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Insurance. Go.
Loss AND DAMAGE tBi%YN FINE FROM
TIE PEhILS 0IETHE SEA, AND INLAND
FARMERS AND MECHANICS
N U X AN Z CO NJ P A ny.
OF PHILADELPHIA, -

M a N Z,
FIRE, MARINE. AND INLAND Insurance..
AxtAorixsd CAPITAL q ,2sooOom
OFFICE, NoRrHwEsr CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE AND nth STREET, WAsKINsroH.
DIRECTORS.
Hon. Thos. b. Florence, Charles Dingee, ..f't FL
SSsrlss kpSss%.s Ed sssi ka HsimsSd.
George Helmbold, 7. Carroll Brewster,
~ THOMAS B. FEoRE;iN Ssyis, r President,
EDWARD r. HELMBOLD, Secretary.
LOCAL SURVEYORS.
Charles Walter, No. %7 ID street, opposite City
John NJ. Thornton, corner lst street and virginia
James Williams, No. 2 ~ street.
wanna avenue. .'.
MARINE SURVEYOR.
opposite National Hotel.
GENERAL t.s SUPERINTENDENT PER.
A*fso,issd Capita! a"d A''s''-- 81 .s7s.nn 0,
Invested in Bonds, Mortgages and Good Securities.
The following statement exhibits the business and
condition OF the Company to NOvember |, 1856:
Premium received ON marine and inland risks to No
e..oe, !, 100 .---- .--~- 1SI4684 6o
FIRE premium .---. l76,7& 81
INTEREST," ON loan----- .---- ------- 8,7O4 q
: Total receipts .S4oo.l&s So
PAID marine losses. S64,4N o.
Pald hre losses. ............-.-- S,7S ~
Expenses, salaries, and commits
Reinsurance, return premiums,
and agency oharges..---- H,474 90
-Si77,l2S 81
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rage. 4 new and revised edition
of 20 page and 1870 plates. Price u
cents q copy. A popular and COM
prehensive treatise on the duties
and casualties OF single and utarrled
life--happy and fruitful alliances,
mode Of securing them-inteiicitOus
and infertile ones-their ObviatiOn
and acknowledgements debility, its
causes and cure, BY a process at
once SO simple, safe, and efectual.
that failure Is impossibie-rules for
daily managetnent-an essay on Sper
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HOME MADE CARRIAGES
we naye on hand, OF our own manufacture,
me az or Of oil kinds Of CARR 4fAR,
approved sty les, and warranted in point Of -
gosrkman.hip and material. 10 he equal to any made
~ the Oily or Washington or any other city the
United States. We respectfully solicit q cali from
the ctl5ens and strangers to examine our work as
quality OF work or in low prices. 800 = ''D"
Wealso4o every hind OF EPAIRING in work
mani! ks manner, and at reasonable prices.
Old Carriages taken in part payment for new and
ut q lar price. SIMON FLYNN d Co
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TraYelers' OirActarr.
TRAINS RUN As FOLLOWS.

= IhAINS KUN As FULLOWS:
From WASHINGTON at a. m, CONNECTING .t
Relay with trans for the West, and At Baltimore
with those for Philadelphia and New York; AT 81
q; M. for Annapolis, Baltimore. Philadelphs, and
New York al p. m. for Baltimore and Norfolk
ana ~ keay with Frederick train.
EXPRESS al 40 o. m M RELAY for the Was,
New York. ~~
On Sunday at ia, m, and 40 Pm.
Prom BALTIMORE for WASHINGTON u
as and g. a. m, s and SIS p. M.
On sunday NJ AIS q. m and SIS pm,
le Iz-u j. ". PARSONS, Aren't
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- 'N''No"''"h'
HUMPHREYS d JUNNIMAN.
- On Ourth street east, between r. and F,
CAPITOL Hull,
have fitted up their pace which will he open daily
to visitors, and every Monday afternoon for those
German W a!tzes, will find an opportunity To do 90
there. Weher's Band has been engaged for tho sea-
son, and will be IN attendance.
They have on hand and constantly making the
purest Larger to be obtained in the CITY. ie SIN
lust RECEIVED,
y 800 feet of ITALIAN - MARBIEsLABs,
sinded. VIII be sod to the trade i'm lots to suit be-
Aso neg " E" st Of FsTGspes Or prices
1900, ALEX. RUTHERFORD.
salp OppD. l int s.sts. imc'' rem ave-
os,rias dali; r. a. fR &c GTIs. 60
"URE ever offered in this market, which weW
invite the attention Of those in want, as we -
assure thein they can save at least 10 per cent.
Handsome carved marb!e-top Bureaus and Tables
Rosewood and walnut Tete a Tetes, Sofas
Cherry and poplar Tables.
MATTRESSES, hair, corn top, and husk; Comforts.
BBa1hk Blankets r BSsdstoads high and low post. -
E1ien.0n Tables s,deSos1d.. " hsteno IT, ,ha'
Cottage Sets. Rugs, Walters.
Glnss Ware, Crockery Ware of all kinds.
Feather and Fancy Goods of all kinds.
And other foods too numerous to maDt tn l,inh
We invite the attention OF h0usek and 9th
as We are determined to sell for cash or to
customers.
C. r. l.. CROWN d CO.,
cor. OF 9Th street and Penn. uve.
S.-We shall still continue our regular sales on
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday both morning and
ced and in ali cases advances made When neau s%
p@-tf dnteD - Auetionesfis.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29
Extensive Robbery.

