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NUMBER 880--NEW SERIES,
N O RWA LK,
CONN. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22.1864.
VOLUME XLVII--N UMBER 47.
NORWKEEEAZETTE.
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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. III—6.00 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—3.30 P. M. ‘
Danbury a N orwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8001’. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. u.
D. PRITCHAR D, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Rugglcs’ Store, ‘
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
nr. 3. rownnn BIRCH,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence Levi Clark’s opposite the Congre-
gational Church. (flee at the Drug Store
of E. Blackman, No. 11 Main Street, N (gr;
walk. s
or. .r. s. moonw,
Has resumed the practice of Medicine
and ofi'ers his professional services to
the public.-
Oflice at the residence of Mr. Cole,
opposite the Methodist Church, South
Norwalk, . ‘
Oflice hours, 12
8
M to 2 P. M., and 7 to
P. M. tl'44
Howard 1:. Smith OL 00.,
Dealers in
China, Glass, Earthen, Wooden
And Tin Ware,
TABLE corn-.32,
Kerosene Oil and Lamps.
4 Phoenix Block, Norwalk, Conn.
JAMES E. BAR-3003,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
DENTIST.
Teeth extracted without pain by the use
of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas.
Office at Residence, East Avenue, N orwalk,
Connecticut.
. E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
LT ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
[10.1 Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
a. s. Locnwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GEN TLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMF ORIUM !
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
S. E. OLMSTEAD 6!. 00.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Peed, he,
14 and 16 Main-st, N orwalk, Conn.
ETNA 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.
GEORGEIR. COWLES, Sole Agent
lv3 For Norwalk and vicinity.
33!? 9A1. CARD.
AN impression having gone abroad that
the undersigned has relinquished his
profession, this is to inform his friends and
LAG 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
loan in attendance at the Office, ready'and
villi. 3 “tissue 8.1.! that may call. ‘
' A. HILL, D. D. S.
A. JACKSON 0!. 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 lto agei- up assortment npt to be surpassed
in ‘air e ‘Ount , i y no. it or rice: ‘ e
"‘ould call’partlilcul’argtt’entioili t'o din stoclyof
Watches, whic “is lar er 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 recommend as bein cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentleman’s atch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5” to $-00. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogethcrfor casli so thgt
cor fag. ticg {gr s’elimg cheap could not be
renter. Our stoc "of Jewelry, Silver and
hated 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
I' 0 n 0 A S E l
HE st bsp i cry ould inform’ the ublic
a | I - i - - i t r
T generic,” fibat (he still continues t’b sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc., at his
old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as
the cheapest. He offers great inducements
to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort-
ment of groceries of the best qualities as can
be found at any store in the country. He
would invite the special attention of all to his
stock of
_C()l«‘r‘ EES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
37!}?! an «if the Wily .92.! quality. and Will
p, 11d clioap. in; pa licarp invitcd‘toc‘al
mod xanun'e an 11ng [in themselves.
A MOREHOUSE. [A
Hangs,"
G. &G-. M.
DEALERS 1N
Groceries,
I‘lour,
Provision, die,
Main Street,
14 Norwalk, Conn
New runnrssms 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, Tetc-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
E. QUINTARD a. SONS,
CABINET MAKERS, do
ARE now prepared to offer to the public
the largest and best assortment of
Good Furniture,
comprising every article usually kept in a
Furniture Store, ever offered in Norwalk,
which will be sold
A T THE VER Y L 0 WEST 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
Ooflins 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
shall use whenever our services are required,
without ewtra chaage.
E. QUINTARD & SONS.
N orwalk, March 15th 1862.
srovnsmsu'rsns, RANGES,
VER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes of
Cooking Stoves and Ranges; over thir-
ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and Oflice
Stoves, not excelled in beauty of design, per-
fection of operation, or variet ,by any Stove
in the State. Manufactures Tin, Sheet, Iron
and Cop er Wares, deals in J appan, Brittan-
ia, Croc cry, Wooden, and Silver Plated
Wares, Stove Blocking, 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 . ~ - 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
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, Norwalk,
JEHIEL GRUMMAN,
Agent for the sale of Hammer-’s Champagne
Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2
Notice.
HE Subscriber has the pleasure of inform-
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.
easi.‘_s"§.iéll’£6§{éa for
Photographs & Gartes do Visits
AT WHITNEY 8? EECEWITH’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 casn. H TNEY & BE KWI
— C . TH.
Norwalk,?dh’rt, June 15. | ' ' ' '
NOTIGI.
THE Subscriber having purchased the
Hardware business, formerly 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.
THEODORE FITCH.
' ACARR
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
unseen-Imp Circular,
And Silver-Plated Ware.
