Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-14

I 700 bales of cotton and quantity of cattle and hogs, was consumed by fire at night, at Plaquemine. The steamer was on her passage from Vicksburg to New Orleans, and took fire from the sparks of her torches. The mails from Alexandria, together with the dispatches of Gen. Lee to the headquarters of the Depart ment of the Gulf, were also burned. The re. bel ram Tennessee was struck by 6 squall on the 1st inst, while lying near Grants Pass, below Mobile. Her armament will prove a heavy loss to the rebels. It consisted of six loo-pounder Parrots. At Alexandria, on inc z1th. it was reported that all was quiet The rebel force near there was reported te be I twenty thousand strong. It was sunnosed that their intention was to fall back about nfty miles, and there await an attack from o,r forces. Our gunboats bound for sbrevenort had succeeded in getting over the shoals. A land force left Alexandria on the 27th, des,in. ed for Shreveport. The force was under the command of Gen. Smith.
 TIE iron clad frigate hensides has fired since she has been in service {, 1861 rounds has been hit 241 times; has only had one man killed has not been seriously injured, and is probably the best iron clad vessel in the world. A DESPATCH iron Cincinnati says that net withstanding the rebel assurance that Forres. would hold Western Kentucky, it is believed he is msnauvering to escape back to Missis- 'ippi without loss, by dividing his force up into small parties.
 BY the arrival of the Arago at New-York Friday evening, we have news from Hilton Head to April 8. Everything was quiet in that department. Gen. Seymour had arrived at Hilton Head, from jacksonville, having been relieved by Gen. Hatch. The shelling of Charleston was continued at long intervals Parrot gun, which had been discharged nearly 5000 times, finally burst at Cumming Point.
 PARTY of refugees, just arrived at Wash ington from Richmond, give glowing accounts of the rapidity with which Lee is reinforcing his army by conscription, which, though quiet l is merciless in the extreme. 1t ia asserted that Lee will have an army of eighty or ninety thousand men to open the Spring campaign with.
 THERE has arrived in Baltimore refugee from Richmond, Mrs. Lucy A. Rice. Mrs Rice, despite the tyranny that reigns at Rich mond, has always preserved her. loyalty to the Union. and evinced warm sympathy for the suderings of our officers and men who have been imprisoned in Richmond. Her house was for nine days the hiding place and refuge of Col. Streight, Major B. B. Mcdonald, and another officer, after they escaped from Libby Prison, and were awaiting an opportunity to get out of the city. Mrs. Rice has reached our lines in a destitute condition. She has been forced to abandon all she possessed in Richmond.
 THE Washington Chronicle states that Char les Henry Foster, of Congressional notoriety. who managed in some mysterious manner to get straps upon his shoulders. indicating that he was Captain in theSeoond North Carolina Regiment, and, subsequently, other straps, showing that he had been promoted to q Lieut. enant- Colonelcy, has been aNmmarily dispqAAiss- ed the service by Gen. Butler.
 Mas. CAREY, a colored woman, belonging in Canada West, is acting as recruiting agent for the Thirtieth Regiment, now in camp at New Haven. She gets her men from the refugee of s~ d ss, good ones to the camp on a single day last week.
 THE following-named officers is the full list of those who compose Gen, Grants Staff Brig .-Gen. John A. Rawlius, Chief of Staff Lieut.. .-Col. c. B. Comstook, Senior Aid-de- Camp; Lieut.-Col. O. E. Babcock, Aid-de- Camp: Lieut.. ..Cal. W. R. Rovley and Lieut. Col. Adam BadeaH, Military Secretaries Capt. E. s. Parker, Assistant Adjutant. General Capt. c. K. Leet, Assistant Adjutant. e General Lieut.. Col. W. H. Dunn, Jr., Aid-de. Camp Lieut.-Col T. s. Bowers, Assistant Adjutsnt- General Lieut.-Col. W. [. Duff; Assistant In spsctor-General Lieut.. Col. F. s. Dent Aid de camp; Lieut.. Col Horace Porter, Aid-ds- Camp; Capt. H W. James, Staff ouartermas- ter.
 Ar order issued by Gen. Buford, command ing the Second Division of the rebel Forests cavalry, eongratulstss the troops on the sue- css of their Kentucky campaign He asserts that they sileneed the guns of the fort at Ps- dueah, and compelled one of the sunboats to withdraw from the action. The rebel loss is set down at 50 killed and 40 wounded. He concludes by informing the division of his in- tention to hold Western Kentucky. Rebel pri soners admit loss of 800 killed, ard three times as many wounded.
 ApEspATcH from Alexandris, La, says a l large amount of cotton is being captured along Red River. It was reported that several na- val officers had been captured while confsca- ting cotton. Over one hundred bales have been brought up by the naval dispatch-boat New National, from Red River, as have also two 9-inch nahlgren guns, being part of the armament of Fort De Russey. These guns are part of those taken from the Harriet Lone and IndianotG.
 THE House of Representatives on Monday,