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VOLUME XLVII--NUMBER 38.
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plated at the time of contract.
2 r?” These terms will be inllexihly adhered 10,,qu
BUSINESS, hillEG'l‘liRY.
' Norwalk Post Office.
MAILS CLOSE.
West 7.50 A. M.—2.30, and S P. M.
East 8.30 A. M.—5.00 P. M.
Danbury dc N orwalk Iailroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding lidgc, Tucs-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at. 12 M.
MAILs DUE.
‘vVest 9.10 A. TIL—6.00 P. M.
East 3.20 A. M.——-3.30 P. M. ,
Danbury X: Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
Pos'r OFFICE nouns.
B‘lulll 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 l’. M.
CHARLES ()1..\fS’l‘ll‘.AD, 1‘. M.
D. PRITCHARD, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next. door to llugglcs‘ Store,
MAIN STREET,
St) UTlI NORIVALK, CONN.
nr. Ii. FOWLER BIRCH,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence Norwalk Ilolel. Ofiice at the
Drug Store of E. Blackmail, NO. 11 Main
Street, Norwalk, “2
OM
New
HARDWARE 8i. PAINT STORE,
M a i n S t r e o t,
()pposite I. II. Campell’s Confectionery,
MARVIN El PROWITT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper llang-
ings, Window Shades, Abe.
JAMES C. 35.330373,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
D E N ‘1' I g T ..
Teeth extracted without pain by the use
of Nitrous Oxide orLaughing Gas.
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut.
t EO. F. BELDEN, NOrwalk, Conn.,Man-
LT ufacturcr of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
[10.1 \Vare; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, lrittannia, \VOOtlen and
Willow \Vare, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
a. s. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISIIING
EMPOBIUM z
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
t
S. E. OLMSTEAD 6!. 00.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main~st., Norwalk, Conn.
IETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
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 1:1.le of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COVVLES, Sole Agent
lv3 For Norwalk and vicinity.
DENTAL CARD.
AN impression havingr gone abroad that
the undersigned has relinquished his
profession, this is to inform his friends and
' .e public that he still continues the practice
0. his profession at his 011 stand, foot of
Main-st., Norwalk, where he will be happy it
to tender them his best. services. In case of
temporary abscnec,a skillful assistant will be
l')tllILl in attendance at the Office, ready and
willing to serve all that may call. -~
. A. IIILL, I). D. S.
A. JACKSON 6!. 330.
No. 1 Gazette Building.
V O ULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We arcnow prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in B‘Lirfield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock Of
Watches, which is larger than ever before.—
We have a line lot 01' Ladies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can reconnnend as being cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentleman’s Watch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $-00. ‘ We buy of the best importers in
New York,“and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
renter. Our stock (11' Jewelry, Silver and
Plated Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all Of the latest styles that
are manufactured..A. JACKSON A: BRO.
FOR SALE.
V ‘llE Real Estate formerly owned by
WILLIAM SEYMOUR, deceased, situated
in this town, on White Oak Shade Street,
ahout4 nrilcs from Norwalk or Daricn, to
witz—oue
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 twu
acres of land attached—and 4 acres Of land
situated in or near “ llanford’s Swamp,” so
called. -
The property will be sold all together or
in separate parcels as may suit purchasers,
and on acmunmodating terms; two thirds 01'
the purchase money can remain secured on
the premises for a term of years, if ‘lCSir-ed.
For further particulars apply to
, S. Y. STJOIIN.
New Canaan, Feb 10th,1813. tf't’
A New Burner for Kerosene
- [‘0 use‘without a chimney, and will fitany
Fluid Lamp ; it rrrakcs a good substitme
for Fluid. Price of burner only 20 cents.
C. '& K. E. LOCKWOOD dc CO.
1 1n
NEW FURNISHINS STORL,
NBA]: UJ‘I’ER EN]; 071‘ NA IN 57’.
Eur." Sir/r of film [bong/n,
' MAY 1‘} at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortment of
Household Furniture
in this county, consisting of llureaus of'all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, 'l‘I-le-a-Tetes, Curd
Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center
Tables, \Vash Stands,
EXTENSION 7 ’A L‘ ‘, 1175’,
OIL/1173.3 (1.7217. R OOH/3138 0/ all kinds,
Looking Glasses,
Picture Frames, and everything else in the
Furniture line cheap for Cash. ‘
Repairing,
done promptly and by experienced workmen.
Ulztlcrlahing,
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 n1 neigh-
boring towns, without extra charge.
ELBE {T RAYMOND.
Norwalk, Sept. lst, 13503. 44
NOIeVVALK
Steam Sawing and. Plaining
M I I. 213. .
