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Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12
Italian Liberty.

The thoughts and sympathies Of all true hearts
are with the disorganized nations of Central TIA
y and the revolted provinces of the Papal do
minions In this critical hour while the Congress"
is about to assemble which is to decide the ques-
ton Of their freedom or slavery. The noble self
control which they have displayed in the hour of
their temporary deliverance from their runaway
dukes, has excited not only sympathy, but strong
confidence in their power Of selfgovernment and
the pleasing hope that if let alone they might re-
appear in the worlds history, after their occulta-
ton under the malign influence of tyranny as the
worthy successors of the luxurious Italian repu5-
lies Of the Middle Ages and of grand old Repub.
lican Rome ITSELF
That u, however, contains much weighty
matter" 1t is not to be disguised that among
the friends of freedom in both hemispheres, ex-
cepting only the ardent and sanguine Italians
themselves, there was an almost unanimous dis
trust that Congress Of the dy,aasties of Europe
would result in the ruthless extinction of these
young nations.
1t is to be acknowledged that, not for the first
time, the predictions of sanguine and enthusiast
tic" Young Italy" seem to be putting to shame
the calculations Of cool outside observers. From
the first, the tendency in Europe has been more
and more towards a liberal composition of the
body S-heso deliberations are 10 ra.arranoe tho
map OF Italy. And the arrivals of last week
bring us more hopeful news than we have ever
had before since the peace of viIlafranca
Nothing in itself of any moment, but straws that
it is shifting to the right quarter for fair wealth
er-hints Hom Napoleon of limitation of the
Papal power,-and STRINGS at the Court of St
James.
Meanwhile it is becoming every hour Of less
and less consequence what the Congress may f.
nally decide. During these few months of peace
and jubilant but orderly freedom, there are crcu
lating through Tuscany and the Legations and
the petty dukedoms, influences and sentiments
which once were treason, and which now as they
move, are crushing to a qnicksand the founda.
tions of ignorance and superstition on which men
have hoped to rebuild the old fabric of despo-
tism The Esriles are coming back to preach in
their old homes the doctrines of conservative
and constitutional freedom which ten years Of
bitter experience have not been in vain to teach
them 1ncendiary books, like About's "Rornan
Question" circulate freelyin italian version. And
there are greater and more momentous influences
at work than these as is sufficiently indicated bv
the most competent testimony of the Rev. Ed
ward Everett Hale of Boston, now in Italy. Mr..
Hale says that he finds that the people liberated
from priesty rule, instead of lapsing into irreli-
gion, have in multitude of instances set them
selves in search of pure Christianity. Whole
towns are known and recognized as Protestant
toa0ns, in which regular meetings, in
fact,-have been organized for the study of the
scriptures and for mutual instruction.
Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12

s9- The American Rail1ay Reuisu is one
Of the most interesting literary and scientific
journals that we receive. It is published by a
Railway Bureau in New York, an contains a
large amount Of matters pertinent to railways
and engineering. 1t has lately been enlarged
and has added Mr.. A. L. Holley, the son of GU,
Ex-Governor Holley, and the Correspondent Of
the New York Times Tubal CAIN to its corps
editorial
Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12
Communication.
LONGEVITY IN LITCHFIELD.

LONGEVITY IN LITCHFIELD.
Mr.. Humphrey The following list of per-
sons over the age of 10 years, who have died here
since the LIST. of January 1850, is extracted from
a Record kept for many years, by a particular
and observing old Lady-and on a careful exam.
ination, with few additions it is believed to be
correct and worthy of publication. If you con
cur with me in this opinion, 1 hope you will give
it an insertion in the Enquirer, and thus crafty
many of your readers. B.
Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12

No. We have received copy Of the Nor.
folk Almanac for 1860, from Hon. s. D. North
way. II contains much valuable town and coun-
y statistics, and q an interesting and entepri.
sing county document.
Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12

A@ Who is Mr.. Lyman, Mr.. Harrison, and
NJ. Bacon p Winsted Herald.
They are Congregational Clergymen in Itch.
field Consolation South. If the Editor Of the
Herald confomed more strictly to the good old
New England custom of "going to meeting
regularly, he would probably have learned before
this
Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12

The sewing machine factory of Wheeler &
Wilson at Bridgeport is in operation only five
hours per day. for the reason that there is at the
present time but little demand for the machines.
Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12

