Litchfield enquirer., 1864-01-21
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 LiTcHFIELD.-At the town meeting held in this town on Monday, the vote of the 25th of July last, authorizing $500 to be paid to each drafted man who should either enter the ser vice or provide substitute, was ratified with out dissenting voice. vote was also pass. ed giving to the selectmen the sum of $50 for each man who shall count on our present quo ta after January 4th, 10 "pay expenses of en- listment" By this dodge of the law, passed at the late extra session of the legislature, prohibiting towns from giving any bounties to volunteers under the present call, sum eff money ranging anywhere from fifty to thou sand dollers is appropriated to the selectmen for" expenses" Nobody seems to know how many men are still lacking the selectmea couldn't or wouldn't tell; '' it may be six" but who knows! We don't pretend to smnis- cence in the matter, and 80 can't inform our readers about this, nsr several other little matters. connected with the enlistment of our various quotas. We are neither . recruit ing officer" or sssubstitute broker" and get little pay for the little work we do personally in helping on the good cause. Others may do better with better advantages. We believe they do, and that sone, while on the service of the town, and pretending to lsok out for it's in- terests have managed to take very good care of their own. Hence we were, aad are opps.. ed to the vote passed ct the town meeting. We believe 1t illegal, and that net cent of .ax laid to collect it, could bs collected from any one refusing to be bound by it. It is s miserable evasion of law, end, beside, meas ure of very doubtful expediency and justice as it stands. Now that it is passed, however, we hope our soldiers will have the benefit of it.
 "A melancholy suicide occurred ia this town (Northheld Society," on Sunday evening lsst Ar. Charles Curtiss, aged 53 years, sen of Cspt. Eli Curtiss sf korthfela, without gay iatimation of his intention, left his fath. . CTS houss, went down to the Naug.suck river, broke hole in the ice nssr the saw mill at Elutevills, where his clothes were discovered the next day, and drowaed himself. His body was found in the river . short distance below.
 MT Curtiss was farmer of irreproaehabls character, good habits, living on the most amicabls terms with his! friends, and no ade- aEate or satisfactory reason can be assigned for the desperate deed.
 Our "January thaw" set in with drencA- ing rain on Sunday, which continued of and on, until Tuesday evening, when it tried to clear off, but didn't, fully, though on wedaes- day evening the weather was colder and the ice by ne means ell washed away So we may hope to have escaped the season of sposA," and may yet have good slsighing till March.
 TEE BOARD or EsnoLLHENr.-Ap paragraph has been going the rounds of the State papers, originating in the New York Tribune that Col. Leverett V. Wsssells of this town had been appointed Provost Marshal of this District, vics Riley removed, and Nr. Edward J. Al ford, of Southport, Commissioner. We have to say. thst however popular tais chs.ge in the present Board of Ezrollmsnt would be, Col. Vessels, at least, has, as yet, received no official notice of his appointment. and sp to this tims the old Bosra remains undisturbed.
 Should tue report of the appointment of Col. Vessels be hereafter confirmed, we hope it will net necsssitate his resignation as Sheriff of this county. sincs judging by tho past and by the present aspect of the war, the office of Provost Marshall of this district, is not by any means permanent one, and the duties of Sheriff of this county can ss well be disoharged in the interim. as they have been heretofore. by his efficient corps of Deputies.