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NUMBER 874--NEW SERIES,
VOLUME XLVII--N UMBER 41.
NORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1864.
1 early advertisers restricted to the business contem-
lated at the time of contract.
These terms will be inflexibly adhered to._a
m..— .
. BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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Norwalk rust Office.
; ‘ 'MAILS CLOSE. '
West 7.50 A.,M.+2.30 and 8 P. M.
East 8.30 A. M.—5.00 r. M. -
Danhury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tucs-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
' IIAILs DUE.
West 9.10'A.»M.—6.00 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—3.30 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. II.
D.- PRITCHARD, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
_ _-~\.‘ g «(A
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
m. I. roWLEn amen, .
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence Norwalki Hotel. Office at .the
Drug Store of E. Blackman, No. 11 Main-
Street; Narwalk. , 32
, Nie w:
HARDWARE 8t PAINT STDRE,
IV! a i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s COnfectionery,
MARVIN a rnowrrr,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
»; , 5' mgs, Window Shades, &0.
JAMES 'G. 35830113,
~SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
13' n N '1- :I: s '1- .
Teeth extracted without pain by- the use
of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas.
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
. Connecticut. ' '
‘i E0..F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
. ,ufacturer ofTin, ,_ Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware - and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furn C’utlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow are, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
.1150. s. Loonwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
. , and -
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
. EMPOBIUM I
‘ Main-st,-Norwalk, Conn.
s. a. onus-ran a oo.,
, .Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
' druid 161'Main7ls‘t, Norwslk, Conn.
IE‘TNA' INSURANCE comrAN'r,
0f Hartford.
IncorpOra'ted in 1819. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $3,128,820,
Insure against loss and damage by Fire
on Terms adapted to the hazard,and
consistent with the laws of
.2 ' compensation.
pilgORGE R COWLES, Sole Agent
v , --
For Norwalk and vicinity.
' ‘DINI‘AI- om.
AN impression having gone abroad that
the'undcrsigned has relinquished his
profession, this is to inform his friends and
{no public that he still continues the practice
of his profession at his 011 stand, foot of
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 061cc, ready and
willing to serve all that may call.
A. HILL, D. D. S.
A. JACKSON Gt. BRO. "
No. 1 Gazette Building.
- ‘ .OULD respectfully announce to the
pubhc and their old customers, that
‘ thug] have recently made extensive additions
to. . eIr stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to ofier an assortment not to be surpassed
In Farrfield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Wordles, which is lar r than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommendas ' .cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentleman’s atch-
. es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$7; to $.00. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our faciities for sellmg cheap could not he
renter. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
Pistol Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON &. BRO.
. Eon sun. _
THE Real Estate formerly OWned by
_ WILLIAM SEYMOUR, deceased, situated
to this town, on 'White Oak Shade Street,
about 4 miles from NOIWalk or Darien, to
Witz—oue
Large new Dwelling House,
with out-bulldings and 12 or 14 acres of very
superior Land, well adapted to Gardening
purposes. Also a Small House with two
actrrlsto‘tl liaud attaohgdfi—and 4 acres of land
ulna e n or near anf‘ord’ ” '
called. 8 Swamp, so
‘ The property will be sold all together or
In separate parcelsas may suit purchasers,
and'on‘jchOmmodatlng terms; two thirds of
the purchase money can remain secured On
the premises for a term of years, if desired.
For further particulars Willy to
' Irons, Sheet Lead,
Fluid and Coal Oil Lamps, Stove Castings,
in fact, all that constitutes a well filled 'Kitch- '
East Side of the Bridge.
HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortment of
Household Furniture
in this county, consisting of Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, Tcte-a—Tetes, Card
Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center
Tables, Wash Stands, ,
EXTENSION TABLES,
CHAIRS and ROCKERS of all kinds,
Looking Glasses,
Picture Frames, and everything else ill the
Furniture line cheap for Cash.
Repamng,
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 char e.
ELBERT RA MOND.
Norwalk, Sept. 1st, 1863.. 44
1:. outrun-Ann a SONS,
CABINET'MAKERS, do
ARE now prepared to offer to the public
the largest and best assortment of
600d Furniture,
. .comprising every article usually kept in a
Furniture Store, ever ofiered 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
Oofins of every description, furnish shrouds,
. :scarfs, carriages, and eve thing necessary
for the interment of the end, 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
shalluse whenever our services are required,
without extra chaage.
