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_ ALEx.‘ s. ‘GIBSON, ,
(Organist of the First Congregational Church.)
EACHER of the Piano-Forte Organ and Musical
Com osition, Box 379 P. 0. Norwalk Conn.
5' Or ers for tuning will be executed by a first
class New York timer. Pianos tuned by the year at
a reduced rate. _ . . . 3m't’
Circulars containing infor atiou its to terms, 810.,
may be obtained at Mr. Sellee ’s Bookstore.
‘V. RANDEL SMITH,
Attorney at Law,
Lockwood’s Building, Norwalk, Conn.
ISRAEL M. BULLOCK,
' Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office, NO. 4 Gazette Building.
on. WM. A. LOCKWOOD,
FORMERLY House Surgeon and House Physician
in Bellows Hospital, New York City. Office over
0. J. Gruman’s Dry Goods Stere. ' Office hours from 9
to 10 a. m., from 3 to 4,-and from 7 to B p. in.
Huntsman—Dr. W. H. Draper Physician to New
York City Hos ital; Dr. J. W. S. Conley, Prof. Isaac
E. Paylor, and ref. Lewis A. Sayre Physicians and
Surgeons to Bellevnc Hospital, New York City.
ma. N. A. MOSMAN,
Has removodhis Office and residence to the house
foimeri occupied by C. J. Gruman, opposite the 2d
M. E. ‘hurch. Office hours till 9 a. m., and 1 ms
o'clock, p. m.
A slate can be found at H. H. Baker’s store, South
Norwalk. . » . 1125'
NATHAN s. ROBERTS, M. 1).,
Physician and Surgeon,
Olliee in Knapp & Dickerman’s Block,
Washington St. South Norwalk.
8m9kn
2m8nn
Ofllce Hours. .
~ 6 to 7. “
PATENT AGENCY.
WILLIAM erE,
Agent and Solicitor of Patents,
Mechanical Draughtsman and
MODEL MAKER,
1y7 Winnipauk, Conn.
G. O. KEELER dc BROTHER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
GroCcries, Fldur, Feed, &c.,
Nos. 12, 14 and 16 Main Street, Norwulk, Conn.
' Ransom} 8r. KNAPP,
AGENTS FOR KEYSER'S
Hot Air Furnaces, Stoves, Ranges,
&c. No 4 James’ Building, Norwalk, Ct.
ELBERT CURTIS,
Merchant Tailor,
Curtis’s Building, Main Street, Norwalk, Ct. .
’s Clothing cut and made to order,
best materials. in the latest
Prices reasonable.
Gents’ and Youth
at short notice, of the
styles, by experienced workmen.
G. J: G. 1']. HOLMES,
DEALERS IN
GROCEBIES,
FLOUR,
PROVISIONS, &c.,
Main Street, Norwalk, Ct.
Etna Insurance Co. of Hartford,
Incorporated 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880 19
.lnsures against loss and damage by_ Fire, on terms
adapted to the hazard, and consistent with
the laws of com ensution.
GEORGE R. C WLES, ‘
' Sole Agent for Norwulk and vicinity.
Norwalk Insurance Company.
NORWALK, CONN. '
Casi. (231111111, $500,000
Paid up Capital, $100,000
Wu. C. Sranr,.Presidcnt, Gzo. R. Gowns, Sec’y.
Eons. Hun, Treasurer.
ASSETS OVER $25,000,000.
GEO. R. COWLES,
IS AGENT at Norwaik, and issues policies for the fol-
lowing Insurance Companies.
Rina, of Hartford, Assets Jan. 151:, ’03, 5,052,880
Home oPN. Y. “ “ “ “ 3,730,981
rnonlx, of N. Y, ‘1 u .. “ 1,555,567
Home, of N. ., “ .. “ “ 1,533,919
Seculty, of N. Y.. “ “ “ “ 1,477,617
International, N. ., “ “ “ “ 1,128,012
8 ringfield F. & M., “ “ “ “ {(81,067
onkers a; N. Y., “ “ “ “ 734,386
North American N. Y. “ “ “ “ 702.162
Putnam 130., “ “. ‘- “ 618,198
Lamar, N. Y., “ “ “ “ 509,963
Cbmme , Albany N. Y., “ “ “ 568,873
Western utfalo, N. Y., “ “ “ 553,257
Merchants Hd., “ “ “ “ 418,309
North America, an, “ .. .. “ 401,974
Norwich, “ “ “ ‘f 476,949
People’s. Worcester, “ " “ " 400.000
Baltic 01 N. Y. “ “ “ 279,146
Commonwealth N. Y.,” “ “ “ 280,000
Westchester of New Rochelle N. Y., 200,000
Peoples of Middletown, Conn., 115,000
Enterprise of Cincinnati, 1,000,000
And other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in Connecti-
cut, Massachnsetta and New York. At $00.ng
walk. application may be made to WM. T.
GROCEBIES
Cheaper than ever, for Cash.
HE subscriber would inform the public nerally,
T that he still continues to sell the best of roceries,
Provisions, Arc, at his old stand No. 4 Skiddy’s Block,
as chea as the cheapest. Heo ers great inducements
to cash 11 era, as he has aslarge an assortment of
caries of t e best qualities as can be found at any s are
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.
WILLIAM B. SWAN,
Saddler and Harness Maker,
ADJOINING the Danbury 8r Norwalk R. R. Depot
Norwalk, Conn., keeps constantl on hand an
will make to order every description 0
Harness, Horse Furniture, Tmpplngl,
.or Clothin . Also, Saddler’s Hardware and outfits,
Trunks, Va ises, Carpet Ba s, Ave.
Allin want of an thing n his line. will do well to
' ive him rail." or era for any kind of work prompt-
" fierceute‘d.’ Ropairingdone neatly, and cheaply, at
a ort notice.
. NOTICE.
Tun subsCriber ha urchascdihe CLOTHING
an'd GENT'S FUR ING EMPORIUM, of A.
line rel‘ will continue the Business in all its branches
at t e’o d stand, No. 3 Main Street, Norwalk. '
The i ublic are respectfully invited to call and exam-
ine the large and varied assortment of ,
READY MADE CLOTHING, -
FRENCH CLOTHS,'CASSIMERES' and VESTINGS,
which he will make up to order at short notice and in
' the latest fashionable style. GUSOWSKI.
.. 1y 19 No, 3Main Street.‘
. A. Sword’s Circulating Library.
'1' the News Depot, South Norwalk. The subscri-
ber has made large additions to his Circulating Li-
brar and invites thepatronagc of the public; be in-
tantfi to increase the number of books as fast as the
enterprise will warrant. He has also constantlv on
hand a cod assortment of Stationery, Books. Papers,
School ooks, Slates, Pencils, Pens, Pocket Books,
Are. The patronage of the publicis solicited.
A. SWORD-S. South Norwulk.
PASSAGE TO ARE FROM
GREAT BRITAIN 6r IRELAND
TAPSCOTT BROTHER d: CO.’S,
88 South Street, New York,
Continue to issue ' Palisa e Tickets available for
Twelve months, from NDON, LIVERPOOL or
2313196290“. and DRAFTS, payable on demand
anly amount from £1 and u wards.
ll. . CLOVER, Agent, Sav gs Bank at Newtown
Fair-field County, Conn. 1y16
PINE APPLE CHEESE at
G. 0. KEELER d: BRO.
serviceable quality, and
E. K. LOUKWOOD.
00R MATS of good.
cheap.
cuts and devices 25 ‘
. and any width face, at lowest prices.
NEW GOODS !
"Just received, a good assortment of
Cnssimcrcs . and Coatings,
WHICH will be made into garments in the most
improved style and best manner. Also, a large
lot of Paper Collars, of the best make; will be so (I
very cheap—cheaper than can be bought elsewhere in
this vicinity, together with algenernl assortment of
'Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
at very low prices.
Shirts made to Order at short notice.
Particular attention paid to eniiging garments of
all kinds. - . 1 ,
At the old stand, No. 4, Ely’s Block.
South Norwalk, March, 1868.
