Litchfield enquirer., 1863-02-12
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Charleston gives an entirely new aspect to the recent < feat Of the rsbals, over whi:h they crowea so lnstily, It seems that the caFtuin and pilot of the British steamer Princess Roy al. recently captured while trying to ran the blockade, escaped in small boat and gave the information to the enemy. The rebel hset ac- cordingly sallied ont for the purpose of recap turing the prize, which lay under the gnnb"sat HousatoDic. The Palmetto State struck ltfie Msrcedita with her ram at the same tirse firing shot winch penetrated her boiler. Capt. Stellwa ger in answer to the demand for his surrender. re piled that the Mercedita was in sinking condi- tion, and lowered a boat to send his Lieutenant to .he PllmsttDStata. Altar so parieyiny !. profasely illustrated by the oaths sf ths Confederates, the rebel ram drew of fleavn : the Msrcedita to sink As soon as the coast was clear. the latter quietly proceeded to Por Royal. where her slight injuries will be quickly repaired.
 The Keystone State lost 2l men, mostl; by scaldins. a shot having penetrated hsr b oilpr. Meanwhiie the Housatonic ca ns ups and engl ging the second ram drove her back to Ckarlss ton. At 6.38 in the morning the rebel fee. hurried home to the protection of land dattpr. ies. They neither captured nor sunk either of our vessels.
 The story of raising the blockade is also purely imaginary. Several or t:s fleet went to the assistance of ,he Keystone State and hence their apparsnt absence from duty. when 1 the foreign consuls went forth to rscoanoitre' The Princess Royal is very valuable prize. The story is that Gen. Burnside has made some remarkable disclosures before the csm ,nittee on ,he Conduct of the War. The diff. eultes that he has had thrown m his way since his taking coinmana. from the day the pon
 icons were not forthcoming. as per agreement with Gex Halleck aud Msies to tho day he resigned, were of all kinds linl,ecility COW ardice, apathy and treason met him at every turn. His orders were not always oleyrd just when they should be officers from whom more should have been expected shirk-d their duty treason III our own camps exposed his plans to the enemy as rapidly as they were formed, and jealous officers succpe,led in more than once preventing forward movement ut the oppor tune moment.
 Western dispatches say that the Union ram Queen of the West run the Relel blockade on
 Monday morning at daylight. Ona hundred heavy siege guns opened on her as she steamed past. Rsl:el steamer also opened lire which was replied to. The Rebel steamer was crip pied. The Queen was under fire thne ouar ters of an hour. The canal CT cut off project will be prrsevrred ln and large fUrcs will be kept at work until it is faished.
 i Gen. Rosecrans has made official report o l the Fort Donelson affair. The attack wai made hy 4,000 men and eight pieces of artillery Our force was o:lY 800 The Rebels made several charges but were repulsed with great 1 loss amounting to more than 100 kiil-d an.l 900 prisoners. Another account say, that al ready l45 Rebels had been buried. Our loss i WAS i2 killed and 90 wounded.
 1 A new post office called RidgeiieId Station has been established in the town of Ridrefeld and William W. Brera appointed postmaster
 The rost-oefice calico, Limes;.Hs iu tA. same town has been discontinued
 On Thursday, resolutions were offered in the New Jersey Legislature directly opposite to the recently proposed Peace Resolves I They declare the wckednpss of the rebellion the latent treason of itsNorthern sympathizars, the loyalty of New Jersey, the necessity ful waving all differences as to party politics, and tiie full and unconditional support of the Gov ernment. lhe laws. anu the fl < of ths conntrr 1 It is said that Government has zbouuht |, :. gold to pay interest for tl,e last six months. and hasa sufficient supply TOW on hand for al necessities for the next payments.
 The health officers of Brooklyn have prohib. ited the sne of rye coffee in several stores. a respectable German family of eight persons ! having Leen poisoned by it. The seeds of poi sonous weeds growing amung rye are roas vd | and ground up with 1t.
 l The average weekly receipts at the Bureau of 1 Internal Revenue are about one million and u half of dollars. A great many districts where taxes have Leen collected hase not yet been heard from. The greatest amour, received in ole day has been four hundred and fifty thou. sand dollars and when matters shall have be come systematized. the receipts are expected to foot up s3,0Oo GOO a week.
 Itis n,t riDus that nearly every scoundrel who is sletecte.l Tn swindling the governlne, { iu these times belongs to the LOco.foco end of the Democratic party. The secesh journals howl over tha depravity of the day to cov- CT up the rascalty of their followers, by char ing the corruption upon the friends of tine admin, istration.
 The Philadelphia Sunday Mercury has the purely imaginary item of sews that the Presi dent had resolved upon recalling McClellau
 tut Mr Chase intsrfrrpd that nevertheless. t,.. ..n.,lr3 bo r.c.llol ,u;thi, n f,rfnip ht aS