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N ORWALK. CONN. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8'. 1864.
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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.
"V est 9.10 A. M.——6.CC P. M.
East 8:20 A. M.-3.30 P. M.
Danbury & N orwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, r. M.
D. PRITCHARD, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Dr. I. I'OWLIR BIRCH,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence Norwalk Hotel. Office at the
Drug Store of E. Blackman, No. 11 Main
Street, Norwalk. ' ' 32
Dr. .1. is. vacant,
Has resumed the practice of Medicine
and offershis professional services to
the public. _ ’
Office at the residence of Mr. Cole,
opposite the-Methodist Church, South
Norwalk.
Office hours, 12 ill to 2 P. M., and ’l to
8 P. M. tl'44
Howard H. Smith a 00.,
Dealers in
China, Glass, Earthen, Wooden
_ And Tin Ware,
TABLE CUTLERY,
Herosene Oil and Lamps.
4 Phoenix Block, Norwalk, Conn.
IAMIS C. HARBOUR,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
'D E N T I S 'I.‘ .
Teeth extracted without pain by the use
of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas.
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut.
L . E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
T nfacturer Oi Tin, Copper, and Sheet
[ion Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Britta-1min, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
a. s. mcnwoo'n,
Fashionable; Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPORIUM I
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
S. I. OI-MSTIAD & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Peed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
Oi Hartford,
incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $3,128,820.
insure against loss and damage by Fire
on Terma adapted to the hazard,and
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
lv3 For Norwalk and vicinity.
bursa-AI. cm.
AN impression having gone abroad that
the undersigned has relinquished his
profession, this is to inform his friends and
the public that he still continues the practice
of his profession at his 011 stand, foot of
Main-st, Norwalk, where he willbe happy
to tender them his best services. In case Of
temporary abscnce,a skillful assistant will be
found in attendance at the Oflice, ready and
willing to serve all that in? call.
A.- .lIiIe. I). D. s.
“ A. JACKSON 6:. 330.
N o. l Gazette Building.
OULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in li’airfield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
gtches, which is 1 gpr than ever before.—
. e have a fine lot 0 adies‘ Swiss Watches,
in goldcases, at prices varyin from $20 to
$7 , which we can recommen as bein cor-
.rect time keepers. Also, Gentleman’s atch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
3F. 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
greater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
latcd Wares was never better than at pres-
ent. and comprises all or the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON &, BRO,
Groceries Cheaper than ever
ronbasni
HE subscriber would inform the public
generally, that he still continues to sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc., at his
old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, ascheap as
the cheapest. He offers great inducements
to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort-
ment of groceries of the best qualities as can
‘ be found at any store in the country. He
would invite the special attention of all tohis
stock of' ,
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are of the very best quality, and will
be sold cheap. The public are invited tocall
11,10 examine and judge for tli'en'i'Sclves.
‘ ' A. MOREHOUSE.
DEALERS 1N
Groceries,
Flour,
Provision, ac,
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, consisting of Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, Tete-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. lst, 1863. , 44
n. onus-ram: a sons,
CABINET MAKERS, &c
RE now prepared to offer to the public
“the largest and best assortment of
'3 Good Furniture,
com rising every article usually kept in a
Furn tui'c 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.
UN DER'I‘AIIING,
We keep on hand a very large assortment of
C’oflins 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
Hearses equal to any in the State, which we
shalluse whenever our services are required,
without extra change.
E. QUINTARD do SONS.
N orwalk, March 15th 1862.
STOVES,HEATERS,RANGES,
VER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes of
Cooking Stoves and Ranges; over thir-
ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and Office
Stoves, not excelled in beautyof design, per—
fection of operation, or variety, by any Stove
in the State. Manufactures ’l‘in, Sheet, Iron
and Copper Wares, deals in J appan, Brittan-
ia Crockery, Wooden, and Silver Plated
ares, Stove Blocking, Coal Hods, Shovels
and Riddles, Brass Kettles, Sausage Cutters,
Mutts, Brooms, Bells Fire Place Grates, Sad
Irons, Sheet Lead, Lead Pipe, Fruit Jars,
Fluid and Coal Oil Lamps, Stove Castings,
in fact, all that constitutes a well filled Kitch-
en Furnishing Store. Books, describing prin
ciple and management’bf Stove, free. Lat
gest assortment of Pumps in the State. Call
at F. H. N ASH’S,
1v4 South N orwalk,Ct.
Hammer’s Champagne Ale.
HE 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, cspccially of
that brewed during the most excessive hot
weather, is guaranteed for any length of time.
