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NUMBER 843--NEW SERIES,
NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, MARCH‘S. 1864.
VOLUME XLVIINUM-BER
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3:.l- l
NORWALK GAZETTE.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
. a.n:armororv a co“.E
A. H. BYINGTON, J. B._ELLs, G. N. ELLE-
O
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Ones unre, one insertion, $1
-- q two insertions, 1 25
three insertions, 1 60
one month,“ 5 . . 1 '15
two months. 3 oo
tnree months, ,4 00
, sixmonths, v 7 00
. one-year—‘with paper 15 00
Two 3 uares, one year—with paper, 25 00
38011 ladltlonal Square, per year, 8 00
03° '18 .nj;',oiie‘yeur. . 40 00
0" oils iven: . - 75 00
F homes words,make a square Fraction-
, unre charged for as a whole.
Y“! . e ' 'o'iits' payable 1st of January diJuly.
Yogi ‘ filtersresgrieted to lthe business contem-
Z In“: C itime o contrac .
gfimeiterms will be inflexibly adhered to.‘
ninrc'ronv. V
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' BUSINESS
NorWalk Poet Oflce.
\ “ ' turns, cLosis.
West 7.50 A. M.—2'.30 P. M.
East 8.80 A. M.—.6.00. P. M. .
Danbury "& Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Westo - Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tues-
daysr‘l‘hursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
. ._ ,' 7 sums nun.
West 9110¢A{M.—-6.CG P. M.
East-8:20iA.-M.—’—3.30 P. M. ,
Danbuiy a Norwaik’ Railroad 8.00 a. M.
roar OFFICE nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
Cmnns Oms'rnan, r. is.
D. 'PRIICHAR D, M. 1).,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
MAIN STREET,
sour-H NORWALK, CONN.
HARDWARE 8t PAINT STORE,
Main ,Street, '
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
_ ' mvnv a rnowrr'r,
Wholesale and retail Dealers. in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints,,Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
» ings, Window Shades, &c.
canons a. amount,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
D . N IE I. I 8 '1'—.
Teeth extracted without pain. by the use
of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas. _
Ofiloe at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
' Connecticut. ‘
, » gflrchitocture.
SIDNEY N. STONE,
_ . ’ancnrrnc'r,
‘Willfifurnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and snperintend the erection of
public and (private'buildinga’ che in Mar-
ble Block, impel-at, New Haven, Ct. tf52
. E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
LT ufucturer of Tin, Cop r,. and Sheet
hesitate; and dealer iii .to es, Rang
1““ ;;; ‘rflutleiyr Bn
Willow; mfgCrockery; and a. full assert.
ment of House Keeping articles'generally.
ulst‘aociawoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPORIUM i
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
so Ila ems-r3” & can,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Peed, &c.,
a sad. 1.6 Maia-st. Norwalk, Conn.
ism 'iusuaancs comranv,
Of Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
a”; Capital $1,500,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire
on Terms adapted to the hazard,and
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
lv3 For Norwalk and vicinity.
nan-ran om.
AN impression having gone abroad that
the undersigned has relinquished his
rdl‘es'siou, this is to inform his friends and
31a public" that he still continues the practice
of his profeSsion at his 011 stand, foot oi
Main-st, Norwalk, where he will be happy
to tender them his best services. In case of
temporary absence,a skillful assistant will be
found in attendance at the Ofilce, ready and
Willing to serveall that may call.
,- A. HILL, D. D. S.
A. JACKSON & 330.
No. l Gazette Building.
WOULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We arenow prepar-
ed to nifer an assortment not to be surpassed
in limfield'Coimt , in quality or price. We
- would callpartic ar attenti0n to our stock of
Watches, which is larger than ever before.—
We have a fine‘ lot of Ladies: Swiss Watches,
lg gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
’1‘, which We can recommend as bein cor-
rect time has . atch-
e in silver and gold cases, at any price from
to :00. (We buy of the best importers in
ew rk, and altplggther for cash” , so that
an; ficififigs‘ for se g cheap could not be
renter.f Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
' lateu Wares was never better than at pres-
ent. and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO.
1'08 BALI.
- THE Real Estate formerly owned by
WILLian Samoan, deceased, situated
in this town, on White Oak Shade Street,
sbout4 miles from Norwalk or Darien, to
wit:—one
Largo new Dwelling House,
with out-buildings and 12 or 14 acres of very
superior Land, Well adapted to Gardening
urposes. 4180 a Small once with two
veto of landattachsd—an 4 acres of land
situated in or near “ Hanford’s Swamp ” so
called. - ’
The property will be sold all together or
in separate parcels as may suit purchasers,
and on accommodating terms; two thirds of
the purchase money can remain secured on
the premises for a teim of years, if desired.
For further particulars apigy to
g. ' S. .ST.JOHN.
