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i; INCREASE OF THE PUBLIC DEBT.
.p public debt on the lst day of July
(lihough some what exceeding the esti-
hf the Secretary of the Treasury made
ngress at the commencement of last
on, falls short of the estimate of that
or made in the preceeding December as
aprobable amount at the beginning Of
year, by the sum of $3,995,070 33. This
exhibits a satisfactory condition and
act of the operations of the Treasury.
THE NATIONAL BANKS.
.‘he national banking system is proving
it: acceptable to capitalists and the peo-
ln the20th day of November five hun-
d and eighty-four national banks had
a organised, a considerable number of
ch wereeonversions from state banks.—
ingcs from the state system to the nation-
ystem m rapidly taking place, and it is
ed that very soon . there will be in the
ated States no banks of issue not author-
1 by Congress, and no bank-note circula-
inot'securo’d by the government; that
government and the. people will derive
eral benefit from this change in the bank-
systsin of the country can hardly be
istioned; .
the national system will create a reliable
l permanent influence in support of
national credit, and protect the people
just losses in the use of paper money.—
iethsr or not any further legislation is ad-
able for the supprestsion of state bank is-
s, it will be for Congress to determine.—
ieems quite clear that the Treasury can-
; be satisfactorily conducted unless the
iernment can exercise a restraining power
3r the bank note circulation of the coun-
THE ARMY.
The report of the Secretary of War and
:accompaning documents Will detail the
nipsign of the armies in the field since the
te of the last annual message, and also
a operations of the several bureaus of the
'ar Department during the last year.
It will also specify the measures deemed
sential for the national defence, and to
up up and supply the requisue military
rce.
THE NAvY.
The report of the Secretary of the Navy
'esents a comprehensive and satisfactory
rhibit of the affairs of that Department and
:‘the naval service. It is a subject of con-
ratuiation and laudable pride to our coun-
ymen that a us of such vast proportions
as been organize in so brief a period, and
anducted with so much effiCiency and suc-
989.
The general exhibit of the navy, including
'essels under construction on the 1st of De-
ember,1864, showsa total of 671 vessels,
arrying 4,610 guns and 510,396 tons, being
.11 actual increase during the year, over and
.bovesll losses of shipwreck or in battle, of
l8 vessels, 167 guns, and 42,427 tons. . .
The total number of men at this time In
he naval service, including oflicers, is
ibout 51,000. There have been been cap-
.ured by the navy during the year 324 ves-
iels, and the whole number of naval cap-
.ures since hostilities commenced is 1397, Of
which 267 are steamers. The gross pro-
:eeds arising from the sale of condemned
prize property thus far reported amounts to
51439635051. A large amount of such
proceeds is still under adjudication, and yet
to be reported.
The total expenditure of the Navy Depart’
ment Of every description, including the cost
of the immense squadrons that have been
called into existence from the 4th of March
1861, to the 1st of Nov., 1864, are $238,647
262 35, I u - s
Your favorable consideration is invited to
the various recconimendations of the Secre-
tary of the Navy, especially in regard to a
navy yard and suitable establishment for the
construction and repair of iron vessels and
the machinery and armature for our ships, to
which‘ reference was made in my last annual
message. _
Your attention is also invited to the vieWs
expressed in the report in relation to the
legislation of Congress at its last searion in
respect to prizes on our inland waters.
I cordiali ' concur in the recommenda-
tion Of the ecretary. as to the properiety _Ol‘
creating the'ncw rank Of Vice Admiral In
our naval service.
TEE PosT OFFICE.
Your attention is invited to the report
Of the Postmaster General for a detailed ac—
count of the operations and financial con-
dition of the Post Office Department.
The postal revenues for the year ending,r
Juue30th, 1864, amounted to $12,438,253.”
and the expenditures to $2,644,786.20 ; the
excess of expenditures over receipts bein;,r
$206,652.42.
The views presented by the Postmaster-
General on thesubje‘ct of special grants by
the government in aid of the establishment
of new lines ofocean mail steamships, and
the policy he recommends for the develop-
ment of increased commercial intercourse
with adjacent and neighboring countries,
should receive the careful consideration of
Congress. '
- NEW STATES.
It is Of noteworthy interest that the steady
expansionpf population, improvement and
governmental institutions over the new and
unoccupied portions of our country have
s'carceiy been checked, much less impeded
or destroyed by our great civil war, which,
at first glance, would seem to have absorbed
almost the entire energies of the nation.
The organization and admission of
the State of Nevada has been completed in
cOnforinity Miner, and thus our excellent
system is firmly established in the mountains
which once seemed a barren and uninhabita-
ble waste between the Atlantic States and
’ ' ‘- ‘m ‘ up on the coast of
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Ihaho and Montana, by reason of their great
distance andthe interruption of communica-
tion with them by Indian hostilities, have
been only partially organized ; but it is un-
derstood that these difficulties are about to
disappear, which will permit their govern-
meats, like those. of the others, to go into
speedy and falloperation, as intimately con-
nected with and promotive of this material
growth of the nation.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
' ' I ask the attention of Congress to the val-
uable information, and important recom-
mendations relating to the public lands, Indi-
an afl‘airs, the Pacific railroads, and numer-
ous discoveries,contained in the report of the
Secretary of the Interior, which is herewith
transmitted, and which report also embraces
the subjects of patents, pensions and other
topics of public interest pertaining to his dc-
partmcnt.
PUBLIC LANDs.
The quantity of public land disposed of
during the five quarters ending on the 30th
of September. last was 4,221,342 acres, of
which 1,539,614 acres were entered under
the homestead law. The remainder was lo-
cated with military land warrants, agricul-
tural scrip certified to states for railroads,
and sold for cash; The cash received from
sales and locatiOn fees was $1,019,446.
The income from sales during the fiscal
year endingJune 30, 1864, was $678,007,21,
against $136,077,95 received during the pre-
ceding year. The aggregate number Of :2 crcs
surveyed during the year has been equal to
the quantity disposed of, and there is open
t'o settlement about 133,000,000 acres of sur-
veyed land.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD AND TELEGRAPH.
The great enterprise of connecting the
.ntic with the Pacific States by railways
telegraph lines has been entered upon
. a. vigor that gives assurance of success,
vithstanding the einbarassments arising
i the prevailing high prices of materials
labor.
heroutc of the main line of road has
i definitelylocaled for one hundred miles
award from the inital point at Omaha
',Ncbrasku, and a preliminary location
ie Pacific Railroad of California has been
.0 from Sacramento eastward to the
.t bend of Mucker River in Nevada.
THE MIN E8.
umerous discoveries Of gold, silver and
ibar mines have been added to those
toforc known, and the country occupied
he Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains
the subordinate ranges now teems with
rprisiug labor which is richly remuner-
:. It isibelieved that the product of the
es of precious metals in that region has
mg the year reached if not exceeded
30,000,000. '
THE INDIANS.
was recommended in my last annual
sage that our Indian system be remodel-
Congress, at its last session, acting up-
ae recommendation, did provide for reA'
.nizm the system in California, and it
:liev that under the present organiza-
s.‘
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ti in the management Of the Indians there
v lllbc attended wilh reasonable success,
Much yet remains to be done to provide
fl 1‘ the proper govrrnment of the Indians in
0 her parts Of the Country to render it secure
fa r the advancing settler, and to provide for
two welfare of the I idiaus. The Secretary
r' iterates hisrecommendations, and to them
the attention of Congress is invited.
