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NORWALK CONN, TUESDAY MAY 2.4 1864 .
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Norwalk Post Oflce.
runs CLosn.
West 7.50A. M...—230P M;
East8..30A M.—5.00P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8. 50 A. M .
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdgays, at 12 M.
pneumonia.
West 9.10A. M.—6. 06 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—3.30 P. M.
Danbury vb Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.004. M. to 8..00P M.
CHARLES OLMS'I‘EAD, v.11.
D. PRITCHARD M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
Marx STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
.New
HARDWARE 81. PAINT STORE,
n In i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. H. Compell’s Confectionery,
MARYIN k PROWITT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper
7 ings, Window Shades, &c.
JAMES G. BANGOR,
SURGICAL AND memoir.
DIN'I'IS'I‘.
Teeth extracted without pain by the use
of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gus.
Office at Rtmdence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
- Connecticut.
. Architecture.
SIDNEY M. STONE,
ancm'rEc'r,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintend the erection of
public and private buildings. Ofiice' m Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct._ tf52
T. aothr'éi" 01‘ Tin, Cop r, and Sheet
lion Ware; and dealer in toves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery , and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
0. a. monomer,
P, ignionahle Ilrapor 661mm,,
GENTLEMIEN‘S dFURNIIS'HIING
gargantuan; I
- Rain-st, Norwalk, 6011a '
S. I. craters” “00.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers' in .
Groceries, Flour, Poogl, to,
i ' Elli 66d 16 Mfrs-st, Norwalk Eonn.
51'1“ MEMOS “gORll’ANYv
“I
Incorporated“ in 1819, Charter.Perpetual.
Cash Capital $1, 500, 000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire
on Terms adapted to the hazard,and
“respirators "with tho" larva of
“but" - ;. agompeusatlon
141193.33 31 QOWLIES. 5019 Agent
. For Norwalk and vicinity,
DBNTAII Om.
AN impressmn having gone abroad that
the undersrgned has relinquished his
profession, this is_‘ to inform his friends and
3119131112119 the t be still icdhtlsues the tactics
his: profess... at his old stand out of
Main- st, Norwal k, where he will behappy
to tender them his best services In case of
temporary absence,a skillful assistant will be
i )und in attendance at the Office, ready and
willing to serve all that may call. .
A.HILL, D. D. S.
A. Mouser! a one.
‘6'. i‘fia’zetfe B‘hilifihg.
OULD- -.respectfdlly announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are now prepai-
ed to other an assortment not to be surpassed
i110 lair-1161 County,‘ in quality or price. We
'cular' attention to our steak of
Wit 11:1,; 1} clllis- lar i" Blah ever before.—
6 have aI 1"?th 9? s"'SWi.ss' Watches,
167g01m 6061163 at prices rooms from $20 to
W11! cbwo‘Cdnmcommend as bein cor-
rect' time keepers. Also, Geatlemen’ s atch-
es, in "sil'fvor and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $.00. We buy of the best 1mporters" in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for 6611111 cheap could "not be
renter. Our stock 0 I,IJeIwolry, Silver and
laten Wares was never better tban at pres-
out. and comprises 6110 game latest of? s pthat
6‘“ 66h 11611121} Al CKSON
1'08. SALE.
THE Real Estate formerly Owned by
WILLIAM Snmqun, deceased, situated
in this town, on White Oak Shade Street,
about4 miles from Norwalk or Darien, to
11.—hoe ‘ lb
0 O
Edwina dingsvn g 9 fig“
13 or 1 acreso ve
superior Laud, Well adapted to Gard'ouig
purposes, Also a Small House with two
acres of land attached—and 4 acres of land
situated” 111' or near “ Hanford’s Swamp,” so
called.
The property will be sold all together or
in sepaiale parcels as may suit purchasers,
and on accommodating terms; two thirds of
the purchase money can 0remain securedo
,l,. "drfiffisdat 1122;211:111, if dosh-ode.u
121'er SplglyST to’
T.JOHN.
New Canaan, Feb 10th,1863. tf7
A‘Now Burner for Kerosene
muslswithouga chimney, and will fit any
Lamp, it makes a ood substitute
for Fluid. Price of Iburner on
KLOOKW
520 cents. -
0D 6 00.
< interest to (give us a 91.1.
' Matte, Brooms, Bellsi‘Fire
' . Irons, Sheet Lead
NORWAI-E HOTEL.
NORWALK, CONN.‘ ..
B Is. Brewster, Proprietor.
’I‘HIS House, having been renovated and
improved, is now ppm for the rece tion
of. permanent or transient boarders, air will
be kept as a first class Hotel. This Hotel is
very pleasantly situated' in one of the most
beautiful towns on Long Island SOund, and
is especially attractive for Summer Board-
e
rs.
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 IPURNISHING STORE,
NEAR UPPER END 01‘" MAIN ST.
East Side of the Bridge.
I HAVE at my Store' in Norwalk the largest
assortmentoi- '. »
nousohold furniture
in this county, c'onsiotingof Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, SOfas, ete—a—Tetes, Card
Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center
Tables, Wash Stands, .
EXTENSION TABLES,
CHAIRS and .ROC'K E128 of all kinds,
Booking Glasses,
Picture Frames, and everything else' in the
Furniture line cheap for Cash.
Repain‘
done promptly and by experienced workmen.
Undertaking,
I have 011 band a large assortment of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-
thing necessary for the burial of the dead,
cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. I
have as good a Hearse as there is in the
county; and will attend Funerals in neigh-
boring towns, without extra Charge.
