Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, December 22, 1863 · page 2

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much good sense and an unusual degree.

franc

of manliness to resist the temptations to
idleness which it brings; but you must
resist them or suffer the saddest conse-
quences. You must labor in a steady,
manly way to make your own place in
the world, as a fitting preparation for the
husbandry and enjOymeut of the wealth
which will some day buyouts-"91f you
have not these considerations in your
favb’r which stimulate the .poor manlto
exertion: 'then you must adopt. those
which I have tried to present to you.
You must remember that to be content
with a position received at second hand,
and-rte live simply to spend the money
earnpd by others, is most unmanly. You
must'remember that you owe it to your
father and to your family name and fame,
to keep your family in the position of con-
sideration. and influence in which he has
placed it, and that it is certain to recede
from that position unless you do. You
must remember that only by werk can
youxwin the good will of the world
aroundyou, or win and retain respect
for yourself. . .
If. the disadvantages of your position
are great,=your reward for worthy work
is also, great. The world always recog-
nizes..the_ strength of the temptations
whichattach to the position of a rich
young man, and awards to him a peculiar
honorfor that spirit which refuses to be
respected for anything but his own man-
liness. .Iikuow of no young men who
hold-the good will of the ‘public more
thoroughly than those who set aside all
the temptations to indolence and indul-
gence,.which attend wealth, and put them-
selves heartily to the work of deserving
the social position to which they are
bornuahd of earning the bread which a
father’s wealthhas already secured. You
have. but towill and to‘ work, and this
beautiful reward will be yours '
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A Cameos Tumour or THE DURATION
or TEEWAR.——The Rev. John Gilbert,
of Clay county, Kentucky, writes to a
friend‘iu ' Frankfort, giving a curious
theoryiwithregard to the present war.
In his,letter he says:

“During the Revolutionary War, corn
blade‘s‘had‘s‘eoen points to them, that is,

 

the blade grew in such a manner as to,

haveuaevendiotinct points or ends cor-
responding with the sharp point of the
blade: ”These seven points indicated the
duration of the Revolutionary War. Now
there are but three separate and distinct
points to many of the blades, and this
indicates, very clearly to my mind, that
the duration of the present war will be
three‘ years—the points of the blades re-
presenting years.”

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@Theestimate of clothing for the
Armyfor the, next fiscal year is about
$58,000,000. Nine hundred thousand
dollars are asked for the benefit of pris-
onersbf war. '

 

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@The avails of the draft, so far as
ascertained up to this present time, are
60,000 men and $12,000,000. The
figures given in the Secretary of War’s
reportnwere. based upon data two or
thrceweeks old.

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It :is oficially stated that 4,800 refu-
gees from Northern Alabama and Geor-
gia have arrived in Nashville since last
August, and been variously provided for
by the Government. Most of them have
been sent to the North. They were in a
deplOrably destitute. condition, having
been robbed of everything by the rebels.
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7 Mr. Chase.

Men, in the excitement of the moment,
sometimes make mistakes; and this was
the case with Mr. F. P. Blair, jr., in St.
Louis, a few evenings since, when he
made a coarse and vulgar assault upon
Secretary Chase. If there is a man in
public or private life, in all this land to
whom the term “rowdy and blackguard”
will not apply, that man is Mr. Salmon
P. Chase. And there is no man who has,
at any period in any nation, ever been
more successful in the department of gov-
ernment under his special control than
Mr. Chase has been, in the very able
manner in which he has managed the fi-
nauces of our country in this most impor-
tant and trying era of our nation’s life.
The country ewes him a debt Of grati-
tude, which no place, however exalted—
no honors, however reat, which the peo-
ple can give him, wil ever repay.

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@Wte heard a good joke perpetrated
the other day by a friend Of ours. Said

 

 

 

 

, he to 'an vauaiutance:

'Thingssre really coming to a pretty

pass in :our city—all the ladies stopping .

at the,‘-‘Astor” left the dinner table yes-
terdayl”. ' - ' -

‘Po'ssib‘lel” said the person to whom
the remark was addressed, greatly sur-
prised...1.‘What caused them to do so?”

‘Why,’ responded our friend, convinc-
ing himself that the coast was clear, ‘they
hadvfinish’ed eating!” '

A pass-was made at him, but he dodg-

ed it.—;'-3En:cha.nge.

 

 

A-STnAueE_ Poss—There is a cat be-
longing to ’a ' farmer in Bloomfield, which
has no affection for her own young, and
has iniseveral instances left them to be
cared._-for by others, and gone into the
woods,nea_r by the farmhouse and brought
homeyoungchipping squirrels, and nursed
them until they were old enough to take
care of themselves. Last spring she took
under; her, parental care five of these
squirrelsand attended to them with a
mother’s love.

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E‘Tb‘e French gardeners say that the
application .of charcoal to flowers, bright-
ens thgir, colors. The earth in the flower-
pots iscovered with pulverized charcoal,
half an“ inch deep. -

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AN APPROPRIATE NAME—An exchange
calls young men who stand round church
doors tolwatch young ladies, as the con-
greigation' is going ‘out, “the Devil’s Pick-
ets.’ '

 

 

 

 

GEORGE W. Gnarls Rosann— The
Rochester-Union says :

“George .W, Curtis was robbed of his
carpet.,,bag on arriving at Elmira from
Buffalgflpn Friday evening last. Next
morning'fthe'beg was found,cmptied of its
contents} in‘the rear of a public house.
Beside‘li‘wearing apparel the thief ob-
tainedta :brannewlecture in manuscript,
entitled, “Political Infidelity.” If he is
an enterprising individual he can go into
the lecture‘business even on the capital of
one leb‘tiire, ”stolen at that, and make
money out of it.”

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Sno'dk’s' wife loves to make bread be-

cause it ‘cleans her hands so beautifully.

What do the Union prisoners at Rich-

mond most desire and most loathe? Lib-
eration-:(‘Iiibby-ration. ) .

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Tuesday, December 22, 1863.

 

 

NOTICE.

If our friends will address all communica-
tions having reference to the office or paper
to the GAZETTE, instead of our senior by
name, their favors will receive earlier atten-
tion, as Mr. Byington will be in Washington
during the winter.

 

 

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Editorial Correspondenco.

‘ wAsmemox, Dec. 19, 1863.

