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' ‘ MAILS CLOSE.
West 130 A. M.—-—2.30 P. M.
Bast-8.30 A. M.—.-5.00 P. M.
Dinbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
MAILS DUE.
West. 9.10 A. M.—6.CC P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—3.30 P. M.
Dau'bury & Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
' POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P.'M.
CHARLES OLMBTEAD, P. u.
N. A. MOSMAN, M. D.,
I Homoeopathic
.Jhysician and Surgeon,
Ofi‘lce over C. J. Gruman’s Store,
NORWALK, CONN.
Office hours from 1 to 3 P. M.
‘ Dr. J. J. WALLACE,
HOM(EOPATHIST,
O'filce at Dr. Moody‘s late Residence,
v WEST AVENUE,
NORWALK, CONN
Slate at Mr. Frank Nash’s Store, South
Norwalk. .
New
HARDWARE 8:. PAINT STORE,
M a i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. H. Campell‘s Confectionery,
MARVIN a raowrrr,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, &c.
sauna o. monsoon,
: SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
DE,NTIST,
(>ch at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut.
' Architecture.
SIDNEY M. 31'0"],
ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
rawings, and superintend the erection 'ot
{labile and rivate buildings. Office in Mar-
0 Block, impel-st, New Haven, Ct. tfb2
L. E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
T ufsctnrer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
hon Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
0. s. nocnwoon, '
fuhionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHIN G
EMPORIUM z
Mainfst, Norwalk, Conn.
a. n. onus-rams a. co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
Erna INSURANCE comrsnv,
01 Hartford,
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Cash Capital $1,000.000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire
on Terms adopted to the hazard,and
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R: COWLES, Sole Agent
178 For Norwalk and vicinity.
. DENTAL CARD.
AN impression having gone abroad that
the undersigned has relinquished his
rofesslon, this is to inform his friends and
,9 public that he still continues the practice
of his profession at his 011 stand, foot of
Kain-st, N orwalk, where he will be happy
to tender them his best services. In‘case oi
mmporary absence,a skillful assistant will be
hund in attendance at the Oflice, ready and
Willing to serve all that may call.
-- g A. HILL, D. D. S.
A.,IAGESON a. 330.
N 0.1 Gazette Building.
‘VOULD 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 n'fi‘er an assortment not to be surpassed
in Fatrfield Conn , in quality'or price. We
would call partic ar attention to our stock of
Watches, which is lar er than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of iadies’ Swiss Watches,
higold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
3‘ i Which we can recommend as bein cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentleman’s atch-
as, In silver and gold cases, at an price from
6 to §.00. We buy of the best Importers in
cw 19!1i_,and altogether for cash, so that
our faculties for sellmg cheap could not be
renter. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
lateo Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all or the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON & 3R0,
ISH POLES Travelin Bask t
F Baskets, Wdrk Baskegs. Alseiis‘lvcolgdgg
Ware in general, at
c. a E. K. LOCKWOOD & 00.
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D. PRITCHAR D, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
' MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
War Claims.
THE undersigned, through the agency of
reliable friends in Washington, is pre:
pared to secure Bounty Money, Back Pay,
ensmus, 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.
whitney'a neckwith,
PHOTOGRAPHERS,
GAZETTE BUILDING, Nonwamr, CONN.
MBROTYPES, MELAINOTYPES,
and PHOTOGRAPHS, plain, retouch-
ed or colored, in the best style of the Art.
Cartes 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
Cortes de Visites.
E. T. WHITNEY.
R. A. BECKWI’I‘H.
_ 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 Compan ’s Building, and at
Lonnsbury, Bissell & 00 s, where it gives en-
life satisfaction, and 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 promptly at-
tended to, Inquiries freely answered.
NEW FURNISHING STORE,
IN JAMES’ NEW BUILDING,
Water Street, Norwalk.
HAVE at my Store in N orwalk the largest
assortment of
Household Furniture
in this county, consistin of Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, ete-a-Tetes, Card
Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center
Tables, Wash Stands,
EX 1 ENSI ON TABLES,
CHAIRS and ROCKERS of all kinds,
Looking Glasses,
Picture Frames, and everything else in the
Furniture line cheap for Cash.
Repaifing,
Hone promptly and by experienced workmen.
Undertaking,
I have 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, without extra char e.
ELBERT RA MOND.
Norwalk, May 1st, 1862. 44
New Meat Market.
THE Subscriber would respectfully inform
the public that he has
REMOVED HIS SIAND
to SKIDD Y’S BLOCK Main Street, and in-
tends keeping constantly on hand the choi-
cest 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 patronfigé: is respectfully
solicited. J A S BYXBEE.
