Litchfield enquirer., 1861-05-30

TARIous IrRMs. By the death fCol. Els worth, Lieut.. Col. Noah L. Farnham oecomel the acting colonel of the regiment.
 A formal contract was executed Thursday fol 18 riaed cannon for Gen Sickles' brigade. They are to be made entirely of steel, and mounted il she most approved style and supplied witl ; fIotchkiss' shot and shell, which throw of nt fragments and shoot with accuracy at very IonT range. At trial of the invention befor, Gen. Sickles staff, one of the projectiles, weigh in9 12 wounds, was thrown B miles with les than one pound of powder, and an elevation O not more than 20o. The usual service charg for cannon is from one-fourth to one-third thu weight of the shot, and the elevation for thu longest ranges is nearly 45o.
 t The New York Zouaves in Alexandria, Va propose to open poll there on Monday, ana take fair vote on secession.
 Major General Sanford, commanding the N Y state militia in Virginia, issued on Saturday proclamation assuring the citizens of Fairfa, county that they should be protected in thei persons and property.
 It has been stated that there are no powde mills south of Virginia, but the Charleston Cou rier states that there are two in the Pickens dis trict, South Carolinia.
 have been detected in burying arms in cofins over which they performed funeral ceremonies to keep up the deception. Where they get the arms is a mystery On one occasion, gentle man meeting negro with . musket in his hand, said. Where did you get that gun You lay that gun down." The negro replied evasively, We'll, got it." and added in a sulky, low tone, We will use guns as we'll as you by-and-by.' The negro was shot dead moment after these .s words fell from his lips
 A Unionloving German in Wheeling, Va, got little tight the other day, and went about shouting "Hurrah for his UDion." He was doing very well until patriotic individual un- derstood him to, "hurrah for disunion," and knocked him down and pummelled him furi. ousiy.
 4 probably truthful story of one of Ben But ,ier's shrewd professional freaks is told by { young factory girl, formerly employed in one O the Lowell mills. She had been discharged, ant the corporation refusing to pay her, she sought legal redress and retained Mir. Butler for hel { counsel. He listened to her case with much interest, and afterwards consulted the represen ; -tstlye of the corporation, who still refused to pay the girl her wages. Butler then issued @ writ, and attached the main water-wheel of the establishment. and by bringing the whole manu- factory to stop, the corporation rather than allow their mills to remain idle and await the laws delay, :, paid the girl her wages, and resumed : operations.
 Intelligence has been received at St. Louis of the death of Capt. Derby of the U. s. army, widely known as, "John Ph9niX."
 A Washington letter writer says that Gov Sprague occasionally distributes cveral dollars to each of his men, and it is stated that his mother has set aside $l00,000 to supply any wants of the regiment.
 The secession flag pulled down by Col. Els &l, I,.l1 feet long by fourteen wide, and was purchased by Jackson by forced contributions from the citizens of Alexandria. all of whom were compel led to subscribe towards it when called on, D pain of being regarded as disloyal to the cause of secession. A number of the Zouaves have cut portions of it off, stained with the life blood ofthoir gallant commander who fell upon it, to be preserved as relics. Zouave Brownell who killed Jackson, marched in the funeral proces. sion with the flag.
 With the permission of the Postmaster Gene ral, Messrs. John Woodruff and 0. $. Ferry have franked 12.000 letter envelopes for the use of the Connecticut regiments writing home to friends. Postage stamps are not easily procured at camp.
 It appears that the capture of federal troops is;an act of the grossest treachery on the part of the Texans. A commission under authority from the State, in February last entered into all agreement with General Twiggs. that the Uni ted States troops should be allowed to leave the State by way of the coast that they should take with them the arms of the respective corps, in- .cludng the. battery of light artillery at Fort Duncan, and the battery of the same character at Fort Brown ga should be allowed the necessary means for regular and comfortable movement, provisions, tents, etc, etc. and trans portation In accoruance with this agreement, Twiggs issued an order for the evacuation of the State by the Federal army.
 :. The Marshall House is the hotel at which General Washington stopped, and Col. Els worth was shot near the door of the chamber General Washington occupied.
 { The Seventh N. T. Regiment are considered next to the Sixty-ninth in the trenches; Gen. Mansfield says there are no better diggers, ma king up in pluck what they lack in experience. SLAVES CoNTRABAND OF WAR-General But Ter appears to be turning his legal education to a good account, in the construction of the law in reference to articles that are contraband of war; Three negroes having escaped into Fort Monroe, he set them to work on the fortifca- tions and when demanded by an F. F. ", he feplied that they were contraband of war, for lths rcasbn that they might be employed by the enemy for the service to which he had assigned them We believe the General did so far mod ifT refusal, as to offer to give up the negroes, provlahg their owner would take the oath to support the Constitution of the United States :! All this, upon the Sacred Soil of Virginia! We think the people of the State will find the Gen .eral match for them in more ways than one.
 nA. The number of telegraphic despatches seized by Murray, the United States Marshall at the office in New York, were 255,0 ,0O0. There were 8S5 packages of 700 each One object in view in seizing the dispatelcs is said to be to ascer- tain who are disloyal in the army and navy.