‘r “ Norwalk Gazette Tuesday, July 18th. 187.6. 6‘ I - National Republican Ticket. For: PRESIDENT, RUTHERFORD‘ B. 'H'AYES, ~ g; . Hworomo. _ . 5 i; ‘ ‘3 "for! néelrfinhnm, WILLIAM A. WHEELER, 'or new roux. A EDITORIAL LETTER! WASHINGTON, July 16, 1876. - szn Gszam:—-The- last ten days here have been blistering hot. ' No such season of intense heat is ever felt in Florida, says Sen- ator Jones: or in New- Orleans, says Senator West, who is among the many overcome by its power. ~ Judge Allen of the Sandwich Is- lands, .who is here negotiating a commercial treaty with the United States, told us yester- day, that no such exhausting and fiery at- mosphere is ever experienced in those tropi- cal islands. A very large number of Con- gl‘essmen have either gone home on sick leave, were confined to their rooms in this city. The thermometer has ranged lrigherhcrc ‘ than now, frequently before, but.there never has been that peculiarly exhausting and faint- irg quality to the heat. Were the streets here as narrow as in Philadelphia and New York, life at midday would be well nigh un- endurable. A large number of adults have been sun-stricken and died, but the mortality among young children is fearfully distressing The only things going about with any'appar- cnt energy or satisfaction with existence, are the undertakers and house flies. 'e have been the recipients of a genuine sensation here, despite the heated term, which seems to have spread all over the country if not the globe. The resignation of Postmaster General Jewell was so com- plete a surprise to everybody, that astonish- ment only advanced to amazement when it was known that the President had invited it. Of course everybody wants to know the ‘ true inwardness” of it, and invention and conjecture have been strained to their utmost limits to assign the definite cause of the President's action. _ The easiest way to state the exact truth, no doubt, would be, to say, “ there isn’t any_dsfinite.reason for it.” We presume we have: “interview '_ f" the case as exhaustively as any one, and-on both sides The President himself, seldom or never gives reasons for his actions._ . These who profess to be especially ,near to monitor- that the President has been made: to”, feel that. there has been a studied effort by what is known as the “Bristow.' ring,” to put him in the false attitude before the country, of wishing toe’over up or relax the efiorts made for the prosecution of thc_,_whiskey thieves. It is further stated that‘Mr. Jewell was an open and avowed adherent of Mr. Bristow. Fur- thermore it is charged that Mr. Jewell, as Postmaster General, caused dissatisfaction at the White House, by his determined purpose to run his department in his own way. That while every order of , the President was re- spected and obeyed, and no such opposition to his wishes as necessitated remark or re- buke, yet there were constant irritations caused his friends, growing out of Mr. J ew- ell's manner of dispensing or with-holding the patronage of his department. These dif- ferences with. Congressmen and others, be- came a constant source of report and annoy- ance to the President. Among the very first said to have become oflended in this way, were Ex-Gov. Shepherd, and the President’s brother, Orville Grant. Subsequently Sena-. tors Spencer and Clayton are said to have» been added to the list of antagonists. These things, no doubt, left their natural impression on the President's mind when brought to his attention, but never caused a ripple even, in their intimate social relations. A last case of the removal of a special agent, a friend of Senator Conkling's, appointed and assigned to duty in Virginia during the Postmaster General’s temporary absence, is quite gener- ally assigned as the culminating cause of Mr. Jewell's retirement. The entire field of probabilities favor the following as its true solution. For many months past Gov. J cw- ell has openly and repeatedly stated his earn- est desire to be relieved from the arduous la- bors and vexatious cares of this, the most perplexing of all the departments to run. He has freely stated, as one reason leading to this desire, that his private business interests at home were sadly sufiering for want of his personal attention This the President has been fully aware of and also that life at the capitol was distasteful to Mr. Jewell's family, and when, Senator Morrill. of Maine, accepted the Secretaryship of the Treasury it gave to New England her cabinet representation and cleared the way, no doubt, in the Presi: dent’s mind, for Mr. Jewell’s release. No one has done more than Mr. Jewell himself to discourage the attempt so actively made to flame the event into One of an angry quarrel. Such an interpretation has no foundation whatever. Probably nothing was further re- moved from the President's mind or purpose, than the casting of the shadow of an indig- nity upon his minister by thus inviting his resignation. It is hardly justto judge Gen; eral Grant as we are wont to judge othermen. To prove the utter lack of all irritation or feeling of antagonism at the time, it is only necessary to state the fact that with as much kindness of speech and of manner, as he ever had evinced towards Mr. Jewell, the ‘ President desired him to name a person whom he would recommend as his successor. This must seem almost comics], to outsiders, who have attached such grave importance to the event. The released Postmaster General seemed like a boy let out of school when he realized that the burdens of his exactingoflice were off his hands. He telegraphed at once to Hartford, to have “ his house put in order" for his occupancy by Saturday, and within an hour was hard at work packing furniture, papers and pictures for his final exodus. ' He was overrun with callers to bid him good-bye and offer regrets and congratulations. Prob- ably none of the latter were more enjoyed or appreciated than the following dispatch from his youngest daughter who was visiting her married sister, Mrs. Dodge, on the North Rive :—“My congratulations on this auspi- cious occasion.” There is no stain on the personal or ofilcial record of General Jewell, but on the contra- ry, the whole country concedes his integrity; his wonderful industry and conspicuous ex- ecutive ability. It is expected here that the Republicans of Connecticut will either nom- inate him for Governor, or place his name at the head of our Presidential electors ticket this fall. He certainly ought tobe made to do service in the Connecticut as Well as the western canvass, in the coming campaign. In this connection, we must relate an inter- view Representative Landcrs had with him just before his departure. Said Landers— “ How is this, Jewell, they tell me you are going home to run for my place in Congress ? If this is so,‘all I've got to' say is you are the only fellow I don't think I can beat.” “George," said the Ex.P. M. Gen. with his face wreathed with wontcd smiles, “ I can’t think of ' but one other place I wouldn’t rather go to, than that House, and that place isn’t on this earth.” “No, I'm for Hawley, sincere- ly and earnestly," continued Jewell, more gravely.~ “ Then I feel casicr,” replied Lan—‘ der s. , And this prompts us to mention a little in- cident which occurred here at the Capitol last week, most creditable to the head and heart of Mr. Loaders. On the Capitol police is an ex-union’soldi'er from Connecticut. He has been here a number of years, an appointee of the late Mr. Starkweather. He has bought a modest home for his little family in the out- sktrts of the city where property is cheap and is living prudently and striving to pay for it. A few days since it came to Mr. Landers’ ears that this Connecticut soldier was about to be removed'by the House Sergeantat-arnrs, because'he was a republican, whereupon Mr. Lenders Melted to that otiicer and made a special personal plea that one man should be retained. His discharge at this time would have been nothing less than a calamity to himself and family, and Mr. Landers is worthy of all praise for the humane and no- ble fight he made,.an‘d which has resulted in the retention of a political opponent, but a _ brave" soldier. Information has just reached here that the republicans of the Ncwbury‘port district in Massachusetts, have brought forward the name of Major Ben.Perley Poore f -r Congress, and that the contest is narrowed to between the Major and Gov. Loring. If the people of that district had, a moiety of the information possessed by every one here, as to the very universal qualifications possessed by the Ma- jor for the place and his unequaled capabilities fer “serving" his constituents and the country, they Would not long hesitate as to whom to choose. Major POU'J has earned a world- wide fame as correspondent of the Boston Journal the past quarter of a century, and no man in or out of Congress is more famil- iar with all the duties attaching to a faithful represntative of the people. Most congress- men come