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POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M. , ,
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, r. u.
N. A. mosmerv. m. n, '
Homoeopathic
.{hysician and Surgeon,
Office over 0. J. Gruman’s Store,
NORWALK, CONN.
Oflice hours from 1 to 3 P. M.
Dr. J. J. WALLACE,
HOMEOPATHIST,
Oflce at'Dr. Moody’s late Residence,
WEST AVENUE,
NORWALK, CONN.
Slate at Mr. Frank Nash’s Store, South.
herwalk.
New
HARDWARE 8!. PAINT STORE,
M a i n S t r' e e t,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
”MARVIN &- PROWITT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, dsc.
' JAMES G. EAREO'UB,
sunGICAI. AND MECHANICAL
D E N '1' I S T,
Oflce at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,.
' Connecticut.
Architecture. .
SIDNEY Mi. STONE,
‘ ARCHITECT, p
. ill, furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
,rawings, and superintend the erection of
" Ith and private buildings. Oflice in Mar-
lo Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52
'i E0. F. BELDEN, N orwalk, Conn.,Man-
- ufacturer oi Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Inmaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
.0. s. noonwoon, '
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and ._
GENTLEMEN‘S FURNISHING
. EMPORIUM !
No. 8 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Ct
a. I. OLMSTEAD a. co., ‘
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, he,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
, Aw ’7.
I”; 4'1 INSURANCE "COMPANY,
Of Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Call Capltai‘ $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
iv] For N orwalk and vicinity
DENTAL CARD.
AN impression having gone abroad that
the undersigned has relinquished his
profession. this is to inform his friends and
.he public that he still continues the practice
of his profession at his 011 stand, foot of
vista-st, Norwalk, where he will be happy
to tender them his best services. In case of
tipmporary abscnce,a skillful assistant will be
iluud'in attendance at the Office, ready and
‘wriling to serve all that maH call.
. A. ILL, D. D. S.
A. JACKSON a. 33.0.
N o. l Gazette Building.
WOULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to. their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in B'alrfield Count , in quality or price. We
would call particu or attention to our stock of
Watches, which is lar er than ever before.—
We have a line lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,
in old cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$7 , which we can recommend as bein ‘ cor-
rect tune keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s atch-
es, In srlver and gold cases, at any price from
5 to $-00. We buy of the best importers in
ew York, and altogether for cash, so that
ourfacrhtles for sellmg cheap could not be
renter. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
later. Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON &. BRO,
retard-LES Travelin Bask t
F Baskets, \VOrk Basketgs. Ala?) SVchgdlal:
'Ware in general, at .
C. sh E. K. LOCKWOOD & CO.
_ ' 001), all lengths, at s. E. OLMSTEAD
& CO’S Wood Yard, for sale low.
, Window Shades.
A SPLENDID Assortment of Window
Shades just received and for sale by
MARVIN & PROWI'I T.
(Nov. 3rd, 1862. .
> Children’s Carriages,
i RICE rauginngrom $1.50 upward, at
C. & E. .' LOCKWOOD & CO.
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Rugglcs’ Store,
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Mrs. Tindall, in the new block
DENNE'I'T’S BUILDING,
No. 17 and 19 Main St.,
ILL call the attention of the public to
her new and well selected assort-
ment oi MILLINERY Goons, at a very small
advance from former prices. Velvcts 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
EOE THE HOLIDAYS.
OYS, China Mugs, Match Boxes, Motto
Cups, Motto Mugs, Vases and Cologne
Bottles. .
Also, Toy Tea Setts, China Tea Setts, plain
and band, and a large assortmeutof all kinds
of Crockery. Sold by
E. W. &. H. H. SMITH,
. Phoenix Block.
Whitney 6L Deckwith,
PHOTOGRAPHERS,
GAZETTE BUILDING, N ORWALK, CONN.
MBROTYPES, MELAINOTYPEB,
and PHOTOGRAPHS. plain, retouch-
ed or colored, in the best style of the Art.
Caries 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
Caries de Visites.
E. T. WHITNEY. R. A. BECKWITH.
‘ Roofing.
THE subscriber is prepared to furnish par-
ties building, with Warren’s superior ,
FELT AND CEMENT ROOFING.
This article of Roofing is in use upon the
Norwalk Lock Company’s Building, and at
Lounsbury, Bissell & Co’s, where it gives en-
tire satisfaction, and is believed to be the
cheapest as well as the best roofing in use.—
All orders will receive prompt attention.
tf38 C. W. LOCKWOOD.
N. B.— All orders left at the store of A.
Morehousc, Main street, will be promptly at-
tended to,‘ Inquiries frccly answerer].
War Claims.
THE undersigned, through the agency of
reliable friends in Washington, is )re-
pared to secure Bounty Money, Back ay,
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 STREET SALOON,
Between Main and Broad Streets, NEW
CANAAN, CONN.
