Litchfield enquirer., 1865-11-30
MIsCELLANEOUs ITEMS.

statement of the Southern State (iegal debts prior to the war; place them at one un- dred and fifty millions. The most Of these bonds are held in Europe, and the prospect of payment, even of the interest, is small indeed Of these bonds, $2O 1000, 900 belong to Mssis- sippi. S9, 100000 to North Carolina, S5,5OO,- 900 to Loasiana, and S56,0Oo,OOO to Vir- ginia.
 The New York Herald is said to have en- gagged new corps of correspondents who are to reside in Brooklyn, and have the European payers sent to them from the office. Most of the Washington correspondents will continue to reside in New York, and prepare their dis patches in Nassau street, as usual.-SGturday Press.
 - Ger. Terry reports that 2,OOO rations are issued daily to poor white people of Richmond and only 200 to colored people. The number of blacks and whites in the city is about equal Which are best able to take care of themselves the reader can judge.
 A bouquet thrown to Laura Keene at the Louisville theatre contained six large dian. oud pendant from pair of small gold horse shoes, fashioned to fit ladys
 A good one is told of one of the wea lthi- est men of Columbus, Ga. After Gen. Will sons raid the gentleman was overwhelmed by his immence losses, and to a party he thus ex- pressed himself: Gentlemen. I'm ruined the hard earnings of years gone in moment My negroes are all gone, and all all in the world have to depend upon, is seven hundred bales of cotton
 A Cheshire auctioneer, while engaged in his vocation, thus exalted the merits of a carpet "Gentlemen an ladies some folks sell carpets for Brussels which are not Brussels, but can most positively assure you that this elegant article was made by Mr Brussels himself"
 THE catalogue of Wesleyan (Middletown) university show Is seniors, 27 juniors, 35 soph omores and 43 freshmen in that institution 12l in all
 - The Board of Common Council of Wash ington City, have passed resolution, nearly unanimously, that in the event any bill be in- troduced in Congress for the admission of the colored men in the right of suffrage, the May or be authorized and directed to call the councils together for the purpose of taking into consideration measures for holding a spe- cial election to ascertain the sentiments of the people on the subject. The Aldermen have not vet acted on the resolution.
 A correspondent of the Albany Evening Journal calls attention to the fact that by the published returns it appears that in forty three counties the Union majorities were 59- 649 the largest in a single county being 5 800 in St. Lawrence, while the Democratic major ities in seventeen counties were 32,O00 of which 23,lO0 was given in the City of New York alone or barely 5000 in other portions of the State, so that outside of the City of New-York the Union majority was 5l,649!
 Of the four members of Congress known to be elected in North Carolina, two were members of the Rebel Congress, and the two others were officers in Jeff. Davis army
 Judge Underwood, of the United States Court at Norfolk, is said to have condemned Gov. Wise's personal property for confscation His real estate was found to be so heavily in- cumbered as not to be worth the formality
 - Some time ago few malconten.s at Tul- lahoma, Tennessee took the liberty of des- troyiug school house for freedmen near that place. General Thomas thereupon politely requested the gentlemen to rebuild the house They very decidedly refused General Tho orders to see that the rebuilding was properly done by the offending parties-andi it was done