DG We publish this week large number Of
" Cards" from various clergymen in the County
expressive Of thanks to their people for wood
spells" donations visits" &C., &C. of which they
have been the recipients We are glad to sec
our ministerial friends in such high feather
Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12

E The Tribune recommends that the time for
the meeting Of the Republican National Com
mittee be changed from june 18th to ON earlier
date. We inlasine working Republicans in
Connecticut VII be better satisfied with On earli-
eT decision Of who shall be candidate But We
can wait.
Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12

B95- We have received the new and hand
some Map of Ltchfeld County, published by
Richard Clark, ESQ.,, Of Philadelphia and we
understand that it is now ready for distribution
in the County. 1t seems to be certainly all that
the Publishers promised-is accurate, compre
hensive, and handsomely printed, and contains a
separate map of each town of the County, with
views OF various handsome residences in almost
every village.
1t will now be distributed to subscribers as
rapidly as possible, until all are supplied. Those
Others DESTROYS of possessing copies, will dc
we'll to bespeak them at once, as there are a
few extra copies only for sale,
Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12

Nc The Homestead, of which we spoke a
week or two since, as the ablest agricultural
journal in the land, and our oun, appears in a
new form and dress, which, however neat and
tasty, don't suit us half as we'll as the neater
and more tasty appearance which it had before
1t looks too much like the old Home Mission.
arvi
Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12

1@~ We are pleased to notice the increased
prosperity and abundance of our sprghtly cotem
porary, The Waterbury american, which this
week comes to us enlarged and otherwise i'm
proved, and has now wider field to "blaze with
its serried columns" We understand Mr.. Cooke to
be the eldest in the editorial fraturnity of our
State, and as we suppose we are about the Young.
est, our compliments can only take the vein of a
natural and hearty respect, ever due from the
younger to the fathers of the press" Most
heartily do we wish the enterprising proprietors
oil success. "
Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12

D% We learn from the American, that a
presentation ola handsome service of plate, con-
ssting of massive silver pitcher, ten silver COB
lets lined with gold anda beautiful silver salver
was given to CHAs. WATERBURY, ESQ.,, the popu-
lar superintendent Of the Naagatuck Railroad
by his employees on the LIST of January. Mr.,
Conductor BEERS made the presentation speech
to which Mr.. Waterbury made feeling and OPP.
propriate reply, after which the givers and the
guests we're invited to partake of boantiful en-.
tertainment, at which Mr.. Waterbury and his
lady made all feel at home by their hospitality
and kind attentions. Perhaps we may be per-
mitted tosay, without any disrespect, that Mr.
Waterbury will require no greater appetizer
about these times, to enable him to eat off his
gold plate, than a ride over his anti-dyspeptic
road from Litchfeld to Waterbury!
Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12

Prince & Co., melodeon manufactures, and A.
Weingartner, photographer, and others, and near
ly destroyed the premises. Other buildings on
the right and left were slightly injured. The
buildings burnt were occupied by various par
ties. Loss about $500, 0oO-mostly injured.
York, and the newspapers estimate that one hun.
dred thousand persons were mounted on skates in
that city last Monday. The Evening Post under
stands that no less than six hundred thousand
pairs of skates have been sold in the market this
fall. This is by far the largest number ever
known to have been disposed of there in one sea-
son. The supply of English skates is very near
ly exhausted.
SKATING has certainly become an i" institution. -
On Monday, Dec. 26th, from 800 to 1000 ladies
and gentlemen had grand skating carnival
on one of the ponds near Birminghum. In the
afternoon the Birmingham Brass Band visited the
pond, and played for the party for three hours
Mr.. PECK, the defaulting Treasurer of the State
of Maine, was first minister, (pastor of the Cas-
CO, street church in Portland y then editor of a
Temperance paper then went INTO politics, and
was in 1856 chosen to his late position. His de-
cline has been rapid and marked. One of his
bondsmen is Neal Dow.
MIRABEAu B. LAMAR, ex-President of Texas and
late minister to Central America, died at Rich
mond, Texas. on the 18th ult., Of apoplsxy.
The daughter of a late distinguished physician
of Philadelphia, has gone into . convent, taken
the veil, and given to the Institution her whole
property, amounting to $4,000
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TIE PIkK,s PEAK GnIn nrenrrxA %,