An account of an attempted forgery on the Bank Of Commerce in New York, by a man named Dun ham, who on Saturday last presented g check for S6 ,426 purporting to have been drawn by the Pre- sident of the Judd Linseed and Sperm Oil Company,
 was published in the Tribune of yesterday since then the Bank has issued notice cautionipg all per sons against negotiating receiving another check for S4 400, ostensibly drawn iy the same Company
 and certified by the Bank, the same having been forged All persons having checks of the above Company are requested to present them at the counter of the Bank, and not deposit them else where The office of this company was robbed, be- tween Saturday night and Monday morning, Of bu- sness paper and Illinois Central Railroad bonds to the value eff S75, ,O0O. The details of the stolen property, (says the Tribune,) may be found in our advertising columns When Mr. Williamson went to the office in Front street, on Monday morning he learned that the side door on De Peystsr street.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

PAINFUL SUSPENSE We regret to learn from the New York papers and pri. vate sources that Erastus L.. Deforest . son of Dr J Deforest of Watcrtown who went to New York on the 18th inst. with, the intention of embarking to Cuba in the Empire City on the l7th has not been seen, since the l4th, the day on which he drew sum ofn.oney on check at the American Exchange Bank for dcfraying his expenses He stopl cd at the Metropolitan hotel where his baggage was found after his friends be came alarmed at his mysterious absence. MT Deforest was an exemplary and premis ing young man, about 9 years of age hay ing lately graduated at Yale College and was on proposed tour of improvement and odservent as recreation from severe studio. His friends suppose that he has been robbed and murdered and have offered . reward of$s5CO for the recovery ofhis body while sympathizing with his afflicted frien- ds we st Il venture to hope that he may yet be restored to them alive and unharmed
 Waterbury Amerioan.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

|sDox is piled up cn the thorunsh there heinz 10 way to overcome them, but to pick the Nay over the adjoining fields, leaying the |fegular read l6f iarihcr inrestiga tion.
 Srrrrrss.--Besides the two in our own s;ty th, only 5tler one VIC have noticed as having been blown from it's foundation, $ that of the Chapel st. Church, in New Haven, near the |drpct.. It broke through tue roof, snapping |oae or. two of tbe heavy tfusses; like rye straws d.shing of the e;el:ng beneath and dapositing a mass of. .ruins on the goa, and ga:lsries of the ,udience room. A lo|e thirty feet long aud s.me twenty vide was made in the roof, while tine whole cenbrsI part of tue ceiling was dash ed down. The Usgan loft and pulpit end of th. church was not injured, but the west gal .lerry is much broken, and the scroll work door aud hacks of tie pews in the body et the church are badly brokon and tatnisl,ed: It ix supp ied that nine or ten thlusalld duilafs will be required to redair the dammage. xhieh mus bc increased by the snow which has fal: len into the house. r.
 1t was reported that the tall spire of the Ist Congregational Church in Fait Haven, one of the tnllcst in the state has blown down.
 IS Waterbury Ameftcsa.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29
Confessional Convention.

THE Electors of the several Towns in the Fourth Congressional District opposed to the policy of the present National Administration, requested t. send delegates equal to double the number of their in the Legislature, to Congresson al Convention to be held at New Milford. on Wed nesday the 18th day of February next. at one O. ock. P. VI, f,r the purpose of nominating Can didate to be supported to represent said district in the XXXvth Congress.
 The Trains of Cars are due at New Milford, at IF M and P. M Should either Train be delayed the Convention will not organize until after their arrival
 HEzEK1AH BrLKLEY,
 A. J. JAcorEs, Com for Fairfield Co.
 ANDREW NoREEnoP,
 LUcIUs CLARK ]
 GEO. H. NOBLE, ! Com. for Litchfeld County.
 VIM. H. FEck,
 January 14. 1851.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

