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Norwalk, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1862.
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EXTRACT FROM TIIE LAST SPEECH 0F STE-
PHEN A. DoUGLAs.—“’1he conspiracy to break
up the Union is a fact now known to all. Ar-
miss are being raised and war leaned to accom-
plish it. There can be but two sides to the con-
troversy. Every man must be on the side of the
United States or against it. There can be no
neutrals in this war. 1 here can be none but
patriots and traitors.”
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Republican Union Ticket.
I“; For Governor,
WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM,of Norwich
For Lieutenant Governor,
ROGER AVERILL, of Daubury.
For Secretary of State,
J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL, of Hartford,
For Treasurer,
GABRIEL W. COITE, of Middletowu.
For Comptroller,
LEMAN W. CUTLER, of Watcrtown.
ALL IIAIL!
.«_ —-—“She stirs!
She starts,—-she moves,—she 'seems to feel
The thrill of life along her keel l”
And in full chorus with the Poet’s inspira-
tion, let “a shout prolonged and 10m ” quick-
en the pulses and make the hearts of all loy-
al men bound with exultation and hope !—
The past week has been big with blessings.
Commencing with the expulsion of the trai-
tor Bright from the Senate, waxing to the
re-assumption of the reins of Government,by
our honest and patriotic President, and cut-
ting the War Department adrift from the
menace and control of a National Dictator,
the record culminates with the glorious
achievement of our arms on the banks of
the Tennessee River! In all this fruition of
hope, there is atonement for “hope deferred
which so long hath made the heart sick,” for
the thievings, the imbecility, the jealousies,
the rivalries, which have paralyzed our ener-
gies and brought disgust and loathing to the
heart Of the nation. Atonement for the
treason and treachery in high places, for the
sounds of music and dancing waf‘ted from
the White House to the chambers of the
sick and languishing of our patriot army;
for all the festivity, frivolity and folly which
so long hath grated upon the ears of the
groaning and dying of the Washington Hos-
pitals! The ponderous hulk of our gigantic
power MOVES! The Northwest is ours,
while with impatient confidence, we await
the triumph of Burnside; when the rebellion
at last is within our grasp, and the enemies
of the country are ours l Let God be praised
while we take courage!
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[3" The Ladies Knitting Circle meets this
(Tuesday) evening at Judge Butler’s—on
Friday evening at the Millinery Rooms of
Mrs. James Hoyt in Main St.
The “Temperance Knitting Circle” meets
this (Tuesday) evening at the residence of
Mrs. Jesse Selleck.
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[3" W. N. Harvey, of Milford, has re-
ceived and accepted the call of the lst Con-
gregational Church in Wilton.
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DONATION.—Tne friends and parishioners
of“ the Rev. N. Mead of the 2nd M. E. Church
of this place, will make their annual visit and
donation on this (Tuesday) evening at the
Basement of the Church.
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[2‘ We are pained to hear of the serious
and hopeless illness of Frank. Farwell, Esq.,
at his present residence in Boston. His dis-
ease is inflammation of the Lungs. Poor fel-
low—a nobler heart ne’er beat beneath the
rough exterior of a man.
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FIEEMEN’s Coua'rEsIEs.-—Si1ver Gray Eu-
gine Co. No. 2 has presented to Phoenix
Co. No. 1. a beautiful Photograph of their
famous Machines and the Officers of the Com-
pany. We are pleased to see this evidence
of good fellotvship between the two Compa-
nies, and hope it will continue through good
and evil report as long as the two Companies
. exist.
They also forwarded a copy to Silver Gray
Co. of Lowell, Mass, from whom they re-
ceived a picture some two or three years
since. The corespondencc accompanying
the latter presentation is necessarily crowded
out this week—shall make room for it in our
next issue.
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Our neighbor of the Gazette either does
not or will not see the point in our remarks
about the “levee letter,” but says he saw
all he described. What if he did ! We
want to know Bro. B., if you’re going to ‘pry’
into the ladies’ reception rooms, for the pur-
pose of telling all you see there ? .
Danbury Tones.
WNow we protest neighbor, that we are
not to supply you with common sense and
argument too. We trust we should be as
loth to offend good breeding or true delica-
cy, as the editor of the Times, and if he
doubts us, on this point, let him compare
with ours his own advertising columns, fra-
grant as they are, with the patient cards of
the Lambert’s, the Culverwell’s, Mayfairs,
&c., hundreds of dollars worth of which
kind of advertising is rejected by us every
year. Talk of “prying into the ladies’ recep-
tion rooms,”—what do you mean? If you
have any brains you either don’t or
won’t understand what you are talking about.
Our charge was, that at a public reception,
gotten up expressly for a promiscuous as-
sembly of‘ citizens, the Lady of the White
House so attired herself as not only to make
herself the scandal of all Waslriugton,but so
as to be inconsistent, in our judgment at
ieast,with her position as a mother and, as the
wife of one of the purest and noblest Presi-
dents this countrv has seen! Can you dis-
cern the difference? The correspondents of
the Metropolitan press have made frequent
allusions to the same broad Exposures, but
when we happened to have the courage to
speak publicly of what was
signed for public exhibition, our neighbor
is “roused up" from a Rip Van Winkle
slumber and thinks he's found a marc’s nest.
Hope the hyperboreanairs of his upper clime
will cool off his affected and over-strained
indignation.
expressly de- '
a if; ’3
The past Week has been improved by lli" 3
“young folk and old," and slcighing parties ‘.
’twixt here and Stamford have raged with
fearful impctuosity and prevalence. In fact,
everything on runncrs has had an incessant
run, and the caloric of horseflcsh has been
expended without regard to cost. The
sleighing was never known to be better, in
these parts, and all the town who could buy,
beg or borrow, “improved the opportunity”
with that entire abandon attainable only by
those who have “nothing else to do.” The
Children of the schools of this and adjoining
towns have also had their share in the grand
nd universal carnival. The scholars of the
Redding Seminary “glode” hither on Friday
in the omnibus sleigh of friend Cross of Dan-
bury; the scholars of Chas. Sellcck’s cast
Avenue Institute ventilated themselves and
their lungs behind Bartram’s “six-in-hand ;”
while Mr. Crccvey’s school ventured as far
abroad as Bridgeport—the happy, cheer-y,
“dtseriminating” children nearly splitting
their little throats “honoring” the old GA-
ZETTE as they passed.
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Government Stores.
Messrs. S. E. Olmstead & Co., on Wednes-
day last, the 5th inst. dispatched the schoon-
er Pawnee, Capt. St. John, to Locust Point,
Baltimore, with a cargo of Government
Stores, consisting of Hay, Oats, Corn, Wood
and Lumber. We understand that they ex-
pect to dispatch several more vessels, next
week, with similar cargoes. This produce
has all been gathered up in this neighbor-
hood by the above enterprising firm, and
shipped direct to the point at which it was
needed, without the trouble and delay ofa
re—shipment at New York.
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Bible Society Anniversary.
The 2d Anniversary of the Norwalk Bible
Society, was held Sunday evening in the 2d
M. E. Church. The house was densely
crowded, and the exercises were of unusual
interest. We presume the report of the
Rev. Secretary will be furnished us for pub-
lication.
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Telegraphic.
A startling telegram came over the wires
tO-day, stating that Brig. Gen. Stone of the
Potomac Army was under arrest, and passed
through Philadelphia at midnight, Sunday,
on his way to Fort Lafayette. What’s up?