J. W. EDMONDS, Proprietor.
OYSTEns served in any style, and for sale
b the Quart or Gallon. Also, all kinds of
RUJT, CONFECTIONERY, and other REFRESH-
MENTS. Private Supper Rooms for Small
Parties. Also, in connection with, but in
separate apartments, a first-class SnAvING
AND HAIR DRESSING SALOON.
'.I.'O CAPTAINS
OWNERS of VESSELS.
THE undersigned has taken the SHIP
. YARD and MARINE RAILWAY,
(formerly owned by Clark & Ritch,) in
Greenwich, Conn, where he intends to car-
r‘y on all kinds of
Ship Building and Repairing
of Vessels. ,
He keeps constantly on hand all kinds of
Paints and Oils, Timber of all kind:
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 B UILDING,
Water Street, Nor-walk.
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,
EXIENSION TABLES,
CHAIRS and ROCKERS of all kinds,
Looking Glasses,
Picture Frames, and everything else in the
Furniture line cheap for Cash.
Re airing,-
done promptly and by experienced workmen.
Undertaking,
I hlive on hand a large assortment of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-
thing necessary for the burial of the. dead.
cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. I
have as good a Hearse as there is in the
county; and will attend Funerals in neigh-
boring towns, vVithout extra char e.
» ELBERT RA MOND.
Norwalk, May lst, 1862. 44
Splendid Attractions
FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
THE Firm of KNAPP A! LYNES
would inform their old friends and pat-
rons that they have made an extensive addi-
tion to their stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES,
PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, FLAVOR-
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, Rosc, Peach, Celery, Raspberry,
Strawberry, Pineapple, J umaica Ginger, &c.
Also, a splendid assortment of LUBIN’s,
and KNAI’P do LYNES’ HANDKERCHIEF
EXTRACTS and COLOGNES. Also, a
superior quality of Hair Oils and Pomadcs.
VERY BODY wants the Tax Pay.
er’s Manual, .containing all the
items of Taxation, the mode of proceeding,
and thé duties of the Officers, at
SELLECK’S.
Clothing neatly Cleaned and
Repaired.
RS. ANN E. WOOD would inform the
citizeusof N orwalk, 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,
[44 Over Bebee’s Drug Store.
13' I:3“:HARD. M. D:
N ORWALK, CONN .,
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TUESDAY, MARCH 10. 1863.
VOLUME XLVI--NUMRER10.
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Reasons for my Love.
You ask areason for my love Y
The best that I can give, d’you sea,
Is. that all other men above,
My love loves me.
She is not beautiful, I know,
Nor learned, as one may quickly see ;
But the howe’er the seasons go,
She st loves me. ,
Tell her that I have naught to boast,
No wealth, no name, and hecdless, she
Will smile, when you have said your most.
And still loveme.
I care not for brilliant eyes,
Your forln so line, your manner free ;
I boast, and boast a dear prize——
Her love for me.
And all I say. and all I do,
Is simply done and said. that she
Who loved me long, and loved me true,
May still love me.
0".”
Is that my Mother ‘2
Is that my mother bending low
With her cool hand upon my brow 2
And those my mother’s pitying eyes i
I dreamed of her but now ;
Sweet motherl it indeed is joy
To have you bless your dying boy!
The red rays of the setting sun
Were streaming through the ball.
And creeping with a fading light
Along the silent wall, .
Where many a brave heart throbbed in pain
And piued for home and friends again.
One soldier boy, a fair young lad,
The pet of some dear home.
Smiled, as a gentle face bent low,
And asked! “ Has mother come 2"
Like balm the hope, like heaven the thought
God-sent, a moment‘s bliss it brought.
She pressed the clinging locks away
From his young brow and fair,
But the faltering voice had touched her heart
Too tenderly to bear—
Her quivering lips could scarcely tell
She was not here he loved so well.
Ah, brave young boy, thy precious dust
Enshrined in memory
We’ll keep forever—a holy trust,
Thou child of liberty 1
Though thy death-brow in a far off land
May ne’er be pressed by a mother's band,
011! women in your cheerless homes—
Ohl women wan with woo,
There’s many a motherly footfall heard
Where your kind steps would go;
And many a soldier boy has died,
Thinking his mother by his side.
~‘.>o
The Domicil Erected by John.
Translated from the Vulgate of I. Goose
or A. POI-a.
Behold the mansion reared by doedal Jack.
See the mall; stored in many a plethorlc sack,
In the proud cirque of Ivan’s bivouac.
Mark how the rats' felo‘dious fangs invade
The golden stores in J ohn‘s pavilion laid.
Anon with velvet foot, and Tarquiu strides,
Subtle Grimulkin to his quarry glides,
Grimalkih grim, that slew the fierce rodent,
Whose tooth insidious Johann‘s sackcloth rout !
