Litchfield enquirer., 1861-05-30

!. Army of the United States in the event of tn
 death of Lieutenant General Scott. When it il z understood that he is not much over thirty year of age his peculiar talents and services may b.
 better appreciated. Young men are needed fo
 such emergencies as the present.
 [ In the systematic, gradual but sure hemmins m Of his adversary, the genius of Winfield Scot shines in it's clearest ustre. It is said that on one occasion . remark was made to him respect ing this pecularity of his strategy and he play iuliy replied, " When am going to catch rat l-N r. Commercial
 Gen: Scott will be seventy-fve years old on the l7th of June.
 Gen. Cass is resolved, even in his old age, to die with harness on his back, and has mounted his old uniform, and reviews his troops, now con- gregatsd in Detriot, every morning. He has contributed out of his private fortune $25, ,O00 to the equipment of the Michigan volunteers, and $lo'0O0 to the support of their families during their absence.
 A Pensacola letter, published in the Mobile Register of the l4th, says:
 fresldent Davis and Brgadier-General Beau regard are expected here Saturday Exciting times for the next two or three days. The measles are thinning us considerably, by dis abling us. No deaths as yet"
 An amiable Southern gentleman writes to Boston friend as follows
 would not in the least mourn your loss, but would remember you in my prayers as re- member John Brown, beseeching for him and you alike the hottest corner of the hottest de- partment of hell, and the closest and most un- remitting attentions of the devil"
 The Rev. Isaac Roser of the Methodist Pro- testant Church, an old po:neer Methodist preach CT, who is now in the SOth year of his age. and Miss Sarah J. Chlds aged 90 years, were united in the bonds of wedlock, at Atlanta, Ga, a few weeks ago.
 Dr. Junkin, for more than twelve years past 1 the efficient and popular president of Washing ton College, Lexington, Virginia, has resigned his position since the secession of the State from the federal government. The Dr. is true Uni. on man.
 Somebody sends us an anonymous letter from Tennessee threatening to assassinate us for what we said of John Bell. We hope he won't. We want the use of the whole remnant of our three score and ten to repent properly of our vote for Bell last August. Louisville Journal
 The Louisville Journal has the following :-
 The two thousand cannon in the Gosport navy yard have been seized and appropriated by Virginia. They are all ritaed cannon.
 Why doesn't our friend John Bell come out with his corrected speech in Nashville? Has he partially forgotten what he did say? And is he prudently awaiting to have his imperfect memory refreshed or logged by the progress of political events?
 s,--.vrv u mask during the
 Iah1Au h1AutGIa3 Ga Canvass He has now thrown it of, but the face is worse than the mask.
 The National Intelligence doubts whether the Jeff. Davis confederacy will live long, Well, if it dies, it will die seized of very considerable property consisting of forts arsenals, munitions, revenue cutters, &c.
 A fellow attempted to pass himself off for Senator Benjamin, in Virginia, and came near getting his neck stretched on account of it-l Erchange. ,sz
 Pray how did the fellow enact the character of Benjamin? Did he steal something, and threaten law suit when charged with it?
 The correspondent of the Eoening Post shows that the Connecticut Yankees have not forgotten how to invent contrivances for comfort in camp:
 "I have just returned from visit to the two regiments of Connecticut troops They are en- camped out on Seventh street, on the right of the Park House, a mile and half north of the avenue. They occupy very fine position on slight eminence, which completely overlooks Washington, the Potamac and Alexandria, Both regiments are in camp and under strict dis cipline. No troops have yet arrived here so splendidly equipped as these two reg;ments.-- The first regiment brought on seventy horses. and baggage wagons to match. The second equippage of both regiments is in admirable or dor The cnokin0 atOvoa made of thick I sheet iron, and when not in use, boilers and utensils can be packed inside the stoves in small space. The canteens are made (invented for the troops by Connecticut Yankee, by the way,) that soldier can carry coffee, water and meat in one of them, and drink his two kinds of l liquids from the same use. In short, there is nothing wanting. These troops are equipped | for instant march into an enemy's country, and this cannot be said of any other troops here, un- less we except the regulars, and none of them are so handsomely equipped as the Connecticut boys"
 | "LEr US ALoSH."-The New Orleans Delta has long article to show that the South desires only to be let alone, and yet with the same breath it urges an invasion of Maryland!
 Major-General Butler is to concentrate the Massachusetts regiments into brigade. The cousolidation of these regiments will give him formidable command. It is understood that his first move will .ha to take Gosport Navy Yard, or destroy it.
 1 It is probable that Gen. Geo. B. McCelland will enteS W Western Virginia at the head of his Ohio and other Western troops simultaneously with any movement by Gen. Butler upon Ner- folk, ...-. -. ..~ .se
 MT. Buchanan has written to the Intelligence. He says:
 I Major Beauregard, when he discharged the first gun against Sumter, lighted flame which it will require long time to extinguish. The people of the North ct present are enthusiastic ally unanimous. They never were aroused un- Itil that shot was fired. often warned southern gentleman that this would be the inevitable re- suit. .
 II enjoy good health, and as tranquil spirit as the evils impending over my country will per nit | nA-The all-engrossiug topic, as we learn by lthe Pony Express of Saturday. in San Francisco \ continues to be the civil war. As each Pony Ex press arrives, and the news is received by tele graph, thousands of people copgregate in the streets and central localities continuing for hours discussing the points. The sentiment there is almost universal to sustain and encourage the Administration in its present policy.
 l -. There is priyatesring stock company in New Orleans, already organized, which is te have cash capital of two hundred thousand dollars. One-fourth of the amount has been subscribed, and the company hsye two Fessele