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Norwalk, Tuesday, June 10, 1862.
The Norwalk Horse Railroad.
Our community has been considerably
“ stirred up” during the past week, both by
special effort and a sort of spontaneous ir-
ruption, largely consequent upon an entire
misapprehension of the facts concerning our
proposed Horse Railroad. ' This misappre-
hension was not so surprising, however, as
the charter as at first submitted to the com-
mittee was clearly susceptible of most of the
interpretations put upon it. For want of a
better model it was copied precisely, in its
provisions, from the New Haven Horse Rail-
road Company’s charter. By it, the Incor-
porators were empowered to lay an iron
track or way from the Post Office Building,
near the foot of Mill Hill, to the New York
85 New Haven Railroad Depot, at South
.Norwalk, through or upon the public trav-
elled highway, by a single or double track,
and at a fare not toerceed ten cents. The
corporators moreover, were to keep the high-
way in all needful repair for the space of two
feet from either side of the track. This gen-
eral statement of its provisions gave those in-
terested good ground for working upon the
prejudices of the people, and large numbers
were induced to sign a remonstrance, who,
so far as the main question of having the
Railroad is concerned, are strongly in favor
of its construction under proper guards and
restrictions.
As soon as the friends of the enterprise
were made aware Of the false objections cir-
culated in the streets to obtain signatures to
a remonstrance, a petition to the Legislature
in aid of the solicited charter was drawn up,
expressing in exact and precise terms all that
was desired or anticipated by the corpora-
tors. Indeed, when the resolution came to
the committee, and before the hearing, they
were particularly requested to suggest any
amendments thereto which might be deemed
just and proper for the protection of all the
interests involved. This petition necessarily
bad but a few hours for circulation, yet near-
ly two hundred of our most enterprising and
public spirited citizens very cheerfully sign-
ed it, and many others who had given their
signatures to the remonstrance, expressed
their regrets therefor and confessed to a to-
tal misapprehension of the true character of
the enterprise, and declared themselves strong-
ly in favor of its success. Some indeed of this
class signed the Petition, and said they should
have their names erased from the Remons-
trancc. The petition defined that it was the
intention of the Company to lay down but a
single track; that the cars were designed to
leave each end of the line as often as every
fifteen or twenty minutes through the day;
the fare was to be fi'ceccnts, and no more; the
highway to be kept In good repair for fire
feet each side of the track, &c.; and the char-
ter was so modified as to make these provi-
alone (which comprehended all that was ever
intended by the first bill,) precise and obli-
gatory.
On Thursday last a hearing was had before
the Committee, and Mr. Northrop, who had
been employed for the purpose, submitted
the remonstranqe, which was very respectably
signed. Several of our venerable and most
wealthy citizens were also induced to appear
against the enterprise, and yet the conviction
was made firmer than ever in the minds of
its friends, that a very large majority of both
the signers and of those pr ’ I' t, had misap-
prehemled the entire scope, purpose and effect
of the contemplated measure, and but for the
committal of themselves against it would
have been found favoring its passage.
This however, is not the. first time in the
history of the world where the conservative
and wealthy elements of society have been
found opposed to reforms, and arrayed at the
first, against the interests and wishes of the
great masses of the honest, toiling people.—
It is one of the lamentable facts in our local
history, that every mooted reform designed
to benefit our town and bless its people, has
found an influential class arrayed in hostility
against it. It is within the recollection of
many of our older citizens, that when years
ago the people of the county cazncstl y desired
to make this its County seat, and here to
erect its Court House and other public build-
ings, the indignation and opposition of our
monicd aristocracy drove them to Fairfield;
and it is but a few years since that, seein g Our
error, we expended many thousands of do]-
lars to procure their location here, but our
more wide-awake and enterprising sister,
Bridgeport,made alligher bid and took them
from us ! At another time, an important
railroad, cutting the great arteries of eastern
travel via Boston, and Western travel, via
Albany, was surveyed down through the val-
ley traced by the present Danbury Road, and
again the conservative men of wealth rallied
and drove it away, and it now terminates fif-
teen miles farther from New York than it
would have done, and pours into the willing
lap of our sister city the business wealth we
so contnmaciously spurned. At a later day,
the N. Y. & N. H. Railroad was surveyed,
and its line run across the flat in the rear of
the old Mott residence, where the Depot was
designed to have been placed; but again,
those who could brook no such unwelcome
di'stnrbcr of their rural repose, and who seem
to have a chronic aversion to the very sug-
gestion of :1 Railroad, rallied in their might
and drove it as far from the limits of the
town as was possible; and as a result of this
conservative action, we behold our spirited
and far more enterprising and vigorous
young sister of South Norwalk, coming up
fllmost a full growu city, out of the stagnant
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pool of “ Old 'Well.” For this, we feel no re-
grets and have none to express, but find in it
our present necessity for the construction of
the Horse Railroad. We need not refer-to
the action of this same element of our socie-
ty when the Danbury Railroad scheme was
first agitated, nor to the fact that it would
not have been built ’01] this day, had it not
been for the lessons ofthe past, and the well
grounded fear that Stamfirrd would run off
with the prize.
But torturing as it may be to conservative
nerves, this is not the age of Stage Coaches
and Sloopsl Electricity and steam are the
motive powers of this age. The Telegraph
and the Railroad Cars are the great imple-
ments of our Progress, and symbols of our
civilization, and he who now stops and prates
of rickety coaches and asthmatic stages, is a
fogy so old as to be ripe for embalming and
being laid away to be unswaddled only by
the hunters after fossils.
Never, in our humble judgment, was so
simple an enterprise proposed, fraught with
more substantial advantages to our town,
than the proposed little single track Horse
Railroad. In no other manner can our in.
genuity suggest so much of public conven-
ienceand economy of time and of money.
It is to
run one horse cars to and from N orwalk
Bridge to South Norwalk Depot at stated in-
tervals of a few minutes, and at five cents
The iron rail is to be flat and even
Let us briefly re-state the project.
fare.
with the road’s bed. carriages can drive
upon it, and over and across "it, without lot or
hindrance. Heavy teams will find it of im-
mense convenience to run their loaded
wheels upon. The wear and tear of the
road will be greatly lessened, for the amount
of carriage driving will be largely dimisbed.
The yards and windows and parlor furniture
of the West avenue residents will be relieved
of their annual cloud of dust, ground up by
the constant wear and rattle of stages; and
the cost to the tax payers of the town, for
keeping this road in repair will be ceryltége-
ly diminished, as the cars will dispense with
the great bulk Of wheel travel; and the
Company is by its act of Incorporation, com-
pelled, not only to build their track under the
direction of the Selectmen, but to their accept-
ance and approral, and moreover agree to
keep fire feet on either side of this track in
good repair free of all cost to the town and
to tears the road in all respects as good as
they find it. We ask sensible men,who care
a fig for the prosperity and business interests
of our town, what possible harm this enter-
prise can do,. and to contemplate the magni-
tude of the good resnlts It must work out for
us? It does seem to as, that those gentlemen
of fortune who can so well afford to keep
their carriages, could also afford to withdraw
their opposition, and grant thus much to the
common masses and for the promotion of
the general prosperity. That their objec-
tions are the growth of unrcfiecting prejudice
is evident from the testimony of all New
Haven. The aristocracy of dollars and
many of the business men fought desperately
against their streetcars before they were run
and upon one street every property holder
signed a remonstrance, and yet but a single
year has passed, and these same remonst ran ts
are now before the Legislature praying to
have the tracks laid before their doors! The
street railroad has added largely to the value
of their property, and buildings rent for very
much more on its line than off of it. Such
is the testimony before the Railroad Com.
mittee, and such is the concurrent evidence
of its citizens everywhere.
