Litchfield enquirer., 1863-02-12

1 NO Rebel ofhcers (savs medical) have beer 1 paroled since Davis's blood,hirsty proclama
 ton of last month. So says the Secretary
 War ] In reporting an engagement near St. Wary's Fla. between three companies of black Sol l tliers and a squadron of Rehel cavalry, we are told ihat the blacks foneht desperately, fully
 as well as white men would do in such an cmtr
 gency.
 Iha Rebel stories of the repulse of our iron. l clad Msntauk from Ogeechee River, are proved false hy the later accounts from Union sources She was hit sixteen timss but suffered no SC ! rous damage.
 A Beaufort correspondent ofs Boston pa
 per gives vivid account of the sailing of the
 great Southern expedition from that harbor. 1 It comprised about 123 vessels. Where it has
 gone is tue question.
 Fred. Douglas says that since the utterirg of the Proclamation. he has grown taller | felt whiter and can comb his hair with much l less difficulty
 The ram Queen of the West which so gal
 lan'Iy ran tho gauntlet at Vicksburg onM md "
 last Week arrived and Iairtied at Eidaiia op-
 posit- Natch-z on the same evening. and then
 steamed down the river doing considerable
 damage as is admitted by rebel authorities
 The expedition under Generals Davis aid
 Forest and Wheeler. captured thirty of the
 enemy including two officers of c rohel For rest s staff
 Rumor has it that both Gen. Fremont ard
 Gen. Burnside have requested the President to place them at once in activ. service. Al
 though they do not say so, it may be inferred
 that if their requests are not granted they will
 resign and retire to private life. Dispatches the Richmond Ecaminer from
 Charleston. state lat the Br fish trieate Cad
 mus brorght intellig .nce there that most
 formidable naval and land expesl: tun Wa. about l to attack Charl .stJn. the preparations beii now nearly completed. This vessel brought or CTS for the British Consul to go on board and get to Havana.
 The steamship North Sur arrived at New
 York. Tuesday. from New Orleans ria. Key
 West. Her advic.s are not so late as those by the Marion. but are interesting. She brings as passengers Col Henry c. Daming, late Act tug Mayor oi New Orleans and com .nan,ler of the Twelfth Connecticut Volunteers, who has resigned both positions. A steamer riggei as a bark, supposed to be the pirate A.abama made her appearance off Sou, u,thwest Pass o, the 23d ult. She was apparently watching for signals. A number of the Pass pilots have been placed under arrsst fur commupciating | with her. The rebels at Sabine Pass destroyed the ship Morning Light, short time alter capturing her, on tbs approach of some of our gunboats from Galveston. Ths schooner cap i tu ed by them was the transpors Velocity.
 There is reason 10 believe that the plans of the Navy Department did not contemplate the beginning of the attack by our iron clads on Charleston or Savannah for nearly 2 fortnight yet 1; but it is sur.nised. in more than one we'll uniformed quarter, that the recent daring op.- ration of ths rebels Ut Charleston will be fol. lowed .y awiftsr retributlon than they expec ! ted, and ths proclamation that the blockade of charlsstoa E.s raised, proved trser than they ihopght,