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Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09
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The glorious Fourth passed of with the usual amount of cracker firing, and an unu sual amount of drunkenness, fighting and profanity. The devil will subject himself to the charge of ingratitude if he does not give his imps an extra holiday for their success in Winsted.
 About o'clock. P. M., the orgies culmina ted in the stabbing of an Irishman named Patrick Carroll by n,ulatto named Bill or Wm Carey, in a reputsd "rum-hole," kept by Wm. Higgins.
 The Irishman, though severely wounded will probably recover. The colored man was immediately arrested, and placed in the keep ing of the proper authorities. Many of the Irish threatened mob violence, but others dis countenanced such rashness, md the excite iment cooled down.
 After the stabbing the Borough auth orities with commendable alacrity, closed up the groggery for the night. (Aside.) Is it not wise to close such places before they become unbearable.
 The performances on the Trotting, otherwise Agricultural Park, went of to the satisfaction or classification of all concerned, and al went home in the rain, or staid over.
 The performance of the Hose companies was fine. They each drew their cart and hest around the Park, and to 6 hydrant near tn, Clarke House-a distapce of 200 rods-at tached their hose and threw water in the tim' and order as follows:
 The West Village Co. in 4 minutes and & seconds.
 :. The East Village Go. in 4 minutes and q seconds.
 The Flat Village Go in 4 minutes and l! seconds.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09

'
 SECRETARY SEWARD AND INDEPENDENCE DAY-The following note was received by the city antiquities of Boston from Secretary Sew ard, who, in common with the President and the rest of the Cabinet, received an invitation to be present at the celebration of the Fourth of July:
 DEPARTMENT or STArl,
 WASHINGTON. Monday, June 29.
 GENrLEMRN.You are right. Continue the celebration of Independence in Boston. Keep the sacred fire alive in Faneuil Hall. Though it glimmer and seem to go out in Richmond and in New Orleans. it will yet revive there and everywhere else throughout the land. Se- eession is dependence dependence first on the faction at home, and afterwards on foreign powers across the Atlantic. Oppose it with Independence Independence now and forev- CT; for Independence is Union, and nothing else IS Union. Lam. gentlemen, truly yours,
 WILLIAM H- SEWARD.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09

I@ The new postal law requires a prepay. ment If tsco cents upon all transient papers whether sent from the newspaper office or not The price, therefore. oe a single copy of the ENQUIRER, sent 6y nsaI, will be sir cents, and not five cents, as we have previously stated. Single copies, at the office. four cents, as here tofore, or $l,50 per annum. Postage free within the County, to regular subscribers.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09
The Critical Moment.

As we write, the heart of the nation throbs with feverish anxiety to learn whether Lee's rebel army which so insolently invaded Penn. sylvania two weeks ago, is to be suffered to escape to Virginia, or shall be made to pay for it's temerity with it's life. A few days at most will decide the question, yet eager specu- lation hastens to anticipate the event by all sorts of surmises
 Very few of the facts necessary to ensure a safe prediction are yet made public, and, in- stead therefore of hazarding guess upon the result of Aeade's brilliant campaign, we shall content ourselves with stating what we con ceive to be the limits of plausible conjectur e.
 The most Respondent souls in the commu- nity must admit that the Rebels have met with decided reverse. But there is wide. spread feeling at the North, that luck has d. ways been against us, and there are always to Dc found eroakers of i'll, even after the great est victories, just as frogs croak loudest after arain. Suppose that Lee, instead of retreat. ing to Virginia, shall turn upon the compara- lively small column Of National troops in his rear and crush them Suppose Beauregard should march out of Richmond with large army, defeat Keys at Gordonsville, and either fprm.a junction with Lee in Maryland, or at- tack Washington Suppose that Lee extri catss his army, retires rapidly to Virginia. and re-capturss Norfolk and Williamsburgh, which are almost stript of their garrisonsl Sup. pose-but what is the use of rehearsing the ill-omened groans of dyspeptics and disloyal- istsf
 Let us look at the bright side for once, ss- pecially'when there is such bright side to look at as in the present case.
 Lee has been thoroughly whipped by Meads's army alone. and is now closely pursued by il from the North East. To the West he i, threatened by a corps of 500OO Pennsylvania troops; on his Northern flank by Couch with pot less than 25,ooO; on the South, French with sufdaient force to garrison his strong holds anc dispute the passage of the Poto mac; while Reyes with Q force of 45,0O0, il either in the Shenandoah Valley, or near 1t prepared to hold it's various gaps to the les extremity. thus cutting of all possibility Q succor to Lee from Richmond.
 For once our armies have been concentra ted on the vital point of the campa ign. In stead of marching triumphantly into Balti more and Washington as Lee expected, he finds himself now with less than sO,00o ex hausted and beaten troops in the heart of au enemys country, with his communication brpken. his amunition nearly exhausted, hi, wagon trains threatened or captured. bis pon toon bridges and trains destroyed, swollen river in front victorious army of 100000 pressing upon his rear, while marching upor him from all directions arc not less than 200, 900 national troops bent op his capture or an nibilation.
 1tis of course well not to raise our expecta tsons too high, let ue be unreasonably de pre1ssd by reverse or dissstished with lssse' pne>s1sss than ws hai hoped. Accordingly sf
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09

