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A Mlstaken Policy.
Senator Ferris has been led into one
of those unfortunate blunders which in
jurious effects upon the best inter-
its in .
csts of our people, “is worse than a
crime.’7 He, in this easy good nature
and honest desire to please two kickers’
has been beguiled by one political mug-
wump, influential only because he
chances to own a newspaper, and one
politically energetic democratic work-
er, wielding an anti—prohibition “pull,”
into a cunningly devised scheme to de-
feat the Town Court bill.
This inflicts our present disgraceful
Justice court system upon our suffer—
ing and outraged people for two years
more. But time moves very rapidly
andfwe venture the prediction that no
mail“ will represent Norwalk in the next
Legislature who does not favor this
loidly called for judicial reform. Sen-
atlir Ferris did violence to his own in-
telligence when he stated that seventy-
1ve per cent. of our citizens desired its
inbmission to a popular vote of the
people. As only the two persons al-
li‘eady referred to, have actively urged
- {this submission, the plea is disingenu-
‘ one and specious, if not absolutely false.
; There would be far more sense, in
ordering the recent enactment for the
l sale of our city bonds, to a vote of the
5" people. If a popular vote must be had
on this bill, let it be done now before
the adjournment of the present Legis-
lature, so that the court officers may be
appointed this year, upon the approval
of the measure. A two year’s irritating
contention over this question, if allow-
ed to foster in our community, as it
will, bodes no good to the smart poli-
ticians who have connived at this indi-
rect, subtle and deeply injurious,
method of defeat, or who have permit-
ted themselves to be used as the cat's
paw of the two persons who have exhib-
ited only narrow and illiberal purposes
in their opposition. The feeble opposn-
tion to the measure comes from . no
honest or patriotic desire to benefit the
tax-payers and people of Norwalk.
The hope is everywhere expressed,
that Representative Keeler will come
to the rescue of the bill in the House
and thus do a wise and just act for the
public and an unquestionably popular
thing for himself.
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Take Care of Your Own.
Senator Platt made a masterly speech
at the McKinley dinner in Hartford,
Tuesday evening and in itscourse gave
utterance to the following truth:
”Take care of your own ; that is the
core and kernel of the doctrine of pro-
tection to American industries. Bya
fair tariff of protective duties we just
as truly protect our country from for-
eign invasion as by the building of
navies and the organization of armies.
No invasion is more to be dreaded than
» commercial invasion. None can work
greater disaster and ruin. None en-
tails greater loss or suffering. Hostile
armies and navies, indeed, may slaught-
er our citizens, destroy our property,
bring suffering to the home and loss to
the nation, but does not free trade do
that? Sum up the loss, the suffering
and the misery inflicted upon this
country during the past two years by
the abandonment of protection, and
tell me whether war conld equal it?
Has not free trade bombarded our
cities, devastated our fields, destroyed
gur prOperty, reduced our national
’ standing, filled our homes with suffer-
ing. swept men to untimely graves?
. What more could war do to us than the
. avowed policy of free trade has done?
Flred by Lightning.
.During the thunder storm Tuesday
,, evening, lightning struck the general
store of Watts Brothers, at Washing-
ton, this state, and set the. building on
fire. The flames spread to the railroad
station and both buildings -wcre de-
strayed.
REQQLLECTIQNS
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WAR
“MGURRESPUNDENT.
BY THE
Editor of the Gazette.
Copyrighted 1894.
CHAPTER LI.
Immediately upon the failure of
Pickett’s disastrous chi lgc becoming
apparent to General Lee on Friday
afternoon, he must have determined
upon a retreat, for he immediately or-
dered all his supply trains loaded up
with his wounded and started off with
orders to move to the Potomac and
cross over into Virginia with the utmost
speed. Such of our troops as he had
taken prisoners were marched all Fri-
day night in the pouring rain in ad-
vance of their long trains of army
teams. By Sunday night his whole
army was on a forced march back to
his pontoons at Williamsport, Mary-
land. General Mead was made fully
aware of this on Monday, yet took no
measures to interrupt the enemy’s hur-
ried but peaceful retreat.
