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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-08-14
News of the w eek.

Gen. 7. w. Sherman has written letter
to the National Intelligencer concerning his
doings at Port Royal, aud vindicating his
campaign in South Carolina.
1t is semi.officially stated that Maine has
already raised four companies more than
her quota under the State call.
The 1900 Rebel prisoners from Forts
Warren and Delaware have been exchanged.
The Union flag -ot-truc officer reports tina,
the Rebels will satisfactorily carry out the
exchange, and that we may very soon expect
the release Of Col. Corcoran and the other
Union officers so long looked for.
The steamship Golden Gate, which left
San francisco, July 81, for Panama, with
23O passengers, $I,ll4,OOO in treasure fol
New York, and s27O, 900 for England, wai
burnt at sea July 81, and lS0 passenger
and al the treasure lost.
The Golden Gate was first class steam
uhip Of 2,000 tuns harden, built in 1861
and was a sister vessel Of the steamer Illi
nois. The Golden Gate belonged to th.
Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
The arrest of the editors and proprietor
the Harrisburg (Pa) Patriot is an indica
tion Of the course the Government mean
to pursue toward all persons who shall at
tempt to interfere with volunteering o
drafting. The parties alluded to still remail
in the Old Capitol Jail. and begin to per
ceive that the Government is in earnest
At first they were inclined to laugh and TAX
the matter As joke, but now they are quit
serious and contrito.
We have, from rebel sources, the impor
tant news that the rebel ram Arkansas
which recently left Vicksburg to join in a
attack on Baton Rouge, broke some Of he
machinery on the way down, and while dis
ablsd was attacked by our gunboats. TIL
officers and crew then blew her up an
escaped to the shore.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-08-14
Regulations for Drafting,
GENERAL ORDER NO. 90.
q ,sl WAR DEPARTMENT,
WAsHINGToN An0 q 1890

ASHINdTON, Aug. v, 1867. ]
Regulations for the enrolment and draft
of three hundred thousand militia, in Iur-
suance Of an order Of the President of the
United States, bearing date August 4th,
1862, whereby it is provided that draft OF
three hundred thousand militia be called
into the service Of the United States, to
serve for nine months, unless sooner dis
charged, and that tho Secretary of War
shall assign the quota to the States and
establish regulations for the draft; also. that
if any State shall not, by the fifteenth OF
August, furnish its quota of the additional
three hundred thousand volunteers author
lied by law, the deficiency Of volunteers in
that State shall also be made up by special
draft from the militia, an, that the Secre-
tary OF War shall establish regulations for
this purpose. 1t is ordered.
i've States will proceed forthwith to furnish
the respective quotas Of three hundred
thousand militia called for BY the order OF
the President, dated the fourth of August,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, which
quotas have been furnished to the Governors
respectively by communication from this
Department of this date, according to the
regulations hereinafter set forth. osT
Dec0nu. lnc UoVern0rs OF the several
States are hereby requested forthwith 10
designate rendezvous for the drafted militia
Of said State, and to appoint commandants
therefor, aud to notify the Secretary of Wai
of the location of such rendezvous, and the
names Of commandants. 1t is important
that the rendezvous should be few, in NUN.
Der, located with view to convenience OF
transportation.
Third. The Governors of the respective
States will cause an enrolment to be- made
forthwith, by the assessors of the several
counties, or by any other officers to be an,
pointed by such Governors, of all able
bodied male citizens between the ages Of
eighteen and forty five, within the respec,
tive counties, giving the name, age and oc
oupation of each, together with remarks
showing whether he is in the service of the
United States, and in what capacity, and
any other facts which may determine his
exemption from military duty. All reason
able and proper expenses OF such enrolment
and of the draft hereinafter provided for,
will be reimbursed by the United States,
upon vouchers showing the detailed state.
ment Of service performed and the expenses
incurred, to be approved by such Governors.
Fourth Where no provision 10 made by
law in any State for carrying into effect the
draft hereby ordered, or when such provi-
s,ons are 10 any manner defective, such draf,
shall BE- conductsd'as follows:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-08-14
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-08-14

