Litchfield enquirer., 1858-04-08

stopped ana tue SWlnQler punished.
 Phillips has been held to bail in the sum of one thousand dollars. The practice of the person who represented the icticious Oliphant & Bartlett,'' was to come to the office at No. POS Broadway in the morning, receive the money letters, and mme- dately take himself off leaving the clerk to attend to the business for the day. This person has not yet been arrested. though the police are exerting themselves to that end.
 Captain Harrison, who is to command the Levi athan-whOse masts and machinery are now put in says he hopes to be in Portland with his monster vessel in the latter part of June. He proposes to remain there with her about seven weeks.
 The following bon mot is in circulation in the Abolition circles ill Boston, in reference to the late removal of Judge 1orhg from the office of Judge of Probate. Mir. Loring, they say has gone through the three degrees of probate, re probate, and ex- probate.
 No man can borrow himself out of debt
 We often hear of widow mendng her condi tion by re pairing
 From the Paris correspondence of the Philadelphia
 Another literary quarrel has been furnishing a. musencnt to the public lately few years ago. M. Lamaltine published "Grazella'' as work ot his own It is now proved beyond dispute that the events and the personages We're all-borrowed with out the consent of the real author from Charles Barimore,' novel published by M de Forbin, in lSlO. Had this been all, NJ. LAnartine could only be accused of plagiary but he had proclaimed him. self not only the author but the hero of Grazel- h;" he had gi ven it to the public " an ower true tale the incidents were those of his own lfe-the story was that of his love and his tears And be- hold the love and the tears of M Lamartne arc the love and the tears of somebody else! M Ltmartine proclaimed himself the seducer, the destroyer of lovely creature who never existed save in some one elses imagination All tender hearted sentimental readers were indignant, but very glad to know it was all true, and M. 1alnartine accepted with con tritc heart the responsbi iy of sin he had never committed. The last line in his book was, Forgive me, 1 have wcpt!' His sin and his repentance proved very profitable; each drop of those same tears coined into pieces of gold innocence would never have paid so well and had such q run. M Lamarine chose to rcnaiu under this load of sin. until forcibly relieved and cruelty declared gully curious farce to be acted by great poet and states man.
 HARD STORY OF THE FEDERAL CITY.-Thc editor of the Chicago Times made visit to Washington, and his return published account of his obscr yations The picture he draws is by at tractive. All things in Washington said by this editor to be overshadewel and made to yield to Le compton. He represents that detaulter was re- gently thcre and the alternative was offered him of
 five years in the penitentiary under the Sub Treasury Law for taking public money, an office and de- caration in behalf of Lccomlton. He, of course, chose the office, shietod from the just retribu-
 
 not only set at large, but rewarded by lucrative off ial position and one of honor. The greatest men at Washington, remarks this writer some thirty members of Congress whose sole aim is the dissolu- tion of the Union.
 No professional man lives so mu:h |" from hand hand to mouth as the Dentist.
 My dear sir, said candidate. accosting a sturdy wag on the day of election, l am very glad to you.
 You needn't be-l've voted, replied the wag
 The Springfield [Il Journal has received the following conuntrum from correspondent-
 "Why is J.,nes Buchanan like harp struck by lightning ?" Because he's a bhrSted Tyre y
 That correspondent should immediately be put into straight jacket.
 DErrxIrIoNs.-A man who cheats in short measure is mcasurclcss sceundrcl. If he gives short meas ure in whcat then he is rogue in grain. If in whiskey. then he is rgue in spirit. If he gi yes bud title to land, then he is gue indeed. And if he cheats whenever he can, then he 1, in deed in spirit, in gr,lin, q mc;isureless scoundrel.
 Some rogucs broke into store in the ncighbor, hood of Stonington, Connecticut, the keeper of which was we'll known for the cxtravagant prices he pat upon his goods. H.vins norval in the vi,isty, he charged up most abominably The rogues pitch cd everything about but did not appear to have ricd away any goods and the owner found the fol- lowing apologctic note on his counter in the morn ing
 1Dcar sir-We entered your store last night for the purpose of making haul, but we found your goods marked so contuundedy high We thought We could not afford to take thing.
 Yours respectfully, FEW OF US.
 The Knickerbocker'' is responsible for the fol- lowing
 IA friend of ours on his way to Washington, the National Capital, much sti uck with the singular appearance of an old Guinea negro, black as the ace of spades who was attending to some menia duty ill tue travellers room. His face scared and scanned, his legs drcadfully awry, and his hands scemci almost turned wrong side outward and in form and color resemblcd, more than any thing else, the paws of wild animal or the hands of an orang- -outang. Our informant inquired of Pompcy what had occasioned these dcfollnlies. Wal, dey IS deformities, massa. dat's fac Wal. | I'll tell you how dey come massa. Good many | years ago, I was in Tub wid handsum black gal. | and WIG was same as married and one day see nigger cenin out of de house. knew dat fcier an if am nigger had my fcelin's l was tull ob de dcbbil in my heart agin him, COS I knowd him. and know d whar he worked-c yah eyah He worked in a powder mill !; and next day went up dar went to de door and looked it, and dar see hm and took coal of fire dat had brought along and frow' d it to de floor. Good gwacious, m;tssa., fore could get away mysJ, dere was dc biggest flash O lightning ebbcr sec, and dat de last know n anyt'ing bout dat business for two months Two,ild a. been all right, dough, but de man what was tlar not tic nisger thought!-l He's dead nigset he'self, dough long ago and I was glad ol it when he went. he always l0oke at me as if he'd got de best of it; and he did get de best ob it, masa, dat's fac ; for wasn't de hand sumest nigger den dat dar was in Mary land-dat's s;,rtin sure. E'yah! e'yah
 SUPPOSED MuRDKR-THE BoDy OF A MAS IN A CAsK. On Friday morning one of tho freight agents of the Hudson River Railroad discovered in whisky lask the nutilatsd remains of s man about thirty. five years of age. The c,sk had been placed on the nt mint if Fall md