Litchfield enquirer., 1866-03-08
GEN JOSEPH R HAWLEY.

l GEN JOSEPH R HAwLEY.
 The Republican candidate for governor o
 Conn ecticut has made record in he war. oi which any man may well he prond and wbicl
 fully entities him to the highest honers his
 state can confer He was southern by birth
 having been born in Richmond county, North
 Carolina, Oct 31. 1926. But his father was oi old Connecticut stock, native of Pennington
 and back to Connecticut General Hawley
 came when lad and was educated in the
 Hartford schools and at Hamilton. college
 Clinton county, N Y. Afterwards he engag.
 ed in the practice of the law at Hartford, in
 company with John Hooker. till in 1856 or
 ls58 he became editor of the Hartford Press,
 in which position the war found him Start
 ing up at the first call to arms, he was the first
 man in the state to put his name to an enlist.
 ment paper, and went with the first company
 pany from Hartford. being chosen lieufeEant at first and captain before he left the state. With his regiment the 1st Connecticut, Be par ticipated in the battle of Bull Run apd was one Of the few officers that kept his men under control in that disastrous engagement. | Returning after bis three months enlistmens expired. he. immediately commebced raising the 7th Connecticut, ofwhich he was made lieut.. enant colonel Gen. Terry being C ,lonel. With the 7th he participated in the siege and cap ture of Fort Pulaski, and on the promotion of General Terry was made colonel of his fesi4 meut, in June 1862. He commanded his reg iment in the bloody assault upon Secession vile, James Island, during the same month: and warmly engaged in the advance upon Po- cotalgo, 1nder Gen: Mitchell October p. Soon after he was engaged with ons of the two regiments in a movement upon St Johns Bluff, Fla, resulting 2in the capture of the strong fort with many guns and supplies. 10 January. 1863, Col. Hawley was assigned to the command of Fernandina, FIa..F with Fort Clinch and the surrounding country. witch command he held satisfactorily for four mouths ar d was then transferred to St Augustine, Fla for two months. In the meantime four com panies of his regiment had been sent to Hil ton Head, and in the. first bloody assault upon Fort Wagner, on Morris Island. led the assl|tllt losing lo4 out of leo men On hearing afit Col Hawley asked leave to go 10 Morris Island with the remainder of the regiment. and as request having been granted, the regiment .s
 
 terwafas bad almost the entire charge offhes 300-pounders and other heavy guns during the whole siege of Svmtet and Wagner. During October Col Hawley and his regiment were selected by Gen. Gilmore to make desperate assault on Sumter in small boats and for two weeks lay ready, expecting an order daily. In Gen Seymour's expedition to Florida. Col lHawley commanded a brigade and was imme. diateiy after cordially recommended by Gen. Seymour for promotion. '.'.S T A In the spring of 1864 Col Hawley went north with his brigade, and, in Terry's divi- sion, tenth corps. joined Buffers army in the advance up the James. He was engaged in all the battles of that memorable campaign {; and in the battle of Newmarket Road, Octo- Der 27, was in command of Birpey's division of colored troops. When Gen Terry went to capture Fort Fisher, Gen Hawley remained iu command of Terrg's division; afterwards be joined Gen Terry, and later, as that officers chief of staff, participated in the advance upon and the capture of. Wilmington, of. which siiy he was placed in command. He was military governor of'that city and the region about fou, months, and then at Gen Terry's request became his chief of staff ia Richmond, where he remaired for four months, only coming home the 1st of November. 1865. As an indi-' cation of. the value placed upon. Gen Hawley's, services, it should be said that be 1commanded d brigade for two years while holding only the rank of colonel: But the deserved promotion came. at last, first to brigadier general and be fore his retirement from the service to brevet ..a fs tt.s a;a3 1h 't3 e.'t!-i 5s'3l 4l maJor general: .I, l.. -.7l l,q si,.,si... .! -s
 Going into the war with the first, Gen Haw7 ley remained to the last. He was constantly eWplOyeu upOu urouOuS SotNiCo, o"o now "S'' he performed thai service is a matter ofhisto- ry.. The people; of Connecticut cannot honor themselves more than by placing such Q man at the head of their3 state govsrnneat and the vote shouldnot b. simply large enoughto' place Gen. Hawley in the governors chair. He should have such g. majority as has never, been given to any other candidass.sa majority; that will show that the people heartily approve of his conrse.7a Springfield Republican. ..a lii ii -gss1 fss-3 }!+ .,s TIE ENGLISH LANGuAeE.--The construction of the English language must appear most for midable to a foreigner, One of them leoking at the picture -ofa number of vessels said ;yts tiv ':see what al lock of shipsEa! sastd ya h.4sq ssa He.was told that a flock of ships was called sa Asat, and that d fleet of sheep was called . aecksusAndii it wasIadded for his \ ea'lp Emastering tbs insrieaciesso eurln1 ef !. a aockaof girls ieallad q beyys Eof wolves is called a pack, that g ps9 gs!ss |is called gam, that n gang of aagels is called