Litchfield enquirer., 1856-02-14
Sas Ffksc,sc:io, January, less.

DAn ktkncfec0, January, 1856.
 Dtkt Ene5Ifsk: II not u isse, allow asts TT - ' ksppy IT yssr1 Bs sAs'5ky tl6sdsd of sl,s nssions of tho earth sstsalsd by wsr ol pol:tical sissensien. I tsps sksrs ~ili ts calm inths atmosphere uhish ssrsssds my old Litshfeld friends --asa my psses and prosperity mark their pssssgs down the '56sh term Of time.
 have nothing of imporance to comDu- nissss sincs my last, save and except re- sssiinx she fact that our < Know Nothing" Governor, and = Know Nothing" lcgisIa. snrs and oiscers have taken their seats, and Ishink may confdsntly say that our State will ssnd to Washington . Know N o,hing' senator. Ou.cisy is in mesa of troubis' sbost iss fnsnees. The new charter will not permit the city fathers to appropriate sny mora money-they are now in debt far ssyned the Legitimate amount allowed by legislssivs enactment, and consequently esr police fierce is disbanded, our streets arc going to decay. and to use common ssyiag hsrs-' the bottom is falling out of San Francisco" Times are dull and mossy scarce, yet notwithstanding. our, ei,isens appeared to enjoy their new year's day with as mucn hiIarity as when they wess rolling in prosperity. As
 Jsdgin4 from appearances the temperance cause was considerably retarded by inc festivities of new years day. The ladies shfoughout oar city, had upon their tables shat stiG old alcoholic soldier, Mir. Cognisc BrsUdy-and with his usual vigor he charged the unfortifed stonachs of some young bucks until he made them stagger-- ! am afraid that Miss Pellet, the strong minded fsfnale lecturer on temperance, who has lately been speeebifyng throughout our State, has made no real impression upon ths hard drinkers-she has only con frmsd sI,e temperate in their previously adopted course of cold: water drnking.- Miss P l am pleased to learn, has made proffabie tour through our State. It Is wsII-if she has failed in one object of her mission. 1t is pleasing to know that she has been success ,ful in the ma,ne one of making mouey. This is an evidence ihat though CaIifornians are somewhat inieiI,. =
 Tie killing business progresses in our State about as actively as ever Re ,enily some outlaws killed ,hs Collector of Gus toms of Monterey. and directly followed the killing of our U. S Marshall in this eiiy. Hs was assassinaied in ,he evening, in the open street, by an Italian gambler, the pasamour of a notorious 'conrtezan of this city. The latter is wealthy. and is lssisl,ing money npon tlIs bes. legal talent in osr city to l'bvrnte her lover. Ho was before ths Court to-day, and every effort is being made, boti, 10 impede ihe action of ihs court and io emb1nss the proceedings ia sanpsnrlIing the jury. g-
 Even the John Chinamen in our State, have taken to the common use of reyolvers in their quarreis. There are two cou,pa. niss of them here. tic members of which ffsqaentiy come into collision. l heard rather Imaginable affair which took place between two of them, up at one of our mining towns, a week since One of the Jahna challenged another to fight him with AtI-n's revoivrrs across d small stream, shova fifteen feet wide--boil, fred and when the pistol one of than held 70, atsrt-d, it dischargvd all ihs barrels with put tho aid of the triggrr--John, in aslonishment, dropped the drafted. dangerous thing and Saa, ihs other also took to his hsels. X party of American miners who were en- laying the sport. captured both the parties. .mads ring. and insisted they should fgh, IL nut with fists They went at it Chinese fashivn---each seized the others iaa. and in . less dangerous manner than their frs, d. tempt. beat each other until bn,i. themselves and the spectainrs were satisfied. Thus va ga-if no, particularly prosperous at psssent. We st least yet along iireiy.
 J. Y. II.