Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-01-27

| day. The presentation speech was
made by Ledyard Bill.
The prevailing topic OF converse ton
nowadays is the movement to draft
men into the active militia Of the sia>e.
They receive no pay, but are exempt
from poll tax and from Jury duty II
| they desire it, and the stare pays each
company $10G for armory eXpep ses.
| When called on for active ser ice they
receive the same pay and rati1ns as
| the United States army
The First Connecticut battery of
Light artillery, Capt. Alfred p. Rock
well, viii leave New York by ship
F.llWeod Walter and report at Port
Royal to General sherman
Private Murray EXCHANGED.
Jan. 20, 1S62-We are informed that
Private Charles y. Murray of Captain
| Peale's company, Sec1nl e. ". cap
tured at Bull Run, was among the
prisoners recently exchanged and now
lies sick in New York hospital
In the superior court the case IF
Robert Brown VS.. Adam +. Prentice
was tried. 1t was a suit for treas,
assault and battery. Damages of six
| cents and six cents costs were award
ed the plaintiff.
| A few years ago j. vessels hailtng
from Mystic were engaged 10 the whal-
| ing fishery The Cor olanus, which Was
recently condemned, is the last of the
IT.
Preston men drafted by the select
men are Oliver pavids m, Asa Benjd-
min, Denison L. LanH1.re, Ezra l..
Guile, George Hall. Elisha r. Church,
Thomas H. Frink, William Fl. Wha'Gy
| William Benjamin, Fred Nomer, Ben
| jemin Manwaring. Caleb Ellis, Jonn ;.
I .T=F.,a
! Whitmarsh, Levi Benjamin. Noah Lu-
cas-, Charles NJ Avery, Edwin Brom-
| ley. Austin Chapman, James Drew,
Peter Sewer, Frank H. Bentley, John
| Trankla, e. NJ. Brewster, Charles NJ.
Westfold.
Lewis Cook is Master.
Jan. 81, 1S62-Lewis G. Cook Of this
| city is acting master of the steamer
| King Philip of the Potomac fleet, is
now in charge Of the steamer, her cap
tain having resigned
! The members Of Captain McCord's
| company, 18th G. w. now in this city,
are requested to meet at headquarters
at l .. m. today to take the first af-
ternoon train for New Haven.
The Thirteenth c. Y. regiment now
numbers over $50 men, but they are
| distributed in 10 companies. They are
| to be consolidated and within a week
| the regiment will be full. The Twelfth
| regiment numbers 956 men, and they
| will leave for the south next week
| There can be no doubt about it, for the
men are getting married by the squads
Rev. Benjamin Whittemore Resigns.
Jan. %, 1S62-Rev Benjamin White
more Of the Universalist church retired
! from the pastorate on April LIST, pre-
| ferring to spend the remaining years
| Of his life upon his farm at Lancaster
| Mass The gunboat New London
seems to have done more and better
service in connection with the blockade
| Of the ports in the gulf than all the
rest of the blockading squadron. W
| d. Roath of Preston is acting master
on board her Detachments of three
companies, Captain McCord's Of this
city and two from Windham county
took the noon train for New London
| yesterday on their way to New HaveT
| to go into barracks with the Thir-
| teenth regiment.
The propeller Shetucket brought "
on Monday morning another lot Of
shells for Fort Trumbull
1t looks as if the whole population
! had gone into a decline. They decline
/ to be drafted certainly The ten mer
| drafted in Salem all got excused on thS
ground Of not being able bodied.