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Litchfield enquirer., 1863-04-16
TWISTED.


 The following communication. which has been sometime on hand, Me give place to, at the solicitation of the author. It may be of some interest to peoplein Winsted, aud also. to these people who figured in spretsnded Bar-meeting. published . year ago in the Winsted paper, since this is first time one of those "participants,,' has taken sp sudgels in his own defence.
 TWISTED, March 20, 1863.
 UT Thomas N. Clark, Esq.,, Editor and Pro- Prietor of the TWISTED HEHAhD, requested the publication, in his issue of this week, of the following communication, and for reasons inherently manifest. To this request he de- chned 10 aecede, unless the artic,e was modi- ned. should have been satisfied witt, an ex- onerating explanation, publicly commsnsu- fate whh the apparent wrong. anl consistent with truth and candor. In ms offensive arli- cles, 10 which allusioa is made in the accom- psnying note, he was the aggressor; and such. pr Wnatever explanation, II any, eau be glv- on, becomes him, and not myself, to make. Since the writing and transmission to him of the following for publication, he has, in his paper of this week, in effect, disclaimed, whst, by slight enquiry, incipiently, might have been avoided, my participation in the more recent affair, while in the one referred to, in his issue of the 18th of March last, (la- bored and false. as he very well knew he not only permits the wrong to be unredressed, but by subsequent, occasional allusions. through the medium of his press, re-asserts impliedly and approyingly, the truth of the article con- ! tainingit. G. HALL. THOMAS M. CLAIRE, Eso.:
 Sir Your issue of this week contains the following article:
 "A cosk-fght for $50 side, was held at l the barn on the Hall farm, in our East Village, on Saturday last" %
 Feats of this kind, were they not in contra vention of law, as being contra bonos morss, degrade, (if greater depths of depravity in their case were attainable,) every participant and abettor. To the stolid, callous and grow slling, such demoralizing and debased prac- tices were doubtless matter of indifference or tolerance, or pleasure I; but there are those, sir, whose sentiments may be greatly outraged and whose susceptibilities disturbed by even . suspected or inferential comp:icity with these vile and pernicious shows.
 The quoted paragraph, in its allusions to the affair, as if connected with the barn and premises referred to, like that ion former occasion, and through the same medium,) of your extended account of g pretended Bar Aesting,"* had, in fact, no foundation what ever; and, as in either case, an entertainment of the truth would have been much less in- convenient and expensive than the publica- tion of the lie, both articles, it would seem, were wanton and without excuse.
 G. HALL.
 Winstsd, March 14th. 1868.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-04-16

Among tho appointments made at the last session of the |" New York East Conference, '' (Methodist,) we notice the following ministe, . for this County :-
 Litchfield, ". Lawrence New Milford and Gaylordsville, W. Ross; Cornwall and Els worth, R. L. Mathison; West Goshen, J. D Benton; West Winsted, L. W. Abbott Cole brook River, G. H. Goedsell Wolcettville, J. Vinten; Plymouth, Moses Lyon Bethlem, J. Osborn Watertown and North Watertown, A. c. Eggleston Woodbsry, D. W. Loundsbury; Woodville, and Warren to be supplied.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-04-16

Wn. TREAT, Esa., formerly of Kent, and well-kpown in this vicinity, and lately clerk in the 0. M. Department of the 18th Reg't c. ", was drowned on the 18th ult., in the Mis- siasippi river, near Baton Rouge, La. He was walking on the side of a steamboat. which had just returned from up the river with load of forage, when, from some cause unknown, he fell overheard, and was drawn under by the current and drowned before any assistance could reach him. Treat is reported to have been very valuable and efficient man in the Q. NJ. department, and was about assum ming a captainey in one of tho La. Regt's at the time of his unfortunate death. Ho was always a kind-hearted, generous, whole soulsd fellow, and there are but few who knew him but will regret his loss.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-04-16

VESSELS were lOaoeO partly Wltn prOVlSOnS, partly with arms and munitions of war-the latter for the account of the rebel government The Palladium, says that on Thursday after noon a lad by the name Of Prout. about ten years of age, got among the machinery of the Townsend grist mill. in East Haven, and was terribly mangled, so that he died at about 3 o'clock Friday morning. Beth his legs were torn f.om his body, and he was hurt otherwise
 The Government has determined 10 employ the military strength of the abls bodied negro population of the country in the suppression of the Rebellion.
 We'll may the Rebels cry, "Our suffering is intolerable." At Franklin. whisky is fifty cents . drink, and poker deck of very com. mon playing cards brings $s.
 The Boston Journal says !: We observe that the factious en nsmies of the Administration are much puzzled to account for their over whelming defeat in Connecticut. Well they may be, for t is the work ofhonest convictions and patriotic impulses. It is the awakened protest of the people against the tide of treas onable opposition to the Government, which was threatening to paralyze it's aEort and to prostrate it before the conspirators in arms. :. The plotters thought they had sec ured the State. When the Rhode Island election was announced they, said, Oh, there was no straight out, organized opposition to Lincoln's dissatisfaction there wait till you hear fron Connecticut.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-04-16
*See Winsted Herald of March 2s, 1862.

