Litchfield enquirer., 1863-10-29


 which this Song has been suag ii thS iarrny. atldedet0 ts Tbptiiafhy yzINhen lGsM Blaif,sl Brigade. Tthauleyid idheaasseiltd Niaksbprgl hst fall, after being hurled again and again, upon the enemy's Notifications only to see each time gRstays npr6po oftfoR of fthsiso a,uaibers go doubia death, ,vessooH .as,uerdered to yetire- tho braxes felleys gclesed pp otheir, shattered haSS1 iSSi 1pS5sss saS 4.Sa1q IusT1si '"rLIe
 "tYes, ,n~e',ii rally foupd tho fsgg boys. rally
 Shouting the Battle tcrjyT tcijT of Freesdo5.' sai'i I We are not surprised tfIat the rem .tnbraBees of that scehes drew fears fsoh the officer who. described tito usiIaAnd swhsps after months 5fnhardshiRbassa1lt osnd sbsttles these same troops Ian nRthe Stars and Stripes over ,:his same rebel strong hold, General Nc Phetsof dnd Staff, iof tho Gapola of'tfe Court House. 6ttihgly stastedFtheesagiea song, and, ,swen can agqs swith what aa will it was sung hy Grants rants entre sI Hfsa army my roj.si ,s1,
 l As tsosi travellers awsreh passingv on | foot through as aeq,estered valley, ,theF .wayl sleslv them thepugh loaely ehaTcbisyaa upon ans of the tomb 6-stones of which they 'dscipkerea the, following gingdfaf tidscripti6h :ia~F1eree lies the saul Of fo,ie' whosse ians shau pegRh""7 '' What aduesn oldieIitaphl ]" exclaimed Qne of, the travellers; " the sonl Of one ,forsooth Lhow could the' Soul ora nia6 Be Imprisoned in sssepuieherf- "a Rsdieuious!sf rtioiued tlis ottserj wii0 was aJrnarUfIf few word l hut Wneh saeacity; and they proceedsd sn their journey iu silsNe j dto the next town, ,e,. " 1 But the sagacious man thought that he dis ! cerned in the words chiseled 'oa the old mar. bleY sfab sdnethfhs more kAanslleir fsst sense expressed.' Returning prixatelystQt the, lonely churchyard. then he removed tAe. slab from its, place. and found buried underneath it a heavy iron casket, whicif on being opeaieda proved to be4faHa of old pieces.ss Oathe inside afi the lid of the ieasket were inscribed the following worjls ,a =r . 10 him who has wit enough to in- terpret the true meaning of the words gfaven npoin the tombstone, Y fsqd9ltH tafis trsasures May ife hiatkea betteriu oofs itathsBS Iddidfso i'ilIa, vh:t T lauahed the sagaciqustrayeler, not your, soli. am at least your heir. Never mind the name, old boy. Let it prpish." And he went on his way rejoicing;--tsdgsr.
 6 GRAPE, 1,s'1C CAsIsyTarss5 1s5 suEi eGrapo eoa sists uof fiiie fiiiee shot arrIneed in three laSess. which, ysry in size s.ecording soIthsscshbrs 0t1 ths.g ;ahey are uLel'h l'htogetheF by two plates of about one fourteenth ot ,nn inch less diam e,er than the, calibre of the gun, two rings, u bolt and | nut, Tbe canvass bag arrangeihent( is too old for this war; tt is not s0 simple or durable, and has not, been used for years. Can ister for a gun contains twenty seve,I cast it5il balls. arrange1aiii foarelayersj jshe cop ef tsizs the 'ren,aiader of seven each for a ihowitzsrn it contained fortyreight iron ball, in four lay, CTS of twelve each < for the salne calibre you lwli see that the canister for balls is tin cyi finder, closed at the bottom by Q thick cast iron rlatesorJa wooden isaboty and rpt the top sbVra sheet iron plate with, Il handle, attached the interstices between the balls are closely pack ed with saWdugFto prevent crowding when the pfscezis fired. 1Shtapnel conssts of'a veryl tli she'll whichais 6lletl with muskst balls the interstices are then filled by pouring in melt ed sulphur hole is then bored through the mass of suiphuri and bullets to receive the bursting charge. Now to explain the differ ence between .shrapnel' .of spercal case" and a s;;lslell" Thes destruetiyes force of sbrapnel is what it receives om the charge in the gun, the powder in the shiapnels sbeiUy ont lyto break the envelope and spread the bulls, they still move forward by the ferce ot .theim pulse they receive from the charge in the gun A shell Is made very much thicker than the envelopes of shraphef,' and is 'headyT filled with powders and will deagreat executioniifitl expledes uponathe gronnd. it having sdestrpc- tiyerqualtiss in tself, asjde from the discllarge of the gnu, A. shrapnel shell has only half the charge Of powder that shell proper has I thus U 99we6ty-four ponnder shrapnei 'coutains twelve sm usket .ballssudaaix oances of fspowder, A twenty-four pounder shell has twelve ,onn- ces of powder. A six poander shrapnel has thirty nine mnsket balls and Twenty-Five oun- cesi6E pxtdef.sa aa fo ssief SS-- x1eIgoE-
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 sH ButIsieh,y of1 the BostanI Iesreel,giyes an !. ;sccppptlof m incident at al,prayer meeting a short tiuse since.
 Iii odise Of tlie meetings iti which petitions ffoms4Il suits l6f pess6aslafe read for all sorts ofathings ,sone ivas 1rp1d for ao young woman, uhe hsd lesk her 6Fst leys%, ,z In, the meet. ing swqs . perso who frequently took part, xhssse ha ii il was 10 add <. alter some ~tfsI sith as C o Ford -er, ,''ssl,ear our pray q Ter Fl ssc0ne ard b!ess us-- es.n oBeing #, Le'iever is6alling fam grace, he had aa eye Jel the young woian who had lost her first love he arose to pray for, her, which he did in this iiiaiisief 2 10 1sia2nfb sfiM L-.xworaaTAH
 bs,0B,rds llear the. inraycH 74er oEthis young, womap-er. who las lost her first .loser." In. :. each repetition of the woid, Ge called 1t Ioveli ef, and So einplnizid tic aw6fd l"ffstsH that thescase seeined particularly IIhani, from tins fact that that it vas her first lo,ysera she, had lost @ Had it been the second one. or any oh CT. the af6iction would not have seemed so aand aso the ardent prayer Went zfoFth that lost losera inglr befesiored. lgrare sfal crs rslaxesl aBa couatenaaeeso unused to smils la ths honss, of the LorJ, could not resist dtbe temptatio.l. The idea of stray lover being the theme of E.s,yef was cofiieai indeed. No 6he 'e0ilL ketp His face Istllight. belsssie9
 Sir Wiiiaap pBtv$d,la psanpoaisA sort bf1S man being atT Tparishameetiag. made somspripo- sals which were ohiectedto by afaFmers olIigh-I y enrsgej. hs said to the farmer Vv68rnsititss ?,c II te3 iGata .--asTcsoAt bess Wsa,' said fke farmer. 5s~hat ofqEa9 ? Il had cal6 that sucksdstwU eowsss mid the oh- ssrvation l made was. tho more he sucked the greater calf he grew