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Litchfield enquirer., 1863-09-17
JUST TRIBUTE TO MERIT

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 Put up in one pound packages under the trade mark "Maizena," and with directions for use.
 A most delicious article of food for children and invalids of all ages. For sale by Grocers and Druggists everywhere.
 MANUFACTURED AT GLEN CovE, LONG ISLAND.
 Wholesale Depot, 166, Fulton St.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1863-09-17
Ladies Z :!

If you want to buy DRESS GOODS CHEAP for cash, you can be suited at E BISHOP & SEDGwIcK's.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-09-17
HOLMES < WELLS,
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HOLMES & WELLS,
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 Especial attention will be paid to the Selec- tion of the most elegantDRESS-GOO and the latest and most ostfashionableSpringM gMantles and Mantillas. A largeStock of I ;nens & Housekeeping Goods. tB" Cash and Low . ..e>a
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 Largest Dry Goods House in the City
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-09-17
EUREKA :! Gid Plantation Coffee

Will be found on trial to be superior to all Coffee usually sold, such as Java, Mocha, Mar icabo, &c. We guarantee each package to give entire satisfaction, ,or the money refunded Try it. Only 9 cents ID. at
 BISHOP & SEDGWICKS.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-09-17

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 L'0er, Gout, -Rtunqtic 4gec-
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 and all complaints where A GENTLE AND COOLING pERIEsr O.. P1TR oAr1rp
 IF REQUIRED.
 It is particularly adapted to the wants of Travellers by Sea and Land, Residents of Ho. Climates, Persons of Sedcntary habits. .Invalsds and convalescents; Captains of Vessels and Planters VIII fd valuable addition to their Medicine Chests. ''0" 'o It is in the form of a powder carefn1lv nn+ up Tn botties,t to keep in any climate. .snd mere. ly requi water poured upon it to produce a delightful eHsrvescent beverage Numerous testimonials from professionalaud other gentlemen of the highcststandino. tbro, :. out the country, its steadily increasing pon- nlarity or series of years strongly guarantee its efficacy and valuable character. and com mend it tothe favorable notice of an inte1li. gent public. Manufactured only by
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 NEW YoRK And for Sale by Druggists generally. Aprll z2' leoz. 1y,
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
,rta rnnrtI, of Iulr. fsea.

What = brilliant day Vicksborg, after
holding siege of torty-uine days, surrender
ed on the fourth of jay to Gen. Grant, with
twenty seven thousand combatants, fourthou-
sand norscom batants, one hundred and two
field pieces, thirty siege guns, fifty Thousand
stands of arms, eighty-seven stands of 5colors.
Lieut., Major and Brigadier Generals, and one
hundred and thirty Colonels!
On the Fourth Of july, the rebel army un-
der Gen. Lee, the flower of the Confederacy
disorganized and defeated, fees from the field
of disastrous defeat, leaving thousands o.
dead, wounded and prisoners in the hands o.
the gallant Union Army of the Potomac.
On the Fourth of July, 10000 rebels under
Marmaduke attacked 1000 Union troops un
der General Prentiss, at Helena, and were de
feated with the loss of 1000.
The day we celebrate! Let hosannas b.
sung to its honors, in the names of the heroes
who have made it immortal.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
Surrender of Port Hudson.

