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MlfMi fiffWHT I ns" flriK-rnl IVpvre. Tho Canadian Parliament hava adonlcl tho State Maiwn. 1 Mystic: The ship Mary L. Sutton, owned by RATHBUN Apothecary. Very Old Culcr Jh (inf from the poveral iutes.

Th argument In fcvor of the riiwal it wholly uiwvn the words of the amendatory jt't '-tbe fnmlfr wikhluut tieii previously furniitliM theraffom." HUlnwlwl that "number," ft here u-l, mpmgau arithmetics count. I cannot understand It. Tbe Act of the 3d Msreh. hml prescribed mode bv which tha numl-r men due from the several States, uiid the IMftrictsof tlk, evcrul States. I weer-talned and that mode tmdreil, nota slmplo count but a consideration of the period of service ot incn previously furnished.

Congress usol the word mi moor in the id section of the amendatory A-t, understanding that the mode of count prescribed in tie original Act would be pro-crvpJ There are manvevideneesupon the faceof tho amanda-torv Act which show that It was not the intenUii MGon-gress to change the mode of Couut prescribed In the on- JONDAY MORNING. 1IARCH 131865. -toa Headquarters. The TJnlon Committee noornB, No. 7 Central Row, are nowopen.

Terwigia want of Ct-rtilicates conformation regarding the Spring Election will apj.lv tbere Uiilou mea are Invited to make these rooms their headquarters. SQudry falters. Both branches of the city government will mot this evening at 7 o'clock. Saturday at 6 a. m.

tha thermometer nuukod 21j at 12 32-; at 0 p. ZP. Tea Larwaotcr at 4 a. ra. todies tod fair weather.

The time for receiving uiac-ouit on cas tills eri'Ires today. Tha March term of the Superior Court, Jndgo Carpenter on the bench, will commence in this Attention is called to th advertisement In another column, of an American who detlroa a home. I-i a god nux3C, experienced, St. Patrick's Day on Friday next. Ne.wcowb'9 Minstrels, one of the beet troops ttavclling, will appear at Aliyn Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, March 2lff and22d.

Their gssflemaaly sg-mt, deposit of securities In the hands cf responsible Hartford men. A smail part of tha above property, csiudsuiig 01 53 acres in fee, all good buttom Und, lioe a-ijolning a Cunt, wiili oalv 17 acres of bottom land, which Bold lat Tuesday for rvsties who have just returned from an exwnination of this property, bring intelligence that al- jacent lands have ailvanced over one aunurea percent. since this company obtained tbe reiusai 01 uie aooie propertv, fcid they pronounce lis stock of the JEtna Oil Company the rarest and mot! Inviting investment lu oil property that haa yet been presented to tne public, there not monev in this company, we fail to soe where it can be found." Nearly three-quarters of the stock has already been taken, and there every reason to suppose that tho balance win bs subscribed in a fw days. Boar of School Visitors. We are indebted to Rev.

T. S. Childs. acting school visitor, for a copy of the Report cf School Visitors of this town for the year 18C1. One thousand ceples were printed and lefrat tho store of Brown Gross for gratuitous distribution; but, as the number will not reach all classes wo present a synopsis of the report.

In reference to school houses tha committee note tho improvement during the vear: tho runil districts aa Will as thoso within tho city hiva ihovm a chanzo for tho hotter. The arseuai district fmnrrwpmonta are oulv to moot a rrcicnt want, the phia to erect a new and commodious structure, being, it is un darstcod, merely postponed not abandoned. The changes here have co.t 3,200. In tha High School building the gymnasium Lu the upper story has been removed, and tho room converted irdo two study and recita tion rooms. This wsts dnio to conform to other im poriaiit changes in tho management and method of the school.

The classes each occupy separate rooms, aud one teacher is given ppocial charge of each. This plaa has thus fiir worked iu a most satisfactory manner, tending to the good order aud studious habits of the pupil. The most marked of the improvements during tho year is shown Lu the North Second district. The enlargement of the build ing has been such as to permit a thorough classification of the school, which avoids many vexations otherwise inevi table, and the structure is now declared to ha "an honor to tho diiUict. aud, beyond comparison, the most com plete and admirable school building lu tha town." Tho ventilation cf the buuiung itobiusou a system having beoii adopted is si-ecialiy commsuded, a3 is tho unprove- m-'Ut caused by the 1 'lies and tasteful planting of trees upou th school grounds." The districts where now buildups ate moot Luipiiatively demanded are the Centre and thj Korth West.

Of the lorrner tuo Committee say they have reason to that the matter will reach a practical Lioue durhig tho present year, aud of the latter speak thii3 freely and polatodly 'The buildhi2 hi the Korth-West District la a dhssrrace to the district and to tho town. a change is mads here, it Is dihlcult to sao how tho board can, ia fidelity to its trusts, avoid reporUn tho district aa not entitled to a share- of tha public tchoui Ttiachcrs and salaries rue next noticed. The number of teachers employed during the year was seventy-six fifteaa male and sixty-one female, l-'e cbangos occurred iu ths most important positions, tha performances of the dutiti of tho same having been generally satisfactory. In ferior positions are taken without reference to permauen cy, and are easily vacated for other callings; but few, It Is believed, have been given up for want of adequate sup port. In most of the districts salaries have boon increased in some vory liberally.

Thora is a great disparity (and the committee empbaslso this word) of amounts paid, which vary from two hundred to eighteen hundred dollarswith fomalo teachers from two hundred to six hundred. In New Haven teacher reoelvc from two hundred and twenty-five to six hundred and llfty dolius, to only being paid the smaller sum and but cue the largsr. The of tho majority of toachors there Is from throe to four hundred dollars. The wholo amount paid for salaries here during the year wa3 thirty-six tliousand and forty-ssven dolhtrs, aa follows, so far as reported South district, $7,906 Contre, $7,058 High School, fc 5,100 North, West Middle, 42,138 1 Arsenal, Washington, Si03; North East, $H1; Pearl street (colored) 3310. Tho average was slightly ovar four hundred dollars to a teacher.

Concerning attendance the connnirtoo say 1 "Tha whole number of children In tho town, between the ag33 cf four and sixteen, reported for the year was six thousand eight hundred and nine the number registered in our public school was four thousand and twenty-eight; the average dally attendance reported was two thousand fix hundred and twenty-nine. After making nil lno allowance fur the numbers tansht In private achooh, and for others whose absence can bo satisfactorily accounted for, tho disproportion between the number of children cf a proper ae to attend and the number registered, Is very large: and the disproportion between the whole number and the actual average attendance is enormous. That out of six thousand eight hundred and nine children in the town, only two thousand six: hundred and rwcntv-nlne should be found, on an in our public schools; and that out of boqic four thousand actuallv registered, about ouo thousand four hundred should be dailv abeont, ore facts wliLch call fur the most serious consideration cf tho Hoard, of district committers, of parents, and, we may add, our town authorities." The benefits arising from the visitation of parents to schools are obvious, and tho committee justly rtifor to the matter and show that the district which reports the greatest number of visits by parents and friends the South district reports also by far the best average attendance of pupil3. A remarkable difference in these visitations is noted. The South district, with its various branches, reports 973; tho North, 161 West Middle, life Arsenal, SS; Washington, 40; Gravol Hill, 39; while the Centre, with a larger number of pupils than any except the South, reports hut thirty.

"Nothing," add the committee; "but deckled ability and fidelity on tho part of the teachers', could maintain tho prosperity of a school iu tho ftco of such parental indhTeronco." In the use' of text books thoro ware no important changes during the year. Tho writing advantages enjoyed at the Centre School do not extend over tho districts- though an effort has beon made to secure some arraMaent hrixbs'ottLSRix. Those uiucuerS'wlio' teach spelling, hi addition to the ordinary mothod, by having words and sentences written, are commended in the report. "With classes sufficiently advanced, no practice Is so valuable to tho same end as original composition." In conclusion the discipline of the schools Is said to have beon generally effective; but thoro aro scholars, a limited number, who rtre a "stumbling block" in tho way, and the following ia reference to them demands attention: "Prematurely eld, precocious in sin, blasphemous vulgar, dishonest, and ui terly regardless of truth, their influence on the young min.lfl with which they come in contact ia ruinous. Such ought not to be ailowe i to rsjmaiu In our public Provision should be made fir them, if it does not already erkt in some of tha institutions which the wisdom of the State or tho town has founded.

We are aware of the objecUon ag.uust casUng thesa children off from the influence of better companions. But in nine cases ottt of ten we believe the influence Is quite the other way the ba child ruins the good one; tho good ono does not save the bad one. We doubt whether any more imperative duty rests upon our district commit tees man to sec that this ciat-s ot pupils a removed from uui tu'jijLs. uui iou uuiuo; mua wouiu coaperate ia providing thoir proper training." An important question has arisen during the year 'relative to receiving into public schools children who are in mates cf the Orphan Asylum and the Hartford Home, both situated in the South district. The objection tern the district ia that these institutions belong equally to the whole town, and It is unfair that tho espenso of educating the children should fill upon one district.