VIIIE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla—
niug; Scroll and other Sawing ; manufircture
of Doors, Sash, Blinds, the, &c., in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
actory prices. Orders by mail promptly at-
tended to. 1y1’7 TIMOTHY ll. FITCH.
n. eerie-ran!) st. soars,
CABINE’I‘ MAKERS, &c
q RE now prepared to oll'er to the public
‘ the largest and best assortment. of
Good Furniture,
comprising every article usually kept in :1
Furniture Store, ever ofiercd in Norwalk,
which will be sold ,
AT TIIE VERY LOWEST PRICES.
20111' 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.
UNDICILTAIKING,
We keep 011 hand a very large assortment of
(haying ofcvery description, furnish shrouds,
scarfs, carriages, and everything necessary
for the interment of the dead, and at very
low prices. 'We arcjust completing another
splendid Hearse, which will give us two
lIear'ses equal to any in the State, which we
shalluse when ever our services are required,
without calm change.
13. QUINTARD 8:. SONS.
N orwalk, March 15th 1862.
srovssnssrsss, RANGES,
VER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes of
Cooking Stoves and Ranges; over thir-
ty varieties and sizes .Of Parlor and 011100
Stoves, not excelled in beauty of design, per-
fection ofoperalion, or variety,by any Steve
in the State. Manufactures Tin, Sheet, Iron
and Copper Wares, deals in J appan, Brittan-
ia, Crockery, Wooden, and Silver Plated
Wares, Stove Blacking, Coal Ilods, Shovels
and Riddles, Brass Kettles, Sausage Cutters,
Malls, 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
ciplc and management Of Stove, free. Lar
gest assortment of Pumps in the Slate. Call
at . F. If. NASII’S,
1V4 South N orwalk, Ct.
Hammer’s Champagne Ale.
r ‘IIE attention Of the public is solicited to
the superior quality of
II A M ME II’S
Fresh Brewed Champagne Ale.
This Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the
year, and its heaping quality, especially of
that brewed during the most excessive hot
weather, is guaranteed for any length Oftinrc.
For sale in Barrels and halllllarrcls, at
Selleck’s Packet Ofiice, Norwalk.
JEIIIEL GllUMMAN,
Agent for the sale Of Ilamlner’s Champagne
Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2
Notice.
r ' ‘lIE Subscriberlnrs the pleasure of inform-
ing the public that he has purchased the
interest Ol'Ebcnezer Crisscy ilr the Boot and
Shoe Business lately carried on at the Store
corner of Wall and W ater Street, where he
will continue the business. lie trusts that
the liberal patronage given to this Store
while under his control as partner and marr-
agcr, will be continued to him as proprietor.
9 ,. J. N. LOCKWOOD.
Photographs & Caries do hate .
AT XVIIITNEY & BECKWITH’S,
N consequence of the great rise in chem-
icals, metals, and paper, used in our busi-
ness, that can only be bought for cash, we
had either to increase our prices, or adopt
the Cash system. We choose the latter, as it
will alike benefit the customer and suit. us.
Hereafter, when a proof is accepted, the
order for prints must be accompanied with
the mesa.
WHITNEY & BECK WITH.
Norwalk, 001111., June 15.
IIMPORTED CUTIE-HRH“,
And $ilver-Plated Ware. ‘
’l‘IIE Subscriber, while in England, recent-
ly, made arrangements,with the Shef-
fied lilanulacturcrs for the sale Of Thomas
Harrison’s ccle‘ln'ated Cutlery, and . has now
011 exhibition and sale at his Store opposite
the Post Office, a large, nd one, of the most
complete assortmcnts O d"Sireflleld Cutlery
cvcr Offered in this Country, i 'ding Car'-
ving Knives and Forks; Bread Knives;
hitter Knives; Table Knives and Forks;
Pocket Knives of every description, inclu-
ding many curious styles ; Scissors, &.c., the.
Also, just received, an assortmcntol beau-
tilul Silver-Plated ‘Vau'e, made by a
new patented process, by the sanre House,
and is the first let 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. ()llice.opposite Con~
cert IIall. All business letters promptly
answered.
, l)anbury, Conn.
1y36
Hardware, Cutlery, dun,
AT SOUTII NORWALK.
IIE Subscriber would inform the public
that he has purchased of Mr. Chichcstcr
the old established Hardware Business, at
South Norwalk, and will continue the 111151-
11053 at the Old Stand. He intends keeping
always 011 hand, a large stock of Hardware,
Cutlery, Agricultural Implements, Mechan-
Paints, Oils, Varnish, and all other articles
usually kept in first-class Hardware Stores.
It, will be his endeavor to meet the wants
of his customers, and merit the patronage of
the public.
611115 WM. 8. FITCH.
ics’ Tools, Fire Arms, Builders’ Hardware, ,
131“ orwalk
lllSlllllNfll tumult,
NQRWAIK comm,
Chartered Capital $500000
Paid up Capital $100,000
\VM. C. STItEET,Pl‘CSldcnt.
