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NORWALK GAZETTE.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
A.B.BYINGTON & CO.
A. H. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLS, G. N. ELLs.
Advertising Rate‘l.
One Square, one insertion, $1 00
“ two insertions, 1 25
“ three insertions, 1 50
“ one month, 1 75
“ two months, 3 00
" three months, 4 00
“ six months, 7 00
.. one year—with paper , 15 00
Two Squares, one year—with paper, 25 00
Each additional Square, per year, 8 00
One half column, one year, 40 00
One Column, one year, 75 00
Fifteen lines, or 100 words,make a square. Fraction-
_ alparts of a square charged for as a whole.
(car y advertisements payable lst of January 83.1 nly.
1 early advertisers restricted to the business contem-
lated at the time of contract.
fig] These terms will be inflexibly adhered to._§1
5 4?.
BUSINESS EFFECT“?
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Norwalk Post Ofice.
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.
3* ' sums DUE.
W est 9.10 A. III—6.00 P. M.
East.8.20 A. M.—3.30 P. M.
Danbury 85 N orwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMS'I‘EAD, r. u.
D. PRITCHAR D, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Dr.'..:l,_.1f0WI.ER Briton,
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence Levi Clark‘s opposite‘the Congre-
gational Church. Office at the Drug Store
of » E. Blackmau, No. 11 Main Street, Nor-
walk. 32
:nr. 3. s. mount,
Has resumed the practice Of Medicine
_ ahd offers his professional services to
the public.‘ 4
Office at the residence. of Mr. Cole,
Opposite the Methodist Church, South
Norwalk.
Ofiice hours, 12 ill to 2 P. M., and 7 to
8 P. M. tf44
Howard E. Smith 6!. 00.,
Dealers in ,
China, Glass, Earthen, Wooden
And Tin Ware,
wanna cumnx,
Kerosene Oil and ill-amps.
4 Phoenix Block, Norwalk, Con n.
JAMES G. BABBOUR,
SURGICAL AND menswear.
‘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.
. E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
(J- ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
_ c. s. nocnwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and '
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMF ORIUM I
- Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
S. E. OLMSTEAD 6!. CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Peed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main-st, N orwalk, Conn.
ETNL' 'Iusuaaucr. comramv,
Of Kartford.
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.
DENTAL CARD.
AN impression having gone abroad that
the undersigned has relinquished his
profession, this is to inform his friends and
1..c public that be still continues the practice
0. his profession at his oil 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
I mud in attendance at the Office, ready and
Willing to serve all that may call.
A. HILL, D. D. S.
A. JACKSON at 330.
No. l Gazette Building.
WOULD respectfully announce to the-
public and their 0.1.d. customers that
thug h ye recently made extensive additiOns
to ten stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to nfl‘er an assortment not to be surpassed
iu Fmrficld County, in quality or price. We
ould call partio ar attention to Our stock of
glitches which 18 lar er than eyer before.—
e have a line lot of 30,163: SWISS Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$7 , which we can recommend as bein cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentleman’s atch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
8? to $-00. We buy of the best Importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our faci. ties for selling cheap could not be
greater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
latent Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
are Insulifaouued. A JACKSON & BRO-
dioceses Cheaper than ever
ran cas n1
" ‘HE subscriber would inform the ublic
.I. generall , that he still continues 1;}; sell
the best of roccries, 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
wq .d invue the SpeCial attention of all to his
3th 3f
0 FFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
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.
I HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortmentof
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.
Ululertaking,
I have on hand a large assortment of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-
thing necessary lor 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.
44
Norwalk, Sept. 1st, 1863.
E. nuns-ram: a. soars,
CABINET MAKERS, ac
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 oflered 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 oncs made
over as good as new.
UN DERTAKING,
We keep on hand a very large assortment of
Cofins of every description, fui’nish 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 extra chaage.
E. QUINTARD & SONS.
Norwalk, March 15th 1862.
srovns,nmrnns,amens,
VER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes of
Cooking Stoves and Ranges; over thir~
ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and Office
Stoves, not excelled in beauty of design, per-
fection of operation, or variet ,by any Stove
in the State. Manufactures ' ‘in, Sheet, Iron
and Copper Wares, deals in, Ja pan, Brittan-
ia, Crockery, 'Wooden, and ilver 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.
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 Hammcr’s Champagne
Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2
N otrce.
‘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.
_—_. .1- 1 .___._1 _ ,.
Gash System adopted for
Photographs ll. Caries de 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 increase our prices, or adopt
the Cash system. We choose the latter, as it
will alike benefit the customer and suit us.
Hereafter, wheu a proof is accepted, the
order for prints must e accompanied with
the CASH. .
