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Yearly advertisers restricted to the busrrrcss contem- plated at the time of contract. 855’" These terms will be inflcxrbly adhered tag Norwalk Post Oflice. 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.CO 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. M. D. PRITCHAR D, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, IREGTORY. ‘\,‘\ ,\ ‘ «‘FV. Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store, MAIN STREET, SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. New 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, doc. JAMES G. BABEOUR, SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL DENTIST. 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 Drawings, and superintend the erection of N ORWAIIK HOTEL. NORYVALK, 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 beautiful towns on Long Island Sound, and is especially attractive for Summer Board- crs. 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 Norwal k the largest assortmentof , Household Purniture 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 ROCK E128 of all kinds, Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, and everything else in the Furniture line cheap for Cash. Repairing, done promptly and by experienced workmen. Undertaking, I have on hand a large assortment of COFFINS, of the best materials, and will furnish shrouds, 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. 1313, 1863. .- 44 NORWAIIIK Steam? Sawing and Plaining M I I. r. . HE subscriber has fitted up and is now prepared tohexecute 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 prom'ptly at- tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FI CH 2. cone-ram: a soars, CABINET MAKERS, do RE now prepared to ofi'cr to the public the largest and best assortment of Good Purniture, comprising every article usually kept in :1 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 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 Ooflins of every description, furnish shrouds, public and private buildings. , Ofiice in Mar- ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52 't E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man- LT ufacturer 0f Tin, Copper, and Sheet Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort- ment of House Keeping articles generally. a. s. Locnwoon, Fashionable Draper & Tailor, and GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHIN G EMPORIUM I Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. s. 1:. OLMSTEAD a co., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Flour, Feed, 810., 14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Hartford. Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual. Capital and Assets, $3,128,820 Insure against loss'and damage by Fire on Term: adapted to the hazard,and consistent with the laws of compensation. GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent lv,3 For Norwalk and vicinity. DENTAL CARD. AN impression having gone abroad that the undersigned has relinquished his profession, this is to inform his friends and the public that he still continues the practice of his profession at his 011 stand, foot of Maiu~st., Norwalk, where he will be happy to tender them his best services. In case of temporary absence,a skillful assistant will be found in attendance at the Office, ready and willing to serve all that may call. A. HILL, D. D. S. A. JACKSON & 330. N 0-. 1 Gazette Building- V OULD 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 Fmrfield 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 Ladies’ Swiss Watches, in gold cases, at 'prices varying from $20 to $75, which we can recommend as being cor- rect time keepers. Also, Gentleman’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 our facilities for selling cheap could not be greater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and Plated Wares was never better than at pres- ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO. ron sax-33.» .' THEfiRL‘al Estate formerly owned by WIELLAM SEYMOUR, deceased, situated in this toWn, on White Oak Shade Street, about4 miles from Norwalk or Darien, to wrt:—one 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 “. I-laufin‘d‘s‘S'w‘mfi'pJ’ SO called. " ' The property will be sold all “Mother 0,- . . 