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NUMBER 835--NEW SERIES,
NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12.1864.
VOLUMEII XLV--NUMBER 2.
NORWALK.L.‘.GAZETTE.
OFFICE IN .osznrrn BUILDING.
A. Acumen-on a co.
A. H. amotot; J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLII.
Advertising Rates.
Ono Square, one insertion. 81 00
‘ two insertions. 1 25
" three noggin“. : g2
“ one. no . . .
“ two mohths, : ' , 3 00
‘- tnree months;=‘:~ i " ' ' a 00
“ six months, ’ 'I' 00
.. ’ one year—with paper 15 00
Two 8 99, one car—with paper, , 35 00 .
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Once .ono -_., 7000
‘“ e‘a uare -I'riction.
baht“ for can
advertisements pay'ILIo‘ 1st of January thinly;
Yearly advertisers restrict totho business contem-
latod at the time ofoo n.traot
J‘ These terms win he infiexibly adhered to. J
‘fl sosfiesshrithoronf.
Roman: Post Oflce.
ms omen.
West 7. 60A. A. -3480 P M.
hat 8.80 3. 00 RM
Danbury&NorwalkRa11road850A. M.
Wmliaddmg dmgand Bedding Ridge, Tues-
hursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
Inns nun.
West0.10A. MH—ficc P. M.
is: 8 20 A. M. -—3. 30 P. M.
Danbury A Norwalk Railroad 8. 00 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
l‘rcm700i-A.-M. tb8.00P. M. .
Cmnas Omrs'rnan, 2. II.
D. PRITCHARD M.D
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
_Mam .8'rannr, 1
SOUTH NORWALKI CONN
*- a PAINT sIoIIE,
Rain Street,
.......
MARVIN & PROWITT,
wagginelgnd grail} léqalerspin Hgdwsre,
cry am 3, ass, aper snga
I'ngs, Window Shades, the. .
lms G. BARBO‘U’I,
933 AL arm moms”,
"-341; it
t t
of scoff‘omaeo‘f‘fifi‘; £1?”le 9 use
O‘lde 8i Residence, W Avenue, Norwalk,
, Connecticut,
Architecture.
storm: as. s-rorsn,
" " anemones,
Will furnish i'lans, Specifications, D ,
Drawings, and super-intend the erect
bile and snvate buildings. Office In Mar-
hllo Block, el-st, New Haven, Ct. tfb2
. E0. §.BELDEN Norwalk, Conn. ,Man-
,Cop er, Sheet
do or In roves}- nges,
WLufl‘e'q , El'ittannia, Woddcn and
Willow sre,Crockery , and a full assort-
meat of House Keeping articles generally.
'0‘. s. Loonwoon,
Fashionable Drain &_ Tailor,
an
Jud-s "-8930-
, Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
S. . OWS'I'IAD 01100.,
;..Wholessle and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, ..&c.,
train 16 noon, Nor-walk, Conn.
RNA; INSURANCE COMPANY,
ill Ilium...
$1,000,000
insures inst leas and damage by Fire
on '1‘9 adapted to the Miami, and
consistent With the laws of
“ ..‘ compensation.
GEORGE E. COWLES, Sole Agent
118 a ‘ For Norwaik and vicinity.
~11." DENTAL om.
Inprassion having gone abroad that
Ntiiie n qrs igned his relinqhished his
B- ii t8 ‘infcrm his friends and
.13th that he still continues the practice
1 es‘slqn‘. at‘ his oli stan foot of
skii- 4st Snails thrsll v‘r‘ill e happy
to feudal“ am his best serv use. In case of
tempo porary absences skillful assistant will be
hand in attendance at the Office, ready and
willing to serve all that mogul.
D. D. S.
We 4 is?
A. JACKSON a. 330.
o. l anette Building.
ME? 5pectfully announce to“ the
flu i: still their“ bid‘ 'ctiiftoiners, that
My have recently made extensive additions
to heir k c goods. we arenow prepar-
. ., . entnqtt‘obgn seed
- 37, (futility or price. We
would call partic or attention to our stock of
Watches, which‘ Is lot I than ever before. —
We have a fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,
In case's, at prices varying from .20 to
.7 which we can recommend as bein cor.
root hme keepers. Also, Gentlemen’ s atch.
a, in :silver and gold cases, at an price from
630 3-60. We buy of the best mporters' In
York,“ and alto ether for“ club, so that
W "rife g‘bheil could not be
$3“? ‘ Dar stock of Jé'yvglrySi éhSilyer and
Waréa was never bettert'h asst pres-
.“ “(1900) Mall aft elatast styles that
are men ed.A. JACKSON & BRO.
.Notice.
THE subscriber having purchased the stock
56f Dnuos Mnnrcnvns, &c., of the late
hmfo'f KNAPP & Lvmrs, of the Corner Drug
; {would respectfully infbrm the public
hé‘has completely replenished the store
i'r 'neiv‘an'd fresh goods; and ‘having had
sewer years experlence" In the Drug business
Now York 9th hé feels confident that he
Iygqa igfqo on as to the quality of the
“10‘ urcxase,aud1n the preparation of
edio nos He WI llkeeg constantly on hand
a full ahd extensive etc of the best quality
and at reasonable prices. The friends and
patrons of the old firm. as also all others in
want of Drugs, Medicines Fancy Goods, 850. .,
‘ara invited to call at the Corner Dru Store.