WHITNEY &. BECK WITH.
Norwalk, Conn., June 15.
NOTICE.
HE 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.
A CARD,
FIE 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 1patronage to his successor, Mr. Theo-
dore itch.
EDWIN V. A. CHICHESTER.
Norwalk, Dec. 15th, 1863. 51
IMPORTED CUTLERY,
And Silver-Plated Ware. .
THE SUDSCIIUBI‘, while in England, recent-
fi', made arrangements With the Shef-
fied anufacturers for the sale of Thomas
Harrison’s celebrated Cutlery, and has now
on exhibition and sale at his Store opposite
the Post Office, a large, and one of ,the most
complete assortments of Shefl‘ield Cutlery
ever offered in this Country, including Car-
ving Knives and Forks; Bread Knives;
Butter Knives; Table Knives and Forks;
Pocket Knives or every description, inclu-
ding many curious styles; Scissors, &c., &c.
Also, just received, an assortment of beau-
tilul Silver-Plated Wave, 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.
G. 8“}. M. Holmes,
NORWALK CONN. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER29. 1864. ;
VOLUME XLVII--NUMBER :48.
' Norwalk~
llSl‘llllllll Efllllllll.
NORWAI-E CONN,
Chartered Capital $500000
Paid up Capital $100,000
WM. 0. STREET, President.
GEO. R. Cowms, Secretary.
EuEN. HILL, Treasurer.
Norwalk, Jan 1st. 1864
INSURANCE.
THE subscriber having taken the agency
of the New England Fire and Manna In-
surance Co. of Hartford, is prepared to wants
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 estabhshed
with a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for N orwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, Feb. 1st, 1861. tf5
Assets over $23,000,000.
GEO. R. COWLES,
S AGENT at Norwalk, and issues Policies
for the following INSURANCE COMPANIES.
1!
Home, of N. Y., Assets J an. 1, ’64 $3,286,270
Etna, of Hartford, “ “ 3,128,820 ‘
Phoenix, of N.Y., “ “ 722,219
Home, of N. H., “ “ 500,000
Norwich, “ “ 390,501
Lamar, N. Y., “ “ 389,375
North American, Ht’d“ “ 384,010
City of New Haven, " “ 330,419
Merchants, Hartford, “ “ 301,443
Western Mass, Pittsfield, “ 236,424
Hampden, Springfield,“ “ 200,000
It “
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. Cluw.
William C. White, ‘
Graduate Of the Leipzig Conservatory,
INSTRUCTOR IN
MMSHCC AISLE) @EERMEM,
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
unmovanr
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-
tersou,) ain Sb, 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.
31111110332.
MISS PILGRIM
.__., .Jias Removed
to the new Store between the Bank Of Nor-
walk and the Daubury R. R. Depot. ltf
‘n. r. nxnnn,
Agent for the sale of
WHEELER & WILSON‘S
family Sewing Machines.
Ofices—Danbury, Conn., opposite Savings’
Bank. Norwalk, Sherwood’s Block.
N. B.-—I will sell you a machine delivered
at your house for the same rice that you
would have to pay at the actory. 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 6L Co,’s
Medicated Lozenges,
4 OR 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 1
WATERBURY & DUNCAN,
‘V OULD announce to the public that
they have purchased the Carriage Ma-
king Business formerly conducted by Mr.
Edson Beers, and connected it with their
Blacksmith Shop, making one complete es-
tablishmeut. They are now prepared to exe-
cute in the best manner, and with greater
pispatich than ever before, anything in the
me o
Carriage Maklng and Blacksmith-
Ing-
Carriages made to order, and Painting,
Trimming Repairing, &c., done by experi-
enced workmen, with dispatch.
[13“ Good Carriage timber taken in ex-
change for work.
Norwalk, Nov. 23d, ’63. ti47
WILLIAM B. SWAN,
SADDLER dz HARNESS MAKER,
. ADJOINING Danbury and Norwalk R.
R. Depot, Norwalk, Conn., keeps cou-
stautly on hand and will make to order eve-
ry description of .
Harness,llcrse l‘urniture,'1'rappings
or Clothing. Also Saddler’s Hardware and
outfits, Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bags, «Inc.
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 unions-121.3.
Drs. Kendall dz Paddock
Extract teeth entirely without pain or injury
to the patient, by the aid of
NI TRO US OXIDE GAS.
tf46
CARRIAGE MAKING.
Horse Shoeing and Black-
smithing.
' LYON, BEERS & CO,
‘VOULD announce to the nu lie that
they have taken the old stand of Capt
Henry Lamb, Main street, where they are
prepared to execute .n the best manner and
greatest dispatch anything in the above line.