1: 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 term of years, if desired_ For further particulars apply to . Y. ST.JOHN. New Canaan, Feb 10th,1863. tf7 A. N on; Burner for Kerosene O usc'withoul a chimney, and will litany Fluid Lamp; it makes a good substitute for Fluid. Price of burner only 20 cents. C. & E. K. LOCKWOOD 66 CO. scarfs, carriages, and everything necessary for the interment of the dead, and at very low prices. splendid Hearse, which ‘will give us two Hearscs equal to any in the State, which we 'shallusc whenever our services are required, without extra chaage. E. QUINTARD & SONS. N orwalk, March 15th 1862. .~ srovss,HEATERs,RAReEs, VER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes of Cooking Stoves and Ranges; over thir- ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and Office 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, \VOoden, and Silver Plated Wares, Stove Blacking, 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. Call at F. H. NASI-I’S, 1V4 South N orwalk, Ct. Hammer’s Champagne Ale. THE attention of the public is solicited to the superior quality of H A M M E R ’ 8 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 half-Barrels, at Selleck’s Packet Oflice, Norwalk. JEHIEL GRUMMAN, Agent for the sale of Hammer’s Champagne Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2 Notice. HE Subscriber has the pleasure Ofinform- 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 he continued to him as proprietor. 9 J. N. LOCKWOOD. Cash-Systém adopted 10—1:— Photographs & Cartes de Visits AT WHITNEY do 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 CASII. \VHITNEY & BECK WITH. Norwalk, Conn., June 15. IMPORTED CUTLEBY, And Silver-Plated Ware. THE Subscriber, while in England, recent- ly, made'arrangemonts with the Shef- 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 of every description, inclu- ding many curious styles; Scissors, &c., &c. Also, 'ust received, an assortment of beau- titul Silver-Plated “’arc, 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'. S. War Claim Agent, Will promptly collect Bounty Money, Back Bay, Pensions for Disabled, D18- ch‘arged Soldiers, Widows and Children, Mothers and Sisters, and all other Claims against Government. Office opposite Con- cert Hall. All business letters promptly answered. Daubury, Conn. 1y36 ..,....». .. .' 1v 'r'ftr. NMYWL _ . " " _i;f’*"_“ “A... . We are just completing another» . fiéd Manufacturers for the sale of Thomas ~NORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY, JULY 12. 1864. Norwalk — msunu cum, NOBWAI-E CONN, Chartered Capital $500000 Paid up Capital $100,000 WM. 0. STREET, President. GEO. R. COWLES, Secretary. EBEN. HILL, Treasurer. Norwalk, Jan 1st. 1864 . INSURANCE. THE subscriber having taken the agency of the New England Fire and Marine In- surance 00. of Hartford, is prepared to insure all kinds of property against loss or damage by fire, on as accommodating terms as any other Company. 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 vicinit N orwalk, Feb. lst, 1861. 1y y. tf5 Assets over $23,000,000. GEO. R. COWLES, S AGENT at Norwalk, and issues Policies for the following INSURANCE COMPANIES. Home, of N.'Y., Assets J an. 1, ’64 $3,286,270 Etna, of Hartford, “ “ 3,128,820 Phoenix, of N.Y., "‘ “ . 722,219 Home, of N. H, “ “ ‘ 500,000 Norwich, “ “ 390,501 Lamar, N. Y., “ “ 389,375 North American, Ht’d“ “ 384,010 City of New Haven, " “ 330,419 Merchants, Hartford, “ “ 301,443 Western Mass, Pittsfield, “ 236,424 Hampden, Springfielc ,“ “ 200,000 People‘s, Worcester, “ “ 200,000 and other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, with assets of $13,000,000. At So. Norwalk application may be made to WM. T. CRAW. Millinery Goods. Great Reduction of Price. D1 RS. 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 Goodsconsistinrr of Ladies’ Hats and Bloom- ers, Ribbons, =Flowcrs, &c., of the latest Summer styles. 3m15 N. B.——Pcrsonal attention given to Clean- ing and Pressing Hats and Bloomers for cus- tomers and the trade at large. . 3m15 Grand Opening of Mill-LINER? 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! D] RS. J. E. HOYT, would, respectfully inform the ‘public that she has Remo- ved her MILLINERY ROOMS to Curtis’s Building, (directly over the Store of Mr. Bat‘ terson,) Main St., where she will be pleased to meet all her old friends and patrons. Attention is called to her new stock of ' Spring Millinery Goods, which will be on exhibition and Sale, on and after April lst. Norwalk, March 18th, 1864. 