Litchfield enquirer., 1865-08-03
STATE . ITEMs.

ieo AoLiNE DAhAoM, Jouhkest oaugbter ot F T. Barnum, in Fairfield, in company with other ladies and gentlemeB, on Saturday week. was thrown from her horse. the animal starting aside suddenly, and so much injured her that recovery is doubtful.
 THERE will be Camp Meeting held On the old ground in Milford, near the Saueatuck R R., commencing August 18th, and closing Sep, ] 2d. 1865.
 PRIVATE William Alden. Co. C,lst cavalryis desired to report his post-offlce address to the Adjutant General,
 TIE First Connecticut Heavy Artillery 1900 strong, Brevet Brigadier General Abbott commanding, has reached Alexandria and will garrison the forts back of that city,
 THE Seventeenth Regiment was received in New Haven on Tuesday week by His Honor Mayor Scranton. in behalf of that city, and we addressed by His Excellency Governor Buckingham and Rev Leonard Bacon, D. D. Colonel Allen on the part o! the regiment, re. turned thanks for their kind reception The list officers is as flows:
 Lieutenant Colonel commanding, Henry Al. len, Norwalk,
 Adjutant, George C.. Peck, Greenwich
 Quartermaster John s. Ward. Bridgeport.
 Surgeon, Sabin Stocking, Glastonbury. Assistant Surgeons Elijah Gregory, Bridge port; Henry s. Terrill. New Milfori.
 Captains Enos Kellogg, New Canaan; c. A. Hobbe. Stamford. William L. Hubbell, Bridgeport; James H. Ayers, New Canaan James E. Hubbell West port
 First Leutenants, John Harvey. Stamford Albert W. Peck, Newton; J. F. Morehouse, Darien Henry McDonough, Westport Thos H. Cave, New Canaan Henry North Bridge port; Wm. L. Daniels, Danbury Chas Smith, Jr Bridgeport.
 Second Lieutenants, Geolge W. Shaw, Nor walk c. F. Doty, Norwalk Edgar 8. Will coxson. Bridgeport.
 The regiment was raised principally in Fair field county, and entered into the service in September 1862. and has been in action often ane took part in the wel.known battles Of Get tysburg and Charlottesville.
 THREE hundred and fifty men of the Fifth veteran regiment arrived in Hartford on Sat urday week, and were enthusiastically received and entertained by the Mayor and citizens- The Fifth was the second three years regiment from the State. and the first enlistments were made under the auspices of Colonel Colt who proposed to furnish the regiment with his re volving rife.
 ! The Fifth left Hartford September 29th, 1 1861, with 936 men under the command of Colonel (now B,isadier GeneraD o S. Ferry. The next Spring they were sent to the Shen- andoah Valley, and participated in those ia nous pulsating campaigns against Stonewall Jackson. At the battle of Cedar Mountain. the regiment behaved gallantly and lost over two hundred officers and men killed and wound ed. Among the killed were Major E. F. Blake of New Haven, Lieutenant Henry Nj. Dullon of Ltch6eld, and Adjutant H. s. Smith oi Rocky Hill. The next battle 0f importance in which the regiment was engaged was at Chancellorsvills, under General Hooker. They were in the three days fight at Gettysburg- Afterwards they were sent West and fought at Lookout Mountain, Resaca, kenesaw Noun tain Dalton and Peach Tree Greek At the latter engagement they lost severely in officers and men. The regiment participated Tn nearly every fight preceding the capture oi A,lant.. From thence they marched down to tb, sss, with Shermah, and with him up tr C1olas- borough, North Carolina. No Connoo,;or, regiment has done as much msv ching and fight ing, and lost so large pro' portion of it's mum bers as the indomitabls Fifth. From Cedar Mountain to Goldsbor. %, they knew no reluxa- tion from the fec.rful strain of a con.inued campa'gn' that ended only with victory. Only two ot the original officers that went out with tue reg'mrnt. return with it. They are Col. Daboil of New London, and Major Coggswell, both of whom started as first Iieutenants.
 The officers who returned with the regiment, are:
 Lieut.. Col H. W. Daboll, New London; Major W $ Coggswell Adjutant A c Burdick, Mystic.
 Captains-Roswsll, New Haven Sanford, Milford Riley, Cincinnati Stewart, Daubury; Donovan. Salem, Mass. Gavitt, Stoniugton Butter6eld, Norwalk Rugg, LitchHeld Kill lum, Hartford Wakeley. Fairfield. Lieutenants-Sage, Norfolk Stone, sprague. Brewster, Rockville, sellick Snow, willimau- tic; Starr, New London; Beach, Milford; Burns, Milford; Weldon, Greenville 1; Alden, Rockville TER people of Bridgeport are proposing to 1 give reception to the returned l7th regiment. THE city authorities of Bridgeport are pay ing bounty of one dollar each for the right fore paws of dogs. The result is thas eangs of boys are hunting through the stleefs cateii~ ing all the dogs they can, and saopping off oas of tn cir paws; in some cases. hpmapely throw ing the dogs into the river afterwards in others :. leaving them in the fields to die, or run home. to their owners with the bleeding stump.
 DURING the thundeR shower of Tuesday eye. hing, the house of Mr. William Hill in Anil.