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NUMBER 845--NEW SERIES,
N ORWALK, CONN ., TUESDAY, MARCH 2‘2. 1864.
VOLUME XLVII--NUMBER12.
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NORWALK GAZETTE.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
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' [BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Norwalk Post Office.
starts cnosu.
west 7.50 A. M.—2.30 P. M.
assessors. M.-—5.00 P. M.
Danhury & 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 & Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
Cmnnns OLMSTEAD, P. M.
D. PRITCHARD, M. D.,'
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
7 ' N e w
' HARDWARE 8:. PAINT STORE,
, M'ain'sueet,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
mnvnv & raowrrr,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
1 . infill. Window Shades, &c.
V .. JAMES a. Banana,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
'D E N '1- I s '1- .
» Teeth extracted without pain by the use
of jNitrgps Oxide or Laughing Gas.
Office at Residence, East Avenue, N orwalk,
’ ' Connecticut.
‘ . r Architecture.
zilnNIY N. STONE,
ARCHITECT, '
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintend the erection of
public and rivate buildings. Ofi‘lce in Mar-
blé Block, hapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf‘52
it
1 E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
LT ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
lion Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
a. s. LOCRWOOD,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHIN G
EMPORIUM :
Main-st, Norwalk, Orion.
6. 3. cancel-can a. (30..
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
" 14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
0f Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Gail: Capital $1,500,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire
on Terms adapted to the hagai‘dfihd
cgiisisteiit with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
lv3 For Norwalk and vicinity.
’ 133N111? 04.33-
N impression having gone abroad that
A the undersigned has relinquished his
profession, this is [O inform his friends and
the 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
i mud in attendance at the Office, ready and
Willing to serve all that may call.
A. HILL, D. D. S.
A. Jacgsonr g. ngo.
$0. 1 Gazette Building.
OU D 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 Fairfield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attentioii to our stock of
Watches, which is larger than ever before.—
e have a. finé’lot of Ladie‘s" Swiss Watches,
i »‘ old‘caaes,‘at“prices varying'from $20 to
37?: 'whic'h we can recommend as being cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentleman’s Watch.
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and alto that for cash, so thin
our facilities for '89 g cheap could not be
renter. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
later Wares was never better than at pres-
ent. and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON do BRO.
FOR SALE.
THE Real Estate formerly owned by
;- .WiLlZJAM Snvuoun, deceased, situated
1n_ ting towu, on White" Oak Slia'de Street,
ii‘iiélit‘fmllesfrmu Norfaii; Qg'pgrien, to
.Wlii-TQRE
INTO new ”Welling House,
with out-buildings 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
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
{he ,mslfine‘muuey can reusin‘ sé'curéd on
lie grhmlses for a hum of years, if desired.
' For further particulars 9. ply to
..1. STJOHN.
New Canaan, Feb 10th,1863. if?
A New Burner for Kerosene
1‘0 use‘withnui achiinncy, and will fitany
Fluid Lamp ; it makes a good substitute
N OBWAI-E 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 afirsl 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-
crs.
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 PURNISHING STORE,
NEAR UPPER EZVD 0F M'AINHT.
East Side of Ute Bridge.
HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortment of
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, cairiages, 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
NORWAYIK
Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I I. I. .
HE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning; Scroll and other Sawing ; manufacture
of Doors, .Sash, Blinds, &o, &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. own-ram) a soars,
CABINET MAKERS, &c
ARE now prepared to offer to the public
the largest and best assortment of
Good Furniture,
comprising every article usually kept in a
Furniture Store, ever offered .in Norwalk,
which will be sold
AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES
Our customers and the public generally who
want anything we keep, will find it to their
interest to give us a call. Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 different kinds, very cheap. Hair
Mattresses, made to order, and old ones made
over as good as new. .
UNDERTAKING,
We keep on hand a very large assortment of
Uojins of every description, furnish shrouds, -
scarfs, carriages, and ever thing necessary
for the interment of the cad, and at very
low prices. We are just completing another
splendid Hearse, which" will give us two
Hearscs equal to any in the State, which we
shall use whenever our services are required,
without extra chaage.
E. QUINTARD & SONS.
Norwalk, March 15th 1862.
