The “airfield County
if
gawky looking country girl,” said the
youngest Miss Wilmot to er sister.
“And so she is only Emily has been
seeking to disguise the fact, by rigging
her up in her cast off clothes. How dis-
gusting. But then what is the use—she
has shown out so soon.
“Why don’t you play something or
other? askedLouisa.” “Why, up where
I live there it is again—.mpardon me Emi-
ly, I forgot I was not to name the coun-
try; I only meant it was most dreadful
dull here, sitting stockstill, and staring
at one another. It’s whatIcall a Quak-
er'meeting—just no celebration at all.”
“Why, Louisa,” said Mr. Howard,
“our friends are enjoying conversation.”
“Well, then, I think they would talk
aloud enough so I can ' hear them, for I
really begin to think those are two girls
there (pointing at the Wilmots) are pok-
ing fun at me. If I’dworn my big ele
.gant comb what cost my mother twelve
dollars and my striped gown, I should
have expected to have been laughed at,
for Emily told me so; but new I don’t
see what tis you find being as how as I
am dressed as fashionable as any on you,
though to be sure, Ilook a deal prettier
in my own clothes. But there ’tis I love
my cousin, and I guess you’d thought
she loved me too, if you’d Seen how she
cried and took on, for fear I’d get laugh-
ed at; and so I told her to rig me up just
as she pleased, though I could hardly
keep from crying, too, to think how
queer I should look.”
At that moment Sir Edward, who re-
ally pitied Emily, who sat like a statue,
proposed music, and prevailed on a young
lady, who he knew to be well skilled to
take her seat at the piano.
After the conclusion of her admirable
performance, Miss Wilmot was invited,
who replied in Latin—~“take away that
nuisance, and I will.”
‘ _“I will withdraw and save him the
trouble,” said Louisa, in the same
tongue.
. “Miss Wilmot started .and reddened
while Sir Edward, almost confounded,
‘ gazed alternately at the two.
“Please, gentle lady, be a little more
careful in future,” ' said Louisa drily;—
“some apples are green when ripe.”
Quite discomfitted, Miss Wilmot seat-
ed herself, and wishing to show Off at-
tempted a beautiful but difiicnlt Italian
piece, but not having practised suficient-
ly, and feeling a little disturbed at what
had transpired, she failed entirely.
Now, thought Louisa, is my tnrnfand
' stepping gully forward, with a musical
laugh she resumed the seat which Miss
Wilmot had left. As her delicate fingers
swept' the notes every lover of music
gathered around her and when, complet-
ed the music on which the now mortified
Miss Wilmot had failed every voice was
earnest in entreating her to continue.
What a mysterious angel she is! thought
Sir Edward, as be viewed her with rap-
turous devotion; what grace of form and
movements! what splendid hair! and
above all, what accomplishments! I half
—-eyes, quite suspect her of a plot! Ay,
yes, I have it now—she is no rustic but
more than a match for the finest lady
here.
At that moment she sang to a plain-
tive air with her mellow, touching voice,
and Sir Edward was cOmpletely subdued;
not that excellent music was a new thing
to him by no means—but then the con-
quering little God had aimed a success-
ful dart, that’s it. Do apt assume your
rustic manners,” said Mr. Howard to
Louisa, as she efiected a polite escape
from the importunitiesof her admirers;
“for by this time Emily understands it
all, and I am sure is quite disgusted with
the “filmots.” ~ -.
While they were speaking, the smiling
Emily advanced, and shaking her finger
at Louisa, affectionately. said: You are
caught at last! my ,precious cousin!—
When you perform your next comedy, I
advise you to take the stage, as I have no
taste for such cruel theatricals. Do see
those insulting Wilmots, ~ how mortified
they are. Yo served them right, and
'the Sir Edward Walton, is, I am sure
in love with their country nuisance.” O
charming! charming! Now they will
have a chance to envy instead of despise.
But here he comes, laughing right merri-
ly]! «
“A truly delightful comedy, Miss Dal-
ton’ said he; “but I like the closing
scene best; and Miss Howard, judging
from your happy face, our tastes are not
entirely dissimilar.”
“And only think, Sir Edward?" ex-
claimed Emily, “bow cruel, to keep me
in ignorance of the plot, even my own
tender hearted papa all the time enjoying
my mortification—indecd I suspect him
of conSpiracy. But there it is; I half
conceived their motive, and I must feign
a cure, for fear of another bitter dose.—
0, Louisa that elegant chair and pianny.”
By this time the whole company had
learned that the country rustic was an
assumed part, and were fast and loud in
their expressions of admiration of her su-
perior grace and beauty. Some laugh
ingly repeated. “There Emily, I can’t
do it, and it’s no use to try;’ others’—
Some apples are green when ripe,’ and
others still, ‘take away the country nui-
sance.’ .
Some Italian performance while peals
of merry laughter reverberated through
the apartments. The humiliated Wil-
mots, whose insulting remarks had not
been at all private, now saw themselves
objects of ridicule and as early as possible
made their escape.
the evening 'was delightful to all parties,
especially to Sir Edward, who bestowed
in almost undivided attention upon Lou~
isa,. becoming more“ and more pleased
with her grace of manners and conversa-
tion so entirely devoid of the artificial.—
Emily felt no pain of envy at this mo-
nopoly, but rather triumphed in her cou-
sin’s success, ever and anon whispered to
her happy father, what a sweet matched
couple, how admirably adapted, how in-
telligent and happy they look, the invin-
cible Sir Edward is conquered at last, 0
charming ! charming ! her favorite ex-
pression of delight.
After the conclusion of the festivities
she assured her father and cousin that
this had been the most joyous birth-day
anniversary she had ever known. The
tears of the morning like showers in
April had been chased away by the beam-
ing sun of happiness and had left no im-
ress.
1) On the following day she read with
transport a letter from her before men-
tioned absent lover, containing the in-
telligence of the success of his expedi-
tion, and promise of speedy return, and
with all, couched; in such winning, affec-
tionate terms, as to awaken the slumber-
iug but not extinguished flame ~in her
heart. Long she wept over her past in—
gratitude, in having well nigh forgotten
one, who, for her sake. had forsaken
home and friends, and nobly braved the
perils of the ocean and dangeroof a sick-
ly clime, in order to render his fortune
equal to her own, since his lofty soul
shrunk from dependency and burned with
impatience to grovelling fortune-hunters,'
who ever beseta beautiful heiress and
such was Emily Howard.
And here We leave such minute details,
and trust to the imagination of the reader
to portray thejoyous return, the two bap-
_ - _._., :ltL.——.
py bridals which followed, the transport '
of the parents, the travels on the conti-
nent the still increasing affection of Sir
Edward for his charming bride, and her
flattering reception by his English friends; i
and above all, the entire reform of the ~
THEGAZETTE.
as uanpalagrfp
2,11% v M‘V"
haunt all the senses. Here the surging tide
of human combatants had grappled in death
struggles more than a month before, and
stillits Sickeninghorrors glurc upon you like
some terrible dream of hell. Glad wcrc we
all to leave the scenes of desolation and war
and return to quarters. From thence we
The remainder of
now happy Emily, and the delightful sea-
aon passed by the parties in pleasant and
often laughable reminiscences among the
quiet groves of Daltons sweet country
home.