’1‘HE Subscriber, while in England, recent-
] , made arrangements with the Shef-
fied annfacturers for the sale of Thomas
Harrison’s celebrated Cutlery, and has new
on exhibition and sale at his Store opposite
the Post Office, a large, and one of the most
complete assortmeuts of Sheflield Cutlery
ever offered in this Country, including Car-
ving Knives and Forks; Bread Knives;
Butter Knives; Table Knives and Forks;
Pocket Knives of every description, inclu-
ding many curious styles; Scissors, &c., 850.
Also, just received, an assortment of beau-
lilnl Silver-Plated Ware, made by a
new patented process, by the same House,
and is the first lot imported into this coun-
try. Cull and examine for yourselves.
use] issues. Seamans-
200 RUSHELS GRAY ROCK SALT
the best for pac mg or grinding,
s. E. OLMSTEAD & CO.
'NSEwalk’ ~
INSlIlllNlill Efllll'lllY,
NORWALE CONN,
Chartered Capital $500. 000
Paid up Capital $100,000
WM. 0. STREET, President.
GEO. R. COWLES, Secretary.
EDEN. HILL, Treasurer.
Norwalk, Jan 1st. 1864
INSURANGI.
THE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England 're 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
15'
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
WesternMass., Pittsfield, “ 236,424
Hampden, Springfield,“ “ 200,000
PeOple’s, Worcester, “ “ 200 000
9
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 G. White,
Graduate of the Leipzig Consmalm-y,
INSTRUCTOR IN
MM§U© AWE) @ERMIAES,
LOCKWOOD‘S BUILDING,
NOR WALK, CONN.
Mr. White can be seen at his Rooms, from
7 till 11 o’clock, A. M. .
References—the Clergy of Norwalk. 26
REMOVAL!
RS. J. E. HOYT, would respectfully
inform the public that she has Remo-
ved her MILLINERY ROOMS to Curtis’s
Building, (directly over the Store of Mr. Bat-
terson,) 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.
_ mrmmnw.
MISS PILGRIM
Has Removed
to the new Store between the Bank of Nor-
walk and the Danbury R. R. Depot. ltf
3. 1'. 321023,
Agent for the sale of
WHEELER & WILSON’S
family Sewing Machines.
Oflices—Danbury, Conn. opposite Savings‘
Bank. Norwalk, Sherwodd’s Block.
N. B —I will sell you a machine delivered
at your house ibr the same price that you
would have to pay at the Factory. Will
teach you thoroughly to use it, warrant it to
be perfect, and keep it in order for one year
free of charge. 35
Tristram dr. Go.’s
Medicated Lozenges,
0R COUGHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS,
HOARSENESS, &c. They are the
most pleasant, efiectual, and harmless reme-
dies known, affording almost instant relief
in all cases of Throat irritation, produced by
Colds, or over exercise Of the Vocal Organs,
in singing or speaking, and are peculiarly
strengthening to all troubled in any way
with weak lungs. For Sale by all Drug-
gists. 35
Business Change l
WATERBURY &. 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 toexe-
cute in the best manner, and with reater
{lispatph than ever before, anything In the
me o
Carriage Making and Blacksmith-
111g. '
Carriages made to order, and Painting,
Trimming, Repairing, &c., done by experi-
enced workmen, with dispatch.
913‘ Good Carriage timber taken in ex-
change for work.
Norwalk, Nov. 23d, ’63. “4’!
WILLIAM B. SWAN,
SADDIER & HARNESS MAKER,
ADJOINING Danbury and Norwalk R.
R. Depot, Norwalk, Conn., keeps con-
stantly on hand and will make to order eve-
ry description of
Harness,llcrse l‘urmture, Trapping:
or Clothing. Also Saddler’s Hardware and
outfits, Trunks, Yalises, Car-pet Rags, &c.
All in, wa, t of anything In hisline, will do
well to givcrliim, a call.‘ Orders for any kind
of work promptly executed. Repairing done
neatly‘and cheaply, and at short notice.
Laughing Gas
11.“ 3.!33'31‘1353.
DIS-«Kendall Gr Paddock
Extract teeth entirely without pain or injury
to the patient, by the aid of
NITROUS OXIDE GAS.
tf46
CARRIAGE MAKING.
Horse Shoeing and Black-
smithing.
LYON, BEERS & CO.
“IOULD announce to the pa .lic that
they have taken the old stand of Capt
Henry Lamb, Main street, where they are
prepared to execute a the best manner and
greatest dispatch anything in the above line.
Carriages made to order. and Horse Shoe-
ing, Painting, Trimming, Repairing, &c.,
done by experienced workmen with dis-.
atch.
IAccus'rus LYON, W. E. Beans, WM. AHEBN
Norwalk Sept. 12th 1804. p 1337
Totally Indifferent.
BY CLARA AUGUSTA.
Women are false,and what cage I,
We men are fools to waste a sigh
Upon a thing that gold can buy !
Once—long a‘go, like all the rest,
I dreamed of being loved and blest,
And nursed a furnace in my breast.
