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Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

NEW PREsYoN.-A barn, belonging to Mrs Nathaniel Brown, situated about a half mile south of Waramaug village, was struck by lightning during the heavy thunderstorm or Sunday morning, Aug. 2d, and together witt it's contents, hay, grain, &c., was entirely consumed. The people, however. succeeded in saving the sheds adjoining, What is 2 lit. tie remarkable is that in August, 1913 or IA . barn belonging to the same farm, but few rods removed from the site of the late barn was consumed, in precisely similar manner by being struck by lightning in the night time. In that ease as in this thesshsds wert saved. IA
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20
ptal auA (gbnlln s,bs.

LlrcHr1rID.-A aas lin on Mouday. eooled of the hot eseather delig llly, and put an ed to ths aheatsd term; II xhieh VIC have hsd quite enough fer comfort. Tie weather this week has heen more like tho first of oc- fober, ths percsry falling from the ninetiea down to 60 and 70. May it long continue so.
 WE HAyn received . note from MT. R. x Sharp. Leader ofthe LitchfeldC Cornell Band, 2 stating that the band ..Were employed by gen tlenan, and paid : very slibsral price to sere- made 'Ex-J Judge Seymour" on Thanksgiving evening, after the ireworks, s, and did not there, fore serenade him on their own hook. The matter issof very little consequence. and we are glad the Judge vas serenadsd, even though ? ..sery liberal price sNes paid for it
 We presume, also, that the fellow who followed the band around vitR' the 4sthree cheers" &c E. was paid : ssvery liberal price, for 50 deing Atleast, we hope 50. wRArnY coRREsresD.xr writes ua, com. |plaini1g of the custom of giving 4tsa fghts'' in this community when Lectures or Readings are advertised to be given on the same nights for the benefit of public or charitable associa- .ions. We beg leave to keep ourselves and our, correspondent cut of the possibilities of a collision with any 'stea-table party in which both he and aerself would be pretty sure to be scalded. People must judge of the pro priety of the thing complained of themselves not newspapers.
 GEsEnoUs.~J. Huntington Wolcott, Esq, of Boston, has recently made the further con trihution of $10O, for the purchase of books for the Wolcett Library of this village.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

5 Gen. Rosecrans has issued an order arming all the negroes in his department. They are to be organized into regimen ts- There are about ! ,OoO negroes in the department and the number is increasing daily .s Vallandighan is on his way to Quebec. Al: ter remaining there . few days he will proceed to Windsor, opposite to Detroit, Michigan, and there await the announcement of his de. feat as Governor of Ohio.
 Fifty copies of zzs Daay Nsps were seized on Saturday morning by : Goyernment detec. tive on board the boat for Davids Island with the following on the inside of the wrapper ssT To the Soldiers Of the 0. s. A, with 4he compliments of Bens ood . s9.. Governor Shorter of Alabama, has issued an address to the citizens Of that state, urging upon them the impressment of slaves into the confederate service.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

The position of Governor Seymour of New | York, has of late caused much anxiety. II lis notorious that some (of course, not alll of his supporters, have expected that he would take strong ground against the Federal Government that he would. as they say. protect the peo- pie against the draft, and even recall the sol diers now in the field. They claim that he is pledged to act in such fashion.
 The Philadelphia Journal refers to the mat. ter in these terms {:
 "It remains to be seen how Governor Sey- mour will act in this act; whether he will 1 tamely submit to this determination of Lin coln, or, whether he will stand true to his pledges and to tse principles apon Dhich he was elected, and declare to MT. Lincoln that I no citizen of New York State shall be taken out of it against his will, until it is settled, beyond all judicial doubt, that the Cepscrip- tion act is constitutional
 This shows plainly enough what has been expected and there, are N. Y. papers that use language quite as significant and begin to talk about the indecision of the Governor. It is evident that lie shrinks from ths awful respon- sibility of commencing civil war. It was pleasant to have the votes of disloyal men, when their support was necessary to insure his success, but to go further and commit himself | in reasonable measures, is dangerous, and therefore tho Governor hesitates and stopi fshort.
 He will soon be denounced by the semi .sacesh and in strong terms, The public, how ever, will rejoice and will believe that they owe the preservation of the peace-not te the pasriotisns, but to thatimidity of this re
 markahle Governor Bridgeport aandard.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

