Litchfield enquirer., 1864-12-15

r' "ceA " h.ofe tnan one Of the fhree great fSSanlPalghs ca wnich are now in progress-that of : sherman in Georgia that of Thomas in Ia,s. nessee, and that of Grant in Virginia.
 A 1rs6aaie special says the government feels ent're cohndence in the success not only of o"efu'a,, put or more present military tDsrn. .,ons: It IS fet that the country will rrisics over the news of more than one yictorv e., the cloae of this week. ~'''ss The Navy department has advices from Ad. mlral Porter of the capture and arrival at Hampton Roads of the confederate s,eamar Armstrong, of $50 tons measurement She ia a beautiful vessel. very fast and new. She was captured by the Cuyler and Gettsbure. on tbs 4th, with cargo of 450 bales of cotton. The larger part of the cotton was thrown overheard in the chase. 1 resolution has been introduced into the Louisiana Senate authorizing the Governor q issue proclamation of amnesty to all citizens of that State in she rebel service under the rank Of Colonel. excepting Capt. Semmss. Ju. hah P. Benjamin, ex.Governor Moore, John Sldell and lew others.
 1 Dea. John Phillips, the Sturbridge centen. marian. has had hls picture taken. and the pho. tograrhs are in circulation. He also forms the subject of one of the illustrations in the last Ha'Ver's Weekly.
 Mir Chase arrived at Washington, Tuesday | evening, and did not hear of his appointment as Chief Justice till an hour afterwards. when friend called to congratulate him. He had an interview with the President on Wednesday, and will take his seat on the bench, Monday The Senate on Thursday confirmed the nom~ lnation of Mir. Dennison as postmaster general
 An old friend of Roger A. Pryor who knowS him we'll, attributes his incarceration to his in. veterate habit of feeding at the public crib.-- He holds that Roger enjoyed So many good things under the United States government. both in and out of Congress, that ke could not rest easy until he found his appropriate place in Fort Lafayette
 Browns Bronchial Troches are offered with the fullest confidence in their efficacy: thsv have been thoroughly tested, and maintain the good reputation they have justly acquired.- For military officers and tn ose who often over tax the voice, they are useful in relieving su irritated throat, and will render ar rtieulstion easy. To the soldiers exposed to sudden changes in the weather they will givo prompt relief ln coughs and colds, and can be carried Tn the pocket to be taken as occasion requires. PoErIcAL EDIroR.-An editor has taken to writing poetry, as the following will show,
 Brethren, if there is man with soul 60 dead who never to himself has said--I will my country paper take, both for my own and fami- iys sake :? If such there be- let him repent |, and have the paper 10 him sent and if he'd pass happy winter, he in advance should gay the printer
 Wood is one hundred dollars per cord iu Richmond and many families are without fuel Provost Marshal General Fry and Quarter. master General Meigs, have each issued cir cular relative to the plots of rebel emissaries 10 burn public and private property at the North They emjoin great caution and watch- fitness. The arrest of certain classes is auth. orzed.
 Lord Wharncliffe informed Minister Aiams that the Liverpool Bazaar produced seventeen thousand pounds, and requested that an agent might be received 10 visit and distribute the amount among the inmates of the military pri- sons at the North The request was trans smit- ted to Secretary Seward, who, through Mir. Adams, made a very spirited reply, refusing to grant it, and giving his reasons at length. l Mir Seward has struck the right chord this time
 Heavy duties have induced the manufacture of C!ark's spool cotton to start a manufaeisry | in this country They have nearly completed a large establishment in Boston, furnished with skill led operatives from Euiope.
 government warehouse, several brick storehouses, eating houses, saloons, barber sh ps, &c. wore burned Littia Rock, Ark, on lhe nigh of the 2Sd ult. The indi "iruai losses amoln,ed to S50,00U; governm.nt Ices unknown.
 4 man in Eewark. x. J., chopped of the l head of chicken one night last week. and tLG papers of that city assert that the next morn Ing it 'was alive and walked about. apparently but iItte the worse for losing it's head" lt was probably some bothered about eating | A fire broke out in the Brooklyn Gas Con- pany's coal housa last Monday but it was. as supposed subdued. It proved. however, that 1 the fire sm0udered for Friday evening it again broke out and destroyed the whole l0,- 900 tons of coal. worth $40 per ton. on which there was an insurance of only $25,000. Mir Peter B. Sweeny has brought suit ef wenty five ,housond dollars against James | and Erastus Brooks of the New York E1prsss for libel,
 Fhe following was told of soldier wounded by shell from Fort Warner. He was going to the rear with mutilated arm.
 Wounded hy shell ?' he was asked. "Yes,' he coy answered, '' was right un- der the alarmed thIng when the bottom dropped out" Admiral Farragut is on his war to New York. Com. Jsmes 5. Parker is in command of his squadron.
 There are over eleven hundred prisoners ag Fort Jefferson, ''Dry Tortugas," Fla mostly officers and men of our own army who AaSa' been convicted of crime.
 The War department has decided Ahat tho $500 bounty to be paid to thoss enlisted in Gen. Hancock 8 veteran corps, is in addition to all other state and national bounties..
 The captain of Mississippi steamboat late. ly warded of guerrilla attack. by having Dixie played on the calliope The rebels cbeered instead of firing, and the steamer went it's way. .--.....-
 Corn in Texas is. ten'cents (in coin) per bushel.
 There are Aourishing Mormon Churches aE Georgetown and Groseiand. Mass.
 The Wisconsin state prison is vacant, and