Litchfield enquirer., 1862-03-13


 Monitor, handled her with great skill, assisted by Chief Engineer Stimers. Lieut.. Worden was injured hy the cement from the pilot house being df;ven into his eyes. but trust not seriously The Minnesota kept up continuous Ere, and is herself somewhat injured. She was moved con. slderably to-day and will probably be of to night. The Monitor is uninjured, and ready at any no ment to repel any attack.
 tsigned.) .-z-a. V: Fox,==
 Assistant Secretary of the Nsvy.
 The fuller particulars of the naval battles in Hampton Roads, which took place on Saturasv ana Sunday, add very few facts not contained in the hrst dispatches During Saturday sssHiAg, after the cessation of firing between ths ,ebssi vessels and the NewPort's News battefies. tho trigate Coagrsss was set. on. fire bs ths -rs,sls. and was blown to pieces by the explosion of her magazine On Saturday morning the confira was renewed, the attention of the Heyrfraoc. un. til the appearance of the MonitOr, being princi. pally directed to the Minnesota, which vas still Laground. That vessel was struck several tit,es. and some half dozen men were killed on board her, but the damages sustained by her are ncs serious. She was subsequently got aAoat, and wlil soon agaln be in lighting condition. In ad- dition to the. other vessels mentioned, the run- boat Oregon was disabled by a shot in her boiler. and the gunboat Zouace was also damaaed to some extent. The encounter between the two iron,clad vessels was most terrific one. They were engaged both at l0ngand short range--two- pr three times lying along side of each 0ther., The Monitor at last succeeded in forcing lon9 hole in the side of the rebel monster. when the entire rebel fleet turned tail for Norfolk. Lieut.. Worden, commanding the Monitov, was wounded in the head from fragment of iron which seh. tered one of the lookout holes in the p;lol. house. The loss of life on the CRmberlmyd is uaA fr, Ike, ,l,- l.- 4
 Advices from Memphis represent the ihhabi. tants of that City to be intensely excited, iu an- ticipation of descent of the National forces The sole reliance was upon Fort Pillow md Randolph, as their were very few rebel troops there for the defense of the place. After sever al intellectual attempts to transact business, the State Legislature, had scattered. and Gov Har- ris is represented to be flying about from point to point in vain endeavors to rally the people to. his aid in repelling the Lincoln hirelings."
 The North Cu'olina .Slmdtud has an i'm. portant rumor that the seat of Government is to be removed from Richmond to Raleigh"
 We have news of the most startling and gio- rious character from Arkansas. An official dis. patch from Gen. Halleck to Gen. Mcclellan announces that Gen. Curtis after three days hard fighting, has gained most decided victory over the combined forces of Van Dorn, McCul- lDch, Price and Mcintosh. Our loss in killed and wounded is reported at one thousand while that of the enemy is still heavier. Guns flags. e-o ;o s,ssaoN:- ties and at last account our cavalry, was in full pursuit of the flying rebels. This is undoubted. y one of the most important victories of the war, and is undoubtedly the finishing blow to the rebels in the Southwest.
 The startling rumor reached this town Tues day that the rebel army was evacuating Centre vile and Manassas. This was followed by another startling rumor, that Winchester was fully evacuated on Sunday. A later dispatch rs- ceiyed from Washington puts these matters be- vond doubt. Centerville is deserted by the re- beIs. and probably Manassas Winchester is evacuated the batteries on the Lower Poto- mac are deserted and all indications point uner- rngly to the conclusion that the rebel lines arc being withdrawn along their whole extent. Where the new positions of the rebel army will be taken remains to be seen.
 THE ADVANCE ON THE PoToMAc.-Ths tsls. graph announces an important movement by portion of Gen. Banks division on the Upper Potomac. Gen. Geary, in command of Penn sylvania Brigade, has occupied Leesburgh, which was hastily evacuated by the rebels, and nov holds it, with the three forts erected for It's de- fence. This aggressive movement gives the con- trol of the whole southern bank of the Potomac, and opens communication on the Virginia side of the river be wesn Washinet,n, Harp:r's Fer. ry and Martinsburg At the same time 10 threatens to outfank whatever force the rebss may have at Winchester, and cut their commun. ications with the main army near Manassas.- We were told day or two ago, through rebel sources, that they were fortifying Leesburgh % as to make it impregnable, and the fact that their forces have been found there indicates that they were endeavoring 10 do so. But Gen Me Clsllan has again out -maneusred them, and they have found it necessary to give up the position and allow us to establish our lines continuously on Virginia soil. Whether they have found out that just now they need all their men elsewhere. and have hurriedly withdrawn them to meet an attack in another quarter, or are trying Jehn- sons old gamo of drawing our Northern Poto- mac forces into positions where they will be useless in the grand game is not yet disclosed to us, but the movement indicates there is to bs quick and sharp work somewhere along the line, and a grand battle in which all the available strength of the two armies will participate. THE commander of French steamer at Fort. ress Monroe, who came down from Norfolk on Friday, brings the intelligence that Gen. Burn sides command was in possession of wiutoa, and moving towards Suffolk, short distance from Norfolk, and q station of importanes on the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad. It was be- lieved that the troops were advancing on the turnpike road. If the intelligence is reliable we may hourly expect news of . severe battle near Norfolk. as the rebels were preparing to make a stand
 A severe battle occurred near Fort Craig. New Mexico, on the 2lst ut between the rebel for- ces under Gen. Sibley and the national troops under Col. Canby, without . decisive resulL-- The battle was to be renewed the next day, when the nationals expected to be reinforced by Kit Carson with additional troops. Itwas re- ported that our artillerists were killed ct their guns, and the pieces captured. -.-t