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Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22
FEMALE NAvleAro..-The following is an Ex

A FEMALE NAvIGAroR.-The following is an Ex- tract from Letter from the Consgneca uf the Ship Neptune Car, in San Francisco, to her ownels:
 The ship Neptune Car arrived November 18th Fifty days ago, Capt. Patten attacked with the brain fever and for the last twen yhve days he has been blind. Previous to his illness, he had put the first mate of duty, on account of his Incompetent cy Afterward, the second mate took charge of the ship. but he did not understand navigation the captaiI. wife worked up the reckoning every day. anu brought tine ship safely into port. The first mate wrote Mrs. PatteA a letter, reminding her ot the dangers of the Coast and the great responsibility she had assumed, and offered to take charge of the ship, but she stood by the judgment of her husband and declined the offer. During all this time she acted as nurse to the captain; studied medicine to learn how to treat his shaved his heid and by her constant and watchtulness kept him alive. She sld that for fifty nights she had not undres.ed herself. Few women could have done so mach and done it so well. She at once, navigator, nurse physician and protector of the property entrusted to her husband. The matter has excited good deal of interest here, and nepen lent of other con sideratons are all anxious for her sake, that the captain should reco er-jour. of Com. Jan 13
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22
The Sugar Tar.

The people Of the United States nurnbere<i In leoV, in round numbers 2A 900 000 the sugar plau- tels of Louisiana, ,6oS, who pfoduced that year 20 ovo GOO pounds of sugar-enough to furnish nine pounds to each person in the country. In three years more our population will stand 2l 6lO- S0! inc pro Iductiun of sugar meanwhile has fallen oil oniy portions of Louisiana are fit for the cui ture. line plant has never thriven there vigorous ly. The planters, protected against competition are inoleht, unenerpsing, constantly taking froIs the s,il, and giving b,ck nothing to it. Forcing Legislation caniot sulp,y the place of climate and enterprise So the production has steadily dccrcrs. ed until now it Is little more than one hundred thousand hogsheads year-nut enough to furnish live pounds "f sugar year to evety person in ths c,untry H .'...
 Louisiana is a small state, containing less than 5,OOO uOO of acres, improved and unimprovcd. Apout 1000 OOO are improved but slsaIi portion If til unii.proycd will ever be brought under the cultivation of tine cane Add to this small dis. trct in rlorida and 1exs, and that is all We have so supply popuati which is tling ug a e'nti- nent which lSLO will number Sl .Ot6 tOO,-in 1JU0, lGI ,CVO OOO Judge of the future by the past .ni say whether by all the frcng processes in the world the small tracts of sugar lands in the thrsc states named can ever begin to supply the wants of such an empire.
 As lrotec in has utterly failed to stimulate the sugar l Inter, ani bring forward the sugar culture why not uy comptioionS Take away the patients crutclieS and let him learn to use his legs. Why
 ix ZS OOOuOO to enable ,, 100 gentlemen to live in luxlry. with ut being obliged. like other people bv conpctiti h. to apply themselves to the intelligent vciopment of Inc materials and resources within their power. ,fst
 Give Us free sugar General Houston of Tsxas in giving notice uf bill to suspend the dui on ',gai. shows Il disposition to confdc in the ability 't hls people Ut least to raise sugar without the lid of protection.
 But, say m.ny oiectors: What is the use of re- pealins tax, Gn suffering others to reinain If We cannot have revision of the whole tariff sys. tem. let the whole stand Ihat is. becatsc we raii. not remedy all grievances. we should remedy none. Let ns do the good that is now practicable pate at once an ugly tumor, if we cannot st ohce rsnovate the whole system
 But, we fear, combination of focal interests will defeat the popular will Classes. after all, have msny rclr@ ntatives-the people, but few. Many southern ilcn will rally around the sugar planter, and wal n the iron men to beware and the iron men in tesr will admonsh the advocates of wool prusec- ton to take c'ire and the woulen and cotten tro- tctinsts will begin to look to their peculiar inter- ests an railroad jobbers tremble for the safety oi their magnificent land schemes and by and by . lid ph.lanx of interests. oac claiming special pro- lection or prom 'un, is organized. and then, good- bye to all p. o'pccts of reform in taxation
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