ARMY AND NAVY PENSlONS.
Tlieliberal provisions made by Congress
for paying pensions to invalid soldiers and
sailors Of the Republic, and lo the Widows,
orphans and dependant mothers of those
who have fallen in battle or died of disease'
contracted, or of wounds received in the ser-
vice oftheir country, have been diligently
administered. _ '
There have been added. to the pension
rolls during the year ending the 30th day
of June last, the names of 16,770 invalid
soldiers, and Of 271 disabled seamen; ma-
king the present number of army invalid
pensioners 22, 767, and of navy invalid pen-
sioners 712. Of widows, orphans and moth-
ers 22,198 have been placed on the army
pension rolls, and 248 on the navy rolls. The
present number of army pensioners of this
class is 25,433, and of navy pensioners 798.
At the beginning of he year the number
of revolutionary pensioner was 430. Only
twelve of them were soldiers, of whom seven
have since died. The remainder are those
who, under the law received pensions be-
cause of relationship to revolutionary sol.
diers.
During the year ending the 30th of J one,
1864, $4,504, 616, 92 have been paid to pen-
sioners of all classes.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
I cheerfully commend to your continued
patronage the benevolent institutions of the
District of Columbia which have hitherto
been established or fostered by Congress,,and
respectfully refer for information concerning
them, and in relation to the Washington
Aqueduct, the Capitol, and other matters Of
local interest to the report of the Secretary.
TIIE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
The Agricultural Department, under the
supervision of its present energetic and faith-
ful head, is rapidly commending itself to the
rent and vital interest it was to advance.—
t is peculiarly the people’s department, in
which they feel more directly concerned
than in any other. I commend it to the
continued attention and fostering care of
Congress.
OUR ARMIES SUCCESSFUL. '
The war continues. Since the last annual
message all the importantlines and positions
then occupied by our forces have been main-
tained and our armies have steadily advanced
thus liberating the regions left in the rear, so
that Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and
parts of other states have again produced
reasonably fair crops.
SHERMAN’s MARCN IN GEORGIA.
The most remarkable feature in the milita-
ry o erations of the year is General Sher—
mans attempted march of three hundred
miles directly through the insurgent region.
It tends to show a great increase of our rela-
tive strength that our Gen -in-Chief should
feel able to confront and hold in check every
active force of the enemy, and yet to detach
aweli appointed large army to move on such
an expedition. The result not yet being
known, conjecture in regard to itis not here
indulged.
RECONsTRUCTIoN IN ARKANNAs AND LOUIS-
IANA.
Important movements have also occurred
during the year to the effect of moulding so-
ciety for durability in the Union. Although
short of complete success, it is much in the
right direction that twelve thousand citizens
in each of the states Of Arkansas and Louis-
iana have organized loyal state governments
with free constitutions, and are earnestly
struggling to maintain and admimistcr them
FREE MARYLAND.
But Maryland presents the example of
complete success. Maryland is secure to
Liberty and Union for all the future. The
genius Of rebellion will no more claim Mary-
land. Like another foul spirit, being driven
out it may seek to tear her, but it will woo
her no more.
THE ANTI-SLAVERY CONsTITUTIONAL AMEND-
MENT RECOMMENDED.
At the last session of Congress. a proposed
amendment of the constitution, abolishing
slavery throughout the United States, passed
the Senate, but failed for lack of the requis-
ite two-third vote in the House of Repre-
sentatives. Although the present is the
same Congress, and nearly the same mem-
bers, and without questioning the wisdom on
atriotism of those who stood in opposition
Iventurc to recommend the reconsideration
and passage of the measure. 7
At the present session of course the abstract
question is not changed, but an intervening
election shows almost certainly that the next
Congress will pass the measure if this does
not. Hence there is only a question of time
as to when the proposed amendment will
go to the States for their action,and if it is to
go at all events, may we not agree that the
sooner the better.
TH E LATE ELECTION.
It is not claimed that the election has im-
posed aduty on members to change their
views or their votes any further than as an
additional element to be considered. Their
judgment may be effected by it. It is the
voice of the people, now for the ;first time
heard upon the question. In a great nation-
al crisis like ours unanimity Of action among
those seeking a common end is very desira-
ble, almostmdispensable; and yet no ap-
proach to such unanimity is attainable un-
less some deference shall be paid to the will
of the majority, simply because it is the the
will of the majority.
In this case the common end is the' main-
tenance of the Union, and among the means
to secure that end, such will, through the
election, is most clearly declared in favor of
such constitutional amendment; the most
reliable indication of public purpose in this
country is through our popular elections.
Judging by the recent canvass and its re-
sults, the purpose ol the people within the
loyal states to maintain the integrity of the
Union was never more firm nor unanimous
than now. The extraordinary calmness and
good order with which the million of voters
met and mingled at the polls give strong as-
rurance of this. Not only all those who sup
ported the “Union ticket” (so called). but a
great majority Of the Opposmg party also,
may be fairly claimed to entertain and to be
actuated by the same purpose.
It is an unanswerable argument to this e.-
fect that no candidate for any Office what-
ever, high or low, has ventured to seek votes
on the avowal that he was for giving up the
Union. There have been much impugning
of motives and much heated controversy as
to the proper means and best mode of ad-
vancing the Union cause, but on the distinct
issue of Union or no Union, the politicians
have shown their instinctive knowledge
that there is no diversity among the people
In affording the people the fair opportu-
nity of showing one to another and to the
world theii'firmncss and unanimity of pur—
pose the election has exhibited another fact
not less valuable to be known, the fact that
we do not approach exhaustion in the most
important. branch Of the nationalrcsources—
that of living men.
While it is melancholy to reflect that the
war has filled so many graves and carried
mourning to so many hearts it is some relief
to know, cunpared with the surviving, the
fallen have been so few. While corps and
divisions, and brigades, and regiments have
formed, and fought, and dwindled and gone
out of existence, a great majority of the men
who composed them are still living. The
same is true of the naval service. The elec-
tion returns prove this. So many voters
could not vise be found.
The States regularly holding elections,
both now and four years ago, to wit: Califor
nia, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana
Iowa, KeiiiuckylMaiue, Maryland, Massa-
chusetts, M icliigan, MinnesotaMissouri, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Ver-
mont, West Virginia and Wisconsin, cast
3,042,011 votes now against 3,870,222 cast
then showing aggregate now of 3,982,011, to
which is to be added 23,762 cast now in the
new States of Kansas and Nevada, which
States did not vote in 1860; tiius swelling
the aggregate to 4,015,773, and the net in-
crease during the three years and and a half
of war, to 145,751. A table is appended
showing particulars. To this again should
be added the number of soldiers in the field
from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jer-
sey, Delaware, lndiana, Illinois, and Califor-
nia, who, by the laws these Slates, could not
vote away from their homes, and which
number Cannot be less than 90,000. Nor
et is this all. The number in organized
erritories is triple now what it was four
years ago—while thousands, white and black
join us as the national arms press hack the
insurgent lines. SO much is shown affirma-
tively and negatively by the election.
It is not material to inquire how tlw in-
crease has been produced, or to obey '
it would have been greater but for th
which is probably true. The important fact
remains demonstrated that we have more
men now than we had when the war began;
that we are not exhausted or in process of
exhaustion ; that we are gaining strength,
and may, if need be, maintain the contest
indefinitely. This as to men. _
NATIONAL RESOURCES UNExIIAusTED.