N orwalk, May 12th, 1862. tfb
NORWAIJI‘
Steam Sawing and Plaining
M :l: I. I. .
_HE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning; Scroll and other Sawin ; manufacture
of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., 0., in the best
and most expeditiousmanner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail promptl at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHYVB. FITC .
INSURANCE.
THE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England 're and Marine In-
surance Co. 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 pai
surplus of $6,295.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, Feb. lst, 1861. tf5
GREAT BARGAINS IN
GEOOEEEY.
H. H. SMITH,
N o. 4, Phoenix Block, Norwalk,
Having a large stock on hand, will give
, Great Bargains in
CROCKERY, .
GLASS, EARTHEN & STONE WARE,
KEROSENE LAMPS,
WICK,
CHIMNIES,
WOODEN WARE, &c., &c.,&c
[3‘ Goods delivered to any part of the
town free of charge. ,
n. guru-ram: a souls,
CABINET MAKERS, ac,
ARE now prepared to offer to the public
the largest and best assortment of
Good Furniture,
comprising every article usually kept in a
Furniture Store, ever oficred m Norwalk,
which will be sold
AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Our customers and the public generally who
want anything we keep, will find it to their
interest to ive us a call. Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 ifi‘erent kinds, .very cheap. Hair
Mattresses, made to order, and old ones made
over as good as new.
UN DERTAKING,
We keep on hand a very large assortment of
Cofins of every description, furnish shrouds,
scarfs, carriages, and everything necessary
' for the interment of the dead, and at very
low prices. We are just completing another
8 lendid Hearse, which will give us two
earscs equal to any in the State, which we
shalluse whenever our services are required,
willmcl extra chaage.
E. QUINTARD-dr. SONS.
Norwalk, March 15th 1862.
“7 OOD, all lengths, at S. E. OLMSTEA
do CO'S Wood Yard, for sale low. D
Window Shades.
‘- SPLENDID Assortment of Window
1. . . Shadesjnst received a, d for sale b
MARVIN ' PROWI T.
NOV. 3rd, 1862.
Children’s Carriages,
RICE rangin from $1.50 11 ward t
P c. a Elanocxwoponabb.
nun STREET sauooss,
Between Main and Broad Streets, NEW
Canaan, Conn.
J. W. EDMONDS, Proprietor.
OYSTERS served in any st. 1e, and for sale
by the Quart or Gallon. A so, all kinds of
RUlT, UONFECTIONERY, and other REFRESH-
MENTS. Private Supper Rooms for Small
Parties. Also, in connection with,-but in
separate apartments, a first-class SHAVING
sun Hans Damsme Samoa.
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_, , ., . ._ Jumzwgnc.’
in capital of $200,000 and has a .
Golden Hill Seminary.
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
For circulars address the Principal.
3m13 MISS EMILY NELSON.
NORWAI'IE HOTEL.
NORWALK, CONN.
E. S. Brewster, Proprietor.
'l‘HIS House, having been renovated and
improved, is now open for the reception
of .permanent or transient boarders, and will
be kept as afirsl class Hotel. This Hotel is
very pleasantly situated in one of the most
beautiful towns on Long Island Sound, and
era.
The Proprietor would assure the public,
that it will be his constant endeavor to
keep his house in such a style, as will ensure
satisfaction to all.
DRUGS, MEDICINES l
Perfumery, Stationery!
THE undersigned begs to inform the citi-
zens of Norwalk that he has establish-
ed his Drug Store at No. 11 Main street,
where he keeps a constant supply of pure
Drugs at Wholesale and Retail at fair
prices. He has secured the services of a
competent, practical Druggist from New
York, and is prepared to compile all pre-
scriptions, and by close attention to busi-
ness at all hours, day and night, hopes to
merit a share of patronage. The patrons
of Physicians is respectfully solicited. W:
have a better stock of Stationery, at lower
prices than any firm in town. Store open
on Sunday for the sale of Medicines.
- E. BLACKMAN,
No.11 Main street, Norwalk.
John E. Smith,
PRUITIST Gt FLORIST!
SOUTH N ORWALK .
Is prepared to fill all orders for Trees,
Shrubs, Vines, Green-House and Bedding-
ont Plants, &c., &c.
Also Boquets, cut-flowers and every varie-
ty of rare plants and flowers for spring set-
ting &c. ,For sale cheap. tf
Carnage Making.
Persons intending to purchase carriages or
wagons of any description, are invited to
call-on the subscriber at the old stanfiifBar-
tram & Wilson, where may be found a va-
riety of carriages and wagons finished and
in course of construction, any kind of work
in my line built to order at short notice, and
in the best manner, repairin done in all its
branches. A. R. $ARTRAM.
