Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1860-07-12

has.Ihe gold snufEbox presented by Queen
victoria to Commodore Joshua r. Sands, as q
'es,mona Tor his services in assisting to lay the
nI.ahtic cable, has been deposited in bank at
bridgeport Conn.,, for safe keeping, Congress
having voted him permission to receive the Gift.
sssr Col. Forney will support Douglas, but
says that his Press will not he /" a norf,, no.
per-" In other words, he don't propose to make
any great fight against Lincoln.
D9rThs is the first year since Mr.. Cobb en-.
tered the Treasury department that he has been
compelled to carry on the department upon ts
own proper resources, and the country will see
IN December how he succeeds. S6l 100000
nave been expended during the last three wears
over the actual revenue, including the balance
ieit ny Mr.. Pierces administration in the treas
1ry. ms 100, in time of profound peace.
nSI Mr' buchanan was greatly shocked at Mr..
rhlnore prodigaiity, when the actual expenses
were about one-half as large.
Ras~ Dean Richmond has persuaded Mavor
wood to join the Douglas party in New York
valuable and natural accession /; but it is re.
ported that Erastus Corning Of Albany will re-
pudlate the action OF his colleagues on the del
egation at Baltimore, and join the Breckenridge
faction.
GsA. Down in Middletown. Democracy ia a
dead lock. The old waw hawses" are all for
Breckenridge, and won't let the young fellows,
who go for Douglas, start campaign. The lat.
ter put up Douglas flag on the democratic
flagstaff and the Brecks cut it down the first
night.
Ess-An occurrence in one of the interior
counties of New York ludcrously illustrates tho
bewilderment into which the double-headed
Presidential nomination has thrown the Democ-
racy.. When the news of the nomination Of
Douglas flashed along the wires, village Post
master summoned 'the untenified" to bring out
the gun and fire salute. They had got about
half through the allotted number of discharges
when messenger from the telegraph office in
! formed them that the seceders had nominated
Breckenridge. THE ID they have !" said
the Postmaster. Standing moment in q brown
study. he shouted" Boys there's no knowing
into whose hands we may fall. Load for Brsck-
in'idge !'
Day~ The New York Post states as fact
worthy of special remark, that among the prom
inent men on the platform at Republican
meeting in New Jersey, was Chief Justice
Hornblower."
Nothing remarkable The blacks need d
great deal of blowing and in the end they will
find it has all been done in horn. Hart
ford Times.
And out of the little end Ct that same
horn, you'll see the pieces of the democratic
party emerge in Novembcr.-NorricA Bulletin.
nss~ Can the old Democratic party be saved ?
|-Hatfo1l Times.
Only by repentance. Bulletin.
Eea- New Hampshire sets Connecticut good
example Her legislature was in session but
twenty-nine days, and passed only lab acts and
resolutions
Gesa- Mr.. Douglas was in New York, last
week. \ Ratification meeting was held at
Tammany Hall in the evening, and many of
those present went up to the Fifth Avenue Ho-
TEL where Mr.. Douglas was stopping. He was
seranaded and there was speech making
In the meeting at the Hall, little or nothing
was said about the Black Republicans, bu. tho
Breckenridge men suffered some.'
Dcap Gen. Lanes letter. accepting the nomi-
nation for Vice President is published. He
fully endorses the Slave code platform and de-
clar's that neither Congress nor Territorial
Legislatures have right to interfere with Sla-
very in the Territories.