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Norwalk, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 1361.
mg“ THE DEMAND NOTES OE THE
UNITED STATEs, WILL BE GLADLY RECEIVED
AT THIS OFFICE IN PAYMENT FOR SUBscmP-
TIONs on ADVERTISING. OUR DIsTANT
FRIENDS ARE URGED T0 REMIT THEM TO us
IN PREFERENCE To ANY BANK NOTEs BUT
THOSE OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATEs.
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Union Caucus.
The citizens of the Borough of Norwalk,
irrespective of party, are requested to meet
at the Town Hall on Friday evening the 29th
inst., at 7 o’clock P. M., for the purpose of
nominating a
UNION TICKET
for Borough Officers for the ensuing year.
MANY CITIZENS.
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Notice.
The Republican Electors of .Norwalk are
requested to meet at the Town House on
Saturday evening,-Nov. 30th, at '2: o’clock,
for the purpose of nominating candidates for
Town Ofiiccrs, and also to adopt such Incas-
ures as may be deemed expedient to unite all
parties upon a Unirm Ticket at the Town
Election on Monday, Dec. 2d.
WILLIAM L. QUINTARD,
Town Committee.
Norwalk, Nov. 25th, 1861.
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SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
At the supper recently given in Washing-
ton, in honor of George D. Prentice, the fear-
less editor of the Louisville Journal, the Sec-
retary of the Interior took occasion to dis-
sent from the doctrine Of Mr. Cameron, in
reference to accepting the services of any
men in the South who might offer a: the put-
ting of arms into their hands. The Secretary
thought that with our army, navy, credit and
cause, we could put down the rebellion With-
out resorting to such means. We are not
at all surprised at this. When a man once
anchors his political bark and hoists the con-
servative flag, especially if the popular breeze
has long since ceased to fill his sails, the
probabilities are that nothing but the final
dissolution of all things will ever change his
belief. If such a man should get into the
Cabinet the changes of any progress in his
ideas is materially lessened. A frightful re-
bellion may arise, a negro trading aristocra-
cy may concoct a Catalinian conspiracy, the
foundations of social order and Of our politi-
cal system may be shaken, but the Secretary
is serene—his confidence unshakcn—as he
gazes placidly at the beaming countenanccs
of Jeff. Davis and Company just across the
Potomac, and with all the mildness of Mr.
Pickwick, waves towards them his little con-
servative flag. It is true the government has
needed soldiers, and that such men as George
Washington and Andrew Jackson did not
object to having black men fight in their
armies. But then Washington was a revo-
lutionist and Jackson was so much of a rad-
ical that he crushed out the South Carolina
secession before it fairly saw light. No, no,
Mr. Secretary, you are undoubtedly wise 'in
avoiding the example of such rash men. This
is an eminently consereatiie rebellion. They
who are engaged in it desire to conserve
slavery and so do you. It is unpleasant to
see war waged between such conservatives,
but we know you will do all in your power
to make it a very conservative war. The rebels
indeed are very catelessin the way they han-
dle their guns, actually pointing them, when
loaded, at our troops, and at Ball’s Blufi,
they, unintentionally, of course, killed some
six hundred of our soldiers. But if Provi-
de'nee should put into our hands any new
agency by which they might be furnished,
for instance the men who build their in-
trcnchments behind which they may safely
murder our troops, we of course could not
think of employing it, It would be very
radical and wrong undoubtedly. Let the
war by all means, Mr. Secretary, be a respect-
able one on our part. Let no extreme
measures be resorted to. If at any time it
becomes necessarily to actually fire a few
guns on our side, let them be fired by none
but the most respectable Northern men Of
the purest Caucasian blood, and Of course
let such be killed if any must die. Cool
weather, Mr. Secretary. “With our great
numbers, great credit, powerful navy and
righteous cause,” “we don’t believe there’s
going to be much of a shower” do you? Of
course the negroes will remain on the plan-
tations raising crops for their masters, and if
they should chance to run away, it would be
very kind and conservative to return them
to their masters, and also carry up to the
rebel army the p:ovisions they have raised,
and, if it would not be too much, we would
suggest that you send up at the same time a
few copies of Sherman’s proclamation to the
South Carolinians, gratuitously, for light
reading, and because Manassas is the place
to find those to whom it is addressed. Very
respectable way of conducting the war, in-
deed! But about when, Mr. Secretary, will
you be kind enough to inform us, do you
think you will close up this rebellion, and
does “ the Administration” agree with you
as to time? We wait with impatience for
another Occular response from the “Interior.”
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GOOD FOR WILTON—The Ladim of Wil-
ton havc just sent a large box of Clothing,
&c., for our sick end wounded soldiers, val-
ued at $200.
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STAMEOimq-This town has been changing
wonderfully the past year, and one of the
greatest improvements made, is Sceley’s new
Public Hall, a very fine affair, an honor to
the Builder and a credit to the town. The
people seem to appreciate it, and are going
to dedicate it on Wednesday night, with a
grand Ball the most brilliant ever held in
Stamford. Dodworths Band has been en-
gaged, and, the Advocate says, it is to be su-
perior to anything ever seen in that vicinity
before, and for which great arrangements are
being made. The beauty of Stamford, and
some of the adjoining towns, is to be splen-
didly represented, and everything is to be
gay and joyous—just as it will be at the An-
nual Fireman’s Ball herehext month. May
Secley’s Hall, meet will deserved encourage-
ment, aud'ithc Ball prove a success, and may
Brother Campbell be honored with a “com-
plimcntary,” and live to record many such
happy affairs, occurring in Stamford.
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SKATEns’ ATTENTION—All persons in fa-
vor of constructing a Skating Pond, in the
vicinity of the village, and who are willing
to aid and assist in said object, are requested
to meet at the Gazette office on Tuesday eve:
ning, at 7 o’clock.
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RIDOEEIELD.-—The united choirs and Sun-
day Schools of Ridgefield, are to give a con-
cert in the Methodist Church, on Thanksgiv-
ing, under the direction of Prof. G. W. Mer--
riam. j
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Borough Election.
We have private informatiou,but bf a most
reliable character, that at a late meeting of
the Court of Burgesses, it was voted that the
Annual Meeting for the election of Mayor
and Aldermen, and other Borough ()fliccrs,
be held on Saturday of this week—polls to
be Open from 12 o’clock M. till 2 o‘clock P.
M. We didn’t know but that some of our
citizens would like to be made acquainted
with the fact, and so publish it for the bene-
fit of whomsoever it may concern.
M.
Notice to Sharp-Shooters.
Applicants for Connecticut Sharp-Shooters
from the southern part of Fairfield county
will be tested at Bridgeport, Saturday, Nov.
30th, Norwalk, Monday Dec. 2d; Stamford,
Tuesday, Dec. 3d; Georgetown, Wednesday
Dec. 4th. Shooting grounds are—at Bridge-
port On Division Street, upon the premises Of
Wm. Dunning ; at Norwalk at the Anrpithc-
ater; Stamford, on Clark’s Hill. upon the
premises of Hutchingson and Williams; at
Georgetown, given out on the day of testina.
Per order, A. Cosisroox.
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A Query about: the Navy.
