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Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12

-Tns dr.tgates from the: different towns of the Seventeenth District met at Falls Village the 9th of March, and after aominrtng c. F. Botsford Esq, of Salisbury, for Senator, reported the following resolutions
 I. Resolved, That we, the delegates of the .l7th District in Convention Assembled, do fully endorse and approve of the Platform of principles adopted by the State Convention at ,News Haven on the 8th of Jan. last aud the ssiitigal U nion and consolidation there effected
 2. Reselved, That this Convention do fully and hsartiy. endorse the State ticket then ant there put in aopsination, commenting it to the confidence and support of this district.
 5. Resolved, That. we pledge our sincere And bearty support to tue candidate nominated at the Convention heId at New Milford, on the 18th day of February last. ser the office of the Representative in Congress fos this 4th district. tt.s Resolved. That we fully endorse the re- seaaticns. tkere reported by the Cxamittee.
 .s Resolved, That having perfect confidence in the ability and integrity of Charles F.. Bots ford, VIC recommend him cheerfully to the cleo tors of the 18th District, as candidate for Senator.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12
January Term, 1887.

Harvey Steel and Iron Co. rs Edward A. squires. &c-Action against officer for damages accustomed by negligence in taking of property attached. Jury trial. Verdict for plfs., ss5 aud costs For plfs., Cowics and Hubbasd; for dfts., Hall and Woodruff
 levitt, Ho,ey and Crow us Lcri Eaton. .--Action brought to correct mistake in settlement of book debt Jury trial. Verdict for rlfs., sl and costs For Ifs, Foster; for deft., Hall.
 T. Edward F. Wilcox Y. David Clark. 4 cl-=Action of trespass for taking property cfaamcd by plf on attachment. Jury trial Verdict for pif.; one cent damages. For plf,. Goodwin for dfts., Foster, H. -& B. and Woodruff. : IL. C. Stevens & Co. rs- Herman Chapin. on contract Jury trial yersi t for plfs, sl44 4s and cost. ..-. , ]" State rs Henry Lawrence Information fer bur glary. Plea guilty. Sentence, State Prison cars
 State E. Elijah rconard: -Iuformaton for attempt to kill ty ~discharging loaded gun Plea not guilty. Verdict not guilty. For the state, Sedsmick and Hickox; for dft,, Graves r--
 State cs. Charles Partfsm InfSrrnation for erect inG a'nuisancc on highway. :: rlca not guilty Yer dict not guilty. For state. scdgwick and Seymour for aft Graves and Treat .,.c-~ =
 Grove P. Jenks rs. Frances E. Jcuks:-Pstition for divorce. Petition granted. For petitioner, Holis- ter and Bcernan. s,-. Julia,J. Watrous vs I.ucinu+ Watous-P Petition for dirorsc. Potion granted. For petitioner, Hall
 elfssa elds r,. John olas.-Pctition, for divorce; fetitiep granted: For petitioner, Hall. .s-
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12

PERSONAL MArrERs.-In justice to the late editor of this paper, and those who were instrumental in establishing it, as we'll ourselves, it should be stated, Gn reply to some remarks of the Bridqspo.f Farnsr, Winsted Herald and other papers, that the recent change in the proprietorship of the PREss was business arrangement, wholly disconnected from editorial duties Mir PIERCE retired from the paper with the Best wishes of its friends who highly appreciate his abilities as writer, and his integ rty as man.-Press.
 }s. With pleasure we give place to tdis announce ment regretting, however, that it did not earlier appear. The Prs' has been, since its commence ment, . most able journal and we have no doubt. under the charge of MT. Hawley. will continue to hold the highest position of any journal in the Gtats. s
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12

s: F. BurrERwoE7l1, E<e, superintendent o the N. '. Assay Office, met with an accident on his way to Washington, a few evenings since of a serious and dangerous nature In lifting pile of ovcrcoats from seat in Baltimore car, pistol was discharged, the ball entering the thigh, but fortunately, as we learn not fr,c- turing the bone. The ball was extracted and no serious results are apprehended. The prac- ticc of carrying loaded pistols in coat pockets s becoming alarmingly common and unless they can be prevented froiB- going of impronp- tn, the law against carrying concealed weap- ons,," should be rigidly enforced
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12
The Washington Homoeide,

