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Litchfield enquirer., 1856-08-14
Appointments.


 The toowig ii.t e heprinepal appointments n,dae by ae Gesrat Assembly dt aeir Aay Session, 1856, and publsshcd conformity wih resolution passed m ls55 United States Senator. Hon James Dixon. Chief Judge Supreme Court of Errors.-Hon. Will liam l.. Storrs. .-.-- { Judge of the Superior Court -rion. Charles J. Nc. Curdy,
 Sheriff of wiudham County-IDavid Grecrslt, Esq. Bank Commissioner. Benjamin Moves, Esd General Railroad Commssioner.--Henry Ham. mond Esq.
 State Prison Director Reuben Rockwell, Esq. State Library ComWittee 1.-The Governor, the Sec retary of State and Hon Wm L. Storrs.
 Trustees of State Normal School. l.-James F. Bab- cock, Esq, of New Haven Alfred Hall, Esq. of Portland.
 Auditors of Public Accounts Harvey Seymour, E Auditors % of f Quarter @ Master Generals Accounts. Daniel K, Reade, Esq, Erastus J. Bassett, Esq. State Printers. Burlington Hotchkiss.
 County Commissioners.
 Hartford County. Henry Harris, Charles Forbes, Watson Dewey
 New Haven Couuty.-Archbald c. Rice, Joshua kendall, Albert E. Wildman.
 New London County-Ieonard Hempstead Ed win Fitch Urah Iadd. Jr.
 Fairfield County.--George Keeler, William B. Hoyt Nathan Wilcox. Windham County John s. Dean, Nelson Morse, Amos J. Gallup Litchaeld County-Leman W. Cutler, Daniel R. 6panlding, Nelson Roberts.
 Middlesex County.-Ely Warner Watson Davis, Joseph U. Holmes.
 Holland County-William A. Foster, Samuel F. West, David F. Sprague
 Commissioners Of Union Company. y.-Joseph Pratt, Charles Weeks, Capt. Daniel A Mills.
 Commissioners on Thames Bank and Channel Thames Mver.-John G. Huntingdon Julius Webb John c. Lamb.
 paymaster General. .-lMcius ]. Hen Ice, Esq. Trustees of Bacon Academy.-Rev. John Avery Israel Newton, Elias Harvey, Nathaniel Hayward Ebenexer Carpenter. a-.~ .'s@~'s ss@ State Drcciors q Ba,sks.
 Exchange Bank, John O. Pettihope and George Sexton Phoenix Bank, Julius Catlin and Wil '. Goodsell Hartford Bank, Charles C. Burt; State Bank, William w. House and Burrall Sage Farmer, and Mechanics Bank, Charles R. Chapman and Hor zee Cornwall City Bank, Jeffrey 0. Phelps: New Haven Bank, Lucius C. Peck Bridgeport Bank Thomas H. Oakley; Connections Bank, David 8. Hol lister Thames Bank Jedediah Spanlding; Norwich Bank, Samuel H. Grosvenor; New London Bank. R I A. Manwaring Whaling Bank, William W. Miner Middletown Bank. Elliot Bradley Middlesex Co Bank, E. Savage; East Haddan Bank, Loren Cow drey; Saybrook Bank James Phepsi Deep Kive' Bank, Ezra s. Williams; Newington Bank, Pelee Moves; Fairfield County Bank, JosephTW. Hubbeli Danbury Bank, Aaron B. Hull; Iron Bank, o j. Wolcotf; Winsted Back, Rollin l., Beecher; Water 5 bury Bank, Calvin II, Carter, Windham Bank, Jus tin Swift: Stafford Bank, Eliab A. Converse; Tol 2 land County Bank, Charles Underwood.
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American and Republican Ticket.
FOR ELEC7ORS.-From the Stase at Lt

