Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 3, 1909, Page 14

s 4 schooner are owned in and fitted out | place to convey the pre . convinced us that our city would no Candlesticks, Long Chimneys phine and Gas Lamps, Worst- 'u%.hn Fringes, Mazagrantines, it Cardinals, Wessacumeon Long and “Kiss Me Quick” caps, “of ies and Misses sizes.” ' Also ready- amade cl 13 Dress and Frock ~Coats—blue black, dahlia, olive, in- ‘visible green, mulberry, and brown; ‘Socks, Tom and Jerry’s, and Top Coats —wave, diamond, il and - plain , Ashphaltum, Flushing, and h tufted and plan; Panta- doons—fancy ribbed, doeskin, ewing, slate, barley corn, mixed, Llue, drab, black and lavender; Vests—velvet, cassimere, toilinett, vaiencia, silk, satfn, Cashmere, and bombazine; Cloth mnd Satinett Round-abouts; Groom Vackets and Surotouts. NORWICH CITY IN 1833, _The Industries .Reviving — A New ‘Newspaper Creates Jealousies and Disputes—Population Incerases Slow- ly—General Jackson La Corn stone of Uncas Menument, Which Was Nine Year: Being Set' Up. “Justly does our beautiful town com- mand the admiration of the stranger mnd the love of the citizen. Perhaps mo place in New England can vie with this as regards pleasanthess and pros- . These who were formerly resi- ints here and have.been absent a few years, on the return are seen with their eyes as big as silver dollars, gazing with astonishment. Millions of mon- | ey have been expended during the last * Mew vears in beantifying the place by the erection of buildings, &c. The Place contains 6 Churches, 4 Banks, and we expect to have the benefit of & rail road from here to Worcester. when it is built, 2 Printing Offices (in each of which a weekly newspaper is fgublished) and three first rate Hotels whale ships and one sealing From Norwich, besides numerous oth- er vessels, to a considerable amoutn ot tunnage, ‘which are constantly em- ployed as traders. One steam boat Funs twe trips per week between Nor- wich and New York, and one daily be- tween Norwich and New Lendon.— Norwich Republican, Aug. 28, 1833. . “The Town Housé. which has here- " totore been situated ‘high in the air,” has ®een brought low by an alteration of #the steps and by improving the con- dition of the ground areund. The building, which is brick, has been neat- 4y painted with a cream celor, and the wteps ormamented with an elegant iron Failing, which causes the building to present a beautiful appearance. Church street, which has heretofore appeared more like,a cow path than a public , 15 undergeing a thorough re- r.—Sidewalks are being made, and trees which have formerly stood #n thé middle of the street, are torn up by the roots, thereby making the street passable without danger. Much credit 4s due the Mayer for his exertions to effect these things.’—Norwich Repub- Wican, Sept. 11, 1833. By the year 1833 the industries of Norwich were,_ reviving after the de- uut by the war of 1812. The peopls beginning to _take fide in their city, new buildings were being erected, and the streets were be- | #ng cleared of obstructions. Franklin | had been opened in 1830, and { @i connection with this the roard had | been widened, graded, and leveled, ! ‘mollows had been filled' up, gnd fences ' and buildings removed. Steamboats were running on the riv- ! er. The Norwich and Worcester Rail- Toad was no# yet built, but the com- wany had been formed in 1832. A sec. | ond nevspaper, the Norwich Republ i can, ‘had been established in 1528 by | Weardman & Faulkner. Great was the . wivalry n the two papers, and the Republican frequently printed such . editorials ‘as the following at the ex- { tpense of Mr. John Dunham, the editor i of the Courier: “The Norwich Courler to talk about *Sixth and. seventh rate Jeurnals' is really too much.for common digestive s. . We wculd advise cousin John to Jook over his old files, and then exhibit himself before a looking glass. He would never dare open his head again on the subject of sixth and Sev- enth rate Journals.” “The Courier in speaking of an arti- ele in our last paper referring to grog shops, says: “‘Now this is what we call a good ing—a. capital article—which ~has our hearty assent, every paragraph mnd line of it; and we commend it to the good sense of the community.’ ! ! “Well done, cousin John—if this | ‘don’t beat ail nater—an article writ- ten by us which commands your ap- proval!—our cup-of honor s full! we wre immortalized! —henceforth we need mot write for fame! “By the polite attention of Mr. C. C. Coit, clerk of the Steam Boat Gen. Jacwson, we received a copy of the President's Message at an early hour on Thursday morning. We should have immediately presented it to our readers in this town on an extra sheet, | had not our regular day of publication 4 been.xo close at hand. We also feit willing that our dear little cousin, of the Courier, should enjoy the graiifi- cation of publishing a Message from President Jackson, once in his life, + previous to us. Having beaten him a number of years in succession, it was but right that we should forbear a lit- ttle, and give him an opportunity to call the attention of the public to some- thing good, in advance of us. We hope his readers will profit by the im- maculate contents of his extra. The population of the town had slow- y inc: from 3,476 in 1801 to 5,170 n 1833, During the last years of the