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Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21
tox WEST HAvzr,s March ssth. 1867.

FiaD LEAR ENou1RER:=ePerha a. few mote
 rom this enterprising town might be ofin
 seress to some ofyour readers, sol have
 taken my pen and will endeaxorr to clean 2 few fragments. Our winter has heee ,,h ,,n
 usually -seyere,C and the continuatii on [; hi
 storms every few days changes materially the aspect of things which durin q the ii,
 terval- (of storms) under the mild inare,, DO of the warm sun gladdens the heart both
 ot man and beast. Atpresent we have 9
 little snow and ice which we received ora
 us few days ago, and if the Azmauoc feAs hAe tr'.th 9 second edition is forthcom- ing. With the approach of spring busi- ness IS reyiving. We notice schooner of about 300 tons is being built by Captain A. Thomas; two others are under contempla- slon. A large number of dwelling houses are being erected b. MT. Hine who has erected commodious building on Elm St. ln which he proposes to carry on the man ulacture of carriages &c. West Haven is aoout two miles from the city of New Ha- ven. Heretofore the convenience for the public, although as good as un- Ter the circumstances 1t could be is and al- ! ways has bee1 intirely insufficient. But 1 his defect will soon be remedied as a Horse Railrra I --l---. .s~oo.A-oA Un1s io''o ID n good demand and readily taken at lar !, ernirn,. Tn the trade line we have net much to chronicle except that daggers and pocket cutlery has materially advanced ince the issue of the Register in which its Editor proclaims that the Dagger is an in 1 lispensable which according to his politi- al creedA-for the salvation of the country The rise in Jack knives &c, is accounted for from the reason that it is difficult to as certain whether the Register man will use the dagger or the knife. --'' '' .uidZ9 suo9i- Ii Yours Truly, " -.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21

The New Albany, Gna.} Ledger says that great, excitement prevailed in Greencastle last week, oyer the attack of Mrs. Ward on lawyer, named J. A Scott, whom she char 'ged with circulating slanderous stories about her. Accompanied by her brother, who held 8 revolver against Scott's heal, she stopped him in the street, dashed g bottle of vitriol in his face, probably de- stroying his sight, and then cowhided him
 5sfe sSss a ga1o ie impsan apau Bseg
 garded as brutal in the extreme, while it is thought that the victim is innocent of the charge preferred against 0TGd iii sl1;
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21
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THE NEW SOUTHERN seka.

 The following song, 'dedicatea ] Thad S ns," is popular in the streets Of eoithern citi, sung W1tb proIane applalSe lis valuable, Oh, I'm good. old rebell ...-.r .'.% , And that's just what I Sl. -.--' For this fair land Of freedom T..
 1 do not care a damn;
 I'm glad 1 fit agin 1t, s- -- -. ---
 l only wish we'd won, .,.. r. And don't want no paTcn
 For any thing I've do,.es l.s '...... I hate the constitution, ~ The great republic, too:s ... hates the Freedmer's preau,
 The uniforms of blue; .' hates the nasty eagle --.f . With all his brag and fua.
 The lyln' tf2ievin' Iankeesl .. l hates 'em wuss and wss.
 1 hates the Yankee nation And every thing they q: @~' I 7. hates the Declaration: . .-... ,l.1. Of Independence tco; ' hates the glorious Uuio! ... All dripping with our Ltod. hates the stupid banner ..F fit 1t all ] could .-s -. followed old man Robert gr For four years near abt, ... v Got wounded in three piag :- And starved at Point Ltkout; cotched the rheumatism,
 Acampin' in the sncw, -t' But killed chance O >Ylkees- wish I'd killed some nj
 can't take up my muslet3
 And fight 'em now no me. But ant goia' to love 'e.
 And that is sartin sure, And don't want no pardci
 For what was an am. 4 .. And 1 won't be reconstruce,. . ,- And don't care a datAa. ! ... t
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21

for Indigestion, Nausea, Hear tburn Sick Head ache. Chols Ia Morbus, &c., where a warming genial stimulant is required. Its careful pre- paraton and entire purity makes it a cheap and reliable article for cLlnary purposes. Sold eve rywhere, at 50 cts. per bottle.
 SARATOGA SPRING WATER. sold by all druggists
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21

The following melancholy issue of the matters, which excited considerable inter- est sometime since, explains what was be- fore unaccountable: a4l. - F HoEt tz=@
 A dispatch received in Petersburgh, Va, on, Monday, announced the arrival of Rev. George T. Williams at Annapolis, Md, in a condition of hopeless insanity, The Pe- tersburgh Ader, states that this result has
 been apprehended by his friends for some time, but tthey have determined not to en- ter tneplea of insanity at his trial in this city on the charge of picking lady pock- ct in Broadway stage, but to rest the case as before, solely on its merits. 1'>' ~-'--
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21