The above is the Electoral Ticket agreed upon at the Conventions held at Hartford last week. It will speak for itself, and moreover it will in due time speak for the great majority of the people of this State.
 Hartford was thronged The regular delegates in attendance on the Conventions numbered over nine hundred and fifty, and an equal number of subst- tutes were present.
 Of the Peoples Convention, Hon. F. K. FOSTER was President with Hon. Albert Day, John D. Howe, Adam Frink, Hiram K Scott, N B. Smith, Vice Presidents. N. L. White, V. G. Coe, l.. F. Robinson, and L. H. Carpenter as Secretaries.
 Hon. J. w. Crawford, Messrs. Noah Pomeroy, and Timothy Ball, known as Democrats of the olden time-were appointed honorary Vice Presidents. Hon. HENRY DUTToN was President of the Amer- can Convention, with L. G. Goodrich, Walter Booth, N. B. Smith, David Gallup, Hiram Welles L. J.. Hendee and William Fowler, as Vice Presidents, and o. H. Platt, and E. S. Butler, Secretaries.
 The Committee on Presidential Electors was the following W. J. Goodsell, Hartford Co-G H. Hollister Litchfold Col. J. Hendee, Holland Co Henry Hammond, Windham Co-Hram Wiley, New London Co.-Cyprian Brainard, Middlesex Co., J. E. Durham, Fairfield Co.-E c. Scranton, New Haven County.
 In the Peoples Convention, after some discussion of plan of union, &c., the following gentlemen were appointed Committee of Nomination D. F. Robinson, Hartford County--Charles Ives New Ha- yen County-F s. Widman, Fairfield County-John Breed, New London County-A. D. Lockwood Wind ham County-Dwight Loomis, Holland County George D. Wadhams, Litchfield County-Beujamin Douglas, Mddlesex County.
 The result was that in both Conventions, the Tick ct which we have given above, renprto& and adopted by exclamation. There was an entire una nmty of opinion in regard to the Ticket, as repre- senting fairly the American and Republican senti- ment of our State and there was further determi- nation that the Ticket skould be elected! | Addresses made by Hon. Messrs Foster, Dut- ton, Harrison, J. T. Adams, H. T. Blake ]. R. Haw- ley, N. L. White, s. w. Kellog. and others and in the evening, there immense gathering at the Fremont G,,ap, where Speeches. made by Messrs, Brewster, of Boston, and Spaldng of Ohio This Cap (so called) built by the Hartford Fremont CTS for their meetings. It will seat three thousand persons It was thronged, and out door meetings were also organized. Tho union so happily effected during tho day, regarded certain promise of success and the enthusiasm ranged high in the days of ls40
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Norfolk Fremont Club.

On the evening of the 4th instant large number of the citizens of Norfolk assembled at the Town Hall. for the purpose oftorming Fremont Club.
 A Constitution was adopted, and the following of- fcers chosen:
 President, o. J. wolcott.
 Vice Presidents, NJ. P Bell, c. W sibly.
 Sec. and Treasurer W. B. Rice.
 Scventy-fve names of voters were forthwith at tached to the Constitution. After the dispatch of iundry business matters encyclopedias made, and the meeting finally dispersed with three cheers for U c. Fremont. It was voted by the Club, that its proceedings be published in the Mountain County Herald, and Litchfeld Enquirer. = .1. Meetings to be holden on Monday evenings. .s- ". B. RlcE, Sec
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CosGREss.-Both houses of Congress have decided that the present session shall close the 18th of August.
 The Senate has decided against the Topeka Kan- sas) Constitution
 The House has followed the action of the Senate, and passed the Internal Improvement bill, over the Presidents veto
 The House has also passed bill restoring the Mis- sour Compromise.
 The Kansas Delegate case has at last been settled in the House-Whitfed is busted by vote of no to 92 and Rceer is declared not entitled to the seat by 1ls to ss So the election goes back to the people of the Territory.
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L,rcEFIEID COUNTY, says the Winsted Herald, has given birth 13 United States Senators or about one fortieth of all that have ever been in Congress It has given birth to p Representatives sent by New York. It has been the birth place of Judges of the Supreme Court of New York, and at least fifteen judges of the high Courts of this and other States. Ten presidents and IS professors of Colleges also be counted who were born within territorial finn it's The present democratic candidate for Governor in New York (Amasa J. Parker) was born in Sharon in this County, and the son of clergyman of that town
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FRx IN SuFrIELp,-We learn from the Springfield Republican that the barn and horsesheds of the Con- gregatonal society in Sufield, Ct. connected with their church and parsonage were burnt on Sunday, ,aking fire soon after the people had assembled for worship. The horses were barely removed in safety from under the sheds and the parsonage and church both took fire, but were saved with but small dam age. Loss sl 500, insured in the Hartford Mutual for $500 s '
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How WESTERN CITES ARE BunT.-We have before Us, says the N '. Tribune, the Wisconsin Mirror. large handsome newspaper issued weekly at Klbourn City, columbia County, Wis, at the point where the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad is to the Wis consin River, and where there is great water pow .r. kilbourn City is located by the '" Wisconsin River Hydraulic Company on plot of some three square miles, embracing the water-power, which was surveyed last Summer; lots first offered for sale last September work on the dam commenced in octo- Der; the first building fitted for occupancy in Decem Der and immediately occupied as Printing Office whence the journal aforesaid was issued the first day of the current year. The next house finished was for the use of the energetic Editor, A. H. Holly Esq. good school house was begun in April, by which time ten twelve families had got roofs over their heads and since July first has been in ai ly use-for schools on week days and church on Sundays The Railroad aforesaid is to be completed to Portage City, twenty miles east the first of Jan uary next; and the people of Kilbourn now num- bered by hundreds, and expecting soon to be thou sands, mean to welcome the snort of the Iron Horse within year. Such is brief glance at the origin of one of the thousand indentations which Free Labor is anaually making into the great Prairie Wilderness of the North West. The Mirror, we for got to say, is capital paper devoted to the adyoca cy of Free Labor, Free Speech and Fremont
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A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE on small scale, in imita- tion of the San Francisco Committee of Safety has been organized at Staten Island The insurgents of Richmond County have taken the law into their own hands, it appears and determined to prevent all communication between the inmates of the Quaran- tine grounds and the rest of mankind. These demon strations at Tompkinsville pretty to break out every year at this seasoR and there is nothing at the present time calculated to excite any alarm on account of the nsurrection among the Staten Island CTS against the Quarantine authorities
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BEFORE THE CHALLENGER" Now, sir, say to that gentleman that man has no right to wear arms who does not dare to use them. In my country the cock that crows and wont fight is despised by the hens and even by the bullets, who know thing or o.instinctively."
 F. s. Brooks, July II.
 AFTER THE CHALLENGE. He requires me to meet him in Canada, . distance of near seven hundred miles by the mail route--a route run nng through the enemy's country, and through Wnlch no man knows better than Mir. Burlin- game that ! could not pass without running the gauntlet of mobs and assassias, prisons and penitentiaries, bailiffs and constables. He 'knew that l could never get to. Canada ]; and that were | to do so. and he were to fall, that Ineyer would get back o
 2 aaA' < sPyestoa Broaks July 26.
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Speech of Sehuyier Colfax.

