Litchfield enquirer., 1864-02-25

DESPERATION OF THE REBELs.-Anong the most extraordinary things brought to light by the invasion of Florida, is document, emana- ing from the Commssiariat department of Quincy, Florida, in which there is startling evidence to be found of the desperate condi- tion of the enemy. Beef and bacon are entire ly exhausted throughout the SoutE, and from all quarters cries are rising for relief from Florida. This circular Was intended only for private circulation among 1.-the prudent peo pie of the South.' The circular contains ex- tracts from official letters, which it says " do but partially represent the condition of the armies of Generals Bragg and Beauregard, and their gloomy prospects for future supplies. ,
 Maj. J. +. Cummings, who supplies Gen. Bragg's army, writes:
 It is absolutely and vitally important that all the cattle that can possibly be brought here shall be brought as promptly as possible"
 And again, on the 5th Of October he says
 II cannot too strongly urge upon you the necessity of sending forward cattle promptly It appears that all other resources are exhaus. ted, and thai we are now dependant upon your State (Florlda) for beef for the very large ar my'of Gen. Bragg. know you will leave 10 stone unturned and l must say that We are now dependent on your exertions, so far as beef IS concerned. In regard to bacon, the stock is about exhansted-hence beef is our only hope. know the prospect is very dis couraging."
 And on October 20, lie wrote.
 s.ss <" The army is to day on half rations of beef aud fear Tn few days will have nothing but bread to eat. This is truly a dark hour with us, and cannot see what is to be done''
 Major Locke, chief commissary of Georgia' wrote:
 'I pray you, Major, to put every agency in motion that you can to 5eud cattle. without a moments delay, toward the Georgia burdcrs. The troops in Charleston are in great extrenli U. We look alo"e to yo for cattle Th,sc i'll Georgia arc exhauste.i.'
 Major Guerin, chief com;nis:ary Of Sousi, Carolina wro.e:
 "We are almost entirely depe 'dcnt on Flor ida, and IL is of the first in,,o ta ca at tili. time that the troops here sh,u!l b. sustained.
 Again he says:
 GAS it is, our situation is full of danger from want of neat and extraordinary efforts arc re- quired to @ ent disaster"
 Parson Hrownow is reported dangerously ill at Knoxville. A letter says: His recov cry is q question of serious doubt. He says, however, that he is not going to give up the ghos. until every leader swings and the Union is restored. He is confined to his room and much of the time to his bed.'
 The editor of copperhead paper in Rock Island, H., recently sent an insulting letter to place, for which he was subsequently flogged in the street by g one armed major of the 18th Illinois infantry. The people of the town were SO grati6ed at this occurrence thai they at once raised and presented the major purse of $a5O as an evidence of their satisfaction with his course.
 We regret to learn, this morning, that Judge Buel IS very low, and that there is little if any hope Of his Waterbury American. 4M inst.
 Rev. Leonard w. Bacon, of the Stamford Congregational Church, has received pres. ent of $40 from his parishioners.
 Measles are prostratng the Volunteers by hundreds, the hospitals are crowded with them Soldiers, be warned in time. Holloway's pills are positively infallible in the cure of this dis ease; occasional doses of them will preserve the health even under the greatest exposures-- Only p cents per box.
 A NOVEL MODEL REFoRM-One of the great questions of the day relates ts prison dis, ipine. How can we cure a felon is the cry, We answer that Grace's ronderful Suloe net only cures felons, but boils, burn scalds, flesh wounds, bruises, all eruptions of the skin and scalp, and even the most obsti- nate old ulcers and other sores. It is wolf full compound, suited alike to the skin of the child and of the adult. No one who has ever tried its virtues will ever be without box of it. Sold everywhere. 25 cts. box. See advertisement in another column.
 Coughs, Hoarseness, and the various Throat affections to which Public Speakers, Military Officers, and Singers are liable, relieved by " Broacns Bronchial T'oches." Having direct influence to the affected parts, they allay Pull monary Irritation.
 Gen. Gilmore has issued call to Floridians to return to their allegiance. and prohibiting destruction or pillage of property by our SOL diers under the severest penalties. There are to be two millions cattle in Florida, though small and poor; and it is further as- certained through rebel documents, that the rebel army is dependent almost entirely on Florida for beef, and that Gen. Gilmore, in taking possession of Florida, does more to cripple the rebels than the capture of dozen Charlestons would.
 About sixty vehicles. loaded with upwards of 800 liberated negroes, went through Nor folk, Va., Wednesday, on their way to the contraband camp.
 A woman is under arrest at Syracuse, N. r.. for destroying her grandchld, only three months old, by giving it vitriol.
 The whole amount of coin boarded in the United States. is estimated to be two hundred millions of dollars.