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Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

The New York Sun of Saturday, pub
lished the address said to have been is
sued by Gen. Lopez 10 his patriotic
troops, his ''former companions in arms 7
whom he has .'seen in a hundred battles"
The Suns version Of the Generals ad-
dress is as follows;
Soldiers of the Spanish Army-Call-
cd by the inhabitants of this land to
place myself at the head of a great pop
ular movement, which has for its only
object Political Liberty and Indepen-
dence, and upheld in this just cause BY
the power of a great and generous peo-
pie, now come to these plazas at the
head of war-worn troops, determined to
consumate so glorious an undertaking.
Soldiers | know that you endure both
the despo:ism and the harshness of your
chiefs / know that, torn from your Ere
sides, and from the arms of your fathers,
your brothers, and all most dear, by the
barbarous law of CONSUMPTION, you have
been confined in this country, where in
place of mild treatment, which would
in measure soften your misery, you are
treat ed like beasts, and in the midst of
profound peace. you are subjected to all
the rigors of war.
Former companions in arms you
know me, and also know you. have
seen you in a hundred battles
/ know that you are brave, and that
you deserve to recover the dignity Of
men; and to you open the ranks Of
|, my army, and invite you to occupy
within them place among the champ
ons of liberty.
Thus will you be able to have rest
and good reward after the stru ,gIe
which will be short, is over or with
the free, return to your tiresides, where
the voice of family affection calls you.
Soldiers! Between liberty and the
continuance of your ignomiAious servi.
tude, Choose
But think well with your swords
drawn, and sheathe them not until you
have left secured the liberty of the
whole country! Thus will you gil with
esteem, your former General, the Com.
mander- In Ceief of the Liberating Ar
my Of Cuba, NAcIsco LOPEZ.
Chagres has been announced as tn
place Of rendezvous, but this is decoy
Some accounts state that small islant
between Florida and Yucatan, is tn
place, and others that one of the CRANE
divisions will rendezvous at the island O
St. Domingo. May 18th is the day fix
ed for the start from their hiding place
and the 18th the day for the landing.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30
Important from CsvbG!
GEx. LOPEZ IN POSSESSION OF CARDENAs
Great Esc;tenens IN Havana!
New YoRK 4

N4W ORA Way ZE-x Ae
News by the Ohio. pnblisEad this af.
ternoon. She sailed from Havana May
10th. Gen. Lopez landed in steamer
Creole, which left New Orleans May 18th
with about 500 men at Cardenas. He
took possession of the town. Great ex.
element prevailed at Havana. Other
reports that other vessels, with 5000
men were expected. The rumored force.
under Lopez, increased to 1900 half way
between Cardenas aad Matanzas; 1900
troops were at Matanzas, and 500 were
to be despatched from Havana, on the
goth, to reinforce them. A force was
landed en- Waman's Island. and, Spanish
troops sent against them. and captured
lot, who arrived prisoners at Havana,
and were to be shot, or every tenth man
executed. They were chiefly Irish and
Germans.
It is said that Lopez has brokenup the
Railroad leading from Cardenas.
The Ohio was not allowed to land heT
passengers without passport.
She brought no later news from Cali
fornia, but brings $4OO, 900 in geld dust,
$500, 900 in specie.
The Steamer Columbus had arrived at
Panama, The Ohio had TAT passen,
gers.
The Spanish steamer Creto also ar
rived. the first of the new line of packets
between Havana and London via New
York.
Several other vessels left New Orleans
previous to the Creole, containing in all
1900 to 1900 men, but where they are
to land is not known.
The greatest excitement existed in Ha-
vana, amounting to . panic. The city
Was under marshal law, and several
thousand militia had been enrolled, and
arms were being given them.
The resident foreigners were called
upon to enroll. There were $500 troops
at Matanzas, and 900 were dispatched
from Havana at o'clock. A. M. of the
goth. to reinforce them and march
against Lopez.
The force on the Creole, with which
Gen, Lopez effected the landing, is but
. small part Of the Expedition. 1t Is
known that some ten or twelve vessels
have left New Orleans and different parts
OF the Gull. probably to land simullane-
ously at different points.
Inc merchants and bankers in Havana
were removing their money, DO, to the
Fort for safety.
Cardenas is small sea port on the
nothern coast OF Cuba. about 100 miles
East OF Havana, and 40 to so from MAJ.
anzas, Its population in the wear. la1e
was s.lO3, and it has probably not n.
creased materially since then.--Ed
zsit,
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

