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AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANN UM, IN ADVANCE.
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VOLUME XLVIII--N UMBER 35.
NORWALK GAZETTE.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
A. H.3YING'I'0N & CO.
A. H. BYING'I‘ON, J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLs.
Subscription $2.00 per year in advance.
Advertising Rates.
One Square, one insertion, $1 00
“ two insertions, 1 25
“ three insertions, 1 50
“ one month, 1 75
“ two months, 3 00
“ three months, 4 00
“ six months, 7 00
" one year-with paper 15 00
'Two ssflflldr, one year—with paper, 25 00
hack a dltlonnl Square, per year, 8 00
One half column, one year, 40 00
One Column, one year, 75 0
Fifteen lines, or 100 words,make asquare. Fraction-
al parts out square charged for as a whole.
Year ‘yndvertisements payable 1st of January &July.
1 early advertisers restricted to the business contem-
lu‘tcd at the time of contract.
These terms will be infiexibly adhered to.‘
.3-
.Risers;,DI‘RicTou-
5. 316m,
Prof. of Vocal & Piano Music,
ALSO
TEACHER OF THE
French and Spanish Languages,
Engagements made with parties for Sorrees.
Pianos Tuned a. Repaired.
Office at Whitney & Beckwith’s Photograph
Gallery, Norwalk Ct.
MADAM S. RICARD,
Fren’Ch Dress Maker, _
OULD inform the Ladies of Norwalk,
that she can be found at her residence,
1stdoorsonth of Mr. Robert Ells, on River
St. Havin several years experience, and of
late with adam Demorest of New York,-
she has no hesitation in thus introducing
herself to the Public. Dresses cut and made
to order, plain and machine sewing and Em-
broidering, &c., executed with neatness and:
’d isp‘atch. tf29
J antes E. Barbour, M. 1).,
Physician and Surgeon,
once at the Residence of Sherman P. Fitch, Esq.
WILTON, CONN.
v<.>u
References :
Samuel Lynes, M. D.,
Ira Gregory, “
J. A. Mc Lean,
m3. 3. rownnn amen, '
Physician and Surgeon,
Residence Levi Clark’s opposite the Congre-
gational Church. Office at the Drug Store
of E. Blackman, No. 11 Main Street, Nor-
walk. ' 32
gNorwalk, Conn.
o. s. Locnw00n, .
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMF OBIUM !
Main-st, N orwalk, Conn.
3.1. ounces-nan a. co.,
Wholesale and ~Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, do,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual. .
Capital and Assets, $3,128,820
Insure against loss and damage by Fire
on Terms adapted to the hpzard,and
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
173 For Norwalk and vicinity.
A. JACKSON a. 330.
No. l Gazette Building.
VV 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 Bau'field Count , in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is int er than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$7 5, which we can recommend as bein cor-
rect-time keepers. Also, Gentleman’s atch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$7 to $-00. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our} fuel. ties for selling cheap could not be
reater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
laten Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON db BRO.
Groceries Cheaper than ever
1'03 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 coun We
would invite the special attention of all 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. MOREHOUS' .
Huron-run err-runny,
And Silver-Plated Ware.
Vl‘HE Subscriber, while in England, recent-
1 , made arrangements with the Shef-
fied annfacturers for the sale of Thomas
Harrisun’s celebrated Cutlery, and has now
on exhibition and sale at his Store opposite
the Post Office, a large, and one of the most
complete assortments of 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, &c.,&c.
Also, 'ust received, an assortment of beau-
tilul Si yer-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.
tf46] JOSEPH SHEPHERD.
Business Change !
WATERBURY & DUNCAN,
OULD announce to the public that
they have purchased the Carriage Ma-
king Business formerly conducted by Mr.
Edson Beers, and connected it with their
Blacksmith Shop, making one complete es-
tablishment. They are now prepared toexe—
cute in the best manner, and with greater
dispatch than ever before, anything in the
line of .
Carriage Making and Blacksmithing.
Carriages made to order, and Painting,
Trimming, Repairing, «be, done by experi-
enced workmen, with dispatch.
W Good Carriage timber taken in ex.-
change for work.
- interest to give us a call.
G. & G. M. Holmes,
DEALERS IN
Groceries,
I‘lour,
Provision, am,
Main Street,
14 Norwalk, Conn
J. F ERRIS,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
LICENSED CONVEYANCER.
50 ESTATES .
0R 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 Office.
a. cirrus-am) a 'sonrs,
CABINET MAKERS, dc
ARE now pgeparcd to offer to the public
the largest and best assortment of
Good furniture,
comprising every article usually kept in a
Furniture Store, ever Offered in Norwalk,
which will be sold
AT THE VERY L0 WEST PRICES.
Our customers and the public generally who
want anything we keep, will find it to their
Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 difi‘erent 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
Gowns 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 ewtra change.
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 N orwalk the largest
assortment of
Household Furniture
in this county, consisting of Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, Tete-a-Tetes, Card
Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center
Tables, Wash Stands,
EXTENSION TABLES,
CHAIRS and ROCKERS of all kinds,
Looking Glasses,
Picture Frames, and everything else in the
Furniture line cheap for Cash.
Repairing,
done promptly and by experienced workmen.
Undertaking,
1 have on hand a large assortment of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-
thing necessary for the burial of the dead,
cheaper than can be Obtained elsewhere. I
have as good a Hearse as there is in the
county; and will attend Funerals in neigh-
boring towns, without extra charge.
' .ELBERT RAYMOND.
Norwalk, Sept. 1st, 1863. 44
s-rovss, HEATERS, assess,
OVER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes .Ol
Cooking Stoves and Ranges; over thir-
ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and Office
Stoves, not excelled in beauty of desxgn, per-
fection of operation, or variety, by any Stove
in the State. Manufactures Tin, 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, Lead Pipe, Fruit Jars,
Fluid and Coal Oil Lamps, Stove Castings,
in fact, all that constitutes a well filled Kitch-
en Furnishing Store. Books, describing prin
ciple and management of‘ Stove, free. Lar
gest assortment of Pumps in the State. Call
at F. H. N AS ’ ,
1v4 South N orwalk, Ct.
Back ray and Pensions.
OSEPH 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 these
more speedily than any other in this vicini-
ty. ' ti24
Hammer’s Champagne Ale.
HE attention of the public is solicited to
the superior quality of
H A M M E ll. ’8
Fresh Brewed Champagne Ale.
This Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the
year, and its keeping quality, especially of
thatbrewed during the most excessiVe hot
weather, is guaranteed for any length oi‘time.
