Litchfield enquirer., 1864-10-13
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ifn oenerson CIty, on the 1th, was sp'ritedl5 contested by onr cavalry. A consid. erable number of the enemy was killed and woundedi On the moraiay of the sth, the reoels drew np in line of battle before OFT works, sna afserieing we'll peppersd by, eur batteries, moved of toward the west and were followed by our forces some six miles. recsiv.. ing sharp punishment.
 Farrell Cogan, while attempting to sst of the copperhead excursion train between New Haven and Bridgeport, Friday night, fell and the wheels ran over his left leg, msnpl;uy fl badly, rendering amputation necessary. An other man, by the name of Fitzgibbon's had sn arm broken iu getting on board the same train, when it started from New Haven.
 A Wilmington, N. O., paper says the sns- my" appear to be making preparations for a determined attack on that place, number of vessels having been recently added to the fleet.
 A detachment of the 9th Mlssoari miliis attacked camp os three hundred rebels undse Hillibrand. at Tyler's mills, and killed sl.
 A letter from Mobile Point. Sept, 2sss, says that the majority of the fleet have left for parts unknown. there being only seven or eight vessels remaining. ..-
 As the mail boat was leaving City Point Monday morning at 10 o'clock, heavy firing was heard on the right ofJanes river in But lers department The boat brought 22O pris. oners to Fortress Monroe and 90 to Washing ton.
 The steamer Barracouta, from Bermuda the 9th, hns arrived. Yellow fever had brokep out afresh there, and thers was a perfect panic in some of the parishes, the people fleeing and leaving the dead unburied.
 The proprietor of "a ssm shop in Springfield. talking to some customers day or two ago, sinched an argument that Little Mao was sure to be elected, with tue exclamation, "Why, four-6fths of the men who como in hers go fSr Mcclellan r No doubt of it.
 A large meteor fell near Parker's pond, in Hubbardstown. Mass, on the 9th ult., and on examination a mass was found as large as U hogshead, of a gelatinous, light colOred, scmi-transparent substance. A specimen was presented to the Natural History Society of Worcester, Monday evening, and although tightly corked in bottle, it had diminished considerably in bulk, and was partially dis solved. It wasof light straw color, and had strong odor of sulphuretted hydrogen, wit . suphurous taste A chemical anslysis will be made by Prof Busbee.
 About two weeks ago two small boys aoated out into the Sound from Westport, and driftst until they landed on the beach at Stony Brook, on Long Island side, They were taken care off by woman, and have been returned to their friends in.
 Adisco terJ was made at Winchester, . day or two since. that looks very much like . Iebel conspiracy on the part of the slightly wounded, to free themselves. and Tn co an eotion with the citizens, 10 attempt te get possession of the town. In one of the hospitals in which the wounded rebels were confined eighteen mus kets were fnund secreted, and under the pillow of robel officer was discovered a pair of pis- tols and sabre.
 A German locksmith has plan for making strong boxes vi, .ou. keys. Inside tho box is placed clocia ,ik. lhe hand of which the owner places to the hour and minute when he wants access-to the box. The clock work be- gins to laove as soon as tho lid ia shut, and opens the lock from the inside al the moment which tho h4nd of the clock indio.tes. limo, dopende:,t upon the owner. is ths key to the lock--a xey which can neither bs stolen from him nor initiated.
 A firm in Watervillc. Me-, has gone iBts the manufacture of :" cotton batten" freR WsslsH rags.
 The Patent Office bas received 2So bushels of superior Mediterranean yhSat fer disaribu- ton to farmers
 The rebels In Georgix agreed 10 exchange Gen. Stone sssnt for Gen. Goran, but when they got Goran they refused to give ap SAOneAaHs and still hold him!
 Awon,an in Michigan lately tock hold of what she supposed 10 Be & stove-heider on Inc floor of the kitchen, and found it to be large rattle snake. She escaped being bitten, but Gou is myst:ry.
 A large Black .:snsks was killed in Bssex woods, recently measuring seven feet h length. He had within him three stripe4 squirrels aad 2 large assortment of frogs.
 The dead body of . beautiful and well dressed girl, believed 10 have been murdered, was found on the shore of the lake, near De- troit, Mich, few days since.
 The Passaic courts of New Jersey have found Emma Jane Long guilty of murder in tho second degree. and acquitted Sarah Matilda Long-the girls who recently murdered child by throwing it into we'll. .-
 The Sanitary Commission has opened eon- munication with our officers and 30 ldiers i'm. prisoned in Charleston. Andersonville, and other places in the South, 80 that supplies of specified kinds, and packed under specified directions, will be safely Rewarded ts our men.
 The North Atlantis blockadi ng squadron is from August 1st, 1868, to October 1st, 1864, captured or destroyed Sfty vsssels.:- .''-
 A surgeon in Connsctient regiment which is in sheridan's army, writes home as fos- lows:
 Politically, the army has changed greatly since the Chicago Convention. Mcclellan dont stand ghost of chance, Even his letter will gain him very few votes. have heard Democratic officers of all ran ks express them selves freely they are unit for Uncle Ape. Ca;l ka sk. '