Litchfield enquirer., 1861-12-19

."hH"y Asin'ss s' NOV IV, sergeant sssAxe, formerly of the let, now or Company X, fth Goa nsctisut, picked up eH tas Point tke Vsry can teen which be lost iA tkst battle, uHnistakably- identified by Its singular shape Ssd by his own name scratcEsd sa tse metal.
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 IRE United States steamer transport ConsIi- tuticn, Capt. A. I. Flstcher, arrived st Fortress Monroe on Sunday a.Iernson, where she called for or,iers on her return from Ship Island, Mis- sissippi Sound having safely landed At the latter place, Dec. i, the two regiments, (fwsnty-sixth Massachusetts. and Ninth CouPsssicr-t,j which embarked on Der at Boston. the lsih sud 2lst of November In this soutk ward eHpediioa, aiter proceeding to Portland for the Twelfth Regiment of Maine, which did Est embark on her, tho Constitution proceeded 70 Fcrt.eas Monroa, Nov. 23, where she arrived co tbe Both. She coAlej, and left ou the :Sth, ahd ai;.r . very pleasant passage, arrived at Ship lSlAnd, Mississippi Soana, Dec. 3. kler ssrYl here was a graii fying as 1t upsx xaactoj by iLs little fleet and s;aAl garrison witch have been hciGing the place against constant tkrea.s @nd oC occasional attacks from the rebels. E. tSe assistaacs of two large river steamers, WLi,s Esa heep captured in Ms sssippi Sound ouiy ssort ti,c- previous to hcr &rrvsl, the troops and isatsriAl Of war, end sub. ssteure sto,e~, were landed between the 4th anl 3'E of peGep2Ssr-a single see;lsnt oay occur. ring, by which one of tbe sissl raed guns be- longing to Capt. Maniiirss iigat Battery wAs lost ovs-ho~ci. Ila tSo r.giMsb.s were coa. f)rt,,y sacatnPea oa tks isl>5G, near ii light. house. asd tle Salem b..tsry nesr ihe ,-- ton. Oa tAe sth, tse s.sl of the cargo was G.nS. ed on tie ts:ch, s..i pJ-s taken charge of by Coam;ssary Eutler, bs.tsAF og lsi. t.un. Dut- Ter, who ~iil probably join Ise expedition in . short time with a large secession % the force. Ths Constitution le6 at Ship i.and her splendid rii.sd longrance guns, aid also six fine liie- boats, of the tranciS and Raymond patterns, fur the use of tae coE,naad During the day on which tue Consultation sailed from Ship Island, a naval engagement took place within sight, and quite near the isian,l, between the L nitd States guu-boat New London and the steamer D. Soto, and two rebel armed vessels-tSe fGIulioo and Caiiiorna-%:ich were a:;onptiac to run tho gauntlet from New Orleans to Mobile. No body YVES hurt ou either side. The Constitution sailed from Ship lsl;.nd Saturday, Dec. s, At 6. F. M. and arrives, Nt Key West oa :ho Sth,. where ssas Fut is to o5.aiR cosl, but net being able to obtain it there vith dispatch, sha pro- cesdeli to Havana, arriving on ths 10th. Here she coslsd, end agsin left co the l2sh, at 6 o'clock A. M., and arrived It Fortress Monroe on Sunday, Ut 34 o'clock ?. \. Two hundred tons of coal would bN p'' on board, and she would sail tl Monday r.on, where she will be due on Wednesday.
 Henry Ward Beecbcr was hired by by char.
 tabe society in Hartford, a while since, .o lec- ture, at his regular price of $l00. llo offered at one time to throw up the arrangement, but his offer was refused. He lectrred, and the pre- ceeds, owing to adverse circumstances, were but Sl06. The papers made soinG insinuations eboue Deechers modesty in taking his full price, i which the following is a part of his reply: "a "Evsry public lecturer hos his own neig hood and ccaIsuni,y, in wkich he is exped coptributs pscunisry and personal service to the commou cause of hamauity. It II manifestly | unjust, however, to expect of public man that he shall, besides kis, contribute to all the local charities of every town and city in % large country as ours. A lecturer as ganeral thing, cannot know or investigate the special charitable enterprises which laudably seek to aid the sui. fering by funds derived from public lectures. And. if he could there is no propriety in demand. ing that he should pay twenty five or fifty dol lsrs tosevery village, town or city charitable sociation before which he may lecture. Thia would be asking of stranger more than is de- manded of the citizens themselves. Special cas- es of exception ari1. But, the only general rule is this, that the lecturer should charge reg ular fee, and receive the same, without being 10. quired to pay charitable tax, usually twice or three times as large as they do who are immedf. ately concerned. For lecturers night repre- sents definite value, ss much as e bankers | check or merchants draft"
 These are sensible remarks, and will apply in some measure to printers as we'll as lecturers. An idea seems very generally to prevail that she, printer should "chip in" to every charitable and religious operation within . circuit sometimes uncomfortably large.
 A wellknown inventor of New York has sent l a proposition to the secretary of war to. make . contract " to take Forts Sumter, Mouitrie, and all other notifications on the coast, without the advance of a single soldier" The government can't do it half as cheap this, and 1t would bO good economy to give the inventor the job. 1;sutepaut Hare, of the Thirty-6rst New York
 ,oa;,nent. has been arrested, charged with sleep.
 ;ng on his post while on picket duty. In vi6us of the strict order of General Mcclellan in this respect, it is not improbable that he will meet with the full penalty-that of death.
 Mrs. Mary Applegate,. living in Louisville, Kentucky, who, during the revolutionary war knit socks and made bandages for the soldiers, is now daily and nightly engaged in the same good work for the soldiers of the Union. AL though in her ninety frs. year, she is mentally and physically as sprightly as many of half her age.
 When President LineOln's proclamation call- ing for 75,000 men was read ct Montgomery last spring, it was received by the rebel ccngress si with bursts of laughter" We believe thsp hsvo got ever their msrriment by this tine