GAZETTE;
A. H.BYINGTON,& 00., . .
AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE;
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY . , .
NUMBER coo-NEW SERIES,
NORWALK, :pONN, TUESDAY, MAY 38. 1864.
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VOLUME XLVII--N UMBER 23.
ORWALK GAZETTE.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
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A. H. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLS, G. N. ELLs.
Advertising Rates.
one Square, one insertion, $1 00
‘- two insertions, 1 25
three insertions, 1 50
H one month, 1 ’15
“ two months, 3 00
- tnree months, 4 00
u six months, 7 00
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Each a ditional Square, per year, 8 00
One half column, one year, 40 00
One Column, one year, 75 00
Fifteen lines, or 100 words,make asquare. Fraction-
al parts of a square charged for as a whole.
Yearly advertisements payable 1st of January &Ju1y.
Yearly advertisers restricted to the business contem-
. filmed at the time of contract.
These terms will be inflexibly adhered tug
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
.Norwalk Post Office.
MAILS CLOSE.
West 7.50 A. M.—2.30, and 8 P. M.
East 8.30 A. M.—5.00 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
MAILS DUE.
West 9.10 A. M.—6.00 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—3.30 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. n.
D. PRITCHARD, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
N e W
HARDWARE 8:. PAINT STORE,
M a i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
MARVIN & PROWITT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, &c.
JAMES G. nannoun,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
DENTIST.
Teeth extracted without pain by the use
of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas.
Office at Residence, East Avenue, N orwalk,
Con necticut.
Architecture.
SIDNEY M. STONE,
. ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and so erintend the erection of
public and private uildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52
L. E0, F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
T ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iiou Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
0. S. LOCEWOOD,
i' ishionable Draper 8i Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPORIUM 2
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
S. E. OIIMS'I‘EAD &CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, dc,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
0! Hartford.
Incorporated in 181.9. 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
compensation.
GEORGE E COWLES, Sole Agent
lv3 For Narwulk. and vicinity,
nun-ran Chan.
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 0131 stand, foot of
Main-st, Norwalk, where he will be happy
to tender them his best services. In case of
temporary abscnce,a skillful assistant will be
1 mild in attendance at the Office, ready and
Willing to serve all that may call. '
A. HILL, D. D. S.
A. JACKSON 6!. BRO.
N o. l Gazette flagging.
WOULD respectfully announce to' the
‘ . public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed,
in Bairfield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is larger than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of Ladios’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as bein r cor-
yect‘time keepers. Also, Gentlemcn’s Watch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
0hr facilities for selling cheap could not be
re'ater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
later. Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and com riges 11.1 of the latest styles that
are manufagedl. JACKSON & BRO.
I'OII SALE.
Vl‘HE Real Estate formerly owned by
_ WILLIAM SEYMOUR, deceased, situated
in this town, on White Oak Shade Street,
about4milcs from Norwalk or Dai'ien, t0
Wit:——one
Large new Dwelling House,
with out-buildings and 12 or 14 acres of very
superior Laud, well adapted to Gardening
purposes. Also a Small House with two
acres of land attached—and 4 acres Of land
situated in or near “Hanford’s Swamp ” so
called. - ’
, The property Will he sold all together or
in separate parcels as may suit purchasers,
and on accommodating terms; two thirds of
the purchase money can remain secured on
the premises for a tcim of" years, if desired.
For further particulars apply to
S. Y. ST.JOHN.
New Canaan, Feb 10th, 1863. if?
A N cw Burner for Kerosene
[‘0 use without achimney,and will litany
Fluid Lamp ; it makes “a good substitute
for Fluid. Price of burner only 20 cents.
0, c E. K. LOCKWOOD c 00.
NOBWAIiE HOTEL.-
N ORWALK, CONN. .
E. S. Brewster, Proprietor.
'l‘HIS House, having been renovated and
improved, is now open for the reception
of permanent or transient boarders, and will
be kept as a first class Hotel. This Hotel is
very pleasantly situated in one of the most
beautiful towns on Long Island Sound, and
' is especially attractive for Summer Board-
ers.
The Proprietor would assure the public,
that it will be his constant endeavor to
keep his house in such a style, as will ensure
satisfaction to all.
NEW FURNISHING STORE,
NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST.
East Side of the Bridge.
HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortment of
Household Furniture
in this county, consistin of Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, ete-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.
airing,
done promptly and by experienced workmen.
Undertaking,
I have on hand a large assortment Of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-
thing necessary for the burial of the dead,
cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. I
have as good a Hearse as there is in the
county; and will attend Funerals in neigh-
boring towns, without extra charge.
ELBERT RAYMOND.