Material resources are now more complete
and abundant than ever. The national re.
sources are then uucxhausted, and, as we be-
lieve, iiiexliaustable. The public purpose to
i'e-establisli the national authority is un-
changed and, as we believe, unchangeablc.
The manner of continuing the effort remains
torchoose. .
No PEACE NEGOCIATIONS.
0n careful consideration of all the evidence
' accessible, it seems to me that no attempt at
negociation with the insurgent leader could
result in any good. He does not attempt to
deceive us. He affords us no excuse to de-
ceive ourselves. We cannot voluntarily
yield it.
Between him and us the issue is distinct,
simple and inflexible. It is an issue which
can only be tried by war and decided by
victory. If we yield we are beaten. If the
Southern people fail him, he is beaten, either
way it would be the victory and defeat fol-
lowing war.
IIOW PEACE MAY COME.
What is true, however, of him who heads
the insurgent cause, is not necessarily true of
those who follow. Although he cannot re-
accept the Union, they can. Some of them,
we know, already desire peace and reunion.
The number of such may increase. They
can at any moment have peace, simply by lay-
ing down their arms and submitting to the na-
tional authority under tbc Comtz'mlz'on.
After so much the government could not,
if it would, maintain war against them. The
loyal people would not sustain or allow it
If questions should remain, We would adjust
them by the peaceful means of legislation,
conference courts and votes.
Operating only in constitutional and law-
ful channels, some certain and other possi-
ble questions are and would be beyond the
executive power to adjust, as, for instance.
the admission of members into Congress,
and whatever might require the appropria-
tion of money.
PARDONs AND AMNESTY.
The executive power itself would be great-
ly diminished by the cessation of actual war.
Pardons and remissions of forfeiture, how-
ever, would still be within Executive con-
trol. In what spirit and temper this con-
trol would be exercised can be fairly judged
Of by the past.
Ayear ago general pardon and amnesty,
upon specified terms, were offered to all ex-
cept certain designated classes, and it was
at the sametime made known that the ex-
cepted classes were still within contemplav
tion of special clemency.
During the year many availed themselves
of the general provision and many more
would, only that the signs of bad faith in
some led to such precautionary measures as
rendered the practical process less easy and
certain; during the same time also special
pardons have been granted to individuals of
excepted classes, and no voluntary applica-
tion has been denied.
Thus practically the door has been for a
full year open to all, except such as were
not in condition to make free choice, that is,
such as were in custody or under constraint.
It is still so open to all, but the time may
come, probably will come, when public duty
shall demand that it be closed, and that in
lieu more vigorous measures than heretofore
shall be adopted.
TIIE PRESIDENT’s POLICY.
In presenting the abandonment of armed
resistance to the National Government on
the part of the insurgents, as the only indis-
pensable condition to ending the war on the
part of the Government, I RETRACT No'TR-
ING IIERETOFORE SAID as REGARDS SLA-
RY.
I repeat the declaration made a year ago,
and that while I remain in my present po-
sition, I shall not attempt to retract or modi-
f'y the Emancipation Proclamation. Nor
shall I return to slavery any person who is
lree by the terms of that proclamation or by
any Of the acts of Congress. ' ‘
If the people should, by whatever mode
or means, make it an Executive duty to re-
cnslave such persons, another and not I,
must be their instrument to perform it.
In stating a single condition of peace, I
mean simply to say, that the war will cease
on the part of the Government, whenever it
shall have ceased on the part Of those who
began it.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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Secretary of the Navy’s Report.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—-Secretary Welles’
Report shows the facts :
The Navy, on the first instant, consisted
of 671 vessels, having a tonnage of 510,396,
and carrying 4,610 guns. This is an increase
of 83 vessels and 167 guns since December,
1863. The vessels constructed for the Navy
since March 4th, 1861, number 203, carrying
1,531 guns, not counting those that have been
constructed within the same period, and lost
in battle or by shipwreck. The officers and
men now on duty, number 51,000: officers
6,000; men 45,000. There are six squadrons
now on duty—in the West Gulf, under Ad-
miral Farragut; East Gulf, Stribbling; South
Atlantic, Dahlgren; North Atlantic, Porter;
Mississippi, Lee; Pacific, Pearson ; besides
the Potomac, flotilla, under Parker. The
West India Squadron, as an organization,
has been discontinued. The consumption Of
coal in the Navy last year, was 500,000 tons.
The blockade extends along the coast a line
of 3,549 miles—a greater length than the
whole coast of Europe, from Cape Traflagar
to Cape North. The iron clad fleet has been
increased to 71 vessels. They carry 275 guns,
all heavy metal. The number of prizes cap-
tured during the year, was 324. Eighty-eight
of these were steamers. The gross proceeds
from the sale of condemned prizes, amount
to $13,396,250, and the expenses, $1,237,158;
the balance $13,190,841, is divided equally
between the captors, as prize money, and
the government‘ as a naval pension fund.—
There are 1,609 persons on the naval pom
sion rOll. They receive $180,659 per year.
The pension fund on the first - of January
next, will amount to $7,000,000, yielding an
annual income of $420,000, sufficient for the
payment of the entire pensionroll. The
Navy Department has cost $280,647,261, in
four years. Of this aggregate, $85,733,292
were expended the last year. The available
resources for the fiscal year, ending June
30th, 1865 are $139,289,056. The balance
on hand at the beginning of the present fis-
cal ear, was $30,032, 244.
l r. Welles enlarges upon the satisfactory
condition of the Navy, and commends its
officers for sustaining discipline and efficien-
cy, and adverts with emphasis to the extra-
ordinary growth Of the service since the first
year of the war.
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OFFICERs’ PAIL—Maj. Wood, U. S. Pay-
masler stationed in Hartford, informs the
papers of that city that until a further supply
of funds is received by the U. S. Paymaster
of this district, all payments, except to dis-
charged and mustered out officers and men,
and treasury certificates, will be suspended.
Tlieorder containing these instructions, ap-
plies particularly to officers drawing pay on
monthly accounts. The delay in making
all regular payments is expected to be short.
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INCENDIARY SHELI.s.—-On the 25th of
November, Capt. H- H. Pierce, of the 1st
Conn. Artiller , made some interesting ex-
periments at art Brady, with incendiary
shells invented by Mr. A. Berncy, of the
Greek fire notoriety. One hundred pound
shells were used. Five frame houses, at a
distance of a mile, were successfully fired and
burned. Every house in Pctcrsburg lies in
easy reach of our works. We have also
guns which are able, from our advanced po-
sitions, to reach the very heart of Richmond.
We may, therefore, look for some startling
intelligence when these guns are employed
tO pitch a few of these shells into these cities.
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W The Tenth and Eighteenth Corps
have been abolished as military organiza-
tions. The white troops of both are re-form-
ed, and will hereafter be designated the
Twenty-fourth Corps, under Gen. 0rd. 1
the black troops of the Ninth, Tentii and
Eighteenth Corps are organized into a Corps
d' Afriquc, and are designated the twenty-
fifth Corps, under Gen. Wcitzel. .
Gens. Terry, Stannard and Devens will
have divisions in the 24th corps. This Will
be the largest corps in the, service by some
thousands, since it com rises all the original
troops of the 10th and 8th.