For sale in Barrels and half-Barrels, at
Selleck’s Packet Ofiice, N orwalk.
JEHIEL GRUMMAN,
Agent for the sale of Hammer’s Champagne
Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2
Norwalk Machine Shop.
THE subscriber would respectfully inform
Manufacturers and others using machi-
nery,in Norwalk and vicinity, that lie is pre-
pared to do all things pertaining to a gener-
al machine shop. All orders for the making
or reparing of‘every description of machi-
nery, attended to with promptness by expe-
rienced workmen. Having added a steam
Engine, (in additionto water-power) to his
works he flutters himself that he is well prc.
pared to do all kinds of work, at very short
notice. ISAAC CHURCH, Jr.
Machine shop, just back ofthe Post Office
and Horse Railway Building.
Norwalk, March 1st, 1865.
- WILLIAM B. SWAN,
SADDLER Gt HARNESS MAKER,
DJOINING Danbury and Norwalk R.
A. R. Depot, Norwalk, Conn., keeps con-
stantly on hand and will make to order eve-
ry description of
Harness,ilcrse Furniture, Trappings
or Clothing. Also Saddler’s Hardware and
outfits, Trunl s, Valises, Carpet. Bags, die.
All in wam of anything in lnslme,wdl.do
well to give him a call. Orders for any kind
of work promptly executed. Repairing done
neatly and cheaply. and at short notice.
Laughing-Gas
’11s nrnenrrnnn.
11
Drs- Kendall Gr Paddock
Extract teeth entirely without pain or injury
to be patient, by the aid of“
m NITRO as OXIDE ass.
l.
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N Orwell; -
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vivonwnnn colitis,
Chartered Capital 8500. 000
Paid up Capital $100,000
Wu. C. STREET,PfeBldent.
Eo. R. COWLEs, Secretary.
EBEN. HILL, Treasurer.
Norwalk, Jan lst. 1864
1y
Assets over» $23,000,000.
GEO. R. COWLES,
S AGENT at Norwalk, and issues Policies
for the following INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Home, of N. Y., Assets Jan. ‘1, ’64 $3,286,270
Etna, of Hartford, “ ‘ 3,128,820
Phoenix, of N.Y., “ “ 722,219
Home, of N. H., “ “ 500,000
Norwich, “ “ 390,501
Lamar, N. Y., “ “ 389,375
North American, Ht’d“ “ 384,010
City of New Haven, " “ 330,419
Merchants Hartford, “ “ 301,443
Western Mass, Pittsfield, “ 236,424
Hampden, Springfield,“ “ 200 000
People’s, Worcester, “
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 Conservatm'y,
INSTRUCTOR IN
MEDSHCG lAfiO© (GERMAN,
LOCKWOOD’S BUILDING,
~ NORWALK, CONN.
American and Foreign Music constantly
on hand; orders for Music will receive spe-
cial attention.
From the New Haven Palladium.
That Shower.
Oh, wasn’t it gay
To wake last night at the sound of rain ?
And did’n it say
Hope again! hope again !
The katy-dids hushed their plaintive rhyme
To the dancing drops they couldn’t keep
time ;
But the crickets kept up their whirr of glee
And joined in the mirthful jubilee.
0h wasn’t it bright,
The thought oi earth so thirsty and sad,
All through the night
Made merry and glad ?
Each flower held up its cup, to fill
All brimming with joy its hearts;—on, still—
It spangled each leaf, and with power he-
nign, ~
Hung a diamond on every clustering vine !
Oh, wasn’t it full
Of careless patter and ringing trills,
So musical ‘?
It filled all the rills,
Whose bosom bounded with joy anew,
And off to the hills their echoes threw
The corn in the meadows did laugbnd sing
And shook their tall forms in the merry ring
on wasn’t it dear,
A gift so precious so cheering indeed?
Shall we ever fear
He forgetteth our need 1’ ,
No ! waiting in patience His time, who still
keeps
A watch o’er our wants, and ne’er slumbers
nor sleeps, ‘ ,
With trustful rejoicing and hearts full of love
Give thanks to maker and father above. .
E. 311'
v‘.’o .————.._.
From the Danbu'ry Timer.
SWORDS’
[lllll'lllNli lllll'fllllllll!
NEAR THE DEPOT,
South Norwalk, Conn.
FHE subscriber has opened a Clothing
and Furnishing Goods Store in the store
formerly occupied by J. F. & C. R. Bennett,
at the crossing, close by the depot, and in-
tends to keep on hand and for sale as good
and cheap a stock as can be found in the town.
All kinds of
ReadyIWade Clothing,
(or made to order); also Cloths, Cassimeres,
Vestings, &c., Hats, Caps, Gloves, Umbrellas,
Trunks, Leather Bags, &c., &c.,——in fact ev-
erythingr in the line. The patronage of the
public is most respectfully solicited.
. H. SWORDS.
South Norwalk, December 1st, 1864. 49
ROBERTSON BROTHERS, -
PRACTICAL BOOKBINDERS,
AND MANUFACTURERS or
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS,
Plain and Ornamental Jobbing,
No. 3 Gazette Building, NorWalk, Conn.
WMACAZINES, MUSIC &c., done up in
the best styles and OLD Booxs rebound.
AUCTION SALES.
New Auction 8t 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.
SANFORD & CO.
t119
EDW. A. B. NORTHROP, ;
GUN AND IIOCE SMITH,
And Bell Hanger,
SAACS’S BUILDING, (next to Norwalk
Hall,) Norwalk, 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. Sewing Machines, Clocks, and Pumps
repaired. Platform and Counter Scales put
in order. Skates repaired and made to or-
der, &o., &.c. tf44
Notice.~
’I‘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. ti35.
Hardware, Cutlerly, ac"
AT SOUTH NORWALK.
THE Subscriber would inform the public
that he has purchased of Mr. Chichester
the old established Hardware Business, at
South Norwalk, and will continue tne busi-
ness at the old Stand. He intends keeping
always on hand, a large stock of Hardware,
Cutlery, A rricultural Implements, Mechan-
ics’ Tools, ‘ire Arms, Builders’ Hardware,
Paints, Oils, Varnish, and all other articles
usually kept in first-class Hardware Stores.
It will be his endeavor to meet the wants
of bin custouikis, and merit the patronage of
the public.
15 WM. S. FITCH.
CARRIAGE MAKING,
Horse Shoeing & Black-smithing.
LYON & 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, Repairing, doc. done
by experienced workmen with dispatch.
