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The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-08-25
The Law of Divorce.

We have been favored with a
copy of the able opinion of Judge
Orr delivered in the case below
stated, on theimportant question
of Divorce--EDs. ENf ERPRIsE.
Joh. III. Walker os. Mary j. Wal
ker-Ia1 tie Common Pleas
= Equity side, L GreenoiUe., May
Term, 1S69--Petition Jos. Ds.
Uorce--A Fsnculo Aatrfmom;t.
r' The Petitioner, John H. Walker,
filed, bis petition on the 31st March,
1850, against Mary Jane Walker,
his wife, praying ga divorce a Vin-
tc,llo mdtrinaoniS from the said
Mary, and that she be permitted
TO resume her maiden name of
Mary j. Few" on the ground,
that q few "months after their
marriage, his wife became exceed
ingly unhappy in her disposition,
lnkind in ier treatment to him,
used violent, abusive and mc1ac-
ing language towards him, and
constantly manifested q determin
ed malignity towards him." She
!" accompanied her language with
blows, on, several occasiors." -
"Her hostility, violence and ma-
'lignity TO him increased, until at
length it became intolerable, and
they, wilfully separated about
November, 1860, since which time
they have lived apart ~ ..,ss
The parties were duly married
on the 31st Jnly, 1856, and a deed
of separation executed by them
the 30ttr January, 1851. The De.
.fendant having failed to plead, an.
swer,or demur within the rule, the
petition was taken pro co.syesso on
the 18th May, 1859. Testimony
was taken before the Clerk in snp.
port of the allegations of the pc
titiqn and reported to- the Court.
Ode Of tho witnesses says Of De.
fehdant: aShe had q cross, crabid
disposition" "It was impossible
Tor any reasonable minded manto
hayeihyed in peace and happiness
with herr Another witness says
she 'sis Q high tempered woman
Hard TO get along with; wanted her
owe way entirely !" "thinks It ut
torly impossible that they will ever
live together again" Another
witness says the Petitioner treat
ed her kindly and ectionateiy;
attempted 70 live In peace with
her; she became dissatisfied with.
ont cause; became i'll and crost
to him; at one time struck at him
sire constantly got worse in her dis
position and actions towards lin,
till their separation"
Before entering upon the con
sideration of the legal principles
involved in this case-an appiica
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-08-25

BILE alone insathe Ecclesiastical
Courts Of England, and denies to
itself jurisdiction in dcases of sdi-
vorce, also icognizable alone in the
IEccles,asticaf Courts of England,
because s'tife Legislature Of the
State has not specially conferred
Jurisdiction on that Court to hear
and determine divorce cases =.
Judge Mott says Hdivorce and al.
imony are snsepdraIle companions
in England" and yet assumed jn7
risdiction of the one from s.necesi
sity," and denies it, to the other.
for want of legislative authority
Does. not tlie "necessity to exer-
else the jurisdiction to annul or
dissolve a degrading marriage,
plead the Court as urgently as the
necessity [" to provide food, CLOTH
ing and shelter for a helpless wife
who has been discarded by an inl.
perious or cruel husbands l. a-as
Is not the necessity" as great
to exercise this jurisdiction of de. :.
claring "nulIity of marriage" ;"
where the revolving fact is exhibit
cd of an incestuous marriage be-
tween father and daughter, mother
and son, sister and brother? or to
grant q divorce vincuIc matrimoa,s:S;
to an injured and outraged wife,
whose husband had introduced in
to his .honse and seated at his ta-
bic sable paramount who shared
his bed a d received his attentions,
while the sunoffending wife re-
ceived the crumbs and suffered the
indignities and abuse leaped on
/ her by the faishless husband and
his degradedmistressQ Such were
substantially the facts in the case
of Jelincan vs. Jclinean, 9 Dess.,
E. Il. 45, and the Court, in the
graphic language of Bishop on
4 Divorce and Marriage, 2SS, re-
\ fused ITO sever the living body
from tho putrid- carcass" and ex-
hausted the powers of, the tribu-
nal by decreeing, simply, that the
husband should maintain the wife
he had SO shamelcssly wronged!
Chancellor Kent, in an able
| opinion delivered in the case of
Wightman VS.. Wight,nan, A John
ston, G. II. 343, reaches O conclu
sion exactly the reverse of that de
cided by the Court in this State
He holds that no legislative au-
thority is needed to confer juris-
diction on the Courts of Equity in
divorce cases---that the power in
the Court is inherent. He saws:
"Allmatrimonial and other causes
of Ecclesiastical .cognizance be-
longed, originally, to the temporal
courts; and when the spiritual
courts cease the cognizaDce of
such cases, it would seeam, as of
course, to revert back to lay tri-
bunals. "Divorces q vinculo,
says Lord Coke, are caatsa nsetus,
causa inapotentie, cansa qbinitatis,
causG consiaguinitates, dc. -
These causes, and that of lunacy,
are a'o' wi'nin 'he Statute ~ !! !
givinS 20 'his oonrt J"rssaicti9n
Concerning e al'0rces. e NotWlth,
s,anuinG 'nas 'ac', . Ine Iearnea
Shaneeaoi Says .nat tue court on
Eqa'!y GolPe'ell'' not merely
co,ia.er"liy, out Sy d suit ,I'stitu- ~
@ 'eu uirec.ly anu ior the sore Pur'
pose 70 pronounce U dtOoTce I'''ce IN
S"cH cases. ~
: Whatever opinion may be Ell
: tertained OF the soundness OF the
} judicial decisions, or the practice
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16

