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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-01-14
WASHINGTON.

Judea has been pretty lively .athe past week; so much so that Mr. TsF.. Brins- made, one of our most energetic business men, said he could not stand snch excita- ment but must quit for New York to get quieta
 The. church voted to observe the week of prayer by holding meetings every day in the week. At the Friday meeting the Rev. Samuel Pond, who left here with ehis brother Gideoneas Missionaries to the Da- kotas aad established themselves near Fort Smelling, thirty five years since, gave very interesting account, birds eye view, of their work among them, aud of ~Iutl,an character. We can assure every, one who stald away from that meeting, for wlatev- CT canse, that they missed QUO of tue most concise, succint accounts, given in plthy sententions Anglo Saxon, of the honest faithful endeavorof q life lime to labor and toll for those wIo rejected and cursed their efforts, that it was ever our good fortune to bear. But their reward La :; come at last in the satisfaction of seeing the remnant of the tribe, now in Nebraska, laboring as peaceful and christian people Verify! "tllry that SOW shall reap in slua time, if they faint not p H., --.# II -#
 = Monday eve, the reading circle met at Mir. Brinsmale's, whose hnspiiable doors arc ever open to entertain his ,,p ns- -r1uu.f fuest'ny tftrruoon anu cvc:1fny ti,s, Sewing Society met at MT. Sltnl.l A. B ,r- ker's, and on Wednesday, came the doo.., ton party at Mir. Colton's, the largest, i,- Hest, best and richest ever scaa Il ,r amounting t, some $20O and over, of eat ab!es, useables, wearables, and 1wood;,bles some 20 cords of the latter Ol Thurs day eve, Was meeting of the Libsary As sociation; and ou Friday eve, the Comp l,s and Square Association squared up a y,*,r 's account an;l square.l of another year s work. Guy c. Ford, EsYutUy. c,mpa,sel and squared an Grafton on Masonic. D., ties, which the Gantiles were ,.iviiey, d t., hear. T,ien came the supper lt tn, s.. Nicholas, serve'l IS ''m.ue host, H. fl Woodruff, knows SD we'll how t, ,l,, clos ing with il shin dig an! lnxn!n,yy, or ,lox ology and snin-dig. or hpt,l. Saturday evening developed decidedly somno;ant tendencies And thus has enle,l tais seek :, lesson s4 Ht.t ,. @|4''.3 rH'IAd ,3hifW W. r
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HUNTSVILLE.
HOMO.

At special Town meeting held in Brewster's Hall, Falls Village, some two weeks ago, authority was given to the Se- lectmen md Board of School Visitors to establish High School, and to provide a location for the same But a number oi the legal voters and land-holde9s are dis. satisfied because the Town is not free from debt, and have again petitioned the Select. men to call another special Town Meeting to rescind the vote taken at the last Meet ing. Accordingly the Selectmen have or dercl D meeting to be held at the same place, this week, ,Saturlay,in the afternoon. A there is considerable feeling on both sides lively time is expected.
 s. W. Bradley and John Howe caught a wild cat in 8 trap, last Monday, which will probably weigh 40 lbs. He is old and saw age, and can be seen at Hunt, Lyman Iron Co.'S. office (securely caged) where he is awaiting the appearance of Barnum; they al 2 trapped acoon which weighed 20 lbs.
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his to Charles Hatch, possession given first

his to Charles Hatch, possession given first ofAApril.
 aDea R. J. Allen resigned his position as Superintendent of the Sabbath School in:the North Cong. Church, Dec. 27th. on 'account of his health. which has been poor for some time. A few days afterward the school presented him with gold watch as a token of their regard and appreciation of his services. On the fourth inst, he left flor Florida with the hope that milder eli mate wonld prove beneficial
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NEw MILFORD, Jan. S.. 1869. EDITOR LITCHFIELD ENorT1nEp. --