Mr. WM. E. BEFRS has been engaged as
Agent and Foreman of the Wood-shop.
AocnsTns LYON, W KERN.
Norwalk, Jan., 23d,1865. 1y37
NOTICE. ~
THE Subscriber having purchased the
CLOTHING AND GENTS FUR-
NISHING EMPORIUM, of A. Kmrpel, will
continue the Business in all its branches at.
the Old Stand No. 3 Main Street, Norwalk.
The Public are respectfully invited to call
and examine the large and varied asort-
ment of
Ready Made Clothing,
FRENCH CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND
VESTINGS, which he will makeup to or-
der at short notice and in the latest Fash—
ionable Syle. E. GUSOWSKI.
' No. 3 Main Street,
Norwalk, February 15th, 1865. 1le
Wedding and Visiting Cards,
Engraved or Printed, at the GAZETTE Jon
OFFICE. Cards, plain and colored, for sale-
l Emma asks.
A Curious Question.
A daughter!
Well, what brought her?
How came she here!
Half with joy and half with fear.
Emma is a pretty child,
Eight years old, and rather mild—
Mild in manner—but in mind
Wishing all things well defined.
Emma says—How came she here,
Father ?—tell me; it’s so queer,
Yesterday we had no baby, .
Else I’m sure I should have missed her
When I went to bed last night,
And this morning hailed her
With a strange and new delight.
For, indeed, it passes all
To have a sister, not so tall
As my doll, and with blue eyes,
And Ido declare, it cries!
Last night I didn’t see her, Father,
Or, I'm sure, I had much rather
Than played all day at a neighbor’s house
She is so pretty and so tiny,
And what makes her face so shiny ?
Will it always be like that?
Tell me about her, papa dear,
For I do so long to hear
Where she came from and what bio’t her,
Yours and mama’s bran new daughter.
A daughter—and another daughter;
And the question is, what brought her; ,
Little Sadie, but four years old,
Says the nurse did and is bold
In defiance of them both, .
Since to yield her place is loth,
And panting, feels her nose’s point.
When I declare tis out of joint.
But though this childish explanation,
Be food enough for child’s ve ' n,
We older ones must better fin ,
To feed the hunger of the mind.
To us of larger issues preaching,
This link of eternal life—reaching
From earth to heaven—this new born soul
Comes fresh from where forever roll.
Its countless years, thro' yonder Heaven,
Hath deeper cause for thinking given.
A daughter!
And what brOught her .'
No matter what, she comes to bring,
A blessing in her life’s young spring ;
No matter darlings ! she is here,
Our daughter, sister—baby dear;
Open your hearts and let her enter,
Open them wide for God hath sent her.
Brookfield, Aug. 1865. ANGIE.
c<.p-.
LIMITATION or Summon—Only three
states gives the suffrage to whites and blacks
on equal terms and without other limita-
tions. These are Maine, Vermont and New
Hampshire. Massachusetts requiies of the
voter ability to read the constitution in Eng-
lish and to write his name. Rhode Island
requires the ownership of $134 in real es-
tate. Connecticut is the only New England
state that makes color a test, and it allows
only such negroes to vote as were freemen
at the adoption of the state constitution in
1818. New York requires that a colored
man shall have been three years in the state
(a white man but one year), and have been
the owner for a year of a freehold worth
$250 over incumbrances, on which the taxes
have been paid. All the other states of the
Union exclude the negro from the ballot-box.
Even the new and radical anti-slavery free
states—Kansas, West Virginia and Missouri
—-expressly shut out the negro. The In-
dians are also excluded, except in New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, New York, Michigan Wisconsin,
Minesota. Thus the iodine are more nliber-
ally treated than the free Africans. Oregon
excludes Chinamen, as well as Indians, ne-
groes and mulattoes. There is a great vari-
ety in the regulations of the suffrage in the
different states,in addition to these limitations
and a comparison of them suggests that a
general law of suffrage for the whole Union
is much to be desired. If it were possibleto
reach it without the labor of amending tne
constitution, the measure would be generally
approved—Springfield Republican.
-———-.¢“.p...—_
Elf any young lady wishes to know
why she blushes, let her learn as follows of
the American Medical Gazelle:
“ The mind communicates with the central
gab llon, the latter, by reflex action through
the rain and facial nerve, to the organic
nerves in the face, with which its branches
inoscnlate,"
«q.-.—
. By a typographical blunder a corres-
pondent is made to say that “the freed slaves
take kindly to ork.“ No one will doubt it.
The La rosse Republican, after call-
ing a neighboring editor “a traitors :hralequin
and a liar,” says, “we (it 1t intend these re-
marks in the slightes' is personal or of-
‘From the abominations of this gehenna of
Stayed at home, mm as a mouse, {and of the twenty-three days or more which
' of that formidable rain had retired to private
Correspondence.
To California.
NEVADA CITY, CAL, July 7, 1865.
The voyage to California by the Isthmus
route is no mean trip so far as respects dis-
tance. Its length is one-fourth around the
globe. Yet not until you see the excited
throng of friends crowding the utmost edge
of Pier 43 North River, and savanna;
kerchiefs with many demonstritioiis, while
the steamer on which you area passenger
moves rapidly away, do you realize that you.
are at the beginning of a long voyage. When
you have seen the last spire of the, Atlantic.
Metropolis fade from vicw, and speculated
on the feelings of “laminates of LaFayette,
and left Sandy‘Hoolrheliiiid, ‘a'.br'ief inspec-'
tion ’f’the “fioatig‘g' palace” which is to be
you ‘ omefor did next nine days at least,
rev .. to its the unpleasant fact that you
are a‘ prisoner of the remorsele ss Vanderbilt,
consigned by him to the tender mercies of
boorish officers, dirty stewards and insolent
waiters. And instead of a palace you find a
crowded, ill-ventilated, and slow. going
steamer. ,
Still, setting aside the many and great dis-
co ‘forts which every one by general testi-
mo “y finds connected with so tedious and
thrbhged a route, there is much to amuse and
interest one who has travelled but little on
the wide seas. Before you have entirely lost
sight of the highlands of Neversink, ac-
counts of long standing begin to ’cln‘liiinor
forksttlement, and the work of casting them
up and effecting a thorough adjustment Cf
affairs occupies the next two or three days.
sea-sickness you emerge in time to study the
mysteries of ocean life. Watching the sun
rise in strange splendor fronHlIodeep bosom
of the waters, beholding his'.'s'etting glories.
