Litchfield enquirer., 1862-11-06

Army of the Potomac has now sl ,000 draught
 anImals-mules and horses-n it's employ. We find that it's baggage train. placed in q line as
 closely as possible. would reach 6l 1s miles ;and
 vet this IS the army which the .' AhpIitionsts' '
 as the Herald charges. are attempting to starve
 into condition to restrain the impetuous and irrepresslble ardor ofits Commanding General
 The Willimantic Journal says :-The inhab-
 tants of South Mansfield, are becoming scme- what alarmed in relation to the mysterious dis appearance of Patrick Daily. a man of intem- perate habits, who left his home near Hill For
 est on Thursday week, for parts unknown. this distracted runaway would, we presume, be
 gratefully ackno 'ledged by his afflicted family. A RASCAL CAUGHT Provost Marshal Cham. berlin received telegram Saturday evening
 from Laronia N. r., announcing the arrest of Vosburg, the swindng recruiting officer of : Barkhamsted, who obtained several bounties, sold himself as substitute and in various ways
 obtained several hundred dollars and then deser. ted. Chamberln has been on his track since 5 his desertion, and has now gone to Laronia to bring the prisoner to Connecticut and to justice. ; Desertions and swlndling operations pay poorly in this state.
 WASHINGTON REPORTS. Washington cor respondent of the New York Times telegraphs
 the following to that paper on Thursday
 1 co,~ T,I. TaJt tleman in New York, dated last week. is now exciting much comment in military circles.- ] The Judge uses rapid and vigorous pen, and
 strongly states the convictions of strong mind a in reference to the delays which now threaten
 to rost pone until next spring decisive action on the part of the most important of our armies.-
 The words of Judge Holt are wsighty and his 0 position e'nnentlv entities him to be regarded
 as wise adviser in this crisis of our national
 troubles. His statements in the letter referred e to. are of the most startling description and = serve as vivid commentary on the announce
 ment some lime since made in this column, that
 the Secretary of War and General! in Chief refer r. to the Presi ent all matters relating to the army '. of the Potomac It will he the duty of Con :. gress on tie first day of next session. to decree
 full investigation of the a1;.irs of that com nanu from the time our army left Washington 2 down to the moment which shall show us the i result of he ' forward movement" now alleged to D, in process of being made.
 k 'Ii!E Second Mate and seven sailors of the s apeak. arrived at Fortress Monroe on Saturday !, The rest of the crew are missing
 s GrS BANKS is to have eight regiments O [ Massachusetts infantry. three batteries of art?l d cry and regiment of cavalry part of Iii: n Texas expedition. He returned from Boston tt q New York Tuesday.
 l. TIE commission of Gen. Rosecrans, as Majo J. General has been dated back to the 2lst ol March 1862 the tia,e when ha ceased to com 7 .nand the Department of Western Virginia y rhis has been done partly as q reward of gallant Q ry and success of that officer. and partly to en able him to outrank the Major Generals who . will have to serve under him in his new depart f- ment.
 ! The Norwich Bank ia redeeming it's entire :s c sue uf one hundred do.r lis, they hayil 2 k been extensively c,aunterfeitad. It woH;d be well for persons holding them to gut thc;n cx
 changed without delay.
 ', Among the new couutcriets reported in the ' Boston Commercial B,t[tetia are tho following Clinton Bank. Clinton, Conn $5's spurious |. Viz locomotive and cars portrait on each end M Midi!,towu Bank, Midlilrtown, Conn.,, Sl s
 altered. Wig. a farmer seated. basket Of GOTH ' and cradle hear by; female on rock, waterfall and rainbow right.
 ' A man named Bronson, at work in F. H :, North & Co.'s buckle nlanuiaetory, New Br . tain, had his right arm caught and torn to pie ses in the machinery, few days ago.
 WITH regard to the recent ru,nors of intended
 changes in high military places, the Washing ton Republican of Tuesday says: Gen. Hal
 leck will not go the department of the West,
 neither will Gen. Mcclellan be made Comu,all- der ill Chief. Gen. Hooker, as he is by his bra very and soldierIy qualities entitled to will have an important command. The country, will know throughout the land will rejoice when this great
 Captain comes to hs right position" Tas silver snake mystery, which few years ago so much excited the people of Western New York, is solved at last. Ths hotel at Silver Lake, in Herry. Wyoming County, recently took
 fire. and in removing some rubbish, the negh- bors came across what they suppose was an In
 da rubber hose. On stretching it out, it showed the form of snake, some fifty feet in length.-
 1t seems the owner of the hotel hit upon the ex-
 pedient to redeem his failing fortunes, and after reaping the benit of the custom of the thou sands who came to see the wonderful serpent, he sold out, and on moving away, left the snake to the new proprietor
 OUR latest advices from Harper's Ferry say that Longs,reet's entire corps is at Snicker 8
 Gap, and in the valley just east of it. Snick-
 CTS Gap is in the Blue Ridge, on the road from
 Alexandra to Winchester. It is said l41s miles from Alexandria to Fairfax Court House, "A
 miles further to Aldie'e Gap in the Bull Run
 mountains and II further to Snickersvile snd
 Gap Passing through the Gap the Shenan-
 doah River is within a mile or two, Winchester
 is q miles west of the Gap. Leesburg is about i Is miles north eaat of Snickers. We have ] news from the other side of the mountains in
 dicatng that the Rebels are engaged in exten.
 sive movements, some down the Shenandoah to-
 ward Shanandale Springs and others up the riv
 CT in the Front Royal and Manessas Gap dir
 recton. Gen. Jackson was at Berryville (mid-
 way between Winchester and Snicker's Gap.) | Tur of ,+L,