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Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1864-02-06

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Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1864-02-06

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Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1864-02-06

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Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07

THE proudest boast ever uttered by an English stateman was not of martial achieve ments not of the triumphs upon the field : not of tue wonderful dominion upon which the sun never sets bat that Britain's monarch conla not enter unbidden the Is aanest house in the land. although its shattered walls might civs it's inmates but a scanty protection from the storms that howled around.
 A victimized tailor learns that some of his customers understand the art Of sponging coats as well as he does.
 The most attentive man to business we ever saw, was he who wrote on his shop door, Gone to bury my wife, return in half an hour.
 Those people who send money to the news paper offices with request--send the paper as long as the money lasts--are respectfully informed that geherally speaking, the money don't last long.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
WHOLE NO. 2O29

4 PATRIOTIC PRAYER The following ip- cdent, related in the recently published Au- tobiography of Rev. Dr. Beechsr, illustrates ths feryency with which the elergymen of the revolutionary era espused the patriot cause l:
 In the earlier part of the war, on . certain pressing emergency, General Washington ordersd Sheldon to send him all the s6estive men oi his regiment. Four companies were d.srateted, under Major Tallmadgs his owa company mounted on dappls grays, with black straps and bearskin holsters, looking superbly.
 Passing through Litch6eld, they attended worship on Sunday in the old meeting-house on the village green. The country was in aia:n H' ao intelligence that Cornwallis was apIro"calng the coast with a large fleet. Rev. Judah Champions the pastor. an able and eloquent man, ls said to have uttered the following prayer |:
 "Olord, ,Ns view with terror, the approach of the enemies of Thy holy religion. Wilt Thou Send storm anf tempest to toss them upon the s>sst &ss: to UTerWhem them upon the mighty deep or te scatter them to the uttermest. parts Of the earth But reradventure any should escape Thy vengeance, collect them together again as is the hollow of Thy hand, and let Thy liahtnings play upon them. We do beassci ihae, moreover that Thou do gird up tha 'o:"s oS these Thy servants who are going for.h to txLt Thy battles. Make them strong ussn, ltssi ona shall chase a thousand, and two lnl :"a thousand to flight Hold before them tie shield with which Thou vast wont in the oli time to protect Thy chosen people. Give them swift feet, that they may pursue their e:.enies, and swords terrible as that of Thy destroying angel, that they may cleavs them down. Preserve these servants of Thine, Almighty God and bring them once mere to their homes and friends, if Thou cansl do it consistently with Thy high purpose. If on the other ha"d, Thou hast deereed that they shali die in battle, let Thy spirit be present with them, and breathe upon them, that they may go up as sweet sacrifice into the courts of Thy temple. whore are habitations prepar."l fer them from the foundation of the world"
 *One of Dr. BeecherIs predecessors at Litchtield Conn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07

Wonder is often expressed that the loss Ot life in large battles Is so small. The oonds- ton of the 2S OuO musksts captured at Get lys5arsh may explain partly. Of these 24.- JOG were found to be loaded 12O0O contain ed two loads, and COOO from three to ten loads each, In numerous instances half a dossa balls were driven in a single charge of pow. der. In some cases the former posssssor had reversed the usual order. placing the ball at inc bottom of the barrel and the powder on ,be ton. Not unfreluently several paper car triiges were packed above each other without being torn or broken.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07

PEEPAEIxa ORCHARD SolL.-- Thero arc many persons. who deem it q matter of no iN,p 'rtanca to prepare soil for the reception of fruit tees Having selected the field which they design appropriatins to the purpose of aN orchard, they purchase their trees, dig the holes, sa. the trees. and the work is complsted
 The character of the soil ;sheuld first be taken into consideration. All soils are not suitabi. for fruit trees. The best soil for the purpose ot un orchard, Is Q good deep sandy Ioam. neither loo dry nor too wet. Whereever this kind of soil is found on your farm wheth- ar ill high or low situation (if not wet,) lot that be tnH aie for your orchard. Having made the selection, break it up in the fall (if you purpose planting in the spring,) to depth fully equal to the capacity of your blow and team. 4 general trenching would be infinite ly better, though more expensive than blowing. If the ground has been under pasture for some yesrS pl3w it ia in the spring, and if you have time. once CT twice during the summer. This will Nel,w tho soil, rot the sward, and keep down the weeds; plow again in October or November. if the weather will admit it, apply ing, previously te tue blowing, goed coating of rich manure.
 All the foregoing may seem like heavy outlay of time and lahor but it will pay in the end. One-haf the battle in planting orchards. is in starting right; and to start right you must !ave soil of the right kind and in the right condition. Success may be obtained by the ordinary method, but tho method we have named, viii guarantee it, if the trees are all right, and tue planting performed as 1t should be.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07

