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NUMBER 834-4-NEW SERIES,
N ORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY, JANUARY 5. 1864.
VOLUMEII‘ XLVNUMBER l.
NORWALK GAZETTE.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
ASE-EYINGTON 81 co.
A. H. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLs.
Yidvertising Rates.
One Square, one insertion, $1 00
“ two insertions, 1 25
three insertions, 1 50
- one month, 1 75
*‘ two months, 3 00
‘- tnree months, 4 00
-* six months, ‘2 00
— ~~ one year—with paper 15 00
Two S uares, one year—with paper, 25 00
Each 2: ditional Square, per year, 8 00
One half column, one year, 40 00
One Column, one year, 75 00.
Fifteen lines, or 100 words,make asquare. Fraction-
al parts of a square charged for as a whole.
Yearly advertisements payable lst of January &July.
Yearly advertisers restricted to the business contem-
lated at the time of contract.
N ' These terms will be inflembly adhered to. lg;
BUSINESS? Beesw- -
Norwalk Post Office.
MAILs CLOSE.
West 7.50 A. lib-2.30 P. M.
East 8.30 A. M.——-5.00 P. M.
Danbury do Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
MAILS DUE.
West 9.10 A. M.—6.CC P. M.
Eas. 8.20 A. M.--3.30 P. M.
Danbury or N orwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMsTEAD, P. M.
D. PRITCHAR D, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
New
HARDWARE & PAINT STORE,
'- Main Street,
Opposite I. H. Campell's Confectionery,
MARVIN & PROWITT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
' ings, Window Shades, doc.
JAMES G. nannoun,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
DENTIST.
Teeth extracted without pain by the use
of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas.
Office at Residence, East Avenue,.Norwa1k,
. Connecticut.
Architecture.
-SIDNE‘¥ M. STONE,
ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Dgtail
Drawings, and superintend the erection of
ublio and private buildings. Oflice in Mar-
lo Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52
L' E0. r. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man—
‘ . ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
110.1 Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, C tlery, Brittannia, Wood and
Willow W Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
1 a. s. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPOBIUM !
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
s. E. Ohms-man a. co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
3
‘ Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
Eli-NA insomniac comramv,
Of Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Gash Genital $1.900.000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire
on Terms adapted to the hazard,and
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
sooner. R. cow'LEs, Sole Agent
“*3 For Norwalk and vicinity.
" DENTAL CARD.
N 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
. loundin‘attendauce at the Office, ready and
willing to. serve all ”hatf’fi call.
ILL, D. D. S.
A. JACKSON 61. BRO.
No. l Gazette Building.
{‘7‘ ‘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 ll‘uh-fieldeount , in quality or price. We
would coll partigu or attention to our stock of
gotcha, which is lar er than ever before.—
" _ ,e have a fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,
. in gold cases, at piices varying from $20 to
‘ "375, which we can recommend as bein cor-
iect‘time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s atcli-
es,"in silver and gold cases, at any price from
Na to $-00. We buy of the best importers in
ew York, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
renter. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
later. Wares was never better than at pres-
ggt, and gomprigc's a1l'ot the fittest styles‘that
9's msnafsrtwed A» JACK 0N div BRO- ‘
Notice-
_. _ HE subscriber having purchased the stock
of Dnucs, MEDICINES, &C., of the late
firm of KNAPP & Lyme, Of the Corner Drug
Store, Wind respectfully inform the public
that he as completely replenished the store
with new and fresh goods, and having had
“several years experience in the Drug business
in New York City, he feels confident that he
can give satisfaction as to the quality of the
nods purchased, and in the preparation of
ediciues. He will keep constantly on hand
i; full apil extenSive stop r of the chi quality
and at reasonable .i‘lccs. ‘
sin-03’s ol'ihe old . in}. as also all others in
, am; f Drugs, Medicuics, Fancy Goods &c.
are invited in call at the Corner Drug Sim“;
. II. M. PROWI’I‘T.
Norwalk, June 5,111, 1863.
AS abdve stated I have disposed of my
interest in ihe laic firm of Knapp & Lynes
m Henry M. Prowilt who will continue the
Drug TilllSincss as heretofore, and whom I
cordinHy ,ucumuicnd to the public as a com-
puter” an i careful npotliccai '.
SAM’L LYNES, M. D.
IBD CAGES, a ood assortment
c. & EiOCKWOOD .2 co.
satisfaction to all.
' ishiug Photographs.
- done promptly and by experienced workmen.
7 ARE prepared to furnish first-class MUSIC
--I.arge new, Dwelling House,
The friends and
War Claims.
1‘HE undersigned, through the agency of
reliable friends in Washington, is pre-
pared to secure Bounty Money, Back Pay,
Pensions, and claims of all kinds against the ’
Government. Charge for collecting from
two to five per cent. No charge will be
made for advice given in relation to claims,
and no fee charged unless the claim is col-
lected. JOSEPH W. WILSON.