Noiswnlk .lune 5th, 13111430 ITT
Sahara stated have disposed of my
nt real In lite lute rm of Knapp & Lyneg
Henry M? Browitt vino vyill oqnfinqg the
Arkansas: as heretofore. and whom I
this"): recommend to the public as a bm-
patent anal careful apothccar y
SAM‘ L LYNES, M. D.
”thD CAGES, a good assortment
, C. d: E.
,,-wnmras'r WW“
War Claims.
THE undersigned, through the agency of
reliable friends In Washington, is pre-
ared to secure Bounty Money, Back Pay,
gensions, 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. , OE EPH W. WILSON.
Aug. 22, 1862.
NORWAIIK HOTEL.
N ORWALK; CONN.
12.8. Brewster, Proprietor.
THIS House, having been renovated and
improved, is now open for the race tion
ermanent or transient boarders, an will
lighept as 'afirst class Hotel. This Hotel is
ryleasantly situated In one of the most
erIIIfhl towns on Long Island Sound, and
. is especially attractive for Summer Board-
are.
The Proprietor would assure the public,
that it will be his constant endeavor to
keep his house in such a style, as will ensure
satisfaction to all.
Iniprovsments; In Photographing.
Special Ratio-_e to our Patrons
WHITNEY a BECKWITH
Hays added a
N E W R 0 0 1H,.
To lheir extensive Gallery, especially for fin-
ishing Photographs.
By the return of Mn. Wnrrnnv from
Washington, (with an assistant) have doubled
their-force of_ltopera on.
By procuring a large and excellent
CYLINDER PRESS,
can give their Pictures that beautiful
IVOR Y S URFA 01!,
so desirable with these additions to their
business facilities and their long experience
in this beautiful and useful art in connection
withth e
First Houses in New York.
they can safely def competition, not only in
.)
huh and truthfu ness, but in the speedy
completion of orders. Thankful for past fa.
vars, we hope to merit a continuance of your
patronag e.
Norwalk, June 1st, A1863
NEW PURNISHING STDRE,
NEAR UPPER END 017' MAIN ST.
East Side of the Bridge.
I HAVE at my Store' In Norwalk the largest
assortmentof
Household Furniture
in this county, conqisting‘ of Bu _Eeaus of all
kinds, LoungeaS cte-‘a- etes, Card
Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center
Tables, Wash Stands,
EXTENSION TABLES,
CHAIRS and ROCK E138 of all kinds,
Booking Glasses,
Picture Frames, and everything else in the
Furniture line cheap for Cash.
Mom's g, '
done promptly and by experienced workmen.
Undertaking,
l have on hand a large assortment of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-
thing necessary for the burial of the dead,
cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere.
have as good a Hearse 88 thei‘é Is in the
county; and will attend Funerals in neigh-
boring towns, without extra char 6. .
ELBER’I‘ RA MOND.
Norwalk, Sept. lst, 1863. 44
NORWAIAK
Steam sawing 1:13;; Blaming
HE subscriberI has fitted; up and isnow
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
nin ;Scroll and other Saw ;manufacture
of cars, Sash, Blinds, &c., c., 1;: the best
and most expeditious manta kind at satis-
faoto prices. Orders b mail rom tlfiat-
tende to. 1y17, TIMO HY .F1 0
Wheeler or. Wilson’s -
CORNET BAND,
Bridgeport, Conn.
spared to furnish ii at qcl as MosIo
for? iitaryi) Firestone iviill
s, 00 certs, Prometf a e Ono Nic's. the.
Ordersn addressedtoF .J. A ,Lcodor
M'OBBIS. Soy. will meet with
prompt_ attc Mgtiou 82
dreis Letters, care Wheeler &
WilsonM. AF. G. 00., East Bridgeport, Gt.
3. com-run a sons,
CABINET MAKERS he
ARE now prepared to oli‘er1h to the bpublic
the largest and best assortm eh’t‘o
' Good tnra.
comprising every article usually kept in a
Furniture Storc,'ever offered in Norwalk,
which will be sold
a. u
41" TH? mar LOWEST PRICES.
Our customers and the public generally who
want anything we keep, will find it to their
interest to ive us a call. Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 ifi‘ereut kinds, very cheap. Hair
Mattresses, made to order, and old ones made
over as good as new.
UNDERTAKIN
We keep on hand a va lhr'é assortment of
Collins of every ‘descrip oh',‘ 'rnisli shrouds,
scarfs, carriages, ‘an'd ‘evérytliin'" necessary
for the iriterfqevnt o‘r“ the den}, ud at very
low prices. e arejust com 'etmg another
s lendld Hearse, which it give us two
earses o ual to any in the State, which we
shall use w onever our services are required,
without extra chaage.
E. UINTARD & SONS.
Norwalk, March 5th 186.
208$
HE Real stale along? owne ed by
Wu. finial 'Yn‘opn, accused, si dated
in ‘this' town, 'on White Oak SlI do treat,
abouttl miles from NW8“; 01‘ tries, to
witg—gne .
large new Dwelling House,
with outbuildings and 12 or 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
called.
