Litchfield enquirer., 1859-08-11
Whole No. l7s4.

Whole No. I7S4. f| yesterday closed dull at 56c., decline . ] of TAG. per bushel in sixty-two days. At
 Milwaukee the decline has been equal.
 ly great. On the 18th of May last No.
 Spring sold at about $l43; while on : Saturday last it sold at roc. This al-
 together outstrips the decline of 1857,
 which has hitherto been quoted as the
 sudden decline' In that year standard
 Spring Wheat rose on the Sd of July to
 $l.20, and fell to 50c in store on the
 24th of November following-a heavier
 but more gradual fall. The result of the
 recent decline has been very disastrous
 to grain dealers and speculators all a.
 long the lakes. Commission merchants.
 bankers, and nearly all concerned, have suffered more or less. True, a few have
 come out of the struggle unscathed, but
 1t has been to the sacrifice of the many.
 The losses at Chicago, Milwaukee, Ra-
 cine and other points, cannot be less
 than half a million dollars !! It is les son not to be soon forgo: ten and we
 trust the spirit of speculation will never again be allowed to run wild as it did
 in May last, leaving its track strewed
 with bankruptcy and general ruin.-- Some no doubt think that extreme pri- ces benefit the producer. It is mis- take. The reaction which generally follows an unnatural advance, sinks the market as much below its natural level as it was above it; and no better exam pie of this can be cited than the simple fact that corn sold in this market yes
 terday at price eleven cents per bush. el higher than Standard Wheat"
 One of the most thrilling descriptions of the railroad accident at Mishawaka. was that written by J. w. Hawks O Charleston, Va. Of the terrible deatl; of one young man, he says Stepping over man that was stretched on tn, floor, he caught me by the hand aDG cried out, Friend, kill me; give me some opium something to put me out of my misery" His lungs were broken, and he said he felt he should burst" and wanted me to "run my knife into him." He was fine looking young man, about twenty-five years of age. I asked the doctor to relieve him. He told me be was past recovery. I at last prevailed on him to pierce his breast. He pierced it iu four places, and told me to press the wind out. It soon relieved him. The wind in escap- ing made noise like whistle. lie held me by the hand-would not let me go-said his poor old father lived in Adrian, Michigan, and had been to Kansas for him and that they were both now on their way home-said his name was Walworth. l then recogniz- ed the resemblance between him aud the old gentleman who died on the beach. dld not tell him his father was dead. He said he hoped his father was spared but if dead, he had g'ne to heaven and that he was Christian that he wished he had lived as his father had done. He asked me to gray for him. l told him he must pray for himself He prayed for several moments in q most sublime and affecting manner.'
 "Oh, Johnny p cried nervous mo. ther, do have some mercy on my poor head Can't you play without shout. ing so?"
 Poor Johnny drew up the tape reins with which he was driving two chairs tandem, and called out in loud, coarse whisper-"Get up, whoa !" But at length finding little pleasure in t..is snp- pressed amusement, he threw down tle reins, and laying his hands on his breast. said, with long breath, Oh, mother. it's full of noise in here, and it hurts me to keep it in. Don't all little boys make noise when they play ?"
 Yes, Johnny, l believe they all do," replied the mother. !-'-7,.
 Oh, then, mother dear," cried John. n.y. in whining tone, please let me be a little boy"
 We join poor Johnny heartily in tlis petition. Please, mother, let your sons De little boys while they may Let 'hcin have free and happy childhood that when your head is low in the grave they may point back to those lays and say" We were happy child- en, for there was sunshine where our mother waS." -a
 SUEING FOR HER HooPs.-A young maiden with rosy cheeks and nice fat imPled shoulders, giving her name as katherine Kiukle. applied to Justice 'urdy yesterday, for legal proceedings galnst Mary Sadler, companion and 'lend of her youth, who in an evil mo- ,ent had yielded to temptation too .rong for female resistance, and appro- riated the only hoped skirt the fair katherine possessed. The two girls lived in the same house nd one night last week were invited to
 dance. When Catherine went ups tairs to don her best clothes she found erself minus hoops. Indignant and she followed her friend to le dance. and there, in the midst of admlring crowd of gallants and an lvlous company of ladies, she found le faithless Mary sporting such volum- ous airs that her breath was fairly