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Norwalk, Tuesday, Aug. 27,1861.
“IN YOUR HANDS, MY DISSATISFIED COUN-
’I‘kYMEN, AND NOT IN MINE, III THE MOMEN-
TOUs resin: OF CIVIL WAR. THE GOVERN-
MENT WILL NOT ASSAIL YOU; YOU CAN HAVE
NO CONFLICT WITHOUT BEING YOURSELVES
Tm; AGGRESSORS ; YOU HAVE NO OATH REGIS-
TERED IN HEAVEN TO‘ DESTROY THE Gov-
EiiNMENT, WHILE I sHALL HAVE THE MOST
sOLEuN ONE To PRESERVE, PROTECT AND
DEFEND IT.”—Lincoln’s Inaugural.
NOTICE.
WPOSTAGE STAMPS of the old issue,
new being called in by the Post Office De-
partment, will not hereafter be received in
payment of claims due this office.
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Bridgeport Farmer Office Destroyed.
.anonronr, Sunday morning, Aug. 25.
Farmer ofl‘ice completely gutted last night.
Everything destroyed. About 100 soldiers,
arn'ied with guns, commenced about 7.30 a-
continued until 9. When the Mayor stopped
them they had thrown everything out of the
window (including about $4,000 worth of
type,) except one arge press, and that they
broke all in pieces. They then put after the
Jr. Editor,but he had been put in jail so they
could not get at him.
WSuch is the brief telegraphic announce-
ment to us of the first, and we hope and
trust it may be the last, exhibition Of mob
violence for the suppression of treasonable
publications in our good old Commonwealth.
NO real friend of the Union cause can but
regret the act, however much deeper may be
his regrets that any public journalist could
be found in loyal old Connecticut,siding with
the enemies Of the Union, in this fearful
struggle for its existence. We could well
have afforded to await even the “law’s de-
lay,” and have had the traitorous thing sup-
pressed (as we are assured it would have
been in a few days,) by the .mg arm of the
law. We regret, too, more than all, that
those noble and heroic ones who, utterly re-
gardless of all previous party afiiliations,and
taking their lives in their hands instantly
rushed to the protection of the Government
and the old flag under which Washington
and the fathers fought,should have their well
earned laurels tarnished by any act which
all men may not most heartily approve.
Yet there is some mitigation for their of-
fence in the fact that the Former had wan-
tonly and unnecessarily outraged the honor
and character of these very men in their so]-
dierly capacity, and the Farmer was not so
ignorant as to be unaware of the fact that the
soldier’s honor is not athing to be slurred and
maligned with impunity, however badly it
might continue to defy public sentiment and
outrage the feelings of patriotic citizens ev-
erywhere. These men had periled their lives
in a hand to hand contest with rebels on the
sand hills of Virginia. They had seen the
life blood of their comrades gushing out in a
re-baptism of freedom; had seen their maim-
ed and shattered bodies dragged from the
horrible slaughter Of the battle field, and
more than all, had witnessed the more than
sepoy atrocities of the rebel savages as they
thrust their bayonets thrbngh the helpless
dying, and with worse' than hyena ferocity
maimed and mutilated the bodies of dead
and stark corpses lying on the field of Bull
Run. To these sickening scenes of horror,
they had been eye witnesses, and some of
their comradeswho had gone out patriotical-
ly from their homes in Bridgeport, had been
the victims of these terrors, and while the un-
buried bodies of their fellow soldiers lay fes—
tering on that bloody field of carnage and
death, these returned home to read such in-
famies as the following, published right un-
der the shadows of their own hearth stones:
“The rebel soldier , are not fighting for
money. Like our evolutionary fathers,
they are fighting for their just rights.
In the revolution of 1776, the forces Of
King George were the ones who fought for
money. In the revolution of 1861, the forces
of the despot, Lincoln, are the ones who are
fighting for money. Men who fought for
their constitutional rights in 1776 did not
want to be hired to do it. Neither do the
men who are fighting for their Constitution-
al rights in 1861.”
But we do not propose to quote further
from the damning record of its infamy. Let
it pass to its self-invited immolation, e to a
grave that knows no rcsurreetions, a warning
to all traitors, that this rebellion is grown too
gigantic and fearful to be further trifled
with, and that there is a point beyond which
treason may not defy public sentiment.—
The very temple of our liberties is on fire,
and while our heroic sons and brothers and
husbands and fathers are seeking to quench
the flames, let it now once and for all, be an-
nounced from our high places that no man
or set of men may be allowed with impunity
to fan these flames, or with torch in hand fire
anew the sacred tabernacle where are gar-
nered all that a world panting for Liberty
holds dear and sacred. We are not Of the
number who have dictated or criticized the
acts of the government in this hour of its tri-
al, but here and now in the name of the un-
daunted millions of our free and loyal people
we insist that the aiders and abettors of trea-
son he stopped in their career of madness
by the strong arm of the law. Let such
presses as are now left, hitherto sympathi-
zing with treason, change their course or be
suppressed by Government. Let such trai-
tors’ as the infamous Schnable and the more
infamous “Bill Eaton” be put under arrest,
and sent to Tortugas, or the scaffold if neces-
sary, and all other men, wherever they may
be found, now aiding and abetting this rebel-
lion be seized by the ofiicers of the Govern-
ment, and then, and not till then, may we
hope to see law abiding New England towns
and cities free from such sad demonstrations
as these.
The New York papers of this morning
give the following still further details in their
Telegraphic summary:
Excitement in Connecticut— Attempts
To Raise a Secession Flag at. Stepney
—'1'he Flag Destroyed.
* BRIDGEI’OR'I‘, August 24.
A secession flag,under the name of “peace,”
was'hoisted at Stepney, ten miles north Of
Bridgeport, Conn, this afternoon at 2 O’clock
According to previous announcement a meet-
ing was to have been addressed by Schnable
a. broken down politician from Pennsylvania;
also by ex-Postmaster Goodsell, of Bridge-
port, and one Beldcn, a sixth rate lawyer
from Newtown, Conn; but before one of
these'secessionists had time to open his
mouth a procession of carriages appeared,
containing one hundred of the first citizens of
Bridgeport,- and'twenty-five of the returned
volunteers. In less than forty seconds um
secession flag'was trailing in the dust, and in
twenty seconds more it was torn in five hun-
dred pledes. Several pistols find one gun
were taken from the secessionists, who drew
but dare not fire them. .
A Union meeting was then organized, of
which Elias Howe. J r., was appomtcd preSi-
dent, and P. T. Barnum, secretary. Some
lorious‘Union resolutions, denouncmg peace
secession meetings, were passed.
8 1-2 o’clock P. M.
The secession Farmer office has just bren
gutted by the volunteers, in presence of 3,-
000 to 5,000__citizeus. The windows were
smashed, the type all thrown into the streets
and the presses destroyed.
BRIDGEPOR’I‘, August 25.
