Litchfield enquirer., 1860-07-26

:. HOW THE ECLIPSE WAS "KEPT."-The faea- tious local of the Buffalo Republic publisbs, 2 lot of dispatches from various places. shov;rsS how the eclipse was kept" in each: Brtato, 18th, P. M.-Everybody being o.h.. erwise unemployed, turaed out to see the sun co, unoer: mere was good number of peonlc aDroao, ana the vegetatioR in Main street wus se. ry rlousy injured by people who could find nor pItaoe .o stand but on the grass. After ths' SsnoM' most ol the spectators visited various sa looms, and iqaored, the result of which ;s n.;n., Perceptible at this hour. Two members of sne press are said to have been poisoned with C1eeeldnd, l8th.--Immense crowd to they ecilpse Half fare charged on all tbe ra;lro.Js
 o ailow the country people to come in and see It. In order to defray expenses. feclnses a oan oe got up for nothing, you knowS n small a,sslon sonana fee is charged. The police have made ;t arrests ot persons who have tried to see ard d'.moat ,roa ucket All the tugs, canal boats an excursion. In Cleveland wa @oYonr-y 7. ~. !ne sngntest provocation. Judge SpaldinS bas Jus1 oHered series of resolutions --
 Sandusky.-The Island Oneen s,,-.oa .
 heileys Island early this morning with sn i'm. mense crowd to attend the eclipse Wha,, .t... got there, they found they had all been ;mnoseJ upon in rascaly manner, having bouohf t;cE. cts admitting holders to an eclipse of inc ,oo- winch took place about fourteen wears ago-" good only for that day. They came back swear. ing dreadfully at the eclipse. :: Ch'cGgo.-The eclipse arrived this mornipv !ast before sunrise. Everybody is po,-in1 over closely resembles tumbler COlumbus-The inmates of the Rl;,d .., lum are just going by in procession to see tie eclipse, permission being generously granted bv several who hadn't any objections. It is pro. posed to repeat the eclipse tomorrow for tbo benefit Of tho other benevolent institutiops oS the state. o'
 hochester We place no reliance on tbiz d,s. patch, as tn. operator is evidently intoxicateS -Ed. Rep) = 'Cpse mom tarylv 'spected Great day for Roster. Coin to get up ceIebra. ton. Corners inquest and other reioicinra l1ater.'Clipse com-fully dentiiedis old resi- dent of Roster Sooner.-'Clipse arrested cornors inquest next week. at ten o'clock. Houses lumminated. Glad to see old resi- dents rested
 Ne" Hork.-rhe Council appropriated a large sum of money last night for the purpose of celebrating the eclipse, and the town is in s fever of excitement. The Times correspondent of the New York Herald, writing to the Tjib- nne from the office of the Boston Post says the departure of the Japanese was hastened bv de- sire to be at home. as arrangements had been made for having an eclipse there An effort had been made to have the Tycoon postpone it. but it couldn't be postponed on account of the weather.
 LAGER PEER SCIENTIFICALLY DISPOSED or.- It would appear from the following that the ' lager" Is not so harmless q tipple as has beeu supposed:
 Lager beer," says the Scientific Amerfcan, " on account of the long continued fermentation, contains less nutritve matter and more alcohol than any other beer or ale. \ comparison Of about twenty chemical analyses of lager and other beer shows that in lager the alcohol is al- ways in excess over the extract, while in other beer the excess is in favor of the malt extract In lager the malt extract does not reach five per cent. so that one would be obliged to drink two or three gallons in order to get from this villainous food such an amount as would be re- qured if taken in a civilized way. Ale often contains larger per centagc of alcohol than lager, but the malt extract is still in excess un- less the ale is very old. Certain witnesses testi- fled and courts have decided that lager beer is not intoxicating but in view of the f ct that n pint of lager beer contains as much alcohol as an ordinary glass of brandy. it might be sus- pected that those witnesses and courts had been indug ging in lager beer at the time they needed their sober judgment. Finally, it is claimed that lager is pleasant bitter tonic, stOnlatc. and dyspeptic. &c. But healthy men need no medicine, and friend of ours who brides him self on being an American, suggests that lager is too Dnic.
 Mir. R. Ten Broeck's horse Satellite by Albion. entered for the Stamford Plate of2O0 soyercigns at Newmarket races, on the 4th inst, won the race after gallant struggle with Mir. Saxons Brown Duchess. and nine other famous hor- ses. The betting was 3 to against him. Sat- elite is entered for the Goodwood stakes, with the odds of 10 to bet against him.
 The Chicago Journal formerly rejoiccd in a subscriber by the name of Douglas. \ few days since paper was returned by the postmaster with something like these words written on the wrapper :-" Not taken from the office Thereis no man of the name of Douglas in this town. The last owner of that unhappy name mysteri- ously disappeared few days since-gone to-. I suppose"
 The Erie Railroad is to be sold on the 2Oth sf November, under foreclosure of the fifth mort gage and in consonance with the arrangement f r reorganization. In the meantime the Di- rectors will make an effort to extend or pay the second mortgage bonds. Stockholders and bond holders who have not assented to the scheme of reorganization have the privilege of six months after the day of sale to give such assent.
 New York is full of notions Among them is the new mode of conducting funerals They are held in the morning. The house is darkened. the gas lighted, and an unearthly gloom thrown around upon all the services. The same plan is pursued at weddings. The guests are ushered from the light of day into the dim light of even ing created by the judcious adjustment of the gas.
 The Hartford Courier, l. N. Boiles, publisher. proprietor and editor, Suspended since last years laws ') is revived for the season, with the tick ct of Breckinrdge and Lane at mast head. The paper contains the laws, Breckinridge editorials. and some reading matter, and will be published nearly every week for a while,if possible-Press.
 At recent dinner of the Alumni of Harvard College, this toast was given
 "Ihe Pulpit of he Great CMy-N takes . good head, brave heart. and Q stirring voice to banish sleep from it's cushioned seats. Our brother Dr. Bellows, has them all, and we want to hear his voice among us.
 The Dr. replied in short speech, which he concluded by the following stanza, referring to the newly inaugurated President:
 Though winds do blow and waters How,
 And envious clouds may pelt on
 Her sacred crown, no floods can drown'
 While Harvard keeps her Felt-on.
 The Cincinnati papers relate an anecdote ot A beautiful vounp lady who had become blind, hut roooyarod ber si0ht after marriage. Where