Litchfield enquirer., 1836-01-07
THE ENQUIRER.
LITCHFIELD, JANUARY =, 1896.

ONpO160 nMttbslsOtS
UfPresideut and Vice President" be held at New
Haven on Wednesday the oath Of February next for
,he purpose Of nominating State Officers, member Of
Congress, and to consider the prOpriey OfiheO nOm
Mating an Electoral Ticket. Il requested that each
town win ssnd number Of delegates equal to double
ahe number Of representatives which it is entitled in
the General Assembly. The notice is signed by yer-
envy Hoadley, chairman, " by order Of the State Gen.
lral Committee" svery desirable that each town
in the should he represented, that anaUimiiy
may be depended upon. At that time II 10 probable
that Candidates for President and Vice President will
be nominated in opposition to the Baltimore nominees
ny We acknowledge the receipt within the week
mast Of several public documents from the Hon. Mr.
sTomnsOn one Of our Senators in Congress. It used
10 afford US pleasure occasionally acknowledge the
receipt Of documents from OF our M C.'s Ofthe
lower house ; but under the present dynasty re-
ceise nothing. Perhaps DR.. Phelps knows as little Of
the locality Of the different towns 10 Lcheld county
No the clerks in the New York post Office do Of the
geography Of Connecticut - a-sH@
Nominations BY the President.-The National In,el-
1gencer Of the 30th Dec. says" We learn tia, Roger
B. fancy. Of Maryland, on Monday last nonina-
edto be Chief Justice Of the United Sta'es and Phi
lip p. Barbour, ofVirgina, to be an Associate Judge
Of the Supreme Court. Some days ago Powha'an
Ellis now District Judge Of the United States for The
District Of Mississippi, was nominated to DO Charge
d'Affaires Of the Uni,ed States TO Mexico. Neither
Of these nominations has yet been acted upon.'
O,her accounts state tina. Amos Kendall has been
nominated 10 the Office Of Postmaster General
Isaac Hills Life it is said has late " been written by
Mr. Somebody in New. Hampshire! a sor. Of coun-
erpartto Hollands Life Of the Political Mouser.
Give Us next the life Of Richard nj. Johnson, with
eoiOrea picur es, and humbuggery will be complete.
Noah proposes that write his life. Doubt
less il would make more interesting volume than
ost Of the biographies of,he great Of the present
day. His exploits Tunis, his irruiion into Grand
Island, sword in hand, King of Israeli and-sO-fosth
and.so. forth, would furnish matter Cor goodsized
octave or quarlo. -% s.@
" The N. Y. Daily Advertiser says" We have con-
stant complaints irom Philadelphia, Boston New-Iia
ven, and indeed aImos. every town, tina, our paper
does no, reach them. We subscribers thai,
the fault ours we carefully deposit the papers in
the Office" No doubt you debut still the remedy is
in measure in your hands. IL the Post Office is in
such Of confusion and rregularity you rep
resent, and there clerks enough in the Office,
let suggest to you this plan: Take all your papers
that 60 into the various Of Connecticut north,
northwest and east Of New-Hayea. enye!ope zach
small buHdle in large one, and send them the
steamboat instead Of the pos, Office the captains Of
the boats woud doubt CHI eerfalIy take charge Of
ahem and deliver them with the mail u, the New-Ha-
ven post Office, where they would be assorted for the
different towns and forwarded 10 season. So OF those
for Massachuseus Rhode island, Gxc.-ail the post
Nnasier at New-Haven would have TO do womld be TO
throw The large bundles into the mail bags, and they
would be assorted al and distributed from the disribu
ding post Offices. e'r
The New-York papers mention the arrival oftwo
,hree vessels from Europe, and Of them con-
tain several columns Of extracts from Europea" jour
nals-alI however Of no account than 90 much
space occupied with rolice reports. The following
brief article contains all the Of ANY
&@a From the Mercantile Advsrtiser. 1913
Late from France.-The packet ship PohaBd, arri-
we'd yesiereay, sailed fvon Hasve the 23d Nos'r.-
Mr.. Barto" bad engaged HE passage 10 the Albany for
this por, which was TO saii On the Il. December
We learn that Il wns n0w believed in France that the
Indemnify Bill would not be paid.
Capt. Anthony has favored US with Paris papers 10
The Paris papers are full Of specuations nt,o, nm
alleged secret treaty between Russia and the u s. by
which, in coating that might happen, tile nu.
nerous ships Of war Of Rossia would be manned by
Americaus! ~ Il tfH 20 =
Nr. Barton received his passports on Tuesday, 10Th
Nov. and made Immediate preparations for lraving
Paris The French Chambers are TO be convened on
the Goth December, f.It -
The Emperor Nicholas had made speech at War
TO tho PROSTATE Poles-whieh is spoken OF with
general execraoO by all Paris and London journals.
IL 10 characterised as the effusion of brutal and
hDoody barbarian In the of il he spoke Of the
French nation Of" rebels and traitors" and that,
too, 10 the prsseDc fthe French Coasa The Lon
doR Times in This outbreak, aRd 10 the plain
ed and inexplicabie visit Of Ferdinand Vienna, eui
dsnce Of iRsanify-wbch 10 in bic blood. ISsme pa.
psre speak Of il as spurious production.
Latea FROM England. The packet ship So. James,
Capt. Secor, arrived yesterday from London, having
lef POrtsmouth on the 23d uli. T
ahe affairs between the United States and France bui
are generally Of opinion that war will not resuit from
the Presen, Difficulties. @'t5' 7't@
The following description Of the boundaries Of the
recent ere in New-York We copy from the Daily Ad-
vertiseV, where IL 10 accompanied will, map, shew-
Jag at glance the section burnt and The position Of
ahs buildings not destroyed:
Wall street, south side, between the Exchange and
Pearl street, six buildings standing-and Pearl
81. next to the corner Of WALL side. two houses.
Three stores noriherly side OF Coeniies Slip, and
two adjoiaing on the west side Of Front street.
Five buildings on the north side Of COenties Slip
aed ioar Q" South street, forming an l..
Use siaEy bailding on the souh side Of Water Of.
pear Old Slip preserved 10 the midst Of the total
~ on every side. "
Az the remaining groand over which the FIRE spread
exhsoa.s neahing bas fragments Of walls, standing
The westerly line of the Are q, Wall Street. vas lie
corner ol Wah and William streeas=hoase partly IN.
yed; ell the remainder Of badiaes on William Stree,
dsasoysa. aad es.sn6ng through Exchange Place.