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NUMBER S29--NEW SERIES,
NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 1863.
VOLUME XLVI--NUMBER 48
NORWALK GAZETTE
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
A. "£11 BYTNCTON & co.
A:g'BYING10N’ J. B. ELLs, ' G N ELLS'
Advartising Rates
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two insertions,
“ three insertions,
“ one month,
' “ - two months,
" turce months,
‘ six months,
one year—w ith paper
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Each ‘1 ditionul Square, per ye 1'1,
One half column, one year,
One Column, one ye: 11',
Fifteen lines, or 100 words, make a square. Fractiou-
alparts- Of a sqn .u'e ch .'111 god for 21s a whole.
Your ry advertisements pay: rblc lst of January &July.
Yarly advertisers restricted tot the business contem-
grad at the time of contract.
These terms will be irulexibly adhered to. .3
1 00
$1 25
SSQQG-uxon-‘H
88888888618
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
\NV‘ \ xx x, _« \/\"4x’\/\4"\.\'\'V\A
=N0rwalk PostOflice.
MAILS CLOSE.
Westi'l 50 A. M.——2. 30 P. M.
Ea§t8,30 A. DIM—500 P.ll M.
apbiiry & Norwalk- Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
MAILS DUE.
West 9..10A M.——6.C(l P. M.
East 8.20 A. M. -—3. 30 P. M.
Danbur y &; Norw 11k Railroad 8. 00 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.’
CHARIzES OLMSTEAD, r. 11.
D. PRITCHARD, M. D.,
”Physician and Surgeon, _
Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
New
HARDWARE 81. PAINT STORE,
“ Main Street,
OppOsite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
MARVIN a rRowI'rT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
, , rngs,W1ndow Shades, &c.
11' AMES G. BARBO'UR,
sUReICAL AND MECHANICAL
1391:: N '1- 1: s '1'...
Office-at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut. I
Architecture. ~ _
SIDNEY M. SEE-ONE,-
ARCHITECT,
Will- furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drat'vihgs, and superintend the erection of
public and pr 1v1tc buildings. Office In Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tfb2
(.‘ E0. F. BEHDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
T utircturer 0t Tin, Copper, and Sheet
110.1 Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment‘ef House Keeping articles generally/
11'. s. Lockwoon,
31.211110111111111 Draper & Tailor,
and
'GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPORIUM 1
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
S. I}. OLMSTEAD £1. 00.,
Wholesale and. Retail Dealer's In
Groceries, Flour, ‘fFCed, &c.,
, 14 and I6 Main-st, Nerwalk, Conn.
ETNA msunmcr: COMPANY,
01 Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Call: Capital $1, 000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire
011 Terms adapted to the hazard, and
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
[1'3 . 1 For Norwalk and vicinity.
DENTAL CARD.
N impression having gone abroad that
the undersigned has relinquished his
profession, this is to inform his friends and
the public that he still continues the practice
of his profession at his 011 stand, root of
Main- st., N orwalk Where he will be happy
to tender them his best services. In case of
temporary ab'sence,a skillful assistant will be
hund' In attendance at the Office, ready and
willing to serve all that may call.
A. ILL, D. D. S.
A. JACKSON 61.330.
N o. 1 Gazette Building.
OULD respectfully announce to the
public and their eld' customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are new prepar-
. ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
Infill Irfield County, in quality or price. We
Would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which rs larger than ever before. —
We have a fine let of Ladies Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$7 5, which we can recommend as bein r cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’ s atch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $ 00. We buy of the best' rmperters' In
New York, and altogether for cash so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
reater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
lated W 11 es was never better than at pres-
out and Comprises all or the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON 195 BRO.
IN SUBANGE.
,TIIE subscriber lravin taken the agency
of the hem England lire and Marine I71-
auram'e Co. of II. 11'-triad, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
by fire on as accommodating terms as any
other Company.
The New England Fire and Marine Insti-
' rance (.emp my has been recently established
with a paid 111 capital of $200 000 and has a
surplus of $6, 295.0
. A t ngINH WfigUBBELL,
', gel] or orwa and
Norwalk, Feb. lst, [861. “filmy
ELM STREET SALOON,
Between Main and Broad Streets, NEW
CANAAN, CONN.
J. W. EDMONDS, Proprietor.
Ovs'rnus served in any style, and for sale
the Q11 11!. or Gallon.
Rum, (.ON 1111 NONE KY, and other REFRESH-
b
, mum's. Privu'lc Supper Rooms for Small
Alsd, in connection with, but In
2:21p111111euts, a first-class SHAVING
Par ties.
scp' .‘11 -.:111
AN!) llun 011113311111 SAIHOON
115'
Also, all kinds of
' {Kerosene Oil,
SUPERIOR ARTICLE for sale b
MARVIN ,. PROWITT.
[i
. ,;7~m--r. .1-
War Claims.
‘lIE nudnsigncd, through the agency of
reliable friends 111 Washington, is pre-
11'11'cdte secure Bounty Money, Back. Pay,
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' 1s col-
lected. JSO SEPII W. WILSON.
Aug. 22, 1802.
NOBWALE HOTEL.
NORWALK, CONN.
