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Litchfield enquirer., 1862-02-06
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LITcHFIELD.


 | Rev. Joseph Vinton dslissrs- the fifth lecture of the ' Library Association,' z this (Thursday) evening, It . o'clock, in the Gourt Room. Sub jees-" Lies Cailings. The sppreciative pub lie have given heretofore very respectable at- tendance upon this course, but considering the objects of the course and the interest of the lec- turee themselves, it seems to us that a more liberal aud more universal attendance is due both to the lecturers and the public itself: Geo. A. Hickox, Esq. follows Rev. Mr. Vinton, on Thursday evening next. Subject" The French Revolution"
 We had the pleasure of discoursiag very briefly. on last Thursday evening on the subject of "Social Evils." There were some evils, how ever, to which We might not allude in q public lecture, but which are equally patent with any mentioned. in this community, not the least of which is well-known and appreciated by many among IS, and which We can but barely allude to and escape our own condemnation of meddline with private domestic affairs. And this is a miserable, outrageous, brutish tyranny oyer tAe family circle, which some men adopt, which in. cludes unknown and unheard of brutality in the family-the public insult of wife and children in the street, and general fendish disposition to put those to constant torture whom Providence has placed in the relation of husband and wife, father and child. Such a character fends glut over, aud 'glorifed bodies weep. Thank Heaven, the application is not universal.
 1 On Thursday last the little people of Miss Taylor's school took sleigh-rid to Winsted, where they were hospitably and pleasantly cn tertained by mine host Gaines of the " "Beardsley House" West Wins.ed Gaines laid himself out to do the correct thing, sna did it, and the small folks were immensely delighted with the excel. 1 lent lunch he provided for them as they wer. with the sleigh ride. Thoirs was said to be the first sleIgh-party that has visited Winsted this season. Isn't Winsted rather dull this year. = Was there ever such perfect sleighing 2 In Litchfeld, and throughout the county the sleighing can't be beat. Just enough snow and not too much. It's a good thing for the lawyers litigants and witnesses, who come to court from distance, and we trust they appreciate the blessing.
 At the adjourned Town Meeting held or Monday afternoon, Feb Sd, the following repor, was made by the selectmen, which was accep ted:-
 Amt of cash in Treasury in Oct. last $2,115 Al
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The Spring Champaign.

We are entering in this state upon Q most i'm portant political campaign. Every campaign in these days is more important than the last. Eve. y nerve should be strained to do all that we can for the strength, glory and perpetuity ot the Ma ton, and for the encouragement of the gallant men who are fighting the battles of our Country in other states, by the wise and efficient care We take of the government of our own state at home.
 To this end we must bring energy, organiza. ton, and united action. It will not do for us listessly to let the coming election take care of isself-it will not do to drop all our old orgauiza. tions, under which we have fought and won many hard battles for Freedom and the Constitution, in this state-it will not do either to allow our re- vilers to take the reins in their own hands, by distracting or dividing us as to party names or party principles. We must be united and we must pork.
 The campaign has opened most auspiciously. We have proved the sincerity of our sentiments by uniting heartily with Q large body of men up. on the same ticket and platform, who wished to eut loose from an organization openly in opposi. ton to the Administration and suspected of sym. pathy with the foes of our country. We have a ticket composed throughout with thoroughly Joy al and upright men, and headed by man wht has often been tried and not found wanting. W, have an opportunity to roll up a majority in thi State for Chief Magistrate, whose loyalty t his Government none dare call in question: whose uprightness, industry, ability and worth has been constantly and sigually displayed dur isgthis period of trial to our nation and ou, ssase-which would carry reieicing far beyond the confines of our own, to those distant states where enr gallant sons are engaged to-day ir protecting our liberties, in protecting the per petuity of the Union--and whose defeat would hs the signal for yell of exnltation among ou, enemies and thsirs, and carry sorrow and gloom to many loyal heart. e We have sn opportunity too, to prove our en tire devotion to the cause of the UNION, and ot sustaining the bonds of the General Govern. Ansns in is easrs. to put down rebellion and crush out treason. No whise5sather aav v.vo, at the head of our bassalions--no olive brsucebe, glinmsr on our bsnnsss, It is the sword ir -s6Oakhands and Deesh to Traitors. When tn, Rebellion is crsSbsd and the Traitors given up |. Justice, Me& " Peace"-s not till then. A, ppfhissriat srsst, an nnwasering front, an uu : c6mppAtsGng snaehszy ia oura to the dsath--n .ih sSd buss. s1ne Union mast und saaa 5 .sxS,sesss1.Y S@.5f5. 7.e-' ss@ f@
 SF1ssssa" sszs esis ss& s. ss sasss af s, xsf r sIe tkjs ed, aud for this eonsunmation, sha wstAo. Hork while the dsyiasss, and with untirin
 sassU and 1nbendine aeal7 ~e >' @-e
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Yex aLtttle llonser.

