' ,' 'Fiom 7.00 A. M. 6. .NQ PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY A. H. BYINGTON a 00., A'I‘ TWU DOLLARS PER ANNUM, il‘. AU‘l'AAt l". g gamilg @Blvfilmlltf, granted to your! Sims and gnome, Glacial guanine», gimbals, goblins, ggrimltnrt, allowance, &c.---l£'5tahli5hrd in lacs: NUMBER 849--NEW SERIES, NORWALK, CONN.,_TUESDAY, APRIL 19. 1864. —. VOLUME. XLVII--N UMBER 16l _zu NORWALK GAZETTE. OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING. ._...._—-———-———-—-- A. H.3YINGTON 84 CO. A. H. vacTON, J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLs. ,__,.______.___ Advertising Rates. One 3 uare, one insertion, $1 00 .. q two insertions, 1 25 three insertions, 1 50 one month, 1 75 two months, 3 00 three months, 4 00 -~ six months, » 7 00 -‘ one year—with paper 15 00 Two 8 uares, one year—with paper, 2.5 00 Each 3 ditionalSquare, per year, 8 00 One half column, one year, 40 00 One Column, one year, 75 00 Fifteen lines, or 100 words,make a square. Fraction- al parts of a square charged for as a whole. Yearly advertisements payable 1st of J annary &J uly. Yearly advertisers restricted to the business contem- ' ed it time of contract. These terms will be infiexibly adhered to. _a a . 19"?BI‘ISINESS macro“. -\. ‘meVNx/xxx/m xv Norwalk Post Ofice. MAILS CLOSE. West 7.50 A. M.—-2.80 P. M. East 8.30 A. M.—5.00 P. M. anhury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M. eston, 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 «St Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M. POST OFFICE HOURS. to 8.00 P. M. CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. M. D. PRITCHAR D, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, . Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store, MAIN STREET, SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. New HARDWARE 8t PAINT STORE, ' Main Street, Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery, MARVIN a PROWITT, Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware, Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang- ings, Window Shades, doc. JAMES G. SAMO'UR, SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL D E N '1' I S ".l'.'_. Teeth extracted without pain by the use of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas. Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut. Architecture. SIDNEY M. STONE, ARCHITECT, Will furnish l’lans, Specifications, Detail Drawings, and superintend the erection oi public and private buildings. Office in Mar- bleBlock, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tsz Ll E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man- T ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet Iron 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. Locnwoon, r‘lshionablo Draper & Tailor, d GENTLEMEN’aS1 FURNISHING EMF OBI‘UM ! Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. S. E. OLMSTEAD 6:00., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Flour, Feed, he, it and. 16 Elsie-lb Norwalk, Conn- IB'I'NA INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Hartford. Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual. Cash Capital $1,500,000 Insure against loss and damage by Fire on Terms adapted to the hazard,and consistent with the laws of compensatlou. GEORGE R. (30 ES, Sole Agent lv3 , For Norwalk and vicinity. DENTAL CARD. AN impression having gone abroad that the undersigned has relinquished his profession, this is to inform his friends and the public that he still continues the practice of his profession at his 011 stand, foot of . Main-st, Norwalk, Where he will be happy to tender them his best services. In case of temporary abs'enjce,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 6!. 330. No. 1 Gazette Building. ‘Nl O'ULD 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- as! *9 offer 8,11 assortment not to be surpassed in ‘alrfield'County,'ln' quality or price; We ' would call particular attention to our stock of Watches, which is lar er than ever before.— We have a fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches, in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to $75, which we can recommend as being cor— rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s Watch- es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from $5 to $-00. We buy 0f the best importers in New York, and altogether for cash, so that our facilities for selling cheap could not be reater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and Eugen warps wars-never better tlian‘at' pres- ' ' ‘ ' (1 comprises all of the latest styles that 'afiufeculrcd. A. JACKSON .9; BRO. eon sans. HE Real Estate formerly owned by WILLIAM SEYMOUR, deceased, situated in this town, on White Oak Shade Street, about4 miles from Norwalk or Darien, to wit :—one Large new Dwelling House, Will} S’lll'liuiidlllgil and 1,2 01' 14, acres of very WE???“ Laird, Well “dfipléd to Gardening tr sell.