12 , Manama: MISS ,PILGRIM ' ' Has Removed to the new Store between the Bank of Nor- walk and the Danbury R. R. Depot. 1tf J'. PEBRIS, County Surveyor, LSO Agent in the Purchase and Sale of Real Estate, holding the office of Coun- ty Surveyor, will attend to Land Surveying on notice at his office at South Norwalk Sa- vings Bank, or at the ofiice of Norwalk Ga- zette. tf12 Business Change ! WATERBURY do DUNCAN, “IOULD 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 es- tablishment. They are now prepared to exe- cute in the best manner, and with greater pispattch than ever before, anything ,in the me o Carnage Makmg and Blacksmlth- 111g. Carriages made to order, and Painting, Trimming, Repairing, &c., done by experi- enced workmen, with dispatch. W Good Carriage timber taken in ex-‘ change for work. Norwalk, Nov. 28d, ’63. tf47 NOTICE. 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 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. 1501,1863. 51 HOWARD H. SMITH, .No. 4, annrx BLOCK, Dealer in China, Glass, Earthen, Plated, and Wooden Ware, TABLE OUZLERY, KEROSENE LAMPS AND OIL. Also,a full assortment of Marbles and Alleys. G. 8: G.'1VI. Holmes, DEALERS IN Groceries, Plour, Provision, ac ,‘ Main Street, 14 Norwalk, Conn “Somebody’s Darling.” I Into a ward of the white-washed walls Where the dead and dying lay, Wounded by bayonets, shells and balls, Somebody’s darling was borne one day. Somebody’s darling so young and so brave, Wearing yet on his pale, sweet face, Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave, , The lingering light of his boyhood grace. Matted and damp are the curls 0f gold Kissing the sun of that fair young brow, Pale are the lips of delicate mould— Somebody's darling is dying now, Back from the beautiful blue veined brow Brush all the wandering waves of gold ; Cross his hands on his bosom now, Somebody’s darling is still and cold. Kiss him once for “somebody’s sake, Murmur a prayer soft and low; One bright curl from its fair mates take—- They were somebody’s pride you know; “Somebody’s” hand hath rested there— Was it a mother’s, soft and white— And have the lips of a sister fair Been baptized in those waves of light? God knows best ! He was somebody’s love, “Somebody’s” heart enshrined him there ; “Somebody” waited his name above, Night and mom on the wings of prayer. “Somebody” wept when he marched away, Looking so handsome brave and grand; “Somebody’s” kiss on his forehead lay, “Somebody” clung to his parting band. “Somebody’s” watching and waiting for him, Yearning to hold him again to their heart; And there he lies with his blue eyes dim, And the smiling childlike lips apart. Tenderly bury the fair young dead, Pausing to drop on his grave a tear; Carve on the wooden slab at his head, “Somebody’s” darling slmnbers here. <‘.pn sonrnrsnn. “ Ticket, sir, if you please 1” Between dusk and daylight—the warm gold of the sunset sky just fading into crimson, and the Express Train thunder- ing over the iron track like some strong furious demon. Carll Silver became dimly conscious of these things as he started from a brief, restless slumber, wherein his knapsack had served as a pillow, and stared vaguely into the sharp Yankee face of the obdurate conductor. “ Ticket l I suppose I’ve such a thing about me,” he muttered, drowsily search- ing first one pocket and then another;— " Ob, here'it is l I say, Conductor, are we near New York ?” “Twenty minutes or so will bring us into Jersey City, Sir—we’re making pretty good time.” And the sharp-faced official passed on to harass the next unfortunate who had neglected to put his ticket in his hat-band ; while Captain Silver dragged himself into a sitting posture, putting his two hands back of his head with a po r- tentious yawn, and smiled to remember the fantastic dreams that chased one an- other tbrongh his brain during that half hour of cramped, uneasy slumber from which the ,conductor’s challenge had roused him—dreams in which bloody bat- tle-fields and lonely night-marches had blended oddly with sweet homeovoicel, and the sulphureous breath of artillery had mingled with violet scents from the twighlight woods around, and gusts of sweetness from tossing clouds of peach- blooms, through which the flying Express Train shot remorsely. And their Carl! Silver began to think of other things. “Conductor l” whispered the fat old lady opposite, in the bombazine bonnet and snuff-colored shawl. “ Yes’m,” said the man of tickets, stop- ping abruptly in his “TEE“; through the cars, and inclining his ear . “ That young man in the military cap, Conductor—I hope he ain’t on escaped lunatic dressed up in soldier’s clothes.