Another Battle in Arkansas.
NEWS ITEMS.
General Headquarters, State of
Connecticut.
ADJUTANT GENERAL‘SOII‘FICE, )
Hartford, July 11, 1862. 3
[GENERAL ORDERs, No. 56.]
1. The President of the United States hav-
ing accepted from the several States an addr-
tional force of three hundred thousand vol-
unteers to serve for three years or during the
war, the Commander-in-Chicf directs that the
quota. from this State be organized as infant-
ry, as herein provided. . '
2. Each Regiment w111cons1st of ten com-
panies, and each company will be organized
as follows:
MINIMUM.
1 Captain,
1 First Lieutenant,
1 Second Lieutenant,
1 First Sergeant,
4 Sergeants,
8 Corporals,
2 Musicians,
MAXIMUM.
1 Captain.
1 First Lieutenant,
1 Second Lieutenant
1 First Sergeant,
4 Sergeants,
9 Corporals.
2 Musicians,
1 Wagoner, 1 Wagoner,
64 Privates, 82 Privates,
8-; Aggregate. 101 Aggregate.
3. 0n the application of persons proposing
to enroll companies, the Commander-1n-
Chief will, at his discretion, issue orders
ting authority to enroll volunteers and
entitling the person to whom they are_rssued
to receive a commission as Second Lieuten-
ant whenever he shall have enrolled .not
less than thirty men, and shall have received
a nomination from a majority of that num-
her.
4. The Commander-in-Chief reserves the
ri lit—whenever, in his opinion, the interests
of3 the service may require—to consolidate
such squads, and when so consolicated, the
ades of the commissioned officers will be
esignated by nomination by a majority of
the members of the consolidated company.
Squads of sixty men may nominate a Fast
Lieutenant, and eighty-three men a Captain.
The company non-commissioned officers,
until the Companies shall be embodied in. a
regiment, will be appointed by the Captain;
afterward b the Colonel, on recommenda-
tion of the aptain.
5. No authority will be granted to Officers
who have been discharged from the volun-
teer service for incapacity or misconduct, or
who have resigned under charges.
6. Each Regiment will be organized as fol-
lows :
MINIXTH. nsxmvx,
930 Compsn Officers 1010 Company Officers and
. and En isted Men, nllsted Men,
1 Colonel. 1 Colonel,
1 Lieutenant Colonel, 1 Lieutenant-Colonel,
1 Major, 1 Major, _
1 Adjutant, a Lieut.) 1 Adjutant (a Lieut.)
1 Re imenta . (a 1 Regimental Q. . (a
ieutenant,) Lieutenant,)
1 Stir eon, 1 Sur con,
2 Assistant. Surgeons,
1 Sergeant Major,
1 Regimental 0,. M.
Sergeant,
1 Regimental Commis-
sary Sergeant,
I Hospital Steward,
2 Principal Musicians,
.‘1 Ass stunt Surgeons,
1 Sergeant Major,
1 Regimental Q. M. Ser-
gean v
‘ 1 Regimental Commis-
ry Sergeant,
1 Hospital Steward,
2 Principal Musicians,
844 Aggregate. 1024 Aggregate,
7. The Field Officers will be appointed by
, the Commander-in.Cbief. The Majors of
the several Regiments (except those to he
raised in the cities of New Haven and Hart-
ford,) will be appointed from the Captains of
Companies. Promptness in enlistingacom—
pany and military capacity will determine
such selection.
8. The Colonel will appoint from the Com-
pany subalterns an Adjutant and a Regi-
mental Quartermaster, who msy be re-as-
signed to Companies at his pleasure.
9. The Surgeon and Assistant Surgeons
will be appoifited by the Commander-in-
Chief after the shall have passed an exami-
nation by the edical Board.
10. The nOn-commissioned Staff will be
selected by the Colonel from the non-com-
missioned ofiicers and privates of the Regi-
ment; and vacancies so created will be filled
by appointment, as is prescribed above.
11. 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 regu-
lsrly ordained minister of some Christian de-
nomination,and will receive the pay and al-
lowances of a Captain Of Cavalry.
12. No man under the rank of commiss-
sioned Officer, who is under eighteen, or over
forty-five years of age, or who is not in phys-
ical health and vigor will be received.
13. Persons nominated for Company Offl-
cers, will be examined in the" school of the
Soldier and Company, by a board of exam-
iners will also inquire into the moral charac-
ter and habits of the persons examined, and
report for the information of the Command-
in-Chief‘. When a person designated as an
officer, shall be found not qualified. another
nomination will be made instead. When no
nomination shall be made to the Comman-
der-in-Chief, he will fill the vacancy.
14. Expenses incurred for subsistence,
quarters, &c., previous to the transfer of re-
cruits to a regimental camp or barracks, will
be paid by the United States Mustering and
Disbursing officer for this State, in conformi-
t with General Orders No. 70 from the War
apartment, 1861. ,
15. Arms, equipments and uniforms will
be furnished the troops, when they are mus-
tered into the service of the United States.
16. All officers and privates will receive
the same pay and allowances as the regular
army of the same arm of the service from the
date of their enrollment. In addition, boun-
ties will be paid b the General Government
and the State of onnecticut, in accordance
with the following provisions:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, D. 0., June 21, 1862.
Pursuant to a resolution of Congress to
encourage enlistments in the regular army
and volunteer forces it is
Ordered, That a premium of two dollars
shall he paid for each accepted recruit that
volunteers for three years or during the war;
and every soldier who hereafter enlists either
in the regular army or the volunteers for
the war, may receive his first month’s payin
advance upon the mustering of his company
into the service of the United States, or after
he shall have been mustered into and joined
a regiment already in the service, This
ordergwill be transmitted to Governors of
States and recruiting officers.
(Signed) EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT, )
WASHINGTON, D. 0., July 2. 1862.
Ordered, That out of the appropriation for
collecting, organizing and drilling volunteers
there shall be paid in advance to each recruit
for three years, or during the war, the sum of
twenty-five dollars, being one-fourth of the
amount of bounty allowed by law; such
payment to be made upon the muster-ing of
the regiment to which such recruits belong,
into the United States.
(Signed) EDWIN M. STANTON,
' Secretary of War.
Every volunteer non-commissioned officer
private, musician and artificcr, who enters
the service of the United States, under this
plan, and serves for the two years, or during
the war, if sooner ended, will be paid by the
United States when honorably discharged
the sum of One Hundred Dollars,in addition
to the re ular pay and allowances—less the
sum of wenty-five Dollars advanced pay
under Orders from the War Deparment, July
2d, 1862.
Any volunteer who may he received into
the service of the United States under this
plan, and who may be wounded or other
wise disabled in the service, shall be entitled
. to the benefits which have been or may be
conferred on persons disabled in the regular
service; and the legal heirs of such as die or
may he killed in sevices, shall receive the
balance ($75) of the bounty due from the
United States to all soldiers honorably dis-
charged.
From the State of Connecticut, by act of
the General Assemb , approved June, 1861,
a bounty of Thirty ollars a year and “six
dollarsa month for a wife, if any there be,
and two dollars per month for each child
under fourteen years, providing the sum in
the aggregate does not exceed ten dollars per
month.”