For sale in Barrels and half-Barrels, at
Selleck‘s Packet Office, N orwalk.
JEHIEL GRUMMAN,
Agent for the sale of Hammcr’s Champagne
Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2
Notice.
HE Subscriber has the pleasure Ofinform-
ing the public that he has purchased the
interest of Ebenezer Crissey in the Boot and
Shoe Business lately carried on at the Store
corner of Wall and ‘Water Street, where he
will continue the business. He trusts that
the liberal patronage given to this Store
while under his control as partner and man-
ager, will be continued to him as proprietor.
9 ' J. N. LOCKWOOD.
. .i____., .___...
Cash Sysltenli adopted for
Photographs & (lattes dc Visits
AT WHITNEY & 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 increasei our prices, or adopt
the Ouch system. We choose the latter, as it
Will alike benefit the customer and suit us.
Hercaflcr, when a proof is accepted, the
order for printsmust be accompanied with
the casn. ,
WHITNEY‘dI BECK WITH.
Norwalk, Comm, J hue-15.
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber havin' purchased the
Hardware business, f rmerly conducted
by Edwin V. A. Chichcster, hopes by fair
dealing, and close attention to business, to
retain all the customers of the old stand, and
add many new ones. 2
THEODORE FITCH.
A CARD: ,
HE subscriber takes this method of
. thanking his friends forlthcir good will,
during the past ten years. At the same time
requesting them, and the public, to extend
their atronagc to his successor, Mr. Theo-
dore itch.
EDWIN V. A. CHl‘CHESTER.
Norwalk, Dec. 15th, 1863. 51
imam-ran cu'rnnmr,
And Silver-Plated Ware.
‘HE 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-
vin 'Knives and Forks; Bread Knives;
Butter Knives; Table Knives and Forks;
Pocket Knives of every. description inclu-
ding many curious styles; Scissors, &C., &c.
Also, just received, an assortment of beau-
iilul Silver-Plated “’are, 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.
tf46] JOSEPH SHEPHERD.
200 BUSHELS GRAY ROCK SALT
_. , , the best for packing or grinding,
S. E. OLMSTEAD do CO.
use. M. Home...
Normalkm
lllillllllllill lillllll'lllll,
N ORWAI-H CONN,
Chartered Capital $500000
Paid up Capital $100,000
WM. 0. 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-
swam 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
surplhs of $6,295.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
N orwalk, 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 J an. 1, ’64 $3,286,270
Etna, of Hartford, “ “ 3,128,820
13'
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
Hampdcn, Springfield,“ “ 200,000
People's, Worcester, “ “ 200 000
)
and other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in
Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York,
with assets of $13,000,000. At So. Norwalk
application may be made to WM. T. CRAW.
William C. White,
Graduate of the Leipzig Conservatory,
INSTRUCTOR IN
MMSH© AMEND @ERMIARU,
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
Buildin , (directly over the Store of Mr. Bat-
terson,) ain 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.
MIEINEBY.
MISS PILGRIM
Has Removed
to the new Store between the Bank of Nor-
walk and the Danbury R. R. Depot. ltf
3. I'. 321053,
Agent for the sale of
WHEELER & WILSON’S
Family Sewing Machines.
Ofii‘ces—Danbury, Conn. opposite Savings‘
Bank. Norwalk, Sherwodd’s Block.
N. B.—I will sell you a machine delivered
at your house for the same price that %ou
would have to pay at the Factory. ill
teach you thoroughly to use it, warrant it to
be perfect, and keep it in order for one year
free of charge. 35
Tristram 6i. Co,’s
Medicated Lozenges,
0R COUGHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS,
HOARSENESS, 85c. They are the
most pleasant, effectual, and harmless reme-
dies known, afi‘ording almost instant relief
in all cases of Throat irritation, produced by
Colds, or over exercise of the Vocal Or ans,
in singing or speaking, and are pecu iarly
strengthenin to all troubled in any way
with weak ungs. For Sale by all Drug-
g‘ists. , 35
Business Change 1
WATERBURY do DUNCAN,
‘VOULD announce to the public that
they have purchased the Carriage Ma-
king Business formerly conducted‘ by Mr.
Edson Beers, and connected it with their
Blacksmith Shop, making one complete es-
tablishment. They are now prepared to exe-
cute in the best manner, and with greater
dispatch than ever before, anything in the
glinc of
Carriage Making and Blacksmith-
mg.
Carriages made to order, and Painting,
Trimming, Repairing, «be, done by experi-
enced workmen, with dispatch.