— I’ve heerd o’such things. And I don’t :1 bit like the way he keeps grinning to himself and rubbin his hands together. He’s acted queer all day—and I’m trav- eliu’ all alone, Conductor l” The conductor laughed and passed on. The old lady bridled in offended dignity, Bless her anxious heart l how was she to know that Capt. Silver was only rejoic- ing in the thoughts 0f the glorious “ sur- prise” he had in store for his mother and dimple-faced sister that night? Was it not a year—twelve long, long months-— since he had looked upon their faces last? And now— Oh, speed on your way, Express Train through quiet villages where adafi‘adils sprinkle all the gardens with gold l— Speed over sloping hills, where springing grass sends up a faint, delicious smell, and brooks babble under swinging wil- lows—past lonely church-yards, where the white hands of innumerable grave- stones beckon through the twighlight and are gone; for every throb of your iron pulse brings one true heart nearer home ! Shot and shell have spared him for this hour ; fever and pestilence and foul ma- laria have passed him by ; and now—— Suppose there should be an. accident ! He had heard of such things on these lightning routes Suppose he should be carried home [a dead, mangled corpse, the words of greeting frozen into eternal silence on his lips, the glad light sealed forever under the heavy eyelids ! Strange that such morbid fancies should never have assailed him in the fire and smoke at Gettysburg, yet come to him now, like guests that would not be driven away, when he was in twenty minutes of home l Would it break his mother's heart ; or would she live on ? And ' 'mrw WA; 33“.?! .1“ v . ‘ ' """ ' would Kate Meriam care ?—Katc Mer- iom, the blue-eyed, shy little fairy, who never would look ' at him save through her long brown lashes, and whose coy mouth always made him think of scarlet cherries and roses dashed in dew. . “To think!” ejaculated Carl! Silver, bringing down his bronzed fist on the window-ledge with a for-ea that made the glass rattle ominously and struck a chill to 'the heart of the old lady in the bum- bazine‘bonuet—"to think that I, who would knockdown the man who ventur- ed to tell me I was a. coward, should be afraid .to say frankly, to a little slender girl that I love her! To think that the very touch 'of her glove, the sound of her footstep the rustle of! her ribbons can frighten my self-possession away, and make a starring, silent idiot of me ! After all, what is a. man’s courage worth? There’s no use in thinking of it. I shall die on old bachelor, for I’ll never marry any woman but Kate Moriam,aud I never shall dare to plead my cause to Kate. I wish I hadn’t such an absurd streak of cowardice through me.” Yet Capt. Silver’s menhad told a different tale when he led them over the bridge in that dreadful charge at Antietam. ‘ Cow- ardice l there are several different inter- pretations to that word. “Carriage! carriage l No, I won’t have a carriage. Get away from me you fellows lyou’re worse than ,the locusts of Egypt, and ten times as noisy,” growled. Capt. Silver, energetically elbowing his waylthrough the swarms of eager hack- men, who were making the night hideous, at the foot of Cortland Street. “Do you suppose I’m going to spoil my preo- ious surprise with o'curriage ?” ' Broadway by gaslight l How ,strange yet how familiar it seemed to the return- ing exile, with its stately facades of free- stonc and marble, seeming literally to rest on foundations of quivering fire, and its throngs of people, coming and going. in everlasting succession, like the tides Of a never restiugsea. Carll Silver’s heart leaped up in his breast with a quick, joy- ous throb at the old accustomed Sights and sounds. It was good to feel his foot- steps ringing on Manhattanese ground. No lights in the house l His heart stood still a. moment. That was strange —-ominous. But then he remembered that his mother was fond of sitting in the twilight, and dismissed the lingering doubt- from his mind. How lucky the-door w as on the latch and swung uoiselessly open. Hush! not a creaking stair ora clank- ing