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MAILS CLOSE.
West 7.30 A. M.—2.30 P. M.
East 8.30 A. M.—5.00 P. M. .
Danbury & N orwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tues-
' days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
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West 9.10 A. M.—6.CC P. M.
Ens; 8.20 A. M.——3.30 P. M.
[Danbury a N orwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE norms.
From 7.00 A. M. tO 8.00 P. M. -
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, r. M.
r
Dr. J. J. WALLACE,
HOMEOPATHIST,
Office at Dr. Moody’s late Residence,
WEST AvENUE,
NORWALK, CONN.
Slate at Mr. Frank Nash’s Store, South
Norwalk.
New
HARDWARE 8t PAINT STORE,
M a i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
msnvnv a racwr‘rr,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
' Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
' ings, Window Shades, &c.
canons a. Banana,
SURGICAL AND ,M'ECHANICAL
‘D E N '1'." I S '1',
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut.
Architecture.
SIDNEY M. STONE,
' ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintend. the erection of
{limits and private buildings. Office in Mar-
. 1e Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tfb2
-('. E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
T ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
110.1 Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
a. s. nocnwoon,
fashionable Draper 8t Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPORIUM 1
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
3. I. (DI-MST.” a. CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main-st, N orwalk, Conn.
BTNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
0f Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
_ .0th Capital $1,000,000
- Insure against loss and damage by Fire
on 'l‘erms adapted to the hazard,and
consistent with the laws Of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
lv8 For N orwalk and vicinity
DEN '1' AI: om.
AN impression having gone abroad that
- , the undersigned has relinquished his
profession, this is to inform his friends and
the public that he still continues the practice
of his profession at his 011 stand, foot Of
Main-st, Norwalk, where he will be happy
’ to tender them his best services. In case of
temporary absence,a skillful assistant will be
found in attendance at- the Officc, ready and
willing to serve all that may call.
A. HILL, D. D. S.
A. JACKSON a 330.
N o. 1 Gazette Building.
‘N 7 OULD 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 If‘mrficld Coun , 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 fine lot of adics’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$4 , which we can recommend as bein r cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s atch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $.00. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for selhng cheap could not be
eater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
lateu Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO.
INSURANCE.
THE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England lire and Alanine In-
surance 00. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds Of property against loss or damage
by fire, on as accommodating terms as any
0 her Company.
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established
With a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
A J OfSEIlilI W. HUBBELL,
en or orwalk an ‘ ‘ '
. Norwalk, ng. lst, 1861. d mmyfi
Em set-nuns- SALOON,
BetWeen Main and Broad Streets, NEW
CANAAN, CONN.
J. W. EDMONDS, Proprietor.
. OYSTERS served in any style, and for sale
I) the Quart or Gallon. Also, all kinds of
mm, CON FECTIONERY, and other REFRESH-
xEN'rs. Private Supper Rooms for Small
Parties. Also, in connection with, but in
separate apartments, a first-class vanvo
m Ham Dummo Samoa.
D. PRITCHARD, M. 13-!
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 re-
ared to secure Bounty Money, Back ay,
ensrons, 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.
“DIWALI HOTEL.
NORWALK, CONN.
E. S. Brewster, Proprietor.
THIS House, having been renovated and
improved, is now open for the reception
of permanent or transient boarders, and will
be ept as afirsl class Hotel. This . Hotel is
very pleasantly situated in one of the most
beautiful towns on Long Island Sound, and
is cspecxaily attractive for Summer Board-
are.
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. '
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 5, 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.
ti38 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.
EEW runmssmc cross,
IN JAMES’ NEW BUILDING,
, Water Street, Nm'walk.
HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortmentof '
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.
’ Repam'ng,
done promptly and by'experienccd 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 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 Subscriberwould respectfully inform
the public that he has ‘
REMOVED HIS SIAND
to SEED Y’S BLOCK Main Street, and in-
lSends keepin constantly on hand the choi-
cest of Beef, orlc, Mutton, Poultry, &c., &c.
Having had long experience in the business
he is confident of his ability to please. A
share Of the public patrons e is res ctfull
solicited. J A1528 BYfiEE. y
Norwalk, May 12th, 1862. tfb
_NORWAI.K
Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I I. I. . . ’
THE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-.
nin ; Scroll and other Sawin ; manufacture
of oors, Sash, Blinds, &c., c., in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail promptl at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITC .
GREATBARGAINS IN
caocnnnr.
' EESMITH,
NO. 4, Phoenix Block, Norwalk,
Having a large stock on hand, will give
Great Bargains in
CROCKERY,
GLASS, EARTHEN dc STONE WARE,
KEROSENE LAMPS,
WICK,
CHIMNIES,
WOODEN WARE, &c., &c.,&c
W Goods delivered to any part of the
town free of charge.
1:. ourmwonn a sons,
CABINET MAKERS, &‘c,
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 Offered in 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 give, us a call. Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 different 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
Oofins Of every description, furnish shrouds,
scarfs, carriages, and ever thing necessary
for the interment of the . cad, and at very
low prices. We are just completing another
splendid Hearse, which Will give us two
Hearscs equal to any in the State, which we
shall use whenever our services are required,
without swim chaagc. '
E. QUINTARD do SONS.
Norwnlk, March 15th 1862.
1'08 3m.
THE Real Estate formerly owucd by
WILLIAM SEYMOUR, deceased, situated
in this town, on White Oak Shade Street,
ubout4 miles from Norwalk or Daricn, to
wit:—one
large new Dwelling House,
with out-buildings and 12 or 14 acres of very
superior Laud, Well adapted to Gardening
purposes. Also a Small House with two
acres of land attached—and 4 acres of land
situated in or near “Hanford’s Swamp,” so
called. _
The property Will be sold all together or
in separate parcels as may suit purchasers,
and on accommodating terms; two thirds of
the purchase money can remain secured on
the premises for a term of years, if desired.