We publish in an extra to-day the able speech Of Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, on the laws of Kansas, to which Is added an appendix, containing extracts from speeches made during the present ses- sion of Congress, by Democratic members, ardent supporters of Mir Buchanan for the Presidency. We recommend a careful rerusal of the document. Read it yourselves and hand it to your neighbors.
Litchfield enquirer., 1856-08-14

AN INTERESTING FAcr.-The first member of the next Congress chosen is Republican from slave state MT. Blair of St. Louis. He sympathizes thoroughly with the Fremont party on the slavery question, and boldly avowed during the canvass his opposition to the extension of slavery in contrads tinction to address put forth in the of the Benton democracy, which seemed to favor it. This isa cheering omen, and badly knocks the disunion thunder of tine pro-slavery party.
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ssybrook, Society of part of Society of Chester an- Trinity Parish School incorporating the,a A Tfum6ull, Society of; treasurer of authorized to
 nav certain Moneys, yolurtown Society of; annexing A. Gates and J. II. Campbell, to 9th District Nazareth School So- ciety.
 ter of,
 Tosrns. Bethel mileage of town of Bridgewater incorporating town of New Haven authorizing appointment of special constabies in town Of, Kew London concerning bequest for benefit of town of.
 Putnam mileage of town of 6aybrook; snnexing part of town Of Chester to Seymour changing name to Hum phrey- if approved by town of, Sherman: part of town of Kent, annexed to town of Windsor and South Windsor establishing ferry be-
 tween town of, sr@
 .~ Tarnpze Companies. Cheshire Turnpike Company authorizing division .aJ of gates. on in town of Hamden. -, Goshen & sharon Turnpike Company repeating charter of. ..., .-..rl Norwich and Salem Turnpike Company; conditional repeal of charter of asf -tfk
 Lia ef Pripats Acts Fused May Session, 1858. sf Bank. Clinton Bank incorporating the, Colchester Bank; " Danbury Bank amending charter of,
 '" increasing capital stock of,
 " |" fixing time for subscription to, Derby Savings Bunk name changed to, from " Der by Society tor Savings" a.s.... Farmers and Mechanics Bank Hartford, changing time of annual meeting of. ,.rss Iitchfeld Bank; incorporating the, Mattatdck Bank concerning the charter of, Merchants Exchange Bank; Bridgeport, incorpora-
 ting the, t.- Merchants Exchange Bank appointing additional commissioner to distributing stock of, Norfolk Bank incorporating the,
 q z appointing additional commissioner Stamford Bank increasing capital stock of, Pahquioque Bank; <" Winsted Bank repeating charter of; except on call meeting of, Nerwalk C " "' ~ meet ing of portion of, Norwalk Borough of Burgess authorized to call meeting Of
 Bridgeport; City of authorized to issue renewal
 bonds Middletown; " " amending charter of, New London " " '' 7" '" .......-. Lssuvanee Companies. Charter Oak Fire Insurance Co.,; incorporating the, Conn. Mutual Life Insurance Co.,; amending char ter of,
 Harwinton Mutual Fire Ins. Co.,: incorporating the, New England Live Stock Ins. Co.,; repeating char ter of, stratford Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,. incorporating the, Windham Co., Mutual Fire Ins Co.,; amending char ter of, United States Annuity Life Ins Co.,; authorizing election of directors of.
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fE" Elect our candidate cry the Buchanan men or we will dissolve the Union. v '' Elect me, says Mir. Fillmore, Tor the South won't submit, and will dissolve the Union. Whether Col. Ere mont is elected not say the Republicans, the Union must and shall be prcservedl' v
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TRE NEW HAVEN PALLADIUM of last week announ- ces that Mir W unAAx, who has been one of its edi- tors for nearly twenty years, has transferred his in terest in the concern to F. w. J. SHEER. MT. w witLdraws account of ill-health he retires with the best wishes of the craft and the highest esteem of the public. His successor, Mr. Szer, has been con nected with the office for many years, and eminent ly qualified for his new position.
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ES \ gentleman publishes card in Philadelphia paper declaring that five hundred responsible citi- zens of Philadelphia will undertake, at their own cost to escort in entire safety Mir Brooks to Cana da, and in the event of his surviving hostile en- counter with Mir. Burlingame, will return him in safety to Washington,
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YELLOW FEVER AT \. ', QUARANTINE.-Sevcralf fatal of yellow fever have occurred at Staten Island The contagon spread from the vessels lying there of which there 12O sail, most of them from ports where the fever existed. The inhabitants are taking health measures to prevent its spread.
