Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-05-31
COL. L. !. ELLSWURTH.


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Ansr the election. he aeeonnani,i Mr. ii1-
1'IH 70 ,, ''si''' S''a' renewing Oh the r'ute
-. ,,a. iiutdtio0tn.tt'd as chef clerk Of the
War Department. as head Of a militia bu-
re4g and in connection with ylrious army
commissions. il was f,lt that there was
place for Ellsworth
The war camc--tr1al.. we've needed LIS
worth quick military ~a-lcity taught him
that among the w York hrcmon there va,
the material for an elite ZJuav1 corps,
hardy. quick. fearless aad patriotic Nor
Was be disappointed. The fire authorities
responded With dldcritv. and in a single
fortnight Ellsworth was the popular colonel
of q full regiment OF those who were ready to
DO and die at hi, bill ing. and in defence OF
the lag they loved.
CI. Ellsworth Was man OF exemplary NOR
al habits. and a model Of temperance and in
tecrity. Ii is said that he never tasted
dr5p Of iQu0r. nor smoked @ cigar in his
lie. At the time Of this martyr death, he
was engaged to ire married to Miss Sp0fJrd,
an estimable young lady of Rockford, III.
The personal sorrow lor his untimely loss
can hardly be more poignant than the intig-
uant national griei, "uIch Is lItds-4 o''h 70
honor the memory duu 'Ftnsi 'ie inuIuvi
oil the departed
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IhlS great ana iona-siaHuiiIS S ~ 80
was wen known II i'S ou'il.ie' - ;ii -, IN
nroyions f. his entering upou the duties of
r,r,na5 two t6inl, he said bv GOV WtsE) that
the officers of the army and navy had been
Lii an tho ouostion whether in case of a
Lr,,,,+oro hot,vecn the two se,tions of the
T6;oD l5eg ,rouG resDectjrely 90 ruth he
Norlh or the South and tia, nearly erery
Vo,.tIern maj, ous,reycd he ,esilld qahercfo The
s-ll,on ,r5icb ,q,r hin, h;tk Here We have
,,r,ot nat only that this conspiracy had as
I.ool ~ ~. g,.iy ,''''' ', nan ebae five ysa
49, md III, ,r,itcJ far onrortunitv but
~ SIr EnSb,n9n was norIdctlv we'll aware
If n, f,ct M the vcrv time when he took
some of the leaders into his Cabinet and
,,bo,, he ,rss n,ssirelv aiIinc Cobb. Floyd,
Thomson and Touccy m their plans to crip-
I7Ia tLa Fr1eraI Government and assure the
fu,coss of the rebellion"
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FURNITURE mas 1,en IJ.Ho' ~ on iI%t' nv NV, IN
the occupacy of the u. s. force. The Mar
shall House is the hotel at which Con. Wash
ington stopped, and Col. Ellsworth was shot
near the door Of the chamber Gen. Wash
iugton occupied.
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Zanaycs was shot Friday night at Alex3u-
,,ii1 a:t;n rs sortrv. and RECEIVING no r,pIy
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,r IaT Com n Of the rl5SI force. near
I iiampton, were brought in by our picket
mar at ~ Fort Monroe on Friday. They re-
presented that they were about 10 , 2e s C