Litchfield enquirer., 1866-01-25


 received confirming the reports respecting the illibuster movement on Bagdad. aud the cap ture ofths town, and Indicating more threat eaing condition of affairs at Brownsville and E Matamorass The attacking party on Bagdsd E was mostly comprised of colored soldiers, be. longing to the One Hundred and Eighteenth United States Golorsd- Iafansry; uuisr,-cop- mana Of Col. Reed. After seizure of the gar rison numbering four hundred men, anothe. detachment of two hundred men of the same eolorea regiment was, sent over. as the account reads /" to protect American citizens In the | place" 'On the 7th inst, tthstewn. vas taken | onths 9th inst, the One. Hundred mud Rixhg teenth was relieved by 2. detachment of. inc { Forty. sixth United .states oolored I1isuss, [ with instructions toswithdraw in case of an. q. tack from the Imperialists. ,Thssefious char acter of this lamentable affair is enhanced by he fact that two of the Imperialists were Eill edand several wounded Tue news Is of the 18th inst, at which time the illibusters con sinued to hold the town On, the 18th inst. three French transports arrived at the bar, but the report fails to inform us whether any troops were on board, thaugh by the way of :. Vera Cruz and Havana we learn that three hundred men had, beeu sent to recover Bagdads' Gen. Crawford had arrived at NsW-Orleaus for supplies and eenforcements. At Brownssills affairs look more imminent than ever Gen. Mejia has put up earthworks and mounted guns between Mstamoras and thsrivsr which. command the, town, and Gen, Weitsel in eonss {. quence has ordered the rebuilding of old For Brown on which a S0-pound Parrott is slrsadys placed, and a pontoon train is in readiness x United States officers and men rrs not allowed, I to cross the river. ,s1sars cad
 ,-- Over five hundred original Union men of Alabama, noted for their unswerving fidelity to the national cause, have forwarded e pette tion to Washington, setting forth. that they ere prescribed in that State as B" traitors to the South," recounling the continued bitterness and viols cs of shs men recently In arms against the government. and depreeating the withdrawal of the Federal troops from that State. e- os |" ssssJ aEan .sS 2
 The Missouri Democrat says. '" From su theutie sources we learn that the. government has concluded to garrison the forts and pro- tect the routes on the plains with colored troop of whom at least three full regiments will. shortly be dispatched to .hs Indian countty. The intention ia to afford entire security to travellers and caravans, and put a final stop to the depredations of thesavages." 'ss *
 - The new fifty y.cent note was issued on Thursday by the Printing Bureau ofthe Treas ury Department The new issue is similar to the old one, in size, and differs from 1t only is the substitution ofa finely engraved picture of Gen Spinner in place of ex-Secretary Fessea- den, and slightly in its typographical appear. ance It is the desire of the Department to call in all old notes of the denomination men, tioned in order to redeem the genuine and destroy the immense amount of count erfei4 6fty-csnt fractional currency za@a sss,
 - At a meeting of the young girls at Sens. ca, N. r., recently, it was Resolved, that if we, the young ladies of Senecx Falls. dou's sst ..a--;sa dsv;es aha .,.A- iA-aanaa annnsbsdy4 wit b, to sbsaas@ E50&Tss S sNas5}
 - Of the nine thousand postoffcss in Ihe disloyal States, about 2thousand have been re opened. Nearly three hundred of these have received post mistresses, because no men could be found who could take the oath stha4 they had not borne arms against their copu try. ---..-,-.-. .-----....
 --- Miss Kellogg is charming the Bostoniaus The Advertiser says :s" If Miss Kellogg ever permitted herself to doubt that the friendship ofhsr admirers 's as great, though less effsr. vescent perhaps than that of those Gothsmitss who profess to be ready to cannonizs hera new Saint Cecilia, she last night found good proof to the contrary in the genial reception.s earnest attention. and honest applause whioha, large and fine audience gave her"
 - The New Orleans Delta thinks 1t ominous' that pontoon trains have been ardsrsd to the the Rio Grande. They were ordered from New Orleans by direction of Gen. Sheridau,} whose Chief of Staff is now at Brownsville.
 - The Ohio Legislature reelected Hon. John Sherman tothe United States Senate for six years from the 4th of March next, bya vote of 94 to Al: akJ 4
 - The owners of building in which Is held q colored school at wyattsvills, Md, no. tiasd the teachers of the school . few days ago that it would have to be closed, ss the laws of Maryland prohibited the .educationO of eolored children. The teachers submitted the case to Major Gen. Howard, q Commissionsf of Refugees, Freedmen, &c.,, who directed the teachers to continue school as heretofore. - A comparison of the statements of the! public debt, as given ss the close ofths month of August and the close of December, exhibits decrease of $4. ,OOOOOO. The highest figures employed to represent our debt were those of the statement made public in sAugust The Secretary of the Treasury is satisfied hs ssn still further reduce the debt. provided Cen. gress will lend him . helping hsnd; bqsfis should persist in such scheme e eaualisine tAs bounties, whereby the country would Dc sad died with the additional payment of Sss4. .0Oo,: 900 he says 1t will be useless for him to st.