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On the l4th day of April, 1861, President LINCOLN issued his Proclamation, declaring the existence of the rebellion, and calling upon the loyal States to furnish men and material to defend the Government and restore the Union. In two days after, the Government was in the power of the rebels isolated from the North, and confined to the limits of the City of Wash ington. The arms and munitions of war of the Nation were in the possession of the rebels the Navy-what had not been destroyed-had been purposely sent to the most remote seas. A vast number of the men who had been edu- cated in the science of war at the expense of the Nation had deserted their country, peri ured themselves, and gone over to the South. That very day the present Commander of the rebel armies (RoBERT E. LEE,) and the most daring of their naval commanders Commodore BUcHANAN) were in the employ and the coni--' dence of President LINcoLN-familiar with every thou ght of the Administration. aud char ged with the.duty of preparing on land and sea to resist the. power of the rebellion. We had m Army. and Navy to Create ;wei had to edu-. cate the peacsful North to thepractics UfEaEs ,
 to turn tho reasing hook and tho plough share
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back into the sword and the cannon; aoe had most of aU to learn aoho sCere in sympathy sotth rebellion. and to aOeed out f'ow Me Gooe7tn- maent itself those s0ho gaoe the enemy secret aid and comfort. We had to abandon the field, the shop and the office, and take on the un- known and repulsive trappings of war. The rebels like bur alars) had been thoroughly prepared. They had their designs matured, their materials concentrated, their officers edur cated their men drilled, their colaborers and spies known and located. They had the inita- tive. The patient loving and forbearing Gov ernment could only wait and hope, and endure to the last extremity before it dared even to assert it's rights or defend itself. The rebels had a network of railroads and telegraphs, constructed and equipped by Northern capital and Northern labor. They were large debtors to the North for goods that were stored ia their warehouses. The capital invested in their works of improvement and the debts due to Northern manufacturers and merchants they confseated to the uses of the rebellion. For years. according to Vice President Stephens, they had enjoyed two ,thi''ds of the patronage of the Guvvrnment'--a government that had been extravagant Tn expenditures ut their die ta,ion aud fur their benefit. We were forced into the contest for the supremacy of the Union, with government bankrupt in resour-' ces by years of Democratic msrule.an extrav- agancc, whose reliance was upsu Commerce. aud Manufacturers, and Producers drained by Southern debtors, who repadiatsd their debts and detied their creditors.
 The Chicago Platform says: C. Four gears of future demand cessation of hostitittes.' y Let us see how much has been gained For .hs present we waive the u'oral victories, aud take for comparison the actual area aud popu- l.ion of the States and Territories that were in the possession of ths rebellion on the 4tb day of A pril, 1891, the first day that Mr. LIN coLN, by word or deed, attempted to maintain the integrity of the Union. To day October l, 1864 the area and population of the States and Territories aow held by tbe rebels may be thus estimated
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power and population. We have now a navy more powerful for offence and defence than that of any nation in the world We have in creased our manufactures, railroads, canals, telegraphs and internal commerce. Individu- al indebtedness is almost unknown. We are daily and hourly reclai ming the forest and the prairie we produce much more now than we did when the war commenced; our lands, our houses and our stocks of all kinds have en- hanced in value, and never was labor so abun- dantly rewarded.
 With few exceptions, the ravages of war have been confined to the territory of those who commenced it. 10 day not rebel .toot step profanes Me soI of the Loyal States, except hat of c prisoner of acar.
 These are the material victories we have gained. But in the wake of these have fol- lowed moral and political social triumphs such as war rarely brings, of which we may be more proud than of all our other conquests. We have taught the rebels, who had for years reviled us as community of towards and spectators, to regard and respect us as a na- ton of brave, patriotic men, and true and de- voted women. We have, by due prsccss of law, abolished slavery in Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri Arkansas, aud in a large portion of Virginia. Our armies have struck the chains from hundreds of thousands of men and No- men in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Al abama. North Carolina, South Carollna, Flor ida and Texas. and should the war stop now, as stop it soon must, from the steady onward march of GRANT, and SHERMAN, and SHERl' DAN. and CANBY, and FARRAGUr: no human power could reconstruct the blighting fabric of human slavery.
 We have shown unmistakably who com. menced the war. It must be apparent to all that the Government has thus far decided aud preponderuting advantage. The end can. not be doubtful. They who violated the Di: vine Law have incurred the penalty, and will inevitably meet the allotted punishment. They who took the sword are perishing by the sword. '.s
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THE VOICE OF THE UNION ARMY. LETTER FROM SOLDIER TO AN ANONYMOUS
 PEACE MANI IN NEW HAVEN.