here to learn their trade. The Major has his learned in advance. and could be a teacher to half the members of either House. We hope his people will have the gool judgment to discern these facts. The invited resignation of Internal Reve- nue Commissioner Pratt, is accounted for on the ground that he dcsircd_.to control all ap- pointments in his department, and having of- fensively commended in a public letter the detective Yaryan. It is stated that the cause of the removal of II. T.»Yaryan, Chief of the Special Agency division of Internal Rev- nue-Burcau, was his course in procuring the dismissal of a special agent recommended by the President, a man crippled in war, and whose character was above reproach. Representative Barnum got back just in time to get the appropriations for Norwalk, Bridgeport and New Haven harbors, put back. The democratic House had stricken them all out. How these Connecticut River and harbor Appropriations will finally come out of conference committee it is impossible to conjecture. ' The democratic laboring men who are standing idle with their picks and shovels will do well to observe how hard their political friends in the House are working to keep all such work from them. The impeachment trial has progressed very slowly, yet it is expected to finish 'it next w_eek, so that Congress may adjourn on the , The District Treasurer abscnted last week, and on examination his accounts showed him 12:0 be “short” some six thousand dollars. Still further investigation showed that he was a denwcrat and had wandered up through Connecticut to Massachusetts on a drunk. Yesterday he returned with a draft forthe missing amount in his pocket, but another democrat had got his office. Of the;forty or fifty special investigations of the House, probably not three will re- port—cause, couldn’t find anything to injure the Republican party. ' The Silver Bill passed by the House enacts that the trade dollar shall hereafter be a legal tender and provides for the issue of fifty mil- lon of subsidiary coin. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to, at his discretion, to use a part of the sinking fund to purchase a silver coin bullion for coinage. The proposition to retire greenbacks as silver coin is issued and to increase the legal tender lim- it of silver coin from five to twenty dollars was rejected in conference. The House, Saturday, passed unanimously a bill granting to the wife ofGeneral G. A. Custer, who was lately killed in battle with the Indians, a pension of $50 per month, to take effect from the passage of the act. The House abo passed a bill granting a pension of $50 each, to Emanuel H. and Maria Custer, the parents of General George A. Custer and Col. Tom Custer, in consideration of the ser- vices rcndered by the latter, who fell at the same time his brother did. Senator Bayard, who is one of the confer— rers on the legislative appropriation bill, gave Randall a very sharp talking to, for his dog- ged policy in refusing to making concessions to 5the Senate in regard to the appropriation bills. There is very great dissatisfaction with Randall. The Democrats in the Senate are a unit as to the House being in the wrong, and the arguments of the Democratic Senators have changed the opinion of many Democrats of the lower House. , The democrats of the House have made a dead set against theElection Law, and had nicely fixed for its repeal in the Appropria- tion Bill, but the Senate refuses to yield it. This law hurts no one who does not want to dabble in fraudulent votes. Judge Noah Davis has not written any let- ter avowing his intention to support Hayes and Wheeler. As a member of the Supreme Court'he deems such action indccorous, but he has said to Mr. Defrees, who has written the letter, that as between the two tickets he cannot see how any Liberal Republican can hesitate in his support of the Cincinnati tick- et and platform. He stands precisely with Carl Schurz, Defrees, Kilpatrick, Coclrrane and other noted Greeley men. Representative Townsend delivered a tell- ingi speech in the House, Thursday, in an- swer to the democratic charge that the Re- publicans have increased the national expen- ses. He charges back upon the confederates and their allies, that their treason causes all our present woes of taxation and poverty. His arguments were unanswered and unan- swerable. It Will be issued as a campaign document. Mr.‘,Blaine's friends here are highly grati- fied at the action of Governor Conner, in appointing him to the Senatorslrip made vacant by the acceptance of the Treasury Portfolio by Mr. Morrill. Speaking of Mr. Blaine, we are reminded of a good story that is told on the late Messrs. .Hill and Knot, which will convey some idea as to the extent that the “drubbings" they had received from the “great commoner," had dcmoralized the ex-confederates in the House, and parti- cularly the last encounter of Knot, Hunter and Tarbox. About the time of the Cincin- nati Convention, workmen were employed making repairs on the glass roof over the main body of the House, and one of them incautiously placed his foot on one of the large panes of glass, which caused it to come thundering apd crashing to the floor just in rear of the last row of seats! The House was in session, and as may be imagined it caused gredi consternation on the “sinners side." Ben Hill sprang to his feet, doubtless thinking that the ghosts of the poor starved soldiers of Andersonville were after him, exclaiming “what the Devil is that 9" Poor Knot, who was lolling in his seat and said to be pretty well befuzzled with‘ “Kentuck blue grass," at once rushed frantically for the lobby, crying out, “Blaine lose again by thunder," and it is said, he would not leave the Committee Room, where he had taken refuge, until his friends assured him Blaine, hadn’t been near the Hall all day. Wells, of Missouri. Blaine discovering that his persecutors had failed to clinch the motion to print the testimony in his case, by the usira'l motion to “reconsider the motion by which the vote was carried and to lay that motion on the table, ' and dcsiring’to get the floor, rose while .Wells had the floor and asked that gentleman if he would give way a moment The courteous Missourian blandly said, “ Certainly, I will allow the gentleman from Maine to ask me any ques- tion he wishes." “I merely wish to make a motion,” said the cx-speaker. “Well, I’ll give way to you for that,” said Wells. Blaine then nrovcd the reconsideration which at once secured him the floor. As soon as the fact penetrated Wells, he ex- claimed—“How the devil was that done ‘2" and turning to a democratic neighbor in anguish he continued “Blainc’s got the floor away from me and now h—l will be to play.” ' Mr. Blaine’s perfect knowledge of parlia- mentary rules gave him an easy mastery over his adversaries in.the House. In the Senate he will find less opportunity for these brilliant displays, but far greater clrance fer that quiet and moderation be now so sad- ly needs. Another good and true story is told on l The second contribution of Massachusetts to the National Statuary Hall has arrived. It isa life sized statute of Samuel Adams, and was executed in Rome by Miss Whitney. One of the last official acts of 'Portmas'ter‘ General Jewell. was to renew the commission of Postmaster Dunning, of South Norwalk. Henry I. Hoyt, Esq, of Norwalk, has been here for a couple of weeks, but rcturntd on Saturday. Hon. S. IV. Kellogg, of Waterbury, paid It; a flying visit the past week. As ever, R f s The rain, the rain, the blessed rain, cam down in two showers, last Tuesday afternoon and evening, greatly refreshing all nature. The last storm, especially, was accompanied by severe and sharp thunder and lightning, but we hear of little damage done in this vicinity. The rain was instantly absorbed by the parched earth, and‘nore and frequent showers are needed. - Pres. Grant is not afraid of investigation. He has written a manly letter; to cx-Sec. Bristow requesting him to answer the ques- tions propounded by the investigating com- mittee, which Mr. Bristow had very properly declined to answer, closing his letter as fol- lows : “I appreciate the position you have assumed on this question, but beg to re- licve you of any obligation of secrecy on this subject, and desire not only that you should answer all questions asked in relation to it, but wish that all members of my cabinet and cx-membcrs of the cabinet since I have been President may also be called upon to testify in regard to the same matters." # There seems to be a dead-lock in democrat— ic councels at present, and all is not harmony between Tilden and Hendricks. They held a conference at Saratoga, last week, to fix up their let'ers of acceptance, and Tilton was suddenly called to Albany “by pressure of official business" before the little matter could be settled. It is now announced that it will bc‘several weeks yet before Tilden will be able to devote any attention to his letter of