Litchfield enquirer., 1864-05-05

Ihe Metropolitan Sanitary Fair closed in New York on Saturday last. The receipt. were considerably over one million dollars The sword contest terminated in favor of Gen Grant, by a majority of l5,782. Gen. Grant re- ceived 30,29l votes, Gen. Mcclellan l4,5Oe Scattering l63. Total vote 44,963. The Na val sword was won by Commodore Rowan who received majority of l3O in vote of 922.
 A curious murder case is on trial at Haver. hill, N. II. A man named Thomas Dyer is in. dicted for the murder of an Enfield Shaker. known as Elder Dyer, and his counsel admits the killing, but claims that the prisoners was a religious enthusiast, and was insane to the ex tent that he was not accountable for his acts. He was regarded as insane while in the army Several witnesses were introduced who testi fled to Dyer's laughing and talking boisterous. ly to himself to his going through the man. ual of arms with his hoe when at work hv himself in the field and, further, that he was frevuently excited about the Shakers keepinr his children. A copperhead and his two sons, named featon, attempted to enter Union dobatino club at Lewiston, Friday night, but were refii. sed admittance because they had no ticket of invitation. During scufne which ensued one Of the sons struck young man in the head with slung shot, inaicting injuries of which he was not expected to survive. Tha Yeaton who committed the assault, fled and Has not been arrested, but the others are in jail.
 A little rag picker in the streets of Cleve. land, Ohio, recently found an envelope con taining $20 greenback. The letter was writ ten by a soldier in the field to his wife, en- closing the money. As soon as the girl learn- ed this she made enquiries concerning the woman to whom the letter was addressed, and returned the letter and money. which it ap- peared the woman had lost out of her pocket seon after opening it at the post-of6ce.
 A St. Louis paper notes footprint in rock which is thus described Ut is the per. feet impress of an Indian foot with the mocca. sin on, and was taken out of solid rock, two and half feet below the surface of the strata, when quarrying the wharf at Arrow Rock, in Saline county. The impr. ssion is rough, he. cause there had been no action of the water upon it. MT. H. c. Miller, of Arrow Rock, who presents it to us, saw this footprint when It was excavatad. When was tho impression of the foot made?"
 A short time since, a Boston paper compa. ny threshed 13,000 pounds of clean sand from sixty bales of rags imported from Egypt, being were taken from mummies ia the catacombs, ana the sand was sifted in by the Egyptian sharpers to increase their weight.
 A woman named Terry, who has once before been arrested for conveying goods to tho reb els, IS now in prison in Baltimore to answer charge of contraband trading. She gave ref erences to some wealthy families in the city, put they did not keep her out of jail
 A colored preacher within our lines recent. y felt constrained to preach against the pytor- uohs ot the suffers from his flock had suffered. A'ter much deliberaton he announced his text us FOLLOWS: Now de serpent was more sut- hath made" "''o" u' A''1 The House has passed thu sono,.,. h;n for per, Zine or tin. ~~' VI 0f
 me sanitary fair at Baltimore is n great buyers. e''S' ""' p''"'' '' The enrolment of slaves in the 4th conpre slonal district of Kentucky has been completed without difficulty.
 The transfer Of men from the army to the nRayy RS,y nas commenced; 400 are collected at 1nnn as'nore from the Potomac army, and nearly hs svv9 negroes from the eastern shore of Mary. '"uu nave been transferred to the navy.
 me House committee on elections ara m, Us. Blair. c"se o' A"oA The Senate hava postponed the co,.;d.,. son of the bill for the repeal of ths o"S'u Su;.;a, s,ase laws until Wednesday; .hey wan. 'te te amend It So as not to hurt slavery. """' W me women of Utah have recently al,erei spell it Morsnaa. 's now
 Jacob Hoyt, Esq, the oldest native bo., citizen of Concord, N. H., died at his resi-. dence in that city on Sunday morning last. a the ripe old age of 92 years and one month.
 The iron-clad Galena has betn stripped O her plating, and she is now nothing more tha, ' common wooden gunbeat.