Litchfield enquirer., 1864-03-10
Special correspondents with Gen. .Klpatrick's

] y falo to the vciuFy Of Richmond Virginia.
 Gen. Fitzpatrick, it appears. lief, Stevens burg on Sunday evening last, and went by way of Chaneeiloisve and Spottsy!vania Court house to Beaver Dam where he met the first armed resistance. The enemy wer,, finally repu'sed, and 32 prisoners taken. The railroad track for miles On the Central Road aud sev- eral different stations were destroyed when he command moved upon Rchnond arriving betole thst place early Tuesday morning. 4 fight was kept up within the deiences of that piacn until near night, when Gen. K .lpatrick withdrew. That night he was attacked in camp and again reinulsed the enemy, and also on the following day, arriving thursday at Williamsburg with the loss of about l5o nen Col. Dahlgren with small comma nd destroyed the railroad at Frederick Hall and on tEe James River, below Gonchland destroyed the canal. six Touring mills, enc saw mill, and the coal mines at Manikins Bend. The property destroyed is valued at millions of dollars, and Is the heaviest loss that has yet been inflicted upon the rebels by rading party. Some 300 prisoners were captured, several hundred hor- ses and large number o' negroes. The com mand lived on the country. Co.'s DAIglesn and Lchheii and Mai Cook are missing It appears that within four hours after the Richmond papdrs had first announced the pas sage of the Rapldan by our forces k,patrisk's guns were pitching shell into the suburbs of tie city
 The battle of Oustee. Flor ida. according to fate Rie!lm6nd papers, was fought by reLei force Of eleven regiments of infantry, four hattalions of cavalry. and three batteries of artillery. Our own force, as is we'll known, did not equal this by one third The Rich. n1nd Dispatch, of March 2, says: "A dis patch dated Lake City, Fla. Feb 24 says that the enemy have abandoned their position on the St. Marys River, and are retreating to their gnnboats. Oar loss in the late fight is nut down at 5 killed and from 700 to Se0 woun. dcd. lhe c l"mrs loss is estimated tO have been between 800 and 30nO The enemy's torcs Is s;ni tn have EumEelrd about 10000 men of all arms, whilst ours would not exec. d 4,000. Two of their negro regiment, wer,. placed in front, and urged on at the point of the bayonet. 1t a distance they wi hs,ood our fire, but as outlines advanced they broke in confusion. More than one-haf of the two negro regiments are reportel to have been kill and left deal on the f.ll."
 Joshua Dewey of Brooklyn. \. r. grad nate of lale in ths class of l137. and the o!I- est of its Alumni in college standing. though not in years. died at Natcrtown, \. r. on the 24h ult. aged neatly 97 ycars. His death leaves the coEs''narlan, Rev. Daniel Wa'>'o, of ''ss, the senior graduate of Yale.
 Ihc small side wheel ste1m.r Scotia arrived on Thursday at Fortress Nnnree, having hcra, captured running the blockade out of " mnston The gunhaat Connec c,icut mad h..,. prize. Her cargo consisted of lo5 ',ales of coitea.
 SCARCITY oE, SE..M?:S IN TuS SAvy--The iui 'o"iHs ;a from the W1silj' .stun dispatches of tn" New York Herald,
 There are at '!ie p' ospnt lime fourteen naval vassr., al ready to: se:, with p,l their s,, ,rn and "!iiccls vn D al,l. but >eais..d Fr 1l. want l ul Elrn.
 The Con ,re7 ,.onal delegation from C.li'or
 '' ca'8' r4,en >rcruiary NrIItS q few day. sihce To -e Ii ;n additional naval iuFs:e euu!,. lu! De ,ent to the Pacific coast whrrv there is great Gcce-silv for all increase of the force lh-y Were that the Wateree was then iyiuy at ] .ne Washington Navy Yard. aud ali re4,y fur l ,ra. and had been Tor some llme under orders l for the l"cinc but she Was >s urt one hunrnd til n and could not leave In consyqurnce Up on this Mr Cuulless introduced hls ulnt rrso. ,uliun author.zng the transfer ot men from he military to the naval service, for the SD, clu | object of enabling vessels to be sent to the Pa cliic. le reso u,ion has passed both houses, but with pr"vso that such transfer should l not be made irum regiments below the uiin.- um humber, which. lander the cons!,u.tlou of the Secretary of War. virtually nuIiiies it, and l ne Will not consent that man shall be lrau-- terred. By an amendment to the eHroJlmen1 law both seamen and ordinary seam.n can be l transferred. under regulations 10 be prescribed by the President. and under the presSlpg ne- ctSsity which exists for rrcluits ln tue naval service, he will no duubt at once prescribe such regulations.
 The Departments have been compelled to retain iu service for months after their time has rxpilei sailors who are entitled to and should m justice have received their discharge but the exisauries of the service have been such that it could not be given them. During all this tlue the Department has been in receipt of hundreds ot applications from seamen who have gone into the military service, aud who desired 10 be transferred to the navy but here tofure this could not he done. The depicted ranks of the blue .ckets will now probably be speedily ied up, and the efficiency oi tAe navy very much increased thereby.
 NEW HAMPSHIRE Towx DEBrs-The Dover (N. H.) Eaqui'er forcibly remarks:
 If the rebellion is crushed out. as every loyal man nl,.ans that it shall be. the cou ,try will only have to pay the deht which the gov I erHulrnl has contracted tu crush it out where as, if the War is settled by q cumprnmise. as the -c'pperhead leaders propose. the labor and property of the North will be taxed a7t oalY Q pay our oton deJts but 10 pay the deJts ftbe rebsl states also, This is rrsalt wbich rannut oe avoided if copperhead coNnsals prevail.' 1 Every word Of the above is true. an the yo