Litchfield enquirer., 1861-07-18

10 the road at distance Of l5U yafus nun ms position when by rapid movement of ms arti- lery he poured heavy cross-fre of cannls'er into their ranks. At the same time, the infantry charged at double-ouick and in ten minutes the State troops scattered in every direction.
 Eighty-iye riderless horses were captured, SIX, ty five shot-guns, number of revolvers, and bowie-knives were picked up. siegel did not sur round Carthage, but attempted to reach piece of woods north of the town and after two hours of desperate fighting in which all the forces on both sides were engaged, aud ln winch Lieut. Ioskin thinks the enemy lost nearly two hundred killed, he succeeded in doing so, and the rebels retreated to Carthage and Siegei fell on sarcoxle; whence he proceeded next day to Nit. Vernon.
 Lieut. Toskin 1eft on the evening of the 1th and rode to Rolla, l53 milss, in % hours. He met Gen. Sweeney's command five miles, and Col. Browns sixteen miles, from Mt. Vernon, pressing forward to re-enforce Siegel Lieut.. Col. Wolff Is not dead as reported.
 It is reliably ascertained that Col Siegel's loss at the battle of Carthage was only ten killed and forty wounded and four missing, while the rebels admit their loss, in killed alone, to have been seven hundred.
 ANOTHER VICTORY has been gained by our arms at Monroe, Missouri. Col. Smith, as has been previously stated, was surrounded by 200 Rebels, who confined his little force in a brick building, threatening him with artillery. On Thursday, the enemy opened fire, but their guns were so feeble that their shots could not take eff feet. The fire of Col. Smith was well directed, and successful. The fight was continued till dusk, when reenforccments arrived, and Gen. Wood of Illinois fell on the Rebel rear with cav airy, utterly routing them, and taking prisoners | 13, beside killing 20 or 30 of them. Not man of the National troops was killed though several ! lWap ,1, l,,,t ,i treason bites the dust.
 TIE WHEREABOUTS of the rebel steamer Sum ter, which recently run the blockade at New Or leans, and has since succeeded i'll eluding the vigilance of our cruisers, has been ascertained. By the steamship CoIum5a, which arrived at New York from Havana, we learn that the Sum ter on the 9th inst. entered the harbor of Cien- fuegos the south coast of Cuba, with seven American vessels as prizes-the barks hest Mind and Louisa hNham, and the brigs Ben. Dunni,aq. 1lbert 4donas, Naiad, Cuba, and Na- i chiGs having burnt another at sea-thc ship ! Golden Rocket. the crew of which she took into Cientuegos. Sinims. the commander of the Sum- 1 ter, immediately communicated with the Govern or on shore and the Governor communicated with tLe Captain-G General, the result of which was that the prizes were retained in port to await the decision of the Spanish Courts to their dis position, and tlie Sumter was obliged o put to sea again, within twenty four hours, hay ing in the meantime taken a supply of coal aud water. The United States Counsel tclcgraI Ihed the particulars to our Consul General at IIav-
 I. tl, stances of the seizures eicited the fact that they had been made, at least in number of cases, within three maritime miles of shore.
 i Letters have been received in Boston hv the owners of several of the vessels captured recent ly near Cienfuegos, hy the priyateer Sumter from their commanders. One of them, ted the ! 7th frcnl the Captain of tl.c brig Albert Adams i states that the Cartain-General of Cuba had lr- dcred thc release uf all the prizes. and that they would sail tue next morning. immediately up : on receipt of the rcws Of the captures of tie coast of Cuba, the Niagara n"'i the Crusader 1 hen at Fort nicEens, were get ready for sea, and rrocecttri "' cruise at!"r tie pi:atlcal craft, with E~>l pro ,f"ct of c&rt;irin: her. She is commanded y E.i>s,t ;;enneS, aud is un. ] ier.t"o.! so lave ais armament cfs inch guns, with a crew nt Aiexicaus and Crcolcs. She i;9t:.,: ;ta,.i very poor cl,"nec. however, against he heavy meta! nf :hc Ea, ,.ara. i h: captures n,>,!e l tie prirascsrS f.,is Ga", ! h .r twc"t, :i:e:.
 1 EnoI CEN. i>AT1H.s,N'S DlvEs:o:;.----A pri- vatc letter loan .:.en.ber of the i-,h rcgim nt dated Ihtr$ ,v. :.,; hat tic regiment was un der nl srchng orders and expected to leave that l night as Gil tents were struck. Some 36,G00 men were eucamped within sight of each other. i A flag Of trace came into the camp the day pre- vious, hrlnc ilg request from the rebels for an arn:is!ice Of ten days, ill which they would make up their minds whether to fight or retreat. Gen. Patterson replied net even a day. The rebels rctreatrd fifteen miles toward Richmond.
 1 AN i;fernal machine, designed by tue Rebels to blow up the Pawnec and tine vessels of the 1 Potomac hoiia, which was set adritt near Ac- 1 quia Creek, was picked up the 7th inst, doating toward the pawnec. The following de scription of the article has been sent to the Navy Department: Two large eighty gallon oil casks, perfectly water-tight, acting as buoys, connected by twenty five tahon,s of 51 inch rope, buoyed with large squares of cork, every tN feet, secur ed to casks by iron handles. A heavy bomb Of boiler iron, fitted with brass tap, and filled with powder, is suspended to the casks six feet under water. On top of the cask is wooden box, with fuse in a gutta- -percha tube. In the center of the cork is a platform with q great length of fuse coied away, occupying the middle of the cask.
 1 1t was intended by the contrivcrs of this weap- on of civilized warfare, that tie shock of a col lision should light the fuse The machine was | first discovered by the Pawnee on Sunday. while lying off Aquia Creek, in company with the Ereeborn and two or three other vessels. The commander of the former, on seeing the object floating toward the fleet, sent out small boat $ crew to make an investigation. The machine ! was transferred to the Freeborn and brought to i the Navy Yard, where it attracted the attention 1 of hundreds of curious but cautious spectators | INTELLIGENCE from Fortress Monroe to Satur day evening has reached us. A party of Col Bendix's men having gone considerable dis. tance from their camp at Newport's News, with out leave, were surprised by a superior number of rebels, and twelve of them were taken prison. CTS. On the return of those who escaped, seven companies of the regiment went out in pursuit of the rebels, but the result of the expedition was not known when the steamer left. Col. Ben. dix attending the Allen Court martial at the ] time of this occurrence
 A REBEL NEWSPAPER sUPPEEssED.-A portion of Col. McNeil;s regiment visited the tStste Jour- nal office at St. Louis, Saturday morning. remov- ing the type paper, Sc. They then read an or der from Gen. Lyon prohibiting its publication. Its propretors will respect the order, and lay the 1 m ott hefora (IaD Eran,pnt biS al