E. QUINTARD do SONS.
N orwalk, March 15th 1862. .
sTovEs, HEATERS, RANGES,
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‘variet ,by any Stove
in the State. Manufactures in, Sheet, Iron
in Crockery, Wooden, and Silver Plated
Wares, Stove Blacking, Coal Hods, Shovels
and Riddles, Brass Kettles Sausage Cutter
Matte, Brooms, Bells Fire Place Grates, Sa
Lead Pipe, Fruit Jars,»
e’n Furnishing Store. Books, describing prin
ciple and management of Stove, free. Lar
gest assortment of Pumps in the State. Call
at F. H. NASH’S,
1V4 South Norwalk, Ct.
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
Weather, is guaranteed for any length of time.
Selleck’s Packet Office, Norwalk.
J EHIEL GRUMMAN‘,
Agent for the sale of Hammcr’s Champagne
- Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2
, Notice.
5 HE Subécriber has the pleasure ofinform-
ing the-public that he has purchased the
interest of Ebenezer. Crisscy in the Boot and -
Shoe Business lately carried on at the Store
corner of Wall and Water Street, where he
will continue the business. He trusts that
the liberal patronage given to this Store
while under his control as partner and man-
ager, will be continued to him as proprietor.
- 9 J. N. LOCKWOOD.
: Cash System adopted 10;
Photographs & Caries do Visits
AT WHITNEY a BECKWITH’S.
IN consequence of the great rise in chem-
. icals, metals, and paper, used in our busi-
ness, that can only be bought for cash, we
had either to increase our prices, or adopt
the Cash system. We choose the latter, as it
will alike benefit the customer and suit us.
_, Hereafter, when a proof is accepted, the
order for prints must be accompanied with
the CASH.
WHITNEY & BECK WITH.
‘7. Norwalk, Conn., June 15.
matron-ran CUTLEBY,
E And Silver-Plated Ware.
THE Subscriber, while in England, recent-
; l , made arran ements with the Shef-
fied anufacturers or the sale of Thomas
Harrison’s celebrated Cutlery, and has now
on exhibition and sale at his Store opposite
the Post Office, a large, and one of the most
complete assortments of Sheffield Cutlery
ever offered in this .Country, includi‘u Car-
ving Knives and Forks; Bread nivcs;
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-
tilul Silver-Plated Ware, made by a
new patented process, by the same House,
and is the first lot imported into this coun-
try. Call and examine for yourselves. -
tf46] JOSEPH SHEPHERD.
Hardware, Cutlery, ac”
AT SOUTH NORWALK.
. HE Subscriber would inform the public
that he has purchased of Mr. Chichester
the old established Hardware Business, at
South Norwalk, and will continue the bum-
- trees at the old Stand. He intends keeping
always on hand, a lar e stock of Hardware,
Cutlery, A ricultural mplemen ts, Mechan-
ics’ Tools, ire Arms, Builders’ 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
. S. . STJOHN. th bl'c.
New Canaan, Feb 10th,1863. to 3.3115 1 WM. 5. FITCH.
A. New Burner for Kerosene 1’ “3‘9
'I‘Omusi:i without at Chill‘llley, anddwill fit any 31.5.0833“: WINE,
._ lll amp: I - Ina es a goo substitute 2 , " ' ‘
for Fluld. Price Of burner onl 20 cents. FIXEé‘igztom’ for medIcInal purposes ' '
0.0 ‘3 E-Kr LOCKW 0D ‘3 00- E. BLACKMAN’S Drug Store.
‘ VER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes of 1
and Copper Wares, deals in J appan, 'Brittan- '
that brewed during the most excessive hot ,
' For sale in Barrels and half-Barrels,“
scram 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. tf5
Assets over $23,000,000.
GEO. R. COWLES,
S AGENT at NOIWalk, and issues Policies
for the following INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Home, of N. Y., Assets Jan. 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, Sprlngfield,“ “ 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 S0. Norwalk
application may be made to WM. T. CRAW.
William G. White,
Graduate offlw Leipzig Conservatory,
INSTRUCTOR IN
MlflflSllC ERIE @EIRIITIANI,
H LOCKW’OOD’S BUILDING,
N 01?. WALK, CONN.
Mr. White can be seen at his Rooms, from
7 till 11 o’clock, A. M.
References—the Clergy of Norwalk. 26
R E u 0 VA 1‘. l
MRS. J. E. HOYT,,would respectfully 5
' I
nform the, public that she has Remo-
lved her MILLINERY ROOMS to Curtis's
Buildin , (directly over the Store of Mr. Bat-
terson,) ain St.
to meet all her old friends and patrons.