Aug. 22, 1862.
NOBWALK HOTEL.
NORWALK, CONN,
E. S. Brewster, Proprietor.
" HIS House, having been renovated and
improved, is now open for the reception
of permanent or transient boarders, and Will
be kept as a first class Hotel. This Hotel is
very pleasantly situated in one of the most
beautiful towns on Long Island Sound, and
is especially attractive for Summer Board-
ers. . , . .
The Proprietor would assure the public,
that it will be his constant endeavor to
keep his house in such a style, as will ensure
Improvements in Photographing.
Special Notice to our Patrons i
Have added a
N E W R 0 0 M ,
To their extensive Gallery, especially for flu-
By the return of MR. WHITNEY from
Washington, (with an assistant,) have doubled
their force of operatives .'
By procuring a large and excellent
CYLINDER PRESS,
can give their Pictures that beautiful
IVOR Y S UREA 0E,
so desirable; with these additions to their
business facilities and their long experience
in this beautiful and useful art in connection
with the
First Houses in New York,
they can safely defy competition, not only in
finish and truthfulness, but in the speedy
completion of orders. Thankful for past fa-
vors, we hope to merit a continuance of your
patronage.
Norwalk, June lst, 1863.
NEW FURNISHING STORE,
NEAR UPPER END 0E MAIN ST.
- East Side of the Bridge. I
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,
EXTENSION TABLES,
CHAIRS and ROCKERS of all kinds,
Looking Glasses,
Picture Frames, and everything else in the
Furniture line cheap for Cash.
Repairing, ‘.
Undertaking,
I have 'on- hand alarge assortment of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-
thing necessary for the burial of the dead,
cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. I
have as good a Hearse as there is in the
county; and will attend Funerals in neigh-
boring towns, without extra charge.
ELBERT RAYMOND.
Norwalk, Sept. lst, 1863. 44
NORWALK. _,
Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I LI. . ‘ '
HE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning; Scroll and 0 er Sawing; manufacture
of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., c., in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail promptly at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITCH.
Wheeler a. Wilson’s
CORNET BAND,
Bridgeport, Conn.
for Military, Fii‘cmen’s and Civic Pa-
rades, Concerts, Promeuades, Pic Nics, &c.
Orders addressed to F. J. THOMAS, Leader
or J. E. MORRIS, Sec’y, will meet with
prompt attention. 22
N. B.—Address Letters, care Wheeler &
Wilson M. F. G. 00., East Bridgeport, Gt.
1:. QUINTABD 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 ace 1. Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 different kinds, very cheap. Hair
Mattresses, madeto order, and old ones made
over as good as new.
UNDERTAKING,
We keep on hand a gory large assortment of
Uofiins of every description, furnish shrouds,
scarfs, carriages, and everything necessary
for the interment of the dead, and at very
low prices._ We are just completing another
splendid Hearse, which will give I18 two
Hearses equal to, any in the State, which we
shalluse W cncver our services are required,
without calm chaagc.
E. QUINTARD & SONS.
‘ Norwalk, March 15th 1862.
FOR SALE.
THE Real Estate formerly owned by.
WILLIAM SEYMOUR, deceased, situated
in this town, on White Oak Shadc Street,
about4 miles from Ngrwalk or D'ai-ien, to
witz—onc '
with out-buildings and 12 01"14 acres of very
superior Land, well adapted to Gardening
purposes. Also a Small House with two
acres of land attached—and 4 acres of land
situated in or near ‘fHanford’s Swamp,” so
called.
The property will be sold all together or
in separate parcels as may suit purchasers,
and Oil-accommodating terms; two thirds of
the purchase money can remain secured on
the premises for a teIm of years, if desired.
For further particulars {éppl to
. , . . STJOHN.
New Canaan, Fcbnfith,1868. tf?
Notice.
THE Subscriber has the pleasure of inform-
, ing the public that he has purchased the
interest of Ebenezer Crissey in the Boot and
Shoe Business lately carried on at the Store
corner of Wall and Water Street, where he
will continue the business. He trusts that
the liberal patronage given to this Store
while under his control as partner and man-
ager, will be continued to him as proprietor.
9 J. N. LOCKWOOD.
_.__.._,
7 Hides, Tallow in rough.
CALE-SKTN S, SHEEP & LABIB‘ SKINS
wanted by 'S. E. OLMSTEAD &CO.
WHITNEY .c BECKWITII 9 .
' Norwalk
FIREINSUBANCE [20.
N ORWAIII! CONN,
Chartered Capital, $500000
Paid up Capital, $100,000
HIS Company insures Buildings, Mer-
chandize, Furniture, and all inds'of
insurable property (except specially hazar-
dous,) against loss or damage by Fire, at the
lowest established rates charged by responsi-
blc- Companies.
Directors.
