Litchfield enquirer., 1862-07-17

DRAFTfNGs--We give space to o correspondent
in this days paper who urges the policy and
propriety Of drafting men who should 90 to the
war, nofe'.s oolens; but are aware that there are
serious objections to q forced levy, such that il
should he avoided if possible. As the World
well says II must not be said that we Of the
North have been compelled to resort to a draft
to Fill the lines Of our armies in the field. Lei
US have no unwilling soldiers in the ranks; thai
has been the browning shame Of the rebel con.
federacy. Let press and pulpit, all public and
all social influences be brought to bear before
the word "draft" is used. The blood of the ma.
| ton is again up, and little money combined
| with good deal of management must be made
to give the government all the men 1t will re-
quire." AL that is asked from this State is 5000
men-Asurely that number can be obtained by
proper management to volunteer. The pay OF
the State as well as the General Government is
| very liberal; but pay is not the right motive.
Those who 20 now will go from high patriotic
considerations. They will be proud to succor
| the gallant army of Mcclellan, to shorten the
| war, and conquer peace at the earliest moment.
1t should be remembered, also, that to volunteer
now will be to escape a draft hereafter and if
foreign war comes upon us through the failure
of McClellan's expedition, it will probably be
necessary to draft the whole male population of
the State to resist the enemy. Let all hands,
therefore, feel that they are vitality interested in
sustaining the Government and re Enforcing Nc
Clellan as soon as possible. Courant.
PERsoNAL.-Lieut. Wordin of the Monitor,
had a most enthusiastic reception at Grand Rap
IDS, on Wednesday evening, July 2. The e1er-
cises were ct Luce's Hall, which was tastefully
decorated. Lieut.. Wordin was introduced to
the immense company by P. R. L. Pierce, Esq,
and responded briefly to congratulatory ad-
dress. The most interesting incident is thus
described by the Eagle: "The feature of the
evening, and the best conceived and finest exc
cuted scene of the kind that we ever witnessed,
was next presented by thirty young ladies and
little girls, all Of whom were very finely attired
wreaths of flowers, tastefully arranged upon
their dresses and heads. This bevy of beauty
and loneliness, all unexpected to the majority
present, came upon the stage, the parties COM
posing it each having in her hand boquet or
wreath. or both. Of sweet flowers, and slowly
encircled the Lieutenant who had been seated
near the centre of the platform The ladies
then moved in single file slowly around the
hero, singing some beautiful lines prepared for
the occasion, welcome to the brave, a requum
for the dead, and prayer for the future of the
patriot hero, casting at his feet as they passed
him front, boquets, wreaths and garlands Of
lovely flowers, until he was half buried beneath
the sweet tokens of love-"
alt seems" writes Huntsville, Ala, CORES
pondent of the Nashville Union, " that the gal
liant soldiers about the city are finding crevices
in the stony hearts of Alabama's fair daughters,
Notwithstanding the contemptuous manner in
which they were at first treated. ! was shown
this evening o very neat residence formerly &C.
cupied by a disconsolate young widow, who
found much trouble in the management of a
handsome little estate and some twenty-five of
Gods images carved in ebony" A han lsome
young fellow from the Third Ohio Regiment was
placed at the widows door to afford her protec-
lion. She found him so faithful and manly in
the performance of his duty that she concluded
to interest him permanently in the estate. Ac-
cOrdingly, minister was sent for, and few Sc
ect friends, the lady's intimates and the sold
ier's mcssmatcs, were present to see the twain
made one flesh"
Prof. Lowe reached his home in Philadelphia
last week. He is laboring under o severe attac k
of fever, caught while in the marshes near Rich
mond. A few days will, however, be sufficient
to enable him to be out again. His balloons
are all safe, nothing being lost except two of
his gas generators which were lost near Me-
gainesville as they were too cumbersome to
remove in the retreat. The balloons are in the
hands Of persons competent to manage them for
the present Whea the fighting commenced up
on thursday ana FRIDAY, Inc observations made
were of immense value TO Gen. Mcclellan, show
ing where the advancing columns were coming
upon US. No observations were made after Sat-
urdaY owing 10 the moving of the army to the
James River.
A man in Hartford who had named his baby
i" Thomas II. Seymour went to the town clerks
office on Monday morning, and changed it. Any
name but that.
Cars have zone north from Hartford to bring
down the Vermont 9th regiment, the first full
regiment to respond to the new call for volun-
teers. Well done, Vermont-who will be the
next?