A conversation is reported in one of the Ne" Tmh papers, in which it is stated that the Presi' dent remarked to delegation that waited upon hin . few days since, "thas there was but one man in the Country who was more anxious Sor . battle than himself and that man was GEN'L NcCIsLLAr." Let us take courage from the wordi There are none of us but what are long fue every day to learn news of an advance of the srsnd aruy-none but what are cha6ng under the long delay and seeming " "masterly iuactivi ty." Hitherto we have possessed our souls ir patience, eonGiing to the superior wisdom of our military officers, and believing that an advance would be made at the very earliest moment prac ficable. It is useless however to deny that thu great masses of the people grow more and more impatieus of the delay. They have been assured and are sure, that the Rebellion is to be crushed and the rebel horLes thoroughly and effectively beaten. They believe that nothing hut sdecisve battle-and that on Ms Potomac will retrieve the eauseless panic at Bull Run, and teach the South ern rebels that one of their clustering kidney it hardly match for half 'yankee'-let alone half . dozen. They believe that force sufficient to drive in all the intrenchments within which the Southern army have hidden these six long usonths at Manassas, are on the ground, and that ample time has been given for all necessary equipment and drill. They look with deep anxi sty and gratifsd pride at all our gallant army are doing as other points--and applaud, whenever they can see chance for applause, when the enemy's flank is turned, in Kentucky, So. Carolina or Tennessee. They wonder, but do not grumble, that no further advantage has been taken of the landing at Port Royal, or that further victories do not crown the much lauded landings of Gen. Butler or Gen. Burnside. All this, and yet, da, after day, comes the news "all quiet on the Pc tomac."
 We'll, we can afford to wait little longer, the good time is really coming-and that soon Certainly we have cause for congratulation tha the "Grand Army has not gone into winter qua, ssrs-and that the sun is now only waited for-o supposed to be waited for-to dry up the mudd Virginia roads-for grand advance. Let it g oui The Rebels are afraid of it--the Loya North longs for it. 1.-the rebellion is to be crush cd at all, it surely cannot much longer live.- Within Sixty days from now-we must gain de eided advantage or suffer incalculable damage Let us hope it be true that there la but one ma who desires battle more than the President and that is GEN'L MCCLELLAN
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KENT.

A letter from Kent boy, in the Peoples Els worth Regiment" (N. Y. VI, to his parents at home, describes their situation ss being in the advance guard of tho grand army on the Poto- mac, their quarters comfortable, their officers brave and competent men, and officers and men all animated with the strongest desire to be led on to bnttle-to drivs out all the traitors and rebels from the soil they pellute and the atnos- phere they poison.
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TIE Cournnt learns on undouhted authority that the men enlisted for the l4th Regiment will be transferred to the lst Regiment Conn. Vol Artillery, and that the l4th will not be organ. ized.
 AS we stated two weeks since, the old "4th' has received orders for increasing its strength to 1884 men, and will hereafter be known as the lst Regiment Coun. Vol. Artillery" A re- cruiting office will probably be opened in this town within week or two. Now is the chance to enlist in tho very best disciplined and crack" Regiment at the war,
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Superior Court, Jan. Term, ls6s

Superior Court, Jan. Term, lS62
 JUDGE PARK, PRESIDING.
 CRIMINAL DOCKET.
 State vs. Stephen Abbott. Charge of Bur glary in Plymouth. Jury trial, and verdict o not guilty.
 State vs. Merrick Brewster, Jr. Charge o Theft. Stealing money out of the depot in Win sted. Plea of Guilty. Sentenced to pay fin. of $I, and imprisonment for 40 days in tn. county Jail
 State vs. Robert Cambridge. Charge of As sault and Battery on Edwin Reed, of Cornwall Bridge. Found guilty, and sentenced to 30 day. in County jail.