Humph l Iwas young, and she was fair,
With bronze gold eyes and amber hair,
And ripe, red lips, like strawberry rare.
She smiled on me with eyes and lips,
And let me kiss her finger tips—
And put my reason in eclipse.
One day in summer, when the trees
Were full of bird-notes and'the breeze
Was whispering love-words to the leaves,
I—well, she laughed at what I said,
And tossed her saucy golden head,
And arched her laughing mouth so red.
I left her then, and shut my heart
To fickle woman’s subtle art- .
They all will play the same false part!
I hate them all ’tis surely so i
And yet, I’d really like to know
-Who ’twas I met an hour ago !
Not that I care ! or e’en desire
To know her name 1 I’ll stir the fire—
Aud then—I guess—I’ll go inquire,
a.”
The Brave at Home.
BY '1‘. B. READ.
The maid who binds her warrior’s sash
With smile that well her pain dissembles,
The while beneath her drooping lash
One starry teardrop bangs and tremblcs,
Though Heaven alone records the tear,
And fame shall never know her story,
Her heart shall shed a drop as dear,
As ever dewcd thefisld of glory,
The wife who girds E , husband’s sword,
’Mid little ones ~ cap or wonder,
And gravely speaks ,cheeriug word,
What though her . it be rent asunder—
, Doomed nightly in her dreams toimar
The boltspf war around him rattle,
Hath shed as sacred blood as e’er
Was poured upon a field of battle.
The mother who conceals her grief, .
When to her Incest hereon she presses .
Then breathes a flaw brave words and brief
Kissing the patriot brow she blesses,
With no one buthsr secret God .
To know the Wu that weighs upon he
Sheds holy blood as o’er the sod -
Received on Freedom's field of honor.
g.-.»
From flu Evening Mt.
“God’l'm.” ' .
This little incident occurred as one of. that
Reserve Corps was marchiugtbrough Athens
Alabama : '
With banners streaming proudly in the air,
And bayonets glistening in the sun’s brigh
glow,
The brave Reserve, as free from fear old;
care
As though they were in peace parading
there, '
Through Athens onward marched to meet
the foe. =
A bright-eyed, fair-haired girl, but four years
old,
Looked on the scene, and clapped her lit.
tie bands; .
‘Papa,’ she cried, with feelings uncontrolled,
‘God made that flag, oh! see its stars of
gold !’
Then burst a ' deafening cheer from those
brave bands. '
And many a soldier felt resolved, as he
Lifted his cap the smiling child to greet,
That iflu's arm might help to victory,
He‘d fight beneath ‘God’s flag’ most willing-
13'.
Or honor, or a soldiers death to meet.
Piermont, N. Y. ‘ R. H.
«Q».
The World to Come.
This world can never give
The bliss for which we sigh ;
’Tis not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die.
Beyond this vale of tears
There is a life above
Unmeasured by the flight of years,
And all that life is love.
0‘»..—
A Suggestion for Davis.
By the Editor of the Richmond Sentinel—perhaps.
Jeff. Davis, our slaves, who their blessings
Well know,
Will be sure not to fight when we need’em
If they‘re told that good service, instead of
reward,
Will bring them the curse of their free-i
dom.
Let uslook t’other way then, and take the
free blacks,
From the sad degredation to save ’em
Put them in our armies, and if they fight well
For their highest reward, we’ll mum ’em
Bolton Advertiser.
-———o~.»o—_.
—A terrific cyclone has broken over Cal-
cutta, causing enormous destruction of prop-
erty. Of two hundred vessels in the Hoogly.
(a branch of the Ganges, nineteen are report-
ed to be totally lost, and of the remainder
twenty only are reported to be sea~worthyf
-—==-vThe fleet of the English, French and
Dutch has successfully attacked the forts of
Prince Negato in the Straits ofShimonosski.
The J apenese have sued for peace and prom-
ise to open the Straits.
«on»
Ex'rmtc'rs FROM THE SUPPLEMENTARY
REPORT ON THE CONDUCT or THE WAR—
EXAMINATION or GEN. MCCLELLAN CON-
TINUED. -
Q. Were you in the fall of 1864 a candidat
for the Presidency ?
A. I don’t remember.
Q. Did you in the fall of 1864 encourage
any person to vote for you for President 1’
A. I may have done so.
Q. Do you know whether any person vo-
ted for you for that office?
A. I don’t see it.
Q. Did you, during the period referred to,
call for larger forces ?
A. I don’t remember. I may have done
so. It would have been in acc‘ordauce with
my habits—N. Y. Irilmno.
0‘.»
WSome rich men keep cross dogs
around their houses, so that when the hun-
gry poor who stop to “ get a bite” may get
it outside the door. ' '
«Obs
WA handsome oung lady being asked
Lit‘ she ever gave a kids, replied, “ No, but I
frequently have one stolen.”