TIE "Butternuts" Of this county have
issued call for County Convention, to
meet in St. Clairsville, on the 23d o!
August. The call asks the people to make
''dt least one more determined effort to res.
cue our beloved country and her institutions
from the hands Of those who are bringing
upon us destruction both 6crcc and swift
talks about "the dangers into which We
have been plunged by mon Of the most wick
ed, daring and inscriptions character
men who openly ignore their obligations to
the Constitution of the United States, and
have substituted the Chicago Platform "
but NOT ONE WORD Is IN IT coNpEMNINa
THE REBELLION.
A. This Democratic Central Committee" il
composed Of such men as Alex. Patton,
John II. Heaton, Jas. Alexander, r. s.
CLARK, and james Dunfee. Is there man
or child in the county that does not know
the record Of these men on the Rebellion ?
Has single one Of these men ever beeu
heard to utter word Of sympathy or en-.
couragement for the Government in its life
and death struggle against an armed and
powerful Rebellion2 Didn't our brave
soldiers, whilc in Virginia last Summer,
+. in card published in The CHRoNIcLE,
denounce this very batch Of "Butternuts'
a. enemies Of our country2' Didn't they
declare their 'belief that II is the nefarioul
purpose of its Editor 1.-THE Gazette = Elea
toni dndhis aduisers Patton, Dunfse
Clark, &c. to do all they can TO ihyure III
casss ns have ssposssd, AND TO GIVE ALI
THE AID AND COMFORT IN THEIR PowEI
10 THE EsEMY, TO the suJrersioa of ou
glorious Consultation y
These men talk about ''rescuing" tn,
country ''from the hands Of those who ar
bringing upon US destruction The word
should blister their tongues. Your "South
srn brethren" Messiurs John II. Heaton
Patton 4 Co., to whom our soldiers say 20,
are giving all the aid and comfort 10 you
power" arc the only persons, II we excep
'hsir sympathizers in the North, from whom
the friends of the country need anticipate
any danger. We think there is q great dea
Of danger to- be apprehendcd from, thou
jnst. now; sndthink it would be well enough
70 sxtend Geo. Rpe's orders over all ,hei
yrpsthissrs in the Loyal States. Thsrei
every reason to believe the Government i
now determined to make the war severe
earnest, and relentless, and, IL you will al
low us 70 give you small piece Of advice
just permit us to soy that you, bad bette
quit your silly jabber about danger to ou
institutions from President Lincoln, abou
substituting the Chicago Platform for tn
Constitution, &C., and turn in and help. U
save the country, and after that Is done, q
Col. McCook said up at the Court Hous,
q ws viii discuss the question of the respol
cibility Of the rebellion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-08-14
svspgNmoN or .AoRIouIrunAI. PAprRs

SUSPENSION or HORTICULTURAL PAPERS.
We regret to learn that, in consequence of
the pressure Of the times, the Field Notes
and Ohio Cultiyator, published At Coium-
bus by Col. s. d. Harris, both excellent az
ricultural papers, have been compelled 20
suspend. The Ohio Farmer, published At
by Thos. Brown, Esq., has been
obliged to, saocamb hom.the same cause.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-08-14

Union State Convention at CO.
lnnbus, Thursday, August 2lst,
1861.
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12

the gray backs running through the streets to head us of, and yelling like Indians at the pros pect of making us their prey We could see too the flames and smoke rising from burning store-houses, and from the hospital, from which the sick and were rescued with great difficulty.
 On the whole, though the retreat was Q most disastrous one for our cause, and the loss of property immense, yet we have great cause for thankfulness and rejoicing that the army and supplies escaped so well as they did, and were not involved in 8 common ruin. General Banks has left with but handful of men, not over 4.ooo effective soldiers, including artillery and cavalry. He was overpowered by the over whelming forces of the enemy, but has proved himself an able General and |" fighting man" and there is not an officer or soldier in his con- mand, whose confidence in him has not been in- creased by his " "masterly retreat" The Fifth, too, did themselves great credit, standing their ground until ordered to retreat, and it was not their fault if they have no victory te inscribe upon their banner. We hope soon to cross the river, and have better luck in our next sncoun- ter with the enemy. ., nj .s,- D.
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12
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sKEDADDLE.

