Litchfield enquirer., 1861-08-15
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 WILLIAM Ii. MCKA7

WILLIAM Ii. MCKAY.
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 Edward Clarke, who says he IS Governor Of Texas, has issued a proclamation fbrbidding the citizens of that State paying any debts to cisi- zen5 of the North, until the United States '' shall pay to Texas the large amount now due to her. H hen 1t Is remembered that the general govern ment, upon the admission of Texas into the Un- ion, paid her debts to the amount of ten millions of dollars, this order of Mr. Clarke will appear rather funny, to say the least of 1t.
 The Louisville Democrat of Tuesday says:
 "When Legislature fresh from the people is gathered to correct some errors that have sprung up, Tennessee will have to account for eleven hundred muskets and six pieces of cannon, sto- len from Kentucky and never returned, notwith- standing the dsnland of our Governor. Tennes- see will have to give some account of the march ing of squads Kentucky soil to seize de scrters-that is, kentuekians who have left Camp Boone, Camp Trousdale and other camps, and returned home.
 ''We must know by what right Cumberland Gap is seized, cutting the State of Kentucky of from East Tennessee, and in word why it is that the southern border of Kentucky is brist- ling with hostile bayonets until we seem to ~be enclosed in line of fire? Tennessee is hos tile State-we have to the expression, al- though common cant has spoiled its meaning
 
 and feeling; and yet. in the midst 0: this, while Kentucky has preserved the strictest regard for her, she gathers Ter armies, as 8 serpent coils to strike, and we have only to hope, that the hiss and the rattle will precedc the blow" Col. KEYEs' BarGADE-The Brigade of Col. Reyes, of Connecticut in the battle of Bulls Kun, consisted of the three Connecticut and the Second Maine Regiments. Its total loss in kill ed, wounded and missing was 125. It came back in perfect order to Falls Church, where it had left it's tents standing. It took every dol lar worth of the property left there On starting 2 out for Fairfax Court House. and moved it to Washington; then fell back to the Ohio camp (of | four regiments) and gathered their tents, equip ! nents, &c., and promptly sent them to Washing ton; also, the tents, &c., of of the New York 1 Regiments. This Brigade next marched to Fort l Corcoran in full force. This service was per 1 formed in thirty-six hours, during which they were entirely without food, and stood the tre- mendous rain-storm raging while they were per 1 forming it. 1t is worthy of nete that they | brought back all their wounded, and reached 1 Washington without the loss Of single missket rihe or aught else.--N. !. Times
 TIE WnoIa STORY ToLD-TEs Loa>lca socct- l ator has this paragraph under it's heading oi | " News of the Week.
 ''The American Congress has voted the men | and the money required by the President, and | twenty per cent more, sud the House Of Rcprc- sentatives has affirmed by 92 to 5 that it is 'no l part of tie duty of officers 10 capture fugitive | slaves The hand moves slowly on the dial but it moves, and when the finger passes the hour, the knell of Slavery will ring o,!t with elann which will startle Europe"
 1 Our southern papers are filled with heart-sick ening accounts of the murders and robbaries which individuals in Old Abe's mob are perpe, trating on the southern people Innocent wo. men and children are shot OH their door-steDs for wearing what is called 6 secession bonnets " l No wonder the northern people run when the honest men of the South march toward them The above IS & specimen of the editorials pub lished in tEe Concord (N. H. StanderG. It ex- plains, if it does not justify, the conduct of the people Of that place in sacking the office which gave currency to such malignant and baseles= islanders The JouynGy of Commerce has the eff frontery to say that "great injustice was pro- bably done to the Sio"9ard by calling it seces- sion paper" If persistent falsehools concern ing the conduct and courage of our volunteer l army, and perpetual laudation of the rebels does not justify the term, then the English language has lost its force and fitness.
 l The Bangor Democrat has now suffered tho same fate as the secession sheet of Concord. It would indeed :'have been more consistent for men who had fought so brayely in support of the Constitution and laws had they sought legal remedy" but the Journal being equally an abet- l tor of treason with the Concord and Bangor pa 1 pers, should be the last to put forth such de- l fense, as it should be tie last to be permitted | the advantage of an alliance with freedom oi speech and the press.-N. Y. World.
 kENTUcKr.-The following extract from a let ter to mercantile house in Philadeluhia dat ed Danville, Ky, August shows that that state is rapidly preparing to do her full duty to the Union:
 "l presume that you are satisfied that Ken lucky will remain loyal to the Union We are now raising volunteers for Uncle Sam and there is very large encampment at Hoskins Cross Roads, seven and half miles from this place Captain Fry has been made colonel of one regi- ment, Judge Bramct is colonel of tie second 1 and -- Woodruff is colonel of a cavalry reg lment which came from Crab Orchard. Five hundred of them passed through this place yes- l terday, and the remaining five hundred are to come through here tomorrow on their way to Camp Koberson, at the Cross Roads.
 | OHIO TRooPs-It has been announced ths; Ohio will have forty regiments of infantry, six 1 batteries of artillery, and eight squadrons of cavalry for the war, and it may now be stated | that this force will probably be increased so as | to give the Buckeye state about fifty-fye thou sand soldiers enlisted under the federal govern nent for the suppression of the rebellion. At the present time there are sixteen three years ohio infantry reg iments in actual service, two | batteries and three companies of cavalry Of these, twelve regiments of infantry, one battery, and two cavalry companies are with Rosencranz' 8 column in western Virginia, and four regiments infantry, and one battery and one company of cavalry with Cox, on the Kanawahs.-Gazette, QUALIFICATIONS AT MATTHIAS PoINT-A spe- cial dispatch to the N. I. Tribune says that lief ferson Davis is iii daily communications with the rebels at Baltimore, and that he promises soon to advance into Maryland by way of Matthias Point, which they are fortifying. This is pc ninsula, which with rified cannon can put stop to all communication on the rver and tLus ena- bic them to cross into Maryland by way of Port Tobacco and other places iii St. Charles and St. Mary's counties, Maryland. If Matthias Point be allowed to be fortified much longer it will be impregnable, and the Potomac will be closed. Then rising in Maryland and burning of bridg- es will cut us off from Washington.
 Matthias Point can now be taken, it is said, ps two or three regiments, with the loss of leo T'' Ten' ana held by aid of two or three steamers. Two l "o seeks hence it cannot be taken with the Ioss oi thousand men, and no steamers can ap- proacn 10 ald the attack, as they are cree ing lofmlaaDie batteries of riled cannon, Union subject. ">''0S on 'l'A'