EBEN. HILL, Norwalk, Ct. J. M.CARTEB, N orwalk,Ct
CrIAs. B. WIIITE, “ STILES CURTIS,“ “
Fannnmcx BELDEN, “ ELI B. BENNETT, "
A. E. SMITH, “ MoauAN '1‘. SMITH, ::
SAMUEI_.Lans,M.D. “
S. E. GRUMAN, “
S. E. OLMSTEAD,
SAMUEL LYNES, “
.CANNI LOCKWOOD, “ JOHN OSBORN, “
E. C. BISSELL. “ WM. 0. STREET, “
Nathan Roberts, Norwalk, Ct.
anDEmcx S. WILDMAN, Danbury, Ct.
EDGAR S. TWEEDY, “ “
GEO. W. Ivns, “ “
CHAS. BENEDICT, New Canaan, “
ALEXANDER LAW, “ " “
S. Y. ST JOHN, “ “
D. M. MARVIN, Westport, “
JOHN A. MERRITT, Portchester, N. Y.
WM. C. STREET, President.
GEO. R. COWLEs, Secretary.
EEEN. HILL, Treasurer.
Norwalk, Jan lst. 1864
INSURANCE.
HE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England in and Marine 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
other 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.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and Vith
Norwalk, Feb. lst, 1861.
23
y.
tf5
WM. T. BARNUM, ,
U. S. War Claim Agent,
Will promptly collect Bounty Money,
Back Pay, Pensions for Disabled, Dis-
charged Soldiers, Widows and Children,
Mothers and Sisters, and all other Claims
against Government. Office opposite Con-
cert Hall. All business letters promptly
answered.
Danbury, Conn. 1y36
/ New Meat Market.
THE Subscriber would respectfully inform
the public that he has bought out the
MARKET lately ke t by Mr. James Byxbee
in SKIDD Y ’S BLO K Main Street, and in-
tends keeping constantly on hand the choi-
cest of Beef, Pork, Mutton, Poultry, &c., &c.
Having had long experience in the business
he is confident of his ability to please. A
share of the public patronage is respectfully
solicited. JULIUS F. PARTRICK.
Norwalk, Sept. 2lst, 1863. 38
Carriage Making.
Persons intending to purchase carriages or
wagons of any description, are invited to
call on the subscriber at the old stand of Bar-
tram &:Wilson, where may be found a va-
riety of carriages and wagons finished and
in course of construction, any kind of work
in my has built to order a; short notice, and
in the best manner, repairin done in all its
branches. ' A. R. ARTRAM.
IMPORTED GUTLEBY.
Vl‘HE Subscriber, while in England, recent-
ly, made arrangements with the Shef-
ficd Manufacturers for the sale of Thomas
Harrison’s celebrated Cutlery, and has now
on exhibition and sale at his‘ Store opposite
the Post Office, a large, and one of the most
complete assortments of Sheflleld Cutlery
ever offered in this Country, including Car-
ving Knives and Forks; Bread Knives;
Butter Knives; Table Knives and Forks;
Pocket Knives of every description, inclu-
ding many curious styles; Scissors, &c., 830.
Call and examine the assortment.
tf46] JOSEPH SHEPHERD.
Business Change !
of
WATERBURY a; DUNCAN,
OULD announce to the public that
they have purchased the Carriage Ma-
' king Business formerly conducted by Mr.
Edson Beers, and connected it with their
Blacksmith Shop, making one complete es-
tablishment. They are now prepared to exe-
cute in the best manner, and with greater
dispatch than ever before, anything in the
line of
Carriage Making and Blacksmith-
lllg. -
Carriages made to order, and Painting,
Trimming, Repairing, «be, done by experi-
enced workmen, with dispatch.
W Good Carriage timber taken in ex-
change for work.
Norwalk, Nov. 23d, ’63. tf47
Fall and Winter Styles
NOW ready at DISBROW’S
20 Dozen New Styles of CAPS.
Silk Hats of Superior quality, our price is
only $4.00.
A New and splendid assortment Of Shirts,
all Wool. '
SCARFS and TIES in great variety.
LINEN and PAPER COLLARS—
Gloves, Hosiery, &c.
4_ J. H: DISBROW, Ag’t.
U .
Gash System adopted for
Photographs & Caries de Visits
AT WHITNEY & BECKWITH’S.
IN consequence of the great rise in chem-
icals, metals, and paper, used in our busi-
ness, that can only be bought for cash, we
had either to increase our prices, or adopt
the Cash system: We choose the latter, as it
will alike benefit the customer and suit us.
Hereafter, when a proof is accepted, the
order for prints must be accompanied with
the CASII. .
WHITNEY & BECK WITH.
Norwalk, Conn, June 15.
Dance," MIIDIGINS i
Perfumery, Stationery!