For further particulars app] to
S. . ST.JOIIN.
New Canaan; Feb 10th, 1863. ti‘7
Window Shades.
SPLENDID Assortment of Window
Shadesjust received and for sale b
MARVIN dc PROWI '1‘.
Nov. 8rd, 1862.
;
[From the Atlantic Monthly for August]
HILARY.
BY LUCY LAICOM .
. Hilary,
Summer calls thee, o‘er the son 2
Like white flowers upon the tide,
In and out the vessels glide ;
But no wind On all the main
Sends thy blithe soul home again;
Every salt breeze moans for thee,
Hilary 1
Hilary,
Welcome Summer's step will be.
Save to those beside whose door
Doleful birds sit evermore
Singing “ Never comes he here
Who made every season’s cheer !
Dull the J mic that brings not :thsc,
Hilary l
Hilary,
What strange world has sheltered thee 7
Here the soil beneath thy feet
Rang with songs, and blossomed sweet ;
Blue skies ask thee yet of earth
Blind and dumb without thy mirth ;
With thee went her heart of glee,
Hilary !
Hilary.
All things shape a sigh for thee !
O’er the waves, among the flowers,
Through the lapse of odorous hours,
Breathes a lonely, longing sound,
As of something sought, unfound ;
Loru are all things, lorn are we,
Hilary l
Hilary,
Oh, to sail in quest of thee,
To the trade-wind's steady tune,
Past the hurrying monsoon,
. Into torrid seas that lave ,
Dry hot snuda,-a breathless grave,—
Sad as vain the search would be,
Hilary 1
Hilary,
Chase the sorrow fromtlie sea!
Summer-heart, bring summer near,
Warm, and fresh, and airy-clear!
—Dead thou art not : dead is pain ;
New Earth sees and sings again :
Death to hold thee, Life must be,
Hilary !
n—‘o‘W—e
Freedom’s Battle.
Again, again, and yet again,
Is freedom’s battle fought and won ;
The patriot-sire lives in the son.
From many a blood-bought battle plain,
With banners bright, with best of drum,
From Concord, York and Lexington.
From fields by desthless valor won,
The time-gone buried warriors come,
Ye hosts, press onward to the strife,
And north to south, or east to west,
Where treason rears its serpent-crest,~—
So much is Freedom more than life,—
Strike home, and let this battle he
The last for heaven born Liberty 1
«0»
Government and Rebellion.
Editors of the Normal]: Gazelle,
Gentlemen :
A friend has sent me a cepy of a
Fast Dav Sermon by Rev. Elisha Cleve-
land, D. D., pastor of the Third Congre-
gational Church of New Haven, which
was preached April 3, 1863, and is enti-
tled
Orin DUTY Is REGARD To run Bunnies.
The sermon—a most timely and ad-
mirable one—is much enhanced in value
by constitutional and historical illustra-
tions of some of its main points, derived
from the ofiicinl utterances Of the. most;
distinguished Chief Justice that ever sat
on the bench of the United States Su-
preme Court-Joint MARSHALL, Of Vir~
giniu. _ -
You cannot better please your more
thoughtful and candid readers than by
reiterating his solemn Opinion. The first
point of the preacher is ,
THE PROPER WAY OF DEALING WITH RE-
BELLION.
1. This rebellion must be suppressed
by military power, because that is the
natural and proper way of dealing with
such crimes. These men are in ground-
less revolt against the authority of the
Government,—a Government whose ju-
risdiction over them is as legitimate and
perfect as can exist in any case, and by
which they have never been oppressed.
They have been required by proclama-
tion to return peaceably to their allegi-
ance :—to this reaSouable demand they
respond with musketry and cauuou —
What was to be done next ? Since they
would not hear to reason, but appealed to
the bayonet, what could the Government
do but compel them to submit ? To stop
with moral suasion, or the word Of com-
mand, and let them have their own way,
would have been simply to prostrate the
national authority under their feet ; in-
deed, it would have become contempti-
ble in the eyes of the whole people, and Of
the world ; it would have given an assure
once of perpetual impunity to rebellion.
It is impossifle to see how the Govern-
ment could retain a shadow of strength
,or reapectability, after such an abdication
Of its powers. Rebellion is a thing, not
to be compromised with, but to be sub—
deed—the only terms that can consistent-
ly be made with rebels, are unconditional
submission and obedience to the laws of
the land ; and when they refuse this, the
only honorable or safe course for the Gov.
erument is, to apply a sufficient force to
compel them to it. If, as in the present
case, this requires large armies, the prin-
ciple is none the less Obvious, nor the ne-
cessity less urgent. .
But the force Of this argument is some-
times met with the plea that the enemy
with whom we are contending, are not
rebelling against our Government; that
they have only receded from it—that they
' have simply withdrawn from a partnership
of which they have bad enough. This,
it Is claimed, is not rebellion, but simply
a falling back on their original sover-
eignty. In other words, the right of a
State to secede from the Union at its own
pleasure, is set up to shield these men
from the guilt of rebellion. But the ex.
istence of such a right is easier asserted
than proved. We deny it, as incompati-
ble with any Government worthy of the
uume,—-remunding us to the imbecile con-
dition of the old confederation,--Opcning
the door to secession as the easy remedy
for every instance Of State dialer-tion,—
destroying all basis for public credit, and
tending to a rapid disintegration of our
whole political fabric—introducing a
principle which may apply as well to a
county, or a town, or an individual, as to
a Stale—mud consequently aiming a
deadly blow at the foundation of all
government and social order. It has no
1 place in the Constitution; it never enfor-
ed the thoughts of the great men who
framed that immortal instrument,*
We specially commend to your honest
readers—if you have any such—Of the
Peace Party, the second point of the
preacher, viz : .