Carriages made to order. and Horse Shoe-
From the Transcript.
No.
His was a heart so true and strong,
So wise in all but human wrong,
So fit for woman’s'trust;
That when she spoke the fatal “No‘”
It smote him with a weight of woe
That crushed hint to the dust.
The why, we never kuew,-still less
Could hazard a presumptive guess,
So reticent is pain ,
We only know she could not take
The hand he offered by mistake,
Or offered but in vain.
And all men noted from that day .
He moved as in a blinded way,
Helpless without a plan;
Ah, what miraculous change of state
One simple syllable can create
Within the heart of man.
And she lived cvermore apart,
Nor gave to any man her heart,
Until the day she died,
When, to the friends around her bed,
She breathed his name and smiled and said.
“Bury me by his side.”
a.»
Mom the Boatswain’s Whistle.
By the Sea.
BY GAIL HAMILTON.
O, saucy, sparkliugsea,
Curling along the strand,
Flashing your foam out in snowy curves,
To cutrap me where I stand ;
Dancing in maiden mirth '
Up to the gray old beach,
Gliding away when he woos you to stay
Forever beyond his reach.
I know you, saucy sea,
I hear what you do not say
I have learned the secret that fills your heart
And laughs in your wild waves’ play,
There iS—one-who is coming home";
You have seen his white sails gleam ;
You stayed your mad flight to listen last
night
For the name that he breathed in his
dream
0, beautiful, purple sea,
I forgive yon—but will he come ?
Oh, mock at the mermaids, Oh, jeer at the
sands,
But happily bring him home.
I could think it was grief, not joy,
Such a fever burns invmy breast,
With the evening star comes my love from.
afar,
And lo l the sun sinks in the west!
«0»
Good Counsel from ArehblshOp
Purcell.
—now THE nuance TREAT misum.
The following noble letter from the Ro-
man Catholic Archbishop of Cincinnati ap-
pears in the Catholic Tekgraph of that city ;_
its counsels are patriotic and wise:
“ The President of the United States and
the Governor of the state of Ohio having, in
conformity with a most proper and time-hen-
ored practice, appointed the fourth Thursday
of November as a day of devout thanksgiv-
ing to the Almighty God for‘His mercies; of
humiliation for our sins; and of supplication
for peace: we hereby ordain that the Catho-
exhortcd by their pastors to meet in their re
spective churches on the day above specified,
and assist in becoming sentiments of grati-
tude, penitence and prayer, at the great Eu-
charistic, expiatory and impetratory Sacrifl cc
of the New Law. '
ed us to hear that certain rash, irreverent and
thOughtless men of our communion have de-
nounced and cursed the government, the ad'
ministration and their abettors. Now God
commands us to bless and curse not. And
when bad men cursed the supporters of the
government, did they not reflect that they
cursed the more than hundreds of thousands
of Catholic voters, and Catholic soldiers of
the field? Did they not reflect that its
downfall would be hailed with aeclamation
by our own hereditary oppressors across the
ocean? Did they not reflect that if political
salvation is ever to reach a far distant and
beloved island, it must come to it from these
United States which they would sever?
“ There is no justifying cause or reason to
curse the government of the administration.
They did not commence this war. They
could scarcely bring themselves to believe
that it was seriously commenced, even when
forts had fallen and the blood of our people
was shed by the hands of the South, And
when force had to be repelled by force, when
armies had to be raised, and, therefore, troops
to be drafted to raise the blockade of our riv-
er and stem the tide of aggression, what
more did our government do than was done
in the South? Where in the North was the
draft, the conscription, enforced as ruthlessly
and as indiscriminately as in the South f—
Where was the citizen‘s property confisca-
ted, without eompeusation, for the alleged
use of the government, as it was in the South?
We have conversed with Irish Catholic refu-
gees from Georgia, from Arkansas, from Al-
abama and other southern states, and we
know how they were stripped oftheir mou-
ey and their clothes, and cast into prison
when they refused to go into the ranks of the
Confederate army. Many an Irish laborer
told us in the, hospitals. here and elsewhere
that when the war broke out in the South
and the public works were suspended, they
were either violently conscripted, or had to
enlist, or starve.
“We do not adduce these facts to excite
unkind feelings against the South, but to put
to shame the journalists of the North, espec—
ially the Freeman‘s Journal and 1(9th
Record of New York, who instigated our too
confining people to evil words and deeds,
and the people themselves who patronized
such journalists and were duped and deceiv-
ed by their maliguity.