spur must betray him ; through the old, familiar hall he passed and into his mother’s room, lighted only by the ruddy glimmer of a bright coal fire. “Where the mischief are they all?” ejaculated Captain Silver under his breath. “No matter—they’ll be along soon ; meantime I’ll wheel this big chair up, and take a- bask, for the air’s chilly if it is the first week in May. Won’t they be a little astonished, though, when they come in? Upon my word, things couldn’t have happened better l Faugh l what a smell'of paint—whitewash, too, as I’m a living sinner! Confound it, Ive kicked over a pail of the stuff l If the women folks aren’t house-cleaning l” The Captain gave an indignant and con. temptuous snifi‘ as be surveyed the deso- late scene. “What comfort a female can find in turning things upside down, and deluging the house with soap and water twice a year, I can’t imagine. Carpets all up— floors damp—curtains torn down—not one familiar object to greet a fellow’s eyes after a twelvemonth’s absence from home. Hoigh-ho ,l I think I’ll light a cigar.” Which he did and began to smoke and meditate. There was a tripping footfall and a rustle on the stairs. The Captain took out his cigar and listened. “That’s Minny,” said he to himself. “Mama doesn’t dance up stairs like that.” He rose, and leaned against the door casing as the dancing feet came nearer and nearer. How his heart beat as the fire- light shone upon a crimson merino dress and a. little apron on the threshold. And the next moment he had caught the slight form in his arms, and was shower- ing kisrses on check and brow and lips and hair. “Caught for once, Miss Minuy l” he exclaimed. “That’s to pay you for pre- suming to clean house without my per- mission! N o, you’re not going to escape!” Such a. piercing scream as she reward- ed his fraternal demonstrations with! Carl! Silver let go her waist, and retreat- ed against the wall with a faint idea of breaking through and hiding himself in the general min. For, as truly as he stood there quaking in his regimentuls, the voice was not that of his sister Min- ny, but—Kate Meriaml “How dare you!” she ejaculated, with crimson checks and quivering lips. “I’ll ring the bell and call the servants if you don’t leave the house this instant?” “Upon my word I’m not a burgla‘r or an assassin,” pleaded Carll, recovering his selfopossession in a measure as he saw Kate’s breathless terror. “It was so dark I couldn’t see your face, and I thought it was my sister Minny. Don’t you know me, Miss Merriam—Captain Silver?” “You are an- impostor,” sa'l Kate, with spirit. “captain Silver is with the Army of the Potomac.” ; “N0 he’s not, he’s here,” urged Carll. “How shall I prove that I’m myself ? Kate! Miss Meriam—”. " 'For she had sunk into the chair and begun to cry. He knelt besido.her with a rough attempt at comfort. “Kate, you are not sorry to see ,me back again ?” I “No,” she robbed, “only—only I was so frightened i” The little,'trembliug, blue-eyed thing! Carll Silver had never seen her -in tears before. N o shy assumption of dignity now—no royal airs—oulybrown, dishev- eled hair and checks like red clover blos- soms in a shower. He was the brave now—how natural it seemed to clasp the tiny palms in his one strong band! .“Kate, dearest, I love you! -With my [whole heart, Kate. Nay, do'not be so frightened—I would die to save you one moment’s 'terrorl Only tell me that your heart is mine!” " And whenthe tears were dried, leav- ing the eyes like drenched violets, and the cheeks flushed brightly, Carl! Silver bad leave and license to keep one little, fluttering hand in his, and knew that he was an accepted lover. . “But whereare my mother and sister?” he asked at length. “And what is the solution of this strange riddle?’ “Don’t you know,” laughed Kate, “they do not live here now?” “Not live here!” ‘9 “No; have you forgotten that yester- day was the lst of May? We occupy this house now—papa, and Aunt Milicent, and I.” “Ohol” quoth Captain Silver. So they’ve moved. And I never to hear of it. Upon my word they treat me pretty cooly.” ' “Ah, but you would have heard of it, said Kate, “If you had staid quietly in camp to get your letters instead of roving over the country without a word of warn- ing to your friends 1” “Give me one more kiss, Katie, and I’m off to see them. One more, my be- trothed wife.