Litchfield enquirer., 1842-07-07
Correspondence of fthe W. Y. Tribune.
PROVIDENCE, Monday 4l-2 P

SIlS III dlA uITSCllOTS-aTIIleO messengers ! and others could be met with in all quarters I and guards were posted in several places.- In the afternoon about 500 men were de- spatched to Greenville, about half way be- tween this city and the camp of the Insur- gent Army, and by this time detachment of like number have placed themselves between the rear of the Dorr party and the Connecticut line, (which is about six miles from Chepachet,) to intercept retreat, should any be attempted in that direction. I send you a drawing of the vicinity of Che- pachet, by which you will perceive the In- surgents are posted upon Arcott's Hill, an elevation of 80 feet; few hundred rods of Chepachet, commanding all the roads lea ding to that place. Within 3-4ths of mile of the village is hill 130 feet high, and l within two miles another hill, both of which it is the intention of the Government forces to occupy. This morning most of the con- panies marched out of the city, toward the enemy. The force now in the field is about 5000 men, all in fine spirits. They have about 25 pieces of artillery, including a Paixhan" gun received last evening from Boston.
 Isend you an Extra issued from the Jour- nal Office at half past two, which will give you the particulars since the last advices. The stores and places of business are nearly all closed, as well as the Banks, which last have been recommended by the Governor to remain so during the week. A company of Rhode Islanders who reside in New York, but who have come here to aid in this holy canse, has been formed, and are armed with Colts six-chambered rifles. About every man meet is armed with musket, rife or pistols.
 The accounts from the Insurgent quarters represent them with about 700 men under arms, and something like 200 hanging around. Desertions from them are frequent, but Dorr is represented to be perfectly infil- riated, and is, with about a hundred others, as he expresses himself, "ready to die in the last ditch." The Express, the organ of the party, has given notice it will suspend it's daily publication for the present, in con- sequence of being ordered by their landlord to remove from the premises occupied by them.
 The result of the contest cannot for a mo- ment be- doubted; but whether the supre- macy of the law will be vindicated without bloodshed, it is impossible at this moment to 1 anticipate. The energetic measures taken by our Commander -in- Chief, the strong de- nunciations of the reasonable movements of Dorr by the body of the Suffrage party, who must not be confounded with his trai- torous adherents, and the overwhelming force which is now on it's march against them, must, ifthey are not perfectly infatu- ated, convince them that there is no sympa- thy in their cause or prospect of aught but destruction.
 It will probably be two or three days be- fore the affair is settled, and l will do my best to keep you advised of the movements. The Legislature have adjourned to Thurs day, and its members have joined various military companies. Yours, B.
 The following proclamation has been is- sued by Thomas w. Dorr. It will be seen that thus far, at least, he is sufficiently reso- lute. His speech, however, about that sword' must not be forgotten.
 STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE
 PLANTATIONS.
 A PROCLAMATION
 BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE SAME.
 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution, hereby convene the Ge- neral Assembly, which was adjourned to meet at Providence on Monday, the 4th of July next, at the town of Gloucester on the same day, for the transaction of such busi- ness as may come before them.
 And ] hereby request the Towns and Districts, in which vacations may have oc- cured, by the resignations of Representa- tives or Senators, to proceed forthwith to supply the same by new elections, accor. ding to the provisions of the Constitution.
 II. S.] Given under my hand and the seal of State, at Gloucester. the twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord 1S42.
 THOMAS w. DORR. GENERAL ORDERS.
 HEAD QUARTERS, Gloucester, K. l.. June 27, l642. hereby direct the military of this State, | who are in favor of the Peoples Constitu- 1 tion, to repair forthwith to Head Quarters, | there to await further orders; and request all volunteers and volunteer companies so disposed to do the same.
 l It has become the duty of all our citizens who believe that the People are Sovereign, and have right to make and alter their | forms of government, now to sustain, by all necessary means, the Constitution adopted | and established by the People ofthiS State, 1 and the government elected under the same. The only alternative is an abject submis- sion to a despotism, in its various practical effects, without parallel in the history of American States. call upon the people of Rhode Island to assert their Rights, and to l vindicate the Freedom which they are qua lified to enjoy in common with the other citizens of the American Republic. I can- not doubt that they will cheerfully and promptly respond to this appeal to their patriotism and to their sense of justice and that they will show themselves, in this exi- gency, to be the worthy descendants of those ancestors who aided in achieving our national independence.
 THOMAS w. DORR, COmmGnder- in- Chief By order of the Commander-in-C Chief, WILLIAM H, POTTER, Adj. General.