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Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-08
ssAtEana is ours and fairly won 5

These are the modest yet thrilling words in this great rebel stronghold in Georgia. After four months of persistent marching, battling and toiling over Q mountainous country, every mile of which was capable of being defended by resolute foes against twenty times the num- ber of their assailants, the campaign is glori- cusly ended by the capture of Atlanta, the vital spot in the rebcllious states, and Georgis lies at the feet of our conquering arms.
 The capture of Atlanta practically reduces the area of the rebellion to those parts of South Carolina, North Carolina and southern yirginia not yet in our possession. 1.-The Con- federacy" is bisected. and Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi are cut off from the rest of the states. One after another of the rebel strongholds have fallen, and the rebellion now finds itself literally cireumscribed by Q wall of fire, from which it can find no escape.
 The victory is thus most glorious and com plete, in its military aspect, since it puts hors du combat one of the only two remaining ar mics of the rebellion, and shakes the whole Confederacy from turret to foundation. In it's political aspect it is also just HOW of the highest consequence and happiest omen, since it puts a final quietus upon all humiliating propositions of peace except at the point of the bayonet, and on the sole ground of the supremacy of the Union.
 Well. then, may the glorious news awaken the spontaneous enthusiasm of the loyal mass es of the North We'll may the aspiration of thanksgiving and gratitude to God go up from millions of loyal hearts! Well may the cop perbeads and secret sympathizers with rebell- ion hide their diminished heads in the light of this great victory to the loyal arms, and read their political doom in the hand writing that proclaims,
 "ATLANTA IS OURS AND FAIRLY woN!'
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COULDN'T BURST Tive have been told that MT. Ames Of Falls Village. in trying one of his wrought iron guns, a lighter one than that just tried at Bridgeport, loaded it to within fourteen inches of the muzzle with powder and wadding, then put in projectile eighteen inches long, projecting from the muzzle one-third of it's length. He then placed the gun close against an embankment ten feet thick, composed of several tons of iron backed up with earth, and set slow match to the gun and fired it. The enormous gun recoiled sizty Jsst. and drove tho projectile entirely through the solid embark. meot of iron and earth. A pretty good test. The maker of the gun has some ground for saying that "you may weld up the muzsle and you cant burst it."- Press.
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At the Chicago Convention (outside) Dan. Mahoney. one of the Democratic martyrs to free speech" said:
 To get them (the South) back, you must re- pudiate tho disgraceful treatment they received and thrust from power the instruments of their attempted degradation. We must elect our candidate. and then holding out our hands to the South, invite them to come and sit again in our Union circle. IA voice-"Suppose they won't come?"] If they will not come to us, then am in favor of going to them.
 Loud cheers.] Our Constitution can be made acceptable to them. and then have the assu- rance that they will return and forget the past.
 If that isn't trucking and treason of the meanest and basest and most cowardly charac- ter, then we don't know what trucking and treason means. And this is only specimen of the sort of stuff that was copiously voided at Chicago for three long days and nights.
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Seaetat yeirs.