WANTED,—A boy 16 or 17 years of age,
of industrious habits, and mechanical turn
of mind, to learn the blacksmithin branch,
of the above business. A. R. BAR RAM.
Bedding, Apr. 25th, 1863. (tf17)
Mrs. Newcomb,
‘Nl OULD respectfull notify the Ladies
of South Norwa k and vicinity, that
she has
REMOVED T0 ELY’S BLOCK,
where she will open on Tuesday, 28th April,
a handsome assortment‘of
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS.
N. B.—Straw Bonnets Cleaned and Press-
ed. . 3m16
A BEAUTIFUL
VII-LAG. RESIDENCE
I'or Sale at a Sacrifice.
NE of the most desirable residences in
‘the village of Norwalk, is offered for
sale upon easy terms and for less than its
value, pleasantly located on elevated ground,
in a good neighborhood and convenient to
Schools, Churches, Rail Road station, doc.
The place contains about 1 1-4 acres in a high
state of cultivation, well stocked with shade
and ornamental trees, and a very choice va-
riety of fruits. The house was put up by the
owner for his own use, is built in modern
style in the best manner and of the best ma-
terials, is conveniently arranged and has
marble mantles, Hot air Furnace, Gas and
other modern improvements. The House,
Barn, out buildings, fences, grounds and gar-
dens are all in complete order and repair.
For a genteel country residence, few places
can surpass it for beauty and desirableness
0t location. Two thirds of the purchase
money can remain on mortgage and imme-
diate possession given if desired. Real Es-
tate in the city of New York well located
and improved will be taken in exchange for
the above. For terms and further articu-
lars apply to GEORGE R. CO LES.
Norwalk, May 4th, 1863. 3m18
Grocery Store ! .
East side of Main Street.
The subscriber having moved from his
old stand at Winnipauk, and taken the Store
‘i'ormerly occupied by C. S..Lockwood,iu
Main Street, has replenished the same with a
flow it fresh Assortment of
GROCERIES,
which he will sell on as reasonable terms as
can be obtained elsewhere.
A share of the public patronage is respect-
fully solicited.
J. C. RANDLE.
Norwalk, April 10, 1863. 1y15
Notice.
, E Subscriber has the pleasure of inform-
ing the public that he has purchased the
interest of Ebenezer Crissey in the Boot and
Shoe Business lately carried on at the Store
corner of Wall and Water Street, where he
will continue the business. He trusts that
the liberal patronage given to this Store
while under his control as partner and man-
ager, will be continued to him as Wogrietor.
9 J. N. LOCK 0D.
Carts and Wheelbarrows,
FOR Children, sold by '
' C. & E. K. LOCKWOOD & CO.
xROUND FEED of superior quality,
OLMSTEAD
, f 2.4"»: r.
from Camp’s Mill. At
& OO’S.
is especially attractive for Summer Board-'
‘ Mm the Commonwealth.
The Mothers of 1868.
at canons: a. muses.
They call for “able-bodied men,"
Now there’s our Roger, strong and stout ;
He’d beat his comrades out and out
In feats of strength and skill—what then?
What then 2-why only this : you see-
He’s made of Just the sort of stul
They want pnbsttle-lslds ; enough! -
What choice was left for him and me 9
So, when he asked me yesterweek,
“ Your blessing, mother l”-did I hood
The great sob at my heart, or need
Another word that he should speak 2
Should I sit down and maps and croon,
And bug my selfishness, and cry
“ Not him, my first-born l"-no, not 1!
Thank heaven, I pips s. nobler tune.
And yet, I love him like my life,
This stalwart, handsome lad of mine 1
I warrant he’ll take the shine
0f half who follow drum and life!
Now God forgive me, how I prste 1
Ah, but the mother will leap out
Whatever folds we wrap about
Our foolish hearts, or soon or late. -
No doubt ’tis weskness,—mother-lip‘,
Extolling its own flesh and blood ;~—
A trick of weakly womanhood
That we should scourge with thong and whip;
No doubt—sud yet I should not dare
Lay an unloved,cbesp offering
Upon my country's shrine, nor bring
Augbt but was noble, sweet and fair.
And so I bring my boy,—too glad
That he is worthy, and that I,
Who bore him once in agony,
Such glorious recompense have had.
Take him, my country! he is true
And brave and good; his deeds shall tell
More than myfoolish wordr—‘tls well!
God’s love be with the lad and you.
God’s love and care,—and when he comes
Back from the War, and through the street
The crazy people flock to meet
My hero, with great shouts and drums,
And silver trumpets braying loud,
And silken banners, starry-gay,
'Twill be to me no prouder day
Than this; nay, nay, nor half so proud.
