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VOLUME XLVII-i-NUMBER 44.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Norwalk Post Office.
MAILs CLosE.
West 7.50 A. M.—2.30, and 8 P. M.
East 8.30 A. M.-—-5.00 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
MAILS DUE.
West 9.10 A. M.—6.CG P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—-3.30 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMS’I‘EAD, P. M.
D. PRITCHARD, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Rugglcs’ Store,
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Dr. E. FOWLER BIRCH,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence Norwalk Hotel. Office at the
Drug Store of E. Blackmail, No. 11 Main
Street, Norwalk. 32
JAMES G. BAMO‘IJ‘B,
sImCICAL AND MECHANICAL
'D :E: 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.
3 E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
FurnacearCutlcry, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow are, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
a. s. Locnwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPORIUM I
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
S. E. OLMS'I'EAD &C0.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main-st, N orwalk, Conn.
JE'I'NA 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 hazard,and
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
lv3 For Norwalk and vicinity.
EEN'I'AL CARD.
AN impression having gone abroad that
the undersigned has relinquished his
profession, this is to inform his friends and
me public that he still continues the practice
0. his profession at his 011 stand, foot of
Main-st, Norwalk, wherchc will be happy
to tender them his best services. In case of
temporary abscuce,a skillful assistant will be
I )und in attendance at the Office, ready and
willing to serve all that may call.
A. HILL, D. D. S.
A. JACKSON a 330.
No. l 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.ofi'er an assortment not to be surpassed
in Furrfield Count , in quality or price. We
would call partic or attention to our stock of
Watches, which is lot or than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of adics’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as being cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s Watch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$F to $.00. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our fuel. ties for selling cheap could not be
renter. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
latcn Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO.
Groceries Cheaper than ever
EOE CASE!
THE subscriber would inform the public
general] , that he still continues to sell
the best of roceries, Provisions, etc., at his
old stand, N o. 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 to his
stock of
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are of the very best quality, and will
be sold cheap. The public are invited to call
and examine and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE.
EOE SALE.
Vl‘liE Real Estate formerly owned by
WILLIAM SEYMOUR, deceased, situated
in this town, on White Oak Shade Street,
about4 miles from Nor-walk or Daricn, to
wit:—one
Large new Dwelling House,
with out-buildings and 12 or 14 acres of very _
superior Land, well adapted to Gardening
purposes. Also a Small House with two
acres of land attached—and 4 acres of land
situated in or near “ 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 term of years, if desired.
For further particulars appl to
S . ST.JOHN.
tl‘i’
New Canaan, Feb 10th, i863,
G. 8: G. M. Holmes,
DEALERS 1N
Groceries,
Flour,
Provision, am,
Main Street,
14 Norwalk, Conn
NEW FURNISHING STORE,
NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST.
East Side of the Bridge.
HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortment of
Household Furniture
in this county, cousistin of Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, etc-a-Tetes, Card
Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center
Tables, Wash Stands,
EXTENSION TABLES,
CHAIRS and ROCKERS of all kinds,
Looking Glasses,
Picture Frames, and everything else in the
Furniture line cheap for Cash.
Repairing,
done promptly and by experienced workmen.
Undertaking,
I have on hand a large assortment of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-
thing necessary for the burial of the dead,
cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. I
have as good a Hearse as there is in the
county; and will attend Funerals in neigh-
boring towns, without extra charge.
’ ELBERT RAYMOND.
Norwalk, Sept. 1st, 1863. 44
n. corn-ram: 6:. sons,
CABINET MAKERS, &c
~ 4 RE now prepared to offer to the public
the largest and best assortment of
Good Furniture,
comprising every article usually kept in a
Furniture Store, ever offered in Norwalk,
which will be sold .
AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Our customers and the public generally who
want anything we keep, will find it to their
interest to give us a call. Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 different kinds, very cheap. Hair
Mattresses, made to order, and old ones made
over as good as new.
_ UNDERTAKING,
We keep on hand a very large assortment of
Oofins of every description, furnish shrouds,
scarfs, carriages, and everything necessary
for the interment of the dead, and at very
low prices. We are just completing another
splendid Hearse, which will give us two
Hearscs equal to any in the State, which we
shalluse whenever our services are required,
without extra chaagc.