DEAR GAZETTE: Another week has come
and gone, and this great Capitalonian caul-
drOn continues its seething. Here, herd not
only every conceivable, but‘ inconceivable,
stripe of politicians,—members of Congress
of all sorts of party and facial complections,
reflections, inflections, (and all the other—
’fections except per-fections)—noisy hangers
on, for office, military and civil—fat and
sleek—successful government contractors
“waiting for pay ;” lithe, and insinuating
nibblers of “proposals”—Jews and Gentiles
—in fine, all manner of men, and men of all
manners—all and separate, each and every
one loudest in his acclaims of devotion to
the Union. '

Either House of Congress has made but
little pregress in the real business of the ses-
sion, beyond the formation and arrangement
of the committees. It is one of the stale
jokes of the Capital that there are two pe-
riods when Congress does little or nothing—
one is before the holidays, and the other.
after.

In the formation of the House Committees
it is affirmed that Speaker Colfax has been
unusually fortunate, and that at no future
time has there been known to exist among
members so general satisfaction with the
positions assigned them. Indeed, I have
never ncticed so general good feeling pre-
vailing among the members of the two sides
of the hall, and such is the general remark
of all. I do not know that the Speaker could
have improved his selections except in one
particular. Had he placed Hon.‘ H. C.
Deming on “District of Columbia,” instead
of giving him the Chairmanship of the War
Department Expenditure Committee, it
would have been a far. greater boon to the
poor unfortunate dwellers in this miserably
ruled city. The Colonel, after “running the
machine in Hartford,” and then graduating
'at New Ofleans, is just the man to take hold
ofthis metropolis—so that its streets should
be safe to walk upon by day, without liabil-
ity to fractured heads and limbs, and by
night, without being “popped at” by a six
shooter or slung-abetted, for the chance cap-
ture of a (lime in postal currency. '-

Brandagee is on Naval Affairs, and being
an entirely accidental (?) assignment, we are
glad to state is just the position, of all others
he most desired. It is confidently anticipa-
ted that he will league with the rcst of the
committee, in the matter of the new navy
yard—not for League Island, but for New
London. Our Mr. Hubbard, representing as
he does, so largely the “inventive” talent of
the State, is on the Committee on Patents.
Mr. English, being specifically a business
man, is on the Committee on Expenditures
of the State Department. Mr. Hubbard is
also assigned the same duty on behalf of the
Post-office Department. Mr. Brandagee the
same on Expenditures on Public Buildings,
while 001. Deming stands “fill” on the Mill-
tary Committee.

In the Senate, Mr. Dixon is Chairman on
Contingent Expenses, same as last session,
and also “fill” on Post Offices and Post
Roads. Senator Foster is Chairman of the
Committee on Pensions, as heretofore, and
“fill” .ou the J udiciary, .

We presuine it seldom or never occurs
that any member of Congress is a sufficiently
expert gamester at chess to keep all the
patriots who have or think they have claims
on him, from “‘entangling alliances.” But
our Connecticut delegation, in part, seems
more than usually unfortunate in this re-
spect. Mr. English, if he could only brace
himself up to the moral courage of voting
just as he would like to, would be the hap-
piest man of the delegation. Indeed, were
it not for. sundry twitchings of conscience
now and then, he might be even jolly over
the fact that he is not to the manor born—-
expects nothing—asks for, nothing, and is
not disappointed. We jot Colonel Deming
down as the happiest man of the Connecticut
delegation. His conscience is at case. He
wants no navy yard at Hartford; has no
provost-marshal embroglio on his hands, and
in regard to the double-shuffle for State ap-
pointments, looks on about as philosophi-
cally as the Hoosier, whose wife got into the
hug-fight with the bear—“don’t care which
.lz'cks.” - '

Mr. Brandagee has our own distinctive de-
velopment so strongly marked in his charac-
ter that we always did love him therefor—
from natural affinity, we suppose—is bound
not to be “licked,” in whatever he espouses.
Ergo, his congressional career is not through
a garden of roses. He is all absorbed in se-
curing what Conn., should have, the much
needed Navy Yard ; then he has his earnest
nature all absorbed in sundry complicated
state appointments. If he doesn‘t win, his
competitors will have a sorry time of it in
compassing his defeat, that’s all. Mark the
prediction, Augustus Brandagee will make
his mark in this Congress. Our own Mr.
Hubbard is in a worse bewilderment than

ever was his illustrious rythmical namesake
when she found “her poor dog was dead.”
“ His days are robbed of jollity, his nights
are'freft ofrest” over the state appointments.
The rock however on which he is likely to
split, is the Bridgeport Provost Marshalship.
Early and late, in season and out of season
has he plodded to the department, and plead-
edfor the restoration of the old board, but
this he finds.to be a practical impossibility.
The department admits that there was lit-
tle or no substantial cause for the removal
of Capt. Dunham and Mr. BreWster, but
whattsdone, is done, and they can‘t stop
the giddy wheels of government to try cau-
ses now, so the innocent individual must
sufi'er'for the general good. The same is
claimed for Dr. Salisbury, that while he may
have been guilty of no evil intent, he is
caught on a technical delinquency and the
Department can’t interfere with the estab-
lished forms prescribed for such cases. So
go these cases, at the War Office and un-
less the “home constituency”ease up upon
our venerable representative there'll have to
be a “special election” in the 4th District.

I will close this already too extended
epistle, by giving you “Old Abe’s last.”—
The President has just recovered from the
pestilent small pox, and remarked the other

 

day that it was the first thing he had had

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‘ bling up of fun may be, in our Chief Magis-
, unto, the lack of this quality in his nature
. would have consigned him to the grave
' months ago. Let us thank God that Abra.-

 

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since he became President that somebody
didn’t want .’

Undignified, though this inevitable bub-

hum Lincoln is what he is. B,

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'Christmas Presents.

Christmas is the time of all others for
gift-making; the young folks all expect pre-
sents of some kind, and “children of a larger
growth” expect some remembrance from
their friends. “What to buy and where to
buy it," is of consequence to all. To meet
the demand for Christmas Gifts, our mer-
chants are making more than usual display
of tempting goods, and there is no need of
going out of town to procure suitable pre-
sents for all. Below, we suggest the names
of a few good dealers to buy of, all of whom
our readers are familiar with through the
advertising columns of the “Old Gazette :”

