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OLMSTEAD GI. 00., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c., 14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Hartford, Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual. Gash Capital $1,000,000 Insure against loss and damage by Fire ‘ on Terms adapted to the hazard,and consistent with the laws Of compensation. GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent ‘ 15’3 For Nor-walk and viCinity. DENTAL CARD. AN impression having gone abroad that _ the undersigned has relinquished his profession, this is to inform his friends and the public that he still continues the practice of his profession at his 011 stand, foot of Main-st, Norwalk, where he will be happy to tender them his best services. In case of temporary absence,a skillful assistant will be found in attendance at the Office, ready and willing to serve all that may call. A. HILL, D. D. S. a. sacnsorv a 330. No. l Gazette Building. “7 OULD respectfully announce to the public and their old customers, that they have recently made extensive additions to their stock of goods. We are now prepar- ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed m Fan'field Count , in quality or price. We would call particu ar attention to our stock of Watches, which is lar er than ever before.— We have a fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches, In gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to $75, which we can recommend as bein cor- rect timp keepecps. lAlso, Gentlemen’s atch- es, In si ver an go (1 cases, at an rice from :15 to $-00. We buy of the best layporters’in ew York, and altoo'ether for cash so that our facilities for selling cheap could not be atcr. Our stock of- Jewclry, Silver and Intel: Wares was never better than at pres- ent, and comprises all or the latest styles that are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO. "18H POLES, Traveling Baskets, Clothe Baskets, Work Baskets. Also Wooden Ware in general, at ' C. & E. K. LOCKWOOD & CO. ‘ ‘ 7 00D, all lengths, at S. E. OLMSTEAD 8r. CO’S Wood Yard, for sale low. / For the Gazette. LINES Suggested on Reading the CXXIV Psalm. BY REv. MARK E. RUDE. Where was our strength when fees did rise, When in their might they came, And did our helplessness despise, And fiercely sought our shame? Ah I J udah’s God was then our friend, His car did hear our cry; Swift did He hasten to defend And made our foes to fly. Had not the Lo‘rd been on our side, Well Israel might say, We had been carried by the tide In ocean’s depths to day. Where waters deep would o’er us roll, And proudly rise and fall; Nor any reach us to console, ‘ Nor hear us, could we call. Blest be the everlasting God ! His ways are always pure: While on the wicked falls His rod, It keeps His saints secure. GEORGETOWN, Nov. 1862. .‘.>.P . W The following, from Harpers’Maga- zinc, is one of the most touching bits of po- etry yet evoked by the war. ' Roll Call. “Corporal Green!” the Orderly cried; “ Here i” was the answer, loud and clear, From the lips of a soldier who stood near, And “ Here 1" was the word the next replied. “Cyrus 'Drew!”—then a silence fell— This time no answer followed the call; Only his rear man had seen him fall, Killed or wounded he could not tell. There they stood in the falling light. Those men of battle, with grave, dark _ ' looks, As plain to be read as open books, While slowly gathered the shade of night. The fern on the hill-sides was splashed with blood, And down in the corn, where the poppies grew, ~ Were redder stains than the poppies knew; And crimson dyed was the river’s flood; For the foe had crossed from the other side, That day, in the face of a murderous fire That swept them down in its terrible ire And their life blood went to color the tide. _ “ Herbert Cline l"-At the call there came Two stalwart soldiers into the line. Bearing between them this Herbert Cline, Wounded and bleeding, to answer his name. “ Ezra Kerr l”—aud a voice answered “ Here!” “ Hiram Kerr !” but no man replied; They were brothers, these two; the sad wi‘nd sighed, Anda shudder crept through the corn field near. ' “Ephraim Deane l”—thcu a soldier spoke: “ Deane carried our regiment’s colors,” he said, 4 “ When our cnsigu' was shot; I left him dead . Just after the enemy wavered and broke. “ Close to the roadside his body lies; I paused a moment and gave him to drink; He murmeied his mother’s name, I think; And death came with it and clOsed his eyes.” ‘ Twas a victory—yes; but it cost‘ us dear: For that company’s roll when called at night, ‘ Of a hundred men who went into the fight, Numbered but twenty that answered “Here.” .<.>.,__.__ . GENERAL ASSEMBILY. ‘Extra Session. TUESDAY MORNING, Dec 9. SENATE—Called to order by Lieut- Gov. Averill. Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Nadal. A Committee from the House announc- ed that the House was organized. A joint resolution raising a Committee to inform the Governor that the two Houses were ready to receive any communication he might be pleased to make, was passed, and Mr. Byiugton was appointed. The committee soon after reported that the Governor would meet the two Houses in joint convention. The Senate proceeded to the Hall of Representatives, where the Govenor de- livered his message. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Governor’s Message was referred to appropriate committees, in concur- rance with the House. issued clean twenty ,year bonds, was re- ferred to the Finance Committee. A resolution instructing the Military Com- mittee to inquire and report respecting the exemption of firemen from the com- mutation tax, was passed. A billahowing banks to extend their circulation beyond the amount now limi- ted by law, provided such banks shall hold in their vaults or in solvent banks in New York or Boston, United States securities or bonds of this State, to an amount equal to fifty per cent of their circulation, was referred to the Commit- tee Of Banks. HOUSE—The Extra Session of the Gen- eral Assembly convene-d at 11 O’clock at the State House, and ti'iree-fourths of the members of the House were present. SPEAKER CARTER’S ADDasss GENTLEMEN:~-I cannot refrain from ex. pressing extreme gratification at behold- ing your familiar faces again within these walls.~ With a heart full of the recollec- tions of your past kindness, I desire, on this occasion, to extend to all Ofyou, and to each Of you personally, the most sin- cere and heartfelt greeting. When we last separated we had no ex. pectation that we should meet again on this side of the grave. But, .us is often the case, the pleasure is enhanced by being unanticipated. And indeed, all are not here. serve their country in another and a dif- ferent sphere. I am happy to believe, however, that no one of our number has fallen by the way. Long may it be be- fore Our ranks are broken by the cold hand of death. ‘ Our honored Chidf Magistrate has A bill making the State bonds to be » Some have gone forth to > and we are assembled at his call. And as we come together, and again grasp the warm hand of friendship, would that we might at the same time congratulate each other upon the successful termination of this terrible struggle for national life.7— But alas 1 He who doeth all things well, has in His mysterious wisdom ordered otherwise. Nevertheless, I have faith to believe that “He who hath transplanted will sustain.” I cannot believe that He who hath set this light to the nations in this western sky, is now about to permit it to down in gloom and deSpair. But .7 , toavert a‘calaniity so dreadful, we have . all of us a part toact ; and ltvbeoomesy ins, whatsoever? 'our haudsfiud to do, to “ doit with our might. . . ~ ' And new, gentlemen, may I not ex- press the hope, nay, rather the confident expectation, that the same delightful bars many, the same kindness. of feeling, .the same regard for good order, and the same decorum in debate, which so 'pre eminent- ly characterized our former somewhat protracted session, will *prevail to a still greater extent, if possible, during the short period we shall now be together.— Then. when the hour of final separation shall come, we shall be able to look back upon our labors with the proud conscious- ness that in “those crises which try men’s souls,” we have ‘actcdfiq to the dignity of men. I Prayer was offered by Rev, Dr. Nadal. On motion of Mr. Treat of Bridgeport, the House proceeded to elect an Assis- tant Clerk, in place of H. Lynde Harri- son, who is now absent as Quartermaster inthe 27th C. V. Henry E. Pardce, of New Haven was elected, and took the oath of ofiice. Mr. Bushnell of New Haven, nominat- ed James A. Baldwin of Fair Haven, for Messenger, in place of Mr. Holt, who is out of the State. Mr. Baldwin was ap- pointed. ‘ IN CONVENTION. The Senate, the Governor and State officers were received in‘ the Representa- tives Hall, when, the Lieut Governor be- ing in the chair, the Governor addressed the Legislature as follows : The Governor’s Message. Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, and Gentle. men of the General Assembly : . The vital interests which we have in; the success of the efi'orts of the General Government to recover and maintain na- tional authority over our entire territory, the importance of a watchful guardianship over the necessities and rights of fellow citizens who have entered the military ser- vice of the United States, the possibility of a call for additional forces to augment the Federal armies, and the importance ' of guarding against pecuniary loss in meeting ,the heavy taxes imposed upon us by criminal conspirators against our rights; are considerations which have led me to convene your honorable body. I shall call your attention only to those subjects which are pressed upon the minds by the present attitude of public affairs, and solicit such legislative action as will enable us to co-Operate more efficiently with the General Government in efforts to establish the moreperfect security of the property and liberties of the people —-which shall result in the shame and overwhelming defeat of the enemies of our country. VOLUNTEERS. There is no one subject in which the entire community feel a deeper interest than in that which relates to our volun- teers. By the laws of the State, by the action of the several towns, and the ef- forts of patriotic citizens, a more liberal provision has been made for the pay of our soldiers, and for the support of their families, than has ever been given for mil- itary services rendered anyGovernment ; and I am not aware of the least disposi- tion on the part of loyal citizens to fail to meet all pecuniary pledges or to depriVe them of their just rights as to term of ser- vice or time of payment. On the contra- ry, all seem to feel that what we have done or may do, will be no adequate compensation for their services. We who remain by our own firesides, will ever be debtors to those noble patriots, who have patiently endured privations in the camp, and sufferings in the hospital; and who amidst the conflicts and dangers of the battle-field, have won honors for our State and entitled themselves to a nation’s gratitude. It cannot be denied, however, that great disafi‘ection exists in the minds Of a portion of the nine months’ militia, which has extended and now prevails to a con- siderable degree throughout the State, be- cause the Executive has not decided that their term of service commenced at the term of their enlistment, instead of at the time of their acceptance into the army of theUnited States; and because they have not been paid from the State Treas- ury for the interval between one period and the other. The claim is that when they enlisted and were sworn into the .United States’ service, their term of nine months com- menced, and yet from that date to the time of completing their regimental or- ganization and their acceptance by the United States, they were entitled to pay from the State Treasury. They claim to have been United States troops entitled to pay from the State. This claim sns‘ tuined would render the State liable for the services of all troops sent into the field at the call of the President, for the found other and further work for us to do, an amount as the Congress of'the United Books. the first monthly pay entire term of their service, and for such States should, determine to be the price for their services. ' ' The call of the President was for the Militia, to serve the United States nine months, and as we had no troops, ready for duty, men volunteered, asking" to be organized and turned over to tire United ' States service for that time." The very terms of enlistment imply not only nine months, but the time necessary to com- plete the organizatiouéyhether it should require One day, one month, Or even more. It was not to be supposed that six thous- and men would ofi'ertbeir Services instan- taneously, so that they could be accepted the Same day. They were organized in Squads and Comparlies-asworu and runs- tered ihtO‘th'e' U riitéd' States service,'but, , in accordance ‘with- army regulations, land the orders of the War Department, they could not-be necepted as a part of- a quo- ta of the State until the Regiments should be filled to the minimum number. Under the same rules the Field ofiicers Were not mustered, and the Regimental organ- izations not complete. until six or eight weeks after the enlistment of a part of the men, when, although then containing less than the required number at my'ear- nest solicitation, they were acc optedeas a part of the quota of the State and turn- ed over to the Command of Maj .-Gen. I Their time cf‘service in the'Uni- ted States Armyéould not commence un- til they were accepted, and-the accept- once is an act of the General Gdieru- ment, and not of the Executivecf’ this State. ' " ' The law provides that’the emcers‘ and men of the volunteer militia shall receive the same pay and rations while: in1 the service of the State until mnsteredfinto the'service of the United States, as’ oili- cers and men of the same rank’ in the ur- my, a provision Which would seem to pre- clude the idea that the ‘militia‘ Could be defrauded of their pay for any port-ion of time spent in the Service; ‘ " *1 The law also‘provides‘paymeutfor arms s'upplies,cquipments, transportation and all other expenditures necessary