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_ The Draft.
. The drafting for this, the 4th Congression-
fal District, was commenced at Bridgeport,
last week, by the Provost Marshal, and con-
tinued till about one half of Litchfield Coun-
ty was ruh'through the “ whee .” The time
required to “notify ” and for medical exam-
ination, necessarily render the process a
' slow chef The wheel is to be again started
today, find Litchfield County will probably
be completed in the course of the week.
' Our on county will, therefore, not be
reached before ’next week. At the com-
' " mencément of the drafting exercises, on
Tuesday, in addition to Provost Marshal
Dunham, Surgeon Salisbury, and Enrolling
Ofiicer‘Brewster, there were a large number
of prominent citizens of Bridgeport occupy-
ing the stand. Rev. Father Synott, of the
Catholic Church, was on the platform, and
lent it his approval. Hon. Wm. D. Bish0p
and other prominent Democratic politicians
also took seats upon the platform, and seem-
ed much interested in the progress of the
dram—Henry Bishop, Esq., drawing for the
town of Litchfield. ‘ The hall was filled, and
as one and another name of persons of pub-
lic position were drawn, such as Postmaster,
anenrolling officer or a negro, there were
various manifestations of applause, and
throughout the entire drawing, the utmost
good feeling prevailed. Not the slightest
symptom or indication of dissatisfaction, on
the part of any one, has manifested itself,
nor is there the least ground to apprehend
any, the thousand absurd stories floating
about to the contrary notwithstanding.
The medical examinations, made by Dr.
Salisbury, have thus far been very minute
and thorough—necessarily occupying much
time, but the result has been that the num-
oer of exemptions on account of physical
disabilities have been very materially less in
our; district, than in most other places.
Everypossible effort which human fore-
sight could devise has been made to render
the draft not only fair and equitable, but as
easilyto be borne as can be, and no man
whohas not the heart of a traitor, and who
doesn0t secretly desire the overthrow of the
' Union instead of the rebellion, will counsel
resistance to a law, hard, though it be, yet of
vital necessity, for the salvation of the Re-
public.
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The Potomac Army.
The latest intelligence reports an “impor-
‘ taut movement”as now on foot. Of course
we can only conjecture what that may
mean. Yet with the information personally
gbtained before we left “ Head Quarters”
inst week, we presume its simple interpre-
ti'tionjo be that our forces will make the
efi‘ort to flank Lee so as to prevent his ad-
jance'toward Richmond without giving us
battle. And oh, if the patriotism of the
people would only send forward without
delay, twenty or thirty thousand recruits to
Epplglnish our thinned ranks, how easily.
W. t Lee’s army he smitten and this infer-
riali‘rebellion crushed within the next sixty
days.
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_ Town Elections.
.1 'We invite attention to every important
public act passed by the last Legislature in
rcfcrencs to our town elections.
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” ~ A Good Suggestion.
‘,_flhit_naey& Beckwith have a most excel-
lent picture of Later. Cor... FOWLER. A
member of his regiment suggests that a com-
mittee secure a large duplication and offer
them for sale to his many friends for the
benefit of his widowed mother who was de-
pendent upon him, in a measure, for her
support,and who has given all her sons to
the'war. Two of them have fallen and are
“ glorilts now and fames," while another has
lost an arm.
(Q‘Rev. J. R. Anderson, occupied the
pulpit of the first Congregational Church on
Sunday'f'or the first time since his flying
visit, to ‘5 Old Scotia’s Highlands.” ‘If,the
warmth of his people’s greeting bore any
comparisOn to the weather, the greeting of
pastor and people must have been slightly
ferient. -
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College Commencement.
Among the graduates at the late com-
mencement of Yale was Edward Gould
Bishop. of this write, son of George G.
Bishop, Esq.
At' the meeting of the Corporation on
Tuesday, the following appointments were
made:
Rev. William B. Clark, of the class of
1849;t.0be Professor of Divinity and Col-
lege Pastor. Mr. Clark is a gentleman of
fine culture and attainments, and a most
acceptable preacher.
Lewis R. Packard, of the class of 1856, to
be Adjunct Professor of Greek.
Our old friend, Cyrus Northrop, of the
class of 1857, is be Professor of Rhetoric.
It is but a few days since, when his lucky
star was in the ascendant, and he drew a
first class prize in the Conscript Lottery, and
now, having escaped the “ draft,” the fates
have consigned him to the dingy, dusty,
musty, recluse cell of a “Yale College Pro-
femor." “ Alas, poor Yorick.”
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ADEAErxor BADTO TAKE.—-0ne from
' , H. M. Prowitt’s Soda Fountain, seasoned
with any of his superior and choice syrups.
We are sure that after one trial, the most ir-
ritable person on the subject of aDraft, will,
during this present spell of hot weather feel
23:. its. necessity that whatever else .happens,
the corner store must keep up its system of
drafts.
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Norwalk Boys.
Our friend H. C. Randle, we regret to
learn, was “ gobbled up " by Mosby‘s guer.
' ’illas, at Fairfax, last week, with his clerks
and all his goods, including the “ contra-
band.” They were recaptured by our caval-
ry, however, at or near Centerville.
‘ Another letter from Acting Master Ward,
the executive ofilcer of the Arizona, thus re-
fers to Sherwood Bissell, recently captured.
He says:
“After fighting like a young hero your
’ . L son was captured, on the 15th, bya superior
force of the Confederate Cavalry. Those of
' our menwho were with him and esceped,
say Mr. Bissell behaved nobly. He told his
men that if they ran from the enemy he
would shoot them. He was the most ern-
cient and gentlemanly officer we hall on
' . ~. board the ship,” &c.
J list what we should expect of a Norwalk
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Jur Horse Railway.
The 3 {1 people of Norwalk after much
sore tri.‘. and tribulation, may congratulate
theme-:7. :supon the possession of one of
the her" aid tracks in the country. The
general :r of the person to whose gener-
osity o - :izens are indebted for thislnuch
needed phallic work, has been to “ bath! the
best ram: that can be made” and Mr. Fielder,
the cm .....-‘-.z:tor, has faithfully executed his
instruc'm'ls. The cars are also finished and
will d ‘less arrive the present week. The
track i: ‘ out finished and the old wooden
teneme: ‘ occupying the sight of the con-
templated depot has about disappeared and
soon a stately and creditable edifice will
adorn that hitherto unsightly location.
If there is any one remaining, whose
prejudices can still so warp their good sense
and judgment as to continue in the bet
that “ West Avenue is to be ruined” by the
railway, we most respectfully invite the
most critical examination of that thorough-
fare and acomparison of its present condi-
tion with the past. .
Now that this enterprise is an accomplish-
cd fact, we urge the immediate taking up of
the “N orwalk Water Works” project. The
railway will prove a source of comfort and
convenience to the great mass of the people,
but the introduction of water into all our
streets and buildings is a matter of almost
absolute necessity. No public enterprise
can be conceived so fraught with remunera-
tive advantages. H0 for the street cars and
water works!
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The 17th C. V.
At list accounts, our County Regiment
was at Warrenton Junction, Va.
Capt. Allen, of Co. F, will leave Norwalk,
for the Regiment, on Monday next, and will
take out any letters left at this Ofiice.
To New Recruits. '
A correspondent in the‘17th C. V., sends
.us the following advice for Conscripts or
New Recruits, as the result of his experi-
ence: .
“ Bring as little as possible with you.
One extra shirt and drawers ' a tin pail that
will hold from a pint and a half to a quart,
to cook coffee in, also a heavy tin plate,,
deep, for to use as plate or frier; a needle-
case with plenty of thread; writing paper,
envelopes and pencils; three or four pocket
handkerchiefs; (no collar or neck-ties. we
don't use them ;) a towel; a good easy pair
of shoes or boots, large, but not too large ; a
small hatchet will be handy very often on a
march or in camp. They will want, any-
way, 2 or 3 small a? large enough to hold
about a pound of co cc and 1 or 2 half that
size- one of the large bags ought to be made
of 0th then it will not absorb sugar. This
is all that they will need unless it is a box
of Brandeth’s Pills. If they bring trinkets
they will soon throw them away.
