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NORWALK, CONN.. TUESDAY,-MARCH14,511865.
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VOLUME XLVIII--N
UMBER ll.
“NOBWALK GAZETTE.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY. _
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Dr. E. FOWLER BIRCH,
' Physician and Surgeon,
Residence Levi Clark’s opposite the Congre-
gational Church. Ofi‘ice at the Drug Store
of E. Blackman, No. 11 Main Street, Nor-
walk. 32
m. .r. s. moonw,
Has resumed the practice of Medicine
and offers his professional services to
the public.
Office at tiie residence of Mr. Cole,
Opposite the Methodist Church, ‘South
Norwalk. '
Office hours, 12 M to 2 P. M., and 7 tO
8 P. M. U44
«' :t E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
T ufacturer Of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
‘ Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; ands full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
C. S. LOCEWOCD,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GEN TLEMEN’S FURN ISHIN G
EMPORIUM l
‘Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
8. E. OI-MSTBAD GI. ('30.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, the,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
BTNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
0f Hartford.
incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $3,128,820
insure against loss and damage by Fire
on Terms adapted to the hazard,and
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
-l v3 For N orwalk and vicinity.
Business Change 1
WATERBURY SI. DUNCAN,
WOULD 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
line of , .
Carriage Making and‘macksmithing. ’
Carriages made to orde'r, and Painting,
Trimming, Repairing;.&c., done by experi-
enced workmen, with dispatch: ,.
W Good kCarriage timber taken in ex-
change for work. ' .
Nut-walk, Nov. 23d, ’63. . »tf4‘7
A. JACKSON 6!. 330.
N o. l Gazette Building.
WOULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in likafield County, in quality'or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is larger than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of Ladies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
‘75, which we can recommend as being cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s Watch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
V to 3.00. 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
latent Wares was never better than at pres-
ent. and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON 85 BRO.
Groceries Cheaper than ever
1'08 CASH!
'l‘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, 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 countr . He
would invrte the special attention of al to his
stock of
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are of the very best quality, and will
be sold cheap. The public are invited tocall
and examine and judge for themselves.
' ‘ A. MOREHO’L'HE.
IMPORTED CUTLERY,
And Silver-Plated Ware.
’l‘HE Subscriber, while in England, recent-
ly, made arrangements with the Shef-
fied 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 assortiuents of Shefiield 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, did, 850.
Also, just received, an assortment oi beau-
tiful Silver-Plated Ware, made by a
new patented process, by the same House,
and is the first lot imported into this coun -
try. Call'and examine for yourselves.
tl'46] JOSEPH SHEPHERD.
"ML‘aughing Gas
11v nxncnrrsinn.
’ Drs- Kendall do Paddocki
Extract teeth entirely without pain or injury
to the patient, by the aid of O
NITROUS OXIDE GAS.
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A
good aasortment of foreign and domes—
tic FRUIT and NUTS at .
HOLMES’.
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DEALERS 1N
Groceries,
Flour,
o Provision, ac,
Main Street,
14 _ Norwalk, Conn
JAMES SHERWOOD,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
OFFICE IN
E. M. 6r J- T. Prowitt’s
Hardware Store, SHERWOOD’S BLOCK.
Main street,
NORWALK, CONN.
Real Estate bought and sold
on the most favorable terms. 1y1
MORE THAN FIFTY HOUSES, LOTS
AND FARMS FOR SALE.
J. FERRIS,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Commercial Broker
AND
Conveyancer of Deeds.
45 ESTATES
OR SALE from 1—2 to 100 hundred acres
each, price, from $800 to $100,000, with
buildings thereon,Stores and buildings to let,
Rents collected. Office in Tolles & Ely’s
Drug Store,South Norwalk. Notice for sur-
veying, may be left at the Gazette Ofilce.
n. corms-Also a soars,
CABINET MAKERS, &c
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 ofiered in Norwalk,
which will be sold .
AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Our customers and the public generally who
want anything we keep, will find it to their
interest to give us a call. Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 different kinds, very cheap. Hair
Mattresses, made to order, and Old ones made
over as good as new. .
UNDERTAKIN G,
We keep on hand a very large assortment of
Collins 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
sballuse whenever our services are required,
without extra ohaage.
E. QUINTARD &. SONS.
N orwalk, March 15th 1862.
NEW FURNISHING STORE,
NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST.
East Side of the Bridge.
HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortment of
I
- 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,
l have on hand a large assgtment of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-
thing necessary for the burial of the dead,
cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. I
have as good a Hearse as there is in the
county; and will attend Funerals in neigh-
boring towns, without extra char 6.
ELBERT RA MOND.
Norwalk, Sept. 1st, 1863. 44
s-rovss, HEATERS, RANGES,
VER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes of
Cooking Stoves and Ranges; over thir-
ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and Ofiice
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 J appan, Brittan-
ia, Crockery, Wooden, and Silver Plated
Wares, Stove Blacking, 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 of Steve, free. Lar
gest assortment of Pumps in the State. Call
F. H. N ASH’S,
South Norwalk.‘Ct.
at
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Back ray and Pensions.
