‘ of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESD A Y MORNING BY A. H. BYINGTON & co., GAZET 4. TE. 4— AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANN UM, IN ADVANCE. g gaudy glimmer, gainful to final More and autumn. Stuart grandma. gimme, grime, mutation. flotsam. tie-Established in 1800. NUMBER 872--NEW SERIES. I VOLUME XLVII--NUMBEB 39. NOEWKEE_§AWZETTEZ" OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING. 413;. BYINGTON & CO. A. ll. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLs. Advertising Rates. One Square, one insertion, ” two insertions, “ . three insertions, 1 50 “ one month, 1 75 “ two months, 3 00 “ three months, 4 00 “ six months, '2 00 " one year—with paper 15 00 Two S uures, one year—with paper, 25 00 Each a ditional Square, per year, s 00 One half column, one year, 40 00 One Column, one year, '75 00 Fifteen lilies, or 100 words,make a square. Fraction- al parts of a square charged for as a whole. Yearly advertisements payable 1st of January .kJuly. Yearly advertisers restricted to the business contem- plated at the time of contract. W These terms will be lnilcxibly adhered to._§1 BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Norwalk Post Office. - MAILS cLosa. 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.—6.06 P. M. East 8.20 A. M.-—3.30 P. M. Danbury & NorWalk Railroad 8.00 A. M. POST OFFICE HOURS.‘ From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M. CHARLES OLMSTEAD, 1’. u. D. PRITCHARD, M. D.‘, Physician and Surgeon, Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store, MAIN STREET, SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. Dr. E. FOWLER BIRCH, Physician and Surgeon, Residence Norwalk Hotel. Office at the Drug Store of E. Blackman, No. 11 Main Street, Norwalk, 32 N e w HARDWARE 8b PAINT STORE, M a i n S t r e e t, Opposite I. H. C-ampcll’s Confectionery, MARVIN & PROWITT, Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware, Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang- ings, Window Shades, the. JAMES G. BARBO'UR, cesarean am) MECHANICAL D E N '1' I S '1' .. Teeth extracted without pain by the use Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut. 1 E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man- LT ul‘ sister of Tin. Copper. and Sheet goo ‘ are; and dealer in‘ Stoves, Ranges, ur'naces, Chtl‘cr‘y, Brittannla, Woc' en and Willow Ware, rockery; and a in] assort- ment of House Keeping articles generally. a. s. Locnwoon, l‘ishicnablc Draper & Tailor, and GENTLEMEN‘S FURNISHING EMPORI‘UM I Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. S. E. OI-MSTEAD 6L 60., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c., it at! l“ Maia-St». Norwalk, Conn- first INSURANCE COMPANY, 0f Hartford, ‘ Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual. Capital and Assets, ’ $3,128,820. Insure against loss and damage by Fire on Terms adapted to the huzard,and consistent with the laws of compensation. ' crooner: n. COWLES, Sole Agent [273 " ' ' Eor‘liorvulk'cml vicinity. " “ennui. cm . N impression having gone abroad that A 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 oi Main-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. if. sacnsonr a. 33.0. N o. 1 Gazette Building. WOULD respectfully announce to the public and their old customers, that they have recently made extensive additions to their stock of goods. We are now prepar- ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed in Fairfield County, in quality 0r price. We would call particular attention to our stock of Watches, which is larger than ever before.— We have a fine lot of Ladics’ Swiss Watches, in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to 74?. which we'cas‘rcbomfiicnd as b'cirir cor- 'ect time keepers. Also, Gentleman’s ateli- gs in silver and gold cases, at any price from g to “.00. We buy of the best importers in ew ork, and alto ether for cash, so that our facilities for selling cheap could not be renter. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and lated Wares was never better than at pres- ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO. I'OR SALE. r HE Real Estate formerly owned by WILLIAM Surgeon, deceased, situated illflllfi town, on Wh'tc Oak Shade Street, ll._lell.illlll§S l‘rom‘ orwrflk 01""Daricn, to vow: .1153 ' " ‘ ' ‘ Large new Dwelling House. with out-buildings and 12 or 14 acres of very super-rqr Land, well adapted to Gardening 1?.Ti205l99: 180 2} Sula“ House Wit two £34158 (ll lilllf attaclled—aud 4' acres. 