Wheeler a. WiIs—tiii’s~
C GENE '1‘ E AND,
. Bridgeport, Conn. .
ARE prepared to furnish first-class MUSIC
for Military Fireman’s and Civic Pa:
rades, Concerts, Promenadcs, Pic Nics, gee.
Orders addressed to F. J. THOMAS, Lea 7'
or J. E. MORRIS, 890%], will meet with
prompt attention. ‘22
N. B.—Address Letters, care Wheeler &
Wilson M. F. G. Co.,East Bridgeport, Ct.
srovss, HEATERS, RANGES,
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, Stove Blacking, Cool Hods, Shovels
and Riddles, Brass Kettles, Sausage Cutters,
Matts, Bi'ooins','Bells;Fli'e Place Grates, Sad
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 Pump}; in the State;S Call
at . ' .' . . i
1v4 South Norwalk, Ct.
Hammer’s Champagne Ale.
THE attention of the public is solicited to
the superior quality of
H A M M E 1’» ’8
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 (if time.
For sale-in 'Burrel‘s“'an‘d ‘h'alf-Barrels, at
Selleck’s Packet Ofiice, Norwalk.
JEHIEL GRUMMAN,
Agent fortlie sale of Hammer’s Champagne
Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2
Notice.
THE Subscriber has the pleasure of inform-
in
ing the public-that he has purchased the
erect of'Ebei'Iezer'Cri's'sey in‘th’e Boot and
Shoe Business lat’ely 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 SlOl'e
while under his control as partner and inan-
ager, will be continued to him as ‘I‘I’O rietor.
9 J. N. LOCK 0D,
Cash System adopted for
Photographs & Gartes de‘ Visits
AT WHITNEY & BECKWITH’S.
N consequence of the great rise in chem-
icals, metals, and spat“, uspd in our busi-
ness, that can only Ue'bouglit 'for cash, we
had citlier' to increase our prices, or adopt
the Gas]; 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 casn.
WHITNEY & BECK WITH.
Norwalk, Conn, June 15.
WM. T. BARNUM,
‘0'. 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. Ofiice opposite Con-
cert Hall. All business letters promptly
answered.
Danbury, Conn. 1y36
VERY BODY wants the Tax Pay-
er’s Manual, containing all the
items of Taxation, the mode of proceeding,
and the duties of the QQQWEEE ‘ -
v- 7- n-r-un
Norwalk
INSlIllllEli EflMPlNY.
uronwann comm,
Chartered Capital. $500000
Paid up Capital, $100,000
WM. C. STREET, President.
Gno. R. Cowuus, Secretary.
EBEN. HILL, Treasurer.
Norwalk, Jan lst. 1864
INSURANCE.
HE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England 're 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 vicinity.
N orwalir, Feb. 1st, 1861. tf5
Norwalk
GLASSIGAHNSTITUTE.
REV. R. BAYARD SNOWDEN,A. M.,
Instructor.
THIS DAY SCHOOL located next
door to the Bank of Norwalk, has
been put upon a firm basis by the confidence
and support of the public.
imparted in the Latin and Greek Classics,
French, Mathematics, and English Studies.
An important feature is the teaching of the
Spencerian System of Penmanship under
the careful supervision of an experienced
Chirographist. Lectures will be occasionall
given on History, English Literature, an
kindred subjects. Terms $11.00 and $8.00
per quarter of eleven weeks. Students may
enter at any time and be charged from time
of admission. tfl
15’
0.
New Meat Market.
THE Subscriber would respectfully inform
the public that he has ought out the
MARKET lately kept by Mr. James Byxbee
in SKIDD Y’S BLOCK Main Street, and in-
tends keeping constantly on hand the choi-
cest of Beef, Pork, Mutton, Poultry, 62c, dag.
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
, N OTICE.
THE Subscriber having purchased the
Hardware business, formerly conducted
by Edwin V. A. Chichestcr, 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,
during the past ten years. At the same time
requesting them, and the public, to extend
their patronage to his successor, Mr. Theo-
dore Fitch. ..
EDWIN V. A. CHICHESTER.
Norwalk, Dec. 15th, 1863. . 51
Business Change !