eighteenth century and the ear) of the ninteenth, the town had been weakened by @ mania for emigration Among the towns which were in part settled. by Norwich families may be mamed Canaan and Lebamon in New Hampshire; Norwich, Chelsea, and Hyde Park in Vermont; and Norwich in’ Massachusetts. The Wyoming Val- Jey of Pennsylvania and the Western Reserve, called also New Connecticut, took some of their early inhabitants from Norwich. In was in 1833 that President Jack- son visited Norwich and laid the cor- . of the Uncas monument. The Norfich Republican thus describes his reception: On Monday, the 17th ind¢, a com- mittee appointed by the uthori- « tles, consisting of the following gentle- men, vi John De Witt, 1st alderman, Gerard C. Lester, ‘Willlam Faulkner, Calvin Goddard, Asa Child, and Charles . Huntington, proceeded to Hartford, for the purpose of accompanying the president of the United States and suite to this city, according Lo previous arrangements made with them In New. York by a _commmittee appolnted by the mayor, from whom letters of invitation were forwarded. . . . . At 12 o'clock m. we arrived at ¥l . Ferry. The preparations made at this | ident with his to Norwich suite and the committes behing her neighbors in givin~ them g00d reception. The president, . vice | clent bui Independence Day has been celebrat- | ed in various ways and with varying enthusiasm in Norwich. In the clos:) ng' years e eighteent century was customary to open subscription papers in order that “those persons who are desirous to celebrate the 4th July” may have an opportunity to eon- | tribute toward the expense of 50 do- ‘ing. The celebration took the form of processions, the firing of cannon, ora- tions, and always a dinner followéd by toasts, from which the company were wont to_disperse “in perfect order.” The Chelsea Courier gives the fol low account of the celebration in 178 ‘Yesterday being the anniversary Bra. of American Independence, the same was celebrated in this city with that respect and dignity becoming na- tive citizens—The dawn of day was ushered in by the ringing of bells; and the morning sun rese to a salute of 16 guns—at 11 o'clock, a large and respectable number of Gentlemen con- vened at the Chelsea Hotel, and at 12 o'clock moved in procession, preceded by Capt. Huntingtonw's _company of Artillery, the flag of the United States, and a band of music, to the Meeting- House—after a pertinent rayer on the occasion, the audience were enter- tained by @ patriotic and judicious ora- tion from James Lanman, Esquire, and the ceremony interspersed .with two pieces of vocal music—the proces- sion then returned to the Hotel; and on its leaving the Meeting-House, an- other federal salute was fired—at 3 o'clock, the company sat down to an elegant repast provided by their-lib- erality, after which the following Toasts were drank, under the discharge of Cannon. “The 4th July, 1776—May its anni- versary celebration inspire no feelings, but those which are congenial with American Independence. “The United States of America—may their constitution never be undermin- ed by insidious friends, nor overturn- ed by open enemies. “The President of the United States —may his patriotic exertions to vindi- cate his country’s cause, find a zealous support in every American breast. § cheers. “The Vice President, Senate, and House of Representatives—may con- cord guide their councils, and the arm of Thunder execute their laws. “George Washington—in the retreats of Mount Vernon, may he ever reap the laurels of his country's gratitude and love. 3 cheers. Tmmortal memory to those patriots who framed the act ef Independence; and may those heroes whose lives were ficed in securing that illustrious event, be berne with ffection on the minds of successive generations. “The Governor and State of Connec- ticut—perpetuity to Hs unanimity and success go its local concerns. ‘Preservation to the peace—vindi- cation to the right—and ‘satisfaction to the dignity of our country.’ “May millions of swords be ever ready {o leap from the scabbards’ of ! Americans in defense of their country's freedom. “The Militia of the United States— may its system of organization be per- fected, and,_become the bulwark of American Liberty. #The American Flag—may it be Te- spected through the world; and may the hardy sons of America be inspired with patriotic enthusiasm when fight- ing under its banner. “Commerce, Agriculture, and Manu- factures—may their invaluable rights be firmly secured by protecting laws. “The late Envoys to the French Re- public—may their dignified exertions for their country’s honor, insure them retribution in the gratitude of 3 cheers. ‘Bternal enmity to foreign influence —tmay the hand that would’ submit to | a forelgn shackle, wither on the arm of uine Uberty. - - . “The Dinner Hall was deco a gwme.g‘m annouvd, 2 ing this allusion, that enemies, in n peace friends'—several | pléces of vocal and rumental music | accompanied the Toasts, m which ‘Hall Columbia’ and . ‘and Liberty’ bote conspicuous places. . | “W» are happy in remarking the | barmony and _enthusiasm exhibjted throuzh the - whole scene;. peculiar pleastre we notice 'that the | “smiles of virtue' beamed thelr tender aid to ‘the hardy. sons of America'— | business retired for the day, and every . { heart renewed its oath at the Altar of | Liberty. . E ““That ne'er will the sons of Columbia. be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the ! sea rolls in waves. ; . A Corhespondent ohserves, that it muste give pleasure to every True American, to see the spirjt-of ‘T re- viving in the breasts of our patriots at ‘this day—At no period since the | commencement of our Independence, have the citizens of Norwich cele- brated that memorable era as at the present—True loyalty pervades every mind, and while JOHN, ADAMS is at the ,head, and every friend of his coufitry determined ‘to live free or die, what haye we to fear from Jacobinism? What, indeed, have we to fear from the whole Gallic Host?” INDEPENDENCE DAY, 1796 The Naval Ship Hope Takes Part—A Parade With Matrons in the Lead— An Address at the Meeting House— A Banquet at Union Hall—A Patri- otic Woman Makes an Address on Pepper's Hill. The next year the presence of the ship “Hope” in the harbor added a novel spectacle to th usual features of the celebration. The Courier of July 10, 1799, speaks as follows: The anniversary of American inde- pendence was celebrated in this city with distinguished attention. At sun- rise the day was hailed, by the rin=ing of bells on the several churches, and the discharge of a federal salute of cannon from the army ship Hope, rid- ing in the harbor. At 11 o'clock the c at the hotel, and at 12 a pro formed and advanced to the tional church, under peals of cannon, in the following arrangement. Capt. Huntington’s company of matrous, it their order, preceded by music of the feld and band, standard, committee of arrangements, president and vice pres- izens conyened sion was ongrega- ident, clergy, orator, civil officers, mi itary ang naval officers in uniform, ci izens, one hundred and thirty - ship carpenters, ropemakers, shoemakers, &c., with emblems of their occupation and led by their employers, formed an impressive feature in the procession, whose rear was supported by a part of the committee of the das. Having moved. to the meeting house in excellent order. the attention of a very numerous and silemt auditory was at once charmed and elevated with a devout, condensed, patriotic and elo- quent prayer by the Rev. Joseph Strong, which was introduced and fol- lowed by suitable and well performed | church music. Capt. Benjamin Snow pronounced an excellent oration, in which the genuine spirit of federalism, having portrayed the progress of French diplomatic machinations, and the dresdful dangers of illuminatism in our countrs, he prepared the mind to that supports it more’s four beautiful gray horses. Next in procession was another barouch containing Secreta Secretary Woodbury, Colonel Earle, Hon. J. R. Poinsett, drawn by white horses. In the next carriage was Judge Williams, Major Herman, Lieutenant Prentiss, and the committee from New York. xt followed a carriage containing four old democrats who have been un- wavering in their support of Jackson and democracy. 3 The procession, consisting of an im- menge number of horsemen and car- riages, moved round by the Falls vil- lage. At the different manufacturing establishments specimens of the work were exhibited, the productions _of their own machinery, emblazoned with ropriate mottoes. On arriving. at the olg Indian Burying Ground, an ad- dress was delivered by Governor Cass and the president laid the foundation of the monument to Uncas, the friend of the whites, and the chief warrior of the Mohegans. At this place the fe- males connected with the different manufacturing establishments were ex- hibited in procession, dressed in white, We thought they looked a little. too pale for perfect th. On armving the Little Plain, the procession was corted by military troops to the hotel tined for the reception of the presi- Here he was received by the mayor, Hon. James Lanman, and crowned by a young lady with.a wreath of roses. The number of persons as- sembled was greater than we ever pe- fore witnessed in this city. We should think they amounted to about 12,000. After dining at the hotel he was es- corted to the steamboat Gen. Jackson, where he left the wharf amid thunder- ing cheers fromn the populace, But it was not until July 4, 1842, that the monument was finally erected, when the ladies of Norwich, by a series of entertainments, raised’ the money needed to finish the work begun nine years earlier. A more beautiful spot than the one on which this monument was”erected does not lie out doors. It is the an- burying ground of the Mohegans and liés on the high banks of #he Yan- tic, near the romantic falls of the charming little river—is embowered in woods, and is filled with rude and rough ‘stones placed over the graves of the royal family and the nobility of the tribe, Who have been here time imme- morial. Over the remains of Uncas himself the citizens of Norwich erected this handsome and enduring monu- ment, the cornerstone of which was laid in 1833 by General Jackson and an address delivered by General Cass, then secretary of war, accompanying the president on his tour through New England. WHERE THE TANGLED THICKET GREW. In the Royal Burial as it existed one vears », was a small flat ing erect, about fifteen o inches abov the ground, nine or ten inches wid and about two inches . apparcntly with one of the cor- s broken ¢ and with the “pe tion that It thus presented five lines Its boundaries