Litchfield enquirer., 1860-08-30
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE REV. H. W. BEEcHER.-We gave last week the item ofthe Doctorate of Divinity having been conferred by Amherst College, upon Henry Ward Ward Beecher, of Brooklyn. In the last Ladependsns we find the following from that gentleman declining the honor:
 PEEKsk1LL, August 21, 1860. To Me President and Board of Trustees of Ann
 herst CoAege:
 Gentlemen have been duly notified that at the last meeting of the Board of Trustees the title of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon me.
 It would certainly give re pleasure should | any respectable institution bear such testimony of good will But that Amherst College my own mother, should so kindly remember a son, is peculiar qualification.
 | But all the use of such title ends with the public expression of wish to confer it. For the rest it would be but an incumbrance, and fur nish an address by no means agreeable to my taste. greatly prefer the simplicity of that name which my mother. uttered over me in the h ,ly hour of infant consecration and baptism. May be permitted, without seeming to under value your kindness, or dis-esteeming the honor meant, to return it to your hands; that may to the end of my life be as thus far have been, simply HENRY WARD BEEcHER. aa~ Gov. N. P. Banks, of Massachusetts, who has served that State twice in it's Legislature | three times in the U. s. Congress, and twice as its Governor, has refused third gubernatorial term for the Resident Directorship of the Hi. nois Central Railroad. Reason-cant live on the Governors salary and gets better in Hi, nois, ($7,500 per annum.) The N. Y. papers call it lesson to youthful and aspiring politi. clans.
 EsA The Demos (soft shells) of New York State ticket. Therell be a mighty "missing' among them after the 9th of November.
 na The Douglasites throughout the State seem to be in the ascendancy. A large portion of the Delegates elected to the State Convention to be held to-day, "Wednesday are pledged tc vote for Douglas electors -whereupon the Hart ford Post poetically remarks, "Roll on silver Moon!'
 neA At Breckinridge meeting in Califor mia, Calhoun Benham, one of Terrys seconds ir the Broderick murder, (since appointed U. s District Attorney by Buchanan) undertook to speak his sentiments, but some one kept calling out, "Wheres poor Broderick?" which very much enraged him.
 The constant references of " a voice. to the Pacific Railroad sadly interrupted the speakers as they dllated on the glorious deeds of the De- mocracy but when, among the resolutions re- ported, one was read which pledged the Breck. inridge party to stand firm for a Pacific Rail. road, the whole crowd broke down in one un. controlable fit of laughter. Even the men on | the platform turned their faces away to hide their mirth. The reader only looked grave grave as an owl and cheerless as if all his lite rary research had been among epitaphs and obit uaries. The meeting never recovered it's gravity again; and if one but whispered Pacific Rail road the nearer c'apped his hands to his sides and ran off to explode in some safe place. In the official report of the proceedings this reso. luton was left off not the slightest allusion was made to it, probably in mercy to the buttons of | the state.
 Ass@ Mir. Stewards meeting at Detroit, Tues day, September 4th, will be the first of the ora- l tons prel airing for the senator in the West and l the republicans of Michigan will open the bali with all the honors. Excursion trains are ar- | ranged from tho most remote railroad points of the state, at half fare, and steamboat excursions are advertised all around lake Erie. esA. As Tom Sayers was recently driving along the Holloway road, near London, the wheel of his ciiaise came on contact with that of & cart, whose driver put his whip across | Toms shoulders. This Was too much fer the champion he aIighted and promptly hauled the carman from his Cart The sjarvey reioined by | felling Tom to the ground. iiereupun the by- standers recognizing Savers, shouted |" lialloo Tom you havc got held of another Heenan The sound of Tom Sayers name was enough for the carman, who quickly mounted his vehicle, and whipped his "dGbbin and drove away" evi- dently conscious that he had caught Tartar but was not desirous to investigate farther the peculiarties of his catch.
 Das~ James Tincknay Hambleton, editor of the Cosysatcrdcy at the South, thus piles it upon Secretary CuIb:
 "Promclh :-liko, he stands chained to the rock of pu lie incredulity, and with a fungus liver gorged to hcpatization by federal aroma,is, the Southern vuturc of an outraged people revels at his discumiiture aud will feed with unsuitable gusto upon his bIoated carcass
 H@- In California there is much ill-feelng ex- pressed towards Nr. Douglas by the friends of the late Senator Broderick. At a public mee;- ing in San Francisco, according to the corre.- pondent of the Sacramento Bee, ex-Governor McDougal denounced the Illinois Senator in the severest manner for his indifference concerning the fate of Frederick. Said the ex-Governor !:
 "I wrote to Douglas just what I thought of the coward and traitor, and if he'll publish my letter, the world will see what true friend of David c. Broderick thinks of the sick Senator Broderick sleeps in the Lone Mountain Ceme- tery, and Douglas wouldn't say one friendly word over his fall-he would not even tell the Senate that he believed that his greatest political friend died bravely and nobly. 1 want to see who of Broderick's friends will throw up their cap for him. I don't want to be complimentary, but believe Broderick kicked better men out of his door than Stephen A. Douglas ever was or ever can be-
 GEN. ToM THUMB, says the Portland (Me.) Advertiser, is to leave that city for home this week. It is reported that the gallant general is to take leave of public life, and that one of Portland's fairest daughters will accompany him in his retirement. The Advertiser says |" Since the little general arrived in this city, there has been in constant attendance at his "levees" the handsome and accomplished daughter of one of our oldest and most esteemed citizens, and who has evinced great interest in all the generals movements, and seems quite jealous when the little general dispenses his usual quantity of kisses to his lady visitors in the way of stamped receipts" She is very pretty, below the ordina- " height, and we believe, heiress to quite large estate and makes A pood match fnr hin, + boa