Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1858-05-13
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VIM. B. Astor has in the process Of erection a
addition to the Astor Library, equal In else 70
.iia' q me origina one II Is built the north
sue Of me old building. The new edifss will
COS, ~iOo,O0O, exclusive of the land. and when u
y zone Mr.. Astor will furnish Il complets and Z
aeoIca.e the whole--land, edifce and boeks-to the
city Of New York.
Many Of the New York State pagers favor ,hs
call for the constitutional convention for The sake
getting rid Of an elective judiciary.
Gen. Scott has fixed his head quarters for the
summer at Cozzens' Hotel. West Point.
Queen Victoria has received present Of eighty
horses from the Sutton.
The Tuckerman case, before the u. 8. District
Court in New Haven, is closed. 1t was abandon-
ed by the defendants counsel after norton of
the testimony had been received. The Jury found
verdict of guilty on four counts. The pFisonsr
been sentenced to 81 years imprisonment.
In pronouncing the verdict Of acduissalsbpsn
Hardesty, who murdered the seducef Of his lie.
ter at Louisville, KY, Judge Nu,fer said
I" Young man. had been wronged as you have
been, would have spent every dollar had ON
earth, and alt that could have begged and bora
rowed, and then starved upon the track Of the vii.
lain. but would have imbued my hands In his
blood" Singular doctrine for Judge.
= CONFESSIONAL sailor died recently IN Texas.
and on his death-bed confessed that he was ons Of
the crew who murdered Mrs. Aston of South Car
ollna, forty years ago. Mrs. Aston was the
daughter of Aaron Burr. She sailed from Chaflss.
ton for New York. in a brig, and on the trip the
crew mutned and murdered all the officers and
passengers-Mrs. Aston being the last enc TO
walk the plank. The sailor remembered her look
of despair, and died in the greatest agony Of
mind. ~ $780, : 80
Since the suspension Of the Collins steamers.
the trips Of the English or Cunard steamers aver.
age thirteen or fourteen days. BY this extension
Of time saving Of $4,000 in fuel Is saved on
each trip.
Senator Bright had something to say about his
constituents and " actual settlers Mr.. B. vac
astonished the next day to see his constituents re-
TERED to as caiestealers-actua settlers and cat
tie stealers being represented by the same signs
in photographic writing. s Z,
The Louisville Journal says: "The course Of
senator Green Of Missouri is unquestionably die.
approved by large majority Of the people af
that state. He.wll disappear from the public SER
vice as soon as his constituents can get him out.
Thenceforih he will be Invisible Green.'"
Two IRA SrouTs.-It is a singular fact that
while one Ira Stout has been convicted In Roches-
ter for brutal murder another Ira Stout is being
tried in 81. Louis for. attempting to kill police
Office. ssSs'6t e
AohIn fheIps OF New LONDON, mas been tounh
guilty Of robbingtho mails and sentenced to the
State Prison for three years. ''f5
BRIDsEpoRT On Sunday last the RI. Rev.
Bishop Williams confirmed eighty-two in 81.
Johns Church-Rev. Dr.. Colt, pastor. Thirty.
nine persons were admitted to the North Conefe.
gationaE Church-Rev. Mr.. Towne, r,rsnE--
Tw MY nine were admitted to the So6tM Ccaz,o-~
gationai Chnrch-aev. Mr.. Swan, pastor. Fiji
teen were admitted to the Methodist Church
Rev Mr.. Collins, pastor. Five were admitted 10
the first Baptist Church-Rev. Dr.. Hodges, pas
tor. n -
Sailors who have followed the sea for years
say that they can tell when in the vicinity Of
Long Isand-by the Sound. !.
Toast given by bachslor at banquet IN
Pottsville: The women and the coal Of Schuy.
kill county: 80, how dssolats would be- the fifss
side without them"