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Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-08
The Volunteers Vision.

 Last light as lay in the rain. ..--- And looked up to heaven through the night, A vision came Der me and lighted my brain With glory that never will flood it again This side of the River of Light. And heard sweet sound as it came, Like the futter of featbery wings. And the voice of 6 sersph kept calling my name, And her breath in my tressss went playing As the air in an instruments strings. told my wild heart to be still, .-.. That the vision was nought but dream, For knew not that over the amethyst hill The feet of my darling had wandered at will On the banks of Eternity stream. 1 said to the seraph. winged bird, 0, why have you come from the West? And she told how the leaves of the forest
 were stirred By the feet of the angels who brought her the
 word
 Of land where the weary may rest. She said she was tired and faint, And her heart was all covered with snow; The angels they heard her unuttered com
 plaint, They called her, and brought her the robes of
 saint,
 And she said she was ready to go. told her the blossoms were sweet In the meadows the same as of yore, But she showed me the dew on her sparkling
 feet They had caught of the lilies that bordered
 the street
 By sands of the Paradise shore. asked her how long must wait Before should meet her afar, And prayed her unfold me the book of my
 fate, But she vanished and passed through the
 crystalline gate
 She had left in her coming ajar. Dear Hugh, there's battle day, And perchance may happen to fall; If I'm not ct the call of the roll you may say A goodbye to the boys in my name, for may Have said "aye" to an angels call.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-08

Our navy has become in reality powerful arm. It's new gunboats are models of naval architecture: its guns are the most formidable in the world, and its iron-clads have changed the whole course of armored ship building in Europe. The few disasters encountered in this war by our navy are only such as are in- cident to all great wars, and have not been SC. irons in then consequences. Victory has been it's record so generally as to form a sub feet of wonder when compared with the rever- ses on land. Yet this navy has nearly all been created by the present department, for when the war broke out we were almost pow. erless at sea. Surely, then the iDcessant de. nunciation of the able Secretary of the Navy, whose labors have been so we'll directed and so successful, are without any other excuse than mere reckless partisan zeal.--Philadel-, phid North Ansericdn
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-08

THE Qu1RKs OF THE SoLDIERs-Tbe habits of rough and perilous life tend often to sharpen the wits of those engaged in it. Our returning soldiers give evidence of this in ma. ny ways Last evening, for instance, we had two exhibitions of the quirks by soldiers, each moved by different impulses. One, corporal, very drunk. was leaning against telegraph pole on Third street, and when accosted pleas. antly by pedestrian, was desired to pass on, 7" Pass oni' replied the inebriated corporr, sand don't disturb the court martial. We are trying drunken corporal, and find him puiltv of disgracing his uniform. So pass on. citi, zen, while I reduce the corporal to the ranks J The corporal suited the action to the word bv tearing the zaipes from his own sleeves:-Has. ,isbusg .Isseraph.s, 2. -.,.s+.-7F
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CHAPTER LXvIIk


 An Act to confirm the doings of Assessors
 and Boards of Relief, in certain cases.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Representatives, in General Assembly conven ed !:
 That in all cases where the assessors or board of relief in any towns have been elected at meeting not legally warned for that pur- pose: and in all cases in which the as sessors in any town have omitted to post notices, or publish the same in accordance with the provisions of the third section of an act entitled 6 An Act for the Assessment and Collection of Taxes" and in all cases in which assessors have omitted to sign, or re- turn, or make oath to, an abstract of the as sessment lists oe their respective towns, or to lodge the same in the town clerks office in said town by the fifteenth day of December in each year, or have not included in said abstract lister part of the list of any person; and in all cases in which said assessors haFesnot e&gBed the same individually, az for districts os societies ia said towns, or have not signed
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We learn that Gen. Mcclellan declares pri- vately among his friends that he cannot and will not endorse the Peace platform construct ed for him at Chicago. What is the use of such humbug? He is nominated on that plat form he was nominated after that platform had been adopted with but few dissenting votes, and those mostly Of men who wished it made more abject than it is; and he would not have been nominated if it had been under stood that he would not accept that platform. The candidates and the platform are indivisi ble: the principles are of far more consequence than the men. It speaks we'll for Gen. NJ. s West Point training that he is ashamed of his company; but this amounts to nothing unless he tramples the vile thing under his feet. He cannot disencumber himself of the platform and yet receive the votes of those who support him for it's sake.-N F. Tribune
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RECEPTION OF THE Nox1sAr1ox.--The spe- cial of the N. Y. Tribune telegraphs from Chi cago:
 "The nomination has been responded to with great enthusiasm By the Mcclellan men, who were noisy before, but the peace men shake their heads doubtfnlly. The minority ot the Illinois, Ohio, and Iowa delegates were quite indignant, although externally ap pearan- ces were harmonious. ValIandigham's m otion to make the nomination unanimous was re garded as bill for the support of war demo- crats at home where he proposes to run again for Congress. The real votes of the conven- tion before any votes were changed, stood; Mcclellan l63. Ant-C Clelan 55.
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CHAPTER LXxH. An Act for the protection of Fish in Taunto