Lo! now the deep-mouthed canine foe's assault,
That vexed the avenger of the stolen malt,
Stored in the hallowed precincts of that hall
That rose complete at Jacks‘ creative cull,
Here stalks the impetuous cow with crumpled horn,
Whereon the exacerbating hound was torn,
Who bayed the feline slaughter beast that slew
The rat predaccous, whose keen fangs ran through
The textile fibres that involved the grain,
Which lay in Han‘s inviolate domain.
Here walks forlorn the damsel crowned with rue,
Lactiferous spoils from vaccine dugs, who drew,
Of that corniculate beast whose tortuous horn
Tossed to the clouds, in fierce vindictive scorn,
The hurrying hound, whose braggart bark and stir
Arched the lithe spine and reared the indignant fur
0f Pass, that with yermiuicidal claw
Struck the weird rat, in whose insatiate maw
Lay reeking malt that orst in J uan's courts we saw.
Robed in senescent garb that seems in sooth
Too long a prey to Chronas‘ iron tooth,
Behold the man whose amorous lips incline,
Full with young Eros‘ oscnlative sign,
To the ’lorn maiden whose lact-albic hands
‘Drew albu lactic wealth from lacteal glands
Of that immortal bovine, by whose horn
Distort to realms ethereal was borne
The beast catulean, vexer of that sly
Ulysses quadrnpsdral, who made die
The old mordacious Rat that dared devour
Antecedaneous Ale in John's domestic bower.
Lo here, with hirsute honors dofi'ed, succinct
0f Saponacous locks. the Priest who linked
In hymen’s golden bands the torn unthrift,
Whose means exiguous stared from many a rift,
Even as he kissed the virgin all forlorn,
Who milked the cow with implicated horn,
Who in fine wrath the canine torturer skied
That dared to vex the insidious muricide,
Who let auroral efiiuence through the pelt
0f the sly rat that robbed the palace Jack had built.
!.
The loud cantankerous Shanghai comes at last,
Whose shouts arouse the sham ecclesiast,
Who sealed the vows of Hymen‘s sacrament,
To him who, robed in garments indigent,
Exosculates the damsel lachrymose,
The emulgator of that horned brute morose,
That tossed the dog, that Worried the cat, that kilt
The rat that ate the Inuit that lay in the house Jack
built.
4:6- We commend the following to
than: Seymour Democrats of Connecti-
cut, who are so eager to render aid and
comfort to the rebels:
The San Antonia [Texas] Herald,
confesses the prosecutions of Unionists in
that state, and justifies them. It says:
“In the mountains near Fort Clark, and
along the Rio Grande, their bones are
bleaching in the sun, and in the counties
of Wise and Demon, their bodies are
suspended by scores from black jacks.
They were warned in time to leave the
country: and choosing to remain, and re-
ly for protection upon the enemy with
whom their government is at war, they
must expect to take the consequences of
their choice. No government, in the
time of war, will tolej'ate treason; and no
man who is a traitor at heart should ex-
pect favors from the people of a govern-
ment with which he has no sympathy,
and in the overthrow of which he would
rejoice.”
m.»
3,The Providence Press, Democratic
joins the New London Star in depreca-
tion of the action of the late Convention
and says: ”If the Democratic party in
Connecticut succeed in electing the State
Officers nominated at the convention ’in
Hartford on Wednesday, on the platform
there constructed for them to stand upon,
we shall be surprised. The resolutions
adopted have not one word of condemna-
tion fOr the course of the rebels, and
could not have been more severe on the
whole course of the Administration in
prosecuting the war, if adopted in a con-
vention in South Carolina.
ECHOES FROM THE lABMY.
Address or the so... Connecti-
cut, Army of the Potomac.
Curr 20th CONN. Vots. }
Srarronn C. H. Va., Feb. 24, 1863.
To the Loyal Citizens of Connecticut:
We left your midst at the call of our
country, and in obedience to the prompt-
ings of patriotic impulses. We assum-
ed the hardships and dangers of a sol-
dier’s life, to maintain the integrity of the
best government human genius ever dc-
vised; to protect and perpetuate the liber-
ties our,fathers gave us, for our children,
and our children’s children; to defend
and vindicate the honor of our national
flag, which is a safeguard and savior to
American citizens throughout the world.
We would not remain passive, while the
dearest interests of humanity were as-
sailed by infamous treason, and the noble
precedent of free government which had
been established for us was threatened
with failure. Because we loved liberty
and hated tyranny and treason, we are
here to-day.
But we do not forget the old State
which sent us forth, whose flag we bear
by the side of the emblem of our nation.
We look back with filial anxiety to Con-
necticut, and watch with lively interest
her course. The families for whose her-
itage of freedom we are battling are left
to your temporary guardianship and sym-
pathies ; and while we in the field strive
to‘uphold the honor of the land of Trum-
bull, Putnam, ond Lyon, we ask that you
shall assure us that her honor is not sul-
lied by those at home. While we cheer-
fully and resolutely set our faces toward
the foe before us, we implore you not to
subject as to discouragement and defeat
from ‘foes at home.
