NORWA LK GAZ E T T (l. _ E KT: . _ ”A--- w-” __-- g g 7, A 1 “sails PUBLISHEDEVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY A. H. BYINGTON 8; 00.. ‘ AT T WU DOLLARS PER ANNUM’ 11‘ ADVANCE ' g gating glimmer, Quoted in final grossed galactic. (fittest gramme, gimme, griffin, gymnasts, flotsam, tau-wattlilishtd in 1800. ., NUMBER 798--NEW SERIES. a T" NORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY, MAY 12. 1863. VOLUME XLVI--NUMEER19. i Q NORWALK GAZETTE. OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING. A3. BYINGTON & co. A. H. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLS, G. N. ELLs, Advertising Rates . One Square, one insertion, $1 00 7“ two insertions, 1 25 “ three insertions, 1 50 “ one month, 1 75 ' “ two months, 3 00 " tnree months, 4 00 ~‘ six months, 7 00 -‘ one year—with paper 15 00 Two 8 uares, one year—with paper, 25 00 Each a ditional Square, per year, 8 00 One half column, one year, 40 00 One Column, one year, '75 00 Fifteen lines, or 100 words,make a square. Fraction- al parts of a square charged for as a whole. x can y advertisements payable 1st of January &July. Yearly dvertisers restricted to the business contem- élgte at the time of contract. These terms will be inflexibly adhered to._a 5;; BUSINESS DIRECTORY. N orwalk Post Office. MAILS CLOSE, West 7.30 A. M.—2.30 P. M. East 8.30 A. M.-—5.00 P. M. Danbury & N orwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M. Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M. MAILS DUE. West 9.10 A. M.—6.Ct‘ P. M. East 8.20 A. M.—3.30 P. M. Danbury & N orwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M. rosT OFFICE HOURS. From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M. _ CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. M. N. A. MOSMAN, M. 3., Homoeopathic Physician and Surgeon, Ofilce over 0. J. Gruman’s Store, NORWALK, CONN. Office hours from 1 to 3 P. M. Dr. J. J. WALLACE, HOMGOPATHIST, Oflice at Dr. Moody’slate Residence, WEST AvENUE, NORWALK, C’ONN. Slate at Mr. Frank Nash’s Store, South horwalk. New- HARDWARE 8.. PAINT STORE, M a i n S t r e e t, Opposite I._H. Campell’s Confectionery, MARVIN & rnowrr'r, Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware, Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang- ings, Window Shades, &c. _ JAMES G. HARBOUR, SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL DENTIST, Office at Residence, East Avenue, N orwalk, Connecticut. , Architecture. _ SIDNEY M. STONE, ARCHITECT, Will _furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail Drawmgs, and snperintend the erection of public and private buildings. Oflice in Mar- ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52 . EO. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man- ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet 110,4 Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort- ment of House Keeping articles generally. 0. s. Locnwoon, fashionable Draper & Tailor, and GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING “ EMPORIUM : Main-st, N orwalk, Conn. 3.1. onus-ram) a. co., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c., 14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. ETNA INSURANCE comranv, Of Hartford. Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual. Cash Capital $1,000,000 Insure agaiust loss and damage by Fire on Terms adapted to the huzard,and consistent with the laws of compensation. GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent 178 For N orwalk and vicinity. DENTAL CARD. "N impression having gone abroad that _ the undersigned has relinquished his profession, this is to inform his friends and ,.he public that he still continues the practice ofhis profession at his .01] stand, foot of Main-st, Norwalk, where he will be happy to tender them his best services. In case of temporary abscnce,a skillful assistant will be found in attendance at the Office, ready and 'willing to serve all that may call. ' A. HILL, D. D. S. ‘A. JACKSON a 330. No. l Gazette Building. WOULD respectfully announce to the public and their old customers, that they have recently made extensive additions ‘lo their stock of goods. We are now prepar- ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed _ inFau'field County, in quality or price. We would call particular attention to our stock of Watches, which is lar er than ever before.— We have a fine lot of adics’ Swiss Watches, in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to $75, which we can recommend as bein cor- rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s atch- u, in silver and gold cases, at any price from - gt 1'20 3.00. We buy of the best importers in ew York, and alto ether for cash, so that our facilities for selling cheap could not be eater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and : later. Wares was never better than at pres- ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO. [SH POLES, Traveling Baskets, Clothe Baskets, Work Baskets. Also Wooden Ware in general, at - ' ' ' C. d: E. K. LOCKWOOD & CO. OOD,all lengths, at S. E. OLMSTEAD : ; & CO’S Wood Yard,.lor sale low. Window Shades. A SPLENDID Assortment of Window Slindcsjust received and for sale b x - MARVIN & PROWI .T. Nov. 3rd, 1862. Children’s Carriages, PRICE rangingtfrom $1.50 upward, at C. &. E. . LOCKWOOD & CO. I I D. PRITCHAR D, M. 1).,— Physician and Surgeon, Residence next door to Rugglcs’ Store, MAIN STREET, ' SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. Mrs. Tindall, in the new block BENNETT’S BUILDING, No. 17 and 19 Main St., “7 ILL call the attention of the public to her new and well selected assort- ment of MILLINERY Goons, at a very small advance from former prices. Velvets very cheap for these times. Feathers, Ribbons, Flowers, &c., 830. She will give her atten- tion to the business at all hours of the day and evening, up to the usual hours of clos- ing. All orders promptly filled. Ready made Bonnets on hand. Bloomers trimmed in unique styles. 45 Whitney 6L Beckwith, PHOTOGRAPHERS, GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN. MBROTYPES, MELAINOTYPES, and PHOTOGRAPHS, plain, retouch- ed or colored, in the best style of the Art. Cartes de Visites in all styles. Stereoscopic Groups, Views of Private Residences and Grounds taken. A good assortment of Rosewood, Gilt and Passe Partout Frames, for Photographs and Cortes de Visites. E. T. WHITNEY. W R. A. BECKWITH. Roofing. THE subscriber is prepared to furnish par- ties building, with Warren’s superior FELT AND CEMENT ROOFING. This article of Roofing is in use upon the Norwalk Lock Company’s Building, and at Lounsbury, Bissell & Co’s, where it gives en- tire satisfaction, and is believed to be the cheapest as well as the best roofing in use.