Litchfield enquirer., 1860-09-27
MLSCELLANEO Us.

At the raising of the first church in Sasbur sixteen gallons of rum were provided. Ii VI the custom i'll tngse days for tho Taiss'Ts, aftct finishing the raising, to seat themselves around upon the stills, faces to the center, and pass ih, mug-or rather several mugs-fOr as they took long pulls and strong pulls, and pulls altogether in those good old times" it required more than one to accommodate the thirsty crowd. Tho historian of llarwinton remarks, that at the rais- ing of the church in the latter town the same sort of refreshments was hberally provided, and l by comparing the members present with those at the Salisbury raising leads us to infer that somewhere near 90 gallons of the old New Eng land beverage must have been required JJin~ Stecl Herald.
 SENATOR SEwARDs HoRsEs.-The barque Speedwell arrived at Boston, Wednesday, from Beirut, Syria, bringing two of the horses which were presented to Senator Seward during his re- cent tour i'll that country. They were gift from an officer of the Turkish government. Tho lot comprised three animals, but unfortunately on the sixth day out, the mare died of some dis ease contracted before embarkinp, as she gave unmistakable signs of sickness when brought on board. The others are in fine condition, ard be- ing of the celebrated Arabian breed, they will attract considerable attention in this country. VERDicT IN yHE LADY ELGE DIsAsrER.-A ma- jority of the coroners jury at Chicago in the case of the Lady Elgn, have returned their verdict, in effect thai the steamer was perfectly seawOTthy | and had no larger Dumber of passengers than the law allows they consider the first cause Of the | collision to be defective arrangement of lights on the sailing vessel, although according 10 law they censurc the second mate of the schooner for
 not info, ming the captain of tho steamers lights when the latter came on deck they find the sec- ond mate incompetent, censure the captain of the lccbo for nnph0rinO fn
 and give their opinion that all lake steamers should haze water tight compartments Two If the jury protest against this verdict, finding that the steamer itself was mismanaged, the lookoutS
 insufficient, and the steamer moderately supplied with boats and life preservers and they believe the loss of life due to culpable neglect and di.Ee gard of duty by the marine inspectors.
 A correspondent of 7He Constitmion writes fromNew York as follows:
 r Lola Montez is stopping at Astoria, with kind friend, but alas! in what o condition of body and mind She is not exactly an imbo- cile, and yet what term will more clearly express her mental helplessness? Physically she fs m invalid of a melancholy description. A female friend of mine saw her day or two ago, and it was enough to make ones heart bleed to noto her picturesque limnings of the wonderfully changed woman. Lola was costumed in half night and half morning robe, and she sat in . pretty garden, her hollow cheeks, sunken eyes, and cadaverous complexion formed a remarkable contrast to the gay flowers. She was unable to utter an intelligible word, except spasmodicaliy, and after repeated efforts, Her mouth was frothing like one in partial convulsions, and she was unconsciousy wiping it, as little boys do, by drawing it across the sleeve of her dress. m fact she had the strange, wild appearance and behavior of quiet idiot, and is evidently lost to all further interest in the world around her, and it's affairs And so ends her eventful history r
 The Cleveland Pldindealer says that severaI years ago, young lad, the son of wealthy par. ents residing in Concord, N. H., became fasci. hated with the glitter of g wandering circus snd ran away to join it's company. He was sourht for, was not found, and was mourned for as ons dead. He became skillful rider, and rose is his profession. Three years ago he was her. forming in Mississippi, when his brother reeo1. nzed hlm and induced him to return hom.. 1s being still young. The reclaimed man entered Dartmouth College and was progressing rnpidIv in his studies, when 6 circus company yisited the village of Hanover, and he obeyed his im- pulses once more, leaving college to resume h;s vagabond life. The other day, at Knoxv;iis Tenn, he vas thrown from his horse in the rin9 and was killed.