E. S. Brewster, Pr'oprictor.
THIS House, having been renovated and
improved. is new open for the reception
of permanent or transient boarders, and will
be kept as afirsl class Hotel. This Hotel is
very pleasantly situatcd' 111 one of the most
beautiful towns on Long Island Sound, and
1 is especially att1activc for Summer Board-
ers.
The Proprietor would assure the public,
that it ,will be his constant endeavor. to
keep his heus‘c' 1n such a style, as will ensure
satisfaction to all. _
Improvements in Photographing.
Special Notice toour Patrons
_._.._.
WHITNEY & BECKWITII
Have added a
’ N E W R 0 0 It,
To their extensive Gallery, especially for flu-
ishing Photographs.
y the return of M11. WHITNEY from
Washington, (with an assista11t,)haoe doubkd
lheirforce of operatives:
By procuring a large and excellent
CYLINDER PRESS,
can give their Pictures that beautiful
IVORY SURFACE,
so desirable; with these additions to their
business facilities and their long experience
in this beautiful and useful art in connection.
with the _
' First Houses in New York
they can safely defy competition, not only In
finish and truthfulness, but in the speedy
completion of orders. Thankful for past fa-
vors, we hope to merit a continuance of your
patronage.
Norwalk, J uue 1st, 1863.
NEW FURNISHING STORE,
-NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST.
East Side of (7212‘ Bridge.
I HAVE at my Store in Nerwalk the largest
'. assortmentet
Household Furniture
in this county, consisting of Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, Tetc- a-Tetcs, Card
Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center
Tables, Wash Stands,
EXTENSION TABLES,
CHAIRS and R0 0K E11318 of all kinds,
Leaking Glasses,
Picture Frames, and everything else In the
Furniture line cheap for Cash.
1%}; pal-ring,
done promptly and by experienced workmen.
Uitdcrtakz'ng,
I have on hand a large assortment of
COFFINS, 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 charge.
LBERT RAYMOND.
Nerwalk, Sept 1stL, 1863. 44
NORWALK, 3
Steam Serving and Plaiuing
M I 11' I. ‘
THE subscriber has fitted up and is new
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning , Scroll and other Sawing , manufacture
of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., &c., in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail promptl at-
tended ..to 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITC
GREAT BARGAINS IN
' C 10 (35333.2.
' 1111.311127],
No. 4, Phoenix Bleck, Norwalk,
Having a large stock on hand, will give
Great Bargains' 1n
CROCKERY,
GLASS EARTHEN & STONE WARE,
KEROSENE LAMPS,
WIC
CHIMNIE ES,
WOODEN WARE, &c., &c.,&c
W Goods delivered to any part of the
town free of charge.
11. corals-nap a sores,
CABINET MAKERS, 81c,
ARE now prepared to offer to the ublic
the largest and best assortment 0
Good Furniture,
comprising every article usually kept In 11
Furniture Store, ever ofiered in Norwalk,
which will be sold
AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Our customers and the public generally who
want any thing we keep, will find it to their
interest to give us a call. Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 different kinds, very cheap. Hair
Mattresses, made to order, and old ones made
over as good as new.
UNDERTAKING,
We keep on hand a very large assortment of
Cofins of ever y description, furnish shrouds,
scarfs, carriages, and everything necessary
for the interment ot the dead, and at very
low prices. We arejust completing another
splendid Hearse, which will give us two
Hearscs equal to any in the State, which we
shall use whenever our services are required,
without extra chaagc. -
.UQ INTARD &. SONS.
Norwalk, March 15th 1862.
I'OB SALE.
HE Real Estate formerly owned by
WILLIAM SEYMOUR, deceased, situated
in this town, 011 White Oak Shade Street,
about4 miles from Norwalk or Darien, to
Wit .—onc
Large new Dwelling nonse,2
with out-buildings and 12 or 14 acrcsof very
superior Land, wéll adapted to Gardening
purposes Also a Small House with two
acres of land attached—arid 4 acres of land
called”
The property will be sold all together or
in separate parcels as may suit purchasers,
and on accommodating terms, two thirds Of
the purchase money can remain secured on
the premises for a ter hr of years, if desired.
For further particulars apply to
S. Y.S J OHN tfl’
New Canaan, Feb 10th,1863
Notice.
THE Subscriber has the pleasur c 0f1nferm-
mg the public that he has purchased the
interest of Ebenezer Crissey in the Boot and
corner of Walland Water Street, where he
will continue the business. He trusts that
the liberal patronage given to this Store
while under his control as partner and man-
ager, will be continued to him as proprietor.
9 J..N LOCKWOOD.
ABY AUTHORITY—U S. Infantry and
Rifle Tactics.
Received at. SELLEOK’S.
,2 ~w»w,
. "r‘
.s...,.
3-»... 4.-
..
situatcd' 1n 01' near “Hauford’s Swamp, ” so
Shoe Business lately carried on at‘ the Store~
new from, rain) and
rnovrsron swear-.1
THE Subscriber, having taken a sterc
111
'WOOD’S BUILDING,
. _ I ' Main Street,
0 ,
is prepared to sell all kinds of Fleur, Feed
and Provisions, at the lowest prices, jor Cash.
“‘44 J. B. PENDLETON.
Norwalk Classical Institute.
REV. R. BAYARD SNOWDEN,A. 111.,
Instructor.
