Litchfield enquirer., 1865-10-19

TIE DEATH or YANeAY.-Wm. l.. Yancey came to his death by violence. It was toward the close of the second session of the first Con feederate Congress that he broke from the .cQuu- sels and influence of Mir. Dav1s and became with Henry s. Foote, leader of the opposi tion. MT. Ben Hill, senator from Georgia, had likewise changed his front, and was re- markable for the earnestness, personal interest and 'persistency with which he sustained the measures of an administration to which his allegianoe had been given but late in the day.
 Mr. Yancey, it will be remembered, had re- turned from an unsuccessful mission to Flu rope, and was representing Alabama in the Confederate Senate. The question of navy
 was under discussion in secret session. The
 debate ranged beyond parliamentary limits,
 and Messrs. Yancey and Hill became animated
 over the abstract doctrines of State rights and
 the divinity of slavery, High words passed, and finally the lie was given by MT. Hill. Mr. Yancey leaned forward, and as he aimed a blow at his adversary, was caught in the arms of the latter, and thrown violently back over desk. MT Hill was man of wonderful muscular development. Mr. Yancey was new CT a very heavy, though 1.-the and active man
 In the fall his spine was seriously injured, and whsnthe bystandsrs rushed upon the two and dragged the one from the other, the great fire eater lay unconscious upon the floor, with g little trickle of blood oozing from his lips, He was carried to his hotel :, a5vote of secrecy was passed, and the encounter hushed up. No one in Richmond except that body of men knew of the, circumstance for six months after
 Meanwhile the Svictim did not recover. He dropped from day today, He became listless, hopeless and, vacant. He was transferred to his own home, where his convulsions ceased a few weeks before his death, which was tran quil and calm, ,;7-lN lNashvizlsr Banner, 7o. 6s,' E. qu isidt1G IL7 ' o5s s1to ! : -f901iseg4 9f' FEMININE GAMBLING.--In one Of my recent letters I spoke of gambling as one of the vices of our fashionable wome, and I have since learned that it is practiced in certain modish |quatters farsmore than I had supposed, In Fifth Avenue and Fourteenth and Twenty-third streets there are often parties Of ladies from
 which the opposite sex are re ssternly excluded where the fair gamesters play until daylight fot large stakes and it not unfrequently hap pens thatwhen their purses are ire depleted they put pp their bracelets, necklaces and watches as wagers, Some of. the feminine gamesters lose heavily and the desperate shfts7nno auu sion to their wardrobes- replace @ them, must bs fesaarafallyr demoralizngi A your young woman, the daughter of one of oura most opplent cit zensswas pointed out to me last Saturday in the Park, asa notorious gambler, by. one of her own sex, ,swfo iufornedme she had parted with nearly slOo,O0o since She went to saratos lgs, in July, and made herdoting papaS believe she had expended the sum in dress and charity. The young woman in question is very pretty, not more than twenty and no one. regarding Eherpale, spirituelle face, her soft blue eyes ndgsntle and reserved manner, would iu1ag- fns Chat She had fallen a victim to one of etRs most dangorous Of vicesaa!1S 7. Coz. ca! Csaa AlzJo gisass IF ,bing fs6g ii8@ 70 3gss e's fs. " slaa 44staed eianN ,r3aalsH dgssoJ s5,:
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