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'NORWALK GAZETTE.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
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Advertising Rates.
G. N. ELLs.
N ORWALK, CONN.
E. S. Brewster, Proprietor.
' HIS House, having been renovated and
. improved, is now open for the reception
of' permanent or transient boarders, and will
be kept. as a first class Hotel. This Hotel is
very pleasantly situated in one of the most
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.. six months, ’ 7 00 that it. Will be his constant endeavor to
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Each :1 ditiorial Square, per year, ’ 8 00 satisfaction to all.
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Fifteen lines, or 100 words,makc a square. Fraction-
!“ parts of a square charged for as a whole.
Yearly advertisements payable lst of January &July.
Yearly advertisers restricted to the business contem-
‘lated atthe time of contract.
&‘ These terms will be lnfiexihly adhered t0._a
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
N orwalk Post Office.
sums 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 Reading Ridge, Tues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
. arms DUE.
West 9.10 A. M.—6.Cli P. M.
East. 8.20 A. M.—3.30 P. M.
Danbury do Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. u.
D. PRITCHARD, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
C
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
New
HARDWARE 8t PAINT STORE,
M a i n S t r c e t,
Opposite I. H. Campcll’s Confectionery,
MARVIN & PROWITT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, &c.
JAMES G. HARBOUR,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
‘D E N '1- I s u.- .
Teeth extracted without pain by the use
of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas,
Office at Residence, East Avenue, N orwalk,
Connecticut.
Architecture.
SIDNEY M. STONE,
ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications; Detail
Draw’ings and superintcnd the erection of
ublic and private buildings. Ofiice in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52
L. E0. F. RELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
T ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in toves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wobden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
a. s. Eocnwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GEN TLEMENS FURNISHING
EM? OBIUM .1
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
s. E. amiss-ram: a 00.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Ccmn.
Ems msunsucs comrmv,
Of Hartford,
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $3,128,820.
Insure against loss and damage by Fire
on Terms adapted to the hazard,aud
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R COWLES. Sole Agent
lv3 For N orwalk and vicinity.
DIN'I'AI. cm.
N impression having gone abroad that
the undersigned has relinquished his
profession, this is to inform his friends and
the pnhhc that he still continues the practice
of his profession at his oll stand, foot of
Main-st, Norwalk, where he will be happy
to tender them his best services. In case of
temporary ahsence,a skillfnl assistant will be
I; nd in attendance at the Office, ready and
wi bug to serve all that may call.
' A. HILL, D. D. S.
a. ,mcnsoiv c: 33.0.
NQ- 1 Gazette Building.
OULD respectfully announce to the
public and their ‘old customers, that
they. have recently made extensive additions
to t err stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in Burneld County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is larger than ever before.—
Wc have a fine lot of Ladies‘ 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
$6 to $-00. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash so that
our facilities for gelling cheap could not be
.reater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
lateu Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO,
POI. SALE.
THE Real Estate formerly owued by
_ WILLIAM SEYMOUR deceased, situated
in this town, on White Oak Shade Street,
about4 miles from Norwalk or Daricn, to
Will-("10
large new Dwelling House,
with out-buildings and 12 or 14 acres of very
superior Land, Well adapted to Gardening
purposes. Also a Small House with two
acres of land attached—and 4 acres of land
situated in or near “ Hanford’s Swamp u so
called. ’
The property will be sold all together or
in separate parcels as may suit purchasers,
and on accommodating terms; two thirds of
tbepurchase money can remain secuf'e'd on
the remises for a tuna of years, if desired.
For further particulars appl to
; S. Yy ST.JOHN.
New Canaan, Feb 10th,.1863. t
A New Burner for Kerosene
'1‘0 use'withou'i achimney,and will fitany
Fluid Lamp; it makes a good substitute
for Fluid. Price of burner only 20 cents.
C.& E. K. LOCKWOOD a 00.
17
NEW FURNISHING STORE,
NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST.
East Side of the Bridge.
HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortment of
I
Household Furniture
in this county, consisting‘of Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, Tcte-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.
offing, ~
done promptly and by experienced workmen.
_ Umiertakt’ng,
I have on hand ‘a' large assortment of
COFFINS, of the best ematerials, 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 In I. .
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 promptl at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITC .
E. ounwann a. soars,
CABINET MAKERS, &c
9 RE 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 ofiered 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.
