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LitchfieldSour sqrnise last week. that Lyman g. Sweet. Of Co R, 14th c. V.. was the hero Of the capture lhses rebels with his coifse-pot, turns out toshsecorrect. We have received letters since ccnfrming the fact. He ought tohsss starlossk
 The currency for the First National Bank of Litchneld has arrived and will be signed and circnlalsd in .a few days- freq list except the press"
 if Rev simon q Fallsfs Of rsihny Church. Hartford. formerly of this town, has has I received -caAtea-aearishiag. church. in Pistsbars Pa. with 2 'sly salary of $500 Simon says pp! :.
 -- Alstter from . Litehfsld boy at Whining ton, N. c. (enclosing $275 confed. currency, for which he has our thanks), says that Gen. Terry looks quite worn down Also, that Mai. Charles Graves, who resided in this town a few years since, is now Assistant Adjutant General on Gen. Terry's staff, 1.a,5 .s- <, ssa
 -Charles Merr;man, of this town, Co. A, 2d Conn. Artillery, who was. captured by guerrillas after the battle of Fishers Hill, Va, Sept. 18th. 1884, and has been held a prisoner ever since, has been paroled, and returned home yesterday. He reports that Sergeant Lyman Adams of the 1st Conn Cav airy, who was captured about the same time, has also been released, and is now. at Annapo. lis, Md. sick in the hospital, .t, ,,0 -n-
 We don't often give place to anony nous contributions, but the following is 80 unique and withal So patheti,, that we are constrain- ed to print it just as it comes to us. sva
 . 7'ss sap For the Enquirer.
 SITUATION WANTED.
 Mrs Meddlesom & daughter COG partners in buisines wishes situation where they can have full employment as oyer seers profession ally such as lawyers Doctors & widowers as she Mis- declares her self ready to be. of in- stantly if their is.onlya chance. & in the mean while to takeup the spare time would be will ing to teach small school provided they could have it their own way & the whole con trole of the destrict-for having had the school in their own destrict two thirds of the time for several years--being defeated now & then thay have hired in @ poor yagrant Again & again to take out < brake the windows S des. troy property to quite an g mount not satis- fed with this out rageious act of late comenced operations again by brakeinge out the windows tearing up books geographys Atlass in small pieces to the Amount of 5. or O1. dollars the destrict will try to manage their school after this if the firm can get q situation some where else we understand the firm has failed to pay their operatives in every instance the first one declares. the second ran away the third is foaming swearing & tearing about wonder 5& 52'iiz1H 9f taA %ir NORTH FARMS. d
 Evidently the schoolmastsr has been abroad for some time over in the # North Parms'' district. aas s'zya9 dgua4 .ysss pc .l'a
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-16

18r Mir. Frederick Allen has been nominat. led by the coppers ofthe 3d Congressional dis trict fNew London and Windham Co's) as their candidate for Congress. He has about as much chance of being elected as, say. Wm. E. Taylor in this district
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-16

D6r Vermont ratified the Constitutions Amendment prohibiting slavery. at special session of the Legislature on the 9th inst, with but two dissenting voices. Vermont is the nineteenth State to ratify."
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 No movements in the armies south of Rich. mond are reported. City Point was the scene of an interesting cAremony, on last Saturdav evening, consisting of the presentation to Gen. drant of the elegant and valuable gold medal and accompanying resolutions voted to him bv Congress. It took place in the presence nf an assemblags of distinguished military officers and civilians.
 The best thing said in long time about the Encyclical, the noise over which has ncv mainly died out, is attributed to Victor Cous. n. By way of closing long conversational had taken . part. he obssrved-.s At any rate. the Pope let slip chance of keeping stili, that be will never have again.
 Stanton, one of the St. Albans raiders, has been found guilty by court martial and sen- fenced to be hanged, The sentence of the court was communicated to him on Sunday evening. The day of execution has not ys, been fixed. a 6 a A report from Newborn, N. C., says that the remainiLg Union prisonss at Salisbury, N. G., have been released by Union ,troopa whetkefa af Shesmon's or some other force il not dated. sa gse .s;S $ q raFs
 ten, Mcclellan artived at Rome eafig m Fsbrnary, and at the latest adyices was the gnest of fa relative whose house is the head. quarters of the antislavery residenss of the Eternal City. sss.:9a 3s aa sik
 General Price is pretty much alive as yet for he haa written . letter in the Shreveport. tLa9 Nstss, defending himself aFsinst tGe atr eacks of -Qov. Rsynolds of Missouri. Pos sibly 1t waaN dead letter. M
 8a On Wednesday last f!teen thousand dollars worth of medical supplies were discovered .se. creted in Whining several thousand dol. lan wosth bsipg quinins, ss {
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-16

