Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-14
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Litehfeld. Conn. Thursday. Jan. IA, 1888.
News of the Week.


 ling hele and there, of Utah and Eansas outfages Last week young Donnely was executed in New Jersey, for the martler of Moses at the Sea-View House, last Simmer. He died protesting his inno cence, young 9 years of age. highly et.heatet and member of of the first families in his Ia tive county The details of his final scperaon witt his sisters and friends his conduct the scaf fold. and lis struggles after the drop fell. full horrors, and indeed the presents more sadden ing features than any of Judicial murder whit has been committed since that h Professor Webster 1 in Boston. It will be remembered that the murder grew out of 6 night of gambling between Moses and himself and the lesson it bears may be taken home by every yonng man who has not the moral courage to resist the infatuation of gambling board The agony of that old father the swooning of tbat twin sistef-the faithful love of that beautiful girl thai swerved not at the last, are stories not easily forgot ton and the history horrible as it is, may not be without it's lesson of good The citizens about Kty Port seemed to regret his r-capure after so near an escape and had he refrainc hs lips upon the scaf. fold. their sympathy would have gone into the grave with him. bu, as it is, he sleeps in murderer gr,ve. snatched from life in the bloom ef manhood and from associations such us few young men are surrounded with.
 The news from Washington gives as tho debate upon the appointment ct Me sedgewiek. to fill tue place of Mr. Me Kean-wAo was removed fer no, sustaining the regular nomination of the D.mcratic party and voting tet Mayor Wool Mir. Sc ,gewiek s nomination was at length c,niened " asmall vote, Mr s.,k Al all tl ID ting against him, on account of the intermeddling of the President with domestic concerns entirely out Of his province. Mr Se,,gewick is undoubtedly ,he bstter morc liberal politician of the two is one of the editors of the N. Y Evening Post, and man of much abilty-and it is matter of surprise that a man tinctn'ed with Republicanism, should have teen selected, unless it be one of those sasaci,us moves of Mir. Buchanan to pie .Se everybody to pun ish Mcke"n for doing his duty and tickling the Re publicans by appointing Mir Sedgewick Ir Con- gress, Eli Thayer had made his maiden speech, in which he csmplettly knocked Fi!libustering in th head. by plan to colonize Central America as the North colonizeti Kans ls To set to work Emigrant Aid Societies, and fill the country in no time with good sonrd fatfootcd Yankees His spcccl, which practical and full of goad sense created great amazement in the House. frightening the Southerners half out Of their wits. vino in moment beheld an army of Massachusetts men with a,iothel R binson at their head, filing the highway cn route for Nicaragua, what woull the Demecracr say ii after Ill Central America should be Free State In several of the States the Governors have just is sued their Messages We give condensed repor nf (4Oyerunr Ranks an1 th.At p,nr Unpleasant information fo, tie President has just arrived from Indiana aad Onio
 | The Democratic convention of the fo,mer State b i've resolve by vote of more than three to one that State Constitutions sould be submitted to the poole anl h. no Territory should be allowed to become State without fair expression of the people at the ballot box
 l The Democratic caucus of Ohio Legislature hat also received thus to instruct their delegates ill Con gress, to oppose the Lee 'mpt,n swnlle. The Hon MT. Pueh and Blight. must feel very pleasantly W, shosld suppose; and the way they will wriggle out of tho scrape, will be entertaining to all ob servers. Gov. Wise of Virginia is also out with 1 long and powerful letter against the Lecomptor fraud-mdeed from every quarter except from the
 
 rebuke. to those who would crush the everlasting principles of of liberty and for the sake of party and it's petty emOluments, again mould over their plas er faces of dough whic from the intense kneadine and rolling out they have bean calle, upon to dergo for tle last few years. resemble piece of rye piec ust, half baked.
 Poor Old Mr. Buchanan! Poor Old Mir Cass If you could only see yourselves others you. wriggling about, like an otter spear handle, it too weak Wrigse away. You will have some friends wEo will not desert you and there's region of country this way, that never thinks of thawny before June
 The orders rom the Navy Department. under which Commodpre Chsttar,l omitted to act, and Com moore Paulding did take action, have been laid be- fore the Senate, and more blind, non -committsl It is evident that they prepared for the exact purpose which they have been made to subserve To enable to court marshll if an officer did act and vice vers if he didn't act, and if Issae Toucey drew them up he must chuekle over the results most heartily. The examination of them however will have the effect of opening the eyes of the people what to the character of the uen controlling gov ernnent, who h.ve but object in view .lse slave interest which deor,ved it is is tco honor able and high min jed to receive all the in iani,es heaped upon it fr the sake of cie. without rctort ing occsS!onaliy. Thus has Virginia lead of Was which shall hurl brck upon such men as Csss and Buchanan the contempt they so richly deserve - 7-~-e----- sf----- .as-s--@
 Our latest dates frcm Washington forcskadon the fate ot the Lecumpt"n swindle, as doomed. on Monday last, Mir. Brown of Miessippi abandoned its advocacy in the Senate. and there is now no doub but that Mir. Buchanan and the ire-eaters generally will have to yield to the everlasting principle o the Right of Self Government. What will the Dem ocratc doughfaces say now. and how came this about By the determined spirit of the Republican party who hol ling fast to the grand principles of Rcpubh can doctrines, swerved neither to the right hand O.