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walk, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1863.

 

 

The Republican Electors in the several
towns in this State are requested to send
delegates equal to twice the. umber of their
Representatives in the ngislature. to meet
in Convention at MUSIC ALL, in the City
of NEW HAVEN, on WEDNESDAY,
January 2lst, 1863. at 10 o‘clock, A. M., for
the purpose of nominating State Officers. All
those who honestly desire to stand by the
Government in its hour of peril, and aid in
the restoration of its authority, are invited
to co-operate with Republicans in this Con-
vention.

O H. PLATT, Chairmanfl

WM. W. HOUSE |

ABNER L. TRAIN, l Republican
CYRUS NORTHROP,
TRUMAN A. WARREN, State

EDWARD PRENTIS I
GILBERT W. PHILLIPS Central Com.
WM. 'r. ELMER,
MARCUS LILLIE, j

Meriden, Dec. 27th, 1862.

 

 

Editorial Com-espondence.
New Years at the Capital.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1, 1863.

DEAR GAzn'r'rnz—One of the loveliest days
of all the year, was that on which the old
year died, and if it were possible, even more
beautiful and charming has been this entire
first day of the newborn year. God grant
that the sunshine» of this birth day of ’63
may be the happy omen of the year’s glory
and success which shall illumine our nation-
al horizon. -

To-day the Departments. are closed to out-
side business, and but few clerks at heavily
pressed desks could be found at their various
posts.

The great feature of the New Year’s Day
in Washington, is the formal calling upon the
President and Heads of Departments. The
Foreign Ministers have the “ first chance” to
see the Chief Executive—then the native
dignitaries of the army and navy, then em-
ployees in the departments, and citizens gen-
erally.

The reception of Foreign Ministers and
their families took place from 10 'to 12. As
the embassadors appear in,full court costume,
and their ladies are expected to display the
latest fashions in dress, this spectacle is at-
tended by a large crowd. None but minis-
ters and their families, and members of the
Cabinent, are present at this reception.

Here was a large gathering, both on foot
and in carriages, to behold the exit and en-
trance of the highly dressed cortege. Each
minister came separately. The following
gentlemen were present in costume with
their families:

Senor Antonio Jose de Yrisarri, represent-
ing Guatemala and Salvador; Senor Louis
Molina, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Hondu-
ras; Senor General P. A. Herran, New Gre-
nada; the Counsellor Senor Miguel Maria
Lisboa, Brazil; Senor F. S. Asta-Buruaga,
Chili; Senor Frederic L. Barreda, Peru; the
Rt. Hon. Lord Lyons, Great Britain; M.
Henri Me—rcier, France; M. Edward de
Stoeckel, Russia; M. Roest Van Limburg,
Netherlands; Senor Don Gabriel Garciarsy
'l‘assara, Spain; the Chevalier Hulsemann,
Austria; Baron Von Gerolt, Prussia; the
Chevalier Bertinatti, Italy; Edward Count
Piper, Sweeden and Norway, and Charge (1’
Affairs for Denmark ad interim; M. Alfred
Berghmans, Belgium; Mr. 'Rudolph Schlei-
den, Bremen; Senor Matias Romero, Mexico.

There are many fine looking menin this
well dressed party. 0f the ladies,i_t is but

just to 'say that they were dressed beautifully.

Secretaries Seward, Chase and Stanton,

Attorney General Bates, received calls from
and after 12 o’clock, and immense crowds of
citizens pressed upon the hospitalities of
their respectively admired patrons or favor-
it es. Secretary Welles and P. M. Gen. Blair,
omitted all public receptions owing to recent
domestic bereavements. _

Late in the afternoon the much talked of,
impatiently expected PROCLAMA’I‘ION ap-
peared upon the streets in an Extra Star.
The advent of this document, so momentous-
and far reaching in its import, instantly
swallowed up every other subject of thought
or of conversation. How the Country will
receive it, of course I have no means of
knowing, at this time of writing. The
criticisms I hear among the friends and
enemies Of the Administration, lead me to
suspect that this last, and most solemn enun-
ciation ever made by mortal man, like most
other great efforts of the President, will fail
Of entirely pleasing everybody. His enemies,
of course, denounce it, while his true and
earnest friends had hoped that in it, there
was to be an end of all further hitching, halt-
ing, half-way measures and policy. In this,
they are sadly, painfully disappointed. The
very sections most nearly sufficating with
slave rebellion are exempted, and in so far
as the Proclamation goes, the chains are riv—
ited stronger than before upon the slave. It
does seem as if our fiv‘ends in Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky,
and the parts of Louisiana where we have
control, should have been as kindly cared
for, and as effectually rid of the curse now
eating out their Vitals, as our bitter enemies,
over whom as yet, we have no control. Yet,
while the heart is borne down with the con-
viction that nearly three-quarters of a mil-
lion of human beings must toll in chains,-
and burlesque our claims to universalliberty,
we must not forget that more than three -
millions are now irrevocably and legally set
free. More than our entire population when
we cast off the British Yoke. The block is
not entirely split assunder, but the wedge is
well in, and we can well rejoice and trust
God for the rest. In this edict is the grand-
est hope and most universally sublime pow-
er. Let us take courage and be devoutly
thankful that the President has vouchsafed
so much.

Does not the concluding paragraph de-
serve to be set in letters of gold:

“ And upon this act, sincerely believed to be
an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution,

'upon military necessity, I invoke the consider-

ale judgment of mankind, and the gracious fa-

corof Almighty God."

FRIDAY, Jan. 9th, 1863.

I have only time before leaving for Aquia
Creek, to add a postscript to my letter of last
Week, received, as I see, too late for publica-
After waiting patiently for nearly a

of the box containing Legrand Lockwood’s

'munificent donation of knit blouses, to Capt.

'l'VoOd’s Company, I am obliged to ship what

I have, and go down without it, although it
was left at the New York Office on the 26th

" of December. I started one large sized shoe

hex, by express, before I left N orwalk, con-
taining the packages of the friends of the
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Dunbam‘s Company, and placed in my care.

Association Rooms directed to Capt. Fowler.
and filled up another large box with “ sun-
dries," which, with the box sent sometime
since by the South Norwalk Ladies, makes
five large wooden boxes of “ creature com-
forts" for our noble boys in that Regiment.
In addition to these, I have innumerable
small parcels for the 27th boys from Nor-
walk, as also a large basket of roasted Tur-
key and chicken-fixings, which a patriotic
little Connecticut woman has been broihng
over all day. Next to the arrival of Santa
Claus in the nursery, will be my advent, I
Opine, at the Conn. 17th,'with this formida—
ble array of “ good things” from home, and
notwithstanding all the vcxations attending
the transhipments, passes, permits, &c., I on-
ly wish there were twice as much.