We have heard with astonishment
statements coming from our State, that
the army was demoralized and would not
perform its sworn duties, and that it was
incapacitated for the performance of those
duties by the want of clothing and sup-
plies. We see in such reports only insult
to us and disgraceful efi'orts to create dis-
seusions among the people and the army.
We boldly declare, from our own expe-
rience and observation, that they are on-
true. This army is not demoralized.
This army is ready and eager for a trial
of arms with the rebel fee in front. No
lack of shoes, clothing or food has ever
kept back this army from the foe. All
reports to that effect are inventions of
the enemy. This army has an abiding
faith in its gallant leader, whose bravery
and patriotism. has been tested on many
a battle-field, and will fight to the last
under him or any other general whom the
government may send us. His ability
and earnestness are attested by his activ-
ity and vigor, which are inspiring us with
unbounded confidence ,
We advert with pride,to the posi-
tion our gallant little State has hitherto
held, and to the untiriug and patriotic
zeal of our excellent governor, in sending
into the field troops who have done honor
to the State. We remember with grati-
tude the care with which those troops
were equipped. We cannot forget the
solicitude with which the chief magistrate
labors for our welfare to-day. We can
find nothing in the course which he has
pursued which does not challenge the ad-
miration and support of every loyal
heart.
But we are amazed to find that, in op-
position to us, while here before the foe,
and in hostility to the measures which
have been adopted for the preservation
of our liberties, there are at home men
who attempt to conceal their sympathies
with the rebellion by a cowardly clamor
for “ peace.” Their pretexts cannot de-
ceive us. We remember that the
“peace men” of the revolution :fled to
British men-of-war. We remember that
the “ peace men” Of 1812 furnished the
enemy with supplies, or sought refuge
frbm the conscription by cowardly flights
to Canada. We know of no definition
for “ peace men” in time of war, but ene-
mies of the government which protects
and defends them.
The cry of “peace” is too old to deceive
an intelligent patriot. While the south-
ern rebels cry “ Let us alone 1” their
northern sympathizers, whose lack of
courage only keeps them from their
ranks, cry “ Peace, peace 1” But we
say to both, there will be no letting alone,
there will be no peace till the rebellion
is crushed and the glorious old flag waves
triumphant over every foot of the terri-
tory of the United States. You may
prolong this contest by sustaining the
pretended “ pence” men and measures,
but the hand of God points to a glorious
and triumphant end. To that end our
duty and our patriotism commands us:
WE WILL OBEY.
All old party lines were obliterated by
the first rebel gun fired at Fort Sumptcr.
Since that time there can be but two
parties—country or no country. We
belong to and are fighting for the former,
against a toe in front belonging to the
latter. If there be any in your midst
so vile as to belong to the latter, we
leave them to the loyal citizens of Con-
necticut to do them justice. When we
have crushed the foe in front, we will
ourselves, if necessity requires, take care
of the more cowardly ones in the rear,
woo are heaping contempt upon our
[claim
Let the people of Connecticut remem-
ber that the issue is fairly before them,
whether theywill make a cowardly-surren-
der of the cause of free government ;
whether they will basely desert the thou-
sands who are fighting their battles, to
strengthen the arms and direct the bay-
ouets of the foe; whether they will cast
contumely upon the noble dead who have
already fallen in this struggle, and whose
headstones point the way to duty. We
are willing still to bear the hardships and
brave the dangers of the field; we call
upon you to decide whether you will sus-
tain us or give comfort and strength to
our enemies. To us the southern skies
are brightening with the light of hope;
let the defeat at home turn back “ the
shadow upon the dial.”
Unanimously adopted by the oflicers
and men of the 20th regiment, Connecti-
cut Volunteers.
Attcst, SAuUEL Ross, Colonel.
JAMES B. Bonanza, Adjutant.
Another Protest from the Army.
The atrocious behavior of the copper-
heads in Indiana has provoked great in-
dignation from the soldiers of that State
now in the field. The Indiana regiments
have passed resolves denouncing them ;
and now comes another expression of this
indignation. Gen. Hovey of Indiana,
and the Indiana colonels of his command,
now stationed at Helena, Ark, have
issued the following address “ to the de-
mocracy” of that State:
“ Having a deep interest in the future
glory and welfare of our country, and
believe that we oceupy,a position in which
we can see the effects of the political
struggles at home upon the hopes and
fears of the rebels, we deem it to be our
dutyito speak to you openly and plainly
in regard to the same. The rebels of the
south are leaning on the northern democ-
racy for support; and It is unquestiona-
bly true that unjustifiable opposition to
the administration is ‘ giving aid and com-
fort to the enemy.’ While it isjthe duty
of patriots to oppose the usurpation of
power, it is alike their duty to avoid cap-
tions criticisms, that might create the
'very evils which they attempt to avoid.
