Litchfield enquirer., 1861-08-01

According to Ex-Lieut. Governor Raymond of the N. Y. Times, the following is the plan which General Scott would have preferred to the one he attempted to execute,
 If the matter had been left to him, he said he would have commenced by @ perfect block ade of every Southern port on the Atlantic and on the Gulf. Then he would have collected large force at the Capital for defensive purposes, and another large one on the Mississippi for of fensive operations. The summer months, during which it is madness to take troops south of St. Louis, should have been devoted to tactical in- struction ;-and with the first frosts of autumn he would have taken a column of 80,000 we'll disciplined troops down the Mississippi, and ta- ken every important point on that river, New Orleans included. t could haoe been done, he said suiaa greater ease, aoith Jess Joss o ze, and acih far more important results than acould at tend tse marching of am army to Richmond. been defended and eight battles would have been necessary but in every one of them suc- cess could have been made certain for us. The Mississippi and the Atlantic once ours the South ern States would have been compelled, by the natural and inevitable pressure of events, to seek, by return to the Union, escape from the ruin that would speedily overwhelm them out Of it. This," said he, "was my plan. But am only subordinate. It is my business to give advice when it is asked, and to obey orders when they are given. shall do it There are gen. tlemen in the Cabinet who know much more about war than do, and who have far greater influence than have, in determining the plan of the campaign. There never was more just and upright man than the President-never one who desired more sincerely to promote the best interest of the country. But there are men among his advisers who consult their own resentments far more than the dictates of wisdom and expe- rience-and Mese nsen pM probably decide Mc plan of Me campaign. I shall do, or attempt, not bold ane responsible. If I am ordered to go to Richmond, shall endeavor to do it. But 1 know perfectly well that they have no concep- tion of the difficulties we shall encounter. I know the country, how admirably adapted it is to defence, and how resolutely and obstinately it will be defended. would like nothing better than to take Richmond; now that it has been dis graced by becoming the capital of the rebel Con- federacy, feel a resentment towards it, and should like nothing better than to scatter its Con- gress to the winds. But I have lived long enough to know that human resentment is very bad foundation for public policy; and these gentlemen will live long enough to learn it also. shall do what I am ordered. I shall fight when and where am commanded. But # unn compelled to .fght before / ans ready, Mey sAaN not hold noe responsible. These gentlemen must take the responsibility of their acts, as am will ling to take the responsibility of mine. But they must not throw Mei, responsibility on my shoulder.
 A CoxTRABAND REFRAIN.
 No,c snuch in vogue tt Fortress Monroe.
 Wake up snakes, pelcans and Sesh'ners,
 harp' ',lmc p'- min'o do
 Wake up 1 tell yer git up, Jefferson,
 Bobolishon's comin'-
 Bob-o-lsh-ion.
 AN AWFUL D1sEAsE-The Cleveland Pl4in eleetler says that the Pipsynipsy," complaint peculiar to the Western country in summer sea- son, has broken out among many of our citizens. A sudden depression of the colipsis lindix, a ca wing in of the spinalty or back bonibus, and a feeling of slimness in the immediate vicinity of the cateroid canibus, may be regarded as proper indications that the complaint is coming on. The following prescription will afford instant relief:
 "spiritus Vini Otardi, z. l.; Spiritus Vini Ja- maici, z. Ss. Sugarum Whtum, q. 5. Icibus Finis, q. r.; Sliceum Pincappei; Strawberrii um." friend at our elbow, Ia learned NJ. D.,) remarks that he would not object to have the complaint, for the sake of the remedy.
 great trotting match, mile heats, took place Thursday, on the Fashion course, l.. l., between Flora Teslnp pie Ito harness) and Ethan Alien and mate Ito wagon.) The betting was high and nearly on even terms. Ethan Allen and mate won the first heat in 22li, but they broke and ran away on the second heat, and Flora Temple was declared the victor in 2.204.
 The Charleston folks are trying to prepare ma chimes for blowing the blockading ships into the nir. That would be a summary method of "rais- ing the blockade.'
 In these times of treason and war, bravo young woman cannot prove her devotion to her country by shouldering her musket and march ing to the tented fold; but she add to her lovers, or husbands or brothers bravery, by inspiring it with all the freshness and glory of her own. If she cannot enter the " imminent deadly breach" with him, she can mend his i'm minent deadly brooches while he is away, and thus render him "inexpressble" service if she cannot share the wounds made by his warlike foes, she can have the satisfaction of alarming his worelike hoes to her hearts content; and if she cannot go with him to battle, she can at least battle with him to go.
 THE CASE OF TIE GALLANT CONNECTICUT CAP. rAIN.-Let their (the secession) warriors retire and send their women to the van. Not all their women. Not taken hap-hazard from the fair chivalry of Virginia. Let the beautiful who alone deserve the brave, be sent. And let them l advance on our army with only such arms and charms as nature gave them. One by one let them set up their habitatons near our invading hosts, Let hospitality reign in their houses, the fragrant odor of bohea enter our lines, and the futter offepale apparelbe seen from our outposts.
 Hartford Press.
 Our respected cotemporary should not be so se were upon the gallant Conn: captain. Stories of valiant heroes succumbing to feminine wiles, are as old as the race-or older. First of all, if ourmemory serves us old Father Mars himself was converted into a simpering popinjay, by that art full huzzy of a Venus. Then there was that athle. tic gentleman of Biblical fame-the great prize fighter of Gazaz-who was so ingloriously shorn of his locks and his renown by Phiistine seces- sionist. Then there was brave old Pompey, who surrendered at discretion tothe royal cyprian Cleo patra. And .Julius Caesar, who halted in the mad career of conquest to indulge in scandal ous amour with the same fair faced jade. Then there was brave Sir Launcelot, the flower of King Arthur's Table Round," who made ship. wreck of fame and glory at the feet of willy ad. ulteress. And then there was Lord Nelson, the paragon of valor, who futtered like a silly moth round feminine rush-light and got his pinions badly scorched and Wellington, who barely re- linquished love for glory on the eve of Waterloo |