Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-28
WAR NEWS OF FIFTY YEARS AGO
Meagre 1idngs From Norwich Men in the Eighteenth Con- necticut After Winchester - Thames Bank and Nor wich and Worcester Road Declare Dividends

wounded but is a prisoner with the rest of his regiment. Lieut. Col. Nich- | o1s is wounded and Is prisoner. There are nine officers killed and wounded and the remainder are prisoners. William Caruthers is killed sure. He was shot but not considered danger ously wounded and was put in an am ! bulance which was fired into by the. rebels and he was killed outright Joel Carey of this city writes that
 he has arrived at Bloody Run. having travelled over 200 miles. He says there are no others from Norwich there.
 Capturing Rebel Steamer. From Newport News acting rear admiral Lee reports that the Atlanta
 rebel iron clad steamer. came down accompanied by two gunboats to Warsaw sound. She was met by the Weekawken and The Nahant. which had been sent to watch for her. The engagement was exclusively between the monitor Weehawken and the At lanta, which engaged at close quarters.
 The Weehawken's first 15-inch shot took effect on the top of the Atlanta's
 pilot house. Wounding two of her three pilots. Another 10inch shot struck , halfway up her roof. iron plated four inches thick. killing and wounding seventeen men. Eleven shots were fired in all, five by the Weehawken and six by the Atlanta. The latter got aground and surrendered to the Union
 boat. The Atlanta will soon be ready for service under the Union flag. Norwich and Worcester Dividend. June 25. 1863.--The Norwich and
 Worcester Railroad have decleared a dividend of per cent, free of gov
 ernment tax.
 Noank Smack Burned By Pirate.
 Our Mystic correspondent informs us that the smack L. A. Macomber of Noank was captured and burned by the pirate Tacony near South Shoal on June 20th, The captain and crew were permitted to leave in their boats. News From The Eighteenth. H. H. Starkweather of this city has returned from Maryland Heights. The general opinion among those with whom
 he eonversed is that the 18th Connec- ticut lost about 50 in killed and wound ed and about two o-thirds of the regi-
 ment was captured. The following were in hospital at Winchester and
 were probably captured: Wm. Clark,
 Go. F.; A. Potter F.; Chas. Bartlett, K; Roswell Butler. F: Henry Hyde, F; Sergt. Amesbury B; John Ben nett, F; Corp. Peckham. C. LemueI Manning a Prisoner
 Lemuel Manning. Co. c. fell from exhaustion on the march and was taken prisoner. Alfred and Daniel |
 hurt. L. B, Arnold. Go. B, wounded himself in the hand or wrist Stephen
 H. Oatley and George H. Pickett, Co. G, died in hospital Sunday at Win chester. B. R. o, Mowry of this city Go. F. was wounded in the same fight. June 26, 1862.--Julius Palmer, musi
 elan in Go. F. and Harvey L. Muzzey, musician in Go. l, arrived in this city
 on Thursday from Bloody Run. Pa. on
 a short furlough. They give the names
 of many 18th regiment won whom they saw at that place.
 WhaIer Off On Voyage. The schooner Franklin, Capt. Sidney O. Buddington. sailed on Thursday ! grom New London for Frobishers bay on a whaling voyage.
 American Shipping Has Disappeared, June -27, 1863.-The hitherto un | checked voyages of the British pirates
 which fly the confederate flag are pro- ducing the most disastrous effects up on our commerce The Liverpool cor
 respondent of The New York Post pictures conditions as follows: Last week the Waterloo docks usually SO crowded presented a sight unpreced- ented since the war of 1S12-for with one solitary exception, there was not an American vessel in the docks. The stagnation of the American carrying i trade has thrown many ships upon l the market and some of the finest ves- 1 sells lately employed in American com
 merce are now seeking purchasers. l Insurance on farine risks has now gone up to an enormous figure from 10 to 15 per cent being asked in New | York.
 ] Edward Welch of Lebanon, drummer | of Co. c. arrived in this city on Fri day from Bloody Run, Pa which place l he left Wednesday,. He made his way
 on foot most of the distance from Win i chester to Bloody Run suffering the severest hardships on the road. Twen ty men of the 18th arrived on the day he left