Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1857-12-17
MYSTERIOUS CAsR IN CrNc1NNArI.-A letter
dated Ciicinnafi Tuesdau naa 1887 saus.

dated Cincinnati. Tuesday, Dec 1857, says:
on Sunday afternoon. Frank S. Mcclure went
Into the store of Beattie g. Anderson for the pur-
pose OF talking over business matters with MIR.
bea,tie. About an hour afier%ard Mcclure was
seen to fall from the door of the building to the
sidewalk. When picked up. it was found that
his skull Was fractured He died on Monday
night Before the Coroner'S jury Bea,,ie testified
that after parting with Mcclure in the store, he
returned t" the counting room; he heard noise
al The door. and going there, found Mcclure ly-
Ing on the sidewalk his superstition that. in
passing out of the door. the deceased caught his
foot III something, which threw him to the side
walk, causing his injuries. BeattIe was arrested
last evening on The affidavit of Samuel Mitchell,
accusing him Of the murder of Mcclure by siri-
KING him on the head with iron bar, and WIS
held to hail in "a 600. The parties are well
known and highly respectable.
The DtslGNs of BR,eHAM YouNG.-A cores
p"nde"t OF the Pennsylvania Inquirer under date
If Washington. Dec. I. 1857 writes -
A rftt mt interview with Mr.. Brrnhise., the DEL
tg"te from Utah, has enlightened me 10 some px-
tent as to-,he designs Of Brgh IN Young AL
though this venerable patriarch is rather nnn-con-
initial, yet an idea hint occasionally slips from
hiu', oil which reasonable presumption may BE-
predca'ed 1T APPEARS certain that the Mormons
have in reserve, as final place of retreat. a set
'Ielnrnt on the borders Of Upper California. which
by their arrangements with some Of the Indian
tribes, they will he alb to hold against Mexico,
and which is beyond the jurisdiction of the Uni
ted States. Young has used his powers as Indian
Agent to curry favor with these tribes. and has
them under his control. 1t is not probable that
he coni-mpaes u regular battle with the Govern
m'nt troops. He will annoy and impede them in
every possible manner. destroy their provisions.
ammunition and t"rage whenever he can lay hands
upon it, and wink at assassinati"ns. amhushrs,
and lndlscriminatr slaughter. whenever accom-
p'l>hrd by his own people or their Indian allies.
lie dare not opp 'se our army in regular warfare,
and he knows that he has pl ,ced himself beyond
the pale of pardon. He is aware that Utah is no
longer IA safe residence, bu. he is determined not
to retreat without doing all the mischief he can.
As t" human life, he is remorseI-ss az Nero,
and teaches his people that it is sin. but rather
mertorlous to kill the Gen,iles His case is des-
p-rate. and he is determined TO meet i, with des-
per"tlon. Our crusade against the Norm. ms will
undoubtedly result in our recovering possession
OF the Territory of Utah. but at great loss OF life
and property. while the Saints themselves will
gradually disappear among the Businesses of the
m"unt,ns, to he heard OF again in their gregari-
Gus condition where they set us entirely at de-
fiancr.
Report OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL-At
The outset the Poslmast. r-Gtnera states that the
27.l4S, of which 3GS are of the Prrsidrn,ia''
class. During the last fiscal year. there have
ne-n l,735 Offices established. and 70i disconin-
urd. heln. net increase of l.02l. The number
"t Po>t-M"strrs appointed during the year Was
$685.
Transportation Statistics.
On the 3O;h f June last there were in operation
1853 mail routes The number "f contr"c tors
CSC The length OF these routes is rsti.n"-
ted al 2l2 Col miles, divided as follows, viz:
Railroad 2S.ooo "''c'
Steamboat, 1925 miles
Coach 40 329 miles.
Inferior grades l55,497 miles.
The tot i annual transportation If mails was
74906.O67 miles. costing H6.622 O46, and divided
| d fellows:
Railroad. "a 267,944 miles, at $e,559s47-
, about ten cents and five mills ID mile.
&teamboat. 4.5lS.ll9 miles, at .99a-
.bnnt twenty-five cents mile.
Coach. $1,000 $50 miieS, at 81 4l0. 626-ab"u
seven cents and four mills miI-
Inferior srades. 27,023,O74 miles, AT $l,G79,-
315-->iX cents d mile.
Cn,nnar.d with the service reported on the 3O,h
| of Junr, 1856, there is an addition If 2 $50 mites
/, the length OF nail routes; 19s. 10 miles to
The annu.l trnn>p"r,ation-beinu ah',u, per cent,
| md Of 1856 572 to the cost. 9 10 per cent
| The aggregate length Of railroad routes ha>
hen Increased 2.2o7 mites. and the annual
tran p"r,ati"n the r-"n LASS 64S miles II 2 IL
per cen, at a cos, of sac 558, or IL 8 10 p
| ..nt.
The length of steamboat routes is greater ny
! 294 milr>, and the annual transportation by 277
| 9I9 miles costing Sl3l .243 additional, or
per cent. on transportation and Is 2. 10 per cent
on the cost
The length of coach routes has been reduced
Il2l miles, and the dnnu,l trans p"rthii,n "a ,O6l
mlts-whe The expense has been increased
$7O.41O, or about S 4 per cen, $4,000 less
rhan would appear from comparing the cost on
Goth June last with that reported on the 30h OF
June, 1856, the latter having been short stated ny
that alrounD.
The WORLD CARRIED BY Coup DE MAIN
GIGANTIC BUSINESS PLAN.-ln all our news
paper experience We have never know any inven-
lion or discovery TO so completely .enchain public
attention, and enis, universal confidence, as HoI-
Ioway's world nctioncd remedies. Ali natinns
seem to have received and adapted them The
ourna of the old world, even the leading medi!
cal publications. there. lent from the first Their
powerful aid /" the inventor. Brother Jonathan
followed in the wake of John Bull. and made
such enormous drafts upon Professor Holowdy's
Central Establishment 10 London, that he found
it necessary TO come over, and sci up new man
ufactnry ln the Commercial Capital of America.
With this main depot for the new world, he has
connected more than thirty thousand agencies. in
the various States and Territories of the Union.
Aud this but fraction of his gigantic di.tribu-
i've system. He counts his agents by hundreds
of thousands, and the mails groan under the
weight Of his correspondence. II" pays the rev.
enue Of petty prince hostages and freight,
and we have yet to see man who Can point out
d paper, in which HolIoway's name has not been
mentioned. All this vast system of production.
disbursement, dissemination ard public iiy. is un.
DEF his own immediate management, and he gov
erns i, easily telegraph operator controls