Litchfield enquirer., 1863-02-05
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 Passengers by the steamer columbia from New Orleans and Havana, which arrived at N. Hn Sunday, bring the important intelligence that the rebel craft Oret0 had probably been sunk by our gunboats, about sixty miles from Havana. The report was generally believed ut Havana aud the Captain of the steamer Creole from New York which arrived at Iia- vana half an hour prior to the sailing of the Colum6ia. confirmed the report, by sute-. ment that he had been hailed by the gunboat Cayaga, and was told by her commanding off l ser that the Orete had been sunk.
 New Orleans pape's say that large force of Un'on troops, supposed to be part of the army which had been operating in the neigh borheod of Vicksburg had been landed on the iouisiaua coast at Gainess Landing and Lake Providence. The negroes in the vicinity of the above points, we are informed, Hooked to the Union armies in large numbers The des tination of the force was supposed by some to be Monroe. whence the whole or portion of it would proceed to Shreveport and SO on to some point in Texas.
 Francis W. Hughes, the ehairmsn of the Democratic Central Committee of Pennsylya- mia hasissusd an address declaring that he is prepared to yield to the rebels South rather than see New England principles prevail. Hr Hughes might have spared himself the trouble of this announcement; the public knew long ago that he was prepared for any l thing of which traitor can be supposed to be capable.
 The United States gunboat Winona, which was reported sunk at Port Hudson, is safe and at last accounts was doing good service.
 Letters from Washington state that the utmost confidence is expressed at the Navy Department that within thirty days all tho important Southern ports will he ia possession of the Government.
 The 7ribunes correspondent at Fayetteville, Ark, sends an interesting batch of intercepted rebel dispatches They show that Hnelman' g army is in Restitution, and Arkansas almos. gone to the rebellion. t.s .e.-.
 It is stated that, with one hundred and twenty five presses, the Treasury Department are now just able to print enough greenbacks in two thirds of a day to pay the expenses of the Gov ernment for one day.
 l Ca,or.J uor,;l,,r of T,o~o, bos or,;yod ,t Washington from New Orleans.. He fsvors the idea of making full use of the negro element to crush out rebellion. There is much complaint at New Orleans of the mistaken leuiency under Gen Banks rnls. At Baton Rouge rebels pass through our lines quite too freely. Gen. Banks has an inefficient staff.
 The rebel pirate Retribution, cruising among the Wes. India Islands, lately captured the brig J. P. Elcot, of Boston, and put prize crew oa board of her. Tue United States Consul at St. Thomas has written to Bos, sn amour cing that the.prize crewhsd put the prize mas; CT ,u irons and taken the brig into that port. Wm L. Yancey, rebel, dsnouncas in strong terms the barbarous retaliatory proclamation Of Jeff Davis. TLe capture of so mauy rebel officers at Arkansas E'ost is wpikine g change 1 ip the minds of tie rshpls. aud tLero is HOW a prospect that Union officers will be released A i'"g in Troy displayed great patriotism i by d-serting his master, an English butcher, on { he day that the latter dedged the draft by declaring himself subject of tho Qacon oi Great Britain. He had owned thu dog for many years, and they were much attached but after this action, mutton chors steaks, coaxng, earess!ng or whipping. were all alike unavaing to induce him to return to his old mnster-- ';'hore :sfc few instances of such dsintcre.:ed patriotism on record.
 Rebel rarers have a disratch from Charles ! ton announcing the capture of the Union gun boat 1saae i'..smilh on Stone R,ver on Friday afternoon. Thero was a sharp engagement, and hs beat ras rt lss, srrserdercd urt O. di iior.ally after sustaining much loss of men. The Rebels Lad only ore man sEosndetl Another suno-ai cscaled ia 3 crippled condi- ton. Adviccs from Murfraesl,oro to the 21th note the engagement at Woodbury on the hcsiinn- vile railroad, some account of which we have had through Rebel sources. It was an attempt to surprise large force of Rebels but they got warning and were off There was some fighting, in which our loss was two killed and nine wounded the Rebels lost their Col. and 34 others killed, and 100 prisoners
 The new deuble-bow paddle wheel steamer Mendoza was on Saturday launched from the Marine Railway at South Brooklyn. The Mendoza was put into the water some weeks since but had been receiving her copper on the railway. She is one of a new fleet of 20 double bowed paddle-wheel steamers, which were recently contracted for by the Govern ment, and is the second afoat.
 Despa:ch.s from Fortress Monroe say that the Rebels. under Gen. Pryor advanced across the Blackwater on Friday, and made a demon m th .rf ;1lory <,,. rnl