Gen. Bagg is at Chattanooga, with 25.ooo men. He has lost ten thousand by desertion. Gen. Joe Johnston's army, numbering 15.OQs soldiers, is st Brandon and Enterprises his army has lost one third by desertion. The mountains in Northern Alabama ,re full oi deserters from the armies of Generals Bragg and Johnston. s. s.s <. The gunboat Cincinnati is raised. and is now undergoing repaira at Vicksburg. V. ! The wife and family of Gen. Fremont are passing the summer.at Lsnox, Mass.
 The Emperor of Russia has declared free landholders ,he two million peasants who are tenants of the Grown domains and appenda- ges.
 TIE ELECTION IN KENrUoKy-So far as heard from on Tpesaay, Union mea bad been elected to the Senate of Kentucky from eleven districts; and to the House. of Represents lives, 52 Union men, no men or money 7 and 2 with no politics given. .
 Bayard Taylor left the Russian Court i'm. mediatelY aftsr the arrival of Gassius M. Clay and is now spending 2 few weeks with hit wife's relatives as Gotha, Germany. His nov el of American social life, The Strong Mind | ed Woman, is in press, and he is working or new poem, < The Portrait of St. John,' founded On : beau,iful Italian legend. MT Taylor will visit the lakes of Northern Italy where the scene of the poem is laid. Rumol has it that he is, again to have . government mission.
 The rebels have been raising by subscrip ton the sum of ten thousand dollars tor the family of Gen. A. Sydney Johnston, who ars in deslitate ciscumstances. His loss vas ire parable to tho rebels. s K HARD DRIxkzRs oa BIo Sw1sDInA A biI va presented to tho New York Common Council, recently. amounting to $l 1892, io1 liquors given to tho 2olh New York Yolun teers, at ths E Nev Yosk Turn Hall Jun 9th.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

1g We very cheerfully sive noticet that the Rev. Silas Livefmore, Union rsfages from North carolinA, and q man Of the most un- doubted loyalty and responsibility. Nill nar. rate his expexidaoss among the rebels. to the people of Wood6ury, on Thursday svening g loi this week Kattrsopn, Fiiday evening sPlymostA. aaturday evening; and LiteAfeld, .on Monday eyeningof next week, at the Court House Ws shays evsEy rssson to believe that Mr. Livsrnors's story is very intsresting and entsrtainine and hope thst he will receive flll hausss ii sssh Of tho above aamsd plases.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

SAMUEL G. RUsr, of New Hartford, ac knowledges through the Waterbury Ameriean donations of $lO6 in cash, and $2O in sun dries, from the benevolent citizens of Plym outh Hollow. MT. Rust has . long time beer 8 sufferer from scrofulous disease, under which he has borne up with fertitude which may well enlist the sympathies of the oharita
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

PsszssoS's MAGAzuE for September is thus early on opr table. in advance of the season. The number is worthy of its predecessor of this year, which ie praise enough for it. Pe- tsrson is one of the best. as it is the cheapest of the Ladies Magazines, end is considered indispensable In manya household hsreabout. Peterson, Publisher. Philadelphia.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

NORFOLK Of the forty drafted men in Norfolk, only -four passed examination,
 Richard Tibbais, Esq, has recently pur- chased an extensive milling property in Gran by.
 A. J. Pettibone has declined are election to the presidenoY of the Norfolk bank, and will soon remove to Indianapolis. Ind ; where the arrangements are completed for the opening of United States bank, which is to be under his management.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20
The Surplus of Towns.

