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Litchfield enquirer., 1861-07-11
The seeessionists in Litchneld Co.

The Seeessi0nists in LitchdeId Co.
 The Hartford Eoening Press has the follow ing comments upon the Congress" of Seces- sionists in this village, which we briefly noted last week
 A LITTLE CeNaREss.-We learn with some surprise that the meeting of Congress on the 4th, at Washington, to settle the affairs of the nation, has been attempted to be ferestalled by private conclave which convened recently in the village of Ltchfeld, in building there situated, to wit, in the same building which contains the office of Judge Seymour.
 The importance of such Congress at this luncture can hardly be over-estimated. For the beneft of posterity, and to subserye the uses of history which will desire to record and commem- crate this important movement, we have procured list of delegates in advance of the mail; and we trust that the gentlemen named will not read our report, and blush to find it amen If the list is erroneous, it is not intentionally so. Litchfeld, Wm. Deming, Geo. Palmer; Goshen, Lamont Street, Fred. Hurlburt : Washington, Seth Logan, Erastus Hurlburt; Norris, D. ". Wagonner, D. w. Steele; Befhlem, D. B. Hard, Clark H. Guild Torrington, Nat Phelps, Abiel Taylor; Warren, - Jennings, Johnson !; Roz5wy, Harvey Thomas; Kent, Benj. and Eber Tompkins.
 We have not heard that the object of the Con. gress was to devise measures to sustain the Un- ion, or to pull down the secession flags which are beginning to Haunt ill different parts of the state Indeed, it is one of the misfortunes of newspapers that they cannot have reporters eve- ry-where. We should, therefore, be obliged if our friends of the Litchfeld Enquirer would in- form us what the object of the Congress was. We hope we don't intrude.
 The Press is mistaken in so far as it ascribes the meeting to Judge Seymours building. We were also ourselves in error in stating that the conclave were in consultation with the Hon. Mr. Woodruff, but we stated only the rumor that such was the case. Further, we are not personally aware that aH of the individuals whom the Press mentions were in communication with one auoth- ted, as we have no doubt was the case with the Press, by the fact that we were informed of the meeting of these persons, and our belief strength ened almost to certainty by Me .fact arAich are know, that secret correspondence has been held in different parts of the State, including this County, by men who arc secretly in sympa- thy with the rebels, or are openly demanding an ignominious peace.
 If this is the case and this the game, it is bet ter that it should be nipped in the bud. t is important a'a it should De SC, and it is all inn portant in this struggle for our country, that we should be distinctly informed who are for it and who against it.
 And we hope the press throughout the State will not hesitate, as we shall not giving whatever they may gather concerning any meet ing or sentiment of individuals that squints even toward treason, subject always to correction, which we shall gladly give upon trustworthy grounds, for every individual who has been unin entionaly misrepresented.
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THE OFFENCES OPPOSITE WAsHINGroN.-An army officer, graduate at West Point, and who went through the Mexican war with flying col ors, gave it as his opinion, that the idea of at. tempting to storm the defensive works across the river is simply absurd, and has never been enter tained for moment by Jeff. Davis or Beaure- gard. That if those works could be taken at all, ten thousand men would be just as efficient for the purpose as one hundred thousand, and that the only method by which any headway could be made against them, is for the Rebels to success fully approach our lines, and erect batteries with which to demolish the works piecemeal.
 TIE TRAITORS IN THE DErARTMEHTs.-One of the newly-elected Union members from Mary. land says that if the Heads of the Departments here do not immediately proceed to exterminate the numerous clerks of secession proclivities yet in office from that State, he will resign his seat He will make demand for the removal of two hailing from his own district, who, when they visit Maryland, make no attempt to conceal thei1 reasonable tendencies. Every other expedient having failed it now only remains for members to visit each department in person, and, having found the traitors, demand their removal
 SATURDAY night Gen. Tyler arrested an over seer, young lad, and nine mules and horses, g load of grain, and several negroes, just as the, were moving of to join the rebels. The partie. resided near Falls Church. The owner of tht property, and the father of the young man, i. Capt. Mason, of the rebel army.