., An engine exploded on the Erie railroad Erhnrsday, killing four men. n. sgss's
 Ex-Sec. Seward has reached San Fran. CISCO on his return from Alaska. N
 A defalcation of B90, GOO was aiscoverea week. lass ss
 The Boston coliseum is to be repaired Tor the proposed concerts, next month. @
 Ex-Gov. Hawley's mother died at Cszan'-. ovla, N. '. on the 9th inst
 John Bell died on Friday at Cumber. ndxlfea=M Mofkas pennz.- .-.,s.srs
 New Mexico has gone Republican. Cha. veg being reelected delegate to Congress.
 The Allentown (Pa) Iron works were burnt, Tuesday loss $3OO, 900.
 Mrs. Stowe has been quite i'll at Stock bridge, Mass. 's- '-
 Coal is being accumulated at Newburgh N. r., preparatory to the opening of the Boston and ie-fss .: .@ = @ 1 !. Another mail coach has been robbed in Montana by road agents1 The amount stolen within week was $6O, 900 in gold
 The Fisk and Ramsey parties held sep arate elections (both. illsgal} of officers for the susquehannnah railroad, on Tuesday of D. The assassins of Brooks. the late Phila-. delphia revenue officer, have not yet been discovered. Jk
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16
h Kent Aug. 2stb, Abram Fuller.

In Kent, Aug. 26tb, Abram Fuller, ad H years. gInkWest Cornwall, Sept. 10th, SamI W Gold aged 75 years.
 pr. Gold was native of Cornwall, though he had resided and practiced the greater portion of his professional sln Goshen. He was a member of the St Senate from the 17th Dist, Fellow the Connecticut Medical Society and his y respected by the community and brethren in. the MadicaL- pruiession, which he was an ornament and to whi he was devotedly attached.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16
LITCHFIELD.

