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Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-03

1 DG- Surgeon Henry Plumb, of the Second
 Conn. Artillery, has written long letter to
 the Waterbury American, in which he avows
 himself politically Q Lincoln man, and urges
 all who are of his ancient faith (the simon
 pure demoeracy), to join with the army in re- electing their present Comma nder. in Chief
 Wehave not room to quo,e his whole letter,
 but give the following as Q sample:-
 ! tell you peace men who are war makers, that your trust in the army in this campaign
 is frail one. The soldiers soilI not Yote for | Nc CyeJIan, be sure of that. Why do you talk lOf c cessation of hostilities, which can never
 be unless We relinquish every principle for which we have fought Have not the rebels
 repeated that thousand times, and if ces-
 sation of hostilities would necessitate the
 Abandonment of any of, the grea. principles of l government, the reduction of our territory to
 the extent of single square inch if the hon
 or Of this nation is to suffer an iota, or it's I glory lose single ray, why do you talk of g cessation. now when the rebellion is confess
 edly in it's decline-whea all that is needed is
 Q few vigorous and stunning blows to end its career of shame? Atlanta ours, the entire con trol of Mobile harbor ours, the Valley of the Shenandoah ours, the James to our base of | supplies, and foothold about Petersburg ours, which shuts the enemy off from most of it's railroad communications, the territory left l to the population of the Confederacy so small l as to produce but inadequate supplies,-surely
 are not these material successes with good as
 suFances of final complete triumph! The
 rebels will fight until the last spark of hope is kextinguished; they will fight and hope for
 some foreign intervention, changeof of policy on our part, or something of that sort,--and if we l would not leave the matter to the same uneel
 tain arbitrament of time and chance, we must crowd our armies to the 6eld. and wipe out tho only line or le, ter of possibility which they
 see. We have the ab''ity to do all this speed ily, and if the people will come up to the work lin downright earnest, give men. means and influence to the cause-another year shall see our arms triumphant in every quarter, and :he stars and stripes floating in calm and protec- Il tive grandeur over every fort and arsenalin the country.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-03
A POLITICIAN.

He wired in and wired out,
 And left the people still in doubt Whether the snake that made the track Was going South, or coming back"
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-03

CoRKwALL.-Rev. MT. H Eddy of Winsted. will address the Union Citizens of Cornwall, at the Town Hall, Cornwall, on this, Thursday evening at 73 o'clock. s. s t..,. ,.s
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-03
ABErTHR woRLD.

It cannot be! each hope and fear.
 Thatl lights the eye or clouds the brow, Proelaims there is . happier sphere.
 Than this bleak world that holds us nowi There is voice which sorrow hears,
 When heaviest weighs life's galling chain ; {" Tis heaven that whispers' " Dry thy tears
 The pure in heart shsll meet again [" a&
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-03

ao15As 5sa1as | informed hy tho Conn e.
 tisat ssats Assat. who has iust ssturasa fiom ~ uspastnsat sf tAs Gull. that shs'ss,disrs ts thse sssisa vots sbout ten Or Liueeln tu eapfBss lgsclsnss.s basausso J sa4aT .ss9 .asnsA .gss iiges g.essl los 2 ,aata4s {
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-03

bear, while njaicing with them that the blood of their best beloved had not been split in vain. &
 Then. with two more songs from the Glee Club, which elicited loud applause from the audience. and with three cheers each for the gallant young Colonel, the Governor and the Glee Club, and the announcement that Union meetings would be held in the Court House on Thursday and Monday evenings, the audience finally dispersed at about ten o'clock.
 Altogether, then, we may safely say, that the LIrcHsIELD CouNTY UNION MAss MEET ING was grand and complete successful more so than this very inadequate and hasty report can convey to those who did not have the good fortune to see or participate in it There could not have been less than r1vr THousASD Union citizens of Litchfeld Coun ty gathered during the day and evening, tc listen to the speeches, or join in the proces sion, to whom it was pleasure and a prof to have done so., We ought also to hay. mentioned before, that the vast multitude wa: amply fed under the canvas tent spread in tn, West Park. with food provided by the hospi table Union citizens of Litchfeld. e
 In ines the grand success of the day point cd enthusiastically to the one conclusion, tha lLachfeld County will roll ap next Tuesday 6 llargsr majority than she ever gave before, fo the Union Candidates. ABRAHAM LIN tCoLN and ANDREW JOHNSON for Pars IDsar and V1os PKEnDEsr of the Usrr1 l STk7Es. fl is es sa s..z iA
 ]! ,s.I #.-, sts..s. sst zgss
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-03