HIS NEW DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS
was opened Oct.14th, 1863, next door
to the Bank of Norwalk. Instruction af-
for ded in the various branches of 8. Classical
and English education. Terms $11.00and
$8. 00 per quarter. Students may enter at
any time, and will be charged from the time
'of admission. The Winter term will begin
on Monday, Nov. 23d. 3m40
Wheeler a Wilson’s
CORNET BAND,
, Bridgeport, Conn.
ARE prepared to furnish first- class Musrc
for Military Firemen’s and Civic Pa-
rades, Concerts, romenafles, Pic Nies, &c.
Orders addressed to F. J. THOMAS, Leader
or J. E. MORRIS, Sec’c, will meet with
prompt attention. 22
N. B.—Address Letters, care Wheeler &
Wilson M. F. G. 00., East Bridgeporqt Ct.
WM. T. BARNUM,
U. S. War Claim Agent,
Will promptly collect Bounty Money,
Back Pay, Pensions for Disabled, Dis-
charged Soldiers, WidOWS and Children,
Mothers and Sisters, and all other Claims
against Government. Office opposite Con-
cert Hall. All business letters promptly
answered. ’
1y36
Danbury, Conn.
11'. G. PINNE'! a. 330.,
g B B. O K. EB. 8,
Corner William and Beaver Sts.
TOCKS BOUGHT AND SOLD, U. 8.
Five- Twenties bought at par. Provis-
ions, Fleur, Fruit, &c. ,beught and sold. All
orders promptly attended to.
Adddrcss 2
J. C. FINNEY & BRO.,
Cor. William and Beaver Sta, N. Y.
‘New Meat Market. ’
THE Subscriber would respectfully inform
' the public that he has bought out the
MARKET late] kept by Mr. James Byxbee
in BKIDD Y’S LOCK Main Street, and In-
tends keeping constantly on hand the choi-
38
hers confident of his ability to please. A
share of the public patIrUena e is res ctfully
Solicitcd. ULI .PAT ICK.38
Nerwalk, Sept. 21st,1863.
'NOTICI.
Clocks a Watches Repaired.
B. ARMSTRONG, of Winnepauk, re-
0 spectfully announceste his numerous
friends and the inhabitants of Norwalk and
its vicinity that he has taken a store in
Lynes’ Block, where by strict attention to
business he hopes to merit a share of public
patronage.
N. B. Clockspnd Watches fixed on the
shortest notice and on the most reasonable
terms. 11n*44
Cash System adopted for
Photographs 81 Carlos do Visits
AT WHITNEY & BECKWITH’S.
IN consequence of the great rise in chem-
icals, metals, and paper, used' In our busi-
ness, that can only be bought for cash, we
had either to increase our prices, or adopt
the Cash system. We choose the latter, as it
will alike benefit the customer and suit us.
Hereafter, when a proof is accepted, the
order for prints must be accompanied with
the casn.
- WHITNEY & BECK WITH.
Nerwalk, Conn., June 15.
Notice.
THE subscriber having purchased the stock
of Danes, MEDICINES, &C., of the late
firm of KNAPP & LYNES, of the Corner Drug
State, would respectfully inform the public
that he has completely replenished the store
with new and fresh goods, and having had
several years experience in the Drug business
in New York City, he feels confident that he
can give satisfaction as to the quality of the
oods purchased, and In the preparation of
Medicines. He will keep constantly on hand
a full and extensive stock of the best quality
and at reasonable prices. The friends and
patrons of the old firm, as also all others in
want of Drugs, Medicines, Fancy Goods 850. .,
are invited to call at the HCorner Dru tere.
ITT.
- Norwalk, June 5th, 1863M.
AS above stated I have disposed of my
interest in the late firm of Knap pp Lynes
to Henry M. Prewitt who will conr rnue the
Drug business as heretofore, and whom I
cordially recommend to the public as a com-
petcnt and careful apothecary.
SAM’L LYNES, M. D.
DR.“ " ‘SATTEBSON’S
Ofice at the Hygienic filedz'cal Association and
, Laboratory,
126 BLEECKER—ST, NEAR WOOSIER.
Hygienic Syrups, &c., purely vegetable an-
edyne Tonic for the cure of every disease
which is curable' In less time and wrth great-
er certainty than by other systems of practice.
Call and see our certificates, &c., and he sat-
~ isficd. He treats every disease that flesh rs
heir to.
We- under take to cure Scrofula and Con-
sumption where others have given it up as
incurable, as we have an invaluable medi-
icinc for the cure of the same.
Our Syrups for female weakness and Irreg-
ularitics surpass any thnig yet discovered.
All female diseases treated scientifically and
confidentiallyfi
N. B. —Our medicines are mostly newly
discovered. All diseases treated without
calemcl or bleedin. Particular attention
paid to, the cure of ancers. .
diseases without poisoning the system with
mercury 91' deleterious dm 5.
from 7 to 10 A. 11., and
Sundays excepted,
l 1.26 Bleacher Street, Now
.i
om2t09r. 11.,
‘5
ceist of Beef, Pork, Mutton, Poultry, &c., &.c. _
Having had long experience in the business .
Also, a speedy cure of Veneral 01' private.
Office Hours.