ELB ERT RAYMOND.
No1walk, Sept. lot, 1863. _ 44
NORWALK
~?Steam Serving .and. Plaining
THE 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 prompt] at-_
tendedto. I1y17 TIMOTHYB. FITC
CABIN ET MAKERS, 5 Ito
A RE new prepared to offer to the public
the largest and best assortment of
'1. Good Furniture,
comprising every article usually kept-1n 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
Spring Mattresses,
of 3 0r 4 ife'ré'rit'k iii 3, veryc eop. Hair
Mattresses, made to order, and old ones made
over as good as new. *
UNDERTAKING,’ , -, .
We keep on hand a very large assortment of
C'ofllno of every descriptiOn, furnish shrOuds,
scarfs, s,carriages, and everything necessary
for the interment of the dead, and at very
low prices. We are just co maleting another
slendid Hearse, which or gf vs no two
carses e alto any in' the State, which we
shall use enever our services are required,
'm'thout calm change.
EQUINTARD do SONS.
N orwalk March 15th 1862.
STOVES, ,HLAE'ES, ,B'AINGES,
OVER FORTY V TIES and sizes 01
Cooking StovIos and Ran es; over thir-
varieties and sizes of Par or and Office
fection of ops- tiou, or varies. ,by any tove
in the State-17’ """ sutures in, She”: Iron
and “"11” War-es, sale 111 J appan, B ttan-
ery, Wooden, and Silver Plated
I
Wares, Stove Blocking, Coal Hods, Shovels
and Riddles, Brass Kettles Sousa e Cutte
Place rates,Sa
r1 (1 ac 101151,de e’ Fm":
' m an 011 tqve astin.
in fact,allthatcopstltuehi'1?§a Well filleO'iKn gs,
on Furnishing Store; ‘ I'B'poks, describingprm
cip 1e and 11161121 age ent 'o'f Stg'y'e', f-WG ”gal-1
ggst assortmepim 1312111135. lbfifiiaig
1v4 Sou. Norwalk, gCt.
Hammer’s Champagne Ale.
HE attention of the public is solicited to
the superior quality of
H A M M E ’S
‘1
Fresh Bievfoll Champagne Ale.
This Ale isb'rewed iresli at- in seasons of the
year, and its kcpin 9 quality, especially of
that brewed during the most excessive hot
Weather, isquaranteed for any length of t1me
For sale in Barrels and half- Barrels, at
' Selleck’s PacgeEtEE Oflice, Norwalk.
IE L GRUMMAN,
Agent for the sale of Hammer’ s Champagne
Ale. Wilton; 001111. ' ‘ ‘2
Notice.
HE Subscriber has the pleasure of inform-
ing the public that he has purchased the
interest of Ebenezer Crissey' 1n the Boot and
Shoe Business lately carried on at the Store
corner of Wall and Water Street, where he
will continue the business. e trusts that
the liberal patrono‘goi given this Store
while under {his control as partner and man-
ager, will be continued to him 'as proprietor.
9 J.N. LOCKWOOD.
Cash System adopted for
Photographs 6 GsIrtIos do Visits
AT WHITNEY do BECKWITH’S
N consequence of tire great rise in chem.
icals,meta1a,andaper, used' in our busi~
nose, that can only 6 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 preof is accepted, the
order for prints must be accompanied with
the Chen.
WHITNEY & BECK WITH.
Norwalk, Conn“ Jilpe l‘fi,’ '
Stationery 1 Stationery! l
E BLACKMAN has just received a
large lot direct from the Manufactur-
ers. 200 Resins Cap, Letter, Bill, Note and
Billet Paper of the oerg best quality in the
Market. Also 500,000 Envelopes of all si
gee ind golors, ailso aBlarge lot of Writing
00 5, lanes, ass .ooks. emo
Trans arent Slates Hill 3" 4% C {1165?
Lead cum 5, '8 ate eucil s. SteelPens, Pen
Holders, Rubber,S ponges, Blue and Black
Ink, Arnolds Writing Fluid, Pocket Ink-
stands, Gold Pens, old and Silver Pen
Holders, 350., &o., &c., for Sale and not to be
undergold, at wholesale or retail by
E. BLA CKMAN,
Main St.
4
Call at the sign of the GOLDEN MQHTAR.
WM. T BARNUM,
ES. 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
I. Q'U'IN'I'ABD 6L SONS,
' ' which will be ont exhibition and Sale, on
and after Ap rill
:Street, Norwalk, Conn. Mrs.
ttoves, not exdolled in beauty of design 1161- =
against Government. Ofllce. opposite. Coni : .1
Norwalk
115111111 Ell/Pill
-NOEWALI CONN
Chartered Capital 3500. 000
Paid up Capital
WM. C. 81111111111" President. 3
G110. R. Cownns, Secretary.
Esau. HILL, Treasurer.
Norwalk, Jan 191.1804-
INS‘UIANOI
THE subscriber havingfitakon ’the’agency
of the New England re andJIoi-mo
’ Suwanee 6'0. of Hartford, is pre to insure
all kinds of property rtyagainst ossor damage
by on as accommodating terms as any
other mpany.
The New England Fire and Marine Insue
ranco Company has been recent] established
with a paid 1n capital of $200, and has a'
surplus of $6, 295. 00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
N orwalk, Feb. lot, 1861.
Norwalk
REV. R. BAYARD ISNOWDEN, A. M.,
Instructor.