l 'ET- AASA]O A1NQOINEh. ~.. eo Permit me through your colnmn:
 to make public acknowledgme of the gen
 erous aud liberal donations of which
 have been the recipient from, my ,peo,,le
 during the past few months. !eil Three
 months since had the handsome s snm q, Vi. 546 put into my llands wherewith to square up accounts and repair the ravaees of War: On last evening (Jan. T, at our annual reunion, $2OO in cash and other valuables were left by tLs kind hearts that assembled for a few hours of social inter. course. This makes .$1. TAG to be credited to the people of the First Ecclesiastica! So. clety of New Milford as doaatioa to their minister ln one year. Let me add. also. that my salary is always paid prom ptly. and in advance. sra s99,f taeaa1.
 If there is any thing ahead of this in Litchfield Co.,. Mr. Editor, I shoall like to Inow abont it. It deserves to be heard rom. '' " Very truly yours, '2.t at. 'a
 ..- ur DAVID MURDOCH, Pastor.
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Magazines, &c,

1 PAcKARD's MONTHLY for January, is d
 hand. It contains: The flight and Gap
 tnre Of Jefferson Davis, by Pollard; The Virtue of Persistency, by Greeley; What makes woman truly. a help-meet to hel husband, by Olive Logan; Workshops and and Sanctums; Wanted -an Honest Doc tor; Judicial Corruption of New York city, py Oliver Dyer; Hymn and ToiI; How Newspapers are made; Street children of New York; Song of the Indian mother; Editorial Department. This is certainly 2 an excellent number, notably so in the ab- acence of the trash and pictures that take up so much space in many of our largest mag
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morsea, and let the cofpseb be finally remov'
 ed from the sight of mea?

mo,iem, and let the corpse be finally remov- ed from the sight of mea?
 Supplemental Report on ths Shepaug I k Valley E. H.
 E The action of the town of Morris in ref erence to the shepaug Valley R. R., is to be regretled; while the means employed for its defeat are justly censmable.
 A leading, influential citizen of the east ern district, who had carefully studied State documents. ,nade0 effective use with his townsmen Of the following statements:
 1st "That the Railways of this State do not earn for their stockholders to exceed one and q quarter per cent. per annum''
 2d.~s That Mra,ion on account of town subscriptions would be in the ratio of su ch appropriations, that is, in case the proper ty of tax payer should he represented by 5000 ia the grand list. his tax would be increased $50 by the proposed 5 per cent. subscription" "e Io eaaGst al h1ss~t1 i As I have incorporated in my report on this road official tables and made state ments referring to these subjects, and 1 which supposed would be received by al as true, whatever influence such statements of facts might exert, and which are practi- cally denied by the declarations of the gen tleman referred to, it is seemingly neces. sary in vindication of that report, and is certainly due those to whom such mistaken
 statements have been made, to call atten:
 ton to, the Report of the General R. R. l Commissioners aof this State, which was cited as the authority for the assumption that the average earnings of the Railways of this State do not exceed one and one fourth per cent. on their aggregate cap I italr e2ii'" '..s,a a't @'''''+ 1'l '
 From tables which will be found on pa
 ges 36 and AT of that Report, the following
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WOLCOTrVIIIE.

Mr. Isbell's concert, spoken of last week, comes off next Tuesday evening, and is to be grand affair. It will consist of both instrumental and vocal music There is to be7a duett on two pianos, by Mallory of New York and Robinson of New Haven also violin, flute, and piano solos tSs Mr. Isbell undertakes to give us first class concert and we hope the project will meet with the support it deserves |
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STATE ITEMS.