The Fixes PEAK GOLD DI6GEHs cores
pondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette writing from
Denver City, under date Of September Is, says:
met an old acquaintance yesterday, who has
spent the whole of the past summer and the pre-
vlous season hard at work in the various z gnps
and yet Is poorer to-day than W hen he rst earn,
here, In May, 1859. He is frugal and industrious
but has only drawn blanks in the mining lottery
Within an hour after he left me encountered
another old friend, just In from the same yuch
He has spent only four months in the diyyings
but has cleared several thousand dollars de
gives an excellent illustration Of the uncertainty
of gold mines. Early in the season he owned d
claim In California Gulch, which Welded him
one hundred and fifty dollars above ex penses and
was then exhausted The claim adjoining, upon
one side, yielded four thousand dollars that UPON
the other so far from paying anything involved
Its owners in debt more than thousand dollars
II ne usual fall caravans Of returning pilgrims
are now leaving daily for the Missouri river
some OF the miners are taking In their piles;
but they are outnumbered, ten to one by those
who clrry less, or, at all events very little more
money than they brought out. Passengers are
tiken from here TO Leavenworth and St. Joseph
by horse and mule teams for from twelve to fifteen
dollars each, finding themselves; and from
twenty-five to thirty, board included The trim
occupies from eighteen to twenty-five DAYS and
gives more riding for the same money than he can
obtain In any other region west Of the railroad.
The distance 10 abou. seven hundred miles"
The following passage, from the same letter
perhaps explains some Of the extraordinary stories
which have been told In times past in relation 10
Immense ''nugge1:n "' !
"a gentleman starting for Leavenworth last
saturday. decided to take in his gold in one lump
rather than in dust. So he employed a skilfi,i
workman TO melt 1t and mould Ii In the sand INTO
anlrfeguiar mass, bearing very close resemblance
10 natural nugget. Its value was about twenty.
four hundred dollars. The report obtained ere.
dence that 1t had been taken out Of the Georgia
Gulch, and caused a great deal of excitement
Hundreds of persons examined it, ~few Of whom
were coafident that Ii was manufactured, while
many were absolutely certain that 1t was genui ne
pointing out what they deemed incontesfible evil
dence OF 1t, acd Offering to back their opinions
by wa2ers IT will no doubt produce fur gre on
the river; and before you receive this letter, in
teigenee OF the arrival of the great twenty -fouI
hundred dollar nugget at Leavenworth will prob
aoly reach you by mail or telegraph. The lar ges,
worth about Sl2s. Manufacturing nuggets is an
Old Old gams which has frequently been played in
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MEDICINES.
AYERS SARSAPARILLA