HE undersigned begs to inform the citi-
zens of Norwalk that he has establish-
cd his Drug Store at No. 11 Main street,
where he keeps a constant supp] of pure
Drugs at Wholesale and Retai at fair
prices He has secured the services of a.
competent, practical Druggist from New
York, and is prepared to compile all pre-
scripiions, and by close attention to busi-
ness at all hours, day and night, hopes to
merit a share of patronage. The patrona e
Of Physicians is respectfully solicited. e
have a better stock of Stationer , at lower
prices than any firm in town. tore open
on Sunday for the sale of Medicines.
- E. BLACKMAN,
N o. 11 Main street, Norwalk.
“My I'arm of Edgewood.”
IK MARVEL’S new Book, for sale at
"‘ SELLECK’S.
E'QR THE HOLIDAYS.
LARGE assortment of Handkerchief
Extracts, including Night Blooming
‘ Highest Cash Prices paid.
~’ " .,,. New w’n\‘:.’.‘.\"!"_~"-1).”3 fiaurfir’mrimi‘xs "sat-.1»: 'r. TQT-Yl'iu 'W «2%
Cereus and Pond Lily, just received at the
CORNER STORE.
01d Songs.
3v WILLIs GAYLORD CLARK.
Give me the songs I loved to hear,
In sweet and sunny days of yore;
'Wliich came in gushes to my ear
From lips that breathe them now no more;
From lips, alas! on which the worm,
In cold and dusky silence lies,
Where many a loved lamented form
Is bid from. sorrow’s filling eyes 1
Yes! when these forgotten lays
Come trembling with a spirit voice,
It reminds me of those early days,
When to respite was to rejoice;
When gladsome flowers and fruitage shone
Where’er my willing footsteps fell;
When Hope’s bright realm was all mine own
And Fancy whispered “all is well.”
Give me old songs! They stir the heart
As with some glorious trumpet-tone;
Beyond the results of modern art,
They rule its thrilling cords alone,
Till, on the wings of thought I fly
Back to that boundary of bliss,
Which once beneath my childhood’s sky
Embraced a scene of loveliness.
Thus, when the portals of mine car
Those long remembered lays receive,
They seem like guests, whose voices cheer
My breast, and bid it not to grieve;
They ring in cadences of love,
They tell of dreams now vanished all;
Dreams that descended from above—a
Visions, ’tis rapture to recall !
Give me old songs! I know not why,
But every tone they breathe to me
Is fraught with pleasure pure and high,
With honest love or honest glee ;
They move me, when by chance I hear,
They rouse each slumbering pulse anew;
Till every scene to memory dear
' Is pictured brightly to my view.
, “g...”—
Bachelor’s Winter Dream.
I sit in my chamber by the blazing fire,
And dose away my life, ,,
And the laughing flames leap higher and
, higher
As I dream of a little wife; .
On my shoulder I feel a pressure sweet,
And arms like the snow—oh whiter l—
About my neck in a warm clasp meet,
And the flames flash brighter and brighter.
And ringlets of gold pour over my face,
As my head on her bosom’s pillow
Sinks down in a crowd of perfumed lace,
That heaves like foam on the billow ;
And I hear her warm heart’s quickening
beat,
And her eyes glow bright as fire,
As my lips are covered with kisses sweet,
And the flames leap higher and higher.
A soft cheek nestles close to my own,l
And the sweet smiles over it chase ;
Like sundrops on a calm lake thrown,
Her dimples the smiles efi‘ace
A flute-like laugh, and her swelling breast,
Heaves joyous—higher and higher;
How happy my lot, and how sweet my rest,
With a wife in front of the fire !
And I drink her beauty into my heart,
And the love-light of her eyes;
With a crash the red brands fall apart-
My wife up the chimney flies.
Thus oil: in my chair, by the blazing fire,
I doze aWay mylife,
And the mocking flames laugh higher and
higher
At my dream of love and a wife.
Q<.>b
NATURAL HISTORY.—Dl‘. Holmes sent.
the following letter to the Autograph
Committee of the Cincinnati Sanitary
Fair:
BOSTON, Dec. 14, 1863.
DEAR SIR: You ask me for a list of
questions in Natural History, with an-
swers snbjoined, for. the use of the In-
structor. I submit a few, which, I think,
will serve your purpose for the proposed
examination of the Scientific Class:
1. What animal produces one of its
own parents?
Answer.—The beaver, which is well
known to construct its own dam.
2. Is the Dodo extinct?
Answer.——It is not, as shown by the
following bill in my possession:
Mr. —- to X — Dr.
One mongrel goose ............ $3 00
One do do .............. 3 00
$6 00
6. What is the largest quadruped? '
Ans—The mole of Adrian.
4. What is the lightest quadruped?
Ans—~The lynx. The lynx weighs less
than an 01mm.
'5. When'does a horse stand on six
legs?
Ans—When he stands on his fore legs
and his two hind legs also.
6,_ What other insect is the bee
afraid of? '
Ans—The beetle—(Scare-aebee-us.)
7. Is the Otter of Roses obtained from
that animal when fed on other vegetables
—-cabbagcs for instance?