To the Editor of the New York Times:
Why is not Gregory afloat? I see he is
superintending the building of gunboats, but
u why is he not afloat? Gregory, who, in the
war with England, was more distinguished
than any lieutenant in the navy—Gregory,
who has been called the Lord Cochrane
(Dundonald) of our navy—Gregory, who
Stockton said was the only rival he feared to
the navy, and Stockton is a gallant, dashing,
daring, enterprising, really chivalric person.
Stockton is a real trump, and Gregory, whose
character is different, is as brave, any day,
as Stockton, or any other man in existence.
It is not everyone who, on the very eve of
battle, is in cctasies at the idea, and yet Greg-
ory is such a man, while all around him are
only calmly bifiresolutely waiting the result.
If he is able to superintend the building of
gunboats, he is able to command the block-
ading forces. You would soon see some-
thing done. He is, by all odds, the ablest of
the Old officers in our navy. QUERIST.
Commodore Gregory is a son of Connecti-
cut, born in Norwalk. He left his home at
the age Of thirteen for the sea. He was an
early compeer of Bissell, Betts, Sherman
now of Ohio, and others. We saw and con-
versed with him in the cars a few days since.
His plain garb, and unassuming manners,
contrasted remarkably by the side of the full
uniform Of a young officer, a fellow-passen-
ger. His eye is not dim, nor his natural
form abated. His vigor, and especially the
fire of his eye, were very noticeable.
Secretary Welles must not be unjust to his
fellow-citizen, while aiming to be impartial.
While Connecticut proudly points to her
heroes and treasures up the memory of her
martyrs of the army—her Lyon, Mansfield,
Benham, Winthrop, &c., she may well cxult
that she has been so well represented in the
navy. Norwalk delights to do honor to her
gallant son.
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Barnum’s Museum.
Barnum has caught another whale, and
has him on exhibition in a large tank in the
Museum, which is constantly supplied with
water from the Hudson River, by means of
pipes running under Broadway and Fulton
street to the river. The other w‘hales died
in a few hours after reaching the Museum,
and Barnum advises all who wish to see a
live whale, to call in a hurry, as this will
probably be the last attempt to exhibit
whales; because why? they don’t live long
enough to make it a paying operation. This
specimen is about 15 feet long, does its own
blowing, and Prof. Agassiz says “is neither
the right whale or the sperm whale, nor the
Porpoise, but the species known to Natural-
ists as the Belunga or white whale.” An-
other Monster is also on exhibition at the Mu-
seum, the Hippopotamus from the river N ilc
-probably the only animal of this species
which will ever show his ugly countenance
to an American audience. As Dominic
Sampson would say, he is “prodigious l” Be-
sides these and all the other wonderful curi-
osities on exhibition, each visitor is entitled
to admission to the Lecture Room, where
some interesting moral Drama is acted cvc-
ry afternoon and evening—and all this for
only 25 ccnts,children 15 cents. Great prep~
arations are being made for the entertain-
ment of the multitude who are expected to
visit this place of amusement on Thanksgiv-
ing Day.
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THE NORWALK HOTEL is again in full op-
eration; under the careful and able manage-
ment of Capt. Hazzard; transient or perma-
nent boarders can find good accommodations
there, and we predict, if ever the times get
in joint again, that the Norwalk I-Iotcl will
be more livey and popular than ever.
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WThc Peak Family of Swiss Bell Ring-
ers gave a most excellent concert, in Look-
, wood’s Hall, last Wednesday night, to a full
house.
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WDollie Dutton, the charming little girl
wonder, gave two levees at Lockwood’s I-Iall,
last Friday. Owing to the fact that her
coming was poorly advertised, bug compara-
‘ tivcly few persons were present to see her.—
She looked as minute and as bright and hap-
py as when she was here two years ago this
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week.
ANOTHER Son'ruEnN EXPEDITION.—Cap-
tain David D. Porter, United States Navy, is
in New York, getting together the materials
for another expedition to the southern coast.
There are now about eighty government ves-
sels of various sizes and classes in that port,
ready or nearly ready for sailing. Others are
preparing for service. It seems therefore,
that the blows on the southern coast are to
be continued.
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WAt Hartford, the people in their joy
at the good news from the fleet,madc a great
rush for treasury notes. The C’ourant says
the house of Geo. P. Bisscll d: Co. sold more
in two hours after the news arrived, than for
two weeks previous. They were surprised
before they heard the news, by the unusual
demand for the notes.
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WInformation has been received from
the special correspondents at Hilton Head rc-
lative to the progress made by the Union
troops in that locality. Port Royal Island
has been surveyed for sti'atcgical purposes, a
dock built, storehouscs erected, stores, &c.,
landed, a hospital established, and other work
accomplished, Of a nature vast and surprising
when it is taken him consideration that the
troops had not occupied the place ten days.
A large quantity of Sea Island cotton is yet
ungathered.
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How SUMNER HELD GVVIN.—~~Wllflll Suin-
‘ not reached Panama the Governor of New
Granada informed him that he could not al.-
low the transit of the .prisoners across the
Isthmus, as the existing treaty with the Uni-
ted States contained no extradition clause.
The General is reported to have said that
he had no time to rearlthe treaty, but that he
would examine the matter when he urrired in
the states uilh the prisoners, and the arrested
men came with him on the “Champion.”
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-—-—Georgc Chappel of Windham, has four
sons in the federal army, one in the navy and
one a returned three months volunteer.—
Well done for one family.
In . ‘ ”sunning” :v.‘
\ "‘ For {he Gaze/Ii:
THE unannLION.
The cause and the sole cause oi'liic present
war in this country is Shit-i ry.
been efficient instruments in evoking from
the world of evil the spirit of discord; but
they have been nothing more than instru-
ments, voluntary or involuntary, through
which Slavery has been long undermining
and now seeks to destroy our republican in-
stttutions. Slavcholdiug and a government
of the people are as essentially incompatible
as falsehood and truth. Slavery is aristocrat.-
ic; a government of the people is democrat-
ic. Slavery creates a class of men, who,
coming into the world as the lords and own-
ers Of their fellow-men, and taught from
their earliest years to regard themselves as
superior to the laboring classes,‘ look with
contempt upon honest industry as the mark
only of a slave, and whose proud spirits are
chafed by the necessity which our free insti-
tutions imposes of associating in Congress
and elsewhere with the laboring man on
terms of complete equality. The slave-hold-
er in South Carolina to-day, is as truly a
tyrant and a despot as were the barons of
the feudal ages. lie is so, not merely in his
treatment of the slave, but in his feelings
towards the laboring white man. The beau-
ty of our republican institutions is that they
recognize the dignity of manhood. They
accord to every one rights, by virtue of his
being a man, and strip him of those rights
only when they are forfeited by crime. The
deformity Of slavery is that it ignores the
man and regards only his surroundings.—
Onc may be as treacherous and lying as John
Slidell, as thieving as Judah P. Benjamin,
as arrogant and snobbish as James M. Mason,
as trifling and characterless as Louis T. \Vig-
fall, as insane as Henry A. Wise,_as foolish
as Joe Lane, as vacillating as John C. Breck-
inridge, and as rotten as John B. Floyd, yet
slavery discovers no deformity in him but
makes him its Representative in the Senate
chamber. Truth, honor, integrity, industry,
usefulness—these are qualities which slavery
neither requires in its devotees not loves in
others. It is not upon these that its follow-
ers base their claim to service from the blacks
and Obscquious reverence from the common
people. The spirit of an aristocracy is the
same everywhere—in England, on the conti-
nent, in the South. Birth, wealth, family
prestigc,—-these are the heirlooms upon which
pride grows. These are their titles to re-
spect, and being essentially worthless, their
possessors are doubly sensitive to any ques-
tioning Of their transcendent excellence.