E. "She 1oTnd Mr. Miller iss the room aIone.
 Another of the parex;sbs was oi hi,r. His face vas such 2 pcture of horror. that she shrunk in tenor f.om the sight. He. flung
 himself on tbs> sofa, and buried his head as if la .sop.., upon the cushion. Again, however. tn- ylson Tilted hy, and left hlsn in perfect henitf: The evening was spent quietly with
 his fanty. During tea he. employed himself
 ln reatiing Cowpers Castaway, the Sonaet on Mary Unwin, and one of his more playful pie ces for the special pleasure of his chiidren.- HaVing %corfeetcd. some proofs of the fortis-
 coming volume. he wert up stairs to his study. At the appointed Eunr ne took the bath, but unfortunately his natural and peculiar repus-
 nance to phys;c to leave untakcn the medicine that had 1een prescribed. He lad retired is- to iiis sleeping room--a small arastnent open ing out Of His ttudy, and which for some time past, i'll consideration of the delicate state Of hs wife's health, and the irregularity of his own hours of study, he occupied at night aioIe-and laid som- time upen the beo The
 horrible tran.e, more horrible than ever, must
 have returlied.s All that cal, now be known
 Of what followed ,s to be gathered from the facts, that next moruln. his body, half dress
 cd, was fouii lying hfeless GU the floor, the
 feet upon the study rug, the chest p:erced
 with the bali of Q revolver pistol, wh.cl, was found iyiug i'll the bath that stood close by.-
 The bullet had perforated the left lung gra- zad the h, art, cut through the pulmonary ar tery at it's root, and iodged i'll the rib GU the right side. Death must have been iastautu- nlouS."
 The terrible story of Mir Miller's death has created deeoer gloom in Edinburgh by the publication of these sad particulars But a,l- other sad'tragedy in co.inectlon with hts fate at the sanle time IS to be disclosed After the judicial and medical inquiry ou Friday, Professor Miller took the plstol to the gun. smith from whom it had been purchased in July, 1855, in order to ascertain how many shuts had been fired, and how many were still in the chamber. In the masters absence. the foreman, Tnomas Leslie, sn old and sxperien- ccd worknau received the pistol from Prof. Miller, and, unfortunately, instead of taking of the chamber, he looked into the muzzIe, holding the hammer with his fingers, while he turned the chamber round to ccnnt tic ch;r- ges. The hammer slipped from his fingers, struck the cap, aud the charge in the barre! exploded. Prof. Miller still standing outside the counter, exclaimed, That's narrow es. cape !' but unfortunately it was not so for, us tie smoke gradually cleared away, he saw the poor mans head slowly droop aud his body then fall li3elcss to the toor The charge had entered his right eye aud penetrated the brain. Leslie was steady, trustworthy man, aud had been twenty-five years in his present employment. He has left widow and fa,n. fly of eight children,
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29
The bones of bird are hollow and filled with air instead of marrow.

IGNORANCE or W AsHINGfoN. The follow. ing facts in relation to washington are not stated by either Marshall Irving Sparks or Mrs. Kirkland. They leaked out in a
 Fourth of July oration delivered by John Phoenix. Though new facts they may be re. lied upon as correct:
 Although for the time in which he lived a very distinguished man the ignoranco of Washington in some things is perfectly in- credible. *t
 He never travelled on a steam boat, nev. CT saw railroad, or locomotive engine was perfectly ignorant of the principle or the magnetic telegraph never had aa' Colts pistol, or used 2 friction match. He ate his meals with an iron fork never used postage stamps on his letters. knew nothing of the application Of chioro- form to alleviate his sufferring, or the use If oas for illumination. Such man ss he could hardly be elected President q the Tinted States, in these times, although the must be confessed, we occasionly have candieate who proves not much better m. formed about matters in general
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

nad been found open. As nothing appea..a s. ..... been disturbed, he took no notice of tbis sns n.vs that it might have been the result of cassler<s the part of the employees But presently scisSE the safe, which was locked, he discovered fksk N small amount of money which had been depcsls~S there on Saturday night was missing--only fr% pennies remaining. tin box in which the bouds and notes were kept in pecketrbook and both <Sf which were always locked, were found unfasfeneS and on examination it was discovered tbat sosns S75, GOO worth of their contents had been abstrrsS ed. A general examination of the preuiises tksn took place. when it was found that the scuftle oa the roof unfastened and it is suppcscd that the robbers entered by that way, and made their eft M the side door. That the robbery was effected by some person who was we'll acquainted with tts premises there can be doubt and 1t B equally obvious that he must have cen firniShed With c key that fitted the safe it had evidently been ur- locked and relocked without difficulty. But Why the robber locked the saie after him we cannot con ceive, unless he hoped that the loss woold not bs discovered before he had time to negotiate soma of the bonds It is very singnlar that two furxeri<s of the checks of this house should have bcss pcfs petratod-the checks being genuine, with forged signatures-and their office broken into within a few hours It certainly affords strong srounds for suspecting that the culprit Dunham who was sr. rested. is in some way connected with the robbery
 Less than year ago check for a large amount wss
 forged upon John Bridge and the signature of this
 firm falsely indorssd Oh the back which the rulton
 Bank pail without suspicion. Whether Mr. Dus.
 ham will afford some light upon the subject. now
 that his career is drawing to cluse, remains ot bs seen.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

