, 1861-12-19

tlon Of three companies, and Gen. Ebcnezcr
W. Pierce (the Big Bethel officcr,) appointed
to command them rs colonel The regiment
is numbered the o0th Massachusetts. Gcnefa1
Tor ColoneD Pierce las commenced at the
bottom Of the 1addcr to retrieve his damaged
reputation. He enlisted first as private in
company forming, was advanced to IA captaincy,
and he Is now colonel again. When he gets
to be brigadier aga1n 1t will be because he
has earned It.; and this he ia determined to
do.
"A member Of Congress from Pcnnsyl-
yauia states that Immediately after the ap-
pointment Of Gen. Hallcck to the Department
Of Missouri, Gen. Fremont wrote to him {the
membcr), saying that this was the wiscst and
best appointment the President had made
The military board at Washington to cx-
anime the commissioned officers OF volunteer
cavalry, is composed as follows: Gen. Innis
n. Palmer; Col. J. q. Van Alien, Sd New York
cavalry; Col. #. ". ATerill, Sd Pennsylvania
cavalry, Lieut. Col. ]. fitzpatrick, I'd New
York cavalry; Major C. q. Ogle, LIST New
York cavalry.
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~ e,,ooaoa 49, 49,, t-,,tas. ~ ~ r.c.,. a poss eI;,:
tary men are the candidates in each district,
The lending New York dailies have been
indulging in good deal of unseemly anxiety
,,,on+ oonb o+6er,s ,,4o7e,ra and ,;raz,1o+;,,s
The HeroLz now ,n,les ;tu f,nrss +1,ns :.
Ave1aee daily cnn1ation f,on, Noyemher 1sth
IN Decprnher 7th .ns n5a co,;as 1+os4,,,+ae
the T1i,one and 7;,ne, at e,ct aho,t ao nm
and the 1For17 at 70 nm
Thomas 8. Wil1;ams- of Hartford. az.
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court Of Con-
necticut, died last Sunday afternoon, aeed 81
years.
Colonel ". D. Lewis, Jr.'e regiment of
volunteers. nt Harrisburp, is ordcrcd tn Rom.
uey, Va, for which point it giI1 soon leave.
An Irish dance which came off at Dan
bury, Ct, On Saturday night, ended in 4 fight,
during which two Irishmer, brothers. named
Doran, were fatally stabbed. One of them
died instantly. The supposed murdercrs are
named Ryan and Manion, and have cleared out
for parts unknown.
The 7th and Sth Vermont regiments, now
In camp, are DESIGNATED for General Butler S
expedition, to follow the troops that have
gone to Ship Island
There are some half dozen regiments in
course Of preparation in Massachusetts, in-
Guiding camps at Pittsdeld, Worcester, Read
Vile and Lowell.
Gilbert O. Van Pe1t, d smart young law
yer Of New York, has been mulct in $, 600 ex-
emplary damages, for fraud practiced upon
Mrs. Steele, with whose family be had been on
terms Of close intimacy. It seems that in 1858
Mr.. Steele was in difficulty, aud transferred
his household goods to his mother, to secure
debt. The old lady made free gift Of both
debt and property to her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Steele. Van Pelt, who was almost daily
in the house, advised that Mrs. steclc's title
would not be good against her husbands
creditors, and to save trouble it was agreed
TINT he should have cllattel mortgage, based
upon bill Of illegal Services" to cover the
amount Thus matters went on until Var
Pelt surprised the fami1y By selling them ou1
at Sheriff s anction. The jury have thereto
awarded 81 ,5T2 as the value Of the furniture
and 5000 exemplary damages, as above.
| The cargoes, 1000 barrels Of turpcn
tine, Of the prize vessels Nightingale AMI
Henry G. Brooks, were sold at auctien Las
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