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‘_,V_]3,t..pRITC_HAR-D, M. D.,
j'-_P‘_h*yaician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
New
i traumas _ a PAINT STORE,
' M ain Stre e t,
Opposite ‘I‘. H.- Campell’s Confectionery,
' mama a rnowrrr,
'T1Wh01e6ale and retail Dealers in HardWare,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
llingsl Window Shades, &c.
. ems G. 3.4339118,
. ,snnorcai. AND IMECHANICAL
, , ‘Tefeth extracted without pain by the use
of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas.
fifflce at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut.
. _ Architecture.
SIDNEY M. STONE,
ARCHITECT,
"’Wm" sfllfllifih Plans, Specifications, Detail
anguwiggs and super-intend the erection of
ublic a‘ud Ofllce in 'Mar-
a Block, tf52
grivate buildings.
hapel-st, New Haven, Ct.
3E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
1,, g nfacturer of Tin, ’ Copper, and Sheet
“'Ii‘oniWare; and dealer in Stoves, Range
,j'EuxnaWCutlery, Brittannia, Wooden an
' ,Wlllow; are,“Crockery; and a full assort-
_ non: of House Keeping articles generally.
:9. s. nocuwoon,
Fashionable Draper h. Tailor,
and
' GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
' Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
, n.1,.- omen” a. 00.,
: Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
affirmrios, Flour, Feed, 00.,
it and 16 Maia-st. Norwalk, Conn.
ital insurance common,
:0! -Eartford.
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Cash Capitol $1,500,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire
on Terms adapted to the bazard,and
_ consistent with the laws of
compensation.
COWLES, Sole Agent
For N orwalk and vicinity.
DENTAL CARD.
AN impression having gone abroad that
the undersigned has relinquished his
profession, this is to inform his friends and
the publlc that he still continues the practice
of his profession at his qll stgnq, foot of
Main-st, Norwalk, Where he will be happy
to tender them his best services. In case of
" temporary absence,a skillful assistant will be
found in attendance at the Office, ready and
Willing to serve all that may call.
A. HILL, D. D. S.
A. JACKSON a BRO.
No. l Gazette Building.
OULD respectfully announce to the
{public aud their old customers, that
tho ll YE: recently made extensive additions
to t 811' stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in Fairlield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is lar er than ever before.—
Wo have a line lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,
.in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
‘75, which we can recommend as bein cor.
re t-time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s atch-
es in silver and gold cases, at any price from
.. W m0. We buy of the beat importers in
8W fit-It. and 8130 ether format so that
' our facilities for se gcheap could not be
reater. 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.
FOR SALE.
THE Real Estate formerly owned by
u thgghfinognpvnlpnnfilefiegsed, signatcd
. ,.. .,0,,.,: .. -118 ,8. bade treet
bout4 miles from Norwalk or Darien, t5
w1t;—.one
-~lurge new Dwelling House,
with but-buildings and 12 or 14 acres of very
superior Laud, well adapted to Gardening
purposes. Also a Small House with tWO
paras of! land attacheth—apd 4 acres of land
uate in or near “ an ord’s Swa "
called. mp, so
. b’I‘he‘pl'operty will be sold all together or
in separate parcels as may suit purchasers,
scones 11
iv?»
sad on accommodating terms; two thirds of
the purcltaoe'lu'oney can remain secured on ’
fir? rbnlls'é‘s fol-“ii term of years, if desired.
1:? further particulars app! to
. s'. Yy s
. T.JOHN.
New Canaan. Feb 40th.1863- ti?
A New lurnor fbr Kerosene
1‘0 use‘withoutachimney, and will fltany
Fluid Lamp; it makes a and substitute
burner onéa cents.
.t-Mw
tar“ Fluid. Price
are
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virtisers restricted to the business contem-
N ORWALE 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 afirst class Hoiel. This Hotel is
very pleasantly situated in one of the most
beautiful towns on Long Island Sound, and
is especially attractive for Summer Board-
ers.
Tho. 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 srors,
NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST.
East Side of the Bridge.
HAVE atmy 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, carrlages, 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. 1st, 1868. 44
NORWAIJK
Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I I. I. .
HE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
nin ; Scroll and other Sawing; manufacture
of oors, Sash, Blinds, &c., c., in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail promptl at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITC .
n. corn-nan!) a soars,
CABINET MAKERS, &c
RE now prepared to offer to the public
, the largest and best assortment of
Good Furniture,
comprising every article usually kept in 9.
Furniture Store, ever offered in Norwalk,
which will be sold
A T THE VER Y L 0 WEST PR1 01173.