In cleaning out Of the Farmer and Adver-
t xer Office last night a United States mail bag
was found filled with papers addressed to
leading seeessionists in Alabama, Georgia,
and other Southern States, also some tuo
hundred wooden billies, turned and furnish-
ed with strings tor wrists. These clubs were
made from shovel handles, and were proba-
bly furnished by a secession shovel manufac-
turer in Bridgepoft. Some curious letters
were also discovered exposmg the treason of
politicians in Hartford and elsewhere. One
of the editors of the Farmer has gone to New
Haven threatening to issue his paper from
the Register office to-morrow.
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Letter to a Secessionist in Connecticut.
MY DEAR SIR—When I met you last Fall,
during the progress of the Presidential cam—
paign, I was delighted to find you a strong
Union man, and remember now the empha-
sis with which you enunciated the old Jack-
son doctrine, “the Union, it must and shall
be preserved.” Indeed I recollect that your
disgust at certain men and parties was in-
tense on account of their supposed willing-
ness in certain contingencies ‘tO let the Un-
ion slide.” I felt sure, that although you
and I differed somewhat in our political
views, if at any time a real danger should
threaten the Union, we should stand up to-
gether for its defense. That time has come.
The Presidential election was decided in a
Constitutional and peaceful way. Then,
without waiting for any injury to be inflicted
on them, or even for the new President to be
inaugurated, State after State withdrew from
the Union, some by the jugglcry of self-
styled Conventions, and others through the
terrors of a self-constituted despotism. Then
commenced a series of dcpredations unpar-
alleled in all history. They stole arsenals,
forts, money, arms, ships, mail-bags, every,
species of property belonging to the United
States of America. They gathered armies,
threatened Fort Pickens, fired upon Sumter
from batteries they had been months in con-
structing, and forced the little garrison to
leave the fort, and take down the old flag of
our country, and in its place they hoisted
the ensign of secession and rebellion. Sir,
by that last. act, if no other, war was com-
menced against the Union—the Union that
you had prized so highly, for lightly esteem-
ing which you had so bitterly censured oth-
ers, and the preservation Of which you. had
made the pride of your life, and the text Of
your political faith. It was in danger now,
for parricidal hands had been raised against
it. Your flag had been dishonored. your
country’s honor had been stained, your
democratic idea Of the sovereignty of the
people had been impeached, your Constitu-
tion that you so much loved to quote, and
feared we did not understand, had been
trampled in the dust, your Government, like
a giant in whose system nature is struggling
with a deadly poison, shook almost with the
convulsions of final dissolution, while the
army of rebels marched on to take your
Capitol. Did you, sir, brand these acts
as infamous, or raise your voice in support
of the Union in this hour Of peril? When,
at the call of the President, the great heart
of the North throbbed with a new life, and
an hundred thousand men rushed to arms to
avenge the honor and maintain the existence
of their country, where Were you? When
to that startling call for help, New York
city and the Middle States responded with
an enthusiasm that swept all before it, and
New England with the spirit of ’76, marched
to the rescue, and the North-west, like a gi-
ant refreshed with sleep, awoke and shook
its locks for the contest, and the hoarse mur-
mur Of indignant frecmen was echoed back
from the golden shores of California, what
were you doing? You were silent! “The
Union, it must and shall be preserved,”
words that in days of peace warbled so
sweetly from your lips, were heard no more.
“The Union” you wished to see preserved
was one in which the slave power should
govern, and a recognition of slavery as a di-
vine institution be proof of a man’s thor-
oughly understanding the Constitution. And
so while the storm of patriotic enthusiasm
raged you were still. Words of sympathy
for secession and Jeff. Davis you did not
dare to utter. Words of love for the Union
and of determination to maintain it, you did
not wish to utter. And so you crept around
among your fellow-citizens, sad, not so much
because your country had been assailed, as
because the traitors were likely to receive
their just punishment, and your miserable
party spleen had failed of being gratified.—
You never read the Tribune. It was too fa-
natical4 What it said was “all a lie”—a con-
cise method you had of answering an argu-
ment. You did sometimes look at the
Times. But the Herald was your choice.—
You really loved it. But by and by you dis-
covered that the Herald was strong for the
Union—that it did not advocate peace when
there was no peace—and after that you did
not like it as well. You turned away from
it as from a friend who had proved false. It
made you feel uncomfortable every time you
read it, because it made you ‘conscious that
you were a traitor to your country and your
country’s cause. You knew you were, be-
cause when our troops were defeated, you
And you wanted a newspaper whose editor
could sympathize in that feeling, and could
chuckle with delight when his country’s
banner was trailing in the dust. You had al-
ways read the Bridgeport Farmer. Now you
subscribed for it. You found in it just what
you wanted. When you read in it that this
war was on our part “on unholy and wicked
war,” “an unconstitutional war of Abraham
Lincoln,” “a war of invasion,” a war for the
abolition of slavery," you fairly gloated over
it. When the patriotic editor called upon
the people to rise and hurl Lincoln from the
Presidential chair, thus inaugurating iii the
North, the disorder and treason of the South,
your patriotic soul was soothed. Here was
something worthy of consideration. When
he announced that the Governor had called
for four regiments of volunteers, and added
with a fiendish sneer, that “it is one thing to
call and another to get them,” your delight
knew no bounds. I have always admired
the unerring instinct of those vile birds that
feed upon carrion, scenting their prey as they
do from afar. And upon the same principle
and for precisely the same reason I admire
your instinct in taking the Bridgeport Far-
mer as your means of information and polit-
ical guide. Truth compels me to say, how-
ever, that I cannot speak highly of the taste
displayed in either of the above cases.
And now, sir, what are you doing? Or-
ganizing Peace meetings and raising Peace
flags—weakening your own government and
strengthening rebellion. You know, sir,none
better than you, that every word for peace
now is a word of comfort to the rebels and a
blow at the Union. If peace were estab-
lished to day, the rebels would regard them-
Selves'as triumphant, and their independence
must be acknowledged. Do you desire it?
If so go on with your peace meetings. But
how about “the Union it must and shall be
preserved?” Were you a base hypocrite
last Fall? Or have you just discovered that
your Southern masters meant disunion all
the time, and so are zealous to aid them in
breakingnp the Union? If", however, you
felt a satisfaction you could hardly conceal.’
really desire to see your country savcd,l
cbmmendfo you the words of that life-long»,
Democrat and conservative Hon. Daniel S.
Dickinson. In a speech in Pennsylvania
last week, he said “when you attempt to di-
vide North and South you must do it East
and West. Then all will go to pieces and
our country will be a Mexico—worse than ;
Mexico because we have ten times more ma-
terial for mischief and destruction. A mili-
tary despotism will be inaugurated whenever
you permit this rebellion to triumph. But some
cry, we are favor of peace. Yes, we are all
for peace now. I was for negotiating a
peace until a fortification was fired upon by
Rebel artillery, and then I bade adieu to all
expectations of peace until conquered over
rebellion. I say there is no peace until you
can put down rebellion by force of arms."
