Litchfield enquirer., 1864-02-18

tons is to close the war as soon Gs possible, aud he wants to be feot-lose, not hampersd by political entsnglernents. He asks Do other duEy HOW. lie is not and will not be, candi date for the presidency at the forthcoming election, aad politicians may trim their sails accordingly.
 The Memphis Bulletin publishes a card sisacd by three hundred of the citizens ot that city, addressed to the people of Tennessee upon the subject of the reorganization of the State, aad re.estaLlishing relations with the National Governi2cnt. It recommends imme- d:ats and unconditional emancipation as the bsst, truest policy, aud only alternative, and calls upon all to support tue same, by meeting at Memphis Ca tue 22d instant.
 correspondent of the Boston Herald, writing from Charleston, under date of tho 9th says that all recent attempts to reinforce hs workout garrison of Suropter havs failed, 5sceuse our guns completely command tas whole harbor, and at night our calcium lights prevent the approach of tke enemy, while every ten minutes huge shell is dropped into the ruins. The same correspondent mentions an attempt by a rebel ram, accompanied by an lnte1hal machine to proceed down the South Channel, for the purpose of destroying two of our vesseis doing guard duty there. Before they got down, the internal machine, Q long, eisar-shaped thing, sunk, carrying down eight of her Crew. The rebels have not tried to raise her. Deserters tell strong tales of the desperate condition of the rebels, and of their s.a-;2sco ;o break tae b:ccksde.
 4 C:.sstano ga dispatch of ths 1?ta inst. says there w4s A great aEray in Johnston $ exSly ou .he 3ti inst. The Secoad Kentucky Resis.les: ssf1ssa gu mas.a, to bs conseripted, sRd were pIacsI under gesr,i of ths Third AL sbaaar Colonel Woodward, Major Lewis ard tiTse czptaias Of the 3s Kentucky, fired reyol, vers into the Alabama regiment, killing and sound;ag forty-two. Both regiments broke ia disorder.
 The provost marshal general has decided fiat inc towns iii the various states shall each co*s:iiu.s s"l district. 4 draft, therefore, ~:i cHIs ae ordered ia such towns in the yari- cas ststes as shall shcw deficiency under the s2.;;o:la c,.s, while t5oee towns Nhich have an egcs>. Of quota will be credit, ,d the same, to apply to say future emergency.
 GEN. :ii:ESsAss E3sEo!T:os.-Ths papers a:e i;s!;,sE-.fg iAe tiets;ls uf tIs strength and .nsv.H:sf:;;s of tie iet!ers.i a.mies uov en- ba:Ss- neo:s sa ec;iya sam2aiga ii t!s south vet. :aa cavalry free 1!l:v:, st:.teI from ..+t'; S.:-lega x nov go i.eShere in Central ::: s+ +I;:. aSEcf:": s,:@ is..ss-,. The strong '"1'a1 tsf i:::-fs:y eoareatrs.al st Ficksburg ,7s 2H*:"; "assxag:| np3a 1Agasy2, under co;amscd g.: ifsLaFa ;dt:fsa .rsea A th;rl s's't'ezHa' is.E:t,T o :sc:ss,=ra, ret sufficiently s~f:.:::ss s;- tt. f.c;so;4; i. ass so aec,u,- s'.@a staf;ed ss;:1pitaE eo.s.y .5:,,u Natcbez 1 The ',-fse a's eznactcd 70 unite at some point n !aH nterior undsr Ger. Shs.Ean aa.l to 'no9s ti o;lsa ths hear: Of the reb~i territory.
 :; she saine t:;ae it is i.unoanced that Gen 3oa Joaas!oE has absnaonei his strong posi- sion at Dalton, and fallen tacl; tovar:9 ..tIan ta l: t:ey 5a ta::: 'ie is a?prvEe4<:.a of dan ge: froa the h.a:ss:;;;s a2,yrn.s;:: ua.yr Gensr. oteFEl G.l.
 The distance to be trasersal by sEe aivar- cin: co!&ilas. # .aa commonly received ociu-
 7as respecting thsr ,tes,;aation a.e correct. tlTo;:sn a country possessing go accumulated stores of provisions, are eaoEnlous CoEsde- ling the harFsnneas of the region. and the fact that points on the S.ssssippl :;Tel must COL s!itats ths baeis of supply, it seesss hardly credible thst Gea. Sherman proposes to s.l- vance ia q Hay 10 co-operats materaIIv with Gen. Grant iii his operations against Johnston. let tue preparations are Oil too gram a scale Tor any Enterprise promising less subn.antial 1 results.
 Dispatches iron, Vicksburs state that the | town of Yazoo City is in the hands of Gen. Sherman, after slight skirnsh, attended with little loss to our forces. With this success we have obtained possession of fine foraging country. Gens. HurIbas and McPherson took possession Of Jackson, while Yazoo City was occupied by Col Coates, after a short fight at Sartatia, where the enemy made somc show Of resistance, and killed few of our men. | In the Savannah Daily Ners for January l 18th, we find this elegant sentiment in a edi- torial on the war:
 Except Franklin Pierce and Thomas H. Seymour where is the Northern man of prom thence fit to direct the destines Of nation ?"
 lAis is tie drst good reason We have ever 1 beard for dissolution Of the Union. if the Sauthsruefs think thus of us, We do not won der saey desire to be by themselves And in view of the fact that they considered our coun try already On the road to ruin, they have nsEned two very good guide-posts on the down. ward path. Both direct to the bottom all who look to then, for guidance.
 A portion of General Sherman g expedition was attacked on the Yazoo on the 5th inst by three thousand rebels. After a smart fight the rebels were routed and driven off. Eight Union men were killed, and thirty wounded The occasion was marked by an act of justice