Litchfield enquirer., 1864-07-07

world is not worthy. Let all these bear record. Yours, truly,
 GEORGE W. MASON,
 0. NJ. segt., Co. A, 2nd c. v.H.A.
 Chestnut Hsll, Litehtssld July 5th. The following is the letter of scssftanoe by Mir. Lincoln of the Baltimore nomination for the Presidency:
 EXECUTIVE MANSION, l WAsHISaTeN, June 27, 1864. ] Hon. William Denison, and others, c Committee
 ofthe National Union Contention: GENTLEAEN.-Yourl letter of the 14th inst. formally notifying me that have been nomi- mated by the convention you represent for the Presidency of the United States for four years from the 4th of March next, has been receiv- ed. The nomination is gratefully accepted, az the resolutions of the convention-called the platform-are heartily approved. While the resolution in regard to The sup planting of republican government upon the western continent is fully ooncurred in, there might be misunderstanding were I not,to say that the position of the government in relation to the action of Fr ance in Mexico, as assumed through the State Department and endorsed by the convention, among the measures and acts ofthe Executive, will be faithfully main tained so long as the state of facts shall leave that position pertinent and applicable. am especially gratihed that the soldier and the seaman were not forgotten by the consen- tion, as they forever must and will be remerl- bered by the grateful country for whose sslva- | tion they devote their lives.
 Thanking you for the kind and compliment tary terms in which you have communicated the nomination and other proceedings of the convention, subscribe myself, your obedent servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. On the morning of the Sd inst, at one , clock. between Barnegat and Absecou. b hence 2d inst, for New Orleans, Came in col lision with the steamer Matanzas. Capt Leis gang, from New Orleans for New York, caus- | ing the Locust Point to sink in seven minutes I in fourteen fathoms of water. The Matahzas struck her amidships, cutting her in tive. The Locust Point had on board 23 crew and Is passengers the balance, l9 in number, must have been lost The Matanzas had on board l46 persons. She received no injuries what ever from the collision. The Locust Point and cargo is total loss no one saved any. thing from the wreck. The passengers were all asleep at the time.
 l Respecting the extent of the disaster on the Grand Trunk Railway. at Richeleu Bridge, the Government Emigration Agent, at Mon treal, supplies some particulars which may be considered authentic. He says that the num- Der on the special train conveying the emi grants to Montreal was 475; number brought in to Montreal first night. 3s4; leaving to be accounted for, sl dead bodies recovered, ss leaving unaccounted for 3; of the 3s4 two since died, and the body of the con ndactor was recovered on Friday, so that the total loss o life SO far. according to this calculation would be 9l. The ones uaaccoanted for, may eithel be dead or still in Quebec, where the balance of the passengers by the Neckar remained.
 Extensive mail robberies have just beer discovered in Minnesota. They occurred ot the route between Mankato Winona, and have been going on since the first of March. Let ter packages from Chicago have been found r bags. broken open, and portions missing, anc in one case Chicago way bill was found call ing for $33. but none were there. James Burns and Patrick McConaghy, two drivers have been arrested. Nearly 500 letters were found concealed in the engines, stables and rooms of the arrested men.
 The farmers in Whately, Mass. recently formed clab and sent one of their number to l the agency of the Peruvian government in New York, where he bought guano for all of them-nearly one hundred tons in all. They think this is the only way they get it unmixed with sand.
 The Christian Commission makes an ear- nest appeal for delegates to go and serve in hospitals and on the field for four or six weeks.
 Gen. sturgis is on trial by court martial at Memphis, on charges growing out of his re- cent defeat by Forrest.
 The War Department orders all sick and wounded officers unit for field duty, but able to serve 0n courts martial, to report to the Adjutant General their names and addresses. The total appropriation for riot damages in New York, is Sl.900000. A loan of quar- ter of million has just been put into the market.
 Joe Coburn, of New York, and Dan Mace, of London, have made their final match to fight Oct 1, 1864, over and under 100 miles from Dublin. The stakes are 2,500 side. The final deposit IS up, and the articles gre sign ed.
 SOLDIERS TO THE RESCUE !-Young men, rushing into the exposures and dangers o for soldiers life, should prepare themsem rss and the fatal levers, the dysentery, the sS,I so,Iow scurvy. which are almost certain tC Hallowav's Pills. used occasionally uuiins sno oampagn, will sound ea.ee hea;e 70 ssnect man if the reader of d,almsnt .h,s from from the drur get box of Pills or otnIms; "s;,a to ma o66 stors s ID na ms l enclosing the amount and will Malden nss., ssse of expense. Many dealers will man Don n.n medicines on hand because they no. as hsep pp.ts I as much profit as on other per cam. canI make. s5 cents, 8S cents, and $1 40 per box or pot.
 At the St. Louis Sanitary Fair, printer of Memphis by the name of John M. Corwine. drew the big silver bag (worth $2,5o0) that was presented to the fair by the citizens of