Norwalk, Sept. 1st, 1863.~ 44
NORWALK
Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I I. I. .
HE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning; Scroll and other Sawin ; manufacture
of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., in, in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail promptly at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITCH.
E. curry-ram) a sons,
CABINET MAKERS, cc
ARE now prepared to offer to the public
the largest and best assortment of
Good Furniture,
comprising every article usually kept in a
Furniture Store, ever Offered in Norwalk,
which will be sold
AT TM VERY LOWEST PRICES
Our customers and the public generally who
want anything we keep, will find it to their
interest to give us a call. Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 different kinds, very cheap. Hair
Mattresses, made to order, and old ones made
over as good as new.
UN DERTAKING,
We keep on hand 0. ve large assortment of
C'ojfins of every description, furnish shrouds,
scarfs, carriages, and everything necessary
for the interment of the dead, and at very
low prices. We are just completing another
splendid Hearse, which will give us two
Hearses equal to any in the State, which we
shall use whenever our services are required,
without extra change.
E. QUINTARD & SONS.
N orwalk, March 15th 1862.
S‘I'OVES, HEATERS, RANGES,
VER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes of
Cooking Stoves and Ranges; over thir-
ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and Oflice
Stoves, not excelled in beauty of design, per-
fection of operation, or variety, by any Stove
in the State. Manufactures Tin, Sheet Iron
and Copper Wares, deals in J appan, Brittan-
ia, Crockery, Wooden, and Silver Plated
Wares, Stove Blocking, Coal Hods, Shovels
and Riddles, Brass Kettles, Sausage Cutters,
Mutts, 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. Books, describing prin
ciple and management of Stove, free. Lar
gest assortment of Pumps in the State. 09.11
at 'F. H. N ASH’S,
1v4 South N orwalk, Ct.
Hammer’s Champagne Ale.
HE attention of the public is solicited t0
the superior quality of
. HAMMERS
Fresh Brewed Champagne Ale.
This'Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the
year, and its keeping quality, especially of
that brewed during the most excessive hot
weather, is guaranteed for any length of time.
For sale in Barrels and liallearrels, 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.
Cash System adopted for"
Photographs -& Oartes do 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 CASH.
WHITNEY & BECK WITH.
Norwalk, Conn, June 15.
{IMPORTED CC‘I‘I-EBY,
And Silver-Plated Ware.
1‘HE Subscriber, while in England, recent-
ly, made arrangements with the Shef-
ficd Manufacturers for the sale of Thomas
Harrison’s celebrated Cutlery, and has now
on exhibition and sale at his Store Opposite
the Post Office, a large, and one of the most
complete assortments of Shefiield Cutlery
ever offered in this Country, including Car-
ving Knives and Forks; Bread Knives ;
Butter Knives; Table Knives and Forks;
Pocket Knives of every description, inclu-
ding many curious styles; Scissors, &c., &c.
Also, just received, an assortment of beau-
tiful SilversBlated Ware, made by a
new patented process, by the same House,
and is the first lot imported into this coun-
try. Call and examine for yourselves.
tf46] JOSEPH SHEPHERD.
WM. T. BARNUM,
U. 5. War Claim Agent,
Will promptly collect Bounty Money,
Back Pay, Pensions for Disabled, Dis-
charged Soldiers, Widows and Children,
Mothers and Sisters, and all other Claims
against Government. Office Opposite Con-
cert Hull. All business letters promptly
answered.
[ Danbury, Conn. 1y86
I Norwalk
INSIIllNlIl ‘ElMPlNY.
N onwam, CONN,
Chartered Capital,~ ' $500000
Paid up Capital " $100,000
WMIC. STREET President.
CEO. R. Come, Secretary.
EBEN. HILL, Treasurer.
Norwalk, Jan 1st. 1864
IN SUBAN CE.
HE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the Nine England , fre and Marine In-
surance 0'0. of Hartford, is pre ared to insure
all kinds of property against 033 or damage
by fire, on as accommodating terms as any
other Company. '
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established
With a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
N orwalk, Feb. 1st, 1861. ~ tf5
Norwalk
OLASSIOAI._I_NSTITOTE.
REV. R. BAYARD SNOWDEN,_A. M.,
Instructor. '
o
HIS DAY
1y
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.-
Much attention paid to branches needed in
ordinary business. The Spencerian System
of Penmanshi taught. Lectures occasion-
ally given on istory, English Literature,
Terms $11.00 and $8.00 per quarter of eleven
weeks. The Summer Term will begin May
16th. Students may enter at any time and
will be charged from the time of admission.
Millinery Goods.
Great Reduction of Price.