A telegram also reports that Gen. Curtis
is a few miles south of Lebanon, Mo., on his
way to attack Price, and has captured 29
prisoners, including two Captains and a
quartermaster.
W
501 Conn.
Lieut. Chiner and Scrgant J ohu Fry ar-
rived in town last week on leaves of absence,
from the 5th Ct. Regiment.
Lieut. Chinery is to report himself at Fort
Trumbull,(Ncw London,) for recruiting duty.
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Military.
The War Department has issued orders to
fill up the lst Conn. Artillery (lately 4th C.
V.) to 1800 men, and the Governor, thinking
that purpose of more ,importance than the
organization of the 14th Regiment, has doci-
ded to transfer the men already enlisted to
the artillery. The change in the arm of the
service will be an acceptable one.
The 14th will not be organized for the
present at least. .
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NEW PAPER—We have received the first
three numbers Of the “True Citizen,” pub-
lished in New Britain, by L. M. Guernsey.
It makes a very neat appearance, and we
hope it will be liberally supported. The
“True Citizens” of the wide-awake town of
New Britain ought to support one local paper.
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W Nosahogan Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Wa-
terbury, has a fund of $2,000 safely invested
and steadily increasing.
Our Brothers’ Lodge, of Norwalk, has an
invested fund of over five thousand, and also
on the increase.
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CoLBURN’s EVAPORATOR.—One of the
complaints justly made against furnace heat
in dwellings, churches and schools, rs that
its extreme dryness makes it unwholesome
and exhausting. Dr. Colburn, of Newark,
New Jersey, has contrived an ingen'pus plan
fbr giving moisture to the air at the moment
when it enters the room through the regis-
ter, which answers the purpose, and has a
most pleasant effect upon the atmosphere of
furnace-heated rooms. The Evaporator of
Dr. Colburn consists of a porous earthen ves-
sel, three or four inches in diameter and Six-
teen inches long. This holds the water and
is enclosed for protection in a wire screen,
with some little ornamentation for those ex-
posed to view. Inside of this water vessel
there is an earthen core containing a cotton
yarn wick, which dream the water from the
centre and distributes it at the top of the
tube, so that when one of the cvaporators is
placed in the hot air pipe, directly under the
register, the air cannot reach the room With-
out being charged with the moisture 'con
stautly evaporating. Where the hot air eu-
ters from the side of the room, the Evapora-
_tor hangs by a hook right in front. When
in operation it Inust be filled every day
with clean water, and occasionally taken
apart and washed, 'so that the moisture,
which it willnever fail to give the air, will
come from pure water. .
There is no doubt that the introduction of
properly moistened air into churches and
schools would conducc to the wakefulness as.
well as the health of congregations and schol-"
ars, and in dwellings the matter is one of
special importance—Er.
@If this "contl'ivaIICe” works, it is an
invention that ought to ensure the Doctor a
fortune. These hot air furnaces are un-
doubtedly the fruitful cause of the great in-
crease of nervous diseases, &c., besides,whcu
used in Churches and other public buildings,
are as sure to poison and stupefy an audience
as they are to fire the building unless protect-
ed with unusual carc. But if the vitality of
the air can be retained, their value and gen-
eral utility will be at once established, and
if some, ingenious Yankee could invent
some further arrangement whereby the
same fuel used in the range and cooking
stove could be made to do the double service
of generating the hot air also, they would
come into universal use.
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WGrcat activity prevails at Boston in
getting off the Butler expedition. The ves-
sels already loaded or loading with troops
and stores consist of the ships Undaunted,
North American, Idaho, Ocean Queen, VVil-
der Farley and Western Empire; also sev-
eral steamers. The Maine Fourteenth Reg-
iment, First Maine battery, "Second Vermont
battery, and Fourth Massachusetts battery,
of the New England division, were embark-
ed on Thursday. The entire division wil:
consist of ten thousand men.
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cg“ The treasury department; gives notice
that the semi-annual intcrest coupons on the
three years bonds, due on the 19th, will
be paid in coin at the office of' the assistant
treasurer in New York. The coupons, with
schedules showing the number and amount,
must be prcsentcd for examination three
business days before payment. The depart-
ment also gives notice that it is ready to re-
deem the one year treasury notes of 1857,
and the sixty days notes of March last, inter-
est on which will cease April 7th. The last
of the $50,000,000 issue is in the hands of
the signers, and no accident or loss has oc-
curred in the execution of the work.
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' belittling, head-aching, stomach-trying, con-
_,
titlifiegimegt Correspoiid‘simé.
BURNSIDrlls EXP'ElH'l‘ION, l.
IIA'l‘TERAS INLET, .lan. 281b, 1862. 5
On Sunday, Jan. 5th, We received ordcrsto l
be ready to brubark in 1wrlvc hours. \Vr.
struck our lcnfs the next morning, (Monday) ,
and marched to the wharf near the Naval .
School buildings in Annapolis, where we re-
mained standing in the snow and cold, (for
there was snow on the ground,) until night,
no vessel appearing to take us on board.—
IVe were then ordered into one of the Naval
buildings to pass the night as comfortably as
we could under the circumstances. The
next morning we again marched to the
wharf, where we waited as before until near-
ly sundown, when a large barge came along-
side and took on board six companies,which
she conveyed to the bark H. D. Brookman,a
steamer taking the other four companies to
the steam propeller Chasseur, both of these
vessels being anchored off in the harbor. The
six companies on board of the bark crowded
her to excess. There being no berths erect-
ed, thc Iucn slept in the hold as best they
could, putting their blankets down on the
deck, and stowing in together like cattle. 0n
the first night, there was but little sleep on
board, the crowd w so great. The next
day a schooncr(the J amesHoyt) was brought
alongside and two companies were trans-
ferred to her; after this the men were more
comfortable. We lay anchored off in the
stream until Thursday morning, when the
fleet began to move. The vessels with the
first brigade going first, and thus one vessel
after another departed, our vessel being
among the last, in the third Brigade. We
started in tow of the Chasseur, the schooner
being attached to us. We were soon out. up-
on the Chesapeake, moving towards Fortress
Monroe. A fog soon settled down around
us, but we kept on our way, still in tow of
the steamer until night, when we anchored
near a place on the Maryland shore called
the Devil’s Wood-pile, which name, when
taken in connection with another place we
passed on the North Carolina shore called
Kill-Devil Hills, struck me as rather signifi-
cant. The fog held us last until Saturday
morning, when it lighting up we set sail,and
without the aid of the Steamer, arrived at
Fortress Monroe just after sun-down. We
liar
left Fortress Monroe on Sabbath morning, '.
under sea-led orders which were not to be
opened until we rounded Cape Henry.—
When the orders .were opened, we found our
destinatiod was Hatteras Inlet, which place
we reached Monday evening, and came to
anchor Off the coast. Here we lay at anchor
from Monday, Jan. 13th, until Tuesday, Jan.
21st, riding out two gales, to say nothing of
eight days sea-sickness—the most manhood-
temptible disease that ever afflicted mortals.
On Tuesday. Jan. 2lst,we were towed inside
of the Inlet, where most of the vessels had
preceded us; the steamers (with the excep-
tion of the City of New York, which ran on
to the shoals, and after ineffectual attempts
to get her off, wont to pioces,) coming in im-
mediately upon their arrival, without having
to anchor outside" the bar.
