Litchfield enquirer., 1858-09-23

ks51We refer parents to the advertisement of tht Milton Academy. The new Principal is we'll recon mendcd, sand the good people of Milton deserve commendaton for their efforts to keep up school SC worthy of public patronage.
 ay" We record the death of two individuals of pro minence in their neighborhoods- N. WE THEREL, of Canaan, and ALASsoN HALL, of South Farms. The funeral of the latter takes place this "Wednesday afternoon.
 GgHWe are indebted to the Hon. L. F. S. Foster for valuable public documents.
 gS Arthurs Home Magazine for October is receiv- ed and contains entertaining stories from the pen oi Mr. Arthur, Miss Townse nd and others fg g@The citizens of Hartford are making arrange ments to give the Hon. Thomas H. Seymour hand some reception on his return from Russia, where he has very quietly spent the last five years at the pub lie expense. A committee of arrangements has been appointed, and Gen. Pratt of Rocky Hilis of course to act as chief marshal
 BATTLE OF LAKE ERIEs--On the 10th inst, eight steamers and one schooner load of passengers from the lake ports, numbering 6O0O persons, celebrated Perly's victory at Put-in-Bay. The United States steamer Michigan was present. Prayer was offered uy IlCf 1hI buluclui IIliltuklpnld ana speeches were made by Dr. Parsons, of Providence l., Sur geon of Perry's flag skip; Capt. Champlain of the Scorpion Mayors Starkweather, of Cleveland, Cook of sandusky, Mason of Toledo, and Wilkins of De- troit. Governor Chase was President of theda and Mr. Giddings and Senator Wade were present. Monumental Association was formed, of which Hon. Lewis Cass is President.
 lwar ic +o Jo1; on Washington, the occasion of the lay ing of the corner stone of the Inebriate ylum, at Bingham ton, N Y, on the 24th inst Addresses will also be made by Rev. Drs. Bellows and Bethune, Dr. Francis and Hon. Geo. w. Clinton, and poem read by Al, fred B. Street of Albany.
 THE GRAFTON of Rev. James Richards at the Allan tic Telegraph Celebration at Wolcottvile on the 1st instaLt we glad to hear is to be put into pamph form at the request of the citizens of that village Dr. Richards is first class man in thought and in scholarship, however the county may not have learned to appreciate the acquisition gained to itself by his location within it, Wuqsted Herald
 The underground depot at New Haven was in sad condition on Thursday night after the storm It was knee deep in water. The Journal says: Aside from the slight inconvenience which it caused to passen- gers, the freshet was good thing, for it drowned out the rats and thoroughly cleansed the sinks and sluices about the depot
 William H. English in order to secure his re- cleo ton to Congress in Indiana has declared that he is ready to vote for the admission of Kansas. without the number of inhabitants his bill required.
 G3 Bishop James of the Methodist Church was ac- cidentaly shot in Indianapolis on the 9th inst while walking in the street from the residence of Bishop Ames, and narrowly escaped death. ball from gun carelessly fired by boy struck him in the face entering the left cheek and penetrating the nose. It was extracted, and the wound is not con- sidered dangerous.
 Gy Mir. J. G. Patterson sailed for Europe in the Africa on Wednesday, on his mission with reference to the purchase of the works of Bartholomew for cit zens of Hartford and for the purpose of completing his monument to the memory of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, the order for which he received from that State
 gg MT. Clark Buckingham has been appointed Postmaster at Worthwhile, in place of Mr. B. E. Hunt resigned.
 gg gThe Democrats of New-Haven elected their
 ticket for Assessors and Board of Relief last week bv about SOmajority Sorry for it. but we shall have t give it up that New Haven is a democratic town one of the 'sores' that Jefferson spoke of.
 ss The deaths by yellow fever in New Orleans last week were ITO, and in Charleston 1Os
 fs An Association of Baptist Ministers met at Gioversvie, N. laat week for an ordination but rejected the candidate on the ground that he was a freemaason, which they deemed inconsistent with Christianity. 4 I fs. a117 | ,.-7T IS Al the National Hdfse Show at Springfield last week the s10OOO enough to pay all the premiums and expenses, and leave handsome margin @ A asAs Se 9j .