E. QUINTARD do SONS.
Norwalk, March 15th 1862.
s'rovss, HEATERS, RANGES,
OVER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes of
Cooking Stoves and Ranges; over thir-
ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and Office
fcction of operation, or variety, by any Stove
in the State. Manufactures Tin, Sheet, Iron“
and Copper Wares, deals in‘Jappan, Brittan-
ia, Crockery, Wooden, and Silver Plated
Wares, Stove Blacking, Coal Hods, Shovels
and Riddles, Brass Kettles Sausage Cutters,
Matts, Brooms, Bells, Fire Place Grates, Sad
Irons, Sheet Lead, Lead Pipe, Fruit Jars,
Fluid and Coal Oil Lamps, Stove Castings,
in fact, all that constitutes a Well filled Kitch-
en Furnishing Store. Books, describing prin
ciple and management of Stove, free. Lar
gest assortment of Pumps in the State. Call
at _ F. H. NASH’S,
1V4 ‘ South Norwalk,Ct.
Eammer’s Champagne Ale.
HE attention of the public is solicited to
the superior quality of
H A M M E R ’8
Fresh Brewed Champagne Ale.
This Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the
year, and its keeping quality, especially of
that brewed during the most excessive hot
weather, is guaranteed for any length of time.
For sale in Barrels and half-Barrels, at
Scllcck’s Packet Office, Norwalk.
JEHIEL GRUMMAN,
Agent for the sale of Hammcr’s Champagne
Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2
Notice.
HE Subscriber has the pleasure of inform-
ing the public that he has purchased .thc’
interest of Ebenezer Crissey in the Boot and
Shoe Business lately carried on at the Store
corner of Wall and Water Street, where he
will continue the business. He trusts that
the liberal patronage given to this Store
while under his control as partner and man:
ager, will be continued to him as proprietor.
9 J. N. LOCKWOOD.
Cash System adepted for ,
Photographs & Carlos de Visits
AT WHITNEY & 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 man.
WHITNEY & BECK WITH.
Norwalk, Conn., June 15.
mron'rnn CUTLEEY,
And Silver-Plated Ware.
THE Subscriber, while in England, recent-
ly, made arrangements with the Shef-
ficd Manufacturers for the sale of Thomas
Harrison’s celebrated Cutlery, and has now
on exhibition and sale at his Store opposite
the Post Office, a large, and one of the most
complete assortments of Sheffield Cutlery
ever offered in this Country, including Car-
ving K 'ves and Forks; Bread Knives;
Butter nives; 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.
N O'.I.'ICE.
THE 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.
HE subscriber takes this method of
thanking his friends for their good will,
during the past ten years. At the same time
requesting them, and the public, to extend
their patronage to his successor, Mr. Theo-
dore Fitch.
EDWIN V. A. CHICHESTER.
Norwalk, Dec. 15th, 1863. 51
ONDS BOSTON BUTTER CRACK-
, ERS, wholesale and retail,
G. & G. M. HOLME’S.
, _ M .4. LIZ/EMMA. .
Stoves, notexcglled Inpc'auty OI oestgn,per‘-" :
7 Norwalk
INSURANCE Efllll'llll.
N ORWALE CONN,
Chartered Capital 8500.000
Paid up Capital $100,000
WM. C. STREET, President. _
GEO. R. COWLES, Secretary.
EBEN. HILL, Treasurer.
Norwalk, Jan lst. 1864
INSURANCE.
THE subscriber having taken the agency
of the New England Fire and Marine In-
surance 00. of Hartford, is prepared to Insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
by fire, on as accommodating terms as any
other Company.
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established
with a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, Feb. lst, 1861. tf5
Assets over $23,000,000.
.GEO. R. COWLES,
S AGENT at Norwalk, and issues Policies
for the following INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Home, of N. Y., Assets Jan. 1, ’64 $3,286,270
Etna, of Hartford, “ 3,128,820
1r
.-
a
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, Springfield,“ “ 200,
People’s, Worcester, “ “ 200,000
and other Companies, Stock and Mutual, In
Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York,
with assets of $13,000,000. At SO. Norwalk
application may be made to WM. T. CRAW.
William C. White,
Graduate of the Leipzig Conservatory,
INSTRUCTOR IN
[MODSUCC ANGIE @ERMJAN],
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!
MRS. J. E. HOYT, would respectfully
inform the public that she has Remo-
ved her MILLINERY ROOMS to Curtis’s
Building, (directly over the Store of Mr. Bat-
tcrson,) Main St, where she will be pleased
to meet all her old friends and patrons.
Attention is called to her new stock of
Winter Millinery Goods,
Which are now on exhibition and Sale.
MILLINEEY.
MIfSTSvPILGRIM , ,_
‘ I Has Removed
to the new Store between the Bank of Nor-
walk and the Danbury R. R. Depot. 1tf
Business Change l
'WATERBURY & DUNCAN,
“IOULD announce to the public that
they have purchased the Carriage Ma-
king Business formerly conducted by Mr.
