Litchfield enquirer., 1861-05-23


 arranging the programme for the Southern ex- petition. One important result is the creation of the military department of Virginia, to em- brace Eastern Virginia to the summit of the Blde Ridges and the States of North Carolina and South Carolina Maior-General Benjamin F. Butler is placed in command of the same.
 General Butler has been in consultation with the various heads of the War Department all day. He expeetsto leave for Annapolis in special train this evening. The Massachusetts Fifth regiment, ol.Lawrencc, and the Massachusetts Sixth, nowsat the Relay Junction, will be order- ed to proceed forthwith to Annapolis, and em- bark thenca to Fortress Monroe, where General Butler will establish his headquarters.
 The garrison in the Fort will consist of about three thousand men. camp of fifteen or twen- ty thousand men will be created outside of the Fort, in thsim,aediate vicinity, within the pro- tection of the guns of Fortress Monroe. Gener- al Butler will have all the Massachusetts troops under his command.
 It is understeod that all the forces now enroll cd and ofeted in the various States that will serve for three years will be expected.
 The rebels of Virginia have been supplying themselves. hy way of River Rappahsnnock.- This factwss discovered by one of General But ler's coast brigade. and to-day that river was blockaded, .So that the Old Dominion is thorough ly blockadei.
 It has heen discovered. within few days that the sssessionists have planted battery or the Virginia side of the Potomac, at Mattias Point, not quite half way from Washington te Fortress Monroe. The battery is on very higl land, toasAlgh to be successfully attacked iron ship of war in the river with much effect, but the rebels there-will soon be dispersed from an other direction. .a.
 The picket of the Sixth Massachusetts regi ment, now stationed at the Relay, seized at Fl louisville, twelve miles from the Relay Junction towards Harper's Ferry, eight cases of grey un iforms and eight bales of grey uniform cloth They were in possession of the rebels, and were being taken from Baltimore to Virginia. Th, ginia.''
 Mir. George II. Butler, of California, son O. Col. A. J. Butler, of that state, and nephew ot Major-General Butler, has been appointed Se cond Lieutenant in the army, and assigned te the Tenth infantry. He has seen consi lerablt active service in the Indian country under Gel Lander.
 A DISPATCH from Chambersburgb, Penn. all noances the arrival there of another descrtei from the rebel forces at Harpcr's Ferry. He re ported that ta to Thursday night last, ther, were but twelve pieces of cannon there, all told Provisions weFe scarce, and the troops were sup plying themselves as best they could, by making incursions into Maryland, and robbine the farmers. Such depredatioas arc of daily oe currence. The dispatch also mentions the fac of the arrivai,s there. daily, of Uaionsts, driver out of Virginia:
 IT APPEARS that tsic Government is alread carrying; o.t sifs programme of action as to tho rebel States. 'tlt las determined to appoint col iectors for tfe different Southern ports, and i: engaged in selecting men of encrgy-adaptcd tt fn!hsl the important functions con.idet. 10 sheIi
 Co., A. Nss:!tuGE. commander ef the Sev cnty-fTst Regineat of New York. died i;l ', lash ington st lialisaist eight o'clock, Monday morn i,,ss'-'- - s
 His disease was !lenoFrhagc Of tte lungs su perinducea by hisiacessssnt labors in organizine and drilling his regiment and by continual ex posture.
 The death Of this excellent officer casts $ shadow over the seventy-first, regiment ir whose drill and discipline he tsok great pride and by the members of which he is deepI, nourlea.
 TIE FIRST REPAYMENT Colts Revolving Ri fes Of Connecticut" is partially osticcred as fol lows: Co!oael, Sam. Colt; Iayor, ". II. B Hartley; Qua'!crmaster, Capt. George D. Chap man Assish.nt Surgeon, c. E. Terry-all o Hartford. As fast as companies arrive they gc into comfortable quarters in Charter Oak Block and the new depot, where they are well provided with mattresses and food.
 TIE PRESIDENT has commissioned Hon. D. E. Sickles to raise division of 10000 men to re. port in sixteen days. Till then he holds rank as Brigader General; from thence as Major Gen. eral Col. Auslin's British Legion is to form a part of the division. On the banner of the Le- zion are the words: We come to Redeem our Forefathers."
 IMPORTANT NEWS reaches us from the Texas frontier and Northwestern Louisiana, indicating that the rebels of that region are experiencing an unexpected 8. fire in the rear,'' which is like ly to prove anything but agreeable It is stat ed by the New Orleans papers of Saturday and Sunday last, that Capt. Montgomery, so we'll known in connection with the Kansas troubles, has organized force of three thousand men in that State made a descent on the Texas frontier, and already captured Fort Washita, which had previously fallen into the hands of the rebels. Forts Cobb and Arknokle were also expected to be occupied by Montgomery, in pursuance of in- structions from the War Department, through Major Emory, of the Regular Army. The Tex ans in that region were thrown inte the greatest state of consternation by this sudden and unex- pected movement, and were wildly calling for arms and money to organize 8 defence against expected ncursions from Montgomery and his men, in connection with the unfriendly Indians. Expresses were sent of in every direction for aid, and number of citizens of Shreveport, La, had written to Gov. Moore, of that State, asking him to interfere for their projection, and if ne cessary telegraph for arms to the Montgomery Government
 Ross WIsAys. If Baltimore. recently arrested