we do not trust ourselves to form any definite anticipations of the event of this campaign, but simply await the issue with intense inter est and cheerful confidence.
 PosTscRIPT-As we go to press on We'd nesday, we learn that Gen. Meade had overta- ken Lee on the banks of the Potomac, anda furious fight is in progress, with every prospect of the complete destrustion cf tas Rebel army
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09

DGr A report prevails to some extent throughout the county, that the 18th Regi- ment, c. V. have been captured by the rebels The report is wholly without foundation, and arose from . typographical blunder in New York paper. A small portion of Connect cut regiment, in Gen. Banks army, a, Port Hudson, was captured, some time since but not the l9th, which is still near Alexan dria, Va,
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09

A REMARKABLE HEHER.-Mr. Cyrus Knight of Hockanum, East Hartford, has halfblood Alderney heifer, fourteen months old on the 9th of July next, which has calf which was born May 3oth, the he:fer being at that date just one year and 24 days old. It is one of the most remarkable cases on record. The calf, Ia heifer,) now nearly one month old is nearly three-quarters Alderney, pretty and very lively. The heifer is mostly black, with white stripes, and is beauty. A gentleman of this city has purchased tie calf for fifteen dol lars.-Courant.
 The Berkshire Eagle says that when the sgd Mass. Regiment was at Barrels Landing, La. a few of the boys went out to dig some pota- toes. While digging the potatoes, they dug up a small box, buried by some skedaddling rebel. containing $500 in gold and silver. The boys too honest to pocket the change, although sadly in need of it, immediately turned it to Uncle Sam.
 FERocous.-A Kentucky editor, whose pa ticnce has been exercised by series of tribu- lations more severe than ordinary, advertises as follows
 "Wanted, ct this office. ball deg, of any color except pumpkin and milk of respecta- bls size, snab nose, cropped ears, abbreviated continuation, and bad disposition, who can come when called with raw beef-steak, and will bite the man who spits tobaccojuice on the stove, and steals our exchanges"
 WHAr's IN NAME ?'-The following shows that there is considerable:
 a aOn Sunday the 14th inst, Solomon Heav- CT, a member of the Presbyterian church at Petersburg, Ohio, presented his child for bap- tism, which he endowed with the Christian name of Jefferson Davis. The Rev. Mr. Rhinehart in prayer after the rite, spoke of the degradation of many northern men, in thus espousing the cause of those in arms against the government which protects them. The elders refused to enter the name on the church record Heaver has repeatedly de- clared he would help Jeff. Davis if compelled to fight The circumstance has naturally oc- cssioned a great deal of excitement in the neighborhood.
 Mrs. .Partington considers that washerwomen are particularly silly people to attempt to catch soft water when it rains hard
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09
coNGRATULAToRY ORDER FROM
 GEN. MEADE.


 HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
 Near Gettysburg, July 4. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 68.
 The Commanding General in behalf of the country thanks the army of the Potomac for the glorious result of the recent operations Our enemy. superior in numbers and flushed with the prlde of a successful invasion, attemp- ted to overcome or destroy this army. Baflted and defeated he has now withdrawn from the contest. The privations and fatigues the army has endured, and the heroic courage and gal lantry it has displayed, will be mattefs of his. tory to be ever remembered. Our task IS not yet accomplished aud theC Commanding General looks to the army for greater efforts to drlye from our soil every yestige of the invader. IL is right and proper that we should on suitable occasions return our thanks to the Almighty Dispenser of events that in the goodness of His providence He has thought it to give VIC. tory to the cause of the just. By command of
 Maj. Gen. MEADE. Z s. WILLIAMS, A. A. c.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09
MORE GOOD NEWS.