GEO. R. COWLES, Secretary.
EDEN. HILL, Treasurer.
Norwalk, Jan 1st. 1864
INSURANCE.
THE subscriber having taken the agency
of the New England Fire and Jilam'm: In-
surance 00. Of Hartford, is prepared to insru'o
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.
J OSEPII W. IIUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
N orwalk, Feb. lst, 1861. tf
1y
l
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 Jan. 1, ’64 $3,286,270
Etna, of Hartford, “ “ 9
'7’) 1
Plrmnix, of N.Y., “ “ 722,219
Home, Of N. 11., “ “ 500,000
Norwich, “ “ 390,501
Lamar, N. Y., “ “ 389,375
North American, Ilt’d“ “ 384,010
City of New Haven, “ 330,419
Merchants, Hartford, “ “ 301,443
\Vestern Mass, Pittsficld, “ 236,424
IIampden, Springfield,“ “ 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. CnAw.
William .C. White,
Graduate of the Leipzig Conscrzalory,
INSTRUCTOR IN ‘
lll’tlllUCllCCB {AWE} (GERMAN,
LOCKWOOD’S BUILDING,
NORWALK, CONN.
Mr. White can be seen at his Rooms, from
7 till 11 O’clock, A. M. ,
References—the Clergy of Norwalk. 26
REMOVAL!
‘RS. J. E. HOYT, would respectfully
inform the public that she has Remo-
ved her MILLINERY ROOMS to Curtis’s
Building, (directly over the Store of Mr. Bat-
tcrson,) 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 011 exhibition and Sale, on
and after April lst.
Norwalk, March 181]), 1864. 12
MILIINBBY.
MISS PILunIM
Has Removed
to the new Store between the Bank of Nor-
walk and the Daubury- R. R. Depot. 1tf
Groceries Cheaper than ever
TOR. CASH!
VFIIE subscriber would inform the public
generally, that he still continues to sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc, at his
old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as
the cheapest. He offers great inducements
to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort-
ment of groceries of the best qualities as can
be found at any store in the country. He
would invite the special attention of all tohis
stock of .
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are of the very best quality, and will
be sold cheap. Tire public are invited to call
and examine and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE.
- WILLIAM B. SWAN,
SADDLER 65 HARNESS MAKER,
DJOINING Danbury and Norwalk R.
‘ It. Depot, Norwalk, Conn, keeps con-
stantly 011 band and will make to order eve-
ry description Of
Harness,Hcrse Furniture, Trappiugs
or Clothing. Also Saddler-’3 Hardware and
outfits, Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bags, &c.
All in want of anything in his line, will do
well to give him a call. Orders for any kind
of work promptly executed. Repairing done
neatly and cheaply, and at short notice.
Business Change !
WATERBURY a DUNCAN,
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 to exc-
cutc in the bestunanncr, and with greater
line Of
Carnage Making and Blacksmith-
- 111g-
Carriages made to order, and Painting,
Trimming, Repairing, &c., done by experi-
enced Workman, with dispatch.
is?“ Good Carriage timber taken in ex-
change for work.
Norwalk, Nov. 23d, ’63. 1.147
Ivo'i'Icn.
r VIIE Subscriber having purchased the
Hardware business, formerly conducted
by Edwin V. A. Chichcstcr, 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.
F ‘llE subscriber takes this method of
thanking his friends for their good Will,
during the past ten years. At the same time
rcqucstingthcm, and the public, to extend
their patronage to his successor, Mr. Theo-
dore Fitch.
EDWIN V. A. CHICHESTER.
Norwalk, Dec. 15th, 1863.
51
G. &G-. M. Holmes,
DEALERS 1N
Groceries,
I‘lour,
Provision, ch.,
Main Street,
14 Norwalk, Conn
IJORK and BEEF HAMS first quality
G. & G. M. HOLME’S.
dispatch than ever before, anything in the,
Battle Song for Freedom.
Men of action! men of might!
Stern defenders of the right!
Are you girdcd for the fight?
Have you marked and trcnclrcd the ground,
Where the din of arms must sound,
Ere the victor can be crowned?
Have you guarded well the coast?
Have you marshalcd all your host?
Standelh each man at his post?
Have you counted up the cost,
What is gained and what is lost.
When the foe your line have crost?
Gained—tho infamy of fame.
Gained—a dastard’s deathless name.
Gained-ctcrnit y of shame.
Lost—desert of manly worth.
Lost—the right you had by birth.
Lost—lost! Freedom for the earth.
Frecrncn! Upl The foo is nearing!
I-Iaughty banners high uprearing—
Lo! their scrricd ranks appearing.
