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CHAPTER LII,

CHAPTER LIII An Act for the Encouragement of Fisheries 7 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly conve- ned:
 No person, for the purpose of taking bass, shall use any spear, seine or net in either of the lakes known as Washines, Washining and Train Lake, in Salisbury, in this state, for the term of three years from the first day of July 1864; and every person so offending shall be punished by fine not exceeding seven dollars for each and every offence so committed by such person. Approved, July 9th, 1864.
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Approved, July 9th, 1864.
CHAPTER LIv.

An Act in addition to An Act providing for
 the payment of bounty to the families eff
 Volunteers.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly conven- ed
 SEC. l. That in addition to the sworn cer- tificate of the physician, provided in the se cond section of an act entitled "An Act in addition to Act to provide for the erganiza- tion and equipment of Volunteer Militia and to provide for the Public Defence,' passed at the May session, A. D. 1861. approved July 10th, 1863, there shall aiso be presented by the selectmen of towns to the comptroller. st the time application shall be made fer the bounty provided by said act, further certificate sign.
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Bishop & Sedgwick,

HREALERs in DRY GOODS, READY MADE H Clothing. Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Oroekery, Groceries, &c., &c., West Street, Litchfeld, Conn.
 0. D. BISHOP. T. 8. sEDGwlcK.
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CHAPTER LXII.


 An Act in addition to an Act concerning Do-
 mestic Relations.
 Be it enacted by tie Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly conven- ed:
 SEC. l. That whenever court of probate shall appoint some person to be guardian Of a minor child, other than the parents of such child, said court may, for sufficient cause, con- stitute and appoint such person guardian as aforesaid, to have the control over the person of such minor, as we'll as the charge and man agen1ent of his or her estate. Es.... g..,. SEc. 2. The court of probate within whose district any minor resides, shall have power to appoint some person other than the parents of such minor guardian of such minor, when it shall be shown to said court upon a proper written application, either by the relatives of such minor. or by the selectmen of the town where such minor resides. that the parents of such minor, either by reason of their intem- perance, cruel treatment, abandonment, or wanton neglect of such minor are not fit and proper persons to have the care of such minor child, or children prorided, that due notice of such application shall in all cases be given to the parents of such minor.
 Approved, July 9th, 1864.
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CHAPTER LXI.

CHAPTER LxI.
 An Act in addition ts " An Act to provide for the Payment of bounty to Volunteers and
 for other purposes" e ra.,g
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives, in General Assembly con- vened:
 SEC. l. That in case of the death of any person who, by reason of having enlisted into the military or naval service of the United States shall be, at the time of his death, en- titled to receive uny bounty from this State, such bounty shall be payable to the widow of such person; if tbere be no widow, then to his child or children, And if minors, to the guar dian or guardians of such child or children; if there be no child or children, then to the fa- ther if there be no father. then to the mother of such person; and if there be none of the rel atives aforesaid, then to be payable according to law. And the paymaster general is hereby authorized to make payment according to the provisions of this act, taking proper vouchers therefor.
 SEC. 2. Any bounty due from the State te any person, for having enlisted into the militia " or naval service of the United States, who has heretofore died before receiving the same shall Se payable by the paymaster. general in the order and manner prescribed in the first section of this act.
 SEC 3. This act shall take effect on the day of it's passage. ..
 Approved, July 9th, 1864.
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CHAPTER LXIII.

CHAPTER LXIII.
 An Act in addition to "Au Act to provide for
 the payment of bounty to volunteers, and
 for other purposes" passed at the adjourn
 ed special session, January, A. D., 1864, and
 approved January, A. D., 1863, which act
 has been extended by an Act passed at the
 present May session. A. D., 1864.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly con- vened s~+
 SEC. l. All persons who have, on and since the first day of July, A. D.. 1863, enlisted or re-enlisted into the military service of the United States, either in the volunteer, veteran reserve, veteran or regular forces of the United States, and been credited to this State, shall be entitled to receive the three hundred dollars bounty provided by the act to which this is in addition and said bounty shall be paid, though said persons shall not have been accredited to towns where they were enrolled, or had their residences, if not enrolled at the time of their enlistment, payment shall be made by the pay master general upon the evidence of such en- listmeht, muster and credit to the state, fur nished to the war department of the United States, or by the adjutant general of this state or from any other official source satisfactory to said payHaster general. procided, the provis ions of this act shall not extend to any substi tute and provided further, that this act shall not extend to any person who shall have in tentionaIly enlisted and applied upon the quo- ta of any other town than that in which he re. sided or was enrolled, for the purpose of ob. taining greater bounty than the three hun dred dollars provided by the act to which this is in addition. ~-a 70
 SEC: g.. All payments of bounty heretofore made by the paymaster-general to the persons who have enlisted, or re enlisted, and been mustered into the military service of the United States, on and since the first day of July, A. D, le63 in any military organization of the state in the field, or in the regular army, or eteran reserve corpslof the United States, and
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Special Notice.