Winstsd, March 14th. 1868.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-04-16

Manchac. A reconnaissance had been pushed into the Amite country by Brig. Gen. Kicker son, which met and defeated small force ot rebel cavalry-kllling ten and vounding seven.
 teen, and taking five prisoners. Our loss wa, four wounded. Gen Weitzel, at Brasher City had been reinforced by Growers brigade, and was to be also joined by large force under Gen. Emory, who was expected to assume command of the combined forces, and to make movement up the Atchafalaya against the rebels there, who were growing somewhat too bold. Under the belief that New.O Orleans is seriously threatened by the rebels, Gen. Banks was fcrtifying all the approaches strongly. The enemy are believed to. have total of about seventy-fve thousand men. who can be gathered near the City at twelve hours notice. Some apprehensions were also felt of fa raid from Mobile against Ship Island.
 The Committes on tue conduct of the war have submitted another installment of their report to the public. It tyeats of the first Bat tie of Bull Run, th battle of Balls Emf, the conduct of Gen. Stone. and the management of the western department, especially under the administration of Gen. Fremont. The committee make ont pretty clean record for this last officer. and seem to think he has not been fairly used in being laid on the shelf
 The bread riots at Richmond are not over yet. The authorities are in great alarm. and momentarily expect fresh outbreak. The soldiers were. greatly demoralized and exasper- ated at the starvation to which their families are subjected.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-16

We are gratifed TO lesru that the Exchange
Bank Of this city with c0mmsn1abla actiou,
have promptly notified their customers that
they win continue 70 receive and pay out all
Confederate money as heretofore, and irre5pec-
tive Of suv action % the contrary taken By tie
banks in Richmond. This IS the right spirit,
and shows at least that this bank las mon Of
saZscity in the directory. We 10 not doEb.
that the other banks In our city viii follow suit.
Az effort is being made 10 saddle the action Of
the Richmond banks upea the Admiuisirati0n.
Nothing can be more absurd, else why should
an sttanut by the Government 20 control the
banks be confined TO Richmond At 10 other
point has any such notice been given. Ths
truth is that Richmond is not the Confederate
States, neither is the trade Of the country con
trelled there nor IS its financial concerns ct all
dependent upon what the banks Of klchm9nd
may OF msy not DO
p s. Since the above was written We IN
dsrstand and take pleasure in making publie
that the banks Of this city have held a nesting
Of their several boards Of directors and have de-
taTTainel TO receive on deposit aud pay out as
heretofore the notes OF the Confederate STATES,
whether issued before OF since the lst Deem
Der, 1862. This unanimous action Of o. banks
indicates that she business ssEscity s. men we
apply in the foregoing article TO the directory Of
the Exchange Bank. . applicable to the several
boards Of the va,i1uS banks here and their &C.
ton in the matter ~ have a happy effect else
where.
Il gives rs much pleasure, says the Peters
burg Express TO insert the above short article
from the Lyuehburg RsDu5iieaH. 1t affords as
another opportunity Of invoking the froWus Of
the public upon the recent ukase Of the Rich
mond banks, and to appeal agsin to these corp0-
ration8 fer its revocation. They will not, and
ought not, to be sustained in the course tkey
have decided 70 pursue. We c1nnot too highly
comment the action Of the banks in Lynch
burg, and of the Bsuk of the City Of Peters
burg hoTe IN our midst. They may rest assured
that the public service they are rendering in
refusing to cooperate with the Richmond banks,
viii be remembered TO their credit as vel as to
their profit, by the community. LIST them held
on immOvabiy 90 the stand they have taken,
and all viii begIight.
n. B. We should have said above that the
Exchange Bank, in this city. has not yet be-
some party to the Richmond movement, and
We sincerely hope that It viii involve itself in
no such complication.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-16