The Superior Court commenced it's Sep. tember Term to-day (Tuesday). It will adjourn till Monday afternoon next, when the trial of criminal business, will com mence. ''1 '-l>~
 =, The following decisions have been rendered in the cases tried in the Supreme Court: ~.:., ,.-9; I--... ..r.....H r,-. .4 ,. Charles B. Camps Appeal from Probate. Decree disafirmed. This decision estab. fishes tho validity of gift of a Savings Bank book to MT. Camp. Counsel for ap- pellant, Turrill, Seymour & Seymour; fol appellees, Woodruff & Woodruff. s
 Seaman R. Conklin vs. Henry A. Bots. ford. Demurrer over-ruled. |" Woodrufs and Seymours for Prff Hubbard & An. drews for Def. ba s4..s az ..t.e $
 1st National Bank of New Milford vs. Town of New. Milford. Judgment advised for def ts. This case involves the validity of a note given the plaintiffs by Conklin, their defaulting cashier. as town treasurer. Counsel for Pl'fs, the Messrs. Seymour; for Delft. McMahon and Graves. i. -aas. 1i Charlotte D. Lord vs. Town of Litchfield
 Judgment advised for Delft. Certain land given toI the 1st Ecclesiastical Society ol Litchfeld was formerly decided to ba ex empt from taxation by the Supreme court The decision was .oyer-ruled as 8 precedent
 in late cases, and it is now decided tha, leven this laad itself is no longer exempt For Plf. Hubbard-& X Andrews ;, for Delft l Woodrnffs. -s as e8s1.s44 done e, James B. Smith vs. Maria L. Thompson Manifest Error, and judgment for Delft }For tPl'f, .Giddings uand Seymonrs fol
 Delft, Graves. .9ana9o md
 r. Kavanagh & Decker vs. Cowles & Phelps Judgment for Delft. For Pl'fs. Peck ant
 Andrews !; for Def's, Hitchcock and Wood [ruffs.s -ea@" 7t.1 .Dsssai44d xfiY a=f3 e} I jide-Henry Williams was let out of jail, las tweek, on the understanding that he was to
 leave the stste.i He went to New York spent all his money aValtsd back. arrived Ihere Thursday night, went to jail and de, 'f1iyered himself up. He is confined or dprosecution for sureties of. the peace. --The annual Cattle Show and Fair %
 the Litchfisld County Agricultural Society
 takes place on Wednesday and Thursday at their grounds in this.piace. The rpure l ly Agricultural hoss trot" feature comes il Thursday y, thus shortening the affair 'on' si day. lo tGaoma oeyai a q e5ada. VII ! MT. Wm.. Clark. of East Litchfeld has
 brought ina stalk ofecorn which he claim I measures 10 1t. 5 in.a in length. We make i
 few inches less; still t is. a, tremendou tstalk of sweet corn. sgWe3 beg leave t bsuggest' that more corn and less stalk woul, I be just as gratefully received ata this oi \ nee. 5es1 l02 I3za as ina .i9nuaIs at ! lId --Ths NJ. E. Sunday schoolshad a pic mic at the lake on Tharsdsy. Of last week land had good time generally. naa @
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16
COUNTY ITEMS.

Wo1oo1TyIL1E.-No Agricultural fair in Wolcottville this. fall. aY...t1 ves "A, son of: N. B, Lathrop, while in swimming, one day last week, discovered and brought home luminous, substance which he laid up. The next day, while
 handling it, the mass ignited, setting fire to the room and scattering in all direc- tions; prompt action alone saved the house.
 It was undoubtedly preparation of phos-
 phorous, which the July flood had washed down from the vicinity of the match fac tory. e. LII S.c ,. - The Main-street bridge is repaired
 and passable as previous to. the freshet,
 which is a, great relief to all interested; ; great credit is due Mir. B. B. Agard, our first selectman, for the prompt and thor ough manner in which he has repaired damages this summer-so much for having the right man in the right place. ! fs2 s- Trinity church parish are negotiating
 for the purchase of . parsonage for their ,d- MT. John B. Isbell who has been hard at, work preparing for his grand gift con- cert. is confined to his house by illness |. VaAey Iadex. l.. D 8 su2 .l3..soAs ]. .ee.-
 ..-- Maiarstreet is being graded a and
 The Rev. William Anderson. who has
 been travelling in Europe for two years,
 occupied the pulpit of the Second Con gregatiohal Church. on Saturday last.
 v Mir F. Wooster has resigned his position as Superintendent of the Coe Brass Manufacturing Company. On Sat, lurday evening, the employed bf the com | tpany presented him with an elegant ice Ipitcher with tray and goblets, bearing the ! following inscription: Fs Presented to Mir. n. L. Wooster by the osh6paoyesss ofathe Coe Brass Manufacturing Company, as a token of their respect and esteem, Sept. l860." MT: Wooster goes to Birmingham, where he will be connected with the new
 brass foundry which is being bniN by the
 Osborn &dCheesnan Compahy Of Anso- l nia. = Waterbury Arse1eass.H q i1I-e7 .,. ,.. I P1YMourH,-The9 Rev. Mr. lCheesebo. l rough, has declined the call extended to Ehiln by the Congregational chqnch here. A meeting is therefore to be held next M onday evening for the purpose of vo- ting on the question Of extending, call to lthe Rev. MT. Hilliard of South Giastenbu- Try, who. has preached here the lest two 's~ sil. stiil no trace of our missing man At
 kins. and people have forgotten all about him. I should iudge.sen.a oil4ono3a .b@a.. I.53-aT The members of the order eof Good Templars of this village had an excursion to TWatertowns to ,yisit . sister lodge Tues day eyening--expenses defrayeda by cash i in the treasury-snd nIce time had they
 Ie9- MT. Hobart Barnes has sotd his meat !Imarket in Thomaston to MT. aMadlams or
 Wolcottville. Mr. Wadhams q VIII saAe tpossion. Got. I. 1869. -VaAsy Asdss
 Eid Nrw MILFORD. James Thayerof Kent, master mason on. the .Housatonic rnalroad,
 was killed at New Milford, on Monday eve fninp. He was standing in an opening be- ftween tWo cars, when . freight train came | ID against one of them. forcing # against
 the other, Srushing Mr, Thayer rs and man man
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16
News Of the Week.
FOREIGN.