to pre- pare the army for actual servicei‘ ' 'When the ‘Sfate'first enliStéd~troops under the call’of’the Presidént’all these expenses were paid out of 'Our‘Tre'asury and charged to the United States,~but as the formation of the army progressed, the General Gaverumeut assumed mbre and more of the expense of organization, pay- ing'first for subsistence, then for cloth- ing, arms and other supplies ; and when the Regiments, from the Fourteenth to the Twenty-first, inclusive, were formed, the War Department ordered the time of the enlistment of each man entered upon muster rolls, evidently for the purpose of paying them“ from that date, whenever should be made. As the privates an on-commissioned ofiicers had received: bountics,-they were not paid by the State and cheerfully wait- ed the couvenieuce of the General Gov? ernment. The State‘paid those officers who. had not received beauties. In calling out ~' the militia for nine months the War Department assumed the payment of a still larger portion of the expenses, and promised to pay not only the men from the time of enlistment but the officers from the time they were com- missioned ; and agreed, if possible, to pay the five Regiments under the command of Major-General Banks before they left New York; and in» case of failure, for want of time, to send a Paymaster of the Army with‘the expedition for that pur- pose. This class of trhops having received much larger bcuuties than any other were therefore in no greater need of their pay than ‘those'who had volunteered for a much longer period. The time for pay. ment was not fixed by law or by agree- ment, and as the officers of the War De- partment to whom this subject was com- mitted, were unwilling, (even after a read- iness on our part to make the advance had been made kno’wn‘ to them,.) to inti- mate a desire that the State shOuld 'ad- vauce payment for services rendered prior to the regimental organizations, the Exe- cutive felt that he would be unfaithful to his responsible duties as a public oficer, and fail in his obligations to guard the public interests, ifhe ordered such pay- ment from the State Treasury. It would have compelled the 'State to raise the amount by taxation or a loan and to wait an indefinite period for the return of the sum advanced, and might also have been construed into an unwarrantable assump- tion of the duties of the Gene: overn- ment. The Twenty-second and Twenty sev- enth regiments went earlier into the field than any of the other nine months’ mili- tia. The payment of their officers hadl been delayed by the Government longer than was anticipated. Au intimation from the General Assembly that is desir- able for the State to advance,_their pay will cause the subject to receive early at- toutiou. A strong desire was manifested through- out the State to have. the several regi- ments organized in counties, or in Goa- greSSiOnal districts, or from Contiguous territory, so as to meet the claims 01‘ a so- cial influence resulting fromdaily associ- atiou and personal acquaintance, which tended to encourage enlistments. The plan of organization originally con- templated six maximum regiments for nine months, but in order to meet the de- mands resulting from the influence to which reference has been made, was changed to the purpose of organizing sev- en to the minimum number. But for this change there would have been no ground for the complaints of de- lay in sending them into the service ; for the six regiments could have been filled 'to the Government about six weeks ear- lier than were the seven. According to the records in the omce of the Adjutant-General the whole num- ber of troops turned over by this State into the service of the United States an- der the several calls of the President, for three months, for three years and for nine months, is 28,149 ; the number for three months, is 2,340. Under the call for 500,000 men, for three years, no apportionment of the quo- ta assigned this State has been received but the number furnished is 11,615. Under the call for 300,000 men, to serve ‘for three years, and the call for the same number, to serve nine months, the quota assigned this State, is 14,290, of which, 8,490 have volunteered for three years, and 5,505 have been mustered for nine months, to which may be added nine- ty- drafted men, detailed by the War De- partment on work regarded as essential. This leaves a deficiency of one hundred and ninety-seven on the quota of the State. As the requisite number was not furnished within the time limited by the President, I was ordered to complete the same by drafting from the militia, which draft took place on the tenth day of Sep- tember. ' . Many towns had patriotically furnished their full quota, some even more than their share, and the deficiency was order- ed