Frccmen ! 0n! Tire drums are beating!
Will you shrink from such a meeting ?
Forward! Give them hero greeting?
From your hearths, and homes and alters,
Backward hurl your proud assaullers :
He is not a man that falters.
Hush l The hour Of fate is nigh.
By the God who dwells on high,
011! my brothers! DO or die!
GAIL HAMILTON.
«Op-o
My Mother.
These simple lines, by an endeared friend,
whose mother died in giving him birth, strike
us as touchingly beautiful. They are im-
bued with true feeling; and coming from
the heart, they will reach the heart of the
reader:
I never saw thy mild blue eye,
I never felt thy kiss;
Thou wort welcomed to the world on high
Just as I entered this .
Yet thou didist leave a dying thought,
A blessing for thy boy;
It was the earliest smile I caught,
’Twill be my latest joy.
The mission that to thee was given
Was finished at my birth,
The star that lighted thee to heaven
Did welcome me to earth.
May it always be my guiding star!
May it always clearly shine,
Till I have reached those realms afar,
And am forever thine!
<<O>>
Happy Parody.
A contemporary describes an old gentle-
man, revolvcr in hand, getting up at night,
and thus after the manner of Othello before
the Senate of Venice, addressing a midnight
serenading party:
“Most boisterous, rude and bellicose young
scamps ;
My very noisy, impudent disturbers;
That you have come to serenade my daughter
It sccms’most true; true you have waked
me up ;
The very head and front of your offending
Hath this extent and more. Rude ,are you
in your screech,
And little blcst with the set tunes of music;
For since those throats of yours had seven
cock-tails,
Till 110w some nine songs wasted, they have
spent
Their loudest trills upon my servant girl,
And little ofyour music can she hear
More than pertains to feats of broiling beef-
stcaks ; ’
And, therefore, little shall you grace your
notes _ _
In singing to that girl. And it you stand
Beneath the shadow of her window there,
Like ill-trained dogs that upon the wrong
tree bark
She will a round unvarnishcd pail of slaps,
And other drugs into your faces throw.
So now be Off, and save your ruffled shirts.”
0‘.»-
38~ The Tribune of Tuesday week,
contains a long editorial entitled “Where
we Are,” as follows :
“ Choose yo i For our part we have
chosen. Better a perpetual dinner of
herbs, than the stalled ox in such compu-
ny—though,for that matter, but little of
the stalled ox would fall to the share of
those who believe in fighting for the U11-
ion. Henceforth we fly the banner of
Abraham Lincoln for the nextPresiden-
cy, choosing that flag rather than the dis-
nniou and a quarter of a century of mm,
or the Union and political servitude
which our opponents would give us. Let
the country shake off its apathy ; let it
realize what is the price of defeat—n
price neither we nor the world can afford:
let it be understood how near we are to
the end of the rebellion, and that no
choice is left us now but the instrument
put in our hands, and that with that. we
can and must finish it. We grant, from
our own convictions, much that can be
said in criticism of the present administra.
tion ; for the sake of argument, we will
grant anything that any honest and loyal
man can say. And then this is our re-
joiner : Mr Lincoln has done seven eighlhs
of the work after his fashion {there must
be vigor and virtue enough left in him to
do the other fraction. The work is in
his hands ; if it passes out. of them, it
will be, as there are no better, into for
worse, to receive it to our utter ruin.—
Wc MUST rc-elect him, and God helping
us, we WILL.”
v
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How TO CATCH A WOODCHUCK.—-The
following is the method “ practised by a
gentleman in Ridgelield,” as narrated in
in the Danbury Times :
o The operator in the first place procures
what is commonly knownas u. ‘ land tur-
tlc,’ a variety abounding in our mead-
ows. Attaching o ‘fnse’ to the shell over
the tail of the animal, it is placed to the
mouth of the burrow of the woodchuck,
and when everything is ready—including,
of course, the arrangements for catching
him when helcaves his hole, which may
be done by placing the mouth of a sack,
over the outlet of the burrow—a. match
is touched to the fuse. Under. this ex-
citement, it is hardly necessary to state
that the turtle rushes pell-mell into the»
hole, and that invaded by this fiery, whiz-
zing, splutlering apparition on all fours,
the woodchuck rushes for dear life plump
into the trap.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
Appeal of the National Union
Committee to the People of
the United States.
HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL UNIoN Conmrrrth,
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 1864,
The great Rebellion, which for more
than three years has wrapped the nation
in the flames of civil war, draws near its
crisis. Its armies have been beaten, its
territory has been conquered, the forts
and posts which it treacherously seized
have been occupied and held. by the sold-
iers of the Republic, its foreign allies
have been detached from its support, and
its hostile arm, paralyzed by exhaustion
and discouraged by defeat, is upheld
solely by the hope of political victories to
be achieved by its allies in the Presiden-
tial election of November next.