Attention is called to her new stock of
Spring Millinery Goods,
fwhich will be on exhibition and Sale, on' i
and after April lst.
Norwalk, March 18th, 1864. 12
; MILLINERY.
iMIss PILGRIM,
‘ Has Removed
do the new Store between the Bank of Nor-
;walk and the Danbury R. R. Depot. ltf
:Grocerios Cheaper than evdr"
, r o n o A s n l
HE subscriber‘wuuld inform the public
general] , that he. till continues to sell
the best of rocerles, visions, etc., at his
3
gold stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as
{the cheapest. He offers great inducements ‘
ito cash buyers, as he has as large an assort- .
gment'of groceries of the best qualities as can
be found at any store in the countll'y - Es
iwould invite the special attention of 9. 3 is
stock of
g . COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are of the very best quality, and will
gbe sold cheap. The public are invited tocall ' %
:and examine and judge for themselves.
. A. MOREHOUSE.
WILLIAM B. SWAN,
SADDLER c HARNESS MAKER,
5 DJ OINING Danbury and Norwalk R.
f R. Depot, Norwalk, Conn., keeps con-
stantly on hand and will make to order eve-
‘ry description of
Harnessflorse Furniture, Trappings
0r Clothing. Also Saddler’s Hardware and
outfits, Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bags, doc.
; All in want of anythin in his line, will do
,Well to give him a call. rders for any kind
of work promptly executed. Repairing done .
neatly and cheaply, and at short. notice.
Business Change!
~ WATERBURY &DUNCAN,
5 .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 es-
tablishment. They are now prepared toexe-
cute in the best manner, and with eater
dispatch than ever before, anything In the
line of
damage Maklng and Blacksmlth-
lugs
Carriages made to order, and Painting,
Trimming, Repairing, &c., done by experi-
enced workmen, with dispatch.
WGood Carriage tImber taken in ex-
change for work.
' Norwalk, Nov. 23d, ’63. tf47
I
THE Subscriber having purchased the
Hardware business, formerly conducted
by Edwrn V. A. Chichester, hopes by fair
deahng, 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
thankinghis friends for their good will,
during the‘pssf ten ears. At the same time
requesting them, an the public, to extend
their atronage to his successor, Mr. Theo-
dore itch. ‘
EDWIN V. A. CHICHESTER.
Norwalk, Dec. 15th, 1863. 51
Laughing Gas
IN BIDGII‘IEID
. I
Dre: Kendall do Paddock
Extract teeth entirely without pain or injury
to the patient, by the aid of,
NITRO US OXIDE GAS.
to:
_ 0NDS BOSTON BUTTER CRACK-
ERS, wholesale and retail
0. a e. M. Roma's.
where she will be pleased j
,Are plump little doves they get ready their
whose election depends on defeat and dis-
Lord
While the Giver of harvests all hearts adored
What gifts more suited could man impart
To express the flow of his grateful heart 9
A crowd awaits ’neath the cottage eaves,
To cut the corn and bind the sheaves;
At length is heard the expected sound—-
Putin the sickle, the corn is browned;
And the reapers go forth with as blitbs a,
~ soul
As those who joined the Olympian goal ;
And sorrowless hearts and voice come
To swell the shouts of the harvest home.
And there Is a reaper on earth well known,
=W hose deeds are traced on the burial stoic ;
[He carries a sickle more deadly and keen
Than e’er on the harvest field was seen; .
iHe cuts down the earliest cars In spring,
:As well as the ripest that time can bring:
The tares he gathers to flames are driven, '
The wheat is laid in the garner of Heaven.
«<0». ,
Song ofthe Peace Republican.
Igo in for Peace—wee, a peace-man am 1,
_Of the deepest, the darkest, most permanent
. dye.
‘But an own-that-we’re-whipped kind of
Peace is all bosh ;
The Peace that I want is a Peace that will
wash. -
But some folks shout “Peace i" “Stop the
war!” “Cry Peccam‘ !”
Going back on our glorious army and nvuy,
.Who’ve guarded our banner from insult and
: stains, '
With the sweat of their brows and the blood
~ of their veins.
i Now the Peace these folks sigh for,
And curse for, and cry for,
' And scheme for, and lie for,
'And every thing else for but fight for and die
for,
Is the Peace ofa mouse with a eat;
And that’s what’s the matter with that.
