Litchfield enquirer., 1861-09-19
The following is the section alluded to in the

The following is the section alluded to in the Presidents letter:
 SEc. i. And b. H furthcr eH@ctea That when ever hereafter, during tic present instruction against tho government of the United States, any person claimed to be held to labor or ser vice under the law of any Stato shall be requir-
 ed or permitted by the person to whom such h. ! Dor service is claimed to be due, or by the lawful agent of such person, % take up arms l against the United States or shall be required or permitted by the person to whom such labor
 or service is claimed to be due, CT his law ful
 agent, to work or to be employed in or upon any
 fort, navy yard, dock, armory, ship, ontrencil- | Elcnt, or in any military or naval service what soeyer, against the government and lawful ar- thority of the United States, then, and in every such case, tho person to whom such labor or | service is claimed to be due shall forfeit nj
 claim to such labor, any law of the State or ot
 the United States to the contrary notwitAstand- | ing. And whenever thersafter the person claim | ing such labor service shall seek to enforce
 his claim, it shall be full and sufficient an
 swer to such claim that the person whose ser
 vice or labor is claimed had been employed in | hostile service against the government of the
 United States, contrary to the provisions of this
 act.
 4 PROCLAMATION | In view of the conflict between law and an |
 treason, now raging throughout our country
 which has already involved us in all tho evils of
 rebellion and civil war, I cordially unite with
 the President of the United States, in recon,-
 mending the citizens of this Commonwealth to
 observe Thursday, the 26th instant, as day of
 Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer 1 In witness whereof, Ihave hereuntc l (- l set ay hand and the Seal of the State | A' D. in tae City of Hartford, this the 12tl doz4 of Snntnmbnr \ D 1Sf1 WM. \ BUCKINGHAM. | By His Excellency's Command. 1 J. II. TRUdBULI, Secretary of State. l A TRUE seLD1ER's REPLY-First Lieutenant
 John M. Wilson of Carlisle's battery, which per
 formed sucn service at Bull Run, received by te- | legraph, of few days ago, request to accept a
 Lieut. Co1onecy in Western regiment, provid-
 ed the war department would consent. He re-
 turned tie following reply:
 sIn battery, facing the enemy; many thanks;
 must deline."
 l Tuckrman, the mail robber, who three years
 ago was sentenced to the Connecticut State Pri- son for twenty years, recently petitioned the
 President for release on the ground of ill-health,
 but was refused.
 GcoD INsTRUcTIoNs.-In writing familiar,
 off land note to Secretary Cameron, suggesting
 the immediate appointment of Lane of Kansas as
 q general of volunteers, President Lincoln put
 in This valuable instruction, viz. ''Tell him
 wien he starts to put it through not to be writ
 ipg or telegraphing back here, but put it thro'." 1 One of the Pike county boys over at Louisia-
 pa, Mo-, found an old darkey in the woods, who 1 lad heard that secession property was to be con- hscated, and therefore commenced by executing 'the order upon himself. He surrendered to the invaders, and gave history of himself conclud- Ing boy saying: "Gorry massa, I'll brack your boots, brush your close, bring you water- do anything you want me, if you'll confiatcate de ole 'owan."