Litchfield enquirer., 1859-03-10


 object of this communication will have been accom- plished M l Plymouth Hollow, Conn.,, March 8, 1s59.
 
 l TIE SIcKLEs WEDDING Rxa-- Washington March |3-As much speculation has been indulged in, in re- gard to the return by Mr. Sckles to his wife, of the wedding ring the following detail may possess ln- terest It appears that MT. Sickes was called upon l by the clerpypnn and n!ormed that Mrs. Sickles was ii, great mental suffering andthat if such state of feeling continued long to exist it would probably end in mental alteration, perhaps se]f-destruc-; | ton. It under such circumstances that the ap peal made to him to restore to Mrs. Sickles the wedding ring, which he had taken from her hand the day of the tragedy. Mr. Sickles said, in re sponse that under the circums tances, he could not resist the appeal in behalf of one he had so long cherished with such deep affection and that while he was willing to return the emblem of their former love and union. he returned the ring broken. never to be united She had sundered the bonds it typi
 fed too cffcctualy to he repaired and while lie harbored no feelings of resentment he unatera- | ply determined never to see her more.
 The Illinois legislature came to the end of its ses sion the 24th uIt.. breaking up substantially in a row in consequence of an attempt of the democratic majority to pass an apportiunmcnt bill The gov ernor vetoed it, and the republican members desert 1 cd so as to leave the House without quorum. and prevent passage over the veto, second majority vote only being necessary for the purpose. And thus as nothing could be done. the rirmocrats finally fol- lowed suit and the session end; d with 3S0 pending bills undisposed of including all the appropriations i for carrying on the government The State will either be otfcer-less for the next two years. the officers must trust to the next legislature for their pay.
 1 Richard Randolph, a cousin of John Randolph of Roanoke, died in Miami township Ohio, on the 3lst l of January. The deceased, who was as eccentric as his most celebrated cousin, old bachej' and had resided in the Randolph tract Ohio. for twenty l 1lnl ftr in ued at SS0 OG0, to be expended in the purchase and l freedom of the slaves TOW owned in the Randolph family, which slaves are to be set free and if the estate is not exhausted in this purchase the balance to be applied to the use and benefit of said slaves 1 THE DANCING QUESTION IN THE IEGIsLATURE.-A petition has gone to the legislature asking its d!scl plipe of Groton Academy for undertaking to disci pline its students for attending dancing school. The facts set forth that the trustees of the Acad emy have suspended eight pupils for having, by con- sent of their parents and while living at home with them attended shool where '' the arts and accomp l lishments of dancing, good manners and behavior were taught" The petitioners ask for law pro- hibiting the officers of the Academy from making any regulation whereby pupils of good moral char. acter guilty of breach of discipline and accused of nothing but attending dancing school. shall be texcluded from the privileges of the institution There may be another side to the but if these are the facts the Academy ought to be put ont to nurse in the rudiments of common sense and nine- teenth century enlightment. Republican ANOTHER WILL BY HON H. L. ELLSWORTH The trustees of the Wabash College Crawforlville Ind. have commenced suit in the common pleas court of that county. to probate a will made by Henry |. Ellsworth. in February, 1851. by which will MT E. bequeaths eight tenths of his estate to his children and the remaining two tenths is divided equally be- tween Wabash College, Yale College, the American 1 Bible Society and the American Colonization Socie ty. The Wabash contends that MT Ellsworth was of unsound mind when the will of 1857 was execu l ted and that it was not duly executed. Within the last three years, fruit trees have been lost in Illinois to the value of three millions of dol
 lars. The retentive clay subsoil is supposed to be the cause.
 ! murder having been committed in house of ill repute at Quincy III an infuriated crowd destroyed no less than eight of such bouss recent Satur day night. Some were burned down, and some gutted and the furniture burned in the street.
 There was Al majority in the House against an in- crease of postage. r Gov Morgan of New York refuses admittance to all persons to his house the Sabbath. whether on business politics. An example worthy of imita- ton, but it is something new in New York. 1 The Western Christian Advocate (Cincinnati) of tFeb. 8, says The revival department of our paper this week shows accession of 1000 persons to the Methodist Episcopal church. The friends of Dr. L. P. Crockett the latest dis covered Hartford forger. subscribing money to settle his difficulties. and procure his release The Courant thinks it is improper and says 1t Is as much as declaring that Hartford man of good social po- sition may forge, deceive and cheat, with lmpunlty Dwight Rogers young man of Rockville. lost three of his fingers in hay cutting machine in that place.
 The North Congregational Church of Hartford has voted to proceed at once to build new church eA- pected to cost about $60,O GOO.
 The State legislature of Oregon has fixed upon Portland as the future capital of the new State. woman whose name is unknown, walked into airhole while crossing the ice at Albany. Satur day. and was drowned The body was not recovered. The manufacteries of Waterbury, Ansonia and Birmingham, cunning extra hours. Rev. Theodore Parker landed at Havana, 18th ut He was sea sick and confined 10 his couch nearly all the way otherwise his health good as when he started. The steamer Princess from vicksburg exploded her boiler and burne.i to the waters edge ati Baton Rouge on Sunday. Four hundred persons were on board the boat at the time of the explosion two hundred of whom are killed and missing. The cause of the frightful catastrophe is not known. l Twelve thousand pounds of gunpowder exploded in Akron, H., week since puiverzed several bull dngs, shook the surrounding country like an earth quake and made flash whose glare, says specta- 1 tor, was about five acres in extent l A man in Orange, N. Y., was married on the 9th inst, became father the 10th. and advertised his wife the 14tb cautionng all persons against harbOrng or trusting her on his account Iels IS progressive age. The Rev. J. D. Berry, D D., has received call to the Rectorship of St. Peter's church, Plymouth 1 FIRE IN PLYMouTH.-The saw mill, shingle mill, and manufactory for wagon shafts and carnagef bows, belonging to Stephen R. Blake. at East Ply mouth, were destroyed by fire at o'clock last Sat turtlay morning. A total loss. except the water wheel, which was kept running. Loss $l0OO or lmore-no insurance. grDr William Fully, formerly medical profes- eor in Yale College died in Springfield on the 18th Iult