“ The name of democrat, associated
with all that is bright and glorious in the
history of the past, is being sullied and
disgraced by demsgogues, who are ap-
pealing to the lowest prejudices and pas-
sions of our people. We have nothing
to expect from the south, and nothing to
hope, without their conquest. They are
now using their money freely, to subsi-
dize the press and politicians of the north,
and with what effect, the toncof some of
our journals, and the speeches of some of
our leaders too plainly testify.
“ We see with deep solicitute and re-
gret, that there is an undercurrent in
Indiana, tending toward a coalition of the
northwest with the south, against the
Eastern States. Be not deceived. Pause,
for the love you hear your country, and
reflect. This movement is only a rebel
scheme in disguise, that would involve
you alike with themselves, in the crime of
rebellion, and bring to your own hearth-
stones the desolation of a French revolu-
tion. Separation on either side, with
peace in the future, is impossible, and we
are compelled by self-respect, by every
principle of honor, and every impulse of
manhood, to bring this unholy contest to
a successful termination.
‘ What ! Admit that we are whipped ?
That twenty-three millions of northern
men are unequal to nine millions of
the south ? Shame on a State that
would entertain so disgraceful a proposi-
tion ! Shame upon the democrat who
would submit to it, and raise his cowardly
voice and claim that he was an Indianianl
He and such dastards, with their Oil'-
spring, are fit ‘ mudsills,’ upon which
should be built the lordly structure: of
their southern aristocracy l And with
whom would this unholy alliance be form-
ed ? With men who have forgotten their
fathers—their oaths—their country, and
their God—with guerrillas—cotton burn-
ers—with those who force every male
inhabitant of the south, capable of beer-
ing arms in the field, though starving
wives and babes are left behind‘! Men
who prosecute and hang, or drive from
their lines, every man, woman and child,
who will not fall down and worship the
southern god. And yet free-born men of
our state will sympathize with such ty-
rants, aud dare even to dream of coali-
tion l Indiana’s proud and loyal legions
number at least seventy thousand efl‘ec-
tive men in the field, and as with one
great heart we know they would repudi-
ate all unholy combination tending to the
dimemberment of our government.
“ In this dark hour of our coun-
try’s trial, there is but one road to success
and peace, and that is, to be as firmly
united for our government as the rebels
are against it. Small differences of opiu-
iou amount to nothing in this grand
struggle for a nation’s existence. Do not
place even one straw in the way, and re-
member that every word you speak to
encourage the south, nerves the arm and
strikes the blow which is aimed at the
heart’s blood of our brothers and kin-
dred.
ALVIN P. Hover, Brig. Gen.
Wu. T. Srrcstv, Col. 34th Ind.
Wu. E. MCLanr, Col. 43d Ind.
Gno. F. McGrNNrs, Col. 11th Ind.
JAuss R. Sucx, Col. 47th Ind.
Helena, Ark, Feb. 2d, 1863.”
“‘0
QThc Hartford Pm: says a disciple
of the Times from the country, disclosed
the intentions of the Democrats last week
as follows : “We are going to elect Tom
Seymor governor, and then we’d like to
see you get any more troops from this
State! All the Northern States will join
the Southern Confederacy, except Massa-
chusetts.” 3
. «pow——
a. It must not be forgotten that i
all the ravings of the sympbathiser’s
against the Administration and the war,
they propose N0 REMEDY; and if they hint
at one, it is that the Government should
consent to its own dissolution, or that the
loyal majority should allow the dlsloyal
minority, which began the rebellion, to
dictate the terms of peace!
Plain Talking.
The following speech was made by Mr.
Funk 9. member of the Illinois Legisla-
ture, who is said to be one of the richest
farmers of that State, a man who pays
over $3,000 per, annum in taxes towards
the support of the Government. The
lobby and gallery were crowded with
spectators. Mr. Funk rose to object to
trifling resolutions which were being in-
troduced by the Democrats to kill time,
and stave off a vote upon the appropria-
tions for the support of the State Gov-
ernment. He said :
Mr. SPEAKER: I can sit in my seat no
longer and see such boy’s play going on.
These men are trifling with the best in-
terests of the country. They should
have asses’ ears to set off their heads, or
they are secession'ists and traitors at heart.
I say there are traitors and secessioists
at heart in this Senate.
prove it. Their gibes and laughter and
cheers here nightly, when their speakers
get up in this hall and denounce the war
and the administration, prove it.
I can sit here no longer and not tell
these traitors what 1 think of them.
And while so telling them I am responsi-
ble myself for what I say, I stand upon
my own bottom. I am ready to meet
any man on this floor, in any manner,
from a pin’s point to the mouth of a can-
non, upon this charge against these trait-
ors. [Tremendous applause from the gel
leries.] ‘I am an old man of sixty-five. I
came to Illinois a poor boy. I have made
a little something for myself and family.