It may be claimed, as it was before the
Committee by the Directors and Stockhold-
ers of the Danbury Railroad that it would
Possibly it might at
first, to a slight amount, but the general
prosperity promoted by it would soon equal-
ize and more than balance the account. The
stage proprietors might and doubtless would
be compelled to withdraw their carriages,
but we honestly believe that even they would
net more money in purchasing and keeping
the stock Of the company‘and in filling
chance orders for passengers who might de-
sire transportation for themselves and their
luggage to points beyond the limits of the
road, than they now do.
Every man knows, who has ever made an
effort, as we have frequently done, to get
New Yorkers to come up to N orwalk to
live, that the objection first raised is that the
cost of keeping a home or ridingr in the stage
to and from the trains would increase lather
If this
road were built, we belicvq that large num-
than lessen their living expenses.
bers of this class would come among us, to
rent our houses, buy our building lots, to
purchase their family supplies of our mer-
chants, to educate their children at our
schools, to help us pay our taxes and sup-
port our village institutions.
But greater and more potent than these
considerations are the advantages {fforded by
a Horse Railroad to the citizens of each wing
\Vc are bound to
thousand tics of business, relationship, social
of the town. her by a
intercourse and mutual interests. Whatever
tends to increase our facilities of int‘cmmn-
munication, tends to rivet all these ties, and
promote the general prosperity, and it is in
this view, and upon these mature convictions
of our judgment, that we advocate the poor
man’s Imperial Coach,” the “House. RAIL-
ROAD.” Messrs. Remonstrants, and Messrs.
Legislators, can you, will you deny us the
boon? We shall publish the Charter entire
in our next.
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W" Rev. Dr. Hall occupied the pulpit of
the First Congregational Church on Sunday
morning last.
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51%” The Annual Meeting of tne Conn.
Baptist Convention will be held with the
Baptist Church in Stamford, Tuesday, June
10th. Annual Sermon in the owning by
Rev. Dr. Ives. of Sufiield.
Annual meeting of the Conn. Baptist Ed-
ucational Society. June 11th, at the same
place. Sermon in the evening by Rev. J. G.
Wighbmau of Middletown.
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W Gen. Wessclls, of Litchticld County,
was wounded in the battle before Richmond
last week.
Frecdmcn’s (Jansc.
REv. Du. Tvxo, of New York, now Presi-
dent of the Frecdmcn‘s Rclicf Association,
will addrCSs our citizens fo-mol'l‘ml‘ (Wednes-
day) evening, at Lockwood‘s Ilall, giving an
account of the work of this Society among
the coutrnbnnds at the South.
lVe hope ourcitizens will turn out on. musse
to bear this eloquent divine upon a subject
now so deeply engrossingthcattcntion of the
whole nation. Sce :ulvertiscmcnt.
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Reply of Gen. Rodgers.
To the Editors of the Norwalk Gazette :—
Yourcall in the last Gazette shall be grati-
fied on any evening to suit your convenience
——without fee or reward, or, If you are plea-
sed, to append a small fee for admission, I
desire it should go for the benefit of '
the soldiers of the Company from your
town; it is as little as I can do for the bene-
fit of sick soldiers who have voluntarily gone
to the South to restore and protect In y home,
and vindicate the Constitution, promulgated
by a Washington and protected by a Jack-
son. I wisb I could do more for them; it
would give me incxpressiblc pleasure, and
be acting in accordance with the impulses of
my heart. .I. B. RODGEns.
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W“ The third Temperance Meeting of the
series will be held at the Congregational
Church at South Norwalk, this Tuesday eve-
ning, at 8 o’clock. Dr. Moody of Plainvillc,
and Rev. Mr. Woolsey will speak. Music
by the church choir. All who are interested
in the Temperance movement should “step
in” while the waters are moving.
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Flag Duly—Constitution Day.
The Senate of this State, by a unaimous
vote, have recommended the general obser-
vance as holidays Of Flag Day, June 14th
and Constitution Day, September 17th.
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W Rev. Chas. A. Goodrich, (brother of
Peter Parley) who was born in Ridgcficld in
1790, died in Hartford last week.
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WAt the annual meeting of the Fairfield
Co. Horticultural Society, held in Bridge-
port, chdncsday, May 28, the following oili-
cers were elected for the ensuing 'ear: Pres-
ident, Fredrick lVood; Recording Secretary,
P. F. Barnum; Corresponding Secretary, 0.
S. Middlebrook; Treasurer; Ali Andrews;
Auditors, \V. H. Noble, D. W. Currier, S. S.
Jarvis.
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“’est Point Academy.
At the late meeting of the Board of V isit-
ors, appointed by the President to attend the
examination of the Cadets, the following
gentlemen were present: Francis Wayland,
D. D., Rhode Island; Gen. John B. Rodgers,
Tennessee; Hon. Isaac P. Christiancy, Mich ;
Hon. T. P. Carpenter, New Jersey; Hon. J.
R. Lofland, Delaware; Hon. E. B. McPher
son, Missouri; Hon. P. Battell, Vermont;-
Rev. L. Van Bokkelcr, Maryland; Gen. Jo-
seph Markle, Pennsylvania; Hon. Osmond
Beatty, Kentucky; Hon. James Knox, Ill.
Dr‘. Francis \‘Vayland and Gen. John B.
Rodgers, were by unanimous agreement‘ap-
pOinted President and Secretary of the Board.
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Wln contrast with the treatment our
soldiers in Gen. Banks army received while
retreating through Winchester, is the follow-
ing noble treatment from another Virginia
town through which they passed. We find
it in a letter from a soldier in one of our en-
changes. '
The people of Martinsburg treated our sol-
diers very kindly. The ladies stood at their
doors with bread and butter, pie, cake, tea,
coffee, &c., and there was no need of an y
soldier going through the town hungry or
thirsty. Many citizens left with the army
rather than remain under the rule of rebels."
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WMadumc Young, the Indian doctress,
delivered a lecture to the Ladies, at Lock-
wood’s Hall, on Saturda 7 afternoon. She is
to remain some little time here, so as to give
all afflicted an opportunity for consultation.
See her card in another coimnn.
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NEWS ITEMS.
Nun's from Batcsvillc, Arkansas, states
that the army of the Southwest has been re-
organizcd, and citizens of all classes are ta-
king the oath. There are no organized rebel
forces in the State. Little Rock is not de-
fended. The health of the Union army is
good.
—It is charged that the trustworthy gen-
tleman in Gen. Halleck’s army. who has for
some time furnished news of our movements
to Beauregard, is the brother of Gov. Yates
of Illinois. This brother fell in love with
one of two sisters named Irwin, who pre-
tended to be loyal, but were really rebels.—
Fascinated by them, he was made to reveal
the secrets of the army, whicu were at once
conveyed to the wrong side. '
—The Danbury Times says that the cank-
er worm is making unprecedented ravages
on the fruit and foliage over a belt of coun-
try nine miles or more wide, in the northern
part of Fairfield County to the line of New
York. '
—A bill for a general bankrupt law was
presented in the U. S. Senate _on Friday, by
Senator Foster of this State. It is claimed
that this bill will meet with general approval
and its friends feel confidcns ofsecuriug its
passage at this session of Congress.