—Does it not. seem like a dream?” “And you are my soldier new,” whis- pered Kate, playing with the gold but- tons of his'coat with tremulous fingers. “Mine to send out into the battle-field to Mat and to pray for. Carl], I have always repined that I had no gift for my country, now I can give my best and dearest to aid her cause. “Spoken like a soldier’s wife, Kate,” said Silver, with kindling eyes. “If you but knew how much better we rough men fight for knowing that woman’s prayers oushrine us with a golden, tnscen armor— nouseuse! I'm getting sentimental. Good night.” . So there were three surprises that May evening—one for Kate Meriam (wouldn’t you have been surprised, Mad- emoiselle, to be caught and kissed in the dark, and never know who the kisser was?) one for Captain Silver (a very agreeable one, though,) and one—the old original surprise, if we may so term it—for his mother and sister. And Carl! has not yet left off congratulating himself that his “leave of absence” happened in the flowery and migratory month of May. For if he hadn’t blundered into Mils Mer- iam’s house and kissed her by mistake, thereby bringing matters precipitately to a focus, the probabilities are that to this day he never would have mustered cour age to tell her of his love. And when the golden armadas of the autumn leaves float down the forest brooks, and the blue mist of Indian sum- mer wraps the hills in dreamy light, Carll Silver is coming back to seal Kate Mer- iam’s destiny with a wedding ring . «0»; - VARIETIES or Dnnocunrs.—A western paper relates that Petroleum V. Nashby, a shining light in the ministry of Dr. Old’s new copperhead church, thus sets forth the divisions in the democratic par ‘ ty : ' l—Them ez would nominait Mick Lellon on a war platform. 2—Them on would nominait Mick Lel- lon on a peace platfoam. 3—Them ez would nominait Yallandy- gum on‘ an a peace platform. 4—Them ez would nomiuoit Yallandy- gum on a war platform. . 5—Them oz would favor‘ the war of slavery could be let alone. 6—Them ez is opposed to the war in enny shape. ,. . L 'l—Thcm dz is in Kanady in consekens uv the draft. _ 8—The betwixt and betweeners, which is ashamed uv our party and ain’t soota. ble for enny other. They are with the democracy or the Hoosiers is with the itch—wood like to get rid of it, but can’t. ——————O«.» THAT Is So.—-The Atlanta (Ga) Reg- ister praises the northern copperheads says: “If they will use the ballot-box, and against Mr. Lincoln, whilst we use the- cartridge-box, each side will be a helper to the other, and both co-operate in ac- complishing the greatest work which this country and the other continent have ever witnessed." O E‘Why was Joseph put into the pit? Because there wasn’t any room for him in the family circle—Exchange. w-‘rtrzrr n: > :::;w:~nsm~ .. “w -.~ new" -~ a"... - - , The Alabama. We condense from the Paris Correspond- ence of the N. Y. Times, the following ac- count of thefightbetween the Kearsage and Alabama.— Prtnrs, Tuesday, J unc 21, 1864. The sinking of the Alabama by the chrsage, off the port of Cherbourg, oc- cupies, for the moment, the thoughts and the conversation of everybody, for it is rare that so many circumstances combine to give interest to any one event. The V joy of our loyal people here is, as might be expected, something beyond descrip- tion; I need hardly tell you that for the Seii’éssionists and their EurOpean sympa- thisers, the blow was terrible, and pro- voked louder and more roplonged swear- ing probably than any event of this eventful war. * a * >l< * * Immediately on the arrival of the Ala.- bama at Chcrbourg, the American Min- ister at Paris telegraphed to Capt. Wins- low, of the Ifearsage, then lying in one of the ports of Holland, and to the old sail- ing frigate,St. Louis, supposed to be at Cadiz, to repair immediately to Cherbonrg to catch the pirate if possible. The [fear- sage arrived at. once, but. the St. Louis had not yet had time to arrive at the moment of - the fight. The American Minister also protested at once to tht French Government against the admis- sion of the Alabama, and reminded the Foreign Secretary of his previous promise in regard to this vessel. The American Minister could with more justice protest energetically in view of the fact that the Alabama. did not come into a French port under stress of weather; she seemed to have struck a straight line from the Cape to,Cherbourg , she'did not turn ei- ther to the right or to the left; she did not attempt to go