acceptance. Thedemocraticpapers, however, hasten to deny the prevalent report that Hendricks intends to withdraw. At least, it will be safe to wait awhile, before painting his name on the banners. # ’ The citizens of New Haven and Hartford, irrespective of party, arranged for a grand reception of ex-Post Master Gen. Jewell, in each city. He was expected to arrive at New Haven, at 5 p. In. yesterday. He was to be received by prominent citizens and escorted to the New Haven House, where lunch would be provided, after which the American band Would serenade him, and a general reception would be tendered him. In Hartford, arrangements were made for an elaborate affair, including an escort by four companies of the First Regiment and one of the Governor's Foot Guards, a salute of fifteen guns, and a profuse display of fireworks. , g The steamer Lau'i‘a is to leave this morning for Savin Rock, with the combined Metho- dist churches of Norwalk, probably a large number from up the Danbury Road, and many persons from this vicinity of other dc- rromiuations. Last year, an excursion on the same boat, under the same auspices, was a grand success in every way. The prospect this year is very flattering, and a day of enjoyment is looked forward to with perfect confidence. The boat leaves South Norwalk at 8 o’clock this s. m. and Savin Rock at 4 p. In. # Another very interesting meeting was held in the Amphitheatre Grove on Sunday after- noon last. Miss Anna Oliver, well-known as a resident of South Norwalk, made the principal address, and was listened to with great attention. Her address is commended in the warmest terms, and from all accounts she succeeded in controlling her audience in a remarkable manner. Miss Oliver has devo- ted her lifc to the work of reform, has travel- ed in the South to aid the freedmen, has work- ed in the temperance cause in the West, has recently graduated from an eastern college and won a license to preach, and is now ready to continue ouin her self-sacrificing work. A meeting of citizens was called for last evening, at ‘ the Norwalk Hotel, to con- sider the matter in regard to the loca tion of certain Silver plate works in this town. We have plenty of capital here, paying low interest, which might be made to pay good dividends directly and indirectly, by invest- ments in some such enterprise. We hope our nronied citizens will investigate this project, and if found sound, that they will hold out inducements for the Company to locate here. Rev. Dr. Hamlin, for forty years a resident of Turkey, occupied Rev. Mr. Hamilton’s pulpit on Sunday last. In the morning he gave an interesting address upon the general subject of education in Turkey, andfin the evening described the present condition of affairs in that eountry. Rev. Mr. Hamilton, during his journey through Turkey, three or four years since, visited Dr. Hamlin at . the college which he had formed, and was very much interested in the enterprise. The Doctor is now in his native land ’endeavoring to raise funds for thclpcrmancnt endowment of his college. ' The examination of James Monteith: charged with stabbing Thomas Jameson, in Winnipauk, on the 4th, was held before justice Perry, on Tuesday last, and resulted in his being held for trial before the Superior Court. The evidence showed that both men were under the influence of liquor, and that they had been playing together during the afternoon and up to the time of the stabbing, without any apparent quarrel or serious disagreement. It is evident that Rum was, the real instigator of the crime. In default of $1000 bonds he was taken to jail. Ho, roa Mantel—We publish elsewhere an adv. of the trips of'the Maine Steamboat line to that wildest and most delightful of all cool resorts, Mt. Desert and the Penobscot Bay and river. The bonts are spacious amt staunch all exceptionally well officered and what is best of all, in these hard times, the fares on land and water, are more reasonable than in any other quarter of summer travel. There was a fair attendance on Friday evening last, at the Borough Meeting, and but little opposition was manifested to the project of furnishing water to the Norwalk Mills as specified in the call, and the vote to instruct the commissioners to lay the pipes was unanimously passed. ——.—1.p.—.—.———_ Scribner’s Magazines for August are to be “mid-summer holiday numbers,” and made specially interesting in the manner of the Christmas numbers. The monthly will con- tain 160 pages, and the publishers say will be “the most beautiful number of a popular magazine ever issued in the world.” The illustrations will be profuse, and the contents of special interest. ,St. Nicholas. will also be an extra number. Leave your or with your News Agent at once, as the Magazine will be ready on the 20th. _- *4.~.__'____ “ Rsoorm or THE YEAR," is the name of a thoroughly excellent monthly edited by Frank Moore, and published in New York city by Mr. Carleton, the well-known book publisher. It contains a carefully revised re- cord of events of every day in the year, in condensed form, together with choice scien- tific and miscellaneous selections, including all the best of the short stories, sketches, poems, editorials, etc., that appear in the pa. pers of .the country, and worthy of preserva- tion. It is, in fact, a carefully edited “Scrap book," in which is preserved the best things of the age, which can thus be kept always at lranzl for reference. ..+ 4.»..— The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Norwalk Insurance Company is to be held tomorrow, 19th inst. , exercise these hot days and with the rmome- _~has been mostinstrurncutal in bringing the There has been no further news from the Indian war during the week,I until. Monday morning, when _ intelligence was received that Gen. Crook’s command, for which great. fears had been entertaint d, was are-'11: hav- ing communicated with Gen. Terry to that efiect. No forward movement by the troops . has yet been made, but arrangements are being consummated it is thought for a union of-thc forces of Terry and Crook, and then a movement of. the united forces‘that will crush out Sitting Bull forever, and fittingly avenge the noble Custer , and his brave troopers. # The Sentinel is anxious to publish a daily if the people will give them suitable encour- agement. Before the Sentinel was born ,wc canvassed the matter of issuing a daily edition of the Gazette, and have for years stood ready to do so .as soon as. our people were ready to support the undertaking. It is evident to us that that time has not yet arrived, from the fact that the weekly papers now established are not adequately supported. It seems that the famous 7th Regiment of New York did participate in the Centennial celebration at Philadelphia, on the 4th, and went into camp therefor a week, under the command of Col. Clark. Col. Leffcrts was in command of the veterans of the 7th, when stricken with death, and it was that organiza- tion that returned to New York. I -. ..d.,..._ Miss Anna Oliver lras an engagement to preach in a Brooklyn church for six Sundays, this summer. __-,,-..,_.. It is rumored that Senator Barnum is to furnish motive power for several campaign papers in this county', this fall. . ————-——Q-4.> .._._._._ The Steamer Arrowsmith is still carrying crowds of passengers daily. On Saturday the boat easily made the trip up, loaded down with passengers. in just two and three-quar- ter hours, arriving in plenty of time to con ncet with the trains. . —-————+ 09—.— Thc Independents of Norwalk and the Unions arc to have a return match at the Am- phitheatre Ball Grounds on Wednesday af- ternoon at 3 6’clock. Ball playing is good ter among the nineties, the nines will be apt to wilt. ' .