General Saxton has been relieved at
Harper’s Ferry by Gen. Sigcl. With 7,000
men Gen. Suxton held in check Jackson with
20,000, who several times attacked Harper’s
Ferry, but was repulsed with cannon plant—
ed on Bolivcrand Maryland Heights. When
Johnson saw that he was foiled In his at-
tempt to cross into Maryland, be fairly cried,
according to the report. of a ucscrter.
It is said that Santa Arum is again on
the way to Mexico, to Iukc command against
the Frcncb iuvmlcls. Unless: he loin-s his
other leg he will undoubtedly give them it
hard chase.
Among the papers found at the otlicc of
the late postmaster of Norfolk was a lcttcr
from John Tyler, tblltrfl October 6th, 1861,
in which he says, “Eight months ago 1' yore
up the wine cupjbrccer, to devauc myself to
my country till the end conlctb.” Is it u re-
form to cease to be a drunkard and turn
traitor?
———Two companies, L and M, of the First
Conn. Volunteer Artillery are at Yorktown;
the other ten companies are with the ad-
vance on Richmond. .
~—Congrcssman English has appointed C.
E. L. B. Davis of New Haven, :1 member of
Yale College, to a vacant cadetsbip at West
Point.
Asa F. Tiff, said to have formerly resi-
ded at Mystic, who was a contractorto build
rebel gunboats at New Orleans, was driven
from that city for not completing them, and
afterwards hung on a hotel piazza at Natch-
ez. He is reported to have defrauded the
Confederatcsof some $600,000, which he in—
vested in English and French funds.
~-——The Rev. Dr. Tiffany of Chicago started
last week for Pittsburg Landing with con-
tributed supplies for the sick. On the steam-
cr he look so much whiskey to corrcct rchr
water that he became crazy drunk. thn
sober he immediately returned to Chicago,
resigned his church, and his resignation was
accepted. The fact is chronicled as n melan-
choly case.
————It is cstimat ad that at least five thousand
contrabauds accompanied Gen. Banks’ army
on its return. Many brought valuable horses
with thorn, while the nmnbc‘rof wagons cou-
fiscated by them is very large.
——0ur loss at the battle of Hanover Court
House was 64 killed, 225 Wounded, 66 miss-
ing, total 345; while the loss of the rebels
was very heavy. “it: have in our possession
103 wounded, and 7 71 prisoners,
——The Journal of Commerce gives the fol-
lowing list ofvessels captured by our navy
since the war began: steamers, 14; ships, 9;
barks, 10; brigs, 13,; schooners, 110; sloops
11; total, 167.
An act to punish frauds by officers Ina-
king contracts, just approved by the Presi-
dent, requires the ofIlccrs making contracts
to swear that they conclude them without
any benefit or advantage to themselves.—
The penalty is not less than $100 fine‘and
imprisonment.
Capture of Memphis.
A. Terrific Gunboat and Ram Fight ‘
l l0,000
, Stands of A rum Already 'l‘akcn !
Advicl-s buvn- lu-cu receive-(l from (,‘ulllmo- ‘
(l we Davis of Mcmpbis, announcing a battle i
l u-rduy afternoon :11 the War Department:
Before the City.
\‘I'As'lllxo'l‘ots', Sunday, June S.
bthCf‘ll his ill-cf, aidcd by (tol. I‘lllct’s ram
flotilla, 21ml fbc l'cbcl fleet. of cigbl gunbnuls
:1le rams.
’l'hc cusngcmcnt comuu-uccd at 5:30 on
. ”11‘ morningof'thc 0th lust, and cndcd at 7,
in :1 running light, the cud of which was flu-
cnplurc or sinking ofcht-n of the rebel 0va.
()nc escaped by superior Spt‘t'll. Col. Illll-i is
s: Iiously but not dangerously woundcd. llc
is highly complimented for his gallantry :Iml
Slxlll.
Memphis surrendered immediately after
the engagement, and was placed under mili-
tary authority.
DETAILS OF THE BATTLE.
CAIRO, Sunday, June 8.
The regular packet Platte Valley, the first
boat through from Memphis, arrived this
morning. '
Our forces are in possession of Memphis.
The flotilla, consisting of five gunboats
aud'cight rams, left Fort Wright at 2 o’clock
Thursda morning. Findingno obstructions
at Fort andolph, the flotilla passed on, and
arts o’clock on Thursday evening the gun-
bonts anchored two miles above Memphis.—
The rams remained a short distince above.—
A reconnaissance was then made. Tire rebel
fleet—consisting of the following vessels : the
Gen. Van Darn, (flagship,) Gen. Bragg, Gen.
Lowell Jefl'. Thompson, Beauregard, Little
Rebel and Sumter—were discovered lying
near Memphis.
During the night the rebel fleet moved
down the river, and at daylight were seen
coming up in line of battle. Our gunboats
had, in the meantime, weighed anchor, and,
followed by several rams, moved slowly to
ward the rebel fleet, when a shot from the
Little Rebel, from a rifle gun at long range,
fell within'a short distance of the C’airo,wbich
was in the advance. The Cairo replied with
:\ brcadsidc, and soon the engagement be
came general at long range. The rams had,
in the meantime, advanced; and the rebel
ram Beauregard being in the advance, was
singled out by the National rams Monarch
and Queen of the West, each striving to be
'tirst to strike the rebel craft. The Monarch
succeeded in striking her amidships, almost
cutting her in two,euusing her to filland sink
immediately in the channel directly opposite
the city.
At this juncture the Little Rebel made a
dash at the Monarch, which by this time was
in the midst of the rebel fleet,but by a skillful
movement of; the pilot of the latter, she drop-
ped out of the way, and the blow, intended
for her, struck the rebel boat Gen. Price, ta-
king away his wheel, making it necessary for
her to run ashorc,when she sent a shot which
unfortunately forthe rebels, struck their boat
the Gen. Louell, rendering ner unmanageable.
Immediately after, she was run down by the
Queen of the West.
A broadside from the Benton took effect in
the sides of the Jeff. Thompson when she
ran ashore, and soon after was in flames, and
burned to the water’s edge.
Four of the rebel boats have now been dis-
abled, the remainder'of their fleet retreated
down the river, pursued by our boats, firing
as they advanced, resulting in the capture of
lhe Sumter, Bragg and Little Rebel, which
had been abandoned by most of their ews.
Capt. Montgomery, tbc Flag-Officer, with
most of the officers and men succeeded in
making their escape in the woods on the Ar-
kansas shore.
The National ram Lancaster was struck by
the Beauregard early in the engagement and
slirrhtly disabled.
ol. Ellet, in command of the National
rams, was struck in breast by a splinter and
stunned temporarily, but soon recovered,
and continued on deck throughout the en-
gagement. This is the only casualty on our
side.
Our rams were manned by sharpshooters,
mostly from Illinois, who (lid good execution
in picking off the rebel gunners at every op-
portunity.