The boys and girls, men and women, all
will want good Skates, which can be found
in great variety at W.‘ C. Street’s, Marvin &
Prowitt’s, and at Theo. Fitch’s hardware
stores. Sleds can also be found at the same
places, and at Geo. F. Belden’s and C. & E.
K. Lockwood & Co.’s stores. Toys and Play-
things generally for children, can be found
in abundance at the stores of A. Jackson &
Em, and E. Blackman. Games and Books
for children, and elegant presents for any
one, can be had at .Selleck’s store, Gazette
Building. Very useful, pretty, elegant and
satisfactory presents, in the Dry Goods line,
can be furnished by Morris 85 Doty and C.
J. Gruman. At -H. M. Prowitt’s corner store
can be found Yankee Notions, &c. &c. John
Murray can supply the, best of “Christmas
Cakes,” and everything in the baker’s line.
Disbrow has Hats and Caps, Perfumery,
Yankee notions, &.c. J. N. Lockwood will
fit you out handsomely with Boots and
Shoes. Howard H. Smith has a fine stock
of Crockery, &c., and Toys. If you want
any Cutlery, Mr. Joseph Shepherd has a fine
lot of choice Sheffield make. Messrs. Quin-
tard, and Mr. E. Raymond can supply your
wants in the Furniture line, and C. & E. K.
Lockwood do 00., in the Housefbrnishing
branch. If you want ,a handsome suit of
Clothes, Gloves, &.c., call on C. S. Lockwood,
while Turk can supply every want in the
Ready Made Clothing and Gents’ Furnish-
ing Department. Jackson dz Bro. can fur-
nish elegant Jewelry, &c.

While you are making arrangements for a
Merry Christmas, you must not forget to be
charitable, for “the poor ye always have
with you.” They will need groceries and
many other necessaries, which you can ob-
tain of S. E. Olmstead &‘Co., A. Morehouse,
Joseph Randlo, and J. B. Pendleton. Pho-
tograph Albums are all the rage for presents,
but they must be filled with cartes—de-visite
to make them valuable. Whitney & Beck-
with are “equal to any emergency” in this
line of business. If you want Magazines,
leave your name at the Post-office, for clubs
now forming there.

In some cases, a year’s subscription to the
GAZETTE might not come amiss—price two
dollrn-s per year in advance. '
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RECRUITINo.—Lieu.-Col. A. H. Wilcoxson
has opened a recruiting office in Hubbell’s
Building, at the Bridge. Now is the time
to enlist in the 17th or Fairfield Co. Regi-
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“A Goon TIME commo.”—One of the most
pleasant festive occasions of the season will
be the annual Supper of the 2d M. E. Socie-
ty, Tuesday evening, at Norwalk Hall. The
Ladies of this Society have had experience,
and know just how to get up a good Supper
and to have a “good time” generally. The
people appreciate these social entertainments
and are sure to attend. No postponement.
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HOLIDAY FESTIVAL—The Ladies of the
First Congregational Society intend having
a tip-top “gay and festive” time at their
Christmas Festival at Lockwood‘s Hall,
Wednesday evening. Beside the usual adorn-
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occasion as decorated for the Firemeu’s Ball,

presenting a beautiful appearance. In addi-
tion to the Fair, a grand Supper is to be pro-
vided, and you can order from the “Bill of
Fare” whatever you fancy and pay for what
you eat,—a new plan, and a good idea.

The Horse R. R., we presume, will run to
the accommodation of all who may wish to
attend from South Norwalk.

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For the Holidays.

There have not been for many years past so
many good and beautiful miscellaneous Book
issued from the American Press, as has been
done the present season, and of these all of
the best are for sale at Selleck’s. We do not
think there is a more complete assortment
of tempting Books tobe found between New
York and New Haven, than that which he
now has. He also has a large assortment of
elegant Photograph Albums, and Gift Books
which are much sought after. Among his
Gift Books is a handsomely illustrated and
splendily bound edition of Dr. Holland’s
ever popular Poem, “Bitter Sweet.” Mr. 8.
also has a large stock of Juvenile Books, and
Games, which please the Children wonder-
fully. Also, a fine assortment of Writing
Desks, Portfolios, &c.; in fact his stock of
goods for the Holidays, in our opinion, has
never been equalled in this town, and you
will do well to give him an early call.

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BusmEss CHANGE—Mr. E. Va. Chichester,
who has so long conducted the hardware
establishment next door, has sold out to Mr.
Theo. Fitch, a former clerk. Over a year
ago, Mr. Fitch contemplated making this
change, but postponed .the matter, and en-
listed in the 27th Regiment, served out his
time, and has now returned and purchased
the good will and stock of the establishment.
We wish him success in his new enterprise.
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WRemcmber the Ball, at Ely’s Hall,
Christmas Eve. Music by the So. Norwalk
String Band. ‘

 

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HOLIDAY PnEsEuTs.—Mr. A. H. Camp is
out with his annual announcement of new
books, &c., for Christmas. He tells his own
story in the advertisement in another col-
umn. Read it.

 

 

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WWe publish in our advertising columns
today an abstract of the Town Auditor‘s
Report.

 

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CAUGHT—The steamer Chesapeake was
piratically taken possession of about two
weeks ago, on one of her regular trips from
New York to Portland, by a set of pirates
who took passage in her for that purpose,
murdered one of the officers and crew and
confined the rest. Gunboats were at once
sent in pursuit, and she was finally overhaul-
ed and captured in a small bay on the coast
of Nova Scotia, taken into Halifax and de-
livered over to the authorities. Three of
the piratical crew only were caught, the
rest taking to the woods onthe appearance of
our gunboat. These the telegraph says, were
forcibly rescued from the officers who had
them in charge, by the citizens of Halifax.
The Provincial Government however prom-
ises to use every exertion for their recapture.

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[A Connecticut officer who has done his
duty faithfully and nobly, in the camp and
on the battle-field, sends us the following
communication, in which he forcibly ex-
presses his idea of the only proper way to
raise our town quota. He is right,—-our
hearts all acknowledge it,-——and during the
week that is left before the time for drafting
to commence, every honorable effort should
be made to fill our town quota with reliable
volunteers instead of mere hirelings. We
commend the article to the earnest attention
of our readers—Ens. GAz.]

How to Fill our Quota.

Masons. EDITons: In your issue of De-
cember 15, I observe an informal report of a
Committee appointed for the purpose of se-
curing enlistments to fill the quota of the
town of Norwalk under the late call of the
President for 300,000 volunteers. .

The action of this town in appointing such
Committee has doubtless been repeated in
other towas throughout Fairficld County.

I respectfully beg permission to 'pivite the
patriotic attention of your readers through'
out the county to a review of the report
above alluded to, not as a criticism upon the
action of the Committee, but as an expres-
sion of a soldier’s views concerning the mo-
tives of the people—the principal in whose
behalf the Committee has acted.

The functions of the Committee appear to
have been to endeavor to secure, if possible,
the enlistment of non-residents, to be accred-
ited to the town in sufficient numbers to
shield it from the operation of the draft fore-
shadowed in the President’s call.