Pursuant to a resolution ,of the General
Assembly to encourage enlistments in the
volunteer service, approved July 10th, 1862,
a bounty of Fifty Dollars, in addition to an
compensation heretofore bylaw allowed, will
be paid to every non-commissioned officer,
musician, artificer or private who has enlist-
ed and been accepted since the fifth day of
Ms , 1862 or who prior to the twentieth day
of ugust, 1862, shall enlist in this State and
be musered into the service of the United
States.
The Wagoners will receive the pay and
allowances of Corporals of Cavalry.
The Regimental Commissary Ser cant will
receive the pay and allowance of a Regimen-
tal Sergeant-Major.
17. All applications in pursuance of these
orders will he made to the Adj utant-Gencral’s
Department.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief,
JOSEPH D. WILLIAMS,
28 Adjutant General.
Norwalk, Tuesday, July 22, 1862.
Extraordinary Bounty to Vol-
unteers.
$2 at the time of enlistment.
$6 per month to the wife of a married
man, or to the youngest child if the wife is
dead.
$2 per month to each child under 14 years
of age, not exceeding two.
$30 per year from the State.
350 in advance, by the State, at the time
of entering the service, to those who enlist
before August 20th.
$25 by the United States, in advance, at
the time of entering the service.
$75 by the United States, when honora.
bly discharged.
All this in addition to regular pay Of $13
per month of privates, with rations, clothing
and arms. '
A private, leaying a wife and three child-
ren behind, will receive in all, (providing the
war is ended within one year, which is prob'
able,) a total of $458! Few men can do
so well in these hard times, as a matter of‘
business remuneration, ta lay aside all ques-
tions of patriotism.
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Another Triumph for Public
Improvement.
The vote upon the adoption or rejection of
ti! proposed Horse Railroad from the Bridge
to the Depot at South Norwalk, was carried
by about three to one—155 nays to yeas 448!
The vote at the Bridge stood “yes” 350, “no”
53.” At South Norwalk, “yes” 98—“no” 102.
The aggregate vote as compared with the
full number of our electors is small, yet in
view of the“ secret town meeting" program-
me which was sought to he carried out, the
friends of the measure have reason to feel
gratified at the result. We shall not stop
here to enquire upon whom the responsibili-
ty rests of withholdmg a public advertisement
of the election in the Gazette, but simply as-
sert, that so far as we, as journalists were
concerned, we had no information that such
a meeting was to be held, until the morning
after our last week’s paper had been issued.
And then, we heard of it at South Norwalk,
from a. gentleman who had overheard a town
officer, strongly hostile to the enterprise,
boasting that “Notice had been put up on
the Town Posts, which was all that was re-
quired by law,—that the opponents of the
measure understood the matter, and those
who went in for it could find it out for them-
selves,” or words to that effect. Upon ex-
amining thePost at South Norwalk, no such
notice appeared. If it had ever been put
there it had been purposely torn down. At
the Bridge the notice was found to be up,
whereupon the corporators issued hand-bills
and gave them the widest circulation, notify-
ing the people all through the town, (fees as
well as friends,) that the election was to be
held. We cannot, and we do not believe
that any member of our Board of Selectmen
have allowed themselves, knowingly, to be-
come parties to so disgraceful a transaction.
Here was a franchise affecting the town to a
value of some $30,000, to be voted upon
by the people, and it is stating it in mild lan-
guage when we say that under these circum-
stances it was not decent to withhold from
the people the fullest and most autendod infor-
mation of the election. A notice was put
upon the public posts Of the two villages it is
claimed, yet there is not an officer of the
town who does not know that so far as pop-
ular information is concerned, it might just
as well have been scaled up and thrown into
the creek.
Without a single farthing’s interest in the
Horse Railway beyond a desire to see any-
thing devised and executed which shall pro-
mote the public good and to see fair play in
all things, and while we honestly believe that
five to one instead of three to one in its favor,
would have resulted from a general knowl-
edge of the meeting—if this performance, so
dishonorable to somebody, shall so rouse the
indignation of our citizens as that an end
sh all be forever put to the “secret town meet-
ing” dodge, we shall feel that the friends of
the Horse Railway can well afford to waive
their expected majority.
To us, who have ardently labored during
our whole lives to promote and foster such a
public spirit as shall improve the gifts which
God and nature have so lavishly bestowed
upon our town, it is a cause of morttfication
that even one hundred and fifty out of near
five hundred can be found who from want
of investigation or blind prejudice, could
have opposed an enterprise, the advantages
of which must be patent to every honest and
intelligent mind. But there 2's consolation
in the fact, that wherever a Horse Railroad
has been built and run, those who at the first
opposed it the strongest were sure to become
its warmest and most steadfast friends.
“ Woo. la Young America.”
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The Way to do it.
At the Bridgeport meeting Thursday night
the Wheeler & Wilson Company gave $500.0»
Wm. D. Bishop $1000, P. C. Calhoun $1000,
cx-Post Master Goodscll $500 and James 0.
Loomz's $500 in aid ofimmediatc enlistments
and a more vigorous prosecution of the war.
At our own meeting Wednesday night,
Judge Butler was called on for a speech, and
he made it too—the most eloquent of the
cvcning,—he replied substantially, that he
should not detain the audience with words
——but he had $200 for Capt. Fowler! Col.
Cunningham not liking the second cyphcr,
desired permission to add $50 more. Let all
our men of wealth follow these noble exam-
ples, and we shall not lack for recruits.—
What is property worth without a govern-
ment!
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Change.
Congress did one good thing towards re-
lieving the pressure for change among our
retail traders by making postage stamps a
legal tender. We hope that the public will
refuse every and all other devices of putting
shin plasters into circulation. Let the people
utterly refuse to receive anything else where
the change is not forthcoming.
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Norwalk Cemetery.
We were assured by one of the directors
of our village cemetey,r some weeks since
that if we would cease “ saying pleasant
things" concerning the management of that
concern, that he would guarantee the gra-
ding of the main avenues. We have kept
our part of the contract at Mr. Director
hcsn’t his, and we propose “ express our-
sclf” again before long if it isn’t done.
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@Hon. N. Perry, M. 0.. from the New-
ark District, passed through town on Friday
evening on his way to Ringefield, his native
town, to jyin his family.
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,A Fairfield County Regiment.
Enlistment Meeting.
Fairlield County is now thoroughly arous-
ed to a sense of the imminent peril our army
before Richmond is in, and the work of en-
listment is going nobly forward. Yet we fear
that the people do not sufficiently realize the
imnwdfate and pressing need of _ watt‘f
day, this week ! "l‘he pe01)lc-Of~this 0010in
alone, could and should send Col. Morris men
enough to start his Regiment for Washington
before Saturday night. Will they not do it ?
We entreat, that the remoter prospect of or-
ganizing a County Regiment, shall not delay
or withhold a single man from filling the
ranks of the 14th. Let glorious little Con-
necticut tread close upon the heels of the
gallant Green Mountain State, whose sons
were first in readiness to respond to the call
for more troops.
