Litchfield enquirer., 1864-10-27
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 nothing to do with regulating elections that neither the Chief Executive nor the War De- partn,ent intend to interfere in any manner be. yond keeping the peace that he has given no orders upon which Gov. Johnson could have acted, nor has he any other than hearsay md current report about the matter. So far as he understands, he looks upon the movement as one of the people themselves.
 Gen. Butler has carried his point in respect to the use of colofed Un,on prisoners of war in the rebel trenches. Gen. Butler, it will be re- memb cred, put an equal number of rebel pris- oners at work in the Dutch Gap Canal. On Friday, Gen. Lee officially notified Gen. Butler that these negro soldiers had been taken from the works and sent back to Richmond to be treated properly as prisoners of war Gen Butler at once relieved the rebel prisoners from further labor upon the canal. The oath of al- legiance Was then offered to them, when one fourth of their number took it.
 Gen. Sheridan officially states thas hc pur- soed the hylng Rebels nearly to Nit. Jackson, and that the evidences of sn entire rout were complete on every hand. The Rebels took "A pieces of artillery from us early in the morning, put sheridan not only retook them, but added nearly as many more to them, and they are now at his headquarters. The Valley is strewn with arms and equipments thrown away by the enemy, and not less than three hundred wap- ons have been captured or destroyed. Fifteen hundred of our wounded and l,5e0 Rebel pris. oners have arriyed at Alartensburg. Gen. Custer arrived in Washington on Saturday with ten captured Rebel battle flags.
 We have additional particulars of the seizure Of the steamship Roanoke by Rebel pirates under Lieut.. Braine. The Roanoke lelt Hay ana on the 18th of last month for this port and about ten o'clock on that night, the Reb- els, by sudden movement, succeeded in SC curing all the off cers. Afte: seeing the pas ses sengrrs and crew on board anotber yesse for B Bermuda, the pirates burned tho Roanoke Her freight Was of DO great value bat sht had on board between fifty and sixty thuusant dollars, which her Rebel captors secured.
 The vote on the constitutional, amendment in Maryland is all in, and the measure is adup ted by 300 majority The soldiers saved it. The Fridays accident on the Shore Lin, Railroad took place just east of New Haven Train ran over cow, and off the track. No body hurt or to blame.
 Further developments relative to the rebel raid from Canada into Vermont have been made. The leader of the gang, styling himself Bennett II: Young First Lieutenant, Provis l ional Army, c. s. A.," has written a lette, 1 acknowledging his connection with the affair He says he went 10 Vermont for the expres, object of bur ming towns in that Stale, in retal ia,ion for Gen.. Sheridan's destruction of prop erty in the Shenandoah Valley. The Cana dlaR authorities seem to be acting with com meniable promp:ness and vigor in bringing tc justice the rebel desperadoes. The infractioI of international law was so fagrs ant that they could not we'll avoid so doing. Young very I coolly claims that he has viulai cd ro law of Canada, and professes great distress on nc count of violations of British soil by the Yer monters who pursued him and his rolowers.- Another of the arrested raiders has made a confession, in which lie says that their leader was commissioned by the rebel Government for this special expedition. Twelve of the rascals have been caught. It is said that of hcial information has been received in Buffalo that another party of rebels in Canada is nov making preparations for raid of murder burning and robbery into that city.
 The Troy Times contains graphic account of the sack of St. Albans, written by rail. road conductor who witnessed it. After de- seribing the gathering and manoeuvres of the gang, and their entry of the Ranks, he says 1 Then commenced reign of terror in the l village. Plunder had been accomplished, and violence followed. The raid was brief, but the scene must have been terrible while it l lasted. The thirty or more marauders rus he'd up and down the streets, firing their pistols in every direction. Whenever they saw citizen or group of men, they would aim in that direc- tion. They had magnificent arms--seven shootcrs-ana as fast as one weapon was un- loaded they drew another and kept up the flu silade. MT. Baldwin says he can only llken tthe sounds to the noise of a Fourth of July morning in large city. There was oontinu- ous bang bangl bang! Of course this reck less use of firearms gould aot continue long with nobody.h hurt. Tie sheriff of the county soon fell. Mr Huntington was shot while re sisting the robbery iof his store; woman, whose name we could not learn, fell, and, mere dastardly than all, as the eguerriilas were leav- ing the town, they saw little girl in the street, and wantonly Killed her. The bullets were flying around among the buildings in the main street, nearly ali of which bear marks of lead. Windows were broken, blinds chipped and people wounded. It was scene that beg. gars all description. @ @ I The Richmond Sentinel has this to say e the result of the October election s . On the whole, the Mcclellan men will moi give up the campaign on account of this pre- lliminary battle. Their leader is less hurt than in the fights which proceeded. Malvern Hill I which, we believe, is claimed by the Federala as victory, and which, enabled him to tele graph soon after-on a Fourth of July-that he was sate" We expect to hear of brisk telectieneering between now and the Sth ol