NEw ExaLANv UNANIMOUS. .--After the fourth of Congressm D. The new democratic policy kas been the dcathof them alls Toucey lost his seat by his willingness to run afttf funaway negroes -Bradbu- " repealed himself with the Missouri Compromise = Wells and Williams sacrificed themselves on the altar of friendship for Pterce- -Everett's absence from the Nebraska vote led to his absence ever since has upheld the administrator to his own downfaii--Al.en, the sole remaining demoerat rom New England, will owe his place, if he keeps the other House. every representative from Maine, New Hampshire Vermont, Massachusetts Connect. ieuI and Rhode Island is thorough going and un- comp omsing Republican, Poor announcement for doushfaces in that sectionfn
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

JuDGE JEFFREY 0. PHELPS had his pocket picked at the Rniroad station, last 'vening of q pocket book containing about $500 and notes and papers to the amount of some $7OO more. Mir. P. came down on the Express train from Hartford, ani during the in- terval of stopping here, stepped to the Union House to get his overshoes, previously left there On shawl man stepped up and offered his assistance. Sh.rtly afterwards, passenger spoke to Mir. Phep, and asked him if he had missed any thing, at the time expressing his opinion that the assistant had stolen something from his pocket. Inc loss at once discovered, but the bird bad aown-- Search made. but without success, up to this morning The New York pick pockets often make excursions to our city, and waiting about the station house for victims More persons are robbed there than are reported in the newspapers.
 ~. H Palladium, Jun If.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

A CANDY FAcroRr.--A single e establishment in New -Ma;llard's-employ two hun dred hands, and steam CT zine of sixty horse power 1t consumes annually eight hundred tons of clarified sugar one hundred and fifty tons of gum arabic sixty tons of gum sene- gal one hundred tons of shellcd almonds /: one hundred and fifty tons of chocolate, and a | on of fine Spanish liquorice. Abouto thou sand two hundred and sixty tons of candy are made in year. In Gavoring alone, 225 900 baskets of strawberries l5O, 900 of raspber- ries, and l20, 900 pine apples a re employed.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22


 CONGRESSIONAL CoNyENrIoN.-The Congress sional Convention for this District will be held this year at Bridgeport. The day is not yet anthoratively announced, though it will proba- bly, be Wednesday,, the 18th of February next We are surprised that any should ever think of holding this Convention at any so out-ot.the- way place as Brookfield where it was held two years age, or New Milford where some certain individuals are anxious it should be held the present session, Apart from the difficulty of getting to New Milford, its insufficient hall and hotel accommodations arc enough to utterly forbid the idea of its selection as the ioeale of a Convention like this. But we in this section of the state would as lief undertake a trip to New Zealand as New Milford Let the Con- ventiou be held where comfort convenience and every economy indicates it should beat Bridgeport by al means !-- Hinstcd Herald.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

IT is stated that recent investigations show that the Indian corn crop of the United States is of more value than any other agricpl,ur ] production, not even excepting cotton. Th, culture of corn has wonderfully increased o! late ycars--its ratio of increase being far great er than any other product From 1889 to lS- 49, as ncr census returns, the increase was fit, per cent. Wool is ne5t highest, it's increase being fifty per cent; cotton g; oat> 20, and wheat l6. The cotton crop of 1851 was 927 000,0 900 of pounds, valued at $ll2.O0O 900 while the corn crop of 1850 was 593, 900, 900 of bushels. which at the lowest poss ble pre- at which it can be estimated, is of far greater value than the cotton crop.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

