Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-02

A SINGULAR VOTE-At the late election in Mass achusetts the town of South Danvers voted as fol lows for Governor:
 Banks, Republican A
 Beach, Democrat 4I4
 Lawrence American All q
 That town was very impartial in it's favors, and was determined no party should have cause to com plain ot 1t.
 The contest between Blair and Barrett in St Louis, is bringing out some dsgracefnl revelations Among others. worthy of the supporters of Candle box Calhoun, is the fact that some thirty convicts under sentence of the Criminal Court, par doned, on condition of voting for Barrett.
 fs. One of the night clerks in the New York Post Office, named Henry Reed, has just been ar rested for committing mail robbelies in the office. He had been suspected for some time by the Post Office Agent and others, and while they watch ,fe, to his pockets number of letter packages and while in the act of breaking open ths letters, he was arrested. He confesses, among other things, & large robbery committed some three weeks since, embracing over hundred letters on their way to Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Prof. B. Silliman, Jr of New Haven, lectured at the Cooper Institute in New York, Tuesday night, and expressed his belief that the difficulty expert .enced in working the cable was owing to some de- fleets which were caused by it's exposure to the great heat of the while it lay coied last year in the factory at Greenwich England Twenty miles Of Cnl6 wire were IOuNO, Ou tO uc SO faulty that they had to be rejected and other de- fleets had since been found by MT. Tiffany, in cut ting up that portion of the cable which he purcha sed he had no doubt that the difficulty was attribu table to the cause he had named He was there fore, of opinion that the present cable would be worked.
 Thereis sn Ell part attached to the New England Pin Factory at Winsted, in which percussion caps arc made The Ell part was blown to pieces at o'clock yesterday morning, Nov. r, by the detona ting cap powder. Two men were in the building at the time, and were forced out into the street, but singular as it may seem, they were not hurt beyond some slight contusions. The building destroyed was not valuable.
 Thers are 57s students in Yale College-123 pro- Professional 2l Law, sS; Medicine, S4; Philosophy and Arts, 36: Total, 122. Acad- emical--Seniors. 104 Juniors, 112 Sophomores, 1O6 :; Freshmen, 134 Total, 456 There are Al Professors and teachers connected with the College, and one Professorship- held by the late Dr. Tayior-is vacant.
 Some heartless scoundrel advertised in the N. Y Herald of Wednesday, that on the next CThanksgiv inpl day. large quantity of bread and meat would be gratuitously distributed to the poor at Union Square. Eight or nine hundred of the poorest per sons, of all ages, assembled on the square, Thurs day morning, all prepared with baskets in which to carry home the bounty they expected to receive Many of them quietly remained there all day, hope lessly waiting. It was a cruel hoax.
 The National Era states that it is the purpose O Senator Sumner to return to this coun try in the lat tor part of this month and resume his seat in th, Senate.
 In Saratoga county, N. Y., "a man named Fan .haw offered to let his neighbor Sanderson burn hi cowhouse if Judge Parker failed to get 5000 majori tv f,r governor Sanderson touched off the COW house and Fanshaws two COWS were burnt in it, an, the latter has commenced suit against Sanderson alleging that the cattle were not included in tn bargain.
 The South Congregational Society of Bridgepor have invited the Rev. Alexander Thompson, of Sta nleton. Staten Island, to become their pastor
 The call given by the North Congregational socl atv of Bridgeport to the Rev. Matson M. smith, Q Rrookline. Mass has been accepted. He will De in failed. the last week in December.
 "A revival has been enjoyed by the Baptist Churcl of South Colebrook, under the charge of Rev. l. M Mace.
 In China, it is religious duty oi every man t my m every debt he owes at the beginning of tn veer and again at certain religious festival abou fhe middle of the year. If unable to settle at thes fimee hs business stops until his debts are paid. There are numerous texts that might be cited iron tho christians bible, to justify and even make i the duty of christians to practice on similar plan
 What is better than presence of mind in Q railroa Acctdcns7 Absence of body.