 THE SEVENTEENTH regiment, in going ovel I the Acqueduct Bridge, from Georgetown to vir ginia, Sunday afternoon, imprudently marched 1T step some companies in double quick. The
 bridge shook dangerously under them, and othel
 incautious experiments of the same kind would
 inevitably be followed by some disastrous result. REFORMATION from Buckhannon, in Western
 Virginia, places four companies of the Nine teenth Ohio Regiment in rather precarious DO
 sition. They are stated to be at Glenville, about forty miles to the southwest of Buckhannon, be
 seiged by picked regiment of Virgisians and
 fifteen hundred rebel militia, commanded by 0
 Jennings Wise. Two Natipnal regiments, how ever, have marched to the relief of the 0hioans
 and it is hoped they will hold out until this sue
 cor arrives
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n4- Wea compelled to omit, on account of the crowded state of our columns, an abstract of he closing scenes of the legislature. The final passage of the Militia Bill, reasonable resolu- ton of Tom Seymour which received only seven- teen votes and none, we are happy and proud to say from this county,-the parting speeches and ceremonies, comprise all that was done.
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the crowd-I have three more boys and when wanted they can all go and thus. amid cheers and tears, they went of. The three towns alone named have now furnished about 50 men for the war, who have gone forth to uphold and sustain their Government. The benediction of those left behind go with them and may God speed the right.
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TIE THIRTY SEVENTH CONGRESS has been or ganized, with the election in the House of Galus- ha A. Grow of Pennsylvania, Ia native of Wind- ham Co.) as Speaker, and Emerson Etheridge of Tennessee Clerk. "..
 The session opens auspiciously and everything will be done for 8 vigorous prosecution of the war
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pA- We have forwarded the Soldiers box, sent us by the ladies of New Preston, to the 5th Reg. c. ", who are on the eve of their depar ture for Dixie" The articles, we doubt not will be greatly appreciated.
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Bea. The unknown but not less appreciated donor of the delicious basket of garden straw berries, left at our sanctum, Tuesday, has the grateful thanks of Eye Editor'-his bead and heart.
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~we were led into error last week in an .s.seisr sks elevation of Judge Seymour to the .szprsne Court Bench, by the fact that he was sleesed by the Senate to that position at the .;me xe wrote. The House aaerward chose sssee Butler to that position. and the Senate sssssssed. Mr. Carpenter of Windham O., a .senbes af the House and an able lawyer, vas .hose. Jpdee sf the Superior Court in Judge D.sle<,s place. The tine of service in each case is sixkt years
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p~ Mir. N. B. Stevens of Norfolk displays his ssn and his extremities in third communica- :saa to the Bridgeport Fumser, this time, like a leg unearthed, over Es own signature. This s:ne t0o his abuse is wholly directed against us, =ad we can afford consequently to receive it with ie sane contempt that his abuse of his superiors "a svey respect in Norfolk was received by them. Ons vord though is to the Republioan Farmer. SueA eommunication as this of Stevens is we'll .aap1sd to sheet that contains in the same .nnber . most scurrilous and false report of the .,king down of a Secession flag in Goshen, and .hirA eoutains in every number and every col m fisss and sneers at the Union and cries for ss iguouiniOas peace.
 We ~izh Stevens joy of his organ. We also r;ts hin Ioy of the old files of the Hoasat0nic R<v.siicrs and winssed Hs'usd. The three are ~sil osslifed to aipra him satisfactory reading.
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p9~ The Presidents Message compels us to omit several articles of correspondents, which will appear in our next. Among them, No. H. of the reply to" Mir. B." of the Columbian Reg iste,.
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NORFOLK,

The Homo Guard celebrated the Fourth by a parade, and in the afternoon skirmish between a representative of Green Erin and La belle France took place, in which the aeur de lis was considerably battered.
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lord, nor the famous salubrlty of It's atmosphere can tempt these men to listen to any mora speeches. Our only consolation for the decease of this venerable body is, that returning to the bosom of their families it's members will become individually centers of enlightenment and ad- rsimtion for their respective communities.
 "You may break,-you may scatter, the vase
 ifyou will,
 But the scent of the roses will cling to it
 still"
 Let us not forget amid our grief to recall the ,irtues of the deceased. Its most prominent trait was heroic indifference, a truly Spartan iossitade, against all considerations that influence .hs minds of common people. Born amid excit- ing events it would not do anything rash or pre- -ipitious. It manfulIy postponed the Militia I!ill till the last week of the session, and mean while cooled its own patriotism, and threw cold water upon our reasonable expectations by the Flowsge bill" It brayely resisted the popular prejudice against quartering soldiers in pond, and thereby showed its appreciation of the true fInction of soldier which is to brave death in every form."