CHAPTER LXXu. , An Act for the protection of Fish in Taunton
 Pond.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly conven. ed:
 SEQ. l. That no person or persons shall draw any seine in Taunton Pond. in the town of Newton, in the county of Fairfield, on pen alty of forfeting ten dollars and the seine so used one half to him who shall sue therefor. and prosecute his shit to effect, and ono half to the treasury of the town of New1own. 5
 SEC. 2. No person shall take, destroy. or carry away from the aforesaid Taunton pond, in the town of Newtown. in the county os Fairfield, aay fish, between the first day of January and the first day of March in each year. Any person so offending shall forfeit and pay fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty dollars for each and every offence 80 committed; one half to him who shall sue therefor, and prosecute his shit to effect, and the other half to the treasury ,f the town of Newtown. t 'N"H a
 Approved. July 9th, 1864.
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CHAPTER LXXI.

 An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act for the relief of inselvsnt Debtors, and for the more equal distribution of their effects among their creditors"
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly conveu. ed:
 That tho Court of Probate before which any estate is, or may be pending for settlement under the provisions of the act in which this act is in addition, may at any time either be- fore or after the report of the commissioners on such estate shall have been returned to said court, for sufficient cause order the hearing before said commissioners to be opened, and may limit further time, not exceeding six months, for the presentation of claims to said commissioners; prooided, that notice of such limitation and of the time and places of tho meeting of such commissioners shall be given in the same manner now provide by law in the case of the original limitation of a time for the presentation of claims to commissioners under said act.
 Approved, July 9th 1864.
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DELIGHTS OF RECRUITING IN REBEL STATES 1he following extract from private letter from ono of the Connecticut recruiting agents in rebel states, tells much better than we can do it the causes which have made their mission | failure. The writer had no idea that his let ter would appear in print:
 "After nearly two weeks spent in careful thought and delberation, my mature judge ment is that recruiting in this district is one of the greatest humbugs these eventfuf times have yet produced. Want of money for the first week gave the Connect cut missionaries & back seat, and the studied acts of the military authorities here to thwart and prevent enlist. ments have set the entire company of devo- ted, j" self sacrificing" men who compose the large delegation from the different States. has set us all back in the cooling shade, with DO men to enlist, nothing to do but reflect on the mutahility of General Orders No. 227, under which we came out here.
 l succeeded Saturday, the first day I had m 5ney, ia enlisting eight men. Fonr passed the doctor, but before csuld get them mus tered in one ran away, one was sick with small pox in my office, and the other two proved to be deserters. Such, nay dear friend, is life.- Gen. -, who succeeded Gen. in command here, makes an honest living from day to day in writing orders of the most strin- gent character. Saturday all the horses ana mules in town were seized for army uses,-to- day every man is to be enrolled in the militia, = so we are contemplating seas of blood. and life in Richmond as among the events of the happy future. The lines have been closed-no man, woman, child, or mule, being allowed . pass to ge outside. This renders it difficult to pick up the recruits, and even if we went out side the lines the rebs completely fill the coun- try, making it very risky for recruiting agents to pursue their honest calling. Most of the B. ge nts here are anxious to get back to America, but l. like Mir. Micawber, am "waiting for something to turn up."
 The major and myself still occupy " broad national grounds finding our chief joy in re- membering that the wind is tempered to the shern lamb, and the wind don't always blow the same way. We may do something yet
 Our friends the rebels are planting batteries on the river both above and below this point, rendering trip either way quite interesting as person can see more war in one journey in these parts than some whole regiments have in an entire campaign in Virginia. don't seem to see where the men to serve as substitutes for those anxious gentlemen who have regis tered their names are going to be procured. l hope they will be found. for with what pride the children of this generation will remember. !" My father sent substitute to the war ]" There will be little of the old revolutionary flavor about it, you know. My opinion is. we have all got to go before the thing is done."
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THE CHICAGO CoNvENT1oN.---rhe triumph of the Peace men appears to have been as complete as they desired. As soon as Mo Clellan was nominated, we are assured instruc- tions were immediately sent to the ultra Peace and Secession organ here, to quietly accept MCCLELLAN, but proclaim aloud the snim- peachably pacific character of the platform. The keynote thus given from the West we shall, to day, find followed to the last demi-se miquaver. Keep the platform in the fore front" says the quondam War Democrat, "and distribute among the people your miniatures of the young Napoleon" ,. This is an arrangement that will work we'll enough probably for three days-while the Roman candles, and the blue lights. and the transparencies, and the flags, and the drums, supply the place of sober and rational argu- ment. But when these accessories are ex- hausted, people will demand to know what it all means-this hoistiug of stupendous mil itary hero, burning for service on the gory field, upon few rickety and rotten peace planks.-N 7. Times.
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STRONG SPEECH OF GOVERNOR MoRToN.- At Indianapolis, on the 29th ultimo there was grand reception of several returning regi- l ments. Governor Morton made stirring ad-
 dress to the soldiers, in the course of which
 he discussed the question of an armistice as 1 follows: @ - ..-
 "It requires two parties to make an armis-
 tice, aud Jeff. Davis has already declared that
 he demands withdrawal of our armies from
 the South necessary preliminary to any ne- gotiation. Who shall ask for an armistice
 Shall our government sue for terms at the feet of the South ? Will this audience of sol l diers agree to that? [Cries of "No no!'] But what does an armistice mean? It means
 to cease operations in front of Atlanta; it
 means to lose the hold on Richmond; it means
 to stop ,Farragut at Mobile. As every ono
 knows, diplomacy takes great deal of time,
 and probably at last would fail. Can we 1 spare enough of the weather now left us for
 military operations te be frittered away in ar mistice, and then find ourselves carried into
 the winter, when our campaign must necessa- | rily close? Can we afford that now! But
 who believes the rebels will voluntarily come
 back into the Union, and give up those very l ideas for which they have suffered the horrors
 of long and bloody war? especially, if we
 are to acknowledge by asking an armistice
 that we are unable to conquer them?
 "Can we coax them back? If we try that,
 we shall have to agree to pay their war debt; to give pension to their widows and or
 phans and maimed soldiers we shall have to
 pay the damage that has been done to the
 southern states during the war; and more than all, we will have to engraft into our con 1 stitution the doctrine of secession. Suppose we succeed. When we come to voting money to pay the war debt of the South, or to pen
 sion their soldiers, or to reimburse them, for
 damages, abolition Massachusetts, abolition
 Ohio, abolition Wisconsin, will tell us 'We
 did not want an armistice; we wanted to fight this out; but as you have acknowledged secession in your constitution, we will quiet ly walk out.' In this way the Union would go to pieces, and the country we tried to save, be broken up by the very compromise that was intended to preserve it. We can make
 no compromise but what will break up the
 government. The only way to get out of the
 war is to fight it out. CApplause.1
 "But these peace men say the North is ex-
 hausted. Are we exhausted? The cost of l this WIT is not one-half of the profits of the
 country. We have never been as wealthy as ] now, and there are three millions of men in
 the North that have not yet shouldered a mus ket in this war Are we exhausted? Genc- | ral Grant has the rebellion by the throat in
 front of Richmond, and the General has told
 United States Senator that he would not let go his hold, even if New York, Philadelphia
 and Washington should be burned. [Ap- ! plause. Sherman is all right at Atlanta. | and we will crush this rebellion if we are not pulled off by the traitors at the North"
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Approved July 9th, 1864.
CHAPTER Lyy