DOhGL LAN1 III W CSCEllIp, laSG week. NORWICH has cat doctor.
 TIE Nangatuck railroad divides per cent, Feb. b, semi annual
 AN extension safety bridge has been at- tached to the Naugatuck cars.
 A CENTRE Brook cranberry patch produ- ces 160 bbls. fruit per acre. I HoN. Charles Parker is the heaviest tax i payer in Meriden. .... a...
 A wooLEN mil to be built in West Nor 1 folk.
 A PLA1NF1ELD gentleman, 73 years old, is just cutting third sgt of teeth.
 AN old woman fatally burned in Middle bury, last week.
 TEN innocent" men are waiting trial in Had,lam jail
 Nov. Internal Rev. returns, 2i Dist. $11, ,729.
 THE Chaplin Tin Company arc about re- moving to Waterbury. ..'.
 THE Irish total abstinence society of Derby, numbers 100. -
 lillfOibu IS SCcuulIY progress sing through Oxru.l
 LEH1Gn stone coal sells in New r1.,.. o+ $9 per ton. .. ...rs
 INFLAMMAToRY rheumatism is prevalent Tn Bridgeport.
 TIE New York and New Haven railroad are rebuilding the Slug duck llrawbridge.
 HORACE GREELY lectured at Ansonia last night. s-, -s..,
 NAVIGATION is temporarily re-opened on the Thames.
 GRoToN has voted to build two school auses at cost of 5000 each. b;rthST IhSTqrwich, last year. there wers 4O5 ' ~ marriages, and SIS deaths. of 1he s1Ense T5mes ,nsPer to be called the JoumaI ' "'' '"''' ID '''ee started in Stonington.
 WOMAN burned h. Wallineford-can't recover. ,#I
 THE man shot by accident in Middle town, lately, has since died. rT
 THERE is a great demand for teneme.ts in Bridgeport; 100 new ones required
 A Meriden grocer claims to be the cham pion of the light weights.'
 A GOOD ice bridge across the Connecticut at Middletown M
 ANOTHER burglar goes up from Bridge port. ..i50 0.. - U'-J...
 ROCKVILLE brides itself on the largest water wheel but one in the country. It is 5 feet in diameter. A CENTRE Brook firm manufactures g. .OOO bs of ivory into combs and piano keys, nontlly. i."' -'.. '' JAMES BRoTHwELL, Danbury black mlth. recently put on 108 horse shoes in inc hours.
 ONE man was killed and two severely in- lred by the falling of a shear pole at lillstone Point, last week. J. B. HURDLEY commences to rnanufac- Ire hats in Brookfield about Feb. 1. with 70 hands. ~ -. ,r ....-.,. BRIDGEPORT ladies take to light gymnas- cs in preference to skating, Copenha- ,n," Sc.
 5000 lbs. of pickerel are said to have en taken from Willimantic pond, with Q week.
 "a .a . A SINGLE Waterbury manufaturv bas pped to single house more, than I90 llion eyclets. dR. and Mrs. Harry Merriman of Water. y, celebrated their diamond wedding years) last Friday. TsN' Tss "'s HE editor of the Stamford Adpoco,.wos ;en1ea ;e oy his employees with a gold aIDaEPoRr proposes to lay in sniff. ls E sIock oi Ice this winter 5000 tons IoWARn Chatield, ofHeymour, einmped leg, idol eA sIIIf7Y j r'9,istf' " 'r'1r ,A' weRKMANin a Waterbury mannfactotv Deen arr arrested for stealing ingots 0f aE editor of the New Haven .7ournol been dining on buffalo steaks, and rA. f AH EE f
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NEW MILFORD

