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ty, bought some seven hundred acres at Scash- ticoke tthe Indian hame of the place), where he lived till his death. in 1914 On the 7th of September, 1874, his son. John Milton Ray mond married Flor;lla Mills, also of Kent, and they are the couple whose golden wedding we celebrated. The son chose the inde- -endent and useful life of a farmer, and for many years his farm at Scaghticoke was one of the finest in the State. The infrmities of years induced him to leave it, and-it was at his homestead, in the village of Kent. that his surviving child. | hls grandchildren and great-grandchildren met to keep the feast Three of the kinslolk pre- sent at the first wedding were also at the sec ond. Owing to the abserec in Europe of Rev
 Mir Scudder, the pastor of the First Conyrega- tinnai church in Kent, Rev. c. c Robinson. who supplies the vacant pulpit, was presenr, and greeted the bride and groom in a very hap py way. We we're come, he said, not, as at the first, to witness promise. but to bear witness how well that promise. made fifty years ago. had been kept. The name of the festival was apt, for it recalled the golden hours Of happy and Christian life; it pointed forward to the golden streets of Heaven, to the golden crowns which the redeemed of the Lord cast at his feet, to the golden harps with which they introduce. "Their sacred song and waken raptures high., To us all the occasion was delightful and long to be remembered. We sang some of the sweet sougs of Zion cotland, Coronation, the Gloria in Excelsis, and many others The genial hospitality of grandpa and grandma lent an additional charm. Indeed, the e is some thing inexpressibly grateful in ripe old age, following life well spent in Christian activity and love. It is to the heart what the mellow orchards and waving fields of golden grain are | to the eye, quiet, but satisfactory.
 The presents were numerous and beautiful And I must not omit the characteristic one made by MT. and Mrs. Raymond. To each ol the grandchildren they presented: a sum sufd
 cient to constitute him a Life Member of the American Bible Society.-N. r. O6seruer.
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military territory as if 1t were political lri- umph Democratic flags must be waved and Democratic cannon welcome the good news from our brave soldiers We feel as glad and as proud as the Republicans, and we must speak as loudly. Grant, Sherman and Sheri- dan are fighting for us as well as for them. Our interest in the country is not less than theirs. Hurrah for the Democracy of General Jackson!
 The Peace mea have had their day, and must now reform or sink into oblivion. A na- tional campaign has been fought upon plat form which Vallandigham acknowledges that he framed, aud thsresult is disaster. Let the Peace Democr ats learn the lesson before them. II they can get any comfort from it we do not begrudge them this small consolation.
 The Peace party is annihilated Leave it's ashes to burn out, and gather with us around the bright Democratic council fres.'' We believe the Leader to be wholly and thoroughly sincere in what it says. We be- lieve it supported Gen. Mcclellan as honestly as it did ably-thinking that in his hands the unity and the safety of the country would be conserved. We believe, furthermore, that hundreds and thousands of democrats thought likewise though, at the same time, we as thor. oughly and sincerely believed and now believe them to be mistaken in their views
 But the election is now over, the argument is closed, the verdict of the people has been rendered, and Gen. Mcclellan is defeated.- Instantly the Leader does justice to it's patriot ism in the utterances we have quoted above. Will the democracy of Connecticut heed it's wordss Will it discard such political leaders as Eaton and Toucey and Burr and Osborn and such villanious sheets as the 1;mes and Reqis. ter and Farmer, by whom they have been be guiled and deceived time and again, and come out squsrely and openly for the UNION and the suppression of the rebellion If they will, then will they procs that they are "just as good Union men" as we; then will the rotten ulcer of peace democracy" slough away from them into it's proper darkness and infamy then will the war and the rebellion draw near it's ter imitation and reach its finality, and then PEACE with her white robes and olive branch shall come again and rule the Nationi
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A writer to that meanest of all copperKead papers in New York-the Hartford Times complains that Collinsvllle, Conn.,. was carried for Lincoln by money and liquor. The silly fellow begins his complaint by saying that the Union party had IA majority last spring, and has 87 now. Of course, he proves that the 54 lost Uuion votes were cast by demo crats, who were unable to resist the tempta- tien of the rum bottle.-TriJune.