“ Also a Small House with two acres of land attached—and 4 acres of land sitliated in or near “Hauford’s Swamp.” so cal ed. ' 9513i! -. are . The property will be sold all together or 'hfgepaligg parcels as may suit purchasers, .3“ n ommodating terms; two thirds of the purchase money can remain secured on ,' 'thgzgeniises'fm a team of years, if desired. 3 v . 1 '.' t“. . : Talmud!- pillfifcullirsb ply lO' ’ .-.I ’ " ' .5- Y- ST-JOHN. New Canaan, Feb 40th,1863. tfl A New Burner fbr Kerosene 0 usc‘withoul achimney, and will fitany “Fluid Lamp; it makes a good substitute for Fluid. Price of burner onl 20 cents. ” 0.& E. K. LOOKW 0D & 00. NOBWALK HOTEL. NORWALK, CONN. E. S. Brewster, Proprietor. 'IHIS House, having been renovated and improved, is now open for the rece tion of permanent or transient boarders, an will be kept as a first class Hotel. This Hotel is very pleasantly situated in one of the most beautiful towus on Long Island Sound, and is especially attractive for Summer Board- era. 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 Side of (71s Bfidge. 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 1943121918, CHAIRS and. ROCKERS of all kinds, Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, and everything else in the Furniture line cheap for Cash. ' airing, done promptly and by experienced workmen. Undertaking, I have on hand a large assortment of COFFIN S, of the best materials, and will furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every- thing necessary ior 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 NORWAIAK Steam Sawing and Plaining M I I. L . 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, &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 . E. ourmmnnn 6:. sons, CABINET MAKERS, &c ARE now prepared to offer to the public the largest and best assortment of Good Furniture, comprising every article usually kept in 9. Furniture Store, ever offered in Norwalk, which will be sold AT THE VERY L0 WEST 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. ' UN DERTAKINGs We keep on hand a very large assortment of Oofins of every description, furnish shrouds, scarfs, carriages, and ever thing necessary for the interment of the cad, and at very lowprices. We are just completing another splendrd‘Hearse, which will give us two Hearscs equal to any in the State, whichwe shall use whenever our services are required, without extra. chaage. . . E. QUINTARD & SONS. Norwalk, March 15th 1862. ' 4 YER. FOR-TY VARIETIES and sizes of Cooking Stoves and Ranoes; over thir- ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and Office 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 Jappan, Brittane ia, Crockery, Wooden, and Silver Plated Wares, Stove Blacking, Coal Hods, Shovels and Riddles, Brass Kettles Sausage Cutters, Matts, Brooms, Bells, Fire 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. Boolsg describing prin ciple and management of Stove, free. Lar gest assortment of Pumps in thleI State. Call at H’S 1V4 South Norwalk,Ct. Hammer’s Champagne 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 Al'e 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 offline. For sale in Barrels and half-Barrels, at Selleck’s Packet Office, Norwalk. JEHIEL GRUMMAN, Agent for the sale of Hammer’s Champagne Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2 Notice. THE Subscriber has the pleasure of inform- . ing the public that he has purchased the interest of Ebenezer Crissey in the Boot and Shoe Business lately carried on at the Store corner of Wall and Water Street, where he will continue the business. He trusts that the liberal patronage given to this Store while under his control as partner and man- ager, will be continued to him as proprietor. 9 J. N. LOCKWOOD. Gash. System adopted for Photographs & Gartes dc Visits AT WHITNEY &. BECKWITH’S. N 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 cash. ” “ ' " " WHITNEY & BECK WITH. Norwalk, Conn., June 15. REMOVAL. Nthe lst of January 1864, the subscri- ber will remove his Blacksmithing cs- tablisbmeut from the old stand near the footof Mill Hill to the new Brick Building ofthe " ' ' “ " ' NOR WALK HORSE RAILWAY 00. Thankful for past favors, he confidently ex- pecls, by prompt personal attention to the wants of the community, a continuance of the public patronage. ' JAMES D. SHEA. Norwalk, Dec. 2lst. 1863. um will. T. Bastion. 13. S. War Claim Agent, Will prom tly collect Bounty Money, Back Pa , ensions for Disabled, Dis.- cllarged Soldiers, Widows and Children, Mothers and Sisters, and all other Claims against Government. Office opposite Con- cert Hall. All business letters promptly answered. Danbury, Conn. 1y86 s-rovs‘s,nenrsas,nsuoss, ' Norwalk INSlllNlill lllllll'llll. NORWALK OQNN, Chartered Capital, $500000 Paid up Capital, $100,000 WM. C. STREET President. Gino. R. Cownns, Secretary. EBEN. HILL, Treasurer. Norwalk, Jan 1st. 1864 INSURANCE. THE subscriber ha I taken the agency of the New England ’12 and Name In: 1! all kinds of propert against by fire ‘on as acconl'modating terms other C as .any ompany. - - , 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 orwalk, Feb. 1st, 1861. 4 tf5 . 'florwalk CLASSICALLNSTITUTE. 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. 