special Notice.
 All persons having accounts due us, H a.u same oasaess,y as saa m requested to pay the 2 to buy all es,ods for cash, need 'ths the N: B.-Greenbacks good ,o;Yb ,,. for the next sixty days. ' "s j Respectfully, BISHOP & SEpcw,,r
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ube Gitfbhela @'1qnirer, Published every Thursday morning, by JAMES HUMPHREY, JR., Tn Lords Building next to the Court House
 L1TCHF1ELD, CONN.
: TERMS.

TERMS.
 SUBSCRIPTION PER ANNuM. Village subscribers Cby carrier) and single mal nn subscribers, In Advaace, ...... :....., s2.oo Snhscribers of carriers route, and mail subscribers, in bundles, In AdUanee.. 2'oo Single copies, 5 cents:
 f8 Postage Free within this County. .. ADVERTISING.
 Fourteen lines or less-1. or weeks, l0o Probate % and other legal notices at usual rates. Yearly at the oe,nmo .i,;~J column s25: one fourth column SIS. Business Notices not exceeding halfa square, S3 per annum. Obituary Notices and Poetry five cents line.
 BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, Of all descriptions neatly and promptly done.
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discretion of the court having cognizance of the offence: Approved, July 9th, 1884.
CHAPTER LvuI.

CHAPTER LVuI.
 An Act in addition to sAn Act concerning
 Crimes and Punishments.n
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives iu General Assembly conven- ed: ssn
 Every person who shall keep Maintain disorderly house, house Whefe leNd disso- lute or drunken persons resof et ia house where drinking, carousing, dancing or fighting is permitted to the disturbance of the neigh bors, shall be punished by imprisonment in a common jail for a term not exceeding three months, or by fine not exceeding one hun dred dollars, or by such fine and imprisonment both. Approved, July 9th, 1884, |
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CHAPTER LIX. ...-as

aaa ,@ps CHAPTER LIx. IA ... ..-. An Act in addition to 'An Act Concerning
 Crimes and Punishments." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly conven- ed:
 That any person who shall willfully sell, or offer to sell, the flesh of any animal or fowl which was killed when diseased or which died of disease, or shall sell poisonous drinks or adulterated and drugged liquors knowing them hundred dollars, or suffer imprisonment ia the common jail not exceeding six months.
 Approved, July 9th, 1864.
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CHAPTER LX.