Edson Beers, and connected it with their
Blacksmith Shop, making one complete es-
tablishment. They are now prepared tocxe-
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, «he, done by experi-
enced workmen, with dispatch.
It?” Good Carriage timber taken in ex-
change for work. .
Norwalk, Nov. 23d, ’63. tf47
WILLIAM B. SWAN,
SADDLER dt‘ HARNESS MAKER,
ADJ OINING Danbury and Norwalk R.
B. Depot, Norwalk,- Conn, keeps con-
stantly on hand and will make to order evc-
ry description of
Harnessdlcrse l‘urniture,'1'rappings
or Clothing. Also Saddler’s 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.
I Laughing Gas
11v nrnolrrnnn.
‘ Drsa Kendall 6t Paddock
Extract teeth entirely without pain or injury
to the patient, by the aid of
NITROUS OXIDE GAS.
tf46
MUSICAL.
I would announce to the public that I am
ready to receive pupils for
Instruction on the Piano.
The greatest care and attention paid to be-
ginners. Terms reasonable.
Persons wishing instruction will please
call on or address,
DAVID E. DISBROW,
3m*37] Roton Hill, South Norwalk, Conn.
CHEAP PASSAGE
To and from.
GREAT BRITAIN dz IRELAND.
TAPSCOTT BROTHERS &. 0038
Emigration and Foreign Exchange Ofice,
86 South Street, New York.
DRAFTS on En land, Ireland, Scotland
, and Wales. apscott’s favorite line of
LIVERPOOL PACKETS sails every three
days. X Line of LONDON PACKETS
sails every ten days. Parties wishing to send
for their friends, or remit money to the Old
Country, can do so at the lowest rates, by
applying to H. B. GLOVER
Savings Bank, Newtown, Fairfield County,
Connecticut. 3m36
Pure
BLACKBERRY WINE,
FIVE years old, for medicinal purposes
for Sale at
E. BLACKMAN’S Drug Store.
ORK and BEEF HAMS first quality
G. 85 G. M. HOLME 8.
From the Missouri Dcmocral.
The Democratic Party.
NO Union men are half so true,
Unswerving, firm and hearty,
As those at present answ’riug to
The Democratic party.
For every ill they have a cure,
For every wrong a righting,
They’re willing to do anything,
Except—except—thc fighting.
Fighting, they say, is not the way,
0f dealing with Secession,
The remedy for rebels is—
Unlimited concession.
They’ll give the traitors all they want,
Acknowledge them the masters,
And thus the glorious Union save,
Avoiding war’s disasters l
Is this not cheaper, then, than war?
“Honor l” These peace men scout it,
’Tis but a shade, a breath, a name,
They do not care about it l
The’r ready to kneel down and beg,
And wear a master’s collar,
If they be but allowed to live,
And breathe, and make a dollar !
They would tear down the country’s flag,
And sell it for a shilling—
Ye traitors proud I just name your terms l
The Democrats are willing.
Take two of earth’s detested names,
“Iscariot” and “Iago,"
Add “trembling coward,” you have
The conclave of Chicago.
s<.>~g————
October.
The summer, slow retreating from the heav-
ens,
Returns apace, earth’s beauty to behold,
And through the mist of parting tears she
sendeth
One last fond smile to haunts beloved of
old.
Like the Egyptian queen in ancient story,
That garbed herself all royalty to die,
The year around her folds her'robe of beauty
And stands a queen beneath the pallid sky
And round her regal form like hushed at-.
tendants,
The forests stand in anguished meanings
to35’di '
For ’ncath her splendor heaves to death her
bosom,
Smotc by the aspic Of the untimely frost.
Like Caeser soon will come the chill Decem-
her.
To gaze upon her form whence life is tied;
And the wild winds that wail around her
dying.
Will shriek in anguish o’er the bright year
dead.
4‘.»
From the St. Paul Press,
Not so Easy, Little Mac.
' “ Thus conducted, the work of reconcilia-
tion would have been casy."—Sec1{c0lellan’s
Letter of Acceptance.
No, not so easy, Little Mac,
For I was there to see ;
You may have had an easy time,
' But it was hard on me.
I shall remember, Little Mac,
E’en to my dying day,
How in Virginia’s miry swamps
Week after Week we lay.
Your stars shone brightly, Little Mac, -
Your gloves were white as snow;
But we, poor soldiers, in the mire
Were floundering to and fro.
The rebs laughed at us, Little Mac,
Who could their mirth condemn;
We toiled like muskratsin the mud,
The negrocs toiled for them.
’Twns kindness in you, Little Mac,
To set no negro free;
’Twas kindness to your Southcmfra'eudc,
But rather hard on me.
’Twas manly in you, Little Mac,
To leave our foes their slaves,
They doubtless needed them to dig
Their trenches and their graves.