to be filled in accordance with the pro- visions of law, by draft from those towns, which, according to the returns made to the ofice of the Adjutant-General, had not furnished their proportion. ' Tau DRAFT. Twelve hundred and twelve men were returned as drafted under order. Of this, number, only seventy-six principals and one hundred and, forty-two substitutes have been mustered into the service of the United States. Thirty-one principals and fifty substitutes have been in temp, and are now deserters. Six-hundred and twenty-three have been exempted by Sur- geons and Selectmen, thirty four were not subjects of military duty, and ten had previously volunteered. One hundred and sixty-six were unaccounted for on the let instant. N o efforts will be spared to secure their services unless they furnish evidence of proper exemption. A resolution of the General Assembly payment of a bounty of fifty dollars to any non-commissioned officer or private who should have been enlisted between the first day of May and the twentieth day of August, or before such other time as the Goveuor might designate; and having been accepted into the militia of the State, should, on the call of the Pres- ident, be turned over to.the service of the United States. For the purpose of securing the bene- fits of this resolution to all who should volunteer in regiments then forming for three years, the time was extended to the twenty fifth day of August. As it is not evident that the makers of this law intended to apply its provis- ions to those who might enlist for ashort time, it became desirale to distinguish be- tween volunteers for three years and those for nine months; therefore, orders were given to accept none for the short term of service until after the 25th of August although some had previously enlisted. But it was determined by the highest judicial authority of the State that those who had enlisted on or prior to the twen- . .ty-fifth day of August, having done all in their power to comply with the require. ments of the resolution were entitled to its benefits, even if they were not accepted until after that day. The time to which th operation of the resolution was ex- terlhed by the Governor having expired, its provisions were no longer applicable to other enlistments, and it was not then in his power to revive it and give it new force or. life. The consequence, was that all who volunteered on or before the twen- ty-fif'th of August received the bounty specified,‘and all who enlisted subsequent to that date, are not entitled to it by law. There csn be no difference in the merits of the two glasses, as both are to render the same service. I would, therefore, recommend his adoption of a resolution which shall not only place those upon the same footing, but which shall make the same appropriation of fifty dollars for the benefit of those who volunteered before the first day of ‘May for a much longer time, and who had even then rendered efficient service in Virginia and North Carolina, in the Departments of the South and the Gulf, andlproved themselves the honorable compeertof the boldest, bravest and most efficient troops in the national army. . ALLOWING Tar. s was To van. The many thousatd electors now in the military service 0 the Government, have given full proof (if their deep inter- est in the permanency if our institutions, and the conduct of publb affairs; and in- stead of having forfeited‘any of the privi- logos of freeman, are cnthled to your fa- vorable consideration in 2preserving the to the minimum number and turned over- approved J uly 10, 1862, authorized the ~ free exercise of those rights.- They are held by national authority. in bodies much largerlthau the average number-of elect- ors in our towns, to the'performance of important public services, which apper- tain to the highest liberties of every citi- zen ;. and thus .held, have now no oppor- tunity to express their preference for men who shall represent their views in‘ the ad- ministration of the Government, or to give eficacy to their opinions respeCtiug the policy of the State. If by the adoption of any wise and practical plan this privilege can be pre- served, there cau be no principle of jus. tice or equity which would deprive them of a right, so cardinal in a representative Government, as that ‘of participating in the election of rulers. somrsa’s RELIur comnssmN. Our hearts are often filled with painful anxiety by reports that our true and no- ble volunteers are suffering by neglect in the military hospitals. From reports re- ceived from agents, whom I have de- spatched to make special inquiry, and from information received from other sources, I am led to the conviction that where hospitals have been permanently established, the General Government is doing all it can for