Litchfield enquirer., 1861-11-14
BY HIS ExcELLENcY, WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM,
1 PROCLAMATION

mere IS no earthly sorrow so great no clou5 ol auVerslty so dark, no calamity so overwhelms ing put that we may rejoice in the Provijencs of God and look to the future with hone. The deep and extended rebellion now raOin4 aga'nsG our national Union, and the firm pufx pose or the conspilators to subvert lawful ar- I tnority nave arrayed the enemies of free poy1 ein'l'en! l anu tne enemies of despotism in armed | opposition, and involved the nation in all tho horrors of civil war.
 To maintain our rights against the combined powers of rebels, to re-establish this government upon the foundation of righteousness, and tn open the way for this whole people to engage again Tn the avocatons of peace, will cost na, tune and treasure and life. It will carry sorrow into many heart and griefinto many a family circle. -"! But we may rejoice in confding that God. who holds the destinies of nations in his hands. mas no attribute which can take side with the oppressor? that he is with us in this struyole for right and justice; that the privations md losses which we now suffer will be abundantlv rewarded, by the richer, purer, and higher bles. sings of liberty which shall be more permanent Iy enjoyed by future generations.
 That our confidence in God and our hopes for the future may be manifest hereby recon. mend the citizens of this Commonw@'.h '.h to ob- serve THURSDAY, tho 2Sth Instant, c. z aza.t Public Thanksgiving and Praise, na Let us praise God for abundant harv% % general health, for social, educational aid eeli ious privileges. Let us be grateful and prai Him that while treason lifts its suicidal bs, against our national Union. we have an oppt tunity to record upon the pages of history o abhorrence of the crime and that, while free institutions are imperilled, multitudes sta, firm in their integrity and give evidence that noble patriotism inspires their hearts, by offi ing their property, their sous, and their liy upon the altar of their common country. Given under my hand and the seal | -A-, the State in the City of Eartfsrd, tt | I.s. the 2d day of Novenbe., in the year | '--) our Lord one thousand eight hundrt and sixty one, and of the independen ofthe United States the eighty-sixth. WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM, By His Excelency's command, J. HAMMOND TRUMBuIL, Secretary of Stat BELMoNT-THE TOWN EVACUATED BY TIE BELs:-St. Louis, Nov. g. General Grant te graphs from Cairo to headquarters hero that victory at Belmont, Mo. was complete. We c, tured l30 prisoners and all of the rebels or, lcry, but were obliged to leave part of the guns behind for the want of horses to haul them.
 Some of the prisoners report that large force
 
 our attack will no doubt prevent it.
 Our loss was about 25O, one half of which were killed and mortslly wounded CHICAGO, Nov. 9-The following is Q special dispatch to the Times:
 Cairo, Nov. It is impossible as yet to ol- tain anything like an accurate account of the killed, wounded and misSing in tho engagement l at Belmont, Mo. on tho Ith.
 It is estimated that twenty-five of tho Twenty | eighth Illinois arc missing.
 l There are thought to be $50 missing of the l Seventh Iowa.
 Col Lansnam's wound is not dangerous. | Lieut.. Col Wendt was killed. The Major and Adjutant are missing. The | latter is reported killed
 In Colonel Logan's regiment they are thirty five killed and forty seven wounded. All but forty-four of Col. Foukes' regiment answered to roll call yesterday afternoon.
 Tho loss in Col. Buford's regiment is not yet ascertaincd, but it is supposed to be heavy. In Taylors artillery, three men were slightly wounded.
 One hundred and thirty -four prisoners wore taken.
 All accounts concur in placing tho loss of the enemy much heavier than ours. Belmont has been abandoned by the rebels. They have one hundred and fifty prisoners, and acknowledge three hundred and fifty killed; but | would not permit the Union officers who went to Columbus with flag of truce yesterday to visit tho place to which they conveyed their dead. | correspondent about to set of with the na- | val expedition wrote to the N. '. TribHnc: "We were somewhat aStonished and exceedingly we'll pleased to find how universal was the desire not l to have the fleet sail on Sunday From the | commanding general down to tho private, there could scarcely be found man who did not ex- 1 press in terms more CT less emphatic his sincere , pleasure that it was so arranged that we were not to embark on hostile expedition on Sunday.
 And the day was joyously passed in singing l hymns rather than in ramming cartridges, ana
 the innocent, old-fashioned steel tuning fork Wss
 brought into constant requisition, to the utter
 neglect of the old-fashioncd steel bayones."
 The coasummation of General McClcllan's
 plans may be postponed, but cannot be defeated. | He is now the master of his situation, and it l Rosccrans has beaten Floyd in Western Virgin
 ia, and Sherman can maintain himself in Ksn- | lucky, and there is no reverse in Missouri, the
 army of the Potomac and the naval expedition
 will soon turn the tide in our favor. The news ! from Texas is cheering in the extreme. The people in that quarter, convinced by their inde- scrbable sufferings since the commencement of the rebellion, and the growing dissatisfaetion among tho German residents, are admitting the l fact when they lost the kindly protection of the l Federal Government, and allowed Wigfall e carry their State out of tho Union they lost their l only real support. It will be @ comparatively easy thing to seize upon Texas, and to govern it, alike for the good of its people aud the com- merce of the civilized world. The fact is, bank ruptcy and ruin are spread all over the extreme
 Gulf States, like disease and any change will
 he welcomed by the masses of the population. | But soma blow must be struck-some great vio-
 tory achieved-some strong points occupied in
 the furthest Southern States, before winter sets
 in, and every energy of the Government is being
 enlisted to effect these objects.-Cor. Fsrney's Press.
 THE CAMP AT MERIDEN.-The New Haven Journal says, on Friday evening, Lieut.. Niles,
 of Co., A, Cavalry, was thrown by the stumbling
 of his horse and one of his shoulders severely
 dislocated. It was set by doctor from Middle
 town, and Lieut.. Niles was taken to Hartford on | Saturday.
 There are about 200 horses for tho Cavalry on
 the ground, and they are being broken in for the
 Cavalry service. The equipments arc to be ex- | cellent and the men will be better provided than l any corrs yet sent from Connecticut. All the equipments are at hand except the pants, and
 the only wants now are some fifty men to mako
 up the Battalion, and the requisite drill to ena-
 ble the men to take the field with effect.
 The Artillery Battery has not as yet but one piece on the ground, but the others are ready for them. The corps stand in need of an accom- plished and experienced instructor to tako tho command, and until one is obtained, it cannot expect to accomplish itselfin drill.
 Horace P. Hoadley, of this city, is engaged as Drill Master of the Cavalry Battalion. .,