THE ONLY War To PEACE.
2. This rebellion must be put down by
the military arm, because that is the only
way to secure a just and lasting peace;—
We hear much said of peace in these
days—it is a blessed word-it is a con-
sumation most devoutly to he wished.
'Who of us does not sigh for it ? Who
that loves to pray does not cry to God
dailv that our distracted land may spee-
dily rest from the horrors of war? And
where will you find intenser desires for
this comprehensive blessing than among
those who, without a murmur, have
made, and are making, the heaviest sac.
rifices to the war? But then it is a real,
nota false peace, we want ; we desire a
permanent, not a transient,—au honors
his, not a humiliating peace. It is folly
to “cry Peace when there is no peace,"
and it is madness to recall our armies
while the enemy keeps the field. There
is a peace that means war, and there is a
war that means peace. All necessary
’and honorable wars have their ultimate
end, the establishment of a solid and en-
during peace. Such is the lofty purpose
of the present contest. We are fighting,
not from any malignant pleasure in the
shedding of blood,—-—the general conduct
Of the war on our part, disproves that
atrocious imputation,——we are fighting to
conquer a peace which will be the abun-
dunt source of national security, pros-
perity and glory. I said there is a peace
that means war; let me explain. Sup-
pose we abandon the attempt to crush
the rebellion, and conclude a peace with
the seceded States, recognizing their in-
dependence. We should then have a
powerful foreign nation for our next
neighbor,—-iuflamed with hatred of our
institutions and our character,-—burning
to revenge upon us the miseries they have
suffered from the war,——arrogant and in-
soleut toward us, almost beyond procee
dent,——reudy to take Offence on the
slightest provocation, or with no provo-
cation at at all :—-how would it be pos-
sible to live in peace with such a people ?
With an inland frontier of thousands of
miles, the boundary consisting sometimes
of a mountain range, sometimes of a riv-
er, here of a narrow brook, and there Of
an imaginary line, running through migh-
ty forests or met prairies,-~wbat is to
prevent the constant escape of fugitive
slaves from the land of bondage to the
free North? How inevitable, that the
attempt to recover the runaways by
force, should lead to violent collisions on
the-border, and to frequent wars between
the two nations! A vast standing army
and a powerful navy, maintained at an
enormous expense, consuming the fruits
of industry, and wasting the youth of the
nation, would be. the certain conse-
quence. Add to this the irresistible
temptation on the part of European Pow-
ers to intermeddle with the affairs of two
nations fully occupied in watching and
warring with each other, and you have
the bloody result of such a peace as
many would have us conclude with 'the
rebels.
The conclusion is inevitable, that the
only sure path to a substantial peace, is
_a vigorous prosecution of the present
war. This course is commended to us on
the ground of humanity itself—it will
cost in the end, fewer lives, less misery,
and less treasure than any other course.
If, under the support of the loyal States,
it is pushed forward now with determin-
ed energy a few months longer, we have
reason to believe that the rebellion will
begin to stagger to its fall. Many signs
indicate the existence of great and in-
creasing distress throughout the seceded
States—if we do our duty now, they
must soon give up the contest. And if
this rebellion is crushed by the strong
arm of power, without any damaging
compromises or fatal concessions, it will
be a- long while before a similar experi-
ment will be tried aguin. If such a re-
volt could nOt succeed cone ever will.
The only other point Of the preacher
which need now be noticed is
Tun ONLY WAY TO PRESERVE THE Coa-
srrwriou AND AREPUBLICAN Goran):-
man
3. This rebellion must be put down by
the strong hand because in no other way
can we preserve the Constitution, and a
Government adequate to our necessities.
It is against the Constitution that the
insurgents have taken arms—it was be-
cause the Constitution did nOt sufficient-
* In 1821, forty years before the commence-
ment Of the existing Rebellion, in delivering
the judgement of the SUPREME COURT of
the United States in Oohem 42. State of W7.
gint'a, 6 thaton's Reports, 264—447, Cm!
J usTICE MARSHALL said—“ That the United
States form, for many and most important
pu sea, a tangle nation, has not at been de-
nie . In war, we are one peep e. In ma-
king peace, we are one’peo'ple. In all com-
mercial regulations, we are one and the
same people. In many other respects, the
American people are one. And the Govern-
ment, which alone is capable of oontroliug
and managin their interests in these re-
ts, is the overnment Of the Union. It
is their Government—in that character they
have no other. America has chosen to be,
in many respects, and to many purposes, a
Nation ; and for all these purposes her Gov-
ernment is complete; to all these objects it
is competent. The people have declared,
that in the exercise Of all powers given for
these objects, cl is supreme. . It can, then, in
effecting these objects, legitimately control
all individuals, or Governments within the
American territor . The constitution and
laws Ofa Slate, so r as they are repugnant to
the Constitution and Laws of the United
States-«arc absolutel void. These States are
constituent parts 0 the United States—they
are members of poo gloat Empire—for sombe
u ses sovereign — Oi some purposes su
firdillioate." * * '3‘ “The people made the
Constitution—and the people can unmake it.
