name's E. Barbour, Office at the Residence ofSherman P. Fitch,Esq. 3 Elvira? insfinahci: 'comrmv, . cute in the best manner, and with greater i7" __ __.I. i __ _. S UBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY fr; URNIN G BY ‘ -....s “Lain—m... A. H. BYE-v" CTON & 00., AT TWO DOLLARS gamilg glutamate, goats—it a goal guru and gamma. Optical gaulligem, gamma. griffin, g, PER ANN UM, IN ADVANCE. atrium. gallium. tau-multiplied in 1800. NUMBER, 914--NEW SERIES! NORWALK, CONN. TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1865. VOL UME XL VIII--N UMBER 29. NORVXALK GAZETTE. OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING. a3. BYINGTON & co. A. H. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLS. Advertising Rates. One Square, one insertion, $1 00 ' H . * 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 Squat us, one year—with paper, 25 00 Each uddith nal 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- " 81 p _ ;of a emigre charggd for as a whole. [Gill'léd ,, rtisemflits paya 1e 1st of January &.July. I earl y rtisersire'stricted to the business contem- latcd at the time of contr act. is These terms will be inflexibly adhered to._fl ._.vm \\\\\\ , _ _ ill-”'9 Ejfh’y‘sician and surgeon. WILTON, CONN. -———-—-——‘_¢<.>o References .- 7 Samuel Lynes, M. D., Ira Gregory, , “ Norwalk, Conn. J. A. Mc Lean, “ m. E. rownnn BIRCH, Physician and Surgeon, Hefiidcnce‘ Levi Clark’s opposite the Congre- ational Church. Office at'the Drug Store f E. Blackman, No.11 Main Street, Nor- alk. -. 32 m. .I. s. moonu, Has resumed the practice Of Medicine and offers his professional services to the public. Office at. the residence of Mr. Cole, Opposite the Methodist Church, South yh‘l'wiflk.‘ ,f . ’ ‘ _ '1. hours, 12 3,1 1:02 P. -M., .m 8 PM. and 7 to ’ tf44 1 E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man- T ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet 1104 Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges, Fumaccs, Cutlery, Brittaniiia, Wooden and Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort- ment of House Keeping articlcs generally. a. s. Locnwoon, Fashionable Draper & Tailor, and GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING ' “ 'EMPORIUM ! Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. EYE. ormsrrnan a «.10., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Flour, Peed, &c., 14 and 16 Main—st, Norwalk, Conn. Of Hartford. ‘ncorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual. Capital and Assets, $3,128,820 Insure against loss and damage by Fire on Terms adapted to the buzard,and consistent, with the laws of, A. cempensation. GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent lv3 For N orwalk and vicinity. _._ Blisiness Change 1 I WATERBURY & DUNCAN, “7,0ULD 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- dispatch than ever before, anything in the line of it 93!. ,ge Making ass-Blacksmithins- ‘Wai-fiagcs made-to“ ‘o‘rder, and Painting, Trimming, Repairing, &c., done by experi- enced workmen, with dispatch. it?” Good Carriage timber taken in ex- change for work. N orwalk, Nov. 23d, ’63. tf47 A. JACK-SON it 330. Big. I Gazette Building. \V OULD respectfully announce to the public and their Old customers, that they have recently made extensive additions to their stock Of goods. We are now prepar- ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed in Earrfield County, in quality or price. We wotildcall particular attention to our stock of Watches, which is-larger than ever before.— Wg have a line lot of Ladies’ Swiss Watches, '_ gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to $75, which we can recommend as bcin cor- rect time keepers. Also, Gentleman’s V atch~ 88,111 silver and gold cases, at any price from f $-00. We buy of the best importers in hot York, and altogether for cash, so that 5:1 - " lei. ties for selling cheap could not b r'.’ Our stock Of Jewelry, Silver and 'Warcs was never better than at res; ant, and comprises all of the latest styles that fire manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO. 4,1; Groceries Cheaper than ever I“ 0 R C A. S H ! ‘HE subscriber would inform the public generally, that he still continues to sell the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc, at his old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as the cheapest. lie Offers great inducements to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort- ment Of groceries Of the best qualities as can be found at any store in the country. We, would invite the special attention of all to his stock of Cabanas, TEAS AND SUGARS, which are of the very best quality, and will be sold cheap. The public are invited to call and 6435011010 and judge for themselves. A. MOREHOUSE. mmmn cu'rnnmr, And Silver-Plated Ware. VFHE Subscri oer,,,w_-hile:in England-recent- 1y, m’a‘de arrangements with the Shef- fied Manufacturers for the sale of Thomas Harrison's celebrated Cutlery, and has now on exhibition and sale at his Store opposite the lost Cliicc, a large, and one of the most complete aissorttncnts‘ of. Sheffield Cutlery evetifsflftércd in. this obntry, , including] Car- ving; Knives}; and ,gil‘Orks.;i.Bread . Knives; , “t’ter Knivesp' Table Knives and Forks; Rocket Knivesof every description, incl'u- ding many curious styles; Scissors, &c.,&c. _ Also, just received, an assortment of beau- titutpllver-Plated Ware, made by a llew'pulcnlcd process, by the same House, and is the first lot. imported into this coun- "J" Cit-lined. sv‘ u ins 01' yo rselvcs trail ., ' . 18E H s EPHERD. Mmhnnr ’ WATERS." ONGRESS. Kisscngcn, Empire and Star Spring Mineral Waters,~f'or S l ‘ - ' H. M. PROWI’F’II'S . f“"“‘“"" "_‘“”"“"$I~“" ' ' G. & G. M. Holmes, DEALERS IN Groceries, 3 Flour, Provision, am, Main Street, 14 Nor-walk, Conn J. FERRIS. REAL ESTATE AGENT, LICENSED CONVEYANCER. 