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ONE FLAG, ONE LAND, ONE HEART, ONE HAND, ONE NATION, EVERMORE!
Y O L . II. HAETFORD, OOOT., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1869. NO. 10.
iioiirs at iom t. loyal he raised a Regiment and led it as dignity in death.” It tells us of Nelson ties that belong to them. What can bo Col. It had a weary march to New Mad before his last battle,— Trafalgar— saying expected of a few men who, standing a- rid, hard times and tho usual fortunes of “ now for a peerage or Westminster Ab lone, and unaided, try to stem the tide of THE AKMY OF TENNESSEE. war, followed by a baptism of fire on bey but in none of these is there an he demoralization, that is carrying politics BT SERIOUS WILKINS. many bloody fields. roic element so pure, so unselfish, so to the dogs ? Can they be expected to Tho following lyric of “ Tho army of Tonnossoo ” .At luka, led by Colonel B. it drove magnanimous as that developed on Amer stand up unassisted. It is no' desirable just revised aud corrected for publication was writ back Van Dorn’s best troops. The Col ican battle fields. Oh, brethren, to die, task to be compelled to take part in these ten by Dr. E. A. Duucau, known to tho reading pub onel was twice wounded by musket balls, a Christian soldier, with your eye fixed lic as “ SeriousWilkins,” staff Surgeon on tho staff of matters, since they have come to such an Cron. McPherson at the time of hia death aud after and still kept the field, slowly riding along on the Great Captain of your salvation, unsavory condition, but the only sweet ward with General Shermaa. It was first sung by the lines encouraging his men, who stood such a death is not only sublime, but glo ening method lies in the course alluded tho author at a Christmas party given at the head fire like veterans. At length the third rious ! Mere earthly fame grows dim, quarters of General Sherman in Savanah, Ga., Dec. to above. And until honest men and true, 24th, 1864. This is tho first time it has been given ball threw him helpless from his horse, dwindles and darkens into night beside will consent to take off their coats, and to tho public as corrected. [Ed.] but the day was saved by his splendid such triumphs. Transcended destiny ! do the work that they have so long dele Historic band of tried heroes, bravery. For weeks his life was despair what patriot’s soul would not pant for it ? gated to party hacks and professional Whose glories ne’er can fado, ed of. The second month found him a- How precious the legacy and lessons of politicians, they caunot expect, and have While lives a bard to chronicle Tho record they have made; gain at the head of his Regiment. When such martyr lives! Who can compute no business to ask for reform.— What Whose course was marked by victories, the Army was massed, under Gen. Grant, the value of their influence to ours and the would be thought of a merchant who Whose banners led ths way General B. was put in command of a Brig coming ages ? When the history of this To the van of every battle, should give the conduct of his business Though last to leave tho fray. ade. Soon we find them at Baker’s Creek, awful rebellion shall be written by some into the hands of incompetent persons or where Boomer’s Brigade ended the fight unborn Bancroft, Irving or Everett, the The nursery of great commanders, sharpers, and then complain that he fail Mark each glorious name in victory, wherever his men went he led brightest pages in the annals of our na ed to realize the full benefits arising That gems our country’s history, them,— their perils and triumphs shared. tion’s memory shall be filled with the therefrom, and that his affairs were mis And fills the trump of fame. On May 22d, while assaulting Vicksburg, names of liberty-loving soldiers, the hero managed. “ Good enough for him,” Here G r a n t won liis first laurel wreath ; His virgin victory’s crown. he fell. Those who knew him knew how martyrs of this fratricidal war. And would be the just and universal verdict And laid the first foundation of sweet life was to him. They can appre when our old earth, leaving the dark or in such a case. There are to be found His future great reuowu. ciate the spirit of self-sacrifice which con bit of its aberration, shall roll back into every whero, in ^11 parties, good men who So it was with “B i l l y S h e r m a n ,” trolled him. The bloom of life was his, the sunshine of Eden, and then wheel on stand up for right and justice, aud who (God bless the old Tycoon) with the heart of a child, the eye of an beside the track of the Sun of Righteous May his star of fame e’en bo as bright; always sink self in tho consideration of ness, unmatched, except by the name of As summer sun at noon. artist, and the soul of a poet. He saw the public good, but what can these few May his name float down time’s channels everything beautiful, and enjoyed it in Immanuel, shall be the name of holy men do to turn the current of political corrup W ith golden memories rife, every fibre of his being. But he saw hia — martyrs for God and liberty, who have As one great heart who loved himself tion that threatens to engulf them? Less than a nation’s life, country had need of him ; with a courage died to save their country. They can scarcely make an eddy, and are as sublime, a faith as simple, and a soul as only mournful tidemarks that serve to Here the genius o f M cP h e r s o n First plumed its eagled wing. pure as ever actuated man, he went forth THE REFORMATION OF POLITICS. show how far the waters are from where And won a diadem ip ore rich, with his life in his hands, to offer it to his It is claimed by impartial and thinking they ought to be. The right class of citi Than ever yet crowned king; country and his God. For his crowu was a martyr’s wreath, men of both parties that the condition of zens can get control of and manage polit An extract from Colonel K., of General lu freedom’s holy cause politics in this country at present is very ical affairs if they will, and until they And a name that will last as long Grant’s staff, will tell how he was loved bad. The management and direction of make an effort to do so, and to thus take As S i n a i ’s decade laws. and mourned: political affairs has been given up too the direction of these matters out of the A n d here prayed the Christian H o w a r d , “ Our sky is not cloudless. Dark shad- much to professional politicians and wire hands of those who pervert aud misuse The U avelock of his day; Ovvshave cast their gloom over our hearts; An empty sleeve hung by his side. pullers, who prostitute them to personal them their complaints will be heard with the darkest was the death of poor Boomer. That told of “ Fair Oaks” fray. aud private objects, and divert them from lictle sympathy, and will effect nothing. Twas his j>roud fortune to command I cannot tell you what he was, you knew their proper and legitimate ends. These They refuse to attempt this, from a mor At Ezra’s church melee ; and loved him so w ell; but I can tell you Aud H a g e n , at McCal.ester: evils are daily growing more serious, and bid desire to avoid excitement and dis that his loss is more generally deplored While marching to the sea. it is a question of grave importance cussion, or from a fear of being found than that of any officer who has fallen in working outside of party limits. So they Here rose tlie star of L o g a n too. whether we shall be able to over-throw this campaign. Personally I could al Bright as a meteor’s ray, and conquer them, or be obliged to sur take whatever slate is made up for them Wiiose light shall brighten history’s page. most feel the bullet in my own heart thnt render our young nationality a prey to by merely party exigencies, and endorse And grace tho minstrel’s lay. pierced his head. Vicksburg is bought at Sharp aud grim were the words ho spoke, their rapacity. The field of politics has it with their votes, although they must Shrill as higliland slogan, a heavy price if no other life is jiaid.” baen abandoned too much to men who do needs hold their noses while doing so ! Tho old "Jifleenth” with “ forty rounds,” General Grant says, “ Boomer made the not scruple at any means necessary to ac Let each honest man and good citizen “ Went in” for J o h n n ie L o g a n . most gallant fight at Champion Hills of complish their ends,— in which ends pri take it upon himself to investigate and There is another name that’s dear, any ofliccr of my army. I do therefore vate iuterests and motives predominate, reform the abuses existing from tho pres To every honest heart. assign him in future the post of honor.” ent running of political machinery, aud Who claims in tho old “ Tennessee and the public welfare holds but a sec if each one throws a little chloride of lime To hold a comrade’s part; Says another more intimate friend,— ondary place. The “ins” use every T h at is R a w l in s ! Jo hn A. R a w l in s !! into the dirty pool, it may be made so “ He was brave, generous, good, and I means in their power to keep in for the No one man more tlian he, much better that he can exercise the think prepared to die.” It was the uni sake of the spoils, and the “ outs” strain Contributed to tho fame of franchise without feeling that ho is up- The “ Army of Tounessee.” versal testimony of the array of the Mis every nerve to reverse the existing order holding sooundrelism, or bonding his sissippi, no man was doing nobler than be, W e’ll not forget those separate hearts. of things for the same reason. Principles moral sense to the demands of politi — none more generally beloved— none Who on these dread campaigns ; are used as catch-words and war-cries to cians, or pandering to mere party peju- Shed their life tide, so freely forth, whose death is more deeply deplored. i-ally those who only hear catch-words dices. Bridgeport Standard. On glory’s gory plains, When the history of this war is written That F r e e u o m , whom those guilty hands, aud war-cries and are carried along by one of its most brilliant chapters will de Had driven from her throne, them to do tho will of their leaders, and A PERSON designated as “ A South-west Might through their sacrifice onca more, tail the life and services of General Boom Como back and claim her own. when principles so used have accomplish ern poet” recently died in the South-west, er. Precious, loving friends will miss ed the end for which they were taken up, whereupon a young western editor dis- So when we meet in future days, him, and will mourn him, but they could they are speedily dropped as too incon courseth thus: Young in years, but old in When i)resent scenes are fled, not wish him a more glorious en d ! And flowers breathe tUeir fragrance o’er venient to carry. Newspapers that should achievement, he has cleft for himself a Eacii sleeping brother’s bed, We thank God for tho record of such be the leaders and exponents of the most niche in the temple of fame, over which W e'll not forget tiiem, as they rest, But tliis our toast shall bo lives ; it is one of tho sad but consoling advanced and wholesome public senti we now see hovering for an instant his “ Tlie noble dead ! once comrides in lessons of our day. Tho hallowed memo ment, are often hopelessly tied down to spirit, a rainbow formed by the light of Tho Akmy o f T e n n e s s e e .” ries of our martyred dead, running back cliques, or live only upon the suffrage of genius shining through the waters o f parties to whoso baso prejudice they truth.” GEN. GEOEGE BOOMEE. from seats in the house of prayer to graves on southern battle fields, oh what pander at the same time that they strive BY REV. W. W. BELDEN. precious legacies to these shrouded hearts, to keep them active and open. The cau A MODERN Amazon on her way to a con Among the splendid men,— martyrs in and to Christ’s chnrch! Their spirit cus, where is marked out the programme vention asked for a seat in a crowded car. this cause,— we find the name of Gen shall never die. It shall outlive the ruins of every political movement from tho An old gentleman with keen eyes, inquir George liooMER, of the 26th Missouri of empires, and of eras, and passing country town election of fence-viewer to ed : ‘ Bo you one of the woman lighters?” Regiment, killed in the battles before through the web of time, a shuttle in the that of chief magistrate of the nation, i^ “I be !” answered the undaunted heroine. Vicksburg. Known to many in New Eng hands of the Almighty, it will weave the governed notoriously by politicians, an(f “ Do you believe that a woman has tho land, related to some in this house of bright colors of virtue, self-denial and loy not by men who, in the broadest |penso, same rights as a man ?” “I do !” (em prayer, and dearly loved by such, his alty to God and liberty into the mighty represent the public sentiment. The phatically ) “ Well, then, stand up and brief but brilliant career deserves more fabric of human souls, which shall be un question of availability has driven par enjoy ’em like a man !” than a passing iiotice. Gen. B. was tho rolled at the judgment, and then hung up ties to the lowest ebb in the matter of son of Rev. J. B. Boomer, a Baptist clergy as the golden tapestry of heaven ! Tho nominations, and the bad character of There is as much connection between man, formerly of Sutton, Mass. He was christain hero dying for his country is a caucuses has kept tho better classes and the words and the thoughts as there is be- born in Sutton, 1831; for some years past matchless martyr. Over what mortal’s those who might together work for the between the thoughts and tho actions. had lived in Missouri. Tho opening of death can there hover so sacred a mem good of communites, away from them. The latter aro not only the expression of the rebellion found him a resident of St. ory ? Over whose grave can there hang These same men however, growl, grumble the former, but they have a power to re Louis, pursuing quietly tho tastes and halos of such transcendent glory 1 Y o u and fret at the result, and yet they stay act upon the soul, and leave the stain of studies of an artist. He therefore saw talk of the glory of a statesman’s death, away, and will not go down into the corruption there. A young man who al- nothing attractive in the pomp aud cir and a conqueror’s death— whose dying' slough, and put a shoulder to the wheel ows himself to use one vulgar or profano cumstances of war,— nothing congenial in bed is made of the broken weapons of a | that the lumbering baggage wagon of word, has not only shown that there is a tho bustle of the camp or the clamor of bannered host ; history tells us of the party politics may be lifted out of the foul spot upon his mind, but by the utter- the battle. But he saw that he was need great Cesar, “ who, in dying, first gazed mire. Tho remedy is for honest men and unce of that word he extends that spot ed, and he became a soldier for conscience on the marble brow of Pompey, and then true, to take the matter in their own and inflames it, till, by indulgence, it will Bake. At tho time Missouri was barely arranged his robes to lie with becoming hands, and not to shirk tho responsibili pollute aud ruin the whole soul. THE SOLDIERS’ BEOOBD.