Speaker Carter, and a majority of that
“ Congregational Moral” committee, which
your proof-reader permitted me to designate
the Congressional Nasal committee, week be-
fore last, are here, and held their first formal
meeting at Willard’s, in the rooms of CS.
Bushnell, Esq, who has been here several
days with his most amiable and good lady.
“ Gus Brandagce” walked about the floor of
the Representatives’ Hall, to-day, with all
the nonchaleuce that he may be expected to
wear when a member, (as I most sincerely
trust he may be,‘ and as is entirely conceded
that he will be, I believe,) while “ Honest
John Woodruff” was “shaking hands” all
’round with the old members, just as if he
were “canvassing" the rural districts prior
to his election. By the way, I deem it a
great oversight that Woodruff was not offi-
cially designated as a member of the State
Naval Committee. His influence among the
members of the House would exceed ten-
fold that of “ any other man” the State could
send, and this is no disparagemeut to the able
committee sent here.

I met Culver and young Mallory at dinner
at Willard’s yesterday. Capt. Russell was
also here, executing the sad office of sending
on the remains of his brother, a member of
the 27th, who died from wounds received in
the battle of Fredericksburgh. Our South
Norwalk friend Byxbee, sutler of the 17th,
was also here involved in ah sorts of red
tape complications, and unable to reach his
regiment. It was my good fortune to be able
to “engineer” him out of them, and send him
on his way down the river rejoicing. H. C.
Randle was also here during all last week.
He is now with the 5th Conn, which, with
the 2d Battery, is at Fairfax Station. Also,
Gil Bogart, now Captain in one of the Brook-
lyn regiments. Indeed, old Norwalk has
some twenty-five or thirty representatives
here just now, including Whitney and Wood-
bury, and the boys in the hospitals. I was
down again on Wednesday to see Stanton;
he is improving finely and walking about on
a crutch, and impatiently awaiting a tran-
shipr’nent home to the New Haven hospital,
or a furlough.

Schuyler Colfax did a noble thing in the
House the other day, in introducing, a bill
that all articles of clothing, &c., sent by mail
to any soldier should be carried at pamphlet
and book rates of a penny per ounce. This
passed almost unanimously, but in the Son-
ate, Mr. Collamer, iromgtupidity or want of
thought, killed it. Nevertheless, the mail
bags continue to come laden with mittens,
gloves, socks, and boots, and I hope they will
continue to do so, the‘ ruling of the P. M.
General to the contrary notwithstanding, for
this is the only sure mode, aside from a spec-
ial messenger, whereby any article can be
sent to the army at all distant from Wash-
ington;

In searching for Mr. Legraud Lockwood’s
box in the Adams Express Office here, I dis-
covered at least 50"packagcs for the 17th re-
giment, and more than a car load for the sev~
eral Ct. regiments. No fault attaches to the
Company of course, because they are not
allowed to transport them beyond the Poto-
mac line, so that when any of the friends of
the Ct. soldier desires to send anything larger
than can be sept by mail, it is idle to send by
express, unless first advised from the regi-
ment, that if so sent, the party addressed has
the means of sending out to Washington and
having the same brought into camp for him.

 

 

Adieu—More anon. B.
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Danbury and Norwalk Rail
Road.

The noon freight train to Danbury which
was taken off last week, is to be res med on
and after Wednesday of this week, and
trains will run during the winter at the same
time as heretofore. We are glad that the
Officers of the road have decided to continue
running this train, as it is a great public ac-
commodation. We learn that it is also in-
tended to put on an evening train down, on
the 1stof April next, to accommodate and
encourage the milk business on the line.

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at Lockwood’s Hall, on Tuesday evening,
last. The Hall was beautifully decorated ;'
the music was by Wallace’s Band, which is
enough to say of it; and the Supper by Keb-
ley, at the Connecticut Hotel. The pecuni-
ary result, however, we understand, was not.
specially gratifying, owing probably to the
absence of “ our boys in the army”.

 

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WESTPORT.-—F0r the last four months, the:
Winslow Band has been under the in strum-
tion of H. Tissington, of New York, who is:
said to be one of the best teachers and an-
rangers of music for bands in the country.
The Band boys think they have made fine:
progress under his teachings, and now pro~
pose to give their second Annual Concert and.
Hop, at Betts’s’Hall, Tuesday evening, Jan-
20th, when they will be assisted by Dod—
worths’ Orchestra. Keeping up a good Band
is rather expensive business, and we trust:
our Westport friends wtll turn out next
Tuesday evening and encourage them with
a crowded house. Wouldn’t it pay for the
Band to give a Concert and Hop in Norwalk,
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Lovn » AMONG ran DWARFs.—The New
York Tribune, states that Tom Thumb and
Miss Lavinia Warren are soon to be married.
Miss Warren is the new sensation at Bar-
num’ 8 Museum, is 21 years. old, and the
smallest woman alive, being only 32 inches
high, and weighs only 30 lbw. She is said to
be a “perfect model of a. woman, with as
sweets. face as ever smiled upon a sighing
swain.” It is a case of “love at first. sight.”
Tom is going to take her to Europe, and in-
troduce her to the crown ed heads, but is not

willing to have her exhibited for money.
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Tun SUPPER given at N orwalk H all, Wed-
nesday evening last, by the ladies of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, was, as their
entertainments usually are, a complete suc-
cess—sociall y and pecuniarily. These ladies
know how to get up an excellent Supper,
and fully understand the “ arts of pleasing.”
Will they accept our thanks f'or a beautifully
ornamented loaf of cake.
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Death of Rev. Dr.
Beecher.
Dr. Lyman Beecher died on Satusrday even-

 

 

 

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his wonlcd patriotic bencvolencc, has filled I
a large box for the. Ridgcficld boys in Capt. '

I have found another at the Conn. Relict’i

Annual Ball of Phoenix Engine Company, ,

TI-IE SICK AND WOUNDED.

There are few objects which appeal more
, directly to our sympathies than the sick and
, wounded of our soldiers. They have re-
’ ceived the injuries, and contracted the dis-
eases from which they are suffering while
fighting in our behalf, in the defence of the
country. Many of us who are now enjoying
the comforts and luxuries of home, are en-
abled to,do so only by the sacrifices of these
men. They have gone in our places. Not
only this, much of our present security, and
the comforts which flow therefrom, we owe
to the brave men who have stood like a bul-
work between ourselves and the enemy.

We read of countries laid waste, cities de-
stroyed, homes burned to the ground, and
men hunted like wild beasts from place to
place, while their families are thrown on the
cold charities of the world. But we look
upon fields Well garnered and granneries
well filled—we retire to rest without fear of
being awakened by the torch applied to our
dwellings, or to see our hard earned labors
destroyed or taken from us—we have abun-
dant crops, ready markets, and good prices ;
and although we are in the midst of a war
which has few parallels in the history of the
world, we have as yet experienced but few of
its actual horrors. Let us be generous as
we have been blest.

