Litchfield enquirer., 1866-11-22

dren. The same murderous scenes have alsqtaken P1aes sass as 6Il aerseha- a5a Correspondence ms
 Hie Csndiotss have gained . great victory in the of Retino. Hitherto they have been sue ssssini x all goints The Turks continue t, thsir M esrss F G aisS'sse ss e osfa ss ''" e,.S. s
 Your Conservative. of the polygamous species has way of treating strangers which is not altogether very pleasant, we should judge; from the adyentares.ef. .thpee Americans, two men. and-a boy, which are related by q correspondent in stiSatnrf days Tribune. They had started from Smyrna for China, overland, although un- able to speak word of any Oriental lan- guage, and with no money but American gold and gyeenbachs. They were soon over
 hauled by party of Turks, and carried in to the nearest village Here, ''they were ex- hibited as robbers just caught, and the whole town turned out to see the show. The women .pelted, them with stones, the children spat, on1 them, iand the men beat them ilnmercifully with clubs &c. Itwas all in vain that the travellers threatened the Turks, in the best of English, with the vengeance of Andrew Johnson When it came night they were bound with cords, and in this wretched plight remained twelve hours These poor fellows were really in a critical position here. Their insane expe- dition had ceased to be a joke It is really a wonder that these half-savage Turks did not make an end of them, for they proba- bly, had To idea that they were re- spectacle people who would ever be inquired for" The boy was outra- ged, after manner peculiarly Oriental
 This crime so committed, is, according to Turkish law, regarded as the same crime as rape, and is punishable by, death but hae crime is of ece,y day occurrence, aud Aare nere'' heard ef any one haring 5ee, pm isAed for a.'' ..,'t... -.
 After meeting this sort of hospitality for day or two, the prisoners, twho claim, by the way, to be correspondents of the N. Y. Herqld and Heper's MoaAly were lucky enough to escape with, their lives. Such is the civilization which New England jour nal undertakes to compare with our own! |
 Does the Register imagine, that if the Turks have been as successful as they claim, the Christians of Candid, numbering four fths of her population, will be allowed to form their own local government, and give theil late military. leaders contxol over them II so, President Johnson will at last have 2 precedent. y ..,.'1. fl. = . ,,,.,,.,. ..,,.
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 Mexican affairs are getting more and more hopelessly muddled, Maximiian is !! yet stationary. Telegrams on telegrams pour in, it is true, assuring us of his resig- nation; yet, as Franklin said of Gen., Aber. crombie, he is, like St. George on the signs, "always on horseback but, never moves on." President Johnson has sent down Mir Campbell and Gen. Sherman to administer on the sick mans estate when the expected demise occurs. Juarez s and Ortega are quar- ,relling about the succession in the true old fashioned, Mexican style, which promises | an excellent crop of of'revolutions, fully upte the yield before the Rebellion Altogether, we are not hopeful of anything very exalt- ed from Mexican repubicanism; the indig- kind which promises any valuable fruit, and the country will probably relapse, into chronic anarchy till the time comes for her absorption by the United States p ''"'
 k What however is to,be the immediate ac- tion of our government Will President Johnson assume payment of the French debt and take his satisfaction in land ? Will he attempt any kind of Protectorate ? So rumor says; and we greatly fear with truth. The fact is, however, that we can neither afford to purchase, nor to take, even as g gift, Louis Napoleon's Mexican ele- Iphant. We must make what territory we now have thoroughly American before we attemptito digest more; we must civilize our own black citizens before we undertake with Mexican peons. :. ..,, -...s ',...54.s.
 The temptation for an unsuccessful do- nestle administration to attempt some thing striking, abroad, is so great, that some foolish intervention in Mexican af- fairs on MT Johnson's s part, will not in the least surprise us, '''' if',.I ., <" tt II II
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