SKEDADDLE. The shades of night were falling fast, As through Southern village passed, A youth, who bore, not over nice, ss& a A banner with the gay device, 5a.4fs.s His hair was red; his toes beneath, T Peeped, like an acorn from it's sheath, While with frightened vaice he sung A burden strange to Yankee tongue,
 iSkedaddle! He saw no household fire, where he Might warm his tod or hominy; Beyond the Cordilleras shone, And from his lips escaped grosn, '1 as 9, is,a SkedaddIei lr15i aoi':s. :. so, stay" cullered pusson said, ''f'2 "An' on dis bosom res' your he'd J" so -3t5 The Octoroon she winked her eye, But still he answered, with sigh, .Skedaddle! "Beware MCCLELLAN, BUELL. and BANKS, Beware of HALLEcK's deadly ranks !'' This was the planters last Good Night, The chap replied, far out of sight, SkedaddIe! ~ At break of day, as several boys From Maine, New-Y York, and Illinois, Were moving southward, in the air They heard these accents of despair,
 Skedaddle! ia r A chap was found, and at his side A bottle, showing how he died, ' Still grasping in his hand of ice, ..-. .. That banner with the strange device,
 Skedaddle There in the twilight, thick and gray, Considerably played out he lay; And through the vapor, gray and thick, A voice fell, like rocket stick, ..
 SkedaddLei
 [ Vanity Fair.
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12

ON Monday, the 18th. Gen. Mcclellan, in an tc,pation of the coming battle, issued stirring order to his troops. He commands them to 20 prepared for battle att moments notice knap- sacks to be left behind and three days rations to be carried in their haversacks, and twenty addi. tional rounds of powder in their pockets. An vehicles, except ambulances, are to be left east of the Chickahominy. He concludes:
 In the approaching battle the General Con- handing trusts that the troops will preserve the discipline which he has been so anxious to en- force, and which they have so generally observed He calls upon all the officers and soldiers to obey promptly and intelligently all orders that-they may receive.
 q Let them bear in mind that the Army of the Potomac has never yet been checked. Let them preserve in battle perfect coolness and confidence the sure forerunners of success.
 They must keep well together, throw away no shots, but aim carefully and low, and above all things rely on the bayonet. Commanders oi regiments are reminded of the great responsibn fly that rests upon them. Upon their coolness 1 judgment and discretion the destinies of theil regiments and success of the day vii! depend"
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12

sONNET.-AFTER G.. The cloudy style, the verbal mist that floats And glooms between the daylight and the dark, The book whose choicest lines we never mark, The laurel, poisonous to nibbling goats, The Pegasus, mistaking chaff for oats, Are all alike to me, for each denotes Poor murdered language, lying stiff and stark Words that have somehow lost the vital spark As if the lexicon, in playful antic, Shook them as from a dice-box-new and old, Nouns, adjectives and adverbs, more or less, Just as it happened; so it is, guess, That, like pebble in ring of gold, Lies dead sonnet in the June Atlantic.
 [Sprinafeld Republican.
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12

