Litchfield enquirer., 1860-11-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

i-x< As sFws NEWS OF THE WEEK.
 zBr TIE arrival of tho Pony Express at Forl Kearney yesterday afternoon, we are pat in pos session of California advices to the 14th inst The returns of the Presidential Election were not vet complete, but enough had been received lit was thought, to put the success of the Repub- licans, beyond doubt Oregon, too, according to fife latest adyices, was believed to have gone the same way.
 l RESIGNATION or JUDGE TAxEy-It is said that Judge Fancy has resigned at last. He is s3 years old. fAttorney General Black doesn t get the office, it is not likely that Caleb Cushing will have it, after his Palmetto flag exhibitions. PRESIDENT LIScoLS-A great celebration was had at Springfield, (Hl) last week. There was vast gathering of people and in the evening a general illumination. When the Procession reached Mir. Linceln's residence, he was called out and cheered in tremendous way. He spoke as follows. More appropriate remarks could have hardly been uttered. Read them: FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS II thank you for the kindness and compliment of this call. I thank you, in common with all others, who have thought fit by your votes, to endorse the Republican cause. Applause. Irejoice with you in the success which has 30 far attended that cause. [Applause.] Yet, in all our rejoicing, let us neither express nor cherish any harsh feel r ings toward any citizen who by his vote has diff fered with us. Loud cheering.] LET US AT ALI. TIMES REMEMBER THAT ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE BROTHERS OF COMMON COUNTRY, AND SHOULD DWELL TOGETHER IN THE BONDS OF FRATERNAL FEELING Immense applause. Let me again beg yon to accept my thanks, and to excuse me from further speaking at this time. .H.
 THE ELECTION for town officers in HARTFORD, on Monday resulted in the triumph of the clean Republican ticket with the exception of Oliver D. Seymour for collector) by majorities ranging about 400. est. j.. a. e- -ts
 WATERBURY, lad named Thomas Corcoran, about twelve years of age, was arrested by officer Morris. on Monday, charged with stealing sum of money from the house of James Corcoran.-- He was taken before Justice Paul, found guilty of the offense, and sent to the county jail for thirty days. Though young in years, he seems to be old in crime, having been in Litchfeld jail within a year, for stealing knives from the American Knife Company, at Plymouth Hollow. --Aanerican. t.. l..,r .... ...,.,. r,...., f.
 THE GREAT storm of Saturday and Sunday night last, was very severe throughout the coun- try, and especially upon the sea coasts and the lakes. Several vessels were lost on the latter, and numerous marine disasters are reported. It was the most terrific gale on Lake Erie which has occurred this year. tl.. F....
 TIE CITIZENS of Naugatuck have offered re- ward of $l GOO for the detection and conviction of the incendiary who fired the dwelling house in process of erection for +. P. Thompson, Esq, on the morning of the 7th inst. a., .er
 TnE STUDENTS at Harvard are getting very ull- ruly and President Felton has a very hard time of it; he will go back to writing superclious articles for the North American Review. A fight occurred between Freshmen and sopho- mores faculty expelled five sophomores the class took up the quarrel of their mates hitch ed rope to an express wagon and drew the ex- pelled five around Cambridge square in triumph stopping before the Presidents house to empha- size the insult to him by special acclanations
 SUDDEN DEATH IN BRIsroL.-I'he wife of Richard Blakeslee was found dead on Wcdncs- day morning on West Street, in the neighbor. hood of the Baptist church. She was woman of incorporate habits, and was probably walk ing on the sidewalk, and coming to descent in the path stumbled and fell. Her face law in a little pool of water beside the path-not over half bucket full, but sufficient probably to strangle her. -
 DANIEL E. HoLcoMB of Tarriffvile, Clerk of the House of Representatives at New Haven last May, and assistant clerk at Hartford during the session of lSa9, died at TarriAvlle on Tuesday. His disease was typhoid fever Mir. H., though young man of about twenty four, was known and much esteemed by numerous friends in all parts of tho State. He was son of Edmund Ho!comb of Salmon Brook. --a AAlAAN H. A>h"CIMs f" "esaltNy gentleman from Tennessee, whilo on visit to St. Louis made the acquaintance of an operator, who pass ed by the name of Washington L. Johnson, and claimed to be the owner of some new and very valuable blocks of buildings in the city Seem ingly by accident, he exhibited package of drafts and mortgages, and in the course of a few days proposed that Mir. Newcum should join him in enlarging the speculation. On Saturday MT. N.advanced s2O.0OO upon the securities held by Johnson, and on Monday the gentleman was missing. The securities were soon discov- cred to be fictitious. f @a s,
 BANK MOVEMENTS IN NEW YoRK-The asse
 ciated banks of New York have resolved te
 make common the whole stock of specie in theil
 vaults, amounting to. $20O00,oOO, for the pur
 pose of liberal expansion, and also that the
 condition of each bank shall be reported dail,
 at the Clearing House. It was also resolved
 that after the lst of February every bank shal
 have on hand an amount of specie equal to one
 fourth of its nett liabilities, and that any banl
 falling below that proportion shall not mak,
 loans or discounts until its position is reestab
 lished They also adopted the project report ed fer seven per cent. scrip to the amount o five mill ons, in denominations of five and te, thousand each, to be used in the settlement O Fl