Litchfield enquirer., 1864-12-22

the heannouncement 1" The Yankees are com ing! when the whole concern absquatulated with the most precipitate haste and alarn- This was not a bad travestie on the closiug hours of the late session.
 AAn editor of Q newspaper The Coltrt,yman) of Eaton, Ga., was visited by Slocdm's column. He IS in very good humor about the affair and thus pleasantly describes it, ,a During the last few days we have had with us, rom time to time, some thirty or forty gentlemen from the United States of North America, including a few from Europe. We endeavored to make ourself at home with our distinguished guests. They themselves were quite so. Some specimens of African gentle men of indigenous growth thonie nigger) also acted conspicuous parts in the drama that mas
 been played on the old plantation for a week past. We may give further account Of these things hereafter.
 F We have quite an interesting chapter of in cidents to record touching the passage of the Yankees through this section. We deem it prudent to omit it however. The truth is. we don't know just now whether we are subject of Joe Brown, Gov. Logan, Jeff Davis, Old Abe. or the King of Dahomey. Judging from the airs which the eolored gentry give them selves about now, we would suppose that We belonged to the last named scion of an imperi- al race.
 THoMAs.-Our forces advancing this morn- ing about 8 o'clock, they captured body of rebel prisoners estimated at 5000 in niinber.- Among them are one general, and number of commissioned officers. The capture was made Between Brentwood, 10 miles south of this city. and Harpeth river. An order for 1000 men to guard the prisoners was just received by Gen. Miller, commandmant at this Post. They expected to reach here during the day.
 Additional particulars of yesterdays engage ment are especially eredtable to our cavalry. Gen. R. M. Johnson instead of being killed as reported has turneddhe rebel flank and crossed Harpeth river. eleven miles hence. Large numbers of rebel prisoners reached the city last night and this morning.
 - They will be forwarded north at once.- About 100 deserters came into our lines yes terday. The army to day is undoubtedly at Hacking the rear of the rebels.
 The detailed account of the great battle fought before Nashville, on Thursday the 18th inst. exhibits, in clear light. the skilful stra tegy of our Generals and the indon:table bra very of our soldiers. The enemy, according to this account. were completely outmanoeuvered, and taken by surprise. Expecting that Gen. Thomas would attempt to turn their left flank they bad carefully prepared their works, and mode every preparation 10 repel an onslaught by our forces in that quarter. To keep up this fatal delusion. Gen. Steadman's command was ordered to skirmish heavily on the rebel lett flank, inducing them to mass their troops at that point. while Gen. Thomas was quietly con centrating the Sixteenth and Twenty third Corps and Wilson's cavalry on the ri :ht The result was that when the bugIars sounded the r:..t,t ltx, h, tween the left of the rebels and the Cumber- aand river completely doubling npon rebel division which the rebels had posted to block .ade the river. A battery was taken here by our forces and sent to the rear. The rebels had by this time perceived that our attack on the right was q fent, and Hood attempted to atone for his mistake, but he was toe late. as our right had established force on the main bank of the river, and were steadily advancing. In front of the Fourth Corps, about mile be- yond Aldin, the rebels had strong line of works, defended by skirmishers. These were carried gallantly by assault, and our men, pressing forward, captured a second line of works, with one thousand prisoners. After maEGuvering for some time for position, our force advanced upon the second line of in- trenchments, that ran along the brow of hill about mile beyond their skirmish line. This was gallan.ly carried in the fuce of tremen- aiuus fire. and the enemy were driven in confu- sion from their strong position.
 It was in this charge that Lieut. John Wat son. oi thu 5,ll Iowa Cavalry. ss well known and beloved in this town, met his leatl wound b"ing shos in lh. breast while galantly charg als the r"eu,'s Datleries.
 The proposed change in the rebel flag is only the addition of bar a! red to the edge. "Tho effect saws the !S,ntiael ''i is to relieve the flag of it's excess of white and impart to it mere warmth and richucss of expression" It Is hard f,r those traitors to find a satisfactory sub stitute for ''Oll Glory"
 While the people at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, were anxiously looking out for news from the United States, large clipper arrived from San Francisco. and on being boarded by the news boat. the only reply of the Captain was, ''that there was devil of row in the United States, but he didn't learn the particu. lars"
 The story goes that. when things were work iug so badly in the Shenandoah valley. Secre- tary Stanton applied to General Grant for remedy. "Send me" says the Secretary, "the very best man you have got in the army."- 0tous tCptOu ny oCuoiHS uitl. OHCi Nhh. saying. Thers isn't much of him, but he's the man you want" It is said that the secretary looked somewhat askancs at the sight and youthful figure standing before him :. but he set him at work, and now he is convinced that Grant knew his man.
 NRw UsEs FOR PAPEn.-Tho. war has fami- lisrised us with talk of ironc and tin .clads, but who ever dreamed that paper would ever be used for the platings of war vessels, or the material of guns? Yet recent experiments in Europe indicate that neither is improbable From trials at Battersea, it was ascertained that rockets made of paper tubes were as strong as those made of metal. Paper boards of one inch in thickness were tested by ball, and found to be superior in power of resist 1nce to ten inches of solid oak. The bullet, which made small hole in the paper. perfor- ating so far as to raise projection in the rear, would have passed through the oak, making sa ugly fracture. So far as the process of manufacture has transpired to the public, it cohsists in plating upon each other sheets of paper sdsmpened win a solution Composed msinly of zopissa, till the required thickness is attained, and exposing the boards till they become hardened Zopissa is q gum-like sub stance found te A considerable extent in Egypt. It imparts great hardness to any surface up an which it is placed And has ant cred exten-