Based upon the natural conclusions
of Sypher, who was at the Tribune of-
fice and my confident expectations, as
wired the paper Sunday night from
Hanover, the Tribune published this
further encouraging editorial assur-
ance: “General Mead is pressing for-
ward with his whole army to pursue
and destroy the enemy, and it is uni-
versally believed by officers and men,
that the escape of any considerable
portion of Lee’s forces is impossible.”
The latter half of the Tribune’s an-
nouncement was strictly accurate. Of-
ficers and men did universally believe
the capture and destruction of Lee’s
army to be certain. But General Meade
made no determined effort to secure
these results, .yvhich to others seemed
so easy of accomplishment. True,
General Meade did not then know that
the enemy was compelled to retreat be-
cause of its ammunition being exhaust-
ed and he did know that Lee came up-
on the field with three Army Corps, of
three Divisions each andthirty-seven
Infantry Brigades, sixty-nine Batteries
of two hundred and eighty-seven guns,
six Brigades of Cavalry, and two. thous-
and independent mounted men with
batteries of horse artillery. Against
Lee’s force, Meade had seven corps,
(the let, 2d, 3d, 5th, 6th, 11th and 12th,)
nineteen Divisions, fifty-one Brigades,
sixty-five field Batteries, (fifty of which
were with our Cavalry force of ten
thousand men) and one hundred and
eight more in reserve. Our honored
fellow-townsman, ,General Couch, was
away up at Harrisburg, With a‘ large
but useless force of raw recruits. The
average number of men in our Corps
and Divisions, however, were only
about half of those of the Confeder-
ates. Our men as a whole, were not
hitherto deemed as toughened and en-
during, or "seasoned,” as the war
phrase is, as those of the enemy. While
there was no great disparity in the
number of men constituting the two ar-
mies, Lee had rather more fighting men
than we and a greatlv less number of
officers, which latter fact was to their
advantage. Unquestionably, the Union
army had far too many generals, staffs
and ornamentals, for its highest efi'cct-
iveness as a fighting force. In unhesi-
tating and blind obedience to com-
mands, in facing odds and certain
death, the rebels no doubt, excelled us.
It seemed, as in the. charge of.Ceme-
tery Hill, this conspicuous qualityhad
its origin in an utter and brutish disre-
gard of life or death. General Mead
undoubtedly felt that we were indebt-
ed in a very great degree to our strong
position for our victory. This fact, he
no doubt, coupled in his mind With the
hitherto more desperate fighting quali—
ties of the rebels and considering his
army and animals worn out and ex-
hausted, resolved it to be the part of
wisdom, as well as of assuredcrest and
safety, not to pursue Lee’s fleeing army
and risk another battle. .Whatever his
reason was, he never gave one deemed
by highest military and civil authori-
ties, as either valid or satisfactory. . .
There was more and severer criti-
cism in the army and throughout the
country, of Meade’s failure to assault
Lee’s retreating army, than was ever
visited upon Hooker for his fiasco at
Chancellorsville. Officers and men, at
Gettysburg, freely expressed regret
that our General Couch had not accept-
ed the Chief Command of the Potomac
Army as Hooker’s successor, when it
was urged upon him by President Lin-
coln. It was widely believed _ that
Coach would have followed up this ad-
vantage ; that the dead Reynolds, Han-
cock, sturdy John Sedgewmk, or even
the displaced Hooker, would surely
have done so. In the order of Provio
deuce and history, it was not done, and
criticism and repining are now alike
useless, if not unbecoming.
Monday morning, July .6, found me
an early caller at Dr. Hubbard’s hos-
pital tent. By that time, it was known
to all, that Lee’s army had fled. The
Doctor told me if I would wait an hour
or so, until he had cared for his allot-
ment of _woundcd, he would accomo
pany me iii my proposed gallop after
the retreating rebel rear.
