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Litchfield enquirer., 1865-09-07
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 Josh Billings says that opera music don't have any more effect upon, him than castor oil would have upon graven image. ai a=ns1.I < 4 IA copperhead editor speaks of riding in the superb car of Democracy had been around block in swill cart. svs {. af .,,l.4..a v -A young bride, daughter of an apotheca- ny, immediately after the nup,ials wrote to her mother-in-law .."AM happiness is now com plete. My ark has. rested upon Mount Arrow root s"'''~'''N '"' S' s'''
 We are sorry to say that. the keepers of the guerrilla prisons have a good many felons on their hands .- Louisoiss Joufnal N '1j 10 ,
 -' Why Hans. you have the most feminine cast of countenance have ever seen.' Oh, yaw, replied Hans, l know de reason for dat -.-mine moder vas g, womans. -r..
 Y ;- A witness in a Hooser court being asked how he knew that the defendants were man and wife, replied ;t. Ii" Why, I've heard them scola each other mor,'n fifty times s.s.. as a A Thoroughly Irish-A toast ct an irish So ciety dinner at Cincinnati. . saHere's to the
 President of the Society, Patrick o O,Rafferty,
 and may he live 10 ate the hen that scratches over his grave.'a sato tssa asai4is .s sssqs5s. i2 Now, Tibe, says Pete. you know that I don't know what you know, but know that you know that don't know what you don | know '. I know that" says Tibe. baqsie, ,sat l A celebrated song writer asked Douglass Do Jsrrold, Have you sufficient confidence in me to lend nae gaaipeaf' to9,,Ye io, Yes, said Jerrod
 I've all the confidence, butt. but haven't Sv the tr gullhsesa' ses' gibasg ya bstUsQros5b asya sgeQa4 I t- Does the court understand you | {, say MT
 Jcnes, that you saw the editor of the Augul of Freedom intoxicated ? .. | Not at all, sir, I merely said that hay, seen him frequently 30 Hurried iii his mind tha he would undertake. to cut out copy with th' isnufers that's all, a.7s.gs.48 o.,s..s, zaSir Boyle Roche. in one oi the . debates g. ol fthe question of Irish Union, made Q speech I
 favor of it, which he concluded by saying
 aThat itlwopld change the ebarrss Aius ii int Etssital aalseysRsa slii sIai& laigsrs9. U Isti 1 s-- A,preacher once selected gthe followin! words foi hisltexe: Tue world, the flesh, ant 1.-the deyilai Observing that heawould arraug
 eaehodnde itsproper head, he would commenc pponithe flesh, pass lightly over the world, on
 Aastsn as .fast as hs could to hs dev1. '4'sA'
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CHAPTER LxxvI.

An Act in addition to an Act entitled l" An Act
 to authorize Towns, Cities, and Boroughs, to is-
 sue bonds or obligations for War Purposes"
 Be tt enacted Jy tie Senate ond HoMss of Rep ressntatives in General Assembly convsns6: -.
 SEe. l. That all towns which have made appro- priatiOns, or incurred indebtedness for war pur- poses be- and hereby are authorized to issue bonds or other obligations for the payment or funding of such indebtedness 1; and said towns shall in is- suing said bonds or other obligations conform to all requirements, provisions and conditions of the act to which this is in addition, and all bonds heretofore issued by towns for the payment or funding of indebtedness incurred as aforesaid are hereby declared legal and valid. -.
 SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after it's passage. s' .70 . - =.
 Approved, July 12, 1865 ...s
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-Artemus Ward, in the prospectus of his Irving Hall entertainment in New Y ork, tempts the public to come and see him with the follow
 ing inducements :: .besas.asa!< .sas.a.~ a.T T
 Tue festivities will be commenced by the pi-
 anlst, agentleman who used to board in the same street with Gottschalk. The man who kept the boarding house remembers it distinct, y'a The oyertu:e will consist of a, medley of airs including the touching new ballads, Dear Sister. is there any Pie in the House 2 My
 Gentle Father, have you any Fine Cut about youY Mother is the Battle OCT, and is it safe for me to come home from Canada ?, and (by request of several families who have not heard it) Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Munching.'a While the enraptured ear drinks in this,sw music, i've pay eur pianist nine dollars week and find him, the eye will be enchained by the magnificent green baize cov- ering of the panorama. This green baize cost forty cents 9 yatd at Mir. Stewards store. It was bought in difference to the present popu- larity of < The Wearing Q the Green We lshall keep up with the times if We spend the last dollar our friends have got. ss3apo5 sa4
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PUBLIC ACTS, PASSED MAY SESSION, 1865:
CHAPTER I.xxI.