 MRs DAVIS AND MRs.. LINcoLN.-In oyer hauling the cargo of the blockade runner Hope, now unloading at Lewis wharf, large box YVES found directed 6 Mrs. Jefferson Davis. On opening the box it was found to contai;, silk dress patterns, dry goods of different kinds, toys. hosiery. and a variety of articles belong ing to . lady's wardrobe. It is stated that there is some talk of forwarding the box and contents to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.
 MUSCULAR CHRIsrIAHrY.-TheS Salem Obser- rer says that on Sunday evening Rev. Mir. Pal mer of the Tabernacle church, in that city, was assaulted by an Irishman three times. while on his way home from meeting, but he knocked the fellow down each time and at last secured him by the aid of two ether gentlemen.
 The New York correspondent of the Boston Post says the presence of Gen. Butler and his troops in New York harbor alone prevented the electoral vote of New York from being given to Mcclellan.
 The Albany Journal claims 1922 majority for Lincoln in New York.
 The quantity of maple sugar manufactured in Ohio this year amounts to (, 1885, IFS pounds.
 New revelations concerning the frauds in soldiers' votes have been made, and orders have been given for the arrest of several par ties. both in and out of the army. The trial of Col. North, the New York state agent, is in progress in Washington, and he is likely to be convicted.
 In England the bible is now supplied for 12 cents, the New Testament for 4 cents, the Cos pels for cents.
 According to Jeff. Dayis' message, the rebel public debt not including tha foreign and army debt, is $l,l47,97o,2oS.
 A little son of Lieut.. E. B. Dyer, of the lst Connecticut Cavalry, of Derby, was accident ally shot on Sunday week. while at play with a pistol with some boys.
 The people of Waterbury are at present suf fering from clothes line thieves. $2O reward is offered for the detection of any of them.
 The steamer City of Boston, of the New Lon don and New York, ran upon one of the rocks in Hell Gate, on her way into New York on Wednesday morning. but got of and was able to proceed to the dry dock. though considera- bly, damaged.
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D6e The Provost Marshal of this District wishes us to call the attention of the county to the subject of putting in men to the credits of each town, in anticipation of another call.- He tells us that while our district is doing something in this way, Hartford and New Haven are doing much more, and, unquestion- |ably, men can be obtained as substitutes and volunteers cheaper now than after a call is made. ., We do not Participate" 9 call right away fop more men. but perhaps we might as we'll be prepared for emergencies. The people have said that the rebellion has got to be put down, and put it down we must at, whatever sacrifice sand We don't think Litchfell County will be behind her neighbors in the good work. Bythe-bye, the following order does not look much like our army's going into winter quar- tens right away :-
 WASHINGTON, D. c. Nov. 10th, 1864. The Secretary of War has ordered that all officers and enlisted men absent from their commands return to the same immediately and all furloughs and leaves of absence are revoked, except as to. commissioned officers absent on sick leaves, in orders or by virtue of certificate of disability duly filed as required by the reg ulations of the War Department. All officers and employees of this Bureau are ordered to make special efforts to secure prompt and thorough compliance with the Secretary's order
 Men who are absent from General H Hospital will be returned to the hospitals from which they were furloughed all others will be sent by Provost Marshals to their respective posts, companies or regiments, if the sume are within convenient reach, if not they will be sent to the nearest General Rendezvous, to be for warded thence as soon as possible. The inten- tion is to put every man belonging to the milk tary service on his proper duty. or at his post at once. a
 Officers of this Bureau will afford every ia cility forthe prompt and convenient return of those complying with the order.
 All who make themselves deserters by fail ing to report will be arrested and returned with charges. [Sigaed,] JAMES B. FRY, Provost Marshal General
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EExr:-A GOLDEN WEDDING Travellers tell us that the great watering places have not been thronged as usual this summer. Among the mountains, and by the rivers of New York and New England, our citizens have found beauty and repose which Newport and Saratoga can not give. And the lovers of the picturesque have seen ID more charming scenery than in tLe Valley of the Housatonic ard no pleasanter summer retreat than in some of the little vil- lages that nestle among its hills. Pittsfield, and Stock bridge, and Lenox, are known to fame, but there are many like them between Bridgeport and the Massachusetts line. The wise ones who know that September and Octo- her are pleasant months for travelling, will do well to leave, as I did. the New Haven station some fine morning at eight, and, taking at Bridgeport one of the most comfortable of cars. go to Kent. There is, to be sure, no United States and Ocean House, but the drives and walk will gratify both the lovers of the wild and romantic and those who prefer more culti- vated scenes.