JOSEPH W. WILSON is an agent for
collecting Back Pay, Bounty and Pen-
sions and is so connected With the Depart-
ment at Washington that he can collect IiliIesIe
more speedily than any other in this Vicini-
ty. , M24
Hammer’s Champagne a‘Alo.
THE attention of the public is solicilgd to
the superior quality of .
II A M M E Ii. ’8
Fresh Brewed Champagne Ale.
This Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the
year, and its keeping quality, especially of
that brewed during the most excessive hot
weather, is guaranteed for an length of time.
Selieck’s Packei Office, Norwalk.
JEHIEL GRUMMAN,
Agent for the sale of Hammer’s Champagne
Ale, Wiltén, Conn. 2
Notice.
HE Subscriber has the pleasure Of inform-
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.
. WILLIAM B. SWAN,
SADDLER Gt HARNESS MAKER,
ADJOINING Danh‘ury and Norwalk R.
R. Depot, Norwalk, Conn, keeps con-
stantly on hand and- will make to order eve-
ry description of
HarnesSJIcrse Furniture, Trappings
or Clothing. Also Saddler’s Hardware and
outfits, Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bags, &c.
All in want of anythine iu hisline,will do
well to give him a call; Orders for any kind
of work promptly executed. Repairing done
gently and cheaply, and at short notice.
Gal-.8: G. M. Holmes,
For sale in Barrels and half-Barrels,at~
N orwalk
Illillllllflll llllllllNY
N ORWAI-I ' CON N ,
Chartered Capital $500. 000
Paid up Capital $100,000
WM. C. STREET,President. " .
GEO. R. COWLEs, Secretary.
EEEN. HILL, Treasurer.
Norwalk, Jan lst. 1864
INSURANCE.
HE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England '12 and Marlow 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 paidin capital Of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
N orwalk, Feb. 1st, 1861. till
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
1y
Etna, of Hartford, “ ,128,82O
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
People’s, Worcester, “ “ 405,593
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 Oonmatory,
- INsTnUOTon 1N
NEEDSD© [ARTE (SERENADE,
LOCKWOOD’S BUILDING,
NOR WALK, CONN.
American and Foreign Music constantly
on hand; orders for Music will receive spe-
cial attention.
References—the Clergy of Norwalk. 26
un'movam
MRS. J. E. HOYT, would respectfully
inform the public that she has Remo-
ved her MILLINERY ROOMS to Curtis's
Building, (directly over the Store of Mr. Bat-
terson,) Main 81., 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.
3. 1'. RYDER,
Agent for the sale of
WHEELER & WILSON’S
Family Sewing Machines.
0 -Danbury, Conu., opposite Savings’
Bank. Norwalk, Sberwood’s Block.
N. 3—1 will sell you a machine delivered
at your house for 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
EDW. A. B. NORTHROP, I
GUN AND noon SMITH,
And Bell Banger,
SAACS’S BUILDING, (next to N orwalk
~Hal1,) Norwalk, Cl. Jobbing of every de-
scription. Particular attention paid to re-
pairing Guns, Pistols, &c., Mortice, Rim,
Cabinet and Trunk Locks. Saws filed and
set. Sewing Machines, Clocks, and Pumps
repaired. Platform and Counter Scales put
in order. Skates repaired and made to or-
der, &c., &c. 1144
Notice.
HE subscriber having taken the old
Horse Shoeing Stand, at the foot
of Mill Hill, is prepared to do Horse Shoe-
ing and all kinds of job Blacksmithing, on
the most reasonable terms.
He also carries on the Carriage Business
at the old Stand occupied by his father for
the last twenty-three years.
JOHN SHEPHERD.
_Norwalk, Aug. 29th, 1864. “35.
Hardware, Cutlerly, dim,
AT SOUTH NORWALK.
THE Subscriber would inform the public
that he has purchased of Mr.Chicbester
the old estabf Hardware Business, at
South lig‘é’lild {aniliwilllI continihe tili‘e busi-
neswrv: _‘j tan .5' e inten s co in
alwayd on liandfaflat' e stock of Hardvyarcg,
Cutlery, A ricglt‘ural mplements Mechan-
ics' Tools, ire-Arms, Builders’ Hardware,
Paints, Oils, Varnish, endgall other articles
usually-keptin first-class Hardware Stores.
It will :be his endeavor to meet the wants
of bin customkrs, and/merit the patrouafi of
the public. .. .
a .15 . . ".j‘WM. S. FITCH.
MARKET.
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Fish, Vegetables and Front.
HE subscri' 's respectfully announce
that brain .‘aken the old Lockwood
Building, he , t of Grumau’s store, thor-
‘Oughly punfiigl'l’and refitted it, have opened
a market theibé-‘for the sale Of Fish, 0 s-
ters. Clams, &c., fresh from their native e e-
ment. Also VEGETABLES and FRUIT
ofevery‘variety in their season. Every ef-
fort will be made to please our customers.
Tr us. , . BROWN & ROSS.
Norwalk, Feb, 4“] 1865. Bmog
CARRIAGE MAKING,
norse Shoeing and Black-
, smithing.
LYON do AHERN,
WOULD announce to the pu 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-
ing, Painting, Trimming,.Repairiug, doc. done
by experienced workmen with dispatch.
Mr. WM. E. Burns has been engaged as
Agent and Foreman Of the Wood-shop.
