Litchfield enquirer., 1861-02-28

regarded as the signal for general dispersion of the troops, and the abandonment of unneces- sary defences, which have practically closed Charleston harbor.
 MT. Buchanan seemed to have the happiest faculty of muddling everything he puts his hand to. A welEarranged programme for the celebra- tion of Washington's Birthday at the capital had been prepared, including military parade.-
 The Presidents fears were so played on that ne countermanded the order for the appearance or the troops. Then an indignant protest was made from the other side, and he feVoKed ms countermand. The consquence was an upse1ng of the arrangements, and disjointed parade
 m% "Nobody ever lost anything by love" said sage-looking person "inat not true'
 said lady, who heard the remark, Tor once lost three nights sleep"
 nes. The good people of Granby gave an |" old folks" ball at the Franklin House, in that town. on Thursday evening last, which was at tended by some 200 persons from that and the adjoining towns. They were dressed in the cos- tune worn by their fathers, as far back as 776 i; and the garments, especially those of the ladies' formed a striking contrast to the present fash ions.
 1H- Another evidence of Floyd's treason has come to light; five companies of Government troops are stationed at Fort Randall on the Up- per Missouri, and it now appears that the ex-Se- cretary sold all means of transportation except enough to move one company, his purpose being to prevent forces from being called into action to interfere with his designs
 nea- It has been aseertained that Connecticut will neither gain nor lose, in Congressional re- presentation for the next ten years, as compared with the last ten. The "representive popula- ksor 70 kLo ynsx kcko sn e 401. Divide by 233, the number of Representa- tives fixed by the law of 1850, and we have 127,- 2l6 for the number of population entitled to one representative. As Connecticut shows 460, ,670, it is evident that we have so nearly enough for representatives, as to be entitled by the size of our faction over three, to have the fourth This is doing we'll; considering that Maine, Massachu- sets, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Minnesota will each lose one mem Der, and after 1863, and Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio will each lose two members and New York will lose three members. The total population of the United States, with the District of Columbia, and the organized territories is S1, ,241, IA.
 RkA- A German applied to Judge Lord of St, Louis for naturalizationpapers. The judge ask ed him whether he was a secessi0nist. and being promptly answered in the negative, explained that he had granted naturalization papers to a man who had solemnly averred that he was at tached to the Constitution and laws of tue United States," and that on the following morning. he found the fellows name at the head of lot of to break up this Union. As long as be was on that bench, he said such fellows would get no papers in his court.
 A letter from Charleston ts the New Orleans Delta gives the following item of the expense to Snru rpoA f1,n os1 of Eork gun fired from Fort Sumter costs, op an average, thirteen dollars. Every gun fired by the State will be ap average expenditure of nine dollars. A prominent officer of Fort Moultrie informs me that, by a close calculation, it has been ascer- taned that when it's batteries open, tke cost per diem to the State, nt that fort alone, will exceed Sl5OOO. Pretty heavy, that. But this is the surest way of mastering the fort, and we had bet fer spend money than lives in its acquisition.
 Bay letter received in Boston from Missis- sippi shareholder says:
 '' You can form no idea of the madness which prevails here, nor of the distress among our peo- pie. Our country is almost destitute of meat and bread, the poor are accomplishing upon our hands, and where all this is to end God only knows. Our State has seceded-gone out of the Union. She has no credit-must resort to direct taxation, which the people will resist, and then comes the dreadful reckoning between them and the base rsscals, demagogues and politicians who have led them on to their ruin. But for my pre- perty here would leave at once. I stay to pre- vent cOnfscation, which will be resorted to against all nonresident property-holders.
 neA. Emerson Ethcridge of Tennessee declares that "whenever the Flag of my country floats there will go, aud I will cling to it in this dark hour of our peril, with all the sacred trust and confidence of an enthusiast clinging to his God p May God bless the Datriot
 Bat James C. Loomis of Bridgeport, stands pledged to his party that if he shall be elected Governor, not only will he, as Commander-in- chief of the soldiers of this Statc forbid them to the tide fEtheridge Johnson |" in the dark hour of peril, but he will them to stop the people of Massachusetts And this man asks the sons of Connecticut to vote for him !-Hartford Press.
 BeS~ Gen. Butlor of Lowell, Mass, was in Washington the other day, and during conversa- ton with Southern men, one of them. a Georgian, said ."I do not believe there is an honest man in Massachusetts" And moments reflection, he added: "l beg to assure you Mir. Butler mean nothing personal" The General respond ed: '' believe there are great many honest men in Georgia; but in saying SO. Sir, I do not mean anything personal"
 Worcester cerriage-maker, who emigrated to Florida some time ago, writes home descrip- tion of his treatment there. On one occasion he receive thirty lashes for being born in Mas sachusetts, and concerning the performing of that sentence he writes ;-" You we'll know that never was coward, and my steady nerves sav- ed me this time. at once drew my revolver and told the towards that though was not an abolitionist, should not deny that came from the old Bay State, and gave them to understand that the first man who attempted to lay a whip on my back should be shot on the spot" The towards backed down, and he was allowed to leave the state peaceably.
 n@. All accounts from England agree that the British manufacturers are greatly excited aad alarmed lest the supply of cotton should fail them from America "Cotton Supply Associa- tions'' have been formed for that plant in India, Australia, Africa, and elsewhere. The London papers report that an immense meeting was held at Manchester, January 22d, with reference to the supply of cotton. Among the resolutions adopted, one called for the raising of a million pounds sterling for the purpose in view. The utmost determination was evinced by the assem- bled multitude, which comprised large portion of the capital of the county of Lancashire to meet the emergency by making Great Britain independent of American growth cotton without delay.
 DG. There is c sublime insolence about John Chinaman, unsurpassed except by the seeding mutual admiration coterie now running the Southern Confederacy. Over the house assigned in Pekin to Mir. Ward the American Embas sador, the Chinese authorities placed the following in scription "Lent to American Barbarian Ward Tribute Bearer"
 D6- Major Anderson has informed Gov. Pick ems that he expects endorsements soon and should the vessel bringing them be molested, he will rage every house in Charleston, dislodge all the batteries on Morris and Sullivan's s Islaads