Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-15
News of the Week.

elect Tdffoit to coHefesS oy ooO maJorHy, and give both branches of the Legislature to the Re. pubticans by five majority in the Council, and nine majority in the House. We feel as if these .epUrts "efe exaggerailons
 An exraortioncFy story reaches us which we rive as We receive ii. The report Is that tw, nen. named Ward and H ,i were at work down the lake shore, some miles from this city of Os- wego, getting out hoop-stuif, when they dis covered small keg buried in the sand This they dug out, and opening it, found it coun,aiued 6OO silver peces. The coins Were of an a,,rseu, French cast and of the denomination of sevs, franc pieces valued st Sl ,g9 each. The two men with their treasuIe have left for PhiliJeIphio. where they int i'd to eXvhunge their coin at the mint. II Io probable that the money was secre,ed
 in the place whrte it was discovered, by some French officer durihJ tile old French war, and afterwards tie Uii,er moy have been killed lt"Viig no lEtce Whele :ht trea,ure Was concea!t
 Thus II has failed at last into the hands of 4 couple of Yankees.
 Near Filth, South Carolina, a crop of four acres in Snniowers is being gathered The seed will be used for oil, and to feed cattle and poultry, as in the South of France but the chief bjtct is to maintain tEle fbfes of the stalks for paper ma king If the cultivation succeeds. it is expected to supply ahundant HiateEIas for fine writing and printing paper, well 5 fine and coarse tul pa per haEgiEgs.
 Herr Dfiesbach, the lion tanner, who a few years ago, retired from the nenagerie business, and devoted himself to farming in Wisconsin, has lately revisited the animals at Dubuque, in Iowa, where the lAenagerie containing them was stopping. We copy portion of the account
 |" The Linness, which was peculiar tavorir, caugh. sight of him and her eyes bralped pleasure while her tail wngged glad recoenion On hI> coming up to her, sne appeared frantic with iry , and when he spoke |" her, and presented his face 10 the cage, she kissed him, aud placed her paw
 in his hand with an air of intense affection. h.
 deed, wl.i e ie was in her presence, she could II [ conlrUl herself, but would lick his hand when he attempted 10 pat her, roll over, reach out her paws to him, and ihen press her nose between ihe bars as though she would like 10 have had closer presence The other animals were equally atltc
 lionae."
 force, one Jane Wennau, was tried before Sir John Powell, d native of Worcestshire, and her adversAres that she could fly. "Psisoner," said our Judge. can you fly 2" Yes, my Iord can.' ''WelI, then, you may there is no law against fyrg''
 Hon. E K. Foster, States Attorney, has in behalf of the Bank Commissioners, obtained d temporary injunction against the Bank of North America, at Seymour. A hearing commenc. ed on motion to make the injunction perpetual
 before Judge Butler in the Superior Court, yes terday afternoon, but it was adjourned until the corI,nencent of the December Term of Court, OH the 3I Tuesday of December. In the meantime,
 Thomas Ransom, the President of the Bank, Ray
 nond French, oae of the Directors, and P!llIo B.
 Buckingham an indifferent person., are appointed
 Receivers, with authority to take ali its atlirs i to their hands, and permission, similar to tha, given to the Hartford County Bank Receivers to
 take the Bills of the Bank in payment of debts
 While every reasonable opportunlly should be granted 10 tie nsolvtnt banks, to eXl!c .te them selves tfoln their difficulties, it is much to be doubted whether it strengthens public confidence to find that the resort 10 courts Is merely to the charters ,t the banks, and not to prut,ct the puktlc. Judge Butter hesiated about appointing
 the officers nt the Bank lo be ItcIverS, but oil be- ing informed that the Rank Commissioners deSir ed i, he as>enlu, to lh-lr appointment. We lave here,otore suggested the objection to,such Course and also to the permission given, in the face et Supreme Court decision, to the payment of the tbls due an lnsuvt nl bank in it's ow Il bills. among the Mormons in this Eastern section of the cosntry. We have already noticed the dis continuance of she Mormon newspaper published in the city, and the suspension of religious wof >pip at their usual place in Broome street. We hear also that, last Sunday at, their head quarters at Tou.'s River, N J , where there has been small colony for soule tine l, Was announced that there would be more public services there
 We understand that in phiAdeI phia measures are m progress ttr closing up he Mormon church there; public worship is to be discontinued, ana
 all the business atf rs o! the sect are to be wound nr forthwith. This has ,he appearance of decay
 and dissolution; but we inclined to think tha, II indicates change ot policy. and that the Nor
 mons in ali parts of l,- country are to be sum-
 noued to Utah. lsread of supporting mi ssio.ary agencies in the Eastern States, it is thought best 10 concentrate leir forces al head quarters. We
 understand thot the New Yolk Society will take n2 their line of march for Utah in the early spring Recent news from that reg ion represents ,hein d. quite as baSIgercnt aS ever, and disposed to
 the advent of the national troops among them. Elder klnb III recently preached sermon at Salt Lake, in which he remarked that the provisions nt tne army would be aiIoue eI to enter the valley
 but that tie troops would never enter Salt Lake city. krceu, advlcrS from for, kelrn.v, state
 that heavy seizure of gunpow der had been made in d Mormon train.
 ! At Warren, Mass, on Monday evening,
 young l:ishman named Sweeney was arrested.
 4nd on Tuesday morning he escaped from the off, rrrs and fled east upon the railroad track. Men
 were sent ahead by Inc highways to cut him of at the crassing place about two miles distant, whiie others sta'sG in immediate pursuit. he Was thus placed between tEe parties with the
 Guahoga river at the left hand, and being close,y pursued, he fled to the river, plunged in, and was drowned-dec!arin at his latest breath, thai
 he would die before he would be caught