And if—God help me—if, instead,
They flash this-word from some, red field;
“ His brave, sweet soul, that would not yield ;
Leaped upward, and they wrote him, ‘dsod,’ ”-—
I’ll turn my white face to the wall,
And bear my grief as best I may
For Roger's sake and only say.
“ Ho knowsth best who kuowsth all.”
And when the neighbors come to weep,
Saying “alas the bitter blow l” ,
I’ll answer nay, dear friends, not so !
Better my Roger‘s hero sleep.
And nobler for such lot, than his
Who dare not strikg with heart and hand
For-freedom and dear Fatherland
Where death’s dark missels crash and whiz.
And Roger’s mother has no tear
So bitter as her tears would be
If, from the battles of the Free,
Her son shrank back with craven fear.
MW
The following very good parody on Leigh Hunt’s
perfect aonnet entitled " Abou’ Ben Adhsm." we
and in an exchange :—
Abon’ Ben Butler.
Abou‘ Ben Butler (may his tribe increase.)
Awake one night down by the old Belize.
And saw, outside the comfort of his room,
Making it warmer for the gathering gloom. ‘
A black man shivering in the winters’s cold :1
Exceeding courage made Ben Butler bold,
And to the presence in the dark he said—
“ What wantest thou 7" The figure raised its head.
And with a look made all of sad accord,
Answered—"The men who‘ll ssrve the purpose of
the Lord." '
“ And am I one i" said Butler. “ Nay, not so."
Replied the black man. Butler spoke morslow.
Ahd cheerly still, and said—"As I on Ben,
You‘ll not have cause to tell me that again l"
The figure bowed and vanished. The next night
It came once more, environed strong in light
And showed the names whom love offrcsdom blessed
And 10! Ben Butler‘s name led all the rest,
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After Many Days.
“ Cast thy bread upon thf'waters, for
thou shalt find it after many days.”
“ I wonder what that means l” said
Hamilton Brent, half aloud, as he sat
looking into the bright anthracite bla-
sing with such a pleasant light before
him. “ I am quite sure that I under.
stand what that man meant, when, after
he stopped and asked for work, and look-
ing at his rags, I gave him something to
do in the lumber yard, more for humani-
ty’s sake than for the work, he took my
warmly gloved hand in his cold one,
and repeated the Scripture proverb that
my mother has so often taught me. I’m
sure I was not ‘castiug bread’ in the
sense I have always thought of it. Had
I given a poor child a quarter, or a poor
man a piece of meat, it would have been
a parallel case to this one. Both might
have remembered me for a while, but
with numberless changes, the mercy of
my charity might never have returned to
bless me. The man may. not come to
work, or if he does, only stay tlll he gets
a little money and then go to his friends,
if he has any, and that may end the re-
lation we may at present or for any fu-
ture time sustain to each other.”
Thus in the heart of the employer the
matter was laid to rest; but in a pair of
other ones the promise of work bodiug of
many good things yet in store, kept hope
from growing feeble and sick, and then
dying in despair. From the home of
Giles Davis—a home rendered cheerless
ndw by'want and suffering, went up many
blessing for him who in the darkest hour
had befriended them; and I doubt wheth-
erthe intelligence of great fortune would
have made that young wife’s heart light-
sr than did the announcement of her hus-
band. -
“ To-morrow, Ellen, I will have work
—Ob, if to-morrow were but here.”
Dreams, pleasanter than those that for
weeks had visited their pillow, came to
them that night, and before half of his
fellow laborers were thinking of their
daily task, Giles presented himself at
the ofiice door of Hamilton Brent, to‘ re-
ceive the share of the duties that fell to
the lot of the lumber dealer.
Brent met him at the door. His
punctuality, or rather his extra punctu-
ality, very pleasantly impressed his em-
ployer, himself a man of hard work, al-
ways first, and invariably last, around
hths yard and in the office.
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w»,
” Ab, my man, I’m glad you have
come. I didn’t know but you would for-
get the number or something of that sort. ’
What is' your name 7” '
“ Giles Davis.” '
In a moment it stood on the day-book
and ledger, in the great round letters for
which Hamilton had been praised when a
schoolboy.
“Now go with me.” '
At this juncture, Porter came in, the
formal “head of hands,” and to his loss
tender. mercies the new corner was hand-
ed over. After the two had gone in the
yard, Giles set to the task assigned him,
and Porter had returned to the ofico,
Mr. Brent said to him :
“ Do not allow Davis to work too
hard; I guess the poor fellow has seen
hard times.”
“' I shouldn’t wonder,” was the reply
“but he works as though he meant to do'
his duty thoroughly.”