P. S.—-Agcnt for Schwartz «Sr. Clues, Dyeing Es-
tablishment, Bridgeport. Garments of all kinds
dyed in the best manner at short notice. (18) D. D.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
111?. 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’ wc‘ur. which will be
sold very low for Cash, at the old stand, Ely’s Block,
South Norwalk, Conn.
All kinds of Gent. and Ladies, Boots, Shoes, &c.,
made to order, in the most workmanlike manner, and
at fair prices
W'Horse cars run right by the door.
' BROWN & STEVENS.
' iimail a. known. imnvar arivaNa.
“unmisrnv
South. Norwalk.
Wilibe continued in all its various branches as last
year by
C. H. KENDALL 5: A. N. HART,
The principal 0 erator in Colton’s Dental Association
has repeated] eciared that South Norwaik is the best
lace within is knowledge, (out of Cooper Union) to
ave teeth extracted. _
DR. KENDALL, has reduced his price of
ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
so much as to make' it to the .advantage of all who
want the article, to call on him before procuring them
elsewhere. - -
Office hours at all times from Tuesday morning till
Friday evening.
Monday and saturday will be spent in Ridoetield.
Jan. 1st, 130s. C. II. KENDALL.
P. S.——Olfice open every day. Dr. A. N. Hart in at-
tendance on Saturdays and Mondays. Wednesda is
devoted entirely to tnkin out teeth ; come on t at
day if poss1ble. We wi i take out achinrr teeth any
day though. Pure Gass at all times, A. If. HART.
‘ccpt. 14th, 1868. .
NORWALK MACHINE SHOP.
HE subscriber would respectfully inform Manufac-
turers and others using Machinery in Norwalk
and vicinity, that he is prepared to do all things per-
taining to a general machine shop. All orders for the
making or rgairing of every description of Machinery
attended to th romptness by experienced workmen.
Having added a team Engine (in addition to water
power) to his works, he flutters himself he is well pre-
pared to do all kinds of work at very short notice.
. ‘ ISAAC CHURCH, Jr.
Machine Shop just back of the Post Chloe and Horse
Railway Buildings. 11
‘VATERBURY or. DUN CAN;
Rear of Norwalk Horse Railway De ot,
am now prepared to execute in the est
manner and with the greatest dispatch, everything in
the line of
Carriage Making and Blacksmithing.
Carriages made to Order, and Painting, Trimming,
ggpgrfilrig, &c., done by experienced workmen, with
i c . - '
CARRIAGE MAKING,
Horse Shoelng and Blacksmithlng.
Lyon, Ahcrn «Sc 00..
WOULD announce to the public that they have ta-
v ken the old stand of Capt. Henry Lamb, Main
Street, where they are prepared to execute in the best
manner with cat dis atch, anythincrin the above line.
Carrie. s ma e to or er, and Horse Shoeing, Painting,
Trlmm Repairing, &c., done by experienced work-
men withgtlispaich. 1y44
AUGUSTUS LYON, WM. AHERN, CHAS. FOX.
C. S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashion able Draper & Tailor
AND
Gentlemens FurniShing Emporium,
Main Street, N mik,‘ Conn.
AGENT FOR THE
Singer Manufacturing Co’s
First Premium Sewing Machine,
The best Machine for general work.
Hammer’s Champaign Ale.
HE attention of the public is solicited to the supe-
rior quality of .
IIAMMER’S FRESH BREWED
CHAMPAIGN ALE.
This Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the year,
and its keeping qualities, especially of that brewed dur-
ing the most excessive hot weather, is guaranteed for
any length of time.
For sale in Barrels and Half-Barrels, at Sclleck’s
Packet Ofilce, N orwalk.
JEHIEL GRUMAN,
Agent for the sale of Hammer’s Chainpaigu Ale, Wil-
ton, Conn.
IBON'CASTINGS.
The Noi'walk 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,
31119
SORIETHING NE‘V !
A FIRST CLASS CITY
Dl‘fllllll‘ aml Tailoring Establishment
At No.1, Gazette Building, (up stairs)
THE subscriber would respectfully inform the cit-
izens 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. MCKEON.
NOTICE.
THE undersigned, a Special Committee, appointed
at the last meeting of the Fairfield County Agil-
eulturai Society, to take char e of the Fair Grounds,
have agreed to issue tickets 0 admission to the track
during the season. exce t during the Annual Fair, or
on the occasion of a nu lic trot, for the sum of 85 for
each team. Persons subscribing will be supplied with
a ticket of admission, and key to the gate by applying
at the office of the Norwalk Horse Ruilwa Co.
JONATHAN CAMP Norwal ,
WALTER M. SMITH, Stamford,
' E. A. \VOODWARD, South Norwalk.
Norwalk, May 26th, 1868.
THE OLD SPRING.
Temperance Dining Saloon.
ULIUS F. PARTRICK, having taken the above
Saloon is prepared to furnish hot meals, at all
reasonable ours. Oysten, Stewed, Roasted, Fried,
or on the Shell; also, shi pad in kegs to all parts of
the country. Families or arties supplied. ,
Home-made Pies and Cake constantly on hand. Ale
dravVn fresh from barrel—no poisonous lead pipe used.
No Liquors kept.
Saloon opened frame a. m. to 11 p. m., (closed on
Sunda ). ' Private Dining Room for Ladies, entrance
under . F. Bennett’s Store. Gent’s entrance under
Carier’s Shoe Store. 16
nAvm H. WEBB,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Coal and. Wood,
Foot of Washington Street,
SOUTH NORWALK.
HE SUBSCRIBER has on hand and ready for de-
livery, a large stock of all kinds of Coal and
Wood which he is prepared to sell at the
Lowest Market Prices.
lie is ready to take orders large or small.
From his long experience in the business he is conti-
deiit he’eun give entire satisfaction to all who may
favor him with their patronage. ,
DAVID II. WEBB,
NORWALK
Steam Dyeing Establishment,
FOOT OF MILL HILL.
Every description of Silk Cotton and Woolen goods
Cleaned, Dyed and Pressed ; particular attention paid
to the Cleansing, Dyeing and pressing ofGentlcmcn’s
Garments which do not require to be ripped: also Kid
Gloves cleaned or dyed so as to look almost equal to
new. All orders left at the Dye House, J. Shepherd’s
opposite the Post Office, ofJ. F. A: (i. It. Bennett’s
South Norwalk, will receive prompt attention.
. ' R. N. PERRY.
the best kind for kcepiiliir.r fruit, at
FRUIT JARS,
E. K. LOC woonis.
‘1 RAND BARGAINS in HOOP SKIRTS, IIIOSI-
ERY, and GLOVES Where ‘2
at KLEIN .c PLAUT’S.
FiYOU want to bu baroains in MILLINERY
I GOODS, go to y rKLEIN & PLAUT’S.
Sold for any price.
Business Cards, Tickets, 6:13.,
, RINTED in Colored Ink Bronzes or lain Black
P Ink, on White or Colorgd Cards, in mi: best man-
ner at Gauss-E Jon Omen.
ood Carriage timber taken in exchange for wOrk. ~
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1
REAL ESTATE. ' .
For Sale.
HOUSE AND LOT located on a firstsclastpve-
hue. and surrounded by all first-class dwellings.
The. house is new and just completed; the rooms large
and conveniently arranged, wel finished, fitted up with
the modern improvements: leasant attractive, easy
01' acces . ever wa desira lo and' cannot fail to
s y y " ceabie resi-
lease. Persons wishing a quiet and a
cnce, in all respects as recommended, w ll do well to
call and examine the premises themselves. Price.
88,000. Enquire at the GAZETTE OFFICE. 281i
T0 RENT.
IX ROOMS suitable for housekeeping. Also, a
furnished, with board if desired.
suit of rooms, un
Apply at the Ganglf
Possession given immediately.
office.
For Sale.
WELLINGS, Barns, Stables and seventy building
lots, all eligibly situated and covered with cliOicc
fruit and ornamental shrubs and trees, at
Noroton Station, Ct.,
three miles from Stamford Depot. These lots are oi-
fered at from $100 to 8500 according to location and
great inducements yvill booflcted to persons wishin g
to improve. Send or mo s and particulars,
' M. E. .iEAD, Darien Depot. Ct.