5O ESTATES OR SALE from 1—2 to 100 hundred acres each, price, fiom $800 to $100,000, with buildings thereon,Stores and buildings to let, Rents collected. Office in Tolles & Ely’s Drug Storc,South Norwalk. Notice for sur- veying, may be left at the Gazette Office. a. corn-runs), a sorts, CABINET MAKERS, &c A RE now prepared to ofl‘er to the public the largest and best assortment of Good Furniture, comprising every article usually kept in a Furniture Store, ever ofiercd in Norwalk, which will be sold AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES. Our customers and the public generally who want anything we keep, will find it to their interest to give us a call. Spring Mattresses of 3 or 4 different kinds, very cheap. Hair Mattresses, made to order, and old ones made over as good as new. UNDERTAKING, We‘keep on hand a very large assortment of . (Joflins of every description, furnish shrouds, scarfs, carriages, and everything necessary for the interment of the dead, and at very low prices. We are just completing another splendid Hearse, which will give us two Hearses equal to any in the State, which we shall use whenever our services are required, without extra. change. E. QUINTARD & SONS. Norwalk, March 15th 1862. NEW FURNISHINC STORE", NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST. East Side of the Bridge. HAVE at my Store in N orwalk the largest assortmentof 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. Uhdertaleing, 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 iowns, without extra charge. _ ELBERT RAYMOND. Norwalk, Sept. 1st, 1863. 44 STOVES,HEATERS,RANGES, VER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes _of Cooking Stoves and Rooms; over thir- ty varieties and sizes of Par or and Ofllce 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, Matts, Brooms, Bells, Fire Place Grates}. Sad Irons, Sheet Lead, heard Pipe, Fruit are, Fluid and Coal Oil Lamps, Stove Castiu s, in fact, all that constitutesa well filled Kitc - en Furnishing Store. Books, describing prin ciple and management of Stove, free. Lar, gest assortment of Pumps in the State. Call at . F. H. N ASH’S, 1v4 South N orwalk, Ct. Back Pay and tensions. 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 collecttliese more speedily than any other iii this vicini- ty. tf24 Hammer’s Champagne Ale. ‘HE attention of the public is solicited to the superior quality of ‘ H AM 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 offline. For sale in Barrels and half-Barrels, at Selleck’s Paclget Cl‘licc, Norwalk. CEHIEL GBUMMAN, Agent for the sale of Hammcr’s Champagne Ale, \Vilton, 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 latcl y 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 inan- agcr, will be continued to 1 it as pi’oprietor. 0 J. N. \LECKWOOD. wItLIANMB. SWAN, SADDLER 6r HARNESS MAKER, DJ OINING Danbury and Norwalk R. R. Depot, Norwalk, Conn, keeps con- stantly on hand and will make to order eve- ry description of Harness,llcrse Furniture, Trappings or Clothing. Also Saddler’s Hardware and outfits, Trunl s, Valises, Carpet Bags, &c. All in want of anything in‘his ligepvill dp Well to give iii a call. Orders for any kind of Work prompt y executed. Repairing done neatly and ct-laonlv. and at short notice. Laughing Gas IN RIDGII‘IELD. Drs-‘Kendall Gt Paddock Extract tccth entirely without pain or injury . , . to be patient, by the aid of 016 N1 T120 US OXIDE HAS. A good aisOfmci; of foreign and domes- tic FRUIT and NUTS at Corner Drug Store. HOLMES’. Norwalk llllllillllllli EIIMPANY, NORWALE CONN, Chartered Capital $500,000 Paid up Capital $100,000 WM. C. STREET, President. GEO. R. COWLEs, Secretary. EBEN. HILL, Treasurer. Norwalk, Jan 1st. 1864 1y Assets over $23,000,000. GEO. R. COWLES, S AGENT at Norwalk, and issues Policies for- the following INSURANCE Consumes. §niq of N. Y., Assets Jan. 1, ’64 $3,286,270 no, of Hartford, “ “ 3,128,820 Plimnix, of N.Y., “ “ 722,219 Home, of N. IL, “ “ 500,000 . Norwich, “ “ 390,501 Lamar, N. Y., “ “ 389,375 North American, Ht’d“ “ 384,010 City of New Haven, " “ 330,419 Merchants, Hartford, “ “ 301,443 Western Mass, Pittsfield, “ 236,424 Hampdcn, Springfield,“ “ 200,000 People's, Worcester, “ “ 405,593 and other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, with assets of $13,000,000. At So. Norwulk application may be made to WM. T. CBAW. William G. White, Graduate of the Leipzig Conservvatm'y, INSTRUCTOR IN MQUSHC AWE) ©ER2M1AES, LOCKWOOD’S BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN. American and Foreign Music constantly on hand; orders for Music will receive spe- cial attention. 3. I'. RYDER, Agent for the sale of WHEELER & WILSON’S Family Sewing Machines. Ofices—Danbury, Coun., opposite Savings’ Bank. Norwalk, Sherwood’s Block. N. B.—-—-I 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 Enw. A. B. NORTHROP, GUN AND 1.001! SMITH, 4nd Bell Hanger, SAACS’S BUILDING, (next to Norwalk .Hall, ) N orwalk, Ct. Jobbing of every de: scription. Particular attention paid to re- pairing Guns, Pistols, &c., Mortice, Rim, Cabinet and Trunk Locks. Saws filed and set. . Sewiu Machines, Clocks, and Pumps repaired. latf‘orm and Counter Scales put in order. Skates repaired and made to or- der, &c., dzc. ' tf44 we» Notice. THE subscriber having taken the old Horse Shoeing Stand, at the foot of Mill Hill, is prepared to (10 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. tf35 Hardware, Cutlerly, ac" AT SOUTH NORWALK. ‘HE Subscriber would inform the ublic that he has purchased of Mr. Chic ester the old established Hardware Business, at South Norwaik, and will continue the busi- ness at the old Stand. He intends keeping always on hand, a large stock of Hardware, Cutlery, Agricultural Implements, Mechan- ics’. Tools, Fire Arms, Builders’ Hardware, Paints, Oils, Varnish, and all other articles usually kept in first-class Hardware Stores. It'Wlli be his endeavor _tO meet the wants of hm cuStomkrs, and merit tho patronage Of the public. 15 WM. S. FITCH. Norwalk Mach-inc Shop. THE subscriber would respectfully inform Manufacturers and others using machi- nery,tn Norwalk and Vicinity, that he is pre- pared to do all things pertainingfto a gener- al machine shop. All orders for the mailing or reparing of every description of machi- nery, attended to with promptness by expe- rienced work ,en. Having added a steam Euuine, (in ad ition to water-power) to his walks he flutters himself that e is well pre- pared tO do all kinds of work, at very short notice. ISAAC CHURCH, Jr. Machine shop, just back of'the Post Office and Horse Railway Building. Norwalk, March 1st, 1865. I'Ish, Vegetables and Fruit. HF, subscribers respectfully announce ‘_ that having taken the Old Lockwood Budding, next east of Gruman's store, thor- oughly purified and refitted it, have opened a market there, for the sale of Fish, Oys- ters. Clams, &c., fresh from their native ele— ment. Also VEGETABLES and FRUIT ofcvcr variety in their season. Every ef- fort WI 1 be made to please our customers. W &. Try us. B ROSS. Norwalk, Feb. 4th 1865. 