 State vs. Edward Lyme. Charge of Burglary Stealing calves skins from Castle & Ways tar nery in Norris. >Fonnd guilty, and sentenced to years in the State Prison
 The stateS Attorney entered no,le pro.cou in cases of Betser Collins, Loren Halleck, Wash ington Harrington, Charles Ostrandor and Chas Pulvcr.
 state vs Wm. II. Austin. Charge of seduction on young girl by tho name of Candics An drews, from Plymouth. Found guilty by tn, Jury Notion filed for new trial.
 State vs. Edward Leonard, &c. Charge o Theft. Stealing two hives of Bees in Kent.
 Verdict of guilty. Motion for new trial made
 For State, Sedgwick & Andrews. For defence Graves & Foster.
 State vs. Lucius Rice. Information for Arson Burning the barn of Joel Bunnell, in November last, in Barkhamsted. Case now on.
 For State, Sedgwick & Foster.
 For Defence Seymour.
 Washington Harrington, arrested on suspi. cion of being concerned in the Winsted Bank robbery, has been discharged from custody fo, lack of evidence against him. The Winsted pa. per eongratulates its town readers on the dodge of MT. Justice Goes binding him over to the su. perior Court, thereby saving costs to the town and transferring them to the County. It may b. large thing, but VIC can't see it-especially when there was hardly the slightest evideno, against Harrington, on the first examination.
 Judge Park left his home in Norwich at 6 o'clock. on Monday morning, opened cour here at 3 P. M., and held it, with but an hour. intermission until II o'clock. the same evening Few other of the Judges on the circuit, would have cared to have performed se much labor ir one day as that Judge Park is always one o the most Iaborious and popular Judges on the bench.
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FALLS YILLIGE.

. The two mysterious individaals whom we ehronicled hat week, q hasing been visiting. New Milford, haye turned isace in Falls 1Fii.' lags. Who i.na whst sthsy sfs aobody knows, and that they have done dJtAzag Jet to entitis them to more ao,iee than saspieions characters we have not heard. ga bad s -q
 A new job printing establishment has been m operation in Fslls Village for some weeks
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HKRWINToN.

As second response to the call of the Sanita, g Committee, the ladies of this town have sen, the past week, through the Soldiers Aid Society, in Hartford the following list of articles: blan- kets, comfortable, pillow, 2 linen sheets, 2 cotton do, II pillow-cases, 4 bed ticks, 5 pairs cotton flannel drawers, 40 pairs hose, B pairs mit.eus, gallon grape wine. from vintage of 1857. -
 The drafting for Soldiers in this town took place some weeks since. At the end of five days the selectmen met to hear excuses and raise fines, of the l3 drawn were not considered as subjects of military duty, six paid their 6nes.- Nine more were drawn last week Tuesday.
 The selectmen met again on Monday of this week, and adjourned siuedie.
 G. H. Hollister, Esq, delivers his lecture on tue Rebellion, in Harwinton, on Tuesday evening of next week.
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m TnpNAH A. WAnnRs of Watertown, has beer sgD6fassd hy the Republican State Central Com. { xalses es nsnhsfaf the Conmietes from this sssssE ts fasss seso. ]. woleest, Esq, of Nor. Ssn. SssiiAsd. .FSisas nost excellent appoint. nsns ws are qaisS sare, and Vt believe that every 1spashssn h the .sennsy vin bs satisfied with tAssneey and shilif5 which Mir. Warren will display in the performance ofhis duties.
 Ais appointment leaves vacancy in the sub. semmittee for the I7th Senatorial District.