ident, Gen. Whitaker, with nearly all to the depot headed by the Band and es the occasion, and the only regret was ®l]c ^ol!)ifrs' |.^croi't) the Railroads of the State by which “ re corted them to the grounds. At 1 p. m. that the day was not longer. 0 . AND turn tickets” are issued free. business meeting was called and in ab The active local committee of arrange sence of the president (Dr. Kellogg) LECTURES. GKAND AT^MY GAZETTE. Gen. Ctis was called to the chair. The ments at Norwich, have provided Halls, We desire to call the attention of Posts secretary Lt. Benjamin Wright read the an excellent Band and carriages. Din of the Grand Army, Lyceums, and any or Hartford, Conn., Sej>t. 11,1809, records of the last meeting, which were ner will bo served at the Wanregan ganizations or individuals who wish to se House. Circulars giving details wili a ccep ted . Dr. William Brownell has been appoint cure the services of lecturers for a series soon be issued to all surviving members Next came the election of Officers, for ed examiner of pensions for thin district. of entertainments during the coming sea the ensuing year, which resulted as fol- of the First Regiment and Squadron, the son, to the face that we have entered into ows:— President, Dr. M. S. Newton of T h e annual reunion o f the F irst CJon- entire Cavalry volunteers of the State, arrangements to make engagements for Suffield, C t, vice president, Lt. Frank G. neeticnt heavy artillery will take place which comprises the association. several speakers who are well known to Otis of W est Meriden, secretary. Lt. Ben at Savin Rock on the 24th inst. All the people of the State. Colonel Homer The telegraph brings us the sad intelli jamin Wright of Greenwich, treasurer, members intending to be there should B. Sprague, professor of English litera gence of the death of the Secretary of Chap. H. 0. Trumbull of Hartford. communicate with the secretary, Captain ture, Rhetoric, and Oratory in Cornell War, General John A. Rawlins, at Wash The following were appointed an exe F. A. Pratt of tliis city. University, Ithaca, N. Y ., announces for ington on the afternoon of Monday, aged cutive committee : Brev. Brig.Gen’l E. this season three subjects, viz : “ Milton 38. J. S. Goodyear, Sergt. J. G. Farnham, W e publish this week another account as an Educator,” “ When I was in Jail,” of the reunion of the Tenth regiment, not During his last illness he was constant Capt. Beiij. Jepson, Dr. (). R. Hart, — experiences at Libby, Salisbury and ly attended by the members of the cabi Sergt. George Peck. only to correct one or two errors which other southern prisons,— and “ Riches, net who were in Washington. The Pres After some discussion it w >s decided to crept into our own, but to give one of the and what constitutes them,” all of which ident, who was unavoidably absent, wrote lold the next meeting at New Haven, the members of the regiment an opportunity have received the highest commendation a letter expressing his regret and his high time to be left with the com m ittee.. to speak for himself. from the press throughout the country. esteem for his old comrade in arms and A resolution was unanimously passed Rev. E. P. Roe, has three powerful lec Tlie original drum corps of the old fight more recent associate in government. Sher giving the Americus Club a vote of thanks tures entitled “ The Romance of Cavalry ing Seventh regiment Guunecticut volun idan telegraphed, “ Give my love to Raw for the free use of their premises. Life ; or Kilpatrick’s Great Raid to Rich teers will meet in Meriden on Thursday, lins, all the officers here send their love After the necessary business of the mond ;” “ Pretty Millstones, Married and October 24, for the purpose of practice, to him,” and many others manifested meeting was transacted, the Hon. H. W . Single ; or W^omen that Mar, and those preparatory to the reunion, which will their sympathy and sorrow. Sadder, how Hoyt, senator from the district, delivered that Make Men’s Fortunes,” and “ Guer ^ake place in this city on the next day. ever than the forced absence of these triec an address of welcome to the members illa and Scouting,” wherein some of the friends was the detention of his wife at and friends of the Regt. to which the strange, peculiar, unwritten phases of our Major Lewis S. Barnes, formerly Danbury, by reason ol severe illness President (Dr. Newton) feelingly respon last war are presented. Rev. W. W. member of the 2lst C. V., and subse Gentle be the words which shall add this ded. The Bridgeport Band which was Belden, a very effective lecturer, speaks quently a captain, major, and brevet lieu- terrible weight to the wife's affliction engaged for the occasion, enlivened the upon the “ Decisive Battles of the W orld,” tenant-colonel in a colored regiment, died The death of Gen. Rawlins has cast a exercises throughout with some of their “ Character,” “Manliness,” “HeiMic in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 20th of August. gloom over the whole nation. Few men choicest music. Thinkers,” and “ The Coming Man of T o In Juno lasthewentto Minnesota with have won such distinction among the peo At two o’clock a charge was ordered day.” Arrangements for the delivery of the hope of regaining his health, but find pie in so short a time as did this gallant upon the elegantly spread tables, which these lectures must be made with the ing that he gained no strength, he set out officer. He was a man, too, of strong per were fairly groaning under the burden Publisher of the R e c o rd . on his return home. Death overtook sonal magnetism, and attracted a largo imposed upon them by the members and him at Clevijland, and robbed the Repub number of ardent and faithful friends friends of Co. I from Greenwich, and as We suppose an editor has a perfect lic of another of her bravest and truest He joined the army in a minor capacity always before the fighting 10th came off right to maKe an ape of himself but doubt defenders. but by unwavering courage and rare ex victorious. The tables, which seated the propriety of the editorial comments ecutive ability, he soon worked his way ovtu* two hundred, w^ere well filled the We are happy to announce that the of an evening journal of this city on the to a'position as chief of staff to Genera second time and there was an abundance cruel report ot a terrible mutiny ou death of Secretary Rawlins, and the fact Grant, which position he retained unti of good things for all, thanks to the good board the old frigate Sabine, together that the President failed to reach Wash the election of Gen. Grant to the presi adies. Long may they wave > with the hanging of seven men at the ington in time to see him alive. 1'he im dency. His honored superior manifestec yard-arm is pronounced entirely untrue. After dinner toasts were in order, aRd pudence of the editor is brought out in bold his appreciation of his ability and worth The originator of this vile canard deserv Dr. Newton as toast-master ofiered the relief when you discover that the newspa by making him a prominent official in the es their reputed fate for casting such owing: Our Leader in War—The per failed to publish the dispatch which present administration, i.i which position President, response by Band ; The Gov shadow upon the credit of the good ole oth ers did publish in which the President he has served with eminent success. Qui ship, and damaging the reputation of the ernor of Connecticut, response by Band ; is reported to have “ expressed deep regret et and imassuming, a man of noble deeds The Ladies, Gen. Otis ; The early mem entire navy. We earnestly hope that the that owing to the non-deliuery of telegrams rather than of useless words, he has close Governmenr will ascertain where and for ories of the regiment, Dr. Douglass; at Saratoga he was prevented from soon ly attended to the duties of his office, dis what reason the story started. Rocollectious of Sumpter, Gen. Ot’s ; The er starting for Washington.” pLiying therein great ability, integrity Medical Departmerit, Dr. Hart; The Q. The surprised editor trusts that the and skill. His is another noble life sac General William II. Noble of Bridge Jil. Department, respo ise by Lt. Parsons ; President will in some way publicly as rificed for the nation. Closing days of the W ar, Gen. Goodyear; port was presented ou Thursday evening sure us that he did not run away from his The body lay in state in the room of T h e ,— It has to day cap by a delegation of veterans of the ole Americus Cluh dying friend ; when, in another sentence General Sherman at the Capitol on Mon tured the th Regiment which never be Seventeenth regiment, with the combiner 10 he says the family of the Secretary were day, and was visited by a largo number badges of the Tenth and Eleventh corps, fore surrendered, response by Capt. necessarily absent. Why not ask his wife in both of which the regiment served. C. of friends. Durim of the club. The memories of our to make public explanation of her absence? M. Selleck of Norwalk made the presen The funeral was attended on Thursday fallen brave, Capt. Athcrl-on in a v e ry W'hy was she absent? Why was Gen. tation speech, to which General Noble at 10 o’clock, all department and othe touciiing and eloquent speech, after which Grant absent ? The editor knows well hap])ily responded. The ovent took place business being suspended and the custom the band played a dirge ; The tie that that the on ly reason for their absence svas at General Noble’s residence, and after houses and work shops closed. The fu binds us us Army Comrades, Chaplain Secretary Rawlins unexpectedly rapid the presentation ceremonies wore conclu neral escort, consisting of five companies Trumbull in his usual interesting and ear decline while in Washington for a brief ded the party were invited to a sumptu of artillery, and a battalion of marines nest manner. attention to official business, after which ous suppor which the general’s family had and cavalry, was under command of Bt The 34th Mass and llth Maine Regt’s. he was to return to his family in Danbury prepared for them. Maj. Gen. W .T. Barry, (xenerals Town (as members of the same brigade.) The where he always resorted when feeble or send, Marcey, Holt, Meigs, Eaton, Barnes former responded to by Capt. Partridge fearing an attack of hemorrhage. Is there The International postal money order Rice, Humphreys, Meyer, Howard, Smith of the 24th, the latter by Adjutant Fox not someihing more for our friend to system between the United States and and G. A. Smith, Commodore Metracton of the llth. Those exercises were closed growl over ? Switzerland his commenced. The Swiss Smith, the second assistant Postmaster by music by the band, and the singing of exciiange office is at Basle, where all or General, and Hon. Gayles Bowen, Mayor America by all. The following letter from General ders from the United States must be sent, of Washington, officiated as pall-bearers Another hour was spent in dancing, so Grant, addressed to Hon. Roscoe Conk- and thence transmitted to the proper re The customary number of guns were firec. cial chat, strolls on the beach, and through ling, is !i deserved tribute to the worth of cipient. ^ dollar in gold paid at the from all the arsenals, forts and navy yards the woods, and finally separated by a Gen. Rawlins, and manifests the high New York office entitles the recipient to in the United States. The executive de general leave taking. Thus passed the esteem in which he was ever held by the five francs, fifteen centimes, less the fees partments will be draped in mourning for pleasantest day to the veterans of the 10th P r e s id e n t: of the local department there. The rate thirty days. ot charges here is twenty cents in gold C V. which they have experienced since S a ra to g a , N. Y ., Sept. 5, 10G9. their muster out, “ h o say we all of us.” on all sums of $ 20, or less, over $ ’^0 and liEUNION OF THE TENTH C. V. To Hon. Rosaoe Conlding: All seemed to be delighted with the day’s not exceeding $30, thirty cents in gold ; The veterans of this gallant old Re M r D e a r S ir : It is with extreme re proceedings, and went away with a firm over ^30 and not exceeding $40, jforty irnent met according to adjournment, at gret that the their names in recommending them. THE SOLDIERS’ KECORD.
GBASD AEMV OF THE KUPU15LIC. THE THIRD REGIMENT. to make the soldiers used to a soldier’s EIGUTEBNTII REGIMENT C. V. IC oiniaaiiders o f P.mta ov thoir are roqticst.otl life, including the strictest discipline. to forward ropnrts ol‘ chancos occurriiif! therein, and Arrangements for the encampment of IN TIIE WAR FOR THE ITNION. comrades gonorally are iuvitod to comiiiuiucato all mat this regiment next week are nearly com The number of soldiers runrdng in our When it was determined to ovacnate Winohestor, turs of intisroat to the order.1 pleted, and the prospect is good for a week streets every day and night shows that the teamsters were ordered to cut their horses .and matter of i)asses, at least, was sadly neg mules from thoir wagons and save them from capture At the last meeting of Post No. 3, of active and useful service. The follow if possible. After tho attack of tho rebels on Monday Briclgoport, it was voted that the use of ing order for government of the camp has le cte d .” morning, many of the teamsters run tlieir horses ,atid the hall be tendered to the gallant Four already been issued : mules to the mountains. Several of tho Eighteenth teamsters escaped in this way. Henry M. Dur.’eo Co, G e n e r a l II k a d -Q u a k t k u s S t a t u o f C o x n k c t ic u t ' teenth which has its reunion thereon the Headquarters Thfrd Regiment G .N .G . A, writes on tho 17th as follows : "A t 2 1 2 o’clock 1 7 th inst. General Orders N o. 4. A d j u t a n t G k n k r a l ’s O f k ic k , brougiit up at Hancock. I have had nothing to eat since Sunday noon until now. Ono of the boys has 1. This camp is hereby designated N k w II a v k n , Aug. 24tli, 1869. brought in a loaf of bread for five of us. No sleep A call has l)cea issued to all honorably Camp Winship, in honor of private Jose^jh Special Orders, No. .57. till last night since B'riday night, slept and fed in a discharged soldiers and sailors in Putnam wheat field last night. But in comes a cavalryman II. Winship, who died at Andersonville, Colonel R. B. Craiifurd, comnianding tlio Sfcli and vicinity who are interested in the who says tho rebels aro within four miles of us, and I Ga., April 5, 1864. Ilcgiuient Connecticut JSutioniil Guard will nsscnii)]o must put out for Penn.sylvania. Juno 19th, at Bed formation of a Post of the Grand Army. 2. The following daily calls and duties the Field and other commissioned olUcers of the 8th ford, Pa. At 4 P. M. wo loft Hancock, went seven Every veteran, without a {tingle exception, Uegiment iit such timo and phice as lie sluvli desigmitu miles, and wore driven back, and at 12 M, started for are hereby announced for the regulation and when so assonil)ieil will load them to a nomination should become connected with this frater Cumberland. When wo arrived at Flintsvillo 30 miles of the camp. Morning gun at sunrise, by ballot of a Junior Major, to (ill an original vacancy from Cumbeland, heard the rel)cls were already there. and ho will make return ofthis oriler with the result of nal organization when opportunity offers, police call at 6:30 a . m ., breakfast call at So we took to the woods, sixteen miles to Chauncoy- and wo hope Putnam will enroll a large such nomination endorsed thereon to these llead(![unr- ville and camped for tho night. In tlie morning start 7:0 0 A .M ., surgeons cull at 7;30 a . m ., ters without delay. number of her veterans. Names may be ed for this plajo, twenty six miles distant. W e then guard mounting at 8:00 a . m ., com pany By order of the Commander-in-Chief, had had nothing to eat for 43 hours, except what we S. E.M e u w i n , Ju. Adjutant General. left with E. S. Lyon, R. M. Uoyle, Post- drill from 8:45 to 9:45 A. M., battalion bogged as we joggol along. At Rainshur>; (as every soldier will remember that place) tlie ladies set thoir niastf^r Wilson and E. D. (carpenter. Fall drill from 10 to 12 M., dinner call at 12- G e n e r a l I I e a d -Q u a u t k iis S t a t u o f C o n n e c t i c u t , tables with tho best the place afforded, and every man in, b o y s ! 