Litchfield enquirer., 1865-01-05
SHEEMAx's PLANS A Washington cores i.ontl.,sl uf the New York Iimes, writing pVc

ssss szss -l-ss thai, Ltv J now ilrl.i tight in Rich
 mcnd by GtxnN But between his presei,t tosi lon aud l}s kitimate destinali0if ie the
 States u Ssu'h inl North Carolina. Now. whatever IT liie3 saiparts the rebel;i0n-- whether ssaisHts lbren9h which eonlrabai,d of w:sr f.ds ettfE Fi,, ai,fpasl ssr dep.ts of sup
 s,ies ior iesiafg |Ie aettl 5Ufee in Firgiuia, or railroads aud ,.ltIg Stuck lur the n shsD5rfa- lion ol men slE n..slerial. or capitzi towns whose fail tiIiuk ss.ialn4ction sietuofaIizaiioa and .isii.sF rel]e liious population. or
 negroes @iHch Sti4 Inc working siuews Of the rebellion ---,sll ( bfey to hls cpuqanrlng col-
 umns. From kngkstA lie can swing down on
 Charleston, cn5 l'g every railroad on wlich it depends, and d]kelbping it as he has envel0pesi Savannah. T} ofiiself will Dc portentous blow at the reBeIlen for t will bruise the heaIf sof the serpent secession in its homo IT
 matching place But it will not be all hs NiI[ have his heel on allat hanghty State and oE tine stiff necks ot is rebe.liuus population who will be buubletl It'd brought low.
 ALARx AT CnAktssrok A private letter received at Wassil sfon from the fleet bef,ro
 Wilmington says lAat refugees from Charleston and other paiis si1s Soash Uarulina. state that all the inhuditaiiss 5wiso could do so have rs
 moved into :he c0na,fg. Great disiress pre- vaiis among them Scarcely nnJ four and other necessaries can be obtained at any price. Sherman, success 0ecasions general alarm. Several b 'ockade ratlners 10 Charleston harbor are waiting an opp1rf1nify to escape. Many passengers for Nassau llare nIfeady engaged berths. There is iillIe bnslft5s in Charleston other than that connec4ed With lhe blockade running and var mniters.
 TopAcco TAX x--on Fisdsy ab5uf ss two hun drea tobacco gIsweEs of the ralley of inc Con nectieul met in SBr1hnmpton, HAss., to pro- test asainst the efSft nmking in Epngrsss 10 tax the leaf of tobacc6 bpfura it passed hOhi the hands of the gruwtr into the hanis Of the manufacturer. the hitter claes having called upon Congress to take pf part Of the tsxsof .nianufaclured tobaeco aud to put it ontks grower of the leaf.4
 Levi Steckbridges Seantor elect from Hadley. presided, assisted hxsxegty rice presidenrs.
 Resolu,idns weF6x eFalf3d read aud adopted in opposition to leryinga direct tax on Ieaf tobacco while other crops are exempted as spr,ing that such a tax would be wrong in the theory. and perniciaus ippractice; that tobaes co is not a luxury iill it leaves the hands of the manufacturer sg
 A SHANEI.Ess ApGLruRArios.Age A gentleman exhibited to us on sunday n sample or army tobacco. brought from soldiers at the frot. .o.e-,hird proportion ot which proves to be s.mac. This article is worth about $60 ton. A like quantity of tolnscco would cost some hundreds of dollars The suu,ac is dried, and afterwards saturated in . strong decociion of waste tobacco. It is then iucorporated into the genuine article. and in that shape is fur nished to soldiers. he cause of complaints is less on account of the cheat than on account oi the deletelious eifHfs ef the asiul esation.- The sumac produces ilcsation0f the mouth Tn all cases. nut unti<quenlly terminating in cancer. To detect tha aduIternted article is almost impossible. T4e sumac can bo 50 m,ugIed with smokine lohacco that 1t cannot be separated or even 5lsliaRuishea from it.--
 PkizadeIpAia Paper.
 PROBABLE EscArE q HooD. is believed at Washington that II,od bas cros0ed the Tennessee with the ssdnant of his army. A dispatch from Nashxil|s 10 the Cincinnati Ga zelte says -. W hat <I5fFe is left 0f Hp0d's army has crossed fh6 1ennessee. and unless the firesent fine uealI f continues longer than anticipate. the cam5jyiz in this quarter. may bs considered closed :. The jury in tho Bfo5 Is1 lIqnacy caas return ceflfn ' ss :zs e. - - -