Ans—Probably. The muskdeer fur-
nishes his perfume when fed on water-
melons.
8. What iustanoe can you give of the
cunning of serpents?
Ans—The simple fact that they se-
crete their venom where they can find it
when wanted.
9. Why do theabove questions amuse
you more than the answers?
Ans—Because the persons who asks
the question is the querist.
As to the other questions about which
you ask my opinion, my answer must be
brief. . .
Eighteen hours study out of the twen-
ty-four is too much, I think, for delicate
young persons. It does not allow sufii-
cieut time for sleep, recreation and meals.
I doubt about the introduction of cap-
ital punishment as a part of the ordinary
college discipline, It will have a good
efi‘ect on the survivors, no doubt.
Oman Wrmtt Homo.
.. wwgmvcu
. _ . ' Forth: Gazette.
Uncle Sam’s Western Farm.
The general advancement of the Uni-
ted States in the variousdepartments of
national life, even with the present gigan-
tic struggle, tasking the energies of the
country, is a fact worthy of attention.
It is not to be contemplated in a spirit
of vain-glory, but gratefully as a remark-
ble instance of national vigor. A parallel
may, indeed, be found in the history of
France under .the First Napoleon, by
whose skillful management great public
works were carried on, and the various
material interests of the empire devel-
oped to a surprising degree, even while
war blazed furiously on every frontier,
and the imperial eagles were carried by
mighty armies into the heart of distant
States.
The great rapidity with which in this
War for- the Union immense military
forces have been raised and put in the
field, and the speedy creation of a navy,
comprising the most formidable en-
gines and armaments of ocean warfare
belonging to any power in the world, are
certainly in no little degreeastonishing,
as they are also matter for patriotic cou-
gratulutiou. Yet as war was the busi-
ness which the nation took upon itself,
we have naturally looked for the greatest
acti‘vity in all that relates to war. While,
however, there has been this marshalling
of strength for the overthrow of the Re-
bellion, there has been no apparent stop-
page of the work Of settling and civil-
isiug‘the remote sections of the Republic.
, The very year that American treason
attempted" the impossible task of drawing
a permanent line of separation between
North and South, American enterprise
connected bya line of union the two
oceans that wash 'our shores, bringing
New York and San- Francisco into elec-
tric sympathy. The communication thus
established is being rapidly extended
northward towards Behriug’s Strait to
meet the telegraphic wires which the
Russian government is stretching from
St. Petersburg to East Cape. This on-
terprise, now promising completion at no
distant day, will put the long desired
girdle round the earth—a harbinger of
unity and peace for the nations.
The public attention has been so in-
tently fixed on the war that many have
failed to notice the very important
changes, which, during the first three
years of desperate strife, have taken
place on the map of our Western Terri-
tories. The year 1861 saw-Kansas ad-
mitted as a State, so long the victim of
outrage, and, during her stormy settle-
ment, the nursery-ground of many but
spirits who have‘siuce figured on the
wider theatre of national conflict. In the
same year, Nevada,'Dakota, and Colo-
rado were organized into Territories, and
Nebraska cut down in her limits to more
reasonable dimensions. The Territories
of Idaho and Arizonia were set of at the
beginning of 1863, while here, at the
East, the Free State of West Virginia
was admitted into the imperilled Union.
These new Western Territories, whose
names have been given, are no longer the
vast wilds they once were, inhabited only
by a few savages and trappers. They are
intersected by the great roads of the
overland route, over which pass the
crowded coaches, and the heavy emigrant
- teams—a daily and increasing stream of
travel. At all points are thriving cities,
which have sprung up as if by magic.
The aggregate population of this im-
mense domain amounts already to ban.
dreds of thousands. Within the period
of the last 12 months 1,456,514 acres of
land have been occupied under the provi-
sious of the Homestead Law. Amidst
all the distractions of the times, a multi-
tude of persons have been thus quietly
taking up their abode on the great Ame-
rican plateau, or, settling themselves
down for life in the shadow of the moun-
tains which stand as the backbone of the
continent.
The resources of this vast region are
fabulously great. The facts respecting
the mineral wealth surpass the dreams of
Oriental fiction. Gold has been found in
great richness in all directions, from the
river beds of New Mexico and Arizona
to the mountain recesses of Idaho and
Washington, and from the table lands of
Colorado to the Pacific. The silver
mines of Nevada have fully sustained the
first reports which attracted such num-
bers from Eastern California. Deposits
of lead and quicksilver have also been
found in Colorado, and near Denver City
immense beds of coal have recently been
discovered, similar in character to the
coal formations of Illinois. This coal
seems to have been put up by Providence
just where the Pacific Railroad will most
need it, and thus an anticipated obstacle
to that great undertaking is very Oppor-
tunely removed.
