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f TEACHER Of the Piano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition, Box 379 P. 0. Norwaik. Conn.
Circulars containing information as to terms, &c.,
may be obtained at Mr. Selleck’s Bookstore.
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executed by a first class New York tun'er. 8m”?
“7. RAN—BEL SMITH,
Attorney at A Law, 1"-
Loekwood’s Building, Ngrwalk, Conn.
ISRAEL 'M. BULLOCK, ,'
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office, No. 4 Gazette Building.
, ORMERLY House Surgeon and House Physician
in Bellevue Hospital, New York City. Office over
C. J. Gruman’s Dry Goods Store. Ofilce hours from 9
IO 10 a. m., from 3 to 4, and from 7 to S p. In.
Rssanssous:—Dr. W. H. Draper, Physician to New
Prof. Isaac
l-Z. Paylor, and Prof. Lewis A. Sayre Physicians and‘
Sufgeons to Bellevue Hospital, New ork City.
~BR. N. A. MOSMAN, ,
Hus ,removod his Office and residence to the house
formerly occupied by C. J. Gruman. opposite the 2d
11. 15. Church. Office hours till 9 a. m., and 1103
o'clock, p. in.
A slate can be found at H. II. Baker’s store, South
Not-walk. . tf‘25
NATHAN s. ROBERTS, M. 1).,
Physician and Surgeon,
Office in Dibble‘s Block,
41*36] Main Street, South Norwalk, Conn.
PATENT AGENCY. .
WILLIAM .erE,
Agent and Solicitor of Patents,
Mechanical Draughtsman and
MODEL MAKER,
Winnipauk, Conn.
1y7
G. O. KEELER as BROTHER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, &e.,
Nos. 12. 14 and 16 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
RAYRIOND QI‘NAPP,
AGENTS FOR KEYSER’S
Hot Air Furnnces, Stoves, Ranges,
cit-c. No 4 James’ Building, Norwalk, Ct.
ELBE‘ET CURTIS,
Her-chant Tailor,
bra *
D,“
'Gents’hnd Youth’s Clothing cut and made to order,
at short notice, of the best materials, in the latest
styles, by experienced workmen. Prices reasonable.
G. & G. ill. FIOLEEES,
DEALERS I N
GROCERIES,
FLOUR,
PROVISIONS, £72.,
Main Street, Norwalk, Ct..
_., , ' : incorporated 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $391 28,820
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adapted to the hazard, and consistent with
the laws of compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES,
‘ Sole Agent for N orwtilk and vicinity.
Norwalk Insurance Company.
‘ NORWALK, CONN.
Cash Capital, $500,000
Paid up Capital. $100,000
Wu. C. STREET, President, CEO. R. Comma, Sec’y.
Eons. Hum, Treasurer.
ASSETS OVER $23,000,000.
GEO. n. COWLES,
S AGENT at Norwalk, and issues policies for the fol-
lowing Insurance Companies.
Home, of N. Y., ' Assets Jan. lst, ’64, 53,356,270
Etna, Of Hartford, “ “ “ “ 3,128,520
’ 722,219
500,000
, 300,501
389,375
334,010
330,410
301,443
236,424
Hamden. Springfield, “ “ . 200,000
People’s. Worcester. “ " “ “ 405,598
And other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in Connecti-
cut, Massachusetts and New York,‘ with assets of
213,000,000. At So. Norwalk. application may be
made to WM. ’1‘. CRAW.
Gnocnnms
Cheaper than ever, for Cash.
THE subscriber would inform the public enerally,
that he still continues to sell the best of roceries,
Provisions, &c., at his old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block,
as chea as the cheapest. He offers great inducements
to cash 11 em, as he has as large an assortment of gro-
ceries of t e best qualities as can be found at any store
in the country. He wouldinvite 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 to call and examine and
judge for themselves. A. MOREHOUSE.
Home, of N. II', “ “ “ “
N0r‘vich’ U I; I; U
Lamar, i . Y., “ “ “ “
N. American, Hari’d “ “ “ “
City of New Haven, “ “ “ “
Merchants. Hartford, “ “ “ “
Western Mass.,Pitts’(l“ “ “ ‘:
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WEST SIDE GROCERY,
at the old stand,
NO. 3, JAMES’S BLOCK, NORWALK, CONN,
West side of the bridge.
llE Subscriber would invite the attention of the
public to his stock of
Choice Family Groceries,
which he will sell as cheap as they can be bought at
any other store in town. They are of the best quali-
ty, and will be sold in any quantity, large or small, to
suit purchasers. Thankful for past favors, he would rc-
spectfully solicit a continuance of the same. ~
FREDERICK F. FINNEY.
WILLIAM E. SWAN,
Saddler and Harness Maker,
DJOIN'NG the Danbury 8; Norwalk R. R. Depot,
Norwalk, Conn., kee s cpnstand ' on hand and
will make to order every escription o
Harness, Horse Furniture, Tmpplngs,
or Clothin . Also, Saddler’s Hardware and outfits,
Trunks, Va lses, Carpet Ba 3, &c. ' . .
Allin wantof-an thing his line. Will do well to
give him a call. 0r era for any kind of work prompt-
executed. Repairing done neatly, and cheaply, at
s ort notice.
... ., _ _ - r"v"
Prince’s Metallic Paint.
1-2 p’arts Iron and ‘28 parts Cement. Lime Stone—the
I eat Paint known for Tin, Iron or Wood. For
sale by the angle In or in 50 or 100 lb kegs.
YMOND A: KNAPP,
No. 4, WaterStreet, Nor-walk, Ct.
~7A. Sword’s Circulating Library.
'1‘ the News Depot, South Norwalk. The subscri-
ber has made large additions to his Circulating Li-
brary and invites the patronage of the public; be in-
tends to increase the number of books as fast as the
enterprise will warrant; He has also constantly on
hand a ood assortment of Stationery, Books. Papers.
School lDocks, Slates, Pencils, Pens, Pocket Books,
&c. The patronage bf the public is solicited.
, ' . ' A. SWORDS. South Norwalk.
PASSAGE TO AND FROM
TAPSCOT'I‘ BROTHER A; 0038, . >
86 South street, New York, ‘
Continue to issue Passe e Tickets available for
Twelve‘ months, from 151013010 'LIVERPOOL_ or
QUEENSTOWN. and DRAFTS, payable on demand
for any amount from £1 and upwards.
H. B. GLOVER, Agent, Savings Bank at Newtown,
‘ 1y10
NEW rem
‘~‘ Home Again);
COAL ! COAL i !
COAL ! t !
AT THE
Steamboat Dock, South Norwalk.
HIE subscriber having resumed his old business as
above, is prepared to furnish the public with a
better article of COAL, than has ever before been of-
fered, and at the lowest possible rates. Also
WOOD OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
13 DAVID II. \VEB B.
HOYT do RAYMOND,
. _ Manufacturers of
Sash, Blinds, Doors, Mouldings,
RACKETS, Arc, Scroll and Fancy Sawing, Turn.-
ing, and Matching; Siding made to order. ll’a’n-
(low Frames, Packing Boxes, .02., of every description
made promptly and warranted to ‘ve satisfaction.
Please give us a call at the Steam Mil . west of the De-
pot near the Nursery, South Norwalk.
R. N. HOY’I‘, (601‘?) J. R. RAYMOND.
SAM. PAKULSKI’S
Hair Dressing Saloon, So. Norwalk.
HAVING fitted up a Saloon in Dibblo’s Block, In
style not exceeded by any similar establishment
in the State, the undersigned is pre ared to treat his
friends to all luxuries in his line. I- e rides himself
upon the cleanliness and neatness of is place. He
has in his employ two well known Artists from the
Prescott House Barber Shop, in New York, and will
devote himself assiduously to the comfort and satis-
faction of his customers. N o pains will be spared to
please all who know how to enjoy the comfort of a
well regulated saloon, Children’s Hair Tastefully Cut.
Hair and Whiskers Dyed in the best- manner. Pa-
kulski‘s Celebrated Hair Regencrator, kept on hand
for sale. SAM. PAKULSKL [ly9]
FOSTER HOUSE,
sourn NORWALK.
N the Wilson Point. Road, kept on the European
plan. Rooms to let to gentlemen, with or with
outboard; meals at all hours; a small bar attached
stocked with the finest of Wines, Liquors, and Old
Burton Ale. Mr. and Mrs. Foster will endeavor to
supply their table with all the best eatablcs in market,
including Fish and Game in their season.
3m*13 L. W. FOSTER, Proprietor.
READ THIS! READ THIS 1 !
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING,
- AT SOUTH NORWALK.
ARTICULAR attention given to Graining, Blind
Painting and Glazin"; also to Paper I angin
and Calccmining, by 3. n. a: n. KIDNEY.
WShop North of “cw foundry, o positc Wm B.
Montgomery’s Coal said, foot of Marshall Street,
South N orwalk, Conn. 1y25
Rich Jewelry
AT ‘
GBUMMAN’S JEWELRY STORE
SOUTH NORWALK.
