Litchfield enquirer., 1859-06-16

5 | that he is in favor of English neutrality only be- cause he knows that if England should interfere it would be on the side of the Austrians. His own sympathes are naturally with the Italians, and it is currently reported that he is about going to Genoa and he is confident that if England and Russia will continue to stand aloof Austria will be badly beat en.
 horrible poisoning case has just come 10 light at Montague, Sussex county, N. J. A doctor named Wiciham induced ntan named Cote to have his wifes life insured for $4 ,000, and she was to be confined in short time, they arranged that she should be poisoned during her sickness, and that the insurance money should be divided between them. Dr. Wickham, however, chauced not 10 be present when she was confined, and another physi- clan was called in, who left the mother and tllJd doing we'll, In about a week Wckham called. and took occasion to administer something to the wo- man, who died in twenty minutes afterwards Ar ter she had been buried, it transpirct through the investigation of the Insurance Company that Wick ham had given her large quantity Of arsenic The husband confessed the whole transaction. Wick ham, at the last accounts, WAS at larye
 Four children have died in one week in single family in Hartford, and a worthy German couple are thus rendered chi,less Scarlet fever carried off all their ewcls and the four were buried in one grave.
 The Cincinnati Commercial says that Richard Cobten, the British statesman, used the following language in that city:
 '.Ihere is a marked difference between your two parties in this country. Democrat swaggcrs in | as if the government belonged to him a Republi- | on the contrary, hesitates, doubts and acts AS if victory were too good for him. The one uttc,s
 earlessly the most atlocious sentiments as if they were merit; the other apologiscs for the cxprcs sion of the most striking truths. Your lcpub cin party lacks platA."
 The largest mirror ever imported into this coun-
 try has just been received from Palis for the Fifth Avenue Hotel, now in process of completion. Its dimensions 66 by 1SS inches, and its cost excu- sive of frame, about S1 800. No ship was large enough to admit it between decks, and so it was brought as part of deck lo;ld This glass is 10 be placed in the dining-room opposite the entrance
 from the main corridor, where it can be displayed 10 the best advantage. The contract for looking. glass
 plates for this large hotel amounts to about S1 coo the cost of silvcring and frames will increase the amount to near S3O,0O0 Journal of Ctmmerce.
 NEW MILFoRD.-A boat club has recently been formed hcgc for rowing upon the Housatonic. An persons has been ordered at 1ngersolls, New York, and will be put upon the river as soon as finished, which will proi,abl be about the 20th inst. She is to bear the Indian name of the township, Weeanti. nogue. Why cannot this little enterprise be mta- ted ill the Eeighborng towns upon the river and thus very pleasant feature be a;ld,d to OUT sum rler attractions The uniform uf the club is to blue flannel shirt white pantlloons, black btlt and straw hat, with ornamented ribbon. The gal lant tars thcre are fourteen of them) will cut quite a nautical hgure.-HcpaGlicdn.
 A barn belonging to MT. w. G. Bates at Ashley Falls. Mass, and occupied by NJ. H. Wickwire. was burned on Friday night of last week, and rair of valuable horses, harnesses, &c., were consumed.
 H. M Burnham. of Bristol. has been appointed Deputy Sheriff of Hartford County, rice s. k. Grid ley, resigned.
 As MT. W. H. L. Barnes, of New York. formerly of Springfield hastily coming up the ransw,v of ship in which he had just arrived a that port from Europe, he nit his le;,d, iang back ilsrnsi ble and although this occurred month since. ii is said he has not recovered from the accident and fears are entertained tla it will he permanent injury to the brain. n.-Sprngied 2epulcn.
 Another detachment of some 40 boys and girls, 1 from to 14 years of age, reclaimed from the street of New York, and then broken of idle aud vicious | habits, were taken to homes in the west day or two since. society for such an object, is of the nobest that ever attracted human sympathy.
 The great number of French and Sarlinian office who were shot in the late attle in Italy. is atyio uted to the shaIp-shooters of tle 1yro in the Aus trian servicc-wllo are said to be famous ma"ksmen and has led to the order for officers to take of
 their cpauettcs and other attractive parts of their military dress, so as not to be 50 conspcious on the field of battle. HEAVY FLEEcBs-Mr John Welton of this town (Watervillc) few days since, sheared two co.%e,s one of which, eleven months old, gave Q flee. weighing eight pounds, and tho other, two yeas old, one weighing pounds. If any enc cin beat tnlS. considering DOtn WCSilt, We SLtii tainly feel sheepish = Faterju,y Jouf..ei.
 The Cleveland Paindealer tells a horrible story of a returning party from Pike's Peak losing some of their number by starvation, and gradually bccom
 ing 50 desperate by hunger that they drew lots, and actually killed one of their number, young man upon whom the lot fel and use'l his body for Iood
 A Newfoundland dog, lclonginS to Moses Y. Beach, Esq.,, of Waingforl. Conn, went recently toa pont about mile from the house, plunged in and caught two immense lamprey eels, clrryiug them through the street to his kennel where he proceeded to devour them. When dlscovered noth- ing remained of the fish but their heads and DOT ton of a tail. Possessed of so valuable an assist ant, young Beach thinks of going into the lamprey eel business.
 gsP A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL OWNED BY HIS CnuRou-In Augusta, Ga there is a colorcd Bii'- list Church, which has been presided oyer Ter some time by black man, slave. Recently hls con gresaton raised money, and bought him.
 This we think is very sensible plan. If the price of niggers should happen to rse some EeleSy might be conveniently detected, and he could pe funds. In most churches, they simply turn their pastors out to starve without any such incidental advantages -Pru Mrad.
 The Davenport Qowa) Democrat says that an of ficial letter from kossuth to Hungarian exile at that place has been received rellesting him to take immediate steps toward emburking for Hungary. From the tenor of the letter it would appear that Kossuth was engaged in raising an army.
 ouTnAGEs ON AMERICAN MISSIONARIES IN TUR- KsY.-The Levant Herald of April, 59, an English paper, printed at Constantnople gives the following account derived from correspondent, Of an outrage committed by Turkish soldier on Dr. P'ettyman, an American missionary :-" When returning to Shuma from a short ride in the suburbs, he tDr. P) came upon park of artillery, planted on the roadside and guarded by sentinel at each extrsln ity Attracted by this unusual spectacle, he reihea in his horse about ten paces from the cannon to ex inc into the cause, when his meditations were ter minated by a cruel blow from the sabre of one of tbese sentines. aimed at his heai put cu..lng ; tbronph inc clothes and muscles oi his arm down to the bone. severng the nerves of the thumb and index fingers, by which they are completely para lysed.'
 The Mansion House, at Salem, Mass, was de-