It would be difficult to estimate the hard-
ships and dangers of the poor soldier “whose
business is to die.” Some of those who have
gone from us will not return. Their bones
now lie on the battle field, or fill a shallow
grave far from home and friends, their only
requiem, the wind which: sweeps over
them, or breathes sadly through the pines
which shade them. We can do nothing for
them. They have lived. But should it not
awaken us to renewed increased exertions
for those whom we can help. That weary,
suffering land of sick and wounded, who are
returning to us to be taken care of. We
cheered these men on when they went away.
If we now turn our backs upon them, or
through carelessness or indifference neglect
them, it is a neglect of christian duty—a dis-
grace to our patriotism, an act of the basest
ingratitude. We know that much has been
done for our soldiers. There are few things
more cheering, or more sternly rebuke the
acts of corruption and fraud which have been
a shame and dishonor to our country, than
the noble efforts of the ladies in their behalf
of the sick and wounded. May God bless
them in their good work, and may they yet
have the satisfaction of receiving the thanks
of those, whose lives they have been instru-
mental in saving. 5.

But the numbers of our invalid soldiers
are increasing, and thus calls for greater ex-
. ertions in carrying for them. Here is a case
in point. It is well known that there are a
large number of sick at the Hospital on Da-
vid’s Island. Through the active exertions
and charities of the people in the vicinity,
they have been well cared for. But now
about 300 sick and wounded, directly from
Fredericksburg have been added to their
'num r. Those in the vicinity of the Hos-
pital have been taxed for a long time. They
appeal to us for assistance. We certainly
should bear a part of the burden.

Reader, if you had, a brother, son, or bus-
1 band in the hospital, would you rest until
' you knew that he was supplied with those
delicacies which his condition so perempto-
:rily demands? If you have, I need not ap-
peal to you, but if you have not, show your
‘thankfulness by doing something for those
‘whose friends are far away, or hr ve none at
all.

Will not the ladies of Charitable Associa-
tions, see that this matter is attended to;_Let
:a suitable person be appointed in each School
5 District, to solicit. Eggs, poultry and butter,
:are the articles most needed; but vegeables,
spices, material for puddings, anything that
will make a suitable diet for a sick man,
will be very acceptable.- It is earnestly hoped
that this matter may be promptly attended
to. Action is all that is necessary.

Asmall supply from each family, which
mostatll could give, would impart strength
and comfort. to thousands. Truly when such
little acts may result in so great blessings, we
should not; hesitate a moment, but commence
the New Year by remembering our soldiers,
as we would be remembered if we were in a
like condition. H. S.

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The following extracts from letters ad-
dressed to a gentleman in this Borough,
will be read with interest :

UTICA, N. Y., Nov. 26th, 1862.

“ The Republicans in Central and Wes-
tern New York feel no discouragement in
relation to the result of our fall election.
Kmowing the character of the rank and file
in our armies, we believe the Republican
Union Party in the Empire State, quite as
utrong to-day as at any previous period, and
had the soldiers been allowed to vote, Wads-
worth would have been elected by an over-
’whelming majority. Gov. Seymour and his
friends are much annoyed by a statement~
lately published in the Tribune, stating that
Five Points and three or;four other Districts
of like character in that City, had made him
Governor, giving him more than his entire
majority in the State. Gov. S. would give
half he possesses to have owed his election
to a different class of voters."

ROCKFORD, ILL., Dec. 11th, 1862.

“There is a universal distrust of Seward
in this section, but a strong determination to
put down the rebellion and slavery. The
result of the election in this State could not
have been otherwise. More than thre fourths
of the voters in the army are Repuplicaus.
This City has sent thirty per cent. of its men,
between the ages of 18 and 45 to the war,
and fully 19 out of 20 are Republicans. By
the returns from two towns in this county,
it appears they have sent out 50 per cent.
and all are Republicans.”
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WThe boat sent out by the steamer Rhode
Island to rescue the balance of the crew of
the Monitor was picked up on the 3d inst. on
Hatteras Shoals by a coasting schooner bound
to Fernandina. The schooner got aground
while picking up the boat, and seven men
belonging to the Rhode Island were taken off
by a. government tug-boat and carried into
Hatteras Inlet all safe. Nothing has been
heard from the balance of the
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@Richmond papers received by Gen
Dix at Fortress Mauroe, admit the defeat sus-
tained by Bragg at Murfreesbro, and lament
that the Yankees would now obtain poses-
sion of East Tennessee, from which an army
of 200,000 could not drive them. Gen. Bragg
says he found Rosecran’s forces to strong for
him, and was compelled to retreat to Tulla-
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WThe Adams Express Company have
just had completed two fine steamships,
which will convey freight and passengers to
Newbern, Beaufort, and Port Royal. Their
names are the Mary Sanford, and Augusta
Dinsmorc, of 850 tons each. The interior
construction of these magnificent vessels is
of elegant workmanship. These same steam-
ers will convey the United States mail.
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WA paymaster has been sent by the war
dcpartment‘to pay Connecticut and other
troops under the command of Maj. Gen.

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A Proclamation by the Gov.

STATE or CONNECTICUT,
Owner. or run COMMANDER-IN Omar,
NORWICH, January 5th, 1863. i

To the Militia qf Connecticut : l

The General Assambly, at. its recent 5
session, passed “An Act in addition to an
Act relating to the Militia,” by which the
active Militia of the State, consisting of
not more than ninety companies, are ex-
empt from performing military service
without the limits of the State for a lon-
ger time than three months in any one
year, and by. which troops which are
called by the President for more than
three month’s service shall be taken from
the enrolled Militia

These provisions leave light temporary
duty to be performed by the Active Mi-
litia, when demanded by an emergency ;.
and throw the burden of a heavy and
protracted service upon the enrolled or
inactive Militia to be performed during a

- rebellion or insulrcctiou

With advantages thus proffered to the
Active Militia, I would earnestly invite
and urge those subject to Military duty
to organize the number of Companies
designatcd'in the law without delay ;and
would add, that after a requisition for
troops shall be made by the President, it
will be highly improper and unjust to ac-
cept volunteers into the active Militia,
and make that body a refuge for those who
up to that time, shall have stood aloof
from all military servic .

The rebellion against the Government
has already demonstrated the necessity
of such an organization.

Let the perils Whlcl] still surround us,
the necessity of defending our rights, and
the importance of a power by which the
will of the people, lawfuly expressed,
shall be executed, stimulate every true
patriot to give his service and influence to
restore the Militia of the State to its for-
mer condition of honor, dignity and effi‘
ciency.

WM! A. BUCKINGHAM.
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A NEW ENROLLMENT.—The following
document is addressed to the selectmen of
every town in the state :—

General Headquarters State of
Connecticut, ,

ADJU'rANr—GENERAL’S OFFICE, l
HARTFORD, Jan. 8th 1863. l

You are hereby directed to make an en-
rollment of the inactive Militia residing in
your town—in accordance with the provis-
ions of “An Act in addition to An_Acf rela-
ting to the Militia,” approved DeC' 24th, 18-
62-to complete and report the same to the
Adj utanf.General within thirty days from the
date of this order. By order of the Com-
mander-in-Chief‘.

J. D. WILLIAMS, Adjutant, General.
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The Sale of Connecticut Bonds.

The bids for one million dollars in Con-
necticut 6p. c. bonds, payable in twenty
years, were opened last week. No less
than eight million dollars was bid, at pre-
miums ranging from 9 to 12 p. e. The
credit. of this State shows itself to be of
the first class, though little pains has been
taken to present the bonds properly in
the market. In the hands of purchasers
they will probably go much higher.