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PorULoUs.-In the Hinman School District of New Hartford, there is only one child between four and sixteen years ofage. Whether it is girl or boys school does not appear-but that child must stand the head its class and not far enough from the foot justify any boastng. In 47 school districts of this State there less than 12 children between the age of 4 and 1G.
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AFrnAY AT NonFoLK-A young man named Lynch was stabbed in Norfolk Monday night, of last week, by another named Leavenworth. A number of young fellows had been in the habit of running upon young Leavenworth and it was at one of these times that he retaliated by blow which threatens serious conseq uences.
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LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 24, 1856.

I find affairs in this part of our Territory al a very bad pass far worse than my worst fears Indeed, 1 am amazed and mortified at the depths of iniqnty to which rutfianism has descended Up to within two miles of Lawrence the reign of terror is complete. Men are wayad by guerilla bands every night, ard sometimes in broad daylight, shot at, beaten, plundered and left for dead houses are burned, aud horses stolen. This is not the report of rumors but the testimony of what my own eyes have seen wounded men and smoking ruins I find my own house was plundercd of almost everything of any value except books, and what was not taken was damaged or tcStoyed-horse, saddle and bridle, blankets and clothing. Three horses were driven off laden with spells beside my own. Several of my ncighbors lost spans of valuable horses, with carriages, harnesses, &c,
 We had narrow escape from being robbed if not killed, as we came in. We reached the Wakarusa at point about eight miles from Lawrence, about an hour after sunset and hes.
 tated about keeping on home or stopping at a log cabin hotel, to spend the night decided on the last, and made an early start next morning. When within two miles of home we came up to a party of Lawrence men hunting for deadly weapons in the grass by the road side.
 It seems that ayoung man on his way to Lawrence the evening before, had been attack cd by some of the robber bands there laying in wait, shot several times, and finally beaten over head with revolver until he became senscless then robbed and left for dead He had mana ged to crawl to the next cabin, and though badly brused, to get to Lawrence that morning and give the alarm. After discharging his re- al ho} ;t IA not fall into the handsof the robbers. In the search for it three bowie knives were found. = Night before last the house Of a free State set tier was burned some three miles from us, and threats were made that two more would be burned last night and one man shot.
 In the midst of all this, we have no protec- tion from the United States troops All they do for us is to take away our weapons and guard our prisoners, while the civil officers bring in upon us, or encourage by patronage of public service when they have got here, these very highway robbers There are no United States troops at Lawrence or in the vicinity Teams have been plundered of provisions, and passen- gers by the mail coach have had their pockets within one week, between this and Kansas City. @..- .4. .'-.~-... .-2 ..' 6
 We have just learned that several companies of dragoons have been despatched to stop the free State men who are on their way towards us through Iowa. Another item is that Gov ernor Shannon has forbidden admission of visi- tors to the prisoners, Robinson, Deitzler, Jen- kins and Brown, after this date. gv s
 I am confident that the full enornity of these Kansas outrages is but faintly apprehended at the East, for all that has been said, and that a yet darker chapter is to. be written in this shameful and horrible history before the end comes. 5 +.sr
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Egr We are gratihed to see the name of our excel lent friend, Gov. Dur1os at the head of the Electo- ral Ticket inthis State Others may prove false, and recreant to duty, but HEsEY Dr11oS never.
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PRssros 8. BaooKs is talked of the next Govern CT of South Carolina. The "chivalry" wish to re- ward his "patriotism, irmness dignity and states manship." @ t a@
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Two MEs were buried alive, on Wednesday, at Fair Haven, by the c&ving in of a well in which they were at work. 'a
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Continued 0utrages in Kansas -Testimo nv from Rev. E. Mute.