WATERBURY & DUNCAN,
OULD announce to the public that
they have iurcbased the Carriage Ma-
king Business fo merly 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:
111g!
Carriages made to Order, and Painting,
Trimming, Repairing, 850., done by experi-
enced workmen, with dispatch.
WGood Carriage timber taken in ex-
change for work.
Norwalk, Nov. 23d, ’63. tf47
Groceries Cheaper than ever
1' 0 R .C 4; S I; I
BE subscriber would inform the public
generally, that he still continues to sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc, at his
old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as chea as
the cheapest. He offers great inducein nts
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 countigy. He
would invite the special attention of a.” to his
stock 0 ' .
COFFEES. TEAS AND SUGARS. ,
which are of the very best- quality, and Will
be sold cheap. The public are invited to call
and examine and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE.
REMOVAL.
N the is; of Sari-nal‘vdhdfll, the subscri-
ber will remove his Blacksmitbing es-
tablishment 'from the old stand near the
footof Mill Hill to the new Brick Building
ofthc
NOR WALK HORSE RAILWAY 00.
Thankful for past favors, he confidently .91:-
pecis, by prompt personal attention to the
wants of the oommunity,'u continuance of
the public patronzige.
JAMES D. SHEA.
Norwalk, Dec. 2lst. 1863. tffil
MIIIINERY.
MISS PILGRIM
Has Removed
to the new Siorc between the Bank of Nor-
walk and the Daubury B. R. Depot. Itf
Stationery I Stationery! i
BLACKMAN has just received a
a large lot direct from the Manufactur-
ers. 200 Rooms Cop, Letter, Bill, Note and
BilletPapcr of tlic cerg best quality in the
Market. Also 500,000 Envelopes of all si-
zes and Colors, also a large lot of Writing
Books, Diaries, Pass Books. Memorandas,
Transparent Slates, Hills A B C Blocks,
Lead Pencils, Slate Pencils. Steel Pens Pen
Holders, Rubber, Sponges, Blue and Black
Ink, Arnolds Writing Fluid, Pocket Ink-
s‘taiids, Gold Pens, Gold and Silver Pen
Holdeis, &c., &c., &-c., for Sale and not to be
undei'sold, at wholesale or retail by
E. BLACKMAN,
Main St.
MORTAR.
4'
Call at the sign of the GOLDEN
Something flew.»-
iASES of my pieces of fine Sheffield
Table Cutlery, made by the celebrated
manufacturers. Harflsonm
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NW1”
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Instruction is '
West India Correspondence.
CITY or Sauro DOMINGO, 1
Feb. 18th, 1864. 5
Nearly a year has passed away since
I last addressed you from this place, and
promised to give you some furtherac-
count of this rich and beautiful, though
unfortunate Island.
den departure on my mission here, de-
prived me of the opportunity of making
the necessary observations at that time.
An unexpected detention in Havana,
and a long passage up against theitrade
winds, made my arrival here come on the
anniversary of my first landing here last
year. I am again domiciled at the old
San Franciscan Convent, now occupied
as a hotel. I have the some little trian-
gular room that I vacated last March,
where manya poor man has lived and
died. Could these dumb walls speak,
and tell all the diabolical scenes that
took place within them in the 16th, 17th
and 18th Centuries, they would fill many
huge volumes to be added to the history
of that abominable institution, the Span-
ish Inquisition. There are six other Con-
vents in this city, each with its large
Church, Open to the public, and its in-
tcrior chapel for the inmates of the es—
tablishments In keeping with the
secret plottings of the depraved and li~
centious priesthood who ruled over them,
they had subterranean passages from one
convent to the other.- Two of these con
vents occupy about two acres of grdbud
each, and in the most desirable part of
the city. The whole six pre in ruins ex-
cept the churches belonging to the San.
Merced and the Dominica. The Hayti-
ans when they occupied the country in
1822, destroyed all that was left of them
from the earthquakes of years previous.
This part of the Island, formerly the
Dominican Republic, is engaged in anoth-
er of those terrible conflicts it has expe-
rienced so many times since the first with
the aborigines soon after its discovery.
