Litchfield enquirer., 1854-04-13

was cIecled Mayor of Hartford last week. by 2s plurality.
 AMERloAx ScIExcE.--Mr. Everett has presented memorial in the Senate pray ing for the establishment of Geograph, ical Department of the Library of Con. gress. The memorial was prepared by a committee of scientific gentlemen ap- pointed by the last meeting of the Ame> rican Association for the advancement of Science. and deserves ahe careful raru, sal Of @ll who are interested in the gene raj subject which it discusscs. The pro- position is one of mar rked inn or anc-, and ought to secure the favorable regard and action of Congress. .a. .s.s .......i
 Mir. Foster of Norwich, Mir. Kendriek of Water bury. Mir. Robinson of liar ford. Mr. Peek of New Haven, Mir. Hall of Winchester. and Mr, Biandegee of New London, will be among the leading mem- bers of the House. All but lhe latter have been in that body before. Mr. Fos> ter will unquestiOnably be chosen Speak CT, . post which he has heretofore filled with unsurpassed abi!ity. r ~~ At meeting of the late National Poul. try Show in New York. it was reported that at the show there were 2l5 exhibi- to,s. 700 coops, aad 4 .OO0 fowls. The total number of visitors during its cons tipuance was 's0.0o0. The ptoeeeds<x. ceeded the expenditures by ! sraallarnI: | s,oso If al,ark. ,vne NnrJ Ja..I A.n Al. Barnum and the attaches of the Museum :, for tue tkillful manner in which the ex>, ! hibition was conducted, and for their kindness and courtesy.
 The Santa Fee Gazette of the 18th of March gives an account of The gold mines in that vicinity. The .ichest are found in the Placer Mountains about forty miles southwest of Santa Fe. They gre now worked to some extent. and the yield is very encouraging. Though the speci> mena are not SO rich as some found in Cslifo, nia, the per cent. of pure gold in large bodies of rock is said to be equal on an average to that of the gold bearing quartz of California. The Gazette is con> ident that New Mexico is destined to be a great mining country. a> aI
 The succession of earthquakes in Cal abria destroyed 5000 persons. The cas- ,ie of Cosenza has been entirely destroy> ed, and all the garrison buried in the ruins. A village containing 900 inhabi- .ants near the same place. has likewise, with its populali"n, been destroyed. The shock was felt slightly in Naples. -.
 TREAsoN.-No citizen of the United States has ever been convicted of trea> son. It IS probably the only government in the world of which the same can be said. ~ "~
 Donald G. Mitchell. (Ik Marvel) has resigned the Venice Consulate because it " will not begin to pay expenses"
 Mr. Wm. H. Scoville, an emirent cit> izen of Waterbury, died at Charleston, s. C.. on the 26th ult. Mr. s. had been one of the pioneers in Waterbury enter. priso, and had attained pecuniary affiu> ence. as we'll as an enviable reputation for liberali:y, generosity and integrity.
 "The Angel Gabriel" or Mr. Orr as he is called in earthly language. was arr rested on Thursday, on Boston C ommon for collecting such numbe, of people 10 hear him pIeach that 'iot was appre> hended. He was kept a. the police ste, ton until sundown and then released.
 The neates, style of'fashionable panta- looms in New Yr,k is described as "a light grey ground with the castle of Hei delburg in dark blue. on one leg. and Mount Vesuvius vomiting fo,.h fire on the other.'' a I.+..s-....,
 In the Turkish army is boy, less than sixteen years old, who raised several hun dred warriors and yolunies,s f,om the in. terior of Asia Minor. His counirymcn look upon him as bon to perform great mission. There is also woman called Karan Kas. Che black gi,D who is the leader of some hoI men. wLom she in> spires with her courage.
 There is great excitement in Greece in favor of war with Turkey. The same religious zeal governs the Greeks that rules the Russians. Nicholas has been at much pains to excite it.