Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-03
Startling News from the Head ot @ Salt River

Salt River.
 BUFFER OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERS WAY u SALT RIvER,' TUESDAY NIGHT, Nov 3D. From the Binghamton Republican.
 Among the immense multitude present, wer Peter Cragger, Hora,io Seymour, Dean Rich mond, Jim. Thayer. Jim. Brooks, Ben. Wood Fernando Wood, Erastus Brooks, Washington Hunt, Vim. 5. Lewis, Joseph R. Flanders John Ganson, A. Oakley Hall, William Duer Lemuel Stetson. D. A. Ogden, Beuj. G. Fer lis, Sanford E. Church, Jim. Kyd. D. B. Sl John, Erastus Corning, A. J. Parker, Judg McCunn, Joe. Benedict, John J. Taylor. Mil lard Fillmore, Wn. F. Allen, Pat McGuire Michael O'Flanagan, George F. Comstoct lsaac Know nothing, A. s. Niven, John J Van Allen, Daniel Bookstaver, Frank kernar John Morrissey, and over ten thousand othe Copper heads of lesser note from this State They weut up Salt River on election day. il the steamer Foreign Intervention,' aud th copper-bottomed boats called Opposition Peace Olive Branch,' 'Nigger War, Grumbler,' Arbitrary Arrests. Office Seek err Democrat Southern Rig ghts,' and Con sttution Saver.
 Among the invited guests there, who hat previously gone up, Were Clement c. Vallan asgham, from Ohio, Bradbury from Maine Thomas Il. seymour from Connecticut Calel Cush ng, from Massachusetts, George w Woodward, from Pennsylvania, and George E Mcclellan, United States Army.
 The first dish brought upon tho table wa 1 FatIandigham P07.idge. ComStock, Elan ders, Niven, Van Allen, 1hayer. the Woods and 6rookses, seemed to relish this food. But Parker and Gov. Seymour snlelled of it, ana [ tnafa nf in1 A,J I their noses, and said it was sour, and not nea cat ot it, and declared they would never orLe such dish again.
 Buckeye Soup was next brought on. Ba no one tasted of it. Vallandigliam and s,ye ral others, declared this Ohio dish Was an in suit to the company, and had been smusge, in there by one Broush to injure their feelings Whereupon, Morrissey, Mcclure, and O'Flan agan, kicked the servants out of the room ro offering it to the guests; and swore that the would hrye killed every - tfa - c them, if they had been damned nagurs.' Bu as they were some of Seymour's Irish friends, they could go with their lives, and that wa all. ,
 Palmetto Soup, from South Carolina, wa announced. T.ls Was eagerly pal tlken of b every person at the table. They all praised it Governor Seymour said he had not tasted o so good dish since he dined with his friend Jef. Davis, ill 1850. Mor.i sey, Mcclure ant Q tlannasau declared it was bully soup But when Jlm fhayer said it was made by nigger,' every lrishman present jumped upo his feet, struck right and left, and swure it wa damned naour vltas,' and they would eat Il more of it. Jim Brooks interposed, and e1 piained that the 'nigger,' who made the soup Was a slaUe, and one of the house servants ( their friend Jeff: Davis: This quieted and Sal ished the Irish, and they then ate all ther was in their dishes; ant declared that vital cooked by Slace, though '.nagur,' was d good as if cooked by an Irish man.
 Nigger Steak from Mackerelvlle, and tn Five Points, Was next placed u on the ta ble. This was pronounced excellent OFlan agan and Mcclure said they knew it must D good, for it was cut from nagurs' they he!pe hung ill lhe July rots
 GansQn now asked Gov Seymour what tim, of night it was. But the Governor said h. was sorry he could not inform him, for he lief his watch with his nephew in New Jersey las summer, when he weut over to New York cit to talk to his friends. lest some one shout steal it.
 The Virginia Buzzards, sent up by Gevel nor Wise, were liked by most of the comps ny. Cotton Bread was the favorite food c some, particularly Caleb Cushing who cram med it in so iuriousy that cotton strings hun down from each corner of his mouth. The dish called Irish Stew was voracious ly eaten by the Brooks, and other oM Knou notbings, who declared it was political manud most miracuously furnished them by ths De mocratic party. They all said they wished they had been born in good old Ireland, s they could have eaten Irish Stews' all thei lives.
 About one hundred bottles of French In tervention' were now placed upon the table and Gov. Seymour read a note from Coun Mercier, regretting his inability to be presen, but he sent h:s compliments. and eypresse, the hope that Napoleon would soon intervene and send Minister to Salt River to represen his Majesty there. He said the Empcru would do this, although it was probable hi first Ambassador would be obliged to 2 round through the Southern Confedera cy t get there.
 This Intervention Wine was drank b every man in the company. most of whom said it was what they had long wished for and what the New York Democrats asket | Count Mercier to obtain for them as soon Q Seymour was elect d Governor last year. 1 A note was read from Lord Lyons, excusiu; his absence, by reason of the detention in Eng land of the rebel rams, on one of which he had expected to come. He said tho British aristocracy all hated Lincoln's Government and sympathized with Gov. Seymour and hi friends, as we'll as Jeff Davis, but the com mon people of the r>alm were opposed tt Slavery, and the British Government could on l ly aid the rebels on the sly
 Tine whole company rose up and gave thre. | cheers for Lord Lyons. nine cheers for Brit ish neutrality and nine !groans for Abraha,I | Lincoln.
 A servant inquired if he should bring i, any of Ihe Monroe Doctrine, and was knock ed down for mentioning disasrecable sub | ject.
 The health of Maxinilian, King of Mexico was now drank i; and many sad Monarcbia Government is preferable to any other. unIes. Democrats can rule and hold all the offices.
 Most of the lean gusts partook largely o dish called Constitutional Humbug. ol sConsti;utional Fnstan,' or the Union a. Il was under Buchanan ]; which the people had refused to swaliow-at the elections. Notification Jelly was a favorite dish with many of the company. Gov. Seymour said he partook of it because he declared in 1860 10 a Southern friend, Northern Demo- crats will go with Secessionists, if Lincoln should be elected, and help put down the Black Republicans He said this was all