No sound that can ring from thy larynx, 0
man! '
0r ripple from lips of an infant or woman,
ls so sweet as the sweetest word, Peace to
my ears, -
When it isn’t accompanied by Copperhead
cheers,
Those cheers spoil the whole, for we know
that the cry
Means dover—the dear emblem of Peace—in
a pie. '
Pharisees sing of “the Lamb" they’re hoarse,
Cariugonly for lamb when its served with
Mint sauce,
Now the things these folks sigh for,
And curse for, and cry for,
And pray fur and lie for,
pie for, . 5,-
With a' lamb that is tender and fat;
And that’s,what’s the trouble with that.
.1 go in for Peace—yeah Peace-man am I,
Every inch of my frame“ and I’m some of
, them high. . ' '
But olives, at times, have worm in the bud ;
And the vampire fans you while sucking your
blood,
All rest is not health—note the pulse and the
breath t
There’s the slumber of life and the slumber
of death: ..
There’s the calmness of virtue, the silence of
sin,
Disease driven out, disease driven in.
Now the Peace these folks sigh for,
And curse for and cry for,
And pray for, and lie for.
Is a Peace that we’d die of; not live for, nor
die for. .
It’s goingvto bed with» a vampire bat,
Otherwise known as a Peace Democrat:
And that, Brother Ben, is what’s the matter
with that.
~40»
Laws of Newspapers.
We print several of the just laws concern
ing newspapers—and would respectfully re-
quest our subscribers to read them, as we
shall act strictly in accordance with the on-
actment.
1. Subscribers who do not give express
notice to the contrary are considered as
wishing to continue their subscriptions.
continued. publishers may continue to send
them until all arrearages are paid.
3. It subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the 00100 to which they
are directed, are held responsible until they
have settled their bills and ordered their
papers discontinued.
4. .11 subscribers move to other places
without informing the publisher and rs
are sent to the former directiorl, thelyapdre
responsible.
0‘.-.
E‘Said aDemocrat, conversing with an
ardent Union man “ If disaster to our ar-
mies is necessary to the election of McClel-
lan, than welcome disaster.”
Hartford Gouranl.
~Appropos, a prominent Copperhead
and a good Union man were in conversa-
tion a few days since, in this city, about
political affairs, when the Copperhead
finding himself cornered, turned on his
heel, saying. “Well 1 you’ll have de-
fects in the army before the 8th of No-
vember, and that will log you out i”
What must be thought of a candidate
aster to the Government and the Union?
N H. Courier.
. , 9-4.5.
* * ‘Immedia‘te efforts be made fer a
cessation of hostlllti with a view to an ul-
imate conventibn‘ofal the States. ' ‘ '
J efi’. Davis responds afollows :" .
“The war must go on till the last man
of this generation falls in his tracks, and-
his children seize his musket and fight our
battles, unless you acknowledge our right
to self government. ‘ We are fighting for
independence, and that or extermination:
2. If subscribers order their papers die- I
ing hours of a twelve-mouth from the
sesrch-ofhis friends, sequestered all this
while at the Bible House in a'little room
whose number was kept a secret from
visitors, and whose door, when found was
looked as if no one were at home, Mr.
Greeley now comes forth to present to
to his countrymen a book of which the
author has a right to be proud, and the
reader a duty to be grateful. An equal
companion volumne is to follow—to; be
deferred, however, until the historian can
write it under the inspiration of Union
restored, Liberty established, and Peace
green again upon the land—which may
his eyes soon see i Meanwhile, the sim-
ple fact that a half-wrought work, print-
,ed when paper and types cost three times
'thsirordinary price, asking audience (Ill-v
,ring a troublous period when books are
,rather laid aside than taken up, yet is
nevertheless already called for by 50, --
‘000 subscribers, the demand continuing
greater than the printing-press can supply-
_all this argues either great interest in the
.subject, great attraction in the narrative,
éor great regard for the writer. The ex-
étraOIdiuary success of this book is due to
fall these-three causes. The most impor-
itant literary undertaking of the writers
filife, next to The Tribune (for whose col-
§nmns, meanwhile, he still wrought daily
§aday’s work after dark,) the two vol-
Eumns, when finished, will be the chief
Emonumeut which he Will leave behind him
lto attest'f the skill, the power, and the
jglife-long noble purpose of his pen.