This imi’ise tract of country extend-
ing through eighteen degrees of latitude,
or from the latitude of Savannah to that
of Newfoundland, embraces necessarily
great varieties of climate and produc-
tions. Everything is on a large scale.’
It is watered by rivers of great length,
and traversed by long and lofty ranges
of mountains. Where these giant water?
courses force their way through these
rugged mountain fastuesses, scenery as
sublime as any in the world awaits the
ruptured gaze of the exploring tourist.
g...» _‘_IA«‘;iyt!fh‘:;~A-.- m.
In the lapse of but a few years the iron
ways of the Pacific Railroad, will wind
along the river beds amongst these rocky
pleasure-seeker will view with bewilder-
ing wonder the magnificent grandeur
which the Creator has lavished upon
these Western Sierras; and the difi‘erent
scenes, duplicated by the photographer,
will then be as familiar to all as are now
the picturesque views of New Hampshire
Hills. Perhaps, too, the ripe genius of
our truly national artist, Church, will
find ready for his pencil, views in these
Rocky Mountains as worthy subjects as
those which live in the combined glories
of art and natureiu his “Heart of the
Andes.” -
g The Pacific Railroad, which is .to
bring Uncle Sam’s western Farm within
reach of our Eastern market, is now in
process of actual construction. Ground
was broken for the Northern Branch at
Omaha, N. T., in the latter part of the
Autumn. The cars will be running on
'130 miles of the Southern Branch, from
the mouth of the Kanzas River, west-
ward, within the present month. On this
division of the road, under the manage
ment of General Fremont, 1500 laborers
are constantly employed, of ”whom 300
are freedmen. The question as to what:
shall be done with this class of our pupu-
lation is thus finding an easyand practi-
cal solution. The California section of
the great work is also in efficient hands,
and when it has reached the bounds of
the Golden State, its extension through
Nevada and Utah will not be delayed.
The day which opens a clear track for
the iron horse, from ocean to Ocean, will
fixa new era in the history of-trade.
San Francisco will then begin a growth
which will not end until she is the first
city in the world. The wealth of the
Indies, which from the days of Alexander
to the present, has excited the cupidity
of the nations, will be brought to our
door; and a mineral wealth, greater than
the Indies ever possessed, will be our
own, and attract to the young States
between the Mississippi and the Pacific
the enterprising masses out of all the
countries of Europe. An agricultural
wealth, too, really more valuable than
that of the shining ore, will be developed
by this hardy population, and make
America the granary of the world.
What do these forecastiugs look to?
They look to Union, to peace, to civili-
zation, to Christianizatiou. This Western
region, filled with healthy, populous
States, will render Southern treason im-
possible. The air of those mountains
breathes of loyalty. Wealth, sanctified
by religion, will bring education, refine-
ment, the highest and best style of civil-
ized living. The influence will extend.
Asia will come in contact with American
ideas, and with the Christian truth which
God has given us. Heathenism will
crumble away; the degraded millions of
the Orient will be lifted into freedom,
education, religion; and America, latest
born of the nations, will be the dispenser
.of multiplied blessings to a regenerated
world. Imagination must fail to estimate
fully how rich a crop for the ages of the
future may yet come from Uncle Sam’s
Western Farm. R. B. S.
_____..«. I
A Second Ulysses.
An old man of very acute physiogno-
my, answering to the name of Jacob
Wilmot, was brought before the police
court. His clothes looked as if they
might have been bought second-handed
in his youthful prime, for they had suffer-
ed more from the rubs of the world than
the proprietor himself.
‘ What business ?’
‘None ; I am a traveller.’
‘A vsgabond, perhaps ?’
‘You are not far from wrong. Trav-
ellers and vagabonds are about the same
thing. The difference is that thevlatter
travel without money the former with-
out brains.’ '
‘Where have you travelled ?
‘All over the continent.’
‘For what purpose!’
‘Observation.’
‘What have you observed?’
‘A little to commend, much to censure,
and very much to laugh at.’
‘Humphl what do you commend?’
‘A handsome woman who will stay at
home; an eloquent preacher that will
preach short sermons; a good writer that
will not write too much; and a fool that
has sense enough to hold his tongue.’
‘What do you censure l”
‘A man who marries a girl for her fine
clothing; a youth who studies law or
medicine while he has the use of his
hands; and the people who elect a drunk-
ard to ofiice.’
‘Wbat do you laugh at ?'
'I laugh at a man who expects his po-
sition to command that respect which his
personal qualities and qualifications do
not merit.’
He was dismissed.
MA “big .Ingun” having strayed,
from the camp, found himself lost on try-
ing to return to it. After looking about
he drew himself up and exclaimed “In-
gun lost!” but recovering himself, and
feeling unwilling to acknowledge such
short sightédness, continued, “No Ingun
no lost-Wigwam lost;(striking his breast)
llagun here!”
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heights, and the man of business and the
The Author-Farmer. ,
Extracts from Donald G. Mitchel’s “My Farm
at Edgewood.”
