Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-05
DEFERRED ITEMS.

NHone soLDIERs.--The expediency ef employ ing ceiored men in the military service has be come a question sf ssfnewhat wide discussion To what extent and under what circumstances it may be proper to employ them in the army perhaps we are hardly competent to dstermins
 We suppose they have served to good advsntag, in the military exigeneies of other days. Among such instances it will be remembered that Gen Jackson had colored troops in his army at thu battle of New Orleans, and his opinion of thsi, military capacity is given in the following d dress: ss4e-.s .8- zs f .3r- ?, a;-s a
 To tke Men ef Color Soldiers! from the shores
 of Mobile collected you to arms--I invited yot
 to share in the perils and to divide the glory oi
 your white countrymsn. I expected much from
 you, for was not uninformed of those qualities which must render you so formidable to an in. yadins foo. I knew that you could endure hun. ger and thirst, and all the hardships of war. knew that you loved the land of your nativity and that, like ourselves, you had to defend al
 that is most dear to man. But you surpass all
 my hopes. I have found in you, united to these
 qualities, that noble enthusiasm which impels to great deeds.
 In one of the brigadss of McClellan's army they have six guns of c new construction, and terribly effective. The men designate them "coffee Mills" It is heavy rife barrel noun. ted on wheels. At the breech is a kind of clock work machinery, surmounted by hopper, simi. lar to the hopper of caffee mill, at the side ii crank. One man turns the crank, while an other supplies the hopper with cartridges, and another sights the gun. By means sf . lever he movssit laterally, or raises CT depressss it at pleasure. Its effective range is II miles. It throws 240 balls per minute, of the size of m ordinary Mimic ball. When operated with, the rebels were utterly amazed, not knowing what to make of them. One of these guns, properly worked, and well supplied with cartridges, is estimated te be equal to 300. ...
 Some curious coincidences of capture and re- capture recently occurred in Kentucky. par ty of bushwhackers rescued couple of rebel prisoners who were being tried for treason at Mount Sterling. When they had advanced . short distance beyond Hazls Green, they were evertaksn by a detachment of the Home Guard, and the whole party captured. On their route back to Mount Sterling the Unionists and their prisoners were met by another and larger squad of rebels, who took the party and started on to- wards Pound Gap, but had not proceeded far when another Union company met them. and, without resistance, took and conveyed them forty in number-to Lexington, where they now are.
 SHAD.-The shad catch has been more abund ant this year than ever before. On Thursday night, May 18th, the Saybrook fishermen alone caught 25,000 and stopped when they did only to assist in dressing and curing those already caught, to save them from spelling. Similar luck attends the fishery all along up the Connec- ticut. At Springfield they have all they want and more too At Holyoke, on Saturday, ASA were caught at the first haul of the seine, 200 at at the second, and more than 100 at the third.- The late favorable rise in the river is said to be the cause of this unprecedented supply of shad, a large catch being always predicted under such 
 TIE SURRENDER OF FORT MAcoN-A PoPu- EAR ERROR CoRREoTED.-An impression has obtained general circulation that the garrison of Fort Macon surrendered with the honors of war. An examination of the Articles of Capitu- lation, we are authorized to say, will show this not to be the case. The garrison surrendered as prisoners of war, and as such were pareled. Col. White delivered up his sword which was returned to him by Gen. Burnside, and if the officers were permitted to retain their side arms it was by the special favor of the General and not by virtue of any stipulation. The explana- tion is due to the credit of our gallant and suc- cessful commander.-N 7. Times.
 Daniel Pratt, Jr., the great American traveller, has been testing camp life. For week or more, Daniel was the honored guestof the l4th Massa- chusetts regiment, but some of the boys began to think they would be "twice glad if the great traveller would begin to travel. A plan was hit upon as follows: Bogus correspondence with Jeff Davis, was inserted in his pockets; he was arrested on the charge of being spy; mock trial was held and Daniel was sentenced to be shot. He was blindfolded, taken cut of camp, and dozen blank cartridges fired at him, when the valient Daniel tore of the bandages, and made most masterly advance on Washington.
 They must have lovely women in Augusta, Ga., if W. J. Penick is to be believed He writes as follows to friend in the rebel army:
 |" But Jimmy smith can smile as sweet as . spring flower and the boys all around say that Miss Mary N. can kiss as sweet as Thunder bolt of Molasses know but little about it, only when the wind is in the south, kstch a sweet glims once and while, I must stop Know for aver 1 am your friend W. J. PENIcK."
 "A thunderbolt of molassesl' Tom Moore 'r Tennyson would find it difficult to beat that
 Major John s. Watrous was shot at his resi- fence in New York, on Thursday evening last, oy his business partner, James Corson, and physicians say his recovery is impossible. The parties had been in the mining business. and hough retaining pleasant personal relations, Corson had lost good deal of money, as he al- eged, though being persuaded into this business by Watrous. The assailant escaped, and ct last had eluded the police. Both parties are said to be wealthy.
 VALUABLE PRIZE CApTuRED-Ths Key West of the New York Express, under date of the 18th inst, states that the British iron steamer, :" Circassian," 1,500 tuns, with c cargo of tea, silk, coffee and munitions of war, valued at $1 ,000, ,0Oo had been seized by tho blockaders and will be sent to New York Pen saeela advicss state that the rebels, beside burn ing the navy yard, burnt all the saw mills, thus destroying the only means of sustenanoe of hun 'i ioos' 's's'a,,A .;s4, 3.g3# ' ..eaa4
 PARsoN BRowNLow.-The New York corres- pondent of the Boston Journal says:
 "Parson Brownlow is reaping Q golden har- vest, Not less than $2500 came from his efforts at the Academy of Music New York The meet ing at Brooklyn yielded about $1200, and he will average about $l,000 lecture. He is to have $1, ,000 for the copyright of his coming book, and on the whole will come out of the cam paign with full purse." ...
 Col CeLT's ESTATE The appraisers on Colts estate have fnished their labors, and they make the whole amount of his property foot up to some- thing over THREE MILLION or DOLLARS. This is exclusive of his landed property in the Vest era States, and Texas, his gold and lead mines in South America, and his property in England, which it is believed, cannot be fairly estimated. Probably it is worth another million.-Hartord Tmss.
 rebel officers were captured by Gen. Totten, vhan ahout crossinr the Missouri river at lief.