Litchfield enquirer., 1861-12-05
THE PENSACOLA AETAIR.-Baltimore, Nov. e0- Tho American has received the following:

The American has received the following: We learn from person just from the Navy
 Yard that the fire was opened from Fort Pickens upon the Confederate steamer Times, and was returned by our batteries and Forts. The Uni ted States steamer is trying to the bar fos
 the purpose of entering the harbor. The excite
 ment in the town is immense The business houses are closed, and the house tops arc cover- | ed with an excited population. | The Observer of the 23d has the following: The firing, as we stated yesterday, began from Fort Pickens. The whole of their fire during the morning was directed ct the steamer Times, but with very little effect. The Times came up last night, and with the exception of two os three little holes made with rifle shot, she is un. hurt This shows that their guns are of very inferior quality, or that Colonel Brown and his.
 Yankees ars all drunk-vsry probably the latter. The steamer Nelms was also in the engagement.
 with the steamer Times, at the beginning of the, l fire Only one shot struck her, and that did not
 do much damage. The Nelms went over to the
 mainland, and found the Florida regiment all | right
 | In passing Billy Wilson's batteries she gave
 them a couple of shots, which were returned.-
 The frigats Niagara tried hard to come, but her
 reception too warm and she had to back out. | The only loss of life that we can learn of was that of private of the Louisiana regulars and wife of sergeant of the Marine corps, both kill cd by shell in the Navy Yard. great many shot and shell fell in the yard, but they didvery little damage to tho building. Cur guns were worked all day, and must have told with terrible | effect upon the other side. The greatest damage done was to one of the ships, which ventured toe near our batteries.
 NEw DUTY OF THE CoHsrABuLARY.-The Hartford Courant says the well known "Col Sam. Colt" settled an old account with Woodruff Cad well, as the person, in charge of an officer, VI
 going past the State House, Thursday afternooI The Colonel kicked the illustrious man from Asi
 lum street to Pearl, informing his victim that
 was recently elected constable, and had beS sworn in Though this may have given it (
 air of official business, it is not reported thA
 MT. Caldwell was any better pleased with the ds | monstration.'
 HIGH COMPLIMENT TO CONNECTICUT TRooPs. The special correspondent of the Philadelphia
 Press, in speaking of visit recently paid to the
 army of the Potomac, says:-
 1 "We passed Fort Richardson on our journey.
 There is vory picturesque camp to the right, and. as far as I am able to judge, one of the
 most attractive in the department. It is occu-
 pied by the Fourth Connecticut Regiment, Col onel Tyler commanding, and is model of mili- tary neatness These Yankees are great peo-
 ple-and they carry their precision and steady
 habits everywhere. Comfort, economy, and dis
 cipline are marked. have seldom seen finer
 body of men on parade-in everything there ia
 the precision of the regular army.'
 l Jacob Halsey alias "Dutch Jake" a noted
 dealer in counterfeit money, was arrested in
 New York on Friday. woman was arrested
 in New Jersey for passing $10 counterfeit upon
 the Waterbury hank, whom she stated that she | received the bill from "Dutch Jake" It ap-
 pears that he has been in this business for five
 years, employing women to put off his counter
 feits, and in this way has been instrumental in
 sending many to the State Prison. His latest \ victim is the first who has ventured to exposs lhis name in connection with the crime,