Litchfield enquirer., 1862-02-06


 The Washington correspondent of the Cb~s. naerciol Aduerfiser says: Many predict the re. signation of Secretary Wells, but your corres. pondent has assurances that he will not resiRp. es were he to so it would be an admission that he has done wrong, which he denies." We have 1 felt assured all the time that Mir. Weles would not resign. The Presidents confidence in his
 integrity, and the high estimate which be cher. ishes of the ability and good judgment of ths Secretary, as manifested in his official position 3 would alone be sufficient to prevent q resivna. ton. Besides, MT. Welles would not do an act
 which he IS aware his interruptions malRners have labored so hard to accomplish. The Conn. try cannot afford to lose the valuable services of Mir. Welles, and we feel glad to receive ths F above assurances that he will not resign.
 MT. Welles is not the only public man who
 has been obliged to pass the ordeal of foul and malicious islanders; the virtue of such men as
 he cannot be tarnished but will shine the bright I CT for the polishing, rough though it may have
 been.-Courdnt
 : WHAr's IN NAME ?-Trinity Episcopal Church, Trenton, N. J., has lost two rectors
 since the commencement of the war, both have gone as chaplains. It is . singular fact ihas !, they both bear martial names, the one being Rev. Mr. Camp and the other Rev. Mr. Drum. min.
 A subscriber to moral reform paper called as the post.ofice the other day and inquired if The Friend of Virtue had come. "No," said the postmaster, " there has been no such Person here for long tims."
 The Binghamton Republicas is constructing new dictionary. It defines Mana generic term, embracing woman." If this is . sample, the new dictionary will be comprehensive enough at least.
 A NEW DopGE.-The Hartford Courant re. lates that a stranger presented himself to one of the merchants of that city, whose name ap- peared upon the drafted" list and announced
 that he had noticed the fact and being perfect ly willing to do duty, had caused the name to be
 erased and his own placed instead. The inter view concluded by present of pair Of boots from the drafted man to the subtitute. The
 merchant was little surprised on inquiry to
 find the name still on the roll, his boots given 5 away and himself "sold,"
 Mir. Weed, in his last letter, dated London, F Jan l2, says :-
 7 After breakfasting this morning with Mir. EL-
 lice, where, as usual, there was much talk ab0as
 American affairs, went to the great American
 banker George Peabody. Esq. who retires from
 business before long, and is endeavoring to do . good with his large fortune. While, of course, am not at liberty to speak of what is to remain
 sealed, may say that he is just now maturing
 a plan for disposing of $5Oo,O0O in a way that, should the opportunity be afforded, will prove permanently precious to the unfortunate and
 destitute of London, and beneficial in other and important respects.
 The only member of the Wiseousiu LegisIa-
 ture. who is native of the State, is Frederick s. Ellis, who was born at Green Bay, 32 years e ago. He is "the oldest inhabitant" !" n fact, of Wisconsin, having been the first Nkits eAild borp
 there.
 Omnibus qude prosunt sequim,r," or Eve e labor for the good of a," is the inscription on
 one of the chime of bells given by Dr. J. c. Aver
 X Co. to the City of Lowell. That favored
 place may have the bells, but they cannot mo. nopolize the Doctors skill which is made avaia-
 ble by his Cherry Pectoral and Cathartc Pills to all alike-not only in this country, but in all . countries where civilization and commerce have gone. While we admire the liberality and taste of those gentlemen in such donation to their native town, we will remind our reader of the halowing influence chime of bells spreads over
 the whole community that hears them. They :, are few in this country, and their influence is little known, but ask the exile from his home in
 Germany, France, England, whether the chime on Trinity Church does not make his heart leap into his mouth, and his eyes swim in the recol.
 lection it brings of the solemn notes his child. hood, bis boyhood, aye, and his manhood loved
 to hear at the soft approach of evening in his na
 tive land.
 We wish our generous townsmen whom God has blessed with means would consider whether we too cannot add this one more attraction to- , make our children and ourselves love dearer and
 stronger and longer the place we call our home. l-lM1dison, Ind. Banner.
 ,i KIrING ExrRAoRpINARY-The Washington Republican gives the following account of plan
 rasorted to with success by rebels in lower Mary. n land. in communicating with their friends across n the Potomac, without being detected: n A large kite is made, and instead of paper is
 covered with oiled silk. so az to render it imper~
 vious to water. The tail is formed by folding le. ters or newspapers together, and tying them with . a loop knOt-each letter, or perhaps two letters g together, forming bob. When the tail is as
 heavy as the kite can conveniently bear up un.
 der cord long enough to reach about two thirds of the way across tie river isattached and the kite raised in the air. Afer the kite has ex.
 hausted the string, or has reache certain height,
 the cord is cut, and the concern, gradually dc. scending, is borne by the breeze to the Virginia shore, where the bo5s are taken of by those in ) waiting, and new ones for their sympathizing
 friends in Maryland tied on in their stead. With
 the first fas orsble wind, back comes the kite to the Maryland shore, and vice uars0.
 Who HELpED THE ssMrRA2-We gre informed
 that Messers NJ. & E. Copel & Co. commission
 merchants at St. Pierre, Martinique, were agents for the pirate Sumter during her stay in that port, furnishing her with coals and supplies, and giv. ing her all the aid in their power. Our infor. mant thinks that loyal American shipmasters should know this fact and bear it in mind when visiting St. Pierre.-Roston Daily Advertiscr.
 It has been discovered that the Secessioni.ts have been running an express from Olney, III, to Grayville, thence down the Wabash, across the Ohio, and through Kentucky to the rebel lincs The United States Marshal of the South. ern District of Illinois, arrested, last Tuesday. number of those who had been engaged in this contraband express business Their names and occupations are: R. W. Buckels, merchant; J. Riggles. grocery keeper; Thomas O'Leary, liv. cry stable keeper; George Matthews. stage dri. ver w. M. Smith, loafer These were of Cray. tille, H., and were trying to send south machin- cry for the manufacture of paper. There was also lady arrested, who has been very active traveller for some months on reasonable busi- ness The prisoners are on the way to Fort Warren. -7-~---..-----v-,
 concurrent resolution has been adopted in the California Legislature, pledgine the State to assume it's portion of the National tax.
 Among the dead of the last year in Hartford. are the names of Silas Andrus, Charles J. Russ, \ Mrs Galeh paud Afra Ia-.. M n.... R..-