The committee as at present advised, declined to accede to the proposition to receive the rupils, but say the children ought to be educated and believe the question "will be generously mot when the case ia fairlv understood." Adjournment of the Senate 5spsoiao Cenri WAsnrsGTCor, March 11. The Senate session to-day was altogether of an executive character. Among the continuations was that of John Dow- ell as the U. b. district judge for A committee consisting of Mr.

Lane of Kansas, aud j.Sprague of it. wa3 appointed to wait on the President, and intorm him that if he had no further communications to make! the Senate was ready to adjourn. Mr. Lane subsequently reported that the President had no business of sufficiently important character to detain them. The Senate then ad journed without day.

Jfrevious to the adjournment of the L. S. Su-; pre me Court yesterday, an order was promulgated requiring an oath to be taken by all practitioners at that bar, that they have never voluntarily borne arms agaiust the United States, and have not given aid, counsel or encouragement to the rebellion, aud that they will support and defend the constitution, and will demean them selves as attorneys and counsellors of the court uprightly and according to law. Appeal from Cor. Andrew 10 Bostox, March 12.

Gov. Andrew of publishes a special appeal to deserters, in which he says: 'T avail myself of tbe earliest opportunity after the proclamation of the President, in this public manner to advke all persons liable to the charge of desertion to accept at once the President's offer of pardon, to report themselves immediately to the nearest provost marshal, to return to duty and obedience, to retrieve their reputation, protect themselves against punishment hereafter, and save" from certain forfeiture their precious lights aa American citizens. I appeal to the neighbors and friends of all such deserters, especially to the mothers and wives win have heretofore invoked sj oftcu my advice and interposition, earnestly urging them both as a magistrate and as a man to persuade the absent to return, and to seek the shelter, pardon, honor and happiness which now awaits them tinder the Union nag. i Like Wiboweii3. In endeavoring1 to take the census for tho Government, the marshals occasionally meet with such difficulties as to well nigh deprive them of their own senses.

The following colloquy is said to have taken place somewhere between a marshal and an Irishwoman. "How many male members have yon hi the family?" "Niver a one." "When were you maniod "The day Pat Doyle left Tlpperary for Aineri-ky. Ah, well I mind it. A sunshiner day nlver gilded the sky of owld Ireland." "What was the condition of your husband marriage "Diva a man more miserable. He 6aid if I did not give him a promise within two weeks he'd blow his brains out with a "Was he at the time of your marriage a widower or bachelor "which A widower, did you say Ah, now go away with your nonsense.

Is it the like of me that would take up with a second-hand husband? Do I look like the wife of a widower? A poor divil all legs and consumption like a sick turkey. A widower 1 May I be blessed if I'd not rather" live an owld maid, and bring up a family on butter railk and pratiej." A tender-hearted widower fainted at 'the funeral of his third beloved. "What shall we do with him?" askd a perplexed friend of him. "Let him alone," said a waggish bystander; he will soon re-wive," Which is at once tha easiest and hardest of occupations The musican's for he plays when he works, and works when he plays. confederation scheme by yeas 01, nays S3.

The flax and cotton f.ictory at was burned Friday night. Loss $75,000. The rebel Senate has voted, by one majority, iu favor of putting negroes In their army. The John Hancock Bank, of Snrlnjriield, Is to reorganize a3 a national bank. A Charleston correspondent says Beauregard had with him, when he fell back from Columbia before Sherman, 8,000 men.

Twenty-six Union families of Corpus Christ! and vicinity have been banished to Mexico by the rebel a. Burbopb. of the United States Hotel, Spring field, has been arrested for attempting to defraud the government by selling cigars not siampeu. A movompiit anion? the 150.000 Germans In New York is on foot to promoto American observance of the Sabbaih. Mr.

Creswcll. tha newly elected Senator from Maryland, is an ardent emancipationist, and has been classed with the "radicals" on tho Republican side of the lato ITouie of Representatives. Flour has advanced at San Francisco ti $13 per barrel, owing to combinations of speculators. Trade with Mexico is very large and rapidly increasing. Senators Wilson, Foote, Morrill, Wade, Onmes, Harlan, Ram3cy and others, with their wives, arc contemplating an excursion to Savannah ana Charleston, in a government.

steamer. Buffalo are becoming scarco In the WestPm huntincr-trrounds. They have been so much dis turbed of lato by roving bauds of Indians that they are seeking more retired homesteads far away, near the Rocky mountain3- The annual report for 1801 of the management of Greenwood Cemetery shows the receipts to have been and the expenditures, S222.0C9.57 including 1,703 .03 invested in United States securities. The Secretary of War has infortaed Governor Fenton that he accepts the tender of tbe 50th regiment of State National Guards of Brooklyn, Colonel Adams, for one year's service, to apply on the quota ol lungs county. Judge Carter, of the United States Court for the Uistriet ot Uoiuinuia.

nas aeciueu tuat aaics 01 irold for merely sixleulativo purposes are preju dicial to tho interests of the country and illegal iu poiut of law. The Rev. John F. Mines has been deposed from the ministry by the bishop of Maine, in accordance with a canon of the church, Mr. Mine3 hav- inz declared In writing las renunciatien ot the ministry, and his design not to officiate lu future In any cd the omccs tnercor.

The facts that the erroneous contracts the Interior Dopaitaieut are mainly Issued during the month ot April, and tne additional Ktet tnai the present incumbent 'is -holding on till the pat ronage is all bestowed, is provoking mucn un pleasant criticism. I A eentlemau who has recently arrived from Matamoras, Mexico, reports affairs as very unsat- isfactorv in that vicinltv. Persons wno ueciare their svmoathv with the Union cause are sub Jccted to a renewal of the old Texas bowio knife ileien of Terror It thev do not suusme About five hundred Hungarian families, who are desirous of settling in one of our territories aro represented at Washington by an agent, who is trying to arrange with the State Department for their trausDortatlon from Europe to the rich mineral and agricultural sections of Arizona It is the expectation of the now Secretary of the Treasury, that from the proceeds of the large amounts of southern products known to'have fallen Into the hands of our victorious armies, a fund will soon bo accumulated which will enable the government to resume specie payments much sooner tuaa. genei-any ueueveu. On the morning of the 1st Inst, a train on the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad was thrown from tho track at Smyrna station by the mis placement of a switch, and three personswere killed aud several severely injured.

Among the latter was Captain W. W. Curbing, the military' conductor. The funeral of Major General W. II.

C. Wlii tine, who surrended to the Union forces at Fort Fisher took place Saturday afternoon at Trinity Church. New York. The Eev. Drs.

Dix and Osilvie officiated. The attendance was large, in eluding many women, who sympathized with the rebel cause, lhe remains were taken to ireen wood for interment. i The new 7-30 loan has been successful bevond all precedent, and the rapidity and avidity with which it is absorbed by the masses ol the peo ple have not onlv relieved the tie isury from its embarrassments but is believed to be one of the surest evidences yet given to European nations of the unconquerable spirit aud power of the free North. Tho Itichmoud papers report that Suffolk' was again occupied by the Federals March 1st, with a force of about 1,500 cavalry and a regiment of negroes. They wore at tho time under marching orders, but it is not known direction they will take.

It i surmised a raid may be intended by this partv i tnu direction of the Weldon rail-rod. On the 26th ult. the mail train from Chatta-jinno-3 tor TTnovvfllfv Toiiressee. met with a singular accident when passing througa the tunnel. From some cause a couple of the braces which supported the arch fell down and bung over the track.

The first four cars alter tho engine were loaded with army wagons. As the train passed imuer tne uanging Draces tney caught the wag ons and swept them back, jamming them up against the box cars, and killing two and wounding three of the soldiers on the care. The Hichuiond Dispatch of tho Oth says: 'For some days parties in tbis city have boen sending large quantities of manufactured tobacco hence to Fredericksburg. Keport says these rebels traded with tho Yankees for bacon, and that Singleton was the prime mover iu the airangemcnt. The Yankees were expected to come up lu vessels to Fredericksburg, bringing bacon with them and carry olf the tobacco." The Diepatch adds "The tobacco wa3 transported to Hamilton Ferry by railroad and thence hauled to Fredericksburg, five miles distant, in wagons.

On Monday last 200,000 pounds of tobacco had been sent up the' Fredericksburg railroad, 4.0,000 pounds of which had been hauled to Fredericksburg, and stored in a warehouse on the Rappahannock, convenient for shipping, and the other 100,000 was in thirty-one box railroad cars at Hamilton's crossing. The enemy came tip to Fredericksburg in gunboats on Monday night, but brought no bacon that we have been able to hear of. Their lirst step was to scud a party of cavalry to Hamilton's crossing, who set fire to and destroyed all tbe cars and tobacco there. This party also burned the bridge over Ma3saponax creek, a short distance tbis 6-ide of Hamilton's crossing. So euds one of the most brilliant schemoe of our latter day speculators." TLc fTurolKiicut Act-Opinion of the At tor ncy-teueral.