Aneus'rus LYON, Wu.AnEnn.
Norwalk, Jam, 23d,1865. 1y37
House and Sign Painting.
PAPER HANGING, &c., done with
neatuess and dispatch b
H. M. & J. T. PROWITT,
Sberwood‘s Building,
West side of Main Street.
AM, MY BOY, get up the old horse and
go over to the Drug Store and get some-
thing for my cold, in threat is sore and I
can b all night. by, Father, I bought a
bait e of SILLIMAN’S COUGH BALSAM
day before yesterday, and it has cured me
already. Try some of it. 6m*46
,- w. .w ..’.a..~.m._—w......_»~.~
WHITNEY 8r. BECKWITH
AVING increased their facilities for ma-
king life size copies of
Daguerreotyes, Ambrotypos
or CARD PICTURES take the opportuni-
ty of referring to the following named gen-
t emen for whom they have executed (to
their entire satisfaction) this style of work. -
Dr. Samuel Lynes, Reuben Hoyt, E?“
James M. HO t, Esq.,A. H. B in ton, .
A. J. Crofut, ,q. Rev. S. B. S. Bissell,
For one of these parties, a life size head
in oil was produced on canvass, item a
small locket picture; for another a beauti-
ful head in oil and cabinet size, from a'small
ambrotype ; Others, enlarged copies of Card
Pictures have been made equal to any thin
ed in the finishing up of these pictures which
Whitney in New York. . . . :
Particular attention given to making plain
Photographs and on- the most reasonable
terms. .'
tion.
WHITNEY a BE xwrrn.
- SWORDS’
Elllllllllll Mlfllllllll
, NEAR THE DEPOT, I
South Norwalk, Carin.
'l‘HE subscriber has opened :1 Clothing
and Furnishing Goods Store in the store
formerly occupiedby J. F. do C. R. Bennett,
at the crossing, close by the depot, and in-
tends to keep on hand and for sale asng
and cheap a stock as can be found in the town.
All kinds oi
Ready Made Clothing,
or made to order); also Cloths, Cassimeres,
estiugs &c.,Hats, Caps, Gloves, Umbrellas,
Trunks, Leather Bags, &c., thou—in" fact ev-
erythingin'the line. The patro of the
public is mostrespectfully solicits . -
f 2 . W. H. SWORDS.
South Norwalk, December 1st, 1864. 49
Tristram a. 0o.’s
Medicated Lozenges,
0R COUGHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS,
HOARSENESS, &c. They are the
most pleasant, effectual, and harmless reme-
dies known, affording 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 iariy
strengthenin to all troubled in any way
with weak ungs. For Sale by all Dru '—
gists. N
POWELL’S
American Harness Soap.
ESSRS. GLENNER do WEEKS hav-
ing formed a co-partnership and ur-
chased the patent recipe and good wil Of
the above celebrated Soap, for cleaning har-
ness without labor, and removing stains
from Horses, intend making and keeping
constantly on hand a full supplg, manufac-
tured in the very best manner. t will soft-
, en the leather equal to Neal’s foot Oil.
» GLENNER do WEEKS,
5 Pru n St, Albany, N. Y.
THEODORE Fl CH, Agent for Nor-
walk and vicinity. , ti?
@ For Sale Cheap.
0n “ Van Zandt Avenue,” Down Towu
near the railroad,
ONE NEW TWO STORY HOUSE,
and one lLOT adjoining, mesallfINRfi
A to .
pp y South Norwalk.
SO. Norwalk, J an. 28th, 1865. 2m5*
Building Lots l'or Sale.
RARE CHANGES. '
ANUMBER of good and desirable Buil-
ding Lots on the Old’ Gregory Place,
are now offered on reasonable terms to the
Public. The large tract, extendiu 1 hour-
Catberine St. on the North, and the . 86 N.’
Railroad on the East, running back to the
River, has just been surveyed and mapped
out into Building lots; three new avenues
laid out. through the same, and a bridge in
process of erection to connect with ' the
west side, thus making the lots very eligible
and easy of access from all parts of the vil-
lage. For terms apply to
. . STOUT,
Norwalk, April25th, 1864. 6m17
an isésOvnu'.
H. M. do I. T. PROWITT.
AVE removed their Hardware Store
to the new double Store in Sherwood’s
IS‘Iew Build’ng, on the West side of. Main-
treet.
A Card.
The subscriber would inform the public
that be has sold out his interest and good
will in the firm of Marvin do Prowitt, and.
in returning thanks for the patronage here-
tofore extended to that firm would risque-r
the public to continue their tronage to the
new firm of H. M. & J. T. rowitt. 1
GEO. MARVIN.
Norwalk, Nov. 9th, 1864.
BLACKMAN’S
Bronchial Lbsiengcs.
THAT terrible disease Diptbcria—a terror
to every family is makin its desolatlug
marks all around us—to guar against that
terrible disease, the proprietor in connection
with a skillful Physician has compounded
an article called '
thckman’s Bronchial Lozenges,
which will act as a preventative to Dipthe-
ria, will cure Hoarseness, Soreuess or Irrita-
tion of the throat. Try them, they will rec-
commend themselves.
Sold Everywhere.
E. BLACKMAN, Pro rietor.
NO. 11 sin St.