During the time the enemy had his
artillery trained on Meade’s headquar-
ters stampedin the horses thereabouts,
a pretty little appled gra horse, with
civilian saddle and brtd c, was seen
racing about, panic-stricken, amon
the other poor beasts, hit or terrific
by the exploding shells. . Seargent
Charles P Loomis of the Seventeenth,
now 'veteran resident of Norwarlk, had
been etailed to bring up ammunition
from beyond general headquarters, and
taking his chances, (for, a liberal con-
sideration,) of being hit by the flying
missiles. ran out and captured the bean-
tiful steed and turned him unharmed
over to me. This was most opportune,
for me, as that morning, among other
visitors from far and near, was an In-
ternal Revenue officer. from York, who
offered to drive my faithful hired horse
back to the liveryman there to whom it
belonged, leaving me to mount the new
dappled gray acquisition. The old bread
Wagon remained backed up against the
stone fence, (and for aught I know is
there still,) as I had not been able to
return it to its former owner at Littles-
town, within the time agreed upon for
its redemption. . .
Diligent inquiry was made at head-
quarters and all about, to find the
owner of the pretty captured horse, but
no one knew anything about it. That
it did not belong to any one connected
‘ with ilie army, was evidenced byuifs,
(I e
strictly civilian accoutrements.
probability was that some resident of
the neighborhood had been attracted to
the battle-field, left the horse with
others corralled near headquarters, and
when the cannonading opened the own-
er became as terrified as his horse and
incontinently fled.
It was nearly noon when Dr. Hub-
bard joined me with my new mount and
we galloped off on the Hagerstown pike,
in search of the stampeded enemy.
We had scarcely gotten beyond Gettys-
burg, when the deeply cu’t roads, the
deluge of mud, abandoned vehicles,
shoeless, sore-footed horses, and other
unmistakable debris of a fleeing army,
became abundantly apparent. The
residents all along the route gave wil-
ling information of the enemy’s flight,
and many houses sheltered abandoned
sick and wounded rebels. In one Door
fellow’s, case, about four miles
from Gettysburg, Doctor Hubbard
dismounted and performed the critical
operation of “resection,” with his
pocket-knife, of a wounded rebel’s arm,
who was slowly bleeding to death and
then urged the good people who had
given him shelter, to get him at once
back to some one of our field-hospitals.
Lame, sick and exhausted rebel strag~
glers became thicker as we advanced
southwestward. The excited people
residing along the route, told of the
rebels confiscating all their food and
cattle, and especially their horses, with
which to feed their men and drag their
heavy field pieces. Rebel ofiicers, they
told us, were forced to dismount and
trudge through the mud while their
saddle steeds were hitched to the sup-
ply trains and artillery. We counted
a score or more rebel cannon, abandon-
ed in the mud-sloughs and spiked, be-
fore reaching the mountain pass. All
this proved the retreat to be precipitate
as well as complete. The natives told
us that the shrieks and groans of the
wounded, as they were jolted past,
piled like cord-wood into their wagons,
Without springs or bedding, were
truly heartrending. Death on the bat-
tle-field, must have been merciful to
their agonies of pain.
We learned that Kilpatrick had on
Saturday night, dashed into the ene—
my’s supply train at the Monterey pass
through South Mountain and captured
aboutamile of the line, burning the
army wagons and contents and hustling
the guards and released team animals
to the rear. But while Mead was get-
ting ready to leave Gettysburg Monday
afternoon, the main portion of Lee’s
army. had reached their coveted Mecca
at Williamsport on the swollen Poto-
mac. General French and the freshet
had destroyed all the enemy’s pontoons
left under guard at the river when Lee
so audaciously crossed over and march-
ed his r_ebel hordes upon Pennsylvania’s
free scil. It was a curious coincidence
that a considerable portion of the
ground upon which Lee’s army pitched
its tents and fought over at Gettysburg,
was owned by that intense hater of
slavery, “Thad” Stevens, the great
commoner and statesman of the Key-
stone State !
Williamsport, Maryland, is in a
horseshoe-shaped pocket, formed by a
bend in the Potomac and protected on
three sides by the convex or river’s
circle, while a creek from the north-
ward, here makes its junction with the
Potomac, nearly completing an island
insulation. In front is a range of quite
high hills overlooking Williamsport,
Falling Waters, and Downsville. On
reaching the South Mountain pass, Dr.
Hubbard felt obliged to return to his
hospital patients at Gettysburg, while I
continued on to Hagerstown and put up
for the night. From the desultory
firingkin the southwest, it was evident
that ilpatrick and Gregg were still
harrassing the disheartened enemy, but
that no formidable assaults were being
made that could result in his capture or
destruction.
fivr
St. Paul’s Church. .