The enemy’s loss in killed, wounded and
prisoners is heavy, but not yet full ascertain-
ed. Our tugs are busily engaged picking up
the crews of their disabled boats.
THE SURRENDER 0F MEMPHIS.
CAIRO, Sunday, June 8.
After the return of our gunboats from the
pursuit, Qom. Davis sent the following note
to the Mayor of the City of Memphis:
UNITED STATES FLAGSTEAMER Bsx'rox, ‘1
OFF MEMPHIS, June 6.
I have respectfully to request that you will
surrender the City of Memphis to the author-
ity of the United States, which I have the
honor to represent.
I am, Mr. Mayor, with high respect, your
obedient servant,
C. N. DAVIS, Flag-officer,
In reply, the Mayor says:
“Your note received, and in reply I have
only to say, as the civil authorities have no
means of defence, by the force of the circum-
stances, the city is in your hands.”
Immediately after, our boats crew landed,
and the National flag was hoisted over the
Post Office. They were followed by an ex-
cited crowd. but were not interfered with —
The Forty-third and Fortysixth Indiana
Regiments now occupy the place. Co. Fitch
is in command.
The city is quiet. No demonstrations
whatever have been made. It is even asser-
ted that it will not be necessary to declare
martial law. Five of our gunboats now lie
abreast of the city. We captured five large
steamers which were moored at the levee.—
The rebels butrned a new gunhoat which
was nearly ready to launch.
MEMPHIS, Fri. June, 6, via CAIRO, June 8.
Memphis was quietly occupied. There
was no demonstration. The people seemed
satisfied. There are two Unionists to one
Secessionist here. The rebel fla on the bluff
was cut down with applause. he Stars and
Stripes have been raised over the Post-office.
The stores are all closed. Only 500 bales
of cotton and but little sugar, were destroyed
Large quantities are yet concealed.
The citizens are despondcnt of the rebel
cause. Beauregard declared at Columbus,
Miss, that there would be no more regular
fighting, but that a gucrilla warfare would
be waged.
Flag-Officer Farragut is below Vicksburgh.
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Our Gunbouts Near Charleston.
WASHINGTON, Sunday. June 8.
Dispatches from Flag-Officer Dupont state
Ilmtthe gunbonts have possession of Stono,
near Churlcstion. The capture was made in
woscquence of information received from
Robert Small.
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his?“ The number of killed and wounded
in battle during the present war is not so
great as many have imagined. We have
gone over our records, commcncmg with the
breaking out Of the rebellion, and believe the
following figures embrace the whole number
on the Union side, with the exception of the
loss sustained in the late engagement near
Richmond :
Killed. Wounded.
Bull Run, 481 1,011
Davis Crock, Mo, 223 721
Lexington, “ 39 120
Bull’s Bluff, 223 266
, iclmont, 84 288
Mill Spring, Ky, 39 207
Fort Henry, 17 31
Roanoke Island, 50 222
Fort Donelson, 446 1,735
Fort Craig,NewMexico, 62 0 140
Pen Ridge, 2 ' 972
Attack oftbeMerrimnc, 201 108
N c w be In , 92 466
W inchestcr, 132 540
Pittsburg Landing, 1,735 7,882
Yorktown, 35 120
Frs.Jackson s; Sl.Phillip,30 119
W illiamsburg, 455 1,411
West Point, 44 100
McDowell, 37 225
Near Corinth, , 21, 149
Banks‘ retreat, cstinmt‘d 100 3
Hanover Court House, 53 296
Skirmishcs, 690 1,740
Total, 5,791 20,369
At the battle of Waterloo alone, the loss
on the side of the victors, in killed and woun-
ded, was nearly four thousand more than
our entire loss thus far in the present. war.
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@‘The Tribune has private information
that theUnionists of Texas are about to make
a demonstration under Gen. Sam. Houston,
and that plans are matured for returning the
state to the Union.
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.—~~The city election in Norwich, on Mon-
duy, resulted in the choice: of the whole Re-
publican ticket, James L. Greene was cho-
sen Mayor by about 150 majority.
' plied, “I fear,
ROUT or shamans _ Connecticut 'Legislatui‘efl
ARMY l
and 15.000
Prisons-rs
’I‘bc billowing dispatch was rcccivcd yes-
IIAI.I.I~;ck‘s lIEADQIL-Inrlcns, Juno 4.
General Popc, with 40,000 men, is thirty
‘ miles south of Corinth, and is pushing the~
clwuiy bard.
llc :ilx'czuly rcporls 10,000 prisoners and
dcscrtors from the enemy, and 15,000 stands
of arms. Shousundsoflhccnelnynrethrow-
nwn)‘ their arms.
A farmer says that. wlu-n Bcurlrcgard learn-
ml that Col. Elliot had cut the railroad 'on
his line of retreat: lu- became frantic and told
'his men t6 save themselves the best way they
could.
We have captured nine locomotives 13a
number of cars; one of the former is air y
repaired and is running to-day. Several
more will be in runmng order in two or
three days.
The result is all I could ossibly desire.
I W. I ALLECK,
-’ Major Generel Commanding.
_ . CHICAGO, June 4.
A Cairo special says: Immediately after
occupation of Corinth, forces from Gen.
Pope’s division were sent out in pursuit of
such rebels as went westward; Gen. Granger
in command of three regiments of cavalry,
soon came in the rear of the enemy, six miles
southwest of Corinth, and engaged in fight.
He lost 50 men but was after reinforced,
when the rebels were surrounded. It is said
five or ten thousand have been captured. A
portion of them have reached Pittsburg, en
route to-Northcrn military prisons. At last
accounts, General Pope Was nine miles south
west of Corinth,which point his entire corps
had reached. '
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BRIDGEI’ORT, May 30th, 1862.
FRIEND Brrxe'rox :—Secession is not en-
tirely “squelched” in this city yet, and o'cca-
sionally it creeps out and makes its presence
obnoxious. We have some in this town
who would like to see Jeff. Davis controlling
our government and are not at all backward
in giving utterance to their sentiments.—
Therc is a sort Of secret society of these se-
cession sympathizcrs, and whenever intelli-
gence is received of a reverse to our arms,
you can see them upon our street corners
looking as smiling as a May morning and
rubbing their hands joyously, playfully po-
king their fingers into one anothers ribs and
exclaiming, “I told you so, things are coming
around right.” When the news came of the
repulse of our gunboats below Richmond,
one said, “ That is the best news we have
had in some time.” Another, “Well, we’ll
have more of the same kind before long.”—
But a short time ago a secession sylnpathizer
went to the patriotic principal of our Pros-
pect st. school and took him to task for
“ spending valuable time in teaching the
children the star-Spangled banner and other
national songs, and thus using time which
might be better employer.” Another told
him that he would advise him not “ to dis-
grace his school house by putting out the
Stars and Stripes in commemoration ofa
victory, “for the South was fighting for their
rights, and Jeff. Davis was just as good a
Union man as Mr. Lincoln.” Now that they
no longer fear Fort Lafayette they give ut-
terance to these obnoxious sentiments; but
our people will soon serve some of these
miscreants a to Baltimore, or will give them
a close fitting garment of goose wool sewed
on with North Carolina thread, and treat
them to a ride on one of “ Uncle Abe’s” Illi-
nois wagons.
