Litchfield enquirer., 1864-01-07

snow of Friday and Saturday blocked up all the railroads from Buffalo west. At Buffalo the storm was the heaviest known since lS44
 At Indianapolis the storm was also severe railroads were blocked up, and the thermometer 20 degrees below zero.
 At Chicago at g o'clock Saturday the ther- mometer was 2s3 degrees below zero. No trains left for the east or west Friday night and none arrived Saturday. At Louisville, Ky the thermometer was, f93 degrees below zero ou Friday,
 At St. Louis the mercury sunk to 24 below zero, the railroads were blocked and little bus inezs was done. The Mississippi was frozen and teams crossed on the ice. Large numbers of cattle and hogs were frozen on the weather bound trains.
 At Washington Saturday was the coldest day known for long time.
 At Cumberland, Md, the thermometer was Is below zero on Saturday. Several per sons in tAe vicinity Were frozen to death.
 At Philadelphia Friday night foar persons were frozen to death
 A delegation of prominent citizens from Ar kansas, ass on their way to Washington, to nsske arrangements for that State to resume her position in the Union.
 The Confederate Navy consists. according to their own official report, of 383 commission ed officers, lel petty officers, and SIT seansu, or about two officers to every three men.
 The whole number of volunteer enlistmonts from January lst, to December 3lst, 1863. were 1l7.0ea.
 The United States steamship Arsgo brings as news from Charleston to the 30th ult On Christmas night our forcss shellsd the city and did considerable damage in one quarter, where an extensive confsgration broke out. It is as- certainsd that our shells have been for . long time doing very serious mischief, ,noswithstAnd ing the reports to the contrary in the rebel journals. The State of Tennessee has furnished thirty three thousand three hundred and sixty men for the Union army.
 Archbishop Hughes, of the New York dio. cese, died at his residence on Sunday night His health had been very poor for some time. and for several days his demise had been hour Iy expected.
 Three men, Hilton and Williams, printing firm at No. II Spruce street New York, and Anthony their foreman, have been arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette for attempting to fill a contract with the rebel Secretary Mem minger to supply him with materials for making confederate bonds and notes. A geometrical lathe, plates, dies and printed notes, and bonds were found in different places where they had been secreted. About 5000, 900 or 6,OoO,oo0 of bonds and ,00O.O 900 confederate notes were also found. An intercepted letter led to this discovery. The geometrical lathe, the plates and dies, and the printed notes, and the other articles were ready for shipment, and were to have been sent to Halifax, thence to- Nassau, and thence to the confederate Secretary of the Treasury.
 The Secretary of War is said to favor Gen. Buffers proposition to place all rebel prisoners inl opr hands on the footing and under the same treatment as our soldiers in their hands. | The President has the proposition under con- sideration.
 The Miasma and Foul Vapor generated by the hot sun will be far more deadly to our vol unteers than the enemys bayonets. In the Indian and Crimean campaigns Holloways Pills were used in enormous quantities. They kept the troops in perfect health. Only % cents per box. Soldiers supply yourselves.
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