or Seiérying in:the far offing the black speck
that 'grows intosait or steamer. Very few
Ship's showed themselves to us during the
entire voyage. It is mainly to the shifting
aspects of the sky that, the passenger turns
for relief from the monOto ny of “THIS-“'1 As
we approached the tropics the subsets be-H
came brilliant beyond anything we had‘ seen
asurpassiug in variety and richness of tints
slinilar home scenes. In the Caribbean one
day about 3 o’clock in the afternoon, gliding
over a sea with scarcely a ripple, We noticed
the complete circle of horizon walled up
with white castellated clouds gorgeous in
their profusion and shapes, and in the south-
east a beautiful rainbow told of showers far
away. In two hours the sea was tumbling
wildly, the rain falling in big drops, and
amongst the white caps thousands of white
gulls darting and screaming with manifest
delight, busy after their prey.
cYOll see but little land while steaming over
the 2200 miles from New York to Aspinwall,
are consumed in reaching San Francisco, you
spend not less than fifteen without sight of
a shore. What little sight one gets of the
Bahamas and Antilles is gratifying mostly
because the eye longs for the sight of land.
The course lies very close to Maraguano and
other small islands, the home of multitudes
of sea-birds, and the resort of ships for guano.
The low white shore of Hayti and the cliffs
of Jamaica were barely visible as we made
our way through the Windward Passage.—
Before entering this “door,” as the sea-dogs
term. it, we found waiting for us the U. S.
Steamer James Adger, the regular convoy
charged to protect the California steamers
from the rebel pirates. The collapse of the
Southern Confederacy has changed all that.
The Stonewall was the reigning terror just
then, for we did not know that the ofilcers
life by surrendering their vessel some days
before. , _
On the morning of the ninth day out from
New York, before breakfast, we entered the
harbor of Aspinwall. The delightful fra-
grance of the shore, waited to us over the
rippling surface of the quiet bay, as the
steamer slowy approached the landing,
seemed better than a meal—a propitious
welcome after our narrow confinement in
the ill-ordered cabins of the crowded Costa
Rica. It suggested to our minds how grate-
ful the old Spanish adventurers must have
felt, who battled so many storms in then- ill-
built caravels, when they came to cast anchor
in sight of shores like these, rich in all the
wealth of tropic growth. To a person so un-
travelled as your correspondent, the sensa-
tion of setting foot on the wharf at Aspin-
wall, and walking in the shade of‘ cocoa-nut
trees and branching palms, surrounded by a
population so peculiar in look, speech, dress,
and manners, could not but afford a new
and strange pleasure.
But of the Isthmus and the voyage thence
to San Francisco, we must write in another
letter. R. B. S.
RICHFIELD SPRINGS, N. Y., 3’
Aug. 10th, 1865.
Riding at anchor on the bosom of this
most placid of Lakes (Schuyler), a cloudless-
sky overhead, the glassy surface of the lake
underneath, and on all sides stretching away
as far as the eye can reach, hills and voles
clothed with verdure, I pen you a descrip-
tion of this place of summer resort.
Richfield Springs lie in the northern cor-
ner of Otsego County, New York, about one
hundred miles from Albany and thirty from
Utica. It is reached by the N. Y. Central
Rail Road, and passengers leaving the cars
at Herkimer and taking the stage for Rich-
field. The route from Herkimer is through
one of the richest districts in the State, both
in point of cultivation and of scenery. Half
a mile from the depot the road crosses the
Erie Canal, upon the borders of which is the
residence of Gen. Spinner, U. S. Treasurer.
Still further beyond is the beautiful village
of Mohawk, lying on both sides of the river
bearing its name, and celebrated as being one
of the capitals of the Six Nations in earlier
stages of the present century. From here
the road diverges toward the southeast, and
climbs an ascent of six miles, overlooking
the valley of the Mohawk for twenty miles
on both sides. The view from the summit
of these bills is very fine. Toward the
south immense cliffs are seen with their bare
and rocky tops dim in the distance, stand-
ing as some tall giants, the guardians of the-
valleys below. Proceeding toward the east,
the sterile and jagged cliffs give place to hills
of moderate elevation, their crests display-~
inga luxuriant growth of valuable timber
and stretching along the sides of which are.
immense fields teeming with the glories of
the Mohawk winding along in its serpentine
course may now and then be seen, its waters
sparkling like gems in the sunlight.
Leaving the summit, the road descends
five hundred feet, on each side of which vast
fields waving with golden grain; orchards
with trees bending under the thick clusters
of rich fruit which how their branches to the
ground, and acres of ground'literally cover-
ed with hop-vines and poles all tend to
make this one of the most charming drives
in all the country. After a three hoursrrid'e
from Herkimer, we are gratified (cause, him-
ger,) with a view of Richfield and descend-
ing a hill we pulled up at the Spring House.
From here after lightenin our load, we pro-
ceeded to the American, a large and We!!-
kept house, reaching it just in time for din-
ner.
August 11th.
One would almost imagine that after com-
ing up twelve miles of almost constant as—
cent, one would expect to he landed on some
hight peak, commanding a view of the coun-
try for one hundred miles each way, and
with the thermometer almost to the freezing
level. But instead of this one finds ones-self
in a sort of plateau, or rather a basin, near
the top of the hills; one side covered with
u luxuriant growth of trees and on the other
highly cultivated farms, yielding much but-
ter and cheese. The great need of Richfield
at present is a first class Hotel. Those we
have now are good enough for a limited
number of people, but in order to accommol
date one tithe ot the peoplewho visit here, a
Leland or a Treadwell must migrate hither.
The American and the Spring are the Hotels
of the place, frequented by the best class of
people; not by those bending under the
pains of rheumatism, or drawn up into sev-
en knots by the gout, as one might naturally
conclude to find on account of the medicinal
qualities of its waters; but the refined and
intelligent. and fashionable too, if that is
wanted, the very bon ton of society. The
shoddy do not congregate here, and even
Jews (by whom Sharon is overrun), stand
aloof. Richfield owns its celebrity to its
Sulphur Springs and fine drives. Concern-
ing the former it would be well to state there
'are a number in the vicinity, but only one or
two are used at all, the others are so strong
that the stomachs cannot retain the water.
The one commonly used is opposite the
American House, very easy of access and
situated on high and dry ground pleasantly
shaded, and much resorted to. ,
Dr. Manly, one of the oldest inhabitants
and a very eccentric man, himself tells a
story in connection with the development of
the principal spring which is .not bad. In
1820, when he and his men were stoning
and fitting it up, the laborers signalized the
occasion by raising a liberty pole, to the top
of which in lieu of the authorized Stars and
Stripes, they attached a piece of an old shirt.