I pay $3,000 a year in taxes. I am will-
ing to pay $6,000, aye $12,000, great
cheering, the old gentleman bringing
down his fist upon his desk with a blow
that would knock down a bullock, and
causing the inkstand to bounce it half doz-
en inches in the air,] aye, I am willing to
pay my whole fortune, and then give my
life to save my country from these trai-
tors that are seeking to destroy it.
Tremendous cheers and applause, which
the Speaker could not subdue.
Mr. Speaker, you must please excuse
me. ‘I could not sit longer in my‘ seat,
and calmly listen to these traitors. My
heart, that feels for my poor country,
would not let me. My heart,.that cries
out for the lives of our brave volunteers
in the field, that these traitors at home
are destroying by thousands would not
let me. My heart, that bleeds for the
widows and orphans at home, would not
let me. Yes, these villians abd traitors
and secessionists in this Senate [striking
his clenched fist on the desk with a blow
that made the b so ring again] are kill-
ing my neighbors boys, now fighting in
the field. I dare to tell this to those
traitors, to their faces, and'that I am re
sponsible for what I say to one or all of
them.—[ Cheers] Let them come 0n,
right here. I am sixty-five years old,
and I have made up my mind to risk my
life right here, on this floor, for my couno
try. [Mn Funk stood near the lobby
railing, his desk being one of the row im.
mediately in front of it. A crowd as he
proceeded, collected around him, evidently
with the intention of protecting him from
violence, if necessary. The lost announce-
ment was received with great cheering,
and I saw many an eye flash, and many
a countenance grow radiant with the
light of defiance]
These men sneered at Cal. Mack, a
day or mo ago. He is a little man:
but I am a large man. I am ready to
meet any of them, in place of Col. Mack.
I am large enough for them, and I hold
myself ready for them now, and at any
time. [ Cheers from the galleries] ,
Mr. Speaker, these traitors on this
floor should be provided with hempen
collars. They deserve them They do.
serve them. They deserve banging, I
say. [ Raising his voice and violently
striking the desk.] The country would
be better of to swing them up. I go
for hanging them, and I dare to tell them
poo, right here, to their traitOrs’ faces.
Traitors should be hung. It would be
the salvation of the country, to hang
them. For-that reason, I would rejoice
at it. [Tremendous cheering.
Mr. Speaker: I beg pardon of the
gentlemen in the Senate who are not trui-
havo said. I only intend it and mean it
for sccessionists at heart. They are here.
in this Senate. I see them joke and
smirk and grin at a true Union man. But
I defy them. I stand here ready for
them and dare them to come on. [Great
cheering.]—What man with the heart
of a patriot could stand this treason any
longer? I have stood it long enough. I
will stand it no more. [Cheers] I de-
nounce these men and their aiders and
abettors as rank traitors and secession-
ists. Hell itself could not spew out a
more traitorous crew than some of the
men who disgrace this Legislature, this
State and this country. For myself, I
protest against and denounce their trea-
sonable acts. 1 have voted against their
measures. I will do so to the end. I
will denounce them as long as God gives
me breath. And am ready to meet the
traitors themselves here or anywhere, and
fight them to the death—[Prolonged
cheers and shouts] .
I said I paid three thousand dollars
year taxes. I' do not say it to bragg of
it. It is my duty, yes, Mr. Speaker, my
privilege to do it. But some of the trai-‘
tors bore, who are working night and day
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Their actions ‘
tors, but true, loyal men, for what I -
to get their miserable little bills and
claims through the Legislature, to take
money out of the pocket of the people,
are talking about high taxes. They are
hypocrites, as well as traitors. I heard
some of them talking about high taxes in
this way, who do not pay five dollars to
support the Government. I denounce
them as hypocrites as well as traitors.
[Cheers]
The reason they pretend to be afraid of
high taxes is that they do not wantto vote
money for the relief of the soldiers. They
want also to embarass the Government
and stop the war. They want to aid the
secessionists to conquer our boys in the
field. They care about taxes? They are
picayune men anyhow. They pay no
taxes at all, and never did, and never
hope to, unless they manage to plunder-
the Government. [Cheers] This is an ex-
cuse of traitors.
(Here the speaker called for order ,in
the gall ' 8.
Mr. 8 er: Excuse me. I feel for
my country in this her hour of danger: I
feel for her from the tips of my toes to
the ends of my hair. That is the reason
that I speak as I do. I cannot help it.