UNDERTAKING,
We keep on hand a very large assortment of
C’oflins 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 ectra change.
E. QUINTARD & SONS.
N orwalk, March 15th 1862.
s-rovss, 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 variet ,hy any Stove
in the State. Manufactures in, Sheet, Iron
and Copper Wares, deals in J appan, Brittan-
ia, Crockery, Wooden, and Silver Plated
Wares, Stove Blacking, Coal Bods, 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. Call
at . . NASH'S,
1V4 South Norwalk,Ct.
HE attention of the public is solicited to
the superior quality of
H A M M E R. ’ S
Fresh Brewed ChampagneAle.
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 half-Barrels, at
Selleck’s Packet Ofiice, Norwalk.
JEHIEL GRUMMA
Agent for the sale of Hammer’s.h pagne
Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2
Notice.
HE Subscriber has the pleasure of inform-
ing the public that he has purchased the
interest of Ebenezer Crissey in the Boot and
Shoe Business lately carried on at the Store
corner of Wall and Water Street, where he
will continue the business. He trusts that
the liberal patronage given to this Store
while under his control as partner and man-
ager, will be continued to him as proprietor.
9 J. N. LOCKWOOD.
Cash System adopt—edict:
Photographs & Caries do Vicito
AT WHITNEY do BECKWITH’S.
N consequence of the great rise in chem-
,xicals, 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 (Josh 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 do BECK WITH.
Norwalk, Conn., June 15. ,
:IMI’OII'ED CUTLERY,
And Silver-fluted Ware.
‘HE Subscriber, while in England, recent-
ly, made arrangements with the Shef-
fied 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 Sheffield Cutlery
ever offered in this Country, including Car-
ving Knives and Forks; Bread Knives;
Butter Knives; Table Knives and Forks;
Pocket Knives 01' every description, inclu-
ding many curious styles; Scissors, &c., &c.
Also, just received, an assortment ot.beau-
titul Silveerlated‘ WaLre,fmade' by a
new patented process, by the same ‘Ho'use,
and is the first lot imported into this coun-
try. Call and examine for yourselves.
tf46] JOSEPH SHEPHERD.
WM. T. BARNUM,
O. 3. 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
nonwnnn nos-1:1. '
Hammer’s Champagne Ale. ~
NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, JUNE 14,1864.
,. Norwalk I
alum than, ‘
N ORWAI-E CONN,
Chartered Capital 3500.000
Paid up Capital, $100,000
Wu. C. STREET, President.
GEO. R. CoWLEs, Secretary.
EBEN. HILL, Treasurer.
Norwalk, Jan lst. 1864
IN SUIANC.
THE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England 're and Marina In-
surance 00. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
by fire, on as accommodating terms as any
other Company.
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established
with a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00. “
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
N orwalk, Feb. lst, 1861. tf5
Millinery Goods.
Great Reduction of Price.
MRS. M. J. ,SLAUSON having just re-
turned from New York with a 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,consistinv of Ladies’ Hats and Bloom-
ers, Ribbons, ”Flowers, 850., of the latest
Summer styles. 3m15
. N. B.—-Personal attention given to Clean-
ing and Pressing Hats and Bloomers for cus-
tomers and the trade at large. 3m15
New Millinery Store.
13’
Ladies of South Norwalk and vicinity
that she Will open the store formerly occu-
pied by Mrs. Newcomb, No. 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. 2m17
Grand Opening of
“WI! 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.
REMOVAI!
MRS. 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 1st.
Norwalk, March 18th, 1864. 12
MIHINEBY.
M I S S P I L G R I M
Has Removed
to the new Store between the Bank of Nor:
walk and the Danbury R. R. Depot. ltf
u. rnnnrs, .
County Surveyor,
ALSO Agent ig the Purchase and Sale of
RealEstate, holding the ofiice of Coun-
ty Surveyor, will attend to Land Surveying
on notice at his office at South Norwalk Sa-
vings Bank, or at the office of Norwalk Ga-
zette. tfl2
Business Change 1
WATERBURY a DUNCAN,
“I OULD announce to the public that
they have purchased the Carriage Ma-
king Business formerly conducted by Mr.
Edson Beers, and connected it with their
Blacksmith Shop, making one complete cs-
tablishment. They are now prepared toexe-
cute in the best manner, and with greater
ilispattcb than ever before, anything in the
me o
Carriage Making and Blacksmith-
mg.