“I hope he will; I like a man thor-
oughly in earnest in whatever be under-
takes, and there is an expression in Da-
vis’ eye that I like. I believe I can rely,
on a man who owns such a pgir of eyes
as be doss,” and as a hint to Porter to
busy himself, Mr. Brent turned to his
books. .
During the day his mind did not re‘
vert to the "charity hand,” as his fore-
man called Davis, but when at night
he went to look about the yard, he found
him hard at work piling some oak tim-
ber which he had promised to have meas-
ured and delivered early next morning.
“ How is this i” said the careful mer-
chant to himself; “should he be waiting
to steal or born, I. must see the last of
him before I leave,” and so he came up
to his new hand, with distrust in the
heart where confidence had reigned in
the morning. Thus quickly do the hour
and the impulse make sadhsvoc, some-
times of our nature’s highest and boil-
est qualities.
- “ Why have you not quit, Davis ?—
The other men have been gone home a
long time." ‘ .
“ Mr. Porter wished me to pile this
timber, and I staid to do it, sir.”
“ I believe I hired you to work from
seven until six,'didu’t I l”
“ Yes sir.” _
“ Then you have no business here after
that hour, unless I bid you. Porter has
no right to impose on you more than ten
hour’s labor.”
“ He offered me a shilling for doing
this job, and—and”—the man’s voice
grew very hoarse, “times have .been
very hard with ms—sickness and no
work have kept the pretty low, and I
am glad to earn an honest psuuy when-
ever I can, sir.”
“ That’s all right; but I want to shut
up myself, and I can’t wait until you get
through. You must go home now.”
“ But then—” and the. man stopped.
His voice could not trust itself in words.
‘“ But then what i” said Brent begin-
ning to grow cold and impatient.
“ I was going to say, sir, that I
should have nothing to out until to-mor-
row; I was to go to Porter’s house on
my way home, and get ths shilling, and
I could not go ask for it before my
work was done.”
“ Do you do this for money to buy
something to eat l”
“ That is all, air.”
“ Here is your day’s earnings,” hand-
ing him as he spoke, a dollar bill. “Let
the lumber go. I will see to that in the
morning.”
“ All this forms if” I am working,
sir, not begging;” there was a flush of
independent dignity in his eye that Brent
liked to see,
“ I hired you,” was the cool business
answer, “to pay you as I do other men
whom I haveto work. I would give
all more if I- could aford it; I would
certainly be a heathen to give a man
whohss a family to support in a city like
Beaten, anything less than six dollars a
week. I like you—I believe I can trust
you. This is to be your place, and I
your master, until you get a better mas-
ter somewhere else. But I must lock
up and you must go home.”
Who shall describe that home made
glad by a few of the comforts to which,
it had so long been a stranger ? All the
way to Beacon street, Hamilton Brent
thought of it, and after he sat down to
his own dinner, pictured the supper table
in Davis' room the very centerpiece of
the altar of thankfulness. To his matron-
ly housekeeper, whose heart was over
open to the deeds of charity, he told the
sad story, and promised to find the next
day where they lived, that from the boun-
ties he had been blessed with, Giles Da-
vis’s home might be yet happier and
pleassuter. The next morning he did
not forget to ask Giles where he lived,
and after dark the matronly housekeeper
and her son paid a St. Nicholas visit to
the room designated, leaving their bas-
kst upon the platform in front of the
dour, with nothing to show from whence
it came but the. two letters, “H. B.”
burned upon the handle.
Early and late was Giles Davis at
work, and. the ragged "charity band,”
that at first the men’- in the yard had
shunned, grew to be respected by all,
from his employer down to Tip, the little
“fellow. who made fires and did the .er-
rsuds of the slice. The old housekeep‘r
sr,sft_srbsisgeslgl\tiubsr sscoadvisit
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ML- M_W*_LA~M._.- . - _____
a la. St. Nicholas, used to go in and chat
with the little woman whose hand and
life grew marvelously strong, as the bet-
ter time coming gleamed upon her.
“ Hope onher its heavenly radiance shed,
And waved its silver pinions o’er her head.”
The winter went by, and March came
-—the month of winds and snows, of hails
and rains—of days that are cheerless and
nights that are gloomy even to the gay-
est heart, and still master and man stood
as firm and as high in each other’s con-
fidence as ever. Often as he sat alone,
Hamilton Brent conceived an imperfect
knowledge shining upon him, in the kind
efi'ort of Giles Davis, but the full time
had not yet come for him to see “after
many days” the wealth of its promise.
