Litchfield enquirer., 1862-11-06


 MASSACHUSETTS, ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN AND W!s
 coNsIN, REPUBLICAN.
 Seymour in New York is elected by l5,000 majority probably. Erastus Corning of fAibany is re- elected to Congress. Winfield, dem, 11th dist; Nelson, dem. 12th dist :; Kelbheisch and Odell, dem, in Brooklyn, elected. State goes democratic by l5,000 ma jority. Total majority for Seymour in N. Y City is 30,440. The fol- lowing democrats are elected to Congress in N. Y. City. Ben. Wood, 32sl maj. Fernando Wood, 6424 maj Elijah Ward 2000 maj. Chanler 64ls maj. Brooks 5000 maj. Henick 2oO0 maj The Democratic assembly .len in N. Y. City and Brooklyn are also elected, as we'll as all local officers.
 -MAssAcHusETTs. Gov. Andrews ma j. is ,000 Nine Republican Congressman elected. Thc Legislature of Mass. will be strongly Re- publican.
 -1LL1so1s. Chicago gives Arnold, Republi- can for Congress, majority of 400. Returns from the State give no result. Springfield city elects Steusrt, dem, to Congress. Allen, dem, candidate for Congress at large, has POO maj. in Springfield Kankakes Co. gives Norton, Re- publican. for Congress l000 maj. Returns from 7otowns give Ingersoll, Republican candidate for Congress at large, 330o ajorify over Allen.
 -NEw JERSEY. Newark N J. 12 o'elack midnight Monday. The State has gone Demo cratic, elec,ing Parker Governor, Perry and Stesle, democra tcx, re elected to Congress. MICHIGAN. Scattering returns indicate the election of the whole Republican Stals ticke, by majority of5,o3o.
 MISSOURI. Election passed off quietly. Nc i returns.
 WISCONSIN. 17 towns in Walworth Co, give Potter, Republican, for Congress-, l23S maj.-- His majority in the County will be 500.
 THE Uiion cavalry on Friday made a recon 1 nois$cce within three miles of Winchester They SAW large force of Rebel cavar; and ar tiliSly in the vicinity of Snicker's Gap, where | they had signal station. Another scouting expedition on Saturday morning ascertaine, that the Rebels were in strong force ;. ;:'id neal the Gap. In the first reronlt:saus,. we took several prisoners. Lieut. Clifford Thomson late c: the Tribune, one of Gen. P!easanton aids ~ho went cut on Friday afternoon to com nunicate wit., Gen. Bayard, who commando Gen. Sigels cavalry, was stopped by a whul, column of Rebel cavalry coming down the rou, from Snickers toward Al!ie Lieut.. Thomso, heard cannon and sew shell exploding towar, Aldie, from which it was inferred that Gen Bayard was having brush with Stuart's Re bels. Stuart had come down through the Gap tue day precious, with several thuusand caYalr, and fourp pieces of artillery. All accounts agre, that the Rebels are in force near SnickelxvilIe and that they mean to hold the Gap Our cav airy seems to bs lowering all around tie Rebe ! front the north of Snicker's down nearly to ttt Manassas Gap RaiirnaI. We cannot speal III 're particularly of the position of oar troops but time vii! soon develop important events It s said that all the Rebel forces in W-sstarn Virginia have joincd Lees army The Rebels are said to hold Thorouglfare Gap. Gen
 
 had fight on Saturday with the cnemy's cuva y at Phillimont, near Snickers Gap. It wa, an artillery brush only, lasting about five hours The Rebels retreated to Union a little village about three miles south of the Gap. Our loss was one killed and fourleen wounded Sunday morning Gen. Pleasanton renewed the attack, being reinforced by brigade of infantry. The Rebels retreated, and our troops occupied Union, Up to 3 p. m. our loss was one killed and four wounded. Heavy iriug was heard in that di- rection uutil dark, but the result was not known, The dispatch stating this news abruptly adds that {" another portion of our army took posses. sion of Snickers Gap today" which, if true, s news of importance. We await its conarna- tion.
 Hartford editor saw, Satu, day, a common box turtle from the farm of Mr. Loomis of Bloomfield. ln 1911 the same turtle was caught and marked by his father, Jacob Loomis and again in 1883, Rev. Reuben Losms. now of Winsted, caught it and marked st with hls initials and the date. Rather aged turtle that
 With regard to moyements in Kentucky and Tennessee, both of the National and Rebel for ces the Cincinnati Inquirer, of the lst inst says; " We are credib'y informed that the First Division, Gen. A. J. Smith, arc in possession of Camp Dick Robinson and Nicholasville ; Second Division. Gen. Gilmore, at Lexington !; Third Division, Gen, Beard at Williamstown and Winchester. Msjor-Gen. Granger, the Commander uf the corps d'armee has his head quarters in Lexington. An immediate forward movement of the three divisions has been or dered. The various corps d'armee under Gen. Rosecrans, are toward Nashville It is reported that the rebels are fortifyins Cumberland Gap under Gen Stevenson that Bragg is moving on Nashville from the east, while a column un der Price, is moving on the same city from the west. The rebel army's combined effective men will be over 100000 troops. Gen. Negley's position would Certainly be critical if these re ports prove true. The Federal armies could not arrive in time, we fear, to save him from be ing captured, with millions of dollars worth of arms. stores, &c. Another report has it that Bragg, with his entire army, are retreati.s through East Tennessee. making forced march es into Virginia to reinforce Lee who is stead lily falling back toward Richmond If thls should prove correct. there is every probability that Penberton will also make his exit from Mississippi into Alabama, and thence eastward