'', The death of Mr. David Hume, in Washing. ton City, from pistol shot in tho abdomen, fired by Nr. D. C Lee, a clerk in the Pension Office, has created good deal of feeling at Washington and at Alexandria, Va, where Hume belonged, and was engaged in the E:cr. Hrantile business It appears that he was at Washington with his two daughters, and in the press of the crowd at the Presidents cvec, he was charged by Lee with having stolen his pocket book. Hume replied Sir, should feel myself much dishonored in picking the pock- ct of such man as you arc" and added, (" l would slap your face for you if l had no ladies with me-" ..
 The next day, Hume, with friend, called on Lee, when the latter reiterated the charge, upon which Hume struck him over the head with his cane three times, and was following up the blows, when Lee drew pistol had shot his assailIant, who exclaimed, 70 God am q dead man " and breathed his last in a few minutes
 It is quite natural that the public sympathy should be exercised for the deceased but VIC donot see the justice of the severe coudemna ton of Lee for defending himself from assault His great fault was in his reiterated charge that Hume had stolen his pocket book Tni. provoked the. attack, and led to the subsequent fatal calamity. But Hume should have knowl chat in striking man with his cane and follow ing up his blows, he fairly exposed his Iife-- and so does every person who attempts to dc violence to another.
 Lee was of course discharged from the Pen sion Office, and is under bonds for trial on q charge of mansaughter-- but we have no doubt that he will ha ocnnittai ITo ;c oho,t ss years Of age: He is once said to have bee. the manager of the Alexandria race course, and noted cock fighter, and, like other worn out FirglnIans an importunate office seeker. His victim was the man who went tc Boston to re. claim the fugitive slave Anthony Burns. Both Lee and Hume were members of the Admins. tration party. Hume has left, besides the two daughters spoken of, two other children.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12
WHO wnrrrs THE NEGRO soscs ?-The principal

WHO WRITES THE NEGRO SoNGs 1.-The principal writer is stephen c. Foster author of Uncle Ned , " o Susannah." &c. Mir. Foster resides near Pitts- burg, where he occupies moderate clerkship, upon which, and percentage on the sale of his songs, he cdepends for living Hc writes the poetry as
 we'll as the music of his songs. These are sung wherever the English language is spoken, while. the l music is sung wherever men sing, In the cotton tieIdo the South, among the mines of California and Australia. in the sea-coast cities of China, in Parsl in the London prison everywhere, in fact. his melodies are heard. Uncle Ned" was the first. This ras published in lS45, and reached a sale nnkriown till then in the music publishing bu siness. Of ''The Oid Folks at Home," 1Oo, ,oO0 copies have been sold in this country and as many more in England: :- ':My Old Kentucky Home. y ard" Old Log Tray each had sale of about 70O00 All bis other songs have had great run. All his competitions are esimple, but they are natu- raa, aud find their way to the popular heart, and link themselves indissoluby with the best associ. ations. ::
 r In Cheshire: England, where the dairy is a great object of attention, it has been found that on pastures :Eohg used for this purpose. which had thereby become impoverished, the addition of bone dust to the land, had resulted in the immediate augmentation of the crops to TOO per cent !: Nor s.aed this excite surprise when it has been found by the strietcst examination that the milk of a single cow. will n seventyfve years exhaust the sdiFwliere she has rastured of more than ton of phdsphate of lime, to say nothing of other stsb- stances - s.:. .---:RA1slNG CATTLE RAISING Mu1Es--Jas E. Ken dali ef Poplar Grove, Kenawha county Va states that the cost. of raising cattle in those mountain ranges IS about s3 year. They are worth SIS to s2o at four years old. Mules, however, are raised at as little expense steers and are worth from slo9 to Slo0 head, at three years old
 A. John $. Brush of Mercer county, Penn, reports the cost of raising cattle at that place. till three years old, is SIS, which is about the price of good oses at that age. . .- :: The Schooner Sarah s. Bird, Capt. NostranG with crew of twenty three persons which was sent out from New York, on the 18th of January to as sst vessels in distress. has not since been heard of and there is good reason for belevng that she wa lost soon after leaving port. mast has been seer af1oat with mark on it corresponding to one upo1 the schooner Nearly every man on board leaves 2 wife and children in New York.
 AS persons were c!omn,ng, in Bridgeport, som
 distance below the Stanley House, they came upo, a box nailed up tightly. On opening it, the re mains of two infant children were found.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12
The Tragedian Booth and the Eord,s
 Prayer, .

