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Litchfield enquirer., 1864-07-28

MoRRIs.-Nr. Editor !-As you have ex- pressed wish to receive notes of ocourrino q events in the nsighboring towns, thought I would give you sketch of surprise party, (as these are very popular at tho present day) which was given to Rufus Pickett in Morris. on Friday of last week, it being his eishtieth birth day. Some of the members of the fami- ly had proposed two months ago to have the children and grand children meet at the old mansion and give the old gentleman cordial surprise on that day but it was to be kept Q profound secret from him. Accordingly on the morning of that day, the vehicles loaded with animated guests, were seen moving over the high hills of Morris each freighted also with the suBsta ntials to sustain life when all gathered at sthe patsrnal mansion. These came from the towns of Morris, Waterbury. Naugatuck and kensington, bringing children and grand children to the number of 27 one child and one grand child from the state of Pennsylvania. It is a remarkable fact that Mr. Pickett has been blessed with two-tbirds the number of children of the patriarch Jacob. all still living and all present on this occasion but two It was truly surprise to the aged Father, and the great problem for him then was, what should we have for dinner but he was soon relieved by being invited into the pantry, and beholding the boxes and pails, filled with the requisite for the occasion The having been absent from home in the morn. ing.)
 After the cordial salutations and greeting ot guests; two ample tables were richly laden with the contents of the boxes and pails and this numerous family seated aroundto satisfy the demands eff nature when with tremulous voice and mingled feelings of joy and sor- row, in review of the past and present, bless ing was invoked by the aged father. After a happy hours repast at the tables, (as all will admit) we were respectfully invited to the parlor, when by request of the patriarch, a prayer was offered. He then arose and with 'eeiings better known than described pro- nounced a benediction upon his family circle. and then another prayer was offered-fol,ow. eu uy oPPioPiA"eo WulVu WAe presented to the aged parent Photographic Album, by asgreat grand-ohild present, con. taining several photographs of the family and at last came the separ ation after this com. mingling of feeling and affection, with no m ticipation of a like anniversary meeting in this world, but hoping for reunion in heaven. ONE WHO WAS PRESENT.
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Fill Up the Quota.

l A town meeting is called by the Selectmen of Liteh6eld for Monday next, at 2 P. M., to take measures with regard to filling the quota of the town under the recent call of the Pres ident of the United States for 5OO,OOO men for the mil itary service, to pay volunteers, and to defray in whole or in part the cost of pro. curing substitutes sufficient to fill up the quota of the town.
 We believe this course to be wise one and trust that the town will generously respond to the call. We have in this town, with our for mer credits, but nine men to raise to fill our quota; the State gives $500 bounty to all who go from the State, whether as principals or substitutes and if the town shall vote an | equal sum to aid in procuring substitutes, we believe, the quota can be filled without difi- culty, within the time allotted for volunteer 1 ing.
 The plan presents two advantages which have not been enjoyed under previous calls. First. The substitutes who are procured in this way, count upon our quota, and represent an equal number of men in the field, and hence reduces the enlistment of the town. And, Second, The money aids individuals who de- Sire to become responsible for themselves, and relieves the Selectmen ot the.town of the duty and responsibility. That is the town aids so far, those who desire to procure sub stitutes for themselves.
 Substitutes are ROW commanding from $9oO to Sl ,O00 in the State, and they will probably command even higher sum as the time for the draft draws near. It will not probably be wise for towns to risk the chances of procuring substitutes under the Recruiting Agency sys- tenn; as. by General Order No. 5, the Receiver is authorized to receive deposits for oDe hun drod and fifty men only from the county and it is yet a question whether any substitutes can be furnished in this way. It is palpably safe therefore, for towns and individuals to take the matter in hand themselves, and see that their quota is filled and substitutes provided at once.
 The course suggested abovs, seems to us to be the most equitable way of accomplishing the result and as such We recommend its adoption to our own and other towns in the county.
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THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, for August, is on our table. A glance at its table of contents gives promise of an unusually entertaining and readable number. The following is a list of the articles with their writers
 Charles Reade,' by Harriet E. Prescott :; How Rome is Governed by Geo. w. Greene; What will Become of Them ? by J. T. Trow- bridge Headquarters of Beer Drinking,' by Andrew Ten Brock Literary Life in Paris The Drawing Room by Spirdion; The Little Country Girl,' by Abigail NJ. Diaz :; House and Home Papers, by Harriet Beech, CT Stowe; Our Recent Foreign Relations, by c. NJ. Towle and Poems entitled Con- cord, May 23. 1884, by H. w. Longfelov ; Frar Jerome's Beautiful Book by T. B. Aldrich; The Heart of the War; by J. c. Holland Sweet Brier,' anonymous; and Re- views and Literary Notices.
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apeal aud County Mstrs

