Litchfield enquirer., 1859-09-08

eg7 The Granite State Democracy are making the most of Ex President Pierce, who has just returned home from proracted European tour At Nash ua, Concord, and other places he has been received with military display, collations, speeches, firing of cannon &c., He is to be brought before the Charles ton Convention, Candidate for the heat of 1860, but with very faint chan ces of success. | fB The New Haven Journal and Courier sug gests a meeting of the Connecticut Editors Ger tainly-let's have meeting at New Haven, the week of the State Fair.
 EB" During the ovation to Ex-Governor Seymour at Hartford, on the 30th inst. Charles w. Banks of Bridgeport, young man who was quietly sitting in carriage viewing the troops, was stabbed in his right side by bayonet in the hands of a member of the Light Guard. He was taken to Meriden, where he has since died and one Joseph Wilson, bayonet into Banks, has been arrested. The sad &C., cident is keenly regretted and has thrown a cloud of sadness over Col. Seymours return but on ex- animation, we presume that it will be shown to be only an accident.
 BS The New Haven Necs has changed owners MT. Faulkner having sold out his interest to Thom- as Lawson. MT. R. w. Wright continues in :he editorialdepartment.
 fB3 The number of visitors at Waramaug Lake this season. have been larger than at any preceding year; and when better hotel accommodations are furnished there, and the Naugatuck and Housatonic valleys are connected by railroad through Litch
 field and New Preston the trongs visiting both the Waramaug and Bantam will be fourfold what they now are.
 A Foundry building near Livingston street, New York, was demolished on Friday afternoon, by the explosion of steam engine, and six persons were scalded-one of WI hom died Others were more or less injured.
 fB Conrad Swackhammer, Editor of the Demo cratic Review, thrown from his wagon, while riding on the Bloomingdale road. on Friday, and so much injured that his life is despaired of
 Gen Houston's victory in Texas is more sweeping than was at first reported. Of 100 coun ties, from which returns had been received on the 18th ult he had majorites in all but 21 and it was believed that his total majority might reach 12,O0O.
 Shelton, Futile & Co.'s carriage shop in Ply mouth, was robbed of quantity of carriage cloth and faces on Monday night August 2s. They offer s100 reward for the property and the thief.
 Mir. Francis, of Newington, found, on Tuesday morning last, that twelve of his sheep had been killed by dogs the night previous, and nineteen badly wounded.
 The editor of the Hartford Post has received, through the Post Office, potato vine 1-z feet long, for which he paid 57 cents postage. Rather more than such halter is worth
 George Thomas, employee at the Allyn House, Hartford, las run off with Margaret Hare, cham bermaid leaving wife and five children. His wife advertises that she will not pay his debts.-I Spunky
 The Hon. John Bell addressed large audience at Memphis on the 29th ult. It was strong and elo- quent Union speech In the conclusion, he said that
 " If it would be any satisfaction to those who were charging him with willingness to affiliate with Black Republicanism, or with men of any | other party, who would frankly place themselves | upon national platform, and abjure sectional is- sues, for the purpose of freeing the Republic from the mlsrule and corruption which had degraded and debased It. In such cause, and such plat form, ne would even take the vilest of the Demo. cratlc leaders by the hand, and forgive their past under the promise that their future conduct should be less mischievous to the country
 Gov. Seward was in Rome on the 18th of August and enjoying excellent health. in spite of the bad reputation of the Roman climate in the later sum- ner. i '~ ~
 The Hon. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, is in | At St. Paul he sereuaded last week, l. 'nd responded in speech, in which he claimed Ken lucky as Western state and saved the Uniun,'' )n Saturday he started for Lake Minnetonka where le and his party intend to try camp life, fishing. lnnting, and sailing. They will then make tour # southern Minnesota. -[-
 A young lawyer in Chicago was recently sent to he Penitentiary in that city for ten days for the rlme oi stealing ten cents. He was drunk at the ine He begged the Justice to spare him the dis race of imprisonment, but his tears were unavaiI. ng., The young man is a graduate from New ngiand College and the son of respectable parents Frost was seen on the low grounds in Trumbull nd other towns north of Bridgeport on the morn- the 29th and 3Oth. 3.s,f'
 :, Tn oihculty at Louisville, Ky, between W W. Weston and James Jackson, late candidate for Goa ress, the former was shot and instantly killed. I