Litchfield enquirer., 1854-02-23
2 1INgws or TIE WEEK

the Middleiown Sentinel, all favor Ihe new Nebraska bill, and the editors hold offices under gopeynment.
 THEOLOGICAL DrFTeRENcEs.--Rev. Henry, Ward Beecher says that .. some men lived better with bad system of theology, than many men did who had a good one. and that some geen c0uid do more aOith jack knite than some men could do OitA sOhOle chest sf toots {"
 Tn China, the insurgents have come within sixty miles of Pekin. That city is well supplied with provisions. Trade is better atlthe Chinese ports than 1t was year ago. kT aaN
 Four generations of negroes live in little hut in Pitt<6eld. The oldest is "sOld Hagal." who is ll0. She felIand broke shef thigh last week. but is doing well. and will probably recover.
 A large meeting sof, the Mechanics of the city of New York, opposed to the Nebraska Bill was held in the Taberna> cle on Saturday evening. Some four or five thousand were present. Speeches were made by John F. Hale. Rev. H. w Beeeher and others. Strong resolutions were passed. 's Mrs. E. c. Judson, widow of the late Dr. Judson. missionary to Burmah, it isl feared is in the last stages of consump- ton. Her physicians Lave but llttle hope of her recovery. eaarT4a Hydtopliobia prevails 10 an alarming extent among the Indians occupying the reservation at Cattaraugus Greek, New York. Several of the family of Bluesky, one of the chiefs. have died with it. and the chief himself is thought to be be- yond medical aid. asss4u Ee rsa s zga , hss&essgg a5 akp ss ssssF w~i Ia "a sss John Van Busen opposes the Nebras. ka Bill. He argues that if it is uncon~ stitutional or has been virtually repealed or has been rendered imperative, it is for the courts to decide, not Congress.
 Western gentlemen. who own large quantities of real estate. are in favor of the Homestead Bill. They argue that the West needs population for it's pros perity. and that as soon as the govern ment lands are out of market by being l given away, the more sure will be their sales and at good prices. .-st .r The Maryland House of Delegates has decided 10 refer the whole subject of a Ptohbitory Liuuor Law, to the votes of the people. ii-.F A row look place in a grog shop in Seymour. on the 0lh inst, between some fifteen or twenty men and women, who went into the fight rough and tumble. One woman had her head smashed, and another was hit in the back. Five of the gang were arrested. ,5, k. .e~s-g.g t... The Alton packet. Kate Kearney. ex> ploded her boile,s at the wharf at Si. Louis. Thursday morning. killing and wounding large number of passengers. It is estimated that twenty were killed and many were drowned. Major Beale of the U. s. army is dangerously wound. ed. E
 Willis J. Hardy, of Lebanon, N. H., is in jail in Philadelphia for having three wives at once. His latest acquisition in that line IS a widow lady with several children. .sqes ss !. s .as .7.
 Madam Sontag was not within thou sand miles of New O,leans. upon the day of the sleamboa, fire, in which it was said by the telegraph. that she came near being burn. to desth. a
 A fellow by the name of Jewell was sentenced 10 be hung. at Piitsburg. on Friday. The sheriff made all the neces. sary preparations on Thursday. Alter the gaIlows was erected, and other mat ters arranged, the Governor sent a res> piie, for a afew days. much 10 the disap> pointment of all who had expected an opportunity to see the man swung of. A bill is before the Legislature, propos~ ing 10 give the coF.dealned new trial
 EFA At present, the English public is engaged with the <. beard movement" It is claimed by large party. among which are the physicians generally. that the beard should not for reasons of health be shaved off. The London Times is in favor of long boards. x seVa \ ', H The report of the Armory Com mission in relation 10 the military super iniendsnce at Springfield. is, sad Mr. Pratt in the House of Representatives the other day. ]" not worth . rush: The examination was a humbug. and the course of the commission unpopular.