Litchfield enquirer., 1863-10-08

of q serious mistake at one of our seaside re- treats; by taking the chair made vacant by q newly married man, whose wife had also gone away temporarily. An instant after the l. dy returned, and mistaking the stranger for her husband, lovingly encircled his neck with he, dewy arm, gave him an atfectonate kiss, and remarked. Come, darling, is it not about time to retire 7 He did not faint and the darkness concealed his blusher, Of course the shock was very severe and dangerous, but he is ex pected to recover.
 The army correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial gives less gloomy account o the battles in Georgia than by other cores pondents. He says that our loss in artillery and baggage is greatly exaggerated that all our divisions fought fell ; that the army was drawn up around Rossvlle on Monday in gooC order, awaiting an attack, but that the enemy declining to offer battle, we fell back and took up a strong position around Chattanooga that our soldiers are in good spirits, and tha, there is no lack of guns, ammunition or pro. visions.
 The New York Commercial Fort Monroe letter states that deserters report the whole rebel army going South. This gained strength from the statements of party of our men who had lescaped from Belle Isle and came in. to Williamsburg, to General Onderdonk, con- mandng the cavalry at that advanced post on the Peninsula. Troops were known to be moving in large numbers through Richmond, and going Southward.
 A Bashful 1okel was paying his addresses tos gay lass of the country, who had des- paired of bringing things to crisis. Yoke called one day when she was alone at home After settling the merits of the weather, Miss said, looking slyly into his face
 dreamed of you last night
 Did you? Why, howv
 es, dreamed you kissed me-
 Why, nowl what did you dream your moth
 'Oh. dreamed she wasn't home.'
 A light dawned on Yokel's intellect, and di rectly something was heard to crack-perhaps Yokel's whip and perhaps not-but in a mon u more they were one.&c.
 A little fellow, ot more than five vears al, hearing some gentlemen at his fathers tab discussing the familiar line An honest man, the noblest work of God" said he knew it wasn true his mother was better than any mar that was ever made.
 A friend writing to Boston editor iron Nebraska says of prices Think of flour be ing % per barrel. butter l0c per pound, chick ems Sl per dozen. eggs sc per dozen, the bes ot beef 6c per pound. and wood $l 50 per cord It IS country flowing with milk and hone, to be had for the asking.
 The Winstsd paper impudeutly pub fishes the following, among the marriage no tices, in it's last weeks issue:
 "Married.-At the. Methodist Church, in thi village, on Tuesday evening last, after pain fully protracted prayer, by Rev. F. A. Spen cer of Terryville, Captain Charles L. Hosford ant Hattie I. Pierce both of this place."
 It would require Q series of protracte, so nethings to convert the editor of that pape to sense of decency. Recorder.
 SOLID MEx.-New Jersey is some" o, solid men. The grand jury ofthe present tern of the Burlington county court, twenty y-fou men, selected promiscuously. weigh m the az gregate 5,876 pounds an average weight of A pounds to each man. The lightest one weigh 2l0 pounds, and the heaviest one 276 pound. That so many weighty men should have bee collected in this manner is little singular. f Brick" Pomersy, of the La Crosse (Wis. Dcmocrat, is responsible for the following = me most trusting woman in La Crosse i one who says she trusts her husband will hay ms neck broke or be killed in some of hi e ufuhken spress. There's an angel for you. j. A gergeously furnished drinking saloon u hnu aaa'ai9ased advertisement of the railroa, b 70 nell Fare as low and time quicker 1tha1 os any o1ner route. Tickets ten e nts