New Canaan, Feb 10th, 1868. tfz
.- A. New Iurucr for 'nderosene
jige'without a chimney, and will fit any
, luid Lamp ; it makes a ood substitute
: ior‘Fluid. Price of burner and 20 cents. '
._ QCEKLOCKW ODQCO.
Also, Gentlemen’s
'u‘t‘thout extra chad
ttannia, ooden an '
nonwm HOTEL.
NORWALK, CONN.
E. S.»Brewster, Proprietor.
'1‘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 Boards
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
satisfaction to all.
NEW FURNISHING STORE,
NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST.
East Sade of the Bridge.
HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortment of
I
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,
done promptly and by experienced workmen.
Undertaking,
I have on hand a large assortment of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-
thing necessary for the burial of the dead,
cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. I
have as good a Hearse as there is in the
county; and will attend Funerals in neigh-
boring towns, without extra char e.
ELBERT RA MOND.
Norwalk, Sept. 1st, 1863. 44
NORWAIJK
Steam Sawing and Plaining
MILL.
THE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning; Scroll and other Sawin ; majufacture
of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., ., in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices.’ Orders by mail prompt] at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITC .
n. corn-ram: a. sons,
CABINET MAKERS, be
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 LOWE/ST PRICES.
Our customers and the public generally who
want anything we keep, will find it to their
interest to give us a call. Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 difi‘erent kinds, very cheap. Hair
Mattresses, made to order, and old ones made
over as good as new. .
UNDERTAKING,
We keep on hand a cry large assortment 0
define of every desc tion, furnish shrouds,
scarfs, carriages, and eveigthing necessary
for the interment of the ead, and at very
low prices. We are just completing another
splendid Hearse, which will give us two
Hearses equal to any in the State, which we
shall use whenever our, services are required,
6. .
EgQUINTARD a SONS.
Norwalk, March 15th 1862.
Wheeler a. Wilson’s
conning- naive), ..
Bridgeport, Conn.
ARE prepared to furnish first-class Music
for Military, Firemen’s and Civic a-
rades, Concerts, Promenades, Pic N ics, die.
Orders addressed to‘ F. J. THOMAS, Leader.
or J. E. MORRIS, Sec’r], will meet with
prompt attention. , 22
N. B.—Address Letters, care Wheeler &
Wilson M. F. G. 00., East Bridgeport, Ct.
s-rovssmrarrasnmors,
VER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes of
Cooking Stoves and Ranges; over thir-
ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and Office
Stoves, not excelled in beauty of design, per-
fection of operation, or variety, by any Stove
in the State. Manufactures Tin, Sheet, Iron
and Copper Wares, deals in J appan, Brittan-
ia, Crockery, Wooden, and Silver Plated
Wares, Stov’e Blacking, Coal Hods, Shovels
and Riddles, Brass Kettles, Sausage Cutters
Matte, Brooms, Bells, Fire Place Grates, Sa
Irons, Sheet Lead, Lead Pipe, Fruit Jars,
Fluid and Coal Oil Lamps, Stove Castings,
in fact, all that constitutes a well filled Kitch-
en Furnishing Store. Books, describing prin
ciple and management of Stove, free. Lar
gest assortment of Pumps in the State. Call
at F. H. NASH’S,
1v4 South N orwalk, Ct.
Hammer-{s filmmpagne Ale.
HE attention of the public-is solicited to
the superior quality of
H A M M E R. ’ S
Fresh Brewed Champagne Ale.
This Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the
year, and its keeping quality, especially of
that brewed during the most excessive hot
weather, is guaranteed for any length of time.
For sale in Barrels and half-Barrels, at
Selleck’s Packet Ofiice, N orwalk.
JEHIEL GRUMMAN,
Agent for the sale of .Hammer’s Champagne
Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2
Notice-
HE Subscriber has the pleasure of inform-
ing the ublic that he has purchased the
interest of benezer 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 partuer and man.
ager, will be continued to hi as proprietor.
9 . J. N. L CKWOOD.
Gash System adopted for
Photographed. Caries deYisite
AT WHITNEY e 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 case.
WHITNEY & BECK WITH.
Norwalk, Conn, June 15.
WM. '1‘. BARNUM,
0'. 5. War Claim Agent,
Will promptly. collect Bounty Money,
Back Pay, PenSions. for Disabled, Dis-
charged Soldiers, Widows aud Children,
Mothers and Sisters, and all other Claims
against Government. Office opposite Con-
cert Hall. All business letters‘ promptly
answared, "
1186
Danbury, 0011p. . _
EVERY BODY wants the Tax Pay-
‘ , e‘r’s Manual, containing all the
items of Taxation,‘the mode of proceeding,
and the duties of the OMCei-B'at CK’S.
"‘ N
~.-
Norwalki _
bluish-ii.
Chartered Capital. $500000
Paid up Capital, $100,000
WM. 0. 8mm President. .
no. It. Come, Secretary.
g Earns. HiLL, Treasurer.
No‘
alk, Jan lst. 1864
INSURANOI.
HE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England '7': and Mambo 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. ompany.