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. ,
We keep on hand a very large assol'tment of
Oofins of every description, furnish shrouds,
scarfs, carriages, and ever thing necessary
for the interment of the end, and 'at very
low prices. We are just completing another
9 lendld Hearse, which will give us two‘
earses 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. =
srovrs, HEATERS, RANGES,
OVER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes of
Cooking Stoves and Ran es; over thir-
ty varieties and sizes of Par Or and Ofllce
Stoves, not excelled in beauty of design, per-
fection of operation, or variet ,by any Stove
in the State. Manufactures in, Sheet, Iron
and Copper Wares, deals in J appan, Brittan-
ia, Crockery, Wooden, and Silver Plated
Wares, Stove Blocking, Coal Hods, Shovels
and Riddles, Brass Kettles Sausage Cutters,
Matte, Brooms, Bells Fire Place Grates, Sad
Irons, Sheet Lead, Lead Pi 9, Fruit Jars,
Fluid and Coal Oil Lam s, $0 , Castings,
in fact, all that cansilfidlb a Wellglled 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 Champagne Ale.
' ‘HE attention of the public is solicited to
the superior quality of
H A M M E ll’S
Fresh Brewed Champagne Ale.
This Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the
ear, 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 Office, N orwalk.
JEfiIEL GRUMMAN,
Agent for the sale of Halnuler’s Champagne
Ale. Wilton. 00...“. - -
Notice. _ .
HE Subscriber has the pleasure of inform-
ing the public that he has purchased the
interest of Ebenezer Crissey in the Boot and
Shoe Business lately carried on at the Store
corner of Wall and Water Street, where he
will continue the business. He trusts that
the liberal patronage given to this Store
while under his control as partner and man-
ager, will be continued to him as pro rietor.
J. N. ’LCCKW OD.
Cash System’adOpt'e’d for
Photographs & Cartes 119 Visits
AT WHITNEY & BECKWITH’S.
IN consequence of the great rise in chem-
icals, metals, and paper, used in our busi-
ness, that can only be bought for cash, we
had either to increase our prices, or adopt
the Cash system. We choose the latter, as'it
will alike benefit the customer ‘and‘ suit us.‘
Hereafter, when a proof is accepted, the
order for prints must be accompanied with
the oasn.
WHITNEY & BECK WITH.
Norwalk, Conn., June 15.
annoyan.
Nthe 1st of January'1864, the subscri-
ber will remove his Blacksmithing es-
tablishment from the old stand near the
footof Mill Hill to the new Brick Building
of the
NOR WALK 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. Slat. 1863. “3’1
WM." '1‘. cannon.
0’. S. War Claim Agent,
Will prom ,tly collect Bounty Money,
Back Pay, ensions for Disabled, Dis-
charged Soldiers, Widows and Children,
Mothers and Sisters, and all other Claims
against Government. Office opposite Cou-
.cert Hall. All business letters promptly
0 use. 1
answered.
l some»; on
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Mr
Norwalk
[NiflllNlIIl IIIIMPlNY,
N OBWALK CON N ,
Chartered Capital, $500000
Paid up Capital, $100,000
WM. 0. STREET, President.
GEO. R. Cownns, Secretary.
EBEN. HILL, Treasurer.
N orwalk, Jan lst. 1864
INSURANCE.
THE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England ’72 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. 3
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 «$0,295.00. ‘ , '
' JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
- Agent for N 0rwalk and vicinity.
N orwalk, Feb. tf5
1st, 1861.
Norwalk
0LASSIOAt_INSl'lTllTE.
REV. R. BAYARD SNOWDEN,A. M.,
Instructor. '
HIS 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. Instruction is
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 occasionally
given on History, English Literature, and
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. til
REMOVAL!
RIBS. J. E. HOYT, would respectfully
inform the public that she has Remo-
ved her MILLINERY ROOMS to Curtis’s
Building, (directly over the Store of Mr. Bat-
terson,) Main St., where she will be pleased
to meet all her old friends and patrons.
Attention is called to her new stock of
Spring Millinery Goods,
which will be on exhibition and Sale, on
and after April lst. 7
Norwalk, March 18th, 1864. 12
'3. rnruus,
County Surveyor,
LSO Agent in the Purchase and Sale of
Real Estate, holding the office of Coun-
ty Surveyor, will attend to Land Surveying
on notice at his office at South Norwalk Sa-
vings Bank, or at the oflfice of Norwalk Ga-
zette. “12
‘3 ,.
as.
New Meat Harket.