HIS DAY SCHOOL, located next
door‘ to the Bank. of Nerwalk, has
been put upon a firm basis by the confidence
and support of the public. Instructibn is
imparted” 1n the Latin and Greek Classics,
Much attention paid to branches needed In
of. Peumanshi
ally given on
taught. tur'es‘ occasion-
,Engllsh Literatu're,&c.
istor
~ Terms $11.00 and 86' 00 per quarter ofeleven
Weeks. The Summer Term will begin May
16th. Students may enter at any time and
will be charged from the tim'o- of admission.
REMOVAL!
RS. J. E. HOYT, would respectfully
inform the public that she has Remo-
ved her MILLINERY ROOMS to Curtis‘s
Buildingédirectly over the Store of Mr. Bat-
terson,) am St where she will be pleased
to meet all her old friends and patrons.
Attention' is called to her new stock of
Spring Millinery Geode,
Norwalk, pMarch 1801,1864. 12
Spring and Summer
"Ill-INERY GOODS !
AT MRS. M. J SLAUSON’S Rooms,
over Marvin do Prowitt's Store, Main
S. would in-
vite the Ladies of Norwalk and vicinity to
an examination of her S ring 11d Summer
styles of read made sand Ia'rge assort-
mehtof'fi' 'lihery oodaconIsistingin part
of fine Straw, Leghorn and Silk Hats and
, Bloomers, flue French and American Flow-.
ers, Ribbons, Ornaments of the latest styles,
iSilks for Hats of- the most fashionable col-
ors. Ladies‘ Silk Hats made to order. —
Straw Hats and Bloomers trimmed at the
shortest possible notice. -
N. B. —Per30nal attention given to Cleop-
ing and Pressing ate and 10111116111 to; s-
tolllgl‘i and the ha 6 at large. m'lb
. mar.
.ntss r311. GRIM . ,.
' Ens Removed
to the new Store between the Bank of Nor--
walk and the IIDanbury R. R. Depot. iltf
Millinery. -
RS. S. M. VANDERBILT would an-
nounce to the Ladies of Norwalk and
vicinity that she has taken rooms in Sher-
w00d‘s Block, Main street, where she' 16 now
opening a well selected 6811011111611 0 IilIli-
neryg Ladies are respectful ted
to 011,520 5on me {01? themselves“13.6.6127I
New 1111111116 Store.
M18513}. H. TOLLES informs the
Ladies of South Norwalk and vicinity
that she will open the store formerly occu-
pied byMrs. Newcomb, No.6 Ely’s Block,
on t'I‘hurtsditlyi‘28th insti,wiItll1I a handsome as-
sor men 0 anc an in Goodp,‘
the latest at lee. 'y . Ml: fly
Gréat-‘ca pdid to ore
Straw Hats Cleaneda ad‘Pressed,
South Nbrwalk ,‘April 28,1864.
51111.17
61113636611111; of
HMS“! GOODS,
ON and alter Friday, April 29th. Mus. J.
E. Davrs, thankful to her friends to
their past patron e,would call their 111%
at ttefition to her (1 cap an well‘ seleote
sic of Millmery 1.gobda no oh hand.” "
J,.'E DAVIS,
3111*17 , i New Canaan, Conn.
J‘. P 3 I I S,
County Survey“
LS? ¥onf in to .urohaee' and Sale of
R61 state, had i gth‘o once 0f Coun-
ty urveyoi', vn'll attend to Land Surveying
on notice at his office at South Norwalk Sa-
vings Bank, or at the office of Norwalk Ga~
zette.
Foo 329.411 11......
' ERIE Subscriber would respectfully inform '
the ublic that he has bought out the
T late] LkoegtM by Mr. James Byxbee
in SKIDDY’ Main Street, and 1n-
tends keepin Sconstantly on hand the choi-
cest of Beef; 1:, Mutton, Poultry,&c
Having had long experience in the business
he 13 confident of his ability to please. A
share of the publiofia atrona e is norms];
solicited. US FgPART ICK y
Norwalk, Sept. U213t,1863.
floflé'ii ' '
THE Subscriber having purchased the
Hardware business, formerly conducted
by Edwin V. A. Chichoster, 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 CARI).
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.
ED DWIN V. A. CHICHES'I‘ER.51
Norwalk, Dec. 1I§th,1868
Briggs lazy Washer.
A SIMPLE, cheap and effective
WASHING MACHINE,
that will do the work well without injury to
the clothes, and the price is within the’ reach
of all classes. Farmers, Mothauics, Labor-
ers, save your wives and daughters‘ in health
and strength by investing 38.00111
BRIGGS EASY W SHER.
cert Hall. All business letters promptly Manufacture?) and for so e
answered. DAVID DAYTON,
”Vii I. . “W «.12» ,__.4—— ‘
$100, 000
"1y.
French, Mathematics, and English Studies.‘
ordinary business. The S encerian System'
bI I-The birds, against the ADI“. Final:
61’!
From Mt Atlantic Earthly.
. BE -EN LISTED.
0h, did you see him in the street, dressed up in or
my blue,
When drums and trumpets into town their storm of
music threw. -—
' , A louder tune than all the winds could muster-I111 the
air.
The Rebel winds, that tried so hard- our flag in strips
totcar? ,
You didn't mind him 1’ Oh, you looked beyond him,
then. perhaps, I ‘
To see the. mounted ofiicers rigged out With W
or caps,
. And shiny clothes, and sashes red, and epaulets and
.‘u' ,1-I-
It wasn't for sucbI things as these be heard 7111's
country!- coil.
