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CHAPTER XxIv.

CHAPTER xxIv. An Act to contth th tie doings of Towns in cer-
 tain cases.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly conven- ed:
 SEC. That when any town in this State has in any manner appropriated money to defray the expenses of raising volunteers, or for as sisting persons who have been drafted, who have, personally or by substitute. entered the service of the United States, to fill its quota, ,or has incurred e&pehses or. liabilities, Tor those purposes, or Where tthie selectmen or other a. gents of any town have incurred expenses or assumed liabilities, with the consent, and Iun- der the instructions, of the town. for the pur. poses aforesaid, the action of such town or towns is hereby ratified and confirmed and de- clared to be legal and binding upon the inhab- itants of such town or towns.
 SEC. 2. That in afi cases where bounties havc been voted by ahy town, to volunteers, to fiji the quota of such town, and mora than enough to fill such quota have enlisted in such town, upon the faith af such bounty, and entered the service of the United States, and such town shall have voted to pay such bounty to those who have enlisted in excess of said quota, the action of such town is hereby ratified and con 6rmed, and declared to be legal and Binding upon the inhabitants of such town.
 SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after the day pf it's passage.
 Approved, July 9th, 1864.
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CAPTAIN sEMN1Es, C. s. A. N.
JUNE l9. 1884.

Sunday morning the cavalier Captain Semmes. with his cap Q cock, Sailed from the friendly FSenehmans dock. Gaily along the rebel came, Under the flag of the cross of shame; Knight of the handcuff and bloody lash, He twisted the point of his red 9oustache, And svore, in English, not over nice, To sink our Yankee scum in a trice, Or burn our ship, as the thing might be, Where the eyes of Cherbourg all should s,e.
 "Heigh-ho! {! you don't say sol" Whispered his friend, little Jean Crapaud. Semhies had been wolf of the deep For many | day to harmless sheep; Ships he scuttled and robbed and burned, Watches pilfered and pockets turned And all his Flunder, bonds and gold He left for his Gallio friend to hold A little over prudent was he
 For a cavalier of high degree; And Raphael Semmes don't sound indeed, As if it came of the purple seed; But all the blood in his veins was blue. And his clay was porcelain through and
 through.
 Neigh .ho the Lord doth know We are but dirt, and our blood's so-so. What will the dotbty Captain do, With his British ship, his Bfinsh crew, His gunners, trained in the Excellent" The guns his cousin Blakely sent, His shot and shell at WpolHich made, Up to the top of his cliffs Crapaud Had clambered to see tie Sunday show; And his brother Bull. in his fancy yacht, Stood off and on towards the fated spot; And right across the bold Captains way The Kearsarge stefmed iii her war array. Heigh. .ho said Semmes, Lots blow That craft to splihters before we go.' semmes had heard, with his lip curl, 1h Cherbeurg, that some northern churl, Backed by gang of onion eaters, Waited the noble negro beaters. 's Shop keeping, peddling, vulgar knaves To stick their heads in open graves! 'Sdeath 'Swounds! '0ds bodkins Ha what Will they dare to light with gentlemen! 0 had my lance and shield and things, With which tilted at Sulphur Rprings! Or a troop of horse marines! Of course A knight is nothing without his horse"
 Neigh -ho this seemed to show Our hero's spirits were running low. Straight out to sea the Kearsarge drew, And Semmes, who follew all that flew; Followed, psthaps by some mistake; Close in his foeman's frothing wake. But when three leagues were gained from shore, Slowly ana grlmly the 1ankee Wores And our starry ensign leaped above, Round which the wind, like . futteritg dove, Cooed low, and the sdnshine of Gods day Like an open blessing on it lay;
 So we felt our frisndlsss ship would fight Full finder the great Disposer's sight. | Heigh-ho! 'tis well to know
 Who looks on the deeds done here below. semmes led the xalti and. .stsu;sk the tunsi Shots at the sea and at the moon
 The swashing, wasteful cavalier
 Scattering around him far and near.
 The saving Yankees squandered not
 An ounce of powder: or, pound of ,shot.a :;
 They held. their, peace tillths guns would tell Then out they burst like the mouths of hell
 Terrible, horrible! how they tore
 The Alabams, until the gore ...' From her bursting scuppers szaaatad sn' steamed-.
 The dying grosned, the woundad screamed ! "Heigh-ho" said Esmues, "lst's sho, The Yankees the heels we boast of sop
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l in my judgment, is the true reshlt. The game was, in all respects, fairly played; Young America Woodbury was fairly beaten; and he cheerfully gave in, by shouting lustily for his stronger brother crowned on the Washing. ton mountains. It must be cheerfully conce. ded, that that massive gun, mounted among the fastnesses of the Washington rocks, was rather too much for the small rifled cannon with which we here, as yet sometime disturb the echoes of our rural district. Young Amer ica here however, is, this morning, decidedly rampant; not cowed at all by the heavy deliv, cry oi that monster Washington ordinance; and, betwixt you and I, Mir. Editor, shrewd- ly guess, another trial of skill will again come of, not far from this county, wien Woodbury shall again be put thoroughly "ou its back, ? or that Washington gun be "spikee."
 Another word,. These two schools, at Washington and Woodbury, are at present do. ing no slight service to the cause of education. They have in training, tfT'oa, d;atr'oaa, between fifty and sixty pupils. MT. Bacon twenty, Mir. Gum between thirty and forty-a squad of resolute, intelligent young gentlemen, destined somewhere to set mark to their honor. of the Washington boys, it becomes me to Say, that they will not readily be beateh at any point, where manhood is concerned; and as to the Woodbury boys, I can only say, Pompe- raug " will look after them, and when a little more muscle has been developed they shall speak again, when it will bee "Greek meeting Creek
 The whole affair passed off delightfully."-. At it's close an entertainment was gotten up on MT. Bacons grofhds for over .one hundred of the youthful gentry,at which, judging from the smashing effects, was no difficult digestion, when the Washingtonians departed amid roa- sing cheers, and the feeling all around that the two towns would be more firmly cemented to- gether by this friendly "battle."
 Yours, &c.
 PoMPERAua.
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CHAPTER XIV.