H. Attokmey Gjerals OrncE, r'tbruarv 18C9. Bra In your letter of tho 26th of Jaiiuarv, you ask my opinion on the lejtal points presented In the letter ol Governor A. G. Curiln, to you, ot'date the Will Januarv.

Governor Curtin's letter is in relation to the construction ef the Act of Congress, approved 3d March, 13, commonly cilled the Enrolment Act. He im-lj-u 1st. That tho words "period of service," since tho commencement of the rebellion, as usd In the 12th section ol the Act, u.i not require the President, In assigning the quotas to tho several States, to take into consideration the whole term of enlistment of the volunteer and militia man and 2d. That that piirt of th Act of the 3d of March, tG3, which niahe tho period of service an element in tha calculi tiou nscefarv to determine therinmbor of men due from a State, district, eountv, or town, has besn repoaiod by the 2d section of the Act amendatory of tho Eurohneut Act, improved 24th February, It will be more convenient to consider these questions in tho reverse order, inasmuch as if it shiil be that tho repeal has been made, aa contended fjr, the Uit point made by the Governor need not bo considered. The great objects of the Knrolment Act arc 1st.

i'o declare who shall constitute the national forces and 2d. To organize a plan by which the national forces can be made available. Subordinate to the purpose ofralilnirand nrfanirlntr tb national firces, the plan adopted by Congress shows a desire that the draft upon the indusnrtal population of the several States, and tho commnnltieg thereof, should be equalized as nearly as uv tne-iiu secuon ot the Actor the 31 of March. 18R3, the United States is divided into districts, of which the District of Columbia shall constitute one, each Territory of tho United States shall constitute one or more, as the President shall direct, and each Congressional District ol the res-pectlve States, as fixed by a law of the State next preceding the enrolment, shall constitute oue. The Sth section provides, thatthcro shall bo a Board of Enrolment in each District.

By the ih section, It Is provided, that if the- Board of Enrolment shall deem a District mav be divided into two. and, with the went of the Secretary of War, into any greater number of Subdivisions! By the 12th section, it is male the datv of the President, In assigning to tho Districts the number of men to be furnished therefrom, to take into consideration the number of volunteers and militia furnislwt I.vhtiiI frnm tlx. several Stattt iu which said Districts are situated, and the imiiuuui ineir wirvice since the commencement of the present rebellion; and shall so make said assignment as to equalize the numbers among the Districts of tho several States, considering and allowing fr the number already furnished as aforesaid, and tbe time of their service It is evident, from the faceof this Act, that the several States an I District shad i. mihtia, and perlodsof service. j.no nrst autyor the President was to have the national forces enrolled his next dutv was to ascertain what number of volunteers and militia ha) hn r.im;.i,a,i several Suts, nnd the periods of their service since the commencement of the present rebellion; and then, from uni-M inme several states they came, that he mlsht eqnalize the nnm'tx-ra nmn th several States, considering and allowing for the numbers alreadv furnished as aforesaid, and the time of their service.

Cnder the Actofthe3d of March, 163. it is plain that ha had no riht and power to cut up a District into counties, townships. TiratlnctH nr r.i,. equalize the draft therein. The authoritvsr'iven in the section to sub-divide a District was for the purpose of facilitating orexpeditin? the enrolment, ami with no ref erence to equalization.

It might, and doubtless did hap- Een in many Districts, that one well defined portion of a 'istrict, as a county, township, or ward, lmd furnished greatly more than the number due therefrom, whilst other parte of the same District, equally well defined, hail furnished few or none, thereby making a draft upon the District necessary and vet, under the Act. it was not in the power of theProsidont to make the draft otherwise than ual over the whole District. This was unjust and oppressive. In order to correct this flagrant hardship ana injustice. Coneress.

bv tho 2d section of tho Act of 21th February, 1SG1. and which is in amendment of the Aet of 8d March, 1803, declared that, the quota of each ward of a citv, town, township, precinct, or election illn. trict. or of a connty, where the county is not divided into wards, towns, townships, precincts, or election districts, shall bo, as nearly as possible, In proportion to the number of men resident therein liable to military service, taking Into account, as far as practicable, the number which has been previously furnished therefrom. It Is earnestly and mnfit thtt this 2d section cf the amended Act repeahi'so much of the 12th section of the Act of the 3d.

of March, 13, as zaalus it the duty of the President to take Into consider-ation the period of service ot the volunteers an muni Charles Mallory, has been wrecked in the Pacific Ocean while loading guano. She was insured for Woodbury Wm. Cothren, has been admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States. Bristol: A temperanoe lodge has beea organ- lmd in this town, and already number thirty-four members. Southington i Sinoe tho Good Templars Trero started, less than a year ago, six grog shops have been compelled to shut for want of custom.

Stamford Rev. Eben Francis haa been presented by his parishioners with a purse containing two hundred dollars. Ho Is to leave 6oon for Massachusetts. Controversy D. D.

Home gave a reading in Norwich tho other evening which called out a letter from Rev. John Y. Lewis advising Christians not to patronize his readings because they would thereby give a quasi endorsement to spiritualism. To this replies were looked, and up to Friday the BulUtin had published nine communications, occupying about three columns, and the cry is "still they come." Rockvllle The Herald Is to be considerably enlarged on the first of April, and will continue under the management ofMr.Bissell, the present editor. The people of Tolland county should give it liberal support.

Willimantlc: The Journal says tha. the Library Association fair and festival on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings was a success in every way, netting about L. Wihon, superintendent of the Methodist Sabbath School, has been presented with an elegant family Bible valued at about $20. Mansfield: Swift's M1113 have been sold to a manufacturer in Rhode Island for 12,000, who intends to erect a cotton factory on the premises. The ladies of North Mansfield recent ly paid a donation visit to Mrs.

Precinda Gurley, an aged widow lady residing in a remote part of tho town, carrying provision and money amuuut-ingtoabouttwenty-five dollars. New Ilaven Hon. Chas. W. Bradley, a promi nent citizen, formally Secretary of State of Connecticut, and, under President Pierce, U.

S. consul at China, died on Wednesday. The Register says: "Probably no American was better versed hi Chinese history, language and manners, and so long as his health permitted, his services wgrc constantly sought by commercial people iu both countries'" Rev. Dr. Bacon celebrated the for tieth anniversary, of his settlement over the 1st Ecclesiastical Society on Thursday evening.

His friends gathered to congratulate him, and left $900 as an evidence of their regard. William L. Wilcox, of Springfield, has commenced a suit for $2,000 damages against the New Haven and Northampton railroad for trespass upon property owned by him near tho American House, Northampton. The North Haven and Northford people are congratulating themselves that three brothers named Brockett, desperadoes, who have been the torror of tbe community since they deserted from the military authorities, are now hard pushed by detectives. One has already been captured.

Chas. B. Webster, keeper of the town farm has movod to Litchfield to take charco of the town farm there. Rev. Mr.

Carroll has been presented by the members of hU church with a check for $000. Smith Tuttla, of Fair Haven, who died a few days ago, left the munificent bequest of 12,000 for the Orphan Asylum. Granby It is stated that a marriago ceremony was recently performed In this town, during which tho officiating clergyman "forgot himself," and prayed that "the family and friends of the de-oeasod" might be watched over. The mistake interfered somewhat with the solemnity of the proceedings. Windham County The Putnam post-office has been designated a money order office also the West Killingly office.

One thousand barrels of potatoes arc being barreled iu Putnam to be sent to Port Royal. James L. Cochran of Day ville, had his hand badly cut in a planing machine on the 6th Inst. Rev. Thomas O.

Rico of Charles ton, S. formerly of Danlelsonville, has arrived in New York, having run the blockade before our troops took possession of the city. Condensed from the Transcript. Bridgeport By the explosion of a can of ben zine, the drug store of Lewis W. Booth took fire on Thursday evening, and was only prevented irora destruction by tne most powerful enoits 01 the firemen aud citizens.

Loss on stock $1000 insured in the Howard of New York, Norwich, Phoenix of Hartford, and Massasoit of Springfield. Tho damage to the building was but about i j-- New Britain: The borough the year ensuing are Warden, "Virgil Cornish Burgesses W. TL. aiuigan.E. B.

Butler, Jas. Fra- W.Hrt Corbln, Samuel Stanley, a li. ucres ClprW A 1 Trea'woteele, Da- liua n1-' 1V- Whiting Water Cpm uier8. Wm. J.

UulkJey, A. (Jhmberlain, Wm. H. Smith; Bailiff, A. W.

Spaulding. The post-omeehas been designated a uionev order office. A five year old sou of John Stanley, fell in a brook back of hi3 father's residence, and but tort tne timely appearance of Mr. baggage master at the depot, mu3t have been drowned. Waterbury Number of deaths last year, 333 marriage, 103 deaths, 208 average ago of fe males who died, 20; of males, 21.