6 land situated in or near “ Hanford’s Swamp" so called. ' The property will be sold all together or in separate parcels as may suit purchasers, and on accommodating terms; two thirds of the purchase money can remain secured on the premises for a ten m of years, if desired. For further particulars apply to S. Y. ST.JOHN. New Canaan, Feb 10th, 1863. ti‘? A flew Burner for fierosene " ' ,Q use'ivithout aChim’ncy,and will fit any Fluid Lamp. ; it makes a geod substitute for Fluid. Price of burner on] 20 cents. C. & E.K.LOCKW 0D &CO. New messing ‘ STORE, ‘- NEAR UPPER END 01" MAIN ST. Ems-i Side of the Bridge. I HAVE at my Store in N orwalk the largest assortmentoi Household furniture in this county, consisting oi Bureaus of all kinds, Lounges, Sofas, 'l‘cte-a-Tctes, 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. Repairing, done promptly and by experienced workmen. Umiertaking, 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 cxtra charge. LBERT RAYMOND. Norwalk, Sept. lst, 1863. 44 NORWAIAK . Steam Sawing and Plalmng M I I. 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, «be, &e., in the best and most expeditious manner, and at satis- factory prices. Orders by mail promptly at- tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITCH. E. QUIN'I'ARD a "SONS, CABINET MAKERS, &c ARE now prepared to offer to the public the largest and best assortment of Good Furniture, comprising every article usually kept in a Furniture Store, ever offered in Norwalk, which will be sold AT 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. UNDERTAIIING, We keep on hand a very large assortment of Collins of every description, l'urnish shrouds, scarfs, carriages, and ever 'tliing 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 shallbsc whenever our services are required, without extra chaage. , E. QUINTARD &. SONS. N orwalk, March 15th 1862. srovns, HEATERS, RANGES, VER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes of Cooking Stoves and Ranges; over thir- ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and Oflice Stoves, not excelled in beauty of design, per- fection of operation, or variety, by any Stove in the State. Manufactures Tin, Sheet, Iron and Copper Wares, deals in J appan, Brittan- ia, Crockery, Wooden, and Silver Plated Wares, Stove Blocking, Coal Hods, Shovels and Riddles, Brass Kettles Sausage Cutters, Mutts, Brooms, Bells, Fire I’lace Gillies, Sad Irons, Sheet cad, Lead Pipe, Fruit Jars, Fluid and Coa‘ Qil Lam is, love 'Castings, in fact, all that constitute. a well filled Kitchr en Furnishing Store. Books, describing prin ciple and management of Stove, free. Lar gest assortment of Pumps in the State. Call at - ASH’S, . 1v4 South Norwalk.0t. Hammer’s Champagne Ale. THE attention of the public is solicited to the superior quality of H A M M E R ’ S 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 Sellcck’s Packet Office, Nor-walk. JEHIEL GRUMMAN, Agent .for tie sale 01‘ Hammcrls'Cbampagnc 1e, 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 roprletor. o ‘ ' " ‘J. N. LOCK" obi). Wingspan. Photographs & Caries dc Visits AT WHITNEY & BECKWITH’S. IN consequence of the great rise in chem- ncss, 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. Hereailcr, when a proof is accepted, the order for prints must be accompanied with the cagrp - ‘ WHITNEY 8; BECK WITH, Norwalk, Conn., June 15. gIMPOR'l'ED GUTLERY, And Silver-Plated Ware. THE Subscriber, while in England, recent- ] , made arrangements with the Shef- fied anufacturers for the sale of Thomas Harrison’s celebrated Cutlery, and has now on exhibition and sale at his Store opposite the Ppst Office, a large, and one of tlée most compete assortmcn s o Shel el 'utler eve‘riogcred in llusaoulltl'y. handing Cali: viug _nivcs and Forksi Stead Knives; Butter Knives; Table Knives and Forks; Pocket Knives of every description, inclu- ding many curious styles; Scissors, &c., &c. Also, just received, an assortment of beau- tiiul Silver-Plated Ware, made by a new patented process, by the same House, and is the first let imported into this coun- try. Call and examine for yourselves. ti‘46] JOSEPH SHEPHERD. Hardware, Cutlery, files It? SOUTH. NQRWALK.‘ THE Subscriber would inform the public that hc'has parchascd of Mr. Chichéstcr tlfe old established Hartl'vvare Business, at South Norwalk, and will continue the bum- ness at the old Stand. Hc intends keeping always on hand, a large stock of llardware, Cutlery, Ag'icultural I plcluen ts, Mechan- ics’ Tools, Lire Arms,~ uildcrs’ Hardware, 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. WM. S. FITCH. 