We had a glorious meeting at South Nor-
walk on Wednesday evening, addressed by
Messrs. Carter, Woolley, Woodford, North-
rup, and His Excellency, the Governor.—
Somc tw entyor more names were added to the
list although the night was very stormy. Gov.
Buckingham pointed out the pressing need of
men, in words the most cogent and entreat-
ing. The earnest simplicity of his manner,
coupled with an all absorbing devotion to the
country’s welfare, give to the Governor’s ad-
dresses a power which no mere oratorial
effort could produce. We consider him, with-
out oratorical pretence, as he is, the most
efi‘ectz’ve speaker on the War Question, to
which we have ever listened. God grant that
health and strength may be meted out to him
to raise all the people of this commonwealth
up to the same pitch of patriotic devotion,
which sweeps every power of his own body
and brain. Thursday night he spoke at a
large and enthusiastic meeting at Bridgeport,
at which some $25,000 were subscribed, and
some fifty enlistments made, among whom
was Elias Howe, J r., who put dOWn his name
for $1000, and himself for a volunteer, insist-
ing upon being a private at that.
The same night a good meeting was held
at New Canaan, addressed by Rev. Mr.——,
Dr. Asa Hill and Woodford, and the forma-
tion of a new company commenced.
Friday evening, there was an immense
gathering at Seely’s Hall, Stamford, address-
ed by Woodford and others, at which alarge
number of recruits were enlisted. and sworn
in on the spot.
Same night one of the largest meetings
ever held in Danbury, was addressed by the
Governor, Dr. Hill, and the local clergy, and
the formation of a new company commenced.
‘ Our county is now pretty thoroughly
aroused, yet hours are speeding by into days,
and days into weeks, and Connecticut’s quota
is not a quarter enrolled, while not a moment
is to he lost, for one man this week saves
twenty men a month hence, and one dollar
now ahundred then. Let every man, rouse
then to a sense of his danger and duly, and
act promptly as well as patriotically. Let
every man, who can’t go off at once himself,
make it a. matter of personal duty to hunt up
and get off a substitute. In this way may
this diabolical rebellion be ended in less than
ninety days.
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Sick and Wounded Soldiers.
We do not learn that anything has been
done in reference to our recent suggestion
for securing and caring for a number of our
sick and wounded soldiers. Norwalk could
easily furnish comfortable rooms for 1,000
men, with nurses and'experienced medical
attendants, for the most part gratuitously.—
We suggest that Mayor Cholwell inform
Col. Almy of New York, of our ability and
willingness to thus comfort and succor our
country’s brave defenders.
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Our noble Governor, in answer to the re-
quest for permission to raise a County regi-
ment, has assured us that if we will but send
our quota of the 14th, now organized and
being filled up at Hartford, so that may
move with the least possible delay, then we
shall have a county regiment, officered and
located from and in the county. It is the
first work of patriotism, however, to lend all
our energies towards starting off Col. Morris’
regiment. There should be men enough to
get it ready the present week. Will not the
patriotic sons of Connecticut join hands with '
the Governor in hurrying this Regiment for-
ward ? -
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Reading.
It is in contemplation to hold a war meet-
ing in Redding some evening this week,with
a view to encouraging a Bedding Company.
Where is Old Ridgefield?
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01d Greenwich.
We have heard nothing from our friends
in Greenwich. The spot where old Put. de-
fied the British should not be behind in men
and means when domestic traitors assail us.
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W The Governor availed himself of his
few hours sojourn with us on Thursday, to
look about our beautiful town and receive
the friendly calls of our citizens, proving, we
believe, mutually gratifying all around.
On Friday, our Danbury friends came
down in a special train, “charged on him in
force,” and bore him off to Danbury in tri-
umph.
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SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—“ Willie,” the littlet
son of Mrs. Sheriff VanZandt, mounted his
pony on Thursday afternoon last and thrust-
ing 1115 feet into the stirrup straps darted off
from his mother’s presence for a horseback
ride. In less than an hour the pony came
home without its rider and the poor child
was picked up in the read some half mile
from his borne, horribly crushed and man-
gled, and expiring. He was a fine little fel—
low—a favorite with all—and his shocking
death has sent a shudder of horror through-
out every heart. God comfort the stricken
widowed mother in her overwhelming sor-
row.
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Ladies’ Fair and Festival.
The Ladies of St. Luke’s Parish, Daricu,
are making extraordinary efforts to release
their Church from debt, and they appeal to
the adjoining parishes to visit them on the
occasion of their Fair and Festival, to he
holden July 3lst. We hope our readers will
give them a substantial response, as their
perseverance in their good work is worthy
of support.
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Don’t Lose your Bounty.
If the Connecticut quota is not immediate-
ly filled up voluntarily, then a resort will be
had to drafting. In that case all the bounty
money of over $300 is lost, and the drafted
men will get only $13 a month. All those
who have any idea of going to the war,
should remember that now is the very best
time. The same enormous inducements can-
not belong offered. Money is now poured
out as water. All is offered that can be. No
larger bounty will be paid, and if the recruits
now hold back, they will lose everything be-
yond the usual pay of a soldier.
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@- A special meeting of the members of
Phoenix Engine and Hose Companies, is call-
ed for this (Tuesday) afternoon, at 6 o’clock,
for the purpose of testing the new Hose, just
received. A prompt and Familial attend.
ance is requested. Per Order.
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\with the Constitution.
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Letter from Gen. Ferry. ;
“’0 give below the following letter from 3
Gen. Ferry, as one among others received 1
within a few days past, having a bearing up- 3
on the condition of our army at this time:
HEADQUARTERS 3D Buruan,
GEN. PECk‘s DIVISION,
4'ru Com's, ARMY on THE POTOMAC,
HARRISON’s LANDING, VA., July 11, 1862.
FRIEND BYINGTON—I arrived here on the
2d instant, in charge of two brigades of what
had been Shields’ Division, and was sent at
once with one of them to the right, (Frank-
lin’s corps,) while the other was posted as
pickets in front of I-Icintzelman’s corps. In
our advanced position, we had considerable
skirmishing for two days, in which we suf-
fered some loss, but had the satisfaction of
repulsing the enemy in every attempt to
pierce our lines. The army here is cheerful
and hopeful, and expects to occupy Rich-
mond yet. The Brigades which I brought
here have now been assigned, one of them to
Gen. Franklin’s corps, and the other (my
own,) to Gen. K eyes’.