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W In the North Carolina legislature res-
olutions for the appointment of peace com-
missioners for negotiating peace with the
United States have been introduced. They
are conditional, on the ground that other
«rates _in_ the confederacy appoint similar,
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Tnesdav,Decemberd1-3. 1864.
Fairfield Co. Agricult’l Society.
The annual meeting of this society was held at
Lockwood’s Hall, Norwalk, on Wednesday the 7th
instant. The meeting was called to order by the
President, B. B. Plumb, Esq.
The committee on farms, field cro is, &c., report-
ed, and awarded the first reminm or the best 0r-
chard under six years 0 age, to D. II. Sherwood,
Southport.
Best Field Carrots, to D. II. Sherwood, Southp’t.
Best 14 acre Carrots, to A. H. Sherwood, "
The Treasurer reported upwards of $2,900 in the
Treasury.
The following persons were elected as officers for
the ensuing year, viz : '
President, B. B. Puma, Trumbull.
Vice-Presidents, ,
Col.Th’sA.Mead,Green‘_h. Edward J. Taylor,Wcstpt.
Wm. Hickok, Wilton. , W. A. Cumminas,Darien.
D.H.Sherwood, Fairfield, John F. Beard,I)anbmy.
Nathan Wheeler,Monroe. S. J. Beardsley, Trumbull.
Stefihen Hoyt,N. Canaan. Amzi Rogers, N.Fairfleld.
A. . Kroger, Norwalk. Henry Smith, 2d Ridgef'd.
George Osborn, Redding. Wm. A. J iidd. Bethe .
ElmerNorthro ,Brookf’d.D. D. Coley. Weston.
P. Brothwell, aston. EiiakimL.Walkcr,Hunt‘n.
DZW. Curier, Stratford. Aaron Sanford, Newtown.
Eli Thompson, Bridgep’t. Albert Barns, Sherman.
Corresponding Sec’y, John H. Sherwood, Southp’t.
Recording Scc’y, Edwin Hoyt, New Canaan.
Assistant Sec’y, Chas. E. Plumb, Trumbull.
Treasurer, Joseph W. Hubbell. Norwalk.
, . . Marshall, Josiah Kello , . . _
Director to State Society, Stephen Hoyt, N.Canaaii.
At 2 o’clock p. In. the committee on permanent
location were called upon to report. i
J. Camp, the chairman of the committee from
Norwalk, report thatNorwaik would lease to the So-
ciety for ten years a field containing a 1-2 mile track,
all enclosed, &c., at a sum of $400 per annum; John
F. Beard, the committee from Danbury offered the
free use of a field enclosed and provided with a 1-2
mile track, &c., for ten years, to locate there ; Bridge.
port offered the free use of grounds, &c., and $1,000
towards erecting buildings, &8. ; Ridgcficld report
it inexpcdient to locate there, as they were so far
from railroad communication, &c.
S. E. Olmstead of Norwallr moved that the Society
locate permanently in Norwalk. 'The motion elicited
much discussion, and was afterwards withdrawn by
the mover, when the meeting voted to postpone the
further consideration of the subject until the first
Monday in February at,1 o’clock p. In.
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The Message.
We publish this week the message Of Pres.
ident Lincoln, delivered before both Houses
of Congress on Tuesday last. We have no
space for comments Of our own this week,
and there is no need of any, for the message
is a plain, earnest, straighthrward document,
and speaks for and explains itself.
an N.»
W The Electoral College convened on
Wednesday, at the State House in Hartford.
and cast their ballots for President and Vice-
Prcsident. 0. F. Winchesterwas chosen to
fill the vacancy occasioned by death Of J. P.
Elton. E. P. Cheeney. of Litchfield, was
appointed Messenger.
s<.>p.———- .....
WLL-COL Stewart L. Woodlord, of the
127th N. Y. Vols, was slightly wounded in
the face, in Gen. Foster’s late attack on the
Charleston & Savannah R. R.
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ANNUAL SUPPER—The ladies 'of the 26,
M. E. Church are making arrangements for
Norwalk Hall, two evenings next week. A
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if?“ The course of Scientific Lectures, de-
livered in this townby Prof. W. C. Richards,
last, and Mr. R._ announced that it would
be his last course, it: being his intention to
retire from the field as a Scientifichecturer,
a step which he is compelled to take on ac-
count of ill health. At the close of the lee-
ture resolutions were adopted, highly com-
plimentury to him. His lectures here have
given the best of satisfaction. '
We learn that Mr. R. has several literary
lectures prepared, and we hope that he may
be induced to deliver at least one of them in
this place this season.
o<.>—»
The Ball.
,The Annual Ball of the thnix Engine
and Hose Companies, which is to take place
at Lockwood’s Hall on Thursday evening
of this week, will undoubtedly prove a first
class affair. The Hall will be suitably an-
good management, a. good supper, and plenty
of pretty maidens, the entertainment must
necessarily pass Off pleasantly to all con-
cerned.
.‘Qp.
Sherman.
This intrepid General is still “ floundering
about” in Georgia, but we hear nothing defi:
nite from him as yet. Even the rebels them-
selves do not seem to be well posted as to
his movements. As we have u‘onews of any
fairly presume that he has been so far suc-
cessful, and will soon reach the coast in
safety.
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W The Borough Authorities have put
Messrs John Roberts and George Mitchell
on as night watch in pursuance of the recent
vote ofthe Borough. They are good men
for the position. Their beat extends over
nearly the whole Borough, and they are re-
quired to call the time regularly once every
hour, wherever they maybe, from midnight
to morning.
. ——-——-Ov<.>.
AN OUTnAouous PROCEEDING.—-Last
Thursdav evening, while the Rev. Geo. C.
Crecvey was attending a prayer meeting in
the 2nd M. E. Church, a large party of men
and women from Darien entered his house
and took possession. They proceeded at
once to arrange things to suit themselves.—
Rousing fires were kindled, the table spread,
coffee and tea were smoking, the table was
loaded with all sorts of , good things, and on
were very coolly invited to take seats at the
table. The upshot of the whole affair was
a splendid Supper, a grand social and festive
time.
About midnight, Dr. A. Hill was requested
by the Darien friends to present to Mr. Cree-
vey on their behalf a purse containing'870.—
This was the greatest surprise of all, and the
grateful recipient could scarcely express his
thanks. Dr. A. Hill and Rev. Mr. Smith
were invited guests, and were permitted to
share thefcstivities oftlic occasion.
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WETPORT.—-Tiie Ladies of Christ Church
are to hold a Fair and Festival in Bett’s Hall,
on the afternoon and evening of Thursday:
Dec. 22d.
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fig-Sergeant H. A. White, of the 12th
Regiment, of this town, did not accept the
proffered commission of First Lieutenant,
and has been honorably discharged, there
being a surplus of non-com. officers in the
Battalion. .
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WAdmiral Farragut is soon expected to
arrive in New York.
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t:
for making.
their Annual Supper, which is to come off at
good time is Of course anticipated. .Sce adv.,
closed at Lockwood‘s Hall, on Thursday
tastefully decorated, and with good music, '
great disaster having befallen him, we may ‘
the return of Mr. and Mrs. Creevey they.
A Son-girlish ‘Millnwantcd.