NEW MILroRD.---A Union Rally will be held at New Milford on Friday afternoon Nov. ..4th, ct o'clock P. M. .ss 2h& 5''.s '2e
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-03
8ssaI SssA 9snnty AsSus.
GREAT Union Mass Meeting !! LitchfleId County EH Masse. IMMENSE PROCESSION! i. MUSIC. BANNERS, TRANsPA- kENoEs. Ae., Sc:

E Speeches bysGov. BucErNaHAr, Lieut. Gov
 AvERnL. P. T. BAKNuA, Esq. Hon. ALExAs- DER W. RANDALL, Hon. STEPHEN W. KELLOGG, ana Col. GgIksy. Z. .rc. sa ] { ea r. .l-s .eE
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-03

. .'.aEg gEnlInI a.ll le ElkI'
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-03

Com0 to tuls Couuuy wuctc U uidu pOcitlOu tb society depended solely. upon,his own talents and exertions, and wondered. that men in his position and of his nationality could be found who would vote to uphold the aristocratic re- lation between master and dependent which they had fed from to avoid. He also made many other telling hits in his speech, among others completely disposing of the enemy's complaint of the Presidents Proclamation of Emancipation, and the arming of slaves, show ing that as military necessity it was justi6a- able. with abundant precedents, and. in his judgment, entirely consitutioral. But VIC have no spacs to follow his address further, which was frequently applauded. a=
 During the C-,l1nels speech Gov. Buckrse HAM entered the Court Room, and was greeted wlth loud applause. After song from the Waterbury Glee Club, he was called upon for a speech. and responded in . few remarks Of an eloqusnt and impressive character. in which ho gave his opinion of the character of Abra- ham Lincoln, giving his testimony to his up rightaess of character, siDgleness of purpose. integrity, ability. and unswerving patriotism, and closing by saying that so far as his inhu- ence extended, or his voice was thought worth listening to, he gave it all willingly. eonscisn- tiously, enthusiastically to the support of ABRAHAM LINCOLN for the Presidency.
 Subsequently the Governor returned heart felt thanks for the aid Litchfeld County had given the Government, through him. in its efforts to put down the rebellion, and sympa- thized most heartily with his auditors in the bereavements they had been called upon to
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-03

sT-9s ".Gl -s f5s a .Where Angels fear to tread" ne- Mir. BARxun then proceeded to speech of great power and force, interspersed with biting sarcasm and witty anecdote, which kept the andisnoe in roar of laughter at the expense of tho coppe.head candidates. whom he mer- cilessly scathed. At the close of his remarks, the speaker was honored with three more rou. sing cheers.
 The Waterbury Glse Club then favored the audience with patriotic song That's what's the natter" capitally sung, and Tompkins's Band of Waterbury also discoursed5some .ex- cellsnt music, after which Cor. STEPHEN w, KEILoGa If Waterbury, was introduced. and welcomed with rousing cheers.
 Col KELLOGG made. as he always does, an eloquent and simpressiEsSs speech, full of eogeni
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-26

II the cocknsy aeSepk skhss &1Vl4 n1st
ave her independence, ana Nc haboli-
tionists put down, and hold Hing vim
helm q % f.s' assf Il
Union Gsat 81 on are, Ixee, a H
lishman, AID ought. 70 b. ashamed Of
yourself. You hsss grown rish .uader
this Government, and now you are sbaS.
Jog it. You are coward, sir. spd an
ungenerous man. and, il you we're honest,
would soosn such sentiments, when psps
pie, loving liberty is struggling for it's ex-
istence. Why don't you 20 South, if
Northern institutions are 20 dissgrseablel
The fact Is, you sre . skuIk. and dare Bos
60; but, il had the power, I'd ssDd eve-
ry one Of you there in short notice. You.
are unworthy, sir, OF being called an
American as k1sa
Secesh- don't wish to have anything
further to say" And thsrsupon left the
adj lining sest like . whipped dog. At
first he thought be had found an associate,
but soon discovered bis mistake. The
Union gent, whose name our reporter was
unable TO learn, fully understood the issue
of the day, and gave Mr.. Seoesh : lesson
which he wall not very coon forget.
A number of gentlemen who were in
the car appeared to relish the treat, though
Secesh appeared highly indignant. I'm.
! Commercial Advertiser 4
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-26
A Pen Picture OF the Officers in
J"hnstonss Army.