REBEL BARBARrrrEs The report of the joint Committee in Congress on the conduct of the war in regard to the barbarous treatment of the remains of officers and soldiers killed at Bull Run is very long. It states that the facts dis closed are of Q repulsive, shocking and painful character. Foreign nations must with one ac- cord consign to lasting odium the authors of the crimes which in all their details exceed the worst excesses of the Sepoys of India. i 7I
 Our dead were buried in many cases naked, with their faces downward others were left to decay in the open air, their bones carried of as trophies, sometimes for use as personal adorn- ments and one witness deliberately ayers that the head of one of our most gallant officers was cut off by secessionist to be used as drink. ing cup on the occasion of his marriage.
 During the past two weeks the skull of Union soldier had been exhibited in the eiice of the seigeant-atarms of the House of Repre-. sentatives which had been converted to such A purpose, and which was found on the person of one of the rebel prisoners taken in Q recent con. fict. -,
 The testimony of Gov. Sprague of R. I. con. clusively proves that the body of one of the bra vest officers in the volunteer service was burnt because the rebels believedit it to be that of Col. Slocum.
 These disclosures should inspire the people of the loyal states to renewed exertiops to protect our country from the restoration to power of such men. t ..,
 They should and we believe will arouse the dis. gust and horror of foreign nations against this unholy rebellion.
 The committee are yet unable to gather testi- mony whether the Indian savages have been employed by the rebels in military service and how such warfare was conducted by said savages but have taken proper steps to attend to thls im' portant inquiry. ..-- -.
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12

< Thnrlow Weed visited in London the venera- ble editor, John Taylor, the author of Junius Identified as Sir Philip Francis. MT. Weed says:
 1t is now nearly half century since Junius Identifedn was published, and although now, as then, nothing has occurred to impeach the Let ter in which !" Junius' says he is the " sole de. pository of my own secret, and it will die with me- vet before the present year closes all doubt or question as to the Authorship of those letters will be removed
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12
Paints and Oil.

~ IL kinss of PAINTS, dry and ground in IA 0il-Varnishes. Turpentine, Linseed 0ILr- Faint Brushes, &c.-may be found at the Old Stand, Eirst Door North of the Bank.
 fE~ Particular attention paid to mixing and preraxinx PHints for those who wish to do their own R1inting- WILLIAM BISSELL.
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12
David q. BucklcY.

HEALER IN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE OF D all kinds and prices. Chairs, Tables, Bu- reaus. Bsdstezds and Coffins. Also Picture FEanes- Toilet Stands and Sofas made and sold uith neataess, elegance and dispatch.
 Warehouss, West St.. Litchfield. Conn. 1rS9
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12
llARNEss-MAKING.

U Subscriber, over A. O. Smiths Store, where
 HARNESSES. BRIDLEs. HALTERs, and other material belonging to the Business, po<icc. JOHN WILLIAMSON. FREDERICK BROWN, Agent. sm5s
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12

DEsrIsTIcAI-A woman in Detroit forgot to taka out her false teeth when she went to bed, and swallowed the entire upper set in her sleep. The only inconvenience she has thus far expert euced is a terrible gnawing in the stomach!
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12

Ambrotypes! Ambrotypes '! yuvHEsE POPULAR PICTURES ARE TAKEN
 vith great success, and at . trifing ex- J6oUsaALLERY, No. 2 South street. Lftsheeld. Oct. 1880. "A
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12

At Port Royal there are about 10000 cOntre- bands, who have planted some 5000 acres witn corn, potatoes and vegetables, and 6,OOo with cotton The average yield of cotton IS loO Ips' per acre. worth 75 cents per pound; thus yield inc about $58o, 900, besides tho vegetables and corn sufficient to supply the vicinity r.t
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12

Tbree of the passenger on board the last ship which left Massachusetts with British colorS, before the Revolution, are now living! The vessel was the Minerva, and sailed from Marble head eighty-seven years ago, May P, l776. Tho surviving passengers are Miss Copley, Mrs. Gardner Green, and Lord Lyndhurst-all ehild' of Copley the great artist.
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12
Cnas. Iiotchkiss x Son,
wotco1TyIIL.E. CONN.

WOLC0TTvILLE, CONN.,, PRACTICAL ARCHITECTS AND BUILD,
 FRS. Manufacturers of Sash, Doors. Bin is, Mouidings, &c-. and Dealers in Lumber of all kinds-
 m Saving and Flaming done at short notice I.~.h Id Issf tf-46
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12
OYSTER SALOON.
VI mnRrnaWAY.

