Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-10


 day of October, in the year of our kord one. thousand eight hundred and sixty four, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-ninth.
 TSigned. ABRAHAN LINCOLN. By the President.
 W. II. SEWARD, Sec'y of State. Condition of Chattanooga.
 A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commer- cial, writing from Chattanooga, October 26th, l says: ,-'"
 6 Chattanooga grows. It would be a hard task for an enemy to capture it, and it is be coming more 50 every day. The late supposed proximity of General Hood had decidedly good effect. The dirt flew in those days more than it was wont. The famous Fourteenth colored infantry exercise themselves in tn drill two days out of eve,y seven one day they rest from their labors, and oH ibe remaining ! four thcy work on the Notifications of Chatta- nooga They are eight hundred men and lusty, and there is scarcely corporal guard of them | in the hospital Timetable and steady as they have become by long tutoring, they Lhor well.
 Chattanooga is literally walled city, 1 The huge pafapets of clay stretch ar 'und two sides oft, from the Tennessee above to the Tennessee below, and there is 20 entrance into it except across the river or through the gates in the wall Through these the great trains, laden with men, and meat, and bread, and horses, rumble in and out, and through them swarm the mixed multitude of men who now congregate here. waiting to go toward the front. -
 " Chattanooga has become a city of enter prise, and noted for it's public spirit. Not only has it completed a system of extensive water works, but, warned by the great destruc ton by fire last winter of government property now has ready for use, at a moment s warning. splendid fre-engine. The enormous accumu- lation of wooden warehouses, filled vii stores has rendered this step highly prnp"r. X bil
 Hard saloon has also been lately established. wherein one may, by registering his name 'hree hours in advance, be al'owe'f to+ play d maximum Of three games. But chief aInong the men of public liberality is Bshop.- : Bishop has a theatre. Since it's esfab!ish- ment in March, he has limited his ssmh tion to a tent, but the nippng and eager air of l Octoher has begun to wear upon the chaste symphonies of his mnsirels, and he is now 1 building for their uSe d house one hundred l feet square. Soldiers who have no duties to (perGrrs are eager to lenl assi :tancn in the
  1 of raem arc employed on the bui'dirg.' GEN, GRANTS PosITI H.-Thc Washington discusses Gen. Grants pos tion. IT says: | Gen. Grant has taken careful look at the enen,y along the entire l:hgIh of fiS cxir;n!,l lines. and has cuAciuIe! not to attack him for the present. The reconnaissance in iorc1 alluded to. was intended to Ir"fare great bat iIe-the forward mDvemnn: allaied to m .ny last letter but, for good reasons. Gen. Grant concluded to postpone bis attack for few days But let not the dlsloyal specu'ators, who arc rushing into gold" with the certain conviction that it is ''going to 3OQi before spring, be too certain of the .nmense profits they expect to make. Gen Grant has Bot yet concluded tine fall campaign, and Wall street may be astuund- est,sQlise mornirg by r bulletin from Secretary Stanton, announcing tue important fact tha,
 'e ersburg is in our pnsession. There IS tobe more fighting before winter. Three years ago the fighting weather extended to the first of January, and Mcclellan did nothing. because he was not strong enough in numbers As it afterward turned out. Lee had 5O,OO0 men, and Mcclellan had l5O 900. The hest judges now say that Lee has not far from 70.0H0 meu defending Petersburg and Richmond. The estimate sometimes is carried up as high as 1 75, 900. Gen. Grant cannot have less than | 100 900 soldiers. He doubtless has three so- diers where Lee has two-scarcely dds enough l to justify an assault upon Notifications which are as formidable as the highest military art | can make them. Mcclellan refnsad to s,ore upon "wooden guns" and make believe deten- ces, when he had three soldiers to one of the enemy. Gen. Grant is excusable for prudence at this junctnre--when every thing ia looking well Indeed, prudence is solemn duty at such time.
 commercial house in San Francisco, the upper part of which ie temple for the worship of their deity Josh. The god sits within an ele- gant cabinet, and is described as a big paunched Chinaman with brick-red face, long strips of red cloth flowing from his head, three long tails of horse hair sprouting out of his chin and the corners of his mouth, and his person bedizened with blue, green, crimson und gilt carvings, studded with bits of glass , to represent his small clothes, and high above his head brass sun, as if this celestial super- stition had mixed with it a bit of Parseeism Under Jesh's august nose blazed several oil lamps; and sticks of burning sandal wood and punk, and braziers of incense powder send ID wreaths of smoke Hither are brought of ferings of baked and raw meats-whole sheep and hogs 4 record of these IS kept, but with the except on of the left hind-quarters of the baked animals, they are all taken away again by those who bring them. This is an eco nomical form of sacrifice, and probably does Josh as much good as though his votaries did not save their bacon so carefully.
 RE9URING REASON IN THE SoUTH.-The Rich mond Enquirer pooh-poohs the "peace" con. troversy, yet it's own articles show that the movement has influential advocates in Alaba- ma as we'll as in North Carolina, South Caro- lima and Georgia. Itquotes very significant paragraph from the Montgomery (Ala.) Mail, which suggests that the rebel "Congress ap-. point three Commissioners to proceed to Washs mgton, to lay the matter before the Govern .ment of the United States." It is observable, tdo, that Stephens, in his letter responding to General Sherman s invitation, speaks no longer lot stha@ two nat7onss'df the two governments,' but ina style quite different from his manifestoes of last year, talks of !" restoring peace and har- mony to the country" Nor does he wander of into his impracticable absolute sovereign ty" distractions, but only asks for peace on principles of honor, right and justice to all