30 P. M., battidion drill from 2 to 4 i». M., was welcome. I ate with ten other's, and tho tears A d j u t a n t G e n e r a l ’s O f k i c e , dress parade at 5:30, with call at 5 p . m ., stood in almost every eye as wo sat at tho table. On ly twenty of the Eighteenth are here, where the rest aro T h e D erb y Transcript reports the en N e w H aven, Sept. 1st, 18G9. evening gun at sunset, tattoo and roll call tho Lord only knows. Tho rebels arc only six miles tertainment of the Post as follows : “ The Special Orders, No. 65. at 9:30 p . m ., taps at 10:30 p m ., wiien all away, our forces aro scouting, tho bugle sounds, and G. A. R. dramatic class gave two of their noise shall cease and all lights shall be Nows of the death of Thomas W . Cahill, lato Col we must be off for Bloody Run. Many othorh had a entertainments Friday and Saturday ol onel ot the 9th Keg’t Conn. Vols. having been receiv similar e.Kperienco who at length arrived at Bloody extinguished except in the tents of com ed at these Head-Quarttu’S, as a mark ol respect to the last week. They had a crowded house Run, and July 14th, wore among the first to enter missioned officers and guard quarters. memory of one who has filled so honorahle a position Hagerstown, Md., after Leo’s evacuation of tho the first night— the second night not so in tho Conn. Vol. force with credit to himself and his 3. Roll call shall be held before each place. well attended. The acting was gCiieraUy State, it is ordered that the flag of this denartnioiit THE s t a t e COLOU5. company and battalion drill, inspection, 1)0 placed at half mast until tho funeral services are respectable— some of it very line. J t will Georgo Torrey, C o , ^ Color Sergeant, saved tho review and dress parade, and all mem concluded. State banner, being among tho number wlio escaped hardly do to particularize, but two or By Oider of tlio Commandcr-in Chief, bers absent without leave will be report by way of Bloody Run. It was a noiile deed as well three of the actors would have won ap S. E. M e r w i n , J r ., Adjutant General. as very hazardous. It was too much for the olHeer ed to the regimental commander. plause on any stage. Young Mr. Procter in comnund to see his own State colors surrendered 4. Review by B.-ig. Gen. John N. Bun H e a d -Q u a is t e r s H a r t f o r d C i t i ' G u a r d , to a proud and exultant enemy. But tliere seemed to delivered a poem the second night, which be no alternative, unless they could bo destroyed. It nell Thursday at 3 p. m ., inspection by was quite well received, and the music al B a t t e r y D , C o n n . N a t i o n a l G u a r d . is said an order was given to this effect. But Torrey Major Corey, Friday at 10 a . m ., review ITa r t f o r i ), Conn., Aug. 30th, 1869. boldly resolved he would make tho effort; to escape. so was line. We think Mr. Lathrop de He did so, taking the colors from tho staff, and wind by his excellency Gov. Marshall Jewell, Company Orders, No. . serves special credit for the taste with 12 ing them around his body. lie followetl the trail of Friday at 3 p. m . which the scenery was gotten up, and all In accordance with general order, No. 3, dated his retreating comrades over the mountains. Tho By order of Col. Jam es J. M cCord, riead-Quarters 3d Regiment, Conn. Natioiuil Guard precious burden was cheerfully borne along, during tlie class praise for their well meant cn- Norwich, August .5th, 1869, all membors of Battery C h a r l e s W . G a l e , A djutant. all tho long and weary march, and at length restorecL de.ivors to please the public. There was 1), iiro hereby warned to assemble at their Armory to tho shattered and depleted regiment, wliich fought The Horse and Foot Ixuard will accom Monday, Sept. 13th, in full uniform, armed and eciuip- nothing objectionable on the score of mor to tho very last to preserve it from falling into*tho pany Governor Jewell and staff’ on Friday, ped, knapsacks packed and blankets rolled, and six hands of tho enemy. als or good taste in any part of the enter (lays’ rations, for the Fall Encauipinent at Norwich, the whole party embarking on a special The men who had been sworn to stand by thoir ta in m en t.” of six snccessivo days, for drill, discipline, iuspeetioii State and country’s flag, were not found wanting in train. The officers of the regiment tire and review. the iiour of trial. Everj' inembof of the regiment felt All articles neccssary for tho comfort of tho men THE i?rATIONAL GUARD. making arrangements to give a ball on a glow of pride, that the rebels had failed to capture during the week ivust bo left; at the Armory, properly the beautiful flag, thegifc of the ladies of Norwich, Ct., [The Editor will l)0 iileased to receive lor tliis depart the park in Norwich, for the benelit ofthe m eutofllio liECOiU) ail facts of interest to tiie members marked, before 5 30 A. M., of the day above mention and felt under special obligations to Comrade Torrey, of tin) State service, especially sucli as ret'er to cliaiigesiu regimental band, some evening during ed, to insure their transportation to tho camp grouud. for his successful effort to thwart thoir purpose. A ll tiie com maud of comiianiea or rejiiments.l encampment week. The large tent used By order of honor to tho soldier who saved tho state colors. C a p t . J o h n L . W h i t e , C o m ’d g Battery D. at the bull to the Seventh regiment has THE r e t r e a t t o h a r p e r ’s I'ERRY. By an order published herewith, the L . H o t c h k i s s , First Sergeant. been secured, and will be fitted up for the Major Pealo, with about thirty men of tho Eight City Guard, (Battery D,) are summoned eenth, escaped to Harpers Ferry, but not in a body. o cca sion . It was a desperate and dangerous movement, but the to assemble at their Armory on Monday G e n e r a l H e a d -Q u a r t e r s S t a t e o f C o n n e c t ic u t , Alajor, being well mount'Jd on a grey horse, was de next, armed and equipped for the encamp A d j u t a n t G e n e r a l ’s O f f ic e , termined he would not bo taken prisoner, lie dash CAMP MOORE. ed off to tho right, though commanded to halt by the ment at Norw'ich. N e w H a v e n , Aug. 2t4h, 1869. rebels, whose volleys he received several times in rap Tuesday and Wednesday were days of Special Orders, No. 58. Colonel Bradley has named the camp id succession, lie had ii. narrow escape, his horso be busy activity in instruction, drill by com The resignation of tho following named ollicers of ing wounded in the attempt. Tho men who escaped of the Second regiment at New Haven, pany and battallion, dress parade, and the (yoiinecticut National Guard are hereby accepted. in the same direction were hotly pursued and fired ‘ •Camp Terry,” in honor of Major General St a f f 2 n d R e o i .m e n t , ni)on, but after tho most strenuous efiorts, were soon the minor duties of camp life, prepara out of comparative danger. The following account Alfred il. Terry, who was for many years tory to inspection ain,i review. The drill 1st Lieut. .Josepii O. Banning, Adjutant. of this perilous escape is taken from a communica 1st Lieut. George R. Shepard, Surgeon’s Mate. colonel of the regiment. during the early part of the week lacked tion from Chas. Lynch, of Co. C, “In coming out of Promotions and appointments are hereby made ia the last charge at Summit Point, I met Major I ’ealc, sadly in proliciency, but later exhibited Artillery Co. G., 3d Regiment Conn. the Connecticut National guard as follows. who told mo to go to the right; and get away. I then marked improvement. The officers ex COMTANV C, 2.VD RlCGlMENM, made as good time as possible across tho lots; tho National Guard has elected the following robs following close on to us, and calling to us to sur hibited a commendable degree of interest st Lieut. Joiui Cunningiiam of New Haven to be 1 render. For one, I did not propose to do it. I soon olUcers, and they have been duly commis Captain, vice Kuetb promoted. in briuLiing the regiment up to a higher crossed the Winchester and Martinsbnrg pike, and fol sioned, Capt. Frank Grant. 1st Libut., nd Lieut. John S. Flannagan of New Haven to be 2 lowed tho trail of Gen. Milroy, tiirough swamps and standard for the more public exhibitions 1st Lieut, vice Cunningham promoted. Charles E. Harris; 2d Lieut., Joseph valleys, over brooks and hills, and found the way a 1st Sergeant, Owen Colwell of New Haven to he ofThur.sday and Friday. a very hard road to travel. Wm. H. Griggs, Co. D, w o o d . 2d Lieut, vice Flannagan promoted. But eight companies were on the was captured about two miles from tlie battle field. I A ll with rank from August 2lst 1869. came across Sergeant Samuel Lee, Co. A , and we The Sarsfield Guard, Captain Cunning ground, companies H and 1 having been Tiio following named men members of tho Connect kept togetlio'', inarching through tho lots, until we icut National-Guard are hereby discharged from the ham, of New Haven, will go to Provi mustered out. The numbers were report reached the Smithfield pike, about four miles from tho military service of tho State (or the reasons assigned. ed as follows : Co. A, Capt. G. S. Cro- town, and pursued our way until we came witiiin two dence on Monday, the 20th inst. At C o m p a n y B, 3rd R e g im e n t , fut, 70 men ; B, R. B. Fairchilds, 70 ; miles of Charlestown. Hero 'Wo halted, and waited Providence they meet the Montgomerys ol Non-residon(!0. for more of tho boys to come up, that wo might havo Boston, and the two companies are to be C, C. E. Plumb, 75 ; D, A. J. Crossman, W . F. Gray, J. A. Ariiolil, Montvillo Brown, Wm. a good company to march through the town. W hile 73 ; E, E. N. Goodsvin, 75; F, A. A. H. Brand, Geo. A. Chadsoy, Horace L. Douglass, at Charleston, wo saw a few rebels, but they too far the guests of the Emmet Zouaves. away for our Springfield rifles. Wo then marched Runale, 57 ; G, C. Quien, 96 ; Iv, Alonzo Chas IL Daniels, Benj. Butler, C. R. Uorram, Alex JoH3s, Wm. Kenyon, James E. Metcalf, Guy S. Mor through tho town, under the command of the Ca[)tain Colonel Bradley, ofthe Second regi Grtiy, 70 ; total, withheld, staff’and line gan, John Quigley, A. W. Thompson, Wm. L. W il of the 89ili Pa. By this time, we had become very ment, now in camp at Newhallville, has olliceis, 618. liams, Edwin A. Harper, Amos E. Barber, Ricliard tired, and wore obliged to halt often to rest. On ono Beebee, Nathan H. DaboU, Chas. H. Devalle, Chas. of tlieso occasions, a sad accident happened. A sol been presented with a new uniform and On Wednesday the examining board Elliot, B. L'Vanlc Humington, James Robbins, Chas. dier stepped on the hammer of a mu'ket, and it went full equipments by Henry G. Lewis, Estj. summoned the officers of the regiment be Truuible, James H. Chappell. off, killing a member of tho fifth Maryland. Wo had Mr D. Hill has been appointed sutler for fore ihem, and propounded some intricate By order of the Commander-in-Chief, nearly readied Harpers Ferry when tiiis sad event oc-. S. E. M e r w i n , Jr ., Adjutant General. curred. We arrived at the Ferry just after dark hav this regiment. No liquor is sold upon questions which all were anxious ro an ing marched thirty miles, with hut little rest and no the grounds. swer. Four members of the regiment rations.” Tho condition of those men can bo easily G e n e r a l H e a d -Q o a r t e r s S t a t e of C o n n e c f ic u t , had a narrow escape from drowning in imagined, being thoroughly hungry, exiiausted, and disheartened by tiie reversos and lianlsliips o f tho A d j u t a n t G e n e r a i/s O f f ic e , Major E. W. Johnson of Norwich has Lake Kenosia. Attempting a sail at live day. Almost the first man they met was Major Poale, been appointed a member of .thebourd o’clock in the morning, while half-seas N ew H a v e n , Aug. 28th, 1869, who found them very soou after their arrival at tho for tlie examination of officers in the (Jon- Special Orders, No. 62. Ferry. That night thay all slept in a barn. Juno over, they soon found tiiemselves sub I th, This weary band did not rise very early this Promotions and appointments are hereby made in 6 uecticut National Guard, vice Ca.pt. John merged, and would have drowned but for morning. When they did so they received orders to tho Connecticut National Guard i\s follows. K. Williams of this city, declined. The the timely assistance of a citizen who report to Col. James, 116th New York Volunteers, C o m p a n y I), 2n d R e g im e n t , Bulletin says: Mr Johnson is a young on Maryland Heights just across the river. Tired plunged into the lake and rescued them. Corp. William S. Wilson of Waterbury, to be 1st and faint ttiey obeyed tlie order, drew rations, had u gentleman who has abundant qualifica On Thursday the regiment was inspected Lieut, vice Perkins, resigned, with rank from Aug. good time eating and resting, and reniainod here two tions for tiie position, and those who know by Major Gilbert, and reviewed by the 26th, 1869. days. During tliis time. Adjutant E. B. Culvor re him will agree with us in the opinion that 1st Sergt Augustus Moshier of Waterbury, to bo joined them, having been absent on spocial duty at Governor and stall’on Friday. The lo 2nd Lieut, vice Bronson, resigned, with rank from Baltimore, and hence did not participate in tho battle the selection is an excellent one. cation ofthe camp was an appropriate Aug. 25th, 1869. and retreat. This squad now numbered two officers one, the ground being dry and level, and C o m p a n y B, 8t ii R e g im e n t . and thirty nicu, and was considered tho head-quartors W e publish tiiis week a number of spec of the Eighteenth Connecticut as Major Poalo was sufficiently spacious for maneuvering a 1st Serg’t, Hobort Brinsmade, of Bridgeport to be the only staff ollicor not a prisoner, oxceptiug Sur ial ord ers o f general inof^rest to the mem 2nd Lieut, vice Scott, resigned, with rank from Aug. regim ent. geons North and Harrington. bers of the National Guard. Number 28th, lb69. These latter naimid ofllcers made their escape with The local press evinced a disposition Private, E. S. Barber, is hereby transferred from 57 authorizes the election of a junior ma that part of the regiment which leireated by way of to criticize the discipline of the troops, Co. E, 2nd Regiment, to Co. F, 2nd Regiment, C. tho mountains with Co. D, Chas. Lynch writes again jor lor the Eighth regiment, to lill an or- N G. to servo the remuindor of his term of service. that, “from tho timo wo arrived at Harpers Ferry, we as appears in the following from the Jelf'er- The following namoil men meml)ors of tho Connect i
reunion of the Sixth at Stamford, partic class who ignore not only themselves, tribute to his support. But yesterday, a ®l]c ^olMfrs' ^icforl) ulars of which will be given next week. but the work they accomplished. great lazy lubbarly lout, who sells candies AND Next in order are the Second Artillery and peanuts on the street, complained to A WORD TO*COMRADES. at New Milford, Sept. 15th, Sixteenth at GRAND AKMY GAZETTE. the street commissioner like the booby South Manchester, Sept. 17th, Connecti The recent National Encampment, com that he is, that nobody would buy his cut Cavalry Association, composed of the posed of the highest officials and ablest apples and peaches, and made a demand W. P, WALKEE, Editor and Publisher, First cavalry and the Harris Light squad men ofourorganization, was characterized that the crippled soldier should be got Office, No. 2 State Street. ron, at Norwich Oct. 19th, Seventh reg by an earnestness of purpose and efficiency off the street! This was enough— and iment at Hartford, Oct. 23d. of action far superior to any former gath the valiant Uncle Almon, re-adjusting his Hartford, Conn., Sept, 11,1869, ering of like character. Assembled from specs, positively flew— that is, he ‘made Drury Lane Theatre raises the cur all parts of the country, familiar with for’ the crippled defender of his country, tain on a new drama by Boucicault en TERMS. the spirit and working of the order, titled “ Formosa,” which begins with and cleaned him out in the shake of a O n e c o p y , o n e t e a k , . $2.00 they knew that its influence and constant the training of the Oxford crew, ram’s tail. The common council should F o u k c o p i e s , .7.00 ly augmenting power must be devoted T e n coi'iKs, 15.00 and ends with the University boat-race. award Uncle Almon a leather medal for only to the noblest purposes, and the ac T w e n t y c o p ie s , 30.00 The hero of the drama is the stroke of his valor and heroism.” the Oxford eight, the heroine the bar complishment of the most important F o r the accommodation of the anbscribers of the maid of a country inn, who has become work laid down in its declared objects. Those Blue-noses are really too amus R E C O R D who may wish other periodicals, toe have a queen of the demi monde; and one act With this end in view they adopted a ing. W e invite the attention of our read made arrangemr.mta to send several o f the best o f them of the play is a night revel at her villa new order of work and of discipline cal ers to this extract from an editorial ar with the RECO RD at the follotoing reduad rates: on the banks of the Thames at Fulham. culate to effectually insure it, and re-as ticle in the Halifax Reporter: THE RECORD In two scenes are introduced in subordi serted its highest principles in a set of We are favored with the information AND nate parts five or six disreputable fe resolutions which embody the most fra that the Grand Army of the Republic— males. The heroine of the piece finally H a r p e k s ’ B a z a r ...... $4 50—Regular price, 6 GO ternal, charitable, and loyal declarations. that means the United States army— calls H a r p k k s ’ W e e k l y ... 4 50 “ “ 6 00 abandons her bad career, returns to her Experience and observation both had upon the government for the recognition H a r p e r s ’ M o n t h l y . . . 4 50 “ » 6 00 home to the warm welcome of her poor L ip p in c o t t ’s M o n t h l y 4 50 “ “ 6 00 taught the lesson that this order must of Cuba. Funny fellows those soldiers father and mother who are in ignorance A t l a n t ic M o n t h l y . . . 4 50 “ “ 6 00 be placed far above the dictation of sel are in Jonathan’s territory. What would E v e r y S a t u r d a y . , . . 5 50 “ “ ■ 7 00 of this phase of her life, and finally mar N. A . R e v i e w .... 6 .50 “ » 8 00 ries a rich husband, while the Oxonian fish or partisan feeling, and made to Yankeedom have said had the British ar H o o n s AT H o m e , . . . 3 75 “ “ 5 00 palms himself off upon a wealthy heiress. subserve only the highest interests of m y called upon, if such a thing could havo E l e c t ic M a g a z in e . . . 5 25 “ “ 7 00 its members. been possible, government to have H e a r t h AND H o m e . . 4 50 '• “ 6 00 The indignant protest ofthe Lord Cham their D e m o r k s t ’s M o n t h l y . 3 50 “ “ 5 00 berlain has extensively advertised it. W e have looked, therefore, for a more recognized the South ?” Send roniitfcances for subscriptions by Money perfect union in sympathy and in effort. Wesuggess that the G. A. R., resolve Order, or by draft on New York or Boston. If W e hope for their own honor and the We have hoped that personal or parti itself for the nonce into a society for the these are not conveniently accessible, send the memory of the braves who perished on money in a Registered Letter. There is no danger san feeling would be laid aside. We diffusion of useful knowledge, and send a of loss by niaii if properly registered. The reg that hard-fought field, that the old ar must confess to at least partial disq,p- deputation to Halifax to “ post” this istration fee has been reduced to fifteen cents. my officers were few who mingled the pointment; and too soon we find occa pitiable ignoramus as to its real nature. careless gaiety of the dance with their sion to remind our comrades of the prin recollections of Gettysburg. It is not Courant. The song, “ The Army of Tennessee,” ciples and objects of their organization on our lirst page was written by one of strange that a festival so ill-timed should If partisan feeling or personal ambition LITERARY NOTICES. the popular entertainers expected upon be termed “ A Grave-yard Dance,” as it are to control it, and exert an influence our stage during the coming season. first gave the losses in killed and woun Mr, S. R. Wells, the enterprising New over it for evil, then its usefulness for Dr. Duncan conies from the West high ded in the awful three day’s battle, and York publisher, now offers to the public ly recommended, and if we may judge then the programme of this festive out good is at an end. a new book entitled “ Life in the West, or of the fountain by the small streams we rage. The satirical rebuke is well ad Let us take higher moral ground and Stories of the Mississippi Valley,” by N. have seen flow forth, ho will provide ministered. The Boston Transcript place the order above reproach. Let us 0. Meeker, agricultural Editor of the some very popular entertainment for truthfully remarks: “ Our soldiers had see that the memory of our fallen broth Tribune and reporter of Farmer’s Club. reason enough to complain of the mean our citizens. Posts of the Grand Army ers, the obligations wo are under to wid The name of the author is a sufficient exactions and cold-hearted selfishness of will do well to secure him for an even ows and orphans, the work of charity guarantee of the excellency of the work, too many of the inhabitants of southern in g- we have oh our hands, and the mainte a long residence in the V' est, and frequent Pennsylvania in 1863; and now it be nance of the noble principles we havo The executive committee for the fourth gins to look as if Gettysburg were trad journeys throughout its whole extent announced, unite ns in more earnest en annual reunion of the army of the Tenn ing in the sad but glorious historic mem having given him peculiar advantages for deavors for the promotion of the best treating the subject fully and ably. The essee was held at Louisville, on the 1st ories of one of the most terrible events interests of the Grand Army. of September General W. J. Daudrom, of the civil war.” book is considered one of the very best records ofthe great West, and is original of Lancaster, Ky., was chosen to deliver THE mLITlA. the address of welcome to the society at At a meeting of officers and privates of and sprightly in style. Some of the stor the Seventh Connecticut regiment held in The officers of the New Hampshire the next annual reunion. Colonel H. B. ies are founded on incidents in the late State militia have manifested a most lib Bristol was appointed corresponding sec Meriden on Wednesday last, it was de war, and show in a good light the brave eral spirit in sustaining the organization retary of the committee. The reunion cided to hold a reunion in this city on the spirit of the Western boys. The volume 23d of October next, the aniversary of with whicli they are connected in spite occurs ut Louisville on the 17th of No is a large 12mo on tinted paper, pp. of the parsimonious action of the leg vember next. A large gathering will the battle of Pocataligo, in which the S60, beveled boards. Price $2. P u b islature. That over-wise body having at doubtless be had. regiment bore a gallant and conspicuous lished at 339 Broadway. part. A committee of arrangements was its recent session cut off the meagre ap “ Oratory— Sacred and Secular,” from Mrs. Stowe has found a champion in appointed, consisting of Lieut. < ’ol. D. C. propriation for the maintenance of the the same publisher is a suggestive, prac John Neal, of Portland, Maine, who has, Rodman, Surgeon Ceorge C. Jarvis, Quar militia, the officers held a meeting in tical, and comprehensive work, contain it is said, facts in his possession to cor termaster Wm. H. Augur, Lieut. E. S. Concord and determined to keep up ing many useful suggestions for the train roborate her statements. The Boston Stevens, and Sergt. Norman S. Wood. A their present organization, even at their ing of a natural talent for eloquence. It Adoertisi-r says : Mr. Neal was present corresponding committee was also ap own expense. There can be no doubt has been pronounced by competent judg a t L ord B y r o n ’s funeral, and acquainted pointed, consisting of Major Jerome that a well-organized and disciplined es one of the most interesting and valua witli liis friends, and that his reminis- Tourtellotte, Captain J. B. Chamberlain, militia is a benefit to any Sfeatc, and the ble works for public speakers, especially cenee will soon appear in the public prints and Lieutenant John H. Bario. Fife Maj physical culture and moral stamina worth young ministers and others wishing to be and form a fit sequel to his already pub or Wm. F. Edgerton was designated to more to the men composing it than it come effective extempore speakers, ever lished Wmvlcring RecolUctions. reorganize the old regimental drum corps. costs. They determined wisely, there published. It is a hancisome l2mo vol The London News thinks M rs S tow e’s Chaplain Wayland was appointed histo fore, to maintain a disciplined militia. ume o f 220 pages, well printed and hand article did not contain the whole truth, rian, and is expected to prepare a full Physical development, habitual subordi somely bound. Price ^'1.50. but is probably true as far as it goes. It and complete history of the regiment, to nation, and the knowledge of military oannot see that she has done anything be read on the occasion of the reunion. matters thus acquired, cannot be other The Flag of our Union is a largo week but make a fair and valuable contribu No full reunion of this brave regiment wise than beneficial to the men and use ly of sixteen pages, full of choice litera tion to the veracity and exactitude of has been held since the close of the war, ful to the State. ture and in a beautiful typographical h isto ry . and the coming meeting is expected to be There is need of just this determina dress. ^ It is printed on satin surface pa a grand affair. Generals Terry and Haw tion on the part of the officers who com per, with every accompaniment of beauty Luther G. Riggs, the Editor of the ley, and many other prominent officers mand our State force and the men who and elegance, and its selection of contri Meriden Recorder, has sued Mr. W ilbur are expected to be present. compose it. It can be made of great butions is in strict keeping. It numbers F. Parker in the sum of ten thousand credit and roal good to the State if it is among its contributors Mrs. Mary A. dollars for the brutal assault made upon The Boston Post with remarkable properly disciplined, and the requisite Denison, Capt. Felix Constant, Miss A- him last Monday, occasioned by a news truth, explains why returned soldiers amount of military spirit and pride in manda M. Hale, Esther Serle Kenneth, paper article at which Mr. P. tookoifence. have been made to take an inferior part fused into it. To secure this competent James Franklin Fitts, W . H Macy, and Mr Riggs was quite severely injured, in political conventions, and as far as and faithful officers are required. With other well-known writers. It abounds and, it appears, somewhat unwilling that l)Ossible deprived of the privilege of out them the organization must fall to with short novelettes, spicy sketches and his assailant should be let off with the holding office: ‘-After the armies of attain proficiency, and be but a biirden stories, 10 cents a copy, $ 4.00 per payment of twenty dollars and costs. the Republic had accomplished their to the State. We fear that a thorough year. Published by Elliott, Thornes & {Such outrages are far to common to be work, laid down their arms and return Talbot, Boston. encouraged, and the visiting of light pen ed to their old occupations and duties reorganization is needed in this respect. alties but an encouragement of them, so as civillians, to minge with their fellow- Are all our field, staff and line officers It isn’t so much trouble to get rich as that we hope for brighter days to dawn citizens as neighbors and associates, competent men— men who are calculated it is to tell when we have got rich. Avhen a punishment sufficient to meet free from peculiar obligations and pur to raise our troops to a higher standard their case will be meted out to every p oses, the facts loMch once seemed to render of moral and martial attainment ? We If we are loved by those around us, wo ottender. Such attacks mnst be consid proper their recognition as a distinct body wish that a strict investigation might be can easily bear the hostility of all the rest ered cowardly and brutal, whatever lost their appropriate force^ and hence have had, incompetent men weeded out, and of the w orld; just as, if we are before a their provocation. not been much observed o f late.'' their places filled with others capable warm firp, we need not care for all the ice One of the “ peculiar obligations and of making the Connecticut National in the Polar regions. The reunion of the I4th Conn. Vols. purposes” of the armies of the Repub Guard what it should be. occurs at Bridgeport on Friday next. lic, was the salvation of the country Never let your honest convictions be Arrangements have been made for a from the dire extremity in which politi- The Meriden Recorder has the follow laughed down. Be ever ready to give larger gathering than has been previous cil intrigue had placed it. The war ing record of injustice to a disabled vet respectful attention to argument. Treat was a conflict between slavery and free ly been held, and a rousing time is an eran : ridicule and dogmatic assertion with the ticipated. The gallant boys of tlie fa dom. W e question sometimes whether contempt they deserve. “ A crippled Meriden soldier has for a mous regiment will gather from all parts we are really a freer people than in 18G0; or if wo shall ever be while un few weeks past, by permission of Mr. Just praise is a good thing and well to of the State and from various states to principled demagogues subvert the pur S. 0. Paddock, been making efforts to be bestowed. More of it is withheld by recall the old associations of army life poses of the people. It were better for earn a livelihood by selling fruit from a envy than by judicious concern for the and strengthen the fratorn-al bonds which the citizen soldiers to retain their ‘‘ap market wagon adjoining Mr. Paddock’s welfare of the praise-worthy. It may, have united them since the day of dis propriate force” as a distinctive body curbstone; and our citizens generally however, be said that they who deserve it charge. On Wednesday was hold the and unite in an utter defeat of that wore happy to buy of him, and thus con the most need it the least. THE SOLDIERS’ RECORD.
