Litchfield enquirer., 1862-05-01

Esl.1Ezwsrn FRoK GEN: M1rcHKfL's Drvrsros-A cotre.. ponaent ol the Cincinatti Gosete, who -accom. panied ten. Mitchell on his recent expedition glves some interesting incidents of the march. q nag or ttuce had been sent on in advance of e' tie nan column accompanying Col. Young ta reoei officer who was left behind when Nas6. 1 vsae was evacuated on account of ilness,) and Iaeus. U br,en who came with flag of truce as | as an escort to the Brownlow party. He thus l aescrloes the reception to which the chiyalry treated the party: - e''''
 = But the most disgaceful portion of th;s story remains to be told. When the escort sr. ! rived at Fayetteville, it was surrounded bv a mob Of the citizens of that place who heaned upon our unoffending soldiers every imag,nable insult that could be expressed in the African ! mngo which these Secessienists universally yssi
 me most opprobrious epithets were applied, and l tae most insane threats hurled at their heads. | oot toung and Lieut.. O 'Brien making no elFort to restrain them, At,last one of the scouudrels. considering himself licensed by the forbearance ol cur men, advanced to Lieut. Johnson. took
 noio or ms beard, pulled it, and, with the grin.
 mug malice of devil, exclaimed, You're a speclmen oi the d-d Yankees they are sending uown eefe' are you It is matter of surprise that Lieut.. Johnson did not cut him down in
 his tracts. But he remembered that h;s mic. sion was one of peace, and determined to 20 to the very verge of human forbearance rather .han commit any violence. After this outrage the hootings and revilings of the Fayettevillians were redoubled, and the party were glad to take refuge in an old hotel. where they remained du.
 ring the night. The next morning they Started
 back toward Sheelbyville, and met the advancing columns of our forces rae5 a~ ltF
 "Gen. Mitchell was highly indignant when hs heard of the outrage that had been committed upon his flag of truce. He rode rapidly into the town and found a large number of the citi. zens assembled in the public square to witness the entrance of our army
 1 People of Fayetteville! cried the General Tn voice of thunder, you are worse than sava- ges Even they respect a flag of truce, which you have not done. Yesterday, the soldiers whom sent to your town on a mission of court. esy and mercy, were shamefully insulted in your streets, and it was you who gave the insult. You are not worthy to look in the lace of honest men. Depart to your homes every one of you. and re- main there until give you permission to come | forth r
 "At the conclusion of thi, speech the skulk. ing towards scattered to their homes like fright rats to their holes and. to day, the atmosphere of Fayetteville is unpoluted by the breath of traitors.'"
 A WAL Governor Andrew Johnson has TO. ceived sorrowful appeal from four rebel Tenn esseeans now held as prisoners of war at Chica- go The names of these men are Ellis, Clifford, Wiley and Russell. They mourn the loss of property comfort and honor which has attended their lapse into rebellion, and deplore the blind ness which led them to follow the evil counsel of Harris and his party. They say:
 We are willing to take the oath of allegi- ance and go home and there be contented. The rich men promised us to take good care of our families but they have suffered ever since we | left home."
 One of these men has six children, another seven and another eight. Without homes or nancy, and bereft of their natural protectors by | the chances of war, these families are sufering actual destitution. lis no wonder that the de- luded fathers end thelx xplaintive plea with words l like theses
 "Hep, help! oh, help suffering humanity.-- We are all from forty-fve to sixty years old.- God help us
 R. B ELLIS, JAxxs wnxY, FRANKLIN CLIFFORD, HALEY RUSSELL. l. The Washington Star says It is not only true that NJ. Mercier, the French Minister, did not see and converse with the Dr. Lemoine in Richmond ton the occasion of his recent trip in. to Secessia) as alleged hy the Richmond papers and therefore did not hold out encouragement for perseverance, in their current insurrection through Dr. l.. as they also allege, but tt is also certainly true that while there ke helH no official communication ,chateper agih 0nEz person, ex- cept the Consuls of his own .04Iernment at Richmond and Norfolk. While there. we learn he saw and conversed with many persons whom he had known in society here, including Judah F. Benjamin but his intercourse with them, one and all, was wholly of an unofficial charac- ter"
 CONTRIBUTIONS. Senate on Friday in executive session confirmed the nominations of George Cadwallatler of Pennsylvania, and George H. Thomas of Virginia, as major.generals, and Col. Alfred H. Terry of Connecticut Miles s. Haskell of Indiana, Major Henry W. Vessels of the 9th infantry, Col. John ". Geary, Major | Samuel w. Crawford of the 18th infantry, and Leonard F. Ross of Indiana, as brigadiergenerals of volunteers. It is understood that the Senate l rejected John Cochrane, H. H. Lockwood. Chas. F. Clarke and Chas. Dana as brigadiers. Among other instances illustrating the spirit prevailing among the southern clergy Parson Brownlow states that the pastor of the first Pres. byteran church in Knoxville called union prayer meeting to pray that Burnside's feet might sink aud the blockade be raised. The same minister had said that he would rather use Bible printed and bound in hell than one from the North Also, that Jesus Christ was born on southern soil, and that all his Apostles were southern men, except Judas Iscariot who was northern man. This was said openly from his pulpit on Sunday.
 Deserters from Norfolk say. that notwithstan- ding the fame of the Merrimac, she is not very popular, and is with the utmost difficulty that men can be got to work her. The men who escaped say they are part of her crew. Not be- ing as invulnerabe as they thought she would be, she is not in high favor with those who man her, as men are killed on board of her by shot from Union vessels. They are afraid of the Monitor, too, and are not willing to venture into close quarters with her. They also confirm tho report that one of her guns burst during the TO- recent action. They say that the explosion killed officers and 10 men. She is also badly strained by being aground.
 THE CROPS IN THE WEsT.-According to the Chicago Tribune of the 18th inst, much alarm begins to be manifested throughout Northern and Central Illinois with regard to the coming crops of spring grain. During four or five wseka it has rained all most daily, till tho soil is % thoroughly saturated with water as to preclude the possibility for some time of either blowing, sowing or planting. The danger of this short ening of. the season is felt doubly at this time, in consequence of about. 5000 Illinois faruers being withdrawn from the Slate to fight for the Union. In ordinary times, even when the spring work is forced close upon summer, by the em- V--- k-H~ L-Iw. Ah ~G Inc .