Upon one of these stormy days you
and I have seen in March, came an or-
der for ship timber, which Brest must
attend to himself. All day long he
staid. in that drenching and chilling
storm. That night his walk home men
ed longer than usual, the house colder,
the matronly housekeeper “crusty.” His
great visions were sad ones; his dreams,
more like spiritual visitations than like
visions that we love to think linger
around and above us in our sleeping mo-
meats.
The next day at his office passed sad-
ly and drearily, until it grew nearly
night, when heart and flesh. failed him,
and he fell fainting to the floor. In the
hour of excitement that followed, Giles
Davis stepped into the position of coun-
sellor and nurse. Every one in and
around the office gladly followed his di-
rections or asked hisadvice. He it was
who they agreed should support Brent
home and stay with him. During the
illness of many weeks that followed this
fssh exposure, Giles’ strong arm was
the one on which the good old housekeep-
er leaned for help and guidance. The
quiet little woman was brought from her
humble home to the grander one of her
husband’s employer, to assist in the on-
erous .duties of nurse. The sick man,
whose friends (with the exception of
an invalid aunt, who lived with her
daughter in Maine,) had all gone to the
“spirit land,” looked in moments of con-
sciousness the gratitude he could not
speak, every day, as Giles would go the
ofiics to consult with Porter, and report
favorably to his employer.
It was not until “April showers” had
brought “ May flowers;” that Hamilton
Brent took his old seat in the office,
and Giles .his accustomed place in the
lumber yard. But the strongest tie that
can bind humanity together united their
hearts, and in his health and prosperity
the master never forgot that under God,
he owed his after prosperity to the
“charity hand.” During the summer
evenings, when his bachelor home grew
silent, 'he would think with a lingering
regret, of a pleasantor one in a quiet
street, and devise some plan to insure
that one as a part of his own. It was
not until Christmas that his plan was
perfected. Then, when the other bands
received the slip of paper with “A Mer-
ry Christmas” written on it, and a dollar
note pinned to it, Giles received a little
package, and opening it in his pleasant
home, found it to contain one fourth in-
terest in the lumberyard, provided Mrs.
Davis would consent to occupy the house
in Beacon street, in company with her
husband, Hamilton Brent, and her old
friends, the matronly housekeeper and
her son.
Mrs. Davis was not unreasonable.—
Shg went, carrying nothing with her save
the sweet smiles that had made her
humble home a paradise for a husband.
And as Hamilton Brent enjoyed the
pleasantness of the groups that lingered
in the moonlight of his ancestral mansion,
his heart understood at length the bless-
edness of the command, “Cast thy bread
upon the waters, for thou shalt find it af-
ter many days.”
«<0»
FOR THE Sch SOLDIERS.—Dl'. M. M_
Marsh, Inspector of the U. S. Sanitary
ommission for the Department of the
South, has give; to Rev. R. G. Williams,
Delegate of the U. S. Christian Com-
misiou, a receipt for making Rheubarb
Wine, which he says is the best remedy for
Dyseutcry and diarrhea as yet knowo.
As these complaints are very common
among our soldiers and in the South quite
apt to become chronic and fatal, it is
hoped the friends of the soldier will make
up a good supply for their use, and for-
ward it to the Sanitary Commission, or
to Hospital Surgeons. The following is
the recipe :
Peel and slice the stock of the leaf
as for pies; put a very small quantity of
water in the vessel, only just enough to
cover the bottom; cover the vessel and
gradually bring to a slight boil; then
strain, pressing out all the liquid; to the
liquid add an equal quantity of water;
to each gallon (after mixed) add four or
five pounds of brown sugar, set aside,
ferment and skim like current mus; leave
in the cask and in bulk as long as possi-
ble before sending away. All wine is
better kept in oaks.
«0»
”John J. Critteuden’s recent war
speech gives great offence to the rebels.
The Mobile Register says, “it makes as
heart sick to writethe name of this degen-
erate Kentuckian.” '
W
-—.:-Hou. Joseph A Gilmore has been
elected Governor of New Hampshire by
”the Legislature, receiving 192 of the 326
votes “It.
‘all Democrats have done so.
_“._,.v.-.«,;._~ss< 7,1"— s:'.:<N-er; . w
The President’s Defence.
The reply of PresidentLincoln to Hon.
Erastus Corning and other democratic
' gentlemen, who recently forwarded to him
the resolutions passed at the “free-speech”
meeting in Albany, is an able vindica-
tion ,of the policy of the Amiuistration.
Mr. Lincoln assures these gentlemen that
he is quite as earnest for free speech,
and the preservation of the liberty of the
people, as they possibly can be. He re-
minds thsm that, by the language of
their own resolutions, the safeguards to
public liberty were secured to the Eu-
glish after years of civil war, and were
adopted by our fathers at the close of the
revolution. They were hot adopted du-
ring the revolution, nor while civil war,
rebellion or invasion were in progress.