.s. s..eayrt 1A v FOREIGN 9sq .Great B,itain. The papers continue to discuss the Byron affair. The current of comment is against Mrs. Stowe, but not as strongly as thatro of the American press.
 fl The Times and the Telegraph both favor return race in America between Oxford and Harvard. s'A, U 0>s-' ''-' bo5q ', s9 Harwood, the Englishman arrested late. ly in New York and returned. has been discharged. t.,, . ,,.:s, toa, ,a7, cso1' s
 Lady Palmerston is dead. d.''9' 'e
 France. French journals assert that Napoleon's health is is greatly inlproT-
 The changes in the Ftench constitution have been adopted by the Senate. substan- tially as proposed by the government. q There are runors of an abdication of the Emperor. ,4oy
 lo,A terrible hnrricarte has swept the north of France doing much injury. yab les has notified inc Spanish government that if the situation is not soon changed, the U. s. Government will recognize the Cubans as belligerents. fl,
 | M,000 troops are to leave for Cuba this week. sasi194s
 s.Porsuqal Republican demonstrations are increasing. boa
 .New Zsland. The rebellion is reported to be spreading. :za :suos s7ad !sfI
 Cu6a-The Cubansselaim that the hesyc jest battle of the war, was. thought lately be tween the Spanish unders Valmaseda, and the insurgents under Quesada. The ior1 mer attacked with his whole force of 4,000 men, and was repulsed with heavy foloss. The Cubans are greatly elated at the result of this and the lesser contests that have ta- ken place of late. 1n2o sssF7s DOMESTIC. e''''@A ~s
 The funeral of Secretary eRawlins afook place at Washington on Thnrsday. The President. Gen.. Sherman and other dis tingnished army officers were present, A Mississlppi Valley commercial conven ton met at Keoknk. Iowa,a lastlweek. They flavor the transfer of the national capital to the west, every effort to encourage free i'm migration, and g World B fair in 1871 some where in the valley. rsnged .ft1aa The result of the Va. election was oftici-, ally announced, Thursday. by Gen. Canby. Several persons were injured in Mis- souri coal mine, last Werk.,s,a5sfoa .G18i F Arecount indicates that the Independent ticket is probably elected in San Francisco.
 The Mississippi conservatives have com pleted their ticket. aEsal4s sa&
 Gen. Sherman is acting as Secretary of War till g permanent appointment is made &F~e s.g Sfa% %f1 RsY~ kAn f~5 E-4 E&
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16
MAl.RlRIEI. l.l

z Rev.; ". Bacon, son of Rev. Dr. Leonard
 Bacon, was married on Thursday evening, Sept. 9th, in Center church, New Haven.
 to Misa Mary aE4, daughter of Geo. w:
 Staples, Esq Mr. Bacon is to be installed over the Congregational Church, in Vol cottvilIe, the latter part of this month. AA x
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16
CONSUMPTION AND CANCER CURED,