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Connecticut State Agricultural
Society.

.The Eleventh Annual Meetin g will be held
at Sheffield Hall, New Haven, January 14th,
1863, at 10'o’clock, A. M.

A general attendance is requested.

T. S. GOLD, Cor. Sec’y.
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W The Hatting Business seems to be in-
creasing very fast at South Nor-walk. Messrs.
Crofut & Knapp, for the accommodation of
their business, have just put up a large four-
story frame building facing on Main street,
and joining on their old building. We are
pleased to see these evidences of prosperity
in these stormy times.
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BIG Hoes—Mr. Geo. A. Raymond, 2d,
(down town,) killed on Monday, Dec. 26th,
two hogs, fifteen months old, weighing 1053
pounds. Is there a pair of bigger hogs (four
legged) in this part of the State?

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W Murfreesboro advices state that the
losses of the rebels increase daily. Two
thousand of their wounded were sent to
Nashville Friday, and thence to Louisville
for treatment. Many were left at Murfrees-
boro, but could not be moved, as their
wounds are frightful and most of them will
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W The commutation tax, as assessed for
this State, amounts to $21,019, distributed as
follows: Hartford county, $4,142 ; New
Haven county, $4,231; New London county
$2,581; Fairfield county, $8,246; Litchfield
county, $2,599; Middlesex county, $1,488;
Tolland county, $1,375; Windham county,
$1,357.
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WWe are sorry to have to announce the
death of Sergt. H. Dwight Russell, ofCo. A;
27th Regt. C. V. Serg. R. was shot through
the arm at the battle ofFredericksburgh, and
subsequently removed to the College Hospi-

tal, Washington, D. C. The ball struck the
inside of the arm above the elbow, while he

was in the act of reloading his rifle, and it
passed downward, around the elbow joint
and was taken out from the opposite side
above the wrist. Mr. Ruskell was but 19
years of age, andga young man of promise, ex-
emplary in his habits, beloved by all who
knew him—N. H. Courier.

WSergt. Russell, was a brother of Capt.
James L. Russell, of South Norwalk.

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Donation Visit.

The friends of the Rev. «Simon G. Fuller,
Rector of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church,
Wilton, intend paying him spastornl visit,
on the afternoon and evening of Wednesday,
21st inst., at. the parsonage. Should the
weather prove stormy, the visit will take
place the next fair day.

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HONOR To run Tannin—We find the fol.
lowing in the Newbern Progress:

In our hasty and imperfect sketch of the
expedition to Goldsboro, we mentioned, in-
advertautly, that some Massachusetts soldiers
not understanding certain movements cross-
ed thc river at Whitehall, This wasa mis-
take ; the soldiers who crossed—with the ex-
ception of the cavalry volunteers—werefrom
that old veteran regiment, the 10th Connec-
ticut. We make this correction as' due to the
boys who have never fiinched while‘ under
filre, and who have fulfilled the high expec-
tations of their warmest friends
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WRichmond papers say that Bragg is at
Tullahoma, 32 miles from M urfreesboro,
where he says he will stay and whip the
Yankees. Rosecrans had adVaneed tix miles
beyond the battle-field.
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fi“ Through Rebel sources we are told
that the Union force at and near Newbern is
50,000 strong; that Gen. 'Foster is about
moving, his men being (on Friday)engagcd
in cooking their marching rations, and that
probably Charleston, Wilmington, Goldsbor-
ough and Weldon would be simultaneously
attacked.

 

 

 

 

 

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VICTORY AT MURFREESBORO. =

Gen. ltosccran’s onlciul Dis-
patch.

 

Dnmn‘rlsu'r or run Cuxnnmmxn,
IN FnON-r or- Monruassaono. Jan. 3, (
\‘lu Nashville, Jan. 4, 1863. 1
On the 26th of December we marched
from Nashville in three Columns, Gen. Mc- |
Cook by Nolinsville Pike: Gen, Thomas
from its encampment on Franklin‘s Pike.
and Gen. Crittenden on the main Murl‘rees-
borO Pike. Ourleft and center with a strong
resistance, such as the nature of the country
permits, the rolling or hilly routes, skirted by
cedar thickets and farms, and intersected by
small streams, with rocky bluff banks, for-
ming serious obstacles. Gen. McCook‘
drove Gen. Hardee’s corps a mile and a half -
from Nolinsvlle, and occupied the place.
Gen. Critttenden readiedwithin a mile and a
half of Lavergne. Gen. Thomas reached
the Wilson Pike, meeting with no serious
opposition. On the 27th Gen. McCook drove
Gen. Hardee from Nolinsvillc, and pushed a
reconnoitering division six miles toward
Shelbyville, who found that Gen. Hardee
had retreated toward Murfreesboro. Gen.
Critteuden fought and drove the enemy be-
fore him, occupying the line of Stewart’s
Creek and capturing some prisoners, with
slight loss. Gen. Thomas occupied the vi-
cinity of Nolinsville, when he was partially
surprised, thrown into confusion, and driven

bac .

On the 28th McCook completed his recon-
noissance on Hardee’s movements. Critten-
den remained awaiting the result and bring-
ing up trains. Thomas moved into Stew-
art's Creek. 0n the 29th McCook moved
into Wilkinson’s Cross Roads seven miles
from Murlreesboro, on the end of a short,
rough pike road, through a rolling country
skirted by bluffs, covered with dense cedar
thickets and timber. Crittenden pushed the
enemy rapidly, saved the bridges, and reach-
ed a point within three :miles of Murfrces—
bore, his advance driving all the outposts to
within sight of the town.

Thomas’s two:divisions closed up to Crit-
tenden, and took position on his right. On
the 30th MCCOOK advanced on Wilkinson’s
pike, having to make his way through dense
woods, meeting with a determined resistance.
He got into position three miles from Mur-
freesboro,’ occupying the extreme right of
our line. The left stood fast; the centre ad-
vanced slightly, and were engaged in cutting
through an almost impenetrable growth of
cedar which separated them from our right,
rendering communication with them excee-
dingly difficult. The combat and the rough-
ness of the country had brought forward
Me Cook’s right division so as to face strong-
ly to the south-east instead of being ie-faced
to face the south, with the several divisions
betWeen the center and right and sufficiently
far in the rear to support. and if necessary,
to extend it, the grave consequences of which
were developed the next day. The Slst
found our left crossing the Murfreesboro pike
and railroad, one division in front, one form-
ing a crochet on Stone River, and one in re-
serve in the center; Negley-between the left
and right, and Rousseau in reserve.

The plan of the battle was to open on the
right, engage the enemy sufficiently to hold
him firmly; to cross the river with our left,
consisting Of threezdivisions(to oppose which
they had but two divisions), the country be
ihg favorable to an attack from that side of
the town; but the enemy attacked the whole
front of our right flank, which was partially
surprised, and thrown into confusion and
driven back.

