Litchfield enquirer., 1858-06-17

Not the least of all memorable incidents of
the day, is the fact that, while two broth
ers were suspended from two of the most
important dioceses in the Episcopal See in this
country, i'll the run to elect their successors in
Office, with years intervening, two brothers sue
cecdeu and two were defeated. The suspended
Bishops were the Rt. Rev. II. N. and b. I.
Dndcrdonk, two brothers, who were collsecrat-
ed respectively Bishops Of Pennsylvania and
New York, A D. 1927 and lS30-some thirty
years ago, aud are now consequently venerable
with the SHOWS of many winters
The two successful candidates for their Off
I cial position were the. two brothers, the Rev.
Drs AIonzo and Hcratio Potter
The defeated candidates for the same honor,
ARE the two brothers, the Rev Dr. Frank Vim
ton Of New York, and the Rev. Dr. Alexun-
er H. Vinton, Rector Of St. Paups Boston,
EplrIsG IN THE EAST INDIEs.-In the ac-
count OF the trial OF the cx-king Of Delhi, We
read
The court was occupied the whole Of the
eleventh day with the examina ton of a person
named Clfunee, formerly editor of native pa
per entitled the Delhi News, conducted Oh a
novel princple-the Editors duty being to ,erits
It's puper fuH, and then curry 1t around and
vs.a 1t to his subs ribers .r'
PAIRED OFr--The following is specimen Of
sharp shooting between coquette and her low
err:
You-mep are angels when you WOO the
maid but devils after the marriage VOW is
lad
lows
"a - 1o, mi &c In, fOpciv
I'VE. fud ourselves in hell instead of heaven"
Pu1ys IT ON THIcK.-Rcard Yeadon, the
chairman of the Committee of Reception at
Charleston, South Carolina, began his address
to Mr.. Everett Oh his arrival in that city, in
the following language:
MIR. Everett-Orator, Patriot, Sage, Cic
ero of America Lau,ator of Washington !;
Apostle OF Charity High Priest Of the Ull-
ion, and Friend of Mankudw
4 correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
saws that one of the Philadelphia members of
Congress, when the Lecompton fight was in
full blast, walked up to the President aud
spoke as,follows l shall swallow this dose,
SIR; for ii don't the politicians will take the
+ nomination. from me ; and if do, the people
viii take the election from me--so aM gonc
anyhow"
= The Festival by the ladies of the Methodist
Episcopal Society in Lee, was well attended,
and the receipts on the two evenings We're
about 1926 There was one room devoted to
U" the old folks-at home," in which there was
the old circular table without cloth, with
pewter platter of cold yictuals,n pan OF
pork aud beans, the tin bread dish of brown
bread and dough-nnts, iron spoons. cider pitch
er, and other things to match GRANDMOTHER,
with her shortrwasted dress (mnus hoops,
aid cheekered handkerchief carefully pinned
about her neck, was busy at the distaff and
spindle, grandfather sat in his old chair, dress
ed hi his buekskin brooches, with leggins and
sl,oe-buckles. Ruth was busy churning, and
uucle was III the corner making birch broom
The apple and pumpkin on the liue were near
y dry.
rsy- terrible accident occurred on the Missis
.sippi, is miles below Memphis. on Sunday morning
The boiler Of the steamer Pennsylvania exploded
aud ont Of $50 passengers enc hundred believed
to have been lost.
/ saEy- Henry r. Fish was reelected Mayor Of Wa
i tcYbury, on Monday. The Americans and Republic
cans elected ten Aldermen, seventeen of the twenty
4 fonnci,rnen, and the other city Officers
The City Of Cairo was completely flooded on Sat
friday and ID, good part destroyed. The Illinois
Central Rail Road is greatly damaged.