The manufacture of “ Sorgo Syrup" in tile ,
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eastern states is yet 11] its infancy, while at ;
the west, it has become a staple, and one of
the most profitable crops raised, having
nearly driven “ black jack” or West India
molasses out of flip market. Duringr the
past three years sev‘fii'al sorgo mills have
been erected in this state, as far as we are
owner of the mills and to those raising the
,caue.
the County;wa have taken some pains to
ascertain faCts relating to the raising Of cane,
the product of syrup per acre, the quantity
Of the syrup produced, and its adaptability
to the soil in this vicinity. The cane can be
raised on most: soils that will produce a good
crop of corn, and with but’little more labor
than is required to produce that crop. The
product in gallons of syrup per acre of cane,
where the soil is suitable .reaclzes from two
' hundred and fifty to three hundred gallons.
Much ofthe soil in this town is capable of
producing the largest number of gallons per
acre before named with proper cultivation,
and that portion lying on the east side of
our harbor known as “down town” is par-
ticularly adapted to its cultivation. 'As to
the quality of the Syrup that has been made
in this state, judging from a sample manu-
factured by Glover Hawley Esq, of Hawicy
mills in this County, which we have in our
ofiice, it is far superior to any New Orleans
or West India Molasses we have ever seen,
and more closely resembles “Stewarts Syrup"
than molasses. '
The present price of the Surge Syrup at
the Mill in Stratford is one dollar and fifty
cents per gallon at. which price it-finds 'a
ready market.
The only trouble and expense to the pro-
ducer of the cane after it is ready for grind-
ing is,-to cut and carry the Cane to the, mill
with proper casks to hold the syrup, and to
bring it home when converted, paying the
owner of the mill thirty-five cents per gallon
It will readily be seen that at
the present prices of Molasses and syrups,
that even a crop of two hundred and fifty
gallons per acre would be far more profitable
than any crop now raised. In view of these
fants we hope some of our enterprising citi-
zens will set about erecting a Sorgo Mill at
once,"so that-Our people may know in time
to make arrangements for its extensive cul-
tivation next year, believing as we do, that
it will not only prove a source of large profit
to the owner of the Mill as well as to the
those raising the cane. . By all means we
say let us have a Sorgo Mill and evaporator
in Norwalk.
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THE SAILORs’ MAGAZINE, for December,
has been published. This Magazine is pub-
lished by the American Seamen’s Friend
Society, in the interest of the Sailor, but is a
journal of general interest, and one which
should receive the liberal patronage of the
public. It has been most ably. edited, the
past five years, by our fellow-townsman,
Rev. S. B. S. Bissell, one of. the Secretaries
of the Society, It is thoroughly loyal in
tone, and must exert a most healthy influ-
ence with the Sailor in temporal as well as
spiritualmatters. We copy several extracts
from the leading editorial:
“ In'a retrospect of our national affairs,
which must be very near to the heart of the
true patriot at such a time as this, there is
abundant occasion for thanksgiving and con-
gratulation. The pulse of national life never
heat more strongly. " God‘helping us we are
resolved to live as a people—one people.—
The-ncbeliion mustihe subdued. . The majes-
t' of law mustbe vindicated. The Union
[East be preserved with liberty. These are
t e utterances Which we' bear iii-the loud
Voice of the nation. speaking in the recent
election; These are the battle-cries of free-
gom from the lips of our soldiers and sailors,
ghting or dying. The are not clamorous
for blood. but for life. he nation must live.
Gladly would they welcome their foes back
,to their side, and to a participation in their
riviieges and blessings; but not with arms
in their hands all rocking with the blood of
brothers slain. Let them lay down their
weapons, and the Olive-branch is at once ex-
tended.
The navy has continued to not well her
part in the conduct of the war. It has trans-
ported troops and their munitions and sup-
plies. It has en‘forced a vigorous blockade
along our extended coast, and maintained
the navigation of the ‘ father of waters’ and
tributary rivers. It has destroyed torts, clo-
sed up Mobile and other ports; and it has
captured or sunk the Tennessee and Albe-
marle,.the Alabama and the Florida. The
allant exploits of Farragjut and Porter, of
Winslow and Craven, of Ollins and Cash-
ing, and a host of kindred spirits, of officers
and men, have established their legitimate
succession from Hull and Jones, Decatur and
M’Donough, Perry and Chauncey, as worthy
associates of Foote and Dupont, and many
like-minded." ' '
er.- * a- re e5 -:{-
“ But when we come down from this sur-
vey of public affairs to our home and domes-
tic circles, while we still behold multiplied
reason for thankfulness, we begin to realize
at'hOw great a price our nation is obtaining
this freedom and these victories. How large-
ly has the noble blood of heroes been poured
out; and what a voice has been heard in the
land, “lamentation and weeping and great
mourning, Rachel weeping for her children
because they are not ;” yet not “refusing to
be comforted,” because they perished gran d-
ly—not in vain.
“ Not only have our brave soldiers and
sailors fallen in battle, onthe land and on
the sea, but‘many have perished by wounds
and sickness. How many happy homes
have been invaded by death during the year
now closing 2"
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WGodcy’s Lady’s Book for January has
been received, and greets us with its Old fa-
miliar look, and is as welcome a visitor as
ever. It contains two steel engravings, and
many illustrations of fashions, &c., of pecu-
liar interest to the ladies. For sale by Sel-
leck. '
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W Peterson’s Magazine for January has
made its appearance, and maintains its well
earned reputation as an interesting magazine
for ladies. It is also one of the cheapeSt
magazines published.
1‘.>o.—_
DANBURY.—An effort is to be made to
raise funds enough to buy a suitable lot and
to build a new Court House. The old house
is inconvenient and uncomfortable, and un-
less better accommodations are furnished,
thereis danger of allihe Court business be-
ing tiansacted in Bridgeporl, which wouldn‘t
pay the people of Danbury.—-Tliere is to be
a course of six first-class Lectures delivered
this winter. Horace Greeley is to deliver
the first this (Tuesday) evening, and will be
followed by Rev. E. H. Chopin, Edmund
Kirke, Geo. W. Curtis, and two other distin-
guished Lecturers.—Lieut. Col. Nelson L.
White, 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery, returned
home last Thursday, having been mustered
out. His time expired seven months ago,
but as his regiment were engaged with the
enemy at that time, he remained with them.
--The new house of worship of the 2d Cong.
Society on West St. is fast approaching com-
pletion. The windows are very appropriate
and beautiful and are nearly all in.—The di-
rectors of the Danbury Bank, have declared
a semi-annual dividend of five per cent, free
of government tax, payable on and alter the
8th man—Condensed from Jeflbrsom'an.
“A“.-. - ._-.__._..
«3‘ Gen. Sheridan, in early life, was a
news boy. An, exchange says he is now
somewhat like the publisher of a morning
paper— -he goes to press Early.
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The accounts of the Philadelphia San
itary Fair are not yet closed, but the profits
are stated at one million and ten thousand
dollars.
-.informed with perfect success both to the :
As we have no mills in this section of ‘ _
: byterian Church cxsciiidcd, in 1837, four Sy-
FIi’or the Gazette.
History Vindicatcd.
