Litchfield enquirer., 1865-10-12
tsensrai News


 = GeniTerry has by general order, designas ted nine members of the city council of Rich. mond and nine aldermen, being majority of each body elected in July. who shall bel per. mitsed to qualify and organize for the sole pnrs- pose of appointing officers to conduct the con gressional election. 4ei sssFoi 1ot
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 = The tanks of the largest flowing well on Pithole, Pa, known as "Grant,,'' containing /. 4,000 barrels of oil, took fire Tuesday ( nor ning, spreading destruction in all directions. Thirteen derricks and engine housvss On leases, covering five acres of ground were consume d. but, fortunately, no lives were lost The to- tai loss will reach $loo,oO0. N %o" sst"H'
 - The official statement of.tbe public debt , up to the 30th of September last, shows ,de . crease since the last statement ofnearly Sl2r 742,000, ,and of interest over $500, ,000, and also a reduction of SS,ol20oo Of the legal tender ootes in circulation. There. is a, decrease of nearly SIP 100000 of coin, as compared with the August statement. and all increase of $l3, q T1VSs4Ss VI SuktOuOTsA ''3 -H+'t' " ffftii4s - Among the witnesses who have been re- gently summoned for the defence in thes Wirz trial are Robt. E, Lee, Joseph Johnston, How ell Cobb and Robert ould, late rebel Generals, and Usseph Brown, late rebel Governor of Georgia. Other prominent leaders of the re. bellion wilkalso be summoned before the close sof the trial. Several days will probably elapse. before these parties are examined, The trial is expected to continue several weeks longer.
 - Maj Gen. Howard, who has just returned to Washington from a tour of inspection in Virginia, makes very favorable report of the condition of the freedmen. He has establish ed system for the adjudication of oil ques- tous relating to labor, contracts, minor offen ces, &c., from which be expects good results. Gen. Howard will soon start on new tour of inspection which will embrace the whole < South d" |''a| .' v-t t4.s .-
 = Champ Ferguson, the notorious guerrilla has been sentenced to death, and is to be exc cuted on the 20th inst. He received the an. nouncement very calmly, doubtless beca use he knew the enormity of his crimes and the abuu- dance of proof brought out on the trial.a He is demon second only 70 winder, the arch fiend. .sfs55rsE .y1
 - The San Antonio Herald (Texas,) learns from General Merritt that it is the intention of the government to giyo the citizens on the Indian frontier full protection. General Mer- ritt will send out stong detachment to SCOUT the country. General Custer, with his divi- sion of cavalry, would soon be ordered to Aus tin. from which base of operations he would send attachments into the country lying northwest of the State capital. e..., 1..5t5 :, At 12a o'clock p. m. on Sunday, San Frsncisco, and other portions of California, experienced two shocks of an earthquake during the space of half minute, which are said to have been more severe than any ever before known. Walls were thrown down, . number of persons injured, but, fortunately, none kill ed. The congregations of the various churches were being dismissed, and many were tram pied on in the haste to reach the open air. obs
 POSTAL SrArIsrIcs-The post office of New Haven has received during the fiscal year end ing June 30th. 1865, a triAs over nine million six hundred thousand letters. Its receipts dur ing the year from postage amounted to $4s, 448.05; from registered letters $l22,70: and from box rents and other emoluments $l5s 8l !. EThe expenses of the year have been $l0, ,774.s9, saud the amount paid over to government, as the ssalance of receipts over expenses, ls, s4O,- l0Ol2s.
 The receipts in all post offices in Conrect,- cut for the year ending June 3oth, 1865, lamount to s33S, ,O64 38; the amount from ree5- sistered letters $645 45; and the amount from boexsnts Sl2b0S 66. The expenses, chiefly spostmaster's salauies, have been sl43,2Sl 5, 1.-The balances paid over to government by the various postmasters amount to S20l, ,T3c ,05, and as the contracts for carrying the mail in this state cost about $l54,500 per annuip, it follows that the Connecticut post offices not ouly pay all expenses of every kind, bat put over fifty thousand dollars . year into the treas ury t0WufQS tne 1utereet Ot ttle hutlODdl tteDL
 The Alabama Convention passed an or. iinauce providing that all debts created by the the State of Alabama in aid of the late, war directly or indirectly, are declared voids and that the General Assembly of the State ashaq have no authority to ratify or assume to pro vide for their payment. The convention also decided to submit the amendments to lthe. con stitution to popular vote alhe South Caro- lima Convention has adjourned, after 2 most harmonious session Of 6fteen days. > They have repealed the ordinance of secession, abolished slavery, equalized the representation of the Senate and taxation throughout the stats, giving the election of Governor and, Preseien tiai electors to the people,; ordered voting in ahe Legislature by ciea voce, irdorssa the Ad .miniatration unanimously, directed . .eomm;s sion to submit code to the Legislature fe the protection of the colored population. Th' convention has also appointed 2 committee t, intefcede with the President on behalfo'of JeA 8lavfc auI nthn. lst- kEk A.t