1 His taskwas, the history of an idea.
‘Now,,the ruling idea in American histo-
ry—from the Declaration of Independ-
ence in which it shines like a flame, to
fthe Chicago Platform where it is quench-
I-ed in outer darkness—is Human Liberty:
; making our annals mainly a story .of
human hearts crying outagalnst Oppres-
gsion, and petitioning for relief. ." The
:rights for which we struggle,” said the
colonists to Great Britain, .“ are the
dearest right: of human nature. “ We
gbelieve,” said Alexander Hamilton, “in
natural liberty : it is on this that we
base civil; liberty." Accordingly, the basis
:of our American institutions was meant
éto be the American doctriuo_.-of the,
Rights of Man. Publishing this doctrine
Etion made it illustrious in theory and
{put it to shame in practice. Declaring
with J efi‘erson' that all menus by nature
§frcs andjequal, one class of our peOple
,fwere esger'to claim this prerogative for
freu. This strife of theory with practice
fiwith Slavery—beginning on this conti-
waich‘ has culminated into civil swords in
our day. This is what Mr. Greeley
denominator the American Conflict—a
history, certainly, furnishing what Haw-
thorne desired yet had not eyes to dis-
; cover in his own country, “ a picturesque
,and gloomy wrong"——a history which,
:by and‘by, when our descendants look
;back upon it, will seem too. strange to
:have been enacted in the nineteenth
,Christiaquutury—abistory which needs,
therefore, to be accurately written now,"
§and established out of the months of
many witnesses, lest our grand—children
, receive it with the same incredulity» with
,which our own minds entertain the myths
Ia’ud legends of a former age.
’ How far thisbook fulfils its purpose is
attested already by the unanimous verdict
of many critical minds whose judgments
are precious. A synopsis of its ample
lcontents we shall not undertake—filling,
Lac they do, six hundred double columusd
"pages—touching, as they do, at every
point in our three-quarters of a century
of history where slavery has touched—-
omitting, so for as we notice, no essential
topic, no link of the chain—and all writ-
,ten in a spirit of fairness that keeps the
hock uncharged with narrownssll or per-
tisanship : saying which, however, we do
.not mean that the reader will not find, at
any chance page, point-blank evidence
chat Mr. Greeley loves Liberty and hates
Slavery ; but, this being insvitsble,, al'
writer has nevertheless so fairly stated
thefscts 0f the great controversy as to
be accepted as historical authority by
the advocates of each opposing side. A
writer without fairness we distrust; a
writer without conviction we despise.
Mr. Greeley is both impartial and posi-
tive. . V
lifestyle—which is so well-known to
discriminating readdrs that his own edito-
rials-In, The mam cap be unerriugly
detected among a page of others, and his
articles in The Independmt never need
the. ornament of his name—is-cogentaud
hearty,” direct as shell to u Inga, ,pro-
l‘we must have.”
3‘
ilific in facts, barren in fancies, yet stril
- ways expected, and well understood, the .-
writes in a fine glow—showing a gener-
ous nature easily kindled. The annexa-
tion of Texas, the War with Mexico, the
Compromises of 1850, the Fugntive Slave
Law, the Kansas tragedy, the Dred
Scott shame—all these topics are treated
with such spirit and life as to awaken in
the mind the some intense ‘ impressions
which swayed us in the days when these
were living and current questions. Nor
can any writer put more substance into
the same space than be: for as in his
farming he strives for sixteen --hundred
bushels of tomatoes from an acre, so in
his hook-making he achieves the largest
possible crop of good reading from the
fewest possible wordy-packing his para-
graphs as full as he creme his traveling-
bag with newspapers when hurrying off
at sudden" notice to make a speech—4r
as full as he fills with apples the coat
pockets of his guests on sending them
away from Chapequa i In writing shook
he uses the same pen as “in writing an
editorial. In fact, this book is one, pro-'
lunged newspaper article: showing a
”historian dispossessed of the fashionable
High Church notion, that writing history
requires a difi'erent style from writing
on any other sober and elevated theme
for as “ style is the man,” why should a
man, turning aside from his ordinary
literary avocations to write a history,
abandon that style which is his natural
fself for the supposed greater dignity and
fitness of appearing in the character of
a stiff and stdtely historical lay-figure 1
We like . Mr. Greeley’s quaintness, casi-
ness,-simplicity of speech—not, however,
his occasional vulgarisms and slang. As
to his constructive ability in shaping the
:mass of his materials, the architectural
plan of his book is chaste and seemly, the
chapters dramatic, sequences, and the
sentences of every paragraph. cumulative
,to a final effect—an art of style which
Buckle practised well, who always con-
ceived a whole paragraph .in his mind,
with all its array of sentences, before he.
