I
I
announced, some time since,
ett, of the New York Herald,
MT. Barnum’s late mu-
Barnun’s unexpired
Mr. Bennett paid
Irchase money, but
terms from the own-
W It» was
that Mr. Benn
purchased the site of
scum, as well as Mr.
lease for twelve years.
over to Barnum the pi
failed to at satisfactory
ers of theg lot ; that part of the trade fill
through. The Tribune says that on t t:
failure to secure the property. MY Benne
proposed, through his brc Ike r, to Mr. gamtlhl:
that he should take the lease back. 01' (11°
proposition the courteous showman rep 1e .
“ That’s quite out of the question; I never
make baby bargains ; besudes I have spent
the money long ago.” Mr. Bennett, there-
fore, found himself in quiet possessron of a
lease of a lot of ground and a large pile of
burnt brick and mortar—an elephant. bigger
thanever Mr.'Ba'rnu'm had exhibited 0!]
that renowned spot.
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WAt a New York police trial, a day or
two since, a witnessitest ified“ that he didn‘t
consider a man fairly. drunk till he lay on
the ground and'tOok' hold of the grass to
keep himself from rolling over. '
SUNDAY SonooLs—Thc central committee
of the Connecticut Sunday School Teachers
have had the subject, of a State Teacher‘s
Convention under consideration and d ecides
to hold 'onefin June next. They recom:
mend to I the county secretaries the hold-
ing Ofa convention at an early. day in their
respective counties, believing much good can
be done in this way. , .
Rev. H. C. Trumbull,chaplaian of the 10th
regiment Connecticut volunteer, has returned
to his field of labor, and is now ready to co-
cpperate in any proper measures for the good
of the Sunday school cause in this State. ”
' - N. _KINGSBURY, Chairman.
. . .
‘ THE FALL ELECTIONs—Pennsylvania held
its State Election on Monday last, and the re-
sult farexceeds the most favorable anticipa-'
tions. Pennsylvania has chosen Union State
officers and both branches of the Legislature
by large‘majorilies.
In Ohio, Gen. Cox, (Union,) is chosen Gov-
ernor by from 20,000 to 25,000 majority.
At the election in Newark, N. J ., Thomas
B. Peddie, Unionist, has been chosen Mayor,
by a majority Of 1350. Newark gave 1050
Democratic majority at the Charter election
one year ago. This change of front points
to decisive results at the State election.
«Q».
COMING HOME FROM EUROPE—The Stea-
mers IIOm Europe—half a dozen a week—
come now crowded with our returning citi-
zens who have been spending the summer
abroad. Never Were so many Americans
in Europe as there have been this season.—
The number is stated as hige as fifty thous-
and. A letterfrom Paris says there were-
full thirty thousandthere in September, so
many asto visibly affect prices for quarters
and food and retail merchandise. The Pari-
sian storekeepers and restaurant and hotel
proprietors were in fine spirits over the con-
clusion of the American war and the results
it brought to them.‘ All the Steamers home-
ward bound are full 'uutill winter; not a
state—room ”is to be had for October or No-
vember in any line: and unlucky indeed
are those, wanting to come home and yet
have neglected to engage passage early in
the Season. \ '
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GREAT FIRE AT PITHOLE.—The most de-
structive, confiagation that _ ever took place
in the Oil regions occurred about one o’clock
Monday morning at Pithole. The tanks of
the largest flowing Well in Pithole, known
as the Grant,gcontaining 4000 barrels of oil
caught fire spreading destruction in all direc-
tions; ‘ Thirteen derricks and engine houses
were'destroyed; 'The loss will reach $100,-
000. .-All of the oil belongs to the owners of
land interest and the United States Petro-
Company of New York.
v<.>oo—,———-
PHYSIOLOICAL .PHENOMENA.—An army
correspondent writes:
“In the army, and among returned sol-
diers, I have nO'ted one.‘I fact, in particular,
somewhat at variance with usual theories.
It is that light-haired men, of the nervous,
sanguine type,staad campaigning better than
the dark-haired men, of bilOus temperament.
Look through’a raw regiment, on its way
to the field, .and you will find fully one
half of- its members to be ol‘jhe black-haired
dark-skinned, large-bonedf‘ibilious type.—
See that same regiment on its return for
muster-out, and you well find that the black
hairedelement has died away, leaving at
least two._ thirds, perhaps three-fourths, of
the regiment to bdreprescnted by red,brown
and flaxen hair. It is also noticed that men
from-the cities, slighter in physique and ap-
parently at the outset unable to endure fa-
tigue and privation, stand a severe campaign
much better than men from agricultural dis~
tricts.’ A thin, pale-looking dry goods clerk
will domore marching and starving than
many a brawny plough-boy who looks mus-
cularenough to take a bull by the tail and
throwhim overa 'staked-and-rider fence.”
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- W The New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal says: “I had the pleasure
the otherday of visiting Mr. Bonner’s sta-
bles at his country seat at Morrisiana, and
seeing hié'vVouderful stud of horses. His
stables is worthy of a visit, as it contains all
the modern improvements in the training,
grooming and feeding of horses. They are
not allowed ,to eat except at regular hours .of
the day, when they are fed with all the sys-
tem that pertains to a well ordered family.—
The horses are kept muzzled during all the
hourswhengnot feedin ,and thus can only be
kept in “condition,” be three horses that
. he has at his Morrisiana estate are Lantern,
Lady. Palmerand' ‘Peerless. "Lantern he
very large, dark bay, horse, and is one of the
fastest trotting horses to the pole in the
country. Lady Palmer is very fleet; but
Peerless,~an iron grey mare is the wonder of
the age.- She has made the fastest time to
a wagon of any horse in the world, having
madea mile in 2.23 1-4. 0n the breaking
out of the ,war she was A owned by a banker
in Baltimore. Supposing that the ordinance
of secession would be passed by the Legisla-
tureZof Maryland,.and that everything would
go to smash, Peerless was sold. _ . Bon-
ner paid for her $5,500 in gold. He has re-
fused $25,000 for this horse. Several par-
ties have requested» him to , name‘ his price
abovethatfigure- He has. but-one answer-
and that”, is, Peerless. is not‘for sale. It is
something to Own the fastest horse in the.
worlc.”“j -- ;, .. - ' _
. ‘—""‘-> My ydfip-h—ya...
Wilbert: :are some smart rascals in Mem.‘
phis, Ten. Who, when they find a horse un-
mark, represent themselves as government
agents, and boldly claim the animal as a
horse that has been stolen from the govern-
ment. If‘the ow-ner of thehorse claims that
there areEnO“U. S.” marks on the animal,
the rogues produce a glass which they de-
clare is . magnifying one, and as the lens of
the glass has‘Taint “U. S.” lined upon it, the
lookingvihrongh it‘ makes the letters; visible,
apparently-on the horse. This astounds the
owner ofthesbeast, and with cool audacity
the thieves ride off with the horse they have
appropriated... ; ' '
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WThe Church. in North . Greenwich has
given acall to the Rev. Solomon Scofield. -
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WSenatorDixonwill please accept our
banks for acopy of the Patent Office Report
for 1862.;. . -- T ; '
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83" Ournei‘g‘thIs say that Connecticut is now
on a par with New Jersey, and the following is a
specimen of,the fiings atvus since our refusal to rati- -
fy the Amendment to the Cdnstitution ; -
. Connecticut.