MRS. M. J. ‘SLAUSON having just re-
turned from New York wrtha new
supply of Millinery, bought for Cash, is now
prepared to offer inducements and greater
bargains to the Ladies of Norwalk and vi»
cinity than can be found elsewhere, and she
would invite all that are about to purchase
to call and examine her stock of Millinery
Goods,consistin of Ladies’ Hats and Bloom-
ers, Ribbons, _ lowers, &c., of the latest
Summer styles. 3m15
_ N. B.—Persona1 attention given to Clean-
ing and Pressing Hats and Bloomers for cus-
tomers and the trade at large. 3m15
New Millinery Store.
188.1}. M. TOLLES informs the
Ladies of South Norwalk and vicinity
that she Will open the store formerly occu-
pied by Mrs. Newcomb, N O. 6 Ely’s Block,
on Thursday, 28th inst, with a handsome as-
sortment of Fancy and Millinery Goods, of
the latest styles. ' ~
Great care paid to orders. '
Straw Hats Cleaned and Pressed.
South Norwalk, April 23, 1864.
2mm...
Grand Opening of
MILLINERY GOODS,
ON and after Friday, April 29th. Mus. J.
E. DAVIS, thankful to her friends for
their past patronage, would call their kind
attention to her cheap and well selected
stock of Millinery goods now on hand.
MRS. J. E. DAVIS,
3m*17 New Canaan, Conn.
REMOVAL!
MRS J. E. HOYT, would respectfully
inform the public that she has Remo-
ved her MILLINERY ROOMS to Curtis’s
Buildin , (directly over the Store of Mr. Bat-
terson,) ain 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 1st.
Norwalk, March 18th, 186.4. 12
MIWBY.
M I S S P I L G R I M
Ross Removed
to the new Store between the Bank of Nor-
walk and the Danbury R. R. Depot. 1tf
r. rnnnrs,
County Surveyor,
ALSO 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 ofl‘ice of Norwalk Ga-
zette. tf12
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber having purchased the
Hardware business, fermerly conducted
by Edwin V. A. Chichester, hopes by fair
dealing and close attention to. business, to
retain all the customers of the old stand, and
add many new ones.
THEODORE FITCH.
A CARD.
HE subscriber takes this method of
. thanking his friends for their good will,
during the past ten years. At the same time
requesting them, and the public, to extend
their patronage to his successor, Mr. Theo-
dore Fitch.
EDWIN V. A. CHICHESTER.
Norwalk, Dec. 15th, 1863. 51
,HOWARn E. SMITH,
No. 4, annm BLOCK,
Dealer in
China,
Glass,
Earthen,
Plated, and
Wooden Ware,
TABLE OUILERY,
KEROSENE LAMPS AND OIL.
Also, a full assortment of Marbles and
Alleys.
G'r. & G. M. Holmes,
DEALERS IN
Groceries,
Flour,
Provision, ac ,
Main Street,
14 Norwalk, Conn
Catawba Brandy.
FOR Medicinal purposes, recommended by
all Physicians, just receIVed by
- a. a PROWIT'I‘.
SCHOOL, located next -
door to the Bank of Norwalk, has .
l
Longipgfor Home.
nv JEAN mounow.
.A song of a boat :
There was once a boat on a billow,
Lightly she rocked to her port remote,
And the foam was white in her wake like
SHOW, :
And her frail mast bowed when the breeze
would blow, .
And bent like wand and willow.
I shaded mine eyes one day when a boat
. ,Went courtesying over a billow,
marked her. course till a dancing'mote
She faded out on the moonlit foam,
And I staid behind in the dear loved home;
And my thoughts all day were about the
boat,
And my dreams upon a- pillow.
I- pray you hear my sOug‘ of a boat,
For it is but abort; _
My boat, you shall find none fairer afloat,
In river or port
Long I looked for the lad she bore,
0n the open desolate see,
And I think he sailed to the heavenly shore,
For he came not back to me—
.- Ah me 1
A song of a nest :
There was once a nest in a hollow,
Down in the mosses and knot grass pressed
Soft and warm, and lull to the brim;
Vetches leaned over in purple and dim,
With buttercup buds to follow.
I pray you hear my song of a nest,
For it is not long:
You shall light on a prouder sitter,
A fairer nestful, nor ever know
A softer sound than their tender twitter,
That wind like did come and go.
I had a nestful once of my own,
Ah happy. happy. I !
Right dearly I loved them ; but when they
were grown
They spread out their wings and fly
Oh, one after one, they flew away
Far up to heavenly blue,
And—I wish I was going too.
I pray you what is the nest to me—
‘ My empty nest ?
And what is the shore, where I stood to see
My boat sail down to the West,
Can I call that home where I anchor yet,
Though my good man has sailed ?
