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Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08

Ata Court of Presaie Aotden al Lifchf.id. wiiAin aad for the District qf LiicAfsld, oa tAe 3i day ef Frbraarg. A. D. 1885.
 Present, CuARtss ApaMs, Eaq., Judge. THE Adn,nistratar on the Estaic oi EXpE- N RtENCE WEBSTER. late of Goshen, in sa'd d,srrci. deceased, represented said Estate insolsen,; whereupon
 Orirrd-That Commissioners on said Estate be appointed at the pro,a,e-otlice in Litchfeld on si,e l2,h day of February inst. at 10 o'clock iureaoon; and tha, all De rsons interested may directed to advertise this order m nrwspaper printed n Ltchfsd. and past c apy thereof on the public s,gn-p,s. in said Goshen.
 Certified from Record:
 q CHARLES ADAMS, Judge.
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GREAT Loss OF Lirg.-'rhe steamer Eliza sunk in the Mississippi few days since, at Plum Point Bend, a few miles below Mem l'his, Tenn, and it is feared that 90 lives were lost.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08
Pumps. Pumps.

NHA!N PUMPS for the Million! The bes, O iu"e and chain nn hand-cheap for cash. Wanted-A good Blacksmith.
 II BALDWIN. Washington, Oc,. 23d. 1854.
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Ala Court of Pro6a,e holden at Salisbury, in and
 tor ihe District o( &aiisbury, on iae 22d Gap
 0 January. 4. D 1855.
 Present JOHN C. MITCHELL. Judge. VH'HE Trustee of the Estate of THOMAS -k- MORGAN of Salisbury in said District, an ass'aatng debtor-having represented sald Estate insolvent, and having given notice in compliance with the order of said Cour, 10 all concerned in sud Estate 10 oppear before said Court the present day at l o'clock r. NJ. al the probate ohce in said district, to he heard rela- i've to the appointment ol commissioners on said estate; and no one arpear,n. but said Trustee :: l ms cour, doth therefore appoint DONALD J. WARNER and JAMES ENSIGH. Esqs. of sad Sails bury, JudlcIous and disnierested persons, com nIissioners on saId cstate-to receive, examine and adjust the claims uf the creditors of sa,d estate. And said court doth decree that six months from tins date be allowed and limited the creditors ot sad estate tn exh bit their claims 10 said cominissioners-~ ho will meet on the husi- ness of their said appointment at the dM cling house oi C. Roreback at Lime Rock. in said Salisbury, on the second Tue sdays of March and July next, ni 10 o'clock forenoon, on each of sad days And said cout directs said Trustee e 10 cause this order 10 be pubi he'd in two papers printed in Ltchtield, in LuchieId county, for one month, and ,n put like copy there"f on public sgr.post in s1ld town ol Salisbury nearest the place where said assigning debtor now re- sides, and he will also within one week from thus date leave like copy of the same with Calvin Butler of Cornwall G. or al hls usual place of abode.
 Certified from Record:
 70 JOHN G. MITCHELL, Judge.
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New Goods !!

NMTE have just returned from New York, and w can now turnsh'ah who wish with good supply of
 EDry Goods aud Groceries. in great variety and on the best terms. We think there is 10; more than one place in Litch. field County where the desire ior beauty and comfort can be satisfied with as little money as al our store. Pleuse cali and see us.
 HEATON 6 NEWTON. Northield, Oct 10, 1854. 24
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ED AZORS put in Ihe bes, order md warranted
 Et al CROSSMAN'S Shaving, Hair-Cutting and Wig-Mak,ng Room, over Dr. Beckwlth s Drug Store, South Street, Li,chlield.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08
.H Ras'c Chance.

rAn FINS Top Carriages, Slide Seats, | UV Open and Standing Tops--and twelve fine Cutters, at reduced prices. Also. by the request of many. have consented 10 do repair. in., of all kinds through the winter.
 VIM. RODGERS
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! s 5 D !.

\ 6 D D.
 TNHE campaign has open.d! The ball N Is in motion. and the people are coming Coming where Why, they are coming en masse 10 JUpp's Mt.iAruRc RooMs to ri, for their Da. gnerno,ypes-where they are sure to get Cor rect Iiksness-ieeIing perfectly wei! satisfied with .hemsel,es and the impression they have made. Terms CASH and charges moderate.
 No. 2 South Street. J. l.. JUDD.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08

"ANTED in exchange for Gnods-any " quan,isJ of Sutter, Caeese, Eggs snd CgaiR. S.& 4.
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Annual Stockhalders' Meeting.