SENATOR SUMNER It is now rumored that Mir Sumner will resign his seat for the halance of his unexpired term. and go into Europe for the benefit of bis health. This is the advice of his friends and 1t is good advice; but he is ambitious to make anosI CT speech in the Senate during this term. We think the country could spare the effort bettgr than he could endure it; and we sincerely hope that he will not rcck lcsslv venture upou performance which would cost him h; life or his reason.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

TIE Ticket of the Republi. an party is O very weak onc and we do not believe t .. it will be elected by tine people.-fklr.ford Cssrer.
 Such twaddle as this is scarcely worthy of notice hut as it's miserable attempt to stab the Republican organization aims directly at its heart, it may not be out of place to examine some of the causes which brought about this same R. publican ticket.
 The Convention at New Haven responding to q call from all the organized political toties in the State, except the strait out Democratic-dfew to- gether one of the most able assemblies orr Con- monwealth has ever known. The same principles that revolutioniscd tho North last autumn, pervar ded the body Uniform harmony existed, and the selection of the officers seemed to render to all en- tic satisfaction. The meubess of the Convention knew full we'll the stake which would be involved in the Spring election and in naming their candid ates for tLc ticket they sought to select not alone those men who would harn,onixe and bring togeth- CT the parties :ch ones they believed would be firm as rock upon the principle of Constitution. a free lom and liberty of speech. And now. be- eauss these men have not been identified with the wire pulling, log-rolng portions Of the old parties, ani because some of them have been selected from the walks Of private eitisenship-the Governor an educated manufacturer, srsd the Treasurer simple country gentleman of sterling qualities the ticket is pronounced a weak one We'll, be it so but let us tell YOU of the Courier. that it is the Peopes ticket notwithstanding and that they will elect it by an overwhelming vote.
 If the Republican party is to be strengthened by hanging on to it old worn out aspirAnts for office, or young ambiti us supporters of any organization t., It will lit them into 20 yer. Hs,ven iver rs from it. If it is to be dependent for its support up- oa old i.eues and in the selection of its Candidates r office must follow in the wake ef rotten, half
 sr Alized bodes-honsy comb by the political yer. mn that have clung to them like basaaeles to an old hulk let itsplt at once-the sooner the better If the people of nosccount, if the voices of the masses demanding men ffasn among their own ranks, is to be pronounced weak, and ths thunder shout of the people for liberty and right, to be for gotten in mere scramble for office, we trust this spring will witness it's death and burial-aye a bu- rial SO deep that resurrecionist shall hercafte recover . single rcminiscence of its fate,
 But if there WAS any honesty in the bursts of in! digna.on which last fall brsathcd through the land, any Parity ei purpose HI tt'o HaiSnv ie'oiu'i"n which swept before it every vestge of old party let us who talekd 80 loud and worked hard, stand by our Republican principles, and elect our truly Re- publican ticket. Let enemies sec if it is weak. ness to select such men Holly. and Lamb, and Wildman; and if we do not moan something whon ! we assert that such men choice before any old party hacks, made strong by identification with some misefable, defunct. old party. It's . weak ticket, is its Perhaps it is
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

Fine sleighing.--The good people resi- ding in Key Port and intermediate places are having grand sleighing at the present time The distance of ten miles is repre- sented to be one entire sheet office upward of foot thick upon which hundreds of sl. ieghs are constantly dashirg along betwee. n the above named points Passengers from New York now proceed to South kmboy by steamboat and thence by sleigh to kees port and othel ploues n N. J.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

CHARLES HATCH, Esq, of West Cornwall Conn, last week slaughtered fine Steer of high grade Durham blood, of his own breeding. three years old, weighing seventeen hundred pounds live weight The quality of the beef was far superior to that often seen in this vicinity. e
 Mir. Hatch was one of the first to introduce the Durhsm Stock. and has. very much impros cd the catsle uf the neighborhood. Such men deserve high comncndasicn, and sheuii be held up as worthy of imitasisn...
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29
COUNTY CONVENTION.