W Good Carriage timber taken in ex-
change for work.
Norwalk, Nov. 230, ’63. ti47
WILLIAM B. SWAN,
SADDLER GI HARNESS MAKER,
DJ OINING Danbury and Norwalk B.
R. Depot, Norwalk, Conn, keeps con-
stantly on hand and will make to order eve-
ry description of
Harnessdicrse Furniture, Trappinga
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.
Laughing Gas
IN RIDGII'IIIID.
Drs. Kendall Gt Paddock
Extract teeth entirely without pain or injury
to the, patient, by the aid of
NI TRO US OXIDE GAS.
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CARRIAGE MAKING.
Horse Shoeing and Black-
smithing. '
LYON, BEERS &. CO.
“IOULD announce to the pa lie that
they have taken the old stand 01' Capt
Henry Lamb, Main street, where they are
prepared to execute in the best manner and
greatest dispatch anything in the above line.
Carriages made to order. and Horse Shoe-
ing, Painting, Trimming, Repairing, «be,
done by experienced workmen with dis-.
patch. '
AUGUSTUS LYON, W. E. BEERS, WM. AHERN
Norwalk Sept. 12th 1864. 1y37
Shakespeare for Grant’s Army.
Let’s remember this :
God and our good cause fight upon our Side;
The prayers of holy saints and wronged souls,
Like high reared hulwurks, stand before our faces ;
Davis except, those Whom we fight against
Had rather have us win than him they follow,
For what is be they follow i truly, gentlemen,
A bloody tyrant, and a homicide ;
One raised in blood, and in blood established :
One that made means to come by what he hath
And slaughtered those that were the means to help
him;
A base, foul stone, made precious by the foil
OfRichinond's chair, where he is falsely set ;.
One that hath ever been God’s enemy :
Then if We fight against God’s enemy ,
God will in justice, ward us as his soldiers ;
If we do sweat to put a tyrant down,
We sleep in peace the tyrant being slain ;
If we do fight against our country's foes,
Our country’s fat shall pay our pains the hire ;
If we do fight in safeguard of our wives,
Our wives shall welcome home the conquerors :
If we do free our children ftom the sword,
Our children's children quit it in our age,
Then in the name of God and all these rights,
Advance our standards, draw our willing swords :
For us, the ransom of our bold attempt
Shall be our corses on the earth’s cold face ;
But if we thrive, the gain of our attempt
The least of shall share his part thereof.
Sound drums and trumpets boldly and cheerfully ;
God and America 2 Richmond and Victory.
———-oo-‘.
A Voice from Richmond.
A Southerner rqioicing over the Chicago Nomina-
tions.
Ex clones w, mnnssrx.
Hurrah ! I thought that all was lost, but here‘s an
other chance 1
Better than any hope of help from England or from
France ;
McClellan’s up for President among the Northern
scum,
And if they but elect him our triumph day will ,
come!
It can’t be otherwise, for I have read his“Plstl'orm"
through :
We Southerners have but to ash, and they have but
to do .’
’Tis plain that’s what it means, and whp would
wish abetter thing ?
McClellan shall be President—and Davis
King!
shall be
The forts, the cities, and the men, that cost them
years of strife,—
The soil enriched by Yankee blood, an inch to eve-
erylif'e,-—
Must all be given up to us, to end this little muss,
While Europe stands and laughs at them, and gives
her hand to us!
And then we’ll let them pay the costs—five billions
may be more,—
And so be paying for their peace by paying for our
war !
’Tis plain that’s what it means and who would wish
a better thing 2
McClellan shall be President, and Davis shall be
King l ‘
And then about our darkies, too, that Lincoln
thought he‘d freed,
McClellan, if he's President, will like to see them
' bleed ;
Besides, he‘ll make the law again just as it was be-
fore,
That, when they run, We’ll have no need to chase *
them any more,
But leave such dirty work as that for Northern
Whites to do ;
They’ll catch them, chain them, bring them back,
and beat them for us, too i
’Tis plain that's what it means, and who would
wish abetter thing 1'
McClellan shall be President, and Davis shall be
King 1
But, stop a bin—another thing i-oh my l I quite
forgot l——- ’
Suppose some UNIoN man should win, and Little
Mac should NOT l
Then all our labor would be lost, and we lost too, I
fear,
For all our men, now in the field, can’t last another
year ; '
But if McClellan wins the day. the South will rule
the land, -
And Davis sit upon his throne, the umpire in his
hand.
