Litchfield enquirer., 1863-05-07
State Items.

Goodrich. of Hartford County, has received the appointment of Provost Marshal for the lst Congressional District of this State, Col. Bepj. s. Pardee, of New Haven. for the 2d, and Capt. Isaac H. Bromley, of the 10th c. ", for the sd. The appointment for this dis trict has not yet been made, and there is con siderable anxiety about it among the candi- dates. se l,g.
 P. s.-The Hartford Evening Press ol Tuesday, states that Capt. James E. Dunham of the l7th 0. ". has been appointe Proves, Marshal: for this (the 4tL) Congressional dis trict. So ahat agony is over.
 Fl. B. Wing of Goshen, and late of the 27th h 0. V., has lately gone upon the editorial staff Of the Norwich Bulletin, We wish him all success at the outset of his editorial career.
 The Holland county court tried a case be- tween Hiram Wiers and Sheldon Hare, of Stafford, last week. involving the right of two sheep. The case occupied the court part of the week, and cost the parties about $40O Rather high priced mutton that
 
 THE TOBACCO CROP = In the vicinity si Hartford, particularly in the towns on the op posite side of the river, including East Hart. ford, Windsor and South Windsor, there will bs more tobacco raised this season, than in cay previous year since the weed was first cul. tivated in this section. Nearly every farmer is preparing some land for the reception of the plant. Numerous tobacco houses, or sheds specially designed for the airing and drying oi the crop after it is cut from the stalk, have been erected, and many others are in process of construction. There are not a few who have risked all their ready means in the "sta- ple." t4
 Chandler N. Wayland, Esq, of Waterbury, has been appointed Assistant Assessor of h. ternal Revenue, 2d District of Connecticut :oics Hopkins P. Hall, deceased.
 About eightosn years ago, lady in Nor wieh received letter from her brother in Hart ford, purporting to enclose $lo0-but the money had been stolen. A few days since the lady received the money, with confession of guilt from the person who took it, soldier then dying in . hospital at Washington.
 In the Superior Court at Norwich, Mr. and Mrs. Stanton of Ston,ngton have been divorced after an unhappy marriage of six weeks. He was bachelor of 59, she widow with three children, at the time of marriage.
 
 On Sunday morning, May 3d, about half past eight o'clock, the people of Wallingford were startled by rumbling sound, like a load ed wagon passing over the road, and soon after by report like the discharge of artillery. At Ahe same time. ball of fire was observed to dart east from the foot of the liberty pole. The pole was shattered from fop to bottom,the splinters flying in every direction, and about twenty feet of the pole fell to the ground. The pole cost MT. Moses Y. Beach over $500, and Mas the finest in the State.
 About one hundred md twenty-five thousand bushels of oysters, from Southern waters, have been planted in New Haven harbor during the present season. # .'s. A..
 on sunday morning at Az o'clock, the axe nanole factory in 'Greenville, owned by Sidney Iufner' 'ook hre and was entirely consumed. The hre originated in the eno;na room and frem there spread to the main bp;ld;nr Mr Turner estimntes his loss at from sao mn = 25,000 insured in the folloviny n. ,n.d .o., pauies Htna, Hartford. s2,5oo, obartar f,ar n : Hartford, $2,5oo, and conpesticpt Ha,tsa,s ssd' $l,OoO on the building ; and Phoenix. Hsrtfo,d $l,ooO, Peoples Mutual, Worcester, sl oro Home. New York, $l,oOQ, and Equitable . Providence. $l,oOO on the stock was sav.d. The green stocks was saved. The building will be immediately Isbuilt.
 Hopkins P. Hall, Esq., prominent citizen of Waterbury ana Assistant Assessor for ths q distdets disd op suudsy wsst T ths sss 2 F Hyesrs.