THE Subscriber would respectfully inform
. the public that he has bought out' the
MARKET late] kept by Mr. James Byxbee
in SKIDD Y’S LOOK Main Street, and in-
tends keepin constantly on hand the choi-
cast of Beef, [6, Mutton, Poultry,'&c., &c.
Having had long experience in the business
he is confident of his ability to please. A
share of the public patronage is res ctfully
solicited. JULIUS F. PART~ ICK.
Norwalk, Sept. 2113,1863. 38
NOTICI.
THE Subscriber having purchased the
Hardware business, formerly conducted
by Edwin V. A. Chichcster, 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.
——1
1y
A CARD.
HE subscriber takes this method of
thanking his friends for their good will,
durin the sat ten years. At the same time
reque liugt tent, and the public, to extend
their patronage to his successor, Mr. Theo-
dore itch.
EDWIN V. A. CHICHESTER.
Norwalk, Dec. 15th, 1863. 51
Business Change !
WATERBURY & DUNCAN,
OULD annouuce 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 cs-
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, &c., done by experi-
enced Workman, with dispatch.
WGood Carriage timber taken in ex-
change for work.
Norwalk, N ov. 23d, ’63. tf47
Groceries Cheaper than ever
1' o n C A S E l
THE subscriber would inform the public
general] , that he st ill continues to sell
the best of rocerles, Provisions, etc., at his
old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, ascheap as
the cheapest. He ofi‘ers 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 count . He
would invite the special attention of alltohis
stock of
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are of the very best quality, and will
be sold cheap. The public are invited tocall
and examine and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE.
mrmunnx.
MISS PI-LGRIM
nos Removed
to the new Store between the Bank of Nor-
walk and the Danbury R. R. Depot. ltf
Stationery ! Stationery ! l
BLACKMAN has just received a
0 large lot direct from the Manufactur-
ers. 200 Beams Ca p, Letter, Bill, Note and
Billet Paper of the very best quality in the
Market. Also 500,000 Envelopes of all si-
zes and_Colors, also a large lot of Writing
fiooks, Diaries, Pass Books. Memorandus,
' runs arent Slates, Hills A B C Blocks,
Lead gencils, Slate Pencils. Steel Pens, Pen
Holders, Rubber, Sponges, Blue and Black
Ink, Arnolds Writing} Fluid, Pocket Ink-
stands, Gold Pens, old and SiIVer Pen
Holders, &c., &c., &c., for Sale and not to be
undercold, at wholesale or retail by
E. BLACKMAN,
4 Main St.
Call at the sign of the GOLDEN MORTAR.
CONNECTICUT REGISTER for 1064
_', 1' “ . . I;
. an»: 2‘;
Let it Pass.
“Let former grudges pass."
Snaxnsrmu.
Be not swift to take offense;
Let it pass.
Anger is a foe to sense;
Let it pass.
Brood not darkly o’er a wrong
'Which will'diaappear are long;
Rather singthis cheery song—l
Let it pass.
Let itpass.
Strife corrodes the purest mind;
Let it pass.
As the unregarded wind,
Let it pass.
Any vulgar souls that live
May condemn'without reprieve ;
’Tis the noble who forgive.
’ Let it pass.
' Let it pass.
Echo not an angry word;
Let it pass.
Think how often you have erred;
‘ Let it pass.
Since our joys must pass away ,
Like the dew-drops on the spray,
Wherefore should our sorrows stay?
Let it pass.
Let it pass.
If for good you’ve taken ill;
Let it pass.
Oh t be ~kind and gentle still;
Let it pass.
Time at last makes all things straight ;
Let us not resent, but wait, '
And our triumph shall be great;
Let it pass.
Let it pass.
Bid your anger to depart;
Let it pass.
Lay these homely words to heart,
Let it pass.
Follow not the giddy throng;
Better to be wronged than grong ;
Therefore sing the cheery ug—
Let it pass. ‘
Let it pass.
a.»
From the Atlantic Monthly for Aprfl. ‘
' 0n Picket Duty.
[This poem will derive special interest
from the fact that it is from the pen of the
sister of the late lamented Theodore Win-
throp.]
Within a green and shady wood,
Circled with spring, alone I stood :
The nook was peaceful, fair, and good.
The wild plum blossoms lured the bees,
The birds sang madly in the trees,
Magnolla scents were on the breeze,
All else was silent ; but the ear
Caught sounds of distant bugle clear,
And heard the bullets whistle near—
_When from the winding river's shore
The rebel guns began to roar,
And ours to answor, thundering o’er,
And echoed from the wooded hill,
Repeated and repeated still,
Through all my soul they seemed to thrill;
For as their rattling storm awoke,
And loud and fast the discord broke,
In‘ rude and trenchant word: they spoke;
“We hate l" boomed fiercely o’er the tide;
“We fear not i" from the other side ;
“We strike l" the rebel guns replied.