instead of four, it answer the definition of & on this the Place of the hundred tone stand- eighteen stone simple ters— U | the the resting place firm white n. lightest cation that this stone was muti- lated after it was set up—but it was just such a memorial as we should ex- Hdent, Governor ldidwlrd'p and }&l-- bou']‘m were drawn in a splen- pect from the early settlers of anv country who Were anxious to mark the &rave of one whom they wished to-hold Eo see and the heart to feel the joys of in grateful remembrance, but were un- able to provide a better—a small flat stone from the nearest ledge, just as they found it—without time, and prob- ably without tools, to give it a_more shed appearance. This was all that ed to point out the grave of the Great Sachem till the grateful liberal- ity of the ladies of Norwich erected the present handsome and appropriate monument. In speaking of the ceremonies in connection With the. erection of this monument, The Norwich Courier says: Among the wonders of the Glorious Fourth was the is odieal called THE U MENT, bearing the motto Here where the tangled thicket grew, Wihere wolf and panther passed, An acorn from an English oak In the rude soil was cast. We cannot_conscientiously urge our readers to subscribe for it, unless they are own cousins to Methuselah—for it 15 to be issued only once in three hun- dred and fifty years. But we do urge them all to secure a copy of this speeci- men number of the work. It is filled with choice antiquarian morceaux— scraps from old and rare books—copies of old Indian deeds—concise statements of facts, of which another generation may become oblivious, appertaining to the early history of Norwich, and the neighboring tribes of friendly In- dians. We cannot conceive anything better devised to give fresh interest to the monumental ozcasion or more suc- cessfully executed. We belleve jt is still for sale at Saf- ford’s. : FIRST LABOR UNION, ociation known as the “Farm- ers’, Mechanics’ and other working- men's society,” was in 1833 holding meetings at the ' house of William Phillips, Norwich Falls. The president was Jesse Fuller, ang the secretary S. B. Hempstead. The objects toward which this society and similar socie- ties throughout New England were working were these: Equal Universal Education, Abolition of All Licensed Monopolies, Abolition of Capital Punishment, Abolition _of Imprisonment for Debt, An Entire Re- vision or Abolition of the Present Mili- tia System, A Less Expensive Law System, Bqual Taxation on Properly, An Efféctive Lien Laiw for Laborers on Buildings, No Legislation on Religion. An THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA. The yelrs following 1840 were mark- ed by great building activity. All over the city dwelling houses and stores were being constructed, among them the following: W. W. Coit, block of 3 buildings, stores and dwelling houses, on Union St. Woodward & Avery, joiners; Geo. Hebard, mason. Ralph Bolles, block of 4 buildings, stores, on Dock St. Nelson Wood- ward, joiner: Elijah Clark, mason. City Market on Dock St. Geo. Heb- ard 7 Giles M. Eaton, brick store, on South st ch' and Walter Lester, | s on St Fanning & Wil loughby, jolners: GEo. Hebard, mason John Breed, brigk building. on Main . nears Wharf ~Bridge. Fanning & Willoughby, joiners; rk, san. B. B. Breed, dwelling house, on Thames St. Fanning & Willoughby, Joiners; Hebard, mason. ' Edwin Gavitt, dwelling _house, on ‘Thames 8t Fanping & Willoughby, Joiners; Hebard, mason. and * with | ‘| added some volunteers in a like fed- Fling out in Silk or Bunting—the Ehsign of the Stars ! God Grant'it never more may know accursed intestine jars. John Breed, 2 dwelling_houses, on Tippecapoe St. Joshua W. Shepard andgRogers & Baker, joiners; Hebard, mashn. Daniel Tyler, cottage, on Washington St. Joshua W. Shepherd, joined; He- bard, mason. Ethan Allen,. dwelling house on ‘Washington St. Field, mason. ") Clark Kinney, dwelling house, on ‘Washington St. James Spalding, join- er; Elijah Clark, mason. Mr. Nicolls, dwelling house, on the Park. James Spalding, Fanning & WilloughBy, and others, joingrs. Dr. Eaton, dwelling house, cor. Al- len St. and Park. James Spalding, joiner; Hebard, mason. D. P. Coon, dwelling house, on Un- ion, St. Erastus Williams, builder. rnkb\ Rathbun, “dwelling Kouse, School St. Rathbun, builder. John Slater, dwelling house, on Main St James Spalding, joiner; E. Clark, mason. Methodist Pa~sonage House, on Main St. under contract). Fanning & Wil- loughby, joiners; Hebard, mason. Mr. La Brit, dwelling house, near Toll Bridge. Fanning & Willoughby, joiners; E. Clark, mason Church Members' Nine Pin Alley, Coon’s Hollow. Jas, Hoyt, builder. “A fine portoco has been built upon the north side of the Town Hall . . . and is quite an improvement to School stret, the street it fronts upon. “His Ex-Homor, Gurdon Chapman, Esq, has,erected a handsome building in the vicinity of the Strand. . . . The Rechabites have a spacious hall in the third stery, and on the first floor Messrs. Fuller & Knowlton have rent- ed a store for the Auction and Com- mission business. Mr. Hoyt has open- ed a refectory in the cellar, “On the other side of the street, and immediately north of where Mr. J. B. Trueman has 50 long kept a Fruit and Confectionery Store, is a three story brick building just erected, the off- spring, we understand, of that gentle- man's enterprisg. The south store Is to be occupied by Messrs. Trueman & Tubbs."