Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-07-19
NEW FORK coRREsPOnDENcE.
Nrw YoKx, July l4th. 1855.

Eight days have passed and in noeeual time
within the last three years have retsiIers
made more Haunting exposition Of the al
cohoiic temptations, nor have there been
more cases Of drunkenness. All matters to
which the law relates are mixed up In a
hodge-podge Of ineziricabIe confusion. So
l many points are unsettled, and so many
cunning objections raised TO well nigh ey-
cry feature of the law THAI it lies stretched
along the city like an effete corpse. Many
new drinking saloons have been opened
since the 18th, and all the old ones are in
full blast. The efforts of the police are con-
fined almost exclusivelyto capturing Keeling
1 loafers who have secreted too much of the
| contraband between decks, of whom some
/ thirty have s'tasted the sweets" of corrected
liberty in the calaboose within the last ten
days. la mos. cases they are too drunk 10
give strIight testimony, as to where they
procured their liquor, and after poulticine
CALLED justice with ''saw-buck" are set at
| liberty again. The first jury trial in the
State came of at ,poughkeepsie yesterday
The defendant was a Dutchman, and his
crime was selling Lager Bier. He aimed
to prove it was not intoxicating, and to this
end small Dutchman after being duly,
sworn. testified, and said that he had I'M
twelve hours drank sixty glasses of Lager.
Bier, and that the glasses were pint glasses.
and that ne did experience no 4inconyen-i
lence fromthe same, and yet that jury found
the vehder guilty. O tempore, O mores
The steady march of improvement which.
prostrates everything before its gigantic
tread has worked great change.in the last
| fortress of the old Knickerbockers. Castle
Garden is now an emigrant hospital. Ev-,
cry interior of the old building is SO thor
oughly metamorphosed that its most con-
slant freauenter of the Hast five years, can
find no clue by which to recognize it. 1t
awakens a feeling of real sadness TO stroll
through the precincts Of the pile known for
so many years as a hall of pleasure and
consecrated to the Muse OF Song, ard see
how 1t has now almost entirely los,its iden-
tity, and become another link in the great
chain of benevolent institutions which the
spirit of the age is. forging. All its glories.
Give mary cailits associations with art by
that nancy are departed, and heneeforth it
is to perform its part in the u,iiitarian eco.
nomy Of its times. The arrangements fit
ting itfor the new use which is to be made
of it are most extensive ard eosapless. The
utmost precaution'is taken by the authori-
ties to protect the poor emigrant from the
numerous sharks which beset him the mo-
ment that friendess and forlorn he lands
upon Ger shores. 4
Encouraged doubtless by tho success Of
the "Baby Show" which everybody laugh
ed, rallied and howled at, and then paid
quarter to see, Barnum has planned another
somewhat related '.o,it. lean only give an
outline. lie proposes goo premiums of over
$4,000, to be presented to the handsomest
ladies' in America. Thepeople are tojudge
Of the merits Of the fair contestants in this
wise. Any onehaving female friend of
sixteen years or over,is requested to for
waFdio the Museum her daguerreotype free
Of expense. A sealed envelope must accom-
pany each portrait, giving the address OF
the original, the color Of her eyes and her
complexion, and enclosing lock Of her hair.
On the 18th Of October, 1855, all which
shall have been received, will beput on ex-
hibit:on in the Museum, and numbered.
Each visitor at the entrance will be provi-
ded with slip of paper on which to write
the number Of the pictures he thinks en,i-
tied to premiums, which slip he deposits in
a box as he. passes out On the 18th Of
January, '56, these votes will be canvassed
and The Original Of the one hundred pic
lures popularity decided to be entitled TO pre-
miums, will receive an advance of Si9--'
after which life size portraits of all will be
painted by tire hest artists, and when conn.,
pleted they viii be exhibited in the Muse
um to compete in the same manner as be-
fore, the one hundred additional premiums,
amounting in all TO $4,000. Those obtain
lug the ten highest premiums will be re-
fuested to set for their portrait to the best
painters a. Basaum's expense for the French
Worlds Book Of Beauty. After this, can
thers be any doubt that Barnum is man of
genius. No one else could make anything
ont Of such an affair, but he will make il
pay handsomely.
The big tree continues to attract crowds
at the Crystal Palace. The American In
s,i;ate holds their Fair in October next.
| when Mr. Jno Randall. Jr., will exhibit,
specimen Of his elematic railway. which
| will carry passengers round circuit is
mi'e in length. This elevated railway was
proposed more than year ago by him TO