Litchfield enquirer., 1864-12-29


 crops in Connecticut for the past year:
 Wleat. 7l.S9l bushels corn. 2,OS9.S35 bushels; rye. 72l 8S9 bushels; tobacco, 9.9oO- 2l8 bushels barley, l7,732 bushels buck wheat, 387 AIT bushels; outs. 2,Oli 1884 bush- els; potatoes, l,s43, ,l4s bushels hay, AS, ,9s4 tons.
 TEE CORN CROP OF THE UNITED STATES 70. l864.-1he crop Of corn for 1863 was 45l ,961,- 959 bushels; for 1864. 530 6Sl .9O3, or an in. crease of 78.6l3,444 bushels. With the excep. ton of 1862, this is the largest yield ever known in this country The home demand. however, for the purpose Of distillation feeding and fa,tening hogs is so much less than in 1862, that it IS supposed the amount 0f corn for exportation, of the crop of 1884, will ba fully equal to that of 1862. The export of ln- dian corn to Great Britain in that year. waa 3l s9O BPS bushels. At the last date corn was worth in England S5 cents per bushel, gOia i value.
 BUcKwHEAT This crop has increased 2r | 994.085 bushels over that Of 1863. The in- crease is principally iu the States of Pennsyl.. vana Ohio, New York, Connecticut, Michigan , Indiana Iowa, and Illinois Connpcticut hs the only one of the New England States iha [ shows an increase. She reports 3s7, AIT bush els for 1864.
 Ma RAYMOND AND THE FRENCH MissroM-- Hon Henry J. Raymond's namo having BseB mentioned frequently in connection with the mission to France, and Washington dispatch having said that President Lincoln was under Il pledge 10 brstow the honor upon him iS elected, Mr. Raymond makes personal sx- plantation through the New York Times. deny. ing that he has ever had any correspondenes with the President, direct or indirect, on the subject, and saying that he has not asked and does desire any appointment from the general government. He was recently elected 10 Con. g,ess from New York city and expresses tho determination to discharge the duties of that position to the extent of his abilities.
 GREAT HAUL or PRIzEs Rear Admiral Por. ter, under date of the 18th, informs the Navy Department of the destruction of the blockade runner Petrel, driven ashore by gunboa,s at New Inlet Cape Fear river.
 The Petrel was fired upon and sunk, and finally destroyed by the northeast gale. She had on board large cargo of arms and mu- nitions of war.
 Admiral Porter reports that within the last fifty days the fleet has captured and destroyed five millions five hundred thousand dollars worth of the snemy's property in blockade runners.
 While Garret Davis was running muck on Monday, at the Government, in behalf of some imprisoned Kentucky traitors, the conserva- tism of Senatorial debate was shocked by c woman shouting at him from the gallery. s.You are traitor." Her husband persuaded her into the hall. and begged her to be quiet. ...I won't De quiet," she answered. That Senator is a traitor and if you men had the souls of men. he and all other traitors would be flung out of this Congress-"
 William Tuckerman. convicted eight years ago of robbing the throuyh mails between New York and Boston, on Thursday received . full pardon from the President, and was dis charged from the State Prison at Wethersheid to day. He was sentenced for twenty. years, but his term is shortened in consideration of his good behavior since (not bsfore) he entered the prison. 1sr -,-.
 There were 10.2s0 enlisted men, and 22i of. ficers exchanged at Savannah and Charlt stoR. Nearly 500 officers and men have died since their delivery into our hanas.
 Mr; Fs.yet.e No Mullen, of Virginia, m.n- ger ot sns rebel Congress, in speech few a"ys sge, said he had information from Bishop Lay that Gen. Grant had signifsd to him ihst any commissioners appointed by the Conftder- ate Government would be received by the United States authorities at sny point they. might desigsate, and that an equal number of commissioners or persons would be appoiuteq on the part of the North to meet them, to have free and full interchange of views upon the subject of peace. eF. BRowS's BRoNoHrAJ. TRocHss.-A depot is opened in London for the sale of these Losen- zers, which have been so long in use m Amefi- oa for relieving Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs ThYoat Disorders and Affections of the Lungs
 Liverpool Post : The New York Journal of Commerce says the Japanese style of giving dinners has been adopted in that city. which is to invite the guests with the understanding that they will politely decline. The only difference is that the insitaticns arc printed is the new wspapers. It refers, we suppose. to Farragut.
 The New York Union league club is shayinR an internal row, Ths game dinner to uold. win Smith was given in the club rooms not more than tenth part of the members know ing anything shout it., and the majority tead, ing of the gosd time the next morning. are, naturally wroth.
 An old slave woman in. st. Caih.v;nsa ?. W. on being told, few days ago. m Jeh, Davis vas arming the slaves. exoieimea. BYeee dc Lord nav thAv <ns sss ..Ls-H z--...,