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been] , entl established
with a paid in capital of 00, and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
N orwalk, Feb. 1st, 1861. tffi
Norwalk
0LASSI6AI_.__INST_ITUTE.
REV. R. BAYARD SNOWDEN,A. M.,
Instructor.
'ly
door to the Bank of Norwalk, has
been put upon a firm basis by the confidence
and support of the public. Instruction is
imparted in the Latin and Greek Classics,
French, Mathematics, and English Studies.
An important ieature is the teaching of the
Spenceriau System of Penmanship under
the careful supervision of an experienced
Chirographist. Lectures will be occasionally
iven on History, English Literature, and
kindred subjects. Terms $11.00 and 88.00
per quarter of eleven weeks. Students may
enter at pny time and be charged from time
of admission. tfl
New Meat Market.
THE Subscriber would respectfully inform
the public that he has bought out the
MARKET lately kept by Mr. James Byxbee
in SKLDD Y’S BLOCK Main Street, and in-
tends keepin constantly on hand the choi-
cest of Beef file, Mutton, Poultry, &c., &c.
Having had long experience in the business
share of the public patronage is res ectfully
solicited. JULIUS F. PART ICK.
Norwalk, Sept. 2lst, 1868. 8
NOTIGI
I
THE Subscriber having purchased the
Hardware business, formerly conducted
by Edwin V. A. Chichester, hopes by fair
dealing, and close attention to business, 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,
h during the past ten years. At the same time
requestingthem,vand the public, to extend
their atronage to his successor, Mr. Theo-
dore itch. -
EDWIN V. . CHICHESTER.
Norwalk, Dec. 15th, 868. 51
Business Change 1 A
'v
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 e‘s-
tablishment. They are now prepared to exe-
cute' in the best manner, and with eater
dispatch than ever before, anything in the
line of
Garrgage Making and Blacksmith-
~1ng.
Carriages made to order, and Painting,
Trimming, Repairing, &c., done by experi-
enced Workman, with dispatch. '
ES” Good Carriage timber taken in ex:
change for work.
Norwalk, Nov. 23d, ’63. ti47
Groceries Cheaper than ever
I' O B G A S I l
HE subscriber would inform the public
general] , that he still continues to sell
the best of roceries, Provisions, etc., at his
old stand, N o. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as
the cheapest. He offers great inducements
to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort-
ment of groceries of the best qualities as can
be found at any store in the coun . He
would invite the special attention of tohis
stock of
COFFEES, TEAS AND s cans, .
which are of the very best q ., ty, and will
be sold cheap. The public are invited tocall
and examine and judge for themselves. ,
A- MOREHOUSE.
REMOVAL.
6;
ON the 1st of J nnuary 1864, the subscri-
ber will remove his Blacksmithing es-
tablishment from the old stand near the
foot of Mill Hill to the new Brick Building
of the '
NORWALK HORSE RAILWAY 00.
Thankful for past favors, he confidently ex-
pects, by prompt personal attention to the
wants of the community, a continuance of
the public patronage.
JAMES D. SHEA.
Norwalk, Dec.2lst. 1863. tf51
I
MILLINIB‘I.
MISS PILGRIM
Ens Removed
to the new Store between the Bank of Nero
walk and theDapbury R. R. Depot. 1tf
Stationery I Stationery! l
'BLACKMAN has just received a
0 loge lot direct from the Manufactur-
ers. 200 cams Cap, Letter, Bill, Note and
BilletPaper of the can; best quality in the
Market. Also 500,000 Envelopes of all ji-
zes and Colors, also a large lot of Writing
Books. Memorandum
Trans arent Slates Hills A B 0 Blocks,
Lead encils, Slate Pencils. Steel Pen Pen
Holders, Rubber, Sponges, Blue and lack
Ink, Arnolds Writin Fluid, Pocket Ink-
stands, Gold Pens, old and Silver Pen
Holders, &c., &c., &c., for Sale and not to be
undmold, at wholesale or retail by
4‘ E. BLACKMAN,
. ~ Main St.
Call at the sign of the GOLDEN MORTAR.
Books, Diaries, Pbss
Something New.
Table Cutlery, made by the celebrated
' «summon.
manufacturers, Harrison d; Skinn . Call
JOSEPH sasrfilw.
T
H I s D A Y SOHO o L, located next-
he is confident of his ability to please. A'
‘ wild cataract, while thus enveloped in its
CASES of fifty pieces of fine-Shefisldj-
' I For the Gazette.
TONGUE; .