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. tfl REMOVAL! RS. 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. Norwalk, March 18th, 1864. 12 o. rnnnrs, 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 ofice at South Norwalk Sa- vings Bank, or at the office of Norwalk Ga- zette. tug New Meagflarkct. .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 keeping constantly on hand the choi- cest of Beef, Pork, Mutton, Poultry, &c., &c. Having had long experience in the business he is confident of his ability to please. A share of the public patronage is res ctfully solicited. JULIUS F. PART ICK. Norwalk, Sept. 21st, 1863. ‘ 38 NOTICE- THE Subscriber having purchased the Hardware business, formerly conducted by EdwiniV. A. Chicbester, 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, . t the same tune requesting them, and the pa lie, to extend their atronage to his successor, Mr. Theo- dore itch. EDWIN V. A. CHICHESTER. Norwalk, Dec. 15th, 1863. 51 Business Change ! 4! WATERBURY do DUNCAN, - WOULD announce to the public that _ they have purchased the Carriage Ma- king Business formerly conducted b Mr. Edson Beers, and connected it wit their Blacksmith Shop, making one complete es- tablishment. They are now prepared to exe- cute in the best manner, and with eater dispatch than ever before, anything In the line of ‘ Carriage Making and Blacksmith- mg. Carriages made to bidet. and Painting, Trimmings'fiépairing, &.c., done by experi- enced workmen, with dispatch. W Good Carriage tlmher taken in ex- change for work. Norwalk, Nov. 23d, ’63. tf47 Groceries Cheaper than ever 1'03 CASE! THE subscriber would inform the public generall , that he still ccntinuaa to sell the best of rocenes, Prdvisions, etc., at his old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as the cheapest. He offers great inducements to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort- ment offrocerles of the bestqualities as can be foun at any store in the countr . 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 toes and examine and judge for tr e ve, . A; udfiko use MILLINEBY. Miss PILGRIM Ens Removed to the new Store between the Bank of Nor- walk and the Dentist! 13- R.- llelmt ltf Stationery l Stationery l l E BLACKMAN has just received a e large lot direct from the Manufactur- BilletPaper of them best quality in the Mark. Also 500,000 Envelopes 9 ll 3‘. zes and Colors, also, e, la; slot of vriting Books, Diagies. Pass B00 5. Memorandas, Transparent Slates Hills A B 0 Blocks, Lead Pencils, Slate Pencils. Steel Pe Pen Holders, Rubber, Sponges, Blue and lack Ink, Arnolds Writiu Fluid, Pocket Ink- stands, Gold Pens, old and Silver Pen Holde‘ls, &c., &c., &c., for Sale and not to be undereold, at wholesale or retail by E. BLACKMAN, 4 Main St. Call at the sign of the GOLDEN MORTAR CONNECTICUT REGISTER for 1864 at WE nuance Co. of Hartford, is prepared .todailgln'e ' on Or , _ ago ~ An important feature is the teaching of the ' era. 200 Reams Cap, Letter, Bill, Note and. The New England Fire and Marine Insu- .. rance Company has been recently established - , For thcnaauttc. A Sermon to Tattle". Ye mean, despised, degraded rabble, Cease for awhile your cursed gabble, And with your neighbors’ rights to dabble, , To. hear. this short adore»; New deem. lee Miser friend or foe. Yet it would giveme joy-to know That not one tattler dweltbelow, To met our happiness ~ The text to which Icall‘ attention, Youlll find in quarrels and dissension, Which by your mean and base invention, You cause amongst your neighbors; This texu‘vyoa will Observe, contains ' Your fondut‘liOpes',‘your noblest aims, Tis this your sleds; bale‘hea'rt sustains, ' And prompti you 'te'your labors. I would .not . join your'talklng crew, And do the dirty work you do, For all the silvero'f Peru, Or gold of Mexico; What, peddle round from door to door, All that I hear, and often more, And be a probe for every sore, 'To make a friend or foe. Ye sneaking, cruising, mischief makers, Thieves are muchbetter than peace breakers, Our thanks are due the undertaken, Who-hide you from Our sight; Ye are the meanest of our race, To human kind a deep disgrace, A curse to any decent place- To Friendship’s flower a blight. The text is mean fromwhicb I teach you, But ye are meaner whom I preach to, ' And if I say mean things to reach you, I hope you will excuse me 3 Yet in the matter act your pleasure, Deal out to me your ’customed measure, And if you like just take your leisure, To rate me and abuse me. My sermon now you see is ended, And if at it you are ofi'ended, I care not if you have it mended, If mending it would ease you; Yet I declare ’tis my conflion, This blunt address contai 0 fiction, And as the truth needs no restriction, Another would not please you. KENT Avsm. Wilton, April, 1864. —-———o«.