1He hHHudl tMcetinS OI tiltf NutGr Witch Engine Co.,. No. ?, of,this plarA, was held on Wednesday tho 4th inst ana tire fol lowing officers were electel for the cns:i.'ina year:-...l,. <sr. d.a.4 .d5 tN .y3+sy4s F0'ensan.-F. Boardrnan. ,.aHa5 ai' .as
 ist dss!staat--s Erwin. t,-tio.sg Iat.
 Sec,eta,w @ u Mrant Mtmia u.ot hgoibaG ,ji
 7feasuye..AR. B. Noble yiet"i" 8nso1 hi.a
 &etoard.-J. c. Wiley. tg.co@ or" ,Hla.,
 Tho Company nominatetl for Engineers, H. E. Bostwick, Chief; Dr. Cii,rl.s Fay Tor, 1st Assistant; I. B. Bristol. } rAssi,t ant. 5ttl..., il.u. 5g .4tl ,anagI} -ai.
 Mr. Boarlman, having held the position of Foreman for six years, was anxious, to deline a re election, but the Company unan- ia4ai-'-,s VII IlIs retaining tho place, T : he had filled so acceptlbly to all
 The heirsFoRD, Conn, Jan, II, 1869.
 siding in Markssederick ". NJ .sters, .tre La, and grand-chilR,lrish of :Avoycll,, Masters, a member of the 9f Nicholas $. ty Bar amt q resident practlti5Ssslla Coun- town from 17S5 to 1795, have taken this ures and appointed William Knapp, ESQ their Attorney, to secure their portion O she dover property set out to Tau,, Masters, widow of Nicholas Masters, win, died Tn lo43, their interest having been from that date iu the possession, of J,.1s,n Blackman of Woodbury, wLo died a few months since. a''-',-.5~'
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courteous both in public and in private on the Bench he is impartial and administering justice alike to all. The courtesy which he uni, formy exhibits has endeared him tothe Bar. as anu the manner in which he has disposed or the casess during the term of the recent Circuit has con tributed laurels to his name and fame. E
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to determine the precise efectof the 60, ,OOO miles of road. now in operation in this country, ron the wealth of the Thousands of towns created or benefited by these i'm proyements, to which we mainly owe our national prosperity.
 Respectfully,
 E. McNEILL, ENG.
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Taxation for R. R. Purposes

All should deplore the necessity which cempels the opponents of Improvements, in the absence of arguments, to resort to unjust statements in reference to a subject which is purely a business one, and which affects alike, all in the same localities. -9d Before the vote was taken in this town it'was. asserted in many districts that per cent. on the entire assessment of the tax payer would be called for, and that, too, during the construction of the Road; and we find that similar statements have been made in the town of Morris. i.
 zyswLet the taxpayers of that town and of : the other towns yet tovote, understand the facts, and then be governed by their judg ments. s5E .a. E.asl ,9 ~4a
 so Such statements are simply uatyue-the fuels are: Towns will issue their bonds to pay for the railroad stock which they will own, and it is only the difference between the interest of such bonds and the earn o4ings of the stock which would represent them, together with the income derived from the increase of their Grand Lists, owing to the building of the Road, that could affect taxations. 1 te-
 Ill Should this Road earn one half the ave e rage of the finished Roads of this State, and if the increase of the Grand Lists O. the towns along it's line, growing out of its f construction, prove oae-hayf as great as
 
 Railway communication, the aggregate tax for period of five years, would not be in creased on it's acconnt. After which, il would prove a source of income to the tax payer, and the contrary cannot De sho,cn. a Let us deal alone with facts. .
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CORNWALL.