CAMP OF the 16TH c. V., NEwBERN,
 N. G., September 30, 1864. J
 SIR havo lately received from you seve- rsl copies of the New Haven Register with ar ticles marked far particular attention, and with the request that would tread and cir culate." As ao name accompanied the dona- ten, not know whether I have or have n ,t the honor of your acquaintance.
 While thank you for kindness obvious ly intended, permit me to take exception to the manner yon have adopted for expressing it. Do not infer from this that am in the least degree indifferent to home sentiment, for such soldier cannot be. Indeed. you can scarcely render more acceptable service to friend in the army, than by sending him occa- sionally cheering word of sympathy and ap- preciation from home. It is nothing. trust, in derogation of soldiers manliness or pa triotism to say that he absolutely needs en- couragement There certainly are times when the sternest sense of duty, coupled with the most unfinching patriotism, barely serves to render soldiers life hardly endurable, much less enjoyable. It is at such a time that you who remain at home can almost fight his battles for him. If you would do this,if you would cheer away his dsspondency, tighten the very knapsack on his back, and imp Tt to his exile the only charm to which it is susceptible, give him, not the mock sympa' thy, the ill.disguised vindictiveness of Sey- .vallandigham tory, but the honest God speed of heart which can be true-to itself.
 This is point upon which can see no req son why you should err. It was plainly at the risk of life that your friends in the army volun teered to stand between the Government and the miscreants who sought its overthrow. What stronger assurance could they possibly have given of their love of country, their ab. horrence of treason, and their general integri, ty as citisenss And if they abhor rank Urea, son at the South, how can they entertain 6 milder sentiment for it's cast off, yet cringing parasites at the North If they feel glow of honest pride at the noble part Connecticut has borne in the work of self preservation, how can they keep back the blush of shame at see ing her hampered and hindered at every step by those of her own citizens. who, having counted the cost between honor and shame. have chosen the latter because it vas the cheaper
 ] You may send the soldios paper Nhcse
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; When the rebels commenced the war, they held every fort and port of entry from Fortress Monroe to the mouth of the Rio Grande Now they hold but four forts and enc port of entry, and the four forts and the one port of entry are besieged and blockaded by our army and our navy.
 When the rebels commenced the war, they had undisputed possession of more than two. thirds of our sea coast, and large tonnage Of commerce. Now, they have not one merchant vessel to raise their flag, and they have no port that any vessel dare attempt to enter Dy day light. They have not a single vessel of war that would venture to meet vessel ot our navy.
 When the rebels commenced the war, they had in their possession 1884 miles of rail- road-all we'll equipped and in thorough run hing order. Now they have only l ,435 miles, and what they have would not,be deemed fit for commercial and passenger tfafhc in any free State. s8S se5 s
 When tbe rebels commenced the war, they held the navigation of the Mississippi from Columbus, Ky.. to it's mouth. Now they do not hold one foot of either shore.
 There is not "a State or Territory or the oio Union over large portion of which the Gov ernment does not hold possession. Its vessels of war are before every port-its armies are constantly advancing the beams of the rising sun welcome the old flag, where yesterday Haunted the bastard emblem of rebellion. NO Government on earth dare recognize the re. bellion as success ; no capitalist will lend it . afarthing no dealer wilktrust it for keg of gunpowder or barrel of meat. It is hank rupt in credit, exhauste1 of material it has "robbed the cradle and the grave" and has an existence to-day only on reckless adventures, a waiting for something to turn up" viz the election of McCLELIAN, and the accession to power of those who will again bind tho giant North in chains, and sell their birthright of freedom for pieces of silver. E ssg
 Besides. having conquered so much of the rebellion as is shown by the map. the people of the North have steadily yincreasedin wealth.
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HAVE WE MADE ANY PROGRESS IN CRUSHING
 THE REBELLION :?

HAVE WE MADE ANY PROGRESS IN CRUSHING
 THE REBELLION
 Another of the falsehoods consistently reit- erated by the Copperhead Democracy, Is the assertion that the Administration tor the peo- pie of the North) cannot succeed Tn restoring the Union and maintaining the integrity of the Government The second resolution of the Chicago Convention declares that " FOUR YEARS OF FAILURE restore tue Union by tbe er- pertinent of sca,' MN DEMAND THAT IMMEDIATE EFFORTS BE MADE FOR A CESSATION OF HoSrILI- TIEs."
 REV. C. CHAUNcY BURR, of New York, one of the most prominent ot the speakers in favor of MCCLELLAN at the Chicago Convention. asks this question, and himself gives ths ansy CT : ," After three years of war, wno are conquered, you or the South7 Isay you are conquered You cannot conquer tue South."
 JAMES 5. ROLLINS, of Missouri, also talking to the delegates of the Chicago Convention, said ; |" love our Soutaern friends they are c nodie, brave and chipatrous people, AND CANNOT BE sUBDUED."