— All orders will receive prompt attention. tf38 C. W. LOCKWOOD. N. B.— All orders left at the store of A. Morehouse, Main street, will be promptly at- tended to, Inquiries freely answered. War Claims. THE undersigned, through the agency of reliable friends in Washington, is pre- pared to secure Bounty Money, Back Pav, Pensions, and claims of all kinds against the Government. Charge for collecting from two to five per cent. No charge will be made for advice given in relation to claims, and no fee charged unless the claim is col- lected. JOSEPH W. \VILSON. Aug. 22, 86 2. ELM STREET SALOON, Between Main and Broad Streets, NEW CANAAN, CONN. J. W. EDMONDS, Proprietor. Orsrnns served in any style, and for sale by the Quart or-Gallon. Also, all kinds of FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, and other REFREsnr MENTs. Private Supper Rooms for Small Parties. Also, in connection with, but in- separate apartments, a first—class SBAVING AND HAIR DnEssINo SALOON. TO CAPTAINS AND OWNERS of VESSELS. THE undersigned has taken the SHIP YARD and MARINE RAILWAY, (formerly owned by Clark &. Ritch,) in Greenwich, Conn, where he intends to car- ry on all kinds of Ship Building and Repairing of Vessels. . He keeps constantly on hand all kinds of Paints and Oils, Timber of all kinds for the repair of vessels. SHIP SMITH WORK done in the best manner, and with dispatch, on as favorable terms as any other marine railway in the country. 24 E. M. MERRITT. IN JAMES” NEW BUILDING, ' Water Street, Norwalk. HAVE at my Store in N orwalk the largest assortment of Household furniture in this county, consisting of Bureaus of all kinds, Lounges, Sofas, Tete-a-Tetes, Card Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center Tables, Wash Stands, EXTENSION TABLES, CHAIRS and ROCKERS of all kinds, _ Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, and everything else in the Furniture line cheap for Cash. Repairing, done promptly and by experienced workmen. Undertaking, I have on hand a large assortment of COFFIN S, of the best materials, and will furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every- thing necessary for the burial of the dead, cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. I have as good a Hearse as there is in the county; and will attend Funerals in neigh- boring towns, Without extra char e. ELBERT RA MOND. Norwalk, May lst, 1862. . 44 Splendid Attractions HE Firm of KNAPP d'. LYNES would inform their old friends and pat- rons that they have made an extensive addi- tion to their stock of DRUGS, MEDICINEs, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, FLAVOR- rNe EXTRACTS, POMADES, and other articles usually found in a First-Class Drug Store, and are prepared to furnish anything in their line of business at the lowest possible rates. Flavoring Extracts, Of the finest quality, cOnstantly on hand; among which are to be found Vanilla, Leni- on, Almond, Rose, Peach, Celery, Raspberry, Strawberry, Pineapple, Jamaica Ginger, &c. Also, a splendid assortment of LUBIN’s, and KNAPP & LYNEs’ HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS and COLOGNES. Also, a superior quality of Hair Oils and Pomadcs. EVERY BODY wants the Tax Pay- er’s Manual, containing all the items of Taxation, the mode of proceeding, and the duties of the Officers, at SELLECK’S. Clothing neatly Cleaned and. Repaired. RS. ANN E. WOOD would inform the citizens of Norwalk, that she still con- tinues to renovate old garments; will clean, alter, repair, brighten, and restore the col- lars, and make them look all most equal to new garments. ANN E. WOOD, 44 f Over Bebee’s Drug Store. Kerosene Lamps and 011. large assortment of Kerosene, Parlor, Kitchen, and Study Lamps. - Also Paper Shades, Chimneys, Wicks, Brushes, &c. Bracket and Wall Lamps, Pendant Lamps, Hand Lamps, Tom Thumb Night Lamps. The best quality of Kerosene Oil, free from odor, and warranted iiqgt7 to explode. NEW FURNISHING sranf‘iliéi’éw, Gen. Hooker’s Campaign. The special correspondent of the New York Times gives the following account of the operations of Gen. Hooker’s right wing, on Saturday and Sunday. The re- sult, it will be seen. was indecisive : GREAT BATTLE OF SUNDAY. HEADQUARTERS IN THE Erato, NEAR CHANCELLORSVILLE, Va, Sun- day, May 3-—6 P. M. Another bloody day has been added to the callender of this rebellion. Anoth- er terrible buttle has been fought, and more fields crimsoned with human blood A few more such days as this will find n10 armies left on either side to fight but- t es. My last letter brought up the situation to Saturday morning. It was then cer— tainly expected that the enemy would be- gin the attack as soon as it was day, and our dispositions Were made accordingly. But the attack did not begin. Events proved that the enemy did design to at- tack, but he chose to make that attack in a manner and at a point different from what was generally anticipated by us on Saturday morning. About three o’clock the pickets on the right of Gen. Slocum’s front reported that from a certain position wagons had been seen moving in a westerly direction nearly all day. It was at once surmised that this might be a retreat, but subse- quent events proved that it was a. part of an affair of altogether another nature. To ascertain however, what it really was Gen. Sickles, who was still in reserve, was ordered to make a reconnoisance in heavy force in that direction. This was done with great promptness, and the di- visions of Gens. Birney and Whipple, with Gen. Barlow’s brigade, from How— ard’s corps, were pushed out in front, Berdan’s brigade of sharpshooters having the advance, and supporting Randolphs battery. Our troops moved reppidly and soon became more or less engaged, with the artillery and the sharpshooters as 'skirmishers. Berdan soon sent in some sixty prisoners, belonging to the twenty- third Georgie, including one Major, two captains and three Lieutenants. Being upon the ground, I examined these pris- oners, and soon found that the “wagon train” which we had seen moving during the day "was compoSed mainly of ordnance wagons and ambulances, and that Stone. wall Jackson and Staff were at the head of a column of troops which the