>eo————- “Am I for Peace '2 Yes.” Hon Daniel S. Dickenson, that grand old Democrat of New York, being written to by a lady, and the inquiry being made of him if he was for peace, returned this ringing re- ply—Iron Playorm. For the peace which rings out from the can- nons throat, And the spatial; of shot and shell, Till reballion’s spirit is trampled down To the depths of its kindred hell. For the peace which shall follow the squad- ron'a tramp, ' Where the brazen trumpets bray, And, drunk with the fury storm and strife, The blood-red charger’s neigh For the peace that shall wash out the leptons stain ~ Of our slavery --ioul and grim— And shall auuder the failure which creek and clock on the down-trodden black man's limb. I will curse him as traitor, and false of-heart, Who would shrink from the conflict now And will stamp it with blusterlng, burning brand, On his hideous, Cain like brow. Cut! out of the way l with your spurious peace ; ' Which would make us rehellion's slaves ; We will rescue our land from the traitorous amp ' Or cover it over with graves. Out l out of the way i with your knavisb schemes, You trembling and trading pack l Crouch away in the dark like a sneaking hound, That it’s magter had beaten back. You would barter the fruit of our fathers' blood, And sell out the Stripes and Stars, To purchase a peace with rebellion’s votes, Or escape from rebellion’s scars. By the widow’s wail, by the mother's tears, By the orphan’s who cry for bread, By our son’s who fell, we will never yield Till rebellion‘a soul is dead ! WW The Wife of a Man of Gold. I saw her to-day in a crowded street, On the arm of a man of gold; Still regally beautiful—still as sweet—- As she was in the days of old. Yet fashion swept brilliantly by unseen, The exquisite ogled in vain ; No glance 16 ft the eyes of the splendid queen Unless loaded with cold disdain. A change has come over the lady, then A change which is travail of flames— She is sick of homage from brainless men, And the gossip of soulless dames. I marked the lines on her dignified face— It was smoother a year ago ; No eyes but mine saw the terrible trace, Chiseled only by tears, I know. She lives in a house of a millionare, In parlors with luxury glossed- There are diamond pins that she may wear, There are dresses of royal cost, Rich revels will rise at her sweet commands, Her partner will never say nay ; Yet she seems to shrink from the golden hand Which she swore to love and obey. Perhaps she remembers the by-gone years, When her home was poorer than now,' - When smiles were the victors instead of tears, And comfort the victor of show ; When the morning sun from the country skies Softly fell on her sleeping face, Instead of the blaze in her weary eyes| And the glare on her gown of lace, Perhaps she remembers the bird’s clear song, Instead of 3.119 opera stall ; . Or the brook where she sat so off. and long, In love for its silver fall. - - . Perhaps she remembers the May-day dance, In the place of the midnightwwaltz, And the hand which fell over her‘s by chance Rough, heavy and brovVn—not false 1 She may have thought of the past so sweet, When her heart and band were so free— A thought of the man who fell at her feet ’Neath the shade of an old oak tree, She thinks of a promiseshe made to one, Who was hcr's in thc“d‘ay§'6fold; ' And she thinks of what, Ill! hlb lost and won, l ensues-mammozm o» 1‘ gay; ,‘Quring the war of 1812-1511! omen. Obituary. In South Norwalk, on the 6th inst, Rev. Sylvanus. Height, aged 87 years, 8 months andllldays.‘ ' .:. ,' ‘ iMr.'Heigllt was literally cradled in the Rovclutio‘n.’ ‘He was born in 1776,a few. days; after the_'-Declaratlon of Independence," and grew to. manhood. withgg thgrgrqwth 91m country- - tinny-not the We“! occur... willie hit» . ' Hi1. first public WWW“ ' W”. R “190!“ _ tion on messing: washington; delivered before the Faculty and Students ottUniquohm. stallelpqueetof mum ‘ ‘ -: Beveled- _attheclefliou‘of every Presidentaftc.WeIh-“ Salami!!! rote sebum! fer-Aw!“ ‘4!!le if“: when he . would in" W- tejmhr with great meme-gm he liveda few months longer. Hews: ego-u- l"§:fitrlot, of the old school, not wedded to PM], but maintaining steadily‘and- consis- mqylllei great principles efAmerlcen lib- ted as, WM in the 84th regiment, in which the, now venerable Dr. Noyes was Surgeon. 3,: f ' no first‘ labors Ill a minister. were in the State‘ ef‘Il'ow York, where he was eminent- ly success“ , in promoting revivals of fell- glen, particularly in Galwey, where large numbers werg added to the Church. He was settlediin Wilton in the early part of the prose ‘ century, and soon became known, amongthe Churches, as an earnest, efi‘ectlve pr‘eache’r,and a most industrious and faithful batten; lie-was associated with a circle of ministers, eminent in piety and fruitful in every good work, whose labors have left their‘ilnpress on the Churches, and tended powerfully to mould the character of this whole community. Among his early fl'iends and fellow-laborers we remember such names as Ripley of Greens Farms, Humphrey of Fairfield, Swan of Norwalk,Bonney of New Canaan, Noyes of Weston, Bartlett of Red- ding, Fisher of Darien, Smith of Stamford. and Lewis of Greenwich—all of them shining lights in the Churches,but all now numbered with the dead. Dr. Hewitt came into the County a