6mos CARRIAGE MAKING, Horse Shoeing and Black- smithing. LYON & AHERN, OULD announce to the pa lie that they have taken the old stand of Capt Henry Lamb, Main street, where they are prepared to execute tn 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 dispatch. Mr. WM. E. BEFRS has been engaged as Agent and Foreman of the Wood-shop. AUGUSTUS LYON, WM.AIHBRN. Norwalk, Jan., 23d,1865. ly37 Tristram 6L Gods l‘Iedicated Lozenges, FOR 00 UGHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS, HOARSENESS, &c. They are the most pleasant, efiectual, and harmless reme- dies known, affording almost instant relief mall cases of Throat irritation, produced by Colds, or over exercise of the Vocal Or ans, in singing or speaking, and are pecu iarly strengthening to all troubled in any way with Weak lungs. For Sale by all Drug- 35 gists. 1 I'ttGh’S Home for Soldiers. THE Trustees are now prepared to receive . applications from those entitled, and wish to avail themselves of the benefits of thcinstitution. Applications may be made to Hon. MORGAN MORGANS, Presid’t, Stamford, JOSEPH B. HovT, Stamford, Ex cut' 0 CHARLES BROWN, Darien, C e m'l‘iee WM. A. CUMMINGS, do om ‘ ' Wedding and Visiting Cards, Engraved or Printed, at the GAZETTE Jon and putting down; also an assortment of ijeing for more than 20'ycars. All goods returned within ten da s. WHITNEYszBECIEWITH AVIN G 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- tlemen for whom "they have executed (to their entire satisfaction) this style of work. Dr. Samuel Lyrics, Reuben Hoyt, Esq. James M. Ho t, Esq.,A. H, Byington, Esq. A. J. Crofut, sq. Rev. S. B. S. Bisscll, For one of these parties, a life size head in oil was produced on canvass, from a small locket picture; for another a beauti- ful head in oil and cabinet size, from a small ainbrotype ; others, enlarged copies of Card Pictures have been made equal to any thing produced by the first galleries in New York ed in the finishing up of these pictures which is under the constant supervisxon of Mr. Whitney in New York. Particular attention given to making plain Photographs and on the most reasonable terms. All work warranted to give satisfac- tion. WHITNEY & BECKWITH. 'SWORDS’ llll’lllilli‘ “lllll'lllllllli l NEAR THE DEPOT, South Norwalk, Conn. I‘HE subscriber has opened 11 Clothing and Furnishing Goods Store in the store formerly occupied by J. F. & C. R. Bennett, at the crossing, close by the depot, and iii- tends to keep on hand and for sale as good and cheap a stock as can be found in the town. All kinds of Ready Made Clothing, (or made to order); also Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, &c., Hats, Caps, Gloves, Umbrellas, Trunks, Leather Bags. &c., &c.,——in fact ev- erything in the line. The patronage of the public is most respectfully solicited. city. None but the best artistshre employ-- From the the California Puck. South Carolina—1865. Behold her now, with restless, flashinz eyes, Crouching, a thing forlorn, beside the way ! Behold hei- ruined altars heaped today With ashes of her costly sacrifice! Bow changed the once proud State that led the strife, And hung the war-cry first throughout the land! See helpless. now the parrfcidal hand Which aimed the first blow at the nation‘s life l The grass is growing in the city’s street. Where stand the shattered spires,tlie broken walls, And through the solemn noonday silence falls The sentry‘s footstep as he treads his best. Behold once more the old flag proudly wave Above the mined fortress by the see i No longer shall the glorious banner be The ensign of a land where dwells the slave. Bark! on the air what swelling anthems rise- A rsusomed people. by the sword set fi-ee, Are chanting now a song of liberty ; Hear how their voices echo to the skies l 0 righteous retribution, great and just! Behold the palm-tree fallen to the earth, Where Freedom, rising from a second birth, No more shall trail her garments in the dust I 9‘. A Song of the Fly Season. Oh! the whisking, friskfng files, Bobbing about (Ito‘s nose and ofi‘ again ; Think whenever you drink, one lies Snug in the jug to make you cough again ; Busy about us all the day, Making us leer at beer suspiciously, Buzzing at night in a waning way And waking us up in the morning viciously. Oh! the tiresome, teasing flies, Whisk them ofi‘ and back they come again, Vain the hope of the man who tries, By flippers and flappers, to stop their hum again. Settling down on each sugary knob, Blackening milk with their hairy bodies all ; Into our tea at breakfast they bob, Fillip them forth and an impudent nod is all ; Over the butter one crawls and sprawls, Lift him out and the grateful beggar see, Breathing his last on your toast he falls, And leaves you his legs as a friendly legacy. W. H. SWORDS. South Norwalk, December 1st, 1864. 49 ROBERTSON BROTHERS, PRACTICAL BooKBiNiirns. AND MAN UFACTUREIIS OF Plain and Ornamental Jobbing, No. 3 Gazette Building, Norwalk, Conn. WMASASINES, MUSIC «he, done up in the best styles and OLD BOOKS rebound. Removal.“ HE Subscriber has removed from Mitch- ell Blook, to Skiddy’s Block opposite A. J. Meekers, and one door South of A. More- house’s Store in Main Street, where niav be found a good assortment of FRESH FISH, CLAMS, OYSTERS, FRUIT of all kinds in their Season; also HAMS, SHOULDERS BACON and PORK, of his own curing Groceries &c. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed, he would bes eak a continuance of the same. George R. Ieeker will be on, hand to wait on Customers as usual. G. S. ALLEN. Norwalk, March 27th, 1865. 