Death Of DR.. Beng. w. D,o.ght--We
regret to announce. says the Utica Ga
zette. the sudden sickness and death of
DR.. BENZ. w. Dwight. treasurer Of Ham.
ilton College. He died at Clinton on
Saturday. Of pleurisy. at the advanced
age of 20. He was the eldest son of the
late President Dwight Of Yale College.
and has been treasurer of Hamilton Col
legc for nearly twenty years.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30
Correspondents Of tie Boston zsapeley.
A Horrible Sight,
RUNS DOINGs, AND DEATHS
DOINGS.
NASHUA, M. IL, May l4th,

NASHUA, N. H., May 18th,
Editors IraveEer-I have Just return
ed from a horrible sight indeed-the
drunkard suicide and his murdered child.
Scarcely recovered from the shock Of .
suicide in the case of hard drinker BY
the name Of Foster, at the close Of last
week, we were quite unprepared, for the
still more tragic scene Of this morning.
There lies the father, e Mr.. Allen
ghastly III death, Just cut down from
the fatal cord and there mute in help
less innocency, lies the corpse Of bis lit
tie girl-two years old TO day. and the
Youngest Of eleven children Just stran-
gled by the murderous hand Of that
father, by means of q cord that had cut
quite through the skin, and nearly sew
cred the head from the body, All
this was done while the wife and mother
had gone at 5 o'clock in the morning, to
an upper chamber to dress the diseased
limb Of sick and suffering daughter.
Que day last week, the discouraged
and distressed wife said to the husband,
" We cannot live 90. II YOU will not do
anything for the support Of your wife
and family. and il you will continue to
take the cHILnRRN's earnings to buy rum,
/ must make complaint to the Select
men" putting on her bonnet to go. ~
If you win wait till next Tuesday, res
pied the drunken husband, ~ will
either go to work. ar take myself out OF
the way r Tuesday came and its deeds
are done. And now, when the worthless
carcass Of the drunken suicide shall
have been buried, HE will be " out of the
way. But who shall pluck the sting
out Of that mothers heart There she
sits with her dead baby in her arms
anxiously waiting the magic work of M
daguerreotype. "Qh. give me al least
this she said. " ell that viii soon remain
of my child"
/" Oh thou invisible spirit Of wine. i
thou hast no name to be known by. le
US call thee devil r. Where this misera
bic man cbsained bis last drink, Is no
yet known.
4s
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30


RArLRo ADs.-Woode railways were
jntroduced into the Galleries Of England
before the middle Of the 18th century
they we're adopted as means Of saving
labor. 10 conveying coal from the mines
10 the places Of shipment in the neigh
bOhoodOf Newcastle~upon>Tyne. They
consisted Of wooden rails, Embedded in
the road. The advantage of this over the
old kind Of road was so great, that was
generally adopted in various mines,
In lT65, railroads were built having
the rails above the ground, and at uniform
Distances from each other-and the
wheels Of the Wagons were made to At
upon these rails. When there was any
ascent or descent upon the road, thin
plates Of iron were fastened upon the
rails, in order to overcome the friction
On these roads horses were used-one
horse drawing car loaded with two or
three tons.
A wooden railway was built at the
Colebrook Dale Iron Works in l787.-
At this time the price Of iron was very
low, and the owners in order to keep their
men employed. determined to cast bars
IN lay on the wooden rails to save repairs,
which on the wooden roads were contin~
ualIy necessary. These bars were cast
in such a shape, that in case of a sudden
rise in the price of iron, they might be
taken up and sold for pig iron. They
were about Eve feet long, four inches
wide, and one inch and y quartz, thick.
This may be considered 40 the intro
dnction Of iron upon railroads. Soon 'af-
ter this ll776) cast iron rails with an
upright fange, to keep the wheels upon
the track, were brought into use first in
the collery Of the Duke Of Norfolk, near
Sheffield.
The FIRST edge railroad 1.-THE kind now
in general use, of any considerable extent
was completed in 1901, for the convey.
aace Of slate from the quarries Of Lord
Penrhyn-the rails were two foot apart
Ten horses could draw as much on this
road as four kandred on a common road
The bars were made of cast iron, which
were found to be very Objectionable by
reason of its brittleness; it would answer
yery wall when the cars were light and
moved slowly but with a heavy load,
drawn at rapid rate they were con-
stantly breaking. To avoid this Difficult.
ty. bars Of nsaIleable iron were sphstitu
ted in 1901.
Locomotives were used occasionally a
early as 1905, in England, and in 1911
they were brought into very general us'
for drawing freight trains. They were
very imperfect, however, till about the
year 1926 when some very essential i'm
proyements were effected in their manu-
facture. Even as late as 1925, at the
time Of the building Of the Liverpool
and Manchester Railway, locomotive en-
gines were soimperfeetly developed, tina
i was q matter Of discussion whether i
should be used instead of horses. Thi
discussion resulted in an offer made By
the company Of ESQ forthe production
of an engine to perform far less thar
engines at the present perform. At thu
expiration of the time given. three were
produced, one Of which answered the re-
CURED purpose, and was adopted. Pre-,
vious to this, the idea that steam would
ever take ths place Of horses was consid
cred utterly ridiculous.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30
~We have received several cop,,.