But I forbear to quote further. Read the
speech. Read Joseph Holt’s speech. Listen
to the voice of the Union men of the South
calling on the Government, not for peace,but
for protection. If you have no pride in the
past glory of your country, have some re-
gard for its future. and cease once and forev-
er from the thankless task of giving comfort
to the enemy, and 0t crying “peace” when
there is no peace. '
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DARIEN.—Tlie Fair holdeu at Fitch’s
Hall, under the auspices of the Ladies of St.
Luke’s Church, on Wednesday evening last,
was evidently a very successful and remu-
nerative one, the Hall being densely crowd-
ed the entire evening, by a large and appre-
ciative assemblage of citizens.
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WESTPOIIT.—We understand that the
Ladies of the parish of the Holy Trinity,
Westport, have had a most successful Fair.
They have realized from their industry over
$900. The articles, useful and ornamental
which were exhibited for sale, were prepared
with great taste swore beautifully arranged.
The proceeds are to be applied to the furnish-
ing of the new Churgh edifice which is
now approaching towards completion.
During the three evenings the Fair was
open the Westport Band were in attendance
and contributed to the enjoyment of the vis-
itors by playing, with much acceptance,
many popular and patriotic airs. Count
D’Artois presided at the Ice Cream table,
and a well replenished board of meats and
fruits,—graced with boquets of flowers,—
gave substantial satisfaction.
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Bodies Found.
On Wednesday morning last as Messrs.
Joseph Crossuion and Joseph Skidmore
were fishing ofl" Great Reef, at the western
entrance of our harbor, the dead body of a
sea-fairing man drilled along to their boat,they
immediately conveyed it to Roton Point,
and notified the Coroner who summoned a
jury, from the Foreman of which, C. R. Ben»
iiett, Esq, we have the following description
of the dress and of the wounds on the body 2
He was about 5 feet 6 inches in stature;
supposed to have been in water from 10 to 14
days. Had on Mariners striped undershirt ;
shirt of blue denim, Russia guernsey jacket,
brown woolen pants, oil-cloth overhauls; a
harness leather strap around him,heavy boots.
The wounds were a cut over the left eye, sup-
posed to have been made with a dirk, 5 cuts
in and about the right shoulder, 4 in right
side, deep ones; several about right knee,
one through boot leg. Features not recog-
nizable, as face had turned black. The body
in good state of preservation.
His pockets had apparently been rifled—-
one turned inside out, nothing whatever in
them.
There has evidently been foul'work on
the Sound somewhere, but at present the
affair is shrouded in mystery. The body
was interred by the Town authorities. The
Jury decided that his death was caused by
the wounds on his right side, but by whom
or when was not known. It was foolishly
reported and published in the N. Y. papers
that it was the body of Capt. Leete, of the
Spray, but that was clearly impossible, as
the Spray tragedy took place a yca‘r ago last
March, and the body had been in the water
but about 10 days, also there were but two
persons besides Jackalow on board, and here
at Norwalk and Westport 3 bodies had been
found.
On Thursday, intelligence came that two
more bodies had been washed ashore at
Greens Farms, Westport, that morning,—
One a man apparently about 40 years of age,
the other a young man some 19 or 20 years
of age. The oldest had a large wound upon
the left shoulder. The left car was also gone-
The younger of the two bad on a check
shirt, dark vest, two coats, the under one a
thin black, and the outer one a dark woolen
coat, light pants and good boots. He had a
large wound on the left thigh, and another
in his abdomen, from which his bowels pro-
truded. These bodies also had the appear-
ance of having been in the ‘water about the
same length of time as the one picked up at
Great Reef.
Still another was picked up farther cast, a
notice of which we copy from the New Haven
Courier:
A body of a inau about 25 years of age,
apparently a sailor, was washed ashore near
the mouth onystcr river (Orange) yester-
day morning. A jury of inquest was suin-
moned, but failing to discover any marks or
papers about the body which would lead to
its identification or cause of death, they ren-
dered a verdict that “deceased came to his
death in a manner to the jurors unknown.”
Our informant (oflicer Berkelc, of Orange,)
states that the body had apparently been in
The water about ten or twelve days. In a
pocket was a wallet containing one dollar
and fifty-six cents, two buttons, and two gold
shirt studs. He had dark brown hair, wore
whiskers, had on boots, blue cotton socks,
brown sattinct pants, red flannel drawers,
red flannel drawers, white ribbed cotton and
wool undershirt, blue cotton frock, and a
yellow oil cloth jacket. He was five feet
eight inches in height. It is possible that
these details may lead to his identification.—
Tlie body was buried by the town authori-
ties—N. H. Journal.
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RECRUITING OEEICE.——-We understand
that Capt. D. Fowler has opened a Recruit-
ing Office at South Norwalk. Now, volun-
teers is the chance for you to enlist under a
gallant and favorite officer, who passed
through the terrible ordeal of Bull Run, and
acquitted himself gloriously.
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The New State Militia,
The Hartford Press of Friday says that
orders have been issued by the new law, to
organize the state militia. The state forms
one divlsion district, which is subdivided into
two brigades of four regiments each. The
following companies have been organized
and tO-day accept as a part of the state militia:
Artillery Co. A, 6th regiment, East Had
dam. Captain, Joseph E. Sclden; lst Licut.,
Allen M. Warner; 2d Lieut., Win. A. Royce.
Infantry Co. A, 4th regiment, Torrington.
Captain, Wm. T. Spencer; 1st Licut., Willard
H. Barber; 2d Licut., Ddivai'd, C. Hotchkiss.
Infantr Co. A, 8th regiment, Greenwich”:
Captain, aniel M. Mead; lst. Lieut., David
E. BeDSOn ; 2d Lieut., Wm. B. Marshall.
We understand that the Union Greys, of
this place, Capt Samuel Bcatty have voted
to come under the new law and do duty as a
part if the State Militia we trust the company
roll will soon be full,
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WANTS TO KN,9W.——A correspondents
wants to know what the use of having street
.lamps, if they cannot be used .9}; ,dafk and
stormy evenings, like last Thursdayevening
. the “peace” flag was flying from the pole,
l cannon, one at each Bridgeport road, and ;
,. which several companies have already been
'1
We learn from a gentleman who passed g
through Stepney yesterday forenoon, that l
and the “peace” men had placed two large
expressed the determination to fire on all 1
who came to take the flag down.
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Grand Concerts.
The Concerts announced to be given this
week, in Norwalk and South Norwalk, will
in all probability, be the best ever given in
this vicinity. Mr. Curtis has succeeded in
drawing together some of the best musical
talent of both villages, as will be seen by the
programmc,to which we refer for particulars.
Messrs. Curtis and Merriam are hard at work
prefecting the arrangements, and it will be
stranger if under their management, the Con
cents do not prove highly interesting and
successful.
