Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-24

 The New Haven Reoisker announccs inc. after two months trial of one of he littIs ,,o. te''s. CT water wheels of Pratt, Whitney 4 Co.. ol that city. that it works perfectly An inch stream of water does the work of . steam en-. >s'ns, withoat fuel or fire.
 Mr. William L. Clinton. of Derby, was urre,- ted in Bridgeport Thursday evening. for psss- ing counterfeit fifty cent postal bill in the town of Seymour.
 Christian 6. Bentel, laie chaplain at the Knight Hospital, New Haven, dismissed for drunkenness has, by the Provincial Elderss Council, ut Bethlehem, Penn, been declared to have forfeited his ministry and membe ship D the Moravian church.
 lsa c C. Grer an officer under the enroll. inani law in New London county, has recov. | er"d S32 from John r. AInes and wife, for thraa1n1 him when he served draft notice on Ames. The defence was that the woman did 1t, and that it didn't hurt Geer much. Tha message of Gov. Bramlette of Kentucky. recently published, represents the Financial con, ditlon "f he State of Kentucky as satisfactory, and urses the complete organization Of the militia for home defense from guerlas and rob- l 0ers, aud adds: It is source of qualification tbat the patriotism of tho people has tnst the efforts to place sufficient force in the field ior defense, and that we are now more secure and better guarded than at any time heretofore since the war broke out. He pledges the sn. tire services of the State to the defense of the government. Kentuckyis position in reference to federal relations is largely discussed, but na new position is taken.
 
 The St. Paul (siinnl Prsss records the mar rtage and death of " Rev. Wm. E. Dutton, of New Haven, Conn., in the same paper-Msr ried Nov. l3, died Nov. 29, at the age of Q Three soldiers at Nashville, i'll with small. pox. were being taken in hack to the pest. house few days since, when the negro driver found out their complaint and immediately ran off Ono of the soldiers then took the reins, bus being unac1uainted with the ford drove the hack oil an embankment into deep water and was drowned, together with tEe other men and horses.
 Memphis dates of Dec. 18th gre received.-. The force sent out against the rebels, who had been firing into steamer at Waterproo!' found them. killed sixteen, wounded several and took some prisoners. The steamer Msn had arrived at Memphis, from Now Orleans, with nearly 200 bales ofcotton ; also the :'eam. CT Des Moines, from r'rairs Point with goo balrs. also the steamer Silver Lake, from White river, with 5000 bales
 When c pt. Goodwin (who is museuIas mani. of the sth c. v., was promoted 10 h,s present command, he fouud that his company were of the Billy Wilson order and would bs hard to manage. So ous dpy hs called sksm ,p in line. and said
 Boys, hear that you arc .some on | skir. nish, and that each of you arc spoiIinr for . ight" Drawing himself up to bis full height, le continued, in aIi unnistaksbIs voice !; Now, before go any further. want to come Q an understanding with you. II there is ono # you that thinks he can whip me, let hin nov tep out of the rinks and try it." He waited lot . man stirred. They had found their hatch. and tbey felt it. From that time tcf. sard, Capt. Uoodwin's company were one ot he best disciplined and most obedisnt 10 tns egiment.
 A patent has iust been taken out in Eng and for perforafing the leaves of books and ,amphIsts after the manner of postage stsmps b~ets. If tho invention can be applied, ail l,oss who read will rise up aud call tho inven' or bjessed, as the necessity of using paper cuts ers will be removed.
 A Mr. Fox, Of Norwich, hss bought Iis1eF's slapd, st the entFsnce of ths s0nnos'ss vz'1ys
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