The appointing of the Committee is a suffi-
cient evidence that the duty of supporting
the Government is recognized by the com-
munity in its capacity of a corporation; the
action of the Committee—probably under
instructions, or at all events, influenced by
the expression of general public sentiment
in Town meeting—is evidence of a desire to
become oblivious of individual duties, and
to evade the performance of them if pos-
sible.

The first labor of the Committee appears
to have been to open negotiations with ce"-
tain parties who are known as “Substitute
Brokers,” in order to secure the necessary
number of men.

Are there, then, no men among the resi-
dents of the town who are strong enough,
and well enough; and, above all, are there
none who are patriotic enough to render to
our country now, when the Work devolving
upon the national courage and fidelity is
almost done, that indivrdual service which
combined action acknowledges to be due in
support of their Governmeht?

”Pending the negdtiationo referred to, the
Committee have become convinced that that
plan for filling the quota of the town is.
scarcely practicable, and that in the absence
of some unexpected occurrence, the quota,
if filled at all without resort to 'draft, must
be filled by the enlistment of actual resi-
dents. ' - , ' .

To avert such a catastrophe, the Commit-
tee call for a “vigorous, sustained, and gen-
eral effort on the part. of the citizens at
large,” and remind their fellow townsmen,
that “if the citizens will individually interest
themselves, and make a proper use of all the
means within their power, the towu quota
can be readily filled and the draft aVoided.”

Why has it thus become established as an
apparently fixed principle, that the actual
residents of this or any other town should
no longer be expected to respond to the call
of the country through the President for
fighting men? Have all-those who individ-
ually owed their support to the cause already
gone, leaving only allegiance as of commu-
nities from whence to expect support ? Is it
not rather true, that in all these communi-
ties, there are numbers of able-bodied men,
whose services are as justly due as those of
their brothers who have' gone forth—unin-
spired by bounties which render anomalous
the name of volunteer—to fight the battles
of a common country ?

“A vigorous, sustained, and general effort”
2's necessary; “the individual interest ofevery
citizen” should be invoked; but it should be
with a view to swell tue ranks of our volun-
teer army, by encouraging every man to do
his duty, even though the performance of
that duty should involve the enlistment of
actual residents.

The men who are produced by the brokers
owe their individual allegiance to the gov-

' ernment, as well as those whose substitutes

they may become, and it isrimpossible for
them to satisfy their claims against both:
the country has in most cases,,even an nude-
niable right to the services of the broker
himself, instead of rendering which he
amasses a fortune out of the pressing distress
of the country whose honor he should che-
rish. '

Myself a soldier; but recently—and hap-
pily but for a brief period—returned to the
scenes which I left to enter the army in de-
fence of the Union, I look with surprise not
unmingled with shame, upon the spectacle
of a community of my brothers and friends,
shielding itself behind its wealth from the
forced performance of a duty, dreaded,
though acknowledged, each commuting for

, gold with hireling aliens and liberated negro

slaves, the dearest privilege of a true patriot,
the defence of his country.

Can it be that dread of the casualties
of war is the insurmountable obstacle which
prevents so many of the able and otherwise
patriotic from entering their proper places
in the ranks of our country’s defenders?

God forbid! Forbid it all that is worthy
of Godlike humanity, that cowardly hearts
should withhold the support of willing hands
from brothers in the field, whose cry for
help comes from the thinned and battle—
broken ranks of the great army of the
Union; comes from men who are fighting,
not their own battles fer conquest or glory;
not your battles to protect your homes and
firesides from an invading fee: but our bat-
tles; the battles of a great people engaged in
a struggle for its life and the perpetuation of.
its republican institutions.

The cry for help is from your brothers
who have borne the burden and heat of the
contest up to this eleventh hour, and now
they are asking just help enough to enable
them to complete the crowning succeSs, even
now almost within their grasp; the re-estab-
lishiug of the Union, the commencement of
a new lease of national life to endure until
human governments shall be no more.

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WGilbert, the Redding Stage man, has
put anew and very stylish Stage Coach on
the route between Bedding and Norwalk.
It was built by Mr. A. R Bartram, of Red-
ding, and besides being handsome, looks as

 

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TEE’WAY To Do IT.—-—Duprez &~Green’s
Minstrels, have got out a new Poster to ad-
vertise their Concerts, which is about 12x14
feet; the largest poster ever printed. The
first hundred cost $1500—a big price, but it
will pay.

 

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A Dilemma.

The Richmond Dispatch confesses that the
South is reduced to the following interest-
ing situation: “If the people are fed the ar-
my must suffer; if the army is fed the people
will starve; and if the people starve, what’s
the use of the army?”

 

01d Bldgefleld Wide Awake.
Massxs. Emmott—Have the northern
breezes borne to Norwalk and vicinity the
joyful tidings ? Do the intelligent and patri-
otic readers of the Gazette know that an cf-
fort is being made in Ridgefield as well as
in Bridgeport and other places, to provide
relief for ourSoldiers? :If not, you will
doubtless confer a great favor upon them,
and at the same time furnish “aid and com-
fort” to the noble “Defenders of our Liber-
ties,” by giving the desired information
through the columns of your paper.

Know then, men, women and children;
who ,desire the triumph of Loyalty over
Rebellion, that on the afternoon and eve-
nings of Tuesday and Wednesday Dec. 22d
and 23d the fair sex of Ridgefield will hold
a Fair and Festival in the upper rooms of the
large shop at the south end of Main St;
which, without doubt, will be a grand affair.

Mr. Jones has kindly tendered the use of
his building, and the ladies and gentlemen
propose to furnish and beautify it after the
latest approved Christmas style.

Of the Fair itself little need to be said.
Ridgefield is already famous for the success
which has ever attended her efi‘orts in “get-
ting up” fairs, Agricultural and Horticul-
tural. And if such has been the result when
men were the presiding geniuses and when
“Erlzibittbn” has been the motive ; what may
we not expect when womn (of which there
are here, at least two for every man) lead
the way, impelled by the sacred motive of
furnishing relief and comfort to the benefac-
tors and savers of themselves and us? For
many weeks the work of preparation has
been going on, and a great variety of articles,
the production of delicate fingers, arekuow,
or soon will be, ready for exhibition and
sale. '

I understand also that they intend to have
an ample supply of Books, Photograph Al-
bums, Portfolios and numerous other arti-
cles useful, and “convenient to have in a
family,” all of which they are determined to
sell at such a price, that whoever wishes to
procure “holiday presents for friends,” may
be sure of getting them here, as cheap, if
not cheaper than can be found elsewhere;
while at the same time, the purchaser will
be contributing something for the relief of
the soldier. '

Mr. Editor, if you wish to see fair speci-
mens of the fair sex don’t fail to be present
at the Fair. And through you, we would
extend the same invitation to all the loyal
inhabitants of Norwalk, New Canaan, Wil-
ion, Redding, Daubury and to all others far
and near who wish to do the fair thing for
the S'bldiers of the Union, while they make
valuable purchases at afair price.

