Litchfield enquirer., 1865-04-27

l over the sad event.
 Foo much praise canro 10 sadrs. Jeremiah Fuller, whe psrehptorily discharged her hired girl (and she a Yankee) for express ing her joy at the assassination of the Presi- dent; but the girl an asylum with one of the ..'you never can whip Jeff men. where she is now, suppose, enjoying his, al, at once, loyal smiles. -.,--.-.-.. ...,, ,' =1 --'-5! -.- = :; = -. ---.-- .--iii-'
 : moRnls. Mir Cyrus Pickett, late of the Yale Theological School, has teen engaged to preach in that town, for the rest of the year., ;;i
 NORTH GAxAAS.-I notice. a few lines on the second page of the Litehfeid Sentinel, headed ss North Canaan 5' t i-.+- .'-'>5-1 :l ;.c{5+
 Now this Wm. syms, spoken 'ofl Is and was the meaaest kind of a Bum selling 1. kauper- head" He was rejected as the noninee to reg resent the q kaui,erhead" party, sna lie made great blaster about it, and the party tlied to paciit him. s .:.-s ... ..t-:.,,.s ,- -...;.,s..
 Vim. Syms Was not q regular nsnji,ta- of the hcpublicans of this town a sct ed naea came into the Republican cancus and voted tsiiehtly} for Sy,ns. and the Republicans saw 11ie tiick. understood that they were to be out, voted, and left the caucus, ma king Ho -nominisiion5; ;unlil Monday inorAing, when the ,solnina tt,a Etasi lis Allen ' 1''5~-3s.' ''E5 -'..-' ',.'' ','' <,.E :
 : The Rev. II. M. Grant did not, abusss, said syms- Mir. Grant preached az against the sin that syms was engaged in, .yiz: sRunseHing give the Rev. gentiemaA's 's 1nane, tecatise this farticie @as marked and sent te him .,.-5 q. 1 If Mir. syms ilas lost, sons in tie. Army he has always opposed the administration and has done and said ali that he dare say sn> favor G; the South. yIassu @a..a-s-: IL eE5i..se | ...4s- . s..-----L--. a z... -=--- -- lI:-.-
 NEW HAETFoRD.-On Wednesday, of last week, 1oth inst business su uspendea as an early hour. symbols, of grief hung out from every dwelling; from store and ;shnp; from l factory and farm, from near and from. far without distinction of party. or of sex, the
 people of this region. resortedr te the North
 Congregational Church, at 12.o'cieck, ,-. to sol
 emnize the hour. with appropriate ceremo 1 nies," in accordance with the recon1menda
 tion of the Acting Secretary of State.2 The house of worship, under the directiou ofQ. M
 Charles Stevens, on "a. brief furloigh from
 Gen. shermau's army, was heavily draped it
 mourning. On the: wall back of the pulpit
 WAS suspended a large. richl .framei, beauti
 fully wreathed picture of ABnaH AM LINCOLN
 Extempere speeches were delivered by gentle
 mea of both political parties; nor was 2 . word
 uttered that. did, not heft tas- occasion. A
 young man present from Canton,. on being
 called out, most happily surprised, a1lby the
 utterance of q manly speech ..s J. R., Foster,
 Esq, a we'll known Union Democrat t. mud one
 of the foremost orators of lis fparty in ths State. pronounced a most excellent elifog an
 on our late President, cMessrs. Weaver and
 Wheeler also participated in: the speaking
 the one claiming that the laiHenied President I was one ofthe best men God ever made; tle
 other urging that a, system of iniapity breed
 ing such seoupdrels as. the murderer of: thai l great and good man, and lhe woaId-be lassas
 sins of the President s Cabinet, richly deser1ed l eAoei 'ttioi! Aht tne epeasoiA ot ucslEucti on
 which is'now being poured ont upon it. Two
 stanzas of a hymn composed; fer.tlle oecasi on,
 were beautifully rendered as etant.aby J c, Reach, Esq, and the. renainder :sa hg in che. rus under his direction, hy a' well. trained 1 company of singers. so..,.,,:4:F '., . While we sadly deplore the tragic death ot our distinguished and world.renowned Presi- dent, we thank God for giving us-,as his sue cessor Andrew Johnson, >-an experienced statesman, a natural orator. whose speeches have the true ring and who has voluntarily pledged himself ts infiet eondign panishm ent upon the arch traitors 10 our Government. .-2 will only be hasteed by the accession of such a man 10 power at this juncture of our national struggle. Live, Andrew Johnson Wo De. tide the wretch that killed so great, so noble a, Chief Magistrate as was Abraham Lincoln. .i-,..i+! .-. ---> -:.--ts.
 SHARoN.-The Rev. MT, Mclaughlin has re- signed his ministry of the Congregational Parish, to take effect from last Sabbath. 4 ''+ ,'+
 Solemn funeral services in commemoration of President Lincoln, were celebrated in the Congregational Church last Sabbath morning, in which very large congregation participated, : WooDBuRY.- Burr Atwood, of Nonnewaug, between Woodbury and Watertown, put cut a a white flag after Mir. Lincoln's death, with the words The Devils Dead'' thereon. A party of young men from Waterbury visited him on Wednesday, but Mir. Atwood denied that he had such flag. In prospect of in- stant death by hanging, however, he produced the flag, which was taken away as . trophy Mr. Atwood his son and two daughters were forced to take the oath of allegiance and agreed to put out the American flag. a:'. .S''i:
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 In the tine of Madison's war, Lyman Law, Esq.,of New London, was a Representative in nor,raeo I'm Gonth ov v,, y,lo t1o,>s q, Ter