The Democratic Platform, now, is really just the
thing i
McClellan shall be President—and Davis shall be
King l
«h.—
[The following gem of, poetry is from the
November Atlantic Monthly :]
Riches.
. Pluck color from the morning sky,
And wear it as thy diadem;
Nor pass the wayside flowers by,
But star thy robes with them.
For in the temple of the sun
The vestal fires of being burn ;
Thence beauty’s fibres run,
And weave where’er we turn.
Thy plumes are in the yellow corn— ,
But chief the gold of priceless days
In bosom of thy friend is borne, O
Coined in his kindly rays.
Here lies thy wealth, go gather it.—
The mine is near, its deep: explore,
And freely give love, metal, wit.—
Thine is the exhaustless ore :—
Thine are the precious stones whereon
The weary pass grief’s flooded ford,
And thine the jeweled pavement won
By those who love the Lord. .
Muse—~— _
JUDGE VANDEBPOEI. UPON
THE CRISIS.
HON. AARON VANDERPOEL says, in a
late letter to a Union meeting in Ulster
County.
“I voted against Mr. LINCOLN in 1860
and for Homrio Snvuoon in 1862, but
now feel called upon, by every obligation
of duty and patriotism, to cast my vote
for ABRAHAM LINCOLN and Mr. FsN-ION.
‘ * at :k a: a: a
“My doctrine is that, as the rebels be,
gun the war withonl' cause, they must
end it by laying down their arms and
submitting to that Government against
which they have so wantonly rebelled.
I can see in the election of M’CLELLAN
and PENDLETON nothing but the breaking
up of the Union. I agree with FERNAN-
no Wonn, a prominent supporter of Mo-
CLELLAN, that as the Chicago nominee
be is bound to carry (out the principles
of the Chicago platform, which has not a
word of fault to find with the rebels, and
.goes for peace at all events, and. at any
price. - '
“ I too, am for peacq but I am for a
peace which is honors . $5000 for one
which brings disgrace an . ambition to
the North. . As the game up ‘5 stands I
am against making MCCLILL‘A‘ 'und PEN-
ntsrou my peace-makers. \agv peace-
makers are GRANT, SHERIAN, \‘fljlmnAN
and FARRAGUT and the hosts t? loyal
and gallant spirits under them ; t ‘ ions
of Frecmen, who have so triumph, Ptly
pnshcd‘their ruthless foe to the‘
ditch.” ~
“ll
——-—4~‘.~o ' . ., Hi”
In one of a lot of old arm canteens," 'pu'
chased by a hardware spccu slot in Memphis,
a roll of $2,000_in greenbacks was four :1.
Adm. w -~
CESSATION'of HOSTILITIES.
Belmont’s . Plan.
Mr. Aaron F. Perry of Ohio, made a
speech in Cincinnati lately, in which oc-
cured a spicy, imaginary dialogue be-
tween August Belmout (Rothschild’s a-
gent, ond Chairman of. Democratic Na-
tional Executive Committee,) and Jeff.
Davis. In the conversation the Chicago
Platform is thoroughly discussed, and
Jeff. Davis declares himself perfectly sot-
isfiod and delighted". We have not room
for the entire dialogue, but give the clos-
ing part in which Mr. Belmont gives his
view of the cessation of hostilities, &c.—.
Read carefully.
[Here the Speaker, by a movement,
signified that Mr. Belmont hsd'tokcn his
leave and was retiring, when Mr. Davis,
struck by a new thought, beckoned him
back, and in a cordial, but deferential
manner, renewed the conversation] ,
“ Davis—Mr. Belmont, I have bscn'so
much interested, I may say, charmed,
with the libei'ality of your efi'ortsin.,this
matter, that if you would pardon me for
”taking a personal liberty with you—I as-
sure you that I claim no answer, and am
well aware it is a liberty ; but if you will
allow me, Mr. Belmont, to inquire,What
is your motive for engaging in these transa
actions ? .