Gen. Sheridan’s Division had repulsed the
enemy four times and protected the flank of
the center, which not only held its own, but
advanced until this untoward event, which
compelled me to retain the left wingto sup-
port the right until it should be rallied and
assume a new position.

On the lst inst. the Rebels opened by an
attack on us, and were again repulsed.

On the 2d inst. there was skirmishing
along the front, with threats of an attack,
until‘sbout 3 o’ clock in the afternoon, when
the enemy advanced, throwing a small divis-
ion across Stone’s River to occupy the com-
manding grounds there.

While reconnoitering the ground occupied
by this division, which had no artillery, I
saw a. heavy force emerging from the woods
and advancing in line of battle three lines
deep. They drove our little division re
them after a sharp contest, in which I st
70 or 80 killed and 375 wounded, bu y
were finally repulsed by Gen. Negleys divi-
sion and the remaining goops of' the left
wing of Gen. Morton’s pioneer brigade, and
fled far over the field and beyond their in-
trenchments, their officers rallying them with
great difficulty. They lost. heavily. \Vc oc-
cupied the ground with the left wing, last
night. The lines were completed at 4 O’clock
in the morning.

The 3d was spent in bringing up and dis-
tributing provisions and amunition. It has
been raining all day. The round is very
heavy. W. S. R0 ECRANS.

Major-General Commanding

 

CAMP NEAR Monsannsnoao, Jan. 4.
To Maj. Gen. H. W. Hallcclc, chn-in- Chief :

Following my dispatch of last evening, I
have to announce that the enemy are in full
retreat.

They left last night. The rain has raised
the river, and the bridge across, between the
left wing and center being incomplete,
I deemed itprudent to withdraw that wing
during the night. This occupied my time
until four o’clock, and fatigued the troops.
The announcement of the retreat was known
to me at seven o’clock this morning. Our
ammunition train arrived during the night.
Today was occupied in distributing ammu-
nition, burying the dead, and collecting arms
from the field of battle. The pursuit was
commenced by the center, the two leading
brigades arriving at the west side of Stone
river this evening. The railroad bridge was
saved, but in what condition is not known.
We shall occupy the town, and push the
pursuit to-morrow.

Our medical director estimates the wound
ed in hospitals at 5,500, and our dead at 1,-
000. “’e have to deplore the loss of Lieut.
Colonel Garesche, whose capacity and gen-
tlemanly deportment has already endeared
him to all the officers of this command, and
whose gallantry on the field of battle excit-
ed their admiration.

(Signed W. S. RossanNs, .
Major General Commanding.

 

Tim Victory at Murfreesboro,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.
The following dispatch has been received
at headquarters here :
HEADQUAu'rsns DnP’r or Tin-2 CUMBERLAND, 1
Junuury5.1$63. )
70 Illajor General IIallec/l: .'-—- We have
fought one of the greatest battles of the war
and are victorious. Our entire success on
the 31st ult. was prevented by a surprise of
the right flank, but we have nevertheless
beaten the enemy after a three days fight.
They fled with great precipitation on Satur-
day night. W. S. RosnoaANs,
Major-Gen. Commanding.

Munvannsnono, Monday, Jan. 5 l
via NAsIIVILLE, Jan. 6, 1863. 5

The enemy evacuated in haste during Sat-
urday night. It is reported that they were
terribly demoralized from losses, but they
left no property behind. Gen. Negley pur-
sued them with infantry. A cavalry force
also followed to-day. Spear’s First Tennes-
see Brigade attacked and dispersed their rear
guard of cavalry. Their loss in \Vednes-
day's battle was 5,000; several hundred on
Thursday; over 1,200 on Friday, and 100 on
Saturday night, including wounded and cap-
tured. We have 1,500 Of them prisoners,
two colonels and several majors. The bodies
of Brig-Gena. Rains and Hanson are here.
Gen. Breckinridge was severely wounded,
and Gen. Adams had an arm broken. Maj.
Clarence Prentice was wounded in the thigh.
The famous First Louisiana Regiment was
destroyed.

Our losses in all the engagements Were
1,100 killed, about 6,000 wounded, and sev-
eral thousand prisoners. One third of the
wounded will soon be able to resume duty.
The army was considerably depricated by
stragglers, including a number of Officers,
who will be disgracefully dismissed-several
for desertiou.

A review of the field of battle since the
evacuation shows that the enemy were Inuch
more formidably posted than we had devel-
oped, even by our terrific fighting.

 

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[3‘ Gen. George W. Morgan, reported
killed at Vicksburg, was an Old and well
tried soldier, a graduate at West Point. He
served with credit in the Mexican war, and
was considered one of our best omcers.
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[3‘ The :Porter Court-Martial is finished l
and the decision has been sent to the Presi- ‘
dent Its result is not known, but rumor says ‘
that some of the charges are dismissed and

 

 

 

others sustained.

The East Tennessee Expedition ‘
ch. Carter’s expedition reached Manches-
ter. Ky, on Tuesday, on its return from
East. Tennessee. It left London, Ky, on the
21st ult., and is composed of 1000 cavalry,
The results of this expedition are the destruc.
tion of it“) important bridges, the killing,
wounding and capturing of 550 rebels, the

:taking of 700 stand of arms and a large
- amount of flour, salt, and other rebel stores.

A locomotive and two cars were also destroy-
ed. A brisk skirmish took place at the
Wautago bridge, and another at at Janos-
villc. The raid was one of the most hazard
ous of the war, and was attended with great
hardships and privations. We lost but ten
men.

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ATTACK UPON GALVES’I‘ON.

The Harriet Lane
New Youx, J an. 11.—'l’hc steamer Creole
arrived to-night from New Orleans, 3d inst.
Purser Cook reportsz—By arrival of the
gunboat Clifton at Southwest Pass, on the
evening of the 5th, 1 learn that early on the
morning of the 1st, the rebels made an at-
tack by land and water on the federal forces
at Galveston.

Our gunboats were attacked by four rebel
steamers, protected by double rows of bales
of cotton, and loaded with troops armed with
rifles, muskets, &c. The Harriet Lane was
captured .by boarding, after about all her
officers, including Capt. Wainright, and
Lieut. Lee and crew, 130 all told, had been
killed by musketry from the rebel steamers.

My informant states that but one or two
(admins, and but 12 or 15 0f the crew escaped

ea l.

The gunboats Clifton and Owasco were
engaged and escaped—the former losing no
men and _but one wounded. The Owasco
lost‘ one killed and thirteen wounded.

lwo barks loaded with coal fell into the
hands of the encm .

The Westfield, flagship, Commander Ren-
shaw, was not on aged, being ashore in an-
other channel. er crew were transferred
to. transports, and Renshaw, fearing she
might fall into the hands of the rebels, blew
her up. By some mismanagement or acci-
cent, an explosion occurred before the boat
containing Com. Renshaw, Lieut. Zimmer-
man, an .. a boat’s crew got away, and they
were consequently blowed up with the ship.
The crew of the Westfield arrived in New
Orleans In the transports, and the remaining
troops are on the way back.