All who value beautiful head of hair, and its prese, vation from premature badness and turning gray. will not fail to use Lyon's cele
 brated Kathairon. It makes the hair rich, soft and glossy, eradicates dandl utf, and causes the hair to grow with luxui iant beauty. It is sold everywhere. E. THOMAS LYON, Chemist NY SARATOGA SPRING WATER, sold by all Druggists
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21

eG. The lower r-housei of the Missouri leg. islature recently passed ? bill ito amend the state constitution so as to give negroes the right of suffrage. The vote was 76 yea yeas to to 46 nays-a majority of 30. .sz-G3al
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21

s. T.-1S6o.-X.The amount of Plantation Bitters sold in ore year is something startling They would fill Broadway six feet high, from the Park to 4th street. Drake manufactory is one of the institutions of New York. It is said l that Drake painted all the rocks in the East ern States with his cabalistic IS. T.-l860.- X. and then got the old granny legislators to pas law ''preventlpg dstiguripg tho face of nature,' which gives him q monopoly. We do not know how this is, but we do know the Plantation Bitters SELL as no OtEer article ever
 lid. They are used by all classes of the con- inunity, and are death on Dyspepsia-certain.
 They ara very invigorating when languid and weak, an6 a great appetizer.
 SARATOGA SPRING WArsR sold by all Druggists
 C In lifting the kettle from the fire scald
 ed myself very severely-one hand almost to 8 crisp The torture was unbearable. 0 The Mexican Mustang Liniment relieved the pain almost immediately. It healed rapidly, and left very little scar.
 CHAs. FOSTER, 42O Broad St.. Philada.'
 This is merely sample of what the Mu-t;., z Eminent will do. It Is invaluable in all cas. g of wounds. swel)ngs, sprains. cuts, bruises, spavins etc, either upon man or beast.
 Beware of ceunterfeits. None is genuine un- less wrapped in fine steel-plats engravings, bearl ng the signature ot G. W. Westbrook, Chemist, and the private stamp of DEMAs BARNES & Co.,. New York. SARATOGA SPRING w ATER sold by rll Druggists
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21

; -
 FEELING IN THE SoUTH.-A public meet ing of the citizens of Ga,, was held late ly to consider the condition of the codn- try. At was largely attended. Resola-l tions approving the, terms of the. Sherman bill and the course of Governor Brown, were rejected. The meeting then divid- ed, the minority approving of the Sher- pan bill withdrawing and held a meeting in the evening. The majority organized new meeting, and passed resolutions counseling quiet submission to the bill, but characterizing it as harsh and unjust; expressing approval of the noble course of President Johnson, and asserting that the honor and manhood of the southern peo- pie were left, announcing as the sense of the meeting that the freedom of the pee pie must not be bartered away for the pro- visions of Sherman bill. Resolutions rec ommending that the governors of the southern states take steps to- test the con stitutionality of the bill in the supreme court of the United States.
 A dispatch from Augusta says meetings are being called to consider the reccom- mendations of Governor Brown. Public opinion is divided. Three-fourths of the papers are in favor of acceptance, but the majority 1.-the people are strongly oppos- ed to it. svgz --~e f,s5aagpaz asa1 s5a sx The resolution to call state convention have been referred to committees in both houses of the Virginia legislature. -'
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21

