Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-05

FROM FORT PuLAsk1-REBEL CoURTEs1Es.- We take from private letter from member of the Seventh Connecticut regiment, the follow. ing incident;
 A few -ys ago. two sergeants, from Cos and E with five privates from Ce. Fl, went up to Savannah under flag of truce in small boat for the purpose of releasing one of the secesh prisoners. The rebels returned the kindness by retaining them as prisoners of war. on the ground that they had brought no national flag with them They were well treated by Me negroes, who passed cake into the prison for them, and fur. nished them late Savannah paper by rolling it up close and showing it into a canteen which was passed out to be filled. The men were ;; allowed to return after few days imprison- ment."
 BS The slavery worshiping papers are con- tinually protesting against the introduction of the negro question in Congressional or editorial discussions, whereas they are continually vio- lating the rule themselves On Thursday, in the House of Representatives at Washington, | that body was considering the propriety of pur- chasing tho Douglas mansion for q hospital-a subject the most remote from the ''nigger" or slavery-when what does Mr. Woodruff, a Dem ocratic member from Connecticut, do, but rise in his seat and argue against the emancipation of slaves. But it is always thus -Courant.
 F1REs.-The fire at Brooklyn on Thursday last was quite serious, not only in loss of prop erty but in loss of life. A vessel was discharg- ing crude oil in barrels, and one of the casks, which was being raised by the derrick, fell upon the vessel and burst, scattering the contents in every direction. A man who was smoking a pipe, in jumping out of theway, dropped spark of fire upon the oil, and almost in an instant the vessel and it's contents were enveloped in a sheet flame. The flames spread with great rapidity, and in Q few minutes storehouses upon the dock, containing 15,000 barrels of oil, were one mass of flame. The docks, with property on them, consisting of lumber, sheds, etc., were damaged to the amount of $5,000. Several vessels were damaged, and one or more destroyed. The total loss is estimated at about 340, 900. Itis thought certain that five lives were lost.
 UNION MEETING IN MURFREEsBoRo, TENN large and enthusiastic meeting of the Union citizens of Rutherford county, Tenn, was held in into consideration their relations to the federal government. MT. William Spence was called to the chair. It was moved that the resolutions of the Union Convention at Nashville be adopted, whereupon Hon. Edmund Cooper, of Shelbyville, advocated the motion in speech of great elo- quence and power. His denunciation of seeess- ienists was pointed and severe. MT. Cooper was followed by Governor Johnson, who delivered an argument in behalf of. the Union that carried conviction to every loyal citizen present. The resolutions were then unanimously adopted, after which the assemblage dispersed.
 The following instructions to Brigadier Gener- al Phelps, commanding at Carrolton, contain the -comprehe nsive expression of Gen. Buffers views as to the disposal of fugitive slaves who come within the lines of our army:
 HEADQUARTERS, Department of the Gulf
 New Orleans, May 9th, 1862.
 GEN. PHELps-Mr. J. B. G. Armond saysthat boy by the name of Irwin Pardon, whose ser vices he claims, has come within your lines. The course which l have adopted in such cases is this If have any use for the services of such boy employ him without any scruple; if have not, do not harbor him, as my subsistence would by no means serve for so many extra men that do not need. If you have any use for him, use him; if not, is he not like any other vagrant about the camp? Respectfully,
 B. E. BUTLER, Mai. Genl Comd'g.
 A dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer, da- ted Cairo via St. Louis, June l, says: From officers and others who left Corinth on Friday morning, I learn that the reported evacuation was complete, not gun left behind, showing conelusively evacuation had been going on for 8 week at least. A large portion of the city is de- stroyed. The depot and courthouse remain; the platform around the former is destroyed. It is reported that the main army retreated to Jack son, while forty thousand are said to be at Grand Junction, between Corinth and Memphis, and some of the best troops of the rebel army are supposed to have gone to Richmond Uia Mobile, there being direct railroad communication from Corinth to Richmond. A large cavalry and ar tillery force are in pursuit of the flying rebels. The prisoners captured are estimated at from 800 to 1000, mostly taken by Pope's Division"
 TIE Chicago Tribune states that since Gene ral Halleck took command at Pittsburgh Land ing, our army has built, incredible as the story may sound, more than fifty miles of intrench- ments, and full two hundred miles of wagon roadsl Four parallels, each more than twelve miles in length three or four roads-wide, cor duroyed and bridged-leading from the landing to each corps d'armee-all the works of our men, many of whom never before handled spade or an ax in all their lives.
 A woman has been indicted in Philadelphia under the treason act, fo displaying small se-