Charles Lamb begins: his celebrated
“Chapter on Ears” by the startling su-
nouncement, “I haveno ear.’.’ The limi-
tation he proceeds to put upon a state-_
ment so bold, introduces him at oncolo-
to the mysteries of his subject. Guided
then by the skill of the genial essayist, ,_
we at once inform the reader that the
subject, represented by the' single word
standing at the head of this column, has.
nothing to do‘ with that delicate movie!
of animal food which is obtained in a
rough state from the butcher and refined
for the human palate by boiling and a
vinegar bath. We propose to speak not
of the dumb tongue of the lowing kind,
but of the vocal organ of our own spe—
cies, prating idly, or cutting keenly, or
sending forth from the furnace of thought
and feeling the burning words of eloquent
utterance. '
Small talk is the whole talk of multi-
tudes. Where the ideas are few and
trivial, where there is little of reading,
which Bacon says makes a full man, and
less 'oi writing which he says makes a
correct man, where the whole range of life
is mean and common-place, the talk must
perforce be very small indeed. But we
do not envy the philosopher who by ab-
struse speculations so withdraws him-
self from the ordinary run of life as to
have no smalliftalk whatever. One ele-
ment, that of sympathetic relationship
with the busy masses of- the world, is
wanting in him.
The testimony of all ages has given
to the female sex the honor of making
most diligent use of the tongue; and it
is not for the writer of this article to say
any to what such numerous and respects-
ble authorities have, afirmed. In by—
gone times it has been no more than a
just distribution of things that the ladies
should use their tongues while men usurp-
ed all that was to be done with hands
and brains. But now in theseda‘ys when
women are claiming and securing their
rights, we may look for a gradual cessa—
tion of gossip and of garrulity, and find
females becoming so sparing of words as
rail-road employees. Indeed the surest
way to stop a woman’s tongue, ' (if there
is any "horrid man” who can wish such a,
thing,) is to make her. auofice clerk, or
a telegraphic operatorhgarrulity is very
pleasing in a young person. The dashing
girl of “sweet sixteeu" who rattles a
ceaseless stream of pretty nonsense, is in-
teresting, even fascinating, provided she
have also grace of manner and beauty.
But at sixty or seventy she becomes tire-
some, because repetitious. One knows
fthe'old stories at the first hint, and the
pet phrases have been worn to rags by
years of use like the tattered costume of
the Italian brigand, once so picturesque.
Gossiping we have no word of fault
with, regarding it a truly useful and hon-
orable occupation fraught with untold ad-
vantages to society. It furnishes to those
who are unfortunately idle abundant em—
ployment in managing-the afi'airs of oth-
ers. It is marked by the purest benevo-
lence, performing all its labors unsought,
and demanding no reward for its value.
ble services in regulating matters which
are strangely supposed by many people to
be “nobody’s business.” But the gossip
has met the common fate of public “bene-
factors” in failing to receive due apprecia-
tion.
Leaving this injured class with such
brief vindication, we call attention to the
tongue fashioned into an instrument of
war sharper than a two edged sword.—
“ A sharp tongue,” says Irving is the
only edge tool that grows keener by con-
stant use.” And many do not remember
what a keen instrument it sometimes gets
to be. If the reader reflect a little on
the matter, how his heart will bleed for
the hapless victims of curtain lectures I
The bodily tortures of the Inquisition
become insignificant when compared with
the aggravating and intense agonies of
this domestic pillory. Solomon had had
some experience of these woes, no doubt,
when he wrote “A continual dropping
in a very rainy day and a contentious wo-
man are alike.” “ It is better to dwell
in the corner of the house-top than with
a brawling woman in a wide house.” But
this ill use of the tongue is confined to
no sex, age, or condition, Few are they
who ouficiently bear in mind what terri-
ble weapons words are. A sharp, sting-
ing, or a sly, insinuating word may go
deep down to the heart and cause an ego-
ny of pain. After circumstances may al-
leviate the hurt, time may entirely heal
the wound, but the scars will remain.
He whose private feelings have been
wronged by unjust words will carry the
marks of such assault through many
years.
There are places and seasons in which
a single word is an unwelcome intruder.
At Niagara, to stand in awe and rever-
ence and silent worship, transported by
the thrilling grandeur of the scene into
the realm of the unutterably sublime ;
lifted onto an overwhelming consciousness
of God’s greatness, as illustrated in the
wilderness of rushing, tumultuous waters,
plunging, thundering, seething; brought
as it were into oneness itself with the
g
owfnl glories, and thinking of thetboua
sands of years through which it has pour-
' alitioa of seciety.
'mishty. depths. simply *6 stint and look
on such ascono‘witbout a '01" cf; utter-
ance, from, self or friend is felt to be.
enough; A‘ word then, a breath Offlin-
mau speech, would he out~ of placebo-
csuse' tflvial,_'_br_oaking the current ofecsv
tatic.i'oelingiby recalling the convention-
N'ot5 unlike this it is to stand " in the
strength too great for words to express,
or mitigate. In the first moments of
such a woe, the sweetest words of con-
solation from loving friends seem cold. and
cheap. » The afi‘ectiouato relative or
neighbor that cameZto condole can only
weep in silence. In seasons of intense
mental and spiritual distress words
though sought will not come, the organs
of speech choked and swollen with emo-
tion refuse their powers, and the break.
iog heart finds relief in tears. In fact on
all occasions of sudden and intense feel-
ing or passion the faculty of speech some
for a moment to fail “ To be struck
dumb with amazement," “to be filled
with speechless rage,” are common-pla-
ces which have originated in experience.