The small-pox was at that time raging in
some parts of the country, and a stranger
riding into the village on horseback, and not
knowing what to make of the unusual em-
blem on the top of the liberty pole, conclu-
ded that it signalled the presence of that
alarming disease. He stopped in terror at
the nearest tavern to find how he could reach
Cherry Valley without passing through Rich-
field, and found that by riding fourteen miles
he could get one mile ahead on his road and
no more. This would make a loss of too
much time; so the landlord who was a wag,
suggested that he could avoid danger by
clinching his nose, whipping up his horse
and riding rapidly past the obnoxious spot.
This the traveller concluded to do, Dr. Man-
ly and his men were astonished a short time
after to see a man coming for them holding
on his nose and riding for dear life. J nst op-
posite the spring, however, he gave out. drew
along breath, imbibed the strong and not
altogether agreeable sulphuric odor, and
gasping out, “Great God, I’ve ketched it,”
rode off like a lunatic. Thus it was the stran-
ger “ketch’d” the smallpox by smelling the
sulphur waters. [The reader is referred to
the N. Y. World for the authenticity of this]
In my next I will speak of Cooperstown
and thebeautifnl drives to Schuyler and Ot-
sego Lakes, and to the grave and home of J.
Fennimore Cooper, that prince of novelists.
Furthermore deponent saith not now.
‘ “ TRESSLIAN. ”
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PUBLIC ACTS.
PASSED MAY SESSION, 1865.
CHAPTER xxxrx.
An Act in alteration of ‘i'ritu'Act relating to the Mi-
it
Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Represen-
tatives in General Assembly Concerted :
Site. 1. The active militia of the State shall here-
after be designated The Connecticut National Guard.
SEC. 2. Every non-commissioned oficer, musician
and private, shall be provided with a uniform at the
expense of the State, which shall be furnished by
the quarter-master-general, upon the requisition of
his company commandant. approved and counter-
aigned by the commandant of the regiment; provi-
ded, that no uniform shall be so furnished for a mem-
ber of any company which shall have more uniforms
previously provided by the state, than active mem-
ers residin within its limits.
SEC. 3. Al suchre uisitious shall be accompanied
by the certificate of t e surgeon-general, brigade or
regimental surgeonhthat the person for whom such
on form is required Is able bodied accordin to the
rules and standards established and adopte in the
army of the United States, and by the certifi-
cate of the commandant of the company, sta-
ting the lname, age and date of enlistment of
the person for whom such uniform is required, that
he believes such person to be able-bodied, and of
good moral character, and the number of State uni-
orms in the company armo , and of active mem-
bers residing within the limi s of the com any.
SEC. 4. Every uniform so furnished shat continue
to be the property of the State, until the person for
whom it is furnished shall have served the full term
of his enlistment, when it shall become his proper-
ty. And until such time said uniform shall remain
in the company armory, in charge of the command-
ant of the company, or some suitable person by him
up ointed, except when worn in the discharge of
mi ttary duty.
SEC. 5. Whoever shall wantonly or intentionally
injure or destroy such uniform and refuse to make
good such injury or loss, or sell or dis use of the
same, or remove or secrete the same, With intent to
sell or dispose thereof, before it shall become his
property by such service as aforesaid, shall be deem-
ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars. or by
imprisonment in a count Jail for. not more than six
months. or b both such he and Imprisonment.
Sun. 6. Un forms shall be furnished to non-com-
missioned stafi‘ ofilcers, and members of regimental
bands, upon such requisitions and guarantees for
safpbkeeplng as the quarter-masteregeneral may pre-
scr e.
Site. 7. The uniform of all non-commissioned offi—
cers, privates and company musicians, shall be here-
afterajacket, trowsers and fati ue cap, conforming
to the re lotions which shall e prescribed by the
common er-in-chlef. The corumander-in-chief, quar—
ter-master-general and division ins ector, shall con-
stltute a board to determine the sty e and quality of
the uniform furnished by the State, but the cast of
such uniform shall not exceed eighteen dollars.
SIC. 8. The comptroller, upon the order of the
commander-ln-chief, shall draw his order on the
treasurer for the amounts required by the quarter-
master—general from time to time for the purchase
of such uniforms.
8:0. 9. All
within thirty days after the assage of this act,
make out and return to the a jutant-general, a mus~
ter roll. showing the condition of their companies
In such manner and form, as may be by him prescri-
bed, and the adjntant-general may call for like mus—
ter roll of each company, at such times as the inter-
est of the service may require, not exceedin , how—
ever, three times per year, in addition to t e rolls
made at parades and encampments. The command—
er-in-chief shall thereupon disband inefficient com—
panies to such extent as he may deem beneficial to
the service.
Site. 10. An examining board to consist of two or
more com etent persons appointed by the command--
er-in-chle shall convene at each annual encampment .
l fenaive.”
W
the summer harvest Between these (bilinh
and examine in military tactics all commissioned.
commandauts of companies shall, ,
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ofiicers below the rank of major-general. Ofilcers
not- present at such encampment, and ofiicers whose
examinations thereat Were not satisfactory, shall
appear for examination before said board at such
t me and place,within six months thereafter, as may
be designated by the commander-in-chief. who shall,
after such second session of the examinin board,
revoke the commissions of all officers who. ave not
presented themselves at one of said sessions and
shown sufficient knowledge of tactics for the prOper
performance of their duties, which shall be by him
etermiued from returns made by said board. But
no officer who has passed one examination shall
thereafter be re-examined previous to promotion,
and the provisions of this section shall not an ly to
those stafi‘officers whose duties do not requ re, a
knowledge of such tactics. The commander-in-
chief mayarrange with the members of said board,
as to their compensation, and upon his certificate the
:omptroller shall draw orders on the treasurer there-
or.
See. 11. No person shall be appointed a corporal
or sergeant except on certificate of his company
commandant, that he has passed a satisfactory ex—
amination, which shall be for corporals in the
school of the soldier, and for sergeants in the school
of the soldier, and the school of the company.
Commandauts of regiments shall issue orders for a
like examination of all such non-commissioned ofii-
cers heretofore appointed, and shall revoke the war-
rants of those who fail in s1ch examination.