The pIoperty ill be sold all together or
in separlité parce s as may Slllt purchasers,
and on accommodating terms; two thirds of
the premises {or a term of years, if desired.
Fbr further particulars aprqry-to
ST. JOHN.
New Canaan, Feb 10th,1863. tf7
Notice.
Tun
Subscriber has the pleasure ofin arm'-
gthe c ibat he% as p‘urcliasei
march of Elbe‘Iltlzer’CrIssey iiIsth'e' Boot and
Shoe Businlsss l‘at‘bly carried on at the Store
corner of Wall and Water Street, where he
will continue the business. He ,HllSlS that
the liberal patronage glveu to thIs Store
While under his control as pattner and man
agar, will be continued to him as pro rietor.
9 J. N. LOCKW DD.
_V—._..
Hides, Tallow in rough,
ALF-SKINS, SHEEP & LAMB SKINS
wanted by S. E. OLMSTEAD &CO.
OOKWOOD G CO. A
Highest Cash Prices paid.
situated In or near “Hanfolftl’s Swiltlllb" 3.0‘
the purchase money can Felllil‘l! 82(31de 031 ’
Norwalk
FIHEINSUHANCECO.
Ivonwann com,
Chartered Capital. $500000
Paid up Capital, 8100, 000
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-
ble Companies.
Directors.
Esau. BILL, Norwalk, Ct. J. M .Canran,Norwalk, Ct
Cnaa. B. Wan-II, “ Srrus Courts,“ ‘
Funnier: Barman, 4“ ELI B. Bummer,
-r,n “ Moment ’1‘. 8mm,
SAIUILLYN'IB,M.D ,1: s. E.0LII1'IAD,
8. E. Gum! HAIL. Sauna Lms,
Cantu Lockwoon, J outs Osaoax,
ll. 0. Drum. ‘ WM ..0 Susan,
‘ Nathan Roberts, Norwalk, Ct.
Funerals. WMMAN, Danbu Ct.
nouns. Twuox, '7' “
020. W. Iva vas, “, “
CHAD. Bummer, New Can‘an, “
Auxmnrn Law, “ “
S. Y. 8r Joan, ' “ “
D. M. Manvnr, We spt ort, “
JosuA. Manama, Portchester, N. Y.
War. 0. STREET, President.
Gno. R. Cams, Secretary.
Elihu. HILL, Treasurer.
Norwalk,Jan1st.1864
INSMOE
.38
or the New England 'c and Marine In,-
carom Go. of Hartford,‘ Is pre ared to insure
by fire an as accommodating terms as any
other mpan
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Com any has been recently established
withapai in y”ca ital of 8200,000andhas a
surplus of 86, 29 5.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL, -
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
Normalk, Feb. lst, 1861.
WM. 'r- BARNUM,
’0'. S. War Claim Agent,
Will prom tly collect Bounty Money,
Back Pa, ensions for Disabled, Dis-
charged ldiers, Widows and Children,
Mothers and Sisters, and all other Claims
against Government. Qfilce opposite Con-
cert Hall. All business letters promptly
answered.
Danbury, Conn. 1y86
tfl!
New Meat Market.
THE Subscriber would res tactfully inform
the public that he has gought outth
MARKET late Y’Sengept by Mr. ames Byxbea
in IS QUK Main treat, andin-
tends eepin constantly on hand the choi-I
cest of Beef ark, Mutton, Poultry, giro , &c.
Having had long experience in the business
heis confident of his ability to. please. A
share of the public atronage is res tf'ully
solicited. UIUSB RTRecK.
Norwalk, Sept. 21st,U1863.?
moons-no owns—r}
HE Subscriber, whilein England, recent-
,made arran emcnts with the Shef-
fied anufacturers or 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 assomnents of Sheffield‘ Got any
ever offered' In this Country,n n‘cludlu ar-
ving Kniveg and Phrk 5; read nivcs ;
Butter‘ hives; Table Kmves and Forks;
Pocket Knives of every description, inclu-
din many curious styles; Scissors, &c., &c.
Cal and examine the assortment.
tf46] JOSEPH SHEPHERD.
Business Change 1
WATERBURY If; DUNCAN,
‘VOULD announce to the public that
they have purchased the Carriage Ma-
king Business formerly conductedb
-Edson Bears, and connected it Wit theil‘
Blacksmith She, making one complete es~
tablishment. '1‘ ey are now prepared toexe-
cute in the best manual, and with reater
qispatlob than ever befOIc, anything In the
inc 0
Carriage Making and Blacksmith-
. . ing.
Carriages made to order, and Paintln.
Trimming Repa1rmg,dtc., done by: clips:
enced ggknmn, withd iss, atc
cf‘CarrIa'ge timber taken in as-
ch e'fo or
Nogrwallt‘glov 23d, ‘fiil tit?
Fall and Winter Styles
NOW ready at DISBROW’S
20 Dozen New Styles of CAPS.
Silk Hats of Superior quality,_ on; prlce ls.
only 84.00,
New anti splendid assortment of Shirts,
all
SCARFS and TIES in great variety,
LINEN and PAPER DOLLARS:
Gloves, Holler, &c.