SHALL WE FOKGETT tion. The flower of our youth and the was going on to-day. We stopped around here till pound; huckleberries 7 cents per qnart. the next day, when we went to the extreme front, and strength of our manhood offered them Australia is having the velocipede badly. Cornell University, straightened the line of breastworks. W o stopped selves joyfully on the altar of their coun hero till dark, when we wore ordered out on the skir About 45,000 tons of ice are annually im Ithaca, N. Y. Sept. 1st, 18 6 9 . try. A million went to battle, three hun mish lino, being but a few rods from tho enemy’s works ported into Great Britain from Norway. At 3 o’clock in the morning wore ordered to re dred thousand to the grave, one hundred F r ie n d W a l k e r :— Opening this morn port to Brigade headquarters, and from there wo The lunatics of England and Wales have ing ray weeRly Connecticut Post, of Aug. thousand to a worse doom, the Confede traveled all day long, arriving at night on the old increased 2,177 in one year, some say McClellan battle ground, near Coal Harbor. Here rate prisons. from drinking of adulterated beer. A 28lh, I was a little surprised at reading tho whole array had concentrated, and also the 10th some editorial remarks commending the Is all this to be forgotten, lest certain and 18th army corps. The plantation that wo left tho German exhibits paper table napkins at views of certain prominent Confederate Confederate captains should feel “ sore” ? day before had some 70 slaves, and they left when the exhibition at Wittenberg. Anna E. Is the lesson of slavery and its punish wo did. A few of tho aged men and women who generals, disapproving of those of emi could not march were loft behind, and tho parting was Dickinson has been attending horse races nent Union officers, relative to the pro ment to be ignored ? Is the warning sto sad indood. Wo had just lain down to rest, when we in California. Elizabeth Cady Stanton ry of secession and how it was crushed, had to get up and stay behind a Pennsylvania regi priety of the “ Gettysburg Re-union.” has a lecture ready on “ Kate and Petru- is that story to be told no more ? Is the ment, who were new men, and it was thought they That reunion was planned, I suppose, would run off, as they were to tho extreme front. Our chio.” Bishop Simpson’s health has been heroism of the noble survivors to be un partly to keep alive a fraternal spirit orders were to shoot tho first man who attempted to seriously impaired by his intense labors rewarded, and the self-sacrifice of our leave the ranks. in midsummer. James Buchanan has among the Union troops who participat Friday, Juno 3d, wo got up early, and at o’clock martyred dead to be unacknowledged ? 6 ed in the engagement; partly to ascer charged on tho eaemy, driving them from thoir posi been fined $5 for stoning a democratic Are we to “ commit to oblivion the feel tion, and taking possession of their lino of breastworks. tain more acurately and minutely the procession in ^an Francisco. ings it engendered” the warmer patriot The enemy soon after made a charge, and attempted to details of the battle, the position of take back what they had lost, but wo wore ready for Fanny Fern says : “ If one-half of the ism, the larger humanity, the clearer ap regiments, batteries, &c., and partly to them, and they went to their rifle-pits with less men girls knew the previous lives of the men preciation of liberty and good government! than when they started. We immediately went to work cultivate the sentiment of patriotism. they marry, the list of old maids would be “ Yes,” say the Confederate generals ; and strengthened our breastworks, as we expected an It appears that certain distinguished other attack at night. Wo lost but fow men in tho wonderfully increased.” Whereupon the “ we should forget and forgive.” confederate generals were invited to be Wc will charge to day. One of tho recruits of Co, E, William B oston Post asks : “If the men knew forgive; hut we will not forget. We cannot C Brown, was shot in tho head by a rebel sharp-shoot present, as a testimony to their gallantry, what their future lives were to be, forget, if we would, we cannot, if we er. He had been out in front behind a tree, picking though in a bad cause, and as a token of ofTsomo of tho enemy’s sharp-shooters, and had just wouldn’t it increase the list of old maids would, shut our eyes to the truth and the friendship and hearty good will, now gone out for tho second time, and while aiming his gun still further ?” Miss Clara Louise Kel to fire, a rebel spied him and shot him dead. He was teachings of this recent chapter in history. logg is taking her sumiper recreation on that the contest has ceased ; but perhaps wounded at Bristol Station, sent to tho Hospital, and It would be the wisdom of the ostrich, more especially, to contribute what they had returned to the regiment the day before he was her native hills in New Hartford. She that thrusts its head into a bush and thinks killed. He was a splendid soldier, always willing to could to the fund of information and visited some friends in Collinsville on itself safe and all outside a dream. It do everything asked of him, without a word of com help map out the battle field. General plaint, and wa« always at his post. Monday, the 23d. A man hired a hack were a milk and water sentimentality, not Robert Lee replied among other thiags, Saturday June 4th, we were i)usy all day working in Waterbury on Friday morning to attend to say stupidity, to forget either the causes on our breastworks. We jvould cut down largo trees “ It is wisest not to keep open the sores a funeral in the afternoon- About noon or the consequences of the terrible suffer six and seven foot through, lay them one on top of an of the war, but endeavor to obliterate other, and then pile the dirt on tho side toward the en he countermanded the order, because ings through which this nation was called the marks of civil strife, and commit to emy. When fiuisiied they were 16 feet wido on top; “ Begorra the woman wasn’t dead yet.” to pass ; lest, forsooth, by reoalling the or large enough for six men to march abreast. Tow A Danbury man, who had been in the oblivion the feelings it engendered.” ards night a man in Co. G, by the name of Brown, scenes wo uncover and “ keep open the G en. F itz h u g h Lee wrote, ‘‘ li is better was shot through tho head, while engaged in drawing habit of watching for another man’s wife sores,” the wounded pride, the disappoint rations. to forget and forgive, rather than and taking a walk with her about every ments, the losses, the disasters, of those Sunday morning about 9 o’clock tho enemy attempt perpetuate, in granite, proofs of our late ed to take our works again, advancing in three linos of evening, was caught on Thursday night who fought against the nation’s life. civil war.” Friend Bromley, of the Post battle. But we were all ready for thom, and they went by the inju'-ed husband, who stepped up The Union dead, too, have rights. Their back quicker than they came. Monday it was still (or whoever writes the Post editorials) slyly and knocked him down, after which example was not a mistake, nor their and quiet. Corporal Beebe of Co. C. was shot in the endorses these views. He says, “ we head this morning, by a sharp shooter, and died imme he gave him a severe drubbings During course unwise or uncalled for. No, their think these letters express the truth.” diately. one of the recent hot days, an Irishman cause was holy, their conduct, gallant, On Tuesday a flag of truce was sent to tho enemy Now there is undoubtedly some truth in Southport said :— “ If the blessed ter- their self-sacrifice sublime. Their mem asking for a cessation of hostilities, tdl we could bury in these views ; but “ A half truth is a our dead. They consented to it, and all the dead mometer is the cause of all the heat, in ory is among our nation’s choicest riches, whole lie.” If the two Lees are in the were buried whore they fell, except tho Colonel of the faith I’ll cool yees,” and suiting the ac 164th New York. ' right, you had better stop publishing the and such it will be evermore. tion to the word he held a piece of ice Not a heroic word nor a neroic deed of Each army had been fighting for several days, and R ecord, “ shut up shop,” and never quite a number of dead of both sides lay between ns. to one until the mercury went nearly even the humblest soldier should be for think of the great Rebellion again. His So tho flag of truce was accepted, firing ceased, and down to zero. He then left it, apparent gotten. And if, in scrutinizing the record both parties wont out and buried all tho dead. For an tory must not be written, the heroic ly satisfied with his experiment. Remark and unfolding the veil, many dark and hour or so, both Union and rebel were together, and we had a good chance to talk to each other. Tho of an Iowa man during the total eclipse : deeds of our martyred dead must never wicked scenes blacken the canvass, let,, it rebels wero right glad to see us, they came and shook “ Gentlemen, I have been to a hundred be alluded to, the crippled and widowed be remembered that these shadings are hands with us, and we had a good conversation with pensioners must henceforth be made to needed for the back ground of the bright thom. Only ono hour beforo we were but 100 yards circuses, but that beats ’em all!” The shift for themselves, and every soldiers’ est j)ainting’ in our history. Let the whole apart, hiding behind trees and breastworks, eagerly rice crop of Louisana is estimated this watching for a chance to shoot each other, and now wo year not less than 7,000 barrels. Before laonument must be leveled with the truth be known. Let nothing of value wero together (talking and chatting, as if we were tho ground. For all these things are “marks escape the historian. Especially let eve best of friends. Soon the dead wore all buried, and the war the average was about 10,000 of civil strife,” and “ keep alive the feel ry creditable and interesting incident of then both armies went back to their old positions, and barrels. Brick Pomerory’s last epigram: in a short time wero firing the same as ever. cami) life, of the weary march, of vigi “ Damn Belmont and his whole snobbish, ing it engendered !” “ Wisest not to keep Friday Juno 10th, wo wero relieved, and went about open the sores of the war.” “Forgive lant duty on j)icket, of danger and death a milo to tho roar. Wo wore pretty well exhausted, bond-holding, people crew. The demo in battle, of iiatient endurance and star but was willing to endure all wo possibly could, for and forget.” These are sweet sounding crats of the city repudiate him.’* The vation in prison— let everything th a t m ay wo believed we were on our last yoar. Wo could see expressions, but fallacious. It doesn’t San Francisco Bulletin thinks Rosecrans throw light on this great struggle and every day that Loo’s army was fast playing out, owing to their many reverses, while wo were" flush with suc will make five millions out of his mining alw ay reopen a wound to remember all show its true features to contemporaries cess, and was content to endure still more, predicting speculations. No wonder he didn’t want about it, and there are some things and to posterity, be diligently and eager the end was near. W o reinombored that Leo made ^vhich it will never do to forget. ly snatched from “ oblivion” and indeli us quite a visit the summer before, in fact brought up that nomination. A meeting of the offi W e should indeed forgive, most hear bly recorded to the end that the world his whole army into Pennsylvania to see us. Wo cers of boat clubs in New York city and wero glad to see him, and promised him when he went vicinity is proposed for next Thursday, tily and fully, our Southern brethren may know the depths of iniquity as well away, to return the call. This year wo stuck to our They were mistaken ; but so, too, should as the heights of goodness which man promise, and come down right to his very home, and to consider measures forgiving the Har we have been, had we lived in the South. may reach ; that all coming generations he didn’t like it at all. Ho was willing wo .should vis vard crew a rousing reception home. The it him a little while, but to stay armed all tho time may see and shun the guilt of slavery and The world has rarely seen greater gal was a botlier to him. But we could not think of hur internal revenue receipts on Monday we: e lantry or more complete devotion to any treason ; and that the gallant dash and rying away. $937,000. Secretary Rawlins is much cause. They made a splendid fight. Most daring, the unfiinching defiance of death better. Ho was at the department on the pure love of country and the triuin of' them, I doubt not, were conscientious IT E M S O F IN T E R E S T . Monday. Commander J. C. P. DeKraff pliant faith in God, which our Union sol in conviction that they were fighting for has been detached from duty as chief of diers manifested in every variety of dis Pliny Jewell, Esq., father of Governor staff of the North Atlantic squadron and their rights. Yes, forgive them, as we couraging circumstances, from the begin- Jewell, died at his residence in this city placed on waiting orders. Colonel Tho would be forgiven. iiing of this unhallowed rebellion to its on Saturday afternoon, aged 73. In our For we, too, needed forgiveness. Slav grand and solemn close, may not perish mas W. Cahill, formerly of the Ninth report of the Tenth regiment reunion, on ery caused the war, and we helped to from the memory of mankind. Connecticut regiment, died in New Haven another page, we inadvertently omitted strengthen slavery. The whole nation H o m e k B. S p r a g u e . on Tuesday, of typhoid fever. He was was guilty, ‘the whole head sick, the whole the names of the vice president, Lt F. G. forty-two years of age. It is stated that Otis, of Meriden, and the treasurer, Chap the Cubans in New York are more than heart faint,’ and accordingly the whole na THE FOURTEENTH CONN. VOLS tion was doomed to suffer punishment. lain H. C. Trumbull. The committee of uaually cheerful, sanguine, and active. n . arrangements consists of Brevet Brigadier T h e Constitution of the United States pro BY E. w . When the fighting season begins there will tected the slave-trade until the year 1808; Friday May 2Gth, wo lay around in our broaflt- General E. D. S. Goodyear, Surgeon C. be a large accession of men, arms, and works all day, trying to got some sleep, as wo had it commanded the restoration of fugitive R. Hart, Capt. Benj. Johnson, Sergeant amunition to the Cuban cause. The hardlj had a chance to shut our eyes for 4 nigiits. At J. G. Farnham, Sergeant George Peck. slaves, a provision that was obeyed “ with 5 o’clock, tho left wing of the regiment made a charge State has 2,550 paupers— a decrease of The Meriden Evening Recorder gives re alacrity,” it gave the slave-owners athrep- on tlio enemy’s works, losing a few men and one offi five per cent, during last year. Philo F. cer, Lieut. lloniybV. Wadhams. lie was shot through fifths representation of their chattels ; it newed evidence of prosperity in a neat Barnum, of Bridgeport, has been appoint tho bowels, and died the next morning, in great mis new heading and new dress of type. It pledged the power of the army and navy ery. Lieut. Wadhams, was a man who always dono ed deputy United States marshal. There is as spicy an ever. McGuire, tho wife to put down slave insurrections. If slav- his whole duty. He had been in charge of ifche Pio- are sixteen groggeries in the distance of ueor corjjB for about two months, and during tho past murderer, was captured last Friday, in his ery was a crime, we were partakers in it; three days and nights his men had been digging riUo- two blocks on Congress avenue. New own cellar. The hearing of his case has and how fearful was the recoil! With pits. On Wednesday morning just as they wore got Haven. The site of the new post office what exact and remorseless justice did the ting their coffee, a staff officor rode up and said tlioy been postponed one week. Marshal Niel in City Hall park. New York, is to be en were wantod immediately to do some more digging. left no property. The peach stones cast avenging fury swing the scorpion lash ! Tiie Lieut, told the men to cook their coffeo lirst, and closed by a fence. Proposals for leasing W ell does it become us to be humble, char- thon go, and for this, he was sent back to his regiment aside by the armies at Petersburg have tho fence for advertising purposes were and had only got there tho night before. Ho caiuo irable, forgiving, “ Don’t keep open the shot up into a’grove of trees forty-five advertised by the government, and the out a Sergeant of Co. C., and bid fair to make his miles long. A Wisconsin woman was a sores of war !” The analogy is a false mark in the service. At 11 o’clock at night wo loft bids were open Saturday. The highest one. There was indeed a “ sore,” large, our rille pits, and came back across tlio river, whore mother before she was 17, twice married bid was fifteen thousand dollars for two we wore three days beforo. W e stopped here a while, active, painful; a cancer eating its way^ before she was 21, and a grandmother at years, which was accepted. The Tribune tlieu moved to a piece of woods, and staid thero till 35. Sponge cake was recently substitu and striking its roots to the very heart of 11 o’clock Friday morning, when wo packed up and asks: “ Will the coming woman pull ted for bread at a communion service in the nation. It was slavery, aggravated started on;igain, marchhig all day till 10 o’clock at teeth ?” To which the bald-headed Ben night, going in tho direction of tho Pamunty river. Boston. Haddam will vote on Monday, by secession. It required the terrible sur Saturday May 28th, wo started about sunrise and edict of the Indianapolis M irror— d ou b t gery of the sword to remove the ulcer. marched till 4 o’clock, stopping tho other side of tho on taking stock in the Connecticut Valley less speaking from sad experience— re The operation was painful and long; cut Pamunky rivor. Our Cavalry had a fight hero to-day road. Private subscriptions to the amount sponds : “ Our limited prophetic knowl driving tho onomy. Built up breastworks at this of $20,000 have been made. DeWitt 0. ting through living fibres and nerves, placo during the forenoon of Sunday, thon advancjid edge prevents us from answering Horace; “ picrcing even to the dividing asunder of a mile and put up more. Wo hoard thero was consid Sprague, of New Haven, consul to Bruns but, if tho present is a truthful criterion soul and spirit, of joints and marrow.” erable of a tight hore a day or two before. Thero were wick, was “ caned” recently in New Haven. for the future, we can s ifely assort that some splendid plantations about hore, and considerable The stick was a handsome one and tho T Ijc war was not the “ sore” but the re foraging was done by tho boys. VVe only paid tho the‘coming woman’ will pull hair.” application was happy. Potatoes are sel moval of it. robs for tho visit they made us in Poansylvauia tho summer before. ling in Stafford from 50 to 60 cents per The nation submitted grandly to the Monday, wo started at 5 o’clock and marched two b u s h e l; apples ^^1,50 p e r b u s h e l; eggs /i. chastisement. Property, fathers, broth milos, when wo halted near a i)lantatiou in a pioco of It is a good plan to know many people ers, sons, were given to this great expira woods. A good deal of cannonading and skirmishing 35 cents per dozen ; butter 35 cents per but let only a fow know you. THE SOLDIERS' RECORD.