If the People in that election sustain
the Government, if they reassert its just
authority and reaffirm their purpose to
maintain it by war so long as war assails
it, the Rebellion will speedily end. If
they falter in this determination, or leave
any room for doubt on this vital point,
the Rebels will take fresh courage and
proléng the contest. Every utterance
of their organs and their agents affirms
and confirms this position. Every Rebel
in arms and every Rebel in office—every
Rebel organ in the Rebel States or in
foreign lands—every hater of Democratic
Freedom and the Rights of man, longs
and labors for the overthrow of the ad-
ministration and the expulsion of Abru-
, hum Lincoln from the Presidential chair-
In the Northern and Western States
this hostility has been embodied and
organized in the acts and declarations of
the Chicago Convention. That Conven-
tion gives a silent approval of the rebell-
ion itself, and an open condemnation of
the war waged for its suppression.
Without a word of censure for the con-
spirators who plotted the nation’s death,
it brands with unspairing denunciation
the patriots and heroes who defend its
life. While it passes in utter silence the
gigantic usurpations of Jefferson Davis
and his confederate traitors,——while it
overlooks entirely, and thus, by just and
uccias'sary inference, approves their abro-
gation of political rights and personal
liberties over all that portion of the
United States in which they have been
able thus far to to sustain their usurped
authority, it pours out its wrath, with-
out stint or measure, upon every act .by
which the Constitutional President of the
United States has sought to defend and
protect the life and liberties of the nation,
whose executive power is placed in his
hands.
That Convention had no words of
exullation for our victories; no thanks
and honors for the soldiers and sailors
who have shed their blood to achieve
them. While it denounces our Govern-
- ment for neglect of duty toward our
“ fellow-citizens, who are now, and long
have been, prisoners Of war in a suf-
fering condition,” it has not even a. sylla-
ble of censure for those Rebel authorities
who, with more than savage cruelty, and
in utter disregard of every dictate of
humanity, as well as of every usage of
civilized warfare, have deliberately and
with systematic purpose inflicted upon
those prisoners all the tortures of expos-
ure, of neglect and starvation, and have
offered premiums for their murder to the
brutal guards to whose grim custody
they have been consigned. And, on the
very eve of the most glorious victories
that ever crowned our arms—after three
years of bloody, costly and successful
war, when three fourths of the territory
originally held by the Rebels has passed
into our hands; at the very moment
when the Rebellion itself is tottering to
its fall, and the flag of our country is
rapidly advancing to its old supremacy,
the party represented at Chicago de-
mands that “ immediate gfl‘om be made
for a cessation of hostilities”—a. step
which would instantly arrest our conquer-
ing armies and snatch from them the
glories of a. final triumph, repeal the
blockade, and throw the whole Rebel
frontier open to the supplies they so
sorely need, secure the recognition of
foreign powers, and either accomplish
their independence or give them the
ability to fight for it four years longer.
We appeal to the people of the United
State—lovers of the Union and friends of
Freedom—against the consumation of
the foul crime against both which the acts
and declarations of the Chicago Conven-
tion involve. We iuvoko them not to
sanction these principles and sentiments
by electing the candidates put forward to
represent them. We implore them, as
they love their country, as they seek the
renewed integrity of its territory, as they
desire the peaceful protection of its flag,
and the blessings of its free institutions
and its equal laws for themselves and
their posterity, not to arrest the blow
which is just: ready to descend upon the
Rebellion now tottering to its full ; not to
give the rebels time to renew their strength
for fresh conflicts; not to aid those who
would aid them in overthrowing our Gov
ambient, in destroying our Union, in
plunging into a chaos of anarchy the great
communities of which the Constitution
makes one great and glorious Nation,
and in thus extinguishing, many and for-
ever, the hopes of all who have faith in
Freedom and the Rights of Man.
.4;
mind that, by whatever sophistries they
may cloak their purposes, the Chicago
Convention neither condemns the action
of the Richmond Rebels, nor proposes to
expel them against their will, or by any
exercise of force, from the seats of pOWCI‘
they have usurped. In all essential rc-
spects the action that Convention took ac-
cords with the results the Rebels seek.
Both desire a cessation of hostilities.
