Norwalk, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1863.‘ ~ REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. For Gag-nor, WM. A. BUCKINGHAM, of Norwich. For Lieut. Governor, ROGER AVERILL, of Danbury. For Secretary of State, J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL, Hartf’d “For Treasurer, GABRIEL W. COITE, of Middletown. For Comptroller, LEMAN W. CUTLER, of Watertown. O C0nxreesional Convention. FOURTH DISTRICT. [8‘ The Republican and Union Electors in the towns comprising the Fourth Con- Bressional District, are requested to send clegates equal to twice the number of their Representatives in the Legislature, to a Con- vention to be held at. FRANKLIN HALL, in Bridgeport, on Wednesday, Febuary 25th, 1868, at 10 o’clock A. M. for the purpose of nominating a candidate for member of Con- gress for said District. “All those who earnestly desire to stand by the government in its hour of peril, and uid in the restoration of its an hority are in- vited to co-operate with this Convention.” By order of the Committee. J. S. HANOVEB,Chairman. Q» The Republicans of Norwalk are requested to meet at the “ Republican Head-Quarters” in Isaacs’s Building, over the store of George Hoyt, on Wednesday evening, at 7 1-2 o’cl’k, for the purpose of choosing delegates to the Conventions for the nomination of Member of Congress, Sheriff, Senator, &c. W. L. QUINTARD, Town Com. Feb. 16th, 1863. STAND BY THE FLAG 2 qux OF CONNECTICUT! “choose ye this day whom ye will serve 1” Throughout all our southern borders, a fearful, a murder- ous rebellion is raging! Our brethren, who had enjoyed every prerogative of the best Government the world ever saw; who had grown rich and great and powerful under the protecting power of the “Old Flag," have dared to trail its starry folds in dishon- or, and bid open, bloody defiance to the pow- er which has nurtured, prOtected and sus- tained them. Nay, this is not all. In the frenzy of their madness, they have visited upon those in their midst who have remain- ed faithful to the most solemn of all earthly obligations, the direst cruelties and ven- geance. For no Otlber crime than fidelity to the Flag for which our Fathers pcrilled all, the union men of the South have been heaped with every atrocity of wickedness the most savage barbarism could devise. ‘Aud now, to-day, from the far off jungleS of Florida, from the orange groves of the Carolinas, from, the mountains of Tennessee, come up from these persecuted, hunted union brothers, im- ploring cries to you, for sympathy and succor! Can you, will you turn from them in this dark hour of their despair? Yea, more; by the privations and toils of your own brothers and sons now shivering under shelter tents and braving sickness and death upon the field,—-by the groans of the maimed, the sick and the dying in our Hospitals,—by the new made graves in all our villages, by the sacred memories of those who sleep in unknowu sepulchres,-—by the wail of the widow, the hopeless grief of orphanage,-—by all the glo- ries of the past and hopes of the future, we entreat, we implore you,in this hour of dark- ness, to STAND BY THE FLAG! ' The clouds hang thick and heavy upon our political horizon, but it shall not ever be thus. The bright bows of promise already begin to irradiate the southern and western sky. The~Nalion lines! lives in the hearts of . the people l lines in the hopes and prayers of the down-trodden and oppressed millions Of other lands l lines in HISTORY! Our faith in destiny, in progress, in human- ity, and in God, bids us be of good cheer. The old Flag shall yet wave in full triumph throughout all our vast nationality, the em- blem of Power, of Hope ant? of LIBERTY! Let no man then, in all these northern homes leave the fearful legacy to his children of re- puted sympathy with treason and rebellion. But in the grand and wonderful Future, or- dained of God for this nation, may the proud- est boast of our children and “children’s chil- dren be, that in these days of darkness “MY FATHER STOOD BY THE FLAG l" , .>> 4th Congressional Convention. We trust our friends in all the towns of the County will note the call for the Conven- tion which is to nominate a Union Candidate to represent this District in the next Congress. Let your ablest men he se- lected as delegates, and such as will be sure to attend. n‘.>o [3‘ Gen. Burnside passed through the town in the cars on Saturday. We do not learn that a crowd gathered at the Depot to gape at him, and yet he’s always been just as good a democrat as ’tother man ! q . .—.—————o<<.>. All Hail for New London. We can but rejoice that the nominatioh for Congressional Standard Bearer has fallen up- on-such an honorable and deserving patriot as our friend Brandagee, all the more so from the fact, that a nomination is equivalent to an election in his District: Congressional Nomination. ' New LONDON, Ct.,Friday Feb. 13, 1863. The Hon.,Augustus Brandagce, late Speak. er of the Connecticut House of Assembly, was unanimously nominated by the Repub- cans to-day as their candidate for Congress in the IIId District. u‘.>. W We are indebted to Hon. A. D. Bachc of the U.’ S. Coost Survey, for a Lithographic Sketch of Arkansas Post the power of armed traitors, fail to earnestly 5"“ -._.:;.v..__.fl_'.wg A .-_..'.._.II:.T._ LI -431 _-_,rhw The Leaders of the Opticsition. The old saying,-—“birds of a feather,”~,is finely illustrated in the clustering elements of the Opposition, as they gravitate toward the point of unity, around which the factions and revolutionary spirits of the present are rapidly crystallizing. And, as an intensely pro-sweaty spirit seems to be the animus of the anti-Government party, it is both natural and to be expected that our own New Eug- land—emphatically the cradle, as it remains the bulwark of Liberty,——should be the shin- ing mark at which they spit their venom and their hate. Cmching up the spirit of their masters,— the imperious lordlings of the South,——thcir most earnest endeavors are exhausted in throwing odium and contempt upon New England in general, and glorious old Massa» chusetts in particular. In this there is just about as much propriety as in some wretch- ed sore-eye drunkard’s railing at the sun, whose bright rays are too strong for his infla- med visual organs. Horatio Seymour, the present governor of New York, in his recent venomous fling