Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-12

4 A ,, A. HARD ONE ON NEW JERsEY.-0a a ter rible stormy nightin bleak December a United Suites vessel was wrecked of the coast of Jersey. and every person Save one Eweat down with the doomed craft This one survivor Ia Western gentleman) seized a floating spar and was washed toward the shore, while the innainerable kind hearted tools of the Camden and Amb0y Railroad clustered on the beach
 with ropes and boats. Slowly but surely the uhha ppy mariner tirifted to land, and as he exhaustedly caught at the rope thrown to him, the kindly natives uttered an encouraging cheer-s.Y GU are 'saved'a they. shouted you Are -saved-and must show the coilductor your ticket.'.s Wah the boiling surf about him and u Boating straw tickling his nose, the .lrowring nly fssstedtEe sefsatsSan 1aui him ashore. l'Stop ' said he in u faint tone. Fell inc where iam What county is ,his?' And they answered. New Ja,sey' Scarcely had lhe tlan,s been uttered when the wre1ched go the rope, eiaeuhling as lie did so, I su,ss FIl float u little further r. He was never seen again. tT''ss at.i q < ~
 An unusually intelligible strategcals writer. discoursina of the "situation'' nj Chattanooga, says that it is the policy of our generals to keep Bragg where he is, give him the cup of Sahalus, and roll hack upon him the stone of SiSyphus" The sriter is evidently preparing for t'olonelcy iu the Zouaves d 'Airique.
 Several specimens of copper ore have been taken from mine in Cumb ,rland. Rhode Is- land, which has been bought and worked by company of Capitalists. The copper ore is supposed to spread over a distance of 200 to IVY ''SUD''S'''"'a y,399 Qi 4soH .=.ip. .@ ssd8erg1 sd While the Masonic order in their gay rsga- lias were en route for Greenfield the other day. an inquisitive countrya,an at one of the stu ations, after eyeing ltis Knight Templars for few moments, inquireds with much con cern whether ailithenl' brigadier generals were going home on a furlaugh ?'.i. .t lo iiE'' v. 9 , "A Wit, upon leaving a. church where the psalms had been sung in, q very wearisome manner, observed to hisf companlop.r Now I know why Saul wanted to kill Dayid.'ao qra Our ''devil,'' is 'anp eccentric lad, and we have many a good laugh at his odd sayings. but could never determine whether his comical speeches were premeditated wit or only bun ders. For instance he is, or pfetends to be, very fond of smoking, and will stand for hours putting out great clouds of smoke, to the an noyance of every one near him. A compositor ventured to rerionstrate with him upon his ex, cessiveI use of tobacco. assuring him that the practice was very injurious to one so young, and recommending to him to abstain entirely from so filthy habitat least not to smoke all the while. Afer n moments silence a bright thought struck him, and ,withga bland look of comfortable satisfaction he proceeded to annihilate all his opponents argument with the following clincher: ".Ah. but you see, it's very seldom that smoke -aH tte time !' f"'
 One of the hands being sick, remarked to him. on coming rom dinner thatas J ------ was not able to work it would be necessary that he should set one column that afternoon. After smoking few whiffs in silent meditation he
 was resolved. and bringing his clenched right
 hand down upon his open left he exclaimed,
 with great emphasis, s"'Fll set n column this
 afternoor, if it takes me sir sceeks !i V ts' s -tfWestern eloquence continues to improve. A
 Wisconsin reporter sends the following sketch. A lawyer in Milwaukee was defending hand
 some young woman accused of stealing from .
 large unocenpied dwelling in the night time, and thus he spake in conclasion :iaiT9viiah baa eA Gentlemen of the Jury, Il am done.l W hen
 IIgaze with enraptured eyes on the matchless beauty of this peerless hyirgin, onsswhose res-i nlendent charms suspicion never dared to
 breathe ;i when Isbehold her radiant in this glorious bloom of lnstnous loyelinesss which on. selic sweetness, mightt,e envy but could not
 eclipsca; before which the starion the brow of night grows pale, and athe diamonds ot Brazil
 arr. dim and then reflect uponlthe utter mad
 ness and folly of supposiDg; that so much lbeaa1 lty would expose itself ftothetefrors of an emp
 ty building in the cold, damp, dead ot night,
 when innocence like hers is hiding itself amidst
 the snowy pillows of repose gentlemen ofthe isfy, ny feelings are are too oyetpowssihg for ex-
 Psession, and I throw her into your arms for
 proection against this foul charge, which the outrage malice of disapp oinfed sco1ndrel
 ms inyaehted 'as to blast the fair name of this ioyeiS maiden, whese smile shall De the Fe
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