Mom Harper. ’8 Weekly.
Buying to Recruit.
The slanting afternoon sunshine drew
lines of gold across the velvet grass at
Central Park—the air just touched with
a keen soupcon of coming frosts, was full
October sweetness; and the full tide of
metropolitan fashion was rolling down
the drive, while Jervis Payne leaned
against a rustic iron chair at the junction
of two broad roads, and surveyed the
“ turn cuts” with a critical’eyo.
‘ Heigh-ho l’ sighed Mr. Payne, drear-
ily, ‘it’s rather tiresome work standing
here, and not seeing a soul one knows.—
It’s a dreadful bore not having anything
to do with ouc’s self l' I wish I was a
rope—dancer—or a policeman—or one of
those chaps in blue overalls, pegging
away at the stone wall on Fifth Avenue.
I wish— Why, hallo, Maurice Almy, this
is never yon ?” -
For a stylish little carriage with one
gentleman driving in front, and a solemn
, servant with folded arms occupying the
back seat, conjointly with a velvet-topped
crutch, had dashed close up to him with
‘ a sudden check.
‘ Whom else should it be ?, demanded
a. clear merry voice° ‘Jump up quick];
these horses aren’t feathers to hold in ;
and I feel quite conscious that two months
in bed dont make a fellow any stronger
than he was before i Are you all right?
Then here goes 1’
‘But, Almy, stammercd the astounded
Jervis, ‘ I thought you were laid up for
all winter.’ .
‘Not I ; it takes more than 'cxehsncc
bullet hole to use me up.’
‘But your foot—’
‘Oh, it is healing up all right. A little
painful yet ; and I rather imagine it will
take more than two months of practice to
convince myself that a crutch is better
than afoot. However—’ '
‘I suppose I must call you Major Almy
now,’ said Payne, lightly touching the
glittering insignia on his compuniou’s
broad shoulder. Almy's brow centrocted.
‘Major Almy, off duty for the rest of
his lifel Oh, if I were but the lowest
private in my regiment,to be able to strike
another blow for the cause I hcnor l See
here, Jervis Payne 1 what are you doing
at such a time as this? Why don’t you
' .onlist? Come! go in my vacant place l’
Jervis Payne shook his head with a
. 'Calmuess that was exquisitely irritating to
the enthusiastic young ofiiccr.
«‘We don’t look at the thing in the same
' light, Mourice.’
‘Jervis Payne, don’t give me reason to
suspect that you have joined the crew of
Copperheads l ' Remember I’m strong
enough yet to pitch you out of the cur-
. rings ?’
Payne smiled.
‘Gcntly, Almy ; we shall both have
our necks broken if you drive in that hap-
’hfizz'crd style l’ ' '
‘Then I am to suppose you care a all!
ver for the country?’ " _
‘Oh, yes ; I love my country will!
cnongh,’ yawned Psyue.‘ ‘Don’t' I pay.
my income tax, and give a to
every‘old importer that comes along with
an arm blue suit and . a mile long lie
about t a hospital ho ho! boo-Mfg“!
from? Of course I am patriotic enough,
and all that sort of thing; but that is no
reason I should go and butt my head up
against Jell'. Davis’s cannon l’
‘And you call yourself a citizen of the
American Republic?’
‘1 take that liberty.’ »
‘Aud avail yourself unblusbiugly of the
privilege of a government which you are
unwilling to uphold? “
‘Hold on there l—there are two sides
to that argument, if you please. How
very pretty Miss Aubrey looks to night,
and what a gracious smile she gave you l
They say she is uncommonly sweet on
you, Maurice—eh ?' -
‘Nouseuse l’ ejaculated Major Almy,
vexed to feel the blood mounting to his
pals cheek.
‘There l’ pursued Payne, 'she’s turned
half way round to look at that interest-
ing crutch of yours. It is a great thing
to be a wounded soldier, with plenty of
money. But, as I was saying—’
‘Yes, as you were saying-4
‘What’s the use of trcmpiug off to the
wars myself,wheu I’ve paid money enough
to hire half a dozen Irishmen to stand up
and be shot at.’
‘But we don’t want money—we want
mcu.’
‘Mecuing that you want me. No, I
thankiyou l'
‘ J erviv, I never thought you were a
coward.’
‘ Now, look here, Almy :’ exclaimed
Payne, roused at last into the semblance
of energy, ‘thut’s not fair. I am not a red
hot fanatic on the subject of war, neither
do T'preteud to be. You are one of the
5.1. dashing felllows that fairly enjoy
marching up to a line of fixed bu oucts.
{F.‘ilgl'I'tiuga is your element—you like the
‘ The fun}: repeated Almy, in a low,
grave voice, glancing down at the banda-
ged stump that lay on a cushion close to
the dash board.