She asked for 1non;and up' he sinks," my handsome
1 hearty Sain— ‘
91‘“ file f'ortbe dear old Union. if she'll take me as
I .m ’1 .
And its better Imau than be there‘s mother that can
' show, . ‘
m Maine to Minnesota, let the 111119111119; .' '
You Would not pick him from the rest by eagles or
by stars,
tf5 By strapi upon his coat-sleeve, or gold or silver
bars,
Nor a corporsl’s strip of worsted, but there’s some
. thing in his face,
And something lnhis oven step, a- marching “.1".
' ' place,
That couldn’t be improved by all the badges in the:
l'snd:
A patriot, and. a good, strong man- are generals
much more grand 1 .
we rest our pride on that big heart wrapped up in
my- blue,
The glrl he loves, Hebitabel, audI, Ivvho love him
too.
He’s never shirked a battle yet, though frightful risk
h'e’s run,
Since treason hooded Baltimore, the spring of ’six-
: ty-one , .‘.
Through 1110011 and storm he’s held out firm, nor
- fretted once, my 86111,
At swamps of Chickabominy, or fields of Antietam:
Though many a' time, he's told us, when he saw.
them lying dead,
' ‘Il'heboys that came from Newburypert, and Lynn
and Ilarbloheed, .
Stretched out upon the trampled turf. and wept on
"by the sky,
It seemed to 111111 the Commonwealth bad drained
he: lifeblood an». -
“But then, " be said, “the march the need the coun-
try has of me:
' To live and fight the war all through, what glory it
would be 1
The Rebel balls don’t hit me, and, mother if they
should,
You’ll know I’ve fallen in my place, where I have sl-
wayo stood.”
He’s taken out his thrlougb, and short enough it
. seemed. -
I often' tell Mohitabel he!“ think he only dreamed
0f walking with her nights so bright you couldn‘t
see a star,
And 119819: tho swift tide some in across the her:
The stars that shine above the stripes, they light
him eastward now;
The tide of war has swept him back, he’s made a
solemn vow .
To build himself no home-nest till his country’s
work is done:
God bless the 'vow, and speed the work, my patriot
.6011 1
41111 yet it 1:8 pretty place where 1116 grew house
'm
411 orch'srd- road that leads your on straight out up.
on the sea: .-
The boy not work his father‘s form f it seems _s"l~
mosta shame, ,
But any selfish plan for. 111111 he'd never lot 1116 name.
nevi re—enhsted for the war, for victory or for death;-
4 soldier‘s grave perhaps.—tbe thought has halfway
stopped my breath,
not be 1
The war will soon be over; home again you’ll come
to me 1
He’s re-enhsted; andI smiledto' see 111111 going, too:
There’s nothing that becomes him half so well as
. army- -blue. -
Only a private in the ranks, but sure Ian, him
If all the privates were like 111111, they} securely cap.
tolu- usual '
4131:.“ 11515161191111.1618 that: the honor of- 111-
The grand 0111 State 1 to me the best in all the poo-
pied earth 1 .
I cannot hold a musket, but I have a son who can ,
And I'm proud for Freedoms sake to be the mother '
of a man 1 .
‘.D-o
W691 1619 Elm M10:
or 691111 a. return.
_ Flew northward singing as they flew;
' They song, “The land we leave bebh'rd,
Has Words for corn-bladedlblood for dew. ”
“O wild—birds, flying from the South,
What saw and heard ye, gazing down. ‘f"
“We saw the mortor’s upturned mouth,
The sickotled camp, the bhzlng town 1
22::th the bivouac’ 6 starry lamps,
6 saw your march-worn children die ,
In shrouds of moss, in cypress swamps,
We saw your dead uncomned ”lie. .
“We heard the starving prisonor’ e sighs ,
first saw, ficm line and trench your sons
0 ow our flight with homo-616k eyes
Boyond the battéry’s smoking guns."
“And heard and saw ye only wrong ;
And pain,” I cried, ‘\(I) way worn 11999!”-
“We heard ” ‘th sans "-‘the Mm’ arena.
The crash of Slavery’s broken locks l I
“We saw from new. 111mm Ema
' The Treason-nursing mischief spurned,
' As, crowding Freedom’s ample gates, .
“O’er dusky faces, seamed and old,
And bands horn- hard with unpaid toll
With hope in every rustling fold, '
We saw your star-dropt flag uncqll -
81141111, struggling up through sounds accursed
A grateful murmur 01011111 the air,
A whisper scarcely heard at first,
It filled the listuiug Heaven with prayer. ‘
“And sweet and for,“ from a star,
Replied a voice which shall not cease,
Till, drowning all the noise of war, .
It sings the bloom songs oi peace.“
So to me, in a, doutful day
Of chill and slowly-greening Spring,
Low stoopinfcd'rom the cloudy. grey,
The wild -birds sang or seemed to sing.
They vanisbod' 1n the misty air,
The song went with them in their flight;
But 10 1 they left the sunset fair, I
And in the evening there was light.
Independent.
-———-—.o‘.>"———
. .The Winstod Herold says one of
fortune’ o foundation upon a shed wagon.
.From the first load he paddled be real-
ized a profit of $11, ssd: though now be
can count $1.0, 000 upon each fin r and
twenty upon his thumbgho. says 6111166
never felt so rich as on the evening when
be counted up the proceeds of that load
Jot-inc.
And driven a cloud across the sun ,—-1ny boy it will ‘
' "but no one ensue.
The long estranged and lost returned. . .
the wealthiest men of- Wiusted laid his '
I [We copy tho following 11...; the N's-I
donut Republican. It is every Iv'vord
true].