at New England—ignoring her glorious history, libr illustrious statesmen, her Warren, her Greene, her Knox, her Stark, Putnam, Allen, Trumbull, and such like brave spirits,—in- suits the land that covers the bones of his ancestors, and can only seem to realize that it chanced to be the birth-place of Benedict Arnold. ' Cox, that miserable puppy; Brooks, the shameful renegade ; Vallandigham, the open- mouthed traitor; and Fernando Wood, that all like a yelping pack, exhausting their en- ergies to divide the land of WASHINGTON; And instead of heaping their withering mal- edictions upon the heads of the rebel crew pink of moral excellence, et-it-genur-omne, are . r —7-‘ ‘~ - l Gen. Rosecrans. i We wish the following noble words of the \Vestern hero could be thundered into the ears of every “,Copperhcar" with the con- vincing power of his own artillery. Let honest men read and consider this exposi- tion ofa democratic soldier who backsuphis patriotic words with brave deeds: To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: The resolution of thanks passed by your honorable body of the Army of the Cumberland, its Commanding General and his staff, has been duly received and published to the troops of this command. On behalf of all I return you heartfelt thanks. This is indeed a war for the Constitu- tion and the laws—nay, for Natioual ex- istence——agaiust those whohave despised our honest friendship, deceived our just hopes, and driven us to defend our coun- try and our homes. By foul and willful Slanders on our motives and intentions, persistingly repeated, they haVe arrayed against our own fellow-citizens bound to us by the triple ties of consanguinity geo- graphical position and commercial inter- est. Let no mau among us be base enough to forget this, or fool enough to trust an oligarchy of traitors to their friends, to civil liberty and human freedom. Vol- untary exiles from home and friends, for the defense and safety of all, we long for the time when gentle peace shall again Spread her wings over our land; but we know no such blessing is possible while the unjust and arbitrary power of the Rebel leaders confronts and threatens us. Crafty as the fox, cruel as the tiger, they cried “no coercion,” while preparing to strike us. Bully like, they proposed who first inaugurated this terrible civil war, they can only see New'England as Worthy of their bitterest curses. Massachusetts menu slaughtered in the streets of Baltimore, as. they march to the defense of the nation’s capital, at the call of the nation’s chief, stirs up no-indignation in theirvirtuous and pat-i riotic breasts. New England soldiers, whose blood stains every battle-field in defence of . the nation’s honor, only intensifies their ha- . How strong the spirit of revolt and: revo- lution, and how deep their sympathy with Jeff and his rebel crew, is thus most clearly manifested. Great moral monsters are only born under circumstances which stamp the most damning guilt upon their names and history. Judas heariot was such a moral monster as could be found no where else on' earth, save in the land of J udea, and among the more immediate disciples of Christ. But what man so wicked as to insinuate that the fault of such monstrosity is to be found in the heaven-born system of Christianity? How basely wicked then, how intensely cruel tn taunt New England with the crime of the great traitor of the American Revolution— Benedict Arnold ! their own conscious treason, and divert at- tention from the development of a plot far more infamous? Let the friends of liberty Watch and see. WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, MADISON and MARSHALL, are names belong- ing to Virginia. But they have passed away, and now the Masons, Wises, Letchers, Pry- to the utmost to destroy what cost those Fathers of immortal fame, so much to estab- lish. Let an honest, but injured country, rise up in its majesty, and hurl from power and po- sition these crafty place-men. Let them tread in the majesty of their onward march to glory, these hissing vipers of treason un- der their feet. .4.-. Gov. Buckingham. There is not a loyal citizen in the whole country, who has ever known or heard of our noble Governor, but must, from the very deapths of his inmost heart, love and admire the man. He may have made miS< takes in the bestowal of the ten thousand appointments by law laid upon him. Who would not? But we do khow that no part of his public duty would he have so gladly relinquished as the appointing power. Our State has been ennobled and honored by his patriotic self-sacrifice and devotion to the cause of Liberty and Union. Will any man, nay, can any man, who desires to strengthen the hands of the government, and weaken work for his re-election. .<.>. WHAT A NEW-YORK HACK-DRIVER MADE BY BEING PATRIOTIC.-—Oul‘ readers will remember the notice we copied a few weeks since from the Norwalk Gazette of the hack-driver, who gratuitously carried a sick and destitute Massachusetts sol- dier from the JeTSey City Ferry to the 'l‘wenty-seventhstreet depot. In cousc- queuce cf the publicity thus given be has received not only a letter of thanks from Gov. Andrew, but over $300 in money. The last letter received read somewhat as follows: My dear fellow: You have done a noble deed. As I shall probably never have a chance to ride with you my- self, I inclose my dollar to pay for the ride of. the next helpless soldier you meet. It may be intern-sting to the public to know that Mr. Luke Rider, the benevo- lent hackman, is no more. The business is now carried on by his widow, at No. 99 Laurens street—N. Y. Tribune. W It is with no little pleasure that we note the prosperity which has followad that single generous act, and we commendits con- sideration and imitation—as a sure verifica- tion of the scriptual pledge, that bread cast upon the waters shall be found again. «‘Q» Death of F. F. Furwell. A rumor is current in town of the sudilcn dccease of F. F. Farwell, in Boston. We have no authentic advices concerning; the statement, but fear it is true. If so, pence to his ashes. o<.