GWe have received several copies of
the Tempsrance Protector" the organ Of
The n. =. State Temperance Society, pub.
lished q Syracuse. N. Y, and edited by
WIN. u. BarisigA, Ese, We hardly need
say Z = ~ able. vigorous aad spicy sheet.
tcr Mr. Barlsighs name is q sanie,enl guar.
ansee for all that and more. He slashe.
in'e The rumselleEs II his region uI.hou,
The drs' symptom Of mercy On his part--
and moi always IN the poli.est language ar
!he drawiag room. We wish hin success
IA his onslaught!
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

~ The Hartford Life and Health
Insurance Company has declared divi-
dend OF seventy per cent. to the stock
holders who are insured on the mutual
principle. The receipts Of this Compa>
ny to the FIRST Of May-seven months
from the commencement Of its operation
were $5S,sl2 SO. Whole number of
policies issued. 1904. The Company
has met with one loss Of $4,000. These
facts show most remarkable evidences Of
Courant.
Vo-Walter r. Wh:ttlesey, Esq, Of Ss;isbu.
~, 10 Agent f:.r the above COMPANY:
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

corps which received the Governor at
the cars, and the stalWart fremen who
graced the reception, was certainly a
pleasing feature in the programme.
~. II. Register.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

~ The Ecclesiastical q Associations
of Hartford NORTH declare that Dr..
Bushnell's Book. "God in Christ. q de.
MES the doctrines Of the Trinity. the
personality Of Christ. vicarious Atone
ment. and Justification by Faith. and
that such heresy i censurabIe
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

Edwin Croswell. Esq. Of the Argus,
has removed his family from this city to
New York. Heis Secretary Of che q. s.
Steam Navigation Company at salary
Of $4,000 . year. His share Of the pro-
cts Of the Company for the first years
business i estimated at elOO. 900. The
company consists Of four Individuals
Messrs. Law. Cromwell, Roberts, and .
gentleman Of Philadelphia. The steam-
ers owned By them are the Georgia, Ohio
and Falcon and two or three moro on
the Pacific. Albany ExPrsss.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

isroxIcArIos AND lssANnY.--A man
named Samuel Hadley was tried It Little
Rock. Ark. recently. for the murder Of
. man named Siandeler. The killing
was admitted BY bis counsel, bnt he
claimed N asq',istal o the ground that
~ excessive intozication for long lime
previous to the killing. fadley had be.
come insane. He was acquitted.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

NitsGsskee d Mississipri II. n. Com.
raay The Hon. Byron Kilbourn, the
'enterprizing President Of this Company,
y now ON his way to this city for the pur-
pose O. ettecting loans. purchasing iron,
&c, The most ample security Is offered
~ the %. for llfnnds loaned, and the
Investment i considered profitable one
and perfectly safe, ~. Y. cOwr. IS Enc.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

RE- The New York East Conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. as
sembled at New Haven, on the 22d
inst. Bishop Hedding presided. assist
ed BY Bishop james. Rev. Messrs. Floy
and Reid, werc chosen Secretaries.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

Late news from Oregon mentions the
desertion Of nearly all the soldiers sta
toned at Oregon City. sixty>fve. fully
armed and equipped. went off in one
party. II is supposed that they were
bound for Ell Dorado.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30
LITCHFIELD ENQUIRER
lITCHFIELD, Hay so. 1850.
Meeting oH tho General Association
An Kitehflold.

The GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF Con-
NEcucuT. win sit this year in this place.
The session begins at 10, A. NJ, Of Tues
day, June 9Th, and continues till about
noon on Thursday. In this body, the
Congregational ministers Of Conn. are
represented by delegates, in the prOpor-
ton of one to each seven members Of
the District Associations. Its meetings
rotate in given order through the thir>
teen local Associations. There have
been but two sessions heretofore in
Litchfeld, viz. !: in 1901 and 1895. Be-
side the constituent members Of the Gen.
Asso., there are in attendance, cores
ponding delegates from the General AS
sociatioDs of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island.
New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan,
and the two General Assemblies of the
Presbyterian Church. The number Of
ministers convened on the occasion will
probably fall little short Of one hundred
and twenty.
In order to their accommodation du-
ring the session, it is extremely desirable
that each family with spare room at COM
mand, should open IT'D doors for the re-
ception of guests. It is not desired thai
we subject ourselves to special departures
from our usual mode of living, bu
merely entertain these visitors as friends
eat hons" in the bosom Of our house
holds. A Committee appointed thereto
will ascertain how many can be accom-
modated within the limits Of the Con
gregational Society. but the kindness o
any other families, proffering their hos
pitality, will be cordially appreciated
and accepted.
Names with the number Of guests de
sired, may be left with 8. P. Bodies, Esq
NorE.-It may be proper here to say
that the common designation Of Congre
gationalists by the name "Presbyterians.
| il totally erroneous. There are but tw'
Presbyterian Churches in this State, no
were there ever any number of tn
Churches among us under that polity-
which differs from CongregatiOnalism al
most as widely as from Prelacy. How
the name Presbyterian came to be ap
Piled to Congregationalists, it is not cas-.
to say.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

10 The nev. H. b. Bascom, of Lex.
ington, Ky. has been elected Bishop OF
the Methodist Conference, now in session
at st, Louis.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

The following remarks were made ID
Congress last week BY Mr.. Vandyke, Of
New Jersey, and no one can read them,
we think, without at once subscribing to
their truth:
With regard to old Rough and
Ready he has often before been placed
in circumstances Of more appalling diff
fculty than those which now beset BIN,
and he has always not only extricated
himself, but those also who were entrust-
ed to his charge and he will do it
again. He who has never yet submitted
TO defeat, ii whose vocabulary the word
surrender Is not TO be found-he whose
very presence could make the thin but
daring ranks of raw recruits perfect
wall Of fire, over, or around, or through
which the dark and dense array Of Mex
lean cavalry coulo not ride-he, say,
will yet deliver US, il delivery we shall
need. That brave heart. and that strong
arm, and that indomitable will. il God.
shall spare his life, will, for years to come.
bear alOft the gorgeous ensign of the re-.
public. with its stripes untarnished,
and its stars undimmed or il it fall.
while his hand grasps it, it will be but to
make it his winding sheet. And when
the history Of those who now attempt
to tradnce the character of General Tay-
lor shall be forgotten and swept away
among the cobwebs Of The past, his
name will live in memory, in history, and
in song. a beacon light to guide the
American youth up the sleeps Of fame
and conduct him to the gates of glory.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

LII. JAnEs WARD, son Of Col. James
Ward Of this city. Is commander of the
Steamer Vixen. whice has been sent out
among other vessels BY General Taylor's
Cabinet. 70 break up che Cuba invasion.
Hartford Zymes.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

Election of Major Gensral.-We are
gratilied 10 notice the appointment; Of Gen.
WIZ. T. KING: Of Sharon. to the office Of
Major General Of the State, made vacant
by the death Of Francis Bacon. He was
elec.ed by the Legislature on Tuesday OF
last week, by catering mai ori.y. Though
Gen. K. is politically opposed to Us. We take
pleasure il saying. that we know Of no man
in this section Of the State better qualified
for the STATEN, or who will give more gen.
eral satisfaction to citizens and soldier.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

The following 4 listof Senators Whoa.
terms ezpirein 1851. The whies are i.
eaaaEr. raprrArs
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