EXPERIENCE W1’l‘HCOWS—Am0ng the
early purchases, and among. the animals
that promised well was a due cow, which
it was found necessary, after a few weeks
of full feeding, to cumber with a compli-
cated piece of neck furniture, to forbid
her flinchiug snrreptiously what properly
belonged to the pail. Self-milkers are
not profitable. I have faith in'the doc-
trine of rotation, and the quick recon-
version of farm products into the ele-
ments of new growth. But here was a
case of reconvei'sion I0 rapid, as to be
fatal to all the laws of economy. It
suggested nothing so strongly, as the
rapid issue of government money, which
finds immediate absorption among the
government officials. 'Does the govern-
ment really milk itself; and can no pro-
ventive be found in the way of neck ma-
chinery, or other ?
Another animal was admirable in eve-
ry point of view. I found her upon one
of the North river wharves, and the per-
fect outline of her form and high bred
action, induced a purchase, even at along
figure; but the beast proved an inveter-
ate kicker.
The books recoinmend gentleness for
the cure of this prOpensity; so does hu-
‘mauity; I concurred with both in sug-
gesting that treatment to Patrick.
‘Gintle is it? And bedad, Sir, she’s
too ould for a cure. I’m thinking we
must tie her legs, Sir ; but if ye orders
it, hedad it’s meself can be giutle.’
‘Soh, Moolly—soh—soh (and akick);
soh, ye haste (a little livelier), soli (and
a kick)—soh, blast ye ! so/i. Moolly—
son, Katy—SCH (and a crash) ; och,
you ould baste ye—take that!’ and there
is a thud of the milking stool in her ribs.
The “gintleuess” of Patrick is unavail-
ing. But the cow is an excellent ani-
mal, and not to be hastily discarded—,—
Milker after milker undertook the con-
quest, but with no better success. The
task became the measure of a man’s
long suffering disposition; some gave
Over, and lost their tempers before the
first trial was finished ; others conjured
dowu the spirit by all sorts of endearing
epithets and.teuderness,uutil the conquest
seemed almost made; when suddenly,
pail, stool and man would lapse together,
and astream of curses carry away all
the record of tenderness. We came
back at last to Patrick’s original sugges-
tion; the legs must be tied. A short bit
of thick rope passed around one foot and
loosely knotted, then passed around the
second and tied tightly in double knot,
rendered her powerless. There was
a slight struggle, but it was soon at an
end; and she made no opposition to the
removal of the thong after the milking
was over. With this simple provision,
the trouble was all done away ; and for
a whole year matters went well. But af-
trol of the dairy. The rope was bar-
barous; he didn’t believe in such things ;
he had seen kicking cows before. A lit-
tle firmness and gentleness would accom-
plish the object better; God didn’t make
cows legs to be tied. The position was a
humane one, if not logical. The thong
was discarded.
‘Well, Patrick,’ said I, two days after,
‘how fares the cow 7’
‘And begorra, it’s the some cold baste,
Sir.”
A few days lat er I enquired again af-
ter the new regimen of gentleness and
firmness. '
‘Begorra,’ said Patrick, ‘she’s kicked
him again.’ »
Aweek passed; and I repeated the
inquiries.
‘Begorra, she’s kicked him again!’
screamed Patrick; it’s a. divil’s own ba-
ting he’s been giving the ould baste.’
Sure enough, the poor cow was injured
sadly; her milking days were over; and
in a~ month she went to the butcher.
And this advocate of gentleness and
firmness was one of the warmest and
most impassioned philanthropists I evor
met with.
The moral of the story is—-—if a cow is
an inveterate kicker, tie her legs with a
gentle hand, or kill her. Beating will
never cure, whether it comes in succes.
sive thuds or in an explosive outbreak of
outrageous violence. -I suspect that the
disorderly members of society.
[“Ik Marvel”was considerably averse to
dickering, leaving it generally to his “shrewd
foreman.” But occasionally a customer
comes who insists upon talking with the
“boss,” as in the following instance :-]
DICKERING —Sucb an one has dropped
in, On a morning in which you happen to
be deeply engaged. He wishes to “take
aloo "’ at a horse which he has seen ad-
vertised for sale. The stable is free to
his observation, and the attentive Pat is
at hand; but the customer wants to talk
with the ‘Squire.’
It’s a staunch Canadian horse, for
which you have no further use. You
paid for him, six months gone, a hundred
and fifty dollars, and you now name a
hundred dollars as his price. I never yet
met a man who sold a horse for as much
as he gave—~uuless he were a jockey; I
never expected to. '
‘Moruiu’, Squire.’
‘Good Morning.’
‘Bin a lookin’ at y’er hoss.’
ter this there came a reformer into cou- '
same ruling is applicable to a great many_
w
‘Yec, a nice’ horse! ' "i
'D’n ' know a5 you know it,'but lid:
bosses sn’t so salable as they 'wa'lio'ipoll
back.’
