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Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-17
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~EALER TN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE D of all kinds and prices, Chairs, Tables, Bureaus, Bo.lsteals and Coffins: Also. Picture Framss. Toilet Stands and Sofas made and ssld with nsatness, elegance and despatch. Warehouse, West St., Iitchtield, Conn, ly3o
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-17
The following PrSeismssisn is expended ts the Message:
 PROCLAMATION.

Whereas. h and by the Coustitution of the United States; is is provided shat the Pfssis dent shsll have power e gtSHt rspristss sud pardons for efencss sgsinss the United States, except in eases Of impeachment; and e1
 Whereas, 4 Rebellion exists whereby the loyal State Governments of several Ssasss have for loag timS bxsn subtertsd, and nc. ny persons have committed and are now guilty of treason sgsinst ths United States, and
 WAsrsss, With references to said rebellion snd treason, isws have been enacted by Cen. gress declaring forfsiturss and eon6seaison of property and liberation of slaves, all upen terms and conditions therein stated; and slso declaring thst the President Has thereby sue thorised st any tims thsreafters by preslams. ton, to extend to persons who may have par. ticipatsd in the existing reteiiion in apy State, CT part thereof, pardon and amnesty, with such exceptions snd st such times and on such conditions e he may deem sxpsdiens for the public welfare, snd
 WAsyess. The Copgrsssionsl deciaratiou fot limited and conditional pardon acsords with the wsll-ssisblished judicial sxposi,ioa of she pardoning power, snd
 W1trsas, With reference Co the said Re. bellion the President of shs unitsd Ssasss has issued several Pfoclsmstions with provisiuns in regard t0 ths liberation of slsvss, and
 Whsrsas. It is nov dssirsd by soms per- sons heretofore engaged in the said Rebellion to resums their allegiance to the Uaitsd statss. sed to rsinaugurats loyal sssse 6ovannsass within and for their respective Ststssi
 Therefore 1, Abfstsm Lincoln. Prssidsnt es the United Statsss do proclaim, declare and make known e all persons who have directly or by implication. participated in the e1isting Rebellion. except q hereinsfter sxespted, shat { fall pardon is hereby granted te lhsn and each Of then. with restcrsticn of an rights of propsssy. sxcsphas e dawes. sns parties shall have intsrvsnsd, and upon the condition that every such person shsll take end snbseribs ss esth, and thsnoefoswese kssp and uaintsis said cath iavielass sse
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-17

credit, and the general legislation in relation to Loans has fully answered the expectation of its fayorers Some amendments may be re- quired to perfect existing laws, but no change in their principles or general scope is believed to be needed.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-17

Co BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
 Of all descriptions, neatly and promptly done
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-17

Chas. HOtchkiss & Son,
 woLCoTTvILLE, CONN, DRAcrIcAL ARCHITECTS AND BUILD FRS, Manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Bliads. M,uliings, &c and Dealers Tn Lumber of all kinis.
 Saving and Flaming. done at short notice. March 4, 1861. If 46
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-17

The proper officers of the Treasury have deemed themselves required by the law of the United States upon the subject, to demand . tax upon the incomes of foreign consuis in this country. While such demand may not, in strictness, be in derogation of public law, or perhaps of any existing treaty between the Uni
 ted States and . foreign country, the expedi. ency of so far modifying the act as to exempt from tax the income of such Consuls as are not citizens of the United States derives from the emoluments of their office, or from property not situated in the United States, is submitted to your serious consideration. make this suggestion upon the ground that comity which ought to be reciprocated exempt. oul Consuls in all other countries from taxation to the extent thus indicated. The United States think. ought not to be exceptionally illiberai to international trade and commerce. The operations ofthe Treasury during the last year have been successfully conducted. The enact
 ment by Congress ofs national Banking Ax hes provided . valuable support of the publi.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-17
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Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-17
J. F. WALKER.

- U. Fs w A Lk ERs Over the Post Office, South.st., Litch6eld, Ct, y Manufacturer and dealer in Saddle, Harness, Brides, Matters, Whips,
 Lashes, Sockets. Surcingles. Orna. N' nsents, Trimmings, dc.
 Rossman's Oil Blackinx Fer preserving, softening, and renewing the appearance of Haruess, Carriage tops, &c. Made to order all kinds of double and sin gls Harness of superior style and workman shin. and of the best material. 3m9
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-17
nAruRALHED CITIZENS.

