Litchfield enquirer., 1861-12-12
The Army sirnal Corps is sbsat to be made a

%diltS Qf regiments, ana lue Pehai'S ASi eA""AS" Nj lg them will be death
 . It is officially announced that Ocroeoke lnict Efe as been blocked Up with sanken vessels, ana 4A hat the rs.cne feet' wEich seIled some days < ,Ince was to block up tke channels Of Charleston Ns,arbor and the Savannah river. What will city E roperty be worth in Charleston CT Savannah :? . f the tcrch is, contrary to an probability, es- r .aped, iappliad perhaps by friends, and perhaps Fsoy enefaies), still, stores, warehouses, ard ,, nharves will ta va!uelsss, because the port will K be ruined. What does Charleston think retr- tsleny ta justice of the proceeding, if Charleston ; should b: crossed from ths list of eitics. ?. The Republicans of Nav Hampshire will hold sjA state coEseat:cn at Concord On the iss ofJan- 1ary, 1862, 10 nominate candidates for state of- s fcers. Ghe cali is broad and liberal, and is ad ssdresssd so all loyal citizens of the state. q The Bostcn Coaasgc:aI BH'le::a', li,t of busi- ness chsngea in tAe United States gives two fail sures and suspensions in Boston, two in New ss1ork, one in Philadelphia, and seventeen in ssother plases-a list of twenty-tWo for tie week. < A Quincy, H., mechanic has exhibited to Gen. sTottsn in St. Louis an ingenious shell, designed Sto discharge thirty Mimic balls and then to ex- .4plode. Tottea reported 30 favorable on it that ..4Gen. Hs,leck ordered experiments made. The r.ii.ts acsumuletion oi munitions of war ct Cairo s indiczslss or aatiYe operations--- There arc already oie hundred sad sisty-foar 1 pieces os cEnnoR tafre, none of which are ICES 4 than 22-2ounaere, alA ever one hundred Yeas of lsnnu=ision heTs arrived, ei ] Tho Navy Depar;ment have purchased : nuta-a
 Der of snail :essels q light draft waicb gro to s be armed w;;il Dai,l lsrep boEt howitgers. and 1l-incii gGas, with fitsGS bere of scvsn and half. caIryieg shells wefghifg about l5c pounas. The guns are to be obtained rom Bossop. 7 4 dispatch from Chattanoogs, Eat Tennessee, I to the Memphis Appeal, states th6t on the loth ut. scouting party of 500 rebeB returned from } sn expalition in which they clpturea fourteen \ horses and took 100 Union inct prisoners, seiae \ of whom we.s found conccstd in4he caves ot the mountains. Fa A spicy and hot eorrcsTondepee IS going on ,ASt waen Captain Griffin of Grif1s battery, and Gan. E.rry, in regard to the lossSs Bull Kun
 The capture of Griiiin's batterywas the begin, nine oi inc d;saetey y. lie iiIfated day, and Capt: cfri!::,shaa always boldly proclaimed that the loss of his guns was thc result Of an unniili tary srier cf Maj. Barry, who, as reward for his bl;inls- has since been made 6 brigadier. The { severe nature of Capt. Gritin's charges, andah gr,r2rt tasg receive from military men, have conDvlled ,;on. Barry to open correspondence 4 with Capt. GriGia. Tho result may be serious.
 Ws,e,a s,frl once applied to clergyman to 'be marrie1.@ The clergyman asked Der whatpro- ,,srty her hGsband possessed. The answer vas, t.nothn." "Ani are yoa any better oF:: he askgt. Tie reply WAS ia tic neg&iivc.-l eIhau why in t!se !ia!nc of scAse do ycu dare to ,aarrY?" "I0ur reverence,' said tie G:rl, '' have 6 1lan1st and Jock has g Blanket; by put li2g .leil together we sil2l! both ha tl.a G.ia- ere." The clergyman had 10 more to Say, sa:.;i the bauns were pubiisjlcd. 4 zoe. d@al 2f t,<:s s,rit is still iu existence, alil wii, ba Iyu s@ earth is populated by lLe descendants o. I'd i~i TO rush into n,arimony is of all g:iugs t!2 nos: easJ to gat cut of it is of all tl:3s, :lo c'ast difficult. .is long itiD so easy, wo i.2 az.,e.t to iId ml:tars as they nov are. snd the nlGs:i noa&I rla,.os g active S eyer.