“ Belmont—(Placing one band in each
of his trowsers pockets, with solemnity. )
Mr. President, it is with me a matter of
feeling l- It is sentiment l (striking his
pockets with emphasis. ) [Loud and
continued cheering. ] Mr. President, I
observe from your question. that you are
aware of the liberalizing tendency of
practical finance. Gentlemen who spend
the better portion of their lives in the up-
per financial circles learn to rise above the
narrowness of special adhesions and of
local attachments. To us one political
party is like another ; one country like
another ; one cause like another—in short
one dollar is like another. To as St. Pe- -
tersbnrg, Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London,
New York, are all the same. We have
in our vocations, as in others, manipula-
tors and artizsns who are discouraged
and hindered by difiicultics ; but with our
men of genius,“ with others, difiieulties
invite the largest play of their faculties,
and they find their pleasure in overcoming
- them. Allow me to say, Mr. President,
that tbegathering together the scattered
fl'agmcnts of an old party, not yet entire-
ly rid of the sturdy traditions of the days
of Madison and of J acksou ; the getting
of them all down, grovelling and eating of
on umble pie like that (holding out the
Chicago platform )--I say, Mr. President,
it requires a higher style of financial man-
agement than a mere dime subscription.—
[Great applause] Besides, Mr. Davis,
when this War compelled a public loan of
ten hundred, fifteen hundred, two thous-
and millions of dollars, it offered one of
the finest financial nuts to crack that has
been seen for generations. This adminis-
tration threw it all—all I say every dolé
far—into the vulgar mud puddle of a
popular subscription, I trust that 1 need
not say that I have some sense of the dig-
nity of my vocation. How, then, could-I-
feel anything but aversion or disgust at
the financial management of such an ad-
ministration ?. J ay Cooke is said, I know,-
to have made something out of it ; that is,
something for a parvenu, a novice ; but
itwas nothing, absolutely nothing, com-
pared with what ought to have been
made on such a loan, if handled in any of
the highest styles of the art. So, much,
Mr. President, for the post. I look also
to the future. You have done me the
honor to invite this part of our conversa-
tion on confidential terms, and will there-
fore excuso me for speaking openly. I
mean no offence, and I speak only from a
financial standpoint. I am not a. milita-
ry man. I pretend to speak only as a fi-
nancier.
" Frankly, then, Mr. Davis, it appears
to me that unless Lincoln’s administration
can be got out “of the way, your confeder-
soy is on its last legs. I beg your psr-_
don—I cannot help seeing it in that light.
[Applause] To finish up and restore
the territorial integrity of the Union, may
cost five hundred or a thousand millions
more. But it will be money owed by
the people of the country to themselves.-
as between individuals, one may pay and
another receive, but as to the country at
large, it Will be taking money from one
pocket and putting it in the other. I see
in all this nothing but a simple, vulgar,
mechanical operation. So far as the
practice of ,my art is concerned, there
might very nearlyas well have been no
war at all. [Laughter and cheers. ] On
the other hand, on armistice, if it comes
in time, lights up the whole future with
transcendent brightness. It must come
soon, I know, to be of any use. The
platfbrm which we have read together
proposes that it shall be immediate and
unconditional
“ Gen. McClellan’s letter of acceptance
puts the armistice on a little contingen-
cy. It is to be only ‘ so soon as it is clear
or even probable' that you nra‘ ready for“
peace on the basis of the Union.’ You
will pardon the liberty, Mr. President,
which, as a financier I cannot help taking,
of putting some estimate on your sagaci-
ht ty.
«,3.
‘ “You are not likely to let a great
ovement be banlkod for want of an up
penance of probability. Nor mil Gen-
l
(mi McClellan be likely, with his party
demanding an unconditional armistice, to
construe the indications of probability
strongly against thomwislies. I assume
that, if he shall be elected, the armistice
is jiist as inevitable as if "he had mention-'
ed no tendition. ’ Then. What ._comes?
Generol'McClellan says, that then “ we
should exhaust all the resources of states,
mbnshipfl On-his plan, the effort on the
part of tb‘e‘North'is tobe, not only frank
and earnest, but “. persistent"? The plot-
formzlookt to :a convention; of all the .
States; and heprobablyinélum that as
among"tli§“r'e‘§onrccs of statesmsnship
which are to be exhausted.
“ Mr. President, my enthusiasm kin-
dles-at the splendors which light this
course ofpolicy. You will of course ,go
into ucon‘veution only when its basis of
representation, the subjects committed to
it, and its plan of procedure shall have
been satisfactorily adjustcd. There be-
ing no constitutional ' or legal prOvision
for such a convention, all its details will
besubject to popular discussion and ar-
rangement.” Six months’ time would be
short for getting it assembled,.a.nd when
assembled it would have no legal charac-
ter. It might represent the country. It
might represent a party. It might rep-
resent a mob.-Its deliberations com-
menced, you would propose , as funda-
mental priuciples’ the Chicago platform,
viz.-, the legal right of a state to * secede ;
the legal wrong of [the War ; the fact
that in making that war the federal con-
stitution had been disregarded in every
part, that public liberty and private
right had been alike trampled under foot.