little later, and is now the only survivor of that loving brotherhood of devo- ted laborers in the Master’s vineyard. It was under the labors of this class of men that the Churches enjoyed those remarkable seasons of revival, which gave a new im- pulse to their whole movement in the work of the world’s conversion. They planned and organized our great Missionary enter- prises, and they set in motion and urged for- ward the great Temperance Reformation. In all these movements Mr. Haight took an active part, and by his untiring zeal and glowing eloquence contributed much to the success of these efforts to bless and save the great human family. No one who listened to him in those days of his manly vigor, can ever forget the ringing voice, the gleaming eye, the impassioned gesture, and the coun- tenance radiant with holy fire,which thrilled and warmed the hearts of his hearers, and left a deep and solemn awe on the mind of every one, even where there was no saving conversion. _ » _. After twenty years of most earnest and eminently successful labor in Wilton, Mr. Height was dismissed, and far my years remained unknown to this community. But he was not idle—his. labors in Pottsville, Norriton,;Port Carbon.- and other" places in Pennsylvania, were attended with happy re- sults in the organisation of new. Churches. and gathering fruit unto life eternal: At the age of 70 he was installed pastor of the Church in Bethel, but his ministry there was short, being? less than two years. ‘ After closing his labors in Bethel» he re- moved to South Norwalk, where he labored for about two years with hieusual animation and fervor, though with somewhat abated energy, owing to his increasing infirmitiea. For the last 12 years he has been subject to attacks of excruciating pain, which made it impracticable for him to engage in the regu- lar duties of his profession, yet such was the vigor of his constitution, that, during the intervals of relief, he often preached with great acceptance to the Churches, and with much of his accustomed fervor. His hearing was perfect,his eyesight was better than that .of most men at 60, and his lungs were per- fectly sound to the last. In his 85th year, be was called to supply the vacant pulpit at Greens Farms, whilst the people were look- ing for a pastor, and for about 18 months he rode six miles and preached twice on the Sabbath more than half of the time, with great acceptance, and with manifest profit to the people. In his visits to this place, he often spoke of his early friend Dr. Ripley, and expressed a wish to‘be buried by his side,a wish to which the people gladly assented. Owing to sickness in the family his remains were removed to the nearest Church, where a brief service .was held, Rev. A. B. Collins leading in prayer, and Rev. D. Plait giving some ac- count of his life and labors, Mr. P. being the only member of the Association, who was connected with it, when Mr. Halght labored in Wilton. The procession then proceeded to the Church in Greens Farms, where an appropriate discourse was delivered by Rev- B. J. Redyea, to a large and deeply serious audience. The remains were then deposited in the‘ old grave-yard near the grave of his venerated friend, Rev. H. Ripley, D. D., whose'kindness to him in the early days of his ministry, had so won his affections. There let them sleep in peace till the morn- ing of the resurrection. The last sickness of Mr. Haight was short and, at the time, unexpected, though for years he had been w siting for the last sum- mons.‘ Only a month previous he had visited his friends in Ridgebury, and preached twice on the Sabbath. A fortnight later he stood on the balcony of the City Hall in New York to witness the review of a regiment of veteran troops, in which one of, his grand- sons was captain. Returning home in. una- sual health and spirits he was projecting a visit to his children, at the -West, when a sudden return of the local malady. which had afflicted him at intervals Ibr several years, disconcerted his plans, and warned him to prepare for the final struggle. His eufi'erlngs were at times very severe, but be here them with exemplary patience, being perfectly resigned to the will of God, ex- pressing ihe most confident assurance of his acceptance through the blood of Christ, and occasionally uttering expressions indicating bright and glorious visions opening to his view, of the world. unseen. He was not or all, early“ history, were fresh In. an , . Mmmtummumnuod m‘ When a severe paragon: of pain, which seemed destined to finish the work, had passed 'ofi‘, he looked up with a bright smile “and said, “ I am going to Imam 1” His last message to hischildren and friendswas to heed the testimony hehad gi‘veuallihis life in favor cf, the religion of Jeans, and prepare A? “199‘ m Film-n... Wharton that his 3114;199:0043. he ”and not stall discern eerted. .. He had long beauexpecting it, and “(1.11”ch withzunehaken: confidence in the (teat; plan of . salvation: : by Jeane Christ, 3nd then expremd 'inzgiowing-‘words his .admiratiOn of this planfof navy; ‘ When his :mind's‘eemed‘ revenues-lie ma often heard expediting on the glories cfheave‘n,‘ then talking to brother ministers, urging them to emu ease use tilkinsof MI: MUM“. and saline up to Jeru- salem, and naming one and ”another of the loved ones, whom he saw on the banks of the river, and then speaking of one “who ap- peared to have been wounded, and whose garments were stained with blood.” His whole department was quiet, serene, and at times very happy. He gained the victory over death through the grace of the cruci- fied Redeemer. Mr. Height was an earnest student of the prophecies. Those who heard him preach forty and fifty years age, can well remember his glowing predictions of the letter day of glory, and his earnest advocacy of the mis- sionary cause, as a means of- preparing the way for the Saviour'a triumph over the pow- ers of darkness. “ I shall not live to see it,” he said,“ but, in all human probability, the smiling infant, now sleeping on the lap of its mother, if it lives to ingood old age, will live to see that glorious day.” The writer dis- tinctly remembers this among other sayings of his, uttered with glowing fervor, nearly 50 years ago. Within a few years past, his interest in these studies had been renewed, and he had pursued them with great zeal, in connection with the passing events of the world’s his- tory. He was expecting the cdy downfall of Popery, and with it the 0%;th of all the powers which stand opposed to the progress of the gospel. He expected terrible con- flicts and great revolutions, and looked on our present bloody war as a part of the great drama, predicted in the Word of God as the battle of the great day of God Almighty. But his faith in the ultimate triumph of truth and right never for a moment wavered. The only ground on which he ever expressed a desire to live a few years longer, was that he would like to witness the fulfilment of these promises, and see the cause of the Redeemer triumph. This privilege was denied him. But a higher privilege will no doubt be awarded to him, and all the saints, that of witnessing this triumph from the battlementa of heaven. ~ ’ Mr. Height had his faults, as we all have. His open-hearted frankness and impulsive nature perhaps made it less easy for him to conceal his faults, than for most men. But none, who understood him thoroughly, and knew how to appreciate his genial kindness, his sterling honesty, his expansive benevo- lence, and his ardent zeal in every good work, will be disposed to remember these lnfirmities, to the disparagement of his mem. ory. His faith in the blood of J esus gave him a perfect righteouamufin which to appear before God without spot, or «crinkle, or any ouch thing. We bury his failings, as we bury his cor- ruptible body, assured that, whilst the one shall rise in immortal youth and vigor, the other shall be blotted out, and be remem- bered no more, forever. W Fl‘omihc New York Oburocr. new to keep your Servants. One of the many correspondents of the New York Observer says :— “ The writer of tbis,one of your numer- ous readers, has had great difficulty of late in managing and keeping his house servants. He thinks if the excellent Irenens could, through your paper,” give as some advice and instruction on this point, it would be a good service. If the ladies could, in on? cities, meet in an as- sociation occasionally and interchange and exchange views and advice, it would be productive of good. Why will not \servants remain in good houses when they are well and promptly paid for their services? Sometines it is the ill-temper and fretfnl disposition. or other faults, of the mistress or master ; but in eight out of the ten cases, it is their own fault. Tak- ng for granted that the servants are gen- erally to blame, how should they be man- aged ? Yours, SUBSCRIBER. Now, my friend, never was a harder question proposed to me, and I am very slow to begin an answer. Had you asked me, when will the war end, or who will be the next President, or how to cure a smoky chimney, or the best way to pay off the national debt, I would have had some small chance of saying something to help toward the information sought. But how to keep “ help,” when help chooses to go, in this day of liberty and equality, is a little beyond me, and I must refer the question to the convention of ladies recommended by " Subscriber.” But the subject is a serious one, and not to be lightly dismissed. From a very early age of the world the relation of master and servant has existed in some form, and will to the end of time most probably. The worst form for both parties, taking human nature as it is, is that of slavery, bad for both, usual- ly worse for the master and his children than for the servant. Yet there is prob- ably no system of labor where so little service iarendered and so great an amount of wages paid, as in the system of slav- ery. In other words, free labor is more economical and profitable than slave la- bor. No one of as in the N ortb, no farmer, no menufacturer,would come under bonds to take all the children of his laborers, provide for them in