Litchfield enquirer., 1838-01-04

and lied.
 Papineau has not been heard from. The accounts cf his having been at MiddlebuFy vague and rannot De relied upon. It cannot be ascertained
 surDrsed To hear that he has been found dead in the .OOds. He was ROR cOR1b0t0nt, but a man 0t great powers, had he known how to direct them. For ma % f6e Governor of the Province, but he aimed more and hardly knew what he aimed at. Like a gambler at rouge ct nor after having won sixteen tunes on the led he has again staked the whole upon H. ana mas
 Wolfred Nelson conversed with this day. He ap- pears anxious to acqut himself ot any part Tn the murder of Mr. Weir, but his very anxiety that sub feet inclnes imagine that he was indirectly inl plcated. He proved himself man of courage at St. Dennis. It is remarkable that great portion of the leaders of this rebellion are medical men and nota- ries; these two classes mix. .. Girod-his body was decently inferred this after noon. He was poltroon in his conduct at St. Eus- tache. He had just sufficient courage to blow hls brains out, which does not require much. .
 Bouchctte have already commented upon. had long conversation with him, and he acknowledged that DaeUer Oere the grounds o complaint ot the Ca nadan people, there were none sufficient to warrant their taking rp arms against the GoDer""e1 and that ne u eEe was ked at s. EustacSe From his gallant conduct and the assertions of the other leaders he appears to me to have been by tar the most qualified to have brought the revolution to 2 success ful issue. His countenance even when dead, was
 Dr. Mason was captured after the affair of St. Eus eache. It this person who offered Gl0O for the head of Sir John Cobourn. He and Chener were both pupils of Dr. Nelson. He accused Nelson and Guvel as having deceived them and appeared to have made up his mind to suffer-
 Girouard M. P. P. and Chariier, priest of St. Be- noit, are reported to have been captured by the Ind ans on the 10th. There some Indians at the Two Mountains who have been p!undered of all they had, by the ineurgents They were sent cut to capture them in the woods but with strict injunctions not to scalp them, or they would not receive the reward of fered for their apprehension. They returned yester day without any capture except some pigs which they had taken in retaliation for their losses The off, cer asked them why they had ken the pigs? "Pigs!" Rdu pointing s to n' he pigs heads scalp Sem The pigs belonged to one of the insurgent leaders, Dmou- % chelle, of whom next
 Demouchelle is among those captured; he is a man of large property and great influence He has been sort of Sir Giles Overreach in his community, having # by fraud and oppression gained his property from the @ poor farmers He owns about forty farms. He ask. x ed me if his house was burnt and all his papers. told him they were Then says he, have lost io,- 900 louis of oblgatnres"-i e. e. mor,soges upon other # These are all worth mentioning. La Riviere is a ' well looking young man, and therefore pted by the
 Brown might be demanded for the highway robbery which he committed but he is not considered worth # looking after. In fact government have too many prisoners already, ami have no doubt will be very lenient, if things remain quiet Two or three must be # made example of independent of the murderers. Cote, Bell, McRemmon and Gagure are at Swan ton The latter is on his legs again, having only re- ss ceived flesh wound on the thigh.
 . We find the following in the Rochester Advertiser # PROCLAMATION.
 & Three hundred acres of the most valuable Lands in # Canada will be given to each rolanteer who may join # the Patriot Forces now encamped on Navy Island, U. N C. Also, hundred dollars in sUer payable on or K before the lst of May next.
 By order of the Committee of the Provincial Govern M ment w. l.. MACKENZIE, s# Chairman Pro- Tem. 6B Navy Island, Tuesday, Dec. 26th, 1887.
 Pos'a1st Generals Report.-This report shows sha on the lst July 1884, he post routes of the United States, in operation extended III, ,22 m'es-that the OO1. The increase ot routes pat n operation during the preceding year was 22,973 miles-or the annual < Transportation 5.OiS62O miles. The number of post offices was II ll.767-having been increased during the year previous 676 The changes of post routes during the same peri"l were 2,225 The revenue of the De- parment Sl,137o5s 59 the expenditures 3,38O,- 647 75-excess "t revenue expenditures 756 POS S4 The increa:e of the preceding year, in revenue, was 20 l-2 per cent. On the lst Decem,cr inst. the eie 4io,sss sl@toul fun.s % on hand sSil l,3ls 3@sN @
 The post n1sers generally perform their duties with admirable fa,'uy and prec,sion' The number of mai!
 M Kendn Ssea that Se post offices will grec'lg increose. The number of
 dead letters" returned to,he Department during the over a47ooo, Eis" absolutely necessery to augment the force of the auditors olice. "There is no law 9r regulation expressly requiring post masters to col Iea postages in specie or it's equivalent " "Without sanctoning countenancing the receipt dsburse- lent of Appreciated bank notes this department has been enabled ths far to'outrde the storm with cred n nnnpa red, and is confident in it's capacity to " on its operations according to existing laws ecev Ing and dshursing gold and silver onlv.' Suchs the Triumphant conclusion of Mir KendalI's report-and kad not this spece-paying ability been acquired at 1nch prodg;ons expense and trouble to the people, wrought about too by the Government, the fact would hs highly gratifying to every citizen. But when is rnco ecteh that this department have strenuously hsed to accept aught but specie, tlomgh cypress Gu Yegnircd U, while at he time Government put of ifs own creditors with paper money drafts on banks which do not pay specie, the boast becomes an nsut- ing taunt upon suffering community. But here, again. Congress called to authorize increase Qf saared officers. Perhaps is necessary for them Sc to do--ret i: is curious that every department & ehould make the same claim. We had supposed that the chances in office had been almost ended, by moyal of all politically objectionable men-hut during tie last year more than 2000 have been punished out eFUHice.-NOrwich Courier.
 soing to Lau for oae md half bushels o opple., sesM tWo LnUyPrs on q side-lSiles H. Miller of Hart against his neghbor, Thomas Beman, for taking and carrying away" bushel and half of apples. The tree of the plaintiff overhung the defendants garden plaintiff shook off the apples, and defendant removed there when the suit commenced, and where they re- lnaned on the day of trial before the Justice. The Justice awarded 5 cents damages to the plaintiff who appealed to the County Court, which has just closed its sitting in Hartford. Here the defendant claimed that he removed the apples as nuisance-the plain tiff knew where they were and might have taken fhem-there was no prooi that defendant converted ihe apples to his owu use-had right to remove them, and therefore an action would not lie. The Court Confirmed the judgment of the Justice for 75 cents Hamages, the ground that there had been misuse
 the apples, after they were removed (and by Stat
 ne is entitled to recover no more costs than dama- Sss'-N. tfauen Register
 GAPITAL TRIAIs-Jesse HaI IT, WIS last week