 IsIAH RENDERS the s. Marshal for the Southern District of New York during the ad miuistratou of Mr. BUCHANAN, also talking to the Chicago delegates, sad: "l have never s4io Oue WOEu uSaIuSs tuo ufuVey tuc uouic, tu0 generous, the chivalrous people of t t South, and trust in God never shall. Nearly half a million of those noble men had ialien in bloody graves, BUT THEY REMAINED uScoN- ouERED."
 We might multiply these extracts, so as to fill dozen such pages as this But the dec laration that the war is failure is so broadly aud clearly made in the Chicago Platform as to render any further extracts unnecessary.
 The purpose of this assumption of failure is manifest. It is the cotollary of the first false- hood, that the administration of Mr. LINCOLN brought the war upon the country. The se- quence of both falsehoods is the declaration of the Chicago Platform that |" four gears of taa- are demand c cessation ef hostilitses'
 We have shown, by the foregoing extracts from the Coateslerats States Register, and the declarations of Vice. President STEPHENS, how entirely false are the assertions of the Demo cratic party, that " the Administration is guilty of the war" '
 The map at the head of this page shows at a glance how false is the second assertion, that '.the experiment of war" is 2 failure. When the news of the attack, surrender and evacua- tion of Fort Sumter first reached the Presi- dent, the territory in possession of the rebels embraced all that exhibited by the dark black and shaded lines-or all the slave States, ex- cept the little State of Delaware. According to the tables of the last census, the States and Territories then in the possessl0n of the rebels contained the following area aud population {:
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 Il old JeE and evili !s. o} s.sis.sas xoa. ,,a.,, thou on the shore f'' Tsd lhiiSisa hns soa Y" Don't re emember, might have bsen, "-.ahns,s s spoke he OCT and OCT, ..lt ..,..,-l ,,-,. Only this and nothing murs con that day sir, had you sssa . grnboates
 the name Galena. 'iN ''' " ''''''% Is an anchorage to screen sman from dangsB on the shoref ,. ..,.- i.,,,....-s.a+d n. .l.,, Was q man about your inches, smoking vith those two French Princes. 1 vi i'esi aaa With caution which evinces care for sueA . garde-de corpsf .D et...,s....,.f.,.....,-.; Were you that man on the gunboatf'4 Don't
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j. F. WALKER

J. F. WALKER. Over the Post Office, South-st. Litch6eld, Ct
 Manufacturer and dealer in Saddles, Harness, Brides, Halters, Whip
 Eoshes, Sockets, Srrcimgies, Orna. ments, Ilsmmings, &c.
 rt g Rossman's oil Blacking Gi>i 7- Tor preserving, softening, and renewing the /, pearance of Harness, Carriage tops, &c. Made to order all kinds of double and sin rle Harness of superior style and workman ship, aud of the best material.
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a. Bishop & SedgwicL, s HAEALERS in DRY GOODS, READY MADE AD Clothing. Boots and Shoes, Hardware. Croekery, Groceries, &c., &c.,, West Street, kitchheld, Conn.
 o.p. BISHOP. ."i. '"4 T. g. sEDGwfcK.
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.RRCAPITULATIoN.

.r4e4s RRCAPITULATIoN. States 4 Territories. Sq. Niles. Population. Originally held in To .oo. States and Territories 1,653, ,S52 12,l2l;2S4 Now held in 10States oo in part o4Z,ooo 4'4o Area Conquered, 1,a11. .184 .Sq, NJ. Population
 recovered, 7,6SS, ,062.
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IS;s,, llENTAL NOTICE.
David c. Buckley,

DEALER IN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
 4D of all kinds and prices, Chairs, Tables. Hareaus, Bedstea'ls and Ceffins. Also. Picture Frames. Toilet Stands and Sofas made and sold with neatness. elegance and despatch. Wsrcho ouse, West St., Litchfeld, Conn. 1y39
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point on wAich to rest Ae plea cf iustiication 7 What right has the North assailed? what in- terest o1 tbe South has been invaded what justice has been denied ? and what claim, foun- ded in justice and right has been withheld l?
 Gun either of you to day name one gorernment act of ,crong, deliberately and pmposeIy done by the Gouernnsent of Washington, of f,chich Me South Aas e right to complain? 1 cHAL- LENGE THE ANSWER"
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most earnest endeavor is to force the Govern ment on it's knees in suppliance to the rebel chief; which has only scurrility and abuse for the Government and it's officials, while its tunes of deference and respect are daily lav- ished upon the public enemies which persist conquer the rebellion, and strives to make good its own prophecy by withholding from it the power. You may prove to him by this means that Connecticut has citizens to-day who are keeping green the memory of tories in days gone by. But what is the gain to you know many soldier who has bravery enough to face traitors in the front who has not the patience to wit hstLnd their torment from the the vilest fulminations of the fostering press of Richmond but when ths same thing comes from home, the cheek tingles, tho hand be. comes fist, and have seen the paper, crum pied and torn, groun into the " sacred soir' under the heel of q Government boot.