They use to tell of a peddler state
Where the souls were small and the wits were great,
The epicenter-chants there increased there hoard,
Not as bonrddfi trade. but by trade of board.
But those j‘iiiitmeg's‘l’now have lost there meanness,
And the “ horn gun—hints” have lost their greenness,
‘ And the Yankees there have lost their keenness,
For the state is now mesncr,
3 . . , Andi greener,
-. IfAnd not a bit'keener,
than a man who-has been by a robber attacked,
And whipped him with powder and bullets, in fact,
_-‘\ mi than caved—and hit his own nose of! because it
.‘t-‘1 _.ic’kedl- ‘
gamut Suzette.
Tuesday, October 17, 1865.
our Platform as to E unl
Rights. q
ANDREW Jormsom President of the Uni-
' ted States, addressed a Veteran Regiment of
Negroes, in Washington, on the 11th . inst.
In the course bi his’s‘pecch, he said as fol-
lows: .
“This is your country as well as anybody
else’s country.” _ __ ‘
“Wehn you have returned to the avoca-
tions of peace, will you give evidence to the
world that you are capable and competent to
govern yourselves ! That 2's what you will hare
to do." ' * ' '
“He whoismost meritorious, and virtu-
ous, and intellectual must stand highest will:-
out regard to color. It is the very basis upon
Which rests Heaven itself.”
To all which we say, Amen» We want
no better platform of cqhalrights.=~- This is
the doctrine of the Dec‘lamtim'riorEludepend-
ence. This...is trueaDornoeracy. "This is
genuine Rebublicanismve'.Tfris'is the truest
Conservatism. .This is aesscntially :Radical.
And for this manly.;utterance'lrom a south-
ern man, who ismso Chief. Magistrate'of the
Nation, which is o'rdained.:to.be the guardi-
an of equalrights, we say, Goo amass AN-
DREW J OHNSON !
_.__. ”A... . ;.,_.._..-_._ A--.
The Future.
The Democratic party of the North has
found a bond of political union with the
late Rebels of the South. In the old times
before the war such a union was accom-
plished by means of slavery. Any mean
ness of which human nature is capable, any
atrocity which devils would delight to per-
petrate if done in the name and behalf of the
“peculiar insulation,” received the endorse-
ment of the party, for the South was inva-
riably a unit on everything pertaining to
this interest,‘and by alliance with that unit.
the managers at the north could get ofilce,
power, and prdfitf ' V
The war has swept slavery away. It has
1e t a free population at the South about
equally divided between rebellion and loy-
alty. But the old system had disfrauchised
the loyal portion. With the return of peace,
the late Rebels cast about for means of ac-
complishing their ends by political action.
Of course they knew that their old North-
‘ ern allies, for the sake of restoration to a
chance at the spoils, were as willing to sell
their own souls, or lick the mud from trait-
ors boots as ever. How could they unite?
Wherein’should they find a bond of union?
With consummate impudencc, for which the
world can find no parallel, the err-Rebels .
demanded of the Government, that the loyal
men of the South should continue disfran-.
chi ed, and be bound hand and foot and de-
livered over to the tender mercy of the men
who employed Andersonville tortures, yel-
low fever_infection. and other such modern
inventions as their machinery of war. With
meanness as consummate as their impu-
dence, the Democratic party of the North
second the demand, and so the two together,
expect again to rule the country, and WILL
again rule the country if they are not met
by Republicans with an undivided front on
this subject. We have nothing :further to
say about the recent election in this State.
The real cause of our defeat is, that the
State was not canvassed. Had the election
been conducted with the ordinary vigor of a
spring campaign, during the month of Sep-
tember, the Amendment would have been
carried. It can be carried now, but we
shall have to wait tow years for it. Its real
friends will ask that it be made a. part of
the platform for the spring campaign. They
will introduce it into the next Legislature.
They will endeavor to get it again to the
people as soon as constitutional forms will
allow, and when they get it there the next
time, it will be adopted. Principles are of
more consequence than men, or offices, or
parties, and with 26,000 men of Connecticut
the Constitutional Amendment is a PRINCI-
PLE. It Will be wise for some who have not
been aware of this fact to heed it now.
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Miss Dickinson’s Lecture.
As announced in our last, Miss Anna E.
Dickinson, “the young lady eloquent,” has
been engaged to deliver her new lecture en-
titled “Home Thrusts,” at Lockwook’s Hall
on Tuesday the 24th inst. The price . oradi
mission has been put at 50 cls with no extra
charge for reserved seats. After 9 o’clock
to-morrow, (Wednesday) morning,a diagram
of the Hall can be found at Selleck’s Book-
store and seats secured. The Committee
think this the fairest and best arrangement
that can be made. Miss D’s reputation is so
great, and there is such a curiosity to see
and hear her, that there is no doubt but
that the Hall will be crowded to overflow—
ing. Be on'band to secure your seats early.
On Tuesday night Miss Dickinson appeared
at Music Hall, New Haven, which the Jour-
nal says was crowded to its full capacity,
while such was the rush that three hundred
calls for tickets were necessarially denied,for
lack of room. The same paper speaks in
high terms of the lecture; states that the
hits of the speaker upon faults and customs
to which few have the moral courage to
refer in public, and her splendid appeal in
behalf of true womanhood, were deserving
of the highest praise. She has been engaged
for'two more lectures in that city during the
season.
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GALA DAY-~Weducsday,last was quite a
gala day in Norwalk. Five weddings were
celebrated during the day. And in the af-
ternoon theFiremcncame out with .thcir
machines and Brass and. Martial Bands, givv
ing a lively, holiday appearance to the vil-
lage. '
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W“Masqueradcs" are getting to be quite
fashionable inthe “land of steady lmbitsfi
A large invitation “Surprise Party” assem-
bled last Thursday evening at the residence
of Mr. Alfred Knapp, South Norwalk, each
person being dressed in fancy costume and
wearing a mask. The house, which is one
of the largest and most convenient of any in
town for such parties, was well filled with
participants in the “gay and festive scene.”
The Ponsell Brothers furnished music, and
the refreshment table was well supplied with
delicacies.
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W “Lyrics of Life," by Robert Brown-
ing, is the title of the fourth number of Tick-
nor & Field’s “Companion Poets for the Peo-
ple.” It contains 100 pages of choice selec
tions from the Poet,wuh illustrations by S.
Eytinge, Jr., is handsomely printed, on good
paper, bound in neat paper covers, and sold
for 50 cents. This series’ of Poems supplies
a want long felt by the public.