Da- Henry Ledoyt, a young man 23 years of age, was found frozen stiff in the road be- tween Stafford and Monson, last Tuesday noon, and on being removed to neighboring house recovered sufficiently to make himself known, but died soon after. He left Palmer on Mon- lay afternoon. to walk to his fathers residence in Stafford. Conn.,, but sat down from fatigue and soon found himself benumbed and unable ito move as the road was quite deserted du- ring the afternoon and evening. he could not ret ass stance, and remained in the snow till next day noon.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

RAILROAD FoRGING--The links for link mo- ton engine should he forged of hard close grain cd hammered iron, and made as near the ra- ,iius of the link as possible. To prevent spring ing in case hardenings, the link should be heat ed all over before it is taken to the plainer. The great difficulty 1 case-hardening is to keep 'he link from spr,ng'ng ont of it's radius It is we'll known that when the smith foryes li-k he welds one end before the other with v weld. This causes strain ou the first end nal there it remains until the link is finished and put into the box to be case-hlrdeneG. It is to prevent the springius from this strain that the links are to be heated.
 Case-harrlening links and all the apparatus belonging to the link motion, is a very simple operation. There are some old fogies who con sider case-hardening great secret and they take roundabout and very expensive way In order te help those old fogies out of their troubles, We give them valuable recipe for case-hardening; Go 10 some hone or ivory turl,- ing shop and get brrrel of bone dust or turn ings at l2 shillings arrel; get box made of cast or wrought iron, large enough to hold the link and all the apparatus. Place a layer of bone dust on the bot om of the box or 8 inches thick and place a layer of links and other work and then a layer of bone again. Cover the box over with lid and clay until it is per fectly tight and keep tie box at a mod rate rcd heat for fourteen hours. Have water convent ent to the box; salt water is best, for it takes the iron' quicker. Pick the work out of the box piece by piece with the tongs and dip it ir the salt water. It is fur better to pick them out one at time than to empty all the COT tents into the water because when great body of red hot iron is emptied into the wat, the great heat keeps the water away from t',, iron and prevents it from hardening. This care is just the same as hardening an anvil. Tn blacksmith faces the anvil and in attempting to harden it, provides barrel of water and plnnges the red hot anvil into it; Tie anvi comes out as soft as if he he had laid it on tn, floor rcd hot to anneal. The anvil must b, heated red hot laid on tine floor and cooled by water running ont on to it's face. A lttlr salt in the water will make it harden quicker and better. For ease hardening it is now an established fact that the greatest effect may b produced by perfectly tight box and animal carbon alone---Railrood Adrocate.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22
Congressional Convention.

HE Electors of the several Towns in the Fourtb District. opposed to the policy of the present National Administration, are reouested to send delegates equal to double the number of their representatives in the Legislature to Compression. al Convention. to be held at New Milford, on Wed. nesday the 18th day of February next, at one Q, clock. P M., for the purpose of nominating Can. didate to be supported to represent said district in the XXXVth Congress
 The Trains of Cars are due at New Milford, at F M., and P. N. Should either Train be delayed the Convention will not organize until after theiu arrival.
 HEzEKIAH BuLKLEY,
 A. J. JACQUES Com. for Fairfield Co
 ANDREW NoRrHRop,
 LucIus CLARK,
 GFo H. NOBLE } Con- for Litchfeld County.
 WI H. PECK
 January 14 1857
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22
nas- Tho N. Y. Herald says of Forney

D6r Tho N. '. Herald says of Forney " A few years ago the famous Sam Patch used to jump from great height into the basin ot Genesee falls aud, to the as.onishment of everybody, came up fresher and stronger than ever. So it is with Foraey he has taken a jump over the political falls at H ar risburg he has goae under for the present., but he will come up in some new and unexpected place-say Washington-fresher, clearer, stong- CT and more amusing than ever."
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

TEE value of the property held by the Rom ish church in Mexico is .leived to amount t, $4OO, ,00O,0 900 producing an annual incom, o $l2,000,000. The value of the property of tu clergy of Puebla which Comoufort has conlisca, ted is not accurately known, but is supposed to exceed $3,OOO.0U0
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