Most of the Regiment are well, and none
serlously sick—the principal disease being
measles, and they light. Lieut. Russell who
was down with them, is now quite well.—
Several of us have visited Forts Hatteras
and Clark, and all the other places of inter-
est on the strip of sand which borders the
Sound. 933‘
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ACCIDENT—We learn from the Danbury
Times that a serious accident happened to
George Jennings, a brakeman on the Dan-
bury & Norwalk Railroad, on Tuesday after-
noon? As he was carrying a bundle of iron
from a car to the freight house at Ridgcficld
station, he slipped and fell across the rail,
the bundle of iron falling upon him. He
was taken to his home in Norwalk, and :11-
though very badly injured there is some
hope of his recovery.
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CONNECTICUT TAKES TIIE HONOR—Flag
Officer A. H. Foote, the commander of the
fleet of gunboats which captured Fort Henry
was born in Cheshire. His father was Sarn-
uel A. Foote, U. S. Senator and governor of
this State, and author of the “Foote Resolu-
tions.” Com. Foote must be over fifty years
of age.
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W The Springfield armory is in a very
efficient operation. It employs 1,400 men,
and during the month of January it turned
out 10,500 guns. The total number in six
months was 44,072.
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From the N. I]. Palladium.
Too Much Grnmbling.
We are a fast people—nothing suits us
unless done in a fast way—we think fast,
work fast, make money fast, lose it fast, and
become dissatisfied with every body and
every thing that doesn’t come fully up to our
fast notions. This characteristic is exhibited
most clearly in the feeling which exists in
relation to the management of the war. Be
cause its progress does not come quite up to
our standard of rapidity, we grow morosc,
dissatisfied, and indulge in the loudest kind
of grumbling. We constitute ourselves the
judges of the way and manner in which it
should be conducted, and the shortest possi-
ble time in which rebellion can be subdued,
and then put the administration and all the
military authorities on trial for neglect of
duty in failing to satisfy us..
This isall wrong. We do not objcct to
proper criticism, but. what we want is more
patriotism, more confidence, and Jess grumb
ling, less doubting. We need the high pur-
pose, the paticucc, the unwavm'iug confi-
dence in the ultimate success of right princi-
plcs, that distinguished our fathers. The
present spirit of. fault finding would have
driven Washington from the command of
thc army before the war of the revolution
was half fought. Nothin r is now doing so
much to embarrass the resident and our
generals as the continual, persistent, fault
finding of the people. Nothing would so
surely tend to bring the war to a speedy and
successful end, as an earnest, whole-souled
disposition to sustain the Government in
their own way Of prosecuting it.
Upon the President and his Cabinet is cast
the responsibility of this conflict. To them
is confided its management. We had confi-
dence in them once; we still have, and now
let us manifest it. Can we in our chairs at
home, determine better how the war should
be conducted than Lincoln and McClellan,
whosc duty it is to do it? Is not all this
carping—the existence of which it is useless
to deny—calculated to encourage our ene-
mies,and diminish our own patriotism? Is
,it not paving the way for a dishonorable
peace? And have not we all unconsciously
fallen into this frame of mind by taking our
one from the traitors at home, who seek by
grumbling, and doubting, and fault finding,
to weaken our loyalty, and furnish the rub-
els an element of strength at the North ‘3—
Isn’t it quite time for a reform in this mat-
ter? Has not our Government, in fact, ac-
complished wonders? Has it not don}: more
than we could expect? and now that all
things are nearly ready, can we not wait
with patience for the final blow to fall?
Let us then sustain the Government, not
with a weak, hcsitating, doubting adherence,
but with cheerful, trusting hearts, with open
hands and strong arms. Let us cease mourn-
ing and bewailing our condition, and cherish
hope, confidence in our final success, and
above all faith in fh‘p'God of battles.
chop - .——— —_..
r
—Thrce American Bishops are now patri-
oticail .engagedin the service of their coun-
try. ishop McIllvainc is in England, Arch-
bishop Hughes is on the Continent, and Bish-
op Ames has gone to Richmond. These gen-
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l 'Correspondent-('- (3f
HARTFORD, Jun. 30, 1862. 5
FRIEND BvINOTON:—Attcntion has been i
drawn toward a letter of yours from W'ash- l
iugton in this week’s Gazette, bccausc of i
certain allusion to our Post Office difficulty. '
Bclicving that you could not have the slight-
est desire to misrepresent the matter to the
people of Fairfield county or become a parti-
zan in it, I crave as a matter of justice at
small space in the Gazette to recapitulate
facts, not to discuss the matter. You com-
mence by calling it a purely local matter
“ pushed far beyond what our friends in
Hartford have a right to do, «Sac. ;” now if it
is purely local, tell me why already three
newspapers outside of Hartford have inter,
feared with the matter. I mean your own,
the N. H. Courier and the Norwich Bulletin.
“ Our Cabinet minister and delegation in
Congress are importuncd to become champi-
ons of either side." You have been grossly
misinformed as far as the notion of the citi-
zens of Hartford are concerned, for they have
only asked Senator Deleon to allow P. M-Gen‘l
Blair to hear the case and decide it. If any
individual in the delegation, or out of it, that
doesn’t reside in Hartford, has been importu-
ned as you intimate, the committee of our
citizens would be extremely glad to know
who he is and who importuncd him. You
say :—“ We protest that at times like the
present, when the very countenance of every
honest man in Congress betrays his inward
emotions of anxiety and care over National
questions, this is not the time to force upon
them the settlement of family broils at home.
If this question must be brought to an issue,
let it be kept in abeyance till after we have
put down the ‘ peace men’ of our State so
low that the ‘ hand of resurrection shall
never drag them forth.’ This, with all def-
erence to the many warm personal friends
we have, whose feelings are strongly enlist-
ed in this contest, seems to us but the dic-
tates of true patriotism.”
Would it not have been better for you to
have read this lecture first to the U. S. Sen-
ate, whcn they were at the moment you
wrote engaged in discussing the question of
expelling a Senator because he had written
a letter introducing a friend to Jefferson Da-
vis, before Sumter had been fired on.
You are in error ll supposing the citizens
of Hartford are asking any more now than
they did at the outset. They have never
asked anything but the removal of the Post
Master. They asked this on the ground that
he was using the patronage of the Govern-
ment to sustain disloyal men. Instead of do-
ing as the citizens of Fairfield county did,
when they had to deal with one of‘ the small-
er sattelites of the Hartford Times, to wit,
resort to mob violence, the citizens of Hart-
ford conteuted themselves with using legiti-
mate means of destroying a sheet that insul-
ted their patriotism and outraged their loyal-
ty, they had curtailed its subscription and
advertising patronage until without the as-
sistance of the Federal Government it was
likely to succumb, in fact the Messrs. Burr
tried to sell it. Postmaster Cleaveland came
to their rescue and molated the promises he
had made all those who aided him in getting
the appointment. Were they to remain sr-
lent and allow this burning shame to contin-
ue or should they ask for his removal.—
Would the people of Erirfield county rested
qmet if Federal patronage had sustained the
Bridgeport Farmer. YOu tell us “ to put
down the peace men of our State so low
that the hand of resurrection shall never drag
them forth,” and when we try to do it, tell
us we are pushing a merely local matter be-
yond what we have a right to. We think if‘
it is treason to write letters to Jefferson Da-
vis that it is treason to call the present an'
unholy war in a public meeting, after the
fatal carnage of Bull Run. And the man
who unblushingly did this is one of the clique
that control our Postmaster and the inner ofliee
of the Hartford Post Oflz‘ce is one of his loafing
places.
