Litchfield enquirer., 1861-04-11


 oHAAEfuL.-Ihe Southern Shu, published at Macon, Mississippi, has been discontinued. The publisher gives as the reason for is discontiu uance, me iaiiihg off of patronage while he was engaged in the service of his country at Pensa. c la.
 SOUTHERN DEPoTIsM.-A Tennessee naner prints le ter from Southern Planter and n Union man, in which it is positively affirmed that the montgomery leaders are already planning the overthrow of their own provisional const;,,s' tion, with the intention to substitute in ;ts stead monarch al government. The writer asser,s tba; they are only waiting for the border states to join them before attempting this new act of Urea. son against the people.
 | Several elaborate articles on the evils of demo. ] cratic forms of government, which have appeared Tn Lr B,rs Reriew and other influential SC aes- si )n journals within the last six months, have doubtless been thrown out as ieeers in this irec. tinn. The aristocratic feeling in South Carolina IS very strongly in favor of substituting a mon- arhy for the democracy to which that state has never in reality consented. There are no popu- lar elections in South Carolina 10 this day.- The poor whites have never been permitted to- vote; ard even those who have the required pro p :rtv qua iicatiJn (they must own a freehold of hfty acres, or town lot'' only choose mem bers of the legislature. The legislature elects all the state officers and the judges, and also np- points the electors who cast the vote of the state f'r President. To keep the poor whites frcn all share in the government, it is provided that no one shall be eligible to seat in the legislature who does not own five hundred acres of land and | ten negroes.
 From South Carolina democracy to depotism IS but step. The aristocrats of that state be- gun the secession movement. They wanted lLe | 4 slave tra1n rooyonnJ ,r .l.
 pie of the seeded states has, so far. prevented the attainment of their object But they will not rest till they have so placed the powers of gov ! ernmcnt that they can be wielded exclusively for their benefit.
 REPUBLICAN MANAGEMEST-THE STATE orT | OF DEBr !-When the republican party fairly | took possession of this state, it found on hand, April l, IS58 debt of S8l ,l6l 0S The shama have wasted columns of indignation and whole cords of pamphlets over the extravaganza of the party in power 1n the meantime the rcpubl5 cans have retrenched expenses, reformed abuses, and acting like sensible men they slightly iu- creased the tax.
 Mr. Buell. as comptroller and Mr. Hendee as treasurer have been in office three years, and faithfully done their duty. Mr. Hendee viii have the pleasure of reporting to the General Assam ply that the State is entirely out of debt, and has S-,UUU Ofl ndLu NU that, Wltn Ter ecnODi una oi two -nillious, and her fund of near half mil lion in good stocks for general purposes. Connee- ticut Is ill the best possible financial eoudi;ion. Press.
 TEE MorIvE FOR WAR-The Mobile Mercury recognizes the necessity for precpitate acton on the part of the confederate authorities, ss the on Y means to check reaction ;n favor of the Uni on. AIluding to the large forces concentrated at Forts Sumter and Ficieas, apparently doiGg mo- thing but consuming the resources of the comic. deracy, 1t says:
 The country is sinking into fatal apathy, and the spirit, and even the patrioiitsi of the people n oozing out under this do nothing policy. If Is noi done pretty sooh, decisive, eih- CT evacuation CT expulsion, the whole country will soon become disgusteI with the sham of southern inee pan.!euce, that the first chance the people get at a popular election, they will turn ,he whole movement topss turvy so Dad that it never ol the earth can be rightc;s again.
 Rss5- Mrs. Nancy Webb, lady 90 years old, waskllled by her son-in-law, Frederick A Smith, of Stamford, Tuesday He was insane from the effects of fever from which he had scarcely re- covered, and had been left alone with her, but . few minutes, during which, he attacked and beat her with hoe until she was so injured that she lived but thirty six hours afterwards.
 RGy- Hon Robert Toombs delivered speech,
 
 day last. The Wilkes Mdspcndcnt says that, in the course of his remarks, the speaker said he. thought the chances were better for peace than war, and gave reasons conclusive and cenyinc. ing
 seA- The Boston Herald says that, during the fast day sermon of Rev. Dr. Stone of that city, which was political one of course, there was tumultuous burst of applause from a large num- Der of persons present. The dcacons were shock ed as we'll they might be, and the sexton turned pale as Q ghost, "Is this the House of God T" mildly inquired an old lady from the surburbs. Marm,' was the reply she got from the party addressed, " This is the church of the Rsu Dr. Stone.
 DGs~ General Scott is of the opinion that bat. teries must be erected on the shore Fort Pickens, in order to silence the sand batteries built by the secessionists, as he thinks the fort cannot stand a sege for many hours without that precaution being taken.
 HONOR TO JOIN BELL.-At a meeting of tba Union Party of Tennessee, on the lst inst, s0. appoint delegates to the State convention, the following resolution, among others, was passed:
 Resoircd That in view of the present trying exipencies of the country, this convention re- snectfully suggests the Hon. John Bell as the proper person to represent this District in the Congress of the United States.
 POSTAL MATTERs.-By the late law of Com gress, seeds and cuttings can be sent as mailable matter in packages, and are to be charged with postage at the rate of one cent per ounce when sent under fifteen hundred miles, and two cents an ounce when sent over that distance the pack. age not to exceed eight ounces in weight.
 M6y- John Sherman has issued an address to- his late constituents in Ohio, thanking them for their support in these graceful terms ..-; D.
 "Taken without experience from among you ; .hrice renominated without competitors elected each time with no other opposition than that of party contest, conducted on each side with .f lindness; and recently supported with great .eal by your representatives in the legislature, feel that I would be wanting in the common continent of gratitude if did not express in his way my lasting obligations to the Republi- ,ans of the Thirteenth Congressional District of )hio."
 pA. From nearly all the Northern Governors. md from many leading men, the President re- ,eives daily demands for action, and very many protests against the evacuation of Fort Sumter. rbev uroe that such course will only weaken his Administration, and strengthen Davis Co. hui lower us in the eyes of every nation in The public pulse beats violently against such policy, and Mir. Lincoln and his Ca ahipet now feel it The character of Andcr- sons dispatches will decide the futsre policy of himself and Cabinet at once.
 pA- "The times are hard, wife, and find it ,ifficut to keep my nose above water"
 "You could easily keep your nose above water husband, if you didn't keep it so often above :. ,randy." @
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