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W Gen. Joseph R. Ilawley, of Hartford,
has been brcvctlcd Major-General of Volun-
teers. He was the first. man to enlist from
this State as a private, and his promotions
have all been well merited.
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W Signor Blitz,——a son of the “ original
Jacobs,” we believe,—gave an acceptable en-
tertainment at Lockwood’s Hall, last Wed-
, nesday night, consisting of Magic, Ventrilo?
Bosh» Commonwealth )
“qu'rm, learned Canary Birds, &c.,
,:l‘
"’7‘: 'l’blé‘J-Ia'f§\.2.._v.:;=ern-s: '.“~-'.'.; . . _ {flax mu: ‘5‘" _. m,» s‘" a, ..;..: .
The Maine Law.
A protracted controversy upon the sub-
ject of prohibitory legislation has been go-
ing on in the Dulopendent for several weeks
past. The parties are the Rev. Dr. Bacon
of New Haven, on the one side, and Dr.
' Marsh, Horace Greeley, and Judge Davis, on
the other. We do not propose to enter into
the merits of this controversey, but no one
can read the articles of Dr. Bacon without
being inclined to believe, that the time has
about arrived for a thorough rc-considera-
tion of the whole business of what is called
“ Temperance” lqislation. And that we
may contribute our mite, we suggest the fol-
lowing sketch of a law, which seems to us
adapted to the eigency, whatever may be-
dome of the Maine Law, though if what we
propose were adopted, we believe that no
necessity would oxist for any other statue
upon the subject. The following is the sub-
stance of the low which we would ofier
with sllch modihtions in phraseology and
details as othernlnds might profitably sug-
gest. :-.
“Be it enacted, -&c., That whenever any
person of intemperate habits shall be con-
victed of any crime or. misdemeanor com-
mitted by him while intoxicated, the person
who shall have furnished to such convicted
person the liquor or any part thereof, with
whiqh he became intoxicated, knowing him
to be of intemporato habits, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdqneanor, and shall be pun-
ished by a fine n6 exceeding $1,000, or by
imprisonment in 0 common jail not exceed-
ing one year, or by such fine and imprison-
ment both at the discretion of the court hav-
ing. cognizance of the offence.
Provided, that such penalty shall in no
case exceed the punishment by law prescri-
bed for the offeno of which such intemper-
ate person was ouvictcd.
SEC. 2. Whom-er any persod‘ shall, in any
way, furnsih intoxicating liquor to any minor
under the age of twenty-one years, whereby
such minor shall become intoxicated, the
Parent, Guardian, or Master of such minor
shall be entitled uto maintain an actionvon'
the case against said person furnishing such "
liquor, for the loss of service of such minor,
and the court or Jury trying such'cause
shall be authorized to give exemplary dama-
ges as the nature of the case may require.
SEC. 3. Whenever any person in a state
of intoxication shall lose his life, by accident
or otherwise, in consequence of such intoxi-
cation, his executor or administrator shall
be entitled to maintain an action on the case
against the person who furnished to such
deceased person the liquor, or any. part there-
of whereby he. became intoxicated, and to
recover damages according tothe nature . of
the case. ,
SEC. 4. Whenever any persOn having pa-
rents, .wife, or children dependent on him
for support, shall become and be intemper~
ate so as to impair such support, then such
parents, wife, or children, or either'of them
shall be entitled to maintain an action on
the case against any person furnishing in--
toxicating liquor to such intemperate per-
son, and the court or jury trying such cause
may give exemplary damages according to
the nature of the case.” ' '
We believe that a law founded on the
principle of the foregoing would Obviate all
necessity for prohibitory or regulativc legis-
lation. Leave drunkenness to be punished
as a crime, as it is now ;‘ place liquor as an
article of trade, on the same footing-with dry
goods and groceries, .but, as the traflic On it
is peculiarly liable to abuse, those enjoying
it should be held responsible for the evils
that may grow out of such abuse.‘ This is
accomplished bymaking~it the interest of
the individuals most affected- thereby to seek
legal redress, and where their -claims are
Well founded, public sympathy, and support
will go with thandnstead of the present
feelings when prosecutions are brought
founded upon tho existing laws.
M~.>O _
WLieut. . John J. Davenport, Aide-de-
Camp and private secretary of Maj. Gen.
Butler, has recently been promoted to the
rank of BrevetoCaptaiu by order of the
President, “for gallant and'meritorious ser-
vice.” The Lieut’s. new commission dates
from November, 1864. ’
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WThe old “Merchant Prince” is out to-
day with a new announcement of“‘Bar-
gains.”
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The N or'alk PostOfllce.
Our Norwalk Post oflice takes in about
ninety-seven thousand letters a year, and
has receives for postage on them and on
newspapers during the year ending June 30,
1865, the sum of 8,942.06. Thirteen’ dollars
and twenty cent. were paid during that time ‘
for registered letters, and $243.79 received
for box rent, &c. The expenses of" the office
for the year Were $1,824.55, and $2,374.50
paid over to government after meeting all
the expenses of the office.
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Teachers’ Institute. ,
The Teachers' Institute fOr Fairfield Coun-
ty will be held in Stamford this week, com-
mencing on Wednesday morning and clos-
ing Friday evening, and will be under the
direction of the State Board of Education.—
The programme is as follows :
WEDNEsDAx, 11 A. M.—0rganization.
Address by the Secretary of the Board. 2.
P. M. Conference of School ofiicers and
Teachers on the general wants of Schools
of Fairfield County. 7 P. M. Public Lecture
by Prof. Noah Porter of Yale College.
THURSDAY,9 A. M. and 2 P. M.—Classes
for the improvement and instruction of
Teachers. 7 P. M. Public Lecture. .
Friday, 9 A. M. and 2 P. P. M.—Teachers
classes continued. 3 P. M—Lecture on
Physical Giggraphy by Prof. Guyot of
Princeton, . J. 7P. M.——Dlscussion by
various gentlgnen on the character. of a pub-
lic school systm adapted ,to .large towns,
and on other ”pics, suggested by the exer-
cises of the w . ' , '
The teachQ' in the common schools of
this portion ghe State are particularly invi-
ted to be prism, and the 'daya‘sessiOns of
the Institutewill be arranged for their inter!
est and instruction.
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WArtcmus Ward had a very fair audi- _
‘ ence, at LockaOd’s Hall, on Tuesday even.
inglast, and succeeded admirably in amusing
every one. His pictures were good and ad-.
dcd much to the interest ofthe Lecture. Ar-
tcmus was anlounced to speak in Bridge-
port the night bofore, but for the second time
in his experience he “failed to connect” with
the train, and I) telegraphed‘on,that he was .
sick. A large-cowd of .people Were v"disap-
pointed, and synpathized‘with. him in his
sickness. ‘ ' ' "I "
'Jffl.’
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NEW BAKEEI.—Mr. M. Becker, who has
just completed . new building near the Post
Oflice South Norwalk, has started a new
Bakery and Confectionery Store”; He offers
to supply families and parties with the best
Of everything in his line.