Carriages made to order, and Painting,
Trimming, Repairing, &c., done by experi-
enced workmen, with dispatch.
WGood Carriage timber taken in ex-
change for work.
Norwalk, Nov. 23d, ’63. tf47
THE Subscriber having purchased the
_ Hardware business, formerly 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 ,pie 0d of
thankinghis friends for the] g will,
during the past ten years. At the s time
requesting them, and the public, to tend
their patronage to his successor, Mr. Theo-
dore Fitch. .
- . EDWIN V. A. CHICHESTER.
Norwalk, Dec. 15th, 1863.
HOWARD B. SMITH,
No. 4, annrx BLocx,
Dealer in
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China,
Glass,
Earthen,
Plated, and
Wooden Ware,
TABLE GUILERY,
KEROSENE LAMPS AND OIL.
Also, a full assortment of Marbles and
Alleys.
G. &.G-. M. Holmes,
DEALERS IN
Groceries,
Flour,
Provision, ac , -.
Main Street,
Norwalk, Conn
Catawba Brandy.
FOR Medicinabpurposes, recommended by
all Physicians, just received, by
14
H. M. PROWITT.
188 E. M. TOLLES informs the I
From “Our Country, a National Book.”
The Blue Coat ofthe Soldier.
BY RT. REV. GEORGE BURGESS, BISHOP 0F
MAINE. -.a
You asked me, little one, why I bowed ?
Though never I passed the man before,
Because my heart was full and proud ,
When I saw the old blue coat he were.
The blue great cost, the sky-blue coat,
The old blue coat the soldier wore.
-I knew not, I, what weapon he chose,
' What chief he followed, what badge he
, bore;
Enough that in the front of fees
His country’s blue great cost he wore.
Perhaps he was born in a forest but,
Perhaps he had danced on’ a palace" fioor ;
. To want or wealth my eyes were shut,
I only marked the coat he wore.
It mattered not much if he drew his line
From Shem, or Ham, in the days of yore ;
For surely be was a brother of mine
‘ Who for my sake the war coat wore.
He might have no skill to read or write,
Or he might be rich in learned lore; .
But I knew he could make his mark in fight
And nobler gown no scholar wore
Than the blue great cost, the sky blue,-
coat, \ ,
The old blue coat the soldier 'worc.
It may be he could plunder and prowl,
And perhaps in his mood he scoffed and
swore ;
But I would not guess a spot so foul
On the honored coat he bravely wore.
He had worn it long and borne it far;
And perhaps on the red Virginsn shore, ,-
From midnight chill till the morning star T
That warm great cost the sentry wore.
When hardy Butler reined his steed
Through the streets of proud, proud Balti-.
more, '
Perhaps behind him, at his need, . .
Marched he who yonder blue coat wore. f
Perhaps it was seen in Burnside’s ranks,
.When RappabanuOck ran dark with gore;
Perhaps on the mountain side with Banks
In the burning sun no more he wore
The blue great coat, the sky blue coat,
The old blue coat the soldier wore.
Perhaps in the swamps ’twas a bed for his
form,
From the seven days battling and march;
ing sore : .
Or with Kearney and Pope ’mid the steely
storm,
As the night closed in, that cost he v'vore.
Or when right over us J ackton dashed,
That collar or cape some bullet tore ;
Or when far ahead Antietam flashed,
He fiung to the ground the coat that he
wore.
0r stood at Gettysburg when the graves
Rang deep to Howard’s cannon roar ;
0r saw with Grant the uuchaincd waves
Where conquering hosts the blue coat
wore.
That garb of honor tells enough,
Though I its story guess no more ;
The heart it covers is made of such stuff
That the coat is mail which that soldier
wore.
He may hang it up when the peace. shall
come, ' '
And the moths may find it behind the door
But his children will point when they bear a
‘ drum '
To the proud old coat their father were.
And so my child will you and I,
For whose fair home their blood they po ur
Still bow thé head as one goes by
Who wears the coat that soldier wore—
The blue great cost, the sky blue coat,
The old blue coat the soldier wore.
“0””—
Song of the Purse.