 TIE FALL OF ArLAsrA.-The following ls the official dispatch from Gen. Sherman, au. nouncine the capture of Atlanta, and the puf. suit of the enemy:
 WAR DEPARTMENT. Sept, 1, 1884, 10 Maj. Gen Dir, New Fork:
 ten. Snermaa's official report of tho capi ture or Atlanta has just been received by thia Departmsnt. It is dated 26 miles south of Al. lanta. o'clock yesterday morning, but was detained by the breaking of the telsRsau, lines mentioned in my dispstch of lastluiSht. He says:
 As already reported, the army withdrew from about Atlanta, and on the 3Oth had made break of the West Point road, and reached good position. from which to strike the Macon road-the right (Howard) near Jonsss boro the left (Sco6sld) near Rough and Ready, and the center.( Thomas) at Couch's.
 Howard found the enemy in force at Jones: boro. and entrenched his troops within half mile of the railroad. The enemy attacked him at 3 F. M., but was easily rspulssd, leaving his dead and wounded,
 Finding strong opposition on the road, ad- vanced the left and centre rapidly to the rail. road, made good lodgment, and broke 1t all the way from Rough and Ready down to How. ards left, near Jonesboro and by the sam "Ao'o"0uS A uIoI POSou uY W0OIe army Oo. tween Atlanta and the part of the enemy iu. l trenched in and around Jonesboro. | We made general attack on the enemy ak Jonesboro. oh the first of September, the Four. teenth Corps, Gen. Jeff. 0. Davis, carrying the works handsomely, with ten guns and about . thousand prisoners. In the night the enemy retreated south, and we have followed him to another of his has. tily constructed lines near Lovejoys Station. Hood. at Atlants. finding me on his road. and the only one that could supply him, and be tween him and . considerable part of his army blew up his Eiagazinss at Atlanta, and left in the nighttime, when tho Twentieth Go rps; Gen, Slocum took possession of the place. So ATLANTA IS OURS, AND FAIRLY WONI
 Since the 5th of May, we have been in ous constant battle or skirmish. and need rest. Our losses will not exceed l.200, and we have possession of over 300 rebel dead, 250 wounds ed, and over l, 300 well,
 [Signed,l W. T. SHERMAN, f Major. General. A later dispatch from Gen. Sloeum. dctsd at Atlanta, last night, (the 3d.) at ST.. .M, states that the enemy destroyed seven loco- motives and eightyone cars loaded with am. munition, small arms and stores, and left forH teen pieces of artillery. most of them unin. jured. and 8 large number of small arns- Deserters are constantly coming into ouY lines. EDWIN M. STANTON. Secretary of War:
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The substitute brokers in New Haven are . funny set, il we may judge from an occurrence that took place on Tuesday night. On that evening new beginner in the brokerage pro fession came up from New York with one soli- tary "sub." As might be expected with
 man so situated. he found friends everywhere, and in three hours he was so druak that he couldn't have told boiled custard from T rail-" In the mean time the .ssub" was spirit ed of to parts unknown, and about five o'clock the next morning the police found the ssxsufs standing in his shirt. on the end of a car n the railrosd depot. They had not only stole his s.sub" but they had stolen Ae broke-,s c1othes to disguise him wit1( (ieaying said broker in a- bout the same condition. 30 far as wardrobe was concerned, as tradition describes Adam several years ago.
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DIEl.

Tn this town, 6th inst, George Prindls. ssa of L. B. Prindle. sgsd l4.
 In tbi. town, 7lh inst. infant daughter of Edward P. and Jennie E. Cheney. % Fw'
 In Morris, 27th ult., Horace Clark March,
 In Morris, 9th inst, Asa skiH, aged s7.
 In Morris. Slst ult. of sonvulsions, Cors, youngest daughter of Nicholas H. and Maria A. Fogg, sged 2 years and months. s-2
 Waterbury American please copy. .a AtCornwsll Bridge. Conn.,, l7th ult.. Edith ,. daughter of W. c. and N. A. wsdhsms, sgsd one year and eight months.
 In Hospitslen Blackwell's Island, N.Y., 1st inst, Philandsr Eggleston, of New Hartford, member of the 2d Artillery, c. V, sgsd S4 years. His body brought home, wss buried last Saturday. His widowed mother is now sonlsss, having lost her two snd only sons' both members of the same regiment
 In Collinsville, on. the 2oth ult, of eyphus fever, Bradford Mercy, sged Ss years.
 h Ksnt, a inst, Wn. T. Hopsos, sese ..
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Our Army Correspondence.
HEADQUARTERS. ARMY OF POTOMAC,
 lat Sent 1S64

HEADQUARTERS. ARMY OF POTOMAC, - lst Sept. 1864.
 Sitting at the same table, in the same chair, with the same tormenting flies crawling into my ears and over my face, it is difficult to re- alize that Q week has flown since last had Q talk with you. In the early part of the cam paign, we were real itinerauts. Onr home was in the saddle. Our changes of linen and hose, our stationary and "quills," our ''rations' and medicines, our letters and pictures of home friends, our s'household gods," all were pack ed in those saddle bags that now hang empty by the door. Day after day we rode beside the onward marching troops. or watched them struggling under freedoms flag for freedoms cause. At night beneath some spreading tree, with the constant tramp of soldiers Or the din of battle sounding in our ears, we laid cur heads upon our saddles, and, with a thought of home and prayer for dear ones far away, slept heath the faithful vigil of the stars. Ev- cry morning brought us new duties, every day new scenes.
 Now,,"all is quiet along the lines," and we the creatures once of . most tickle fortune have attained "local habitstion'' Mrs. Ma son, . cousin of the rebel Embassador, and se- cond cousin to our veteran General Scott, pre- sides. An old plantation road, through woods and fields, leads from the thoroughfare of war to her secluded home-and ours. We occupy her pleasant chambers, we lounge in her we'll furnished parlor. We enjoy it and she seems to.
 Who are "ws!" We are MT. Peters of the Philadelphia Inquirer-s veteran correspond ent, and faithful one,-and MT. Creighton of the N. Y. World-a true man, on my honor, and, except the disgrace of his relation to . dirty paper, . man of as fair character ss any with his views,-and Mir. Bradford, the Tribune's frank and trusty messenger, and we. Is that enough "ye!" Echo answers oui
 The event of the past week is the battle of Ream's Station, on last Thursday. The first and second division of the M corps held their position against three desperate assaults of A. P. Hills whole corps and part of Long streets. At last. on the fourth assault, some new recruits belonging to the 7th N. Y. broke and lied, and the enemy poured in upon our men in overwhelming numbers. and drsve them back. Part of the position was after ward retaksn, and the whole of it evacuated by the rshsls before morning. Thsy undeubt-
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NATIONAL UNION NOMINATIONS.
 FOR PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, of Illinois.
 FOR vICE-PREsIDENT, ANDREW JOHNSON, of Tennessee
Union Electoral Convention.