-‘ It is time, therfore, now that the election
is past, that all should return to their sober
second thought, and that we should rally
round the constituted authorities, the ‘ pow-
ers‘ which the apostle commands us to obey,
and thus presenting an undivided front to
the enemy, reestablish the Union, without
which there can be no panacea, present or
prospective, for the ills we suffer. The South
thus beholdiug us of one mind, will we de.
voutedly, trust, hasten to make peace, and
. . “-4 JOSEPH SHE , in Paintiu Trimmin , Re airiu &c.
ah£pdagfiqutherygy£fist quality, aéid wii} 6] USHELS GRAY R PHERfL dogiic by expfirlenced wgrkmeii) wilgh' dis-
. . 1c are mvrte toea B - OCK S T atch.
and examine and Judge for themselves. 200 the best for packing or grinding, KUGUSTUS LYON, W. E. BEERS, Wu. ARERN.
A. MOREHOUSE. l S. E. OLMSTEAD a co. Norwalk Sept. 12th 1864. Iyar
“11;... . . . .. , __..___ "Tr-”i 3"” ‘ a“ - r If“ :3 3"?” ': :
. “whqflwpyeayiy .an-‘l-mnfi; . v . Aw... Y.,.
A,
Lwe, on our side, will show that we are ready
lic congregations of this diocese be earnestly g
* * * “ We confess that it has greatly pain}
our army who defend that government in-
I
THE DUTY or SUSTAINING Tun aovnnunuu'r '
and willing to make greater sacrifices for
peace and union with them than ever we
made for war. . ,
,“The reverend clergy. will please recite
beloved fleck, before mass, repeating. three
times the two prayers for peace and the
prayer ‘0 God, who by sin art offended,
and by repentance pacified,’&c. .
' JoHNEPUncnm,
“Archbishop of Cincinnatti.
‘fClneiunati, .18th-N ovember.”
THE DIAMOND BRACELETS.
A TRUE STORY.
The evening of the 15th of February,
Giovanna’ was to. be performed - at ,the'
announced for one night, even at the ope-
ra house of Paris, or in’the greotopera of
‘D'Ou Giovanna.’ Yet‘ it was not “the
names of the artists that must attracted
the attention as one road the billseuobler
uud more celebratednsmes caught the
eye. They were those of the reigning
king and queen—Louis Phillips” and
Marie Amelia. The aficfia announced
that they would honor the. opera "with
' their presence on that evening, They
had been but a short time restored to
their native land, and this was'their first
appearance at the opera since the " three
daya’ofJuly'b'od'placod than {on the
titlil‘fllléi for this reasouas many Orleans
ists as-could obtain tickets had secured
them for the opera of the 15th of Feb.
'to hear ‘ Don GiOvauni’ and to see their
king and queen. . _ _
About Six o’clock . (for be it Equipm-
' betas-lire. Paris. Opera did not-:bssin 9t
‘ the. present London hours) carriageswere
to baboon conveying their gaily . .dmséd‘
occupants to the classic building. An
uuuSuully baudSOme equipa'ge" stood: St
the doo'rofh large houso'iu'Ruej dos Ely-
sees, evidently for the purpom'of taking
some fashionable to .the. opera. This
carriage and house belonged to the Bar-
on de V—, who was just then standing
at the bottom of the habit staircase in—
side the'mausion, calling playfully . to his
wife, and telling her that the carriage
was waiting. _
. »‘ I’m coming, I’m coming,’ was the au-
swer to this appeal; ‘ don’t be in such a
hurry vl’
As the last piece of advice was prof--
fered, the speaker appeared at the top 0
the stairs. ‘
She was a dork beauty-bf about one
”white. She came fluttering downstairs,
chattering meanwhile to her. headache
husband, who stood looking admiringly
at her.
‘ Now I’m quite ready, so please don’t
scold. I’ve only got‘my bracelets to put
on, and those I want you to clasp for me.
Here’sthe case, if you’ll take them out
and here’s my wrist. Now suppose I
were to loose them in the crowd, what
would our good mother say ? .
A smile was the only answer the baron
vohcb'safed; as he took the bracelets Out
of their case, and. clasped them on the
fairjwhite arm of his bride. .
They were very costly, being such com-
posed of three rows of valuable, table -
diamonds, whilst inpther'ceutro”'0f either
glittered a spray of heart case, artistical-
ly formed, of smaller diamonds. The
bracelets were rendered more precious to
their possessors by the fact of their hav-
ing been in the De V— family for
three generations. They by right belong-
ing to the dowuger barouue, but she had
insisted on giving them to her son for
his bride, who, therefore, wore them on
such occasions as the one we are describ—
ing. - .5. . '
The Baron and booths 'de V
stepped into their carriage, and in a few
minutes were entering their box at the
opera. . The house was already full, sl—
thougb it wanted 15 minutes to the time
announced for the overture to begin.——_
At length the bombers of the orchestra
took their places. and the peculiar. .sub—
dued sound of tuning stringed instruments
was-heard. Still the rays! box was
empty, and all eyes were turned towards
it in eager'expectatiou'. In another. mo-
ment applause burst from pit, andgs‘llery
and the entire bongo, as Louis Pkillippo
aud'Queeu Marie Amelie, attendedby a
large suite of officers and ladies and gen-
tlemen of the court, appeared. The
king and queen§bowed graciously in re—
turn for the homage paid them, and took
their seats, at which the ,company did
the same, and the overture commenced.