The rebel force was estimated at 5000 un-
der Gen. Magruder.

Our land force, under command of Col.
Burrill, of Massachusetts, probably did not
exceed three hundred. The residue not hav-
ing arrived, or had not disemburked at the
time of the figh

Our loss was mated at 150 to 160 killed.
Two hundred were taken prisoners. The
navy suffering most.

It is thought that the rebel loss was much
more, as our guns were firing grape and can-
ister continually in their midst. The rebels
had several batteries on shore.

The federal troops were on one of the long
wharves, and it is said repulsed two charges
of the rebels before they surrendered.

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Latest from Vicksburg.

CA1RO, J an. 11.——An arrival to-night from
the mouth of the Yazoo, brings authentic
accounts from Vicksburg. General Sher-
man’s repulse was complete. The entire
force under the direction of Gen. McClernand,
re-embarked Saturday on transports, closely
pursued by the rebel advance, which coming
in range of tho gunboats were driven back
with some loss.

At last accounts the entire fleet of trans-
ports had arrived at Island N0. 82, on the
way to Napoleon. . -

There is nothing definite from Banks and
Farragut, though rumor of their advance are
in circulation. The engagement was less
general than heretofore reported. The prin-
cipal fighting was done by the center, under
commands of Generals Smith and Blair. The
conduct of the latter is highly spoken of.

Our loss, as near as could be ascertained,
was 600 killed, 1,500 wounded, and 1,000
missing.

Captain Gwynne, 0f the gunboat Benton,
died of his wounds received in the recent at-
tack at Haine’s Bluff.
o‘.-v

Death of a Venerable Public

Servant.
Elisha W hittlescy, who died at lVashington
on Wednesday, aged nearly 80, was born in
Washington, Conn. in 1783. He migrated
in 1809 to Northern Ohio,(“ New Connecti-
cut,"or “ Western Reserve,”) and was thence
elected a Representative in Congress, where
he took his seat in 1823, and in 1825 aided to
give the vote of Ohio for President to John
Quincy Adams. He remained in the House
sixteenlyears—always re-elected by largeima~
jorities—when he declined to serve longer,
and was succeded by the Hon. Joshua Gid-
dings, who served twenty ears, closing his
service in 1859. It is not 0 ten that a district
has but two Representatives during an unin-
terrupted period of thirty-six years. Mr.
Wittlesey had previously been two years in
the Ohio Legislature, and for sixteen years
Prosecuting Attorney for Trumbull County,

On Gen, Harrison’s accession to the Presi-
dency, he appointed Mr. Whittlesey an Audi-
tor for the Post Office Department. Gen.
Taylor made him First Controller of the
Treasury, which place he filled to the day
of his death. And there probably was never
a more faithful, industrious, upright inflexi-
ble public servant, In the House, he was long
Chairman of the Committee on Claims—a
most laborious and responsible post, which
he filled so Worthily that the House generally
adotped his reports without inquiry. He was
a good, upright, just man, and has died in a
ripe old age, after a career full of usefulness
and crowned with honors.

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Wln the Missouri Legislature on Tues-
day, in joint session a ballot was had for
United States Senators. John B. Hender-
son was elected on the first ballot, by 57 ma-
jority over Robert Wilson for the term end-
ing March 4. B. Gralz Brown, John S.
Phelps, Samuel L. Glover, and Samuel W.
Breckenridge were then nominated for 111‘
four years‘term. The first ballot resulted as'
follows :——Brown, 51 ; Phelps, 51; Glover,
34; Noel, 5.

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Interesting Letter from an A-
merican in Paris—Great Pop-
ularity of the President’s

Message.

WAMIING’I‘ON, Jan. 11,—The following is
an extract from a private letter written by
an American gentleman in Paris, received
the last steamer:

DEC. 13, 1862.—-Thc impression among the
French here is, that this reaction represented
by Drouyn De L‘Huys and his policy cannot
last, and that a change of ministry is not un—
likely to occur before February.

Mr. L tells me that at the last council
at the Tuilleries, the President’s message was
laid upon the table, and the ministry pro-
nounced it wise and all the South could ask.
The same authority states that the emperor
has abandoned his penchant toward the
South.

The Illonileur has been thrown upon the

defensive (which is a good sign) by the uni-
versal disapprobation which the proposal of
an armistice has encountered ever where.
It even went so far as to publish a article
extracted, which stated that the government
never expected that the blockade was to be
suspended during the armistice. That be-
ing untrue, renders its appearance In the
Manifest-r the more significant.
The message has produced an excellent
effect here. It has not been successfully as-
sailed in any quarter, while the Presrdent’s
earnestness, moderation, and forbearance
have captivated all who arc in n posmon to
look at the case fairly. I argue the very
happiest results from the President’s pro-
posal, though I suppose no serious expecta-
tion of the adoption of_the amendments 13
entertained.

 

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m‘A dispatch from Fortress Monroe to
Gen. IIallcck gives the following result of a
successful federal expedition ; “A party of
cavalry and infantry was sent out from York-
town by Major Gcncrnl~Kcys, and landed at
West Point night before last. Theyfreturned
Friday morning with a large number of ani-
mals and eight loaded wagons. They des-
troyed the depot and rolling stock at the
White House, burned a steamer and several

 

5 and sustained no losa whatever.

sloops, boats, and barges laden with grain,
Sonic fifty
thousand dollars worth of contraband goods ,
were found in posession of one J umes Brown,
of Baltimore, who had taken the goods from ,
Baltimore through Wilmington, Del. Brown ,

isa prisoner. Gunboats on the Pamunkey
river co-operated with the land force.”

UNION STATE CONVENTION.

The Union State Convention met at New
Maven on Thursday. Gen. Pratt called the
Convention to order. There were about
seventy gentlemen present.

Hon. Abijah Catlin, of Harwinton, was
appointed President Of the Convention.

Mr. Williams of Mcriden, was appointed
Clerk.

Messrs. Jas. T. Pratt, Hartford 00.; Wm.
B. Sanford, New Haven 00.; J. T. P. Ladd,
New London Co. ; Wm. R. White, Fairficld
00.; Wm. II. Chollcr, Windham Co.; Lu-
c1us Bradley, Litchficld Co.; B. Bent, J11,
Middlcscx Co.; Amos Pease, Tolland CO.,
were appointed a committee to nominate
permanent officers.

Messrs. J. ,M. Scoflcld, Hartford (70.; F.
Croswell, New Haven Co.; John Dunham,
New London Co.; Julius B. Curtis, Fairfield
Co. ; Abljah Catlin, Litchficld Co. ; William
R. Smith, Middlesex CO.; Jasper H. Bolton,
Tolland Co. were appointed a Committee on
Resolutions.

The following permanent officers were ap-
pointed:

Preaulent—Frcdcrick Croswcll, of New
Haven.

Vice President—David Clark, of Hartford,
John Dunham, Of Norwich, F. S. Wildman,
Danbury, and William R. Smith, Portland.

Secretaries—O. S. Williams, of Portland,
and George A. Hickox, of Litchfield.