.ii “trespassing again upon your columns”
C. S. affirms that I acouscd him (lfllllSl'CDl‘C-
seating history, “ in saying that Dr. Piumcr
Was the advocate ifiiot the author of the
Resolution that divided the Presbyterian
Church at Philadelphia in 1837.” Did I say
that? I said this: “ lie misrepresents histo-
ry when he asserts that Dr. Piumcr was the
advocate, if not the author, of it Resolution
by which the General Assembly of tlic Pres-
nods ‘for no other cause than unwillingness to
bow to the ballasts of slavery.’ ”
The italicised passage, twice repeated,
marks the limits of my denial, as the whole
context clearly indicates. Why did .0. S.
garblc the passage? I confined my denial
to that point, because I perceived that C. 8.,
after first charging Dr. Piumcr with disloyal-
ty, and then seeking to rouse against him
sectarian (mimosily by acousing him of “ ex-r.
hibiting toward COngregatiorialism an intel-
erance utterly unworthy of‘tlie humility of
the gospel,“ next endeavored to. bring upon
him the anti-slavery odium. Hence my em-
phatic denial on that single point.
C. S. characterizes this denial as “ disin-
genuous and unworthy quibble,” and adds,
“ S. B. S. B. knows, as well as I do, that the
offence of the four synods was their connex-
ion with Congregationalists and their oppo-
sition l.() slavery.”
What are the proofs .9 He professes to
quote What “one delegate from a Southern
State to the General Assembly said in 1836,
and what “ another delegate from a South-
ern State said in 1837.” Is this proof? Is
this citation of two nameless persons even to
be admitted as testimony? Can it be cross-
cxamined ? What next? He adds, “ Rev.
Dr. Spring, who voted for the Exscinding
Acl,and of which he has long since repented,
said publicly that his vote upon that occasion
was grounded upon the abolitionism Of the
Churches.”
Let Dr. Spring speak for himself.
NEW YORK Dec. th .
To a. B. s. B. ’ 8 ‘ 1864
The statement of C. S. is untrue in every
particular. I was not a member of the Gen-
eral Assembly in 1837, but was absent in Eu-
rope. Se far from approving it, (the Ex-
scinding Act,) or voting for it, 1 never appro-
ved it,1 nevcrvotcd for it. When it came
before the Presbytery of New York I voted
against it, and in connexion with the late Dr.
Spencer, and Mr. Lord of the New York
Bar, I entered my protest against it on the
minutes of the Presbytery.
Yours affectionately,
GARDINER SPRING.
Having thus disposed of this “mass of tes-
, timony,” let us inquire into the facts.
The General Assembly of 1836 adopted
three distinct Acts, 0r Resolutions, which,
in 1838, led to the division of the Presbyteri-
an Church.
I. A Report consisting of three Resolutions,
the third of which abrogated the “Plan of
Union” between the General Assembly
and the General Association of Connecti-
cut, on the ground “that it was unconstitu-
.tional and unnatural, and the source of
confusion and irregularity."
These Resolutions were reported by the
Rev. Archibald Alemnder, D. D.
II. AResolution that, by the operation of
the abrogation of the Plan of Union of
1801, the Synod of the Western Reserve
is nO longer part of the PresbyteriauChurch.
Moved by Dr. Plumer.
III.Resolutions, of a precisely similar nature,
disowning the Synods of Genesee, Geneva
and Utica.
These Resolutions were offered by Rev.
Robert Breckz'nrz'dge, D. D.
Now in regard to these Acts I affirm,
lst, Their language and spirit was kind
and friendly towards Congregationalism. I
quote the words of two of the Resolutions
abrogating the Plan of Union.
“ In regard to the relation existing be-
tween the Presbyterian and Congregational
Churches, the Committee recommended the
adoption of the following resolutions:
I. That between these two branches of the
the American Church, there ought in the
judgment of this Assembly, to be main-
tained sentiments of mutual respect and
esteem; and for that purpose no reasona-
ble efforts should be omitted to preserve a
perfectly good understanding between
these branches of the Church of Christ.
11. That it is expedient to continue the plan
of intercourse between this Church and the
Congregational Ciihrches of New Enlgand,
as it now exists.”
When this Resolution was under debate
Dr. Breckinridgc moved an amendment,
which Dr. Piumcr opposed on the ground
that it would be offensive to New England
brethren and said : “ he would venture the
assertion that there was not a member of the
Presbyterian Church, who had ever attended
as a delegate to any of the Ecclesiastical
bodies of New England,who had not been re
ceived and treated as a brother, and who
was not greatly gratified by the visit. Why
interrupt tliis friendly and brotherly inter-
course ?"
Is this “ an intolerance utterly inconsistent
with the [motility of the Gospel .-’” ,
2d, I affirm that the subject of Slavery, o
Abolitionism, was not once mentioned in
any Of these Acts or Resolutions; nor, so far
as I have been able to find out by.a close
reading, in any of the long debates upon
them, nor in any of the long Protests which
were entered on the Minutes of the Assem-
bly against them, drawn and signed by such
sturdy abolitionists as Rev. Drs. Duffield
and Beman;—n0r in the long circular letter
sent down to the Presbyteries in relation to
these Acts.
Now the Record of a Court is the high
est style of evidence. The General Assem-
bly is the Supreme Court of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States. ,
It may be proper here to state that the
documents referred to are in my posscsflon ;
and that Dr. Piumcr has not made a single
suggestion in this discussion; nor has he
ever readit. I have this from his 0in lips.
C. S. sneers at my reference to the action
of the Presbytery of West Hanover and Sy-
nod of Virginia in rcfcrei.cc to the acts of
the General Assembly. Was it not perti-
nent to argue that, “if the General Assembly
exscinded four Synods fforrio othcrfaull than
an unwillingness to bow-lo the ballasts of Sla-
ccr-y,‘ is it to be believed that the Act would
have divided the Presbyterian Church in the
South, as well us in the North ; that it
would have arrayed against it many of the
(urges: slaw holders, pastors and elders, in all
the Southern Slater .9” If the argumint
is pertinent, what is to be said of the sneer ‘3
C. S. Once more attacks Dr. Pluiner's loy-
alty, on the ground of his action “in May
1862, one year before llu: commencement of
the war, when the General Assembly met
at Rochester, N. Y.”
Without luriiier remark on this point, (of
which I know nothing) I will siiiip‘y state
that the General Assembly met at Rochester,
N. Y. in 1860, one year before the commence-
ment ofthe war.
C. S. protests that he is not “ a willing wit-
ness in this matter.” Can he produce any
citation served on him, or subpoena? ls he
not a Volunteer? He “owes no ill-will to
Dr. Piumcr." Then why assail him at every
(supposed)vuliiei°ubie point? “Officiousness”
belongs to the Offensive; not to the Defence.
Are such assaults promotlve of“ harmony ?"
Messrs. Editors, 1 have indulged in no per-
sonalities; Iliavc not gone behind the ice
ord in this discussiion to ask who is C. S?
His inuendoes, insinuatious and Slicers, espe-
cially that of his luslsenlciicc, may all be gen-
tlemanly, dignified and Culll'lCUIlS- 1 do
not so see it. Others may differ. Bill 10We
him no ill-will. If I have
f, ticc,.or wrong to myself and my passion,
5, or to the propriclics of your columnor to 2
the courtcsics of Society, I hope Iiy be i
forgiven. Perhaps something may: par_ 3
doncd to warmth and zeal in defting a '
venerable minister, and it pcrsonaricud,
who came among us a stranger. li' (lod
give us peace by righteousness 3
' Yours rcspcctfv,
Dec. 10. 1864.. S. 13. I}.
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_ For the (cue.
