—but purifications as well.
And if, with Mr. Weed, some scores
more of men, who, while Liberty nap be-
ing crucified, have been casting lots for
its garments, would retire to private life,
and to the Cultivation of Christian grams
they shall have the prayers of all good
men, that God would forgive their past
and crown their future with the nullifi-
ted riches of his grace.
a... .
NORTHERN DrerrUTION.—That wage
on the brink of ruin, the following‘pmell
local item from the Chicago Tribune is
convincing proof ; that it is all owing to
the war, and the abolitioniats nodule-
crat can doubt : -
The number of hogs in this market-up
to Saturday night last was 1,056,119,
and of cattle 52,617. Let us putty.
hogs nose to tail, and averaging, the
length of a hog at six feet, the promp-
siou of gruuters would be a trifleover
1,200 miles in length ,- averagilfl timest-
tlc at ten feet, and adding thcmtoj‘ho
hog procession, there would be just 1.300
miles of the creatures—that is, thelofp-
ing, grunting caravan would exteudfl‘gm
Chicago through Michigan, Canada Welt .
und’ New York state to New York city,
thence up through Connecticut audiol-
sachusetts to Boston, thence still, on
through New Hampshire and Mail! to
Portland. Westward, they would reach
to Brigham Young’s dominions; north-
ward, to the frozen regions of the north-
ernmost part of Hudson’s Bay.
w
—-—-Mauy a married soldier, says Prod.
tics, goes through a campaign without a
scfitch, and that’s better than he might
do at home. , .
Among the nominations lent . to
Senate on Monday is the cancel
ward Harland of the 8th Conn, to b
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