CHAPTER LXXI.
 An Act Tn addition to an Act entitled " An Act TOT tne settlement of Estates, Testate, Intestate and 1nsolvent'
 Bett enacted by the Senate aud House Of Repre. seafafiUes sn General Assembly eonpened:
 That whenever a testator. by his last will and testament has appointed, or shall hereafter ap. point an executor or executors thereof, and has therein directed, or shall therein direct, either that no bond whatever, or of certain amount only, shall be required of such executor execu. tors, the court of probate. allowing the probate of such will, shall take bond in the form now re- quired by law, but for only an amount equal to double the sum of the debts due from the deceased as estimated by said court, or for the amount spe cifed in said will, if the same exceed double the sum of the debt as aforesaid
 Approved, July 12, 1865.
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CHAPTER LxXIv.

CHAPTER LXXIv.
 An Act in addition to an Act entitled ' An Act
 for the settlement of Estates, testate, intestate
 and insolvent."
 Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatsves sm General Assembly comvensd:
 SEC. l. That whenever in any last will and tes- tament, a life estate in any personal property shall have been given to two or more persons jointly or in common, and the property shall be susceptible of division, the court of probate hay ing cognizance of said will, may, during tne set clement of the estate, and on the request of any one interested said pro perty to be dlstripu ted between said legatees; and such distribution shall be binding, not only on said legatees, out also on all persons having any interest by way ol remainder therein.
 SEC g. Whenever the use, income or annual profit of any personal property shall have been given 10 any legatee for life, and the remainder in such property shall have been given to another person, and there shall be no trustee named In the will to receive and hold said property during said life estate, the court of probate having Jurisdic tion ef the will in which such legacies are given may, if it shall judge proper. upoR the re9uesS o the par entitled to the life estate in such prop erty order the executor to deliver the property thus bequethed to the person who has the life es tate therein, upon his given bond to the judge ol said court in a sum equal to double the value ol said property with surety, to the sat sfactlon of said court conditioned that said property shall b' safely and property kept to be delivered to tht person entitled to receive the same, on the deter imitation of said life estates therein. s.. Approved, July l2, 1865.
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CHAPTER Lxxv.

CHAPTER LxXv. ' An Act in addition to ''An Act for the Regulation
 of Civil Actions.
 Be tt enacted 5y ths Senate and House of Repre- sset0tsves in General Assembly concerned:
 That whenever an issue in fact shall have been joined by the parties in any civil action pending the right to have such issue tried to the jury upon filing with the clerk of such court, at the time such issue is joined, and affidavit subscribed by such party or his attorney alleging that the facts thus affirmed or devised by such issue are true and thereupon it shall be the duty of such clerk CT alphabetical order Approved, July l2, lss5. sf'.@'&' b9
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CHAPTER Lxxvr1.

All Act feIatIng to Town Meetings.
 Be tt enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre. se1tattCes sn General Assembly, conVened: r SEC l. That in all town meetings holden bv the several towns in this State for the choice and election of town officers for said towns, the boxes provided for the reception of votes for such town officers as are elected by ballot shall remain open for that purpose, from the opening of the meeting for not less than three hours
 SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby re. pealed.
 Approved, July 12, 1865. >H
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BEW ARE OF PICK ROCKETS