But ’twas not easy, little Mac,
For us, worn out with toil,
To meet such foemen as we met
Upon the sacred soil.
They fought us fiercely, Little Mac—
' Had naught to do but fight:
Our guns were rusty with neglect,
Our spades alone were bright.
And you remember, Little Mac,
That famous “ change of base ;"
To us that fought that seven-days fight,
It was no pleasant race.
You say ’twas my, Little Mac,
But I remember well,
- ’Twas hard to see friends fall so fast,
And leave them where they fell.
And all who fought there, Little Mac,
Will tell, and tell you true.
That it’s no easy thing to save
Freedom and Slavery too.
No, not so easy, Little Mac;
For I was there to see;
. And when you try that work again,
Pray do not call on me.
If I must meet our foes again,
Give me a leader true-
Lincoln or Sherman, Grant or Banks,
Or any man but you.
SHAKOPEE, MINN, Sept. 12, 1864.
.»o——- .
British Guineas against us.
At the great Union meeting in New-Ha-
ven, on Wednesday the Rev. DR. PA'I'I'ON,
just returned from Europe, made a speech
in the course of which he said that he had
hurried home to vote for Mr. Lincoln; and
that his haste had been stimulated by having
observed how deeply interested the aristoc-
racy Of England are in our election, and how
anxious they are that McClellan should suc-
ceed. He spoke of noblemen who freely
admitted they were sending gold to this
countr to influence the election in favor of
McClc lan, believing that his election would
be followed by peace and separation.
um
«On——
Q- Since Sept. lst, there have been
enlisted in Connecticut, 1481 men. It
has now 1250 to its credit for any future
call that may be made.
Wm
$- A gentleman reading cloud on
item about the birth of twin children
with snakes’ beads, was interrupted by a.
juvenile with the remark “ that their fs-
lther must have been a copper-hood."
17“: Conn. Vols.
ST. .AUcUsTINE, FLA.
, , Oct. 14th, 1864.
DEAR GAZETTE.
It is now some time
since I wrote to you, thereforc'l‘ conclu.
dcd once more to do so, that you might
know. the old 17th was still in existence.
I should think the Bcgt. could afiord at
least one regular correspondent for the
Gazette, and I wonder it is not so. ‘
Our worthy Col. (Wm. H. Noble) has
gonc’home On a furlough for thirty days.
Adjt.‘~'Chatfield accompanied him; They ,
left here on the 9th inst. "
Lieut. Col, Wilcoxson, is in command
at this Post, including. five companies of
the 17th D, E, F, G, and K, ands Dc.
tqfélimsnt of the 75th Ohio. Lieut. Geo.
C. Peck is Post Adj’t. Major Henry
Allen is in commend of the Detachment
at-Picolatn, where he is now stationed
with Co’s A, C, I, and K.
I suppose there will be no more raid-
ing-done by these commands now until
the Col. gets back. He had just arrived
from making a raid in the interior in
which he was very successful, capturing
a rebel Capt. Wm Watson, and 28' of
his men. This feat was performed by
some of the 75th boys, although I see by
the “ Florida Union,” a Jncksénvillc pa-
per. that it was done by some of the ne-
gro troops. This is not so, for they took
a different route and were nearly a days
march behind the 75th. The “johnies”
were all captured in the night, and not a
shot was fired in resistance, so suddenly
wgre they surprised. None of our Reg’t.
purticipated in this sfi'sir, although Co’s
A, and C, had their rations and every
‘thing packed ready for the word march,
when the order for them to go was coun-
termandcd.
Our boys have all the duty to do now
‘thot they can comfortably perform. They
are as a general thing pretty healthy,
but some of them out at Picolstn have
the chills and fever.
The coming election is looked l'orward
to with a great deal of interest. McClel-
lsn stock is way down, below par. I
am happy to state that we have very
few c0ppcrheads in in the Rog’t. with the
exception of 00. K. There is in that
company a. few specimens of that species
of reptile. We have no doubt here of
“ Uncle Abe’s reelection, but we have
our doubts abouts about Geo. B.
. The 75th had a state election on the
llth~inst. and it went unanimously Union.
So you can judge how the soldiers in this
Dept. will vote, only give them a. chance.
We have had some late copies of the
“ Bridgeport Former" here, and I have
heard a. great many remark, that it was
a matter of surprise to them, that the poo-
plc in Conn. sllowed such a disloyal sheet
to be published. In it I have seen one
or two letters from a correspondent in
this Reg’t. who signs himself “An Ob-
server." These letters are base slanders
against some of our officers, and there is
much in them that is not the truth.
