Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Percy, A. B. Everett; with power to appoint sub stitutes.
 NEWS OF THE WEEK. The Republican State Convention which met at Hartford, yesterday, have unanimously renomi- hated the old ticket for State officers Gideon Welles and E. K Foster were chosen delegates at large to the National Convention, and new State committee were appointed, o. J. Wolcott of Norfolk, representing this county. Further particulars next week.
 RAILROAD AccIDESr-THE DEATH OF BMpE.-A serious accident occurred on the Hudson River Railroad, Wednesday evening" The express train from Albany was delayed by an accident to the machinery of the locomotive, few miles below Sing Sing. The train stop- ped, and fagman was sent back to notify a following train, but did not get far enough to stop it in time, and the locomotive ran into the express train. shivering the cars to atoms- There were about twenty passengers in the car, of whom half, were more or less injured. Among the. passengers in this car were Mir. Thomas w. Field, of Brooklyn, and his wife, late Miss Anna futile, principal of one of the Brooklyn l schools. Mrs. Field was injured so that she died in short time. She was the bride of day. Mrfand Mrs. Field were married in the morn ing, and were on their way to Washington and the Southern States for bridal tour.
 THE N. Y. Commercial understands that Ia- dy Franklin will pay visit to that city within few weeks, and that she will be the guest of a leading citizen, distinguished for his phan- thropic exertions in prosecuting the search for Sir John Franklin
 GANG ot young men ct, areGff aiirzeu as band K thieves, and including, the papers say, sprout ,n from some of the most respectable families il
 the city, has been discovered in New Haven.- ;r No names appear as yet.
 ON Saturday, the noon train from New York :. on the New York and New Haven Railroad :. was thrown from the track near Milford ,s by the breaking of an axle. The baggage ca "a was turned upside down, and although nine gen If temen were in the car at the time, all escape, h. unhurt except the expressman, who received
 few slight bruises. The first passenger car wa
 thrown down an embankment of twenty five feet
 but caught before reaching the bottom Tn , second car was turned on to it's side The tw,
 last cars were left on the track. There were 25 passengers on the train, and all escaped seriou ,o injury.
 l. "MoRE RU1N.'-One of our largest manufac if turing establishments, which stands at the hea,
 of it's business in the country, and sells all ove | the world, and whose managers are patriotical
 concerned for the salvation of the Union, receiy
 ed the other day, as an appendix to one of thei numerous Southern orders, paragraph some
 thing like the following:
 "Are you Republican? If you are, neve IT, mind. So long as we can buy of you twenty-fv, per cent better than any one else we shall dt - it.'
 That tells the whole story People sell be '' cause they can sell cheapest, not because the, '' live at the North or South-N IT. Journal, e TIE IMPENDING CR1s1s.-Six large truck load l. of dry goods were sold by an. Asylum street IS house to a firm in Macon, Ga., yesterday, ant
 will start for their destination to-day Will some q of the bolters at the Meriden Convention put d that into their pipe and set fire to it?-Cour - dnt. -..
 Y FORTY children were sent West on Wednes t day. under the auspices of the Childrens' Aid r Society. A poor lad, who had lately lost his
 mother, excited much interest by simple but af l. fecting incident. He was putting aside the old l. cap he had worn, and was observed to take out ,- the lining and place it in his pocket very care V fully, while tear stole down his cheek. It was
 the only memorial of his mother having origin ally formed part of her dress, and he wished to
 preserve it.
 II WE notice recent decision of Judge Collins, :, of the Hamilton Common Pleas, in suit for a
 trunk lost on the Little Miami Railroad or one of its connecting roads. The defense of the
 Railroad was that it was not proven that the
 trunk was lost on the Little Miami Railroad. The
 decision was that the check given for the bag gage was evidence of contract, which was
 binding on all the connecting roads, jointly and
 severaly-and that the loser may have his ac- ton against either or all, not being bound to prove on which road the loss occurred.
 THE ice boat so much talked of for winter
 navigation on the upper Mississippi, was put in to successful operation at Prairie du Chien, Wis,
 on the llth, and made trial trip to Lafayette.
 thirty two miles, in two hours and ten minutes,
 returning in two hours, and carrying twenty pas sengers.
 # FIFE Supreme Court of Appeals in Virginia 5 has affirmed the judgment of the Circuit Court of Richmond, which decided that inspectors of
 four spirits, cotton and other articles of freight have no right to retain samples as perquisites of
 office The decision was called out by suit
 against flour inspector, who, it appears, had, In
 the course of few years, accumulated from drafts of flour taken from barrels, quantity valued at s25,0Qo, including interest,