LARGE assortment of Ladies’ and Gents’ fine
Gold and Silver Watches Plated and Solid Gold
and Silver Chains, Ladies’ and Gents’ Finger Rings,
Solid Gold Seal Rings, Sohd Gold and Plated Sleeve
Buttons, Studs, Gents Pins, Solid Gold and Plated Sets
Ear-rings and Real Coral Sets, Real Garnet Sets; also
imitation Coral. J ct and Pearl, J et and Steel, Gold and
Crosses, Armlcts and Necklaces for Children; Silver
and Plated Knives, Forks, Spoons, Nut Picks,\Napkin
Ring, Cups, Clocks of all kinds. in fact everything
usuall called for in :1 Jewelry Store all of which will
be sol at prices to suit the times. All kinds of Watch
and Jewelry Repairing done as usual.
0. M. GRUMMAN.
Booms AND salons.
THE subscribers would respectfully call the atten-
tion of the public to their New Stock of Goods,
consisting of a general assortment of
Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, &c.,
both for Gentlemen and Ladies’ wear, which will be
sold very low for Cash, at the old stand. Eiy’s Block,
South Nor-walk, Conn. -
All kinds of‘Geut. andLadies, Boots, Shoes, &c.
made to order, in the most workmanlikc manner, and
at fair prices
L-Tflorsc cars run right by the door.
BROWN .1: STEVENS.
IIIRAM fl. BROWN. HARVEY STEVENS.
”DENTISTRY " ‘.
South. Nérwalk.
Will be continued in all its various branches as last
year by
C. H. KENDALL & A. N. HART,
The principal Operator in Cclton’s Dental Association
has repeatedly declared that South Nor-walk is the best
place within his knowledge, (out. of Cooper.Union) to
> have teeth extracted.
DR. KENDALL, has reduced his price of
ARTIFICXAL TEETH,
so much as to make it to the advantage of all who .
want the article, to call on him before procuri - m
elsewhere. .
Office hours at all times from Tuesday morning till
Friday evening.
Monday and oaturday will be spent in Ridgefield.
Jan. 1st, 1858. C. H. KENDALL.
Look here Horsemen.
Persons wishing to try the
GOODENOUGH HORSE SHOE.
can do so by calling at; the shop of the luldersigned,
where they can get them or our own make, just as
good, quick, and as cheap as at any other shop in the
town of Norwai :; and every shoe warranted to give
satisfaction. JOHN MOQUHA ‘.
South Norwalk, April, 1868. ti’l9
NORWAILK MACEHENE SHOP.
THE subscriber would respectfully inform Manufac-
turers and others using Machinery, in Neiwalk
and vicinity, that he is prepared to do all things per-
mining to a general machine shop. All orders for the
making or repairing of every description of Machinery
attended to with promptness by experienced workmen.
Having added 0. Steam Engine (in addition to water
‘ . power) to his works, he fiatters himself he is well pre-
pared to do all kinds of work at very short notice.
I AAC CHURCH ,Jr.
Machine Shop just back of the Post Otllcc andhorse
Railway Buildings. 11
WVATElfiB’URY é: DUNCAN,
r~ Rear of Norwalk Horse. Railway Depot,
, ,__ g are now prepared to execute in the best
manner and with the greatest dispatch, everything in
the line of
Carriage Picking and Blacksmithing.
Carriages made to order, and Painting, Trimming,
(Repairing, 05c" done by experienced workmen, with
ispa.c -. .
Good Carriage timber taken in exchange for work.
CARRIAGE MAKING,
Horse shoeing and Blueksmithing.
Lyon, Allen-n 6‘; Co...
\ OULD announce to the public that they have ta-
ken the old stand Of Capt. Henry Lamb, Main
Street, where they are prepared to execute in the best
manner with Great dis atch, anythin inthe above line.
Carriages made to or er, and Horse 1 hcciug, Painting,
Trimming, Repairing, &c., done by experienced work-
men with dispatch. . ly44
AUGUSTUS LYON, WM. AHERN, CHAS. FOX.
NOTICE.
HE subscriber having pi'xrchu'scd the CLOTHING
and GENT’S FURNISHIN G EMPORIUM, of A.
Kmprel, will continue the Business in all its branches -
at the old stand, No. 8 Main Street, Norwalk.
The i ublic are respectfully invited to call and exam-
ine the large and varied assortment of
READY IVIABE CLOTHING,
FRENCH CLO'I‘IIS, CASSIltI‘ERES and VESTINGS,
which he will make up to order at short notice and in
the latest fashionable style. E. GUSOWSKI.
1y 19 No. 3 Main Street.
DINING _-_SALO0N.
REFRESHMENTS
AT THE NEW YORK HOUSE.
... MEALS AT ILL aromas.
yd Oysters iii-Every style.
THE BEST OF
incs, Liquors, and Ales.
Also, a first-class
Billiard Saloon
attached to the House.
ISAAC LEE,
No. 23 Main St., Norwalk.
C. S. LOCKVWOOD,
Fashionable lirapertt’l‘ailor
AND
Gentlemens Furnishing Emporium,
Main Street, Nor-walk, Conn.
AGENT FOR THE
Singer Marfizfacturing Co’s
IOUSE.
oosn.
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NEW YORK
53
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. Fi.t Premium: Sewing Machine,
The best Machine for general work.
CROCKERY direct from Europe. Persons dealing
with us Will have the advantage of the new styles,
finest quality of ware, and at as low rice as other
goods are sold at, and a large stock to so act. from.
E. K. LOCKWOOD.
DOOR MATS of good. serviceable qualitgb and
cheap. - ELLOUKW D.
00D. substantial knives and forks, for e783 day
use at low prices, E. K. LOCKW D.
B EAL ESTATE.
HOUSE TO RENT.
AT SOUTH NORWALK, containing 8 rooms, with
a large assortment of choice fruit on the premises.
Is within two minutes walk of the Depot or Steam-
boat Landing. Possession given immediately. Apply
to JOHN-L. BURB. NK.
Opposite the premises, near the N. Y. .b N. H. R. R.
Depot. in!
To Rent.
THE whole or part of a good house, pleasantly lo-
cated, having a line view of Long Island Sound,
N orwalk, and surrounding country, will be rented for
the summer or until April next. Apply at the GA-
ZETTE OFFICE. 17tf
FOR SALE.
VERY valuable place, situated in the most cor-
tral part of the Town of Norwalk about two
minutes walk from the Horse Railway cpot. The
house is large and commodlous. The place comprises
about two acres of land, and is abundantly provided
with trees, shrubbcry and out-buildin gs. This place is
suitable for any gentleman. For full particulars cu-
quire of J AM ES MITCHELL,
Real Estate Agent, Union Market, Norwalk, Conn.
BUILDING LOTS. FOR SALE.
A NUMBER of very desirable lots, in a good neigh-
borhood, and pleasant location, within three min-
utes walk of the Horse Cal's. Price, from 9460 to 81000.
Also, ten lots, 60x250 feet, about a mile from the
Bridge; good land", nice location ; will be soldvery low
if a lie for soon' from $100 to 4‘200 per lot. ,A 1
pp ' to NASH a Ives,pp y
No. 1 Water Street.
For Sale.
A together with 7 acres ofgood tillablc land, com-
prising an orchard of wood fruit. Also 60 french pear
tree, just beginning toabear, with a good well of water
and never fa ling s rings. The above is Situated 14’ of
a mile from the vi] age of Ridgetield. Price 62,000.
For further information inquire of H. W. Seymour.
2d, on the premises, or of E. Jones, at the Carriage
Manufactory. Ridgetieid, Conn. April 20th 1868. Bt‘l'l
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Cottage for Sale.
HE Cottage occupied by the subscriber is offered
for sale on accommodating terms. The lot is 100
feet front by about 150 deep and the Cottage is unsur-
passed in point of convenience. Possession ven
whenever desired. (4t16) A. H. BYINGT N.
Two Places for Sale.
NE a fine village residence near the Bridge,
Churches 8; Post Office, worth 87.000. Another
with good house and Barn, and five acres of land,
worth $1.000, wil be sold for $6.000, if applied for soon.
Enquire of HARVEY FITCH.
tfi6 Norwaik, April 18th, 1868.
Building Lot. for Sale
ON EAST AVENUE.
SAID Lot is 100 feet front, by 385 deep, with a good
1 well of water thereon and 0. Salt meadow in rear.
2 .
Enquire of A. JACKSON & BRO.
COUNTRY SEAT at NORWALK,
TO LET.
TO LET or to lease for a. term of years, furnished or
unfurnished. the fine Country Seat of Geo. Platt,
Esq., one mile from the depot, at South Norwalk or
Rowayton, 1% miles from Daricn, 7 miles from Stam-
ford, with 10 or 50 acres _of land, .
Lawn, Garden, Fruit and Shade Trees, with
good Barn, Carnage House, Gardners
Cottage, Green-house and Grapeiy,
all the Small Fruzts, (tic.
Comprising everything desirable for a gentleman’s res-
idence. ’1‘ 1e Carriages. Horses and Stock can go with
the place if desired.