into either the ports of England, or of Holland, or of Belgium, or of Spain, or of Portugal, as she might have done with the same facility. Mr. Dayton therefore made a most apt and most forcible point in declaring to the Foreign Minister that, by his indulgence, the rebels were using Frencll ports exactly as if it"were their own, that they paid no regard to the stress of weather clause, and that such had been the hospitality shown them in Fran us that they were fast learning to make it their only rendezvous. The result of this protest was that Semmes, after the thing had gone through the‘ circumlocution ofiice,‘ received a -no tice from the Maritime Prefect to leave as soon as he had provisioned and coaled, and not to wait for repairs, as he had ex- pected to do. As soon as this order was sent to Semmcs, Mr. Dayton sent his son, Mr. William Dayton, J r., with in- structions to Capt. Winslow to make preparations for a fight, for that Semmes had been ordered out and would be ob- liged to go. Capt. Semmcs, finding that he had no alternative, determined to put the best face on the matter, and to make as much capital for himself as possible. .He there— fore wrote a letter to the Maritime Pre' feet, requesting him to inform Capt. Winslow that he. considered the latter‘s conduct in pretending to lie off and blockade him in a. neutral port as an in- sult (l) and that he intended to come out and drive him off. Winslow replied, "Let him come out and try it.“ ,Both parties made their preparations accord- ingly, Semmes, whose business it was to run and not to fight, was so badgered and worried by the taunts of our side, by the pots on the back of his friends and sympathizers, and by the restrictions of the French authorities, that a less brave man would have been driven by des- peration to fight; and Capt. Winslow, who properly estimated all these circum- stances, felt perfectly sure that Semmes was going to fight. Semmes left all his valuables in the hands of the Brazilian Consular agent on shore, and after invi- ting his friends to come out and see the fight, went to sea. . You will see so many accounts of the fight that I need not dwell at length on that part of the affair. Mr. William Day- ton, Jr. and Antoine, the well known Messenger of the American Legation, hOWever saw the fight. They were on board the Ifearsage before and after the action, and their account differs from must of those published, and very much from the one—sided accounts of the Moni— ted'r and the other secession prints, to whom the affair has been a bitter pill. According to Mr. Dayton, J r.’s, account the action lasted about an hour and a half. The ermsage althOngh hit in sev- eral places, received no vital shot. The Ifearsuge had but three men touched, and these not mortally. It is not true that cit-any part of the fight the Alabama had the advantage; the maumuvering and firing of the Kearsage Were both su— perior to those of the Alabama. There is no evidence that Capt. Semmes tried to board the Kcarsage, as the secession prints say. Toward the end of the fight .Capt. Winslow succeeded in planting a shot in the machinery of the Alabama, which disabled her; he then had things all his own way, and running close to her be poured into her a destructive converg- ing broadside, which tore through a whole section of the Alabama’s side at the water-line and let the water through in cascadesj Both ships then stopped firing, and the Alabama, without striking. her flag, started toward Cher‘oourg, but . ., . _-,.... a..- VOLUME XLVIIfiNUMBER 23. Capt. Winslow, hoisting his flag of victo- ry, started to head her off. He saw, however, that the Alabama was filling and at once lowered two boats to go to her aid, and, in effect, the vessel sank be- fore she had proceeded a. dozen lengths toward the harbor. The Kearsage’s boats picked up sixty—eight persons, of whom fourteen were wounded, and of whom three died. The others were pick- ed up by the English yacht, Capt. Lan- caster, and landed at Southampton. The. Kearsage steamed at once into the Port ' of Cherbourg with her prisoners. And now here arises two important questions. One relates to the prisoners brought into Cherbourg, and the other to those carried into Southampton. The prisoners brought into Cherbourg, many , of whom are Frenchman, demanded to be paroled, and Capt. Winslow, who was crowded for room, also desired to know of the American Minister Who could not parole them.