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The New Fairfleld Treason.
At a " Peace” flag raismg in New Fairlicld,
on Saturday last, quite a fight occurred, in
which several persons were somewhat inju-
red, and two so much so that it was thought
they would not recover. They are now,
however, out of danger. Some of the return-
ed volunteers who escaped without injury
at Bull Run, were somewhat bruised in this
engagement. Our informant, who left the
place at 6 o’clock, Saturday evening, reports
the flag flying, and about thirty men, with
guns standing by the pole. The last report
from there, states that the pole was cut down
yesterday (Sunday) forenoon by the ones eu-
gaged in raising it, as it was feared that it
would lead to more serious consequences if
left standing, as threats had been made
against it, and preparations were making on
a large scale to take it down. The peace flag
which has been flying at the upper end of
Main-st.,Danbury,has been taken down,& the
Stars and Stripes substituted in its place—a
very sudden conversion on the part Of the
one who was instrumental in getting it up,
and the wisest thing connected with the
matter.
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WTbc Ridgeficld “Peace” meeting has
been postponed for two weeks, when Eaton
is expected to be present.
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it?“ We learned while at Bridgeport this
Monday morning, 'tliat the Mayor had some
time since warned the proprietors of the Far-
mer that unless the course of the paper was
changed he could not guarantee its safety.—
It certainly had “warnings” enough in the
almost total withdrawal of its patronage by
its oldest friends and longest supporters, and
the repeated importunities of life long demo-
crats. The property destroyed amounts to
about $15,000, and after the official notifica-
tion given by the Mayor, falls entirely upon
its owners, without recourse to indemnity, as
we learn. We were informed-also that al-
though one of its proprietors has been in
possession of a very lucrative position un-
dgr Government for the last nine years, such
has been its management during the illness
of its senior proprietor that it not only eaten
up its own income, but swamped all that ac-
crued from Government. From this condi—
is not a very paying institution, though i
may exist in Connecticut for a season.
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SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-—A carpenter named
Ed. Smith, in the employ of Elbert Raymond,
fell from the top of a new building, near the
Union Park, one day last week, striking on
his side, and nearly killing him. He is now
improving, and it is thought will recover.
Ma».
For the Gazette.
“Under which King, Estonian '? Speak '
or ‘die l"
The question is not under which party,‘_
Republican or Democrat, (sec Dickinson's
patriotic speech, and Wilson’s noble letter to
Burnside. Note also the lofty patriotism’of
Johnson and Holt, Dix and Butler,) but/”the
inquiry may well be addressed to many now
to be found at the North, who defend and-
praise all that Treason and Rebellion says
and does, but condemn and deride all the
Government attempts in self-defence. “Un—
der which President? Where do you hold
your allegiance ?” Are you loyal to the Un-
ion ? With reverence let us remind such,
“ Ye cannot serve God and mammon f” If you
are for the South and Secession, then are
you against the Union. Let every man go
to his own place.
BANISHMENT on UNION MEN—We can-
not afford to tolerate enemies in our midst,
because, forsooth, they may have the discre-
tion to keep silent and to bear no arms in
their hands. The man of Massachusetts or
the man of Kentucky. living and perhaps
thriving in our midst, has no business at this
time to be among us if he allows a. reasona-
ble suspicion to exist that he is not also cor-
dially with us.
We comineud every word of the above ex-
tract from the New Orleans Delta to certain
sympathizers with treason “in our midst,”
“ enemies” to our government, under which
they are “living and thriving." They allow
more than “a reasonable suspicion that they
are not cordially with us.” “He that is not
with us is against us.” How long can we
“ afford to tolerate" them? Have they any
“business at this time to be among us ‘2"—
Witli what judgment secession judges, se-
cossionists cannot complain if they are
judged.
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Connecticut Volunteers.
The call of our Governor for 4 more Regi-
ments of Volunteers has been nobly respou~
ded to, already companies enough for two
of the four have been tendered, and many
more are organizing all over the State.—
Many of the Captains of the returned 3
months men are raising new companies, and
it is likely that ere two weeks more roll.
away the 4 Regiments will be full. One of
the four is to be an Irish Regiment, for
tendered.
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W J. A. Van Zandt, Ere-Sheriff of this
County, and long a prominent politician of
the democratic school, died very suddenly in
great agony at his residence here on Sunday
last. He was taken with severe cramps of
the bowels, as we learn, while at his store
the day previous.
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Envelopes of the “New Style."
The Post Master at South Norwalk re-
quests us to say that he has now on hand a
supply Of Envelopes of the new style which
he will exchange for an equivalent amount
of the 019 issue during a period of six days
from date, (Aug. 27,) and that the latter will
not thereafter be received in payment of
postage sent from his office.
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m“ Look to your Postage Stamps. After
this week they will be worthless at our Post
Office for postage or exchange. So says our
P, 11,, by order from the General Depart-
ment. '
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'WThrce young men from Danbua'y tool;
the horse and wagon of a Mr. Wanjer, at the
flag raising in New Fairfieid, on Saturday
last, and drove to Daiibury. Mr. W. follow-
ed them, but before he could overtake them,
they had put the horse in a livery stable and
themselves into the state cf New York, out
'tion of affairs it is very evident that treasonA
Err the Gazette.
PEACE.
When we are in the midst of war with all
of its unavoidable miseries, when news of
disaster fill our papers, and long columns of
killed and wounded bring sorrow and an-
guish to so many hearth-stones, when price
of‘ produce is falling, demand for labor ceas-
ing, taxes rising and prospects of the future
dark and foreboding, the cry of peace to
many is peculiarly soothing. They call to
mind their prosperity in the time of peace,
and contrast it with the straits in which they
are laboring now, in the time of war. Peace
say they will bring us back our wonted pros-
perity. Peaca will lift the dark cloud which
now hangs over the future, and peace will
remove the sOrrow and anxiety which now
rests so sadly upon our hearts. In their ca-
gerness the wish becomes father of the
thought. Peace is desirable say they, there-
forclel. us have peace; but at the same time
giving little thought to the causes which
forced peace from our doors, or the price
which must be paid to bring it back.
Designing politicians know full well the
influence which this cry of peace may have
upon mechanics without labor, merchants
without business, and farmers without a mar-
ket—they know that these men are tried,
sorely tried, but what do they do? Every-
thing that they can to excite and exasperate
them, raking up all the mouldering fires of
party prejudice and party spite, and fanning
them into a flame to excite greater discord
between those who are trying to uphold the
Government. I have no patience to .speak
of men who would sell their Governmeutfor
party gain, or sacrifice it for party spite, I
merely allude to them as those wno are now
crying peace to weaken the bands of the
Government. It does but little good to com-
plain of them, they have been complained of
before, but they are a class that never con-
fess or repent, and they shall therefore be to
me as the “heathen.” But to the men to
whom they talk I do wish to speak, not in
anger or impatiently, but calmly, as man to
man and brother to brother. I wish to say
to them that this cry of peace seems to the
vague and inadequate—in one sense there is
not a man at the North but what cries for
peace daily. That is, a peace that will leave
the Constitution inviolate,& the Government
on a firm basis. But how are we to attain
such a peace? What shall we pay for it?
