Litchfield enquirer., 1864-03-17
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On the l9til Inst, sergeat ard eis sht !p.n belonging to d squadron of he 18th lcnnsyI vani' Cay "l,y, that had been scontin. spp.e mics beyond cur lines. near Warrenton, We've Cat off rom the rear of the column near Buck land, by party of Rebels, and hurried off in the direction of Thorous hfare Gap. The ener rl'las hiG been lying in ambush by the road side, and succeeded Tn springing upon their prisoners while they Were short distance be hind the rest of the squadron, and getting them away before their friends had any notice Of what was geine on.
 An expedition was last week sent by Gen. Butler, consisting of two regiments of Cavalry to King and Queen County, the locality of the murde'ous attack on Col. Dahlgren's com mand, which defeated and routed with severe loss the 9th and 9 tn Virginia Cavalry, driving them from their camps, killing number and capturing twenty prisoners. In addition large amount of grain, supplies and mills were des- troyed.
 The Richmond Whig of March 9th, says that it will take about a week more to rebuild the railroad to Lees army. Lee has sent of his cavalry in all directions to seize everything in the shape of forage and subsistence for bis troops The crcuitous route that everything has to come over by railroad, renders it i'm possible for Lee to secure enough over one line to keep his army from suffering. The Whig also says that the rebel force in Florida outnumbered ours two to one
 At the latest reports there had been 736 deaths among the rebel prisoners at Rock Island, H., oe which 306 were from small pox. There are now over eight hundred prisoners under treatment for various diseases.
 SOUTHERN MAN IN HARrroRD.-It is known that number of the l2th c. " were recruited among the loyal residents of the State of Louisiana. By an act of the legisla. ture they receive the State bounties, and are credited to the quota of Connecticut. One of them, who has been here long enough to see and hear much that is going on in the Eato- uianparty, called few days since, at official headquarters, and asked " Am credited to Connecticut ?" You are," was the reply. " Well, wish you'd strike my name of, for l had rather be credited to a State where they don't permit so much treason as they do here. l am Southern man, and since came here have heard more reasonable talk, and read more reasonable articles, than did for months in the South among Southern men before I left there. The Union men of the South didn't permit such talk within Uniop lines"
 Returns from New Hampshire are nearly complete, only len towns remaining out. The figures are: Gilmore, Union, 36,757, Har- rington, Dem. 3O,759,. Gilmore's majority, 5,99s. The towns to ssoa,lsstse in may reduce. this a little. but probably .aot below 5,7O0.- The Councillors are. Union. l Dem.-same as last year. The House shows a gain of noarly 20 Unionists. giving on a joint ballot of about 75 Union majority against 53. last year.
 A very absent-minded individual bsiHs up- set from boat in the river sank twick shefore he remembered that he could swim. He for tunatsly, remembered it before he sank for the third and last time. A great invent x memory.