The only way in which the matter can
become other than local in its character is in
the avowal of Senator Dixon that he doesn’t
believe that Eaton and Burr are traitors, on
this question there is but one opinion in this
community among loyal men and we are in
hopes that after further deliberation Mr.
Dixon will be willing to let Mr. Blair pass
on that question.
In haste, yours,
WWe give place to the above, (received
during our absence,) and have only to reply
that the “reasonings” of our correspondent
would be entirely conclusive if there were
but one side to this question; Were our Re-
publican friends in Hartford a unit in this
matter, the contest instead of being longer a
source of solicitude and danger to us, would
virtually be at an end. But, unfortunately
while a very powerful combination is arrayed
against the Post Master, he also has his sup-
porters, and they are as fierce and earnest
for havinghim “let alone" as our correspon-
dent and his friends are for his removal—~—
Thus a division in our ranks is created and
pushed with an angry zeal on either side, in
a district where we have no strength to lose,
and where the feelings and political sympa-
thies around extend all over the State——
While we de‘prccate as the heighth of mean-
ness all interference with ouc’s business in-
terests for opiuion‘s sake, we would excrt
ourselves to the utter-most in all honorable
ways, to deprive a disloyal man of his power
to do evil. In the Hartford case, however,
our friends are at write/Ice, and as both par-
ties ‘can‘t expect to have their own way in
all respects, why not put orer, or agree to
some amiable adjournment of their difficul-
ties at home and among themselves, cxact-
ing the pledge in advance that the defeated
party shall acquiesce in the trimnph of the
majority. If our correspondent is not aware
that others beside Senator Dixon have been
“importuncd,” he isn’t posted, that’s all. We
can assure him that efforts to enlist the influ-
ences of very many others have been made,
and Loth parties to the controversy have been
zealous in efforts to add to the number of
their advocates,until the difficulty has spread
itself beyond its original bounds, and is the
source of deep solicitude among all our
friends throughout the State. Why cannot
the question he left to a cote of those within
the Post Office delivery through whose cf
forts the present Administration came into
power? It would seem at this distance that
such a course would be eminently just, and
meet the willing concurrence of the occu-
pant. '
We sincerelyfirope that our fears of disas-
trous results growing out of this difficulty,
may be groundless, but we do know that
they are slurred in by older heads than ours.
We have here in Norwalk precisely the same
condition of. things, with the two exceptions
that our Post Office is very much out of the
business centre, and the owners of ghc build-
ing, while belonging to the News School of
politics long since gave o‘er their interests in
printing democratic newspapers as an unprofit-
able and unthankful business. Now what
would be thought of us by our Hartford
friends at a time like the present, when all
desire that “party lines may be oblite-
litcrated,” and party asperities softened
down, were an influential portion of our
Norwalk Republicans to get. up such a “fam-
_» “was:
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ONE WHO KNOWS.
tlemen are representatives of three branches ,
of the Churches widely differing from each '
other; they cordially agree, however, in do:
votiou to the Union cause.
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———The “Constitution” sailed from Fortress
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Monroe, for Ship Island, On Tuesday. .
, “smooth success’m; theUnion cause through-
] believe it judicious, expedient or patriotic.
ily quarrel” here, (and they could easily be
provoked to it,) as should jeopardize the
out the State? We don’t belieee that our
friends in Hartford or outside of it, Would
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of Connecticut.
Ana'u'rAN'r GENERAL’s Or‘urcu, I, V
Hartford, Feb. 5111, 1862. 5
[GENERAL Ounuus, No. 454.]
I. In accordance with ordersl'romthc War
Department, dated Jan. 2d, 1862, the 4th
Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, is hcrcby
. organized into an Artillery Regiment, to be
known and designated as the lst Regiment
Connecticut Volunteer Artillery. The Corn-
panics composing the Regiment will be in-
creased to one hundred and fifty-five men,
and two new Companies are ordered by the
Communder-in-Chief, to be organized and
attached to the Regiment. Each Company
will be organized as follows, viz:
1 Captain.
2 lst Lieutenants.
2 2d Lieutenants.
1 1st Sergeants.
1 Qt. Master Sergeant.
6 Sergeants.
12 Corporal-s.
2 Artificers.
2 Musicians.
126 Privates.
155 Aggregate.
II. Three Commissioned Officers of the
new Companies and one 2d Lieutenant to
each of the existing Companies, will be ap-
pointed by the Commander-in-Chicf', and
the remaining Commissioned Officers will
be nominated by the Colonel of the Regi-
ment.
III. Thc Officers, Non-commissioned Ofli-
ccrs, Musicians and Privates, organized as
above set forth, will,in ’all respects,be placed
on the same footing, as to pay and allow-
ance, of similar corps of the regular Army,
and Non-commissioned Officers, Musicians
and Privates will be entitled to the same al-
lowance for bounty as all other organiza-
tions in the State.
By order of the Commander-iu-Chicf.
JOSEPH D. WILLIAMS,
Adjutant General.
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' The Treasury Note Bill.
The following is the substance of the Treas-
ury Note bill passed by the House on the
6th: to meet the necessities of the treasury
of the United States the Secretary is autho-
rized to issue one hundred and fifty millions
of United States notes, not hearing interest,
payable at the treasury, at Washington or
New York, of such denominations as he may
deem expedient, not less than $5 each; pro-
vided that fifty millions Of said notes shall
be in lieu of the demand notes issued by not
of July 17, 1851, which said notcs shall be
taken up as rapidly as possible; and provi-
ded further that the two kinds of notes shall
at no time exceed$150,000,000,and such notes
shall be received for all debts due the Uni-
ted States, and shall also be lawful money
and a legal tendcrmeut of all debts, public
and private, within the United States.
Said notes when presented in sums of not
less than fifty dollars may be exchanged for
United States bonds at six percent, redeem-
able in twenty years; or the holders of said
notes may receive U. S. bonds at seven per
cent, having five years to run, interest paya-
ble semi-annually in coin. And such United
States notes shall be received the same as
coin, at par value, in payment of loans that
may he sold or negotiated by the Secretary.
There shall be printed on the back of each
note:
“The within note is a legal tender in pay-
ment of' all debts, public and private, and it
is exchangeable for bonds of the United
States bearing 6 per centum interest at twen-
ty years, or seven per cent. bonds at five
years."
To enable the Secretary to fund these
notes and the floating debt, he is authorized
to issue United States bonds not to exceed
$500,000,000, redeemable in twenty years,
at six per cent, in denominations not less
than fifty dollars, and to exchange them for
treasury notes. And all stocks, bonds and
other securities of the United States, held by
individuals, corporations or associations
within the United States, shall be exempt
from taxation by any state or county.
The remaining sections of the bill provide
for the style of notes and manner of issue,
and enact penalties against counterfeiting.—
The sum of $300,000 is appropriated to carry
the act into eflect.—Hart. Press.