The following song was read in a poem
delivered before the Convention of the “07:5
Rn' Fraternity" at Williams College on ,ch-
nesday last. Amopg the innumerable poets
who have written in the style of “Hood's
Song of a Shirt," this is One of the best :
Oh, is‘nt this world a queer old world,
Its oddities who can rehearse 1
Brains are but little, heart all a farce,
There’s not much outside of a Purse.
We believe in the Purse, let Poets sing
Of love the whole day long, _
You’ll find this world, this jolly old world,
Simply roads the poets song. '
’Twill buy its heart, if the shrine’s only gold,
And even the poets curse,
On the glittering dross, ’twill turn to a prayer
At the sight of a plethoric Purse. '
Wctbelieve in the Purse—let Christians teach
That to love it is a grievous fault;
You’d find this world, this pious old world,
Has a creed that would screen a vault.
And the golden rule is a rule of gold
To many churchmen and what‘s worse, -
This Hell is only a moncyless bole—
Their Heaven’s a magnified Purse.
back
Lest its gleam may reflect a crime;
You’ll find this world, this jury of 1 world,
Has a theory more sublime.
It applies a part of a natural law
That governs a universe ;
And to crime varies, in a limetless scale,
Merely as the length of the Purse.
We believe in the Purse, let a nation's blood
Redden the Summer fields,
We’ll heap on fuel to the sacrifice
And welcome the gold it yields;
We’ll coin into money each sacred drop
And, like the foolish nurse,
We’ll fondle the children that sting our sides,
Since they lengthen our personal purse.
We believe in the Purse, Let others ask
For glory, and a noble name; ‘b
That when they die, a mourning world
Shall re-ccho their fame.
:Wbat a mocking wish, we cannot see,
Though a world weep hftcr' our,,hears'e,
Better, far better than this, we ask
While we live a great plump purse.
f One of the prominent moneyed
I institutiousut New York has been robbed
of twenty United States ten-forty bonds
for $1000 each, numbered 31, 5'13, 31,-
574, 31, 575 and numbers 31, 606 to 31,-
622 inclusive. Payment of the bonds
a reward of $2000 is ol‘erod for their
recovery. -
We believe in the Purse—let the heart hold 1.
and coupon taken has been stopped, and "
vaEnson. TriE‘ Houston,
__———
A ‘Ronu‘cs Bx V-‘An'rnus WARD
CHAPTE-Bifilg' ‘
m nonnon’spurmm
The morning on which "Reginald Glov.
crsou was to leave GreatSslt Lake City
with a mule train, dawned beautifully.
,: '_;Rc'ginuld Gldverson was a young and
thrifty Mormon, with an interesting fomi.
ly of twenty young and beautiful wives.
His unions had never been blessed 'vwitb
children. [As often. as once a year be
used to-go to Omaha, in Nebraska, with
a mule-trsiu,~ for goods ; but although
‘ be had performed the rstb‘er' perilous
journey many times with entire safety,
his heart was strangely and on this par-
ticular morning, and filled with gloomy
forcbOdings.
The time for his departure bod‘orrivcd.
The high spirited mules were at the door,
impatiently chomping their hits. The
Memos stood sadly among his weeping
wives. ‘ . . -
"‘ Dearest ones,’ he said, ‘ I am singu.
lcrly sad at heart, this morning ; but do
not let this dcprccs'y’oug‘ The journey is
a-pcrilous one 'but-—‘psbsw.~ ,I‘ - have al~
weys'comc buck safely heretofore, and
. why should I fear? Besides, I'kuow that
' every'esigbt, as I lay down on the broad-
starlight prairie, your bright faces will
. came to me in my dreams, and- mcke my
'sluinbcrs sweet and gentle; You, Emily, »
with your mild blue eyes ;' and you Heu-
rictta, with your splendid black hair" ;, and
._you, Nelly, with your hut-J so brightly.
beautifullygoldeu ; and you," Mollie, with
*yo‘urcbeeks so‘ downy ; and you, Betsey,
'witb'your wine-red lips—far more deli-
cious, though, than any wine I ever tast-
" ted—Fundyou, Maria, with your wiusomo
voice ; and you, Susan, with ‘ your—and
the otbcr'tbirt'eeu of you, each so good
and beautiful, will come to me in sweet
' dreams, will you not, Dearestists 1’
‘Our own,’ they lovingly chimed, ‘wc
will 2’ '
fAnd so farewell? cried Reginald.