It is the'creature of their will, and lives only
by their will. But this supreme and irre-
sistsble pOWer to make, or to unmake, resides
only in the whole body of the peoplc,—not in
any subdloiab‘r: it): them. {he attempt of
an a thcpar exercisei is usurpatwn,‘
and alight to be repelled by those to whom
the pic have do egated their power of re.
pulling it.” * * * “The framers of the
Constitution were indeed unable to make
any provision which should protect that in-
strument againsta general combination of
the States, or of the people, for its destruc-
tion; and conscious of this inability they
have not made the attempt. But they were
able to provide against the operation of
measures adopted in any one State whose
tendency might be to arrest the execution
of the laws; and this it was the part of true
wisdom itfiattempt. We think they have at-
l
‘ .
ly protect s ,_ “that they appealed
from it to the sword—u is to set up, in
opposition to us a Government with sla-
very for its corner-stone, that they have
slaughtered tens - of thousands of our
loyal citizens—and should they succeed
in their wicked designs, their first act
will be to fling our glorious Constitution
to the winds, and» reconstruct the Union
in such a way as to make slavery nation-
al, the slave power despotic and perpetu-
al, and our boasted freedom as by-word
throughout the earth. On the other hand,
we are contending for the Constitution-—
fighting to maintain a republican form of
deerument. Even these acts which
have been somnch censured as arbitra-
ry and dangerous, were put forth as the
necessary means of preserving whatever
is free and just in our system of Govern-
ment. The Constitution itself provides
that such things may be done for its
own protection in the hour of jeopardy.
It is absurd to suppose, that the quiet
and leisurly processes of the civil law
can her. elied on, amid the violent up-
heaviugt bf revolution. It is no time to
send for ’a justice of the peace when the
assassin is at Our bedside. The lawof
self-preservation must alone decide your
course in such moments ofimmineut peril.
But if the rebellion is suppressed by
force, the grand result will be that the
Constitution will stand unimpaired, stron-
ger, greater, more glorious than ever.—
The heresy of aeration will then perish ,-
it will then be buried with its authors,
no more to work mischief and breed se-
dition in the body politic. The triumph
of our arms will settle the law Of the land,
the integrity of the Union, and the just
supremacy of the National authority.*
A portion of the eloquent peroration
Of this great discourse, will be a fitting
conclusion of this article.
This is no time for partisan pollthS,
no time for division on subordinate
points. The great duty of the hour is
plain, simple, unmixed, imperative and
momentous. An eye single to the good
of the country must needs see it,-—a heart
true to the flag of the Union, must beat
responsive to it. That duty is nothing
less, nothing more, nothing else, than to
put down this rebellion by the strong
band of national power,—it is to prom
cute the war in a way manly. and hen-
orably indeed, but with all the tremen-
dous energies which God has placed in
our own hands—it is to drive the rebels
‘from their strongholds—drive them from
refuge to refuge,—--drive them to their
final retreat,—-—and then convince them,
by one overwhelming demonstration, that
their cause is hopeless; that no rebellion,
however gigantic, can stand against the
united arms of the Uotitai Sfatcs,—aud
that nothing remains for them but to
save the further effusion of blood, by
striking their rebel flag, and submitting
themselvesunconditionally and peacea-
bly to the authorities of that mighty Na-
tion against whose beneficent rule they
have risen in groundless and wicked re-
volt. ~
To this one, all-commanding duty, let
us consecrate our powers. Let no man,
woman, or child utter a word of discour-
agement, or hang a feather’s weight on
the wheels of our onward march ; let no
lisp of ultimate failure escape our lips.
Thus let us strengthen one another, and
nerve the hearts and the strong arms of
our brave soldiers, by assuring them that
while they bear the brunt. and burden of
actual warfare, their friends at home
form one united phalanx of sympathy
and support, praying for their success,
rejoicing in their victories and ready to
succor them in their reverses. What
though we cannot all agree in regard to,
slavery and the proclamation,—if we can
agree in putting down the rebellion, that
*In 1819,- lu delivering the jud ment of
the Scrum Conn-r of the Unite States,
in M’Gulloch, v. Stale of Maryland, 4 When
fan‘s Reports, 316—437, the venerable Crims-
JUSTICE Mariam said : “ The Convention
which framed the Constitution was indeed
elected by the State Legislatures. But the
instrument when it came back from their
hands, Was a mere proposal, without obliga-
tlon, or pretentious to it. It was reported to
the than existing Congress of the United
States with the request that it might ‘be sub-
mitted to a Convention of delegates chosen
in each State by the people thereof, under the
recommendation of its islature,—for
their assent and ratification.’ his mode of
proceeding was adopted; and by the Con-
vention, by Congress, and by the State Leg-
islatures the instrument was submitted to
the People They acted upon it in the only
manner in which they can act safely, effect-
ively and wisely, on such a subjecu-liy as-
sembling in Convention" * * * “ uch
more might the legitimac by the General
Government be doubted, ad it been crea-
ted by tchtafcs. The powers delegated to
the State sovereigntics were to be exercised
by themselveu—uot by a distinct and inde-
ndent sovereignty, created bythcmsclm.—
I: the formation of a league, such as was the
Confederation, the State sovereignties were
certainly competent, But when, “in order to
form a more perfect Unionlit was deemed
necssary to change this alliance into an effect-
ive Government, possessing great and soy-
ereign' powers, and acting directly on the
people, the necessity of referring it to Map»-
plc was felt and acknowledged by all. he
Government of the Union, then, (whatever
may be the influence of this fact on the
case,) is emphatically a Government of the
people. In form and in substance it ems-
nates from them. Its powers are granted by
them,—aud are to be exercised directly on
them, and for their benefit." * * * “It
is the Government of all; its powers are
delegated by all ; it re resents all,—and acts
for all." * * “ he Government of
the United States, then, though limited in its
powers, is serum; and its laws, when
made in pursuance Of the Constitution,-'-
form the supreme law of the land—'anytht'ng
in the Constitution or laws of any State to the
contrary notwithstanding) ” ,
Pausmnu'r J minors, in his famous Procla-
mation of the tenth of December, 1832, said:
“The Constitution of the United States,
then, forms a Govcmmsnt,-—not a league:
and whether it be formed by compact be-
tween the States or in any other manner, its
character is the same. It is a Government in
which all the people unrepresented —which
operates directly upon the people individu-
ally,--not upon the Slam—they retained all
the power they did not grant. But each.