‘Well, I mean, of course, the excite-
ment of the thing. It is no sacrifice for
you to turn soldier, and draw your pay in
glory, trumpet blasts from all the papers,
5 mojor’s shbulder straps, and a boquet
for your sic? room every day, with Miss
Aubrey’s card stuck into it. It is not so
disagreeable to fight for ouo’s country on
such terms as those! But I mean to say
that when it came to any act of real, dis-
agreeable self denial you wouldn’t be any
reudier than I am. As I said before, it
is a matter of personal taste. Let the
ecuntry call upon Major Maurice Almy
to saw wood or cut out army costs at a
dollar a day for its benefit, and matters
would wear altogether a difi'erent nspect!’
‘Do you think so?’ .
‘I am sure of it.’ - .
ll‘l’I should just like a fair trial—that’s
I
‘Should you ? Well, then, listen to
me,’ said Payne, with the sneering smile
that Almy particularly disliked : ‘ You
are an ingraiu aristocrat, Maurice Almy,
with fastidious tastes "that a thousand
years of soldier life would'only tend to
deepen. Don’t shake your bead—I know
you better than you know yourself. Now
I am willing to make a bargain with you.’
‘State your terms.’ .
‘Do you know old Rscburu, the shoe-
maker ?’
‘Do I know him? No, I believe I
have not the pleasure of, o p°rsou|l ac-
quaintance ; but I know whom you mean
—-an old Jew of a fellow whom the ladies
rather like to patronize, iii—street !’
‘ Old Raebnru is very much in want of
a clerk in his store, to sell shoe strings,
count the cash, and keep his accounts,
besides doing any other dirty work that
comes nppcrmost.’
‘Is he ? What the mischief is that to
me ?’
‘Just this. If you will take the position
and fulfill its duties just for one day-J
‘Me! In Isaac Raeburn’s store !'
‘I will enlist the next day,’ pursued
Payne, with a smile that betokened how
little probability he saw his proposal be-
ing for an instant entertained. Now we
shall see whether Major Maurice Almy
aeagly loves his country any better than I
0 I
‘You are in earnest,’ asked Almy, turn-
ing round so as to look fall into his com-
panion’s sarcastic eye.
‘Of course I am.’
'Well, then, agreed l When do my
duties commence ?’ -
‘N at just yet, of course—your feet—’
‘Oh, hang my foot l Say next week?’
‘Yes; but mind you this is a secret be-
tween us. You go in as Raobnrn’s bona
fide clerk, not as a knight of romance,
fulfilling some rash vow.’
‘All right ; I’ll be as silent as the
grave! . -‘ '
‘You’ll never screw up courage to face
your fashionable acquaintance behind old
Rscburn’s counter. It’s a capital joke
now, but it will lose its point when the
time comes. I am quite safe.’
Almy laughed and touched up his horses
as they dashed in Bloomingdale Road.
‘ Mind,’ ejaculated Payne, as be dis.
mounted from the carriage, ‘it is to be a
whole day.’ ‘ .
‘Two, if you like.’
‘No, one will be sufficient ; I merely
wish to test the point.’ And he walked
away mentally chuckling to think how
he had cornered the haughty young ofii-
cor, whose moustache and horses were the
best ‘gotteu up’ in Central Park.
‘Maurice, what on earth have you been
doing to yourself ? Where’s your uni—
form ? Why do you wear that absurd
old gray suit?’
Mary Almy held up both hands in dis—
may, Maurice himself was scarcely less
disconcerted ; he had not reckoned on this
recounter.
‘My dear Polly, I thought you were
safely packed ofi’ for three weeks in Al—
bany 1’
‘But I had to-come back for my reti-
cule. . There’s no hurry ; I shunt miss
the train. Seriously, Maurice, what is
the meaning of this masquerade 1’
‘Only one of my idiosyncrasies, as Our-
rie Dewey used to say. Poor little Carrie!
I wonder what has become of herl I
think she was the prettiest little creature
I ever saw.’
F' Mary Almy’s face grew grave ; she
had hoped her brother had forgotten the
boy and girl attachment of four years
toga, broken oll‘ abruptly by the worldly
wise guardians, who thought that Carrie
Dewey’s blue eyes were scarcely an equiv.
alent for the wealth of the Almys.
‘Nousvnsc, Maurice! Why, Parker
will be ashamed to you drive ontl’
‘I should be sorry to hurt Parker’s del-
icate feelings ; but fortunately I am not
going to order the carriage ; I shall take
an omnibus.’
‘With your foot l’
Maurice put his hand caressing on his
sister’s arm-
‘Polly, how many of the wounded men
in our regiment do you suppose keep a
carriage? And yet they contrive to ex-
ist very comfortably.’
Mary made a little grimace; but she
remembered the railroad time table, and
hurried down stairs, greatly to her broth-
er’s relief.
