Litchfield enquirer., 1864-07-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 50O,OOO Volunteers Called For. A Draft for Che Year Sept. 9th.
By the President of the United States.
A Proclamation.
WASHINGTON ,Inly lS


 Hhereas, by act approved July 4th, 1864, il is provided that the President of the United States may call for any number of men as vol unt CTS, for the respective terms of one, two and three years, for military service, and thai Tn case the quota or any part thereto, of any town, township, ward of city, or election dis trlct, of any county not so sub-divided shall not be filled within fifty days after such call the President shall mmediately order q draft for one year to fill such quota or any part thereof which may be unified. And whereas the new enrolment heretofore ordered is So lar completed as that the aforementioned act may now be put in operation for recruiting and Keeping up the strength of the armies in the field, for garrison and such military opera tons as may be required for the purpose of suppressng the rebellion, and restoring the authority of the United States government in lnsurgent States.
 Noc hereto7e, l, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Presi- dent Of the United States, do issue this, my Call, for Five Hundred Thousand volunteers for military service, provided, nevertheless that all credits which may be established under | the second section of the aforesaid act. on ac count ot persons who have entered the naval servlce Curing the present rebellion. and by credits tor men furnished to tic military ser. vice in excess of calls heretofore made for volunteers, will be accepted under this call for one, two, or three years, as they may elect, and will be ent tied to the bounty provided by law 1 for the period of service for which they enlist
 And l hereby proclaim, order and direct that immediately after the fifth day of Septen Der, being fifty days from the date of this call draft for troops to serve for one year shall be 1 held in every town, township ward oe a city precinct, election district, or a county not SC sub divided, to fill the quota which shall be assigned to 1t under this call or any part there of, which may be unified by volunteers on the said fifth day of September, le64. (Slgned) ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President,
 NN. II. SEWARD. Sec'y of State. Gen. Sherman apparently, is altogether in different to keeplDg the public or the War De partment informed by telegraph of his move ments. The Nashville papers first informed us that his army had actually reached ,he Chattahoochee, and in the Chattanooga Ga zette we find the following important announce ment Unofficial advices have reached Us that large proportion of Sherman s forces have successfully crossed the Chattahoochne and that at least two thousand of Hardee' corps have been eobbled by the great tanker Indeed rumor sets the figures at not less than five thousand, bat as we never deal in sensa tions, We place them at two thousand'' Major General Franklin arrived at Portland Maine, Saturday morning, and was serenadeG at h,s residence by the l7th Maine regiment band Saturday night The general denies that he Was pointed ou; 10 the rebels by woman ard says that half the stories regarding his capture are hnnibugs
 An expedition under General s!ocum left Nicksburph the lst inst for the capital oi Mississippi They succeeded in destroying l the bridge over Pear river captured q number 1 of pris"nrrS, and returned Tn safety. mum Der of skirmish"s have recently taken place in the Southwest. in all of which the fpderals were successful. An uncredited rumor states that Smith lad defeated 1or1vst anu tnat For rest was killed.
 The large tin manufacturing and iapanuinc establishment of Bartholomew & Co, ut Northlord, was burned down about five o'clock Monday afternoons Loss about S20 900 insured.
 iAn intcli.T T1rate *oman, the wife of James Mcguire, and the mother of sonic ten children ! Ii the corner of Union and Fair streets, New Haven, was found dead in shed near tn, bousc, "Wednesday morning. 18th inst, aid | was hastily buried in the afternoon. There is suspicion of touI play.
 A young man named Pettibone has arrived in New Haven where he tyrmerly resided having escaped from the Southern army into which he had been conscripted. Hims elf and friend procured mules and after ride of ISC miles, enduring many hardshps, reached the ! Union lines.
 Edward Gaffey, a boy twelve years old, was instantly killed in New London, on Thursday night, by falling through sculte, down three stories, in C. D. Boss's bakery, where lie was employed.
 Mir. Gilbert Dudley, of Madison, while in his 1 field moving, stepped in front of his machine | to attend to one of his horses, and was struck 1 by the machine, receiving four large gashes ir his left leg near the ankle. He has since beer under surgical treatment, and it is feared that amputation of his foot may yet be necessary.
 Several prominent rebel sympathizers resi- 1 ding in Washington and in Maryland. have been arrested and sent to prison by the military
 
 information to the rebel invaders. 1 The A1ny and Nary Journal says "There are reports among military men that the army of the Potomac is again to pass through changes in it's organization. Gen. Meade would, of course, retain the position which he has so long and so ably filed but it is said that one or two of the former corps command CTS will be assigned 10 duty in the army The severity of the campaign, and it's exhaustns effect upon so many general officers, is believed to necesstate important changes in com mands.'
 1 Colonel Diamond of the First New York Volunteers, has driven the rebels in Nanse mond County, Virginia, across the Blackwa- ter river. One of our men was murdered af ter being captured, and not being able to ar rest the murderer the Colonel burned all the i buildings in the nelghborhood where the mur der was committed
 i Reliable information has been received tc the effect that the Government stores at Mar. tinsbulg did fall into the hands of the rebels and that what they could not carry off, they destroyed on evacuating the place. At Ha gerstown they also got a large quantity o Government stores, and destroyed all they could not use.
 ! The works deserted by the rebels on the