Litchfield enquirer., 1863-06-04
Interesting {. Items.

ImIGEC8QHm8 1tCH4Ss 2 The New York Pest says :3"The impression that prevails in some parts that New York State wss deficient in her responses to the va riOus calls of the President for volunteers is ineors.ct We have the best official authority f0s the statement that New York has furnish. a its ptuper quota under every call.
 A correspondent of the New York Tribune, describing the duels of the sharpshooters on the Rappahannock, previous to Hookers ao- v1nce. says: .ssesj..
 At one time during the day in pit near at hand, heard . rebel snap his gun several times but it missed fire. much to his disgust. fSr rnnld bear him swear when it failed to 10 oif. One of oar men, amused at his per- plexisy. called out
 Hello. reb.. where did you get your porous
 .sTheyre Northern Copperheads.' was his quick response"
 Ax OLp womAx's wErcoxs TO rHs FLAG A letter from Monticello. Kentucky, speaking sf the insnner in which the people received our troops in their recent advance on that place, says: !. One old lady, mic beyond this place. said, as she saw our columns rushing on after the rebels When I seed that old flag esmin', I jist throwed my old bonnet on the ground and stomped it."
 Several forged drafts. signed F. c. Adams of Chicag,, and drawn on Thompson Bros. of New York, were detected on Thursday. inclu- ding one of $4, 300 received from Washington. Messrs. Thomson say they have seen $20, ,000 of the forged drafts thus far. coming from Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. Ihey suppose the r0gues are now at work slsewhsfs. ~
 While Mrs. Lane was driving from Bloom iugson. H.. to her home few miles in the country. couple of farmers dogs frightened her team, fhe driver was thrown out, and Mrs. [. in attempting to jump was caught by her clothes. dragged nearly half a mile and was found shockiagiy mangl.d, literally torn to pieces and dead. ,s -esg
 While Horace H. Holden was blowing on his farm in Gill. N. H., few days ago, one of his oxen suddenly disappeared below the sur- faee Of the groand. nearly out of sight On ex animation it appeared he had fallen into cave with . passage leading out into the field. How 1t came there is mystery. and for what purposs 1t was excavated.
 One of the crew on New Bedford whaler was discovered, after a five months cruise. to be woman. She performed her duty well, but in a long chase af sr whales became exhausted and acknowledged. SEe had mar riei . man named Leonard, who left her. Ear ly in the war. she en.istesl and served fitep,, mouths in the army oi the Potomac before her sex was discovered. Her father is g respecta- bls jeweller in Philadelphia.
 Scurvv and Scrofulous Eruptipns will soon cover the bGxlies of those brave men wio are fighting their country's battles. Night air. bad food. and drenching rains will make sad havoc with the eirnngest, therefore let every man supply himself with HOlloway's Ointment, 1t is certain cure for every kind of skin dis ease. Only 25 cts. per pot. 2l5
 People offen prove the value of an individ- cal by imagining the sorrow they would realize in the event of his death. But nobody has doss this in regarl to F.B. Baldwin, the A No I cluthier, of 70 4 12 Bowery. N. York. be- cause that eminent parsonage is too precious Go the community. to render ths contemplation of his taking of anything but the m st soul narrowing oi agonies. The million who know Baldwin would rather that he should live on to . good old age. and leave worthy successor behind bim (if indeed that is possible) than anticipate the presence of the grim king where be is h0t wanted.
 MT. Byington. of Norwalk, who has been visiting the hospitals around Washington, makes the following suggestion which is wnr- thy of reme.nbrancs. Wounds induce an un- natural thirst, and bis hint should be acted on by sanitary committees:
 Let ms entreat all those who have sick or wounded friends in these Hospitals, (and those who have not and are able,) to send them Or onA ,.irr,, levers, rheumatism. to bear no proportion tu the asirst which tortured the days and nights of every inmate--a thirst that water does not assuage, while it is almost sure to produce bowel difficulties. It is vegetable acids they cravs-keep home your sweet cake and send oranges and lemons" p
 An English writer says, in his advice to young married women, that their mother Eve married gardener. It might be added that the gardener in consequence of his match 1ost his situation.
 Gideon Searl,s was arrested Friday at AL bany and held to bail in the sum of $t,0OO on the charge of attempting to influence Elias M. Bsstwick. . member of the assembly, by offer ing him $500 to vote for the Broadway rail- road bill.
 s. 1ue E0tu utAtu Md0SacnuSettS regiment re- turusd to Boston. Friday morning. This is the second return of the regiment after honor- ably and hravely serving it's two term of vol untser enlistment The men looked hardy and in splendid fighting condition. lt.is said large portion will re-enlist for the war.
 A young man advertises in a New. Jersey paper for | situation us son-in-law in a res,ec- table family. Would have no objection, he says, to going . short distance iuto the country.
 The War Department has issned an order requiring all ths abandoned rebel farms within Gen. Heintsslman's Department to be put under cultivation by the contrabands.
 The Kinderhook Rough Notes says that John Van Buren, son of the late ex-President Van Baren. has purchased the a'. Lindenwald'' property f.r $30.0OO. It is reported That he intends to retira from active legal pursuits, aud psyots his attention to agrlcnltnne-
 Edmund Blankman, one of the orators at the reesnt New York Vullandigham meeting. zas the husband of Fanny White, a brotlel keeper, who died about year since. leaving him . large fortune acquired in her business.
 George Francis Train and two associate rantera narrnwlv eacnned | mubbiDy ut PreS-