There is reason to believe that many persons norn n foreign countries, who have declared .neir intention to become citizens, or who have oeen .oiiy natntalised, have evaded the militia. y Y guy required ot them, by denying the fact, .a Inu .ue.eoy throwing upon the Goverumsnt .ns burden Of proof. .Khas been fonnd d;i6. cut or imp'acticabls to obtain this proof io,
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-02
MADAME DE SrAEL.- NJ. Michelet thus
sketches Madame de Stael:

sketches Madame de Stael:
"Madame de Stael was, unhapp,ly for
herself, not handsome. Her features in
general, and her nose especially, were
large, her figure stout, her complexion fat
from attractive, her gestures were rather
energetic than graceful. Standing with
her back to the chimney, her hands be-
hind her, she would command attention
BY her virile attitude and powerful CONVEX
sation till one almost doubted he, sex. Yet
at this period she was only twenty five. Her
arms, however, were beautiful, and her
magnificent hair, falling in rich, massive
ctirls, and her Juno.like throat and bust,
caused her features, to appear more femi-
nine But her greatest charm, that which
atoned' for allsdefects, was in her eyes
those wonderous eyes black, Inundated
With fame, radiantwith genius, with good
ness, with every passion; Her gaze was
world in itself even an enemy could i'll
leave her presence without exolaimi1g :.
'Oh the good the noble, the excelleht'
woman"
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-02
ST. CLOUD STEARNS CO.. MINNESOTA THURSDAY JULY g. 1858
THE PRETTI1dST HAND.

Give me the hand that Is warm; kind and
ready;
Give me the clasp that is calm, true and steady ;
Give me the hand that will never deceive me ;
Give me the grasp that aye may believe thee.
Soft is the palm of the delicate woman;
Hard is the hand Of the rough, sturdy yeo-
man;
sott palm or hard hsnd' it matters not-ne'.
Give me the hand that is friendly forever!
Give me tho hand that is true a. brother;
Give me the hand that has harmed not smother
Give me the hand that has not forsworn it:
Give me the grasp that may adore it.
Lovely the palm Of the fair blae-vein' d
maiden:
Horny the hand Of the workman o'erladen
Lovely or ugly, it matters not-never!
Give me the grasp that j. friendly forever
Give me the grasp that is honest and hearty,
Free as the breeze and unshackled by party;
Let Friendship. give the srasps that become
Close as the ,Wine of the vines of summer.
Give me the hand that is true as q brother
Give me the hand that has not wrong'd an
other:
Soft palm or hard hand, it matters not-nev.
Give me the grasp that is friendly forever
Saturday Evening Post
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-02
Picket Converse tions 1T Vicksburg.

On the night Of the 10Th our pickets
were within convcrsing distance of the
lcbels in the rife-pits, and remarks were
freely exchanged. On the center the fol-
lowing conversation occurred::
"Do you get any thing to eat, secesh p
eyes, all we want"
GLOW many of you ate there ovet
there p
"We've got about hundred and fifty
thousand-enough to whip all the Yam
KEGS in Gods world"
GLOW do you like the Champion Hills
fight ?"
You whipped us there, but you CAM
do it here"
"Hell we can't! You come out o1
those dirt piles, and see if we can't whip
you. Well whip you two to one in an
open field"
"We could go out and whip you in ten
minutes, if we wanted to, but we want you
to stay where you are till Joe Johnston
gets up behind you''
"Joe Johnston will play hell getting
behind US. Guess he'll stay so far behine
us that we'll never see him"
The conversation was terminated by al
invitation from the rebels to one of ou1
men, requesting the pleasure Of his com
pany at supper. The Confederates gav'
their word Of honor that he should be per
mitted to return whenever he pleased
On this representation, the Federal pickle
"a private in the 7th Missouri-ac accept
ed the invitation, went over and entered
one of the rebel forts. He has not bee,
seen or heard of since. The rebels hole
him as a prisoner, I suppose. On tn
same evening rebel picket came to ou
lines to sup with few Of our boys. H
was we'll treated, and returned to his pos
after two hours stay with the Federals
-C;nc;nnati Commercial.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-02
The Third ReEiment.