State having expressly parted With so many
powers as to ccntribute, jomtly with the oth-
er States, a SINGLE ,NATION, cannot from
that period, poms any right to secede—be-
cause such «cum does not break a league
—but destroys the unity Of a Nation : and
any injury to that ufuly is only a breach
which would result fl'om the contravention
of a compact—but is an ofcnco against the
whole Union. TO say that any State may at
pleasure secede from the Union, is to say, that
the United States are not a Nation .- because,
it would be a soleclsm to contend that any
part of a Nation might dissolve its connec-
tion with the other parts, to their iuj , or
ruin, without committing an; offence. -1
Boston's Thirty Years in the . 8. Senate“).
1
is enough for the present ; leave the rest
to the future. I most certainly and ar-
dently desire to see that deplorable insti-
tution, which is the proximate cause of
this rebellion, entirely removed; and I
make no doubt that in some way it will
receive its death-blow from-the very war
it has provoked. How ' this shall be
brought about, I cheerfully leave to the
wonder-working providence of God.—
Others may think didereutly on‘ this ex-
citing subject ; be it so,—we cannot af-
ford to quarrel about that now. I like
the stand of those noble patriots of the
border slave States, who, however they
dislike the anti-slavery tendency of events,
refuse to be diverted, on that account,
from a vigorous prosecution of the war.
However they may dread the progress or
emancipation, they dread the progress of
rebellion unspeakably more. They would
infinitely rather see slavery swept away
by a stroke of the pen, than to see the
rebel came triumphant. Let us learn
wisdom by their example, and hold our
favorite theories. ‘toucbiug- slavery in
abeyanco, while, with united hearts and
hands, we move steadily and irresistibly
against the common enemy.
Our nation now stands’in a position
from which there open the gates of a
grand or iguominious future. The hour
which is to determine our destiny for
good or evil, for happiness or misery, for
triumphant success or remediless. rain, is
about to strike. The finger of God, our
fathers’ God, points us to a scene of un-
precedented beauty, prosperity, and
greatness, to a country of imperial do-
main, rich in resources, radiant with the
sun of peace, blessed with the arts of an
hOnOrable industry, peopled with a. manly
and liberty-lining race, purged of the
taint of human bondage, rejoicing in a
Government wisely free, greatly power-
ful, able to enforce its authority at home,
and, in a righteous cause, to defend itself
against a world in arms; to a country
pervaded with popular intelligence, and
crowned with the honors and defences of
a pure and progressive Christianity ;——
and the voice of his providence bids on
posse‘ss ourselves of this unparalleled in-
heritance. But not without a- struggle:
it can onlybe won by the strong arm
and the mighty hand ,- we must fight for
it, or we can never have it. A cordial
union of all true men, a bold and manly
prosecution of the war, in humble reli
once on the God of battles will soon car-
ry us through this baptism of fire and
blood, and usher us upon the scenes of
peace and glory beyond. Is it possible
that Americans can falter in such an
hour as this? With the magnificent
prize almost within our reach, shall we
now quail and faint ? With such tremen-
dous elements of success in our hands,
shall we confess ourselves unfit to be free-
men, unworthy to rule this great nation?
Can it be that from all that is precious
and noble in our great national life, we
are to turn back and wander forever
amid the desolations of political anarchy,
or the dreary wastes of a remorseless
bondage? God forbid! By the memo-
ry of our fathers, by the hopes of our
children, by the mercies of our God in
the past, by the dread of his judgements
'iu the future, we protest against the info-
mous alternative.
The Lord give us grace to accept the
mighty task He has laid to our hands,
and to fulfill it in his name and to His
glory! - v -
“ Be of good courage, and let u: play
the men for ourpcople and for the cities of
our God : and the Lord do that which
motel/t Him good.”*
* 0n the tenth of December, 1832 Parisi-
DENT Jacxsorv closed his Brocbzmau'on
against Nullification with the following
earnest and patriotic appeal to his South
Carolina fellow-Citizens :—“ I ad are you, as
you honor the memory of our evolution-
ary Fathers,-—as you ove t e cause of free-
dom to which they dedicated their lives; as
ou prize the peace of your country,—the
ives of its best citizens—and your own fair
fame,—retrace your steps. Snatch from the
archives of your State, the disorganizing
edict of its Convention; bid itsvmembers to
reassemble and promulgate the decided ex-
pressions of your will to remain in the path
which alone can conduct you to safety, pros-
perity, and honor. Tell them that compared
to dc'mnfon, all other evils are light, because
that brings with it an accumulation of all.
Declare that you will never take the field
unless the star-Spangled banner shall float
over you; that you will not be stigmatized
when dead, and dishonored and accrued
while you live, as the authors of the first-at-
tack on the Constitution Of‘ your country.
