Litchfield enquirer., 1864-05-05

GREAT FIRE IN NEW HAyEN-The largest fire that has occurred in New Haven since 1857, took place soon after midnight on Sat- urday last. It broke out in the melodeon man. ufactory of Treat & Davis, No. 2l Chestnut Street, and destroyed ten or twelve buildings. including the Davenport Congregational church, three carriage manufactories and dw elling houses before it was stopped. The remains Of an Irish laborer were found in the ruins on Sunday. Loss about sO,OoO /; In. surance, $3O,ooo. Supposed to be the work of an inc endiary.
 General Grant, it seems, has not yet fully completed his preparations for commencing operations. and Washington telegrams re. port that it may be some days before the cam paign is opened. A reconnaissance by cav airy force under General Devens to Madison Court House demonstrates the fact that the rumors regarding O rebel force having crossed the Rapldan were untrue. General Burnside is said to have visited General Grant at his headquarters yesterday, and the rebels ara at liberty to draw their own inforences from knowledge of the fact. The statement that large rebel force was concentrating at Front Royal, is contradeted upon competent author ity. The only force in that vicinity is Early's ! Division of Ewel's Corps, the strength of | which, with the scattered detachments of gue- rila cavalry under Mosby and other partisan l leaders, does not exceed six thousand men. It is significantly hinted tbst General Averill may soon commence Investigations into the condi- tion of affairs in the quarter referred to-.
 Mir. James Holbrook, special agent of the Post office department, died at his residence in Brooklyn, Conn.,, on Thursday. In early life Mir. Holbrook published paper at Brook lyn, and subsequently in Hartford. For the past sixteen years or more he has held the position of special agent of the Post-ofice De- pertinent, and was without doubt the most skillful detective in the service. Within the past three years he has published the United States Mail, a valuble medium of information ou postal matters. He was about fifty years 1 of age.
 | Tho Union State Convention of Pennsylva- nia met Thursday at Harrisburg. General and Winthrop ". Ketchum, were elected dele gates at large. The convention by acclama- ton elected Thomas s. Cunningham and Nor ton McMichael, electors at large. Resolutions were adopted declaring Abraham Lincoln the first and only choice of Pennsylvania for President. Governor Curtin was also indorsed. letter to the Baltimore American, shows the falsehood of the Baltimore correspondent of the Worzd in asserting that the rebels had ten iron.clad vessels between Richmond and Fort Darling. Mir. Rosseau states that the rebels have but three on-clads in that vicinity, and one of them is far from being complete. The American adds statement to the effect that the Baltimore letter-wliter who originated the falsehood was formerly correspondent of the New York Herald, but that, when even that paper became disgusted with him, he found refuge ia the World.
 The rebels came out of Charleston harbor on the night of the 18th inst, with one of their cigar-shaped torpedo boats, and made an effort to blow up tho frigate Wabash. The torpedo was discovered when about three hundred feet distant, when a broadside was fired from the frigate, and she suddenly disappeared. | The rebels under Lee showed increased signs of activity, Tuesday. They filled Hazel Run with logs, 80 that by floating them against our bridges they might be swept of. The scheme failed. Mosby's gusrillas, in quite strong force also appeared near our lines.
 | The War Department has ordered all enlist ed men now in Washington on detailed duty, to report forthwith to their regiments in the field, unless they can show that they are phys ically incapable of duty,
 The Union National Committee are perfect. ing arrangements for the Baltimore Conven- tion. The railroads have declined to pass delegates at reduced fare.
 Major General Halleck has been assigned to the command of the cavalry bureau at Wash- ington.
 The ad Massachusetts heavy artillery, con- prising three companies of one hundred men each, passed through New York, Sat urday for Virginia.
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