Litchfield enquirer., 1865-09-14
K s1asonlLAsnous rr.s1s.

4s R
 -- A good story is told about Gen. Grant Whilnt on his way from Portland to the White Mountains. whenever the cars stopped for few moments. none were allowed to shake hands with the General except few of the re turned soldiers. A. one place, however. one lady pressed forward. and holdiag out her hand, saying. II must take hold of the man who lets the women do all the talking The multitude laughed heartily. the general joined in the laugh, and the woman was grati6sd.
 = young lady moving iu the upper circles at Chicago was betrothsd .. the beginning of the war to . lieutenant In the army. He was killed in battle. aud his body taken home and buried by his nearest ffiead and eomrade. who saw him when he fell. To lhis young man the lsdy's affection was very naturally Transferred in time and she engaged to marry him. When the happy day arrived. and just as the clergy man was aoout 10 pronounce them man and wife. the lady suddenly faintsd. and being re- viyed forbid any further procedure, as she had seen the spirit of her former lover, and he was opposed 10 the match. She persisted h her decision, and has siacs retired to . eonvsnt.
 - The property of Richard Thor ton. the millionaire merchant. who vas. aith single exception. the richest man in London. amount ed e2, 800. 900. His will makes no end of be- quests, three hospitals getting E2O.OO0 each: His family friends are remembered in sums o' Gl0O, 900 to 5000 and his relatives all got princsly fortunes. His clerks and servants arc also handsomely remembered. 'rsi
 = There is grape vine in California sixty five years old which has produced eight thous- and pounds at . single crop. has never been the victim of fcloss pruning. hut spread over space proportioned to the number of vines.
 = It appears that Gen. 5Grosvsnor, Provost Marshal General of Georgia. recently declined an offer of $200. 900 for . favorable decision in Q cotton case. The man who rendered the bribs was banishsd from the department.
 - IL ere are now nearly three hundred Chi namsn living in New York. but probably not half dozen women from that country. There are two or three Chinese families. About fifty of the ChinAmen are married -most of themto Irish women They are generally iudustriOus but somewhat addicted to drinking. and they are not cleaniyi in their habiss Many of them
 are at work as porters in stores, and are faith full to their employers.
 = Bishop O:lsy of Tennessee. was seducsd into giving his influence for secession. by Bish- op Polk, who became q rebel general. Iu
 Bishop Otley's dying moments. his rspsntant lips wailing forth in tones Of horror :s . The crime of treason, I verify believe, is the sin against the Holy Ghost the anpardonabie sin' He died with no hope of pardon. because of his treason to the government.
 1 < Meerschaum is made sn large scale in New York, by ssturating carbonate of magne- sic in silicate of soda or soluble glass, care in
 selecting good quality of magnesia and sili-
 cate being the only requisite for success. The pprofits are immense, as will be seen. Magns- sla costs about tusnty-6ve cents per pound,
 silicate of soda even less. A pipe made of the
 foam of the sea, as smokers believe. costs for material about five cents, leaving the bal
 anoe for labor.
 "A woman named vauselle, and her son, aged is, were killed by lightning lately at sambadsl (Elautrs Loirs,) Frauce. They were
 found at the foot of tree under which they
 he'd taken refuge during storm Their faces
 were blaoksnsd as if from an explosion of gun powder, and foam had issued from thslrmOuths In the centre of the boy.s hat was small hole,
 not larger than if made by spark while the
 brim around was completely burned. | "A young "buck'' nowadays is cariOusly compounded. He has beaver on his head. e goatee on his chin, kids on his hands. calves on his legs, land doe-skin also) casts sheep's eyes. and is looked upon by bis doe.tihg duck as' dear at any price, "@
 = There are l6l miles of horse railroad track in New York, Brooklyn and the immediate suburbs, its average cost being S6O,OOo per mile. The cara carried ,s3,slO,S50 persons, last year, killed 24, and injured 60 more. The roads earned meanwhile, s4.Oos,77s, allowing dividend of only three per cent on the capi . tal investment. trltFH
 -- The N. Y. Times says that there is the best authority for saying that Msssrs. Alex. H. Stephens and J. H. Reagan, now confined at Fort Warren, in writing to their friends at the South, express the most liberal views rsspec. ting reconstruction, the negro race, and the future of the South. They drge that the agr- cultural system offhs South must hs teyolutiOn- ized.; that the negro, being large and perma- nent element h the population of the South, must be 30 treated d to increase hia sslfres- pect and manhood that his freedom must be chserfully accorded, and the negro educated for the intelligent yielding of that political. power which the progress of events promise to put him in possession of. The sagacious are wise in their time ,bsyepd many of their fsl. lows, and see the wisdom of making intelligent men and women of the freedmen. ut
 = Since the fall of Richmond. upward of coo, 900 men with all theif fegihsntal officers have been mustered ont, disbandsd. paid of, ..a .va.v man convavs5 sa 'l,;s dsa,stan .t: