Litchfield enquirer., 1859-06-09

NEw HAVEN, Monday, June @, 1s58.--Ths, city eiection was warmly contested today and resulted m the reelection of the Democratic Mayor by 86O majority. The Republicans carried their Aldermen m Wards l, Z, 4 and 6, and fifteen Councilmcn me democrats elected their Aldermen in Wards g and D. and nine Councilmen, together with inc Coi- lector, Sherifs, Clerk and Treasurer.
 NORWICH, Monday, June 6, 1S59.-At the c;tv election here to-day, the entire Republican tickef headed by Mayor Prentice, successful, bv 1lz majority. The vote cast was very large
 NEw ORLEANS, Monday, June 6, lS59.-Ths e,ec. ton to-day for Controller and Aldermen resulted in the complete success of the American ticket h., about 900 majority. No serious disturbance oc- cured. w
 EDUCATION AND FIcHT1sa.-By law of Prussia. every child between the ages of seven and fourteen IS required to go to school and learn to read and write In lo45 there were but two persons in a hundred who could neither read nor write. 2, aia. OOO children of the 2,000,0 900 between seven and fourteen years attend school In the ssandino ar. my of ,0O0 but two soldiers are unable to rssd Tn case Of her taking part in the war, Prussia can bring into the field 800 000, and in one sepse tha best educated military force in the world.
 The Hartford Evening Press has been enlarred. and is now the size of the Times and the Courant-
 rrentice says in reference to some remarks con- ce'nins him 1.-The assertion is an unqualified lie. 'noush made by thoroughly qualified iiar.''j
 It IS said that since the death of his father WiIr ad aa D. Astor has " laid up' s1, 900 GOO year. He | Iu caiy SlouOOOOO to commence with a fact showing what may be accomplished by industry and perseverance. -~
 t: tt IS good slgn to see man wipng the perspi- raton from his face it is bad sign 10 see fellow wlping his mouth as he comes out of cellar.
 Two thousand teams and five thousand men ara on the Plains, returning from Pke's Peak. The average yleld of the gold has not exceeded fifty cents day for each man.
 child seven years old fell into a we'll sixteen rect deep, and containing five feet of water in Bnf Well 'N 'u' nerssn'
 The Farmers Bank of Bridgeport has note of T. l. bafnnms for S23, coo, and hold no securities shereior. Inc financial agent of Mir. Barnum of- fefs 70 per cent. on the face of the note for it.
 new lew, chapel for the Congregational Church in fal's Village about 30 by 50 feet in size will he fin ished and dedicated in about three weeks A east steel bell of superior tone and sweetness has been ordered. '~'D
 Ransom Tomlinson, late proprietor of the Hum- pnrey fionse In Seymour, elopcd on the 18th ult, , with the wife Of David Betts, postmaster Tomlin- son is 56 years old, and Mrs. Betts 36 Both left ' interesting families.
 The following is from the Williamson IN. C) Mercury: Persons wishing to see the editors will generally find them at the printing efice In their absence however, invitations to dine and challenges to fight, should be left either with the publisher or in our table drawer"
 Humphrey Marshall will not run for Congress 1; he says he seeks retirement. They say that the cause is, the aboinnable pro-savery course of the opposition in Kentucky; and, also, that George D. Prentice will take his place.
 A. T. Stewart. of New York, of marble palace fame, has purchased Powers Greek Slave and will set up the graven image in his store It is thought that the sight of it will suggest the purchase of more dly goods. Shrewd man, Stewart is FIRE IN BRIsToL.-On Friday evening, May 27, the barn of Charles Churchill was totally destroyed by fire, with quantity of blows and farming tools and other merchandise. in which Mir. Churchill was dealer. Loss s1200 to $500; insured for $550- paid the next day by J. P. Peck, the prompt and energetic agent at Bristol.
 Morphy writes for the Ltdgr. Bonner came down wi h such liberal offer that he didn't feel at liberty to decline,' and will write for other paper" Ire chess department will now be fea- ture of the Ladger
 A resolution has passed the N. Y. Board of Police Commissioners that policeman shall he allowed to mtddle with politics under penalty of dsmssion.
 Horace Greeley is received with great enthusiasm in Kansas. At Lawrence he was welcomed by hun dreds of men, each of whom had a copy of tho Tribune neatly folded and fastened on his hat like a plume.