What sympathy have such men with a
Republican form of government? What
sympathy can they have ? If the Republi-
can theory is a true one, if the people have
rights, if the laboring man has in him a God
given spirit, which makes him as worthy of
respect while toiling for his daily bread, as
the scion of an old family, who is too lazy tO
do anything, their vaunted aristocracy is a
sham. NO wonder the Union which binds
them with their old feudal ideas of caste to
an energetic, toiling, thinking young Ameri-
ca Democracy becomes irksomc. Does a
sick man, wasting away with disease which
his own imprudence has created, love to gaze
upon himself by the side of one glowing
with health? Is the contrast pleasant? Not
at all. And so Slavery says, “Break the
bonds. Destroy the Union. Let us be by
ourselves, where the rich shall be richer, and
the poor poorer, where the great shall grasp
more power and the weak become more de-
fenceless—whcre idleness shall be honored
and industry he servile, and where no North-
ern Shoemaker shall sit in the Senate, and
insult by his filthy presence our refined
tastes.” And so South Carolina and her sis-
ter Aristocracies secede. Sumter falls. The
flames of War are kindled. The battle-cry
rings through the land. Young men and old
rush to arms. A noble army is gathered.—
Battles are fought. Patriots bleed and die.
Northern homes are darkened and made des-
olate. Northern treasures are poured out
like water. Northern industry and trade are
partially crippled—and all for what? Is it
to restore the Union? Is it to vindicate the
Nation’s honor? But how ? What shall
we strike at? Let us not beat the air. Let
.ns strike our assailant. \Vho or what is it
that assails us ? It is SLAVERY! Then if
we are in earnest, if we mean to succeed, if
we'would deserve success, let us strike at our
foe. Let the blows be aimed at the cause of
the rebellion. Let Slavery feel the fury of
the tempest it has so long ‘ plotted to excite.
If there are loyal men in the South let the
Government protect them. If they are
slaves, still let the Government protect them.
dulge in metaphysics about distinctions that
are only skin deep. A loyal heart beneath a
black skin is vastly better than a black trai.
tor heart beneath awhite skin. The slave
that loves freedom is a truer Democrat than
the freeman that loves Slavery.
01' shall we dream on as we have been de-
ing, pretend to fight the slaveholdcr, but re-
pel every inclination of his “property” to es-
capc, twaddle about the Constitution to men
who have violated every article and section,
and who care no more for it than they do
for us? Shall we turn our backs upon the
loyal blacks who are ready to flock to our
standard, and send out our proclamations of
mingled imbecility and moral cowardice to
be spit upon by their trailorous masters ?—
Let us have proclamations, by all means.—
But letthem be the bold utterances of' a Gen-
and at the head of his troops, and not the
senseless drivel of‘demagog‘ues plotting iii a
committee room. Let no test be known btit
loyalty. Let us have no more cringing scr-
vility to “our erriug brothers,” but let the
warning go forth and be sounded through
South Carolina—JYou are in rebellion
against your Government. Return to your
allegiance forthwith, or, by the Eternal,your
slaves shall be free, your plantations shall
be forfeited, your cities be devastated, and
your thiiirlinibcd aristocrac ' shall toil for its
bread, and your bibulous sons go thirsty in
the land."
Such a proclamation would be perfectly
understOcd, it would strip tli traitOrs at once
of the bands which earn t ieir bread. It
would make those hands serviceable to the
cause of the Union. And more than that,
with such an inspiration, for such a cause,
with such hopes, men could fight. Blow
would follow blow in quick succession. The
winds which bear to the Southern shore
our fleets would he no Spring breeze freight-
cd with the aroma of flowers and the song
of birds, but it would be the roar of the hur-
ricane, the sure precursor of the coming
lightning and thunder. Our generals would
be no Sherman bowing and scraping to the
traitors with assurances of distinguished con-
sideration, but they would be fit leaders of
loyal men, who know the difference between
,a patriot and a traitor.
Give _us something worth fighting for,
something worth fighting. Is slavery more
sacred than human life? Shall the sons of
the North perish Of: the battle-field, and
Northern homes be saddened by their death,
only to gain the privilege of seeing Dav-is “.‘Sr.
Co. resume their seats in Congress again,and
once more consider themselves in the Union,
.—,once more legislate for the country—Once
more agitate and disturb—once more exhib-
it the rcfipcdinsolence of the plantation,and
l demand new guarantees for Slavery \vhcre
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. together as brethren With no cause of dis-
VVc have not time in a war like this to iii-.
it is, and new fields for Slavery to extend it-
self—or shall we now crush the
own which has caused all our trouble, 50
scusiOn or dispute? Shall this war be pro-
ductive only of loss and evil, or shall it des~
troy the disturbing cause of all our woe ?—
These are questions that sober men will do
well to ponder. He who cannot look them
squarely in the face, and answer them as
common sense dictates, through fear of be-
ing called an Abolitionist, is a coward, and
it is this fear aud' nothing else which keeps
the North from planting itself upon the on-
ly sensible ground to occupy. How much
longer shall we aid the rebellion while pre
tending to oppose it. -:-.
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Our 7th Regiment Correspondence.
Hir.TON’s HEAD, S. C., l
Nov. 12th, 1861. j‘
MEssns. EDITORs:——Our passage from
Fortress Monroe was delayed by storms and
wind, which scattered our fleet and drove it
to sea—some vessels with their contents
were lost, one containing all our team horses.
The Illinois nobly bieastcd the waves, but
coming upon breakers in the night, and sud'
dcnly backing water, a collision occurred be-
tween our vessel and the one we had in tow,
staving in our railings, upper deck and after
smoke stack. The engineers immediately
got to work upon the latter; after taking off
the most injured part, they put the remain-
der in its place, where it answered the pur-
pose as well as ever, though its shortened
condition presented a somewhat singular ap-
pcarance.
On the 3d inst. the dim outlines of Secesh-
dom became visible. Much interest was
manifested, and man y conjectures were made
as to our locality, though it was pretty genc~
rally believed we were off Port Royal Inlet,
which proved to be the case. On Monday
We neared the land, and iii the eveningafew
shots were exchanged between our gun-boats
in advance and the enemies batteries,by way
of salutation, after which the gun-boats
withdrew, to the disappointment of the
“boys,” who were expecting to see some fun.
On Thursday, the 7th, at 11 A. M., our
gunboats were brought up into order of bat-
tlc, and advanced towards the Forts, which
the rebels vainly supposed commanded the
entrance, the Wabash going in advance.—
Their position being taken in the middle Of
the passage, a tremendous fire was opened,
right and left upon the Forts on both sides,
which replied with scarcely less vigor,though
their shots were badly directed. The firing
from our vessels at first fell short, and again
struck far beyond the mark, but a ' proper
range being at length obtained, every shot-
seemed to tell. Half a dozen or more rebel
gunboats tried to assist the Forts in the for-
mer part of the engagement, but as the work
grew warmer these withdrew, and disap-
peared up the river—they were distinguished
by their black, pitchy smoke.