45 J..H Drsnnow, Ag’t.
Gash. System adopted for
Photographs & Caries do VisIte
AT WHITNEY & BECKWITH‘S,
N conse uencecé t e reat 'se in chem-
E ical s In als an (digger; usetl' In our busi-
nss, thIIt 'oan only a bought for cash we
had either to increase our prices, or adopt
the Carl; s tern. We choose the latter, as it
will alike {22181115 the customer and suitu
ereafler, when a proof is accepted, the
order for prints must be accompanied with
the casn.
WHITNEY & BECK WITH.
Norwalk, Conn., J use 15.
DRUGS; Him“
Ber-tumors. Stationary l
THE undersigned begs to inform the citi-
zens of Norwalk that he has establish-
ed his Drug Store at No.11 Main street,
where he keeps a constant supply of pure
Drugs at Wholesale and Retail at fair
prices He has secured the services of a
competent, practical Druggist from New
York, and 'is prepared.to compile all pro-
scriptions, and by close attention to busi-
ness at all hours, d8 ay and Sig-ht, ,hopep to
merit a share of patron ”I; lie' patron vge
Bhysicians' Is respect ully solicited. e
haye' a b'ett'er 910;: of Stationery, at lower
prices than any firm in town. Store open
on Sunday for the sale of Médiclues.
E. BLA CKMAN,
No.11 Main street, Norwalk.
Empire Shuttle Machine.
. THE SUBSCRIBER having taken the
Agency for the towns of Norway: ,
New Canaan, Wilton, ersméiattIll and Idge-
field, for the sale of these we it own sini-
ly Se 1iug Machines, would respectfully In-
vite al person‘s In want of a good Machine,
which will be warranted, to call at his real.
deuce In Silver ine District, Nor-walk, and
examine the Mac lite and its work, before
pmpbacing eisew era. It has onl to be
seen in motion to be up reciated. all, ex-
amine and try for Oyourse ves.
T AS M. RAYMOND,
Norwalk, Dec. 5ch,1863. 2m 48
P03 TEE ROI-ID AIS.
A LARGE assortment of Handkerchief
Extracts, including Night?
Cereus and Pond Lilyé ust recon);
‘
THIS Company insures Buildin 3, Met--
HE subscriber havln _taken the agency .
all kinds of property against oss or damage ' ~
spouse. .
[The first part of the following poem was
published some time since; but, with the
conclusion, it is so timely that we reprint it.)
norm-m, CAN I so?
I am writing to you, mother, knowing well
what you will say,
write to you to-day;
Knowing well the flame of ardor o‘n a‘loyal
mother’s parts
That will kindle with each impulse, with
the thrbbbing of your heart;
I have heard my country calling for her souls
that still are true— .
I have loved that country, mother,
to God and you ,
only nexi
her bitter foo:
Can I go my dearest mother ? tell me, moth-
' or can I go 2
From the battered walls of Sumter, from the
wild waves of the sea,
I have heard her cry for succor, as the voice
- of God to me.
[In prosperity I layed her, in her days of
dark distress,
With your spirit' In me, mother, could I love
that country less?
They have pierced her heart with ma.
they have caused her sons to bleed;
They have robbed her' In her kindness, they
have triumphed in her need;
They have trampled on her standard, and
she calls me in her woe—
Can I go, my dearest mother 1’ tell me, moth-
or, can I go?
I am young and slender, mother-they would
call me yet a boy,
But] know the land I live in, and the his“?
lugs I enjoy,
I am old enough, my mother, to be loyal,
pro road and true
To the faithful sense of duty I have ever
learned from you. ..
We must conquer this rebellion; let the
doubting heart be still;
We must conquer it or parish. We must
conquer, and we will! i
But the faithful must not falter, and shall I
be wanting ? No 1
Bid me go, my dearest mother! tell me,
P mother. can i go 2
He who led his chosen people in their ef-
forts to be free
From the tyranny of Egypt, will be merciful
to me;
Will protect me by His power whatso’e‘r I
undertake ,
And return me home“ In safety, dearest moth'
or for your sake.
Or should this my bleeding country need a
victim such as me,
I am nothing more than others who have»
perish ed to be free.
On her bosom let me slumber, on her altar
let me lie ,
I am not afraid, dear mother, in so good a
cause to die. ‘
There will come a day of gladncss, when
the people. of the Lord
Sign look proudly on their banner, which
His mercy has restored ;
When the stars in perfect number, on their
azure field of blue,
Shall be clustered in a Union, has and ever
tins and true.
imay live to see it, mother, when the pat-
riot’s work is done,
And your heart, so full of kindness, will
beat proudly for your son ,
0r through tears your eyes may see it with
a sadly thoughtful view.
And may love it still more dearly for the
seas. it use from you.
i have written to you, mother with a con-
sciousness of right—
Iam thinking of you fondly with a loyal
heart to~night ;
When I have your noble bidding, which
shall tell me to press on, .