the benefit of so many sick and disabled; but fear, that gath- ered as they are in temporary hospitals near recent camps and battle-fields, they require greater care and more systematic attention than they receive. ' Humanity and Christian duty require us to neglect no means to mitigate and relieve their sufi‘erings. I would there- fore suggest the appointment of a Com- mission, whose duty shall bo to visit the camps and the hospitals where our troops are to be found, and in connection with officers of the General Government, adept such measures, and make such expendi- tures for their relief, as justice to them and duty to ourselves may require. SOLDIER’S CLAIM AGENT. Many soldiers are discharged from ser- vice while abseut from their regiments, and are unable to obtain their descriptive lists or a settlement with the Govern- ment. Some die and their heirs are en. titled to whatever may have been due to them at the time of their decease. Oth- ers are entitled to bounties, and some will be to pensions. Few know how to obtain from the Government the money which may be due them. The amount paid by them to agents, who are justly entitled to compensation for se ices ren- dered, will in the aggregate, bahrg‘e—a large per centage on the amount finally received. To save this to the soldier and his family, I would recommend the ap- pointment of an agent, whose ofice shall be made known through the State, and whose duty shall be to attend tothe col. lectiou of such claims against both the State and National Governments,with- out charge to the soldier or his heirs, but who shall be compensated for his services from the Treasury of the State. ' IIILITIA. There are important principles reCOg- nized in the-Act relating ,to the Miltiia. which-should not be discarded, and valua- ble‘ provisions made which should not be set aside. ' No one could have anticipated all the obstacles which might arise and interfere with the organization of an efiicicnt force, nor have made provisions necessary to guard against or to overcome them. They are discovered only by experience, and remedied only by new legislation. The Act recognizes the principle that every man capable of bearing arms owes military service to the State, unless his services are more important in some oth- er position. The design is to have a part of this class always organized and ready for a sudden call into active serviCe, and a part held in reserve. There are now in the State only nine- teen companies of Active Militia. As no returns of rank and file have recently been made, the number cannot be given, but it is probably below four hundred and fifty. This is too small a force to rely upon, either to preserve domestic peace in a, season of great excitement, or to render efficient aid to the General Government when its just authority is denied, and the enforcement of its laws obstructed. The fact that we have thus failed to secure_the objects of the law, taken in connection with a spirit of opposition and hostility to the General Government, and the contingency of another requisition by the President for troops, will not allow reflecting‘patriotic citizens to rest satis- fied, until the General Assembly shall make such amendments and additions to our laws as will bring into life a vigorous military body, such as the exigeucy de- mands. It is doubtful whether leaving the per- formance of military duty to the volun- tary chOice of the subject, and giving pe- cuniary compensation for his services, are not erroneous in principle and injurious in effect. If the service is due it should be se- cured. Would not inducements, such as an allowance which would diminish taxa- tion and save from pecuniary expenses while in the performance of military obli- gations ; and a relief from duties which might be performed by exempts, on th render the necessary service more certain [more honorable, and more dignified ? one hand, and just penalties on the other,“ ‘A large number Of persons who are by law exempted from military service, are only required to pay a commutation tax the military expenses of the State. It is evident that men thus exempt, who, ’al- though under equal obligations with oth- ers to perform the military duties of the bear their share of the required burden, whilst they pursue their accustomed avo- cations, and earn. their usual remunera- tion for the performance of their various duties in life. Experience has proved that in an emer- gency, the work of organizing a force from the enrolled militia occupies too much time. The law requires the enroll- ment of able-bodied men, and provides that the organization shall be formed by volunteers or a draft from the enrollment ; but there are so many avenues of escape from service through the provisions of the law, and so many ways in which