Rev. Elias B. Sandford has accepted a c'ii to the Cornwall church at d salary of $12OO
 A Library Association is being form ed' About 70 persons have put down their names for membership, already.
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35 s<e The following paragraph, which ap-
 peared in the Albany Journal while the ,ia.s ia1e judge Gould was on the Bench, illus. 3sse 3Ha'es 'ne energy and dispatch which char acterized his judicial career.- yia II
 N. scf tpe past fortnight, Judge G.n,d ,y rus rs has besp sneaIlyely engaged in this city in halS jng the Asy tern of the Circuit Court ana 6o. noaa sness that the sict Attorney bron.ht i 'he oa the Criminal Court 5edge Gould disposed of one hundred atitl sixteen eaees on fhe Clrenit ro. Calendar. He tired forty-fve causes, dismi ssaS
 five, referred nineteen, settled thirty two, abatsi eight, and struck seven rom the calendar. Judne Gould is not only an able jurist, buth is one of onr most untiring and deYvted Judges.v Kind and
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Ex-United States Senator, Morton w. Bates of Delaware, who died on New Year s day, Was born at Litchfield in 1787.
 The two years old daughter or Elbridge Curtis of New Hartford. was killed, last week, by m over dose of belladonna The receipts in the freight department of the Housatonic railroad at the Bridge. port depot alone for the month of Dscem- Der, was Sl0,O00 in excess of December, 1867.
 At an adjourned annual meeting of the Watertown Agricultural Society, held on Monday. Jan. 1, the following officers were elected for the year ensuing:--P President, o. B. King; Vice Presidents. Capt Mer- ritt w. Barnes, Augustus Hamilton, Eli Cnrtiss; Treasurer l.. w. Cutler; SAcretn- ", c. T. Hickox. The president was in struct':'l to apply to tho next general ns- sembly for an act of incorporation
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-01-14

1A. The States made Congress-not Congress the States.
 Congress is made up ot the Representatives. ol
 the several States-and therefore is the serpnt .,
 tte Sdtes. The several States a.fited for nontnsl protectlon, under our present Constitution and | naue US Seneraiagency tor Federal Govarnment)
 one of limited powers.-Ne,o Hapen Register.
 In his famous Ratification speech in the
 Senate, Feb. 26, 1883, Mr. Calhoun ex-
 presses the same idea in the following lan-
 guage:- ... .+ a.
 | The m people of the several otates composing
 tnese United States are united as parties to com
 pact under the title of the Constitution of the In
 tea States which the people of each State ratified us q sepdrdse aud sooe'eagn con.nuaity. < ours then IS Government of twenty-four Soye- relgntles united by a Constitutional Compact for the purpose of exercising certain powers throueh common Government, as Meir joist aoenf and not union of the twenty-four sovereignties into
 MT. Webster. on the contrary, held,
 That the Constitution of the United States ia not people Qf ae seoeras Sales in their Soyeregn cana clties; but a Government proper, founded on the dtoptaon Q the people and creating direct relations between itself and individuals. "a -
 When the first of the paragraphs quoted above appeared in tho Register, sometime since, we ventured to suggest that the Con- stltution of the United States purported to Dc the work of the ''people of the Uni ted States" In reply, the Register, after an irrelevant question or two, fires off the 1 oas-and out Calhoun dogma contained in sie second paragraph we have quoted from - Il we tnro1nght 10 aoe could add any thing to the glorious rhetoric of MT. Webster. or that the Register could improve on tba loo;o ot MT. Calhoun We might perhaps enter into lt the discussion it provokes. We can. can not see, however. that anything is to ha gained by stirring up the carrion of tha Lost Cause, If there is settled question in these United States, it is this very one. i, of Congressman debated it. and millions of American citizens fought over 1t, It is dead, and would now be rest lug quietly in its grave, had not MT. Alex snder H. Stephens attempted it's resurrec- ion ion in what he calls .' Constitutional i view of the late war 5et,oeea ths STATES { Fms effort received much more encourage | nent than deserved from the Democrat 2 2 hresss hut now that Grant is elected, Sontdnt nae1It lsbe we'll to discontinue the post
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Alfred H. Beers.

