Litchfield enquirer., 1862-03-06
lin Mississippi. which is hssinning assstupI iss

n M1sslssifpf. Y hieh ts hegfMning fouefetopit self since the great successes of our troops ir Tennessee The Union men have heretofar. kept down by the rowing bands of guerills cavalry ywhich have ldnfsssed the country. bu now they have the c6uraseto speak their senti ments. Lieut.! Gwin found at Clifton, Tenn, . large Of grain and, flour stored, sportion of il
 he brought away.
 GEN. Banks army occupied Harper's Ferry l on Wednesday last, with all the necessaries fol a permanent stay. His advance took possession of Bolivar Heights, and on Thursday pushed : reeonnoisancesto Charlestovn, where a few pris
 oners were captured. Loudon Heights were also occupied, to guard against flank movement by tthe enemy. The troops passed over the river
 by means of . pontoon. bridge The reason fol
 this movement is of, course not divulged, but on.
 object probably, is to- cover the reconstruction
 of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.- No rel1a
 ble intelligence has been received from Win.
 chester, but it is believed that the rebels there
 have been considerably reinforced. PROOF of the progress of the National arm.
 in subduing the rebellion may be found in tho fact that, for the first time since early last sum
 mer, business messages from Nashville were re
 ceived by telegraph in New York, on Saturday 1 THE death of Brig Gen Lander is announced
 He died in. camp at PauiPau, Western Virginia l about o'clock. Sunday afternoon--one account I says of congestion of the brain, and another 'o debility consequent upon the wound received a
 Edwards Ferry, on the day following the battl, of Balls Bluff He is to be succeeded in hi. command by Gen Shields 4 .. 'dt .@ss5 | FLAc-Oficer Goldsborough, in his dispatche l to the Navy Department, states that the recon | noitering party sent up the Chowan River die ! not proceed further than Winton. There the enc
 my in considerable force, opened a heavy frt | upon our gunboats, with artillery and musketry and our force was provoked to make an sttaci on the place in return. The Hawkins Zouave
 were landed, and fire was opened from the gun
 boats, when the enemy ingloriously took to thei heels. The houses occupied by them as quar-
 ters were then burned and the zouaves agai1 embarked, without the loss of 8 man.
 IN ITS editorial column, the Raleigh (N. c.
 Register, of Feb. 26, says: " It is reported herr that Gen. Huger has been placed under arrest and will be tried for negli gence and incompe tence. The news we fear is too be good to b, l true" The same paper remarks: <" If we ma, judge from the police reports of the Richmont papers, that city has become as rife with rowdy ism and crime as ever was San Francisco in it
 worst days" .. ......-.- -.... .-. HON. Andy Johnson has accepted the appoint ment of Brigadier-G General, coupled with tn, important office of Prov:sioaal Governor of Ten nessee. He will repair at once to Nashville an> organize State Government and arm and pro tect the loyal citizens. The Government vii furnish him with fifty thousand stand of arms 4 dispatch from Charlestown, Va, states tha every thing is quiet and prosperous in Genera Banks command. From six hundred to thou sand barrels of flour belonging to the rebel have been seized there, and wooden mill, whicl | has been engaged in manufacturing clothing fo, the rebel army has been taken possession of with considerable stores.