A lady travelling by the land route between
 Boston and New York. was particularly eau I tioDed to be on her guard against pickpockets
 while the train was passing through the long tunnel before entering New York City. A, Springfield gentiemanly looking person took the vacant seat beside her.
 He was polite he offered the lady his news. paper, it was coIdy declined; he volunteered few remarks which received only chilling monsyl.abic responses. In fact he made no progress whatever in becoming better acquain- ted with his neighbor, and evidently giving up in despair, occupied himself with his newspaper and cheap novel.
 The lady had almost forgotten her travelling companion as veil as the advice of her friend. when recollection of both suddenly flashed up on her as the train entered the Cimmerian darkness Of the tunnel. She hurriedly funbled tor her pocket but the finding of lady's pocket in the folds of her dress is often a mat ter ot difficulty, and now, iD the impenetrable darkness, seemed doubly so. Nervously she felt Tn the direction where she supposed that apendage was, till at last the aperture was dis covered and her hand thrust in to grasp the pocket book safely till they should again emerge into daylight, when. horrors of horrors, she en countered the gentleman hand in her pocket
 Whether to scream for assistance, to seize the intruder or in fact what to do, she scarcely knew; however, acting upon a sudden resolu- ton, she seized the hand and held on deter- mined to show the villain detected in the very. act on emerging to the light.
 The train moved slowly, so slowly that it ap- peared as if the end of that terrible tunnel wodld never be reached. At length the train emerged into daylight, which found both lady and gentleman anxiously. looking towards each other, the lady's face wearing a frightened, anxious expression, and the gentleman curl ous and puzzled one, as he gazed into the start led eyes of his companion.
 Sir r she began, indignantly, tightening her grasp, when chancing to look down, she found, o, terrible circumstance her hand in the out side pocket of his coat, desperately grasping his hand, which it had encountered.
 The lady was covered with confusion at the unlocked for turn of affairs, and the gentleman who was a man of discrimination, saw that the was accidental, and that each had probably received pickpocket impressions of the other from 1t.
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CHAPTER Lxxv111.

An Act relating to Justices of the Peace.
 Be tt eeacted by tie Senate and House of Rsprc. sentatiUes tn General Assembly conrened
 That no justice of the peace shall have power to appoint auditors in any action which may he made returnable before him and if such ap- may be rendered by the justice in the action wherein he may make such appointment shall be void provided, that such judgment shall be rem dered upon the report of any auditor so appoint ed by such justice -a.
 Approved. July 12, 1865. ........ ...
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CHAPTER LXxII. An Act in addition to "An Act relating to the
 General Assembly, Be st enacted 6y tie Senate and House of Rep rs:sntatsves, in General Assembly comrened: ent session, and approved after the fourth day of July, shall take effect from and after the rising of the General Assembly, unless otherwise specially provided in said act. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its pas sage.
 Approved, July l2, 1865.
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A TALE OF CRIME AND MlsERY.-About four years ago, young girl surpassingly beautiful, and very aristocratc in her carriage, was arrest ed by the police, and brought before the Judge
 in this city. on charge of picking pockets.-
 When before the court the girl, who came to the bar weeping piteously for hearing, her
 beautiful black eyes, red with tears, and her form trembling, gave her name as Adelaide IT, win. She said She was a tool in the hands of
 her step-mother, who had taught her the pro-
 fession. and compelled her to go out picking
 pockets. Her apparent artlessness of demean- or and simplicity. together with her youth and
 beauty induced the magistrate to suspend sent
 ence. But a few months elapsed, however be-
 fore Adelaide, as pretty in the days of yore,
 was caught again plying her trade, and plead
 ing guilty was sentenced by the court to six
 mouths imprisonment in. the penitentiary.- Here she managed by her great beauty and fas- cinating manner to ensnare the relative of one
 of her jailers who. at the expiration of her term of service married her. The innate evil nature in Adelaide was, however too strong to be sup pressed. She abandoned her husband and
 plunged to the neck in the whirlpool of vice and licentiousness. She was two weeks ago apprehended picking pocket on steamboat. On her arrival at the city prison, loathsome disease broke out upon her, rendering her blind; she however refused to allow the physician to see her, and thereby induced the belief that she was shamming. This morning, blind and tot tering, with the halo of her beauty still sur rounding her, she was brought into the Court of General Sessions and at the age of nineteen without soul to wish her God speed, or to drop tear of sympathy with her, she was sen
 tenced as an incorrigible thief to the State pris
 ou for two years. Verify. the way of the traus- gressor is hard.-N. r. Express. 4. e'A g.
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 We mentioned some weeks ago the circum- stances of the suicide of young woman, who crossed over by one of the ferryboats and then drowned herself within full view of the crowd of passengers who were returning by the same boat. It was also mentioned that the unfor. tunate young woman was supposed to have been disappointed in love, by a man named Antoine Funkhouser. A strange sequel to that event occurred yesterday morning in the suicide of the lover It is said that the two were en- gagged to be married, but some difference grew up between them as to when the marriage should take place, the girl insisting on it's early consummation, and Funkhouser desiring to postpone it for some months.
 The supposition that he was triAing with her affections, is believed by many to have been the cause of her committing suicide. Subsequent to her burial he purchased the lot in the ceme. tery in which she had been inferred. and also one immediately adjoining. having the deed to both in his own name, and giving directions to utSe uiLiatli Oy tuc Siuc Ot HIS ueCcuScu love after his own decease. On Saturday last he crossed the river at the upper ferry in com. pany with two friends and called in at the sa loon of Abbott & Robinson, in Venice. After rcmaining there few moments, Funkhousel stepped out of the saloon, requesting his friends to remain until his return. From this Saloon he went to the river, some distance below, and seated himself on the very log on which his af- fianced sat before throwing herself into the wa ter. While there he was observed to take something from his pocket upon which he ap peared to look for some time After waiting in the saloon a considerable time, his compan I ions started in search of him. On coming te the log alluded to, they were astonished to fine his dead body. By its siIe lay the likeness o his deceased afianced. From appearances i would seem that Funkhouser had gone to tn, 1 log alluded to, then took out that likeness, ane having taken farewell of all that remained t, him of her whom he had loved, opened hi shirt bosom and deliberately shot himsel through the heart. This is one of the most re markable love tragedies on record, whether o fact or fiction
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CHAPTER Ixxxvr.