.-.-.
”On the 27th of September, rebel
Gen. Anderson having advanced his
main force—one regiment of infantry, 3
000 cavalry and one steel rifled cannon——
to Lavernge, Tenn; sent word to Gen.
Nagley, in command at Nashville, that
he had invested the city, and he deman-
ded unconditional surrender. Gen. N.
couldn’t see it in that light; and on the
night of the 6th of October, sent a force
of 400 infantry, 400 cavalry, and four
pieces of artillery by one road, and 1800
infantry by another, attacked the rebels
and completely whipped them, capturing
all their cannon, 300 prisoners, among
whom were two lieutenantcoloncls and a
number of line officers, colors, camp equip-
page, personal effects, beef cattle, great
quantities of flour, bacon, &c. We lost
four killed and seven wounded; the rebels
thirty killed and eighty wounded. That
is fit reply to a rebel summons to surren-
der.
0‘.
[O‘Capt I.H. Bromley of the 18th
writes to his paper, the Norwich Bulletin :
I am lost in admiration of the perfect
system with which every thing connected
with the army is conducted. A few mor-
nings since Col. Ely was sent for post
haste, and with two or three other officers
of the post detailed to act on a court of
inquiry. Over at Fort Federal Hill, a
mile or two away, a horse had died and-
denly. There was a question whether
his death was owing to natural causes or
to the whip and spur of the orderly who
rode him the day previous. An investi-
gation was ordered. Colonels, Majors
and Captains visited the stall and examin-
ed the remains. They decided that he
was a dead' horse and dead by nobody’s
fault but his own. The body was then
charged to profitand loss in all the books
in the department and suitably interred.
That same morning at the provost
guard house, a prisoner, deserter or strag-
gler from some regiment in the service
was found dead in his bed. It was re-
ported to headquarters. 'l‘w0 other
prisoners were detailed to dig the grave.
and so they buried him. Poor fellow!
May be somebody loved him, and watch-
ed and waited for him. His humanity
may have been of as fine a grain as ours;
and may be a man’s heart beat once un-
der the shabby uniform of the dead so!-
dier. But he died and ’hey buried him.
Little ceremony it takes to hustle a man
underground in these times.
0‘.-.
The HighestBalloon Ascent.
[S'Late English papers contain re-
ports of ascents made by M. Glaisber, an
teronaut, who has reached a higher ele-
' vation than had ever before been attain-
ed. On a recent trip he ascended to a
height of five miles and three quarters
(30,360 feet) Approaching that point,
he observes, the corrected barometor
read 10.8 inches. “In endeavoring to
read the wet bulb, I could not see the
column of the mercury. I rubbed my
eyes, then took a lens and also failed. *
* I endeavored to reach some brandy
which was lying on the table at about
the distance of a foot, and found myself
.unable to do so. My sight became dim.
I looked at the baromete r and saw it at
ten inches still decreasing fast, and just
noted it in my book. Reading was at
this time about 9 3-4 inches, implying a
height of about 5 3-4 miles, as a change
of an inch in the reading of the barome-
ter at this elevation takes place on a change
of height of about 2,500 feet; I felt I was
losing all power, and endeavored to rouse
myself by struggling and shaking. I at-
tempted to look at the barometer again;
my head fell on one side. I struggled
and got it right, and it fell on the other,
and finally fell backwards. My arm,
which had been resting on the table, fell
down by my side. It became more mis-
ty, and finally dark, and I sank uncon-
sciously as in sleep."
The writer continued insensiblc for some
time, but his place was- taken by a Mr.
Coggswell, who ascended still higher un-
til the barometer is believed to have mark.
ed only eight inches, implying that they
were then six and a half miles above the
ground! The temperature was then some
.degrees below zero ; on leaving the sur-
face it was at 59 degrees Fahrenheit.
The descent was made without any acci-
dent. Pigeons let loose 'at an elevation
of four miles, fell down like stones, and
were taken up dead on the ground
-<.>».—————
Tan EARLY RED MAPLE.-—— A small
red maple has grown, perchancc, far
away at the head of some retired valley,
a mile from any road, unobserved. It
has faithfully discharged the duties of a
maple there, all winter and summer, neg-
lected none of its economies, but added
to its statue in the virtue which belongs
Kto a maple, by a steady growth for so
many months, never having gone gad-
ding abroad, and is nearer heaven than
it Was in the spring. It has faithfully
husbanded its sap. and afforded a shelter
to the wandering bird, has long since rip-
ened its seeds and committed them to
the winds, and has the satisfaction of
knowing, perhaps that a thousand little
well-behaved maples are already settled
in life somewhere. It deserVes well of
mapledom lts leaves hare llet'll asking
it from time to time in a. whisper, “When
shall we redder)?” And now is the
month of September, when men are best-
ening to the seaside, or the mountains,
or the lakes, this modest maple, still
without budging an inch, travels in its
- reputation,—runs up its scarlet flag, on
that bill-side, which shows that it has
finished its summer's work before all oth-
er trees, and withdraws from the contest.
At the eleventh hour or the year, the
tree whichmo scrutiny could have detect-
ed bcre when it was most industrious, is
thus, by the tint of its maturity, by its
very blushes, revealed at last to the care-
less and distant triveler, and leads his
thoughts away from the dusty road into
those brave solitudes which it enhabits.
It flashes out conspicuous with all the
virtue and beauty of a maple. AceM'u-
brum we may now read its title, or ru-
Im'dc, clear. Its virtues, not its sins, are
as scarlet—“Autumnal Tints,” by II. D.
Thoreau.
.<.-.
flArtemas W urd, in Speaking of the
newspaper-of bis villiage, says that "the
advertisements are well written, and the
deaths and marriages are conducted with
single ability.” If deaths and marriages
are not a hard piece of paper mongrey to
"conduct.” then we are mistaken. Some-
how, in the ccstacy of the matrimonial fe-
licities, or the grief attendant upon the
loss of friends, these notices are seldom
written with care, in plain readable let-
ters. Such announcements are worse
than none if not perfectly correct, and
we would ask of all who have the pleas-
ure or pain of sending them, that they
may be written as distinctly as possible.
Norwalk, Tuesday, October 28,1862.
Editorial Correspondence.
(Concluded from last week.)
At the close of the review, Gen. Banks left
the field direct for Washington, and the vari-
ous regiments and batteries for their quart-
ers, with the exception of the 61st Ohio.—
This battle-seared Regiment repaired to Gen.