Form for Sale.
SITUATED in New Canaan, within ten minutes
walk of the depot, containing 100 acres. The im-
provements consist of two dwelling houses, two barns
and other out-buildings. About one hundred and
fifty bearing apple-trees, 70 acres of meadow land,
and 10 acres of wood-land. Three streams of water
run through the premises and a spring within a few
rods of the door make it es eciailv desirable for the
milk business. Will be div dcd if desired. Price. if
sold soon $10,000. For further information enquire
of the subscriber on the premises. .
New Canaan, Sept. 30. (31*40) SAMUEL BOU TON.
FOR Sale or to Lease for term of years to a
good and responsible tenant, a large and
most desirably situated house near N. Y. 3;
' N. H. R. B. Depot, at South Norwalk. The
house is three stories containing eighteen rooms, has
3110r Piazza over-looking harbor and Long_1sland
Sound. About 2 1-2 acres lawn, abundance fruit trees,
Grape Vines, large and commodions Barns, Carriage
House and other out-buildings, well adapted in all rc-
spects for Boarding School, Hotel, or Boarding House.
It is within five minutes walk of Depot. Steamboat
wharf, Post Oflice, lchurches and a dozen stores. All
trains on N. Y. & N. 1!, Road stop at this depot, and
Steamboat to and from New York daily. I have oc-
curpied this place 18 summers, and if I can make sat-
is 3 'tion of it, I shall be prepared to re-
ceive proposals
ctory disposi
for addition to Stone House on Moss
Hill. I will sell 17 very very fine building lots on old
road to Wilson’s Point, within 10 minutes walk If. R.
Depot. NATHAN C. ELY,
fill) or call on G. Hodges or W. ’1‘. Craw.
SIXTY LOTS
For Sale
—A'l‘——
WESTPORT STATION,
N. v .e N. 1!. R. 11., in thevillnge of Saugatuck.
3n135 Enquire of A. BREAR.
HUMES FOR THE MILLION!
One Hundred Building Lots.
THE SUBSCRIBER has for sale One Hundred Build-
intr Lots within eight minutes walk of South
Norwalk depot, at LOCKWOODVILLE. Parties
wishing to purchase may have a lot with a house built
thereon by paying a small amount in cash. balance on
mortgage, or may purchase a lot without any improve-
ment, for a small percentage of the purchase money
in‘cash,baianee on mort nae. Price of Lots from One
Hundred to Three Hun roll Dollars. I will be pleased
'to Show the lots to any person wishing to purchase.
. WILLIAM T. CRAW,
Real Estate Agency, over F. B. Pnrdy’s Drug Store.
Norwulk, Aug. 24th, 1868. 35
For. Sale- .
HE LAND frontingtheeutire “Union Park,” 0
ihe west; being: 200x250 lfegt, or near. Price
, 0 \
A’MES MITCHELL.
T
86,000. Terms reasonaie. Ap
20tf , - °
Eons, .. SALE.
VERY valuable place, situated in the most cen-
tral part 01 the ‘Town of Norwalk, about two
minutes walk from the Horse Railway Depot. The
house is large and commodions. The place comprises
about two acres of lend, and is abundantly provided
with trees, shrubbery and out-buildings. This place is
suitable for any gentlema . For ful articulars cn-
, " GAMES Ml CHELL,
quire of ,
Real Estate Agent, Unit 11 Market, Norwnlk, Conn.
»BUILDING‘ 'LOTS FOR SALE.
A NUMBER of very desirable lots, in a good nei h-
borhood, and pleasant location, within three in u-
utes walk of the Horse Cars. 1’ , from $400 to 81000.
Also, ten lots, 60x250 feet, u out a mile from the
Bridge; oodland, nice location; will be soldverylow
if applie for soon;.fi‘om $100 to $200 per lot. Apply
to NASH A; IVES,
No. 1 Water Street.
Ofllccs to Let. .
TWO very desirable Rooms to let, in 2d story of the
Gazette Buildine. Front Room. 9150,cear one
375 per annum. Apply at the Gazette Oilice.
BUILDING LOTS,
BUILniNe Lors,
For Sale Cheap,
G
And upon the most ‘
ACCOMMODATING TERMS
as totime'of payments. These lots are located on
f‘Spring Hill," overlooking the water and surround-
ing country, and are unequalled in beauty, by any lo-
cation in Norwalk. Lots for $400, 9500, $750, $1,000
to 33,000. Apply at Gazette Oliicc. tf-ll
Reai Estate.
Bonds 67. Mortgages Bought 6; Sold.
SECURITIES NEGOTIATED.
FRANII B. SMITH,
Room No.1, New York .17 New Haven R. R. Depot.
NORWALK, CONN.
For Sale :
House and lot with barn West Ave. $15,000
“ " f‘ ‘ near Green. 7,000
“ “ " “ 5 acres 7,000
“ “ “ “ W ashington St. 11,000
“ “ “ “ Ely’s Neck 4,000
“ " “ Down Town 3,500
‘f “ “ 60x150 Ely’s Neck 2,800
‘- “ “ 60x150 “ 3,200
N H N DOXISO ‘6 1,800
If u u I- ‘s 1 900
H ‘6 fl Li ft 2,000
3‘ “ £6 6 6 (I 2,100
N ‘f H . H U 2:200
“ “ “ “ Spring Wood 9,000
u U (K H (5 1 000
H N (I “ Kl 1:100
2 lots on Union Park, 100x240 each 3,000
3 lots Down Town 75x210 each 800
Several lots on Benedict’s Farm, Ely’s Neck and
Sprin Wood. 16 acres near South Norwalk depot,
on Wi son Point Road 58,000. All subject to very lib-
eral terms of payment. Parties wishing to urchase
lots to build on, can arrange to do so immcd ately on
pa ug for their lots. All of the above property is in~
si e of the proposed City of Norwalk.
A DOZEN LOTS
Most eligibly situated on Hillside,
At $400 each, worth $500, and only 350 down, balance
in so or $10 monthly payments. Apply to
tf to Building.
1. M. BULLOCK, Gazei
_ J. FERRIS,
Real Estate Agent.
QTATES FOR SALE in Norwalk and vi-
Cinlty, fz'om‘i-d to 200 Acres, with buildiii s
thereon, price from 8460 to $100,000. Also, TO LET,
furnished and unfurnished houses.
Address J. FERRIS,
at Tolles &. Ely’s Drug Store, So. Norwalk.
Notice for surveying to be left at the Gazette Office.
NOTICE !
50
I
The subscriberliaving taken out a License for the
Sale, Renting and Exchanging
OF
Real Estate,
Would call the attention ofthe public to the 1th that
he is now ready to transact business of that nature in
all its branches, and will assure prompt attention to
all who may favor him with a call. Ills resources of
gaining information relative to said business are nu.
surpassed. He has now for-”disposal
FARMS, RESIDENCES“.
Situated in Norwalk.
And all the adjoining country. Places for sale varying
from 05,000 to $25,000.
RESIDENCES
' For Summer, furnished or unfurnished
FOR SALE OR TO RENT.
with land in quantity to suit Purchaser or Lessee also
a number of
Fine Farms.
> Apply 10
JAMES MITCHELL \
Al lorders left at the UNION MARKET, Mitchell’s
Block, Norwalk, Conn., will receive prompt attention.
.r-
“BUILDING LOTS.”
THE undersigned offer for Sale some of the mo st
desirable building sites in the village, lying along
the slope northwest of Union Park, convenient to the
village and easy of access, havin an extensive view
of the village and harbor, prices ow and terms easy.
Apply to A. H. BYINGTON,
S. E. OLMSTEAD.
E. K. LOCKWOOD.
Norwulk. Sept. 21, 1808.
Furnished IIJIIse To Let.
THE subscriber offers to rent on reasonable terms,
for the Winter, his house containing sixteen
with gas, furnace, good wa-
leulated for the comfort and
The subscriber and wife
desired.
