Litchfield enquirer., 1861-12-19

 @ opHRArIoSHs ON THH SOUTHERN CoAsT.- The reconnaissance of Con Rogers, Q. s st.sT s..i ins the enemy's strength, before occupying Ty- bee Island. disclosed . rebel battery of five guns on the Wilmington river. He states thet IL would be useless for us to put battery on Lit tle Tybss. The highest point reached by Com modore Rogers was about eight miles from War .av bsr. about ten miles from Savannah and between four and five miles from Thunderbolt on one side, and Montgomery CD the other side.
 In the necessary occupation of St. Helena .ound and Tybes roads, and in the examination of Warsaw Inlet, large number of the vessels of the sQuadron are engaged, which will be re- soon as Otter and Tybee 1slands are held by the army. Wsrsaw Inlet end sound constitute e second entrance into Savannah river, and as 2l feet of war can be carried over the bar at kig gh water. this passage is but little inferior to Ty- bee entranes.
 It appears from private letter, that cur guns are but ten miles from Savannah, the steeples of which are plainly visible from the decks of our ships as thsy ride at anchor
 Capt. Dupont, in his communication to the navy dspartneat. dated the 4th sf December, says the apprehension of losing possession of the bay sf St. Helena, Sc exceedingly valuable for hsrbos, fer it's proximity ts Charleston, and for the command it secares of large rivers supplying the interior communication with South Carolina, induced him te dispatch second ex- petition there, under commander Drsytsn, with orders to hoid the island till Zen. Sherman is prepared te assums military occupation of it, whsn hs will transfer the fort te his troops.
 1t seems to bs understood thst in addition to thssesapatiea of Bsaufort. Gen: y;sis xas .l at' once to be ssnfs5fth c0bsfdsrsbis force to so- cupy the most important point in the new Ap- proachss to Savannah. and that aRother force wilI.go about the same tins, on similar srraad in the direction of Charleston, ts hold 'csrtaiu' strategic points.
 FaoM GIs. BAyKs' CoLunE-Tks fring ct Peolssyills on TuAsday, wss saly artillery prao- tiss by Gen. 2tass's batteries. Gen Ranil,en's brigade was reviewed on Thursday, and Will jams and Absrorombis's brigadss on Friday.
 A DzsIaTER SHor.-William Fl. Johnson, 6 member of the Lincoln cayslry, convicted of de- sertion, was shot Friday afternoon, Tn the pres once of about seven thousand soldiers belonging i. to Gen. Franklia's division. A detachment of Twelve men were detailed for the purpose Eight Af them fired first, when Johnson fell on his cof- but life not being extinct, the other four fired with t6e>a desired effect. This is the first sxecu- tion in ,thsssrny of the army of the Potomac since fhe eouiDePccment of the rebellion.
 -VAA1oUs IrEMs.-There is a story that Breck- xInridgs and Hunter, rebel ambassadors, applied / for passage in the Canada" MT. Cunard en- phstically denies it.
 A committee of the citizens of Platte county Mo, visited Gen Hunter cn Monday, the 2d.- The general said to them: "Tell the trustees of Platte county thst unless they give up Gordon and his gang, and break up every rebel camp, tLat l susil send Gel JenIisoa ever there with nkda to hIlrpa in fl,oo am getting tired of the whole subject" Committee
 "Will you put that in writing?" Gen Hun ter-"I will.'' That brief interview satisfied Platte county.
 The officers of the Irish Brigade urge the ap- pointmeut of Thomas F. Meaghsr as brigsder general
 The unanimity in both houses in favor of the propriety of confiscating rebels property, and emancipsting their slaves, is such that it is be- ieved there will be but little difficulty in ob- taining even two-thirds vote.
 It is reported that President Lincoln has in vented new gun, which is thought to possess considerable merit, and tka. he spends much of his time at the ordiancs departments.
 h Ietter from George RI. Sanders to Kossuth, is published in the Nashville papers, in which he extols the secession movement, and hopes that the lovers of freedom in Europe will give their sympathies to the South:
 Tennyson has written au inauguration odA for the opening of tine great industrial exhibition ct London, next year.
 William L. Yancsy and Clersent c. Clay were elected senators from AlpLsma to Jef Deyis's senate on the 2lst ut The Houston Telegraph of the leth, annoAsiced inst Wigfall had been :, elected Senator from Texas, and that Oldham We'll and HE6,nphill were candidates to fill the other yacancy
 >etLieut. 'Worden, who was tho first prisoner of @sRar arrested by the rebels, hss been released z and arrived in New York last week. It will bs YeeStected that he was sent with dispatches to Fort Pickens in April last, and wGs arrested on his return. He tells an interesting story of the excitement prevailing at that time in the South.
 The best definition we ever heard of "bear- ing false witness agsinst your neighhor," wxs given by little girl in school. She said it waa whom nobody did nothing, and somebody went and told of it.
 You CAN PAss.-The editor of the Manches- ter N. H. Union, after giving short biograph- icsl notice of Vice President Hamlin and his character, ssys: He has handled the paste boards with us many evening.
 Tho London Times justifying the action of England iD former cases analagous to that of Mason aad Siiden, but claiming that affairs are all changed now, says, :" see were syhsing for sx- astascss So are we now. Q Johannes Taurus {! Down ir Ssrwich, in Ap investigation before the Supsr sart, they have been trying to de- eide Wa. Ter they have gold mine in that vicin- ity. or not. Some California miners testif cd to obtaining geld from the dirt on Wanwecus Hill, and other witnesses placed the value of the rock from $4 to S4000 per ton, but Profs. Silimxn and Bruch of Yale College, declare thers is no gold there!
 The official count of the vote for mayor of New York, gives Opdyks 1918 majority over Wood and c61a over Gunthsr.
 The Kanawha Valley in Virginia is in . dsso- lase.cenditisn. The wheeling Intsl!igeneer says ".Wiss cane among the people as a bosom of devastation. He literally lsid bare the country all around him. His worthlss. promises to pay are left widespread among the people-but, alas! their corn, their wheat, theil oats, their hay, their bacon, their all is gone to be heard of no more. He took horses, mulei and wagons and impressed them in his service both as he came and as he left. He paid for no thing
 A judge in Wisconsin who had tried suit for the recovery of ahquor-bill, the defenceto which was that the liquors sold were of very inferior quality, charged the jury in the following sensi- ble language:-
 '.Gentlsmsn of the jury Pure unadultered liquor is wholesome and pleasant beverage, and as far as the experience of the Court ex- tends conducaa tn health and lon cavity hut c