Sigel’s Head Quarters, and forming in line
before his door, made the welkin ring with
cheers for their “little General.” 0: his ap-
pearance, Col. McCroarty addressed the Gen-
era! in behalf of the Regiment in the most
enthusiastic manner, eliciting the most hearty
response from the men. Several most graphic
and touching allusions were made by the
speaker,—of their General’s care for them
amid the iron and leaden hail of the battle,
when such responsive cheers were givenas
fairly astonished me that human throats were
capable of so much noise. As the Colonel
closed and the cheering subsided, a‘ frail look'
ing little man, with modest mean, stepped
forth with a new flag in his hand, and in a
few plain words, which yet thrilled one
through and through .ith fervid eloquence,
and charmed with the rich melody of the par-
tial Germanic accent, the “little General" pre-
sented the new flag, to be henceforth borne
with their battle-worn ensign. The very
earth seemed to heave with the cheering, for
the flag, the Union, Gen. Sigel, Gen. Banks,
&c., &c., when Gen. Carl Scburz was called
out, and he in turn addressed the Regiment
as only Carl Scburz can speak. As I saw
him at the Chicago Convention, again at the
Cooper Institute, and in Connecticut, so is'
be, in the presence of his men, the same un-
answerable logician, irresistable orator, and
uncompromising hater of every species of
tyranny. He is most pleasantly in com-
mand of a Brigade in his friend Sigel’s Divi‘
Siou, and after our dinner, we found him
with his accomplished lady and several mem-
bers of his staff, awaiting us in Gen. Sigel's
parlor, where, I can assure you, a most en.
tertaining, instructive, and rapidly-passed
evening was spent by your bumble servant.
After the breaking up of our company,
Capt. Assurnssen, of Iowa, Chief of Staff and
Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Sigel, planned out a
trip for us to Pope’s Bull Run Battle Field.
We were to start at five A. M., on the mor-
row, in a four-horse ambulance, and with an
escort Of cavalry to prevent danger of moles-
tation or capture. I do not know what the
Captain’s occupation has been heretofore,
but he ought to have been commander-in-
cbicfof all the Western railroads, for-I never
met a man whose rapid grasp of every little
detail could outstrip his. More rapid than I
can write, be had every arrangement sug-
gested to and approved by the General, and
orders given, even to telegraphing to Gen.
Stab], at Centreville, to’bave breakfast ready
for us on arrival there, as well as to the or-
derly not to allow us to oversleep in the
morning. Our guide was also selected, in
the person of Capt. Dessaner, of Gen. Sigel’s
Stafi', an enthusiastic and intelligent young
German officer, who was an eye-witness and
perticipant in all of that terrible struggle.—
Our party was to comprise. Mrs; Capt. LyOn,
a most amiable and accomplished lady, (whose
husband, we believe, was connected with the
Press of Buffalo, prior to his being attached
to Gen. Sigel, and to whom I should like to
give some more tangible appreciation of my
sense of obligation than in these hurried
words,) a Tribune proprietor, Correspondent,
the driver and myself, all under command
of our Teutonic Captain, as aforesaid.
Morning came, and with it the orderly’s
call and the ambulance, and as an Instance
worthy of being put on record, our lady com-
panion du ooyage was ready and waiting to
embark. Soon all were on board save the
Tribune reporter, who was so “regular in his
habits" as be claimed, that he never could
get off early unless he set up over night for
it, and be was the rock upon which all our
hopes of an early start were split. (Is it not
possible that after all the “villainous Tribune”
basin some such subtle manner, been the
sole cause of all the delays and binderances
encountered by our armies ? Surely such a
charge were no more absurd than {many
which are laid upon the most enterprising
and truthful journal which essays to report
the military movements of our armies in the
field.) ‘ - .
We had traversed some four miles toward
Centerville, however, before the sun rose up
and spread its hot rays over the vast area of ,
We arrived at Gen. Stahl’s ‘
desolate waste.
Head Quarters at Ccntervillc about seven
o’clock, and found a hospitable soldier’s
breakfast awaiting us, in answer to the tele-
graphic summons of the evening previous.
The General occupies the outermost post of
the Union army, and the reader is already
well acquainted with the most efficient ser- ‘
' vice he is constantly rendering in his recon-
noissances and captures ofrebel pickets and
spies. The General, who is one of the finest
types of the educated German soldier Ind
gentleman, increased our cavalry escort toga
full company, so that we might penetrate the
enemy‘s country to om" heart’s content and
with impunity. From Centerville, alltbe
long weary way to the battle-field,‘tbe sad
and sickening evidences of war’s ravages
were every where visible. Fragments of
fire arms, soldier’s cups and clothing, wrecks
of wagons, cas'sons and cannon trucks, liter-
ally strewed the ground as far as the eye
could reach, while dead and unburied horses
shocked the senses in evory direction. We
reached the positions occupied by our forces
about ten o’clock, and thence traversed the
entire field, amid the graves of our fallen be-
roes and the sad and sickening debris of the
fight. We then passed over to the rebel po-
sitions, and what was and before was horror
here. Hundreds of rebel slain lying just
where they had fallen, with no grave dug
for them, but as they fell so they lay, in all
the horrid contortions of dissolution, a lit-
tle dirt was dug beside them and thrown
upon the bodies, which the rain had again
washed off, leaving, in almost every instance,
some portion of their ghastly forms exposed
to view. In tbeangle of avwrecked railfence,
We found the half decomposed body of a
rebel soldier, who had evidently crawled
hither wounded, and lain abandoned to die.
Several of our cavalrymen dismounted, went
ofi‘ a distance of a quarter of a mile and
brought a pieceof canvass, with which they
tenderly and humanly covered the body of
their dead adversary. Surely—
“One touch of nature,
Makes the whole world kin.”
0b, the untold horrors of a battle-field !-
No language, no photography, nothing short
of actual sight, brings any conception of the
unutterable, soul-harrowing sensations which
.on Saturday. He is
Point, and we ho e w I be good for, some-
“ "The hasty action of Col. Cunningham, has
.publicfixplanation. So far as the matter
hastened to the Capital again, being in-
debted to Capt. Lyon for safe and expedi-
tious transit. From him we lcnrncd much
of the character of Gen. Sigel, a man who
by his artless, girl-like simplicity, insensibly
wins upon your admiration and affection,
more than any man I ever met. Not a word
of unkind criticism can , you draw from him
isgainst any other 'ofilc'er, though it is plain
to see that he feels a deep sense of wrong
done the cause, himself, and his brave men,
by mnequy’s mismanagement, though he
gives no intimation whose. As gentle as a
child in social relaxation, be is said to be as
fierce and impetuous as a torrent on the bat-
tle-field. Said an officer, who had repeat-
edly been in the fight with him, “his eyes
gleam like a polished sword, he is every-
where at the same moment, utterly reckless
of balls and bullets, he dashes his steed
wherever he has a man. If a battery is to
be planted, he first inspects the ground, every
motion of the enemy is seen and compre-
hended as if by presciencc, and as the rebels
say of him, wherever least expected he is
sure to turn up, and no man is ever ordered
to advance where he does not lead.” With
such qualities is it strange thatlour soldiers
literally worship him, and ask no greater
boon than to fight under SIGEL. Would to
God that Freedom’s battles might be en-
trusted to such as, these! But as it is not
the case, let each one dare to do his individ-
ual duty, and trust God’s mercy and Provi-
dence, that even the machinations ofwickcd
generals may be made to praise him, and
bring to this afflicted people ultimate purity,
j tics, and liberty. I am free to confess
that the prevailing sentiment in Washington
is not the most hopeful. Evidences are
plenty indicating a forward movement, yet
popular faith is weak in its hope of catching
the rebels before they have made good their
escape. . Strange too, it is, that no one seems
to doubt our power to crush or annihilate the
rebels wherever war is waged as war, and
blow falls on blow with our full force and
earnestness. How long, oh, how long must
our bleeding nation wait!