Quick roared our answer, “We defend f"
“Our right: i” the battle-sounds contend ;
“The rights of all i” we answer send.
“ Wevconguer ,I” rolled across the wave ;
“-We persevere l” our answer gave;
"Our chivalry 1” they wildly rave.
“02m are the brace 1" “Be can the free i"
“Be our: the slam, the masters we!"
“On us no more their blood shall bel"
As when some magic word is spoken,
By which a wizard spell is broken,
There was a silence at that token.
The wild birds dare once more to sing,
I heard the pine boughs whispering,
And trickling of a silver spring. '
Then crashing forth with smoke and din,
Once more the rattling sounds begin,
Our iron lips roll forth, “We win 1”
And dull and wavering in the gale
That rushed in gusts across the vale,
Came back the faint reply , “ We fad l"
And then a word, both stern and sad,
From throat of huge Columbiad—
“Blind fools and traitors ? ye are mad l"
Again the rebel answer came,
Mufiled and slow, as if in shame-
“All, all is lost!” in smoke and flame.
Now bold and strong and stern as Fate
The Union guns sound forth, “We wait i”
Faint comes the distant cry, “Too late!”
“Return! return i” our cannon said;
And, as the smoke rolled overhead,
“ We dare not l” was the answer dread.
Then came asound, both loud and clear, .
A god-like word of hope and cheer-
“Forgiveness l” echoed far and near;
As when beside some death-bed still
We watch and, wait God’s solemn will,
A blue bird warble his soft trill.
I clenched my teeth at that blest word,
And, angry, muttered, “Not so, Lord l
The only answer is the sword l”
I thought of Shilob’s tainted air,
Of Richmond’s prisons, foul and bare,
And murdered heroes young and fair—
Of block and lash and overseer, _
And dark mild faces pale with fear,
Of haying hell-hounds panting near.
But then the gentle story told
My childhood, in the days of old,
Rang out its lessons manifold.
Oh, prodigal, and lost ! arise
And read the welcome blest that lies
In a kind Father's patient eyes !
Thy older brother grudges not _
The lost and found should share his lot,
And wrong in concord be forgot.
Thus mused I, as the hours went by,
Till'the relieving guard drew nigh,
And then‘was challenge and reply.
And as I hastened back to line,
It seemed an omen half divine
That “Concord” was the coastal-sign.
«Or-o,
-—If we had windows to our. breasts,
lumen-ulna. residuum
”‘3. _.".' . .
‘ [3‘ The following graphic “interior view”
of the late elegant residence of the-rebel
Coxe, now animate with juvenile “ darkies"
who throng it under its new transformation
as a “ Home for Abandoned Colored Child-
ren,” is from the pen of Samuel Wilkes‘on,
the Washington correspondent of the N. Y.
Mane .' ' ~
I . Wasnluerou, March 19th, 1864. _
:strcet‘of that ilk; Coxe baptized Richard
.fagacious in the Rebel army. ' .
Coxe, your house is fullcf guests-rand
they are not the echoesof your treasona-_
”think. artistes-roused enriched you."
nor are they the ghosts of _ thel dead
Northmen, personally chargeable to you
in the account current which Justice ' is;
little ‘uiggers,’ Cox's—sick little "_nig-‘
gers,’ well little ‘niggers,’ little: girl
‘uiggers,’ little boy ‘uiggers’——all or-
. -.pb_aned, or waifs snatched from the waves
of the war that has washed Slavery loose
in Virginia and Maryland. Some of
these ‘ niggers,’ Coxe, are very little.—
One was picked at midnight out of an
ash-barrel, just before it froze stiff in
that terrible January weather. That
must have been a very little ‘ nigger,’
Coxe, and if you should measuregwith
your foot long revolver any one of the
six that nightly got paved in bed in the
south-east corner of your drawing-room
you could not find one that was three
times the piatol’s length. Coxe, I called
at your house the other day. You were
not in, but Caspar Hauserfnot of Ger-
many, but remotely of Timbuctoo) was
in, and was making himself comfortable
on your dining-room sofa—the small one
nearest the fire-place. Casper was in-
structing himself in the use of a p0cket~
hankerchief, and measuring with idle
fingers the exposure of his shirt-tail.
[Coxe, what astriking similarity there
is between the childhood of little ‘ nig-
gers’ and little whites l] Caspar had a
cold in his head, and with the character-
istic perverseness of children, threatened
to go into a measles, or try a young pneu-
monia for a while, or, a small diphtheria.