I will come and see you mother-zooms and
kiss you and be gone,
in 1119 same casts of Freedom and as:
0°11.sz as her We
In the name of Law and Justice. I have
. written this it) 30‘!
lam eager, anxious, longing, to resist my
. country ‘s foe. *
Shall I go, my dearest mother i tell me,
mother, shall I go 1’ '
'rnn nornnn’s mm. ,
G‘o my boy, and heaven bless you ! I have
read each precious line
or your hearts responsive throbbings to a
tligber call than mine.
God hath spoken-ayou have heard Him—
and tho' tears those eyes bedim,
Your affection for your mother shall not
mar your love for Him.
Could 1 bid you stay for fondness when the
ever ruling Hand
Marks your path to duty clearly log the safe-
ty of your land I}
No! ’tis yours to, be a patriot and ’tia mine
to prove as true;
Go, my boy, where duty calls you, and my
heart shall'iollow you l
00 in faith and feel protectIon in a Power
Supreme, Divine!
Should a bullet pierce your body, it will also
' enter mine.
Do I think of thee in sorrovvll Does «my
love and faith renew?
Do I tremble at the Prospect 1‘ No. my son;
310 more than you.
Dear to me is every pathway where your
precious feet have trod ;
But I give you fondly, freely, to my country
and my God,
You and I shall nevar falter' In the work we
have to do- ,
Go, my boy, where duty calls you, and my
heart shall fbllou you!
lanai}, pray for you—how often l with the
waking hour of morn,
Through the labors of my household, and
when night is coming on,
If a mother ‘spra'yers can keep you "mid the
dangers you incur,
God will surely bring you back again to
happiness and her.
I will never doubt the goodness that has
kept you until now,
That has kept the evil from your heart, the
shadow fromyqur brow .
you must pursue , -
Go, my boy, where duty calls you, and my
heartshaiifcllow you t
Freedom’s Callé-Love’o Re- ‘
When you read with tearful fondness all I- ~
And my soul' Is springing forward to resist.
And I know it shall keep you in the path;
"If my boy were less a hero, less a man in
thought and deed,
I had less to give my country in her hour of
trying need : _
And I feel a pride in knvang that to serve
this cause divine,
From no hearth-stone goes a braver heart
than that which goes from mine.
I have loved you from the hour that my lips
~ first pressed your brow,
Ever tenderly, but never quite as tenderly
_ as now.
All I have 13 His who gave it, whatso’ er He
, bids me do;
Go, my boy, where duty calls, and my heart
shall follow you.
I shall miss you through the opting-time,
when the orchard is In bloom, .
When the smiling face of Nature bathcs its
, beauty in perfume: .
When the birds are sweetly singing by the
, door and on the wing,
I shall think of you who always loved to
pause and hear them sing.
Long will seem the waning hours through
, the drowsy Summer day,
With my boy exposed to dangers on a soil
so far away.
But my spirit shall not murmur, though a
. tear bedim my view ,
00, my boy, where duty calls you, and my
heart shall follow you !
You will come and see your mother, come
and kiss her, as you say,
From herlips receive the blessing that shall
cheer you on your way;
From her fond embrace go forward to resist
your country’s foo
With the comforting assurance that your
mother bade you go.
Heaven protect, and bless and keep you'l
‘ holy angels guard your way,
Keep your spirit from temptation, and your
feet from going astray-
To your mother ever faithful—to your coun-
try ever tyne,— -
Go, my boy, where duty calls you, and my
heart shall follow you l
O
A TALE OF TERROR.
At the ‘Crow ’Ilili,’ Antwerp, some
years ago, a white spectra was seen hear-
ing a lamp in one hand and a bunch of
keycs in the other—the unpleasant visit-
or wss seen by a variety of travellers,
passing along a corridor.
- Nothing would satisfy the neighbors
.but that an unfortunate traveller had
been at some period or other, dispatched
in that fatal roam by one of the previous
landlords of‘the house.
The hotel gradually obtained the name
of ‘The Haunted Inn,’ and ceased to be
frequented by its old patrons.
The landlord, finding himself on the
brink of ruin, determined to sleep in the
haunted room, with a view to prove the
groundlessness of the story. To make
the matter more sure, as. he said, be
caused the hostler to bear him company,
on pretense of requiring a witness to the
absurdity of the report; but, in reality,
from cowardice- At the dead of night,
however, just as the two man were com-
posing themselves to sleep in one bed—
leaving another which was in the room
nntonsnted—the door flew open and in
glided the while spectre.
Without pausing to ascertain what it
might do on approaching the bed, to-
wards which it directed its course, the
two men rushed naked out of the room,
and by the alarm thgy created, confirmed
more fully the evil repute of the house.
Unable longer to sustain the cost of
so unproductive an establishment, the
poor landlord advertised for sale the
house' In which he and his father were
born and had passed their lives. But
bidders were as scarce as customers; the
inn remained on sale for nearly a year,
during which, from time to time the spec-
:tre reappeared.
who had formerly fréquected the house,
moved to compassion in favor of the poor
host, undertook to clear up the mystery
by sleeping in the chamber, not don'...lng
the whole was a trick of some envious
neighbor who was anxious of detriora-
ting the value of the freehold in order to
become a purchaser.
