Litchfield enquirer., 1864-05-19
WHOLE NO. 2O35

How TEcuMsEH WAS KIILED.-The Western HChristian Advocate of this week contains an
 obituary notice of Isaac Hamblin, ST., who
 died at his residence near Bloomfield, Ind, 6 flew months since, aged s6 years. MT. Hamb- lin was man of deep piety and unquestiona. Eble veracity. He was in the battle of the EThames, and the writer gives the following as $his statement in regard to the manner in which 8Tecumseh was killed: He says he was stand. Hing but few feet from Col Johnson when he Efell, and in full view, he saw the whole of thas #part of the battle. He was we'll acquainted Ewith Teeumseh, having seen him before the kwar, and having been prisoner IT days, and Ereceived many cursing from him. Hethinks that Tecumseh thought Johnson was Harrison, Eas he often heard the chief swear he would Ehave Harrison's scalp, and he seemed to have Fla special hatred towards him. Johusons horse Sfell under him, himself being deeply wounded;
 in his fall he lost his sword, his large pistols Ewere empty, and he was entangled with his Ahorse on the ground. Tecumseh had fired his Eri1e at him, and when he saw him fall, he S threw down his gun and bounded forward like Su tiger, sure of his prey. Johnson had only sside pistol ready for use. He aimed at the #chief over the head of his horse, and shot near Ethe centre of his forehead. When the ball Hstruck. it seemed to him that the Indian jump- Bed with his head full fifteen feet into the air. SAs soon as he struck the ground, little SFrenchman ran his bayonet into him, and pin- Hned him fast to the ground.
 A No CANCELLATION WANrEp.-A copy of c Eprinted circular, signed by a leading citizen Hof Charleston, s. C., has recently been found #among papers captured in Tennessee. It is @dated Nov. l9, 1860, and purports to emanate Efrom 'the 1860 association" formed for the &purpose of promoting secession. It details its Hmethods of operation, states how many pamph- Elets 1t has issued, and adds:
 H "Ihe conventions in several of the Southern Estates will soon be elected. The North is pre- kparing to soothe and conciliate the South by &disclaimers and overtures. The success of kthis policy would be disastrous to the cause of Msouthern Union and independence, and it is Enecessary to resist and defeat it. The assoeia- Stion is preparing pamphlets with this special kobject Funds are necessary to enable it to Naet promptly.
 E A WEDDING RING IN PorAro.-The Ayr4- Sshire Express says that housewife in town, Mwhile preparing some potatoes for dinner some @day this week, found in the center of one of &tsem, to her surprise and pleasure, 0 gold we'd Eding ring! As the potato was perfectly sound, Ethe ring, which probably found it's way to the soil in manure, must have been enclosed by the stuber in the progress of growth.
 H The absence of any recognition of God by the constitution has often been remarked upon
 and deplored by many Christians But the most singular reason for this omission is to be found in a book recently published, entitled
 ''Christian life and character of the civil insti Etutions of the United States" It is medley E of anecdotes among which its stated that Rev. ADr. Miller said to Hamilton after the adoption Eof the constitution, "we are grieyed that 1t has
 no recognition of God or the Christian reli gion" E'I declare" replied Hamilton, "We forgot Hit."
 N great outcry has been made over the aban- &donment by the Union forces of Little Wash- Sington, N. C., and stories told of the destruc- ,Etion of millions upon millions of property. A sHdispatch from Baltimore says this is gross @exaggeration. The village was small, never Ehaving more than 2000 inhabitants, and as it @was built entirely of wood, no such loss is Epossible. The sensation news here alluded to Hsays that ''Four thousand Union troops sud- Edenly evacuated this Gibraltar of America in Ethe face of seven companies of Rebels, leaving
 5the entire Union population of the city to the K tender mercies of the enemy, after burning l. Nther houses over their heads and leaving them fl without mouthful of food, or 50 much as . ' bed to pillow the heads of the sick and dying" sEOf course there can be no substantial truth in E such highly colored picture.
 & The Richmond Examiner thus winds up sn | editorial fully justifying aud glorifying in the A massacre at Fort Pillow :-"Repeat Fort Pill
 low, repeat Plymouth few times, and we shall
 bring the Yankees to their senses and, what is even better, our Government will rise to 8proper sense of it's position as m organ of . = anation, and no longer act as ifitWere the junta q of set of revolted prisoners" The Enquirer finds no evidence of massacre at all, and refeRs to the Inequalities extended to Gen. Chalmers Hb by the officers of the steamer Platte Valley ss
 nr hof n1fro nnoItf al hA
 editor adds that ''a negro ct $5,OOO is tso vel
 uable to be shot. .-
 A call is published for peoples convention,
 to meet at Cleveland, O., May 31st, to consult
 in respect to the presidential election. The first signature is B. Gratz Brown, Mo. The
 other A names, except that of ex.Gov. John
 3ston of Pa., are not prominent in political cir
 cles.
 At the New York Fair-Sc0ne Very pretty
 girl pinning bouquet on Young Swelps coat.
 Young Swell-s'Twenty- five cents for the bou-
 quet, I think you said; here's @ two-dollar
 greenback." Young lady-"Yes; twenty five
 cents for the bouquet dollar for pinning it
 on your coat, and seventy-fve cents for the 3pin. Can't show you something else!" A LETTER has been received from Adjutant John B. Clapp, of the Conn., 16th regiment, (of
 Gen. Wessells',) dated at Marlborough, N. C.. HAprll 2oth, saying the regiment were then De-
 ling taken to Americus, Georgia. He said he
 had been treated well, but gives no informa-
 tion concerning other members of the regi-
 ment.
 A LETTER is published from Secretary Well
 les to Secretary Stanton, dated Sept. IT, 1863,
 nforming the latter of the building of the re-
 bel ram Roanoke (which has just committed
 such havoc in North Carolina waters), and
 telling him that the Navy had no iron -clads of Flight draft enough to go to and destroy the
 Tram. He therefore urged the war department
 to send aa expedition to destroy it, or to so Hobstruct the river with piles and torpedoes that it could not get out. The navy depart
 ment is, therefore, not responsible for the
 damage by the Roanoke. q The investigations into the currency bureau of the treasury continue. $. M Clarke and 3 Ndctecive Baker have been examined. The Hlatter had taken the dispositions of ten wemen
 lemployed in the department, which are said o not to be fit for publication. There is . rumor Il that members of Congress have got places in Nthe department for bad women, recommending Il 3them to Mr. Chase. The correspondent of the %Repu51ican remarks on this:
 "After the scene on Psnusy lvsnia avenue :.l,1