Litchfield enquirer., 1863-05-14
Interesting Items.

i A joker, on hearing that certain persons were mutilating the copper cent by cutting out
 the head and wearing it as a breastpin or badge, at once suggested the following deini- hilton " CopperAead-O One who outragss ,hs good sense (cents) of the naiion."
 General Burnside has taken in haad the Knights of the Golden Circle. Tho Trovi- dence Journal hopes le will make than Knights. of the Hempcn Circle.
 The New York Irmcs is now printed upoa. paper imported expressly for its uss from Bel, gum. It was bought for and n cents .. pound and at the time when the extortionats paper makers in this country were charging 27 and 24 cents. This goes to show that the iu- famous combination of paper ak-rs was to- :. tally uncalled for If rags ar. scarce here. they cannot be very plenty in Belgium and | the item of labor in paper making s ol 10. great nee ount. The Times has paid the gov . ernment S4,5Oo for duties already received. Tie commissioner of internal revenue has made the following decision: Where hus-
 band and wife live together. and their taxable
 income is in excess of $500. they will be enti-,
 tied to but one deduction of 5000, that being
 the average fixed by law, as an estimated com--
 mutation for the expense of maintaining . family. Where they live apart they will be
 taxed separately. and be each entitled to de-
 ductlon of $500.
 "Dixie," the Richmond correspondent of the
 Jackson Appeal says, that as a matter of par.
 donable curiosity, he asked U fashionable tailor
 what he would charge for plain suit of black; clothes, to which he n,eekly replIej. S25o. A disastrous pond freshet at Oil Crock, Pa. on Thursday, caused loss ,f from 1000 10 10000 barrels of oil.
 A fully developed case of hydrophoLia has been cured in Brooklyn, N. Y., by the simple application of wet cloths on the back of the neck and along the spine of ths patient. In apportioning ths draft, credit will be giv. en to each state for the number of troops sl. ready furnished, but three years men will bs
 taken as the basis. Thus three regiments of two years men will be considered as equiva-
 lent to only two regiments, and four regiments
 of nine months to one regiment of three years'
 men. The quota for Connecticut is moro than | full.
 1 The Saratoga Sentinel announces the opsu- ing of Union Hall on the first day of June, fortnight earlier than usual. The Sentinel, on the basis of last years facts and figures. pre. diets an immense season for 1863. The whole number of visitors for the entire season Oflse2
 was some thirty thousand.
 Charles Gates, of Lebanon. N. n.. has . full | blood Spanish merino back. upon when . I fleece thought to weigh 25 pounds. He ha9 | been offered and refused $500 for the animal. 1 s;ster of Gen. Hooker, the wife of Rev. 1 M f. p. Thompson. of Cincinnati, died sud-. denly in that city recently. E
 Robert Small. the colored man whe nn away from Charleston with the steamer Plant If inc fleet into the harbor of Charleston da. r;no the late attack. Bob is said to bs man of astonishing coolness, bravery and daring.
 lis proposed to gather the Union men of New Hampshire in mass convention at Con. cord, on the lTth of Juno. It will probably be the largest gathering ever assembled in that state.
 No MrsrAKE.-Generals may make sad blunders in the field but it does not necessa- rly follow in so plain q thing as the purchasing of clothes, that we should initiate their exam- pie, especially as we have but to visit the cloth. ing warehouse of BALDWIN 6 Co.,. 70 and Is Bowery. N. r., and make our selections rom one of the largest, most fashionable ana cneap. est stocks of ready made goods n the clsy;;E We can say that lie who wishes 70 rePsn'ss s'' wardrobe need make "no m'staks ~ nAle Ma ss the clothing line gratided at figures that win satisfy him. nlks There are 500 cases of measles In tho httls town of Bslchertown, Mass.
 !. A .h;l,, weiahiur lsx x pounds, vas beea c New Bedford . iew dAys since,