An Act in relation to Town Orders.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly conven. ed:
 That it shall be lawful for the treasurer of any town in this State, at any time,to give no. ties to all persons holding orders drawn by the selectmen of such towu on the treasurer, to present shch orders for payment, on or before a.certain day to be fixed in said notice, which shall be at least thirty days after the date thereof. Such notice shall be advertised for three weeks successivelY in newspaper print. ed or having circulation iu said town, and pos ted on the signpost or posts in said town. If any person holding an order which was out standing at the time of such notice shall fail to present the same for payment on or before the day fixed in said notice. no interest shall be allowed on said order after said day so fixed in said notice.
 Approved, July 9th. 1864.
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From out the Valley.
Woodbury, August lst 1864,

" hooupulY, August lsl Aoof'
 MR. EDiToR You will expect Iie perfaps, as chronicer of great'events, to transmit to you some account of certain sensational af- fair that, last Saturday, "came off," in this quiescert little talley, whereby, not only cur juveniles, but sundry of our Reverend seniors also, we're excited if not delighted The " Young America," at present represented in Rev. MT. Bacon's school, some weeks since doughty challenge to the Base Ball Club in Mir. Gunn's school, perched on the hills of Washington; this said ''young gentleman" proceeded to Washington at that time, and the trial of skill commenced, when, as the Fates would have it, one of the Woodbury young gentry was taken suddenly and violently i'll, which fact defeated the object ofthe visitation, and led to postponement of the projected battle,' which battle" came of on Satur- day last, as aforesaid"
 As the writer hereof, shall be easily identi- fled, as I suppose, (and as he is willing to bel propose to give you an exact statement of the facts not uncareful to do full justice to the very pleasant young gentlemen, who did so nobly bear up the honored name of Wash ington, on this occasion. To my unprofession- al, yet still most careful eyes, justice bears out the following statement-the ganie closed, the score standing thus, Young America, Woodbury t,centy si1; Young, America Wash. ington forty sir. The Washington score, how ever must De cut down sir, from false deei- sion of the Umpire, who had to be removed leaving the score twenty si1 to forfy. If now you fairly allow the depressing effect of thi' false judgment, which occurred ln the first "i in nings," on Young America Woodburs, it ma! have altered the result little perhaps three so that it would leave Young America Wash. ington t~elve fairly ahead. This, Ar. Editor
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CHAPTER XVI.