_ Yours, B.
.<.-» ,
Another Hero Gone.
In our obituary record to-day, will be found
the announcement of another young Hero’s
departure. Another zealous martyr in the
holy war for Freedom which is waging,—
CAPT. GOULD J. JENNINGS, son of Gould D.
Jennings,-Esq.‘,of this town. Young Jen-
nings commanded a Company in the 59th
Regiment, New York Volunteers. At the
Battle of Sharpesbu'rg and Antietam, he was
severely wounded and fell into rebel hands,
and although subsequently released, the ex-
posure be there underwent so prostrated his
system already weak by reason of-hiswounds.
that he has only been able to reach his home
to breatbe'out the dying testimony of his
martyrdom, surrounded by those he loved.
Oh, when the record of this terrible war shall
have been made up, how bright will be the
glory irradiating. these young and gallant
spirits, who, counting their lives as naught,
have dared to strike for “God and their na-
tiveland,” and for none shall there be a
greener laurel crown, than for «young Jen-
nings. Standing o’er the grave of such as
these,~how shall we think of those in our
midst who have only revilings for those who
would sustain Liberty and the Government,
and “sympathies” for those who instigater‘
this horrible scene of slaughter which . now
bows down nearly every true heart "in the
unutterable woe of bereavement—But—
” A cheer for all who bravely fight,
And a tear for those who fall."
. .‘Qp..————--
W Capt.- Rtissell, another of the brave
heroes of the Antietam struggle, is in town,
and slowly recovering “from .his thripple
wounds. received in that terrific encounter.
«a.»
The Emancipation Proclama-
_ tion in the Army.
We refervthe readers attention to the stir-
ring letter of our friend Woodford, in anoth-
er column of to-day’s paper. His 'special
examination but confirms all we have per-
sonally observed while among some score
or more regiments recently. The Army go
in for the Proclamation, very few are so
short-sighted or bigoted as not to see in it a
terrible blow leveled at the rebellion. It was
Only Saturday-that we read a letter from-fone
of our boys at New Orleans, in which be it-
erates and re-iterates some half-dozen times
over, Greely’s benediction “ God bless Abra-
ham Lincoln." Said Colonel Hamilton, the
eloquent union refugee from Texas, to us, in
'a coversation a few days since, “ There is not
I a single intelligent and true union man at
the South or elsewhere, who does not know
that Slaoery has got to go under intbis con-
,flict, and that the sooner it goes the sooner
will the, war be ended." . ,_ , «
«5-4 4 ’
The 27th Regiment,
Left New Haven :for Washington, Wednes-
, day evening, passing throungorwalk about
nine o’cIOck: They arrived in New York
after midnight, marched down Fourth Ave-
nue and Twenty-third street to the river, and
-“ embarked for South Amboy, where they ar-
rived about ,5 o’clock, and took the carsfor
Philadelphia. 5Here they, were gratuitously
furnished with, refreshments, and convenien-
ces for washing. At 5 o’clock they started
in a train of old freight cars for Baltimore,
where they. ‘arrived at 2 o’clock, next "morn-
ing, and breakfasted at ‘the “Soldier’s Home.”
So says a correspondent'in the N. H. Courier.
. . «.1...
fi' Gen, Rodgers, the union refugee from
Tennessee, who has been spending several
months with his children here, was in'New
York on Saturday, to attend ‘thevgreat Rati-
fication Union'fMeeting, addres‘sedby 00!.
Hamilton, of Texas, and others, at the Coop-
er Institute. He leaves New York to-day,
for Washington, to have an audience; with
the President and Secretary of War, prior to
his departure for his home iffTenueesee. We
hope whenvhe goes back, it will be with the
power of dealing blows, as well as receiving
them. “ ‘
.<.>o
_Col. Cunningham, of Norwalk, after
holding the ofilce‘ of Colonel of the 28th
Regimentfor six days, (in which time he
succeeded in convincing every body with
whom he had any thing to do, of his utter
inca acity,) resigned on Friday last. Sam-
uel -. Ferris, (son of Joshua B. Ferris, Esq.
of‘ Stamford,) was chosen and commissioned
graduate of West
thing.— WiMed' erald.
subjected him to much very harsh criticism,
whicbme hope he will yet relieve by some
concerns himself individually, it is nobody’s
business, and the claim said to be made by
"the" Regiment, ' that _it is greatly for their
benefit that it has occurred, ~ may all be true,
but so far as others were affected“ by his con-
duct, it does becomevhim to at least make an
effort to appease their wrath by some sort of
an explanation of his sudden apd mysterious
Left Washington, on Friday morning wool:
and marched out to Tcnnalytown, a. small
village about eight miles west of the Capital.
On the march, while turning the corner of
the Treasury IBuilding, Col. Noble was
thrown from his horse, dislocating his left
shoulder. He had it rc-sct and went on to
the new camp in advance of the chimcnt,
which arrived at about 3 o’clock, P. M. At
dusk, the Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of
State, passed through camp and was greeted
with cheers. One of his sons is Lieut. Col.
vicinity, but which has since left. Sunday,
'P. T. Barnum was in Camp, with Commo-
dore Nutt and Tom Thumb. In a letter to
the Bridgeport Standard, Barnum giVe an
interesting account of his visit, which we
copy below. The Commodore showed off
his magnificent-proportions by riding Adju-
tant Wilcoxson’s horse around the camp.—
The First Conn. Cavalry, and First Conn.
Artillery, (heavy,) are said to be cncamped
near by. The camp is called “Camp Mor-
ris," and is under the command of Col. (act-
ing Brig. Gen.) Morris, of the -4th N. Y. Ar-
tillery. The Regiment seems to be preparing
for winter quarters, as drill has been dispens-
ed with and six hundred men detailed to
build a fort, rifle pits, &c. Thus our brave
boys are learning “manly accomplishments,”
and when they return to old Norwalk will
be just the men to engage to build our new
Home Railway, in a scientific manner. But
never mind, boys, “ there’s a good time com-
ing,” if we don’t see it now.
