Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22
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Nrw Yosx, Feb. I7th, 1855.

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 New Fork for several days past has been enveloped in dsizzle and partially submer- ged in slnsh. The ,cading is worse than usual, even for February thaw, and until the banks of snow now in .'a state of licui- dation" sialIhave been deprived of all their floating capital no one will be able to trans act any business without putting his foot into it
 Although we are On the verge of Spring and trade is expected at this season to show premonitory symptoms of activity, no to- kens of general waking up are as yet ap- parent-howevef, the darkest hour pre- cedes the dawn," and I have strong faith that the ides of March will introduce us to better times. One thing at least, we have to be thankful for-if sales are small and profits light, bankruptcies are few. Our merchants have borne the drawback of a dull winter and the strain of d tight money market better than could have been antici- pated tie worst is over; and the Spring trade though it may not be rush. will, l have no doubt, be sound, steady and remu- ncrative.
 The Custom House returns for the last half year show that the importations have been unusually light. Men of business have realized the inconvenience of full warehouses and inadequate cash resources, ard ar1 d-srIE:lined not to be caught again with immense stocks In season of comna- ra!!ve stagna:!on. It is well for our mer- can,iie community that the check came when i. did; for had the mad race of speculation and extravaganza continued two or three years longer-as i, might easily have done the dcnouemeni would have been almost universal bankruptcy. As i. was, we drew back on the edge of the psecipicc, and now once more stand on firm ground.
 The attempt to assassinate Mrs. Bishop of this city, the particulars of which you will have learned from the daily press has created quite q sensation among our sup per ten'' to whom by social position the lady belongs. There are some facts con- nected with the affair which are not gener- ally known. Mrs. Bishop has been un- der fire" before it is said. The on dit is that previously to her marriage to Mir. Bish- op the lady was engaged to much younger gentleman to whom she was supposed to be warmly attached. From some unexplained cause the match was broken off, and no, long afterwards it was announced in the papers that Miss had become Mrs. Bishop. Report says, that admirer number one considered himself tilted and was indig. nani.
 The next event in the sequence was a shot through the window of the lady's resi- dence at Tarry.own, intended i, is supposed to cut shor, her prospects of matrimonial felicity. The late attempt, however, was much more daring. Mrs. Bishop had full view of her assailant, ard declares, it is said, tha, he bore no resemblance to her former lover. Considering the close prox- unity of the pistol to the object i. is ama- zing that the ball missed its mark. Either the mans hand was unsteady, or his inten- ton was merely to alarm, not to murder. There is mystery about the matter which bothers even the most acute of our police officers, and many doub. that it will ever be fathomed. We shall see.
 It is whispered that leading dry. goods merchant of this city, was recently " done" out of cool hundred thousand dollars by an agent whom he had employed to negoti- ate the purchase Of some valuable real es- tate, net hundred miles from Niblo's Gar den. By cute manGuvering and diploma tic strategy, the agent. obtained the property for his principal for about two-,hirds its &C., tual value. Some time afterwards the form CT was entrusted by the latter with sto0,oo to be paid as an ins,alment of the purchase money. With this amount and good ma ny other amounts the agen, "vamosed" to Europe.
 As do not know any good reason why his name should be concealed, may as well state that, Burroughs, ,she deiaulter.is the in- divijual referred to- The merchants name I omit from prudential reasons. Of the ruth of the story there is no donst what ever, and its moral is "never trust to she honesty of man who does your dirty work. Theodore Cray, the demented printer whs amused himself by squirting vi,riol on the ladies dresses, and was discharged the othel day, on the ground of insanity, has entirely recovered. Should he have relapse, |, l:
 to be hoped that his next lunacy will take {
 less runous direction. Upon the whole his convalescence was we'll timed.
 l Holmes, late candidate for alderman /! ,,L, k;liad noi;.eu,,n C,,rfav in fra-,,