‘Major Almy a clerk in Raebnrn’s
store! I don’t believe a word of it 1’
Miss Edith Aubrey gave the plume on
her velvet but a little contemptuous toss '
‘But I tell you, my dear, I saw him
there,‘ said Mrs. Melville, delighted at
having come into possession of such an
invaluable morsel of gossip, ‘selliug a box
of corn plaster to old Dr. Jefi‘reys. You
may depend upon it their fine fortune has
blown up—how true it is that riches have
wings 1 After all Mary Almy’s airs and
graces, to think of her brother in a shoe
store 1’
\ ‘But isn’t be entitled to some .sort of
pension ?’
‘My dear, the Almys are just the kind
of people to refuse any such trifling help
from Government, and rely entirely on
their own exertions. As proud as Luci-
fer, you kuow. Ah, me l—the changes
in this world i Wouldn’t you like to go
round there, Edith? I left my glove on
purpose.’
Maurice Almy was secretly consulting
his watch, and marvelling at the slow
motion of its hour hand, when Mr. Rae-
buru’s shrill, cracked voice summoned
him with a comical air of authority.
‘Young man, young man, I say i you’ll
never learn the shoe trade correct if you
stand dawdlin' there. Just look on the
shelf under the counter, and give me a pair
of them N o. 8 calf skins ?’
Maurice stooped with some difficulty,
laughing mentally at his own vexation as
he did so. The next moment he started
nervously as Miss Anbrey’s low voice, on
the other side of the counter, reached his
ear. ‘
‘Of course there never was anything
more than a flirtation between us. Fun-
cy me being tied for life to a poor soldier
with one foot l’
‘Well,’ responded Mrs. Melville, ‘ you
know people will talk, and—’ She stop-
ped abruptly, and touched her compan-
iun’s elbow. “ There he is l—do you sup-
pose he heard us, Edith?’
Miss Aubrey’s checks were like scarlet
as she acknowledged Almy’s bow with
the least possible nod.
‘ I left a glove here, I believe,’ began
ers. Melville. ‘ Oh, thank you ; that’s
al l’
And the two ladies best rather an
ignominious retreat, while Maurice looked
after them with a curious smile.
‘ Please, Sir, mummy wants a pair 0’
leather shoe strings. How much be
they?’ asked a rugged elf whose eyes
were just one level with the counter.
Maurice turned the box of leather
strings dubiously this way and that.
fl ‘1’in cents ; I believe they are marked!
‘ Oh dear !’ lamented the little one,
‘aud'I ain’t got but four 1’
‘Never mind—its all right,’ returned
the clerk, absently, tossing the little pa.
r parcel across the counter.
‘ All right i It’s all wrong, I say 1'
cracked ' Raeburu, turning livid with
wrath, as he scrambled out of his high
desk, just in time to see the tagged cali-
co skirts disappearing down the street.
‘ Why didn’t you send her home for t’oth-
er penny? What d’ye mean by sellin’ our
first class articles under price ?'
‘ Really, Sir,’ said Almy, coloring, ‘I
didn't suppose it was of so much import-
auce.’
‘ Dear me, dear me. !’ groaned the old
man; ‘you’ll never an swer my purpose
in the world. I took you in just to ob-
lige Mr. Payne, and onto’ charity—’tisn’t
every man who would employ .c clerk
who has to go on a crutch—and this is
the way you scatter my money. Now, I
jestgive you fair warnin’ ; you’ve got to
toe the mark a little straighter if—’
He broke off and shuffled smilingly
down the store to attend a customer,
while Maurice Almy checked a strong
impulse to resign his post by a still
stronger recollection of the recruit he
was purchasing.
‘Not twevle yet ! Will the day never
come to an end ?’ he pondered, slowly
obeying the imperious gestures of his em-
ployer, and, advanced to meet a pale-
looking girl in a shabby black dress, who
crept meekly up to the counter.
‘ Are my shoes mended yet?’ she
asked without looking up. ‘ The name
was Dewey.’
‘ Carrie l’ _ '
She started with a wild, frightened
glance.
‘ Mr. Almy l'
The ubiquitous Raeburn pushed for-
ward a pair of worn little guitars, em-
bellished with a black leather patch on
the side.
‘ Fifteen cents.’ was his brief commen-
tary. .
Maurice took up the quarter which
Carrie laid down, and his cheek flushed
as he laid it in the money drawer, and
returned a dingy ten cent stamp.
‘ Don’t go yet, Currie,’ he pleaded,
inwardly execratiug the fate that kept
him a prisoner in the dark little store.-—.—
‘ Tell me where you are and what you
are doing.’ ‘= '
‘ I live in W—L- Street’ said Carrie,
venturing to lift her blue eyes to Man-
rice’s face. ‘ And am coloring photo-
graphs. And you?’
‘ As you see,’ he returned,
clerk in a shoe store."