JAMES FINNEY.
rooms fully furnished,
fer an is every way on
convenience of a family.
wguld board with the family if
Water Power, Mill and Machine-
‘ry for Sale.
NEAR Kent Station, on Daubury 6t Norwalk Rail-
road about three aud one half miles from Borough
of Norwaik. The buildinn' and machiner is now
complete for Bolt making
chine and affords a capita
Includinwn Hea lug Mit-
lchauce 1‘?»- Iron Workers
to make money. Price low. For
of (3Stf) JAMESMITCHEL
particulars Enquire
, Union Market.
HOUSES, LOTS AND FARMS
FOR SALE AND TO RENT.
SOME TWENTY FARMS, from 15 to 140 acres, for
sale, or to exchange for pro crty 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 means—terms liberal.
tl'46 S. T. WOOD.
N. B.—Goodscrvanis furnished at short notice.
Office to Let. .
N ‘ouud floor 14x18 in newbuiidin . A piyio
0 gliltf _ ' ’ E. P WEED.
To Manufacturers.
11E subscriber willGIVE an eligible Building Lot
of suitable dimensions, at Rowayton, to any per-
8011, who will erect thereon a Shirt Manufactory, Hat
Shop, or lliunufactory for conducting any respectable
business employing a reasonable number of hands.
. ' E. R. PENNOYER.
Rowayton, Aug. 17, 1868.
' Cottage for Sale.
THE Cottage occupied by the subscriber is offered
for sale on accommodating terms. The lot is 100
feet front by about150 deep and the Cottage is unsur-
passed in point of convenience. Possession ven
whenever desired. (4&6) A, H.BYINGT N.
W NASH at IVES,
Real Estate ' Agents,
, _ N o. 1 WATER STREET.
ROPERTY bought, sold, exchanged or let, 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. tilt-2
' Wis. R. NAsu.
NA'riiAN Ivzs.
Fruit Tree
s! Fruit Trees 1
AT THE
NEW CANAAN NURSERY.
The subscribers take pleasure in announcing to the
public that their stock of
Fruit 61 Ornamental Trees,Vines, tire.
is unusually large and of unsurpassed excellence. We
feelconfident in saying that we_ believe that our stock
of APPLE TREES particularly, to be theLargest and
Best in this Country. We are also pontive that we
can furnish Trees in better quality. better order, and
for less money than they can be obtained from distant
Nurseries. ' -* . . - .
Those wishing to pure use Trees and Vines will do
well to send their orders early—or still better, vistt our
Nursery and make their own selections.
STEPHEN HOYT .1: SONS.
P. S.—Wc take leasure in shouiing persons through
our Nurseries, w ether desirous of purchasing trees
or not; and would cordially invite all interested to
visit the Nursery.
C. T. CORNWALL,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
CORNER WALL dc WATER 81's.,
UNDER N ORWALK HALL.
UBLIC attention is invith to his fine stock of
Fashionable Styles of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES
and VESTINGS. which will be made up in the best
manner, at short notice, at most reasonable rates.
Ready-made Clothing on hand for sale at the lowest
rates. ,
EDW‘ARD P. WEED,
Druggist and Apothecary,
Wall Street, Norwalk.
OULD respectfully inform the citizens of Nor-
walk and vicinity, that he has removed to
his new store on the “old spot” formerly occupiedby
him, on the north side of Wall Street, where, with 1n-
creased facilities, he hopes to give satisfaction to all
who may wish good articles of
W
Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Patent Medi-
cines, Cigars, 850., die.
Physicians Prescriptions accurately prepared. '
27% A. JACKSON Gr. BRO.,
No. 1 Gazette Building.
OULD invite the attention of their old customérs
and the public generally to their v'arie‘and ex-
tensive stock of ‘
WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, FANCY
Goons, SILVER PLATED WARE, &c.,
which was selected with great care and is not to_be
surpassed in Fairfleld County. in quality or rice.
Constant additions are made of all the latest sty es of
geods. A. JACKSON d: BRO,
C. M. GRUIVIRIAN
OULD inform his friends, and the peblic gen er-
erally, that since his robbery, he has resumed
business with an entire New Stock, consisting of
Fine Gold and, Silver Watches,
of different Manufacture; a greater variety of
FINE JEWELRY,
of New and Elevant designs; SILVER AND PLATED
WARE, CLOC S, and a general assortment ofGoods
in his line to which he would invite special attention,
and hopes by fair and honorable dealing to merit
anglreeeive as heretofore the liberal support of the
Du to.
South Norwalk, Sept. 21., 1863.
““1011 Blackberry “’ine.
IVE YEARS OLD, for sale by the bottle for Medl
cal use, by T. B. NASH, South Norwulk, Ct. For
information enquire of F. 11. Nash A: Bros. 6m28
LYNES (£3 CO.,
I Are now cffcriug to the public
A Large and Fine Selections
OF
G R O C ER I E S ,
AT LOVV PRICES,
UNDER NORWALK IL! LL.
Still Naval-insurance lulu,
Representing over $34,000,000.
Hartford Fire Ins. 00., A5sets 92,026,000 00
Continental Insurance 00., “ 1,814,590 31
City Fire Ins. Co. Hartford, 450,000 00
Connecticut Fire Ins. 00., 304,601 08
Middlesex Mutual Ass’e, 00., “ 800,000 00
State Mutual Fire Ins. 00., of Hartford.
“LIFE INSURANCE.
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company,
_ Assets 820,000,000 00.
zEtna Life Insurance Company. Assets $3,000,000 00.
LIVE STOCK INSURANCE.
Hartford Live Stock Insurance Company, Chartered
Capital $500,000 00. ~
Etna Live Stock Ins. Co. Chartered Capit818500,000 00
Insure Horses, Cattle, &.c., avninst death and theft.
Ofiiee in Swords’ Building, outh Norwalk.
LYOEIEt 15k BEERS, Agents.
F. B. LYON, L. I“. DEERE.
I. & F. SELLECK,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Flour,
Feed.
AND .
Grain,
at James’ Building, Water Street, Norwulk, Conn.
lst door above Street’s Hardware Store.
_ PARKER’S
HOOP SHIRT FACTORY
- AND
Fancy Goods. Store.
Next to the D. 8:. N. Railroad Depot
BUTTER’S PATENT BOX
FLAT' IRON.
WARRANTED more Economical and more Con-
venient in use, and to give A BETTER POL-
ISH, than any other Iron ever invented. It was
awarded the FIRST PREMIUM A'I‘ THEMASSA-
onus ET'I‘S STATE FAIR. ‘
. . CHAS. n. BYXBEE,
. Agent for Norwalk.
1 V t
C. It. & I). ll. Stanfield,
DEALERS IN '
Fresh Salmon, Oysters,Clunis, and
Fish, Fruits and Vegctablcs,
WALL STREET. Opposite Connecticut Hotel.
C. E. SCOFIELD, 3359.11 1 D. U. SCOFIELD,
LADIES and Gents Rubber Boots and Shoes at
(3. Q KEELER til 3119.
A SUNSET PICTURE.
DI EDGAR FAWOE'I‘T.
The long beams glide throng the iindcus and larches,
From uplands clovered and cool,
And flame where the waterfall glassily arches,
Andrcdden the foaming pool.
Dripping and still is the wheel of the mill,
For the duylight’s labor is done.
And the ’prentice-lad, in his work-dress clad,
Sits on the doorstep. gloomy and sad,
With the grief ofhis life hem,
And‘youder he marks how the millc.’s fair daughter
Has crossed the brown foot-plank that spans the fleet
water.
And followed the sinking sun.
She has gone by the path that is lonely and shaded,
A flutter ofjoy in her breast;
She will hide till the purple and garnet have Laded
Below the white star of the west.
And the ’prentice-lad knows that the bloom of the
rose ‘
Will die from her check at the last,
And the vow he has sworn be kept with scorn
By the dark—eyed wooeri so proudly born—
His faith to the windsbe cast!
A woman from truth, unto falsehood taming,
And the old fond lover remembering, yearning__
’Tis the story‘of ages past!
H
LETTER FROIIDCALIFORNIA.
‘ Number 11:.