The big, red-plush armchair—you recol-
lect it, Coxe—‘ Alice’ and ‘ Milly’ were
in its deep embrace, just a trifle engaged
in uprooting each other’s wool in astrug-V
gle for the larger half of it—but only a
trifle, .Coxe. They were very well be-
haved children, I assure you—but cough-
ing like little wolves, and tormented with
phlegm, They had been picked up, Coxe
as it were from the very surface of the
earth in the month of January. They
had a right to cough, and it was inevi-
table that they ahould spit. Your din-
ing room table, Core you remember it—
tho leaves down—beautiful little ‘ nigger’
‘ under it, imagining herself Queen of She-'
ha i l f ld - “
~ 1: a pa ace 0 go A handsomer " of conduct enlightened by truth and in—
womau, Coxe, than you ever saw, and a
' better one than ever suckled a slavehbld- :
er, stooped down, and with her gloved
hand draw out the Queen, and took her
- on her lap ; and she kissed the child, and
covering its pretty upturned face with a
look of divine compassion, the beautiful
and the good'womau said to it dreamily
‘ May God see that you are well brought
up’ i ’Twould have dishonored the roya-
tering hospitality of your dining-room,
Coxe for me to have said ‘ Amen !’ to
that prayer wiih a tear ; so I whirled my
back upon the little drama, and contem-
templated the use to which another of
your guests bright 'Dinah,’ was putting
your ofice desk. This young goddess of
the African chase was lolling upon its
open lid in an advanced stage of the
mumps, swathed as to her jaws with a
napkin, and sluggisbly pushing people in
and out of a house, which she had con-
structed out of some of your books. The
' house was a little bit Timbuctooish in
its architecture. and the people were only
child’s play was astonishingly like that
of white ones—astonishingly like. It
would have interested y on to see it. The
mumps you will observe Coxe, was an
auxiliary, catarrh had make the child’s
breathing difficult. Her mouth was open,
the lips sadly swollen, the nose (Coxe, I
wish I could say it was dry—we will pass
that, however), and her eyes decidedly
banged up and streamy. ‘ But ‘ Dinah
got comfort, and much of Nature’s med-
icament out of the grammar and geogra-
phy, and Doddridge Rise and Progress
you left behind in your rebellious flight.
She occasionally unroofed her house by
taking Doddridge of to look for pictures.
Her enjoyment of them when subsequently
found in the geography was languid and
listless, but really, Coxe, I dout know of
anything that would have made the poor
sick orphaned waif upon your desk-lid
more happy than those pictures, unless it
might have been a pocket-handkerchief.
A natural anxiety, Coxe, to know the
fate of the Brussels carpet in your din-
ing-room, undoubtedly knows your bosom.
None of your Secesh neighbors have
hooked it. It is safe on the floor, and
the shod feet of your little guests will
scare out of its plies all the varieties of
moth. Not one will have a chance to
get into it. Dismiss from your mind all
' anxiety on the subjects of moths, Coxo.
The drawing room—your heart is in it,
Coxe, I see. That Kidder-minder, white,
purple, sud gold—very handsome fabric,
Coxeegroat credit to your taste. AI.-
Jenhhlng has little, it ll. soiled! The
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To Core of Georgetown, of Fourth-
ble cur-98 easiest the country which rave:
.keeping with this Rebellion. They are;._
bits of anthracite coal, but, Coxe, the _
room was a hospital, you know, at first—
afterward a school-room—and a very
good school room it made, too—just big
enough for fifty. All gone now to big
' G,overument¥built seminary of learning,
Coxe, about one-hundred and fifty-three
feet, two inches and one-quarter—love to
be exact. .-.Coxe-.exactneas agreat virtue
.Ancrthcastfrom' year” back drawing-
.room windovh All gone,- I say, Coxe,
‘- iavc a. heap of little toys inthe bow-win-
ner—ml! use: (semi and new of
(van: battens assimilate). tin chiti-
_-ots', plaster eagles, golden. ,as ._to their
wings, blue‘ddg‘s, pink sheep'cxccedingly
natural in expression, yellow and red bore
sea on the gallop—indeed, all the delight-
ful trash the little Goxes'goton and about
January "One, every Anne Domini. All
30.9,: say, save an . iron bedstead, on
which I suspect, Conflict two or three
of your little guests moaned und shivered
through the first stages 'of'the- small-pox.
Through its laststa’ges, .COxe, they pass-
ed into that celestial Democracy where
no man has foot room to stand, cow-
hide in hand, and deny the equality and
brotherhood of the human race.
