Litchfield enquirer., 1861-01-31

 Convention will be filled with conservative men.
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 A CRY FOR AN ATTACK ON FoRr SUMTER.- A writer in the Charleston Mercury calls for an immediate attrck Fort Sumter a stronghold which he regards as '' the bastion of the federal union.' The following is an extract:
 ':South Carolina asksthe seeding states to be- come her confederates. God grant that she en- ters into no new union until she herself, and pith her own resources hauls domn from the looming bes- lions of Fort Sumter the f1g now .Rauntiny in the breeze With that fortress in our possession, we become at once the arch of the southern confcde- raey. Without it, we indicate our weakness to the world, and proclaim, plairer than pen can write or tongue can speak, our inability to main tain that sovereignty which we, with one voice, declared month ago.
 No longer hoping for concessions, let us be ready for war; and when we have driven every foreign soldier from our shores, then let us take our place in the glorious republic the future promises us."
 "W'E SWEEP FOR EyERYRoDT"-Th New York Post relates that lady crossing one of the muddy thoroughf4res of the Metropolitan city, encountereda little German girl sweeping tie cross-walk very vigorously, just ill front of her, and said: Don't sweep for me, little girl; havn't got a single penny alolt' me- The little girl turned up towards Ter bright, beam ing face, radiant with health and beauty, and with the air Of one wko meant all she said, re- piled: "Oh! we sweep for everybody" So it is with newspaper men. They sweep for every body, sometimes receiving kicks (mentally ap- plied) and sometimes coppers for their trouble Still, they keep sweeping on, quite content with the relative position between kicks and coppers, blame and praise, solacing themselves all the while, with the thought that they had made some ones path more comfortable, and that now and then a man, even if without "a single pennv,'' will have the kindness to say: "%You have made me happier, and given new courage and strength to be true to myself and just towards my fellows"
 The military force of Pennsylvania is about three hundred and ffty-fve thousand men, of which nineteen thousand are uniformed voiun- teera The arms of the State are ali in posses- sion of the volunteer companies, and comprise 9, 030 muskets, &c.,, 4,705 rifles, &c, 2,s09 cav airy swords and sabres, 3,l57 pistols, S.c., 6? pieces of ordnance, being six pound bronze can non. There are only about forty-two hundred of these sas fs oi aras of shs ieRE9Es gastsE9 now. This does not present a very fattering picture of the efficiency of the militia, if sud denly called upon for service.
 4 THREATENED DUEL AT WAsnINGTos.-Mr. Rust, of Arkansas, in the course of his speech in the House of Representatives on Thursday, re- ferrcd to the Chicago Platform, and said that John Brown was the hero and martyr of the Re publican Party. Mir. Dunn, of Indiana in reply, remarked that the Chicago Platform especially condemned John Brown s raid, and expressed his surprise that any gentleman would give currency to such an infamous libel on the Republican par ty. Mir. Rust clustered and talked of waging war, and demanded to know if the gentleman from Indiana was responsible for what he said. Mir. Dunn replied that he was responsible but af- terward explained that he did not mean to charge Mir. Rust with an infamous libel, but merely to say that the accusation against the Republicans of sympathy with John Browns raid, was such a libel. Mr. Rust, however, was not satisfied and demanded an unqualified retaliation, Wiileh Mr. Dunn declined to give. Upon which Mir Rust exclaimed: "Very well! we shall see!'
 The |" Duer' will probably be settled rithom q 6 duel" These affairs of honor don't amount to much in Washington, and Southern chivalry is at discount since Pryor was squelched out by Mir. Potter of Wisconsin.
 A LADY's MAS.-One bright day recently, in New York, when the ladies were out in angelic focks, fine looking man, whom unsophisticated eyes might have looked upon as 8 policeman, 'Imight have been seen'' at various points on DTuttiNdf, toiys titc LeuSSi,j pout0iy "i.IhS eAo fair promenaders to cross that thronged thor oughiara. He frequently changed his place of operation, and after short but active campaign, suddenly disappeared altogether, and could mo- where be found, although the police aided dili- gently in the search. This mysterious disap- pearance of the handsome and polite cavalier, has ever since been a source of much annoyance to the ladies who shared in his attention, inas- much as they firmly believe that he might give valuable information as to the whereabouts of the watches and purses which they lost OF that memorable day.
 GEN. JAMES AND THE SECEDERs-An item of our telegraphic despatches of last evening stated that battery of Gen. James, riaed cannon had been shipped to Alabama. This morning are informed on the authority of Gen. James himself that the statement was wholly unfounded. He wishes 1t to be further known that he has de- clined filling all orders which he has received from seeding States, and will refuse to fill any orders which may be forwarded from those quar- ters.-Prouidence Press.
 RIr A Union meeting called at Carondelei, near St. Louis, Mo-, was taken possession of by the disunionists, half an hour before the time, but the Union men rallied, and after a sanguina- ry encounter, carried the day. On the one side, the boldest treason was advocated, and on the other side the Unlon ana thlS IS now tne ulNi- ding line of parties in the State. The l8,0O0 Republican votes for Lincoln, last November, are a power in the State not to be disregarded.
 There is great excitement in Canterbury over rumor that the hotel in that place, kept by E. R. Hawkes., is haunted. Marvellous tales are told about supernatural appearances, midnight visitatious, &c. A correspondent of the Wor- cester Transcript tells long yarn about ped lar having disappeared there twenty-five years ago, and recently appearing" to the landlord and requesting that his bones, which lay buried in the cellar, should be decenty inferred, besides giving information as to his murderers Then the writer states another rumor that the parties accused had used hush money" since which the landlord had denied the whole story, and the people were indignant.
 Parson Brownlow's paper says disunionist was hung with grape vine by the people oi Boone county, Kentucky, till he was neary choked to death, and was only spared on taxing oath to support the Constitution and to hghtsIof the General Government, as well as to take part on the side of the Union. It might not be pleas ant for Toombs or Jeff Davis to visit farson Brownlow's diocese about these tir.es.