“ We soldiers, very few of us use any cov.
erin except our shelter tents and rubber
blan ets. They will want to come with as
little as possible, even then, they will find
they have too much. They will have no
trouble if they are willing to do their part
of the duty which we have to perform.”
Phenomena—1st Lieut. Milton H. Dan-
iels, Co. C, to be Captain, vice Moore killed
in battle; 2d Lieut. HenryQuien, Co. C, to
be 1st Lieut ; 2nd Lieut. R. Lorenzo Ella, Co.
A, to be 1st Lieut., vice Craw, dismissed;
Sergt. Major C. Frederick Betts to be 2nd
Lieut. Co. A, vice Ella, promoted; 2nd Lieut.
Theo. Gray, 00. E, to be 1st Lieut., vice
Clancy, dismissed; Sergt. James E. Hubbell
to be 2nd Lieut. Co..E; Walter K. Mills, of
Bridgeport, to be 2nd Lieut. Co. C.
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Fallen Braves.
Two of our brave and noble youths, who
so cheerfully responded to the call of their
country, and gallantly fought for the Union,
and received their death wounds at Gettys-
burg, were buried here last week.
Corporal W. W. Weatlake, of Co. A, 17th
Regiment, C. V., was buried, on Wédnesday'
morning. The Burnside Light Guards, of
South Norwalk, of which he was a member
when he left for the war, turned out, headed
by the Winslow Band of Westport, as mili-
tary escort.
Lieutenant Ells, of Co. A, in_a private
letter says of the deceased :
“Capt. McQuhae writes that Corp. West-
lake has died of his wounds received in the
late battle. He was a brave soldier, and I
think, a true Christian. I always respected
him- for his gentlemanly conduct. One of
Westlake’ comrades, (a brave boy, too,) is
now in his tent crying over the news. So
you can see that he endeared himself to his
comrades. Brave men will sometimes
weep; I honor them for it."
William L. Bodwell of Co. C, 27th Regi-
ment, C. V., was buried on Thursday after-
noon. A squad of the 27th attended his
funeral with the Regimental Colors and
acted as psll bearers. Thcdeceased was one
of the. Norwalk squad in Co. C, the " Moni-
tors.” . '
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,. The Grampus Club:
This well-known Club of excursionists
started on their annual trip “down east” on
Thursday, July 23d, and are expected home
in a few days. We have heard of their
ereatinga sensation down that way the past
week, and We find the following about them
in the Nantucket Mirror ;
TEE Gmmrusrts l The club of gentlemen
from Connecticut, who have made us sever-
al annual visits, have been here during the
last week. They came from Norwalk on
Saturday, in the fine schooner A. P. Ely
Roberts, commanding, and remained unti
Wednesday, when they departed for home,
via New ort and other attractive stopping
places: he members of the club vary we
suppose, from year to year, but thus far they
have been gentlemen ofgood sition and
repute in their own homes. his tune the
healing art was duly represented in both de-
partments—healing of souls, and healing of
bodies. We had the pleasure of being intro-
duced to Dr McLean, of Norwalk, n gradu-
ate of Yale in 1817; and Rev. Mr. Alislen,
of South Nor-walk, officiated at. the 1st Con-
gregational Meeting House, on Sunday eve-
ning. Besides including several good sing-
ers in their number, the company brought a
band to enliven their cruise, and on Tuesday
evening they performed on the upper square
in the presence of a crowd of admiring audi-
tors.
We annex a list of the officers and other
members of the Club z—Dudley P. Ely, Com-
modore; L. H. Moore Commissary ; Rev.
D. R. Austin, Chaplain ; J. A. McLean, M.
D. Surgeon; C. F. Tolles, Treasurer; H. H-
Elwell, Secretary; Burr Knapp, J. H. Jen-
nings, George N. Ells, T. Barker, I. F. Hoyt,
G. W. Merriam, Levi Fox, Theodore Smith,
E. T. Whitney, Mor an Morgans, A. J. Cro-
fut, James Mallory, m. H. Farris, George
Sellcck, Wm. Selleck, Capt. Roberts.
.<.p.
Mlle Fire Department of our village
made a turn out on Thursday afternoon last: ‘
the occasion being the reception of a new ,
Truck by Pioneer Truck 00., No. 1. The
Truck has been purchased by the Pioneers
from a fund raised for that purpose, audio
a really neat and serviceable one ; a great im-
provement on the old one, which was a
cumbrous, heavy and homely affair. Our
Engine Companies headed by thnix
with the Winslow Band, escorted the Pio-‘
users with their new. Truck through our
principal streets to the new House now be-
ing finished for the Truck Co. in Main St,
after which all the companies, 0n invitation
bf “mine host" Brewster proceeded to the
Norwalk Hotel and partook of refreshments.
«ON——
WA N. Y. Tribunecorrespondent speaks
of seven battle nfiagsicaptured at Gettysburg.
Of the the 14th, Conn., took .four. Many
other co on were taken from the rebels in
. the some engagement.
New Canaan.
Our good friends in New Canaan are very
naturally a good deal exercised about the
manner the drafting for that town has been
arranged. The earnest patriotism of a few
of its leading citizens gave that town an ex-
cess of their am of 59—sufiicient to en-
tirely exempt t am now, under the first class
draft. It is upon this ground that they very
properly object to running the wheel with
Norwalk. It will doubtless relieve them to
know that about every Norwalk man who
has referred to the subject in our own hear-
ing, has protested with equal vehemence
against the unjust marriage. We hope the
order may be revoked which requires any
two towns to be drafted together. Let every
tub stand on its own bottom.
A meeting was held in the Lecture room
of the Methodist Church of this place, on
Sunday evening July 19th, and measures ta-
ken to collect such articles as would add to
the comfort of the sick and wounded sol-
diers. Two or more Ladies were appointed
in each school district as solicitors. The La-
dies were notified of their appointment early
on Monday, not one refused to serve, and
the zeal with which they executed their
work, evinced a spirit and love for our gov-
ernment and soldiers, most creditable to
themselves and well worthy of imitation by
all. Almost every family was visited, most
of which were willing to give something,
while a few were so inhuman and humor-
ciful as to give nothing nor express a do
sire to, but treated the solicitors with abuse.
and contempt. Below is a list of the arti-
cles which were collected and brought in by
the following Wednesday afternoon. It
should be remembered that there has been a
Soldier’s Aid Society in operation for more
than two years, and several hundred'dollars
worth of articles have been sent to the Sani-
tary Commission during this peri0d. The
articles here enumerated is the result of the
two days solicitings :
67 Bottles of wine, 62 jars of jelly, 3 pots
of pickles, 5 bushels dried apples, 1 ba
dried quinccs, 1 b dried pears, 1 bag drie
raspoerries, 1 bag ied peaches, 1 bag dried
cherries, 1 bag dried cur-rants, 1 bag dried
plumbs, 18 lbs corn starch, 7 lbs rice, 15 lbs
sugar, 51bs coffee, 4 lbs tea, 1 cocoa, 6 lem-
ons, 1 bundle of licorice 1 bag of hops, 12
new sheets, 31 second hand sheets, 38 pil-
low cases, 1 pillow, 31 new shirts, 52 sec-.
0nd hand shirts, 57 towels, 48 handkerchiefs,
10 dressing gowns, 6 bed ticks, 3 bed quilts,
15 bundles of old muslin, 10 bundles old lin-
en, 2 bundles old flannel, 2 boxes lint and
bandages, 7 pair drawers, 4 pair socks, 2
pair pants, 2 vests, 1 pair slippers, a quanti-
ty of tracts and papers. ssh .00
‘ ONE or m Commas.