An Act in addition to an Act entitled "An Act 3i concerning Crimes and Punishments." < Be tt etaeted 5y tie Senats and House of Rsprs- sentatsces sn Gensrai Assembly convensd
 ' Every person who shall disturb or break the peace, or stirup or provoke contention aud strife
 by following or mocking any person with scurril- ous or abusive or indecent language, or gestures,
 writing, with intent to intimidate any person,
 threaten to commit any crime against any person fFa@i fContiHged on Fourth Page .s8
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ssHh rear-l CHAPTER Lxxxv. q. -.,m fs4t An Ac, to prevent the improper burial of deceased

Be it enacted 6y the Ssnate and Hoase of Repre- sentativcs sm General Assembly eonvened: SEC. Any person who shall bury or caused to be buried an, deceased person within the distance of four feet rom the surface of the ground at the place of interment, shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty doliars,i or by Imprisonment in the common jail for a term not exceeding thir-
 Approved, July IA, ls66.asdl ssl si -.se,. :. .
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CHAPTER LxxxI.

An Act relating to Cities and Boroughs.
 Be it enacted 1y tie tSe,sate a,ld House of Rep resentatives in General Assembly, conveaed
 That in all prosecutions for the violation of the provisions of the charter of any city or borough, and in all prosecutions for the violation of any by-lawof any city or borough, the defendant shall have right of appeal to the superior court, LOW by law allowed in prosecutions before a jus tice of the peace upon the complaint of grand juror. ,......, .-
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Approved, July 12, 1865.
CHAPTER LXxXII An Act in addition to an Act entitled "An Aci

MI HCI HuuIIIOII IU zfCI tH1IIItu MI ACb
 aH concerning Lands.n .... ,... Be it enacted by ths Senate aud Honse of Repre-. sentatiVes i't General Assembly co1vened SEC. l. All deeds, mortgages, leases, and other conveyances of real estate, CT of any interest any person duly elected a justice of the peace, and during the term for which said person was SO elected, but of whose qualification as such jus tice no certificate has been transmitted to the clerk of the superior or county court for the county in which such justice resided, shall not for such cause be held invalid
 SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from It's pss sage, but shall not affect any suit now pending.
 Approved, July 18th, 1865.
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CHAPTER LXXxIII. a.. .- An Act concerning Guardians of Real Estate of