The announcement of the death of Dr.. Alfred H. Beers startled every citizen joi his native village; and, as yet, we have scarcely recovered from the shock. It is difficult so soon after his untimely death to measure and estimate him alright. q la
 That he was a physician of eminent skill, his success clearly demonstrates. F To his ardent attachment for his profession and great devotion to his patients, ali who employed him will heartily bear testimony. | The regard entertained for him and perfect
 confidence reposed in him, by all whe
 came under his ministrations, will remain
 a lastinn rnAnn4ri.1 >s Jt; prdnipt to ny to | their relief.
 He had q deep sense of the beautiful. lie was ardent student and lover of na- ture. No one within the range of the vii ters acquain tance was more quick to dis cover beauties in every tree and shrub and leaf and his love of flowers was il passion. Music too. and Poetry, found ill him a lov- CT. A right tender heart melting and easy, yielding to impression, and catching the soft flame from each new beauty" whether in nature or art.
 His kindness and gentleness to all was another striking trait of his generous and noble nature Those who knew him best. loved him, and will ever cherish his memo ry deep in thelr hearts. .:rs.at. al.ft @ He died "iu the communion of the Catholic Church, and in perfect charity with the world" -........ q
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Hayu.

salnaye has apparently got the upper hand of his opponents at last, and news oi the final suppression of the rebeliion IS IS looked for daily Tn addition to what we quote from the Tribune onsonr first page, the following reaches ils from private sources:-
 ..The President has lately taken six towns, the first four named are coast towns and very important ones, following -the- sea- board in the order named -Miragoane, Petite Riviere, Anse Veau. and Petit Trou. The other two, St. Michael and Ga vaillon are inland towns on the south part of the Island. As soon as he takes Jera-: mic and Jacmel, he will be master of what is called here "the South. "Then lie will oI-, ly have to take St. Mare. aud he will be ab solutely ill control of the entire coast. a
 .His ships are doing fine serviee, and there is no longer any doubt as to his speedy and perfect success. Without them, I do not think he could have accomplished what has already been done. He allows no ship to leave this port, unless he accompanies the expedition, and it is thought by his friends that he exposes himself unnecessa- rily, as he is q very brave man. At the capture of Miragoane, contrary to the re- monstrance of the Captain, he stood on the wheel house, when a cannon shot from one of the forts passed within six feet of him, doing serions damage to tho rigging. He was taken below, almost by force. Iii other day, the schooner Edward de Hart' from New York, was captured by the Gov ernment, under the claim that she was at- tempting to run tho blockade. and enter the harbor of St. Marc. The American Minister thought the capture was illegal. as she did not go within many miles of that city, and us she spent twelve hours in trying to board the blockading steamer, which, in spite of adverse winds, she ulti- mately did. Mr. Hoilister had an inter view with the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. MT. Tate. and made an arrangement where by this Government was to restore the ship and pay all damages for the loss of prop erty and time, caused by the seizure. The
 curgo was consigned to French parties,
 who will of course look to their own Gov
 ernment for protection. ...l..e-, s....
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ed with choice gifts, and brilliantly lighted.
 The new store opposite the Congrega- tional parsonage on the new street, looks nearly completed. It is designed for a music store.
 The Debating Club proposes to fur nlsn some lectures before long, now that the holidays are over -Amenia Times.
 From the Sentinel:
 Dr. Deming of Morris is in receipt of a letter from Prof. Agassiz, regarding the curios eel-pout caught in the Housatonic river, Tn which the professor says: Tt is d most interesting species, of which two specimens only have thus far been seen by naturalists.-If it were possible to obtain q supply of many specimens they would be invaluable as exchanges" :" i.I. BRIDGEwATER. cattle disease is prevailing in this town. Chauncey Beers has lately lost seven steers by it and there are fears of it's spreading
 HUNTSVILLE Three drunken rowdies rOwdies from Mass male trouble at the honse of MT. Geo. Harris. One came 10 grief to the tune of $45 fine and costs
 NEW MILFORD The report of the cattle distemper in this town is true. Several have died. .....
 PLYMOUTH. There will be a Teachers Institute at Plymouth, beginning on Thursday evening, Jan. 14th. and closing Saturday, Jan. 16th. Free return tickets will be issued over the P. H. & F. R. R. and probably over the Naugatuck R. R
 Educational lectures will be given on Thursday evening at Thomaston, Terry vile, Hal winton and Bristol. by the Secre- tary of the Board of Education and the gentlemen who win assist him at the In