sdr The Union Senatorial Convention for the 18th District meets at Woodbury to day. Among the candidates suggested for the Sen atorship we have heard the names of H. w.. Peck, Esq, of Bethlehem, and David c, Whit tlesey, Esq. of Washington. prominently men of whom would make an excel- lent Senator .'
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qulrements He proposes to open his school &Sout the first of

qulrements. He proposes to open his school
 kseut the first ofk '. Susan May, colored woman of the age of slxtysfve ysnrs, Ame to her death last week tn eonsequence ofher clothes laking fire from contact witht boking stose while at work Many changt inthe ownership of real estate have takenlplaee in this town within Q
 few months, severh former occupants of farms emlgrate to the W bt and some have purchased
 farms in this vicinity Mr. L. Clark who has
 Kept the hotel kaOn aa sl Johns Hotel da~
 the last winter, ,ha]purchased of Mr. .McMurtry
 the United States Hotel at Wsst Cor nwaib and |iwillopeh the Kons for public entertainmeht
 on the first of ARil. MT Ralph Woodward
 having sold lis Tam to Mr. Mallory, has pur-
 chased the St Jon house and will openion
 the first of April if the accommodation of the
 public. Salisbury, af. Henry whittrsk is abou |
 to erect a flax min on a water power wh ich
 he has recent tly p}rch ased near the centre village. Mr. N, Dexter Is also pre- pairing
 to erect a sorghummill and evaporator The sell of this town Icing so we'll adapted to the cultivation of tue law material for these two
 establishments, it Is presumed the farm CTS will find it for their interest to furnish an abundant supply ! rasa fss
 | sthe controller of the currency at Washing
 ton isenot favorable to t he establis hrnent ol new national bank at prese mt in thir tow n, l as has been contsmplated. so the business
 menofthe. town ate still compelled to travel to other towns, to Massachusetts and to York
 State to obtain banking facilities and it is
 presumed other town in Connec ticuts with
 the same population has aided so literally as the people of this town have in giving bank ing and railroad facilities to other towns and other localities. and in sustaining them but
 let the claims of this town be presented, and some mighty obstacle is at once seen like a
 roaring lion standing in the pathway.
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-16

2 B. < E. R. R. Co.-We presume our peo- pie will not be much delighted to learn that the surveyor of the Erie road, have found route through Litch6eld, some IA miles shorter than and his assistants returned from Itch6eld on Monday last, having complete the survey shrongh Litckfeld. Dan5asy Je6svsorian.,-
 That's as true as you live
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-16

Woodbury -Rev. F. F. Ford has jas, given negative response to the invitation, which the First Church and Society extended to him, some time since, to become their pas Z7-Rev. William Thompson Racon, does not remove to Stamford, as has been reported, but will remain and continue his school near the proposed railroad. [. :..-.....-n.t 2 sfs
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-16