Be tt enacted Ly he Senate and House cf Rep resentatives tn General Assembly comvensd:
 That all applications of guardians of minors for the sale of real estate of such minors heretofore made to the court of probate in the district where such minors belong, and proceedings under such application, shall be deemed valid, as if made to the court of probate, in the district where such guardians were appointed provided, that such applications and proceedings, are in other re- ther. that this act shall not affect any sQit now pending. ,...,
 Approved, July 12, 1865. r-v a.7
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BOOK AND JOB PRINTING. t'he . All kinds of Book and Job Printing neatly and promptly done.
 susiness Cards, Wedding Cards. Bill Heads, Labels, Ball Tickets, Handbills, Pamph- lets. &c.,, &c.. done in the best style, and AS cheap as at any office in the State. s, Orders by mail or otherwise respectfully so licited. ... 's % .-G f.iyng -,-r 5. All JoDs returned U. D' g.HlE 'ad- ,r
, 1865-02-08
Retaliation.

@-NFe~@N ~HA-Nt4a~
In a late number Of The TRIBUNE was IN
article signed "Yox Populi," calling for re-
tal1ation on the part Of our Government az
the only means available to insure more
humane treatment Of our men by the rebels
holding them prisoners. It Is tooSlate In the
day to deny the charges of cruelty On the part
OF the rebels. The testimony Of too many Of
our men md officers who have cscapcd. the
condition of those who have been exchanged
forbids our belief Of the rebel statements
"that they treat their prisoners as well as
Tc do ours.s'
Tie march Of Gen. Sherman through Geor.
gia when bis army found inexhaustible sup
plies Of food Of every kind gives the lie to
Their thelr statement that they have not the
dence is overwhelming that 1t il systematic
plan With them to kill as many Of our noble
men as possible, and to put the survivors in
such condition that they shall never be
Tailablc for army service"
: We have now such an immense surplus Of
rebels In our hands over what they hold Of
ours that retaliation would make them treat
their prisoners well, seeing Us they would
that we could carry 1t to any extent, There
is but one cry through our army" Feed
clothe and house them as they do our mcn.''
It is said, "such conduct On our part wonld
he inhumaq and contrary to the spirit Of the
Gospel" 1grant 1t would be II done In
spirit Of revenge, but this is not the view. 1t
is to ensure good treatment for our loved ones
now In their hands. It is the very spirit of
humanity itself Nations cannot be dealt
With as Individuals, and this is 9 national
venge, but to deter others from the same
crime. Through the whole Of this war re-.
taliation On our part has alwnys secured tho
end eought-and 90 it would be now. Let
Congress order *'that I'LL prisoners In our
hands shall be fed, clothed and in all respects
treated as our men we're In Anderson sTy-
ler,' and other prisons Of the South" and It
it for their own interest to treat prisoners
we'll.
At franklin, Tenn, after the battle Of No.
rcmber so, last, the rebels, even officers,
went into the hospitals and took blankets,
coats, shoes, and in some cases the panta-
understood, and make It imperative on oil
our officers, that ''wheu q rebel Is taken
prisoner, whether he be q private or an off,
Ger, his money, blankets, coats and shoes be
taken from him, and be fed on pint Of corn.
meal a day." and We shall have no mora of
similar to the one Issued In 1868 BY Gcnernl
Rosecrans, That every rebel taken prisoner
having on any article Of clothing forming
part Of the Federal uniform shall be treated
as an outlaw and hung as q spy" This WAS
the spirit Of the ortcr-I hare it not here to
give the exact words-and We shall have no
men. This is what the "Vox Popnlp' de-
mands. While they are thus insulting our
dead and outraging the living, we are feeding
our prisoners with the best the land affords,
md when sick or wounded, not only the GOV
crnmcnt, but the Sanitary Commission fur
nish them freely With every luxury the same
humane purpose even retaliation becomes the
" Tox Dir Lex TAIIoy1s