On the 7th of June, the Third Mime
sofa Regiment was at the mouth Of White
River, en- route for Vicksburg. From a
correspondent we learn that the men were
in fine health and spirits. We also learn
of the late operations of thu Regiment,
narrative of which we condense for pub
lication
Just previous to the Regiment leaving
Fort Heiman for Vicksburg, Major II:
Mattson, with detachment Of the Third
Minnesota, and the 18th Kentucky caval-
ry, made successful raid against the
guerrillas in Western Tennessee, and caps
tured several prisoners; among them be-
ing the notorious COL Dawson. A num-
ber of instances of cool soldierly conduct
occurred, highly creditable to those imme.
diately engaged. Among them was the
surprise and capture of guerrilla Major
and Captain by Jesse Barrich, of Compa-
ny H, Third Minnesota. He tracked them
from the main road into the brush, and
found them just finishing lunch. When
within few rods of them, and just as he
caug hit sight of them, he brought his gun
to his shoulder and took good aim as if to
fire. They called out ''for Gods sake
don't shoot, we will surrender" He then
demanded one of them to advance and
give up his revolver, which he did. Bar.
rich then called out to his party of five men
who were few rods behind and out OF
sight, to come up. This they promptly
did, and the capture of both was made
secure. Each of them was armed with q
revolver. They were taken about eighty
miles South Of Fort Heiman. Near Ma
sons Point, en- the Tennessee river, anoth
er small party of the detachment had {
skirmish with party of guer1illas, in
which privates John .. Hancock and F
N. Jerry, of Company G.. were wounded
the former quite severely.
The Third Regiment did good deal o.
work while at Fort Heiman, and had go
the guerrillas pretty thoroughly extermi
mated in large region of Tennessee.
We hope to hear good accounts Of the
Third in front of Vicksbury.-Ptoneer.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-02
low LOUISIANA SLAVES R1ECHIVE
OUR TROOPS.

A correspondent with the army of Gen.
Banks, describing the march through
western Louisiana, furnishes somo inter-
esting facts in reference to the reception
Of our troops by the slaves. Everywhere,
he says, "they &oeked out to, welcome us"
and are in ecstacies over their freedom.
"They give us full particulars as to the
sentiments and history Of their masters
and III other ways manifest their friend
ship, acting as if they could not do enough
for us: One Of the songs which they are
in the habit Of singing runs as follows:
=. @"3fassa run away, hi, hi!
Niger bound to stay, no, no!
Ii link dat now de Kingdom come,
Dat dis de year OBJ Jubilol"
At Williams plantation, five miles from
Alexandria, at Alexaudrie, at Cherrytille,
Moranville, Enterprise, Simsport, and 9TH
er villages, tho negroes joined the troops
BY scores and hundreds. At the Atcha-
falaya river, as the army was marching to:
ward the Missispi, they came in droves,
with wagons, horses, and other property.
One company came in on an immense fat
boat, which was crowded with their goods
the whole under the command of shrewd
negro, who had evidently been at some
time an officers servant,
Our correspondent says that every slave
in tba. region knows all about the procla-
nation. They uderstand perfectly that
they are free, and arc always ready to
give up everything they have for the ben
eft of our soldiers. The latter have come
to understand this; they find that where
ever they eucamp on plantation, the
"fat of the land" is at their service, in
GLIDING such luxuries as chickens, fresh
and salt pork, new potatoes, hot corn
bread, Coffee. fresh milk, &c., and under
these touching appeals Of the race which
looks up still with hope aud faith, the last
remnant Of prejudice is removed from the
army, and every man is prepared to well
come to the ranks these people who come
with gifts in their hands and love in their
hearts. Pgst.<
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-02
THE INsURRECTION IN OHIO.

The facts that are daily coming to light
show that General Burnside was in bet
ter position to judge whether the arrest of
Vallandisham was indispensable to the
public safety" and therefore justi6able
act Of military power, than persons at a
distance from the scene Of his machina-
tions. The alarming insurrectionary COM
binatlons in Ohio, with view to an arm
ed resistance to the draft, are the direct
effects of the seditious teachings of this
doub!e-dyed traitor. 1t is he who TO-
mented the spirit of disloyalty which has
broken out in these acts OF lawless vio-
lence. 1t is he who laid the train and lit
the match; and is he less guilty than his
ignorant instruments who took him at his
word and sprung, or tried to spring, the
bloody mine of revolution in the heart of
a loyal State?
1t is vain for the Copperhead casuists
and liars to attempt to explain away the
phra$eology of Vallandighan's dark aud
general invocations to resist the law and
the Government
If what he meant Was not plain enough
to quibbling lawyers, from what he seem
ed to say and what his hearers understood,
his language is now interpreted, in all its
dark and terrible significance, by its Grim
iDal effects, not on the minds only, but on
the conduct of his hearers. In the light
Of these events we reverse our hasty judg-
ment Of Burnside's arrest of this Copper
head Mark Antony, this cunning preach
er of sedition with a verbal reservation
for the lawyers.
The Ohio outbreaks have proved that
Burnside was right, and that Vallandig-
ham ought to have been arrested year
ago-Press.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-02