His ofi‘er having been gratefully ac-
cepted, the captain took up his quarters
in the fatal room, with a bottle of wine
and a brace of pistols before him, de-
termined to fire at whatever object enter-
ed into the room. "
At the usual hour of midnight the
door opened, and the spectre bearing a
lamp and a bunch of keys, made its ap-
pearance. He seized both the pistols
when, fortunately, as his finger was on
the point of pulling the trigger, be per-
ceived that the apparition was no other
than the daughter of his best, a young
and pretty girl, evidently walking In her
sleep Preserving the strictest silence,
be watched her set down the light, place
her keys carcfully on the chimneyspiece
and retire to the opposite bed, which, it
afterward proved, she had often occupied
in the lifetime of her. late mother, who
slept' In the room.
No sooner hnd she composed herself
than the cheer, after looking the door of
the room, went' In search of her father
and several competent witnesses, inclu-
ding the water balifi‘ of the district, who
had been one.of the loudest is circula-
ting rumors concerning ‘Tha Haunted
Inn.’ The poor girl was found quietly
_aslaep In bed, and her terror in awaking
in the dreadful chamber, afordad inm-
cicnt evidence to all present of the state
'of somnambulism In which she had been
entranced.
From that period the spectre was seen
no more; probably because the landlord’s
daughter removed shortly afterwards to
a home of her own, as the wife of our
‘csptsin, and the tale of horror so freely
simulated to tho bewilderment of the
of a young girl walkingin her sleep.
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An length an ofilcer of the garrison '
poor neighbors, cnded' In the simple story »
National Banks.
Some weeks since, says the Independ-
ent, we printed an article in regard to
Secretary Chase and his financial policy,
since which our attention has been called
to a published letter from. Ron. Robert
J. Walker, formerly a Cabinet ofilcer fil|«
log the same position. This letter ex-
plains the workings of the new National
Bank system so fully that we gladly give
benefit of our
men.
The great features of the system of Mr.
Chase (says Mr. Walker) are .
“1. A loan to the Government upon its
bonds, reimbursable to twenty years, but
redeemable in five years, at the option of
the nation, the interest being six per
cent, payable semi-annually in coin, as is
also the principal.
2. The issue of U. S. legal tender
notes, receivable for all dues to the na"
tion except customs, and fundable in this
United States 5.20 six per cent. stock.
3. The authorization of the banks rec-
ommended in his report, whose circula-
tion would be secured not only by private
capital but by adequate deposits of Uni-
ted States stock with the Government.
4. To maintain in the meantime as near
to specie as practicable this Federal cur-
rency—first, by making it receivable in
all dues to the Government except for
customs; second, by the privilege of fund-
ing it in United States stock; third, . by
enhancing the benefit of this privilege,
not only by making the stock, both prin-
cipal and interest, payable in specie, but
by making it gradually the ultimo te
basis of our whole bank circulation,
which, as shown by the Census Tables
before referred to, (including daposits,)
nearly doubles every decade.
5. By imposing such a tax on the cir-
culation of the state banks as, together
with state'or municipal taxes, would in-
duce them to transfer their capital to the
new banks proposed by the Secretary.
6. To relieve the new banks from all
state or municipal taxation.
7. In lieu thereof to impose a mod-
erate Federal tax on all bank circulation,
as a bonus to be paid cheerfully by these
banks for the great privilege of furnish-
ing ultimately the whole paper currency
of the country, and the other advantages
secured by these bills.
This tax, as proposed by the Secretary,
was one per cent.‘ semi-annually, which,
in gfl‘ect, would have reduced the interest
on our principal loans from six to four
per cent per annum, so far as these loans
were made the basis of bank circulation.
Congress, however, fixed this tax at about
one-half, thus making the interest on
such loans equivalent in fact to five per
cent per annum so far as such loans, at
the option of the holder, are made the
basis-of banking and bank circulation.
This is a privilege which gives great ad—
ditional value to these loans, for the
right to issue the bank paper , circulation
of the country free of .ststa or municipal
taxes is worth far more than one half per
cent. semi-annually, to be paid On such
circulation. That this privilege is worth
more than the Federal tax, is proved by
the fact that many banks are already be-
ing organized under this system, and by
the further fact that more than $200,-
000,000 of legal tenders have already
been funded in this stock, and the pro-
cess continues at the rate of from one to
two millions of dollars a day. It will
then be observed that the holders of such
bonds can keep them if they please, dis-
connected with all banks, receiving the
principal at maturity, as well as the semi.
annual interest in gold, free from all tax-
as.
This system has been attended with
complete success, and, notwithstanding
the increase of our debt, the premium on
gold for our Federal currency, fundabla
in this stock, has fallen from 73 per cent.
in February last, before the adoption of
Mr. Chase’s system, to 27 per cent, at
present; and before the 30th of June
next,it is not doubted that this premium
must disappear. No loyal American
doubts the complete suppression of the
rebellion before that date, in which event
our Federal currency will rise at once to
the par of gold. In the meantime, how-
ever, gold is at a premium of 27 per
cent, which is the least profit (independ-
ent of future advance above par) so soon
to be realized by those purchasing this
currency now, and waiting its apprecia-
tion, or investing it in our United States
5.20 six per cent. stock.