— ‘0» —. — The National Hat Finishers' Trade Associ- ation at their regular convention held the last week in June, in Philadelphia, elected for the fourth time as their National President Mr. Edward D'. Cornell of Philadelphia. The Association was organized in the city of Philadelphia, June -5tb, 1854, twenty-two years ago, and have held regular conventions every four years since that period. Mr. Cornell has held the office of President for ten years: he was first chosen by the Board of Directors to fill the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of the then President, Mr. J. S. Williams, of Philadelphia,'_serving out the unexpired term of two years with mark- ed ability until his successor Mr. G. H. Richards, of Boston, was chosen by the con- vention of 1860, held in the city of New York. Eight years later, Mr. Cornell was choscn’by the unanimous vote of the most inharmonious assemblage ever held in the interests of the Associatioan place of one John Brogan, of New York, a gentleman of The highest integrity throughout the trade. the convention was held in Newark, N. J ., June 1st, 1868, and in view of the discord and contentions of that body, the choice of Mr. Cornell was most flattering, as it was also most gratifying to the Association. At the expiration of his term he was again made the unanim ous choice of the convention of 1872, held in Norwalk, Conn, and at the same time was the recipient of a marked token of appreciation and consideration from that body. It was his intention to cease all active connection with the National Associ- ation on the expiration of his last term, in order to have some relaxation as his health was somewhat impaired; the duties of the office at times being very arduous and of great responsibility, but friends dissuaded him from his resolution and the convention of 1876, true to its constituency unanimous- ly seated him for another four years as their President,in:spitc of his innermost wishes to the contrary. Mr. C. is about 52 years of age, and was born in New York, and for years has held many positions of trust under some of the foremost manufacturers in the “Trade.” Since the Association was organ- ized, in ’54, he has been its most prominent member—being an honest, earnest, and a very able worker in the cause of labor, and the AssOciation may well feel proud of its repeated good fortune in selecting one who Association to its present comparative state of perfection and who has so nobly honored his fellow craftsmen in America and in Europe. ' # Parts twenty-one to twenty four inclusive, extending alphabetically from “Doty's Cor- ner” to “Fire Island,” have been received of the new revision of Zell’s Popular Cyclopedia and Universal Dictionary, for which Horace King of Thompsonville is the New England agent. The Cyclopedia shows the same care in compilation that the previous numbers have manifested. The large map in number 21 is of Austria and Hungary, giving also the Danubian provinces. The new revision i? being issued promptly, and its good appear- ance is maintained throughout. The work is sold only by subscription, and agents will take orders for it either complete or in parts. .p—.——-—- it?!“ A good white dress shirt at Comstock Bros, only 75 cts. __._.___ When the American forces under Marion captured fort Watson, on the Santcc river, and the people nrarched out, one of the sol- diers was noticed on account of his enormous bulk in comparison with his height and the thinness of his face. > Lieutenant Manning, who had charge of the evacuation, said to him: “ See here, my good fellowi Is all this from good living ?" “r. 0" said the prisoner; “we often suffered very much for want of food.” “ Well, then, my good fellow, unbutton and show us. what makes you so corpulent! ” Thercupon the poor fellow took off coat af» ter coat and waistcoat after waistcoat till he, had removed about a dozen suits of clothes, Manning hurrying him all the while by say- ing “ Como, pull away,my good fellow! You. are a god-send to my half clad comrades,” When he was completely stripped Manning told him to take the best suit and be thank- ful that the Americans saved his life and kept him from starving. 4"; . l5'27“Comstock Bros. have received this day another case of those Dollar Straw Hats. .. A Sumter: Horst. N museum—A Saratoga correspondent refers to a nuisance, which. summer travelers find at all fashionable re- sorts. and which makes it necessary in order tosecure decent attendance to pay as much in, fees to servants as for the regular hotel bills. The writers says :— While speaking of the hotel system here, I should like to ask why the proprietors do not put a stop to the fee nuisance. Any person who stops at a hotel has to run the gauntlet of _ a lot of grinning servants, who have to eke out their small enrolumcnts by “striking” the guests. It is understood that the highest wages paid to chambermaids here is but 856 per month, the girls expecting to make it up by fees from the guests, and, in some cases for questionable services. I'Vlrcn porters and waiters and chamber-girls are paid little or nothing by hotel proprietors, it is of course understood by them that their servants are to make nuisances of themselves to the guests. I do not hear of any reduction of prices. have had to pay as much as usual, and I think the least the landlords could do would be to-put a stop to this scrvants’-fcc system. Four and a half and five dollars a day ought to be quite a sufficient charge, without onc’s being made to pay the servants for every little service. ————‘—+s.>+————— Wc would increase the salary to $100,000 a year rather than reduce it to $25,000. Our president ought to be perfectly at ease finan- cially, and able to live on a liberal scale wlrrls in office. The ‘president’s veto is common sense and shoal be sustained. Judge E. W.’ Stuart isat Saratoga. ———.—-O ' The fast mail trains are me discontinued next Saturday. ,.. g r . " The fast trains are'to stop at Meriden again, _forthepresent.. -. *. ~ 8. E. Olmstead’s new brick store house on River street is being covered with a slate Dr. James E. Barbour has resigned his position as Surgeon of the Fourth Regi- ment. ’ -——.—.....——-—-—- Mr. B..S. Blascer and son have gone to SamiOga Springs for a brief season to recu- pcrate. ——-—-——.~o>+——-—- That new store of Curtis & Weeks', west of the Norwalk Hotel, is one of the largest and finest in town. .p—O Rev. Jas. W. IIubbcll, of New Haven. is expected to preach .at the. Congregational church on Sunday next. . O» The infant class of the Baptist Sunday school assembled under the trees in the rear of the church, last Sunday noon. —-— O-‘Or--‘—- can enjoy a cool sail to New York anti back, on the Sound, fo'rponly fifty cents.- C There were seventeen cases of sunstroke reported in-New York city last Saturday and that day was a little off heat, at that. ———-—-—+4.r-o————— Supt. John Cotter is home from Philadel- phia, on a flying visit to his family. He re- turns to his Centennial charge to-day. o—to Mrs. Lounsbury, Mts. IIubbcll, and the Misses Ball, were among the number who vis- ited the Centennial fromNhrwalk, last week.‘ ———+¢. 9‘ Miss Anna Oliver, of So. ~N orwalk, a recent graduate of Boston University, will preach at the Second M. E. church next Sunday evening. . \ 0 That long-talked of postal law has finally gone into effect, The postage on transient copies of the Gazette is now but one cent each, instead of two as heretofore. o 'A lady who returned from the Centennial last Saturday, says- that she counted the names of fourteen persons from Norwalk reg- istered at the Connecticut cottage during last week. , ~ s..--.- Mr. H. H. Barbour, the new South Nor- walk lawyer, is coming into the country to to- side, having hired the residence occupied so many years by the Misses Belden, on Belden Avenue. --.>~-. Seymour has a silver mine, and the essay is said to be “flattering.” We have had part of a Silver Mine in Norwalk for years, and everything in the vicinity is “silvcr"~exccpt the ore. ‘ ' .- «Or—O Mr. Hatch says that, if this extreme weath- er is to continue much longer he wants to return-to Hayti, where the mercury never rises above 90 degrees, and the nights are always cool. ' —‘——————.<.-¢—'———— Friday closed three weeks of hot, scorch- rain. The eldest inhabitant cannot remem- bcr sucha lOng continued spell 0f tropical heat, unbroken by storms. ‘ .r—O—.— The Hartford Base Ball Club has been .whitewashed three times during the last week by the St Louis Club. Bad for the Han- fords; they will have to be extra careful or they will vet have'sto resign the second place to the St. Louis. ‘ ~ -——.44. ‘ We are informed that Senator W. H. Barnum signalizedhis first days return to duty, since his recent severe sickness, by causing the amounts for the Connecticut Harbors which had been stricken out of the Appropriation Bill, to be restored. <0 One of our citizen’s meeting the late Post- Master General Jewell, at breakfast a few days since, remarked that the hallucination which had recently manifested itself in certain quarters was best characterized by the 0ft quoted remark of our late Senator Ferry,—.“Midsummer Madness.” Ora-.- Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has engaged to lecture eighty nights next season, for which he is to receive $40,000. This, with his reg- ular salary of $20,000, his share in the Chris tian Union, and what he can pick up marry- make qr 1e a comfortable income. ——~'———Hr+ The New York World, leading democratic organ of the country, appreciates the fact that all the honest republicans who voted the democratic ticket in 1872, have returned to the old union party. Those who remain now, have been bought with offices, or are troubled -with soreness of the head. The World, there fore, touchingly remarks :—-“As for the liber- al republican, he will probably go from among us, because he is not ,of us, and in nine cases out of ten the sooner he goes, and the further from us, the better. 