 You aIe most certainly in error if you think the soldier 60 completely deadened to old asso. citations as to be careless of the onor and in' tegrity of his native State. If he ever took pride in her good name, he is proud of her still. If he ever blushed at the faithlessness of Benedict Arnold, he has blushed yet more deeply at the stange peridy of tho ose whoco uld stoop to letter, even with an olive branch, the hand uplifted to defend the nations life against the assaults of organized and armed treason.
 It may be difficult, emong those who have been politically orphan;zed by the suicide of slavery, for spirit of party vindictiveness to give place entirely to frank, outspoken senti. ments of loyalty. There may ever be those among you who look upon treason as polit' ical privilege, or at worst but a very pardon able miatake which, to be forgiven, ne eds not to be repented of. But why make especial endeavors te render this moral degeneracy So offensively prominent? If Connecticut hao euch men to-day, let them make as little noise as possible. liner shame must be written, let
 those read who glory in it. Don't thrust the record in the face of one who looks upon
 t's true faith and allegiance" as utterly incom' patibIe with dastardly betrayal and downright desertion. Very sincerely, G. M. W.
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Wnl. H. Branall,

nEALIsR IN FOREIGN and STAPLE DRY
 .D Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Glass Ware, and Yankee Notions, No. 6, West Street, one dsor west of the Court House, Litch6eld Conn.
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 asEE WHAT ."-Hospitais are sights. One of the pleasantest ever visited was Ehe Orthop@dic. 'In others. many patients are sick unto death you see not only pain, but anxiety and despair. But the sufferers in the Orthop@dic are generally well enough in health, and as the operation they need is performed directly after they enter the institution, the worst is past with the majority. They are d. most all getting better; moreover, they are furnished with test of recovery impossible in ordinary sickness. When we have been i'll, we often forget how bad we were; and, meas uring the passing faintness of to-day with the progress of yesterday, fancy we finger longer than we should. On the whole, the tide of disease may be ebbing; but now and then Q wave runs up beyond the last, as if it were turning again. We have followed. watching, close at the edge of the retrcating malady, and forget the distance we have traversed since the sickness was at its full night; but the patients at the Orthop@dic can make no such mistake. How are you getting ons ask ed of girl who was hobbling across the room with bandaged, crooked feet. She said she had been in for months, and was much Dene- fted, and, indeed. was improving every day. Well, you are hopefnl,' l thought; and added aloud, But you are very lame yet An, sirP she replied, .bu t see what wasr This being . common form of speech, I was not prepared to have it realized by her pulling a plasterof paris model of her legs from under her bed, to which her own were graceful. See what l was, she said.i Then there was general exhi. bition of legs (plaster). and I found each one had an infalliblS test of progress within reach Poor thiugsi they looked On the casts made whsn tAsyentered the hospital as George Ste phenson might at the model of anold stage. coach.
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A most imbudent cheat has been pot spos the Parisiau public Psrsoas sad!ertissdolns all the papers that he had an infallihle resiph to attain long life, which he vas silling io
 communicats to anybody vho would send him twenty i've cents in ostsgs stampss sEvery9s body past fifty, and almost everybody of wealth sent him the required sam Of money. and received in returnthis method of lengev. ity: Get yourself elected . member Of thoa French Academy. All membsrs attain groata age: for instance. N. Dppin is, 62, M. Bersy-s CT is 76, M. Guisot is 70, ste. ss
 A pneumatic railroad, onssthird sQf aniie. in length, is in successful opsraaion eths.. Crystal Palace, London. Atrain witk pa6rS',- gers is taken through . tunnel, the Whois diSsp tance. m fifty seconds. Tho psepulsion slsi-s fected by exhausting the tunnel of cir, and then, as soon as the cars are started, allowing 1t to rush in at that end of the tunnel Whiok is i6 their rear. asofE pEsss hAeslisf "A eq se'fywss g5 hsmsgsa syw yz satizei
 New Haven istdildiae $l00oo scho6l>f house for colorsd ehildnd1. .,.
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The Faculty of Harvard College have com menced the administration of justice to sev
 eral of the Sophomores who have been en- gagged in some of the late outrages upon the Freshmen. Five of them were suspended from the institution on Wednesday-two of them for one year, and the others for eighteen months each, the latter upon their return to be reduced to the Freshman class. {" .bs :.
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Sanford & GiddingS, a TrORNEYS AT LAW, New Milford, Conn. A Particular attention paid to Students. H. s. SANFORD is Notary Public and Com nissionei for New York.
 H. s. SANFORD. Ilyl V. c. GDDINos