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W” A third National Horse Fairis to be
held at New Haven this week, conummciog
to-day and closing on Thursday, under the
management of the New Haven Horse asso-
ciation. Premiums are offered to the amount
of $3,000.
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WThe Congregational, Church ' in, Red-
ding, has given s call to the Rev. T. S. Far-
mer. ‘ ~
new“:
' dollars ($10;000) and is increasing at the rate.
To the Froomon of the Borough
of Norwalk.
Your attention is called to the fact that
the Annual Borough Meeting, for the elec-
tion of ofilccrs, will be held at the Town
House on Wednesday, 18th inst, between
the hours of 7 o’clock, a. m., and 1 o’clock,
p. m.
You have sometimes failed to give such
meetings the attention they deserve. It is
true that your inattention has not been alto-
gether voluntary. So long as you were un-
able to obtain notice of the meeting, except
by watching the town-post day and night;
it was not to-bs' expected that you would at-
tend numerously. Now, however, that the
day is fixed by law, you fail in your duty if
you do not attend. Some of you may yet
think the Borough election is not worthy of
your attention. If you are tax-payers or
expect to be, it is probable that your views
will change. The last official report of Bor-
ough expenditursegshowsfthat the debt of
the Borough; nowlgexceeds... Ten. Thousand
of over Two Thousand dollars yearlyiz'é, It is
not wise to'suppOse‘tbat,'i “the pliesent’m‘au-
agement is.continued,,future reports will be
any more satisfactory. = - ' '~
The gentlemen who now 'contrbl‘Borongh
matters have-been led to believe that they
have “a sure thing of _, it,’.’,, an, impression not
conducive to? much regard for public opin-
ion, but which will be removed if the elect-
ors will generally attend the meeting on
Wednesday. There is a Union majorityln
the Borough, notwithstanding the prevailing
belief to the contrary- ‘ ‘
The ticket submitted by the Union Com-
mittee, contains the names of ' gentlemen of
the highest respectability, who will conduct
the affairs of, the Borough with wisdom and
economy. : You are earnestly requested to
go to the Towu House on' Wednesday and
vote this ticket. Menopoly Of ofilce does
not accordwith ourAmerican ideas. Change
is salutaryin many things. It certainly will
be in the ad ministration of the affairs of the
Borough. . ’ ' . ‘ '
The following is the Ticket nominated at
the Union caucus,which~ you are asked to
support: ' '
CITIZENS’ Umourlcxsr.
For Warden,
Samuel Lynes,M. D.
' For Burgess“, . j .
Robert B. Craufurd, DanielS. Bartram, ,
F. St. John Lockwood,George E. Miller,
William C. Street, William S. Lockwood,
' - For Clerk, ,
Asa B. Woodward.
For Bailifl“ and Collector.
Alfred H. Camp.
‘ For fiensurer, , ,
Charles H. Street. .
Far Prosecutor,
Joseph W. Wilson.
For Chief'Engmeer,
Asa Smith.
' _.lioi-1?‘ire Wardens,
1, Sam’l E. .Olmstead, 3d, James C. N ewkirkl » '
2d, Elbert 'Ch'rtis, 4th, E. K. Lockwood;
' For Fire Inipeclors,
Lewis J. Curtis, John Fry,
George R. Cowles, Joseph Shepherd.
For Street Inspectors,
Charles Sherry, . James Finney, . .
Isaac Selleck, ’ ‘ Zalmon Lyon.
. ' For Assessors, '
James Mallory, Charles Olmstead,
. James G. Barbour. . .
For Board of Relief,
Charles T. Leonard, James W. Pinkney,
* Charles Smith. -
For Pound Keepers,
Joseph Shepherd, George Elwood.
Iibr Haywards,‘
Chauncey Barto, Oscar Brown. ,
' > c<.p-
W The returns of the private bankers and
brokers of Wall-st. to the Internal Revenue
Assessor, show that their sales during the
year ending the 30th of last June, amounted
to over $6,000,000,000. The taxes now levi-
ed are one tenth ofone per cent on sales of
gold, and one twentieth of one percent, on
sales of stock bonds, etc. The'sales of Lock-
wood & Co.,are reported at $140,508,163. and
they rank fourth on the list. ' I
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DANBURY.--The Times says that Mr. Mil-
ler, contractor to buildthe White Plains R.
R., was in town last week, and expected to
“break ground”.for the Road on Thursday,
and that work is to go on this winter.
The water in the Kohanzie Reservoir,
from which the towu is supplied, is getting
very lOw. ,1 . ,. ~ -
The silver. wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Orrin
Benedict was celebrated on Tuesday eve-
‘niug last. A band of music from New York
was in attendance, and the' presents were
rich and elegant. Rev Mr. Short, who per-
formed the ceremony 25 years ago was pres-
' en t. ' ' " '
SrmonD.—Dr. E. T. Payne has purchas-
ed the house. on the corner of‘ Broad and Red-
ford, formerly the residence of Commander
Woolsey. Dr. Payne intends to occupy it
as a residence and place-of business.»
__ The valuable 'real = estate known as the
Union House property, will be sold"at auc-
tion on the 26th inst. . , j , _
The First National Bank, with a capital of
$200,000, has earned during the last quarter,
$8925. .
The Gas Light: Co‘. have declared a divi-V
dead of four per cent on the earnings of the
last six months. .
At a meeting. held lastweek to organize a
Lyceum for the ~ coming winter, measures
were adopted for that purpose.
Mr. CharlesA.'Weed of New Orleans, is
preparing to build ai'splendid mansion on,
NorOton Hill, and the Mill river Manufactur-
ing company, are building very extensively
to keep up Willi thedemand for their goods.
, Advocate.
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DARIEN‘.’—-‘-'Tlle‘ Advocate, says. that Mn
G. W. Ceite,_State Treasurer, has: purchas-
ed a residence in Darien, where he intends
to remove his family, who are now living in
Hartford. ‘
‘ c~<.>>o‘—-4-—VA~
The. Rev. Mr. Thurston was install~
ed as pastor of the Congregational Church
Stamford on Tucsda‘y‘,week._
-- A———-—¢ a <.>.
Iowan—The Mbune’s'speciai dispatch, da-
ted Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 14th, says the
majority for Governor Stone, whoboldly ad-
vocated negro suffrage. will‘be 15,000. The
remainder of the Republican ticket is elected
by nearly 20,000 majority.
_ PENNvaVANIA.-The most reliable esti-
mates of the result in Pennsylvania give Gen.
Hartraufts, Union candidate for Auditor-
Gcneral,a majority of 23,000.. The, vote in.
Philadelphia was very large, and showed
great Unionlgains. The Union party will
havc't'wo-thirds of both branches of the Leg-
islature. The Union party gains in thirty:
eight 31‘ the forty two Counties officially re-
turne . '
~-——'—av--¢.>s
w The Saturday afternoon special train
on the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad has
been withdrawn. "
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——The favorite North river steamer “Mary
Pewell,” has recently been sold to Mr. Cor'
neil for the sum of $180,000. '
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m“ The Union majority in Vermont .for
The Fire Department.