LITcHf1ElD.-Henry R. Colt, Esq. Cashier o1 the fh@nlx Branch Bank in this town, has been appointed Receiver of Monies for this county, and Henry A. Betsford, Esq. Agent Tor the procuring of substitutes, under Gener- al Order No. 5, Adjutant Generals of1ics published elsewhere in our columns.
 The refreshing rain of Monday rejoiced ore hearts than the farmers of Litchneld. The long continued drought had spread over vast extent of country, and was bringing desolation and despair te many community The rain seems to have been equally extensive and refreshing elsewhere, and eur.exchanges are full of expresslonsFof the same thankful ness all of us felt hereabouts when the " win dows of Heaven" were finally opened on Mon day last Our fields of grass and grain wear another aspect from the parched-and dry look of last week, and we should even be grateful for a little more of the same sort.
 -Wm Faxon, Esq, chief clerk of the Navy Department was in town on Sunday last. He is travelling through Litchfeld and Berkshire Souutice loT tuo pcueHt O1 ll5 QeaUn. MT. II. A. Botsford declines the office of Recruiting Agent for the procuring of substi- tutes from this county, and the appointment is likely to be rendered to Nr. Bradley R Agard of Wolcottville.
 The young ladies of the village annoupce an exhibition of Tableaux, at Buckley's Hall on Wednesday evening of next week-in aid of the Soldiers Aid Society,"" The affair promises to bo the finest display of living pictures" ever exhibited in this town. We recommend our village readers 10 go early to secure seats, To commence at 8 o'clock pre- csely. Tickets % cents.
 A fire broke out the woods on Gould Guilds farm, about milo north of Milton on Friday last, and burned over four or five acres before it was extinguished. Extensive fires were also reported as raging in the woods in Canaan and Cornwall last week, but no particulars have reached us
 Our village was filled with the smoke iron, the burning woods west of us, durins the lat ter part of the week.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
GEN. HEADouAKTERs STATE OF CONN.,, ADJUTANT GENERALS OfrtCE,
 HARTFORD, July 2d. 1864.

[Circular
 It Las come to the notice of this Depart ment that frequent cases have occurred where the families of Volunteers, because of some informality in the records of enlistment, have found difficulty in obtaining the reg ular State bounty due them, and have therefore employ ed agents to procure such bounty and that in many cases unreasonable charges have been made for such services
 Notice is hereby given to all parties inter- ested that it is is entirely unneeessay, under any circumstances to employ agents in the collcc- tion of State bounties If from any cause, the raymaster- General or Seectmen of towns are unable to ray them on demand or when due. parties are requested to address this of flee either verbally or by letter. Immediate attention will be given to the case. and if the bounty is properly due, steps will be taken to secure its payment, without charge or cost to the Volunteer or his family.
 Selectmcn of towns arc requested to extend this information to the families and friends of Volunteers.
 1m.4 HORACE J. MORSE, dj't Gen.
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THE ROUND TABLE.-1he readers of this excellent literary journal will regret the ne- cessity which has compelled the publishers to suspend it's publication In its seven months existence, it has fulfilled its mission admirably, and supplied place in journalistic literature. which none of it's predecessors had so we'll done. The publishers are satisfied with its circulation and patronage, but deem it best to suspend the enterprise, while the war and its burdens continue. The balance due on it's unex- pired subscriptions is forwarded to the sub scrbers by the publishers.
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GENERAL HEADoUAR TIERS, STATE o4t
 CONNECT CUT
ADJUrANT GENERALS OFFICE, 1