The Fair of the Mechanics’ Institute of
San Francisco for 1868 has just closed. The
one preceding this was held, in 1865. The
first industrial exhibition attempted was in
1857. The earlier displays showed the pov-
erty of the State rather than its wealth in
mechanical and agricultural resources. But
the Fair which has attraclbd public atten-
tion this summer has been a decided Suc-
cess. Crowded With a daily throng of thou-
sands from its opening evening, it has real-
ized in receipts $53,000. The pavilion
erected for its use stands on Union Square,
a central and acceptable location, and will
' be left standing for the present, in order that
another similar exhibitionniay be held un-
der its roof next year.
A marked change in the character of the
State is apparent in the different kind of
display this year from that of 1865. Then
mining machinery took the lead. Amalga-
mators rattled noisily, and many quartz-
crusbing batteries were in full blast with
their stamps roaring and thundering through
the whole pavilion, and awakening the.
echoes for blocks around. This year there .
was little of this, bill space was mostly oc-
cupied with articles showing the progress-
of manufactures in woolen, cotton and silk.
Woolen fabrics in great profusion were dis-
played, from coarse blankets to the finest
opera cioakings and broadcloths. The fine
grade of California blanket is a very choice
article, and has crowded the imported goods
entirely from the market. There are sev-
eral mills in San Francisco which employ
many operatives, partly Chinese, and turn
Off a great deal of work; and a factory was
established two years ago at Marysville
whioh is soon to enlarge its facilities to meet
the demands of its growing business.
The silk manufacture attracted a great
deal of attention throughout the entire sea-
8011 of the Fair. There was a large collec-
tion of cocoons from various portions of the
State, those from Nevada City taking the
lead for excellenCe. The process of unwind-
ing the cocoons was interesting to the
curious, and the making of the warp and the
weaving of the silk itself were watched with
many eager eyes. Seventy yards of hand-
some dress silk were woven during the
hours of the Fair, and one hundred yards
were prepared for the loom. This branch of
industry is still in its earliest infancy, but
promises well. A lucrative trade has already
begun in the silk-worm eggs. The Euro-
pean silk cultflists have been supplied
heretofore from Japan, but it is found that
eggs raised on this coast are healthier and
more easily transported. The production of
the silk itself in the towns and Cities of Cali
fornia is destined to be one ot the great
sources of wealth to the inhabitants of these
shores. '
To give some idea of the variety of pur-
suits which now engage the activities of our
people, I will name a few of the depart-
ments of labor represented; There .were
beams, axles, &c., from the new Rolling
Mills; three large and beautiful steam en-
gines; an assortment Of strong and elegant
carriages of all descriptions, as graceful and
well made as any imported; a collection of
tanned leathers, and boots and shoes of all
grades; interesting specimens of corduge,
cooperage, glassware, pottery, wire rope and
wire goods of various kinds, linseed oil,
castor oil, refined sugars and syrups, can-
dles, soap, codfish, salt, sheet lead and tin,
lead pipe and shot, house furniture and
wooden ware. This enumeration by no means
exhausts the list of home productions, but I
give it merely as an indication of tlic whole,
and add, as schoolboys do in their composi-
tions, “there were many more too numerous
to mention.” . .
Within. three years the State has greatly
changed in this matter of supplying its own
wants. There is now very little dependence
on the East for things which minister to the
necessities or luxuries of life. Of almost all
things one goes to a store to buy the best
kind is of ‘ California make. A short time
back the reverse was unavoidably true.
Skilled labor now is far from going a beg-
ging for employment. Mechanics well in-
formed in their several trades are sure of
steady work at remunerative prices.
What most surprises one is that so few
people turn off so much work. A popula-
tion less than that of Connecticut occupying
an area equal to thirty-four Connectieuts is
doing the labor of an empire. Immense
quantities of wheat are seeking the markets
of the world, all kinds of farm products are
raised in great abundance, wine is manu-
factured in deplorable copiousness,miiroads
are building in all directions, and enterprises
are constantly started with the view of de-
chOping better the resources of this won-
derful land. I will close this letter with a
simple statement of fact which illustrates
the truth now apparent, that when gold
mining ceased to buildup fortunes rapidly,
all openings for successful enterprise were
not at an end. Two brothers living at Napa
purchased in the autumn of last year 444
acres of unimproved land for two dollars
and a half an. acre. The tract is situated
eight miles southeast from Antioch, in the
valley of the San Joaquin river, about four
hours’ sail by steamer from San Francisco.
They seeded 320 acres to wheat, and left the
The crop wheat- giown on the 320 acres has.
brought in the market ' $20,000, and they
have sold the entire tract for $15,000. Their
profits for the year on this transaction have
been over’$25,000. .These lands have been
lying idle and were supposed to be
voluclcss, until these meii,- with keen eyes
and long heads, saw what a golden treasure
lay in their virgin acres. But this state of
things will not last long. The real value of
the land throughout California for agricul-
tural use is becoming apparent, and persons
who come here a few seasons hence must
expect usually to pay a fair price for their
homestends. R. B. S.
Redwood, Cal, Sept. 22d, 1868.
m
—N-.ipolcon once entered a cathedral and
saivtwelve silver statutes. “What are these ‘2”
said the emperor. “The twelve apostles,"
was the reply. “Well,” said he, “take them
down, melt them, and coin them into money
and let them go about doing good, as their
. Master did."
rest to enjoy the benefits of summer fallow.5~
l
[From the Congregationalist.)
“DO STEAM‘ERI RUN ABOVE
OMAHA f”
BY REV. W. BARROWS, D. D.
What a question for the President of a
New York Bank to putt Yet so inquired ‘a
friend of mine the other day, who is in the
banking business at Omaha, and does his
Eafiem portion of it through this same New
York bank. And the moneyed man, who
knows Wall street so well, and probably
Liverpool and Canton, did not know that
from Omaha steamers run up twenty-three
, hundred and sixty-eight miles to Fort Ben-
ton. If he had stood on the levee at Omaha
the other day, he would have seen the
steamer Success come that long run and
round to with $3,000,000 in treasure.
When will Eastern capitalists and politi-
cians and Christians learn where and what
the West is ? Some seem to think that it is
the Holland Purchase, or Genessee country,
or, at the farthest, Ohio. Ohio is “down
East" to a Western man. Our ideas of the
nrtional domain are sadly dwarfish. The
growth of them has by no means kept pace
with our increase. The Louisianna pur-
chase in 1803 for $15,000,000; the Florida
purchase in 1810 for $3,000,000; the annex-
ation of Texas in 1845; the California, New
Mexico and Utah purchase in 1848 for $15,~
000,000; the Arizona purchase in. 1854 for
$10,000,000, and the Russian purchase for
$7,500,000, were purchases that would have
bought out central and southern Europe
and the British Islands. A provincial east-
ern mind has no tolerable conception of the
magnificent distances that measure and
bound these regions. The bunker asked an
innocent question, not dreaming that an
American can run between the banks of one
of his own rivers more than three thousand
miles on a steamer up the Missouri.
The good woman made the same mistake,
when hearing the lamented Dr. Ballard say
in an eastern pulpit that he was about to re-
turn io the Mississippi Valley. She asked
him to take out for her a small bundle to a
friend. She could only tell the Dr: that he
lived in the Mississippi Valley, having for-
gotten the name of the town, but he could
not help but see him there somewhere. ;She
thought that distant valley not much larger
than Cold Brook Valley, lined with snug lit-
tle farms on its two slopes, and having the
Red Mill at the lower end.
