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Litchfield enquirer., 1866-08-16
Foreign News.

The intelligence from Europe this week is of the utmost importance.
 It seems probable that peace will be made between the conteoding parties without serious trouble; Austria cediag Venet,a to Italy. and yielding control of all northern Germany to Prussia. A new difficulty, however, has aris- en n' Napoleon demands the extension of the boundaries of France to the Rhine. which would give him all Belgium. half of Holland. and slice of Prussia, besides other German territory. To this demand Prussia empbati- cally declines yielding.
 How important France has always deemed the acquisition of this boundary will be seep by glance at her history All the tremeu dous wars of Louis XIV, ending in his defeat by Marlborough, were waged to that end he extended his frontiers little, but gained no sub stantio advantages.
 When the war of the French revolution commenced in l792, this was the first object attempted by the French. They were unsnc-
 o ' 'io oeS'uuiuS out uuaiiy too ie'y en masse, made during the Reign of Terror. drove all the enemies of the republic across the Rhine and from that time till the overthrow of Napoleon these territories remained under French control During all the negotiations which proceeded the downfall of the first Empire. that was the irreconcileable poin, of difference. Having taken France with sr boundaries extending to the Rhine, Napoleon preferred to risk everything rather than mar row them Whether his nephew will venture on war with the Netherlands and all Germany for this object, remains to be seen.
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BETHLEHEM.

On Saturday night John Andrews, g boy l3 years old, broke into the Store of Camp and Carpenter. He was brought before Abraham Beecher Esq plead guilty, and was committed to jail for want ofbonds he was taken to Litch- field on Tuesday by Officer Clark. Another boy is implicated but has not yet been ar rested .:..
Litchfield enquirer., 1866-08-16
WOODRURY.

The Woodbury Base Ball Club and the "Americus" of Seymour, played quite an inter- esting game of Ball at Woodbury, on Saturday last, the llth inst. The fielding was rather loose on both sides. which accounts for the large scores, but the batting was heavy throughout. Especially on the part of the Wood bury boys. A good number of fly catches were missed, because at the time the game was played. the sun shone directly in the faces of tha fialdara Wo annand fho scora
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vestigated the natter" just as if he had not been mixed up in the affair from the com mencement, first calling at Thompson's house protesting great friendship and promising him his support. and then carrying news to the friends of Horn. { .!
 Should be glad to notice other points but will not further intrade upon your columns. CITIZEN.
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tg The Philadelphia Convention commenced it's session on Tuesday. The right of Valan- afghan to a seat in the Convention was ad- mitted, but for the sake of appearances, he has agreed to waive his claim. Gen. Dix was ap. pointed temporary President.
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FLY CATCHES, w. c. Bacon l, Barnes l. F. A. Bacon l, Way 2. w. Isbell 2, Smith 2, James 2, E. Hayden 2, Short l, Garfield |.
 PASSED BALLS, w. Isbell 15, E. Hayden, l3.
 LEFT ON BASES, Barnes l, ". F. Bacon l. Futile 2, w. Isbell 2, Hotchkis ?, W. c. Ba- con l, James l, Riggs l, Short l,
 SCORERS, W, A. Strong, WoodburY. H. Wheeler; Seymour. E.alt.. il.
 UMPIRE, L.. P. Warner, Pioneer Club, Springfield, Mass.
 TINE OF GAME hours and 5 minutes.
 This is the second game played between these clubs, the Americus having been 'victo- rious in the former contest. The third game is to be played soon, probably at Woodbury.
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Unfinished Business