This is the third time the Spanish Gov-
ernment has occupied it, and if they re-
tain it this time it will be by great sacri-
fice of life and treasure—more, proba-
bly than the Government or people will
be willing to make. The Dominicans
have formed their Government at Santi-
ago, in the interior, and occupy the whole
country, except the seaboard on, the
south side, and Puerta Plala on the
north side. Several attempts have been
made by the Spaniards to extend their
operations to the interior, but the diffi-
culties of transportation through a wild
country are so great they have not suc—
ceeded. The climate too, is very hard
upon European troops, and has proved
a more terrible enemy to them thus fat
than the Dominicans. Since the war
broke out upwards of 10,000 have been
returned to Cuba and Porto Rico, inva-
lids. The deaths are not reported. They
are estimated at 4 to 5000, from battle
and disease. ltbas been a great mis—
fortune for Spain, as well as the Island,
her re-occupation of it, and it is very evi-
dent the wisbcs of the people were mis—
represented by President Santana and
his agents, or the Government would
not have undertaken it. If, however,
they had pursued a more liberal policy
from the commencement, by allowing re
iigious toleration, indulgence to Free
Masons, moderate duties and taxes, and
allowing the Dominicans to hold the mi-
nor omces in the civil and military de-
partments, the probabilities are, the peo-
ple would have remained quiet. Such a
course would have encouraged immigra—
tion of a class of people that would have
supported the Government. The new
Capt. General has done all in his power
to remedy the evil effects of the malad—
miustration of his predecessor, but I
fear it is too late to restore the authority
of the Government throughout the couu~
try, and certainly too late to win the ef-
fections or reconcile the. Dominicans.
This attempt of the Dominicans to regain
their independence will tend to still fur-
ther prejudice the white against the col-
ored race, and be used as an argument to
prove their incapacity for self—govern—
ment, and their unfitness to have their
own liberty. But I wish some of my
sensitive friends at the North, who have
such an abborrance of the negro, that
they turn sick at the stomach if they hap-
pen to most one in a rail road car, or
leave their seats in church to show their
political consistency, if the subject of
slavery is mentioned, or prayer offered
for the benefit of the race, could pass a
month here at l'liotel du Commerce,
where they congregate from all parts of
the Island, and hear them converse, as
most of them do, in three or four Ian-
gauges; I think they would agree with
me that their capacity for moral, social
and intellectual advancement was not
much beneath the whites; and that they
have some rights which the whites ought
to respect if not bound to do so. They
are as courteous and dignified in their
deportmeut as the whites, and even the
uneducated I have found to compare fa.
vorabiy in all the uobler qualities of hu—
manity, with the same class in any part
of the world. I was traveling two
months amOpgSt them last year in the in-
terior; and was never more kindly re—
ceived, or bospitubly entertained in all
my travels. I slept in th'éir huts, if there
was room to sling my hammock, and if
Illness, and my sud-l
did in my own home. The best tbeybad
was set before me, and on leaving, mani-
fested great delicacy in receiving com-
pensation for entertaining a stranger.—
Their generosity, with what nature fur-
nishes them almost spontaneous, and all
with the least possible labor, is not per—
haps surprising; but there was a grace
and dignity of manners, and a simplicity
and gentleness in their behaviour, well
calculated to make a stranger feel at ease.
I abominate amalgamation, and cannot
respect a white man who takes a colored
woman for a wife; still less a white wo-
man who unites herself with a colored
man; but whenI hear so many voices
raised against the race indiscriminately,
I feel it a duty and a privilege, having
been thrown so much amongst them, in
nearly every country where they have
been, or are now held in slavery, as well
as Africa, to express my sympathy for
them, and to acknowledge their “right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness.” And I feel a greater sympathy
for the people of this Island than for any
other of the same race, from the fact
that they are the descendants of the
first victims of that accursed trafiic in
human flesh that has wrought so much
misery and woe to both races. In the
year 1502, only ten years after the dis
covery, nearly amilliou of the natives
found in the Island had been extermina-
ted, after an ineffectual attempt to re-
duce them to slavery, and the more do-
‘ciie Africans substituted. Amalgama-
tion eventually raised up an intermedi-
ate class, who aspired to political and so-
cial equality with the whites. This led
to a contest between the whites and
mulattoes, and the latter finally called
to their aid the negroes, and subdued
the whites; massacreing all who were
unable to escape from the Island. And
thus, the country where this flagrant sin
against the rights of man was committed,
was the first to exhibit an instance of aw-
retribution.
