Lincoln and s4,ooo.ooo,ooo for Slaves. There has recently been considerable discussion by leading orators and jour- nalists as to the attitude of_President Lincoln on the question of compensa- ted emancipation at the Hampton Roads conference where Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward met Mr. Stephens, Mr. Hunter and Mr. Campbell, who had been ap- pointed by President Davis, of the Confederacy, to confer on the subject of peace. _ This controversy has resulted in clearing the atmOSphcre of doubt, and it will greatly aid the truth of history, and Col. McClure of the Philadelphia Times, thus adds to this Valuable and important contributionz—“The contro versy started by a statement made by Colonel Watterson in recent lectures, that at the conference President Lin— Cull] presented a blank paper to Mr. Stephens, saying: “Write Union on one side and what you please on 'the other.” and adding that Lincoln had ,in hand the proposition to pay $400,- ' 000,000‘as comgensation for the slaves of the South, if war could thus be end— ed and the Union fully restored. This has been disputed by Mr. Graves, con— nected with the Atlanta Constitution, and has brought out also a letter from Mr. Howell, of the same paper, report- ing an interview with Mr. Stephens some time after the Hampton Roads conference. The twv important points of denial developed by this controversy are as lo:- lows: First it is denied that Mr. Lincoln made any such proposition to the South- ern commissioners, and second, it is de- nied that Mr. Lincoln favored the pay- ment of $400,000,000 as compensation to the South for the surrendt r‘of slaves. To these may be added the emphatic ‘statements of the Chicago Tribune that, even had Mr. Lincoln favored such a settlement of war, it Would have been rejected by the government and the people of the North. Ire undisputed records prove that Mr. Lincoln did favor the payment of $400,000,000 as compensation t) the South for the surrender of slavery and the restoration of the Union, and it is conclusiuely shown also, from Mr. Lin- coln’s action and from the records, that be did not propose payment for slaves to the Southern commissioners because they were not at liberty to negotiate on any other basis than recognition to the Southern Confederacy. Mr. Lin0oln favored compensated emancipation from the beginning of the war down to the 5th of February, 1865, and he believed in it no less there- after until the day he died, but he did not press it upon Congress or upon the country. He exhibited to the writer hereof in August, 1864, a written propo- sztion for the payment of $400,000,000 to the South as compensation for slaves il’ it would end the war and restore the authority of the Union throughout the entire country. He favored it not only because he believed that it would save more than $400,000,000 of expenditure, but also because he believed it would bring the South back to the Union in much more friendly relations to the government than they could be re- turned by the sword. He believed also that in no other way could the South- ern armies be returned to peaceful pur- suits and the tooth saved from anarchy after the military power of the Confed- eracy had been broken. He informed the editor of this journ- al after his return from the Hampton Roads conference that he would have proposed the payment of $400,000,000 for Southern slaves as a basis of peace, had he not been precluded at the out- set by Mr. Stephens frankly stating to him that he was instructed by Presi- dent Davis to entertain no proposition that did not recognize the perpetuity of the Confederacy. This statement is confirmed by Mr. Stephens’ interview with Mr. Howell, and also by an inter- view the editor of this journal had with Jefferson Davis some fifteen years after be war. Stephens stated to Mr. How- ell, as Mr. Davis stated to Mr. McClure, that Mr. Davis had instructed the com- missioners not to entertain any negotia- tions that did not recognize the per- petuity of the Confederacy. Mr. Mc- Clure’s interview with Mr. Davis was published in these columns and repub- lished throughout the entire country, ~ and never has been disputed. Mr. Davis lived for nearly ten years there- after and gave special contributions to this journal during that period. ‘ Mr. Lincoln’s attitude on the ques- tion is entirely beyond dispute. He met‘ the Southern commissioners at « wanan Norm Hampton Roads on the 3d of February 1865, and had a protracted