She paused and hcéitated a moment ;
then spoke in a hurried, embarrassed
tone as her eye rested on his worn coat
and pallid features.
' Oh, Maurice l’ she said ; ‘ you don’t
like to tell me all, but I see it neverthe-
less. You are lame, and look sick, and
I am afraid you are in want. We read
in the paper about how you were woun-
ded. but we never thought you could be
poor. We are very poor, too, but I
have a little money laid up. Oh, Man-
rice! if you would only take it for the
sake of old times. Indeed,indeed I don’t
want it.’ '
Maurice felt a choking sensation in
his throat as he looked into the shy,
lovely face, flushed with its pitying earn-
estness of appeal'
‘No, you dear little Fairy Bountiful,’
he said trying to speak lightly, ‘ I don’t
want your hard earned money ; but I
may want something else one of these
days.’
‘ What, Maurice ?’
‘ Can’t you guess?’
She turned away with a fresh glow on
her cheek, and tripped out of the store,
holding the wOrn little gaiters tightly un-
der her shawl, while Maurice found it
harder than ever to sell shoe-strings,
rubber sandals, and cork soles :0 his
master’s satisfaction.
At length the long, long, weary day
darkened into night, and Mr. Raeburn,
whose monthly gas bills were sharper to
his soul than a serpent’s tooth, prepared
to close his establishment. ,
Maurice Almy was counting upgthc
day’s receipts, “lvith his employers sharp
face close to his shoulder, when Jarvis
Payne came in. '
‘ Well old fellow l’ was his greeting.
‘ Well, Payne. Thirty-seven dollars,
seven and Sixpence, Sir.’
‘ Yes, all right, young man.
here early in the morning?’
‘ He won’t return, Mr. Raeburn,’ said
Payne. ‘ I’m much obliged to you for
giving him the day’s trial, but I hardly
think you’ll suit each other.” ,,
Mr. Raeburn stared as the two young
men left the store. It was a problem
beyond his powers of solution.
‘ Almy,’ ejaculated Payne, as they
passed into the cheerful glare of Broad-
way, you’ve got more back bone than I_
had any idea Of.’
‘ Thank you,’ returned Almy dryly.
‘ 1 give up. I confess myself fairly
defeated. I’ll enlist tomorrow morning.
Tell me, though, wasn’t it a hard day’s
work ?’~
‘Rather ; but I have done harder.’
‘ You have gained your recruit, old fcl-
low,’ said Payne, with rather a dolorous
accent.
‘ I have gained something else too.’
‘ What, pray?’
‘_Never mind just now. Perhaps I’ll
tell you one of these days. Jervis Paync.’
he added, with singular emphasis, ‘you
have done me the greatest favor I ever
received in my life through this odd
freak of yours.‘
‘ Well, it was an odd idea,’ owned
Payne, frankly. ‘ I never supposed you’d
have the nerve and resolution to carry it
through. How you have set the wo-
men’s tongues wagging. to be sure i—
Edith Aubrey is going round from place
to place telling people that there never
was any engagement between you,’
‘ She is quite right; and she might
add that there never will be l’ said Almy
compressing his lips, while in his eye
there sparkled a depth of quiet scorn
that Payne had never seen.
‘ Won't she start, though to-morrow,
‘Iama
You’llbe
. when she sees you driving in Central
Park, with old Parker sitting up behind
stiffer than a ramrod l’ exclaimed Payne
bursting into a laugh. ‘ I’d give a nice
little sum to see her face.’
People had not got through marveling
at the unaccountable enlistment of J ill"
tvis Payne when the sudden marriage of
' Butler,
Major Almy supplied them with fresh
material for wonder. And when Pri-
vate Payne just come in from picket du-
ty among the piny solitude of a lonely
mountain camp, received a long letter
containing the wedding-cards of Maurice
Almy and Carrie Dewey, be guessed
shrewdly at the something else which
Maurice had gained on the eventful day
when he bought his recruit.
«O
Iii-om the Jersey 0513/ Tim“.
Great Railroad Disaster.
We have to record the most extensive
and fatal casuality ever known in this
country. Yesterday [Nov. 8.] morning
at an early hour a very large train left
Orange, N. J ., en route for the White
House, Washington, D. C., under the
charge of chief engineer George B. Mc-
Clellan. It was expected to make the
trip through in twelve hours. The train
was very heavily laden with merchandise
shipped by a New York Jew house, Au-
gust Belmont agent. All the copper-
heads iu the country were passengers,
besides a few innocent people who had
been deluded into taking an excursion
trip by the offer of dead-head tickets.
’Horatio Seymour of New York was the
conductor, assisted by Franklin Pierce
C. L. Vallandigh‘am and Joel Parker.—
Bcu. Wood was-appointed to ”hold all
the money received for fares and wore a
hat band marked conspicuously 4-11-44.
