Litchfield enquirer., 1865-05-18

Senator Foster started for Kansas on Mon
 aey week, to accompany the other member ss tne committee on Indian Affairs, on visi
 to the tribes in that portion of the country The Hartford people have petitioned in
 common Council to build a dyke sn the rive
 1rout to prevent the city from inundations. :
 Us noped the we'll known aversion of Com
 mon Councilmen to water will induce fayora
 ble consideration of the petition. .Is,
 The steeple of the Congregational church a
 bethel was thrown down through the roof, ii
 the gale on Thursday evening, making com
 pLsse wreck of the building Losses abou
 soovo; The roof of the residence of William
 A. Judd was also torn of, and the house ant ia furniture damaged $2000. Trees, barns,. vines
 etc.s suffered severely, g5filssyi Se ash
 New Counterfeits The following new new coun
 terleits on Connecticut banks are reported y
 Fifty dollars, Pawtucket Bank, vignette. an 's getin clouds, etc. ]; S5, Central Bank. Middle
 town, yignette, battle scene, cattle on right S4, Iron Bank, Falls Village, vignette, cars bridges. etc.--uulke genuine ;. S5G, New Bri. tam Bank. altered from S5.~ Bank issnes no $aO.as s.ss eds ssD.li sA iass as4 eoi s 5ss.. sf.g a.ft -sasi. i,,5t 8y sseaHsa9 5is7
 The following telegraphic dispatch was sent from Bridgeport to Washington. Tuesday morn ;,r .iWA.T .S E s&g2slsA s9axGl3
 ID Edsein N. ,Stanton Ssc'y Of War, Washiao- u ton. D. C..so .;lo2 r'nsH
 I will give five hundred dollars to the, sani. tary Committee or Freedman's Associatio., for the petticoats in which Jeff, Davis was caught.
 tisisssss agssl Pr, BARsuM. i 'l A rural member of the legislature at Hart lord on Wednesday week. beckoned to the dri. -ver of one of the horse cars, and as he slack. ened up, called him to drive up to the curb stone. The street was muddy, and the mem Der didn't want to spoil the polish on his boots but be wouldn't come up to the walk, and member went of with a, "Gosh, I don't under stand why in thunder he didn't drive up and let me get in. !" asl M 4'fs -* 'A '3 il
 The idea has been suggested, and is good one, that the eight Connecticut regiments now n service, when, disbanded by the General Government shall encamp at some suitable place in the State, and while there have a gen eral review by the Governor and Staff. and as many Connecticut generals as can possibly be- present. They are expected home in the latter part of July or early in August. a.9e5
 A, c. Eggleston, mercba ant of Guilford, was shot few evenings since. while standing in the doorway of his store. by young man by the name of Andrew Kno wles, also a resident of Guilford. Eggleston cannot live A sister, in-law of Eggleston received the attentions of young Knowles, a matter which caused diff, y culty between the parties, Knowles fled on horseback to saybrook on the Connecticut river, rowed across in small boat, and, it is supposed, took passage on the night boat from night sSaa fet aislt fssis34 Y 4 5S,5 ae
 Connecticut patents issued for the week end 1rl&T Ia .saal fs affEF
 sssg John s. Bickford of 'luckinemiIl, Great Bri tain, assignor to Joseph Toy of Silnsburv Conn.,, for Improvement fuse for blasting, Sc. Y Hiram ". Hayden of Waterbury, assgnor to Holmes, Booth < Hayden. for improvements in lamps. ~ 9...'.@. = ',,1t a. ,,.'s" b'5srFg
 Reissue = Humphrey Holden. of New Ha- < ven, for improved machine for cement pipes.-l Patented Sept 20, 1864! yi4Ya ns nof.ei2
 "a Designs-S.eB. Jerome of New Haven, for design fora clock case sggsi 1)igtwTah 4 ol7aClark Strong of Chatham, for design for | coffin handle. '}oq P Leonard Atwood of Norwich for improve ment in oil boring apparatus. 5als4 s P 5sl Atnaziah nM Hills of Hockanum, for i'm iprovemeDt in lamp shades s, K ' t..ss -.'se 1 Joseph w. Nofcross of Middletown. for i'm, t Proye:neent in casting tackle blocks. s4l
 The Grand Chapter of MasoIns of this State met in Hartford, Tuesday, and elected the fol- lowing officers:
 M. 2. Luke A lockwood, Greenwich, c. HIP. James '. Gould, Bridgeport, D.G.H.P. 2" John P. Paul, Waterbury, G. K.
 u s.ss . John H. Barlow. Birmingham, G. s. K. E. Benj. Beecher, New Haven, G. Treas.
 'aa Wmi E. Sanford, New Haven, G. sec'y.
 ' Reys Benj ,W stons;9New Haven, G..
 Chaplain. . x.sy l. 'aaa James 2. Cook. ntiadletown, c. c. H. P
 Stephen .T. Bartlett 4of Bridgeport, l
 E0GsRssAa Gau IAa{a d0 sns The Grand Council also met Tuesday and l the following officers were elected T. JamesL Gould. M., P. e. M. t4'-'@t .., " Eli g. Quintard, New Haven, D.P.G.M. At'es.ia Amos Pillsbury, Hartford, T. I e. M. l
 Wm. W. Lee, Meriden, e. P. C. f'
 bUrial Fuller. Killingly,G. c. c.. "sq Benjamin Beecher, New Haven, Grand 'iaa9 s9t Treasurer A5o&ls4 'gA aeti@s4'a '"
 'i;f,5 a"i l yella " Paul Paul Waterbury, Grand Re Seg 6"H ssss')a4 4oi y.sigs,e Ilas ss48ss.5 | ii9sP Private lettersl from the First Connecticut Cavalry state that they had busy share in q the lights which forced Lees surrender In iSthe battles of iHarpers Farm and Five Forks, | 2 qCustar's division aaptured twelve guns, and of these, the First Connecticut Cavalry took seven. They did not pick them up in the road either, after others had passed them by, but | won them with carbine and sabie.7 The honor of the capture belonged chiefly to Col. Ives, Major Goodwin, and Lieut.. Lanfare. Captain Neville and Lieat. Lanfaro each got battle | nag Tho regiment had receipts for about 400 prisoners. They escorted to Burksville a | batch of 5000 prisoners. including Ewell, Ker-sl shaw, Curtis Ice. and four other Generals. If any Qne has m impression that the. rebels gave up easily, it is Q mistake. The fighting was moststubbornauds severe. The 1st Conn. i lost about one fourth of fha effactsvo m an en-, gagsd.f 1n one charge at Harper,s Farm Col Ives took in but ebout 25 men-the rest being n charge of guns prisoners. &c.--and of these nve were killed outright at one time. Five horses fell here-o of them the Colonel's.- When. Gen Grant won't to the front to meet Lee, Col Ives, commanding the lst Conn. and | Sd West Va. Cavalry. was invited to act as his | ,a escort, rr- 4artfprdi Post 1s1ss4s .,ss. w Il i' IMMENSE 5 ALE OF U. s. BONDS. 9A 32 ,sasi0 sesaiA .s.IlgJ .Tie4 9@s~fr' a8al 9@ suvv.gx h U1ssfxsylaI.sIM ..na .giaa94a