Inquire of JOSEPH COX, near the premises, of the
owner, 326 Fourth Avenue, or of S. W. BENEDICT.
ti‘10 10 Pine Street, and 586 Sixth Avenue, N. Y.
To Let,
“ Moss 1111],” South Norwalk.
THE full Gothic House and Barn, built of Stone,
most eligibly situated less than one-half a mile
from Depot, one view of Long Island Sound and the
‘Town, occupied for _ the past tour years by Mr. D. H.
Webb; 24 acres of or any portion, consisting ofGnr-
den, Grove and Grass-Ian may be had, the House
standing in the midst thereof.
Apply to D. H. Webb or Tolles A: Ely. South Nor-
walk, or Nathan C. Ely, 9th Street and 3d Av., N. Y.
March 1st, 1863. " 9tf
FOR. SALE.
FEW desirable Building Lots near the Noroton
Depot, with views of the Sound from each let,
all within five minutes walk Of the Depot. Size of
lots 50x200 feet, prices and terms exceedingly favor-
able to parties desirous of building within the year.
For particulars enquire on the premises or address by
mail,
6m3 Dr. C. W. BALLARD, Darien, Conn.
West Avenue Building Lots for Sale.
A LAST CHANCE.‘
W0 LOTS 74x23 opposite the residence of F. Di-
mon, Esq.
Also, two in the rear of the above, SOxlSii, fronting
on Elm Street. Terms easy. Apply to
611147 0. T. WEEKS.
' To Rent. —
. FURNISHED IIOL'SE. containing 16 Rooms:
pleasantgrouuds : very pleasantly situated on
One of the leading streets, near the center of the vi]-
lagc, and yet sufficiently retired ; decidedly one of
the most desirable residences in town. Will be rcnt-
ed for the summer months ; possession given imme-
diately ifdcsircd. Apply at the Gazette Oilice, or
by letter to Box 53 Nor-walk Post Office.
A DOZEN LOTS
Most eiigibly situated on Hillside,
At $400 each, worth $500, and only 350 down, balance
in $5 or $10 monthly payments. Apply to
if I. M. BULLOCK, Gazette Building.
NASH! dc IVES,
Real Estate Agents,
No. 1 WATER STREET.
PROPERTY bought, s’old, exchanged onlct, on rea-
sonable terms. We have a good variety of desira-
ble Houses and Farms in and out of town for sale on
accommodating terms. “3?.
WM. R. NAsn. NATHAN Ivns. "
J. FERRIS, » ~
Real Estate Agent.
' ESTATES FOR SALE in Norwalk and vi-
l
0 cinity, from 1-4 to 200 Acres, with buildiu s
thereon, rice from 5450 to $100,000. Also, TO LET,
furnishc and unfurnished houses.
Address J. FERRIS,
at Tolles 85 Ely’s Drug Store, So. Nor-walk-
Notice for surveying to be left at the Gazette Ofiicc-
NOTICE.
THE subscriber has in his hands, for sale, Stores
and Lots; Dwellings and Lots and vacant Lots,
suitable both for business and dwelling purposes.
Also a large number of Building Lots, situated within
one-half mile of South Norwalk, cheap, and on easy
terms. One dwelling with two acres of land, and
an other with 1 )1; acres of land, and another with
26 an acre; all within one-fourth of a mile of the vil-
lagf, for sale cheap. '
ersons wishin
call at the South
the Drug Store.
South Nor-walk, Feb. 10, 1863.
HOUSES, LOTS AND FARMS
’ FOR SALE AND TO RENT. I
OME TWENTY FARMS, from 15 to 140 acres, for
sale, or to exchange for pro erty in Norwalk. A
good variety of Houses in an out of town, for sale
on liberal terms. Thirteen first-class houses for sale;
two first-class houses to let; one furnished house to
let. A number of small tenements for sale, to suit
persons of small nieans~terms liberal.
S. T. WOOD.
trio .
N. B.—Good servants furnished at short notice.
. Offices to Let.
TWO very desirable Rooms to let, in 2d story of the
Gazette Building. Front Room. $150, rear on
875 per annum. Apply at the Gazette Oiiice. _
BUILDING LOTS,
BUILDING LOTS,
For Sale Cheap,
to purchase or sell are invited to
orwalk Real Estate Agency, over
WILLIAM 'l‘. URAW,
Real Estate Agent.
1y6 3m’
And upon the most
ACCOMMODATING margins
as to time of payments. These lots are located on
“Spring Hill," overlooking the water and surround-
ing couutr , and are unequalled in beauty.- by any lo-
cation in orwalk. Lots for 5400, $500, $750, $1,000
to 93,000. Apply at Gazette Ofiice. tf41
NEW GROCERY-STORE.
THE undersigned having purchased the stock, &c.,
of Doty 80 Morehouse, N o. 41 Main Street, is now
prepared to sell
GROCERIES,
at the lowest market prices. They will endeavor to keep
constantly on hand a good stock. and would respect-
fully solicit the patronage of the people of Norwalk
and vicinity. D. A. NEWCOMB & BRO.
THE OLD SPRING
Temperance Dining Saleem.
ULIUS F. PARTRICK, having taken the above
Saloon, is prepared to furnish hot meals, at all
reasonable hours. Oysters, Stewed, Roasted, Fried,
or on the Shell; also, shipped in kegs to all parts oi‘
the country. Families or Parties supplied.
Home-made Pics and Cake constantly on hand. Ale
drawn fresh from barrel—no pomonous lead pipe used.
N o Liquors kept.
Saloon opened fromG a. in. to 11 p. m., (closed on
Sundays). Private Dining Room for Ladies, entrance
under J. F. Bennett’s Store. Gent’s entrance under
Carter’s Shoe Store. . m
READ! READ” READ!!!
Wither-is Excelcesor Shoe Store.
3 9 FOURTH AVENUE, N. Y., 2d Block above
_ Harlem and N. H. R. It. Depot. Ladies
Misses. Children’s and Gentlemeu’s BOOTS and
SHOhS, of all knds and qualities constantly on hand
or made to order. Prices reasonable. Remember
the number. Families visiting the city must not fail to
call and examine for themselves before purchasin
elsewhere, Also a large variety of Rubber Boots anfi
Shoes, for winter wear.
Shoe Store. 1318
Don’t for vet the Excelsior
JOH F. WITIIERS.
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1 EORGE PERRY’S PATENT Feb. 11th " —
IMPROVEMENT iNGuAPE OULTifRicsisAn
abundant crop every year, and no ROT nor MILDEW
We do not hesitate to pronounce it far in advance of
any system of Culture now in practice. Full particu-
lass and One Dozen Concord Grape Vines sent upon re-
ceipt of 83. Agents wanted. Tertitory ' 1 be sold.
Address GEO. PERRY SON,
Georgetown, Conn.
ENTLEMEN'S GARMENTS, Cleaned, Dyed, and
Pressed in the best st lo at the Norw D
Works. foot alumna]. y u. N. mafia."
DWELLING HOUSE. Barn and out buildings,
Fruit Trees: . Fruit Trees!
. AT THE
NEW OANAA-N NURSERY.
The subscribers tékevpleas'ure in announcing to the
public that their stock of
Fruit 60 Ornamental Trees,Vmes, the.
isnnusually large and of unsurpassed excellence. , We
feel confident in saying that we believe that our stock
of APPLE TREES particularly, to be the Largest and
Best in this Country. We are also positive that we
. can furnish Trees in better quality, better order, and
for less money than tiny can be obtained from distant
Nurseries. . - .
Those wishino‘ to purchase Trees and Vines will do
well to send the'ir ordersearly—or still better, visit our
Nursery and make their own selections.
STEPHEN HOY’I‘ & SONS.
P. S.—'-We take .leasure inshowing persons through
our Nurseries, w ether desirous of purchasing trees
or not; and would cordially invite allinterested to
visit the Nursery. _
NEW Goons:
Just received, 41 good assortment of
Cassimcrcs and Coatings, ‘1
WHICH will be made into garments in the most
improved style and best manner. Also, a iar c
lot of Paper Collars, of the best make; will be so (1
very cheap—cheaper than can be bought elsewhere in
this vicin ty, togetherrwith a general assortment of
. Gonts’ Furnishing Goods,
at very low prices.
Shirts made to order at short notice.
Particular attention paid to cutting) garments of
all kinds. D. AYTON,
Atthc old stand, No. 4, Ely’s Block.
South Norwalk, March. 1868.
P.'S.—-Agent for Schwartz lb Clues, Dycin Es—
tablishment, Bridgeport. Garments of all grinds
dyed in the best manner at short notice. (18) D. D.
REMOVAL.
On “'ednesdny, April Int, 1808,
C. T. CORNWALL,
DRAPER AND TAILOR, '
WILL remove to the Corner Store, under Norwalk
Hall, Wall Street. Ills old friends and custo-
SPRING GOODS.
EDWARD P. WEED,
Druggist and Apothecary,
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Wall Street, Norwalk.
