Litchfield enquirer., 1864-02-04

The Lewiston Suspension Bridge across the
 Niagara River was blown away by severe tgale of wind on Monday. This bridge was tl,o45 feet in length and was suspended by ten
 massive cables, which passed over stone towers land were fastened to anchors imbedded in the solid rock. It was considered finished speci- men Of workmanship, and it's perfect safety
 was never called in question. Its location,
 however, exposed it to the full sweep of the
 wind.
 I THE NEW CALL FOR TKoors.-The Tribune says:
 Once more the country hears from the
 Presdent a summons to arms. A draft ;s or. tdered for 5000 men to serve three wears n, dnring the war. to be made on the i(th of
 March next ensuing. So many as may have been enlisted or drafted before the lst of March, not heretofore credited, will be deduc. ted in other words, the draft is for so many men as shall not have been raised by March
 lst on the last call for 300, ,0oO: and for 20O,- 900 more."
 All of the New York papers take the same ground as the Tribune. that the call of the President includes the 30Oe00 now being raised. If this is 80, there should be no draft in Connecticut.
 l FnE IN MAacHEsfER.-The paper mill near
 Manchester Centre, owned by Charles Buncs
 but leased and operated by Case Bros, vas
 entirely destroyed by fire Monday afternoon.
 The fire originated by accident in the loft
 Loss of Case Bros. ..on paper and stock, about
 Sl500-no insurance. Loss of Mir. Buuce, on
 mill andmachiuery not given--probably 5000
 to s30so. i~*
 PHYsIoLoaIcAL PHENoaENoN.-The N. Y.
 Post has the following interesting item |" A lady of this city, noted for the acuteness
 and accuracy of her observation of life and
 society, bears her testimony to remarkable physiological fact owing tomoral causes, which , is worth stating for the purpose of its being verified. She affirins that of the births taking place ia this city. those which occur in fami. , lies whose attachment to the Union is decided
 and zealous are mostly boye, while in fami. lies in which there is decided sympathy fol
 the secession cause they are girls"
 THE SITUATION AT CHArTANoooA.--The Nashville Union of the 23d inst says " We have conversed with several persons who Jeff
 Chattanooga day before yesterday at noon
 and from them learn that the pleasent weather
 is giving cheerful aspect to the camps, and that the peculiar mud of that region is drying up with unprecedented rapidity. The mple !, tion of the railroad and the approaching solid ity of the soil, will render campaigning feasi ble in very brief period."
 The following notice, written by the school master was recently posted on the door of a school-house near Frankfort, Ky.
 NoTIss.-No swarin, kursin, or running a bout luse or hollsrin in this scule."
 A new gunboat, the |" Ouachta," has just
 been completed at Cairo. She is an iron clad,
 but differs from other craft of that description
 in retaining her cabin and upper works entire
 Her batteries consist of howitzers and Par
 rotts, and are in such a position as to com mand the banks of thu river and enable her
 crew to engage rebel batteries at almost any : point upon equal terms.
 A movement is on foot in several counties } in the State of New York to erect monuments
 to the memory of ths brave men who have
 fallen in defense of our common country since
 the commencement of tho war. It is the in. } tention 1.-the grateful and patriotic men and , NOiEcu NilO ttahS ShC lCou III iAuulDi0 Gu- terprise, to put up in each town shaft o marble containing the names of the gallant
 men who have died in the service. } Since the capture of Little Rock, Arkansas three full regiments of 1000 each have been raised and put into the field two other regi- n2nts gro filling up; home guards organized to the namber of 800 to 1000; in addition it
 is estimated that 2,000 Arkarsas troops arc in I.lo # fn, Gtn{o onI I,ho 200 contrabanis are being drilled in Little 7 Rock and Pine Bluff The whole number oI f volunteers since Oct. 10th is put at 6 .0OO. 7 Hon. E. W. Can't of Arkansas, late gene
 ral in the rebel army. made speech to large
 audience in Cooper Institute hstAight, in tbt : course of which he said:
 - But let us not abuse each other; let US gc l. ahead to uphold the flag all over the land, ane
 when that is done, let us remove the caEse o : the war. Negro slavery is the disease. Le :; US treat that. A man comes to quack doc F tor with nail in his arm. The doctor poul ;, tices both ends of the arm and puts poultice
 on the patients back, but never draws out th l. nail. And that is the way some would Urea |. this national dsease. But we have suffere, N terribly Gt the South, and all our sufferipgs an, depriyations can be traced to negro slavery ana we afe OSterfninSu to e1tifpSlS lL forever LOhssrs.l do not care what we are called have got past that You never can hav C peace while slavery exists.
 ]. Since the question was submitted to the or
 bitramens of the sword, and the abolitionist! have let us alone, another party come and say ' you shall have slavery whether you want it o : not. The moment the abolitionists ceased r. talking about it, the peace at-any price party
 took it up and said you shan't come back with ' out you have slavery. This is the way those e people reason. We have got to start lift }. anew; we want peace; we want peace that
 is permanent. You have not felt the war a. Q we have. Our land is waste, and our childrel ], are nearly upon the point of starvation there fore it behoves us to look about and see if W, y can avoid this trouble in the future. We knov j. we cannot have permanent peace while negr' y slavery exists.
 Il The Washington Sta, says that official l. place little faith in the excuses of the Rich :, mond papers that Alexander H. Stepn-nss 5 i'll in Georgia but on the contrary, have reaso t to believe that he has abandoned tho rebellio 2 because of quarrel with Davis, and is there - fore remaining away. e E,e s s A WONDER FOR THE WoRKsHoP.-The ms
 chanic, of whatever kind, should always hay o& h1- knr of facI