Port Hudson was surrendered uncondition-
ally to Gen. Banks on the 9Th. Upon the
9th our troops took possession. he received
1000 prisoners, So field pieces, 25 siege guns,
and 10000 stand of arms. Maj.-Gen. Gard
ner, Brig. Gen. Beale, Cols Stedman and
Miles Smith are among the prisoners.
On the evening of the 7th Gen. Gardner
sent out a flag of truce. He had heard of the
capitulation of Vicksburg, and desired Gen.
Banks to give him such information as he
might have concerning the truth or falsity of
the rumor.
Gen. Banks sent him copy of Ger. Grants
dispatch, giving full particulars of the capitu-
lation of Vicksburg. @
Gen. Gardner then expressed his willing
ness to surrender upon the same terms.
Gen. Banks declined, and announced that
he would accept of nothing short of an un-
conditional surrender.
| Gen. Gardner had before expressed his de-
termination to hold out to the last extremity,
and seemed sangune both of the ultimate
success of the Confederate arms in holding
the Mississippi. and his own ability to defend
his works until he should be relieved by an
attack upon Gen. Banks rear.
The intelligence of Gen. Grants splendid
triumph at Vicksburg, however, and the adj
vance of strong column into the interior of
Mississippi, cutting off his expected relief,
speedily dispelled Gen. Gardners hopes
Disheartened and discouraged by the news he
had seceived, Gen. Gardner surrendered his
force, unconditionally, on the morning of lu-
ly8.
/ The garrison consisted of 5000 effective
men in excellent condition. There We're six
| ty pieces of artillery in the various batteries
along the river and in the rear of the place
many of them of very large calibre. The
magazine contained an abundant supply Of
powder, but small quantity of shot and shell
This deficiency accounts for the rebel fire
having been so slack during the last two OIL
three days of the siege. Gen. Gardner wa:
evidently outstanding his resources to repe
an anticipated assault, and had an abundant
supply to have worked all his guns for sever
al days continually, without entirely exhaust
ing his supply.
There was no beef in the possession of the
rebels at Port Hudson at the time of the sur
render. The flesh of mules had been deal
out for some days, in short rations, to supply
the want of beef There were quite mum.
| Der of mules inside the rebel works, and an
abundance of corn to have sustained the gar
rison for weeks longer, if they had had the
heart to fight.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
RECORD of Rebel prisoners.

The record of the week succeeding July
shows the following figures to the credit of
the Union Army. Prisoners taken by Gen.
Grant at vicksburg, 81 ,277; Gen. Meade at
Gettysburg, 1900; Gen. Rosecrans in Ten
nessee, 1000; Gen. Sherman from Johnson's
army, 1000; Gen. Prentiss from Helena,
1000; Gen. Blair at jackson, 1000; Gen.
Hickman in North Carolina, 1000; Gen.
Banks at Port Hudson, 1000. Grand total,
64,277. Add to these the 5000 prisoners
taken by Grant in his five battles before the
siege of Vicksburg, the rebels killed and
wounded at Vicksburg Gettysburg, &c, and
we have grand total approximating to, if it
does not exceed 100000 rebel soldiers taken
prisoners, killed and wounded since the first
of May. These are losses which the rebels
cannot repair, and like vigorous pressure
continued, would soon do the work for the
"Confederate States of America
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
Lee Across the River.

The rebel General has succeeded in get
ting away from the Army of the Potomac,
and across the river with his entire army,
with unimportant exceptions, baggage, heavy
ordnance and plumber. Lees advance reach
ed the river on Sunday, the 18th a bridge was
finished by Monday noon, and a great rush
was made to get across.
Monday afternoon at three o'clock Lee and
his staff torded the 1Tver, and two hours later,
Stuart and his cavalry forded it.
The country is greatly disappointed at
this. Gen. Meade advised with all his Corps
commanders, all of whom, except Howard
Pleasanton and Wadsworth, opposed pursuit Oh
attack. The commanding General was great
ly embarrassed by the advice of the MAORI
ty. He hesitated, he delayed-and when he
did move, he reached Williamsport to have
the mortfying fact stare him in the face, thai
he was one dayt0o zatei The enemy had sue
cessfully finished his passage over the rive
the day before.
There seems to be but little doubt that :
prompt, forward movement would have re
suited in the complete discontinue of th'
rebel Army.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
North Carolina for Re-construction