6ml3 POWEIII’S American Harness Soap. ESSRS. GLENNER &; WEEKS hav- ing formed a co-partnersbip and pur- chased the patent recipe and good will 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 supply, manufac- tured in the very best manner. It will soft— en the leather GLEN to Neat’s foot Oil. G ENNER &. WEEKS, ‘ 5 Pmyn St, Albany, N. Y. THEODORE FITCH, Agent for ~Nor- walk and vicinity- tlB llllll. li'l‘l'l'll film. Corner of Main and Wall Streets (up stairs) over H. M. Prowitt’s Drug Store. PROPERTY BOUGHT AND SOLD, EX- CHANGED OR LET, on reasonable terms. ' SeVeral Houses now on hand for Sale- also, a small Homestead consisting of a good House, Barn, Blacksmith shop and three acres of land. Price- $750. W. R. NASH. Intelligence Office. (0n the New York Plan) Corner of Main and Wall Streets (up stairs,) over H. M. Prowitt’s Drug Store. Situations obtained for Mechanics, Labo— rers and Servants. Persons wishing to pro- cure help, can be supplied at short motice. Office Hours item 7 a. m. to 9 p. in. W. R. NASH. AUCTION SALES. New Auction Gt Commission STORE. THE undersigned have opened the store in James’ Block, Norwalk, lst door from State St, for the purpose of transacting a general AUCTION & COMMISSION BUSINESS, and are prepared to dispose of all kinds of wares at liberal rates. N. B. Second hand furniture, carpets, &c., specially solicited. tflfl _ SANFORD 8: 00. FANCY DYEING. THE subscriber respectfully announces to the Citizens of Norwalk and vicinity, that he has established an Agency in Nor- walk of his well known FancyJ Dyeing and‘ Cleaning Establishment, at anbury with all theModern Improvements, which ena- ble him to dovall kinds of Fancy Dyeing and Cleaning, in the best manner and at the lowest prices. ‘ Dyeing or Finishing of Ladies Silks, Satin and Merino dresses, Crape Shawls, Clocks, Velvet Garments, Ribbons, Veils &c., in the neatest style. Faded and Stained goods reeolored, also cleaning of White Grape, Brosha, Merino and Cashmere Shawls, Pi- and and Table covers &C., Particular at- tention paid to the Cleaning and Dyeing of ' Gentleman’s Clothing, which don’t need to be ripped and which are done in the safest process. Dyed clothes warranted never to creek. ‘ The subscriber has bad since the com- mencement of his business in Danbury 1860. a success never exceeded by any Dyeing Es- tablishment in this State or any any other, he has been steadily engaged in practical LOU S MOEGLING, Proprietor of the Conn. Fancy Dye Works Agency at B. F. RYDER’S, Sewing Machine Office. 6m12 Main Street. PASSAGE CERTIFICATES AND FOREIGN DRAFTS. A. H. BYINGTON & 00., Gazette Office Norwalk, continue their Agency for the sale of Foreign Drafts, and Passage Certificates Tickets for the “ National” Line of Steamers and “Black Star" Line of Packets, sold at the same rates charged at the New York of- OFFICE. Cards, plain and colored, for sale- Oht the tiresome teasing things . Of life‘s small troubles the living images, Waifs and strays of legs and Wings Are all the spoils of constant scrimmages. Photograph wanted—therc’ s a pose ! Features freed from all severity; Stop! there pops a fly on your nose. And your face screwed up goes down to posterity, Thinner, through dinner being never obtained, PHOTOGRAPHIP ALBUMS. ' Fromtakingamorsel these torments prevent all men; Banting himself might the fly-world have trained, To lessen the waistcouts of corpulent gentlemen. Tickling, tiresome, teasing files, If they need blessings, there's plenty of mine for ’em; Fidgcting round our nose and eyes, Deuce a bit can we Write a line for 'em. .4.-. ONLY A CRIER. A famous judge came late to court One day in busy season; Whereat his clerk. in great surprise. Inquired Of him the reason. “ A child was born," his honor said, "And I’m the happy sire." “ An infant judge, sir i" " NO," said he. “ As yet he’s but a crier 9" .‘.-. Ecno’s OPINION OF THE REBELLION.— By what argument could the war have been prevented by Buchannan ? Cannon. What was the result when the South ceas- ed to reason ? Treason. For what kind of ruler were the aristocra- cy aching ? A king. What power assisted in making us again feel peace ? Field-piece. What must a reb do before a Yankee mus- ket ?Must “get.” _ What of the gentleman who raised the biggest war whoops ? Wore hoops. Is J eff Davis a more than ordinary man? Navy man. What rebel is judged too leniently by peoplegenerally 2 General Lee. Where is the intervention plan that Nap. laid out ? Played out. Shall we in future have a rebellion ever 1 Never. ———no<. Bron LIVINo.—An excellent Old colored man hearing the salvo of artillery- ou the 4th of March last, inquired What wastbc mesa- ing of all the noise. Upon being: informed that it was in honor of the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, who then took his seat for the second time as President, old Cesar asked what pay the President had. “Twen- ty-five thousand dollars a year," was the re- ply which made the inquirer’s eyes stick out like a lobster. “ He must be mighty rich,” said Caesar. “ No," said his young boss, “It costs him a great deal to live.” “ Why, said CfBSBI', “he has his house rent free. and his clothes can’t cost much.” “True,” was the reply, “but his eXpeuses for living are enor- mous.” “ Living l” exclaimed the old fel- low; “twenty-five thousand dollars! Good Heavens, he must live all the time on lemon pie l”-—New Redford Mercury. «.»o———— " Mus. Gnunnv.”—From the second num- ber of this new humorous journal we select the following: Fri-mew Motions—Percussion Caps. Epitaph on a Bore—“ He was not for a’ Time, but for ALI. DAY.” Advice to Persons who cant shop—Change your clergyman. 0h l—Tbe proper place in which to read Mr. Teunyson’s last poem—in a garden. A Scale Joke—What ladies are best to go HI. fishing with ? An-nette and Caro-line. Eeclumely for Paper Manufacturers-What should be the size of a Spiritual Magazine? Medium of course. ' Sala-Magundvz-The Algerine Correspond- ence of the London Telegraph. \ ‘ «WP— WMiss Clara Barton, daughter of Judge Bartou,of Worcester Mass,who has obtained national repute by publishing a list of mis- sing soldier, and by her heroic deeds to the wounded in battles, and even under fire, left Washington yesterday, on a government vessel, with a. party, for the purpose of enclo- sing the area of ground at Andersonville, where so many federal prisoners perished from want and exposure, and of putting up head-boards at their graves. She conceives that she been suitable list of the deceased, and has accordingly obtained seventeen thousand head boards for the purpose ! May shebe rewarded with perfect success. <.