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Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25
Approved, June 9th, 1864.
CHATTER L.

CHAPTER L.
 An Act in addition to "An Act concerning
 Crimes and Puishments."
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativess Ia General Assembly conven. ed:-
 SEc. Whenever the lessee or tenant of any house. room or terement shall be convicted of keeping house of i'll fame, resorted to for the purposes of prostitution or lewdness, in such housp, room or tenement, or of a viola. lion therein of any jaw against gaming. the lease oF contract for letting such house, room or tenement shall thereupon be void, and the lessor shall have the sane remedy to recover possession of the premises as is provided by the statutes relating ito summary process, but no notice to quit possession shall be required.
 SEC. 2. Every person who shall knowingly le, or lease any building, room or tenement osned by him or under his control, to be used for purposes of prostitution or lewdness, or ter illegal gaming, OF who shall knowingly permit any building. room or tenement, OF any part thereof, while under his control, to be used for any such purpose or who, after due notice of any such use, by any officer of the town or city in which such building, room or tenement is located, shall neglect to take all reasonable .measares to eject therefrom the occupants so usiag or permitting such premises 10 be used, as soon as it can lawfully be done, shall pay fine not exceeding five hundred dol lars, or suffer imprisonment in he county iail net exceedings six months.
 BEG 5. Every person who shall act as bar tender, or as chambermaid, or as servant in any other capacity in a house of i'll fame, re. sorted to for the purposes of prostitution or lewdness, shall be punished by imprisonment in a common jail for a term not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding one hun dred dollars, or by such fine and imprisonment both.
 SEC. 4. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, consta ble or police officer having warrant to arrest a person charged with keeping a house of ,ll fame, or with violating any lsx aeainst Q ming, in the a h2ess % cssIF looms occupied by hin may break open any outer door, to- gain a, mission to such house. after demanding admit tance, and may, after like demand, break ope any door to any room or closet in such hous in which there is any person who has resorte to or is resorting to such house for the purpos of lewdness or illegal gaming, and may imme diately arrest any and all such persons an take them before justice of the peace or pc lice ecu Tt. to be dealt with according to law.
 SEC. 5. Whenever any case shall come t the superior court by. appeal from the judg ment Of ajustice of the peace or police cour or by binding over by justice of the peace o police court, for the violation of any statut against gaming, or for negIecting to eject tenant who shall have been convicted of vic lation of any of said statutes. such case shal be tried at the first term of the superior cour at which a jury shall be in attendance, afte such appeal or binding over, unless on motion for good cause shown, the court shall orde the case to be continued.
 Approved, July Eth, 1864.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25
FOR SALE.

RY the Subscriber, to be delivered on or 0 before the first of October next-One Blacksmith's Bellows, Anvil. Hammera snd Tongs-one large vice-one Foot lathe with Bench and Tools for Turning Wood, Brass. Iron and steel--one Counting Desk, two Show Cases, Sc. s,..s* .ee stg-', ----' " "
 Also-For Sale and delivered when sold One Brass Eit Int Day Clock-my ewn manulsc ture-one large and one small Breakfast Ta- bls and other Furniturs-O One Pine Bathin9 Tub one Reg of vinogar-l00 Glass Cider Botties,Sne Farlor stove and Pipe-one Wood and various other articles used in a Family ' Enquire of the Subscriber at the Old Stand.
 R. MPRRIMAN,
 Litchfe,1. Aug, 10, 1884. l7tS
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

B0 We give the Premium List offered by the Litchfeld County Agricultural Society for their annual Cattle Show and Fair, in Ssp- tsmber, on the first page of this issue. The pamphlets are now ready for distribution, and the large bills will be. issued soon.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25
goeal aud Splt,.ta ale,us

THE VorE ON TA'E CoasrIrurIoxAL Amssp: AsST--We reprint the following vote of this county on the Amendment to the Constitution Tor the purpose of correcting an error which erept into the table last week and filling up the blanks. The table, as it new stands. is cor. rect and ofiieial. The majority for the Amend ment in tho State, is not yet announced, but i, undoubtedly over five thousand
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

fE PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND SINGERS will find Browns Bronchial Troches' beneficial in clearing the voice before speaking or singing, and relieving the throat after any unusual ex- ertion of the vocal organs, having peculiar adaptation to the affections which disturb the organs of speech.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

4 country exchange says As our devil was going home with his sweetheart few eve. nings since, she said to him, Nat. I fear shall never go tc heaven" Why ?" asked the knight of the ink keg. Because" said she, with meaning look, ''I love the devil So we'll"
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25
SEVEN HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS SICK IN CAMP

