Litchfield enquirer., 1862-07-24
ENLIST BOYS. ENL. ,sr,

off any longer. FALL IN AT oNCEl
Let us have LITCHFIELD COUNTY lReIMENT
if possible, oihcered and manned from tbs Coun-
ty. Now, while the irons hot STRIKEl
The following is list Of the extraordinary
Bounty to volunteers in Connecticut Reginentsl
90 at the time Of enlistment
81 per month to the wife OF married nan.
or to the youngest child If the wife is dead.
% per month to each child under IA years Of
age, not exceeding two.
$50 per year from the State.
$50 in advance, by the State, at the time Of
entering the service, 10 those uhe enlist before
August Goth. -
$25 by the United States, in advance, .. tho
tine Of entering the service. ..Itl :
$40 by the United States, whoa AssexaAly
discharged. - 'i'S
All this in additisa 10 regular pay Of Ga psp
month Q. priSatss. With ratisns, slsihiag, and
| arms.
The Richmond papers Of the 18th, contain the
announcement of the death Of the hoary traitor
Gen. Twiggs. He died q. Augusta on the 18th.
NEW ORLEANS MATTERs.-Gsn Butler has
received authority from Washington to raise
five regiments of troops in Louisiana. Gen. q.
F. ShepIey. late military commandaRt Of New
Orleans, has been appointed Militsry Governor
of Louisiana. He will remove the sect Of Gov
eminent from Baton Rouge TO New 0rlsAAs.--
The communications between General Batlsr aAd
the British Consul, and the rsnsvsl Of friendly
relations between the General and her Majsssy's
commercial representative, IL one Of Ne fsaiurss
Of the news. ..p4i.esl s.t,4.l tsst.gT
Mr.. s. B. Chittenden, Of New York, native
Of Guilford, has, We understand, offered 10 give
$25 apiece to 40 Gnilford boys who will enlist
in the Lyon regiment within thirty days.
| DoN'T LOSE Your BouNrY.-If the Connecti-
cut quota is not Immediately filed up voluntari-
", then resort will be had to drafting. In
that case alHthe bounty money Of over $500 is
lost and the drafted men will get only $l3 o
month. All those who may have any idea ofgo-
ing to the war, should remember that now IL
the very best time The same enormous induce
ments cannot be long offered. Money is now
poured out as freely as water. All is offered
that can be-. No larger bounty will be paid.
and if the recruits now hold back, they will lose
everything beyond the usual pay of q soldier
N. II. Journal
COMPLIMENTARY TO THE 1sr CONNECTICUT An.
r1LERY.-The following order will show what
its commanding officer thinks of the services Of
the First Connecticut Artillery in the battles be-
fore Richmond
HEADQUARTERS lsr CoNN. ARrnLERY,l
,o, june Both, 1862.
[Orders No. S51
The commanding officer takes lust pr;de
and pleasure in congratulating Major kellogg.
inc companies OF this Regiment under Capts.
Dow, Cook and BROKER, and the detachments
under 1Aeut. sedg'ick, for their gallantry and
the dangerous and toilsome service Eaithfullv
performed on the days previous and succeed.
ing. .s.g1. ss..,..'.
tie hears your praises from all quarters, es.
pecially from those whose experience and posi.
ton give such praise its value, and he thanks
you for the credit yon have done yourselves and
| the Regiment.
By order Colonel TYLER.
f A. PRATT lst Lieut.. and Adjutant.
Col. q. n. Fitch, we learn from the Chicago
Times, has been recalled from White River, Ark
and is row on his way back to memphis, if he
has not already arrived there. With the arrival
of Gen. Curtis and his army at Helena, the pres-
ence of Col. Fitch in that neighborhood is no
longer necessary. The latest adTices from Col
Fitch are to the 10th inst. He was then az 81.
Charles, and had planed on expedition to Cache
River hoping to reach Gen. Curtis, when Gen.
6rant's order for his return reached him, Col
Fitch had two slight engagements the first one
four miles from the river, on the morning of the
9th, against superior force, the Nationals In.
wing but 200; the enemy had 45e. The rahal
oipht Nv fN,,n
sing; the National loss in killed and wounded
was twenty-five, mostly wounded. The second
tight was by moonlight, ten miles out on Grand
Prairie, on the night Of the 7th instant and wa
little else than disgraceful fight on the psr,
OF the rebels. Col. Fitch took their camp, esmp
equipage, provisions, horses, saddles, etc. the
engagement was within seven miles Of Duyai1
Bluh' where their firing was plainly heard. The
rebels were shelled with howitzer Is they fed
and the arrival of the fugitives at Duvals BluiF
created almost stampede. Had Col Filth
had one thousand infantry and few cavslry, he
might have followed up his advantage and .aksn
the place by daylight. r5.l ,..-.t...
The rebels had runOr in Richmond On tAs
18th, telegraphed from jackson, Miss, that Gee.
Hindman had captured Gen. Curtis with 1000
of his men. Gen. Curtis will no doubt he much
surprised to hear Of it. YaF..... rt....
The NEWS from the Indian country reports
that the chief of the Cherokees is about 10 joiA
the Union army with l,5Oo Indians Il isstaied
from Kansas City that recent battle between
a detachment of the Kansas regiment under
Colonel Wier, and force Of rebels, resulted IN
the capture of one hundred and twenty-five uris.
oners, large number of horses and ponies.
about 1900 head Of cattle thirty-six loaded mule
teams, large quantity Of camp and garrison
equipage, and fifty stand Of arms. -Four hundred
wounded Cherokee and Usage Indian have come
into our camp with white flags, and earring
their guns with muzzles pointing downward.
The death of W. Eugene Webster, rapd,o.
of Noah Webster, is announced. He was killed
on June 9th, in the first days 6ght before Rich
mond. He was the son Of VIM. G. Webster Of
New Haven. AT the breaking out of the rebel
lion he was for the Union, but afterwards turn.
ed traitor. - i" i''f ss-+
[ The State nf TII;no:s "a ..w4 a. U..-~-A l.