U We have received from VIM. Good
win. Esq, Of New Haven, = copy Of his
f" Statistics Of State Oficers, Senate and
House Of Representatives Of Connecticut,
May Session, 1850" !, contains the age,
birth place, occupation and politics of each
member If the Legislature, and each State
O6icer--excert the Governor! Why this
exception, Squire Goodwin Perhaps
Col. Seymour, being IN unmarried man,
would prefer TO conceal his age; and as to
his = occnpation"-- perhaps we could
fll the BLANKS-
age occupation. pol
T. H. Seymour, As Warrior. dem.
We notice that several members Who rep
resent other parts Of the State, are natives
Of this county, viz, HoH. Georse s. Callin,
Senator from Windham Coun,y. vas born
In Harvinton John Birse, Representative
from Bristol, b. In Torring,on Henry Dul-
ton, from New Haven. b. in Plymouth /:
John p, EAess f .'aierouTy. .. * We
iertown; Reyilo Fuller, from Sherman. b.
IN Kent Benjamin. s. Reed, from Dalien,
b. in Sharon. The Speaker Of the House,
MI. Seymour. and one Of the Safe Printers,
WIN. B. Baldwin,. are natives Of this town.
Col. Fuller, Clerk VI the Senate. is native
Of Kent. The youngest member ofihe Sen.
ate Is Gen. Shelton, of Soaihbury. sgel q
the Oldest member, Jacob Beers. Of New,
town. aged 50. The youngest members OF
the House are. WIN. Douglass aud George
w. Peet Of Canaan. and J. L Tomlinsoa Of
Washington, each being "a pears Of age.
Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-30

u. 8. SENATOR.-A, the Wing Legis.
lalive caucus on the 2lst inst, the Hon.
Roger s. Baldwin received the nomination
for U. 8. Senator. The democrats and free
sellers held their caucases III: same eye>
ning-ihe former dominated the Hon. Isaac
Toucey. and the latter, the Hon. John ID.
Niles. The election Of Senator takes place
today "wednesday }
The New York herald., 1850-04-07

a. been irrevocably decided on. We read in them
the following:-' Cardinal Antonelli has made
known to M. de Reyneval that tho Holy Father
had resolved to leave for Rome in the beginning Of
April and that the resolution was about to be COM
has, therefore, satisfaction this point France,
besides, demanded that the Holy Father will 90 to
Rome by sea, in order to be escorted thithsr by
the French fleet; but different reasons cause pre-
perhaps be adopted, by his going in the first place
TO Terracina, under the escort OF the French ships
Up to the present time, the Holy Father has come
to no decision on the subject, and it is the only
point which remains to be settled"
The New York herald., 1850-04-07

NrNrvAH DrscoyBsIKs-Very lsfs and highly "a
ts3actory accounts have within thesc few days b.en
received From Mr. Laysri IN hsyra giving in
telligsnce OF now and important discoveries in tho
Nimroud mound. lie has made frcsh and exten-
sIve excavations IN parts OF the eminence not yes
explored, and the rcsuh has been the hndinr of
nothing lces than the throne upon which the mo
march, rc'snins about 1000 years ago, sat IN Ia.
splendid palace. u N composed of metal aaS %
ivory. me metal beng nchly wrought. and the
ivou beautifully carved Il does not appear ip what
part OF the edifice this discovery has been made
bat seems that tbs thrcne was separated from the
state spariInenis by means OF largo curtain, the
rngs ~ which Il vas drawn and undrawn having
been preserved Al the data OF his sdvioes fshs
beginning cf last monih) Mr.. Laysrd -ss psssuiag
hu rcsesrchos with removed srdor, in ccns>osenss
OF The astooLhsAg saooe8 thai has hithsrso attended
The New York herald., 1850-04-07

absolute princess courts priests, and police organi
zation, on the other. Nevertheless, let neither
be too slow nor too sanguine in the cause we pre-
fer. Whilst sbsolutism puts forth all its strength,
to a man, the power which should resist them Is
divided. The King Of Prussia has not conciliated
the great popular and liberal German party. And
although moderate and men Of sense give hope
and adherence to him, that great mass of the Ger
public who alone give Irresistible support, re-
main lnkewam or Indifferent. Herein lies the
danger. With the arms and the minds of the Ger
mans united against the Russians and the Austri-
ans, we should have no fear. But the Prussian
king goes out alone without his people to do battle
against the Car, and the Austrian legion, which
he commands, in addition to his own-that is the
advance of David against Golah, which, If it turn
out triumphant, must be from miracle.
The New York herald., 1850-04-07

The Obsrrdto~ dc Genevs states that the two
French refugees had just been expelled from the
canton Of vaud, ia consequence Of quarrel which
had taken place in the barracks Of Lausanne The
.Srix OF Bernc says :-.lt Is stated that the Fcdc-
raj Council has decided on according a subsidy OF
from 10 to 100 Swiss hvres 10 the refugees gravely
compromised who should seek some other asylum
out Vi Switzerland. The most necessitous are TO
be transported gratis to the frontier"