Services will be held at’ St. Paul’s
church, Friday morning, at 10 o’clock.
A Passion servicewill be held at the
Church of Our Holy Saviour from 12 to
3 o’clock. Services will also be held at
the Chapel in the evening at 7:30
o’clock. A service was held at the
church at 4 o’clock this (Thursday) at-
ternoon. The confirmation class will
meet at the chapel at 7:00 o’clock, and
listen to a lecture by Rev. S. B. Pond.
Bishop Williams will pay his annual
visit to the church on Sunday morning,
April 2lst.
Yale’s Way.
The New Haven Palladium suggests
that Mlle. Charcot, who nearly hypno-
tized one of the Yale crew, be given a
place in the Harvard boat that she
might hypnotize a Yale oarsman and
make it possible for Harvard to win in
a race.
The esteemed Palladium eVidently
forgets that the Yale men, when of no
assistance to the rest of the crew, have
a way of jumping out of the boat and
allowing the other " seven orsmen‘ to
win.
:7 The Income Tax.
1. The income tax law is now in
force. '
2. The taxis levied on incomes re-
ceived between January 12, 1894, and
December 31, 1894.
3. The amount of the taxis 2 per .
cent.
4. Citizens of the United States—
resident or non-resident—and resident
aliens are subject to the tax on all in-
comes. Nun-resident aliens are taxed
on incomes derived from any source in
the United States.
5. Incomes of $4,000 or less are ex-
empt from taxation. '
‘6. 0n incomes exceeding $4,000 the
tax is levied only on the portion of the
income exceeding $4,000.
7. Incomes are taxable. no matter
from what source derived, except (a.)
Those derived from rents of real estate,
(b.) Those derived from interest on
state or municipal bonds. '
8. Only one deduction of $4,000 is
made from the aggregate income of
the members of any family composed
of one or morc'parenta sand minor
children.
9. Where corporations pay taxes on
their incomes, individual stockholders
are not taxed upon incomes derived
from dividends on the stock of such
corporations.
10. Each person having an income of
more than $3,500 per year must make a
return ofsuch income to the collector
or deputy collector of internal revenue
of the district in which he resides.
11. Guardians and trustees must
make returns for their wards or cestai
que trust. '
12. Returns this year must be made
on or before April 15. In succeeding
years, before the first Monday in
March.
13. The tax is payable on or before
July 1. '
14. It is made the duty of the collec-
tor to assess the amount of the incumes
of per'sons who fail to make returns
and add 50 per cent. to the amount of
the tax as a penalty. .
' 15. Five per centum will be added
for all taxes umpaid ten days after
notice and deniand, and interest at the
rate of liper centum per month added
as a penalty, except from estates of de-
ceased, insane or insol'vent persons. ,'
16. For a false return a penalty of
100 per cent. on the amount of the tax
is imposed. '
l7. Salaries of state, county or muni-
cipal officers are not subject to the in-
come tax.
O.
Change in J urlsdictlon.
The case of the Consolidated road
against the Misses Cockcroft of New
York, which case, is a suit to compel
the defendants to give up to the plain-
tifi', under condemnation proceedings,
certain lands in Saugatuck, has been
transferred from the docket of the Sn-
perior court to the United States court,
such order of transfer having been
granted by Judge F. B. Hall, upon an
application of Attorney Talcott H. Rus-
sell, counsel for the defendants.
The Consolidated road wants the land
owned by the Misses Cockcroft in Sang-
atuck so as to put through it four-track-
ing scheme. The property in question
is occupied by the women as a summer
residence. The fight over it has been
on since early in 1890. The cause for
the change in court jurisdiction is found
in the fact that the parties to the suit
reside in different states.
Ordered Out.
Chief Engineer-Prowitt has ordered
the fire department, including the fire
police, out for practice Friday after-
noon, at 2 o’clock. The 'truck boys
will have a run to the Buckley Rubber
works on River street and be given an
opportunity of showing their dexterity
in planting ladders on diflerent parts
of that building.
After that the Phoenix Engine and
Hope Hose companies will go to a
point near the Methodist church,
where a test will be made of the new
steamer, which test the Chief hopes
every citizen will be present to witness.