But I did not commence this letter to
write about myself. I received the Gazette
of the 81h to-day, and learned from it the
manner in which the Proclamation of the
President calling for 300,000 new troops was
being received in Connecticut. I rejoice at
the spirit exhibited'thcrc,’ and, at the same
time, fully concur in the views expressed in
your brief editorial as to the necessity of a
Drfat. This war ought to be closed. With
50,000 more troops here we could take Rich-
mond in a week. To obtain them by the
volunteer system will require months. The
rebel government leave forced every able bodied
white man and mulatto in the acceded States into
serm'ce,and this is not a mere fictitious levy,hut
is made a formidable reality as fast as arms
can be procured. I have passed through vast
regions where only old men, women and
children could be found, the result of this
rigid conscription. It is no disparagemcnt
to the patriotism of the people of the loyal
states, that a draft is required. The same
was necessary in the war of 1812, even
against a foreign foe. No nation on ' earth
present such a spectacle as we have already
afforded in the rush of half a million of free-
men voluntarily to arms, to uphold a gov-.
ernment which protected and blessed them,
But of these 500,000, one-fifth at least were
unfit for service, from physical disability, un-
known or concealed, and they had to be dis-
charged. Thc disaases incident to camp life
have sent home thousands more. I say
nothing of those who are in the hands of
the enemy, or who have perished from sick-
ness or in battle. The thinned ranks of our
Regiments should be filled at once. New
regiments should be organized, equipped
and sent torth in a week. Select their Field
Officers from the Captains and Lieutenants
of the old troops; their Captains and Lieu-
tenants from the Sergeants, Corporals and
Privates, who hear the best recommendations
from their ofiiéers. In this way they will
be almost immediately efficient. But pre-
liminary to all this, is the Draft. There are
thousands who say, “my business connec-
tions, my fhmily relations are such that I
cannot volunteer, but when the time comes
that my services are indispensable, and the
law requires that I shall go, I will shoulder
my musket, and do my best.”
A draft is fair, it imposes the burden of
sacrifices equally upon all.
It may be that what I have written is un-
necessary; that our dear old State has vol-
unteers enough yet to offer, but what I have
written to you, in your double capacity of
friend and legislator, may not be altogether
useless.
Yours, very truly,
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N orwalk Horse Railway Vote.
Our town clerk gives us the following as
the result of last Friday’s voting :—
“ Voted, that the'town will allow the Nor-
walk Horse Railway Ccmpany to construct
a railway over and upon the public high-
ways of this town, agreeable to their Act of
Incorporation, by a vote of 448 in favor and
155 against it.” '
O. S. FERRY.
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Enlist! Enlist! !
Every effort should be made to fill up and
hurry forward Capt. Fowler’s Company, after
which, Young Allen, formerly of the N. Y.
7lst, T. S. Beckwith and others, will as we
understand, lend their energies towards the
enlistment of another Company.
Let it not be forgotten, that unless our
quota of men come voluntarily forward and
enlist, a Draft MUST be made, when the $300
and over of Bounty money now so freely
given will be lost. Let there be no delay.
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W An urgent circular from a member of
M’Clellan staff is published, complaining of
the vast number of deserters from his army,
both officers and soldiers, who are now idling
in every northern city and village. It ap-
peals to the North to make their residence
among us disgraceful, and to shame them
back to their posts.
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A good Suggestion.
The Tribune suggests that every recruit
who enlists shall have given him at once his
military wit, as donning his soldier clothes
at once and wearing them about inspires the
wearer with courage and patriotism and also
exerts a potent influence upon his compan-
ions and induce them to come to the coun-
try’s aid and receive the admiration and
gratitude of all the patriotic hearts about
them. The idea is a most excellent one and
we suggest the Governor be applied to at
once to forward outfits for such of our Nor-
walk boys as have passed muster. There is
no mistaking the fact that there is a potent
magic in a suit of soldier’s clothes in these
exciting times.
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Secret Town Meeting.
We have spoken elsewhere of the recent
secret town meeting dodge, where a fran-
chise of some $30,000 was to he voted upon,
and no public notice given. We feel that
some explanation from the Selectmen of the
town, is due the public, and our columns
are at their service for any statement they
may see fit to make.
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W In Danbury on Friday last, as a boy
about eight years of age, son of Thomas B.
Reed, was trying to get into the back part of
a wagon which was passing, he stepped on
the wheel, his foot caught in the spokes, and
before the wagon could be stopped his leg
was badly broken. This is another warning
to boys.
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HARPER’S MAGAZINE for August is for sale
at Camp’s Bookstore. J. Ross Browne con-
tinues his “Flying Trip through Norway,”
illustrated by capital engravings. “Along
the Wharves,” is illustrated with prominent
scenes in New York City. Thackeray’s
“Phillip" is nearly finished; Miss Muloch’s
“Mistress and Maid,” and Trollope’s “OI-icy
Farm,” are continued, and “ROmola,” a new
novel, by the author of “Adam Bede” is com-
menced. Among the other articles are,
“John P. Kennedy,” “Tommatoo,” “Margin-
alia,” by John Adams, “South Carolina N ul-
lification,” and “Charles Dickens.”
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WASHINGTON, Jul 20.
Hon. John S. Phelps is appointed Military
Governor of Arkansas, with full powers, the
purpose being to assist loyal people to re-
establish the government therc in accordance
i utivc committee of the work done in this .
l
We publish below the report of the excor 3
|
State in behalf of the Frccdman’s Aid Soci-
ety. The depot for cast off clothing in N or-
! walk is at the store Of C. J. Gruman and we
believe very much more might be done in
aid of this humane work:
From the New Haven Palladium.
Progress of the Freedmen’s Aid
Association.
The Board appointed at the meeting held
in this city on the 20th of March last, to take
charge Of the work Of relieving and supply-
ing the destitute frccrlmon at Port Royal and
other places on the Southern coast, have
committed to the undersigned the duty of
stating briefly to the public the results of'our
labors and management up to this time.
Consequently upon the meeting an execu-
tivc committee was immediately organized,
subordinate to the Board, and the Rev. John
Dudly was appointed General Agent. On
the 25th of March the ..epot in State street
was opened—being generously appropriated
to that use, free of'cxpensc, by the owner of
the rooms, Mr. J. W. Bishop—and the com-
mittee issued its circulars to the public. In
the fifteen weeks between that date and tlns
8th day of July, the Agent has forwarded
from our depot to the National depot, one
hundred and nine packages, consisting of
seventy-five barrels, and thirty-four lar e co.-
ses, equivalent to four barrels each—a l fill-
ed with clothing and other necessaries for
the freedmcn. The equivalent of this entire
mass, expressed in barrels, is two hundred
and eleven barrels, and the value is estimated
at the National depot at twenty dollars a
barrel—giving a total of over four thousand
and two hundred dollars ($4,200). This
stream of beneficent liberality still continues
to flow in at the depot, and gives indication
that it will so continue, cocxtcnsively with
the great necessity. To receive it the Depot
will remain open.
Besides the above donations, tlicre.have
been received into the treasury seven hun-
dred and forty dollars in money, and this
amount should be enhanced by several bene-
of individuals freely bestowed, in mat-
fioesters which would ordinarily have been a
cash outlay by the Committee. It may be
stated, therefore, in the gross, that the pro-
ceeds of the fifteen weeks since our manage-
ment was institued, do not fall short of FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS in cash value.
In addition to their effective Agent and
Secretary, the Rev. J. Dudley, the Executive
Committee have employed, as traveling
agents—and with excellent results—Mr. Wm.