THE, CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY.-A. R.. Spoford, the librarian of the ,Congression7I al library at Washington, gives the fol- lowing interesting facts in his annual re- port: zs.fa ...-s. g:zr ,.., rssi ...s .Eath : 'sThe extensions of the library are near, ly' completed. and the total length of iron shelving is now 21 1860 feet, which will af-4 ford space for about one hundred and sevAa enty thousand volumes. Adding the shelf accommodations of the law library room, the entire length of shelving is nearly five miles. The rooms are now fire proof, be- ing constructed of solid iron throughout and future accessions to it's stores,e as, well, as the present accumulation of valuable
 works are secure from casualty which has twice consumed our national library T!.e accessions during thepast year scwered seven thousand two hundred and sffty-one
 volumes, which bring the aggregate num- Der ofvolumes in the library up to ninety nine thousand six hundred and fifty v0l-, umes, exclusive of the forty thousand vol umes of thc library belonging to the Smith sonian Institution, which have been re- moved to the capitol. The union Of the two libraries will prove doublyg adyanta-g geous to those heretofore .resortlng to eli, tller, and will insure the rapid growth of a great and truly national library, with far SreaIef 0cOQOI1y O14 uS11lS tl1ttA G WOu1u M tend the duplication, so to, speak, of two large libraries at the seat of government.
 TIE soUrH.-One of the editors of the , Troy Times has been to Richmond, and thus portrays one feature of life in that agreeable city," Nothing but secesh ht-g erature is tolerated. In looking over
 stand of photographs for sale, only two Union generals were to be sseen-General Grant being in one corner, and Butler. who r occupied prominent position in the fore ground The latter general has an addi-
 tion to his chronological developments,%
 which we do not reeollect to have seen when B
 last we had the opportunity of beholding
 his robust form. He has sprouted a pair of
 horns on the top of his head, and his una
 derstandings have changed to talons-- at fevents thus he is exhibited ill Richmond, as Beast Butler, A nephew of John Mi
 nor Bolts informed me that hardly Q sim
 gle bookseller dare expose for sale the His
 tory of the Rebellion written by the dold patriot. Secesh works are arranged in,
 profusion on the shelves of bookstores.
 By their works ye shall know them as well as by their fruits.'1a sd4 l. s.aaazzaTaaq sd + ss.s e--------- >~-L-s -Isru
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21
American and Foreign Patents.
R. h. EDDY.

s5goW ;a R. h. EDDY. y.a.-i.l * ; SOLICITOR OF EATEN ITS, Late Agent of the U. s. Patent Office, Wash aaLsf1a ington, under the Act of 1887. - ''.' No.l7s srArsl STREET., Opposite Kilby St. Bosros q FTER an extensive practice of upwards ot EA twenty years, coatines to secure Patents in the United States also in Great Britain. France and other foreign countries. Caveats Specifications. Bonds, Assignments, and all pa pers or drawings for Patents, executed on req sonable terms, with dispatch. Researches made into A merican and Foreign works, to deter. mine the validity and utility of Patents of h. ventions. and legal and other advice ren dered in all matters touching the game Copies ol the clans of any patent furnished by remit tiag one dollar. Assignments recorded in Washington oaA' A-.~ '.'.''' ... No Agency in aAs U,isd Ssates possesses .uperio, faeiAses for o5tainng Patents, or a,certainins Mt patenta6ilay of imuentions.l u -l--@ Y" 'e' E
 During eight months the subscriber, in the course of his large practice, made on tsriee re- jected applications, SIXTEEN APPEALS; every ont of which was decided ia his fapor by the Com missioner of Patents. ..-< -.y ..-.
 flaw TESTIMONIALS soo .--esa-- ~
 .Iregard Mr.=Eddy as one of the most capa- ble aud successful practioners with whom have had afhcial intercourse CHAS. MASON,'
 -,-a -,..r Commissioner of Patents.
 have no hessi ration in assuring inventors that they cannot employ man more competent aad frasfeorthy. and more capable of putting their applications in form to secure for them an early and favorable consideration at the Patent office. EDMUND BURKE" .sL al
 Late Commissioner of Patents,
 MT. K. H. Eddy has made for me THIR- TEEN applications, in all but ONE of which patents have been granted and that one is nox pasding. Such unmistakable proof of great tal- ent and ability on his part leads me to recon nend all inventors to apply to him to procure their patents. as they may be sure of having the most faithful attention bestowed on their eases, and at very reasonable charges.
 -,, .9s-.-~-7-1,} ID JOHN .1AGHARI.'' Jaas1. lss7 ss-ly -S- .7-sI 7-.---
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DENTISTRY.

M JOHNSON has rented the Office re- A1S eontiy occupied by pr. ECrossman. in the. Post Office Bufiding; and has refttsd the same, and offers his ser vices to the public who may need any work in his line He Is prepar. ed to do any kind of Plate Work, either Rsb- Der, Gold or Silver Mounted Teeth filled or ex. traetSd, ,sand all work warrauted to bs as repre-
 ssnted.a Having hsi years of practice in my prsfession,I humbly ask of the public a fair trial. l. astingin my ability to give satisfaction
 Arab aw j sA3L.N. JoHNSON. ,
 EseaaHsld. Nav l7th. lsee. aefAA blaa Su l
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21
From the Journal and Courier. 9 DANIEL WEBSTER. ot la.s