There is very little to interest a stran-
ger in this, the oldest of American cities,
except what is associated with the memo-
ry of Columbus. From the front of my
hotel, I have a good view of the little
rude column be built on first landing
here, as an altar for public worship in the
open air, until a building could be erect-
ed. Respect for his memory has proba-
bly kept it from destruction, as it stands
unprotected at the junction of two streets,
and is still perfect. The little stone
house close to the altar is said to be the
house Columbus built and occupied du—
ring the short time be was permitted to
command here. It is without a roof,
and the walls are in a crumbling state.—
Tlia great Cathedral on the Plaza de
Armas, is venerated for having contained
his rtmains. They were brought out
from Spain in 1536, 30 years after
his death, and deposited in the wall near
the great high altar. When the Island
Was ceded to France in 1795, they were
removed with great pomp and high re—
ligious ceremonies to Havana. The
Cathedral was commenced in 1514 and
finished in 1540. More fortunate than
the other public buildings in the city, it
has escaped the surges of the earth from
beneath, and the violence of contending
parties above, and is still perfect in all
its parts. The interior is highly decora-
ted, especially the great high altar, and
the niches for the saints. The saints are
very large, many of life size, and being
gaudily dressed, make an imposing ap-
pearance. They are more numerous than
in any church I have ever visited, occu-
pying both sides of the building its entire
length from the altar. Each saint has
its own little boudoir, 10 to 15 feet
square, built up with the wills and arch-
ed over.
The immense number of buildings in
ruins in the city, give it a sad and melan-
choly appearance, especially the massive
churches and chapels belonging to the
convents. These mementoes of its for—
mer magnificence and grandeur must
have caused painful reflections in the
minds of the Spaniards on occupying
the Island. The rank growth of vines,
shrubbery and trees growing from the
walls of some of them, and which are
always kept green and flourishing by the
frequent rains and great humidity of the
atmosphere, afford a pleasing relief to
the eye. The government house has
been rebuilt, in part, and occupied; but
the palace of Diego, son of Columbus,
occupying a much more promimeut posi-
tion on- the bank .of the river, still re-
main uninhabited. Tbe Government are
now employing all the available force in
building two fortifications on the oppo-
site bank of the river, and another on
the West side to protect the city. It is
so beseiged now by the Dominicans, that
the little country produce that finds its
way in, sells at enormous prices. We
are sometimes a week without milk, and
when to be bad brings 25 cts. per quart.
Eggs have been sold at 15 cts apiece
since I arrived, they are now 8 cts. My
landlord paid $13 gold for a barrel of
American potatoes a short time since.
The next day a New Haven vessel ar-
rived with 100 barrels, which brought
‘35 gold, free of duty. Were it not for
the foreign provisions, most articles of
which are in good supply, there would be
a great deal of sufl'ering among the poor.,
between this city and the United States.
I have been now more than two months
from home, and have not received the
first letter yet. I occasionally see a New
York paper brought by some steamer
from Havana, and I am happy to see that
the dark and gloomy period in the history
of our country is passing away, and day-
light approaching. It is gratifying to
see how much more respectful the people
I meet traveling through the Islands are
now towards citizens of the Northern
States. Last year nearly everyEuropean
I met, especially Englishmen, availed
themselves of every opportunity to intro-
duce the subject of the American war and
to revile the United States Government
and the people of the North; frequent-
ly using the most insulting and defama—
tory language. The important events of
the past year, have proved them as false
in their prophecies, as they were base in
their columnies. Those who have not
the courage to espouse the cause of the
N orth, manifest their animosity by sulky
silence.