We are requested to copy the following par agraph, showing the present condition of drafted men from towns which have furnished surplus of Volunteers. While the decision of the Provost Marshal General is greatly to he regretted yet it will be seen it rests entirely with him and not with the Governor. The worst feature of it, as it seems to us, is that when the "diference' IS determined, and .the number equal to that excess discharged from the service" those so discharged will be most ly substitutes, which have, in many cases been purchased and paid for by the various towns. We could wish these might be retained, since they have to be bought, and count on our ners quota.
 There is verbal error iu the extract we quote, contained in the last paragraph, into which many of our State papers have unwit- dngly fallen. There is nothing in the "Con. scription Law,'' as We read it, which gives ten days grace to Conscripts after they are legally notified. They must appear ct Me time tae, dys sofsfsd to appedr. and if the Board is not ready to receive and examine them Asn, we do not see how they lean be legally held. after vards, as sdesefters"
 But here is the extract:
 "A few days since the Governor incurred of the Provost Marshal ct Washington swhether sub-district vhicl.has furnished surplus of volunteers. on ull former cals,i equal to the number nov ordered, can be relieved from the form of tho present draft" to which he re- ceived the following reply:
 No district will be exempt from draft.-- When 1t shall be shown that q sub-district ha, furnished an excess, then a number equal to that exce8 will be discharged from. service The whole number furnished, with their names from the snb-district must be shown, and,the names compared with the muster.in rolls in thu War Department. When there it is verified by the whole number found to have been mus tered ins it must be compared with their tota qnota. duly verifeds and the difference deter mined,
 ssIt viii De readily eeen that some time vii be required to make out . list of the names o all the volunteers from the several towns il Cepnecticut, and some months to compare i vith the records of the War Department. Un til this shall be done none will be discharge, from the draft on the ground that the town |. which the draftsd person belongs has furnished surplus. There will bs no practical differ cree between towns which have and thos which have not furnished surplus. Each ant every drafted man will be regarded aa ouinI service to the general government, anda. deser ter. unless he shall be exempt, either on ac count of physical inability, or by furnishing . substitate, or by paying three hundred dollars 0r Tor some other cause specified in the law within ten days of the time he is lawfully noti fsd Int he is drafted."
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

pec Our learned readers, and some not SO hsrped, will find some interesting food for re, aection,iu the article upon Philology, by E. s, Gould, Esq, which we transfer to our outside page this week, from the Boston GHnrch Monthly.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

SHARON LOT the v men drafted from sharon, 40 passed the inspection of the exam ming surgeon, and such as have not entered the service in person, arc now well represent a by able-hodied substitutes. Good for sharon. dsAa
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20
GOSHEN.

Freak A Cook, incipient phthisis. Chas E Bradley, near-sightedness. Henry c Wright, loss of teeth. Chas $ Wing, general debility. Isaac W Brooks, general debility. Jonathan Thompson, loss of teeth. Terry Doyle. immobility hip joint. John H Wadhams, contraction chest. Julius Merwin, umbilical hernia. Michael Burns, alien.
 Philo Miles, support of child under F yeara John E Bissell, loss of power of instep. olcott Buunell, chronic liver complaint. John Deming, subject to rickets. Giles Robinson, distortion ankle joint. Norville Beckley, support of aged parents, Fred E Hprlbut, furnished substitute. Lemuel J Munger, injury to arm. Robert Palmer, furnished substitute, Wm Davis, IT., q C Julius L Hart, right inguinal hernia Henry Apley, heart disease. Jaques Overaide, alien. Theo W Austin, disease of heart. Chas DuCott, alien.
 Martin Havican, alien.
 Hayice yeare, alien.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

TIE DRAFT for the spb-districts of Tor rington, Harwinton, Washington, Golebrook, and New Hartford, was again postponed on Saturday last, to Saturday next, 22d inst.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

sE Wm. Whittier. the raiian uho led the mob at the Tribune office, on the frst sl.y oi the rioting in Nov York, was convicted en "Wednesday last and sehtsncsd te State Pris. ea for one ysar, and to pay 2 fne of s2so.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

D We finish up the Public Laws. passed by the last Legislatures this week, They have Esther mora pnblc interest than usual, but we hope to dll the space thsy have occupied with rather more entertaining mattsg in the future.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

WoopHunr.-T The dwelling house of Mir. A.. F. Mitchell. situated in West Side, was des- troyed by fire on Saturday night last Loss about S, s,O00.. aa ss
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

TEE NAUaArucx RAILRoAp CoNfAxr have declared ! half yearly dividend of 4per cent, payable on and after the 10th inst.G
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

Tho Nsw York Hsrald giyes tho following H ths a<snuins eoprSsk Ssk61d platform
 & Union II it Nls under Buehd lnn, lie
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

In CANAAN there were only three of the nun. Der drafted accepted. and in North Canaan only nins. m
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

T. Clarke, good bye; and God bless .you.-Harlford Post. Parting from so many loving friends dis tresses us like an attack of cholera morbus x We don see why we cam. as we'll go as anybody else and if any body wants the Winsted Herald establishment-into which we have put our ten best ycars-at fair figure. we will sell and go most gladly. y.- Minated Heratd, 7th inst.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20
List Of Exemptions

