Litchfield enquirer., 1860-04-26

l HE 1WO LOVEJOfS.-IHe IeceuI bpcceU OF Hon. Owen Lovejoy of Illinois, and the attempt made by the Democrats to iDtimidate and bully him into silence, have recalled the circumstances attending the death of his brother at the hands of the same stripe of men as the cOwaFdly crew who exhibited their true characters in the House on the 5th inst
 Elijah r. Lovejoy, the brother of Owen Love- joy, was native of Maine, and was graduated as Waterville College in 1928. He prac,icet law for some time in St. Louis, Mo-, but subsequent y entered the church, became an agent Of the sunday School Union, and was finally selected to t. conduct religious journal in St. Louis. In. ms editorial capacity, he maintained the right Of an American citizen to free discussion; and when free colored man was buried to death near it St. Louis, he rebuked the savage outrage ih sueh terms as it deserved and for this he was ofiveh out of the State of Missouri
 k lie next established himself at Alton, Illinois ',1" neSan Ihe publication of paper called The A"'" o0sercer. In this journal he ayowed his ,DPPosltioh to the system of Slavery, and pub .'sleu u iohg exposition of his views on the sub Ject. belhg on the border of Slave State. his "orus raiseG storm Of popular fury. and three tihes ms once was demolished and his press destroyed; but his friends promptly came fo his assistance, and replaced the prof erty off which his enemies had robbed him. in violation of law and justice. The publication of the OJserrer was therefore resumed.
 In November, 1887, Mir. Lovejoys press hay. ing been recently destroyed and new one or- dered, a meeting was called, ostensibly for the purpose of allaying excitement. but really tO in- tmdate the bold advocate of free speech. Mr. Lovejoy appeared at this meeting. and in a bril- liant and manly speech. defended the freedom of conscience and the liberty of the press Sooa after his press arrived, and on the 1th of No. vember, 1887, it was lodged in stone warehouse where Mir. Lovejoy and some of his friends took shelter, ready to defend it against the expected attack. The mob assembled the same night and fired upon the building. but failing to lislod1e the occupants, they attempted to set fire to the warehouse MT. Lovejoy went out to prevent them, when he was shot dead pierced with three buck-shot
 Mr. Lovcjoy left wife and three childrcus
 Mrs. Lovejoy stood by him nobly in his trials. and particularly during brutal assault upon him
 previous to the fatal afTray at Alton When
 Lovejoy's mother learned the tidings of his
 death, she exclaimed. 1t is well. had rather
 he should fall martyr to his cause, than prove
 recreant to his principles"
 Esy~ George Pitt of Philadelphia, treasurer of
 the democratic state committee of Pennsylvauia
 ill lo36 has testified before the corruption invss- t1gatIon committee of Congress, that he receiv-
 ed and paid out S100G0 that year for election
 eerlng purposes. It Was all paid out upon the
 written order of Col. Fonley. Of the gross amount, he received Sle5O0 from collector
 schell of New York, and Sl6.OOO from ". C. N. Swift of New Bedford the latter sum with
 the understanding that swift was to be assisted
 in obtaining heavy contracts from the govern
 ment for live oak timber. 1t will be rcfn.mber.
 ed that Mr. Swift did obtain such contracts and
 that the timber advertised for happened tD be just such as he had on hand and also that bs
 was the highest and not the lowest bidder for
 the supplies
 nssas- The impression prevails to some extent,
 and 1t is very natural that it should, that Mr.
 Potter of Nisconsin, becafse he led the Repab-
 licans in the famous keitt and Grow scriIn-
 mage two years ago, and so promptly spraBg
 to the side of Lovcjoy the other day and has
 proposed to fight Pryor with hOwIe knives. is rather desperate character. with good deal
 of the wild dash of the bOrderur in hls air and
 manners. But he is quite the contraTy. He
 was born in Maine, is the descendant of grave and pious parents his grandfather was a cler. gyman and lie is one of the most quiet and Gn- ostentatious members of the House of Repre- sentatives. Though he stands erect. and carries l his head firmly on his shoulders. he is Ous Of
 the last persons ill the House whom 2 spectator l 1 pink of the Virginia chivary with T bowie knife. 1 Potter resembles rather q sc!i-possns-cd lawyer or merchant. or even clergyman. with strong spice of the world in his composition more than 1 q Western bordarcr. So little stir ha- he made 1 in the present Congress, that several Democrat i ic members Uf the House and several Rrru',l:- can Senators d;d not even know him hy sigkt till after his affair with Pryor made him cynspic- uous.
 Eey" The official returns of the Wisconsin ju-
 dcial election, except nine remote counties foot
 up: sloan, radical republican. jl.90J DixOn.
 conservative republican, j4GHg. Slrans majDri-
 ty thus far is 29i, but the counties to be hard
 from will pretty surely elect Dixon. The etiOn
 having been claimed as q democratic triumph.
 t,oy. Randall announces throu yh tho editor Of the Milwaukee Democ,4a that Judge DixDn is a Seward republican. to his certain knowledge.
 Later return cleo Sloan by 3 majority, | A FLIGHT NoRrHwAED-A Negro m d Bad | Bor-The Chief of Police on Saturday recsiy- ed despatch from Newton Mcclure. Of Nash- vilIe Tenn, stating that his slave AleSa"bVT had absconded and Was probably OH the even inr train of cars Search was made for the fB- pitive hut he was not found, and hence t was concluded that he didn't come on that train but he did.
 Yesterday morning the negro arrived at the Louisville iail in custody of an officer from 5ey- mour Indiana where he was literally caught in a bad box Alexander says ha met white man in Nashville, Monday last, who proposed tO assist him to escape into afree state The slave accedcd, and on Saturday the white man nailed him up in an orlinary-sized dry goods box and had it shipped, per express, to :. Mr. JOhnsOE, Cincinnati, Ohio.' It was put through c. this city in nine hours and immediately taken over to the GETS at JefIersonvle, with other packages in charge of the usual messenger. At Seymour the box was depossed on the platform at the depot for reshipment to Cincinnati. It was standing on end when man threw it over for the purpose of laying down on it. The cOneus sion burst off plank and some sharp-eyed in- diyidua detected the white of the negroe eyes, which expanded to the size ofa common plate- almost. He was hauled out from his place of conceament amid the laughter and jeeTs of the | crowd which assembled, returned to this city, ! and is now in jail.
 Alexander says he has had very bad timo of it, and that it " war mighty rough way to trav- el.' Sometimes he was on his heels, and part of the transit he was standing on his head. He was badly cramped, and was without food or water for fourteen hours. The scOuBdEeI who assisted him in his flight, he says. was on the train, which may or may not be, for the slave is, evidently, from the cut of his gib great rascal: doubtless a big liar. We think it highly prob able from the nrevaricatiou of tho sIasa ef,of