Boston Harbor is now defended at
Fort Warren by about one, hundred guns.
Fourteen. Of these are 0-pound PARROTS;
in the handling. Of which the garrison
have been drilled. The garrison consists
Of some seven hundred men, and new re-
druits are coming in daily. Recently
about ono hundred mechanics and labor
era have been employed in mounting guns
and doing other work upon the forti6ca-
tions.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-02
The Three Captains.

Among the first who rushed to arms
when Sumpter fell were three sworn
friends, named Addison Dougherty, Leop-
old G. Newman, and Robert R. Daniel.
They were quite young, and were all men,
bers Of the New York bar. Their ardor
and UNI ted action resulted in the formation
Of the 3lst Regiment of tho New York
State Volunteers, Col: Pratt, which was
early in the field. Virginia, then as now,
the scene of conflict, shook with the tread
of the legions they led to battle, and
twenty one bloody actions attest the, glory
and melancholy Of their. career. Dough-
erty, the major, called by private affairs to
Central America, resigned, and returned
last year to his home with a fever and
died, lamented by numerous friends. -
Daniel, becoming Major, met his death
at Malvern Hills; aud Newman, the SUBJ
ject cf this sketch, alone remained of the
heroic trio. The ominous rank of major
was safely passed, and he became lieuten,
ant colonel of the regiment. He had now
fought in seventeen engagements without
receiving scratch, and naturally enough
thought he bore charmed life.
Imagine finely formed, noble looking
young fellow, flushed with the conscious
ness of the deeds that try mems souls, and
full Of hope for the future. The time of
the regiment had ten days to expire when
he came on to New York to see his old
father. Scarcely had he reached home when
a peremptory order from tbe War Depart
ment recalled him to the field. "Pll be
home in a week, father" said he, and flew
to arms. AT the stormlng of Fredericks-
burg, Sedgwick ordered the New York
3lst to carry the heights. "You may lose
all your men," said the General, "but you
will save the corps"
Newman, returning to his regiment,
cried, "Now, gentleman, over with yoiIv'
and banner in one hand, and sword in the
other, dashed into the fray and carried the
frowning goal, to meet, however, an un-
timely end. He was carried off the field
mortally wounded, and though the recip-
lent Of unremitting attentions from the
proprietor of the National Hotel, Wash:
ington, died on Sunday morning, the 7th
inst--thc last of the three captaifs.
A loving and dutifuf son, kind broth:
cr, and warm friend, an iron.k hearted SOL
dier, cut off in the prime of life, while ev-
cry generous hope was fluttering in the
hands of smiling fate. Let the nation
mourn these noble youths: .,, 12<"'
CoE Newman was but twent y:four years
of age, and was engaged to be married to
a fair daughter Of the city of Albany,
who will receive tho first notice of his
death from these sad lines.-M r. Daily
Me'cs. ~: ..
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-02
A Word TO .FAR:MiiE.iRs{s: Ii iii: 4xR .Wo6t

"A Word TO .FARNiiniRiis: iii: 4xip' 1ti' ..wo6t.
9howERs.-The clipping, season i is over, 1e +,
and the wool gathered: ia. The question
nov to be settled by the :ofner III I al Is
what disposition Ne daSai mako of his WOOL,
to nett him the GREATEST amount of profit:
The present wholesale price of.vool would
pay tho>owner say, $50. for 100 H. The
Cost Of putting that wool into yarp, $lQ.>,
l hat I'll 100 lbs Of, wool will make 4o dozen +
pairs Of socks, now in demandd ieivtu, whsr,s,,
at $5, 50 making $220, = profit 81. $Y4l1 Z:
the manufactured article, over aid ,BSsae:
what could be reaiized from the sals 81 5s5,
raw . materiaf mat !. ;A1skbitting m.chisss coss,
bot $50 in this city, ahd can Be masi,asea s ],
bya woman or 'chiid. any farmer xho.-
raises wool can, sec the advantage of nas,.2 nas-..
utacturing his wool, instead Of throwing It
upon the market.-[hicogo Tribune. r..
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-02
THE NEGRO SOLDIERS.

