Litchfield enquirer., 1861-01-10
Rely upon it. says Occasional" of the Phila.

Rely upon it, says Occasional" of the Phila- delPhia Press, South Carolina at this moment is the best argument in favor of preserving the Union that could be made. do not mean to indulge in ridicule of that State. l feel rather heartfelt cemmisseration in regard te her. see that she is destined to endure more calamties should she psrsevere in her inexcusable course, than was ever dreamed of in her philosophy. But when hear her orators Illuminating and up- holding the rhapsodies of her newspaper edi-
 rs, and then turn to her own weak and dilapi-
 ed position, to her barren soil, to her scant a, iulation, and to all the evidences of poverty
 appear through her gaudy regimentals, I am sl. trained to ask myself whether this would =-Aeen 50 had she continued patiently under
 az which she is now with insane hands
 .ring down and trampling under foot? Her game has been to conceal these things, to hide her wretchedness aad her rags bshiRd the pom pous declarations of her commissioners at Washington, and the threats of her leaders here. For this reason these men have been in- , structed to make the most preposterous de- mands, to reject the most generous offers on the part or the free States, and to make an issue Cf superiority and strength, which in their hearts. they know they do not possess, and which ev cry body is aware they have no right to claim.
 THE FOUR AILs-In olden times tbere usod to be famous tavern in England. nn;versa1lv I known throughout the Kingdom as the Four Alls, on account of the homely display of a great political truth on it's swinging sign-board It bore the picture of king, priest, soldier, and farmer Out of the mouth of each were the following words Says the king, Il govern all" The priest, holding up his hands, and rolling up the whites of two sleepy eyes, says, "Iprsy for all" The soldier, cooking huge gun, says, light for all" Lastly, in one corner stands the farmer, the most honest looking of the group pulling purse reluctantly out of his pocket. and he exclaims, I pay for all 7!
 The President said, in speaking of Governor Floyd's reasons for resignng " the agreement was made between the Secretary of War, who had no right to make it. and the leader of the mob at Charleston, who had no power to keep it."
 A DocnE HUsBASD-In Portland, Oregon. there is a man who lived with his wife several years, and they had several children. At last she got tired of him. and proposed that they should get divorce. He said he had no objsc- tlen, if she would support him. She agreed to dc so and they were divorced. She is now mar ried to another man, and supports her former husband by retaining him in the family as ser yant.
 At late dinner party in New York city, ex- President Van Buren related that in his western = tour, while President, one Lincoln, lawyer of seme local repute, was chairman of the reception committee ; and in their formal interview he was So much impressed with him that he called him to his own room, afterwards, for more intimate discourse He had often thought of that inter- view and of that man and failing to hear fhm ia public life he had set it down that brilliant intellect was lost to the world under the insa- tiata ereling of the gigantic west. Two years ago, however, that man emerged, and was heard Of in senatorial contest that aroused the inter- est of the whole country. To-day he WAS heard of again as the President elect. And that man was Abraham Lincoln, of Springfield, H. Mir. Van Buren gave it as his testimony, from the remembrance of more than twenty years ago, that re was endowed with talents to adorn the station"
 The wife of Major Anderson received s;x thousand calls on Now Years day in New York city. This fact is truly significant of popular opinion there with reference to her husbands gallant transfer of his command from Folt Moultris to Fort Sumter Mrs Anderson is at present in Washington.
 THE EXACT DISTANCE OF THE FoRrs-An o:- hcer of the United States Coast Survey gives the following measurements, as taken from the latest surveys made by the Coast Survey De- partlaent. Fort Sumter is three and three- elghths miles from Charleston, one and one eighth mile from Fort MouLtrie, three quarters of mile to the nearest land, end one three eighths miles to Fort Jackson, and two and five eighths miles to Castle Piackney. The last named fort is ons me froa the town and Fort Johnson is two and quarter miles from the town.
 You quit shoveling this ere ice off the side walk said an irate lad in turn up trowsers, to man who was clearing the bricks on Albany street; |" it aint yours" "Yes it is,' was the reply. and I will clean it." "WeIl, if God didn't mean there should be slidin' on the walks, what did he put 'em outside and snow 'em all over for y was the clenching logic of the boys retort.
 The body of travelling pedd!er has been found near Calvary cemetery bridge, Queens county, N. Y., mysteriously murdered by some person unknown.
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