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A NEW JUDGE OF THE SUPREME CouRr.-N
 II. Swayne, of Ohio, has been appointed and con
 irmed Judge of the Supreme Court, in place O
 Judge Mclean, deceased. Judge Swayne is
 native of Culpepper County, Virginia, but Q life
 long resident of Ohio, where he is said to hay,
 acquired an eminent position at the bar Il politics he is described as conservative Re
 publican"
 l The following curious md significant para | graph occurs in the New York correspondence, of the Boston Journal:
 | The resignation or removal of MT. Cameron
 revives the gossip that he was under the ban il certain quarters where lady is concerned. Il | was said here some time ago, that he was mol 1 only in disfayor, but that lady in high posi-. tion had written letter in which Cameron wa. mentioned with another Secretary who would soon be removed. A copy of this letter, have | reason to believe, is in the hands of a distin. guished member of Congress from this State and has been shown to few trusty persons.- AS the removal of Mir. Cameron has been fully completed, it will be curious to see if the other member of the Cabinet will follow. If he does the reason of this change, as indicated in ths letter, will be more curious than the removs itself. -.- l- st~
 Commodore Mutt, a dwarf at Manchester, New Hampshire, stands thirteen inches lower thar Tom Thumb. He was born April 2, I844, and is the son of Major Rodnia Mutt, thrifty and highly respectable farmer of the town The sponsorial appendage of the little gentleman is George Washington Mutt. He is not only good English scholar, but is also tolerably pro fcient in the French language. Heamuses him self in farming, especially in driving the team having quite apassion for horses. He. is als, fond of hunting and fishing, and is bright ant graceful specimen of minute humanity. bejn, symmetrically formed, and most polite and re fined gentleman. g sss sz fsSa a5F3 =5-'F The burned district of Charleston is stated |, be parallelogrrm of 25O yards by 1900 yards that is, over mile long by more, than an eightl Of mile wide, eonyerted into charcoal ruins. Lieut.. Fairfax suthofiues an emphatic denia of the assertion of foolish Commander Williams that Miss Slideil used her "little knuckles" on his face. He adds that she "did not strike Lieut.. Fairfax" but on the contrary, behaved, as did all the ladies on the Trent, becomingly' and " with great moderation" ','z' 7s Col. Pegram was allowed to go South on pa' role, on condition that he should return, unless he could secure the exchsnge of Col WILCOX, of of some other officer of equal rang. Lne VI change cannot be effected, and Col. Vgreorsn will not be given up in return TOT smasn, 'ne conx;cted n;rate The rebels insist that none of the oficers whom they hold ss hostages Tor tha nr;,.tsersrnen shall be surrendered until robeis oaptured on the high seas, like those tak- on on land, are treated as prisoners of var.
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Among the patents bearing date Jan. 22d 1862. VIC notice one to Henry Migeon, of Vol oottville, assignee of John Louis Baudelot. of letter's patent, No. 25, ee2, dated Nov ], 1859, ante dated April ls. 1856, for improvement in process for cooling beer and other liquids-three patents. ..=
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chosen Chairman of the Republican State Cen tral Committee. An excellent selection, but whereat Hartford paper waxes wroth and complains that the Convention "designed 8 Hartford man should be appointed Indeed
 We didn't so understand it for one. Happily there are other towns in the State beside Hart ford and New Haven, and others as competent even as the Press little idol-tho' he did refuse 6 mission to the South Sea Islands.
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SUDDEN DEATH OF PRoY. WILLIAN A. LAhs- xD.-About o'clock, on Monday eyenane: . .n,;o !; men passiuQ near the Canal Railroad an tne VI i. oinity of the, Old Burying Groand' dlscose.sa the body of manlying upon tne,gollu pAa, s tially covered with snow.. ne f VI s.ns.aP ana s pn Ssinr recoenized, wss taken to his reSidence No | st. John building. eornerof Church and Elm etreets The unfortunate gentleman proved ,n he William A. Larned, Prof. of Rhetoric and English Literature, Yale College. Drs. Town send and Bishop were early in attendance. The patient was bled, and all other means resorted to usual in eases of apoplexy, but all, efforts 6 o'clock. Professor Larned was 54 years of age. He had been more or less afflicted with Q difficulty of the head, and on Saturday last was quite unwell Apparently recovering, he had been considered as enjoying his usual health, and yesterday afternoon had started out upon his customary daily walk, regardless Of the slight storm Professor Larned has been prom inently connected with Yale College for about twenty years, before which time he was an om- ci.tinr clergyman in the Congregational Church. He vas enthusiastically active in the affairs of the University, and was universally esteemed as a faithful teacher, dilligent student, and gen erous and sagacious guide and director to the youths for whose education he was largely re- spousible His death will be an almost appall- ing stroke upon the many who have had occasion to know the excellent and amiable characteris- tics with which he adorned his public and pri- vate life.-N. II. JournuI 4th.
 We cau add nothing to the above, save that in our intimate and personal relations with the de ceased, we never knew of more affectionate husband, sympathizing friend, or noble man. Professor Larned was married about twenty years since to daughter of the late Joseph Bat tell, of Norfolk, and has always enjoyed the most robust health. His sudden death will fall with crushing blow upon his widow and family frienda.