Da- Samuel Carman, a Long Island farmer, was found murdered near Jamaica, L. l., on on "Wednesday. He was knocked down with club, dragged out of his wagon, and robbed. His body was found on the side of the road in the snow, with the club near it, and his pockets empted The murdercrs are suspected
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

HGr The legislature of Tennessee, last year, purchased the residence of Gen. Jackson, with 300 acres of land, known as the Hermitage, with the understanding that it should be used ivy the United States as the site of Military Academy. Gov. Johnston of Tennessee is now at Washington to make arrangements for it.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

SNOW SroRx of unequ He'd severity commenced on Saturday night, and continued without inter- mission until Tues lay morning. The roads in all direction are entirely blockaded. We have received no news from New York since Saturday last, and no stages have left this village
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

sa~ The house of color.d man, named Andrew Palmer, in the town of Andoverer, at d place called Bear Swamp, was burnt on the 9th inst. Pamor ahd his wife were both burnt in the house. They were of incorporate hab- .ts. Their remains were found near the fire place.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

Esy- John N. Spear, native of Connecti cut, died in San Francisco, Dec I6th, aged B. He committed suicide, in consequence of being dismissed by D lady of Connecticut to whem he was engaged. He was in the en- p!oyment of an undertaken.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

IT is not the amount of reading that makes
 the scholar, bat the maaner ia which it is trea- sured up, and applied to useful and practical purposes,
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

TE
 TEE Steamer George Law arrived at New York, on the l4th inst, bringing the Califor: n;a maila. and $1,267,177 in gold Along with tue amount of gold dust, comes the grat- flying intelligence to holders of California se- curities, of the formal repudiation of the State debt. The Supreme Court of California has declared that the entire debt of three millions with the. Exception of three hundred thousand dollars, is unconstitutional, but recommends the adoption of the debt by the Legislature, and that the question of repudiation be submitted to the people, The decision of the Court pro daced 8 profound sensation, throughout San Francisco, and the tone of the California press was Indignant and deuuuciatsry So con- seieus are they that public credit will be sha- ken to its very fouada tion, that they call upon the people to show themselves honest men and PAY uP. Meetings have also been called in va- rious parts of the State, to give expression to the public opinion, which is decidedly opposed to repudiaticn. But the generosity of tue people, we fear, will prove forloru hope, so long as the highest Court in the State endorses swindiing on scale perfectly unparallelled by the largest snd most fraudulent operators O, modern times. In consequence of the decis ioa of the Court, work on the St,te Capital had been suspended.-The mining news is ia. vorable. Markets dull There have beel. large arrivals in goods during the fortnight, nearly the whole of whicl, Was stored for lack of demand.--A battle was fought on the 2lst of Nov, bet ween the Indians aud U. $. stea- ner Massachusetts Twenty-seven Indians were killed, tweuty-one wounded, and the re- mainder surrendered. But one of the stealu- CTS men was killed.-Tle last accounts from Walker show rlainly that his care.r is about run. The number of his forces have been greatly diminished by disease, death and de- ssrt'on |: and the latest intelligence tells us that the people of Costa Rico have occupied the shores of San Juan, and seized all the steamers on it, so that no succors of any sort csn reach him. His ouly chance consists in the hope that San Francisco may furnish men and money enough to place him on his feet again for as matters staud now, he is effect ually cut off from any aid from New York er New Orleans His friends and the friends ot the reckless advcnturers who from time to time have been persuaded to join his forces, are greatly disheartened and alarmed at the ap- parently disastrous termination awaiting him ; for if his army is not starved into surrender 8 few months of blockade will serve to make an end of them
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

DONATION vIsrr.-The friends of J. c. Hsrsisor, are invited to Donation tisit at flis reside nco iu Milton, Wednesday afternoon ard evening next. s',' .~ woather be unfaye rable 1t will be pest, doned till next day. -.
 The Wood Spell will take pace on kondhy and Tuesday prevoius. -s .s......
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

