Litchfield enquirer., 1864-06-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
 The news from the Army of the Potomac this morning presents no new feature of stri- king interest. We have additional psrticu. lars from two of our correspondents respect. ing the losses of Wednesday and We have also the report that on Friday morning Long, street and A. P. Hill commenced moving to- ward Weldon, having vacated their intreDch-- ments in our immediate front. On Friday the batteries of the Eighteenth, portions of the Fifth and Second Corps, commenced thing; upon the town of Petersburgh, with wihat-re-- suit had not been ascertained. The Peters.- burgh and Weldon Railroad has alse been up,- der our guns for several days-a circumstances which, taken Tn connection with the, sWldam wheeling round ot Lees fopoes iu' the Gfreo. ton o- our extreme left south of Petersburph. indicated that Lee means to fight for the main tennnce ot his southern lines with the whole force at hls Command. In the direction of the Weldon, We must look for the early occur. renee or 2 stupendous engagement. | CASUALTIES IN THE Tsr. CoNN. CAyA1nY- h'Hed-Capt. A G Warner, Co I, June lst, A. Ashland Capt. Jos Backus, Co K, ia A skir- mish near Bethesada Church. June 10: Colox Sergeant Samuel Whipple, Co G, Ashland. June Private, Miller, Co D, Hanover Court House, May 3l
 | Wounded-At Ashlard, June Maior K Blakeslee Chaplain Tneo Holmes. Iienta. Chas Briggs, G. A, E NJ Neville, Co D. Fl Phillios, Co A Serg. E H Tyler, Cox, Corp: Mortimer Evans, Go D; Bugler, A Shy der' Go : t'rivates James Williams Co A 'oseph hempstock, Co B j; J Miller Co F. N!ssing-At Cruig's Church May 5 Leuts. J il Bristol, L E Tyler, Co L Sergs. H D , Bishop, William Kemp, Co L Corps. O r Moore, co. II Gblet, Chas Smith EugeLs Starkweather, co. l.; Privates Jas Chalmers, co. H Chas Bradley, co. D Behj Bill, co. K Edward Burgess, Henry Bakeslee, Ezra s Blue, Thomas Baldwin, Nelson H Barnes, Myron H Crandall Wm Davis, Andrew Ged. dies Chas Lawrence, John Lawler Eli Stevens, Frederick Thompson, co. l. Michael Ryan. co. B.
 The above is partial list of the casualtiea in the lst Cavalry, from the Adjutant, up to June 18th.
 1 new Lodge of Masons was formed in Nev Haven on Friday night, designated Connecticut Rock Lodge No. 9l. It is com posed of Ger. malls.
 Tie Dc forrest gold medal, awarded to the best speaker of the senior class of Yale, waS given to Mir. Henry F. Boyden, of w orcester, Mass, on Friday.
 Mir. Joseph A, Scoville who has earned an unenviable notoriety by his letters from New ' ork to the London Heratd, under the sigma. ture of "Manhattan," died at the BIa ndreth House in New York city, on Satur day morn- ing, of congestion of the bowels, ut the age of fifty years.
 Tom Hyer, wellkDown in sporting circles for many years past, died suddenly at his resi-. dence in New York city, on Sunday morning: An inquest upon he body was held, and the jury returned |; verdict that deceased died of cardiac dropsy."
 The Silver Spring Mill at Allenton, R. l.. was destroyed by fire last Friday. Loss about $50 ,0O0, Insured for $20, ,0O0. The Home h. surance Company of New Haven lose $5Ooo. ians. But he soon found Kentuckans array ed against hlm, and left. He also destroyed several bridges there, but he found to his sor. row, one bridge that nearly destroyed him BuEbridge.
 The following isn't bad, though it might come under the head of libellous;-
 "The Boston Courier is publishing some readable letters under the head of " A Ride to Hoosac Mountain" The writer says among other good things:
 " As we sat in the bar-room of the tavern after dinner, We heard from old farmer suggestion worthy of note. There ain't but one way said he, to get hole through this here mountain, and that is, to bury niggerin 1t somewhere, and then Gov. Andrew will set all Massachusetts to dig him out"
 Diarrhea and Dysentery will decimate the Volunteers far more than the bullets of thS enemy, therefore let every nan see to it that he carries with him a fall supply of Hooways Pills. Their use in India and Crimea saved thousands of British soldiers. If the reader of this "Dotce" cannot get box of Pills or Ointment from the drug store in his place, let him write to me- 80 Maiden Lane. enclosing the amount and will mail box free of ex- pense. Many dealers will not keep my medi- cines on hand because they cannot make as much profit as on other persons make 50 cents, s8 cents, and $l LAO per box or pot. 2l3
 drunken fellow got out of his calculation, and was dozng in the street, when the bells reused him by their ringing for fre Mine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen," cried he; "well, if this isn't later than ever knew it."
 GENERAL GRANTS OPINION OF SHERMAN- A gentleman well acquainted with both of these generals, says that when General Grants name was first proposed as the candidate for lieutent general and he heard of it, he was sit. ting in his tent smoking, as usual. Taking his cigar from his lips he said Sherman ought to have that" C
 A correspondent of the N. Y. Times says that Gen. Butler has lately devoted his atten- ton to the questioning of rebel prisoners. He has them up one at a time, and had examined some three hundred in three days. In this way he has obtained very full and corrected infor-~ nation respecting the organization of the rebel army, He can tell the troops composing eve ry corps the number and strength of the regi- ments, the, names of the brigade and division, and even the regimental commanders, and vast quantity of details, which is very useful not only to himself, but to Gen. Grant in keep ing informed of the enemy's movements,
 Last Wednesday, some of the troops under General Foster, operating on the north side Of James River. in making excavations discov- cred $5.OOe in gold and silver buried in the ground beneath the ruins of charred and de- stroy-d mansion. The excitement was intense among the boys when these spols of war -,... J;r:Jo1 or,oo,r thoun on fhair nwn nnn-