I (From Harper‘ 5 Monthly.) ‘
Twilight on Sumter-y-August
241,11, 1863. 1 .
BY EDMUND C. BTEDMAN.
Still and dark along the sea
‘ Sumterlay;
A light was overhead,
As from the burning cities shed, '
And the clouds were battle red,
Far away!' '
Not a solitary gun
Left to- tell the Fort had won,
Or lost the day!
Nothing but the tattered rag
Of the drOOping rebel flag,
And the sea- -birds screaming round it in
their play.
How. it woke one April morn
Fame shall tell;
As from Moultrie, close at hand,
And the batteries on the land,
Round its faint but fearless baud
Shot and shell
Raining hid the'doubtful light:
But they fought the hopeless fight
Long and well,
(Theirs the glory, ours the shame i)
Till the walls were Wrapt in fiame,
Then our flag was proudly struck, and Sum-
ter fell 1
Now—0h look at Sumter now,
In the gloom !
Mark its scarred and shattered walls,
(Hark l the ruined-rampart falls !) '
There’s a justice that appalls
In its doom ;
For this blasted spot of earth .
Where rebellion had its birth
Is its tomb 1
And when Sumter sinks at last
From the heavens, that shrink aghast, :-
Hell will rise in grim derision, and make
room ! ‘ ..
«Q».
Son and Sonnet.
Mr. J. Warren Newcomb, Jr., havingbeén
presented with a son, presents the world
with a sonnet.
From the J onrnal of Commerce.
MY BOY.
' He has his mother’s lovely eyes of blue;
He has her look of innocence, her grace;
And when I gaze upon his childish face,
Which wears a depth of sweetness that
might woo
An anchorite from thought of heavenly thingso.
I wonder that the darling has not wings.
Angels, we know, are born of those wbodiei
But sometimes in this gracious world of sin
There comes dear creatures who stir us, we
begin ,
To wender if 9. Hell were made, and why:
_ And so, I think, my boy has come, to win,
By using dear persuasion of young love,
My heart from things below to things above 3
80 pure he is, so lacking' 1n all sin. ’
J. W. N. ., JR.
New York, Nov. 18th, 1863.
«9»
IMPORTANT MEDICAL DISCOvERv. -—-A
London corrCSpohdent of the Liberator
gives this account: “ A great discovery
is just new engaging the attention of the
1
glisb names are more familiar to Ameri-
cans than that of Dr. John Chap,
man, editor of the HQslminislcr, and al-
ways a devotee of science and medicine
This Dr. Chapman has been for years
ehgaged in'studics and experiments can?
uected with the nervous system alone,
with such men as Dr. Brown, Sequard,
and Claude Bernard of Paris. For the
past- year he has been proving a' tree
meudous discovery—namely, the Cure of
epilepsy, and many diseases hitherto
deemed incurable, by means of the exter-
nal aplicatiou of ice and hot water, in
India rubber bags, .at various parts of
the Spinal chord, acting thus upon the
sympathetic nerve, and ,tbrongh it upon
the most important and vital regions of
the body. Many eminent physicians
have accompanied Dr. Chapman to see
the marvels which he had wrought upon
patients who had long ago despaired of
health. Some physicians, amongst others
Di. Wilkinson (though a homaaOpathist),
have so recognized the importance of the
discovery us to commit to Dr. Chapman’s
care soure of their patients. Cases are
attested where aman for six years had
had two from the ages of thirteen to sev-
enteen years, had been entirely cured by
ice. Just as wonderful have been the
cares of paralysis. Many of the worst
and most inveterate female diseases have
yielded to the new cure. The treatment
is as simple as it is grand. Any one who
Is troubled by the pressure of blood on
the brain will find that by holding a bag
of ice 011 the nape of the neck ten min-
utes, an cquablo flow of blood can he seo
cured. Those who are troubled with ha.
bitual cold feet may find relief by apply.
ing ice to the small 'ef the back in the
lumbar region. It is hard to estimate
theimportanco of this discovery, which
will ere long be ranked by the side of
that of Jenner. Several hospitals are
already under Dr. Chapman’s practice.
and as yet no one can bring forward an
instance of failure.”
HQ‘.>O.—
flit is especially important, just new,
that clergymen, in marrying a couple,
should not neglect to give a certificate of
the marriage, or to make a registration of
it. In the case of the death of a soldier,
rioge before a pension. A New Jersey
. paper, in speaking of this subject, as it
respects that state, says: “Upon search-
ing the records within the past your for
marriages, nearly half the unfortunate.
widows have been turned away with the
remark. ‘The clergyman performing the
ceremony has neglected to comply with
the law.’ "
«‘0.» o—————
n. The Hartford hackmeu Charge
{their customers $1. 50 an hour.
scientific and medical world. Few Err-'-
thrce fits (on an average) daily, 11 girl who _
the widow must have a certificate 01111111..
5 the Fourteenth Connectrcut
THE FOUBTEENTH AT GET-
' TYSBURG.*
“Come, Fred, tell me all about that
glorious fight which, you know, it was
just my ill-luck to miss. If it had been
such another whipping as we had at
FrederiCksburg, the Fates would proba-
bly have let me be there. I have heard
several accounts, and know the regiment
did" nobly; but the boys all get so excited
telling about it that I have not yet a
clear idea 0f the fight. ”
“Here goes, then,” said the Adjutant,
lighting a fresh cigar. “It will serve to
pass away time, which bangs so heavy on
our hands' In this dreary hospital.” _
“We were not engaged on the first
7 day of the fight, July], 1863,- but were
on the march for Gettysburg. that day.