17'“? ..
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.".' 'loltb .... services «in.
Dog ”Sailor-.1”- »
1 recs srour r011 csunasu.'- - 9'
Just before the second battle of Bull
R06, 11 may dfGoorgetoen met a boy' 10
the street, leviIding' I6 dog by 6 hitting; bud
the boy I666 crying bittorly 'She .I'oked
1601112116 been? 36616 11166161111 to*
kill 111111.116 vs 66011" 6 good dog, but be
supposed he should have to do so, and
stone, and throw him into the Potomac.
He saliho Iw'ould sell him for five cents;
the lsdyuold him she would give him 6
quarters-3 Ho accepted the ofier at 01106,
11311116 would give him spending money
for a week The .an appeared to be a
:mggy can, that hung down under his
was very intelligent, and soon became a
great favorite in the family. They 116111:
ed iii'n'v “Sailor. ” ' '
iA- Rhode Island battery was near
there, and the ladies carried supplies to
the sick 60111169861101- used to go
"with them, and a gunner by the name of
John Barry took quite a liking to the
dog, and when he: went on an errand to
Georgetown, Sailor would frequently
follow him back to camp, and finally be
concluded a military life we the best
suited to. him}. 611d he left the family alto-
gether and took up his abode with John
Barry and the battery...
Often when the battery was cut prob.
thing, when the dense smoke would fall
out from the mouth of the gun, Sailor
has been seen to jump into the smoke
: 6nd catch s mouthful and shake it, as
though he had something real in his‘
mouth. I
But the battéry‘ use ordered to the
front,11ud participated“ in the second but-
tle of Bull R9,. Lot 1116 digress a me.
most just to- sap-:tbat our wounded and
dead had to be removed or buried under"
a flag of 1.11166:th m burmhatlng, but
nevertheless true. This field was some.
five miles losg, and perhaps three broad?
covered thick with onullded and dead.-
‘4 friend of mine left in house under the
auspices-of the Christian commission
early on Saturday morning for the battle-
field, and arrived there that evening, and
worked night and day until the next
‘I’I‘hs1sdoy evening," carrying of our 1109
field from the battle-field. There is, no
doubt many of our poor soldiers. starved
‘to' death, others infrared awfully horn
thirst. . Thursday evening, just at :dork,
they came to an old apple tree, under
‘ which five of our soldiers had dragged
themselves, to protect 6116111 601116 from
the rays of the sun by day, and the dose
by night. They had only one ambulance,
and this would only hold four. They
must leave one of those men ‘ '
John Barry was on this same battle;
field. .One of his {legs broken, I and no
one to: give him help. He ordered all
but death 1 no one 661116 to his sid. Sui.
' 101'? staid by aim and occasionally did all
he could to attract attention to Barry,
He finally came to
the conclusion to 16nd him or to George-
town, (over forty miles.) as a bearer of»
dispatches. He felt his pocket over, and
found an old yellow envelope. and a
piece of a pencil. He wrote 011 it “ I
am wounded and on the battle field, ” and
' signed his name to it, folded it up about
as large as a quarterdollar, put it 1n one
of Sailor’s ears, and tied his ears under
his neck sud told him to 'go. ..
Sailor started right of, and the grass
' did not grow under his foot, and he did
not salute any dog by the way—'butiu an
incredible short time made his appear.
each at his old home in Georgetown. —
.The family 11616 6‘11 glad to loo bin, and
from his jaded appearance, concluded be
needed something to eat. But Sailor
would not eat anything , he was a bearer
of dispatches, and he must deliver them
first. - ‘
He did everything but talk, to let
them know it. He would stand on his
hind foot, and put his pews on them sud
hovvl, but. they could not understand
' him I. think it was the second day, the
girl in the kitchen said Sailor must be
killed, be acted so strange. He would
rub his head against her, and bowl, as if
he was mad. A consultation was held
to talk the matter over, and at this time
Sailor rose on his hind feet and‘ put his
fore feet on the shoulder of th6 delighted;
and she told her 'n'r'oiher euros. ears.
were tied down. She soon cut the strings.
and foundtlie note from John Barry is
one of his ears. They said if he brought”-
6 message” he will probably take' ohe back.
They went into the parlor‘ ,._ Sailor fol
lowed, and sat down. and Watched their
proceedings with eager eyes. They 'varot'e
a note on white paper, telling: Barry they
would send him aid as soon as possible;
'foldod it up and put it in Ssilb'r’6 an,
and tied 1116 c's'rs down and told bin: to
go. But he laid down on the floor the
picture of despair.
"tor? Was it tho‘ Ico'lor of the paper .If—II-.
'Th'6y would try him. They cut the
otrisg,took out the 0010.606 wrote one on
the coast of his Icrinug. :Hnggid his. lnIIoth :
orbtdtold kiln totokerofi'. .2116 it; and:
,._". 111111 killed ”m would have no (lag and he‘ was kicked and abused while on
cross. of sever-al.1116606, but had leng, .
lus’ck. The la'dy led him 1101116.] He '
joining camp, and Adjutant John B.
Clan), of the 16th calling for volunteers,-
5 6's 'a prisoner.
tiny, and they did terrible execution with
given quarters in Libby Prison.