Steamers above Omaha l Why, mun (f
Wall street, after a steamer has run three
hundred and fifty miles above Omaha, on
the Nebraska shore, she runs on somewhat
diagnolly across Dakota Territory (as
large as seven Empire States, as large as
forty Bay States), and then is nine hun-
dred miles below Fort Benton, where the
Success 'took on board your $300,000 in‘
treasure. ' '
And as vast as these distances and terri-
tories and steamboat excursions seem to
one going West, the ide'a is to be taken into
an eastern mind, if possible, that our geo-
graphical centre for the national domain is
a long distance beyond the head of steam-
boat navigation up the Missouri, that being
thirty-one hundred and seventy-five miles
above St. Louis. Our present centre is
near the’ mouth of the Columbia on the Pa-
cific, measuring from Eusport, Maine, to
the extreme western Aleutian Island in our
Russian purchase. If one would measure
the whole by two Titanic steps, starting
from Eustport, his dividing footprint would
rest somewhere "about John Jacob Astor’s
old Astoria. Our extreme northern limit,Bar-
row’s Point, isseventeen hundred miles far-
ther north of this in its latitude, as well as
being so much farther west. About one-
third of the circumference 0f the globe is
now spanned by our territory!
When the Englishman boasted to the In
dian that the sun never sets on British soil,
the Indian replied, “The Great Spirit no
trust Englishman in the dar .” It certainly
is to be hoped that our pride will not swell
with our domain, or our spread eagle sprain
his wings by stretching them to our two ex-
treme limits in some national flutter.
The mileage now drawn by the delegate.
in Congress from Washington Territory is
about $11,000 for each session; for a. dele-
gate from New Archangel it must be at
least $20,000 ; and when one shall come
down from Barrow’s Point to represent in
our national halls his polar bear and walrus
constituency, his mileage niust go vastly
above a score of thousands. I cannot com-
pute it exactly, as Mr. Seward has not made
known by what sledge path and line of
kayacks the Esquimaux delegate grail take
his route to Behring’s Strait and Sitka.
Lively work in politics, no doubt, the mile-
age and pay will make among our Esqui-
maux citizens, and will give us in Washing-
ton politicians more oily, if possible, than
we now have there. '
“Do steamers run above Omaha ?" And
eastern ideas are quite as crude about the
growth and population and power of the
West. Indians, log cabins, immense forests,
clearings and vast prairies, as many suppose,
are the “far West,” out beyond Buffalo and
Chicago. They cannot retilizc that if all
the population of New England were drop-
ped from the census it would not reduce it
one-tenth, nor can they imagine how the
entire area of New England could be taken
out of Minnesota, and yet leave land enough
for four States and over like Connecticut.
Still fainter is the Eastern conception of
the growth of the West. In the fall of 1840
I shot quails in the streets of Quincy, III.
In April, 1867, I met in the Theological Hall
at Chicago, .to whom his liberality gave the
name, Dea. Will-1rd Keyes, one of the log
cabin founders of Quincy, now a populous,
wealthy and powerful city. In the spring of
.184.1 I spent two days at Keokuk, Iowa, a
village of twelve log and two frame houses.
In these it had thirteen groggeries, and a
motley population of Indians, half-breeds
and whites, perhaps a hundred in all.
Now, Keoknk has a population of about
15,000, twelve churches, three daily papers, '
a medical college and two or three classical
schools. Its‘ main street is about a mile
long, having many substantial brick blocks.
for banks, offices, hotels, site. One railroad
cOnnects it with Des Moines, ihe capital,
one runs around the rapids and up toward
Muscatine, and one cast, connecting the
city with the leading points in Illinois.
About the same time I visited Davenport,
Iowa. Then the place had a population of
about six hundred, and‘ few farms were
opened beyond Duck Creek, four miles west.
'N ow it has twenty thousand or more peo-
ple, with a score of churches, splendid ho-
tels, theaters, banking houses and private
dwellings that are princely. Beyond Duck
Creek now'it is farms, cities and railroads
four hundred miles to Council Bluffs, oppo-
site 0.1113118. From Omaha the Pacific rail-
road is running at the rate of three miles a
day, and has already gone about eight hun-
dred miles. _
Yes, steamers run above Omaha, and it
would be a good thing if the heads of some
of our Eastern financial and political and
religious organizations would take passage
on-thcm. By and by the West will do as
she pleases at WashingtonLand politicians
of the for East would do well to note it.
Some Christians are aware of the growth of
the Wefi and are trying to shape it relig-
iously. The Presbyterians and Methodists
and Episcopalians take a through ticket on
every new railroad and steamboat line, and
the stage to every young town, and they
stop over at every promising place and start
a church. - They seem to have funds and
868.
men to do this, and by-laws that allow it,
and managers to say where and when and
how the Gospel shall be preached, and
educational centres established. Those dc-
nominations know that steamers run above
Omaha, and they_ do not mean the plank
shall be drawn in before they have put some
of} their books and ministers and agents on
board.
Probably God never gave to a generation
in his church such an opportunity as is now
given to us to found Christian States and so
shape worldly balances that they will turn
for Christ. But a man who falls in earnest-
ly with the workings of Providence in this
country must know, within twenty-five hun-
dred miles, where a steamboat must stop
for the want of a channel.
m
TAXES AND BONDS.
James A. Briggs, Esq. of New York, in a
speech in Portland a few weeks since,
brought out the following important facts: '
“One merchant in the city of New York,
Mr. Alexander T. Stewart, paid more tax on
his income for 1865 than was paid by the
people of ten states and four territories, and
more than was paid by either one of the seven
teen other States. He paid $197,000 more
than was paid by all the people of New
Hampshire, and $95,000 more than was paid
by the people of Maine, and half as much as
was paid on incomes in Michigan.
The income tax does not reach the labor-
ing man. The population of the United
States is estimated 11.36.000.000, and the
number of persons whoireturned incomes
for the year 1867 (as stated by the Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue in his last report)
in the United States was 240,134. .Of this
number 63,085 returned incomes of twenty
dollars or less, and 42,947 over $20 and un-
der $50. ,
The people of the Third Congressional
District of Massachusetts paid more income
tax for 1865 than was paid by the people of
any of the States except Illinois, New Jersey
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The Pacific Mills Corporation, Lawrence,
Mass, of which the Hon. J. Wiley Edmonds
is Treasurer, paid more internal revenue tax ‘
for 1865 and 1860, and than was paid by
either one of eight States and four territories
and more than several of them combined.
. From September 1-, 1862, to June 80, 1867,
New England paid $167,099,518,02 internal
revenue taxes,'and of this, only $917,948 w‘
for spirits.
We are often told that the Eastern States
made money during the war at the expense
of the Western States, and that the accumu-
lations of the East were greater than all
other parts of the country. This is an error
While it‘is true that most if not all depart-
ments of manufacturing industry were pros-
perous at the East during the war, it is
equally true that the agriculturists of the
West were the most prosperous and thrifty.
The farmers of Illinois made more money
on the one article. of corn fi'om January 1,
1861, to January 1, 1867, than was made by
all the manufacturers of New England for
the same tifne. Corn was worth in Chicago
Jan. 1 1861, seventeen cents a bushel. The
increased price from that time‘up to Jan. 1,
1867, will average 50 cents a bushel, and
estimating the product at 100,000,000 of
bushels per year for the six years gives 690,-
000,000, and at any cents advance makes
$300,000,000. It is a fact that in the winter
of 1860—61, the farmers of Illinois burnt corn
for fuel. It would not pay transportation to
market.
In the winter of 1860—61 a creditorin New
York was offered by his debtor in Illinois, in
payment of a debt, corn at six cents a bushel.
The creditor accepted the offer, and ordered
the corn shipped to Chicago. Upon its ar-
rival there he was astonished to learn from
his agent that it would not sell for enough to
pay charges. Corn is worth to-day in Chi-
cago from 95 to 99 cents,and wheat from91,59
t0‘$1,72. It is a gratifying fact that the great
and important interestsof agriculture have
been successful for the last seven years. We
are dependent upon the soil for our prosper-
ity. The West fed our armies when they
were fighting in the cause of our country.
Wealso hear much said about not taxing
the rich bondholders. Now, fellow-citizens,
with a few exceptions the rich do not hold
the bonds of the United States. The bonds
of the United States are held by Banks, by
Life, Fire and Marine Insurance Companies
by Savings Banks, by persons in trust for
estates, societies, &c. How is it here in
your own city and State with the Govern-
ment bonds ‘2” Who holds them? I went
this morning into one of your Savings Banks
and asked for the last report of these banks
to your Legislature, and upon examining,
found that the amount deposited in the Sav-
ings Banks in Maine in 1867 was $5,598,600,-
26, and of this amount these banks held of
Government securities $1,373,388 and of Na-
tional bank stock $359,565, making a total of
Government securities held by your savings
banks of $1,782,953—almost one-third of the
whole amount of deposits. The amount of
the deposits in 1866 was $3,946,433,52; in
1867, $5,598,600,26 ; being an increase for the
year of $1,952,166.74. The number of dc-
positors in 1867 was 24,598.