Some of the fast blockade steamers,
built in England the past year, are ,' now
engaged in the less profitable, but safer
business, of transporting troops and hor-
ses from Cuba to this Island. There is
a beautiful Iron propeller lying here now,
called the “Chester,” of about 600 tons
burthen. She was built on the Clyde
last year,'and took out'a cargo for the
South, with the intention of attempting
to run the blockade, but on her arrival
at Nassau, it was considered too hazard-
ous. Some of the' active and enter-
prising people of the Bahama and Ber-
muda Islands are now disposing of their
surplus arms and ammunition to the Do.
miuicans on the North coast of this
Island. 'l‘wo vessels under the British
flag have been taken and brought in here.
It is announced that the Dominicans are
fitting out priva‘teers in some of the Eu-
glish Islands to prey upon the Spanish
commerce. .
I am about'to leave for Azua, and
perhaps visit the salt mines again, to look
after my interest there.» Nearly all that
province is now occupied by Spanish
troops, and is quiet. I hope to commence
operations there before the close of the
present year. I may have the pleasure of
writing you again on my return from Azua
if their is anybing of interest to commu-
nicate. PAISANO.
m
A Letter to the Hon. Origen S.
Seymour, in Reply to his Let-
ter Accepting a. Nomination
for Governor.
DEAR SIR—As you have by letter sig-
nified your acceptance of a nomination
for Governor, you will, I know, excuse
me for calling your attention to the ex
traordinary position in which you place
yourself, in view of the principles avowed
by the party which has chosen you as its
champion and leader ; whether judged
by the speeches of the president of the
convention and its speech-making mem-
bers, or by its resolutions and your letter
of approval and promise of adherence to
them. The resolutions, it is believed,
had received your inspection and correc-
tion before they were presented to the
convention.
The question now to be decided, and
which at the present time justly absorbs
every other, so far as the people are con-
cerned in the success of your nomination,
is, are you in Deed as well as in word,
for the preservation of the Union and
Constitution; Are you, as you say, “for
preserving, protecting, and defending
them by all the means in our power?” If
so, how can it be, let me ask, that you
have given your name and influence to a
party, whose persistent purpose is to de-
feat your intention; who oppose on every
occasion the raising of armies and money
to sustain them, as well as all measures
indiscriminately, calculated to give the
Government success in its Herculean
task? If you really mean what you say,
why do you not as a- true patriot join
hands at once with the Administration,
and prove by works the sincerity of your
words? You well know that the Admin-
istration is laboring most intensely and
scrpulously for this thing only—for the
return of the revolted States to the Un-
ion and Constitution with their rights no
otherwise impaired than what is the una-
voidable consequence of their fratricidal
rebellion. You, sir, are too intelligent to
blieve that the President of these United
but the return of these States. Proo-
lamation after Proclamation has been
put forth with the moat .solemn appeals
to the Southern people to return to their
allegiance, and finally be has made known
to them that if only one—tenth of the le-
gal voters among them will signify to
the Government their purpose to lay
down theis arms and become faithful to
their original vows, they shall be received
with all the gladnes and tokens of joy of
a- forgiviug and tender—hearted parent.
And do you, J udgo Seymour, venture to
call in question the import and sincerity
of these appeals? I must think you will
not. At what then are you aiming in
the extraordinary attacks you and your
associates are making upon the Govern-
ment you have sworn to love and de-
fend? Hitherto, you well know the Gov-—
erument has not been able fully to sue-
ceed in its purpose—to do what yap“ say
States has at any time desired anything .
what you say it should do, to “preserve,
protect and defend the Union and Con-
stitution.” Am I not right-herein? Is this
Union at this time in its integrity? is the
Constitution obeyed throughout its lime
its? What voice comes to us from Tennes-
see, from Arkansas, from North Caroli-
no, and from the thousand citizens in the
south who love this Union and stretch
forth their supplicating hands to our-
Chief Magistrate that he will restore the
Union and the Constitution? Now, dear
sir, what do you and your party intend,
in all consistency, by blocking the wheels
of Government and preventing Govern-
ment sending relief to the citizens of the
South? Why do you put forth such clam-
orous and offensive words as “abolition
war,” “unnecessary debt,” “oppresside
taxation,” “tyranny over the south,” and
“faithlessuess in the people of the North
to their national vows and pledges?” The
convention which has selected you as its
champion, as well as you by your letter
of approbation is doing its utmost, (and
you mean it shall be 30,) to bring dis.
credit and deep distrust upon the Gov-
ernment by stripping it of everylpossible
means for accomplishing its patriotic
work. Such words of detractiou and
inexcusablemisrepresentation as pervade
the resolutions and' your letter ’sound
strangely when they come from the lips
of one whe has been so deservedly honor-
ed by high oflices of trust as yourself.