To begin with, all must know that
“ Observer” is n copperhead, or he would
not write for the “ Bridgeport Farmer,”
and it is very seldom that you can find
a copperhesd who will speak the truth.
In every letter he findsso much fault
with the “grub.” This seems to be his
greatest cause for complaint. I have
always heard it said, that those who found
the most fault with the “ grub,” were the
very ones who had always been used to
having the poorest of “grab” at home.
Another thing he says the "Former” is
’ looked for anxiously by all, both officers
and men. I dispute this in order to let
our friends at home know, that we are
not all devoted to the “ Farmer,” ns “ An
Observer" would seem to intimate.
We expect soon to receive a lot of re-
cruits, and probably when the Col. comes
back, he will bring ' some with him. I
should say by the present appearance of
things, we are likely to stay here this
winter,although there are many rumors to
the contrary.
The weather is beginning to be a little
cooler now, and we have had two or three
quite chilly nights.
We have had one recent death in the
Reg’t., Bradley Bates of Co. F, was bu-
ried with military honors one day last
week. This is the second man we have
lost by disease since we have been at this
Post.
We are all now anxiously looking for
the Paymsstcr, or “ Uncle Sam’s Green-
back Pedld er” as some of the boys face-
tionsly style him.
Hoping soon to get a mail with some
good news, and a large bundle of “ Nor-
walk Gazettes’, I will close, wishing the
War would do the same.
I remain as ever
Yours truly
HOPE.
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—-—Bl'idgeport is to haves horse rail-
road. The company is formed, and the
work will be put under contract as soon
as possible.
-———Yslo College has lately received
large and valuable additions to its collec-
tion of coins. There are now about 5,-
000,000 coins in the collection.
Q»—
qu‘hc Richmond Examiner says the
Yankee sharpshooters have two little
mirrors scientifically placed at the proper
angle and attached to the stock, so that
the soldier can see the sight on his bars
rel and all that comes within range with-
out exposing ony part of his person.
June as.» -...~__« _ . .,,. : . : r4» . .o.A...-..._~m.,....—«.-.
Letter from Robert J. Walker.
Mr. Walker, of Mississippifla life-long
old line democrat, and who has served one
term as Secretary of the Treasury, writes
from London, to oppose the election of
McClellan and Pendleton for several rea-
sens.
n’CLELLAN NOT A UNION CANDIDATE.
Chicogo-McClcllao Convention that, in
such a. crisis as this, it summoned only a
democratic convention and appealed only
to the democratic party to save the gov-
ernment.
And who met in council at Chicago?
Was it the friends of the Union? NO,
it was demucrats, as they called them-
selves, wliothcr unionists or 'disuuionists.
Abound dimniom‘sts constituted (I. ~ .large
and iqgflumliql portion of, the convention
(pi-binning, the name of democrats) that
met together at Chicago. Who were
Vsllnndigh'am and Harris and Long and
manyfother of their,com'peers, who not
only met together at Chicago, but some
of whom were received with shouts of
applause, and resolutions moved by some
of them were unanimously adopted.
mssrssrrrr As A UNION STATE.
During the great nullification and se-
cession question of South Carolina, on
the first Monday of January, 1833, at
Natchez, Mississippi, I made the Opening
speech, then published against ~ nul‘lilica-
tion and secession, in favor of “ war,” if
necessary to maintain the Union—in fa-
vor of " coercion,” to put down rebel-
lion in any state. The legislature of
Mississippi endorsed that speech, and
passed resolutions declining nullification
and secession to be treason, and, upon
that issue I was elected by the legisla-
tnr'c’to the senate of the United States.
If Mississippi, under the influence of
Jefferson Duets, and other traitor lead-
ers, has since that period abandoned
those principles, she cannot expect me to
follow her, and thereby surrender opin-
ions which I have uniformly maintains d
and advocated throughout my life,
but more especially from 1833 until the
present period. Mississippi (whose pros-
perity I would restore by bringing her
back to the Union) endorsed those opin-
of the United States over an avowed and
distinguished secessionist (George Poin-
dexter) after a contest of unexampled
violence, personal and political, extend-
ing from January, 1833, to January
1836.
It was on that occasion that General
Jackson wrote his celebrated letter in
favor of my election and sustaining my
political course. It was after the adop-
tion of the secession ordinance by Caro-
lina, that General Jackson scnt our war
vessels to Charleston to hold and block-
ade the harbor, and our troops under
the illustrious Scott, to maintain,by force,
if necessary the authority of the federal
government over the forts commanding
the city of Charleston. Let us suppose
that the rebels had then shot down our
flag, captured our forts, made war upon
the Union and proceeded to dissolve it
by force ; let us suppose that a commit-
tee from any convention had then dared
to nominate him for the Presidency upon
such a platform as that which was adopt-
ed at Chicago, proposing an armistice
and cessation of hostilities until a nation-
al convention could be assembled, accom-
panied by the declaration that the rebel-
lion could not be crushed by war, who
doubts what would have been the course
of that devoted patriot? He would have
stamped the disgraceful and and treason-
resolntions under his feet, and indignant-
ly scouted the traitors who offered them.