Grantsd by the Board cf EarOllmsnt- Con
 gressionaI Distriet. | Published by order of the Provost Marsha
 General
 LITCHFIELD. Geo B Spencer, deafness and general debility Geo Pickett, fractured fore arm. Royal p Smith, ununited fractured arm Julius Deming, webbed hand and lame. !n.ius Treadway. disease of heart. Anson Wedge, hernia. Siias Cheney, physical debility uheo Sedgwick, furnished substitute. Henry H Weeks, < John Buel u Henry Tenn, support of mother. Asaph 5 Wright, disease of lungs Freak B Robson, right inguinal hernia. Martin Burns, alien.
 Joseph Merriman, injury to foot. Josiah Atwood, furnished substitute. Henry Richardson, general debility. Freak Norton, chronic liver complaint. Wm Hall, pneumonia thorax. Hiram Mathews, incipient phthisis. Aljaman G Beach, furnished substitute. Harry Clemons, :" Wm N Wheeler, Michael B Bray, ss S Edward " Seymour |. Samuel P Camp, ss "a Remus Sharp, injury to knee joint. Lewis Kilbourn. furnished substitute. Geo Chipman, Henry k Goslee, phthisis. Thos c Goslee, general debility. Horace Baldwin, Jr., furnished substitute, James West, (col'd) scrotal hernia. Loring Tharp, chronic sciatica. Andrew Marsh, hereditary phthisis. Anthony Newton, furnished substitute, ~ Sidney Law, incipient phthisis. Geo Jepson, necrosis. Lewis Stephens, general ebility. Chas Booth, Jr., heart disease. Joseph Clark, impeachment in speech. lockwood Barber, general debility. s David M Candee, furnished substitute. Wallace Curtis, general debility. Albert L Flowers, anchylosis ankle joint. Burdett Penfeld, snchylosis thumb joint Edwin B Sanford, physical debility. Geo Camp, (col'd) furnished substitute. Daniel Buckley, 6 Chas H Judd, :" Henry W Adams, [" Jshn A Cook, !" [. Rev Wm s Southgate q Reuben Morse, :"
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20
WINCHESTER.

Rufus E Holmes, furnished substitute THOMAS M. CLARKB, Editor of the Winstea
 Uerald, loss of teeth* Jas H Welch, chronic disease of kidney James 4 Bushnell. loss teeth Edward G Whiting, furnished substitute J. E. DUNHAM, 4 President of Board of Enrolment.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

ROVu-GNuS KItcu u uO tb III ctEfOu IiOuiSs AAC received his cash as soon as the job was finish ed.
 al Jeff. Davis is great on invention. He has got up new name for assertion. He calls it leaving one's post : from mere rest lessness and desire of change Very true. . A few months ago, when Jeff Davis felt se- cure in his place of power, be ordered his minions to hunt down the people who fed to avoid the horrors of conscription, as if they were wild beasts; now, when he feels the ground trembling under his feet. and his brief authority" hastening to is end, he makes 2 piteous appeal to the patriotism of the masses, and promises general amnesty to deserters. Like all usurpers, he is tyrant in prosperity and craven in adversit '.
 The following pithy platform has been adop- ted by the 50th Ohio regiment
 Resolred, That our platform is The Un- ion, first, last, and all the time; peace when it is established; var until t is.
 $ am astonished, my dear young lady, at your sentiments you make me start T :; We'll, sir. have been wanting you to start for the last half hour.n s
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

George St0ddard, varicocele
 Jas Ames, father of motherless child
 Clark Loseland. enlarged wrist joint Sabin Ives, varicocele veins
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