penned a single word. Altogether the
narrative is unflaggiug, zealous, and pict-
uresque—no part of the book tiresome,
not even the detailed quotations of votes
resolutions sudspeeches, for nothing but
the pithof equestion‘is ever given. In,
{to'the world’eighty 1“" “30' ..our a." 1a farmer’s house, on a winter evening,
,where one of the family reads aloud and.
the others listen, we know of no Ameri-
can book more interesting and useful,
3none more worthy to be universally
. , ,_ ,ikn‘own and prized none more sure, if
themselves, and to deny It to then breth ffitly‘used, to'w'eavs'itself into the intel-
; .;l ltct ’ftb " t' .
f—ofselfisbucss with charity—of Liberty: i ectua x are 0 s rIsIng genera ‘0“
Of course the progress of time—putting
diving historical figures perpetual into
gnent long: before the beginning of the 5'19" groups, trying public characters by
present government-is “1° same strife Enew tests, clearing clouded brows and
clouding clear—will render necessary in
the second volume some strange sequels
to the first: for example, we cannot for-
‘bear a single quotation from the chapter
ion the Presidential contest of 1860, as
showing how are the the mighty fallen !
“ The vote polled for Fremont and Day-
ton in 1856," he says, “ considerably ex-
ceeded the solid strength, at that time,of
the Republican party. It was swelled
in part by the personal popularity of
001. Fremont, whose previous career of
adventure and of daring—his explora-
tions, discoveries, privations, and perils—
appealed, in view of his ‘comparative
youth for a Presidential candidate with,
resiltless fascination to the noble young
men of our country; while his silence
and patience throughout the. canvass,
amid a perfect tempest of preposter-
ous yet annoying cslumnies, had contrib~
uted to widen the circle of his admirers
and friends.” 0n reading this eloquent
testimony, true of eight years ago, we
cannot help exclaiming, Alas! that the
name which was once-a power to coniure
with has come to shame—that the “ re-
sistlcss fascination” is only a recollection
—tbat_the “ silence and patience” no
longer are manifest—that the old “ad-
mirers and friends” no longer remain l—
The historian of the second volume of the
American Conflict will need to ungild a
name which he wrote illustrious in the
first! “
We might leave upon our reader’s
mind an incorrect impression of this work
if, in speaking of it as a History of Opin-
iou, we should not speak also of its com,
pleteness as a photograph of our Civil
War.
the South occupy the last half of the vol-
ume—The Sccsding ordnances of each
State being given, and all the vivid events
therewith connected, after which the an-
thor quickly follows the file and drum,
turning his pen to battle-piecec—writing
the bloody record with no exaggerated
emphasis—always telling the plain truth,
whosssoever’s cheeks arcl‘shamed,‘partic-
ularly the plain truth concerning Bull
Run—and, that his final strain may not
:tle dreamed of seeing in their own day.
human mind is capaciOus enough to em—
:Histories of sorrow can never be fully
can slavery could be written, what a
record of broken hearts, of crushed
'els will accept not sympathy or assistance
The Secession andsuRebelliou of »
as He gave to the poor printer who,years
ago, came to this city from his native
gNorth, bringing a brow baptised with
mountain air—true ordination unto an
apostleship of freedom l—and who, writh-
ing for these many years to more readers
than any other man in America, has
‘written always for thelbreakiug of chains,
for the elevation of his Country, and for
the happiness of his fellow-creatures.—~
How far less advanced would this nation
have been in moral sentiment to-day—
with slavery tainting and rot ting our free
institutions—had it not been for the in-
estimable counter-influence of The Tri-
bune, particularly in those earlier days
when such counter—influences were few 1
Though sometimes strangely whimsical
and grievously wrong in his views of pub-
lic policy, meritiug the faithful rebukes of
his friends, (which we say plainly, for we
have no right to speak other than the
whole truth.) Mr Greeley and Tile Tri-
bane have nevertheless, for the past fif- ‘
teen years exerted an influence so humane
and enuobling, so helpful to the upstrug.
gling aspirations of the oppressed classes,
that we know of no man whom the next
country than Horace Greely. Added to.
his own name will be many other
names of the noble band of champions of
freedom—some to be as illustrious as any
in human history l—who still, with ven-
erablc heads yet youthful and prophetic
spirirs, remain upon the stage, expectant
of that final victory which once they lit-
A true record of the life and labors of
the modest writer who here makes fit
mention of the services of his companions,
while he omits his owp,belongs to the His
tory of the American Conflict. But by—
aud-bye there will be some pen that will
pay this tribute. Meanwhile, nations
wisely withhold their full final praise of
their benefactors until death bushes
calumnies, and graves ask for monuments.
