Litchfield enquirer., 1859-09-01

~ Correspondence of the Philadelphia Daily News.
 LIRcuFIELD. Conn.,, August 20, 1859
 Mr Editor Here am located in this ancient and lovely town, enjoying the fresh air of Heaven, which, according to the papers received, you poor citizens of the Quaker City deprived of. We'll,
 pity you for it is great blessing and very requi site, that is, if wish to live As you are aware, the town is some twelve hundred feet above tide water and is as lovely place to reside in Summer as could be desired, only it is little slow for us city folks in the way of amusements. The evenings are de'ciously cool, and sleep can be indulged in with gusto, we have neither mosquitoes or bugs to bother us
 The town is we'll filled with strangers, a few of whom are from yonr city, some from Hartford, New Haven, and other places, but mostly from New York. Many of the latter rent houses and spend the Summer, bringing with them their horses, car riages, serva"ts, dogs, and ether paraphernalja The ladies dress as gay when on promenade at home. and derive as much pleasure in show, as if all Chestnut street or Broadway were gazing at them We'll, the dear creatures can't help it. it's so natural like, you knsw.
 Within a couple of miles of the town proper is noble lake. where men, women and children go fishing and boating, and # don't have fun with the girls these moonlight nights, batting their hooks, and rowing them around and rocking the boats, trying to give them an idea of old Ocean, and making them sea-sick, and nursing their heads unt; they get we'll and driving them over the hills and far away there is no use in taking. party of us drove out to Prospect Mountain yesterday. which is about six miles from the hotel kept by H. Spencer, an accommodating landlord and gentleman. The roads are good, the soil be jug of natur'. which prevents them from Incoming very dusty. The view from the top of this noun tain is truly grand, as you take in the whole sur rounding country, and at times sec the Catskill Mountains.
 This section of the country is great mining re- zion, you will perceive by referring to the hiso ry of the State, and the various geolocical reports A company om your City. known as the Conrecti- cut Mining Company, of which George G. West, Esq , is President, have taken out charter and are working away vigorously. They have sunk a shaft y-sevcn feet deep at the southernmost point of the mountain, and taken out rich ni>kle ore, which now lies around the mouth of the shaft in abundance They are also sinking shaft on the northeastern end of the mountain, and although only some twenty-five or thirty feet down, are ta- king out scme of the richest nckle ore have ever and that in 1aage quantities. bidding fair to fully repay your enterprring citizens for the amount | of money and labor bestowed. In conversation with MT. Wheeler, the Superintendent, he informed me the SHOW here surpassed any opening he had seen in the country, and he believed he had all. He says the mine has improved three hundred per cent. in the last ten days, and every day the metal increases in quantity,
 | This company, composed of some of the hest men in your City, certainly des success they have spent their money freely, having full confidence in the reports ot the scientific men employed to exam inc their property, and am glad to inform you the company is well spoken of heie
 kY7 We have received from Mcssrs. Scott & Co. the July number of the London Quarterly Review, containing several valuable articles, among which is one on the Life of Erasmus, who is designated the Great Reformer before the Reformation and founder of learned and comprehensive Theolo- gy. An article on Life Assurance abounds with facs and anecdotes tending to show the frauds that have been practised by Assurance Companies, and gives good advice to those wishing to profit by n- stitutions, that, if honestly conducted, among the most valuable that improving civilization af lords. The other leading articles we'll written Review of Chappel's Popular Music for the Olden Times" a masserly paper the {. Invasion of England;'' "The Progress of Geology ;'' '.The Islands of the Pacific '' and Bunyan's Life of 1ytler.'' The British Reviews republished by Messrs Scott < Co.,, of which the London Quarterly one, are at this uncture in the affairs of Europe, of unusual interest to American readers discussing they do all the great questions that so ser- ously convulse the old world, With clearness and ability nowhere else to be found Price of the fou Reviews sS year Blackwood'' and the four Reviews, $10
 fF Ex President Pierce and wife arrived at Bos- ton Saturday. in the America, from is European tour. Ms Pierces health was somewhat improved by her journey.
 Ex-Governor Seymour was also a passenger in the America, and had public reception at Hartford yesterday.
 fS The Congregational Church in West Haven