A. Blackney and Rev. Benjamin Brown.—
Public meetings have been held in Hartford,
Bridgeport, Middletown, Meriden, Stamford,
N orwalk, Danburv, Waterbury, Guilford,
Madison, Wolcott, armington, New Britain,
Wethersfield, West Hartford, West Haven,
South Norwalk, North Guilford and Fair
Haven. In several instances these assem-
blies have enjoyed the statements made by
intelligent and respectable “contrabands,” of
their own experience and knowledge of facts;
and in many instances they have been ad-
dressed by eloquent and distinguished indiv
viduals.
Throughout the State—so far as our oper-
ations have been extended—a welcome has
greeted them, and a spontaneous liberality.
Not less gratifying and encouraging is that
appreciation of the same which has been
manifested by the National Association at
New York. It appears that Connecticut has
proven to them a main spoke in the wheel
of this great benefaction, and the cxigency
is not becoming less. The field is extend~
ing. The accumulating thousands of “ con-
trabands” at Port Royal and Newborn, and
the tens of thousands aggregated at various
places within our military jurisdiction, are
enlarging the basis of national procedures——
Since the occupation, by General Saxton, of
his position as Military Governor of the
Southern Department, thirty new Superin-
tendents are being sent to the field by the
National Association. The General Gov-
ernment has also expressly defined its policy
of aid and encouragement, in an official in-
terview with officers of the Association; and
this encouragement and aid extend not only
to the employment of Superintendents, and
the transportation of supplies, but also to
protection of the schools.
ALEXANDER. C. TWINING,
Chairman of Executive Committee.
NEW HAVEN, July 8, 1862.
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Grand “’ar Meeting at Bridge-
port.
The greatest war meeting ever held in
Bridgeport came off on Thursday evening.—
Two large balls were crowded. The Stand-
ard says:
“The unity of action—the determination
of purpose—the heartywrusiastic response
of money and men, ma. feel justly proud
of our city, and, we can llenge other cities
to follow in our lead. Another thing for
which we feel a heartfelt gratitude, was the
complete ignoring of party ties; and thank
Heaven that men have so completely sunk'
partisanship and party, and Republican and
Democrat vied with each other in advocating
with word and deed the uncompromising,
unyielding, determined support of the gov-
ernment in putting down this rebellion.”
Among the speakers were Gov. Bucking-
ham, Hon. Daniel P. Tyler, Hon. Wm. D.
Bishop, P. T. Barnum, Rev. A. R. Thomp-
son and others. After a stirring appeal to
enlist, by Mr. Bishop, he presented a sub-
scription paper for a fund to promote en-
listments. The response was a noble1 one.—
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co. sub-
scribed $5000; six individuals put down
$1000 each; five $500 each; three $250 each;
seven $200 each; seventeen $100 each; three
$75; twenty-twp of $50 each—and a large
number in smaller sums, the whole amount-
ing to $20,000.
Elias Howe, ir.,signcd an enlistment paper,
and then appealed to those present to follow
his example. A few followed his example,
and then a shout was heard, “City Guard,
forward !" The audience seemed electrified,
as from difierent portions of the hall man at".
ter man arose and went forward. The audi-
ence rose en masse. Cheer after cheer was
given, and many a throbbing heart and
tearful eye betokened the emotions as the
noble fellows from that company enrolled
their names. Nearly fifty names were ob-
tained.
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WThe Atlantic for August is received.
The contents are: “The New Gymnasium,”
a very interesting exposition of the system of
Dr. Dio Lewis, with illustrative diagrams;
“Mr. Axtell,” the first part of a new and
promising story by Miss S. J. Pritchard of
Waterbury; “My Daphne," a poem; “Con-
cerning Disagreeable People,” a disagreeable
subject for this warm weather, by the Country
Parson; “The Sam Adams Regiment in the
Town of Boston,” by Richard Frothingham ;
“Life in the Open Air," a timely paper by
Theodore Winthrop; a tribute “To William
Lovell Putnam ;” more of Mr. Weiss’ Horrors
of St. Domingo ;” “My Lost Art,” by D. M.
Conway; “In WarTime,”by Whittier; “Amy
ny Wentworth;” “Thoreau,” a most reada-
ble sketch by Emerson; “A Summer Day ;"
reviews, .20., altogether an attractive number
of the best American monthly.
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ANOTHER HORSE THIEF Cancun—Mr.
Hatch of South Norwalk, recovered his
horse and wagon (lately stolen from him) on
Friday last. The thief, named William
Sweeney, alias Prescott, was arrested in New
York, brought up here on Saturday morning
and bound over. In the wagon was found
a complete set of burglar’s tools, and there
is no doubt but that this man is one of
the gang who broke into several stores at
South Norwalk, the evening the horse was
stolen. He had a loaded pistol on his person
when arrested.
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W The Governor of Illinois writes to the
President that he has one hundred f u l 1
companies ready for service under the recent
call for additional troops. The quote of Illi-
nois under this call is nine regiments. The
Governor wants to know if the government
will not accept the additional regiment.
WA boy named Henry Smith was ar-
rested to-day (Monday) for passing counter-
feit money, and other misdeeds, and sent to
the State Reform School.
The Adjournment.
The Second (first regular) Session of the
XXXVIIth Congress closed at 2 o’clock yes-
terday. A considerable portion of the Mem-
bers left some days earlier to urge forward
the recruiting in their several districts for the
Union armies.
Congress, at the Session just closed, has
perfected more good measures than any pre-
descessor for the last half century. Among
them we reckon
The Free Homestead Act;
The prohibition of Slavery, absolutely and
forever, in all the territories of the Union;
The Abolition of Slaveryin the District of
Columbia;
The Pacific Railroad Act;
The revision of the Supreme Court J udi—
cial Districts;
The act appropriating Public Lands to the
foundation and support of Agricultural and
Mechanical Colleges in the several States;
The act retrenching Military Expenditures
and Allowances:
And finally
The act confiscating the propcrt and
cmancipating the slaves of persistent cbels.
Those, with the necessary provisions of
ways and means for carrying on our gigantic
struggles with the Slaveholdcr’s Rebellion,
would seem to be quite enough for a single
session. But the following measures have,
at least temporarily failed, though most of
them ought to have passed:
The National Bankrupt Law;
The Abolition of the Franking Privilege;
The Mileage Reform;
The admission of the State of West Vir-
ima;
g The bill providing fora National Banking
System.
The bill providing compensation for those
States which may see fit to abolish Slavery.
The bill providing for the ascertainment and
satisfaction of the losses of loyal citizens by
Military devastation;-
The bill providino' for the Enlar ement of
Locks, &.c., on the New York and rie and
Illinois and Michigan Canals;
The bill providin for the discharge of
State prisoners (in orts Lafayette, Warren,
c. )
—“Thc web of ourlifc,” says the great
dramatist, “is of amingled yarn, good and
ill together; our virtues would be proud if
our faults whipped them not; and our
crimes would despair if they were not cher-
ished by our virtues.” Congress at this ses-
sion might have done better it might have
done far worse; it has left a great deal of
necessary work for the next and shortest ses-
sion. On the whole, it is more likely to he
succeeded by a worse than by a better one.
me.
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The Killed.