The queen looked unusually happy,
and seemed to take a lively in-
terest in all around her. She not only
gazed at the stage, but the boxes also
cums in for a share of her penetrating ob-
sorvstion.
Suddenly she bent slightly forward
and looked in the direction of the box
that contained the lovely young Baron-
ne de Y The latter. was leaning
forward, her right hand raised, a finger
of which touched one of her dimpled
cheeks and deeply interested in the fate
of ‘Dou Giovanni,’ and quite obsorbcd
in the beautiful music. '
Her husband had noticed the queen’s
observed his wife. and when ‘ the queen
turned away he laughiugly told her 90f
it.
‘ Nouse’nae,’ cried the bride, ‘don’t fon-
cy such absurdities)
the Litany of .theSaiuts, in union. with their .
183-14, was a gala night ,iulPxoris. 1" Don"
opera by an assemblagerof talent rarely,
and twenty and m dressed purely in ‘
gesture, and was uviare that she had
. Then-nth of what her husband had
suid,‘ho'wever, soon forced itself On her
dressed in tho'samc unifOrm as those at—
tending-the royal'party drew hack the
forward Said‘ roach. means. but her
majesty’s admiratiougaud carieslty has
bseu:so_ roused by the. sight oftbo, beauti-
ful bracelets you wear,.rthat ,she has com?
missioued inc to come and request you to
spare me'one fora few‘ moments for her
clo'serinspectidn.’ ' The pretty .baroune
blushed, lookedulup to her huoband. for
his approval, then unclaSped one of the
bracelets. and handed it to. the ‘ofiicer,
feeling" not a little flattered at the atten—
tion andzdistiucuou the queen had cou-
ferredbpou her. _.
The last act of the, opera began, and.
atleugth,.the last scene. ended, .yet the
bracelet was not returned. Its owners
thought the officer had doubtless forgot-
ten it, and'the baron saidhc would go
and make inquiries concerning 'it. He
did so,.aud in a few moments returned,
though without the bracelet. .
‘ Adele,’ said he to his wife, ‘it is very
strange, but not seeing the officer who
took your bracelet, I asked one 30f the
others who hadbeeuiu , the royal box
for'tbs whole cveuiug,.aud-.be says your
bracelet was neither sent: far nor fetch-
cd.’ ,.
The burl-cane looked ? aghast. ' ‘Frau-
cois,’ she 'said,v‘thut mau'muat have been
an impostoif. He was no officer, but an
The. boron. smiled Jag his little wife
jumped—sospeedily at such a conclusion,
and persisted that the” bracelet :mis safe
and had really been soutfor ,by thequeen,
and thsttheofiicer when: "he-bad consult-
ed was misinformed. .
But woman’s penetration had guessed
rightly, as the marrow proved.
As the bracelet was not forthcoming,
the next morning, M. do V—spoke to
the Chief Inspector of the Police. on the
subject, who quite. coincided . with inad-
am’s opinion, as to the valuable ornament
having been artfully stolen. The baron
was greatly annoyed. and ordered the
inspector to advertise for? it in every di-
rection, ofi'eriug a reward of 3000 francs
to the personwho should restore it. The
inspector promised to do all in this power
towards the recovery of the bracelet, as
well for the sake of society at large as
the satisfaction of his employers. .
But threatnonths passed , away—850
francs had“ been spent-in advertising—and
still the missing bracelet'was not found.
' It was growing dusk one eveniug, in
May, when a servant informed .Madame
de V-—-—that Monsieur the Inspector
wished to speak to her or Monsieur the
Baron. As the latter was out, Madame
de V—went down stairs to Speak to
the inspeCtor, with whom she. had had
many previous interviews 'outbe; subject
of the diamond bracelet, ‘ As sheentered
the room he bowed in the respectful mau-
uer peculiar to him. ‘I believe I have
some good news for madame, this. even-
ing,’ 'he‘said. His voice wasrather sin-
gular, somewhat resembling a boy’s when
changing. Madame de V-—'had re-
marked this-peculiarity before, so it. did
not strike her that evauing. _ ‘The dc-
tectives,’ he continued, ‘eugaged in the
business, have met with a, bracelet in a
Jew’s second-hand shop at Lyons, so ex‘
actly the same as madamo’s that it only
remains for it to be identified before we
claim it as madame ’slprcperty. My ob-
ject in coming this evening was to ask
madame to allow me to lock at the other
that I may be able to swear to the one
at Lyons being itsfellow.’