These principles and facts having been
asserted in the platform and endorsed by
a popular election, could no longer be
disputed. -.
“ The logical result would be that the
war debt 0f the federal government, and
all its war measures, were illegal and
unconstitutional—in short, the work of a
mob. It would also logically follow, that
your war debt and war fmeasurcs. in , dc'
fence of state rights, bei' g just and lo"
gal. ought to be'a‘ssumé by the federal
government ; andzyou ought to be in-
demnified for spoliatl'ons" and damages
occasioned by war. This would be the
logical necessity of the situation. But
perhaps you would be conciliatory and
concede more than they could logically
claim. You would place both war debts
on the Same footing, and the claims for
spoliation North and South to stand on
for debate. Your convention would sit
nobody knows how long. If it should
recommend any force of law, and, more
time and controversy would be consumed
in trying to get the recommendations-
framed into laws. It would all result
in compromise or afailnre tocompromise-
In case of alcom‘promise, there would he
claims regular and irregular, funded and
unfunded, new issues and old issues over-
:topping each other like the peaks of Him-‘-
.aloya? It Would be in a financial point
of view splendid, bcyOnd description, ‘
sublime! Well, let us imagine a failure
tocoinpromise, after time had been taken
to exhaust the resources of statesmanship;
after persistent efforts had worn out. the
shorteSt probable time for such efforts—
-scy one to tWo years—the soldiers of the .
federal army would have scattered home
on furloughs. New cnlistments would
have been neglected in the hope of peace.
The old eulistments Would have expired.
In a word, the military power of the fed-
eral government would have vanished.
Disappointments, disgusts and divisions
would prevent raising another army.
England and France would refuse to
wait for the end of such folly, and would
recognize the independence of the confed-
eracy. You would be, beyond all ques-
tion, master of the situation. Behold
now the inimitable and cxbaustless re-
sources of our military genius, our young
Napoleon."
«o»
Nor “OUT FOR McCLELLAN.”—Gen.
Joe Hooker can talk as well as fight.—
Here is what he said a few days ago, in
a Speech to the Board of Trade at Chica-
8°;
“ I expect to see the Union restored,
and will take any responsibility to do it.
I am earnest in the work' This peOplc
will take care of what was left them by
their fathers. They have not degenera-
ted. The war is no failure. [Loud ap—'
please] I do not think you need assis-
tance here ; but if you wish backers, you
know where to find them. [Great ap—
plause] It makes but little difference
where they assign me to duty. The
elections last week struck terror to the
enemy. [Cheers The election in No—
vember will be 9. Waterloo to Copper—
heads and rebels. [Loud and continued
applause] They relied on tho peace
party in the North. I felt astonished to
see so many sympathizing with the rebels
while traveling through the West. The
tories of the Revolution were respectable
compared to the Capperbeads of the
North. [Loud Cheers] The latter'oc-
cupy much the worst position. I was a
Democrat, and if they will interpret the
Constitution as framed by its fathers, I
am a Democrat still. But until they do
this, I am for the Union—through all
time. [Cheers] My pursuits have not
fitted me to fill the place you have as—
signed to me. I am no speaker. [Cries
“You are a fighter.” Yes, I can take a
band‘nt that. [Enthusiastic applause}
I am glad to see the spirit here.
know it would be all right in Indiana,
and it will be all right here in November
next. [applause] When the long roll
is sounded, the camps Springs to arms to
repell the foe, and you have heard the
roll in Indiana. We are fighting a
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. wished to soften
common enemy. . The newspapers any
that the army will vote for the nominee
forthe Chicago convention. I can’t see
it.) [Loudaud prolonged cheers] The
soldiers down there are’as brave, as loy—
al and as. devoted men as breathe in any
land, and will see the stars and striped
waving over every inch of territory be-
fore they will listen to the cries for a
*“cossation of hostilities.” Gentlemen, I
thank you ten thousand times for your
kind reception. I have endea vored to do
my duty, and will continue to do so. In
whatever place they put me, I will be a
tcam horse. ‘If you have any riots here
let me know , you will not want for a
backer. [Enthusiastic cheers-]
.4.»
Iii-om the Independent.
MR. VAN DYCK AND HIS
SYNOD.
The pastor of the First 0. S. Presby-
terian church in Brooklyn, whose pro-
slavery labors had made him quite con-
spicuous up to the breaking out of the
civil war, became very quiet under
the pressure of the decided domonstra-
tions of public opinion that followed the
rebel attack udon Fort Sumpter But
the increasing insolence of the peace
party seems to,havc reassured him so
far that he has broken his three years’
silence by an attack upon the General
Assembly, to which he owes ecclesiasti-
cal allegiance.