—-o.‘.>.._.—_'_
THE DICTIONAIIIEs—Puon. Srown.——
Prof, Stowe of Andover, says of the new
dictionaries as follows:
"I have looked over, with some care, the
last issues of both Webster’s and Worcester’s
Dictionaries. Without any disparagcmcnt
of Dr. Worcester as an able, laborious and
suc&ssful lexicographer, I must say that
this examination has confirmed my former
impression of the superiority of Webster on
almost every point for which a dictionary is
usually consulted. Webster’s Dictionary, as
now published, I think, has decidedly the
advantage over Worcester’s, in the analytic
clearness, the accuracy and neatness of its
definitions, in the nice philosophical discrim-
ination of synonyms, and in the graphic sig-
nificance and beauty of the pictorial illustra-
tions. It seems to me that all these quali-
ties are clearly obvious even to the most has-
ty examination. In the orthography of the
comparatively few words in regard to which
they differ, I generally prefer Webster, as he
follows more closely the analogies of the lan-
guage, anticipating usage, which is every
day gaining ground, rather than adhering to
that which is passing away In copiousn'ess
of vocabulary they appear to me to be nearly
equal; at least no one can now pretend that
the vocabulary of Worcester is more select
and pure than that of Webster.”
Spring. Repub.
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WThe Senate yesterday expelled Mr.
Jesse D. Bright of Indiana by the decisive
vote of 32 to 14—most of the Republicans
voting with the more determined Unionists
of other shades to expel. His offense con-
sisted in writing, on the lst of March last, a
letter to “The Hon. Jefferson Davis, Presi-
dent of the Confederate States," recommend-
ing to him a Mr. Thomas B. Lincoln as in-
ventor of a valuable improvement in fire-arms
On being taken to task in thcjournals for this
he avowud himself infiexibly opposed to "co-
ercion.” Mr. Bright, is a native ofthis State
(Chermngo County), lived formerly in Ken-
tucky, where he owned slaves after his re»
moval to Indiana, of which State he was cho-
sen Licut.-Goveruor nearly twenty years ago
He has been seventeen years Senator—for
the last line: under a pretended election
which had no more validity nor claim torc-
spcct than though it had been made in a bar-
room by the crew or" a passing Mississippi
flnt~boat. He was awarded the seat by a
scandalous partisan vote, and would probably
have lost it then but for the dcathof Judge
Butler of S. 0., who would, as Chairman of
the Judiciary Committee, have reported
strongly against him, and could hardly have
been overbornc. Mr. Bright is an able man,
always a Democrat, supported Breckinrigc
and Lane in 1860, and has ever gone with
those who went farthest in concessions to
Slavery. Gov. Morton will doubtless send a
better man in his stead, and we do not think
he has any chance to get back after the Leg-
islative election in Indiana next Fall. The
Indiana Democrats are mainly of the Douglas
stamp, and can suit themselves far better in
a Senator—should the fortunes of the can-
vass give them the power—than to take a
further dOSc of Bright.——-Tribune Thursday.
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W We find the following in the Hartford
Courant.
At a regular meeting of St. John‘s Sick and
Burial Society, held at their room on Thurs-
day evening, Fcb. 6th the following resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted :—
Resolred, That in the death of Rev. Dr.
John Mulligan, we, in common with the irish
Catholic citizens of Connecticut, lost a faith-
ful friend, Literature has lost a brilliant stu-
dent, and the Church one of her best, ablest,
and noblest Ministers.
Resolved, That his example, manifested du-
ring his bright, but alas, too short career, is
worthy Of imitation by our children; and we
shall, as lessons to them, tell them of his
goodness, his labors, and his rcmurkabc in-
tellect, that they may aspire to be like him.
Resolred, That we deeply sympathize with
our bereaved brethren of Norwalk, and as-
sure them that they are not alone in their
mourning: Hartford has much to grieve for,
for we fear that we never shall look upon
his like again.
Resolved, That the Recording Secretary
furnish a copy of these resolutions to the al-
flicted family, and that they be published in
the Hartfard Times and Couraut.
M. BEDMOND, Rec, Sec’y,
Hartford, Feb. 7th 1862.
adopao—u .....
-—Thc Secessionists in St. Louis weI'c bad-
ly fri htened a few days ago, by a report.
that en. Halleck had telegraphed to the
Secretary of War, asking permission to send
away during the \var about five hundred of
the most noisy and lm-ublesome of the 1gb,-
els in St. “Louis, and that the reply was
“five thousand, if necessary.”
LAnother Victory at the
' West.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7.
the complete success of the federal expedi-
tion up the Tennessee river.
Our forces have captured Fort Henry.
A special dispatch to the Chicago Journal
dated at noon on Wednesday, reported that
the first and second brigades of ch.McClcr-
uand‘s division, 8,000 strong, encamped on
the previous eventing four miles below Fort
Henry. Three of' our gunboats made a re-
connaissance to Panther Island.
THE REBEL ACCOUNT.
. Fon'ruI-zss MONROE, Feb. 7.
A Richmond paper has the following dis-
patch:
_ “Murmurs, Feb. 5.
Three federal guuboats appeared on the
Tennessee river yesterday, and opened fire
on Fort Henry. The latter responded.—
There was no damage doneto the fort. The
fcdcrals arc landing troops two miles from
the fort, An attack is expected. The Con-
federates are in full force on the Tennessee
river. No damage from the federals is ap-
prehended.”
_ ST LOUIS, Feb, 7.
The followmg is announced from head-
quarters :—
_ “Fort Henry is ours. The flag of the Un-
Ion rs re-establishe‘d on the soil of Tennessee
It will never be removed.
By command of Major-General HALLECK,
W. W. SMITH, Captain and A. D. C.
THE csrroasbr roar HENRY
Details of the Engagement.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 7.
The Gazette and Commercial’s Cairo cor.
rcspondeuce give the following account of
the bombardment of Fort Henry: Yesterday
at 12.30 P. M. the gunboats Cincinnati, St.
Louis, Caroudclet and Essex, Tyler, Cones-
toga and Lexington, bringing up the rear,
advanced boldly against the rebel works, go-
ing to the right of Painter Creek Island above
where on the east shore of the river stand the
fortification.
They kept out of range till at the head of
the enemy, passing the Island in full view of
the rebel guns. We steadily advanced, every
man at quarters, and every car strained to
catch the flag officer’s signal, gun for the com-
commeucemeut of the action. Our line of
battle was on the left, the St. Louis next, the
Carondelct next, the Cincinnati for the time
being the flag-ship, having on board flag-odi-
cer Foote, and the next, the Essex. We
advanced in line, the Cincinnati a boat’s
length ahead.
At 11.30, A. M. the Cincinnati opened the
ball,and immediately the three accompanying
boats followed suit. The enemy was not
backward and gave an admirable response,
and the ht raged furiously for half an hour
We stea y advanced, receiving and return-
ing the storms of shot and shell, when get-
ting within thrce hundred yards of the cue-
my’s works, we came to a stand and poured
into him right and left. In the mean time
the Essex had been disabled and drifted away
from the scene of action, leaving the Cincin-
nati, Carondelet and St.Louis alone engaged.
At preciselyforty minutes past one, the en-
emy struck his colors, and such cheering,
such wild excitement as seized the throats,
arms and caps of the four or five hundred
sailors of the gunboats can be imagined.
After the surrender, which was made to
flag-officer Foote by General Lloyd Tilghman
who defended his fort in a most determined
manner, we found that the rebel infantry
encamped outside the fort numbering four
or five thousand, had cut and run, leaving
the rebel artillery company in command of
the fort. The fort mounted seventeen guns,
most of them 32 and 34 pounders, one being
a magnificent ten-inch Columbiad, Our
shots disimountcd two of their guns, driving
the enemy into the cmbrasures. One of their
rifled 32 poundcrs burst during the engage-
ment wounding one of their gunners.