NOTICE |, hereby given to the Stock holders " oi the Hoasatonic Railroad Company that ,he annual meeting of said company will be holden al their office n the city % Brid se port on Wednesday, the Ssh day of +, grunry, A. D. 1855. at 2 uclock F. N. for the pnrp,se oi elect ing board ot Directors fer tho ensuing year aud io do any other business proper to be done si said meeting. Transfer books will be clascd from he 26,h February tn the 2d March, boh inclusive. IRA SHERMAN
 Feb. 3ih, 1855 Secretary.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08

EoR ALE.-Thres or four Hives of Bees. IT Esquirs ., this office.
 Jaa. 94d, lssA ae
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Salt. DIST quality Tu,ks Island Salt for sale in ID any qain,ity. al tine store of the sahscriher.
 WM. WHEELER. Li,ch6eid. Nsv. 2oth. 1851. 30 DATENT Seif-Sharpening Yankee Feed Cutters, just received by
 F. D. MCNEIL. Li,eh6eld, Oct. 18th. 1854. IMPROVED Eagle Plows and Cnltiva tors st ED ArNElLS.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08

Y ADIES and Misses Gaiiers-a fiae assor.- A nsut of Silk and Linen lo. ai CLOCKS. rAlTERS.-LsGies' plain, E,xed. congress, M tan and all alher kinds of Caters.
 MEAFUY & TROWERIDGE. CENT'S French Cal, scwed and pesged o Bto:s fer sale by M.GT.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08
cRoSSMAN'S Shaving aad Hair-Cuifing Rooms,

Over Dr. Beckwi,h'. Drug Store. and our doors
 below the Man.s.. Hsase, Lltch6eId.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08

r . R s! J ADIES' md Gen,lem~ns Furs of every gA description .nd ai all rrices-VIctarnes, Cuii.. Tippess. Cloves, &c. Look at them.
 II. JACKSON.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08
,SpiriHC Rif.flS.

A MATTER ot gr. at comt"rt and convent "A ence to ladies; nnne should be without h's valuable improvement who value their health or happiness. Found, the best article manalar. turrd, a, A. s. BALDWlN'S.
 Jan Sth 1855.
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CAUTION THE PUBLIC

to buy book unless the words !" Dr. A. N. MAuxcxAu. l2s Liberty Street. N is (and the entry in the Clerks Office On the back of the title page and buy only of respectable and honorable dealers or send by ns.il, and address to Dr. A. II. Nauricsau.
 G6 Upon receipt of One Dollar 1.-THE MAR. REED WoMAn'S PRIVATE MEDICAL CON- FAnIoNn Is sent lnailsd Jr~l io any psrf of he All letters be postpaid, and addressed 10 Ds. 4. M. MAURICEAu, bcx l224, New-Yosk Ciiys York.
 AGENTS IN CossEcTicrT.-E T Rowers. Hsf's ford; W D Stsr, N ,!dirfown 4 Js'id, uan- harv; E Heyi Ssam..s- T Il Psssss New a:en. 8sss
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08
Gentlemen's FURNIS HING GOO D S.

Together with great variety of Fancy Goods to be closed up cheap.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08

Al q Court of Protate hoiden at Salisbury, in and Jor the District of $aLisbury, on Me 22d day
 J January. 4. D 1855.
The American patriot., 1855-12-01
4. SK ARZYNSKI,

GENERAL AGENT AND COLLECTOR,
WILL attend to posting Of Books, drawing, Off
w of Accounts, and postin. the same, and all
other business connected Herewith.
Refer to Mills, Cleveland u Co Clinton, LA;
W Chapman & Co, do; M. Harris, New efleans'
nova
The American patriot., 1855-12-01
Dissection Of a Coquette's Heart.

