Litchfield enquirer., 1862-10-02

"s At Q late review in Berlin dragoon, ,sNh6 . glrths had given way, kept in the f6hks and f6dSs through tue manoeuvres without 6 saddle.a Tho, fact having come to the King knowledge, he said 10 ms aid-qe camps "Say nothing about it, gen tlemen.; if the Chambers were to hear of it, thev would strike out saddles from the war estimates'
 The republicans of Kansas held the,r State Convention on Thursday last, and nominated a full State ticket headed by Thomas Carney. of Leavenworth for governor.
 Gen. Butler, at New Orleans, has now onlv one commissioned brigadier general, Neal Dow who commands the forts below, and four acting viz, Col. Cahill of the 9th Connecticut, who commands at fort Parapet, Col. Birge, who com mands the forces at New Orleans and Aleiers. Col. Payne of the 4th Wisconsin, who com. mands at Greenville, and Col Dudley of the 3O.h Massachusetts, who commands the forces two miles beyond Fort Parapet. 7ssss-as.'-1s:. The Eagle arms company are making arrange. ments to concentrate all the branches of their gun manQfactory at Norwich. They have pur- chased the old car factory buildings, one of which is l5g and the other l9o feet front. The company have a contract with the government to furnish 25,Oe0 Springfield muskets. Of these 1000 will be ready for delivery by the lst of Oc- tober. From 300 to 500 men will be employed.
 The sen of William P. Handy of gairhsvsp. a little boy of five years deliberately laid hin- self down between the rails of the track near the Farhaven depot Saturday afternoon, while the five o'clock train passed over him. He was probably desiraasUf knowing how the cars look, ed in motion. -...... -.Fs
 The President has appointed Gen. Hooker q brgadler geneneral of the regular army, in recog- hilton of his valuable services.
 Gen. Reno's last words, before being carried away wounded from the battle field, were :- " Boys, can be with you no longer in body, but am with You in spirit. - They say Jeff Davis purchased an interest in the London Herald newspaper year ago. It IS drab full of matignancv towards the Union. The rebel Congress has becoms disgusted with the indifference of Euronean Powers to the fate of the Confedsracy, and passed resolution re calling the, vagabond Ministers Mason and Slidell. Tho Washington Star calls for arrests among the army of abandoned women at the National capital, who are corrupting the morals and de- stroying the health of the soldiers.
 An apple tree at Thompsonvills, Ct., which
 was ravaged by catpiars early in the season is, IT will have crop of fruit yst this season. A youngster in New Haven, few days ago stole from his fathers bureau drawer tho sum of Sl27, and skedaddled with it, and has not siucs been hearI from
 The literary societies of Yale College have | made great fuss for several years about John | C Calhoun, whether he belonged to this or that | society when in College. Tho tables are sorno.
 what turned now, each trying to shake their | hands clean of him and thrsut him upon the other
 Several boys have been practicing some shrewd games m New Haven. One of them casd ak the Post Othce for letters for the Tradssman'a Bank when, suspecting him, he was caught | through the window, and lis companion alter l wards secured. They have 'ried tho thing be- 1 fore; at ohe time taking She letters and sndsav-
 orlng to obtain reward. by stating that he found tlsGl on the -sidewalks
 IL is singular fact that the Union and rebel armies are now again and again fighting eat h other across the very spot in which John BrownS ! first Eiood was shed. No spot in Virginia has yet become so deeply dyed in the bIood of her
 sons as Harper's Terry.
 | Government complains that certain persona persstenty dirvert postage stamps from their legitimate purGbss by circulating them in pack ages, toge her with cancc,ed stamps, as currency lhis Is all offence to he punished. But where Is the new stamp currency so long proussd:- - Silver and gold we have none, and private phase teis are thing forbid.
 The editor of the Saratoga RcpubEican tells | the following at lis own expense Yester- day, wishng like others to eylnce our patro,isnl we Informed the six compostors in our office that il they wol.d enlist we would nay them 1 hall wages while they were gone to ihe war; l They replied. " That is more then we have ever
 had before, and the whole crowd enlisted. ' That's what's the matter"
 The following is ono of the many goed thines
 got of by Van Week, of the kinderhook Rough Notes:
 He that steals our purse steals posi1Os
 staanps-they'r re ours, they're yours, and have
 been slaves to thousands, end when they get I dirty, will do nobody no good but he that ap- propriates t. himself oar good name, takes two VS which we you'd like to see him get his sps
 cie on."
 Out of loyal population of not more thaa 1 l5o,O00, Western Virginia has furnished over
 l6,00O volunteers for the war. Considering how
 many Of the prominent men of Western Virgin
 have enlisted in the Rebel cause, this result is
 decidedly gratifying. '.N's' In the -ecsnt battles near Middlstown, Md,
 several Union shells passed through the house
 of a Union farmer. One lodged ia the bedroom
 of one of his daughters. but did not explode
 It is now the cliisf parlor ornament. a l The amount of legal tender notes printed for
 the Government to date, is Sl25,000,OOO and of
 these Sl0O0G0,000 are in circulatation.
 An Amazon cut West, in describing her run. -away husband, says: Daniel may be known
 by scar on the nose, where scratched him."
 PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.