o!11Hi TT. 111H. . &' An Act concerning Railroad Corporations. <. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives. in General Assembly conven ed
 SEC 1. That no railroad contractors or stockholders in any railroad corporation in this State, shall be allowed to vote on any stock subscribed for by them to be paid in work or materials unless they shall have paid in full in the manner agreed, all assessments or installments legally called by such corporation on said stock.
 SEC g. No subscriber to the capitalrstock of any railroad corporation in this State shall be allowed to vote on any of said stock unless all assessments, or installments legally called by such corporation shall have been paid in full. Approved, July 9th, 1864.
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J. F. WALKER. Over the Post Office, South-st., Litch6eld, Ct,
 Manufacturer and dealer in Saddles, Harness, Brides, Hahers, Whips Lashes, Sockets, Surcingles, Orna.
 ments, Trimmings, Gc.
 Rossman's Oil Backing For preserving, softening, and renewing the appearance of Harness, Carriage tops, &c. Made to order all kinds of double and gin gle Harness of superior style and workman ship, and of the best material. 39
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aWltn tfllS act shall be kept as Q separate fupQ, to be entitled the Dog Fund, And the select men of each town shall meet, on or before the first Monday of October, in each year, to dis tribute such fund to the owne; of sheep which have been killed by dogs, in each town during the year; and if the receipts from said fund during the year shall not be equal to the dam. age sustained by the owners of sheep, then the selectmen shall distribute the avails of such fund to each of such sheep owners proportion ably to the amount of loss sustained by them prooided, that DO person shall receive under this act larger amount than that assessed to him by the board of selectmen for damages re- ceived. s4.''l -s .- % A3 issfaea
 SEC. '. Whenever any person, resident in any town in this state, shall sustain any dam age from sheep being killed or maimed by dogs. he shall, within twenty-fonr hours after he has knowledge of the same, give Information to the selectmen, or one of them and then, but not otherwise, it shall be the duty of the select men of such town to institute an inquiry into the ownership of such dog ordvgs, and to com. mence suit in the name of lhe treasurer of such town against' the owner of such, dog or dogs, if residing within thea limits of such town and 1t sad owner or owners shall not be residents of the townin which the darfiaps was done, then suit shall be instituted ogainst '"S 'o"u oA CO"Ho WhSIC 6uCH OWUer. or 0Wn-- CTS reside, unless such owner or owners or town or towns, shall, on notice, promptly pay to the treasurer of the town where such sheen were killed or maimed, the amount of sach damages and the reasonable expense attendingth the same. q. SEC 8. Whenever any monies known as the Dog Fund shall not besneeded for the nur- poses described in section six of this act, in any town in this state, it shall be lawful for spch town to use the same for the payment of bonn. ties authorized in section four of this act. or for ordinary town expenses, and tile treasnrer of such town shall keep an account of ali mon. les so used, and said town shall be liable .to re- fund the same whenever it shall be needed for the purpose for which it was collected.
 SEC. g. This act shall not affect ,,he collsc.. ing of any taxes which have been laid in nur. suance of existing acts ! or any suit now pend. ing, or any claim which has heretofore accrued under the law as it existed prior to the mass. :. SEC. 1Oag The act entitled "An.A Act in ad- ditlon to and ip alteration. of. An Act for the protection of Sheep Culture, 'o passed May ses- sion, 1863, and all actsiand parts of acts incon. s,stentwith the provisions of this act be ana the same are hereby repealed -si 1oi
 Approved, July 9th, 1864, !, sai
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-10-13
NEW TESTIMONIALS.
lFrom the Home journal, june 4th.l

. from the Home Journal, June 4th.1
In every business or profession, indeed in every
department Of science or skill, there IS always some
acknowledged htad-some one who stands out IN
bold relief among his fellows, as sort OF leader
In the study and treatment Of deafness and caarrh,
as special diseases, Dr. Il: B. LIeHTHiiL, Of thiis
city, occupies just the position above described;
He has devoted years Of labor to this speciality and
is now reaping the reward Of his industry. The
editorial columns of the Tribune. Of recent date.
bear witness to the Doctors success in this depart
ment of medicine. We quote the paragraph:
"CURE OF DEAF MUTE.--LouIs LoEwINsTEIN.
lad fourteen years of age, born in Germany, came
after his arrival here he was taken sick and lost his
hearing. BY degrees he became first deaf and then
dumb. For nearly ten years he was mute. unable
to hear the loudest voice, or to articuate word
About one year ago he was placed by his parents in
the hands of DIR. LI0HTHILL, who has so far sue
ceeded in restoring TO him his lost powers Of hear
ing and utterance that he can converse with those
who speak to him distinctly and deliberately. Dur
ing the past four or Eve months he has been under
the tuition Of Mr.. BENNEcKE, and has made consid-
cradle progress in reading and arithmetic"
Having been supplied with the lads address, we
that previous to calling on DR.. LIGHTHILL, the
youths case was considered hopeless and he for
two years an inmate Of the Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum. The Rev.. JOHN NoTT, DID,, Professor in
Union College, Schenectady, in published letter,
tenders his gratitude to Or. LIGHrHILL for treating
JEWELL, Professor Of the State Normal School at
Albany, also esties to having been cured OF caarrh.
DR.. LIGHTHILL possesses other testim0nials and
tributes to his talent from some Of our wealthiest
may be seen on application: 1t would be difficult
to speak in any but terms Of praise Of bis treatment
in the face of these many proofs and facts testify
ing to his success.
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Our Position before I,ichmend.
rrrom Tn. Ricbmopd Enquirer, Oct. el