By order of Chief Engineer Asa Smith,lhe
Fire Department turned out on Wednesday
last for their Annual Inspection. We should
judge from the number of men who turned
out, that the interest of the members in some
companies had nearly died out. Phoenix
engine company which has a large roll of
members appeared on the street with only
about a dozen men; the Hose Compa-
nv did better, having some 16 or 18 men on
the ropes. The two companies were escort-
ed by the. Drum Corps, and during the after-
noon tried the powersof the engine in throw
ing water from several places. The Silver
Gray Engine Company, came out in good
style, headed by the “Norwalk Band,"which
furnished very good music for the occasion.
The Band will please accept our thanks for
their compliments to the old GAZETTE. The
Hook and Ladder Company,we understand,
were not Ordered out.
__._._..._. o<.>uo———--—-
Norwalk, Oct.11th, 1865.
The undersigned, a citizen of Norwalk, and
’for many years a resident thereof, desires
through your excellent J ournal,briefiy‘to ex-
press his gratification at, a nd hearty endorse
ment of, the letter published in your edition
of the 10th inst,addressed “S. F. Vim Choate
Supt. and Gen’l.Agent,of the Insulated Lines
Telegraph Co.” The majority of business
men who are in the habit of using the tele‘
graph, are of course ignorant of the great ad-
vantage which this line possesses over those
heretofore used by them. I have neither
the time nor the space to expatiate upon or
ex plain those advantages at present. Upon
this point I merely say ;_ Try it and become
convinced.
Having been for many years engaged in
the Telegraph business, your correspondent
claims to have some of that great principle
of Telegraphy, which of late years has been
so wonderfully extended and improved up-
on. After a. careful and Close examination
and study of thel'lva'rioussystems and plans
of the many telegraphic, facilities now in
vogue, he is satisfied that the invention of
Mr Van Choate, published in his hock enti-
tled “OoeanTelegraphy” is the only true and
feasible plan for the successful working of
that greatest of all human enterprises “The
Atlantic Cable,” The public should fully un-
derstand that this gentleman (unlike many,of
the present day), has devoted not only his
great abilities and energies to this noble work
but also his money. ' He has not hesitated to
lay down his all for the advancement of the
science of Telegraphy and the good of the
public. When others have been discouraged
and turned back, he has boldly 'pressed on
with indomitable perseverance, and who can
' doubt his success; who can doubt that the
words of the great Prophet will yet come to
pass, That the Girdle will be placed around
the earth. I 'wlll close this already too long
correspondence, merelyinviting our business
men and others to give this line a trial and
convince themselves, that telegrams can. be
transmitted “correctly” and in advance of
the “Stage Coach,” or even “Uncle Sam’s”
Mail Bags, and also answered promptly. F.
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NEWS ITEMS.
-—John Minor Botts has accepted a nOmi-
nation to Congress in the Lynchburg district
of Virginia.
——-As an evidence of the material reduction
in the quartermaster’s department, it may be
stated that during the month of September
last, over 1,000 employees connected with
that office were discharged, their services be-
ing no longer required. Similar reductions
have been and still are being made in the dif-
ferent ofilces connected with the commissary
general’s department.
—A letter in the October number of the
Horticulturist states, that there are 5,000 acres
on the shores and islands of Lake Erie de-
vozed to the culture of the grape. The crop
this year, he says, on 3,500 acres, will aver-
a e two and one-half tons to the acre. This
wrll give 17,500,000 pounds, which at an av-
era e price of seven cents per pound, will be
$1, 26,000 - or $850 per acre.
——The Wirz trial is getting tedious. It is
high time for the government to “drop" him.
-——A young lady went into a store lately,
selected her outfit and gave orders for the
articles to be sent to her. “Recollect,” said
she to the accommodating clerk, “rats, mice,
waterfall, net, crimpers,” etc. An unsophis-
ticated elder lady from the rural district, who
witnessed the transaction, lifted her specta-
cles and gazed after the departed miss; then
turning to the proprietor In a tone of the sin-
cerest pit , “Poor thing i” said she, “ she’s
grimy, ain t she ?” The smile at this was an-
ib e. '
—-The Philadelphia North American says :
“More than six hundred thousand men were
equipped with clothing and equippage du-
ring the late war from the Philadelphia de-
pot, the largest in the country, employing
over eight thousand operatives, besides hun-
dreds of contractors in Pennsylvania, the
adjoining States and New England ; and the
disimb ursements of Colonel Crossman, As-
sistant Quartermaster-General, who was the
ofilcer in charge, amounted to one hundred
millions of dollars.”
—The Boston Post says that some twenty
house-keepers at the South End, after com-
paring market accounts, have come to the de-
termination to dispense with the use of but-
ter, with the exception, of one pound a week
for each family, until it can be purchased
for thirty cents a pound. ‘
-’—-A newly married couple went to Niagara
on a visit, and the gentleman, in order to
convince his dear that he was as brave as he
was gallant, resolved to go down into the
“cave of the winds.” She, of course, ob-
jected; but finding that he was determined,
afi‘ectiouately requested him to leave his
pocket-book and watch behind.
'—-—The Lexington (Va) Gazette gives a brief
account of the inauguration of the late Gener
a1 Lee as president of Washington College,on
the 2nd inst, which consisted of the 'simple
administration of the oath of ofice. The
Gazette says at Mr. Lee’s request the ceremo-
nice of the occasion were made private, brief
andas unostentatious as possible. .
——-Gen.» Grant has issued an important or-
der assigning several regiments of the regu-
lar army to the frontier duty, musterin out
all the volunteer cavalry east of the issis-
sip i,and garrisoning the sea-coast forts south
of ortress Monroe with colored troops.
.—The Louisiana Democratic Convention
has resolved that the overnment was made
for the-exclusive bene tof white men, . and
appealed to Congress to pay them for their
slaves. Of course it finished its deliberation
by denouncing “the radical Republican poli-
cy,” after praying for a general pardon of
themselves for their crimes against society.
——'[‘hc Mormons at Salt Lake City had
a great snow storm September 9. The snow
and the ripening peaches together broke
down many of the trees. .
—-The population of Chicago is 178,539.
-——-Messrs. Stephens and Reagan have been
released from Fort Warren on parole, and
have already taken their departure for the
South. .
—-The Navy Department will close out
its sale of steamers and sailing vessels by dis-
‘ posing of twenty two at public auction in
New York on the 25th inst. They will be
sold to the highest bidder ‘without reserve.
—Lieut. Gen, Grant has returned to Wash-
ington, and it is understood that he is
now prepared to carry out the plan already
agreed upon for the reduction of the army to
a standard required only for the ordinary con-
dition of the country in times of tranquility
at home and peace abroad.
-——At the New York Custom House on
Wednesday an incumbent came to the Col-
lector in company with a one-legged soldier.
saying he desired to resign in favor of the
man who had lost a limb in defence of the
Union. In ,another case .an inspector who
had held the place for years (the former
incumbent having resigned to go into the ar-
my,) resigned in favor of the returned soldier.