.‘Comc to my- arms, my'Owul' be said,
‘thst is, as many of you as can do it con-
veniently at once, for Imust sway,
But-belied not gone for when the trace
of the off-bind mule become. uuhitcbed.
Dismouuting, he assayed. to adjgst the
trace ; but ere be bad fairly commenced
-tbc task, the mule, a singularly refracto-
ry animal—sucrtcd wildly, (and kicked
Reginald frightfully in the stomach. Ho
arose with difficulty and tottercd fecbly
towards his mother’s house,‘ which was
near by, falling dead in her yard, with the
remark, 'Dear Mother I’ve come home
to dicl’
‘So I see,’ she said ; ‘wbere’s the
mulcs?’
Alas? Reginald G-loverscu could give
no answer. In vein the heart stricken
mother threw herself upon his inanimate
form, crying, ‘Ob my son—my son 1 only
say where them males is, and then you
may die if you want tol' Iu vain—in
vein 1 .
Reginald had passed on.
CHAPTER 11.
smash memos.
The mules were never found.
Reginald’s heart-brakes: mother took
the body boiue to bar unfortunate son’s
widows. But before berarrivcl the dis-
boursc whisper, that their ‘old man had
gene in.’ - -
The wives felt very badly indeed.
‘Ho was devoted to mc,'scbbed Emily.
. ‘And to mc,’ said Maris.
,Yes,’ said Emily, ‘bc thought consid-
erable of you, but not so much as he did
of mo.’
‘1 say he did I’
'Aud I say he didn’t 1’
‘He did l'
‘Hc didn't 1’
'Don’t look at me, with your squint
eyes 1’
‘Dou’t shake you red bend at me l’
‘Sisters l’ssid the black-haired Henri-
etta, ‘ceasc this unseemly. wrangling. I,
as Reginald's first wife, shall straw flow-
ers on his grave’ '
‘No you won’t,’ said Susan. 'I as his
last wife, shall straw flowers on his
grave. It’s my business to strew 1’
'You sbau't so there 1’ said Henrietta.
IYou bet I will I’ said Susan, with o
tear—suffused cheek.
“ Well, as for me,” said the practical
Betsey, “ I ain’t on the Straw, much,
but 1 shall ride at the head of the funeral
procession I"
“Not if I’ve ever been introduced to
myself, you won’t” said the golden haired
Nelly ; " that’s my position. You bet
your bonnet-strings it is l”
“ Children,” said Reginald’s mother,
". you must do com, crying, you know, on
the day of the funeral; and how many
pocket-bandercbers will it take to go
round 1 Betsey, you and Nelly ought to
make one do between you.” .
“I ll tear her eyes out: if she perpe-
tntes c sob on my bundkcrcbcr i" said
Nelly. ,
“ Dear daughters-lulu," said Regin-
sld’s mother, “ how nmsccmly‘ is this
anger. Mules is five hundred dollars a
span, and every ideutuccl mule my poor
boy had husbecu gobbled up by the red
cretly cent a boy to Bust the news gently ~
to the afflicted wives, which he did by s
the Die, but if I’d only thunk to ask him
about them mules ere bis gentle spirst
took flight, it would have been four
thousand dollars in our pockets, and no
mistake! Excuse those real tears, but
you’ve never felt a parent’s feelin’s.”
“ It’s an oversight,” sobbed Maria.—
“ Don’t blame us I” '
CHAPTER III.
nus-r To near.
The funeral passed off in a very pleas-
ant manner, fibtblng occurring to mar
thcharmony of the occasion. By a bap-
py thought of chinald’s mother the
wives walked to the grave twenty abreast,
which rendered that part of the cere-
mony thoroughly impartial.
That night the twenty wives, with
heavy hearts, sought their twenty respec.
tive couches. But no Reginald occupied
those twenty respective couches—Regin-
ald would uevermore press the twenty
respective pillows of those respective
couches—never, never more ! ‘
In another house, not many leagues
from the House of Mourning, a gray-
buircd woman was weeping passionately.
" He died," she cried, “ he died without
sigcrfying, in any respect, where them
mules went to l” ’
CHAPTER IV.
mama AGAIN.
Two years are supposed to elapse be-
tween tbc third and fourth chapters of
this original American romance.