The rebels claimed to have but eleven ef-
fective guns, worked by fifty-four men—the
number all told of our prisoners. They lost
five killed and ten badly wounded. The in-
fantry left everything in their flight. A vast
deal of plunder has fallen into our bands
including a large and valuable quantity of
ordnance stores. Gen. Tilghman is dishear-
tened. He thinks it one ofthe most damag-
ing blows of the war. In surrendering to
fiag-ol’ficeroote the rebel general remarked,
“I am glad to surrender to so gallant an offi-
cer. Flag-officer Foote replied, “You do per-
fectly right sir, in surrendering, but you
should have blown my boats out of the water
before I would have surrendered to you l”
In the engagement the Cincinnati was in
the lead, and flying the flag-officer’s pennant,
and was the chief mark. Flag-officer Foote
and Captain Steinbell crowded her defiantly
into the teeth of the enemy’s guns.
She got thirty-one shots, some of them go-
ing completely through her. The Essex was
badly crippled. When about half through
the fight, arid standing steadily against the
enemy, a ball went into her side forward
port, through her heavy bulk head, and
squarely through one of her boilers, the es-
caping steam scalding and killing several of
the crew.
Capt. Porter, his aid, S. P. Barton, Jr. and
Paymaster Lewis were standing in a direct
line of the balls passing, Mr. Britton being in
the center of the group. A shot struck Brit-
ton on the top of his head, scattering his
brains In every direction. The escaping
steam went into the pilot house, instantly
killing Messrs Ford and Bride, pilots. Many
of the soldiers at the rush of steam jumped
overboarl and were drowned. The Cincin-
nati had one killed and six wounded. The
Essex had six seamen and two officers killed
seventeen men wounded, and two missing.
There were no casualitics on the St. Louis
or Caroudclct. though the shot and shell fell
upon them like rain. The St. Louis was
commanded by Leonard Paulding, who stood
upon the guuboat and worked the guns to
the last. N ota man flinched, and with cheer
upon cheer sent the shot and shell among
the enemy.
PADUCAII, Iiy.;Feb. 6.
Gen. Smith on the west, and Gen.’ Grant
on the cast side of the Tennessee river are
pursuing the retreating rebels.
It. is reported and credited by some of our
officers that the rebel troops at Fort Henry
were not true to the rebel cause, and took
advantage of the opportunity offered by an
attack to run away from a fight that was dis-
tasteful to them. A dispatch from Gen.Buell
says that Grant will attack Fort Donaldson
to-morrow.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 9.
A special dispatch to the Gazette and Com-
mercial, dated Fort Henry, Feb. 8, gives the
following intelligence: .
Directly after the capture of Fort Henry,
the 'gunboals Lexington, Tyler, and Cones-
toga started up the river, with instructions to
proceed as far as lhcy saw fit. Yesterday
the Curondclct, iu chragc of 0015. Webster,
Higgins, and McPherson of'Gen.Grant's staff
made a rcconuoissancc as far as the bridge of
the Memphis and Clarksville Railroad, at
Danville. They found quarters had been
built at the bridge, and occapied by some
troops, and where was also found a large
quantity of army supplies, commissary stores
wagons, &c. The bridge at Danville was
partially disabled by the firstgunboats which
went up the river. Another of the piers was
crippled so as to completely prevent the pos-
sage of trains. Eight guns were captured by
Dickcy’s Cavalry, and Colonel Logan, in
their pcrsuit ofthe rebels. Nearly all the
guns were spiked with telegraph wire, which
can easily be removed. They are brass 6 poun-
dersgmd in fine order. All the prisoners ta-
ken (about 100 were sent to Cairo yesterday.
The amount of property captured will exceed‘
$1,000,000. .
Reconuoissauccs have been made by Col.
Logan and other in with in a mile of Fort
Donelsou. Gen. Grant and staff will make a
reconnoissancc this afternoon beyond Dan-
ville. ~ '
CINCINNATI. Feb. 8.
A special Indinnzmolls dispatch to the 00772-
mereiul says that General Thomas‘s division
is said to have made a forward movement,
and will invade East Tcunesse at three diflers
en't points simultaneously. General Carter
goes through Cumlu-rland _ap, General
Schoept‘ by the central roule,,and General
Thomas with Manison and McCook’s brig-
ades, will cross at Mill Spring. They will
advance immediately on Knoxville, where
they will take possession of the railroad, cut-
ting off supplies and communication with the
rebel government.
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.—..——-t-It is an. esstood that the government
has ordered _tre chapter of all the large trans.-
ports which can be secured or New York for ;
special service. Another mncdiuonto some :
point South is und 2 . at is not Improlr
able that a large pc e Army of thc
Potomac will be de- the service.
’ Slat-c
Dis )atches 'ust received here announce i .
l . .l ; five prisoners belonging tO the lst Virginia , ‘
' of Bull Run has just been published.
M”! -
f'ax (Eotirt House.
\VASIIINCTON, Feb. 7.
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essf'ul kail'llllsil near Fan'-
Gcn. Wm. F. Smith telegruphs that this
' morninga part. of his scouts returned with
'. Cavalr ' and one citizen,
Another detachment subsequently return-
ed with f'our prisoners belonging to the lst
North Carolina Regiment, three of' whom
were Iron-commissioned officers. Six horses
519d eight Colt’s rifles were also captured.—
lhc prisoners will be sent to Washington.
The news from Port Henry has diffused
general joy, and stimulated the openly ex-
pressed desire for additional victories.
The War Department has received a dis-
patch that Gen. Lander now occupies Rour-
ney, the rebels having retreated.
LATER—Further particulars have been re-
ceived. It appears that Co]. Friedman’s
Cavalry, the Cameron Dragoons numbering
eight hundred men, went out in the direction
of Farr fax Court House to capture secession
pickets. They swept the country from Fair-
fhx Court House to Hunter’s Mills, (perhaps
five miles, going within half a mile of Ger-
mantown, which is several miles beyond the
Court_House. They drove in all the seces-
sron pickets except thirteen, who belonged
to 1st North Carolina and lst Virginia Cav-
alry. These they captured, and this evening
they were brought to Washington. They
were found in a log house, and on being sur-
prlrlsectll, fired upon our scouts. One rebel was
1 e .
A transportation wagon belongifig to the
rebelswas captured, together with the horses
and rifles mentioned in the preceding dis-
patch. ‘
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W One of the letters found in Zollicofler’s
den, written by aprominent East Tennesse-
an, has the following' “The Union party in
East Tennessee is quiet at this t' e, and
some think forever crushed, but am of a
different opinion. We have large numbers
of Lincolnites among us yet, who are only
awaiting a safe opportunity to join their
Northern friends.”
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Appointments Continued.
The Senate was in executive session near-
ly five hours on Monday. They confirmed
from 400 to 600 appointments, and promo-
tions in the old army, and as far as can be
ascertained the following named gentlemen
to be brigadier-generals of volunteers: Col.
Erasmus D. Keyes, Maj. J ohu W. Davidson,
Francis E. Patterson, Maj. Abner Double-
day, Lieut Col, Ketchum, David B. Biruey,
W. H. Kcim, John M. Palmer, Jame's Coop-
er, H. W. Slocum, James S. Wadsworth,
John J. Peck, O. M. Mitchell, George W.
Morrill, John H. Martindale, Maj. H. W.
Benham, Capt. W, F. Smith, James W. Den-
ver, 00]. Geo. H. Thomas, Egbert Viele, J
er, Co . Abercrombie, Col. Sedgewick, Lieut.