WHArEvER information We may derive from the writings of others. our thoughts should be onr own <
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

STATE COMMITTEE. c. D. wADHAMS. oouxrI COMMITTEE.
 5. BEEBE
 WI COTHRAN. : ". G. PIERCE. DIsrsIcf COMMITTEE. P. K. KHBOURNE, H. A. BARBER, B. ROCKWELL.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22

Yet ah how trusr, tendcrer still,
 :Msthought did seem Thet.scens of tranquil joy !; that happy home
 By Dodder's stream. The mosgllng smile that grew fixed star e% Vita love-lit beaua The.rhging laugh, locked haads. and all the far And shining stream os daily love that made our daily life dyiner than
 dreN1n. . For stil1 io me dear Love-
 Or both--dear Wife; Yous snsse comes with serious thoushts.,
 Bat tender, rife. l s5,-f No idle p1aythiHg. to caress or chide, @ Ip sport or strife. But my hest chosen friend companion, guide,
 Towalk through life, y1nksd hand in hand two equal, loving friends, true Ss VI Husband and true wife. m
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-09-24
WHO WANTS A CHEAP DoCUMEETl
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

Stitched and bound in paper, sent, free of post.
age, to any who may order them, for 25 cents
copy. The work forms neat volume of 1872
pages. 1t contains
"A Decade Of the Saee PosCer"-complete
in ten chapters.
Dangers Of SlaceTy Extension Shareholders
Privileged Class GroS0th of our Neqro
AristocrGcy-beiug speech delivered by Gov
Seward, in Albany, October 18th, 1855.
The Politics Of Justtce Equality, and Free
dom-being speech OF Gov. Seward, delivered
at Buffalo, N Y, October l9th, 1855.
American Politics. speech delivered by the
Hon. George W. Julian.
Speech Of the Hon. John F. Hale, ON the
Presidents Message, relating g. HanSus
Editorial Comments on the same Message.
History and Philosophy Of the Struggle for
the Speakership of the Present House of Rep
resentatires, Nth classification of ootes
Letter Of Francis p. Blair to the Republt
can Association Of Washington.
Sectionalism and RepubIic1nis,a-An Edt
toriai Reuieso of a Letter from the Hon. d. d.
Barnard, Of Ne,o York.
A Synopsis Of the S1aoe Ceds in the District
of Columbia.
Statistics of SdDery in Maryland and Mis-
souri.
Besides all this, the volume presents a com.
prehensive view of the Know Nothing move.
ment and its bearings; accounts of Kansas af.
fairs and of slave cases, and thorough dis.
cussion of the Republican movement.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-09-24
GENERAL SUMMARY,

Macaulay, the historian, who is about to be
elevated to the peerage, is now in his fifty
eighth year, and bachelor. His may be
created q life peerage, and is certainly grace
full compliment to Literature. There is some
doubt whether Lord John Russell will accept
the peerage, which, it is understood, has been
offered him. At the age of sixty-five, and with
all his cards played out, it was believed that
he would have been happy to have hid his
head in coronet," Ito use Sheridan's words, J
but he probably cherishes hope of again
entering the Cabinet-a hope not likely to be
realized during the dominancy of Lord Pal
merston.
The Springfield Republican gives Banks
10000 votes, reaching its conclusion by this
process: The Fillmore vote last year was
1885; the Fremont vote, l08,l9O. OF this
lO0, $50, the Fremont americans cast $685.
This figure is obtained by subtracting the Fill
more vote of last year from the entire Gardner
vote OF the year before, 1898. Taking the
Fremont American vote of last year. $685.
from the entire Fremont vote, and it leaves, as
the Fremont Republican vote, 68, sos. In con.
alteration of the smaller vote this year, call
this 10000. Now, add one third of the 1892
Fremont American vote of 1856, say $4,000,
to the 10000, and Mr.. Banks has 10000
Knock Of, On account of the radical Republi-
cans, 5000, and the remainder is the 10000