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The Town Vote.
At the town meeting, called on Saturday,
to vote three hundred dollars for all accept-
ed drafted men from the town of Norwalk,
the following vote was passed:
VOTED, That the Selectmen be and are
hereby authorized to draw an order on the
Treasurer of this town for $300 in favor of
each person who may be drafted and accept-
ed for service in the Army of the United
States, under the last call of the President
for troops; and that such orders be delivered
to such persons on their demand therefor, at
any time within 30 days from the’ time they
are so accepted for service; and be paid from
any money in the town treasury not other-
wise appropriated, or which may be here-
after raised for that purpose.
VOTED, That the Selectmen be and are
hereby authorized to borrow on the credit of
the town, or raise in any otllerlegsl manner,
such a sum as may be necessary to pay the
sums appropriated by the aforesaid vote.
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I)! REBEL HANDs.—Gurdon Trumbull,
Esq., received a letter from Major Greely,
of the 10th Connecticut, informing him that
his son, Rev. H. Clay Trumbull and Adin-
tant Camp, of the same regiment, have been
taken prisoners by the rebels. They were
walkin together near the beach on Morris
Island or the purpose of inhaling abreath
of pure air, when they were surprised by a
posse of rebel officers who confronted them,
and after a few moments conversation,
forced them into their lines as prisoners.
Mr. Trumbull left in his tent an unfinished
letter to his wife, which was placed in an
envelope by Major Greely, and it arrived
here at the same time with the note announ-
cing his capture. The Major says that
Messrs. Trumbull and Camp. will probably
soon be exchanged and be with their regi
ment in a few days. We hope such will be
the fact.—00urant.
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M‘Five of the Conn. regiments, which
were enlisted as nine months men, will be
mustered out of service as follows :-23d
regiment, August 14th; 24th regiment, Au-
gust 18th ; 2 th regiment August 11th;
26th regiment, August 10th; 28th regiment,
August 15th. The term of the 27th regiment
expired July 22nd.
.«Op.
' [From the Hartford Coursnt.]
Our Sick and Wounded at Get-
_ tysburg.
Mr. Cornish writes the Soldiers’ Aid Asso-
ciation from Gettysburg, respecting the sick
and wounded near there, as follows:
' All the public buildings and many private
houses are occupied as hospitals, but the
greater number of wounded men are in the
corps hospitals, about three miles from the
town, where they occupy tents in the fields.
It is only the most severe cases that are left
here, the slightly wounded having been sent
east and north—a few hundred ass on to
Baltimore, Philadelphia, or New ork every
day. Hospital supplies are now abundant;
the Christian Commission are now well sup-
plied and doing‘ a good work,
The number of Connecticut men is quite
small, and I could learn nothing satisfactory
in regard to their numbers or condition from -
the ward master’s books. The recopd below
is made from my own personal observation,
in passing from ward to ward and from tent
to tent. Connecticut had five infantry regi-
ments in the battle of Gettysburg. The 14th
and 27th in the 2d corps; the 17th in the
11th corps; and the 5th and 20th in the 12th
corps. '
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I find in the 11th corps, John L, Hayes,
Co. F, 17th regiment, wounded in both legs;
right leg amputated above the knee; Patrick
Buckley, Co. A, 17th regiment, gushot
through the back; Levi Dixon, Co. , 17th
regiment, leg amputated; Justus Silliman,
Co. H, 17th regiment, unshot in the head ;
Samuel Comstock, Co. , hip broken ; Thad.
does I. Edwards, Co. C, nshot through
the thigh ; Frederick Lend am, 00. G, gun-
shot through thigh; John Seerey, Co. K,
17th regiment, leg amputated.
I am making such efforts as I can to ob,-
tain furlougos for all Connecticut men who
are able to tread, and can be well provided
for at their own homes, while those who
have no families to go to, I am trying to get
transferredto the hospital at New Haven.
One sight of home and friends would do
more than allthe medicines the Government
can furnish to restore the poor fellows, to
health.
I should have mentiorled above, that I
found 111 the 3d Army corps, Lieut. Isaac
Porter, a Connecticut man, now in the 68th
Pennsylvania volunteers, with his arm am-
putated; doing well. '
I shall return K Baltimore on Saturday,
and my address r the present will be Eu-
taw House, Baltimore. Yours, &c., . '
Vmon. CoENIsn.
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Saws Arum—The Palladium says I
that on Wednesday morning, 35 of the sub-
stitutes encamped at Grapevine Point (near
New Haven,) attempted to desert. They
were fired on by the guard and two .were
shot—one being mortally wounded. Two
or three others it is believed, were drowned
as they endeavored to escape in a boat with-
out oars, I9 were captured by the guard and
four others have since been taken.
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mus intercepted dispatches from Jefi'
Davis to Gen. Lee's-r3 published. The chief
point develo d is the lianof co to have.
r force at Cu pepper for an attac on Wildli-
ington, while the Arm . .
should be looking after ee's army in Penn-
sylvania. All this was to be done when our
army .was supposed to be weak. from the re-
turn home of nine months troops. .Davis’
letter not only shows his utter inabllty to
furnish the troopstoattack Washington, but
very plainly shows how atraitencd in num-
bers were the rebel amiss at different points.
of the Potomac _
The '7“! C. V.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA., ;
July 16th, 1863.
MEssns. Eor'rons :—I have bllt little to
say in this letter, but I send you a portion of
a sketch written by some person to the.
Ha‘ipers Monthly, telling its readers what
hard work the 48th Regiment N. Y. V., had
in the investment and taking of" Fort Pulas-
ki, while he ignores the 7th Regiment C. V.,
altogether. Allow me to state that the 48th
Regiment was not on Tybee Island either
during the building of the batteries nor in
the engagement. It is true their Regiment
helped to build and work a battery up the
Savannah river, which was partly the means
of stopping troops and supplies from reach-
- ing the fort, they also placed a mortar some-
where, but the rebels stole the shot and shell
and could have taken the mortar but they
used it for a different purpose. I do not like
to brag of what "our Regiment has done, but
I dislike to have another regiment, who did
comparatively nothing toward the reduction
of the fort, get all the praise. After our reg-
iment had worked about six weeks clearing
up the ruins, (which was no light job,) we
were relieved from garrison duty by the 48th
N. Y., and while we went to James Island ,
and participated in the engagement there,
they staid in the fort and took the credit of
taking it. If I mistake not, Gen. Mitchell
got the impression from them that they did
the largest part of the work, and I have un-
derstood they have Fort Pulaski inscribed
on their colors. -
By inserting this letter you will oblige
one, who, during the bombardment of Fort
Pulaski, was in the 7th Regiment C. V., not
in the '48th New York.
Yours, respectfhlly,
» ‘ J us'rrcn.
. If The following is the extract referred
to above. _
The history of the siege of Fort Pulaski
is written in a brief and dry official report
by General Gilmore, the engineer who su-
rintended the construction of the works.
Not a hundred unprofessional readers ever
saw this little volume; the whole operation
was conducted in the closest secrecy, down to
the very day when the batteries opened upon
the doomed fortress; and consequently the
country knows scarcely anythin of what
its volunteer soldiers did there. et it was
work more glorious to them, and to the na-
tion of which they are a part, than the win
ning of a. battle. There is not, within gun-
shot of Pulaski, a hillock over ten‘ feet high.
