Litchfield enquirer., 1863-04-16

Tho Navy Department has been informed of the capture, by the steamer Huntsville, of the British steamer Surprise, of Nassau, with a Confederate clearance frori St. Marks, Florida, and bound to Havana, with a cargo of two hundred aud seven bales of cotton, mostly Sea Island.
 The Octorora captured the confederate schooner Five Brothers with thirty-four bales of cotton, and the English schooner John Williams with m assorted cargo, including 100 bags of saltpetre. IF tons of iron, &c. She was notorious blockade runner.
 The 1ioga captured the English schooner Florence Nightingale, with Q cargo of one hundred bales of cotton. Three out of the six persons found on board are natives of the Uni ted States, including D. A. Madden. of Balti more, the muster. The 1ioga also captured the English schooner Five ruthers with cargo principally of liquors, medicines and other contraband articles.
 The Navy Department also have inforna- ton of the capture on the Eth inst of the rebel soop Rosaie, from Nassau for Charleston, with an assorted cargo. Also the capture of the English schooner Futile, by tie Cambridge, which has put into Rum Bay from stress of weather. Also the capture of the English schooner Rising Dawn.
 The American brig J. B. Hall icott of Bos ton, has arrived at New York from St. Tho mas. The brig was captured in January last, by the pirate 'Retribu,ion' and two officers placed on board with orders to take her into port. When fairly out of sight of the Retribu ton, the crew rscap;urrd the vessel. and placed the two officers in irons. They then returned to St. Thomas and the American Con- sul sent tue vessel, crew and prisoners to New York.
 A rebel officer, high in rank, is said to have been for several days. past sojourning in Georgetown, ard daily visiting the hotels in the city of Washington, and even some of the de- partments, picking up unconsidered trides in the way of military intelligence. It is the boast of the leading rebel sympathisers that rebel spies are safer in Washington than any. where else within the Union lines, and that this fact enables them to be perfectly posted in regard to every movement contemplated by the military authorities.
 Tho New York Express says ' If tine U s. I Provost Marshals in this and other cities, and the Police and other Administration officials, were at all careful in looking after class of persons in New York to buy goods with view of running the blockade, and thus giving aid and comfort to the enemy, We believe they would serve the Government much more eff ciently and practically"
 A paymasters safe at Brooklyn Navy Yard, was robbed Sunday night of $l2o,000 to $l4O,- 900 in legal tender notes.
 A rebel lady recently arrested near Wash ing,on. pu her way to Dixie, had $3O, 900 treas- ury 6 per cent certificates quilted in her under clothes.
 Mr. Buck, formerly of Killingly, B years of age, walked from Rhode Island to Griswold where lie Was a voter, a distance of 26 miles,to deposit hs vote tu support the Union.
 X grand reunion of Union Leagues through out the United States is to be held in lnde pendence Hall, Philadelphia, on the 4th of Ju- ly next.
 A fellow nan,d Gentcnbein has just been convicted of bigamy in Wisconsin. He only recently married his eleventh wife.
 Gilbert Hayes and John Gillett were taken to Fort Lafayette, Saturday, under orders from Washington Both of the prisoners belonged to tn" rebel schooner Retribution. Hayes has been in Fort Lafayette before, having been captured the frs, oa the rebel privateer Beau regard II: was subsequently, exchanged, when he made his way to Dixie and joined the Retrioution.
 We understand that Thomas Hall, formerly .1 time since at Newborn, charged with furnish ing aid and comfort t, the rebels. The evi- dence was so strong against him, that other parties deemed it advisable to give Newborn wide berth. Halls goods were con6scated' and at last accounts he was under arrest. l The Richmond IThig says that if Charleston I is taken by the Union forces It will only be as a heap of ruins. That is just the situation a large number of the people of the North wish that hot.bed of rebellion to be in when it falls into our hands.
 I Sixty vessels of all sizes had run the block ade and entered the port of Charleston since the lst of Janua%of the present year. These vessels were loaded partly with provisions, partly with arms and munitions of war-the latter for the account of the rebel government
 The Palladium, says that on Thursday after noon lad by the name Of Prout about ten i xnara If a0o Uot on,onr tha n, ol,; nary If tho