7 ————o«o>o-—~— The annexed copy of a letter, was found among the papers of the late MosesBetts, of Wilton, and was originally sent from one of Gen; Arnherst’s officers to Capt. Elias Betta, concerning the capture of certain deserters said to be harbored in or about‘this neighbor-_ hood. _ “NEW YORK, March 20th, 1760. “ Sm :—His Excellency, General Amherst, having been informed that a number of. De- serters belonging to his Majesty’s 48th Regi- ment have concealed themselves in and about your Township, has ordered me' to write to you in the most pressing Terms imaginable to take Every Possible method in your Power to apprehend or cause to be apprehended all or any of those whose Names are Contained in the inclosed List, and send them to New York with all Possible Dispatch where the Party who apprehends. them shall receive Forty “Shillings, New York Currency, for every one over and above what is allowed by Act of Parliament, and all expenses with Six. pence per Diem Sterling as Subsistence for each Deserter, from the day he is taken to the time he is delivered at New York. , . “His Excellency conceives the Regard you have for the, Publick Service will be a suf- ficient motive to induce you to undertake this Chearfully and prove your self, nothing will convince him more of your attachment to your King» A: Country that the Exerting yourself on this Occasion. I am, Sir, ' “Your most Obcd’t hum’be Servant, “T. Worr, Lieu’t of the 48th Reg’t.” An Unfortunate Excursion Party. The steamer Laura, which was to have brought a party of 1,500 excursionists from Bridgeport to Savin Rock, Saturday, left that city about 8 a. In, but went no father than off Stratford, where she ran on a bar and hung there 'all the afternoon in a boiling sun. A few left the boat and came to this city on the cars—Palladium. WasnrNorox,,July 10.—~Mr. Robeson, in' his examination beforethe house committee on naval affairs, produced his bank book with the State bank of Camden, N. J ., com- mencing in September, 1865. He showed that for the thirty-one months before he be- came secretary of‘ the navy his deposits were nearly $20,000 larger than they were for the same period of time since he held that ofilce. e-O-‘o OUflE MEET—The following . letter from a distinguished patriot over the sea is going the rounds, under the head of “News from the fat old innocent abroa ” :— Ix FonEIex Laapsl July 10, 1875. ) FRIEND SAM—I send yen draft on New York for $500,000, which you can use In the canvass something after the system we ado ted to defeat Dix. hol out tip-top. I am waiting, dear Sammy for that happy day when I can return to my native shores and fly to your ‘bosom under the roof of the White House. Did you fix that up with the sheriff? If not, you had better do it soon or he may get miffed and squeal. My general health is hunky. How is your spine now. and do you 'feel the old shock yet ? I feel as if I would make a good minister to England, provided there is any- body who wants thc portfolio of the treas- ury more than your humble- servant. Wm M- Tuna. a, Donot stay on shore and sweltcr when you' ing, blistering heat, with great scarcity of " ing wealthy couples, extra lectures, etc, will‘ The six millions. The 4th of July celebration committee came out ju'stabout square. , —_——-—."—..._.— ’l‘lrc flag staffat Gregory‘s Point was shut. tcred by lightning during the first storm on Tuesday last. The stfif has been replaced, however, and mine host of the DorlOn House is as smiling as ever. \ ' «0 Mr. S. Grumman, the popular bccr Iuan, is up to his eyes in business,‘supplying dealers with all manner of cool, refreshing and heal- thy drinks. The extreme heat of the season keeps all hands at his shop stepping around pretty lively. o The following are the officers of Future)“ GREETING, Division No. 53, S. of T., (Silverminc) Norwalk, for the Quarter com- mencing July 13!, and ending September 30a. :— ' W. P;, E. M. Crofoot. W.,A., Samuel Buttery, R. 8., William Painter, A. R. S., Adda Platt, F. 8., Robert Guthrie, Treas., Edward London, Chap., William Reynolds, Con., Mary E. Ferguson, A. Con., Henry Lane, I. 8., Henry Harris, 0. S, Maggie Gaskill, . Meet on Thursday evenings. Temperance will be welcome. All Sons of PATTON’s Coxcrss Hrsronv on THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, is a timely Centennial work just issued by J. B. Ford d: 00., Book Publishers of New York, and sold by subscription only, and for.which Mr. J. T. 'J. Sturges is now canvassing Norwalk and vicinity. We should judge it to be a. work of much merit being very concisely and celrely written, and takes our history down to the present time. It is printed in large handsome type, .well illustrated and with marginal dates which cannot but be of value to all, and makes it an uncommonly handy book of reference on all historical matters connected with our country. The illustra- tions comprise about fifty choice portraits of noted men, historical scenes and old maps and charts of the early voyagcrs. The book itself is valuable, but asan extra inducement amagnificcnt picture, a steel engraving of MARSHALL’S “Household Engraving of Washington” is presented-to every qubseriber to the book, this above is worth the cost of thc,subscription. See Mr. Sturges adv. in another column. ’ We are resquestcd to give notice to any and all Ball Clubs who may her caftcr play on the Amphitheatre Ball Grounds, that they will be expected to and must keep the boys out of the trees on the premises, as the practice lately adopted by the small boys of swarming up into the trees is ruinous and cannpt be longer tolerated. o»——— , Mr; Edward Nelson, the carriage maker, on _,Brook Street, has just been repairing Jus- ticeISelleck’s trotting buggy which 'was re- cently badly smashed on the Fair Grounds. He has succeeded so nicely, and made such a neat job of it, that the justice pronounces it bettcrthan when new and worth more than its original cost. Nelson, thinks that for a “carpenter,” the work will stand comparison with. that turned out of any shop in the county. ,- .,,_. , WHERE THE MJNEY GOEs.—A large firm in California lately paid thirteen thousand dol- lars to their employees. Of ten thousand spent upon the spot, two—thirds was paid into ‘the saloons. Only think, that for the sup- port of wives and families, in food, clothing, house-rent, 650., only one half asmuch should saloons. When will men love their wives and families more and better than they do saloons ? ————-o«o»—o———— Tire two tickets stand to each other about this way : The more that is known of Hayes, the stronger is his hold on the people. Each new fact about him gains for him respect, friends, votes; but the more that is known of Tilden, the worse it is for him. Each new fact is a revelation against lrrm. There will be some changing of positions before full. As one goes down the other comes up—and Hayes is the rising man—Harvard Com-ant. —-———o«o»o———— The house committee on naval expenditures has concluded its investigation of the rela- tion of Jay Cooke, McCulloch d7 00., as fiscal agents in London to the navy department. The result of the investigation is that the committee find nothing unlawful or improper in the transaction. The democratic members are much chagrined that they have not found something in this matter that can be reported unfavorably. The proposition to take the testimony of Mrs. Robeson was rejected by the committee. The naval committee proper, though, has been chivalric enough to under- take to ascertain the cost and the purchaser of nearly every article of Mrs. Robeson’s ward- robc.——“Perh:1/.” RIMLBKABLE DIME—There are in North Carolina two twins who were born on the last night of the old year—one being born ten minutes before twelve o’clock, and the other ten minutes after twelve. So one was born on Friday and the other on Saturday, one in 1875 and the other in 1876. Their birthday is not the same, yet they are twins. We doubt if such a thing ever occurred before in the history of the world. Another noticable circumstance is that one is a boy and the other a girl; the boy was born in the old year, and the girl in this—leap year. —~——«<o~—+——-—-—— Joe Jefferson has taken to the brush.—~—He might easily paint old Rip in his galligaskins A Western genius has invented a machine- for making artificial foliage. He might call it a “patent leave cr."—.d’ew York Commer- cial Advertiser. 0».— According to Kate Field, the sole purpose of American clergyman in visiting London is to be able to go to the theaters without hav- ing the fact commented upon. ' o , I shall support Gov. Hayes heartily and actively, and I have never felt more clearly consciOus'of doing the right thing for the best interests of the country—Carl Sch-um. o ALondon doctor has discovered that you may cure the toothache by dissolving half a dram of bicarbonate of soda in an ounce of water and holding the solution in your mouth. 0 A Milwaukee man made three unsuccessful attempts to blow his brains out, and then his wife told him: “ don’t try it again, John; you haven’t got any.” He goes about saying he owes his life to that woman. . ———-—-.