>o ‘Wrcck ot the Planner. A private note written as in pencil by Wm. E. Bisscll, of the 28th C. V., from “ Stranger’s Key, Bahama Islands, states that the ship Planter, in which were conveyed for the Banks Expedition, and under co mand of Major Miller, of Georgetown, , on the reefs on the 14th tilt, and is a total loss. The most of her Stores and 300 horses are'lost, but we will leave friend Bisscll to tell his own story :——— STRANGERS KEY, BAHAMA ISLAND. I have but one moment to write to send ashore. The Ship Planter, 2000 tons, with many of the 23d and 28th Regiments, un- der command of Major Miller, Of George- town, on the 14th of January, ran on the reef, and isa total loss. The most of her stores and 300 horses are lost. We number about 150. We are wrecked and thrown on a God forsaken Island, about4 miles square, and 40 miles from any habitation, 300 from Key West. Many of us with myself have lost everything except the clothes on our backs, but we are thankful to be here after making our way five miles through surf and breakers without' loosing .a man. I will write you the particulars if we ever get into a civilized country. Yours truly, tred. i Is this done to shield ' ors, Hunter’s bear sway, and moved by an -‘ infernal spirit they are exerting themselves . to fight us because they said they could whip five to one; and now, when driven back, they whine out, “no invasion” and promise us of the West permission to navigate the Mississippi, if we will be “good boys” and do as they bid us. Wherever they have the power, they drive before them into their ranks the Southern people, and they also drive us Trust them not; were they able, they would invade and destroy us without mercy. Absolutely assured of these things, I am amazed that any one could think of “peace on any terms.’ He who entertains the sentiment is fit only to be a slave ; he who utters it at this time is moreover a traitor to his country, who deserves the scorn and con- tempt of all honorable man When the power of the unscrupulous Rebel leaders is removed, and the people are free to consider and act for their own interests, which are common with ours under this Government, there will be no great diffi- culty in fraternization. Between our tastes and social life there are fewer diffe- rences than between those of the people of the Northern and Southern provinces , of England or Ireland. , Hoping the time may speedily come i ‘when the power of the perfidious and . cruel tyrant of this Rebellion, having ‘ been overthrown, a peace may be laid on ‘the broad foundations of National Unity :and Equal J nstice to all, under the Con- :stitution and the Laws, I remain, your fellow-citizen, W. S. ROSECRANS, Major-General. K.» l WCapt. Enoch Wood, Co. E, and Licut. John McQuhae, Co. A., 17th, Regt, arrived : home ou Saturday on a furlough. They re- turn next Saturday. I .<.5> Fling out your Banners! If you mean treason and revolution, say so. If you mean to support the Government and maintain the laws in good faith, let us have the evidence of it. If to thecrime of factions Opposition to the constituted authorities, you add the guilt of hypocrisy, you will deserve the greater infamy. Obviatc the strange paradox, We pray you, of perpetual fault-finding with the strenuous efforts of Government to put down this re- bellion, and an ill-concealed satisfaction with the success of the nation’s enemies. No lon- ger display that glorious old flag of our fath- ers at your “ head-quarters," while you chuckle so boldly when it. is trailed in the dust Take down those flaming capitals which you have been wont to bear upon your ban- ners—“ THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, AND TIIE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS,”—until you can conceal your evident satisfaction at the prospect of disunion, the overthrow of the Constitutimz, and the nullificalion of the Laws.” " Tell us what you mean. Is it merely the success of Party? And can you rise no higher than this ? Do you mean to sustain the Government and squelch this rebellion? If so, you have a most unfortunate way of , doing it. How is it that you naturally draw to your embrace every discontented and factious spir- it? every secesh-sympathizer with rebellion? every disappointed speculator in government contracts ? and every tory in the land? How is it that your Representatives in Congress vote against every measure to strengthen the Government, and howl against every faithful General in the field? How is it, that when McClellan, and Fitz John Porter, and Buel, and such like military champions have been relieved or dismissed the service for disobe- dience to orders, or counivance with the en- emy, you are so ready to fete them, swinging your hats, and shouting your loudest huz- zahs? How is it that your legislatures vote down resolutions to inquire into the treason- able organizations known to be secretly aim- ing to assist the rebellion,—such forinstance l as the “ Knights of the Golden Circle.” How is it, if indeed you are loyal, that your friends and your neighbors “can’t see it ?" How is it that you cast away from your fellowship such men as Gen. Butler, Daniel S. Dickinson, Andy Johnson, and take to your arms such men as Thos. H. Seymour, Isaac Toucey, Wm. Eaton, Vallandigham, Fernando Wood, and multitudes of such worthies ? Show your colors—let us know what you mean. ..-.-....__.____. , Notice. _ The Third Annual Meeting of the Bible 'in the Baptist Church, (Rev. Mr. Gates,) on Sabbath evening, the 22d inst, at 7 O’clock, when the annual report will be read, and several addresses may be expected. «<9». \ The Glass Blowers. We understand that our old friends, the Bohemian Troupe of Glass Blowers will re- turn and open their Promenade Gift Enter- tainments at Lockwood’s Hall, Thursday evening. They give additional attractions in the shape of dancing from 9 to 11 o‘clock each evening. During their stay they will offer prizes for wit, beauty and ugliness. At one of their recent entertainments in Hartford, Comfort Goodsell, well known in this vicinity as a comedian, was made happy by being awarded the prize for ugliness, the committee thinking him the homeliest man in the room. many Of the 23d and 28th C. V. Regiments Society of Norwalklind vicinity, will beheld 4—9.4.p-u WGeo. Christy and his troupe of Min- strels gave a performance at Norwalk Hall, Saturday .night. The large Hall, was of W. E. BIssnLL. l course crowded. i Editorial Correspondence. i WASHINGTON, Feb. 12th, 1863. DEAR GAZETTnz—Yesterday I returned from my second visit to our Cl. Regiments. lmainspring of this improvement can, I think, be traced primarily to the paymasler, who