Friends, please not remain at home for
supper, as our ladies “know how to keep a
hotel” and will havd‘the turkeys, chickens,
oysters, etc. etc, all in readiness. .

Ridgefield, Dec. 15th, 1863.

«0»

Tan BALL—The grand annual Ball . 0
Phoenix Engine and Hose Companies came“
off at Lockwood’s Hall, Tuesday evening
last. It was largely attended, the beautiful
Hall was splendidly decorated, the music all
that could be desired, and everything passed
ofl‘ delightfully.

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WThe celerated “Fakir of Ave” has been
giving a series of his gift entertainments at
Norwalk Hall, closing to-night (Monday).
The great feature of his entertainments is
the presentation of gifts of all kinds, which
he dispenses very liberally. He is sure to
draw large houses wherever he goes.

«<0» , _

S‘Gen. Buford, who died 5f chronic
dysentery on Monday, was one of the
finest cavalry generals in the service.
He had just been made a Major General,
and uttered the regret on his death bed
that he could not prove his worthiness of
the honor. He has been a Brigadier
General since July, 1862, and has served
since in the army with distinguished gal-
lantry. He was about forty years of
age, brave, generous and impulsive.
a.»

fiIn Middletown, some time last
summer, Mr.__Balcam, Principal of the
High School, expelled from the school a
son of Samuel Babcock—a Democrat of
the Hartford Times School—for insisting
upon wearing a copperhead badge, by
the order of; his father, against the rule
of the schdol. A suit was brought be-
fore a justice, by Mr. Babcock against
Mr. Balcam,, in consequence, and the
latter was multced in fine and costs for
unlawful dealing 1 with the lad. The
case was appealed to the Superior Court,
and last week‘ the jury, who were equally
balanced politically, returned a verdict
reversing thedecision of the justice.

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&A new railroad, it is now stated is'

to be immediately built between White
Plains, on ’the Harlem Railroad, and
Brookfield, on the Housatonic Railroad,
to be 38 miles in length, and to pass
through the towns of White Plains, Har-
rison, North Castle, Lewisboro’, Bed—
ford, and North Salem, in Westchester
00., N. Y., and- Daubury and Brook-
fiel'd inthis county? When the air-line
railroad between Boston and Fishkill is
completed, old .Brookfield will have
about as many railroads as will be neces-
sary or convenient—Bridgeport Farmer.

[S‘When this road goes into operation
how will it affect the dividends of the
Housatonic and Daubury 8; Norwalk Rail
Roads ?

. A GmamUsa Gamma—She was a
glorious creaturefperhops a little vain—-
as she swept along the Avenue, drawing
a silken train. .. Her robe was very cost-
ly, her train 'wus‘ very long, and murmur-
ed odmitatioajtfielled out from every
throng of idle swells and loafers the fair
and chanced tomcat, or who ogled her
from taverns and corners of the street.

- And' thus ‘she promenaded through
many weary squares, astonishing the peo-
ple with her; grand and lofty airs. But
at length her train grew heavy, and with
labor on she strode, while her garment
like a dragnet took the sweepings of the
road. On she‘ struggled till she fainted,
her brain spun quite around, and two
near at hand policemen tried to hear her
from the ground. But, though well and
able bodied, their strength was all in
vain; they ‘could lift the gentle damsel,
but they couldn’t-budge her train. At
last her. skirt was lifted, and a terrible
mess lay weltering there, beneath the
dress of the lady'fair ! ,

There were quids of tobacco and stumps
of cigars, "old s‘ogers” that surely had
“been thrOugb the wars,”—a dead rat
and a sausage, an - old “degertype,” cock-
roaches, live spidcrs, and pieces of tripe,
all plastered together with feculant dirt,
—u pretty appendage to an elegant flirt!

They lifted her“ tenderly—handled with
care—put her into a hack and sent her
home, and it is to be hoped she will not
again be guilty of , promenadiug in her
evening dress.—- Washington Republican.

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@Correspondeuce from Knoxville to
the 4th .insf..,_says_ that General Sherman,
on his march; from, Chattanooga to that
point, captured several rebel trains en-
tire. At London, on hi< retreat, Lung-
street causedsome thirty cars to be run
into the river to prevent their capture.

 

 

 

Twelve cars were taken by our troops.

 

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NEWS ITEMS.

.. . .'l‘he Richmond Examiner says:
“What Longslreet has effected in East
Tennessee may be summed up in the
word nothing.” '

. .A correspondent of the Herald, who
says he has jdst come from the South,
and speaks of what he knows, says that
it is not true that peace commissioners
are on their way from the rebel govern-—
ment, but that it is true that North Car-
olina has appointed commissioners, who
are probably on their way to Washing-
ton, and that if these dommissioners are
well received, other Southern States will
follow in rapid succession.

. . . .Genera! Grant practices as he
preaches on the slavery question. Gen.
Wadsworth, during his recent tour of
inspection, found his praise in the mouths
of those who were trying to do anything
to improve the condition of the freedmeu.
They united with Adjutant General
Thomas in saying that he heartily co-
operated in the matter of enlistments, of
the cultivation of abandoned plantations,

.and of other plans for smoothing the

path from slavery to freedom"

. . . .One of the Herald’s correspondents
with General Meade’s army, reports that
deserters from the rebels say that quite
a number of the enemy’s troop< are dis-
posed to take advantage of the Presi-
dent’s offer of pardon. The same autho-
rity states that a large majority of North
Carolina and Border State troops are
sick of the war, are most anxious to re-
turn “to their allegiance,” and will desert
at the first opportunity, to take advan-
tage of Mr. Lincoln's proclamation.

. .Geueral Grant, since the beginning
of the war, with the troops under his
command, has captured 472.cannon and
nearly 90,000 prisoners. And yet, Presi-
dent Lincoln says that in no instance has
he been more earnestly besought to an-
persede a General than in the case of
Grant. The latter has been accused of
every vice in all the calendar, and all
thejnfirmities possible. So infallible is
human judgment. '

....Notices have been given in both
Houses of Congress for the repeal of the
$300 clause, which the copperheads all
think so unjust to the poor man. They
are quite likely to be pleased with its
report.