The lVabash obtained an advantageous po-
sition up the river, out of range of the cue-
my’s guns, and as she fired broadside after
broadside, and as the balls struck in showers
among the cnemy,'raising clouds of dust,the
soldiers thronging our decks could not res-
train their enthusiasm.
Nothing had been heard for some time
from Bay Point sidc,when the Wabash drew
out to sea again, leaving what remained to
be done in the hands of the gun-boats. 'Only
an occasional gun was now fired from the
enemy, and at length all firing ceased. A
row-boat was sent ashore to summon a sur-
rfinder, which found the place entirely evac-
uated by the secession troops. The stars and
stripes were soon floating high oversecession
strongholds, and were greeted with pro-
longed cheers from every vessel in the fleet.
The engagement lasted four hours and twen-
ty minutes; the loss on our side was as fol-
lows: on the flag ship Wabash, Thomas
Jackson, Coxswain, aged 23 years; on the-
Susquehanna, John P. Clark,of Portsmouth,
N. 11., aged 26 years—Wm. Price, of New
Jersey, aged 25 years; on the Pawnee, W.
N. Fitzhu, aged 23 years, and Barton Ger-
rold, aged 25 years; on the Bienvllle, Pat-
rtck M’Griggan and Alexander Chambers;
on the steam sloop Mohican, Whittcmore,
Assistant Engineer. The enemy’s loss was
much larger.
The landing of troops began in the even-
ing. Knapsacks were left on board, and
two days’ rations, and forty extra rounds of
cartridges had been given out. The boats
were unable to approach very near the shore,
so that the men were obliged to wade quite
a distance. They reached shore in the dark,
and were somewhat confused in finding their
respective regiments and companies, but all
were borne in the best humor. The Seventh
Conn. Regiment was the' first to land and
form in line.
The landing was continued all night, and
the next. moriilug found enough Union men
on this island to render it invincible against
all the force “spunky” South Carolina can
bring against us.
‘ It was evident the rebels had left in great
haste, as we found cannons loaded, inuskets
thrown into a confused heap, and clothing
and equipments of all descriptions scattered
around. 'Wc were soon at work making
ourselves as comfortable as possible, with
what our rebel neighbors had left. Dry Se-
cesh stockings were put on in the place of
wet ones, and Secesh overcoats and blankets
made useof to sleep in. When the morning
dawned upon us, we presented a truly incon-
gruons appearance for Union troops.
Early in the morning, the 7th was formed
in line and marched out on a scouting expe-
dition. After marching a mile and a half
we wereordcrcd to half, and each’ company
to make a pile of its baggage. A short dis-
tance further on we found several wagons
loaded with provisions, the harness lying on
the ground, the wagons facing towards the
Fort. Further on we occasionally found Oth-
er. wagons loaded high, and in a similar con-
dition; in other places we found the road-
side strewn with knapsacks, blankets and
articles of clothing, showing that the rebel
troops must have retreated in great haste.
We passed on our way deserted residences,
and fields of cotton, cane and potatoes. We
stopped at a plantation showing evidences of
wealth, the owner had fled with as many of
his negrocs as he could coax or force to go
with him. Those remaining brought bas-
kets of oranges to us on their heads. and
seemed delighted to fill our canteens with
fresh water. From them we gained consid-
erable infOrmation concerning the late pos-
scssors'Of the island, who had told them if
they fell into our hands, we would scll'tliem
into a worse slavery than they had ever
known. I
From this place the flank , companies,
which are armed with Sharpe's Rifles, were
thrown out in advance as skirinlsliers. Nu
merous indications of the enemy’s late pres-
ence were visible, and our march was con-
ducted very cautiously, but we arrived at the
landing place without any important occur-
rence. During the march, and even after
Col. Terry, from the probability of meeting
a foo, had given the. order to prime and fix
bayonetp, the men showcd- coolness amount-
ing to indifference. At the laudiug,addition-
ail stores were fbii'ntl, After renting a while
and helping ourselves 0 source)" the hard
bread and sugar, we were formed amnesty,
black (le- ‘-
l
our return iiial'cli. We reached the Foil
lzitcgiu the evening, :il'ti-i' ii. fatiguing march '
of more than sixteen miles, illlfl were glad :
to stretch our \vciii'ied lii‘nbs upon the ground. l
()n the 10”), C01. Terry and Lieut. Col.
llawley, with five companies, made an expe-
dition to the other end of the island, taking
possession of a Fort, ammunition and stores
which the rebels had left. They have not
yet returned.
The Fort in this part of the island, con-
taining twenty-five fine pieces of cannon,
. with ammunition, is being rapidly repaired
and-improved; a thousand busy hands are
daily at work deepening and widening the
ditch. It is also to be furnished with bomb-
proof casemates, and will soon become a
thorough and well furnished place of defence.
It continues to be exceedingly warm
throughout the day, though the nights are
chilly ; the weather has been uniformly
pleasant. The arrival of steamers with the
mail is watched for with impatient interest,
as all long to receive tidings from the homes
we have left, but our separation from those
homes is rendered less painful by the hope
that the tents that whiten the prospect in all
directions around us, will soon be pitched in
every State, and our country’s flag float from
the dome of every Capitol.
Very 'rcspectfull y yours,
N. S. R.,
Co. D, 7th Reg, C. V.
.u.<.-.
How Mason and Slidell are to be Treat—
ed
THEY ARE TO SHARE THE FATE OF
COL. CORCORAN AND HIS COM-
PANIONS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—-Government has
decided that Messrs. Mason and Slidell shall
be treated in all respects, as to close confine-
ment and fare, like criminals guilty of the
highest crimes against the law, until full as-
surance is received that Colonel Corcoran
and the other oflicers now in the hands of
the rebels, shall receive the treatment due to
their rank and position as prisoners of war—
taken on the field of battle—according to the
usages Of all civilized nations.
The Government has also come to the de-
termination to hang every prisoner duly con-
victed Of piracy on the high seas, no matter
whether he hails from the North or the
South—from England or any other foreign
nation, and that they will hold the prisoners
now in custody—including Mason, Slidell
and Faulkner—responsible for any barbarity
which may be practised upon the prisoners
of war confined in Southern prisons.
. _ .9, .
Another Fleet: for the South.
FORTRESS MONROE, Nov. 22, 1861. “
Several regiments have arrived from Balti-
more and Annapolis in the last 24 hours.—
Old Point has assumed an unusual bustling
appearance. Formidable preparations are
making for active operations, the theatre of
which is undisclosed. The ferry-boats on the
Roads are being heavily armed.
Gen. Butler came on from Washington
this morning. He spent the day at Old
Point, the Rip Raps and Newport News,and
proceeds to Baltimore to-night.
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Cheering News from Virginia.
SECESSION AT A DISCOUNT.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 24.
Dispatches to Gen. Dix from Eastern Vir-
ginia, announce the capture of three rebel
officers—a Captain and two Licutenauts—to-
gether with several cannon, all new and in
good order.
