Litchfield enquirer., 1856-03-27
News Items.

in the tower of the 1st Congregational Church at Danbury. James T. L.bbey, of New Y York City has been appointed by the Courts, receiy- CT of T. Baruuns property about $3O, 900 have been placed in his hands Toe people of Madison, in this State had ah earthquake the other day. but it was only juvenile specimen -a regular baby earthquake-so they were not frightened much. Dimon's block, which was burned at East Bridgeport on Thursday, consisted of eight small buildings, owned by James E. Dunham and valued at $3000 In the town ot Essex there reside within half mile of each other, SIX brothers named Post, whose united ages amount to 475 years Gu nard intends running cheap line of steamers between Liverpool and Boston, with lower rates both for freight and passengers Douglas has distributed 100, 900 copies of his report on Kan sas, as an electonecrlng document. Some im- pudent boiling Know Nothing says that Don- olson is capital complication of the doctrine that "Americans must rule America" as he rules at least one hundred native American workingmen on his plantation. A commenda- ble trait in Connecticut character exhibits itself in the generous assistance afforded by neighbors in.the country, when one of their friends has suffered loss of property the Danbury Times notices the recent case of Mr. Knapp, who had his house, at Stony Hill, burned down, up- on which his neighbors cubbed together to fur nish timber to rebuild, and dragged it to the proper site. The girls of Northampton have been sending bachelor editor boquct of tansy and wormwood; he says he don't care, he'd much rather smell them than matrimony .-- Henry Grnnell of New York, the father of the Arctic exploring expeditions, and Dr. Kane, nis .oJ bn, nf tbn.n in New London, on Monday, probably for an examination of the British bark Rcsolutc with a view of her fitness for another contest with icedom. A repentant individual has returned to the 1Etna insurance company of Hartford, $2750 which hc obtained from it by meaus ol fraud, some ten years ago. \ man named Brancroft from South Windsor, says that while in Hartford, Saturday night, he lost his wallet containing s 800 ; the empty wallet has been found under the windows of the house where he slept, but no clue is discovered of the money. MeIlen, who has been paradng through the country as a candidate for the Presidency. has been confined in Boston as au insane person It is stated in the Portland Argus that on the line of the Eastern Railroad between Brunswick and Kcnnclunk at one place. on each side and even with the track, is ap!c of snow thirty one feet high, as asccrtaincd by actual meas uremcnt Largc discoveries of tin ore have been made in Australia The eruption of Mau- na Loa, in the Sandwich Islands, have reached to within five niles of the city of Hio which will inevitably be destroyed the inhabitants nre leaving the city, The N Y. Express says that poor Archbishop Hughes must raise the one hundred thousand dollars for college at Rome, or he will have no Cardinals Hat. It is reported that Father CJhiil, the leader of RomanSm in Ireland is to lecture throughout this conntry, just bcfdrc Me ncH Treadentini election The \. Y. Express Of Wednesday, asserts that the body of Robert Schuyler came in the Arago from ilavre, wrapped up like package of goods. Mir. Speaker Banks has talk en Gen. Scott's house in Washington, aud will commence soon a series of entertainments, &r. Resolutions favorng prohbtory liquor law were rejected by the Canadian assembly, on the Tth inst, by 5l to 30 a stringent license law was passed by large majority Five hundred dollars fine per day is imposed by city ord:- nance in San Francisco upon the owners of houses who rent them to dSrcputablc women. As a leap year party consisting of nine couple were crossing the river from Nashville to Boards town, Ill.,, in sleigh, the sleigh sunk near the center of the river and all were lost The old spinster who died recently in Vermont leaving a store of lS2 sheets, ll20 lbs of feathers, 24 table covers, &c., had been all her life prepar- ing to get married and wasn't ready when death overlook her now all ye young madcns take warning by her. One of the border ruft- ans has been disposed of-Shcrrod Miles, a white man, was sold in Danville, Mo, last week
 to tho lowest bidder, for six months, on account of vagrancy. Brigham Young, who in some ways holds on to the governship of Utah, states in his annual message, thlt the revenue of the territorial government was last year SIT ,34S, and the tcrr,tority is getting slightly into debt {; the legislature passed an act to take vote of the people, on the lGth of February, on the Formation of state government this was rc. commented by Young who goes in largely for sluatter sovereignty in his annual message The Paris papers announce that the Em- press Eugenia is in the ninth month of her pregnancy It is also mentioned that the Em- press Of Austria is in the fifth month of ditto
 Nothing is said about Queen Victoria, but it is about time for her prolific Majesty to be heard from again. No news of the ill-fated Pacific, and suspense is giving way to the con Vleton that she will never again be heard from
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 A REMINIscENCE.--The Palladium says a Captain of one Of our steamships, in conversa- ton With gentleman short time since, on an outward passage, related the following crcum- stances. Many years ago, fisherman, from New Brunswick, was blown out at sea several