The shore, on every side, is a wide beach of
flat white sand, with marshes and quick-
sand stretchin back. Over these marshes
and quick-sen s our men hauled the planks
with which the gun platforms were made,
the heavy siege guns, the shot and shell, the
powder, and the hundred other objects ne-
cessary for each battery, at dead of night, on
moonless nights only, working in strictest
silence, the orders passed along the line in
whispers; themselves at eve step sinkin
knee-deep in the cold mire. 11 those san
flats they raised by slow and careful labor a
few hills, imperceptibly to the enemy, cov-
ering over each night’s work with sedge and
brush to give it the ap earance of a natural
formation. In this to ions and exhausting
labor they were engaged night after night,
not for a week but for nearly eight weeks,
till at last the batteries were complete, and
the fort was theirs. For the bombardment
was merelya matter of form; the-fate of
Fort Pulaski was fixed when our guns were
in position.
ut of all this painful and severe toil, so
creditable to the soldierly qualities of our
volunteers, the world knows literally noth-
ln . .
It vexes me when I hear men say that the
Americans are braggarts. If Englishmen
had done this the world would not, for half
a century at least, have heard the last of it.
The Forty-eighth New York, now in gar-
rison at Fort Pulaski, performed a large part
of this work of the investment, and its
present Colonel, Barton, described to me the
toil and the suffering of his men, and the pa-
tience and endurance, the magnificent spirit,
with which they bore themselves through it
all. We who listened to the recital could,
in some measure, appreciate the diflicultles
of the work; for we had passed that morn-
ning close to the slight mounds which mark
along the beach the sites of the batteries,
and had seen something of the frightful
marshes and quick-sands which line the flat
shore hereabouts.' Half an hour afterward
we sat in Colonel Barton's quarters, and
heard a West Point General sneering at
American volunteers, and praising French
soldiers at their expense.
The 12th C. V.
Douamsonvm, LA, July 15th, ’63.
Masses. Eorrons.—Not having heard
from me since last May, it may seem, strange
to you and your readers. We left Alexan-
dria on Sunday morning the 17th of May,
little thinking that we would be at the grand
assault of the 27th, just ten days from that
time, but such was the case, We marched
24 miles, for our first day's work, towards
Cheneyville, which is 35 miles from Alex-
andria, where we arrived at 9 o’clock the
next morning. We marched through the
town, as was our usual custom, with all the
airs that we were masters of. We marched
to some 8 miles below the town, where we
stopped until Thursday night at 11 o’clock
when we again took up our line ,of march
towards Seymmesport, on the Atchafayla
River, where we arrived Saturday at 11
o’clock, when we 'hulted until the baggage
of two Brigades was ferried across the riv-
er. Sunday morning we were awakened by
the burning of a bridge, which was set by
our troops to keep the guerrillas from mo-
lesting our embarking on board of trans-
ports, some of which run the batteries of
Vicksburg a few days before. We were
soon on board and moving up the stream.
our baggage going by overland route toward
Bayou Sara, just above Port Hudson,vwe
wore soon into the Red River, and not long
after we were upon that beuatiful stream of
muddy water called Mississippi. We arrived
.at Bayou Sara at about9 o’clock Monday
morning, where we stayed long enough to
cook tyre days rations, when we were on the
move towards Port Hudson, where we or-
rived» at 9 that evening, that is three miles
to the rear of that strong-hold. The next
day we were cooking and preparing to make
the attack. ' .
Wednesday morning the word cameto for-
ward, Which we did thronghfa heavy growth
of timber, over bluffs and through deep ra-
vines for a mile and a half, when we came
to the rebels works. When we started in
line we were the fourth line acting as re-
serve, but when we came in sight of the
parapet we were to the front, which position
.we held for 41 days doing skirmishing.—.-
The rebs allowed we were the worst of all
the lic/e, as they could not show their heads
aboyc their parapet, if they did they were-
sure to full. After the surrpuder opp-Brig-
ade was the first to march in under the pom.
mand of Col. Merritt, of the 75th N. Y. S.
V., as General Weitzel was in command of
a Division.
There is now a few rebels here in our
front, but when we begin to move take care
rebels, they must movc also or stand as they
smote:
I have not told you rthe mambo; which we
had killed and wounded; we had 125, so
you can imagine whether we had any thing
to do or'not. We lost several of our com-
pany, our Orderly was among the number,
the remainder are as well as could be ex-
pected. We went into the fight witlgonly
about one-half of our number. We ,have
some l4 playing sick and ought to be show-
ed up, but I wiil wait until genie other time.
‘ on who led the attack
onaFOr?eWe:allglEr wga's severely wounded.
He reached ew York, but died soon after
landing. go ,wps about thirty years of age.
~
For the Gazette.
Rufus Warren, . of Co. C. 17th
Best. (3. V.
Mnssus. EDrTons.—By the solicitation of
sundry friends, and with your permission,
we would say a few words through your
columns respecting this young man who
has recently fallen in battle. Of Rufus
Warren it could be said that he was bereft of
a mother at the early age of one month,
since which time he has resided in sundry
parts, but of late years making it his home
with my family. He enlisted August 18th,
1862, in Co. C. 17th Regt., and was soon
mustered into the service. During his cor-
respondence with us for nine months past,
he never expressed one solitaryregret at the
course he had taken, but on the contrary his
unflinching purpose seemed to be “Icarue
here to assist in putting down the rebellion,
andhopeto do it." He was naturally of a
cheerful disposition, obliging to all, and dis-
posed to render assistance whenever it was
in his power. He had been a member of
the M. E. Church here for some four or five
years, and during his stay .in the army at-
tended all religious services when it was
possible or convenient.
We closely observed the papers after the
battle of Gettysburg, but so imperfect and
meagre were the accounts that we could
learn nothing of his welfare until the return
of our friend Pickett, who informed us that
.he was among the wounded and in the hos-
pital. Just then the riot occurring in New
York city prevented our going to his relief
until the following Friday morning, and did
not reach the village of Gettysburg until
daylight Sunday'morning. Being told the
probable direction of the hospital, some ten
or twelve of us set out (among the number
was our young friend Bodwell of South Nor.
walk, in search of a lamented brother), and
pursued our way some 2 1-2 miles on the Bal-
timore turnpike. Being told by agentleman
that the 11th Army Corps Hospital was to
our right, we here parted with our associates
and taking our course through the open
fields and then through a tract of wood we
soon with intense emotion came within
sight of our destination, and soon, with in—
tense solicitudc, inquired of the first man
who hailed from the 17th, respecting the fate
of our poor nephew, and was met with the
answer that he expired on Friday morning,
the 17th, and about the hour we left our
home. We repaired to his grave, which we
found distinguished by adecently marked
head board, which we secured and brought
home with us. Quite on the right of that
far extended line of battle on the let day of
July, he received a wound from a cannon ball
in the left leg which rendered amputation
necessary just- above the knee which was
performed on the 4th with much fortitude.
We could not complain, in all probability he
was made as comfortable as the circumstan-
ces would admit. As it was he declined and
ended his mortal career on the 17th in much
composure. Upon the inquiry of his nurse
as to what he should say to his friends if
any of them should appear: “Tell them,”
says he “ to live as Christians and meet me
in heaven”; "and what should I say to the
regiment should Isee them again: “ Tell
them to be praying men; and stand by the
Flag of the Union to the last." We return-
ed to the village and made all necessary ar-
rangements, and on the morrow, 20th, we
took up the remains, had it disinfected and
set out for home which we reached in safety-
The funeral was deferred until the next
Sabbath, our Danbury friends hearing of the
fact (as he was a member of their company),
came over in a mass. The services were
held in the M. E. Church, Rev. C. B. Ford,
the pastor, performed the services, assisted
by the Rev. W. C. Hoyt, presiding elder of
the Ridgeficld District, and Rev. A. N. Gil-
bert of Danbury. The church was appro-
priately decorated with Union Flags neatly
trimmed with black crape, and within and
without was thronged with the citizens from»
this and neighboring towns.
In moving from the church to the grave yard
the procession was under the direction of H.