All traces of disloyalty seem to have disap-
peared from both Accomac and Northamp-
ton Counties. County meetings are to be
field to-morrow, to renew allegiance to the
federal government. The people will first
adopt the State government of Western Vir-
ginia aSva temporary measure, and then look
to legislation by that State and Maryland, for
annexation to the latter. ,
The Secretary of Treasury has ordered the
restoration of the light on Cape Charles.
The Postmaster General has sent special
agents to renew postal connection with both
Counties.
o‘.-.
bar the Gazette.
Pasta and Thanksgiving.
Twice since the year 1861 commenced its
circuit, we have been called to Observe days
of National Fasting. The people solemnly
professed to humble themselves before the
Most High God,as the Ruler among the Na-
tions, confessing their sins, and deprecating
his wrathful judgments.
Maine and Massachusetts Observed Thurs-
day the 21st inst., by proclamation of their
Governors, as a day of Public Thanksgiving ;
and sixteen others, among the loyal States,
have, in like manner, set apart Thursday,
the 28th inst.
As we had ample cause for fasting and hu-
miliation, so have we now abundant reason
for the giving of thanks.
Is it not a marked coincidence that during
a few days immediately preceding these oc-
casions, God has given us such special pub-
lic mercies, for which we ought to be sin-
cerely and heartily grateful?
The week antecedent to the first named
day of Thanksgiving, has been most certain-
ly and unequivocally the most joyous and
auspicious iii the history of the last year.—
The cheering tidings of the almost miracu-
lous preservation, and hardly less miracu-
lous triumph of the Great Naval Expedition,
ainidsttlicpcrils of storm and battle, glad-
dened every heart and inspired fresh hopes.
The news of the arrest and capture of lead-
ing conspirators and dangerous enemies, in
the form of Commissioners and Ambassa-
dors, was scarcely lesa inspiriting. Besides
these incentives to gratitude, We have the
great facts of the y *ar; the spontaneous tip-
rising of the loyal masses, the cordial fusion
of parties, the generous enthusiasm of patri-
ots, the speedy gathering of mighty armies
and the outpouring of vast treasure in the
sacred. cause of “Liberty and Union, one
,and insc[,iai'ablc.”
Is there not a Providential ordering in the
keeping back of the uncxampled harvests of
lastyeai- from the market, and in the boun-
tiful fruitfulucss of the present year, so that
we may now supply the simultaneous defi-
ciency of Europe, and obtain in return her
hoarded gold, to furnish us the means of sup-
port,~—“the singles of war .9”
Not to dwell on other public considera-
tions, and not to mention private and demos
tic provocatives of thanksgiving, we remark
in conclusion, that ~
We have a loud call to Thanksgiving. As
we fasted and prayed, and then God heard
and delivered, so now let us praise and give
thanks. Let every one make his orlier prep:
aration of heart, as well as means, for an
old-fashioned,genial,gcneral, devout Thanks-
giving. Lct us acknowledge God’s hand,and
humble ourselves under it, with joy and
fear, giving glory to His blessed name. B.
..._,_-_....,.,..__...
mg?“ The Hartford Press says it is ascer-
tained and believed at Washington that
troubles of policy exist among the rebel lea-
ders, in consequence of which Gen. Beaure-
gard recently tendered his resignation, but
afterwards withdrew it on assurance that
his policy should be followed. That
policy is to Inake the war an offensive
one, and attack Washington with a view of
wintering in Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York. Jeff. Davis has advocated a de-
fensive policy, but has been obliged to give
it up on account of the dissatisfaction felt at
the invasion of South Carolina, which is at-
. tributed to his inactivity.
. I.._-.. ._.., . .4 g r . -.-._.____.
James Kane, of Danbury, while digging
a well on the 19th inst., was buried by the
caving iii of a sandliank so that only one fin-
ger; was visible. His fellow laborers fol~
lowed the finger down, and by lively digging
-n:.1.1:
Provmiona! Government for North Caro- E
lina.
A convention of delegates from forty-five
counties (out of eighty-two) of North Caro- l
hint, hint at Hatteras Inlet on Monday, Nov.
18th, and organized a pl‘OVlSlOlltll govern-
ment fur the state. 'l‘liC not passed contained
follows: The first declares vacant all the of-
fices of the state; the second names Marble
Nash Taylor, Provisional Governor ; the
third adopts the Constitution of the state,
with the statutes and laws contained in the
revised code of 1856; the fourth repudiatcs
the ordinance of Secession passed at Raleigh,
on the 20th of May, together with all other
acts then adopted; the fifth directs the Pro-
visional Governor to order a special election
for members Of Congress; the sixth gives to
the Governor 'authority to make temporary
appointments to official vacancies. The con-
vention then adjourned, subject to the call of
the President. Gov. Taylor has issued his
proclamation for an election in the Second
Congressional District, which will be held
on Wednesday, the 27th inst.
...-._.....°ep.
Prom Port Royal.
ic “Baltic" arrived at New York, Nov.
2 , but brings nothing new from Port Roy-
al. Purser Allen brought $1900 in Treasury
notes, which he is to forward to friends of
the 4th New Hampshire regiment.
Among the passengers by the “Baltic” is
James Darragh of the South Carolina regi-
ment, found at Fort Beauregard. He has to.-
ken the oath of allegiance, and intends farm-
ing at the north. He had been five months
in the rebel service, and complains bitterl
Of the treatment and food the soldiers of Je .
Davis receive.
~«sa’..—
l PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22, 1861.
Counterfeit tens on the Waterbury Bank of
Connecticut, have made their appearance.—
They are the best executed and most dan-
gerous out for months.
.—-—.—--—-0 u-Coavu
The \Vashingtou correspondent of
the N. Y. World writes: “You may soon ex-
pect to hear that Pensacola is ,taken. The
Navy Department make no concealment Of
the fact that dispatches are daily expected
from the Gulf with an account of the open-
ing of the guns of Fort Pickens upon the reb-
el batteries. Colonel Brown has repeatedly
written for orders . allowing him to blow
Bragg and his batteries of the opposite
shore.” He also says: “The grand review
ends the period of preparation and inaction
for the army of the Potomac. You may
soon expect to hear of something being done;
what, I dare not say. The attack on the
coast and in Kentucky will be in unison with
the movements here ; nothing that human
foresight can do will be omitted to secure
victory.”
«deb-ov—
CONNECTICUT GENERALS.—Sclluyler Ham-
ilton, of Branlord, in this county, late of
Gen. Scott’s staff, has been appointed Brig-
adier-General. and ordered to the division of
Major Gen. Halleck in Missouri. 'This makes
the sixth general now in service from Con;
necticut. Generals Totten, Mansfield, Ben-
ham, Sedgcwick. W'right, and Hamilton, now
in service, are from this State. The late
much lamented Lyon was also a Connecticut
officer, as was Gen. Tyler, who served with
the three months regiment, first in the field.
\Ve doubt whotlie'f'aiiy other State has fur-
nished so many General ofiicers to the war
in proportion to its population, during the
same time—Register.
KQ>>
WA romantic story is told, by a cotem‘
porary, of Captain Wilkes. In his younger
years he was smitten by the charms of a
young lady, who rcciprocated his afiection,
and they were engaged to be married. But
the young sailor had a rival in the son Of a
wealthy tallow chandler of New York, who
influenced the mind of the “stern parient"
against the daughter‘s lover, and the result
was that Charlie Wilkes was dismissed, and
the lady became Mrs. John Slidell. Charlie
Wilkes went to sea again, and never saw his
lady afterwards, nor his rival, till he received
him as a prisoner of war.