‘ and take away all the greenbaoks they
find' 111 his possession, promising to Ire-
6166 dollars' Is given in exchange for our
'str'eets have. sprung into existence for the
' tron which the demand for labor draws
What was 1116 not -
‘ ‘Mtis's, Monday week, with $1,100 in
money and a large quantity of supplies,
contributed by cifisono of that town for
put it in his car, tied down his ear again
and told him to go. Hodid not wait to
be told the soco'ud time, but started 00‘
instantly. :was 06'. over forty miles again,
and in a short time win 011 this great
battlefield, looking for John BarryI As
he lied blood delayed 60. long 111 Geoi'go-
town that Barry bad Ibeeu taken from
the field, and his leg amputated '
But Sailor was not discouraged at all
He stmd wltbthe groatéit en'o'r’gy to
find Buffy.- This was '6 616101111; matter,
his search. But he kept .011 patiently.
and at last found him and. delivered the
letter, a'nd staid by him until he was re-
moved to the city. He is now at a team-
stcr’s camp near this city, aud'they would
not take his Weight in gold rev-111111; as
high so the premium_ is now. '
If all those standing on. two feet, who
have been engaged' in putting down this
rebellion, were so brave and faithful as
“Sauna,” the rebellion would have on-
dodlongogol I' . JS,K.I
T111: Sin-rum 1r Pmom. —‘Majo'r
gNatban Mayor: of the 16th regiment“, has . . .
They may be found in the swamp of dis.
1
garrivcd at his borne in New Haven, and
gives seine facts concerning his regiment
not before published. The regiment
numbered four hundred and oily men, at
Plymouth N. C. of when about three
hundred and seventy five were able. to
pot-form duty. The camp of the regiment
'ws's situated at the left of- the town, and
the boys held out for an: hours after the
town bad but surrendered Not until
Fort Williams was captured by the ene'm'y
didI Colonel IBurnham show the white
'fisg. Then, seeing that further resistance
was useless, he tied his white handker-
6hief to his sword, and waving it told
his men to cease firing. The color guard
immediately burned their colors, having
resolved that they never should be cap-
lured. During the progress of the fight
the rebels made an attack upon an ad-
headed the line and succeeded, with the
soldiers 111 the other camp, in. driving
them off. He manifested great bravery
on this occasion. With his. piwol be
another with his sabre, bringing hiiii 011’
Several members of the
regiment were detailed to man two brass
guns, belonging to a Massachusetts bat-
grape and canister. .
Col. Beach (who was acting with
Gen. Wos'sells' 1n the Ifort during the
fight) Lient. Col. Burnhom,Icoin1naud-I
ing the regiment, Major Pascoe, Quars
tomsstor Robbins, and Surgeon Mayor,
were taken with Gen. Wessels and stafi’,
after the surrender, to Richmond and
Here
they found about 0116 thousand Union
oflc'ei's whOsoI foodl consisted solely of
corn. For seven weeks they: had not
bid a particle of meat 01' any kind: The
rebel authorities search each new comer,
turu thorn when the owner is exchanged
but generally the ofiicors see no more of-
their money.- Not exceeding one has
currency, at the rate of one greenback
dollar for seven dollar rebel shin plasters.
With this, money the prisoners are obliged
to make their purchases; Surgeon May-
or states that as soonI‘as'he arrived there,.
he with other ofiicers endeavored to buy
something of a substantial nature to out.
After a time they succeeded in getting a
few potatoes, paying ten dollars for each
pail full, and a small quantity of eggs,
which cost at the rate of five dollars for
eight. A New York omcor sent for one
of the oficers' in th’ rebel treasury de-
partment, who was a wealthy man before
the war, and asked him if he could not
furnish a little ham or meat of some
kind. The reply was ; " My dear sir,
I do not have anything in the meat line
to use in my own family.” '
Major Mayer remained at Libby Pris-
on five days. The officers left behind
were in as good spirits as could'bo expec-
ted, and were awaiting anxiously the
“ first gun” 011 Richmond. Col. Beach
was exchanged for a rebel colonel, soon
after reaching the rebel capitol.
«Q»-
T11: Lmrx Tam: IN Insuun. -—Woll
informed gentlemen who have been trav-
:Iclling 1n Ulster give glowing accounts of
its industrial progress. The linen manu
facturers are making fortunes with aston-
ishing rapidity. The profits of some of
the mills are counted by hundreds a day,
and the owner of one mill 13 said to be
clearing £1, 000 a day. Factories have
been enlarged, new ones have been built
and” 1a Belfast within a few months whole
accommodation of the? increasing popula-
to this busy capital. But it is not in
Belfast Only that such rapid progress is
visible. It Is to be seen in Nevry, Ar-
urogb', Portadowu, Pallymeno, and 111 all
the seats of the linen trade throughout
the province. N01- is agriculture nog-
looted; on the contrary, it is stimulated
by manufacturing industry. Along the
whole line from Dublin to Belfast, the
farmers are busy putting in their crops.
The land is in excellent condition, and the
spring work is forward.
«0"»
.Three "physicians left Fitchburg,
. batrachiaui.. ' .'
Crookes-s.
001‘ spring music has commenced, and
where we live is abundant enough. The
noisy occupants of the lowlauik which
from our windows we can survey, who do
picket duty through the long night, have
among the than family. There are human
, hatrechians Whose crooks fall on our ears
with about the some con'iuuou'suess and;
Now it is the bassoéprofundo or:
some bull frog whose crook has and 'un- '
effect.
earthly tone, then It is the livelier alto
of the humble! members of the froggery.