Can it be attained without war? These are
questions that every man must meet before
they can cry peace with any sense, but the
very ones so far, as I have observed, which
they are most inclined to shuffle over, or re-
ply to by some general remark,as “give them
their rights”; but where has the South been
deprived of any constitutional right upto
the time that she took upon herself the un-
constitutional act of going out of the Union,
“because she wanted to”; I have yet to
learn. Those men who cried peace, peace,
in the days of the Revolution, deplored war,
dwelt upon its horrors, its expense, and the
slight hope of success, as their brethren do
now. They urged that the tax was small,
that it would‘be best to yield, to submit, as
their brethren do now. That was a dark
hour, but three millions of men opposed to
one of the most powerful nations on the
globe. The tax was small and many hon-
estly believed it to be just. America, said
James Otis, is rich, then why not consult
personal ease and comfort, and pay it? Why
brave aseven years’ war, suffering almost
every hardship, and shedding their blood
like water ? Because, thank God, there
were men there who loved right better than
they loved . money or life. I do not know
what we might have said if we had lived
then, birthpwhere is the man now whose
heart doeslimt thrill with joy as he blesses
the memoryiof thosevmen,'who, rising above
fear, rose have self and sternly declared in
that hour list there was no peace. They
fought toizfimnd this Government, we are
fighting to-'save it. Grant the right of seces-
sion and Our Government has no more sta-
bility than a snow-flake; allow the General
Government to protect slavery wherever it
is pleased to go, and you just as surely poi-
son the spirit of a republican form of gov-
ernment,vas the bite of the rattle-snake poi-
sons the human system. Past experience
teaches us this. The South is now talking
of and wishing for a monarchial form of
government. Let us remember that excel-
lence'can only be obtained by labor and sac-
rifice. England boasts of her government,
but her people have had to wade through
blood to their present privileges. Our gov-
ernment was transmitted to us through the
blood of our fathers; it is a glorious heri-
tage, memories of the Revolution linger
about, the sufferings of Valley Forge liallow
it. We boasted of it in time of peace. We
told foreign nations of our prosperity, of the
freedom of our institutions, but now when
it is in danger, when enemies menace it,shall
we desert it? if we do, what are we? Men,
true men, you who call no man master, who
earn your bread by the sweat of your brow,
and are proud to do it, let there be no more
sympathy with the principles of those who
consider idleness respectable, and labor a dis-
grace. Let us meet them, not in madness or
anger, but like men, unflinchingly, knowing
our cause to be one, not of hatred, of retalia-
tion, of conquest, but of principle. And if
it comes to the worst, if it is to be that the
gloomy cloud which now hangs over our
country can only be dissipated by the sacri-
fice of our lives, let them be given, cheerful-
ly given, remembering that it is far worthier,
far noblei to die in defence of our Govern-
ment than to live upon its ruins. R. H. S.
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THE OLD RENE—Tile old favorite Knick-
erbocker Magazine, for September, has been
received. Can be bad at I. W. Byington’s
News Agency.
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THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT, which
was announced for Thursday evening, was
seriously interfered with by the stormy
weather. The Concert was given, however,
to an audience Of about one hundred, It is
to be repeated this (Monday) evening, when
We trust the children will be encouraged by
a full house,
The Concert at South Norwalk was quite
successful.
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it?" The Fairfield Co. Musical Conven-
tion will meet in Stamford, Tuesday, Sept.
10th. Prof. Wm. B. Bradbury has consent-
ed to conduct the Convention.
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W Gen. FnEMONT’s agents for furnishing
supplies for the Western Division, have
shown their good sense, among other things,
in ordering a large quantity of Norwalk
Felts for Overcoats and Blankets, for the
winter outfits of his Soldiers. Although our
felts are not after the “red tape” regime, after
they bare had the tests of one fair trial, they
will never be dipensed with by .the Govern-
ment, either for its Army or Navy service.
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mg‘ Mrs. Emily Ellsworth wife of Judge
Wm. W. Ellsworth, died at her residence on
Washington street, on Friday evening. She
was the gldest daughter of the late Noah
Webster, LL. B.
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W There is a rumor in circulation to the
effect that Ulysses Ely, a somewhat noted in
dividual hereabouts, fell and broke his neck
(of Mr. Wanjen’s jurisdiction.
at Samford, on Sunday last.
DIED, of Fever contracted while in the
active service of our country, on Frida ; the
23d inst, at the residence of his wi owed
mother in New Canaan, Charles Honeywell,
aged 19 years, 10 months and 3 days.
WThus, amid the quiet Of home and
the kind offices of love, has occurred the
first death among the noble volunteers from
our little town. When the President called
he responded with a loyal heart and an iron
will. In the face of Opposition, he enlisted
at once saying to all who opposed him “some
one must go and why not I.” He was a pri-
vote in Company F, 3d Regiment, C. V. Af-
ter having crossed the Potomac, he was en-
gaged in a skirmish resulting in the capture
of four horses and two men from the rebels.
Shortly after he was attacked with inflam-
matory rlieumatism,wliicli reduced the stout
robust looking soldier to a breathing skele-
ton. He had long been in hospital, and was
still under the Surgeon's care when the coni-
mand came to the grand army, “Forwart.”
Though comrades and surgeon rcmonstra-
ted, still with a true soldier’s grit he marched
in the ranks, crossed Bull Run and fought
nobly in that ever memorable battle, where
privates were made “of firmer stuff ” than
their officers. He‘marched with his compa-
ny in order from the battle-field, in that 3d
Regiment which covered the retreat. Though
sick he remained with the Regiment, and
with them was mustered out of service in
Hartford, whence he returned home on
Wednesday, 14th inst. He was carried into
the house ,litcrally spent in his country’s ser-
vice. He lingered nine days, delirious much
of the time, and was borne by other bands
to the resting place of the dead. All that
relatives, comrades, his brethren of the or-
der of Sons of Temperance, patriotic friends
and medical skill could do, was done, but he
sank, worn out by protracted disease.
He was buried from the Methodist Church
on Sunday at 1 o’clock, P. M. The largest
concourse ever gathered on a funeral occa-
sion in this town, listened to a truly patriot-
ic and timely sermon from Rev. Mr. Ford.
The largest funeral procession that ever
moved through our streets escorted his last
remains from the residence of the bereaved
mother to the Church,& thence to the Ceme-
tery.
Capt. Stevens and Lieut. Hoyt with about
fifty of the gallant Company F, were pres-
ent and followed the Band, whose dirge ad-
ded much to the solemnity of the occasion.