has “been around" since my former visit. Mud there is and plenty of it, with rains in- numerable, nevertheless, the sun is now so well up, that when its rays are not intercep. ted by storm-clouds their genial and heating influences are felt. The blue birds in full chorus are chatting their spring music,haunt- ing the vision with expectant flowers and fruits. At last we have a Commander for our army also, presaging victory and not de- feat to our arms whenever the next conflict shall transpire. Those officers who had entirely lost sight of the cause in their strain- ed deification of a leader, and who have aparently proclaimed before their men, that no hero but their own, could or should win a battlefliave a settled conviction now resting upon their minds, that any attempt to make such prophecies good, will meet with instant (not dismissial,) but death. The man who plays the Fitz John Porter and Franklyn game upon “Old Joe Hooker," swings for it on the instant, and all executive clemency will come to late to save him. This the officers and soldiers know and feel, and therefore it is that in the next engagement, our troops will charge into battle with a sense of secu- rity and confidence of support they have never felt before. There is a power in this feeling which pervades the army of Hooker as it has never possessed our army before. Our Norwalk boys in the various regiments, are in the main, well and ready for action. Charley White, of the 27th, had a pleasant surprise in the way of a visit from his father. who brought a commission from the Gover- nor of New York, for his son. Brave Olin Nash not seriously ill, but unfit for duty, has been sent to the Hospital at Windmill Point, near Aquia Creek. I cannot resist the rela- tion of an incident concerning young Nash, which occurred at the battle of Fredericks- burg, and told me by his Chaplain As the 27th were charging up the hill, and bullets, and balls, and shells were flying about in a very hail storm of death, poor Olin was ob- served to falter for a moment, then burst out into a torrent of emotion. So loud was his crying, and so thorough his fright, that chn mid that scene of carnage, some Of his com- rades began to jeer him. In a moment he dropped upon his kees, and for about three minutes, the Chaplain told me, he prayed as never boy was heard to pray before, when he arose with brows knit, eyes dry, and mus- ket firmly clenched, and shouted, “ come ahead boys—I’m all right now—I shan’t be hit, I know I shunt.” And almost miracu- lously he was not, though he loaded and fired his piece twenty-seven times, standing up all the time. His cap was litterly shot to shreds, and bullets and shells grazed him on all sides. Who shall deride the sublime faith that kept that noble boy. During my sojourn within the army lines, the 8th, 11th, 15th, 16th, and 21st, have “ changed their base,” and their friends will next hear from them via Fortress Monroe', The 27th and 14th are still at old quarters, near Falmouth. The 17th at Brook’s Sta- tion, and the 5th on the old Camp-ground of the 17th, at Stafford Court House, where we called upon the few remaining Norwalk boys in Co. E, on Sunday afternoon last. [To be concluded in our next] 4‘.p-p.—_. Fairfield County Agricultural Society. The Adjourned Meeting of this SOcicty was held at South Norwalk on the 11th inst. Col. Thomas A. Mead, of Greenwich, was called to the Chair. The meeting immedi- ately, upon its organization, proceeded to revise the Premium List of last year. sev- eral amendments and additions were made to the old list, which elicited much discus- sion, and the day was nearly all occupied in revising and adopting its Premium List. Premiums were ofl‘ered for the best field of Flax and articles manufactured from the same; also, for the best sample of Syrup made from Sorghum. The Committee appointed at the annual 1 meeting, to take into consideration the pro- priety of permanently locating the Fairs, reported against the measure, deeming it in- expedient at the present time, but recom- mended the Society to keep the subject un- der consideration for another year. The re- port of the Committee was adopted by the meeting, when a committee of three, con- sisting of J. damp, of N orwalk, P. D. CX‘OS' by, of Danbury, and L. H. Moore, of South N orwalk, were appointed to receive propos- als for the next Annual Fair, and report at the adjourned meeting. The meeting was largely attended, and much interest mani- fested. The Meeting adjourned to meet at the same place on Wednesday, the 4th of March, at 10 o’clock, A. M., when the awarding committee will be appointed, and the next Annual Fair located. - «4.». New School House. At a meeting of Over River School Dis- trict, Friday evening’last, it was voted to erect a School House, to be built of wood, at a cost of about $4,500. The House is to be built on the “ Dimop Lot,” we believe, on the new street running from Chapel street to. Merwin avenue. .4.-. W At a Borough Meeting, (called by posting a notice on the sign-posh) held at the it was voted to purchase a lot from Messrs. Fox & Wood, on the east side of Main Street, and to erect thereon a suitable building for the use of Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1 and of“ Silver Gray Engine Co. No. 2. Messrs. ll- Fitch, Noah Wood and T. K. Hubbell, were. elected a committee to make the purchase, and to act as a building connnittee. Price: of lot, $1,000 ; estimated cost of the Building, $1,750. ‘ ..__._..-.-. Gen. 0. S. Ferry Went with the naval ex- pedition which on the 20th ult left Beaufort N. C., for Port Royal, there rc-inforcing the grand expedition for the capture of Charles- ton. Whether this last expedition has yet sailed is not known, but when it does, Charlestonians will find that real war is a somewhat different affair from the storming of Fort Sumter. The General had his Head Quarters at “Hilton Head,” an acting Major General, at last advices. . _-.__..-......,-._- __. WWe notice among a list of new appoint— ments, that of Sergeant Styles G. Hyatt, of this town, of Co. E. 5th 0. V. is promoted to Second Lieut. of 00., D. Also that in the 8th Reg. Capt. James L. Russell of this town, has resigned. -___._..-.,.,______ The Bell Ringers. The Peak Family of Swiss Bell Ringers, are announced to give a Concert at Norwalk Hall, this Tuesday evening. They are so well and favorably known that they are sure to draw a full house, so go early if you want to get a good seat. —.