 It voted itself only three extra mifeages when it vould have been just as easy and as legal to sSts twenty. It showed its indifference to con- sidesations of personal interest by haggling over she appropriations for the lunatic asylum and the idiot school. And it evinced a magnanimous .iIlingness on the part of its members never to ie elected to the Legislature again, by its disrc -ard fthe sentiments of the people during the Ehole of it's long and stupid session.
 The results of the long life whose loss we shronicle may be summed up in few words A .sw hotels and saloons in Hartford are made richer, the shad in the Connecticut are fewer, a few charities are kept from starving, few have :-sea killed, the militia system is ruined. few cents have been saved and great many dollars s-st by long speeches about economy, few gen .senen have succeeded in persuading themselves af their own eloquenee, and eighteen sympathiz- .-rs xi,h treason have committed political sui- .ide, and happily rid the commonwealth of any occasion for their future services.
 Bat . Nil de moituis nisi bonum.' There is rsshisg left of the dead but bones. We willnot te too hard on the helpless skeleton, for it is dcad. and we can say with Shakespeare
 ..Noshing in his life
 Became him like the leaving of it.''
 Farewell then portiy Senators and Burghers !! we utter the word with the same grati6ed .s.ile with which you dreamed fare we'll" when "a frst came to Hartford. We are Tesigned if rca are. But never again may the shad post ,one their annual jubilee at your adjournment siIl sfter June, nor the holsters blush in July or .rcasat of the degeneracy of Connecticut Leg ;sisturs! May your triple mileage carry you .ssely baek to your distant homes satisfied to re ..sin these- the rest of your lives; even though ,sa must sometimes resretfully sing
 al dreant that dwcit in marble halls p
 And 90 vs bid you farewell without more sliea-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-05
From Gen. FIe,a,- Rrlsaae.

! Correspondence u the Petersburg Cypress
L%EwIsBURG, Va, September 26.-For severa
| DAYS the enemy have been nlenaeing Gen, Wisf
at BIC Sewell Mountain. Monday afternoon the
enemy moved up to a point in sight Of General
| Wise's camp, and fred severgi guns on him
/ Tuesday there was diminishing. aud one man
named Hays, Of the McCulioch Rangers. was
killed. and several others wounded. Daring the
evening before, Capt. Lewis. of the infantry, was
wounded, being shot through the right shoulder.
Il IS thought not to b. a mortal wound.
Gen. Lee reinforced Wise with four regiments,
and went np himself. He is now in command at
Se8ell, aud ordered up another regiment last
night, so that be has about 5000 or 1000 men
under him at present. Gen. Floyd Is at Meadow
Bluff, and Gen. Chapman is on the march to re
intorce him.
We have been all a-gog for a few days, about
the position Of Gen. Lee-wheiher there win be
a fight, is p~roblematieal, but the relative positions
Of The two armies must soon be changed; there
must be a fight, or q retreat by one or The other.
This is the sum Of the news up 20 this time, II
NJ, Thursday.
There is a rnnor that the Wise Legion has
been ordered 20 Manassas or Norfolk.
OAK HIT.
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aENERAL LRoNrpAs POIK.

As o of the friends of Gen. LE0NIDts
Polk seem to think that an editorial article,
which appeared in the APPEAL last week, did
that gentleman injustice, and sucha thing was far
from our intention, we take great pleasure in pub
fishing the following vindication Of his claims
upon the public confidence, which, we may add
emanates from the pen of a military officer, con
nectcd with the army at Columbus.
He Essays:
On assuming command Of the department Of
the Mississippi, Gen, Polk had TO organize a de-
partment, and not merely to carry one on, under
difficulties which seemed almost insurmountable,
and which were increased by the delay of the
transfer of the Tennessee troops
The department was unproyided with one cent
TO supply the wants Of thetrOops; a largeamOunt
of clothing, aims and camp equippage, including
the means of transportation, were required. All
the departments were deficient in the necessary
supplies-yet he succeeded in the short
time in which he has been commanding,
in o~auipping and putting into the field nearly
eleven thousand additional troops; he has
established manufactures of small arms, can
non and gun-carriages, and manufactures for the
repairing and improvement Of arms. lie has Or
ganized the troops into brigados and divisions,
and assigned competent officers 70 their com
mand: he has seized and fortified all the impor-
tant points on the Mississippi, advancing, FIRST
from Randolph. then to Fort Pillow, then to New
Madrid, then to Island 10, and, finally, securing
the key 10 the valley by selling andtorttying Co
lumb1s, in the face Of The enemy threatening It
ON the opposite bank
while this was proceeding in The west, a COM
mand was being prepared in the eastern part Of
the department, which IS now swollen TO nearly
10000 effective men, now occupying the very
center Of Kentucky.
