Litchfield enquirer., 1861-08-22
A PROCLAMATION.

of the federal government, and suppressinr ths rebellion now raging against its authority. |, WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM, Governor of the State oi connecticut, hereby call upon the loyal and patriotic citzens of this State to organize in eom< Panles for FOUR REGIMENTS of Infantry, and offer their services for three years or dur;ng tbe w.T. The several companies will report to the AdinI tant General, and when accepted will be reoEir. eo 10 rendezvous with the regiments to which they shall be attached by the Commander-in- Chief. -''-' Two regiments will rendezvous at New Haveu and two at Hartford
 Glven under my hand and seal of the State, at Hartford, this the 10th day of August, 1861. WILLIAM. A. BUCKINGHAM. By His Excelencys command, J. u. TRUNBULL, Sec'y of State. GEN. LYON's DRArH.-For some days previous to the battle in which Gen. Lyon lost his Iife, the feeling was very general that he was array ed against odds which made his defeat almost \ certainty, and much dissaffection was express- ed that more troops had not been sent to sustain him. The unsurpassed bravery of both leader and troops could not stand before an army of four times their number, yet no efforts were made to forward more men to Missouri. The detailed accounts of the battle which reach us ! all agree that Gen. Lyon possessed the same feelings, but his sacrifice stands out the moro nobly in the record of his deeds. Frem . very graphic account furnished by correspondent of the New York Herald, we make the following extract:
 For two or three days before the battle Gsner- al Lyon changed much in appearance. Since it became apparent to him that he must abandon | xl., had lost much of his former energy and deoi- | sion. To one of his staff he remarked, the evon- ing before the battle, "I am c man believing in presentiments, and ever since this night surprise l was planned Ihavehad afeeling cannot gstrid of l that it would result disastrously. Through the refusal of government properly to reinforce me, | am obliged to abandon the country. If leave it without engaging the enemy, the public will call me 0 coward. If 1 engage him, l may be defeated and my command cut to pieces. am too weak to hold Springfield, and yet the people will demand that bring about battle with she very enemy 1 can not keep a town against. How can this result otherwise than against us? 2" | On the way to the field I frequently rode near him. He seemed like one bewildered and often when addressed failed to give any recognition, and seemed totally unaware that he was spoken to. On the battle field he gave his orders promptly, and seemed solicitous for the welfare of his men, but utterly regardless of his own l flew thickest, just after his favorite horse was shot from under him, some of his soldiers inter- posed and begged that he would retire from tho | spot and seek one less exposed Scarcely rais- ing his eyes from the enemy he said
 ''It is well enough that stand here am satisfied.
 While the line was forming for the charge against the rebels in which he lost his life, Cen. | Lyon turned to Maj. Sturgis, who stood near him. and remarked :-
 Il fear that this day is lost if Col. siegel had been successful he would have joined us before this. think will lead this charge'
 He had been wounded in the leg in an early part of the engagements flesh wound merely from which the blood flowed profusely. Mai or Sturgis during the converation noticed blood on Gen. Lyon's hat and at first supposed he had been touching it with his hand, which was wet with blood from his leg. moment after, per- ceiVing that it was fresh, he removed the gener- ars hat and asked the cause of it's appearance. $ It is nothing, Major, nothing but a wound in the head" said Gen. Lyon, turning away and mounting his horse Without taking the hat held out to him by Major sturgis, he addressed the Iowans he was to command with
 "For~ard men! IacH lead you!'' l Two minutes afterwards he lay dead on the | field, killed by a rife ball through the breast, just above the heart. Indeath his features wore the same troubled and puzzled expression that had been fixed upon them for the past week.
 CANNON FOR FREMoNr-The St. Louis pa- per5 of Saturday report the arrival in that city of six 6lpound Dahlgren guns, and the passive carriages caissons, tool wagons, &c., connected with them. These immense weapons remained at the depot Friday night in charge of Q strong guard. In addition to the four huge cannon pre- viously transported to the Arsenal, brought by express train at Gen. Fremont's order, four oth- CTS were removed thither on Friday from the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad depot. One of them was a thirty-two pounder and the others twenty-three pounders. Two of the former were sent to Ironton on the Iron Mountain Railroad 1 train.
 Gen. Anderson has determined to take the | field, although warned by his physician that his health is not sufficient for active duty When told that he might break down, be answered | that the Union men of Kentucky were calling | him to lead thom, and that he must and would make the attempt, and if he failed he would fail | n 8 most lorious cause
 | The States of Kentucky and Tennessee hsye been constituted military command, to be esIl- 1 ed the Department of Cumberland, Brigadisr General Robert Anderson commanding John Ellis died in South Providence, R. L.:Ssp Tuesday, at the great age of 101. He was bern l in Ireland, and came to this country in 1864-
 
 the United States on tho 4th of July, 1851, when 91 years old.
 l GEN. McCLELLAN-The Washington Nc tional InteHigencer says "Gen. Mcclellan was born in Woodstock, Conn.,, near the Putnam Wolf Den. His father was an eminent physi- elan, and moved to Philadelphia during the boy- hood of his now more eminent son. Woodstock
 is an adjoining town to Eastford, where General | Lyon was born"
 This may be true, but Blacks confirmation" Our impression is that Gen. Mcclellan was born in Philadelphia his father then being medical professor. Perhaps the Woodstock town records would throw some light on the subject
 Gen. Mcclellan married Miss Nellie Marcy, about three years ago, lady well known in this City, who boarded at the Allyn House with her fathers family. She is the daughter of Ran dolph Marcy, of the army, recently promoted to be Inspector General.-HartfordP Press, 20tb. l CAPT. ToTrEN, whose artillery did such service in the great battle of August 10th in Missouri, is la New London man. He is regular army off. cer, and has been engaged in nearly all of the recent engagements in Missouri.
 GEN. BUTLER struck the right chord in his late order forbidding the use of whiskey in the camp, and it would be well for all officers of volunteers 1 to carefully weigh his words. "Boys," he says, in effect, " whiskey is doing us . great injury.