——o-<.>.o——-~~._._. WAny one in want ofa neat and con- ‘venient Currency Holder, can find just the [ article they need at Morris & Doty’s Town House on Wednesdav afternoon last; NEWS ITEMS.— ———As an evidence of the abundanco of 5 money, it is stated that never were so :‘ many mortgages paid off in this State as The condition of the army of the Potomac ; hast astly improved beyond all question. The 3 during the last season People have dis- covered apparently that the best use. to be made of money is to pay their debts. ——-Tbo indications in most of the towns along the shore of the sound are that a very extensive business will be done the coming season in house building. Already in several places more houses are being erected than were during the last two years. ———Henry J. Sedgwick, Postmaster at Syracuse, N. Y. under Buchanan, has been convicted of embezzling nearly $5000 during his term of oflice. An unusual religious interest is re- ported in the first Congregational Church of Meriden, under the pastoral care of Rev. J. J. Woolley. A number Ofcon- versions have already taken place, and many are inquiring. —-—Mr. Joshua Smith of Stamford who has carried the mail from the depot to the Post-Office ever since the New York and New Haven Railroad was built, went to bed last Friday evening in apparently as good health as usual, but was found dead in the morning. ———The Democrats of Stamford had a meeting lately, and after choosing dele- gates to the conventions sooa to asscmble they resolved that the delegates to the gubernational convenution be instructed to vote for Thomas H. Seymour for Gov- ernor. . .‘......_—...-. THE GREAT, LITTLE WEDDINo.—The marriage of the two dwarfs, Charles S. Stratton, alias "Gen. Tom Thumb,” and Miss Lavina Warren Bump, came off ac- cording to previous announcement, at Grace Church, New York, on Tues- day forenoon last. The ceremony Was performed by the Rev. Mr Willey, of St. John’s Church, Bridgeport, the Rev Dr. Taylor, rector of Grace, pronouncing the benediction. BishOp Potter was not pres- ent, notwithstanding it had been given out that he was to assist in tying the knot. The Herald says, “probably the Potter was afraid to mould into one these two little bits of the precious por- celain of humaniclay. If wefare to be- lieve the gossip of the New-York papers, the wedding was, in point of brilliancy and fashion, about equl to that do Prince of the blood in England. The whole aristocracy of the city was agog, and Barnum, who pulled the wires, was in ecstacy. So it goes—nothing is to ab- surd or grave to create a sensation in New-York, from the arrival of the Prince of Wales, a celebration of the ocean tele- graph, the funeral of Bill Poole, or the Wedding of two dwarf specimens of hu- manity. The events are' announced in big type, the papers sell,’and where there are no bills to pay, the affair is forgotten in twenty-four hours. Vice la bogatelle. --v~——‘m>————~— The Free South. We have received the first numbers of "The Free South, ” a weekly paper pub. lishcd at Beaufort, S. C. It isa very neatly printed sheet well edited; and is published at $350 per annum; ad Vertisements inserted for $1. 50 per line Of its object the editor says in his in- troductory : “To meet the local wants of a new and fast increasing community; to give types to its thought and and sentiment, and ” form and pressure” to its purposes; to give 'a heart of circulation for its busi- ness, n teeming brain to its enterprise, and “ bowels of compassion” for all its wants; to give an engine to its fresh- sprung power, a locomotive for its roving fancies, a “ train” to its scattered ideas ; to erect an altar for its faith and aspira- tions, a tower for its banner of new liberrties,‘ an “Ithuriel spear” for the “ toad” that has so long “sat squat” at the ear of the beautiful South ; to give voice to the dumb sorrow of a suffering race; yea, to heal the madness that tears and aflicts itself, as well as the unresist- ing weak ; to turn with the magic wand of truth a “ blear-eyed hag” into the form of an angel, and to call the eyes of the children of men to this beautiful trans- formation; and, lastly, as one may put small-beer in a chrystal vase, and to meet sundry designs of profit and emolumeut from business advertisements, we pub- lish this first Number of THE FREE SOUTH; which we intend shall be ’followcd by other Numbers in due succession. ——~——-—0-<e.>a Something wrong with the Ex- press Companies. It is well known that there is great complaint throughout the army and the country that Express Companies receive and receipt for freights to be delivered to the Potomac army, either at Acquiu Creek or Falmouth when such parcels seldom if ever get carried beyond Wash- ington. A wealthy citizen of Connecti- cut, now on a visit to his son in the ar- my, threatens to legally test the matter. not; for the value of a box of perishable goods he has thus lost, but as a means of publicly exposing the practice, for the benefit. of those unable to sue the com- panies or to loose their goods. If Ex- press Companics are unable or unwilling to carry goods beyond Washington, it Is certainly not [unreasonable to demand that they shall not promise and receipt for deliveries to regiments beyond This is but simple justice to the soldiers and their friends, who not unfrequcntly make outlays for their comfort which they re- ally are unable to do. IVnshingtan Cor. of N. Y. Tribune. W We understand that the party refered to above, is our own fellow citizen, 0. B. White, Esq. We hope our friends of the Express Company will at once seethe pro- priety of refusing to take parcels beyond Washington, when they are unable from any cause to transport them thither. ' .<.-. >-.»....__.. New Military Company. Efforts are being made to organize a mili- tary company up town, under the new mili- tia law. Persons wishing to sign the roll, can find the same, at present, at the store of Morris & Dot y. ..—..~_.....>.*_..__._ . i Sél‘. VALENTINE‘S DAY.—-G. W. Jennings sends us a copy of the N. Y. Mtrcury of Feb. 28th, containing a whole page of “ St. Valentine’s Day,” designed by Darley. A splendid picture. Buy a copy: »--.——-——o-<n.>. SELLECKllas a cheap edition of Victor Hugo's “ Les Miserables," printed on heavy paper, and the five books bound in one vol. ~....