:, we have been told of afi ahecdote of Booth. ,he great tragedian, which we do not remepl. oef to nave seen in print: 1t occurred in the Paimy days of his fame before the sparkle of his great mind had been dimhaed by that bane' of genius, strong drink.
 Booth and several friends had been invited. to dine with an old gcntlc,naS. in BaItimore of distinguished kindness, urbanity and piety.' The host, though disappearing. of theatres and theatre-going, had heard so much of Booths. remarkable powers that curiosity to see the. man had in this instance overcome all his. scruples and prejudices. After. the entertain. ment was over, lamps lighted. and company. reseatcd in the drawing-room, some one re- quested Booth, as p;pticafar fayor; and one which all present would doubtless appreciate, to read aloud the Lords Prayer Booth ex-' pressed his willingness to afford them this grat.' i6cation, and all eyes were turned expectantly. upon him. s :.
 Booth rose slowly and reyerently from his chair It was wonderful to- watch the play of emotions that convulsed his countenance,. He became eeathly pale, and his eyes turned trembling upward, were wet with. tears. As yet he had not spoken. The silence could be felt 1t became absolutely painful, until at last the spell was broken as if by an electric shock as his rich-toned voice, from white lips, syllablcd forth, :" Our Father who art in hea- ven," &c., with pathos and solemnity that thrilled all hearts ! <s-:7.,
 He finished. The silence continued Not a voice was heard, or muscle moved in his rapt audience, until from remote corner of the room subdued sob was heard, and thS old gentleman, their lost stepped forward with streaming eyes and tottering frame, aiid seized Booth by the hand.
 "Sir," said he in broken aecehts, :" you have afforded me pleasure for which. my whole future life will feel gratifed. am an OH man, and every day from my boyhood to the present time thought had repeated the Lords Prayer, but l have never heardit be- fore, never" You are right" replied Booth to read that prayer as it should be read, has caused mo the severest study and labor for thirty years. and am far from being yet satisfed
 with my rendering of that wonderful produc-
 tion. Hardly one person in ten thousand
 comprehends how much beauty, tenderness.
 and grandeur can be condensed into place so
 small, and in words so simple. The prayer of itself sufficiently illustrates the truth of the ! Bible, and stamps upon it the seal of divinity [ So great was the effect produced, (says my
 informant, who was presently conversation: was sustained but short time longer in sub. dued monosyllables, and almost entirely ceased;
 and soon after, at an early hour, the company
 broke up and retired to their several homes.
 with sad faces and full hearts. s : Episcopal Recorder.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12
A Practical Crichton.
rEyrM coSQtERs ALL AssA1LANrs.

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 The admirable Crichton, the greatest logician of his day, was accustomed to seek controversy with the Sophists of the French and Italian Colleges, by mailing challenges to the gates of those institutions Thomas Holloway, the inventor of the popular me- dicnal remedies that bear his name, has adopted more publi; and comprehensive method of lefying Error aud Establishing Truth. He has advertised his Pills and Ointment ia nearly every newspaper in the world and fortified his proclamations with Q mass of authentic testimony which no dsputant has thought it prudent to aSs;il. Crichtun was great theorist Holloway is a man of facts. He takes for his premises twenty years of successful practice. and innumcrabic well attested cures. and asks the world to draw its own conclusions. He has a simple and perspicuous theory of the origin of all discascs and upon this theory the composition of his famous remedies is based but he rightly deems that the experimental proofs of their efficacy consti- tutc better passport to public confidence than . thousand philosophical essays upon the causes which ie at the root Of their astonishing effects. In argu ment, the ingenious and subtitle cayiler may some times provo aa overmatch for plain reason l; but there never lived the man, however eloquent, that could overcome solid array of facts They present the same sort of mpenetrable barrier to the of the most brilliant declimer, that square of in Entry presents to the charge of hghtdragoons. In the centre of his chuaur de ss of acts stands the hero of countless victories disease Professor Holloway, invulnerable to the shafts of envy and prejudice.
 What are his credentials' Have not his prepara- tons relieved tens of thousands of victims in every cline, upon whom an ante mortcm inquest of the 1 . professon's he'd been held, and verdict pro- nounced of "utterly ncurahle P For a response to ! .nH question. consult the press, everywhere, the volumes of private testimonials the records of hos pitais the letters of princes and mo- fo'es the archvesof governments. and public opinion l throughout the world. These are HoLIowAYs . vouchers Who is prepared to question thems
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Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12
Neus br tho Persia.