The kind Massachusetts women (Coxe,
you and I ought to get down on our
knees every night and thank God for
having created that State) leads the way
911’ your Kidderminster—astonisbing how
well preserved that carpet is l—up stairs,
into bed-chamber—let us see—northeast
by the mariner’s compass, and distant
from a Government-built seminary of
learning for the development of abandon-
ed young Africans, one hundred and fifty
three feet, two inches and one quarter—
pardon my exactness, Cog-quality of
my mind. There are two beds in this
room, fire on the hearth and on the right
side of the hearth sits a little thing in an
arm-chair, wrapped closely in a shawl,
which it has drawn over its head—a poor
little negro waife, picked up somewhere
crying with hunger and with cold, and
brought to your house, Coxe. I lifted
my eyes from its black luster face, and
unchildlike immobility, to the Masachu—
setts woman.
‘ In a decline, Sir,” she said.
How queer l A child of five years. old
dying of consumption. On the other side
of the hearth, is another little waife, just
emerging from a sufi’ocatiug fit of whoop-
ing and coughing. Accustomed as you
are, Sir, to consider with black skins as
animals and marketable commodities,
surely it would have touched your com-
passion to see the gasping of this little
orphan for breath, and the-wild and tear-
ful look with it implored help. And it
would have touched your manhood to
have seen a well-bred Yankee women,
without demonstrativeness, or the faint-
est show of professional philanthropy,
minister to its wants with a naturalness
spired by a heroic sense of duty. The
Occupants of the two square beds were so
little, and they were so black, and they
were I0. helpless l Pity could not regard
with steadiness the tiny skeleton limbs,
nor steadily regard the log-like insensi-
bility of the slight forms, which did not
disturb the counterpane, but left it smooth
as first spread over them. Through this
emotion of compassion, as through a warp
ran a woof of thought about sick proper-
ty—property with typhus fever—proper-
ty with pneumonia—property bandaged
to cover ,some of the sequels 0f small-pox.
treated tallopsthically—property blind
with influenza—about black as the color
of property—about new-born babes as
property—about Virginia, ‘The mother
of States,” dropping her black children
as a scared kangaroo might drop her
pouch, and Yankee women coming after
and gathering them up in their aprons-—
and then, through the thin little hand I
was dreamily sharing at, seemed as if
when next lifted it would be lifted in pie-
ces. I could not help thinking that all
this little sick property must be marked,
and were I to turn down the bed clothes
and look under the little shirts for the
obners initials, I would be very apt to
find them branded into the children’s
backs with hot irons. But Coxe, they
don't brand little “niggers”——very little
“niggers”-—do they Coxe? Well, well,
Sirl that was a sad room of yours.
Thirteen children have died in it—killed
by the orphanage and neglect which ac-
company the sudden hegira of slaves from
Bondage to Freedom.
But, Coxe, it will doyou good to
go out at your back door to that sem—
inary of learning founded upbn your
property during your rebellious absence.
Au elegant-two-story, white-washed edi—
fice, Sir ; but Coxe, you are unobservant l
Ah 1 you contemplate the sports of these
larger children. Beautiful quality in a
man’s character, Coxe, sympathy with
the play of children—immense, that
way myself. The chase of that cow
through your grounds is indeed in the
highest style of white—boyish. art. Ex-
cellent shot l—couldn’t have thrown
that old coffee-pot better yourself, Coxe,
at that age; but unlucky heading of the
animal though—smashed that Norway
spruce forever, Coxe.
Indeed, all these trees show the awk-
wardness of the cow as an animal of the
chase. Every one of them is broken—or
are they brouud of? Why, it is plain
as day, Coxe, you are the victim of the
lawlessness and selfishness of your own
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”I.“ gouty. All your South nelglh
bors let their cows run at large,and run at
large in your grounds, Coxe. They have
ruined your place. Sir. By Jove won’t
there be a season of law suits when you
get back. There, Sir,,'That cow having
been smashed through a panel of your
fence'with a platoon firejf‘of bricks, 'old
shoes, pieces of bottles, tin cans, tree .
' plied.
branches, and iron h00ps, let us see this
seminary of learning.
Sixty nice desks, each with a little
arm-chair, in a long and high white I. _ , , ,
rapidly to the . .chapterilccitifjfng the
washed, well lighted, well ventilated,
room, and benevolent, intelligent beams
ing'Massacbusetts‘woman No. 2,. to .tell
you that her fifty scholars knew literally.
nothing when they were brought to'her:
.—couldn’t count ten- couldn’t tell the
days of the week— never had heard of
God i
‘ How do you teach, them madam,’
‘ I pour from my mouth 'into‘their’s.’