—Norwich News, Oct. 8, 1845. A YEAR'S CITY EXPENSES. The expenses of the City for the year ending May 30, 1843, were: Interest on City Debt.... $1,245.18 Expense of Fire Department.. 22032 Highw. (over and above what has been appropriated by the Town).. v oo ny LA0L8B Repairs of - Fences, parade ground and park. o aei o T OREL Repair of Fences on Franklin street 11.27 New Steps to Water street irs _ of burying groun, Hearse carriage. Printing Bills Firing Salutes 4th Jui Balance of Law Expenses Petition to General Assembl r ting Railroad Tsag on City Hall ings; ineetings Assessors’ fzes and Baskets for measuring Coal Regulating City clovk. One Book Case Salaries Clerk Treasurer Engineer Auditor, . The receipts haye been—nett proceeds of a three cent Tax om list of 1841 2,0: i 51.00 3 $2,110.87 JOSEPH BREED, Auditor. OLD LYCEUM DAYS. The most popular form of entertain- ment at this time seems to have been the lecture, and Norwich people were given the opportunity to, hear all the popular speakers of the day. A Ly- ceum was established in the city in the fall of 1841, and the announcement of the first course of lectures given under their auspices is as follows: John Neal, Esq., of Portland. Rev. John Pierpont of Boston. Hon. Benjumin F. Butler of New York. Richard H. Dana, Jr., Esa., of Bos- ton; author of “Two Years Before the Mast,” “Knowledge is Power.” Prof. Hitchcock of Amherst college. Elihu Burritt, the “Learned Black® smith,” of Worcester, Mass. Rev. Horace Bushnell of Hartford, Prof. Silliman of Yale college. - Geol- ogy. Colonel Stone of the New York Com- mercial Advertiser. Henry R. Schoolcraft of New York, on Indian Character, Traits, etc. Hon. Isaac Hill of New Hampshire, on “The Dependence of the Trades and Liberal Professions on Agriculture.” Terms of the Course—Season Tick- ets, admitting a gentleman and two la- dies, $2; Do, admitting a single indi- vidual, $1; a ticket admitting one per- son to a single lecture, 12 1-2 cents. J. V. PETTIS, Secretary. DEBATES: Ought the Clergy to refrain from voting in_political Elections? Ought Forejgn Immigration to be en- couraged ? May the Attainments of Labor ex- ceed the power of Genius? In the formation of the character of society, does man exercise a greater influence than woman? Is Slavery, under any circumstances, justifiable? . Is the present system of distribution of the avails of the School Fund of this State a judicious one? Should Corporal Punishment consti- tute a portion of School Discipline? Fas a man a right to expatriate him- self? Is it probable that the Roman Cath-, olic Religion will ever become the pre- vailing religion in this country? ‘Would a war between England and the United States be-an injury to mankind? NORWICH MEN OF STERLING WORTH. D. E. Sykes, the editor of . The Nor- wich_Courier, writing in 1859, say: “A reference to the files of this paper for the ~years 18 3 carries our thoughts far back into the past, and memories cluster thick and fastin our heart, as we read the names of those who, then active and useful, were fill- ing up the measure of their days, to them and us unconsciousl Gen. Zach. Huntinstom Judge Shipman, Pea. Jabez Huntington, - Bela Peck Hezekiah Loed, Judge Lanman, Colonel Tracy, Richard Adams, Cushing Bells, Captain Boswel, Joseph Otls, and others, of like Stecling worth, were hale and active old men, standivg in the front ranks, yet showing little decline of physical, anj still_less of mental, power. - Such men_as Henry Strons. Senator Huntington, James Stedman, Charles P. Huntington, George Bliss, Russell Hubbard. Charles Coit, Jona- than Trumbull, George B, Ripley, Den- | 1In 1845 the editor of the Normich he ludies g & was fired. - evening -y ship Hope was lk,lfimfiy flluminated [of Elms” A and added an elegant and novel spec- ich had rendered the delightful as any the ever witnessed. . “ The ship carpenters dined on board the public' ship building in this port, under the superintendence of Joseph d, Esq., by Mr. Jedediah Willet. whose skill and activity are seldom surpassed. The ship, which is of a fine form and excellent workmanship, hus completely planked up from her in 15 days from the raising of her frames. On this theater they displayed patriotism and zeal nowise inferior to théir mechanical genius and industry: echoed the toasts of Union hall, and don, and on : pmlt time labor.” stand, ; il “Hard Times in Norwich—January, Wi an: \ o'¢lock ‘a. m., where 1845. We, mechanics and laborers flfllflmd and an entertainment pro-|have worked on the yterian vided. ite Meot! humbl. ‘The Universalist Sabbath school cel- | eth m‘::mm o the af ebrate as usual, we believe, in a beau- | church, to see how we have suffered tiful, retired grove near the old Greene- | in the dead of winter, by means ville road. John Bishop, first Contractor, Joha Bostwick, sub Contractor, g swindled_and<defrauded out of § ‘wages. We now humbly lay it before the public, what every human nature ought to feel, how many families have to endure, that have no means their support, but their hard earnings, and fully as bad for men, that cannot pay their Therefore we will ‘leave this to tender feelings of the committee, t€ have some settlement more p'easing tq us made than the 25 cents on