MORRIS IsLAND, S. C., l_
December, 2d, :4. 5
Events have transpired during 9 past
week, that have given quite an ace ap-
pearance to this lately quiet Depai.ent.———
Of the particulars of the late expeton we
are not fully informed; we learn wever
that the forces under Geri. Hatch pieeded
to Pocotaligo, surprised the enemyurned
the bridge over Pocotaligo river, aranotli-
er one, thus effectually cutting Ofl'iiiroad
communication between Ciiarleslonnd Sa-
vannah. In addition to this it isported
that our forces “ took in out Oftliein” all
the rebel picket line and a “ smaruancc”
of artillery. Pocotaligo was twi in the
history of this Department the see of fail-
ures to our arms, and it will be agmble to
those who accompanied those expoions to
know Iliat those scores are cffectuy wiped
out, and that “ the third time bisonqucr-
et .” Two escaped union prisone'came to
our lines night before last, Jas. Fem, Co. I
14th Ct,, and John Carley, Co. I .1 N. Y,
who are now in the hospital under 7 charge:
their feet being dreadfully lacerattby shells
and briars. They were first disacred by
some of the 52d Penn. V., whorpposing
them to be rebels, pursued them ti swamp,
where they, supposing themselves fl among
enemies, armed themselves withicks, de-
termined to the then and there user than
be compelled to undergo again t terrible
scenes of a captive life among e rebels.
An explanation ensued liowevcr,liich dis-
closed to our heroes the joyful lacliat they
were again under the flag and amt;r friends.
The following is a brief accou Of their
wanderings: Both were taken poners at.
the battle of the Wilderness, May 'th, 1864,
and conveyed southward, makingstops at
Lynchburg and Danville. They ere con-
fined at. Andersonville, Ga., until Stember.
Their relations in regard to the edition of
Union prisoners at this place is rolling in
the extreme. It differs not muclrom the
tale of all one come thence, bureceived
from the lips of the living witness, possess-
es a force and vividncss not to bemparted
by a newspaper account. From 1? to 150
died daily, and that their fate was fvied by
the survivors is shown by the factliat in
not a few instances the wretched risoners
transgressed the limits of the (leadine re-
gardless of the well known penalt The
guard consisted of old men and s 1 boys.
From Andersonvillc they were talgi to Sa-
latter place they were confined ii‘ e race
course for a month. They reporter he city
to be deserted by all but the very , r, and
that our shelling is very effective ii its re-
sults. They were finally taken to Iprencc,
S. C., 128 miles from Charlestoni Here
among other prisoners were six 1' seven
hundred from the 16th CL, and aiumber
from other Connecticut regiments. Their
rations were now somewhat bettced and
consisted of a pint of rice or meal with 1110'
lasses and three or four ounces of Tish or
salt beef each day. At intervals linever,
which by their account appear to ha been
few or far between, a whole day’s ditions
were stopped by the commissary aniif‘ound
its way through the agency of sailed, who
charged exorbitant prices, which thfoje for-
tunate enough to possess a few greeiiipcks,
were willing to give, to keep out star'ation
a little longer. By this wholesale fishery
and appropriation of provisions intentid by
the Confederate government for the itson-
ers, both comniissary and sutler grew-i ii.—
They state that seven or eight confcbratc
bills were given for a greenback. ‘
Having escaped their pen by means diich
probably nothing but the energy of dipair
could devise and execute, they travelil by
night, lying secreted during the day, if the
friendly aid of slaves, who gladly furrshed
them food, and without whose kindly iid it
Would, they say, have been inipossile to
succeed. Thus for twenty-one daysthey
fled, shunning their fellow-iiicu—-dcept
those of dusky skin who were always .iend-
ly—and constantly dreading the bay 1' the
blood-hound on their track, the sagacir and
cruel ferocity of which animal is now aimed
to practical advantage by the lords )f the
soil in hunting down escaped union rison-
ers, as they always have been in trackng the
fugitive slave. 0r: setting out, ther were
three, but one who had shared the liaiships
and dangers ofthe flight was not desired to
attain to the Object so nearliis grasp. In the
vannah, Charlotte, and Charlestong which”
3 ———'I‘lic rebels lost tcii Generals in the bat»
tie at Franklin. Gen. Cheatlium liimsclf‘liad
it very narrow escape.
~——Fourtecn ions of the old Farmers“ Al-
. mmmc, Boston, are said to be printed :iiiiiu-
ally, going into the hands of a million of
readers.
—-Tlic new State of Nevada sent to the
United States Sanitary Commission $93,000
in n—nlr] nail nth"... .,.. I - ”van— c-‘ '
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a.
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ti
— n. It. lV. UOUD, 01 Alabama, recently
expelled from the confederate congress for
disloyalty, was killed a few days since in
northern Alabama.
—-—-Thc New York Times of the lltli says
the indications are that there will be a cul-
mination this week of more than one of the
three great campaigns which are now in
progress—that of Sherman in Georgia, that
of Thomas in Tennessee, and that of Grant
in Virginia.
-——-Late proceedings in the South Carolina
Legislature, look very much as though that
State iii consistency with her ingrained se-
cession doctrine, was about to secede from
the empire of Jeff. Davis. Resolutions were
recently introduced in that body denouncing
as unconstitutional Dnvis’ propositions io
emancipiitc the slaves and lo abridge the
freedom Of the press; declaring that the
States are not amenable to the Richmond
government, and advising the other States
not to submit to its usurpations.
It is reported flint Stephen R. Mallory
the head man of Jeff. Davis’ Bureau of Pira-
cy, or (in rebel parlance) “ Navy Depart-
ment,” has abscondcd from the confederacy
and is in Paris.
Butler‘s canal, which has been so
long in progress, is five hundred and fifty
feet in length, sixty feet wide at the bottom,
and one hundred and twenty-five at the top.
It will have fifteen feet of water at low tide.
It goes through a stratum of unctuous clay,
in which vegetable matter exists, half con-
verted into coal.
Lord Wharncliffe informed Minister
Adams that the Liverpool Bazaar produced
seventeen thousand pounds, and requested
that an agent might be received to visit and
distribute the amount among the inmates of
the military prisons at the North. The re-
quest was transmitted to Secretary Seward,
who, through Mr. Adams, made a very spir-m
ited reply, refusing to grant it, and giving 1
his reasons at length. Mr Seward has struck
the right chord this time.
The rebels object to President Lin-
coln’s sending secesh synipathizers across
the lines. They call it making a Botany
Bay of the South. Complimentary to the
sympathizcrs.
—-—-Gold in Richmond is at a premium of
4000 per cent, or forty dollars in confeder—
ate papcr for one dollar in gold. It has gone
up 1600 per cent since Mr Lincoln’s re-elec-
tion.
The Adjt.-Gcn. proposes to publish a
catalogue of all the Connecticut soldiers who
have been in the war, with the Official re- ,
cord showing who are in the service nOw '
who have left and how they left. It will
a valuable book of reference to all cxce
those against whom it shows a bad recor
———There has been no engagement or mov
ment of importance before Nashville for se'v
eral days, though skiruiishiug still goes on. ‘
The armies are confronting each other. \
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33‘ Another official order has been issa.
from the war department in reference to '
organization of the veteran First army co
to he commanded by Major Genera‘ "
cock. Men wishing to enlist in thl
can do so by making application to f
vost marshal in the district .in whici
reside, when, if they successfully pass
ination, they willbe furnished with tra
tation to Washington. Recruits will bi
lied on the military quota of the distrf
which they have their homes.
