Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1860-07-05

that about 10000 people were present.
The adulteration of gold coins is being carri-
ed to an alarming extent, and the New York
banks are startled to find considerable uuanti-
ty OF the coins in their own vaults. The ten
dollar pieces are now chiefly acted upon. About
$500 of value is taken out of the center nv
splitting. and the size and weight Of the origin
al is then made up with platna, which being of
greater specific gravity than gold, defes detec-
ton by the old method of the scales and nitric
acid. Indeed, there is not known a ready means
of detecting these coins. They come in daily
to bank, sometimes fifty or sixty dollars in a
package Of $4,000.
A woman in Detroit has brought an action
against her husband to recover wages as a do.
nestle. 1t seems he procured divorce from
her eight months ago. She knew nothing about
it, and lived with him performing domestic du-
ties, etc. One bright morning he told her of
the divorce, and much exasperated she seeks to
punish him. XIX.
A constable at Williamsport, Ind, has been
fined $3.50 for breach of promise for not marry
ing woman whom he had won as the 'fyer,
to game of old sledge. The woman put her
self up against his $50, and was bound he should
have her.
On the Is. of June 1860, the state debt OF
New Hampshire was S50,0s7.
SPLIT as. SrL1r.-On the subject of rail-split-
ting, some one perpetrates the following
"Abe and his rails !" O, worse than idle tale
We Democrats can lay you on the shelf
Boast OF man who's only split rail
Our good old party's gone and spill itse!fi
THE CASE STRONGLY sTArED.-Hon. Bailie
Peyton of Tennessee, who spoke at ratfca-
ton meeting few days ago, said that the cor
ruption of those in power at Washington is so
great that the Imam of the moon has to hold
his nose as he passes over that city,
According to the sanitary statistics of the
state as compiled at the Office of Registrar Gene
raj Hoadley at Hartford, Ltehfeld and New
London are the healthiest counties. In the
whole state the deaths have been l9 to 1000 of
the population. In Litchfeld and New London
counties the deaths are only IA to the 1000; in
New Haven, 81 /; Hartford 10 Middlesex, 19 );
Fairfield, II; Windham, Is; Tolland, Is.
Deaths in tie achole state forMe yea. 1859:
In Hartford CO., 1881 In Windham CO., 467
In New Haven co., 14ls In Litchfeld CO., 636
In N. London CO., s4l In Middlesex CO., 523
In Fairfield CO., 1907 In Tolland CO., 800
The locusts are all over the neighborhood of
New York, and will last we are told, about six
weeks. So far, they are not destructive, but in
some localities appear in immense numbers.
Their favorite place is the apple tree, then the
peach, pear and cherry. On Staten Island in
some localities, on Sunday and Monday, they
were taken up by the shovel full. There is
dispute as to the damage these invaders may do.
Ten thousand of such pests in an orchard, gar
den or field cannot fail to injure fruit vegetables
and flowers, even if they spare the grass which
they do not touch until something more attract
i've is out of reach.-Ecp,ess
The QUAKERs of New England held their
Quarterly Gathering at Newport, R. l., June H.
The day delightful one, and over one thou
sand of this Society were assembled. Newport
was foundedin part by prosecuted Quakers, and
it has long been the Mecca of the Broadbrims.
In that city stands one, of the oldest meeting
houses" of that sect, $50 years old. One of the
customs of this gatherings to dine on lamb and
green peas. AS the meetings are held once a
year, in turn, at Newport, tho public can trace,
year by year, the innovations of fashion and the
world in the costumes of these Friends" Ev-
cry generation will show some improvement in
the cut of the coat, or the shape and trimmings
of the bonnet. The Grafton was delivered by
Professor Thomas Chase of Pennsylvania, and
the poem by John G. Whittier.
MARVELLOUS PHENOMENON Russian cor
respondent Of the London Telegraph writes
thus At Moscow physical phenomenon has
been recently Observed such as would have Civ
| eli rise to the creation of whole cycle of fan
tastic myths in the time of the worlds infancy.
We learn from paragraph in the leading paper
of that city, that, at a quarter past ten, on the
nights of the LIST and I'd of March, star to the
southwest of the Great Bear suddenly cominenc-
ed to wax larger, assuming at the same time the
color of iron at red heat, but without the ap-
pearauce of any sparks or rays. In this condi-
ton the star appeared until half past eleven va
rying in the intensity Of its light and attaining
the size nearly of the half moon. A little before
midnight the dimness began to increase and at
twelve o'clock the star had disappeared. In its
stead sort of black speck was to be noticed by
the light of the stars, which were unusually bril-
liant that evening. 1t remains for the astrono-
mers to describe, and the poets to sing, of the
destruction Of the lumlnary, which, for aught we
know, may have been the abode of a race supe-
rior to our own
A Paris journal says that Yankee was po-
litely invited by Chinese merchant to make
him visit at his house, and that the Oriental
host overwhelmed his Occidental guest with hos.
pitality, providing for him splendid sort of
throne in his best room, and inviting continual
concourse of his friends to pay their respects to
the distinguished stranger. The house swarmed
from morning till night with courteous, obsequi-
Gus, and admiring Cinnamon, till Brother Jona-
than began to be abashed by the homage he re-
ceived But one day the Yankee, having pick
ed I'D rudimentary knowledge of the Chinese
tongue stopped, on entering his friends abode,
to peruse a magnificent inscription over the
door, which he found to run as follows:
Here will be seen real live North Ameri-
can a species of creature rare in this country.
Admission cents, payable on going OUT
An amusing story is related of Garibald. On
the eve of his departure from Nice for Turin to
take his seat in the Parliament, grand dinner
was given to him at the hotel, and at its conclu-
sion two carriages came to the door, one for
Garibaldi and the other for his trunks. The
servants were sent to his room for his baggage,
and soon returned, ostentatiously bearing pair
of doctors saddle-bags, miserably dilapidated,
containing two shirts, two handkerchiefs. and
two pairs of socks. With this extensive ward
robe Garibaldi departed for Turin as the repre-
sentative Of Nice.
!, A military officer, one day, while reviewing
his company, happened to be thrown from his
horse, and, as he lay sprawling on the ground,
said to friend who ran to his assistance, II
thought had improved in Workmanship, but
find haUe fallen off," Is 1@ss e3 22 ~
/" Why did you leave your last place !" inquir-
ed young housekeeper, about to engage new
servant. why, you see, ma'am," replied the
annlicant. az was too good-looking and when
I opened the door folks took me for the missus."
n. A few DAYS ago, negro, after gazing intently
at the Japanese, in Washington, exclaimed