Litchfield enquirer., 1861-07-25
gpfaI aud County Yews.
LITCHFIELD.

knots of eager but gloomy faces besieged the te legraph office and stood around our bulletin board, to have the latest despatches read, and tt speculate upon the truth of the disastrous intel igence. In every house and store in town the voice of sorrow and lamentation was heard, and it is not too much to assert that but very little sleep visited the eyelids of most of our towns people that night. Men came in from thelr nay fields out of the village and adjoining towns to learn the news, and to catch, if possible, gieam of hope from the blank despair which reigned supreme. Treadng directly upon the heels oi so great victory we had been led to expect was almost within the grasp of our armles-the shock was the more sudden and the more appall ing; strong men wept like children, and only tho forlorn hope that the next days intelligence would soften if not contradict altogether the truth of the dispatches and the firm confidence that in the midst of all revcrses, Cop RE1GNED AND THE RIGHT WOULD TRIUMPH IN THE END kept our people from giving way to entire de- spondency.
 In the midst of all the gloom, one poor misera. ble secessionist, Ct is no use mincing matters or names in such time as this proclaimed loudly and boastingly beneath our office, that another full regiment could not be raised to-day in Con necticut to save our Country from destruction necessary or no necessary! ONE HUNDRED MEN the very bone and sinew of our town could have been raised hat night, if necessary, to have cl,o ou1l hair cha1 fhypt to the scene of battle to save their country and the honor of their country, their rights, and all that is dear to the soul of the Patriot
 Most happily the news by our despatches on Tuesday put different face on the matter. The defeat was not only not so bad as reported, but the rumors of the great slaughter of our troops was greatly exaggerated.
 Full reports of the whole will be found in our columns to-day. A new light will blaze upon the paltry gang of traitors in our midst-and they shall see-as their miserable sympathizers the world over and the worlG Jeneath shall see, that we in Litchfcld are of nobler and better and loftier stamp than that such foul excrc- scnces shall cling to our skirts or foul our fame.
 Our towns people and citizens along our te- legraph route generally were indebted to the N. H. Palladium for the telegraphic news of the fight on Monday. Also to the proprietor of the line, Mir. Wilson for communicating it. We are glad to make this honorable mention of the proprietor. It is the first time we have had the opportunity.
 AN EFF1Gy of unmistakable secession pattern was found hanging from a gallows before one of our stores in West st., this Wednesday, morn ing. A placard upon it contained the names of several citizens of this town, under the heading of " Black List No. 1.'' The individuals nam ei may not care /. |. 2. for it, but we are as- sured that it is intended rery seriously. And further, knou, that stop will be soon put upon all reasonable talk of all in this commu nity, high and low. Our people piH bear t nc longer.
 Three large dry goods boxes were sen Wednesday to our boys from this town, in the 4th Regiment They contained various article! of food and dclicacies, besides knick-nacks clothing, remembrances from friends at home and, We doubt not, tie curses of our seeessionsts
 -G. II. Hollister, Esq. delivers the next lee. ture before the Young Ladies Seminary on Fri day evening at 7 o'clock. Friends of the school, citizens and visitors invited as usual
 We call the attention of our lady readers in Litchfeld to the following notice of the meeting to make garments for the army:
 An urgent appeal having been received for garments for the sick, and wounded of the army all who arc willing to lend their aid in this good cause, are requested to meet at the house of Miss Pierce in North St. on W Wednesday after noon at half past two o'clock. Donations o money and material are solicited.
 (Communicated.)
 MIR. EDWARD $. GoULp.-This distinguished tive town, by particular request, favoured { selected party of personal friends and acquain tauces with Shakspeareian readings on two sue 1 cessive evenings. The first was given on Wed nesl lay evening last at the elegant and spacious mansion of Miss Lucretia Deming, where large number of friends from this place and from ths Metropolis, both ladies and gentlemen, were en tectained and delighted by the rehearsal o "Shylock or the Merchant of Venice"
 From Mir. Gould's known admiration of tn, great English dramatist and the long and care ful study of the prominent characters in hi plays, the highest expectations were excited e rare treat of Thespian declamati6n; and it il needless to say that these expectations wer, more thar, realized, and that too, without tn, linen masks and other disguises assumed by th Father of Greek tragedy
 After the reading was concluded the compan, dispersed for few minutes, only to be re-gath cred, in more social character, to interchang enthusiastic congratulations, and to partake o the well adapted and delicate repast, furnishe, by the good taste and large heart of the occu pant of that favoured dwelling.
 On Thursday evening, nearly the same guests with an additional number from the neighbor hood assembled in the parlour of Dr. Jame Richards and with unabated interest and plea sure listened to the reading of |" Othello'-Her too, Mir. Gould's talents as representative o Shakspeare's most difficult characters. appeare to fine advantages.
 Few men are capable of giving expression t more than one feeling of the mind-but Mir Gould has demonstrated his ability of givin magical expression to all; and in this consist the superiority of his style of reading. Hi voice, though not of great strength or compas ise1tremely clear and flexible, and passes througl iot1 ssa