Litchfield enquirer., 1868-02-20
Miscellaneous Items.

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 An idea of Southern feeling is found in I this extract from Virginian paper s'In twelve months from this time, any negro presenting himselfsat the polls and at- tempting to vote, will be shot as he ought to be. z4l <L .--
 iE There is rumor which is credited in official circles that MT. Johnson has deter mined to bestow the English mission upon Gen. Geo. B. Mcclellan.
 Mrs. Augustus Dickens, Charles sister, ! in-law, keeps boarding house in Chicago.
 Judge Busteed, lately shot by District ; Attorney Martin, has nearly recovered, and 7 will hold court again. s4 . Queen Victoria's jewels are said to be worth twenty-five millions of dollars. Add to this the value of the jewels owned by her nobility. And yet we read concerning thousands of British subjects on the verge of starvation. So mote it be-
 The profits to Queen Victoria on the copywfight of her last book, have run up to $50, 00Q As her private property is about S2O,0O0,oO0 there is rot much probability of the worthy Queen ever coming to want. si,a The Jail Birds convention is to come off on the 2nd of February. It will consist of nH the Northern Copperheads who saw the inside of a prison during the war. John H. Surratt would be present but for cir crnnstauces over which he has no control It is supposed Vallandingham will be elect ed president, and it is known that the H. lustrions fraternity arc unanimous in their support of AIr. English and the democratic ticket Palladium SAD SEQUEL TO THE ANGOLA DISASTER It is said that Mrs Green the wife of the Maiden murderer, was to have been mar ried on Christmas, and that her ,affianced became one of the victims of the shocking Buffalo and Erie catastrophe, while on his way east 10 be married. What adds a mel ancholy interest to the story is the fact that it was the same gentleman to whom she was engaged previovs to her marriage with Green. it It may be remembered that it was proved that Green intercepted the letters between them, leaving her to suppose that he had deserted her. It seems that this gentleman afterward married Mrs. Green s sister, who subsequently died. short time since she buried her daughter. q bright and beautiful child, so that her cup of sorrow seems to be filled to the brim
 Another sorrowful story is connected with the bunch of keys which was found. The gentleman to whom they belonged was lawyer of ability and promise who, after long years of study, had just succeed ed in establishing his business and posi- tion in Cincinnatti He was on his way home to be married to very beautiful and accomplished young lady, lately teacher in Dean Academy at Franklin. Mass Be- fore starting upon his journey he obtained an accident policy for her benefit of $50O0 The bunch of keys bearing his name was the only clue to his sad fate.
 BOSTON HARTFORD AND ERIE RoAD.-The following facts concerning this road are ta- ken from the annual report of the direct ors. recently presented to the Massachu- sets legislature:
 The capital stock of the company is $2O,- OOO,00O; number of shares, 143, ,S49; in crease of shares in 1867, $3O,070; capital paid in in, $14, 804 900; increase of capital paid Tn in 1867, $3,OO7, ,OOO; total present amount of funded and floating debt, B. 077,076, increase in 1867 of funded and floating debt, S2,077 ,076; average rate of interest paid in 1867, 8 per cent; total cost of road and equipment $19, ,242, 09l; in crease in 1867 of cost of road and equip ment, S6, 318, 26S; whole length of road in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York, about 400 miles, of which 245 are ironed and in operation. The total income of the road in 1867 was $369, ,577; in 1866, SS4, 579.
 In the Kansas State Senate, an act was passed allowing any person, without re- gard to sex or color, to practice law in all the courts, if possessed of the requisite qualifications.
 John Beatty, father of Gen. Beatty, just elected to Congress in Ohio, was a soap and candle maker in this city. Many an ecdotes are told illustrative of his kind and genial character. On one occasion, young fellow -countryman in his employment stole a box of his candles. He was much pro- voked, had him arrested, tried and convict cd of the theft. On the trial, he testified that the candles were worth four dollars 4" every penny of it. Thereupon the jus tice said that as the value of the property was more than three dollars and thirty four cents, the punishment, in addition to a fine, must be whipping at the post. The poor boy began to cry. Beatty looked at him for moment and the tears came into his eyes also. ''It was more than he had bargained for. Springing up, he said to the court, :" Phase your Honor, that was my re- tail price, but as he took of me a whole box, can afford to call it three dollars ana GqUGrter." The young Irishman was not whipped.-NetC London Star.
 
 Ex-Senator James Nesmith of Oregon, q --.. war Democrat, willsupport Gen. Grant fo, President ..s -
 The Republican papers of Maryland ap- pear to be very iubilant over the defeat ot Gov. Swann for Senator. .a. rs ..
 FAsMoN's PLArFoRM.-One perfume pure, refreshing and imperishable and that perfume, Phalon's '' Night t-Blooming Ce re1s." This is the platform of Fashion on thls side the Atlantic, and all the people say amenl-Jersey Cay Times.
 ? :S The oldest note in the possession of the s{ = bank of England is one of 1893. A @; =, note ot more than a century old, was pre- sented short time since, when it was cal g :. culated that the compound interest on it, ss. amount would have been over se, ,OOe. ai ss Charleston, South Carolina, has now population of only ,0OO Before the wa it contained sixty thousand.