Litchfield enquirer., 1864-03-17

Gen. Fitzpatrick attributes the failure to eap- ture Richmond wholly to the trsachery of ths negro guide hung by Dahlgrsp. The negro was perfectly familiar with the country west of h'chmond, and was sent to Colonel Dahlgren rom General Msade's headquarters, wi,h tho note dated just previous to the departure of the expedition, and found on Dahlgren,s persop. It IS believed that upon approaching Richmond the Degros cowardce induced him to direcs the command above Goochand, with the view ofsvoidiug fight.
 Two full Missouri regiments of colored troops. went South from St. Louis Saturday.
 Vermont has sent fifty clsrgynen to the var- in various capacities, from coonels to priya,ss.
 The Tallahassee Floridian says 200 Yankee wounded have been brought to that city since. the battle of OIustee, mostly foreigners and. negroes.
 The overeseers of Harvard University pre- pose to punish sophomores guilty of "hazing,, Freshmen, by degrading them to the class b.. low their own. Better sxpsl them from s0r- lege.
 Gen. Doubleday has not preferred eb.rv.., against Gen. Meade to the conmit.is on ,h.. conduct of the war, and he never claimed to. have received any order so re.roat mt G.,svs.. burg.
 The rebels will not allow our soldier, ip Richmond to write bat six inss at O time to. ther friends at the North, and that only enee week In consequence they get the wildcat. paper possible, write exceedingly ans, and. abbreviate good deal.
 Caleb B. Root, Pleasant Valley, fer asrly Of the 7th Regiment, but latterly a member of the Invalid Corps, died in Hartford, of typhoid fever, on Sunday. This is the first death in the battalion. The deceased was buried with military honors.
 In reply to an invitation by a number of wealthy gentlemen in New York to Gspe,. Grant to dine with them, which he promptly declined, ha sad among other things, "Tour efforts to give men and money to carry on ,hs War are all that is necessary to recon t-uo;iop Of the whole Union stronger than it ever was"
 Lieut. E E. Foton. of the 2Oth c. v., writes hoac from Anderson Ky, that on tbe night of the 9th inst two railroad trains came. into collision ut that place, and ieok fire. Three out of five young ladiss from Huntsville, Ala, and two men were burned to ashes, The other two ladies were very badly burnsd, and died shortly after. soldier also lost his iIfo in the same way. The cars came together in s1ch way that the unfortunate victims of the catas,roIh, c'uld Rot eaeaps, and were burned u,, by degrees. Tn frantic cries and ,eri- ble sffprirgs We're h,,r, reuding in the ry- lrenle, but help cuuli not be extended :o ,h.m-
 Private advices at Boston state that lhe Rob Dir t. Raj pa annoek loft France pri- vatelv on the 2O.h o FoLl uary armed with hs .ns aud p cked crew, who had been paid three months III advance. Her cruising groui d it i. rel ortcd, vii. be the Equator and China.
 A German Ia'', thirteen years old had his let arm terriD'y crushed sn Saturday last by oe.Hg caught l ii ,et and "iirlcd about m a revolving snaiL in the c.r:i go tiotorJ of G>O. I. Newhaii, New Haven Amplaion nra. the shoulder was rendered necessary.
 l A fine ti.rse-r.ast"d schooner. of 400 t,ns. built Capt. tIosby uf AIl,!dlptowu, was f h ..,cited at Moan; .A few . ys si,c. rrof, SilllH,ah jr, of Yal, cplsgs, sail, Monday On the Ocean Queen, to visit tho mi. ming dist'ie of Calfor nia and Nevada, retur. ming by way of Colorado in July.
 A Hilton Head letter says, firing upon Fort Sumter and Charleston ceassd on Tues dey, ths 9th inst.
 T A WAR EAeLs.-When, in the year 1881, the Eighth Wisconsin regiment marched from that state to the seat of war, it carried with it an,s From that time, through sll tho msfcbes, 6attes, seigss and vicissitudes of war. this bird has remained with the command and shared it's hardships, dangers and adventures Whenever the regiment hns joined battle with the foe, the eagle has been at his post with tho soldier who owns him at the head of company D. As the engagement waxsd hot-ss the roar of the heavy guns shook the earth, and the rattle Of small arms pierced the uun anu sulphurous clo& that bnDg about ihe line of batte-ths eagle would flap his wings, aud mngle his form with the tunlult in the 6efcsst 1 and widest Of his screams.
 I Twice has he been wounded in action, one ball cutting away Il great proportion of his a feathers. But he has never turned tail to the foe. He has gone with his regiment through seven states, fit companion aud emblem of the heroes oi the northwest. He is now ut home with the veterans recruiting, and thers is not banner or "kroker" in ths URion that brings men to the reginenta flag as fast as the war 4aglo of the 8th Wisconsin. Thou. sands Rock to see him, and his sharp, shrill cry is always heard at morning aud evsalng. with the flies and drums of the guard. The people of Wisconsin are determined that when the war is over and tho eagle comes home again, he shall be kept at the public expense in the capitol grounds at Madison.
 ENGLIsHMEN IN A RAIL CAR.-"The car in which found myself, on leaving Paris, was occupied almost entirely by Englishmen, ana } among them were a couple of jolly, red laced,