wagons followed. Nothing more was needed to convince us that this during opponent was execu- tiuganother of his sudden movements, and it was at once resolved to check-mate him. Gen. Sickles was ordeied to push on, and Williams division of Slocum’s column was ordered to co—opcrate. Bir- ney pushed ahead with great vigor, and with Randolph’s battery soon sent to the rear as prisoners of war the entire rem- nant of the 23d Georgia regiment, , m- beriug over 400 officers and men. [The column of the enemy which had been moving up this road was literally cut in two, and Gen. Williams had commenced a flank movement on the enemy’s right which promised tlze most auspicious re- sults. ' I But at 5 o’clock a terrible crash of musketry on our extreme right, announ- ced that Jackson had commenced his op- erations. This had been anticipated, but it was supposed that after his column was cut, the corps of Gen. Howard, (lor- merly Sigel’a,) with its supports, would be sufficient to resist his approach, and finding that he was himself assailed in the rear, he would turn and retreat to es- «A Of the Eleventh corps. be it sax , , Schurz, which with the most instantly gave"‘way. Threats, en- treaties and orders of commanders were of no avail. Thousands of these cowards threw down their guns and soon stream- ed down the road toward headquarters. The enemy pressed his advantage. Gen. Devens’ division, disaffected by the de- moralization of the forces in front of him, soon followed suit, and the brave General was for the second time severely wounded in the feet, while endeavoring to rally his men. Gen. Howard, with all his daring and resolution and vigor, could not stem the tide of the retreating and cowardly poltroons. The brigades of Cols. Bush- beck and McLean only remained fight- ing, and maintained themselves nobly so long as possible—But they t0o, gave way, though in good order, before great- ly superior numbers. Gen. Hooker sent to the aid of Gen. Howard the choicest division of his army, the creation of his own hand—the famous Second Division of the Third Corps, com- manded by Major.-Gen. Berry. Capt. Best soon moved his batteries on a ridge running across the road, and after a short but sanguinary contest the further ad- vance of the enemy was stayed. Of course this disaster compelled the recall of Sickles and Slocum, who had been pursuing their work with remarka- ble, vigor. Gen. Willam’s division re- turned only to find a portion of their works filled with the enemy. Sicklcs’ di- vision could not communicate with the rest of the army, at all by the way they advanced, and only at grca’t risk by any other route. This was the position at dark, and 'it did not look very promising. But our energetic commander was more than equal to the emergency. New disposi- tions to repair this disaster were at once resolved upon. Communication was at once had with Gene. Birney and Whip— ple, and a night attack ordered to restore the connection of the lines. Gen. Ward’s brigade of Gen Birney’s division, made the attack at 11 o’clock at night, aided by Capt. Best’s guns, massed on the ridge in front of the enemy. Birney’s position was on the extreme left of this new line of battle, but Ward’s terriflic attack was restored, and in a charge made by the brigade, a portion of the artillery lost by Howard, was gallautly retaken by Gen. Hobart Ward. This night attack was the most grand and terrific thing of the war. The moon shone bright, and an enemy could be seen at good musket range. The air was very .still, and the roar and rewrberation of the musketry and artillery past all con- ception. Malvcru Hill was a skirmish compared with this, save in the degree of slaughter. But it was successful,-—-the isgrace Sold by H. "E. SMITH, No. 4 Phoenix Block. GARDEN Seeds all kinds at ’ l OLMSTEAD&CO. enemy were driven back nearly half a mile, and our tired men once more slept on their arms. That night’s work was ended. Now I come to Sunday. It was per- fectly evident, from the position of adults on Saturday night, that there must be a change of our lines, which would throw the enemy out of our rear and into our front again. It will be seen by what skillful generalship the enemy was fought and checked in front, and flank, and rear, while this was being done. Gen. Reynold’s First Army Corps ar- afternoon. It was immediately put into position on our right, which was with- drawn from the plank road to the Ely’s Ford turnpike. This line was immediate- ly formed by Gene. Reynolds and Meade, the latter’s position, on the left, having been relieved by General Howard’s Elev- enth Corps, which, notwithstanding its disorganiZed condition, was so far reor- ganized during the night as to be fit for duty again this morning. They were as- signed the position on the left, where it was probable there would be little or no fighting, and were protected by the strong works built the day before, by Gen. Meade’s corps. Our new line now as- sumed the shape of a triangle, prolonged at the apex, the right of the line being somewhat longer than the left. As the portion of the line on the right was new, time was necessary to fortifiy and outreach it, and the work was carried on vigorously by the Fifth and First Army Corps. It was very evident at daylight this morning, that the day would bring forth a terrific battle. We knew that the cue- my had been re-enforcing his line all night at 'the expense, undoubtedly, of . the strength of his force on our left. H13 in- tention was, evidently, to fight for the possession of the plank road, which it was perfectly apparent he must have, as that portion of it which we then held, was subject to the enemy’s assaults in front and on both flanks. But the possession of this road was not obtained by the enemy, save at our own time, at his severest cost, and after one of the most desperate, tenacious, and bloody conflicts, for its short duration, of the whole war. At 5 o’clock A. M. the rebels could be plainly seen up the plank road, about a mile and a half from the Chancellor House, which Gen. Hooker still retained as his headquarters, though a shell had gone through in the evening before, and another had cut down a tree directly in front of it Our line of battle was formed with Gen. Berry‘s gallant division on the right Gen. Birney next on the left, Gen Wip- ple and Gen. Williams supporting. At 5 1-2 A. M. the advance became en— gaged in the ravine, just beyond the ridge where captain Best’s guns had made their terrific