ADJUTANT GEEERAL's OFFICE, Hartford, July Fist, le6l. GENERAL ORpBus, No. 5.
 Regulations for Procuring Substitutes in ths Rebel States.
 l. It Is provided by the regulations of thh
 War Department, that if it is desired to put any of the recruits obtained l.. rebel States into service us substitutes before or after draft they must be sent without eAbense te the Gov ernment, by the Recruiting Agent, to the Dis. trict in which tie principal Is enrolled, and there Dc mustered in by the Prov est Marshal, who will issue tho proper substitution pn- pers.
 2. An Agent from each County will Do ab. pointed by the Governor and Commandetsi n. Chief to proceed to the States in rcBe1iioG tS obtain substitutes for such petsoiis as desi re them, and a Receiver for each County will be appointed to receive deposits of money fert he procuration of substitutes.
 B. These Receivers whose names and lOca. tlons will be hereafter announced will at and after 10 o clock A. M., Wednesday, August Sd, io64, receive deposits in the sum of three hundred dollars (S3OO) from all persons desir ing that substitutes shall be procured for them under this plan. Each persons name shall be enrolled in the order that such do4 posits are made
 Each Receiver viii tuntil circumstancss | shall warrant an increase of the number) le- ceive deposits for hot more than one hundred and fifty persons.
 5 The sum of three hundted doiists tsSO0., so deposited, shall be for the payment of the expeuses of obtaining substitutes. The Agent shall be entitled to receive fer his services for trans portation of recruits and all expenses. two hundred dollars ts200,) each, or such fur ther sum as may be determined to be just and equitable bt Board of Adjustment to be hereafter appointed by the Commander-in- Chief. If any part of the deposit shall re- main after paying necessary expenses as de-g termined by the Board ot Adjustment, 1t will be returned to the Board of depositors.
 6. Upon the arrival of the Agent of any County in the State with recruits, the persons named first in order on the Roll of the Re ceiver for that County will be entitled to tho substitutes then prepar red to bs mustered i'm These persons shall be notified by the Receiv-, CT that substitutes are obtained for them, ana will then be required to attend immediately at the office of the Provost Marshal for that District and there to pay over to the substi- ty of three hundred dollars ($30O) which sum will Dc reimbursed by the Paymaster-G eneraf upon the certificate of the Provost Marshal, that such substitute has been mustered into service for threo years or during the war, pro- rdcd, the principal is enrolled and liable to draft, and the substitute Is credited to the town where such principal is enrolled or has his residence.
 By order of His Bxcellency, WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM. Governor and Commander-in-Chief ! HORACE J. MORSE Adiutaht Cen. Stl5'
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QuorAs.--The quota for this Congressional District, (the 4th,) under the last call of 500. GOO Is 2,955, aEd the credit ,192, which leaves i,76S men to be raised. Litohfeld County is deficient twenty men on former calls
 The quota for Litch6eld is fifty seven, with aeredit of forty eight, making nino requised Goshen has deficit op former calls, and S4 men arc now required
 Cornwali-Quota 43, credit 2s, required 2O North Canaan.-Quota 35, deficit ', reo'd 4a, Nsrt .lk.-Quota 49, credit Is, required 31 salisbury.-Quota B, credit 65. required l3 Morris.-Qnota Is, credit l4, required 2.
 The above figures we receive from the Pro vost Marshal's office.
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A QUEER LoAD.-The "local" column of the Richmond Eraminer furnish the follow ing item:
 For the first time in our varied experience, we saw, on Tuesday, barrel of flour hauled up Governeur street in hearse! The public stared, but the driver drove on. When we came to recollect that flour was five and six hundred dollars per barrel and that the strug- g'e Tor bread was one of life and death, we better appreciated the connection between the hearse and the barrel of flour.
 u The Rev Alvan Lamaon, D. D., died on chusetts, at the age ofseventy.two. His health had been failing for a long time. He had loar the power of speech for some days,
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\, Ine Miasma and Foul Vapors generated by tne VI not san will be far more deadly to our ,. ..o'1nteers than the enemy's bay onets. In
 o ,u4,an n.,i and Crimean campaigns, Hollo- way Pills were used in enormous quantities. i%ey sept the troops in perfect health. ,..t me n reaaer of this notice'' cannot sel noX or Fills or Ointment from the drug store in his place, let him write to mo sG, Ma;ds sn Lane. enclosing the amount, and willmail ooA Tree of expense. Many dealers will not AeeP my medicines on hand because ,bev con. not. no. make as much profit as on other persons, nna. a O. s.ss, gents, Ss cents, and $l 40 per box "fP0'' soldiers, supply yourselves. 2l7
 Browns Bronchial Troches, for couohs Colds, and irritated Throats are offered with the fIlless eonndenSe .n in their efficacy. They the good reputation they havo Justly acquired AS there are limitations, be sure to obtain ths genuine.
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Books & Stationery.

Who sells the cheapest and the besti Whose goods on thor own merits rest Whose books will always stand the testF
 Iris PATTON's. And who supplies the latest newsf Which does such floods of light diffWEe ~And whose reeitals all perusel
 Iris PATTON. The Magazines you're sure to find, The best and fairest of t'ieir kind, Choice food, and pleasant for the mind,
 At PATTON's. For Blank Books, whither shall we go? Who can the best assortment show? Whose goods arc prime, and prices lowi
 Why, PArION'S. Our School Books next where shall we buy At HOICHKISs BLOCK you'd better try Q" II always "N0 '0"''S At s"PPagT PPATroN's. Religious works we wish to find, Good. clicap. and wholesome of their kind - Thsn go, if you are thus inclined.
 To PATTON'S. < choice assortment Is in stock Upon the shelves within 1.-THE BLOCK, And Books of every kind but |" mock"
 At PA1TON'S. And riany other things are thorc, Whose worth cannot half declare, But all are good, and cheap and tair,
 At PATTON'S. No., 8, HOTCHKI>s' BLOCK.
 WATERBURY, CoSN. 6t6
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BY Ifs EXCELLEEcY, WILLIAM 4. BUCKINGHAM. GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT,
A Proclamation.