All the afternoon we 111111111111 cannon-
adiug‘growingmoro'and more distinct as
'1 weapprOach'ed the town, and as we, came
. 'on the field'at night learned that the
, First and Eleventh corps had fought
hard, sufi'Cred much, and been driven back
outside the town with the loss of Major
General Reynolds, who, it was generally
said,1brought‘lou~au engagement too has
tily~with 'Lee’s whole army. We bi.
- veuacked on the field that night.w
. “About nine o’Clock the next morning
we. moved up to the front, and by ten
o’clock the enemy’s shells were falling
around us. Captain Coit had a narrow
escape here We had just staCked arms
and were resting, when a runaway herse,
frightened by the shelling, came full tilt
.. at him; ’twa’s ‘heavy cavalry’ against
flight 1nfantry,’. but Coit had presence of
mind-enough to draw his sword, and
bringing it. to a point, it entered the ani-
mdl’s- belly. The shock knocked Coit
ever, and he was picked up senéeless
with a terribly battered face, and carried
to the rear. ”
' “Bytheaway, Fred, islit not singular
that he should have recovered so quickly
and completely from such 111-severe blewl”.
“Indeed it is. He is as handsome as,
ever; but to go on. At four o’clock in,
the afternoon we moved up to support a
battery, and here we lay all night. About
dark, Captain Broatch went out with the
pickets. Though under artillery‘fire all
day, we were not really engaged, as we
did not fire a guu.Son1e of our pickets,
unfortunately going too far to the front,
were taken prisoners during the night.
“At about five o ’clock on the morning
of the 3d, Captain Townsend went out
With Companies B and C, and relieved
Broatcb. As soon as he got out, Town-
send advanCCd his men as skirmishers some
1111111. hundred yards beyond the regiment,
whiéh moved up to the impromptu rifle
pits, which were formed partially by a
stone wall and partially by a rail fence.
Just as seen as our skirmishers were
posted, they began firing at the rebel
skirmishers, and kept it' up all day, until
the grand attack in the afternoon. Be-
afore they had been out theuty minutes,
Corporal Huxham, 0f Company B, was
instantly killed by a rebel bullet. It was
not discovered until another _of our skir-
mishers, geltibg out of ammunition, went
up to him, saying, ‘Sam, let me have
some cartridges? - Receiving no answer,
he stooped down and discovered that a-
bullet had entered the poor fellow’s
mouth, and had gone out at the back of
his head, killing the brave Cbaucellors-'
ville-scarred corporal so quickly that he
never knew what hurt him. Presently
Captain Moore was ordered down with
four companies into a lot near by, to
drive the rebel sharp-shooters out of a
house and burn from'wheuce they were
constantly picking efi‘ our men. Moore
went down on a double-quick, and, as
usual, ahead of his'meu; he was first man
in the barn, and as he entered, the But-
ternuts were already jumping out. Moore
and his men soon cleared the barn and
then started for the house. Here that
big sgrgeaut in Company J. (Norton)
sprang in at the front door just in time
to catch a bullet in his thigh, from a reb
watching at the back; but that reb did
not live long to brag of it, one of our
boys takiughim 'on the wing.’ Moore
soon cleared the house out, and went
back with his men. Later in the day
the robs again occupied the house, and
Major Ellis took the regiment and drove
them out, burning the house, so as not to
be bbthered by any more concealed sharp-
shooters in it ”
“Yes, I know the Major don’t like to
do a thing but once, so he always does it
thoroughly the first time. ”
“It was in these charges for the pos-
session of that house .we lost more ofiicers
and men than in all the rest of the fight.
“About one o’clock in the afternoon.
the enemy, who had been silent so long
that the boys were cooking cofi‘ee, smok-
ing, sleqpiug, etc., suddenly opened all
their batteries of reserve artillery upon
the position held by our corps (the Sc-
cond.) First, one great gun spoke, then,
as if it had been the signal for the com-
mencement of. an artillery conversation,
*REBEL BATTLE- Fines CAPTUBED.
First Tennessee, captured by the Four-
'tceuth Connecticut Volunteers at Gettys-
buig, ,July 3,1863.
ourtcenth Tennessee, captured by the
Fourteenth Connecticut Volunteers at Get-
tysburg, July 3,1863.
Sixteenth North Carolina Regiment, cap-
tured by the Fourteenth Connecticut Volun-
teers at Gettysburg, July 3,1863.
Battlefiag‘, State net‘ given captured by
Yolanteers at
Gettysburg, July 3.