The number of deaths in the previous rear was 242. The Sol diers' Aid Society fair, for the benefit of the Sol diers7 Home una, will be held on 1 uesday and ednesday atternoons and evenings of this week, at ilotcnkiss ilall. Kev. Joseph Anderson, late of Norwalk, who ha officiated in the First Con gregational church for several Sabbaths, has been engaged to upply the pulpit until July 1st. The grand list of the town amounts to $6,257,817, ah increase of 286,307 over'last year.

Condensed from the American. Steamboats It is rumored that Mr. Loper, a wealthy Philadelphia contractor, who has a sum mer residence in btonlngton, has signified his intention to run a line ot steamers between JSew York and Stonington, unless the eastern termi nus of tho Groton line shall be changed back to Stouington. Litchfield County: Mr. Herman Bird of Bethlehem, recently sold a pair of steer under three year old, for $330.

The annual examination at the Alger Institute, Cornwall, last week, possessed much interest A collection of one hundred and nineteen dollars was taken in the Congregational church, Harwlnton, recently, for the benefit of the Christian Commission. ChurchlHetn-ingway A. have organized in Wolcottville, with a capital of $20,000, for the purpose of carrying on the mercantile business. Charles F. Church is at the head', and he is one of the most enterprising young men in western Connecticut.

lie commenced his business career In Waterbury, and by strict attention to his duties has made rapid progress, and it affords his friends much pleasure to see him meetins with the reward he deserves. In the 17th senatorial convention. which met in Falls Village on the 2d the nomination was tendered to Geo. W. Peck, the enterprising war democrat, but he declined in a neat speech, and thereupon Hon.

R. Battell c-f Norfolk was nominated. The town of Torrlng-ton has voted to buy the Methodist church building in Wolcottville for $2,300, for use as a town house. The Methodist society are erecting a new church at a cost of $12,000. Hon.

John H. Hubbard and family have returned homo from bills ot tne new national Bank in Litchfield, will be ready for circulation in about a week. From the Sentinel. A son of Dea. Burt of New Boston, came near destroying his eyes the other day by melted lead spattering from a wet mould into which he undertook to pour it.

Moses Lyman has recently cut down a pine tree in Goshen, which will make four thousand feet of inch boards. There has bean nine ty davs of unusually eood sleizhing in the coun ty, but it Is now used up. Rev. Hiram Eddy has receiver a call to Westlleld, at a salary or $2,500. A young man named Churchill, under took the other day to put a cat in a barrel for the purpose sending it to Hartford.

While in tne act the cat turned upon him and with her teeth and claws literally tore his hands to pieces. They were cruelly torn and lascerated. Rev. Mr. Cleveland ha accepted the call from the Congregational church in New Hartford.

The au-gatuck road earned $330,168 last year, being 07.3iK) heavier than the year before. Condensod from the Winsted HeraUU. The troops in the Army of the Potomac are be ing drilled daily, and new arms, clothing, are being issued, preparatory to the spring campaign. The reviews show the men in excellent condition. Deserters continue to come in, although not so numerous as heretofore.

About thirty arrived Thursday, through the lines of the 6th and 6th eorps. It is reported that four were shot on their way over. Loyal States can soon recruiting in the insur rectionary States as before, no legislation having been perfected to stop it. So aays Senator Wil- uu. The Moses Brown homestead in Providence was burned on the 8th.

It was built upward of 200 years ago. 1 In the new arrangement of the Senate committees those honorable drunkards, Saulsbury and McDougal, have no place. Maine Is to have two steam war vessels to defend her coast, and one of the iron-ciads will make a special cruise in tbe eastern States this summer, going as far as Halifax. Richard L. Robinson, disappeared very suddenly from Portland, a a few weeks ago, causing much excitement.

Some ten days afterward he was found at Tituaville, sick, and not knowing how he came there. What is that which makes all women equally pretty Patting the 6ndi out Made by one of tho best manufacturers lu (Iran), can recommend this to any one cherries were used In Its manufacture. TKY 17- Ml Good American Cigars Ou hand nearly a year, to be closel out for iu lure Sweet l' 'Oft true cask of it (old stock) on hand, to bn 1 1 ,...1 r- -m; "nr iiu.niii 11 iiuams of Efin S4 per gaUon. This an excellont fr as well aa for medicinal pnrp.ti ueuer-i'lT Hedyv's Dandelion A first-rate arUcle. Price Joe a pound Coffey '--i a -vlji Champagne.

MM OUaodon's -'Greou Sah" L. Koedoror't 'Vorrenaay," L. BoeJorcr's "Viu Il'ay." 1 AU just in store, In very Cue order. tun J. C.

RATHDUN. Innocent bat l'oteni. 1 Tho Never Falling ltcmedy, -whose Cuuu t.r iMtKMi in now uuhiwu rveiy partol the chiUr, and should be lu the possession of evory one ii 'J heidth. Oue or two doses In comiiwwom.V 1" many days or weeks of sickness may thoy ut Four Pubi In the beginning are moro oUU-ulou ty doses when the diae is csUMUhed. uau happy, compared to what bus hlUierto been hj i'-i when sick, ho at ouee took Braudrtth's Pil), not then bo weighed dowu by lougattaukj uriiiMw' weak, the feeble, tho lutirui, ths nervous, the in a few days strongthsned by their worst complaint are removed by iierseverauce." A ed to all ciroumstaucss and situaiions, they ar() x) medicine for families, or to tali to soa-prevsutii vy and eostiveness, requiting no cliatiio lnr regimen, or again.t taking cjld.

Principal Otllee5 Canal street, New YatV. J. W. Johnson, No. Main street, and II Mat" Hartford, aud by ail rcotaU medicines.

liui uij IS A I 1 rilOTOGltAt'llEUs, 201 MAIN STREET HAltTFOUU 1,1 Jan Ocr thr St'its liatik. Keep ll-nr Ilay. Invalids, broken down in health and spirits by Dysiiepsla, or suft'oring from the terrible follo-8 the attacks of acute disease, tha testimony lt sands who have beon raised as by a inuaule fioui 1 stale of prostration, by HOSTETTER'S STOMACH Ml. TER9, Is a sure guarantee 1 hat by the same mown 1 may be strengthened aud restored. But to Hi.

stand In iwrli of epidemics, to all who, by of sii, sure, privations, an clttuaie, er tu.lietlti pursuits, may ut any moment be stiUkui down, 1j0 igraph Is moati irfiCMurfif and iniih-ittcaUn a tiltc: You, who are thus situated, are proffered ail safeguard agaiust the Uanger that uiemus ynu. Tuia-ai, regulate the system with Uds hiirniless ine-lichui) stSma lmit afttd A and vou will lw livearuioil ag uiKtlt. mahidlos whoso seehi float around you In thu air m. UOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTKltS ara Muiir, nUiiidard Tonic and Alterative throughout the Vjm States, but they are accredited by ths ofu. most distinguished citizens of the Union, to the j-.

ij all other hinds. InCunaibi, Australia and the lies, they are gradually taking the place of all nth.r whether niitive or foreign, anil as slii ut il progressive and demonstration overthrows. Juubt. tlw-t dveutually suporsedo evury other luvignrant and tlve now employed In medicinal pmctle. Nu -i Uousfl, 50 Cedar street, K.

inh T11K OKKAT Iltll.lll I I LI. Will Cure COUGHS AN I I. T1IR G. G. HKII.TIIT Will Cure CATARRH AND HKONt: lllll' 1 1IH O.

IIFIf-TII Will cure CONSUMPTION IN ITS KIP-ST HTAUKS, And Is tin- lx Itomedy for DIPHTHERIA. ITor sale by nil Drugiste. Prlro pur R.ittic,. WEEKS POTTEK. OruggbU, 170 Washington istoii, Wholesale fed 15 o'l Ir.

Cmlivoi lh A II OHI K.itiitillfhed tn 157, for the speedy cure or all cliTuulciui private disease of mull find women, of every name tU nature. Therefore, don't let modesty or fear ot ii.mi prevent you from making your cash known aiii cured of any disoUM) vu uiuv mulcted with. -i-ituts preiafod and sold only by Dit. J. L.

Lvov, Nuxi Mttiu ills Drops and l'ilis, fbr Irrogularlil.t. --Hi inly sate and sure remedy lOr eithor stncle ur iiiiin.tli. lies. They have never failed, and can cure all. If you have tried for health nnd lallml, It itu reason why you should nut try Raln.

If I cannot n'mn vou, I will tell you so. All secret diseases, hk Sium-ai VVeakni'Ks, Goiton hen, Gleet, idillln, Ulcers In tlin turn md nose, or any pin pin of the bodv, 1 euro without tl if mercury, and defy the world to beat 1110 In 1111 lhe lilood. Direct all letters. Box 722. Hartford.