But for another reason, also, this work,
great as it it, is not the true history of
American slavery. That history must
remain unwritten i No human author—
ship is competent to the record 1 No
brace the. full horrors of the details l—
told—only faintly hinted. If a true‘his—.
tory of the eight generations of Ameri—
hopes, of mildewed lives i What a dra—
ma of agonizi ng prayers, of wrestlings
with despair, of faintings under burdens,
of griefs beyond tears, of graves made
welcome l God be thanked, the long
tragedy draws to an and l Praise be un-
to Him who now-at last avenges his own
elect that have cried unto Him day and
night 1 He whose coming was predicted
to be wit “ clouds and great glory,” fol-
.fils at last the prophecy: for, behold 1
our own eyes see the clouds of battle
smoke, and the glory of Liberty shining
with holy light into the Opening house of
bondage whence the oppressed go free!
“ 0 thou. aflicted, tossed with tempest, and
not comforted! behold I will lay thy stones
Wk fine colors, and lay thy foundations’ ,
.wt'tlt sapphires * * And all thy chil.
dren shall be taught of tile Lord,- and
gredt shall be the peace of [by children.—
In. righteousness shalt thou. be established :
thou. shalt be far from oppression * *
Wllosower shall gather together against
”lee shall fall ?”
«Q». ....___
Tar. UNHOLY ALLIANCE—The “ Rich-
mond Examiner,” speaking of the alliance
which the Northern Democracy is seeking
to form with the Southern Confederacy,
admits that there is “ the possibility of
a species of alliance between them"—but
adds ; “ It is true that alliance would
have to be most carefully guarded on
our side. It should bear most strictly the
character of aid given by a foreign nation
to areuolntion.” In other words, the reb‘
which does not came coupled with the
recognition of their independence. This
is their tone when our victories are daily
drawing the lines closer and closer around
the doomed conspiracy. Will thelr tone
be less defiant when our armies are with-
drawn, during the armistice?
———-«0
‘- It was revealed on the trial of H.
H. Dodd of Indianapolis, implicated in
the Vallandigham conSpiraCy to ald the
rebels by a rising of the North, that
Price was expected in Missourl about
Oct. 1st, to “redeem” that state in the
coming election. No doubt if Price suc-
ceeds in overrunning the state and is able
to keep his army there until after elec—
tion, Missouri will be carried by McClel-
lan. How do Union men who are gOIng
to vote for McClellan like the idea that
he can only succeed in Missouri by help
of a rebel army ? Any “interference In
election” about that ?
o
A gentleman, complaining of the irr-
:come‘tax says he cannot put on his boots In
.On the other build the Chicago
does “explicity declare :”"
‘seoen States at the
lburg, Port
"the Mississippi, '
the morning without a stamp.
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entered, give rise to the questions 9f such
grave import, and involve respOnslbihtiel
of such serious character, that the occa-
‘sion becomes a most fitting one to discuss
calmly, and weigh carefully the great is-
sues to be determined by your votes in
November next. The main points of dif-
ference, and those which involve the is-
sues of the case are clearly these :
1st. The Union Platform declares poor
itively that the only road to permlueut.
peace is through a vigorous prosecution-
of the war, and quelling by force of arms
the rebellion now raging against the au-
thority of a just government. '
26. That inasmuch as slavery courtl-
tutes the main strength and “corner
stone” of the rebellion, and has become
almost the sole obstacle in the "we of a
restoration and maintenance of the nicu
therefore 'ustice and our national safety.
‘de’mand such amendmentto tbs Constitu~
tion as shall utterly remove and forever.» _.
prohibit the existence of - this gigautle ~
:evil within the limits of the United States.