Tue Norwich Bulletin reports that at an im- porta mt juncture of the proceedings of the late New Haven Convention, "three cheers were called for. but nobody led of so they were not given. "In the excitementof the moment" says MT. Bromley, "the man who proposed them probably forgot it." In like manner our frieni the Sentinel, in the excitement of his person. al onslaught on the already somewhat misused members of the Louisiana Convention, laid down certain premises from which he forgot to draw any conclusion. "The original Conven- tion," he says, never had any legal exis teuce." Not only were some of it's members what our friend Mr. Sedgwick would term "latrocinious ;" but none of them in fact were legally elected. Granting this, is there any law against holding bogus conventions? Be cause of that little farce of his, week before last; ought Senator Dixon to have been haed through the streets of New Haven, shot and slashed at on every side, by rabble of police men and other rioters Ought President Johnson also to be "arrested'' by municipal authorities. for melting innumerable postmas ters to get up fifty other sham Conventions But if the Louisiana Convention was bogus where stand Mayor Muuroe, Attorney General Heron, &c? Whatever authority they have that Convention gave them, and it is very serious matter if they are bogus too; for in such case, every official act of theirs has been usurpation and crime. The assem- bling of the Convention, therefore, was strict ly legal, while not only was the arrest of it's members by state and municipal authorities illegal but all other acts of those officers have been totally without warrant of law. Such is the unavoidable conclusion from the premises of the Sentinel.
 The truth is, our cotemporary has naturally become little confused in his new position he is not now, he should rec ollect, copper head" denouncing the war and every item of a war administration, but an "earnest Union man" supporting "my policy" the Louisi- ana Convention included.
 May President Johnson be more success ful in the work ot reconstruction elsewhere.
Litchfield enquirer., 1866-08-16
WOLCOTTVILLE.

The Congregational society in Wolcottville have given unanimous call to Rev Geo B. Newcomb of Bloomfield; salary offered $!.6oo and house. This society is about building . commodious new church edi6ee of stone.
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p@- Nothing is more.t to be desired than a good appetite, and to have the food digest well the stomach and bowels in perfect order which renders good health certain and endu- ring. When the appetite fails, the stomach is sour and foul. the bowels in m abnormal condition, take Goes Dyspepsia Cure at once. It is most excellent medicine, gives great satisfaction and is sure in it's results wherev- CT taken accor ding to directions. We bid. our friends try it>with confidence. s.sa st;.
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n@-- New Orleans dispatches indicate sub stantial Liberal success in Mexico. Tampico, Monterey, Saltillo and other towns are report cd captured.
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TWISTED.


 Considerable commotion has been crested here on account of the appointment of Theop hilus Baird as postmaster at the East Village in place of M s Gilbert removed. Mr Gilbert is enc of the directors of the United Printing Company. :-...-. As there is no difference Tn the political sentiments of the two gentlemen won't the Herald tell us how it is that after having bought the winsted Post office of Tom Clark .t round figure the company is left in the lurch and can no longer calculate dividend on the proceeds of the East Street" office.
 A c Thompson late Deputy Sheriff died suddenly Tuesday morning, from the bursting of an abcess. s, Edward Clark and others are forming Q joint stock Company for the manufactory of bolts. The Cooke Axletree Company proper ty has been purchased for that pur pose.
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The Queen of the Sandwich Islands MR. EDITOR. E"'

The Queen of the Sandwich Islands.
 MR. EDITOR. .E"'
 You have no doubt noticed the arrival of Queen Emma of the Sandwich Islands. in New York. and the accounts of the attention shown her. The visit of this lady to the shores of America, is an event calcula. ted to awaken the deepest feelings in the heart of every christian in our land and especiall, to many residing in this County it is au occasion of the greatest interest. It was Litch6eld County that established the first auxiliary society to the American Board ol Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and it has always taken strong interest in the efforts of that organization to fulfil the Divine com. mand, ''Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.'' A school was established by the American Board at Corn. wall in 1916, to instruct heathen youth, and prepare them as missionaries to thelr own peo pie. This school consisted of several Ha- waiians, eight Cherokees, two Oneidas, three Stockbridges. two Choctaws, two Canghnowa- gas, one Tahitian, one Marqussan, and one Malya,. It was under the instruction of Rev. H. Daggett. :.
 On the 2sth of Sept. 1919. at Goshen Conn. Rev. Hiram Bingham and the Rev. Mr. Thurs- ton were ordained as missionaries to the Sandwich Islands, to which they sailed on the 23d of October following, accompanied by Messrs. Chamberlain, Whitney and native Hawaiian youths from the Cornwall school In less than fifty years the Sandwich Islands, from the depth of heatheuish degradation, have arisen to such importance that we now have line of first class mail steamers, encour- aged by liberal government subsidy, about to commence their regular monthly trips from San Francisco thither, in connection with the Japan line; the Queen dowager of the Islands, after tour through Great Britain, has come to visit our shores and truly may we exclaim. What hath God wroughti sf~ssa
 It has occurfed to me that it would be a pleasant attention on the part of the County Auxiliary Foreign Mission Society, if they would extend an invitation to this distinguish. lady to visit the place and church, where the first missionaries were ordained to hear tho Glad tidings of great joy to her people, and to whose labors, under the blessing of Provi- dence, they are 80 greatly indebted.
 Rev. MT. Bingham, after faithful service of quarter of century in the Islands, is now residing at New Haven, Conn.,, and there must be many in this County, now living, who were present at the time of his ordination. P.
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DIED.

