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Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04
Napoleon III and Mir Abbott.

Our readers will probably recollect his tory of Napoleon L, which appeared some years since, in Harper's Magazine, written by the Rev. John c. s. Abbott. This gentle man, now residing in New Haven, has been visiting Europe, and writes home the letter copied on our first page. It is just what we should expect from the writer of the labored eulogy in question. miscal1ed a history. Napoleon I. has undoubtedly been grossly misrepresented by English historians, but he is the last man who de- serves republican sympathy. -The history f-the French Revolution before he be- came supreme, is history of progress, dis figured indeed by most frightful excesses, yet on the whole, working immense good to the human race, and giving fatal shock to those servile notions of the "divine right of kings" which up to that time had controlled European opinion. No sooner, however, did Napoleon obtain power, than France ceased to fight for an idea, and sa- crafced millions of her sons in fighting vainly for a man, and that man one of those most fatal enemies of great republics "a brilliant, selfish, and ambitious soldier. This mans sins against liberty, MT. Abbot labors to excuse. Though not quite so sensational as J. T. Headley, he is equally unreliable, and the most unprincipled hire ing of the Lower Empire could hardly vie with this American Minister of the Gospel in striving to glorify the hideous career of this man of blood,
 Not content with washing the un- cle, MT. Abbott has undertaken to white wash the nephew; and he is now searching for facts relating to the second usurper who has robbed France of her freedom. We are promised not only rose-colored yer sion of the Coup dEsat but a vindication of that Mexican policy which there is DO one left but Mr. Abbott to admire That the Emperor's reception was polite and cor dial is not surprising. Volunteers do not flock into that branch of his service, we imagine, especially from America
 Upon sitting down to write his letter, Mir. Abbott had suspicion he was about to do very foolish thing. His instincts did not mislead him, and the exhibition he has made ofhimself, calls out such an unan- imous expression of indignation and con- tempt, as this weak, but well-meaning clergy man will find not easy of digestion.
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04
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Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04

n~ The companies of the Fourth regi- ment of Infantry serving the Departments Of the East and the Lakes, with the Head quarters and band, have been ordered by the War Department, to Omaha, Nebraska, Tor du'y in the contemplated expedition. against the Indians. Army and Naey Jour. na, March, 23rd, 1887,
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04

RUSSIAN AMER1cA.-One of the most impor- tant acts of Secretary Stewards administra- uon comes to the knowledge of the public this week. It is treaty with Russia for the cession of Russian America to the Uni ted States. The price is fixed at s7, GOO, 900 and all that is necessary to settle the matter finally IS the consent of the Senate. Wheth- Or this body will give that consent is q mat. ter of great doubt. There is much differ ence of opinion upon the value of an acoui- sition which will cost a large sum in the outset and entail a heavy expense after- wards. AS means of keeping tha com- merce of the Pacific out of British. hands. however, it may be thought advisable to ratify that treaty.
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04
MT. Dawson's Spesch.

The speech of Mir. Dawson of Georgia, on Wednesday night was we'll attended, and listened to with considerable satisfac- tion by Republicans, and considerable as. tonishment by the Democracy who brought him here He began by announcing his satisfaction at the abolition of Slavery, and pitched into Jefferson Davis and the South ern Secessionists with fervor which caus- ed an opening of Democratic eyes and Q lengthening of Democratic countenances, which it was amusing to witness. He ex posed the arts by which a min ority had ob- tained Secession and the awful tyranny of that minority after they had attained it. He even adduced facts to show that this controlling few were as corrupt as they were reasonable.
 That the whole white population of the South fought unanimously for indepen. dence; that they only became sick of it from distrust of their leaders and fear of our superior force, he did not deny. Loy- alty he wisely said nothing about. They were conquered; they deserved magnani- nous treatment-such was his argument. He seemed totally unaware that in con- demning Secession and the men who con- ducted it, he justified not only the past but the present course of our party, and overlooked the fact that it was the restora- tion to power of the same old set of poli- tioians which justified the late Reconstruc- ton bill.
 This gentleman seemed to think it un- kind to be called on to give any explana- ton of the treatment of Union prisoners at Andersonville; but when a politician comes here from State wherein tens of thousands of loyal men were murdered by starvation and by atrocious oruelties con- demned by every principle of civilized warfare; we think the men who have suf- fered from such unkindness" have right to enquire who were responsible for it An explanation he attempted, but failed; yet he had just before made a satisfactory explanation, unconsciously. That there was some destitution at the South during the war is certain, but had their people been no better off than the prisoners of war, not one third of their population would now be alive. Sherman found no difficulty in supplying his whole army in the very region which suffered these prisoners to starve! The true expla- nation lies i'll the nature of the power which then ruled the South-which MT. Johnson re-instated. That power Mir. Dawson unites with all Northern Unionists in characterizing as q selfish, cruel, unprin. cipled oligarchy. He complains of it's reckless disregard of the comfort and lives of the poor Southern whites, almost as bitterly as we complain of its treatment of such of our soldiers as fell into its hands. It is marvellous the narrow escape Mir. Dawson has had from becoming Republi- can. Let him but draw the inevitable con- olusion from his own facts, and he will join us in setting mp legal Southern State gov ernments, and in disfranchising the set of politicians who have followed up the trage- dies at Salisbury and Andersonville, with the tragedies of Memphis and New Orleans.
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04