from The Richmond Enquirer, fOct.oi Sf
1t appears from the best information at
command, that the enemy's position below
Richmond Is just about four miles anu
half from the corporate limits, ana aoout
mile and a half from our intermediate lincs
In that direction. Their line extends from
the Darbytown to the Newmarket roaus,
Chaffin's fChapin's) Blnff. Besides inclos-
Ing many residences which have never be-
fore been within hostile lines, the enemy's
position takes In the HenricO county poor
house. At the time of the enemy's advance.
there were weeks supplies ON hand for
the few inmates of the institution. The en-
eny will have probably removed them FUR
ther to the rear, and must, of course, take
care Of them, or send them within our lines.
Mcclellan was at one time about the same
distance from Richmond, and furthert0 the
north, when In the vicinity of Seven Pines
and Fair Oaks on the York river railroad.
On yesterday the enemy were still engaged
In strengthening their line, and may prob
ably continue until they make 1t as strong
as Gibraltar against direct attack
We are told, however, that 1t can be
flanked with the exercise of some.engineer-
ing skill. Fort Harrison, however, is the
main point now held by them, their more
uuNdlttu DOolblOiS lOi AOA WV pANSNHS
at least, a mere picket line. There was q
report on yesterday that hostile cavalry
were moving in the vicinity of Fosssell's
Mill, the locality of late battles, and out
further to the north, evidently reconnoiter-
ing the country. No positive evidence has
occurred to show that Grant has taken away
any portion of his troops from the north
side; If any have been removed their places
have been supplied by others who were
marched up the Peninsula. There is, how
ever, some reason to believe that maneu-
yer of this kind was put in practice by the
enemy, based upon the supposition that Lee
would be deceived into the belief that the
movement by the left was their real pur-
pose, and as soon as he should perceive that
they were marching troops back to the
south side, that he would take away his re-
Inducements from Chaffin's, and leave that
important position an easy prey to the
fresh troops secretly marched up by the
Peninsula. route. If this was really part
of the Federal plan, it has turned out tall
ure, complete and ridiculous.
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Indiana.

1t would seem almost miracle If the Alb
olitionists do not carry Indiana to-day. If,
perchance, they fail, their failure will prove
that the conservative party Is not only
strong, but tremendously strong in that
State. We have learned from unquestion-
able authority most startling fact, which
we are not now at liberty to disclose, in re-
gard to movements in very high official
quarters to carry the State for Lincoln at
every hazard. At nearly the whole of the
voting places in the State all the officers of
election are exclusively Abolitionists, and
there is positive and conclusive evidence
that there will be immense ballOt-box stuff
fling and vast importatiOns OF voters and
all sorts of illegal voting, far beyond any
thing ever known or dreamed of In past
times in any country. Add to this that all
the Lincoln officers and soldiers and all who
will consent TO vote for the Lincoln ticket on
this one occasion are paroled home from
while the Mcclellan officers and soldiers
must endure without a days respite the
hardships of war. And now we see that,
by order of the Secretary of War, the
thousands of Abolition soldiers, paroled
home to Indiana to elect the Lincoln ticket,
are to be passed over all the Indiana rail-
roads, the account to be charged to the JEFF
fersonville Railroad Company, and of course
paid from the United States Treasury -
Truly the dead weight of the mountains OF
corruption piled up by the Administration
would seem enough to sink continent to
the bottom of the 0cean.-L0uisUiile Journal,
Oct IL. rI.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-10-13

The Prince and Princess of Wales have
experienced such decided cold-shoulder-
ing in Denmark during their visit that 1t
has opened the eyesof Britons to what they
have always found it extremely difficult to
discern, or at least, to reali1e-their unpop-
ularity in Europe. Except at Helsinger
(Shakspeare's Elsinore), the place of debar-
kation, the royal party got absolutely, no
reception at all, the Danes going about
their daily business and, as an lrishman
would say, keeping on never minding
'em." 1t was 'the thing" in patriotic Dem
mark to profess entire ignorance as to the
presence and whereabouts of the young
couple and positively no curiosity as to
their movements. Hence the Prince (who
is not accustomed to such inditierence)
sensibly determined on not making the
failure more conspicuous by going to Copen-
hagen, preterring instead to remain IN COM
parative privacy at Fredensborg, under his
travelling alias of Baron Rcntrew, which
we all remember.
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,,.-,.,,u 0,a rrnnlxlin.