Coxe, that is a great thing to do, if it
can be considered by a man who has all
his life been pouring from the ‘ niggers’
handinto bisown. We Northern men
call that devotion. Core. That woman
has poured the alphabet into your guests,
and poured the numerals, and poured
much idea of God and duty, and poured
some hymns into them, words and music.
Coxe, your country seat, though a chase
for cows with crumpled horns, and every
way utilized for the happiness and health
of half a hundred boys and girls, is im-
mensely honored. There is a college on
it for the education of young ‘ niggers.’
And above the college, Coxe, is a. large
dormitor, beautifully white washed, well
ventilated, swept with a new broom?
Northern women, with capital eyes for
dirt, pronounced it good—and as we
came away from the clean smooth beds,
I stopped to count a pile of as yet unused
school desks and little arm chairs. I
know you will be glad to hear, Coxe,
that there was fifty of them. Fifty and
fifty make a hundred l University here
some day, Coxe, eh i Thank you for
running away, Coxe,—don’t look at the
Amnesty Proclamation—stick it out——
give time to the acorn this Yankee wo—
man has planted, to glow—continue
rebellious—don't come back i
But you Northern people who have
gone with me through the house of this
traitor and over his property, and have
enjoyed with me the retributive upsetting
of relations, by which abandoned Slave
children are in possession of the furnished
mansion of a fugitive Rebel Slave owner,
think not that this act of charity and
justice has been without cost. Good
women here in Washington, themselves
from the North, have, with much care,
much hard work,and perseverance through
discouragement, established this ‘ Home
for the Abandoned Colored Children.’
They want help. They should receive
help—generous help. Let those who
are willing to give it send their money or
other gifts to Sydney H. Gay of the New
York Tribune. He will forward them.
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TRUTH
The following beautiful illustration of
the simplicity and the power of truth, is
from the pen of S. H.Hammond, formerly
editor of the Albany State Register
He was an eye witness of the scene in
one of the. higher courts :
A little girl nine years of' age, was
ofl'ered as a witness against a prisoner who
Was on trial for a felony committed in
her father’s house.
‘ Now, Emily,’ said the counsel for
the prisoner, upon her being ofl'ered as a
witness, ‘I desire to know if you under-
stand the nature of an oath ?’
‘ I don’t know what you mean,’ was
the simple answer.
‘ There your Honor,’ said the counsel
addressing the Court, ‘ is anything fur-
ther necessary to demonstrate the validi-
ty of my objection’ l ‘ 'Hlis witness should
be rejected.’ ‘ She does not understand
the nature of an oath’.
‘Let us see said the Judge.
here my daughter.’
Assured by the tone and manner of
the J udge, the child stepped toward him,
and looked confidingly up in his face,
with a calm clear eye, and in a manner
so artless and frank, that went straight
to the heart.
‘ Did you ever take an oath l’ inquired
the Judge. The little girl stepped back
with a look of horror, and the red blood
mantled in a blush all over her face and
neck she answered:
‘ No, Sir.’
She thought he intended to enquire if
she had ever blasphemed.
‘ I do not mean that,’ said the Judge,
who saw her mistake ‘ I mean were you
ever a witness before ?’
‘ No, Sir ; I never was in court be.
fore,’ was the answer.
lie handed her the Bible open.
‘ Do you know that book, my daugh-
ter ?’
She looked at it and answered, ‘ Yes,
it is the Bible.’
‘ Do you ever read it ?’ he asked.
‘ Yes Sir, every evening.’ '
‘ Can you tell me what the Bible is ‘f’
inquired the Judge.
‘ It is the word of the great God,’ she
answered.
° Well, place your hand upon the Bi-
ble, and listen to what I say ;’ and be
repeated slowly and solemnly the oath
‘ Come
Literally administered to witnesses. '
‘ALK
‘ Now,’ said the Judge, 1“ you have
sworn as a witness, will you tell-mo what
will befall you if you do not tell the
truth. . T I
‘ I shall bo-shut up in the States Prk-
on,’ answered the child. ‘ ' x A O
‘ Anything elscffasked the. Judge.
' I sun.e...gql9fn....fp;£1,_.l. rc-
- ‘ How do you know this f’l'lked the
Judge again. ' ~ 4?
The child took the Bible, shunning
.....
commandments, lpfiointedto thufpfuuctiou,
‘ Thou shaltnotbear follicular-1W
thy»neighbor.’—'I'..learned ith‘atb’efors I
could read!