But, beside the financial benefits to
the. Government of Mr. Chase’s system,
its other advantages are great indeed. It
will ultimately displace our- whole state
bank system” and circulation, and give us
a ,Mlioaal curmtcy, based on om-
ple private capital and Federal stocks,
a currency of uniform value throughout
the country, and always certainly con-
vertible on demand into coin. Besides,
by displacing’thc state bank circulation,
~the whole bank-note currency of the
Union will be based on the stocks of the
Government, and give to every citizen
who holds the bonds or the currency
“(which will embrace the whole commu-
nity in every state) a direct interest in
the maintenance of the Union.
The annual losses which our peeple
~--,»~»-.e..«~-..mm-r-cv-f‘w r: :-r.~z~l'x:~me~u§m~v~w as:
ksustain under the separate state bank sys-
it a place in our columns for the special;
readers—particularly};
capitalists, financiers, and all business."
It is worthy of a careful perusal. ‘
thusiasm, are organized for military life,
commanders first, and tests them after—
. wards.
tern, in the rate of exchange, is enormous,
whilst the constant and ever-recurring in-
solvency of so many of these institutions,
accompanied by eight general suspensions
of specie payment, have from time to
time spread ruin and devastion through-
out tbe country. I believe that in s pe.
riod of twenty years, the saving to the
people of the United States, by the sub-
stitutionof the new system, wouldreach
a sum very nearly approaching the total
amount of our public debt, and in time
largely exceeding it. As a question,
then, of national wealth, as well as na-
tional unity, I believe that the gain to
the country in time by the adoption of
the new system will far exceed the cost
of the war. It was the state bank sys-
tem in the rebel states that furnished to
secession mainly the sinews of war.—
These banks are now generaly. insolvent,
but if the banking system now proposed
had been in existence, and the circula-
ting medlum'in all the states had been
an uniform national-currency based en-
tirely on the stocks of the United States,
the rebellion could never have occurred.
Every bank and all the holders of the
stock and notes of all the banks, embra-
cing our whole paper currency, would
have been united to the Government by
an interest so direct and universal that
rebbllion would have beetfimp’ossibla—
Hamilton and Madison, Story and Mar-
shal, and the Supreme Court of the Uni-
ted States, have declared that to the
Federal Government belongs the ‘entire
regulation of the currency of the coun-
try.’ Tbis power they have now exer‘
cised in the adoption of the system rec-
ommended by the Secretary. Our whole
currency, in coin as well as paper, will
soon now all be national, which is the
most important measure for the security
and perpetuity of the Union and the wel.
fare of the people ever adopted by Con-
gress. It is to Congress that the Consti-
tution grants the exclusive power 'to
regulate commerce with foreigupations
and among the states ;’ and a sound uni-
form currency in coin, or convertible on
demand into coin, is one of the most 05‘
essential instrumentalities connected with
trade and exchanges.”
-<.>.
Examination and selection of
Officers for the Colored Regi-
ments.
The following extract of a letter from
the nervous and practical pen of that
able and accomplished journalist, Samuel
Wilkeson, ,Esq., conveys a fund of valu-
able information which will be found most
useful to the thousands of intelligentg aren-
tlemeu who are anxious to obtain com—
mands In the colored regiments:
'I‘be wisest order that ever emanated
from the‘ War Department was that
which required applicants for command
in negro regiments to be examined intel-
lectually, morally, and physically. T/Ie
ofl‘ccf of It will be to give to this branch of ‘
lire military establishment of the United
Slates a better class of ofiicers than I/I’est
Point has ever given or' can possibly git-e.
It is an improvement upon the system of
Bonaparte, which gave France her wou-
derful marshals, and placed only natural-
born warriors in command of brigades
and divisions. The great captain select-
ed the man whose genius had‘ impelled
them to war, and whose fitness for it was
tproven in the campaigns that taxed every
quality of a soldier’s character. General
Casey’s Examlming Board practically
culls from the candidates for appointment
those only who by tastes, temper, and an-
and before it gives them commissions re-
quiring them to show that they possess
excelleucies of moral qualities, of general
intelligence, military experience, and
physical constitution, that shall, beyond
all peradventurc, make them equal to
their commands, and enable them to en-
dure the wear and tear of every form
of service. West Point has no choice
of the material out of which she toils to
make commanders. She has to take
just such stuff as members of Congress
give her, in the exercise of a patronage
which never regards the public interest
or the military power and glory of the
nation; but which invariably regards the.
personal and selfish interests of place~
bunting politicians. The manufacture of
a true commander at West Point is, and
forever must be an accident. The finish-
ed product from the materials furnished
can never be predicted. Whether the
country shall get an ordinary drawing
master—-a moderate railroad engineer-—
a literal translator of French—a miner
according to rule—n professor of the
mathematics of books—a. drill officer—a
riding .master—II bridge builder-or a
genuine warrior, capable of handling ar-
mics and of economically conquering vic-
tories, is wholly and inevitably a prob—
lem, which can have no solution save by
experiment, at times and under circum~
stances when the cost of the InquII y may
be a nation’s bankruptcy, and the loss of
its liberties. West‘ Point commissions
General Casey tests them first,
and commissions them last. ,West Point
sends epuletted scholars into the field,
hoping that they will develop into sol-j
diers. _General Casey goes in the field
and takes deveIOped soldiers, and than
bores into them, to see if they'have knowl-
edge, devotion and conscience sufficient
to complete their qualification for com-
m, .w,_~gmr.r,-~-.I.. .,‘ ,. :-. '5 on.