Thus will all be given an opportunity
of witnessing the working of the steam-
er which may never occur again unless
at a fire. ' .
The firemen will appear in full uni—
form.
The Foster Case.
Prosecuting Attorney E. M. Lock-
wood, informs a Gazn'rvrn reporter that
the language used by Prosecuting At-
torney Glover in the Common Pleas
court, Wednesday, in the case of the
State vs. Foster, was, after listening to
the evidence of three witnesses forthe
prosecution, that he did not consider
he case of sufficient importance to
take up the time of the jury, and that
he could not consistently ask for a ver-
dict of guilty from the jury, and re.
quested that a 110110 be entered, which
request was‘granted
'town, this morning,
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Terse Tales of the Times.
—Pictures framed by Hayes, Main St.
The Norwalk City Council will meet
next Monday night.
—Moth Marbles at Hale’s. alltf
It was decidedly cold last night, and
ice formed to a or nsiderable thickness.
Hon. E. J. Hill has gone to Hartford
to-day to attend the railroad hearing.
. Miss F. M. Peaslee and Miss Ada
Dyas, of New York, were in town yes-
terday.
-If you want a first-class bicycle buy
a Columbia of the C. Ford Seeley Cycle
company.
Extra cars will be run on the Nor-
walk Street Railway line on Easter
Sunday.
—A beautiful souvenir entitled ‘ ‘Little
Rosebud,” at 41 Main street. A 102t
Col. Fred. St. John Lockwood will
leave this week for an extended sojourn
in Florida.
—Saratoga chip potatoes at Betts &
Farrington’s. a-11-3
Fast day isa day that- will be re-
ligiously observed by the Masons.-——
Bridgeport Post. -
—Low prices at Hale’s. all tf
The House yesterday concurred in
rejecting the bill substituting salaries
for fees for clerks of courts in certain
counties.
.——.
——Fine strawberries and pineapples
at Betts 8; Farriugton’s. all 3
Selectman Oscar W. Raymond left
for Montague,
Mass, where he will pay his brother
C. S. Raymond, a visit.
——Pie-plant and Boston lettuce at
Betts & Farrington’s. all 3
The public schools will be closed to-
morrow. in order that the pupils may
observe Good Friday. “And I am glad
of it,” said a Franklin street youngster,
Wednesday night.
Our beautiful Easter token
—-Free.
Gt. A. P.
entitled "Little Rosebud.”
Tea Co., 41 Main street.
A red sunset foretells dry weather be-
cause it indicates that the air toward
the west, from which quarter rain may
generally be expected, contains little
moisture. '
—-Head lettuce at) Betts & Farring-
ton’s. a-ll-3
Judge Arnold, grand master of the
Masonic grand lodge of Pennsylvania,
has rendered a decision “that services
at a cremation were not a Christian
burial under Masonic law.”
—“Little Rosebud” at A. P. T. 00.,
41 Main street.
qus. Sarah M. Albin—Sherwood died
at her home in Cranbury, Wednesday,
aged about 52 years. She leaves a bus-
band and two children, Walter Albin
and Mrs. Eliza J. Pardee.
~Strawberries at Betts & Farring-
ton’s. ‘ a-11-3
An unknown woman and a. baby were
killed at Mystic yesterday by an ex-
press train. As the train neared the
Mystic station the woman lay down on
the trkck with the baby in her arms.
-——Bananas and white grapes at Betts
& Farrington’s. all 3t
Prophet Vaughan is ploughing up a
lot on Prospect avenue, that has a cen-
tury reputation for the growth of black-
berry and sumach bushes. He intends
getting a crop of potatoes from the field.
-—The C. Ford Seeley Cycle company
is selling the Hartford bicycle at $60
and 880. The best second grade wheel
manufactured.
The will of Mrs. Mary Putnam Bull,
widow of Rev. Edward 0. Bull of Tar-.
rytown, N. Y., has been filed for pro-
bate. The estate amounts to $375,000.
Among other bequests are $5,000 to
Christ church, Westport, for a memor-
ial window to the memory of her hus-
band, and $500 to All Saints’ church, at
New Milford, for a set of chimes.