K.- Scott, Esq., and E. -W. Keeler as mar-
shals, and was conducted with the most pro-
found satisfaction to all concerned. The
slow march of one hundred carriages, with
along line of citizens on foot, the waving
flag deeply draped in mourning, the soldiers
in rank. and file with glistening arms, the
low sound of tlie mufiled drum, and the sol-
emn, repeated toll of the bell of the EpiscOo
pal Church, conspired to render it one of the
most impressive and interesting scenes of
the kind ever before witnessed in the place-
On arriving at the grave the remains were
lowered into their last resting place by the
loyal bands of eight respictable young men,
there to rest by the side of his respected and
departed mother until the resurrection how.
The soldiers llerefired three vollies over the
grave and the funeral service “was ended.
80 died our nephew, who was as one of
our family, at the’ age' of 21 years 7 months
and 18 days. Poor boy, would that'h'e could
have realized the extent of that respect
which was shown him at the last. It was
not because he was extensively known for
this was not the case—but the fact that he
was an honest artless youth, who nobl y volun-
ueered in the defence of his country, and
nobly fell in that defence—nothing more,
43d .‘1 thank God nothing less.
Yours, {5,0, Hiking Q. NAsn.
Ridgefield, Aug. let, 1863. ‘ h
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MEssns. EDtToEs i—Many hearts were
made and in our village last Sunday evening
by the intelligence that our dear friend Wm-
W. Westlake was no longer an inhabitant
of earth. He died at Gettysburg, Pa., on
the evening of the 24th, from wounds re-
ceived pp the 2d inst, at the early age of 20
years. He was a young mapo'f fair promise,
both of long life and usefulness. ' Just about
one year ago he enlisted as one of the 17th
C. V., and soon after bade adieu to his home
and a large circle of loving friends, and went
forth to fight for the cause of freedom.
Probably few have entered our army, from a
more perfect sense of duty than he did. He
felt that his country called, and perhaps no
one could go, better than himself. Although
he loved his home and friends very dearly,
he felt that he could bid them all farewell,
and if needs be, lay down his life in his
country‘s cause. Many prayers followed for
his safety and return, but an All Wise Prov-
idence has seen fit to disappoint our fond
bogey, and has called him to a better Home
beyond the skies. Almost with his flying
breath, did he say, he never regrette the
step he had taken in going. Let his mourn-
ing friends he comforted with the blessed
hope of spending a happy eternity with him,
where there will be no wars, or tears, or
pain, and where partings will be unknown,
Many die as sudden, few as safe. T.
Supra Nonwrunr, July 315i, 1863.
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—Jefl’. Davis has cal e ou‘ ever whit
man in the confed‘erao‘y" listlvb‘llfi“ til: age all
18 and 45. And there are “sympathlzcrs”
in this cit who speak of the “merciless con-
scription’ of our government, .and say , that
it is infinitely more tyranous than that of
thesouth.
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AVicksburg letter of the 20th as a
“several hundred prisoners were taken y
en; Sherman, among them a number of the
seoesh' thatiwers under Pelnberton, who had
recentl been led 'hlérelili 'Vicksburg by
Gen. ritnt. hese Geanhermsn took and
shot on the spot.” ~- . . .. , '
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WAR NEWS ETHE WEEK.
The Rebel prize sicnmcr Merrimac came
into New York ill charge of Acting Ensign
Stoddard, U. S. N., on Tucsda morning.—
She was captured by the Unite States gun:
boat Iroqouis, Com. Case, on the morning of
the 25th, having run the blockade at Wil-
mington the night previous, after a abuse of
seven hours. She is n side-wheel iron steam-
er of 535 tuna lllcnsul'lllellt, 600 horse pow-
er, and built lll Londollln 1862 for the lteb-
cl Government. She has a cargo of 576
bales and 34 lnlll’ bales of cotton, 11 kegs to-
bacco, a small (plnlltlt of turpentine, &c. The
Merrimnc, lezlcum another Rebel steam
or ran the blockade together. The two for-
mer are captured ; the lllll‘d is yet free.
According to information received on
Tuesday the report is now fully confirmed
that the cons of Gen. Lee’s army, under
Longstrcol, ill, and Ewell, passed through
Chester (lllpon Thursday and Friday, and
are now at and south of Cnlpepper. The
passage of the Rebels was opposed by Buf-
ford‘s cavalry, but be was compelled to fall
back. llllllonl, however, bung upon the
Rebel rear and captured many prisoners and
the herds heretofore lllentloncd. Longstrect's
corps passed through Culpeppcr on Friday
and cncampcll that night south of the town.
John Morgan and his officers have been
locked up in the Cincinnati City Prison.
A dispach from Cincinnati of Wednesday
says: " The Rebel Col. chram with be-
tween 1,500 and 2,000 men crossed the
Cumberland River a do or two since and
moved north towards ichmond. lie was
in the vicinity of that place to last accounts.
The prevailing opinion herein military cir-
cles is, that when Pegram started he was not
aware of the capture of Morgan, and con-
templated assisting him to escape. The dis-
posal ot ourforces in Kentucky is such as
will make it imposssible for him either to ad-
vance or escape. '
The brig W. B. Nash of New York, with
a cargo of, lard and staves, was captured on
the 8th of July by the British pirate Flori-
da. (It is said that she has destroyed eleven
other vessels since last accounts.) The
brave English buccaneer, according to her
usual custom, added lying to piracy by ap-
proaching her unsuspecting victim under
the Stars and Stripes. Having induced the
Nash to lay to b this villainous device, she
run up the new agof Great Britain (the same
as that used by J e Davi’s Rebel Confedera-
cy), and took possession of the brig. The
British officers and crew then robbed the
officers and crew of the Nash of their pri-
vate property, sacked the vessel, set her on
fire, and finally landed the imprisoned men
at Bermuda, aBritish port, where British
officers and citizens feted and lionized these
piratical thieves. “ A: fellow feelin makes
us wondrous kind.” The Flori a is're-
ported to be repairing and refitting at this
English port, aided in; all the leading citi-
zens of the place. ell, “its a long lane
that has no turning.”
The steamer Imperial, the first boat from
New Orleans, arrived at St Louis on- Tues-
day morning. A large crowd of merchanu
and other citizens greeted her arrival, and
a national salute was fired in honor of the
opening of the Mississippi. The steamer Al-
bert Pierce sailed the same evening for New
Orleans with a heav load of private freight
and a large pass 1' list. The Continen-
tal left on the previous day for the same
port heavily laden with Government stores.
The Tribune correspondent with Gen.
Gillmore‘s army notices the exchange of
some wounded prisoners, and says: “There is
but one opinion with regard to the treatment
our wounded received in Charleston. It
was cruel, shameful, barbarous. The slight-
est gun-shot wound, which our army sur-
geons would have soon healed, immediately
suggested to these professional butchers the
knife, the saw, amputation, and, in this cli-
mate, death. An opportunity to mutilate the
body by amputation was seized upon, and
after the operation was performed, the sur-
geons seemed profoundly indifferent wheth-
er a spark of life remained or not. This
shameful treatment was not confined to the
severely wounded, but nearly all who were
so unfortunate as to fall into their hands.
The officers and soldiers had not a single
change of clothing, and in many instances
not even their wounds dressed, until they
reached the deck of the hospital ship. The
Sisters of mercy offered their services, but
were not allowed to enter- the wards of the
hospital." The Rebels say that they buried
650 Union dead. If true, a large proportion of
them were murdered after the battle, no
such enormous proportion of killed was ever
known. None of the officers who comman-
ded colored troops have been given up, and
it is not known what has become of them.
Negro prisoners, it is said, are sold into Sla-
very.
Dissatisfaction with Davis and his confed-
eracy in North Carolina is growing rapidly.