But all the notes from 6 flat to f sharp
may be heard' First are the Political
Crackers, who 110111-6on descent on the
follies and failures of the Government
o'roaking about‘ mistaken policy,’ ‘ black
fever,’ ‘ masterly insctivity,’ Cabinet quote
There are several specios'c'f this genus
frog; creaking about imbecility or impo-
tones—the slow, the obstinate? ‘ Old Abe?
woontent and as the papers say are ‘ wide-
1y distributed thrOughout the United
States, being the nearest representative
of the common frogs of Europe.” s The
McClellan toads, which“ manifest a- "Won-
derful activity, and make up for their
small size by the greater 'volubility'r—
books under the title of ‘ the crying frog!
to thrive best in Southern climos.
support;
Next is the Grant -frog,—rather rescin-
season, yet make themselves heard above
Besides these enumerated there are sever-
al smaller species, such as live and thrive
in the ‘fiuaucial meadows.’ chased now
so abundantly with green.
diggius and rotten Stock boards their
shot two of the enemy dead, and wounded ‘0???“ may b0 he‘l'd-M0‘1‘Tful d°lef°lf
's'ounds, disturbing the harmony and hope
(if the world, otherwise full of cheerful
voices. These crackers are found about
business crooks ,—you hear them occa-
sioually when passing, or pausing to en-
ter. We have our share of all these spe-
cies, and not a few are the oroakei's vii: are
forced to hear. Their atrabilaridus- hue
and saturnine countenances ought’ to be
a sign warning to pass them by on the
other side. These male and female ba-
trachians from their bogs and marshes
introduce discord and doopondency among
IItl'iose who inhabit the highlands of hope '
.Iarld good nature. To us a man of genu-I '
ids and generous faith' is a refreshing
613111.111. very grasp carries assurance
courage. -'It is time these prophets of
evil were coutemptuously disregarded
till the tadpole with his incipient crook
up to those "who utter the orthodox (mice-
keker koaz [coax 'of the fraternity are left
to. their own dismal . sWamps. -
' Patriotismfif genuine. oomprehends a
spirit of generous hope, and aun'immov’a-
his conviction that ‘ Right the day will
wi'u.’ Our.monliest duty is to maintain
a resolute confidence, a robust faith which
is the forerunner of success. Any cow-
and can crank, but only the braVe, sin'
core man can trust or believe. There are
some Pecksuifiian souls who go- about
with an you-are unworthy Utopull-mfmg
boots air, crook about the corruption of
the times, &c.
after them with its hands full of stones.
Uriah Hoops and malicious Quilps are
not all in government employ. There
are some old. Nicklobys and Squeers
among those poace-prating, fraternal-
feoling men, who are opposed to war, na-
tiosal honor, credit, Are. There are be-
6. Nicholas brim full of heroism who heed
not these crooks, but live making music
by their deeds We have one and all to
dismount from our sharp out Waters the
goggleswi selfishness and vanity, and
look through the lenses of Providence.
Learning that other interests and purpo-
see are being subsorved by‘this' war save
those of our little store of petty plans. —
' It matters little to the Almighty whether
America accumulates a few mere millions
of debt by the prolongation of the war.
Truth is more than gold—freedom better
than greenbacks at par. Cracking it an
end, lotus come under the inspiration of
that charity ‘ which hopetb all things,
believeth all things,’ watching not the
dial plate of our own poor life, but that
greater-one of the race. Rejoiciug if by
this b10011 letting a lustier life pervade
the nations—not crooks but cheers give
us 1— Wimtod Herald.
~o>w——4—
31A witty doctor says that tight
lacing Is a public benefit, inasmuch as it
kills off all the foolish girls and leaves the
wise ones to grow up to be women.
c.»
..Tbo Republican Union State Cea-
:vontion of Vermont met on Monday and
elected delegates to the Bbltia'r'dr'e 6011'-
vontion. A resolution was unanimously
adopted declaring Abraham Lincoln the
legahwenvelopafoldod itup neatlyaud
the wounded
first choice of Vermont for President.
suggested to us afresh the same g'oriu'sI
role and Congress squabbleI,—melauolioly .
Icrooks,IIvvhich~if.listened.to, .fill the hoort
with: stygiau darkness, Ibeclou'd the mind
. with“ the fogs and mists of "marshy lands.
gheen on incesssiit duty for five day,“
.of which were in a “rain storm; (1611:3116
You find this species mentioned in the .
It is rather slender, timorous, and found.
Their, .
crooks are about injustice, inadequate.
‘ their strength is to, Sit still. I
bliag the Major or ball species, of. great"
strength and veracity, -‘ not seizing» its
prey unless alive or in motion.’ The
crooks of this class are premature; out of .
all the emulous members of the tribe—7
About Gold ,3,
'about '1, 000 infantry, besides other arm; ;
houses and stores. Also domestic creeks,-
of hope, and inspires within us a truer _
instead of being observed and listened to, ‘
How our mind chases
nevolent, Cheeryble brothers, and many.
‘ard’s guns were hammering at Jo
THE wan-“omens. um,
To Maj-GenWAI)“1rmmomM"Y '1" 5’" m.
We have dispatches from Gob. Grant
up to eig gag! o’clock this morning H.
states t offensive flo'fis have
been necessarily ”9711.052? 'uut'il' 'I..'tbe
roads become passable; that ItIII'e'j' y
is in the best of spirits and feels the {al-
lest confidence of suggess ThIeI
folé'd‘ou
miesI are now concen
road from Frederick'sburg to
The- operations of Gen. Sherman '
day and tWO days hard fight vim
J ohnston to evacuate Reason" 6.6 midnight
last night? G'ou. Sherman’s .finfcfo‘s are in
vigorous pursuit. N o dispatches 111m
been rectified from G611. Butler today
At the latest reports he was still open.
ting against Fort Darling. ‘.