A manly Moi-man, one evening, as
the sun was” preparing to set among a
sclcct apartment of gold and crimson
clouds in the western horizon—although
for that matter the sun has a right to
“ set" where it wants to, and so, I may
add, has a hen—a manly Mormon, I say,
tapped gently at the door of the mansion
of the late Reginald Gloverson.
The door was opened by Mrs. Susan
Glovcrson. '.
“ Is this the house of the widow Glo
vet-son?" the Mormon asked.
“ It is,” said Susan,
" And how many is there of she ?” in
quired the Mormau. ' -
“ There is about twenty of her, inclu-
ding mc," courteously returned the fair
Susan.
“ Can I see her I”
“ You can.”
“ Madam,” be softly said, addressing
the twenty disconsolate widows, " I have
seen port of you before i Aud'altbougb
I have already twenty-five wives whom I
respect and tenderly care for, I can truly
say that I never felt lovc’s holy thrill
till I saw thee l Be mine—be mine l”
he enthusiastically cried, and we will
show the world a striking illustration of
the beauty and truth of the noble lines.
only a good deal more so—
_“ Twenty-one souls with a single thought,
Twenty-one hearts that beat as one i"
I They were united, they .were i
Gentle reader, does not the moral of
this romance show that—does it not, in
fact, show that however many there may
be of a young widow woman, or rather
does it not show that whatever number
of persons one woman may consist of—
wcll, never mind what it shows. Only
this writing Mormon romances is confus-
ing to the intellect. You try it and sec.
W
as... Fremont’s Letter of Ae-
ceptance.
Grannies : In answer to the letter
which I have bad the honor to receive-
from you on the part of the representa-
tives of the people assembled at Clove
land. on the 31st of May, I desire to ex-
press my thanks for the confidence which
led them to oficr me the honorable and
dificult position of their candidate in the
approaching Presidential contest.
Very honorable because in ofiering it
to me you act in the name of a great
number of citizens who seek above all
things the good of their country, and who
have no sort of selfish interest in view.—
Very difiicult, because in accepting the
candidacy you propose to me, I am ex-
posed to the reproach of creating a schism
in the party with which I have been
identified.
Had Mr. Lincoln remained faithful to
the principles be was elected to defend, no
schism could have been created, and no
contest could have been possible. This
is not an ordinary election, it is a contest
for the right even to have candidates,
and not merely as usual for the choice
among them. Now, for the first - time
since ’76, the question of constitutional
liberty has been brought directly before
the people for their serious consideration
and vote. The ordinary rights secured
under the Constitution and the laws of
the country have been violated, and ex-
traordinary means have been usurped by
the Executive. It is directly before the
people now to say whether or not the'
principles established by the Revolution
are worth maintaining.
If we have been taught to believe,
those guarantees of liberty, which made
the distinctive value and glory ”of our
country, are in truth inviolablo sacred,
than there must be a protest against the
arbitrary violation, which had not even
the excuse of necessity. The schism is
made by those who force the choice be-
tween a shameful silence or a protest
against wrong. In such considerations
originated the Cleveland Convention. It
mom—I knew when my Reginald stog- p... among its objects to arouse the at-
. C "
gored into the door-yard that he was on
tenlion of the people to such facts, and
to bring them to realize that while we
are saturating Southern soil with the
best blood of the country, in the name of
Liberty, we have really parted with it at
home.
'l‘o-duy we have in the country the
abuses of a military dictation without its
unity of action and vigor of execution.—
An Administration marked at home by
disregard of Constitutional rights, by its
violation of personal liberty of the press,
and, as a crowning shame, by its aban-
donment of the right of asylum—a right
especially dear to all free nations.—
Abroad, its course has been character-
ize by a feebleness and want of principle
which has misled European powers and
driven them to a belief that only com-
mercial interests and personal aims are
concerned, and that no great principles
are involved in the issue.
The admirable conduct of the people,
their readiness to make every sacrifice
demanded of them, their forbearance and
silence, under the suspension of every-
thing tbat could be suspended, their ma-
ny acts of heroism and sacrifices, Were all
rendered fruitless by the incapacity or,
to speak more exactly, by the personal
ends for which the war was managed.
