Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-30
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The foIloSins hom the Richmond Sentinel. in regardyto soiored troops and the condition of the rebel army, is of interest at the present

The armS n6eds two things rigid discipline, with the enforcementOfs O. f strict accountability inregimentsl and company officers; and the payment of arrears Or at least part of the arrears due the men,- at whatever sacrifice this may be dcne.2 Our soldiers are not prone, God knows, to complain yet HOW and, then earnest remonstrances are addressed to the public press, which, sos far as this journal is concerned, arermostly suppressed, represent ing the injustice done to them in several de partments ofsthe military administration. It is surely competent to the heGeneral,in- Chief to insist upon justice being done to his soldiers, and thus put an end to the chief cause of deser- tion from the ranks. For the loss of one of his veterans, ten ne groes will be no equivalent.
 Doubtless the organization of negro troops will be immediately proceeded with, and we must all hope they will answer the Generals expectation {; but the canse must by no means be left to depend upon them. It will be ser rowful result of calling negroes into the ser vice if our white citizens should begin to im- agine there is no longer any need of them. In fact, more diligence than ever ought now to be used to put into the ranks every man who ought to be there and, above all things, the people ought to refuse to elect any one for 6 civil office who is able to shoulder a musket. It is astonishing to read in the newspapers the announcement of so many candidates for any and every position except the army and how earnestly and importunately able-bodied pat riots are implored by their friends to spare themselves for the peaceful service of their country. @ saSs
 Two weeks must elapse, even with good weather, before the real stress of the campaign can be upon us and with activity and energy much may be done in two weeks. Not that negro regiments ean be ready for sefvice by that time, but what is more to the purpose, many absentee white men, on whom our chief dependence must always rest can be collected and sent .to. their post, the reins of discipline can be gathered up tighter; few careless of icers can be punished, as warning to the rest: and something may be done to convince the army that the Confederate Goyernmentre- members its pecuniary debt. A small pay ment !" on account" would be acceptable for the present. and they would give us trust for and Sherman.
 Mr. E. w. Fisher of this town-a farmer who possesses the rare good sense to be satis- fled with comparatively small farm and to caztivate tt scelLhas 8 pair of steer calves, half blooded Durhams-which when nine months old weighed eleven Hundred pounds- They are well broke and are believed to be the best pair of calves in the County if not in the State. Mir. Fisher has also pair of twin heifer calves of October birth, which when three days old, secured the tempting offer of $l00. They are half-blooded Attorneys, and descendants of celebrated Alderney COW owned by Phillip Wells Esq, of this village, for which MT. Wells has refused an offer of too hundred and .Jt1y dollars.- .Brattleboro (W. Record.
 The vast accumulations of snow during the last two months is producing the natural re- suit of Spring freshets of unparalleled height. The railroads in the Mohawk, Susquehannah andkDelaware valleys were 50 far submerged that travel was practically suspended Albany is half drowned; the Hudson River train for New York Friday morning was compelled to put back and take the Harlem route at Utica and Rochester bridges are in danger, and the cities are navigable in all directions in Penn sylvania the damageis even greater, especially in the oil regions, where houses, tanks and machinery have been swept away. E r
 Everything is quiet in and around Within g ton. Business of all kinds is gradually re- suming it's former aspect The old merchants and residents remaining in town are rapidly accustomlng themselves to and acquiesing in the new order of affairs.
 The noted guerrilla, who has been for some time plundering in Kentucky under the name of "Sue Mundy," has been hung in Louis vile. The, ci-deuant woman proves to be a fellow named Jerome Clark. &
 The heavy freshet and thaw inaugu rated by the rain storm of last Thursday night have caused immense damage, extending through wide extent of country. The accounts of the devastations of the flood multiply. Through Ec. ck Navr Hnv shire and as far west as Missouri, the rivers have been swollen to an 2 extraordinary height, and the increased volume of water and accel- erated currents have carried everything before them, overaoMing thonsandslof acres of low lands, inundating cities, towns and railroads, andspweeping of vast amounts of property Travel has been temporarily stopped on sev- eral of the main railways of the country, as al 50 telegraphing on some of the lines. One hundred miles of the Erie Railroad, and sev- eral miles of the New York Central and other principal routes of travel, were on last Satur- day under water. s5.f .,,.,- =zisg.
 Isaac D. Freeman of Mansfield found short time ago, that eighteen of his sheep, out of a flock of seventy, had been bitten by a dog Several days afterward his hired boy, went into tho barn.yard where the sheep were, and one or two of them rushed furiously at and tried to bite him, and actually drove him out ofthe yard. They y-wera perfectly rabid. Five of the bitten sheep have since died of the disease. The twelve remaining have not, as yet. shown any symptoms ofths terrible <malady<3
 Jay Cooke, the Government LoaHs Agent, has arranged with Wells, Fargo ( G., of Sun Francisco, to have all the express offices of that great company furnished with, Seven thirties. This will add about three hundred. new subscription offices, and will doubtless be the means of calling out vast amounts of gold nowlying idle in the West. 1
 Brigham Young is perfectly neutral. Ina recent sermon he said "The North prays that their swords may strike into the heartof every rebel, and say AmenbaAnd the South prays; that the North may be cut dowron;a thousand battle fields, and I cay Amen Y, 75-E: T
 A singular case has come, Co light in Boston. A staff 0fficetin the United States service stole $l3,00O in government bonds and forwarded them to his mother at South Boston for safe keeping. A daughter.in-law of the mother discovered the money and stole it. Officers of the iawstepped in, and the money was found at last in the clothes of the daughter. Y s' e
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