the dol« lar, that John Bostwick has lately of« fered. So brother masons and labore ers take warning by this until such time as we are paid up. ‘Stone Cutters and Masons, whe have worked an the Prebyterian Meet« ing House.” GREAT WHIG DEMONSTRATION. In the fall of 1848, during the pres«< idential eampaign, which resulted g the election of Taylor and Fillmore Norwich was the scene of a most en< thusiastic demonstration by the Wh! party. The Courier has the foll description of the procession: “Such a turn-out of Whigs, old and young, was never seen in Norwich be= fore last evening. . . . When the hous for the Torch-Light Procession ar- rived, the People, the sovereign, mighty masses were on hand. The Pro cession; under the lead of spiendiq Brass Band from Danielsonville Webster, drew out in long and impos~ ing array with banners and transpars encies, and & perfect wilderness of brilliant torches, while cheer on chees went up from cvery part of the long, blazing' line. “The procéssion marched through al A the principal streets of the city, an everywhere along the line of mas were greeted with waving kerchiefs and encouraging smiles of the f grom window, balcony, and door. “‘And all went me; as a marri pear 3"cioc] h INDEPENDENCE DAY, 1865. Ten Thousand People Visit the City— 100 Veterans of the Old 18th and a Score of Veterans of the War of 1812 “in Lihe—Addresses in the Ooen Air at the Little Plain—2,000 School Chil- dren in the Civic Parade—A Great Time With Plenty of Noise. Marv of our citizens can remember the celebration at the close of the Civil While a spike or a bolt, or a trunnel | ar™Jury 4, 1565, 'when it was esti- And- if Jnternal foes .lead to ruin's|mated that 10,000 people from out of ¥or our coubthy'dereat tall, woll. uns | "One o the Teadiny 3 2| Oné of the leading features at this TR At time was a_procession of over 2,000 school children. Each of these chil- drep was presented by the mavor and Alderman_Blackstone, in bebalf of the citizens of Norwich, with an American eral spirit—one of which was— . THE SHIP, Shoulg Frenchmen Invade, freedom inthral, We'll teach them the force of the adsz, axe and maul, For!the country's” our ship, whose staunch hull we'll maintain, and our’| INDEPENDENCE DAY, 1845. The Old Fashioned Celebrat flag. :'"'::fl‘d ::;" P e fees T EoL: David Youuslaras obief madehal lay School, Gatherings Do Not Fill | 5¢ ‘the day. The procession. ~which the Bill—Editor Faulkner. Condemns | moved at 11.30, was in three divisions, This Safe and Sane Way of Celebrat. | Doubtless the most popular was the ing—He Would Prefer the Good Old | first or military divition, under Col. Thaws. Joseph Selden. The officers of the Six. teenth regiment were greeted with ap- plause, as were also the Eighteenth Connecticut volunteers, Lieut. Col. Henry Peale commanding. About 100 of the Norwich members of the Eighteenth appeared in line, marching under their old flag.~ Place in the sec- ona divisiongwas given to th: fireme: and in_the Ahirg to the various ciy souieties. 4 The addresses of the day were deliv- ered from a platform erected in the center of the Little Plain, and here Mayor Greene présented fio Celonel Peale, for his regiment. the state flag of the Eighteenth, “which, when the regiment was captured at Winchester. was_torn from its staff and concealed on the body of its bearer, who escaped with it to our lines.” Anoth interesting feature in the procession was the presence of a num- ber of veterans of the war of 1812, These were, accarding to The Courier, “Elkanah Williams, aged $2 _years Capt. William Kelly, §1; John Nicnots, 80; Dr. Eleazer Downing, 78; Gen. Wil- liam Williams, 77; John Starkweather, Isagc Bromley, 74: James Rose Ledyard, 74; Samuel Case, 74: Eber Edwards, 74; Joseph Tyler, 73; Benja- min_Ford, 73; Elisha Mansfield, T Frederick Lester. 12; Lewis Hyde, T Othniel Gager, 71; Asa Manning, 70 Charles Gale, 9. “During the ride these gentlemen or- ganized an association for the purpose of gathering in the survivors pf the war of 1812 and made choice of Gen. William Williams, president, and Isaac Bromley.‘ secretary.” News, Mr. William Faulkner, regrets that the “old fashioned way of doing up things” has been superseded by temperance and Sabbath school rallies, and writes thus: The approaching anniversary of our Natipnal Independence wilk be observ- ed with more than an ordinary inter- est, if we may judge from the notes of preparation ' that reach us {rom all quarters. In these piping temperance times, “ropewalk” celebrations are of course out of vogue, but in their place “cold water army,” Washingtonian and Sabbath school celebrations have sprung up, and however much the loss in point ,of life and jollification, the community, it must certainly be ac- knowledged, are gainers in a moral sense by the change. We do not think, however, that this is after all the most appropriate manner of celebrating the Fourth of July; temperance and Sabbath school celebrations are excel- lent in_their place, but the day- that commemorates the birth of a nation’s independence sflg;na‘ it seems to us, be observed by no t, party or as- sociation, nor by all‘these geting in separate squads, but by a general and spontaneous gathering of the citizens without distinction.” The old fashioned way of doing up things on this occa- sion (barring the liquorizing part) came