6m15 Pure BLACKBERRY WINE, FIVE years old, for medicinal purposes for Sale at . E. BLACKMAN‘S Drug Stor . PURE CIDER BRANDY Six years old for Medicinal and Bathing purposes, for Sale by E. BLACKMAN No. 11 Main St. icals, metals, and paper, used in our busi- ' NoTwalk illilillfl lllllPlNY. NORWAIR CONN, . Chartered Capital $500000 Paid up Capital $100,000 WM. C. STREET, President. GEO. R. Cownns, Secretary. EEEN. HILL, Treasurer. Norwalk, Jan lst. 1864 INSURANCE. THE subscriber having taken the agency of the New England Fire and Marine In- summe 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. Norwalk, Feb. 1st, 1861. tffi 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, “ 1“ 3,128,820 1! Phoenix, of N.Y., “ 722,210 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, Springfield,“ “ 200,000 People’s, Worcester, “ “ 200 000 1 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. William C. White, Graduate of the Leipzig Conservatory, INSTRUCTOR IN ill/REDSDCC ANNIE @ERMAN}, LOCKWOOD’S BUILDING, ' NORWALK, CONN. Mr. White can be seen at his Rooms, from 7 till 11 o'clock, A. M. V - 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- 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 is. Norwalk, March 18th, 1804. 12 mrumnmr. ‘ M I S S P I L G R I M 113% Removed to the new Store between the Bank of Nor- walk and the Danbury B. R. Depot. 1tf Groceries Cheaper than ever I.‘ Q R Q A S I! l HE subscriber would inform the public generall , that he stilleontinues to sell the best of racemes, 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 w0uld invite the special attention of a1 tohis stock of COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS, which are of the very best quality, and will be sold cheap. The public are invited tocall and examine and judge for themselves. A- MOREHOUSE. WILLIAM B. SWAN, SADDLER (it HARNESS MAKER, ADJ OINING Danbury and Norwalk R. stantly on hand and will make to order eve- ry description of . Harnessllcrse Furniture, Trapping; or Clothli‘ng. Also Saddler‘s Hardwaic and outfits, ’runks,‘Valisés, 'Carpet Bags, «he. All If] wantlof anything in hisline, will do well to give him a call. Orders for any kind of work promptly executed. Re airing done neatly and cheaply, and at shor notice. Business Change ! WATERBURY & DUNCAN, OULD announce to the public that they have purchased the Carriage Ma- king Business formerly conducted b Mr. Edson Beers, and connected it Willi, theii‘ Blagksmith Sho‘ _,“ makihg one complete cs- tabhshment. T ey are now prepared toexe— cute in the best manner, and with greater dispatch than ever before, anything in the line of ' - Carnage Making and Blacksmith- Ing- Carriages made to order, and Painting, Trimming, Repairing, &c., done by experi- enced workmen, with dispatch. it?” Good Carriage timber taken in ex- change for work. N orwalk, Nov. 23d, ‘68. “47 THE Subscriber having purchased the Hardware business, formerly conducted by Edwin V. A. Chichcster, hopes by fair dealing, and close attention to business, to rctain‘all the customers of the old stand, and add many new ones. THEODORE FITCH. A 0. 13.1.): 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. WIN V A El) . . .CHCHESTER. Norwalk, Dec.15th,1863.. 51 e. a e. M. Holmes, DEALERS 1N Groceries, l'lour, Provision, go, Main Street, 14 Norwalk, Conn ORK and BEEF HAMS first quality G. & G. M. HOLME . R. Depot, Norwalk, Conn., keeps con-’ The Falling of the Leaves. The autumn days are here, And the trees are brown and sore, And I hear the sighs of sadness that a girl- ish bosom heaves ; And I mark the hectic bloom, That is brightening for the tomb, And I know her strength is waning with the falling of the leaves. It is hard for one so fair, Who hath never known a care, Nor love that hath departed, nor friendship that deceives, To leave this world so bright, For the gloomy shades of night, And to tread the shadowy valley 'mid the falling of the leaves. - Hushed is the sound of mirth, As she shivers by the hearth, In the cool and frosty morning, and damp and chilly eves ; . As she shudders at the knell Of the schoolmate loved so well— For the young are falling around us like the falling ofthe leaves. With the gentle art of love, I would lead her thoughts above, And bid her trust the Saviour when her ten- der bosom grieves ; ' But still with gasping breath, She shrinks from gloomy Death, While fast her tears are falling as the fall ing ofthe leaves. - 0 pray for her kind hearts, That peace ere she departs, May gently fall upon ; not Death alone be- reaves. 0 well may we despair, If the innocent and fair Fall with a troubled spirit, with the falling of the leaves. ELLEN C. Howan'rn.’ «Q»; 'l‘lie Pure in Heart, BY ALICE CARY. “Blessed are the puTe in heart, for they shall see God. I asked the angels in my prayer, With bitter tears and pains To allow mine eyes the kingdom where The Lord of glory reigns. I said my wrath with doubt is dim, My heart is sick with fear ; 0 come, and help me build to him A tabernacle here ! The storms of sorrow wildly beat, The clouds with death are chill ; I long to hear his voice so sweet, Wild Whisperedel‘l‘eace : be still i” The angels said, God giveth you His love what more is ours ? And even as the gentle dew Descends upon the flowers His grace descends, and as of old, 1.1.0 walks with. was split Keeping the promise, as foretold, With all the pure in heart. Thou needst not ask the angels where His habitations he, Keep thou thy spirit clean and fair, And he shall dwell with thee. "Oker—- AN ITEM Evans MAN SHOULD Roan—- Wehave probably all of us met with instan- ces in which a Word needlessly spoken against the reputation of a female has become dark enough to overshadow her whole existence. To those who are accustomed—not nec essa- rially from bad motives, but from thought- lessness—to speak lightly of females, we recommend these hints as worthy of consid- eration; Never usea lady’s name in an im roper place, oran improper time, or in mixe com- pau . ' Nbver make assertions about her that you think are untrue, or allusions that you feel . she herself would blush to hear. When you meet with men who do not scrapie to make use of a woman’s name in a reek ess and unprmcipled manner, shun them for they are the very worst members of the community—men lost to every sense of hon- or—every feeling of humanity. Many a good and worthy woman's char- acter has been forever ruined brpkeu by 9. lie manufactured has, and repeated where it shou d not have . cell. and In the presence oftbosc whose lit- tlejudgment could not deter them from circulating the foul and bragging report. A slander is soon propagated, and the smallest thing derogatory to a woman’s char- acter will flyon the wings of the winds, and magnify as it circulates, until its monstrous weight crushes its victim down. .<.p..—.—_—.— RATHER SEVERE ON THE Guns—An exchange says. : ., , "The number of idle, useless girls in all our-large cities seems to be steadily increasing: They lounge or sleep through their morning, parade the street during the afternoon, and assemble in frivolous companies of their own and" the other sex to pass away their evenings. What a store of unhappiness for themselves and others are they laying up for the future when real duties and responsibilities shall be thoroughly assumed I They are skill- ful m-no domestic duties—may, they do- spise then ; have no habit of industry nor taste for the useful. What will they be as wives and mother’s? Also for the husbands and children, and-also for them- selves. Who can wonder if domestic uu- happiness and domestic ruin follows i" .— [8" At an outside meeting in Chicago dur- ing the late Convention ’ there, one speaker named Mahoney, thus enunciated the true aims of the Democracy; - “ o gett cm the south back repti‘diate die disgraceful) treatmii’itf Elf; received, and thrust from power the instru- ments of their attempted de radation. We must elect our candidate, an then, holding out ourhands to the South, invite them to come and sit again in our Union circle. [A voice-re“ Suppose they won’t come f”] If they will not come to us, then I am in favor- of going to them. (Loud cheers.) Our Con- stitution can be made acceptable to them, and then I have the assurance that they will return and forget the past.” Was there ever a more cowardly party? Oboe—— 3- Mr. Thomas F. Corkran, residing near Gilpiu’s Point, in this county, last week manumitted all his negroes. Mr. C. is an unconditional Union man and thoroughly convinced of the unprofitable and unproductive class of labor, and hence has set his negroes at liberty. He has performed the noblest act of his life, and ouc,,which no doubt, will result to his pecuniary benefit. Danton, Md. Journal. «.».————- WE is rumored that Secretary Chase wnl succeed Minister Adams at London. 1;: her 11.0%,? ' some v1 - . James A. Scddcn. the rebel Secretary of 'MeCLELLAN’s RECORD' Read! Read! The North American (Philadelphia) of the 15th bad the following statement from a gentleman lately in the service of the War Department. It corroborates many intimations already before the pub- lic with regard to the Chickehominy campaign ,- - To the Members 0 th Philadelphia. f e National Union Club, GrNrLsusN : I am in possession of your note, in which you ask me if I re. member having made certain assertions at the rooms of the National Union Club in January last, on my return from the rebel liucl, in regard to Gen. Geo. B. McClellan and Clement L Valiandig- ham, and desiring to know if I would reit- erate said statement. I recollect perfectly ‘wcll having made certain statements in regard to the two persons named, and in presence of sever“ al members of the Club. In response to your inquiry if I would repeat said statement, I will answer you by saying: First, That while the but-- do before Richmond, Virginia, in 1862, was still progressing, and immediately after Gen. McClellan had fallen back from before that city, in company with a friend, an officer in the rebel service, who was