Litchfield enquirer., 1871-09-07

Wis, is little girl ten years old, who makes her rounds in all kinds of weather. and runs up the ladder like squirrel. while her mother watches for her safety be- low.
 Mocking- birds vary in price according to thela natural and acquired accomplish ments. One of average talents, for in stance, can be had for $25, while some dealers have birds so clever that $1, ,OOO would not ''fetch" one of them.
 man by the name of Chapel, who had been working for one of the carpenters on the Willimantic camp ground, while on his way home last week, jumped out of wagon, and bursting a blood vessel, immediately bled to death.
 An anecdote is told of young lady of Harrisburg, who was recently on 8 riding excursion. The horse commenced kicking. when she, in the most simple manner, re- quested her companion to get out and hold the horses leg or he might iDjure the vehi- cle. E. s..-- ..- .......
 The debt of New York city is $132. 56 for each man, woman and child of the popula. tion, and is rapidly increasing. The debt of the United States is $59.22 per head, and is rapidly diminishing.
 John Slidel left no will and there are nc heirs 10 his confiscated estates in Louisiana a, and the public administrator has petition. ed in the United States Cour! for posses. sion of the property of the deceased rebel. A member of the Ohio republican associa. tion. while going the rounds of the depart ments at Washington to get contributions toward the State election fund, had the i'm pudence to ask the women clerks to sub. scribe. They did not ''see it, and answer. ed with becoming spirit: "You don t allow us to vote; and when you do, we will take the unusual ten days leave, go home to vote, and contribute our full share of the expenses. The agent had nothing to say to this argument of the case, and thence. forth devoted himself exclusively to the male clerks. sa-4 .---~- E The name of Tammany is everywhere odious. In the proceedings of the recent Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, held at Utica, petition was read from Tammany Encampment, located at Sandy Hill, to change its name to Riverside Encampment. The prayer of the petitioners was granted without discussion. A3 7sa stls7s4 ....a The Ohio Democracy favor the broadest repudiation. In a late speech, Gen. .Ew. ing, a leader of high standing at the cap- ital of the State, denounced thep gold in. terest of the national bonds, condemned the intention to pay these bonds in gold, opposed the reduction of the national debt, and especially opposed the national banks.
 The prevailing sentiment of the Demo cratic party south is expressed in the fol- lowing language from one of it's organs in Arkansas: aH
 ''If the Northern Democracy choose to accept the late so called amendments to the Constitution. they can do SO; but we are still opposed to them, at all times and under all circumstances. If they choose to abandon the old, well-tried, time hon ored landmarks they can do so; we will not, now or ever, follow after them. II. they choose to become Republicans to defeat Republi- cans, or Radicals to defeat Radicalism, they can just do so; we will none of it."
 The state department has issued a larg. CT number of passports this year. than ever before known in the history of the govern. ment. The demand for them is still kept tup, and the passport clerk is kept con. Istantly employed in forwarding them to parties. The extraordinary travel to Eu rope is accounted for by the fact that E large number of Germans are visiting theil 1 native land, and many Americans prefer red spending their summer in Europe te the crowded watering places of our owr tcountry. 's."s