about as near the mark as any- thing. There was the” procession, then bell It was not until that the Procession got back to t place of starting, viz.: the Town Hal But when at length it did arrive, suc] a rush as there was, not for seats, bul for standing-places, however _small We never saw such an inside pregsure there before. And yet it was utterly impossible for more than a of the crowd to get inside of the Hall. “The meeting was called to order by Mr. Mayor Dunham, and after a spirit stirring _alr from the Band, a half- dozen short, eloquent speeches were made by as many different gentlemen, and the enthusiasm of the audience kindled to the intensest glow. With another burst of music from the Band, and nine. deafening cheers for 'Old Zack' and Millard Fillmore, the meet- ing adjourned.” “The Silken Banner.—We should de less than justice to our own feelings and those of the Whigs of Norwich did we fail to make special mention of the beautiful silken banner wrought by the fair hands of tbe fair Whig Ladies of Mr. Haikes' boarding house in this city and by them presented to the Whigs of Norwich to be borne in the proud procession of last evening. The three hearty cheers with which this ‘Banner of Blue’ was greeted at the Town Hall last evening, when it was presented to the Whigs in the name of the Ladies in question more eloquent- ly expressed the thanks of the Whigs than any words of ours could “‘And the Magicians did so with their enchantments.'—The Locos got up a Torch Light Procession last eve- ning; and from- the accounts we have of it, we think it must have been a dull ‘and dismal affair enough. . . . The transparencies were so small that no boy could make them out without the aid of a spy-glass; and then the lights were 80 few, so dim, and at such solemn distances from each other, that it is sald to have given the procession the appearance of a funeral train, rather than of a hopeful, enthusiastic procession of freemen.” ison B. Tucker, ‘and many others, younger still—these were among the working men of that day, our depen- dence, our trust, and our pride. “Our eye falls upon notices of. public meetings __ called or . addressed~ by Charles W. Rockwell, William C. Gil- man, Doct. Worthington Hooker, Charles Thurber and others whom we could ill afford to lose, and whose in- cord. Wm. Faulkner .was keeping a variety store and selling Spencer's Vegetable Pills and Brandreth's Pills, with the large-lettered heading—"Dis case i5 an unit” S. Dennis had Fancy Goods, and R. W. Mathewson offered to the public Pease’s Hoarhound Can- dy and hair brushes; also a good stock of druge and medicines. L. W. Rogers and C. C. AHen signified their fluence was always on the =side of | readiness to attend to all dental op- good morals and sound politics—liberal | erations, and Mr. Nat. Gilbert wanted souls were they, ang liberal things did | fiftéen hundred bushels of potatoes; they devise. and various paragraphs scattered here o and there through our columns indi- HOW MEMORY SERVES. cate the fact the seat of the ‘trying’ “But memory brings its comedy as Justice was filled by Judge Roath. well as its tragedy. * * * Think of ; ; “In our chu h . Mr. an individual entering our city pre- |, "% OF ;u"f""::-tfii:‘“;,’n:fmhfm: ciacts by the new railroad from Wor- | (B IV SO BEUIEIOR b0 BeORe, NG cester, getting here at § o'clock in. the | ¢ime.honored custom, half of them with evening, and finding both himself and | {jar= pareed SHELoM DAL OF THEm WITH the train he had come in curiosities | ;jjteness not to be tolerated in these enough to draw people by scores just | dayve” Rev. Mr, Bond was the pastor to see them arrive. Think of & Lyce- | ynen’ ag now, of the Church street con- um notice (a Young Men's Lyceum) | grece it no'p 86 £ CRITCE Sorel SOns e DY eour friends, Lewls dwards, | church with its green inner walls and . 4 - £ oster, and—ourselves, | jts scooped out pulpit (a nice place it acting as one of its officers, with J. V. | must have been on 8 hot Serii’ is i P i S "¢ | superseded by the present granite edi- , = SEmnens A fice, so pleasantly arranged and hand- we had not talent enough among our- | goriale finished. The Rev. Seth B, ;‘a'!‘r’:asflmful:rg:fh !l;l‘;"trllxr!ers. ve have a | pagdock was then filling the pulpit now 8. e s0 worthily occupied by his son, Rev. THE WHIGS TRIUMPH. “After the election the Whig Jubiles went off last evening in fine style, with- out any mishaps or accidents of any cngiDuswell Block would be poorly ex- | Benjamin Paddock: and a notice call- | Jne, 0 f4F & WO ave been able to et et Rl S atte a:ld( "L‘gf ing the attention of those interested {0 | ““Phe procession formed in front of Coit's full sized grocery store that | Lhe formation of —another soclety in|ine Courier office punctually at six Chelsea gives the first official infor- mation of the movement which has re- sulted in the prosperous cllurch of the Rev, Mr. Gulliver. The Baptist Cen- tral is an offshoot of the West Side Baptist soclety. Christ church and Trinity—one (but which-we believe has ever been a disputed point). the out- growth of thg other—now stand two to the one of seventeen years ago. The Universalist church has been rebuilt, and the Catholic cathedral confirmed and established. o'clock, and what with music, banners and torchlights in great numbers, the display, as the procession moved to- wards Greeneville, was brilliant and imposing. The cavalcade ‘num d some hundred and fifteen or ti y horsemen.