Can I call that home where my nest was set,
Now all its hope hath failed ?
Nay, but the port where my sailor went
And the land where my nestlin gs be
There is the home where my thoughts are sent
The only home for me—
Ah me !
10 COOPER Ixs'rrru'rE, N. Y., }
. April 28, 1864.
Extract from a letter from Alfred J. Blon,
Asst. Scc‘ry dated! Washington, April 2d,
1864.
“I agree with you entirely that it will be
advisable to stop the production, as far as
may be, of domestic wines and cordials,
which are liable to ferment, and more than
that it is desirable that the energies of the
women of the country should be diverted if
possible from the making of jellies, to the
preparation of dried fruit. We have come
to the conclusion, that in most cases dried
fruit may be made to fake the place of jelly,
and it is hardly necessary for me to advert
to the great advantages for purposes of trans-
portation of the former over the latter, and
the immense expense, and trouble and disap-
pointment that would be saved by the change
On this point I may mention that the bags
in which dried fruit is usually packed, are
generally poor, whether as regards the mate-
rial or the making; in consequence of
which there is much loss of the contents.
There is the more reason that the bugs should
be made of strong, sound stuff, because the
moisture of the fruit has a tendency to rot-
them, ifthe contents are held in them for a
considerable time. All kinds of dried fruit
are required, such as apples, peaches, pears
plums, cherries, currents, and this will bi;
particularly the case if jellies are dispensed
with. It seems hardly possible that we
could have a surplus.
It is also suggested that the farmers Of the
country should be called on to raise cabba-
ges and onions in large quantities for the ar-
my. It would bewell to convert a large por-
tion of the cabbage into "Saar Kraut” a most
popular article of food in the army, and
highly extolled by the Surgeons for its auti-
scorbutic properties. though indeed the same
properties are ascribed to cabbages and on-
ions iu every shape, and more or lessto veg-
etables of every kind. It is estimated that
three thousand barrels of ‘Saur Kraut” might
be distributed by the Commission to great
advantage, in the Department of the East
during the coming Fall and Winter, and of
pickled cabbages and onions not less than
one thousand barrels of each. When pick-
led they should bc put up in kegs of the 'ca-
pacity of from five to ten gallons.
It is also considered desirable that prepa-
rations of horse-radish should be issued in
large quantities to the army.
When the season of blackberries arrives, it
should be taken advantage of.
“The use of blackberry wine and cordial
has proved very beneficial, especially in ca-
ses of painful and exhaustive disease, in
which it has seemed at times hazardous to
administer ordinary astringeuts and opiates,
and of doubtful benefit to venture on the ad-
ministration of the usual alterativc and stim-
mlants. A great number of cases extremely
delicate to manage by ordinary treatment
have been brought surely and steadily to a
satisfactory issue by the free use of the
Blackberry.” _ .
——oo<.>o
LIQUOR IN THE Arum—Gen. Howard
made the following sensible remarks as to
liquors in the army, in a late speech:
“I did not drink at colle e, I did not drink
at West Point; but when got into the ur-
my Ifound it was all the fashion. If you
went into an ofil‘cer’s quarters the first thing
was to offer you something to drink. It was
thought you did not treat him with proper
respect if you did not. I fell into the habit.
I drank whiskey and offered it to others.
When I was stationed at Florida, I once
offered whiskey to an officer and he declined.
I urged him to drink, and he drank. A
short time after I attended him in the hor-
rors of delirium tremeuv, and made up my
mind that it was Wicked, and that I would
never do it again' and I have not. I do not
offer it to an o cer or to any man, and I
will not. I now it is a hard stand to take,
0".»
WOMAN’s CENT. REL. Assocwrrox,
especially for a young omccr ° but I can say
knots my own experience thaf it will- pay"
My Spring Campaign.
BY MINNIE MINTWOOD.
Twenty years ago my aunt asked for
the pflvilege of giving her name to the
little, ugly mass of flesh, blood and con-
tortions, and I was duly dubbed Betsy
J one Herrick. I have been told I was
quite a pretty child, when my face was
straight, (and that was like angels vis-
its,) for it was constantly in. a cquslling
attitude. Indeed, my mother told me
that she would never have the patience
to raise me, if she had not thought I
would make smelling when grown. I
have made something—nothing more or
less than a—Bloomer! I have the mis-
fortune, at present, to be the only survi-
ving child. The others—there were
three of them—being a degree crosser
than myself, cried themselves to death—
sc‘id to have died of fits. .