Both denounce with unspnring bitterness,
the Government of the United States,
and both alike seeks its overthrow. Both
demand that the attempt to conquer
armed Rebellion by force of arms shall be
abandoned. And both demand that,
when the Government of the United
States shall have passed into the hands
of men opposed to an armed defense of
the Government against rebelliou,the war
shall end by peaceful conference of these
allied powers. What more than this
could the Rebels ask or need for the con.
sumation of all their plans? We call up-
on the People to bear in mind that, if
they elect the candidates of the Chicago
Convention, they arrest the Government
in the execution of its plans and purpos-
es on the very eve of their fulfillment, and
one-third of a year before any new admin-
istration can take its place. The inter-
val will be one of hope and confidence
for the Rebels, and of exultotion for their
allies in the loyal States. In the West-
ern States armed preparations have 'al-
ready been made by the disciples and ad-
vocates of secession, to follow the exam-
ple of the South, and sever the West
from the Federal Union. The success of
the Chicago programme in November,
will be the signal for carrying these de-
sigus into execution ; and the fourth of
March will down upon a new Western
Confederacy, aiming at independence, de-
fying the power of the national arms, and
cooperating with the slave power of the
Southern States in blotting from exist-
ence the free Republic of the Western
world.
We call upon the People to crush all
these schemes, and to brand their authors
and allies with their lasting re probation.
We call epon them to support the Gov-
ernment, to quell the rebellion, to defend
and preserve the Union. We call upon
them to stand by the President, who, un-
der circumstances of unparalelled difficul-
ty, has wielded the power of the nation
with unfaltcriug courage and fidelity,with
integrity which even calumny has not
dared to impeach, and with wisdom and
prudence upon which success is even now
stamping the surest and final seal. His
election will proclaim to the world the
unaltered and unalterablé determination
of the American People to quell the re-
bellion and save the Union. It will
strike down forever the false hopes and
expectations of the Rebel government,
and proclaim to the peOple of the Rebel
States that their only hope of peace lies
in abandoning their hostility to the Gov.
ernment and resuming their allegiance to
the Constitution and Laws of the United
States.
We call upon the UNION COMMITTEES
and the UNION LEAGUES, and upon all
loyal associations in every State, County
and Town, to perfect their organization;
to infuse fresh vigor and activitity into
their operation ; to canvass carefully and
promptly their respective districts ; to
circulate Documents and Newspapers
containing just and forcible exposition of
the merits of our cause ; to combat by
assemblages of the people in public meet—
ings, by public speeches, by conversation,
by letters and personal appeals, and in
all just and proper modes, the deceptive
and perilous sophistries of the agents and
political allies of the rebellion. Let them
be on their guard against the arts of cor-
ruption and of intrigue which will be
brought, with unscrupulous desperation,
to bear upon them. The Rebel Govern-
ment, and those Foreign Powers most
deeply interested in our destruction, could
Well afford to expend millions in over—
throwing this administratiou,undplacing in
power the nominees and representatives
of the Chicago Convention.
The skies are bright and full of prom-
ise. The lion-hearted citizen-soldiers of
the Republic march with steady step and
unfultering purpose to a speedy and glo-
rious victory. The heart of the people
beats true to the Union. Every triumph
of the Union arms over the Rebel troops
arouses a fresh the courage and confi-
dence of Union men, and chills the heart
and decimates the ranks of the submis-
sion secessionists represented at Chicago.
A Union victory in November will end
the long and laborious strife. It will
paralyze the arm of the Rebellion. It
will disperse its armies, destroy the hOpc
by which the despotism at Richmond now
holds its subjects in bondage, release the
people of the Southern States from their
enforced disloyalty, and give them again
the blessings of self-government within
the Union and under the protecting
Constitution and Flag of the United
States. It will enable our own govern-
ment to exchange the Weapons of war
for the councils of peace, to relax the
stern control over public action and pub-
lic speech which a state of war renders
unavoidable, to restore our financial sys-
tem, to dissolve all military courts, and
hand over again to the civil tribunals of
justice the punishment of crime and the
We call upon the People to bear in
preservation of public order, and to re—
store to their firesidcs and homes, clothed
with honors and to be held in everlasting
remombcrancc, that great army of our
citizen soldiers who have bar ed their
breasts against armed relic-then, and won
the imperisllable renown of saving the
glorious Union,for which their fathers
and their brothers died,
Signed by the Committee.
ILJ. RAYMOND,Ch’n,N.Y.II. W. HOFFMAN, Md.
SAMUELF. Hrznsnr, Me. S. H, BOY D, MO.
JOHN B. CLARKE, N. H. G. B. SENrnn, 0.
Ann. W. GARDNER, Vt. J. D. Dnrnnns, Ind.
\VILIJAM’ CLAFL‘IN, MflSS.BUI‘.TON C. Coon, Ill.
THOMAS G. TURNER, R. LMAssn (lmDINus, Mich.
N.D. Srnnnv, Ct. S. JUDD, is.
MAncrus L. WARD. N. J. D. B. Srunns, Iowa.
S. A. PunvrANCIJ. Pa. A. W. CAMPBELL. W. Va.
NATH. B. SMITIIERS, DEL.JAMES II. LANE, Kan sas.