>O [3‘ Ex-Senator Foote, the rebel refugee in Canada, states in a letter to the New York Herald that the rebel commissury gen- eral recommended that no meat should be given to Union prisoners and that Seddou, the war secretary, indorsed the recommend- ation. Foote says the cruelty to our prison- ers was one of his causes of quarrel with. the . I fice. rebel government. The New York & New Haven Railroad. SPEECH or 3HON. P. T. BARNUM IN THE HOUSE, JULY 6, 1865. _Mn. SPEAKER—It is fortunate that the bills from the railroad committee have not been presented until so late in the session of this legislature that eve minute of time is extremelyvaluable, and hesitate to intrude upon the house even with a subject which, Ibeheve, they will before the close of this discussmn, concur with me in saying is one more important to the public than scarcely any other that has come. before this honora- ble assembly. I regret exceedin 1y to differ from the gen- tleman from New aven (Mr. Harrison) for I. esteem him as a most honorable gentle- man, one who desires to do exactly right by everybody, and a man of sound Judgement and unclouded intellect. Indeed, I am una- ble to account for the very objectionable bill. under consideration, if it was written by him, except on the hypothesis that for this once, in the langua e of scripture “too inuch learn- ing hath ma e him mad.” It is not an agree- ab 8 thing to run counter to our friends; in- deed it seems very pleasant if one can sail smoothly doWn the tide of time, and never ve or receive offence, and yet it may be t ere was great pertinence in the remark that if a man can truly have inscribed upon his tomb-stone: “He never had an enemy," it might be safe to add: ' “And he never deserved a friend.” If a man chooses to stifle conscience, to wink at wrong doing, to fawn upon and flat- ter those in hi h places, to bow obsequiously to power whet er it be backed by principle or not, in fine if a man is willing to be a syc- ophant, a time server, a hypocrite, look com- p aeently on great public wrongs and never open his lips to rebuke injustice, or to pro- tect the innocent, he may easily get to be called a clever fellow and have a troop of friends. But if a man, especially a public legislator intends to be true to his own conscience and true to his oath of fidelity to the people, to know no personal friends where public inter- ests are concerned—to endeavor without fear favor or affection to do right, even though the heavens fall, he will find it anything but a leasant or a thankful task. at, Mr. Speaker this is the task which the members of this assembly have voluntarily assumed, and I am convinced, come what may, alarge majority of this honorable body are only desirous to learn what is right in order to do it unflinchingly and with alacra— ty. I humbly profess to desire only to know and to do my duty faithfully on all occa- 810115. I have no antipathy against railroads or any other corporations, nor have I the slight- est animosity against any person under heav- en. We are here sworn members of a court lodged to do justice between men, and al- Ibw no wrong doing which it is in our pow- er to prevent. When, therefore, Mr. Speaker, I find rich and powerful combinations formed to op- press the people, aud conspiracies entered into by wealthy monopolists to subvert the interests of the public and to poison even the fountains of justice, I may not and do not covet the task of encountering and ex- posing their giaut wrongs nor of sacrificing my personal comfort and tranquility by grappling with them, but 1 cannot close my eye to them, and God helping me, I will not shirk the responsibility of exposing and if possible of circumventing them. And in all ood faith and earnestness I ask my brother Fegislators to make common cause against the people’s common enemies, and go hand in hand in all honest reforms. And when I offer to take one step which transcends the bonds of strict justice, and which has in it an inkling of personal enmity or of private pique,Itrust that I shall be left to take that step alone. I agree with the gentleman from New Ha- ven, that the railroads are a vast and aug- menting interest, havmg invested twenty millions of dollars in their various lines, but sir, when we find that they declare annual dividends of twelve to twenty per cent. on the capital we think the public has rights as well as railroads, for they are like other mod- ern inventions, and neither the inventors nor owners of the patents must expect to receive all the blessings arising therefrom. If I know my own heart I wish well to every man and to every business interest that can contribute to the prosperity and welfare of our State. I desire to see them flourish and succed—to grow rich themselves, while they scatter prosperity and the means of ac- quiring wealth among those who made and cocoa ed them. [Mrfiamum here gave a close and some- what amusing‘ analysis of the bill, showrng that commuters would never get any redress under it, for the reason that the time taken in referring it to the railroad commissioners, then to the judge of the superior court, then to a committee from'whose decismn an ap- peal could be taken, would absorb the whole year for which the commuters’ ticket would run. Initead of this bill, tied up with red tape, and stowed away in the circumlocution of- flce, my amendment simply provides that the railroads shall not make fish of one and flesh of another. We say, increase the pri. ces of way fares as much as you please, twenty, thirty, fifty, one hundred or two hundred per cent. and increase your rates to commuters injust the same ratio. That is all we ask. _ Commuters doing business in New YOI'K have been induced by low fares and love of countr air to settle along the line of the N. Y. & . H. R. R. with their families, and their beautiful villas and farms, studdiug each side of this road for seventy miles, amount in the grand list to many millions of dollars, on which taxes are paid to Con- necticut towns and State, as well as to the general government. The railroad has in- creased the rates of commutation fifty per cent. under