Litchfield enquirer., 1865-05-11

VI D".e"''rc "nere they had been detained two weeks. The funeral was attended from the Corner Church, Friday afternoor Rev. MT. Hayden preached the funeral d;s- course, and Rev. MT. Woolley made soms sio. quent and appropriate supplementary remarks.
 The principal officers for the Retreat fos the Insane at Hartford fo. the eusuin0 ves, are Hon. W. w. Ellsworth, president. lion Wm. A. Buckingham. vice. president Thomas Sisson: treasurer: Jonathan B. Bunce, Secre- tary; ThomaslBelknap. auditor. Right Rev T. C. Brownell had. at the time of his death. been President for several years. A very interesting revival is taking placa in the Rev. Dr. Gulliver's church in Norwich At their next communion some ninety mem. 6ers are to be added to the church Rev. Mir. Dana's and the 2d Baptist churches in the same city are also receiving large additions to their numbers. In Hartford deep relipious interest seems to prevail.
 At Woodford Hollow, Connecticut, a man sued cobbler to recover a pair of boots left to be repaired, which were withheld till an old debt of 70 cents was paid, and the jury re- turned this verdict: "We, the honorable jury, do decide that the plaintiff and defendant pay each one half the cost, and the defendant to return the boots, after taking 6ff one of inc taps r
 A correspondent of the Hartford Couran, writes from Holland :-
 The Court has just adjourned here. This is the safest county in New England to com. mt crime in. One man for committing bur. glary ID houses was sent to jail for two months; another, for the same crime in He I hrnn a,J .u Al als who made fight by counsel in the same way
 Mons. Carme, the distinguished French biT.- Hard player, gave an exhibition of his skill in, Hartford, on Monday and Tuesday evenings, Of last week, at Allyn Hall. He is said to be. able to execute more remarkable fancy shots than any man living. Another gsue, for the championship of Connecticut, will be played between G. B. Hubbell, the present champion. and Matt H. Hewins, on Thursday evening, May 18th.
 The New Haven Journal has just seen tn, first record of the New Haven colony as kept in.an old ledger, by ex-Gov. Theophilus Eaton. The first entries were made in 1888. There is inBit an agreement betwteen Theephilus Eaton, John Davenport and others with the sachem \ of the Quinnipiacs and other Indians At the end are the Indians signatures, which con sists of msrks-one being bow and arrow, one hatchet, and another calumet or lpipe lof peace. The coroner's jury in the case of Mrs. Mar. tha Harris, who was killed at Darien, Conn.,, lon the 24th ult, by an express train (which IFas nearly thirty minutes behind time, aud = making up at a rate of forty miles an hour f Iwithont giving any signals) brought in the verdict that we are of the opinion that there is a culpable lack of caution in the manage ment of the railroad in respect to passing sta. tions while trains are in waiting, and to public roads in general.
 Il In Hartford on Saturday week. Thomas Lankton went to Mr. Herlitschek k-the alder. man ot the bloody sixth ward of that city, where the 'intilligent hive for the most part Ito get some bones to put around his grape, Ivnes. During the conversation Herlitscbek lsaid: have been waiting four years for some damned black republican bones to make bone Idnst to put around my vi1es, and don't know but ttere is prospect of my getting some
 now.' Fine city father.'
 RoMlEcE.-At the time Colonel Ellsworth was killed, he was engaged to beautiful
 young laiy at the West. The Danbury Times | cUJo 1hoV NyOuuS u6u VI tuut pldC0 HUul6 tIm0
 ago removal to the western city where this
 young lady Sesided, and that she has discov-
 cred in hinle striking resemblance to the late
 objects of hetaffectons-a condition of things which has led to pieasiug intimacy. The
 Times addslhat it would not say so if it knew the couplefo be engaged. .,
 The folbwing Connecticut patents were is-
 sued for tR week ending May 2d: Edwin Reynolds | Mansfield, assignor to himself and ] Benjamin Gage of Boston, Mass., far improved
 machine tr cutting nails; Abbie J. Smith of
 Litch6eld administratrix of Andrew Smith, deceased for improvement in pneumatic churus; Calvin B. Rogers of Deep River, for
 tool for paking dice, &c., and also for improve.
 ment i4 machine for cutting ivory Henry Smith o1Naubuck, for improvement in sleds or earrings; Erastus G. Woodford of Winsted, for improvement in ox-yokes, John Oady of StaffoT, for improvement in picker motion for looms,
 CollSherburne. the London correspondent of thsE New York Sun. in giving an account of some Amusing Scenes at the great Fair, relates the Allowing:
 N9r the stalk of gtain, Yankee from ConFcticut had pitched bis stand, exhibiting baskbts and boxes of pateAt shoe pegs, appear. ing a little distance very much ike eran.-. On tassing, the Queen enqtired what Kind of seedit was. Seed. marm why they are sole bind3rs,' at the same time lifting his foot to shoy their use. The Queen kept her gravity as tell as she could, but the Prince turned to give vent to smile, while ths\ Duchess Of .. with the other ladies in waiting dropped theit vaiA and placed their handkenhiefs to cover their faces. The Prince askedhow they were made. Why, sir answered Jonathan. <. we i, just throw junks of wood at on> end, and the pegs come out at the other 30 fas, as to keep :. the women folks busy enough. All sir con. tinued Jonathan, Connecticut \ quite sa smart place for all such notions.' | The following Generals have bee farnishe& by Connecticut during the present Far: l Norwich, three -Brigadiers Dhiel Tyler and Harland. and brevet Major Cd. Birze = Hartford, three-brevet Major Gberal B, o. Tyler, Brig. Gen. Hawley, and btvet Brigs- dier Gen. Stedman; New Haven Iwo-Maior General Terry and Bigadier Gkeral L. P. Bradley Norwalk. two Brgadierf Ferry and Clark; New London, two-Mlor General Mower and Brigadier General Totn 1; Orange, Mai. Gen Wright Danbury, breft Maj. Gen. Rawlings; Litchfeld, Mai. Gen. kdgwick ;- Ashford, Brig. Gen. Lyon, Mid& &btown, Mai. Gen. Mansfield. Besides4hese, tee colonsis of Connecticut regiments, natie of other