CEIAP PASSAGI
To and from
GREAT BRITAIN ib- IRELAND.
TAPSCOTT BROTHERS & CO.’S
Emigration and Exchange ()fia.
86 South Street, New York.
RAFTS on En land, Ireland, Scotland
and Wales. apscoti’s favorite line of
LIVERPOOL PACKETS sails every three
days. X Line of LONDON PACKETS
sails every ten days. ‘Parties - wishing to
send for their friends, or remit money to the
Old Country, can do so at the lowest rates,
by applying to H. B. CLOVER,
Savings Bank, Newtown. Fairfield County.
Connecticut.
SORE THROAT, or a COUGH, from
' a cold can soon be cured—Silliman’s
Cough Balsam will make you believe it. ,
Kerosene Oil,
CHEAP.
THE BEST KEROSENE OIL—only $1
per gallon,at the Hardware Store of
THEODORE FITCH.
OLD OR YOUNG who like a pleasant
remedy for any of the effects roduced
by a cold, will find it in SILLIMAN)’S 11*
SAM. Om
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produced by the first-galleries in NewsYorI ' J
city. None but the best artists are. employ- .
is under the constant supervision oer. 3
All work warranted to (give satisfac- .
nous: and LOT I
Cheers for your no
Cheers 1 cheers, for our- heroes!
Not thosciwho wen-1mm;
Not those 1th wear eagles,
And leaflets and bars;
We knew they are gallant,
' And honor them, too,
For. bravely maintaining I
. The Red,-'Wlilto, snd’Blae!
But cheer for our soldiers,
Bough, wrinkled and brown ;
, The men who nan heroes
i And askno renown : .
‘ Unselfisb, untiring, '
Intrepid and true,
The bulwark surrounding -
The Red, White, and Blue !
Our patriotic soldiers!
When treason arose,
And‘Fr'ecdom’s own children
Assailed horas foes; . ,
When Anarchy threatened
. Ahd Order withdrew,
They-rallied to rescue » .
The Red, White, and Blue 1
Upholding our banner
On many a field,
The doom‘ot the traitor
‘ They valiantly sealed;
And worn, with the conflict,
Found vigor anew,
When victory greeted - - .
The Red, White,_sn'd-B_luel
Yet lOved ones ammun—
-. And still, where'the'y sleep,
A sort-owing nation
Shall-silently“ weep ;‘
And Spring’s fairest flowers,
' In gratitude, strew' . '
O'er those who have cherished
The Red, White, and Blue!
But honor immortal
Is waiting them new :
And chaplets unfailing--
. Shall bind every brow. ' ’
Winn annoy the trumpet.
At Time's great review, ~
May they stand, who defend
The Red, White, a'ndBlue l
The Haste Lesson.
Tired little fingers ,
Quite baffled by a note.
And the pretty brown "eyes
With tear drops all afloat;
She cannot stretch the octave,
Cannot make the turn, "
Thinks music very hard
For nuisance to learn ;
Cannot reach the pedals ,
With the wee, dangling feet,
To make it loud and grand,
And then sosofi and sweet;
It don't sound so pretty
As’t does when big folks” play--
~ And down the rosy checks
The tears begin to strhy.‘
Then brightening up again,
Every halting tone comes,
As though the county bands
Were suddenly all thumbs,
Notes skipping out of time,
And chords that disagree,—
I wonder if she dreams 1
They’re doubled toned to me?
Poor, tender, broken air,
And poor uncertain band ;
Poor diasppointed heart,
That thought it would “ be grand“ ”
Your teacher, darling child,
Is learning now from you,
And brushing Ofi‘ the tears,
Because ’tis sad and true
Thatfthu‘s her outward life
Seeks vainly to translate
The Spirit’s inward joy
In the beautiful and great.
0, Father ! pleading eyes
I‘ And hands I lift to Thee,
That I, at last, may learn:
Heaven’s perfect hamony. .
Sprm' afield Republican.
——~—~—vv< . >-
Leonard Watson’s Letter.
She'was sitting in the prettiest of bed-
rooms, writing .buslly; sometimes the blue
eyes-fillcd-with mirth, as the rapid _psu~ jot-
~ted down some Odd conceit or'que'er expires;
Ision; again she would toss back her bright
curls, and a saucy smile Iwo'uid’ci‘Oihi her,
little'moutb, as mischief flowedh-Om- tbs-
smsll golden point of heriwcapo’ii, "One ”s17"
ter another,tbc little sheets ’Of note paper;
were filled ‘ with .ddainty characters,- 'fOlded'[
and. slipped into the snowy envelopes; 581d:
dcnly the. pretty writer psuse'd. --1 Resting lihrf'
inns? dimpledcbin , on” her 'iis‘ud, she sank
into _s reverie; the blue eyesilo'at' their sini-
li‘ng light, the rosy mouth folded into' a
sweet, earnest gravity, as she sat buried in
thought.