If: destroyers you cannot be. You may dis-
turb its pe‘ace,—-you may interrupt the course
of its prosperity,—you may cloud ifs reputa-
tion for stability—but its tranquility will be
restored—its_pros erity will return—and the
stain upon its ational character will be
transferred, and remain an eternal blot on the
memory of those who caused the disorder. "
—l Benton’s Thirty Years in the U. 3. Senate,
12. 302. a.-.”
WHO SHOULD GuUMnLE l—How much
does a substitute cost at the South ?
Answor.——From $1500 to $2000.
Q—Why ?
A—Because the Confederate Government
did not designate a. moderate amount, the .
payment Of which should exempt any person
drafted. .
Q—How much, at present would a man
drafted at the North have to pay for a sub-
stitute ?
A—About $600 to 3700. ~
Q—How do you know this?
A—From the fact that the Government
now Offers 8452 bounty, and still fails to pro-
cure soldiers s'ufllcient at that rate.
Q—How much does a drafted man have
to pay our Government instead of procuring
a substitute 2
A—8360.
Q—How much does the drafted man gain
by this arrangement ?
A—8300 to $400.
Q—Who is the loser in this business?
A—The Government.
Q—Who makes, up the loss to the Govem-
ment ?
A—The taxpayers—the rich people.
Q—Who, then, shall grumble.
A—Not the poor people—Bufalo Express.
a.»
WThé waning fortunes of the confederate
establishment in the field are simultaneous
with the contraction of its geographical pow-
er. In 1861 Jeff Davis drew men for his an
mice from 13 states, containing a white male
population of 4,438,293 persons. The whole-
sale eouscription he has just ordered can be
executed onl in5states and parts of two
others, viz: orth Carolina South Carolina
Georgia Alabama and Flori a, and parts of
“Virginia and Mississippi- the white male
ulsti t which was in 1860 1 462,051
p3” hath“ of New York state one.
PUBLIC ACTS. ,
PASSED MAY SESSION, 1863.
C I
An Act confirmin certain Marriages.
Be it enacted the note and House quep-
"centurion in. moral Assembly convened :
SIC. I. In every case where a marriage
license has been obtained from the registrar
or town clerk of the town in which . either
of the parties coutemplstingm
169100.
instead of having been Obtained rem-”the
registrar or town clerk of the town wherein
the mania was to be solemuized, sue.
marriage, i solemnized in any town in..thia
State, and if in other res legal, shall be
deemed to have been du y and legally”!-
emnized; and the minister, magistrate; or-
other authorized person who joinedjuch
parties in martin e, shall be deemed to have
acted legally, so shall not be liable to‘ any
penalty for such action. '
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved, July 9, 1863.
\
Cinmu mv.
An Act in addition to and in alteration of
“ An Act concerning Education.”
Beilenacledby tthcnatc andHomcofRep
resontatt'ccs in General Assembly convened .-
Snc. 1. Whenever any school district shall
impose a tax. the interest of all manufactur-
ing and mechanical business, now by law
subject to taxation, whether carried on by
corporations, co—partnerships or individuals,
except so far as the same ma consist of real
estate situated out of the istrict, shall be
taxed in the school district where said busi.
ness is located or carried on, ’whether the
owner or owners reside therein or not, and
said property shall not be taxed in any other
shool district. "
SEC. 2. An'Act in addition to and in alter-
ation of “An Act. concerning education”
approved July 1, 1862, being Chapter XXIII
of Public Acts passed May Session, 1862, is
hereby repealed.
Approved July 10, 1863.
CW XLv.
An Act in alteration of “An Act to restrain
lHorse‘s, Mules, and cattle, from running at
at e. - ‘
Be {Enacted by lhc Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly concencd :
’That the fees for impoundiugattle and
horses going; at large on any highway or
commons, shall be fifty, cents per: head, in-
stead of twenty-five cents per head as here-
tofore provided; one half to lbs-person im-
pounding the same, and' one half to the-
pound keeper. . -
Provided, That this act shall not affect any
suit now pending.
Approved July 10, 1863.
CHAPTER XLvr.
An Act in addition to “An Act to provide
for the organization and equipment Of a'
Volunteer Militia, and to provide for the
Public Defence,” passed at the May Ses-
sion of the General Assembly, A. D. 1861.
Be ilenacted by the Senate and House ofBep-
rescntalices in General Assembly convened .-
SIC. 1. The bounty provided by the second
section Of said act, and by acts in addition
tosaid act, to be paid for the support and
maintenance of the family of any officer or
volunteer who shall have been disabled dur-
ing service, and by reason thereof disCharged,
shall not be paid after the disability of such
Officer or volunteer shall have been wholly
removed,but shall be paid so long as such
disabilily'shall continue, either in whole or
in part; provided, no payment shall be made
after the com any to which such Officer or
volunteer be ouged shall have been dis
charged.
SEC. 2. Continuing disability shall be
proved by the sworn certificate of a physi-
cian in good standing and full practice in the
town where such officer or volunteer re-
sides; which certificate shall be presented
by the selectmeu of towns to lhe comptrol’
ler at the lime appliculion shall be made for
such bounty.
SEC. 3. The bounty provided by law to be
paid to the family of any officer or volun-
teer,,sliall not be paid after such Officer or
Volunteer shall have willfully deserted the
service of the United States, but shall be
paid to the time Of such desertion.
Approved July 10, 1863.
CHAPTER nvu.
An Act in addition to “ An Act concerning
Prisons.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Rep.
rucntatzm in General Assembly convened :
SEC. 1. The jails of the several counties of
this State may be used for the confinement
and safe keeping of persons arrested as de-
serters from the military service of the
United States, and persons arrested for dis-
obedience to, or for violation of, any of the
revisions of the act of Congress of the
uited States, entitled “ An Act for enrolling
and calling out the National Forces, and for
other purposes,’.’ approved March 3d, A. D.