aV Ex-Senator John P. Hale, of New Hampshire has been confirmed Minister to Spain. New Hampshire taught him to walk Spanish" and now he goes to talk it.
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1H Hon. J. A. J. Cresswell has been elect. ed U.ss. Senator from Maryland. iu place of Senator Hicks, deceased.
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n6r Senator L. F. s. Foster of this State, has been chosen President pro tenn of the Uni ted States Senate for the ensuing Congrsss.
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S0r The coppers of the 18th District have nominated Mfr. James H. Beach, of PlYmoth, as their candidate for State Senator.
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S10tOn.--R Res.rR Robert D.zaardaer.s Con srsgs.iensl Pastor st Ellsuos.b. has purchss
 d the house and lot ini Sharon vsllsee. iatsly osnsd by sylssstsr Hsrppp aaad < oecupied by hin e . tavern. .Itsis ths iptsatien of Mr. Gardnsr to establish aeoarding and day school, for vhich snploynspt hs is ven Attsa by Bis tsrnsr sxgssispas nd by hIl { sdsels lsiohsl se-
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-16

D6E Gold in New York, Tuesday afternoon
 was ls0 s-S and going down. How are you, greenbacks!
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-16

,e 1 If we have said nothing heretofore with regard tc the alleged intoxication of the Vice President upon the day of his inauguration into office, it is because we were willing that parti
 gan hate and copperhead rancour should have
 full swing to speW out all their bitterness and { malignity on. the subject when it would be 7only necessary to say that neither the party
 that elected MT. Johnson to his high position, lNar.t nor tie country whose Vice President he now is are in y,way responsible for his sorrowful
 and humiliatipg position. except so far that in him they atone, in sorrow and shame, for one
 ef the great sins, of the Nation, 2 sin not alto. 3 gether monopolized, we are sorry to say, by the
 Senators and Representatives and voters of the eopperhead party. @ y' '5
 . . .
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-16

Slaxs or lIssoLuxIoa.=-IhaN N Y.s Ifi6ans.. .SSsy truly fem3rks thRt' II the SlavehoidsrsE Rebellion is not in very advanced stage of deeomposition, then ali. signs fait tanA Aisteryl
 Among theerecent fndlcStionhve nots'ths dissatis tisiaction with those who opposed she negrosarming bill and ahe intSnse feeliag ! the latter ia opposingkn. Senator Wi&{all calledth Virginia legislature aone- -hprss, con eern, and demand Jeff Davis fssignation, ana the Ssntiael, in reply, says that this speech was piolent, unpatriotic and censurabte in the Iiabest degree devotedsto the advocacy of ex- trems fancies.- and. to the shase fAhssssMAA stand infnifely higher than be in the public confidence" A <A4s N aThs Sentpssl also cphiafns .evsfs editofihl Edshouncing certain astates tIiaf are f6reafeGing to desert the rebel cause.
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 E s7S6- A note. to the Hartford Press, dated '' Newberne. ch11th, states that our forces 2 st Kinston had captured number of rebels and retaken Col. upham's brigade, in which is the 10th Regiment, and that the regiment , was all right and ready for a light again. Gen. Terry has formed Q junction with our forces at Kinston, and sherman was in the rear oi < the rebels in Goldsbors' o aaijs8 fsls4l s'' "A dispatch from Gen sherman direct, dated March 9th. at Laurel Hill, c, We are all well and have done 6neiyIn Gen. scho6eld, in dispatshdated New wbesne, March 18th, states that con the night-uf the 10th, near South. qwessi Creek, Bragg was fairly beaten; that dpring the night he re,reated across the Mouse ct Kinston, and now holds the north bank oi the river at that place',M
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 baT We take pleasure in calling attention to the advertisement of Geo. 8. Hart commis- sion merchant, sss Pearl Street, New York. Mir. Hart is 2, native; Of our County and we'll Snownsb by cheese dealers as a very successful and reliable commission merchant in that com modity. He now proposes to add to his line of business that iofiai dealer in Leaf Tobacco and as such offers his services to the tobaccs growers of Eitchisld county. We learn tha, 6slhas # s the head of this department smart active manager.sof eight years experience il fhis Staple, and from the superior facilities Q , blrapsacting business which he possesses, VI sfeei confident that producers will find it to thei 4 advantage ,to ship their crops directlyio hin when they wilLbe sure of realizing the full val uesof the same. s79aaas ff4saoTq e5si
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FOR SENATORS.

