Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-23
Unpopular Music From Iron And Lead
Caused Many Drop Out From the Ranks Battle of New burn Fifty Years Ago-Local Men Engaged and Write of the ResuIt-VesseIs Run From Here Porto Rico Preparing to Re-eect Gov Buckingham

We call the attention of our court of common council to the fact that along quite 2 number of our sidewalks posts and chain fences are placed, and they are just about the greatest nuisance the city affords. May we suggest that if our citizens don't know enough to keep on the sidewalks. they had better be fenced Tn with something that won't break their necls getting over.
 A cargo consisting of lS6 kegs of musket balls each keg containing 300 pounds, arrived Friday from New
 York on the Norwich and New Lon don Transportation line. They have been forwarded to Brighton via Nor
 wich to be made into cartridges. The remains of Dwight Lester. W.
 II. II. GOrton and Thomas Golf of the Tenth regiment, who fell at Roanoke Island. reached New London Tuesday night
 FitchviIe Did Its Share.
 March 21. 1S62-The little village of Fitchville. numbering 200, has fur nished IA recruits for the war. John W. HOugh, Esq, will receive volunteers ill that vicinity for the First artillery. The schooner Telegraph of the J. M Huntington & Co.'S line arrived at her
 dock in this city yesterday from Porto
 Rico. She brought a cargo of mo- lasses. which is now being discharged. The weight of the big oxen slaugh- tered by IT. R. Gardner was SLY pounds, dressed.
 In the list of wounded at Newburn in Company II, Eleventh regiment was Havilah Robbins of Franklin The celebration of the centennial 1 anniversary of St. Johns lodge. No. l. A. ?. and A. AI., takes place at Hart ford today.
 A member of Captain Wards com pany in the Eighth regiment writes of ] the battle of Newburn. He said: We have not lost any men from our com pany. The COlors have got two shot l holes through them. I tell you We got
 awfully tired and many gave out and fell out of the ranks, and some of ! them, I rather think, did not like the music of lead and iron flying around so carelessly
 Thirteenth on the Way
 March p, 1S62-The authorization of
 the Thirteenth regiment was accom- plished without an accident. There was not a assertion, not @ case of in temperance in the regiment That is a good reputation to leave behind.
 It is reported that Colonel Kingsley is to be succeeded in the command of the Eleventh by his nephew, a recent graduate of West Point and a capable man.
 The Aurora Is stirred up because rumors of abolition symDathies on the part of MT Converse, thedemOcratlc | candidate for senator in this district, are in circulation.
 F. c. Chapman advertises the loss of the town rate book between Charles Osgood & Co.'S and the Merchants bank.
 Re-electing the Governor.
 March A. 1S62-John H. Tfngley has l already enlisted 35 men for the First Connecticut artillery. The recruits for this command. which left here under charge of Lieut.. Bela P. Learned, were
 sent to Fort Scott on the Virginia side of the Potomac.
 The navy department has placed an order with the builders of the Monitor l for six more irOnClad vessels similar in construction but more formidable. A letter from Ship Island states that the guu5Oat New London has captured since she has been cruising in that vicinity 35 sailing vessels and four steamboats. She captured a rebel gun boat which had run the blockade six | times.
 No doubt the people of Connecticut ! have given the matter sufficient | thought to decide upon the reelection | of Governor Buckingham. but it is ! quite necessary that this determina- i ton should be hacked up by such eE- , ertions as will bring out a full vote.