Litchfield enquirer., 1862-10-23
AN armed reconnaissance, under Gen, Han

retlfea WtHoot nflnS AL Hiiie ana Half from Charestown our men were fired upon from five ten pound Parrotts wh oh were responded l to by Clark's horse battery and Tompkin's, Rhode Island battery for two hours. The reb- els guns were very we'll served, but only few of their shells exploded. About 10 clock the rebels ceased firing. At II our columns advan- ced, and at noon entered Charlesown without opposition. The loss on either side was light. 1 Our forces rested for the night south of Char lestown. Cavalry only were seen in front.- ! The rebels report loss of six men from our artillery. The main body of the rebels is be- lieved to be five miles beyond Charlestown. SERIOUS resistance having been made to the enrolment for the draft by the Irish residents of Lnzerne County, Pa, it was necessary on l Wednesday to call out a military force lin the ! town of Blakley,) and fired upon the insurgents. l Four or five were killed, and forclble opposition is put down. The same spirit has been mani fested all through the mining region. The un- refscting Irish have been stirred up to this fol- 1 y by Buchanan Democratic leaders. A MINNIE ball during the battle of Antietam. 1 passed through the pocket book of the chaplain, Rev. Mir. Finch, and dropped down into his boot. It bruised him, but did not make any se- were wound.
 1 THE New York Times publishes the following from warlrke Quaker to his son:
 Philadelphia Ninth Month l9. 1862.
 Dear Son: l understand thy regiment is or dered to the front Ifth;s is SD. I hope thee will remember the stock from wh ,m thee came :; and remember that death is better than dshon pr. From thy father.
 l THE RIGHT SPIRIT.-Daniel Webster said. at the naturalization meeting in Fanueil Hall. thirty years ago
 shall support the President in maintain ing this Union and this Constitution and the cause shall not fail for want of any aid, any ef- fort, any glorious cooperation of mine When the standard of the Union is raised. and waves over my head. God forbid that should enquire who is commissioned to unfnrl it and bear it up ] only ask in what manner. as humble indi vidual. can best discharge my duty in defending it.
 Gan. Jeff. c. Davis on Tuesday received all order from the War Department releasing him from the arrtst and which he has hilh- erto been confined since killing Nelson, end in military phrase, '' en!argng his limits" There are good reasons for believing that Gen Davis will be at the head of his command in the field again before long. He appeared on the streets, tue same afternoon for the first time since Nel- sons death.
 All the Rebel earthworks on the Potomac River have been destroyed or rendered useless During the period in which the gunboats were engaged in the works at Cockpit Point, the Re bels in squads of cavalry with four feld-pieces male their appearance, but a few shell thrown among tLem deterFed them from making an at tack
 Latest advices from Gen Schoiell state tha hi advance under Gen. Brown. had driven the 1 Rebels cut of PerryviIle, and that they fled hastily across the border into Arkansas. He says there is now no Rebel force in that DOT ton ol Missouri, and consequently none of in portance ia the State.
 The In;tetl States steam -fr.ra1e Tieonleroea sister shs!' to the Lackswan:4a was launched yes seF,!ss ss ;he Brooklyn Navy Yard. St,e i- q wooden eam-frieate over GOO burden and will require $50 or 400 sailors to man her. The Quartermasters who permitted tha shameful waste of stores in the army, for some u'onths rassed, will probably experience an overbauling before they are aware of it. Com plaints have reached Washington that immense stores have been suffered wantonly to spoil, when the slightest care CT attention would have rendered them not only available, but absolutely useful. It is hard to believe that this ou,4- geons neglect is for the purpose of private gain in the purchase of further and unnecessary supplies, though his charge is openly made
 The RersEd well says: "It seems strange, aRd yet is q remarkable fact that scarcrly any notice is taken by the people of the brilliant movements Of our own, cavalry whereas, if Stuart or Fitz Hugh Lee should dash upon our outposts or around our camps, an outcry is made against generals, and the rebels praised up by both abolisionists. When Stuart made his raid upon Chambersburg the people could talk of nothing else for a week; but the movements of our General Pleasanton's caval- ry are scarcely spoken of by them Again, the dash of our cavalry into Hantown. Fairfax Court House, Frederick, upon the rebels at Williams burg, and many other places into the midst of the rebels, scarcely excites any comment; while the two raids of stuart's cavaLy everlasting y thrown up as specimens of rebel superiority and the inferiority of our forces and generals and cavalry"
 REAR ADMIRAL FooTE has lost another child the third within the last half year. His daughter, Maria Eudocia Foote, aged seven years, died at New Haven on Monday the 2Oth inst. He has the heartfelt sympathy of every lover of his country, for few have served it 80 well,
 THE N. Y. Times Washington dispatch, says, General Fremont expects soon to arrive in Washington, preliminary to his assignment to an important command Southward. The state. ment published nearly week since that General Morgan has been suspended from command on account of his retreat from Cumberland Gap. is believed by the Secretary of War to be untrue, as nothing of the kind is known in his depart ment."
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