Litchfield enquirer., 1862-03-27
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 Shields numbering onlyeight thousand, hsv, fought the combined rebsl forces under General Jackson, Smith and Longstreet, and signaily de
 feated them. Apreliminary skirmish took plac, on Saturday afternoon, about mile and hal
 from Winchester, on the Strasburgh road, be- tween portion of Gen. Shields troop, and tha rebel cavalry, with foar ,pieceso artillery ii which ths rebel force vas repnlssd 1t was thei sscertained that the rebels were advancing ir force. under the impression that Wiachesterhad been entirely evacuated by our troops, and pre-. parations were made to meet them The greal fbattle took place on Sunday. three or four miles from Winohester, lasting from 1ol in thsa fore. noon until dark. and resuiring in the total rou
 of the rebels, whose strength is put doynl al fifteen thousand, The losses in killed and wound
 ed are reported to be heavy on both sides. The rebels threw away everything in their flight
 and our cavalry, at last accounts were in close pursuit. a a,gqs a63 Ha asa st,sQJ hqG 3#I l WE receive from Washington and Winchester Ia full confirmation ,of the success of our arms near the latter place, against the rebel army un. Ider Jackson. The rebels expected to surprise our forces at Winchester, and were surprised themselves instead by the yigor with which they were met. Our losses in the battle amount to from seventy five to one hundred killed, and two hundred and fifty wounded, while the enemy's losses were much larger--two hundred and twen. ty five dead rebels having been counted by one person on the field. The rebel army, the Win chester dispatch states, has been driven back to Strasburg. Our men captured over thousand small nal afms' d sa yraa5 ss aa.a zaa Ye5a~gft3 GEN. Burnside is not satisfied with one, two; or three successes, so long as more work remains to be done. Immediately after the capture of New. bern, he started m expedition to Beaufort, which was already cut of from all chance of reinforce
 ment by the rebels. We have now the result o
 this new movement. On the approach of oul forces Beaufort was evacuated by the rebels, and Fort Macon was blown up. The steamship
 Nash0iAe, too-escape for her being found impos
 sible-was burnt. The rebels doubtless retreated down the coast toward Wilmington, which is some seventy-fve miles distant. .-.-,
 FROM correspondents with Gen. Smiths ad- vance up the Tennessee River, we learn that thf rebels are concentrating at Corinth. Tishiminge county, Mississippi. They propose thereto dis
 pute the advance of our army upon Memphis from the east. Corinth is point that commands in this direction, all the railroads running into Memphis from the Gulf States and from the Southeastern States. What it's defeuces may be we are not yet appraised; but the number oi rebel soldiers there is stated at a very high fig. ure-one correspondent with good means of in. formation, putting it down at 60,0O0. General Smith for rather Gen. Grant, isbut few miles north of the position at Savanna, and it seems, by the late skirmish at Pittsburgh landing, and the reconnoissances toward Eastport and Purdy, that he is preparing for speedy work. His force is large one, probably able to cope with the rebels but before beginning operations, he will be joined by another body equally large, and these together, will be sufficient to undertake at the same time operations against Memphis, and keep in check the rebels on the eastern section of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. t
 A DISPATCH from Richmond, dated the 1lth | inst, is published in the Memphis Appeal, which states that Jeff Davis is going West soon, and urges everybody" to rally to his standard."-- I It may be questioned whether in going West Jeff Davis is so anxious to orally everybody" as he through Texas and Mexico.
 ACCORDING to the statements of deserters from the rebel army under Magruder, who had arriv
 ed at Fortress Monroe, the rebels around York
 town number about a dozen regiments, but moi over six thousand effective fighting men. Al Great Bethel and the other points on the Penin
 sula, however, there are not less than fifteen thou
 sand. ..t .s.l ..-. -.v..g " ...t,.,... A.. CITIZEN of Memphis, who has arrived in St.
 Louis, states that there are now but three rebel | regiments between New Madrid and Memphis l stationed at Fort Pillow. Pikes were being manufactured at Memphis by the rebel govern. ment, intended for the new levies recently called for. Less than a hundred men, however, had re- | sPonded to the call of Gov. Harris. The rail roads concentrating at Memphis were being con nected, to enable the rebels to send off the roll ing stock down the New Orleans Road when nee. essary. This looks like preparations for eyscu- ating the city. s. .s.s a i,e4qs.u ..l asl5.51 | THs I0orH ANS1vEnsARY of St. John's Lodge, No. 4, F. and A. M., was celebrated in Hartford, on Friday last, the 21st. There was a large deputation of Masons present from all parts of the State ; procession, address, poems ball and supper, (in which latter, the delegation from Litchfeld,) were not behind their fellows, and a good time generally, was had, which extended ovsr late into Saturday the 22d. aSgaE ~Tas
 A. H. BYtNGTos, of the Norwalk Gasette is the Union and Republican candidate for Senator in the 18th District ssig 7f9a l5,4 e3a&5.7 r-sel4e | NEW ORLEANS is believed to be now in posses- sion of the National forces. It is the opinion in navala and military circles that Commodore por- ter's mortar feet has passed through the Rigo lets, and reduced Fort Pike, commanding the entrance to Lake Pontchartrain, and thus secuy ed an approach to the city in that direction for the forces under Gen, Butler, who at oace ex- tends the area of his department by a amovement of the first importance. It'is supposed that the attack upon Fort Pike was made within two days after the departure from Ship Island of the steamer bringing North the last intelligence from that point. ssa8i agae
 4 dispatch boat from Island No. 10, which ar- rived Tt Ca;ro 4,, ., .s.,: lSI -. z.