Litchfield enquirer., 1862-12-04

ONE night last week, some one attempted to pick the lock ofthe Saybrook Bank, but with out success. The lock was damaged 80 that the Cashier who kept the key could not unlock the door. The bank, however, was opened at noon, after considerable trouble.
 TIE German, Binturt, whose wife was killed on the railroad at Derby last week, says he gave 1T $50 when she parted from him at New Ha. ven and only $22 of it was recovered. The matter wears bad look.
 Somebody sent to Norwich from New York, the other night, box containing the bones CH one CT two people who were buried at New York twenty five or thirty years ago, and were How taken up and brought there for re-iutsr> ment. The box remained day or two at the depot, and some thief or thieves visiting that locality during the night season, in search of plunder, broke open this box, with others. N s probable that they did not make much on that speculation.
 LAST Thursday morning man by tue name of Farrell, living in New London. after making fire, went up stairs to teii his wife that every- hng WAS in readiness fer cooking the Thanks giving .,9ose. He found his wife sitting up in 'ed, and dead, A coronprs jury was sum- .Aouc,i, and an inquest held, but nothing was effected other than tbat the woman was found dead.
 TlIG Richmond Examiner says that Sharps' rifles ,sGe manufactured in tial city, in a i've >to"y Dui.ling on the corner of Arch and Eighth sIlvets. l he rife is composed of DO less than sixty iiTe distinct pieces, and machinery has 1eeE Constructed so that te establishment turns out ten r.Hs per day, and is capacity will soon oe increased tO make fifty Der day. In Octo. Der oue hunlred rifles mu,ie here were inspec- ;ed aud approved by the government and sent to Grnerei tu;,rt. We hope none of them will ever nu captured, but if they are the Yankees will be somewhat surprised 10 the Richmond makers .naik on them. As it requires about three times as much macEiuery to make c -h"lp rife as for auy other f:earm. they will acknowledge our ability to soon compete with them in everything pertaining te the cvnsruo. ton of shooting irons.'
 HE New Tori, Eyeuil.g i.r! las advanced i in pice iron. ; ) to 2l0 Der ;.nnilin, and single copies from t!!rHe to iour crnis Speaking oi the adyan>e in the plce of White iaIer, it says
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 T'ua .}iaa1sy :: .as :: Asaa*, in consequence Ul tle y.,"It..oUs l5o lii i',i r. E'a been ccmpe- eu to r OuGr l.- >...v i UI iHc sn..!9 rvaSun the i os.un Euurier, ami the S!racus: Courier < 1 Union cGllic Uul a!l..a..@i sheet. fvrn with tAi, |, @ncIn." ui a:e aii "dy,s''ie ln price will it is .ivG.i.t. ,et be ncctssu'r. the or two t:us ull Iuj yrs aIt about to .uuce their sizs- Ali 5e !,&u0 ,;is,-ta have ad"aEccd ;hsir rates Ihe lubi,s'.er rt the Clutun Coursnt annuunce5 h.t on aG.A alter the I3Ih of Decsm- her the ,.5licution of that jo;.raai will be sus- pended, on gCcUum 0! til" present high prices of stock, as wei as the very unve tan state of the paper market ill the future.
 IT + T singular fact that what were vas. tree less praries in Illinois twelve years ago are now covered with very dense growth of thrifty young forest trees, comprising the various sPs- ces of oak, hicory, cottonwood, ash &c. So rapid has been this change in many localities, that where $cme of the early ttlers located twenty to twenty five years ago, without ts~S around them, they can now cut and hsw EsoA building timber foot square, Prairie lands. when kcl t from the annual fall burning formerly paactceI by the Indians, rapidly produce c growth of trees Some of the old citizens, who greedy located the timber laEd when they came to this country. and were careless about acquir- ing prairie now find the latter of more value than the former. Their timber has grown fas; ter than tEey have used it.
 The Board of Police Commissioners in New York have rendered decision in the celebrated Brins made case. whereby tley cene re Superin- teuicnt Kennedy for having detained Mrs, Brins,naic without written authority from the War Department. In conclusion they passed resolution expressive of their continued conh- dence in his zeal and ability as Police Superin- tendent
 The municip. election in Springfield Mass, on Mon lay resulted in the choice of the hepno- lican candidates. by vote of about two to one. The Republicans carried every ward, and all their candidates save the city clerk and treasur- CT. and three or four warl officers. Henry AL exander, Jr, was elected Mayor by 596 mNjori- ty.
 The rebel Congress will not convene, unless called together by Jeff. Davis, until the lZth Of January. It adjourned on the 18th of October
 Wlnn the condemned Indians Of MInneso'a are talked to on the subject they say XII n"' kill me, would kill you if had you An '"- dia, desnises to beg for his life, but aDno'' b.,crg for he feels that to be hung IS 'o U" trooted like dog. He would much pre's' death by the slow lingering torture s'eh a' none hut an Indian can devise and execute to dea'R
 on the gaows.
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