In view of the favor which God ever mani. fests toward those who. in the day of His righteous judgments peniteptially trust in Him the people of this State are earnestly requested to observe Thursday, the fourth day of August next, as day of Humiliation and Prayer, in accordance with tho recommendation of the President of the United States.
 Given under my hand, and the seal of the ~- State, at :he city of Norwich, this the z, twenty-second day of July, in the
 year of our Lord ono thousand eight ~. hundred and sixty y-four and of the In dependence of the United States of America the eighty ninth.
 WM. A. BUCKINGHAM. By His Excellency the Governor,
 J. HAMMOND TRUMBuIL.. Sec'y of Stato.
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New Market
 AND FRIIIT STORE.

NO. 1OA WEST MAIN sIhEHI- wv HERE can be found ,iua full oi s's0rtm sns W. ,. i receiying twice a week, Fresh veget- ables of T all kinds-also, FISH, CLANS and LOBSTERS.
 z. Norwalk Oysters,' Wholesale and retail.
 Tn the Fruit Department, a choice Lot of Oranges, Lemons. Pine Apples, Figs, Cocoa. nuts, &c. CONFECTIONERY of all kinds. We keep constantly on hand. "HAMMER'S CHAMPAGNE ALE" Orders for Ale, will be promptly filled.
 The people of Litchfield. and vicinity are invited to call. GS% Cash paid for Eggs.
 WHEELER BROS. GEO. W. WHBELER. WoLcoTp WHxRLDa. Litchfeld, July 14, 1864, 2m18e
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as5 An important order from the Adjutant General of the State, relating to the procuring of substitutes under the last call for 5O0,OO0 men, will be found elsewhere in our columns, and to which we invite the attention of those interested. The quota of the State under the call is lO,l2l, and tho quota for each sub dis trict will be immediately announced.
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DIED.

In Morris, 24h inst, Henry E. Daily, aged 69 years.
 In Bethlem. July 2lst, William Howe, aged e5 years.
 In Bethlcm, July 22d, Emma, daughter of David E. and Mary J. Doolittle, aged years. In Bethlem, July 23d, Mrs. Lydia Gross, formerly of Milton, aged 9l years.
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BarA witty parson in Pennsylvania, during the recent rebel raid, is said to have preached powerful discourse to his people from the text: Solomon, in all his glory, was net ar- rayed like one of these,'
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s9~Some of our coppery friends are spread ing the report that President Lincoln proposes soon to withdraw from the presidential canvass. Perhaps the wish is father to the thought l!
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Bas~ We print in this issue of the ENQUIRER a Schedule of Taxes, under the Excise Law passed at the last session of Congress, which will be interesting to taxpayers to peruse and for preservation and reference.
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Taken Up.

DY the Subscribr, on the 16th inst, . D small red Cow, about six Years old--a light spot en one hip-no other artificial marks. The owner is respectfully invited to call, prove property, pay charges and take her away.
 Harwinton, July 26, 1864. sttts.
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MARRIED