onslaught the night before, and where they still frowned upon the enemy, and threatened his destruction. ~ The rattle of musketry soon became a long continued crash, and in a few mo- ments, as battalion after battalion be- came engaged, the roar surpassed all con- ception, and indicated that the fight would be one of the most terrible nature. Gen. Berry’s division, which had checked the enemy’s advance the night before, engaged him again, and if it were possi- ble for them to add more laurels to their fame, then they did it thrice over again. The enemy advanced his infantry in over- whelming numbers and seemed determin- ed to crush our forces. But the brave men of Sickles and Slocum, who fought the columns with desperate gallantry, held the rebels in check, and inflicted dreadful slaughter among them. Gen. French’s division was sent in On the right flank of our line at about 7 A. M. and e division 5f Gen kippsliort time a horde of rugged, stream- i'st assailed,‘ all "l _, j ,. npiug down the road indica- ted that that portion of the enemy’s line had been brushed. At 8 o’clock A. M. Gen. French sent his compliments to Gen. Hooker, with the information that he had charged the enemy and was dri- ving them before him. Sickles maintained the attacked upon his line with great endurance. The ene- my seemed determined to crush him with the immensity of his forces, and, as sub- sequently shown from the statements of prisoners, five whole divisions of the reb— el army were precipitated upon this por— tion of the line, for from these five divis- ions we took during the day an aggre- gate of over two thousand prisoners. The exploits of our gallant troupe in those dark, tangled, gloomy woods may never be brought to light ; but they would fill a hundred volumes. It was a deliberate, desperate hand-to-hand con- flict, and the carnage was perfectly fright- ful. Cool officers say that the dead and wounded of the enemy covered the ground in heaps, and that the rebels seemeding utterly regardless of their lives, literally threw themselves upon the muz- zles of our guns. Many desperate char- ges were made during the night, particu- larly by Berry’s division. Mott’s brig- ade made fifteen distinct charges, and captured seven stand of colors, the 7th New Jersey, Col. Francine, alone cap- turing feur stands of colors and five hun- dred prisoners. Gen. Coach’s Second Army Corps, though only in part present, did excel- lent work. It was Gen. French who charged and drove the enemy on the flank, and it was the indomitable Han- cock who gallautly went to the relief of the hard pressed Sickles The engagement lasted without the slightest intermission from 5 1-2 A. M. to 8:45 A. M. when there was a tempo- rary cessation on our part, occasioned by getting out of ammunition. We held our position for nearly an hour with the bayonet, and then, being re-supplied, an order was given to fall back to the vi- cinity of the Chancellor House, which we did in good order. Here the contest was maintained for an hour or more, not so severely as before, but with great havoc to the enemy, and considerable loss to ourselves. , The vicinity of the Chancellor House was now the theatre of the fight, audmy visits to that spot became less frequent. Gen. Hooker maintained his headquar- ters there until 10 A. M. when it was set on fire by the, enemy’s shells, and is now in ruins. Chancellorsville is no lon- ger in existence, having perished with the flame, but Chancellorsville is in histo- ry never to be efl'aced. Our new line was now so for establish- rired at United States’ Ford on Saturday. ed as to render it safe to withdraw all our forces on that front, which was according- ly done, and at 11:30 A. M. the mus- ketry firing ceased. ' The engagements had lasted six hours, but had been the most terrific of the war. Our artillery had literally slaughtered the enemy, and many of the companies had lost heavily in men themselves, but the guns were all saved. The enemy was now no longer in our rear, but had been shoved down directly in our front, and is now directly between us and our forces in Fredericklburg, and we were again in an entrenched and for- midably fortified position. The enemy i has gained some ground, it is true, but at the sabrifice of the flower of his for- ces, five of his seven divisions having been cut to pieces in the effort, and over 2,000 of them have fallen into our hands. Our right wing, under Gens. Reynolds and Meade was not engaged, save the division of Gen. Humpbreys, which went into the woods on the enemy’s left flank, and fought valiantly under their brilliant leader, until their ammunition was ex- hausted. During the afternoon the enemy has made several attempts to force our lines, particularly at the apex of our position, near the Chancellor House but, Capt. Weed has massed a large quantity of ar- tillery in such a position as to repulse with great lose everything placed within its range. The enemy tried several bat- teries and regiments at that point at difl‘e- rent times during the afternoon, and they were literally destroyed by the fire of our terrible guns. Nothing can live within their range. Our troops are perfectly cool and confi- dent. They have fought with great spirit and enthusinm and will continue to do so. The rebel prisoners report that Gen. A. P. Hill was killed this forenoon, du- ring the sungninary conflict his division had with Gen. Berry’s division. Gen. Berry was himself killed, while gallantly fighting his brave men. L. L. CROUNSE. «Q». ——Mr. "Riugbolt,” the New York correspondent of the Boston Courier, is responsible for the following brace of per- sonal anecdotes. “Can you tell me, sir, who is that clergyman i” asked a stran- ger at the Astor, as be pointed toward a gentleman who was reading the morning paper in the drawing room. The quiet, gray haired, pleasant-featured gentleman thus engaged was Thurlow Weed. 1 merely heard the question asked, as not long before I had heard a man inquire, “Who is that chap?” when the "chap” was“ Henry Ward Beecher. A historical picture of the death of Gen. Lyon is being painted in St. Louis, by two Missouri artists, Messrs. Wm. Levin and 'Wm. Mulligan. The paint- ing is quite a large one, the figures being over life size. All the details and inci- dents necessary to make the work strictly historical and correct, have been kindly furnished the artists by Gen Schofield and other eye-witnesses. —Iudian Agent Burleigh writes to Commissioner Dole that gold in immense quantities has recently been discovered near the headwaters of the Missouri, 200 miles west of Fort Bacon. The mines are astonishingly rich, as specimens re- ceived by the Commissioner abundantly prove. Already 800 miners have arrived from California and Columbia river.