Then came the coffin, shrouded in the Na-
tional colors draped in black, and borne by
six of those comrades, who had stood beside
him in battle. Next followed the S. of T.,
of which order he was aconsistent and loved
member. Then came the bereaved family,
and after them a multitude who feel that a
young man of promise and a. most worthy
soldier has gone from earth. A widowed
mother and only sister have lost in him a
faithful son and an affectionate brother. But
the life he still lives in the fond recollection
of his townsmen, will prove to them that “it
is good” for the survivors “for one to die for
his country,” and the respect paid to his
memory will show what a monument patri-
otic devotion rears for those who sacrifice
themselves for the Nation’s welfare. *
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The Unanimity of the South.
A nice little quarrel has for some time been
progressing between J eff. Davis and Gov.
views as to state and confederate military
jurisdiction. The governor evidently does
not like the assumed dictatonbip of Davis,
and would prefer to have the people have a
voice in the government, and he does not
hesitate to say so. In consequence of the
quarrel, the governor, on the 2d inst, dis-
banded a brigade of Georgia volunteers under
Gen. Phillips, at Atlanta, and took advantage
of the occasion to pay the chief conspirators
the following doubtful compliment: ,
"He regretted to see so many indication
of a disposition on the part of many persons
under the new government, to ignore the
great doctrine of state rights, and to treat the
states which are the very authors of its exis-
tence, and which have infused breath into its
nostrils, as its more movinces or d ncs'es.
During the war he was willing to yield
without a violation otjan important principle
but he feared at the end of the contest, that the
great battle of state sovereigny, which was fought
at the-revolution of 177 6 had to be fought over
again.
“We have now as then two classes of
statesmen, each sustained by mhny followers.
The one class desirous of a strono central goo-
ernmenl, probably preferring, if they did not
fear to risk an aeowal of their sentiments, a
LIMITED MONARCHY, SIMILAR T0 THAT on
GREAT BRITAIN, or other form of govern-
ment, which will accommplish the same ob-
ject under a difl'eient name.
“He warned the people of Georgia and of
the South to watch, with a jealous eye, and
to oppose, with determined hostility, every
effort, whether by construction or by bold
usurpation of powers, which may be made
by those in authority, or by those seeking po-
sition, to consolidate the power of the people
into the hands of the few, or to destroy state
sovereignty and build upon its ruins either a
MONARCIIY on A CONSOLIDATED Ams'roc
nAcv.”
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WSixtyfour leading Democrats, in Val-
landigliams’s district, Montgomery County,
Ohio, have issued a circularagainst the “dos-
potic and traitorous course of the Vallandig-
ham clique.” They repudiate the traitorous
course of these representatives fully, and
pledge themselves to unite with all loyal cit-
izens in defense of the nation and for the
support of men, irrespective of party, in the
county of Montgomery,” who are loyal to
the Government by a vigorous prosecution
of this war, and who, in no contingency, are
in favor of secession.”
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W Dr. Lathrop of New York will occu-
py the pulpit of the South Norwalk Baptist
Church next Sabbath, by way of exchange
with the pastor.
.4.-.-.
WHenry Guthrie, of Silver Mine, in this
town, has received the recent Government
contract for 200,000 set of tent-pins. We re-
joice in our friend’s good fortune, and can
vouch that in this contract, Uncle Sam won’t
get swiiidled.
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Three Thousand Dollars for Soldiers.
The American Tract Society, Nassau
Street, New York, always prompt to meet
the wants of the Army and Navy, has, since
the war commenced in April, furnished the
federal troops three thousand dollars worth
of its publications. Beside a grant of some
two million pages of tracts and books, they
have furnished 500 sets of the “Soldiers‘
Camp Library,” comprising 12,500 volumes
18 mo., neatly bound, like Havelock,Viears,
Hammond, die, and 200 sets of the Pocket
Library, comprising 5,000 volumes like the
“Soldiers‘ Text Book,” “Soldiers’ Hymns,”
“Soldiers and Jesus,” “True Story of Luck-
now,” “Col. Gardiner,” &c.
These books are highly prized by the offi—
cers and soldiers, and daily applications are
made by Chaplains, Army Committees, and
others, for increased supplies, to be sent to
the various encampments, for the new-coni-
panics and regiments now forming, and for
the hospitals and encampments in and around
Washington.
The Society is in great need of contribu-
tions from the benevolent, to meet the urgent
claims. ‘*
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RECIMENTS HERE—The for‘pmtion of the
6th "hufffij‘i' figp‘jiiientg‘f}. _.,“ls gomgpn
rapidly. The filh, Col. Cligtlield, is getting
its eiiiiip into order, and we understand tha'
Col. Terry has received orders to go into
camp for his regiment, iiiiuic..iatel . _
’ Palladium.
Brown of Georgia, growing out of differing ,
PICNIC AND SKIRMISII Damn—The “Voi-
unteer Picnic" came off in a grove at Bridge-
port, Thursday. The weather was cloudy,
but the rain did not fall there till after the
exercises were over. The companies of
Capt. Fitz_,ibbons, Holzer and Frye, with
“citizens and strangers,” marched in proces-
sion to the grove, headed by the Wheeler 85
Wilson Band. Then the president of the
day—Mr. Joseph P. Thompson—made a
warm address of Welcome to the returned
volunteers.
When Mr. Thompson had concluded, Brig-
adier-Gen. Tyler,who was present,was loudly
called for, and, in response to the enthusias-
tic greeting which his appearance elicited,
madea brief address. -
He Welcomed his late companions in arms
with much feeling. As he had been called
upon he would, in behalf of these gallant
soldiers who had returned from the war,
thank the patriotic citizens of Bridgeport for
the kind and considerate manner in which
they had provided for their wants while
away on the field of duty. Few knew how
much these men had been cheered and sus-
tained by the many acts of kindness of' their
kinsnien and. townsmen. The letters and
messages from home, too, how much they
had done to strengthen their hearts, and in-
cite them to acquire and maintain good (lis-
cipline. Ne one knew better than the vol-
unteer soldiers the blessed influences which
flow from the letters of the loved ones at
home and ministrations of good friends and
neighbors—how they smoothed the rugged-
est campaign, deprived the camp of half its
dangers, and filled their hearts with brave
emotions in the hour of battle. Nor were
the confidence and esteem of their fellow-
citizens ill-bestowed. He could candidly say
that from the time these men were under his
command, till the end of their service. he had
every reason to commend them—they beha-
ved like brave men and true soldiers. In
no instance, whether in the camp or under
fire, could he do aught but bear cheerful
Witness to their good behavior. During the
most severe trial to which they were expo-
sed, in the unfortunate affair at Bull Run, he
never had occasion to be dissatisfied with
their performance of the grave duties assign-
ed to them. While other failed for the want
of that discipline which these men had pa-
tiently acquired, and were unable to carry
through their part of the expedition in a
manner satisfactory to those in command,
the Connecticut Volunteers behaved in a
manner which did credit to themselves, to
good old Connecticut, and to the service.