WOULD respectfully inform the citizens of Nor-
walk and vicinity that he has removed to
his new store on the “01 spot” formerly occupied by
him, on the north side of Wall Street, where, with in-
creased fscilities, he hopes to vive satisfaction to all
who may wish good articles 0
Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Patent Medi-
cines, Cigars, &c., &c. .
Physicians Prescriptions accurhtely prepared.
A. JACKSON 0. Bno.,
@ No. 1 Gazette Building.
OULD invite the attention of their old customers
and the public generally to their varied and ex-
tensive stock of
WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, FANCY
Goons, SILVER PLATED WARE, 850;,
which was selected with great care and is not to be
surpassed in Fairfield County. in qiiality or price.
Constant additions are made Of all the latest styles of
goods. A. JACKSON & BRO,
NEW JEWELRY STORE.
.
L. WEED,
Practical Watchmaker (it Engraver,
DEALER in American, English and Swiss Watches '
American and French Clocks, Solid Silver an
Plated Ware, &c. ; next door to main entrance of Ga-
zette Buildin , Norwalk. Wedding Rings, Gold, Si 1-
ver and Hair ewelry made to order.
Special attention given to Repairing.
and all work warranted to give satisfaction or no pay
required.
Pianos, Organs, Melodeons
agd all other musical instruments Tuned and Repair-
e . .
I. oer. SELLECK,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Flour,
Feed;
AND
Grain,
at James’ Building, Water Street, Nor-walk, Conn.
1st door above Street’s Hardware Store.
NOBWALK STEAM DYEING
. AND
SCOI‘JRING ESTABLISHMENT.
FOOT OF MILL HILL.
An Kinds of Scouring and Bleaching
In the best style and at the shortest; notice. Ladiee’
Dresses, Swim, Capes, Mantles. Shawls, Ribbons, Vel-
cets, Fringes, Veils, tea, Cleaned, Dyed andJBressed.
Particular attention paid to the Cleansing, Dyeing and
Pressing)“ Gentlemen’s Garments; the do notre-
quire to e ripped; we also Clean or Dye d Gloves.
so that they look almost equal to new. We invite
comparison with goods done at any other establish-
ment
’ FOR BRIGHTNESS 0F COLOR,
Softncss of finish, or with lessIniury to the Fabric.
[8" Call and see samples done at the old stand foot
of Mill Hill. Agencies at J. Shepherd’s, opposite the
Post Office, and J. F. & C. R. Bennett’s, South Nor-
walk, R. N. PERRY.
InoN CASTINGS.
The Norwalk Iron Works,
ARE now prepared to furnish, at short notice Cast-
ings of all descriptions, including Pulleys, plain
or clamps, from four inches diameter to twenty feet,
and any width face, at lowest prices. 3m9
SOMETHING NEW !
A FIRST CLASS CITY
Draper ail Tailoring Establishment
At N o. 1, Gazette Building, (up stairs)
11E subscriber who has for the past year or more
been cutter for J. Turk,would respectfully inform
the citizens of Norwalk, that he has made arrange.
ments to open a first-class, New York City Establish-
ment, as above where he pledges himself to give sat-
isfaction to all his customers. -
He will give special attention to Boys Garments as
well as those of gentlemen. Persons bringing their
Own cloth can have the same cut or made up, in an ar-
tistic manner, at reasonable prices. '
. FRANCIS J. MoKEON.
PARKER’S
HOOP SKIRT FACTORY
AND
Fancy Goo’ds Store.
N era to the D. & N.‘ Railroad Depot
NOW FOR THE
SPRING CAMPAIGN.
New I—Iats,
BONNETS,
FRAMES,
FLOWERS,
masons,
LACES,
together with
New styles for Dresses, Socks,
and Children’s Clothing.
Give nlook and see if you cannot find something
to suit you. Best endeavors will be made to please
all, and prices satisfactory.
Millincry and Dressmnking,
to to order in latest styles; also
PATTERNS FURNISHED.
Trimmings on hand or furnished.
Hats Bleached and Pressed,
in best manner.
STAMPING DONE AS USUAL. ‘
Respcctfully,
o
W. C. BUELL .17 C0..
Mitchell’sjiulidlng on the Bridge;
l
' New York 01th
mers are invited to call and examine his new stock of
GOODNEWS:
Good News for the Ladies.
GRAND MILLINERY OPENING.
AT THE
‘ NEiV‘ YORK
Millinery and Fancy Goods Store,
Mitchell’s Building, corner of Wall and Water Street,
Norwalk, Conn.
Attention is called to our MILLINERY DEPART-
MENT. We shall make evefy effort to take the lead
in assortment and styles in that branch, and under the
supervision of Mrs. Bernhard 1b Littman, late from
with 8.years Broadway experience,
five shall try to give satisfaction. Give us an early
call and see the new styles of Jockey Hats and Feath-
ers, Bonnets and Frames, Flowgrs. Ribbons, and ev-
erything that you can expect to find at a financing
lllillinery Establishment.
FANCY DRY GOODS.
Our Great Fashionable Bazaar, is now filled with a
complete stock in every department in our line. an
cOns sts of: »
artmcnt 1. Dress and Cloak Trimmings the
1 test Novelties.
aDept. 2. Laces, Embroidery and White Goods, 3 ful-
assortment. .
Dart. 3. Hosiery and Gloves all sizes and kinds.
Depf. 4. Hoopskirts Corsets to suit every one.
Ban. 5. Toilet Ar cles Brushes, Combs, Soaps,
Hair Oils, Perfumery, theflnest in use.
Dept. 6. Undergarments for Ladies, Gents, and
Children.
wept. 7. :cal- Berlin Worsted, Shetland Wool.
Working Patterns, Cases of our own importation.
Our assortment is too large to enumerate every arti-
cle in our different departments. and weproudly claim
there is no better assorted Fancy Dry Goods Store in
the State. .
BLEACHING, PRESSING AND DYEING,
promptly attended to. Millincrs and dressmlkers,
supplied at Wholesale prices, cheaper than any firm in
town. '
Come ’One! Come All!
To the New YorkMillinery and Fancy Store.
tfl3 Ii. BERNHARD & CO.
BOOTS, BOOTS, BOOTS. .'
SHOES, SHOES, SHOES.
E are now receiving a large lot, Gents Calf sew-
ed fair stitched Boots, also, Calf Pegged Boyts,
LADIES GAI'I‘ERS AND BALMORALS,
of every description and price. _
MEN AND BOYS BALMORALS AND‘ GAITERS'
Thirty cases just received.
Also a full assortment of Rubber Goods, all of the
above goods will be shown with pleasure. Wholesale
and Retail. GEO. O..KEELER & BRO.
“LIVE AND LET LIVE. ”
Ladies and Gents will find all that heart can wish in
styles of
Bonnets,Jockeys,Youths, Infants Hats,
320., at the original stand, Marshall Street, South
Norwalk, where you can have your Hats
Bleached, Pressed and Dyed,
eqi‘Ial to new.
N. B.—-1\'ew Ilats furnished to order.
GILES HAULENBEEK,
. ' Marshall Street, South Norwalk.
Removal.
Mrs. s. M. VANnEnBILT,
WOULD announce to the Ladies of Norwalk and
Vicinity that she has removed her MILLI-
NERY to Wall Street, over Weed’s new Drug Store,
where she will be ha fly to meet her former friends
and atrons. DRES AKING by Mrs. Edwin Hoyt,
of ew York. Dress Trimmings furnished for custo-
mers. . 3m'13
MILLINERY.
BIBS. J. B. BETTS,
OULD call the attention of the ladies of Nor-
walk and vicinity, to her new and complete as-
sortment of -
Spring and Summer Mlllinery Goods,
consisting‘of Bonnets. Round Hats, Silks, Ribbons,
Flowers, aces, and all the novelties of the season.
Ladies call and examine for yourselves, before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
April 6th, 1868. 2mi4
NEW DIILLINERY GOODS
JUST received at MRS. M. J. SLAUSON’S, com~
prising. a. select assertment of Straw 'Goods to
which she would cal particular attention ; also, “on
Flowers, Ribbons, and Straw Trimmings, Frost”
Laces, 86c. , Having had long experience in the Mil-
linery Business, she is confident of her entire ability
to please all her friends and patrons. We make a
s eciali'of Straw Hat. Bleaching and Pressing, also
yelng, and with our new process of bleaching the
public will do well to have their work done at our es-
tablishment, as we will guarantee all work done in the
very best manner. Mrs. Slauson would also announce
to the public that she is prepared to furnish Machine
Work, fucking, Dress Making, &c. .
MRS. SLAU502}I.15
in
Norwalk, April, 1868.
MILLINERY.
A general assortment of
READY MADE BONNETS.
ROUND HATS, mucous, LACES, FLOWERS,
of the newest styles.
FRAMES MADE TO ORDER,
AT
Eli's. AB'NOLD’S,
r
Bennett’s Block, Main Street.
lfitf
A NEED. SUPPLIED.