Six privates, a Corporal and Sergeant,
have been detailed from each of the follow-
ing Companies, A., D., and F., to work three
cannons now mounted on the fort, on which
the regiment is at work. Each of the above
companies has . a cannon for its detail to
work. A sergeant from the 4th N. Y. Artil-
lery is drilling them.
The follOwing is a copy of Barnum’s letter:
WASHINGTON CITY, SUNDAY NIGHT,
October 19th, 1862. i
EDITOR on Tun STANDARD :—
I am extremely tired but will not re-tire to
rest until I have told the friends of our dear
Seventeenth Regiment 0. V. what a glorious
time Ihave had with them to-day. They are
encamped about seven miles north-west from
here, Fort Pennsylvania, at a place called
Tenala Town.
Our oyal friend, Elias Howe, J r., (he of
j the quarter million annual income, and yet a
private in the Seventeenth,) having come to
. the city for the soldiers’ letters—he being
mail carrier of the regiment, we took a doub-
le carriage, at nine o’clock this morning, and
started for the camp. Mr. Howe’s son ac-
companied us, and, in order to gratify our
noble Soldiers, I took along General Tom
Thumb and Commodore Nutt.
After a delightful drive of an hour we ar-
rived at the camp, and you may fancy with
what delight the “boys” received us. It was
what I call a "big sensation.” Answering
and asking questions by the thousand, about
friends, home, etc, occupied half an hour,
then, the two little men, perched upon the
parapet of a new fort now in process of
building, gave‘them all an opportunity of
seeing and conversing with them.
I remarked to Colonel Noble, that the men
all look more hearty and robust than when
they left Bridgeport. “That is _So,” replied
' the colonel, “and I wish you to tell the friends
of these soldiers why it is they are so healthy.
.They have formed a temperance society, ap-
‘pointed me the President, and about one-
half of the regiment have signed the tee-total
pledge!" Icould not suppress the tears as I
replied, with all my heart: “May God bless
them for that."
The inquired anxiously for their dear
friend Ev. A. R. THOMSON, and I was glad
to tell them that be was well and sent them
his sincere love. They then insisted that I
should give them a temperance address, and
I’cheeri'ully obeyed the call. I Was exceed-
ingly happy in being permitted to :give the
boys same advice in regard to the preserva-
tion of their health, and particularly to point
out to them the utter folly and madness of
intoxicating beverages, no matter under
what name, how seldom, nor how small the
quantity.
I spoke three-quarters of an hour, trying
to make every appeal a common sense one,
which would suit the capacity of every hear-
er, and demonstrate to them the truth of all
I offered, and the disinterestedness with
which I advised them for their own good.—
Never did I addressa more attentive or car-
nest audience, and I may truly Say never did
I experience a _thrill of more pure delight
than when I put to vote the question wbctb-
er they believed that under all circumstances
aman in health chose the only wise and safe
course by abstaining entirely from the use
of intoxicating beverages in any form. a
loud and tremendous “Yés” was the unani-
mous response! I tried the negative, but not
a “No” could be elicited—on the contrary, a
vote Of thanks was Offered, followed by
“three cheers and a tiger,” which rolled up
the gerge and across the hills like a voice of
thunder. “Thinks I to myself” if there are
any “secesb” in this part of Maryland that
roar of human voices must startle them with
. the idea that the Yankees are “marching on”
like an earthquake!
At one o’clock we left the camp ground,
,again greeted with cheers, and bearing from
our noble volunteers ten thousand good wish-
es and kind regards to their friends, at home,
accompanied by the request that lest I should
not personally see all their friends, I would,
through. The Standard,. give an account of
our. interview, .
The boys all say they are ready and anx-
ious for tbe'fight, and no person can con-
ceive one body of soldiers more determined
to help ‘crush this Rebellion, and to do and
to dieyi'f‘neccssary, for our glorious country,
thathhc noble volunteers of the Seventeenth.
One oftbe ofllcers told me that be believed
that all ideas of fear or danger had passed
._entir;ely'out ofthelr minds, and that not one
soldier in that regiment thought or cared
whether he survived or died on the field of
battle, so that living or dying he could serve
the cause of human’liberty. This is the spir-
it that actuates all our volunteers.’ They are
not machines-e-they know what they are to
fight for, and when they enlisted they conse-
'crated not merely their bodies to the country,
but, also, their brains, which will strengthen
every muscle and nerve in their bodies when
they encuuntcr the desperate villains who
are wickedly and wantonly trying to destroy
the best Government the light of Heaven ev-
er shone upon. ‘ The great battle is near at
band. 4 May God preserve the right!
, At four o’clock this afternoon, according
to previous appointment'by the Washington
Temperance Society, I spoketbree quarters
ofan hour for temperance in front of the cap-
itol to an audience of three thousand persons.
This day's work will explain why I am so
fatigued, and. why I hasten to say—“Good
Night.”
- - Truly yours, P. T. BARNUM.
. ———-——4~<.>o
Wfihcrwood Bissell, son of Rev. S. B.
S. Bissell, has received the appointment of
Master’s Mate in the Navy.
- _ 75'. , »
W'SELLECK has an ingenious and curi-
Ous little pocket contrivance to hold the new
needed to convince of their utility and en-
sure a sale.
' .......-40+o'————
Wind list“ of the votes of 34 regiments
published,most of them Iowa, the number
of republicans to the democrats is about 7 to
1.; luzthe‘" gallant 7th Iowa, which has been
reduced to a skeleton by its bravery at Bel-
mont, Shilo, Iuka, and Cbrinth, out of 212
who voted, over 200 voted the republican
ticket, only 4 the democratic. What adifi‘er-
ent result you would get in a Jeff. Davis
regiment. ' ,
. “WE—'-
Q‘ The following new counterfeits have
appeared z—Fives on the Bank of Commerce,
New London. Vignette, a large steamboat
leavingnwburi‘. Fives on the Mechanic's
Bank, New-Haven. Vignette, a group of
men, rods,,b3sild,inge in the distance; male
bust on right hand; malggpatcd, and FIVE
on the left.
c-Q. p»
nual inspection and review, Friday after-
no’on. Hardly enough members turned out
conduct. “That’s all. '
[2,,
to draw. the several machines.
of the 138th N. Y., then cncamped in that .
5 Q‘ The Fire Department was out for an- t
i’”‘"i
- ‘_-A_._-q __..._ ...c..
Regimen“ Death of- an old Nerwalk Teacher.
postage currency. An examination is only .
. where about the year 1822 or 1823.
Rev. Norman l’inncy died at New Orleans
on the 1st inst. He had recently come to
N cw Orleans from Mobile with the purpose
of establishing an institution for the educa-
tion of youth. A native of New England,
Inc was a graduate of Yale College, some-
From
Yalc College he went as professor of the
classic languages in Trinity College, at Hart-
ford. The original profession be selected
was the ministry, and be entered the Episco-
pal Church, and was settled in Mobile. Mr.
Pinncy’s age was about 60 years—Er.