- Mr. Dayton telegraphed, to his son and to Capt. Winslow that the r prisoners could not be paroled, and that . they must be held till the St. Louis ar-i rived, and then conveyed to the United States. i In regard to Capt. Semmes and othdrS prisoners carried into Southampton, Capt. ‘ Winslow claims them as his prisoners, and. Mr. Dayton has advised Mr. Adams to Z demand their rendition. Capt. Winslow“ had ample times and means to pick up; all the officers and men of the Alabama,, but the boats of the English yacht nu in~ and actually stole them away, as if act“. ing upon a prearranged plan, thus con- stituting it a clear case of intervention. Capt. Semmes and party did not there- ' fore escape. They were stolen away by a ' party who'was indirectly interfering in. the fight. There was no wish on the , part of Capt. Winslow to see Capt. Sem- i mes drowned. On the contrary he would have soon taken up Semmes’ boat j load himself. Here let me place a. reflection. Is it. not strange that at her birth and her death, and all through her shirt exist- ence, whenever the Alabama. needed help there was always an Englishman there to render it? She was constructed by 3 Englishmen in an Eugli sh port ; she was: taken to sea, armed, equipped and star- ted on her career of pillage and devasta- tion by Englishmen ; she was fed, hur- I bored, petted and protected in English ports ; and finally, when she arrives at i the last tragic scene in her destructive . existence there steps in an Englishman ‘1 to steal away her Captain and ofiicers ! The flIonz'leur and other secession sheets say that the contest was an nueo- .3 qual one. And this in the face of the , boast of Laird and other bombastic Eng- lish ship-builders, that the Alabama could , either whip or out run the Kearsarge,~ and that Capt. Semmes demanded noth- ing better than a trial of the qualities of . the two boats. The facts are, that the f Kearsar'ge could both out ran her and - whip her. An officer of the Kent-surge said here the other day, that if they could get sight of the Alabama in the morning no mannerat that distance, be was sure that they could catch her and sink her before night. Both are wooden vessels, the Aiabamy being of 1,060 tons, and the Kearsarge 1,030. Both carried , about the same number of guns, but ' the one carried Yankee guns and the 3 other English, and this gave the Keur- - surge a great advantage. A nun who will trust himself to English guns at this advanced age ought to have his ship . sunk. The Kearsage carried a comple-T ment of 180 men, and the Alabama 150. The difference was not great as regards “. number, for ships of that size can be just ; as well handled in an open sea fight with ' 150 as with 180 men. But the Kecr- ' sarge had a. great advantage in the kind of men. She had Yankee sailors and ' some of the old gunners of the United States Navy—the first sailors and ' first , gunners in the world. The officers of l the Alabama, I am told, are all superior men in their profession, but their crew volunteered for privateering purposes, and‘were probably not the kind of men , tolfight such a foe as they found in the Kearsarge. For it is not the most ud- venturous or the most blustering man who makes the best fight in a case of'lifo or death. «.».—————-—nn EASY TO Tan—It is said that a. small piece of resin, dipped in water which is placed in a vessel on the stove, will add a peculiar property to the atmosphere of the room, which will give relief to persons troubled with conga—The heat of the Water is suflieient to throw off the atom of resin. -<.». m General Hunter in his late expo- dition destroyed nearly one hundred miles of railroad on the Gordonsville and East Tennessee lino. Many bridges, some of them seven hundred feet long, were burn- ed. The James river canal was thor- oughly disabled. Twenty canal boats, loaded with supplies, were destroyed. On his return, Gen. Hunter had the misfor- .tunc to lose six pieces of artillery, owing to the culpable negligence of the proper ofiicers to provide infantry support: while the batteries were passing a dau- gterons defile, where the rebels charged on our artillcrists, and they were unable .- to get their guns in position. At2 th‘o” " same time he lost ten gun-carriages, ten Caission, one hundred and twenty horses, . llei-x men killed and ten wounded.
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