Committee on Resolutions reported the
following, which were received with warm
applause:

Resolred, That we hold it to be the duty of all
men to stand by the Union in this hour of its trial '
to unite their hearts and hands in the earnest and
patriotic efforts for its niaintninance against those
who are in arms against it; to sustain with deter-
mined resolution our patriotic President and his ad-
ministration, ln the most energetic efforts for the
pyrosecution of the war and the preservation of the

nion against its on emies at home or abroad; to
punish traitors with fitting severity, and so to crush
the present wicked and causeless rebellion that no
flag of disunion shall ever again be raised over any
portion of the republic.

That to this end we invite the co-operation of all
men who love their country. in the endeavor to re-
kindle, throughout all the States, such a patriotic
fire as shall utterly consume all who strike at the
Union of our fathers, and all who sympathize with
their treason or palliate their guilt.

Resolved, That the efforts now being made by the
self—styled democracy of the loyal states, aiming
solely to break down the administration by failin
to yield a hearty support to it, in its efforts to crusE
out the present wic ed rebellion, tend to afford aid
and comfort to our common enemy, and to encoun
age them with the hope of final success.

Resolved, That in a time of civil war. it is the
duty of all loyal men, irrespective of former pollti-
cal associations. to unite as one man in sustaining
tha administration in its efforts to put down treason,
and restore peace and harmony to our distracted
country.

On motion of Mr. Catlin, the resolutions
were temporarily laid on the table until the
candidates for State officers were selected.

Mr. Catlin of Harwinton, favored the re-
nomination of the State ticket of last year,
and moved that the whble State ticket be
renominated by acclamation.

Mr. Comstock, of Bethel, was in favor of
nominating the Old ticket, but afterwards
withdrew his motion, and moved to ballot
informally for a candidate for Governor.

Motion passed, and ballat taken, with the
following result :—

Whole number of votes, 62
Necessary to a choice 32
William A. Buckingham, 51
Roger Averill, 1
Andrew H. Foote, 2
David Gallup, 6
Frederick Croswell, 1
Henry C. Deming, 1

On motion of Mr. Godfrey, of Fairfield,
Governor Buckingham and all the rest of the
present State officers were renominatcd by
acclamation, as follows:

For Governor,
WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM,
For Lieutenant Goocrnor,
ROGER AVERILL,
For Secretary of Slate,
J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL.
For Treasurer,
GABRIEL IV. COITE.
For Cbmptroller,
LEMAN W. CUTLER.

The resolutions reported by the Commit-

tee were taken up.

 

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The Nashville Union on the

First three daysjof the Fight.

New YORK, Jan. 6.-—The Nashville Union
of the 1st states: ' “Wednesday forenoon
Rosecrans massed his batteries into a park of
nearly one thousand cannon, and opened on
the enemy’s centre. The latter tried to
charge and take them. Such slaughter as
there 'tOOk place is unknown to history.
They failed and retreated yesterday noon,
leaving the Union army in possession of the

ttle field. No general fighting yesterday

fternoon, Gen. Rosecrans keeping the woods
and roads alive with shell. The three days
of fighting already done is most awful to be
conceived. Thousands of men are killed and
desperately wounded. The woods and roads
are lined with exhausted and cowardly
stragglers of both armies.

The forces at the outset were estimated at

 

Bragg had ten thousandthe most, consisting

of cavalry and conscripts. The Tennessee

and Kentucky troops fought like tigers.
—-—o<<.>.*—-——

W Attorney~General Bates has published
his reply to a question from the Secretary of
the Treasury as to the citizenship of colored
men. A vessel was detained by a revenue cut-
ter because it was commanded by a colored
man. The reply is most satisfactory and ex-
haustive of" the subject, settling it that a col-
ored man born in the United States. is a cit-
zen. So legal opinion endorses the common-
sense of the country.

m—Oo“bo .—

WThe iron-clad Passaic, it seems, had a
narrow escape from shipwreck on the same
night that the Monitor was lost. A letter
from an Assistant Engineer on gboard the
State of Georgia, dated Fortress Monroe,
Jan. 2d, says :——“lVe have arrived back
again, after a stormy passage to Beaufort, N.
C. having towed out the iron-clad Passaic.
then of Cape Hatteras, we experienced two
severe gales, in one of which we came near
losing our charge—During Tuesday night
the Passaic made signals that she was s'lnk-
ing, and that the sea was bresking clear over
her. We returned to her, but it fortunately
calmed down, and we went cool] right, and
put into Beaufort. That night all hands on
board were called,and~the life boat was got
ready to receive the men of the Passaic, but
I doubt wether a boat could have lived in
such a sca.’

 

 

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Desperate Battle with the Bob-
- e1 Forest.

Gen. Sullivan, with a force of 6,000
men, attacked Col. Forest on Thursday
morning, at Hunt’s cross roads, 12 miles
frow Lexington, Tenn. It was a severe
engagement, lasting all day. A guuboat
patrolled the river, preventing the enemy
from crossing. They fought desperately,
but were finaly routed and scattered with
the loss of 1,400 killed and wounded, and
400 captured. We also took 350 bor-
ses, nearly 1,000 stand of arms, and .a
battery of six guns. The Union loss was
800, killed and wounded. These losses
may be exaggerated. It is certain, how,
ever, that they were very heavy.
«<me

36‘- It is stated that the plan adopt
ted last fall by Gen. Williams, to cut
off Vicksburg from the Mississippi river,
by digging a canal across the neck ofland
around which the river bends, and which
failed at the time by reason of a full of
the water, is now likely to succeed. The
river is rising rapidly and is fast widow
ing and deepening this artificial clmnncl.
lt is thought that the course of the Mis-
sissipi will be so changed at this point in
a few months that vessels of' the largest
class can go through the new channel and
navigate the river without passing \ icks-

 

 

 

burg at all.

 

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WGen. Rosecrans is not as some suppose

of foreign birth. lie is a native of Ohio, of

Dutch descent—his ancestors being from Am-

sterdam. He is a graduate of \Vest Point
and he served in the Mexican war.

about seventy thousand all told. Probably

Condition of the Conn. Troops.

The comutiltcc appointed by the lclrisla-

ture to visit the Connecticut anlllficef‘s

which participated in the battle of Freder~

icksburg, have made their i'cp l. to Gov—

cruor Buckingham. The l'L-g'lu ts Cngflg-

ed in that battle were the 8th, 11th, 14th,

15th, lfilh, 21st and 27th. The 14th and

27th suffered most severely. Our soldiers
are supplied with shelter fonts, which give
inadequate protection during the inclement
season, but are the best that can be used
unless the‘army should go into winter quar-
ters. meg to difficult transportation our
volunteers were obliged, for three weeks, to
subsxst upon salt pork, hard bread, with am-
ple rations of sugar and coffee, and a mod-
erate supply of fresh beef; but, except the
latter, there was an abundant amount. There
had been instances of a deficiency in stock-
ings, shoes and blankets, but they have been
mainly supplied by requisition upon the de-
pot at Washington], which has abundant
supplies for the whole army. “ Instances of
want which have occurred in the different
regiments were almost entirely owing to the
inexperience of the soldiers in making
known their wants to their quartermasters in
due season; in some instances, to the incom-
peteney of the regimental Officers, and the
inadequate means of transportation. In some
of the regiments, the men disencumbered
themselves of their blankets and other ap-
parel on or during their long marches from
the battle-field of Antietam to the front at
Falmouth.” The sufferings of our troops
have been only such as are incident to war,
and not to be compared with those of the
English and French armies during the Cri-
mean campaign.