18th Dist. ORLANDO J. HODGE, ofColebrook. Gl7th Dist ROBBINS BAYFIELD,, of Norfolk.
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There are 405 houses. lls, mills, stores and isctofies E, 200; acres of land. aSS horses l492 cattle, and l5l9 polls in Waterbury.
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-16

9HT xI1TTc,4f NS*Ff t3SA EN&Ie e 1 The Copper Senatorial Farce in this District has come to m untimsly end 'ele it was qaits played ou., aud the copper managers have come to grief. Mry ycatlin declines the honor of. the copperhead nomination Alas for sordid hopes and vain desires. Alas. for ishsa beautiful prospect aofs as qaplit' in the oUnioa ranks Alas. poor Yorick Y Patience fits ep stl'e lapnumsnt smiling The coppers gotbroush the onsagainEnsxt week. Their -nsxeehorti iyill bsa tragedy. s7i.s7 &ir.s fai,aa sk .l-z sls-.A. -. s- al1 zs5 l4s sssEsr sdis fhs Plssidsnt ha,s issued s ! proclem,.. stisn .prQpoancisg thss pains and penalties d. ;tenaing, ,desertibna from the army and navy, or
 nahas h.S4P Paa ny dissfiet ss avoiid the drsit. md xtsnding pardon to those who have de- aetad bnl shall lraport for duty within sixty s6HSAnas sH yT5 bat9sstTg +5 YN kaH .bs3sil < { cllssv0a 7sii s3sbfbHea sliteg sd4 q sII asa < '.i91slk I1 dtk sfs no hstss.s sd si bau1d q baA
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-16

The United States owns upwards aof .l,0Q0, ! 900 acres of public lands susceptible of eplti- yation. They own at least 2 900 900 acres of gold and silver-b bearing, lands The ssfIAhle lands are worth at least @l 200 ,000, 900, and the mineral lands $500 DOC, 900 0~-makinzs to- gether : total of $s,2oO 900, 0Qoasdsaos "
 F Gen. Alfred Pseassnton c,n.ina ads sths dis., k1ct " Nhasss' grim werdf ] inassni ss a1 , -. -. SH U. s.4.E..a..n.. see kscrsa,re rrEt
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-16

New Milford We learn that itiscon- templated to change the Bank of ! Liitchheld County into . National Bank at an early day
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-16

Seelyeypastor of fthe North, church in Spring field, and he will probably accept it,.7s'aass sNewi Orleans adviees of the 7th inst. state ithat large bodies of troops were then leaving ahere for the vicinity of fMobile. General Bai- from Baton Rouge into the Of Isouisianaa had reached Clinton.
 His force consists of three thousand cavalry
 and some artillery ss. ,,l. .ea ss@ s 3'...s9 .. Two rebel negroes were recently oapiared in
 front of the army of the James, who had con cea1ed themselves and plcked. of several of our
 men. They said they had been promised $20 for every nkss they would kill. .sastaq sal.. mine year; old son Of John aTierny of Well lingfords VtS who had beei looking for eggssn the scaffold of barn, fell from q ladder; and his clothes caught in such . manner as to sus pead'kih by tks, ,neck till be was dead. a Hon. Freeman Clarkey of oN New, York, was nominated tothe Senate Wednesday, for cemp- roller tos the currency ainsplace of Hon. Hugh Mel Cuiloch: ihs ,n.ai iliT .a5ussS stnHoo saf Is Bysorder0f Secretary sSeWards passports are 10 longefFeqhired to persons entering Canada. Cardinal ss i Wisesmap: Ws was buried with great ,omp. The fansral certsae vas three miles in ength. adt ssg ssiR lsHs 6 psee@ss t9n.3 Z AaIthe aldsrrnen of Charleston have taken he, oath If allegiance; and the best citizens Irs eaming forward daily to take the ostn.aS ll
 Tba ,t,sbsslss dsngg that they afs evacaating Mo 'iIs and ars s9s ptspsF'ns r as,s.S =
 ss. ,,b, eyiation generally adopted for he nev state Sevsda; is ANss isf's sfE sasa
 sA brahan Lincoln istks only n5rthern l sans ever re elected prSsident ofths United ,ssssxs ,asa4isb Ita si yes e' 2Giaiea IYha isYor 10 :aagso1g sit sla sgelsd was
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.Is.ms. N.u