Union Electoral COnventiOn. The Delegates to the Union State Convention for the nomination of PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS will meet at Touro Hall, in HARTFORD, on Wednesday, the 2lst day of September, 1864, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Delegates equal to double the number of Representatives in the General Assembly from each town in the State will be entitled to a seat in the Convention.
 JAS. G. PATTERSON, Chairman. GEO. s. GILLIAN, TRUMAN A. WARREN, JAMES NICHOLS, BRADLEY R AaARD, N. D. SHERRY, W. T. ELMER, JNo. J. JAaUEs, H. M. SrANNARD, H. H. SARKwEATHER, F. W. SMITH, EDWARD PRENTIs, W. A. CUMMINGS, JEREMIAH OLNEY, MARCUS LILLE, RICHARD s. LATHRop, E. PEAsE,
 State Central Committee. Hartford, Conn, Aug. 25, 1864.
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BG~ The Pres ident of the United States has issued proclamation requesting thanks givings to be offered in all places of public worship, on Sunday next, for the recent victo- ries at Mobile and Atlanta, and prayers for blessings upon the sick, wounded and prison CTS. The President also tenders the thanks of the nation to Sherman and Farragut, and the brave men under them, and orders nation- al salutes to be fired at the various U. s. Ar ssnal and Navy Yards. in honor of the victo- ries.
 The proclamations and orders will be found in full elsewhere.
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THE SOLDIERS SHALL VorE.-We publish elsewherd the Proclamation of Gov. Bucking. ham, announcing the adoption by the people of the Constitutional Amendment allowing soldiers in the field to vote. The following is tha official vote for and against the amend ment hu cnnntias
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lind the people break b stote the tIovcrnth.nts

lind the people break stote the dovcrnt1ents, We'll, then. I call that stock pHceatg secure.
 Secondly, you want tho income uniform aud psrmanens. Well. want you to take up q list of banks. railroads, mines insurance compa- nies-anything you choose-and tell me thonor bright, now ) how many have paid uniform income for ten or twenty years. Not one in Q hundred, MT. Smith, and you know it. E.
 Now here is the Government will pay you without varying little. Now Hike some thing that gives me my in come every year. Thirdly, you want something which is n.ay- st aHe any day in the year. Now. if you will ask any bank President, he will tell you that Gouur"msat stoeks gre s only kind of property thos is sl~ays saiable. because they will sell any. where in Me ,0orld.
 Now, MT. Smith. thi s is why put my little a wings in Government stocks. I confess, too that wanted to help that dear old country, which is my home and sVy country" II con- fess," said Mir. Smith, " I hadn't thought of all this. There is good deal of sense in what you Say, and will go 30 far as to put two or three thousand dol lars in United States stocks. It can do no harm"
 We left Mir Smith going towards the bank, and Poor Richard returning home, with that c aim and placid air which indicated the se- renity of his disposition and the consciousness of doing right towards his country and his fellow man.
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SUMMARY OF DOMESTIC EvEN3s IN
 AUGnST