01 1, for ud jul'. ICureku ICurekn Du. Pkiok's Curuu Balsam Is tho nioit cffi.iu remeilv ever oflerel to the public. Ills the lv of tlie age. It cuion Chlhh, Col ons, I111-11 1 iitiiu.

WnooriNu-Coriiii, Asi iitr a 1 a nun. liiios-( uial ArFKCTl'iNs, and all dillU ultlrs of tlie iiiuun xnd Ll'NUH. In Consumption, it acts like a tLaim. Have you tried it If not. get a bottle aud uj It sr: vour doubts will all be romoved.

Sild bv all iruijfa md dealers. J. N. C. N.

PiiPik, 1'roprlstmr 210 KrottilwuT. N. SissriN Bctlith. Wliolesalo 11 ljJ Creat it-mtul I FOR 30 DAYS I FOltio li.lli CAllTK-IiL- port 9 1 ,50 One Dollar and Fifty CoiiUl I Per Dozen. Gems, Ambrotvpes, Large Photograplm, s- sU Kramos at Prices In propurtion, at the "PROVIDENCE PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS," So.

276 Main Hartford. SutUfuctiou wiirnuited to every one. Jan 11 amd Si knit 1 A. L-tiUS X. It.

C. ALorrxiAL, ma maiuc. (MIOIl'S THE MOST BKAUTLTUL TOILET A Bl lCIX IN VU WORLD! A. RllAA' Tl TO PItODUCE IUJH U.V AST 0C One bottle will oanvlnoe any one, so rapll jults. ty Warrauto-i to nt jp the hair ftoiu fkhmg iff, matter what the cause.

tJ 'Warranted to cure any Luinor of lhe jJp. matter what its name. Ono bottle III satlify any ono tliat it Is holl '1! ait and fikr superior t-i any other hair picparution It Is a patented arth-le, and the of ten ycr' -a -hug uid experimenting on diseasf-s of the soslp and hair. Su popular has It become In tho city of Provldeuse. was Inventod, that ALL TUB LEADING PHYHICIAN'S ARE lid SCBIBIVG IT, and tho miMCirAJ.

BA RUCKS ABE I'SIXO ASb Stl LRSS o.i ELSE, for a hair preparation. For particulars and certificates, arc Circular wlUis- bottle. The public are invited to u-k It. cle was ever ottered for sale with l-etu-r tions, or their truthfiibiesi more easily ai-eHii'u f.sncra Aqcnts 1. B.

Bak.vis Geo. C. QoiiDwi Sold In limo MOiABY and all Druggist. lyiw. l.fl It I PROOItEMM versus ItOl'TIK- QUF.KCS 11 1.

1 I' It Oil. I 1 INVENTED AND PREPARED BY E. QLT.Ilt', horn 1st and Pharmacoutist, ui-1 APPROVED BY THE ACADEMY OF The pre-mlufcht drantagee of Cod I-lvcr OU ther medicinal asrents lierclotbte relied "1" lies In Coughs, Bronchial and lumptloij, Scrofula, General Debility, the medical t.rofescion (by an Hrray of ui'1' vortlbla evidence,) haa been consti ained to ter futility or the HypbosphiU-s, has enU-io article to rank as the most popular remedy ot tla (tJ is true, objoctior.s were raised fagaiuiit Coi nrisriliid form,) td IU nauseous taste, iinrrlccl Ion. and consouuent inefllcieucy of action UJ-. HI- But since these objections have been kapphv surmounted by mv new Invention for solid vertiriR tlie purest Nc foiindJaud, as well as rI known as Dejough si OU, Into the uiosi iblo, JeUififjii (imulceiit, not a single tri.d la by the most fastidious obwrver, hu bus net raJ- a tun convicuon 01 it most painti enumerated, as wed as all other abnormal conui Every intelligent pLyslcian.

kuowhii; ml ooerution ol the oil. in IU liouid state. 'iaiicresdeer- the secretions of the biliary. zuns, wiU at ouce appreciate the vat rM.ujr9il ihese organs bv the articles UJ-on wincii to act beuig submitting to that a Uun, Is Uie which it can possibly prove efficient, tl( toliilifie.1 emulcent. 1 his coiidltioij bohig 0 III (11 perfected ui oar new mode 01 lM secured to tne than bv double I 1 paUent by a single 1 Uie uuanttty cf Vie "r.jtUtned Btcriousto the mclicfd oV 'Zv.

this at all mysterious to tne mernciu knows that these organs are now Invigorated wereovertaxcitorwluce Uie mellilnelo ,11.,11 WC VTI WaAV 1 coii.lition beSire dtgonUon, absorption ana could be accomplished. By these demonstrative fi-U uouo can fa.i fali to observe I an ir- that what before might (ana rri-quciiuj irritating caUiarUc, Is now rendered one of blnnd and nutritious with one of the 1 agents. rv' not only of arrestii resting tuUrcuhir development, InteiTrltT of a-teil lungs ri 5 of restoring the integrity ot waned iub" ,11, mt wlii. their reconstruction the very en-nu structures can remain healthy. n.j,a would Consumptive patients whose dellca never tolerate the purest oU in Is nidolhaod con have lived for years upon this Prilou.

wh (as Deiore ui of Materia contains lr Vtody. oil. Thia fact at once elicited the which endorse. il all the oluectloos being perfectly satisfied that tn the medi-aealnst the crude oil were cnti.ely obUat a. a uie against the crude oil were cnttieiy Vat ir, ia nreparatJoa clnRl properties In the preparation we.u highest poible decree of purUy- 15 Beekinan Druggist, ew For sale lu Hartlbrd by 8I 'n Butler McXary iiad tVc 9 and Geo.

W. Wulisuis. UNION STATE TICKET. FOR OOTIBXOB, FOB LlKLT. COTEASOK BOCKB AVtRltL, of Banbury.

FOa SBORBTAHY, JT. HAMMOND of Hartford. FOR TIlttASTTRBB, OABUIEIj XT. COITK, of Hartford. FOR COMPTnOLLBB, LEMAN XV, Walermwn.

Congreslona.l Nomination. District. I ENRT C. DEMINO. of Hartford.

II SAMUEL L. WARSER, Mlddletowa. AUGUSTUS BRANDEGEE, of New London. Yv JOHN H. HUBBARD, of Utohfleld.

Bountorlal rVoeuiuatioua. tct. III HOIiOOMB, of Granny. TV-EDWARD I. 9A.NFOUD, of NwHaTL VI H.

LYNDE HARRISON, Of Branford. Vm JOHN T. WAIT, of Norwich. BENJAMIN POMKROY, of Fairfield. XTI CHARLES W.

BALLARD, of Darien. XV ORLANDO J. HODGE, of Colebroolo i aiw hi miT The extra session of the Senate, convened for executive business, adjourned sine die on Satur day. Bheridan reported to have dispersed the rem' nams of Early' command, the rebels taking to tho wood for refuge. Vice President Jliuia.

The Boston Journal says that the Intoxication fVIcc President Johnson on the 4th of March was exceptional; that he has always had the reputation of being a temperate man and that his senatorial career was free from the drunken excesses which disgraced so many of, his associates. It is known that he was quite sick before leaving Tennessee, his weakness rendering him peculiarity susceptible to the influence of stimulants. On the way to Washington, according to the b.9 was kept up by tha tve of stimulants, and once i the city his own physical jrroetratlcm, combined with the enthusiastic and over hospitable welcome of friends, betrayed him into the unhappy exhibition which eaused general mortification and grief. We trust thU charitable explanation is correct. When prostrated by disease, the failures of men ght perhape to be Judged with leniency.

Certain copperhead papers gloat over the mel-ai-tholy occurrence as if their party could be made respectable by parading the offense of its antagonists. Whatever may be the habit of Mr. Johnson, it is strange that any one should think making political capital out of the event in Question. The Union press show no disposition to screen the wremz acts of leading- menbers of the party from public knowledge and execration. They bring the facta to light fearlessly, demanding that full justice be done, however heavily the fcknv may fall.

Only the base rejoioe in the mls- fjrtaneB or crimes of their Callows. We eould ex-jpeet nothing better from men who apologise for tOVitOTft. The copperheads can ill afford to call attention to the morals of their leaders. It would be easy to show how score of them have disgraced theni- eelves and the country. But we have no dispo sJtlon to play the scavenger for the purpose of parading the dishonor of others.

Military Items. aturday evening, about sir o'clock, John Es- lay, a returned soldier or tne I3ttx U. was killed by John Donnelly, a town pauper, at the etore of Joseph Binles, corner of Day and Martin street, New Ilaven. There was a dispute about Hie Mvmtnt of liauor. when Donnelly seized a hntcher-knlfe and plunged it through the heart of Iay.

Capt. V. B. Chamberlln, 7th C. arrived at Annapolis, on Sunday last, as did the following member of the ICth C.

all paroled prisoners Grover Case, 1st Lieut. Co. Edgar E. Strong, 1st Lieut. Henry Williams, Garrett B.