-<O JMr. Fish favors discriminating duties against those countries which tolerate slavery —Spain and Brazil. Portugal only tolerates slavery in her African possessions and Tur-' key and Egypt have commercial treaties with us. . _._.. , During the war a hotel keeper in Devon. port, Iowa, kicked a wounded soldier out of his ‘ house because he was selling Chicago Tribunes containing an account of a Union victory. The night he heard of the nomina- tion of Tilden that man illuminated his hotel from roofto ofiice. .p—.—-—— Tire average speed of railway trains in Germany is twenty-eight miles an hour for fast trains, and twenty-one miles an hour for ordinary passenger trains. The greatest speed attained is on the Berlin, Potsdam and llagdcburg railroad where they run at the rate of thirty-four miles an hour. - -——-———-'-‘. . Acountry girl near Utica mistook the meaning of a young man who was looking up pickersfor his father’s hop yard, and when asked if- she was engaged, sweetly said: “Not yet but always thought it‘ would be pleasant.” The young man rode home quickly) and dreamed all night of “breech of promise trials.” —.—_——.—-l.'+—————— A western cotemporary issatisfied that the telegraph made serious blunders in trans- mitting Governor Tilden’s speech the other day, and it makes the needed corrections as follows: Tilden said, “The wolf is at the door of almost every American home, gaunt and hungry.” Now this ought to have been altered'into. “The Tildenites are at' the door of every American office, gaunt and hungry.” ' < 0"— . Alfred Johnston. the foollrardy Danish fisherman, started Thursday from Gloucester, for Europe, in his dory, the “Centennial," which measures but 16 feet on the bottom. 20 feet on top, is 5.5 feet' in width and2§ feet in depth. She is decked over with the exception of standing room and lratchway, has three water-tight compartments. _and rs provided with masts which are contrived to hoist at will. She Will carry a main sail, two It ordinary steamer route. ll?! and a'square sail. His course will baby be used as was paid for guzzling at the. i ‘ CITY NEWS. . . ax OURTEOOAIHPEP: 01mm. There may be, allVSlIskespearc, says, there is “A tide in the aflrs of 'all men,” but in the affairs of womeng‘it is all- tied back. I We regret to hear that the suit, our Chief of Police rs. Breast Pin, was not decided by your up-country Justice. It is about. time that this matter was settled. We hope the best man will win. ’ Through the “advertance” of some one, the amendments to the City Charter has been printed, and the announcement has been made that through “inadvertance,” certain sections repealed in 1871, are again repealed in this act, which of course affects nothing. How does the amendment conform to the vote of. the City‘Mccting? \Vas it through inadvert- ance that many sections voted to be repealed were retained, and others repealed? A vote, (such as it was) was taken to repeal Sec. 20, 21, 22, 23, and others. Why was this not done? Possibly Senator Coogan thought their repeal would “affect nothing. " Be on hand to accompany the Methodist Sunday school excursion to Savin Rock, to- day. The masons have commenced laying the ibrick work on Laudcr’s new building. It is a gratifying fact to announce that some of the new city officials, aided by town officials are vigilantly and carefully surveying the wants of the suburbs of the City, that their duties to their constitutents may be‘ the more apparent. At the preliminary to the forming of the Tilden & Hendrick campaign club, on Friday evening, but little was done, owing to the small number present, except to appoint a committee on permanent organization. The active man on the tail end of the committee has the work all performed, without consult- ing the chairman of the committee. Tire mercury in the thermometer placed in the cellar of Lauder's'new building on Wed- nesday last, rose to 134 degrees. The work: men left. An odd kind of genius made his appear- ance on our streets on Monday and was soon found annoying children and ladies, by screaming at them. Hrs arrest was sudden, trial summary, and being found guilty, was taken by the officer to Bridgeport jail, wlrcn it was found he had only been released the day before. , Our, city fire department made a good dis. play in their parade on Tuesday evening, and despite the shower, had a good time, especial- ly at the old council rooms, where the ladies had prepared a bountiful collation, and at Councilman T. I. Raymond’s, the only one of committee on fire department who was re—elected. . Residents in the city think that it is a mel- ancholy fact, that the eight democratic names offered by the Town Tax Collector, some of whom pay over two hundred dollars state and town tax yearly are not considered by democratic selectmen good ‘and sufficient bondsmeu. John come down to Springwood or the city and make a new selection. The new Board of City Councilmen which was born on July 4th at 12 o’clock, noon, grew so rapidly under the nourishment of attend to business on Monday evening, 10th inst. The first business designated by the charter, is that of electing councilmen in seniority, over which there has been an un- neccessary contest, and which has resulted in some former years in giving place to men not entitled to 6r qualified for the position. Col. Cunningham was elected Senior Coun- cilman, a position for which his knowledge and experience has fully fitted him. II. R. Fitch 2d, E. Adams 3d, W. T. Craw 4th, T. I. Raymond 5th, C. W. Smith 6th, J. H. Ferris 7th, Jas. L. Russell 8th, Geo. W. Smith 9th, J. P. Zelluf! 10th, \Vm. S. Bou- ton 11th, D. R. Selleck 12th, the highest number in the catalogue, and, as last year, one of ‘the highest in honor. It has already been announced by the city journal that this is' to be a. “talking council.” If the first meeting is a fair sample, this assertion is a mistake, for aside .from the gentle whispers of a town official, and the almost silent an- nouncement of the vote by Capt. Russell, the teller, to the City Clerk, all was quiet as a grave yard, disturbed only once or twice by applause from would-be policemen and a_ few others as the announcements of Senior Nos. 2d and 6th was announced. Something is surely to be done t year—sure. In our last we omitted to announce the decease of the Board of councilmen for 1875, which occbrred' on July 4th, 1876, at 12 o’clock and one minute. Tire disease with which it was afliicted, was the want of a longer ofiicial lease. No board of councilmen have done so much necessary labor, the greatest of which was examining and fix' g up as far as possible the acts of their prede- cessors, a labor which lras been greatly des- pised. Many of the members; such as Elwell, J. R. Raymond, W. S. Hanford, N. J. Crew, and Doty, who have served so long as councilmen, will be greatly missed, while the labors of Messrs. Duncan, Lane, Seymour, and Hoyt will not be forgotten. To Mr. C. W. Hoyt belongs the award of “doing some- thing” on South Main street, which, under his guidance, was pushed a little fast at first, but none of the board was more quick to see or follow the same when the necessity of it was pointed out; Messrs. Hoyt and Doty will be greatly missed as councilmen, and upon the various committees where they were ever so vigilant, efficient, and thorough. A terrible tragedy occurred at Newark, N' J., on the 13th inst. Three brothers named Thcillrorn for motives of revenge, armed themselves, killed one policeman and serious- ly wounded another, and then going to Daw- son’s Tannery on River Street, made inquiry for their foreman, a Mr. Meyers, and not seeing him instantly commenced an indis- criminate shooting at the employees, killing John Albert and wounding another. , The enraged employees armed themselves with whatever came handy and drove them out of the shop and into the river where they stoned them to death. It is not known what caused them to make so deliberate an attack on the shop, unless it was that they had previously been employed there and had been discharged for cause. “OH—— , Tire republican party of Connecticut never had a more popular leader or one who in- spired a greater degree of enthusiasm than Marshall Jewell. He was three times elected governor of this state over the most popular of the democratic leaders, James E. English. When he was at the head of the ticket he made an aggressive canvass and always went in to win. He had all the elements of a popular leader. If he would Come home and accept the nomination for governor every republican in Connecticut would say amen, and enter into the campaign with the feeling that victory was assured—Nero London Tele- gram. . . . ————H+——-—— i155” Comstock Bro’s stock of white, and fancy (lreSs Shirts is unequalled in the coun- ty, and their price for the same is much be- low tlrc regular retail price. .-——.