In this village on the sth inst. Mrs Mary Berry reject of the late James Berry and mother of Rev. Joshua D Berry D. D. aged GA years Il months.
 .. In this village, August l4ths suddenly, Lot tie E., youngest daughter of MT. Geo. Kehney, aged years. e.ls AgA s.H
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-nAL Tuesday evenings news from London indicate renewal of the war between Prus. sia, and Bavaria. The great Reform Meeting in London was brilliant success.
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Mrs. Peda Plank. resident of. Killingly near the dividing line of that town and Put. nam, is in the one hundred and first year of her age. e'fa
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De Mortuis.

The rule which sparrs the memory ofAthe dead does not apply toradicals. When con servutive dies It ia the end of him but u rad ieal lives and is fangerons cven after death , hencesthe exception Hence the viruIrnt at tacks upon the menary of those who w.rr shot on the picket line at New Orleans. An ire proachable character and good standing in his profession do not protect the minister who lost his life for opening State Convention with prayer; ardI Democratic journals trum-. pet3ths fact that Dr Doskie was onae' barber, as if that made him any the less man.
 The Sentinel ayers that he was also, at one time, secessionist, and always mere un- principled demag0gue. The former statement is incorrect, nor do we believe the latter. Speeches, which might be inAammatory address, ed to slaves, are temperate add ressed to free men. New Orleans and the Sentinel as yet. fail to recognize the difference.
 That the members of :he Louisiana Con- vention were saints, like Ridley and Latimer, we no more believe than We credit the slan-  ders of their enemies. Neither were they, saints, who planted Kansas, that little game cock of State. right in the flank of slavery put | ting the 6nal limit to it's extension.
 The Leather Stockings. who fight sava- ges on the border, take scalps sometimes and Jim Lane and John Brown, confessedly fought "conservativism" with its own weapons. When the latter admitted, after his failure at Har- per's Ferry, that. "hs was worth more to hang than for any other purpose" conservatives derided the old mans simplicity. Conserva- tives now feel that saying to have been not foolish, bpt altogether wise; and their faces visibly lengthen at the name of John Brown
 ., We cannot think all this blood has been split at New Orleans in vain and the meg who have fought the battles of freedom. az best they could, and laid down their lives for it. will neither die unwept nor unsung. They are the seed from whom better race wi I spring, and carry through the great cause. r. r Gentlemen of the Conservative pursuasion
 You were strong enough to bury Shaw under his fiisgers," but you were not strong enough to keep us out of Wagner. ..., s,......
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 Bar MT Sedgwick of Cornwall has been subjected to further persecution. Not only did the New Haven Convention neglect hi 8 resolutions lenouncing the " latrocinious dis position of Congress; not only has the Dem ocratic press utterly ignored his Quintus Cur. tius amendment, which only came to light through the Union papers; but on the very day that he was engaged, with MT Burr and other 'earnest Union men. |" in reconstructina the Democratic party, a "latrocinious'' Depu ty Collector had the impudence, to demand $lO, of him for license Mir Sedgwick is righteously indignant and looks to the Phila delphia convention for protection.
 No crime short of treason admits a man there. +. 5s ,,
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STA'rE ITEMs.

, THE Walker family of Hartf ford who have been published as heirs to an English esiutp valued at $35, 900 900 have had their claims overturn- ed by appearance upon the stage of an older brother of Mrs Walkers father. a man named John Church. who resides near Buffalo,
 N '. By English law, he will be sole heir to the estate
Litchfield enquirer., 1866-08-16
LITCHFIELD.