childhood, sickness, and old age, and take in return their labor while they are able tog'ork. It is therefore good economy for those now [holding slaves to put themselves as speed- ily as possible on the footing of other employers, paying their laborers fair wa- ges, and leaving them to provide for themselves and children, . Bnt'how to manage servants, when servants are free to go or stay, is another question, on which no instruction can be given of any service to the public gen- erally. The difi'erence in ' servants and in masters and mistresses is so great, that no‘general ruleawill apply to all cases. Some women will keep an Irish girl five or ten. years, who will not' stay five months in her next place though it was better than the first ' and the fault may have been in the first mistress, not in the second. C It is not a sure sign of a good servant or a good mistress, that they hold together year after year. A ”care - less, easy good-for-nothing housekeeper may be the very mistress a bad servant prefers ; and when she comes under a woman of a better stamp, who wants her work done well, in proper time, and ev-'- erytbing kept in its place, and no steal— ng, the bad servant will be very likely. to quit and give hermistress a bad name. Oar republican notions of equality render the relations of servants more and more difiicult and precarious. It is part of the penalty we must pay for the bless- ings of free institutions, where, as the Irishman said. ‘.‘ One man is just as good as another, and a little better.”—' Laugh about it as we may, it is a fact, that servants now choose their own pla- ces, and feel more independent than their employers. Few ladies are able to be as independent as our friend Mrs Jones. She called at Madame Thompson’s “ Em- porium for Female Domestic Household Assistants, and General Agency for Ur- ban and Suburban Families of Gentility,” and asked for a cook. Presently was ushered into the reception room a gor- geously dressed woman of masculine proportions who took a seat on the sofa by the side of Mrs. Jones and said :— ‘ You want a cook, do you ? Mrs. Jones intimated that her wants were in that direction. ‘Well, that’s in my line : I can do French, Italian or English cooking— anything but Yankee: Ican make jel- lies, Cbar. de Russo, pomme de terre, fricandeau, jibbletatu, come and go, ice cream, macearoni, oyster sauce, maitre dotel, ala mode, pucauti, and anything you like.’ ‘ What wages do you expect for all that ?’ meekly asked Mrs. Jones. ‘ I have been having eighteen dollars a month, but things is riz now so : why, I had to give three dollars and a half a yard for this ere silk, and I should say I would have twenty-five-dollars—Sundays to mysely and two evenings out in the week.’ ‘ Did yougever perform on the piano?’ inquired the lady. No, I don’t- I never bearn it was wan- ted in cooking.’ ‘ Can you extravaste the antepenulti- mate of defunct fowl.’ ‘ What d’ye’ say ?’ 'Do you speak Hebrew so as to teach the children German, if they learn French.’ ‘ No.’ ‘ You will not do for me ; you can go 1’ And her cookship withdrew with droop- ing'colors. One evening Isent to my cock, ‘io have my breakfast punctually in the morning, as I wished to go early to my work.’ She was prompt, but as promptly gave as notice to quit, saying, “ She never stayed with people that worked for their living.’ We have had a great meeting in the COOper Institute, to consider the oppres- sion which sewing women suffer. And the facts are awful. Talk of Slavery? Is therea slave more to be piled than ‘the soldier’s widow who makes a soldier’s fancy shirt with _ 0 stitches besides eight button holes, I] get twelve cents for it ! and must do this or starve. A knapsack—army work—an article made of strong coarse linen, sewed up with 2,500 coarse stitches entirely by band, making, 18 felled seams. These kuapsacks are afterwards painted, var- nished and trimmed by male workmen, who complete them for the soldiers Three of these kuapsacks can be fin- ished in one day, by an ordinarily good seamstress, working ffom six o’clock in the morning, and quitting about eleven P. M. The Operators furnish the thread, and receive for each completed article seven and a half cents, or twenty-two and a half cents for the day’s work. A fine white cotton shirt, with a fine linen plaited bosom, nicely stitched and well made throughout, containing 11,500 sewing machine stitches, six button holes, felled seams, &c., &c. Two of these shirts are finished each day by the operator, who employs nearly every moment of her time, finds her own thread, and receives for the garment six- teen cents each, or thirty—two cents for more than twelve hours labor. These shirts sell for $3 to 83.50 in the retail stores. Their total cost to the employer is $1.59. A more common white shirt with plai- ted muslin bosom, collar and wristbands, containing 8,000 stitches, six button holes,&c., The sticking is done coame on the sewing machine. These shirts are chiefly worn by work- ingmen as their Sunday shirt. ‘ They are well made and serviceable articles. Three are