Litchfield enquirer., 1868-01-09
Miscellaneous Items.

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 Cheshire has been making a re-assess- ment of its property. One farm which has been assessed at 5000, is now valued at $4S, 900. No doubt nearly as great adVan- sces would abe made in every town in the State were a general re-assessment to be made. 'f@i ss-i s'' ,"
 A letter has been written by General Meade, in which he says:-I remember ve- ry well the impression made on me by what saw and heard just after Lees sur render which was, that the officers and men of Lees army were surprised at the iberality of the terms accorded by Gener- al Grant; that they appeared to be under the impression that in case of surrender, their liberty would be restrained, and per- haps the lives of some of them forfeited. I am not prepared to say this belief on their part resulted from their consciousness of their offense, but more from their knowl- edge of the right and power of the conquering party, ; ns
 The little Prince Imperial of France is by no means robust, and is often ill the hands of the doctors It now appears that winter in Paris is too much for him, and it is probabl that he will accompany his mother, the Empress Eugenie, to Nice,
 The French Blue Book infoms us that the convents of France supply very large portion of the hair sold in market-the tresses cut off when the novice takes the veil being saved for sale. , au1:
 A wonderful passion for rare books seems to be raging, and an old copy of John Ell iot's Indian Bible. of which probably no man in New England can pronounce even the title, brought $500 at an auction the other day in Boston, and an old Dibdin edition of Milton, was sold at private sale for $1. 500. .g..
 John Stone, Frenchman, was.instantlv killed on the 18th inst, while chop- ping on land of Mir. Ezra Dresser. in Put- nam. A tree was felled by another man. which hit and broke off the top of another tree, the latter hitting Stone upon the head prostrating him and dislocating his neck, He leaves Q wife and nine children.
 It is stated that MT. A. H. Byington. o1 the Norwalk Gaseue, is to have control of the publishing department of the New Yorl 'S'"s, lately purchased by Mir. Dana and his assosietes.
 The Lutheran church is the largest Prot. estant denomination.
 A sporting Quaker puts his bets thus:
 Friend Edward, thee thinks thy horse is faster than mine. I value my opinion at twenty dollars. Now, if thee values thy op1nlon at the same rate, we will put the money together and ask our horses what they think of it, and leave tho conclusions to them"
 He who slaves himself and desires to make the operation as comfortable as DOS sible, will sharpen his razor immediately after using it. This is an idea of Sir Hum phrey Davy, and when that philosopher was asked why that time is better than any other for the act, he replied, Because wants.
 The Pope has already imprisoned three theusand persons for sympathizing with Garibaldi. Hundreds are leaving his ter ntory. ~ W.
 The liberal press in France is engaeed Tn making fun of thes Bishop of Orleans who, in attacking decree of the Minis ter of the Interior, opening the higher classes of the Sorborne to women, bewail- ed the fate of the young girls "who are to be withdrawn from the knees of the Church and thrown into the arms of the Uniyer- sity. The phrase is certainly equivoeal.
 DISCOVERY OF MINES IN MEx1oo-R;cb mines have been discovered in the State of Vera Cruz. Several had also been discov- cred near the town of Urea. in Sonora They consist of eight gold mines. thirty. i've silver mines, and two cooper mines besidea thirty others of different charac. ters not specified. .,,., s@a a.s47..t
 Advices from northwestern Arkansas mention the discovery of rich eold-bearine quartz in the Red River Mountains. sixty. five miles west of Fort Smith.
 A letter from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee on South- ern Railroads, shows that of nearly eight a millions worth of property sold to these roads at the close of the war, about five millions of the purchase money remains
 The Churchman says: "S, A. Crowther. missionary bishop, the negro freedman' and Oxford Doctor of Divinity, does hon. or alike to his race and to his theological degree, by showing himself 6 workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly di- viding the word of truth.''
 The steamship Raleigh, from New York to New Orleans, was burned on the 24th ult., about twenty miles off the coast, near Charleston, s. o. Eighteen of the passen- gers and crew were brought to Charleston by tug, Wednesday morning. The purs- CT of the steamer telegraphs from Charles ton, that the life-boat with thirteen persons in 1t, had arrived safely. He says the fire broke out at 12 o'clock on the 24th, and in i've minutes the whole steamer was in flames. Thirty-one, of the people on board are reported safe The loss by the burn- Ing of the Winchester is estimated at about $4O0, ,0e0. r1 . s---'' :. - '''>ON' - Y C'.' #a dt.s .eegsrs:s r s~r1,-s
 A GHAsTLx AccouNr.-It would appear that the great iniquity of the New Orleans massacrs has not fully been disclosed. The Spllowing ghastly account has been found sInong the records in the office of the 'ex- Mayor Monroe: 2 CrTY OF NEW ORLEANS. 11 Inos; a1 Adams Chief of Police: - Oash maid for haulinp fnrkv-e;v h. a. ,s s..