Ia
Is concentrated extract OF Para Sarssp.r,ll. m
oombined with other substances of s,iIi srestey
oT the d sss aa 3fd AZ eG Ssys .1,ao.e
Such reIne y Is surely wanted hI those who suf-
will accomplish their cure musi prove 81 ,mrense
service TO this iarse GLASS Of our afflicted fellow
ei,izsns. 9. HOW comp eteiy thls o.msoand will DO
worst cases 10 30 found in the following oom-
Scrofuls snd scrofuIous complsint,, Eruption,
and Eruptve Diseases, Ulcers, Pimples, Blotohes,
fumors, sat Rheum, scsid Head, syphilis and
NssfssIs or Tic bcaionseGE. DsbliIty, b,speS,,
,sanIs sa and tSd.sssi1on, Ery.iPslas H..s or = An
PlsInts arising from Impgrity OF the Blood.
This compound will be found great promoter Of
wsoS sse " n sis The e ss iOo
the year. BJ the timely expulsion Of them msny
on sg the ala q In sss sss
selves from the endursnce Of foul er1ptions and nj
g nd itsef of corqptions assisted % do this
through the natural channels of the body bt an al
whenever you hnd its impurities bursting through
me shln IN plmpies eroPtions, or sores cleanse it
veins; cleanse IL whenever It ia foul ard your feel
lngs VIII tel you when. Even where no particular
for o IbSos the snS blood
hsalthJ and al IL well; but with this pabulum Of
Sooner or later sonethinr must go wrona, and the
great machinery Of NE s dlsordered or oyerhrovn.
Dur,ng late years the Putllc have been plsled by
OF Ssrsapariila Tor one dollar Most of these have
been frauds upon the sick for they not onlv contain
little any SarsaparIs but often no cursti We prop
erties vhaieveI. Hence, bitter snd painful disap-
polntment has followed the use Of the various ex-
tracts Of Sarsaparlla which food the market, until
the name Itself L. justly desplsed, and hsf become
sy nony nous Of imposition and cheat live call
this compound Sarsaparilla, aud intend 20 supply
suoh q, remedy as shall rescue the name from The
load OF ooioquy which rests upon IL. And we think
We hsce grolrd for believing it has virtues which
are irresislble by the ordinary Of the diseases
Prensrac n, n1 N aypp 4 IN t.~,
Mass. Price 81 per bottle; six bottles in pack
age IS. se IS-eolm
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THE WINANs STEAMER-Anoths, Shin to D..
Bsth-Ths OCEAN to BE- Crossed IN Fius Davs =
The Baltimore correspondent Of the New rlea ma
Picayune says: have learned, upon AUTHORITY
that admits Of no doubt, that Thomas Winans
Esq, propEsetor and inventor Of Winansi new
steamer, designs, at an early period, building
another vessel on the same plan, on much b laryeS
scale. She will be between fve and six hundTed
feet long, proportioned otherwise TO correspond
1t Is confidently known by Mr.. winans and some
OF his special friends that the experimental steam
er now built has made thirty miles an hour with
ease, on some Of her private trial trips, thus per
fectly satsfying Mr.. w. In regard 70 speed. His
great ambition 10 to the Atlantic In We days
or less tmo and In anticipation Of 90 great ri.
umph In ocean steam navigation. he Is determined
70 build another ship. She will be next I'm size
70 the Great Eastern. Mr.. Winans has set his
wnoie heart upon psrfecting this enterprise and
being worth ten TO twelve millions of dollars win
pare no expense In SO doing. IL no other benefit
should RESULT from II, he considers he In doing
good IN being instrumental In giving employ.
ment TO poor laborery and deserving niecbanics
NO better means could be adopted In bestowing
Snafity, or In inanifesting approved Qualities Of
oenevolence Mr.. w. has stlll quite number of
WoIkmen employed making new improvements
on his present steamer. He runs her out every
rev DAYS, and each time finds these i'm mproyements
70 wosk satisfactorily His vessel is Quite an oh.
lecs o. curiosity: Nearly all strangers coming 10
baisimore pay 1t visit. :. - --e y
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THO OUSANDS on CASES
EAGLE IRON WORKS,
IL CoRNkR ONO Av. AND THIRTEENTH ST.


The undeIsIsnsd have been appointed sole agents
IN this city for the manufacture and sale above
Engines. and prepared to supply all orders with
ProInpiness and dispatch. These engines have
been satisfactorily introduced, and now practi-
cally employed in bakeries; by bookbinders; for
lockwood cutting; by cabinet makers; for drawing
fan blowers to ventate buildings; for pumping; for
domestic purposes; eevating grain; glass cutting;
ginning cotton; grinding quartz; grinding paints;
grinding sugar cane on plantations in Cuba; for
hoistlng; for knitting nsghines; by manufacturers
OF ed ware; OF printers material, of silver ware
OF agricultural implements; of matches; of hooped
skirts; for pumping at railroad stat and board
ships; for sewing mashines; for job printing and
printing daily newspapers; for var Ons plantation
uses; for saving and plsnIng Lumber; for picking
hair; Tor polishing combs for shoemakers' uses for
sand sitting; turning; tobicco cutting and pulver
lz!ng; In tanneres and making shments;
for soda water mauufacture; for bone crushing;
malt mashlng; towing; grinding cutlery, &c. They
are lnexplOsive; economical; easily managed; they
require no engineers; use no water; aud consume
very little fuel. Any per desirous of using these
Engines, can by application to the undersigned be
shown large number of testimonials from persons
satisfaction in their operation aud use
Prices OF the Engines as established by the Pat
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Herribie Condition Of the Michigan Jails
and Hsspitals.

