Litchfield enquirer., 1860-10-18
 PERSONAL AND POLIiIC-AL.

l RSy Governor Seward arrived home from his Western tour on Saturday night. He was met at the depot by large concourse of citizens who received him with the most enthusiastic cheers
 na- The Journal of Commerce. says:
 The Douglas Committee of Connecticut have issued an address to the people of that State, which breathes the most uncomprolnising hos tity to any cooperation with the Brectinlidge men. Take a good whipping, then, as You de serve. The Republicans are ready to adIninis- ter 1t.
 /! sga- In the New Milford town meeting, q strong Democrat nominated Douglas Fer, said he, he has dug political graves for Us all sa- A son of Abraham Lincoln. recently yis- iting at the White Mountains, was received with aa enthusiastic demonstration the ' Prince of Rails Speeches made, a;l,. the Prince responded, showing ny his wit aid humor that he is 8 splinter oi the original rail.
 sea- A correspondent, of the Ataanta Ga l hteNigeacer mildly suggests tho following gro gramme of operations in case Mir. Lincoln should be elected
 "On the ldes of November next when Jup- ter hurls his angry lightning along the wires aud announces the election of Lincoln, let the South Gfu ptOPlt dt UlCG ueClttIe tIle lsCt TOT II VIII then be q fact, that John c. Breckinridge is chosen the first President of the Southern Con federacy. Let him select his cabinet men at once : let him establish his government: the Senators and Representatives of the South are i already chosen for the time being let an hon est declaration of the causes that have led to i the separation be put forth to the world let the South hold the North as she holds the rest of mankind-cnemies in war, in peace friends
 Das~ 1he Tuunto,s (Mass.) Gazette publishes the following interesting interesting remins- cence in connection with notice of Websters reply to l!ayne:
 1 Ut will be seen from this interesting nara tive that there was time when Joseph Gales stood alone among Congressional reporters; and to still further illustrate his position in that l line, we call to mind what we ouce heard an in- timate friend of Sir. Webster say We owed to him and his wife with regard to the celebrated reply to Hayne. Meeting the Massachusetts Senator as he was going to the Capitol On that morning, Mr. Gales inquired of him how long he intended to speak. About half an hour, was the reply. The editors duties at that time were pressing but he ventured to take so much time from them. Mr. Webster, however, directly af. ter met Judge Story, who said that he thought the time had come to give to the country his
 views on the Constitution. To this proposition he assented. Mir. Gales took up his pencil, un- aware of this new arrangement, and alike un- conscious of the lapse of time under the en- chantment of the orator, and consequently he
 wrote on until the close of the spell. Some days passing away, and the proof of the speech not appearing, Mir. Webster called on the reporter and made inquiry. have the notes, said Mir. Gales, and they are at your service, as
 I never shall find time to write them out. This l,lx pl hr,f the overtasked editor stood firm. Then Mrs.
 Gales came to his rescue by saying that she thought she could decipher her husbands short hand as she had formerly occasionally done so. Mr. Gales doubted, seeing that it was fifteen
 years since she had tried it. But she had heard the speech and the resistless sweep of Its ar 1 gumcnt and the gorgeous and massive magnif- tcence of its imagery were yet vivid in her mind, she persisted in undertaking the difficult work.
 In due time thereafter the fair manuscript came to Mr. Webster's hands for final correction. Scarcely word needed to be changed; and soon set of diamonds costing thousand dol
 lars, accompanied the rich thanks of the eio- quent statesman. Thus was saved to literature l the most memorable oration of the American Senate.
 1 Mir. Yancev made a slight mistake in the character of his audience when he spoke at Knoxville, Tenn. the other day, as appears rom Parson Brownlow's comment :- ,,
 "Yancey stated that the white women of the l North stand over the wash-tub and cook-that l white men black boots and drive carriages and perform all other menial services; while at the Soutb where we were more elevated we make neoroes perform these degrading duties This was a most unfortunate hit for this latitude It might do in South Alabama or the wealthy DOT tion of the cotton States. But every tenth man he was speaking to did not own negro while the wives and daughters of nine.tenths of all who heard him, wash, cook and milk COWS, with out ever suspecting they were performing meni- al services Even our enterprising townsmen, Luckey and Hanks, who drove their carriages out to the depot, never supposed they were less elevated than those who were riding in their carriages. And verify, if this aristocratic south ern party desire no votes from that class who black their own boots, and drive their own ca:- rages and wagons, their share in East Tennes- see will be small.'