J. J. Coonns, Dist. of Col.
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What an Armistice Means.
The platform of the Chicago peace cop-
perheads, who chose McClellan as their
representative, demands “an immediate
cessation of hostilities,” with a view to a
convention of all the states, to talk about
peace. The only way in which hostili-
ties can be suspended for such an end, is
under a general armistice. This is what
the coppcrhcud lenders desire, and their
rebel friends would be very” glad to enter
into. Look a little while at the require-
ments of an armistice, reflect upon rchcl
I'lufaithfulncss in the past, and then say
whether you are willing to trust them an-
der an armistice now.
The rebel prints interpret an armistice
to require an entire withdrawal of the
federal ”caps from the rebellious states,
and some even demand the withdrawal of
the forces from the United States forts
along their borders. They assert that
offers of peace will be made to them in
vain, unless such a withdrawal precedes
their offer.
The armistice then, which the Chicago
leaders propose, means, with the “ imme-
diate cessation of hostilities,” the with-
drawal of fed oral troops from all states
they have “invaded” and with whose
“rights,” according to copperhead esti-
mates, they are interfering. It is the
some doctrine, which the peace democrats
have urged from the beginning. We re—
member to have heard Thomas Seymour,
early in the war, hint that he might fa-
vor the defense of the capitol against reb-
els, but he was opposed to the invasion
of a sovereign state. He would swarm
Washington with troops, but he would
do nothing to prevent the rebels planting
guns on the Virginia heights, with which
to shell and burn the city. Building
forts in Virginia to defend Washington
was an invasion of that state, but how
much could we have done towards dc—
feuding it without. those forts. The cop-
perhead policy the first year of the war
would have lost the capital. The same
policy now would lose the country, and
all the immense advantages we have
gained over rebellion.
Will Connecticut men whose sons fell
at Roanoke and Newborn favor the with-
drawal of our trOOps from those points,
and the yielding again to the treacherous
custody of rebels, the advantageous po-
sitions we have wrested from them by
hard fighting? That is what the Chica-
go Conventionists would have them do.
Will the men who labored night and
day in the South Carolina marches, plant-
ing the cannon which reduced Pulaski,
and those who fought inch by inch for
the forts on Morris Island consent to see
their hardly won advantages so quietly
surrendered? The Chicago Convention-
ists deem their labors so unimportant
that they are willing to yield for mu ar-
mistice. _
. How will our brave [It'll who have la‘
bored at Vicksburg, at Port Hudson, at
New Orleans, through terrible dangers,
but with persistent patience, for the rc-
opcning of the (Mississippi river, closed
so long to commerce by traitor guns—
how will these men relish a surrender of
all we have gained here to the some trait-
erous hands which held the strong points
of the rjver against us for many weary
months? The Chicago leaders are in
favor of such a course.
And must Sherman leave Atlanta,
marching his victorious army back
through the country he has conquered,
in one of' the most brilliant campaigns
known in the history of the War? Must
be full back past the strongholds of Look-
out Mountain, and Buzzard’s Roost, his
men looking regretfully at the heights they
so gallautly stormed, and with sorrow up-
on tho graves of their comrades slain in
those terrible assaults ?—If the ” peace”
democracy triumph and have their plan
of settlement carried out he must.
Must Grant release his hold of Rich-
mond, give up all he has gained there,
and send his victorious troops quietly
north? The “ peace” party would have
him do so. But even if this is not what
an armistice means ; cvcn ifit only means
that our forces, remaining where they now
are, shall suspend hostilities, and wait
for the meeting of a national convention
to talk of peace. Arc the words ready
for that course? Do they not know
that during the weeks, perhaps months,
required for the slow action of such a con-
vention, rebel bands will be making
cartridges, and forging cannon? The
rebel teams and railroads will be filling-
Richmond with food and ammunition,
and with fresh nrcn, to resist Grant’s ar--
my in case the convention shall fail to
agree upon terms of peace? ,
Peace is sweet, and timid oyes‘in un—
[reflecting heads are likely to turn with a
bit of hope towards the banner, onwhich.
the word is inscribed use ‘fals'e light, f0
catch voters. Peace is a blessing, and
the pOOplc may be sure that it will come
to our suffering country throughf'_'=tlre la.—
bors of our brave and gallant soldiery.—
A peace which will be honorable, endur—
ing, blessed. Not the peace promised,
by the democratic leaders and rebel sym—
pathizers, which involves the-surrender of,
all the principles for which we have so
sneccsssfnlly contended, and which will
'snrcly end in national humiliation and
disgrace.
The peace talk of the Chicago leaders,
and their armistice plan, is a delusion
and cheat. The army understands the
shortest road to peace, and they are-
marching in it at a double quick.“ Let
rebels and copperheads stand out of the
way—Hartford Press.