— They average from $15 to $20 per day. ————-A,correspondent of the Fall River News describing the cheerfuluess of many of those wounded at the battle of Fred- ericksburg, says he saw a body lying on a stretcher waiting for an ambulance, He asked the lad if he was hurt much. “Oh, no,” said he,“only a leg of.” The brave soldier belonged to the 7th Rhode Island regiment. -—Mrs. Semmes, wife of the captain of the pirate Alabama, received her walking papers from Gen. Burnside, at Cincinnati on the 28th ult. She went direct to Fortress Monroe, from whence she will be escorted to the rebel lines and turned loose. During er residence in Cincin- nati she rendered herself obnoxious to the loyal citizens. Gen. Cooper of the confederate ur- my has issued two significant orders. One directs that the clothing of deceased sol- diers shall be sent to the nearest quarter- master for re-issue ; the other that “par- tisans rangers” shall be entitled to what- ever they may capture. -—-A soldier of the 77th Illinois was married but one week before he joined his regiment and was off for the service of his country. Not long since he deserted and skulked along among the traitors and copperheads until he reached Peoria, where his wife, who had heard of his de- sertion, was residing. She met the era- you at the door, and told him there was no room in that house for a deserter, and he turned back to the embraces of the reptiles who had seduced him from duty and honor. ‘ --The court martial which convened in Cincinnati, on the 22d inst, has found guilty Simpson D. Talbott and Thos. Sullivan of Paris, Ky., charged with bar- boring and preventing the arrest of cer- tain persons belonging to the rebel army. The former was sentenced to imprison- ment for three months and one thousand dollars fine, the imprisonment to continue until the fine is paid. The Letter was sen- tenced to close confinement for sixty days. The court martial also found Thomas H. Campbell guilty of being a rebel spy and sentenced him to be hung on the first of May. The proceedings of the court are approved by Maj. Gen. Burnside, who has ordered the sentence to be carried into execution. __.—The pilot of the iron-clad Keokuk, lost at Charleston, passed through Phila~ delphia, last Thursday night, under arrest It is charged that, in order that the reb- els might capture her, he ran the vessel upon Morris Island; also that he is the“ same man who piloted the famous rebels Mason and Slidell through the blockade. , Last week the trustees of Rev. Hen- ry‘Ward Beecher’s church, at a regular meeting resolved that Mr. Beecher be granted a leave of absence for four months from the lst of June, and that his expen- ses during a trip to, in and from Europe he defrayed by the society. The trustees then proceeded to the parsonage, and in— formed Mr. Beecher of their determination The offer was accepted. The N. Y., Post says he will sail May 30th, in the City of Washington. , ' Treasury to the credit to Governor’s Message. Mr. Hes/Merit, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen o the General Assembly : e have reason to be grateful to the good Providence of God, that while rebellion still‘ gathers force against the permanency of the government and the unity of the nation— when a century of events, fraught with mo- mentous consequences to the rights of man and the cause of universal liberty," is crowd- ed into the days of a car; this common- wealth has not faltered n devotion to the government, or withheld sympathy and sup- port from her sons now battling for the na- tional life. ‘ Our institutions of humanity and charity have motioned to dispense their blessings to the infirm, the suffering and the needy— our schools have been .well sustained, and nearly every branch of mechanical, agricul- tural, and manufacturing industry has been prospered and rewarded. There is, however, cause for apprehension. If ambition shall give its energies and un- changing purpose to advocate and sustain principles antagonistic to universal justice; if prejudice shall obscure the reason and pervert the judgement of the people, so that they shall not discern between liberty and licence, between the rights of the States and the powers of the general government; if, by a desire for the present peace, we neg- lect duties essential to our future security, then we may expect civil war to be pro- longed, its bitter fruits brought to our own households, and its blighting influence ex- tended over our whole country. In view of these causes for congratulation and fear, let us look for guidance unto Him before whom we have renewedly pledged our adherence and support to the Constitu- tion of the United States and the State of Connecticut; and enter upon the duties to which we are called by a confiding con- stituency, with a determination to meet eve- ry responsibility demanded by the exigencies of the hour. Understanding the resources of the State and the social business relations of the peo- ple, you will be able to record their well es- tablished views of public policy upon the Statute Book, in such manner as to conserve their interests and add to their prosperity. No heavier taxes should be levied, and no more personal service required of the citi- zen, than are necessary to enable the gov- ernment to perform ‘ its functions; and none withheld which are essential to its beneficent and effectual operation. TREASURY. The funded debt of the State is $3,000,000 00, and the unfunded debt, March 3lst, 1863, was $392,900 00 , On the first day of April 1862, the balance in the civil list, was ....... $298,489 42 The receipts have been— " From State Bonds, $1,000,000 00 From premium and interest on Bonds 104,291 67 From other sources 1,189,842 89 ————-—-— 2,294,134 50‘ $2,593,622 98 The expenditures have been, for pa ments to fami- lies 0 volunteers . $582,794 97 To the several Mili- tary Departments . 1,502,000 00 All other expenses; . 