The New York Commercial Advertiser,
a journal always sensible in its opinions
and moderate in their expression, has the
following remarks on the conduct of the
black soldiers:
1t is not alone over rebels in arms that
the colored troops have won victories.-
They have conquered the prejudices'
which two centuries of slavery have
wrought into the fibre of our American
thought. They have stricken down the
fallacy that the black man is fit only for
menial service, and has rot capacity for
progress and improvement. They have
shown that ages Of degradation and enforc.
ed inferiority have not utterly quenched
the vital spark, Of manliness. They have
accepted the severest aud hig hest test to
which men arc accustomed to subject
themselves, and they have not been found
wanting. Last, but not least, they have
bafled the insidious thought that their
presence would demoralize the white
troops with whom they fought as comrades.
BY these their courage is acknowledged,
and little will be. heard now # the ''nig-
ger' question in the army.
A few hundred black men filing sol.
diers' graves IN behalf Of a flag which had
its stars for the white man and too often
its stripes for the negro, are an unanswer.
able argument, for the chivalrous white
race, conscious of it's own superiority, may
graciously recognize valor wherever it is
found.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-02
THE MINNESOTA RED SKINS on THH
MISSOURI. s

Benjamin Thomson, Esq, returned
yesterday from visit to the new Sioux
and Winnebago Reservations on the Mis-:
souri, River.
These reservations adjoin each other,
and are situated about fifty miles south Of
Fort Pietre. .3,I !
The Superintendent of Indian Affairs,
Hon. G. W. Thompson, arrived there
about the last of May, when he began 10
make preparations for the reception Of
his Indian wards. He had proceeded
with such vigor, that in two weeks he had
fifty acres plowed, and saw mill built
and running, The Sioux are quite tract
able, and are busily engaged ia planting.
Major Galbraith, their agent, had arrived
and resumed the duties which were 30 tn
pleasantly interrupted at Yellow Medicine
last fall. .:....:,,. @,a:,y
One boat load of the Winnebagoes had
also arrived before Mr.. Thompson left.
He found the rest of the exiles a short
distance above St. Joseph, where they
were permitted to go ashore. AS stated
yesterday, they evinced considerable re-
luctance to resume their journey, arising
from their fear of the Sioux, and it was
necessary to use force to get them on
board the boat He met Mr.. Balcombe,
the Winnebago Agent, on the Missouri
near Sioux City, on his way to join his
wards.
MIR. Thompson describes the whole Val
ley of Missouri as suffering severely
from drouth.-Press, 25h.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-02
MfhHea polls, Faribault and Cedar VAL
ley Railroad.

Tho arrangements which have been for
some time in progress for the construction
Of this road, were consummated yesterday.
The new company having made de-
posit Of $4,000 in the hands Of RI.
Baldwin, as Trustee for the old Board; lie
corporators and Directors named in The
act Of 1862 severally resigned their posi-
tions, and a new Board of Directors was
elected, consisting of
Messrs. Selah Chamberlain, of Cleveland, O.
Alexander Mitchell, Milwaukee.
i" Daniel L. Wells, do
g. Ira T. Mum, Chicago
" Frederick P. Jones, New York.
Is Perry H. Smith, Chicago
I" George W. Rogers, New York.
Two vacancies lemain to be filed to
make up the Board, which will be filled
with residents Of Minnesota.
Seiah Chamberlain was elected Presi-
dent pro tenn OF the Company, and II J.
Baldwin, Secretary! .'..l-j.
The new company comprises MEN of am
pie means and la'ge experience in rail
road enterprises, who purpose to push Tie
work on the road with all the rapidity DOS
Esihle under the circumstances of the road
and couatry.
The people of the State interested in
the road have every reason to expect the
completion of the road from Minneapolis
to Owatonna during the next year, and to
the Iowa line during the following year.
The branches to Hastings and St. Paul
remain to be provided for as soon as the
circumstances Of the Company and the To-
callties interested, may arrange for their
construction.
We understand that the gentlemen
above named propose to start this morn
ing on tour Of inspection along the line
of the road, with view to an Immediate
commencement Of the operations. We
are informed on good authority that in all
probability tho work will be commenced
within week.-fress, 18Th. -