While at Cassvilie, I saw picture wor.
thy Of the brush of Vandyke. General
Johnsfon's headquarters were in an open
woods. He formed the centre of a. group
OF officers immediately recognized. Op-
posite 10 him and holding one corner OF
the map was that fine looking soldier and
gentleman, Lieutenant General Polk; and
on Folks left, also holding and examln-
ing Tie map, stood a general of renowned
reputation. His small. grey eyes. sharp
features and earnest look proclaimed Gle
burne. Bending over the map and wear
ing black fur hat. looped up on one side
with star, was another widely known to
fame. The ha., with the crutch under
his arm, and the cane in his leftband, de-
clared the dashing hood-the tanker of
his army. Yonder, reclining in the COR
ner of the field, in gray uniform, is an
officer whose grey beard and singalariy
shaped head one would readily recognize.
even did he not spring up as Gen. Polk
calls cut, ''Hardee, come here!' These
officers are tracing road on the map, and
insently watching them, with noA and
khNb HhASh bpSb VI iHc Hcdus 10 w lbttGI,
while jackson leans lazily back in an a,ti
tude that bespeaks the love of his ease.
Yonder heavy bearded man is Stevenson,
the best officer ia Pemberton's army. He
is talking to Stewart The officer who
approaches and raises his hs. SO politely
Is Hindman There stand Walker and
L. ring. IN earnest conversation; and Gen
MAusalli 'Ohef OF Staff" is wandering
about. now greeting some staff officer and
now dispatchiDg Some courier. The gal
liant Bate, the j5ily but 6ery Cheasham.
and the composed, dignifed Stewart form
another group; Cbeathau evidently com
ing to the point. A gay retinue Of statf
officers surround this distinguished gath.
ering OF most of the leading spirits in the
gallant Army of the Tennessee.-[ Cor
Colambia Caroliuian.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-26

Letter from Capt MsIS 70 Alexander Leitch Druggist,
before JEe. H. BLoop, became Agent for the Medicine.
sf. Lcurs. March 81. Is13.
ALx1 LxzscH Esg:-Like many Of ny profession.
nave suffered severely with rheunz could get
permanent relief till tried your specinc. haIpy
10 that its use In few days restored me 10 health
fSigned,J CAPT. MALfS OF steamer Warsaw
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-26
w.,GiDg On . Rafs.

Mace Sloper. Esq., in the Knicker
booker, tells the following ptory: a
There was fellow once stepped out o
the door of tavern on the Mississippi
meaning 10 walk mile up the shore Il
the next tavern. just at the lending ID,
big raft-one of the regular old-fashionel
whsIer.-a raft mile long.
Well, the fellow heard the landlord ga,
theraft was mile long and he said unit
himself, Il will go forth and see this grea,
wonder, aud let mine eyes behold The
timber which the hand of mao hath
hewn." So he got on at the lower cod
and began to ambulate over the wood ia
pretty fair time. But just as be walked
up the river it walked down, both travel
ing at about the same rate. When he
got to the end of the sticks, be found tbey
were pretty near shore. and in sight of .
tavern; so he landed nd walked straight
into the bar room he had come out Of
The general sameness of things took him
little aback, but be looked the landlord
straight 10 tie face and settled it in his
own way:
Publican" said he, ''are you gifted
with any twin brother, who keeps a simi.
lar sized tavern, With duplicate wife, a
COMFORTING wood pile, and corresponding
circus bills, mile off from here"
The tavern keeper was fond of fun, and
accordingly said i. was Just so.
"And, publican. have you, among your
dry-good, for the entertainment Of man
and boast, any whisky of the same size
as that of your brother's?"
And the tavern man said that from the
rising Of the sun even to the going down
of the same, he had.
They took drinks, when the stranger
said
Publican, that twin brother of yours
Is mighty Gne mana very fine man,
indeed. But, do you know, I'm afraid
he suffers good deal with Chicago Dip
liberia ~
land, what is that p asked the toddy
sticker.
1t is when the truth settles so firm in
a man that none Of it ever comes out
Common doctors, of the catnip sort,
called it lying. When left your broth
er's confectionery there was a raft at his
door, which he swore his life was a mile
long. We'll, publican, walked that raft
from bill TO tsil, from his door TO your'n
Now know leg time, and I'm just as
good for myself as for hoes, and better
for that than any man you ever did see.
L always walk mile in exactly twenty
minutes IN good road, and I'll be busted
with an overloaded Iajun gun five been
more n ten minutes coming here, stepping
over the blamed logs at that"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-26
Interesting Dtssensions ON . Rail.
road Train between Tw 70 English-
men..Unisn w.. SeCt Sh.