. ——A magnificent Tenth Corps badge has
been presented to Major-General Alfred H.
Terry by a large number of the officers of the
late organization. The badge represents a
bastion fort, and in this case is ornamented
by five diamonds in the centre and bastions,
the whole surrounded by a laurel wreath of
green enamel. It is suspended from a gene-
ral’s baton held in the claws of an. --~.;le. be-
neath which appear various militan -,. symbols,
Governor is 18,716.
.us-‘x'.
hall ot‘ solid gold and exquisite wor
kmsn’ship.
- WOUNIID
Burning of Rail Road Bridge
at Cos Cob, serious interrup-
tion of Rail Road Travel.
All that portion of the New York & New
Haven Rail Road Co.’s Bridge, west of the
draw. at Cos Cob, was destroyed by fire on
Saturday evening last, and passengers are
either ferried over in rpw boots, or car-
ried around through the village, a distance of
some three miles, which causes a detention
of about one hour in going to or coming
from New York.
The fire was discovered about half past
eight o’clock, and is supposed to have been
caused from a spark from the locomotive of
the Stamford Special train, which passed
about half an hour previous. The bridge
Was one of Bows, and was built on piers
with about 120 feet span. Four long and
one short spans on the west bank are entire-
ly burnt, making between 5 and 600 feet de
stroycd. The company are now laying
planks on the fallen timber for the purpose
of a foot-bridge, which they expect to have
completed to-day (Monday), when the deten-
tion will be but a few minutes. It will
probably take from two to three weeks to
rebuild the bridge. Arrangements will
probably be made to send freight east of
Greenwich by boats to Stamford and Nor-
walk, and a freight train willrun from New
Haven to Stamford in a day or two.
The fire taking place as it did on Saturday
evening, most of the Passenger cars were
cast of the bridge, and the company will
have to send a number of them by the way
of Chatham Four Comers to New Yark, to
enable them to conduct the business of the
road. ” ' -
0‘.-.
Q‘ The Ladies Visiting Committee of the
Soldier’s Home, in the City of Philadelphia,
propose to open a National Fair at the Acad-
emy of Music, on the twenty.third day of
October next, for the purpose of raising a
BUILDING and ENDOWMENT FUND for that
Institution.
The Soldier's Home has been incorporated
by the State of Pennsylvania, for the relief of
Soldiers and Seamen who have been honor-
ably discharged from, and the children of
those who have died in, the service of the
Country. Although the Home is located in
Phildadelphia, its benefactions are not limit-
ed. by State boundaries. Its doors are freely
opened to every deserving Soldier and Sailor
of the Republic who seeks admission.
Donations in money for the Fair may be
sent to War. STRUTHERS, Treasurer, No. 1022
Market Street.
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WWe find the following in the J anes—
ville, (Wis) Gasette. Frank Smith is a son
of Henry Smith, Esq., of this place, and for-
merly a well known clerk in Norwalk :
“Two of our finest young men—Messrs.
ed up their business engagements in this city
and are about to take their departure for
Minnesota, where they are to enter into a
copartnership mercantile business. What is
our loss in their removal from here will be
most decidedly the sin of the place they are
about to locate in. e wish them most abun-
dant success in their new business sphere."
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WA writer in the New York Evening
Post is severe upon some fashionable freaks
in pronunciasiou, and says pungently :—
"A common reply, in this country to the
question, ‘why do you say ither and nither ‘2’
Is that the words are so pronounced by the
best educated people in England ; a short
and a proper rejoinder to to which reply is
ihat the statement is not true ; for certainly
It is not. That is to say a majority of the
best English usage is not on that side of the
question.” ‘
N“.
as“ A Pittsburg paper says that the ex-
tent of the bituminous coal field surround-
ing Pittsburg is fifteen thousand square
miles, or eight million six hundred'tbousand
acres. The upper seam of coal in this area,
rating it at an average depth of eight feet, is
estimated to contain 53,516,430,000 tons of
coal, which, at two dollars per ton, or a lit-
tle over seven cents per bushel, would be
worth $104,037,860,000—a sum equal to the
payment of the national debt nearly twenty-
seven times, supposing it to be four thou-
sand millibns; or an amount equsi to the
gold and silver product of California and
Nevada for more than a thousand years, even
ifilthey yielded one hundred millions annu-
a y. . .
.‘Q>.
WGen. Banks commits himself squarely
to negro sufi‘rage, as follows:
. BosTON, Oct. 9, 1865.
Sir: In answear to inquiries presented to
me, I have the honor to say that I am in
favor of grantin ther-ight of suffrage to the
colored men.
necessary to the settlement of the affairs of
this country, and have full confidence that it
Will be adopted. I urged this upon the Con-
stitutsonal convention of Louisiana in 1864,
and In an address I delivered in New-Orleans
the 4th of July of this ear, copies of which
I enclose, you will fin a full expression of
my sentiments.
With great respect, I am as ever, your obe-
dient servant, N. B. BANKS.
Neg-c .—
The Richmond correspondent of the
Wheeling (West Virginia)1ntelligencer writes:
Among the rumors prevalent is an on dz't
that General Terry, commanding this De-
partment, will shortly marry the daughter of
a well-known merchant of Richmond. The
young lady in question is about eighteen and
belongs to a family remarkable for its beau-
ty,of which, in point of appearance, she is
certainly not an unworthy member. Some
of our young misses, who, a few short months
since, were boiling over with hatred for eve-
rything native or germane to “Yankeedom,”
have overcome their aversion with amazing
faciltty. In a few nights, the daughter of our
richest tobacco merchant, who is saidto have
secure within the coffers of the Bank of Eng-
land a princely fortune, will marry a Feder-
al officer now on duty in Richmond, and I
have heard of one or two other instances of
a similar nature. Stars and brass buttons
have a proverbially dazzeling effect upon
the youthful female imagination, and with
some of our Richmond misses it seems to be
a matter of small concern whether the stars
and buttons adorn the “loyal blue” or “reb-
el gray,." ‘
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Wont Use Any other.
Webster’s Vegetable Hair Invigo-
rator.
Is the Greatest blessing to those whose
hair has turned grey from any cause ever
yet discovered. ' ‘
General Agent for New En land.
GEO. C. GOODWI &_ Co., .
38 Hanover St., Boston.
ALLEN do PHELPS, 441 Broadway,N. Y.
C. F. TOLLES & 00., South Norwalk, Ct.,
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ded hair to its original color, and Will not
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sonnxnns,
ATTENTION l
LL Soldiers Discharged by reason of
A wounds received in line Qf duty, can now
procure their One hundred Dollars Govern-
ment Bounty, by making application, per-
sonally or by letter, to
WM. T. BARNUM,
Licensed War Claim Agent, Danbur , Ct.