When I arrived at my fifteenth year,
my parents concluded that Betsey Jane
needed some polishing, and as, farmer
Jones was about to, send his Julia to
boarding school, it was decided that I
should also have a smattering of fashion-
able school training. -I was already be-
ginning to see that my coguomcu was far
from being poetical, so I gave my name
in to the Secretary at the Seminary as
“B. Jennie Herrick.” That was enough
to give an appreciative mind a deep im-
pression of my importance.
Three years were spent in conjugating
the verb to law: through French, German
and Latin, with the other uccoutremeuts
of music, drawing audpsiutiug. I never
studied much: but my chum said I al-
ways recited at my turn, so that at the
close of my school life, I acquitted myself
as a very good scholar—though not all
polished; for if I wanted to laugh, it was
loud enough to awaken from his snoring
a. moderate sleeper a quarter of a mile
away.
A year was spent in traveling—u sea-
son in looking at the different dresses at
Saratoga and N ewport—a winter divided
between “the Hub of the Universe,”“the
Pure City,” and “the City of Brotherly
Love.” The last year has been spent at
home mostly, surrounded by a flock of
lovers—lovers of Squire Herrick’s hospi-
tality, and lovers of nonsense compoun-
ded and gilded with fashion.
A little thing turns the tide is ouc’s
life sometimes. A little thing caused me
to look inside at my poor miserable life,
as barren of beauty as a desert—as use-
less aud aimless as an idiot’s—as con-
temptible and deplorable as an oflice-
seeker’s. Itmade me sick of myself. My
advantages had been liberal, and my
talents of no mean order. And there
had been, notwithstanding, an uucessing
round of beaux, parties, a terrible expou-
diture of money, and all to no purpose.
I was disgusted with it.—It was all cold,
hollow and meaningless. It was wearing
my life out. I was growing nervous,
hysterical, had a. poor appetite, and was
troubled with that everlasting complaint
of woman’s, the headache. How I hated
it all! .
But what should I do? I thought of
a variety of empIOymcuts, but it would
need time for the carrying out of such
plans. I wanted something immediate,
for fear my new resolutions might weak-
en. If I had been a man, I should have
done as our best and noblest have done,
gone to war. I did the next patriotic
thing, and went to war with myself' My
adorable lovycrsl could they endure the
trial to which their nerves were to be
subjected f—They were but human, and
a breeze of sense might blow them away.
My first battle was with my parents the
next morning.
“I've a request to make, father and
mother, and I very much desire that you
may grant it.” My face Mod all over
at this. I could feel the blood tingling
at my very finger ends.
“What is it, Betsey Jane f” says fa-
ther.—“Has Will Hastings been ma-
king,”—
“No—Will Hastings has nothing to
do with it, nor anybody’s will but my own.
‘Tis just this : I want you to dismiss
our help girl ; there are only three of us
in the family, and I really think we need
00 girl ”
“But,” interrupted mother, “do you
think your poor old mother wants to kill
herself 7”
“No; I mean that I don’t want to kill
myself doing nothing. I have lived use-
lessly about long enough”
There were numbcrless objections to
this, but by diligent entrcaty and argu-
ment I carried the day. Three days la.
ter, I assumed the position of Bridget-
But before half the morning had elapsed,
1m: tired to deathl—ycs, “my lady was
tired to death." If I went up stairs, one
hand must hold up a quantity of criuoliue
and skirts. If I come down stairs, there
was the rat, tat, tat, of steel upon the
stairs. If I passed into a narrow place,
both hands must he enlisted in squeezing
the balloon in a collapsed state. I was
in constant fear of tipping boxes, jugs,
catching my dress on nails, 01' wiping off
some convenient black kettle. My dress
must be pinned up, or be beautifully drab.
bled around the bottom. My shoes were.
too thin for out-door wear.
I had another battle to fight. There
were no lives sacrificed-willy a few false
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notions of gracefulne'ss, dignity, &c., qui-
etly beheaded and buried. My first at-
tack was at the shoe store, and resulted
in the capture of a pair of balmcral calf- ,
skins—No. 5—legally captured, of course.
The dress question occupied my atten.
tion next. I had heard of Bloomers, but
most ungraciously stuck up my proboscis
at them, like hundreds of other foolish
women who know nothing of their excel
leucies. I did not have any of Dr. Har-
riet Austin’s patterns or guides—neither
wanted any. I took from my wardrobe
0. castofi dress, very good, except it was
most shamefully switched out around the
bottom. Cutting off the rags and hem-
miug it up, I had a dress two or three
inches above the tops of my shoes. The
next morning, I appeared in the kitchen
sans criuoliuc, can: trail, sans fiummydid-
dies. Cousin John, who happened in to
see father, cries out, “ Och l and Bridget,
how long since ye came over from Ould
Ireland ?”