‘Ab l’ ‘
‘They’re gittin’ afancy
ses.’ -
Silence.
‘Put that pony to a heavy cert, and he
would’nt do nothin’.’
‘You are mistaken; he’s a
horse.’
Well, I don’t say but what he’d be
handy with a lightish load. Don’t call
him ,spaviued do ye ?’
‘N o, perfectly sound.’ .
. ‘That looks kinder like a spaviu’a-rub-
bing his ofl‘ hind. leg. ,
‘Au’t much of a boss doctor, he yo 2’
‘Not much.’
‘Don’t kick doez be ?’
‘No.’
‘Them little Kauucks is apt to kick.’
Silence and an impatient movement
which I work ofl’ by pulling out in;
watch.
‘What time o’ day’s got to be ?’
‘Thunderl I must be a 30W;—
sbould like to trade Squire, but I guess
we can’t agree s’pose you’d be askin’
as much as—si y-Aor—uveuty dolls"
for that are hoss-—wouldn’t yo 1”
‘A hundred dollars is the price, and I
gave fifty more.’ ‘
"Don’t say! Gave a thundering light
toO much, Squire.’
‘Pat, you may put up the horse; I
don’t think the gentleman wants him.’
‘Look 0’ here, Squire; —if you no
for 1)ngqu hog.
capital cart
-to say—something—like—«seflnty or
seventy‘i’ivc dollars,—-tbere might be
some die in. talkin’.’
‘Not one bit of use,’-(impatisutly)--
turning on my heel.
‘-—_Say, Squire,—ever had him to a
plow ?’
‘Yes.’
‘Work well '8’
‘Perfectly well.’
'Fractious any ? Them Ranch is
contrary critters when they’ve. mind tube.
‘He is quite gentle.’
'That,s a good p’iut; but them that’s
worked till they get quiet, kinder. gets
the spirit lost out on ’em—an’t so brick
when you put them to a noggin. Don’t
you find it so, Squire 1”
‘Not at all.’
‘How old, Squire, did ye say he was 2’
(looking at his man th again).
‘Seven.’
‘Well-I guess he is; a good many
figures higher that thauEe is tow—any
way.’
‘Patrick, you had better put this horse
up.’ .
‘Hold on,'Squire,’ and taking out his
purse, he counts out—‘seventy—eighty,
—-aud a five,—and two,-—aud a fifty-
there Squire, ’taiut- worth talking about;
I’ll split the difference with ye, and take
the boss.’ . '
‘Patrick, put him up.’
At which the customer is puzzled,
hesitates, and the horse is entering the
stable again, when he breaks out explo-
sively— .
‘-———Well, Squire, here’s your money;
but you’re the most thunderin’ uneasy
man for a dicker that I ever traded with
—I’ll say that for ye.’ _,
And the horse is transferred to his
keeping.
‘S’pose you throw in the halter and
blanket, Squire, don’t ye ?’
‘Give him the halter and blanket,
Patrick.’
‘And, Patrick, you ’aint nary old cur-
rycomb you don’t ' use, you could let me
have ?
‘Give him a curry-comb, Pot.’
‘Squire, you’re a clever man. Got moot
through y’r hayiu’ ?
‘Nearly.’ .
‘Well, I’m glad on’t had kinder ketch-
in’ weather up our way.’ .
«>0.—
LAUNcn or THE Dreams—The ascend
attempt to launch the iron-clad frigate
Dictator, at New York, on Saturday,
succeeded, and she went gsllsntly into
the stream in the presence of a throng of
spectators. The dimensions of thin"
of this vessel are as follows: Extreme
length over all 314 feet; the aft overhung
being 31 feet, and forwdrd Warhol; 13,
it leaves 260 feet, between peninsula-
lars; extreme breadth 50,1andfflipth
22 1.2 feet. Unlike the originufuig’iium
and the monitors that are now in course
of construction, the Dictator 'il-il‘moct
exclusively iron, her fram'eu,"hoimi,: to,
being of that metal. The armors)? the
original monitor consisted of 4.1-2inchu
of iron, lain on in single plates, sick on
sisted of 4 1-2 inches of irodflcid tin-in a
solid slab like our own ir’bu-CM'W“
Roanoke. The French frigate Gloirohd
also 4 1-2 inches of iron, laid cal-in a
solid slab. Now, the Dietstor‘hu on
her sides alone, 11 inchesof iromlhdfin
inches of this is in one solldbeom. With
engines and armament a". match, this
ought to prove a very formidable vole].
. . . .The Great Eastern steamship is to
be disposed of by lottery; - The men who
drew the elephant will be nowhm'Te'sllo
pared with the fortunate wihncr 7" thil
monster prize.
vus W. Smith, has been mud ill New
London, and is to be sent back to Dub.
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inch thick. That of the winigm. ,
. . . .The wife of the: rebel2 Gen. Gusto- i,
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