For convenience and comfort the passen-
gers were classified in the cars ; the fo-
gies under the charge of Roberto. Win-
throp and Millard Fillmore ; the short
boys under John Van Buren and Capt.
Rynders, the mountebanks and minstrels
led by Jack Rodgers and Marble, editor
of the World, and the clergyman mar-
shalled by the Very Reverend: C Chaun-
cey Barr and H. J. Van Dyke. There
were several cars that were intended to
be attached to the train that did not
make the connection—one from Canada,
with George N. Sanders conductor, and
a roomy one from New York, filled. with
Governor Seymour’s ‘friends,’ were both
detained by the unwarrantabls iutsfer-
cues of a man named Benjamin F.
who came to New York last
week to ‘stop a spell.’ The cars were
gorgeously decorated with such elegant
mottoes as the following : ‘ Butter Ins
riz.’ ‘ Abe Lincoln is a gorilla,’ ‘ Little
Mike’s the b’y be jabers,’ ‘ Niggers for
slaves, Irishmen for our masters,’ ‘We
are coming brother J efi‘,’.‘ Let us change
our base,’ ‘ Here’s your spaniels for you
Massa Duvis.’ They moved out of the
Orange depot gaily, to the tune of Dixie,
though the engineer hesitated, wheuzthe
final moment of departure came, about
stepping on the platform, and was. at
last only got on board by a littbe expe-
dient of Fernando Wood, who pulled
him into the train backwards by his coat
tail. Engineer McClellan was dressed
in the full rig of a Major General, for
which his Uncle Sam paid. He was
very nervous, and remarked that : he
should prefer a gunboatno a ride on such
a locomotive. This engine was a, new
one, built at Chicago last August, but
on a plan designed- by Benedict Arnold,
and subsequently improved by Aaron
Barr and John C. Calhoun. It was
built to the order of Jeff. Davis and
bore the engaging 'name of ‘Cessction,’
which was adopted as a. slight change
from the original designation ‘ Secession.
It occasioned a good deal of remark that
hardly any soldier took passage on the
train. There were some men named
Grant, Sheridan, Sherman, Hooker and
Dix around, who very ungeuerously ex'
pressed doubts as to the safety of the
track and the ability of the engineer, and
it is supposed this prejudiced the ‘ blue
coat’ boys. Besides 'this the conductor
of the train refused to have an American
flag on the engine, and the soldiers have
a stubborn feeling of prejudice on that
subject. Notwithstanding these slight
drawbacks, the train moved 00" with the
good wishes and cheers of all the rebel
soldiers in Lee’s army, all the British
aristocrats, the pirate Semmes and his
friends. From all that can be learned
from the incoherent talk of the few survi-
vors of the sad catastrophe it appears
that there was trouble from the very
start. The engineer and his fireman
Peudleton quarreled all the trip, about
the method of firing up, and the conduc-
tors and the fare taker were constantly
giving contradictory orders to the brake-
man, and nervous conservative old-gen-
tlemen pulled frantically at the bellrope,
giving engineer McClellan no end of
trouble. Just how the accident hap-
pened no one can tell now, but certain it
is, that before the train got half. way
through there was a shocking smash up.
The locomotive exploded, the cars were
all piled up in fragments, the track torn
up and such a multitude of passengers
fatally injured that it is doubtful if-their
names can ever be ascertained. Some
assert that an old Illinois joker, famil-
iarly called Old Abe, caused the disaster
by puttiuga rail on the track; others,
that the fireman Pendleton let toomuch '
water out of the peace tank upon the
fire in McClellan’s boiler; others, that
Vollandigham ran the the train of, the
track by dropping an ‘,O. A. K.‘ stick of
timber under the wheels ; still others,
that the engineer was frightened by sud-
denly discovering ‘ a nigger in his wood
pile on the tender,’ and overturned the
engine by attempting to ‘chcnge his
base’ too suddenly. Whatever the cause
there is no doubt of the complete wreck
of the whole train, and the and fate of
the excursiouists. There are but slight
fragments of the more distinguished per-
sons that are reconizable. Ben Wood
is missing altogether, except his 4—11—44
badge, Fernando was recognized by a
c0py of the statute of limitations in his
trousers pockets; Horatio Seymour and
Vallandigham were found lockol'fut in
each other’s arms and crushed under the
weight of certain ‘ dry goods boxes’ that
contained bogus soldiers‘ votes ; Gov.
Parker was badly bruised and lost his
eyesight, so that he ‘ can’t see it’ any
more ; Pendleton was pitched headlong
intoa nasty ditch filled with secession
mud, which choked him,‘aud as for the
engineer, he was blown so much higher
than Gilderoy’s kite and was so minutely
pulverized that there is no ocular proof
that any such man ever existed. The
funeral of these excursionists wi very
soon, be attended-in Richmond, 0., by
Jeff. Davis and all his cabinet, and it is
currently reported that U. S. Gr: It may
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