«O
Gov. Morton on Peace.
The opposing candidates for Governor of
Indiana are stumping the State togeth-
er, and debating the questions of the doy.’
Their opening. debate at Laporte Gov. ‘
Morton, Union, expressed his sentiments
about peace as follows :
You want peace. We all want peace.
there is no man in the land more earnest-
ly in favor of peace than I am. But I
want a peace that is honorable, a peace
that will be enduring. I do not waht a
peace the inevitable result of which will
be to transfer the war from Virginia, _
South Carolina and Georgia, to Pennsyl- '
:vania, New York, Ohio and Indiana's-A
Suppose We take up with pr0posltion‘, of ,
these Peace men, and withdraw our ar- ,
mics from in front of the rebels, (lo-we
thereby gain peace? [Voices,“'No, no.”]
Suppose that Sherman should withdraw
from Atlanta, and come northward, docs .
any man doubt that Hood and his rebel,
forces would follow directly and swiftly
to Louisville ? And think you they
would hesitate to cross the Ohio river?
,No, they would be only too happy to
inflict upon Indiana and Ohio the same
devastation they have carried into Mary
land and Pennsylvania. If you went to
have the war transferred to the soil , of
Indiana, you have only to pursue the [101+
icy dictated by these Peace men, and you
will have it at once. ,Bnt if you want to
keep the war from you, you must prose-
cute the ,work already so for advanced;
to a successful completion. You must
suppress the rebellion within the rebel-
lious States. And, as Judge Perkins says;
” We shall conquer the South ;” “ The
job we have on hand,” he says, “ desgniso
it as we may, is to subjugate the South, ’
and it: is one of those jobs which, accord-
ing to the old adage, ‘ is well done if it
were done quickly”, [Applause and
cheers]
Look at; what has been done! More
than half the rebel territory has beenol-
readyconquercd. Generals Grant and
Sherman have their hands on the throat
of the rebellion, and they will not let go
until the monster yields, unless they are
pulled of by the Peace 7mm of the North.
[Great Applause] Yes, we will ”coir-
qucr the rebellion, we will crush it out,
unless we are defeated by itsjfriendsin the
North, who are dividing the maple and
attempting to paralyze the Government
in its efforts to conquer a peace and main-
tain your liberties. [Repeated cheers] ..
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Tun IIERALD ON MCCLELLAN.—Tll9
New York Herold editorially sums up
McClellan’s record, in these brief but
comprehensive paragraphs :
McClellan has proved a failure in that
supreme necessity of war-—sn‘ccess. His
military record—no matter what may be
the excuses for it——has been one of results
in no degree adequate to the means at-his
command.
In his public life, indeed, he has been
a failure of no common magnitude. He
failed to capture Richmond—no matter
how or Why. He failed to retain the
confidence with which the government,
wholly irrespective of party, regarded
him on his first accession to eminent
owcr. And finally, as perhaps the cause
of all his other troubles, he has failed to
discriminate between the applause of a
cotcric, and that course which would in-
sure for him the approval and support of
the public judgement.
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WHAT ms Coppcmms WANT Us 10
Do.—At :1 Syracuse peace convention, ‘
this was the open talk of the members:
Mr. Senator Lawrence said :
“This war must be stopped. The Fed-
eral Government has no power to
coerce a sovereign state into 9. Union cou-
trury to its will. A state has a. right to
secede, provided its constitutional rights
are violated.”
Mr. Wm. A. Bramlette of Kentucky,
a delegate to the Chicago Convention,
said that ” the people of the South will
fight as long as they have a dollar left,
unless the North concede them the right
of self-government ;” and Mr. Bramlette
was in favor of the concession. Senator
Lawrence said . "We propose to guar-
cntcc them (the South) the protection
of their state rights—one of which he ' .
had already affirmed to be the right of
secession ; secondly, we propose to guar-
antee them the protection of slave'ry up
to the original [£71.13 and throughout all -
the territories.” ,
«d.»-
. . . The Independent publishesa strong
and earnest letter from Anna E, Dicken-
son, declaring her determination to do
all imher power to support the party rep-
resented by Abrahnm Lincoln, from this,
moment till election morning. The In-
dependent also makes an urgent appeal
to its friends to work for the cause. The
cowardly Chicago platform is doing it!
work.
. . . .1110 latest “mode” in regard to des-
sert at fashionable tables of Paris, is to '
serve the . fruit, still growing in pots.
Pears, cherries, peaces, grapes, plums,
figs nectarines, &c., are placed on the ta?-
blc growing on dwarfed espaliers, the
pots standing on silver sockets, or 'trays.
Strawberries thus growing are easily ob—
tained. A pot containing a strawberry
plant in full hearing is placed before each
guest.
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