Aug. 1-Defeat of the rebel invading force nt Cumberland, Md. Additional Fast Day. General suspenSionl of business. 5-Passago of Admiral Farraguts dest into Mobile Bay, Evacuation of Fort Powell und destruction of the rebel fleet. 6-Inefectual explosion of rebel mine as Petersburgh. 7-Hagerstown evacuated by the enemy and occupied by Union troops. 8-Surrender of Fort Gaines and Fort Pow ell, Mobile, to Admiral Farragut. l. eEtpiosion of an ammunition boat, Iith fgreat loss of life and property st City PofHt,' James River. ll-12-Capture and destruction of vessels off Sandy Hook, by tho rebel stesmSr Tallah as-' sec, escaped from Wilmington. 13-Advance of tho Union forces under Gen. Shsridan' to Strssburgh, Va.
 --Continned depredasiohs of ths rsbsl prii- tstesr Tallahassee..
 rf-Capturs of rebel redoubt with guns and prisoners north of tho James by Gen. Hanr cocks corpg. forces in the Shenandoah Valley.
 18-Seizurs of the Weldon Railrohd, so6lE of Petsrsburgh, by the Fifth Corps under Gen.. Warren 5.,r.
 l8-Insheetual attempt of the rsbslt gtrS- possess tho Weldon Railroad
 20-Sailing of the rebel eruissF ffdhT Hali-r fax, N. s. after stay oftwo days.
 A-Second unsuccessful rebel attack en the Federal lines at the Weldon Railroad.
 Rebel raid into Memphis.
 25-A third desperate and fruitlsss rsbsf sfort te recover the Weldon road.
 26-Surrender of Fsrt Morgan and its garik son to Admiral Farragut
 The rebel forces repulssd in aaiemrtink' to cross the Potomse into Maryland.
 27-2S-New flank movement began by Gen Sherman at Atlants.
 29-Assembling of the Democratic National Convention at Chigago.
 8l-NominsiioD of Gen Mcclellan for the Presidency by the Chicago Convention.
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1&- People laugh when they read the cop perhead anathemas against the Administra- ton on the subject of " arbitrary military ar rests" imprisonment of American citizens "the employment of universal test-oaths, , &c., &c.,, when they recollect who first sug- gested such measures, and put them in force, in Maryland and elsewhere. Wasn't his name Geo. B. Mcclellan f-Answer, /" White boys r
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DD~ The Copperhead platform declares |" as the sense of the Amercan people" that we have had four years of failure in restor- ing the Union by the experiment of war;" and yet its ,var candidate was fer more than half that time at the head of one of the largest Union armies, and ,cas a most conspicuous failure to the sense Of the American people. |" Since he was laid on the shelf, the prospects of restored Union "by the experiment of war;" have looked considerably brighter!
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TIE Two PLATroRMs.-How nobly and grandly read the patriotic utterances of the Union Convention at Baltimore, when read in contrast with the mean, and trucking, and base resolutions" of the Copper-head Con. vention at Chicago! We have printed them both together on the outside of this issue, and we beg every legal voter of this County, of whatever political predeliction be may be. to read them over carefully and thoughtfully. We shall have something to say of their diff ferences at another time.
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p@- The draft, which was to take place on Monday, the 9th, is postponed to tho 18th inst. and all bounties are continued up to that time. A few towns in the county are still ded- cient in their quotas. Hurry up the enlist mentai
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, An oficial dispatch from General Gil. sss' aa'sa Bulls Gap. Sept 4th, says that he sarprlsed, defeated and killed the uo.or;ons
 a' 'onn Morgan, that morning, and cap. tarsa about seventy-fve prisoners, including Morgans staff So John has nov no, ;,,. ? hole from which hs won't dig out sntil ,hs Angsl Gebs1sl calls taf him.
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D@ The loyal citizens of Boston met on Tuesday evening, at the old Cradle of Lib. erty," to rejoice together on the fall of Allan. ta. Gov. Andrew presided, and addresses were made by Senator Wilson. Hoa. A. W. Rice, Ex-Mayor of the Gty. Ex-Governor Boutwell,. and others. It was rousing meet ing.
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THE QUOTA OF LIroHFIBLD CoUNrY.-Our readers will be glad to learn from the table given below. that the quota of this county, by the corrected enr rellmept, is more than fall. A majority of the towns have raised a surplus above their quota. The following table shows the deficiency and surplus of each town in the county up to Monday of this week:
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dly lost twice as ihady men as ws, and gained