 People say that our country lacks the charm of antiquity. But Kent can boast of Aborigines, whose his 'ory goes back as far almost as that of the Saxons or the Franks. Sur. ly your req have not forgotten the pictures of King Phillip which adorned their school geographies, and remember the unfortunate Pequots. branch of that tribe abode in the Valley of the Housa- tonic. Their descendants still remain on the lands of their fathers, -enfeebled. it is true. but retaining many of their primitive habits. They arc part of our history and well deserve a visif. And let the traveller, as he lids farewell to those swarthy sons of our forests, consider whether there is not some obligation unfuifill- ed, resting on his conscience, towards the red men of the West, the heather at our own doors, whom we are now exterminating.
 But ! truce to moralizing. My visit to Kent this summer was induced by a sentiment akin to that of the young lady who read nothing in the papers but the marriages and deaths, and thought they were put in small type to make them more interesting. My errand was gold en wedding With gold at present rates, a golden wedding ought certainly to be one of the most interesting occurrences of the day.
 About the. beginning of the present century the State of Connecticut made treaty with these Indians, by which they gave up part of their lands in Kent, retaining the rest The portion relinquished was sold. and John Ray mond. an eminent physician of Litchfeld coun-
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LrrcHFIhLD. Winter fairly set in on Sunday morning, 18th, when we were visited by the first snow storm of the season., Tuesday there was an additional fall of two or three, inches, of snow, and yesterday tbe sleigh bells jingled through our streets as if they meant to keep il up the rest of the winter.
 A GROSS FRAuD-On counting the votes in this town, at the late Election, four ballots were found of the following description:
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McCLEILAN's REslGNArIoN.--The World of Saturday says that " on the Sth inst, the day of the election, General Mcclellan addressed q letter to the President resigning his commis- sion in the army, and requesting that his res ignation might be allowed to date from that day" On the evening of the same day the people sent message to the little Grneral embodying the same request, and we hope l.. Nj. is entirely resigned by thls time.
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BOOSTING LowER.-fhe friends of Gen. Me Clellan, the little defeated of last week, now propose to run him for United States Senator from the colony of New Jersey. We hope he may get it. Success there would be in accoEd- aace with the fitness of things.
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| MAINE ELEcTIoNs.-Two hundred and twen- l ty-6ve towns give Lincoln AZ, ,423, Mcclellan | 30. .207, The same towns in September gave
 Cony 45,618, Howard 30, 116- r The r,mainder of the state will not materi-
 ally vary this majority, as the 30, 900 votes yet | to be heard from are about equally divided between the two parties. LincoIn's majority
 will be nearly l8,0OO on the home vote, with 5000 or 1000 additional on the soldiers vote. Where is s herman is the grand query of
 the hour. The Rebels are evidently worried
 about his movements, and are preparing their
 people for ''stirring news" Most of the Western papers assume that Sherman is on
 the march for Charleston or Savannah, destroy ing his communications as he goes. The first
 inkling from the General himself is in note
 to the Western Sanitary Commission, in which
 he says, under date of Oct 25, at Gaylervile,
 Ala, speaking about sending relief to our pris- oners at Andersonville: "I thank you for the
 prompt ful6llment of the request to send cer-
 tain articles for our prisoners at Andersonville
 Things have changed since, and may 90 m person to delioer these articles to hhe prisoners.
 In the meantime will hold themfor that p9r-
 pose. can make no use of the money lor
 their benefit, and beg you to use 1t m your no
 ble charity" It cannot be many dayS Dgrore T,
 Sherman;s position will become Kno"n. mus far the secret-if tLere is oDe-nas Deen vel kept. .a.
 ,arre number of packages intended for the .rran = s heSe arrived at the Washington Post Office with wrappers destroyed. or addr ess so mutilated that they cannot De forwarded, and aro tharefore necessarily sent to the Dead Letter Office. It is officially suggested that narsous sending packages write ona card their fnil address, and fasten it secur fly to the con- tents of the packages inside This will secure prompt delivery. i"ss "eh As-e4 sex sff
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A BIG TuRxIP:-Mr Elijah NJ. Peck has left in our ofdce common field turnip. which diff size and weight, and here it "beats the Dutch" !" It measures 26X28 inches and weighs ten pounds! Can anybody in this region-or any other-beat it?