WML PINNEY was the Principal of the
Episcopal Academy, in Norwalk, after he
was graduated at Yale College, and before he
was a Professor at Trinity College. He was
an enthusiastic scholar and teacher. The
writer of this feeble tribute to his memory,
was one of a class of boys fitting for College,
in the year 1826, who were accustomed to
meet in Mr. Pinney’s room, before sunrise,
to recite to him the Greek tragedies of Soph-
ocles and Eschylus. This was a work of su-
pererogation on the part of the teacher; but
it was a labor of love. _
The Episcopal Academy stood on the
ground now occupied by the horseoshcds
north of the Episcopal Church. The rival
Academy, (or, rather, that to which this was
the rival,) stood on the center of “The.
Green,” nearly opposite the house belonging
to Mrs. Durand. Between it and the Con-
gregational Church was a pond, where the
boys sailed their boats and stoned frogs in
summer, and skated in winter. Over this
Institution the venerable HAWLEY 01.n-
STEAD, L. L. D., presided with great dignity
and learning, succeeded by HON. WILLIS
HALL, afterwards Attorney-General of the
State of New York, whose successor was
Rev. EDWIN HALL, D. D., now Professor in
the Theological Seminary at Auburn, N. Y.
Under such tuition both these Schools flour-
ished, the reputation of Mr. Olmstead at-
' tracting many pupils from abroad, and the
Faculty of Yale College being. accustomed to
send their rusticated students to him. But
during Mr. Pinney’s administration, the Epis-
copal Academy gained the ascendancy, the
other declining, until finally both became
extinct.
After Mr. Pinney’s professorate at Hart-
ford, be was similarly engaged at the South,
where he published several elementary books
in the modern languages, which were highly
esteemed. He was a kind-hearted, christian
gentleman, and his former pupils will never
cease to cherish his memory. B.
«g.-.
0m- Soldlers’ Daughters.
During a recent sojourn in New York city
we were very much gratified bya visit which
we made to the Institution for the Education
of the destitute children of deceased or disa-
bled soldiers.
This Institution, which is begining to make
itself known throughout the land, was estab-
lished about a year since, by the ladies of
New York, for the purpose of providing with
a good home and a practical education, the
little daughters of those who have lost their
worldly all, together with health or lives, in
the defense of our lives and interests—our
country and the institutions of our fore-fath-
ers, from the fratricidal hand of treason.—
Surely, we thought, no object could be more
patriotic and benevolent; and when we
found at its head a much esteemed friend,
Mrs. Rev. S. R. Davis, we felt assured of the
success and usefulness of the Institution.
We noticed among the pupils, at present
thirty-three in number, a sweet little, curly-
baired girl, of four years—as darling'a little
creature as ever there could be—and we felt
thankful that our country possessed patriots
so firm-hearted, that, loosening the hold of
such plump little arms fr0m around their
necks, they could leave homes gladdened by
the innocent glee of childhood, for the stern
duties of camp life and the nameless grave
on the battle-field. Ought we not to feel
grateful also, that there are christian patriots
among those who cannot “ shoulder a mus-
ket,” who will not ' leave the bright-eyed
daughter of our volunteer neglected and
homeless; exposed to the hidden pitfalls
along her pathway, where syren voices charm
only to destroy, and beauty’s fairest gifts but
lure her arch-deceivers to ply “ those treach-
erous arts that weave the winding sheet of
souls, and lay them in the urn of everlasting
death.”
Any one wishing to take part in this good
work and enable the Institution to increase
the number of its inmates, can do so by con-
tributing fancy articles for the Fair to be held
in December, or by subscribing for the
“ Volunteer,” at monthly published by the
“ Educational Union,” at 50 cents a year.—
From our experience we judge that no he—
nevolent person would regret a visit paid -at
No. .334 Sixth Avenue, upon the little daugh-
ters of our Soldiers. 0.
SOUTH NonWALK, Oct. .22, 1862.
o
WSee Morris 62; Doty’s new advertise-
ment of Clocks and Mantles, Winter Dress
Goods, and Dry Goods generally. They
keep up with the times. Give them a call.
I‘.’.
HARPER’S MAGAZINE—The November
number ends the volume. It opens with
“Poland Overgronnd,” one of J. R. BrOwne’s
illustrated articles, followed by “ A Notable
Congress” of Horse Flies, dad, illustrated;
an illustrated article on “ The Last of the
Dandice," by A. H. Guernsey; the conclusion
of Miss Prescott's story, “Madeleine Schaefo
fer”; '_' The First Colonial Congress,” one of
a series of historical sketches by B. J. Loss-
ing; “ Not at my Expense,” a story by T. S.
Arthur; “ Our Cousins from Boston,” by
Frances Lec; “Buying Winter Things,” by
Louise Chandler Moulton; “Non Respond-
ct,” by Clarence Stickney; Love in Autumn,
by N. G. Shepherd; and continuation of Miss
Muloch’s “Mistress and Maid,"’of “Romola,”
by Marian 0. Evans, and of Trollope’s two
novels, “Orlcy Farm” and “The Small House
at Allington.” Five continued novels ought
to be enough for one magazine to publish at
a time. ' Can be had at Camp’s.
.‘.-o
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY for November
opens with an interesting paper on “ Wild
Apples,” by H. D. Thoreau; Winthrop’s live-
ly “ Life in the Open Air” in the “0g, GOg,
Magog, Umbagog, Memphremagog, and all-
a-gog” wilds of Maine, is continued; “Louis
Lebeau’s Conversion,” is by W. D. Howell’s;
“The DeveIOpment and Overtbrow of the
Russian Serf-System, by Prof. A. D. White;
Miss Pritchard’s story, “Mr. Axtell,” is still
continued; H. T. Tucker-man contributes a
poem, “At Syracuse"; Agassiz has another
installment of “ Methods of Study in Natural
History ; '“ Blind Tom” is descriptive Of the
singular and incomprehensible musical pow-
era of a blind slave bov; “ Kindergarten—
Wbat is it ?” by Miss E. P. Peabody; “A Pic.
ture,” by H. E. Scudder, we copy on our out-
side; “Two and 0nc,”a story by Miss Hale;
“ The new Atlantic Cable,” by G. B. Pres.
cott; “ The Cabalistic Words,” by Epes Sar- '
gent; " Conversational Opinions of the Loud
are of Secession”; “ The Hour and the Man,"
by C. C. Huzewell; “ How to choose a Rifle,”
by _H. W. S. Cleveland; “ The President’s
Proclamation,” by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
WTbe N ewbern Progress states that the
Confederacy gained Some 40,000 men by the
conscription act in North Carolina and the
examining physicians yepoyted more than
three-fourths of them as unfit for day.
Northern Aid to the Southern
Rebellion.