The Raleigh Standard denounces Davis as a
repudiator in whom no confidence can be
placed, and predicts the failure of his at-
tempt to set up a. Government. The Rich-
W Enquirer, edited by that sweet speci—
men of an Irishman John Mitchel, clamors
for the suppression of the Raleigh paper and
of the North Carolina Supreme Court. The
latter defies the Richmond power, and says
that Gov. Vance will stand by the court and
paper also, and meet force with force. The
Standard denounces the would be nigger-
whipper Mitchel'as an agent of Great Brit-
tian seeking to divide this country. North
Carolina has furnished 95,000 men for the
Rebel armies, of whom 40,000 have been
killed and wounded. The Raleigh editor
says the State should send to Washington at
once to learn what terms of reconciliation
can be made.
The St. Louis Union learns from the inte—
rior of Missouri that Rebel deserters who
have abandoned the Rebel army, are return-
ing home in considerable numbers. Few of
them are penitent. They are still at heart
Rebels, and are exerting the most mischiev-
ous influence by their presence and conver-
sation. In some cases they return for the
sole purpose of taking to bushwhacking and
stealing, and in some of the Missouri River
cpuptiegl they are already committing depre-
datioiis up‘Orl pe‘aceahlc citigens. Union men
complain that these dangerous ‘charactcrs
are to lenient] dealt ‘with, being generally
let off upon ta ing the oath, and giving bond
for their good behavior—which amounts to
nothing at all. .
By the arrival at New York, on Saturday
morning, of the transport Belvidere, from
Port Royal, S. 0., July 29, we have news
from Charleston to that date. The Belvidere
passed off Charleston Bar, Jul 29 at 11 o’-
clock n m. saw 2 Monitors. an theIronsides
Ensaglpg Tort Wagner._ Gen._Gilmorc had
succeeded in eréctnl'g a long has of hm?-
ies within 250 yards of Fort Wagner; e had
also mounted three heavy siege guns within
one mile and a quarter of Fort Sumter,
Mlllch was to open fire on Sumter the (lay
the beividere sailed. Gen. Gilmore was con-
fident that when be mounted all his heavy
siege use that he would soon reduce Sum-
ter. he casualties to our forces are very
small. , ,
The Government gives notice that the
law of retaliiation is to be fully carried out
Every case of illitr’eatment of Our 0 cars or
men, black or white by the Rebkls,’ s tb b6
retalllated in kind—hanging for hanging,
shooting for shooting, imprisonment for im—
prisonment. If a black soldier is taken pris-
oner and sold into Slavery, a Rebel soldier
will be confined at hard labor in some pris-
on, there to remain until the black soldier
'e‘h‘all‘ b‘e liberate". '; " '
Eighteen Bebe officers captured at Get-
tysburg, and since lodged at Fort McHenry,
Baltimore, were on Friday sent West. under
an escort, Their destination is J ohnson’s 15-
land, in Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie, where
they are to be confined, by order of the Gov-
ernment, until satisfactory assurances are re-
ceived that Col Streights command, now im-
prisoned in Georgia, and oIler Unlon officers
are properly treated.
I ' __———oo<.>-
Mortality in the 3.3701 ti- 1’.
A careful examination of the rails of the
27th Regiment and an investigation of all
the facts which can be learned upon the sub-
ject, show that the 27th Regiment lost only
seventy men . y death from the time'it was
mustered into service until it was mustered-
out. This number includes all who were
killed in battle or died of wounds or disease.
The loss by companies was as follows:
Co. A, lost 7 men.
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Consideiing the battles through which the
Regiment passed, this loss of Me must be
deemed very small indeed. Co. D, was in
the battle of Gettysburg which accounts for
the larger number of deaths in it than in
theothers.;; .:.-=:.. . .,
Connecticut.
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OrrrCE, )
HARTFORD, July 27, 1863. S
List of Towns in the State of Connecticut
which have furnished a surplus of Volun-
Iecrs over the quota assigned them under all
calls by the President for troops to serve the
Federal Government, reducing all to the
standard of three years: '
HARTFORD COUNTY.
Avon, 1 Granby, 12
Berlin 12 Manchester, 22
Bristol, 6 Marlborough, 22
Behold, 49 New Britain. 80
Far-min tall, 13 Simsbury, 15
Glasten ury._ 13 Southlngton, 17
TOLLAND COUNTY.
‘ Coventry, 3 Somers, 6
Hebron. 1 Vernon, 50
Mansfield, 9 Willington, 17
NEW HAVEN COUNTY.
New Haven, 2‘20 Prospect. 12
East Hum, 17 Seymour, 6
Meriden, 219 Waterbury. 108
Oxford. 18
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Chester, 5 Saybrook. 338
Portland, 18 -
NEW LONDON COUNTY.
New London, 47 Lisbon, 2
Norwich, 111 Montville. 3
Bozrah. 17 North Stonington, 11
Colcbestcr, 35 Stonin on, 18
Griswold, 23 Water 0rd, 14
Lebanon, 12 Sprague, 55
WINDIIAM COUNTY.
Asllford, 7 Pomfret, 9
Brook! n, 22 Putnam, 59
Canter ury, 25 Sterling, 3
Chaplin 33 Thompson, 34
Res ford, 18 Voluntown,
Hampton, 1 Wlndham, 117
Killfnngly. 139 Woodstock, 21
Plain ed, ‘'78
FAIRFXELD COUNTY.
Bridg‘ealort, 175 New Canaan, 59
Broo old, 6 Norwalk, 69
Danbury, 3 Ridgeficld, 17
Greenwich, 5 Stratford, 4
Monroe, 9
LITCIIFl ELD COUNTY.
Litchlleld, 34 New Milford, 12
Canaan, 20 Norfol , 55
Colebrook, 1 North Canaan, 8
Cornwall, 30 Plymouth, 28
Goshea, 50 Torrington, 13
Harwinton, Warren,
Kent. 39 Woodbury, 16
New Hartford, 77
HORACE J. MORSE,
Adjutant General.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, }
_ Pnovos'r MAEsnAL GENERAL’s OFFICE.
Wasnmoroiv, R0,, July 17th, 1863.
Outcome, No. 47. “...,“ ,_
I. Drafted men become soldiers lathe ser-
names having been drawn out in the draft.
The notification served upon them by the
Provost Marshal, is merely anannounceme nt‘
of the fact and an order for them to report
for dut , at a designated time and place.
II. be following opinion of the Hon.
William Whiting, Solicitor of the War De-
partment, is published for the information of
all concerned:
“ When a person has been drafted, in pur-
suance of the Enrollment act of March 3d,
1863, notice of such drafi must be served
within ten days thereafter, by a written or
printed notice, to be served on him person-
allyorbyleam'ngacopy at his lastplaeeqf‘ruf-
dome, requiring him to appear at a desig-
nated rendezvousto report for duty. Any
person failing to report for duty after notice
LEFT AT ms nu PLACE or EEsIDENCE or
served on him personally, without furnish-
ing a substitute or paying $300, is pro-
nounced by law to be a deserter; he may be
arrested and held for trial by court-martial
and SENTENCED TO DEATH.
If a person, after being drafted, and be-
fore receiving notice, deserts, the notice may
still be serve by leaving it at his last place
of residence, and if he does not appear in_
accordance, and if he does not appear in ac-
cordance with the notice, or furnishes the
substitute or pays the $300, he will he in law
a deserter and must be treated accordingly.
There is no way or manner in which a
person once “enrolled” can escape his pub-
lic duties and when drafted whether present
or absent, whether he changes his residence
or absconds, the rights of the United States
against him are secured, and it is only by
performance of his duty to the country, that
he will escape liability to be treated as a
criminal. (Siwedo
ILLIAM WHITING,
Solicitdr of the War De artment.
JAMES . FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
J. E. DUNHAM,
. Provost Marshal 4th District.