The baronne, overjoyed at the idea of
recovering her lost preperty,'tripped out
of the room. and soon returned with the
remaining bracelet. The inspector took
it carefully it his hand and proceeded to
examine it minutely. "l‘ho bracelets are
exactly alike?’ he inquired of Madame
de V—.
‘Exactly,’ repeated the baronue.
‘I believe I have learnt the pattern
tboroughly,’ said the inspector, musiugly,
‘yct there may be some difiiculty in not
having both bracelets together, to com-
pare them one with another.’ ' .
‘Why not take this to Lyons, then ?’
suggested the baronue.
‘Ah, madame, it would scarcely do to
trust even a police inspector after having
been deceived by an officer in disguise"
‘Oh I’ laughed Madame de V—-, ‘do
you not think I would trust you, Mon-
sieur Inspector,after all the matter. Take
the bracelet, and I hope you will bring
me both back ere many days have pass-
ed.’
The inspector hesitated, but at length
consented to do as the baronne wished
him,and went away bearing the spark-
ling ornament with him. On her bus~
band’s return, the humane, of course, told
him of the joyful discovery. A week,
however, passed away without the inspeCo
tor’s arriving with the stolen property.
One morning, therefore, the baron called
on the inspector to make. inquiries re—
specting it. The latter seemed very
much surprised on being asked if the
bracelet had been brought from Lyons.
‘What does Monsieur mean? I never
heard anything about the bracelet being
fouud'atLyons—it is surely a mistake.—
Monsieur has misunderstood madame la
i borouue.’
mind, for at that moment an officer,
curtain behind their box, and stepping.
‘ You had better come yourself and
have this strange mystery cleared up, M.
Inspector,’ answered the baron sternly.
‘Madam is at home, and will be happy
to assure yen herself that it is no
mistake, that you called and informed
her of the diamonds having been" traced
to Lyons.’ ' '
The baron and the inspector repaired
to the Rue des Champs Elysees, where
they found Madame deV -— at home,
as her husband had said. She confirmed
what we have already said about the
inspector having called one night at dusk
and having informed her that the brace—7
let was supposed to be at ach’s'secoud'
hand shop at Lyons. .
The inspector smiled incredulously as
he said, ‘.Does madam really think that
I called at dusk, after business hours,
when all the world is ‘out, or enjOying
itself with company at home? Bob I. I
do my business in business hours. The
disguised officer most probably thought
he could do another little stroke of bus?
iness in an oflicial uniform of another cut
—the'.villaiu l Mais—I am afraid mad-
ame will never see either of her bracelets
after this.’
The inspector’s words come but too true.
From that day to this madame la Baron-
ue de V—-—-’s diamond bracelets have
never been heard of. I
a.-.
Our Friends In Southern Pris-
- one.
TRUTH SIFTED raon Ruuou.
So many'and harrowing have been the
statements made by individuals with re-
gard to the treatment of our soldiers
while prisoners in the hands of the rebels,
that the United States sanitary commis-
sion have appointed six responsible man
as commissioners to give the subject a
thorough investigation. After months
passed in inspecting the condition and
receiving the testimony of many thousands
of exchanged prisoners, chiefly from the
Libby and Belle Isle, the carefully pre-
pared report is given to the public, with
an appendix of 126 pages of sworn evi-
dence, fully sustaining its most revolting
statements. We give the following ex.
tracts from the report :—
The first foot developed by the testi-
mony of both officers and privates, is
that prisoners Were almost invariably
robbed of everything valuable in their
possession, somtimes on the field, at the
instant of capture, sometimes by the pris-
on authOrities in a “ quasi oflicial way,”
with the promlse of return when exchang-
ed Or paroled ; ‘ but wicb promise was
never fulfilled. This robbery amounted
often to a stripping of the person of even
necessary clothing. Blankets and over-
coats . were almost always taken, and
sometimes other articles; in which case
damaged or ragged ones were returned
in their stead. This preliminary, over,
the captives were taken to prison.