“IfI only dared,” she whispcrcd—“ If 1
only dared.” Then, with a quick ‘ impulse,
she selected a sheet of paper IsOm‘swbst "Jar--
ger than thosest had been: using; and ‘ be-
gan to write again, not, as before, merry aud-
csrelsss, but with deep earnestness, the rap;
id pen evidently tracing words of pm im-
portance and weight. Once she pan-stand,
folding her little hands, raised her eyes in
prayers-As she scaled the long letter, she
' did what she neglected before—directed it
in a clear, pretty hand, and then placed it
carefully in her writing desk. Again she
continued her task; sometimes a scrap of
verse. a saucy quotation, or even an address.
filled-the sheet, but oftncr a little graceful
note was written and folded. ' She was busy,
when laughing voices in the hall made her
pause.
“ Come right up, girls. I am in my room,"
she called. ~ _
And in answer to the summons, tour gay
belles of Clsirevillc came dancing into the,
room,-—“ How many have' you written,
Amy ?” _
“on, ever so many! I don't know. Let
me see yours."
And a showor of snowy billets fell from
eight white hands into her lap, while the
four girls eagerly opened sud read the mill-
sivcs upon the table.
" We’ve sold every ticket,” cried - Lsonrs
Darcey, the brunette, whose charms had sat
half Claireville in a ferment.
“All 1” said Amy. “ The ball will be
packed."
“ Yes,“ said pretty Mable Lee, “sud eve-
rybody says the post oflce will be the most:
attractive feature of our fair. I am so glad-
you suggested it, Amy. And if it w'ss'fls'te,"
we‘ve got a good pile of letters written.” '
“ Gabriella,” in the most minute characters,
“ There's my last sheet of paper and my last
ounce of brains. . I’m utterly exhausted !"
“Bat, Amy, you won’t feel exhausted to-
morrow,”;ssid demure Susy Jones, “when
we head dear Mr. Rivers 9. nice sum of
money to help him rebuild the parsonage."
“.Tbat‘dresdful fire !” said Amy, shudder-
ing. .“ Mother says she don’t approve Of
fairs generally; but when one’s minister is
burned out, and the money won’t come in
fast any other way, why she’ll bake cakes
and make pincushlons with the best'Of us.”
-“ Aud'thcn, yOu know," ‘said‘llab‘el, earn-
estly,“ there will be no rafiling Or cheating,
and the articles'arc all pretty and good of
their kind.” '
_‘.‘ Girls, is it not time to dress?” said Su-
sy, consulting. a wee watch at her belt.—
" We open at seven.’
“ The tables are all ready.”
“ True, but_it’s after five new, and every-
bodywsnts time for at least one extra touch
to the finery, when they must face all Claire-
ville." , ’
“ Scatter, then," said Amy, laughing.—
“ Run home, sllof you! Leave the letters
here; I will take care of them. I am to
be postmistress, you know.”
“Not a bit of it,” said Leonora. “ You
are only to sit in the background and direct
the envelopes, whichI will deliver to anx-
ious inquirers.”
“ Whew !' how important we. are l” was
the merry answer; and the laughing girls
dispersed.
_ The large ball of Claireville was brilliantly
illuminated when, two hours later, the young
girls announced all in readiness for Opening
the doors. The pretty tables, tasteful deco-
rations, and group of lovely girls made no
”mean picture, and Clairevillc walked about
admired, and above all, purchased to the
full content of the Mr originators Of the eu-
tertaiument. Hidden away from sight by
the fblds ofa curtain, Amy sat shrined in
the post Office, answering Leonora's call for
letters. Busy excitement had flushed her
fair cheeks, and,as her' pen traced familiar
names, one after another, smiles chased each
other over lips and eyes: Suddenly a call
from Nora made her turn pale; her fingers
trembled as she drew from her bosom the
letter she had sealedwith a prayer. It was
fully directed, yet she hesitated, holding it
as if reluctant to let it go,
“ Come, Amy. Is there nothing for Mr.
Leonard Watson?” cried Leonora.
The letter was slipped through the appoint-
ed'plscc in the curtain, and Amy drew a
quick breath cf apprehension as she heard
the : manly voice that said, “ Thank you;
' Miss Darcy.” '
“ If he is angry 1” she whispered. “ If he
should be angry l”
ButLeouard Watson had slipped the let-
ter carelessly into the breast pocket of his
coat, and was countering in his usual lazy
, manner down the hall. He was a tall, hand-
some man, with abroad forehead and. large
;cycs, which spoke well for his heart and in-
tellect; but with the blaze air and deponnaz‘re
manner of one from whom the world had
not learned to lookfor life’s purpose in duty,
—Tha little world of Claireville spoke'well of
Leonard Watson. The girls admired his
courtly gallantry, his polished manner, and
honeyed words; the young men applauded
his generosity, his wines, his horses, and his
good temper; the older heads were ready to
worship his wealth, his birth, and position;
only here and there a word was whispered
of late revels at Fairbank, of an occasional
lapse into inebriety, or dropped a hint that
“ young Watson was living too fast.”
There were many bright belles who cher-
ished a secret belief of Leonard’s marked
preference, yet the gay heart was untouched,
the burden unsatisfied, and be was a free
man in word and thought, as he ssuntered
up the fair at Claireville, with Amy’s letter
lying upon his breast.