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A Voice from South Carolina
GovEnNon PIOKENs, of South Carolina,
has sent a significant message to the Legisla~
ture of that State, and a copy has found its
way to the North. The Legislature is con-
vened that electors may be appointed for
President and Vice President. It seems that
South Carolina is as whimsical as ever, even
under the new system, and while all the other
rebel States voted weeks ago, by the people
directly for their President and Vice Presi-
dent, the people directly for their President
the little game cock State is too proud to do
things as her neighbors do, and must be sing-
ular or nothing.
The message would have attracted no at-
tention from the pople of the North, but for
sundry facts which “crop out” of it, in official
shape. It appears that South Carolina has
so nearly exhausted her warlike materal in
raising a little over nineteen thousand men,
that what there is left of her “fit for military
duty is left in a state of comparative disor-
ganization.”
There are 3,000 men on a war footing, ef-
fective troops, held in reserve in Charleston
for any emergency, and there are twenty-one
companies of cavalry, (what is the average
number in a company is not stated,) in the
scacoast parishes of Charleston, Beaufort,
Collcton, and Georgetown.
The Governor also authorized, on his own
responsibility, an independent brigade, on the
coast districts, of guerilla formation, furnish-
ing their own arms, a: familiar with the coun-
try, prepared to pursue a peculiar system of
defensive tactics.
It appears that all the South . Carolina
troops wereenlisted for twelve months only;
and that they cannot be re-enlisted for the
war without heavy bountics, and the Treas-
ury of the State is hopelessly broken. The
Governor was authorized by the Legislature
to issure four hundred and fifty thousand
dollars’ wurtii Ofbonds, more than he could
find anybody to buy; he now asks permis-
sioii to issue stocks in such form and at such
pr.ces as he and the buyers may agree upon.
The pressure of the Confederate taxes, as
well as the State taxes, is so heavy that Pick-
eus proposes that the State shall pay in paper
promises for one half her quota of the Con-
fcdeiate tax.
-Fort Sumter has been put in complete or-
der; all its guns for the first time mounted;
and conuniintls not only the harbor, but Fort
Moultric; and the Governor proposes to lo-
cate the State Military Academy at Fort
Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island.
The whole document,whcii the brag is cut,is
a pitiable confession of‘imbcilily and desper-
ate llCl])l€SSllBSS,COlnblllctl w1tli peacock strut.
Gov. Pickens says that on the 17th of De-
cember, 1860, he sent a confidential agent to
President Buchanan, deiiialitling possession
of Fort Sumter; Buchanan sent Gen. Cusliing
to see Pickens and learn what could be done
Pickens bad but feW Words with him, but re-
fused to answer the Prsidenl’s letter, and de-
uliired that he intended to maintain the sep-
arate independence of South Carolina, and
neither temptation nor danger should deter'
him. If Buchanan, on the return of Caleb
Cusliiug, had taken prompt steps to crush in
the bud the then feeble rebellion, it might
have saved us all this turmoil and bloodshed
now.
If all the people, North and South, had
seen from the beginning into what a valley
of death we were about to plunge, who be-
lieves that the little gaiiiccock State would
have been allowed to lead off in such a dance
of death? The other States would have
looked, on while Buchanan, with the whole
force of the Union, strangled the rebellion in its
cradle.
But, alas! we had Buchanan in the Presi-
dent’s chair; Toucey in the Navy department;
Floyd iii the War tlcpartiiient, and Cobb in
the ’l‘reasuryl What hope for the nation of
anything good under such a set of imbeciles
and knaves?
There was no chance for anything to be
done, until after the 41b of March, when dif-
ferent hands got control; and by that time,
by the coniiivance or imbecility of the ad-
ministration at Washington, the flame of re-
bellion had spread all over the South, and
nothing but a blasting war, of uncertain du—
ration, was possible. Buchanan, had a
chance to arrest the course of events, but
Lincoln has never yet had the ghost of a
chance to avoid the pending war, and pre-
serve thc national houor.—(.'ourant.
o‘.-. .—
WA corres ondeiit of the Morning Star
and Dial, (Loni on) was on board the Baltic
which went outwith the Naval Expedition.
When the Baltic WCDLtlSllOl‘t: off Hatteras,lic
got hold of an old life pvt-server and paced the
deck in great fear. The next tlgy when all
was going on well,Mi. Star and ial was very
courageous and passed his time .1." shoutng
praises of discipline on board British men-of-
war, and setting forth to oiliecrs and men
evidences of their cowardice. lie was bro’t
to by a sailor, liou'evei, who reminded him
ofthe man who, the day buf-wc, was pacmg
the deck with a condemned lite preserver un-
rflE-‘clled him alive.
der his blanket.
several sections, the substance of which is as ,
Good Results of the Aceomac Ex-
pedition.
luforiiiation was received by Gen. Dix. ”” , . . . . . .
' of his paper \vitii tlicAnicrit-nu Agriculturist
\Vcdiicsday, from Accouiuc county, announc-
ing the disbanding of about 3000 rebel tmops
who had been in camp near Drummontltowu.
As the federal expedition advanced the rebel
flags disappeared, and the Union Citizens
hoisted their flags which had prevrously been
concealed. The pro tiou of Gen. Dix
had been scattered tl .ign the county, and
when received in a camp where Union men
had been drafted and forced into the service,
they rebelled, and the commanding officers
were compelled to disband their whole force.
The secessionists said the invading force was
so great that they thought it folly to resist,
and the Union men met our troops wlth
hearty cheers and the greatest enthusiasm.—
. As far as the expedition had progressed there
was every evidence that a large majorityo
the people were opposed to secession, and th
troops were hailed as their deliverers from
tyranny and oppression. The peOpIc are
suffering for many necessaries of life, and‘ re-
joiced at the prospect of an ear] restoration
of the trade and commerce with hiladelphia
on which they depended for a livelihood._
Information from Northampton county war-
rants the belief that the rebels there will also
disband. They have destroyed bridges and
felled trees across the roads; but the federal
Commander’s proclamation has given bold:
ncss to the Union men and satisfaction to the
people generally. All who are not loyal will
be disarmed. Union men who had fled into
Maryland to avoid being forced into the rebel
militia are turning to their homes.
LATER.
Eastern Virginia All Right.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 21, 1861.
Intelligence has just been received from the
eastern shore of Virginia, that rebels inNortli-
ampton Co., to the number of 1800 have laid
down their arms, and the Federal troops are
now in full possession of that County, as well
as Accomac.
.40-. k.__..
From the Hartford Press.
