Litchfield enquirer., 1864-10-27

It would seem from the sbllowinr remsrks of JeH. Davis, in bis spesch at AuRusta. ca. just prior to Hoods advance. that the latter. which has turned out 90 miserably, was under. taken ID aid oi the peace party of the Norths We must beat sherman we must march into Tenn essee; there we will draw from $ao.0O0 to S0,000 to our standard. s sna i'V., sc, strengthened, we must push the enemy back to the Ohio, and thus give the peace party of Ina North an secretion no puny editorial can eive.''
 In conformity with the old custom of savsrS Using from the ublie sign most all intsntions or marriage. the following announcement was made: Marriage is intended between Me Williams. of Wi)liamstown, and Miss Isetssv Williams, of Williamsbridge" A misehiev. ous wag, to make it still more explicit, wrote underneath-"F For particulars see small B;llg next year"
 The pursuit of Early's defeated army ia ov.r for the present. Up to the 24lh, {, 500 prisorA CTS had been captured. and our cavalry vs. constantly picking up stragglers and dcserters. Prisoners estimate Early's loss at ten thousand. His troops were composed in good measure of the flower of Lees army. Gen. Sheridan is preparing for another advance.
 The Richmond Examin CT of the 1gth inst. has a long article on the utter dem oralisation or the rebel cavalry, and the complete eiis exceede by that of any nation in the world. l Three young men. the sons of we'll know, citizen of Port Monmouth, N. J., nsmed Lee. were drowned of Sandy Hook by the upssttiur of a sail boat, few days since. The bodi 1r were all recovered. Two of the brothers avs families, and the third was to have been mar. ried on the day the funeral took place.
 daring reconnaissance was made by a small Govern meat steamer, in Mobile Bay, on the tenth instant. The boat steamed around among the obstructions and torpedoes, and passed to within three miles of the city, in broad daylight. without the slightest hostils demonstration being m ado by the rebels.
 The Oxfor d Democrat tells of an old lady ifF Lovell Me-. widow Hannah Andfews, who has reared thirteen children and has two hun. dred and thirty five descendants. verily, she has done what she could.
 lady who sings In oh oir, says shs wifi marry small man. because short meter hims sre the easiest to get along with.
 Ma. why is a postage stamp like bad scholar r l can't tell, my son why is 1t t''
 because 1t gets licked and put in the corner"
 Mir. G. o. Goddard, U S. Consul Cener sr is Turkey, has lately returned hme, and bears strong testimony in favor of the character. bearing and success ofthe American mis fona- ries in and near Constantinople. They are al 1 " loyal, open and unconditional in their sup port ot the Government and army in the va for the Union and Liberty'
 The new turret ship Royal Sovereign. ths iron clad which the British have declared to be the best vessel nfoat, has been paid out of po nd non-success," as British paper terms her failure, is the cause of this act. There is DO little complaint and disappointment in England.
 After the recent raid on St. Albans, an old gentleman got rife shot at the party as they, were leaving the place, and brought down hat containing $l 100.
 Il At Schenectady, N. r.. man dressed ip . black silk dress. black jockey hat and white veil, has garotted one man, robbed another of his watch, and frightened child into fits.
 Since Ger. Sheridan took command ia the Valley, he has taken from the enemy fifty. nine eces of artillery almost fifteen full batteries, more than they took from him.
 Several of the New York regiments in Gen |. Grants army have already cast their votes for President. All the Connecticut regiments have also voted.
 Richmond papers report that the U. s gun. boat Niphou was lately blown up and sunk by q shell fired into her from Fort Fisher. below Wilmington, N. c. while she was close in shore of that rebel work.
 | In Lowell, Friday night. fir. destroyed the large new brick mill counting ruom and two wooden h"uses, belonging to the Merrimac Noolrn Go total loss about $25Q ,G0D in- sured for $2OO 900. By the fire ab.ut 200 op- eratives are thrown out Uf employment.
 Calaforuh. news says tie Indian hostililies in Humboldt county having been qaelled, the troops have been withdrawn with the exception of d detachment of home guardss Volunteer ing for the Eth infantry and to fill up old rsgi- ments is proceeding finely.
 The late General Birncy was brought to Philadelphia on the day of the State election. and although the mark of dea'h was then uron his face, he insisted on being taken to the polls to vote before going home.
 The rebel prisoners placed nndor rebel fre at work in tho Dutch Gan Canal having tried all other known methods of swearing, st last offerrs to take the oath of allegiance. Gen. Butler is squint eyed, and it comes on bad at this season of ths year. lie couldn't see ii. l Thomas A. R. Nelson of Tennessee, one of tue democratic electors nominated in that State, and a signer of the remonstrance against Andy Johnson's hardshell oath, hos como out for Line oln and Johnson.
 The Chicago Tribune states that Alexander Staiue. Democratic candidate for State Treas- urer ip Illinois, recently said that 'sFivs huns dred thousand soldiers had gone to he'll" It is not at all likely that Mir. Staine will receive majority of the soldiers vots.
 | Vice. President Hamlin will give next week to Pennsylvania, speaking in' several counties.
 Mrs. Gen. Logan bet span Of mules that her husband was not copperhead, and wen.
 Ex. Gov Wright of Indiana is on the stump for Lincoln and Johnson in New Jersey. On Thursday evening of this week he speaks in Stamford, in this State.
 Dea. David Fisk and wife of Shslburns Falls, Mass, celebrated their golden wedding on the 12th. They are the parents of the late Rev. Samuel Fisk, Dunn Browne.) IL Gan Ranka ;a at tha Raxf,or un,,sa Roskani