Office—First Door South of the ooster
House. _ _
W For reference see advertisement In
another column of this ‘oapcr. 38
”—o.‘ow._._-_
The proof of the pudding is not in chew-
ing the string, but in eating and testing.—
The same may apply to the J. Monroe Tay—
lor Gold Medal Soap. Our better half says
it has no equal, and will do much better
work, and go further besides. leavmg .the
clothes in a much better state after washing.
We do not hesitate to pronounce it far supe-
rior to any Soap in the market. Go get a
l
'1
bar and try it-—‘-Inost all the merchants sell it.
J. C. Wingate and Frank Smith—have clos- .
believe this measure to be .
Warren’s Improved Felt, Ce-
ment and Gravel Roofing.
Decidedly the best, most durable nnd
cheapest known in this country. Materials
which are liable to be confounded with
this have long been in use for covering
factories and barns, &c., but never until
this recent discovery has any kind of Ce-
ment Roofing been used for our best resi-
denccs. The combinations of this roofing
are such as to render it perfectly water-
proof; makes solid, handsome work, is a
very great saving of at~ least 25 per cent
over any other roofing in use.
C. W. Lockwood is sole agent for Fair-
field County. All orders left at the Store
of A. Moorehouse, Main Street, will receive
his prompt attention ; enquiries freely an-
swered. 1y34
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ETTERS remaining unclaimed in the PostO time
at Norwalk, State of Connecticut, on the 17th
day of October, 1865. '
Betts, Davenport & BettsI-Iiggins..Miss Mary
Burritt, Miss EmmaL John, Miss Johnson,
Coburn Soap Washing MaJackcon, A E Esq Box 74
chine Co. Katchum, Miss Annie E
Comstock, Wm 'I‘ Lockwood, Joseph H
Cahill. Thomas McCord. C F A
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Camp, Miss Mary A Nash, Mrs Charlotte
Comstock, Albert S Netterfield Mrs Capt
Dibble, Mess A do Go Plangert, J’ W Esq
Disbrow, Miss Issabella SPeane, John T
Fillow, Mrs Sally Purdy, Allen M
Gregory, George Richard. John
Gleason Dr. C W Smith. John H
Hartford, Mrs Wm Thorneley, Peter
Hoyt, Mrs Wm _'l‘ rrell Mrs Ann E
Hoyt, William \ akeman, Mrs Tyler
Persons calling for any of the above Letters will
lease sa “ADVERTISED " gtcin the date of the
list. y Channesghxs'rnsn, P. M .
M.>..—_
LIST OF LETTERS remainin unclaimed at the
Post Office,in South Norwn k, Oct. 17th,1865.
Beers, W W Meeker, Mrs Catherine
Clark,Henry O Magure, Pat
Fancher, Henry B Newcomb, Mrs
Hoyt, Mrs Caroline Parker, Edw
Hoyt, Mrs Mary
Kearnau, Miss Anna
Kyle, James
Persons calling for any of the above Letters will
please say "ADvnnTrsED " giving the data of the
at. MATTnEw WILcox, r. It,
a‘.’.
WOn every center-table should stand a fiscal: of
Phalon’s “N ight-Blooming Cereus," to refresh and
tnnquillze the senses of those who delight in pure
. M
Sonthwick, Mrs Rebeccca
Tierney, Jeremiah
and wholesome perfumes. In fact, this is now the '
fashion in most of the mansions up town. (N. Y.)
Sold everywhere.
.——oa—<.>.
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c
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IT IL RESTORE GRAY HAIR TO ITS ORIGI-
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A HINT TO Born Ssxs s—How To GAIN AND an
AEEEOTION.—It has frequently been suggested that
_ PLANTATION BITTERS are, in another form, the “Elix
fr ofLove” if the Ancients. That they do much to
quiet “familyjars.” and reconcile fretful wifes to
cross husbands, we verily believe. When domestic -
quiet is restored and connubial felicity reigns sn-
premz
How great the charm how sweet the bliss
That finds expression in akiss." '
A free and proper use of Plantation Bitters will
inspire the souls of both sexes with pure and high
toned sentiments of affection, and a capacity for
rare and exquisite enjoyment in each others society
Remember there is no place like home, and; no pas-
sion like love-and nothing to link the two togeth
er and you to~both like the great Family Blessing
PLANTATION BITTEEs.
M showman.
In Norwalk, on Wednesday, Oct. 11th at the First
Congre ational Church, by Rev. s. E. s. Bissell,
Joseph . Ells to Miss Mary A. Gun hter of Deacon
James S. Waterbury; all of Norwal . No cards.
In this town, on the 11th inst, b Dr. A, Hill,
Capt. Titus K. Merrill to Mrs. Elizabet Weed, both
of Norwalk.
In Waterbury, on the 12th inst.,b Rev. Joseph
Andaman. Mr. I. Phineas St. John of ew York city,
to Elvira L. Wilcox, adopted daughter of Wm. B. St.
John, of this place. '
In Danbury, Oct. 4th. by Rev. G, M. Stone, Mr.
Elias N. Osborn to Miss Elzabeth W. Hoyt. all of: D.
In Stratford. Oct. 7. by Rev. Louis E. Char rot
Lewis Burr. 3d, to Miss Anna M. Banks, hat of
Fairfield. Oct. 12, bfiRev. Louis E. Cho It. Lt.
lskugustine Gray and aggie M. Judson, 0th of
tratfor . ‘
In this town Oct. 11th, b Rev. Samuel H. Smith
Chas. L. Glover to Miss J u is A. Persons, all of Nor-
walk.
In Williamsboro. L. I. Oct; 12th by Rev. Chas, Y.
Swan of South Norwalk,Geo. R. Fanton and Miss
Marla Allen, both of Norwalk.
At Litchfield on the 12th inst. by Rev. S. F. J obn-
son of West Goshen Mr. Cornelius Colt of Kerwin-
ton to Mrs. Virginia E. Beach of Litchfield.
WM
At the United States Hotel. Avon Spring, N. Y.,
Aug. 2, Mrs. Deborah 0. Nash of Detrort, Ich (for-
merly ofNorwalk) after a short illness, aged 59 yrs.
11 mos.and24days. The remains were taken to
Detroit for interment.
In Danbnry,0ct.,6th, John F. Golden, aged 37
cars. .
y In Bethe], Oct., 7th, Patrick Daniels, aged 52 years.
In Sn brook, Sega, 30th, Nelson Cadwell, aged 32
years, fhrmerly of rooklyn, N.‘Y. _
’ In New Canaan, Oct., 5th, Philo S. Fitch, aged 70
cars.
y In Trumbull, Oct. 14, at the residence of his son,
B. B. Plumb Es ., Eli P.umfi aged 88 years.
At Macon, eorgia, on the 10th instant Hen-
ry M. North, son of the late John North, of this
place.
Latin, French and German.
YOUNG LADY, desires to form a class
of beginners, in the
FRENCH AND GERMAN LANGUAGES
AND LATIN CLASSICS.
For further particulars apply to
It * MRS. TIN DAL.
LOST-«425 00 Reward.