prevented from joining his command in the fight in question, on account of a wound received at the battle of Seven Pines, and being provided with a special permit from the War‘ Department at Richmond, I visited the fortifications around Richmond, and advanced to a dis- tanceof about two miles north of that city, where we met Col. Gayle, of the 12th Alabama (rebel) regiment, who was a particular friend of the officer in whose company I was, also Lieut. Col. Pickeus, of the some regiment, with whom I had the advantage of a personal acquain- tance. The colonel was superinteuding the disinterment of a number of cases of U. S. rifles, which lay buried in the ground, and in rows, the soil beapedover them as if they were graves. Four of the cases of rifles were already unburied when I reached the spot, and I had the (to me unpleasant) satisfaction of hand- ling some of these guns, whigh ‘ had al- ready been taken out of the cases. I heard Col. Gayle say that the inter- ment of these guns were known at the War Department (rebel) even before McClellan’e retreat from before that city. On the inquiry of my friend and Dr. Kelly, of the rebel army, from Col. Gayle if he thought it had been intended that said suns should fall into the hands of too Confederates, the Col. answered in the afiirmative, and concluded by saying, “ Mac’s all right.” Not more than a hundred yards dis— tance from this spot, Lieut. Col. Pickens pointed out to me a number of ambulan- ces—two hundred and ten in number— aud said he had assisted at their capture and that, when captured, the horses be- longing to said ambulances were bitched, some to trees, and some to the rear of the ambulances. As I was then in the cm. ploy of the United States, it was my bu- siness to gather as much information as possible, and on my inquiry of Col. Pick- cns if he thought these ambulances had been intended to be in the same “bargain’i as the rifles, be said : “I don’t see what else they should have been intended for, for they were just where you séc them, and the horses bitched as you see them, while the fight was going on right here.” Presently some whiskey was handed round, and we all drank a toast to “ Lit- tle Mac.” About the mouth of April of the same year, as I was going from Richmond to Mobile, in company with Lieut. Wiltz, and Dr. Knocd of Missouri, and Dr. Font- lcroy of Virginia, the two latter gentle- men being of the rebel General Price’s stafl', we met with Brig.-Gen. Watson, of Alabama. Gen. Watson said, in my presence, that then, or at any time after the war, he could have satisfactory proof that George B. McClellan, of the Feder- al army, at the outbreak of the rebellion and during the preliminary arrangements for the organization of the Confederate army, bed cfi‘ered his services to the Con- federete Government, but that, as the Confederate Government had resolved to give rank in preference to ofliccrs former- ly in the United States service, scoot-din? to seniority of rank, they could not give to McClellan what he desired, as other ofilcers ranked him in seniority ; and that McClellan, having become offended at this, then ofl'ered his services to the United States. In December, 1862, I had occasion to call on Governor Shorter, of Alabama, who was then sojourning at the Huntsville Hotel, Huntsvlle, Alabama. Gov. Short- er introduced me to Gen. Watson, who was present. The General recognized me immediately. And, as the Governor resumed a conversation with another person in the room, I, while in converse- tion with the General, had occasion to refer to our trip to Mobile ; and I pur— posely brougbtrebout the conversation in reference to Gen. McClellan, and Gen. Watson reiterated the statement he had previously made in regard to McClellan. In regard to Clement L. Velleudig— burn, the Ohio traitor, I will say that . during his sojourn at Richmond he was repeatedly closeted with Jeff Davis, War, and Judah P. Benjamin, the rebel Secretary of State. During his visit to Richmond at that epoch, I learned. from reliable sources (rebel officials) that this Ohio traitor bud pledged his word to’the rebel author~ ities that if the Democratic party of the North succeeded in electing their candi- date at the next Presidential election, he would use all his influence to obtain peace on the basis of a recognition of the Confederate States as a separate and independent government. During my stay at Richmond, having called on Mr. Benjamin, the Secretary of State, with a view to obtain an inter— view ou business of a private character, I was told by an cfiicial in attendance at the Department of State—who of course to see Mr. Benjamin; and that the visit- or of Mr. Benjamin was Mr. Vallaudig— ham, whom this official styled the “ Ohio refugee,” the conference might be pro- tracted