CO]. C. F. Smith, Lieut. Col. Case , Capt.
George G. Meade, Abram Duryea, apt. Al-
exander McCook, Oliver E. Howard, Eleaz-
ar Pain, Charles D. Jameson, Ebenezer Du-
mont, Robert H. Milroy, Lewis Wallace, W.
A. Richardson, Daniel Butterfield, Major
Horatio G. Wright, Capt. 0rd, , Lieut. Wil-
liam Nelson, Col. Randolph B. Marcy, Major
John G. Barnard, Major Seth Williams, Ma-
jor Stewart Van Vlcet, Maj. John Newton.
Capt. Winfield S. Hancock, Thomas L. Crit-
tenden, Col. Geo. Wright, Maj. Thomas
Williams, Capt. Wm. H. French, Capt. T.
H. Brooks, Capt. John M. Brannon, Capt.
John P. Hatch, Capt. David Stanley, ' Lieut.
Col. Thomas J. Wood, Capt. Richard W.
Johnson, Capt. John G. Foster, Major Chris—
topher C. Angler, Major George W. Cullum,
Col. Schuyler Hamilton, Capt. John M. Sco-
field. Additional paymasters, Thos. J. Mc-
Kean, Capt. John G. Parker.
«a.»
From Virginia.
REPORTED RIOT AT RICHMOND.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7.—The Inquirer of
this city, has received a dispatch to-day, say-
ing that a riot' occurred at Richmond on
Tuesday night; that it was supposed that
martial law would be proclaimed, and that
during the disturbance cheers for the Union
were given.
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ANOTHER BALTIMORE REBEL ASSAULT.—
Seccssion is still rampant in the mob city.—
The Clipper gives. the particulars of an attack
made upon some soldiers belonging to the
New York Fifth Zouave Regiment, while
passing along Central Avenue, on Saturday
last, b a gang of scoundrels who infest that
city. he soldiers were assailed with bricks,
pistols, and other offensive weapons, the
Zouavcs returning the fire, in which injurles
were inflicted upon both parties. The police
ultimately arrested the ringleaders, who are
bound over for trial.
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W The following is a list of‘ deaths in the
Fifth Connecticut Regiment from its entry
into service to Dec. 31, 1861 :
Hezekiah Sturgis, Co. A, Oct. 14, aged 22,
of Bedding, Conn., at Baltimore, Md, ty-
phoid fever; buried in Baltimore.
Trowbridge Prindle, Co. B, Sept. 24, aged
25, of Hamden, Conn., at Darnestown, Md,
typhoid fever; buried at Darnestown.
John Gallagher, Co. B, Oct. 8, a ed 24, of
Hartford, Conn., at Hyattstown,1[d.; gun.
shot wound received in afl'ray.
Jos. A. Adams, Co. C, July 24, aged 30, of
New Haven, Conn., at Hartford, Conn.,
drowned; body sent home.
James Riley, 00. C, Sept. 17, aged 20, of
Hartford, Conn., at Baltimore, Md, typhoid
fever; body sent home.
Patrick McGinnis, Co. C, Dec. 23, aged 41,
of Hartford, Conn., at Middletown, Md, de-
lirium; body sent borne. '
Elias H. Horsland, Co. D, Sept. 14, aged
25, pt Waterbury, Conn., at Baltimore, ty-
phord fever ; died at General Hospital.
Wm. Gndley, Co. D, Dec. 18, of Water-
town, Conn., at Frederick,’pneumonia; died
at General Hospital.
E. F. Smalley, Co. E, Oct. 6, aged 23, of
Farr Haven, Conn., at Baltimore, typhoid fe-
ver; died at General Hospital.
John O’Donnel, Co. E, Oct. 16, need 20, of
Naugatuck, Conn., at Naugatuck, Intermit-
tent fever; on furlough.
Nathan S. Wheeler, Co. E, Aug. 28, aged
30, of Norwalk, Conn., at Frederick, typhoid
fever; in hospital.
Second Lieut. Putnam Day, CO. H, Aug.
19, aged 32, of Putnam, Conn., at Frederick,
typhoid fever; at City Hotel.
Chas. C. Potter, Co. H, Sept. 19, aged 20,
of Hartford, Conn., at Darnestown, typhoid
fever.
Rufus Rood, Co. H, Oct. 27, aged 22, of
Hartford, Conn., at Baltimore, typhoid fever;
at General Hospital.
Geo. E. Hill, Co. H, Dec. 9, aged 25, of
Hartford, Conn., at Daruestown, typhoid fe-
ver; at Brigade Hospital.
A. b‘. Pierce, Co. H, Dec. 14, aged 20, of
Hartford, Conn., at Frederick, typhoid fcver.
J. A. Bennett, Co. I, Oct. ~19, aged 21, of
Cornwall Bridge, at Baltimore, typhoid fever;
at General Hospital.
.<.’.
WA letter in the Buffalo Commercial,
from a correspondent in Gen. McDowell’s
division ofthe grand army of the Potomac,
gives some items of intelligence which indi-
cate a movement of some kind, before long.
Gen Wadsworth has issued orders to all his
brigade to have all its axes put in perfect or-
der, and kept so, and quartcrmasters have
been notified to provide transportation for
their respective regiments. Gen. McDowell
has also issued an order for the selection of
one hundred and forty men from each of the
regiments of Wadsworth’s brigades, to serve
as flankers and sharpsletcr-s. The im-
pression prevails in the division that an ad-
vancOwill be made just as soon as the con-
dition of the roads will permit.
o<.>'*—~———-
TIIE LATE BATTLE.—Tllel‘8 is as yet no
uniformity in giving a name to the late baf-
tle in Kentucky. It is variously called “Mill
Spring,” “ Old Fields,” “ Clear Creek,” and
“ Fishing Creek," but the first name given is
that which will probably attach to it—the
battle of Mill Spring.
The Cincinnati Gruette compares this fight
and the rout which ensued, with the battle
of Bull Run and thinks the honor of the Fed-
eral army is retrieved. Alettcr found in the
Confederate camp states their force to have
been ten thousand infantry, one thousand
eight hundred cavalry, and sixteen pieces of
cannon. After their flight to their intrench
mcnts,thcy probably had as many men there
as our Generals could have brought against
the position the next day. Their position
was one of great strength; they were as near
relief as our own army, and abundantly sup-
plied with provisions. Yet they abandoned
everything with the greatest precipitancy,
not even spiking their cannon.
9"».—
——..The President has approved the bill
authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to
strike from the pension rolls the names of
all taking up arms against the Government,
or siding or abetting the rebellion. Several
pensioners hays been proved yebels or sym}
pathizers, this act is for their benefit.
S. Me ley,N. J. T. Dana, Thomas F. Meagh;
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—Thc Nauguluck Railroad Company has
declared a drvulcml of 5 per cent, payable
1 on the 14th.
Bcaurcgard‘s official report of the battle
The
rebels had, according to it, 30,667 men, all
but 1,500 of whom wave in the battle. Only
about 10,000 of our troops were really enga-
god with the enemy.
—The.llartford papers are publishin Sam.
Colt’s wrll. He gives property to his amily
relatives, but cuts off one brother and two
nephews. In 1856 he made provisions for
expending about half'a million for establish-
mg a school of practical engineering, but
subsequentlv revoked it.
