Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1852-12-16


tribes. DR.. Peck is.a.n native Of Litch6eld,.
South Farms.
TRev. Dr.. Edward Beecher of Boston,.
has declined the Rresidency of. Clev elandi
University.
Al meeting; Of the Stockholders oftthe.
Bank Of Litchfeld County, at. New Mil"
ford, 0n,ihe 9Th December inst .
Frederick Ghitteaden. BY Mygatt. Dams,
isl Marsh, Glover Sanford, George Taylors,
Solomon. e. Bostwick, Noble. s.. Bennett.
Walter d. sperrB and George Briggs. were+
elected Directors OF: said, Bank.
At subsequent meeting of the Direc~
tors of said Bank. on same day
Frederick Chit,enden was unanimously
elected President. ....
The capital of said Bank is. $l0O,O00l.
and is based upon the bonds of the city, Of.
Hartford, Conn.
u Rev. William Bird. SON of Rev..
Isaac Bird, returned missionary, was orr
dained as missionary of the American
Beard, at Merrimack, N. H., GA the 24tn.
ulI. SerH'o" BY DR.. Halves, of Hartford
Mr.. Birds destination is Syria.
: IL Mr.. Garfield, proprietor of the Hart>.
ford Republican,, has disposed of his inter-
est to M. II. Bartlett &c Co., and it is here
after TO be edited by d. w. Bartlett, and j. Z.
R. Hawlcy. Mr.. Bartlett, already favora~,
bly, known as n gracefuLwriter, will take
charge of the literary department, while
his eoadjutor will manage tbs political jp--
,risdie,ion.
FIR3T NEWSPAPER IN OHro.-The FIRST,
newspaper PRINTED north Of the Ohio RIVER
was established at CINCINNATI in 1893. by
VIM. Maxwell, and bore the title of Cen
tinel of the Northwestern Territory, owith
the motto, open to Observation-Disclosures
by none." Il was, On half-sheet, royal.
quartz size.
~ The Derby Journal pub fishes an,
account of the robbery of German ped
lar on the Humphreysville and Naugatuc
turnpike few days since. One Of the
highwaymen presented pistol to his
throat, while the other took from him $75,
in cash and 800 worth of iewelry. A
bold maneuvre that. They are yet at large.
ii, L. Monson, of Canaan. Post Route
Agent on the Housalonic Railroad, has, re-
ceived the appointment of Government t
Mail Agent, to take charge ofthe mails be-
tween New York and San Francisco. an d.
sails on Monday next in the steamer Geor~
g'a. MT. Monson has been prompt and
efficient officer, on the Housatonic Road,
and has many friends along the line of the
road, who will be pleased to- hear of his
promotion to SO important and lucrative q
station. Henry Peck, Jr., succe eds Mr..
thomson in the capacity of Route Agent ons
the Hou satonic Road.
|; MORE TERRIIoRY-TheS Sioux Indians
recently cedel to the United States tract
Of land about 500 miles long by 14O miles,
broad. containing fl2,0O0 square miles,
Hirg partly within the limits of Minnesota,
This is nearly three times the size of New
York. and almost equal to the area of Eng.
land, Ireland and Scotland 1t is ten times
as large as Holland. nine times as large as
Belgium, half as large as France, and 5000
square miles larger than Prussia.
CREDITABLE 70 THE TURKISH GOVERN.
MENT.-Rev. Mr.. Williams, a missionary
at MOsul. has received from the Turkish
pacha 4 500 piastres for the robbery OF
Rev. DR.. Bacon's party year ego. T6nes
cannon and 800 men were sent against the
Kurds to collect the money. This restitu-
ton is another instance of the friendly
disposition Of the Sultan towards Ameri.>
can citizens.
The GREATEST WORK OF ARr,-The,
Great Pyramid in Egypt is 500 feet in
height, and It's base covers thirteen acres.
Its weight is estimated at six millions of
tons. and its erection would occupy 5000,
men twenty years. If it was broken M.
the materials would rear a wall around the
whole kingdom of France fen feet high
and two and half feet thick.
rs The safest place in a railroad train.
when 10 motion, has been a mooted point
OH discussed by travellers. In a case on,
trial in the Now York Courts for damages
TOR injuries resulting from collision, the
lailroad company put 10 as defence that
the plaintiff was in the baggage cor smok>
ing. contrary to the posted regulations Of
the company--that they did nor profess TO
carry passengers safely In that car on acs
count Of its exposed situation and that if
the plaintiff had remained In the passenger
car, az he ought to have done, he would
have been uniniured. In answer 10 thia.
il was shown BY the PLAINTIFF allornev. hv
the statistics Of railroad accidents in Eaes
land md France, that the baggage car isas
safe ne any In the train, and that the most
unsafe cars are 1hose Ia the middle Of the