401,748 97 2,486,453 94 Leaving a balance on hand of $2,106,170 04 By continuing the present tax on our pub- lic institutions, and b levying the same upon the grand lists which was laid the last year, to ether with the sale of one million of Bon s for which authority has already been given, enough money may be realized to meet the estimated expenses of the pres- ent year. But if we pay the unfunded debt, and are called upon to uphold and sustain the gov- ernment by other and unusual expenditures, it will be important to authorize the issue of other bonds. The high reputation of the State for fideli- ty to its pecuniary obligations is such as to render easy the negotiations of securities of this character at a favorable rate of interest. I am not insensible to the confidence placed in the Executive by the General As- semblies of 1861 and 1862, by giving so much discretion in the disbursement of pub- lic moneys. The amount expended has been very large, and like every public offi- cer,he should be held to a strict accounta- bility. Iwould, therefore, request such ex- amination and investigation as the public in- terest requres. . - A supplemental account for organizmg and equipping volunteers, amounting on the son: of March last, to three hundred and fifty-six thousand three hundred and seven- teen dollars and ten cents, has been present- ed to the Treasury Department of the Uni- ted States as a claim against the general gov- ernment. ,, -' This and the account previously rendered. amount to one million eight hundred and seventy-two thousand eight hundred and ei hty-two dollars and eighty-four cents. 0th of these accounts were prepared with rest accuracy and care by Capt. H. J. orse, Assistant Quarter ll aster General. Neither has yet been audited. In accordance with an act of the General Assembly relating to direct taxes, two hun- tired and sixty-one thousand, nine hundred and eighty one-dollars and ninety cents of the above claim have been relinquished in payment of a tax imposed upon this State by the United States. The School Fund amounts to $2,049,- 42677, the income from which has been $137,993 51,being a gain of $6,909 38 over the previous year. he number of children returned to the controller, between the ages of four and sixteen, is one hundred and ten thousand, four hundred and ninety-one. A dividend of one dollar and twenty cents for each child returned, amounting to $132,589 20 has been paid for the support of public schools, and there remained in the Treasury on the lst of April, $26,934 88 subject 110 further orders. Two hundred and ninety thousand five hundred and forty dollars and popular education. The number of school houses in ood condition is greater and the number of8 those in poor condition. less than reported last year. - The increased demand for well-educated and competentteachers, has in ameasure, been supplied by the State Normal School. The number of pupils in this institution has increased, and the Trustees report it in a satisfactory condition. The school has been established for four- teen years, and during that_ period has ex- erted afavorable influence in elevating the standard for the qualifications for teachers, and the character of our public schools. - I commend to your consideration the pro- priety of establishing the institution upon a firm basis by an annual appropriation for its support. nnrorm sCHoon. ' I take Igreat pleasure in speaking of the improve and highl creditable condition of the State Reform chool. . . The value of the farm has been largely increased, and greater crops than usual ob- tained by proper and careful cultivation, while its stock is in an improved condition. The earnings from labor are more than double those of any previous year, render- ing, as the Trustees report, any aid from the State for the p-sent unnecessary. Seventy-four boys have been discharged during the year, and, so far as heard from, are all doing Well. There are now one hundred and ninety- eight inmates, to whose education and moral training great attention is daily given. Efforts are made to inspire them with feelings of self-respect, to have them ob- serve habits of neatness and industry, and to fitthem to be useful members of society. N 0 one need leave the Institution without good morals and a respectable education. STATE PBIION. Notwithstanding the diverting of business from its ordinary channels, and withdrawal of contracts for labor of man can stand- ing, the receipts of the'. State won over its expenditures for the past year, are nine hun- dred and sixty-one dollars and fifty cents, showing an economical and successful man- agement, which reflects credit upon the ca- acity and faithfulness of the Directors and ardens. The law deducting for good behavior, a certain per centage of the term of impris- onment, exercises a very beneficial influence upon the character and conduct of the con- victs. The whole number in confinement, March Slst, was 159. . INSANE. There were in the Retreat for the Insane on the lst of April, one hundred and thirty- three beneficiaries of the State, only thirteen of whom receive more than one dollar and a half a week towards their ' support. The number thus deriving assistance is greater than ever before, and there has been also a large increase in applications for aid from the State many of which at present are nec- essarily denied on account of the exhaus- tion of the fund appropriated for this object. The extra appropriation of twenty-five hundred dollars made in 1859, was for one car only, but owing to an impression that it was an annual grant, this fund has been overdrawn. . The sum paid for the maintenance of the beneficiaries, both by their friends and _the State, isless than the actual cost, and if it is the duty of the State to q-provide for their full support, we are still indebted to the be- nevolence of the institution. BLIND. There is also a number of blind persons waiting for aid from the State in order to enter the Perkins Institute and Massachu- setts ASylum for the Blind. There are thirty-eight State beneficiaries at the American Asylum for Deaf and Dumb, and there will be vacancies for eight or ten more on the third Wednesday in September next. HOSPITALS. One hundred and sixty-four patients, from eighty-six different towns have received medical care from the Hartford Hospital, and the General Hospital Society has ex- tended its benefits to seventy~eight persons from seventeen towns. IMBECIIES. There are fifteen beneficiaries at the Con- necticut School for Imbeciles, for whose support the State pays one-half of the ex- pense. Such has been the success of this institu- tion, and such its prospects of increased usefulness that ‘the Directors are adopting measures to provide