Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-27

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 vh6 Was b artive shome ffom the vars- He |cams, snd vss rsesix uisA raaz;sg cheers from the nultitads. wiyh vssi1g handkerchiaf |1na fs ss 6osqusi lsem V TIT sez
 |kestsy vsIcok . and Sasbaaia7 E EsSd III |Sg |froi all. Tlr~ ops1 sss.is1 ' us.s shej Q sessy him konss and kane s wskt esc by tho crowd and Iolbued by ever swe lIpg rreetjngs. Which was vel. Which pks |proper. Khick was well-deserved by the gal | lant young officer, wAo had risked his life for his country, and had brought Acne ss heAel- q able scar. sss ss ssA
 Rpt tksse xas apethsr; aide ef the picture | that welsaw. IL was this. On the same train 1 upon which cane the Lieutenant, came also . ySs6f S6tdIs sszIs I< iksl lsszms jiidls6It.. Euouadsd pssk4ps not, bsG evidestly Norp and lxastsd by the tsrribls fsversof tho camp, more Idssdly than buIIptss more adsiicalt toisndurs. Hs tso ms from Barringtons and had returued to bis old home ,as speedily as possible, to see
 his wife and children, before being mustered ont We saw him leave theadepot. and the |cro~d sapd 60 silently and alone down the streets No one ehesrsd lAin. mo one, that we saws greeted him {; two of tho caiTiages that
 wsnt upt the depot for the lieutenant passed
 hin on the way, returning. empty ;still he |trudged on weari:y, bent beneath the xeightol the heavy knapssck and blankets he carried on ! his back, weak. evidently, and still sick with the Ayer--aye, sick unto deatb, tremulonsly yet elssrfaily, he walked down the street to
 zis home, though alone. This was on Friday
 On Sunday morning he was mustered ont of
 service by DsaAp His name we believe. was
 Lyman Tsrrill, Of Co. F., and he vas enlisted from sNinsted in our own county sassss <
 We have no comments..to make on the con trast. Ii was sad: d::zpictures and yet, asise have said. only too common fl
 --From Harrington to Pitts6eld through the quaint and:quiet old town. of Stockbridge, the
 home s,f all the Fielda through the beaatiful street of I4enox, the. scounty-se filled now
 with simmer residents and. visitors, and boast
 ing uis.ny lordly imansionl that serve as aum-
 msr palaces for the Merchant Princes of the
 Mstrooolie ;Esn excellent supper at Curtis,
 where both the billof fare and the bill of cost
 (not to speak of other -Bills, ,r--nads lasting impression on our youthful companionss mind,ll and thsn the drive, after; . refreshing shower, that lad aIl the dsst, through the losg, clear twilight almost peculiar to Berkshire regions, till ws reached PittsHdld. ss1 X { Hero we found Egreat Preparations being
 made to receive on the next day the 4eth Mas sachusstts, the Berkshire County Regiment of
 Nine nionths men, which had seen hard service
 h the s3uif, and had been in at the surrender
 ef Por. Hudson sunder Hanks, the favorite
 Massachusetts General. x The streets were alive with dagsand fsstoons, and notices, and triu,nphsl arsha had, been raised across North i5t., covered with the banners of the
 Unian, and blazoned with the names and dates of the battles the 18th had fought and won ;.and high above them all -a Port Hud9 son, July 14th, 1863" ees asAesF
 Next day they fcams, aad met with such . reception from the citizens of Berkshire, who. focked in from all quarters to meet them, asI we venture to say few of our returning regi-s ments have received, or will, for many . day. Bronzsd and scared veterans were they, be- grimmed and covered with dust and glory. Their Colonel Bartlett. with one wooden leg, aud his left arm in splints and sling, rode atI heir head, sfrapped so his horse. Along the 'trsets aud st every house they passed. theyl net the sams enthusiastic welcome, FlagsI Iosted above them and on every. side. of them Il ,annsrs upon which words of cheer and we'll soms vsts wsistsn in Auref, met their happy ,yss at ssssy stsp crowned with tbe laurels 5f viesoty, they came homs to receive the.l wsli dotS of their families and fellow -citi- .srs Asf g ssGHsss ss1 Assss
 E We witnessed many chserfSs and many . a ss. lecting scenes, q these brave men met their swest-he&rts and wives and little ones, but our spacs forbid us to chronicle tbem. There were many of the Regiment who were not. there, and some Of them came home with wounded limbs Or breasts. and some were brought home on cots. and one upon bier. We saw as many tears as smiles among the muItitudas that gathered to greet them. and we noticed tss eyss of many Of even those bronz- d veterans suausea. ss shey claspsd wife or chlld. sflsf so long, to their hearts again. So
 itaIways |. So twill De for little longer
 now-sad then, subdusd by sorrow, and train
 a by s1lietion, each one of us will learn to
 reaIias tlls great battle that hss been fought
 and woas by our Soblest and best, for God and
 our nstsss land. q M