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' cues-s remaining unclaimed in l
- Office at Norwal , State of Cont
the 13th day of December, 1864. ' ‘
Cannon, Mrs Ann C McCarty, Thomas ,
Clark, Mrs Laura (,1 Muliick, Wm H Eso
Cowles, Thomas Esq Nash. Miss Mary E
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Carpenter.MissClarrissaWPercival, Francis '
Camp. Mi ‘ B Parker, Lyman G ‘.
Couch, Ca Geo W Parkinson, Mrs Th
Dibble, A Pennell, Rebecca
Dibble, Mess _ dz CO
Dantar, Mrs
Farrell, Ann
Raymond, Mrs Let .
Smith, Miss Mary M
Hutchinson it: Ferris
Foran, Mrs Margaret
-Sntton, Miss Sarahf
Sheldon, P B Esq
Gniman, Mrs Mai-gar
Gardner, John
. Scofield. Venancio
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Irving, Miss Belle
rs E
James, Miss LisayA
Kellogg, Mrs M C
London, Misses Bridget
Linwood, Mrs Lottie
Lockwood, Mrs Lottie
Lockwood, Fanny
Lockwood, Wm P.
milh, Miss Julia B
White, Chas F
White, Mrs W F
Ward, Miss Laura
White, Miss Lizzy
Weston, Miss Hannah E
Wicks, Robert
tors will please say “Advertised,” giving the
(late of the list.
, CHARLES. OLMSTEAD, P. M.
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General Headquarters State of
Connecticut.
ADJUTANT GENERAL‘s OFFICE, )
Hartford, Dec. 10th, 1864. )
SPECIAL ORDERS N O. 2 .—Tlie State
”Medical Board will assem le at the Al-
lyn House, Hartford, on WEDNESDAY,
2lst inst, at 2 o’clock p. m., for the examina-
tion of applicants for positions as Surgeons
and Assistant Surgeons in the Connectitmk
Volunteer force.
By order of the Commander-in-Cliief,
HORACE J. MORSE,
1t50 Adjutant General.
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GRANT—What man has ever thrown his
forces against the rebel army, except this ,
General, without recedingr from the effects of
the blow ? Gen. Grant feared not, but took
the LION by the heard in the wilderness, and
bringing him to the light where he has an
equal chance, persistently deals huge blows
at his vital part, or wings him from his strong
position. So does thcuncnnnmv' ' .,
swim for life, between the rebel line ad ours,
his weaked frame was unable to sm"~" "
cold of the wall"- '
cramp bi.-
sorrOqul ,
The fugiti - .ipa-
pers befor. setting or no cur-
.d burned
.' .d other pla-
rent rumors that Gr
Milledgcville, Ro'
ces- and that gard and Har-
I’ l gun/ . .1. N. S. R.
'1‘ - Jve letter we are in-
a specimen of cotton
.ner recently sunk by
ieston liarbor.—EDs.GAz.]
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.ll sizes, in any quantity,
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Business Car, i as, «re,
Printed in Colored L111 i'onzes, or plain
black ink, on whiltm' CL cred cards, in the
best manner, at thtGAZETTE J013 OFFICE.
PASSAGE CERTIFICATES
AND FOtEIGN DRAFTS.
A. H. vaG-oN do 00., Gazette Office
Norwalk, confine their Agency for the sale
of Foreign Di-a's, and Passage Certificates.
Tickets for the “National” Line of Steamers
and “Black Sltl'" Line of Packets, sold at
the same rates harged at the New York Of-
fice. Present picess of Drafts, per £, $12.00.
..... ———Oa<.>..——.——~-—
W The nivv steam picket-boat fleet, one
of which has lately demonstrated the de-
atructivcneSsof the new torpedo, is the first
fleet of the bud ever attached to the navy.
The boats a6 not unlike a frigate‘s launch,
are built olwoml, copper bottomed, and are
driven by oot’s pattent reciprocating en-
gines—litt but powerful and compact al-
fairs. Tray are SIX in number, their re-
spective numbers being their on]
They were built to relieve crews :
to the lnl'dship and exposure alter
picket (bly in te James, at Charles
bile, eii. They steam as high as i
ii half ililes per hour, (.‘thll carrying
zer at .be how, seven days coal ant
ions, .nd a Wood torpedo attached.
“A.-. -u- ..__
WThe New York and New Ha
road Company have declared ii (
dividend of 3 per cent., payable on
J arum'y.
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a belie of her spouse, as she sailed
worn, with a swco ing train of lllll
lownig her. “We 1," said he. ” 10
the truth, 't isiinpossible for ill" ‘0
any longer.” "
WIN deal “Ii” ’
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g, JU\V prices that the people come in
flocks to buy the gentlemen and children's
Wtinllel‘ suits, of which he has an abundant
s oc r.
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W The fine lady, and the "mid house-
keeper, will find the J. MONROI w '
Medal Soap, one of the most us :5 ' '
eficial articles used in the hou- '- >
an article that beautifies everyt ‘
in contact with, and, in justice w the .........
fucturer, we take pleasure in saying, that we
have never,in a single instance, "found him
to depart from all he promised the public,
when first introducing his valuable and iu~
dispensable Soap.
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Corbins’ Worm Destroying Syrup.
PRICE 25 CENTs,
The proprietor has received abundant evidence of
verbal and written. Mothers declare, with expres
sions of joy and gratitude, “Your Worm Destroy-
my Syrup has saved the life of my child."-
Many certificates could be published, ofthe won-
derful cfl'ects of this medicine on children and adults
in expelling large quantities of worms, and of the.
great improvement in health after
tration. I
Dr. Terrel’s Healing Ointment
Should be kept on hand in, , Very family. No articl
can equal it for :1 Bnrn ' imam: it relieves sh:
pain immediately. ‘~ ,
It cures Cliiiblaiiis, Corns, Piles 0'83. and Chat.
ing of Children, Scald—Ileiid, Salt-Rheum,\&&
[t is nice and clean to use for Sore Lips, PENN“-
on the Face, Chapped Hands, and all healing-pi.“
poses. Price 25 cents. '
its adminis
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A Clcrgyman, while residing in Sun ‘
a missionary, discovered a safe and
for the Cure Of‘ Nervous ll’ciikiiess. . ' i.
Diseases of the Urinary and Seminal -
whole train ofdisordors brought on . . .
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cured by this noble remedy. Prompted by a desire
. serially or by
to benefit the afflicted and unfortunate, I will send
tiic recipe for preparing and using this medicine in
a sealed envelope, to Anyone who needs it,free of
charge. _
Please inclosc :i post-piiidienvclope. addressed to
yourself. Address JOSEPH 'f‘. INMAN,
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» wounrnrin SOLDIERS,
ATTENTION !
LLSoldiers Discharged by reusiin Of
wounds I'crt-lVI-tl in Battle, can now
' procure their One hundred Dollars Govern—
ment Bounty, by making application, per.
letter, to
WM. T. BARNUM.
Licensed War Claim Agent. Dzinbui'y, Cl.
Office—Op )osile Concert Hulk.
Wk‘or reference see advertlsf-‘meu‘ in
another column of this paper. 5
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Persons calling for any of the above Let- -
the virtues and good effects of this medicine, both '
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