D’ARTOIS
0111111111] 101 CREAM,
Is recommended by eminent physicians for fevers, dis-
eases of lungs, sore throat, £70., and is “not bad to
take” by persons in robust health. It can be obtain/ed
at all hours of the day and evening at his I
ICE CREAM DEPOT, South Nor-walk.
The trade supplied.
C. B. D’ARTOIS.
J. s. GODFREY,
WESTON, CONN,
EALERJN SHIP TIMBER. Oak and Chestnut
Building Timber, Fence Posts. Rails and Pickets.
Also, Elm and Maple frees for transplanting. Char-
coal In an quantity from 1 to 10,000 bushels. Orders
respectfa y solicited and promptly attended to. 3H5
Roses! Roses :3
I_IAV[1’r rocured the services of a. proficient Pro-
paga , we are now able to oiferto the Public,
:1 lar e assortment of Hardy, Perpetual. Bourbon Tea
and oisette Roses, and also a fine stock of Budding-
out Plants, such as Geranium s, Verbenas. Heliotropes
Petunia, Carnation Pinks, 87c. Also a large stock 0
Tomatoe and Cabbage Plants. doc. Please call and
examine our stock. GEO. SEYMOUR A? CO.
7t15 Nursery-men & Florists, South Norwalk, Ct.
Green House Plants.
IRA SEYMOUR is now prepared to offer to his cus-
tomers, a. good selection of
Choice Plants and Flowers,
which he will sell on very reasonably terms. He
would also expressthanks to his friends for past fa-
vors and liberal Patronage. . tfli
N. B. A good assortment of Flower Seeds for sale.
‘GEOBGE 1!. RICE,
minivan-roan or '
USTIC FRAMES and Black Walnut House Furn-
ishin Goods. Great inducements offered to Fairs
and Gift terprises; the following stock constantly
on hand :—
Photographic Match Safes
B'k Walnut play w ons
Bill head Chas “ “ 'i owel ro lers
“ Brackets “ " Knife trays
Parlor Match Safes Foot stool black’g cases
Knife scouring cases . “ , “ splttoon “
Large Blackln Cascsgupholstered. .3‘
Samples of latch Safes. Brackets and Frames ma
be seen at the store of Chas. A. Durand. Main St. 1
orders left at his store will receive prompt attention.
ltlanufactory at South Norwalk. On, in Boy; 8; Ray-
mond’s Steam Mill. west side of the Depot. 16!!
“PLYMOUTH noon” ICE.
. . SEASON 0F1869. ‘
THE Subscribers are now prepared to furnish Fam-
ilies, Stores, Butchers, and others with pure Ice.
Sold and delivered in quantities to purchasers, either
by the pound, hundred wei ht or too. Orders left at
the Gazette Office will recc ve attention.
R. ELLS A; SON.
A NEW. BOOT &. SHOE STORE
, In. south Nor-walk.
JOHN SCHAUB from New'York, havin taken the
~ basement of Dibble’s new buildmg, Sont Norwalk
and fitted up the same in good style, and having had all
his stock stolen by burglars on Thursday night, April
23d,-wouid say that all that he can do, for the-present,
is to make Boots and Shoes to order, which he will do
in the very best manner fitting them careful] to the
foot, and making special allowances for corns, unions.
6:03 The patronage of the public is respectfully solic-
TOILET ARTICLES.
E BLACKIAN has a very large and select assert:
o merit of Foreign and Domestic _.Toilet Articles,
Handkerchief Extrac Oils, Tonics,vPomades,- Pow-
ders, Combs, Brushes, anc_ Toilet Son 3, m., at
Wholesale and‘fietail. We Street, 2d cor East of
' New Bank Building.
For-Sula. _ .
LIGHT Bandwagon. Square Box. fall springs.
GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE.
Fellow Citizens of the Senate
and muse of Representatives.-
With a grateful sense of the confidence
again shown to me by the people of Connec-
ticut, I am now ready to unite with you in
those constitutional duties imposed: upon us
for the promotion of their welfare; That
welfare, by the great chan es of the last few
years, has become so close y dependent upon
the o crations of the General Government,
that shall be pardoned for at once calling
to your attention the condition of our
FEDERAL RELATIONS.
The. events of the past car have not weak-
ened the apprehensions Ifelt it my duty to
Express in my last annual message to the
General Assembly. Three years have elaps-
ed since the close of our civil war, during
which period the people of the ten rebellious
States have universally and peaceably sub-
mitted to the constitutional authority of the
Union. But the anticipated rewards of
peace have not yet been reaped.
Oyer more than one-third of the settled
territory of the United States, there is not,
to-day, the semblance of a republican gov-
ernment; its inhabitants are denied repre-
sentation in Congresss, and forbidden self-
government at home. . Held as conquered
provinces and ruled by a standing army-its
intelligence proscribed and its ignorance
courted—a long established system of labor
suddenly overthrown, and any new system
rendered impracticable by the determination
to make a political instrument of the emanci-
pated slave-the consequences to the people
North as well as South, have been just what
our traditional. faith in republican institu-
tions should have led us to apprehend. Do-
mestic industry in these military districts is
paralyzed. Capital shrinks from investment
there. The fertile fields do not invite the cm-
i ant. The valuable Southern market for
e products of our workshops‘ is only’
known by recollection. Nowhere on the
civilized globe is nature more bountiful, but,
nowhere on the civilized globe is the pover-
ty of man more universal. -
It is a reproach to our government and a
scandal to the enlightened age in which we
live that this should be. If the object of that
legislation, which, under the professed plea
of reconstructing the Southern States, is
mainly responsible for this result, was the
indulgence of partisan passion over a. once
rebellious but now vanquished peeple, it can
be understood, however the motive may be
pitied. But the people of, Connecticut and
the other States of the Union have interests
too vital to be sacrificed to any such unwor-
thy object. Their blood and their treasure
were given for the very purpose of saving
to the Union, the industry and intelligence
and energy which, under our beneficent re-
publican system, had built up those South-
ern States into self-governing commities,
contributing. of their great resources tothe
national wealth and to our prosperity as a
,part of the nation ; and when the war closed
leaving upon our people the unaccustomed
burdened of an immense public debt, extra-
ordinary. taxation and a depreciated currency
they had a rightto expect, as they did ex-
pect, that those vast resources and great caa
pacities which had been employed, even to'
our wonder, for the disruption of the Union
should now, in peace, be turned to repair the
losses of the war, and contribute tolour re-
lief from the burdens the war had necessita-
ted. And nothing but the hostile legislation
of Congress could have prevented such a fe-
licitous result.
Wonderful as wars the readiness with
which the American people took up arms
and Organized themselves into great armies
of accomplished soldiers, it- was surpassed,
by the marvelous ease with which those
armies were disbanded and veteran soldiers
transferred into peaceful and industrious cit-
izens. .At the South, especially, hard neces-
sity disposed their people to work for the re-
pair of their broken fortunes—and, if only
left to themselves, the mutual interests. of
both white and black would soon have com-
pelled the adoption of some system of pro-
ductive free labor, the operation of which
would have rapidly adjusted the frame—work
of society in all its parts.
But the policy of the governing majority
in Congress seems to have been dictated by
a desire to debase the population of the
South and drive from the white man all ’
hope of recovering the prosperity of his
former state—and, to day, at an expenditure
of many millions from the common treasury
a large military force is maintained over that
pcop eby Congress, for the avowed reason
that they will not yield to an indiscriminate
suffrage, regardless alike of race or color,
character or intelligende, while the people of
the very States Whose Congressional Repre-
sentatives have been most persistent in this
policy, have repudiated, by overwhelming
majorities, such a policy for themselves,
when brought home to them by propositions
to amend their own constitutions. It is not
strange that, under such an unreasoning
policy as this, the Southern people can con-
tribute but little to aid our industry or les-
son the weight of taxation, and therefore it
is, notwithstanding three years of peace, our
public debt, our taxes, and the the inevitable
evils of an ‘irrcdeemable currency remain,
with very little chan e, as they were at the
close of the war. he effects are manifest
throughout the community. Complaints of
taxes, of the excessive cost Of living, the
general depression of business, the uncer-
tainty of labor, and of that striking injustic
which compels the mass of the people to
the use ofa debased currency while the priv-
ileged creditor of the government receives
his income in gold, abound on every hand.
And it is idle to conceal the fact that there is
a general feeling of distrust of what may be
in the future. Never did wise statesman-
ship or beneficent legislation have a more invi
ting field for action than that which the finan-
cial condition of our country now sents.
.Its questions come home to every household
in the land. There is no individual in the
community beyond their influences. The
public credit is essential to the lite Of the
natiop. It is‘ wealth, it is capital,and should
it fail. ‘no‘one can calculate the ruin that
would result. But Congress, which has
stopped at no exercise of power necessary
_ tothe perpetuation of its own supremacy,
has practically ignored these questions so
vital to the people. No measure calculated
to inspire confidence in the stability of affairs
has received their serious consideration. A
reduction of the large expenditures of the
General Government is absolutely indispen-
sable to any diminution of taxation or to the
appreciation Of the currency and the main-
tenance of the public credit. But so long as
the policy of governing any portion of the
American people by a standing army is per-
sisted in, no such reduction can be hoped
for. Nor does the fact that constitutions of
State governments have recently been adop-
ted in some of the military district-s warrant
the hope that, upon the rejection of them by
Congress, the army will no longer be mam—
tained in those localities. The intelligent
and stable population of those districts had
no part in the framing of those governments.