The Farmer not profiting by past experi-
ence, is nearly, if not quite as atrocious in its
utterances as it ever was, and seems to grow
more and more hold at each issue. It never
has yet uttered one word of condemnation
of the atrocities committed by the rebels,
nor one word of exaltntion at Union victo-
ries. It still calls the traitors, “Confeder-
ates” instead of giving them their proper ti-
ties.
the Constitution, a lover of the Union, and
advocate of Constitutional principles. There
is a deep and growing indignation against it,
and it had better profit/by past experience
ere it is too late.
We intend to have an old fashioned cele-
bration here on the Fourth of July, and we
shall be happy to see the whole of Fairfield
county present. We expect to hold out as
an inducement, that the oration will be de-
livercd by Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson. Our
battery of artillery will also give a specimen
of target practice with their rifled guns.
Notwithstanding the “hard times," Bridge-
port is growing perceptibly; and this year
will Show as many improvements in public
and private buildings as any previous year.
The Prudential Committee, I understand,
have found it necessary to resume their
meetings. Their consultations are private
but rumor says that “things is workin,” the
result of which will be developed before
long.‘ 0 Yours, 10m DISTRICT.
. N.»
W The subscription books to the stock
of the Washington city passenger railway,
were opened on Saturday. The total stock
of the company is fixed at not lcssthan three
hundred thousand dollars. The subscribers
are required to pay one fourth in cash at the
time of subscribing. At the closing of the
books the twenty-five per, cent. dcpositd at
the Bank of the Metropolis amounted to one
million two hundred and fifty thousand dol-
lars, showing a subscription of five millions
of dollars.
. .-_. .q‘.>~
Death of Colonel Drake.
Colonel Albert W. Drukc, of the 10th Con-
necticut, died at. his home in South “'indsor,
on Thursday neon. He was a graduate of
Yale College, and at. the breaking out of the
rebellion was practicing law in Hartford.—
Hc voluntwrcd in Company A, (Ritles,) let
G. V. and was appointed First Lieuten-
nnt. of the Company, in which office be ex-
hibited all the noble qualities ofn soldier and
gentleman. On the return of the three
months’ volunteers his health wn: somewhat
impaired, and the wishes of a widowed moth-
er prevented him from immediately rc-en-
listing. Subsequently he was able to at“
cept the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the 10th,
and fought with it at Roanoke Island, where
its Colonel, Russell, was killed. He was
tion could not stand the strain upon it, and
he was compelled to return home, hoping
Soon to be a‘ile to rejoin his command,
though his fellow officers saw that consump-
tion had set its seal upon him, and they sor-
rowingly believed that the separation Was
final. He was a noble fellow, and had a
wide circle of friends. His age was 27 years.
In 1858 he represented South Windsor in the
Legislature—N. H. Courier.
WH___
W Speaker Grow writes to a friend as
follows: .
“This Congress is redeeming in good faith
all its pledges to the people. What you said
of it a few days ago was eminently just. It
may seem to the country to more slowly but
no Congress before it has, in the same lilnc,
accomplished so much for the future great-
ness and glory of the republic--
“The nutionnl capital free fin'cvcr.
“Slavery foreverprohibited in all territories.
“The public domain set apart and conse-
crated in free homes and free men.
“The Pacific Railroad authorized.
“The policy of gradual emancipation in-
augurated; besides war measures.
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STOPPED lllS PAPER.—-\Vbillicr, the Qua-
ker poet,.passed the first week of the present
month among acquaintances, old and new,
in Hartford. He was sitting in his always
sociable mood at one of the newspaper offices
one day, when the conversation lurncd upon
nervspupcrs, and a purse-prowl,‘pufl‘y old
burg-her began telling how he had been for
some time a subscriber to the N. Y. Tribune,
but on a recent occasion, from some miff or
other, he had stopped it. The poet’s eye
twinkled with Inischicvrms humor as he re-
m friend, thy loss was greater
than theirs — Win-ted Herald.
And yet it claims to be a defender of
promoted to the Colonclcy, but, his constitu-l
Tuesday, Juno 3.
Slax.\'l‘l~:.——I'rnycr by Rev. Mr. Strong.
Resolution incorporating the Norwalk
\Vatcr Company, passed.
Bill providing that. no slcamboat shall up-
proacb or pass any wharf, pier or dock, fast-
crtbuu 0 milcs an hour, under penalty of
$100 for such olfu-nsc, :md llrrcc-lbhl damages
to any pcrson iuiul‘czl lhorcby, to bc rccov-
cred iunn action of frospuss.
Bill providing for the resignation ofcon-
scl'vnlors, :uul llu- :ippoiullncntof new ones.
Substitutc bill providbn.r for the repeal of
“An Act in addition to an Act for thc settle-
ment of Eslntcs, ’l‘cslulc, Intcstnte and Insol-
vent,” approved Jum- 10, 1856, and “An Act
in addition to an Act. entitled an Act in addi-
tion to an Act. for the settlement of Estates,
Testufc, Iutcsfutc and Insolvent," approved
June 26, 1861; bill providing that any per-
son violating the act relative to nuisances,
shall, on com ictiou,‘ be fined notless than $5
nor more than $50; bill requiring the print-
ed copies Of the laws of other States and Ter-
ritories to be admitted in courts oflaw in this
State, as evidence of such laws.
Adjourned.
House—Prayer by Rev. Mr Strong.
Resolution extending the time forthe com-
pletion of the New York and Boston Rail-
road fwo years; to Com. on Railroads.
Resolution authorizing the New Haven
Manuhrcturiug Company to reduce their cap-
ital stock; amended by the Senate that the
Company must meet its liabilities, and so
passed.
The special order was called up, it being
the bill refunding money to persons drafted
into the militia service, under theact passed
at the last session of [be General Assembly.
Mr. Hyde, Of’l‘olland, thought we should
make some provision to those who “stood”
the draft. [to introduced an amendment
that all proceedings of the Governor are
hereby declared vacated.
Mr. Merrill of'Southington under all cir-
cumstances, approved of the amendment and
hoped it would be accepted.
Mr. Chapman of Hartford reviewed the
provisions of the act of 1861, and showed the
necessity of perfecting the bill which it. is
now intended to pass. He moved that the
bill and the proposed amendment be recom-
miffed to the Committee; carried, 102 to 33.
Bill dc assessment and collection of taxes;
rejected, and substitute bill, assessing the
property of manufacturing companies in
towns where the business is carried on,
passed.
Resolution raising joint select committee
on public printing, to report on reduction of
expenses; passed.
Resolution incorporating Relief Hook and
Ladder Co. of Stamford, amended by the
Senate that the members shall not be ex-
empt from military duty; tabled.
Resolution authorizing RippOWam Fire
Co. of Stamford, to increase members; to
Com. on Incorporations.
Adjourned.
lVednesday June 4.
SENATE—Prayer by Rev. Mr. Lambert.
Various matters were referred in concur-
rence with the House.
Bill repealing an act relating to salaries
and fees, passed May Session, A. D., 1861,
and approved July 3, 1861, which relates to
natarics public, passed.
Bill taxing deposits in savings banks in
the towns where the owners of said deposits
reside.