ROSTER OF OFFICERS. Adams, 2d Lieut. JaniPs H. Morg.in, Now Hnven. are all entitled to tho full amount of bounty original Company G—Cajit. Robt. C. Naramore,lst IJeut. Joseph w.ard w'hat is duo for tho ensuing year, with or ly promised by tho Government. If they clid not es- Monilinson, 2d Lieut. William D. Gilbert, Derby withoiit further reniinder from this oiilce. O n A X D AUMY OF TUB KEPUnLIC. Company H —Capt. John C. Lawton, 1st Lieut. Dcunis cure it at the time of discharge or have not since re Published Weekly by Gaggan, 2d Lieut. George W. Goodall, Ansonia. ceived it, they should at ouco mako application to John A. Lopan, of Illinois, Comni(inflcr-in-Chicf Co I. Capt John 11 Bario, 1st Lieut. Jumes A Thomp the Sold ier s’ llEcoun Cl a i.m A g e n c y , and have W. F. WALKER, son, 2d Lieut James D Proudman; West Meriden f.’oninidc Lucius Fairchild, of Wisconsin. Senior Company K—Capt. Harvey Beach, 1st Lt. Henry W . the amounts procured for them. Heirs of all such No. 2 State Street, Hartford, Conn. Vico Cominandcr-in-Chief. Hubbard, 2d Lt. Rolland A x e rill. IJranford. diers are entitled to the bounty where the soldier hau Terms $ 2,00 per annum in advance. died since discharge. CoiTinido Joseph K. Hawley, of Connecticut Ju 8IXTU UKGIMENT. -A.TJXia:OI?,IZEID -A.aE3SrTS_ nior Vii:e Commander-in-Chief. A —Cant. Timothy E. Hawley, 1st Lieut Talcott P. Entitled to Extra Pay. Uomradc S. P. Wylie Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, Strong, 2d Lieut, lloward A. Camp, Durham. 'p e following persons are authorized to receive All officers who were in commission March 3,1865 Surgeon General^ H—Cajit. Roger M. Ford, 1st L t .------2d Lf.------and receipt for subscriptions to tho R ecord in their West Jleriden and who wero discharged after April 9th, 1865, ar« Comrado Hov. A. II. Quint, of Massachusetts, re.spectiye locnlities. The names of all subscribcra C—Capt. 'i'hos. O’Brien, 1st Lieut. John J. JIcMahon entitled to tho three months [extra] pay proper, wdl bo immediately forwarded to this oflice. Chaplaiu-in-Cliief. 2d Lieut. James Cahill, New Haven. wherw tfiey have not received it. Comrado William T. Collins, Adjutant General. D—.John Tliomtison, 1st Lieut Charles M. Austin, 2d Ruggles*Barrows, No. 13 A.sylum St. and Abr’m F. A. Starring, Inspector General. Lieut. David T. Wilson, Middletown. Entitled to Pay. Rose, 89 A.sylum St. are our agents in this city. EIOUTU REGIMKET Colonel J. J. McCord and Lieut. Wm. Caruthers N. P. Chipnian, Judge Advocate General. All who have not been paid in lull. Field and Stall—Col. R. R. Crawfurd,Norwalk; Lt are our agent,s in Norwich. George D. Tinker aifcnt Timothy Luhey, Quartermaster General. A ll officers who after being commi,ssioned actually R. ,1. Hinton, Assistant Inspector General. Col. Thomas A. Haight. Miij.Hensted W . O. Hoyt, Green' at New l.ondon. John Service, Greenville; Jo.seph wich; Adjutant Bavid F. llubbell, Bethel; Quartermaster, entered on duty as such commissioned officers, and A. Wheaton, Wanregan; Miss Mary E. I'ierco Hanson E. Weaver, Aido de Camp. Charles Olmsted, Norwalk, Paymaster, Joseph C. Randal for reasons beyond their control, wero not mustered Grosvcnor D ale; Capt. E. Sprague, i3irminghain ■ Norwalk, Judge Advocate Joseph W . Wilson, Norwalk such for 30 days or more, are entitled to full pay COUNCII.. OF ADMINISTIIATION : A —Capt. G. S. Crofut, letLt, Charles O. Morgan, 2d Lt. *8 I liilo W . Jones, Westj)ort; Ira G. Palmer, Wood^ Aarvey A. Gilbo.rt. Bethel. for the time they wero so serving as such officers. California, J. F. Miller ; Delaware, Frank No .stock; Mrs Marin F. Colvin, East Killingly; Edwin B—Capt. Robert B. Fairchild, 1st Lieut. Clias. L. Peck, Soldiers' Widows. R Wood Putnam ; G. H. Hotchkiss, West Meriden: len ; Illinois, R. M. Hough ; Indiana, \V. W 2d Lieut. Hobert F. Urinsmiide, Bridgeport. J. A. Colem.^n, Colchester ; Wm. IL Warner, Anso- Dudley ; Iowa, Jo.seph ii. Leak ; Kentucky, Wm. C—Capt. Oharles E. Plumb, 1st Lieut. James R. Middle There aro many Avho have boon drawing pensioH Boden ; Maryland, Andrew W . Denison ; Massa brook, 2d Lieut. Charles E. Lyon, Trumbull. who do not know that the children under 16 years of nia; U. B. Scofield, West Killinirlv • R D rurtiay all arrearages, or the publisher may DEPAUTMNTS. Battery C, 1st Section—1st Lieut Edward Griswold, 2d There is no lav/ giving bounty land to soldiers of continue to send it until payment is nnulo, and Lieut. Hetlicote G. Landon, Guilford. collect tho whole amount, whether it is taken Connecticut. Battery D—Capt. John L While, 1st Lieuts. James R. tho late war, but Congress will jiass a law for their Stevens, Lucius A. Barbour, 2d Lieuts. Richard O. Che benefit. from the ollice or not. Theodore G Ellis, Grand Commander, Hartford. ney, Herbert l.andon, Hartlord. Commutation fo r Itations. Tho courts have decided that the refusal to William II Mallory, Senior Vice Grand Comman Battery E—Capt. George Hadley, 1st Lieuts. Alfred S. take newspapers from the post-ofllce, orremovinrr Judd, Chas. B. Lrichson, 2d Lt. R W. Hadley, N. Britain der, Bridgeport. All who have been confined in rebel prisons are from tho town to which they are addressed and Battery F—Captain Elizur Cook. 1st Lieut. Alexanders entitled to 25 cents per day for each day, if they have John E Ward, Junior Vice Grand Commander, Hubbard. 2d Lieut. Henry D. Pliillijis, New Haveu. leaving them uncalled for, isim m a facie evidence Norwich. not drawn such commutation. ot intentional francs. Henry E Taintor, Assistant Adjutant General, Heirs of Prisoners of W ar are entitled to commu Hartford. BOUNTIES, PENSIONS. &C. tation for rations at twenty-five cents per day, for the time thesoldier was held prisoner. The heirs are-firsj G en e r a l H ea d -Q uarters State of Co n n e c t ic u t ^ Charles E Fowler, Assistant Inspector General, A ll men who enlisted bptween July 12, 1861, New Haven. the widow, if she has not re-married, next the chil A djutant G e n e r a l’s Of f ic e . and Juno 2.5, 1863, were entitled to if they §100 dren, next the parents, and if neither of these are N ew Havkn, Sept. 7th 1869. L A Dickinson, Assistant Quartermaster General, served two years. Hartford. living, then the brothers and sisters. Special Orders, No. G . A ll men who enlisted in old organizations from 7 . C C Clark, Assistant Surgeon General, Middlet’n. October 24, 1803, to April 1, 1804, $;500. Heirs Tale JS^otice. Promotions and appointments are hereby made in H C Trumbull, Assistant Chap General Hartford. tho Connecticut National Guard as follows . A ll men who enlisted in new organizations That where a soldier was discharged on account Council o f Administration— L N Middlehrook, Bridge Com pany G, 3rd R e g im u n t . from December 24, 18G3, to April I, lSt54, S30U. of disease contracted in service, and afterwards died port; J C Broatch, Middletown; E P Packer, South A ll men who enlisted from A pril I, 1864 to Ju of such disease, the widow, minor children, or oa- First Lieut. Frank Grant of Rockville to be Captain Coventry; W in E Hyde, Danielsonville; A S Geer. vice Preston resigned. ’ ly 17, J8G4, are entitled to SlUO. Now Haven. rents, are entitled to $100 by act of July 28, 1866 it The above bounty is paid in full to any soldier such soldier did not receive any bounty, or not more Sergt. Charles E. Harris of Rockville to be 1st Lieut, vice Grant promoted. discharged for wounds received iu the line of du than $100 from tho United States. Sergt Joshua Wood of Rockvillo, to be 2nd Lieut, THE NATIO^fAL GUARD. ty, and to no other soldier except those who ser ved two years—or to expiration of term—.or who vice Coggsha.l resigned. were discharged on account of Government no A ll with rink froui August 31st, 186D. longer requiring their services. CoMrANY I. 1st Regiment. ROSTER OF OFFICERS. All veterans who enlisted as veterans prior to THE SOLDIERS’ RECORD 1st Sergt. John Scanlan of Avon to he 2nd Liout. April 1, 1864, were entitled to $400. AND vice Larkin resigned, with rank from Aug. 23rd 1869, Coniman-der iu Cliief—JIarsball Jewell Huttford. By order of the Commander-in-Chief, Ailjutuut tieiierul—Uen. S. E. Merwin, .Jr., New Haven. A ll men who enlisted after July 18th, 1864, for yuarterniaster-Cieneral—Ueu. L.A. Dickinson, iiartl'ord. one year, and who served full term, were entiiled to GRAND ARMY GAZETTE. S. E. M e r w in , Ji{., Adjutant General. Surfjeon-Cieneral—Cicn. Kuthim iltiyer, Hiirtl'oni. SIOO. I’aymuster-General—CoI.Geo. P. RiKsell, Hurtl'ord. TheOnltj Soldiers’ Paper Pahlishcd Coiiunissarj -Geiieral—Col. Jus. D. Frary, Js'ew Rritain. A ll men who enlisted after July ] 8th, 1864, for A W a r I n c id e n t .— A thrilling iDcident Aids to tlie Coriiiii!inder-in-chiel— Colonels Charles D. two years, and who served full term, were entitled in Neiv England, of the escape of two of our prisoners from IJliun, New Mill'ord.; SabiuL. Sayles, ivilliiif'ly; J. i-’red- tu $ 200. erick I’reston, Rockvillo; Joliii Tweedy, Danbury. All men who enlisted .after July 18th, 1864, for T he R ecord was instituted to supply a want AiidersonvUle is given in a recent article Asst. Adj. Geuoral—Oapt. Simeon J. Fox, Kew Haven. long felt by many of the veterans of this State who / Military Store keeper—Uapt. 11. F. iilakeslee, Hartlord. three years, and who served full term, were entitled of Mr. Parton’s, on the compass, in the to $300. wished a medium for communication with each other, DIVISION. and an organ which should fully and ably represent February number of “ Our Young Folks.” ENTITLHD TO PHNSION. Major General Wm. II. Russell, New Haven. the views of that large class of our population which These prisoners had been in Andersonville 1st All soldiers, Provost Marshals, Deputy Pro Asst. Adjt. General—Lieut. Col. Francis Wayland, New rendered elficicnt service in putting down rebellion, some eleven months ; and when they heard Haven. vost Marshals and Enrolling OlKcers, who were disa and restoring the old beauty and glory to our national Jiisnector—Lieut. Col. F. St. John Lockwood. Norwalk bled directly or indirectly in “ Uncle Sam’s” service, that General Sherman was at Atlanta, Aids to Maj. Gen.—Majors Geo. 11. Lamed, New Haven, banner. Although hut recently established it has Edward W Johnson, Norwich. while in the line of duty. already become one of tho about two hundred and forty miles distant, Quartermaster—Maj. Henry 1*. Goddard, New Haven. 2nd. A ll widows of such. Commissary—Major Edward 11. Townsend. New lluveu. 3rd. All minor children (under 16) of such, where Largest and Best Soldiers’ Papers in the they determined to try to escape, und B'lllST BRIGADK. the widow is dead or remarried. Countiy, make their way thither. One of them had 4th. All mothers who were dependent in whole or Brigadier General—John N Bunnell. Unionville. an old fashioned watch with a compass in i 1 part upon such a sou for sujiport, where no widow and it is rapidly making its influence felt for th Inspector-Major S. J. Corey, of Rockville. union in spirit and in suitable organization of all th Assrr Adjt. Gen.—Capt. Wm H Hunt, Hartford. or minor children arc living. the back of it ; and by this they expected veterans in the country. Aide-de-Cami)—Capt. Chas. 11. Saunders, Hartlord. 5th. All fathers who were dejjcndent in whole or to direct their coursc, which was nearly Quartermaster—Capt. Cbas W. Huntintrton Hartford. in part upon such a son for support, where there i.-* In addition to the T H R IL L IN G SK ETCH ES of Commissary—Capt. Carlos L. Mason, Unionville no widow, minor chihhcn or mother. scenes and incidents connected with tho late conflict, northwest. But, as they expected to trav JflKBT IlEQ IM K M . the furnishing of all nows of interest to veterans, 6th. All orphan brothers or sisters under 16, who el only by night, they resolved not to start F ie l d and S ta fk .— Col. Ben’j F. Prouty, Hartford. general intonnation concerning Bounties, Pensions, Lieut. Col. J. E. Hamilton, Unionville, Major------were dependent in whole or in part upon such soldiers until they got a box of matches, so as to where there is no widow or children. • Back Pay, etc., and a thorough and non-partisan dis ------Collinsvillcj Adjutant, C. \V. Hart, Quarter cussion of all to))ics which-directly and indirectly master E. L. Goodwin, New Britain; Surgeon Luke All soldiers discharged for wounds received in bat be able to strike a light now and then, to allect the welfare of the restored constitutional gov Oorcorau, Paymaster Edward S. Sears, Hartlord: Chap tie, or skirmish, on picket, or in action, or in the line look at their compass. But all their ef lain, Chas. R. Fisher, Hartford. of duty, and all volunteers (excepting those euhsting ernment, it will furnish many valuable and interesting facts connected with forts to got matches were iu vain ; so as after July 18, 1864,) discharged in consequence of the close of the war, arc entitled to the sanits bounty REGIMENTAL HISTORIES, sisted by a black friend, they go away as it they had served out tlieir full time of service ; one afternoon, and lay hidden until late Conipuny C—Capt. Richard Hennessey; 1st Lieut. Pat Which cannot elsewhere he obtained. rick Kane; 2d Lieut. James Phillips, Southington. but if discharged for disability, other than wounds Theso Histories aro being prepared with great labor in the evening, when they started at a Company D—Capt. Julius O. Deniing: 1st Lieut. Win. •s stated above, they are entitied to the matured in Heller, 2d Lieut. Chas. T Andrews, New Britain and expense, and are in themselves of inestimable great pace throu-h the woods, and came •tallmcnt only ; but if the disability existed jirior to value to any ono who served in the field, while thev Company E—Capt. Joseph H. Hough, 1st. Lieut. George enlistment, all unpaid installments and the ad L. Minor, 2d Lieut. Orrin P W'akelleld. Collinsville. are especially prized by the friends of those who about midnight to a road which seemed Conipuny E—Capt. John B. Clupp; 1st Lieut. Ellis D. vance, if received are forfeited. I f honorably dis fought and fell in defeiu-e uf the flag. to go, as nearly as they could guess, ex Adams, 2d Lieut. Jomes 11. Morgan. Wetherslield. charged for any cause, other than above enumerated LSrlt is the ONLY OIT'TClAL ORGAN of tho Company G—Capt. Joseph 11. Barnum; 1st. Lieut Chas within two years, they are entitled to tho matured actly northwest. But, as it was so cloudy E. Puller; 2d Lieut. Edward C. Crane, Hartford. Company U —Caj)t. John C. E. Humphrey; 1st. Lieut. installments only. Grand Army of tho Ilepublic they could not see the north star, and they Julius Weed; 2d Lieut. George A. Ca.se, Simsbury. A bounty of .