The Savings Banks of the State of New
York have $49,000,000 invested in Govern-
ment bonds.
The Savings Banks of Connecticut, have
$12,000,000 in Government bonds.
The Savings Banks of Massachusetts,
about $30,000,000 in Government securities.
The amount of Government securities held
by the Savings Banks of New York, Massa-
chusetts, Maine and Connecticut is $100,-
000,000, represented by 1,012,032 depositors.
One fourth of the people of Massachusetts
have deposits in Savings Banks, and one-
third of the people in Connecticut are de-
positors.
Now are these depositors your rich men
and women, your people of substance ? No
they are the “common people," and thank God
we have common people in this glorious
land of ours, and that “none are born here
booted and spurred to ride the backs of the
people by the grace of God.” These depos-
itors are the laboring men and women and
children who earn their bread in the sweat
of the face.' These deposits are the savings
of the wages of ‘labor; and these are the
people who are interested in the bonds of
the Government, and believe that this Gov-
ernment of the people should keep inviolate
its faith with the people—and it Will.
#
TEE GREAT-GRANDFATEER or GRANT.—
An interesting relic and memento of the old
French and Indian wars in this country has
been on exhibition in the department of
arms and trophies of" the Sanitary fair at
Chicago. It is the muster-roll of .ii. militia
company raised by Capt. Noah Grant, great
grandfather of Gen. U. S. Grant, and bears
date March 27, 1876. Capt. Grant and his
brother, Lieut. Seloman Grant, were after-
ward killed at the battle of White Plains,
New York, in the Revolutionary war. Af-
fixed to the names on the roll is the amount
of wages received by each soldier, generally
for the period of 23 weeks, which was prob-
ably the period they were required to serve.
The money is reckoned in pounds, shillings
and pence. The pay ofCapt. Grantfor that
period was at the rate of less than $350 a
year, and not quite a dollar a day ;‘ and the
pay of a private for the same term was
sométhing less than $2 a week. It will
readily be seen that the difference between
the pay of cpmmissioned officers and pri-
vates was not so great in this country a bun-
dred years ago as it is to-day, the pay of a
private at that time being about one-third
as large as that received by a captain.
[From the New York Evening Mail.)
Slate va. Marble—Tho New Decorative
Art — The Wonderful Bnmellng
Process, lte., Etc. .
We do not intend to describe here the
many beautiful and costly works which
have been, from almosttiine immemorial,
constructed of marble, and used in various
forms and combinations in domestic archi-
tecture. Many of these are of acknowledged
merit, and all have been so often described
as to be familiar to most of us. We do not
know that modern decorative art has added
much, if any, to the beauty of these antique
models or designs. But little comfort, how-
ever, comes to the poor man from reading of
the elegantly furnished parlors on Fifth
avenue, of the rare marble. mantel-pieces,
the elaborate carvings, the highly-polished
panels and glistening pillars. These are far
beyond his reach, and he ' will never enjoy
or look upon anything of the kind, unless
some way isvdiscovered by which the great
expanse can be overcome. Fortunately the
discovery has been made, and slate, one of
the cheapest and most cemmon of stones, is
fast taking the place of marble for nearly
all purposes for which the latter substance
is’ used. This exceedingly useful material
now ranks second to none, and as fast as
its merits become known we predict for it
universal commendation and use. Slate
possesses many peculiar and desirable prop-
erties which do not belong to marble ; it will
stand high degrees of heat much better; it is
almost a perfect non-absorbent of moisture,
being closeégraincd and very cOmpact; it
has strength and a smooth, satin-like sur-
face; very large-sized slabs are obtainable ;
it is very cheap and common throughout the
United States; it can be manufactured with
comparative ease, being split into very thin
slabs, chiseled, planed and turned in a lathe.
All these qualities are very desirable, and
all that was wanting at the hand ofmanwas
some procesa by which a more cheerful as-
pect could be represented upon its surface.
Previous to the year 1838, slate was most-
ly used for roofing, flagging, the beds of bil-
liard tables, educational purposes, etc; but
at the date mentioned, a process was dis-
covered and practically developed in Eng-
land, whereby slute was made to present
the beautiful appearance of the most rare
marbles, and a polish put upon its surface
which few of them could be made to attain.
This at once lifted slate into an important
position as an article of ornamental manu-
facture of great interest; and from that time
to the present there has been a steady ap—
plication of inventive genuis, combined with
practical talent, to this subject—not con-
fined, however, to the place of its discovery.
Yankee ingenuity soon availed itself of
the discovery of the Englishman, and the
process of enameling was so improved upon,
that to-day it is one of our most beautiful
and important branches of the ornamental
as well as useful arts. - It is rightly named
an art manufacture, and, we learn, is ex-
tensively carried on in this country. In the
enameling process certain mineral colors or
metallic oxides are applied to and absorbed
by the stone,-which is then subjected to a
proper degree of heat, until the enamel is
perfectly incorporated with the slate, and
the two become one substance, forever in-
separable. This enameling is made to rep-
resent all the marbles and ornamental stones
used in interior decorations; so perfect, in-
deed, are the imitations that a very close
examination is required to distinguish be-
tween the original and the copy. Unwearied
effort, combined with a large outlay of capi-
tal, has at length succeeded in bringing the
enameled slate into general use; and the
many difficulties which were in the way
when first introduced have all been sur-
mbunted. Architects were cautious in
adopting a new and untried production.
The manufacture also interfered with many
trades—the stone mason lost. a part of his
trade in chimney-pieces; it superseded for.
eign marbles; it took the place of lead or
iron for cisterns and baths; beautiful pilus-
ters and plinths were made of it; halls and
vestibules were lined with it, and it was
worked up into a thousand different forms,
taking the place of many things which were
already in the market.
It is .curious to note some of the many
things,whieh are now made of slate, both
in its original state and after it has been on-
ameled. At the warerooms of the Phenrhyn
Slate Company, No. 40 West eighteenth
street, this city, we recently saw a large va-
riety of the most elaborate and beautiful
Marbleized slate mantels. They can be had
at all prices from $10 up to $200, and more
according to the amount of carving or oth-
er ornamental work expended upon "them.
For from $25 to $50 aman who is about to
build a house can get mantels handsome
enough to adorn a mansion. They present
to the eye all the richness, depth and soft-
ness of hue of the best and most costly of
imported murbles ; and effects are pro-
duced in some designs by a combination of
several varieties in the same mantel.
Another feature of this enameled slate is
its lasting quality ; it will not chip, blister
nor lose its polish ; neither heat nor damp-
ness affects it, and it is not therefore injured
by changes of temperature or atmosphere in
any climate—becoming harder with ordina-
ry use, and therefore is more durable than
marble. Moreover it is not stained or de-
faced with oil, smoke or coal gas and it is
easily damaged, even with acids—tests to
which marble is never subjected without so
rious injury.
At the same warerooms we saw some
beautiful'table-tops, columns for vases and
statuary, wainscotz‘ng and paneling for rooms
and balls ;slabs for piers, tables, bureas, ctc.
Besides these, there are altars and mural
tablets. The new and patented Enameled
Slate Collins and Caskets, and articles of
plain slate, such' as cisterns, baths, sinks,
filters, pastry boards, shelvings and fittings
for wine cellars, dairy rooms, conservator-
ies, etc. Butter, meat, and washing-tubs,
milk vessels, ridges for roots, steps and ris-
ers, window-cap, and sills, black-boards, and
many other useful as well as ornamental ar-
ticles. . '
The slate interests of our state, and we
maysay of this country, now assumes an
importance, of which the public generally,
we conceive, have very inadequate concep-
tion. The extensive quarries of the Penrhyn
Company, at Middle Granville, in the north-
eastern part of this State, have been opera-
ted ou a large scale for a number of years, in
the production of the celebrated Purple,
Green and Variegated Slate, for roofing pur-
poses—beautiful in color When used seperate‘
ly or in combination, and of great strength.