@- We congratulate Mir. Charles B. Andrews on the figures to be found in an- other column. He made splendid run, and although the majority against us was too heavy to be overcome, he gave our old townsman, Weeks, few hours of awful suspense
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04
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Ra~ One of our draw backs on Monday, was forged State ticket, almost an ex- act imitation of ours It was an excellent trick of it's kind, and if our neighboring office would only bring it's talent to bear on the matter of fractional currency, it might become highly profitable institution.
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04

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Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04

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l764 Buck..ngham's majority 8.

CONGRESSMEN ELECTED. First District-Richard D. Hubbard, D. Second Distria-Julius Hotchkiss, D. Third Districs-Henry H. Starkweather. Rep.
 Fourth Districs-Wm H Barnum, D.
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04
RECAPITULATION.

English's majority-four towns to hear from-632. These towns will reduce it to about 610 The House is Republican.
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04

R@~ It is with great satisfaction that we notice how little the Hon. Robert Pier pont suffered from the disafection in Nor ris The opposition was carried to an ex- treme that no reasonable man would justi- fy.
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-04
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF coNNRcr1cu

THE journeymen plumbers of Boston all went on strike, Monday, in consequence of an announcement that the eight hour $4 per day system would be discontinued after this week
 The Governor of Tennessee has made colored man captain in the State militia.
 The internal revenue returns for the Third District (New London and Windham Counties,) for February, foot up $60, 453. 67 "a decrease of $1 ,453.71 from the returns for January.
 Large meetings have been held at Ma con Ga., and at Montgomery, Ala, in fac vor of reconstruction. The latter took place in the capital and was an immense affair.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-03

the latter object, as far as the commencem ent
of new actions is concerned, we are opposed.
But the number of appeals might well be dimin-
ished by some provision for the summary disnis-
sal of frivolous appeals. The old practice of issu
ing writ of error was designed to furnish such
a check; but it soon degenerated into a mere
form. and its revival would do no good. The
practice of the English courts, by which the
appellant is required to apply to the
higher court for a "rule to show
"cause,n which is equivalent to a per-
mission to appeal, seems to us better suited
to the purpose. Under that system the ap-
pellant states his case to the court, without
interruption or reply from his opponent; and
if he does not then make out a reasonable
cause for reversing the judgment, that is the
end of him. If, on the contrary, be makes out
an apparently good case, he has simply leave
to appeal, and when the cause next comes be-
fore the court the respondent is heard first,
having by this process received notice OF his
adversary's objections. In this manner appeals
taken merely for delay are nipped in the bud ;
and the whole law business of England, with
population only about One-third less than that
of the whole United States, is disposed of with
far more rapiditY than that of the single State
of New York
This, however, does not meet the difficulty
in respect to the trial of causes in the first in
stance That must be remedied by providing
judges enough to try all the causes at issue
within a reasonable time. Parties should be
able to set down their causes for certain days,
with an absolute confidence that the trial Will
then take place; and after this system Is
once established. adjOurnments should be
strongly discOuntenanced even when asked for
by both sides, since such fayOrs can only be
granted at the expense of some third party
Courts of Cancellation are urged now, as they
were many years ago, as remedy for htlga-
ton. But the experiment has been tried in
this State without success. Our people want
TO have their controversies tried and deter
mined with the best aid, and by the best
Judges, that they can afford; and they do not
usually care to have their causes settled by
court, instead of having them fairly and fully
adjudicated upon Upon the whole, we believe
that the best remedies for excessive litigation are
to be found in the enlargement and renovation OF
our existing tribunals, the arrangement of bust
ness with q view to dispatch, the summary dis
position of frivolous appeals, and finally. in a
decided elevation of the standard OF judicial
character.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-03

In the Convention yesterday fifteen me-
MORALS against the appropriation of money for
sectarian institutions were presented. Tho
Committee upon the Powers and Duties of the
Governor and Lieutenant Governor reported
in favor of having the Legislature determine
the amount of the Governors salary; also
recommending that no bill shall be signed after
the adjournment of the Legislature. The Joint
Committee upon Banking and Currency land
Insurance reported provisions for the for
nation and control of corporations. Section
4 provides that the Legislature shall have
no power to pass any law directly or indi-
rectly authorizing the suspension of specie pay
ments by any person or corporation, and sec
ton makes stockholders individually liable
TO the amount of their stock for the debts OF
the corporation. A resolution was adopted
looking to prohibition of all gift enterprises
or lotteries Mr. Stratton's resolution of in
qury as to the amount Of police attendance
upon Criminal Courts in this city was called
up and adopted. A resolution that it is the
duty of the United States to pay the outlay
or the debts of the loyal States in support of
the war was ordered sent to each Senator and
Representative in Congress. A resolution for
final adjournment upon the 10th of September
was adopted.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-03
EYPENSIVF JUSTICE.