CHAPTER LXX,
 An Act in addition to " An Act to provide for
 Bounty to Volunteers, and for other pur.
 poses"
 Whereas. The Congress of the United States has passed an act authorizing the executives of the several States not in rebellion, to send recruiting agents into any of the States decla. red to be rebellion, except the States of Ar kansas, Tennessee and Louisiana, and to re- cruit volunteers under the provision of said act, who shall be credited to the State, and to the respective subdivisions thereof which may procure the enlistment; Noao. Meretore, to make said act available to this State in filling its quotas of troops for the national armies Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly conven. ed:
 SEQ. l. The executive of this State is here- by authorized to appoint one or more agents for this State 10 proceed to the said States in rebellion not excepted by said act of Congress, there to recruit volunteers for the armies of the United States to be applied on the quota of this State, which recruit shall be credited to this State at large; and said executive of this State may fix the compensation of such such agents, not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars for all expenses for each vol- 1 unteer obtained and mustered into the service of the United States, to be credited to this State such compensation to be fixed with re- ference to the locality where the recruitment is made, and with further reference to .he ex- penditurs of time and money required in pro curing such volunteers.
 SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from the d y of its passage.
 Approved, July 9th, 1864.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-08
PUBLIC ACTS. PASSED MAY SESSION, 1864.
CHAPTER Lxy.

