Litchfield enquirer., 1857-08-20

- removed from observation and lodged in the Mat ron's room in the Tombs.
 The father of the babe who played so active part in the Cunningham farce. is a we'll known character His name is James L. Anderson. bo is Englishman by birth and very we'll conne.t. ed in his native country. He Was at ons time in the British army. In this country he has been a phrenologist, biologist, &c. He is man of fine intellect, but lew in his habits and very dissipa ted. He was at one time a Methodist preacher. and was driven from Louisville, Ky. for attemp t. ing to run away slaves.
 In one respect Mrs. Cnnningha hams last per- formance was not failure. She is not however. in sinking condition, as the court tefuses to al low her to be baed out.
 -On Friday, suit tried in the Circuit Court of Campbell County, Kentucky, Judge Moore presiding, which was brought by Shpley & Brothers, Engravers, for seals engraved for the Know-N othing Grand Council of kentuckv and other Councils of the State, against A. n Smalley and Maj Caldwell, who were agents of lhe Council in ordering the seals. Ira Root and f. M. Webster appeared for the plaintiffs. and j W: Stevenson for the Know Nothinos Judu- men' rendered against :he defendants for $3G2 50, ne original bill was for $35O the balance was interest
 Tn various counties of England. Protectv Socletes have been formed of persons who pledge themse'ees to buy i1o more sugar untii 1t has de- cilned four cents per pound'
 A WARNING TO 1oUSG LADtEs.-The late Jesse W. Goodrich, of Worcester, whose will is being con- tested on the ground of nsanity published the fol lowing advertisement in the New York Water Cure Journal in 1854:
 1 . The subscriber is a bachelor college graduate tcetotaller from boyhood lawyer by profession Was tor ten years temperance editor; uses no tea or coffee, opium, alcohol profanity tobacco leeks nor onions; IS industrious, aectonate, philaEthropc sound, domestic, and moral in all his habits is not 9 church member but deems the Bible price less boon from Heaven; admires teetotal moral de- yotlena mental, uGectonut and physical beauty ill woman has vital temperament size of head ard the groups of moral, social, and intellectual organs, each marked G. or large, by 0. $. Fowler and other Phrenoogists weight about TO pounds is five feet ten inches tall, well proportional healthy not bad looking free from all hereditary and other disease and .'every inch man., in all his physical functions and developments; has an estate of about Sl0,0 ,00O, and is but has not been for the last ten or fifteen years) in situation to marry and as a husband would love and cherish with passionate
 
 a wife whose feelings, tastes, sentiments, and hab- its should happen to be congenial with my own. CoNSUBIAL CANDIDATE. Messrs Fowler & Wells endorsed the advertiser, and the consequence was thata hundred and twenty seven unmarried ladies corresponled with Mr. Good rlch and their letters and daguerreotypes are now matters of amusement to the Worcester people Wonder how the girls like the idea of that-the hundred and twenty-seven who wrote those letters and sent those pictures :-Sprinqfal Rerullicu
 The Merchants Powder Magazine, containing the whole stock of powder in Halifax, exploded with a terrific concusson shortly after midnight last night. One man was killed, and fifteen others were seriously injured. Five houses were demolished and several damaged. The Government Magazine and the new Barracks were much shattered and nearly all the windows in the Northern part of the city were broken. The camages are estimated at SloO,o0O. The magazine is supposed to have been hred by an incendiary. For hours the excitement was intense. Many persons had been thrown from their beds, and others, bewildcred rushed to the streets for safety, believing an earthquake had oc cured.
 A fearful collision and loss of life took place on Long Island Sound about o clock on Saturday morning, between the Fall River Steamer Metropo- lis and the New London and Norwich propeller J N Harris which resulted in the almost instantane- o'ls sinking of the Harris carrying down with her fifteen human beings, and cargo of assorted mer- chandise valued at between $50, 900 and $GO, O0O After the cosion the passengers of the Metropolis some two or three hundred in number held meet ing to relieve the immediate suffering of such of the wrecked passengers and as had been saved and raised S495, which distributed among them. 1 Ali invalid on the Metropolis. named George Tap pen, from New Bedford on his way with his wife South for his health, became excited in conscqucnce ot the accident so that he fell into paralytic fit and immediately expired.
 The night was clear and tho stars shining hut the propeller having up her sails, the pilot Of the Metropolis mistook her for schooner and steered in direction. which, had she been a s,il-yessel would have carried him clear of her. She sank in about three minutes, carrying down with her all the lady passengers, in fact every one who was asleep on board. The Metropolis remained in the vicinity of the accident until daylight but nothing was then seen but bits of broken wood floating about in a place made smooth by oil, which ran from the wreck below: The shock of the collision Was hardly per ccpuble on board the steamer
 The election in Tennessee has civor, tho D.n,o cratic Governor lO 0OO The Texas ele,tion bas o1so slTen d Democratic majority of 12000 Alabama has elected the entire Democratic Ticket Iowa has gwen 3,OOO strong for the new Constitution This may be considered a Republican victory, Missouri has probably elected a Democratic Governor hv 2 small majority. The issue was Slavery or Re sla- very ill Missouri and the result shows that the pco pie determined to make her Free State The Republicans claim that the defeat of Rollins has been produced by fraud and must confess. the returns look very much like it. Whoever is elected the spirit of Missouri is known; and, for the