The newsof the Persia is of the greatest interest
 The rebels in China have long held Shanghae and Nankin, and if Canton has been destroyed by the British the rebels have entire control of the whole coast. The Emperor will therefore be cooped up in rskin by the rebels, armed and aided by the Brit ish, sad VIII doubtless be compslled to saccamb. If the news of the Persia bs correct We may prophecy the fall of the Mantchea, dynasty -&1sa The new treaty bstwecn Russia and Persia cedes to Russia tract of land on the frontiers of Turkey, which gives Rnsuia complete command of the strat- egic mad from Trsbisonde on the Black Sea to the Esuisn frontier ls Erzsroom. This concession Rus siss hes- beoa sdssiilesfng.so gain sincc 1928
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12
will be held at CEOssMAN'S $ HOTEL, on FRIDAY, March 2Oth, at 20 clock r. M.
 -. EY order of ..-... /. TnR. CoMMITTEE. :.

The Probate Convention for Jjtchield District. will be held at CEOSsMAN's $ HOTEL, on FRIDAY,
 By order of , Inn COMMITTEE
 If there is an office belonging to the people that should remain in the hands of 8 competent person, until age disq dafes him for the p6stion 1t s this odico of Probate Judge. Party 6sclngs should not Interfere with business that represents the inter- ssss of widows and orphans-that keeps the bisto- sies of departed books, dates and records ih which alIate alike interested.
 It was our misfortune. not long since; to search Tor certain accounts among the registers of neigh. boring town Tumblei among mass of iilegible papers, whose chlrograrhy rcsembled hieroglyphics we at last found the folio, kept ia writing book with the cover torn off. Trundei about in wheel barrow or hand cart, year, these most ilnpor; tsnt documents of towns conveyed fer the ben eft ofsome single individual who has played the pi per for miserable body of politicians to dance There is regard for his competency to fill the station none as to his ideas of order and research rasc that he might be paid for dancing attendance oa party clique, or cringing at the heel of some political ccrmerant.
 Again The duties of Probate Judge are not to be learned in day. nor is it every fsol that com prehcnds them, after months of study It is an of flee belonging to families, to wives and children and we trust, every woman in district who finds her husband about to expel our present most wor thy and competent Judge, because disagreoing with him in politics, will give hm such dressing off a, his contcmptiblc skin deserves which her true ideas of right and wrong generally qualify her te administer. *> =. ..
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12
The Democracy are making large gains in the New

The Democracy are making large gains in the New York Town Elections.-Times Saturday.
 We presume the Times has returns that will bear them out ill the above assertion. but our It turns tell rather different story.
 In some of the towns, there were three tick cts run-Republican, Democratic, and Fill more, but Ill most of them Coalition was formed between the Democrats and Fillmore men against the Republicans. We have be- fore Us returus from 474 towns, scattered over 27 counties, with the following result: Repub- Iicans 2S9; Democrats, 1lS Fillmore and Coalition, s7.-Courant.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12

NAuGATucK RA1tRoAD-The annual Report of the Company just published states that the re- ceipts of the past year were $237,416.09 The working expenses, $l23;l79,04. After paying the interest on bonds &c., this affords hand some margin for dividesd, but from the fact that some $400, ,000 of bonds are coming due the present year, it is yet undecided whether to divide portion of the surplus among stockhol- ders The prudent course is evidently not to do so, and we presume such will be the course of management s.e s-,sss
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12

IT appears to be the determination of Mr. Buchanan, if we may trust the letter writer's to act as if he succeeded the administration ee political opponent, and to make clean sweep of all the federal offices. When Q comm:s-. sion runs for limited time and expires soon, he will not remove, but will give all vacancies to his own friends. The tenure of office will be that the seeker has been a Buchanan man from. the beginning
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12

DURING the month of February, forty-foul American sea going vessels were either wreck cd or abandoned at sea- namely, s ships, harks II b"igs and 20 schooners The total cstina. ted value of vessels and cargoes is $l, ,O6O, 700 There arc some other vessels ashore, but not reported lost.
 Thirteen vessels are missing and supposed te be lost. Estimated value of vessels and car goes, SAIL ,000.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12