$100 is given to tho heirs of soklieri Company 1—Capt. Geo. 11. Fuller; 1st Lieut. Ezra A. who enlisted for more than six months and die in th« in the departments of Connecticut.Massachusetts, Ver had no matches, they were not ccrt;iin ; D. Wilson; 2d Lieut. John Seanlan, Unionville. service, and to the widow, and if there he no widow, mont and Rhode-Island ; and the only pajier which and well they knew that a mistake in the Company K—Capt. Willard F. Se.ssions; 1st Lieut. Julius to the children of all volunteers who enlisted for les* publishes the General Orders.Gossip and Information B. Smith; 2d Lieut. Samuel G. Bradley, Burlington. concerning the ord>!r in New England. Its influence direction would lead to capture aid death. THIRD RKQIMENT than six months and are killed in the service. This only relates to six month.? men who enlisted among the members is already felt and it cannot fail The more they talked it over, the less under the call of tho President in 1862 for 500,000 to accomplish much toward the increase and elllciency certain they grew. But presently one of of tho organization. men. the men caught a firefly, of which there There is no bounty for enlistment in the Veteran Reserve Corps. W e aro now prepared to furnish a weekly record of were a num ber flyin g about, and, takiuf«- A ll tho above are paid to the heirs of decca.scd sol changes and promotions in the it between his thumb and finger, held it diers in tho order named, namely, to widow, children Company B—Albert D. Smith, 1 father, ji-other, Jurothers and sisters. NATIONAL GUARD, over his compass. Imay;ine their joy to Ellis, 2d Lieut. John B. Jennings, Norwich. Coinpuny C—Capt. Joseph O. Luthrop, 1st Lieut. Ilenrv ENTITLKD TO INCREASE. And to supply much interesting and valuable infor find that the insect gave them plenty of Kobr, '2.1 Lieut. iL J. Kelly, Norwich. ^ mation for members of the militia. Arrangements 1st. All person who have lost hoth hands or both light for their purpose ; and imagine their Company D—Capt. George Havens, 1st Lieut. Asa O. aro now making which will enable us to make the eyes, or been totally disabled in the United States ter Goddard, 2d Lieut. Loilowick LcimLs, New London. Record a reliable medium for conveying all orders still greater joy to discover that tho road vice, or so permanently and totally disabled as to ren &c., to the mouibers of this service. led straight to the Union army. Eight der them utterly helpless, or so nearly so as to require In view of these objects, and tho nece.ssity for the constant per.sonal aid and attendance of another nights of travel brought them safely to it I o. oiiuitiVfiiot 1 united action on the part of all interested in their sue South Woodstock. person, are entitled to 825 per month. ccssful accomplishment, wo claim for tiio Record Company G—Capt. Frank Grant, 1st Lieut. Charles E. nd. A ll persons who have lost hoth hands, or one 2 a gen«rous support. Every Veteran, every member Edward Bayer, Esq., Horton, Kings Harris, 2d Lieut. Joshua Wood, Rockville. foot and one hand, or who are totallv disabled in the of the Grand Army of the Republic, and every one BICCONU BUIOADK. same, or otherwise so disabled as to ho incapacitated Co , N. S., writes that an astonishing cure connected with tho National Guard should have a Brigadler-Goneral—Stephen W. Kellogg, Waterbury, for performing any manual labor, but not so much as copy. has been ellected on his daughter, by tho to rc(|uiro constant personal aid and attention jier .'|;20 A ll persons writing to this ollico aro reque.sted \1SQ ot' Johnson's Anodijne Linhnent. T h o month. to give the name of tlio town or post-ollico, conn.. 3rd. All those persons who have lost one foot or whole spine became diseased, she lost the ty, and State every time, so that errors may bo a Aide-do-Cami)— 11. J.,yu«> Harrison, Branford. ono hand, or been totally and permanently disabled in voided. I ’lease always state wboro tho papo x ha use of her limbs, and her back was round BKCOND UEOIMKNT tho same, or otherwise so disabled as to render their been sent when you wish tho addro.ss changod. It ed tip liice a bow, in consequence of tak Field and Stall — Col. Edward Bradloy, Lieut-Col inability to perform manual labor equivalent to tho Stephen R. Smith, Mai. Geo. W. Tucker, Junior Mujor J. loss of a hand or foot $15 per month. is almost imim.ssible to find tho names iu our ing cold after having been inoculated for H Keefe, Surgeon Kvelyn L. Blssell, Ailjutant Jos. ph S A largo list, unless tho former directions aro also 4th. All widows who have children by such soldier Baker, New Haven; Quurtormaster Albeit L. Hendrick given. the kine pock. She is now well. Meriden;Asst Surgeon, G’eo U Shepard; Chaplain, ('hurles are entiled to an increase of two dollars per month, H Siebko. New Haven, PaynListor, Ncwuomb M. Ba.ssett, for each minor child, (under 16.) Where the widow When wo aro requested to propay tho ])ostag» Surgeons Mato, Goo. A. Ward. tho amount, (twenty cents a year,) must be ad The most astonishing cure of chronic is deail or re-married, the minor children aro entitled Company A Capt. George W. Tucker, 1st Lieut. Aui:. ded to tho subscription. diarrhoea we ever heard of is that of I Goodr oil, 2il Lieut. 'Miait. B. Vail, Waterbury. to an increase of two dollars jier month. Tho R hcoki> will be forwarded until an oxplio Company H—Capt. Frederick Huckbolz, 1st Lfout. Fred Soldiers who have lost their discharges are entitled Wm. Clark, Frankfort Mills, Waldo Co., it ordor is received by tho Publisher for its di.s- erick I'loger. 2d Lieut. Louis Manthe, New Haven. to bounty, and it can bo procured for them in all cii- Maine; the facts are attested by Ezra Company C—Caut. John Cunningham, 1st Lieut. John ■ses in which they would have been entitled if the dis I continuance, and until paymonb of all arrearages J. Flaiinigan, 2d I.ieut. Ownii t/'ohvell. New Haven. is made as reiiuired liy law. . charge had not been lost. Treat, Upton Treat, and M. A. M errill, Company D —James J. Gilbert, 1st Lieut. Wm S. Wil- No nanuis entered oii our books Avithout tho aon, 2d Liuut. Aug. Mosbigr. Waterbury. Soldiers Discharged fo r Wounds, either of whom might bo address 'd for Company K—Cajit. Rusriell ThonipNon, 1st Lieut. W . R. iirst payment in advance. Francis, 2d Lieut Noyes ii. I’ardee, New Haven. There aro loldiers all over the country who were Subscribers aro particularly requested to note particulars. Mr. Clark w: s cured ly Company F—Capt. John B. Clapp, 1st Lieut. EIUh D. discharged lor wounds received in line of duty. Such tho expiration of tbeir subscrii)tious, and to for- Johnson’s Auodyne Linhnent. THE SOLDIERS’ RECORD.
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THE ^LB E R T SKINNER, pO STS OF THE GRAND ARMY, MERCHANT TAILOR. Singer Sewing Machine. Lyceums, and Lecture Committees, Rooms at No. 357 Main St., up stairs. are interested in the following announcement. Having Emphatically the best. Was not at the Paris Exposition, G. A. R. nmde the necessary arrangements with the Formerly of 20th C. V. and has no quarrel over the so-called “First Prize.” Over 66,000 sold last year. Is well Icnown and gives universal satisfaction. What need to say moro ? ^ REV. W. W. BELDEK, 3E2-. S. r>e L A -M ^T E IS ., MACHINE OIL, TWIST, NEEDLES, LINEN and ato chaplain at Atlanta by special appointment by I’resi- COTTON THREAD constantly on hand. Also, Gnrvio’s BADGES. dent Jvincoln, we are now prepared to make enKagements Vdtciit Tuckiiif/ OfMff/w, and F A N T O N ’S l\itcnt Sciv~ for him to lecture in all ftarts of the State and country. PHOTOGRAPHEE, itiy M a c h in c Ciistei's. Infs gentleman has already acquired abrilliant reputation as a lecturer, disjjlaying a vigor of intellect and versatility 3 I>oors ahovo l ‘oat O/ficOf J l.-L llT i'O ltD f C O N N Leypoldt’s patent hutton-hole cutter. of talent which liave given him rank with the first speak ers of tlie day. W e subjoin a few of the numerous flatter Noted for giving satisfaction in making Soliliora Maeliiues for Sale, to Kent and Repaired at Pvlcc List. ing notices of’tlie press. The Windham County Transcript Pliotograplia. 1st quality Gold, 1(5 Kt., §4.25 says : ‘Mr. Belden’.s lecture on ‘The guiding hand of God No. 5, ALLYN HOUSE BLOCK, 2d " (^uartor Plato, If) Kt., 2.01) History’ was the best of the course. It was 3d " Solid Silver, Gold Plated, 1.75 full of true philosopliy, of masterly thought, a devout re H a r t t o r d . 4th “ golid Silver, Plain, 1.50 cognition of God’s I ’rovideiiee, and was delivered with un HENRY E. 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He possesses true soul power, and held All kinds of Jewelry at Wholesale ms large audience spell bound to the close. I commend CITY AGENT i l l *'^‘!ture committees not having their lists yet com 1 76 Asylum Street, and Retail. pleted. not because I am a personal friend, (for 1 have not even the honor of an ac(juaiiitance), but, because 1 believe Aetna Fire Insurance Co. him to be a vigorous thinker, an eloquent speaker, and has A M E R I C A N (W A L T H A M ) W A T C H E S given general satisfaction.” Fitchburg Hcntincl. Office 236 M ain Street, Hartford. Conn. l ^ S T 27, G. A. II. D e p 't o f J I a s s . 0 0 3 S r i > T ., . • OxKoui), August, 1869, Information is hereby given to tiie several I'osts of New England, that liov. Mr. Belden, Chaplain of tliis Post, has DENTAL NOTICE. Dealer in Agency Established at Hartford, several able, popular Lectures to give during the coming season. 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H A W X IIU R S T ’S Hillyer Guards, Armory, City Hall, Drills Monday oven- ings. ^ A and warrant them to run well. Adjustable Hoe. Putnam Phalanx,| Armorj', 7 Central Row. Tlie Pain Killer is a purely vegetable compound ; and Mayor’s Office, 8 State street. Police OfUce, 10 Pearl street. while it is a most eiricient remedy for pain, it is a perfectly ■ Tlio best ill use. Post Oflice, 25'J Main street. pale medicine, even in the most unskillful hands. For DEMING & GUNDLACH, Morning Coiirant, Ofllco 14 Pratt street. Summer Complaint, or any other form ot bowel disease iu m T T ^ ^^*th Garden-rake and Potato Evening Post, Oflico 16 Asylum street. 1111 I I hook attachable, at half price Hartford Times, Oflice 254‘3Iiiin street. children or adults, it is an almost certain euro, and lias Soldiers’ Record, Oflice 2 State street. 20 State Street. ot' the common. Kights for sale without doubt, been more successful in curing the various '• 'V ii’v '’ /TTTTTnthroughout the United States, kinds of Cholera than any other known remedy, or the NATHANIEL LYON POST NO. 2, and goods supplied. For particulars address most skilliul physician. In India, Alrica and China, where H A R T F O R D . this dreadful diseastf is more or less jirevalent, the Pain G. W . IIAW XIIUUST, No. 2 state Street, Hartford, Conn. Killer is considered by the natives, as well as European Parlors at Talcott & Post's Upper Hall, Send stamp for circulars and price list. xVlso I I a w x resideuta in thoKC climates, a sure remedy. Meets 1C very I'rlday Evening. Y mjusT's Patknt Ox -voice Bow P in ,'— a good article, TiiH P a i n K il l k u — We have known the high character lUghts for sale and goods supplied at very reasonable W E Simonils, P. C. Charles T. Collins S. V . C. L . of this medicine, and that it is used with great success and You must know the facts. prices. Juu51y satisfaction in our very best families. It is tlie favorite medicinc of our missionaries iu heathen lands, where they 0 use it more than all else together for the diseases that ~pj~A Y E YOU SECURED YOUR F. Garfield Q M S. abound in those warm climates. It should be kept in eve Our motto is quick sales and small profits. BOUNTY? ry houso, and be in readiness for sjidden attacks of eick- Do you receivc all tho Pousiou to which the nature of ELIAS HOWE J r . POST NO. 3. iiesff.— Ohnslian I ’fcss. u your wounds entitles you ? BRIDGEPORT. Have you obtained all your Back Pay ? Undci all circumstances honorable dealing. A. CONSTANTINE’S Have you any unpaid claim against Uncle Sam ? Parlors at G-. A. K. Hall, 279 Main Street. I f so, remember that Jteuular Encaminnen every Thursday JSvenhtff. A. Alfred B Beers, P C ; George A Staples S V P Persian Healing or Pine Tar Soap. Tho Soldiers’ Record Claim Agcncy C ; Thomas Bondron.J V P C ; 11. S. Beers, A di’t; Remeiuljer our W a tc h e s are W arran ted . Charles F Hale, Q M ; A. li. Abernathy, Surgeon Each cake is stamped “ A. A. ConstantinesPersiiui Heal was instituted for the iiurpose of affording a RKLIABLK George Parkingtou, Cluvplain; llussell Glenn, Ser . Ing or Pine Tar Soap. Patented iliircli I-Jth, 18C7.” No JIEDIUAI for the collection of all unsettled accounts against other genuine. D geant Major; F. W. Wales Q. M. Serg’t. For tlie 'J'oilet, Bath and Nursey, this soap has no equal. the Government. No charge is made when unsuccessful Dou’t forgot our S terling S ilv er W a re . It makes the coinplevion fair, removes ail (landrull', keeps and the utmost promptness and despatch in e.vercised in S 1 1 5 D M A n 1 ? 0 S T N o7 2 ^ the hair solt and silky, and prevents it from railing oil’ anil forwarding claims. During the time our agency has been is “the best ilair Renovater in use.” Parlors at Stedman Hall! Oor. Main and Pratt, It cures chapped hands, pimiiles, salt rheum, frosted feet, u in operation wo havo forwarded a large number of claims buras, all diseases of the Scalp and skin, catarrh ot tlie and in tho majority of cases with eminent success. We are Meets }id. and 4th Tuesday JEvenlngs of each M onth Understand : we soli gold for gold— for pla h 'ad, and is a good shaving soap. ^lierefore prepared to use the best measures in all cases, and L A Dickinson, P C; II C Dwight, S V C ; W 0 This .'ioap has already won the praise and esteem of very ted. inauy of our llrst families in New York and throughout the (;0 guarantee tho collection of all valid claims. Soldiers Hunt, J V C; J F Field A dj’t ; II E Taintor, Q M- should remember that it is very essential that the papers bo John B Clapp, Serg’t Major; M E Bhikeslee, Q M S * It'is' used e.xtensively by our best physicians. 'Wherever T correctly made out and forwarded through proper chan Win 11 Brownell, Surg’n; MTorter Snell, Ciiuplain. nsed it has become a household necessity. We advise all to try it. For sale by all Dealers. Agents wanted. Call The stock of Gold and Silver goods is largo. nels. Blundering iuforniality may prevent tho collection or address. of a just claim. KELLOGG POST NO. 20, D E R B Y A. A CONSTANTINE & CO., Y We shall imblish from time to time, valuable information Parlor Odd Fellows Hall Birmingham 43 Ann Street, New York City. on these subjects to which all our readers wiil do well to Meet !id and 4th Tuesday evenings cf each month Yours Truly, give heed. If you uro notJiierfectly sure in regard to your For sale by Daniel Torrance, v c; Fedr’k Cronert, s v c; O F claims to additional compensation, address, (enclosiug D. 0. TYLER, Latlirop, JVC; Oscnr Cornish, Adjt; Austin P J. G. G R ISW O LD & CO. stamp.) Kirkhani, Q M; A W Philips, Sur; Scott Baker, McDonough Drug Store, Middletown, ( ’onn. SOLDIERS UECOllD CLAI.M AGENCY, Cinin. Chas W Gesner. Sg’t M ai; Geo Miller, 6 M Dealer In Drugs, Medicinee, Chemicals, Fancy Goods, &c 25 Asylum Street. 2 Statk Stuket H autjcoud, conm. S, Goo. W Phillips, 0 D ; Geo C Hunger, O G. 8 THE SOLDIERS’ RECORD.