But while they were away putting down
treason in Virginia, he was sorry to find that
they had not been adequately backed up at
home: There were those among the citizens
of Bridgeport who preached “Peace, peace,”
but they meant nothing but sub-
mission to the traitors. It was poor encour-
agement to the soldiers to go ahead to fight
traitors, if the citizens at home did not put
down the treason at their own doors. He
did not know that they could afford to go to
Virginia again,leaving these enemiesin their
rear. He deprecated mob violence, though
he thought the provocation was very strong,
but he hoped to see home treason put down
by the strong band of the law. These pro-
fessed “peace men" were lurking Secession-
ists. They meant unconditional submission
to the traitors. Every true-hearted man,
who loved his country, would treat coward-
ly submissionists with less consideration than
he would the braver but no more dangerous
traitors who are taken with arms in their
hands. After a few more words of friendly
counsel to the soldiers and citizens, the Gen-
eral concluded, amid great applause.
A very feeling and eloquent address was
also made by Rev. Dr. Hewitt, (who was in
as patriots, good citizens andpcliristians. He
also read an interesting peeing;
Then the tables were visited, teinptingly
loaded with every variety of luxuries. The
attack was vigorous and well sustained, and
the tables were carried at the point of the
knife and fork.
After that, an exhibition of the skirmish
drill, as practiced in the army, given by the
returned soldiers, with a few new recruits.—
The soldiers, numbering about 300, were di-
vided into four companies, commanded by
Capt. Fitzgibbons, Capt. Frye, and two lieu-
tenants. The whole were under command
of Lieut. Col. Speidel, assisted by Adjutant
~ Bacon. Capt. J. P. King of the Hartford
Cornet Band, was the bugler, giving the sig-
nals as invented and used by him with the
First Regiment in Virginia. All the varied
maneuvers, deploying, rallying by fours, pla—
toons and companies, firing on the advance
and the retreat, loading and firing lying
down, etc, were performed with the spirit of
an actual battle, without its danger. The
exhibition lasted about an hour and a half,
and was witnessed with great delight by
many thousand spectators.
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TIIE ATLANTIC MONTHLY for September is
an excellent number. It Opens with the
“Shakespeare Mystery,” by Richard Grant
White ; “Sacharisa Melassys,” by the lament-
ed Major Winthrop, is a humorous, lively
and interesting story; the publishers have a
series of stories from the same source, which
will appear in future numbers. “My Odd
Adventures with Junius Brutus Booth,” is
by J. F. Clarke; “My Out DOOI Study,” by
T. W. Higginson ;” “The Aquarium,” by D.
W. Cheever; “The Young Repeater,” said
to be by Harriet Martineau; “Bread and the
Newspapers,” by O. W. Holmes; “The
Journal of a Privateersman ;” “The Advan-
tage of Defeat ;” “Agnes of Sorrento; “Eliz-
abeth Barrett Browning; “The Bath,” by
Bayard Taylor; "Ode to Happiness,” by J.
R. Lowell; are among the contents. For
sale at the News Agency of I. W. Byington,
No. 1 Gazette Building,
«.>r0——'-‘.—
HARPEn’s MAGAZINE for September con-
tains articles on “Stratford-on-Avon," (illus-
irated,) by James G. Wilson of the Chicago
Journal; “Winfield Scott in the War of
1812,” (illustrated) by Benson J. Lossing; a
poem, “The Three Tells," translated and il-
lustrated; a story by' Miss Harriet E. Pres-
cott, with the forbidding title of “Vallandig-
ham" “Winnipiseoges. a lively sketch by
Fred. B. Perkins, of Hartfdrd; a poem,
"The Havelock,” by Fitz James O’Brien ;
“The Yankee Captain,” a story from All The
Year Round; “Pets,” by Miss Taylor;
“Richard Person,” by Dr. Anthon; with the
continued stories and well -filled “Drawer”
and “Table" as usual. For sale at the News
Agency of I. W. Byington.
s‘.'>oo—-———
[3‘ Mr. Levi L. Paine, late tutor in Yale
College, has accepted a call to become col-
league pastor of the Congregational church
in Farmington, with Dr. Noah Porter, who
has been the pastor of that church more than
half a century.
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GOD for the 99th.
The New York 69th Regiment has voted
to organize from its numbers another Regi-
ment for the War, to he commanded by
Lieut.-Col. Nugent.
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The Great Democratic Leaders.
J. M. Scofield. of Hartford, has publish-
ed, for general circulation among the
Democrats of Connecticut, the recent
speeches of Daniel S; Dielfiysop and other
leading Democrats upon the Wair. The
pamphlet is cheap, and should. be spread
broadcast among those whose minds are
poisoned by the contemptible teachings of
some of our Democratic papers.
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The Pirate Sumter Not Taken.
The Dutch schooner Pharaoh, Capt.
Groos, from Cufacoa, 6th inst, arrived at
New York on Wednesday. Captain Groos
says the report of the capture of the prlva
teer Sumter, at Curacga, is uptgne, as nothing
had been heard pf int sin‘cé' Elie left ib'at‘piift,
on the 24ih_.' There was'a' rumor 't:._ii.: the
Governor had been recalled for 'all'pwpig her
to enter that port. ‘
the war of 1812,) upon the duties of soldiers ,
SKIRMISHES IN MISSOURI.
The Rebels Routed in every I: gagement
On Monday night, about 12 o’clock, a bat-
tle took place at Charleston, Mo., (about 6
miles west of the Mississippi river, and near-
ly opposite Cairo, Ill.) between the federal
force, 250 strong, consisting of the 22d Illin-
ois regiment, under Col. Dougherty, accom-
anied by Lieut.-Col. Rawson of the 11th
Ilinois. The rebel forces Were estimated at
500 to 700, commanded by Col. Hunter of
J eff. Thom pson’s army. The tederalists were
victorious, routing the enemy, killing 40 and
taking 17 prisoners. Our loss was one man
killed, viz: Wm. P. Sharp of company A—
Among our wounded were Col. Doughefiy
slightly; Lieut.-Col. Rawson, shot in thé
shoulder; Capt. Perry, slightly wounded in
the arm. All the wounded are doing Well'
Capt. Noleman, with 50 mounted menqén
Bird's Point at 6 o’clock Monday eveiiin
for Charleston, to join our forces under 05'
Dougherty, but failed to form a junction —.
They met a party of rebels numbering'about
' 100, and gave them battle; killed 2, took 35
horses, without the loss of' a. man.
The town of Commerce, Missouri, 40 miles
above Cairo, which had been taken and a
battery planted there by secessionists was
retaken Monday night by 500 troops, sent
down from Cape Girardean by order of Gen. -
Fremont. The rebels made no stand but-
retreated with their own battery on thé ap-
proach of our troops. Their number was
about 150 infantry and the same of cavalry.
a...