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Allotment of Judges for 1808-4.
cums- JUDGE max.
Middlesex 00., 2d Tuesday in April, 1864.
. JUDGE SANFORD.
thchfield 00., 4th Tuesday in January, 1863.
JUDGE BUTLER.
New London 00., 3d Tuesday in Nov. 1863.
. JUDGE BUTTON.
Wmdham 00., let Tuesday in January, 1864.
. JUDGE PARK.
Windham 00., 1st Tuesday ln'August, 1863.
Mlddlesex Co.,1st Tuesday in Sept, 1863.
New Haven 00., 2d Tuesday in Oct, 1863.
Tolland 00., 1st 'l‘uesdav in December, 1863.
New London 00., 3d Tuesday in Jan.. 1864.
Falrfield 00., 2d Tuesday in March, 1864.
. JUDGE u'cunpv.
thchfield 00., 2d Tuesday in Se t., 1863.
Windham 00., 1st Tuesday in ov., 1863.
Middlesex 00., 1st Tuesday in Dec, 1863.
Falrfield 00., 3d Tuesday in December, 1863.
Hartford 00., 2d Tuesday in March, 1864.
New Haven 00., 2d Tuesday in May, 1864.
JUDGE CARPENTER.
New Haven 00., 1st Tuesday in Sept, 1863.
New London 00., 2d Tuesday in Sept, 1863.
Fairfield 00., 3d Tuesday in October, 1863.
Hartford Co.,‘3d Thesday'in Dec’., 1863.
Litchfield 00., 2d Tuesday in April, 1864.
JUDGE PHELPS.
Hartford 00., 3d Tuesday in July, 1863.
Fairfield 00., 2d Tuesday in August, 1863.
Litchfield 00., let Tuesday in Nov. 1863.
Middlesex 00., 1st Tuesday in Feb., 1864.
New Haven 00., let Tuesday in March, 1864.
Tolland 00., 2d Tuesday in April 1864.
_ Foes. unplug.
Tolland Can 1' Tuesday in Sept" 1863,
Hartford Co., 4th Tuesday in Sept, 1863.
New Haven 00., 3d Tuesday in Dec, 1863.
Windham 00., 3d Tuesday in March, 1864.
New London, 00., 1stTuesday in April, 1864.
Hartford Cit—Chauncey Howard, Clerk;
Charles W. Johnson, Assistant Clerk; R. D.
Hubbard, County Attorney ; (holds over.)
New Ham Ova—Arthur D. Osborne,
Clerk; David J. Peck, Assistant Clerk; E.
K. Foster, County Attorney; (holds over.)
L New Longtime 00.—Robert CT}? J1? (Ilierk;
,e‘wis . , tanjon, Assistant __ e; ; ,avid
Ohsdwiék. Confidtm‘mefi '
Fairyleld Uo.—- isha S. Abernetb , Clerk;
Henry T, Blake, Assistant Clerk ; osiah M.
‘ Carter, County Attorney; (holds over.)
Windham 00.—-Uriel Fuller, Clerk; Edo
win L. Cundall, Assistant Clerk; G. W.
Phillips, County Attorney; (holds over.)
Litchfield (Jo—William L. Ransom, Clerk;
Charles F. Sedgwick, County Attorney;
(holds over.)
Writtddlesalv UWC—Wfildoh P. Vina], Clerk;
in. .Pmer I'ount ttorne .
- fligngwAIJOSephyBishopy lerk; John
H. Brockwa’y, County Attorney. '
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CoUNTEEFErT FIFTY-CENT PosTAcE Cun-
EENcr.-Observe: 1. The paper is heavier
than tilhe genuine. 2. The'fgels) are ntit slm-
ilsr $.9th aces on the ..e ,« ,eis eeper
cut-I thsn'ln ‘th'éV‘ othe‘p'tllitee, ’3.‘ he on.
graver’s name. National Bank Note 00.,
New York, lean to the left in the genuine;
in the counterfeit it loans to the right. This
last is the best and easiest method of detect-
ing them. This counterfeit is the best yet
circulated, and well calculated to deceive.
N.»-
E‘The Washington correspondent of the
New York Commercial says thnt a. careful
estimate recently made:) it? tlgflicml 'lquarters
illaws‘ .att Hurst, 9. ...S rs‘ellrnlies
was reigned by opgsllons lurking and'July
just one half . f we exaggiaate the forces at
the various points In the onfederaoy, it is
hard to make their army reach 250,000, while
our entire forces must be double that num—
ber. If we give Lee 70,000, Bra 40,000,
A. P. Hill (in Richmond,) 25,000, rice 10,
000, Beauregard 20,000, Mobile 5,000, Savan-
nah 5,000 and Johnston 20,000, we can
scarcely make 200,000 men in the rebel
ranks. It is no wonder, then, that Jeff. Da-
vis, recognizing the great question 9f ex—
hausfillp; callslfor wholesale conscrlpiilon.
. . .. .,....., ,..
«»
”Amos. fiotber—‘documcuts found in the
houseot‘ J8 .Davis, at Jackson, Miss, were
iletters from err-President Buchanan and
mm.
——The N. Y. Express establishment has
been placed in the hands of a receiver; one
of its editors and proprietors (Mr..Clark) he-
ing utterly and irrepressibly dissatisfiedwith
its disloyal tone and attitude, and lnslstlng
on s. partition‘of interest.
vice of the United States by the fact o'f‘thelrl
Noticeo
. l’novosr MansuAL'forrrcs,
honing D‘lS‘l‘RICT, Cgmvuc‘rrollgéa
n neuron. ul 21th 1 .
THE Draft ordered by the President (is the, United
States for this Con cssionul District, consistinl
of the Counties of Fa rfield and thchfield, to raise
the quota of Two Thousand and Twenty- one (2 021)
men assigned to this District. will commencein‘thifi
city on ondny, July 27th, at 2 o‘clock. P. M. at
Washington Hall, With an addition of 50 per cilnt
to make allowances for exemptions. l I .
triflllseigrfl'fiilllfi l‘dnf.‘ commence with the Sub-Dis-
l c e ount c '
town of Litchfield. y’ ommmcmg mm the
J. EhDII’INHdAMt, Ifrovaostf Marshal, .
an resl en our 0 Enroll
J. P. BREWS men"
Commissioner Board of Enrollment.
S S. T. SriaLISRURYE
11 con our 0 ,
Burnout-our, July 20gb, 1863, 11ml ment.
FORM 25.
Certificate of exemption for the son 0 a '
_ . widow or
of aged and mflrm parent or parent? '
l, the subscriber ...... resident of ..... . .
..... county, State of . . . . . hereby certify that
I ...... being liable to military duty under the
1
act of Congress “ for enrollin and ca 0
National forces,” etc, npprovid Marclllhn 1% ‘81:
the col son of ....... awidow. (or of’. . . ‘. . .
an age parent,) dependent on my labor for support.
We, the subscribers, do hereby certif that the
above named . , . . . . is the only son 0 nwidow
(or of aged and infirm parents,) dependent on hid
labor for support. -——-—-——-
Personaily appeared before me, ..... the above
named ...... n . . . . . . and severally made
oath that the above certificate is correct and true, to
the best of their knowledge and belief.
Justice 0 the .
Dated at ............ f PM“
this . . . dayof. ..186
Non 1.7The first class of the above certificates
must be signed by the person claimin exem tion,
and the second by two res ectable citizens. W“
of families.) residents oft e town, county or dis-
trict in which the person resides, to be sworn to be-
fore a magistrate,
Non 2.—This certificate is to be used only in
cases_wh_ere the labor of the person cluimin ex.
emptlon is actually necessary for the support 0 the
persons dependent on him. The exemption does
not apply in cases where there is sufficient propert
{3 file] tllalupipltirt, and thg ngcessary business for co -
c ng c ome can e ransaetedb -
tees, or the like. y agents, trus
FORM 26.