In view Of these facts, and Of the fact that at
the time your article appeahad, the only official
act of Gen. Johnston had been 10 extend in or
ders the limits of Gen. Folks department, IT is
dificnlt to account for a comparison mfayOrablc
to the administration of the latter-tho very ac-
tivity you observe being due entirely 10 his
cf.orfe
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RIECTEoN IN mIssEssuPPI.

The State election in Mississippi, for Governor
and members of the Legislature, viii occur Of
Monday next, the 9TH instant, and We are please
to learn that our friend Col. MILES H. MCGEHEE
Of Bolivar county, Is = candidate for the Legisla
ure.
Col NJ has been devoting his personal efforts
and largely Of his means, 70 the organization o
the volunteers of his county The Bolivar TrooT
were largely aided by him, and he also procured
from the banks two thousand dollars for the bene.
fit Of the Miles McGehee Rifles, and the JEFF vii
kerson Guards, besides securing the attendance
Of servants to wait upon the sick and wounded.
and personally visiting the camps at Knoxville
and Lynchburg, TO see that all their wants were
provided for, after personal inspection. These
noble acts have endeared him TO the soldiers, who,
we understand, unanimously desire his election.
We Learn, also, thar be Is now negotiating foT
$4,000 on his own account, to loan to the plant
of Bolivar, for The purchasing Of supplies IN
I'll the ports are opened
Such men deserve the commentator Of the
public, and we feel confident the people Of Boil
var viii appreciate the patriotic labors Of their
esteemed felow-citizen, and not forget him on
the day Of election.
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GEN. FREMONT 10 TAKE EER
FIELD.
The New York Herald saws. edirnrialls:

ue -NEN HUN AtffttH HaNNf tlllNlAtilt
According to our latest authentic advie4s from
s.. Louis, Gen. Fremont, with some tWenty-one
thousand men, was preparing 10 march from
that city 10 the defense Of Jefferson City, the
State Capital, and with the view Of a~ssailing the
rebel, Gen. Price, in the rear. In this movement
Fremont viii be supported by the command Of
Major Sturgis, on the north side Of the Missouri,
by Hunters command from Rolla, and By other
attachments, which win probably increase the
Union forces to forty thousand men.
On the rebel side, Price Is reported 70 be in
command of twenty-seYen thousand, while Ben.
McCulloch, with twenty thousand more, was on
the road 70 join BIN. A collision between these
opposing forces viii therefore exceed in its pro-
portions on each side, the battle Of bull Run
and from the remarkable fighting qualities Of
those western men, wemay expect -asanguinary
and decisive result. The issue will make or
break Fremont; and, considering the fact thai
from his recent mistakes of various kinds. he Is
now under a cloud, let MS hope that ne viii re-
deem himself in this enterprise, and re-esiablish
himself thoroughly in the confidence OF the sd-
ministration aud the country.
Meantime, the ST. Louis correspondent Of the
New York Tribune says that the people Of the
Northwest love Fremont, and believe ia him :"
aud what is more, that d" they endorse his late
proclamation 10 the fullest extent " alOf which
we pronounce sheer nonsense. We grant That
rom his California military reputation great
expectations F" were entertained by the whole
country from FTeinont's appointment 10 the de-
partment Of Missouri and its dependencies. The
BlaiTs, IN securing the appointment. doubtless
entertained " great expectations. Eui they and
the country have been disappointed, and thu
popularity Of Fremont has accordingly suffered
As for the popular endorsement ia the North
west Of his late proclamation, that is 81 noon
shine, The masses 81 tho pe0pk OF al the loyal
states endorse, and VIII cooperate 10 sustain, the
conservative policy of the President on the slave
~ question, the only policy upon which the
Union can be restored.
The President, in arresting the emancipation
policy Of Gen. Fremont, has already changed the
damaging neutrality Of Kentucky to q cor
armed corporation with the government,
which is immensely the greatest Union victory
have achieved since the war began.
II carries at once the linr Of occupation of our
armies down to the boundary lire Of Tennessee.
and gives us The moral and material supp0u
the rebels Of a great slave State, which
hitherto stood as a bulwark for their pro-
We conclude that the administration will give
remont this golden opportunity TO retrieve him
and that in the event Of q failure there will
be an end to the career Of the " Pathfinder" as q
general and a politician.