The number of Union men killed in the
seven days’ battles has been reduced to
1800 or less. Our total loss in killed,wound-
ed and missing, according to official accounts
the Presi caused to'be rendered while re-
cently wi e army was about 11,000. The
rebels claim to have 4,200 prisonersjncludins‘
wounded and 5,000 of our wounded have al-
ready been sent North on steamers. The
hourly return of stragglers continues to lessen
this estimate of the killed.
.4.
FROM NEw ORLEANs.—-Late New Or-
leans papers contain a long general order
by Gen. Butler, that decrees that all persons
who have been citizens of the United States
before asking any favor except protection
from personal violence, must take the oath
of allegiance. All who have resided in the
place five years or more come under the same
category. As some foreigners, he alleges,
are still furnishing the rebels with materiel
of war, all of those who have any favors to
ask must first subscribe an oath that so long
as their government remains at peace with
the United States, they will not aid or com-
fort in any manner those who are enemies of
this country, nor conceal what is about to be
done against it.
The National Advocate is ve esirous that
the President should remove Gen. Phelps. ~—
It says “the friends of the Union residing in
Louisiana are not satisfied with his continu-
ance in command. Rather nice, for a con-
quered city.
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W The following appeal to the Select-
men Of the State .has the true ring in it :
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, )
STATE on CONNECTICUT,
Adjutant Generals‘ Ofiice,Hartford, July 14, 5
To the Selectmen of the several Towns—Gen-
tlemen: The necessities of the Government
are such that the immediate and most ener-
getic efforts of every citizen of the State, and
especially of those who hold office of respon-
sibility and influence, are urgently demand-
cd to enable the Governor to place at the
disposal of the President the full quota of
men from this State at once.
Tire crisis in our national affairs caused by
the late battles and the present position of
our army before Richmond, is of such im-
portance that more than ordinary means to
increase our force and relieve our army may
be necessary.
The authors of this shamefully causeless
and outrageous rebellion must not be per-
mitted from their stronghold and so-
called capital, longer to defy the government
anfnsult a loyal people. Prompt and gen-
era action by the people at large, will at
once vindicate the authority of the govern-
ment and hasten the day of honorable peace.
With twenty millions of energetic people,
doubly strong in the consciousness of right
and resources such as no other nation of equal
population can exhibit, we should opt suffer
the progress of our arms to be delayed by
want of men.
I advise you to call meetings at once in
your town, to set forth to the people the exi-
gencies of the present hour, to pledge your
private means to assist volunteers and their
families, and especially to appoint a town
committee whose duty it shall he to raise
money, encourage enlistments, and nominate
proper persons, of energetic habits and pa-
triotic impulses to act as recruiting officers.
Such men, if possible, should be selected as
will be competent to receive commissions,
and any selections your c_ ittee may thus
make will be confirmed b Commander-
in-Chief, after they shall have enlisted the
requisite number of men, as set forth in the
accompanying plan and instructions. If
there are others, prompt and energetic, who
do not desire commissions but who are anx-
ious to aid the country as recruiting officers,
let such also be chosen.
The names of those selected for recruiting
Officers should be sent to this office, when
orders with the necessary blanks and in-
structions will at once be forwarded.
The quota which your population requires
cannot be exactly determined, but will not
be far from one in ten men on the enrollment
for the militia of last August. The appor-
tionment by last enrollment was necessarily
imperfect but a new apportionment will be
soon made under the new militia law. Do
not wait for that, but see that you do your
duty, at least, and if you overstcp the num-
ber to which you are entitled, you will have
additional cause for rejoicing when by your
efforts the supremacy of the, Government
and the liberties of the country are establish-
ed on.a firm basis.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JOSEPH D. WILLIAMS,
Adjutant-General.
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COMMENCEMENT AT TIIE YALE COLLEGE.
—-Thc Commencement at Yale College oc-
curs this year on Thursday, July 31.
‘ PresidentWoolsey will peach the Baccal-
aureate Sermon on the Sunday afternoon
previous.
Rev. Timothy Atkinson, of lVestport will
preach the Concw ad Clea-um, on Tuesday
evening.
The annual meeting of the Alumni will be
held on 'Wednesday morning.
An Oration by Charles Tracy, Esq. of New
York, and a Poem by Rev. C. D. Helmer, of
Milwaukee, will be delivered before the Phi
Beta Kappa Society,on Wednesday afternoon
Candidates for admission to College are ex-
amincd'on Monday and Tuesday, July 28th
and 29th.
Special meetings of the Classes of 1812,
1822, 1837, 1842, 1852 and 1859, have been
appointed for the day before Commencement.
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{8" Commodore Foote has been appoint-
ed Chief of the Naval Bureau of Equipment
and Recruiting, a very responsible post, and
one he can operate in until his health is re-
stored. It does not, however, prevent him
from seeking active service as soon as
his wound is healed and his constitu:
tion sufficiently recuperated to enable him
to take charge of any business there may be
left for the navy to do:
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A FEDERAL VICTOICY.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo, July 17.—An cxpedi- 1
tion of 600 men, under Major Miller, attacked
the combined forces of Rains, Coffee, Hun-
ter, Hawthorne and Tracy—1600 strong—
about a mile from Fayettevillc, Ark., early
Monday morning, completely routingr them
with heavy loss. We captured all their
pallirlps, and buried forty (lead left on the
re ( .
Major Miller‘s command marched 75 miles
in two nights, and took the rebels by sur-
prise. Our loss is very small. lVithin the
last few days twenty-one guerillas have been
killed.
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General Curtis’ Army.
CAIRO, July 15.—A Special to the St.
Louis Democrat, dated Helena, Ark., July
12, says the advance of Gen. Curtis’ army,
under Gen. Washburn, reached here at nine
o’clock to-day, having left' Clarendon, on
White river, yesterday at six A. M., and
made a forced march of 65 miles in a day and
hi ht.
welve hundred rebels under Mattock,
were on our front, who placed every possi-
ble obstacle in the way of our men, but we
overcame them, and the army is safe. We
had a number of skirmishes on the route, in
all of which the rebels were whipped, with
considerable loss to them.
July 7th, Col. Hovcy, of the 33d Illinois,
with parts of four companies of his regiment,
four companies from the 11th Missouri, and
a battalion of Indiana cavalry, routed two
Texas regiments, at a point between Cotton
and Bayou Coachc, with a loss to them of
110 killed. Our loss was 5 killed and 47
wounded. We suffered much from thirst,
there being no springs, but rations were
plenty, and the army is in good health and
spirits. All the sick and wounded were
brought along.
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W The following deaths of Connecticut
soldiers are reported at New Orleans up to
June30:
Edward Baker, Co. K, 12th C. V., remit-
tent fever, May 8; Levering Daning, 13th,
typhoid fever, June 18; Wm. Ellwood of
Newtown, Co. A, 13th chronic diarrhoea,
June 27; Geo. Hillyer of Sheffield, Mass, Co.
I, 9th, neumonia, May 27; Edward A. Lar-
ned of utnam, Co. K, 13th, continued fever,
June 5; Mark O’Neil of New Haven, 00. D,
9th, wound in the abdomen, May 4; W. Pel-
ham, Norwalk, Co. E , 12th, continued fever,
June 16; Franklin L. Wickwire of New Ha-
ven, Co. 0, 13th, typhus fever, June 26; ser-
geant H. M. Prowitt, J r., of Norwalk, Co. E,
12th, typhus fever. .