to a late hour. On that day, although I waited until after the hour for transacting business at that depart- ment, I did not see Mr. Benjamin. At that time divers were the rumors in private among the rebels that Val— laudighem had pledged himself to the confederate cause. Of this the War De- partment at Washington was informed in a report made by me and other gov— ernment agents. Great were the expectations of the if this Vallendigham faction succeeded in electing their candidate to the Pre si— deucy. _ Let it be remembered that this Val— laudigbam faction are the men who seek to elect George B. McClellan to an office which none but loyal men should fill. Very respectfully, years, &c‘ Eer. Because. Philadelphia, Sept. 14, 1864. «.W The Loss ofa. Wife. In comparison with the loss of a wife, all other bereavements are trifling. The wife l she who fills so large a space in the domestic heaven; she who busied herself so unweariedly for the precious ones around her; bitter, bitter is the tear that falls on her cold clay! you stand beside her cofiin and think of the past.— It seems an amber-colored pathway, where the sun shone upon beautiful flow- ers, or the stars hung glittering overhead. Fain would the soul linger there. No thorns are remembered save those your hands may unwillingly have planted.— Her noble, tender heart has open to your inmost sight. You think of her as all gentleness, all beauty, all purity. But she is dead 1 the dear heart that laid up- on your bosom, rcsts in the still darkness upon a pillow of clay. The bands that have ministered so untiriugly are folded, white and cold, beneath the gloomy por- tal. The heart whose every beat Incas. ured an eternity of love lies under your feet. The flowers she bent over with smiles bend now above her in tears, shak- ing the dew from their petals,, that the verdurc around her may be kept green and beautiful. There is no white am over your shoul- der, no speaking face to look up into the eye of love; no trembling lips to mur- mur, “Oh, it is so sad.” There is a strange bush in every room; no light footstep passing around. No smile to greet you at nightfall. And the old clock ticks and strikes, and ticks—it was such music when she could hear it 1 Now it seems akucll on the hours through which you have watched the shadows of death gathering upon her sweet face. And every day the clock repeats that old story. Many another tale it telletb, too—of beautiful words and deeds that are registered above. You feel—O, how often—that the grave cannot keep her. 0 Prunes, BUCHANAN AND THE Russia.— “Berwick,” the correspondent of the Bos- ton Journal, gives the following extract of a recent interview be bad with Gen. Geary at his headquarters : Gen. Geary told told me that. when acting as Governor of Kansas he discov- ered the nature, character and extent of the secret combination which has resul- ted in the overthrow of the Union, and found that then, as now, Jgfl‘mon Davis, at that time Secretary of war, was at the head of it. These revelations were made to him by southern men, members of it, who ofi'cred him every temptation to join them, and help in making Kansas a slave State. Governor Gear-y communicated these facts to Pierce, then President, and Mr. Buchanan, then President elect.— Botlt of these weak men, or traitors, sab— miftal Goo. Geary’s disclosure to the Southern conspirators whom they implica— ted! Instead of being warned by them against the stealthy criminals, Pierce con— tinued and Buchanan adopted them a: Iii: constitutional and confidential advisers .’ Finding that he had no power to avert the plots, and not regarding himself as powerful enough to fight the President, President elect, and his party, Governor Geary retired to his farm to await the development of events, determined when the time for action come to be found in the ranks of the nation’s defenders. Axum-i “Bases” Kuccssn Our or Tun museum—Sheridan has whipped Early, and taken 2500 prisoners. believed me to be a loyal confederate—i that it was uncertain when I could chance rebels during my visit within their lines, _ The Chicago Convention. The Platform of the Chicago Conven- tion will satisfy every foreign and domes- tic eucmy of the American Union and Liberty. It declares that the Govern- ment of the United States, is guilty of resisting rebellion, and that the Ameri- can people. can not maintain the authority ,of their laws. It has no word of right- ous wrath against the recreant citizens, who have plunged the country in the blood of civil war, but lavishes its fury upon the constituted authorities which have steadily defended the Union. It has no censure for any act of rebellion, but the war measures taken by the Ad- ministration, uuder the authority of the Constitution, are branded as