_ . . .In Daubury, on Thursday last, one
thousand dollars were collected of twenty
men in two hours, to aid in raising a
volunteer fund. The persons enrolled in
that town assembled and assessed them-
selves twenty dollars each, to be paid
into the fund.

. . . . A Washington dispatch to the New
York World says that the Senate Miliv
tary Committee had -a long session Fri-
day on the amendments to the Con-
scriptiou Act. It learned that, after
an animated debate, the three hundred
dollars exemption ‘clause was stricken
out, and the two classes put into one.

. . . .Railroad Superintendent Twitchell,
in a speech at Brookline, Mass, last
week, said: “I see before me some twenty
men, who, were there a vacancy on any
of my gravel trains, would rush to get it;
but the chance of death there is far
greater than on the battle field, while it
is all gravel and no glory.”

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mThe Richmond Whig says of Grants
intentions:

“Grant’s goal is Atlanta. He will be
there before Christmas, and half the cot-
ton remaining in the Confederacy will be
in his hands or destroyed, unless a truly
great general and a great army are plac-
ed athwart his path within three weeks
from this day.”

—-——-Oc<.>.
. Daubury.

For along time the Ladies of Daubury
have been preparing for a grand entertain-
ment, for the benefit of the Soldiers. The
afi'air came off on the .-9th and. 10th inst,
was participated in by the first people‘ of the
place, of both sexes; was novel in conception,
and must have been exceedingly interesting,
and best of all netted the good cause
$150. We condense from the Jeforsom‘a
an account of the affair: . -

“One of the great features of the ed-
tertaiument was the old fashioned kitch-
en, which was furnished in the Old Con-
tinental style, its occupants were dressed
in very ancient costumes, which once
graced the forms of our fore-fathers and
fore-mothers. On the right of the room
was an, old fashioned, quilting party all
busily at work, discussing, as Barnum
says, ‘the afi'airs of the ,natlon.’ The
boy ‘Johu’ made himself conspicuous not
only to ‘Cynthia’ but also to the rest of
the quilters. All the performers played
their parts well. On the ,wall around
the part of room occupied by the quilt—
ers were placed some very ancient pic-
tures We noticed also suspended from
the wall a piece of calico which was ta--
ken from a store in Danbury when the
British sucked the town, April 16, 1777.
In an old fashioned closet we noticed
some very ancient crockery ; among the
pieces was a cup from which Gen. Wash-
ington once drank,and another 100 years
old and another 125 years old. The old
fashion fire-place with its andirons. cranes,
iron kettles, etc, the old arm chairs, the
great heavy cradles, the busy spinning
wheels, were all new to most of those
present. Over the fire place was hung
up to dry some strips of pumpkin, in
fact this part of the room was “particu-
lar natural.” The spinning wheels at-
tracted particular attention and were
handled by those who knew how to do it.
The display of articles brought from Chi-
na by Mrs. Noland were in strange con-
trast with our old fashioned things. This
display added greatly to the attractions
of the kitchen. in the centre of the
kitchen on a table was placed a regular
old fashion dinner, consisting of pump-’-

 

kiu pies about three times as large and ~

deep as pies made in these days—dough-
nut-s, baked beans. squash, gingerbread,
etc. etc. Mrs. Partington was also presi
eat and kept the room in a roar of laugh-
lcr.

After the kitchen was closed the old
folks made their appearance on the stage
in an old fashion muriuge scene. Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Nichols were the couple
“jined” together by Elder Booth The
seene‘ was decidedly rich. The boy “John”-
wns badly' affected by the Sillvtlllllhles of
the occasion.

The . ableaux were then introduced
and although they were gotten up at
short notice. provmi t.) be nqua! to any
ever given here. The best \vrl'v “Army
and Navy,’ ‘Marringc Srem-,‘ “Soldier’s
Dream of' Home,’ "Plus Mom-m ol‘ 'l‘rial,’
‘New Year’s Call,’ and 'Phautasmago-
riu.’ In this last 'l‘nbleuux the thirty-
one states Were represented by young la—
dies, in front of whom stood Old thber
Time uniting the divided States. The ef-
fect of this scene was grand. The ladies
representing lbc States were standing on
the sece~sion fllg _ . .

'l‘hrec impmmpt'u Tableaux on Thurs-
day evening tuck well, viz: Mrs. Parting-
ton receiving'lke on‘his return from the
wars, and the scene where to satisfy the
old lady’s scrapies he, allows her his “far—
below”; the negro sermon by Julius Cass.
sar Hanniball, and the contraband song
by Mrs. H. P-——-.” ‘

The Printer’s Dollars.

The printer’s dollars! What are they ?
A dollar here and a dollar there, scat—
tered over numerous small towns, all
over the country—miles and miles apart
——how shall they be gathered together ?
The type founder lnfs hundreds of dollars
against the printer; the paper maker, the
building owner, the journeyman composi-
tor, the grocer, the tuilor, and all his
assistants in carrying on his business,
have their demands, hardly ever so small
as a single dollar. But the mites from
here and there must be diligently gath-
ered and patiently boarded, or the where-
with to discharge the large bills will
never become bulky. We imagine the
printer will have to get up an address to
his scattered dollars something like the
following:

“Dollars, halves, quarters, dimes, and
all manners of fractions into which ye are
divided, collect yourselves and come
home. Ye are wanted! combinations of
all sorts of men, that help the printer to
become a proprietor, gather in such force
and demand with good reason your ap-
pearance at his counter, that nothing
short of a sight at you will appease
them. Collect yourselves, for valuable
as you are in the aggregate, single you
will never pay the cost of gathering.
Come in here in silent single file, that the
printer [may form you into battalions, and
send you forth again to battle for him,
and to vindicate his feeble credit.”

Reader, are you sure you havn’t one
of the printer’s dollars sticking about
your clothes'f—Ex.
~<.>.

At the recent examination for admiss-
ion to the imperial school of arts and man-
ufactures at Paris there were 214 compe-
titors and Leonard Beckwith, an Ameri-
can headed the list, and a brother of his
stood twelfth.