We are inclined to believe. from the
results of our own observation, that the
great majority of wrongs, even of serious
kind go unrcdresscd while we have no doubt
at all that the law affords no practical relief
for more than a very small fraction of all the
injuries. including those called trivial, which
men suffer; and this is mainly because the
remedy is more expensive than the original
loss. IL il very common to charge all this ex-
pcnse 20 the avarice and extOrtion of lawyers
but in fact the charge has very little foundation.
Next to the church and the editorial profession
the bar is the least remunerative business, upon
the average, into which young man can enter.
Very few of its members make more than
bare living The three most successful lawyers
in New-York City have invested more brains,
labor, and money in their business than the
most successful merchants Yet no one OF these
lawyers has ever made 100000 in single year
out of his practice, nor averaged SjO,OOO year
for any number of years together; while there
are several merchants whose incomes have
largely exceeded million dollars annually.
The chief and only remediablc source of ex-
pense in law is delay. If there were but
one cause in a court, it could be tried upon
specified day, without fail, and neither party
would lose time in attending fruitless sessions,
or have to pay lawyer for watching the case.
But at present, cause must be watched from
term TO term, with no absolute certainty that
it can be tried on any given day, Even causes
that are set down for a-patlcular day are fire.
quently pushed out Gf their places by other
causes, the trial 6f which occupies 4 ,ongccf
period than was assigned to them. The same
trouble extends to motions and all interlocu
tory proceedings. Time without end is utterly
wasted in useless waiting. Then, after the
trial is over, fresh delays occur upon the ap-
peal and as the courts of this State and city
are at present constituted, the most common
place action cannot be finally disposed OF in
the highest court in less than seven years from
its commencement, without sacrifice on both
sides Appeals are made more expensive and
cumbrous than they need be by the absurd prac-
tice of printing the entire evidence, of which
often not One-tenth has any bearing upon the
question raised by the appeal. This custom
has been made necessity by a yet more fool
lsh rule Of the appellate courts, by which, II
any part of the evidence in the court below is
omitted, they will frequently presume that 1t
would support the judgment when, upon all
that actually appears, the judgment is errone-
GUS. Of course, under such rule, the only
safety for the appellant Is to print every word
that has been said or read in the case; which
not only adds to the expense, but distracts the
minds Of tho judges, and often leads them to
wrong conclusions
The delays of the courts can only be pre-
vented in one Of two ways either by increas-
ing the number of distinct tribunals, or by di-
minishing the number Of causes presented
10 them. 10 any attempt " accomplish
New-York tribune., 1867-08-03

this cannot long continue. The month OF
August will be reasonably sure to include
such continued drouth and fierce heats as to
convert these foul ways into hot-beds of mias-
matte disease.
These streets may be cleaned and for every
day that they are not cleaned the contractor
who bsrgained to keep them in good sanitary
condition should be held responsible. When a
sweeping malady may be the result of his
incapacity or neglect, the public are not dis
posed to let him off from the strict perform
ance of his contract.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-03

Our exemption, until the first of August,
from the attacks of epidemic cholera, has been
the more noticeable from the fact that that
dread disease has been raging in different
portions of our own country as well as in
foreign lands. The SOuth-W Western cities have
suffered heavily from this cause, and from
Memphis and the towns of far-off Kansas we
have the report Of many deaths. One year
ago the deaths from cholera in this city and
Brooklyn were from 80 to 40 per day. and THE
TRIBUNE said Cholera as an epidemic is
rapidly upon the increase in this city and
"upOn the islands in the East River" That
we have not the same record to make to-day
is due to Providential care, and not to a health
full condition of either our tenement houses or
our public streets. The Board of Health are
doing all the law justifes them in doing to
cleanse the rOokeTies where humanity is packed
like herrings in box; but for the publication
OF our thoroughfares we must look to other
officials. If Street Commissioner Mclean and
STRENGTHENING Contractor Whiting know any
thing of the condition of the highways over
which they are supposed to have special juris-
diction, they know that there are scores of
them which are daily inviting the pestilence
and almost creating it, The copious rains of
the past months have inigreat measure counter
sS.sd the neglect Of the street-cleanerS. but
New-York tribune., 1867-08-03

