Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1857-10-22

upon it, having town for the transaction of their
business. near the CENTRE on the bank of the river
and dividing the remainder of the tract into farms
The Spectators who attempt to buy the sugar
markets failing in all quarters, and there is a
prospect of large crop at home and abroad Mr.
Walsh now in Paris, says: - Sugar is falling the
beetroot factories will supply this year, $40 600 600
pounds. The Isle of Bourbon will produce 12O OO0
0G0 pounds. Altogether the supply will exceed the
demand in France
! Miss Florence Nightingale is now staying at
Malvern, and under hydopathic treatment
A serious ARRAY came off in Sonthingson on
| "Wednesday, between Charles Il. Mum, and Jo-
! senh Thompson, in which the former was struck
in the t.ce and head with an axe, by the latter
Thompson has fed. Mum is seriously, if not ta-
tally. injured
III comparing the paper money of This country
with that of Great Britain. we find a total in the
United States of 1856 200, OGO bank notes, resting
on basis of 5 80 900 0O0-of which S53 800 900
i is in specie, $50 o00,00 in public stocks, and
% ,oOc 600 in gold in the Sub-Treasury, In
Great Britain there Sl6i, O0o 900 of bank notes
resting on basis Of Sl4l,O0O ,000-of which
$4,000, o is in specie, and ~ .000, 900 in pub
: lie stocks.
t A meeting of the creditors of the Ohio Life
and Trust Company. was held in Cincinnati, on
the lean inst at which committee appointed al,
a previous meeting reported that they had present.
! ed communication to the trustees, requesting
LIST, copy Of the deed of assignment, ID, a de-
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their probable value; 3D. the amount and nature
OF the present liabilities Of the Company; 4th,
ALI inspection Of tie records and accounts If the
company and 10 ascertain what was the nature
and amount Of the assets and liabilities at Cincn-
nat,i on the day ii suspended, and also, what dis
position h Is been made of TIE assets.
! 10 this communication en- ans Her received
from the Trustees 10 the effect that after making
renewed forts for that purpose, they found hem-
selves unable 10 furnish any statement which
would be OF practical use or Of any satisfaction to
the public. The Trustees say;-
Tho difficulty arises Cut Of the condition of the
Office in New \ ork, and the inevitable entangle-
ment to some extent Of the atlalls here with the
affairs of that Office.
1t is asceraned, by Investigation since the fail
iure that The books of account of the New York
o'i"e, during recent period, totally unrelia-
he, for any purpose whatever, either to show its
debts, credits, assets, or the condition Of them
Some 81 these assets are pledged, but where and
for what amount, is not yet asteriaGrd. Some
are yet attached. but for what amount Of real debt
is not yet ascertained.
The Bolton [Texasl Independent mentions the
production Of wholesome and palatabIe bread
from the seed Of the Chinese sugar cane, and saws
IS According to all accounts, from this remarkable
plant, will. he manufactured moasses. sugar, al
chohoI, sparkling and i'll vineger, paper starch,
jye-stuifs, and bread MIR. Ia, lor showed us
pair Of pantaloons which he had Eyed with Il de-
cocton made rom the fodder and Feelings Of the
canoe. Ii makes pretty purple. The hull Of
the seeds makes the finest and most lasting dye.''
Last night. says the Rockville Republican Of
Tuesday. the woTbmen engaged in widening the
road near the ppper mill let off big blast, and
the effect was tremendous. A rock weighing
about three thousand pounds was thrown some
distance upon the roof Of Brsdy's mill, pussing
through the roof ind attic floor and striking on a
bale Of Gotten and part Of the floor, crushing a
spnnn. machine, in its course and carrying
away some of the stA;ing. We believe that one
v oman njured-how much we do not know.
The ST. Paul Minnesotinn promises rich de-
vtlnrnen: touching the Administration swindle
I H.. ,-ir.it II IL,
Session, Of Congress-. Committee Of Investi-
CATION on the For, Smelling operation will be movi
ID by Democratic ncH,ber from one Of the lower
States He declared understood that he
lie himself was in correspondence with the De-
pantrnent in Washington respecting the ,aIe,
eady to offer $500. 900 for the properly But the
first information that he could obtain was that it
was already prirate'y sold for $50 Goo"
. The Montreal Adrcriiser Of Monday, reports
the failure of Bursta'l & Co., Of Quebec, with IL
abilities OF 81 500 900. Also rumor that the
grand Trunk Railway had $4,000 exchange re-
turned under protest, sold TO the BANK Of Upper
Canada. Severed large manufacturing houses in
Montreal, have suspended operations, and nearly
two thousand operatives aae thrown on. Of emp'oy
ment' Business is extremely dull, and the fnan-
cial pressure daily becoming worse.
At Mddletown, the democrats nominated an
Irshnnln for constable to please the Irish voters
and then voted against and defeated hun to please
themselves. The iris', begin to think their pa,r-
trio,ism is not appreciated.
The Chicago Tribune says there are dozen
a., ,fto h,c
relations. They propose to take wheat at market
rates and half the ference in exchange in pay
ment Of debts due them-a compromises which
will probably be made without much difficulty.
Certain notices posted upon the coun,ing-room,
machine-shop and other property of the Hadlsy