Il recsnt article in the Richmond EKguirer,
WgiHg The importance sf visiting upon the
hsInes of the enemy some of the horr8rs inch
dent to raids, was copied, in gaIbled shape,
into Northern papers, to show that despond-
ent spirit is Sc zing upon the Confedsrates The
EzgHiyey replies in most scathiDg terms to the
petty device Of the NeTthern sditors to bolster
90 the war spirit among their readers FEom
tbe article we extract the following paragraphs
Our admission that our people suffer anything
by the horrors Of war on our sOil-lkey eall
"dsSpondensy." Well, we do adnit-lst them
take what esmfort from it they caR-thst many
honest families have been .besg.red By them-
that any one of their cowardly generals, after
being beaten in the field, can ofien make him
self terrible ozough to a peaceful district whose
natural defenders have iugt driven him in dis
grace before them.
It ia a sad fate, and We do not deny it, for
helpless women TO be driven oHt from their
phlndsfed homes, and sent wandering into
wilde and waste with lhei: fathsTlass children.
We do admit that It is an yyil day for any land
ibs day that sees If flooded By hordss Of such
barbarisns IS the Yankees. We do give to the
Yankee nation all the credit that is due for being
ablo 70 torture the INNOCENT and bully the IN
projected; aud undoubtedly, throughout Ten
nessss and Mississippi, ilud Western Virginia,
fot ages to come R0theul viii clasp their ittle
ones closer 20 their hearts a. the very name Of
Yankee. Il this faHae, they vail have iIi If
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-16

ACTION OF IHE bAERs--N8 are glad Co see
that lho banks of LYnchburg and Petersburg
kaye determined 90 receive On deposit and nav
out al the notes Of ths C0nfedsrats Govern
ment, whether issued before or since the 1st of
December, 1852 The banks here took the con.
trary course of cooperating with the Govern
ment IN the very questionsbls (mild term }
measure Of interdieting part Of its own issues.
The expedient is about so produce an amount of
inconvonieHce TO The public that the banks ia
Lynehourg and Petersburg thought too serious
to be allowed so far as they are concerned and
they did right not 10 be party to It. Not only
will the effect Of the measure be seriously 10 in
commodate the public but very probably 10
impair the value Of the C0nfederats money still
further in public estimation. The money nut
under the Dan is in all the cOuntry-in the
hands Of the people-in the hands Of men who
have no money to lay up in bonds, aud who
have no more respect for one Of the eight Der
cent promissory notes than for one which prou-
lses nothing bus its own amount They are
faithful 10 the Government sRd kind 10 its eur-
reney. They seek 10 purchase something in
Richmond and their money is refused. Tbav
are not WISE like the Treasury Department
1nsy cannot see why note promising eiehs
per cent should be woEth less than a note which
promises no per cent. They at once conqln7a
that the disTuehon is outrageous. fif fer M bet
ter reason, because they lose BY II > that one ia
70 better than the olher, and that al are to be
doubted.
L is well that some Of the banks decline b
assist N ths degradation Of psrt of that cur
rsney issued 70 the people TO me8t tho obliga-
tons Of tho GavaInmeal, and the differences in
the value O. which the people never knew, see
no reas0n for and ough. not TO be made tbe
losers by,--Riebm9Ed Dispatch
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-16