.by division on both flanks.
their officers command,
opened their months at once and poured
out their thunder. Alpcrfect storm Of
Shot and shell rained around and among
us, The boys quickly jumped to their
rifles and lay down behind the wall and
rail barricade For two hours this storm
of shut and shell Continued, and seemed
to increase in fury. Good God! I never
heard anything like it, and our regiment
has been under fire ‘somewhut, ’ us you
know. 1,The. ground trembled like an
aspen leaf;- the air was'full‘Of srn'all fl'ag-
Then the sounds—there was the peculiar
whoo7—rwhoo’3—Iwhoo oo?’ ' —0f the round
shot; the 'wlriCIL- one?’— 11111.14. one7’of that,
fiendish Whitworth projectile, and the
demoniac shriek of shells. It seemed as
if- all the devils 1n hell were holding high
carnival. But, strange as it may seem,
it was like many other ‘sensation doings,’
nient, and, in fact, the. whole: corps lost
very few men by it, the missiles passing
over beyond our position, save the Whit-
worth projectiles which did not quite
reach us, as their single 899-,“ that de-
scription was two miles off Had the
enemy had better artillerists at. their
sung-er a better view of our positioryl
cannot say what would have been the
final result but certain it is, nething
mortal could have stood that 611': long,
had it been better, d11e1.ted.aud if our
corps had broken that day, Gettysburg
would have been a lost battlé, and Gen.
Lee, instead of Heiutzehnau, the com-
manding ofiicer 'iu‘this DistIiCt of Co-
lumbia to- -day
' “About three P. M. the enemy’s fire
slackened, died away, and the smoke
lifted to disclose a Corps of. the rebel
‘Grand Army of Northern .Yirgiuia,’
advancing across the long plain in Our
front, in three magnificent lines of battle,
with the troops massed in Close column
' How splen-
didly they looked! Our skirm‘ishers, who
had Staid-at their posts through all, gave
them volley after volleyas they came on,
until Captain Townsend was ordered to
bring his men in, which he did In admira-
bile order, his men, loading and firing all
the way, came in steadily and coolly—all
that were left. of them, for a good half of
them were killed or wounded before they
reached the regiment.
' “011, on came the rebels, with colors
flying and bayonets gleaming 1n the sun
light, keeping their lines as straight as if
on parade: over fences and ditches they
come, but still their lines never break,
and still they come. For a moment all
is hush along our lines, as we gaze in si
lent admiration at theSe braVO robs; then
"our division commander, ‘Aleck Haycs’
rides up, and, peintiug to the last fence
the enemy must cross before reaching us,
says, ‘Don’t fire till they get to that
fence; then let ’émhaVef-TV'" ' ‘
“On, on, come the 'rebs, till 'we can-
see the whites of their eye's,au1l hear
‘Steady, boys,,
steadyl’ Theylr'each the fence, some bun
the command ‘Firel’ rings down our line;
and», risingas' one man, the riflés 0f the
old Second Army Cerps ring .a death-
kuell’ for many a brave heart, in butter-
nut dre'ss, worthy of a'better cause—a
knell that will ring in the hearts of many
mothers, sisters, and wives, on many a
plantation in the once fair and Sunny
South, where there will be weeping and
wailing for the soldier who never returns.
who sleeps at Gettysburg. ‘Load and
fire at will!’ Oh Heaven! how we poured
our fire into them—a merciless hail of
lead! Their first line wavers, breaks and
runs; some of their color‘sergeauts halt
ground: they are too well disciplined to
leave their colors. yet. But they stop
only for a moment; then fall back, colors
and all. They fall back, but rally, and
dress on the other lines, under a'tremen-
dons fire from our advancing rifles: rally,
and come on again to meet their death.
Line after line of rebels come up, deliver
their fire, one volley, and they are mowu
down like the grass of the field. They
fall back, ferm,'and come upagaiu, with
their battleflags still waving; but again
they are driven back.
“On our right is a break in the line,
where a battery has been' In position, but,
falling short Of ammunition, and unable
to move it efi‘ under such a heavy fire,
the gunners have. abandoned it to its.
fate. Some of the rebels gain a footing
here. One daring fellow leaps upon the
gun, and waves his rebel flag. In an in-
stant a right oblique fire from‘ ours,’ and
a left oblique from the regiment on the
left 0f the position, rolls the rugged rebel
and rebel rag in the dust, rolls the deter-
ours. .
smaller and, thinner, break quicker, and
are longer in forming. Our boys are.
wild with excitement, and grow reckless.
Liedt. John Tibbetts stands up yelling
like mad, ‘Give it to ’eurl give it to ’eml’
tam: Johnny’s game arm drops by his
side; he turns quickly to his First Lieu
tenant, saying, ‘1 have got another bullet
in the same old 9.1111, but I don’t care. a.
d-‘—ul’ Heaven forgive Johnny! Mrehe‘b
lead will sometimes bring rebel words
Battle- -fiag, State not given, captured by
the Fourteenth Connecticut Volunteers. 1
with it. All of ‘Ouns’ are carried away
the rubble hundred and twenty or mere‘
11er yards In front of us, when suddenly '
and plant their standards firmly in the -
“By-and-byf the enemy’s lines comeup ,
A bullet, enters Iridium—that same arm _
in which he caught two bullets at Antie- -
_._ .. 1.-..._.._. -...
with 1.xcilcmcnt; the Sergeant-Major
leaps a wall, 111shes down among the
robs, and brings back a battle flag;
others follow ,our SergeenteMujor; and
before the enemy’s repulse becomes a
rent, we of the Fourteenth, have six of
their battle flags. . I
officers and men. We payno attention
towthemp being too ,busyiscudiug .Our
leadcu. messengers after the now flying
hosts. One of our prisoners, a rebel ofii-
cer, turns to me, saying, ‘Whore are the
men we’ve been fighting?’ ‘Here,’_' I,
answer, pointing down our short thin
line. ‘ ‘Good God!’ says he, ‘is that all?-
I wish I could' get back. ’ ”
“Yes ” I interrupted, “Townsend told
me that when he fell back with his skir-
mishers, and saw the'whOlc length of our
small, thin, little line pitted against those
then full lines of the rebels, his heart al-
most sank within him; but Meade had
planned that battle well, and every one
of our soldiers told.”