Mr. \Velch stated that a lengthy hearing
was had upon this bill, and it was shown
clearly that it Would be physically impossi-
ble for the banks to employ a sufficient cler-
ical force upon their books to meet the re-
quirements of the bill. He also stated other
arguments which had induced the committee
to report against the ‘bill. He also stated
that the Committee purpose reporting a bill
increasing the present tax on the banks to
3-8 or 1-2 of one per cent. »
Mr. Goodwin wished the present bill to be
laid on the table till the bill mentioned shall
have been reported. ,,
Mr. Platt thought the deposits in savings
banks had paid a larger tux than any other
property. He was inclined to think that
other property should be increased, though
there might possibly be a reason shown for
increasing even this tax.
Mr. Barber had been favorable to this bill,
but he was now undecided. He wanted time
to consider thematter. There is nearly $20,-
000,000 in these banks, and the amount was
constantly increasing, and some attention to
the subject was needed.
The bill was finallytubled for printing and
made the special order for Thursday at 10
1-2 o’clock.
The Senate insisted upon their former ac-
tion in passing the bill relative to refunding
the $10 fines received under the militia law
during the late draft.
Bill extending the benefits of the military
bounty law to the families of volunteers in
thc regiments of the State, whether their
families reside in the State or not.
The provisions of this bill were discussed
by Senators Welch, Calhoun, Plattnnd By-
ington.
Mr. Byingtou stated that be had heard it
estimated that us many as a whole regiment
had enlisted in the regiments of other States,
from Fair-field County alone; the bill was
passed. ,
Bill authorizing selectmcn to remove en-
croachment from town counnons and high-
ways, in cases where fence, 850., have been
set out upon such highways, passed.
Adjourncd. .
House—Prayer by Rev. Dr. Beardsley.
.Resolution incorporating the Norwalk
Water 00.; passed.
Resolution incorporating the “Trinity
‘Church Home,” New Haven, passed.
Resolution reducing the ,Capital Stock of
Colt’s Fire Arms Manufhcturing Co. to $1,-
000,000, with liberty to increase to $1,500,-
000, passed.
Resolution vesting the appointment of
jailors and assistants in the County Commis-
sinners, instead of Sheriff; to Committee on
Judiciary. ,
Bill regulating the appointment of Com-
missioners of the Superior Court, and defin-
ing their duties, giving them power to sign
writs, the, to Committee on Judiciary.
Adjourned.
Thursday, June 5.
SENATE—Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Dudley.
Various matters referred in concurrence
with the House. -
Bill for an act providing penalty of not
more than ten years“ imprisonment at the
discretion of'thc court, for malversation of
funds by any oflicer orclerk of any company
or corporation; referred to Committee on
Judiciary.
Res. abolishing thcofliu- of Railroad Com-
missioner, rejected. The Committee pro-
pose to introduce a bill making it the duty
of Railroad Corporations to pay the Com-
missioners.
Thc consideration ofthc question of the
taxation of Savings Bank deposits, wasdcbu-
tcd at length by Senators Welch, Calhoun,
Barber. Platt, Bejmnin, Ilyington, Tracy,
Phillips and Wright, and after deciding to
postpone to Saturday at 8 o’clock, it was re-~
considered, and after another lengthy dis-
cussion the matter was postponed to Friday
at 10 1-2 o‘clock.
Resoutions appointing the following per-
sons State Directors of lmnks named, as fol-
lows: ,
State Bank, Hartford, Timothy Sheldon
and J. M. B. Mchu y; Bridgeport Bank,
Amos Trcut; New Haven Bank, Isaac An-
(lcl'son; Whaling Bank, New London, Isaac
’|‘_ Comstock; Mitldlcscx County Bank,
Samuel C. Hubbard; Middle-town Bunk,
Horace D. Hall; Farmers“ & Mechanics’
Bunk, Hartford. A. P. Pitkin and A. D. Eu—
son; Hartford Bank. Henry C. Judd; New
London Bunk, Robert A. Mnnwaring; Fair-
fichl County Bank, \Vm. C. Street; Norwich
Bank, Charles N. Fnrnhnln; Waterbury
Bunk, Henry Mcrrimau : Connecticut Bank,
Bridgeport, David H. l-lollistcl' ; Thames
Bank, Jus. Lloyd t-l'ccuc; Stonington Bank,
F. A. Palmer; which resolutions passed.
Adjourned. .
IIUCSEr—‘Pl'ilym‘ by Rev. Mr. Rockwell, a
mcmbcr of the House from New Britain.
The classic “Clew Claim" came up in the
form of a rcsolulioh.
Mr. Catlin considered this“Monsicur Ton-
son come again." He moved that the mat-
ter be indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Catlin prcsscd his motion and the Ino-
linn prevailed. .
llill l't‘llctlllllg act dc Stlltll‘lCS and fees
passed 156], relative mfces of Notaries.
Mr. Gallup favored a recommltment, as
did Mr. Catlin.
The bill was rccounnittell.
Ilill dc assessnnmt and collection of taxes,
making valid usscssmcnt lists which have
not been made oath to; referred to Com. on
Judiciary. . .
Bill providing for the fiumhcs ofvolunteers
who havo rcnulvcd from the Slate since e.)-
listrncct, lllllltfll.
Resolution paving Burlholomew Healy of
New Haven $150 73 for damages done his
building by troops, was taken up.
Mr. Gallup wanted all such claims: referred
to the Governor, Treasurer and Comptroller
(as auditors) for the act of‘last year, if in or-
der he would so move.
Mr. Adams of Norwich, said that this
claim, as stated, had been before the corn-
‘lnission named, but for some technical reason
was not allowed, though the Governor and
othcrs of flu.- Conunission, admitted the jus-
ticc of flu.- cluim. Let us nOt burden the
Governor further, but lot the matter rcmmn
where it is.
Mr. Gallup withdrew his motion to indeli-
nitcly posiponc.
Aflcr discussicn by Messrs. Wilcox of
Deep River, Hyde of 'I‘ollund, Train of
Milford, Gallup of I’lninticld, Day of Col-
chcslcr, Adams of Norwich, Grant of En-
ficld, Spcrcy of Bcthcl, Dixon of VoluntoWn
and Ilcrskil of Lisbon, Mr. Hyde moved to
lay the resolution on the table; consented to.
Mr. Hyde lhcn proposed a resolution as a
substitute, that claims which the auditors,
appointed last year, shall certify to be legally
or equitably due, shall be paid.
Mr. Busbnel supported the motion.
Messrs. Pratt and Catlin thought the rcs-
olution should be put in the form ofa public
act.
The matter was furthcr'dcbated, when the
resolution was so verbally amended by the
mover as to give it the form of a public act.
Read three times, under the rule, and put
on its passage.
Mr. Scranton of Madison was opposed to
passing this bill without a reference; he
thought it would be eminently wise to refer,
and he moved it be referred to the Commit-
tee on Judiciary. It was so referred, with
instructions to report a similar bill.
Adjourned.
Friday, June 6.
SENATE—Prayer by Rev. Mr. Dudley.
Res. incorporating the Ridgcfield Agricul-
tural Society, passed.
The fbllowing communication from Com-
modore Footc, in reply to the complimentary
resolutions recently passed by this Legisla-
ture was received, read, and ordered to be
entered on the Journal.
CLEVELAND, 0., J one 1, 1862.