GEN. PATTEnsON’s DEFENSE—Gen. Pat-
terson made a speech at Philadelphia on Sat-
urday, in which he took occasion to defend
his conduct during the three months he was
actively engaged in the war. A sense ijus-
tice compels us to say, in behalf of one who
has suffered greatly in the opinion of many,
that the reasons given for not entering upon
a public defense at an earlier day do credit to
the general. He says he has waited until
the time has come when the public interests
will not suffer by a defense. In a plain and
ingenuous manner, he reviews the history of
his campaign, showing that he acted entirely
in accordance with orders from the com-
manding general, which orders were inexpli-
cable and contradictory. One day he would
be ordered to prepare to attack the enemy
and the next to send all his artillery, cavalry
and regulars to the army Of the Potomac.—
The defense if not contradicted in its state-
ments, will be gladly accepted by.tbe majori-
ty of people as exhonorating him from char-
ges and suspicions which he has so long pa-
tiently borne. Remarking upon the defense,
the New York World says:
Nothing can begained by looking anxious-
ly to see where the responsibility, removed
from his shoulders, at last falls. If Old age
had benumbed faculties whose youthful and
whose manly vigor were all faithfully spent
in the service of the country or if traitorons
and unsuspected subordinates near the per-
son of an old man bedeviled his work, let it
pass. History will have nothing to erase in
her finished record of his service and his
honors; and Patterson, too may be sure of her
applause for waiting till the good cause could
not suffer harm ere proving that America has
had no Grouchy.”
.gfi-....__
it? Capt. Andrew H. Foote of New Ha-
ven, by his recent appointment as Fleet Cap-
tain ofthe flotilla on theMissisisppi,takes rank
with a Major-General in the'Army. He is a
brave and conscientous officer, and distin-
guished himself by his daring attack upon
and capture of the Chinese forts near Canton
four years ago. He has also been in active
service off the African coast, and has taken a
gI‘ijl interest in the suppression of the slave
trac e.
.»e——-—
WAn irruption of Yankees is threatened
at Beaufort. The first these South Carolini-
ans will kuow the town will be laid out into.
corner lots, Seward street crossing Lincoln
avenue, and both bordering on Cameron
square. There will be a newpaper and a
patent medicine store, and a steam ferry, and
Henry Ward Beecher will be advertised to
give alecturc on the relations of freedom and
slavery to civilization—Providence Journal.
.......
QUEEN VICTORIA’S PROCLAMA’I‘ION OE
NEUTRALI'rv.—It would seem that the cap-
tain of the British Steamer “Trent” had not
properly studied his Queen’s proclamation of
neutrality when he took the rebel agents and
their dispatches on board. The document,
issued May, 18, 1861, contains the following
language:
“And we do hereby warn all our loving
subjects, and all persons whatsoever entitled
to our protection, that if any of them shall
presume, in contempt of; this our royal proc-
lamation and of our high displeasure, to do
any act inderogation of their ditty as subject
of a neutral sovereign in the said contest, or
in violation or contravention of the law of
nations in that behalf, as for example and
more especially by entering into the mil-
itary service of either of the said contending
parties, " * * or by carrying ofli'co-rs,
soldiers, dispatches, arms, military stores or
materials, or any article or articles considered
and deemed to be contraband of na-r,accordi7zg to
the law or modern usage of nations, for the use
or service of either of the said contending
parties—all persons so offending will incur,
and be liable to the several penalties and
penal consequences by the said statute, or by
the law of nations in that behalf imposed or
denounced. And we do hereby declare that
all our subjects and persons entitled to our
protection who may misconduct themselves
in the premises will do so at their peril, and of
their own wrong, and that they will in no wise
obtain any protection from 'us against any li‘u-
bilities or penal consequences, but trill, on the
contrary, incur our high displeasure by such
misconduct.”
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CASSIUS M. Clan—We hope the news that
Cassius M. Clay prefers to come home and
enter the army is true—and we hope the
Government will make the way clear for him
We have a thousand intelligent, discreet men
who will make good Ministers to Russia—
espccially now that the good Will of the Czar
is expressed toward our Government. But
we have few men better fitted for high com-
mand in the army than Cassius M. Clay.—-_
I-Iis bravery is past question—and it is the
soldier’s cool, circumspect, intelligent bra.-
verv. He has seen service, and provedhis
inei'its. He knows thoroughly—none better
—tlie enemy with whom we have to deal,
and also the enemy’s country. His heart is
in the war, and we do not, believe he passes
a comfortable day in far off Russia. His
loyal countrymen, especially of the border
States, would rejoice with an exceeding joy
to see him at home among the country’s de-
fenders, and would throng about him. By
all means let him come.
c<.--’—————
Yale College.
The Annual Catalogue of Yale College
for the current Academical year 1861—‘62. is
iu‘)lislied. It shows the following number
of students, viz :—In 'l‘heology, 27; in Law.
28;‘in Medicine, 38; in Philosophy and the
Arts, 14. In the Academical Department-.—
Seniors, 98, Juniors, 119, Sophomores 133,
Freshmen, 112. Total, 599. .
The whole numbcr_iii the Acadeinical De-
partment, is 462. which, though smaller than
for the last two years, has been exceeded on-
ly four times since the College was fotmdcd.
The number is lessened by ciilistmeuts in the
aimy, and by the disturbances of_ the times.
In the whole Institution there is but one
from any seccdcd State, viz: one from Loui-
siana, in the Law School. Among the un-
dergraduates there are Six 'from Maryland.
four from Delaware, and Six from Missouri.
The Sheffield Scientific School, equipped
and endowed chiefly by the liberality of a
gentleman of this city, seconded by_thc gen-
erous gifts of a few other of .our Citizens is
now in successful operation in the depart-
t of Philoso h and the Arts.
men 1) y N. H. Courier.
_———*~-¢.’. .
-————'l‘he date of the capture Of the traitors
Mason and Slidell, together with the cap-
ture of Port Royal, was the anniversary of
the. resignation of Federal officers“ in South
Carolina, preparatory to the passage of the
secession ordinance—the 8th of November.
——-Thc tallest and lianilsomcst liberty pole
in the State was raised in Norwich on Wed-
ucsdav the 20th. 'l‘hrcc splendid American
eagles soared around and looked approving-
ly.ou,:is the stars and stripes floated from
the top.
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1...
{AVIS ITEMS.
--—-.\l:i.~oii (7. Wold,cilitorot'llic lloiiii-steuil
published :it Hartford, illillfllllit‘t‘s the union
of New York, with which llU will hereafter
be connected. We congratulate My, Judd
on his success, with his able and widely (fir-
culatcd journal, and upon having secured
the services and experiences of'Mi'. Welt].
Geo. I). Prentice, ofthe Louisville Jour-
nai,is at present in \Vashiugtou. 110 receives
the attention that his patriotic cotirse of'jour-
nalism well deserves.
Among the theatrical items in the New
York Herald of Monday, is one stating that
Ella Zoyara, the “daring and graceful eques-
trienne,” has elopedm‘ith and married Sallie
Stickney, daughter of the popular manager.
——The Louisvillefiournal’placidly observes
that “in thejate fight in Western Virginia,
Rosencrans whipped Floyd—by Gauley.”
———Ex-Govcrnor, now Col. Barstow, of Wis-
consin, speaking of his raising a regiment of
cavalry, says: “At the adjournment of the
Democratic national convention, in Charles-
ton, several gentlemen invited me to come to
Charleston again. I promised that I would,
and I am going as soon as my regiment is
ready to march.
——Charles Jones, acting master on board
the U. S. steamer San Jacinto, is a native of
New Haven, and his parents now reside
there.
——-Five steamers, of the Canadian Steam-
ship line, have been lost in five years, and
two of them have been wrecked in the river
St. Lawrence. The Toronto Leader raises
the question whether it is advisable to run
steamers on the river after the lat of Novem-
ber. _The New York World suggests Port-
land instead Of Quebec as the starting point
on this side of the Atlantic.