1863; and any person acting under the mili-
tary authority of the United States, shall
jails for the safe keeping of arrested desert-
ers and persons arrested for violating the
provisions of said not of Congress.
SEC. 2. All writs of habcas corpus for the
purpose of procuring: llie discharge of [1?-
sons confined in any of thejails of this Sta C,
under the provisions of this act, shall be
issued against the officer making the com-
.uiiluinnt, or against the United States Pro-
vost Marshal ol' the district in which the
jail is located, when: the person whose dis-
charge is suught is Confined; and said writs
shall not be issued against the sheriffs and
their deputies having custody of such jails;
provided, the authority or officer who makes
such commitment can he found within the
jurisdiction of this State.
Approved July 10, 1863.
CHAPTER xm'm.
An Act confirming the doings of Towns, Ec-
clesiastical Societies, School Societies, and
Sclmol Districts, in certain cases.
Be it enacted by thé Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened:
SEC. 1. That in all vases where any town
in this State, in laying a tax, shall have
omitted to specify, in the vote of the Iown,
the list on which such tax was to be laid,
but which lax in fuel shall have been laid
on the list last made and comple'cd, or next
thereafter to be made and Completed; and
in all cases where any town has omiihnl, in
the vote laying a fax, Lo specify the purposes
for which the same was laid, such lax shall
not, for such cause, he adjudged illegal and
void, but the some is fully ratified and con-
rmed.
SEC. 2. That no annual or Special meeting
of any ecclesiastical Society, school society,
or school district, heretofore held, shall be
deemed illegal, by reason of the neglect of
their respective committee to leave a copy
of the Warning thereof with their respective
clerks, or to give the requisite warning of
llie same, as, is now required by law; or by
reason of the neglect or omission of the
clerks of either of said societies, or of said
school district, respectively, to lake the oath
prescribed by law before entering upon their
several duties; or of said clerk’s omission,
respectively, to record the proceedings of
said meeting held in pursuance Of such
warning ; but that said warning, meeting and
procee lugs, and the records of said clerks,
if otherwise conformable to law, be, and
they are hereby declared to be, legal and
valid.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from its
passage; and shall not affect-any suit now
ndm .
peApprgoved July 10, 1853.
CHAPTER Lx1x.
An Act in addition to “ An Act relating to
Courts.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Re-
presentatives in General Assembly convened :
SEC. 1. That whereas the present supreme
court of errors consists of an inconvenient
number, the General Assembly may elect, by
Courtto be an additional judge of the su-
preme court of errors; and thereafter the
supreme court of errors shall consist of five
l
have full liberty and authority to use said '
ballot, one of' the judges of the superior,
judges, on f. .hiCh ‘7 Wm 5F
I I . o w ' ”'1 "I ‘1 t
. .mdingwlaw, “$053113?“ 3;, Fl: ed
_ one. 2. The present Chief‘z‘justico‘ and
judges oflthe supreme court:;of.; ’ r and
rumours. .. .....
a o , :- tive .‘0' 09s 1‘
legal ter'minatibn of. the some. . m. the
SEC. 3. Thejud 'ofrthe:8upremg‘=;m‘ rt
of errors shall: h d namsuytsiMs/‘of the
superior court. as may :ueoosssry 'to'o'qml.
izevthe duties of ull'the edges, and d
the business of thecmms.j z. > 1 .. Watch
Approved July 10,
A A t 1 ambush f N 4
.n c re atin to r erso Otice.
.Bczt enucladbythsflcnatc' ad Bdlbtqfllo-
presentamcs in General mm :
SEC. 1. The several judgcsof‘th'e mm
court of errors, the judges ofstho ” '
courts, and the pier-ks ofthe superiorlcourfo,
during the session of said' courta'» “the
spine power to issue. and make orders of no-
tgce in regard to-petitious. for newiti'lalgpe-
titious in equity, petitions for divorce,- or
other petitions and writszof‘. errOrri’eturnsblo
to the supreme court of errors; or tubby su-
perior court. that they maynnowhy lswhsvo
toissue and make the ssme'iu vacation. .
SEC. 2. All orders ofnotioe heretofore
made by the judges of the suprom'voou'rt of
errors, the jud es of the superior-Locusts, or
the clerks of e superiorcourtl’ydu ' =‘the
sessions of said courts, “dam,
are hereby validated and confirmed? ,: ‘
Approved July 10, 1863. V . '
An A l 0 R31”.
ctreati to 'rostom "
Be it enactcdby. Scrum 13114130qu
presentation in General Assembly convened :
That the Act entitled “ An. Act- relud‘ to
Railroad Companies,” and :the sets in?- 7' di-
tion to and in alterntionoffsnld' not, shall
not apply to companies chartered ‘1‘]th
railroad companies, or to riu'lroadco j ,‘ iss
which transport passes or. ' ' ‘ -on
their roads by animal p083- albue-Ia‘dd all
uefsjand parts of acts inconsistent hm“
are herebyrepealed. . z . 3&6“
‘ Approved uly 10,1863.
Clam: Ln. ,
An Act for the IucOrporatiou of Boat Club,
by Members of-aoy-Collegiate sud Litm-
ary Institution... . .