We expect to hear such things from dem-
agogues and squabbling politicians, but
not from Origeu S. Seymour. .11: is this
very truckliug to what your conscience
and good sense cannot approve, that
disqualifles you to preside over the State
of Connecticut and which made it neces-
sary, in the opinion of candid men, to
elect another and more loyal Democrat
to be J udgc of the Superior Court when
your term of office had expired; a result
to which every loyal man in the legisla-
ture came with the greatest reluctance,
as all conceded you were a learned and
devoted Judge. And every man who
has no more nor harder words to use in
relation to the most unuecessry and wick-
ed rebellion ever seen in our world than
that“sccessiou is a political heresy,” may
not complain of the distrust of men of
loyal sentiments, or that your course was
considered as rendering you unsafe for
high judicial responsibility in this day of
our nation’s peril. Your vote last year
for an open and avowed anarchist for
Governor on a disorganiziug and treason-
able platform could not be held other-
wiserthun as implicating your soundness
as aiudgc and civilian. It was feared
that you agreed with the Democratic
judges of Pennsylvania. that Congress
could not raise troops by a draft. Judge
Phelps, who was selected to succeed
yourself, while as uniform in his Demo-
cratic principles as yourself, was chosen
judge because he was known to be loyal
to the Government.
I have, sir, searched your letter most
carefully and anxiously to learn what
measures, other than prosecuting the war
with unanimity and vigor, you will rec-
ommend to the people, should you be
chosen their Governor, but I have search-
ed iu vain—you are on the all-important
vital point, as are all your asociates of the
peace party, as silent as a. dumb idol.
Now as an honest man, I ask you what
y0u would have the Government do?
what specific measures adopt and pro-
claim? Mr. Eaton, the president of the
convention, says “withdraw the troops
from the rebel States and disbaud the
army”? Thomas H. Seymour says the
same, and this is just what is said by
Pierce, Cox, Wood, Buchanan, Toucey,
et celem. Is_t/n's your policy? Shall com-
missioners for peace be sent to Richmond?
Is this your policy? Has the Congress at
Richmond ever signified a wish or will-
ingness to meet your commissioners on
any terms whatever? You know they
have demanded their absolute indepen-
dence. Now, are you for that? Do you
hope for anything short of that by ten-
dering the olive branch of peace and
reconciliation? If so, will you state what
that is, and on what ground you indulge
the hope of success in negotiating? Has
anything encouraging been said in any
Southern Convention, Southern press, or
by any Southern statesmen? If so, I have
not seen it, and yet I have carefully
watched for it. I assert, without fear of
contradiction, that in no place in the
South, has a spirit of reconciliation been
tolera/ed, except where the presence of
our armies has enabled Union men to
utter their voice for deliverance. The
only conciliatory negotiation I have seen
suggested in the Southern Congress, con-
sists of three resolutions offered in that
body by one of its member‘ for consider-
ation, some five weeks since, prefaced
withapreamble setting forth, that as
President Lincoln bad, in his message,
declared the South had never manifested
any willingness to bring the War to an
end except by arms, the Southern Con-
gress would now propose to send commis-
sioners to meet commissioners from
Washington, to negotiate the following
propositions; '
First. Will the North argee to give
the South their independence ?
Second. If so, can there bea re-um‘an of
the two parts upon the principles and
NLWJWM uni
,f‘
man’s regeneration.
Third. If there can be no Inch 1'!-
union, then can the two governments on-
ter into a treaty, offensive and defensive,
or specifically as to the future enjoyment
of the Mississippi river? . _ '
These resolutions lie, as yet, untouched
on the table of the Southern Congress.