"Yes, ” said Fred, “Meade planned the
fight well, and Hancock, Hayes, and in
fact all Of them fought it well. All
through the fight Gen. Haucdck might
be seen galloping up and down the lines
of our bully corps, regardless of the
leaden hail all about him; and when
finally severely wounded in the hip he
was carried a little to the rear, where he
lay on his stretcher and still gave his
orders.
“The fight was now about over; there
was only an occasional shot exchanged,
betWeen the I'etreatiug rebel sharp-shoot:
ers and our men, and I leeked about me
and took an acCount of stock. We had
5. .
and taken prisoners, leaving only an hun-
dred men fit for duty. .We had killed
treble that number, and taken nearly a
brigade of priseners, six stands of colors,
and guns, swords, and pistols without
number. For the first time we had been
.through an action without having an
ofiicer killed or fatally wounded, though
Tibbetts, Seymour, Stoughton, Snagg,
Seward and Dudley were more or less
seriously wounded, and Coit disabled.
“Hardly a man in the regiment had
over two 01' three cartridges left. Dead
and wounded rebels were piled up in
heaps in front of us, especially in front of
Companies A and B, where Sharp’s
rifles had done effective work.
“It was a great vjctory. ‘Fredericks-
burg on the other leg,’ as the boys said.
,lhe rebel ' prisoners told ,us their leaders
assured them that they would only meet
the Pennsylvania militia, but when they
saw the d—d ace of clubs (the trefoil
‘fbadgc of the Second Corps ) a cry went
:‘threugh their lines—"l‘he Army of the
11519111111: by Ileaveul’
“So ended the battle of Gettysburg,
and the sun sunk to rest that night on a
brittle field that had proved that . the
‘Army of the Potomac could and would
[save the people-of the North from inva-
.sion whenever and wherever they may be
assailed—Harper’s Weekly.
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T111: LArssr DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.—
Some Western paper supplies the Demo-
crats with a new set of resolutions,
adapted to the changed tone of their
organs, since the election, as follows:
,Wareos, Dimocrisy flurishcs best won
it is successful; and wareas, it is a tender
flowu' and don’t bare the chillin frosts
uv adversity much; ' and wareas, the
peeple hev shode by the pckoelyer stills
of their vetin that they don’t like Valian-
diggum nor his principles; and wareas,
the people is uv moar yuse to us than
.Yallandiggum; therefore, be it
Resolvrd, That Valiandiggum never
was a representatuv uv the dimocratic
Ijee.
, Resolved, That we do not endors his
vews, or: approve his acts, and uevur did.
Resolved, That ouist old A. Liuklin, by
arrestiu nv him, and thereby forsiu uv 11s
into cemmittiu politikle sooside by nomi-
natin uv him, was gilty of a heenus cin.
Resolved, That we niut ‘ez much cou-
sarned about our habis corpusses ez we
wuz ufore the elecshun.
Resolved, That the war for the Union
must go 011. until its enemies is subjoo-
waves over every slait, and the dime-
cratic committns uv the varius staits be
requested to proocoor .r suflishct number
uv bounc1s, 11nd uppint sub committees to
wave em.
. Resolved, That we air in favur uv sub-
joogashen, emansipashen, confiscashen,
taxasheu, conscripshen, cxterminashen,
nigger enlistmeuts, and at there is any-
thin else the people desire, let em write
(postvpude) and weel pass the necessary
resolushen.
.-.-.
@Brigadier Gen.1Garfield,late chief
of staff to Gen. Rosecrans, tendered his
resignation to the President, that he
might take his seat in Congress as a rep-
resentative from Ohio, coupled with the
offer to serve in the field or in Congress
as the President should prefer. The Pres-
.ident has answered b Inakin him a Mo'.
mined forCo back from the gun, and it is . y g J
General, and he stays in the field.
v‘...k——
firThc Sanitary Commission are using
their utmost efforts to relieve the unfortu-
nate prisoners at Richmond Two 1n-
voices of goods have already gone for-
w,ard .011 the 17th and 20th inst. One
'of these invoices We published three days
‘ago. The two comprised.4.658 articles
of clothing, valued at $4,174 22; 9,300
ounds of food and stimulants valued at
3, 758 35; sundry articles, such as soap,
cembs, sponges, tin cups, 810., valued at
$62 94—tetal, $7, 995 51 These arti-
..cles will carry comfort to the prisoners,
and others will soon follow to render their
chlrditiou as tolerable as possrble. In the.