completed in one day by the operator who buys the thread, and receives from her employers eight cents for each shirt. These garments generally sell for one dollar and twenty-five cents, costing 83 cents. ’ ~ These woman are the slaves of the North. In garrets and cellars they are dragging. out a miserable life,‘ while shoddy con? tractors and wealthy'employers are rolling in luxury,'b0nght by the tears “alldytoil of these poor, oppressed women; " But they are all white, and all close by us, and their oppresors are among the loudest to denounce the cruelty of Mas- ters whose laborers are black, and "afar off. This is one side of the picture. The other is yet to be seen. ' Not one in a hundred of these women would leave [their wretched garret and - hard toil and carking care, and go into " . your house or mine and do the light,easy, ~ cheerful work of the family, for her board . and wages that will clothe her respecta~ bly, and enable her to lay up money every year. Domestic service is consid- ered degrading by American women, and V' while ladies are actually sufi’ering for the want “ help,” these distressed nedle-wo- men would rather have the 'ladies hold meetings and devise means for riieving their wants, than to do the labor acted and which they are fitted for. With the passing away of the system I of slavery, is intimately connected the A whole question of labor and service in the United States. At present it is next . to impossible to obtain good “help” in ' the family. It is growing worse and . worse every year. The servant is the master or mistress. asks, “how to keep servants ?” It is hard to soy “ how to stay in the house 3 And all I can say is,-— - with them ?”. Do the best you can : if you think them honest, try to teach them their duties, bear with their faults and blunders, give them good wages and kind words, and if they are not satisfied, let them go and get others. When you have had a dozen different cooks in three months, you will be up to the average of some ladies in New York. These are trials of the . flesh and spirit. They ought to work out good in making you patient in tribu- lation, and assuring you that this is not our rest. You will never have a perfect servant until you are perfect yourself, and then you will be where you will not need one. All the way along the road thither, these annoyances are permitted for very good reasons. And it is poor economy of temper to fret and worry over them, for this never did anybody good, and always makes all matters worse. Let us be patient : till we hear those most bles- sed words from the lips of our own MAS- Tan: “ Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of thy Lord.” IBENEUS. «O» The Stage and the Pulpit. Fancy the thrilling efi'ect of the Script- ures, if read as Kean reads Shakspeare or Macaulay l And why should we not have it so i Is it right and'proper that every book for public reading should have jus- tice done to it, except the Bible? and that while every other subject is allowed the advantage of a natural and impressive delivery, religion (which is the most‘ ‘im portant subject of all) should be denied it? The monstrous fallacy with which well-meaning but obtuse people have been beguiled or have beguiled themselves, is, that such reading and recitation would be theatrical,” and that theatrical exhibi. ‘tions are not becoming in the house of God. To this hollow and ridiculous fallacy may be traced most of the éxecra- ble pulpit reading and delivery that robs the Scriptures of half their power’ and have often made the dullness of a sermon proverbial. Set Kean to read the song of Miriam, or the fight between David and Goliah, or thestory of the Prodigal Son’ or of Christ’s denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees, or to recite one of Chalmer's sermons, and you will see the people who had begun to adjust themselves in the corners of their seats for their accustomed snooze, sit up, and listen to the very end with eager eye and bated breath. And all this simply because Kean would‘ do the piece justice—that is, read it natural- ly, and as it claims to be read. On what possible ground, either of common sense or good taste, can objection be taken to the natural delivery of at least the sermon ? If Garrick could set even the grim soldier who was on duty at the corner of the street blubbering like a child ; and if Mrs. Siddons could so overpower the eminent tragedian, Young, that he could not refrain from sobbing aloud, though he was himself on the stage acting the villain of the piece at the time—and all this while merely uttering the words of fictitious character—what Overwhelming effects in the way of awakening sinner! and pressing home the message of the Gospel might not be introduced by men‘ who are giving utterance, in their _own character, to the most sublime and soul- stirring truths—Glasgow Herald. «0.0 ‘. . . . An agent of the Russian government recently obtained some ‘werkm‘eu and Machinists for Russian establishments at Mystic in this state. My correspondent :
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