Interesting Dtssensions ON . Rail.
road 7ratn Between Tw English-
men..Unisn w., Sec. Sh.
1t is a well-known fact to most of the
travelling public who do business in New
York. and have occasion to ride over the
New Jersey Railroad, that there are
large number OF notorious Eagllsh seces-
sionists who go to and from Newark, cor.
stantly denouncing the North and the
present Administration, and at the same
time laudipg up JEFF Davis and his CO.
horts. These men claim to be a par, and
parcel of the London goldfish aristocracy.
who, having resided in the vicinity Of New
York for many years, ADD made money.
are the most bitter enemies of oil good,
loyal citizens, and who occasionally hold
their midnight revels in drinking and
abusing our institutions To their nos
tions there is nothing Iike "hold Hengland
and the London haristocracy."
This, in connection with the institu.
lions of the South, is their grand hobby
every morning and evening in the cars,
more particularly when the Union arms
have met with a reverse. There are,
however, exceptions, as vas shown
last evening in the four o'clock train 70,
Elizabethtown, when one of these cock
news addressed himself 10 q YORKSHIRE,
gentlemen, 10, al to his adopted country
IN the following language:
when will This blasted Administr.
ton op the effusioa. Of blood, and le,
the South alone!"
Union Gent-"Nct until this wicket
rebellion is put down, and Northern
English sympathisen meet their just de
sets
This was stuaner for seeesb, and ria
ing upon bic pretended dignity. b aid
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-26

LAstLLL, II-, July 18th, zstz.
JoHy II. ELocr, Esq-DcGr SIR have teeu sufferer
for SIX with Chrsnic Reumatism take great
FlesErs IN Recommending yorr Lailean Gout and Men
ragia Specific 60 lie the best medicine fer that sisese
that have heard OF Hhen Commenced tskiug it
eould hardly walk SIT STILL great tse t.sin
and In three lars free from my lees for
the first time In i've years. free frs pain and feel 30
ninibe that think would lee dancing ali the whe II il
aHi mach for mrfie- But sir spisniid
mediear sI would recommend all those afflicted with
toea @ases ~ try IL. have fStd apt Raymond
friend Of nineb bis t4rk With inrammstnTy rheu
mats IN, aud told kiT Eilst yeur medicine did ne;
he Viii send 70 y0B for 81 Enclosed please sRd
dollars and send bottles of tie Specific III
should net need il self will give fiat
does for there plenty thai suffering With those
diseases that unscquante with your Specific ana
think that you ought publ=h Il IL eFesJ city tie
Union Very respectfully yours,
Carr. JAMES w. BROWN.
Residence, Chicago. III
r s. Send medicine 10 care of D. L. " aitaian, Chi
csgo. JwB
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-26
,TXECUToR,s SALE.

~ SgATE or Iowa, LEE Courrr-ss
In pursuance Of order Incense Of the County
Curt n eAid county, tins undersigned Executor Of fsiis
Brceden deceased will cell at pubic cutlery for cash %
the kkht hidder, the premises, tAe Goth day Of
July L. D., 1854 between the hours arg o'clock A. u and
O'Clock p NJ commencing ct o'clock p NJ Of said oas
the following described Real Estate, belonging to the Is
A6ko " untd 0sc&dc0t tDlWit.
me uadivdeA haT Of the rear half Of lots one " Tvs
M Tr.er-rfv Tova A. BROWN, i
1e2a1w Ixssutpr Of xslma 1rssdsn, assN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-26
From the Hon yr1or LoE., Of tieIAnd Court.

ST. LOUIS Feb. 18th, 1se4
j. IL. BLoep, Esq--Deay Str. have tried your Rheu~
maffsn, Neur lgis and GGut Specific and have found
great relief from il when other remedies have failed
think 1t very safe End reliable ueecscsne
Very respectfully your friend.
c. b. LORD
The New York herald., 1864-06-07

whole article Is silly farrago. II asserts that
Lee has not yet met with defeat. and that ''it
Is a. much a. our army can do to drive the
rebels out of hastily thrown up rife pits"
The New York herald., 1864-06-07

cities the state Of markets, or any important
event, by using such familiar expressions
ss MARY Is better" civilian il worse"
Robert remains unchanged, !" Susan had bet
ter not come" &C.. &c.-all Of which Is under
stood by the persons receiving the kilograms
to mean to convey commercial and specializing
advices, and not domestic intelligence Of any
kind. The personal" advertisements In these
papers Of rebel sympathies are, in most cases,
used for similar purposes. For instance, when
an advertiser pretends to say to some mythical
John Brown In Richmond that "Peter Jones is
well and at home" 1t may convey the meaning
that reinforcements have been sent to Butler,
or that Baldy Smith is weak, or that the Union
forces are separated, that Hickman is open to
midnight assault, that certain points on
Grants grand line can be carried by sudden
dashes, or. in short, any other information that
cipher telegram might communicate, and the
party sending 1t be entirely ignorant of its
true meaning. The authorities should look
into this matter. 1t ia one of much Importance,
as it is known almost to positive certainty
that the rebels receive information of the
movements Of the Union forces by some means
or other; and no channel is more likely to be
the real one than the rebel press in the North,
through the agency Of their Personal
adve ertiseuents
The New York herald., 1864-06-07
Theatrical.
THE OLYMPIC.