Ilolcomb, Michael Tracey, Michael Bark, II Martin ITennesey, I Henry Merriman, Moses Bouchard, Collins Y. Thompson, musician, A. Adjt. John B. Clapp, P.

uveele, George A. Bowers and Wallace An-dmss were expected to arrive there on is said that Major Pasco has succeeded In froi 'ebeldom and is believed to be with en. Sherman's 1 Assistar carSoon R. Ounw-ie surgeon -V. George Burnham.of the 17th regl-tit, has been promoted to be chaplain from March 7th, viee Hall, reslgnod.

Thomas Conners, of the Oth regiment, a pe arled prisoner, has been mustered out by order of lUifi war department. Lieut Roscoe M. Huntington, of JTorrrteh, of the U. S. Revenue service, has resigned and returned home.

Wm. A. Denslow, of New Haven, a former ekrk on the New York steamboat line, who went ml in the 7th C. haa been appointed to tha rank of Lieut. Colonel.

Tlx axciax, Etc. Gold opened In New York Saturday at 180, advanced to 151 and closed at At the evening board, gold sold as high as 102, but closed at 190J. There was no second board, but the street operations were considerable, stocks closing strong. Of specie the export are small, the New York taking out 1,600 and the Edinburgh none. Speculators in flour and provisions are suffering some In the falling off in price.

Flour has -lined from fifty to seventy-five cents the past wesk, and corn fifteen tents. The fall In butter Xas been more marked. A few day since the 'Vest Orange county sold at sixty cents; now it tells for fortyllve and good State at from thirty to forty cent. Wheat ha fallen 710 JS3 cents, rye 10 cents. All classes of provisions have declined materially.

Cotton ha declined 10 cent. The sugar market is dull, and holders are very anxious to sell. Fair refining is worth 1414 cents; good ditto, 15 cents; fair grocery, 18 cents and good ditto, 16i-gl8J cents. The wool market is much depressed. Whiskr has Jen tkfrfcO cents, and clotod dull, at $2.24 for ectern.

lxtrct from a Private Letter. XT. S.Stkameb ESTERPEISa, I 07F Fokx i ieuiiK, March 3, 18W. Deajr Parents I have just arrived at' this plaee, having returned to earth on the 1st day of March. I shall expect to reach Annapolis about Saturday evening of tho 4th.

I am well and in good spirits. Lieut. Case is tho only offi-er of the 16th aboard, beaide myself. Lieuts. Clapp, Bowers, Andruss, and Blaklesley are in Wilmington, to follow on the next boat.

Major Fasoo, Capu. Morse, Knight and Turner, and Lieuts. Johnson and Burns did not believe in ex-ahange, and ran away between Columbia and Charlotte. Lient. Landon hid in the ceiling of the hopital at Columbhi and wa probably captured by Sherman.

JT; e. Arrived at jLunapoils Sunday, March 5. Lieut. Co. 16th Conn.

Vols. Ehxbhan Refobts of Scouts. The Washington Bepullican of Friday, has the following: "Major General Thomas telegraphs the government that one of his eouU came in with the information that rebel Gens. Lee and Cheatham kewi been ent from Alabama against Sherman, Vut Lee was ubsequently recalled to defend Sel-Cheatham proceeded, intending to form a Jnncuon with Hardee from Charleston. But the acouto report that the rebel have information that before the junction was formed, Sherman burled a few of hU veteran brigades upon Cheatham column, completely crushing iu Hardee -was not up to time, and the report doe not say that ho gave battle at all, but that Johnston was supposed to have attacked Sherman la front, and fot awfully whipped.

The Republican says that there 1 every reason to believe the above to be sTBe." i A iTewbern, N. letter of the 6th says: "Yes- tardar, Co. 6th N. C. rebel cavalry came into or fines in a body, with their two lieutenants, Verses and equipment, numbering over 60 men, and delivered themselves up.

After partaking of a comfortable feast at Camp Palmer, they, with the old flag at the head of their column, entered tha city. "When they were Informed that they would re- mire pay for their horses and anas, and be fur-jaiahed employment or allowed to go north, they emarked, If it was generally known in the south that uch a reception awaited confederate soldier oar line, the entire rebel army would follow wlr xample. The arrival of the remainder of Sg regiment Into our line 1 daily looked for. Jhey ty that Klnston Is being evacuated and outh Carolina troops are the first to give up, a acknowledge tho eouth is whipped." i The iae blockade has been reraored, and train eve again running regnlarly between Philadelphia i Tho Ant c.Tint iin1rtako to RUT how the mini a r.t cmtonr iiu.rir it tn ho wrt allied In asccr- lilnlnmhilmmWI. 1 St(lt Or PlSt rift, tllC l'rtwidimr must imrsu ihn tniwlH nrescribed in the 12th section ofthn original A pt-h must taVe into ronwdera tlon the period of sorviee and vet.

dor the construction tiisipted upon, when ho ome to equalize the draft, Authorized to tin th.i amaiuh-d Art. In the Districts, nuiKt bo controlled bv simnle numbers, ltctttinnt ixj that t'onureoe intemfod one mode of count for tho States and District, and a different and whollv Inconsistent ono for tho Sub-livisions of Districts. Inextricable confusion would rwmlt. From the laneuace used In various nartnof thoamenda- torv act. It Is evident that Congress did not Intend to dis turb the ruode-of count prescribed in tho original act.

For instance, tn me em section of tue amondatory act, it Is said that the town, ward, or township shall he creditrd by his hi the 7th section, "the period which hn shall have been enlisted," and "the period fur which he shall have been drafted," all going show that time nf sorvlce was held to be an element In the count. Nor do I think that tho argument lu fnvor of the ro-peahvl Is aided bv the language of the 1st section of tho act entitled "A ri act further to regulate and provide tor be calling out tho nauoiiai forces, approved tin ouij ImU. Tha acts-avs. that "anv sucu voiuiuner. or in caj of draft, as hereinafter provided, any substitute, shall be rreditod to the town." Cougres meant that the credit should be given according tue movie ui count prescribed in the actor auaiarcn, jeoj.

-I im I me miriHiKO i me ii wn wi mw buiuuiui not was enable the President to equalize tue a rait iu tbe sovoral district, sureiy not 10 nun- i iiomuno nasccrtaininsf the quotas or tne several ooues ami ius- t.i-.. mixta i ir eouai zinn mo uisuicui. Besides, It is hardly to be considered that congress wouia thus incidentally strike li mn so unporiaui simmo u. nature sq prominent and equitable. 1 atu, therefore, ol tne opinion on, I oa.imilnn't.i Swsnnil districts tiieir respec tive quotas, as prescribed in the 12th section of the act of the 3d July, Is not repealed, and uiv uickhuc tmmt 1m niii-sneil lumu.aliiiiie tne until aiuoux dlv-iuiAna rtt' enrli ilislrict.

Next couio the question, what Is the mode oi count pre In ilm 1 li sorti.m of the act of3d March. 1H-J. 1 1 is verv Dlain trint Congress reardeU that a considera tion of thft Tt-riol would chance the rule from merelv munerieai one. Sonic credit was to be given for the periods of service as well as for tho man. Coiiirress fixed various periods of service, and Slates and dis trict and ft nf districts, had furnished men li those periods of service.

Now how Is the credit to be irn nr.ieedinf answer the.iuostlon.it may bo proper to state, that it is Insisted that tho words '-jMirlod of time" and '-time of sorvice." as used In the mil nf the. net nf March 3. 18U3. mean something diil'er cut from term of ten-ice. 1 1 sooms to me that the phrases mean one and the same tuinir.

nen me noni it is naixl (n refrrnneo t' time. It Is. according totheluxlco crrnphers. verv nearlv tho synonym of period. The dif ference betwixttnein.lt anv.

is too uncertain miuin owv to bollevo that Coneress meant bv the use of oue smiiethiii different from what is understood by tho othe But the words period and term, both occur utter pans of the acts now under consideration. Iu tho lxth sec tion of the act of 1803, the term of service is spoken ot and the term of renlistmeiit, whilst in the 7th section of tho amended act. it is tho poriiid for which ho shall hav enlisted. and the period for which he shall have been dralV ed. Thus it will bo perceived, that upon tho very facoof thoso acts.

