Litchfield enquirer., 1861-11-14

aaeent country, from the N. Y. World VIII D. found interesting as the destination of ou Naval expedition:
 Port Royal is fifteen miles northeast from thu mouth of the Savannah River, and is in all re bpects the most eligible point along the South erh coast for effecting 8 hostile landing. Tn entrance to the harbor is one of the best below Norfolk, and tho harbor itself is large enougl to admit of the anchorage and moEements of tn whole fleet. Thh City of Beaufort is situate, on the east side of the harbor, on Port Roya The harbor runs into and commands Beaufor County, which constitutes the southern extrem ity of South Carolina. The population of tn district in 1850 was 38,805 of which only $50 were free.
 The chief staples of the district are cotton xiee, Indian corn, and sweet potatoes. Beau fort is one of the most pepulous district in Soul Carolina. The surrounding country is g leye plain, but little elevated above the sea and th soil is alluvial and sandy, we'll adapted, appa fsntly, for quartering troops, and for the move ments of an attacking army. Port Royal com municates almost directly, by railroad, witl both Charleston ndSavannah. A force moving up the river from Beaufort city, would strike the Charleston and Savannah Railroad at poin about fifty miles from Charleston on the ono hand, and fifty miles from Savannah on tho oth- CT. The acquisition of that road will of course be one of the first movements of the expedition, ary army, givipe- as 1t would. the command of both citias; and easy accesst to them, besides cut Aisx vf the facilities of transit and transport 3fom the rebels.
 The possession of this point will enable Gen. Ahsrman to attack in the rear of the fortitlcs- sions of Charleston and Savannah. The posses eiou of Beaufort, in fact, must result in the speedy possession of the whole of South Caro- s%. IL of fhn 1c situated directly opposite the most southern ex- arerity of Kentucky. A military line drawn from Port Royal to the Cumberland mountains would cut reb elion completely in two, and there by annhilate the rebellion. The intention of the War Department probably is rather to make this base of operations for securing the whole Southern coast.
 So long as our troops may find it necessary to remain in the district of Beaufort, they are sure oe fine quarters. It is the most fertile part of the Ssate, nd abounds in the necessaries of subsistence. The probability is that they will capture no inconsiderable amount of valuai le commodities. They will probably find a few thous and bales of the finest Sea Island cotton, which, at the present price of that staple, would prove Q most valuable price.
 The annual value of the crops raised in this or which must now be accumulated there. If the property owners should prove persistent in their disloyality, the gains of the Government by confscatien must be considerable.
 The possession of this harbor will enable the North to open new cotton port, where the ex- pertinent may be tried as to how far the cotton planters would avail themselves of an opportu- ,nity of selling their crops
 Gen. Sigel is 30 accustomed to make rapid movements that he is called in tho West the -"Flying Dutchman."
 When Senator Douglas was on his way to Chicago, just before his death, he said, Mark any words, Sir, within ar from this date Breckenridge will be General in the rebel ar. my. know him thoroughly. Six menths on tly. have passed, and John C. Breckinridge is g Brigadier General in the rebel army.
 Itis,rcported that, during the fight at Balls Bluff, poor negro, belonging to one of the re- tbels in the contest occupied himself in ferrying over in skitf our wounded soldiers thus saving tnAsrly hundred lives.
 Among tue resignatons accepted by the War Department, are those of Capt. Edward r. ! lien .and Lieut.. Geo. r. Bill. of the Fifth Uapts N $. Ha!lenbeck and Joseph Dunforl, of the Fourth, md Capt. Thomas k. Bates, of tho :foixth.
 MILITARY DIALoouE.-O Ol!cer-Uow long have you been recruiting, Capt. R?
 ,Captan-Four weeks!
 .Oticer-What success?
 aptan-Firstrate.
 'OGicer-lioy many men?
 Captain-one p,icets an,1 ffIeen oticsrs.
 E1-Gov. Henry Dut:on of this city, enters up .on his eerrn as Judge of the Supreme and Supe srior Courts this week. He is one of the etlest lawyers of the State, having superior st the Bar except Roger s. Baldwin, William Hunger ford and Ralph I. Ingersoll. The State may well be proud of his elevation, and rely with confidence upon tho clear legal mind, the ama ,blo character, and the scholarly requirements O the new Judge, to adorn position hitherto oc ,eupied by the Ellsworths, Reeves, Goulds, Swfts DAggsts, Baldwins, Churches, Storrs and others who have made the Connecticut Bench illustri ous.
 Judge Dutton will continue to retain his Pro fessorship in the Yale Law School. His remov. al from the Bar opens up splendid chance for lawyers of real talent in this County.-N. Ia- ven Journal.
 A letter has been received at Lewiston, from Capt. Bisbee, of the Ninth Maine Regiment which is with the Naval Expedition. He states that the steamer Baltic has on board forty pieces of ordinance, forty frames for buildings, three hundred wheel-barrows, shovels, picks, &c., and an abundance of heavy canvas.
 Tho name of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the South has boon settled upon by the Con vention now in session st Columbia, South Car olinA. It is the "Protestant Episcopal Churct in the Confederate States.' This was proposed by Bishop Elliot of Georgia
 PUTTING DEAD YANKEES TO NEW UsE.-Th, Norfolk Dag Book. under this heading says "we have recently seen some candles which " nod ,a1 frnr fo1 nd fo dried from dead Yankees who had been slain ii several of the battles which have taken plsc between them and the southerncrs. We don know whether our informant was joking or not but certain it is tho candles look mean enough and sunk bad enough, to have emanated iron such source."
 This is the language of these refined and chiv ,slric gentlemen, with whom we are not worth to associate.
 The Norfolk Day Book of Monday is printe on brown wrapping paper. It is the only pape published in Norfolk, and says, as bad as'th paper is. it has not enough of it to print mor than one fourth of the edition on It has hopes however, of being able to get supply of whit paper in few weeks.
 "Pray, Miss G." said gentleman, the othe evening, "why are ladies so fond of officers :? "How stupid p replied she. els it not nature that a lady should like good offer, sir 9'
 A lady in Rhode Island, who has brothe who was in the battle of Bull Run, on being ask .od what position he occupied in the army sthat trying time, replied that he was the drive of an aralanch.
 At meeting of army chaplains in Washing ton the advantages and disadvantages of un form were discussed. One chaplain said that i clothes he was constantly asked for his pass an