Litchfield enquirer., 1854-10-26
11atters and ThinEB b Nov York.
Nrw Yoar. Ool. 9Elh, 1854.

Nrw YORk. Oct. 2elh, 1884. 1 The excitement caused by the unlock. ed Tor Ts-appsaEance of Capt. EHes has al'eRdy subsided. and our restless city is on the Qus vivs for the Liverpool steamer Of the 4Ih. and the stirring taIts from tie C'imsa which she is expected to bring. The near approach of election day. Tu.s. dsy. the 7th day Of November, keeps the politicians in a ferment. and the mul,ipIi. city Of candidates. facliona. and political axe-grinders engaged in the struggle ren> ders the municipal canvas most anu sing game at crOss purposes to q disin> lerested spectator of the melee.
 John N. Genin has declined the nom> ination of the Independents. in neat, sensible letter. so that there are now only fvs aspiran's 10 the mayoral.y in the field. For most of the other local offices ,htre are f,om three to five caEdidates Never before in this city was th.re such rush of laborers 10 tie public vineyard Wilson q. Hunt. one of our most honOred merchants is the standard bearer of the Reform party. but l fear he cannot be elected mayor. Party organizations and discipline -6acked up by bad rum and big promises are more than match for the loosely combined elements of Reform. Tue vital struggle for the mayoralty will be between Fernando Wood, nominated by both the hards and the sofls of the democracy (bu, since repudiated by the ha'ds.) ) and J. J. Herriek. whig. Barker. the know nothing candidate is said to have many enemies in the ranks of lis own party, and although nominated by the temperance men can scarcely be saccess. iul. @
 The criminal record of the current week bids fair to rival that of the preceding. On Wednesday, last. John Slaven. sho.> maker. s,abbei his wife with shoe. knife in five places a man named Arcl- ibald Irvine died from effects of wounds inflicted on the previous night by a youth named Danow; Wm. Eberls was com. mitsed f r ,rialon a charge of mn, der;ng John Gllfroy with d pistol in Ninth Aye- nue, on F.iiay night 1; John Corco.an was convicted of msnslaighter in 'hs fourth degree and a policeman was IT raigned on charge ef maDslaug Inter in causing the death o: . pti isonsr by vio- lence. Rather a formidable catalogue for one day, bat there is more to add. On. Tuesday. John Smith. a boy of seventeen was placed at the bar on cbarge of murder and convicted of manslAugh,er inthe second degree and yesterday Pst- rick McMahon. a laborer. was put on trial for the murder of his wife, and JohA B. King. mere lad in appearance araign- ed for homicide. The weapon used in all the cases I have mentioned save q rec was the ,ias.ard's-a knife the immedi- ate cause in each instance was rum. Another of those little eps ,des in the history of Banking. mildly termed 'de. falcalions." was brought to light in this city few days ago, and yesterday fu,- nished a new topic for the gossips in Wall street. The f,s, teller of ti,e Ocean Bank. one McGuckin. $ ,hs unf rtuna,e '.viclim of cir:um. tances" The thing occurred in the si npicst way in the world Mr. McGuckiD merely certified checks in an irregular way. on his own hook. and finally lhe bank was minus Sl0O.O00 by tha opera'i,n. Its capital however. is million of dulis,s, So 1" whats the odds. . After Schuylvr's gigantic fraud swil,dle of one hundred thousand dollars seems almos. like an act of exemplary fo' bear. ance. and we only say. after drawing 8 long breath. "a mere lrsfe. il might have been worse" It is nnde,s,ocd that the 'eller's curi,ics are good fer $50 900. There Is also screw loose in the K:ick esbocket Bank. One uf the Directors k saij to ows the ins,iiusion &l5O.OOO l :, Tie bank is in bad condition and hea. y loss wil! fall s,mew hsre--on the d4> positors probably. The Empire Bank has toen tried by . p,euy persevssing run. stood the test and is in ss good oder as ever. There have been some failures among the Kentucky and Indiana Banks and everybody looks rather shy a. Wsst> ,erh money.
 The Walker divorce case which affo, d. I ed suck delightful food for pturisnt ima- gina,ions du,ing it's progress. has been srtt'rd by drc'ee of the referees. NJ 2.
 Walker obtains divorce with leave to anairy again. and has the custody of tl,e children, lie being permitted to yisit them