edly lost twice as ihahy men as we, and gained nothing. The l4th Connecticut Regiment bore very prominent part in this affair. sspeeiall in re taking portion of the works. They charged, alone and unsupported, through storm of death-dealing missiles upon the enemy, driv- ing them from strong position and recap. turing two or three pieces of artillery. Their loss was cruel, being an aggregate of 50 out of slightly over 200 men. Amtng them, the brave Capt William H Hawley, of Bridge port, fell dead, and Capt. Simpson, of Water bury, was wounded in the back. The other officers wounded wer, Capt. Brigham, Co. B, leg, Capt. Nichols, Co. I, leg, 1st Asst. Sur geon levitt, head, Lieut.. Robinson, Go. I, head, and Lieut.. Williams, Co. I. head. or Go. C., raised partly in Litehfeld county, find corp. Robert Wolf wounded in the leg. Lieut.. Moore and private George Rich, of the same company, are missing.
 Few regiments have ever left our State to do so much severe fighting, or crown our flag with 50 much glory as the Fourteenth. I be- lieve they have lost over 1900 men since they first left home-men who have fought with less commendation, and died with less eneonis, than any other fallen sons of our most noble State.
 There is now, daily, aii expectation of an other great battle for tho possession of the Weldon Railroad. The temper and prospects of the army remain unchanged, and a defeat need not be feared. R.B:w.
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1@ A correspondent writes us from New York that the copperhsad platform has kill ed the Democracy" as dead as Julius Csssar Peace to it's ashes
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CLER1cAk-Rev. B. D. Murphy, who for three months past has been speaking with great success in behalf of the Christia Commission, has recently received and accepted . call to the pastorate of the Port Church, New York city. He begins his labors there as pastor next Sabbath.
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B~ During the lasttsn days tas number of men mustered into the army has averaged three thousand s day. On the 2d inst, 4,ls6 were mustered in,l and on the Sd, e,loo.- These are the latest reports received. The number mustered in on the Sd inst, is prob. ably greater than has been mustered during sny other day for nearly two years.
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1~ Vermont reelected Governor J. Red
 field Smith, UNION. by about 10000 majority, on Iuesday !; some 5000 better than she did las, ysss. Fisst Gnp for Father Abraham
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s% ThasN. Y. Tribune in it's political leader q Tuesday. says: :" Hsnceforth we fly the banner of Abraham Lincoln for the next Presidency"
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gpeaI xud ComutN Yeit,s

LIfcAtIsLD. At a meeting of the Directors of she Phoenix Brsnch Bank in this village on Monday, Geo. c. Woodruff Esq. was reelected President, and Henry R. Colt Esq. Cashier of the Bank for the ensuing year.
 A meeting of our citizens interested in the proposed new road to the depot, will be held this (Thursday) afternoon. in the Court Room, at 2 P. M.
 A beautiful illustration of the way the present copperhead board of Selectmen man. age the town affairs is afforded by the method they adopt of carrying out the town vote with regard to those going to Bridgeport for tho purpose of securing . correct enrolment to this town. The town understood, and 50 voted, that the expenses of aH those 50 going, who should get their names erased from the enroll msnt, should be paid by the town. But the board refuse to pay the expenses of at least one who 50 went to Bridgeport asd had his name stricken from the list, on the ground that he "sasn't notifed' by His Royal High ness the first selectman" The real ground of the refusal was, we presume, that Mir. Prin- dle don't happen to be 8 copperhead, and we call upon the town to make a note of his case. Happily we believe the official days of this copperhsad board to be numbered.
 The Superior Court opens its September term, in this town, on Tuesday next. Judge Dwight Loomis. elected by the last legislature, holds the session.
 It is reported that copperhead sheet is to be started in this village soon, in tho inter- est of little Mao and-the present board of selsctmen.
 MR. ED1roR,-Why don't you announce with what great snthusiasms ('!') the nomination of the Quaker Gun Candidate was received in Litcbfield? Why, there was Squire G-s, who has been all around the political bush, back and forth, through it, over and under it, from top to bottom, sometimes "pad'llng his boat' one way and sometimes another. Then there was Maj. B-n of Brooklyn, late oft the army, recently a prominent Know Nothing, now running with the Irish Democratic ma chine And then there was the magnificent C-s of New York they hoisted the Flag, and would have given three cheers, but there being but three of them, it would be too straining-so magnificent C-s swore, as did Uncle Toby in Flanders, terribly. Great enthusiasm! great eathusiasm!! about the corner, but further west-all in mourning.
 LITTLEMAK.
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B0 Brown University celebrated t. aun- dredth anniversary or Tuesday.
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BORN.

DT BORN. r In Norfolk. list inst. son te Mr. Edw"Fs '. Swift, of Detroit, Mich.
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ZS, ,ZSU Majority in favor, lO,043.