NEW YORK, J1ly 5. A Murfreesboro special dispatch, dated 5 |. M. the 4th, says Bragg evacuated Tullaho ma this afternoon, dismounting and spiklng his heavy guns. and is in full retreat to Chattanoo- ga.
 Our forces held shelbyyille and Guys Gap.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09

. | Mrs. Ann Curtiss, of nerby. while riding ont with her daughter in-law, Mrs. Wheeleron Thursday afternoon, was seriously injured by being thrown from the buggy. The horse be- came frightened by passing train of cars"nd ran among some stones by the roadside. tbrowj ing Mrs. Curtiss q distance of twenty-seven feet where she struck upon her head, breaking
 in her skull. Mrs. Wheeler and babe she was holding were also thrown out, but escaped serious injury.
 The New York EUening Post informs its readers that sheet of paper was manufactured last week at Mr.. Benthuysen's paper mill at Cohoes, Albany county, N. Y., forty inches wide and eight and half miles long,"
 Gov. Seymour of New York has ordered the immediate organization of thirty regiments in New York city and Brooklyn, to be drilled in artillery as well as infantry practice, with . view of placing them in Notifications.
 The writ of habeas corpus is great writ. It is one of Freedoms bulwarks. Still . great many of those who roar loudest about it's sus= pension are laboring to force Kentucky into the Southern Confectionery, where there is no more habeas corpus than in the bottomless pit of fire and brimstone.--Lo Louisville Journal.
 Jenkins, the commander of rebel force in. vading Pennsylvania, is reported to have said to citizen of Chambersburg, that ( if he had been President Lincoln he would have hanged Vallandigham year ago."
 SOLDIERS, ATTENTION l. Pain, disease and exposure, with hot climate, muddy water and bad diet will be unavoidable, but armed with Holloway's Purifying and Strengthening Pills you can endure all these and still retain good health. Only 25 cents per box. gao
 F. B. Baldwn's clothing establishment, ss 70 add 72 Bowery, N. Y. has the reputation of being the very heaviest in the city. The number of persons employed by it is antonish- ing About one thousand five hundred per. sons are constantly eDgaged in making up fashionable garments to demands of custo. mers. Reader, if you would wear fine and well-made clothing apparel go to Baldwin's store, where you can purchase at prices that to you will prove satisfactory. Elegant garments for boys and children's wear can be had in ev- cry variety. .e..A
 Some two weeks since Rev. Mr. stone, ol Canaan, in Columbia county, the Baptist c'ss. s gyman, was baptizing several candidates l.. church fellowship. As one man was apyas v step into the water the elder asked nun Y wrss-- CT he believed slavery to be sin. .:...s;ss ..s piled that he regarded it as oivine h. Then. replied the elder you 'A"''' baptized here"
 4 Inc in one of Moore's songs reads ths: i. n...o,nh nnv M shall be roses all spangled with ds.n 0 '0f To which sensible girl, according tq Ts~dor Iem, replied, q aTwould give mo the rhees matis, so it would you"
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09

THE CONTINENTAL MONTHLY for July, is on our table. Its table of contents is unusually rich and varied. Emancipation in Jamaica, is the leading article, by Rev. c. c. Starbuck Abiah Witherpee's Retreat, is a short story pleasantly told; Reason, Rhyme and Rhythm, is the third paper of stupid series; Mrs. Rab othem's Party, is an Episode from Fashiona ble Life, ]" in the Nothing to Wear" style The Diary of Frances Krasinska, is an interes ting sketch of Life in Poland during the last century; The Ladies Loyal League; West of the Mississippi The Cavalier Theory Eefated The Early Arbutus; Tha Third Year of the War; Was he Successful; The Chicago and other Canals; Woman; Literary Notices and Editors Table, comprise the rest.
 This number commences new volume, and is a good number to begin subscription to this valuable monthly.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09

CoNNEcrIcur, while reioicieg over the recent victories in Pennsylvania, mourns the loss of many of her gallant sons Several of her best regiments were engaged under Meade, and two Lieut.. Colonels are among the fallen-Lieut. Colonel Fowler of the 17th and Lieutenant Col Merwin of the 27th-Major Brady of the l7th, was wounded in the shoulder,--how seri- ously we have not learned. but he certainly has now earned bis promotion.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09
An u Unconditional surrenaer.0