If not entirely lost to every feeling of hu-
manity, how must those miserable traitors of
the North wince under the withering rebuke
of the Rev. Mr. Carter at the Cooper Insti-
tutc Meeting, on Saturday night, now exiled
from his home in Tennessee, for no other
crime than that of fidelity to the “old flag,”
under which 'Washington and all the Fathers
of the Government fought. He said—
“T/w greatest help which the Soul]; re-
ceived a. year or two ago, was (lent-ed from
a certain class of Northern papers.”
Several Voices—“Theflemld and the
News.”
Mr. CARTER—You know them better
than I’do, gentlemen. In those papers
.we found the very arguments which South.
ern Rebels use against us. What was
the character of those arguments? Eter.
nally prating about Southern rights and
Northern aggressions. And that is what
your papers are doing now. I beg these
editors, for the sake of our common coun-
try, for the sake of the weeping and per-
ishing thousands of loyal men in the South
to cease tradncing their own government
and to sustain that government Will
those editors tell mefiwhat rights I have
lost? I? one of them tells me I have lost
rights, I say “You lie.” (Laughter.—
Voices—“Booby Brooks”) '1 want
these editors and these confounded poli-
ticians to tell me what rights I have lost.
Did you ever see thiam? Did you ever
hear them? Did you ever taste them?
Did you ever smell them? (Laughton)
If any of‘these Northern men have found
any of my lost rights, I hope he will re-
turn them. I am conscious of having
lost rights, not through my government,
but through the accursed Southern Con-
federacy. (Applause) I have lost the
rightof seeing my wife and little children.
I have lost the right of abiding beneath
my own vine and fig tree. In short, I
have lost the right to be in my own coun-
try a freeman. (A voice-—“We will re-
store it.”) I will tell you how to give
me back those rights. Crush the ac-
cursed rebellion against the government.
Send the exile back‘ to his home, his wife
and children. In a word, re-establish
the Star Spangled Banner over every
town and city and hamlet in this broad
land. Thus only can you give back to
the Southern people their lost and price-
less rights.
———.o-‘.
Gen. Scott’s Last Letter.
The lettes,surreptitously obtained by Mr.
Van Burch, and read before the Democratic
Mass Meeting at the Cooper Institute, has
led Gen. Scott to publish, through the Na-
tabnalIntellzlqencer, on account of the plans
he urged upon the President and Cabinet at
Washington, for crushing secession in the
mu .
Before the Presidential election of 1860, be
called the attention of the Executive to the
necessity of occupying all the defences on
the Southern coast with strong garrisons,
and of directing the commanders of the sev-
eral forts, already held to be on the alert
against surprise or assaults.
Shortly after the election, he left New
York, where be had been confined by illness,
for Washington, in order to reiterate the
same views personally. The Secretar of
War, with whom he had the first intervrew,
dissented entirely from his conclusions. He
then sought the President. Mr. Buchanan,
apprehended no danger of early secession,
beyond South Carolina, declined to reinforce
Fort Sumter, in expectation that the differ-
ences growing out of secession could be set-
tled in airieudly manner between 9. Com-
mission, likely to be sent by South Carolina,
and the Congress of the United States.—
Should Congress refuse to entertain terms
for division he would then telegraph Major
Anderson to hold forts Monltrie and Sumter
against attack.
After Major Anderson had thwarted the
schemes of the insurgents for the Siezure of
Sumter, Secretary Floyd desired to undo the
work by remanding the garrison to the un-
tenable walls of Fort Monltrie. At this junc-
ture, Gen, Scott addressed a note to the Sec-
retary of War, deprecating the evacuation of
Sumter, and earnestly recommending the re-
inforcement of Major Anderson, and the
sending of armedvessels to support the fort.
He also repeated his former advice, relative
to the immediate occupation and strength-
ening of all the coast defences. He thought
250 recruits from New York harbor, proper-
ly equipped, amply sufficient to render Sum-
ter impregnable.
Meanwhile, the South Carolina Commis-
sioners were busy in Washington, manmu-
vering to secure the delay so indispensable to
the success of their schemes. Amid the lin-
gering processes of diplomacy, time wore
away, and golden moments were lost forev-
er. While the Charlestonians were hood
winking Mr. Buchanan with one band, with
the other they were making elaborate prep-
arations to render the succor of Major An-
derson imapssible. As the President ratbcr
relished their lofty sentiments, for 6 weeks
they feasted him to satiety. By that time
the numerous batteries guarding the ap-
proaches to Charleston harbor, emboldened
them to spice their demands with still absurd-
er pretentious. When the mask was no
longer useful, it was tossed contemptuously
aside by the South Carolina ambassadors.
Difilcnlties multiplied daily in the pathway
of Gen. Scott. Failing to secure an armed
vessel, in connection with Secretary Holt, be
dispatched the “Star of the West" to the re-
lief of the beleagured garrison. The Captain
was frightend by the first shot, and turned
'back. He then urged the Cabinet to send
.aid in Ships-of-war, or permit Anderson to
help himself by stopping mcrchantmen, and
appropriating their supplies. But the inevi-
table armistic was interposed to prevent the
trial of‘bis plans.
Gen. Scott also shows that the same imbe-
cile policy was pursued with regard to the
defences of Pensacola, and the forts at Key
West and Tortugas.
The communication of Gen. Scott, without
throwing much additional light on the gloom-
iest and most disastrous period of American
history, will l.-ead with interest as giving
to the opinions generally held by loyal men,
the sanction of the greatest military officer
of the day.—00urant.
N.p~.——-———
WNWby, Mrs. B how do you manage to
have such nice light Bread and Biscuit?”
“Because I use Herrick Allen’s Gold Medal
Saleratus. I never saw any half as good.
I like it much better to use with cream tar-
tar than I do soda. I shall never use any
other. If you will try one paper, Mrs. W.,
you will say the same. It has almost cured
my.dyspepsiu.” Most all Grocers keep it.
N.-.
J OHN BROWN AND JEFFERSON DAvIs.—Jobn
[Brown invaded the State of Virginia with a
small band of armed men, was arrested, im-
prisoned, tried and condemned and execu-
ted, and all the people said amen. Jefferson
Davis made war upon the National Govern-
ment, and has slain thousands of its 10 ul
citizens, and has carried war and rapine
over a vast region of country, and those who
rejoiced in the execution of John Brown
apologize for the rebellion of Jefferson Davis
upon the principle that the murder of a few
makes a villain, and the murder of many a
hero, who instead of hemp should be treated
to propositions of peace.
.<.>..-————-
fly, The late reconcoissances by our
troops from Harper's Ferry have estab-
lished the fact beyond doubt that the
rebels have abandoned Winchester and
have gone southward. It is said that
.they have established a camp at Front
Royal. What the object of this move-
ment may be it is of course imposible to
say, but it indicates a move of General
ANOTHER BATTLE_AT PEA
RIDGE.
Total Bout oftllc Rebels.
WASHINGTON, Saturday, Oct. 25, 1862.