Napoleon, so calm and self-possessed on
the battle-field, by a few strong words in-
spiring his'soldlers with resistless enthu-
siasm, found himself almost without
speech before the Council of Five Hun-
idred at St. Cloud, who charged him with
treason and assaulted him with daggers;
and, in the intense excitement of that
most critical moment of his life, could
jerk out only a few incoherent sentences.
There is a class of men to whom the
tongue is an ispensable member—their
whole stock in trade. It ierarely that a
politician presents himself before a pub-
lic whose oflces he craves, without rejoi-
cing in a glibnoss of speech, an‘oiliness of
language, a perfect luxuriancy of words,
which leave him never at a loss to say
anything that is desired to advance either
:hir‘owu interests or the success of the
party? “But the utterances of such crea-
tures , are at a discount with all
thoughtful persons. Like the issues of
Western bankt,‘ they may have a very
fair appearance but are known to have
very little intrinsic value. The fluency
of the politician is not peculiar, to the
American species. Always and every-
“where, it has been and la the some, and
so long as ofilcers can be bought by words
so long will the monotony of life be va-
ried with the popular harangaes of as-
piriug craters. ,
The mere politician though he have
many words can never be eloquent. It.
is reserved for the patriot to kindle assem-
blies and whole nationalities into a blaze-
of devotion by his words of fire brought
forth from an earnest heart. The ideas
that take root in love of freedom and of
country naturally inspire eloquence. In
all ages the great Oratora are they who
have spoken for justice, for liberty, for
truth. So it was with Demosthenes in
Greece, Cicero in Rome, Patrick Henry
in America, Gavazzi in Italy, Kossuth in
Hungary, Whitefield in the sphere of re-
ligion. In our own land, so crowded
with public speakers, the friends of the
slave, even when the cause was unpopu-
lar, gained attention if they did not re-
move prejudice, by the eloquence with
whicb they appealed in behalf of the
bondmau. It was long an acknowledged
fact that the men most gifted of speech
were not our politicians, not our conser-
vative statesmen, but the members of the
Abolition- Society. And during the
progress of this Rebellion, while several
millions of Americans have claimed to
be fighting in defense of their rights and
firesides, not one of them has had his
lips touched with the fire of unusual 010'
quonco, such as in past times among all
people seeking their liberties, has made
the tongue of 'a single patriot mighty as
a host of armed men. Indeed it could
not have been otherwise. Placing slavery
as the corner-stone of their government,
and contending "for no idea grounded on
human hopes and rights, but fighting
against the most distinctive features of
modern civilisation, they have in their
cause not a single element capable of
inspiring eloquence. Bat with no it has
been difl'eront. We have seen our free-
dom imperilled, our government assailed,
our young men out down by thousands,
the world, through the meanness of trade
mostly against us, faction at home, and
‘tho uncertainties of a gigantic struggle
on every side. We have behold a death-
grapplo going on between American lib-
erty—tbo-preclouvflegacy of our fathers
——and American despotism born of
Slavery. And therefore the sacred but
endangered cause of the Union we have
justly felt to be that one sublime cause
which connects itself with the whole fu-
ture progress of the race. And we have
not lacked our angel of eloquence. The
view which our loyal peeple have taken
of the contest has been sustained by one
significant fact. The seal of justice 1 has
been put upon our holy cause by the mar-
velous baptism of eloquent appeal which
has fallen upon a Quaker girl, whose
words, like the inspired aununciaticns of
ancient prophetess, are serving the sol-
dier’s am, giving new courage to the
nation’s loaders, and brlfllerL-lhii whole
people into a nobler. consecration. Moot
it is that the women of tho Union, whose
ed the waters of a continent into those
hands and hearts have been so warm-
low-rm“
presence of a mighty sorrow. There" are
grief: that break upon the soul with
ly, at .work in_ the great-struggle,
sbouldbave the honor ofgivlug to their
country from their on number a prophe-
stem of... liberty, when. the nation al
down to .tke, ages of the future, fragrant
with the memories ,of patriotic-devotion
and matchless eloquence. _ ., _ ,
And if in defence of country, and all
human rights the tongue should cast ofi‘
its shackles, how much more should it
pour out the atroam of reason andfaucy
when advocating the grand truths that
relate to the eternal destiny 1 Man,
standing in the holy place of a religious
teacher, bringing all his powers of per-
session to bear upon character and mor-
al action, has every motive to throw off
all fetters from his speech and rise to the
highest eloquence by the fervoucy and
force of his appeals. Tho loftioot realms
of thought are his, and all the resources
of impassioned address. Au examina-
tion of such a religion as the Christian
would tell as in advance to expect from
its ministers the richest gifts of speech.