To the [1012. General Assembly of the State of
Connecticut .-
SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES :—A
copy ofthe Resolutions passed unanimously
by both Houses of the Legislature at their
present session, approving my conduct as
Flag Officer of the U. S. Flotilla on the
Western waters. especially commending my
agency in its successful conflicts; and cor-
dially sympathizing With me while sufl'ering
from my wound received in “battling for the
right,”—has been received.
Coming, as these resolutions do, from the
State of my birth, as well as of my present
residence, they possess for me a peculiar
value.
To win your approval, while associated
with the gallant sons of the west in protect-
ing her magnificent rivers, is almost like hear-
ing again the parental approval for the suc-
cessful performance of responsible and diffi-
cult duties.
Indeed, in receiving similar testimonials
from the Congress of the United States, and
from the Legislatures of the States of Ohio
and Kentucky, I find myself under new obli-
gations to the domesticinstitutions and home
training of my native State; and I have the
proud satisfaction of feeling that, while all
other loyal states are wiling to pour out
their blood and treasure for the common
weal, they are equally ready to acknowledge
the existence of like patriotism and value in
our own good Connecticut.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
, ANDREW H. FOOTE. .
Commanding United States Naval Forces,
lVestern Waters.
Senator Welch offered the following reso-
lution :
Whereas, The Continental Congress, on
the 14th day of June, 1777, adopted the pres-
ent flag of the United States, and the Con-
vention for the formation of a Constitution
for the United States, on the 17th day of
September, 1787, adopted our present consti-
tution; and whereas that Constitution and
Flag, dear to us as the organic law and sym-
bol ofthe Union which our fathers estab-
lished and which we have so long loved,
have become more endeared to us by the
toils and sacrificesf which we are at this day
called upon to undergo, and which we
cheerfully accept. to preserve our natural
existence and the Union of States; and
whereas we desire by an annual commemo-
ration to express our affection for'our Ccn-
stitution and Flag, and to teach that affection
to after generations; therefore
Resolved, That we recommend to the peo-
ple of this state to observe the 14th day of
June, and the 17th day of September inleach
year, as holidays—the first to be known as
11431ng Day, and the latter as Constitution
ay.
The resolution passed unanimously.
The bill taxing savings banks deposits was
taken up, and Senator Welch stated that he
discussion to what he had said.
Senator Goodwin expressed some surprise
that the bill had been taken up to day. He
moved to amend the bill )y striking out the
word “October” and fries ting “November,”
so as to meet the objection that time was not
given the banks to make returns to the
towns.
Senator Welch stated that the simple ques-
tion might as well be met now, which is—
shall these banks be made to assist the State
in paying our heavy burdens of debt this
year by direct tax, to be paid to the State, or
shall this means be frittcred away by scat-
tering it through the towns, which will in
effect waste a very large amount to the State
by allowing more time for these deposits to
be withdrawn frmn the banksand thus evade
the taxation? He was opposed to the
amendment.
The amendment was rejected.
Senator Goodwin moved to amend so as
to cause the amounts “exceeding $250" to be
placed in the lists ot'the respective towns
where the depositors reside.
Senator \Vclch stated that there will not
be one deposit in fifty that will ‘exceed $250'
in amount, for every large dcpositor will
have wife, and children, and nieces, and
nephews, in whose. names the amounts will
be deposited; and so in this and other wa 's
the whole $20,000,000 now deposited in our
savings banks will escape taxation, and the
State will thus lose the incmnc oi the some
Senator Goodwin‘s amendment was lost.
He then moved to strike out the word ‘tentb’
and insert the word ‘thil‘tcentb,' so as to
cause the treasurers of these various institu-
tions to make rcturn to the Comptroller on
that day of November.
Senator Calhoun hoped that in the present
state of mind of‘tho Senate, and in view of
its action in rejecting all former amendments
the Senator from the l5ll| would allow a di-
rect vote on the bill.
The amendnu-nt and bill
jected.
were then re-
HOUSE.-——Praycr by tln‘ Rev. Dr. Phelps.
Petition ot'Chns. Mills, for protection to
swine, &C., denied.
The bill directing Selectmen to restore
money collected as lines from persons draft-
ed into the militia. taken up. The Senate
rejected House amcmbncnt vacating all pro—
ceedings of the Governor under the militiu‘.-
Mr. Peck of New Harrell moved to recon-
sider and concur with the Senate,—carricd
and bill passed.
Substitute bill (le resignation of conserva-
tors, which was amended in House sons to
provide that the friends and legal represen-
tatives of incompetent persons be notified,
came from the Senate with amendment re-
jected. House voted to insist.
Resolution abolishing office of R. R. Com-
missioners, passed. _
The following resolution incorporating th
Ridgefield Agricultural Society was passed :
Resolved by this Assembly .'
SEC. 1. That Calvin H. Kendall, William
Howe, Hiram K. Scott, R. Raymond Keefer,
E. Burr Sanford, Charles Smith 20, Harvey
K. Smith, Jared N. Olmsteud, Joshua I.
King, Cyrus Northrop, E. Francis Foster and
William O. Seymour, together with such
persons as may hereafter become associated
with them, be, and they are hereby incorpo-
rated by the name and style of “The Ridge-
ficld Agricultural Society.”
SEC. 2. Said society, by said name, shall
be capable in law to hold property, of any
nurture, not exceeding twunty thousand dol-
lars, and manage and dispose of the some,
or to alien the same at pleasure, to sue in
their corporate name and be suel, plead and
be implcadcd in airy of the courts of this
State; to have, if they sec fit, a connnon
seal, such as may be agreed upon by tbccor-
porntion; to make and carry into effect such'
by=laws and regulations as. may be deemed
expedient to manage the affairs and accom-
plish the objects of the society, not repugnant
to this Act or the Llle of this State or of
the United States; and generally to do all
acts appertaining to the business of the So
cictv. ,
SEC. 3. This act may be amended- or re-
pca.ed, at the pleasure of the General As-
sembly. -
did not desire to add anything by way of
Nil/Inlay, June 9.
SEN.\'l‘l£.—l’l'ny«.u‘ by the llcv. Mr. Ruck-
wcll of New Britain.
Rcsoluliou ilpl’lfllllllllg David Clark and
Samuc! Dodd auditors of the Q. M. Gcncrnl's
:wCount, passed.
{cport of'tbc State Librarian on the regis-
tration of’birtbs, dcnlhs and marriages, or-
dered on file.
Ros. appropriating $2,500 to State Agri
cultural Society; rejected.
Res. loaning muskcts or other arms to
F. J. Jackson of Danbury and A. C. Gris-
wold of Hurtlord—passed. '
IIoust:.———'l‘bc Rev. Mr. floppin offered
prayer.
There was less than onc hundred members
prcscnt—no quorum.
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WCupf. Bailey, who was second in com- '
mood in the attack on the New Orleans forts,
says the action on the Mississippi had illus-
trated two principles, which he would state:
i, That no Forts could prevent. such a fleet
as we had at New Orleans from passing up .
New York harbor to the city, and up the
Thames to London Bridge. 2, That we
must build more iron gunboats, and put one
in every river in Secessia if necessary, as the
sure and effective method of keeping the re-
bellion in check.