In the Libby, twelve hundred officers
were confined in a space which averaged
for each man ten feet by two. At one
time they were not allowed the use of
benches,'chairs or-stcol, nor even to fold
their blankets and sit upon them, but
these who would rest were obliged to
huddle on their hauuches, as One 'of them
expresses it, “ like so many slaves in the
middle passage.” After awhile this severe
restriction was removed, and they were
ullowe d to make chairs and stools for
themselves, out of the barrels and bux-
es ‘whicb they had received from the,
north. They- were overrun with vermin,
in spite of may precaution and constant
ablutions. Their blankets, which aver-
aged one to a man, and sometimes less,
had not been issued by. the rebels, but
had been procured in difiereut ways ;
sometimes by purchase, sometimes
through the sanitary commissibn. The
prisoners had to help themselves from
the refuse accumulation of these articles,
which, having seen similar service before,
were often rugged and full of vermin. In
these they wrapped themselves at night,
and lay down on the hard plank floor in
close and stifling contact, ' wormed and
dovetailed together,’ as one of them tes-
tifies, ‘ like fish in a basket.’ The floors
were were recklessly washed late in the
afternoon, and were therefore damp and
dangerous to sleep upon. Almost every
one had a cough in consequence.
It was among the rules that no one
should go within three feet of the win-
dows, a rule which seems to be general
in all southern prisons of this character
and which their frequently crowded state
rendered peculiarly severe and difficult to
observe.- The manner in which the regu-
lation was enforced was unjustifiable and
wantonly cruel. Often by accident, or
unconsciously, an officer would go near a
window, and be instantly shot at without
warning. The reports of the sentry’s
musket were heard almost every day, and
f'rqueutly a prisoner fell either killed or
wounded. So careless as this were the
authorities of to the effect of placing
their prisoners in the power of the rude
and brutal soldiery on guard. It became
a matter of sport among the latter “ to
shoot a Yankee.” They were seen in at-
titudes of expectation, with guns cocked,
watching the windows for a shot. But
sometimes they did not even wait for an
infraction of the rule. Lieutenant Ham-
mond, was shot at while in a small board
ed enclosure, where there was no window,
only an aperature between the boards.
The guard caught sight of his hat through
this opening, and aiming lower. so as to
reach his heart, fired. A nail turned the
bullet upward, and it passed through his
hat-brim. The sentry said, ‘ he had
made a bet that he would kill a damned
Yankee before he came off guard.’ No
notice was taken of the occurrence by
the authorities.
The daily ration in the officer’s quarter
of Libby prison, was a small loaf of bread
about the size ofa man’s fist, made of
Indian meal. Sometimes it was made
from wheat flour, but of variable quality.
It weighed a little over half a pound.
With it'was given a piece of beef weigh-
ing two ounces. But it is not easy to
describe this ration, it Was "so irregular
in kind, quality, and amount; ‘Itd gener-
al character is vividly indic'atcdby ,a'l'e-
mark made in conversation by one oflhe
officers: ‘1 would gladly,’ 5ng hangar:
emphatic sincerity, ‘gladlyihave‘jprofer-
red the horse-feed in my father’s Static."
Those who were entirely gepeudorutfpn
the prison fare, and who 11:1]qu {Ifri‘ofuds
at the North to send them boxeS‘otfodd,
began to suffer the horrible agilny"’of
food, and feeling themselves ,daybyfiday
losing strength. Dreamsand delusions
began to distract their minds, ,j, j .
,But the. most unaccountablgf 'o'ud
shameful act of allwas yot,,’to coho;—
Shortly after this, general diminutlbn’sof
rations, in the month of Januarylgs 13the
boxes, which before had been " rgg‘ul ”ly
delivered, and in good order,.Weif-e'yiith-
‘held. No reason was given; j Three
hundred arrived" every week, and flare
received by Colonel 'Ould. Th'o'omcfera
were permitted to send out and buyjsrti.
cles at extravagant prices. and would
find the clothes, stationery, hams," and
butter which they had'purchused,bearing
the marks of thc'sanit'arycomuiisalll'l- ‘1“
one instance this coustaut'thiejv‘o'ry‘bbcamo
an unexpected advantage. fo‘the bunnies.
After the famous ‘tunii‘elliu'g bull-,by
which so many effected their~ obdapefjhe
guards confessed that ‘th‘ey'liiidfsoenthc
fugitives, but supposed that they‘rwere
their own men stealing ‘the‘boi'rejsl‘f'l‘be
tunnel, after running under the, Street,
had its outlet near where the boxes were
piled up. . ' ‘ : ‘ , 3.
When Richmond Was thrsotcnefltby
our troops, Richard Turnortbbkieura to
dash $11.6.th of his. IMPfiV‘eééfifi in!
as to add to'their anxiety, ,byl‘iufririhingl
them that “should ‘KilpCtrick‘s'ucée'Oilé in
entering Richmond, it would Incitiholp
them, as the prisouj Kauthdritfesli'w’duld
blow up the prison, and:a:l_l‘its.”i'illmitel.”
