Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1854-12-21

Il rather surprised 20 nnd himself gO-
nsnading dry Gags aud cobbls stones 10
New York. The city is innocent Of snow
Yet the weather We have here is dispir~
iting enough. raining. fsggy. true Lcn>
don weather. The sun has forsaken US.
Cor the seat Of war. Or some other center
Of mt, rest. Coming from cheerful fire>
| sides Of Yankeedom, where nuts are
cracked and apples eaten. one is struck
by the carewo,n and anxious expression
which sits on all the " old familiar faces
from the Wall street banker to the Full.
ton Ferry apple woman. The counter.
ances OF business men are ''sIgns Of the
times" belokening bankruptcy, famine.
land all such direful visions. Therefore.
the city is dOlsfdl, though fashion spreads
her peacock tail no less superbly than OF
Iold. Among the poor there IS and will
Ibe. though the winter. great deal Of
suffering. It is difficult to obtain en-
] ployment and many are thrown out Of
Occupation By the rev,riea Of employees.
The benevolent sacistiss Of this and the
adjoiuing cities are lahoring faithfully 10
improve the condition OF the various
classes Of the poor whom they have taken
in charge. The Female Employ ment
Society Of Brooklyn, is sffording the
means Of support TO many INDECENT seam.
stresses, BY enabling them to dispose Of
their wolk at remuneratiye prices. One
would think from the dolorous ouicry
tha. we were all 10 danger Of starvation.
Every body is frightened. But willie
fishes swim the water and cattle walk The
land, the great NAV of the Metropolis
shall be filed. a bAau5 a,
In connection with this melancholc
train Of observations, We may appropri-
ately speak Of the rece nj failure Of the
Central Bank of this city. This bank
was broken by an arbitrary action Of the
g Clearing House," wi i:h restitution, in
fact possesses the power Of breakia2 al
most any bank In the city. if it chooses
to try. The Clearing House operates ip
tbs way. EAcll city bank receives daily
from its depnsiors. checks upon and
notes Of the different banks. A messen>
ger from ench bank meets at 10 A. NJ.
at the Clearing House. the next day, and
exchanges checks and notes at II NJ:
1.-THE banks- meet again and pay The ba!
lanccs against them. II this balance is
not paid by P. NJ, il is reclaimed. and
the bank suspended from the privileges
ofthe Institution. The Central Bauk did
no, confolM 10 tbs rule, and was sus
pended accordingly. The suspension
, was followed by a rush of note holders
and depositrrs. which would be fatal to
almost -ny bank. in the city. The bal
! ahces however, were paid At 8 P. H.. but
on Wednesday the bank WIS closed, and
the directors intimate a possibility Of its
re.opening on Monday. This bank a,
well as the Empire City. will probably
be obliged to wind ppls aft lis. LIS
circulation is well secured, but The drpo
sitors may lose something.
| Enough Of bankruptcy and starvation.
The topic of absorbing interest is the wa.
the extensive details Of which, furnished
| by English pagers. bring TIE battlefield
almost before our eyes. The pr spect O!
aruptnrc between The allied and German
powers. and consequently, OF ney revn.
luiionary outbreaks in Europe. produces
considerable excitement, among The exiled
patriots in this city. and they are proba
lbIy holding themselves in readiness FOL
any opportunity. There are republican
secret sneisiies of French. Germans,
! Poles. Hungsrisns. ard Italians. and no
one knows wha, combus.ibes and explo-
sives may be pied up waiting for th..
match. Singular advcr isements appear
now and then in tho ,dniies, which read
Ike the rawlings Of an idiot. They are
sail 10 be cipher communication intel!i
gitle only 10 the refugees. What spi
sides Of romantic histories might be
written out fran some Of the advertise.
menis in our vehicles Of commercials in.
telligence as the, hide wedgcd in between
notifications of sosp. hats. 6.illes,icks,
aud all the humbugs Of Vanity Fair
! Lest hiends, found foltsnes. di>ccnnsct-
cd words which have deep meaning for
two eyes cut of fifty thousand that Rad
theml a wonderful thing. indeed. is a
newspaper
The murderer. Tucker. formerly editor
Of, the Brooklyn Adsertiser. is now on, Lis
lri'. Probably he will escape on plea
4 LOT lnsani.y. lie Was, no doubt. mad with
drink when. DO murdered bis helpless
! family, but ]. is doubtful whether cons,i<
,u.Ional insaniy can be proved. Human
4 life Is one Of the few commodities .ha.