This incapacity and selfishness naturally
produced such results as led the European
Powers, and logically enough, to the
conviction that the North. with its
greatly superior population, its immense
resources, and its credit will never be
able to recover the South. Sympatbies
which should haw been with us from the
outset of the war, were turned against
us, and in this way the Administration
has done the country a double wrong
abroad. It created hostility or, at best,
indifference among those who would have
been its friends if the real intentions of
the people could have been better known;
while at the same time, it neglected no
occasion for making the most humiliating
concessions.
Against this disastrous condition of
afi’airs the Cleveland Convention was a
protest.
The principles which form the basis of
its platform have my unqualified and cor
dial approbation, but I cannot so heartily
concur in all the measures which you
propose. '1 do not believe that confisca-
tion extended to the property of all Rob.
els, is‘prnclicablc, and, if it were so, I
don’t think it a measure of sound policy.
It is a question belonging‘to the people
themseIVes to decide, and is a proper
occasion for the exercise of their original
and sovereign nil-thority. As a war
measure, in the beginning of a revolt,
which might be quellcd by prompt sever
ity, I understand the- policy of confisca-
tion; but not as a final nL-zisure of recon-
struction alter the suppresion of an
insurrection. ‘
In the adjustments which are to follow
peace no considerations of veugaucc can
consistently be admitlcd.
The object of the war is to make pcr~
munently secure the peace and happiness
of the whole country, uuul there was but
a single clement in the way of its attain-
ment; This element of Slavery may be
considered practical destroyed in the
country, audit needs only your proposed
amendment of the Constitution to make
its extinction complete. I
With this extinction of Slavery, the
party divisions created by it have have
also disappeared, And if, in the history
of the country, there has ever been a time
when the American people, without re.
gard to’one or another of the political
divisions, were called upon to give sol-
emnly their voice in a matter which
involved the safety of the United States,
it is assuredly the present time.
If the Convention at Baltimore will
nominate any man whose past life justifies
a well-grounded confidence in his fidelity
to our cardinal principles, there is no
reason why there should be any division
among the really patriotic men of the
country. To my suclgl shall be most
happy to give a cordial and active sup-
port.
My own decided preference is to aid
in this way, and not to be myself a can-
didate. But if Mr. Lincoln should be
renominated, as I believe it would be fa-
tal to the country to indorse a policy and
renew a power which has cost us the lives
of thousands of men, and needlessly put
the country on the road to bankruptcy,
there will remain no alternative but to
organim against him every element of
conscientious opposition with the view to
prevent the misfortune of his reelection.
In this contingency, I accept the nomi.
nation at Clem-land, and as a preliminary
step I have resigned my commission in
the army. This was a sacrifice it gave
the pain to make. But I had for a long
time l'ruitlcssly endeavored to obtain set“
vice. I make this sacrifice only to regain
liberty of speech, and to leave nothing in
the way of discharging to my utmost
ability the task you have set for me.
With my earnest and sincere. thanks
for your expressions of confidence and
regard, and for the many honorable terms
in which you acquaint me with the ac-
tions of the Committee.
J. C. FREMONT.
New York, June 4, 1864.
To Messrs. WORTKINGTON G. SNETI'IEN of
Maryland, EDWARD GILBERT of New York,
Cases]: BUTZ of Illinois, CHARLES E. Moss
of Missouri, N. P. SAWYEB of Pennsylvania.
VOLUME ‘LVIInN UMBER 24
THE samba]; comma
TION.
FIRST DAY’S SESSION.
BALTIMORE, June 7.——Thc Nation:
Union Convention met at the Fro:
Street Theater at 11 o’clock. The built
ing is decorated with flags, etc. '
Nearly 600 delegates are present, luob
ding some from New Mexico. .'
The building in which the Gamma
is held is densely packed.
Hon. E. D. Morgan, chairman of th
National Committee, called the Conven
tion to order at 12 o’clock, making ,
brief address, and proposed Dr. R. J
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, as temporar;
Chairman. Breckenridge’s - name wa
received. with the greatest enthusiasm
and he was conducted to the chair amids
cheers for the “Old War Horse of Ken:
tacky.” As soon as silence was restore.
Breckenridge returned thanks for th
honor conferred, and in a brief, eloquen
speech, explained the consideration
which induced him to attend the Conven
tion.
Prayer was then offered by the Rev
Mr. Riley. -3
The list of States was then called. ,
As States were called, each delegatioi
»scnt to the Secretary a roll of delegates
Mr. Stevens of Pennsylvania, move;
that if any delegates were here fror
States in secession they be included it
the call. After considerable debate tbg
motion to call the names of all the State
and Territories prevailed. 7 I .
