Litchfield enquirer., 1858-05-27

BUYING UP A LEcrsLaruRE-The Madison wis
consn) Journal of the 18th, contains brief state
ment from the report of the joint committee of the
Legislature appointed to investigate the charge of
bribery and corruption in the passage of the land
grant bills in 1856 for the benefit of the La Crosse
and Milwaukee Railroad Co. by the report, which
makes volume of nearly 400 pages, it appears the
Company assigned stocks and bonds to members of
the Legislature and to State officers. to the amount
of $3.50, 00O To 10 members of the Senate who
voted for the land grant bills, bonds and stocks of
the par value of $4,000 were assigned Three
members rated at $4,000. and one, more valu-
able than the rest. $4,000 The othcrs were rated
$40, 900 each. Assemblymen were bought at the
rate of $1,000 each, half the price of an ordinary
senator. There were, however, several members Of
wee Assembly valued at 20 O00 and one Thomas Fale
thy was considered worth S2f 900. .,.
State officers and officers of the Senate and Assem-
BLY, went at prices varying from S25 600 down to
IS. Geo. One poor devil of an editor is set down at
the riliculously low figure of 1,0OO while another
q fetched" $4,000. A Governor run up as high as
$50, 600. The report according to the Journal,
poses and duly &C, mplmeuts the rascality. IMPROVE
idence and fraud which have mar ed the course of
the managers of the Co.
SUDDEN DEAru-Thc Rev H. R. Hoisington while
preaching a. Centre Brook last Sunday, was taken
suddenly ill in the pulpit, and obliged to suspend
the delivery of his After the lapse of few
moments not recovering as was anticipated with his
assent the services concluded wi h singing
de .WsaS then removed 10 his IouSfHSS, WHeTe III u
short time he expired Mrs. II. was at the time,
on .ysit to this city, and intelligence was mmedi
atey dispatched to her of his Illness but before she
conld reach him, he was no more. Mr.. H. was for
many years Missionary in India, and had but re-
Gently left his field of labor, where he distin-
g,iished for his devotion to the of bis Divine
Master. :. -s=sv 4 71r--
DEATH OF Arson G. PHELps.-At late hour on
Tuesday night, Arson G.. Phelps, Esq, of New York,
willie sitting in his house, suddenly fell dead
Although for some time past Mr.. Phelps had occa
sionaly experienced strange sensation about the
heart his health had been good, and his decease
was most sudden and unexpected He presided last
week over the anniversary meeting OF the Colonial
ton Society of which he was then reelected presi
dent The New York Times says 1T is not say
ing too much to say that man of his age could be
more missed from mercantile, religio1s, and philan
thropic circles of our city than Mr.. Phelps"
The Coroner's Jury in the case of the Central
Railroad disaster, returned verdict Saturday to
the effect that the lives of eight persons were lost
by the breaking Of the bridge over Sanquoit Creek
that the deaths were caused by the insecurity of
the bridge, the being decayed and rotten - and
that the Central Railroad Company were guilty Of
culpable neglect in not causing this bridge to be
properly examined
The Submarine Expedition which left Boston for
the purpose VI raising the sunken ships in the har
Dor Of Scbastopol has returned, unsuccessful. 1t
was found that the ships lyingat the bottom of the
harior were SO badly worm eaten and decayed that
the attempt 10 raise them must prove afaiIure The
expedition was, therefore, abandoned and the YES
sells engaged in it were sold to defray expenses.