Litchfield enquirer., 1858-06-24

h1 heV. Dshop Mcf arland visited BiFminglam on last Sunday, and confirmed two hundred and len persons, most of whom were under sixteen vear~ Alter vespers the congregation formed into uro,-. sion, composing line mile in length. E,lloeed hv the Rt Rev. Preate, who was accomuanisd I,v tI,s pastor, Rev. John Lynch, Rev John Smith of N Haven, and Rev Peter A. Smith of East Bfidwenurt
 Welch, Stevens, and Lawrence have taken fla. Planters Hoe factory ut Norfolk, and will revive that business which has been suspended since Octo Der.
 The w,olen mill oi J. z Goodrich & Co. at sto,s. bridge Mass, partially destroyed by fire on inc sth inst. Loss about s15, 600 mo insurance.
 Assist Bishop Williams reported to the convention of the Episcopal Church, in session last week at Waterbury, that during the past year he had yisitc eighty one Parishes and Missionary Stations in six tythree of these he administered the rite of conr. mation to 1125 persons, and these and other oc. casions preached one hundred and hfty-two times and delivered 62 confirmation and other addrcsstx- Of the large number confirmed, nearly one-fourth were in the Churches in New Haven.
 Laurent Clerc who from the first establishment of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum in Hartford has been the instructor of it's pupils, has ben compelled. from his advanced age to resign his position and e retires with the highest encoiniuns uf the Iruste, and all interested.
 Geo. D Prentice, editor of the Louisville J, urnal. has enrolled himself among the Sons of Tsinpvr- ance.
 duel came off at Schenectady, recently. between two cxqnisites. They fought with lucifcr natcl,t., on the tow path. One ot the parties was slightly killed, and the other mortay frightened Bulh were carried of the eid on d chip.
 marriage epidemic prevails in Lexington. Ky. which is rapidly sweeping of it's victiuis On one day last week. there were seven weddings and three runaway matches.
 The Directory of tie City of New York, shows a decrease of 40UO nanlcs-the tlrst dimnuton of pup ulation since the war of 1872. ------t---f
 The female operatives of the Lawrence Mill in Lowell, 300 in number, have made strike because some additional duties were required ot them. s.
 Col Schouler, of the BJston Atlas makes this re. ply to the Boston Post The Post need not be alarm cd about the new party or the new name. The Re- publican party VIII hold on to its prnciplIs the O- Iy change likely to will be after lS0U when it will assume tie and functions of the Adni- trdtton Party.
 young gallant invited a lady friend to go to the Episcopal church in eastern village of Massach- seus, of recent Sunday, and while they stair ding in the porch one of the elders came up, and asked if they the couple that was going to have child baptised Disguised, they went away and to the Cotholio Chapel by, but scarcely had they arrived there when the priest accuSted them with the query. 'are you the couple that have come to be married !' Tine young folks have con. ciued to be spiced before they go to church again.
 A Southern Methodist minister, detailing his ex- pcrience on certain circuit counted tweiIty-six children that named after him, and added that during the year he received compensation for his labor thirteen dollars
 The sugar destroyed by the late inundatiou in is estimated at 56;000 hhds worth sS- O0O, ,0U0. The loss of cotton the banks of tL0 is estimated at S4 000, 900.
 Of the g. Fire Insurance Companies in New York, the stocks of 43 selling from to S7 per cent. above par. Most of them pay from 10 to 30 per cent annual dividends. Of the remaining com panies mot of stock will sell from % 100. 2.
 The Hartford Courant st; tes that ripe cherries picked from tree in that city the 9th inst The tree is variety in this quarter, called the ' Early Honey Heart, and bears this year for tiic first time. A
 The amount of debts of the dcfunct firm of Law renee Stone Co.,, of Boston, thus far allowed is $2, 900 GOO.
 On THE RAscAL--A grcenhorn from over the riy-, CT, possessed of inquring mind and |" in search, O.: knowlc ge under difficulties, inquired of every he met in streets yesterday whose dress happr- ed to monopoize as little more room than he thought she was entitled to. " what she such thunder big hoops for.' This he kept mp with much per- tnacity that it found necessary to lock him up. -Hart. Post.
 lad about eight years of age the son of Gilbert Berry of Falls Village was drowned last Thursday afternoon, near the Cove Bridge in that place. Ho went in bathing, vcnturcd into deeP water, and us he could not swim, he drowned before help arrived
 1 are-Jo eph F. Chandler of Philadelphia formerly editor of the United States Gazette and old whg, as minister to Naples E. T. Fair of Alabama, min i ter to Belgium B C. Yancey of Georga, minister to tho Argentine Republic, South America John P. Stockton of New Jersey, minister to Rome, in place of Lewis Cass. Jr, and all were confirmed.
 Congress has agreed to pay up the sums claimed by E. K. Collins for mail service It has aI- provided for building sloops of-war by bor rowing the money to pay for them. President has sent in message begging for more money. and it has responded by granting S20,000, 900 loan.
 The richest man in England is the Marquis of Westminster His wealth is estimated at f2l00O, 900 sterling, sl05 100000, and his annual income at f700 000.
 MT Pratt, Director of the Bank of New England at East Haddam, left package of the bills Of that Bark amounting to S4,70O, with the Clerk of the ing over night The clerk was informed that the package contained " valuable papers. The clerk threw the package into the desk. During the nighe the desk opened, perhaps during the evening when it not locked, and the package abstracted j GrpsrYs.-A band of 30 or 40 Gipseys are travel ing about the sparsely populated villages along tie and Connecticut line, north of Litch field County. They live in tents and live by steal- ing and telling fortunes to crednlous people.
 We stated in cur last, that two daugbte of Hon. Charles Hawley, of Stamford were serious y injured by the bursting of burning fluid lamp.
 
 lived but thirty hours after the terrible event.
 The people of the village of nlnoistown, opposite St. Louis, have all been driven frcn their homes by the great flood on the Mississippi, which has coIns petely submerged the town, the water in many in- stances washing into the second story windows of the houses Destruction resigns triumphant, and the pecuniary loss must be very great.
 Congress appropriated at it's last session, s60000 for the completion of the Custom House in New Haven, and ss 300 for fencing, grading paving and furnishing the same. .f
 From Europe we learn that the Atlantic Tele- graph fleet sailed on the 10th.
 The affair of the sfes mer Cagliari between Eng land, Sardinia and Naples, had been satisfactorily settled also s's+
 The British had occupied Barailly when they met India. "
 Dude was queter.
 About year ago. a young man of Chicago, by. lhe name of James Dean. journeyman carpenter. received legacy of fS0 900 (S2O0 00) from an unce n Australia Last ,vceI he fied nf lissir..1iilz. L