Litchfield enquirer., 1862-05-01
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k9 Fort Jaekson. on ahe Mississippi hiver. shslcN NsN Orleans. sdnneneed on ths 22d inst "A 4 dispatehH from Ns~ Orleans to the Norfolk bay Book anhopncss this fact, and that the bom- bardmspt was shssvy and cohtihacds through out the night, and was still proceeding on the 22d. It is represented by the rebel Gen. Low ell, who is in command there. to be- terrific, and there is little doubt that the fort was unable to held out long agains. it, though the dispatches speakin asemilhopeful tone. a4&stl sss5 }s
 A GENTLEMAN arrived in St. Louis on Wednes- day, who was in New Orleans on Friday, the 1lth inst. He came North through Gen. Mitch. els linsss near Huntssillss He reports a ter. rible condition of things in the Crescent City Pork was selling at $50 per barrel -four SIS tc $2O; coffee at 75 cents per pound 1; tea, of the poorest quality, at g to s per pound the poor CT classes subsisting on herbs. Common cali coes at 30 to s5' cents per yard Confederate scrip at 65 cents discount for coin. There were great numbers of Union men in the city, who only await the appearance of the Stars and Stripes to declare themselves. 2 mi ..t ..,s.
 ADv1cEs from Commodore Foote's Flotilla to the 23d inst, has been received. Only two of our mortarboats remained in position for opera ting against Fort Wright, and they threw in shells only occasionally. The rebels had not replied that day, and none of their gunboats were in sight, Commodore Foote, we learn from Washington, has asked to be relieved from the command of the fotilla on account of pbysi- cal inability, resulting from the wound he re- ceived at Fort Henry. The Navy Department, however, instead of relieving him, has sent him an assistant, in the person of Capt. Charls H. Davis, who will relieve him of much of the phys ical labor of his position.
 TIE sick or wounded soldiers who arrived on the steamer Cossack from Newberne, on Thurs last, are, from tue ....
 Eigh!h Connecticut-Lieut. J.. Eaton, Co. B. :; Sergeant Clark, Privates F. Newcomb, c. L.. Buel, W. E. Spencer, NJ. E. Crowell, of Co E. {; G. Boswell, A. A. Burk, D. Dihower, J. c. Gold smith, Co. l.; G. Upton, D. Simmons, Co. F. {; and o. Weyght, Co. K.
 Tenth Connscticut-A. L Frink. F. Tyler, Co., D.; c. Peterson, Co. l.. W. H. Rodgers, F. G. Bushnell. Co. H.; D. L. Smith, Isaac Comstock, J. Bucksten, Co., A. L. Capter, L. Rickman
 Eleventh Connectieut-Pr;vates Geo. Brown and P. Stafford, of Co. D.
 NEW ORLEANS has fallen! This glorious in- telligence comes to us from the rebels, and we therefore have no right to doubt its correctness The War Department has received the news from both General Wool and General McDowell-tak- en by the former from copy of the Petersburg (Va.) Express, and by the latter from a copy of the Richmond Examiner of Saturday. It is an nounced that our forces passed Fort Jackson on Thursday morning at o'clock, and that when the news reached New Orleans the excitement was boundless Martial law was put in full force, and business was completely suspended. All the cotton in the city was burnt, and all the steamboats. excepting such as were necessary to transport coin, ammunition, Sc. At o'clock on Friday >telegraphic communication was cut of by the operator at New Orleans. with the an- nouncement that the National forces had appear ed before the City.
 OUR intelligence from Gen. Halleck's army is of the highest importance. Passengers from up the Tennessee, who arrived at Cairo on Sat urday, report that on Thursday an engagement took place between the advance guards of the National and the Rebel armies, in which the rebels were driven back toward Corinth, and that Gen. Halleck was pushing his whole army vigorously forward. A second dispatch men tions the fact that a reconnaissance had been made towards Corinth, which was pushed as far as Pea Ridge, only six miles from Corinth, where our forces remained from II o'clock in the morning until o'clock in the afternoon with out molestation. It is probable that another great battle, has by this time, been fought, un- less the rebels have concluded rather to evacu- ate their position at Corinth-a contingency which is hinted at in our dispatches.
 THE Navy Department received dispatch on Saturday from Commodore Foote, containing an official report of the expedition of Lieut.. Gwin, with the transports Tyler and Lexington, to Chickasaw, Alabama, wheretwo thousand troops commanded by Gen. Sherman, disembarked and proceeded to Bear Creek Bridge, at the crossing
 
 bridge together with some 500 feet of trussle work. and half a mile of telegraph line, was destroyed. The rebels made feeble resistance to our cavalry, but were soon dispersed.
 GENERAL Wool on Monday telsgraphed to the Secretary of War to the effect that tho news of the occupation of New Orleans by our forces was confirmed. The news dispatch from Fortress Monroe states there was no news there. The operators attempted to return, but found the city occupied by the federal forces.
 THE news from the Department of the Kappa hammock is important. Our forces have not yet occupied Fredericksburgh, but stay in Falmouth, on the opposite side of the river. Information recently received renders it pretty certain that there is large rebel force in the neighborhood, ready to dispute Gen. McDowelrs progresss to- ward Richmond. Report places this force un- der the command of Gen. G. ". Smith
 DISPATCHES from Gen. Banks army to satur- day afternoon briayi us interesting intelligence, A strong reconnaissance had been pushed in the direction of Staunton, but its progress had been stopped by the destruction of the bridges over the south fork of the Shenandoah. These brid- ges were said to have been destroyed, not by the rebel soldiers, but by citizens residing in the vicinity. It had been reported by party of rebel cavalry to persons in the neighborhood that Staunton was already in possession of the N