Litchfield enquirer., 1861-11-28

III tue sou ol a Wehltuy taliOW CnandleS of New York, who influenced the mind of the .estern parient' against his daughters lover and the result was that Charlie Wilkes was dismissed and the lady became Mrs. John Slidell Char lie Wilkes went to again, and never saw his lady afterwards, nor his rival, till he received him as prisoner on board his ship.
 Ex-SEcRETARY ToUCEY IN WAsHINGToa.- Isaac. Toucey, Secretary of the Navy during James Buchanan's entire Administration. has done Washington City and the Administration of Abraham Lincoln the honor of paying visit to both. Doubtless he is ready to communicate many important secrets, but we regret he is little too late. At any rate he will have the qualification to know and to see that the navy which he sent to every distant part of the world, as if for the purpose of helping the secessioniss has been recalled to the waters of the United States, and is now employing it's tremendous en- ergies in favor of the flag and the Government he so shamelessly assisted to betray.-Forney's Press.
 With regard to the seisure of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, it may be worth while to remember that in the instructions which Mr. Toombs as the rebel Secretary of State, has given to privateers may be found the following passage: "Neutral vessels conveying enemies" dispatches or militia " persons in the service of the enemy, forfeit their neutral character, and are liable to capture E eral rule to the Trent, she would have ben lying in one of our harbors as Q prize.
 An immense clock is being constructed by Mir. Benson, of Ludgate Hill, London, for the great International Exhibition of 1862 It will Do se- cond in size only to the great Westminster clock of the Houses of Parliament The dials gill be from fifteen to twenty feet in diameter, | and will be placed immediately over the centre arch of the building. Tho movement will mea sure at the base twelve feet by eight, or nearly il hundred square feet, and will be about twelve feet in height. It will chime the quarters on four bells, and strike on the fifth, weighing about forty-fvc cwt. The whole will be enclos- 1 ed ill a glass case
 Blondin had narrow escape at tie Crystal 1 Palace on the 3lst. By some means, while per- forming on the rope, he lost his balance and fell; but with consumnate agility and presence of mind, he caught the rope with lis feet, and af- ter remaining thus suspended for several min utes, he succeeded in relieving himself from his dangerous position. Lovers Of the horrible have now had q taste of the new sensation, for which it is supposed they were craving. Hap oily. however, they have experienced 1t without ths fatal result which, in this instance was go nearly taking place.
 The U. s. Marshal for Michigan arrived at l New York Saturday morning, having i'll custody | IHtilCS oEeCli, DSdlCi Ol ui:HdlCEES rom IUG 1 rebel commissioners in Europe. He arrived from Europe via Quebec, and passed through 1 Canada to Detroit, where he arrested. He | is an Englisllnan hy birth, but has resided in Savannah for the last thirty years. Ihe arrcst is very important one. Tho dispatches found upon the prisoner arc of such character ss to render their publication at present time impro- per.
 The cotton speculation is going on in England at tremendous rate; it Is at present carried on 1 by ladies, clergymen, lawyers, and others not re ;5ulary engaged ill business, who have fallen into the mania as others did into the railroad mania of lS45. Ihe professional cotton specuator; have retired from action. They know that the bubble must burst.
 Those Richmond fellows are certainly "difi- cult;'' they the most unsatisfcd tribe of grumblers that ever existed We shouldn't be surprised to hear that after growing seriatim about everything connected with their musk room Confectionery. they should ' turn back" up on the w.ole thing
 1 Physical troubles have their compensations. \ war correspondent Of western paper writes thus: "Did you e"er have the 'yaller janders 2 l've got q few, and could spare an assortc'! stock 10 a smaller dcaler. Better get some, fora dmr locks like s quarter eagle, which is q pleasant de!usion."
 Capt. Comfort O inc Fronch army, who served fourteen vaars in Algeria has bepn at the re- quest of G"n. M'Clei|an authorized to raise a regiment of Frame frcurs. Their services will be special and under tie immediate commander in chief.
 Fy-scnator Green of Missouri was re arrested or thc l4th, at h:s residence near Cantor. anc taken to the headquarters Of Gen. Todd at ma cUn City. The statement is denied that Mr Green has written letter, directed to some one in Washington expressing foalty to the Union
 The late Theodore Winthrop, whose "Ceci Dreeme' has had such an extraordinary success left three other novels prepared for the pres, Tho first of these will be published early in 1862 It is called ".ohn Brent and, as private letter gays, lis cranmod with spirit and beauty
 The papers in the case of Gen. Fremont have for some days been in the hands of Major Lee, judge advocate of the army who has Elado his report to Gen. NJ Cle,lan. Accompanying the re- port were charges substantially the same as those preferred by Col. Blair.
 It is asserted, upon the best authority, l that among the diplomatic corps the general ad- mission is, that Captain Wilkes is perfectly just ifable by international law in having arrested | Mason and Slidell from the dock of British vessel, and that England should be the last pow CT to object to it, inasmuch as no other nation has done moro to establish the principal upon which Captain Wilkes acted.
 l "A man who'll r.aliciously set fire to barn, D said MT Slow, "and burn up twenty cows, ought to be kicked to death by jackass, and I'd like to do it." Slow is very severe some l times.
 1 Gen Fremont is expected in New York in the course of few days. His German friends are preparing to give him grand reception.
 MT. John Jacob Astor, who has joined tho staff of Major Gen. Mcclellan, with the commission of Lieut.. Colonel, is the representative of thirty millions of property, with an income of two mil | lions per al num-
 The federal government has no evidence of any rebel steamer being the excepting the Sumter" and she seems to be rather endeavor- ing to elude capture than to prey upon com merce.
 The Charleston Courier says "Commodore Tatnall has set the men of the South an example which they should seek to imtate," which is, to .'meet the enemy at the very threshold and drive him back or perish in the attempt" The Cou- rier forgets to add Artemas Wards N. B.
 The Constitution, with some of Gen. Buffers troops on board, went to Portland, Me. on Fri day morning, having had fine run from Boston. She received additional troops on board and was to sail for the South without delay.
 The chimes in Trinity Church, New York, were rung Wednesday in honor of our victory at | Port Royal. Hail Columbia, Yankee Doodle, Star Spangled Banner, and other national hymns were performed with beauty and significance never before equaled.
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