An Act to encourage the Erection and Sup.
 port of Water Power Manufactoftes.
 Be it ehaeted by tine Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly conven. ed:
 SEc. l. That when any person shall desire to set up water mill on his own land, or upon land of another with his consent atid to erect a dam on the same for working such mill by water, which dam would flow water on to land belonging to any other person, he may obtain right to flow said land upon the terms and conditions; and subject to the regulations here matter expressed.
 SEC. 2. Any person wishing to flow land as aforesaid, if he cannot agree with the owner, ,or owners, as to the damages to be paid, may bring his petition to the superior court for the county where the land to be overfowed or any part of it, lies, which petition shall contain snch description of the land to be overAowed and of the dam, its location and proposed height. as that the, record will show with cer- tainty the matter that shall be determined, and shall be served on the respondent according to law requiring service of petitioners in such court. :; i,
 src. 3, The petition, unless the parties thefre- to shall agree upon the judgment that shall be rendered thereon, shall be heard aud decided by committee ofthree judisious disiaterested freeholders of the. county, to be appointed by the superior court, at such time and place, and with such notice to those interested. as the su. perior court shall order; and if such cdn1rnittee shall Do of opinion that the flowing snch land in the manner proposed will be fot public use, they shall establish the height to which such dam may be built and thereby the water rais- cd; the length of time, 0t pstiod daring Which the same may be kept up in each year thereaf. ter, and shall assess the sum to be paid to the tespondent, by the petitioners, for the right to How such land according to their report, and tiake fetutn of their doings to the court. And in estimating the damage they shall take into account any damage occasioned to any other land of the rsspondent, as we'll as damage t the land oterHowed, and; having assessed sucl damage; shall make tetutn of tHeir doings t said superior codrt, and said court shall adt nfty per cent. to said sum.as the sum to be pait for such right to flow such land. .,.,
 Sso. 4. No such dam may be erected to th' ,nJary of any mill lawfully existing, either g.
 oove or below it on the stream. or to the inju. ry oi any nill.site, whether mill or mill dan shal have been lawfully builtspd used tbsrecl szc.s 5. Upon the return of tho report Q, th
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PUBLIC ACTS. PASSED, MAY SESSION, 1864.

CHAPTER xx1t1.
 An Act coneearning Dealers in Junk, Old Metal and Second hand articles. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly conven. ed:
 SEC. l. The .selecttren of any town may
 grant licenses, signed by majority of their
 number, to suitable persons to be dealers in, and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second hand arti- cles. within their ,tQwn. Such license shall de signate the place where the business is to be carried on. and shall continue in force for one year from the date thereof unless sooner revo ked.
 SEC. 2. Such dealer, or a shop Keeper, s s shall keep book in which shall be written at the the purchase of any such article, descrip. tion of the article or articles purchased, the name and residence of tie person from whom, and the day ahd, hour when Such pur- chase is made; and such book, and such shop, and all articles of merchandise therein, may be examined at all times by the selectmen of the town, or by any person by them authorized to make such examination.
 SEC 3. The selectmen may revoke any such licence for any Violation Of this statute or for other cause, after reasonable notice to such dealer.
 SEC. 4. Every person who shall keep such a shop. or be such dealer without being 50 1icen- sed, as aforesaid or after notice that his license has been revoked, or who, being 80 licensed, shall, directly or indirectly, either parchase or receive, by way of barter or exchange, any of the articles mentioned ip this act of any minor, knowing or having reason to believe him to be a minor, shall pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for each offence
 Approved, June 30th, 1864.
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UNCLE ABE AND ANDf.
PoMPERAua.

