Litchfield enquirer., 1863-02-12

dition than had expected to find it. There
 was much less seuere sickness thanI had req
 son to fear from recent reports. The regimen
 has removed to place few rods west o
 Fairfax Seminary. and little north of Fort
 Worth. Three companies of the regiment
 are assigned to Fort Worth. and the whole
 regiment is brigaded with Gen. Tyler, with the lst Connecticut artillery, as heavy artillery
 and infantry. Their new camp, at presen,
 filled with stumps and mud, will be much more
 healthy than the old one. It is situated op u
 high and breezy hill All the field officers oi the regiment are very popular with the men. Colonel Vessels. necessary absence is much regretted. Lieut. Col. Kellogg takes excellent care of his men and is an able oficer-and Ma jor Smith is very popular with them. He is making an earnest and efficient officer, and stands high in the respects of his superior off, cers. Mrs. Smith is doing a most excellent work among the sick in hospital. Her praise is on the lips of all, especially the sick. An earnest, patriotic woman has the right to be remembered.
 No reg;mant in the service stands higher than the 18th c. V. Col. Tate, tAe first vol unteer colonel after Fort Sumter was lombard ed now of the lst regiment District of Colum- bia volunteers, who has been in service ever since. is therefore the oldest colonel in the service, and is HOW Provost Marshal of all our defenses south of the Potomac, told me that the 18th c. v. was the "very best volunteer regiment in the service" Gen. Slough told me the same day that it was " one of the best regiments in the service" He was very sorry to have it transferred to Gen. Tyler. Even the miserable secessionists of Alexandria were very sorry to part with it, as they never carried on their asual business in so much security as while the city was garrisoned by the l9th-l This speaks well for our good old coun'y.
 found our Woodbury company in first rate order Capt. Sperry, deprived by sickness of the aid of his Lieusenants, almost from the time of leaving Litchfeld, has had the whole burden and care of his company. He has lone wonders in caring for his men, and has exceeded the expectation of his most sanguine friends. l was his bed mate the night of that horrible storm with bombshell at our feet, | and 5000 ball cartridges, IS inches from the | stove. He is now assisted by two most excel ent Leutenants. I was most favorably i'm i pressed with them. They cannot he beat" by | my in the regiment. They are 2d Lieut. Wal ter Durham of Co. H. promoted to be lst Lieutenant of our Woodbury Company, and Sergeant Major Wm. W. Birge, promoted to ,e 2d Lieutenant in the same company. I believe in the words uttered by our prime lst Lieutenant on receiving the present of a sword rom his comrades, that they will '' never draw heirs in bad cause; nor sheath them in rood one"
 One word in regard to the prosecution of the var. There is but one word to be said on this lead, whatever Encouragement may oppress IS. There can meter De any peace till the United States has re-asserted its power over every inch | ,f territory it possessed before the rebellion broke out. We must either conquer the rebels pr they wiu conquer us. There is TO such seord IS peace. Jeff Daviss message has made this sure. Any northern man, who now counsels peace " on any terms" ST an armistice while the South scofs at the idea, is TRAITOR to his country, or ssD ,oorse, he is CowARD! There is DO peace till the authority of the Uni ted States is established. This country was never made to be divided, and if any peace were patched up, the first negro who ran across he lines would renew the war, which would become perpetual. The man who. for any ,emrorary party advantage, cries trurs, rfaes grossly injutes his country at thls time. and his name ought to be handed down .o posterity. branded with infamy. God deliv- sr us from hone sympathizers with treas ,n,- ,hey are worse than traitors fin arms.
 WILLIAM CoTHREv.
 Woodbury. Feb. 2. 1863.