The match game of wicket on Saturday be- tween Wolcottville and Litchfeld resulted un. favorable for us. The score stood as follows |:
 Innings Litchfeld Wolcottvtlle
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-17
STATE OF VERMONT.
FRANKLIN CoUSTl, SIS.
In ChanCery.
Arsfi T.,.,, n rSEe

nlih AtAhi. \. u ACoOs
VERMONT & CANADA RAILROAD co.
vs..
no ALTO j. FARRAR & G. F. HUBBARD
Whereas, the Vermont and Canada Railroad
Company has taken six acres and eight hundred
and siNtyiye thousandths Of an Of the land in
SVanton, in the county of Franklin as aforesaid,
which is owned and occupied by Horatio b. Far
rar. of Swanton aforesaid, for the roadway of
sad Railroad, which land has been appraised by
commissioners duly appointed for that pur-
pose, az the sum of four hundred and fifty dol
lars, which sum of money was, by order OF the
Hon. Asa Owen Adds Chancellor. deposited in
the st. Adams Bank to the credit of said Horatio
B. Farrar, to be and remain in said Bank subject
70 the future order of this Court.
And whereas, the land so taken as aforesaid
ls subject 10 or encumhcrcd by mortgage, dat
ri August 30 1856, TO G Hubbard and that
sad q. j. Hubbard no9 claims to hold said land
by virtue 0f said mortgage.
And whereas the sand q. L. Hubbard resides
out Of this state, and has not been legally noti-
ned OF the pendency Of the Petition of the said
Vermont and Canada Railroad Company the
hnlroad Company to give notice ct the pendency
~ their said Petition to the said q T. Hubbard.
ly furnishing tho foregoing substance of their
Petition, with this order of publication three
weeks succcssivcly in the Vermont Transcript
public newspaper printed and published in St
Adams, IN SAID county of Franklin, the last Of
which publication 70 be at least twenty days pre-
'lous 70 the term Of the Court Of Chancery next
Go Dc holden az st. Adams, in and for said coun-
IS ~ Franklin, on the second Tuesday of sep
tcnbcr, A. ID. 1856. And the said publication
being made, the said g. f. Hubbard is required
aioresaid september term OF SAID Court A. d.
1866, and then aud there answer TO said Petition
Ly order Of the Court
l2i-3w JOSEPH II. BRAINERD, Clerk.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-17

A PYRAMID IN THE WEST A party of
FIVE young men, while on an exploring
expedition recently along the Colorado
river, discovered IN immense pyramid
on a barren plain 1t was composed
of layers of stone from eighteen inches
to nearly three feet in thickness, and
from FIVE TO eight feet in length. 1t
had level top of more than fifty feet
square, though it was evident that it
had been completed and that some
great CONFUSION of nature had dis
placed its entire top, as it was evident
ly lying on one of its sides, n huge and
broken mass, nearly covered by the
sand Its present length is one ham
bred and four feet, and it must have
been formerly full twenty feet higher
This pyramid differs in some respects
from the Egyptian pyramids. II is, or
was, more slender or pointed; and
while those of Egypt are composed of
steps or layers receding as they rise,
this American pyramid was, undoubt-
edly, a more finished structure. The
outer surface Of the blocks was evident
ly cut to an angle that gave the struc-
ture, when new and complete, Il smooth
or regular surface from top to bot
tom
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n successful rival to that of England.
It is d, ell known, also, that Napoleon
has long contemplated this demand.
Some months ago he massed a large
body of troops on the Rhine, and it
was remarked that he had them
march the whole distance from Paris
in fighting trim, to inure them to the
hardships of mn active campaign. -
1t is evident then that he is prepared
to back up his demand by force if
necessary. In regard to the justice of
his demand for this territory, it will
be on a par with his invasion of Mexi-
co, and perhaps about as successful
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-17

E@y~The new Office Of the New York
Hyald on the site of Barnum's old
Museum, is nearly completed. The
lower story is Of iron, and the remain
der is of white marble Elegant cor
nices span every window, III the center
of which the initials - G. b." are
quite prominent Mr., Bennett says
that he is getting 10 be an old man,
aud be wants to leave the new Herald
office as his tomb stone The building
is to be ready on the lst of September
1t is to be completely furnished
throughout, everything being new from
the ten cylinder presses down to the
lad r. rules and towels Rooms are TO
be reserved for editorial and reporter
ial sleeping apartments, and corps Of
the latter will be continually kept on
duty. On its removal, the Hsra'd viii
be enlarged to the size of the Tribune,
and its price reduced to three cents
per copy.
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LOOK