Come fling your banners forth, my boys.
 And stir about right handy; Old Abe is in the field again,
 And with him Uncle Andy. Sing Hail Columbia" with ,a ,aill, :: And "YaRkee Doodle Dandy, .,,v +, The Stars and stripes shall win tie day :;
 Hurrah for Abe and Andy. Although the Jersey track, my boys,
 Is hcavylike and sandy, We'll beat the Copperhead nags With Uncle Abe and Andy. 1'hen give them, Hail Colambia,"
 And Yankee Doodle Dandy" The Stars and Stripes shall win the day
 With Uncle Abe and Andy:
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Seven times in that deadly round l Sped the ships to the cannon's sound. The vulture. through the smoke and din, Saw the eagles circles narrowing in; Ana every time her pivots roared The natal bomb-shells went straight aboard. His helm was useless, his engine failed, Ills powder was wet, his Britons eualed; Ana Tn his course, like warning hand. stretched forth the Tag of his outraged land In Vain he hoisted his sails to flee, For each foot he sailed his foe sailed three Heigh-hol "Why. here's "a blow!" sa'd Semmes, as he hauled his flag below. We'll was it for the cavalier That brother Bull was lying near The vessel with naughty curl. Turned up her nose, and in the whirl UT the white sea, stern foremost, tore AS II Tn scorn of the crew she bore. Then the thrifty Britain launched his boat, To pick up aught that might be afoat, And amongst other less precious spoil, flshed swordless Semmes from his watery
 coil.
 :" Hide me ]" the gallant cried in alright; "Co7er me up from the Yankees sight"
 Heigh-ho! they laid him low, With bit of sail to cover his woe Safely they bore the chief aboard, leaving behind his fame and sword; And then the Deerhound stole away, Lest Winslow's guns might have 0 say; Landed him in Southampton town, Where heroes like him have great renown, Ever since Lawrence, Perry and Hull ', Took hold of the horns of the great Johr
 Bull
 Had been Winslow, I gay to you, As the sea is green, the sky is blne, ,' Throngh the Deerhouud I'd have sent 8 sl O. And John Bull might have liked the thing or
 not.
 :, Eefgb-ho come soon or slow: In the end We are bound to have blow. What said the Frenchman from his hill After the cannon shots were still What said the Briton from his deck, Caring down on the sunken wreck? Something was said of guns like mortars, And something of smooth-bores at close quar- i, ters; i .,.y, ..".. Chain armor furnished word or two; But the end of all was both looked blue They signed again OCT the "Great Conten-
 tio1,'
 But never hinted at " intervention" ,:,: One thing they wished, which they dared not
 say,
 |" If the fight had but gone the other way! .. Heigh-ho told u.so! Oh! Semmes was a sorry fool to go"'
 GEO. H. BOXER
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CHAPTER XVII.
An Act regulating Tolls on Bridge

An Act regulating Tolls on Bridges
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly conven- ed
 SEC. l. That the same rate of toll shall be collected at each toll bridge in this State, for each business or express wagon, the body of which is set on springs and which may he used for transporting commodities,as is now allowed by law to be collected at such bridge for wag- ons used for transporting commodities, the body of which is not set on springs.
 SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage.
 Approved, July 9th, 1864.
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Special Notice.

All persons having accounts due Us, are earnestly requested to pay the sam e, as soon as possible as we having to buy all goods for cash, need the money to use now.
 N. B.-Greenbacks good w3h u; for the next sixty days.
 Respec fully, BISHOP < sEDewloK.
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In 1864, the number of sheep set down to Ohio is 4,eeo,Ooo. The fleece is estimated as full four pounds to sheep; which will g'vs over nineteen million pounds of wool w0''E ' fifteen millions of dollars. Immense quantlj ties of wool arc imported into the United States Much of this is coarse wool.
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DENTAL NOTICE.

AeA TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25 0Yy% Cash, will, for the next six month HJ pay for full Set of Upper Teeth, Sn 1s Carat Gold, and warranted to fit, and made better than any made for the same price n Hartford, as l don't as yet, for the want of business. whip the Cat to get work.
 will be found at the old Stand whess i Have been for tue past five years, over the Post Of. foe, South Street, Litchfeid.
 Thankful for the liberal patronage I have rccsiyed for years past, I hope, by close.t .nS Hloation to my own business, to merit and rs. Ceive continuance of the same. 'o'
 .. ,o,. B. CRossMAN.
 0tenneios Jan. looz. tf-87
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FREDERICK B. SWIFT

ATTORNEY AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC, Commissioner of Deeds for Every State "a
 Territory;
 200 Broadway, New York, %f,A First FloeR-Kear
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CHAPTER XNIvI'