In this village, 24th inst, by Rev: Father Sheridan, Henry Bissell and Miss Sarah Brady
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and not exceeding
 $5ooo s per cent. PAP. Income exceeding s5 900
 and not exceeding $lO
 GOO. excess $5,0o0 2 243. Income exceeding $lC-
 00C, on excess over
 $l0,0oo 10 PA. Bank dividends and ad-
 dition to surplus funds 245. Bank profits not divided
 or added to surplus 246 Canal companies, divi-
 dends, interest on
 bonds, and addition to
 surplus funds per cent; 247 Insurance companies,
 dividends and addition
 to surplus funds PAS. Railroad companies,
 dividends, interest on
 bonds, and addition to
 surplus fluids 249 Salaries of United States
 officers f" 250 Turnpike companies,
 dividends, interest on
 bonds, and addition 10
 surplus funds 5 per cent. LEGACIEs AND sUCCEssIoNs. e51 Legacies, lineal issue or ancestor, brother or
  252. Legacies, descendant of brother OF sister 2 263. Legacies, uncle or aunt,
 or descendant of same 4 254 LegacIcs, great uncle or aunt, or descendant of 255. Legaces, stranger in blood 6 256. Suocessions, lneal issue or ancestor .57. Successions, brother or
 sister, or descendant
 of same 2 256. Successions, uncle or aunt, or descendant of
 game 4 269 successions, great uncle
 or aunt, or descendant
 of same 2e0. Successions, strangerin
 blood 6 e
 ARTIcLEs IN SCHEDULE A. 2el. Billiard tables. kept for
 use slo % 262. Csrriagcs, kept fer use,
 over $50 and not over
 $lOO II co 263. Carriages, kept for use,
 over 100 and not over 2o4. Carriages, kept for use,
 over 200 and not over
 800 zoo 266 Carriages, kept for use,
 over 300 and not over
 500 600 2se. Carriages, kept for use,
 over $500 10 % 267. Piano fortes and other
 musical instruments, kept for use, over $100
 and not over $200 in value, each 200 26S. Piano fortes, and other
 musical instruments,
 kept for use, over $200
 and not over $400 in
 value, each % 269 Piano fortes, and other
 musical instruments.
 kept for use, over $400 27O. Plate of gold, kept for
 use, per ounce troy 50 271. Plate of silver, kept for
 use, per ounce troy 5 272 Watches, gold, kept for
 use. not over $l0o in
 value co 273. Watches, gold, kept for
 use, over $100 in value 2 % 274. Yachts, 10 tons or less,
 each 5 % 275. Yachts over 10 tona and
 not over 20 tons, each 10 % 276. Yachts, over 20 tons and
 not over 40 tons, each 25 % 277. Yachts, over 40 tons
 and not over 80 tons,
 each 50 co 278. Yachts, over 80 tons and
 not over no tons each 75 % 279. Yachts, over no tons,
 each 10000 BANK CIRCULATION AND DEPOSITS. 2sf. Bank deposits, per ~ month 1-24 of l per ct. 2Sl. Bank capital, per month 1-24of 2S2. Bank circulation, per month 1-l2 of /" 2e3. Bank circulation, OK cecding 90 per cent of capital, in addition 1-6of1 2s4. Bank circulation, ex-
 seeding average of
 six months breeding
 July l, 1864, in ada-
 tion 1-G of 1 |"
 PASSPORTS. QQ6 paaannrfa aaob E
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" ORAIS.

aNoRBTN's WORM DESTROYING SYRUP,
 For Children or Adults. A safe and very eflicacious Medicine in all cases of Worms. Ii not only removes the worms, but the CAUSE ot their great increase, by carrying of the mucus or slime in whch they generate. Strengthens the digestive powers, correctS the appetite, and greatly improves the general health. Price 70 cents. 3Gy1
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pr. Terrels Healing Ointment.

fs HE pleasantest to use. The Cheapest and
 X the Best.
 For ssre Lips or Nose, Charpcd Hands Frosted Feet, Burns, Scalds, Corns Pimples on the Face. Salt Rheum. Piles, (eithcr Itching 0, External) Sores on Children, Scald Head, Chaling of Infants, Infamed or Broken Breast lnf1amatory Rheumatism, &c No family should be without box of this valuable Oint ment, to apply immediately in case of a Burn Price 9 cents. l,3O
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other property to the value ot Sl00,0O0.
 Daniel Pettengll of East KillinglY recently sheared from one sheep l63 pounds of wool and sold it at 55 cents pound. Wool grow ing is profitable business at present prices of wool and mutton.
 Geo. Peabody, Esq, the American banker in London, contributed S2,e00 to the Sanitary Commission, but subsequently,, on becoming aware of the vast operations and usefulness of the institution, increased his donation to slO, 1000, which he transmitted to the Hon. John P. Kennedy, of Baltimore.
 The schooner Cabot. Capt Phinuey, bound from New York to Boston with cargo of iron and kerosene oil, ran ashore off the mouth of New Haven harbor, on Monday.
 The Willie Fiske, drowned at Groton Bank a few days ago, was not a son of the late Cap tain Fiske of the 14th Conn.,, but of Capt. Fiske, late proprietor of the Ocean House.
 Brigadier Gen. Geo. Crook has been brevet- cd major general of volunteers by the Presi- dent on the recommendation of Major General Hunter, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the recent expedition towards Lynchburg.
 Miss Lucy A. Sinclair of Stratham. died in Lowell on Tuesday of convulsions caused by drinking too freely of cold water and bathing while in state of precipitation. She was P years of age.
 A large barn owned by Eli Ely, in Bristol, was destroyed by fire, with large amount ot hay and grain. on Friday night, the .22d inst. Loss about sl ,ooo. Cause of fire unknown.