Litchfield enquirer., 1857-04-30
Three DAYS Later from Europe.

nish to the Atlantic Telegraph Company three
steamships one to make soundings, and two to
assist in laying the cable. The Agamemnon,
ninety gun screw-steamship of 5000 tuns, IS to
be employed to lay down the cable in connec-
ton with the United States steamship Mag
ara. The entire cable will be completed in
June and be laid in July next.
A convention has been concluded between
Great Britain and France for preventing future
misunderstanding with regard to the right of
trading at Portendic, on the west coast of AZ
riea, and at Albreda, on the river Gambia.
Great Britain relinquishes the right hitherto
enioyed under treaty of trading from the mouth
of the river St. John to the bay and port of
Portendic. France ccdes to England the
French factory at Albreda, but the French
are to have free access to the river Gambia
for the purpose Of commerce, and are to be al
lowed to reside at the town of Bathurst, and
| such other trading stations as may hereafter
he appointed.
A letter from St. Petersburgh in Le Word
of Brussels, says the operation of raising the
vessels sunk in the port of Scvastopol has COM
menced There are upwards of eighty sunk,
and sixteen have already been recovered, name
ly The Chcroncse steamer of 260 horse
power four transports: one brig; two schoon-
crs two tenders, and six small craft The
four transports are already afloat and are Gu
gagged III conveying provisions and equipments.
The Chersonese is undergoing repairs at Nico-
laeff and will be launched again in the Spring.
Beside these vessels the Government have six
sailing transports ard some steamers of from
60 to 100 horse power, aud has hut lately
bought five screw steamers which are to cruise
along the eastern coast in the Black Sea.
In the French court Mt Marsailles, Captain
| Durham of the bark Adriatic has been found
innocent of causing the collision with the lost
steamer LyonlaiS, and exonerated from blame
in not remaining by her and his vessel has been
ordered to lie released by the collector, &c, of
the port Of La Cotat, Or the owners of the
I.yol.nais must pay 500 francs for every day Of
her further detention They also have to pay
the costs in the case, but 10 damages are al
lowed to Capt. Durham.
| CoRoSER'a INQUEST ON -Four PEEsoSs--Cor-
oner Madden was on Friday called upon to re-
pair to PctcrSburgh, i'll tie eastern part of
this county, to hold an inquest on the bodies
of four persons who were found dead on VIII
Jamestown mountain, about half mile from the
Massachusetts, line NJ. Madden found on
his arrival at Petersburgh, the bodies of four
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Blew, and his wife Hannah B!cw-apparcntlv
about forty years Of age Taut Cnrtiss (co'orcd)
aud her son, Henry-the woman about thirty
five or forty, and the boy 10 years old These
persons were found lying together in the open
air, or Sunday morning. Life was entirely en-
tnct and their limbs were frozen stiff. They
were seen in Petersburgh on Friday in the af
ternoon, and to pass along the road leading to
the mountain toward nightfall. 1t appeared
on the Coroner's Investigation, that the deceas-
cd persons lived in Wiamstuwn Massachusetts
and followed the business of basket-making for
living. They had come over to Petersburgh
to sell their baskets to farmers and others in
the vicinity Before they left on their return
they had disposed of most Of their stock, and
it was in evidence that previous to their leaving
| they had bought three bottles Of whiskey of
tavern keeper in Petcrsburgh. When found
two of the bottles were empty. 1t was first
supposed that the deceased persons had Gcen
poisoned but it was the unanimous opinion of
physicians and Others at the inquest, that they
we're all frozen to death The snow was
foot and half deep, on the mountain and in
different places there were snow-drifts, six and
eight feet high. The Coroner's Jury returned
the following verdict That said persons csme
to their death by drinking ardent spirits, get
ting intoxicated and freezing, by being exposed
to the weather on Williamstown mountain.
The suit of Sam Coll, rs. Porter Mahnfae
turing Co., which has been before the Court
for several days past, was brought to close
on Friday, by verdict for defendant
It seems that Colt hired of the Company in
1s4g portion of The Porter Manufacturing
Company's building for two years, with the
privilege of four more, on giving notice The
Company, was to furnish power for ten hours
a day, or eleven hours if required Colonel
Colt claims that he requ red power for eleven
hours per day. from the Spring of 40 to Mar
lS52 at which time, Ire took new lease of
the entire premises and furnished his own pow
er. The evidence offered by Colonel Colt
went to show that he made in about three
years during which lie claims the power was
deficient in the eleventh hour, three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. He claimed one
tenth of this as the actual injury he had sus-
tanned, by the non-fufment of the terms of
the first lease but the jury seem to have
considered the second lease, what corascl for
defendant claimed it to be, in the nature of all
accord and sat 'sfaction Of all claims for dam
ages then pending The Porter Co., claimed
also, that they had fully and fairly carried out
even their first contract, and that Col Colt !
had, in fact, received TO damage It their hands.
This finding of the jury will probably finish the
case, although numerous incidental points of
law were made aud fought with consumate
skill. lIungerford, r. c. Perkins and r. D. !
Hubbard for plaintiff !; Roger s. Baldwin,
Martin Wellcs, Francis Parsons, Charles Chap
man, and ID. W. Pardee, for defendant.
AT recent term Of the Superior Court at
Osweso, \. T. an appeal was brought from
the Oneida county court, by man who owned
a dog that had whipped and Killed another dog,
whose owner had recovered damages for his