IIICau time donations will be welcomed by
the Commission of everything that will
be useful to “them in bonds.”— Tribune.
l
' “Prisoners are brought in by hundreds, ,
lest about seventy killed and wounded _
gatid, and the banner uv buty and glory .
Letter f1. om Col. Noble. 2 2
The following extract from a letter _;by
Col. Noble, to the Soldier’s Aid Society
of Bridgeport, gives valuable ”11.111 to
those who desire to alleviate the wants of
our soldiers in the field. Tito Colonel
says:
‘In reply to your request that “should
name what would be useful to us, I have?
consulted with the Surgeon, and would:
say that the following articles would. prove.
very acceptable 1n his 11311111115111, VIZ“
White sugar, black tea, Codfish, pick-l
led, dried and put up in tin cans. This; I!
a most useful article In the hospital The“
1
Pillows,
pillow cases and sheets old comfortablcg',
stimulants that are geod, such as South!
Cruz Rum, Cider Brandy, native Grape"
Wine, that is not too much svveotonod, 1
Borden’s condensed milk. Then? are most
useful In making weak milk pnn0k 1111311111;
whey for the sick, who are needing more
stimulant and nourishment at the slime?
time. Catchup, Candied Tomatoes, any
kind Of Jellies, (no cake for the sick,
Crackers are furnished abundantly by the
SR nitsry Commission.)
So much for th’é’ Hespitnl Department
Now let me make some suggestions '|_|
. well for that department as the regiment
.at large. - -
O Pickles, in almost every shape, of ev-
:ery kind, and' In almost any quantity, are
.ever most accOptable and useful. Driéé
apples, 1n quantities so that they may!“
made available for company coo
Yet this Winter there will be little W
why" In transmission from the north of
fresh apples. It IS rather early yet to
climate. Any kind of fresh vegeta 90,;
,will always be found most health sustai’l'
jug and acceptable. '
Tobacco 1s alv‘vays welcome, particular-
ly a cheap article of the Smoking. Eve?
ry man smokes Sutler’s tebacco' Is very},
expensive. Smoking has now become a:
comfort s0 necessary to the soldier, that
he will purchase it though very dear.
Towels are always acceptable and a gféat
blessing. We have to pay here for ‘j
miserable small slazy cotton article, 50ctl '
basins, and tin dishes are all very useful. _'
of money can be better appropriated;
than 111 furnishing some Of these articles.
There' 1s a great demand for reading
matter In the regiméut. Our hbrary,
ernméut custody.
you with a list of wants,’ which I eXpdet
yen to supply to this regiment; but thi i
you may be posted on those things 1;, '
are useful, and inform others; so, 't
when the society cheeses they 1111111116 1»
what will be most useful and acceptable,
Another class of artiéles. are very- 1303r
tautly pays out his money, viz: Cheap 111111
small clothes brooms, shoe blaCkiug and"
brushes, polishing powder, flour or end-7 '
mer oil. Of all these articles, the soldier
has daily and constant use. His boots,
the highest state of polish. The constant
uses, though small at times, make tile:
purchase of considerable aggregate
amount. Although he likes to be clean,
and to have his clothes, his gun and. st.
coutremeuts in fine order, still with bii
pay, he very naturally feels that Udelo
Sam or somebody might help him In 11:11
matter. The Sutler furnishes, but at
a very high price i '
Bridgeport Standard.
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3.1%an Eddy preached to his
Temperance last Sunday Those who did
not hear it should read the artiCle' On our
thcr. ”
perancc reform should be zealeusly second' -
ed by all good men.
murruin, the boils, the hail, the east 111111
the locusts and the feg—and this knot of
nite ev‘ds which ererspread “our own-fine
land,” and which are - traceable: dire’ctly
one half our pbpulatien, is at the bottdm?
of two thirds the frauds and homicides
that crowd the criminal calender, fixel
its blight somewhere upon every bouleo.
armies, and raises the mischief generally
Why do we not rise upon it to a man,
and make its sale or use as odious as can-
ibalism and body snatching.- ,
‘ Wins'fed ‘Hcrald.
————a.<.>o
When a young female wears 1111
circular side- curl, gummed on each té
pie; 3 when she walks withIi malempi,
arm in arm, but his am against: theibockt'
of hers, and when she says-,- “Yes?"- ivitlr
the hote of interrogation, you are“ gone--
gets and who the “teller”.sz you saw
wit hcr ”
Rebel papers say that their great 1am
lMissouri, built at Shreveport, La., is.
total failure. She cost 500, 000.
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Washbasins, knives and forks, Tin wash}:- I;
Government furnishes none of 11.151191111111111
Soap it'does give, good and- abundant; '
As habits of ueatness and order are so .
valuable, I do net'believe a small amount -
which our beloved chaplain, Rev. Dr; 1
Thompson, prOCursd for us, was lost at:
Acquia Creek, while turned over to Gen
Any good reading
out these suggestions not to. overwhclfil.
sireab‘le, but (01 which the soldier rel, cs”? .
ry, [in boxes] emery cloth and paper, or- U
his trowsers and his gun, must all be in
congregation a perverl'ul discourseon '011 _
Combine Egypt‘
plagues—the frogs, the lice, the flies, 121,11 ",
to whiskey. Whiskey—it 11131161111111”,
hold, debauches our politics, baulks Ont}
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