THE Cu: or DR.‘SALISBURY.—-It will
be remembered that Dr. Samuel T. Sal-
isbury, of Plymouth, Surgeon of the
Board of , Enrollment of the Fourth Dis-
trict of Connecticut, was, some weeks
since, tried by court-martial for sundry
violations of the enrollment act, and sea-
tenced to pay a fine of $200 and impris-
onment for two months, and to be cash-
iered. The sentence has been approved
by Major General Dix, after a careful
review of the proceedings, with the state-
ment that the conduct of Dr. Salisbury
was careless, negligent, and regardless of
the delicate and responsible duties with
which he was charged. This is the first
conviction had under the provision of the
enrollment act, which directs the trial
and punishment of surgeons for. making
false reports and neglect of duty.

o‘.-.
firTho Housatonic Railroad Compo-
ny has declared a dividend of four dol-
lars per share on its preferred stock, free
of government tax.
0‘.”
aMr. Wm. L. Clinton. of Derby,
was arrested in Bridgeport Thursday
evening, for passing a counterfeit fifty
cent postal bill in the town of Seymour.

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Mock no man for his snub nose, for,

you can never tell what may turn up.
' «Ow——

LIST of Letters remaining in the Post
Ofiice at Norwalk, Ct. Dec. 22, ’63.

 

Allen, MrsMary Olmstead, J E

Allen, Mrs Sarah F Park, James

Byxbee, Mrs Alma Phillips, Miss Eliza
Brown, Miss Isabel! Perkins, Miss Lizzy
Bennett, A. Quintard, David
Clark, Miss Mary Buggies, Henry
Cody, Edward Raymond, Franklin
Crowe, Mrs Mary Smith, Lydia D
Egbert, Barzillia Smith, Miss Hattie E
Hustead, Charles St John Mrs Wm
Knapp, Jas. H Smith, Theodore
Lockwood, Mrs Wil-WaterworthMrsJames

liam _

Persons calling for any of the above Let--

tors will please sa “Advertised.”

CHARL S OLMSTEAD. P. M.

. 0‘.»
Wk it posibl'e that any Soldier can be so
foolish as to leave the cit without a supply
of HOLLOWAY’S‘ 0 NTMENT AND
PILLS? Whoever does so will deeply re-
gret it. These medicines are the only cer-
tain cure for Bowel complaints, Fevers,
Sores, Scurvy. Only 25 cento'per box drpot.

 

 

 

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WINTER CLOTHINe.-—Col, J. H. Hobart
Ward and his brave companions, who for
the past two years have so gallant] fought
in defence of the Union, will be gla to learn
that Mr. F. B. Baldwin’s stock of winter clo-
thing is unusually large, fresh, aud attract-
ive, and notwithstanding the upper tenden-
cy in the prices of almost all the necessaries
of life, his popular establis ent, Nos. 70
and 72 Bowe , is still cele rated for the
moderation o the charges that uniformly
prevail there. All who want so erior win-
ter clothing should visit Baldwin 3.
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Peterson’s Magazine.

We are in receipt of this popular Lady’s

Magazine, for December. It is a splendid

 

 

number. “Peterson"willbegreatly improv— -

ed in 1864, It will contain nearly 1000 pag-
es of double column reading matter; 14 steel
plates; 12 colored steel fashion plates; 12 col’d
patterns in Bean work, emb’y or crochet, and
900 wood engravings—proportionately more
than any other periodical gives. Its stories
and novelets are by the best writers. In 1864
Four Ori inal Copyright Novelets will be
given. ts Fashions are always the Latest
and Prettiest. Every neighborhood ought'to
makeup a club. Its price is but Two dol-
lars a year, or a dollar less than Ma azines
of its class. It is the Magazine for the imes!
To clubs, it is cheaper still, vim—three cop-
ies for 35 five for Q7. 50, or eight for $10.
To every n gettinfi up a club, (at these
rates.) the ublisher wi send an extra, copy
gratis. Specimens sent (if written for) to those
wishing to get up clubs. ~
Address, ost- aid,
CHA LE J . PETERSON,
306 Chestnut St, Philadelphia.

Q».-

Gorbm’s Worm Destroymg Syrup-
ParcE 25 GEE-rs, .

The proprietor has received abundant evidence of
the virtues and good effects of this medicine, both
verbal and mitten. Mothers declare, with exproo‘
alone of joy and gratitude, “Your Worm, Destroy-
ing Syruplmo saved the life of my.child.“ '

Many certificates could be published, of the won-
derful effects of this mhdlcine on children and adults,
in expelling large quantities of worms, and of the
great improvement in health after its adminis-
tration.

Dr. Terrel’s Heahng Ointment
Should be kept on hand in every family. No article
can equal it for; a Burn or a Scald; it relieves the
pain immediately.

It cures Chllblains, Corns, Piles, Sores, and Chaf.
ing of Children, Scam-Head, Salt-Rheum, &c.

It is nice and clean to use for Sore Lips, Pimp]es
on the Face, Chopped Hands, and all healing pur-
poses. Price 25 cents.

 

 

 

a<.>.._.__~—-

' To Horse Owners.

DE. SWEET's IrtEALLrAaLE LINIMENT FOB Hon
sea is unrivaled by any, in and all cases of Lime
ness, arrieing from Sprains, Bruises or Wrenchin ,
its efi'ect is magical and certain. Harness or Sad e
Gallo, Scratches, Mange, &c., it will also cure Spee-
diily, Spavin and Ringbone may be easily preven-
te and cured in their incipient stages, bntpontlrm-
ed cases are beyond the posmbihtypl' a radical curs
No case of the kind. however, is so ties crate or
hopeless but it may be alleviated by this _iniment,
and its faithful application will always remove the
Lameneso, and enable the horse to travel with com-
parative ease,

Ever horse owner should have this remedy at
hand, or its timely use at the first appearance of
Lameness will effectually prevent those formidablt
diseases mentioned, to which all horses are liable,
and which render so many otherwise valuable nor
ses nearly worthless.

See advertisement.

”PI—Ovfl.por—_L__.
TO THE YOUNG 0R OLD,
Hale or Female, ’
YOUTH OF BOTH SEXES.
If you have been sufi‘erino from a habit indulged in

b t e
WHICH CAUSE SO MANY ALARMING
SYMPTOMS,

It unflls them for Marriage,
And is the greatest cvrl which can befall
AN 0R W0)!

See sym ‘toms enumerated in Advertisement if you
are a su crer,

Cut out Advertisement,

And send for it at once.
Dela a are dun erous,
gel: for He mbold'e
Take No Other.
OURES GUARANTEED .

 

2111“] 3mm of counterfeit: and Imitattom:

-51

 

 
 

 
 

. Group. '

NEW HAVEN. Dec. 11, 1862.