It was night, and he was alone in the li-
brary, before he recollectsd the missive;
then, with an indolent curiosity, he drew it
forth. “ Some fist schoolgirl verses," he
muttered, “ or worse, a dose of flattery veiled
by an incognitia.” ,
At first'he read with a lazy expression of
mocking on his lips; but,cs the lines were
traced with earnest "care, as he . read, the
man’s soul was creased to thought and in-
terest. Hot, angry flushes chased such other
~lover his brow, yet he did not flinch; every
word of the appeal, though it stung him
with its scorching truth and searching ques-
gtions,‘wss perused faithfully, till at the' end,
‘tbe dainty signature, “your sincere friend,”
found him serious and sad. ‘ .
“It is all true,” he said, in a low tone,
rising'and paciugtbe floor with a quick yet
even step. “ I am wasting all God’s bless.
ings—squandering my wealth foolishly ;' un-
dermining my health wickedly; flinging my
best years away in folly, if not in vice. How
earnestly she writes! and her “ dear broth~
er" seems from her very heart. Who wrote
it? Ha! the same hand on the envelope as
inside, and it was directed by Amy Greyson.
Amy Greyson l I always thought her alight
hearted child; but this—this is the letter of
'a noble, . earnest, Christian woman. How
beautifully she writes"! Yet—yet how she
despises me 1 How she lashes my follies and
vices! With what bitter sarcasm she ques—
tions my course! yet how earnestly she im-
plorcs me‘ to pause while there is yet time,
and think of where the path I trend will lead
me! Think! Ab, she hasrsised a train of
thought now that will not dis—that I can
never quiet again i Conscience is alive now,
and there is nOmors careless folly for me."
Up and down, pacing sometimes with the
slow trend of earnest thought, again rapidly
crossing and recrossiug the room, his foo;
falling with passsiouate emphasis, he spent
the hours till long shermidnight; and when
at last he sought his room. Leonard Watson,
for the first time in. long years, knelt and im-
plored God’s blessings on his resolutions for
the future.
Claireville Wondered what had “ come
over" the young millionaire. Old tenants,
who had been wont'to look upon their young
landlord as an easy-going scamp, now began
to open their" eyes over sanitary improve-
ments in their lowly homes ; charity appeals
to find a ready response at the large
ho ; musty books, that had long' given
big ofllce a name, now began to fulfill their
mission, ssthe lawyer loaded his brains for
service; old friends wondered how Leonard
could preserve his genial brightness, his
generosity, wit and grace, yet hold the reins
on his follies with such a strong, firm hand;
“ There," saldAmy, signing a note with
.A_ A” _._..v4..
fple that the struggle was for life 01‘ death.
conscientious, able young advocate, who
was steadily working his way to future emi-
nence. '
But in one house there were tears of
thanksgiving, prayers of humble praise, as
Amy Greyson heard from every tongue of
the reform of that noble young life; and
when, after a year’s probation, words of love
and pctit'iongreeted her, as the young law-.
yer implored her to be his wife—to aid him
by her presence and love in maintaining the
new life he owed to her suggestions, she
humbly thanked Heaven for the impulse
that had prompted her'to write the letter
Leonard Watson found in the post Ofiice at
the Claireville fain—Godey's Lady’s Book.
«<0» ,
TWO PICTURES.
Four years ago this day Abraham Lin-
coln’s inauguration marked the beginning of
a great revolution. Today, with that revo-
lution still in progress, the ceremonies in
honor of his second inauguration are fitly
mingled with rejOicings over triumphs more
wonderful than his most ardent supporters
had anticipated, and victories more glorious
that have illustrated the record of any other
nation.
We do not refer solely or chiefly to those
triumphs that are secured by numerical
strength or superiority of resources, or to
victories that are won by bayonets well
handled or guns well manned. Martin Lu-
ther. without blood-shed, achieved a greater
victory than Austerlilz or Waterloo. The
Barons at Runnymede did more for England
than I‘Henry at Agincourt, or Nelson at
Trafalgar. Hampden fills a leftist niche in
histOry than Cromwell. The signing of a
parchment, on which were writtenthewords
“Free and Independent,” was an event Of
greater significance than the surrender of
Cornwallis. And sotbe glories of Gettst
burg and Chattanooga, of Savannah and
Fort Fisher, are empty andcvanescent com-
pared with those Of that mighty revolution ,
Of which the election of a Republican Presi- :'
dent was the promise, of which the Procla-
mation of Jan. lst, 1863, and the Constitu-
tional Amendment are the first fruits and
whose end is not yet. . ~
In 1856, we heard the first strong protest I
of Democracy against the long continued '
and steady eucroacbments of Aristocracy.~ l
It failed, as all movements will. fail which
have but a narrow and superficial under-
standing of the difficulty to be removed, and
a vague and temporising estimate of the
measures to be adopted. Before the nation
could he made to see that the South was
Aristocratic because she held slaves, that
she was grasping and barbarous because
Slavery is insatiable and inhuman, and that
the true victory is with those who do right,
and leave the consequences to God, it was
needed that a Hero’s life should be offered
as a sacrifice upon aVirginia scofi‘old, Then
scales fell from the eyes of thousands. And
in 1860 Victorious Labor declared its inde-
pendence, and warned slaveholders to ex-
pect justice and no favor.