on Inc pArt5 OI tH6 E0ucI JdlioIS, pIhCtiS6u CO- wards certain civilian prisoners, almost without parallel. Starvation, neglect, and even the pestilence of small poK was the fate to- which theae unhappy captives were exposed. Il states, also, that at the time when Gen. Dix was on the peninsula, in July, the city o1 Richmond was undefended by any available force. and vas almost at his mercy, if he had adyannei upo n it. <
 TIE, NEGRO REaIMENr. The negro regi iments. if all filled up, will soon form, tolera bly, large addition to the army. A oorrespon. dent of the Cincinnati Gdzetts gives q list oi those already in service, and those being re. cruited. as follows: ss-
 Two Massachusetts regiments. in the field.
 Two South Carolina regiments, in the field One North Carolina :" 5s < One Philadelphia regiment ready for ser vice. iss Si
 a One Washington, D. c, regiment ready for service. -as @ s.is E One Kansas regiment, in the field. x
 Two New Orleans regiments, in the field Four Mississippi and Tennessee regiments. in the feld.. '
 s One Rhode Island artillery company, in the
 In all fourteen regiments and one battery full. and either in or ready for active service.
 The following are heinz formed One Philadelphia regiment. nearly half full One Washington, D. O., regiment, nearly half full.
 a One Baltimore regiment. E s.d One Virginia tFortress Monroe) regiment. | One North Carolina (Newbern) regiment.
 Two South Carolina regiments One Ohio (Camp Delsware) regiment.
 One New Orleans regiment.
 Sixteen Mississippi and Tennessee regi- In all, organizing and several of them we'll advanced, twenty-five regiments, "A Jusr REToRTs A preacher of small in. tellect, depending more on the power of 2 sanctimonious long face for passport through life. than for any. important good he can ac- complish, rebuked ] brother, for his social fire. eide and perhaps some frivolous conversations Brother, he was answered, ' I keep my nonsense flor no arsside, while you give yours ft0n ths pulpit e8 asSk sS s sS E
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-10-19
PUBLISHED (DA1LYl BY
EDGAR SNOW DEN, j R
NJ oFFICE-No. l04 King street, over
! oTa's. formerly French's) Book Store.
FROM GEN. MEADEs ARMY.

CFroln the Washington Chronicle.
Since the establishment Of the Army Of the
Potomac at Centreville and thereabouts, all
SORTS Of runors have become rife. All day
Saturday and yesterday hundreds Of our cltl-
zens distinctly heard cannona1ing portions Of,
Or the entire time, But no cann0nading has
taken place since Wednesday. Other rumors
we're to the effect that the enemy had arrived
ar Leesburg, followed BY General Meade. =
This is also an error. No movement has
,akep place, and both armies remain III statu
opo. The guerilIas and other hangers on of
The Confederate army we're very bold, however,
Yesterday, and various squads ranged between
Fairfax Court house and Washington. One
squad captured two Of General Sedgwick s
staff officers, another band captured captain
and killed two soldiers while another squad,
quite numerous, succeeded in destroying a
supply or suffers train.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-10-19

The intelligence from the Army OF the Poto-
mac j conflicting. The Federal cavalry scouts
on Saturday evening reported that the Con
Tyderates had m0ssed large force at Manassas,
but a reconnaissance made yesterday to within
mile Of Bristoe Station discovered few
Confederate scouts only. 1t is also reported
that Cfenelai Lee is now moving towards the
lower Shonnondoah and the Federal posts on
the Baltimore 2ud Ohio Railroad, but nothing
seems 10 be definitely known Of such move
ment. The Federal army is said to be equally
ael posted for an advance or defence 1t
appears that there was 40 fighting on Friday
or Saturday beyond some slight skirnishing.
Exiting news is received from the Sheuan
doah valley At an early hour yesterday
morning the Ninth Maryland regiment OF IN
tautry, COL Simpsor, and body OF cavalry
under Major Cole, stationed at CharlestoWn,
were attacked by superior force Of Contede-
rates, and after spirited engagement the II
5antry surrendered, the cavalry succeeding N
cutting their way out and escaping to Hapel
Ferry, Being reinforced by infantry and ar
0llery under General Sullivan, the cavalry, re-
turned and occupied Charlestown, and then
pushed on in pursuit Of the Contederates, and
came up With them near Berryyille about the
middle Of the afternoon. Here another en-,
gagement was fought, but it IS not known no"
il Nre5ultod, further than that the Contederates
continued their retreat Scouts report no Lndl,
cations Of movement Of Confederates toward
The line Of the railroad. Charlestovn IS eight
miles from Harpers Ferry, and Berry7lllee
2ooQt twenty. It is said that SIX companies OF
Infantry surrendered to Imboden force,
General Sullivan reports that his cavalry
scout from Nartiasburg, on Friday encountereq
! detachment Of Gilmor cavalry and cap1ureiu
sae Whole party. thirty-nine IN number, W1'''
s2oN horses and equipments, etc.