They are governments of force, created and
upheld by force, and if the Federal bayonets
and Federal treasure which now support
them are withdrawn, they will inevitably
and justly fall. Ignorance cannot overcome
and govern intelligence, unaided by external
force. . .
The Congressional scheme of Southern re-
construction secms/to have been pm'sued
with a single view of thereby perpetuating
the political ascendency of the Congressma-
al majority, and nothing has so justly alarm-
ed the public confidence as the unmistaka-
ble determination of the majority to seize
within their ' grasp all the powers of the gov-
ernment and thus revolutionize the constitu-
tional system we have been habituated to
revere. , Although, even in the only branch
that is responsible to popular election, but a
fraction of the American people are in any
sense represented in the present Congress,
that body has arrogantly constituted itself
the sole exponent of the popular Will, and
under that pretence, practically asserts its
supremacy over Constitution Itself. _ It has
made the other departments subordinate to
it. Even the Supreme Judiciary oi‘ the coun-
try, which through all the many shocks of
political conflict to which our constitutional
system has heretofore been exposed, has
maintained its independence and been re-
spected by our people as the ark of their po-
litical convent, has not escafed their aggres-
sion. Established by the ‘onstitution as a
coordinate! branch of the government, it has
been treated by the Con ressional majority
as their creature, and in irectly :ieprived of
its constitutional functions _to decide upon
the validity of their acts, through fear that
such decision would pronounce them usur-
potions.
But a more shameful spectacle the coun-
try is now witnessing in the attempted over-
throw of the Executive Department of the
Government bythe impeachment of Presi-
dent Johnson. ‘Though carried on by the
forms of law, it is essentially revolutionary
in its character and object. The very
charges . upon which the President is or-
raigned, indicate the partisan origin. of the
proceeding; for no casuistry can satisfy the
American people that, even as presented,
they contain the “high crimes and mzhdcmcan-
ors’ which the framers of the Constitution,
with just foresight. regarded . as the only
warrant ibr such an extraordinary and mo-
A. limit by minor .0 Steven Broadway been
used
but amm,mqunm oommdnee. our
““‘Tfl- . .
the Republic Our government would 10:13
mentousact as the deposition of the. Head of /
since have fallen into pieces, if it had been
supposed that any antagmism of political
opinion or conflict of o cial act between
the President and Congress would have jus-
tified the reuéoval of the one by the authori-
ty Of the 0th r. President Jackson, certain-
ly, and probably every one of his successors,
would have been driven‘ from his office by a
hostile Congress, if such a doctrine had ever
before been regarded as anything short of
an outrage upon the Constitution and subver-
sive of the Government itself. No political
Impeachment in any country or any age has
ever stood the test of time, and the founders
of our government wisely intended to ex-
clude the dangerous power from our republi-
can system.
But the manner in which the conviction
of President Johnson is sought upon these
charges ; the Open appeal which comes from
the press and caucus, and even the official
prosecutors—who are themselves the Oil‘-
spring ofa caucus—to the High Court, be-
fore which he stands on trial—to condemn
him, not because of any high crime he has
committed, but for the political necessity
which demands his office, shocks every hon-
est man’s sense ofjustice, and degrades the
transaction beneath the pronuncilzmentos of
those degenerate republics whose liberties
have been given up to the sport of contend-
ing factions through their indbility to bear
the restraints, and respect the authority, of
a written Constitution. -No conviction gain-
ed under such circumstances, will be ap-
proval by the American people. Its shame
will rest upon the executioners, not upon
the victim. The civilized world will recieve
their judgment with derision, and history
will record it to the lasting opprobrium of
constitutional overnmeut.
Nor should it be overlooked, as a deplora-
ble sign of that fitful temper which affects a
people only in the worst of times, that the
distinguished man who stands thus accused
of infidelity to the Constitution, is one who,
but a few years since, sacrificed property,
position, powerful political associations and
the home of his life, for what he deemed to ,
be his duty to that Constitution and the Un-
ion it secures—and who, in recognition of
that fact, was, by the-agency of those now
most clamorant for his condemnation, elect-
edto the position by virtue of which he ex-
ercises his present office. Is it not idle for
such accusers to say that he is less faithful to
that Constitution now than then ? and that
be, when in the enjoyment of the highest
honor of the government, is engaged in,
what he so recently sacrificed all prospect
of honor rather than engage in a conspira-~
cy to subvert it ? Few men have been so
conspicuous through life for fidelity to‘ their
conviction, as President Johnson ; that the
judgment which shall pronounce him to be
guilty of a violation of his oath to “preserve,
protect and defend the Constitution of the
United States” will be too flagrant for its
falsity, to remain long unexpnnged from the
records of the country. But the erng to
the individual is overshadowed by the vital
consequence ofthis proceeding to the coun-
It presents clearly the question which
the events of the last few years have been
slowly but surely shaping 2‘ Is Congress or
the Constitution supreme ? .And, the ques-
tion involes the issue whether our constitu-
tional government is a failure ; for if Con-
gress is supreme, the Constitution is useless
—and ifCongress can stifle the Judiciary,
and strike down the Executive. it is supreme.
And the same power that keeps the South
under the bayonet now, may rule the North
in the same manner when it will. _ By the
same reasoning which justifies Congress in
its overthrow of the Executive Department
today, the suppression of any State govern-
ment may be completely justified to-mor-
row. In fact, if Congress is supreme, a revo-
lution has been accomplished, and we- no
longer live under the government we have
sworn to support.
This is the ordeal through which the
country is passing. It is not the part of
Wisdom to hide its difficulties or its dangers.
They demand the solemn consideration of
every American citizen, for with them at
last the decision will rest. If this matchless
Constitution of ours, based upon the right of
the people to govern thrmselves in their own
'way, through their State organizations, and
secured from'abuse of centralized power by
the separate and independent action of its
great co-ordinate departments, is to be aban—
doned, it can only be because the people for
whom it was provided, and upon Whom its
benefits have been showered, so desire.
The people of Connecticut, trained from
their early days to regard no government as
lawful 'which is imposed upon a people with-
out their consent, have watched with jca l-
ously the assumption of extraordinary pow-
er by Congress, and especially the indica-
tion ofa desire to control them in the regu-
lation of their right of sufi‘rage and citizen-
ship, and have unmistakably declared their
dissatisfaction with that revolutionary poli-
cy which requires the overt cf the Con-
stitution for its success. No 'dO‘ I permit
myself to doubt the signs Of a rising senti-
ment throughout the country which will
save the American people the charter of
their liberties, and vindicate their own ca-
pacity for self-government. '
I turn gladly from a subject the serious-
ness of which has compelled me to address
you thus at length, but which is attended
'with painful impressions, to those matters
which are peculiar to our local government.
FINANCIAL CONDITION.
The financial condition of the State, as ex-
hibited by the Treasurer’s report at the close
of the fiscal year ending March 3lst, 1868, is
encouraging and satisfactory. It shows,
that with proper economy in the several
branches of the public expenditure, our
State debt may be reduced, in a very few
years, to such proportions as to be entirely
manageable under a much smaller and less
burdensome tax than is now imposed upon
the people. Notwithstanding the experi-
ment of reducing the State tax from three
and a. halfio three mills on the dollar, and
the virtual abatement by the last General
Assembly of-the individual polls from the
grand list, a snfiicient revenue has been real-
ized to defray the entire expenses of the
State, and, at the same time, leave an unpro
cedentedly large balance in the hands Of the
Treasurer, will! which to reduce the public
indebtedness. This gratifying result has
been reached under- circumstances the less
encouraging, from the fact that the deben-
ture and contingentexpenses of the inst Gen-
eral Assembly were nearly a third larger,
by reason of the length of the session, than
the previous year—and the appropriations
especially to the General Hospital for the In-
sane at Middletown, such as to create a se-
rious apprehension, at the time, that the fi—
nancial condition of the State would show
anything but favorably at. the close Of the
fiscal year. _
It appears, from the report of the Treasur-
er, that at the commencement of the fiscal
year, the entire funded debt of the State
amounted to nine million eight hundred and
twenty-eight thousand four hundred dollars,
($9,828,400.00) Deducting from this amount
placed to credit. of the Sinking Fund .bonds, .
burned by order of the last General Assem-
bly, ($1,284,307.35) the amount of thebonds
since purchased and destroyed, ($123,060.00)
the market value of the bank stock owned
by the State, ($383,500.00) and the cash on
hand at the close of the fiscal year, ($713,-
455.94) leaves the present liabilities of the
State, over and above assets, seven million
three hundred and twenty—four thousand
two hundred and thirty-six dollars and sev-
enty-one cents, ($7,324,%6.71’.) From which
it will be seen that the actual reduction in
the State debt during the year, was $337,340.-
85, against $317,070.70 the previous year.