An Act in addition to " An Act relating to
 Courts
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly conven. ed:
 SEC. l. That whenever any writ, suit or civil process shall be made returnable before jus tice of the peace, and ut the time appointed for the trial said justice shall be absent from the town where the trial is to be had, the plaintiff in said case moy,at any time within seven days after said time of trial, request said justice, in writing, to proceed to try said cause, and it shall thereupon be the duty of said justice to proceed to try the same within twenty days af ter said request shall have been left with him l; provided, that if said request shall be made du- ring the absence of said justice from the town, the same may be left at the clfice of said jus. tice, who shall proceed to try said cause within twenty days after his return from such absence. Before proceeding to such trial, said justice shall issue notice, in writing, to the defend- ant, specifying time and place appointed there for, and the plaintiff shall cause the same to be served upon the defendant by some proper of fcer or indifferent person, in the same manGer as civil process may be served at least six days prior to such time and at the time named in said notice, said justice shall proceed to try said caGse. in the same manner as he might have done at the time named in the original process.
 SEC. 2. Section B of an act entitled " An Act relating to Courts" and all acts inconsst ent herewith, are hereby repealed.
 Approved, July 9th. 1864.
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David c. Buckley,

HEALER IN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE D of all kinds and prices, Chairs, Tables, Bureaus, Bedsteur1s and Ccaine: Also. Picture Frames. Toilet Stands and Sofas made and ss old with neatness, elegance and despatch. Warehouse, West St.. Litchfeld, Conn. lys9
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sanford & Giddiigs,

"A TToRNEYs AT LAW. New Milford, Conn. "A Particular attention paid to StudenLs.
 H, s. SANFORD is Notary Public and Com ,n issioner for New York.
 H. s. SANFORD. Lly1 v.O. GIDDISGs.
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Bishop & SedgWick,

MMEALERS in DRY GOODS. READY MADE .D Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Eroeksry, Groceries, &o., &c.,, West Street, LitchGeld, Conn.
 c. B. BISHOP. T. 8. sEDGwlCR.
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Approved, July 9th, 15t4.

CHAPTER XXI. An Act for the Regulation of Civil Actions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives. ;n General Assembly con- vened
 SEC. l. Whenever any bill in equity, writ of summons, or attachment, has been, or hereaf' ter shall be, issued, and the officer having the same for service has not completed the same in the manner by law required, by reason of his deeease then any other officer authorized to serve process ill like case, may complete the service of the same, in the same manner said deceased might have done, if living and said service when so completed, shall be as good and effectual as though the same had been made by said deceased officer.
 SEC: ?. This act shall take effect on and af. ter the day of its passage.
 Approved, July 9th, 1864.
 CHAPTER XXXI.
 An Act in addition 10 "Au Act concerning
 Nan3;s.'
 Be jt enacted by the senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly conven- ed
 SEc, l: The cashier or teller of any and eve- ry bank now established or which mes be es.- tahi~hcd under the authority of this State ,or of tho United States, located and doing business in this State, to which shall be presented in payment, fer deposit, redemption, exchange, examination, or for any other purpose, coun- terleit or worthless bank bill, or bank bill which has Been altered from it's origins deeo- imitation, or a paper purporting to be tEe bill of bank which never existed, shall write or st mp upon all such cotntorfei. bills the word counterfeit j; upon all such altered bills the word altered j and upon all such other bills and papers the word 'wogthTsss;' adding there to the name of the bank, and the initials of the officer by which the writing or stamp is made.
 SEC. 2. If a bank, or banh officer, by mistake or inadvertance, and not fraudulently,so writes upon or stamps a ,,bl which is not coun- terfeit, or altered, or worthless bill, such bank shall be liable to pay to the holder its value on demand.
 SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of every bank, in its sworn statement to the bank commissioners to include the amount of all such counterfeit, worthless or altered bills so stamped under tae provisions of this act.
 SEc 4. If any officer of any bank shall fail to comply with the provisions of the first sec ton of this act, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of one huudrod dollars to the treasury of this State. to be recovered by the treasurerin an actleu brought upon this statute.
 SEC. 5. The aot in addition to "An Act con- cerung Banks" passed at the May session, 1863, is hereby repealed.
 Approved, July 7th, 1864.
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HOIlister & HickOx,
 A TToRNIEs & COUNSELLORS AT LAW, "A. Office in S.ymour's Building, Litchfeld' Conn. IO
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Wm. H. Bramall,

AREALER IN FOREIGN and STAPLE Dry tD Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Glass Ware and Yankee Notions, No. 6, West Street, lst deor west of the Court House. Litchield Conn.