4a essrs. EDITORS: Isend for your perusal apd for publication also, If you please 2
 printed Communication, the mannscrint o1
 winch was written by Daniel Webster him. sel1' and printed in the .'Salem. Reoiste,'
 many ma years back, wherein Mir Webster
 oonfesses his religious belief. As it tells quite different tale, to the one quoted in
 your paper of Saturday last, from inc Worth ", American Review" relative to Mr
 Webster,s religious faith, I think by trans. 1errlng 1t to the columns of your rsef1, Journal, 1t will not only be doing an net of lusslce to the memory of that departed statesman, $ but would, at the same time. in. form yonr readers that Daniel Webster ;, l"lth all his faults, was truly, more sinnea
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21

stove. .''
 H.ving had years of experience in saving and using lumber, and employing none but geod worknen, feel confident that can give enlis sati.faction to all that will give me call J. w. BIGLOW. Litch6eld. Jan. 1st. 1867: ly
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21
DEBArAB1Ey POINT IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR

DEBATABLE POINT IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
 The use of an objective instead of the
 nominatiye, in opposition, "ls 1t me. for
 'sIs 1t I. 'H This is bad grammar, and un-
 til recently no one pretended to deny that
 it was bad grammar; but of late years g few
 English philologists have undertaken to
 defend the practice. Forsmost among
 them is. that unfortunate specimen of
 Cambridge double first, the 4slovenly and inaccurate Dean Afford. Some of his til- merous errors have been shown up by Mir. 1 Moon. but-as is too often the case Tn such controversies Moon makes a few 1nis- takes of his own while exposing the Deans. l Thus, the, Dean enunciatess this elegant shovel hat at the staron, r1fste wifi bg tle,
 adding, aI wish | could say, that will be I,
 but I can't even to please him. z To which
 Mr. Moon rejoins that the Dean would have been wrong had he said II" because 'sme'' is the objective, governed by ''see;' he will see me-" ID Dean Afford, is a very fair
 Greek and Latin scholar of the old school,
 but his English is simply detestable. The
 title of one of his works begins, ''The two
 First Epistles," and I am not sure but he
 somewhere defends this location. Our lan-
 tongues, with one exception, use nomina- tive in opposition to the nominative. The
 French alone uses. an obhque ease--the1da-
 tive, answering, te our objective, as We have
 no dative ? est mot, literally s'It is me. J ! It also uses the dative for the independent nominative Qui est ce9 ,Aioi. at'Who! is it.
 Me-. I.do not know if, Afford and his ,, American followers s-unf fortunately he has tl some Adefendthe use of me in this connec
 tion, also; ; they might quite as .Sell,I as in
 the other ease Both are yGallieams, gane
 TGth 4ne eaa simaF nF9 error o an sald fb, ! objective for the nominativeo after than I"He is wiser than me"fo ethan IT. may al so be Gallicism, but l rather suspect it is }, Latinism, derived from the Latin use % 2 the ablative in comparisons? It is certainl, !, not an uncommon mistake among edacat ed mens-7 s7 Ca,A Carl B'easo".i sqod oW ..rpG
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-03-21
WILLIAM GOODWIN.
WHISPERS CONFESSION OF FAITH

pr. smith, of Concord, N. H. has put in our hand the following letter of fS Dan;a1 td Webster to Rev. Thomas Worcastar meTly T! pastor of the Congregational Church l ln Salisbury, N. H., which is accomnan; ; ed ed Wi1n confession Of his reli gious faith. both of which are in his own hand writ;n@ WI Wa nave seen Mir. Webster's name enro,lad among its members, if we mistake not aoout the time the letrer below bears dato ne remained 8 member of that church t;li hls death. The letter and confession wa.l, never never before published. They were as fol-
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-12-12
Grand Lndge. i. O. ORC. u.

Aquartery session of this order was held We'd
nesday in the village of Christana. G W. c. T.
T. L. Ponson presided; a large number Of dele
gates from all parts ofthe State were present, and
represented the orderas being ina good condition.
Arrangements were made for raising lecture
fund for the purpose of keeping lecturer in the
field.
Arrangements were also made to start and
maintain temperance paper In the State, and a
committee appointed to make all necessary pre-
parations for holding large Mass Temperance
meeting at Milford in Kent county, as soon as
practicable.
A resolution was adopted setting forth thai the
order of Good Templars of Delaware was purely
a temperance organization having no connection
whatever with political organizations, and refusing
to entertain any subject of political character in
the Councils of the order.
public meeting was held in the evening in the
Good Templars' Hall which was addressed in q
very able and eloquent manner by G. w. C. T.
Poulson, after which social experience meeting
was held, which was further addressed by A. W.
Williams, j. X. Fesniirc, and o. II. Appleby.
This was one Of the best meetings ever held by the
Grand Lodge of Delaware, and one which We
have no doubt will do much good. Too much
praise cannot be bestowed on the Good Templars
and other citizens Of Christiana for their unbound
ed hospitality to the members Of the order during
their stay in Christiana
The next quarterly meeting of the Grand Lodge
will be held In Dover, on the first Wednesday Of
April 1863
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-12-12