On motion of Mr. Lane, each of tilt
States, except Missouri, which has twi
sets of delegates, were called. on to cum.
one member for Committee on Credentiali
The following were appointed: .
B. W. Norris, Ms; B. J. Cole, N. H.
Edwin Hammond, Vt.;H. H. Fry, R I
Augustus Brandegee, Conn; Preston
King, N. Y.; Jas. M. Scoville, N. Ju.
Andrew H. Reeder, Penn; E.’ S. Bran—
ford, Dela. ; H. H. Goldsborougb, Md;
Samuel Lusk, Ky; G. V. Dorsey, Obio.§
Jesse J. Brown, Ind; J. W. Shaffer, Illg
Marsh Gettings, Mich; J.- B. Cassidy,
Wis; Geo. D. Wordler, Iowa; W. S.-
Butler, Min; Jobn Budcville, Cal ; Hi
ram Smith, Oregon; Wm. E. Stevens,
West Va; M. H. lusley, Kansas.
EVENING sssstox.
The Convention rc-asscmbled at half
past 8. The Hall was densely crowded“
The Committee on permanent organi4
zation made the following report of chi:
cars ; .
For President, lIon. Wm. Dennisson
of Ohio; Vice Presidents—Maine, Na;
thun M. Farwcll ; New Hampshire, On-
slaw Stem-nos ; Ver'mont, Henry Sto4
well ; Massachusetts, Morris ,Kimball;
Rhode Island, Joseph DeWolf Perry ;
Connecticut, II. A Grant ; New York,
Lyman 'l‘xciuainc ; New Jchcy, W. A.
‘Newell ;,l’c misylvuniu, IV. W. Ketch-
am ; Delaware; George Z. Tybout ; Ma:
ryland, A. C. Green: Kentucky, J. E.
Record; Ohio, D. Todd; Indiana, J.
Beard; Illinois, J. N. Brown; Michi-
gan, Chas. T. Gorbam ; Wisconsin, J.
F. Porter; Iowa, G. W. McCraney;
Minnesota, Cbas. M. Darley ; California,
Robert Gardner; Oregon, Fred Char-7
man ; West Va. C. D. Hubbard ; Kan-
sas, F. W. Potter. 1
The Secretaries are from each State?
including Maine, Nathaniel Morill ; New
Hampshire, Edward Spaulding; Ver-
mont, Horace Fairbanks; Mass. Geo.
A. Shaw, Rhode Island, Joel M. Spoon-
er ; Connecticut, Samuel L. Warner. '
The report of the committee was ac-
ceptod, and ex-Gov., Dennisson made a
speech of thanks for the honor, alluding '
as did Breckinridge to President Lioy
coln, as the probable choice of the Con;
ventiou ‘
Neither committee. on credentials nor
resolutions being reported Mr. Stevens
then moved to adjourn till tO-morrow. I
It was announced that Parson Brown-
low was in the hall, and it was hoped he
would be invited to speak.
Mr. Stevens withdrew his motion and
the Parson was invited to address the,
Convention. . ,
lie was greeted with deafining cheers
and welcomed by Frost. Dennisson, and
apol{(-.at.s01nc length and avowed him-
selffnr Lincoln with Andy Johnson for
Vice President.
The («invention then adjourned till 6
o’clock to morrow.
Second Day’s Proceedings.
BALTIMORE. J one 8,
WEDNESDAY MORNING. .
'l‘hc Canventiou reassembled at 1053’
o'clock, Gov. Dennison of Ohio, the Pros?
idem, in the chair. _ i
The ball was densely crowded. ’
Mr. King, Chairman of the Committeel
on Credentials, made a majority report?
in substance as follows :
That the Missouri Radicals be admit
ted ; that. the Arkansas delegates be
admitted, without permission to. vote}
that the South Carolina delegatésrbe not
admitted, and the delegates; from the
District of Columbia be admitted'witboufi
the right to vote. ’ _ "
The minority also presented agreport“
concurring in that. of the majority, except
so for as it excludes the defe'g'itte‘ifa from
Virginia, Arkansas, and the territhl‘i
Colorado, Nevada and Nebraska}
the right of voting. - 9»?
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