THE WISE JUDsE.-A young nan going on & journey entrusted one hundred dollars to an old man. When he came back, the old man denied haviag had any money deposited win him, and he was had up before the Kha- zee
 "Where were you, young man. when you delivered this money ?"
 Under tree"
 "Take my seal and summon that tree" said the judge. |" Go, young man, and tell the tree te come hither, and the tree will obey when you show it my seal.''
 The young man went in wonder After he had been gone some time, the King said to the old man.
 He is long do you think he has got there yet F"
 No." said the old man " it is at some distance he has not got there yet"
 "How knowest thou. old man, where the tree is ?" cried the Khazee The young man returned, and said the tree would not come.
 aH He has been here, young man and given his evidence. The money is thina."
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
I EIE.ULlJN v. V ASDfi Pastor uv sed Church. in charge

EARLY PLowlSa.--lIany farmers blow sod ground iu the latter part of March, for crop of Indian corn. But sometimes it is bad pol icy, and sometimes it IS good,
 If the soil be deep and is covered with a clean clover and timothy sod, it will expeIits the labors of the farm to start the plow in March for crop of Iudlan corn. But if there should be bne grass, quack, Canada thistles, ol any other such noxious plants in the soil, it would be best to defer blowing until the time for planting had arrived.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07

Two ragged little urehins, whose parents paid more attention to the bottle than to the training of their children, were in the habit of seriously annoying their neighbors who lived close by, with their noise while at play in front of their house. One aay the lady of the house came to the door and told them to be quiet or go home immediately. Said one Of the chiidten 10 the other
 "Jist hear she a orlerin we.'when us dent belong to she Y
 |, Prentice thinks from present appeafancs. snss M the people of the South will soon " hired 10 take the confederate no'es ssA@s
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07

How TO CATCH SKsBP.-Nsver seize them b; the wool on the back. It hurts them ex. ceediugly and in some cases has been known to kill them, particularly in hot weather, when they are large and fat. The best way is to avoid the wool altogether. Accustom yourself 70 catch them by the hind leg, or, what is still better, by the mock, placing oue hand un. Ger the jaws, and the other back os the ears. By lifting up the head in this maener, a ohlid may hold almost any sheep without danger to hh animal or himself.-
 Rural 4nnuol
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07

HE DECAY oL CONFIRMATION au- csnt art of talking is falling into decay. It 6 an ascertainable fact that, in proportion to an increased amount of population, the aggregate bulk ut conversation is lessening. People nowadays have something else to do than talk; not only do they live in such hurry that there is only leisure for just comparing ideas as to the weather, but they have each and all gross quantity to do, which puts talking out of the question. If persons remain at homo, they read fthey journey by rail, they read ii they go to the seaside, they read we have met misguided individuals out in the open folds with books in hand youa2 folks have been seen stretched underneath trees, and upoH the banks of rivers, boring over pages on the tops of mountains, in the desert, or within foE- ests-everywhere men now pull printed sheets from their pockets, and in the earliest, latess highest occupations of life they read. The fact is lncontestably true, that modernimen and wO- men are reading themselves into compara- lively silent race. Reading is the great delu. sion of the present time; it has become a sort of lay piety according to which the perusal of volumes reckons as good works; it is in word.
 the superstition of the nineteenth century, Chambers Journal.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07

SHEEP KILLING DoGs.-A remedy has been discovered for dogs that are troublesome where sheep are kept. It works sure and perman 'nt cure if only thoroughly administered. Drop q few pieces of fresh meat about the sheep pas lure or fold, first having carefully seasoned il with lttsle strychnins. Only one dose per canine quadruped is needed, as the rene y works like charm.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
bishop & 3eGgNick,

EAL.EGS ia DRY GOODS. READY MADE . Clothing, Boots and Shoes. Hardware, crSckery, Groceries. Sc-, Sc-, West Street, Liteh6eld, COaa-
 C. D. BESaOP- T. s. sEDeWlek.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
Fa.3aiJN 3, SWIFT

aTroRNEY AT La%,, NOTARY PubtlC,
 AaD esaa.s"sses cf Deeds t3r Ecsry Sta'e
 Territory:
 2eo 8I oadway, New York, ,tlO First FlouR- Rear
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
DHys5f q. sSUcLiEY.

