Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-19
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Port sKepubacsnMonuay states tuas on the hiOIA- ing Of that day the army commencsd,its march |i in pursuitof the enemy, who were discovered to be in full retreat on Port Republic. Our ad- vance found his rear guard just across the river, apdsthe bridge in flames. Gen. Fremont had been informed that Jackson attacked General Shields on Monday, and after 6 severe engage ment drove him down the river, and at last ,ac- ]acountswas in full pursuit He had, therefore, Fdispatched an officer with a detatehment of'cav
 airy to open communication with Gen. Shields General Fremont gives further particulars of l the late battle beyond Harrisonburg, and com mends the gallant conduct of the army. He be- leves that our total loss in, killed and wounded, will not exceed six hundred and twenty five. - The loss of the enemy had not been ascertained. i5 DIspATcHEs from Memphis dated on the 10th Instant, state that quiet pervades the wholecity
 The civil authorities continued to exercise their functions as heretofore. The provost marshaPs s office was thronged with applicants for permits to proceed North The city recorder had been arrested by the provost marshal for causing'the arrest of citizen for conyersing in the streets with Union soldier.f It is estimated that 30,- 1 prior to it's occupancy by our forces As soon as the news of the defeat of the rebel fleet and I the surrender of the city reached St Francis river, Arkansas, 8 steamer acting under the or ders of the rebel General Hindman went up and down that stream and destroyed seventy thous- and bales of that staple, and four hundred bales were burned at Madison, Ark, about forty miles west of Memphis. 1,r'@a -. .a4 '.@ | NORFOLK is getting into better feeling; Union i sentiment begins to find expression, and trade is reviving. An expedition to Deep Creek, IS miles from Norfolk, on Friday, discovered reb- ell post office that kept regular communication with Richmond. It is thought there are no reb- ell forces east of the Blackwater River, which is nearly 40 miles by rail from Norfolk. ..
 A DIspAroH from Cairo gives rumor that I Col Morgan of guerrilla notoriety, had been captured by Gen Pope. The divisions of Gems. Sherman and IIurlburt left Corinth on the 11th, for Memphis, under orders repair the railroad as they advanced. ...
 AN officer who recently left Grenada, Miss, and arrived at Memphis on Thursday last, fur nishes important information of the whereabouts of the troops commanded by Gen. Beauregard at Corinth. Gen. Iindman is reported to have gone to Arkansas with the troops of that state Gen. Jeff Thompson with less than one thousand men, was at Grenada. Generals Beauregard and Price, with the main body of the rebel ar my were still retreating Gen. Pope is report
 cd to have arrived at Okolona.
 GEN. Hallecks dispatches, as late as the 18th, indicate that the rebel army under Beauregard was mutinous and disorganized to the last de
 gree Regiments whose time of service was out had been disarmed, and many of them were shot for refusing to serve longer. The whole country through which the brave and chivalrous traitor Beauregard has marched, has been stripped oi food by his famished Confederate scoundrels, and the inhabitants are left to starvc.
 FROM MEx!co.-By the arrival at New York of the steamer British Queen, VIC have details of the recent important events in Mexico, includ- ing the battle of Amazoc, near Pcucbla, in which the French were defeated and obliged to retreat to Orizaba. Gems. Negrete and Berriozabel commanded the Mexican troops in this affair - Two hattalions of French Zouaves skirmishing as light infantry begun These coy- ! cred two strong columns of infantry supported by rilcd cannon. The Mcxicans waited till they were within 50 yards, and then fired. The l Eropc,, Ind urI;1 1ct fIo ,Lo h,,f other French columns renewed the attack, and a second time they fed, leaving a number of dead who were shot in the back. Again the Mexicans charged, and had they had cavalry would have destroyed the invading army. The French did not renew the attack in front, but sent strong column against the Notifications of Guadalupe. They were here also repulsed, and reinforcement of Mexicans coming up, an attack was made on their right flank The French at once fell back upon Orizaba. Their loss is estimated by friendly authority at GOO or 800 soldiers in the fight and by sickness.- Another fight took place subsequently, near Ori- xaba, between the Rcactionists, supported by the French, and the Liberal forces, the result of which is claimed by both sides as Q victory. It may, therefore be regarded as drawn battle. The French forces, it is understood were to re- main Ut Orizaba until they could receive instruc- tions from their Government Meantime, Ju- arez is making every effort. to fortify the ap- proaches to the Capital, and expresses the de- terminstion-to defend it to the last. " Fs tsa'
 R A DISPATCH to the Grenada Appsal, dated at Atlanta [Gs. on tho 10th inst, reports that our foIces, variously estimated at from 5000 to 1000 had left the river opposite Chattanooga, Tenn., part going up and the remainder going down the Tennessee river. Itwas believed they would attempt to cross and effect junction on the southern side to attack the city. The rebel Generals Kirby Smith, Leadbeater and Reynolds were there with aconsiderablenumbero of troops. A citizen of Memphis, who returned from Gre nada, Miss, on Saturday, states that rebel ar- my 5000 strong had concentrated there.
 THE WHITE inhabitants of Crittender, county, Ark, opposite Memphis, have become greatly alarmed in consequence of the discovery of a design on the part of several hundred of the slaves of that county to simultaneously leave their masters and present themselves to Col. Fitch for protection. The census of 1860 gives the following as the population of the county i:
 Whites sif. -9saa. as5-Hsaa-i. -8e 2,573 Slaves sssr-l g,sg i. k=. s- t- s ii, 9 2Ae