Litchfield enquirer., 1861-10-31
Hittb6elS Gnquuef.
THURSDAY. OCT. 3I. 1861.
The Situation.


 We are sorry to notice some indications or dis eouragement snd impatence that begin to pre- vail in the minds of many of the loyal citizens oi our county. There is no region in the State more universally loyal and true to our glorious .suse than are the hills and valies of Litchfeld Co.,, and vet we hear not unfrequently doubts ex pressed and even fears stated that all is n9t as it should be, and that we are hardly better off than ve were six months ago No one that we have met seems to doubt the ultimate triumph of tho right, and yet every little rebuff we have i, me with more than sorrow-almost with despair.
 Surely this ought not 50 to be. Let us make . brief review of our present position and deduc' from it what we have to hope for with certainty almost equal to foregone conclusion.
 I.-There is no doubt as to the force and strength of our grand army on the Potomac. Il amounts in numbers certainly to l2o,ooo men, perhaps l5o,0oO, and it is commanded by Gen sral in whom the country yet enjoys the most snlimissd confidence, which great victory or ses.ss shall osly add to or can take from him. They are certainly drilled and disciplined beyond an, army we have yet sent into the field, and cer- siuly better drilled and equipped than any of the enemy.
 1.-The forces of GES. FREMONT are at last on the march and the last news we have is the hast that we have had. Price will be compelled so make stand-his retreat is cut of-and there is no doubt as to the result. Springfield is al- ready retaken by our forces, and..from this we au Rur the beg inning of brilliant series of move ments in that department, by which Missouri will be cleared of the rebels, and then for the grand expedition, so long planned and yet to be trium- phantly executed, of the armed aotilla down the Mississippi.
 At all events we shall not be likely, we trust, to receive fresh discouragements from reports of Fremont's removal.
 III.-Gens RosEcRASs and KELLEY have pretty much done the business for Western Vir- gina. The Rebels Wise, Floyd and Lee have been in turn discomforted, and have turned tail and fed at the approach of either of these Gen erals, and there seems to be hardly a rebel left west of the mountains.
 Bye the bye it makes great difference whether we fight in an cnemy's country or in our own, and we have but to conquer a peace, and hold our advance posts, wherever we get them, and the sentiment of Secessia seems to receive de- eidcd change.
 IV.-The great Naval Expedition, consisting of some twenty nen-ofwar, an equal number of transports and about 2O,OOO soldiers, which has isis to be hoped ere this got under way, and will make a descent upon some un-annouced Southern port, is certainly one from which we may safely entertain "great expectations"
 From all we cannot but have stirring news and some splendid victories, and that soon. We mus not be too inpatient. Justice has leaden foo but an iron hand. Great bodies move slowly Heaven knows our disasters at Bulls Run ane Balls Bluff are. painful enough It is hard al ways to escape the conviction, we know, tha somebody blunders. But we can afford to wal to possess our souls in patience yet while since we are sure victory, justice, the triumph o the right, and the suppression of this unrighteou rebellion waits for us in the end.