Anxious the reeking entrails he consults.
VIRG. Kn. iv. "a
Having already given an account Of the dis
section Of beau's head, with the several dis
coveres made on that occasion, shall here,
according to my promise, enter upon the dis
section of coqnette's heart, and communicate
to the public such particu'arities as we observ-
ed in that curious piece of anatomy.
Ishould, perhaps. have waved this under
taking, had l not been put in mind ofmy prom
Use by several of my unknown correspondents,
who are very importunate with me to make an
example of the coquette, as have already
done Of the beau. 1t is, therefore in compli-
ance with the request of friends that have
looked over the minutes Of my former dream,
in order 10 give the public an exact relation
of it, which shall enter upon without further
preface.
Our operator, before he engaged in this WIS.,
ionary dissection, toll us, that there was moth
ing in his art more difficult, than to lay open
the heart Of coquette, by reason of he many
labyrinths and ,ecesses hi. h are TO be found
in il, and which do not apl ear in the heart of
any other animal.
He desired us first of all to observe the peri.
cardium, or outward case Of the heart, which
we did very attentiveH and, by the help Of
our glasses, discerned in it millions of little
scars, which seemed to have been occasioned
by the points of innumerabe darts and arrows.
that from time to time had glanced upon the
outward coat; though we could not discover
the smallest orifce, by which any of them had
entered and pierced the inward substance.
Every smatlerer in snatcmy knows, that
this pericardium, or case Of the heart, con-
tains in it thin reddish liquor supposed to be
bred fl ON the vapors which exhale out Of the
heart, and being stopped here, are condensed
into this watery substance. Upon examining
this liquor we found that it had in it all the
qualities of that spirit which is made use Of in
the thermometer, 10 show the change of wea'
ther.
Nor must here omit an experiment one o.
the company assured us he himself had made
j with this liquor which be found in great guam
The American patriot., 1855-12-01
PLATE FORM
OF THE
AM e RI e A N PARTY,
OE IOTTTSIANA


l. We advocate an amendment
of the Naturalization Laws, with proper safe.
guarps to preserve the purity Of the elective
franchise.
2. We advocate the passage of
such laws as will prevent the immigration of
pauners and criminals to this country.
3. We oppose any interference
in the vested rights of all persons, whether
they be Of native or foreign birth.
1. We are in favor of non-in-
tervention with slavery by the Federal Gov.
ernment. except for the protection of our
constitutional rights.
5. We advocate a high Nation
al Policy, such as will afford stern and un-
wavering protection to the American name
abroad, and will follow and guard the Amer
ican citiz,n wherever he moves.
6. We believe that America
should be governed by Americans, effecting
the same through the ballot-box alone, the
csonly egtimate instrument of reform in this
country.
!. We believe that the Office
should seek the man, and not the man the
office, and shall oppose the distribution Of
office among Office seekers, or as reward
for partisan services.
8. We will maintain and de-
fend the Constitution of the United States
and the Union as it now exists, and the rights
of the States without dilninution. insisting
upon faithful performance on the part Of
the General Government of all the duties en-
ioinad unnn II hv the Constitution
9. While we approve of the
platform adopted by the late National Coun-
Gil of the American Party at Philadelphia,
We reject the application Of the principles Of
the eighth article to American Catholics, as
unjust, unfounded, and entirely unworthy Of
our country We shall forever continue to
protest against any abridgement Of religious
liberty, holding it as a cardinal maxim that
religious faith is question between each in
diyiduai and his God. We utterly condemn
any attempt to make RELIGIOUS belief test
for political Office, and = never affiliate
with any party which holas sentiments not
in accordance with these.
TO- We war with no party as
such, but shall oppose all who oppose us in
the advocacy of these great American prin-
ciples.
STATE POLICY.
Reform of abuses, and re-
trenchment in our State expenditures.
Education of the youth of the
country in schools established by the State
A constitutional organization
of the Swamp Land Commissioners.
A more efficient administration
Of the Internal Improvement Department,
with a view Of improving our inland navi-
CATION.
The American patriot., 1855-12-01
ATexas Joker.