The following Connecticut officers have
resigned their commissions:
Second Lieut. Daniel Carroll of New Ha-
ven, CO. B, 9th; 2d Lieut. J. W. Hurlburt of
Winsted, Co. Cr, 12th; 2d Lieut. E. H. Near-
ing, of Brookfield, Co. E, 12th; 1st Lieut.
John E. Woodruff, of New Britain, Co. A,
13th; 2d Lieut. Martin Burke, Co. G, 9th.
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The Army Of Virginia.
Gordonsville occupied Without
Opposition.
WASHINGTON, Friday, J uly 18.
We feel at liberty to state that yesterday a
portion of the army of Gen. Pope entered
the important town of Gordonsville, Va., un-
opposed, and duly destroyed all the railroad
paraphernalia at that point—the junction of
the Orange and Alexandria and Virginia
Central Railroads. Three-fourths of the
troops, munitions and supplies of every de-
scription for the rebel army at Richmond of
necessity passed through Gordonsville by
rail. The blow is, therefore, a most impor-
tant one, more especially as it is the first ofa
series, which we trust will do more to cripple
the efficiency of their (rebel) Richmond army
than anght that has yet occurred.
A series of orders has been issued by Gen.
Pope, which will tend to explain the princi-
ples upOn which he proposes to conduct his
campaign. General Order No. 5 directs that
as far as practicable, the troops of his com-
mand will subsist upon the country in which
their operations are carried on—supplics be-
ing taken by the officers to whose department
they properly belong, under the orders of the
commanding officer of the troops for whose
use they are intending, and proper vouchers
being given to the owners, payable at the
close of the war, upon sufficient evidence be
ing given that such owuers have been loyal
citizens Of the United States since the date
of the vouchers. General Order No. 6 di-
rects that hereafter all movements of cavtrlry
shall be made without supply or baggage
trains, unless so stated specially in the order
for the movement. Two days cooked ration-
will be carried on the person of the men, and
all neighborhoods will be laid under contri-
bution in the manner specified in the preced-
ing order. General Order No 7 is directed
specially to the people of the Shenandoah
Valley and other regions where the army
may operate. It warns them against med-
dling with the railroad or telegraph lines, or
guerrilla depredations, or the straggling sol-
diers, or any other lawless proceedings, and
enumerates the punishments which they may
expect, the fear of which will probably be
sufficient to prevent a repetition Of the numer-
ous outrages which have heretofore been
submitted to.
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The Seventh Connecticut at For-
tress Monroe.
The Washington Intellzyencer says Gen.
Stevens division of troo from South Caro
lina arrived in Hampt oads on Tuesday
last, on board the steamers “Vanderbilt,”
“Mississippi” and “Ben Deford.” It is said
to consist, in part, of the Seventy-ninth New
York, Fifth Pennsylvania, Eighth Michigan,
Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania, Twenty-eighth
Massachusetts, Seventh Connecticut and of
two batteries of artillery. All the sick and
disabled men of the command were left he-
hind.
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A Vigorous Policy Anticipated.
A correspondent of the New York World
states that in all probability the President
will shortly issue a proclamtion announcing
a change in the policy of the Administration
in the prosecution of the war. Hon. Schuy—
ler Colfax said in a speech on Wednesday
night that the time had now come when the
war would be conducted in accordance with
the principles of war. The debates in the
Senate on Wednesday are significant as
showing the tendency of things in this direc-
tion, and the position assumed by Mr. Rice,
heretofore a Democrat of the most conserva-
tive type, on the question of using all the
means which God and the Nature have given
us, is an unmistakeable indication of the
change which recent events have created.
0, that we could hear from the Executive
one clear, unmistakeable note of warning
and encouragement which should put to
flight all dreams of conquering a peace by
any means shortof relentless war! One such
call would fill the ranks, give life and hope
to the nation, dishearten, even if it made des-
perate, the traitors, and menace all Europe
by its terrible monitions. There’s not an in—
strument, however humble, that is unworthy
to be employed for the salvation of the Re-
public. The people perceivc this, even if the
Administration is blind.-—Harfford Com'ant.
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BEAUREGARD’s TROOPS AT RICHMOND.
An army letter to the Herald states that
the rebel prisoners say long before the evac-
uation of Corinth, the troops from Beaure-
gard’s army began to arrive at Richmond.
and continued to arrive steadily until that
event took place, by which time 50,000 arri-
ved, and subsequent to the evacuation 25,-
000 more arrived from Corinth; that then
75,000 men are the flower of Beauregard’s
army. They are the best troops of the old
army of Manassas, and have not as a general
thing been engaged in the battles, but held
in reserve. The whole number of troops at
Richmond amounts to fully 200,000, of which
Gen. Lee has chief command, and Gens.
Beauregard, Johnston (before he was woun-
ded), and Jackson were commanders of corps
d’ armed under him.
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YALE COLLEGE—The following prizes
have been awarded for declamation to the
Sophomore class in Yale: First Division—ls!
prize, W. E. Barnett, \Vcst Haven; 2d, ll.
1’. Boydeu, Worcester; 3d M. C. D. Borden,
Fall River, and C. H. Burnett, Philadelphia.
Second Diriszbn—lst prize, H. C. J essup, Mon-
trose, Pit; 2d, 1;. Gregory, Wilton; .351, F.
Judson, Brook] 'n, N. Y. '[Vr-r‘rthwzszon—
1st prize, H. C. hettcplacc, Provrdence; 2d,
A. D. Miller, Rochester; 3d, W. H. Palmer,
Stonington, and W. H. B. Pratt, Hartford,
Fourth Dr'rz‘sr'on—lst prize, J. W. Teal, Dur-
ham, N. Y., and M. II. Williams, Terryvrlle;
2d, J. Williams, Worcester; 3d, J. W. Sterl-
ing, Stratford.
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A man in this city who had named
his baby “Thomas H. Seymour” Went to the
town clerk’s office this morning and chang-
ed it. Any name but thither-Hartford Press. .
———During the late battles McClellan lost.
twenty-five guns and captured twenty-six,
5 showing that we havo one more cannonthan
before the battles commenced.
——The Cubans are flocking to New York
in crowds. Hitherto they have visited New
Orleans, but now prefer the North for recre-
ation. Handsome, dissipated chaps, most of
them are, with plenty of money and une-
qualed capacity for spending it.
—Gcn._Grant has issued an order requiring
the families 01' all persons connected with
the rebel army or government to leave Mem-
phrs wrthm five days or take an oath that
they have not and will not furnish in-
formation to the enemy. This sweeping or-
3:11;: rgeiwrscqnence of constant communi-
" een er '
frienills in Mcmghifns m the rebel army and
_ enry A. Tcnne of W I
oflage,a§o avery Protgisin g y%xifflis,t$;isldr{)$:
P033. aturday, while bathing in Patch’i
—_—Hon. William C. Rives o ' '
drsinheritcd his son, G. W. Rivfeyfgglrgf‘h’sil:gs
to become a rebel and traitor andioin his tor-
tunes to the cause of Jeff. Davis dz Co.
