Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-11

II. w. Buel,
 G.M. Woodruff,
 w. L. Ransom, :"
 F. t. M.Sisl,
 Frederick L. Coe, Y
 L. D. Hosford,
 John A Belden, Volunteer.
 The town quota was reduced one man, leav- ing eight wanting, which is filled as above. Mir. Theodore E. Baldwin, of New York, has headed subscription paper with the sum of $l00 for the purpose of rebuilding the East Park, and repairing and rcpainting the Cen. 1 tral and West Park fence. The paper, tltus l liberally headed, is now In the hands of our citizens, who. we hope, will take hold of the matter in earnest.
 Seventy two persons made deposits of $500 with the Receiver for this county-one of which has been withdrawn. Depositors are not allowed 10 draw their funds until the Agent has made his return to the Adiutant Generals office. unless a substitute is furnish. ed in some other way by the depositor. The Receiver will give due notice of the time for withdrawal of money placed in his hands
 THE TABLEAux.-The exhibition of Tab. leaux, for the benefit of the Soldiers Aid As sociation of this village, were given at Bulk ley's Hall, according to announcement, on Wednesday evening of last week, and was re- peated, with q change of programme, on Fri day evening. We think we hazard nothing in saying that they were by far the most pleas ing and most successful exhibition of the kind ever given in this town. The hall was crowd ed to its utmost capacity, on each evening, by delighted and appreciative audiences, ,and each scene was received with hearty applause. Where all were so perfect in conception and execution, we can hardly venture 10 particu- larize any one scene beyond another in point of excellence, but, judging from the cncores of the audience, tie "Artst Studio" and the G Domestic scene," which closed the exhibi tion on the second evening" seemed most pop ular In the first, !he illusion of the pictures on the wall was as nearly perfect as anything real could be, and nature certainly surpassed l the highest art. In tho last scene of Domestic Life, the kitchen was invested with romance md beauty that we imagine is more fanciful than real, but was certainly very attractive and beautiful. The tableaux of s'Mary, Queen of Scots,' and "Pochahontas. rescuinr Cant John Smith," were also very effective and striking, particularly the latter, and the scenes from "Romaunt of the Rose" and "Win- ter's Tale," Were considered very charming. Nor must we omit 10 mention " The Dream of Kilmeny" and '' The Vision of Joan of Arc,', which wero largely arplauded upon each rep rssentation. Of the comic scenes, .. Mother Goose" and "Mr Tupman's Proposal'' carried of the palm, while the '" Bridal scehe'' was not without it's admirers. Altogether, we should have to go through the whole pro gramme to mention every success, and each tableau was thought by many better than the others
 To the young ladies who arranged and took part in the tableaux, we are sure the uuahi- nous expression of their audiences was that
 
 tnent of the most thorough and complete suc- cess. They desire, through us, to make pub. lie mention eff their obligation to Mr. Bulkley and Mir. Sheldon Munger for their valuable and gratuitous assistance also to the Litch- field Cornet Band for their excellent music on Friday evening while the perspiring individual who acted as stage manager on the occasion, and who still retains damp re- collection of the scenes both before and behind the curtain, congratulates perforniefs and au- diences alike upon what has been decidedly the success of the season.
 Over $10O were netted to the soldiers
 There are various theories to account fur the dense smoke that has enveloped our town since Sunday last. A report prevailed in Pc keepsie, N. Y. on Sunday of larg, confla- grafton raging in the woods west of the river, but we have not seen the report confrmed-- The sun when it is seen at all, seems like a globe of fire, and ..the moon oeeasional1y re- veals dark red disc just after sunset. The days arc hot and muggy, the thermomet CT ranging from 70 to 80 degrees, and the nights close and damp Altogether disagreeable weather.
 NEW HAsrFoRD.-On Saturday, the 9th in- stant, Mir. Edmond Smith, aged 3S years, and of vigorous constitution, was attacked with cholera, and died aftera most distressing ill., ness of twenty hours. On Monday afternoon; his funeral was attended with Masonic hon OTIS, at the Congregational Church. Rev. Mr. Rice preaching the sermon, and tho Rev. Mrs Atwell, of the Baptist Church. Pleasant Na.- ley officiating as Chaplain, both clergymen being Masons, Mrs. Smith, the widowed mo- ther of two lovely daughters, respectively 8 and 12 years of age, was so shocked by the dreadful disease of her late husband, and the fatal issue of it, that she has not from the first, to this evening (Monday) slept moment, nor shed tear. The consequence is, she is temporarily insane. She said, on her way to the cemetary, "The world knows it not, but where it saw only ripple on the ocean, there sauk my diamond!"
 At a town meeting held on Monday, of this week, it was unanimously voted to raise twen-