Litchfield enquirer., 1860-10-18
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were parties, and consented. By the comprom. ise, Yale College settled with all the leeatees except Wabash College and Mrs. Beard, and re- ceived conveyance made by the heirs-at.law, to her treasurer, of lands valued at s9O,0Op The heirs settled with Wabash College in lands valued at $20,00O and with Mrs. Beard by nav ing her the amount given her by the terms of the Will of 1851.
 The decree sets aside both wills, and the le- gal title to all the real estate becomes, there fore, vested in the heirs-at-law. The value of the real estate remaining to them by the settle 'ment, is said to exceed $3O0,000, besides large contingent interests in lands held by other par t!es; and as the amount of personal property Qnventorled at $l78,000) is much greater than all the debts and liabilities of the estate the net amount received by the heirs is nearly. if not quite, equal to what they would have taken un- der the will of 1851.
 This case furnishes one of those rare ipstau- ces sometimes met with of heirs reforming the exposition of property made by their ancestor | ne VIII oi 1891 having made discrimination m 1avor ot some of the heirs, the preferred par tles' by consenting to have that will set aside. allowed the estate to descend to all the heirs ac- cordlns to their natural right. We also learn that the heirs have already made an amicab!s and satisfactory partition of the real estate among themselves without the intervention of courts or arbitrators.-Lyfayete (nd) Journal, Get 8.
 APPROPRIATIONS FOR CoNNEcTIcrT.-TEe fol- lowing are the appropriations to Connecticut under the law passed at the late session of Con- cress, making appropriations for Lighthouses, beacons, &c. For the re-estabshment and al- iteration of the beacon light on Long Wharf at New Haven, S2,000; for a fog-bell, to be run by machinery, at the Stratford lighthouse, sl : 200; for enabling the Light House Board un- der the direction of the Secretary of the Treas ury, to experiment. with Dabolrs and other ear signals and to lurchase the signal erected by Daboll and now in operation at New London, S6,GO0.
 The Court of Errors for Hartford County has finally rendered it's decision in the case of Mi chael Daley of Poquonnovk who killed James ONeil on Sunday, May 9th, by cutting his head open with an axe. The jury convicted Daley of manslaughter, whercupon Charles Chapman, Esq., counsel for defense filed a motion in arrest ofiudgment on the ground that the law punish ing manslaughtcr which was in force when th; offence was committed, was repealed ly tho last legislature. and that the statute enacted in its stead Was passed since the act was done so that no judgment could be rendered against the pris- oner under the authority of either statute. This point was fully sustained by the Court of Errors after full hearing. So murderer escapes scot free, for want of law to punish him.
 Flora Temple has beaten Patchen asain She won the S2,000 trot from him at Elnlra, \. I October Sd.
 FASTEST WALKING ON REcoEn.--Seycn miles within the hour has been ahout the greatest speed! in walking but Mir. Hall, in match with Mountjoy, the pedestrian, accomplished the following: One mile in seven minutes thirteen seconds two miles, fifteen minutes twenty sec onds. and four miles in thir:ytwO minutes exact ly This latter is the highest point Of speed on record
 IEIsH W1T.-0ne of our eminent lawyers. of Irish descent. was engaged some time since to defend an lriShnan who was charged with theft Assuming the prerogative of his position the counsel, in private interview with his eli ent, said to kim:
 Now, Patrick. as am to defend you, l want you to tell me frankly whether you gre guilty or not. Did you steal the goods?'
 Faith, then, says Tat, " s'pose must tell yez. l di stale 'em.'
 "Then you ought to be ashamed of yourself to come here and disgrace your country hy steal ing" said !ha honest counsel.
 In troth, S!r. D., ought, hut then # { tic7at stie. rou aanu!f}ni huce Ne homu,' onG c1e''Hof Ge|'iNH hse o5f.
 Henry Clay Dean, notorious for his filthy per son and blazphemous speech, was making De- mocratic speech in Iowa. Dean was once Chap lain of the Senate-a place that he did not grace. On the occasion of which We speak, he was repelling the charge that the Democratic party had ever misapproprated the public mon ey. "'I'e!l me-" said he, "who can, where the Democratic party ever misapplied a dollar. " l can tell r said a piping voice in the rear of the hail. Stand mp, then," cried Dean, " and let us hear your answer" Up popped tine owner of the voice. "Now, sir, tell me if you can where dollar has been wastsd?' When the Demo- cratic Senate paid Henry Clay Dean for, his prayers ', was the reply that brought down the house and silenced the reverend bssphemer. The ship Bo,cditch which arrived at New London on "Wednesday of last week, brought from the Sandwich Islands a large brass can non, which is attracting considerable curiosity. It is eleven feet eight inches in length, is fonr- teen inches in diameter at the rluzzIe. and at the breach twonty-two inches and weighs 5240 pounds Each end is adorned with elaborate fancy work, and on the top are various inscrip- tions, seeming to imply that the piece came ori- ginally from France. as the second motto in French, "The last reasoning of Kings" was or dered to be inscribed on his cannon by Louis XIV It is to be melted and worked up into or dinance or church bells.
 MEAs1SG OF TEA NAMEs-The signicatons of some of the names by which teas are known are as follows, making due allowance for the changes they undergo, in form and sound, in be- ing Anglicised: Hyson' means before the rains or hourishing spring. that is, early in the spring. "Kyson skin" is composed of the refuse of other kinds, the native term for which means tea skins" BoKea' is the name of the hills in the region where it is collected. '" Pel0e' or " Pecco," means "whte halrs = the down on the tender leaves. " "iSo"cao"g -
 ' small plant"
 A French meteoroIogist named Renou pre- diets a series of severe winters, of which the anproachiur winter is to be the first and that of 1s5l the most severe M. Renou thinks he has discovered that these groups of severe winters return in forty-one years, and that the increase of the spots on the sun indicates them. He al so finds that unusual displays of aurora borealis and frequent earthquakes, are simultaneous with the increase of spots on the sun and severe win ters.
 It was the laundering of Gen. Jo. Lane the secession candidate for the Vice Presidency that caused tie disaster to the second Indiana regi- ment at the battle of Buena Vista, and which, while it subjected that regiment to some unjust imputations of cowardice, endangered the whole American army. He is still more ignorant of the duties of statesman, and his election by any chance would be calamity only next to that of Lncoln's-N H. Ne,cs,