SEC. 12. All persons enlisting after the original
enrollment of the company, shall sign duplicate eu-
listment papers. one to be sent to to the adjntant-
§eneral and one filed with the company records.
nlistments shall be for a term of five years; and all
persons faithfully serving such full term, shall be
entitled to an honorable discharge, and they and ev-
ery person who has honorably served at least two
years in the war of the rebellion shall thereafter be
exempt from the pa ent of military commutation
taxes, and from military duty except in case of war
or insurrection. and for three years thereafter from
the payment of poll taxes.
SEC. 13. The commander-in-chief is authorized to
attach the companies of cavalry. and sections or
batteries of artillery, to the regiments of infantry,
but this shall not prevent such regiments from hav-
ing the full number of infantry companies. _
Sec. 14. So much of the law relating to the mili-
tia as provides for an officer’s drill in the month of
August, in each year, is fliereby repealed, and the
annual encampment shall hereafter be held for six
successive days. The major-general, with the it ~
probation of the commander-in-chief, may, once in
two years, direct such encampment to be by division
and issue all orders necessary to carry the same in-
to effect.
SEC. 15. In lieu of the allowance now made by law
for the hire of artillery horses, it shall be the duty of
the quarter-master-general to provide suitable
horses for two days artillery drill in each year dii-
ring the fall encampment; and the uarter-master—
general may authorize the common ing officer of
each battery or section to make contract for such
horses, subject to his approval or rejection.
SEC. 16. Whenever any person shall incur any for-
feiture or fine under the provisions of the act to
which this act is in addition, it shall be and is here—
by made the duty of the commanding ofiicer of the
company to which such person belon s, to bring in
his own name an action of debt for t e recovery of
said forfeiture or fine; and, in case said action shall
fail for any cause, all the expense incurred by said of-
ficer in the prosecution of said action, shall be paid
by the State, and shall be taxed in favor such officer
by the superior court in and for the county in which
sucl action is brought; and when so taxed it shall
be the duty ofthe clerk ofthe court in said count to
draw the same and pay it over to such officer. 0-
vided, that no suit shall be brought under the pro-
visioné of this section except upon the approval of
the commanding ofiicer of the regiment.
Suc.1'f. The fifth, sixth and_seventli sections of an
act entitled“An Act in addition to. and in altera-
tion of an Act relating to the Militia,” approved
July 9th, 1864, and all other acts or parts of acts, so
far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of
this actare hereby repealed. Provided, that noth-
ing in this act shall be construed to affect any uy~
ment which may be due on the first day of Octo er,
1865, in accordance with the provisions of the said
section fifth of the aforesaid act, approved July 9th,
SEC. 18. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, July 6th, 1865.
CHAPTER XL.
An Act in addition to “ An Act concerning Crimes
and Punishmente.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened;-
SEC. 1. That every personwho shall wilfully and ma-
liciously cut down. girdle, injure or render useless
any ornamental tree, shade or shrub, or fruit tree
standing upon the land of another, or on the public
highway in front of said land, or shall willfully or
maliciously cut, injure, deface or throw down any
fence on the land of another, or shall wlli'ully cut
or destroy, or take away from the land of another,
any crops or parts of crops, fruit or vegetable pro-
duction, growing or standing or lying on said prem-
ises, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the common
jail not exceeding twelve months, or by such fine or
imprisonment both, at the discretion of the court
havinging cognizance of the offence.
SEC. 2. One-half the penalty recovered and actual-
ly received from any person for any violation of the
foregoing section, shall be paid under the order of
the court having cognizance of the ofi‘ence, to the
person who shal complain and furnish evidence to
any informing officer of such violation. .
Sec. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed; Provided, however,
that the passage of this act shall not effect any pros-
ecution now commenced.
Approved, July 7th, 1865.
CHAPTER XLI.
An Act in addition to an Act entitled “ An Act con-
cerning Crimes and Plinisliments."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-I
sentalives in General Assembly convened :
Thtit every person who shall willfully and mali-
ciously cut, brenk. throw down, destroy, or in any
manner injure, any derrick belonging to any other
person, or any of the guy ropes or other supports at-
tached, or belonging to such derrick, shall be un-
ished by a fine not exceeding one hundred do! ars,
or by imprisonment in a common jail not exceeding
six months, or by such fine and imprisonment both.
Approved, July 7th. 1865.
CHAPTER XLII.
An Act relating to Discharges from the State Prison.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
That in applications to the general assembly for
the discharge of any person from the state prison
under sentence therein for life, notice in writiuo
shall be given to the state‘s attorney, to appear and
defend against such applications, and he shall have
power to summon such witness as he may deem-nec-
essary, and the said state’s attorney shall receive it
reasonable compensation for his time and szrVIces ;
and also all witnesses summoned in behalf of‘ the
state shall be entitled to the fees for travel and at-
tendance as are allowed witnesses in criminal causes
pending and tried in the superior court.
Approved, J nly 11 th, 1865.
CHAPTER XLlfI. .
An Act taxing certain Corporations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened .-
SEC. 1. The cashiers, secretaries, treasurers or
clerks of the several corporations, other than those
referred to in the proviso in this section, which have
been or may be incorporated by, or located or estab-
lished in, this state, under specinl ch‘nrtcrs, or any
joint stock or other general law, and whose stock of
property isliablc to taxation in this State, shall
within the first ten days of October, A. D., 1865, and
within the first ten days of October in each year
thereafter, make out under oath, and return to the
comptroller of public accounts, true lists or state-
ments of the number of shares of stock In their re-
spective corporntions, and the market value of
such shares. respectively, on the first (lay of the
to be made. And each corporation herein required
to make such returns shall, on or before the twenti-
eth day of each October hereafter, pay or cause to be
paid to the treasurer ofthis State, for the use of the
State, a sum equal to one-half of one per ccnt., of
the market value of all the stock of such cot-porti-
tion ; lint nothing herein contained shrill be con-
strued as exempting the stock in any of said corpo-
rations, owned or held by persons residing in the
State. from taxation in the manner now by law pro-
vided; and said cashiers, secretaries, treasurers or
clerks shall make to the assessors of the scvcrnl
towns of this State, the returns required‘by nny ex-
isting law. Provided however, that this act shall
not be construed as including, or in any iiiiiliiicr‘np-
plietible to, any savings bank, society for snvuigs,
or building association, or any railroad, horse rut!-
roud, telegraph or express company. or any insur-
ance company conducted in whole or lll part upon
the pinn ufiniitual insurance; .or any other compa-
ny or corporation whatever which tins, or on or be-
fore the first day Ol‘Augnst. A. D., 1865, shall have,
paid to the treasurer of this State. the tax of onc-
t'onrth of one per cent, imposed upon such compa-
ny or corporation by the fifth section of an act cuti-
tled “An Act in addition to and in alteration of An
Act for the Assessment and Collection of Taxes,“
approval July 9th, 1365,
SEC. 2, Said fifth section ofthe act last above men-
tioned is hereby repealed. Provided however, that
this act shall not trike effect until the first day of
August, A. D., 1805.
