Litchfield enquirer., 1859-06-02


 some of the most prominent and influential c,,i. xsns . ol boston have invited Prof L. N Fowler. of the house of Fowler Wells. New York. to dsiivs~ %
 oI lectures to them on his avorite sciencea rrhrenology and Physiology. and he hss ccs,,ts5 ;t VIII arrange to commence his lectures in thsf continue till the first of July. "i'u pi00A'V WHAT KossuTH IS DorSG-A Tu,;r, ,....- .hat hossuth IS secretly at work in Sard;r;. LiS ing communication by means of emissa-;sss lii. .ne hungarian portion of the Austrian armv. r...- siro oI the whole, and the very troops which form. cry defeated the Austrans under his ar.hc.;... Already there is division and issension hst % austrian anu Hungarian commanders and final S. another reason which accounts for the tardiness S the Austrian forces. N
 we are glad to see that the members of the Is,;.. latnre are wide awake the subject of arricntnr. nu hou 70 m spirited meetir gs of their s' Farmer's Clubs. The lobby members will doubtless be ha,'' py to plough with them, in their leisure momsn.r %
 REPORT ON STATE PRIsoN-By the report of ,h. directors, 1t appears that there has been pro, s, tne state the past year, from the labor of conycts or Sl ,oIl49. There were 2O3 prisoners. i'm fine fo2 lowing proportion ''o Ao'- New Haven Co. 50 Hartford Co. 43. New Iondor Co 26, Fairfield Co. 38, Windhain Co. 12. IitchSsId 0o o 2i; Middlesex O. 6, Holland Co 2 in all 2Os.
 VI the above l67 are white males, white Ec- maies, G, ~ coloed males colored females Indiau ''' Fo,mslos naeGusEwho are employed as follows: m mahiDS ana menulDQ clothing cnnt. 1hs, "c II, Jumpers and walters To- hospital nurr |, hvaiids {, making planes 63, making rule. 91 purnlshing silver plated ware 34 making boots ami shoes 34, at smith work 19 'O'' "''1
 me following table shows the nativity, or birth place of the prisoners:
 Connecticut 96, Massachusetts 10. Rhode Isl.ni, ;, New Hampshire 1. Vermont l New York 33. Ne,- Jersey Z, Maryland 2, Delaware l. PennsyIyania s de nnessee l, Ohio l, Texas l, England 4. Ireland Ao' uefinany ', France 4, Island of St. Jago I.
 The presentation of testimonial by the New nurn Uness Club to Paul Morphy took place last evening, in the large Hall of the University m. auulencc Tn attendance was numerous and byiIIisnt t .ne room being crowded in every part Col. n mi Mead President of the Club, introduced the ceremc mes wlth few words. John Van Buren. Eso foI 11med presenting the chess. board and men to Mr. Morphy MT. Morphy made brief and exceeiino. " appropriate response. W. J. A. Fuller, Esq. on behalf of the testimonial committee. presented th. American watch, and after a few words from Mr Morphy, the aSsembage dispersed Much epthusi. great eclM. f~~ VII VII" The richest woman in New York is Mrs Tucl., widow of the late Hon. Gideon Tucker and sr..J mother ot the present Secretary of State. She has m her own right, about three fourtbs of A miIIio, beside her interest in her late husband immense s. tate' which Is all " tied up'' until after her deatL
 In searching the house of Bishop Johnson. charx Su .l'n murder, at Salt Lake, Utah. the Unitei BlgUOn. ont found therein. his ten wives Four of these wives are sisters and the Bishops own ueiccs. apd he has, besides these two sisters out of one 6af.iIv and also mother and her daughter
 FIRE IN BRIsToL.-About o'clock Fridav eve. ming, the barn belonging to Cha's Churchill. neur the depot. was totally destroyed by fire, with n quantity of blows and other farming implements. The live stock was taken out without damage L0ss Sl20O to Sl500 Barn insured for $50 by tho Charter Oak contents for $500 by the Merchants l Cause Mir. Churchill went into the barn with a lantern, the bottom of which fell out, and the blaz. communicating with the hay, was instantly beyond | control.
 | The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has recently pur. chased twenty-seven acres of land in Westchester County. They form part of the estate formerly known as the Trowbrdge farm, situated about mils from PeekskiE, on the road leading from Lakes Mo- | began and Mahopac The price was S13,OOO.
 The New Haven Pa1adiu,n says that propostious have been made by the Austrian government fOr S4O0. coo worth of the New Haven Volcanic Rcpeai. ing Rifles, or for enough 10 arm a body of lO,OCO troops.
 There is great mortality among hogs in sanea- mon county, III, some farmers losing entire droyes in single day. They live only frem fifteen to thirty minutes after showing signs of the plague It is said that Sangamon river bottom is covered with the bodies of the dead hogs.