The State tax of three millson the dollar
realized, the last year, a revenue of nine
hundred and twenty-nine thousand three
hundred and twenty-three dollars and fifty-
threc cents, ($929,323.53) and the gommuta=
lion tax, the sum of fifty—two thousand, six
hundred and thirty dollars, ($52,630.00)
The total receipts from other resources
amounted to six hundred and four thousand
five hundred and eighteen dollars, and sev-
entyecight cents, ($604,518.78 ;) of which-
amount $208,304.68 was from the savmgs
banks, $207,938.36 from the railroads, $64,-
466.22 from the mutual insurance compan-
ies, and $39,478.15 from taxes on non—resa-
dent stock—making the total receipts for
the year one million five hundred and thir-
ty-three thousand eight hundred and forty-
two dollars and thirty one cents, ($1,533,-
842.31) against three million five hundred
and forty-six thousand four hundred and
seventy dollars and sixty—one cents (83,546;
470.61) the previous year. In addition to
this, there is now due from the savmgs
banks of the State, and collectable under a
recent decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States, about one hundred and thirty-
thousand dollars, and about eight thousand
dollar's in commutation taxes frdni the sever-
al towns in arrears.
The total expenditures during the last yea;
were one million four hundred and twenty-
two thousand two hundred dollars and sixty-
three cents, ($1,422,200.63) against three
million four hundred thousand nine hundred
and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-one cents
($3,400,909.01) the previous year. Of this
amount, $517,963.00 was paid in interest on
ations to the General Hospital for the In-
sane at Middletown. _ . >
. The balance in the treasury, remaining to
the credit of the ct ' list account on the 151.
‘receive your favorable consideration.
the State bonds, and $150,000.001n appropri- .
of April, 1868, we, ve hundred’and thirtyr
six thousand six hundred and sixty-eight
dollars. and sixteen cents, (858686616)
against four hundred thousand four hundred
and ei hty-three dollars and ten cents,
(8400, 3.10,) in 1867; while the balance to
the credit of all accounts, was seven hun-a
‘drcd and thirteen thousand four‘hundred
and fifty-five dollars and ninety-four cents,
($718,455.94) against four hundred and nine-
t -mne thousand one hundred and fifteen
Ollars and nine cents, ($499,115.09) at the
close of the previous fiscal year.
The disparity in the statement as to the
amount of the reduction of our State debt
during the fiscal year ending April 1st 1867
as given in my last annual message, and the
' statement in this, will be reconciled by an
examination ‘of the Treasurer’s report for
that year, in which it appears that $400,000.-
00 of the claimed reduction was in State
bonds, purchased and placed to the credit of
the Sinking Fund, to dischar e a correspon-
ing loan from that fund. his manifestly
did not reduce the State indebtedness. The
actual reduction, or the actual means to ef-
fect reduction, consisted of the $171,600.00
in State bonds purchased, and subsequently
destroyed, and the difference between the
amount ofeash on hand to the credit of all
accounts on the let day of April, 1866, and
that on hand to the credit of the some ac-
counts on the let day of April, 1867, which
Was $145,470.70.
ble property Of the State, the past year, is
consxderably greater than that of the pre-
vrous year, amounting. to sixteen million two
hundred and ten thousand eight hundred
and twenty-seven dollars, ($6,210,827.00 ;)
but the reduction of the poll tax from twen-
ty-one million fourhundrcd and ninety-six
thousand four hundred and eighty-five dol-
lars to fifty-eight th sand two hundred and
forty-seven dollars, ses a falling off in
the total of the grand list, as compared with
1866, of five million two hundred and twen-
ty-seven thousand four hundred and eleven
dollars, ($5,227,411.00)
SCHOOL FUND.
The amount of the ~capital of the School'
Fund, as appears from the last biennial sche-
dule and inventory, was two million forty-
four thousand thirty-five dollars and forty-
se_ve_n cents, ($2,044,035,47,) of which, one
million seven hundred and ten thousand six
hundred and fifty-two dollars and sixteen
cents, ($1,710,652.16) was invested on bond
and mortgage. The balance of the fund,
With the exception of two thousand two hun-
dred dollars in unproductive lands, is in
bank stock, State bonds, and cash in the
Treasury, or the hands of agents. Of the
prmcrpal of the fund, there has been when
ed on bond and mortgage, the past year, one
hundred and thirty-eight thousand nine hun-
dred and forty-two dollars, (138,942.00) 9.
part of which amount, however, was in
money not received into the Treasury; but
made up to a change of loans rendered nec-
essary by changes in the ownership of prop-
erty. The amount paid out on orders drawn
by the Comptroller, during the year, for the
benefit of the public schools, and for salaries
and expenses, was one hundred and forty-
sux thousand eight hundred and ninety dol-
lars and twenty-two cents, ($146,890,22)
With a. balance in the Treasury, on'the 131;
day of April last, of $1,618,22.
be number of children entitled to the
benefit of this fund, according to the last
enumeration, was one hundred and twenty-
three thousand six hundred and fifty, and a
per capita dividend of one dollar and ten
cents was made for each scholar enumerated.
This dividend was somewhat larger than the
actual receipts of the fund warranted, but it
was made in anticipation of realizing a con-
siderable amount from unpaid claims, in a
suit recently decided. The steady increase
ofchildren in the State will, of course,neces—
sitate a corresponding reduction in the pro
rata dividend, as the capital of the fund can
suffer no diminution by reason of this in-
crease. The fuud is made a sacred and in-
violable trust, and its management must be
such as to preserve the capital intact, limit-
ing the dividends only to income. .For the
management of this fund, and the disposi-
tion made of the Agricultural College fund,
I would refer you ' to ‘the detailed report of
the Commissioner, which will be submitted
for your inspection.
BANKS.
From the report of the Bank Commission-
er, it will be seen that there are only six
Banks now remaining in the State and do-
ing business under charters granted by the
Legislature, and that their aggre gate capital
amounts to $1,610,000,00. There are fifty:
four Savings Ban in the State, whose suc-
cessful managem t is shown by the gains
in their deposits the last year, amounting to
$5,103,070,67. The whole amount of de-
posits in these institutions, on the lst day of
January, 1868. was $36,283,460,81, against
$31,180,390,11 on thd lst day of January,
1867. .
RAILROADS.
The report of the General Railroad Com-
missioners show the condition and manage-
ment of the several railroads in the State to
bein a high degree satisfactory. There has
been a large increase in the number of pas-
sengers transported over the roads the past.
year, the aggregate being nearly a million
and a quarter in excess of the previous year.
The whole number of passengers was only 0.
fraction under seven millions, with the loss
Of but one life, by any casualty that occur-
red during the year. Considering the fright-
ful loss of life by accidents in some of the
other States, we may attribute our immuni-
ty in this respect to the superior manage-
ment of our roads, and the sagaeity and fore-
.sight of those who have this great interest of
our State in charge. The gross earnings of
the railroads during the year amounted in
the aggregate to something' over eight mil-
lions and a half of dollars, being an excess
of over halfa million as compared with the
previous year; while the whole amout of
expenditures was about five million nine
hundred and ninety-four thousand dollars.
The Commissioners’ report is very full and
complete, and the several suggestions and
recommendations it contains, will no doubt
HUMAN]: INSTITUTIONS.
The humane institutions of our State still
continue to perform the noble mission of hu-
manit and charity assigned them, and are
happi y fulfilling the expectations of our
people. Under the direction of those who
are qualified for their work, by nature, expe-
rience, and eminent ability, they are yearly
dispensing theirTich blessings upon the un-
fortunate classes of our community who need
the aid they proffer. ' ' 1
The average attendance of pupils in the
Asylum for the education of the deaf and
dumb, the past year, has been two hundred
and twenty-six. Of this number, fifty-two
were beneficiaries of the State. Educationis
to deafmutcs of priceless advantage, reliev-
ing, as it does, to a. wonderful degree, the
pressure of their misfortune, and elevating
them to the enjoyment and privileges of in-
telligent citizenship. It is doubtless the wish
of ourpeople that every deaf mate, of suita-
ble age in the State, should enjoy the benefits
of this noble Institution, which is one of the
oldest and best managed of its kind in the
United States. _
The whole number of patients in the Re-
treat for the Insane, receiving aid from the
State durmg the year, was one hundred and
ninety-five, or forty-four less than the pre-
vious year. This falling off in the number
of patients thus aided, is attributable, not to
any diminution in the number of this unfor-
tunate class of persons in the State, but to
the fact that the orders of allowance have
been strictly confined to the indigent insane,
as required by law. Of .the whole number
confined, sixty-two have been discharged
during the year, leaving the number in the
Institution, on the let (lay Of April, 1868, one
hundred and thirty-three. An acknowledge-
this Institution, for the admirable manner in
which they have discharged their duties’ and
obligations to the Itate, voluntarily assumed
nearly half a century ago, and ~carried out.
with the utmost fidelity and good faith.