That was the utmost meaning of 1860——
No breach of the Constitution was intended
even to uproofa thing most dangerous and
hateful. NO amendment of the Constitution
for such a purpose was then proposed or de-
signed. Had Carolina remained loyal, con-
stitutional rights and no more would have
been exacted by the North ; constitutional
rights, not one Whit abated, would have been
guaranteed to the South.
But we were still blind. We would not
see what leading slavcholders knew Only
too well—that favor and not justice was in-
dispensable to the existence of their great
interest, that constitutional rights Was as
barren as the east wind to keep it alive, and
that free speech, a free press. and non-exten-
tion—would blot it out as surely, though not
as swiftly, as Nat Turner or John Brown
could desire. It was at war with all {he
laws of nature and all the forces of civiliza~
tion. It was wasteful, and Political Econo-
my was its foe. It was degrading, and La-
bor hated it. It was inhuman and unjust
and was the enemy of Education, Humanity
and Religion. In a word it was Slavery.
and must destroy Free Government, or be
itself destroyed. The slavebolder, with a
resolution which we called suicidal folly,
took arms against the Union.
It cost two years of war to teach the peo-
We endured failures, resolutely repaired de-
fects, and hugged McClellan and our consti
tutiouai obligations to armed traitors, until
the effort was neg-1y fatal. President Lin-
coln saved us, by declaring Emancipation
and giving arms to the blacks. Deaf to the
storm of division and Obloquy that followed,
he remained steadfast, trusting in the justice
‘of the act and the power of the war asa
teacher. And to day, vowing that there
shall be no peace with slavery, and pledging
allour resources and our very lives to the
cause, the people again inaugurate him
President to complete the work so well be-
gun, and to establish over every foot of the
national domain the authority of a Govern-
ment Whose laws shall know no maste and
no slave. '
This war has been the Great Educator of
the century. No such change in the public
opinion has been wrought so speedily at
any other period. Four years ago we tim-
idly suggested that Carolina should not dic-
tate the law Oi the land. To-day we discuss
the 'question whether a loyal and safe gov—
eminent can be established in Carolina ex-
cept on the basis of negro suffrage. Four
years ago if we read 8. Tribune or voted for
Lincoln below the Potomac, meant hemp
and the nearest tree. To-day the 54th Mass.
a colored regiment, marches through the
grass-grown streets of Charleston, singing
the John Brown chorus, and among its om.
cers men can see a son of Wm. Lloyd Gar-
rison. Five years ago Virginia and the Uni-
ted States conspired to bring a man for try—
ing to free negro slaves. Today the Vir-
ginia Legislature instructs the rebel Senators
from that State to vote for a bill to free and
arm two hundred thousand negroes. As
that bill has already passed the House, was
postponed in the Senate by one majority on-
ly, and is pronounced “ necessary" by Gen.
Lee, and as it is held in Virginia that instruc-
tions to Senators are binding, we may safe-
ly conclude that before the week closes, this
most striking triumph of poetic justice Will
have been consumated. And with these two
pictures the first term of President Lincoln
may most fitly close. In Charleston a man
whose name is more hated than that of Sam-
uel Hoar, posts a detail of emancipated
new acquaintances spoke warmly of the“
blacks to examine the passes of such Bhetts
and Hammonds as wish to walk'inhthe streets
And in Richmond‘ 9. Senate Of despairing
slaveholders Ofier. freedom to the negroes if
they will help to pull. out of ,“ the last ditch."
the rebellion which was designed to psi-pct.
uate their bondage. Nemesis, Deity ot‘
strange retributions, has given to the world ‘
few pictures mere impressive thau‘these.
N ECWM, March 4th.
&.beo-—'_
Editorial Correspondence.
WILMINGTON, Feb; 26th, 1866. 1'
DEAR GAZETTizz—Since my last we 11in
taken forts Andersonland Lee commanding?
Cape Fear River, and so far removed the
Ichmpli‘cate'df and almost continuolis re ‘,
obstructions that both army and'uav'y be _
entered Wilmington, and our soldiers and
tars now possess the’land—and water. . This
latter, besides" supplying the means lot navi-
gation and diluting whiskey to 1a limited
extent, supplies. our army with Skulls—the
first of the season—and .large quantities {of
Tobacco, some 16001bs' Of ' which, . the. plati-
:peding army rolled into the docks becausut'
“would not burn as readily as didthsréotfih.
_This furnishes very stimulating fish 1 ‘trsc.
reation for our boys, as it is worth 366693”,
per cask and it is no unusual thing for?“
boys to fish out a dozen casks or so apiece in}.
an memos. Miiiionsoiaciiiir-L’i‘wlu or.)
Cotton was burned, and Other and 1' [my]...
more millions, ' were removed to iutériorfi
Immense quantifies of:rosin . and turpentine A
were also secured, one man, ,sus , d, of
union preferences, had 12,000be‘!? burned,
‘7!”an sold $250.000- The Mum 01..
property has been immense and yet there i 1’}
much remaining. indeed, it» ii some
a more loyal seaporttowiihss fallen magm-
hands. The people who remain, as awholo,
are undoubtedly rejoiced; at our“;
while the ever loyal darkcy, is delighted:
beyond his powers of eXpre'ssio‘nI 1The ‘eiti-‘j‘
zens seem to have pleutyOf money and; MI:
of the solid sort. It was quite amusing to‘
see them hanging around our mastery:
jingling their. silver coins. . AI £97999! ,
'came up with a lot Of New York papers"..
which they eagerly bought up,” s" cm -' 1
apiece in silver, very much to the newsboys 1‘~ ‘
satisfaction. N I11
The city is very regularly and beautifully, ..
laid out in squares and the houses as 811.113."
are very fine for a southern city. The Head.