Ah UncOmdltlOnaI SuTFender.0
 CAIRO, Ill.,, July |. The dispatch boat has just arrived here from Vicksburg. She left at 10 o'clock Sun day morning.
 The passengers announce that Gen. Pem- ton sent aag of truce on tbe morning of the 4th of July, and offered to surrender, if his men were allowed to march out.
 Gen. Grant is reported to have replied, that :" No man should leave except as prisoner of war;" Gen. Pemberton then. after consulta- ton with his commanders, internationally surrendered.
 This news is perfectly reliable.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09
FALL OF VICKsBURG
MORE VICTOR Y

AN OFFICIAL DESPATCH. The following despatch has just been re- ceived:
 U. s. MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON
 Flag Ship Black Hawk,
 July 4th, 1863. To Hos. GIDEON WrLLEs, Secretary of the Navy:
 Sir :-I have the honor to inform you that Vicksburg has surrendered to the United States forces on this Fourth of July. Very respectfully.
 Your obedient servant, (Signed) D. D. PORTER,
 Acting Rear Admiral.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-09

The President announces to the country that news from the Army of the Potomac, up to 10 P. M. of the Sd, is such as to cover that army with the highest honor ; to promise great sue, cess to the cause of the Union, and to claim the condolences of all for the many gallant fallen and that for this, he especially desires that on this day He, whose will, not ours, should ever be done, be every where remembered and rev erenced with profoundest gratitude.
 lSignedl A. LINCOLN.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-19

A full tide Of subscriptions continues
to pour in upon us. An officer in the
Michigan 9Th, sending us a club Of
twelve, on behalf some Of the "boys," for
their "loved ones at home" writes:
"The news agent in our regiment COM
plains Of difficulty in ceiling your paper.
But, mind YOU it ia not for tie
want of customers. 1t is in keeping oil
swarms Of, would be, customers, who
daily surround him as soon az he gets
inside the line, in order TO keep enough
(out Of about bushel and half which
h daily brings) to supply his regular
subscribers. lie says (and he 10 a man
of undoubted veracity) that be gets all
he can. and fairly has to fight for them.
for every other agent is in the same fy,
"caB qet enO,gh." Now if you can 90
anything to help him out Of this diff
Guilty you will not only oblige your wOr-
thy agent but large number of others
who would like 20 get a peep at the
UNION. lie don't have any such trouble
about the Louisville Journal or Democrat.
He usually fetches about dozen OF
them, and is certain to have come spoil
on has hands. (Now, Mr.. Editor, this is
between you and ~ for if these papers
should get hold of it they might accuse
us poor ignorant soldiers Of bad taste
in the selection of papers, as well as q
bad disposition in saying what we
thought of Northern copperheRds.'
We thank our friend aud assure him
that we shall keep this last piece Of news
profound secret. We are endoavOring
to remedy the present lack of papers
as speedily as possible. We now run
by far the fastest steam press in the city,
but he must recolcet that all the presses
in the city wero purch ased under the
reign of the slave aligarchy, when
fossils and mummies were the lions Of
the day, and we've never designed to
meet the demands of newspaper which
preached common sense, the dignity of
labor, rights of man and the cause OF
tho whole people. A faster press would
enable US to circulate 10000 copies
daily, and twice that number weekly,
and we intend to have it if our friends
stand up 70 us as they have done
hitherto
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-19
SIN they Gomez

"some Soldiers Of Company @, 3lst
Ohio Volunteers, have sent us seventeen
subscriptions, to be sent to friends in the
North o. an evidence that in the sunny
South there are those who keep step to
the music Of the Union"
Company L, Of the Goth Ohio, has sent
Us a club Of twenty two, all for friends
and loved ones in the brave and -four
ishing old Buckeye State"
Friends, most sincerely do we thank
you for these tokens Of approval The
support Of one earnest man outweighs
the cagils Of a hundred lukewarm
Unionists who spend their breath in
carping, and complaining.
The sd Indiana Volunteers at Frank
lin, have sent as two clubs recently, one
Of twenty seven, and another Of twenty
Eve, all for relatives md friends at home
that they may learn the real sentiments
Of the gallant Indianians and Of th
whole army, from the tone Of the Nash
Vile UNION. A thousand thanks to GU
warm hearted friends; when we desor
them may our right hand forget its cum
ming.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-19

