Litchfield enquirer., 1855-05-17
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ton to the port Of ST Paul, the number Of
emigrants to Minnesota Territory for per
manent residence exceeded eight thousand.
The Mayor ofSt. Paul. on The 26th Of April,
had at his dinner, asparagus and green peas,
raised in the Territory.
| n The original pieces as sung by the
Barker Family may be had of A. S. Baldwin.
We are indebted to them for q Hurra for
New England &c.
y The Cayuga Chief gives Lieut. Gov.
Raymond a sharp and just rebuke for his va
cilating and treacherous course with regard
to the Prohibitory Measure; he has fallen
between all parties like lump of lead, and
is politically dead.
| u The last snow-storm of the season,
We trust, came off on Wednesday-the con-
ciusion of as much disagreeable weather as
could be well got into two days. Had the
ground been frozen the snow would have
been four inches deep-enongh for sleigh
ing, the middle of May.
a The Legislature has been peti,ioned,
we notice, for the release Of Sol. Rowe of
this town from State Prison. Many doubt
ed the justice of his sentence at the time,
and the petition for his release is extensive
ly signed by our townsmen, and will we
homo nroya ofTaotn,1
I" st. Anthony's Nose," on the North
River, is said to have been on FIRE for sever
| al days,-that is to say, the forests npon it
have been on fire. There areas yet no
signs of erysipelas.
~ In Detroit, Michigan, an ordinance
! was passed at the last council, prohibiting
| the use Of camphene and burning fluids,
spirit gas. or any explosive fluid, by what
| ever name known, to take effect in ninety
| days.
u A Joint Stock Company has been
formed at Wolcottville, with capital Of
$4,000, for the purpose of working extern
sive soapstone quarries lying two or three
miles west Of that silage.
VA powder mill at MiddIefeld, be-
longing to D. G. Rand of Mddletown, blew
up about noon on Thursday. The workmen
were at dinner and no lives were lost,
u The Virginia State election, in which
the fate of Henry A. Wise and the old line
Virginia Democracy will be settled, comes
off on the 4,h Thursday Of May, the oath of
May.
70 Barnum's Baby Show meets with
little favor flom persons of decent TASTE
Mrs. E. Oakes Smith Of Brooklyn, N. Y,
learning that her name had been used as one
Of the awarding committee, Indignantly re-.
pudiates any such engagement, in letter
to tho New York Tribune.
u The Chicago Tribune says it is USE
less to disguise the fact, that the cholera
has commenced its ravages on the Mississ-
irpi River, and that deaths have already oc-
! cured in many OF the towns lying on that
stream between st. Louis and St. Paul; and
urges that precautionary measures should
be adopted in Chicago before it makes its
| appearance there also.
II The mostintcrcsting religious feature
! of the last week has been the holding Of the
Religious Anniversaries in the city of New
York. The exceedingly unpleasant state
| OF the weather prevented very crowded
| attendance. Each society exhibited de-
6ciency in receipts and complained Of the
operation ofthe hard times. The falling off
in the Bible Society was about $1,000.
II In Polk county, Ga, there is such a
scarcity cfprcvisions that many Of the fam
lilies in the neighborhood are almost starry.
ing. The same is the case in Floyd county,
where a public meeting has been called to
adopt measures Of relief The partial fail
ures Of grain crops for year or two, the in
crease in the price Of provisions. and the
stoppage Of many grist mills, are noted
among the causes of this distress.
10 Pittsheld paper notices The death
Of Capt John Dickinson, aged sG-a native
Of this town, and says he was formerly
| Treasurer and Collector of Pittsfield, and a
man of considerable property. Many years
ago he lost the latter, but not the respect Of
his fellow citizens, by whom he has always
been considered one of the most uprigh,
men of their number. He has passed alike
unscathed, the trying ordeals ofcomparatve
wealth and poverty. and maintained to the
last that noblest title, AN Homes. Man."
EA memorial TO Congress from the in.
habitants OF Kansas is now in circulation
in the territory, in which, is set forth all the
essential facts connected with the recen,
outrage on their rights as @freemen, perpe-
trated by the inhabitants Of Missouri This
memorial confirms the worst stories already
told by the newspapers Of the invasion OIL
the territory by armed Missourians, and calls
on Congress for protection from such acts OIL
warlike invasion. -
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