Litchfield enquirer., 1839-10-31
Rrom tie Tsoy Morning. Mai.

Prom tie Tsov Morning MaI.
GOUsrHuasnG Snspsnsiol.lt will be seen bY the iol
lowing letter from the War department. hst the Fed
s e. Government has suspended payment e wen 2
Wan DePARrnEnT, 4
prns1oN OFFICE Oct II, 1889
Eir-I have 70 request that you win mako no pay
snts until the al II March next, 10 any Pensioner
whose certi6cate bears daie since the q q Scp,em
Ian' very respectfully Yogr qbssis3. ssrse e,
r. W. OlcO1t. Pens;on Agent, Ai6aay. N. Z.
Win the Argus give the public some explanation q
this suspension Have tho Sub TUsAsuTers 30 ex
hansted the public chest that the Governments has nc
snIs 70 meet the claims Ct ne military =
some other fund.- instead Of that appropriated e sns
Ialn the aged relics Of hard fought battles Why
MOI suspend the pay Of the Office holders Why MOI
discharge some OF the harpes that are preying upon
ne vlta!s OF the body polite Is il not cruel thus 20
u,sappOnt the expectation and postpone the Just I'M,
se que 10 the lnilrm veterans whose wounds pseau
Ior the receipt Oft the nations charity, sustain them
dne'f widows and orphans during the inclenenc,es
q. me coming wnter2 viii not this order from the
~, Mar bring che b9rnne hlash q shame g
THE COUNTRY FALLEN
MARRIED, ss#F1A
IN Cornwall on the "a inst. Mr.. Truxton Chitten-
den, OF Westmoreland. N. X. to Miss MariAh Jane
AA%sa,sx'''s " 'ne former pf0c0- asg "
In New:London, Rev. Ephraim Lyman. Of Plym-
9 pa.a g Miss Hannah p Richards daughter Of Mr.
DIED, 81 a..
In this town, South Farms Soc.l on the 18th inst:
Mrs.. khoda Goodwin. aged "a sieof Col. Nathaniel
Ia Milton Soc. on the 2s,hins, Efrs Naomi Bald
wins aged SO. formerly Of New York.
ls Torling,on. on The 10Th ins.s M, Horace BAN
In Ashford, widow Ianer Sampson, aeed.ao !; wild
ow Hannah Ia Broughton. revolutionary pensionsF,
/. 10 Hartford, Mrs, Mary II. wi,ier, wife Of MI.
Alber. G. Witier, aged IS !; Mr.. Theron Demlng,
In Ashford, Oct s,h, Capt. Jsdediah Amidon, aged
Se. Capt; Amidon was in the battle ON Bunker hill,
left the battle ground No: understanding he order
TO retreat, he found himself the only American left,
surrounded by the British. Being stout, athletic
man. measuring six feet and twonches. by his strong
arm warded Oft the enemy Nth she butt cf hs gun,
The enclosure, when stumbling against the dead or
wounded; he fell but soon recovering he threw him
self over the board fence amid the whistlng of the
balls Of the enemy. Lying. few moments 10 take
breath B.. the enemy men surprising him slam as sp,ang
his way silver mounted gun. dropped by an officer
who was killed in the retreat. y, 4 ss 81 "A #f.
In Simsbury, August 10Th, Capt. Asa Cornish, aged
Ga on the 27th, MI. Elisha Cornish, aged tbroth
: Oh Il. al-, Mr. Eam Cornish sgsd g h on ,d The
Mr.. Newell Cornish, a:ed rs; on the eanle day, Mr.
Nathan Cornish, aged 43all SOM, and the only chill
dren of the said Elisha Cornish on the 9th OF Oct,
Mrs Lydia Cornish, widow Of the said Elisha Cor.
nish-all Of Typhus fever. Thus the whole family. IN
few weeks were called from time q eternity, not
leaving near relative hearing the family name.
In New Haven, Mr.. OrsOn G. Warner aged 80 Mr..
Benjamin Prescott. aged ".