Certificate of a Parent that he or she desires one
o u or her sons exempted.
. the subscriber, the father (or mother) of . . . .
and ....... residents of ......... coun y,
and Statepf ......... hereby certify that I an
aged and lnfirm, and that I am dependent for sup-
port on the labor of my two sons, above named ; and
that I elect that my ...... son ...... shall be
exempt from the operation of the act of Congress
“ for enrollin and calling out the National forces,"
are, approve March 3, 1863.
We, the subscribers. hereby certify that the above
named ...... is aged and infirm, and dependent
on the labor of ..... sons for support.
, Personally appeared before me the above named
.51.": ..., . . an . . .. . . . and seberally made oath
that zhglgbove certificatesare correct and true, to
the best of their knowledge and belief.
Justice of the genes.
Dated at ............ ., ' ' -
this . . . dpyof. ..186
NOTE 1.—The first certificate must be signed by
the parent makin the election. and the second by
two we ectahle c tizens, (heads of families.) res -
dents o the town, county or district in which the
persons reside, and sworn to before a magistrate.
11 case the father is deceased, the certificate is sign-
ed by the mother, and the fact of the father's death
is to be stated by the person certifying.
Non 2.—This certificate is to be used only in
cases where the labor of the person claimin exemp-
tion is actually necessary for the support 0 thepes-
sons dependent on him. The exemption does not
a pig in cases where there is sufilelent property to
a] support. and the necessary business for col-
ecting t e income can be transacted by agents, trus-
tees, or the like.
FORM 27.
Certificate that the person liable to draft is the only
brother of a child or children dependent on his
labor/or m t.
_ I, the subscri er, ..... , . being liable to draft
into the service of the United States, hereby make
affidavit that I am the only brother of ...... un-
der 12 cars of age, having neither father nor mother,
depen ent on me for support.
We, the subscribers, ........ and . . . . . . .
residents of ....... county, State of .......
hereby certify that ....... who is liable to draft
is the only brother of . . . . , under 12 years of age,
having neither father nor mother, and dependent on
his labor for support.
Personally appeared before me, the above named
...... an . ... . . and severally made oath that
the above certificate is correct and true, to the best
of their knowledge and belief.
_ Justice of the Peace.
Dated at ............
this..dayof....186 ,
NoTE1.-—This certificate is, to be used only in
cases where e labor of the person claimin exemp-
tion is actually necessary for the support 0 the per-
sons dependenton him. The exemption does not
app] in cases where there is suflcient property to
y el support, and the necessary business can
transacted for collecting the income by agents, trus-
tees, or the like.
NOTE 2.—The first certificate must be signed by
two persons. (beads of families,) resident in the
same town, county or district with the person for
whom exemption is claimed.
FORM 2.8:
Certificate that twomembers of the family of the
person treble to draft are already in the milita-
ry seroice of the United States.
We, the subscribers. ..... , and ..... , and
residents of .......... county, and State of
...... , hereby certify that two members of the
family and household of ....... , county and
State above mentioned, are in the militaréy service
of theUnited States, as non-commissions oncers,
muslcmns or privates. ——-—————
Personally appeared before me, the above named
...... d . . . . .' and severally made oath tit
true, to thp best 9f til ,
Justice 'of the Peace.
the above certificate is
knowledge and belief.
D‘ted_ at . . . a .
this . . . day of . .'.'18_6 . ~
NoTE 1.—Th s is only intended to apply when the
members of the famil claimingl exemption‘ rest
in the same family. any of t e members real '9
elsewhere and have one into the military sculpt
......
of the United States up, exemption on thiit seep
can be elalnied.‘ -
NOTE 2.-— his certificate must be signed by one
of the parents, if there are any; if not, by two
respectable persons, (heads of families.) resident
In the same town, county or district with the per-
son for whom exemption is claimed ‘
FORM 29. ‘
Olrtficats that the person liable to draft is the
father-of motherless'children under-12 years of
age, dependent upon his labor for supper .
J, the subscriber, bein liable to the draft into
in; dzcrivic: 11:: ills Unite fSiates, thereby rinks an
V mneaerllnrm I
chlldre under 12 years‘of'age; and definmlm
myvlabor for sup ort.
e, the subscr ers, ...... and ...... resi-
dents of ...... county, State of ..... , hereby
certrf that ..... is the father of . . . . . mother-
lessc ildren under 12 ears ofa e and de ndent
on his labor for snppoit. 33—J—
Pcrsonally appeared before me the above named
..... , and . . . . . and severally made oath that
the above certificate is cprrect and true to the best
of their knowledge and belief. ——
_ Justice of the Peace.
Dated this .......... day 1 = ‘ '- -
O ‘.‘ ...... ‘ . . . . ‘.X .
Nora—(Pile first certificate must he signed by the
person claiming exemption, and the second by two
respectable persons (heads of families.) residents in
the town county. or district with the person for
whom the exemption is claimed.
FORM 30.
Certificate of ezemption on account of unsuitable-
ness of
county State
age.
I, ........ , o .........
o ...... , having been enrolled under the pro-
visions of an act of ongress “for the enrollin and
callin out of the national forces,” a proved arch
3, 186g, as liable to perform military at in the ser.
vice of the United States, hereb certi y that I am
not lt‘stfly subject to PllPll'lilli? llll‘ f9? lhs'ullleltl
in reason.
hatIsm. . . . ..yearSOfsge. —.———.:,. __,
We, the subscribers. ...... and ....... of
the town, county and State above mentioned, herp-
b corti that the above statement 0 .....
age is cofiy'rect and true to the best of our knowledge
and belief. ——-—-
Personally appeared before me, the above named
....... , an . . . . . . and severally-ade oath
that the above certificates are correct and true, to
the best of their knowledge and belief.
Justice of the fence,
Dated at ............. ' ;
this. . . dayof.. . . 186. ..
Norm—The certificate in ~re to a? is in .11
cases where practicable, is to signed y'tllé pg.
rents of the person claiming exemption, and a.
re uirements s ecified in the regulations are to be
a ered to. T e blank space in the certificate to
indicate the age of the person is to be filled out as
follows:
ThaI sm f‘UEDEE TWENTY" years of are.
'lllllt Iarl‘ “ cyan-mirrors . mid-.9; m.
“an wetland . ‘ l‘“ -‘
Thatlsm “oven POBTY-F'Wli" years of sgs,ao.
cording to the facts in the case.
NOTE 2.—In casethe certificate is not ill ed in
the parents, the fact of n e must be cc. . ed b
two respectable persons ( ends of families.) res .
dent in the same town. county or district with th.
person for whom exemption is claimed, and the
requirements of aramph 61, Regulations, lic"
must be compll wrth.
~<.>.
—-Cooper once slurred a certain Govern-
or by attributing the dlsesse in llatoea to
the raspberries they {also antiseptic-ll
'amcmbel'bftllml’ burn the go. male:
rial chair." .'
......It is understood that Government has
taken decided ground in the matter of the
rebel fleet now being fitted out in En llsh
ports, and has notified her Majesty’s v-
ernment that the sailing of these vessels will
be considered an unfrieudl y act on the part
of Great Britian. ~
-—-—The claims against the city of‘New York
thus far includinf fires and destruction of
l
Nepali?! when! se by the. rash... 9m 8 t 0
snor- mom liner essence! ..
haulresdy been subscri ed for the is
colored persopg,
——Lewis Shack and Chas. Fitzsimmons had
a quarrel in Oanbury, the other day, when
Shack drew a knife and stabbed Fltzunmons
in the jaw.
——The Windham County Transcript, of
July 30th, has among its marrlage notices
that of Col. Zariel P. Arnold—which is the
bridegroom’s fifth Union. _
Norwalk Chronicler