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quires that it be vigorously sustained, and that we show ourselves capable of maintaining the honor, dignity, and safety of our country. General Devereux had three sons officers in the war, one of whom was brevetted a general. April 16.—General Nettleton, of Chicopee, writes, I hereby tender to His Excellency the Governor, and through him to the President, my personal services to any appointed post in the gift of either. I cannot, by reason of age, be admitted to the ranks by enlistment; yet I am hearty and hale, and not older than my grandsire was when following the lead of Washington. General Nettleton's son raised a company for the Thirtieth Regiment, of which he went out captain, and came home colonel of the regiment. April 17.—Edward Kinsley, of Cambridge, writes, The patriotic ladies of Cambridge are making bandages and preparing lint for our troops who have been ordered out of the State. A box will be ready to-morrow morning. Please tell the bearer where you will ha