Litchfield enquirer., 1854-02-16
NEWS or THE WEEK.


 ns.I IL ia stated that Mr. Sandford Of this State, American Secretary of Lrgas ,iOn al Paris. has resigned his place. The cause of this resignation is stated to be bis deteEmination to wear the dress at court which Mir. Macy recommended. while Mr. Mason. the minister. insisted that the old decorated court dress should be woEn.
 Two new Free Banks are 10 be estab~ lished at Danhury, viz :--the Pacqnioke and the Wooster. The Bridgeport Stan dard says that there is so much down town and up town feeling that one new Bank will not answer.
 A hand car on the Eaugaluc Railroad was thrown of the. track on Thursday al the spot near Naugatuc, where the em- bankment is washed away. and one Of the men in it (employed on the Road) was very badly hurt. IL Is not expected that he will rec-ver.
 Prince Albert who has heretofore been content with. his position as husband of the Queen of England, is now said to have been busy with the war question. throwing his influence in favor of Russ sia. .5
 A cotemporary says that war on the Darube-cholera in England-confla' grafton at home-wrecks on the sea- have given to the present winter pre- eminence among disastrous seasons.
 It is sta'ed that the young King of Portugal is about to marry bis Coburg cousin, the Princess Charlotte of Belgi um. The consequences will be the pro- duction of few more royal fools.
 James Savage, in his notice of Rev. Gotten Ma,her. in connection with the famous witch trials in the Massachusetts colony, says of him. that "instead of weighing evidence, he had not discretion enough to be trusted to wipe the scales. "
 Like unlo fruitful vine is Mrs. Fra- ger of Slack county. Ohio; she has pre- sented her husband with six children within year, having achieved triplets twice.
 The Nashville Gazette of the 25th ult. states that the remains of Gel. Bliss have been taken 10 Gen. Taylor's plantation in Louisiana, to be inferred along side the old hero.
 The State of Illinois has given the Central Railroad Company two and a half millions of acres of land.
 The Buffalo Rough Notes says two of the late heroes of E'ic, Lowry and knk. pat,ick, attempted to fog the editors of the Consultation and got their heads broke .fur their pains.
 Geo. Lippard, known somewhat ex, tensiyely, as an author, died at Philadel- phia, on Thursday.
 The cholera is raging most distressing ly in S,. Thomas, w. 1. Be. Seen tue lst and 18th of January, 1900 persons died of it.
 The Rhode Island Senate have refused to repeal the act abolishiDg capital pun> ishmert. The vote was very decided one.
 There has been a blow up in New Ha- ven. on the Water Question. All pro> ceedings have been stayed, and new application is to be made 10 the Legsla, ,ure fer further power. Some irregular ity had existed in the City Meeting, which vilialcd the proceedings.
 The fishery business at the East has been generally unp'oduclhe this year, and of late it has received but very little sympathy or encourage ment f.om the Government.
 Affairs at Newfoundland are said to be in bad state oa account of the failure of the cod fishery, the potato blight. and the discharge nf the numerous laborers engaged on the telegraph works of tn. Mom YnFk Camnntsv