"sALER IS HOUSEHOLD TthN!lCEE
 Ely os all Si..sis aai prices, Cha'!S, Tables, BarsIa., Bcis,-a k sad Collins. Also. Picture Frames. TOii.-I Stands aai Sofas made and . slI with ne.Euess. elegance and dcst.tc!i Warehouse, West St. Li:cil(ieid. Conn ly55
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07

The following copy of a droll letter, written by soldier to the mayor of village near Ham, in answerto note informing him ot his fathers death, is published in 2 French provincial paper :" heartily thank MT. May or for my fathers death. It is a little accident which happens in families. As for myself, l am in the hospital minus one leg, with which l have the honor to salute you
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
WD,. f4. BGaNlali,

nEALEa IN FVl;i.i>:S aGd STAPLE Dry
 D GSO4s, GTOccr!=N, CFockcrs, Glass Waie and Yaakes Notions, No O, West street, lst dOar west cS tine CUuTt .sc. Litchiieid Conn
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07

INTERESTING SeGCTACLE.-A countryman trotting about town with q ball of butter un- der his arm asking 70 cts, and claiming that he has been offered 319.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
J. F. WALKER .

J. F. WALKER. ovsr the Post Office, South-st., Litchheld, Ct'
 Manufacturer and dealer in Sadlles. Harness, Brides, Hakers, Whtps Lashss, Sockets. Surcingles, Orna-
 nsents, Trimmings, dc.
 Rossma ms oil Backing For preserving, softening. and renewing the appearance of Harness, Carriage tops, &c. Made to order all kinds of double and sin gle Harness of superior style and workman ship, and of the best material. 3m9
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
E.. $. StedssaYa,

SHARON. A TrORNEY and Councillor at Law ar A Agent for thecollection ot Soldiers Boun ty. Back Pay and Pensions sharon. Oct I'd 1862. t26
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07

Wings Farina Crackers. fB- TRY THEM ..E1 At BISHOP & SED6WICK'S. April ph, 1868.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
DENTAL NOTICE.

WES|ES5SD = " L1N TIT VIZ DULLAho ? 1O
 Y Cash, will, for the next six monts F '16C pay for a full Set of Upper Teeth ee Is Carat Gold, and warranted to it. and HSads better than any made for the same price n H,rtford, as don't as yet, for the want of hasiuess. whip the Cat to get work.
 [ will bs found at the old Stand whose have besn for the ptst five years over the Post of 6ca. South Street. Litchfeld.
 Thaakful for the liberal patronage I have rooeivei for years past, hope, by closest ap. n1isation to nay own business, to merit and re- S4ive a continuance of the same.
 .s...-.-.. E. CRosSMAN
 NitehR4lds Jan. 1862. tsS7
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
Maa.IOl ii1u SC.

s SPENCER, PRoPiLEioR, LIrCHF HELD. Ca COaa- 5L
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
Hofiister & fiickOx,

TroINIES < COUNSELL0RS AT LAW A OkSs ia S.saO-Es 8u;- Litchheia' Csan- ~
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07

The amount of gold and silver produced throughout the world in 1863, is estimated as follows:
 California s70,oOo,ooO; other portions of the United States S3oOOe; British Columbia s6,OoO 900; Mexico $25,OoO.o0O; South Amer ica sl3OOO,Ooo; Russia $22,oo0, ,O0o; Aus tralia s75,OOo,0O0; New Zealand or the Brit ish Colonies Sl2,oGo,OoO; other countries sis,000 .0OO-total amount s27O, O,Oo0,o00 or quadrupe the product before the discovery of gold in California. Nearly all this increase has been in the United States and in the South Pacific Islands, including Australia.
 The wit deservedy won his bet who, in com papy where every one was bragging of his tall relations. wagered that he himself had a broth CT twelve feet high. He had. he said. two ha's hsuthaas, cay:i measuring s:& feet"
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
Chas. HOtchhIss & SO:l,

ENaS. HOtChhl&S N SOsR,
 wOLsOrTEILLE. CONN, wnHACTICAL ARCHITECTS AND BUILD ERS. Manufacturers of Sash, Doors. Blinds, Mouldings, &c , and Dealers ln Lumber sf all kinis.
 Saving and Flaming done at sho -t notice. March f. 1861. Ii 46
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
A SKETCH OF GEN. GRANT.