That estimable lady, Miss Dorothea Dix, whose
Efforts In behalf Of the suffering aud the erring
haye produced many radical changes I'm the con-
olson Of penal and charitable institutions has
exsnded her travels into Michigan. The prompt
assistance Of humane men Of that region enabled
hes 10 invest gate the evils Of the State system of
p1nishments and charities. The deyelopmsnts Ia
Seich have resulted from this visit are dfsgrace-
~ to the State. From long srpsse In the De-
..-frVit papers we select the following: = .
-. t"Preyious to her visit to Detroit, MIss nj.
ltopped al atkalamazoo to examine the State Asylum
80 70 shs ,nszae AT this place she met the Rev DR.
sDumefd, who accompanied her in her Inspection,
poth at that place and In this CITY She expressed
great satisfactton at the condition Of affairs az
Kalamazoo, and complimented the supe rintenS emf
apon his sdministrafion The rsai statem.nt ~
1he case Is more complimentary 10 the head Of the
establishment than 70 the State administsation.
=. Which gains the credit, for among other facts
% Skought light was the very mt one that
no money has been furnished for the equipment
- support Of the Asylum within two years and
ssAhzt over s3e,0oo has been borrowed In Wal
and other usurious localities 70 ksep ths
establishment alive. -
= ''Ariying In Detroit, the work o., inspection
was continued without a momenps delay Tbe
jail, long eye-sore and pest 10 the cemnunity'
received in share Of ard, and was pronounced
as we have time and again pronoanced IT, one OF
equals In the United states The system Of herd.
Ing all ages and classes Of criminals together TO
the inevitable ruin Of the fortuna children and
the less culpsble criminals,s who are thrown
within the corruPting influence, excited her In.
dignauon and earnest remonstrspce, while the
ease with which the sexes obtained conversational
intercourse was equally reprobafed. -
rnere We're about two hundred paupers In tbe
At ayne, in various stages Of filth and
laxineks and the condition Of the place in regard
70 cleaniiness was not deemed very creditable 10
= see sesper The fault: In this department, in the
- Rieion oi t6e eminent phiianthropist who super.
>~~49ded % inspection, might be remedfed bv
~ zo1fnd attention TO the objection that too much
Nv cleanliness would make the place tno in.
- e1n she urged that the contrary sff,ct vonia i
, ss fined Her theory, undoubtedly derived
xnctcal observation, wss that th,s, nranis
- uccustomed 70 live In aish and w,rrschpe rsyp.s
- md neafnea and compulsory clesniiness !.
. bore ar, aous taan any other thai coold hs.
- I'd upon them-n Il = - - - 'e
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!. iDrA few night ago, Mrs. John Fp,l ~.
lives In Guyan township, Virginia, awoIe bes
husband, and insisted on his examining the bed !.
eiothing, TO remove locnst which she was conf.
Gent was concealed In them. He searched them
once, but discovered nothing, and went 70 slesn
sgain. But Mrs. Fulk was not TO be satisasd
seen Soen she insisted on q second examination. and
,ni: time Mr.. Fulk discovered rattle ke three
fss ,nsee inches In length, snugly eusconced in
'''A''fes: The reptile was speedily dispatched.
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UFagnani, now In Faris, has been painting a
portrait OF Lord Byron from miniature printed
at Venice In 1870, and given by the poet to Ma
dame de Botssv. then the Countess Guiccioh, and
Boissy, as we are advised, pronounces Fagnani's
copy the best portrait Of Lord Byron In ex-
istence. The face, we learn from one who hi s
seen II, is very beautiful, although some think
efeminate; the collar is turned down, and the
figure is wrapped in cloak of Gordon plaid.
Two copies Of Il have been ordered already
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:, u During the performance of the octoroon n,
ns me snsa,,e % In Portland, Me, in the scene where
astonished both audience and actors nv ,n.h;uc
upon the stage and ssizing Zoe fMiss K}mhssins
shouting a out In highly excited manner, "aoId
ground railroad. Fly. ay with ms ,ns under
safe. Come to Canada, to the posse.s,on. are ns
Queen victoria, and you will be fre- p. .,
free" Manager Macfarland soon set the thin es ::
to rights and the excited gentleman len tie
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THE HULL OF THE LADY ELGIN.-The Chicago
Herald and Times says that portion Of the ill.,
fated Lady Elgin which was not shattered to
pieces by the collision with the Augusta, Is now
riding at anchor opposite winetka, in the very
track Of vessels sailing up and down the Lake
This is portion of the hull forward of the wheel
tached to the chain cables, which fell overheard
when she went down.
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ID The formidable gang Of rufians known as
the Schuylkill Rangers, which once infested
Philadelphia, has been brokef up. Four or five of
the fellows have reformed, Others have gone to
sea, the remainder have just been arrested.
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Bppxs DRArH OF An AcroR-The meu,hs,,
~ ooktbs Knnkel and Moxley theatrical coyps bsvs
= Loo one Of their popular young members Iorsoh
~ 9Ttwsllis, who died Suddenly az Petersburg w .
y Monday night He retired to bed In good
e1 His parents reside in New York, and he
.ye v "a ycsn u aRe.s1U vSefp 4 :