North Carolina for Reconstruction N.
The condition of things in North Carolina
seems to bode no good TO the rebel cause
The extra session of the Legislature, says the
Raleigh Register, paper in the Confederate
interest, "does not warrant us in expecting
anything but mischief at its hands,"
The Register says the Governors organ, the
Raleigh Standard, is doing all in its power to
incite the people to rebel against the Confed-
crate Government.
The members of the legislature from Cas-
tie county, have come ont for the reeonstruc-
ton of TIE Union, and the Washington Jour
nal says that other members are intending to
openly advocate this thing.
The expedition viii. h left Newbern on the
evening of the Sd, returned on the morning
of the 7in, after having successfully accom-
plished its object.
Gen. Heckhan commanding the artillery,
attacked the enemy near Kingston, where he
compelled the rebels to remain while Lieu
tenant-Colonel Leeds and Major Cole, with
sixteen companies of cavalry, proceeded on to
Kernansville, nine miles from Newbern, where
he struck the Wilmington and Weldon Rail,
road which their cavalry destroyed for a grea
distance by bending double the rails, burning
bridges, &C. An extensive sabre factory a
Kernansville, with many thousand sabres, wa'
burnt, and also an extensive knapsack facto
ry, with some 10000 knapsacks.
Nearly every town which our cavalry pass
| ed contained rebel commissary military de
| not full of Confederate stores, which were al.
so burned, together with great quantities o
cotton, tar, pitch, rosin and turpentine. Hor
ses, mules, negroes and prisoners were cap
tured in great numbers. Large amounts o
Confederate money was captured from tax
collectors in Kernansville and large amount
from tax-collectors at other places amountin;
to nearly half million of dollars, which
with the immense amount of property de
stroyed, is severe blow to tie rebel cause il
/ North Carolina, all of which was accomplish
ed without the loss of man on our side.
The enemy were unable to meet our cav
airy for want of force
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
Rebel Retaliation.

The Richmond Dispatch of July 7th, says:
In the Libby Prison yesterday, by order of
General Winder, the Captains among the
Yankee prisoners drew lots for two Of their
number to be shot in retaliation for the shoot
ing of the Confederate Captains VIM. F. Cor
bin, ana T. J. McGraw, by General Burnside
at sandnsky, Ohio, on the 18th Of May last.
The lots were drawn by the Rev. Mr.
Brown, amid silence almost deathlike. The
first ballot drawn contained the name of Cap
tain Henry Washington Sawyersof the Is
New ersey Cavalry, and the second that 0
Captain John Finn Of the 51st Indiana In
fantry. TIE, day Of their execution has no
been fixed.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
Question of Rank settled.

The question of rank between the Major
Generals of the Army has been somewhat of
a ''vexed question" 1t has been decided by
a Board of Officers to which it was submit
ted The five Major Generals now rank as
follows:
Major General Mcclellan, appointed May
14th, 1861, to take rank from same date.
Major General Fremont, appointed July
1st, to rank from May 14th, 1861.
Major General Banks, appointed June 5th,
to take rank from May 16, 1861. @
Major General Dix, appointed June 14th,
to take rank from May 18th, 1861.
Major General Butler, appointed May 10th,
to take rank from May 18th, 1861.
The decision is upon two grounds
First-That an appointment may be ante
dated by the President, as in Gen. Fremont's
case, and
Second-That the order in which the
names stood in the list, when the appoint
ments were sent into the Senate, determines
the rank between General Banks and Dix anc
Butler, without regard to the actual date o
appointment by the President.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
UNION COUNTY TlCKET.
The warNews Of the week,