accommodation for a larger number of inmates. The benefits conferred and suffering re- lieved by State appropriations are by no means confined to the beneficiaries, but ex- tend to their many friends in every section of the State. All ourliumane institutions are well wor- thy of your favorable consideration, and I trust you will not hesitate to make every necesssary provision for the relief of those needing their peculiar benefits. I would also suggest that each of these appropriations be continued from year to year, and any part unexpended in one year may be used the next, or some succeeding year. RAILROADS. The Railroads of the State appear to have been kept in good repair, and con— ducted with a view to public safety and con- venience. There has been no essential change in their property or financial condi- tion during the past year, and no completed addition to the lengthof road. Two million nine hundred and sixty eight-thousand and aeventysix passengers, and an unusual quauitty of freight have been conveyed over the roads with no serious accidents. The trains have been run with unusual regulari- ty, and the business results show an in- crease in net earnigs of seventy-eight thou- sand tlirec hundred and ninetyvsix dollars. The Rockville Branch Railroad is in progress of construction, and the Midland Railroad is being extended through the town of Thompson, to Soutlibridge, Mass. thirty-eight cents of the principal of the fund has been paid, and $290,225 63 loaned on Bond and Mortgage. The amount paid has been unusually large and added much to the labors of the efficient commissioner. The embarrassments in efl‘ecting favorable loans of so large an amount on real estate security, induces me to suggest the propriety of authorizing the commissioner to invest some portion of the principal in State or United States stocks.‘ In the year 1853 the General Assembly au- thorized the warden of the State Prison to borrow from the commissioner the sum of $22,000, to be applied in payment of in- cumberances, for which the State was liable, on certain property in the city of New York, which had been deeded by authorit of the States, to parties residing there. he war- den was directed to pay the sum borrowed from any funds which he might receive from the purchasers. Nineteen thousand dollars of the principal, and five thousand, three hundred and seventy-onedollars and thirty cents of the interest, makiii the sum of $24,371 30 still remains unpai . The school fund was placed in the hands of the State as a Trustee, and sacredly set apart for the purpose of advancing the cause of public education. The Trustee bor— rowed a portion, and used it for a purpose not contemplated, and although the loan was made in good faith, and in expectation that it would be paid from specific property, yet the Trustee haying been both borrower and leader, cannot justly withhold payment, and should either return the principal and interest, or fund the amount so that the in- terest can be received With regularity. scnoons. Notwithstanding the unsettled and agi- tated condition of the public mind, the com- mon schools of the State have enjoyed a year of unusual prosperity. For the first time in forty years the amount raised‘by ‘fnx on property has exceeded the amount received from the School Fund, and the BANKS. There are seventydivc Banks of Discount, with an aggregate Capital of twenty-one million eight hundred and forty-nine thou- sand one hundred and forty-eight dollars. Their depOSits amount to nine million five hundred and seventy-three thousand and seventy-four dollars and eighty-two cents. Their' circulation is twelve million eight hundred and fifty thousand three hundred and "ty eight dollars, and the aggregate amount of specie is one million four hun- dred and sixty-six thousand and eight hun- dred and fifty-seven dollars and thirteen cents. The deposits have increased fifty-seven per cent, and the circulation fifty-nine per cent, during the year. There are forty-nine Savings Banks, hold- ing deposits to the amount of twenty-three million one hundred and forty-six thousand nine hundred and thirty-six dollars and nine- five cents. These institutions were designed and established to be the depositories of the earnings of labor. The increase of the de- posits during the year, haying been over three millions of dollars, furnishes one of the strongest evidences of the thrift of the labor- ing classes. The Commissioners report three Building Associations closed during the past year, the circulation of the Discount Banks within the legal limits and the Banking in- terests of the State in a healthy condition. By a recent enactment of Congress a new system of Banking has been authorized, de- signed and well adapted to sustain the gov- ernment and to provide a more uniform cur- mnc . Odrstatutes should be so modified as to save the institutions organized pnder the laws referred to from the restrictions and penalties imposed upon State banks. KILITIA. ‘ The General Assembly, at two regular and two special sessions, has made efforts to es- tablish, under, law, amilitai'y system which would secure an active force ready to respond Town Deposit Fund; a gatifying proof of the publiifintcmt in e importance of, to a sudden cell for service and a reserve force which could be used within a reason- b'lli‘shtime. j " at object has not et been man: “all..." ' " for by the abstract 0 the returns 3! I“, the strength of the active militia appears to be but one thousand and nine mine, inclu- dln the only two companies organism! an or the provisions of the ‘act " ‘ at the last special sesssion of the mm. From this should be deducted than who have enlisted into the service of the UM " States, thereby reducing the number or on present militia force to less than six hul- re . There appear to be two or three reason’ for this failure. Public opinion has not been properly aroused to the importance of such an or- ganization. Able-bodied and influential citizens have not felt it their duty to be personally el- gaged in and become a part at the active militia of the State. Undue reliance has been placed upon po- cuniary rewards offered for the performance of the duty required, and those who owe military service have been permitted to (elect-whether or not they would perform the uty. No civil government has yet been estab- lished in which every subject has voluntari- ly fulfilled all his obligations or performed his whole duty. Such a condition