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D~ We observe the Colsmbian Registsr of last week (Nov. 12th) four days after election. is still .sharping on my daughter" It speaks of the sfailing fortunes of the Republican par ty," of another draft "V Mir. Lincoln Is re- elected . of ssMr Lincoln's neeessities" for the vote of Nevada, and no end more of like stuff. Hasn't the Major heard the news yet?
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DG MarshfeiL: the home of Daniel Webster, gave vote which &r. Winthrop, and other Webster Wings. must be interested in hearing of It was: Lincoln. PA; Mcclellan, none. Pembroke gave 204 for Lincoln, and Mcclellan, none Dana gave l2s for Lincoln. and McClel- Ian, none.
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THE REsUEr.-The following is the full vote of this State at the Presidential election. The official returns may somewhat change the fig ures, but they gre substantially correct. It will be seen that every County in the State gave a Union majority, except New Haven' which has also the unpleasant reputation of being the only County in New England that Rent for McClellan:
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SHAEoN.-The figures of the Presidential vote in Sharon were inadvertently given wrong in our last. Tbey should have been as follows For Pre- ident Lincoln 242. For Gen. McClel- Ian 237. We shall give the official Vote of the County as soon as it is declared. The to- tas will not vary greatly from the figures we gave last week.
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Of course, these tickets were palmed off up- on nnsuspecting Union voters, who were thus deceived into voing against Abranam Lin coin and Andrew JohHson. The men who were guilty of this contemptible trick, would not scruple to commit any counterfeiting from conscientious considerations. It was in spite of such contemptible mean ness and yillainy that the true Union Ticket had twenty-three majority.
 SUPERIOR CouRr.-The long-continued trial of Smith and Chapin was finally terminated on Saturday last, by verdict forithe plaintiff to recover $7 and costs. For plaintiff, Chapman, Seymour and Goodwin. For defendants. Per kins, Hubbard and Johnson.
 The case of Rothschild rs Spurr, action on note-endorsee against the maker
 Capt. Salmon Buel of this town, 97 years old, vot ed last week for ABRAHAM LINeoJ for President of the United States He voted for George Washington. and at ev.ry Presidential election since, and always in this town.
 Moses Wheeler. aged 94, Stephen Deming. aged 84, Ambrose Norton, S3, Harry Palmer, S3. Julius Griswold, ss, Thaddeus Hungerford, s1 Stephen Morse, 8l, Chas L. Webb, 80, Jas. Wadsworth, 80. also all voted for Abraham Line' ln-ten in all, whose united ages are s44 years.
 Isaac Newton, S3, Elias Churchill, S3, Hiram Bissell, Sl, David Marsh, 80, A!bin Guild, 8O, Anson Candee, 80 voted for Mcclellan, six in all, united ages 407 years. So it appears that UNION men live twice as on in the aggregate as the opposition. Since writing the above, the following as been handed us by friend:
 His Last Presidential Vots-The venerable Capt Salmon Buel of this town, now in his 96th year deposited his vote for Abraham Lincoln at the late election Capt. B. has voted at every Presidential election since tue organiza- ton of the Government He remembers dis tinctly the visit of Gen'l Washington to this town during the Revolutionary war. and is probably the only man living in this County, if not in the State. who twice voted for the Fa ther of his CountrY--and at each succeeding election. His vote for Abraham Lincoln, in all human probability, is his last.
 On the tombstone of Mary B.iel wife of Dea. John Buel who died ill l16s, it is stated that she hal 4lz descendants, of whom 3J6 were living at her decease. Of them salmon Dusl (a grca;-grandson) is the only survivor.
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I0 The Republican Standard (Bridgeport) appears in new and handsome dress and in qnarto form. It is well edited, sprightly, ia- tclligent newspaper, and we are glad to notice its fnsnciai as we'll as literary prosperity.
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NoRFoIK.-We are told that the sleighing is good sorth aud west of us. It is said that the stage from Norfolk to Winsted early Mon day morning went down on runners. and turn ed over three times in the nine miles, in conse- quenee of the snow drifts.
