Litchfield enquirer., 1863-09-10
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Forts Sumter, Wagner and Moultrie, in which much damage was done to the forts. During the action Fleet Capt. Oscar 0. Badger. the successor of Capt. Rodgers, had his leg broken by shell, and it was thought that amputation would be necessary. At the time the Ne,c Jersey left four Monitors had gone up to re- ne" the action, and were nearly abreast of Sumter. Gen. Gillmore's land batteries, mean time, were firing night and day. The lombard ment Of the city had not been resumed, but it was expected to be as soon as certain new bat terles were completed. Everybody was in fine spirits and confident of success.
 The people of West Tennesee are beginning to move for reconstruction of the Union. Large meetings of the most influential men, not heretofore known as Union men, have re- gently been held in Hardeman county, at which patriotic resolutions were passed, peti- tion;ng Governor Andrew Johnson to issue wrts for an election, to be held soon, for mem bers of the State Legislature, under the Con- stitution and Union. These meetings pledged the citizens to vote for none but Union men,
 Gen. Banks has just issued an order appoint ing Col. John S. Clark, Major B. Bush Plum ley and Col. George H. Hanks, a commission to regulate the enrolment, recruiting, employ nent and education of persons of color. All questions concerning the enlistment of troops for the Corps 'd A.tiique the regulation of la Dor, or the government and education of ne- groes, will be referred to the decision of this commission, subject to the approval ofthe com manding general of the department.
 | An officer who arrived in the steamer Fulton l from Port Poya, via Charleston bar, Septem- Der l, P. M., says none of our iron clads l have yet passed Fort Sumter, nor can they un- | til the immense chains across the upper harbor are removed, and to do this will take some | time. He also says that after taking Fort | Wagner the iron -clads have much to do, as the l Notifications on James Isanl are very strong. The citizens of Pitsburg have telegraphed | the Mayor of Leavenworth an offer to furnish homes and education to fifty of the children made orphans in the recent Lawrence massa- ere. If the offer is accepted. committee will be sent for the children, and the expense of | transfer will be borne by the Pttsburgians. ! Gov. Johnson, a few days sinca, addressed a Union meeting in Nashville, Tenn, taking strong ground in favor of immediate emanci- patton He declared slavery to ba the source and cause Of all our troubles, and said that he was opposed to compromise with it.
 1 NALLANDIGHAM ENCOURAGING THE DEFENCE OF V1ckssURG.-A Stevenson (Alabama) cor respondent of the Cincinnati Gazette writes ] upon the authority of Union citizens of Ala bama and tennessee, that Vallandigham, while in the South, repeatedly, exhorted the rebels to hold on to Nicksburg, declaring that success of his party in Ohio depended altogether on the ability of the rebel government to baffle the Union armies besiegihg that place. The evidence this fact the Gazette writer declares to be indisputabe.
 | Nathaniel Ames, one of the last survivors of the Revolution, was inferred on the 3Oth of last month, at Madison, Wis. He was born in April, l76l, in Connecticut. In l779 he entered the Continental service, and served in various positions to the close of the war, having been present at the execution of An dre and other remarkable events From the age of 30 to 75 he Was a Wesleyan Methodist preacher in Steuben, Oneida County, New York, whence he removed to the town of Ore gon, Wisconsin, where he closed long and honorable life:
 Deserters from the Rebel army report that the preparations of Lees army indicated an- other attempt tc invade Maryland early this autumn. It was freely talked of in the rebel army, by both officers and men, who looked forward to the time when 60 attempt would be made to raplenish their scanty supplies from Maryland and Pennsylvania. as the part of Virginia they arc in is completely cleaned out of everything calculated to subsist man and I beast
 Fifty-six deserters, mostly from Connecticut regiments, have been arrested and returned to their regiments, during the last month, by the officers connected with the Provost Mar shaIs office in Hartford
 Col s. P. Ferris, formerly of the 18th c. V. has been authorized to raise 6 regiment of veterans, and has opened a recruiting office in Stamford.
 Nathan Dabolf Ia name we'll known to gen. erations of school boyg) died at Groton, Conn.,, few days ago, at the age of eighty-t years. He was the son of the author of Da- bolls Arithmetic, and the New London Star says of him that "f few men, perhaps, in Con necticut, were more generally known and re- spected than the deceased He had frequent- y occupied important public positions with honor to himself and the state."
 The Navy Department has issued orders to have the United States frigate Richmond con- pleted and ready for sea in ten days. This vessel returned some time since from the Mis-