Mr. Lincoln has no doubt that when
peace shall again become established,
all the liberty ever enjoyed here will
again be secured to the citizen. He then
gives a sketch of the events which oc-
curred previous to his inauguration, and
the condition of the country when he was
. inaugurated, and proceeds as follows :
“ Ours is a case of rebellion—so called
by the resblutions before me—in fact, a
clear, flagrant, and gigantic case of
rebellion; and the provision of the Con-
stitution that “the privilege of the writ
of habeas corpus shall not be suspended,
unless when, in cases of rebelion or inva-
sion, the public safety may require it,” is
the provision which specially applies to
our present case. This provision plainly
attests to the understanding of those
who made the Constitution, that ordina-
ry courts of justice .are inadequate to
“cases of rebelliou;” attests their pur-
pose that, in such-cases, men may be held
in custody whom the courts, acting on
ordinary rules, would discharge. Ha-
beas corpus does not discharge men who
areproved to be guilty of defined crime;
and its suspension is allowed by the
Constitution on purpose that men may
be arrested and held who cannot be
proved to be guilty of defined crime,
“when in casesof rebellion or invasion,
the public safety may requir'é it.” This
is precisely our present case—a case
of rebellion, wherein the public safe-
ty does require the suspension. In-
deed, urrests by process of courts, and
arrests in cases of rebellion, do not pro-
ceed altogether upon the same basis.
The former is directed at the small per
centsge of ordinary and continuous per-
petratiou of crime, while the latter is di-
rected at sudden and extensive uprisings
against the government, which at most
will succeed or fail in no great length of
time. In the latter case arrests are made,
not so much for what has been done as
for what probably would be done. The
latter is more for the preventive and less
for the vindictive than the former. In
such cases the purposes of men are much
more easily understood than in cases of
ordinary crime. The man who stands
by and says nothing when the peril of his
government is discussed, cannot be misun-
derstood. If not hindered, he is sure to
help the enemy; much moredf he talks
ambiguously—talks of his cohutry with
“bats,” and “ifs,” and “ands.” Of how
little value the constitutional provision I
have quoted will be rendered, if arrests
shall never be made until defined crimes
shall have been committed, may be il-
lustrated by a few notable examples.
General John C. Breckenridge, General
Robert E. Lee, General Joseph E John-
ston, General John B Magrnder, Gener-
al William B. Preston, General Simon B.
Buckner and Commodore Franklin Bu-
chanan, now occupying the very highest
places in the rebel war service, were all
within the power of the government since
the rebellion began, and were nearly as
well known to be traitors then as now'.
Unquestionubly if We had seized and held
them, the insurgent cause would be much
weaker. But no one of them had then
committed? any crime defined in the law.
Every one of them, if arrested, would
have been discharged 0n habeas corpus,
were the writ allowed to operate. In
view of these and similar cases, I think.
the time not unlikely to come when I
shall be blamed for having made too few
arrests rather than too many? * * *
In giving the resolutions that earnest
consideration which you request of me,
I cannot overlook the fact that the meet-
ing speak as “Democrats.” Nor can I,
with full respect to their known intelli-
gence, and the fairly presumed delibera-
tion with which they prepared their
resolutions, be permitted to suppose that
this occurred by accident, or in any other
way than that they preferred to desig-
nate themselves "Democrats” rather than
“American citizens.” In this time of
national peril I would have preferred to
have met you upon a level one step high-
er than any party plat-form; because I
am sure that, from such more elevated
position, we could do. better battle for
the country we all love than we possibly
can from‘ those lower ones .where, from
the force of habit, the prejudices of the
past, and selfish hopes of the future, we
are sure to expend much of our ingenui-
ty and strength in finding fault with, and
aiming blows at, each other. But, since
you have denied me this, I will yet be
thankful, for the country’s sake, that not
He on
yhosediscretioasry judgment Mr. Val-
laudigham was arrested and tried is a
‘zczr‘pu 2 Luv‘awwvnwfi,“ _ ...,,,, ,
l I
Just the rebels’ bad shooting.’ "’
Democrat, having no old party afifity
with me; and the Judge who rejected
these resolutions by refusing to dichargs‘
Mr. Vallandigham on habeas corpus is as
having received his judicial mantle at the
hands of President Jackson. And still
I .
heard of a single one condemning it.
yer by the name of Morel procured the
United States Judge, Hall, to order a
writ of habeas corpus, to relieve Mr; Lou-
aillier. Gen. Jackson arrested both the
lawyer and the judge. A Mr. Hollander ,
ter that “it was a dirty trick.’_’ Gen.
corpus, Gen. Jackson took it «from him,-
and sent him, away with a copy. Hold-
ing the judge in custody a few days, i the
general sent him b i nd the limits or his
encampment, and set him at liberty,
with an order to remain till the ratifica-
tion of peace should be regularly announc-
ed, or until the British should have left
the Southern coast. A day or two more
judge and others were fully liberated. A
few days more, and the judge called Gen.