—-Get a season ticket for the fair,
only 50 cents, with a chance on three
articles. Can be had of any of the
members of the~band.
In making up the 1,200 annual reports
of the Connecticut Humane Society
this year, the printers made, with 320
copies, the curious mistake of binding
in pages 33 to 48 inclusive of the report
of the State Hospital for the Insane.
The transition from cruelty to animals
to care of lunatics and back again from
care of lunatica to cruelty to animals is
decidedly abrupt.
"Will” Allen, of West avenue, is on
the sick list.
Miss Nellie Camp is spending the
Easter holidays with her parents.
Yale closed for Easter vacation yes-
terday and the Norwalk boys are home.
Truckman Frank Foster took out a
city license as a truckman, this morn-
ing. ~
Washington Chapter, No. 24. R. A.
M., held a stated convocation last
night. ‘
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Peter Callahan of _ awning fame, is
sick with the grip at his home on Cross
street.
Kaboosa Ericampmcnt, 1. O. O, R,
will confer the third degree on two can-
didates, to-night.
—Do not forget Dwyer’s Band Fair
opens in the Opera House next Monday
evening.
Norwalk
arrived
A new open car for the
Street Railway company,
Wednesday night.
——Easter Egg Dyes. YOu get them
at Hale’s. all tf
It is next Wednesd 1y night that
George D. Hodges and Miss Minnie M.
Dyer are to be married. -
H. J. Clark has been appointed post-
: master of North 'Colebrook, vice Mrs.
Belle Thorpe, resigned.
The bicycle riding school will be open
at the Armory, Friday afternoon, but
not on Saturday or Monday.
. —Go and hear Alexander Leslie Aus-
tin give the history of Dwyer’s Band,
at the Opera House next Monday even-
ing.
Rev. F. E. Robbins will conduct the
Union services at the Norwalk Meth-
odist church, to-morrow (Friday) even-
ing.
—Choice California orangesat Betts
& Farrington’s. all 3
The Senate yesterday passed the bill
making high sherifi's’ fees 35 a day and
deputies $3 a day when attending
court.
Clinton Commandery, No. 3, K. T.
will assemble to-morrow afternoon, and
confer the Temple degree on C. Ford
Seeley. ‘
——Have you seen the elegant gold
medal to be given to the most popular
officer in the Fire ‘Department, at
Dwyer’s Band fair:
Engineer Scarles of the New Canaan
branch of the Consolidated railroad
has gone to Illinois for several weeks
vacation.
The Yoerger-Johnson Athletic enter-
tainment takes place at Music Hall
to-night. _A first-class programme will
be presented.
—Spinach and Kale at Betts & Far-
ringtons’s. ______
Manager Hoyt of the Aims House.
says that among other meats his board-
ers consume about 300 pounds of corned
beef per week. '
Daniel J umes of Broad River caught
ten large and handsome trout, yester-
day, and produced the fish to substan—
tiate the statement.
——I'he best bicycles manufactured are
sold by the C. Ford Seeley Cycle _ com-
pany.
The Ladies’ Matinee Whist club has
issued invitations for a Post Lenten
dance to be held at the Atheneeum on
the evening of April 19th..
-—Stop and see the display. of articles
in Hale’s windows, to be given away at
Dwyer’s Band fair. ‘
Mrs. Edson Beers of Harbor avenue
is suffering terribly with her right
hand- which has swollen to enlarged
proportions. It has been lanced five
times by the attending physician. It
is the result of what appeared at first to
be but a slight scratch.
—After hearing him in two monologues
there is a wide-spread public interest in
Mr. Underhill’s miscellaneous program
next Monday evening.
The Norwalk Y, M. C. A. basket ball
team, composed of William Hafl', David-
.W. Raymond, Edward Selleck, Charles
McPherson and Tony Ghitto, played a
match game with a South Norwalk
team, Wednesday night, and defeated.
them by a score of 4 to 1. Hafi‘ secured
2 goals, Selleck 1 and Raymond 1_._
Saturday will be a red letter day wtih~
the local 0. U. A. M’s. On that day
a convention will be held at the rooms
of Pilgrim Council on Water street.
Several of the State and National
officers are expected to be present. In-
the evening a meeting will be held with
Lincoln Council of South N'orwalk.
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