Litchfield enquirer., 1855-03-15
w- The Democratic Conrressional

] Hon. Mir. Seymour, we notice, positively declines as re-nomination, hut there is no lack of candidates ready to serve the coun- try. Mir. s. returned home last week he has ably represented his district, and re- tires with the best wishesof all parties. E Amasa Parker, Esq, native of this County, died a, his residence in Delhi, N. |. on the lst instant, aged about 67 years. Mir. Parker was sound, able law yer, of the old school. He was student of Judge Reeve. at the law school in this village; in lSl4 he was admitted to the New York bar, and immediately became a partner of Samuel Sherwood. of Delhi. and continued with him, successfully pur- suing his profession for several years, and afterwards formed a partnership with his nephew. For more than forty years Judge Parker unremi:,ingly pursued his profess sion in the same village. Few men in the state have transacted as much business, and yet fewer have done it better.
 RAPE.-A revolting rape was committed upon the person ofa young lady in the west ern part of Harwinton on Friday evening last. She was seen to enter an outhouse by an Irishman, who followed, and after gag ging her with handkerchief, accomplished his purpose. He immediately left for parts unknown and has not yet been taken. A , reward of $500 is offered for his arrest. D The Whigs of this Congressional District may fairly be considered "live men," Noless than sixteen of them walk ed nine miles, through the mud, on the night of the 9th inst. in the discharge of of their duties as delegates to the Con- gressional Convention.
 E A meeting of the officers of the End Military Brigade of this State, is to be held in New Haven on the I6th of April next, to consult on military matters and de eide whether they will have Brigade En- campment next fall.
 E "Sam" has made his appearance 1 very decided y in Rhode Island. An act was passed by the lata Legislature (says the Providence JournaD to prohibit the State Courts from exercising the power ofsnatu- ralization resolutions were adopted in fa- vor of a law of Congress conhning natural ization to the federal courts, and extending the required term ofresidence to twenty-one years.
 tS MT. James Harris of Salisbury, was mortally wounded by the accidental dis charge of a gun in tho ahands ofanother per son, on the sssh inst x
 v Nine lottery dealers were arrested in New York. on Wednesday, and large amount of tickets seized. The dealers were held to bail in the sum of $500 each. There are said to be nearly thousand men in that city who live by this mean system of swindling. ~
 @ There is a report that pauper in the Danbury !alms-housc has been dc voured by iass. Can it be true that such neglect is rraesieed in tho management of that ins,i- 1 tuticnt "A. EV Jenny Lind, now the mother of two children is about to visi. England acain professionally. She will sing music only of sacred character.
 V Horace II. Day, has finally triumph- ed in the great India Rubber case tried at Providence on the 7tl inst. The Cour, awarded Day Si,ooo, being damages claim cd for ,he use of the ChaiEee pa,en. for three mon,hs-the time covered in the plaintiffs declaration. Isaac Hanshorn was the de- 1 fendant.
 IF The Cincinnati Commerciu, speak ing cfthe approaching execution of 4. rison, tho torpedo murderer, says he evinces, by his haggard countcnance and altered de- meanor, that he begins to realize all the horrors of his condition. Remorse seems to be busy at work with his conscience. V' Anthony Burns the fugitive Slave 1 whose case created so muchscxcitement a year ago in Boston, has been redeemed from captivity by contributions, and is 10 have a public reception in that city shortly. This even is better than glorfying John Mitchell and other Yagabond renegades.
 Er Cattle arc dying in scme parts of Ohio, from the impossibility of procuring food. The long continuance of snow on , the ground has caused the small supply of ! hay to be exhausted. One farmer in May field had fifty head of cattle and not a lock of hay 10 give them, and hay was held at S20 per ton, and in many places could not he had at any price.
 IF Miss Bunkley, the yousg lady whose absconding from St. Joseph's Nun nery at Emmetssburgh, Md, last summer, acquired so much notoriety. has received an anonymous letter from a Baltimore priest