conference with them on board the River Queen, then lying at anchor near Fortress Monroe. That conference was entirely fruitless because of Mr. Stevens’ frank statement at the outset that his in- structions were not to entertain any proposition that did not recognize the Confederacy. As President Lincoln could not discuss that question at all, the conversation was entirely desultory and necessarily accomplished nothing. President Lincoln returned from the Hampton Roads conference and two days thereafter, on February 5th, 1865, he summoned his Cabinet and read to the members the draft of a message and proclamation which he had written on that day. In the message he pro- posed to Congress that authority be given him to attain peace by the pay- ment of $400,000,000 as compensation for slaves. The message and proclama~ tion to follow the approval of Congres.—., were submitted t) the Cabinet. at which there was doubtless a full dist-us- sion of what had t anspired at Fortress Monroe. The Cabinet officers there- fore understood that President Davis would consider no proposition that did not 1't-CoglllZ: the perpetuity of the Confedracy, and the result was the unanimous disapproval of President Lincoln’s proposed message and pay- ment for slaves. On the manuscrii t of this message, that is yet in existence, is the. following indorsement in Mr. Lincoln’s own handwriting : “February 5, 1865. Tc-day these pa- pers, which explain themselves, were drawn up and submitted to the Cabinet and unanimously disapproved by them. A. LINCOLN.” There can be no doubt, therefore, that Mr. Lincoln desired to end the war by the payment of $400,000,000 to the South as Compensation for the slaves, and that had he been met in a generous spirit atthe Hampton Roads conference, the proposition would have been made, and in all probability would have ended the war. After the attitude of Jefferson Davis, as publicly proclaimed by him when the report of the Hampton Roads conference had been made, there was no disposition in the Cabinet, in Congress, or among Northern people, to accept any such generous terms, and we have no record of Mr. Lincoln having made any further effort to accomplish compensated eman- o'pation. We do not agree with the Chicago Tribune that Congress and the country would have rejected the proposition to pay $400,000,000 for the slaves if Mr. Lincoln, upon his return from the Hampton loads conference, had been able to assure Congress that such an expenditure would have ended the war and restated the rebellious States to the Union. The war was then cost- ing nearly $4,C00,000« a day, and 100 days of war would have cost quite as much as the amount proposed to be paid for slaves; but Mr. Lincoln’s control- lingidea was that by compensated eman- cipation the South would be restored to the Union with much more cordial relations and general sympathy for the government, and it would enable the Southern people to resume their indus- trial pursuits and aid in paying the enormous debt contracted by war; True, it would have been earnest‘y op- posed, but we believe that both Con- gress and an overwhelming majority of the people would havesanctioned such terms of peace, had President Lincoln then been able to give assurance that they would end the bloody strife and fully restore the Union. The Editor of the GAZETTE is able to make thefurther contribution to the facts in this payment of slaves matter, by stating that on as many as two or three occasions President Lincoln caus~ ed the writer to send for Mr. Greeley to come over from New York to Washing- ton to consult with him at the White House upon this subject of paying a fair cash value for each and every slave. Mr. Lincoln’s figures were a gross amount of four hundred millions, but Mr. Greeley was in favor of paying five hundred millions, if the rebellious states would lay down their arms and came back with true loyalty into the Union. , ' Connecticut Medical Soclety- The Connecticut Medical Society will hold their 130th annual meeting at Hartford next Wednesday and Thurs- day. ’It takes place in Jewell hall of the Y. M. C. A. building. The first business Thursday morning will be the consideration of Secretary N. E. Wor- din’s annual report, followed by a re- ception to delegates from other state societies. ' tour EEELEEE llllVE‘ HIM l Ex-Denuty Collector (of, Internal Reuenue Murphy. Who Guarded Hls Records. Speaks ln Praise of Palne's Celery Compound. Err-collector (f internal