The following was received at the head-
quarters of the army lo-tlay:
ST. LOUIS, Mu, Saturday, Oct. 25, 1862.
dial-(1'01; HALLECK, General in Clrief of (In:
U. .8’. Army, Washington.
Our arms are entirely successful again in
*Nortb-cht Arkansas. ‘
(veil. Sclioficld, finding that the enemy had
camped ill: Pea Ridge, sent Gen. Blunt with
the 1st Dmslon westward,‘ and moved to-
ward Hunlsvillc with the rest of his forces.
Gen. Blunt, by making a hard night’s
march, reachedand attacked the Rebel forc '32:
at Maysville, near the north-west corner 0 .5“
Arkansas, at 7 o’clock in the morning of the"
22d inst. . .
The enemy were estimated at from 5.000
to 7,000 strong.
Tb engagement lasted an hour, and re-
sulte in the total rout of the enemy, with
the loss of all his artillery, a battery of 6
pounders, a large number of horses, and a
portion of their transportation and garrison
equipments.
. Our cavalry and light bowitzers were still
in pursuit of their scattered forces when the
messenger left.
Our loss was small.
(zen. Scofield pursued Gen. Hindlnan be-
yond Huntsville, coming close upon him,
when his forces precipitately fled beyond the
Boston Mountain. -
All the‘ organized forces of the Rebels have
thus been driven back to the Valley of the
Arkansas River, and the Army of the Fron-
tier has. gallantly and successfully accom-
plished its mission.
S. R. CURTIS, Maj-Gen. Commanding.
<<.p.
WResolutions were passed b the . .
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday 3sievereblxy did-
nouncing the conduct of Great Britian in
tacitly permitting the building and fitting out
of vessels in her ports to plunder and destroy ,
American commerce, and they warn the
merchants of Great Britian that a re titio
of such acts as the bnming of the rilliant
by vessels fitted out in Great Britain, and
manned by Brittisb seamen, cannot fail to
produce tne most wide spread exasperation
In this country, and hence they invoke the
influence of all men who value peace and
good-will, among the nations, to prevent the
departure of other vessels of the character re-
ferred to from their ports, and so avert the
calamity of war.
——Ov<.>s ‘
WThe iron clad Roanoke will be com-
pleted in a few days at the Novelty ,Works.
There is one peculiarity about bet‘ which
exxsts in no other iron-clad vessel. Her
bows and stem are clad with iron of the same
thickness as midships. Iron four and a half
inches thick has been bent with great labor
so as to accurately fit the curves at the bow
and stern. The cost of bending the plates
has been very heavy, but the work has been
performed under the direction of chief on-
gineer Everett, with great skill and perfec-
tion.
«.»*————-
~lzg‘Gen. Sigel pays a just complment to
New England, in the following language:
“I believe that the thanks of the nation are
due to New England, so powerful and so
long powerful in peace. In New Eu laud
lies the moral power of the nation,a'n she
lar ely represents the monied men and ma~
terial in the conduct of this war. Without
New England we never could have waged
this: war; with her we will end it triumph-
ant y.
‘<.>-o-
———Tbursday, Nov. 27th, is Thanksgiving
day in Maine, New York. New Hampshire
and Pennsylvania. .
———The Atlaua (Ga) Confederacy says :—
“On Monday last we observed three beauti-
ful ladies promenading down Whitehall
street, and we were informed that two of
them were sisters of Mrs. President Abe
Lincoln, The ladies we saw, we are pleased
to know, are second to none in their patriot-
ic devotion to the South. They reside in
Selma, Alabama. If old Abe’s wife is half
as handsone as her fair sisters of the sunny
South, it is not Strange that she is so much
admired by the Yankees.”
-—The yellow fever is very bad at Wil-
mington, N. C. A letter dated at that place
on the 13th says , “Our city is one vast char-
nel house—thirty deaths to day, and not
enough well people to bury the dead. Oh i
it is awful—awful—tbe mortality unequall-
ed by anything except the iamons plague in
London." From an extra of the Journal,
dated the 15th, the paper having temporarily
suspended its issue, we learn that there were
87 new cases on Monday, and 74 on Teusday,
There were 15 deaths each da , Among
them was that oftbe Rev. B. B. ane, rec-
tor ofSt' J amcs Episcopal chucb,
——A gentleman, lately returned from Eu-
rope, sa 9 half the people he met supposed
North merica was at war wilb South Amer-
ica and he was frequently asked where the
state of New England was.
—-———o-o-¢.>o
, Oua GUARDIAN BIRD IN AcTION.'—In a
letter dated at Cornitb, Oct. 12, written
by Chester D. Howe, of Co. E, 12th Illi-
nois volunteers, is the following. Speak-
ing of the recent fight at Cornitb he
says:
* * * “The finest thing I ever saw was
a live American eagle carried by the 8th
Iowa, in the place of a flag. It would
fly over the enemy during the hottest of
the-fight, then would return and seat
himself upon his pole, clasp his pinions,
shake his head and start again. Many
and hearty were the cheers that arose
from our lines as the old ' fellow Would
sail around, first to the right than to the
left, and alway return to his post, regard-
less of the storm of leaded hail that was
flying around him. Something seemed to
tell us that the battle was to result in our
favor, and when the order was given to
charge every man Went at them with fix}.
ed bayonet, and the enemy scattered in
every direction, leaving us in possession
of the battle-field.”
.-.-. . .
[S'Washington ladies of rebel pro--
clivties, who are on intimate terms with-,1
the Belgian Legation, confidently assert
that Belgium is about to recognize the
Southern Confederacy, and that her exam:
ple will be followed by the larger'Pdw’ers
of Europe. All such intimationsg will __
cease as soon as we have licked the rebels
so badly that they won’t be able to. rec-
ognize themselves. And this our gener-
als must do.
Another Loyal Democrat in Illi-
nois.
Colonel Thomas W. Harris, of the
Fifty-fourth Illinois volunteers, has taken
position with Generals Logan and Mc-
Clernand, Judge Scates, Samuel W.
V- C. Ingersoll, Robert Smith,
5 ‘ m Hartley, and other
"'iuois. 0n
“inq-
Du.
speech at c...
He avaed that he .... . .
of the proclamation of Mr. Ln... .
cipatiug the slaves of rebels in arms. ._
that made him an abolitionist there were
near it million such abolitionists in the
armies of the Union.
“There are traitors at home,” said he,
“traitors in every town and neighbor.
hood who are doing more to prolong the
war than the rebels at the South. But
for these northern traitors many a gab
lant youth, now lying under the sod, or
with his unburied bones bleaching in a
southern land, would now be at home.
The sympathizers among us are the real
murderers of those who have fallen in
this war.”
At this moment John Monroe, demo-
cratic candidate for the legislaturefipra‘pg
upon the stand in a rage and interrupted
Colonel Harris, with these words:"You
have been hired to come here and abuse
the democratic party‘.” ‘
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@The 10th Conn. regiment is sta-
tioned at Washington, N. 0., about thir-
.15“? army towards Richmond.
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ty miles from Newbern.
Norwalk Chronicler