" Has any cue talked with you; about
your being a witnessin‘ court know
this man i” inquired thevJudge:
‘ Yes, sir,’ she replied, GM}! mother
heard they wanted me to be" d3‘i‘wituol,
and last night she called me relics room
and asked me to .tell her the Ten Com.
mandments, and then. we heeled. down
together and she_,prayed7that1 might
understand how wicked it. :wasi:_to boar
false witness against my neigkbc, and
that God would help me, £“iittli' child.’
to tell the truth as it was fglieféffe him.
And when I came up here witlijjafhor,
she kissed me and told me to: remember
the Ninth Commandment, andthat God
would hear every word that I said!
‘ Do you believe this?’ asked the J udgc '
while a tear glistened in his eye, and his
lip quivered with emotion.
‘ Yes, Sir,’ said the child, with} voice
and manner that showed _ her convic-
tion of the truth was perfect.
‘ God bless 'you my, child,’aaid the
Judge, "you have a good mother; This
witness is competent,’ he. continued.—
‘Were I on trial for my life, snug-inno—
cent of the charge against me, 1 ”would
pray God for such witnesses as this. Let
her be examined.’
She told her story with the simplicity
of a child as she was, but therefwal a
directness about it which carried-iconic-
tion ofits truth to every heart. She was
rigidly crossed-examined. The f’c'ouulel
plied her with infinite and ingenious quea-
tioning, but she varied from her first
statement in nothing. The truth-I Ipo-
ken by that child was snblime.-- Fall.
hood and perjury had preceded» her teati-
mony. The prisoner - bad entrenched
himself in lies till be deemed himself
impregnable. Witnesses bad " pfe'llifiod
facts in his favor, and villainy had monu-
factored for him a sham defence. But
before her testimony, falsehood was scat-
tered like chaff. The little" girl for
whom mother had prayed forstrer'n'gth to
be given her to speak the truth" as it
was before God broke the cunhlu‘::d¢fi-
can of matured villains» to pieces-{like a
potter’s vessel. The strength this her
mother prayed for was given her, and
the sublime and terriblesimplicityfitorri-
ble mean to. the prisoner and bilalloei-
ates—with which she spoke was like a
revelation from God himself.
N.
N over. Flsmnc Emsarmsn. -— Mr.
Benjamin Haskell, of Gloucester, Mn...
is about to fit out a wrecking baboon"
and proceed to George’s Shoals for the
purpose of recovering some of the. lost
anchors and cables from the fishing fleet.
Over 1000 anchors and entire strings of
valuable 'cables have been lost during the
past few years. The anchors-are worth
over $500 each, and the cables. from
$600 to $800 ; so that the value of ' this
class of property at that point counts up
among the millions.
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ua. The eulogies pronounced incur
grass on Owen Lovejoy, are said to have
constituted the most remarkable demon-
stration of admiration, respect. audf‘lovo
that has been made on the occulou of
the death of a member of thatbbd'y'sinco
the departure of John Quincyldama.
From partisans of life-long opposition to
the distinguished Illinoisan, tributes dune
spontaneously.
c<.>-.—
A NOBLE Axswnn—In a sermon
preached at Wesley Chapel recently,
Rev. Thomas Sargent, of'Baltimoro, Ito-
ted that at a slave market in oncvofftho
Southern States, at which he wulprfiont
a smart, active colored boy was I‘ll“; up
for sale. A kind master, whopitied -. his
condition, not wishing him to-h'avo 6 ct!-
el owner, went up to him and Ioldé '
‘If I buy you, will you be about 1"
The boy, with a look that bafled de-
scription, replied : ' f
‘I will be honest, whether you buy no
or not.”
This would, as Mr. Sargent said, do
honor to any person of any age. ‘ ;
—- Washington Republican
a. Two Irish porters amenity in
Dublin, one addressed the other with—
“Ochl Thank.» 111119111. “I it you!
are you just chine from fEli‘gluudl. ,Pra
did you see anything Of our old“
Patrick Murphy!" ' ‘ -
“The divil'a sight," re liodjllc; “III '
what’s worse, I’m afraid ‘ui'verfihull!’
“How so?” ' ‘ ' 1 .
“Why,he met with a very , assume
accident lately.” " 'f‘ 7'” .
“Amazing! what is it?" . ~ " ' - '
“Och, indeed, nothing-more tuition:
as he was standing on a” plink""'"iofling
devoutcdly to a presto, staples-failin-
(100, which I think they can meldin-
lcy, the plank mddculy'g‘avcx-iwgyfin‘
root Morph: got lama-.51». _ -~
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