revenue Thomas F. Murphy of Maine, who was brought into prominence all over the country during President Cleveland’s first administration by refusing to al- low certain civil ofiicials to peruse his records. hea;tily indorses Paine’s cel- ery compound. Mr. Murphy is a keen observer. He is a writer of no mean abil.ty, has been employed as editor and editorial writer on several pa pers, is recognizedthrough- out Maine as a forcible and convincing speaker, and is universally liked. ,. At present he represents a big Boston house on the road. where his warm gen- iality makes him welcome to every hotel and railway train. In the smoking compartment of a parlor cur last week he was praising Paine’s celery Compound t: a fellow passenger. The person to whom be ad- dressed his conversation had been laid up with the grip. The malady left him In a bad way, asort of depression of Spirits and a disinclrnation for business. "I felt the same way," said Mr, Mul- phy. _ “After wrestling 9. week wrth the grip it left me depressed and weak. One flight of stairs was. enough to make me puff and wheeze likea leaky bel- lows. A mile Walk would almost floor me. Headaches began the .rnoment I got out of bell, and I felt about as mean as any one could for the Whole day. Hearing so ruuch about Paine’s celery compound I made up my mind to try it, and I’ll tell you how it worked. It was like close applications of south- ing lotions to a scorched lingero After a few doses I found that on retiring I soon dropped into sound, relreshing sleep. In less than a week I was my- self again, My eyes which are none too strong at their best, but which burned and ached till I began taking Painc’s celery compound, assumed their normal condition and really seem- ed stronger than before the grip marked me for a Victim. I can walk five miles now and feel none the worse for it. _ . My wife and boy are taking Paine’s celery compound this spring.” Cot Left Again. Eh '2 It seems from the latest advices from Norwalk’s two noted occidental travel- ers, Editor Maples and Congressman Hill, that owing to some tangle or de- lay in getting his passes properly vised at San Francisco, their second steamer, after waiting two hours for the disting' guishcd passengers, was compelled to sail away without them. This will has. sad and doleful disappointment .to ex- Queen Lil, not to meet and greet Nor- walk’s great editor and to the other Hawaiian statesmen not to welcome: Norwalk's greater congressman. -:But “all things come to those: who Wé'itfl: and Mr. Hill has determined to .hurry home and join his wife on the great City of Rome European which sails from New York June 30th. On this trip:our congressman will suffer no editorial free pass delays as his pas- sage on the Rome is already paid for in advance. This is one of the finest and most reasonable European excursions ever assayed and it has been so success- ful that Dr. Crofut is now advertising in the Gamma his “Overflow Excur- ~sion” by the ocean racer City of New York. The party is select and every way delightful. Some thirty from Fairfield county are booked for this trip and no wonder, as who ever heard before of a trip to Europe, first class in every particular and personally con-' ducted at that, for $52.30? General Assembly. The final adjournment of the General Assembly is now in sight, the House having on Wednesday voted to make June 13 the last day of the session. The favorable report on the bill pro- viding for a state reformatpry in New Haven to cost $100,000 went over under the rule. The Hartford bridge matter was made a special order for Wednesday, May 22, and the Bridgeport grade crossing bill will be discussed in the Senate Thursday, May 23. General Charles Olmstead and wife returned home last night from Washing- ton. The General speaks of his visit as having been a most enjoyable one. In- deed,vhe was so pleased with the “goings on” there that he is liable to repeat his visit at a no late date. After the Grip Hy son was left weak. stomach and lung mama. could not eat or sleep. Hood's Bars. I m par-ills. restored his also cured my da liter of fur ureblood ah lar running sores. . Iva awrr'r. Box 148, ast Berlin,Connc_oucu& Hood's Plllc are prompt and ancient. w‘“ excursion". pursue. mmmm Cures Mina, . street. l . A .11 K ' Goes to a Danbury Boy. On March 27th, Congressman-elect E. J. Hill promulgated a notice to the effect that he had been requested by the Navy Department to nominatea suitable person