As to the sick and wounded, the commit-
tee ascertained that those who were slightly
injured were being removed to Washington,
and the severely wounded to the division
hospitals, where kind attentions and efficient
surgical treatment were rendered. There be-
ing a lack of medicines, the committee have
furnished an additional supply, to be used in
connection with the regular supplies. They
have also provided a few blankets, shirts,
stockings, and some duck, the latter to be
made into stretchers, to be used as cots, to
keep the sick Off the frozen ground. The
general condition and morals of the men are
good. A great complaint is the want of
money, many regiments having received
nothing forsix months. This should be im-
mediately remedied. (The remedy is being
applied.)

The committee suggest that “ the State ap-
point an agent, whose duty shall be to attend
to the wants of our soldiers in the field, sub-
ject to the regulations of the War Depart-
ment; he to reside in the city of Washington,
and to be paid by the State, and thus be able
to give his whole attention to the interests
of the soldiers, and be made the medium of
the bounties which the citizens of Connecti-
cut may wish to bestow on our State volun-
teers."

 

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Bad Luck”--And Bad Nurseries.

We once heard a wise man address his son,
onleaving the paternal roof, to seek his own
fortune as follows: “Always, if possible,
deal with honest men-—never have anything
to do with scamps, no matter how good a
bargain can be madeput of them.” The ob-
servation of that injunclion, while it perhaps
lost a few apparently good chances, saved,
to our knowledge, probably several thousand
dollars to lhtt young man. This is a very
good rule to address to those who are about
purchasing Of “cheap nurseries,” kept by men
of not the highest established character.
This class of men have rather an unusual
chance to defraud, because the rule, “ye shall
know them by their fruits,” cannot be appli—
ed till the tree bear, sometimes several years.
A correspondent of the Horticulturist gives
a gloomy narrative of his experience in this
way. He was induced by showy advertise-
ment. in company with his neighbors, to
makea purchase of fifty dollars worth of
grape-vines three years ago. Among the
rest of his purchase, were 80 Dianas, which
he prepared to set out and cultivate on
Bright‘s method—a method which by the
way requires a considerable outlay—and also
makes a considerable return, if the vines are
good for anything. He dug his bed twelve
feet wide, 3 feet deep, 100 feet long, carted
and re-cartcd, made compost with road
washings, and turf, and muck, and ashes,
and rotted manure, and so forth. The cities
grew finely, and presented a magnificent ap-
pearance; and many hundred plants have
been propogated from them. They have
borne and produced the “What-is-it” grape
—and by the middle of September remained
“hard, sour and unripe, With an apparent
dogged tendency to remain so.” This is the
substance of the correspoudcnt’s narrative;
we could add many of a similar character
that have come to our knowledge, all having
the same moral about them. All we have
to say. buy only of good, well establish- ’
ed nurserymenmen, or their well accredited
agents—Country Gentlemen.

 

 

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DIAIZENA.

DOUBTLESS many of our friends, after
reading the advertisement of Mr DURYEA,
in another column, will exclalm, as we have
heard hundreds do before, What is Mariana?
We might reply, as is Often done—it is a
first-rate article for making puddings, cus-
tards, blanc-mange, and dishes of like na-
ture; but that only tells what it lsfor.

MAIZENA is a preparation made from white
Indian corn, by the Glen Cove Manufactur-
ing 00., at Glen Cove, N. Y. We are not
able hereto give the process :by which it is
prepared, as it would take an elaborate ar-
ticle to do so; and besides, there are some
pecularities about it which the manufactur-
ers prefer to keep to themselves. After hav-
ing spent much time and money in perfec~
ting their machinery, they have secured the
exclusive right to manufacture it; they in-
tend, and deserve to make some money out
of it, and so long as they furnish the article
at their present reasonable prices, we pre-
sume the public will consent to their doingso.
We have tested the Maizena in our families,
and belive the qualities that recommend it to
public favor to be these; It is exceedingly
nutritious, we know of nothing more so; it
is easily digested, making it an excellent dish
for dyspeptics, with whom it soon becomess
favorite; it is extremely palatable, and adds
another to the long list of excellent dishes
equally well ad apted to the table of the ad-
vocate of a mixed diet, or the radical vege-
tarian. For children there is nothing better,
and they are usually exceedingly fond of it,
And for the sick room, from its palatable and
digestible and strengthenable qualities it is
invaluable; and we should not forget to men-
tion, what in these days Of taxes will be an
important item, it is a very economical arti-
cle of diet.

The ease and dispatch with which it can
be prepared will, in the opinlon of every
good housewife, add much to its value. No
further complaints of nothing for supper,
when a friend happens in, C2111 be made, ifs
pound of Maizcua is in the house. Ten min-
utes will suffice to prepare a dish fit for any-
body. Eaten plain, it is excellent, with a
little sugar and cream first rate, and with
the addition of a little jelly made from our-
rants or other fruit’ it is a dish “ fit for the

gods." _

 

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WWe would call attention to the adver-
tisement of 0011’s Conan BALSAM, in anoth-
er column. It is one of the best remedies for
Colds Coughs and Influenza that has ever
been discovered. If you have afriend or rel-
ative in the Army, who suffers from exposure
in all kinds of weather, do not fail to provide
him with a good supply of-it when you are
sending him a package, for it may save his
life. As a family medicine, ready at all times
to be given without waiting for preparation
it is invaluable. It will invariably relieve the
worst case of'Croup, if administered in season
and should therefore find :1 place in every
household. The proprietors, in bringing it
before the public, ask but a first trial, and

then are willing to risk its success upon its
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merit.

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@"l‘hc young lady who had a thousand
acres of valuable land, which the young man
said was sufficient grounds for attachment,
did not marry as well as the young lad ,' with-
out a fortune, who had learned to discard all
kinds of Snlerntus or soda, save Herrick AL
Icn‘s Gold Mcdul, which has no equal on this
or the other Continent. Go, ye young ladies
and, do likewise, and Dame Fortune will
smile on you also. Every body‘retails it, and
most of the wholesale Grocers wholesale it.
Depot 112 Liberty Street, New York.

-'-———-4¢<.>o
W Scurvy and Scrolulous El‘uplinns will
soon cover the bodies of those brave men
who are fighting [heir country’s battles.
Night air, bad food, and drenching mills will
lllltlif.‘ sad havoc with the strongest, therefore
lct every man supply himself Willi HOLLO-
wav‘s OIN'erN'r, it is a certain cure for ev-
cry kind of skin disease- Only 25 cls. per

 

 

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