Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20
FHs- KrsrueEs Errcr.axThy Louisvills 1

TIE. KEsTUeKT EIEcT1as-The Louisville lKy.) JOa,nal of August 5, says of the late election in that State:
 There never was more fairness, more ius- tice, moro freedom in an election, than was 1practiced and accorded by the friends of the Union last Monday. Notwithstanding the universal knowledge that there was an exten- siye and deep-laid rebel conspiracy to carry I Kentucky into the rebel Confederacy by fraud, by violence, by the rising up of armed bands at home, and by the interference of invading bands from abroad, our military authorities and the Union party sought to array no force ex- l cept to meet and repel force; they were sim ply desirous that all having right to vote should exercise the right, and that no others should: In the election, the triumph of law and order was as manifest as the triumph of I pnionism."
 Gov. AIKEN, OF SeUrH CAROLINA, IN THE LIBBY PRIsoN.-Note from Parson Bs0Un- toao-I have this day conversed with Dr. Ev- erett, Surgeon of the Fifth East Tennessee Infantry, who was recently confined to the i'm famous Libby Prison at Richmond. He tells me that he was confined in the same room with Ex-Governor Aiken of South Carolina, and held frequent conversations with him. So many ounces of bread and meat were dealt out 10 each prisoner per day, and the venera- ble old gray haired patriot received his daily allowance, while the boys in the prison volun teered to do his cooking fer him. The offen- ces for which he was imprisoned were refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the confede- lracy, and to contribute means to sustain the rebellion. In conyersing about bis copfne- ment, he would frequently shed tears.
 This venerable old patriot, who has served his State as Governor, as a Congressman, and as member of her Legislature. is the largest slave-holder in the confederacy, and about the wealthiest man in South Carolina; but he is . Union man, and stubbornly refuses to be any thing else. For this he was incarcerated in a prison His cruel confinement has been kept . secret from the outside world, and it has been kept out of Southern papers, because his yillainous prosecutors were ashamed to let his l imprisonment be knowni
 l There is no organization in South Carolina, or anywhere in the seeded States, that scan afford Governor Aiken relief, and insist that our government ought, without weeks delay, arrest five prominent rebel citizens, and con fine them in irons until this "old man elo, quent" is set at liberty. If Mir. Lincoln and Seward do not attend to it, I propose to General Rosecrans and Governor Johnson that they at once seize upon five prominent Tennessee rebels, and con6ne them in our State Prison, until the old South Carolina pa- triot is released. It is due to justice, and above all, to the loyal sentiment of the South.
 w. G. BRowNLow.
 August 5, 1863. .
 The Tfi6une's Washington special says:
 "The feeling here among loyal Democrats is strongly repugnant to the impoltic course pur- sued by the Governor in delaying the draft sim ply to draw applause from q public minority who oppose the Government in every step to crush the rebellion. An old Democrat in the Treasury Department said to-day that he trembled for the wing of his party thus drawn off by designing politicians, who wished to delay the suppression of the rebellion, in order to make capital for the next Presidential elec- tion. Senator Harris is sanguine that all the attempts of dissatisfea Democrats in New York will fail to produce resistance to the draft, and that all the efforts of copperhead leaders will react sadly upon themselves"
 The Washington correspondence of the Boston Herald (Demoeratic) says:
 I "Ohio Democrats write here that Vallan- l afghan will be defeated by at least forty thou sand majority. Efforts have been made to in- duce hin to withdraw s. | THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN RosEcRANs AND I VALLANDIGHAM.-The Dayton (Oho) Journal relates the following apropos of Vallandig- ham
 When Valiandigham arrived at Murfrees- boro,' General Rosecrans went to see him. wanted to see you said the General want ed to see you, Eallandigham. to see whether you had g, rascal's face.' Then changing the subject rather abruptly-and bringing down the forefnger of his right hand in that rapier- like style which is a conspicuous feature of his gestlcuation when he IS in terrible earnest he said Vallandgham, don't you come back here. you-do-V allandigham be d-d-an.i may God forgive me for the ex pression-lll be d--d if don't haag you ! People will be pleased to remember that the General says he never blasphemes, but he sometimes s,cears.
 I A SPY AS WELL AZ TRATToR.-The Colum bus City Fact says Vallandigham was the cause of Lees invasion by giving the rebels the information which induced them. to enter IPsnnsylyania. It says < had .Vallandigham been hung. as ha should have been, or shut ur in Fort Warren. instead of being sent to the rebel headquarters the raid on Pennsylvania would never have been made, and the rebel movement in Ohio would never have been heard of" Perhaps Vallandig ghams free pass over rebel railroads and on blockade runners was. given in consideration of this iuforma- ton. One of the exempted conscrfpts of Hollis. ton, Mass. moved an acre of heavy standing grass in seven hours and half, on wager of $500 time given to do it in eleven hours. He received his cash as soon as the job was finish ed.
 sl Jeff. Davis is great on invention. He has got up . new name for desertion. He calls it leaving ones post i from mere rest lessness and desire of change" Very true.
 "A few months ago, when Jeff Davis felt SC. cure in his place of power, he ordered bis minions to hunt down the people who fled to avoid the horrors of conscription, as if they were wild beasts; now. when he feels the ground trembling undsr his feet. and his ! brief authority" hastenins to is end, he makes piteous appeal to the patriotism oi I the masses. and promises general amnesty to