Litchfield enquirer., 1862-01-09

Oar, HuaDasD THOUSAND RIFLES FROM dER- NANx-Thurlow Weed writes from Paris to the Albany Euening Jomrnal:
 s-aIn ana most essential element of war we shall soon be relieved. The fact that the South Sntended war long before we supposed It pcssl- hle. and not only rifed Northern arsensals, but procured large supplies of arms from Europe, left us to open the campaign at great disadvan- .tage This disadvantage has both delayed &C., , s;o, and exposed our troops to murder0us fire hefore their inferior arms became effective. But this inequality will soon cease. MT. George L. | Schuyler, the Government agent, has completed his mission. He has obtained from the Govern ansnt arsenals in Austria and Saxony over one hundred thousand rifles equal to any in the world. These arms are now on their way to America.
 7" Mir. Schuyler, though for long time en- sharraseds and thwartsd, and all the while en- penn;erinS rivalities and complications, finally syercsme them ak and goes home rewarded for shis efficiency and fdelity5 by cpmpfets1 success. 5 "The knowledge that our Government needed arms has sharpencd the cupidity and wits of all who, deaiin them. The armorers of Europe are at work pow, night and day, in patching up old muskets,5 and counterfeiting new ones, in the hope of palming them upon our Government Europe abounds with inferior, discarded mus kets, while new and reliable arms, in hand, are only obtAined from Government arsensals, and that, of course, with great difficulty"
 The following noble words (says Massachu- setts paper) were spoken by private Of the Fourth Maine regiment who was wounded anu taken prisoner at Bull Run and has since died In Richmond prison. The occasion Gf the:r Gptteranee was xhr 1ast. meeting between him and hfg hsIaszszh the eve sahe.<:eesrs departure For the seat of war. FsthEc.s.~os.s--- o1ng vhofow a tn 6on't prpach yourself for conseuting to my enlistment. You have done right nAletting me go, for my country calls and must go. I will never re- turn to you in disgrace. l will stick to the flag of uy country as long as there is shred of it left, and when the flag is gone. Twill contend for the ground on which it stood, and for the pole which bore it.''
 s@" srraIrvAI" Psorasesss ABoyvfHE WAR
 From the Springfield (Aa.s.) Republican,
 At n spiritual circle in Boston on the 11th, before medium Colchester, the following pro- phseies were elicted from what purported to be the spirit of Daniel Webster:
 Daniel Webster, can you tell me how soon thsrsSw will be big battle, and at what place 2"
 Answer" There will be battle on the Po- tsmac within two weeks-the greatest on fe- cord hereH'
 "Daniel Webster, can you tell how soon this war will be oyer, ,-and how it will result ?''
 Answer-"Qur country will soon be safe In eight months this war will be over. The South will be subjug .ted and return to the Union."
 A letter from Richmond says: "There has been good deal of.sickness and several deaths of late among the Union prisoners, resulting in many cases from wounds. Several hundred were sent to Tuscaloosa, Ala, last week. Many of them were really objects of pity. It was a painful sight to see the poor fellows marched off to their Southern prison Some of them were eoatless and without shoes, and all very poorly clad /" -
 The St. Louis Republican says Congress must release Missouri from the obligation to pay her portion of the National tax, $8OO, 900, this year .. It is use to deny that the whole sections of the State lave been reduced to poverty by the sxcesses which the war has brought with it, The question now is, can Missouri pay into the National Treasury eight hundred thousand dol lars as her proportion of this years revenue ?- We answer that it cannot be done"
 The New Orleans Crescent of Dec 12th, trusts that if Mason and Sidel die while imprisoned, " that President Davis will order the execution of every prisoner of war in his possession, and announce in an informal proclamation that no prisoners will be taken hereafter. He will be fully justified before the nationaiities in so do- ing"
 The Albany Journol states that letters from Italy bring the intelligence that Kossuth is al- armingly ill. His disease appears to be kind of consumption-whieh has thus far baiied the efforts of his physicians to arrest it. He is so reduced to be able to converse with difficulty, and his friends fear he will not survive this win Ser.
 IfNeua Sahib is alive and would come to this country, we think that he would have n reccp- tien Tbe belief is gaining ground that the sepoys were an ill-used body of men, and ought to haze succeeded. Better luck to em next time c-Tribune.