-.,__ 11%" The following appointments of Col- lectors and Assessors in this State were con- firmed by the Senafe, in executive session, on Tuesday, Feb. 2d: Alphonso C. Crosby, Ilockville, Assessor, first district; John Woodrufl, New Haven, Collector, second district; John B. Wright, Clinton, Assessor, do.; Ezra Dean, Woodstock, Collector, third district; Jesse S. Ely, Norwich, Assessor, do.; David F. Hollistcr, Bridgeport, Collec- tor, fourth district; Rcuhen Rockwell, Cole- brook, Assessor, do. The list embraces all save Mark Howard, Esq., Collector 1st or Hartford District, who yet lacks confirmation. ' The Rebels in Georgia Fig ting Among Themselves. , Not long since the Northern journals 3 copied from a Southern newspaper, the [ proclamation of one Col. Lee, calling up- on certain disaffected citizens on the bor- ders of Georgia and North Carolina, to abandon their attitude of hostility to the “Conlet‘lerucy,” and return to their duties as obedient subjects. The insurgents rc- fused to obey the terms of the proclama- tion, and the military authorities of the rebels proceeded to hunt them down with an armed force. Vague accounts of the fortunes of the expedition have just come to hand from the South. The rebels claim a complete success, yet intimate that other domestic troubles still more formidable, are immi- nent. The party of “disorganizers” is acknowledged to be large. A large body Of them came down from their mountain fastnesses to attack the town of Dahlonega, Ga., with a view to rescue a number of comrades who Were confined there in jail. The citizens aided by the military, presented too formidable a front to be assailed with safety, and the insur- gents retired agaiu to the mountains with- out giving battle. The rebel report states that one hun- dred deserters have come in, and been forwarded to their regiments. It also says: “A gang Of wretched cut-throats went to Atlanta in irons Tuesday and a similar crowd will leave in aday or two.’ A late dispatch says that the State forces fought a severe battle with the malconteuts near Dablonega which re- sulted in considerable loss on both sides. The Rebels, however. claim the victory and the capture of all the insurgent stores and guns. The various accounts, glossed over as they are, clearly betray the existence of a deep seated and wide spread disaffec- tiou among the mountaineers of North Carolina and Georgia. These people be- lieve in the old Union and love it' They were the last to accept the fact. of secess- ion, struggliug against the madness till further resistance was overborne by the tyranny of the majority. The frenzy which followed the first battle of the war no doubt shook their loyalty, committing their feelings for the time to the' interests of the rebellion. But bitter lexperien- ces have taught them their ‘ly. Should the federal armies gain one or two signal victories on the coast of the South, we may confidently anticipate that the hardy mountaineers will again express their will in tones of terror to the enemy. a.» Our forces entered Lebanon Tenn., on the 8th. They captured seme 600 reb~ els, most of them being men of Morgan’s command. Many field officers were ta- ken. Among the prisoners was Paul Anderson, a violent rebel member of the State Legislature of 1860 and 1862. He was an original Secessionist and one the earliest advocates for a Southern Confed- eracy. " Sr: : c<.>-o TIIE PRIZE or THE PRINCESS ROYAL—— We think it may be ”safely pronounced that. of all the prizes captured by our blockading vessels the steamer Princess. Royal, with her cargo, is by far the rich- est. There have been found on board of her two complete sets of machinery of great power, each intended for an iron- clad rebel ram or gnuboat; a set of ma- chinery for the manufacture of steel-point- ed projectiles; anothcr set for the manu- facture of iron plates for vessels-of-war and fortifications, and the valuable item of 000 barrels of gunpowder’ with a great mass of miscellaneous articles of British handiwork for the use of their friends, the rebels of Charleston. «Q». TIIE CorrsnnEADS.-——Government, says the Washington correspondent of the New York Posl, is in receipt of advices from various sections of the country which show that the copperheads are ex- ceedingly busy. This is especially true of two or three Western states and of New York city. While the government will act with great caution, it will not submit to any wilful interference with its rights on the part of the copperheads. <<.>. Consolidation of the Army. An order \vas issued on the 7th inst. corisolidatiou the Army of the Potomac under one command. To the first corps is assigned Major-Gen. J. F. Reynolds; to the second, Major-Gen. D. N. Couch; the third has for its commander Brig. Gen. D. E. Sicklcs, (temporarily ;) the fi-fth,Major-Gen- John Sedgwick; eleventh Major-Gen. Franz Sigel ; twelfth, Major- Gen. H. W. Slocum. The artillery - corps is also ordered to consider itself a unit, under the sole direction of the chief of Artillery, u notice is given that no transfers of batteries will be made from one corps‘ or division to others, except for purposes of equalization. _.—-__—....‘. WUnder the suggestive signature of “Tit for Tat," a correspondent of the Lon- don Morning Star writes; When, in after years, our oligarchy and their sycophants in- nocently express their wonder why they are so hated in America, the answer may be ‘ the Alabama ;’ and should we ever be engaged in another war with Russia, Alabama the second may be heard of in away the mer- chants of Liverpool‘ will not relish quite so much as they do when their brethercn of New York who are the sufferers. The wri- ter also inquires if the trained gunnersof the English naval reserve, whom Scmmes hired in England, are still rated on the records of the British navy. -Hosq.-..—_._— CARE FOR CONNECTICUT SOLDIERS.— tlov. Buckingham, who is in “rushing- ton looking after the interests of the Connecticut soldiers, will earnestly press the privilege, not only of allowing his State to admirer: pay to their own troops every month, but. also to permit the trans- portation of their sick and wounded home to be cared for in Connecticut hospitals. ~ M —-~¢¢-‘°>s»_—_ .