This latter quality rendering them the safest
‘of all slate for transportation; indeed the
production of these quarries is considered the
strongest yet found or worked in the United
States. It is loaded on the cars directly
from the slate yards adjoining the depot, and
is thence transported by rail without change
of Cars in all directions, but principally we
believe to the West. In the process of quar-
rying, slabs are taken out of varying thick-
ness—«some of great size which are found to
be remarkably sound, firm and tough, yet so
free from grit as to give them a higher value
than that of covering the roofs of our houses.
These slabs are taken to the mill, a few rods
mm the quarries, where they are sawed and
planed by machinery driven by water power;
then shaped into the required form with the
appropriate mouldings, and afterwards en-
ameled. These works have been in opera-
tion for a. number of years, and have from
time to time had to be enlarged, and the
number of operatives steadly increased to
VOLUME LL—NUMBER 41.
enable the Company to fill its large and in-
creasing orders_.. Messrs. Eleazer and Wil-
liam E. Jones were the projectors of the
Company, and have been identified with this
. slate quarrying and manufacture for about a
dozen years, the former of whom being new
Managerof the Company, and the latter Su- -
perintendent of the Quarries.
. The warerooms in this city should be via-
ited by all who. are desirous of seeing to
what a state ofperfectiou this art has attain-
ed. When every American home can thus
be enriched and improved with handsome.
chimney-piccs, ornamented furniture and
various useful'articles—all at a very moder-
ate cost, who can say that we are not mov-
ing rapidly, and in the right direction P
‘*
Free Modern-y Exposed.
_ ET A view. .
I have joined the Masonic Fraternity, Mr.
Editor. I am a free and accepted son, 03'
brother whatever it is, of that anicient and
mysterious organization. I have belonged
to many secret societies in my time; I have
been an Orangeman, and a Son of Temper-
ance, and a Fenian, and, if I remember aright
I once belonged to a gang of coiners; but
this Masonic arrangement, this institution of
the compass and square, distances them all.
I had often wondered what sort of a thing a
mason was—in what respect he differed from
an ordinary human being. Time and again
I have pumped persons who I thought knew
what was what, with a view to finding out
something regarding these remarkable men,
but it was no go. Mum was the word.—
Those who could tell wouldn’t, and those
who would couldn’t; for fufther information
I was advised to go and find out. I have a
vague idea of my own that a Mason was a
supernatural being, a regular ring-tailed
roarer, with horns and boom to match, who
could come down the chimney or get in the
keyhole, and disappear like a flash of light-
ning—a chap that could knock blazes out of
a fellow with a wink of his eye, and of whom
the devil himself was afraid.
Free Masonry is of ancient date, as proved
by the fact that during the wet season Noah
used to hold meetings in the corner of the
ark. He was obliged to give it up, however
owing to the curiosity of Mrs. Noah who,
notwithstanding the fact that her husband
placed a couple of lions and a big crocodile
at the door as outside guard, came pretty
near finding out the secret, and starting a
female lodge on her own book.
I must tell you of the perils and trials I
had to undergo to become a Mason. On the
evening in question I presented myself at
the door of the lodge-room, No. 66,999, sign
of the skull and crossbones. I was conduct-
ed to an ante-room where five or six melan-
choly chaps in sashes and embroidered nap-
kins were waiting to' receive me. On my
entrance ithey all got up and turned back-
somersaults, and then resumed their seats.
A big fat fellow, who sat in the middle, and
who seemed to be the proprietor, then said:
“Sinner from the outer world, advance 1” I
advanced. “Will you give up everything to
join us ‘2” “Not if I know it,” I said;
“there’s my wife and fourteen fine——-.”
Another party here told me to say “yes,” as
it was merely a matter of form. So I said,
“Yes, I give up everything.” The fellows
in towels then groaned and said, “tis well.”
Do you swear never to reveal anything that
you may see or hear this evening to any hu-
man being, nor your wife ?” I said, “pon
my word I will not." Then they examined
my teeth, and felt my muscles, and made me
put out my tongue, and then groaned again.
I said, “if you don’t feel well I have got a
little bottle here that will—" The fat man
took the little bottle from me and told me to
shut up. He then in a voice of thunder, said
“bring forth the goat”. Another fellow then
came up with a big‘cloth to blindfold me.
“N 0 you don’t, Mr. Mason,” I said; “no
tricks on travelers if you please; I don’t be
iieve in playing blind man’s bafi‘with a goat;
I’ll ride the devil if you like, but I don’t go
it blind. Stand back or I’ll knock you into
smithei-eens." They were too much for me,
h0wever, so I had to submit and be blind-
folded. The goat was then led in, and I
could hear him make an awful racket among
the furniture. I began to feel that I was ur-
gently needed at home, but I was in for it,
and could not help myself. Three or four
fellows then seized me, and with a demonic.-
cal laugh, pitched me on the animal’s back-
telling me at the same time to look out for
squalls. I have been in a good many
scrapes, Mr. Editor; I have been in an elec:
tion fight, I’ve been pitched out a fourth
story window, I have gone down in a rail-
road collision, and up in a steamboat explo-
sion, but this little goat excursion was ahead
of them all. The confounded thing must
have had wings and horns. It dumped me
against the tables and the chairs, and the
ceiling, but I hung on like a Trojan. I turn-
ed front somersalts, and rolled over until I
thought it was all over with me. I was just
on the point of giving up when the bandage
fell from my eyes, and the goat bounded
through the window with a yell like a Ca-
manche Indian giving up the ghost.
I was in a lodge of Masons. They were
dancing 0. war dance around a big skull and
playing leap frog, and turning handsprings
and the big fat fellow of, the anteroom was
standing on his head in the corner finishing
the contents of my little bottle. Order was
soon restored, and I was led up to the desk
and told to stand at my ease. The Chief
Engineer of the establisrnent then put his
thumb to his nose, and stretching out his
fingers in the shape of a fan towards me
commanded silence. The rest of the breth-
ern did likewise and were silent. The Gov-
ernor then addressed me:
“Brother Knobb, you are now one of us.
You are now a membsriof aninstitution that
has lasted over ten millions of years. From
this time forward your constitution is sound.
You are impervious to light and heat, or
any other atmospheric influence. You are
water-proof, fire-proof, and over proof; with
impunity you may walk through the lake or
sit on the red-hot stove; with impunity drink
aquafortis, rye, whisky, wahoo bitters,or any
other poisonous substance. You are free
from rheumatism, dyspepsia. whOOPing-
cough, or the measles. The sheriff dare not
seize you far debt, nor the policeman arrest
you for misdemeanor. You are one of us,
and are safe. Here is the password; With
that and a big club you can getinany lodge
in Christendom.”
I then took the oath on a pack of cards,
stood the‘whisky and water all around, and
I was a Mason. ' -
W '
.—Adolphc Braun, a Frenchman, has dis-
covered 0 method of taking photographll in
colors. He has produced a great number 01'
facsimiles of the best drawings left by the
great masters. The nicest shades are repro-
duced. The permanence of the colors re-
mains to be tested.
——Oaths are vulgar, senseless, offensive,
impious; like obscene words, they leave a
noisome trail upon the lips, and a stamp of
od'iuin upon the son]. They are mexcusa-
ble ; they gratify no sense, while they out-
rage taste and dignity.
—Surratt has been discharged under the
statute of limitation and the democrats are
jubilant. They can now run him for Con-
gress as a martyr. His claims on the party
are only inferior to those of Brick Pomeroy’s
“gentleman,” Wilkes Booth.
”
wWhat will the Seymour and Blair
"McClellan Legions” do now ‘1’ McClellan
has finally arrived home, and the New I ork
Mail says that it knows that he favors the
election of Grant and Colfax. Now, boys,
follow your leader.
Norwalk Chronicler