And now this McClellan convention at
Chicago professes to represent the demo-
cratic party.
NEGOTIATIONS.
What are we to negotiate about ? Is
it as to giving up the Mississippi and its
tributaries, together with New Orleans,
Vicksburg and Tennessee? Is West
Virginia, which has been admitted as a
new free state, to be surrendered? Arc
Fortress Monroe and the Chesapcke to
be abandoned? Is the rebel flag to
float at Alexandria, and on the heights
of Arlington ; and are rebel cannon to
be planted there, in sight of, and to com-
mand the very capital of the Union 1’—
Au we to insult loyal Kmtucky, Missouri,
Mrrylaud and Delaware by negotiating
about them? Are we to give back
Western to Eastern Virginia? Where
is the line of division to be run, and what
armies would be strong enough to main-
tain pence upon the border? What
portion of the mighty territories uniting
us with the Pacific are to be surrendered?
Are we to turn over to the cruel despot-
ism ol their bloody and relentless masters
the millions of loyal people of the South,
to whom we have given the most sacred
pledge of the protection of the Union?
And, last of all, are the two millions of
slaves, as Jefferson Davis complains, who
have bccnlemanclpated by the constitu-
tionalwsr proclamation of President Lin-
coln are they to be remanded to slavery,
including the thousands who have so
gallantly fought in our defence?
THE EMANCIPA’I’ION PROCLAIIATION.
It was said that the Baltimore Con-
vention has made the abolition of slavery
one of its issues ; but, Is well might,it
be objected that it had made the prose-
cution of the war, or the maintenance of
the army or navy part of its creed.
The emancipation proclamation of the
President had its whole constitutional
force as a war measure to save the Un-
ion, and, as such, it was adopted by Mr.
Lincoln as ez-qfl'icio “ commander-in-chief
of the army and navy of the United
States.” That it was, as a war meas—
ure, perfectly constitutional, I have nev-
er doubted, and so declared in an article
published at the time in the Continental
Magazine. It is the duty of persons not
aliens to unite with the President in sup—
pressing a rebellion. Slaves, in the re—
lation which they occupy to the national
government under the federal constitution
are “ persons.” As persons they are
thrice named in the constitution, and by
no other name whatever. Especially,
under the clause providing for direct tax-
ation they are enumerated as persons,
not valued as property. The term " per-
sons” is used more frequently in the con-
stitution than any other, and it is ap-
plied expressly to slaves, and to the
» [whole people of the United States. inclu—
It'is then a grave objection to the-
ions when she elected me to the Senate -
Iding the President and Vice-President,
who are designated therein as persons.
This very question, whether slaves are
persons or property under the constitu—
tion, arose in the great case of Groves
agl. g"-‘ughtcr, when in 1841 (with a
sin lc'", "f‘éyting Opinion, that of Judge
Bnldlvin), after the fullest argument on
both sides,it was unanimously decided by
tthupreme Court of the United States
that slaves, in the relation they hold to
the federal constitution, are persons only,
and not property.
Were it otherwise, Massachusetts
could not forbid the introduction of
slaves from the South for sale there‘ as
merchandise ; for Massachusetts could
not prohibit the introduction of the cot-
ton or any property :of the South for
sale a; morehandisle within her limits, for
wh Iwould haveultecn‘nhprohibitation (if
the. xports from statczto state-,Tzwhifli id
forbidden by the federal constitution.—
My own elaborate argument before the
Court, as one of the counsel in that case,-
will In found in the appendix to the first
editlon of the fifteenth volume of Peter’s
Reports.
As persons, the President has a right
tovcall for the aid of all residing in the
United States, except aliens, to suppress
the rebellion.
for the services of the loyal or rebel mas-
ters for such a purpose, as well as for the
service of their slaves. ' . ' '
The Emancipation Proclamation,,then
of the President, with compensation. to
loyal masters, is most clearly constitn-'
tional during the continuance of the war,
and as a war measure to suppress the re'-'
bellion and save the Union, and such
must be the decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States, to which tri-
bunal the President has property submit—
ted the final nrbitrament of the coustitu—'
tioual question.
