Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-21

fha'soldisss' mlrin New York was si..s more crowded than ever on Thursday. The whole reos'pts thus far arc nearly nine hundred thou sand aollars The fast trosting horse,,' itLady " o0dFua' hh' presented to the fair by Robert Bonner was asll, on Thursday, for sl 800. The sons of Connecticut; a ase contributing generously toward tho purchase of the Charter Oak piano for Gov. Buckingham. About loo loaves Of election cake are sold daily In this departmen: at sl per cake. The fair 1, to close on Saturday of this week.
 MT. Thomas, the radical candidate for Mayor of St. Louis, was elected by over twenty-six hundred majority. The attempt, however, to class the result as a Fremont triumph is . failure, e,sas D. large.numbera Mfr. Thomas, supporters are said to prefer Gen. Butler to any living man ;many others ars in favor of N. r. Banks ; some are il, favor of Mr. Lin.' eo'n' and tho balance go for Fremont
 The genuine stock of the New York and New Haven Railroad coupsny was sold in New York on Thursday, at lso1, and will sd- vance on that figure. The road pays qaatsr. | ly dividend. s5sr< Fss ss.ss = The steamer Harvest Moon has arrived al Washington from Fortress Monroe, with Ad. miral Dahlgren, who has again besa unsuoeess- full in obtaining the body of his son. !
 Lockwood's Block, Bridgeport, was dss- troyed by fire Thursday morning. The oSeA : pants lost as fullogs ]; Wm. A. aS,siger from sloo0 to $l60o; insured for 5000. Adam Steiger, $500; insured $45o. SilImsn Bros. sl0,00O; insured $l700. The building vas valued at $4,5oO; insured $3.ooo in Parmsrs' Mutual, Worcester Mass, F.'2 -r :
 A gentleman who gave Gen. Grant l6o yo.. es Friday for the army sword at the New York Fair, illustrated one of the pages of the book with the following historicat words extrs.ts from Grants despatehss: :-.,-~- .,---,..
 FoRS DoSn1soN, Febuary l6lses.
 Fifteen thousand prisoners, one hundred and torty-six guns, fifteen thousand stand of arms. =" - |
 Grant to .Buckner:
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 , VIcxsBURo, Juy 4, 1868. Thirty-seven thousand prisoners arms and munitions for sixty thousand men. CHATTANOOGA, November 24.26, 1863, Six thousand and hundred and forty-swo. prisoners, four pieces of artillery, sixty. nine artillery carriages and cassons, ssyea thousand l stand of arms.
 The first votes received from the soldiers were for Grant. ...' '$- ',fH -
 The following description is given of a bresd of horses found only in the royal stud at the Wahabite Capitalin Arabia '' 'f
 They are small breed, rarely exceeding fifteen hands high. The prevailing eolor is gray. Not g single bay could be sees. Chest. nut was occasionally seen. Some were mot ted, few were white, but none were perfectly black. The beauty of the race was in the ex. cessive cleanness of the legs which ressmbled those of the stag more than the horse, in the extraordinary deicacy of the muscle the gyaGs. full sweep of the haunchss, the beautiful sSt-sn of the tail, and in the extreme slope of the pliancy such us he had never seed in any other breed. ''''
 A letter from the Army of the Potomac says: Major General Meade's headquartsrHs is DO longer hhagaadquarters of she Army of the Potomac, at least so far as news of the army is concerned. The officers from there of eve. ry grade are to be seen daily on their pilgrin- age to culpeper, to learn what is about to transpire.'
 Major General Slocum, recently relieved from duty in the Department of tho Cumbsr. land, is ordered to report in person to Major General Jams, B. IePAsrson, commanding Department of the Tennessee, for assignment to the command of the fortified post of the District of yicksburgh. ..... 4
 The Deputy U. 8. Marshal, Loveioy. on Tuesday attached the steamer Bridgeport, In Bridgeport, at the instance of Holmes. Booth & Hayden, of Waterbury. who claim damages sustained in the carrying of freight by the ! steamboat company. The boat will remain at | the wharf until settlement is made. Unlese the matter is adjusted between the parties, lss 1 will be carried before the U. s. District Court which will meet here the fourth week in April. l l-Palladium
 An application will be made to the next legislature for the renewal of the charter of the New York and Boston Railroad Oonpanyj extending the time for bdildidR said read. j.
 A rich citizen of Springfield, "transfsrrsd'' several shares of stock to non-resident ia of- der to evade the tax thereon. Alter receiving several fat dividends free of tax,s he died. but now the heir, cannot it'd the logus stoekhold. CT aud the company refusrs to anuul the ua g. lsr. A bad joke for the heirs. A treaty eol e'ujed with tho Pennington In. dians dated Sept lItb, l6SS, to which John Waasworth. W. Lewis and Capt John Stanley were witnesses also. with other Indians not properly Tunxis Indians in which Wawauia and Shaun were appointed chiefs, is in posses. sion of a Mir. Wadswvr,h, in New Yok. The three last weeks of easterly winds have been very bud for ths fishermen around Now. London. Mnay of the vessels have had to buy bait twice and there is a prospect of their hay ing to buy again, Some ofthsm have been tc an sx. . SC of $500 or S40O, and hays not been of oh craiss yet 's
 Rspor 2 say Dr. McCiosky has beou appoint lE: X v ml ..1 RMO