Litchfield enquirer., 1857-02-19
News Here and There.

has resumed its sessi, n. The health of his son. Henry S. Sanford, Esq is improving he still is sufferer however and will be prevented from attend ing at court for some time to come. Tine Nacaatuck H. R. las resumed it's regular t,ips-the backing to the bridge which has been swept away, from whence the passengers are con- veyed by carriage to the present terminus The volcanic eruption over which the virginians were making so much oise. turns cut as We SUD- posed it would--cntirety in gas. party of hunters returning from the vicinity of the reported eruption state that there has always been hole in the ground ne;r CireleTile, Penleton. and probably spring in the cavern. the vapar from which in cold weather suggested the iiea of volcanic cru, tiun
 This is by means the first volcanic explosion Virginia has known, and We doubt not should the Republican party prevail in the future. her explo sion will be equally vaporish as this has proved
 The taking of cot1fish in boats eff Wo,d End in Prorincetown, proves quite lucrative business this winter man will catch, every day that the weather will admit of fishing from three hundred tp a thousand pounds of cod. which a'e sold at the wharves of Provincetown. without any further tronbe. for one dollar and fifty cents per hun,tled It is not uncommon for man thus to make or fifteen dollars day.
 Patrick Lrne, printer boy in the Pa'lad,un of flee at New Haven. cansht on Tuesday in the shaf.ing that runs the press, and drawn violently up against the ceiling and had both arms broken above the elbows. cut ill the hessl and finger cut off by the b-lt. He will recover.
 Close up,n the heels of the Burdell murder comes horrible account of pois, ming by W, man. "A NIT. Gardner, the P,s Master of Hingham, Mass gentleman Of high responsibility, has been cruelty murdered by his wife wh2 administered arsenic to :n dose of falts.
 Preliminary arrangements making in the k lnx,s Legislature for taking the census M the Territory, a, q for forming a State Constitution Every pesoa i the territory the first of April next is to be recorded voter. Ihe election Je gop eT7iGGi by t"e e1isting Slatutes.
 Gov. Wright. of In 'iana. has been somewhat extensively known agIicutur.li>t or. at least has made some noise advocate of the farming interest. But it is hinted that his knowledge the business is after all more theoretical than practical arpr pos to which we find the following story in of Indiana papers it is gOd enough to be true
 "A certain farmer. of the Governor E constit- ucnts who h:d profound atmi ati,n for his talents and practical knowledge. wrote tu him for d lvice to tie method of improving his stock of sleep. The Governors instant, brief. senten- tious sircere :" Get Hyd, a4lic Ra,n-better than the Southdown for mutton, equal to heriuo for wool
 Now is the time to transplant trees that have att ,ined the growth of full sh rliness Trees twsn ty five years oll, movcsble with safety. if you ciIi cut out ball uf frozen earth with them. say ten feet in diameter and three CT four feet deep This will embrace all their roots, except the tap which gees generally straight down, and serves only hodiist
 Not many m ,nths ago. it happened at Benicia California the he,ld-quar of the United States troops. Captain Joll of the U. s. A.. |. Eirginian by birth ordered to that D. int wlither he went accompanied by faithful body servant, named Joe The Captain was startled n,t long after by the of Jnes having shot another negro. As soon as he br ught into his masters presence. lie serny asked him how he dtl ed to act ill the he had q, ne Joe seemed at first cast d wn. but raivng him< If, and looking the captain full in the face rcpiic'' De fact is massi. dat ar nigger was one of dem New York free niggers He suited me, and had to take high suddron ground wid him.
 Mir Phnesss Green and his wife of Reading are perhaps. the oldest siried couple in Massachusetts Mir Green is nine-two years old. He enjoys good health and is able to nuke three pais of shoes per day until tie present winter, he has cut his own wood. We him in Greenwood. last autumn. purchasing his gr.c,rits and enquirng for shoes to make during the winter Mrs c eel is nhty three years old. Her health k still very good. She does he cooking, washing. ironing- &c., of the family SLc has a sister living with ker who iS nearly
  passed the of the gol len vel ling having lived together in the married state Ee,rly seventy years.
 Mfrs. Charles Hnman's residence in Southbury was broken open the night of the 30th uit by burglars. They quieted the watch d with pieces of meat. and tansa,ked the house at pleasure but found but little t., take away. At the time the men were in the house. they heard in low tior by the servant grl but through fright other cause, she did net give any alarm. From the plan of operations the burg lars were evidently acquainted with the premises
 A shocking of inhumanity has come to light on Staten Island woman who had obtained child at the school of the Five Points Missiun in N r.. beat and starved it to death. The following verdict was rendered upon inquest held by Coro- ner pearcs, of Richmond:
 We find that Anna Hilton came to her death by heinz beaten in a brutal mann-r frcm exposure and fir, want of proper nOHri>hment. at the hands of Mrs. Matilda eckcr.''' Mrs. D. las been arrested
 The United States Senate has rst recorded its appr"tation of the Border Rufian outragesin Kan BIS. and it's endorsement of judicial rascali,y hy rejecting the nomination of NIT. Harrison as U s Judge in Kansas in place of the notorious Leccmrte It turns out too that Lecompte is not removed and the whole thing was probably deliberate attempt to deceive the North with the imp essn thar Pierce had changed his policy and was about to behave better.
 Crime in New York is still common On Thurs day afternnn, man went into room in the New York Hotel and began opening some trunks with hamme. and chisel. Mrs Bates. the owner of the trunks, coming in asked the man what he was doing. when he seized her hy the throat and choked her that he could escape
 On the night of the 10th inst. the store of Mir. Lewis Brighsm at Mansfield Depot. WAS broken into Sni robbed of r,SdS and silk tp tha of about $500. The burglars also broke into the Post Office stole S8 worth of stamps and broke omen all the letters We do not hear that the ropues have been detected
 The editor of the Asadleser Argus, who publishes very abusive and personal sheet, was soundlv trounccd by Captain James DeKay, in consequence