Some years ago we copied the following
Star" published at Houston. 1t lately fell in
our way again and we were.so tickled upon
reading it once more that wo determined to
start it for second heat b We will take
no small odds that in three months time il
will have been published in half the newspa-
pers in the country ry:--Spirit of Times.
Aqnatic Scenery.-During, the hardest Of
the storm the day before yesterday, we took a
lounge down to the steamboat landing. While
standing on the brink of deep gully that
emptied its torrent Of water into the bayou
our attention was attracted to the bottom n
the gully, wien drunken loafer was stem y
ing the torrent and holding on to a root fast
anchored in the bank. The poor fellow, not
knowing any one was near him, was combat
ting his fate manfully, and in calculating his
chances Of ESCAPE, gave utterance to the follow
ing:- .d r-rqH,a
"Haynt this a orful sitivation to be placed
in, nohow? If was a steamboat, a rail, or
wood pile, I'd be better worth fifty cents on the
dollar than III ever be again. Unles I'm a
gone case now, there haynt any truth in phren-
ogy. I've weighed all the chances now like
a gineral, and only two that bears in my favor
the first is skunk hole to crawl into, and the
second Il special interposition of Providence !;
and the best chance Of the two is so slim, if l
only had the chance I'd give the premium for
the skunk hole-them's my sentiments. If |
could be mink, or a muskrat, or water
snake, for about two minutes, perhaps vo lid
mount the first step other side Of Bio, and dap
my wings and crow over precious life, scientii,-
c,'ly preserved But what's the use holdin' on
to this root There han't no skunk hi le in
these diggins-the water is getting taller about
a feet and if my nose was as long as infinity
it wouldn't stick out much longer
30, Jerry jerry you're gone sucker
and guess your marin don't know you're out
poor woman! won't she cry the glasses out o
her spectacles when she hears that her darlin
Jerry has got the whole of the Buffer'o Bio f b,
his coffin? What a pity It's some philanthro
, pic, or member Of the humane society, nevel
LldN toICoCiSuV CuOu6h W Ouiiu u IousC NSioS'
this gutter, with n steam engine to keep ou
. the weter! If they had done it in time, they
might have had the honor and qualification o
saving the life Of feller being; hut it is all da,
with you, Jerry and big harbor to cast an
n chor in. It's too bad to 60 off in this orfu
manner, when they knows oilers hated watt
: ever since was big enough to know twai.
whiskey." .F
e Before Jerry got to the conclusion he wa
! washed into the bayou within few feet of
large fat that had just started for the steamboat
\ His eye caught the prospect Of deliverance an
j. he changed the burden of his dirge into
!. thrilling cry of" heave to passenger overboar
r and sinking with belt full ofspecie!- the ma
: who saves me makes his fortune! Jerry wa
e fished out by a darkey, and to show his graf
tude invited Quashey to "go up 10 the grog
r gery and luuor."
The American patriot., 1855-12-01
THE TIME TO DIE.
BY DAVID r. CABLE.

I ASKED the child, whose prattling tongue
With sweet and silvery accents rung;
Who gamboled through the livelong day,
And careless whiled the hours away
"Tell me, sweet child, the time to die"
Thus did that careless boy reply:
"Oh! It's not time for one SO young,
Whose race in life is just begun;
Whose hopes within the bud yet lie
OH It's not time for me to die!"
asked the youth, whose painting soul
Defined all bonds and spurncd control;
Whose heart was filled with boyhood's fire
And gushing DER with chaste desire
"Tel me the time when you would die"
Thus did the ardent youth reply:
"When have bravely battled life,
And conquered all, and gained the strife;
When on Fame's lists I've mounted high
Then, only then, It's time to diel''
l asked the man whom heeting time
Bespoke as one in manhood's rr me:
Whose thoughtful look and Knitted brow
Proclaimed him in life's warfare uow
Tell me the time when you would die"
Thus did that hardy one reply:
~ would yet live, and have my health,
To grapple for the yellow wealth;
To guard my wife and family
No, I'm not yet prepared to die!'
asked the man whose careworn look
A weight Of grief and age bespoke;
Whose slow and trembling accents gave
Tones borrowed from the silent grave
"Tell me the time when you would die"
Thus did the hoary one reply:
Though I arm old, yet life is sweet,
And am not prepared to meet
The monster Death; know not why
But still I'm not prepared to die"
All me! It's ever thus with man,
Who hugs the life that's but span;
Who, fleeing from Deaths rude alarms,
1squckly hurried to his arms.
When asked the time that he would die,
"Tis ever thus he will reply:
II am too young, too fair, too blessed;
Too weak, too old, too muth oppressed;
Too rich, too poor; too low, too high
And am not prepared to die"
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into the tongue. This great cavity was filled
with kind Of spongy substance, which the
French anatomists call galimatias and the Eng
lish, nonsense.
The skins Of the forehead were extremely
tough and thick, and what very much surpri-
us had not in them any single blood vessel
that we were able to discover, either with or
without our glasses; from whence we conclud-
ed, that the party, when alive must have been
entirely deprived Of the faculty Of bushing.
The os cri6rJorme was exceedingly stuffed,
and in some places damaged with snuff, We
could not but take notice in particular Of that
small muscle, which is not Of en- discovered in
dissections, and draws the nose upwards, when
it expresses the contempt which the owner Of
it has, upon seeing anything he does not like,
or hearing anything he does not understand.
l need not tell my learned readers this is that
muscle which performs the motion SO often
mentioned by the Latin poets, when they talk
Of mans cooking his nose, or playing the
rhinoceros.
We did not find ary thing very remarkable
in tho eye, saving only that the muscuH ana
toras, or, as we may translate it into English,
the ogling muscles, were very n.uch worn and
decayed with use; on the contrary the eleva-
tor, or the muscle which turns the eve towards
heaven, did not appear to have been used at
all.
have only mentionedin this dissection such
new discoveries as we were able to make. and
have not taken any notice Of those parts which
are to be met with in common heads As for
the skull, the face, and indeed the whole out
ward shape and figure Of the head, we could
not discover any difference from what we OBJ
serve in the heads Of other men, We are in.
formed that the person to whom this head be.
.onged had passed for man above five and
thirty years; during which time he eat and
drank like other people, dressed well, talked
loud, laughed frequently, and on particular
occasions, had acquitted himself tolcrably ut a
ball or an assembly to which one of the on-
pany added that certain knot of ladies' took
i'm for wit He was cut OFT in the flower of
hi, age by blow ola pairing shovel, having
vas rendering some civi,ies 10 his wife.
When we Lad Ito oue hly eA. mined this
head with all its apa tments and lis veral
kinds of furniture, We put up th. ain, such
as it was, INTO s prop., place, and laid aside
u,dcr broad piece Of scarlet cloth, in order
10 be prepared, aud KEEP, in great repository
of 'lissect,ons our opea or te ling us, that the
rr parations would not be SO difficult as that
Of another brain, for that he had observed sew
eral of the little pipes and tubes which ran
through the brain, were already filled with
kind of mercurial substance, which he looked
upon to be true quicksilver.
He applied himself in the next place to the
Coquettc's heart, which he likewise laid open,
with great dexterity. There occurred to us
many particu'arities in this dissection; but be-
ing unwilling to burden my readers memory
100 much, shall reserve this subject for the
speculation of another day.-ADDlsoN.
The American patriot., 1855-12-01
Principal of a Female Institute
Wanted