A Union County Convention will be holden t the Court House in Ltchfeld, on Wednesday, the 1th day of February next, st I2 o'clock, M., for the purpose of nominating Candidate for Sheriff, to oe supported at the next electi,n. Each town will be entitled to twice the number of deleg ltcs that they have Representatives in the General As ssznbsy:
 PHtLsF 6. HxKBE, s 4.rs. .-. Wx. CorHRxN, County Committee
 Wn G. PIERCE, -
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29
THE Baltic Mills the pirautic manufact,

THE Baltic Mills the gigantic manufactu- ring enterprsc projected and commenced by the late Gov. Sprague at Lords bridge Setucket river is to be carried forward by his son Byronsprague and nephew William Srague,iu accordance with his wish eSprcs. sed on his death bed. As soon as the weather will permit, about % men will be put at work The houses for the opera tives are being constructed at the present. time.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29
Donation.

TEE friends of tho Rev. Mir. Brown will give him e Donation Visit on the afternoon ard evening of Wednesday, the 4th of February. Should the weather prove unpleasant it will be deferred until Thursday afternoon and evening.
 The citizens of Litchfcld and Bantam are re- spectfully invited to attend.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

A new dodge was tried by rogue in N
 York Hast week at the expense of the doc tors. He called upon the physician in a hurry. engaging him to call upon his sick wife and as he was going in haste another way, paid the fee in advance, but with . bill oflarge denominations for which he re veived chaage. and the bill turned out to be counterfeit. Several doctors were oictimized.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

Erie Railrcad Machine Shop Burned. The macl inc shop of the N. Y. and F. R. Road Co at Hornellsvile was burned last Tuesday. One locomotive was destroyed. Loss $lO,0OO to $15,OOO.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

Salaries For Judicial Officers - A bill with this object has passed the Senate fix, ing the salaries of Jndges of the Supreme court at s2,50O: and that of the Eistrict Judges at 2,500.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

UNION TICKET.
 Foa STATS Ofrfcxxs.
 FOR GOVERNOR, ALEXANDER H. HOILEY, of Salisbury. FOR LIEUT.. GOVERNOR, \. 4. BURSHAM, of Hampton. FOR SEC. OF sIATk UHTILLE H. rLATT. of Meriden.
 FOR TRKAsEEKR. FREDERICK 6 WIIDNAN, of Danbury. FOR CONTROLLER, 9. JOSEPH G. LAMB, of Norwich.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

fT TIE Friends of Rev. RALPH SAITH. ct Vol cottville, intend making him Donation Visst. OF Thursday, P: M, or evening. the 9th day ef Febsa- azy, 1857.
 All are invited.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

THE following Table of the state of the weather. from Dec. IS, 1866, to Jan. 24 1857. was kept at Bantam Falls by wn. Cor, by whom it was commu- nicated for publication:
 1858.
 Lee. 1S, sdegress below zero, and not above al
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

T.s Superior Court. Judge SAsrosD presiding oous.nced its session in this Village to-day, Wed nesasy) The docket, although much reduced by
 Judge w.tss, still large and enaSfaces so'ae @so cases,
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29
All arc invited,

A CARD.-Rev. H. s. ATxA1En, Missionary ct Kent aud Can3sn, returns his grateful thanks to his friends for their interesting visit and uni6cent Do r. t;ons, ct Easseds' Hall in Kent, on "Wednesday the 14sl, inst: Nay they prove that it is more ble.sed to give than to receive"
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29
Gbt &ittgdtla Gnqa'ru,

1iseAa Id, Conn, Thursday Jan 2z 1857.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

day. 1e, |"
 ~, A above q with rain. g, st night, Tremendous blow. 1857. Jan. G. at sere. ' !. -.. " 6, 4 below zero, and not above all day. 7" g. at zero 4 o'clock A. M -at sunrise 6 above. l6, at zero ct o'clock, P. M. !" 16, 4 below zero, A. M. IS, 10 |" and not above all day. At
 night. snow from N. F., and great
 blow and severe cold. q l9, l2 above zero. q 21, 32 P, 6 below in the evening. !" Is, at sunrise below at noon, and above
 in ths afternoon, and 14 below at
 half past g in the evening. 24, 22 below zero.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-29

STATE coNNHrfEx. G. D. WADHAMS. eoysrr coxxIrsas:
 s. BEEBE
 Ea COTERAN. W. c. PIERCE. plsrsIcr ccxNITrxe. P. K. EILBOURNE, II. A. BARBER, B. ROCKWELL.