Litchfield enquirer., 1864-02-11


 GosaEs.-Sincs your last issue we have consigned to the grave, another of the noble band Of patriot volunteers, from this town, Henry Huxley, who disd at Alexandria. Va. week Before lass.
 Oar Anaaal society's meeting r7;-rd with special o2e cana of on Kez,,ay g.. per post ed bill. The scenery was fair to rn;dallar :; the extenporissi speeches wero superb, (ss all she cid stasers wers o.t,) iatsssesrse,i with .e1fositioas w-ittea fer tss o4sss!an hy Manager Elect afthe Company.
 The Ca2iaia vho was not 6. "2aT rzn,' b.s, WAS sp to Pallaers," being chairman Of special meeting s' last fall. Qhs res..nz hay ing been kept alive by cdUo4rsmeuts to this tme;) took the Platform, and tue first act co,a. neacsi.
 The play consisted Of reading the Journal of tas special nesting ef go ou; es eo cs.i which estesded the Eusailaous csll to Rev. Sir. Doubleday to ths pastorais here, ssi .hs acts and dongs, as the r1eetisg sdjourned from time to tins, iatsrsrerssd with episto- lary correspondence whiea vas quite eredita- bfs 10 the writers, and of course entertaining to the enlightened and apprecistive audience.
 As some psrts consisting of letters to snd freEa the Fleet were in the hands ofthe Junior actors, who had rot arrived, tho scene closed by adjournment of Especial Meeting till l2 M
 And the End Act opened by organizing sn- nual societies. meeting with Esquire Street Moderator in military experience 6 novice, but chief captain of the Democracy of the town, consequently peace man.
 Under Squire Streets benign management the Annual Meeting passed off very harmsni- ously by the appointment of Man agers, &c.,, for the ensuing year.
 l2 o'clock having come the captain took the platform for the third act the Juniors having arriv with the epistles, which were read The parties tben commenced skirmishing for positions.
 A certain selectman believed that Par son, who would view favorably call from less than one third of the members of a society, with certificate of the face before him would not deliberate long before accepting it.
 The captain Chairman replied, II told you the COW would eat up the grinds.one," @ phrase rteaSme, he picked up in his earlier theological studies under the late lameatsa Jsel
 The head manager, having been reelected, here prodxced communication from the man who had been prayed for as the minister elect, (disclaining any knowledge of its import, which was unwiss in him, as nobody had &C., cused him of peeplng,) which was in part, 8 reply to some very soothing resolves ofs form CT special meeting supposed to be drawn by one of the meekest of men :; the balance inti- mated that he had not yet decided to settle personally or by proxy, from this time hence forward.
 A vote was then passed allowing him such indefinite time as might suit his pleasure, to decide whether he would settle or not and he having the fate of Reverends Case and Bing- ham, in his eye, with three months notice to quit in the call to him, after settlement, will hold If wise) his vantage ground, and preach on personally or otherwise, enjoy his S700, during his pleasure, and now be called on to forgius his t-iends, as his predecessors have been; although the above is doctrine not inculcated in scripture.
 The church having but Is votes in their meeting giving the call by personal applica- tion having got some ten or twelve more, to endorse their proceedings, were considered fair examplars, by scsrtain Selestman" who offered vote giving the approbation of the