Quarters of Gen. Schofield are in a house
which would do no discredit to 5th avenuo,"
while the flowers and shrubbery is such is
“ Shenstone might have envied.” Crocusfl,
hyacinths anihjonquills, were in full b16632
and the dark green foliage of the Live on;
and Magnolias, looked to our northern eyes”
more like midsummer than the first of trench-I
erous March. _: .. i;
Our troops are marching and counts};
marching through the streets, to th tune:1_6‘f
Yankee Doodle; the stars and SNPCQAQS
gaily flying, and bands bewitcbing meal:
with Hail Columbia, Star Spangled m
and the like, the walks are lined with cab}!-
dren and negroes, and to the “ looker origin
Venice,” it appears more like a people dism-
ed out in holiday attire and celebrating sonic
festal day. - 1 “'7
Among of captures are about 1190 _of
Hope’s army and some 300 union pi'ia‘onasI
who were fortunate enough to escape the
rebels during the excitement of the evpcus-
tion. These poor fellows are housed ‘in‘hss:
tily improvised hospithls and are as comfort-1
able as their extremely enfeebled condition
will admit. Some of them are jaundiced,
some scurvied, others frozen, all starved; and
a more piteable body of human anatomieg,
it was never my fortune to beheld. 11 And
this augmentation of all human snfi‘ering, is
to be increased from 300 to 10,000! _‘I'ITen
thousand union prisoners from the pest pans
of the South are to be received heref-Iwrscm
of humanity—union defenders, in shreds and
tatters Offlesh and constitution, '9, well: an
fabric. God succor the piteable mass inf.
human suffering and woe. The-first installi
ment is to be received by Gen.ITerry ‘tIoI-Idsy‘
and our transports will soon be filledinit'h
them and despatched to the nOrtb. I Among
those who effected their own escape and" are
now in the city, are Francis Still,‘6th, Ct., of
Stamford, and Joseph F. Raymond, Co. D.
7th, Ct., from Round Hill, melanoma.
He is ill with fever, but was-able" couscous,
vigilance of big guard and escape: l‘Als'd‘C.‘
V. Thompson 16th, Ct., from Hartford: 1 He ‘
is quite well. Thereis also a boyfrom Dark
bury, belonging to 00. D. 7th,'Ct., hemp-bra?
as he was able to be about town, I-couldfn‘d'C
get his name or minister to his needs; 7 ' 1' 3 -' '
A rumor comes to. us from s‘ '1 1
' ’ gee ilk-t
Gen. Sherman’s advance is but-'60 miles "up-
the river. If this be so Gen. Terry wilifsooa
form a junction with him on the route be-
tween Wilmington and Raleigh.’ Be thistle"
it may, the great “ anaconda” which has
hitherto been so much derided, is fastg'eiting I
his coils wound around this accursed tress’on - .
in a death grip. It is a question of but‘ a
brief period, ere the now staggering, reeling
rebellion shall go under to rise no more.
Let every patriot soil await the august conj-
summation with Fortitude, and Faith - for .
God will surely sustain the Right. B. - ‘
a.» .. . __ ._. .
WThough the fact is not explicitly sta-
ted, Davis must have proposed - 1n s lot...
mecssage to the rebel congress,tbe evacuation” .
of Richmond. City papers of ‘ the27th, in _
commenting on the message, speak pathotifii
cally of the dangers and disgrace of the ohm-~-
donment of the capital of the confed _, ,y ,
urging am it will lead to the dispersionoi‘
the military strength of the South; that tha‘
war will degenerate into mere rebellion in
the eyes of foreign powers, who will cease
to allow them beligerent rights, and thanks
federal government will thenceforwaIrd --b_o .
justified in treating confederate soldiers asI
traitors. A wild panic has. seized upon the!
minds of rebel coagressmen, who for the last
three weeks have been fleeingi'from Rich-r '
mond, till but a bare and dwindling skeleton
remains. Terror rules the hour. . Davis , :
urged by trembling advisers to stand firm. :.
. a.» \
The Richmond Sentinel says the robe
e1 Secretary of the Treasury would be led
to receive donations of money._ bonds, p to
or other valuables, to enable him to jay the
soldiers. . - - .
The three states that voted forjMoi.
Clellan—-Delaware, Kentucky and New
J ersey—bave voted agamsl the constitutional-
amendment. .. z
The Journal du Haws, of Februnfis,‘
says: “The marriage of Mdla Patti 1w III“
Russian gentleman has been announced—5.».
This alliance, which is announced lh;.“k°,: .
place at an early day, Will evenluate in thisi
loss of that celebrated cantatricc to the
stage.” . I.- .. . .
—Advices from the Northern States of _
Mexico, show the people determined to. ra-II
sist Maximillian. The States of Chihuahua,
Sonora and Sinaloa are entire! .clcsroe
Imperial troops except a few at Ian tion.
Norwalk Chronicler