, 1861-08-08

CongIeas, In opposition TO fhc Wa,hin1;tonsass:; tnsss;
Aspothm. The mansNiso could make such q.
npeeea. u thAt ,place and under such oircum-
%naS = ELY e1Sniat afvsr e. nv drawn sword or
g these which win battles. A brave man,
fronting raging multitude, and standing up
~teafleetly for the truth, is % giphf WORTHY IF
the gede. ~ O. Heatua..
:: LIE 1R1sH AND THE 'WAR,-Au editorial In
ZEN re MemPa,s Argus praisea the Irish In high
them IN -thls war 1t even goes 80 far aa
no southe1per. but feels thst the s9th
msineaned 1 the old reputation OF I1iah. valor
e. cn ne Rro1g side through misguidanee, and
not enc ofus but feels :thst t6s dsy must come,
: WEea Lue understanding Of The principla at
issue vii range their fearless hearts Id 1iue
H1th their brethren Of the South. All honor
+ 10 the 69th, even in It's error" .. g., :
STRENGTH OF THE CONFEDERATE AnAY.-
The Montgomery s1fai! says that the Conted
efate government has now two hundred and
n1Iy Thousand soldiers, we'll drilled and armed,
END ]ndlclouely disposed for defensive ppe1a-,
ttone: JoEce Hooper, editor Of that Journal.
Y Secretary Of the: Confederate Congress, and
derived from official eources.* -
SLAVES WITH TEE REKg1, ARMr.-We elm
the following from the New Orleans Crescent:
Tom, the s1a7e Of our citizen, James a.
Phelps, took fancy to 70 O soldering. and
his msster willingly graliaed him, and Tom
was engaged by Capt. Kountz, Of the DeSoto
Rifles, to attend hin through tha war : Tiers
ars htsadreds Of ether ssaues Eikz Tom ao,sz to
kM TIE Yankees TOMS highest ambition 40.
pears to be to kill Yankee He. writes to
bis mother, who is owned in the family of Mr.
Phelps, the letter below. We hope he viii be
e1anhea N huntlng up and obtaining Yam
Io9K1oWN, Va, July 4, 1861-Dear Aoha.:
-ltake this opportunity OF writing to you to
letyou know that am we'll aud doing we'll
and I hope tha. this letter will find yoa IS well
a,e1ocR an pow n fo5ktoRn edarE Wl lsaye st
woods for the Yankees. Well We are only,
Elk miles from the Yankees at Young's Mil,
Where my captain Is nov, and am going ont
to day at 4 O'Clock to find him. 1eft him at
Town. came back to getsome blankets, and
then moved On to Youne's Mill. We are look
ing ont for fight On the fifth Of July By the
Fifth Regiment Louisiana Volunteers. Give
my love TO mistress and Master jim Phelps,
and to all Of them in New Orleans. You must
hurry. have not time to write. i am nbout
to leave fer the Mill so,good bye to all. No
more at present. Your deToted Bon:
P.s-Good bye to the white folks until
kill q Yankee. .,.. T. p
- fAl4AAAOliaAAS = SfEEEH.-IAt extra eui-
ton Of the Courier, Of Thursday, having been
exhausted by the numerous calls for the speech
ct the eloquent and manly Yallardlgham, we
would inform those who failed TO procure
copy Of that Impression, that We viii publish
that speech in the tri-weekly Of Saturday.-
Charleston Courier.
The whole amount Of bids for the State of
Maine Loan for $3.50 COO vas 5000, Il vas
all taken at a premium.
BROTHER FOR BROTHER brother of -Da-
yid Case OF Norwich, and brother of John
Jennings Of Preston, both kil1et; at Bull Run.
gre gong to take the place Of their dead bro
the.s. The men Of Connecticut are ptucky az
we'll as patriotic.
/ Two singu1arly concurrent ca ses of death
from the bite Of q dog have occurred in Eng
land and France within the last month. II
England the victim died from pure fear that
he would have the hydrophobia, and In France
the person bitten died exhibiting every .symp.
tom Of that horrid disease, though the dog,
after being kept At the school Of Surgeons for
several days showed no signs Of It, and on his
death Was examined by tue first experts, who
pronounced that there Was no possibility Of
his having been rabbi. These cases strongly
cor5oborate the opinion 80 often advanced
that hJ d1ophobia is entirely disease Of the
mind.
AT Newark, N. j., On Sunday afternoon the
4tb, ,ttonr Persons we're drown while taking q
beat ride in the PasEaic river.
Rice & Lathrop's cutlery factory in Winsted
CT, nos destroyed by fire On Friday morning.
LOSE, SIS COO, including finished goods worth
$40 >0co; insured for $25, 600, chiefly in Hart.
ford offices.