to fill the vacancy which will exist at the U. S. Naval Academyfor a Naval Cadet from the 4th Congressional district of Connecti- . cut. on June 30, next. To that end he decided on having a Competitive examination which was held at the Over River school on Fri- day, May 36, the examining committee being Prof. E. H. Wilson of this city, and Judge George M. Carrington of Winsted, with Dr. James G. Gregory as referee. The candidates were William H. Wadhams, N orwalk; William E. Schray- er, Winnipauk;Paul R. Cutbill, John Burchard, South Norwalk; Thomas J. Wall, Torriugton; Howard E. Icing, E. A. Weicheit, Danbury; Edson Wood, Bethel, tl. Weir Goldsborc, Monroe; Oliver H. Perry, Southport; Alfred H. Sage, Bridgeport. The committee reported last night and the honors fall to Ernest A. Weis- cheit, of Uanbury, the home of Naval Commander Dickens. The Norwalk applicants made a good showing, as did the others, but it was plain that the Danbury lad was “head and shoulders” to the front. and he was accorded the plum of which he was de- serving. His examination at Annapolis, Md, will take place September 2d. Some of the applicants may now ap— preciate the necessity of knowing how to spell. Forty-two shares of the Danbury and Norwalk railroad stock were sold in New York. yesterday for $59 per share. As the Danbury and Norwalk shares are “half shares” this would make it worth $118. "’AN ’1' ED. ANTED—Saleman; salary from start; permanent place. Bnowx Bnos. 00., Nurserymen, Rocester. N. Y. FOR SALE. FOR SALE—An extra-fine milch cow with her calf, at a. very reasonable price. AD- ply to STEPHEN H. SMITH, Newtawn avenue. me) If ’1‘0 RENT, r 10 RENT—Three pleasant rooms in the Hadden block, corner of Wall and River streets. Inquire on the premises. a13 tt O RENT—Rooms on second floor at No. 8 Prospect avenue. Borough water. Rent reasonable to a small family. Apply on the premises to GOULD Horr. or at No. 80 Franklin avenue. .077 tf To RENT—Two furnished an very pleas- ant rooms to. let. Call at» No. 130 Main 959 tf GAZETTE. N O W __O PEN . [lllllllfllll’l PlllNT HEEL. Clams, Oysters, etc. Shore Dinners a. Specialty. Trolley cars run diret to the Point. JOHN E. C’SULLlVAN. MANAGER. OVERFLOW T0 EUROPE. Dr. Crofi‘ut’s Vacation Excursion to Europe on the steamer City of Rome June 29 is com- Eletely full. (It has thirty passengers from airfield county). and two overflow parties are being organized, one to leave on the ‘ ocean grephound” NEW YORK, July 3. and the other on the AURANIA (Cunarder),J uly 4. TOURS AND PRICES. Steamer NEW YORK. $275 41 days—Great Britain, Paris _ Steamer_NEW YORK.$345. 48 days—Same, wrth the Rhine Switzerland and Germany._ Steamer NEW YORK, $455, 59 days —same,' wrth Italy. Steamer AURANlA. 34 days—Ln land. Ireland. and Antwerp. $249. Same. wrt Scotland, 38 days, $290. Same, " days..$190. These‘ rices include all expenses. Inquire of W. A. (1 OFFUT. 140 B'street, N. E., Washington. D. C. - mi 11114 DISTRICT of Norwalk, ss. Probate Court, May lst, A. D.. 1895. - Estate of Barnum) CUMMINGS. late of Nor- walk. in said District. deceased. The Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk. hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereoffor the Creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to. present their accounts. groperly attested. wrtlun said time will be ebarred a recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to MARGRET E. CUMMINGS. m2 9 16 Executrix. DISTRICT of'Norwalk, ss.. Probate Court. May 16th. A. D.. 1395. _ Estate of JOSEPH MATHEIS, late of Norwalk. in said District deceased. 'lhe Court of Probate for the Disrrict of N orwalk hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof _for the creditors of said. essate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to. resent their accounts. properly attested. wrt in said time. will be debarred a recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to. ' ELBERT S, ADAMS, 1 04 3Administrator With the W111 annexed. m 7 .. List of Patents. List of Patents issued from the U. S. Patent Office. hridav. _ May 14. 1895, for .the state of Connecticut. furnished us from the olbce of EARLE d: SEYMOUR. Solicitors of Pat- ents. 868 Chapel street, New Haven. 