Jackson into court aI'Id fined him $1000
for having arrested him and the others
named. The Gen. paid the fine, and
there the matter rested for nearly thirty
years, when Congress refunded principal
and interest. The late Senator Douglas
then in the House of Representatives,
took a leading part in the debates, in
which the constitutional question was
discussed. I am not prepared to say whom
the journals would show to have voted
fcr the measure.
It may be remarked: First, that we
'had the same Constitution then as now;
secondly, that we then had a case of in-
vasion, and now we have a case of rebel-
lion; aud, thirdly, that the permanent
right of the pe0ple to public discussion,
the liberty of speech and of the press, the
trial by jury, the law of evidence, and the
habeas corpus, suffered no detriment what-
ever by that conduct of General Jackson,
can Congress
And yet, let me say, that in my own
discretion I do not know whether I would
have ordered the arrest of Mr. Valian?
digham. While I cannot shift the respon-
sibility from myself, I hold that, as 'a
general rule, the commander in the field
is the better judge of the nscessity in any
particular case. Of course, I must prac-
tice a general directory and revisory pow-
er in the matter. ’
One of the resolutions expresses the
opinion of the meeting that arbitrary ars'
rests will have the effect to divide and
distract those who should be united in
suppressing the rebellion, and I am spec-
ially called on to discharge Mr. Vallsné
digham. I regard this as, at least, a
fair appeal to me on the expediency of
exercising a constitutional power which
I think exists. In response to such up
I learned that Mr. Vallandigham had
there should have seemed to be a neCesi- '
ford me great pleasure to discharge him
so soon as I can, by any means, believe
the public safety will not sufier by it!~ I,
further say, that as the war progresses,
take shape and fall into more regular
dealing with them gradually decreases.
l have every reason to desire that it:
wishes of those who, like the meeting at
Albany, declare their purpose to sustain
the government in every constitutional.
and lawful measures to suppress the re
belhon. Still, I must continue to do: so
A. Lincomv.
«O.» ‘
wThe Rev. G. J. Minginspof-Phils-
public safety.
lows who had fallen in the battle of , Au-
told us how he had passed through, tho,
beiug such bad marksman!” said ia‘ mag
face, said: ‘I ain’t no Christian“ 0 ,
knows After what we passed'through I,
think‘as‘yOu like';'l think oodssveun‘o,‘
_i. “m
i 1
VOLUME XLVI--NUMBER 25.
the Constitutional view expressed in .
Democrat of better days than these,"
more-of all those Democrats who are ’
nobly exposing their lives and sheddingff
their blood on the battle field,'I have
learned that many approve the course to- u
ken with Vallandigham, while I have not '
cannOt assert that there are none such.
And the'name of President Jackson re-
callsan instance of pertinent history. Af- ]
ter the battle of New Orleans, and while ‘
the fact that the treaty of peace hadffi
been concluded was well known in the eié~
ty, but before oflicial knowledge of it had --'
arrived, Gen. Jackson still maintained '
martial or military law. Now, that it' A
could be said the war was over, the cloni- ‘
or against martial law, which had exist- ,.
ed from the first, grew more furious. 5
Among other things a Mr. Louaillier"
published a denunciatory newspaper‘ ar—f':
ticle. Gen. Jackson arrested him. A law- _—
ventured to say-of some part of the mat. ‘_
Jackson arrestedhim. When the ioflis I
eat undertook to serve the writ of babes! .‘
elapsed, the ratification of the treaty of
peace was regularly announced, and the '
or its subsequent approval by the Ameri- .
peal I have to say it gave me pain when'
been arrested—that is, I was pained that I f
ty for arresting him—and that it willaf-i, .
it appears to me, opinion and action, if
which were in great confusion at sm‘,;_.
channels, so that the necessity for. strong ~ .
should cease altogther, and far from the ,
least is my regard for the opinions and ‘
much as may seem to be required byutlie‘ _
delphia, says of his labors on the field: - :
”One day we‘were burying some poor fslr '
tietam, and a soldier-”was helping us.‘ He ~
fierce conflict unharmed; ‘for which’ said
he ‘I thank God.’ “Thank the rebels for» ,.
near us. The soldier looking hiuf in tild ..
{l
ought to be a better man.” L‘Yc'iu'uma'y, ,
tun:
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