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W The corporation wiclding the heavrcst
capital in the State of Connecticut 13 the
modest “Society for Savings,” better known
as the Pratt Street Savings Book. It began
in 1819, on nothing at all, and has grown by
time and care in 43 years, until its assets are
now worth over four millions of dollars.—
“Great oaks from little acorns grow." It re-
ceived nearly a quarter of a million of dol-
lars of interest money during the last year.
Courant.
cflps
——-'I‘bc United States Fourteenth Infantry
numbering 600, stationed at Fort Trumbull,
left last Sunday night for Washington, by .
steamer. '
"Av. .___....0>»..———~——~ —
General HeadqllartersxState or
Cdnnecticut.
ADJU'rAx'r GENERAL’s OFFICE, I
Hartford, May ,16th, 1862. I
[General Orders, No. 17.]
Upon a requisition of the Secretary of War,
the Commander-in-Chief directs that 'lwo
Hundred Volunteers each, be enrolled for the
8th, 10th and 11th Regiments.
Those enrolled under these orders willbe
entitled to the pay and allowances ofsoldlers
in the regular service, and in addition ‘the
Bounty allowed by this State 10 Volunteers
and their families. ‘ -
Officers detailed for the recruiting servrce
will be required to report daily to this De-
partmcnt.
The Recruits will rendezvous at New Haven.
By ()f'lLl‘ of the Commander-in-Chief,
J. D. WILLIAMS, Adjutant General.
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General Headquarters, state or
Connecticut.
ADJu'rAN'r GENERAL'S OFFICE, l
Hartford, May 22d, 1862. 5
[GENERAL ORDERS, No. 23.]
1. The President of the United States hav-
ing made requisition for another Regiment
of Infantry from this State, the Commander-
in-Cbief directs that Voluntreers be.enrolled
sufficient to organize one Regiment, to be de-
signated the 14th Regiment of Infantry, to
serve for three years or during the War, un-
less sooner discharged. Tbe plan of organi- .
zation will be the same as of those Regiments
now in the field.
2. The Regiment will consist of ten com-
panies, and each company will be organized
as follows:
MINIMUM.
1 Captain, 1 Captain,
1 First Lieutenant, 1 First Lieutenant,
1 Second Lieutenant, 1 Second Lieutenant,
1 First Sergeant, 1 First Sergeant,
4 Sergeants, 4 Serflfants,
8 Corporals, 8 Corporals,
2 Musicians, 2 Musicians,
1 Wagoner,
1 Wagoner,
64 Privates. 82 Privates.
83 Aggregate. 101 Aggregate.
3. The Regiment will be organized as fol-
lows :
MINIUM. MAXIMUM.
830 Company Officers and 1010 Company Officers and
Enlisted Men, Enlisted Men.
1 Colonel, 1 Colonel,
1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 1Lieutenant-Colonel
1 Major, Major,
1 Adjutant, (a Lieut.) lAdjutant (a Lieut.)
1 Regimental Q. M. 1 Regimental Q. M.
(:1 Lieutenant.) (a Lieutenant),
1 Surgeon, 1 Surgeon,
2 Assistant Surgeons, 2 Assistant Surgeons
1 Sergeant Major, 1 Sergeant Major,
1 Regimental Q. M. 1 Regimental Q. M.
MAXIMUM.
Sergeant, Sergeant,
1 Regimental Com- 1 Regimental Com-
missary Sergeant, missary Sergeant,
1 Hospital Steward, 1 Hospital Steward,
2 Principal Musicians. 2 Principal Musi-
clans,
844 Aggregate. 1024 Aggregate.
4. The several Companies, when full, may
no minute their commissioned officers Squads
of sixty-six may nominate two Licutennnts,
and one of thirty-three men may nominate a
20 Lieutenant. The Connnander-in-Cbief
reserves the right—when the interests of the
service may require—to consolidate such
squads, and the higher Officers in a Com-
pany so consolidated will be nominated by
the Company from the Lieutenants, The
Company non-commissioned Officers, until
the Companies shall be embodied in a Regi-
ment, will be appointed by the Captain; of-
ter-mud by the Colonel, on recommendation
ofthc Captain.
5. The Field Officers will be appointed by
the Commander ill-Chief:
6. The Colonel will appoint from the Com-
pany subalterns, arr-Adjutant and aRegimen-
tal Quarter-Muster, who may be reassigned
to his company at his pleasure.
7. The Surgeon and Assistant Surgeons
will be appointed by the Commander-in-
Chicf after they shall have passed an examin-
ation by the Medical Board.
8. The nou~commissioned Staff will be se-
lected by the Colonel from the non-commis-
. sioncd officers and privates of the Regiment;
and vacancies so created will be filled by ap-
pointment, as is prescribed above.
9. The Regimental Chaplain will be ap-
pointed by the Regimental Commander, on
the vote of the Field Officers and Company
commanders on duty with the regiment at
the time the appointment is to. be made. The
Chaplain so appointed must be a regularly
ordained minister of some Christian denom-
ination; and will rcceive the pay and allow-
ances of Captains of Cavalry.
10. No man under the rank of commission-
cd Officer, who is under eighteen or over
forty-five years of age, or who is not in phys-
i in] strength and vigor, will be received. .
11. Persons nominated for Company
Officers, will be examined in the School of
the Soldier and Company, by a board Of ex-
:unincrs, appointed by the Commander-in-
Chicf. The examiners will also inquire into
the moral character and habits of the persons
examined, and report for the information of
the Communder-in~Cbief. When a person
dcsigncd as an officer shall be found not
qualified, another nomination will be made
insleftzl. When no nomination shall be made
to the Ctunmandcr-in-Chief, he will fill the
vacancy.
12. Arms, equipments and uniforms will
be furnished the troops, and when they are
accepted into service, will receive the same
pay and allowances as the regular army, and
in addition from the State of Connecticut‘s
bounty of Thirty Dollars a year and “srx
dollars per month for a wife, if any there be
and two dollars per month for each child
under fourteen years, provided the sum In
the aggregate does not exceed ten dollars
pcrmontb. _ .
13, “Evcrv \'(rl|mfI-cr non-comnnssroned
officer, privaitc, musician and artificer, who
enters the service ot'llrc United States under
this plan, will be paid by the United States,
when hmrorahly discharged, the sum of one
hundred dollars in addition to the regular
par and :Illmvanccs.
‘Auv rolnntccr who may be received into
“N. 505.1,... ol the United States under this
plan, and nlln “my be Wounded or otherwise
di nblcd in the scrvlcc, shall be entitled to
the l‘cucfils which bzucbccn or may be con-
I‘crrctl on persons disabled in the rcguar ser-
vitrv; and the legal lu-irs of such as dieormay
be killed in senior. in addition to all arrears
of pay and nllou‘nuccs, shall rcccivc the suin
of one hundred dollars from the United
Sluice.
“The ll’nguul'l's will receive flu: pity and
allowances of Corpopglu o: (.Tnvalry.
“The chimciual Commissary Ser ream
will rcccivo the pay and allowances Of'a leg.
imcntnl Sergeant-l\l:\jor." . "
l4. 'l‘lu Regina-n1 will rendezvous at Hay;-
lol'tl.
15. All :lpplicluious in pursuance to these
ordcrs will he mmh- llil‘ct't to the Adjutant
General.
By order of the Commondcr—in-Chicf,
JOSEPH D. WILLIAMS,
Adjutant General.
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