This put us all in a. roar of laughter,
which of itself was enough to pay for one
Bloomer scene. Father, who, like sensi-
ble men, never admired “ the institution,”
(as he calls crinolinc,) said “ Betsey J one
never looked better.” He always calls
me Betsey J one, and thinks it is a very
substantial name. He says these Jennies,
Carries and Lottie: do very well for high-
llowu folks who are always running after
some uew-fsngled notions.
My new harness fitted me so well that
I found my work completed in half the
time, and with more than twice the case.
I could now hunt for heu’s nests, without
frightening the hens with a transient ghost
of a haystack. So I started for the barn.
On my way, my uncle passed with “Well,
there, you look like the last run of shad!
My Katie had on something like that, the
other day, and I threatened to turn her
away.”
“Whenever you tire of her,” I replied,
“send her here—this shall be an asylum
for the oppressed hereafter.”
I had a fine time hunting for eggs.
My movements were so free and untram-
eled, that it seemed like living over my
childhood.
Just before sitting down to dinne r
Cousin J ohu came in, saying, “I thought
I’d come over and dine with you, Jennie,
and see how you hold out in your new
fanglcd costume.”
“Well, Sir John, despite all your sar-
casm, I hold out faithful, and with the
aid of common sense, intend to while my
laboring life lasts.”
“ Will 'yQ receive visitors this after-
u‘oou, in your really charming habit ?”
“No—I shall dress up this afternoon.
But if my friends make morning cells,
they will find me in my working dress.”
“_ But what if Doctor Wilson 0r Hay-
ward, or”-——-
‘I wouldn’t run for all the gentlemen
in town. I presume the said dandies
would store and wouuder if I was sane,
fee-faw-fuin awhile, suddenly call to mind
an engagement, and vumose. You need’nt
laugh Cousin J abs, and think I will not
dare do as I say. I know I am surroun-
ded by fashion, and caste is at a. premium,
and women are sacrificing health, com-
fort aud happiness for the ‘looks of the
thing.’ It is really a relief for me to see
how a women really does look; She has
been confounded with stays and hoops so _
long that we cannot help faucyiug her a
moving pyramid. It often reminds me
of an incident in Coil-lam. An African
woman seeing a French madame with a
grand panier under her long robe, ex-
claimed, ‘ Madame, tout cela est-ll cons-
meme ?’ No wonder the Japanese thought
American women very queer specimens of
the genus from. I’m sure you. wouldn’t
hand down dry goods, rummage among
boxes and trumpery, with a hogslicad at-
tached to your suspenders.’
The dress question subsided by John’s
asking for another cup of coffee, to ‘ quiet
his nerves,’ adding it was quite palatable
for s ‘ green haud.’ Next morning, jin-
glcwcut the door-bell at half-past nine.
I answered the summons, and had the
merriment of seeing Dr. Wilson look at
me as though I was a sight to behold. I
invited him into the drawing-room and
did my best to entertain him, which was
poorly enough. He is what goes to the
making up of a fashionable gallant, knows
how to bring in pretty sayings about
your face, eyes, hair and figure, pick up
haudkerchiefs, and almost an Aaron
Burr in helping a woman into a carriage.‘
His patent-leather boots were as bright
and polished us a steel mirror, and en
cased a foot, small of course, to com-
pare with his brains. After a somewhat
embarrassing silence, the Doctor stam-
iuered out with, ‘Really, Miss Herrick,
am I to presume that you have adopted
your present style of costume ?’
‘ I am very happy to inform you that I
have adopted it.’
‘ You certainly don’t intend to continue
the wearing of it.’
‘ I do. Have you any serious objeco
tions to my dressing according to my
business l’
‘ Pray, what business have you that
requires it ?’
‘ Merely that I have volunteered to go
to work, and do something. I’m going
to take care of the garden this summer,
in addition to housework. Our former
gardener has gone to the army, and
there seems to be a demand for the spirit
I am proud there is enough of it in me
i to assert its sway.’
I could feel my cheeks flushing as
I Spoke. A sickening lecr hung around
the lids of the Doctor’s mouth. He evi-
dently ‘ failed to see the point.’ He had
studied medicine, obtained his title, but
never had the ambition or tact to dis-
tinguish himself in his profession. He
gloried in his idleness, and thirty thou‘
sand dollars. He left with much fewer
flourishes of his compliments than usual,
and was succeeded by Mr. Hayward.—
Wheu he left, Mr. Bower came, and I
was not slow to surmise that Cousin. John
had been using ‘slrategg,’ and giving my
courage a trial.