Be it cnacfcd by the Scuatcand Home of lo-
presentatz’m in General A animal :
SEC. 1. Any number of persons',.mbera
of any collegiate academy, or .litersrthm.
futiou, may associate for the' " 1. of
forming boat clubs, and ,of bedoiiiillg'prod-
cjent in the managementzot. boat's? inixtho
rivers, harbors, and navigable watéls: obi-this
State, and being solzss’sociutedcshallpnpon
compliance with the provfisioua :obthlli'ict,
be a body politic and corporatermaysuoand
besued; have a. common. ' .whiChz they
may cliangepr alter at pleasure; pumh
hold and convey realandpersousl: em
a value not exceeding ten thousand'ddllnrs;
choose such emcers,vand make’nud‘zadopt
such articles and by-laws, us theyjmaydun
necessary or convenient for conducting'.raud
regulating their affairs, not inconsistent-with
the laws of this State or of. the..Unired
States; and may do all acts necessaryi‘lfud
proper for accomplishing the objects :of said
bout clubs. : » ». .
SEC. 2. Before any such association shall
be entitled to the privileges hering’rsuwd, it
shall lodge with the Secretary, of: thimStut'e a
copy of its articles or by-laws, attestedby‘ its
commodore, captain, or principal ofloeryand
also cause a like copy to be, recordedxjn a
book kept for that purpose in the 10m:
clerk’s office in the town where such Mis-
tion is situated. And all subsequent alters-
tions or amendments of its articles‘or by-
laws, shall, in like manner, he 'so attested
and left, and the same shall not take effect
until so attested and left with the Secretary
of State and town clerk, as aforesaid.
SEC. 3. This act may be altered or re-
pealed at the pleasure of the GeneralAssein-
bly: and shall take effect from and after the
day of its passage. ' '
Approved July 10, 1863.
CHAPTER Lm. ' '
An Act in addition to “ An Act relating to
the General Assembly",
Be it enacted by lbscSenate and House of. Re-
presentatives in General Assembly contorted :
SEC 1. That all public acts, passed tailor
the 4th day of July, during, the present: ses-
sion, shall take effect from the .Ellillgithefg-
of, unless Otherwise provided in~ suchact's.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect. from. its
passage.
Approved July 10, 1863.
A A _ 1 upland-1n Lrv.
u ct in x men ment of An Act relating
to County Commissioners.
Be it enacted by the Senate. and Home of Re-
prcaentafz'ves in General Assembly conceived:
That the term of office of the County
Commissioners appointed bythe. Genes-a1
Assembly, shall be for the term ofz'thloo
years; provided, however, that the?“
named of the three commissioners who 2er
or may be appointed shall go out of Omar“
the end of one year, and the next named rat
the end of two years, and the lust namrd at
the end of three years, and so in rotation,
afterward, each commissioner at the end ‘of
three years; but any person going out of
ofilce may be reappointed; and provided
further, that the Governor may fillnlbvn-
caucies that may occur during the recess of
the General Assembly; and the commis-
sioner or commissioners appointed by him
shall hold office until the next sessionofrthe
General Assembly. -
Approved July 10, 1863.
CHAPTER Lv.
An Act extending the action of Replevln.
Be it emwled by the Senate and House of. Re-
preuutatires in General Assembly W .-
SEC. l.- 'l‘liat whenever any goods shall be
unlawfully detained from the owneror other
person entitled to the possession, (except in
the Cases of beasts impounded and.goods:nt-
utched, Illc existing provisions of lamzfi‘fto
which are not to beafl'ccted by this act-3.0m
owner or other person- may, cause tlienr'to be
replcvicd. ‘ ' ‘
SEC. 2. The writ in such action of hp].-
viu may be signed by any authority compo-
tcuf to Sign writs, but shall be issued .0111,
upon the oath of the party or his agenn‘m
he Vorily helicVes the plaintiff or pliilnlififto
be the true owner or owners of thé‘pl‘up’é’fly
Sought in be replcvied, or entitled millilit-
Illediafe possession of the same; nibl‘fliilt'.“
the some be issued except upon the r: l-
zunce of some person, known to “the "magi.-
trate signing the writ to'be of’h‘u‘fllcient- reo-
punsibility for the payment 'of Coslal‘fiiitho
defendant, with good and srimcieilt=8firtity,
in case the plaintiff shall not ~p'rOseinrfe‘fhb
suit to effect, and for the paymenbibf all
damages that shall be recr_we'red~ liv‘FIlie ‘de-
fondant in the suit, undiforthe return off'tho
proper! y lo the defendant if the praises
shall fail to establish his right'to the pldp'er-
ty, or to the possession-of the ”newbies
recognizance, with surety, shall be in a sum
at least double =he alleged value Ofx‘ili‘dwpsop-
erty, and shall in no cas'ebe learn” .5...
hundred doum. " . , I ‘3: ‘13:?”
SEC. 3. The writ shall, in every casuallfi‘o
the value of the property; and whereitho
alleged value does not exceed fifty‘fiollils,
the writ shall be made returnablombofbfi a
justice of the peace, and in all’other'é‘ll-
shall be made returnable to the .supeno' r
court, or to the city court of any city. within
which one of the parties may resid '
6- .
cause of acIion shall have “mm-Jim
cases brought beforea 5‘15““..0fii . .
the party against whomjud‘zmm blin' ,
rendered, may appeal the same toxins
rior court, and a'likeappeul’fihn .: “till
from the judgmentdfiany'city'cm “M”
SEC. 4. The deleudahui afte‘if .‘o-
appearance in court, may mo ’
bond from the plaintiff, eithe in to
the person or persousgiviuf the'b‘b ' and
upon such motion it shall be iu‘c be
the plaintiff 'losatiSfy the court tithe “-
cieuCy of the bond in all assets.
court may, in its discretion, order further
bond to be given. ~
gonor-
1
Ari denial of the
SEC. 5. The defendant may make a
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