Litchfield enquirer., 1859-05-19

 portage on daguerreotypes ambrotypes. &c.. is the same letter postage; to enclose one in newspa- per- is violation of the law. and subjects the ofend CT to fine of S5 The general posoffice, received Q return package marked and postpaid 'newspa pers" directed to town in Illinois, containing the Wevcrly Magazine of March 18th. printed in Bos- ton. enclosing an anbrotyre with very pretty note, of beautiful young girl, directed to NIT F. A. S., of the town aforesaid. Upon consultation, xhe department did not impose the fine for the son that so much youth, beauty and propriety as her note eyinces, and as her ambrotype exqisitely confirms, could never intend violation of the stat ute Itwas forwarded to the Illinois postofce with simple orders to collect the difference of the postage In passing through the circumlocutions of the de- pertinent, the ambrotype of Julia" received the emphatic lip joining of all the unmarried clerks.
 A gentleman who has travelled and knows, re- comments the following necessary outfit for Plke's Peaker
 rs'10O lbs of flour, 2 bbls of whiskey 50 lbs of bacon, 49 gallons of whiskey 100 lbs. of venson IS demiohns of whiskcy ? boxes of dried her. rings. bbl. of whiskey; bbl of pickles bbl. of whiskey, 12 quart mugs. little more whiskey may be necessary, but the others will hod out if the man is not a tremendous glutton.
 THE DISTANCE OF TIE SuN.--Hall Cobly, in let ter published in the N Y. Tribune, challenges the scientific world to prove that the suns real distance from the earth is fourth part of the 95 GOO 000 of miles said to be the distance. He thinks that the rules of mechanical mathematical mensuration and the laws of angles and planes. show that the sun is not far off from the earth by three-quar tors, as it is commonly supposed to be.
 Prof. Trench, in his new work on ENGLISH PAST AND PRESENT says the word as " does not once occur through the whole of our authorized version of the iBihle-enly occurs three times in all Shakespeare wsa word unknown to Ben Johnson was not ad- mtted in his Poems by Mifton-and did not come into use until few years befose Dryden sanctioned 1t in his writings"
 "It is quite too bad of you, Derby, to say that sf-- your Reverence prove it from the Holy scriptur. Il can. by the powers. Didn't your Reverence, yesterday, in your serman, tell that if resist the devil hell flee from us? Now if resist my wife, she flies at me-.
 The customers of certain cooper in town ont West, caused him vast deal of vexation by their saving habits and persistence in getting all their old tubs and casks repaired, aud buying but little new work. I stood it, however, said he until one day old Sam Crabtree brought in an old bnng hole,' to which he said he wanted new barrel made. Then quilted the business in disgust The New York papers announce the retirement of Richard H. Winslow, the late nominee for Lieutcn- ant Govern the Democratic ticket from the WallstIeet firm of Winslow Lanier & Co., He has .amassed an ample fortune and retires to enjoy it. The 'frm waM be continued under its old name
 Fascinating Gent. (to precocious little girl You are a very nice little girl; you shall be my wifey when you grow up' Little girl, [" I don't want to have a husband :; but Aunt Bessy does; I heard her say so !" Sensation on the part of Aunt Bessy D
 Punch.
 Miss Riley of Indiana, IT fixed scidlitz pow der In two different glasses and instead of pouring them together before drinking, drank them off separate 1y, when the effervescence occurred in the stomach causing her death.
 Quincy Illinois has enrolled herself among the republican cities of the West by decisive majority in a municipal charter election on last Monday The Democratic candidate for mayor was a leading Douglasite, but was beaten by 500 votes.
 It is stated that minister of Fitchburg lectured 50 powerfully few days ago. against the use of to-. hacco, that several of his audience went home and burnt their cigars-holding end of them in their mouths.
 In cutting garments for the British soldiers the cloth is piled up, placed between boards cut in the shape of patterns and compressed. and then sawed ont. thus cutting hundred or more garments at once.
 Every person who smokes in the streets of Salem. Mass. renders himself liable to fine of S3. The authorities are enforcing the law in that respect
 t9"It ought to be fine to smoke anywhere.
 The latest style of hoop skirt, is the self adust ing, double -back-acton bustle entruscan lace ex. pansion, Piccolimini attachment gossamer inde. structibie. It is a very sweet thing.
 A California Ga Porte, Sierra Col paper of the the 2lst, mentions snow storm which lasted three weeks and left from fifteen to twenty feet of snow on the ground!
 AUuS 1" ioe VI tnleVes recently put III tue NeW York Iombs, were Thomas Jefferson, Julius Cesar Jonathan Edwards and Daniel Webster! What's ir namef
 Upwards of 50, GOO skunk skins have been ship ped from New York to Russia and Turkey within two months.
 A monster nugget of gold found in Australia, has been carried to London. It weighs l,743 ounces and is worth upwards of s25, GOO 7aoianme C0ar;er
 For several days before the rain last week large fire had been raging in the woods on Mount Rga near Boston Corners.
 It is stated that Jenny Linds fortune has been soiandere and that she is about to attempt to ake another She is advertised to sing in England.
 Why are children like oats Because they are cradled before they are thrashed.
 Leayenworth, Kansas, is written "11 worth, J for short. ---~~-----
 IL ia said that Dan Sickles is abont going te Europe to recruit his shattered nerves