—-~— Robert Bonner Bones came up from the City yesterday morning, and while prospect- 'ing around the front door of a wet grocery, suddenly met a'liquid stream issuing. there- from out of astreet hose. Robert retreated precipitately, but in perfect order, and hung around in the sun awhile to dry,'while lie so- berly Inoralized on the Tilden policy of Re- form. - O Faithful in the Midst of Death. A missionary of the American Sunday- School Union in Nebraska, during the last month organized five new Sunday-schools, and visited and aided several other schools, notwithstanding much sickness in his family, and the death of two of his children. One school organized by him last January, with 33 members, now has 85. An old gentleman, of 70 years, thanked him for comrng to this neighborhood; he carries his large family Bible to Sunday-school, because he cannot read small print. Five or six denominations were represented in that school, so that it was necessary it should be union. In another settlement visited by this mis- sionary, young people came to form a Sun- day-school who had never been in one before, nor heard a sermon, nor had a Bible or kind friends, that all were able to set up and * '1’3“ Comstockngros. areselling New York I only $1.25. ‘ - 7’ BARN UM’S. '. Tire ten per cent. discount at Bamvmr’s, in connection with'thc cheap steamboat transit, is just. one of the right things these tirncs_tlrat the people respond to. It is a tangible reali- ty. The clothing at BARNUM‘S has the price marked in plain figures, and the prices are as low as any house sells or can sell, and from this plainly marked price, 10 per cent. is discounted to the Norwalk patrons. P. C. BARNUM & 00., 196 and 198 Clratham Square. Enquire for Barraclouglr. ' :Mill DressShlrtshdjlltmade and laundried, for r9.) A good Cambrrc Shirt and two collars, can be had for ’75 cts., at Comstock Bros. Harlem has a novelty in the way of lawn neck ties for summer, with the names- of presrdential candidates thereon. _ —~~—‘ ‘2‘?! Blue Flannel suits, of Middlcscx Man- ufacture, at Comstock Bros. ___,_. __-_ A Grand Exhibition of National Industry. The Americarplnstitute of the City of New York, will hold Its 45th Exhibition this Fall, opening on the 6th day of September next, and continuing until late in November. The Exhibition promises to be unusually interesting, inasmuch as special effort is being made this Centennial Year to have the lead- ing industrial operations carried on on the premises. ' A special award of a Gold Medal is offered to be known as the “Centenni _Meda1." Tire American Institute is t oldest of all societies now in existence of its kind, and is not in any sense a private corporation, its earnings being devoted by its charter to the encouragement of home industries. For blanks and all information, address, General Superintendant, American Institute, New York City. .~.————— In??? Conrstock Bros. have the finest stock of Yacht Shirts in town. ___.___.__ __ General Custer was brave, even to reckless- ness, as the manner of his death showed. He was a bold, dashing officer, who did not know what fear, and not always what dis- -cretion was. His success was a rule without exceptions, and his progress an advance al- most without pauses. He was the youngest brigadicr and the youngest major general in the army. “He never lost a gun or a color,” and “captured more guns, flags, and prison- ers_thnn any other general not an army com- mander,” and these guns and flags “were all taken In action and field service.” His personal appearance was singular. Col. Newlrall, who wrote “With Slr'eriden in Lee’s Last Campaign,” describes him thus : “Custer of the golden locks, his broad som- brero turned up from his hard-bronzed face, the ends of his crimson cravat floating over his shoulders, gold galore spangling his jacket sleeves, a pistol in his boot, jangling spurs on his heels, and a ponderous Claymore swinging at his side, a wild dare-devil of a general, and a prince of advance guards, quick to see and act.” While he fought brilliantly and bravely, he does not seem to have been a soldier capable of real general- ship. As a subordinate working under sympathetic direction he did his best. He died as he lived—fighting his hardest and at the head of his men. His wife, aniece of Senator Christiancy, survives him, but he leaves no children. His contributions to the magazines continued up to the present. His book entitled “My Life on the Plains” appeared this year, and the laSt number of The Galaxycontainedan arti- cle giving his experience with the Sioux in the Yellowstone Exhibition of 1873.——New York Tribune. . «0 KS" Dusters at Comstock Bros. ‘———o——— Gov. HAYES letter of acceptance places him at the head of his party in fact, as his nomination had in theory. It is the letter of a man fit to lead, and whom it is Safe to trust; a bold, frank, plain-spoken and man- ifestly honest document. No more intelli- gent and forcible statement of the evils of the present “spoils system,” and of the true‘ methods of reform, has been made, while his assurance: “If elected I shall conduct the administration of the government upon tlrese principles, and all the constitutional powers vested in the executive will be em- ployed to establish this reform"——leaves nothing to be desired by the most ardent re- former. Tlrc expression of his “inflexible purpose, if elected, not to be a candidate for election to a second term” supplies an omis- sion in the platform. On the financial ques- tion it would be sufficient, both for Gov. Hayes and the party, if he had said no more than that he “stands by his record ;” but when he goesfurther, and declares that, if elected, he shall “approve cvery appropriate measure to accomplish the resumption of specie payment, and shall oppose any step backward,” he completes the contrast be- tween the Republican position and the St. Louis demand for a repeal of the resumption act. On the school system and the South- ern question the Governor is equally sound. Patriotism could ask nothing more than a “Cl il policy which will wipe out forever the (dis/Emotion between the North and South in our common country.” The letter of Gov. Hayes will gain him more votes than the .best platferm that could have been devised at Cincinnatn—Golden Rule. ‘ - o (’3‘ White Duck, and Marseilles Vests, at ComstOCk Bros. .__._____ A Wonderful Discovery. “Our invariable rule is never to indorse anything in the line of a remedy, an idea or an invention till we know it to be good' Some months since we were asked to speak favorably of Holman’s Fever and Ague and Liver Pad, and declined doing so till we had seen it tested and could be convinced .that it was really good. We have tried one of them in our family, and found that this little bag full of herbs, and weighing but an ounce or two, worn next the skin over the pit of the stomach, has in four weeks done for a person what a half dozen physicians and several thousands of dollars expended has failed to accomplish. It is a remedy for fever and ague, torpidity of the liver,.sluggishness of the blood, and that train of evils following such a condition of things. After wearing one of these pads for-four weeks, the patient was in better than before'for five years. It is a remedy that is fast superseding thense of quinine and other drugs taken internally, and operates by absorption. We consider it one of the most valuable of all the medical discoveries ever made. The remedy is to the Liver what the proper external application is to a. burn. It draws out the fever, gives tone to the stomach, and thus follows, life to the blood."—Ea:ehang€. ._.___.—_ I???" Trunks and Traveling Bags, at Com— stock Bros. \ . ——+——— There is not so marked a contentment with the present school system as various ,untlunk- ing talkers would have us believe. EXprcs- sion of disapproval are constantly made. Here, for instance, is the Pittsburgh Gazette, which says : “ It has come to be very gener- ally admitted that our schools should be re- modelcd and adapted to our age and country —that at present there is a great waste. of the time of the pupils. They are poorly taught, .or are taught portions of studies for less nec- essary to them than other studies would be.” The Springfield (Ill.) State Register declares that “ what little teaching is done in this State is done by the parents of school chil- dren, while the teachers have directed their attention to hearing recitations. The chil- dren or students are not pupils as they should be, and the standard of thcteachcrs is kept up, not by teaching the children their lessons but by ‘ marking down, or degrading those who fail to learn the lessons." There is,.it may be, something of exaggeration in many of the ‘criticisms made upon the school sys- tem, but that is a small evil in comparison with the radical faults which hamper it. o . . 93‘ An elegant assortment of Neck-wear at Comstoek Bros. , ____..._.— Mns. Monmox J orxs TIIE PII.GIII.\rs.——'Mrs. Moulton has passed an examination before the examining committee of the-Church of the Pilgrims (Dr. Storr's), and Will be pro- penndcd from the pulpit next. Sunday as a candidate for membership. Joshua M. Van Cott was elected to the examining committee of‘Dr. Storrs’ church recently. 