e. WALrHAM, Mass. Nov. l2, lS68.
 My grandmother and several aunts and cousins died of consumption. My mother had . canoe r, 1 was taken with bad cough whicH had affected me IS months; l2 months atIeI my cough commenced. cancers began in both breasts, which grew rapidly for 6 mouths, hard cancerols Jumps In both hreasts. In this sratd called on you with but little hope, as both my lungs were affected, and cane. in each breast. Consumption and cancer seemed td struggle which would destroy me first. l had suffered much from dyspepsia. Your remeI dies, with the concentrated cancer mineral spring water have wholly cured me. 1 have been perfectly we'll for two months; no cough or expectoration; no swelling in my breasts; no dyspepsia; no pain or suffering. Every where am strong and able to perform all my duties took medicines for four months.
 Thankfully yours.
 (Signed) hs+a SARAH J. EMERSON. '' All diseases.successfully treated by letter.. , .f
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16
DIED.g

- h this village, Sept 13, in the b9th year of her age, Mrs Julia Maria. wife of Charles
 Funeral services, Friday afternoon, at half past 2 o'clock, at her late residence.
 :; h this town. on Sunday last, Henry Palmer aged 89. T 'p r '' sa4
 In Wstertpwn. Sept. 8. Edwin H. At. wood, aged 2S. e2'%
 'o Id WatersOwn.a Sept 4 Oharles Atwood aged 76 .J3it--7s93TG sbTGl -G- spsqs;
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16

a~Chief Justice Chase is out in anoth- CT declination of the Presidency. Ex- Gov.
 Horatio Seymour made similar and we doubt not as sincere a, withdrawal about
 six seconds before his final nomination, not long since. F 17z a.4e T El
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16

HeA- The New Haven Register, (ready to believe anything bad of Republican Pres ident) and the Hartford Post, (which ought to have known better) accuse Gen. Grant of heartless conduct towards his old con- rad, adviser and friend, the late Secretary Rawlins. The Hartford Times with a gen .erosity very uncommon, we are sorry to say, among party journals, rebukes the latter in the following just and emphatic terms: 4s .,... A,.. ..... ....s... .s...c1.;
 gR(It will be regretted by everybody, even thoueb personally disinterested, that Gen. Grant was ab. sent at pleasure resort while his old comrade
 and the adviser upon whom he had been acc,s. toned to lean so much, was dying. The outside appearances would seem to charge the President tcath Q hedrttesSness almost TeUOhing. Of course
 there are mitigating circumstances which will
 hereafter come to light One dispatch represents the President as remarking that he failed to re-
 ceive at Saratoga the teiegraphic despatches an enouncing the condition of the Secretary. It i,
 certainly to be hoped that if such reason as thi,
 exists Gen. Grant will make it public and relieve
 himself of the suspicious that will be harbored b, |. his enemies. s.-HarJord Post. af f3s
 We are not among those who admire s Gen. Grant, or the manner in which h.
 attends to his official duties. But we be sa lieye him ito have been a sincere friend Q
 Gen. Rawlins. and that there has been n | irmourner over his remains more sheer,
 than be- Less than week previous t, the death of Gen. Rawlins, the Presiden g was in Washington. The General wa feeble, but he came to Connecticut littl
 previous to that time: He had suffere hfrom several attacks of hemorrhage, an
 rallied each timein a few days. The Pres
 ident could not get to Washington fror ai Saratoga in one day, but he started as 500
 as he was informed that the General coul ,enot long survivel The intimation by tn oIROa that the President was forgetful an ! naglectfnl of his intimate friend, is hardI I justified by the facts in the ase.-Iines. ,
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16
io Nelo Aouertisetncnts.

IN THE DlSTRICr COURT OF THE M United States for the District of Connecticut. ondsss .s.si.ss. $ Ss.sss R.naropss, To whom it may concern. The undersigned hereby gives notice of his appointment as asslg nec ty of Litchfel1 and State of Connectfent. withir, said District who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on his own petition by Wm. K. Seeiey, Esq. Ree. ister in Bankruptcy within and for said District.
 JOHN s. TURRILL, Assignee. . ToDatsa at Bridgeport, September, eth, 1869. slG 9ssdss GHl AaAv sas 44RU ,egil 28 9W smsd3 t'sitAs bds iiao 5: is5isHiyllos
 .sass cd
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16
Dr. s. 8. ritoh's Family Physician.