Ii was pleasing 20 every wellrsgUlatsd mind
in the COniederscy, to perceive how readily and
eagerly the disasters of Chancsllorville were
thrown upon Sigel's old llth corps and
every psltry Yankee correspondent, assuming
that this corps was composed Of GermLns, most
fully enlarged, with becoming disgust, upon ths
shsneful r0ut Of the Flying Dutchmen. This
was plessiRg, because We anticipated the nstu-
raj result. General discontsnt and resentment
agiats the whole Mass of German Yankees. a
large meeting of them has bsen hsls At the Coop
er institute New York 20 VinaicHta the bravery
Of the Teut0nie race generally, and especially Of
those who formed part Of tho uulucky llih
corps, at the battle Of Chsncollorville; though
indeed, We are Of he opinion that any one who
inds fault with the Teutonie race at the battle
of Chancelisrvills, must be hard 70 please
Tiny attribute the loss of that battle, without
serUpls. to the bad geneTsIship Of Hooker, and
pass this resolution;
"Thas the loss of the battle at tChancsliorviile
was by no means exclusively caused by the rs-
pulse Of the llth army corps; that the said
corps, on the contrary, soOR after It's TePulse,
rallied again and did effective service during the
battle, sRd that the losE of the battle, in eur
opinion, was owing to bad goneralship Oh the part
Of the general commanding, vine failed to sue
cessfully maueuyeT, use aRd handle the forces ct
bis command
This may all be very trusi but we can tell the
Dutchmen that If they indulge In such Ian
gusgs-callinE ChAncellOrvills s 'lsss battle"
in the very teeth Of the generals eongrstuls9ory
Ordar-and ascribing stupidity and incompe-
tency to their glorious conmandsr-in-c chief-Ro
members Of that corps will ever be decorated
with ths Cross Of honor which is now bsiHg dis
trbuted to com maemorste that immsrtsl Yankee
victory. However, the resolutions of the
Cooper institute 90 further They say:
"That the lith army corps was in its greater
part composed of other than German troops;
that it was in the battle Of ChaAcellorVille
I commanded by new and uRtried general, and
tfat its repulss cannot be sscribed to any Waat
of bravery Of the German officers Of the said
/ corps"
"Other than German troops" Now for
numbering meeting Of the Irish it is their
time, we think-iust 20 demand as it were,
what other troops these Teut0ns refer to in thsir
dis1araeing observations. Corps a. DisHI
what do you mean by that, Mein Herr Would
you have the politeness 20 explain IN all frieRd
ship and civility, II you sllu6e 10 OR fathers
s0ns-God's blood and wounds
We think that ia The present state Of public
feeling Ia the Yankee country. q few indigna-
ton meetings on the part Of both those "ele-
meats carefully got up and properly stimuia-
ted with their national drinks and followed by
some wholesome riotng ia the great cities
which might soon propagate itself iH the army,
would have tine moral effect RiekHsRd EL-
quiFer
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-16

A noble and very popular lady friend has
laid upon our table for inspection late copies of
the Louisville J0SrnaL and Nashville Press.
We find very little Of interest in the Nashville
Press, its news being Of an older date than we
have already published from thst city.
The Louisvills Journal of the 9th maintains
its Weil-knOwn character for lying. Il is ''Out
and out" Abolition, esehewing everything like
conservatism, and sustaining ihe vilest meas
ures OF Lincoln. In his leading editorial
Pfent.es pleads for unity among The friends Of
ihp Union, a3lures the people North to forget
sil pride Of OpiRion, al personal aspirations
aud guilty ambitions, and press steadily on in
the good work of our eounny's restoration
be cOngrstuiates Lincoln for his revokement
Of the order sUppressing the Chicago Times,
and prohibiting the circulation Of the New York
RsTid in the Department Of tho Ohio, looking
upon ths repeal Of such orders as evideacs that
Lincoln intends to concede something to the
conservative spirit of the country Still, if Lsp-
coin had not revoked said orders, Prentice
would have considered il his duty to support
him rather than distract the President in his
" glorious work" Of saving the Union
Among the court martial orders published in
the journal, We notice the names Of several
guerlilas who were sentenced to be ''shot to
death, merely because said guerillas attacked
Federal property within Federal lines. Yet
Yankee Straights, Griersons, si ii 0ians gsnas,
make raids into our lines, murder our people, in
suit, rob and devasGats, and then, when caught,
are treated as prisoners Of war.
The Journal mentions q number Of large
boats that have been chsrted to convey sanitary
stores to the relief of the sick and wounded at
Eieksburg. The people Of Louisville have
given $1,000, and other assistance, to the relief
o. the Vicksburg sufferers We guess they
feel that their generosity must be largely drawn
uPen yet before Yicksburg is taken, though the
Journal, of course, predicts that the city will
soon be in Federal possession Winchester BRL-
Letin, June I3th
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-16

a. T.
We 1Ir4ct tom Eng sh papers the following
exp -sions of opinion relative to the Chancel-
lorsvilie battle The London Posi- says; We
believe that the Northern General has sustained
a disastrous # not decisive defeat. The next
mail viii, however. clear away the doubts eZ-
cited By the present condictinC Intelligence.
The Loadon Iunes says: On the whole. then,
though the ultimate result depends, Of courg3i
entirely on she issue Of the battle on Monday.
General HopkeT's object seems 20 have been
frustrated. We cen anticipate no more hopeful
Gdings from the G0vernmau Al Washington,
having kept back the news oi ihe result Of
Mondays battle If il sh0uid have been unfa-
v0rable, we da not wonder st their hesitaHng TO
proclaim 90 great a calamity. II Gen Hooker
IS defeated. the last chance Of success, at least
ia Virginia, is gone.
The LiverBool Journal Of Commerce says that
another gun5oat for the Emperor OF China was
eusared through the custom house by Messrs.
Laird Broihe-s, on Monday SIS the kwBHgtung,
Captain A Young for Hong Kong, via Fal-
moth The TeiD-isin, another one and pioneer
Of the EmperOTs 6oet, from BTkenhead, left on
tho lih uit, arriving ct Plymouth on the l4th
70 ship her crew Evidently she had not been
successful IN 50 doing, IS she is not yot reported
as having lot.
EEIGRATIOE The stream Of emigration is
increasing rather thsn diminishing from all
pats Of this country. There were four do
parures from Tralas this we8k-one By steamer
to LivsIpo5l aud three by train 70 Cork, ell en-
route to America that on wednesday morning
70 Cork 70 meet. tho Inman steamer, consisted
Of very nearly threa hundred pers0ns, picked
up at tho Iralee Farmnl0ra, Killarney and
Hea1f)rt stations. The maiodty consisted Of
young persons Of both sexes from the coantry
distTcts.-KsTy E7satng Post
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-16