Hon. Isaac N. Morris of Illinois, contrib utes a sketch of the life of Gen. Grant to the Washington Intelligenca', from which we quote:
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
George Nj. Woodruff,

A TTO1NSI AND COUNSELLOR AT LA W, A ami C0Ea saIsslJarT Uf Dee Is Tor the state CT New f~rk- LI.cHTeid t;onn-
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-07

BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, Of all descxiptiOns. neatly and promptly done.
, 1864-12-13

been irretricVab1e. And they at last walked
up:o the state Of facts and behold the long.
expected light battery made its appeara' ce II
the road, and began 70 pay, lis iron compli-
welcome shape Of Kotchlziss' shell and
12-pounder round shot. They failed. how
ever, to get the exact range, and the men were
constantly advancing, bnt few were hurt.
Gen. Porter immediately ordered forward q
aeetion of the Sd New York Artillery, aud in
ronndc: brass guEs pitching Shell inio the
battery. About 50 minutes sufficed to silenca
the two rebel gnns, and they were withdrawn
and our troops marched on for mile or 60
unmolested.
Suddenly the head Of an advancing column
VAS ealuted with another installment ofshe1i
and 12-poundcr round shot, when the iine
was ordered forward at once, and In A verv
few minutes the entire front Of the co1um1
vas closely engaged. It was discovered -that
tho enemy had an enclosed fort mountin-
four heavy guns, which completely command,
and also the road which 1t would be necessary
for them to take to reach GrahamYille. Theyy
had also on the outside of their fort a linz n
rile-pits, from which they poured in upon M a.
a heavy fire, while In the woods On our rlght
they also had infantry posted, so that as our
trated fire Of fmuskcctry from the ride pits ] md
the lower front Of the fort and the WOODS,
wbi1e from the pa1apet Of the fort they war;
bctng moved down by continuous CHARGES of
grape aud canister. The fire was terrible. but
our men stood it braycIy and returned vnl1cv
for yolley, While the artillery WIS rapidly
brought into position and the fort vas yieor-
ously shelled-
charge WIS ordered and the 35th United
States colorcd infantry went in with a cheer.
They, however, found 1t impossible to hold
their ground under the tremendously de-
tire after gallant fight in which they suffer
cd severely. It was now discovered that
there was not solid ground enough to admit
of the advance Of more than a single rrp}-
ment at time, and that It was impossible 70
assault the works from the tanks, owing to
the swampy ground. However, regiment
nfter regiment was sent in, IN the hope that
they might be able to carry the fort by sheer
bulldog bravery.
Here Col. Hartwell, Of the 55th sraasa.
chusetts volunteers, who commanded the Cd
brigade, WAS struck BY muskct ball and fell
i1! into the swamp, which jnst here was covered
obliged to wade. Gol. Hartweii would have
been drowned had not one Of his Lieutenants
seized him and insisted him from the field.
While be was being carried of he was struck
twice more.
At this point Gen. Patten had his horse shot
under him.
When Col. Hartwell fell, his p1ace was In
stant1y taken by Col. Quincy, Of the 137th
New York, who sprang to the head Of the |
brigade, and throughout the remainder OF the |
action, handled the men in the most gallant |
and effective STYLE. Lieut. Col. Woodford,
who led the 127th into the fight, had very
narrow escape, mimic ball taking OF strip |
of skin from bis face.
The fight at this point lasted from about / |
O'Clock b. m. till dark, when our forces fell |
back to q safe position about three miles from
, 1864-12-13
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GENERAL FOSTEK,S OPER-
ATI0NS.
The Battle OF Honey Hn1-Dcspernte
Attack on a Rebel Fort-Our Forces
In Excellent Position.

The Port Royal correspondent of The New
York Times, writing December 8, gives the
following account Of Gen. Fosters late bat
tie, which the rebels have been claiming Is
great victory:
The Engineer having now ascertaiucd the
right road to GraAamsville, the column was
once more put In motion, and at nine o'clock
wns fairfy under way. The road led for miles
through thick swamp, through which our
lankers and our skirmish line had the great
est difficulty in penetrating. Owing to this
very trouble, and as it was Of course neccs-
Eary to have the ski1mishers precede the main
body, our advance Was slow. The road was
little more than causeway through swamp
md was go narrow that our regiments Tere
compelled to march by the flank, and keep
well closed up that no time might be lost.
This arrangement, which, owing to The nature
Of The ground, could not be bettered, gave
our enemies almost perfect control OF, or
power over opr men. We were. marching in
solid column along narrow road from which
wccoull not escape on either flank without the
greatest difIlculty-the road stretched awayin
front Of us, as straight as line and rs level
Us table, and the universal comment Of the
officers on the position, was sort Of wonder
Ing astonishmcnt TINT the rcbs did not plant
a battery in the road md shell the advancing
column. It certuin1y appeared that even q
single Eun, properly served, could cut our line
tu pieces III a very few minutes. Col. ".
Ames, our Chief Of Artillery, WIS lost in mil
itary wonder at the failure OF the foe to take
instant advantage Of a position, and of a set
oi circumstances, which, to his trained eye,
seemed to promise for them an almnst certain
success, and for Us disaster that would have