the pressure of high prices of all commodities, while gold sold at 2.80, and it would be but right for commuters to demand of this legislature a law commanding the' railroad not to charge commuters more now when gold is only half so high ; but. instead of this they simply ask that these railroad monopolies shall not step in and do as the Harlem and Hudson railroad have done, jump up four hundred per cent on their char- ges to commuters. ' I hold in my hand a letter Signed by him dreds of commuters on the New York and New Haven railroad all the way from Green- wich to New Haven, stating that “in conse- quence of the fact that the said railroad ."" tends to increase the price of commutation as was done by the Harlem and Hudson rail- roads, real estate on said road is being seriously depreciated, &c." . Our business, Mr. Speaker, is to remove that fear by compelling the railroad to in- crease pricesof commuter‘s tickets only in the same ratio that they do way fares. ' his is all they ask. Is it unreasonable? We know they dare not charge five dollars fare from New Haven to New York, for steam- bosts would siiceessfully compete With them, but all they dare to increase their way fares we are willing they may in the same ratio in. crease prices of commutation. _ ‘ Capt. JOh‘n Brooks of Bridgeport testified before the railroad committee that the first president ‘Of the New York and New Haven railroad told him (Brooks) that the plan of the railroad was at first by low prices of com- mutation to induce thousands to bmld their houses and settle in Connecticut, and then after some years to raise their prices of commutation so high that even steamboats could not compete with them. Mr. Speaker that is the intention of this railroad company. They have done meauer things than this, as I will show you. They have taken one of the railroad commissioners who swore to do justice between the people and the railroads, and they have hired and employed this rail- rosd. omnmissioner as a private clerk in then- offiee in‘Ne’w Haven 1 What is this but pack- ' a jury! And yet they want us to leave In _ slfdecisions to their clerks the railroad com- missioners. Mr. Speaker the paid attornies of this railroad are invading the legislature worse than the lice and frogs of Egypt that crawled and hopped into the bed-chambers and kneading troughs Of Phaioah's people. They button-hole members at hotels, at the head of the state house stairs and even in their seats in this hall._ One of these paid agents confessed vei y reluctantly under oath before the railroad committee that although in the pay of the New York and New Haven Railroad he tried to pack the railroad committee by getting a partic- ular friend appointed chairman, and that he failed in that, he still succeeded in getting him on that committee. Yes, Mr. Speaker, and he did not even blush when he made this confession. I blush for him. These railroads greatly reminds me of Squire Jones the petiifogger in a country village, who when called on by a client to attend to a case of trespass for him, was ask- ed what his charge would be. He replied .- “I shall charge you five dollars if I plead your case, or seven dollars if I sit with the court. ’ ' “What do you mean i" asked the client in surprise. ' “I mean" replied Squire Jones, “that if I sit with the court I shall see that your inter- ests are attended to, and therefore I charge two dollars extra." This explanation was clearer than mud, and the client handed over the seven dollars. —Squire Jones merely happened in at the village tavern an hour before the time of trial and found the justice of the peace fumbling over his papers, and preparing to try a case of trespass. Squire Jones informed the Judge that he tried many such cases. and they Were very intricate to new beginners, and as the justice had never tried one he would surely be bothered with it. “Howev- er,” said Squire Jones, “if you will give me half the fecal will sit with you and help you try the case.” The justice of the peace was glad to get out of his dilemma so easily; and Squire J Ores was invited to “sit with t court." The client found his seven dollars a good investment. The N. Y. and N. H. railroad have tried through their paid agents to arrange with railroad companies and railroad committees, to sit with that court, but, Mr. Speaker, I re- spectfully propose that this legislature shall compell them to change this mode of prac- tice. Such conduct as this is almost incredi- ble, but it is, alas. too true. It is only cor- roborative of all human experience that “Power is always stealing from the many to the few." It has been said that “Corpora- tions have no souls,” and surely the experi- ence of ages has proved that a perfect sys- tem of checks and guards are necessary in order to preserve the interests of the masses from the unlawful intrusions of those weal- thy combinations, which are the possessors of vested rights. Men, individually or col- lectively, will always abuse power if they are al lowed to possess it for a long period of time without restraint. Money is prone to en- croach upon the peoples rights, and when moiiied corporations are formed for the ex- press purpose of securing large pecuniary profits, they cannot be watched. too closely., The Camden and Amboy railroad controls the legislature of New Jersey. A railroad in New York last year bought up a majority of the legislature and was only prevented inflicting a great wrong upon the people by the timely veto of Governor Fentou. Raib road monopolies have swayed and influenced the Pennsylvania legislature, and the same unprincipled power is at work lobbying, log- rolling and axe-grinding in this Connecticut legislature. They find the Old puritanical blood poor stock to work upon, but their ag- gressions have increased every year. e have seen what contemptibly mean and dia- bolical actions they have all been guilty of, and it behooves us to expose and circumvent them. Hon. George P. Marsh, late U. S. minister to Turkey, in his recent great work, “Man and Nature." says . “I shall harm no honest man by endeavoring as I have Often done elsewhere to excite the attention of thinking and conscientous men to the great dangers which threaten the great moral and even political interests of Christendom from the unscrupulousness of the private associations that now control the mon etary affairs and regulate the transit of persons and property in almost every civilized country. More than one American state is literally governed by unprincipled corporations which not only def the legislative power, but have too often corrupte even the administration of justice. Similar evils have become almost equally rife in England and on the continent-and I believe the decay of commercial morality. and I fear of the sense ofall higher obli- gations than those ofa pecuniary nature on both sides of the Atlantic, is to be ascribed more to the influence of railway com auies, to the workings. in short. of what is called t e principle of ‘Associate Actiop,’ than to any other one cause of demoraliza— tion.’ The remarks of Mr. Marsh are indeed too true, and it is high time that somebody should expose and-arrest the fearful corrup- tionswhicli cause railroad agents to unblush- ingly pack juries, and bribe railroad com- missioners, for the purpose of defeating the true interests of the people from whose kind- ness they derive their existence as corpo- rate bodies. I own thousands of dollars worth of rail- road stock and am no commuter, but I go for the right, and although it is no pleasant task to encounter the foul emisaries of cor- rupt incorporators, I have determined for once to be like the prophet Of old who took his censer in his hand and went about among the living and the dead, that the plague might he stayed that was raging among the people. I call on honest legislators to join me in the good Work. The railroad com- missioners are sworn to investigate and re— port all deaths which occur on the railroads in this State. In their last annual report,page 14, they say, “The accidents upon railroads and by railroad trains the past year have all been carefully investigated BY THE COMMIS- SIONERS and a record kept of the facts con- nected with the same.” In the cross examination before the rail— road committee of one of the railroad com- missioners, (not the one who acts as clerk in the N. Y. & N. H. R. R. office) I asked him if the commissioners had indeed personally investigated the accidents which they had reported On the N. Y. 8:. N. H. R. R. “A great majority of them,” was the prompt re- ply of the railroad commissioner. And vet on a closer cross-examination this commis- sioncr was compelled to confess, under oath, that out of the fourteen deaths which they had reported as having occurred on the N, Y. & N. R. R., the commissioners had inves- tigated only four, and that the other ten deaths were reported on by the same em- ployee of that railroad who tried to pack the railroad committee at Hartford ! And this all the investigation that ever took place in regard to these sudden deaths by the .crush- ings of railroad trains ! And how did this railroad employee tin the name of the com- missioners) slur over the causes of these deaths ? - For instance, on page 19 of their report, this railroad agent makes the Commissmn- ers say that the train passed over James Hart west of Greenwich station, and that “from appearances it was believed that Hart was dead before the train struck him !” Probably frightened to death, and of course nobody to blame ! On the same page two men are reported as killed near Damon, and itis stated “both had been drinking too free- ly of ardent spirits.” Respectable witnesses testify that one of these men was a tempe— rance man and the other was perfectly so— ber. but of course it looks nicer toshow that they only were to blame for the loss of their own lives. On page 23 of the some report it is said ihat William Wiley was struck and killed by the train and then it is quietly ad- ded. “Wiley was said to be deaf. [the said so Mr. Railroad agent, wrongly acting as a sworn railroad commissioner? On page 16 the railroad commissioners complacently state that the loss of life to persons other than passengers riding in the cats Will not vary materially in number from the average in former years.” The number this year seems from their report, to be one hundred and eleven, and I suppose as this is so few it is of no consequence, if the general “aver- age” is about right. A dozen or two deaths eithe. way seems to weigh but little With these railroad gentlemen. A man was found dead at a railroad cros- singin Fairfleldtbat had been frequently, complained of to the superintendent, and Where two men had been killed, before. He was discovered on the trackwith‘his head cut off, and the train stopped, and backed its whole length over his body, then the head and mangled fragments Were pitched into the baggage car and taken to Fairfield station. - Mr. Hoyt, superintendent of .' the N. Y. 86 N. H. railroad, testified reformat: railroad committee that he felt eonfldént.:~the man was not killed by the cars, seesaw. cream- zned the car-echeels and found ,‘I 116.:be on them. I asked him if he had iiot . once inti- mated that perhaps the early morning train of cars killed the man ? He. .‘ric'plied, “yes if our cars killed him at all it,fiiust..have been that train.” I then asked: liin'i'if the car wheels of that train had been-“Exam" “ " 'néd to see if there was any blood replied thcyhad not! ' . . J. ow, Mr. Speaker, I only allude to these few isolated facts simply to show how crim- inally loose this whole railroad 'system is in regard to accidents, the rights of the public, and everything except making money by the rai road companies. " , I had the curiosity to , visit-the comp- troller’s Oflice to see the swofii vaccount of the railroad employee who use I unlawfully acted as railroad commissioner. Of course he got his money for his work, and his ac- count was sworn to according to law. Now, Mr. Speaker, whatjudge orniotary or jus- tice of the peace in Hartfordtdoyiiu suppose he applied to in order to sWearao his account? To none in Hartford, butitmis 'sw0ru to be- fore the inevitable countrymember who this railroad agent tried to get? appointed chair- man of the railroad committeesls’ This man boasts that he has written all the railroad laws that have been passed him ‘ since 1853. One of these laws empowers frailroad com- missioners to abolish established: gates and flag-men whenever they please,faiid the con- sequence is that although :w'etr'liasve‘ over a thousand places, many of them'veky danger- ous, where the railroad ' “whiz-cross public traveled roads, the commissioner testified that there were not more “than three gates and ten flag-men in the whole state of Con- necticut! .. . ' These railroad companiesfha‘velh‘ad it all their own way during the last twelve years- they hold the traveling publid’fn'fflfe hollow of their band, and unless thiscgiai‘i’t power is watched, held accountable’and restrained from makin g encroachmenls diliptiblic rights, they Will soon have their-feet rfitrinly' placed on the necks of an innOeent ‘and"‘eonfiding people. Let ours be theltask'off‘ compelling these institutions of our own creating to do justice to every member of theycommunity whose interests we are sworn faithfully to represent and protect. - Mr. Speaker, I have spoken earnestly up- on this question, because I‘rbelieve'it to be fraught with great interests‘aithe‘déarest in- terests of our citizens and of our home state. I believe that the true intetéstsof the rail- roads will bestbe consultedby” doing right with the public—Franklin said that “hon- esty is the best policy.” Mr.‘;Speak'ér, I be- lieve that the practice of ' every virtue and every principle of justice is the f’beSt" policy. Whatever is wrong is impolitic.‘- ‘ f‘Our sins" whatever they may be, “will find us out,” and the great doctrine Of retribution will be vin- dicated. The south has recently discovered the truth of this position, and every man or' corporation who sneakingly and .Wickedly pursues, as a matter of policy, a course which sets the rights of our citizens at naught, will find at last that true policy lies on the side of justice. If, Mr. Speaker, in the heat of debate I have stated anything wrong, or which is cal- culated to give offence, I regret it. Railroad directors have poured the poison of personal slander against me into the ears of members of this house, and railroad sycophants go whining-about asking if Barnum has talked to them, but I am the last man to Wish to re- pay such contemptible conduct in kind. “Barnum" has no private “talk” about legis- lative affairs. What I say in one place I say here openly, and am ready to proclaim it from the house— top. I go for God and my country,” for justice and public right against sneaking hypocrisy, log-rolling. and axe- grinding, and I know that the. Noble and on them, and be honest members of this assembly will go with me. ‘0“F“ Connecticut Legislature. WEDNESDAY, July 12. SEN ATE—On motion Of Mr. Pomeroy, the vote recommitting the tax bill to the committee was reconsidered, and the bill passed. The bill for issuing state bonds was called up, and bill passed. . J udieiary committee reported a bill fixing the fees of clerks of superibr mankind-justi- ces, passed. Favorable to act requiring town clerks to pay to town treasurer money re- ceived under the dog law, t0‘ be disbursed according to law, passed. Favorable'to' ul- lowiug selectmeu of towns to raise apolice force in certain emergencies, and thiit such force have power to arrest without 'Wamnt, tabled for printing, with another report do civil actions. Resolution requesting the committee on Education to enquire into the expediency of appointing a committee to take into consid- eration the whole subject of schools and ed- ucation, and report to the next Assembly the result of their enquiries; passed. HOUSE—Mr. Foster of New Haven, (Mr. Chappel in the chair) introduced resolutions of thanks to the “loyal women" of Connecti- cut for their devotion to the cause of the war and their valuable aid in assisting the sol- diers. He spoke eloquntly in support of the resolutions. If our gallant soldiers and their officers deserve votes of thanks, surely the faithful efforts of the loyal women deserve recognition. He wished he had the name of every one of the devoted women who have gone like ministering angels, through the camps relieving the sick and suffering. The resolution passed unanimously. A bill came up to repeal the Usury Laws; rejected. A bill was adopted providing that towns may consolidate school districts, provided a majority of the districts approve. The committee of conference on the diss- greeing vOtes relative to the bill for taxing the towns to the amount of their respective school fu‘nd share, for the benefit of the com- mon schools, reported in favor of continuing it to next year; accepted. Mr. Pratt of Norwich, moved to reconsid- er the vote of yesterday rejecting the bill to disfrauchize deserters. It was reconsidered, and the bill refered to the Judiciary. Order of the day—election of a Judge of the Superior Court. House voted as fol- lOWS : . ' Whole number of votes Necessary to a choice, Gideon Hall, of Winsted, 114 George C. Woodrufi‘, ofLitchfield. 51 A resolution was accordingly passed de- claring Mr. Hall duly elected a J udge of the Superior Court for the term 'of eight years, from the 11th of February, 1866. ‘ . A second militia bill was taken up. Lock- wood of‘ N orwalk, explained his intention to be, to correct certain abuses in the Quarter- master’s Department; passed. Mr. Lockwood of N orwalk, offered the following resolutions, which were explained to be a substitute for the others, the first of which had aimed to provide medals for the soldiers, which would be impracticable-g and the second did not go far enough. So the committee had prepared these : GENERAL Assailant, May Session, 1865. Resolved, That the heartfelt "thanks and lasting gratitude of the people of thick-State are due are hereby tendered to all 3' unect- icut officers and soldiers Of every rank find grade, who, in the war of the rebellion, have gallantly borne the flag and nob‘llysus mined the honor of our State, ands)? mag long years Of‘ faithful and efficient service, . on many a hard fought field, have aided in preserving to us our institutions and in de- monstrating to the world that no, govern- ment is so strong as that which rests in ,the will Ofa free and enlightened people, pad that no armies are so invincible asocmzen soldiers battling for their own liberties and the rights of man. 165
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