Having been taught that medicines, in order to bo
valuable, must originate with some particular foo-
ult or school, we considered patent medicines, (so
eai ed,). a humbng, until after losin our beloved
child wrth Group, we were forced by t a catering of
another, from the same disease and tho advioool
friends to try (Joe’s Cough Balsam. Little Eddi-
had gone, and, thoagh we loved him, we would not
cailhim from his quiet rest. to share the sorrow. of
this unfriendly world. But Willie, is there no
remedy for thee ? We found it in Coe’o Cough lol-

sam. It relieved him in about twenty minutes, so" .

0'" eat Joy and the surprise of otherl. We‘can-
plpt gr: hired to dispense with this pricelell blou-
mgd an we are glad to learn that Mr. COG Ill
b a earrangements with parties, whereby it I“!
l eécome more extensively known. In view of this
fe ime ssiyhto every parent, when your child is In!-
1? ng w t Cron , give this Balsam, give it freely.

we did not'be love it to be the best remedy for
you, We certainly would not say it.

Truly yours,

EDWARD o
.MERCY ewgffi‘fl"

For sale by Dru gists eve her
0. G. &ARK & 133, P36 rietorl,

_ New a
See advertisement in another column ven, Conn.

 

«.>.
[From the New York Herald]
MADAME ZADO‘O PORTER’S CUBA-

 

' TI VE BALSAM—“ This invaluable Medi-

cine possesses the extraordinary wer of re-
lievm .lmmediatel Coughs, 00 ds Hearse. '
ness, ifiiculty of reathing, and Huskinou.
Such at least we have found.” For sale by
Sigruggists at 13 and 25 crs per bottle

‘ _‘—‘a~o.>‘

WARREN’s IMPROVED FELT, Cm AND
GRAVEL Romaine—We refer to the above
roofing, believing it to be decidedly ill.
best, most durable and cheapest known in
this country, the merits and papularity of
which are so perfectly demonstrated about
the village that we refer to it, thinking that
we ma thus confer a favor upon our road-
crs an the public generally. Very mg, of
our best buildings are covered with this
material; our own being one of the number.
Materials which are liable to be confound-
ed Wllll this have long been in use for cov-
6.11113. factories and barns, &c., but never un-
til this recent discovery has any kind of Ce.
ment Roofing been used for our best real-
dences. The combinations‘of this re
are such as to render it perfectly water-
proof; makes solid, handsome work, is a
very great saving of at least 25 per- cent
over any other roofing in use.

0. W. Lockwood is sole agent for Fair-
field County. All orders led at them
of A. Moorehouse, Main Street, will tend"
his prompt ’attention ; enquiries freely on-
swered. - 1y“

MAERDIEE).
In Redding, Dec. 10, by Rev. G. M. Halo

lis, Mr. John L. Sanford, to Miss Jone Mll-
ler, both of Bedding.

III!-

In Redding, Dec. 18th, Miss Catherlno
Ferry, aged 20 years. ,
. In this town, Monday Eve Dec. 14 Wil-
he Bedloe, youngest son of Capt. F ' ck
Armstrong, U. S. A.,aged 6 years and Dmoo.

Adieu! sweet precious child—
Along and last adieu,

With fond delight we oft have smiled
Your loveliness to view.

Short was your earthly stay ;
The Saviour claims a prize

And called your ransomed soul away
To worlds beyond the skies.

THE Subscriber having purchased tho
Hardware business, formerly conductod
by Edwin V. A. Chichester, hope! by fair
dealing, and close attention to bulinuo, to
retain all the customers of the old stand, and
add many new ones.

THEODORE FITCH. -

A CARD.

HE subscriber takes this method of
thanking his friends for their good will,
during the past two years. At the same lino
requesting them, and the public, to extend
their patronage to his successor, Mr. Theo-
dore Fitch.
EDWIN V. A. CHICHESTER. .
Norwalk, Dec. 15th, 1863. . 51

SOMETHING m.
ROWN’S Patent Metalic Weatherstrip.
and Window Bands ; Wind Rain,8uow
and Duet Proof. Call and examine.
51 THEODORE FITCH.
Sole Agent for Norwalk and vicini
Chichester’s old stand. West side then

Patent SKATE strum.

LOT of Fogg’s Patent Lever Buckle,
A. just received. All skaters should have
them. For sale at
FITCH’S Hardware Store,

Chichester’s old stand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SUPPER.

The Ladleq
of the '

2d M. B. CHURCH,

will have their '

Annual Supper
on
TUESDAY EVENING, the 22d, m

at .
N HWALK HALL.
There will also be a
CHRISTMAS TREE
with numerous articles s’uitable for
HOLIDA Y GIFTS.

Admission, - - - - - - - - 1500a“.
3t49

 

HOLIDAY FESTIVAL!

In connection with the '
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
will be held at ~
LOOK WOODS HALL,

. On Wednesday, Dec 23, 1868. ,
Doors open at2 o’clock, P. M., when a
variety of
Toys and fancy Mich.
will be offered for sale, suitable for Holiday
Gifts. SUPPER between 5 o’clock & 10
Admittance 15 cents, Children 10.

AUCTION 8‘“.

REV. Mr. Kinney of Darlen, pro _ 3.0
offer his furrow cow at a a, on
Wednesday, the 23d inst, at 2 o’clock P. I,
Sf not previously disposed of at private solo.)

aid cow is large, part Durham, and [35"

 

gives six qd‘kts of milk ‘Ilaily.

Saugatuck Bank.
THE Annual Meetingof the Stockhold-
ers of this Bank (for the election of Bi-
rectors for the year ensuing) will be held at
their Banking House on Wednesday tho
6th day of January 1864.
Polls 'open from 10 A. M., to 12 M.
B. L. WOODWORTH, Cashier.
Westport, Dec. 15, 1863. . 351

. eon TEE Ramon

LARGE assortment of‘ Handkerchief.

Extracts, including .Night Blooming
Cereus and Pond Lily, just received at the
CORNER STORE. ,

LARGE assortment of Toilet article.
suitable for llOlldflé presents at the ,.
ORNER STORE.

REMOVAL.

Eff

N the let of January 1864, the subscri-
ber will remove his Blacksmithing eo-
tablislnnent from the old stand near the

 

 

 

 

of."

foot of Mill Hill a» the new Brick Benchm-

of the -

N 0R WALK HORSE RAIL WAY 00.
Thankful for past favors, he crinficlt'nlly “3
peels, by prompt personal attention in tho
wants of the community, a {continuance at

the ublic ulronaae. .. .
p p ” JAMES D. sun. v
Norwalk, Dec. 2131. 1863. “I

RANGES.

SLMMER Ranges, also five and six to]. _ '

l
ranges for sale cheap.
C. &. E. K. LOCKWOOD .00.

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