Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-10

sou"'y "hien gave copperhead majority last year our gain of strength is decided. vith q corresponding loss to the copperbeads, while m the strong Union counties the copperbeads. m most instances decline contest, and allowed the Unionists to have it all their own war. An immense fraud upon the government amounting to the sum of six hundred and forty thousand dollars, has been discovered The perpesrator is Captain wm. S.oddard. quartermaster, stationed at Alexandria. Tn. fraud has been in the receipt of forage for the Army of the Potomac. Stoddard has been q. rested' and is BOW in the Old Capital prison.
 Rev. Varnum P. Simmons of Danielsonvills pastor of the Advent church, has enlisted.
 The Richmond papers complain that that city Is at the mercy of burglars and thieves that the civil and military police forces are in. adequate to hold the desperadoes in check. and citizens must form associations for mutual defence and protection.
 It having been made certain that the rebs,. are for the last time ejected from East Ten. nessee, the President suggests that special thanks be offered by the people at their nsxt assemcing in their houses of worship.
 Richmond papers of the 9th say that John c. Breckenridge was serenaded at Dalton on the 2d. If that is true, his confirmed death was mistake.
 A gentleman who arrived at Washington from Richmond few days ago. having run the gauntlet of the rebel pickets, states that aour was selling at the rate of SITS per barrel, beef of inferior quality two dollars a pound. and very scarce at that. The poor arc suffer. ing for food, us it is found almost impossible to'relieve their wants. The prospect of star. vatioa is causing much alarm. The news frou Chattanooga had a most depressing effect upon the inhabitants, and the question of ultimate submission to federal authority was being freely discussed by those who had previously expressed the greatest confidence in the success of tho rebel cause.
 
 'imore sailed on Saturday for Liverpool, and tho America for Bremen. The two latter took cut over a million of specie.
 The Washington correspondent of tho Tyi- bune says:
 | "Ih, statement that the season for campaign. ing is over. is ridiculed by high officer recent ly from the front. There is great dissatisfsc- tlon among the officers in the army. which is shown even by some of the most bigoted West Pointers. The younger men, who have still their spurs to win, are especially dspleassd that no chances for winning name for themselves are afforded. The useless marching and coun. ter.marching this fall has disgusted the men, who want to go to Richmond, or at least to whip Lee, whuse army they know to bs vastly inferior to our own. These complaints will find expression through authoritative mouths."
 REBEl. TERas OF PEAcE.- Save on our ferms, ,ce eau accept no peace rhdterer and Mnst fight till doomsday rather than yield an iota Of them ;. and our terms are Recogntloh by the euemy oI the indsren- ccn' Q of the Confederate States. Withdrawal of the Yankee forces from eve ry foot Of Confederate ground, including ker- tGrty and Missouri.
 Withdrawal Of the Yankee soldiers from M"rJland, until that Sta,e shall decide by R free vote whether she shall remain in the old Union or ask atmission into the Confectionery.
 Consent on the part of the Federal Gov ernmeut to give up Lo ths Confsleracy its D O. portion of the Navy as it stond at the time of stcrss"n, or to pay for tie same.
 Yielding up of ail pretensions on the part of the Federal Government to that porlio,. of the old territories which lie west of the Con- fcderate States
 An equitable settlement, on the basis of ab. soute independence and sqa.l rights, of all accounts of the public lands. and the adyau- tagcs accruing from foreign treaties.
 These provisions, we apprehend, cO'mpiom- ise the miuimum of what we must require be. fore we lay down our arms that is to say, the North must yield alive nothing. lu the face of thrs terms the leading cop perheads of Connecticut oppose the war, and for the sake of peace, would yield to the sn- reasonable demands of the rebels Shame on sich tories.
 CUR CAVALRY IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. A letter from Harpcr's Ferry to the Balti- : more American says our cavalry will soon oc- cupy Shenandoah Valley, and adds } Our recent reconnaissance up the valley have developed the fact that but single brig ade of rebel cavalry has occupied the valley from the date that Lee resumed his old quar-. ters upon the Rapidan, But by thelr activity they have presented bold front and caused our troops to contract their liDes and remain almost exclusively upon the defensive But more recently our cavalry, by their activity and success, have made ample amends for lost time.
 |" The most active body of the cavalry of this division, now commanded by Colonel Boyd, of the 2lst Pennsylvania. is Coles bat talion of one hundred men of this command, under the command of Captain Vsrnon whilst scouting in the mountains near Snickcrs Gap, captured an aid of General Lees, who. it aP- pears, was experimenting the collection of winter clothing for Lees army, the voluntary contributions of the inhabitants. They also captured number of Mosby's guerllas. uc-. derstand that it is the intention of the goveri'- ment to occupy the valley this time as far as Staunton, almost exclusively with cavalry A PoErs TRIBUTE TO BURNS. -HGoe aearg 1 tt ve,v hiqhly spoken of says New EngI.nd's most yiyoIous Poet He referred not 10 hoo- ,.t P-n. .ltbouob in the matter of genius,