They all left with the impression that
I was fast becoming a ‘ strong minded’
woman, and altogether too solid for theiI'
soft appliances of compliments. My new
costume acted as an emetic upon the
stomach of my ‘dear friends,’ for they
Quietly withdrew, leaving all I cared for
however. Among the latter was George
Wayne. He was neither rich, like Wil-
son, nor gallant, like Hayward. You
could feel his goodness better than till it.
It was something indefiuable, that pleases
and satisfies you' He had good, hard
sense, and that is worth more than com-
pliments without it. He did not turn
up his nose at my new determination, but
with his fine gray eyes kindled with a
glow of honest admiration and enthusi-
asm, said he, ‘ I am glad, Jennie, if there
is one woman in the village who has the
independence and spirit to act in accord-
ance with the dictates of her better
judgment. I was fearful that you. be—
longed to the frivolous, heartless, uesless
class of women so common among the
rich. I tried to believe otherwise. I
thank you that by your ‘ change of base’
you have proven to me that you are:
what I wish all women were, less enslaved
by fashion and given to false notions of
propriety.’
, My lady friends were apparently taken
by 'storm. They wondered how I ionld
wear calfskin shoes, and how I could en-
dure to have my hands browned and
hardened by labor. They would much
sooner think of going to war than to
raking garden, or pinching the runners
cfi' strawberry plants, or killing bugs on
cucumbers, or feeding chickens. And so
they drawdled away their time upon such
delectables as Wilson, Hayward and
troupe, rejoicing in pale faces, with spots
of range, and in delightful headaches and
delicate health, On the contrary, for
present enjoyment, I am as healthy, rosy
checked, red lipped and happy as an Eng-
lish girl. My hands are brown and‘hard,
but stronger for the piano, while my
voice is fuller and clearer than I ever
dared to hope it might be. I can make
capital bread and pastry, and expect the
finest strawberries in the town. More-
over, I shall have forty dollars to pay
into my church, the Sanitary Commission
—the amount saved by substituting my—
self in Bridget’s position.
For fear some one may be malicious
enough to think I am advertising my new-
ly developed virtues, and apply for a
place in my good graces, I’ll simply add
that George Wayne, when'home on his
last furlough, took the precaution to
secure a life-lease from the said B. J eu—
nlc Herrick, including brown hands,
Bloomer and all, and when the war is
over she will then swear eternal allegiance
to a blue coat. -
Moore’s Rural Mw Yorker.
. «O
New Letter of Andrew Jackson.
The Tribune has seen and prints a let-
ter from Old Hickory which has never
before been published. It was written
at Washington, Feb. 19, 1837, to Mrs.
J ackson, New York, acknowledging the
compliment implied in naming her infant
son Andrew Jackson. The usual gift, a
silver half dollar, was enclosed. We
give the portion of the letter which is of
public interest :
I enclose herewith the usual gift to this
namesake that I have bestowed to all my
others—it bears the impress of the Eagle
of his Country, displayed on all her ban-
ners—and as the child grows in years
and in wisdom I have to depend upon
you to explain to him, with this injunc-
tion of his godfather, that when he ar-
rives at the years of manhood he will
always be found sustaining the Eagle of
his Country from the insult, or grasp, of
a foreign foe, and the still more danger-
ous enemy, the intestine traitor who may
engage in the wicked scheme of severing
our glorious Union, upon which depends
the perpetuation of our happy government,
which will endure so long as our confed-
erated system lasts, and no longer. In-
still in his mind that our federal Union
must be preserved. To the patriotism of
his dear parents I trust this lesson will
be early impressed, with all moral virtues,
on his mind.
_..___—..«.»
HENRY WARD BEECHER FOR LINCOLN.
-—Heury Ward Beecher has written a
letter to a distinguished Indiana politi-
cian here, in which he says:
“ In the present exigeucy, in view of
Mr. Lincoln’s past administration, the
evidence he has shown, the moral purity
of the man, the great and and just confi-
deuce which the peOplo put in him, the
danger which there would be,if he were
set aside, Of havrug it regarded as a
popular rebuke of his policy, and the
confidence that I feel that, through long
learning—he has learned to govern, I am
full and strong in my conviction that he
should be our next President."
Of our good old revolutionary mothers—-
Ffieign Correspondence.
[The following interesting extracts from let-
ters written by Mr. Geo. S. Hubbell, of Ridge
field Station, to his friends at home, we have
been permitted to publish. The first gives
an account of his voyage from England 17?)
Brazil, and the second is written just after
his arrival at Rio J aneiro, giving his first im-
pressions of that city. The letters were not
written with any idea of publication, but are A
of none the less interest on that account.
—EDS.]
AT SEA, MARCH 17TH, 1864,
LAT. 23‘z N. 20% W.