 s aymastsr William E. Foster, son of Judpa Foster of New Haven, has resigned his posi. ton as paymaster in the U. g. Navy. and his resignation has been accepted.
 Rey C. II. A. Bukley, formerly ot Win. sted, s Temporarily supplying the pulpit of Dr. 'Dllickefing, in Maine.
 John Eslay, returned soldier of the 18th regiment, was murdered by John Douuelly, a town pauper. in liquor saloon in New Ha. .ven,s Satufday eveniHg ffhey got fntoA dis pute about the payment for some liquor, when Donnelly seized butcher knife and stabbed Eslay through the heart.
 ~ Ihere- were -233- births, ll3 -inatriases and 2O6 deaths in Waterbury, last year, being two more hifths, twelve more eInauih9es hhd thirty six less deaths than the year previous,
 nro |
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FOREIGN NEws.-The City of Baltimore has reached New York with European dates to Feb. g. four days later. a@.@ '5s1 ss ---1a
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The ladies of the note signing bureau of the rebel money factory at Columbia, 5. C., tescap. ed with their baggage, hut- were obliged to throw their hoop skirts off the escaping train to make room, for the crowd of skedaddling chiyalry on the cars " :. -.s--.-.azE-, A.asI
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-03

amlnuni1o0, cIothi6g aad medicines fcr
Wiiminelon. Eight vessels left there
between the. 10th and 10th to- run
the blockade. One vessel took four
100 FOUNDER Armstrong guns There
we're over two and half million pounds
Of bacon stored at Nassau awaiting a
chance to be carried through the block
ade. Much Of the bacon is from the
Northern States, sent there to run the
blockade. There wercalso thirty thou.
sand Enfield rifles stored in one ware
house, belonging to tho rebel Govern.
mcnt.
Over one hundred and forty men.
nearly all soldiers, were killed by the
boiler explosion on board the steamboat
Eclipse, in the Tennessee river, near
Jacksonville, OH last Thursday.
North Carolina has been added to the
department. Of Sherman, and Ohio TO
that Of Thomas.
The Charlotte, Blenhcim and Stage,
all blockade runners, have been captured
off Wilmington.
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Christian and Nash were appointed =
committee to inform them OF the fact.
The committee, after . short retire
ment returned and introduced Judge
Perkins, of North Carolina, to tho So
nate.
A resolution was adopted requesting
the Committee on Confederate Relations
to inquire what remedy is necessary to
protect citizens of this Commonwealth
against the arbitrary impressment Of
quartermasters.
An act to change the time of the cleo
ton of members Of Congress and the
General Assembly to the fourth Thurs.
day in April was under consideration
when the hour. arrived for the Senate to
90 into secret session, and after a short
time spent therein, the doors were opened
and the Senate adjourned.
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HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

The following new bills were introduced
from committees:
a bill concerning license taxes.
A bill to provide for the payment Of
certain claims against the pcr1itont;.ry
A bill to amend and rc-enact section
one of chapter seven of the Code of
Virginia, changing the time of holding
elections.
\ bill to provide additional employ
ment for convicts in the penitentiary and
a supply Of coal.
The bill to prohibit and punish the
purchase and sale of gold and silver coin
was taken up, and was going through its
amcndatory process, when the North Ca
rolina Commissioners entered the hall,
and were conducted to seats at the right
of the Speakers chair.
On motion Of Mr.. Pcndlcton, a recess
Of ten minutes was taken, and the mem
bcrs were introduced, individually, to
the Commissioners.
The consideration Of the gold bill was
continued until the House wont into
secret session.
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VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
IEXTRA SESSION.
SENATE.
THURSDAY, February 2, lS6