Young men. be warned in time, supply your. self with HOLLOWAY'S FILLS AND OINT- MENT. They are guaranteed to cure the wort cases of Sores, Ulcers. Scurvy, Fevers and Bowel Complaints. If the reader of this {" notice" cannot get a box of Pills or oint- ment from the drug store in his place, let him write to me, 30 Maiden Lane, enclosing the amount, and I will mail box free of ex penss. Many dealers will not keep my medi. csnes on hand because they cannot make as much profit as on other persons make. ss cents. 6S cents, and $l 40 per Lox or pot. 19
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

Connecticut was fortunate enough to have credit of nearly 4.0O0 over and above all other calls, and but small margin to fill on the last call. The surplus was due to the large number of veterans who re enlisted, (beihg more than two thirds of all the men in the old regiments), and the raising of over thirteen hundred negro troops before the other States fairly began to recruit, Connecticut in this vas very sharp
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

n@rWe are indebted to Gen. Fl. W. Wes- sells for late Charleston, Is. C.) papers. They are dingy looking specimens, on half sheets, and are furnished at the low price of $40 a year.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, STATE OF
 CONNECTICUT.
 ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
 Hartford. Aug. l5, 1864. Especial Orders, No. I20.1 ;. TIE STATE MEDICAL BOARD will assemble at the Allyn House, at Hartford, on TUES DAY, the 3Oth inst, at 2 o'clock, P. M., for the examination of applicants for positions as Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons in the Con necticut Volunteer force.
 By order of the Commander-in in Chfef,
 HORACE J. MORSE, Adj. Gen. H P, CASE, Asst Adj. Gen.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

t9 The sime up to HAich cor rrechona ot the enscilamt can 1Asmade is Sept ember 1st. If there are names that ought to be stricken of, itmnst be attsndsd to before next Thurs day
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

NEW MILFORD. The Housatonic Agricultur- al Society, hold it's annual Cattle Show and
 Fair at New Milford, Sept. 27th, 2Sth and 18th. liberal premium list is offe red and we pre- suzse there will be a large competition and at tendance. &
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

Nie said that Admiral Dahlgren has been ordefed North; that Commodore Rowan is ga- ,es to Charleston, and that he will take the
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

Nearly all of 30 mechanics who left St. Sonl seury, Vt, for Tennessee, few weeks a. Ke, sa work for tho government, have returned
 home disgas.ed!
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, STATE or !,
 CONNECTICUT. ADJurAEr GENERALS OFFICE,

ADJurANr GENERALS OFFICE. rc. Hartford, Aug. 16th, 1884, lGeneral Orders, No. 9.l
 ans neceiyers appointed under General Or- hereby authorized and directed, if reouirs3 hS thsldepositors, to return the three hnnJ,sS dollars deposited by them for the purnoss ce procuring substitutes and to erase the nsms of such depositor from theis list. Thev viii not allow any deposit to be made to fill tbs blank accustomed by such wffhd. awaf but all will be registered as heretofore in the order of
 By order of the Commander-in-C Chief.
 l9t1 HORACE J. MORSE, Adj. Gen,
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

? Gen. Sherman has been made major gene ral and General Hancock brigadisr general in the regular army.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

NEW HARTFORD. The Hon H. c, Stebbini of New York, is now the gdest of MT. Edwir Carter of this place. He is widely and favor ably known for his able and eloquent speech pronounced last March in the House of Repre- sentatives, on the Finances and Resources of the United States He is democrat of the right stamp. Says he, in the opening para graph of his speech, ''I desire to see nothing but the cardinal facts that we are in the midst of civil war that men and money are lec- essary for its prosecution; that the national He must be preserved, the honor of our arms sustained. and the integrity of the laws of the United States vindicated
 The Prima Donna, Maria Louise Kellogg, is still here, most estimable young lady, of ch'ld-like simplicity of manners, of sweet tenn Per'and ot angelic powers of song.
 B!erstadt, the renowned artist spoken of in the Atlantic Monthly, has spent week here of iate. He seems to have been lured here by the Hon. MT. Stebbins and George Kellogg, ESQ., Of New York. He speaks most admir- ingiy of the scenery hereaboet.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

fms State. il shall be subject, as banks of this Stale now are, 10 examination by the bank commissioners, and shall be the bonafide own CTS of. and keep on hand, gold or silver coin amounting to ten per cent. of the amount ot said last named bills so. for the time being, kept by it in circulation and any director or other officer of any such corporation, who shall kn0vingly permit or consent to violation of this section by the corporation of which he is or shall be an officer at the time, shall, for ev- cry such offence, be punished bya fine olive hundred dollars.
 Sec. II. The stock of all national barking associations which have been, or may be, form cd in this State, shall be equally and alike subject to taxation under the authority of this State; and the officers of said associations shall make returns to the comptroller of pub lie accounts. and to the assessors of towns as nov provided by law in the case of incorpora- ted banks
 SEC. l2. The several provisions of this act shall apply to all banks of thIs State which have already become national banking associa- tious. 90 far as saId provisions can, in the na-, ture of the case, be made applicable to such banks
 Ssc. l3- This act shall take effect from it's passage.
 Approved. July 9th. 1884,
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