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TIE DRAFTING FOR THE MILITIA has been suspended by order of the Governor until after the meeting of the Legislature, when the pres. ent ill-starred law will be overhauled and repeal ed. Of course those who have paid their ten dollars to be exempt from the draft under the present law will have that sum returned to them but what will become of all the sick "bulwarks of our county" who have paid their money so readily for doctors certificates
 We are happy to learn that since the above order was promulgated, there has been remark able convalescence among our ailing citizens the blind see, the lame walk, and the deaf hear, and the season, which a week ago seemed to be unusually sickly for brisk winter weather, now promises to be quite as salubrious as usual.
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n0- The Reporter for the Winsted paper on the Woodford trial, indulges in . sheer at the Court Room, better calculated for the meridian of Winsted than for the test of truth. Since the Court Room at Litchheld, is, with one exception,
 the best in the State, wouldn't our Winsted friends like to move it up to Winsted-when they change the County seat to that romantic locality!
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Total SlZ,306 23 The annual interest of which is, $743 10 The amt of Grand List for 1861, is sl, ,eos,ssl On which, 6 mills on the dollar will
 raise $9,e5s,1se The following votes were passed:
 That Tax of six mills on the dollar, be laid on the apportionment list of 1861, for the use of the town, to be payable on the 1st day of June, l862 and on interest after the 1st day of Oct 1882
 Voted, That the Collector receive as compen- sation for collecting said tax, commission of one cent on the dollar provided, That he shall receive no compensation for the part of the Tax which is not collected by the lst day of June 1S62
 Voted, That the Selectmen of the town be and they are hereby authorized to draw on the lst Monday of every month, their orders on the town Treasurer, for such sums as they may deem necessary and proper for the support of the families of the soldiers belonging to this town which shall be paid by the Treasurer. on receiv- ing authority to deduct the amounts thereof from monies which may be paid him by the State for such support.
 A. c. Smith was appointed Tax Collector, and c. NJ. Woodruff manager of the Town Deposit Fund.
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nGr In our local column will be found list of articles forwarded by the ladies of Ellsworth, in this county, to the 5th Regiment c. ", to- gethcr with a letter from Colonel Ferry, warmly acknowledging their receipt Which reminds us to say, that the 5th is in greater want of these comforts and uementoes of homo, at present. than any of the other of our Connecticut Regi ments at the Seat of War. The ladies, there fore, of the County, who have on hand any quan- titles of socks or mttens for the soldiers and are undecided where to send them, cannot do better than to forward them immediately to the 5th Re- ginent-" Care of Colonel o. s. Ferry, Camp near Hancock, Maryland"
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10- We trust there will be no jangle between the Republican and "Union" Senatorial Con- ventions in this district, should one under the latter name be called. Our opinion is that it will be well for the Republican Senatorial Com. mittes to issue their call broad enough to include aA who are loyal to the Union, and in favor of vigorous prosecution of the war. Then let del- egates be sent to this Convention, both from the Republican and Union organizations, and we imagine there will be no difficulty about an ami cable coalition.
 And what is true of this district, should be true of the 18th and l7th.
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THE FRIENDS of Col. Deming in Hartford, have presented him with purse of $500 to buy another hos" So Mat matter will be dropped now, we presume, by the Hartford papers.
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past, Jas. Johnson,- proprietor,-and now we learn that new paper is to be issued from the office bearing the name of the Falle Village Lead CT. The problem is, if the Republican can live with no subscribers, how many will it take to make the LsaderPay?
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WASHINGTON.

G. H. Hollister, Esq, delivers his lecture or
 the Rebellion, in, the Congregational Church
 Washington, tomorrow Friday) evening, at clock.
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CAsApA.--TMo thousand English troops ar now on their waf to London, c. W.
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Since Uctober, orders drawn amt to $1,S6U AZ Cash in Treasury at this date, $1,1s7 54 Due on Collector A. c.
 Smiths Bond, 2637 56 |" [" E.O.
 Peck's Bond, eos 52 Amt of Cash Funds in Treasury, $4,563 62 Outstanding orders, Separate from
 Deposit Fund.) Amt orders on Interest, $4,057 66
 " not 86 20
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Balance in favor of town, $419 76
 From this sum is to be paid number
 of small bills now due, say $ l5O %
 State Tax, l,63s 79
 Military Com. Tax. 85 %
 Interest on borrowed money, 46O % Collecting Taxes, l2O co
 Est. abatement on Collectors Bond, 400 % Due Town Morris (collected of Canaan,) 4 g. Tax for benefit of Common Schools, 4S2 96 Total, s, 1884 10 Estimated indebtedness of town, $2,964 24 The town is now paying interest;
 To Deposit Fund, Interest on $s,327 5s Other orders, 4,057 66