\.r. Baileau, the recently arrested Philadelphia. editor, says in the first pa- per sincc his release: “He is no dem0~ crat who is not unquulifiedly in favor of the Union and the Constitution.” This patriotic sentiment, on the part of Mr. Boilehu..bas provoked the rage of the World, the democratic organ in New York city, to a fearful degree. The W'orld thinks an editor who will lose a good opportunity of being a martyr, and who in addition will declare himself loyal a vessel of wrath and a fool to boot. puma.-.»- The tOwn of Dnnbul'y advertised for bids fora war loan of 38,000. $338,- 000 Were offered, the bills ranging from par to 61-5 per cent premium. . ..___..«: 4--0’. -. A PLEASANT Sunrmsn Mr. George Cornwall, the conductor on the 2 o’cIOck express train born this city, was invited to Earle’s Hotel, New York, on Satur- day evening, when he was pleasantly sur- prised by the present of a handsome gold watch worth $ 250, and a gold chain to match. Mr. Jennings, the baggage mas- for, on xlll' same train, also received it ~ present of a silver fish knife and other articles of value. The occasion was a very plea-cut one, and the gifts were flat- tering- lt‘SllillfIlllillS of the esteem of the gentleman who. presented them. Palladium. wJust as we expected. , They deserved itall. I ~-. V4-1. An Appeal "from the Republi- can State Central Committee. REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COM"I‘E, a HARTFORD, CT., February, 1863. ' 3' ."Ilrpublz’mns and U nz'on Men of Connecticut .- A Sta!c Election is soon to take place more important than any which has oc- ernment. Connecticut is to declare on the first Mdnday in April, whether she is in favor of a dishonorable peace—submission to the demands of armed traitors, and a dissolu- tion of the Union, or whether sheis de- termined at every hazard, to defend the honor of our National Flag and the Un- ion of these States. In this contest, Republicans and Un- ion men occupy no doubtful position. Though their ranks have been thinned by thousands of brave men still fighting those perfidious enemies of free govern- ment, who have trampled under foot our flag, our. Constitution and the laws ; and although there are vacant places in one half the Republican households in our State—many alas never again to be filled, yet is the abiding faith of our Party not shaken, nor its devotion to our country weakened. The sacrifices of the past have conse- crated us anew to freedom. The battles which our fathers fought to establish a free government, and which we thought had been settled for all time, must again be fought by us. Those of us who remain at home have a work to do not less important. than that of our brave soldiers in the field. We must stand by the Govbrnment l regard- less of differences about Proclamations, Generals, finances, arrests, or the conduct of the war at large. These variances have been stimulated by our enemies and turned with great skill against the Gov- ernment But. the fatal consequences of seeking a remedy from those who hate your cause, and of following peace flags in the company of Vallandigham, Cox At Co, as a means of putting down the re- bellion, are now better understood, and all true friends of the Government, and all National men are casting aside these differences and uniting in one grand effort to crush the rebellion and end the war. Every man must now take his place for ‘or against his country. If he would aid the government, he must adopt its policy and not that of its enemies. There is no middle ground. Peace propositions and compromises are a cheat and a snare, cunningly devised by men who have al- ways opposed the Administration and given aid and comfort to the rebels. Between us and the perjured traitors who havewasted our country, murdered our brethren, and by robberies, piracy and war, have brought debt, taxation and woe upon all, are not merely the long catalogue of embarrassments to our na- tional and individual prosperity, but the graves of nearly 200,000 freemen, struck down while fighting to protect the joyous peace of your firesides and their happy homes. And yet, over these graves the leaders of the so-ealled Democratic party of Connecticut, ask us to reach and shake hands with the ruflians, who are destroy- ing our country and murdering our kins- men. , Justly then are these partiZuu leaders chargeable with all the terrible conse- quences of war; for by criminal neglect of duty when treason first unmasked it- self, and stalked unblushingly at the Capitol,by‘wantou dalliance withtraitors when the whole power of the nation was in their hands, to protect what they knew the rebels were preparing to destroy, and by suffering with folded arms the oppor- tunity to'be lost when the rebellion could have been crushed by a word, and the plotters hanged, have all these woes been brought upon us. H ad the sccesssion serpents been stran- gled then, we had now been spared the lives of 200,000 men, and an enormous burthen of debt and taxation by which we are so greviously oppressed. Not content however with having been thus early cognizant of the designs of the con- spirators, without. applying the remedy at their command—these same bad men are over; now in full feIIOWShip with Val- landigham, Cox, Saulsbury, Bright, Fer- nando Wood, and others, who have the brazen cfi'rontery to advocate still further divisions, proposing even that the VVes- tern States shall cast off New England and join the Confederacy. What pormise then do these antecedents give for hon- orable peace, or a more successful prose- cution of the war by those who ask you to humiliate yourselves by giving themflte reins of government. To effect their purposes, an Armistice is proposed under the specious plea of offering terms of peace to the rebels, and threatening direful vengeance if the terms are not accepted. But the loyal people of [his State cannot be so deceived, for who dees not know that before such an armis- tice could be closed, the terms of enlist- ment for at least one half of our army will have expired. Of this the rebels are equally well advised, and paying no re- gard to the armistice, would in the end make us pay for that experiment by the sacrifice of all for which we have contrib- uted so much life and treasure. Thus in ’76, there were men who gave aid and sympathy to the enemy, guiding their marauding bands to the homes of patriots, that they might ravage and de- stroy. But God had a future for our country, and the heroes of the revolution fought eight