would be the perfection of organized Society; but when one comes short of his obli 'om an undue burden must rest upon, an be born. by another, and the government failsof giv- ing‘eqnal protection to every citizen. he first question to be determined, in the measure of obligation due from the cilia. or the amount of service which all combi . in a State may justly claim of the individual. Determine this and the State must make. demand accompanied by penalties Infidel: to secure the service. * _ _ . Some of the provisions of the act relating to the militia, and the act in addition to the same, are superseded by or inconsistent“ an actrecently passed by Congress farewell- ing and calling out the national forces. They should be modified to conform to the laws of the United States, with which the Stab laws should not conflict. The act of Congress provides for the our rollment of citizens in two classes, but make. no provision for inspection, except than shall be a draft. ' The first class comprises all persons sub- ject to do military duty between the ages of twenty and thirty-five years, and all unmar- ried persons subject to military duty above thirty-five and under forty-five; the second comprises all other military'subjects. . I would recommend that the enrollment, which shall be made by the United Staten, be adopted as the enrollment of the militia of this State. That the State be divided into military die. trims, and all persons between the ages of twenty and thirty-five, who are thus enrolled and not exempted by the laws of the State. be organized and required to perform d under such provisions as will secure their services whenever demanded by public ne- cessity. ADJUTANT GENERAL. I refer you to the interresting and com- prehensive report of the Adjutant General, showing the number of the volunteer fore. furnished, and those now in the servioeof the General Government. It presents a minute history of the recruit- ing for the several regiments, shows the quo- tas -or the difierent towns and the number furnished by each, containe'a valuable lum- mary of the operations of the different regi- ments and corps in the service of the United States, with abstracts of regimental repent showing the killed and wounded in the love- ral engagements, and pays a well-earned tribute to the bravery and good conduct of our soldiers. . - , - The report also presents suggestion". specting a militia law, comprises a registervof commissioned officers in the volunteers, and a roster of the State Militia. QUARTERKASTEB GENERAL I would call your attention to the report of the Quartermaster General, which will show with what system and care the responsible duties of that office have been performed— the number of arms, and the amount of Old- nance and military stores, on hand belong- ing to the State, and the places where the property is located. The expenditures of the ofilce have been $398,843,42. There are in the arsenal el t thousand two hundred and of hty-eight and muskcts, and in the lien s of the militia and schools one thousand two hundred'and forty-five, most of which are the new Whit. ney rifle and all of which are in good condi-. tion. This number is not sufficient to arm the militia of the State, and I would reccom . mend that authoritity be given to purchase arms, equipments, and military supplies lul- cient for that purpose. The amount of valuable property which has accumulated, and is constantly accumu- lating in the arsenal renders new expendi- tures necessary to preserve and hold it in lo- curity. PAYMASTER GENERAL. The necessity of disbursing $111, 529, 27 as payment to officers for the period intu- veuing between their entering the State III- vice and their muster into the service of the United States, and $1, 004, 250, as bounti. and extra pay to soldiers, furnish some evi- dence of the responsibilities of the Paymen- ter General. This labor has required a per- sonal visit to some of the regiments in the field, and made it necessary to despatch II Assistant Paymaster to the Department of the Gulf. _ The duties of the office appear to have been performed with perfect system and I- delity. VOLUNTEERS. Twenty-eight thousand two hundred and nineteen soldiers have enlisted into the sev- eral Connecticut regiments and corps since the commencement of the war. This number is reduced seven thousand six hundred and thirty-seven by deaths and discharges, incluing those who entered the service for three months, leaving at pr.- ent twenty thousand five hundred and'eighty two soldiers bravely maintaining” the honor of the State by supporting the National Government. ' ' Those who have been longest in the lor- vice and performed the most duty have re- ceived the least pecuniary compensation. and I would suggest that the bounty of thy dollars authorized by the resolution of the General Assembly, approved July‘IOth,‘ 18.- 62, be extended to the soldiers P'who had en- listed prior to the first of May in: that year. We. should not forget our'oblig‘ationeto those who have become ve in the" ser- vice, whose torn and blufinedgcolore tell of fierce conflicts, and w as broke'naud shattered ranks attest their devotion to our cause. Out volunteers, placing themselves be- tween us and our enemies, have entered many of the revolted States, have carried the III; of this Commonwealth side by side 'with the stars and stripes of the Union on many a hard fought field, often in victory, some- times amid disaster, but never with dishonor. comnssmNEns. In January last, Doctors Wm. H. Coge- well of Plainfield, and Wm. M. White of Fair Haven, were appointed b the Exten- tive, Commissioners to visit t e, sick .and wounded soldiers in the military hospital: of the United States. _ _ They were instructed to inquire into the sanitary condition, medical attendance, and the general care and attention 'ven to the sick, and to act in harmony wi ' .omcerlof the General Government in adopting meal- ures for their comfort and relief not incono sistent with the interests of the public service. They were also instructed to use their in- fluence to secure the discharge ofnny who were unqualified for further service. j In their visits to a large _ number of hoa- pitals they were cordially, receivedby‘m. oflicers of the Governmepsandevery facility was granted to enable jthemfgginamkepehor. o, livinvestigptflion mite, eonditiqu'of the E sic , and accomplish ‘ gin object of mission. , .
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