Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-04-24
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6sesA ~ 0hASaAs<sS As1S Wouo t6eSent
lpf an immense American eaglss to the editor
tof the Los;sri1s Josrnal, and tho said editar
promises substantially to release the noble bird
on the election Of Mr.. Fillmore to the Presides-
Icy; the poor bird is imprisoned for life. The
accounts from all parts Of the interior Of Psnn-
lsylvania represent the grain fields as presenting
a very promising appearance winter sown
wheat is growing rapidly. The ship Falmouth
which was seized short time ago IS aflaver
has been ordered to be sold. The ice isbreak-
ing up in Lake Fire /; Buffalo harbor is already,
open, and the ice is moving out Of the Lake.
1t is said that Mrs Stowe, the author of Uncle
Toms cabin, will soon put press work Illus
trating the alleged degradation of the poor
white population Of the South she expects to
] make it appear that Uncle Toms miseries are
but part Of the results of slavery, bis white
brethren keeping him company in the same.
Wild pigeons, taken in nets in Ohio Michigan,
and other places, are daily brought to New York
in great abundance, and sell at moderate prices
Somebody recommends sending Yankee girls to
Kansas instead of Sharpc's rifles. A single la
dy in Lee advertises for husband. hoping that
little fortune of several thousand dollars, the
fruits Of her own exertions, will enable the hap
py man who weds her to overlook certain
personal defect (which might otherwise reader
her undesirable for wife," but she does not
advertise what the defect is The Maine Law
Advocate says that of IL criminals convicted
at the late Superior Court in Bridgeport, none
Of them were over 81 years of age, and that in
temperance was the principal cause of their Of
fences y Judge Sanford, in announcing their
sentences said he had never, in all his expert
encc, known OF so many young criminals at one
term Of court The cholera has nearly subsid-
ed on the Brazilian coast, but continues its raw
ages in the interior The ice in Lake Cham
plain is completely brokcnu up. Indian outrages
still continue OH the Texan frontier During
the year 1855, there were seyenty-three battles
fought, or more than ore a week, with an av-
erage loss OF thousand men killed in each, ex-
Guiding those who have fallen by disease or
skirmshes the number swept out of existence
must have been about 500, O0O-the bloodiest
year since the battle Of Waterloo occurred
The revival of the African Slave Trade is al.
ready talked Of by Virginia papers having
reasoned themselves into belief that slavery is
morally right, they argue that all means for its
increase must be equally right. The trial of
Lewis Baker for the murder of Bill Poole is
now progressing it is found extremely difficult
to empannel ajury. The next New York State
Fair is to be held at WATERFOWL. Mr.. Wash.
ington, the owner Of the Mount Vernon estate
has just sold timber from it to the amount of
SIC, 900, to be manufactured into canes. The
first cost Of New York City, paid to the Indi-
ans was $24. Small pox is generally prevalent
in many parts Of the South in Greene County.
Tenn, its ravagcs have been alarming, and
Grccnvc, the County seat is guarded by
armed men to prevent communication with the
infected district the town Of Jonesburg, Tenn,
! is also guarded by armed citizens Those who
seized the rifles destined for Kansas, have not
made very good job of 1t; the boat is to be
attached at St Louis, on its return, for s. 900;
and the guns were insured for $4,000. The al
lies are about to destroy sunken ships in Sebas
topol harbor, by dropping heavy shells to ex.
plodc Under water. An exchange remarks that
it is one thing for Louis Napoleon to have an
heir for his throne and quite another, to have
throne for his heir. The American State
Council of Wisconsin, now in session, hare re-
puliated the Fillmore and Donelson nomination,
and recommended Speaker N. P. Banks for the
Presidency. The louisville N.Y. Times speaks
of the able virtuous, and patriotic Pierce"
and also styles him "the venerated statesman
of Concord !! I" The ". 7. Times announces
that hoops begin to decline in size The total
amount of insurance on the Pacific and her car
60 was over 100000. Gen. Harvey has
succeeded in making peace with most of the In-
dams on the plains. The Rock Island r. Il.
Bridge is completed, and the first locomotive
crossed the Mississippi on the 18th of April.
Out of 606 convic.s in the Ohio Pententiary,
244 cannot read or write, and 400 have no reg
alar trade.
/ Legislative Reports-1656.