y The Savannah ReBablieaH obtsin the in
formation contained in the paragraphs below
from the refugees from St. Augustine, who Az
rived in that city on Wednesday evening
Gen Hunter has in his command some thirty
thousand troops. His department is uueivil and
unfesling as can be expected Of the leader OF his
bTigand horde.
The negro regiments from Boston, the 54lh
Massachusetts, under Col. Hollwell. fifteen hun
dTed strong, arrived at Hilton Head on Fridsy
last
Two asets hsvs left Hilton Head for the
Southern coagt-0as for the Altamaha, Ga. and
one for s.. Johns river, Fla. This latter to as
eend the river and land troops at Jacksonville
who are 70 make iucursi0ns into the interior.
The object Of both is 10 pinlge, destroy and lay
waste. The Yankees say they viii have no more
pitched Dattios IS nothiEg IS gained by them
they can accomplish more by destroying every
thing that comes before them. This Is the new
mode Of warfare with which We were threat
ened G short time since. Our people viii, no
doubt, know how 60 treat such warriors when
they fall into our hands
In the recent raid on The C0Inbshss Kansas
Hontg lmery was in c0mmand. TIE number Of
negroes taken was 20, and not 1000 IS pre-
viously stated.
AT ibs time Of the attack on Charleston #
was feared at Hilton Head that our rams from
! Savannah would attack that place, and one
monitor was kept there lor its defense. There
I is but one monitor there now the others are st
Ston9.
In s. Augustine tbsre are schools for old 81
wei - young negroes, and one Of the FIRST les
cons inculcate1 is disObsdisnce 10 "bscssh' 10
al things. They sro encouraged TO tantaliza
snd he Insulting TO then former osTusrs Dut are
KEEP. u striet 8uti ial-i1n 30 ih8ir teachers.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-16

AN ELOQUENT EETRACT.-Fr0m an sdmi-
rable sermon preaebed in Savannah, Ga, BY
Rsv. Mr. Elliott, Of the Episcopal church, We
take the following extract
Peace. with its soft eyes and radiant wing,
has not come to US, but victory has Victory,
under circumstance most glorious and unex-
pected-not only on the land but upon the sea.
Her angel has planted one foot on the earth,
and the other ON the ocean, and with bis sword
Of vengeance has smitten this insulting
and yainglorious nation. And Whist a no
bic spirit ho has Infused into The heart Of 0ur
ConfodeTacY How It has warmed anew iufo
feTvor Virginia, that old mother Of heroes and of
statesmen. Under the shadow Of the Federal
Government she seemed to be sinking into
the slumber Of DEATH as oHs dies nndar the
shade Of the poisonous upas tree. But at the
war cry of her children, "Sic Ssmpsr Tyranuis,"
how her rich blood has rushed back upon her
heart, and startled her into life. The sound Of
freedoms CRY has disenchanted her, aud she has
sprung full armed into the arena. Her noble
acts have gathered around her from her hills and
from her valleys, from all her fields Of historic
fame, from the blue waters Of the Chesa-
psake to the dark rushing torrent Of the
hanaWha-s0ns worthy Of such q mother
All her old energy came back to her Proud
fearless, indomitable, she looks into the very eve
OF tyranny ana makes it quail before her
majesty Of right and truth The mother Of
States, she bares her bosom 20 recsive upon il
the strokes which are aimed at her children
Hurling defiance in the teeth of her oppressors
she prepares herself 70 conquer or die. She
hopes, she Prays. shs struggles for victory, but
knowing tlat every thing is dependent upon her
bold stand she iearle5siy takes it.
u the genius Of evil is 20 prove triumphant,
Il legihma-a government Is agsin 30 fall let IL
at least fal with b0noT-shsme alone has ne
future.