mend. ‘West Point officers are educated
upon chalk and blackboards, text-books
and recitatious, pencils and? slates, parade
grounds and drills. Casey’s officers are
educated on marches, camps, and battles
——o'n the actual command and handling
of men in storm and sunshine, in winter
and summer, in defeat and in victory, in
blood and in death. ’Twas in this school
that the great Marshals of France gradu-
ated. In this school, and in no other,
of the soldierly brain and nerve given to
Carthage in Hannibal, and to revolution
in Europe in Napoleon. In this school,
and in no other, will America find her
alloiment of the great commanders who
destructively hurl the forces of a nation
with the suddenness, directness, power,
and majesty with which thunderbolts
leaped from the right hand of the R0-
man Jove. Here is a. fact. The exam-
inations by General Casey’s Board have
demonstrated that the best materials for
line qflicers exist in the sergeants, corporal:
and privates of the volunteer regiments.
They are, as avclass, vastly superior to
the commissioned officers who apply for
field appointments. The records of
the Board show the examination, on one
and the same day, of a major from Army
of the Potomac who wished to be colo-
nel,of two lieutenants who wished to be
captains, one private who wanted to be
lieutenant, and one sergeant who wanted
—“any position the Board thought him
fit to fill.” The major and lieutenants
were found incompetent for any command.
The sergeant showed such knowledge of
his profession and displayed so much abil-
ity, that he was'unanimously voted lieut-
colonell Of the severity of the test to
which he was subjected, of its conclusive-
ness, the country can judge from the fact
that of 740 candidates thus far examined
for negro commands 333 have been utter-
ly rejected; out of the 407 who passed,
202 reached no higher than second lieu-
tenancies, 101 first lieutenaucies, 72 were
made captains, only 18 were made ma-
jors, and but 8 were made lieutenant
colonels, and only six were found equal to
the responsibilities of the colonelcy.. See
the cautiousness and conscientionsness
with which military'_command is entrust-
'ed by Casey’s Board, and appreciate
the W01 th of a system which promises to
ofiicer eventually the American armies
with men born for wall and cradled in
the field, and to end forever the empty-
‘ing into our regimental and brigade com-
mands the unsifted grist of a Government
mill'built to grind out commanders-then
say if a niche iu‘,tbe‘_temple of our mili-
tary history should not be reserved for
the statue of Silas Casey.
What is this examination of ofiicers to
command colored troops, and how do sol-
diers attain to it 17
Applications to go before the Board
must be made to “C. W. Foster, Assis-
t—lnt Adjutant Genelcl and Chief of the
Bureau of colored troops in Washing—
ton.” Hc on being satisfied, primofaeie,
that the applicant; is nsuitable candi—
date, gives him leave to go before the
Board. If in his application the appli-
cant should write of the “tremeujns im—-
portense” of something, Major Foster
would probably light his cigar with the
document—his prejudices of orthography
being fixed. If the candidate is an ofii-.
oer or soldier in service, he reports to
the president of the Board as soon as be
is relieved from duty; if acivilian, when-
ever be pleases. All take their turns,
in the order of their reports to General
Casey. In the exceptional cases of chi-
cars or privates in the field, and needed
there, the examinations take place with-
out delay and in precedence of all others.
It is ruin to Congressmen and to editors
to live in Washington now, and of course
it would be financial death and destruc-
tion to the poor soldiers to wait their
turns before the Board in any hotel or
boarding house in this metropolis of all
exactions. The good Sanitary Commie-o
sion drops in here, and does a good thing
for our blue—coat friends. It gives them
comfortable quarters, and text-books for
turns come.
Called before the Board, the applicant.
finds it composed of one major general,
two colonels, two lieutenant colonels, one
surgeon, and one lieutenant, who acts as
recorder. The examination rooms are on
F street, opposite the Paymaster Gener.
al’s office. The questioning of candi-
dates generally runs in this channel :
FIRSTe—lN INFANTRY norms.
The questions, of course, are not stereo-
typed, but their range would be pretty
sure to include inquiries about thernum- '
ber of ranks in which the applicant-would
form a company; the distance between
the ranks; how the file closers are posted;
about’the principles of the step; the fa-
cings ; the wheel; about the dress; bow
break into columns of platoons to the
right. or left. If the answers show
knowledge of elementary principles, the
candidate us then questioned In the school
of battalions.
SECOND—IN THE ARMY REGULATIONS, '
There is no insane expectation that
anybody has a knowledge of the contents
of ths bulky and incessantly changing
mass of; military law; but the candidateis -
ex'pect‘ed‘to be familiagiwith the portio’ni"
which regulate the mastering of troops
[for pay, and the preparation of muster
...~ Wpcwquc. 9-“.
will America uncover her hidden dowry '
their study and instruction until their .
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