Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25

3l0z 1923 Majority for the Amendment ITS,
 
 L1roHfIEID.-An informal meeting of the cit. fSens Of this town was held on Friday afternon at the Court House, to consider the project of building new road from the village to the railroad station, whereby the present heavy hills might be avoided. Mir Edwin McNeil, a practical engineer, and very we'll known to our citizens, gave it as his opinion that practica- ble road could be made from Chestnut Hill to the station upon which the grade would be al- most imperceptibre, and would afford pleas ant entrance into the town from that direction, instead of the intolerabIe succession of ups and downs which now discourage and disgust the traveller, long before he arrives on Litchfield Hill. MT. McNeil offered to make practical survey of the proposed road and on Tuesday started with party, and the instruments, for this purpose, and he will be prepared to make report of the exact state of the case at an early day.
 That such road is needed by the town. and urgently aeaandtd by everybody who has occa- sion tU pass to and fro on the road to the sta. tion, we presume, will not be disputed by any, body. Everybody knows that the principal hfndrance to tho prosperity of Litchfeld as a place of sum mer resort to people from out of town. is this last four miles of Staging not so much the staging per ss, as the chamber ing over the steep and uninteresting succession of hills from the station to the village. Now. if wecan imagine a pleasant rnaduuway, with or Try slight and uniform grade, tho more De, haps than that of North Street in the village Of no greater length and one which a hors could be driven "in trot'' the entire distance thus reducing the time now consumed in reach ing one point from tfe ether, not to speak C the increase of comfort, we presume there vii be no question of it's desirability. If such road can be built ,- all portions of the town except, perhaps, ths society of North6eld are equally interested it1 is; and what benefit the town benefits the whole as we'll as any part We understand that several gentlemen are read to give literally and la, gely to the construction of the road, provided the town see fit toaau thorize it and take the matter in hand, whicl We have no doubt it will do, upon farorabl report af the Surve yors.
 "A very pleasant reception to the privat soldiers of the 18th Regiment was given b! the Hon. John H. Hubbard, at his residence on Wednesday last. An excellent table wa spread, and several impromptu speeches ant toasts given, all of which seemed to De kghl, appreciated and enjoyed by the gallant sol diers and their grati6ed entertainers.
 A Town Meeting is to be held in the Towl Hall this (Thursday) afternoon, for the pur pose of taking action with regard to correcting the enrolment of this town, in accordance witl the recommendation of "Circular No g. of th, Adjutant General, published elsewhere in ou columnr. The time when these corrections ma, be made expires on Thursday next, Sept. 1st hence, whatev CT is done must be done at once and it will certainly be for the advantage O the town to pay the expenses of every mar who is on the enrolment, but who is exemp from the draft, to go to Bridgeport to see that his name is stricken from tho list before th' rsassienment of the quotas. The cop2erheat board of selectmen of this town dc not choos. to advertise their town meetings in this paper and we give the above notice pro Jono publico.
 The lecture ot Wm. Curtis Moves, Esq. of New York, on "Chivalry," will be repeat ed at the Court Room, to-morro~. Friday even ing at 8 o'clock. The announcement ought te draw large crowd. Admission free | The promised Concert for the benefit o the Soldiers Aid Society, will be held at tha Court Room on Thursday evening of this weel at 8 o'clock. Tickets 25 cents at the door, and no half price. All who like the cause, and all who like to listen to good music, will be pres ent.
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