THURSDAY, February 2, 1865.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Read, of the Pres
bytcrian Church.
Mr.. Coghill, from the Committee of
Courts Of Justice, reported the following
bills:
TO supply the people Of tho city OF
Richmond with fuel. THE bill appoints
superintendent % coal, who shall pro
cure, mine and transport and distribute
coal for the city. He is to give bond
for the faithful performance of his du-
ties.
10 amend the second section of chap
ter one hundred and eighty four of the
Code, so as to increase the fees Of sur
yeyOrs.- .
The Committee Of Finance reported a
bill imposing taxes for the support Of the
Government.
On motion, the Committee on Finance
was increased one member by the addi-
ton of the Senator from Warren, Mr..
thomas.
A bill to amend an act in relation to
the payment of certain claims against
the Eastern Lunatic Asylum was taken
up, explained by the Senator from Mid
dlesex, and passed.
A bill to authorize county and corpo-
ration courts to act on militia fines in the
hands Of the collectors Of the same, and
on claims against the militia, was taken
up and passed and sent to the House for
its concurrence.
Mr.. Nash moved to take up House bill
to provide for the payment Of claims due
to clerks, attorneys and jailors, on the
ccrtification of judges in vacation, for
services actually rendered, when, by
reason Of the public enemy, the courts
cannot be held. The bill was debated
and then rejected.
Mr.. Hart, of Albemarlc, called up a
bill providing for an increase of the
salaries of the professors of tho Uni
yersity and to provide for the education
of disabled and wounded soldiers. The
bill increases the salaries of the pro.
fcssors to four thousand five hundred
dollars and appropriatcs seventy thou
and dollars to the education of disabled
soldiers.
The bill was advocated by Messrs.
Hart and Hunter, and opposed by Mr..
johnson, Of Bedford, and was finally
passed.
Mr.. Christian, Of Augusta, offered \
resolution that the members Of the L.
gislature Of North Carolina, now in this
caty on Official business, he invited to
H3VlJeg06 aAatn ~, fhAr 0nAr ne the Se
nate which Was adopted; and Messrs
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

New York was agitatcd on Sunday
morning by the report that the city Of
Charleston had fallen before Sherman.
and that an arrangement for the imme.
date attainment Of peace had been agreed
upon between Lincoln and Davis.
A letter from Nassau. dated january
10th. states that eighteen bleckads-ran.
ners werAs taking IN cargpss Of arms,
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LATEST EROM EUROPE.


Tn" Steamship America arrived at New
York on oun"-y with Liverpool dates of
the 18th ultilno.
THE CEssIoN OF FIVE MEXICAN STATES
TO FRANCE.
The most important item Q. .-.e,l;x
;cncc is that relative to the French il,
Sonora important in view of the recent.
news from San Francisco Of Or. Gwins
movements in Northwestern Mexico. 1t
was rr,norcd in Paris that Marshal
Bazainc lad received orders to occupy
Sono,@ in the nnaec cf Frame, and 10
hoM II as II mntesial pte,lge .tor tire pay
ment Of @he indemnity o~ing By Mer;co.
One Of the French journals asks the
question, whether getting and keepin,
possession of this security will not Cost
moro than the amount Of the mortgage
money.
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LOSS or THE STEAMER LILA.

The blockade running steamer Ls'''
Captain Thomas b. Skinner. (of k'er
mend, Virginia. was lost of the c'as'''
England on tho 18th ulsimo. Oh her iifs'
trip ont. Among those ON board was
Captain Sinclair, Confederate States
army. she had lslt thp Marssy, and on
Arnshead was caught in . gale. ees
was put back for the Merscy, but con-