It is true, when the rebellion is crushed-
thc President can issue no new emanci-
pation proclamation. But neither can
he then recall or modify the oncalrendy
issued ; and if he had the power to recall
the proclamtion, it wOnld be an act of
perfidy unparalelled in the history of the
world. The nation would be so utterly
disgraced by such bad faith as would be
involved in the revocation of the Eman-
cipation Proclamation, as to earn the
contempt of all honest and honorable
men, and the loss of sympathy of the
industrial classes and workingmen of
Europe, whose rulers would then no long-
er fear to recognize or aid the South.—
It was the magnificent uprising of the
working classes of England in favor of
the Union, that alone saved both coun-
tries from a bloody and disastrous war.
A WORD TO SOLDIERS.
Remember, soldiers, that theMcClel-
lnu platform declares that your battles
are failures; that your blood has been
shed in vain ; that your arms can never
crush the rebellion ; that you are inferior
in courage to the slaveholding rebels ;
that you must admit your defeat, throw
down your muskets, return in disgrace to
your homes, disband the army, lay up
the navy, recall Generals Grant, Sher-
man, Sheridan, Meade, and Gilmore, and
Admirals Farragut, Porter, Dupont, Da
vis, and Winslow, and leave it to the el-
vilians of Chicago, anlandigham, Harris,
Long, Peudleton, and others, to negoti-
ate a peace.
WHAT IS ARMISTICE ?
Now what is an armistice? It is defin~
ed to be a suspension of the "war for a
limited period. There may be conditions
added, but none are named in the Mc-
Clellan Chicago platform. Of course,
then, it menusa cessation Of hostilities
by land and sea. Indeed. the platform
is weaker than this, for it proposes direct-
ly a " cessation of hostilities,” not by
land only, or by sea only, but of course,
by both, as the words are general. Now,
then, the blockade of the rebel ports, and
the capture or destruction of blockade.
runners and their cargoes. is war upon
the ocean. This blockade then, is to be
abandoned during the armistice, for there
is to be a cessation of hostilities upon the
ocean and the land.
During this interval of peace, when
there is to be no blockade Of the southern
ports, what is to follow? By their own
accounts and estimates, the Confederates
have within their limits in cotton (at
present prices), tobacco and naval stores,
a value exceeding one billion of dollars
in gold. Now. then, so soon as the ar-
mistice was agreed upon, the war upon
the ocean, including the blockade, having
ceased, the whole of this cotton, tobacco and
naval stores would be shipped to Europe,
or partly to Nassau, on the way to Europe,
and this enormous amount realized by
the Confederate government in gold. We
know what tremouduous disasters have
been produced by the cotton famine in
England, France and other countries.
Now, the first effect of such shipments
would be the total ruin of all our menu.
factur‘crs of cotton and other textile fab-
rics. But another still more serious re
sult would follow.
FOREIGN RECOGNITION.
It is the boast of the Coufederate lead-
ers in Europe, since the adoption of the
platform at Chicago, that upon the
election of their canditates, without
waiting four months for the inauguration
in March next, Napoleon will AT ONCE
recognise the Coufederale government. In-
deed, I do not doubt from the circum-
stantial evidence (although I do not
know the fact), that there is already a
secret understanding between Jeff. Davis
and Napoleon the Third to recognise the
independence of the South, upon the
election of the Chicago candidates. Why
wait four months until the 4th of March
next, when the American people, by en-
dorsing the Chicago platform, shall have
declared for peace, with the additional
announcement in that platform, that the
war for the suppression of the rebellion
has failed ?
If, indeed, that war has failed, and
we cannot thus suppress the rebellion, it
would not only be right, but upon the
principles of international law, the duty
of every foreign power to acknowledge
Southern independence. Thus is it that
the Chicago Mc-Clellau platform invites
recognition of the independence of the
South by France under such circumstan
ces? It means war. It means, in the
first place, commercial treaties stipula-
ting great advantages in favor of France,
and perhaps other powers. It means, of
course, the overthrow of the blockade, so
He has aright, to call . I ’
LINCOLN.
as to carry on those treaties. It means
conditions destructive of our interests,
and favorable to the recognizing pours.
There will be no recognition of the inde-
pendence of the South by France or Eug-
luud, or any other .Power, of Abraham
Lincoln should be reelected in November
uexl. The American people will then
have loudly proclaimed through the: bal-
lot-box, that they can. and will subdue
the rebellion byforccof arms; and that
they will continue to negotiate from the
mouths of our cannon until the scutbern'
armies shall have been dispersed and van-
quished. Upon the news of the rc-elcc-
tion of Mr. Lincoln reaching Europe the
Confederate stock, now waiting thesuccsss
of the Chicago candidates, will fall like
Lucifer, to rise no more. American 80--
curities, including those of the federal,
39d loyal state gpyernments, of-rsilrosdg, .
ndfig‘ther companies .with real. capitol,
. Will all be immensely appreciated. The
difference in favor of our country, inclu-
ding ’théR-rise in greenbacks, would be
{equivalent in a few months to hundreds
of millions of dollars. Nor is it only. our
stocks that will rise at home and abroad.
but the national character will- ,be hit--
mensely exalted.