CHAPTER Lxv.
 An Act in addition to "An Act to provide for
 the payment of Bounty to Volunteers, and
 for other purposes" approved January 18th
 A. b., 1864, which said act is continued in
 force by an oct passed at the present ses.
 sion.
 Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly conven. ed
 SEC. |. Every person who shall hereafter enlist in the naval service of the United States shall be entitled to receive from the State, the same bounties, together with the same sum for the support of his family, provided such fami ly shall actually reside in this State, at the time of his enlistment, as are paid to persons who enlist in the military service of the Unit ed State, and are credited to this State pay ment to be made upon the same conditions anG in the same manner as now provided by law provided, that this act shall not apply to any person who enters the naval service of the United States as commissioned officer and provided further, that if the term of enlist ment in the navy shall be less than three years such proportion of three hundred dollars boun ty shall be paid as said term bears to three years.
 SEC. 2. Every person who has been, or shall hereafter be transferred from the military to the naval service of the United States who at the time of such transfer, was, or shall be credited to this State, and who does or shall remain credited to this State, after such trans fer, shall continue to receive the same for the support of his family as he would receive had not such tranfer been made provided, such family shall actually reside in this State at the time of his enlistment
 SEC. 3. Every person who shall procure en listments into the naval service of the United States, under the provisions of this act, shal be entitled to receive the same sum as now provided by law for procuring volonteer: for the military service of the United States
 SEC. l. The act shall take effect from tho day of its passage.
 Approved, July 9th, 1864.
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George M, Woodruff,
DENTAL NOTICE.

~,.exs> TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS (s26 Cash, will, for the next six month NuVrYD pay for full Set of Upper Teeth on IS Carat Gold, and warranted to it,. and m .ds better than any made for the same price n H.rtford, as don't as yet, for the want oi husiness. whip the Cat to get work.
 I will be found at the old Stand whose have Bcen for the past five years., cser the Post Of hde, South Street. Litchfeld.
 Thaskful for the liberal patronage l have roceivsl for yours past, hope. by closest ap- pjication to my own business, to ncrit and re. Geivs a continuance of the same.
 E. CROSSMAN
 Litchfeld, Jan. 1862. tf37
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-08

EFFECT OF McCLELLANs NOMINATION the day it was known here the thermometer fell several degrees. The barometer fell the day before. Even bread wouldn't rise. Gold hap pened to go up. .. ---. 'a
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The Maine State election takes place Sept. 18th The campaign is spirited, and tse 'IepubEcAps expect to carry the state by aa fh creased majority. -'.'1 '' '.7I
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CHAPTER LXTI.

An Act in addition to an Act entitled "An
 Act authorizing the United States to ac-
 quire title to lands therein named and ce-
 ding jurisdiction thereto" approved Decem
 Der 24th, 1863. ,.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Representatives, in General Assembly conven ed:
 That SO much of section fifth of s'An Act authorizing the United States to acquire title to lands therein named and ceding jurisdiction thereto" approved December 24th, 1862, as requires the payment by the United States to the city of New London of the sums expend ed hy said city to procure title to lands for a site for Navy Yard, be and the same is here by repealed.
 Approved, July sth, 1864.
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CHAPTER LXIX.

An Act in addition to and in alteration of an
 act establishing the State Reform School.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly conven. ed;
 sEc. l. Persons under ten years of age may be admitted to the State Reform School by the approval of the trustees of said school, provided no person shall be admitted for pe- riod than nine months.
 SEC. Z So much of any act as inconsistent with the foregoing be and the same is hereby repealed.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-08

During vallandiRham's public speech in Chicago, several hundred rebel symrathizers openly cheered for.,Jeff. Dayis. So says Mr. Sam. Wilkeson, of the 1fibwns, who was oa the spot. ~f.
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and that is, by conquering back it's rebellious parts. This We are doing day by day-and doing well. What anbe better done than Grant and Sherman and Farragut are doing What is more full of hope and promise than the general military situation to day? Moth ing but good auguries everywhere For as the lightning that lightens in the east lghten- eth also unto the west, so is the fiery storm that is gathering to break upon Richmond Atlanta. and Mobile. o troubled hearts, pray
 ingfo the salvation of the country-courage and good cheer! A crown of victory is now falling through the air which will in due time alight upon our glorious banner L-ladepeudeai
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-08

AN INCIDENT OF THE CHICAGO CONVENTION When Mir. Harris, of Maryland, was walk ing towards his seat, after being declared out of order because of the remark that if Nc Clel- Ian was nominated he would not support him, person, not delegate, although sitting with in the circls, said to him :"You ought to be turned out ofthe Convention, you damned trai- tor," whereupon Mir. Harris turned round and knocked him out of his chair. This incident contributed much to the general confusion, which prevailed for several minutes.
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David c. Buckley,

HEALER IN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE D of all kinds and prices, Chairs, Tables, Bureaus, Bedsteads and Coains. Also. Picture Frames. Toilet Stands and Sofas made and | old with neataess. elegance and despatch. Warehouse, West St.. MtchGeld, Conn. lys9 F