Now it Is the time to show whether we are to
submit to this course or whether we shall stand
up for what Is right, fair and liberal; asking for
nothing, but what IL right and submitting to
nothing that Is wrong.
Another object of the meeting, was to relieve
the minds of the subscribers to the stock in re-
gard to the uncertainty of the terminus of the
road here. Wilmington having engaged to raise
100000 Of the subscription, understood Of
course thai the road was to terminate herc but
at what point? just 80 that II could pass her by
to fulAl the letter OF the bond, and so go to New
Castle, Lcwes or any other point on the River,
where the interest of other parties may dictate
We're not the limits of the city lately extended BY
the Legislature so that the terminus could be
fixed on the Delaware river, and he within the
city? Why then lay On tho table n resolution,
offered at the meeting, making this sine qua
non to our further support of the enterprise IL
did not say where that point should be, leaving
that to the discretion of the Directors. But why
not fix 1t and what is the use of the milk and
water resolution that was passed. requesting the
Directors to fix the terminus on the Delaware
River ms soon as expedient. The Delaware ri"cr
IS v consiueraule Vi streuih stietcuinS se'e''
miles above and below us, ind has New Castle
upon lis bankc. This resolution was n useless
waste of ink and paper. 1t is alleged that the
delay to locate is caused by the want of libcialty
on the part of the land owners, who will mol
donate the land. Have not the Directors right
to go ON them and condemn the lpnd, MS they
have done elsewhere.
Come, then, Mcssrs. Delaware Directors, th'
boon that We ask of you is, that you be live men
and not suffer yourselves to be Hoodwinked b,
old stagcrs in railroad chicancry, who have thc
eyes wide open to make everything tell for them
selves; and as sure Us you sit back and try how
"not to do it, you will meet with unexpected
trouble in this matter.
ONE WHO Knows.
| 49,, ~, ~, 1oc-
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-12-12

tCommdnlCated.1
The Wilmington and Reading Railroad
Again.

ICommanlCatedl
The Wilmington and Reading Railroad
Again.
The meeting of Monday evening last showed,
Gfany evidence were wanting) the deep feeling of
dissatisfaction, fast changing into indignation of
large portion of the subscribers to the stock of
this road, Oh account Of the indefinite condition
of the location OF the end here and the want of
iberaliy and fairness in letting the contract for
its construction. In the call for the meeting and
the discussion that occurred at it, no complaint
against the Delaware minority of the Directors,
was intended. The defence of them however,
volunteered without any necessity, was more cal
culated to Increase suspicion than to dispel the
only fear for them, that they had been too timid
in standing up for rights and interests at this
end OF the road. No vindication of them was
needed, most Of them standing up manfully for
different course from that adopted, and least of
all from director in another railroad VIGOROUSLY
wanting in advancing the interests of Whining
ton, in regard to just grievances of which do
not propose to speak.
The sole object of the meeting was to support
our Delaware Directors, and if possible to infuse
a little more back bone into them in regard to
the oyer-reaching conduct of the majority Of the
Board.
What are the facts of the case 7 Proposals for
constructing the several sections of the road were
invited by the Board. Among some hundred or
| more there was one from Delaware, who bid for
portion of the road at rates, that upon the whole
| line, would save the stockholders some twenty
thousand dollars. and that too, after all the tam
pcring with the bids by a certain .',iag." Tic
security for performing his contract was undoubi-
cd, and his ability as q contractor unquestioned.
Why was this bid set aside and gift OF some
seven or eight thousand dollars made to the sue
cessful contractors unless twas determined from
the first inception Of the enterprise to count Della
ware MS cipher in the ease, and while they cal
upon her for onc-half of the subscription, bcstow
onusts upon fayortes at our expense?
The propiiety Of the meeting and the necessity
Of urging upon our Wilmington Directors t,
watch our interests, were manifest from til,
answer Of one of our leading men in the Board
to question, proposed when he replied, "0h
we resisted all we could, but the party abov,
threatened to break up the whole thing II they
could not have their own way" Now if "break
ing up the whole thug unless certain rings o.
ciques can carry it their own way, no matter a
whose expense, be the game, We would respect
fully ask whether it would not be fair to lei
Others have hand in it, aud see whose is III,
longest?
The true state Of the case is, that by all fai
considerations we are entitled to one-half of tn
contract on equal terms but when the stock
holders arc obliged to pay seven OF eight thous
| Cor ma hnf nm
beyondall dispute, evidence of determination 81
the Part Of the majority to use us for their owl
purposes