Litchfield enquirer., 1859-08-11

l foreign dry goods for tho current month The to- tals compared with the previous two seasons stand I thus
 I 1857. .$66, ,716. .293
 78oS...... 30, 159, 358 I lo59. II ,7Sl 1885
 These figures show how soon Flora McFlimsey has forgotten all about the panic her extravagances helped go much to bring on two years ago, and how ready she is with her silks satins and vevets go 1 it blind and to ssgo it with rush again. Seven ty-one millions worth of dry goods in seven months 1! Nothing to wear IN r. Epre.. % | The crops in the South. West, East and North, says exchange, larger in every production of the ca tn than they ever were bcfore Cotton rice, &c, at the South, grain at the West hay and vege- tables at the North and East, and so on. The ex- cess of wheat in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and n- nois this year last, will be Q. least 0O0 900 bushels.
 Col Colt, of Hartford, is manufacturing ten thou sand revolving rifles for the English Government
 The estimated clop of wheat in this country, the present season. is two hundred and one millions of bushels-about one quarter of which is all that will be required for home consumption. This leaves a | 5 tmated that about onesixth of last years crop is still in the hands of the producers It is thought that the potato crop will be larger by fifth, than that of last year. Occasionally we hear something said about the rot, but imagine it will prove very slight, after all.
 Four thousand dollars of the New London and Palmer Railroad 1st mortgage bonds sold at auction in New London on the 29th ult, for thirry-four to | thirty five cents on the dollar.
 Governor Morgan has appointed Isaac Platt of Duchess Thomas B. Carroll, of Rensselaer,, and Jacob Vrooman, of Schoharie, commissioners to run the boundary line between New York and Connect icut
 Mrs. Harriet Rcecher Stowe sailed for Europe in the Africa on Wednesday.
 The Naugatuck Railroad Company has declared dvi dend of three per cent.
 Mrs. Brockham, of Huntington, Me-, the woman who, about seventeen months since, had four child ren at one birth, has recently been delivered of three more, all reported to be living.
 On reading Sickles letter in defence of his recon ciliation with his wife, Gerrit Smith wrote to Sick les, approving the act, and inviting him to bring his wife to his (Smiths) house at Peterborough. A little boy in swimming in the East River, New York, on Sunday, made deep dive, and run his head far into the mud, that he unable to ex- tricate himself, and perished A member of the North Carolina Legislature made decidedly good '' hit'' a short time ago. bill was pending which imposed fine for selling li- quor to free negroes, to which he objected, the ground that " such law would make them more decent than the whites
 Ten members of the class of 1909 called upon the venerable President Mott at the late Union College Commencement and made him a formal address, The doctor too feeble to rise from his chair gave ''his boys" some good advice, and led in prayer.
 broker of Buffalo is about papcrng his private office with very rich description of wall paper, the eSaR e & If anf Which 6e took in the way of trade and exchange.
 CARD PLAYING IN GRAVE YaRp.-The Wheel. ing lntelligcncer of July 22d, says
 The grave yard in Martinsvile, Virginia, is now the rsort of young men for the purpose of playing ench,e. in some instances yonng men have been observed engaged ill animated games of seven mn actss the mounds of their brothers sisters or n. rents When sons get to playing old sledge for a quarter ante. upon the tombstones of the sons of the sresAwe think it is about time for the appear "ueo U. pic hisstolaTy or police officer, It is certainly burning shame
 EIGHT CHILDREN AT B1RTH.-A correspondent of the NY. Tribune under date of Johnson. T+um. bull Co, Qio. August 4, 1859, writes | On thu d of August, Mrs. Timothy Rrad,ev gave birth toSight, chil,rcn-three boys and five glrs Ihey as al: living and healthy, but quite small: M b family is increasing fast. He was married @ SIX sars ago to Eunice Mowery, who weighed 2'a on F day of their marriage. She has given birth to tp pair of twins, and now eight more, making t'ave children in six years It seems strange but nevfheless true Mrs. B was q twin oi three' her mqer and father both being twins and her grandnther the mother of five pair of twns. M Mrs; 5. as named her boys after noted and as.ng"lshea mt: One after the Hon. Joshua R. didaings who \ gwen her splendid gold medal: one after 5he teI Hon. Elijah Champlin, who gave ner deed or osffes of land and the other after s James Johnson fq. who gave her q COW. Mr Bradley says it profitable to have twins os . MT neighbois have bthcd the others ever snca ~ t.'', were born. Mrs. is a poor. industrio,S is,ey sy f but says he wilbt part with any of b;S oh;,au. t; while he is able work '''o''n We undelnd that Sheriff wesse1, o,a Do putty Peck arrea man at Bristol on s,trrd ", last charged withe murder of a man .t S