New Edition. Much enlarged, 90 pagef with most. valuable additions, sent free tv an ! address. Write to Dr. 5. $. FITCH, TIA Broad way, New York. -..5 E.
 Dr. 5. 5 Fitch will be at the Ton tine Hotel New Haven, saturday Jan. 2S, 1859, and everj I'd Saturday after from s a. m until D. n1 consultation tree.
 Dr. s. Fitch successfully treats all chron| ic disease of all or any part of the human sys| tenn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16

 8eA. One hundred and, eight bodies have been taken from the Avondale mine, which. with the death of two of rescuing party, on Monday, makes the total loss of life one Hundred and ten. Fifty-nin widows and one hundred and nine orphans are left al- most entirely destitute by this terrible ca. lamity., Large sums are being subscribed throughout the country flor their relief. The number of miners was at first estima. ted at POP by. the outside foreman and so reported by the papers. Fortunately he made was great and unaccountable over. estimate. 2'' .S's1'iN- ; ~- '-'- ~2.-4
 One good result must follow this awful catastrophe. Hereafter mems lives will no, be exposed in mines with but one entrance, and legislatures will hasten to prevent a
 repetition of the Avondale horror. -#oq
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16
Death of Senator Fessenden

A
 Senator Fsssenden, of Maine, died al DIS residence in Portland, on Wednesday morning last He% was born in New Hamp. shire in 1906. He has bssn ins the 10. 8. Senate since 1853. with the exception of g short time during LincoIn's administration when he served as Secretary of the Treas ury. We cannot but think that Senator Fessenden made great mistake in his course during impeachment,b but we have al- ways believed that his saction was entirely honest and conscientioAse sWith some faults of temper, Mir. Fessenden was an able; honest and infinen tial legislator, credit to his State and to the Senate of the IJf.ifed Stakea .u sa,
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16
sH Works LSke C ChGrMs!'

5Rsans Pain Killing Magioo cures Head { : Ksnns' Pain Killing Magic Oil cures Tooth ache @S' n ,
 Renne's Pain Killing Magic Gil cures Neus -Falgia l----=-,-: ---------------.--
 kepns's 2 Pain Killing Magic Oil cures Cholera
 Renne's Pain Killing Magic Oil cures Rheu- D osfssaa.s Pain Killing MasIc Oil cure. Lame. ness ls1aW ssa D ,yGe51oT5 ssiTscoTD Kennels Pain Killing Magic Oil. cures Skin
 Some folks seem to be proud of telling how 'lsms their shoulders are" of .'my crSk @ih the back"- or, "I have got the Sciatica"-- and delight in bragging chat "nOthing can cure mel s9rb1t when wa get such lawful folks' to use REIN NE'S PAIN KILLING MAGIC OII.. faIthfdily, We hot onls cure sthelr lameness and chafm away their pains, but we ac, ual v ts ke all that kind pf -sbrag cut of theml'' and they frankly own up, md say ''lt works like . charm!'' 2 HTU0s
 Sold by Vessels & Gates; also by A. c. Smith, Litchfsld, and byIsll Druggists, Mer- chsnts and Grocers
 sy x---WM. -RENNE, Sole Proprietor
 ,sIIa7sssss3. |. w .nl and Manufactures. ,-, .ss,-s, 1s-s.- r-t- EuBknelu mASS
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16

Ba-We publish. this week. g day earlier than usualse Allowthose in the office, who desire to do so. to attend the Reunion of |tosmorrow (Wednesday). at New Milford, Unlqckily this seems to have put us in ad- vance of most of our Correspondents.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16

}. ? se- There is to be reunion of the lst Conn., H: Y. A. lold fourth Comp, at the Savins Rock House, on the 24th inst. Those who can attend. are requested to, give no tice to that efeet to F. A. Pratt, Secretary Hartford. as early as the Doth. Letters are desired from such as cannot present. ! o
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-16

n@- There was a report that Harvard college had discontinued itsmorning pray CTS, Such i is not the case, The abolition
 of rules making attendance compulsory would be a wise reform, but there can hardly be objection to services for those who choose to- attend, The old 9colle ge methods of forcing piety into the habits oi an unwilling mass of students at the point ot the the absyonet as it were, is productive of nothing but evlsa s9tissk} sff agi,Eg cut14