The country was scandalized the other day
at learning that slab from the tomb OF
Scrvius Tulius, dedicated by the citizens OF
Rome to the memory Of Abraham Lincoln, had
been discovered, after long disappearance, in
an ash-hole, or coal-bunker, or some such
ignominous vault, under the Capitol. If some
of the modern works of art which decorate the
national halls could be consigned to the same
obscure retreats tho people would breathe more
freely. Think of Leutze on the grand stair
case and Seryius Tullius in the cOal-cellar.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-03

Our latest advices from Europe bring bad
news of the crops. The harvest in France
threatens to be much below the average, and
in Portugal the vineyards, which furnish the
principal support of extensive districts are
seriously affected by disease In nearly all
parts of our own country, however, the agrl-
cultural prospects. Notwithstanding the wet
Summer, are extremely cheering, and with
out perceptible drain upon our own
store we can make up the deficiencies OF
Europe. We have taught the Old World
countries the arts of war and peace, and set
them many good lesson in politics. Now
and not for the first time either-we are gong
TO feed them. -, -. . a-A.A-.4.-1..2t.-
New-York tribune., 1867-08-03

be to make them demand still more. Great
Britain refused the first requests Of her Amer
ican colonies for a redress of grievances, and
the consequence was that the colonists went
further, and instead of stopping at redress in
sisted upon revolution. If the Lords now re-
fuse their consent to reform in the system OF
representation, the people will be very apt to
agitate for a radical change in the Constitution,
and the House of Peers will be looked upon as
an obstacle which must be put entirely out OF
nYistn
New-York tribune., 1867-08-03

The good cause in which Mr.. Bergh is so
Jealous laborer is making pleasing progress
elsewhere, as appears from an account of the
proceedings of the Annual Meeting OF the
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
lately held in London. The Report showed
that during 1866 there had been an accession
of 40 members to the Society, and that 100
more had been added during the first six
months of the present year. In various Cont
mental countries the principles of the Society
had been recognized, and in Paris prize had
been offered for a treatise on the best means
of preventing vivisection. The number OF con-
victions obtained on prosecutions instituted by
the Society during the year was 1850 IN
London, and 4O1 in tic country. munlilcent
donation had been made to the Society, Mr.
Wood, a member of the Managing Committee,
having given $4,000 for the erection of suit
able offices for carrying on the business OF the
Association.
New-York tribune., 1867-08-03

The Freedmens Saving and Trust Company
under the management of the Freedmens S
Bureau, has just published an instructive report
for the month of June last, showing that the
colored people deposited during that period
St24,O75, and Withdrew $94Sl3, leaving an ex-
cess of deposits of $4,000. The Company has
now on hand over $lsO,OOO belonging to freed
men. Such an evidence of thrift on the part
of a newly emancipated people has no parallel
in history, and exceeds the hopes of even their
best friends
New-York tribune., 1867-08-03
MUSIC.

In want of other concerts, we will do well TO
remember the Terrace Garden conductedby DIR Thomas
The most interesting pieces performed on Tuesday
night we're the "Scherzo" from symphony in
C. and the variations Gott erhalte Franz den KAISER
Ghe Austrian National hymn, by Hadyn. They both
executed with charming precision and expression There
was szts March OF Victory" which can never be-
come tedious Among the lighter pieces was the Village
Swallows" by Strauss. With full acknowledgment Of the
completeness Of these concerts would suggest the tn
PRODUCTION of a maleNyOcal zQuartette as pleasan
change The publicwould well satisfied with such an
innovation,
New-York tribune., 1867-08-03
THE BOARD OF AUDIT.

We have already announced that an injunc-
ton has been obtained by the Citizens Assocl-
alton to restrain the Board of Audit from ad-
Indicating upon the numerous claims against
the city and county now before it. We trust
that no legal techncalites will be reS0rtedtO in
order to prevent thorough examination of the
constitutionalty of the Board, about which 1t
seems there are well-fOunded doubts Claims
amounting to over S3,00O,0OO have already been
presented, and if the powers Of the Board are
confirmed by the Courts, it is probable that an
assault will be made upon the public treasury
such as has no parallel within the memory of
man. Claims that have slumbered for years, that
have been thought dead beyond resurrection,
that have been kicked out of court over and
over again, have put in fresh appearances
Claims so disgraceful and ridiculous that no.
body had the courage to present them before
any of the tribunals of law, are now pressed
with pertinacity. The swinders of the City
Hall, the Confederates of the Ring, the sharp
ers of every form and hue, seem to think that
the sole object of the Board is to pay every
body everything. We look with confidence to
the Citizens Association to do all that can be
done TO avert the threatened carnival of fraud.