Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-24
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LIrcHTIELD.-Our sudden fall of snow has met with a sudden rise. It has mizzled. It has also rained; and the snow is non est, but the mud est. In fact, Mud reigns at the pre- sent writing and the more it rains the moro mud there is. Stili, let us be thankful this blessed thanksgiving day. as ever was thank ful for Rain and than kful for Saow: thankful for Summer and thankful for Winter; thankful for Health and thankful for Harvests; thank ful for Hope and thankful for Victory thank ful for To-day and thankful for Turkey To- day is day of brightness and gladness. what ever the weather. To-day we look upon the bright side of things, and banish the "blues.' To-day let us make Q true and hearty and loyal Thanksgiving, worthy of cur blessings and of ourselves.
 At town meeting held on Monday, it was voted to give $50 each 10 procure 40 volun- teers to count on the quota of this town. We h ve now sixteen men in excess of all former calls, and with this extra forty, mean to be entirely out of the draft fog the rest of the war. We understand volunteers are now procured at Bridgeport for $15O each. and substitutes for about $675. Several towns in the County have availed or are availing themselves of the op- portunity to procure men to count on their quota, and quite lively business is going on Which is good for the Army.
 SUPERIOR CoURT.-The case of Rothschild ps. Spurr, reported in our last, was decided in favor of the plaintiff. holder of the note, for $175 and costs. The note was for $500 For plaintiff, G. c. Woodruff for defendant, Fl. B. Graves.
 Bissell vs Cheney.-Action for fir r,ud. Plain dorsement to note of $2O0, on fraudulent pretences, on the ground that the endorser of thSaote was good The evidence was rather rich. and somewhat contradictory, and in the crate disquisitions upon historical characters, enlarging upon Shylock and Shin brokers gen. erally, together with touching allusions to widows and orphans. The jury, after fifteen minutes consultation, brought in a verdict for the defendant. Whereupon, Mr. Cheney but toned up his pockets, put on his time-honored hat, larfed a quiet larf, and disappeared from the presence of impartial Justice. He is now for the plaintiff made out of it.
 For plaintiff, H. B. Graves; for defendant, Hollister & Hickox.
 The Court rose on Thursday. adjourning to Monday of next week.
 The following communication from one of our soldiers, impudently defrauded of his right to vote at the recent election, tells its own story. We commend it to the attention of those who admire the present style of ad ministering the town affairs:
 IN CAMP, NEAR WINCHESTER, VA.,)
 Nov 14sh, 1864.
 Mr. Edstor:-Will you permit me, through the columns of your paper, to say few words by way of complaint and explanation of the rejection of my vote, at the late election? have been informed that it was rejected on the ground that my wife has drawn her State pay in Naugatuck,-when the fact is, she has not drawn it at all for the last six months, the First Selectman of Litchfeld having neglected to place her name on the Litchield roll, although notified officially that it had been dropped from the Naugatuck roll, thus keeping her waiting months for her pay, that he might have an excuse for rejecting my vote at the next election. am not acquainted with Mir. Baldwin, and have no unkin1 feelings towards him. Perhaps he thought he was working in a good cause, and the object to be attained jus tifes the means used, but I think differently and could never trust a man under any cir cumstances that knew would be guilty of such meanness. HORACE N. WILLIAMS.
 : Co. A, 2d c. V. A.