tyrannical, despotic. There is not a word in it that can cheer any soldier or sailor fighting for his country; not a syllable theistirs the blood of a patriot. It is craven, "ab- ject, humiliating. It confesses the defeat of the Union ‘cause, and covertly implores the mercy of Jefferson Davis and his crew. . And this at a memeut when stout old Farragut is thundering at Mobile ; when the inexorable Grant clutches at the Wel- don Road, which, as an ofliccr writes, ‘is like touching the cubs of a tigress ;’ when Early’s Shenandoah invasion is too late round Atlanta; when State after State is supplying its quota of fresh soldiers; when gold steadily declines; when a uni- versal public confidence is awakning; and when the rebels are plainly, palpably struggling to hold out only long enough to see if the election by the elevation of the Chicago candidate, will not turn to their advantage. Never again will this nation have a fairer chance of maintaining its constitu- tional authority than it has now. For three years it has, at every disadvantage, battled against this formidable conspira- cy in so desperate a straight. The coun- try has it by the throat. A little more force, a. closer pressure, and the monster falls strangled, dead forever. Alittle less force, a relaxed hold, a wavering pur- pose, and the scaly folds of rebellion thrill with hope to the extremity; it renews its strength, it recruits its venom, and darts a deadlier blow at the life of the country. , As the Chicago Platform declares the war hopeless, its friends ’will of course wish toseeits position confirmed. Every victory of Grant, of Farragut, and of Sherman will therefore be unwelcome:- Evcry brave man who enlists will be grudged. The rise of prices will be hailed with delight; while universal disaster to our armies and navies, and the victories of the rebel armies will be boiled with exultation as conclusive proof of the ‘failurc to restore the Union by the exper- iment of war.’ There is not an English lord or European aristocrat, not a sneer or at popular government and friend of despotism in the world, who will not up- plaud the Chicago Platform and hope for the success of its candidate. _ , The political campaign is opened. It will be short, sharp, and decisive, and the most momentous the country has ever known. If Mr. Lincoln is reelected the Unioo, the authority of the government and the national honor will be maintained unconditionally; the rebellion, strained and bafilcd on every side, will be sup- pressed; and the peace and prosperity of the country be permanently reestablished If Gen McClellan is elected there will be an attempt to negotiate, to compromise, to bargain with the rebels. In the effect it is not the disputed point, it is the dig- nity and character of the Government which will be compromised. A treach- erous truce will be patched up and la- beled peace, and aftcr staggering under its dishonor and disgrace for a miserable while the country will plunge forward again into the flaming gulf of war. The issue is simple and sublime. It is the life or the degradation of the nation. It is to show that a Government of the people is equal to every exigeuey—rcady for taxation, ready for military service, ready for endurance, ready for forbear- ance—that it is as strong as any Gov- ernment in the world, and stronger—that in war it is as powerful and resolute and orderly es in peace it is industrious and prosperous. There seems to us but one way in which utter national humiliation can be avoided, and that -is by the steady hand of war until the rebels confess the authority of the Government. That is the policy which is personified in Abra- ham Lincoln and Andrew J chosen, and which we shall most strenuously support, for it is the cause of the peace and hap- piness of the American people. Harper’s Widely. o‘.» Corrsnurao Doorman—The following remarks occurred in a conversation be- tween a republican and a “democrat,” in this city yesterdav: Repub.-—-“ Any man that would go for returning those poor slaves into bondage again, I would not give much for his cbristiunity, or his hopes of heaven I” 51m.—,:‘Oi;, well—~cllristianily’s. a good dea a a. ms at an we . . f g, yHaf’tford Press. 0‘. fi- Thrce footpads stopped a man on one of the streets in Bridgeport, the oth- er evening, one of them demanding his watch. Instead of the watch he got a l blow in the face, and all three ran away. for success; when Sherman is closing, Mr. Nasby shows that a War Platform Won’t Do for "I. DO' mocracy. cm“ W m 13331.! 17. 