TINE greatest wonder Of the age is q. Daniel
L sons Tire Upsetting Machine, for upsetting
tires, aNlos and any kind Of iron that needs 20
be upset There Ii no cutting nor welding 10 DO
done II person has one of these Upsettlng Ma
chimes the work Is done in a more substantial
manner tnancan be done by hand, and any
person who knows anything about them VIII
h,iye t.,entv mics further for the sake of having
MS tire set py one OF these Machines. No Black
smith should be without one OF Danieison,s lire
Upseltlng Machine; nor viii ne, when he knows
me great advantages to be derived from them
Hal n sons. of boston, have used one for the
past three Years, aud say there il not money
enough to buy it, if they could not get another
We would also refer 20 l.. Bingham oi ~. AZ
bans, aud Mr.. L. Wilder, carriage MARKER oi
Stanton Centre who are using them.
These Machines are now being got out py ~
s. Rixford the scythe man, Easi iilghgaie, W.
who will sell to any party wishing MavnitS'
Agents for State. County.and SHOP rshis, ~ !.
Alhaus, for the present. Z. o. Box, So iso-t'
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sapOleOn's Plan OF Enlarging the
French Empire.

Inc recent plans OF Napoleon, III at
tempting 20 increase the bounds Of
empire by extending it to the Rhine,
cannot but excite grave spprehensions
on the part Of England and Prussia and
can hardly be expected to be allowed
without some opposition from both
parties The proposed cession in
Guides Belgium, Luxembourg, large
part Of Holland and considerable ter
ntory IN the Rhenish provinces. For
hearty three centuries the country
which was once known as Netherlands
has been neutral ground, which differ
ent nations have contendod for and
owned in succession From the time
when 1t composed part of the en-
pre- Of Charles the Fifth it has been
lae scene Of some Of the hardest fought
battles IN Europe. Here the great
contest for religious liberty took place
ID the latter part of the sixteenth cen
Jury IN which the talents Of William
'le Silent and the infamous Duke of
ava were displayed. AT one time it
tnloyed commercial renown second
" none IN Europe, and was known as
'le Dutch Republic. Internal dissen-
sOnS mad made apparently an easy
inquest Tor the Austrians, who at
'pa' DAY as we'll as in the past few
years eylnced morbid desire to gain
oqtnold IN Northern Europe; but
u5 trench General Pichegru, under
olaerS from the Directory, drove them
op and established the Batavian Re
pu''le IN 1l95, which was modelled af-
,.. sne French Republic, and was
,-V'yally part of it, as it had to re-
S .'5 french garrisons in all of its for
rr lsu places. In 1906 it became a
So is u '1e French Empire, and Ma
f''Vvn placed his brother Louis on
H. ,eafone, which he held till the abb
Ts sa''on OF Fonteinbleau in 1914, when
ro e1usflands again became kingdom
s tI't i, Tie Prince of Orange, with the
"ge Of William l.
Ia, "ua' particular claims Napoleon
and " Tue territory between France
e,S o '"o mime 1t is hard to tell, UNI
Aat S sg ADOPTS the Napoleonic logic
an &c 'ue Rhine is the natural bound
lsbi,asI ne EMPIRE and that the in
nos Sau'S this side of the Rhine are
Ma I Of French descent, speaking
he ca ,gncn language and adopting
hast a ,aio religion, in marked CON
eop.oo WIN those on the other side,
nIe, y dSgSeAtly Napoleon, the natural
|hte 10 e Iue Latin race, has the clearest
HoH. 'ulS disputed territory.
beD 'uu and Belgium have long
bal thu D ~ ufal barrier between France
SWALLOW 'vr'nan States, but if Prussia
Hate, up the smaller German
hes 10 ~ anu France extends her bonaa.
Fl co,0 u' mime, these two nations
bill be- I n close proximity, and II
b Iona DaluIy possible for lliem to eA.
'PIseen them. ''''' a"o'is'
b1s 5 !, will probably have some.
Noql tb say on tins subject, for Flame,
fOne Of H. come into possession OF
Nations ~ u1 beSt harbors and naval
Pei Shown W. The continent, and it is
1e uln"', that Napoleon has taken
|sars to hs pans during the last ten
'''e a navy which would be
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-17

INA WORD. The Providence Journal
defines the position of the real Union
lists and the real peacemakers of the
country: Those who believed in a
vigorous prosecution of the war believe
in establishing peace and union upon
such conditions that we shall not have
the war TO fight over again. With
but few exceptions this is not and new
er has been the creed of the johnson
Copperhead party; and those, who,
like their leader, once professed, have
now repudiated it. The "My Policy
is not Lincoln-policy, but Buchanan
policy.