And the facts have not been contrary.
History has no list of oratora equal in
numbers, gifts, and power to its catalogue
of Christian preachers. No success of
persuasion and far-reaching results has
been equal to theirs ; around none have
the multitudes gathered with such spell-
bouud‘ interest. But the great in any
department are few, therefore all of as
persons are not entitled to rank with
these masters of eloquence. Still we
cannot say but that there are better hu-
man means at work inthe divine econo-
my of things than even the imperial en-
dowments of the Christian orator.
R. B. S.
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“And Then.”
The followingstory is told of St. Fil-
ippo Neil. He was living at one of the
Italian Universities, when a young man
whom he had known as a boy, ran up to
him with a face full of delight, and told
him what he had long been wishing
above all things in the world was at
length fulfilled, his parents having just
giveu'bim leave to study the law ; and
that thereupon he had come to the law
school in this University on account of
its great fame, and meant to spare no
pains or labor in getting through his
studies as quickly and as well as'poaaiblo.
In this way he ran on a long time, and
when at last he came to a stop the holy
man, who had been listening to him with
great patience and kindness, said:
“Well, when you have got» through
your course of studies, what do you mean
to do then f” -
"Then I shall take my doctor’s degree .”
answered the young man.
“And then ?” asked St. Fillippo Neri,
again.
“And then,” continued the youth, “I
shall have a number of dificult and knot-
ty cases to manage, and shall catch peo-
ples notice by my eloquence, my zeal, my
learning, my acutsness, and gain a great
reputation.”
“And then 1’” repeated the holy man.
"And then,” replied the youth “Why
then I shall be promoted to some high
ofice or other ; besides I shall make
money-and grow rich.”
"And, then I” repeated St. Fillippo
Neri. ‘ '
"And then f” pursued the young law-
yor, “then I shall live comfortably and
honorably in health and dignity; and
shall be able to look forward quietly to a
happy old age." .
“And then I” asked the holy man.
“And then,” said the youth, "then—
and then—I shall die.”
Hero St. Fillippo. again lifted up his
voice and said-a
“And then f”
Whereupon the young man made no
answer, but cost down his head and went
away. This last “And then i" had pierc-
od like a flash of lightning into his soul
and he could not get rid of it. Soou.af-
ter be forsook the study of law, and gave
himself to the ministry, and spent the re-
maiador of his days in Godly words and
works. "
“‘0‘...
mar Richmond Examiner of Feb.
19th, in speaking of Sherman’s move-
ment, and declaring it the boldest of the
war, says :
“The moving spirit in this army is one
J. B. Me Pberson, of Ohio, avery young
oficor, with the rank in the regular army
of junior captain of the Corps of Engi-
neors, and the rank in the provisional
army of brigadior. This is the man who
made Grant famous, and he is now to try
what he can do for Sherman, who is him-
self a man of ability, and in every way
the superior atoms. Since the begin:
ning of the war success has invariably at-
tended tho plans‘of Mo Pberaon ; it was
he who planned the bold and meceasful
movement on Vicksburg. W's hope his
good luck has bred in “in a realms” that
will be his rain.”
O»
F“Well,” said _a Yankee, proudly,
to a traveling Scot. as they stood by the
Falls of Niagara, “is. not that wonderful?
in your country you never saw any thing
like that." “Like that!” quotli the lat-
ter;"‘thero’sa far mair. wouderfu’ eons
corn two miles frao whaurI was born."
”Indeed,” “says Jonathan, "and, : pray
what kind of a concern may it be?"
“Why, mos," replied the other, “it’s a
[peacock wi’ a wooden log!"
ready loves, and whose name will 30
Bible Society of Kuwait and
its Vicinity. ,
Form Axiom. Baron,
Prmntcdin the 1;: Gang. Church,er-
walk, Feb. 21, 1864.
Tholretnrnof another Aunivorsary'of -’
the Brats Socrm or Noawat‘xarm rrs
Viciarrr, calls the Standing Committee
to meet the , Society and report the do-
ings of the year. They, hood- tbe sum-
mons which time and duty givo,~»an'd sub-
mit their Fourth Annual rR‘oport.
Our Firm is the same alone year ago, ’
with the addition of a small I section up-
on tbe eastern border," known as Green’s
Farms Parish. ‘ A part of Norwalk and
the towns of Darieu, Westport, Wilton
and New Canaan are included. No
Church in the last named town has been
represented in themestinga of the Coin-
mittee, nor contributed to the funds of
the'Socioty. Our field is not large ; we
cannot show multitudes of sheaves gath-
ered, still, we trust that the hope is not
presumption, that need has been sown
and ofiorts put forth which promise good
results
Ova Concertos wiru run Panritr 80-
t .. -
cim continues._ We have received“-
surance of the deep interest that institu-
tion has in our prosperity, also cheering
words of confidence and encouragement-.-
We are linked in our efl’orts with the
Am. Bible Society, that mighty Agenv
cy of accumulated power, giant vigor
and world-wide influence for good. We
are of it; we move with it, and in the
same directon.