Lieut. Latouchewas overhead", 72"Ting
to a rebel ofiicer with whom ha, "J :1 cu-
tered the cellar, where the tifvdliiiudred
pounds of powder were said tobéfpla'ced,
"There is enough-there to sandaiifvf’ery
damned Yankee to hell.” ‘ Turncizf,fliim-
self said, in the presence of Girl. Ferns-
worth, in auswer‘to the question, I‘Was
the prison mined ?” “Yes, and';‘1,.wou1d
have blown you all. to: Hades, ,bbere I
would have suffered- you to. be: :r'esfc'psd."
A remark of Turner’s, justifying-Rho bet,
which was mentioned tolouo 'Ofithd'lépm‘
missiouers, but accideudtallyvoinitted in
the formal testimony, gives quashed.
ded turn to the very natural'pl'pb'ability
that the fiendish plan was. refiol'v'etI upon
“Suppose Kilpatrick should 'have'got in
here, what would my- life, have.‘ been
worth after you all got looting. Yes, I
would have blown you to Hades before I
would have suffered you to be reached."
Thousands ’ofsufferers at Belle Isle 'eu-
durep similar hardships. intensified by
entire want of shelter. Stripped“ alblan-
kets and oven-coats, hatless Often, ”shoe-
less often, in ragged coats and rOtten
shirts, they were obliged to take 'the.
weather as it came. Here and. ,there a
tent had afire‘, and the "inmatesgathered
around it, but the thousands outside shiv-
ered as the cold cut them to the bone,
aud huddled together for warmth and
sympathy. ;‘ . .
The winter came—and one of thahard-
est winters ever experienced in the SOuth
—but still no better-shelter was provided.
The mercury was downto zero at Men!
phis, which is further south: athau;,Rich§
mood. The snow lay deep on, the ground.
around Richmond. The ice formed. in
the James, and flowed in masses upon
the rapids, on either side of "the ialaud.
Water, left in buckets on » thefislond,
froze two or three inches deep in a single
night. The meuresorted to-evecy-expe-
client. to keep from. moshing...- They lay
lathe ditch, as the most protectcdéplsce,
heaped upon one another, aud1lyihg-close
together, as. one .of them; expressed it,
‘like hogs in winter,’ taking turnstas to
who should have the outside of the row.
In the morning the row. Of thesprevious
night was mark ed by the motionlessforms
of those ‘ who were sleeping on. in their
last sleep’—Frozen to death! Every day,
during the winter season, numbers were
conveyed away stiff and stark, ihsving
fallen asleep in everlasting cold. » Some
of the men dug holes in the sand, in which
to take refuge. All through the-night
crowds of them were heard running up
and down to keep themselves. from from
zing. And this fate threatened them,
even more than it would have threaten-
ed most men exposed to an equal se-
vere temperature, even with such utbiu
clothing and inadequate shelter—for they
were starving! a .. .
They gnawed the very bones which
had been thrown away, sometimes break-
ing them up for soup. They were glad
to get the refuse bread which was :occu-
sioually thrown to them by the guards.
They even ate the rats which burrowed
in the encampment. A dog, belonging
to an officer, straying into the: enclosure,
was caught and secreted. and before he
could reclaim his property, it wattorn
apart by the man who stole it, some of it
eaten by himself, and the remainder sold
to his comrades. '
When at length exchanged, many
were so weak that they had to bo~csrried
ashore on stretchers, and died! in' the
brief transit. Others tattered to' the
hospital, with the little strength they had
remaining, only to die in ar' fewhoura—
Some of them were found covered with
bad and extensive sores, caused by lying
on the sand. Many had lost their-rea-
son, and were in all stages of idiocy and
imbecility. One had become incur-
ably insane in his joy at being'deliverod.
Often they acted like .childrouaaud
had to be taught again the delicacies of
life, so long had they been unhabitusted
to them. A number had partially lost
their sight, hearing, and speoehoi'nOno
man was pointed out tothe commissioner
who had been so covered byverndiujbot
after having been, as was supMIhor-
oughly washed, his head evenggahaveu,
was laid upon a clean bed—in tens-Iniu'
utcs the sheets and his clothing were cov-
ered with vermin again. And this who not
peculiar to him. It was only an instance
of the unavoidable condition of all. In
some cases they were so eaten by lice as
to very nearly resemble a .case of scab-
bing from smallpox, being coveredwith
sores from head to foot. ,. Many had
been badly frost-bitten, and cumulushore
with his feet partially amputated; In
one case it was mentioned to the visitors
that a frozen foot fell off as the man was
being carried ashore! - .
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Norwalk Chronicler