Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

Two members of the British Ministry, the Secretary of War and the Solicitor General have made speeches on thu American war Both defended the course hitherto pursued by the Govern ncnt and the continuance of strict neutrality.
 Two Herald correspondents, liar, and Hsa. dricks, wsrs gobbled Sunday. near Nesds's headquarters by Moseby's gusrrillas.
 A Madame Geraldinss Pilgrim Troupe" didn't make progress enough in Bridgeport to pay the printers bill a, the Standard office.
 A R.xARKABLE WoMAS.-Mrs. Woodward Hotehkiss, of Prospect, in this State, is in many respects most remarkable woman.-- She is now ninety-fCur years of age can read readily without glasses and possessss Q wonderful memory We doubt i. any woman in the State of her years Las borne 50 LsavSly the marks of time. Her faculties are appG- rcn:ly as acute as they were twenty years ngu. In conversation she is extremely interesting and will surprise the listener in -her recital uf events which ,ransrir-d |" in the early days oT the republic" Shs has knit, within q Ihor, i tune. eigh, pair of stocking. for the soiiirrs' and is still at work. A life ike hers-faH c; usefulness makes Us all wish for iis prolJu. gation. May it be these many lsng years.
 Chauncey Paul of Union, raised this sea son on onr-fourth of un acre of land. l5a bushels of onions. ariiing S225, or .$l 70 cents per bushri.
 The widow If Lorenzo low, the eccentric preacher, lisd 8. Montviils, on Tuesjay cf | last week.
 In Cullinsville, a, the Collins eomranyi wurks. with Edward Lamb for helper. L. T. 1 Richardson made from the bar l2OO0 bayonet blades in October. and challenges any man to lea it.
 l In this section of the state. aays the New Haven Register. almost every farmer has his SargLum .laich, from which be rralis-s
 ugh syrup for year's, consumption in the family. We have seen samples oi it equal to the best Porto Rico molassss, agains, which is must soon be powerful competitor.
 Gen. Alfred II. Terry. who has been on . brief visit to his family at New Haven, will sail for Por, Royal ou Wednesday.
 The Pans Aoaitsar pablish.s the remarEs oi the London Daily Nsrs. approving the ssiE- urs If the coufsderass rams, and there is other svidencs .oprovs that the French government regards the sending out ct ~a such vessels as . violation of international obli,ations. w. J. Florence. the actor. recently found in Liverpool pawn broker shop . magnificent watch set with psarls and diamonds, which was presented to his wifs by the people of St. L,u,s in 1854. and stolen from her room in Cincinnati in 1858.
 1 Voluntsers, attention l--For the derangs- ments of the system incidental to the change of diet, Wounds. Eruptinns, and exposures which every Volunteer IS liable to. thrrn are DO remedies s,i safe, convenient, and reliable as Holloway's Pills and Ointment, 70 cAs. pes box. -. ~ zvS | The great ram, Dunderbere, now being buils lin New YOrk, is 378 feet long. 6S feet vide, and 32 feet deep, with an arsnor 61 Feet thick 1 for,nsd of timber and 4 inches Of iron. One of her revolving turrsts will be armed with four heavy guns, and th other with six broad. side and two pivot guns. l. is expected that her speed will be sixteen miles on hour. A physician examining his student as to bic progress, asked him, should man fall into . will forty feet deep. and strike his head against one of the tools with which he had bsen digging what would be your course if called as q Sur. eeon The student replied. z I should adviss, them to let the man lie. and fll up the well r
 papa- Well sissy, how do you like your
 Sissy-' Oh, SO muts.'
 Papa- Thats right. Nov tell me all ycu have learned to day.
 Sissy-' have learnel the names of ail the little boyth.'