The following letter from Rev. Mr. Mute, has just returned to Kansas, we find in the Bos- ton Transcript, 1t is unnecessary for us to say, in this comm unity where Mir. N. is so well known, that his statements may be relied upon as unadorned facts;
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Gbt, 9atbdflo Gnquir&r
> Connecticut All Right,

1itehaeld. Conn, Thursday, August II. 1sse
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Norfolk, Aug. 9th, 1855.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-03-27

PARoDr AND RACHEL IN BoSros-Tresh Fa'o-
dis Grand Concerts The series of grand concerts
which Parodi Ii giving in this city. excites curi
osty and enthusiasm only second TO tnat csuseu
by Rachers performances Great as was inc ,aiii .
of Parodi on her frst visit to this country. she U,
now adding tn II by achievements in her densn'ui
art, which show how the real artist, when susiA,
ed by true me rit, will be supported oy au enisut
ened public even amidst the most exciinR no'e'y'
Parodi Is the most attractive vocalist :" "i'. oou"
try. transformations simple, and unpretending IN
her manners she is by the force Oh hrr cuiisateo
genus the noblest of our temaie socae's anu eau
ipsplre an audience with more enthusiasm than all
81. -, ,o..I;sts who have come before the pub.
liz within few years to exhibit their skill and ar
tistic power
avisbed all her gifts and she has cultivated 1t to
such pitch of refinement, that It may be doubtful
n any singer can surpass her. We are pleased
that she does not suffer by the rage of artists;
but has power to hold her high position. even by
the side of the French actress Tho popularity of
her concerts is deservedly great, and on Tuesday
night next, the public will have another one
upon which to express their delight In these con.
certs Madame Amelia Patti Stratosch has won
much admiration by the charming manner in
which she has executed. both in English and Ital.
undertaken.
Ia the duets with Parod she has triumphed
again and again, aud in ballads she is acquiring
great distinction In the musical world. Strakosch
The pianist and composer, conducts all these con-
certs with uncomon tact, and on every occasion
performs In an inimitable, manner on his fayorite
instr ument the piano forte 1t is no ordinary treat
to listen 10 the artistic developments made by tie
fingers of SO admirable peri rmer aud be may be
country. These concerts are the chief themes of
the musical public Boston Journal
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-03-27
MILE, parOdi.

Judging from the en- coniums of the press, PARo
DI, who has been always favorite in this city
has improved in the expression if not the tone OF
her voice. She has captiyated public opinion
everywhere; in New Orleans especially. In that
CITY she gave fourteen concerts that were crowded
with the intelligence and fashion of the place She
is. indeed, Que of the great artistes of her day
she is not only great vocalist, but very great
actress bold. energetic, imprisoned and truthful
There liz no better Norma in our opinion and her
Lucre.ia Borgia is one of the graudest persona
tiops we ever beheld
We shall not see the grand cantatrice in opera
but we shall enjoy a touch of her genius in some
Of her favorite selections. She has studied
among other things, the "MarseiIes and our
Star spangled Banner,'' and she is said to sing
them with great effect.
Mr. wooDHoUsE will begin the sale of tickets
for her first concert to day.