Litchfield enquirer., 1854-10-05
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NEw Yoar, sepl. s0ih. l051.

@NeW RN+.I " ~ -'~F-~N
 Our political hive ii busy and buzzy
 h anticipation nf thO November eleeslOn.
 The municipal reform committee have
 made aa excellent nomination fOt mayor.
 Their candidate. NirkOlas Dean, form
 s.ly President of the CSo'On Board. and
 now of the Harlem Railroad Company.
 is man of great.energy. sterling intsg-
 ,i,y, and popular manners. It is said. however. lha, tEer;KnOw NGshingsn ? val
 not vote for him. and without their sup>
 port it is th0ughE no candidate for pubs lie Ofise can succeed in this city at ihe.
 next election. ts.asw ssssssk
 The Whig nomination for Governor.
 MYRoS II. CLARK. it < generally conce- ded. has the best cl,ahce Of success. hay
 ing been nominated by the Temperance
 and Republican parties There Is some
 doubt however, whether the announce ] ment that the Native Am, r;ean party will 70 for him, is not at least, premature. At present. howeves. the Whig Stale ticket :" has the call { as the horse.joc-
 keys say. and odds are given on Clark
 and Raymond sgsin-a the tieli. But the
 end is'ndt yet. Nege,ia:i,rs are said Ito
 be in progress between the Silver Grays
 and tho DsnocrAss df the same s,lipe.
 and . strong "U.ion .Psr,y" may Possi-
 bly, sp,ing out of+heff coalition. Mean.
 time the Free Soil Wings ale fall oi | fight and confident of victory.
 The croaking abou. ''hard times" seems
 to be 'increasing in this quarter. There
 is good average Fall business doing in
 many branches of retsa trade--especi.
 ally those embracing articles of prime ne-
 costly, Articles of luxury, as is sHlways
 the case when money is tight, are some.
 what of trng in the maj kes. The Oc. lober and November payments will try !, lhe .backbonts of our merchants. and "a {, good many who have been considered 7 "sliakv for ,nlc ti.ne past will indubila.
 bly cave in." @
 D, spite the s'hard times" however, l, places of amusement arc well attended Grsi and Ma,io go ,o the Fourteenth Street Opera House next week. Hack cit has barely paid expenses with them at Castle Garden. Talking Of the Opera reminds me of'the lady who hann,s Ma. I ,io. The seat taken for the sessbn nnde, the name of < Coults" is filled every
 opera night by the plaster of.paris Hook
 ing female who has adopted that cogno. men. Hitherto 1t ihss generally beet supposed that she was manage. ss'hnytt IA lady gut up for effect by Hackett aud
 ronsanced into -no,ori.'ty at so much pe'
 line. This is a mistake. To my csrtaie
 knowledge shs is an English wom5h o
 large fortune-mad as a Mach hare, nt
 doub, ,and just as desperately in love vi ] e l Ie- Margu;s as lunalic mi. ..lit be expect i. l ed to be. Sine brought to this ,untrI 7 large sam in Bank of Englasd note ! and letters of credit. drafts, .tc.. iron d the London Banking House of Coutts | y Co. to large amount have seen sev ! eral of the letters. drafs. etc and knos that Brown Brothers dE Co. cisl, her bill without he.i alion. She buys largely s;t : Stewards, Genin's and other fashMnabl,
 stores, payingsfos the pu,cha es in fftl
 pound letters of credit. bearing tie sly nature and water ma,k of 'CoGtts sE Co. and her own endorsement. Her real nsm, 2 is <" Frances Sarah Gyle," which she af g fixes in very sane looking hand 10 th,
 afcrssai fifty pounders. Every fine sl,'
 wits the opera she arra.p herself in |
 new costume. and # l may judge iron n her appearance gives tssr face new coa l. of white wa.l. She is staying at lh, } St. Nicholas and has wi h her ayeryn e looking lad, $ maid who seems qni,e in n dignant at the ysgaries of her mistress :. whom she is s,sy anxioas tog get back t. z England seain. Mail has had an inter , view wilt the fair dementeo nee her ar' rival, bat what passed -ti,c,eat This depo , nent not knowing cannot say. The sio, }
 about her having followed ths handsome (but ,a.her jew. visaged) tenor 10 Ss. Pc . iersbusgh and el<ewlrsse is all truc. On' of these dsys she will have G,isi' in he 3 hair and luke 1t. Nous vpyroas.
 II Next week we are io have the State ! Agric ul,u,al Fair ia Hamilton Square , All the cattle sheds and other temp,T,fy buildings are already up. They cov.l neatly eighteen ac,es; about the space 7 occupisd by the London Orys.al Palace The affair will undoubtedly bring iogsth.
 CT a larg'r concoarse of spectator. 4lI.T.
 than was ever assembled on similaf DC, ! cas;pn in this country.
 ] Mrs. Nichols. widow of the lsse edito, ? of the Nercayy is 10 have N benetit Tl i Niblo's next week. The f.iencs nf h. , late husband have made up fund u