whilst near him, and with uplifted hands
and beseeching whine implored his
natural masters," II it afforded them
pleasure, TO go on with their amusemeuts.
Loyal Cif anything at heart; traitor by
profession and practice, he was any thing
for money. lie would lick the dust for
an Office or Government contract Ever
ready for sale when a purchaser came,
30 that the sale aud delivery did not in
yolve his personal safety. Such was
the Yankee and free State secessionst.
Such is VALLAvDTduA1l to-day, and all
those who agree and act with him. They
seek degradation and dishonor far below
the degradation and dishonor of the
Southern traitor. Without prejudice or
passion, without complaint against the
Government and without sectional hate,
Of its friends, they turn traitor to their
homes, their kindred, and their Govern
mout. They seem to love the infamy
that baseness gives, and to turn to it, as
the "dog 10 his vomit and the SOW to her
wallow."
You, my dear Prentice, despise, as eve
ry honest man despiscs, the characters
held up here and no matter if they cal
themselves conservatives, " Democrats
or "constitut onal Union men," they arr
the yilest and meanest traitors for al
that. But more of this and other mat
tcrs hereafter
am, my dear Sir
Very truly your friend,
KENTUCKY SOLDIER.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-19

A soldier Of the Olaf Illinois says that
himself and some Of his comrades have
been receiving copperhead letters
from home, and they feel indignant al
the impudent disloyalty of the writer's.
He says that the copperheads are re-
quested by the soldiers to save their
pen, ink and paper while he hopes TO
see the Consumption Act get every
rascal of them. Copperhead letter
writers, it is thus that patriot soldiers
think of you.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-19
Med!Cal Department-

ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,
NASHVILLE, TENN MAY 10, lsG9
NJ TICE--Any officer or other person who ha-
~ turned over supplies 10 the undersigned OF g.
any Of his Assistants, from February 27th 1862 to
February 28th, 1888, without furnishing an invoice
Of the same are req obted 10 forward such invoice at
opco, that he may receive due crdit therefor
Also such Medical officers, or others, AS may have
received no invoice Of supplies drawn by them, wi
please notify him by letter as soon as practicable
aud the invoices will DO tOrwa del at once.
BN. SWIFT, urgeon, u. S. A.,
bpro. maybe lot.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-19

needed DR.. Turner, OF the Veterinary
hospital in this city, turned out, in one
month, tiry.eglt hundred cured horses,
mos Of which but his care, would have
died.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-19
Dissolution of Partnerahin.

THE @opsrtnership heretofore existing under the
style Of i. Die sOBEL o., IL thia day dissolved
by mutual consent
Il. 80 EEL will carry on the business as hereto
fore at the old stlud, No % Market street
All claims against this firm, or individual claims
will be setted by d. l.. SObel.
D. l.. SOBEI,
j n. SOBEL
Nashville, gayl9-lw.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-19

"HAToHET' asks "ss to the termiua-
ton OF the term Of service of Yolun
teers who enlisted for a term of three
years or during tho war
"WiH they be held to service more
than three years provided the war
continues?
"Or will they be discharged at the
end of three years, or even sooner should
the war terminate |
The Volunteers who enlisted for "lhree
years or during the war" have not en-
listed for more than three years Three
years are expressly stated as the limit
of their enlistment But il the war
should end within one month from to-
day, their enlistment would expire.
The plain meaning Of the enlistment
act is For three years, or for less time
should the war end sooner than that"
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-19

HEABqUARFERs 2lsr REGInENT ONO VOLUNTEERS,
May l8, 1858 !
Notice IN hereby given, that the pay.
ment Of the following described note has been stop
ped, viz PrOmisory nOto executed by homas Rich
ards and J. II. Clifford for 100 90, payable 60 i
Marienthsl, aud endorsed by 7 n. Boss dated
April LIST, s63, and payable sixty days after date
Payment has been stopped 20 satisfy percentage due
the Regiment, under an Act Of Congress, regulating
suffers, BY order Of the Board of Administration
d. NJ. SIuUGHTON
L0ut. Colonel, President
mayl0-3t
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Capture Of JACKSON, Miss.

The Chattanooga Rebel Of The 10th con-
tains the following:
Mobile, May lA--Jackson is occupied
by the enemy We fought them all day,
but were unable TO hold the city.
And now, oh, what shall We do for the
raging, volcanic aud sulphureous edito-
rails Of the jackson Mss'sappian