DEAR S.—I can hardly realize that I
write to you from off the coast of Afri- -
ca, yet here we are, steaming along, with :
a westerly breeze blowing, plowing .
through smooth, sunny seas.
On our left, (or as sailors say on our
port side,) lies a group of islands called
the Canaries, while nearly ahead another
is seen in the distance, but all eyes are ‘
directed to the other side of the ship
where the stupendous peak of Tcnerifi'o -
rises abruptly from the blue Atlantic to ,
the height of over 15,000 feet, clad in
eternal snow. We passed the peak at 7 .
P. M. to-day, consequently could not see T
Vera Cruz, the capital. We passed
about 12 miles east of it, but I could see
its shape and general appearance very
distinctly by the aid of my glass. The '
Island appears very rough and rugged, .
and the peak rises from it exactly the .
shape of an umbrella half opened. '
We put to sea on the 9th, in a very
cold, unpleasant snow storm, and, clear-
ing the English channel, entered the bay
of Biscay on the 11th, where we encoun-
tered rough seas and stormy skies. It f
was here that I paid the usual tribute to ‘
Neptune. ‘-'
On the 14th we entered the Tagus,uud '
after three hours sail anchored before .
Lisbon, where we cooled. The captain _
gave us permission to spend six hours on '
shore, and some of us did so. Lisbon ‘
strikes one favorably, especially the new
town, built a little over one hundred
years ago, The houses are fine white
pleasant looking structures. Many of ‘
them have very pretty marble fronts. At '
the Queen’s Theatre, Markets, Queen’s. 3
Gardens, (public square) are beautiful ‘
shade trees, among the prettiest of which ’
is the weeping willow and cypress ; also ‘
flowering trees and shrubs, fig and pep—
per trees, and many other interesting ob-
jects, and a verandab, where the band of
the royal guard perform every Sunday, ,
from 12 until 4. I visited and drank
from the city reservoir, from the top of
which an extensive view is obtained of
the city and the hill-bound Tagus, beau—
tiful country seats, gardens, and walks, ;
groves of orange trees, figs, mulberries,
&c. I visited the Star Gardens, the
prettiest of all—a delightful place. I
experienced here, for the first time since
last July, the pleasurable sensation given §
by a cool, refreshing shade. If I, had
seen nothing else in Lisbon but this gar-
den or park, I should feel amply reward-
ed for three days’ nausea. I paid one
penny to see the Star cathedral, where '
the royal family worship, and the tomb ‘
of Donna Maria Theresa, mother of Don
Pedro II.
Leaving the church, we saw the fuuer-
al procession of a deceased General, fol—
lowed by horse and foot.
The city is built upon hills, and pre— ,
seats a. fine appearance from the river.
The river is hemmed in with sugar—loaf '
shaped hills, and its shores are lined
withlittle ancient looking villages. You 1
may be sure that the green hills looked
very refreshing to us, after our experi-
ence in the Bay of Biscay, and none the
less so were those oranges just picked .
from the trees.’witb the green leaves still I
on their stems. _
Leaving Lisbon at 4 ‘ o’clock, we got
out of the river at sundown, and a fresh .
breeze springing up, the officer of the
deck gave the order to “man the weath- .
er brace,” and in a few minutes our
canvass from main to mizzeu was swelling ‘
in the breeze, and we set our jibs for the
land of the Southern cross.
Rio JANEIRO, April 4th, 1864.
I bade good bye to England in a cold
driving sleet, and our good vessel stood
out upon a stormy sea. After three
weeks of galcs and rolling waves, varied
by light winds and calms we awoke on
Sunday morn, April 3rd, to gaze upon
Cape Frio. This isolated peak shoots
up as steeply as the chalk clifi's of Eng-
land, and is as high as rock Gibmlter,
and crowned to its very top with verdure
All, from the highest to the lowest stood
silent upon the deck, mutually admiring.
the gigantic avenue of mountains and
palm-covered isles, which form a fitting
-.eolonade to the entrance of the finest bay
in the world. Imagine if you can the
emotions of one coming from a latitude of
a stormy winter, as he beholds around
him a land of perpetual summer, with its
towering and crested palms, and its giant
vegetation arranged in fadeless green.
N o clouds were frowning over us, the
balmy breezes were blowing and the
palms upon the adjacent bills were grace-
fully waving above the world of vegeta-
tion, so new to me, which gleamed in the
warm sunlight. The lofty mountain range
near the entrance of ,the harbor stood
forth in an outline, at once bold, abrupt
and beautiful. Mr. Fletcher says: “The
first entrance of one to the harbor forms
i an era. in his life.”
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