9140-.- 1 Empress—The Charlotte (N. C.) 053m,” tells about an eloping couple in that place, the bridegroom being triad of sixty summers, and the bride a blushing maid of thirty. The stern parent of the lady chased the youthful swain around the cow—pen with apitchfork. But what were the prongs of ti. pitchfork tf) Cupid’s arrows? An elope. ment was the dcnouncement. MOW Last week a millionaire committed suicrdc in Belgium; another was sued 1n_Ncw J crsey for divorce and alimony for .lravmg another wife, and one had lain dead rn Troy for ten days, his burial being deferred because he was believed to have been murdered for hrs money. In view of these facts the Graphic uraes, “Don’t become a millionaire! ’ But hoIv is anewspaper man to. help becoming one of these thingst—rflmestmm Herald. Testament in their homes. 0 Death of Chandler Starr. ’l‘he venerable Chandler Starr, formerly a l‘t'Sull'nt of this town, and a citizen univer- sally respected and esteemed, is dead. He was for years the President —ot' the Norwalk and \ icinity Bible Society, and a prominent man in the community. He lived on North Union Avenue, in the house, now owned by Mr. \Vecks, until his removal to Stamford whither he went to reside Witlllris son. Tire N. Y. Tribune of Monday, has the following obituary notice :-—— ' Chandler Starr, who died recently at Stam- ford, Conn., was born at Warren, Litchfield 00., Conn., Jan. 11, 1791, where his father was pastor. At an early age he removed to Albany, N. Y., where he settled In business and married. In 1823 he was elected a member of the Common Connor], and in 1829 represented that city in the Legislature. He was a warm personal and political frrcnd of De Witt Clinton and an advocate of his canal policy from the first. In 1839 he removed to New York, became interested in politics and an active member of the .Whig party. In 1840 Mr. Starr Was nominated by Gov. Seward and confirmed by the Senate to the otlice of Bank Commissioner, which he held for four years. In 1845 he removed to Brooklyn and united with the church of the Pilgrims, then about to tender a call to the Rev. R. S. Storrs, Jr. In that city he was elected President of the Brookl In City Bible Society and also of the Brooklyn Athenzcum. He was afterward a manager of the American Bible Society, and held that position for many yeah—Tribune. _ A very narrow aperture—Tire crack of a whip. Tire bull-frog was the first circulating greenback, and the entire breed have been notorious inflationists ever since the flood.— New York Evening Post. AVirginia editor, whose pupcr has just suspended, says that he'entcrcd the field of journalism under the impression that there were “millions in it.” “And so there are,” he continues, “but they remain in it yet." Kidney Diseases, Dropsy, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs can be cured by Ilux'r’s REM- EDY. Ilundrcds who have been given up by therr physicians to die, have been speedily cured by the use of llvxr’s REMEDY. Du. Scrmxcu’s I‘untoxrc SI'IwP. SEA WEED TONIC AND Marvnnxrin Plans—These medicines have undoubtedly performed more cures of Con- sumption than any other remedy known to the American public. They are compounded of vege- table ingredients, and contain nothing which can be injurious to the human constitution. Other remedies advertised as cures for Consumption, probably contain opium, which is a. somewhat dangerous drug in all cases,and if taken freely by consumptive patients, it must do great injury, for its tendency is to confine the morbid 'matter in the systcm,which, of course, must make a cure impossible. Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup is war- ranted not to contain a particle of opium, It is composed of powerful but harmless herbs, which act on the‘ lungs, liver, stomach and blood, and thus Correct all morbid secretions, and expel all the diseased matter from the body. These are the only means by which Consumption can be cured, and as Schenck's I’nlmonic Syrup, Sea Weed Tonic, and Mandrake Pills are the only medicines which operate in this way, it is obvious they are the only genuine cure for Pulmonary Consumption. Each bottle- of this invaluable medicine is accompanied by full directions. Dr. Schcnck is professionally at his principal office, corner of Sixth and Arch streets, Philadelphia, every Monday, where all letters for advice must be addressed. WM Cakcd Breasts, Rheumatrsm, Sciatica,Swel- lings, Sprains, Stifi' Joints, Burns, Scolds, Poison- ous Bites, and all flesh. bone and- muscle ailments can be absolutely cured by the Centaur Liniments. What the Liniment is for the human family, the Yellow Linrment is for the spavined, galled, and lame horses and animals. 1m23 PIMPLES as!) Humans ox THE FACE.—In this condition at: the skin. the VEGETINE is the great remedy, as It acts directly upon the cause. It cleanses and purifies the food, thereby causing humors of all kinds to disappear. Baron'r ErEs, REGULAR rEs'rurIEs and a graceful figure fail to produce their due effect if the complexion is defaced with pimples or blotch- es, or t 8 skin is rough or harsh. To remedy these defects use GLENN’S SULPHUR Soar. Everyone. at times. feels the necessity of some restorative ot’ the vrtal powers. depressed by men- tal or bodily exhaustion. In such condrtions, let every. one. Instead of f1 ing to the alcoholic or medicinal stimulants. w ich must be followed by depression equal to their excitement. reinvigorate hrs deranged system by the natural tonic elements of tne Pnsnvrxn Srnur. Sold by all druggists. MARRIED. MI MW/mw In Norwalk, on \Vedncsday, June 20th, by Rev. Mr. Harmlton, Franklin P. I’lntt, of Derby, and Flora L. Ayres. of N orwalk. In Norwalk, July 13th, by Rev, P. J . O’Dwyer, Mr. Owen Sulhvan, of N. J ., to Miss Mary A. Wallace, of this place. garet Graves, of Greenwich. 'In Lpngrrdge, July_ 4. Mr. Lounsbury Finch. of New I ork City. to Miss Mary A. Ayres, of Long- rI go. In Bridgeport, J nly 13 b Dr. 110 er Mr. Wheeler Basset to Mrs. Leuige L. J ohnlirdn.y In Danbury. July 10th, by Rev. Benj. Pilsbury, Willram II. Webb, J r., to Miss Leonora Davis. DIED.“ v \/\ r mix/\M/ In Norwalk. July 11th, Martha 0. Root, aged .52 years, 9 months. .0 days. In Stratford, 'July 15th, Robert W. Burritt, aged 71 years. In Danbury, June 23d, Frank Fan ton. aged 6 rears; Jul 91h, Prescrvoid Alger, aged 51 years; July 5th, l rs. Lucy Pearce, aged 95 years. In Bethe], July 8, Ilarrret P. Durant, aged 50 cars. y In Bridgeport, J My 13th. Arthur F. Stiles, aged 11 months and 4 days; _July 13th. Birdie. only child ot‘Charles M., and Sarah M. Raymond, aged Juronths and 18 days. - In New York, J u y 12th. Anthony Wynne Gilles- pie, aged '23 years, buried in Stamford. . In Stamford, July 4th, Edward R. Crabb. aged 31 years; July 8th,.loscph R. WrIght. aged 45 yrs 1 Lost. ON July l‘Zth,between South Norwalk and Nor- walk. a GOLD WATCH CHAIN with LOCK- ET attached, containing picture of a baby. Tire finder will Ire suitably rewarded by leaving it with E. WILCOX. at the Store of Brown & Vilcox, South Norwalk. ITUA’I‘ION WANTED by a Practical German Gardener. Terms Moderate. Best of refer- Enfluiro Geo. o. Keeler. Norwalk. enees given. HOFFMAN. Wilton, Conn. “"29 Plnuu'sfluuusuHuTun American People By Subscription Only. Sole Agent for the towns of Norwalk, Westport, and Wilton. JOSEPH T. J. STURGES. '. . Box 127.‘ Norwalk. A cut will call ersonall and exhibit the work. 3- Publlghed by f B. FORD a CO.._ , _ times New York, Dividend. Orrrcn or FAIRFIELD FIRE Ixsunxxcn Co. South Norwalk,-July 13th, 1376. ' l Semi-Annual Dividend of Five (5).per cent-' on the capital stock of this company has this day been declared, fiayable on and after the 24th inst. ENRY R. TURN ER, Sec’y. For Sale. ' new MILCH DURHAM cow, 7 years ,old. past, with calf by her side. Any one. wrsh- HENRY SMITH, Down Town. Norwalk, July 15th, 1516. ‘ lt‘29 Prices reduced to suit the Times. , Whitney’s Photograph Gallery, ' NORWALK. Call and Examine .the different styles of pie- tures. and you will find the prices to suit you. 01' you will be hard to suit. has E. '1‘. WHITNEY. L0 51'. ‘ ram or -. Gold Framed Eye-Glasses, ‘ ' South 0 l s c enm of the 4th of July. between Nxhitulr‘allyand she Green at Norwnlk. "1'1 bl? finder by leaving the Classes at this Olhoc “I l e sung. bly rewarded. “I889”! STREET, for sale a very desirable Also, several vcr pleas- Apply to G 083%? I. [NC IAJ'I‘ antly situated at the Rocks. It OIIUIAVELL. — A mu blbodcd Aldém'ey “we, DI sale. Calf, three months old. APPIy ,0 If. B. URAUl-‘URD. ' - > . _ -28 I ' - Notice. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of l he held at the 011ch of the Company. in Nor- walk, at 9, a. m.. . JULY 19th, 1876. b [Tree 0 s. , wally order onGeEO.l . CCWLES, Secretary. wil Q i2 \AI - In l’ortchester. July 4, Edward Kenny and Mar- ing to purchase can see her bv calling on widow . The Norwalk Fire Insurance (:0,-
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