Synod of New York, which was held
last week in Jersey City. Rev. H. J.
Van Dyck offered an elaborate series of
resolutions, condemning the General As~
sembly of 1864, on the charges of having
indor sad the President’s policy of eman-
cipation, given its influence in favor of a
political party in the approaching cloc-
tion, and sanctioned the interference of
the military pOWer with spiritual affairs
in the case of Dr. M’Pheeters, of St.
Louis. The resolutions then disclaim all
intention of entering directly or indirect-r
ly into the peoples contest of the day.
but proceeded to declare that the As:
sembly has no constitutional right‘ to
meddle with civil affairs at all, “unless
by way of horrible petition in cases extra-
ordinary, or by way of advice for satis-
faction of conscience, if therennto re-
quired by the civil magistrate,” and con-
sequently all such acts of the Assembly
are null and void. These resolutions
Were supported by an earnest and able
speech, all skillfully directed against the
Assembly, and still more adroitly for the
support of the peace party in the ‘4 pend-
ing election. , ’ .
The synod, after debate, referred the
subject to a committee, of which the
venerable Dr. Krebs was chairman who
brought in another series of resolutions,
of a totally difi'erent spirit. These pro-
nounced explicit and severe censure on
Mr. Van. Dyck for having improperly
arraigned the General Assembly, and
held it up to reproach, with a total
misrepresentation of the language and.
intent of the Assembly’s declarations—
closiug thus :
i “Where'is, The paper as a whole is
calculated to make the impression that
the Assembly has departed from the
principles of our standards concerning the
province of the church and its courts rela-
tive to civil affairs, to the question -of
religious liberty, and to the prerogatives
of the Christian ministry, which princi-
=ples are alluded to in the resolutons being
proposed by the paper aforesaid ; there-
fore
”Resolved, That while we steadfastly
maintain the acknowledged principles of
our standards referred to in the resolu-
tions of the paper, we see no necessity
for expouuding or reaffirming the some,
and that the further consideration of the
whole subject he and is hereby indefinite-
ly postponed.”
Several attempts to modify the resolu-
tions, or to mitigate the severity of
the censure were sternly voted down,
and finally the whole were adopted by
the overwhelming vote of 88 to 15, al—
most six to one, while most of the minor-
ity assented to the conclusion, but only
the censure. Thus
again the Christian patriotism and Gos—
pel liberty of the Old School Presbyte-
tions of New York has vindicated itself,
under the load of such men as Spring,
Krebs, Alexander, Wirt, and others.—
And a very pretty electioncering scheme
in favor of the pcace-at-any-price Chicago
Platform has been handsomely discom—
fitted and turned to ridicule. The
Brooklyn Daily Union says :
“ It was evident that Mr. Van Dyck
was acting in this matter from motives
which could not be construed as other
than partisan. He had procnrrcd the
presence of reporters from the Democrat-
ic press of this city, of New York, and
of Jersey City, while the Union papers,
not anticipating anything beyond the us-
ual routine of synodical transactions,
were not represented. It was evident
that his deliberate designs was to throw
open the meeting of the synod for the
delivery of speeches which should be
widely circulated throughout the country
as campaign documents for the service of
the Chicago-surrender candidates.”
"I.-.
S‘Oul‘ Democratic friends are dis-
tressingly anxious for “ the Union as it
was ;” and to obtain it strike hands with
the rebels who go for no Union. The
following is Ben Butler’s idea of the fu—
ture Union ;
“ As long as the old house stood, I
was perfectly satisfied with it ; but now
they have chOSen to pull it down, I am
in favor of rebuilding it with all the mod—
em improvements!”
ch.-.
WProf. John A. Porter has resigned his
professorship in Yale College with the inten-
tion of spending a year or two in Europe.
At the meeting of the.