AWHITE SETTER DOG, middle size,
with large yellow spots around both
eyes; wore no Collar but a simple black strap
instead; has been missing since Friday
morning last. The above reward Will be
paid for the return of the Dog.
J. O. QUIGLEY.
Came into the Inclosuro
F THE SUBSCRIBER, on or about the
. 11th inst. Forty Geese of different col-
ors; the owner (or owners) is requested to
prove property pay charges and take them
away. ‘ RRIN SMITH.
Darien, Oct. 14, ’65. 3t42
Strayed‘ or Stolen.
FROM the Subscriber, in the village of
New Canaan, on the 14th inst, a light
red cow, said cow is about 9 years old, large
size, short horns, with brass knobs, large ud-
der and tests. Any person who will return
said cow to the owner, or give information
where she can be found,shsll be liberally re-
warded. JAMES B.
New Canaanu, Oct. 16th, 1865. ll
HE Inhabitants of the town of Norwalk
are hereby notified and warned, that
there will be a special Town Meeting held in
the Town Ho se on Saturday Oct. 21, 1865,
at 3 o’clock P. M., to consider the petition of
E.H.Smith and others for a new highway
from the Gate near the brick on the road
leading to Baton Point to Cherry Tree Point
or Bellse Island.Also to consider the petition
of J amcs A.Brown and others to drain or oth
erwise remove the stagnant water from the
Pond known as Rail Road Pond, near the
New York and New Haven Rail Road De-
pot at South Nor walk, and to make such ap-
propriations from the Town Treasury a the
meeting shall deem expedient.
Norwalk, Oct. 16th, 1865.
WILLIAM S. LOCKWOOD,
WILLIAM T. CRA W,
EDWIN K. LOCKWOOD,
For sale?"
‘ NE of SAN FORD’S PATENT HEAT-
ERS, is offered for sale cheap.
Apply to GEO. F. BELDEN.
i Selectmen.
Home Thrusts.
.‘e‘.>-.—.
MISS
Annallll ' an
the eloquent young Quakeress, will deliver
her new Lecture at
LOCKWOOD’S HALL,
on
TUESDAY EVENING, 002'. 24th,
Subject :---“Home Thrusts.”
ADMISSION 50 CENTS, with the privi-
lege of Reserved seats. The sale of seats
will commence on Wednesday, Oct. 18th, at
9 o’clock, a. m., at Selleck’s Bookstore, where
a diagram of the Hall will be found. Per-
sons from adjoining towns can secure seats
byaddressing Mr. Selleckand enclosing the
price of Tickets.
Doors open at 7 1-4; Lecture to com-
mence at 8 o’clock.
BARGAINS.
v
nuunns
FROM
AUCTION-
I have now on hand many Bargains from
the large Auction Sales in New York.
French Merinoes,
Empress Cloths,
' Figured Mohairs,
Black and Colored Alpacas,
Winceys,
Roubaix Poplins,
Colored Silks,
Black Silks, &c.
Castor Beaver Cloths,
iEsquimamx Beaver Cloths,
Plain Beaver Cloths,
Broad Cloths,
Cassimeres,
Blankets, .
Worsted Goods of all kinds.
Many of the above goods will be sold at
less price than the cost of importation.
G. .‘l'. (SEMI.
Oct. 1865.
301'! Go MORIEO‘USI,
HAVE just received a large lot of we
JAVA COFFEE,also achoice lot of s
among which the Eu lish Breakfast Tea,
Young Hyson , Gun owder, Japan and
Oolong, they are the best in Market and lov-
grs of the above will do well to call. We
ave
FLOUR. FEED. PROVISIONS OG-
which we ofi‘er at the lowest market prices.
Give us a call. .
DOTY & MOREHOUS
41 Main Street.
/
N I w I A I I I '2 ,
AT SOUTH NORWALK.
MR. M. BECKER, having completed his
elegant building, at So. Norwalk, near
the Post Office, would respectfully announce
to the public that he is pre ared to, furnish
fresh BnEAD, Puss, Cams, 0., made of the
best brands of Flour, and will strive to keep
constantly on hand new bread baked fresh
every day. He will also be prepared to fur-
nish a choice lot, of Fancy Cakes, ready
madeand made to order.
CON FECTIONERY. He has als a large
and choice lot Confectionery, of all descrip-
tions and will be ready to furnish Confec-
tionery and cakes for partiest at short notice.
passed at the May session, 1865, entitled
N ACT for the Assessment and Collec-
tion of Taxes.
SEC. 2. If any person liable to pay taxes
in this State, shall neglect or refuseoto make
out and deliver his list, under oath, to the as-
sessors, of the Town in which he is by law
liable to be assessed, on or before the 10th
day of November, annually, the assessors of
such town shall make up a list for such per.
son of all his estate, at the actual valumion
thereof, from the best information they can
obtain, and they shall add thereto the sum
of ten per cent. at such valuation, and all
taxes against such person my be collected
from him upon the list so made '03; said as-
sessors\ Approved July 21,1885.
' Notice
S hereby given to all persons liable to pay
taxes in the Town of Norwalk, to bring
in or hand in to either of the assessors, on ,
or before the 10th day of November next,
written, or printed lists, (under oath), of all
the property owned b them on the first day
of October, 11865,1ia e to taxation.
Dated Nor walk, Oct. 7th, 1865.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Cms. OLMSTEAD,
SAMUEL E. FOOTE,
I
Assessors.
3t41
Farm For Sale.
‘AFARM of forty acres, pleasantly situav—
ted in West Norwalk, is offered at pri—
vate sale, with the buildings thereon stand-
ing. Said farm is well watered and free
from rocks. The Implements and stock
now on the Farm will also be sold. If not
sold before the 26th of October, it will be of-
fered at Public Auction on that day: For
further particulars enquire at
tdos GAZETTE OFFICE.
For Sale.
NE LIGHT TOP BUGGY, in ood or—
der. THEODORE Fl CH.
Distrfvitsgifs Westport, as. Probate Court, October,
fidPON the application GEO. B. BATES,
showing to this Court that he is Guar-
dian to 'ELOSIA M. LANDERS, Minor belon -
ingso said District, and that said Minor II
the owner of the following real estate, viz :
a certain piece of land in said Weslport, in
quantity, six acres, more or less, with build-
ings thereon,and bounded northerly and east--
erly by highway, Southcrly by E.L.Bates,andi
Westerly by heirs of John Gray, deceasedmsl—
ued at about $600; and showing ‘just and
reasonable cause for selling said real estate
praying for an order, and that be or some
other meet person be cmpowored to sell the
same, as per application on file, dated the 2d
day of October, l865, more fully appears.
ORDERED—That the foregoing application
be heard and determined at the Probate Of-
fice in Westport,on the 16th day of December
1865,at 10 o’clock forenoon; and that notice
lhereol'be published in some public Weekly
newspaper near the place where such Real
Estate lies, three weeks successively, at least
,six weeks before said time assigned.
. MYRON L. MASON,
Judge.
“3&2
Ectractjrom the Statute Law of Connecticut ,
Norwalk Chronicler