Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-08
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THs BATTLE FEED ON THE WELDON RoAD.-- A eorpespcndent with the Fffth Army Corps sives the following description of the field oi batsle Oa the Weldon railroad on the day after Essdagsstxuggle:
 ~No battls s6eid. covering such limited terri tnrx. ean he cited in this war where evidences oF . terTi6Ie struxxse asd desperate carnage R.vp bees more marked and fearful. The de.j Isv ss thev had fallen. not singly and scat fpr;ne. bot in heaps, in some places two and sAree deep. This IS no fction-it is :he trage- Sv of var-she closing scene of day dread. f.i drama, . grand tableau of the dead. Dead horses, broken caiss0ns. swords, muskets, and sII the dread paraphanalia of battle, gave the finishing touch to the picture. Those who took n view of the feld-and find on conver- sine with rebel wounded and prisoners brought in late last evening that they give the same fig ures-now estimate the enemyis losses on Sun day at from four to five thousand. Parties fiom our side have been busy all day burying our own and the enemy's dead. There are many rebsl dead still on the field unburied."
 CAPTURE OF THE LLLrAN.-Boston, Aug. 27. An officer of the U. s. transport Massachu- sssts arrived here today, reports that the block ade runner Lillian for Nassau was captured the 18th inst. of Wilmington, by the gunboats Gettysburg and Keystone State, and transport Massachusetts Several shots were fired at her before she surrendered, one of which took: ef- feet two feet below the water line, causing a lad leak, another, cutting of mans hand.
 The leak was stopped and the prize taken Her cargo consisted of 72l bales of cotton, 50 of which were thrown overheard. The Lillian is an iron vessel and very fast. Her comman- 1nr sc r,;d fo ho Carf Mofsf Eormorlv nf tho
 Fernando Wood, speaking of the settlement of New England by the Puritans, said, in a recent speech, ,. "the Almighty had sent two curses on mankind-the fall of Adam, and the landing of the Mayaower at Plymouth Rock" The Puritans were of more consequence, it ss,ms, than even they imagined.
 Artenus Ward is about to give Salt Lake Show in New York, Illustrative of the life, manners, institutions, etc., of the Mormons. The hall is beir. appropriately fitted up for the occasion, and several of our best scene painters are at work on a act of illustrative panoramas. This reminds us of an anecdote. Artemus was asked the other day who was his candidate for the presidency. Brigham Young" said he, promptly. "Why?" exciaim- ed his astonished questioner "Because," re- joined Artemus, 'he is the most out and out uniouist I know of, no matter whom it may concern"
 About fifteen substitute 'bounty.iumpers' at New Haven camp. undertook to escape on Sunday afternoon all but one or two were re- captured two of them were wounded by shots from the guard.
 The editor of the New York Post says that he knows, from the best authority, that MT. Jefferson Dayis but a few weeks ago absolutely and finally refused to listen to any proposal of peace except on the ground of Southern inde- pendence; "and when l say Southern indepen- dence, he remarked, "l mean to include in Tennessae, Kentucky, Arkansas and Missouri nothing less."
 Gen. Pope, who has had Gen years experi- enee in Fighting Indians, suggests, in an off, cial report, new way of dealing with the sav- ages so as to secure permanent peace. He proposes that whenever an Indian tribe makes difficulties, it shall be transported into the midst of the white population eastward, in the rear, as he says, instead of further to tn front of the line ofsettlement and there the Indians should, he thinks, be treated, not as tribes, but as individuals, accountable to the laws as oth. CT men or women, and part of the permanent population of the country.
 MAJOR HEMINGWAY MlssING.-Maior L. c. Hemingway, of the lst Conn. Artillery, (firm of Hemingway & Stevens, jewellers, of this cityD has been missing since the 10th of Aug ust, and his friends have some reason to fear that he has been captured by guerrillas. He left his regiment recently, on account of i'll health, and was visiting about Washington, prior to returning home to his family. On the 9th of August he rode out alone and on horse back, froEl Washington to Harper's Ferry, and was heard from at that place on the 10th.
 Since then nothing has been heard from him, though he usually wrote as often as twice a week and an officer sent on to search for him. by his friends, several days ago, returned Friday night, not having been able to obtain any clue to his whereabouts.-PYess.
 A VISIT TO PEYERsBgRa.-Capt. Tilden of the 18th Maine, was taken prisoner in the fight for the Welden railroad, and carried on the way to Richmond, about four miles from Petersburg, when he slipped from car and escaped: Having ona light.colored and broad brimmed Kossuth hat, and rubber overcoat, was unquestionably his salvation. The fact that it raiped nearly all the time he was prisoner, gave no look of strangeness or siVunV AoC suspiCioH III LIS wearing ms rub. Der coat, while his broad brimmed beaver gave Him the air and tone of true southerner :: to the manor born." At all events, he walked freely through all the streets and public places of Petersburg, picking up much valuable in- formation which he has since imparted to the commanding Generals. ... 5.... -, 7e. -
 When he first struck the rebel lines with Q view to get through them, he was fortunate enough in his plan of concealment and obsery- ation to hear rebel soldier remark to anoth- or :"The Tanks will have hard work getting through our three battle lines here, but down below, where there is only thin skirmish line, it ain't so cafe, reckon" The colonel thought lie would take look after that thin skir- mish line," and he found it. The heavy storm and dense darkness of the night enabled him to get through the line. He did not get through any too quick, for two shots were fired at him while between the enemy's skirmish line and ours. He came upon the pickets of his own brigade-a piece of good fortune pleasing. ly agreeable, and quite as remarkable as agree able. ..~s.. =. :.
 CAN'T BE BEAr-A subscriber writes that Mr. John Burwell, of Granby, has half acre of tobacco which, the writer thinks, can hardly be beat by any other field in the state, consid- erlng the uniform growth of the whole piece