Platform-- ,
1st. That inasmuch as the robslfiou
21“,, not been completely suppressed after
;a war of four years, therefore the war is
'a complete failure,and immediate? eforto
should be made for an “ Armistice" and
;a “ Convention of all the states," toas-
‘range the terms of compromise and settle-
ment without further contention. : .
generation will probably more venerate =
.for multitudinous labors in behalf of his
2d. It charges the President with hav-
'ing “ usurped" extraordinary powers, but
offers no proofs ‘or specifications ; with
“ arbitrary_arrests,”_.but shows no case
,which cannot be justified, and uoiudlvid-
-ual who would not have been set at lib-
:erty on taking the oath of , allegiance ;
i with having suppressed freedom of sprech
and of the press, but has ‘In no instance
ishown where such “ freedom” - was not-
means ofgiving information to the enemy
or otherwise endangering the lives- and
liberty of others; with “Ironing infer-
fared with the right of the people to; bear
arm in their own defense,” but neglects
to couple that complaint with the dis-
covery of an alarming and dangerous
conspiracy against the government, re-
vealing no less than 30,000 stand of
arms and amuuition, which hid been
concealed for purposes at once revolu-
.' tionary and treasonable.
With all these unsustsiued charges
and complaints against the Administruo
tion, it will be observed that no word of
rebuke or reproof is visited upon9tho
:guilty authors and supporters of the re-
bellion, an omission strikingly consistent
with the declarations of Democratic leudr
era that secession and Southern indepen-
dence have the same foundation in justice
and right, as the act of our Fathers in
declaring their independence of Great
Britain. This theory of our modern Do-
mocracy was clearly expressed iufxthe
Hartford Times and: kindred: papers,
_April 13, 1861 by the following words:
Scorn CAROLINA ms asrnALEs nun sunt-
NANCE av WHICH sun 31:an arm or
THE FEDERAL UNION. HAD an: A most
T0 no so? WE CLAIM sun . mu 1 l. 1’?—
“.As ourfatlwrs in the. who» declared
theirz'nde ndenco Great ' ' so Moo
' W m doom tm‘
pendonce of the Federal Government of the
:Um‘ted States; oftlwsufioiency-ofmmr
ances they claimdasourjathers claim that
they mustbe thejudges." ‘_ .
, A proposition so infamous and insult-
ing to the good sense and patriotism of
intelligent men, needs no other antidote
than its own 'poison. »
No allusion whatever is made to sle-
very, the inciting cause and excuse for
the rebellion; but that the Democratic
party contemplate a Compromise, by
guaranteeing the perpetuation of slavery
in the States, its extension to the Torri-
tories, and fortifying it forever as an
American institution, (which would at
once render it the dominant and controll-
ing power in the country) there can be
no room for doubt.
The assumption that the war hue-prov-
ed a “failure,” and that should be
regarded as a reason for an immediate ,
armistice, is so palpably false and ab-
surd, when coupled with the glorious
victories of GRANT, SHERIDAN, and FA]-
Iucor, as to excite only a feeling of eou-_
tempt and ridicule for .a proposition so
disgraceful and cowardly. Fallurelndeedl
-Was the capture of Farts Jackson. St.
Phillip and New Orleans, a. failure I;
Forts Henry, Donelson, Memphis, , Vicks-
Hfidson, and the opcui ,of
FAILURES! or.
the battles of Gettysburg- Antietam,
Kelly’s Ford, Roanoke Island, Minions-
ry Ridge and Somerville, FAILURES?
Were the destruction of the .Merrimuc
and the Alabama, the capture of the
Tennessee, and Georgia, failures? ,Was
Sherman’s long march from the Missis-
sippi to ATLANTA a failure? Was the
attack on Forts Gregg and . Morgan,
with FAaRAGU'r lashed to the mainmm t
‘of the Hartford, 9. FAILURE ?. And
more than all, the free States of West
Virginia and Maryland, as they stand
before the yorld to day,cleanssd_,aud
purified of all the iniquitles of (human'
bondage, are they FAILURES l Iflo,
God grant that we may hare [few
more such, and the blesiugs of a lsstlug
peace will soon cover the land. ' " '
The history of the so-cullod Peace
Democracy for the past ‘four years, more-
over, reveals more clearly than studied
platforms or official letters can do,th_e
designs of a party which has courted the
favor of the rebels, apologlzed for beacon,
and whose every act and vote has haul
an obstacle and a hindrance, to the ‘t‘gové
ernment, and given aid and" comfortto
the enemy. .
For more than a year post It has be,“
well known that the hopes of rebel lead-
ers have been centered in, the coming
Presidential helection. Itmhssmllleeu no
secret that-t ey are my ,. .1 ’_._
ihe assurances of their Northern 3:.
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