1864. ' i It is probyble—yes, 1 may lay, tole- ble sartain—that P. V. Nasby, which ll Preacher of said church in chargcanoylrci, tire from publik life shortly. Why 1 mo- thiuks I beer the entire dimckntic potty, who her long regarded me as, on may- ment to my sake, and the was eltopthc luvcly, exclamc. The why is place to e massive intellek, which is inc—the good old dimekmtic is on the ‘streto road to destrucshun, and, to ycgsc v. related mettyfor, unless it is switched orf If She cage it’s a goncr, and the more it me- cceds at the November elcckvhuu the woss is its gouculssl “Singlcrl” exclemcl a patriotik and selfsacrificln’ dimcknt. who has a postoflis in his becmlu eye, “singler that success should rooin ul. Wy that’s what we're going for." Jeutly, my friend. Uv whet avsie is it to elect a President in sick a way on 2 not it mercily certain to be defechd ever offal Troo, we’d hcv the postofis, but with a _ ablishu Congress to watch as, whorc’d be the chancis uv stealing uessery to our support. To eloecydate. The dimocrlsy have postponed their couvenshun till it. . ll,- ’- ccrtaincd how Lee agt. Grout cement. Ef Lee whales Grout—Pom Platform. Now the chaucis are that Lee will be whipt, for the tyrant Llukcn hcz a spite at that grate and good man. Then, we so a party go into the coupons on till corruptuis uv the administralbuus, and git the post offices. Wet then f Wy thll‘. The war is OUR war ; the taxis ll OUR taxis ; the drafts is OUR drafts ;" and we wood bcv the responsibility lultld uv our euemis. , Ex a matter uv coarse dimocrets wood bev to do the volunteeriu, for it wood be their war, and the armies wood. have to be led by dimekratic generals. Good bevins ! Immaginc 500,000 dimme- under sick as Mick Lcllan and Boool l— Wat a rcdoosin uv megoritiléwet e waist of votiu stock there wood be. The troo policy for us is peace. E: o peesc party we are certin of gettin the support uv these classes, to wit : The stingey cusses who object to pay- in taxis. _ The cowerdly cusses who air afraid of being drafted. V Every draft and every new tax jolt more’n adds to car, so fast, indeed, that of we cood stop the Mctbodivt,I Presby- terian, Lutheran, &c., rcvivels uv relig- ion, and git whiskey back to old price II) that we could afi'ord to use it profconly, wee coed be in good shape next fol. By being a war party we loose all these people and talk them out, and in the name or beviu wat would be left I" us I ' ’ Peese is our best and only bolt, and onless the party talk that dodge I she] retire, for we can’t win but mural on war, and then the responsibilities we’d have to assoom wood be 2 much for. in. The dimekratic intelleck, is not hefty. Ez fer myself No no fears—I kin git along. There’s small groceries to be run, and the retailiu uv likkcr in e strikt- ly dimckratic community, where they'd work jest twelve hours, cumin snuff. to carry thru the other 12 at my bar, has alluz appeared to me to be the height uv earthly bliss. Prmnumr V. Nassv, Pastor uv said Church in charge. —-——<e+e.——-— S“ If any honest, thoughtful men will carefully read the doings of the Chi- cago Convention, the smokes, the plat- form, and then McClellnn’s letter of acceptance, we think he will see that the solo object aimed at and running through them all is the reunion of the democratic party. Not the Union of the country, not its integrity, not its future on o peaceful, happy nation, but simply the reunion of that wing of the party which rebelled and now been arms against the nation with that wing which-is now coco. ged in the vilest abuse of the President and his cabinet, the army, and of every patriot, and which in every way is sock- ing to paralyze all efl'orts for putting down the rebellion. Says Gov. Seymour, I“ there are no hindrances in our poth- way to Union and peace. We demand no conditions for the restoration of the Union.” McClellan, in his letter of acceptance, says ; “ The Union ’ is the one condition of peace—we ask no me}, They mean this, that they ask no condi- tions from the other wing of the demo- cratic party. They do ask condition from those who are engaged in putting down the rebellion, and those condition are every time in the interest of slavery, and are conditions which, if they can be carried out, will make those who have rebelled the gainers by their rebellion. «O wool. Metcalf of Kentucky said, a few days ago, in sperm 3 of McClellan; “I got my eyes open on that young Napo- leon In the 8 ring of 1861. I went to see Gen. McCle an, and in the course of them versation I said to him that Jefl‘. Duis war “ scouudrel and a udiator._ Eel straightened h' up quickly, Ind mid : “I do assure you, sir, that you comm". J efl. Davis is a perfect :gentlelneni and will not do anything unbecoming 8 cutlcman.’ Well ifa traitor, cons irator. th , repudia- tor, and the civil de ‘ who}! i all this murder is his beau ideal a ‘perfect. gentlcmap,’ I hope our country will never be curscdvnth his morality and. virtue at the head of affairs"
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