Tar Brats 1N, Wu was. This is
the Third Annual meeting held since our
eyes beheld the vanishing form of Peace.
And still War’s savage work is done.
During the past year be has vexed and
desolated many a fair proportion of our .
land and stained it with citizen blood.
Vast armies have been marshaledv- and
marched, mighty campaigns . planned,
great battles fought, prisons filled with,
heroic martyrs, hospitals with patient suf-
fevers, and thousands of slaves bava bee
come Freed-mm. Factogo to show that
the Bible has had a noiseless yet wonder-
ful mission into the very midst of all this
inexplicable confusion, revolution, suf-
faring and death. It has kept pace with
every army movement, appeared in every
'battlo scene, visited every camp, cheered
our imprisoned soldiers, comforted the
wounded during the slow hours and long
days of their torturing pain, and guided
the dying from the darkness of earth to
the shining, peaceful shores of immortali-
ty. The American Bible Society and its
auxiliaries have donated to the Army
and Navy about 2,000,000 volumes,
chiefly Testaments. The U. S. Christian
Commission has distributed 600,000 Tes-
taments. Even the Rebel states have
not been forgotten. The freedmen have
also been carefully and liberally supplied.
Let us do all in our power to aid the
mission of the Bible amid the scenes of
war and not forget its mission to our
quiet homes. As a nation our safety is
its Bible homes.
Mrsrmas AND names or ran Couinrrrr.
The Committee have held stated bi-
monthly meetings and attended to the
interests of the Society. They made in
March last an appropriation for the
thorough canvass of the towns of Dorian,
Westport and Wilton. In Darion alone
the work has been completed, 342 fami-
lies were visited. 10 were found destitute
of Bibles. Of those 3 were Romanists.
The destitution was supplied. The work
was accomplished with an expense to the
Society of $5.00 and the books donated.
Ansracr or run Tanrvnans REPOR’I‘_
The receipts of the past year have been
$471.01, an excess over the receipts of
the first year of 8338.67, over those of
the second of $121.06, over those of the
third of 8151.10. After paying over to
the Parent Society $242.39, and for ex.
‘penses $63.15 there remains a balance
in the treasury of $166.13.
Tar Daron-roar, is still under the care
of Andrew Selleck, Esq. He has sold
books to the amount of $141.46. He re-
ports to the Committee twice each year,
the amount of stock in the Depository,
the sales and grants, also the names of
the Life Members of the Am. Bible So—
ciety who draw their annual donation of
books from this Depositary. The inveu.
tory of stock, J on. lot, 1864, was 132 54.
Lira Mruarns. There are now six-
.toen Life Members of the Society. The
condition of Life Membership is the pay-
ment of $5 00. By a resolution of the
Committee, adopted at a special meeting,
Feb. 26, Life Members have the privi-
legs of drawing annually from the De-
positary, three 9 cent Testaments, or one
45 con: Bible upon the payment ’of 18
cents. The following are the Life Mem-
bers: Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Starr, Rev.
and Mrs. Andaman, Mr. and Mrs. A. H_
Byingtou, Charles Lockwood, Joseph
Hubbell, Ezra Hoyt, Mary E. Atkinson,
Mrs. W. B. Wood, Mrs. Mary P. Gates,
Charles B. Raymond, Miss Mary Hub-
bell, F. St. John Lockwood, Mrs. Nancy
Hoyt. ‘
The Committee re-afirm the comic.
tion that this local agency for good is a.
necessity, and ought to be sustained.
United ofl'orts, blended sympathies and
joined hands 'are' still desirable. Work
remains to be done. Our field is not as
the garden of the Lord. The stirring
admonition is in our ears “work while
filth, t0 3 holler duoiiwz'tzzzzzxt
or ”108% Committee.
' By order
* -. 9; W2. arias, gammy sis
‘ '3
The Angolilmrm= humus
lat Congregationalr‘Ghurc'h Sunday ovo-
nlug, Feb. 21,‘.I.864.l;’.?1‘hoox_oreh,vam
.of an interesting character. ‘ Add“
were made by Rev TfA _ 0f
Westport, Rev. Mr; Andoraiii‘P .-_ ‘3
the Church, and Dr. A; Hill,be
Tho ofileors of last y'm'm ' "‘
Chasdler~Starr,-Esq., Proai ,
W. Hebb’oll, ~'an.'1'roumi:nw:’
W. Gates, Secretary, Andr‘ow'm
Depositary Agent- " , ,
. , . - - .. . . ._' ’
An Admission of lot ' '
Stateamnn‘ahlp. ‘ ’ Mi
Judge Seymour, in his letter 01W"
once of the Estonian nominatiouj'fifor‘ I ‘ "-
ouor, takes occasion to say tbdt herp-
gardod the Southern States as ' I”:
constituent parts of the'Uuioii, buddi’
of “tho experience and ata f: H a
they brought to the National councils; ”i
Pray, what does the Judge moon by" lull
a statement ? Does he admire the expiri-
ence and atatesmansbip by which'fldyd“
robbed the Government of its amiss“;
its trust funds ; by which Cobb I"! ,,-~.,-;--.
ed the treasury, and destroyed the {G 5
eminent. credit; by which '1‘me
while a secretary in Mr. B 41""53 'U
cabinet, was at the same time “100m”
ry of Mississippi to North ctr-onus; pit.