11. P. Benham. Mystic. inulti le cylinder mo- tor. I}. Lttrenne.W_aterbury, 0t water heat- er. '1. R. H de. assrgnor to Scoville Mfg. Co. Waterbury, utton. A. A. Page. East Haven, assrgnor to Sargent 8.: Co . New Haven. pad- lock. Same, fluid door check. R. F. R-ce. as- srgnor to F. H. Richards, _flartford. telephone transmitter. A. M._Rodrrguez, Brooklyn. and E. D. Rockwell, Bristol, electric light head- gear for personal wear. J. Totham. assiguor to PFCK Bros. .85 Con-New Haven. washbowl. l.. W. Turner, Yalesvrlle. insect powder duster. F. Wessell. New brrtarn, scarf pin guard. . DESIGNS. A. P. Bro wn, Hartford._ Spoon. S. Smith, Brid eport. assiguor to “llliam Rogers Mfg. 00., ar-tford, spoon. fork, etc. Horse Sboerug. The undersigned has taken the shop in the front of S. l. Ruby’s on Cross street. and is premised to do horse sho sing in a first-class manner. John 'I‘. Lycett DAVID . 1w. aAYM-O'No' lineal Director and Emitter. 39 Washington Street ,Sofiutli Norwalk, Residence.Mahackemo Hotel. . ‘ ' Josiah W. Brittoi" CARPENTER AND BUILDER Jobbing of All Kinds Promptly At- tended to. Shop Mechanic Street. a—5 Residence 72 Haror Ave. BELL ISLAND. FOR 1895. WE HAVE NOW on hand by the- week or sea- son, commencing July 1st.. 5 three room cottages, 2 four room, 2five room, 6 six room, 2 eight . room, 2 ten room, and 1 sixteen room, cottages. Prices 37 TO $30 PER WEEK. Also 1 ton room cottage wrth barn attached, and completely fur- nished, located at East Norwalk right on the shore, and three minutes walk from the trolley road, price $500 for the season. LIVERY and BOARDING Stable at the Island. All bag gage delivered to and from South Norwalk at railroad and Steam- boat depots at reasonable rates, and trolley to and from the Is- . every twenty minutes. GOODBOARDING on the European plan, and good Bathing. Boating and Fishing as extras. Cottages and Cottage lots for sale._ For information call or address, FOSTER BROS" 22 Delay Street, or , . T. H. FOSTER, 146 Main Street, DANBURY,’ CONN, DAY WAGON CO. 36 WARREN STREET. Near City Hall, N. Y. To cash or responsible short time buyers—we will sell FARM WAGONS, BUGGIES, TRAPS, &c., For the next 30 days, At cut rate Prices. Call and see or send for descriptive cuts. All inquiries answered promptly. Josiah F. Day. General Manager. leE BOSTON STORE, I CORNER MAIN AND WALL STREETS, NORWALK. A lot of Things will go 01': ~Sale Tut-day That will bring out every economical woman in town, no matter what the weather may be. SHIRT ”WAISTS. The phenomenal sales in this department, last week, made it possible for us to take, ad— vantage of a big offer from a leading maker at a saving .of at least 33 per cent. about 250 dozen in the lot, comprising everything that 1s new and stylish. There ' is Prices range from 250 to $3 in the soft goods, and from 750 to $2 in the Laundercd Goods. The entire line "will be ready for sale Saturday morning. tion while the assortment is large. PARASULS AND UMRRELLAS. Saturday morning we offer the choicest line of Fancy Parasols and Plain Sun Umbrellas at prices that Will make things lively while they last. Come early .and make a selec- 24 inch English Gloria Sun Umbrellas, guaranteed fast colors, 48c each. Black, Navy and Brown 'Parasols, 22 inch, Jacquard effects, 79c each. ' 22 inch and 24 inch Parasols, Iancy colors and black, made of superior cloth, natural handles, excellent values, at 980 each. . _ 22 inch Fine Black Silk Gloria Parasols, extra deep ruffle, a bargain at $1.50, just Vfifty in all, at $1.29 each. Hosrnax AND UNDERWEAR. Ladies’ short sleeve and sleeveless Vests high and low neck, fine yarn, 39c quality at 250 each. for 12;,c each. ' Another case of “seconds” in Ladies’ Ribbed ,Vcsts, short sleeves, made to sell at 25c, LadieS’ All Silk Ribbed Vests, Swiss made, were imported to sell at $1, a wonderful bar- gain at 50c each. Men’s French Balbriggan Shirts, bought as “seconds,” you never could tell it, the regu- lar priceis 50c, just 44 dozen at 34c each. 100 dozen Ladies’Fancy Hose, fast bl ack boot, extra fine guage, 12a: pair. 50 dozen Boys’ Ribbed Hose, tans and fast black, seamless; regularprice 17c, at 10c pair. ' Men’s Fancy Wash Ties, four-in-hand style, all new patterns, regular price 25c,at12lc each. Windsor Ties, all silk, plain and fancy, all colors, full lengths, worth 19c, at 12lc each. SECURE F‘U’RNI‘I‘URE COUPONS. N. B.-—Do not forget to secure one of our Furniture Coupons; no trouble or no extra charge. Articles of Furniture worth from 83 to 85, are certainly worth havrng when they cost you nothing. . THE BOSTON STORE, Corner Main and Wall Streets. - - ’ , . TELEPHONE CALL 574. . . - i - NorWalkt.nn.,_, from .
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