Litchfield enquirer., 1858-05-27

The .. >. Senate was little sstnrtled the Other
day. out OF its dizziness and dignity by an acf;srf
reporter cmeiesly threw bis overcast OVER the
rear tang, which shuts of the reporters from the
SENATE zen below. 1t CHANGED that in the pocket Of
sac overcoat, there was stout bowie knife which
was, Dy the impulse given to the coat thrown with
some violence below striking the blade into sena-
.ol nammond seat which was at that moment
unoecuPleo. FOR moment, the Senators were
startled out OF their propriety and the eergentat-
Arms went up to the gallery and arrested the nro.
prletor OF the coat, but when explanations vers
made, he was released 80
The effect of the late commercial troubles. saws
the New Haven Journal is illustrated in ~, auc.
ton sale of the assets of John THOMPSON The N.,v
York Broker, and publisher of the Bank Note La
tector the other day The whele sale realized only
,694 on assets valued by the assignee at S2OS s;
o. Considering that nearly all the notes were nm
tested-or many IF the drafts not accepted that
the land warrants were defective and cancelled and
inc paper money on broken or suspended banks the
sale was not very bad one
Henry Dwight. Henry HotcEkiss and Hamilton
spencer, Chief managers and directors of the Chca-
go, Alton, and st. Louis Railroad COMPANY. hnvs
been arrested on warrants charging them with embcz
Elements and conspiracy to defraud the creditor, If
the Company to the amount of many millions Of
'olla,s.
Counterfeit fves on the Hadley Falls Bank have
been offered at the Suffolk Bank. They are we'll
done, and are calculated to deceive. al .
Inc pedtS OOuLnIItee OF Illinois NSV8
formally communicated Mr. Douglas They saw,
in their ADDRESS, that fealty to him Is treason e c
mocracy. ~
A test vote was taken in Congress lately. on n
protective tariff, Henry Clay favorite measure His
son, james B. Clay, voted against it.
The very besttine to destroy caterpillars is about
the middle of the day. They begin to feed pretty
carly in the morning. and at room all snug In
their nests, and can be taken d in bunch together
The MAYOR AMONG TIE Lo4rERy DEaLrRs.-Tbs
Mayor OF city, we believe says the New York Eve.
ming Post has put his knife the root Of the lottery
and polcy-dealing nuisance He has had the princnak
establishment indicted in Georgia where he discoyeieJ
that the law, which originally licensed this kind III
business, had expired by its own limitation wears ap.,
The Illegally oil the trade. il seems, was not snspeced
~ Georgia. and when the Mayors officer appe aied nj
Milledgeyille Tor e purpose Of procuring The arrest II
mission occasoned more delight than surprise Seven
persons indicted BY the Grand jury of Aueus,a
within twelve hours of the officers ARR, al there md
among them the name OF Ben Wood brother of Nay,,r
Tiemanns immediate predecessor figures CONSEQUENCE
w. Wood not being in The State, he was moi are
but all OF the others were arrested and held
to bail in the sum of $1,000 It is reported that re-
QUESTION will be made for Wood BY Governor Brown
This esta bishment, with its tap roots in Georaia il
said to be the mos: extensive nusanct Of its Find in
the United States, it's weekly income being es,ima,,
thores Of Georgia bring these people to Justice ~
less commendab bic than the energetic and fearless
course pursued by Mayor Temann who, f he succeeds
in the work he has so auspciousv begun, sill pace
not only this city but the whole country under un-
speakable obligations TO him.