.‘V’
made her to secede f Deea ho Chili);
the “statesmansbip” of those Scum—
brethren of "éxperience," in j 2
through the Nebraska Bill, agslnotw '
he voted ; or, at a latter day, in 4 , , , ,
on to their seats in Congrai' bring”,
avowed purpose'of halpiugjth'o', ' 41..
cause in their respective soat'af"Ifi‘r~ '-
Seymour really does admire Soothers“
statesmauahip be admires Ito T "
coupled with dishonor, and therefore .50}
is not the man for honorable citllolll'llt ‘Q'.
Connecticut to trust with the mafia}, .
their afi’airs. The country is, ' f:
sufi'ering from tbo' curso of Soother:
statesmauship, ‘ which means dimly}?
dcminoeriug, grasping, arrogant M
tion._- From the time oftho ‘oom' " 1-;
”or 1850, this Southern stat-manner,“
. Judge Seymour :3de h" boon "It”:
the country deeper and deeper in Irou‘lo
and disgrace, and seeking to inflict groin“
and greater mortificatlon upon the Ne .,,, ,.
The series of aggressions they as ‘ ,
in behalf of slavery: after the Northbad”
yielded all they honorably could): iu‘f .,
compromise of 1850, and bad aec'o
' ’ ' , PM,"
it as a finality, never to be "disturbed; if]:
last culminated in the great rebomfi p
concocted under the auspiceoof the‘flift’o‘i'ti'
Democratic President Buchauou,i I b} 9::
these Southern statesmen Judge Seymour
admires. His admiration is not particI-f‘ln'
pated in by the people of Connecticutpf
and as his a part of the duty of Con.
uecticut to send out soldiers to shoot or" .,
capture them, as traitors to the Govern-J"
ment, it would be rather out of place (or?
us to elect a‘ gentleman who thinks Io
much of them, to the uncon’gonlal ' 'o'o‘,”
of Governor of Connecticut. , ‘
N. H. Courier.
——~v<.»c———
Cos Brooms Somriuv Mm Br“
roan—Pork—The barrel imported our.“ :
land via Santa Fe, Texas, and Vicksburg,
before that city was taken, is noarlyill’ .‘f '
in the bands of the jobbors. ' ‘ '1
cash, the remainder in a note of
three pounds of hog round at
months, secured by a bushel of Costello?
ate States‘of America bonds. a “f 3
barrel will accrue in January, if the be“_
don’t die in the meantime of atamtla.," “
This will overstock the market, and
make the street where the bog owu'ar
lives nearly as lively as over. ' g .
Monetary—A man who ran tho-blocks?1
ads at Wilmington brought a' severely;
and a spanish quarter, most of which ll“: f... ‘
produced unprecedented activity “293,3: :
our business men. Confidence baglnana:
great measure, been restored, and «9:55,
merchants, who have been mowing..,r§hggfi,
grass which grow in our principal EMF-if?
during the past summer, will most of”; n.
resume trade by peddling panhandle; tea
eifer matches during thoonouliigqngutk.1M .
Whisky—This necessary articlolagguginm
ing dowa every day, though not imprinting;
The figures now .for a common‘ xfluigc _
drinkaro $14.75; to wet your ten” '15::
to smell the cork $4.75; to look: I‘ll.“ In;
bottle 81.11, and 610,to my SHE
aloud. There was a charge maddefflaii in
for pauinga‘aaloon, but that tax“ m;
been removed by the Warm-naming.
pint of the fluid was bought by 'a ‘wdvky are
planter-early in September. It- coatiug'miw
a steamboat load of oonfodorsta .5 W595?
four negroeo, and a hogsboad- 'of “Salm-
This seems almost incrediblo.‘-Ezohw‘(‘o.~f_ 35d:
-—-0~<O-o-—i—“- ..'.:.;12if‘.‘ti}lili
Ecoxour as a Fina Ann—In LIB: 533’
autobiography of Dr. Enchant-I“ 9353
is made of a certain “old Ila—5.15.39 ai
was so economical that be 'WW 0931'
having kept all his accounts m;;mlaeei ,
years with one quill pen, and laldthstbv‘i-s)!
had thought so clouly on the W313“
economy,-tbat he know assays-bur Link?
lean his arm on the tabla iiiarWOO.
take the nap ofi‘, and how to sot dowa
his foot with the least podtlowoarta
the solo of the shoe.”
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Norwalk Chronicler