Consrress used these words as msaidni; the same thing. Ithiippens too in the act, that neither word may ba used and yet the same Idea intended, as In the Bth section ol tho "amended act, where the language is 'ehiill be credited by his services." Regarding then "'period of sorvice," and "term ofser-vioe, as meaning the same thing, any argument predicated upon a 'inference must be disregarded. And thus we are brought buck to the question, huw is the credit to be given 1 the credit be for tho time of actual service, or tho periud of enlistment? I think that Congress intended by the words "period of service," to give oredit for the time of bis enlistment. When a man eulists in tho i-ervlew of the 1 overtime nt for ono, two, or three years, his services aro due to the Government for that period, and during that period his are withdrawn from the industrial pursuits ot life. The act speaks at though there was a c-i tuin and fixed period for the services nf each man, and Tot.

if any period or time taXcii, ether than the term of enlistment, bv some system ot'averagt sor guesses, a rulo must be fixed. To do so would violate tho eertaiuty contemplated bv the act. I nm-thorcfore, of the opinion that tho President must, under the act, pive credit by the wholo period or term for which the man enlisted. Whether this is the rule which should have been adopted by Onress, whether It d-ves not operate unequally, and whether it Is exactly Just or not, are questions that cannot now be considered. It is familiar to all that siieclal cases of hardship will occur by the application of any general rule, nevertheless the hivr, as written, must be pur sued and enforced.

Verv respectfullv, vour obedient servant, (Siijuod) JAMRS Sl'EUD, To the President. Atuirney-Oenoral, Ilnrtforil IliMtrict I'robntc Oonvrnlion. The Union delegates of tho several towns composing the Hartford Probate DUtrict ara requested to meet at th Union Headquarters, No. 7 Central Uow, Hartford, 011 Tueslay, March 2lst. fit 10 o'clock a.

fr the purpose of nomiiuitlng a candidate for ,1 ndgo of Probata, 1 HOMAS Di'WP JiANin. Sawn, Probato Cun John It. Bt'OK Choice Old Whiskey For a pure stimulant, free from nil hurtful or noxious Ittrredieuts. use the celebrated woidiin sncar uouro-n Sold by Druggists generally, and by the solo proprietor, C. A.

Jilolianln, JUoStotl. Kiiiitli'a mj aionse. No. 37 Wells street, Hartford, Conn. Ladies' and (ieu-Uemn's niuiits dyed or clouu-ted.

Uuf'Hoiiien's gar-ments dyed or cleansed without ripping; and rupaired by ifood workmen. Allklndsof store g-iods, dono in style like now Crapo: Shawls dyed all colors. KID GLOVES dyod or cleaned fancy colored Silk Dresses cleansed, Velvet CapoH dyed. All colors on Silk goods dyed on Tuesday, Block Woolens on Weduesday; all other colora Thursday, tub 1 dtdec 31 GEUUOE SMITH. JAJIli-l Mrnlisl, Has returned, and will resume practice at his ofllce, 25t Main on Monday, March Oth.

I Ofllce hours, from 9a. m. to 12 tn. and from 1.30 to 9 p. m.

12d lull The HahtfokdSaxitaiiy Association requests fiu meis and house Itcepors to bear constantly In mind that Vegetables, Pickles, aud Old Cottou and Linen are strmd-ing'wante of the army, which are never fully eupplied. Contributions of any of those articles will lie thankfulh recoiyedatthe rooms of the AssochiUon, 13Tj TrumbiJl street. tub 23 lmd 1 Corbiu1 onu lcstroviag Myrnp, A safb und very efficacious Mollcine. I)B. TOAVN-SEND'S ILEALTH PILLS; 100 Pills for 23 ccuU.

TEBKEI8 OINTMENT, For Burns, Coins, Piles, Salt Uheutu, Sun Burrui, Ac. lyd lyw41 A Card to IuTuli.li. A Cler ymnn, while residing in South America as a missionary, discovered a sale and simple remedy for th-Cure of Nervous Weakness, Early lx-cay. Diseases ot tho Urinary ami Seminal Organs, and the'whole train ol disorders brought on by baneful and vicious habits. Great numbers have been already cured by this noble remedy.

Prompted by a desire to bene lit thoanilcteil and untbrtunnto, I will send the receipe for preparing aud using this medicine, In a sealed envelope, to any one who needs of charge. Please enclose a stamped envelope, addrosseu to yourself. Adilress, T. Station D. Bible House, New York City.

ap20 lyd Cherokee iflodii-inea. All of our readers aro requested to carefully peruse the column advertisement of these Medicines in another part of this paper, and Immediately send for the 32 page pamphlet, giving Interesting and valuable Information to th sexes, male or female. It is sunt In a sealed envelope, free of postage. Address Dr. AV.

It. MEitWIN C3 Liberty New-York. feb 29 1 yd 1 yw72 Colgate's Honey Hoop. This celebrated Toilet Wonp, in such universal demand, Is mado from ths choices! materials, is tuild aud emollient in its nature, fragrantly eented, and extremely beneficial in IU action uiion the skin. For wilo by all Druggists and Fancy Gools Dealers.

Jan 27 lyd Wl9 Ilillon'a Insoluble (rmrol, For wofw, leather, criKkery, and other substances, is th wwuoiny inai 1110 noasoKeepor oan have. I is in a liquid rorm, and iusolubie In water or oil. It will a-IherooiJy completely. Two-ouncl btUe. witu orusu (nuiUly package) 23 cent each, bold everv- hnr.

HILTON BKOS. Proprietors. PrnvM I. On receipt of 60 ceuu, a family package will be rent luiu. leb 1 Siud 13wf0 rtLii'sLi): also lights are extinguisbe'l when a great truth sldnes rorth ant tha incontestMcfitct that the Lair turns from gray, red or sandy to a glorious black or brown, quicker tuau tue cnamohou changes its hues, under tho operation or C'rUtndoro'e Hair Dye, is Known throughout the American continent.

It Is harmless, contains no Caustic, improves the fibres, pro duces a neii, natural and lasting color of any shade from a warm browa to a glossy tible, and Is endorsed by the most eminent analytic chemists In tbe United StaUs. Manufactured by J. CRISTA DOIiO. No. 6 Aster House.

New York. Sold by all Druggists. Applied by nil Hail Dressers. lmd sill 'J I'ltlCC at the UnIaml I'nncy Ire 5. I'rintlng Works.

Ojfice, corner Lltdptl and Trumbull i'treett, Old Methodist Church FOB DYLVG i Silk all colurs, fl.7J4$2; Wocluii Liesses, all colors, 1 1 .50 Silk Skirts, ail colors, Sf. 251. 60; Wileii Skirts.el; Ionbie Shawls, allcolors, Single fihawl. ail colors, Crape Shawls, fancy ookirs, 20cb-j5c per ounce; Crape Shawls, dark colors, I.ZSx2.00; Ttib-bons, fane colors, 7c per yard ltibbons, dark colots, 6c 1 r. nv.r.;- Vi-lllr jLn 1 iwu, viu, -v j.

in, colors, 2oc-toOc; S'liitags, allcolors. 20c; Hoods, ail colors, 23cifkc; Oente' Coats, all colors, Pants, all colors, Vests, ail colors, Chlldrcn't Dresses, For Merchants Merinos, all colors. 12CsilSc ir yard; Alpacas, 7c10c per yard; Silks, all oolors, I2jc tier VAid. For Manufacturer 1 Worsted Yarn, all colors, i2jlSc per pound; Cotton Yarn, all colors. 10c per pound.

For Coloring Kid Gloves. per pair. Straw Bonnets dyed and pressed for 26c; Straw 1IU, r.xira pay lor Keiiuig ureases pruitcu, 91 l-auh. FOR CLEAXSIXG Silk Iresses, from Woolan Drtwui, ft. 25 Louoia ouii, anient onawis, oocvsc; Crape Shawls, Brocha Shawls, Carjet.

tsc SI 6c per yard; Coats, Si 23; Pants, 76c Vests, Jtfe; Lace Curtains, Kt wlndow.glii.7i; Kid Gloves, we jKr iiaviug conciuued to put price at such low fJtrures we mean to to tt, with the endeavor to give full satintiietion, with the prospect of getting customers enough to koep busy a concern equal to the largest in the country. WM. EKDTMAK. P. S.

Blceino, for sale at 45c per quart, feb 22 ui II.IIHHYE! IIAIKDVE! Batcbclor's Celebrated Hair Dye I In lhe orld the Heat THE ONLY HARMLESS. TRUE AND rx- RELIABLE i yt. ii-Ji i. This Bplondld Hair Dve i perfoe.t changes Rotl, Rusty or Grey Hair instantly to a Glossy Black or Brown, without injuring the hair or staining the skin, leaving tho Hair soft aud beautiful Imparts fresh vitality, frequently restoring it pristine color, and ratifies the 111 ertects or bad Dyes. The genuine is signed 1 LEI AM A.