FAtIs sVIIrAas.-Horatio Ames has taken out a.patent on his method of the manufacture of wrought iron cannon, .datedeAug. 10th.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25
CHAPTER MlX.

CHAPTER xL1X. An Act ia addition to an Act entitled "An
 Act relating to Coufts'' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly conven. That whenever any action at law shall be tfied by she superior court, without jury, it shall be the duty of said court to find, upon :he motion of either party, the facts upon Ghich the judgment of said court is founded. and cause such finding to become part of the record.
 Approved, June 9ih, 1864.
Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

Majority for the Amendment rl7s.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-09-14
PUBLISHED (DAILY) BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN, JR.
~ OFFICE-No. 104 King street, over
one's, formerly French's) Book Store

The following is the Richmond Examiner s
estimate of Gen. Mcclellan, as quoted from an
editorial in that journal of the 10th, by the
Washington Chronicle Of this morning.
"With his we'll trained mind, his high bred
manners, and gentlenlanly instincts, is the
very opposite to the i'll bred, upstart Presi~
dent, whose strongest argument Is joke, and
who calls for lascivious song on bloody bat
tie field. But Mcclellan has only this negative
power OF representing all that is discontented,
displeased, and disgusted with Lincoln. He
has no powerful hold of his own over the mind
Of the nation His name is not associated
with any great triumph of their arms, nor with
any brilliant success as statesman. Grant $
conquest at Vicksburg has overshadowed the
prestige of the Young Napoleon, and he has
wisely abstained, so far, from entering the
political arena There was a day when he
might have made himself Caesar, when great
and spirited army would have followed him
enthusiastically, whether he led them against
nation in arms, or to the White House, IN
Washington He lacked the energy and the
daring to rid an unfortunate people OF an upstart
tyrant, and to begin new era IN his country s
history by restoring peace to two sister repub-
lics who might have run race, side by side,
that would have eclipsed all the gorles of for
mer ages. Fortuna .fortes juuat, but not the
weak and wavering, and so he paid the penalty
for having insulted the goddess, whose profer
ed hand he would not seize; the low cunning
Of his jealous master foiled his plans, deprived
him of his means of success, and then, accusing
him of a failure, which was due to the yalor OF
his enemy, and not the faults of his plans, he
deprived him of his command and sent him
into exile. Social ovations and dreams of tu-
ture revenge artfully famed into open ambl.
ton by skilful partisan leaders, who knew MS n
plant nature, and wanted him as their doclie
tool, consoled him for the painful fall. He is
once more borne on high by the surging waves
of Northern politics., and again, we predict, ne
will be found unable to conquer the raging ele-
ments, and steer the storm tossed vessel safely
into the desired haven.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-09-14

The Boston papers report the Gloucester
fishermen as likely to enjoy season OF unpa.
ralleled prosperity this season. The Boston
Transcript says: ''All of the vessels are COM
Ing home with full fares. and the mackerel
are bringing great prices and meet with brisk
demand. More than two hundred fine schoon-
ers are at the Bay of st. Lawrence and vii!
probably land at Gloucester before Thanksglv-
ing, sixty thousand barrels of mackerel, worth
more than one million of dollars.
The New York News says: I'VE are hap
Wln being able to state that preliminary stels
are being taken by the friends of Peace to call
sNational Convention of the Democracy, to
place in nomination candidates for President
sad Wee President
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-09-14