Eowm M. Srmrox, Secretary", 613 War.
l.--
Jester-
Wm Barnum, WAs'nl'fim
Ha
Major Gen. DIX; y 17’ 1m.
Dispatches from Gen. Butler, just Its-
ceivod, report the success of his '
tiglu undar Gan-.dKautz to out the" '
v1 6 106 an ostro tho' "
across the Appomatoz . ir'OIi WM
On Monday morning the my
force, under cover of a thick 1113,3134].
an attack upon Smith’s line slid finned it
back' in some confusion, with roman.
loss. But as acorns—the fog lifted, Gen.
Srnith re-eatabliohed his line, and the #:119-
' my were driven back tdbis originil
At the same time the ones: made all
attack from Potersburg on (1,611. Butf6r'6
'forc'e guarding the rear, but vvore"= 'lia'nd.
comely topulsed. The troops 1111 II
lor retired leisurely within his on" 111166
We hold the railroad between Potom-
b,-urg' and Richmond. ~ -
Prisoners state that Bra'gg and David
were present on the field. ,
Dispatches fiom Ge‘u. Sigol received
,this evening report that on thdhy.‘ l6
fought the forces of Behols and Imboden
under Breckinridge, at N ewma’rflet' 61151;
the enemy’s forces were superior is num-
bers and that ho gradually Withdraw
from the battle field and M311...
Shenandoah, having 1031: five piecg of
artillery, about sixty killed and wounded,
and eighty prisoners, but bring ging; all
his train and all the wounded that could
be transported from the battlefield.
He states that' in consequeuoe‘of 2116
long line and the trains that bad to be
guarded, he could not bring mdnf this.
six regiments into the fight besids's" the
rtillory and cavalry, and the enemy bad
that his retrogado movement to Strav-
burg was efi'ected' in perfect o'rder,-with-'
out- any loss of material or men. . ' '
He gives no list of casualties, but 11161“
.001. “Lincoln, of the 34th Mass. is report-
‘ed to be wounded and captured. No 16'
port of any operations by the Army of
'the Potomac have been received. today;
A dispatch from Gen. Sherman, reports
his advance upon Johnson as progres—
ing to his satisfaction, supplies are abun-
dant and our animals are improving on
the grass and. grain fields which now'I IafI-I
ford good pasture. . .
EDWIN M. STANTON
Secretary of War.-
» Wa'smivcron, Tuesday, May 17,1”4.
; Ardispatch has been received' at the ’
Headquarters of the army' hero, dated
yesterday morning, from Gon.Sher1nau.
The dispatch state's that Gen. Sherman
headquarters there. . . .
He captured at that place eight guns
and a thousand prisoners.‘ ~
His trOops were in hot pursuit of
Johnston, having crossed the river", 'eI'x-
pecting to reach Kingston last night,
wmmn. May 18'.-11.15 a. 11‘.
Maj.- -Goncral Disc
We have no reports ofoperatldno 671166" '
my last dispatch. The latest ibforlnstion
from Gen. Grant was that the rude had
greatly improved. Largo reinforcoui‘ents
had reached him and he designed tomovo
against the enemy without delay. It is
the design of the Government to keep up'
the national forces until the rebellion mi
overthrown and in order to provide-
against any inopportuno' reduction w'bon
the service of the hundred days men go
out, a draft to fill up their place and 1 all
place on the lot of July, by which gm
the new enrollments will becompletod.‘
No order is yet issued.
E. M. SrmoIN, Sec’y of War
. Wisnmerou, Mala—10145311.
To Mqior-Gcmrul alDa'c, New York:
We have no dispatches to day from.
Gen. Grant nor from Generals Butler or
Sherman.
The reports from Kanawha coufirm‘j
the destruction of the bridge over New,
River, and the destruction .of seruil'
miles of the railroad track by Gen, -
Crook’s command, and state that he lies
fought three battles with canvas Sail
Jones andA. G. Jenkins and defeated
.tho rebels, the loss being over 600 killed _ I
Gen. Jenkins fell .
and 300 prisoners.
into our hands mortally wounded. .
All of our w0uuded that can be rollo-
vod {10m Fredericksburg. have reached
Washington.
The rebel prisoners have been removed
from Belle Plaid.
Visitors from the army of the Potomac.
represent the troops to be in my.
condition and reinforcements were rapidly
arriving.
Wrismuerou', Mdy 19, I0:‘l5 p.111.
To 'dfdjorlGoneratDw
No 011161111 reports 0f military opera-
tions have been roceited by this depart-
ment from Gen Grant or Gen. Butler. .. ~11“
" Reports from Gen. Shoi’hau’s oop'
mend, (dated at Kingston, G. I
o’clock p 111., to day, annouuos".',' "
Sherman marched into Kihgst'o'n and en-
camped there last night. This morning
be advanced on the outlay. ‘1in I0.
retreated. Thodispa w
it was being written, spaHooker-’6 ma: .
and the two armies were in plain sight
ton. “- .I,
posseésion of Rome.
Gen. Sherman reports that the weather
is fine, the roads good, and the country
more open and loss mountainous.
EM. Snares Body of War.
had entered Reason. and established his "
other reductions will beordored to' like -’
5,;
E. M Sraurox, Sec’y of War. ..'.. .
of oach‘oth'er, two miles east of Kings-H . , .
‘11
Davis’ divitiou of the 5111 W is lu- 7 .... c;
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