Litchfield enquirer., 1860-04-26

men especially ought to esehew. They gen crate foul breath, which you will in vail strive to conceal by spices and peppernints In spite of all you can do, the sepulchra smell, showing what is going on within twill out" And then the splitting and sla
 vering What habit for young gentle men who aspire to the privilege of being welcome in ladies' parlors and favorable introduction to their daughters :!
 My sirtA exhortion is, that smoking and chewing are very inconvenient habits abroad in gentlemen's families if not at home. Te be obliged to take out your quid before din ner and put it slyly in your pocket, when you can't throw it out of the window, or to go out to smoke after dinner in the back kitchen or under the horse-shed, must some. times be extremely awkward and mortfying. Never smoke, never chew, and you will nev- CT be brought into any of these tight places.
 My sereaM and last reason why you ought never to use tobacco is, that it will save you all the struggles and almost dying sensations which it costs men who have been long in the habit to leave it off The time will come when you will wish you had never fallen into the snare, and you may try to extricate yourselves by total abstinence 1; but o how hard Old smokers who have reformed, and others who, after trying, have failed aud given up in despair, will tell you that it cost them iudescribable watching and seeking and striving, aLd will unite with me in earnestly advising you to leave it off be- fore it be meddlcd with.
 As the Old Man of the Mountains will want to make his garden and take vaca- tion, this number closes the series for the present. If he lives and is well till some time after hushing, you may expect to hear from him again. Though he is not " full of the matter" "he has some things more he could say, if you would like to hear them, and shall have left off smoking, or never begun.
 THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS. RETURN OF POTTER AND PRYOR
 TO THE HOUSE-A CONTRAST. Correspondence of the New York Tribune
 WASHINGTON, April 13 1860.
 This afternoon about two o'clock, Mir. Potter of Wisconsin, after an absence of fer y ClILSICu tlS 11ouoC Ol 1sSftC scntativeS. He came in without being her aided, in his usual quiet manner, taking the House by surprise. No sooner was his face recognized, than score of Republican mem bers rushed forward to meet him; aud soon there was universal uprising on that side of the chamber, Potter rctreatng to the cloak-room, and the crowd following. The salutations were hearty and general, even the doorkeepers and pages participating in the enthusiasm.
 It was whispered from lip to lip in the gal leries, "That is PotterW and soon the spec tators from above were bending over to catch d better view of the scenes 1ranspring below
 For an hour or more before Mir. Potter came in, the termination of his affair with Pryor was the subject of anxious comment upon the democratic side of the Hall. Heads in clusters of threcs and fours were in earnest but subdued cogitation; and though there was an occasional waive of the hand or other impatient gesture, indicating indifference or contempt even, yet the general aspect was Iudicrously grave and deprecatory. Usually, by two o'clock P. M., the mass of the dcmoc- racy gets to he hilarious, not to say jolly. The writer hereof has often been present when solemn and touching prayers were put up by gifted chaplains for the souls of hon orable gentlemen; and occasionally, when impressive funeral rites were performed over the remains of some favorite member; but he has never witnessed upon the democratic side of the House, and especially among the chivalry, such a general and extreme elonga oe oyhi,ital tn-l,v We doubt whether the observant eye of La water himself ever saw seventy men whose combined faces displayed so many feet, lineal measure, as theirs. Nor did the glow of which mantled every republican cheek when Potter, standing erect, as is his wont, his head firmly poised, his iron fea- lures and keen gray eye indicating self-pos- session and calm courage, was literally crowd ed into the cloakroom by the greetings and congratulations which his friends pressed up on hinl-nor did this unpremeditated and spontaneous tribute to the man who had demonstrated" that he stood by his words, while his vaunted foe had been compelled to eat his, tend to tighten up the visages and cheer the hearts of his dropping sympathiz- CTS in the other wing of the chamber.
 Potter was in his place. But where was he of the flowing black locks, protuberant nasal appendage, and vast expanse of shirt collar? Not one iu the House certainly knew, though mcu of ardent imaginations fancied that at that precise juncture he might be snugly esconced iu a rear room of a dingy hotel in the ancient town of Alexandria, toy ing with an unpalatable dinner, and rumina- ting over the dieteic problem whether worms preferred to have their meat served up whole, or cut into slices.
 When Potter entered the House, the con- mittees were being called for reports. Not long after he came in, the committee on revo Iutionary claims, of which he is chairman, was called. At its last meeting the com mittee had resolved to ask the House to vote them clerk. And now, when the chair an- nounced that reports from this committee were in order, Potter rose. Instantly the House, which had been in unusual confusion all day, sank into the most profound silence. The chivalry, especially, strained their eyes to catch the lineaments of the man who had crushed their champion under his heel, and now wanted clerk for his committee. Quite debate sprang up on his motion. Potter, in tones and manner which indicated not the slightest embarrassment on account of the novelty of his position, explained the reasons why his committee needed clerk. Barks dale, the yociferous, and Burnett, the dogged opposed the motion, but were careful to use | the most resnectfill language toward Potter