Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1852-07-22
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The BAALOON ASCENS1OH at
Bridgeport on Thursday afternoon, the
l5th inst. was very successful affair. At
about 3 o'clock, the faslenings we're let
loose and the noble ball rose in the air,
with boat attached, having in it M. Petin
and two other persons, one of whom was
Mr.. Wood of Bridgeport. The balloon
rem aimed in sight for long time, slowly
moving southeastward, and finally landed
on Long Island, without accident OF any
kind. -.. ..
SAD News FROM THE PLAINS: - The
cholera makes sad havoc among the pass
sengers on the overland route TO Calfor-
MIA and Oregon: The road is lined with
graves-but still the tide rolls westward.
The following is the estimated number of
persons, animals, &C., passing Fort Kear-
ney, Nebraska territory, during the month
Of May last. Men, l4,l69; women, 1897;
children 1900 = total 2l,666. Horses,
5492 mules, 4482-cattle, a. .990-sheep
4sl3. Total number Of animals, 59,775.
Wagons, 1913. Some fifty persons pass.
on foot with provisions, &C, packed on
their backs; ten or twelve with handcarts
and wheelbarrows. About thirty had to
return to the States. having been robbed
Of their all by the Indians.
n-Dr. Ezekiel Holmes, of Winthrop,
Me-. editor of the Maine Farmer, has
been nominated as the free soil candidate
for Governor.
New York, July Is.
A call has been made for National
Convention, to ba held in Philapelphia on
the LIST Of August. for the purpose ofnom>
mating Daniel Webster for the Presiden.
cy, as Union candidate.
% The Boston Traveller states that Mrs
Harriet Beecher Stowe received on We'd
nesday last, cash in hand, from her pub
fishers, Messrs. Jewett & Co., the sum of
$lO.30O-as her premium on three months
sales of Uncle Toms Cabin" This is
unprecedented in the history of authorship
in this country.
I5@In an address at the Celebration at
South Glastonbury, on the 9Th inst. the
Rev. Frederick w. Chapman, pastor of
III church in that place, stated that he
had collected and arranged the names of
over four thousand descendants ofthe Hon
Robert Chapman, an early settler Of Say
brook, ..'..s...
~Tha Hartford Times says that Mr.
Harralb late Mayor of Bridgeport. has
gone over to the support Of Pierce and
King. Ifso--that counts land the FIRST
and ONLY one We have heard Of in this
state. But we don't believe word of it,
Snch conversion at any time would
evince sad lack of principle-but at such
time as this, would in addition hetray
rickety judgment and a most execrable
taste. The tide is setting the othar way,
and that man is hardly sane who would
jump overheard and swim up stream, when
the watchward is Onward. and the goal
lies ahead. E Hr
D-The Montreal Herald Of Saturday
the 10th gives summary of the lis. Of in
sura nees involved in the late fire ia that
city. Il reports The Etna, Hartford, and
Protection, of Hartford, together, to have
lost 100000. The Hartford Times, how
ever, says that the Protection claims to
have lost only tribe over $4,000, the
E,na $4,000, the Hartford $500. These
companies have received letters from their
agents, and claim to know the extent of
their losses. The Times adds, in relation
to the loss Of the Etna Company. with |
good luck it will wipe out he~lOss in one |
month, its monthly receipts averaging
Jighly thousand dollars. 1t does the lar
gess business by all odds of any fire insur-
ance company in the United States, and
owing to its solid cOpitaL now entirely paid
up in cash, and its high standing, is able
to choose its risks and obtain the highest
rates Of premium a