Approved, July 11, 1865.
anrTen xmv.
An Act relating to Electors and Elections in the
Town and City of Bridge ort.
Be it enacted by the Senate amr ouse Q/‘Repre-
senlalives in General Assembly convened .-
SEC. 1. That the town and city of Bridgeport is
hereby divided into three districts, for the purpose
of accommodating the electors of said town and city
in voting at electors’ meetings, and town and city
meetings held for the elicice of town and city officers
to be voted for by ballot. as follows. viz : So much
of said town he lies westerly of Bridgeport harbor
and Peqnonuock river and southerly of a line. com-
mencing a. the boundary line between Bridgeport
and Fairfiela, and running easterlyon the centre of
Pequonnock street to the centre of Washington av—
enue, thence on the centre of Washington avenue to
the centreof Congress street, thence on the centre
of Congress street to the centre of Main street, and
thence easterly between the houses of Goo. Smith
and Michael Gray, on the east side of Matti street to
Pequonnock river, shall be and remain the First
District. So much of said town as lies northerly of
said First District and westerly of" said Pequonnock
river, shall be and remain the Second District. And
so much of said town as lies easterly of said Pequon.
nock river, shall be and remain the Third District.
SEC. 2. The constables of the town of Bridgeport,
ln warning the electors’ meetings, herein provided
for, and the selectmen in warning all town meetings,
held for the choice of town officers voted for by bal-
lot, shall, in addition to the warning now required
by law, give notice in such warning that ballot box-
es will be opened in the several districts aforesaid,
for the reception of the Votes of the electors of said
town residing in said districts; and the mayor of
said city, in warning all city meetings of said city
for the choice of city ofilcers voted for by ballot shall,
in addition to the warning now required law.
vive notice in such warning that ballot-boxes will
Be opened in the several districts, for the reception
of the vet .4 of the electors of said city ro~iding in
said dlfltl'ltlfi within the limits of said city.
month in which such statements tire herein required ‘
SEC. 3. The sets mum of said town shall provide
suitable and convenient places for voting at such
electors town and city meetings, in each of said dia-
tricts , and shall We notice thereof at least one
week before the y of such. meetings by publish-
ing such notice in all the daily newspapers publish-
ed in said Bridgeport.
Sec. 4. At the electors meetings for the election
of electors of President and Vice President of the
United States, and at the urinal electors’ meetings
for state officers and other ofi‘lcers required b! 13"
to be. voted t'or at such meetings, and at all town
meetin gs for the choice of’ town ofiicers voted for
by ballot, and all city meetings for the choice for
city officers voted for by ballot, the electors of laid
town and city shall give in their ballots for such
officers as are or may be required by law to be bal-
loted for at such meetings, in the several districts
where the electors are res ctively registered on
the corrected list herein a mentioned.
SEO. 5. All annual town meetings of said town for
the choice of town officers to be voted for b bal-
lot, and all annual city meetings of said city or the
chorce ofcity ofilcers, to be voted for by ballot, ex-
cept the annual meeting of said town and city for
the year 1865 shall be had and held each year on the
same day as is by law fixed for the election of State
officers, and the ballot-boxes for receivin such bal-
lots for said town and city officers, as we lac those
for receiving ballots for such state officers, and oth-
er ofiicers required by law to be voted for on that day
shall be 0 ened at seven o’clock in the forenoou an
shall be c osed at five o’clock in the afternoon of
said day, in each of said districts.
Sec. 6. At all annual town meetings of said town
provided by section five of this act, the followin
officers of said town shall be chosen and votes
for by ballot, with the name and office fairly writ-
ten or printed on one piece of paper, designating the
ofiice against or above the name of each person vo-
ted for, to wit ; the selectmen, town clerk, registrar,
treasurer, grand Jurors, constable and collector of
state and town taxes, constables, treasurer of
school fund, board of education, assessors and board
of relief, and registrarsof voters ' and at all annual
city meetings of said City provi ed by section five
of this act, all the officers of said city now required
by its charter to be voted for by ballot, and a collec-
or of city taxes, shall be chosen and voted for by
ballot, with the name and ofilce fairly written or
printed on one piece of paper, designating the ofilce
against or above the name of each person voted for.
SEC. 7. The selectmeu of said town shall provide
for each district five ballot-boxes. one plainly mark-
ed " state Officers,” in which all ballots containing
thc names ofState officers and other officers now re-
quired by law to be voted for on the same ballot,
shall be deposited; and one plainly marked “ Re re-
sentativc,’ in which all be lots or re resen vsa
shall be deposited ; and one lainly mar ed “ Justice
of the Peace,” in which a l ballots for justices of
the peace shall be deposited; and one lainly mark-
ed “Town omcers,“ in which all balfots for town
ofiicers shall be depos1ted;and one lainly marked
“ City Officers,” in which all ballots gr city oflcers
shall be deposited; any ballot found in any of said
boxes, other than the one designated for such ballot ,
shall not be counted.
Sec. am. In case at any such election there shall
fail to be a choice of a representative, justice of the
peace or any town or city officer, by reason of an
equality of votes for any number of candidates, for
either of said respective ofiices, then said meeting
shall stand adjourned to the next followin Monday;
at the same hour of the day when first he! , and the
election for such representatives, justice of :tbo
peace, or town or city officer shall he proceeded with
ln the some manner, and determined by the same
rule, as the election on said day.
SEO. 9. The annual to‘wn meetin of said town for
the choice of all town officers not erein required to
be voted for by ballot, shall be held each year on the
second Tuesday following said dayby low fixed for
the election of State officers, and s be holden at
some one place in said town indicated by the select-
men in their warning forsuch meeting.