E. B. PORTER, of Memphis, Tennessee, has given 10000 acres of land in Arkansas to the College at Danville, Ky. The gift is valued at $50,O00 The donor had previously given 10000 acres of laud in the same State to the Methodist Synodical College at La Grange, Tenn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12

par The Rev. Josiah Brewer, formerly mis. sionary to Turkey, subsequently, the Principal of Female Seminary in New Haven and now Principal of g similar Institution at Middle: town, it is stated in the Middletown Argus, has by the recent death of a relative come into possession of property valued at sl5o,00o.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12

AR . protection against garreters, writer suggests that those who frequent the streets at night should wear around their necks leather collars, with sharp spikes firmly fastened pro- jecting at right angles an inch or more, such as are some times seen on fighting dogs, aud on calves the farmer wishes to wean.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12

PRESENT QUEEN OF GREEcE-Thc Queen is woman of thirty-Gvc who will not grow old for long time. She has powerful and wig orous constitution backed by an iron health. Her beauty, famous fifteen years ago, may yet be perceived, although delicacy has given way to strength. Her face is full and smiling, but somewhat stiff and prim. Her look is gracious not aifable. It would seem as though she smil- cd provisicnally. and that anger was not far off. Her complexion s slightly heightened in color, with few pcrccptible rcd fines, which will ncv- CT grow pale. Nature has provided her with remarkable appetite, and she takes four meals day not to speak of sundry intermediate col lations. One part of the day is devoted to gaining strength, and the other in expending it. In the morning the Queen goes out into the garden, either on foot or in little carriage, which she drives herself. She talks to the gar dencrs i; she has trees cut down, branches pru- ned and earth levelItd. She takes almost as much pleasure in makirg others move as in mov. ing herself, and she has never so good an appc- tite as when the gardeners are hungry. After the midday repast, and the following siesta, the Queen goes out riding, and gets over few leagues at a gallon, to take the air In the summer she gets up at three in the morning, to go down and bathc in the sea of Phalcrum she swims without getting tired for an hour to- gethcr. In the evening she walks, after sup per in her gar,lca. In the ball season, sine never misses waltz or quadrie, and she ncv- CT seems tired or satisicd.--Bcstom Post.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12

A VILLAIN IN BORDERS. .nn-The Hartford Times thus describes one Charles Jones'" re gently out of State Prison, where he has been living for four years. He is up again fer steal ing
 {" He voluntarily took Episcopal orders, and set up preaching in Glastonbury in school house, stole fringes, velvcts, and French cali coes. to trim the room and the pulpit, and paid for the large arm chair, and velvet cnshion, which stood in the sacred desk" with stolen goods from Deans sore he also paid for his Bible and prayer book in the same way Mr. Dean estimates that he stole $2,O0O worth of goods from him. Jones affected deep p:ety, boarded in Mir: Dcan's family, and slcp, with the clerks ia the store. He generally had a prayer book or Bible in his hand, and most completely deceived those with whom he asso- ciatcd, by affected piety He broke into St. Patriek's church, and stole Father Brady's silk robe preached gratituously, and kept up a regular system of thicving for nearly two years. orsteaag the goods he was sentenced to prison for four years F
 About the time of his sentence, it was sus, peeted that he had stolen $loo in cash from Mfr. Deans son, and he subsequently confessed the: act. He caltd OH the family ii the after noon, was very devoted and much concerned about the salvation of souls, and fnally got up and bid 1he; family good bye, and as they sup posed passed out But'instead of going out he slipped up stairs, and crawlcd under the bed of the younger Mir. Dean. During the evening Mir. Dean came in and spread blanket or comfortable on the bed. "Tlca trembl d like raspope leat," he .aiterward confessed. Jones remained under under the he'd ill mast mid night, when he slipped out and stole Deans portmonnaie, containing Sl00. After pocket ing this he quietly left the house, and slept the remainder of the night at the. Revere House, and stole a spit of clothes from boarder in the morning He saw $lOo in Dcan's portmonnaie the day before he stole it, as Dean was show
 ing it to his father, the bills being entirely new of a new bank just starting>in this city. It is for stealing this money, that he is now under arrest, and will be examined at the police court.