Litchfield enquirer., 1857-04-30
News Of the Week.
THURSDAY

NEWS OF the week.
TnURsDAY.
--TAA nnnsnaI severity of the recent storm, seem
The engrossing topic Of all our exchanges to-day
The New Haven Courier speaks as follows
TIE SroRx-We have had three rainy days In sue sue
ccssion. On Monday the storm was severe. -. 20
terday it only disagreeable 1t IS sup'ose.r i
vessels our coast suffered very lhuch vi NJ i y
~ the rain was accompanied by severe gaze
wind mo,
Now London liarbor, has probably gone to pieces
The ship American, from New London 10 81; 'on'n
n r. was bound out Saturday, but the gaie
which commenced on Sunday, prevented iief non
getting to sea, and she anchored near the nsi
house New London harbor She was kely u u f's
ashore in the gale of Monday, and the crew "e.'
compelled to cut away her masts Capt. Nc'.n
undcrwriter's agent being at New Londch, pfomp'-
ly chartered the propeller j. n Harris 10 go 10 nrt
assistance. and she was probably towed into port
yesterday.
The Bridgeport Standard of yesterday says :-'ou'
streets were overlooked, cellars 1hu'i'''eu' 1919 az
tho time of this present writing We nave hcaiu VI
no great damage in this vicinity. The f1ousatonic
has suffered some-an cmbank1nont at LfS
Village having been washed away, and some o'hcI ,
but not serious damage is reported some 'Ju.y w
the track of the Naugatuck Road between Manga
tuck and Seymour is reported, but the train due
last night came in this morning.
"A letter from William S. Barley, Esq, Editor of
the Newport, Ky Mars, has been received in New
Haven, expressing his heartfelt thanks ter the as
sistance he has received from the North in his at
tempts to establish Free Labor Organ on Slave
soil. He says:
al have lost by che incendiary fire, and other
prosecutions, over ten thousand dollars, ana IN Ia
Dor by my family and self similar amount, ma
king over twenty thousand dollars in this cause
lOfl h.
part OF the debts, costs, &C., into which L was
thrown by bad men, and ] wish to redeem it. 1t
will take about So 500. also went to complete
the new font of type which will cost about $500 !;
also, Job press for cards ard handblls, $500 !;
and q new fence around the lot, 500. All the
above relief am in great need Of and shall feel
grateful to those who take action in my behalf, and
contribute to my wants
shall establish freedom in Kentucky in few
Years If properly encouraged but it is hard to work
is have formerly giving in labor about 50 500 an
nually for the cause of Freedom in the South
The 4ore of Charles Smith, Jr, at Bridgeport,
was burned with all its contents, on SUNDAY morn
ing. Loss $780, insured for $1,000 in the Hartford
City Company.
The people of New Britain propose to cxpend
about $3S 900 to introduce water for fire and drink
ing purposes, from Shuttle Meadow pond, in South
ington.
Judge Thompson, in the New York Marine
Court, has decided that the Police Commissioners
had right to discharge Policeman for not wear
ing the prescribed uniform and has given Judgment
to the amount of SAG &C to man who was dis
charged from the police because he refused to wear
tho blue coat and gray trousers.
Augustus Brewster of Norwich, has been ap-
pointed President of the Norwich and Worcester
Railroad, in place of Joel w. White, who has ac-
copied u Consulate Mt Lyons.
Il FACT. The brass founders of Waterbury sent
of in the mtn,ll Of March, twenty tons Of brass
luops nr ia'lics all intended to all enlarge the
sphere OF woman's influence. Na1g"d Pros.
Wn,ms.-- there was fine sport in Province
town On Monday hast, with boats pursuing I'm back
whales. Two of, them harpoonc but the
sai'' movement OF this species of whale, does not
e',iter item to he taken III this way. They arc now
taken with bomb-lancc or a lance which is fitted
with charge Of powder, to explode after it enters
the whale The explosion SO sti1ens the whale
That the beats cn approach and capture him.
Yarmouth LEICESTER.
--LEeoN"ToN. n. r., April s.-1'o-day Gov Rob
fnson and Mr. Dctzler, two Of the Free State pris-
oncrs charged with treason, and who were under
bonds t" appear before the first district court at this
place. and at this time made their appearance hut
the court was not in session. BY law of the late
bsens legislature, the districts in which the courts
were he'll. were changed, and the time of holdin.
these courts, rs also the place where they arc to be
he'll. TINS county, which was formerly in the first
or Judge lccomptes district, is now Judge Gates
The court will not be held under the new regulation
until May, 1t is for Judge Cato to decide, undo,
thc new law, where the court shall be held but Il
IL likely to hc held in this place.
As the prisoners had given bonds to appear a
l.ccomrton at this time, these gentlemen came, &C
cordng To the bond, to give themselves up The
presented themselves before the clerk of the Court
Who refused To make any entry of their appearance
Judge Cato ~as present, but refused to snSwe
questions on the ground that they we've legal Qucs
= tions He informed them that they were held t
appear before him in May.
A strange game has come to light in New York
IN which an attempt to procure the liberty of Hun
tington, tee forgcr is involved:
"Thc case Of Scatchard, charged with havin
made osettures 10 various parties to forge par'ic
and effect the release of Charles b. Huntington, th
Wails,rcct forger, from Sing Sing, grows quite il
tercstin. us the examination proceeds. His proet
as revealed to Chas. /. Kane of Wal-strect and OIL
ers to whom he applied for pecuniary assistance
carry it out, was bold, original and by no NEAR
inpracticable. He said that his skill as penma
enabled him to forge the name of any man SO acct
rately rs to defy detection. Added to which, he W;
an adept in the telegraphc art and while he reside
In New Orleans exercised his ingenuity upon I'll
wires in remarkable manner. Living III the ou
skirts of the city, near the telegraph lines, he mad
a counterfeit telegraph pole, with a hollow spac
through the center, in which he inse, ted an nsuls
ted wire and brought it in secret contact. throug
a hole in the glass insulator, with the main wire 6
the lines. Then continuing the branch wire to hi
own house, he was enabled to read any of the mes
sagcs that were sent to from Now Orleans an
make such use of the information as he pleased. I
effect Huntingtons release, he would forge the nam
of the Governor to PARDON and before it was pre-
scented take possession of the telegraph above an
below Sing Sing, and by his peculiar machinery in
tercept the inquiries of the Warden to the Governo
at Albany, or the District Attorney at New York,
TO the authenticity of the pardon, and send, in e