—Brrgadrer General Schuyler Hamilton
who was recently nominated by the president
to be a Major General, is lying so very ill at
Newport that scarcl y any hopes are entertain-
ed of his recovery.
———Tbe Navy Department has information
that the United States steamer Flag and bark
Restless captured on the 7th inst, off Bull’s
Bay, near Charleston, the British steamer
Emilie, formerly the Wm. Seabrook, of
Charleston. Her invoice shows an assorted
cargo of $21,587, but there is reason to sup-
pose there are old arms, Confederate bonds
and specre on board. She has been sent to
Philadelphia in charge ofa prize crew.
—It is estimated that there are now on
furlough fifty thousand enlisted men most
of whom are in a condition to rejoiri their
regiment. Drive them back to their duty.
—Otis, Mass, has already raised her quo-
ta of volunteers for the newcall for 300,000.
Many other of the Massachusetts towns have
done the same.
—A jealous wife in Geneva, New York,
recently revenged herself on her rival by
stripping the latter of all her garments in the
public streets, and in that condition leavmg
her to find shelter w ~ere she could.
—-—A man calling hrarself William Henry,
was sent to Bridgeport jail, on Monday last,
for thirty days, for stealing a coat from the
Presbyterian Church of Stamford, belonging
to the sexton, and a coat and vest from the
residence of Mr. Ely, on Clark’s Hill.
——A law has passed Congress discontinu-
ing all regimental bands in the United States
army. They are to be mustered out of ser-
vice at the end of 30 days, unless they volun-
teer tp join brigade bands, the only bands re-
tamer.
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W Tire new and stupenduous reservoir
which the New Yorkers have been four
years in constructing, is about completed.—
In the course of a few days the water will be
let in, forming an artificial lake covering an
area of one hundred and seven acreawith an
average depth of forty feet,a length a breadth
of half a mile,-and a capacity of 1,029,880,145
gallons of water. In capacity it is probabl
the largest reservoir in the world, although
it is equalled in area by reservoirs in Europe.
The entire cost of the reservoir will be about
$2,000,000, including the gate-houses and the
land. The latter alone cost about $500,000.
The banks are of earth and granite, much
like an ordinary railroad embankment or
levee, as seen along our western streams,
with the inside facing of heavy, closely con-
structed granite work, sloping at an angle of
about 54 degrees, on which the action of the
waves or rain will have no perceptible effect.
The top of the embankment or levee will af-
ford a bread and pleasant promenade, over-
looking the reservoir, the park for a great
distance, the adjoining city, and the water
of the Sound, and with Long Island. -
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The Loss of the Rebels.
The loss sustained by the rebels in their
recent attack was fearful, especially on Tues-
day. Maddened by the intoxicating drink
that had been furnished, the insane devils
marched straight up in the face of the most
terrific discharges from our guns totally care-
less of life and literally unconscious of danger.
The Richmond Examiner, in a carefully
worded editorial admitting as little as the
facts will permit, says:
But between 4 and 5 o’clock our troops
reached a large Open field, a mile long and
three-quarters in width, on the farm of Dr.
Carter. The enemy were discovered strong-
ly intrenched in a dense forest on the other
side of the field. Their artillery, of about 50
pieces could be plainly seen bristlingon their
freshly constructed earthworks. At ten min-
utes before 5 o’clock P. M. Gen. Magruder
ordered his men to charge across the field
and drive the enemy from their position.
Gallantly they sprang to the encounter,
rushing into the field ata full run. Instantly
from the lines of the enemy‘s breast works a
murderous storm of grape and cannister was
hurled into their ranks, with the most ter-
rible effect. Officers and men went down by
hundreds; but yet, undaunted and unwaver—
ing, our line dashed on until two-thirds of the
distance across the field was accmplished.—
Here the carnage from the withering fire of
the enemy’s combined artillery and musketry
was terrible. ,
‘ Our line wavered a moment and‘fell back
to the cover of the woods. Twice again the
effort to carry the position was renewed, but
each time with the same results. Night at
length,rendercd a further attempt injudrcious
and the fight until 10 o’clock was he t
up by the artillery of both sides. 0
add to the horrors, if not the dangers, of the
battle, the enemy’s gunboats from their posi-
tion at Curl’s Neck, two and a half miles dis-
tant, poured on the field continued broadsides
from their immense rifle guns.
The battle of Tuesday evening has been
made memorable by its melancholy car-
narge which occurred in a portion
of Gen. Magruder’s corps, which had been
ordered in very inadequate force to charge
one of the strongest of the enemy’s batteries.
There are various explanations of the affair.
The fire, upon the few regiments who were
ordered to take the enemy’s battery, which
was supported by two heavy brigades, and
which swept the thin lines of our devoted
men, who had to approach it across a stretch
of open ground, is said to have been an ap-
palling sight. _
The Alexandria News states that the 17th
Virginia, raised in that city for the rebels,
eight hundred strong, came out of the battle
before Richmond with only one hundred sur-
vivors, all of whom were taken prisoners,
and are now in New York.
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FIRST CONNECTICUT ARTILLEBY.—-The
undersigned wishes to obtain the address of
the relatives and friends of officers and pri-
vates in the First Connecticut Artillery, who
were taken by the rebels at Coal Harbor, for
the purpose of pe ecting an arrangement
which it is hoped will be for the benefit of
the prisoners. Address—
H. T. SPERBY, Hartford.
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WThe following is an extract from a re-
cent dispatch receivcd at fthar Department
from General Saxton. dated Beaufort, S. 0.
July 10 :—
To Hon. E. M. Stanton Secretary of War: _
Sir—I have the honor to report that every
thing pertaining to the special servrcefor
which I am sent, to this department, 15 In a
favorable condition. The negrocs arexwork—
ing industriously. We have some fifteen
thousand acres or corn and cotton under cul-
tivation. It. looks well. The system of vol.
untary labor works admirably. The people
are contented and happy. When the new
crop is harvested, they will cease to be a but-.-
49,“ upon the government. By adopting a ju-
c'iious system of reward for labor, almost
any amount can be obtained. lts procmds
will pay the expense. I am, with great rev
spect, Yours, truly, [Signed
R. CAXTON, Brig. Gen. Vol.
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The Rebel Story,
Gen. Lee has issued a congratulatory 0F-
dcr, dated July 7th, in which he says: “On
Tuesday, June 26th, the powerful and splen-
didly equipped army of the enemy was in-
trenched in works vast in extent and formid-
able in character, within sight of our ca ital,
’I‘o-day, the remains of that cgnfidcnt and
thrtatenrng host lie upon the banks of the
James River, thirty miles from Richmdrid,
seeking to recover, under the protection of
his gunboats, from the effects of his series of
disastrous defeats." He claims the rout of a
great army, the relicfof Richmond from a
siege, the capture of many thousands of pris-
oners, including officers of high rank, thou-
sands of arms, and fifty onelpieces of artil-
lery.
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