Litchfield enquirer., 1864-05-19
GENERAL NEWS.

RAILROAD V 4AAoAteA esl his nephew, Patrick o Meara, were instantly killed at West Haven, Thursday afternoon.I The latter was a lad of eight years of age, and| he stepped upon the railroad track just as anl express train was approaching near. The| former seeing his peril, jumped to save him, ] when the locomotive struck both, throwing them high in the air, and causing instant death.
 Wm. Scott, member of Co. K, l2th regi-| ment, was run over by the cars near East Ha-| ven, on the Shore road, Thursday afternoon,| and nsantly killed. He was first discovered lying in the middle of the track. but too late toI stop the train. He belonged in Westerly, R. l.
 CoLL1sIoN-T schooner Amelia, of Ma-| chias, laden with iron, from Elizabethport forI Boston, was run into on the evening of the 3d| inst, when opposite Bedloe's Island, by the| steamboat John Potter. The schooner sunk immediately in about eighteen fathoms water the crews having barely time to save them-l selves in the yawl. The John Potter proceed ! ed on her course without stopping to renderI assistance or to ascertain the damage she had| inflicted.
 FORREST has at last found foe who doesn' 't plead weakness. The advance of Gen. Sturyis' cavalry, 700 strong, with two pieces of artillery encountered band of Forrest men : 1000 strong, near Bolivar, Tennessee, on the south side of the Hatchie River, on Monday last. A severe fight took place, lasting two hours, and result ing in the rebels being driven from their in trenchments, when they retreated across the river, through Bolivar, destroying the bridge behind him. Gen. Sturgis is in hot pursuit.
 A GREAT female riot occurred in Savannah on the 7th uIt. The women collected in a hndyy vr,ffh 0y,I h1l 1fn1 procession, demanding bread or blood. They seized food wherever it could be found. The soldiers were called out, and after a brief con fict the ringleaders were put in jail.
 ADv1cEs from Alexandria of the 27th ult. re. port that Gen. Banks's army is still there, but would probably move toward the Mississippi River. Admiral Porter was up the Red River, 60 miles above Alexandria, where the gunboat been taken off and her plating was being re- moved for the purpose of Tightening her off, If this could not be done she would be blowu up. A letter from New Orleans say that "Gen Banks, on his retreat from Grand Ecore to Al. exandria, was assailed by the Confederates in force at Cane River, and suffered heavily Thirteen transports and gunboats, it Is stated were blown up by his orders to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy Gen. Kirby Smith, in his official report of the Red River battles, claims to have taken from Gen. Banks 4,00O prisoners, 2,5O0 wounded 5000 stands of arms, 2,OO0 and old mules, 25O wagons, 900 barrels of -four, and 35 pieces of cannon.
 THE capture of Gen. Steeles supply train with its escort in Arkansas, is confirmed. Ii consisted of two hundred and forty wagons and was captured by the rebels while returning to Pine Bluff, together with the escort, com prising the Twenty-sixth Iowa Regiment, the Seventy seventh Ohio Regiment, and the Forty third Indiana Regiment, with four pieces o artilley.
 THE special dispatches to New York and other papers about the late raid at Piedmont West Virginia, are grossly exaggerated. The whole amount of damage done to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad will not exceed fifty thou sand dollars. No person was disturbed, and there was no appearance of marauders at any other point.
 PoRT ROYAL papers of the 5th state tha Florida, Georgia and South Carolina are nearly depleted of rebel troops, who have been sen north to join Lees army.
 THE large depot of the Norwich and Wor cester Railroad in New London, also occupied " o"S A>oA "ASA oAo 1NeW l OTh lFduSDOrLAflou Company, was entirely destroyed by fire al about five o'clock, Sunday afternoon. There was large amount of freight destroyed. The loss is over SlO0,000, including $45, ,O00 worth of cotton. The steamer City of Boston was with difficulty saved from destruction. Adams Express Co.'s loss is about 5000, on a quan, tity of raw silk, in transportation to Williman. tic.
 dispatch from Cairo reports that General Steele's army has returned to Little Rock. He was followed by Prices army, and constantly harrassed. At Sabine Fork the rebels were turned upon and repulse d, after severe battle In which the loss was about equal on both sides Marmaduke was reported on the march to join Price, when, it is supposed they in tended jointly to attack Little Rock. Thi, last report need excite no fears, as Genera Steeles army is much stronger than all thu armed rebels in Arkansas. General Banks movement having failed, General Steele, o course, falls back, as his movement was only to keep Price from reinforcing Kirby Smith
 Gen. John Lloyd died at his residence in New York city, on Thursday, after an illness of several weeks. In years past he was one of the most extensive dry goods merchants of New York, and latterly was at the head of the firm of Lloyd & Sons, real estate brokers. In ms younger days he took an active interest in the New York State Militia, in which he held the rank of Major, General. Gen. Lloyd was 67 years of age and a native of Duchess County.
 Colonel Stedman. Eleventh Regiment, is now in command of brigade composed of the Eleventh Connecticut, Second and Twelfth New Hampshire. and the One Hundred and Forty,eighth New Jersey regiments. The brigade is for the present stationed at Will lamsburg, but expects to take the field in a short time.
 ,r An old two-story building on Asylum street, Hartford, fell on Tuesday afternoon, buryine Patrick Ramon with his horse and cart under the ruins: Bannon was badly hurt about the nead' The cellar was being excavated.
 SWORD PLAY.-At the Little Macn and Grant sword contest in New York, nearly ?i2,oOo was subscribed by sundry fshy loyal- l,ts for the Yorktown conqueror, and drive the-enemy to the wall,'' not cent of which would otherwise have fallen into the hands of the Sanitary Commission. It was a nice game eleverly played.
 Mr. Isaac Cook, of New Bedford Mass. on the 10th inst, cut the tail from horse valued at S400. The animal died on tke 95th w;.h