Litchfield enquirer., 1857-08-06

The last rumors about the New York Police Board are that Mr. Drapers resignation, sent to the Governor is of effect until it has been accepted by the Board itself Inasmuch as this has not been done. MT D., who regrets the unexpected dead lock into which the board has been thrown by his resig nation. and ChOlwelfs "ratting' over to Wood, now talks of resuminghs seat and thus checkmating the Mayor. Explanations are made which satisfy MT. Draper that he was mistaken in supposing that personal hostility prompted the action of his col- leagues. Saturday I'll times to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Simeon Draper. The vote was three for the Republican, two for the Democratic and one for the Democratic candidate all through. Their labors were resumed on Monday.
 The Ames Iron Company of Falls Village, are contemplating extensive improvements to their works.--During the shower the evening of the 2Oth the north wing of the house of E. $. Hoskins in South Canaan, moved by the wind some inches.-Two brothers, by the names of Dean and Sheldon Bishop living in the neighborhood of Baby lon, in the town of Salisbury, got into a fight on the evening of Saturday the 18th in which Dean was fatally injured, and died Tuesday following.
 Faus Valage Republican.
 The Norwich Aurora says that in 1925, when the Methodist Church at Norwich was destroyed by a freshet, the Governor issued his proclamation,
 
 tribute to the relief of the congregation and that S499, l5 were contributed, in compliance with the request.
 The books for subscription to the capital stock of the Merchants and Manufacturers Bank Hartford were opened at 10 o'clock, oneMonday morning at the Peoples Savings Bank, and S66O 900 were sub seribed-their charter allows them $500 OOO Peo- pie were in town early and considerable anxiety manifested among the subscribers to obtain their desired shares
 A terrible tragedy was enacted on Saturday morning shortly after daylight at the Sea View House, Neversink, N. J. Albert Moses, young man who temporarily in charge of the bar, be- ing murdered by the book keeper of the establish ment, James P. Donnelly. The Coroner's jury found that the deed was committed by Donnelly and he was accordingly committed to the jail at Freehold to await his trial.
 " B. Roberts, of Sharon, writes to the Pulls Tulqge Republican, that he has sheared from 1O2 sheep 444 pounds of clean washed wool, which he sold to Mir. Curtis, of Woodbury, for 50 cents per pound. cash.
 Eli Thayer has selected for the settlement in Virginia of the northern Emigrants of the Home- stead Aid Society, tract in Wayne County, near the boundaries of Kentucky and not far from the southern point of Ohio. Five thousand acres have been selected on creek about two miles from the mouth of the Big Sandy River, which forms the boundary line between Virginia and Kentucky. There arrangements making for the building of city to be called Ceredo.
 - Monsieur Goddard went up from Philadelphia on "Wednesday, with jackass appended to his balloon. On being lifted from the ground by the balloon, the jackass tried the old trick of plant ing his legs at an angle of about fifty degrees, with his hoofs ahead of his body. in the orthodox style of resisting jack asses: but that movement proved lamehtabe failure, he drew up his legs, as if to get them out of the way as useless appen- dages. He then looked sagely around, first, at the up-turned faces of the crowd, then at the house-tops, and finally, finding all things else melting from view, he turned his exclusive at,en- tion to the inflated mass over his head. Jack was astonished, if ever donkey was in this world.
 A farmer in Ohio steeped quart of Corn in strychnine over night, and fed flock of 50 crows with it in his own field. They went off leaving l9 dead; and subsequently, it was ascertained hat l9 more had died It was good thing his hens did not get into that field.
 Senator Sumner is still in London Bay ard Taylor says he is looking well, and that no American has ever been more popular in Eng land The Chief Justice; the Lord Chancellor, and Lord Brougham called upon him the mor- hing afrer his arrival.