Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-06-12
New York, June s, 1881.

New York, June 8, 1881.
Editor of the Enquirer ,
The steamship Asia arrived at this
port, from Liverpool. yesterday morning
having made7her passage in ten days
and sixteen and half hours. There is
nothing Of Importance going on, either in
Great Britain or ON the continent--if,
indeed, except the Worlds Fair, and
the EPSON Races neither of which, how
ever, as far as / can see, are Of much inn
portance to us Americans. The British
Parliament always adjourns on the prin-
cipal day Of the races-the Derby Day.
What would our people think of a mem"
Der, who should rise in lis seat IN the
U. s. Senate, and move that this House
do now adjourn to witness the race be-
tween Fashion and Lady Suffolk
The London NssOs says: i" City mer-
chants say that the Exhibition has killed
business for the season; the caterers of
public amusements are still louder in
their complaints the theaters do not ell;
panoramas are losing speculations, &C."
This is precisely what ought to have betn
expected. The public mind cannot en-
terrain more than one idea at time, and
when the people are running mad after
one particular monstr osity, everything
else must be neglected. While the poor
cockneys are taxed so enormously high
for the privilege Of gaping through the
Crystal Palace, don't see how they can
have any money to bestow upon other
things.
Our New York merchants, however,
do not complain of the dulncss of busi-
ness. They have no cause for during
the last forty eight hours, no fewer than
six ocean steamers have arrived at this
port, viz, the North America and En-
pire City from Chagres, the Washington
from Bremen, the Marion from Charles:
ton, the Florida from Savannah, and the
Asia from Liverpool. These steamers
brought about one thousand one hundred
and fifty passengers, and about $s.oo0,~
900 in specie and gold dust, besides a
large quantity of freight. One general
dry goods firm, that Of L. o. Wilson &
Co., has paid. this week, near $4,000
in duties on importations from Europe
$4,000 on one article, 'AHoyless Royal
Patent Swansdown Sewing Cotton"
There was a rumor in England when
the Asia left, that Kossuth is to be lib
Grated but the German papers do not
speak of it.
In france, the Legitimists have pub
lished their determination to support
motion for the revision Of the constitu-
ton; but they also say, that they will
oppose the reelection of Louis NapOle-
on. The moderate party. headed by
Cavaignac, Lamartine, and others, is OPP
posed to the revision. ..
A friend in Gloucester (England) men,
tons in his letter Of May 10th, that an
amusing incident recently occurred in
that city. A few days previous to the
the dispatch Of his letter, while slrolling
along the docks, his attention WAS diree-
ted to great ''nOise and copfusien'''. ON
board one Of the Gieek ships lying close
by; and horrible sight presented itself
to his terrified vision. An unfortunate
sailor. having arope round his neck. was
run up to the yard>arm Of the vessel,
and, after few struggles. apparently
terminated his life, amidst the shouts and
yells Of the crew. Averting his eyes
from the horrid spectacle, my friend was
about TO escape from the vicinity of the
cruel spectacle, when he suddenly beheld
three more victims simultaneously ele~
waited to similar undesi.ably high posi-
tions from the yard arms of three neigh
boring vessels. Alarmed, lie lied to the
police Office, and returned in company
with seven policemen, just in timeto be-
hold the crew of a fifth vessel lower the
body of man into the water, and, after
hauling it up on to the deck, most un-
mercifully belabor it with ropes ends;
capstan bars, &C.. after which, il was
run up to the yard-arm, as the preceding
victims had been, amidst similar demon
strations CT joy on the part Of the c,ew.
By this time great crowd had COLI
lecte1 ], and the excitement occasioned by
these wholesale executions was most in
tense. One of the policemen tainted on
the spot; but the remaining six together
with my humahe friend, rushed boldly
on to one of the ships and intimated their
fixed intention Of apprehendipg the whole
of tie culprits. 1t was, however, salts
factorily explained, that the sailors were
only enacting a ceremony Of the Greek
Church, invariably performed by their
nation every Good Friday. The pendant
figures were efigies filled with straw, re-
presenting Judas Iscariot, and they were
hung as ar expression Of adherence of
the conduct of that despicabie traitor.
Mrs. E. Cakes Smith, will deliver a
lecture tonight, at Hope Chapel. Her
subject will be Ladies Dresses" and
as it is understood that she will have
much to say about the new female cos
tune. she will of course have a full house.
Mrs. SroIfh sca IL L. 4.