THE Silliman Female Institute at Clinton,
1 La, is, by the resignation of the Rev. s.
Taylor, without a principal.
This is legally Incorporated institution,
and has been in successful operation about
three years. The number Of pupils has aver.
aged about seventy-fve, of all ages. The
buildings are of brick, beautifully located, and
in fine condition
The Trustees have fixed the first of Decem-
Der as the period at which they will make an
appointment
Applications may be addressed to j. B.
Smith, F. Hardesty and VIM. Silliman, who
will give any desired information.
ocl3 WIN. SILLIMAN, Pres't.
The American patriot., 1855-12-01
EeiiciaRa Institute.
Select Boarding and Day School for Young Ladie

MRS. N. ]. CLIFFORD, Principal
THIS Institution is now open. Parents and
1 guardians are respectfully requested not to de-.
lay the return Of their children the long vacation
makes speedy return to study highly important.
For terms, apply at the Institution.
REFERENcE:
Hon. g. T. Merrick, c. ]. F. R. Harvey, n. D.
Henry Marston, Esq. Henry skipwith, Esq.
W. Robins, Esq. q. @. Comstock, Esq.
Clinton, II, Oct 10, 1865.
The American patriot., 1855-12-01
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Associnted FOR the Practice or
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He was Thar.

The 'hard shell Baptst," are we'll known
sect in the South and Southwest That are
not related as we know of to the hard shell
democrats in this State. though their 'cristen'
name is the same. They go dead against all
Bible, temperance and education societies
hate missions to the heather, and all modern
schemes for converting the rest of mankind.
Of course they are opposed to learning, and
speak as they are suddenly moved.
Two of them were once in the same pulpit
together While one was preaching he hap
ed to say, "When Abraham built the Ark
The one behind strove to correct this blum.
der by saying out loud, "A6raham soarn't
thar"
But the speaker pushed on, needless Of the
interruption, and only took occasion shortly to
repeat, still more decidedly II say, when A.
braham built the Ark"
"And say" cried out the other, " "Abra-
ham aoorn't thar"
The hard shell was to hard to be beaten down
in this way, and addressing the people, ex-
claimed with great indignation, 81 say Abra-
ham was thar-or thar ABouTs."-N. Y Pic.
Having Splendid Ride"
Sammy went to see his grandfather, pious
old gentleman, who was wont to discourse
much to young Samuel upon divine things
The lad while one day taking a ride in his
grandfather's carriage, after sitting for mo-
ment or two in sileLce, asked:
"Is God everywhereg"
"Yes, my child" ..
"Is he in this carriagea'
"Certainly he is"
Then all I've got to say, is, he's having a
splendid ride"
The grandfather lifted his spectacles, looked
at Sammy, touched up the horse, and said not
word.
DANcNG.-A resident from the Sandwich
Islands was at an American watering place late.
ly, when Notwithstanding the heat, the ladies
and gentlemen indulged in a dance. After
looking on some time at the perspiring Terp
sichoreans, he called his friend to him, and
whispered. why don't they !ettheir servants
do its