I am bound to tell these men to their
teeth what they are, and what the people
the truly loyal think of them. [Tremend-
ous cheering. The speaker rapped upon
the desk in unison with the applause, ap-
parently to step it, but really to add to
its volume, for I could see by his flushed
cheek and flashing eye that his heart was
with the brave and loyal old gentleman]
Mr Speaker:——I have said my say. I
am no speaker. This is the only speech I
have made. And I do not know that it
deserves to be called a speech. I could
not sit still any longer, and see these
scouudrels and traitors work out their
selfish schemes to destroy the Union.
They have my sentiments. Let them
one and all make the most of them. I
am ready to back up all I say, and I re.-
peat it, to meet these traitors in any
manner they may choose, from a pins
point to the mouth of a cannon—[Tumul-
tous applause, during which the old gen-
tleman sat down after he. had given the
desk a parting whack which sounded loud
above the din of cheers and clapping of
hands.)
.———-—-——o.‘ . >-
Democratic Resolutions.
rasssn Ar Tar. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVEN-
TION HELD AT HARTFORD, run. 18, 1863.
Whereas, it is the privilege and the
duty of a free people, living under the
guaranties of a written Constitution,
which combines the provisions of an or-
ganic law with the great principles of
federation and fraternity, to frankly and
fearlessly assert their rights; to freely can-
vas the acts of their appointed servants
and to reaffirm the great truths which
underlie the Government, and upon which
for .three quarters of a century, have so-
curely rested the liberties of the people;
and whereas, the present Administration
of the General Government has, for near-
ly two years, been in armed collision with
the people of more than one third of the
states composing the confederacy, and in
the prosecution of the existing war, has
assumed powers utterly at variance with
letter and spirit of the Constitution of the
United States; it becomes as the repre-
sentatives of the conservative people of
Connecticut, while re-asserting our de«
termination to adhere to the true princi-
ples upon which our Union is founded,
and proclaiming our devotion to the Con-
stitution, to firmly but temperately cou-
demn the errors of our public Ofiicers; and
wheres, the administration of Abraham
Lincoln has violated the Constitution of
the United States in many of its most im-
portant particulars; therefore,
Resolved, 1st. That the United States
are aconfederacy of states, co-equal in
sovereignty and political power; indepen-
dent in their separate organization, and
reserving to each, all rights not granted
by the Constitution to the central govern-
ment.
2d That while as citizens of Connecti-
cut, we’assert our devotion to the Con-
stitutiOu and the Union, and mll hereaf-
ter, as We have heretofore, support with
zeal and energy the authorities of the
United States in the full constitutional
exercise of their powers, we deliberately
avow that the liberties of the people are
menanced by congressional and federal
usurpants, and can only be preserved by
the energetic action of state authority;
and we are determined. to maintain and
defend the honor oi'cur state, and the
rights of her people.
3d That while We denounce the here-
sy of secession as undefcnded and unwar-
ranted bv the Constitution, we as confi-
dently assert, ‘that whatever may have
been the Opinion of our countrymen, the
time has now arrived when all true lov-
ers of the Constitution are now ready to
abandon the “monstrous fallacy” that
the Union can be restored by the armed
hand; and are anxious to inaugurate
such action, honorable alike to the con.
tending factions’ as will stop the ravages
of war, avert universal bankruptcy and
unite all the states upon terms of equali-
ty, as members of one confederacy.
4th. That the democracy of Connecti-
cut, sympathising with their conserva-
tive brethren of the middle and western
states, pledge themselves to unite with
them in the adoption of all honorable
measures, having in View the cessation
of hostilities between the North and
South; the reconstruction of the Union
on such terms as shall thoroughly define
the rights of the states; the re-produc-
tion Of those internal feelings which form
the true foundation of the federation, and
the erection upon a more enduring basis
of the temple of the constitution.
5th. That the militia of Connecticut
are the natural guardians of the liberties
of her people, subject to the control of
her chief executive Oflicer, acting 'under
and by authority Of the laws of the state
and any, and all acts of the Congress of
the United States violative of the sove-
reignty of the state in relation thereto,
should receive the execratiou of a ‘
justly jealous of their liberties, who know
their rights, and .
“Knowing‘ar, emaintaiu.”
6th. That the militia bill recently in-
troduced into the Senate of the United
States, by Senator Wilson of Massachu-
setts, is subversive of the sovereignty of
the rights of the states, audde'signed to
make them mere dependencies upon the
central government ; unc'onstitutiousl in
its provisions and dauge'rous‘to the liber-
ties of the people, the authorities of each
of the states should steruly resist tboopo-
ration of a scheme so fatal to the rela-
tions which should always exist between
the federal and state governments: ,
7th. That the “banking system" to-
cently passed by the Senate of. the Uni.
ted States, based as it is, upon an uncou-
stitutional and irredeemable issue trips-
per currency, cannot fail, if forced upon
.the people of the states, to prove do-
structive to the existing monied institu-
tions of the several states, and is covert-
ly designed to establish a vast central
“money power," alike unknOwn to the
constitution of the United States, and
dangerous to. the principles upon which
our government is founded. " "
8th. That the President of ethe'anited
States, by his Emancipation Freshma-
tion, has struck a serious blow" at tho
rights of the states; erected aualmoot
impossible barrier between the North’s“!