—The jrginia correspondent of the
Charleston Courier says “ that out of the
Fifth South Carolina regiment, numbering
eight hundred men, whose term of service Is
about expiring, but one hundred and seventy
have signified their willingness to enlist ‘ for
the war.’ ”
—.Gcorge Wilkes, in a recent letter indul-
ges m the fashionable employment of disclo-
smg M’Clcllau’s plan. He says it is intend-
ed to stop all complaints about the blockade
by placmg federal armies in every southern
seaport and opening them under federal au-
thority. This is to be done by the first of
May,—-—Sherman to take Charleston and Sa-
vannah, Burnside the whole North Carolina
coast, Heintzelman New Orleans, &c..
———Among the latest counterfeits reported
are,.Merchant’s Bank, Norwich, 2’s altered
——vrg. female and river scene. i
-'—-Zolhcofl‘er’s men were well supplied
1wrth arms, but they preferred to use, their
egs. 1
— It is understood that the B. Wheekr es-
tate, at Bridgeport, was sold Saturday for
$45,000; $36,000 for the property, and $9,-
000 for the right of redemption. Mr..Elia-
krm Hough, it is said, was the purchssh'.
_———G.en. Benham has renewed his applica-
tion erther to be tried on the charges filed
against him, or to be released from arrest,
and allowed to return to active service.—
Gen. _McClellan has decided to have a court-
mamal in the case without delay. .
-—Ra1ph Waldo Emerson lectured/ in
Washington on the evening of Jan 31M.—
He was received with unbounded enthusiasm
Hrs subject was American civilizflion,’ and
It Is spoken of as a wonderful lecture, almost
Inspired In Its treatment of slavery and the
war.
—An old negro, taken on board of one of
the vessels at Port Royal, the other day was
overheard praying vigorousl that “de Lord
would bress these d~d ankees.” Poor
Samba had never heard his friends designa-
ted by any other title, and unconsciouslv
used it even in his prayer.
——There is reason to believe that Gen. But-
ler was assured before he left Washington,
that he should have a Major-General’s com-
mand, as well as title. He will land several
brigades at a point on the coast, not now
occupied by Union soldiers. The capture
will be more important than any yet made.
Secretary Stanton insisted that Gen. Butler
should have what he wanted, although Gen.
McClellan disapproved.
——-——New Hampshire will be represented at
the London world‘s fair by a steam fire-en-
gine from the Amoskeag works; cotton
goods from the Langdon company; delaines
and hose from the Manchester print works;
seamless bags from the Stark mills; a wash-
ing machine from the Shaker settlement at
Canterbury; plows frongConcord, and other
valuable contributions.
-——The fittest dowcr
wi-dower.
——-—The Custom House at New York is to
be removed to the Merchant’s Exchange on
Wall street, and the old Custom building to
be occupied by the Sub-Treasury and Assay
office, if terms can be agreed upon.
-——-Twelve passenger trains run now daily
between the cities of Baltimore and Wash-
ington, and twice a week a car provided with
beds leaves Washington for the accommoda-
tion of sick and wounded soldiers.
-—-A. S. Willington, for nearly sixty ears
connected with the Charleston, S. C., auri-
er, as editor and proprietor, died in that city
on Sunday week. He was eighty-four years
of age.
—-—An Australian paper reports that a
dreadful massacre has been committed by
the aborigines of Queensland, on the North-
east coast. Of twenty-one persons only
two escaped. Tire party had been explcr,‘ . ,
the country, and permitted th -. - _ e -
enter their camp. While erecti‘ ‘
wily foes, numbering three or fo,
sprang upon them and butcheret
——The London Star and Dial cautions Ma-
son and Slidell to restrain their curiosity,not
show themselves too free] in England, and
in particular not to visit arclby's brewery,
where Haynau, the Austrian woman-whip-
per, was assaulted.
—The present Duke of Wellington will
for a widow——a
terloo, which Belgium granted to the ircn
duke. ‘
—Governmcnt sold on Wednesday, at
New York, a quantity of cotton from Port
Royal. 168 bales of Sea Island sold at from
28c to 71c; average price, 59-—and 9 bales
Upland were sold at 252126 1-2c. .
-——The slave-trader Gordon who was to
have been hanged on Friday, has received a
respite of two weeks, from the President.
——A man is now lyin ‘ 'n the Bremer Co.
(Iowa) jail, for throwing' his wife’s new]
born child into the hog-pen and allowing It
to be devoured by the hogs, he denying his
own paterntity of the child.
——The enlistment of sailors is dragging
heavily. The Secretary of the Navy has
called upon the Secretary of War for au-
thority to take them from among the enlist-
ed soldiers. The service, in order to fit out
the several expeditions, including that down
the Mississippi, require about 5000 seamen.—
Secretary Welles has called for this number.
Mr. Stanton has, already, in response, order-
ed 600 men, formerly sailors, to be detailed
from the Massachusetts regiments, to man
Com. Foote’s flotilla.
»- -»-— --< .q.-. .__—
Manuf‘actnre of Wood in Massa-
chusetts. ..
There are in this State 68 chair factories;
43 pull and tub factories; 28 plans-forte fac-
tories; 150 carriage and car factories; 1,394
saw-mills, and 42 wooden-ware factories, not
included in the above, besides 448 steam and
_ other mills, not otherwise enumerated. The
amount of capital invested is about $2,500.,
000.—Boston Zr'aceller.
...._..-...... «.5.
WOW of the mosi’ridiculous stateme me
ever published in a newspaper is the story
started by the Bridgeport Farmer. and copied
in tthegister and Times,that theGovemment
had contracted with Dr. Welch of Norfolk
for one million and ninety-two thousand mus-
hets, delivergd six months hence. The idea
of Govern ment contracting for over a million
of muskets. Why not call it five hundred
millions? Just about as consistent as the one
million story ?—-Hartford Courant.
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_ W The Union State Central Committee
have appointed the following Congressional
and County Committees:
a
Hubbard, Litchfield; B. B; Kellogg, New
Fairfield; M. F. Merritt, Stamford; George
IV. Peel, Falls Village.
[Winfield Charity—John W. Bacon, Dan-
bury; Henry Smith; Ridueficld; Elrakim
Hough, Bridgeport; o. w. Bollard, Darien.
a.»
THE STEEL GLAD FRIGATliflr-TIICSC boas-
tcd invulucrables of the British navy are
more than likely to prove failures, from sev-
cral causes. The last discovered defect is
thus stated in the London flaws of the 9th
ult:
“One serious defect, of an almost if not
quite irrcmcdiable character, exists In the
construction of iron cased ships as construct-
ed at present. and is fully edcml’hfieq In both
the \Vurrior and Black Prince. This 8'.“ IS
the penctl'ali‘m of water. between the teak
and armor plates. Tlus water naturally
forces for its exit .1 passage between the joint.
of the armor plalcsi and the opinion at pres:
cut is that nothing can remedy this under
the circumsltlllu‘s‘ of tong‘ucd and grooveg
edge plates hung on a ship s sub-s by throng
bolts. Calking gs staged to be useless, a"
that cannot be women-ed at consulermy "-
slung weight to be dealt with and the '
motion at sea. But the effect of the
ofthe water in the grooves of thc plr .,
upon the iron bolts can only be ex;
be such that four or five years from ,,
of commission each Shlp will req‘
ting.”
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could curl" of pork'wu
ty, was 3! , .ll- to his I
qucutly s
tbld that l
than 175 '
under a ll
ed meat.
inherit and enjoy the title of Prince of Wa-_
Fourth Congressional Dibt-r‘fet—John H. ,
Norwalk Chronicler