SEC. 10. At all electors town and city meetings pro-
vided for by section five of this act, the selectmon
and town clerk of said town shall designated and
appoint a presiding officer of such meetin , who
shall preside at the place of votin in the rst dis-
trict, and also designate and appo t for his assis-
tancein the duties of said ofiice, an assistant pmi.
ding officer in each of the other districts, with such
other assistant presiding officers as they may deem
needful, which said assistant presiding ofilcera
shall be resident in the district in whic they are
severally designated, and shall have all the power-
and perform all the duties within said district, of
the presiding officers at electors’ meeting" except
as herein otherwise provided",
SEC. 11. Immediate! after the ballot—boxes are
closed the presiding o cer and his assistants in the
several districts shall, With the aid of the civil au-
thority then present, and such other persons as
said presiding officer may select, proceed in their re-
spective districts and sort and count the ballots
which have been given in, in said districts ; and
said assistant presiding officers In each district
shall make a true certificate of all the ballots given
for officers voted for in their several districts, and
shall forthwith transmit such certificates together
with the ballots received and the ballot-boxes con-
taining the same, and the list of votes as checked.
to the presiding officer in the first district ; and
thereupon the presidin ofiicer in said first district,
after having obtained t e result of the ballots in
the whole town and city as given in the several dis-
tricts as aforesaid, shall declare the same in open
meeting at the place of voting in said first district,
and said presiding officer in said town shall e
out the list of voters given in said town and make
return tlicreol'in the manner now prescribed by law
for presidiuur officers of electors‘ meetin 5.
SEC. 12. 'l but at each town meeting 0 said town
held forthe choice of town officers as provided by
section six of this act, the legal vot rs of said town
shall choose by ballot, as provided y section six
of this act, two electors residing in each voting dis-
trict of said town to be registrars of voters for the
year ensuing for their respective districts, but no
person shall vote for more than one of said regis-
trars for each of said voting districts, and the two
persons having the highest number of votes for re —
istrnrs of each district shall be declared elect ;
and said registrars shall at least three weeks before
the day of holding any election for the choice. of
State, town and city ofiicers, as provided by section
five of this act, or for the choice of electors of Prea-
ideut and Vice President of the United States. pre-
pare a list as nearly perfect as practicable, .of the
names of all the electors who are entitled to vote at
the ensuing election in the district for which said
registrars are respectively elected, which names
shall be alphabetically arranged. and opposite the
name of each ersou in said list the name of the
street in wuic he resides, and the number of his
residence in said street. or its location thereinaa
nearly as may he, shall be written - and said lists
shall, be printed by said registrars In a convenient
form. and be circulated by them in their respective
districts, and said registrars shall, in said printed
lists, and bypnblishing at least three days in all the
dad y papers published in said town, give notices of
the time when and the places where they will hold
at least foumeetings within the twelve days next
following the publication of said list of voters, for
the purpose of making any roper correction. by
additions,erasures. or other a teratious in said lists-
and one week before the day of’ holdin either of
said elections said registrars shall pnbl sh correct-
ed lists of all those who are already entitled to vote
at said elections, and those who claim to the said
registrars that they shall be legally entitled to be-
come voters at the ensuing election, and that their
legal qualifications will mature subsequently to
the completion of said corrected list, which last
class of names shall be under the title “ To be
made," and such registrars shall give a copy of such
corrected list to any elector asking for the some,
and shall also deposits. certified copyof the some
in the town clerk‘s office one week before the day
of such election.
SEC. 13. Whenever said registrars in the floral-
ance of their duties shall, prior to the comgfletion of
said corrected list, find ans elector of a State,
residing in their respective istricts, ,who may be
entitled to vote in their res ective districts, and
claims to have been admitte an elector in some!
other town, and who shall present to said registrars
acertificate from the town clerk of said town of
that fact, suidrevistrars shall, after having satisfied
themselves of t to genuineness of said certificate
and the identity of the person claiming under the
same, enter the name and residence of such elector
on their respective lists, and add thereto the words
“By certificate from ,” (therein naming the
town from which said elector‘s certificlte chine ’-
bnt the name of no elector shall be placed on such
list unless, in addition to proof that he is alegall
qualified elector ofthis state, he shall also furnis
proof, if required, that he has, or will have, resided
in said town. where said registrars reside, the peri- -
od of fourmonths immediately preceding the day
of the ensuingnlection, which certificate shall be
taken by said registrars and lodged by themiu the
town clerk‘s office.
Size. 14. Whenever said registrar shall, prior to
the day for the completion of said corrected ll ,
refuse to place the name of‘ any elector or 0th
person claiming, he will before the dayof ”Melee-
tion be qualified to become an elector; entitled
to vote at such electors‘ town and cit meetv
ings. or whenever said regis a prior
to the day for the completion of said list, erase
the name of any person placed by them on salfifirot
list, then such person or elector ma up eal from
the decision of said registrars to the o of select-
men and t own clerk; and said registrars shall certi-
fy to said board the reasons of their making such
erasure, or refusing to place such name on said list
when said appeal is taken; and said board shall,
at some one or more of their meetin hereinafter
provided for, proceed to examine un er oath such
person or elector, and such other persons as may
appear either in behalf or against his claims ;
and if said elector or person shall prove to the satis-
faction ol‘ said board that his name was c
or omitted from said registry list by fraud or clerical
error, they may direct the registrars to add his name
to said registry list.
See. 15. No erson shall be entitled or allowed to
vote for any 0 cer or any electors’ meeting or at
any election holdcn in said town as provided by sec-
tion, five and six of this act, whose name is not on
the listin the district where he offers to vote end
said registrars shall not, on election day, ad the -
mime of any person to said corrected list unless up-
on proof that hls name appeared upon the ori 31
list, and was omitted from said corrected list, by
fraud or clerical mistake.
SEC. 16. It shall be the duty of each registrar, im-
mediately after his election, to appoint a deputy
reg-istrar. whose name and ap ointment shall be de-
posited with the town clerk 0 said town of Bri
port, and shall be by said town clerk recorded on
th: town records, at the end of the record of the
town meeting at which said re istrars were elected;
and in case said registrar shall rom any cause be
unable to perform the duties of his office, then the
depot revistrur shall perform the duties of the of.
ficc o registrar during the time of the inability of
the registrar to act ; and in case of the death or res
ianation of the registrar, then said deputy m:
s ull become the registrar, and shall imme lately
appoint another person to the office of deputy 1' lo-
ti'tir; and in case of death or resignation ofuny ep-
iity, the reaistrur shall immediately appoint another
person to .file ofiice of deputy registrar, which
said npporntments shall be immediately de osited
with said town clerk, and by him duly reco ed.
SEC. 1'7, The registrars and deputy registrars sh“
before entering upon the duties of their ome-
the oath provided for executive officers, and
certificate of the fact with the tow;
shall keep the same on file, and note
town records.
Norwalk Chronicler