the-South, in attacking the people of
fifteen states through a domestic, institu-
tion which is blended with their social fo-
bric, and over which the individual 71’ to;
possesses exclusive control add‘ipb‘ or ;
and regardless of the great lessons of tho
past, the national executive, iu~pandori
to thcrinsane fanaticism. of the abolition
faction, has ventured upon a systems!
public policy. which, if successfulljinau:
gurated would disgrace our cOuntry in
the eyes of the civilized world, and carry
lust, rapine and murder into every house—
hold of the slaveholdings totes. .
Resolved, That the act of thefe'dcrol
administration in suspending the writ of
habeas corpus, the arrest of citizshs not
subject to military law without warrant
or authority—transporting them todil-
tsnt states—incarcerating them, without,
charge or accusation—denying. them the
right of trial by jury, of witnesses in
their favor, and counsel for their defence
-—withholding from them all knowledge
of their accusers, and the cause of tho
arrest—answering their petition for ro-
dress by repeated injury and insult—pro-
scribing in many cases as a condition of
their release, test oaths arbitrary and illo-
gal;
In the abridgement of freedom of
speech and of the press—in suppressing
newspapersby military force, and—estab-
lishing a censorship wholly incompatible
with the freedom of thought and expul-
sion of opinion : . :
In the establishment of a system of
eSpiouage by a secret police to invade tho
sacred privacy of unsuspecting citizens:
In declaring martial law OVel’ state.
not in rebelliOu, and where the courts are
open and unobstructed for the punish-
ment of crime.
In attempting to strike out of exis-
tence, the entire Value of property in
slaves throughout the country :
In the attempted enforcement of com-
pensated emancipation : .
In the proposed taxation of the labor.-
ing white mall to purchase the freedom of
the negro, and place his labor in compo-
titiou with the white man thus taxed:
In the dismembermeut of the state of
Virginia, erecting within her boundariu
a new state without the consent of. her
Legislature—
Are each and all arbitrary and uncou-
stitutionsl, subverting the constitutions
state and federal, invading the reserved
rights of the people and the sovereignty
of the states, and if sanctioned, designe-
tion of the Union, establishing upon tho
common ruins of the liberties of the peo-
ple and the sovereignty of the statol, a
consolidated military despotism :
And we hereby solemnly declare that
no American citizen can, without tho
crime of infidelity to his country’l‘coo-
stitntious, and the allegiance which!“
bears to each, Sanction such usurpation.
Believing that our silence will bond-l-
nul, and may be construed into comes, 3,
in deep reverence for our constitution.
which has been ruthlessly violated, we do
hereby enter our most solemn protest
against these usurpations of power.
Resolved , That in connection withfou
fellow-citizeusof other states, we will III.
our utmost influence to prevent the pi,-
ment of a single dollar of them‘oiuicy~ of
the people, unconstitutionally appropria-
ted for the unwarranted project of com-
peusated emancipation. ' ,, t ‘.
Resolved, That we sympathize'with‘tho
soldiers who enlisted to sustain the Clio.
stitution and the Union, in the 21'0“.de-
privatious and hardships to whichi’i y
have been subjected in sickness, ahd'ia
health, and that we demand in the him.
of justice and humanity, thattlio‘ffl‘at
frauds which have deprived them Of'pfiip-
er food, raiment and care, shall RE:-
posed, and their authors duly pool-hid.
Resolved, That the enormous pluudorof
the public treasure by self-constit'dud
patriots, which has. been rife throughout
the country, demands the closest scrutiny,
and the severest punishment shouldnfol-
low just exposure; and that we insist
upon their being promptly paid for sorti-
ces rendered. . -
Resolved, That as representatives“ a
large proportion of the people of. Con-
necticut, we demand the fullest publiébx-
posure of the manner in which than:
sum of four million: of dollaiqapfilib-
printed by our state during the post “no
years, or any portion of it, has,_bé_€d.“o'x-
pended, with a,detail of the objec' "(for
which the money has been used} Eddie
protest against the extraordinaryl‘au‘d'fia-
called for appropriation by the last-extra
session of our legislature, of TeuTltOe-
sand Dollars to the Governor of‘tbh
state, to be used by him in secret for any
object he may see fit to expend it.
«o» , .
la.The Union ram Indianolo,.i7qap-
tured by the rebels on the Missisi‘ l,
was built at Cincinnati, at a castle t 0
government of $100,000. She is flat
bottomed, iron-plated, her sides aphid
out at an angle of 45 degrees, and " iii
above deck at the same angle, read I
her almost impreguable to the force of
any shot. She registers 142 tons_ bull-
theu, and is built to carry 2 hoovy gs.-
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