Ends Lee across the Potomac pushing for
Richmond-not designing TO give battle if it
is to be avoided. A Washington dispatch of
the 18th says: There is good reason for stat
ing the bulk of Lees army is in the vicinity
of Winchester There was also quite a large
rebel force at Bunker Hill, which is between
Winchester and Martinsburg. 1t would be
is, but there is good ground to hope that they
may yet complete the destruction of the re-
mains of the rebel army.
CHARLESTON is besieged by Gilmore on
the land, Dalghren on the sea. Morris Island
is occupied by Union troops-save Fort Wag-
ner, which will be promptly reduced. Then
there is very little in the way of the capture
of Sumter and Charleston.
.MoRGAN's, slap-dash ride was brought to q
summary close on Sunday. He attempted to
cross the Ohio, at the mouth of the Hooking
river. He was attacked by Gems. Judah and
Hobson at Coolyville, in Troy township
Athens County. 15o of the band were
killed, all the artillery and about 1000 prison.
ers captured. Among the prisoners was Col
Dick Morgan, brother of John Morgan. The
gunboats co-operated with the Union Gener-
ais and the band was completely demoralizee
and scattered. Their capture is predicted.
FROM VIcKsBuRG all reports are favorable
Sherman is pursuing the retreating johnson
Dodge at Corinth has routed the r,bel force.
under Forrest and Bliffles.
BRAGG is reported to be used up, and viii
probably avoid meeting with Rosecrans.
It is reported that Bragg has fed precipi
tate,y into Georgia, and that the advance o
Rosecrans' army is at Rome, in that State
If so, Bragg must have been greatly shatter
ed. Rome is the county seat of Floyd coun
ty, at the confluence of the Etowah an,
Ooshenoula rivers which here form the Coosa
which is navigable to Rome by small steam
ers.
The New YORK rioters were entirel,
quelled and disbanded by Thursday last, at
ter having committed over 200 murders, an,
destroyed a half million dollars worth of prop
erty.
THE RIOT begun in Boston early last week
was promptly put down. The military ther
se:.ts bullets into the mob instead of invitin.
them to deeds of violence by firing blank cart
ridges.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22

THE CAUSE OF IT-There has been gen.
eral observation of the sun by thick mos
phere and an unusual haziness for the past
few days. We learn that this atmospheric
condition has extended all over the Lake re-
gion and into Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana,
and Ohio. We have reports of extensive
forest confagrations among the pineries of
the Lake Superior region, and the heavy
smoke arising from them is doubtless the
cause of the obscuration alluded to- Up
North, we learn, the smoke is SO thick that in
some places no object can be seen for more
than few feet ahead. The airy region has
been heavy with clouds of this smoke, and
hence the cloudy appearance Of the sky fol
the last three or four days, without a drop OF
moisture. The change of the wind yester-
day has swept this smoke beyond us, and
hence the sun to-day shines out comparative
ly unobscured.-Ch Chicapo Jour. July 13.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
pratt Regulations.
WAR DEPARTMENT WAsHINGToN, PRovosTl
MARSHAL GENERALS OFFICE, July IL.
nTnr,TrT

MARSHAL GENERALS OFFICE, July IL.
CIRCULAR A.
To answer the inquiries made to this office.
it is announced:
First-That any drafted person paying
three hundred dollars, under section thieteen
of the Enrolment Act, is thereby exempt
from further liability under that draft, but not
from any subsequent draft.
Second-Aay drafted person furnishing an
acceptable substitute is exempt from military
service for the period for which said substitute
is mustered into service.
Third-A substitute once mustered into
service cannot be drafted while in the service.
Fourth-A drafted man cannot pay COM
mutation or present substitute after he has
reported himself to the Board of Enrolment
for examination.
Fifth = Men who, on the Sd of March
1868, were in the military service of the
United States as substitutes, under the draf
of 1862, and whose terms of service have
since expired are not liable to the present
draft But the persons for whom they are
| substitutes are liable to draft the same a!
though they had not been drafted and fur
nished substitutes. ar=
Sixth-In serving the notice, as required
bv circular No. 42 from this Office, reasona
BILE time to report shall in each case be grant
ed by the Board of Enrolment to the men IL
the State service, who have been or may b
| drafted.
| ISigned:1 JAMES B. FRY,
/ Provost Marshal General.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
Tbe countx convention, ,