—The officers and men of our fleet, of
Port Royal, were allowed by Commodore
Dupont to celebrate the victory by a goneml
illumination and display of fireworks,
—-—Thc Richmond Examiner, of Oct. 29 an—
nouncing the departure of Mason and Slidell
for Europe, after cxulting over their escape,
exclaims: “Great will be the mortifieation
of the Yankees when they shall have learned
this result.” How will the Examiner feel
when it shall have learned the latest “result”
of their expedition ?
—The mayor and aldermen of Concord, N.
H., refuse to pay the proprietors of the Dem-
ocratic Standard damages for the destruction
of their office by the mob sometime since,
and the case is to be tried by law.
——-Barnum offers one thousand dollars for
the lone representative of the Southern chiv-
ah y at Beaufort, S. 0., when that place was
taken possession of by the Northern troops.
He will “draw” if he can be Obtained.
—-——Lieut. Fairfax, who arrested Mason and
Slidell is a Virginian by birth, but entered
the service from South Carolina. He is a
relative of the rebel General Fairfax, and is
said to be a distant relative of Mason.
———Messrs. G. D. Cook & Co. of New Ha-
ven have large contracts for carriage work
for batteries 20,000 pairs army shoes, knap-
sacks, havcrsacks, &c., and employ 450 hands
at a cost of $5000 a week. lt has just com-
pleted the carriages for the First Connecticut,
battery. This is the firm that has‘been re-
peatedly ruined, in the Time: and other pa-
pers, by the falling off of southern orders for
carriages.
-—'l‘lie stand of colors for the Ninth but
just been finished, and sent on. On one side
are the Connecticut coat of arms and shield,
with the State motto; on the reverse, are the
Irish national emblems—the shamrock and
hurp, with the motto, ‘fEn'n go burgh.”
———It is said that when the news of the cap-
ture of Port Royal reached the Confederate
camp at Manassas, three South Caiolina fog-
.demanded permission, and declared their in-
tention to return at once to the protection of .
their own State. Orders were issued hm.
headquarters to prevent their departure at all
hazards. ‘ '. ..
—Boarding pikes for the U. S. na—v—y— are
guite extensively manufactured in N eW'Lon-
on. '
-—Seventy workmen are busy on Stephen’s
floating battery, at Hoboken, which will soon
be completedand ready for service. It will
probably be a match for Hollins’ battering
mm, at least. '
——A smart engagement took place 'at Hot-
teras Inlet on the 14th, between the coast
survey steamer Corwin and the rebel steam-
er Curlew. The latter vessel apparently got
the worst of the contest, and retreated after
receiving a few minutes’ hot and telling the
from the former, '
—-The soldiers at Beaufort'and the. slaves
on the island will soon be picking the un-
gathered cotton. The former, under an or-
der from the War Department, the latter up-
on the impulse of wages directed to 'be paid
them by Gen. Sherman, It is also probable
that the cultivation of the Sea Islands for the
next crop of cotton will be contracted for
with some responsible Yankee, who will be
required to employ the slaves abandoned by
the masters upon the several plantations.
——A new punishment ofVirginia is at hand.
Congress will probably be called Quito change
the territorial boundaries of Delaware so as
to give this little State all the land between
the Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware river
and to change the boundaries of _ Maryland
so as to give her all the Eastern" Counties of
Virginia, and to leave to the State of Vir-
ginia as organized by the Convention at
Wheeling the territory between the Blue
Ridge and the Ohio.
In Brookfield, on the 15th inst., a son of
John Campbell, about 7 years old, was occi-
ilcntally shot while carelessly handling a
loaded pistol. The ball passed through his
body and lodged in his back. and he lies in
a critical condition.
—Artemus Ward is lecturing in New Lou-
- don county.
—Major Pangborn states that Com. Du-
pont sent home, and the Navy Departmuit
is now in possession of, the original South
Carolina ordinance of secession, beautifully
engrossed upon parchment. with the auto-
griiplis of the South Carolina seceders, head-
ed by Gen. Jameson. The photographs of
all the members were also found at Beaufort
with the ordinance, and a large number of
other iiiiportiuit documents, which Will seri-
riousl y interfere with South Carolina’s pros-
pects for an unmitigated sovereignty.
.__Bi~ig.-Gcn. W. T. Sherman, commander
of the Union army now in South Carolina.
was a New England lad of' limited pecuniary
means. When he first visited Washington
to obtain admission to West Point, he walk-
ed the distance from his father‘s house in
Rhode Island to the national capital. That
long, tedious march revealed qualities which
ensured his success, with Gen. Jackson, who
was then President.
——It is suggested that the government take
the uegrocs found at Beaufort or'captured_on _
the adjacent islands, and form them into line
in frontof the invading army as it marches
inland. As each negro is wot!!! $000 or
more, even at present quotations, tlle_ Caro-
linians would not wish to destroy the" PTOP‘
erty by shooting them. and would therefore
retire before this living rampart. so than the
federal troops could advance to any desrrable
point.
WTlic message of the aged traitor, Gov.
Pickcns, of South Carolina, on the 6th, is a
singular document, \Vrittcn a few days be-
fore the landing of our troops it egotistically
declares South Carolina first and forcniostiu
the rebellion, and already demurs at Confed-
cratc Sovereigntyin some particulars, closmg
by pomted allusion to the “stronger and
more fixed forms of the Old \Vorld._ Seven-
teen instead of sixty thousand men is all the
Palmetto State has ptit in arms, mostly
“twelve month’s men," whose suffering have
been “excessive,” says the traitor. The re-
mainder of the population fit fol: military du-
ty. he says, are in a state of .“comparativc
disorganizatiOii.” We think Uncle Sam Will
yet raise the dickens with Gov. Pickans.
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TiIE STONE FLEET—The Boston Journal
of \Veducsday has the following:
“Sixteen vessels, loaded with stone, sailed
from New Bedford to-day, under sealed or-
ders. They will probably reinforce our
blockading squadron, and will probably lie
vary comfortably at the entrance of some
port during the heaviest gnlcs of Winter.—
Success, but. not a safe return to them. The
Hon. Rodney French commands this flotilla.
0‘.
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[3‘ Aunt Tabitha wants to know why on
earth the Rev. Mr. Cosgrove and Rev. Mr.
Wilson and the other revcronils who adver-
tise that tlicv have been cured of tlie,bro_u-
cliilis in Japan, of consumption in the Fejcc
islands, and of other diseases elsewhere, (if.
not publish their I‘OCipi-s in the papers if
they are so very anxious to benefit others,
and not put iiivaliils to thotrouble _und ex-
pciisc Ofwi-itiug for the recipes, besrdes pay-
iiic so much to the newspapers in? advert;-
siiig their lit-nevpli-nt lllit‘llljlllli':
-. R“.‘..’.‘9"Z ...
:il'iflll'fl (.‘ourant thinks the stone
:l regular stunner to the rebels,
and thinks if the vessels llllil been laden with
gem-I: llic chivalry would have gladly W61-
“lone man" in occu-
—-—'l‘lic ll
Ill'l'l will lit-
coined it, especially the
potion.
Norwalk Chronicler