public officers may neglect their duty, or im- properly exercise their powers, without fear of penalty, that it is doubtful wheth- er under its provisions a valuable organi- zation may not always be defeated. These evils should be remedied. The views entertained by Selectmen, of the rules by which they should be gov- erned in making the enrollment, have been so various as to cause a draft to raise the quota of militia, which was called for by the recent order, to bear unequally upon the towns. Exemptions have also been much more numerous in certain sections than in others, so, that in some towns the entire enrollment remain- ing is not sufficient to supply the quota already assigned them. In others, a very large proportion of those already drafted have been exempted, and when the towns have been called upon to make up the deficiency, the ofiicers have given assur‘ ance that it was impossible to draft men more ablebodied than those who had been returned as drafted and exempted. A new enrollment should therefore be ordered, and the principles upon which it shall be made as clearly as possible de- fined. . . Serious embarrassment to the service has arisen from the dependence of officers for promotion upon the choice of their men. This has encouraged insubordina- tion in the ranks, and injured the disci- pline of the troops. To avoid these evils I have instructed the commanders of the several corps of volunteers which have entered the service, to nominate persons to fill vacancies occurring in line ofiices, and to have their nominations based both upon rank and merit. The adoption of some rule which shall remedy these grie- leave the State, will add materially to their efiicicucy. NAVAL DEPOT, A majority of a committee of naval of- ficers and engineers appointed .to exam- ine a number of localities for a new Navy Yard for the General Government, have made a report favorable tO New London as possessing the greatest advantages for such a station. It may be well to take such action as will indNate the interest which our citizens feel in the establish- ment of such a depOt within our own bor- ders and to co-operate with the General Government in measures necessary to se- cure the object. TREASURY. The funded debt Of the State is $2,- 000,000, and on the 15*. instant the un- founded debt amounted to $1,212,800. Without new appropriations the fol- lowing are the estimated necessities of the Treasury Department to the 31st of March, 1863. For bounties to families of volunteers. 3358.333 For the Paymaster General’s Department 250,000 For the Quarter-masters Gen’ls Department, 100,000 For interest on bonds Januaryl, 1863, 60,000 Total, . $1,981,163 The estimated receipts are : From State and Commutation Tax, $516,131 From Taxes on Savings' Banks 59.000 From Bank Dividends, 16,916 Balance on hand, 50,530 Total $612,580 Deficiency, $1,338,533. The amount of the State against the General Government, placed in the hands of the Third Auditor of the Treasury De- partment in March last has not yet been adjusted. d, I am not aware of any objections to the claim existing in the minds of any government officers which prevents or de- lays its approval. ' STATE BONDS. A public not approved July, 10, 1862, directs that all bonds which may hereafter be issued by this State, under the pro- visions of certain acts named therein, shall be made payable at the end of twenty years from the date thereof, with the privilege on the part of the State, at any time after five years from said date, of aying the whole, of such proportional parts of said principal sums as the Legis- lature may from time to time direct. Whatever advantages or disadvantages might result to the holders of the bonds by their payment before maturity, would, under the provisions of the law, be shared by all the holders, but the embarrass- ments of paying a per centage upon the bonds at different periods, would require an endorsement upon each bond and on each coupon, or the issuing of new bonds as substitutes for that portion of the old which would remain uncancelled. This course w0uld be full of perplexities, both ”to the State and to the‘houdholder, and of one dollar, which is applied towards] State, only pay this nominal sum, fail to vancies, and which can be legally applied to promotiOuS in the militia after they . might be found altogether impracticable Bonds issued in accordance with the act would sell for little, if any more than i; the time of payment had been fixed a! five years, but if the time had been ex tended to a definite and still longer period they would now command a much higher premium. I‘would,‘ therefore, suggest such a modification of the law as wiil en able the State to issue its bonds in a form more satisfactory to purchasers anc‘ on terms more for her pecuniary