 NuwsaApE. AT Po.r Ro1A1.--a printing press, with al the necessary Get':rc3, is |, :Js sent b i'"gt Royal, asad s :ssw ya,,,- R;:.i ;21 gtsr.el uar :t.2 sr,eG"iii9" oi ["!. s12i'.sat, viii. s'!ilai,i,. D;,F30a cA:p-. :, !s-;se fri b4 g!sv;:, ,a! l2 object w;!i ie b ssi-ess ;::.e pr-:5iaw t!io r->ooI.
 SECRETARY N-E:.r:,5.---Tio ropors oC .,:e secr2 tar: L. tee na>; :a . g.:e& r0::lu.-!!t;yi $ N ab= xii. ya,,.: A or!,.:4, 'ii,c:. Ms {, ,;i j. ro.i;i} a1,le iia:a sine, b 2-3:le:r:e io e4@1c; O. Ar. ;c.,.&. Jnt t-a .ie,s has 52r :,i.,'- i:as <;S5petn;i. E,,, nay; i2 3>roi.:e !- .i':,t ::.,' of t.le s,3vol1I.s.it, !::4'ar t2 s::2sr.. ;.i : able ;jca4 n tie |, 1astl.,en.-y 7. ,'.t:.4I oj LoM.
 jvE. DAvia oa:.iGas flat tue ps43-sjy ci n>s.a, era mrn SiEgat at the South, :.:nuu':;. i; e =! hunreI ,n!i;oas Q. dollars, ;.!i cf wl.;c ;As col f:dersto government intends |, ca;.l.>tN,>.-- Doa2tltas, lsrEe pat Of iis consists cr o<',ts long Aia.e fepu4iael by the creditors, sn,' r@ca- oned worthless.
 A b;l has been introduced ia the ksnt;cLg Legislature rcq,ir;,t e voters b t.lc tl2 cath a.e allegiance to the State of Kentucky, ani !hey ,7cs: also s~ear that they have no: aitiod II 1ny Hay t&e so-ca!led Southern ContederIcy.
 Fort Pulaski, near tie mouth of the Savannah riyu., witch is now threatened by the Union gun boats under Captaia Dupont, mounts one lun drcd aal fifty guns, and was intended by tic government to garrison three hundred men. That and Fort Jackson, wLic!. was built for only four Savannah at tie tilne Georgia seeded.
 The slcigbinr is superb over nearly the whole of tie States oi Maine and Vermont, and large portion ol New Hampshire. The snow is about eSht inches deep, and is frozen 50 that sieiahs girae sq.oothy over the hard surface.
 Charles J. Faulkner will be released from Fort Warren cn parcle. He will immediately proceed South to procuret the release of ofCongrsssnaa Ely, and if net successful in that errand, he has pled gsd himself to return to custody in thirty days.
 The traitor who was detected, some months aso, filling shells with sand in the Washington navy yard, and was allowed to escape and go south, was killed at Port Royal. He was phy scian, and was found in one Of the deserted re- hsl hospitals. with the top of his ead cut off by q can7on ball.
 4 REMARKABLE MAN.-The Palladium makes notics of good old man in the easte1n pArt of died recently at East Killngly, at the age of 80 ven of whom arc now livirg' The State needs more of such me0.-CoUr2at
 The steamer. Dalticn sailed for Fort Pickens, with the 10th regiment Friday forenoon.
 The steamer Bavaria, which arrived at New York Friday, brought sixty thousand stand of arms for tie federal government, purchased ln Belgium.
 The assigncss of c. II. Mills & Go. of Boston,
 who failed iii 1857, are paying what is probably
 . final dividenl of cents on the dollar, making
 total of Sl per cent.
 letter from Port Royal says that the 79th
 \. Y Regiment made reconnaissance towards
 Charleston and captured three batteries, and
 spiked the guns and returned, after having ap-
 proached wl,hin twenty miles of Charleston.
 4 large amount of cotton was found ready for
 shipment, but the rebels are destroying much of