Are you, Mr. Seymour, in favornf these
resolutions, or of any one of then I You
say no.1 thank God. And yet, nothing
better has ever been intimated by
them, or can be expected by you. or your
party, until the rebellion is out down by
force of arms. The South have again
and again declared that they will never
reunite with us under our. present Consti-
tution. Now, I will tell-you what, in-
deed, is no secret; your party is in favor
of the second resolution, neither more nor
less. The peace party in Connecticut
are aiming at this exclusively-mowing
else, and this is the whole which they or V
you, sir, mean by the words loyalty to
the Union and Constitution. A remod-
elled Union—a remodelled Constitution.
You well know it to be true, and will not
deny it, that the South will never volun-
tarily live with the North on any other
terms than a reconstruction of the Con-
stitution. Now this you were bound
to have stated in your letter of accep—
tance, if you mean to be honest . and po-
triotic; then the people would be able to
judge what you mean by your just «10- ,
gium on the Union and the Constitution.
I was anxious too, to find in your lot-
ter, your opiuon as to the nature, charac- I
ter, and ultimate designs of slavery ;
whether slavery be indeed I dell- .
ocratic and divine institution, as many of
the democratic party constantly insist;
and especially that Mr. Mason, who was
brought all the way from New York to
address your convention at New Haven
upon this interesting topic—a gentlemen
who is known to be secretary of the
most mischievous, if not infamous society
ever got up in the city of New York, by
gentlemen claiming to be respectable,
whose avowed object is to issue and cir-
culate pamphlets throughout the country
in behalf of-buman slavery as an institu-
tion especially appointed by Heaven for
Prof. S. F. Horse
is its president, an acknowledged ; secu-
siouis t, who is well nigh consumed by his
fiery zeal in the cause of American air
very, and who does not even believe that
secessiOu is a political heresy. But I
find not a word on the subject. [really
wish to hear Judge Seymour on the
point what slavery is, and what we are
to do with it in our proceedings. "It is
most ominous, as well as extraordinary, !
that your convention found it necessary
to listen to such a demagogue as Mason
upon the glorious triumphs of human ala-
very and the sacred elements of true do-
mocracy. If Mr. Mason was after sub?
scribers for his pamphlets, he acted most
wisely, according to the wisdom of Hill
world, and has some excuse, but the con-
vention has none at all, and was infinite-
ly dishonored by allowing him to speak
before it. - .
There is another thing I sought for in
your letter but did not find. What are
your views upon the question of the
amendment of the constitution ? Do you
hold that an elector of the Statelous
his right of voting when he goes out of
the State, by order of the government,
or voluntarily, to "maintain, preserve and
defend the Union” in the army? Your
party insists that he does, and stout], ro-
sists any amendment of the constitution
that proposes to secure this privilege to
him.
The legislature of New York has almost
unanimously recommended such an amend-
ment to their constitution, and we trust
the people of New York will as unani-
mously concur in the recommendation of
the legislature. What, air, is youropln—
ion and your wish? You could, in » your
letter, have done much for our absent
soldiers, had you given them, if only by I
word, the influence of your high standing
and acknowledged judgment. I know
you would have done so, bad you been at
liberty to speak at all, on the subject.
You saw fit to be silent, lest youjhj'iuld
wound your party, but let me tell-3,700,
this silence will come down like an ava-
lanche upon you when the people come to
speak for their country and its defenders.
There are many other things layout .
letter and the resolutions upon whighyyoa
stand as the champion of Democracy, im-
plicating the administration in italiercu-
lean labors against rebels in thelF‘Siinth
and their sympathizers in the North, to
“preserve, maintain and protect" the
union of the States, deserving congre-
buke for their misrepresentation, wicked-
ness, venom, meanness and demagoguo—
ism, which I would gladly notice.“ It“
space, but I forbear, and will Infill-lit-
tle that the people of Connecticut may
speak for themselves in April. The peo-
ple will surely convince you that it is; in
vain to attempt to discredit theiuiogrlty
and patriotism of such men as Mt
Lincoln and Governor Buckingham.
But there is one thing I cannot al-
together omit, extended as mycomiiisata
are, and that is, the ealogiuui' "you pro-
nounce at the close of your letter upon
“Democracy.” We are accustomed to
such rhetorical flourishes at convention ‘
caucuses, and bar-room assemblages; but _’
provisions...“ the MontsvmrLCcuiiitu:
luahardly expand-it, frontage-uh...
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