Litchfield enquirer., 1860-08-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

A cowHIDINa affair took place in East bridge- port, Friday evening, thus related in the Fsarn'- efo: p9'se
 T The collector of the tax for new school house, proceeded to sell piece of ground for the payment of tax which had been refused The wife of the owner warned him off the ground but not obeying her mandate, she took cowhide and applied it with Amazonlan fierce ness and energy over his head, neck and shoul- ders. Her husband stood by encouraging her by shouting, !" Go in, old gal! It won't cost any more to give him big whipping than small one w "Thats it, give it to him J, Glve him the butt end, old Gall" "Giye him the butt endr'
 THE PRINCE ar WALES AT MoNTREAL.-The passage of the Prince up the river St. Lawrence from Quebec to Montreal, was attended by dem. onstrations of joy at every village along the way He arrived opposite the city at half past o'clock, Friday afternoon, but violent rain storm prevailing, his debarkation was postponed as were all preparations therefor, until next-day Saturday Great disappointment was felt by the thousands of strangers in the city, and the wealth CT was spoken of very disrespectfully. 1t ha' rained, and sometimes poured, at every place the Prince has undertaken to set his foot on land He will wait now for it to clear of.
 TIE NOMINATIONS of the Republicans for state officers in New York State, were made last week with great unanimity and enthusiastic hopes oI success. GoY. Morgan and Lieut.. Gov. Camp bell were nominated by exclamation. Samuel H. Barnes of Chenango Go. was nominated foI Canal Commissioner and James K. Bates of lief ferson Go. for State Prison Inspector. When the nominations were made for Governor and Lieutenant Governor the whole Convention rose to their feet, and with the crowd in the gallery gave cheer after cheer. Wm. Cullen Bryant and James o. Putnam were nominated for elect ors at large, and thirty-three others from the va rous Congressional districts.
 HELP FOR aLPooR "-On Monday the Rev. B. L. Swan, of Stratford, Conn.,, preached a sermon in behalf of the American Seamen's Fund Society, in the Congregational church, of which he is pastor and in the collection was a check for $l GOO, drawn by gentleman doing business in this city, A worthy tribute to a noble cause.
 We are sorry to see accounts from the West of the potato blight making its appearance here and there. It is, however, not sufficiently spread to create any very general apprehension Here at the east, and particularly in this county we hear from all quarters of an nnusally large crop.
 THE LAST TRIP of the Vanderbilt to England was made in eight days TIE hours-the quick est trip ever made. She had previously made the quickest trip coming this way, by seyera hours.
 A GANG of six boy burglars, from IA to Is years of age, were arrested in New York on Sunday. They had broken into six stores ou 
 A SENSATION AETIuE.-REsUscwATIo OF HIGKs THE P4RArE-The ~. y. Lemzer of Sat urday publishes the following article, which says the N., Y; Post, is important if true,' and any way is calculated to make a sensation:
 "There is now no further use in conc, aling the fact tAat A. ". Hicks, who was ostensibly exc cutcd for piracy on Bcdloe's Island, on the 18th of last July, is still living, though in a danger ous state, but likely to recover the full use oi his faculties and limbs The sight of his left eycis gone and his left arm and leg continue paralyzed but apart from these injuries he would appear to have suffered nothing, and his has plosed every y-heneheial.
 1t will be remembered that much comment was excited by the utterly fearless manner in which Hicks conducted himself previous to his execution. He laughed at the idea If the gal lows. and was only anxious, as he repeatedly said, to have things conducted according to agret mcnt.' In this agreement it is now believ. cd that prominent federal officer had part and it is on record, in the daily papers, that he was present at the execution, wearing his depu- ty mafshals badge, although no longer in the marshal's force.
 C It was also.remarked at the time that Hicks was only pulled up distance of two and half feet--utterly insufficient to break his neck and that he was only allowed to remain thirteen minutes hanging. He was then cut down and pronounced dead after which his body was i'm mediately handed over to the care of Doctors J. T. Bull and Henry D. O'Reilly, of Brooklyn These gentlemen are responsible for his resur- rection, end the electro-chemical bath, invented by Professor Vergnes, was the immediate in- strument.
 "The body of the pirate was wrapped in warm blankets and removed at once to the house of Dr. O'Reilly, in Brooklyn, where Drs O'Reilly and McIllery of this city, were in at tendance. The pulse was found to be wholly quiet but after various experiments the medical men came to the conclusion that it was only a case of suspended animation. The body was therefore at once placed in the electro-chemical bath, and while subjected to the charges of the battery, and the action of the acids, Dr. Crane commenced a series of experiments for the in- fation of the lungs.
 In the course of about two hours these were partially successful, the pirate beginning to give faint indications of respiration; and these cheering signs animated the medical men in attendance to redoubled exertions. A caute- ry was applied to the right foot, and received answer in an immediate contraction of the leg the same experiment was repeated under the right ear, taking care not to injure the jugular vein, and the head at once commenced to roll in a manner indicating acute feeling.
 cry slowly put steadily Albert w. HICKS regained consciousness, though for several days unable to speak, his throat being too severely injured. It was then found that his left eye the side on which the moose had been-had lost all power of sight, and that his left arm and left leg were utterly paralysed. In this condition he was conveyed to Poughkeepsie, where his sister, Mrs. Gavan, lives; and under her roof he is now sheltered, though the friends of the family do not desire to give too much publicity to the fact