 Tine evening stage from Wnsted to Nor folk, in connection with the evening train from Bridgeport, has been withdrawn. Reason, "don't pay.''- -ss--..
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R6F Mir. Jeremiah Peek of Northfeld, ad- yertises an adjournment of his Political Rally in another column. The advertisement is on his own responsibility, and paid for.
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NEW HARTFoRD.-The glorious result of tlre recent election was celebrated in New liar,
 ford on Thursday evening last, by the booming of cannon, ringing of bells and other demon istrations of joy by the Unionists.
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Lincoln carries P States, with 2l3 electoral votes; Mcclellan carries States, with 2l eIec- toral votes. Lincoln's majority on the popu- lar vote will be about 430, 900.
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D0 Our paper, which, owing to "internal derangements," has been somewhat irregular in it's transmission by mail of late, will now and hereafter he regularly forwarded to our County subscribers on Thursday morning.
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LOYAL DEMOCRACY.


 The New York Leader-a loyal democratic papse of New York City. has some timely re- nsfks regarding the result of the Presidential election, from which we make the following sxtsaets. for the purpose of calling!the atten- slos of the Connecticut democracy to words of ssbssnsss, uttered by oneiof their strict party lsususls.
 The Leader says:-
 sfhs slsstion is over. The argument 10 s1sssd. The verdict has been rendered. 1hsre is nc room for further discussion: AsnAnAn LIncoLx is reelected President of ths Unitsd States by majority of both the repuisr and Electoral votes. We beg leave ts ssnind Che World. NsSs and Express of these 1Asss. which they seem, unfortunately, to have
 sTks great Democratic Party must never 70 alleued to degenerate into . mere Faction. ve hase been beaten at the polls. and ought Sss e bs sshamed to acknowledge it. The assdsv does net believei In calling hard names at say tine. The Republicans should be per nissed to saeuopslise that business But of n fslliss thst of calling hard names after elec- tlsn fs the worst. Into just this folly some sf shs Democratic papers are drifting and eeafnss it we earnestly protest.
 . '
 Hsss is cur programme for the next four ysasss 10 support the Administration when it Q sieAts te oppose and correct 1t when it is vsseg; ls ssssgsaise the Democracy for the GFsas visspsy which awaits us in 1868. This pse9sanms the People will indorse, and we aEa1l have thsn all with us at the next cleo etea. They hays done the Democracy great i!l.saies. They have voted as if they believed eu tAae our opponents said of us. The proper uey c esnsincs them that Democratic are not syuxoehissss with treason or lovers of office Ne oe ssks q the spoils is not to aft down to uennae eyse onr defeat, but to begin working e enoe e1e 4e more for the Union than the ue1see eFublissn uho breathes the breath
 v TIC nspnbllesas have not the exclusive sisks c tho title of the Union Party, which skeP elnimed q the late election. The Demo sssss ass jnsf ns rood Onion men as they. In &e:. us siaimte bsmore devoted to the Union, si1es "a naks n6 conditions about it's restera. sisp. Why, tben, should Lincoln men fauni 6ksir Sara as1 frs their cannon over every
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D~ Major Jewett, of the Knight General Hospital. New Haven, suspended some time since. has been restored to his post as Surgeon of the Hospital. The charges against him prove to have no foundation.
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Cnion majority, 2427.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-03
The Spring Campaign.

Lees Movements. -One of the New
York papers has dispatch from WASH
ington. which alleges that important plans
are preparing at Richmond for the spring
campaign. Kentucky, Maryland and
Pennsylvania are again to be invaded,
and Lees army is being rapidly recruited
for desperate struggle. Ninety thous-
and men are to be put into Virginia alone.
Immense defensive works are being con-
structed along the Rapidan. The works
on that line, although of not very for
midable character, are, however, of suf-
ficient strength to protract our advance in
that direction and render the march to
Richmond dangerous to our troops.
The rebels are now building in that To-
cality three military roads-one between
Mine Run and Orange Court House, the
other on the Orange pike, and third be-
tween the two named. These roads are
constructed of planks obtained from the
saw-mills located in the vicinity, and &C.
cupy already an extent of about fifteen
miles in length. Once finished, they will
cover space of about sixty miles, and
will add great deal to the rapidity Of the
rebel movements within the line they
have selected for defensive operations.