Litchfield enquirer., 1862-04-10

dom as wei as power, to preserve the unity, and uphold the digr;ty and authority of the govern mept, so that permansnt .keace may soon bs re- stored Sih our Troubled country; " for who know eth whether he lasJ come 10. .ghe. Kingdom for suchsstime sSthisf'ga F .zassN Given under my hand and the seal of the State ~ at fise City of Norwich, this thetwenty GL feighth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ss,, ,sixty+two, and of the Independence of a the United States the eighty
 .EaT WILLIAM A BUCk1dhAM. gy yHis Ezcsllencyt Command, .,yla4
 J. HAMx IND TRUMpuLL,
 sTKAEa3G " Secretary of State.
 4 dispatch from Fortress Monroe, dated Sat urday, states that cabnonading had been heard ali the morning in the direction of Yorktown. A rumor WAS current that the place had, been burnt, but it Bas not generally credited. A h. tef dispatch, received by way of Washington, states that at 3so'ciock yesterday afternoon the head quarters of our army was within i've miles of Yorktown. The cannonading spoken of had been apparently .witieat efect'on either side.
 gAaispatch from General Wool to the Secre- tary of War, dated Saturday -afterueon, also an nonnces that firing lad been heard in the drec- ton of Yorktown. The General further states that all is going onA smoothly, and that he does notshereSe the army of the7arny of the Poto- mac will find many troops to contend with. He has learned that the rebel steamer jfertinaac was on the dry dock at Norfolk, loaded with coal, and thatshe was to come out of the dock, Saturday, vitktwo meEs large guns on board, one of them heavy calibre. -,,. .4. 4..,.-r-,.-- -y-~q.-
 HE LATE CEN LASpER,o 8 short time before his death, was requested to furnish materials for his biography to be published in the fort h. coming work, entitled '.Ihe Officers of the Uni- on Army and Navy, their Lives and Portraits D In replying he wrote tho following character
 EHEADouAhrsrs, CAaP KRLY,l
 Y IF -Rsla7 January 2a, l562.
 Dear Sire. do not know any event of my life that in paslis opinion would be worth noting have time 10 write history, though 1 am obliged for the kinllnas4 which prompted you to ask sie to do 50. '+'~ 7ia- 'F 'f'''- ''~+' --
 Ny public services have been greatly oyeres- 4imated, and if you could know the very poor opinion entertain of myself and others now charged with the bolY mission of preserving this Republic, you would never ask it. IL .aGs
 .sTyy ,aFl.l am, mest respectfully yours,
 E. W. LANDER, ,YJ JgfJ " Bd US "
 RHoDt~ ISLAND AxD CoSSEcrlcuT-If the Hartford Times is as accurate and careful in its statements about palitieai aifairs in Connecticut as it is about affairs ia ihs State, it.must be a valuable aid to its, rslders in learning ,he true state or things. We referred on Saturday to some of it's remarkable assertions B In it's issue of Fridayit enliyhtens the world as follows:
 Governor Sprague never repndiated the Democraticsresoutiolas, but accepted the nom- natiohtendered to him by the Democrats, upon those resolutions, as tie Democratic nominee, and he accepted no other noniination"
 1t would be difficult to crowd sore errors into the same space. To say nothingsof fhe rest, if the gimesi iprofesses to know enough of Rhode Island politics to allnde to them, it should know that Governor Spragae accepted the nomination of the Constitutional Union Conyention.-Prov. sdeaceI y0Wwat. tgEYT 4 fEggB 7 gs% MOI e. It is said that Asilby's rebel cavalry have re- Warned tothe yicinityo of Roniney, west of liar pers Ferry, with the idea of carrying on gue- rills warfare in the mountain fastnesses of that T5s Nashville papers of April 2, state that Hon, MILL 1Yancey made . speech some days agaAS Ghattanooga, while on his way to Rich. nond. It was chiefly repetition os what was sai1at New 0fieGuS. He referred to his report cd capture. and rensrked thasthe best proof of its unfounded character was his presence before hid audience. A Furthermore, he said, he had not only got in safe himself but considerable supply of arms had been received. tiAase aa sI
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 There is much satisfaction expressed in Mem phis over the |" submarine battery near by in the river, but Sur informant remarked the pass ing to aasd to of rebel craft with impunity, and concluded to doubt his own ears rather than his Swn eyes: There is good deal of loyalty in Memphis, especially among the working whites. uPon cealing for glass ofi lager, he was asked |: at ish you, Unioasor repel?', s"SasHiRs so1
 U snnthovn x" Not tam hitof beers tea, If you hurrahs for Lincoln you can have it:',' , The lager yender was admonished for lis boldness.
 'sfxIn te southern confederacy. ]. knows what talks about. sells ho lager to tam rep. els."- NashciRs Cor NJ. World. & >9 se'5
 Rev Dr. Charles Wadsvorth, ar pastor of the Arch Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, recently fesignsd bis pastorate preparatory to a removal to San Francisco But his congregation have voted unanimously not to accept, and to increase his salary from $a,o00to $5, COG. 1oH
 From Island. No. 10 we are informed that the tery.was completely disabled on Friday night by the,fring, from our guns, A new battery was then erected rby the rebels, but the firing from the Aest eomE lately sieneed rit.o5 Friday night the Ranbeat Carondelet ran the batteries on the islands anais now .asailable for General Pope She%as fired at, but not struck ones. s'oi4soG
 Commodore Tatnall has abandoned his mos quito fleet, and gone to Norfolk to take cohiaant of the battery Merrimac. His .proyerhiat bae luck since As tdraed rebel will, noaoubt,, follow him. Ers arf;er .,s.va,vA A
 The following extract from a. letter dated Der nuda9 March 20, gives information of interes to our blockading vessels; ]" The steamer Der muda arrived yesterday from Liverpool. Sh' brings number of passengers. Itsis said tha sne nas very yalaabbls cargo of arms and am munition for tue Confederate Government smongst it fifty tnns of runpowder' She ia, called here for eeaa. Her dastination is unknown Bhe will leave in \ day or two. The Bermud, is thssasns vessel that run the blockatn som, soro, nonths since and created so much excitsmsnt Rumor has itsthatg the Admiral has received yer, important despatches respecting the blockade o the Southern ports by her.,s
 Attorney General Bates has given an opinio, that there is no adequate provision of law to au thorise pensions to the widows of soldiers iilIe, h bsHds s5ss st. ess4S s'li 's si', Fs1i 2