BATClLELOItj all others are mere imitations, ami should be avoided. Sold by all DrnistA, tAolOBT 1 Baxchiy t. N. Y. Bafchelor'siiew Toilet Cream fox Dressing thelialx.

lydJeM PLtilo Clark', was in town Saturday, making arranga- nituts. The Union Senatorial Convention for ihi duplet will be hold at th3 Union neidiuirwirs, Control Ew, at a. m. cn Union men who ar ontltlod to rota in Hartfct 1 at tha spring olactlon, should attend to tiusir admission as vote early. Tho Board ol Selectman and tarra clerk wilt be in mm! on to-day from 0 to 3 p.

in. Don't delay. Prof. Clark of this city will hara tho direction ofa grand fancy dross ball to ba givan at tho City Rail, on Thursday evening, March 23. Costumes from Boston have been cr.gagd, and will be furnJahcd for lrou $2 S3, with lome as high as IC.

tVe have received the Erst nurntor of The Traveler's Record, to be published monthly by the Traveler's Insurance Company of this citv. It is devoted to leatters accidents and tho liability to thorn bhowhig tha impor- tance of Inaurance, and is neat in typhograpUkal appearance. E. Q. Barrows, lato "-Local" of tha Preti, appar-antly at the helm.

VTe understand that tho Halliard Icq Company have purchased the business ar.d ptocl: of Wallace C-, Jen-nlson Co. and Green Davis, lc dealers. Ey this purchase tho company, enjoying unusual facilities, will able to supply customers at lower ratca than if the fjur companies acted Independently. Boys were sliding upon the ice in the "ortU Meadows yots-day, and there will probably be good skating there to-day. A ball, In honor of the dedication of the HebriW Synagogue, will bs given to-night at Aiaerlsau by the congregation Danoicg cianainc-ca at eight o'clock; tickets S2.0-3.

Attention is called to tho alvortlscic3r.t of J. 3N Per-kin brokers and bankers, 50 Tv'atl street, New York. The senior partner is an old resl lent and much respected citizen of Norwich. Wo can commend tie lirm with the assuraiic-e that thoso vrbo do tusinesa with it can depend upon fair and hor.crabls treatment. A social assembly will bo given by tho East Hartf jrd Independent Club, for the benefit of the Soldicrs'a Homo, on Wednesday evening of this week, to which there la a foil attendance desired.

i Kusuraucs. The CityTke Insuranoe Company, of thlicity, ta so-cured the services of Mr. D. E. 3tnith to act as general agent for the Eastern Department.

Mr. Smith ha been connected In business fjr tho ps.st two ycaw with Mr. II. C. Itansoia of this city, la IHvcrahly known to our ijiUiens and business conimrmity, and will bring tho requisite knowledge and businees expei'Isnco to tha new position.

Profitable I'ariaia. i A Cirmor named Wella hia given name was not fur-nisiwd us) living In Wetnererlold, who owns a large tract of land, raised last year seventeen thousand dollars worth of onion seeds, the profit from whkh was fbartssn thou sand dollars! He produced, besldea, a Urjo Quantity of potatoes and other vegetables. Such fitrcitn is tst ctly worth money, but is worth mentioning. Sharp' Uillo Coanpany. This company Li now employing about llvo hundred workmen, who at constantly engigod day and night.

The machinery of the concern Is kept almost in pirpetual motion, Sundays excepted; aud thus has it been fur r.oarly four years. far from twenty-five hundred rifles and carbines arc manufactured every month lUr tha government. Tho rifles now being turned out, it la supposed, are defrlguod for Hancock's corps of vcteiaus. TLc lilror. i The water lu tho river has fallen considerably.

It stood last evening at about ten foet above the low tide mark. The recent "oold snap" has prevented a fre-'ket this timo. There is yet a considerable quantity of ice below 'here, tho river boing open only, iu srote, and above tho bridge there has been no movement whatever, tho ice firm and extending from shore to shore. XUe prospect of an early opening of navigation has changed materially within a few days. Magic and Ciifis.

Tho celebrated Professor Allyne, nocromancer and ventriloquist, will "open his budget of wonders" at Allyn ilall this evening, and appears every ovening this week. His entertainments In other cities have attracted crowded houses, and the best satisfaction has been given. In numerous 'instances the most prominent citizens, its In Boston, Providence, and other places, have given him testixuoidals warmly commending his exhibition, and testifying to the fairness with which ho distributes gifts among his audiences, ons kundrad and fifty proseuts be- ins given nw wv. uie, "unci sundry and divers things useful and ornamental, will to piassed over to those holding lucky -numberj. "The Bntics of the Citizen." At the Unlverealist church, la-t evening, the P.eif.

Mr. Peters delivered the laot of a series of Sunday evening lectures on the sacred relations cf life, to a crowded house, ilis theme was on "Tho Duties and Eoiatioc3 of tha Citizen." Ho showed, very earnestly and forcibly, that all the blessings and privileges which ws enjoy ara duo to the government undor which we live. Iu no othe4oun-tryoa the face of the giobo would tho Aruoriean cltiien enjoy the sama righu and privilege that ho does tfnder ourownfrea government. He urged upon his hearers the importance of sustaining and perpetuating the bless-infc cf the best government over given by God to man, irrespective of partisan, feeling or prejudices. Tho whole discourse was firm and patriotic in tons, and was listened to with marked attention.

At tha close cf the services, the choir sung the national hymn "America," tho Audience rising and joining in tho singing. 3'roiii tho Oil Dorado. Mr. H. W.

Whiting, of this city, has recently returned from a visit to tho oil reglors, and has brought with hlro several photographs of views on Oil Creek which give a fair Idea of what is going on in that Oil Dorado. The modus operandi of boring wells is shown, and a glance at the pictures, which are at the Marblo TUlar, considerable information not otherwise attainable except by a personal vUit to tho soono of operations. Iu ouo photograph twenty-one derricks ore exhibited on a plat of ground not exceeding half an acre, making tho wells within about two rods of each other. In localities not represented In the pictures, Mr Whiting says the wells are much thicker. At Kousuvilio thay are as close together "as can bo," and nearly all are producing oil, The excitement throughout tha regions is described as Intense.

California, in Its palmiest days, was not tho scene of so much busy life. Speculators from all parts of the country cor.grcgato there, but land cannot be purchased for any price, though leasc3 are given, but always with such a proviso that It would bo oxtrcrnoiy hazardous to make Invejtxnents under them. At iiie Synagogue. The announcement in tho city papers, Saturday, that Rev, Dr. Wise of Cincinnati, would deliver a locture before the Hebrew Literary and Social Union, yesterday afternoon, drew together so largo aa audiance that It was found necessary to occupy tho synagogue rocantly dedicated, instead of tha old place cf worship as intsadad.

Tho house was well tilled, and Dr. Wise fielivered au address of about one hour and a half la length. Ho congratulated the society upon their organization, because it tends to intellectual improvement, and than proceeded to show that tho Hebrow faith has been sustained through alliu hours of darkness and persecution by recognizing in philosophy, science, art and literature, the stepping stones to a higher civilization, without finding In either anything to combat because of its hostility to the religion profosso-i. This he mentioned In contrast to ether faith3 which have gone down In superstition, etc. His lecture was mainly "doctrinal," yet Is was distinguished by a liberal spirit, and exhibited great familiarity with historical oveuta and questions which have revolutionized the modes of religious worship at different periods In tho world's history.

In concluding, ho urged a greater consideration of the fact that iu culture alone truth has power to extend rapidly, and he hoped that instead of keeping their sons hi mercantile pursuits and similar vocations, Cithers would send such as gave promise of improvement to educational institutions, that they might not Only be an honor to cultivated society, but at representatives of the Hebrew faith. Portrait of ColoacI Colt. The portrait of the lato Colonel Samuel Colt, Just com pleted by Elliott, the artist, Is a marvci of accuracy and flnlsh.The figure la fall lengti.with the head turned slightly to the right, and the likeness Is urdvcrpaliy pronounced perfect Tho accessories of the painting are elaborated with wonderful skill, and Illustrate tho various triumphs achieved by Col. Colt in carrying forward tha great work of his life. In his right hand he holds a by the London Institute of Engineers, he having been tie first American elected to the membership of that socierv.

The left hand rests upon a cabinet which support a vase presented by the Emperor of Siam. The armory appears In the distance through an open window which is partially screened by a massive crimson curtain. A portion of the cabinet, in which many interesting specimens of firearms are exhibited, is dimly out-lined in tho opposite corner of the back ground. Tho carpet is represented with such truthfulness that at a little dhitanoe It is almost impossible to distinguish between the real and the "counterfeit The mahogany iUrniture la paint-' with equal fidelity to nature. Every portion of the painting la finished with minute accuracy.

Elliott stands at the head of the portrait painters of Amei lea, and probably of the worlds He has also recently finished bust of Joseph Church, Esq. Oil Cempanr- The subscriptions to the jEtna Oil Company of Hart ford, are progressing finely, over eighteen thousand dol lars having been-taken on Saturday in this city. The company will organise soon, and the books will remain for the present at the offica of J. D. Williams.

Ths company will be organised and controlled by men of standing in this city, and for that reason we do not hesitate to commend the stock. The capital is shares $23 each $50,000 is reserved for forking capital- The company have the refusal for ashort tlma only, of very valuable lands and Interests In the best oil re-Sons of Pennsyl vania, upon which active operations ara now being prosecuted, and they have pledgee cf a large dividend on July i wjuea me sellers of the property guarantee by Urge air, esp-.