Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-30
gnfaI and GnMnty Neius.
LITCHFIELD.

HE TOWN MEETING, on Saturday last, was very fully attended, ,-the Town Hall being leompletely filled. Judge Seymour presided, l aEd after considerable discussion, the follow ing Resolutions, offered by II. B. Graves Esq, were adopted
 Whereas, under the law of Congress passed
 March Sd, 1863, known as the tonscripton Law, and under the call of the President, the apportionment hereunder of the town of Lltchfield is forty men, to be drafted from a. mong our citizens liable to military duty ;- therefore
 ResoIved, That the sum of $12,000 be, and the same is hereby appropriated from the trea- sary o1 the town, for the following purposes,
 VIZ: three hundred dollars thereof to be paid each person from this town who shall volun-
 teer and be mustered into the service of the
 United States within ten days from this date,
 provided said volunteers are counted toward
 our quota under the present draft; and if the
 number so volunteering shall not reach the number of forty, then three hundred dollars of sald sum shall be paid te each person drafted rom this town, who shall not be exempt un-
 der any of the provisions of said law, and who
 shall be liable to answer to said draft in one
 or the three ways provided by the law, in case l such person shall elect 10 abide said draft, or Who snail furnish substitute, to be pal l
 when suca person or his substitute shall have
 6een accepted into the service of the United
 States,
 ResotOed, That the Selectmen of the town be, ana they are hereby authorized to borrow the
 said sum of $l2,OOO, or such part thereof, as shall rom time to time be necessary, and
 make their orders of the town therefor; and the Selectmen are hereby appointed to dis
 purse such money, or such part thereof, as shall be necessary to carry out the foregoing resolutions
 An amendment, offered by Cyrus Catlin Esq that $500 shall be paid to every man drafted, if liable to duty, to be appropriated in paying the $500 exemption fee, was voted down by large majority. The vote, as it stands, is an honor to the town. Litchfeld pays no man to stay at home in this war. If he goes, or fur nishes a substitute, the town is willing to share with him in his necessary outlay, or to make provision for his family. We opine that the clause relative to paying Q bounty to volunteers will be imperative, since it is pretty well understood that volun- teers enlisting after the date of the draft, are not counted on our present quota, which it is necessary for them to be, according to the vote above, in order to secure the bounty.
 THE DRAFT hits our town very equally.- There are but four Irishmen drafted, two col cred gentlemen, two lawyers. two merchants, one of our ministers, (whose luck in getting into the service finally seems changing,) seve- ral of eur farmers, and several gentlemen of leisure. A large number of those drawn are obviously exempt, and q new draft will un- doubtedly have to be made to fill our quota. This will be taken, as before, from the first class, so that some who have been slightei this time, may have the opportunity yet of 8 trip to Bridgeport-or further south.
 RA1N.-Plenty of it, and to spare. The storm of Saturday night, or early Sunday morning, was the most severe that has visited this vicinity for years. The oldest and most reliable inhabitant has been heard to say that he never knew water come down harder, for soft water. Thunder and lightning aecompa- nied the storm; the streams hereabouts were much swollen. and some of our lower lands flooded And it mast be a heavy fall of rain when any part of Litchfeld is under water It seems inclined to rain almost every day which makes it bad for the farmers who have hay down.
 AMsssrExrs.-A "Dr Candee' made dis play of .sLaushiTg Gas" to the ''frst citizens of the place." on Monday evening last, in the Town Hall-which was gas as was gas. Nuf ced
 -AIr Goud's final Reading was postponed on account of the storm above and the laugh ing gas beneath, to Thursday evening next, August 9th, when the Reading will consist of Byron's Siege of Corinth. .and several chapters of Genesis, according to advertisement. The characters of Alp, Francesca, Minotte and Mo- ses will be sustained by Mir. Gould. As this is the last Reading MT. Gould gives us this season, (except one for the benefit of the Lii brapy Association,)we hope it will be well at tended.
 Rev. Prof. James M. Hoppin, of Yale College, delivers lecture before the Wolcott Library Association, on Monday evening next. August 3d. Subject. "A Visit to the-l English Universites"-whic will bs q sub feet worth hearing about, and must command a full house.
 It is proposed by some of our citizens to celeskasate Thursday next, "ThanksgiVlng Day." in some suitable manner expressive Of the sense of this community, in view of the recent glorious successes of the Union ar mics. Music, Cannon, Addresses, and Fire works will all be in vogue. Arrangements are now being made by competent committee to get up q celebration worthy of the day and the time-particulars of which will be given in future handbills. Citizens from all the | County are invited to be resent and mingle | in our rejoicings.
 Hor.-f anybody in the rural districts be lieyes that ice never melts, even in July, or August. upon eLitchfeld hill, we can assure them that it did melt, some, under the torrid heats of Sunday and Monday lest. The mer- cury went up among the nineties' and the weather was se s.sticky'' that it was fOund very |