—With banners borne aloft and torches blazing hi=h, the effect produced by this part of the proc sion was beautiful and picturesque in a high degree. friend who took his stand at Preston Bridge to see the procession return from Greeneville remarks that stood on the old Norwich bank corner and was, by dint of much effort, brought to the point of shrinking into its present unique style of architecture, is not to be regretted, . NORWICH CITY IN 1844, The Steamboats — The Dry Goods Merchants—The Churches — Street Improvements, “Our magnificent steamboats offer to “Our streets have been graded and us conveniences for ti 18] ation,and when the head of the procession reach- facilities for tgavel, that” we awould | regraded in many parts of the city and | o4 Toll Bridge, the rear was just de- hardly exchangk even for the ‘Splendid | 0U, Sidewalks (oh! alas! the mud of a | ccending the long hill from the upper half score vears back!) laid, and hand- somely laid; and lamp-pogts with gas lights have saved and do save many beside belated editors from good hard knocks against unyielding trees, pro- truding fences and posts, and are to be well spoken of though they may have depressed the lantern trade or lessened the profits of the whaling business.” part of the village. “Many of the houses in Greenevills were handsomely illuminated, and within the city limits thore was a very general illumination of Whig resi- depces along the line of march taken by the procession. Of the houses in East Chelsea, that of Wm. A. Buck- lng?un showed and shone conspicu- ously. \ 4“Clark’s block, on Franklin square, was finely lighted throughout from top t0 bottom. The I show window of Mr. Huntington's hat store, in this block, exhibited a greater number of lights than any other four windows in the city. Cooley’s printing office on the corner of Main and Shetucket streets was also conspicuously lighted. Pags ing along Main street, the eye was next particularly attracted by the brilliancy of the residences, side by side, of two. of our principal physicians—Drs. Haile ind Barker. Of the dwelling of the former—beside the numerous lights in ecach window, the balcony was taste- fully wreathed with evergreens, while 4 transparency with the words on the front_of It, “All hail! Taylor and Fill- more!" elicited reiterated cheers and laughter 1 n the procession. Fhe pr boarding house of Mrs, Dayison, corner of Maip and Water strgets, made a hrilliant show aid also the residences of Mr. Callahan and L. F. 8. Foster, Est, Proceeding up Washinglon stieet, the number of andsomely [lluminated houses was New Steamer Worcester, Capt. Wm. W. Coit, (than whom no better com- mander ,ever trod the deck) ‘whose magnificent fitting up defies competi- tion.” But those aere of themselves a grand step upward in the steamboat navigation of our river, from the old Norwich, whose engineér rumor says, ‘always laid up for ‘fogs and dark nights, and found plenty of time to read his Bibl The ‘Thorn’ had had infermittent spells of running to New Haven, but was sent away to & south-| ern climate for its betterment, and the Angelina and Express took_its place in the affections of the inhabitants. The little_ Thames, vclept by wicked wags, the ‘Great Eastern,’ was “ranning reg- ular and taking light freight reason- able! adding to its summer notice that extend its trips.us far as Pine that pleasant watering place, teelly kept by ‘Capt. Spicer's Ten years later we read: “By public opinion, female industry has been lim- Litedto the exercise of the needle, and then discouraged by the small returns it has brought from excessive com- petition. But even here there is an opportunity to make the employmeht more profitable. The needle-woman who will lay aside false pride and go out as daily sempstress into families will réadily command from thirty-three to fifty cents a day, even when from twelve and a half to twenty-five cents is the price allowed by the shops for a home.”—Norwich Cou- Island, and gen! folks.” “Of our dry goods merchants of that day, our ood friends By & C 1 transmute. “There are very few girls of fair capacity and nimble fingers who eduld not, at the present riate of compensu- to 1 from four to six dollars pe we ticking type, working only ten hours a day. The length of time requisite for educating the fingers and the rinds sufficiently to enable the cor amount named de 3 the aptness o the learner and the facility with whic the mysieries.ang motions of the ‘blac art’ are acquired.”—Norwich Courier, April 25, 1854, Tweedy & arrows, Wi, A. Buckingham, . Boswell, Bucking- ham & Andrews, Judson & Avery, the Eddys, J. W. Bulkeley, and A. Waitles, with his rearing steeds and spacious wagon, all_appear in our advertising columns! and* probably the best feath- ers in Norwich' were to be found at the store of that modest, hohest man, Dea. Wm. Rogers. In . groceries, Charles, Coit. E. C. Katon, Jr., Hyde & i W. Stannard; ] B tion. . We cannot, however. pass residence of Willl G quite too great to admit of special men~ R 3 vithout pausing ;n:-‘:u’;enonlf Hall, Backus & Norfon (wholesale), Robinson & Thompson, Horatio Willes, &, were among the list our files re- A TEN-HOUR DAY WANTED. In 1844 the mechanics were workins