". HEWlUfWAx. WuAs constantly on hand, and supplies oYS. LII TERSR V, Roast, Fried, Stcwed-by the Plate CT quantity. Tshacco, Cigars, Candies, Nuts, &c, &c.,, ct the
 NEW OYSTER SALOON,
 Opposite Central Park, Litchheld. Titchficld, Jan. Esd. 1862. tf-4V
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12
IT. F. Wing.

nF Soufb Ncrsralk, Conn.,, sells the first quai. M fly of VERMONT ROoFING-sLATE .-vKRY CHEAP.
 April l7th, 1862. ti-oz
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12


 OLD AGE.-The very old man loves the sun- shine and the fire, the arm chair and the shady nook. A rude wind would jostle the full grown apple from its bough, full ripe, full colored too. The internal characteristics correspond. Gener. era inactivity is less Salient love of new things and of new persons which lit the young mans heart, fades away. He thinks the old is better. He is not ventursome he keeps at home Pas sion once stung him into quickened life; now that gad-fy is no more buzzing in his ears Mad anne De Stael finds compensation in science for the decay of the passion that once fired her blood heathen Socrates, seventy years old, thanked the gods that he now is free from that /" ravenous beast," which had disturbed his phil osophic- -meditatiens for many years. Romance is the child of passion and imagination |; the sud den father that, the long praeticing mother this. Old age has little romance. Only some rare man, like Wilhelm von Hamboldt, keeps it still fresh in his bosom. @ uo tae -5-.
 In intellectual matters, the old man loves to recall old times to revive his fayorite old men no new ones half so fair. So in Homer, Nestor, who is the oldest of the Greeks, is always talk ing of the olden times, before the grandfathers of the men then living had come into being not such as live in these days" Verse-loving John Quincy Adams turns off from Byron, and Shelley, and Wieland, and Goethe, and returns to Pope. Elder Brewster expects to hear St. Martins and Old Hundred chanted in heaven To him heaven comes in the long used musical tradition. The middleaged man looks around at the presents he has foundont that it is a hard world he hofes less and works morsls The old man looks bae the field he Aastrod :s" This is the tree plantsd this is my footstep." And he loves his home, his old carriage cat, dog, staff and friend.
 In lands where the vine grows, have seen an old man sit all day long, 6 sunny autumn day, before his cottage door, in great arm chair, his old dog crouched at his feet in the genial sum- The autumn winds played in the old mans ven- erahle hairs above him on the wall, purpling in the sunlight, hung the full clusters of grape, ri- pening and maturing yet more. The two were just alike; the wind stirred the vine leaves, and they fell stirred the old man hair, and it whit ened yet more. Both were waiting for the spir it in them to be fully ripe The young man looks forward the old man looks back. How long the shadows lie in the setting sun, the steeple, a mile long, reaching across the plain, as the sun stretches out the hill in grotesque dimensions. So are the events of life in the old mans con scieusness- Theodore Parker.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12

$ An Atlanta tGa.) paper states that there are
 GOO sick soldiers now in that city halling frem nearly every part of the confederecy, and tha the number is likely to be largely increased.1
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12

s'Tres fratres stolidi Took q boat for Niagiri! .... Magnum frothem surgebat Et boatem overturnebat Et omncs drowndiderunt Qui swimmere non potuerunt !''-
 KnickerJocker.
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12
R;sla0D X SeslgWick.

MNEALERS IN DRY GOODS, READY MADE EW Clothing. Boots and Shoes, Hardware, CTockcry, Groceries, kc-, &c, West Street. Litch- seld, COnn-
 e. s- BISHOP. T. g. sEDGwick.
 4S-lv
Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-12
WuH. H. Br;lilisall,

DgALER IN FOREIGN AND STAPLE DRY uD Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Glass Ware and Yankee Notions. No West Street, list aoor rest of the Court House, Litchiicld, Conn.,