According to Brigadier General Van Cleve,
two hundred and thirty men OF the 9th Penn
svlvania cavalry achieved the marvellous e1
ploi, of routing two thousand Confederate cav
airy at Readyville, Tennessee, on the 7th Inst,
killing and wounding many, and taking one
hundred and thirty prisoners, with loss on
the Federal side of only one killed and five
wounded and four missing. The railroad IS
torn no at Bend Buckle, but the damage done
is said to be triang. The bridge over Stew
arts creek, the only one injured by Wheeler,
is reported rebuilt. One dispatch says the
railroad is now in good order from Murfrees-
boro to Chattanooga, and on the 10th instant
train started ,rrying the mails tor the army
at Atlanta. The Contederates in Tennessee
are reported to be retreating by way OF MIC
Minnvie
The Paris Correspondent Of the London
Times, in his letter Of the 3Oth says 1.-The
rumors that France will make third attempt
at Intervention III the American struggle seem
now high, probable It will be new proof IN
the efficiency of the diplomatic system, which
consists in allowing questions to 1pen, II
order that the results may be culled when they
have arrived at maturity. II, at the com
mencement, France had recognised the South
ern States. she would have offended the sentl-
ments of many on account Of slavery. But
now that every one is certain that abolition has
no part in the American quarrel, there are few
who would not rejoice that the independence OF
nation which has certainly displayed as much
courage and energy as the Federals, and un-
ouestionably greater skill should be recog
nized. -
The repairs on the G. & q. Canal are said
to be Progressing rapidly, and it is thought
that the empty boats which are lying at Georg
town. about fifty in number, will be able to go
through to Cum berland before the close OF the
week, and that next week the coal trade Will
be reopened. Up to this date the arrivals by
the canal an even dozen.
Thad Stevens, of Pennsylvania, in speech
accepting denomination for representative In
the U. S. Congress closed with this sentiment:
ssTbose who advise. negotiations for peace on
the sim, le basis of the integrity Of the Union
thereby advise the re- enslaveuent OF people
and offend all good beings among men and
angels. ----->
The New York World says :-'General Nc.
C1e]]an's letter may be summed up in single
fsrvent exclamation Peace ec1th Union now;
neace aoHhout Union never. Whether as the
wish of patriot or the resolve OF statesman
''A~~~ xorzo1 oC : tLo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-09-14
Letter from General Lee.
Ho'Rs. ARMY OF NORTHERN VA. !
26th August, 1864


North I'aro7iuo, Ro1Ggh::
x X X (
I have been frequently called upon to nan-
ton the services of North Carolina soldiers in
this army. but their gallantry and conduct were
never more deserving Of admiration than IN
the engagement at Reams Station: on the % b
instant
The brigades Of Generals Cook, McRae and
Lane. the last under the temporary command
of General Conner, advanced through q thick
aEyatyis OF ielled trees, under a heavy fire OF
uu>ietly and artillery, and carried the enemy's
works with steady courage that eIlclted the
warm oolnnlendation OF their corps ana dly1s-
iou commanders and the admiration OF the ar.
my On the same occasion the brlgade<o
General BarGinger bore Conspicuous part N
The operations OF the cavalry, which were no
less distinguished for bo}dness anu efficiency
than those Of the infantry. Il the men who
remain in North Carolina share the spirit 81
those they have sent to the field, as | douor
not they do, her defence Day be securely en-
trusted to their hands. am, with great reg
pect, Your obed!ent servant,
T. +. LEE. UeneraI.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-09-14


trusted to their hands, [ am, with great res-
pect, Your obed!ent servant,
T. E. LEE; General.
The Richmond Examiner after reviewing
the action of the Chicago Convention, waras
the Southern people mot to indulge III hopes
OF peace from any quarter but cur oVa 1nTin-
chile armies. IT says :-''I 1t might have been
pleasant if foreign nations had come and lent
US brotherly help in the hour Of need it
might have been more agreeable still to have
the olive branch held out to us by our neigh
bors and quondam friends. But 1t will be IN
inteIy more glorious for us to conquer peace
bp the strength of our arms, to owe nobody
thanks and to claim place among the great
nations or the earth, not by favor Of persua
sion, but simply by right and might combined.
We shall feel ali the proudor for having accom-
plshed the task unaided the bloody baptism
and the fiery II ial will enable US to hold our ow
for future ages, and the world Will treat Us with
a respect and dcference, which we shall haV7
extorted from them by our valor and our en
durance"
The Baltimore Sun says: ''Ioar1ies engaged
in carrying goods from Maryland to Virginia.
should be sure to comply with the requirements
Of the =. s. War Department. if they would
save themselves vast Zeal Of trouble and de-
lay. Sa a,urday the guard at the Aqueducc
bridge took possession CT wagon and tealn
belonging to parties near Lcesburg Va. The
wagon contained dry goods; &c, valued at
near $4,000 It was turned over to Maj. Lit
tier, Assistant Provost Marshal Of Georgetown,
who will retain the property until the owners
have complied With the orders Of the Depart
ment.
A church in ST. Petersburg, in which were
gathered six thousand people, lately fell in.
and thousands were killed.
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