The gallant and unflinching Democracy
of our noble county have great cause to
feel proud--although we have lost our very
able and valuable Representative in Con-
gress. They have carried six wards OF
Iolumbus out Of the nine, and fourteen
,wnships of the eighteen in the county;
nd an aggregate majority ofl,Sl3 for COX
.ad the whole Democratic tlcket-a gain
{ 500 over last year. No man who lives
ut of this city car know the character OF
ie opposition we contend against. All the
over of the National Administration,
rough the Provost Marshals, their depu-
es-their big dogs and little dogs-and
angers on; the tax collectors and asses
,rs, who swarm like the locusts Of Egypt;
le entire power of the State Admnistra
.on, headed by that large lump of moral
lrpitude named BRoUGH, with his
undred or more lickspittles; his swarm of
,me sixty guards at the Penitentiary; his
uperintendents and deputies at the Luna
&c, Blind, Deaf and Dumb, and ldiotic Asy-
inns. who even lead the lame, the deaf,
and the blind to the polls, with ballots
which they vote-many of them knowing
not what they contain-and the city sur
rounded by camps, where the vilest tyran-
nv is exercised over the soldiers; where
money is expended by the thousands by
those who have made fortunes by tbieving
contracts from the Government. All this
and more than we can name, is in the field
against the gallant laboring people of our
noble county; and against all this have
they nobly triumphed by about seven hun
dred majority in the city, and THIRTEEN
HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN IN THE COUNTY
Thank God, the center of the State is sound
and invincible against all assaults.
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The following is the Democrats reply:

The following is the Democrats reply:
Mr.. -, iSir:-You were pleased to re-
turn tickets and paper sent you. AS to
your voting a white mans ticket" L am
glad to hear that you intend so to do, but
don't see why you were so hasty to return
to me the one sent you, rs it was the only
''white mans ticket" there is, as you would
have seen had you taken the pains to read.
it. If you vote any other you will vote the
'bldck mans ticket" sure. AS to the paper
how did you know it was ''rebel sheel?'
You returned it unopened and without
fold disturbed, justas you received it. You
did not read a word of it; if you had you
would have seen Gen. McClellan's letter of
acceptance, document that ''rebel sheets
don't publish, well knowing that If they
did it would do more towards breaking
down the Southern Confederacy than
Federal bayonets. The paper in question
has the reputation among all truly loyal
men OF being one of the uery best Union pa
-pers in the country. Supposibg you took
The New York Tribune, a paper which has
for years advocated the doctrine of the Ir-
repressible Conflict and dissolution Of the
Union; which has with the exception of
The Cincinnati Gazette done more to en-
courage the rebels in arms to hold out
against the Government, than any sheet In
hlc NOIIn, paper WHICH HIS luIiisucu III
years past the fuel which has fed the flame
of Southern fanaticism and Abolition big
Otry and prescription; paper which has
given aid and comfort to the rebels by pub
fishing all sorts of lies against the Demo-
cratic party, making the rebels believe the
Democrats in the North were ready to aid
them in their efforts to gain their independ-
ence; and presuming you to be a good loyal
man-in the true sense of the word-I
should have thought some good, loyal pa
per, one devoted to the Union and the Con-
stitution without any IFS or buts, would have
been very acceptable, and can only say that
my good opinion of your loyalty to the
Union is not confirmed by the display of
spite and bigotry manifested in the return
Of the favors sent you. Not Washington to
lose anything by the transaction, | inclose
you good two cent stamp to pay the post
age on your gentlemdaly ~ note.
Yours, for the Union, the Constitution
and the ''whte mans ticket" TO restore. both
to their original glory,