During this long period, it has cost the State
Only $24,000, in addition to the actual ex-
penses of indigent patients in the Retreat;
and it is questionable whether any State in
the Union has derived so many advantages,
especially in the kindly care of the insane
and their restoration to health, at so small
an outlay of means, as our own State has sc-
cured by the arrangement originally made
with this Institution. The completion, in
part, of the buildifilg of the General Hospital
for the Insane, at ‘ddletown, and the trans-
fer of the State beneficiaries to that Institu-
tion, necessarily terminates the connection Of
the Stats. with the Retreat at Hartford. In
severing this connection, I have deemed it
proper that some recognition or acknowl-
edgement of the blessine‘s conferred upon our
people by this noble fnstitution, should be
made, as most justly due its otllcers and
managers.
GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR means.
In 1865,11. commission was appointed by
the General Assembly to inquire into the
condition of the insane persons-in the State,
and report at the next session. As the re-
sult Of their inquiries, they reported over sev-
en hundrcd of this. unfortunate class of per-
sons in the State, of which number only
about two hundred were provided for in the
Retreat at Hartford, the rest being in the
almshouses, and under private management.
From considerations of humanity and duty-
ment is due to the officers and managers of ~
to this afilictedlclass of
. no theLe 'sla-
ture, in-1866, provided or the éstablishfient
of “The General B ‘ tea for the Inna
the State,” to be 103301! by a board of me' 0‘
tees selected under the act, and appropriat-
ed thirty-five thousand dollars to carry its
rovisions into execution. 0n the 1st of
ay, 1867, the board had proceeded so far in
the execution of their design, as to fix upon
an eligible site in Middletown for the loca-
tion 9f the institution, appoint a competent
physxcian as superintendent procure their
plans and specifications, and lay the founda-
tion of the principal building or buildings.
Commg. into the board at that time, and ex-
ammg for the first time the plans which had
been adopted by the trustees, I was satisfied
that the appropriation asked for, was whol-
ly inadequate to the completion of the work,
_ and frankly so stated my views to the mem-
bers of the board. The trustees will ask for
an additional appropriation, at the present
sessmn, to enable them to complete the work,
and there are, it seems to me, vital consider-
ations why it should be granted. When the
act was passed creating the board, the neces-
sity for such an Institution was fully recog-
nized and appreciated, and the trustees were
authorized and directed to go forward and
complete the work, without any limitation
as to expense. The design manifestly was to
make it an institution which should provide
ample accommodations for the insane, and
The increase in the valuation of the taxa- “at the same time be an honor to the State.
The object of the trustees has been to carry
out this design, and it is due them to say that
the work thus far has been thoro hly done,
and that the building, when comp eted, will
be a model of. strength and durability, and
admirably adapted to the objects for which
it is erected. The State, in my judgment,
cannot afford to be parsimonious or niggard-
ly in the matter. Buildings of this kind
should be of the most substantial character,
constructed with a view not only to the pres-
ent but; future wants of the State. True
eeonom in the end requires that the
should e well built, and complete in a 1
their appointments. The trustees generous-
ly devoted much of their time and attention
to the work, which has been pushed forward
as rapidly as could have been expected un-
der the circumstances. There is no greatef
or nobler charity than that contemplated by
the act creating this institution, and I am
confident you will feel, with me, the impor-
tance Of finishing what has been so well be-
gun. This work cannot be delayed without
great detriment to the structure, and still
greater injustice to that unfortunate class of
our citizéns requiring to be treated in this in-
stitution. The able report of the trustees
will give 'ou the plans, progress, and ex-
penses of e work, with all the details nec-
essary ,to a full understanding of the subject,
and of the importance and prospective value
of the institution to the State. ‘
Reports will be laid before you, showing -
the condition and management of the Con-
nectieut School for Imbeciles, the Soldier's
Orphan Home, Fitch’s Home for Soldiers,
and the State Hospitals at Hartford and
New Haven. These several institutions are
believed to be well managed, and entitled to
tshe continued confidence and support of the
tate: , '
REFORM sonoon.
The reports of the Superintendent and
Trustees of the State Reform School show
that this institution has been especially well
managed the past year. The whole number
of boys in the school is two hundred and six-
ty-four, or the same as last year, the number
received and dischargedbeing equal. There
has been no death in the school during the
last two years, and but ve little sickness,
which shows its location to e a healthy one,
and its sanitary management not only good,
but excellent. ‘ The earnings of the boys dur-
ing the year have been about twelve thous-
and dollars, and the Superintendent speaks
highly of their general demeanor and con-
duct. The school has been in operation long
enough to thoroughly test its practical work-
lugs, and enable a just estimate to be made
of the good if has accomplished. The True-
tees will ask for an additional appropriation
to carry out the original design'of the build-
ings, and meet the growing wants of the in-
stitution. . It is a. question, in my mind,
whether an appropriation to thislend should
be granted. The real estate connected with
the school has become so greatly enhanced
in value, owig to its location in the heart of
' the city, that it can no longer be profitably
used for farming purposes; and this consid-
eration will no doubt suggest a change in the
location of the institution within a. very few
years. It is further a. Question, whether a
school of this kind should be permanently lo—
cated in the midst of a large and growing
population, Where the discipline must access
sarily be much more severe and rigid, and
the management less economical, than in a
more quiet and secluded locality.
STATE PRISON.
The discipline and management of the State
Prison continue to be, in a high degree, efli-
cient and satisfactory. The number of con-
victs in confinement on the 31st of‘ March,
1868, was one hundred and nine-one, or six-
teen less than the corresponding date of the
previous year. , The total income, or gross
amount ot' earnings by the convicts, during
the year, was $25,166.38, and the total ex-
penditures $23,460.05, makina' a. net gain to
the institution of 81,7 06.33. The report of
the Warden furnishes a clear and concise
statement of the financial condition of the
Prison, and shows a balance of cash on hand
of $5,466.31, which might be advantageously
expended by the Directors and Warden, un-
der the proper authority of the Legislature,
in such needed repairs as the buildings and
grounds require. Among these improve-
ments, I would. respectfully recommend that
the gasliO'hts be replacedin front of the pris-
oners’ ceIls, as they were before the war, and
kept burning to a suitably late hour in the
evening, so that the inmates may have, es-
pecially during the long winter nights, some
Opportunity for mental and moral improve-
ment, in the reading of the Bible, and other
books from the Prison Library. The object
should be to make a prison a reformatory as
well as a penal institution, and I can con-
ceive of no greater relief to the terrible mO<
notony of prison life than such reading as
the Scriptures; and other suitable books,
would afford. It-is both right and proper
that the money earned by the prisoners
should be expended in such repairs as are
needed for their comfort, and the improve-
ment of the buildings and grounds they oe-
cupy. I would also recommend that there-
be some suitable recognition or acknowl-
edgement by the General Assembl of the
munificent gifi; made for the bone t of the
prisonerfiy Mr. H. C. Dorcey, of Rhode ‘15-
land, and the humane and generous motive
that promp d it.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The report of the State Librarian is very
full and complete in its details, and will be
found to contain much valuable information.
The number of births in the State is greater
than was ever before reported in a single year
—and the natural increase Of our population
or the excess of births over deaths, compares
favorably with any previous period. The
ratio of male to female births is slightly
above the average heretofore shown by the
rcturns.‘ The number of marriages was,
with the exception of 1866, the highest ever-
reported; and something over Sixty-six per
cent. of the whole number - were between
parties both of whom were born in the Uni-
ted States. The last tyear was one of very
general good health, e number of deaths
being fewer than in any year for several pre-
vious years. About one-third of the whole
number died under the age of one year. The
percentage ofdeaths fi'om diseases of an epi-
demeic character was lower than It has been
in any year for the last fourteen years.
EDUCATION.
The report of the Board
shows the Condition and mana ement of the
public schools to be great y improved
throughout the State. It appears that since
the organization of the Board in 1860, the
public interest in education has increased [0
such an extent that the amount contributed
from all sources for the support of the cou-
inou schools has more than doubled in that
time, or advanced for 84556632810 8983,-
890.32. During the past year it has increas—
I‘ed more than 0. quarter of a million of dollars
and this mainly from taxes laid by tho peo-
ple upon themselves. The Board are 3,135,111.
imouslv of the opinion that the rate-hwy?
tem should be abolished, and the smoolg
sustained at common expense. It is‘; certain-
.lv desirable that all'the schools should be
under a uniform system, and the fact that the
Tree-school plan has been very generally
adopted throughout the State, while the rate
bill system is becoming rather the exception
than the rule, renders the change on easy and
practicable one at the _present. tune. The
very idea connected With a common school,
is that it should be free, or supported at the
common expense, while the rate-bill is essen-
tially a tuitional change. The report will be
before you, and-I commend the several rec-
ommendations therein. urged, to your favor-
able cousideration. '
The Whole number of men organized into
companies, and duly armed andequipped
under the present militia law of the State, as
appears from the muster-rolls of March 2d,
1868, is three thousand nine hundred and
ninety-seven, with an aggregate of officers in
division of, ouch - , _ and eighty-four.
The act passedbxaho General Assembly at
[Gooelpded confirmed
of Education
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