inter ests. TOWN BONDS. Many town have made liberal appro priations for the purpose of encouraging the enlistment of volunteers, and it may be a public benefit to authorize them tc issue bonds for any indebtedness incur- red uuder the law giving that author ity. The questions which I have submitted for your consideration arise from the con tiuuance of armed hostility against law ful authority, upon the preservation 0: which depends the free exercise of our dearest rights. THE asssLLION. The rebellion seeks to subvert a con; stitutioual government, and, if successful all rights and privileges guarantied b; that government will be held in fearfu uncertainty, or lost to this generation. This rebellion has rendered necessary an active military force ; has involved the State in a heavy debt, and entailel upon the people burdens of taxatiOI hitherto unknown in a popular govern ment ; has sent our sick to public hospi tals, calling for our sympathy and on: care ; has taken from many a family thu defender of the wife and the support 0 the children, imposing upon the public the duty of providing for their uecessi ties. It is the rebellion which has separator our loved ones from our family circles called our sons and our brothers to th« field of‘confiict, and buried in many : new-made grave objects around whicl cluster fraternal love, and high hepes o parental afi'eetion. We see and feel the bitter fruits of thi accurscd rebellion in the heavy taxes w bear, the broken hearts we try to hea‘ the desolate homes we Witness ; and i: the fearful anticipation of still heavle calamities which will result from the cor flict of contending armies. 1f, by our sympathy with the Rebels our desire for present peace, our refuse to put forth all our energies and mee the high responsibilities imposed upon a by the providence of God, we suffer thi rebellion to succeed in destroying th American Union; we may expect th same spirit, wbich has engendered thi hatred to our institution, Will demon and obtain a humiliating compromise ( our rights, and make more oppressiv encroachments upon our. liberties, out the evils we now suffer, the sorrows w now feel the burdens we now hear, wi be as the little finger of a benevolent gov ernmeut, compared with the thick loir of tyranny and oppression. Guided by a sense of justice, by or convictions of right, and by the light. history, let us give our energies to tt work of suppressing this rebellion, me; on in the path of duty, and humbly tru. in Him who holds the destinies of natiOI in his own counsels, to work out the sa vatiou of our beloved country. WM. A. BUCKINGHAM. NEW HAVEN, December 9, 1862' ‘0 EARLY CARE or FRUIT Tunas—Tl following is from the Boston Caltivato: “ The first eight years of the life of fruit tree are the most important, and r quire judicious management. If a get compact head is formed in this period," will need comparatively little pruning : terwards. The wood is of the first co sequence in these years, and fruit shou be steadily sacrificed for the future gm of the tree. Apply the knife above or the compost below, and keep the has» as much in apyramidal shape as possibl In due time you will have abundant fru and limbs strong enough to hold it. ” ~<.>>¢———- Scenario—The pleasure of socic depends more upon females than a) other. Gentlemen expect to be cute tained. Children are out of the questio and therefore it rests upon women wh society shall be. The pleasure of an ev ning’s entertainment is graduated by tl capacity of the hostess to interest h visitors in each other, and make the forget that their own identity is to ’ lost in efforts to make every one at cat That is the great secret of true enjoymer Some ladies will enter the drawing-r00 or social circle, where every person neighbor appears like an iceberg, and t‘ whole atmosphere is chilly and constrai ed, and by their genial, well-timed pla fuluessI throw sunshine and warmth: over the room, till all mingle in that ea dignified cordialty that ever characti izes true geniality. As a lady apl expresses it, the hostess is a keynote, a upon her depends the concord of SW: sounds and the sweetness of the melody “be“ 36-.Miss J amiesou, a beautiful you lady in New York, by accident had a 1 broken last spring. Dr Graysou utter ed the patient; and another accidc worse than the first occured—tbe patie and physician fell in love with each 0 er; Naturally, his visits were frequv. and when the patient was well, Dr. G sou asked Mr J amiesou for his dang. Mr Jamiesou refused, and Dr. Gra brought in a bill for two'hundred '. eighteen visits at two dollars each. the saying is, Dr. Grayson had him the and Mr. Jamiesou, disposed to get out the business as cheaply as possible, 3: his daughter, and took a receipt.
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