Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1857-12-17
News of the Week.

a.
News of the Week.
THE Bitter BlT.-The other morning two f,rmt rs
just arrived from one OF the rural districts with
'arec supply "t cheese for our city market We're
lS ABOUT the town gazing the sights. In
'he COURSE ot their walk they attracted into a
famous mock auction store not far from the City
Hail. where watches of various degrees Of excellence
"ere going al Il tremendous sicrlilce.
When the auctoneer the rustics enter, he off
cred Tor sale handsome gold watch with a heavy
chain attached. one ct them It'd for it, and after
s'lnc competition, it Was Knocked down to him at
SD. . Hand it up says the auctioneer, land
! viii tit it with gold key gratis. No. thank
YOU. SAID one OF the green rustcs, - l have the
key Of my vass, which will answer every purpose =
and he handed over the ol5, but firmly held on to
! the watch Two gentlemen then appeared ON the
etelc from the back VI the store, and condentialy
told the rural gentleman that he cheated that
the watch was brass and good Tor nothing and that
lie had better give it back and insist npon having
his money i'll which, preceding they would help
him. lie declined, told them it none Of their
business. that tile watch was knocked down to him
not 10 them, and that he quite content with
Ills b.'ig,.m They then commenced hustling him
and trIc.. lvt.'iCc him into room Ill the back of the
strc, but with vigorous push Of his rtwHy slou-
GcIS IA" tulcCd the Knocks aside. with s:cutor-
al to:cs ne c. ie,i 'sis, his way clear when
We g ale H. AMI ii it ism clear IL minute We il
niahc II ..
| Ht !, OK; an ugly customer, the auctoneels.
thinNnS ,.i>creln the part of valor. allowed the
relo.tnt cuuntrynan to leave without ultiler inter
rup!lvn.
We examined the watch which is a very superior
double c.sed patent lever. and with the chain
which accompanies it, is worth 500 So it appears
that one may Sometimes get gpod bargain
Il mock aucti IL.
IuE Eyp
from the Paris PMr,e, announcing that the expedi-
ton Ir"m this country to Scr;stopl for the purpose
! OF Raising the sunkeu men Of war and materials in
the h.r or OF that famous city, lad proved failure
the vessels being about to return 70 this country,
we are informed un the authority of letters received
! in this city from Sevastopol as late Nov 4th IL
With tut any foundation in tact.
No ships Of have yet been raised, hut the Bos-
ton Submarine Company have been at work upon
an eighty four gunship The ship has bee, me III
iedcd deeply in the mud. the Russians before scul-
fling her having placed heavy granite blocks upon
her decks to prevent injur to the vessel from the
shot Of the enemy
! All this granite HIS been recov, rel with large
amount Of other mattel rial, suttlc mt to leave
plus after paving expenses the share of the Gowei
Company and of the Russians. In regard to the
ship the Gyms pump used and aotually drew up
water from the h, lat of the vessel ut distance OF
forty feet from the surface at the rate of
Thousand gallons Il minute, without starting the
vessel. The commander of the expedition is conf
dent. however that with the Of pontoons OF
bags of india rubber. filled with air, introduced into
the hold they shall be successful.
The G"wcn Company. it is also stated have been
quite successful in raising material, Of which there
ar" millions in nnunt upon the bttt M and neither
party have. far known, the slightest intention
OF abandoning the undertaking Up to the 4th If
November. the weather had been extremely pleas
ant, and that day they were sttin. at open win
duws eating black brrlics.
| The Russian Governor, mt. it is stated still look
with favor upon this famous city. and energ-t-
ically at work. to restore it to something of its for
mrr stI'nSth and efficiency Next Spring. the
Grand Duke {, nStantne a Il Others If the Ruval
Family will visit the place to supeIintrhd the opera
tions OF building. &C
/ One of the vcss. Is of the Boston Submarine Com
pany WIS at Con>tantiloIe taking in coal and pre-
visi with which to return to Sevast"pol. This
does not look like an abandonment of the expedite
; EASTERN VESSELS IN THE SLAVE TRADE.-The schr
J. II Records formerly of Newport, which was sold
at Havana last Spring, has recently been captured
! 10y the English steamer Antelope. with cargo of
tw" hundred nesr es. hound for Cula, The s,hr
Albert Deveraux formerly of Fall River, which wa
sol! at Havana about the same time as the j. H.
Records. has also been captured with cargo of $50
negroes on board near the coast of Africa Several
other vessels have also been captured and crntiSca
tel on the asst for the same cause The brig r r.
Lawton of Newport. was sold at Havana about the
time the above and has not yet been heard
| from.
| THE Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad
we un'er>t nd make its ,e,u'ar dividend on the
list of January. PAYABLE the LIST Of February
This is of the few Roads of the country without
n debt. The receipts of the Erie Road TINS far in
December said t" he equal to those of the same
period OF last :ear. The decrease of receipts in Ne
vtmler 1920 900 and on the Central the fa.
ling of Is reported TO be still larger
| Gov. Wise of Virginia. in one of his three MESA.
sgc at the 'p ming of the Legislature. excuses him.
self for ortftting the customary acknowledgements of
the divine g,dncss, because the state ought not to
interfere in religious matters The governor saws
- Politics and religion ought not in any wav to be
brought into contact. They pnllute and destroy
each other Two of the worst evils of the times are
political religion and religious politics am not c,,nst-
tuted and appointed to handle Gods holy things
and will not dare hypocritically and czsntingly to
huckstcr them IN the market of popularity among
men,
The statistics of the Virginia oyster crop as ex
hit,ed by his Excellency Governor Wise. are highly
interesting and imlo, tant. There are at least , 600
square miles, $50 600 acres Of natural OYSTER
beds within the jurisdiction OF the State Allowing
an eighth Ut hu>hel TO each square rod of these
beds and The quantity Of oysters therein or thereon
NAV be teck.lled at 7S4 600 900 bushels These oys-
ters are reproduced at most rapid rate The oys-
tel is immensely prolific Each mother of the fami
" furnishes every year. generally in the month Of
Nav spawn sufficient to give birth to nearly three
million infants. Under favorable circumstances it
takes about three years fer these embryo oysters to
obtain an edible size The greater part of the spawn
is swept away BY tides and deyouSed BY fish the