Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09

I DANBuRy.-Mr. Geo. H. Hoyt Ticket Agent
 at Stamford, and son of Supt Hoyt, was mar Ted on Wednesday, 25th ult. to Josephine E.
 Bailey eldest daughter of George F Bailey, the Circus proprietor, and the wedding was one
 of the most brilliant that has taken place in tDanbury for many years. A special train was run on the Danbury road, and new and beau
 tful car which had never been used before was
 provided for the occasion by Supt Hoyt of the
 N. Y. X N: H. R. R. The ceremony was per
 formed by Rev. 1. L. Townsend according to
 the Episcopal Ritual. Mir. George G. ScoGeid
 and Miss Horterse O. Bailey, and Mr. John S.
 Bliss and Miss Estelle Bailey acted as Grooms.
 men and Bridesmaids. After the ceremony
 the grand reception took place. The bride was elegantly ana tastefully atlired. The Brides
 maids were also Very beautiful in their magn6
 cent vestments. The refrashment tables were found loaded with every thing suitable to the
 occasion. The rooms were larkened and bril- liantly lit by gas, and many accepted the occa- , sion offered by the presence ef excellent music
 and enjoyed the luxury of nee. The bridal table Was filled with niuety-.hree elegant and appropriate Bridal presents, costing not less than $2500. The dressesend ornaments worn t on this occasion were very handsome and cost 8 ly, especially those of the ladies from abroad Q The ppy couple left on the four o'clock train for wedding tour.-Condensed from .Jeferso- : nstan
 An irishman named Andrew Winu, fell into a pit at the iron mine in Daubury. few days
 ago, and broke his collar bone,and otherwise d injured hilnselr Hesfell sixty feet before he l. struck and then landed on projecting rock ', which broke his fall for the other ten feet. He a is doing well.
 nI bod, r,Aook ho, iy;p in Suot If a country as Australia, for instance. must up- Il set all ones established ideas about the fitness y of things Whatever notions of the points o h compass a man may have had. is here reversed rs The sun no longer shines from the snutheri ol naiif of the heavens but from the northern. - IS Tho old rule in school geographies, !" Turt IS your face to the sun, and you Will bave th n- West on your right hand and the E'st c" you V. ,o left must be expungea from the memory s- The Australians go '' down North tU ss,,'eh ba the winter, and come up South" during thu in hot summer months. The first strawherrie: oh and early potatoes come from "down No*th ID The needle of the compass points toward of the South, and the North Star is no longer as symbol of steadfastness. In short, the Nortl ns and the South exchange places, and the Au 'le trallan poets must sing odes to the '' Sum ms North" and the Hey South"
 far A VERY FAIR BUSINESS The Springfel ne Union relates that in the Massachusetts leg he lature the other iay, the Hon, Wm. c Bate ess distinguished fi4ncier of Hampden count ,ty said he knew of d National bank in his neis ,m- borhood. which put all its capital into liv nd twenties. making an investment of 0 or hu- per cent. thereby, and received 90 per cent is currency. This they loaned to the Cover to ment again on it's bonds, and it was sent ye
 ago to Tennessee to pay the army--and tn
 the bank, without opening its doors for bu; lr ness, had made about 23 per cent.
 'ai HE" IN WINDsoR.-1hey think coal al '' petroleum are to be found on land owned N ~ Otis Case, in the northwestern corner of Win - sor. on the banks of Pennington river, abo ,p ,p nine miles from Hartford. Hugh Mitchelsl
 of Bloomfield (with other parties.) has eas
 the land. purchased steam engine. and (sa the IVmes) is busy with preparations to ere ne works to bore for oil, in regular Oil Cree is style. They have actually found coal whic ,ly not only burns, but has powerful odor of p be troleum. ns A correspondent of the N. r Times, writn .p- about the recent raid of rebel iron clrcs an e,s sinking of the Drury says: The Curtis Hot
 Battery, Lieut. Pratt csiilmandln9, of the Fir
 Conn. Heavy Artillery. caims the honor < hlvlig given the shot which sent the sma
 rebel ciait to her long home.'
 Lieut.. Pls.,t is a LitcLteld boy, son of F. z Pratt of Chestnut Hill
 ,nu Thomas one of the twin sons of Rev. San ,,m uel Hop!ey. of Nindham Centre. a boy abo of ten years old while playing ou the ice, h, school recess, on Monday. leil, and receive " such injuries on the head as to cause his (ea Id o,, sembling his twin brother that cue Wa. oilt u u" taken for the other
 by The hat which Gen. Sherman wore in |
 march through Georgia is now in the posse he sion of J. " Browne, Esq of Salem. Mas he who received it direct from his brother at Sa h. annah The Gazette affirms> hat tue 'pedigr K Of the hat is unques.ionabe."
 U" U" Money might be raised for the soldiers ed passing round" that hat.
 ,. Il" The residence of George Clough, at Concor ''' N. H.. was destroyed by fire Wednesday afte lv noon. The loss is estimated from Sl5 ,0O0
 $lS,000. upon which is the following insurance nh- S, ,000 in Western Massachusetts. $500 in u d. fhenix of New York, and $5 ,0O0 in the Ne
 England of Hartford.
 ne Fernando Wood and other peace democra 10 pr0tnse to give dinner 10 Mr. Sweat, I'd Name he only New England represenlati, '9t ~ho voted "~alnst the conslitu ional amend ie ment' as marx of their regard to him for at Tor heflng to the falling forLunes of the saveholt i'm ing cause. ... ar..... n. W The rebel spy, S. P. Davis, wao, under sen ; n . tenee of death in Ohio, proves to have bee m the murderer of Gen. McCook, for which COW
 ardly act, he was promoted by the rebel chief al, The Charleston Mercury honestly adm ' that South Carolina seeded to strepgthe ah slavery, and declares that to talk of emancipa rk tion is to disband the rebel army.
 The Herald says that 'there IS great excit le- ment among the people of Connecticut over tt IT, reported recent discovery of coal and oil ir tl a- nelshborhoed of Hartford" We fail to St
 the excltemenk COurant. i'll Rebel deserters for the last five months, fro l. Lee army. are uniform in their statement th;
 Petersburg will soon he evacuated. It Ina
 given rise to some important movements
 Grants army.
 ,i- General Robert E. Lee, though now Genera y in chief, will remain with the army defending $ Richmond. Arms must be very scarce as h. g urges cit zens to deliver such as they have |, h the authorities.
 :" The Nashville U,siop has intelligence, whicl it considered entirely reliable. that Taylor. g, late Hood's) army is rapidly disbanding, ane r. that deserters by hundreds are conipg into oul