That good. Jolly old fairy spectacle Aladdin ne
Wonderful Lamp revived at this theatre last evsa.
ing before a crowded house There great deal q
and voxaous delay before tho curtain ross
and between the acts but the piess 90 finely prs
duced when It did begin that We have hear. 70 oom
plain about the waits.
The scenery, costumes and appointments or AiaddA
arc all and magnificent If we understand the play
bill correctly Mr. j. E Hayes painted all the scenery,
and this be So Mr. Hayes deserves reputation second
to none in the country. Heister Hiard might Be
proud to paint varied gorgeous original aud appre
scarcely have done this Oriental drama more justice.
Novel machinery, raising and sinking the scenery
assisted in the grand ects OF the play
Az this Ia the spectacle OF Aladdin, not the buresques
but small scope for acting IN II, We must DO
pardoned for mentioning the scenery tho new descrp-
tive music, nv Thomas Baker. the gorgeous appoint
ments, by William Henry. and the splendid costumes oy
Fannery before saving thing OF the actors. Mrs
Wood Mr. j. II. Stoddard aud Mr.. Charles Parsloe made
pIaysd the magician The other characters were wea
enough represented and the chorus aud ballet quite sat
sfactorv.
Aladdin pleased the large audience mmsnseIy. ans
will no doubt please many more large audiences tos
weeks come. Had Il been produced In similar style
Christmas should not have hesitated 10 predcs
for il half years Certainly tho spectacle has
never been Handsomely put upon tho stage 10 tnn
cjtv Those who like this sort OF thng-as who doss
not once in q who-will be charmed by the gitser'ng
scenes the rich dresses and the luxurious properties
while Mrs Woods humor. Mr. Stoddards eccentrcitsss
and MIR. parsoee monkey shines cannot but proyoes
laughter even IN "the heated term
The New York herald., 1864-06-07

THE woRrp or "Tug NEw SfEGx or Rich
MoND."-The copperhead press of this city sees
the campaign in Virginia in the same light in
which the badly informed Mobile papers and
the more intensely bitter Of the Richmond
papers see IT, Grant is "a fellow that hath
had losses. and is still on the north bank OF
the Chickabominy that ia terrible Still,
the World could bs satisfied with II If that were
all. But IL forcsees siege OF Richmond
"undcr conditions extremely unfavorablc TO
the Union arms'-just. in fact, a. it sees every
thing else Ii even draws 4 fancy parallel
between Richmond and Scb2stopol. though it
knows that there is not point OF similarity
between the two places, and endcayors 10 give
the impression that orr operations before Rich
mond may be drawn out az the operations in
the Crimsa were holding up as very dread
mi bugbcar "a system OF eartnwork dcfences
like Todtleben's." Indeed. it considers that
such system OF defences "may pro,ong this
unhappy war indefinitely
Let MS examine this very dreadful compari-
son between Richmond aud Sebastopol. Sc
bastopol was a strongly fortified and well
provisioncd post at one extremity OF a great
nation. When the Allies sat own 10 the siege
OF that city they had hardly scratched the skin
Of the empire Of which il was a part. Every
where else The empire was intact and its almost
illimitable resources aud means Of supply were
undisturbed. No other serious attempt against
Russia was made except there, and it could
Offer the whole resistance OF powerful and
warike nation at that point. Moreover, the
Allies, from FIRST to last. had no soldier Of dis
tinguished ability in command Of their armies
| II we, in the commencement Of the war. had
started an expedition against The city OF Mobile.
and made no other movement against the
Southern conlcdcracy, that operation would
have been parallel TO the siege OF Sebastopol.
1 Richmond, on the other hand, is the capital
the chief city--almost the only city---of a SO
called confederacy, exhausted by three years
OF terrible war II is partially fortified; 1t is
not provisicned, aud 1t cannot be; for its com.
munieations with points south Of il have
already been cut, and this cutting can be re-
peated at pleasure. And even the country
from which ii must be supplied is being con-
quersd by us, and lts lines Of supply are falling
into our hands as the other end. Al the proper
time We oan, unqusstionably, 1oad gsab oas1
up 10 the whsrvss Of thh very elty. :
: as much tss he Wsr&S. cenaSria4e. ~