A New State in Western Virginia
The Wheeling Union convention has pass- ’
ed the ordinance creating a new state out of '
Western Virginia by a vote of 50 against 28.
The boundary as_fixcd includes the counties
of Logan, W yoniing, Raleigh, Fayette, Nich-
olas, Webster, Randolph, Pucker, Preston
Monongahela, Marion, Taylor, Barbour Up:
shur, Harrison, Lewis, Bi‘uxton, Clay, Hana-
wha, Boone, Wayne, Caliell, Mason, Jackson
Roan, Calhoun, Wirt, Gilmer, Ritchie Wood’
Pleasant, Tyler, Doddridge, Wetzell Mu:
shall, Ohio, Brooke and Hancock. 1A pro?
vision. was incorporated,permitting adjoining ’
counties to come in if they desired it, by the
expression of a majority of their people.—
The ordinance also provides for a new elec-
tion of delegates to the convention. The
question “for a new state” or “against a new
state,” shall be submitted to the people liv-
ing within the proposed boundaries, at an
election to be held October 24th. The name
of the new state is to be Kanawhu. The
convention will adjourn Wednesday. Great
harmony prevailed during its session.
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. _ WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.
It is said that a collision recently occurred
at Norfolk between an Alabama regiment
and a Virginia regiment, growing out of
the former, iinpunging the courage of the
la ter. _ Some five or six were killed. The
Virginia troops are becoming incensed at
most of their allies in arms, who generally
assume superiority to the Virginians, whom
they regard as worth littlegnore than free
negroes.
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A NEW CHAPTER IN THE BLochDE—
Besides the hundred vessels chartered in
New York and Philadelphia, quite a large
number have been employed in Baltimore.
The steamers Joseph Whitney, Adelaide,and
George Peabody, and five schooner-s, having
been converted into war vessels, and having
taken their armament on board, sailed from
Baltimore lately for the South.
Their destination at first is Fortress Mon-
roe, where they will meet another fleet of
twelve steamers and steam-tugs, the latter
converted into gun-boats from New York.
The officer who is to command this fleet is
now in this city, receiving orders. He will
take with him whatever vessels may be
ready at the Navy Yard here, one of which
will be his flag-ship.
_ The fact has been mentioned that two or
three old hulks had been purchased by the
Government agents in Baltimore, with the
design of sinking them at the mouth of cer-
tain Southern rivers, and at places on the
Southern coast used by Southern privatssrs
to run their prizes into. The number of ves-
sels so purchased amounts to twent -eight'
eight more are to be examined tochiy, and
will probably be bought; that twelve of the
old hulls were towed down to Hawkin
point and loaded with stones, and they wi 1
be taken down to Old Point by the Commo-
dore of the new blockading fleet, and sunk
at the places which it is desirable toobstruct.
aehington W10.
. ed..-
The Indiana Zouaves.
COL. LEWIS WALLACE’s ADDnEss T0 are mm
on HEARING 0F GEN. LYON'S DEATH. .
After the news of the battle of Springfield '
reached Indianapolis, Col. Lewis Wallace is-
sued the following bulletin? to the Indians
Zouaves. It has the Neapoleonic ring:
“A battle has been fought near Springfield.
Missouri. Gen. Lyon is slain. Our army is
in full retreat Gen. Fremont has telegraph-
ed for all the available force of Indiana.—
New or never Zouaves. Return to camp.—
I will give you back your old rifles, your old
officers, and the ever glorious flags. The
Eleventh awaits you, your country calls you
louder than ever. Give her once more your
experience and strong arms. Let us makes
new renown on the banks of the Mississippi.
Fillup the camp. Zouaves, and I will march
you to-morrow. LEWIS WALLACE,
o4.»
Suffering in Store for the Rebell.
R. W. Barnwell, in a letter from Char-
lottesville, Va., Aug. 12th, says the supplies
of clothing for the rebel army are not aufli-
cient. Terrible destiution prevails both in s
pare] and food. Many applications are his a
by men who wish to escape sickness by means
of an extra pair of drawers, socks or under.
shirts. It will require that every nervebe
strained to meet the exigencies of next fall
and winter, should the war last so long.
The Charleston Courier has a letter from
Richmond which says there is a great deal of
sickness in the rebel army at Charlottesville
and Culpeper; over 3000 men are ill._
great many have been conveyed sick to Rich-
mond and Norfolk. The measles have swept
and are sweeping through the rebel army.
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A Miniature Bull Run.
A report prevailedin Washington on Fri-
day, that the sudden and precipitate retreat
of the rebels from on!“ {that o few (1.419 s80 '
was occasioned by the acci ental meeting of
two of their pickets, one from Fairfax and
the other from Vienna, who fired into each
other for some time in a lively fashion, and
then hastened back and each reported that
the enemy were coming. The consequence
was a precipitate retreat of the whole force
towards Centreville, leaving the sick behind,
or to die by the wayside, as many of them
are said to have done .
.‘Ou.
PAnsoN Bgothow's FAREWELL—Thg
following closing Paragraph 0? threes
Browulows valedictory in the last issue (if
the Knoxville Whig, speaks the sentiment
of a manly patriot. Let those northern edi-
tors who p_rate of the freedom of the press
read these utterances of a man Whose month
is sealed by the traitor-st
So far as we are concerned, we can sus-
pend our publication, in obedience to the
dictates of tyranny and intolerance—we will
yield to the demands of an armed mob—-
turn over to them our ofllce and what little
property we have—deprive ourselves and a
helpless family of' small children of the nec-
essary means of support—andbeg our bread
from door to door among Union men who
are able to give—but we shall refuse, mogt
obstinately refuse, to the day" 3f 9}}; flag};
to think or speak‘favorhbly or such a c n .
eracy as this, or to agree that honor, patriot-
ism, or love of country has influenced the
men at its head, who have plunged the coun-
try in this revolution. And whether our
humble voice is hushed in death—whether
our press is muzzled by the spirit of intoler-
ance at Richmond, making this our last is-
sue of a journal we have edited for almost I
quarter of a century, we beg all who may
come aflcr us and our paper, to credit no sec
ccssioii falsehood that may represent as as
having chewed my prissi iles from mass at
an exalt'cd firm. )3 to‘ t to old American
Union, and of undying hostility to those who
Would perpetrate its dissolution.
«row—‘—
LAST Wonns on GEN. LYON.—A corres-
pondent of‘the Missouri Democrat states, on
the authority of Dr. H. Richenbiicli,a surgeon
of the 1st Iowa Regiment,_ the very last
words which fell from the lips of Gen. Ly-
on. The doctor was within a few feet of
him when he fell, '
and was instantly at his
side. The general was reclining in the arms
ofhis body servant, when, Earningpartigny
round, he said, "Le/comic}, f “7?? glfigg u .,, :
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