Litchfield enquirer., 1868-03-12

BISHOP !Co1ENso seems to have q friend in Holley Springs, Mississippi, who in- forms us bow summarily he was nut to shame and confusion by clergyman of those parts. "On one occasion" says our correspondent, "when arguing with me that the account of the creation given in tue first chapter of Genesis must be taken literally, geological revelations to the con- tfary notwithstanding, veDtured to quote some of the discourses ai.d writings of Hugh Miller; when my clerical friend re- piled. $ You must not quote Hugh Miller to me, for you know He 4Htilriies ere mol oc- co"nieG 0rfhoao@!' s
 GGN BUTLER.-It is ever the case with eGervescent material that to be very spark ling 1t must be thoroughly bottled. This has frequently proved to have been the case with Gen. Butler-the tighter the place, 1 the greater his "pop." The General, l while Tn active practice in Massachusetts, | was terror and torment to Judges of thin l callbre. On one occasion, Judge Sanger l having been bullied and badgered out of all patience, petulantly asked, What 1 does the counsel suppose I am on this | bench for9' Scratching his head minute, ! Benjamin F. replied: Well, I confess | your Honor's got me there"' Tue Generals merits in avert:ng yellow | fever while in command of New Orleans, ate not fully appreciated by the natives of that place, even since the horrors of the past summer. A little French creole thus accounted for the matter without reference to Buffers sanitary reforms:
 By gar, vat you take me vor? You no 0n inc NnfI9 V<1, 1>o1 mercie? Yalow fever and General Butler at ze same time p
 z. CBUecA UNION. only can the 'men of Rochester" boast "a fall of water hun dred feet Ligh''-iu honor of which Mr. Webster once addressed an oraton to the people of that clty-but Rochester num- bers among its clergy two witty gentlemen, Dr. Shaw IN. 5. ], and Dr. Hall, 70. s. At the recent Union meeting of the Presbvtc- 1:ans of that city, De- $. said that he had known and loved Dr. H. for twenty-seyen years but had never exchanged pulpits wth him. They had just appointed a Sunday for the first exchange, Dr. Hall said to bim: You can't trot about in my puiInt as you do on yonr own platform in inc brlch, but you have my tull perlnis- sIon to run dp and down the pnIpit stair AAO A1t1 ot'itt tJ IT, Hull. F excuse oil from trott'ng around the whole 7,fatfr,.n. but you had better move abnnt I ii4tf.. .~ the children W5ii think vru don't aulr,tlt to much.
 TWENTY odd years ago there tiouui5led i,l Virginia c1oss-eyed dark skinned rirv- made, eccentric Methodist preacher, nam ed Clawson. At times he was elonuont. always eXcitable, occasionally extlavagant. He once accompanied brother minister. the Rev. MT. R, to a coloretl church Mir. R gave the colored preacher tha hint, and Clawson was invited to preach He did so, and set the impulsive AfricaGls shouting all over the house. This, n tG u set Clawson to eTtEayagant words and ae- tions, and he leaped out of the pulpit like deer, and began to take the hands of the coiored brethren ,and mix in quite happily. He wept for joy Then, pressing through the crowd, he found Brother R-, and sitting down beside him threw his arm round his neck, and, with tears streaming down his cheeks. said " Brother F > 1 almost wish I lad been born a nioagl! These folks have more religion than We have" ''Well, we'll, said Brother Is--, yow come so nea' t utat y0u ,tee(lat t.y cbOm Hg'
 DURING long career of pubic SCI vice iu the Senate, MT. John r. Hale, our present Minister to Spain, was noted for the facuI- ty of apt and good-natured repartee. Soon after his admission to the Senate he deliv- cred speech on the Slavery question, and was answered by MT. Toombs of Georgia, who said that judging from the tenor of his speech, he must be the character of whom Milton spoke: ''Hail! horrors hail!"
 t' However that might be, |" replied Hale ''there was no question but the gentleman from Georgia was the one to whom Watts refers when he says:
 ''H Hark from the 1oneJs d doleful sound,
 Mine ears attend the cry!'
 UNAPPRECIATED.- Recently at Vincennes, Indiana, the husband of Harriet Campbell petltioned the Court of Common Pleas to grant him divorce, on the ground that she had run away from the home and the hearth on which he had ''always kepta fire blazing brightly to welcome her return." He had addressed many affectionate epistles to her, hoping to touch her stony heart, one of which is copied into the legal plea, and runneth as follows:
 My dearest Harriet, why have you left mo,
 Signing, weeping all alone?
 With none to talk or to caress me
 My wretched fate much bemoan.
 My eyes are swollen big with weeping,
 My nose is red aud swollen too;
 have in all respects the poorest keeping .s
 or any man who tries his duty for to do.
 ''Come back, o Harriet ! I entreat you,
 Come back and live with me once more!
 Come back and will treat you
 As have treated you before.
 (" say again, then, as I said before,
 Come back to your Johnny so true:
 Come and stay at your home as before,
 For there is light in the window for you"
 And your petitioner says and further represents to your Honor that, in response to all his offers and entreaties, she has re- fused with scorn and contempt to return to his home. Wherefore he prays your Honor will hear his prayer herein, and for ever divorce him from the said Harriet
 A young couple in Oxford, Cheaanco county, who were married last Christmas day, were buried together last Sunday week. During the impeachment trial Senators niIl not occupy their seats, but will be lo-