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
The speech of the President in, response
to the serenade from the'ilbyiillMai'y-
landors in Washington is so manly and
noble, so simple and characteristic. that
we print it entire,sndfcommend it to the
thoughtful perusalof every” faithful an;
zen, soldier, or Sailor in. the country,
and. ask him if this is a dangerous man
to trust with the administration of- the
Government:
"‘ I amnotified that this b o compli-
meat paid me by the loyal Marylandorl
resident in this District. 'I infer that
the adoption of the new Constitution'for
the State furnishes the occasion, . and
that in your view the extirpation of Ila-
very constitutes the chief merit of the
new Constitution, Most heartily do I
congratulate you and Maryland, and the
nation, and the world, upon the event.—
I regret that it did not'occnr two years-
sooner, which ,I am sure, would have
saved to the nation more money" "than
would have met all the private lossiiici?
dent to the measure ; but it has come at
last, and I sincerely hope its friends may
fully realize all their auticipotidus .of
good from it, and that its opponents
may, by its effects, be agreeably and
profitably disappointed. ? A word upon
‘another subject : Something, said by the
Secretary of State, in' his rocsut'iSpeech
at Auburn, has been construed by. some
into athreat that, if I shall be, baton
at the.» election, I will. between then and
the end of my Constitutional tom. do
.what I may be able to ruin thoGovom-
merit. Others regard the fact “nit-tho
Chicago Convention adjourned not" rim
die but to meet again if called. to dose
by a particular individual as ”the ultimo-
tum of a purpose that if the nominee shall
be elected he will at once seize control .of
the Government. I hope the 2°06 90°-
plo will permit themselves to suffer’hb'ifl
easiness on either point. I am struggling
to maintain the Government, not ”to over-
throw it, I therefore any that if 1‘ than
live I shall remain President until the
be constitutionally elected, therefOre, in
November shall be duly installed as‘Pres-
ideut on the 4th of March, and that in
the interval I shall do my utmost that
whoever is to hold the helm for the next
voyage shall start with the best possible
chance to save the ship. This is due to
the people, both on principle and under
the Constitution. Their will, constitu-
tionally expressed, is the ultimate law
for all. If they should deliberately re-
solve to have immediate peace, even at
the loss of their country and their liber-
ties, I know not the power or the right
to resist them. It is their own business,
and they must do as they please with
their own. I believe, however, they are
all resolved to preserve their country and
their liberty ; and in this, in office or out
of it, I am resolved to stand by them. I
may add, that in this purpose—to save
the country and its liberties—no class of
people seem so nearly unanimous as the
soldiers in the field and the seamen afloat.
Do they'not have the hardest of it 7—
Who should quail when they do not 7-
God bless the soldiers and seamen, and
all their brave commanders l”
04..»
Cheerful for the “Ultimate Con-
vention.”
“ My first effort was for peace}? said
Jefferson Davis at Augusta, “ and I sent
commissioners to endeavor to arrange an
amicable dissolution From time to time
mver, never have I sought it on
basis than independence.” '
“It is asserted,” says the Londonjfim,
. . . .“ that the Hon. C. 0. Clay and the
Hon. Jacob Thompson, the Confederate
Commissioners in Canada, have received
instructions from Richmond to propose
peace. . . .on the basis of a restoration of
the Union. I am able to state on the
highest authority that Messrs. Clay and
Thompson have to such mission . . . .‘Tlm'r
platform is Southern independence, and
that alone.”
Mr. Alexander H. Stevens says the
some in his letter.
Governor Brown repeats the same
statement.
Herschel V. [Johnson must have indo-
pendencc at least.
“ If you can not or will not reconcile
your differences,” says George H.‘ Pen-
any other
States depart in peace.”
“ Mr. Pendleton’s actions and records
are the same as the records and position
of George B. McClellan,” says Mr. Sund-
ford E. Church.
o‘...
re“ A copperhead orator named John
B IIarrington,of New York at Taro Hall,
Hartford, Wednesday evening, Oct.l2th,
says the Couront, used the following
language :—
“ If these money-changers and treason
mongers (referriugto the administration)
cannot be driven out ofWasbington by
ballots, we must drive them out of it, if
it takes fire and sword, grape and shrap-
nel to do it ? And if none else will do it
our Irish citizens, who have taken on
oath before bigli Heaven, will do it i”
w
“ President Davis who has been op-
posed to making any concessions what-
ever to the enemy, has been finally pro—
vailed upon to grant an armistice to the
North, provided that it is solicited in a
respectful manner. This proposed armisr
tice, if granted, raisesthe blockade by
land and sea, which will enable our peo—
ple to lay in a large amount of supplies.
Descrters from our service will then be
glad to return in order to receive their
pay and an honorable discharge, which
will give as an additional force of two
hundred thousand veterans. Then if
hostilities are reshined, the South are
sure of success. Therefore we lose noth—
ing by granting this experiment to the
Yankees, who have openly declared that
they are whipped by proclaiming the war
you their part a failure.” a.“ s
4th of next March. And whoever shall
:I have repeated efforts to that end,lbiu =
dleton, “ then, gentlemen, let the ‘secsdiug '
a” The Charleston Mercury says :— I
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