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r \ r \ r \ wanted—a practical DOW & REDFIELD, Hartford, Providence and Fishkill P R IN T E R well acquainted with MERCHANT XA.ILORS, Railroad. the And Dealers in JOB PRINTING JiVSINESS, On and after April 26, 1869, trains will leave as follows; to invest the above amount with the subscriber, in a Clothing, Furnishing Goods, GOING EAST. J^RUGS AND MEDICINES pleasant and lucrative business just established. A 11 Pearl Street, Hartford for Providence at 610 a. m. and 1 40 p. m. rate chance for the right man. Address w «M o id °" w p. 0. Box 197, New Britain, Conn. A T L Y O N ’S O LD ST AN D , D.^R^*fleid, Hartford, Ot. Hartford for Willimantic, 6 10, 9 40 a m. and 1 40 and 6 25 p. m.: the 6 10 a. ni , 1 40 and 6 26 p. m. connects 1 bg N. B.—Particular attention paid to Gutting. lor New London; the 6 10 a. m, and 1 40 p. m. connect For a few days longer at lor Palmer. {STRONG & WOOJDBVFF, Hartford|for Rockville, 6 10,9 40 a. m., 1 40, 4 15, 6 25 Eugene L. Kenyon, &nQ 7 20 p. m. 355 M A IN STItJEEl EXTREMELY LOW PRICES! Plainfield for Providence, 645a m., 1215 and4 25 p m. connecting from Norwich; at 8 30 a. m., and 12 15% m. connecting IVom Worcester. Invite the attention of their customers and the pub Aa I am making preparations to change my location DEALER IN COAL, Washington for Providence, 5 45, 7 65, 9 30 a. m., 1 16 lie generally to their very large assortment of to and 5 30 p m. Saturdays at 8 pm. 17^1 F ront Street, Waterbury for Hartford, 7 50 a. m. and 4 35 p. m., con- port^^^ WJusted ; 12 05 p m counuctiugfrom Bridge HATS, CAPS, AND STEAW GOODS A New and Spacious Store in Exchange HARTFORD. Bristol for Hartford, 7 15, 8 35 a m , 12 45 and 5 20 B lock , p. m. specially adapted to the season. New Britain Plainville for Hartford, 7 30,8 55 a. m., 1 00 and 6 35 and Drab, Pearl, and Light Hats, I wish to close ont a large portion of stock on hand 7 20 p. m., connects from Collinsville at 8 55 a. m. and 7 20 Every one In need of anything in the p.m.. New Haven and Northampton, 8 55 a. m., 100 and 4 in all shades and all styles. BOOT AND SHOE STORE. 40. p.m. P a in t, n Hartford, 7 40 and 9 10 a. m., and 1 15, Cloth hats of all colors. Panama hats in A N ew Stock of 2 40, 5 05 and 73 5 p. m ’ O il, GOING WEST. all qualities. Hartford for Waterbury, 8 20,11 20 a. m. and 4 p. m. T a r n is h , Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, connecting lor Winsted. STK A W GOODS in full variety. Hartford for Bristol, 6 15, 8 20 and 1120 a. m. and 4 To all in want of Uats, Caps, Straw Goods, Umbrellas or Or Medicine Line, Gaiters & c . of every description just received and p. m. Ladles’ Travelling Bags for sale Hartford lor Plainville. 6 15, 8 20 and 11 20 a. m.. and will secure a bargain by immediately calling. 4 00 p. m., connects for Northampton at 6 15,11 20 a. m., STRONG & W O O D R U F F ’S Cheap fo r Cash, and 6 30 p. ni.; for Collinsville at 11 30 a. m., and 4 p. m. ROCKWELL F. LYON. for New Haven at 8 20,11 30 a. m., and 4 00 n. m. is the place to buy. t ' May 22 Also, a good stock of Harnesses, Trunks, Valises, Hartford for New Britain, 6 15, 8 20 and 1120 a. m., 115. 4 00 and 6 30 p. m. ’ ’ Danielsonville, July 10, 1869. jylOtf Carpet Bags, Buffalo and Lap Robes, Linen, W ool Willimantic lor Hartford, 615, 9 40 a. m., 5 00, 5 25, 716 en and Cotton Horse Covers, Whips, Curry Combs p. m., connecting from New London; 6 15,9 40 a. m., Brushes, «fec; W e have 7 15, 5 00 p. m„ from Palmer at 9 40 a. m , and 5 00 p, m. A F O R T U N E I N A N Y S T A T E . Rights for Rockville for Hartford, 5 45, 6 40,10 15 a. m., 2 00, 4 50 Sale— New patent articlefor every female. Sample Clark’s Self-adjusting 5 30 n. m. $2 South Manchester for Hartford, 7 00,10.30 a m, 2 00,440 Address IN V E N T O R , P. O. Box 2438, New York. CHECK REIIV, 5 40 and 8 (jO p m. Providence for Hartford, 7 00 a, m. and 2 20 p. m., con I>aniel S. Camp, the very best thing in the market. nectin^ for New Haven, New York and Springlield. Providence for Washington, 7 00 10 00, and 11 40 a. m,. 2 20, 5 20 and 6 40 p. m. ” D. B. GAFlRONd SON. Providence for Plainfield, 7 00 10 00 a. m., 5 25 p.m con- PARKER’S PHOTOGRAPHER. necting for Norwich; 10 00 a. m., and 2 20 p. m. connectini: New Britain, 1868t 21 for Worcester. ** 4 bg SA M U E L NOTT, Supt. Breech-Loading, Double-Barreled (Over Charter Oak Bank.) Cor. Asylum and Trumbull st* Hartford* Conn. J, D. BURNHAM & CO. Large Photographs, Ambrotypes, Carte do Visite, Vig Manufacturers and Jobbers la nettes, &c., taken in the best manner and at short notice. Exchange Cor. Steam Job Printing Giflce. Copying neatly executed, and Life size PhotograpJis Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars, ) bg « Specialty. Nos. 77 and 79 Asylum Street, TPA.G1E1 & I T I F E , Geo. W, Williajns <£? Co,, HARTFORD, CONN. J. D. Burnham. E. D. Willliams. A . A. Burnham. J. H. Burnham. SH O T GMJIVS, 204 State Street, STEAM JOB PRINTERS, The Best and Lowest Priced Gun in the World. Very simple in their construction, being thrown out of C 0 3 S T 3 S T ., DEMOREST’S MONTHLY M &AZIH E line to receive the ciiarge by a slight pressure of the linger Universally acknowledged the Model Parlor Mag azine of America, devoted to Original Stories, No. 2 State St., Hartford, Conn. Barrela are Self-Loclcing. Poems, Sketches, Household Matters, Gems of Potash, Rosin, Central-flre Metalic Cartridges; Thouglit, Personal and Literary Gossip, (includ White Lead, Putty, ing special departments on Fashions). Instruc Cards, Circulars, Billheads, Letter and Note Heads, Capped with the ordinary Percussion Cap, and can be re Linseed Oil, Window Glass. tions on health. Music, Amusements, etc., by the loaded and used any number of times desired. Blank Books, Receipts, Checks, Programmes, Tickets, Paints and Colors, Kerosene Oil. best authors, and profusely Hlustrated Avith cost Extract of a letter from Oen. Sigel, in regard to his trial of the ly engravings, useful and reliable Patterns, Em Badges, Labels, Show Cards, Handbills, and Parker Qun, at the late Sports7ne7i's Festival in New York; “ The shots were very evenly distributed over all the tar- broideries, and a constant succession of artistic eets. TUs even distribution of the shot, together with the novelties, with other useful and entertaining lit simplicity of the construction of the gun, and the conven erature. Every Kind of Job Printing ience ot your cartridges lor loading ammunition of one’s W illiam s Flavorin§r Extracts, own selection and for use in the field, make it the most de No person of refinement, economical housewife, sirable breech-loading sporting gun I ever saw. or lady of taste can afford to do without this Mod F, SIGEL, late Maj. Gen. U. S. Vols.” LEMON, VANILLA, ETC., el Monthly, Specimen copies, 15 cents each, Done with Neatness and at Reasonable Prices. Extract of a Utter from Governor Bramlette, of Kentucky: These Extracts are made from best selected fruits, and mailed free. Yearly, $3, with a valuable pre “ I regard the breecb-Ioading. bouble-barreled Shot Gun mium ; two copies, $5.50; three copies, $7.50; live manufactured by you as superior to any sporting gun yet every bottle guaranteed Htrlctly pure. copies, $ , and splendid premiums for clubs at ntroduced. T. E. BKAM LEri'E, LouisvilFe, Ky.” 12 $3 each, with the first premiums for that to each Connecticut Patent Agency TSatraet of a letter from John Taylor, Esq., Jersey City, N .T ., the champion pigion shot of America; subscriber. I ^ A new Bartram & Fanton Sew “ I believe it to be the best breech-loading gun in th* ing Machine for 20 Subscribers at $Ii each. T H £ 0 . a , w«rld, and 1 can say positively it is the best I have ever Williams Liquid Bluing. Publication Office, 838 Broadway, N ew York Been. JOHN TAYLOU.’ Demorest’s Monthly and Young America together Send lor a Circular. SOLICITOR OF PATENTS, This Ariide has leen in market 25 years, and given $4, w ith oremiums for each. Office, 24 Eungerford & Cone’s B uild in g, universal satisfaction. New York Office 27 Beekman at. M3SKIDEN, CONN. Main Street, ASYLUM ST. OYSTER DEPOT, H AR TFO R D , COIVIV. Hotels and Families supplied with Ex Hartford, Conn, Washington Office, No, 362 10th treat. tracts and Bluing in bulk. Y S T E R S of every variety received fresh every Hartford, Feb. 10, 1868. Mr. Theo, G. Ellis, Solicitor of Patents, has atteiuled to CURTISS & FREEMAN, day from my own beds, and for sale in any quan all the x>atunt business of this Conipuiiy since its formation; O tity in the shell, or by the gallon, at the lowest possiho has ^iven perfect satisfaction and been uniformly suc ble prices. cessful ill all business undertaken by him. I can recom -A ^potliecaries, JAS. R. HUNT, mend him as a reliable solicitor to all having patent busi J. W . Crane, M. D., ness to transact. H E N R Y PICENGH, 87^ Asylum St., Hartford. Ct. President National Hereto Co North Quinnipiac Street, 99 Main Street, WEEn Sew in g M ac h in e Co., Hartford, Feb. 10,18C8. Fair Haven, Ct. Theo. G. Ellis, Solicitor of patents, has been employed Have everything in the line of Drugs, Patent Medi DENTIST, to transact patent business lor our Company during the cines, Perfumery, Toilet Articles and Druggists Fan- past year and a half. He has been uniformly successful, and given satisfactoiy evidence of his ability as a solicitor. ^ Goods, which they will sell at low prices. Choice AMERICAN WATCHES H. BLANCH AlU), Pres’t Weed Sewing Machine Co. Wines and Liquors for medicinal use. Hair Brushes, CHARTER OAK BANK BUILDING, Hartford, Conn., Feb. 10, 1868. Combs; Hand Mirrors, Pocket Flasks, Tooth Brushes Less than wholesale prices. Theo. G. Ellis, Solicitor of Patents, has made for me six Fancy Soaps, ALSO applications for patents. One of them is still pending, and AS Y LU M ST., ROOM. No. 19. the othei-8 are all granted. One was allowed the same day It was filed at the Patent Olhce. I can cordially recom Fine Havanna