long years until victory crowned their efforts with an honorable, glorious peace. , ‘ ‘ Republicans and Union Men of Con- necticut, be of good clwer, and emulate their example. ‘ You have but to put forth your united efforts and the State will be saved from the. bands of those who apologize for treason, who have persist- ently withheld either moral or material support to the Government, and whose sympathies are .with such men as Breck- inridge, Vallandigbam and Fernando Wood, and not with those true Union loving democrats, Dickinson,Dix, Butler, Sprague and Walker. This is no time for idleness or despon- (lency ; mark the true issue and stand unflinchingly to it. Let there be no. dis- sensious or invidious allusions to the past. The great contest of all the centuries is upon us. We are fighting for humanity, liberty and truth. God is with us, and if we are faithful, we shall leave to pos- terity a legacy of peace and security un- der the best of' all governments. If we are unfaithful we shall entail upon remote generations a legacy of endless anarchy. We urge upon you therefore by the glories of the past, and the solemn res- ponsibilities of the present, forgetful of all divisions, to rally as one man to the support of our righteous cause. Orga- mze in every town, devote your time un- scllisbly to your country, and with heart and band contend for the great inheri- tance of your fathers. This struggle has been forced upon us in sorrOw; but a high purpose to preserve the. integrity of the. American Union, and the honor of our State, we will continue to fight. until the banner of treason goes dowu in Charleston harbor and disap- punrs from our land forever. Light then the watch fires of Liberty and Union and keep them burning bright- ly on every hill top and in every valley curred since the foundation of our Gov-~ _ i—‘— l of old Connecticut, until our Country s/uz/l hare bccnsaverl, and the authority of Law restored tlu'ouglmut the length and breadth of our land. The arms of ’ your brethren in the field and on the sun will ere long be crowned with complete success; STAND nv THEM TILL THE END. Stay up their hands with sym- pathy and support; their life is your life their cause is your cause. To you their loved ones look for protection and sup- port; let it not be in vain. Comfort the sick, sustain the f'atherless, and Gad grant a speedy peturn Of our brave vol- unteers with rejoicing to_a name which has never been disgraced by a triumph of those who love their party better than their Country, and who for party emolu- ments would surrender their national hon- or to the minions of DESPOTISH AND TREA- SON. JAMES G. BATTERSON, Hartford, CYRUS I'oarsnor, New Haven, l EDWARD PRENTIS, New London | State A. H."BYINOT0N, Norwalk, IL ‘ew GILBERT W PHILLIPS, Putnam, } Mal T. A. WARREN, Watertown, | Com. WM. T. Emma, Middletown, I MARCUS LILLIE, Coventry, A.-. GOOD‘ STRONG PRAYING.—Tlle following prayer, made by chaplain Stocksan in the United States Senate on Monday, is about as suitable for these times as we have heard or read of:— “Oh Lord our God, we entreat Thee to hear the prayer'of thy servants, which we come to make this day for the oili- ccrs and men of our army and navy. Be pleased to give them endurance, and in, all their sufferings stay with them with Thy strength, and bestow upon them the Spirit of foresight and of combination to smite and to scatter the enemy when- ever and wherever he may be found. May they not be baffled by the storms of heaven and may no unpropritous eon- ditious or elements of the material crea- tion impede or postpone their progress. We pray Thee that if it shall, be thy will even the processes of physical nature may be suSpended for a time, while this fearful problem of republican liberty and free in- stitutions is wrought out. If it-mnst be by war, which we do most earnestly and sadly deplore in itself, we pray The it may be Speedy ‘and effectual war, and 0 Lord, we pray if thou wilt hear our peti- tion that the foolish gibberish of those who profess to follow the illusion of "an unholy peace may be forever stifled, and we pray that this great people may be neither blinded nor deceived in the” fatal influence of such insane roan all. 0! Lord , silence forever the tongue that Shall wag with such madness and folly ; yet we pray Thee that Thou wilt give us Thine own peace in Thine own time and way, through Jesus Christ. Amen. ” «4.». What “’e have Done and What ' the Rebels have Done. The following exhibit of the successes gained in the present war by our armies and fleets over the rebels shows that there is no cause for the gloom and dis- satisfaction which secessionists are stri. ving to spread over the land. UNIoN VICTonIEs. Drainsville. Newbern, , Mill Spring. Roanoke Island, Fort Henry,* Norfolk, Fort Donelson,* Merrimac, Bowling Green,& Evacuation of Manes- Columbus,* sas, Nashville, Yorktown, Island No. 10, Williamsburg, Memphis, Hanover Court House Fort Wright, Fair Oaks, - Corinth, MalvernHill, Pensacola, New Orleans, Two battles in theMurfreesboro, OzarkMountain,ArkSouth Mountain. Fort Pulaski Antietam, Fort Macon, Arkansas Post, / Baton Rouge, Foster’s doings-in N. Port Royal, Carolina. * Styled “Gibraltars “by the rebels. The rebels have been driven from Mary- land, Kcntucky, Western Virginia, Mis- souri and nearly ,all Tennessee. The blockade by land and sea has been so perfect, that molasses is $7 a gallon, sugar $1 a pound, and boots $25 a pair in Richmond. , We have captured or destroyed as many as nine large iron-clads. The Duke of Wellington never made such progress as this in his Peninsular campaign, abd our operations compare favorably with those of the allies against Sebastopol, or of the English against the rebels in India. REBEL VICTORIEs. Two battles at Bull Run. Big Bethel. Ball’s Bluff. Bolivar. James Island. Vicksburg. Cedar Mountain. Front Royal. -' Harper’s Ferry. - McClellan driven from Richmond. Fredericksburg. Clarksville retaken, hut lost again. Recapture of Galveston, with the Hat'- riet Lane. . . . . ‘Destruction of Congress, Cumberland, and capture here and there of gunboats. Fort Craig, New Mexico. . Incursions into Pennsylvania, Maryland Kentucky, from which they were driven back. _ Deprcdations on the high seas. «fly. W The Lexington (Ky. ) Observer says that‘Charles F. 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