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A Proclamation. " ,
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNI-
TED STATES OF AMERICA.
It has pleased Almighty God to pro-
long our national life another year, do-
feuding us, with his guardian cm,
against unfriendly designs from " abroad,~
and voucbssfed to. us, in His mercy, nio-i
‘ny and signal victOries. over the our
my, who is of our own heuschold: 'Itho‘s'
also pleased our Heavenly Father to ‘
favor as well our citizens. in 1 their
homes our soldiers in their compound! =
our sailors on the rivers and sematwlth‘.
unusual health. He has largely jugmen'v.
ted our free population by emancipation ,
and by immigration, while He has opened
to us a new source of wealth, and bus
crowned the labor of our working men
in every department .of industry with .
abundant reward. Moreover, He hos .
been‘plensed to animate and'inspirc Our
minds and hearts with fortitude, courage
and resolution sufficient for the great trial '
of civil war into which we .have been
brought by our adherence, as" a nation,
to the cause of freedom and - humanity,
and to afford -to us reasonable hopes of '
an ultimate and happy deliverance from ‘
all our dangers and afflictions.
Now, therefore, I Abraham Lincoln,
President of the United States, do here-
by oppoint and set apart the lust Thurs-
day in November next, as a day which I
desire to be observed by all my fellow
citizens, wherever they may then be, as
a day of thanksgiving and prayer to Al-
mighty God, the beneficient Creator and
Ruler of. the universe; and I do further
recommend to my fellow citizens, afore-
said, that on that occasiom they do rev-
ereutly humble themselves in the dust,
(and from thence offer up penitent and
fervent prayers and sopplications to the
Great Disposer of Events for s-retnrn of ‘
the inestimablc blessings of peace, union
and harmony throughout the land which
it has pleased him to assign as a dwell-
ing place for ourselves and our posterity
throughout all generations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my bamd and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed. Done
at the City of Washington, this 20th,
day of October, in the year of our Lord
1864, and of the independence of the
United Statey the eighty ninth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President,
WM. H. SEWARD, Sec’y of State.
5‘.” '
Gen. Hooker on the Election.
Gan. Hooker got captured by a crowd
in Springfield 11]., last Friday and was
carried to Representatives’ Hall and
made to speak. In the course of his pat.
riotic and soldierly talk he said :
I think that all the battles we will
have to fight are already fought. [Tree
mendous cheers] The election early
next month will pass of quietly, and it
will pass off successively. [Renewed
cheers] The victory at the ballot box
will be in vindication of this Union and
of our authority. It will be in on port
of our armies in the field, and it wil be
in support of the honor of the nation.
[Applause] That vindication will be
far beyond what the most sanguine who
are here anticipate. It will be more than
9. Waterloo defeat to those who are or-
rayed against our country. [Long and
continued applause] It will be almost
a death blow ; it will be a staggering
blow to the rebels that we have been
fighting in the war in which your broth-
ers and your sons have been engaged for
the last three years ands half ; it will be
awithering blow to them and it will be
worse to the Copperheads. [Tremen-
dous cheers] I would not for the world
say anything to excite hopes that may
not be realized ; but I will say this, that
it is the opinion of those who have 3
much better opportunity of knowing than
I have, that in the next election we will
achieve the greatest victory that has been
won from the beginning of this Rebellion
to the present time. It will be a two-
cdged sword cutting both ways, North
and South. [Cheers.]I state this confi-
dently, believing from those who have
much better Opportunities of knowing
than I have, that every single State in
this Union will cast its vote for Ammmr
[Loud applause and cries of
“That’s so.”
-——o«.>o
YANKEE NoquNs.—The noshun that
skeuel houses are cheaper than stsits
prisons.
The noshun-that men are a better crop
to raise than anything else. .
The noshun that a people who have
brains enough kant be governed by any
body but themselves.
The noshun that you kant make a men
think az you do, try to make him do on
you think.
The noshun that the United States is
liable at easy time to be doubled but
aint liable at euny time to be divided.
The noshun that Uncle Sam, can
thrash his own children when the [need
it.
The noshun that the Yankees are a
forcorda‘ined rose, and kaut be kept from
spreading and striking in, enny more
than turpentine when it wunco gets
llama—Josh Billings.
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