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TwRLRGRAPHIC NEWS
HIGHLY IMPORTANT WAR NEWS
BLOCKADE OF THE MISSISSIPPI
More Victories in Virginia !
The Federalists Defeated
General ROseslcr0sa4 Reported
.n0rt0EIy wounded!
Accident to Mrs. JEFF: Davis.

New ORLEANS, October 1.-The sloop-Ofwar
Richmond, a large propeller steamer, the Water
Witch, and two sloops-ofwar, Zone supposed to
be the Riehmond,) a schooner, and a pilot boat,
are now at the head of the Passes.
A special dispatch to the Savannah Republic
can, of this morning, says: a gentleman from
Baltimore arrived at Richmond states that the
northern papers contain accounts OF a bloody
battle in Western Virginia. The Federalists at
tackled Gen. Lee at Big Springs and fought until
Sunday. Il resulted in the total defeat of the
Fedcrals, who retreated toward Wheeling, bum
ing villages as they retreated.
Rosencranz is reported TO be morally wounded.
The Richmond Enquirer publishes this re-
port, but the War Department. has received moth
ing, owing to the destruction of bridges by the
storm.
RICHMOND, October 3.-President Davis, es-
corted by the Adams troop of cavalry, made a
reconnaissance from Fairfax Court House Of
the enemy ontposr The enemy now hold Falls
Church.
RICHMOND, October 4-President Davis yes
terday reviewed at Fairfax, Walkers, Long
| streets, Cookies and Jones' brigades, and the
Washington Artillery. The President is ey-
pected to return this afternoon 10 Richmond.
Blanchard, of the LIST Louisiana regiment, has
been appointed a brigadier-generaL.
Mrs. JEFF. Davis and Mrs. Joseph Johnston
were seriously injured Yesterday by The orerturn-
ing Of carriage.
RICHMOND, October 4-There IS authentic in
teIigence that Gen. jackson, with twenty-five
hundred Georgians, was attacked on Thursday,
the3d, on Green-brier river, near Cheat Mountain,
by 1--WE thousand Lineolnites, under Gen Rey-
nolds. After four hours hard fighting the Lin
colnites were repulsei with heavy loss. Ourloss
was but small.
A reliable dispatch states that the Lincolnites'
in strong force, crossed the Potomac at oecoqucn
for the purpose of capturing one of cur batteries.
No particulars are given, but II is believed they
win be cut of, as they don't know the precise 10
cation Of our batteries.
Secretary MenmingeT, by virtue Of an act Of
the last Congress, has ordered the establishment
of ports Of entry and delivery at Nashville and
Memphis, for goods, wares and merchandise i'm
ported or exported.
The Examiner Of this morning indicates n
strong movement on the Potomac.
NASHVILLE, October A gentleman has
arrived from Eastern Kentucky, and says the
Federals Q0OO stroug) have advanced from
Camp Dick Robinson to "Big Hill" sixty miles
nearer the Tennessee line. The move was with
the view of certifying, to prevent zoIicofer's
march into Kentucky.
Our troops have not advanced beyond Green
river.
The Federals ere terrifying Elizabethtown,
where they are 1909 strong with eight cannon.
Very few accessions il the last few DAYS.
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OBITUARY.

Died. a he residence % her husband, near saul.
bury, Tennessee. on the ssh September. Hu. MARF
E.. McCLEILAs, IL the 3s.h year Of her ags. Her lsst
sickness vas brief bat painful She died Of eonE,suye
ehil. Bm though her dsalh was sudden. IA da not
ind her uHprepa-cd- IN e. y lfs che chose The good
psrt," he sought and found the Savior. and publicly
~professed her faith and ionsd tie Baptist church. her
subseqneHt uuiior3 eonsis=n depor,ncnt proved SIC
gvsuineness Of the vork
There was nothing srIising or dazzhaz about be- 20
siirset tie admiration OF the m~uEiuds. hui her N,rth
wss known and appreciated IN he domestic circle n
The relation Of wife and mother. mistress ana neighbor
she was al hat these names imply. As she lived. 40
ale died meckiy submissive 20 the sH q Cod Her
memory VII long be cherished by those who ktsw her
best and loved her most.
She iyft a deeply afflicted husband. several children
end may friends, to mourn her loss. But La thom re-
member that their "loss IS her eiemal GAIN. G..