Litchfield enquirer., 1864-02-18

 Cof. streisht, with one hundred and ten othe, lhson officers, escaped from prison in Rich fAend, by digging a tunnel. Col Streisht "ith seventeen others, are safe.
 BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, Major General Commanding.
 The following is from the Richmond Exam '''er of the llth:
 The following is lis. of the priciral of eefs who escaped, aid their rank. Among 'ieh' We regret to have to class the notsrioui Col. streight:
 .oI ;. Y. Boyd, 2oth Army Corps; Col " U Ely 18th Connecticut Col. II c Hobsrt -lst "'scoasin; Col. V P Kendrick, sl W leanesses Cavalry; Col. " s McCresry, 2ls' gan; Col. Thomas Rose, 71th Penn lsy'Ssnls Col J P spaEora, g h New York eoi' U H Fiaiaa. 18th Maine Coi. T West 24th %iscos=is Col. 4 D sreigat, 5lst la o'asa; Col. D Miles, 18th PenasTlvania Mai ooihns' 2o:h Indiana; Maj. G W Fiz s'mmons' 18th Indiana; Maj. J II Hooper 10th Massachusetts; Mai. B B Mcdonald loo'h oaio; Maj. Avon Witzel, 74th Pennsyl vania; Maj. J N Walker, 73d Indiana Mai J Henry, 5th Ohio.
 There were besides thirty-two Captains and nity-nine Lleutenants, making l0s in sll vsy gained their liberty without the preHminar..s Of parole or exchange. 0; these only four had been returned to the 1rapn.
 
 There We're two Captains and two Lieuten. aoss overtaken near Hano7er Court-hesse, and twenty miles below Richmond, on ths Win. iaulsbursh routa Brig Gen. Neal Dow did not attempt the Pssssse of ths tunnel. for tbt reason that he WAS afraid h.s strength wop,d fail him."
 Our cavalry were securing the country to the Chickahominy. Gunbos.s have gone UT the James and Chickahomiry Rivers to give protection to such as can be found.
 A private letter says, several regiment, which were with Genera! seymour's Florida expedition, were mounted, and that the neu were furnished with spencer's eight-shooters (caFsinss) A pontoou bridge was also taken along with the expedition. Ta,,ahasse. which Is reported to be the ultimate destination oi the expedition, is two hundred and ninet;-tgo miles due vest, about halfway to Mobile.
 4 dispatch from Memphis says that oa :bs 9th inst., Gen. P. T. G. Beausegard, through his agent, paid his United States tax on pro, erty in that city, amounting to over sloe This indicates lha5, cven if Le has f;.i:h ia ti.. establishment Of a southern confede.acv, ae has nc expectation that TcEEes;ee vii: c>ss..::. tuts portion tEereof.
 The Sav2aE@A i1;,.,,tt!!..t7ie sf T7eLraa?7 1s. admits ti.zs the sebe sf.ns E.a Est oes 9seieL rI'!2as, ead uT:sts !*.ue., s:.svuE acut ths ssa.e so s;i,s to t;.e sr:::y ! tie Eros:z:oi:y they do co: soso:t;.~'y ns i to I.-;2 tt: F s,u.a ans: b,>s,.ss so!;v:;,t. Ehs Gcs:g. eai- csau.s had already r.as:.1:*.: ii cozseqrepca of s:.ors asrisa sLi .es: oIsiescy Of feeling. Tie coFperlsad p$iess a:a sa.s::; ,..-.: tt.,:: ill View ot tae fact tat .<eW iiampshire is to escape uta':, t.9ia: ras1t; s.y~y thaa F.: q"v;a |; 's;u!to;ra:.. Iaey as.;tg,I .:rsi. fer political etFt;:.
 parin. tie last eua7ner, .,sss. aa;e:.a-1 ". >'allih ef Ccfar., LpsS Island, saperntcnG, cut ef ;-e liie-sa"irs stations ca tue Long ;slahd coist, gave the uss cf lis premises es the hesdquar.e: ot tle UjiUniats. aYl ,as d!a:. officers lii that he;gahoEii4oG, e9,l On the e5th ut, the copperhcsds re9vngeI themselves p.- on hl;n by burGins iis houses aai barn, wi.h h's entire stock of kerses, farming utsns!,s, Sc. Ikrse ceseFters, namad To;Aill G..ist, George Hulss, and George Daytoa, have been arrested ss ircsadiaries. Tie p,;ssne-. x.-. heard fev days previous. to utter threats that they would burn the old republican ou. Of house and home. Very little of the f.ro;- ture was saved, and Mr.-Snitbs wifi. and san- ny hac narrow escape from the flames. The loss is S7,U00, on which there is an insuranc. of only $500. Ar. Smith says that neither this outrage, DOT any subsequent conGagra- tions which the copperheads may cause him to suffer, will deter him from "doing his duty to his country"
 The blockade squadron of Wilmington did excellent service recently, in the short period of six days, by the destruction of four block ade-runniDs steamers. On the 4th inst the Nutfeld was destroyed by the Sassacus. on the 5th, the Dee by the Cambridge, and on the loth, the Es;'y and ths Fanny and Jeo,;s by the Florida.
 A despatch fron Cairo gives some informa tiou respecting the shermaD-P Porter expedition, 4 few days siuee, tho feet of eunboats and transports entered the Yazoo River, where they were attacke': by a body of 5000 Texans The fire was returned, with the of. ct of dis lodging tue rebels, who lost severely. Our own casualties gre reported ts have been eight killed and thirty wounded.
 The express train which left Baltimore last Thursday night for Wheeling, was stopped by | gang of armed thieves, about eight miles west of Harpers Ferry, and the passengers robbed of their money and valuables. The robbery of the ahrighted passengers was very general, not one of them escaped without losing I nu1N l..