To the official report of the County Union
Convention, we need hardly add word.--
The spirit and temper of the convention were
all that could be asked or expected. There
was no air about it that smacked of Ioliti-
cal scramble. There was no captiousness,
faultfndipg. or growing. The Convention
seemed to feel that its chief business was to
fight the rebels-that,that business could best
be attended to by harmony among those who
were working together for purpose-one and
inseperable. When we readily support the
measures and means our civil and military
powers suggest, and desire to put down this
rebellion, we are fighting the rebels. When
we oppose Vallandigham and those arrayed
under his banner, we are fighting the rebels.
When we take measures to aid, and benefit,
and strengthen our soldiers in the field, then
we are fighting rebels. When we are harmo-
nious, and put our shoulders to the wheel al
together, then we are fighting rebels That i:
our business The County Union Convention
did its work we'll.
It fought the rebels. 1t nominated a good
sound, strong, Union ticket-one that can b
supported cheerfully at home, and one tina
we can present to our brave boys. and asi
them to give us their votes for. 1t is rep
resentatiye ticket. Every man upon it full!
and earnestly believes that the Union and sh'
Government must be sustained at any anc
every cost of public or personal sacrifice
Fully believes that there is but one great lin
between those who sustain the Government
and those who oppose it-between those VIII
rejoice in the triumph Of our arms and thos
who rejoice in the triumph of the enemy
between those who seek to secure the ovel
throw of treason and rebellion, and those VIII
seek to give aid and comfort to both. Her
is the platform. Firmly planted upon it, al
the nominees of the Convention of Saturda,
Individually, they are worthy of our cheerfr
supports the representatives of the pee
pie, in the name of the Union-they ca
receive the free sufrages of the unconditiona
fearless, and true Union men of Portae
County. Let us fight the rebels
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22

little, but think they are beginning to see
their folly. Twas pleased at reading the news
of one of their ring leaders being arrested by
military authority. I hope he will meet with
his iussdeserts, which would be standing on
nothing with a piece of rope around his neck,
sufficiently strong that his weight might not
break it. i think if we had few more of
the aiders and abettors of this rebellion that
are becoming SO popular in the North in the
same fix that Vallandigham is in, the rebel
lion would soon end but whether they are
confined or not, the Union is bound to exist.
1 enlisted to shoot rebels in the
South, and I would rather do so than around
home, but tell you those fellows must keeT
cool, or they will have settlement to make
with the Williams county boys one of these
days, and if they come out behind we viii
make them square accounts; and don't be-
lieve they will meet with much mercy"
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
APointOIearedUn.

Provost Marshal Fry and Solicitor Whiting
of the War Department, announce the modi-
fication of paragraph of Circular No. A, SO
as to allow a drafted man, claiming exemption
from disability, to present such claim, and in
case the Board of Enrolment reject his
claim, and find he is liable to do military du-
ty, "to pay his commutation money, or fur
nsh substitute within such extended time as
may be fixed by the Board of Enrolment fol
his appearance for duty" .s...ss ,..r
The following is one of the dispatches OF
the subject: org" '.'fs ''5'1'
"WAsH1NGToN, D. G., July 1s, 1863.
The drafted men may, if they desire
DEPOSIT three hundred dollars with tn,
Collector of Internal Revenue,
SUBJECT TO WITHDRAWAL,
if exempted by the Board, or their substitute
pass examination and are enlisted.
-E J. B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General"
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
Sc We Want Our Friends to Help Us


The Cincinnati Commercial relates that
Gen. Carey, in speech made to the Indiana
soldiers in the Market house on Wednesday,
told of neighbor of his who, when Morgan's
troops were passing, hurrahed for Vallandig-
ham. He was approached by one of the reb-
els, who said to him: 'You are one of the
Southern sympathizers amt you ?" !" am
a Vallandgham mana peace man, !" Well
that's what 1 mean. Have you any horses ?''
Y.s, he had. "Well, We want our friends to
help us now, so we will take your horses -
and they did take them. We have heard Of
many other incidents similar to this, which
go to show that the rebels do not at all SYM
pathize with the peace men in the North.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
New york cry pays the Commnta-

The Common Council of New York City
in extra session, have passed an ordnance ap-
propriating two million five hundred thou
sand dollars for the payment of the three hun
dred dollar exemption. This sum is sufficient
to pay for the exemption of the whole city
quota By the ordinance each man who is
unable to pay the three hundred dollars, is to
receive it from this fund. If the person draf.
ted afterwards volunteers to serve three years
the $500 is to go to his family, and not to the
poYernrnent