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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

sr The restraints prevailing in Shaker dom must beiextremely, distasteful to some teniperamentsa We extract the following from the Hudson Registey.:: IT esf seso Is3 gaeA young girl belonging to the Society Ss of Shakels at New. Lebanon. committed sui. eide on the 9th inst. by drowning herself m pond near the Shaker settlement She
 had for some time expressed dissatisfs sction with the restraint placed, upon her Iby the st.lee rules lof the Society. and her mind settled into a melancholy state bordering on lnsanlty, which cnlminated in self-de.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22
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 Misoellaneous Items. t -J c d Af ' ts

Pendleton supports Rosecrans.
 Vanderbilt has six horses at Saratoga. ,r. r. South Carolina, too, is after Johnny Ehinsnan.
 Florida has been ssasting on 4Oe pound turtle.
 Speaker Platt foes to the Adirondacks on the 25th. 'IZII IfI HdJHO or IILI
 An abundant crop of peaches in Delaware this year. -.- l Richmond, Va., got 105 degrees in the shade Friday
 John G. saxe is going to California with g new lecture, 1 u w Y3WIH Ex-General J. Longstreet, of New Orleans, is in safatasa I9OIJ DnB I3t8W
 Delaware is nourishing itself at present with green corn. 1hJtAA ,,AC hE0OS
 A German farmer in in. Minnesota Min is arceossfully raising prunes.
 San Franeisco's new hetJ is tS g58sf Two whole squares.
 Coal went up to eleven dollars ton in Boston on Tuesday. .a.H l.4I.,rrN hzk iy-i Tom Thumb and his wife were, at last accounts | at Council Bluf1s.j D qIVkQ
 is settled at last that the pineapple will thrive ff@f-TT'H U \ 0IOH,4 lkOit
 
 urdayfor New York. sbaIA isD tO |o Two haadfed and nine children died in Brook lyn. N. Y., last week. s9of5Jf 4aiJ41 .OsH
 Senator Fenton is going to Europe on the 24th
 The overflow of the Illinois River covers over 800, 900 acres of bottom land.
 William H. Seward and party sailed from San Francisco on Tuesday for Sitka. 4 Great numbers of sperm whale ssres reported cH Phoenix Island and McKeans Island. ,
 Of the sermons preached at the ''national camr- meeting" two were by women.
 Michigan is great state. on one river there is a timber jam sixty-two miles long.
 The melancholy figure of Andy Johnson is loom- ing up for the Senate in Tennessee.
 The California labor exchange provided 1S6OO persons with employment the Yastysar.
 It has cost just s20S to try negro at Columbus for stealing achicken valued t37 cents.
 Chicago fire enginesImade total of 174 runs to fires last month, travelling 3S54 miles.
 Phebe Cozzins is going to mount the wostsru stump in the cause of woman's suffrage ThsMsthsaist CtIrchsaf TssSmseh, Michigan. ,as.expeiied . member for betting on the presI- ; lsi'f'7'il 'T Tflyse ilyS'ssel l.llE N&IILE TMq :. The communion service of Plymouth church, Ne1g York, Gwsa sstQlam dR Monday evening by lneak thieves.
 Fifty three women clerks have just been placed ,n duty as copyists in the patent office salary s7OO per annum. -
 A portion4 of the Yellow Jacket mine at Gold ail, Nevada, has been reclosed, on account of fine prevalence of sm0ke,and gas.
 The New York Herald haYings asked A.. Johnson 0 leave of stumping and write his aiYku-biorra ,hy, the Detroit Tribune amends the request by .sking him to :" write his sepftaph and get under '. .AaN9 .aAI4AAyIiA Miss Kate Field has gone. with abonk siety Bos. Q olians with the Rev Mr. Murray fo sthe Idiron- lacks. We trust the party are btr6nR efibhrh to protect theIaselyes against the spirits of dead In- liam girls. s5Sl e1
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22
News eof the Week.
FoRHIaN.l

'e .A}ss E}l sf3IA }iuB4 B e0RHIGNlOE 9YHu . v
 O. Great B,ihasn. -lThe Commons have re tiectedi all inc afaenementsq of any impor tan ce made to the Irish Charch bill by tn.
 Lords. It srepofted that the latter vii
 adhere to some of fhem.9y@a T8tn 5go sG1
 The Liberals are organizing for a serie. of meetings throughout the country. in
 The first meeting of the Woman's Fran
 chise Society of London was held on the 18th. Mr. NeiH. Lord Honghton Rev Chas. Kingsly and others were present. 4 resolution fayoring woman's suffrage was unanimously adopted 9A' lio3' s2f gis
 The Orangemen have been gutting 6 Catholic church in, Belfast II 4dT 3uii .l4 France. e.-Just before the sprorogation oi the Corps LegislM1 M Jules Fayre rose and
 protested against 1t, and some of the jour- nals are bold enough to declare that it was done to stihe discussion. % dtF7y .ssi,fs D9' hs A new ministry has been announced consisting, of the following persons: F. Minister of, the Interi9r,s De Forcade Ia Roquette j, Minister of Justice, Duyergier Minister of aForeigau . Affairs Auyergne Minister of Finances Pierre Magne;a Minis ter of Commercss AlfEsd Lere4x;1 Minister of Public Works Gressier; Minister of Marine. Admiral Genouilly.; Minister of War, MafshaI Neil l::9 Minister of Public Iut strnction, Bo1rkeau::n Minister President of the Council of State, Chassel6ap.D Ex- Min ter Rouher. is to preside over the Senate s1i
 This Cabinet is sas dgonservativsi as the old one and 1t is reported that it IsfonIy a telnp0rafy arrangement.519T4 .TH ,Is ? It is officially annodneed tlIasdt the open ing of the Suez canal will take place on the 17th November. yGgFIof fss2nFI -snTdt
 y Aaafia The Bishop wifo wae ssentenrss eed for sealitions conduct srsfusesoIo ac- cept the Empsrof's clefnency, and is to serve out his three months term. g9l 9o z
 Spain. -Ths Regent has been recognized by France and Prussia. .sfni3 fS
 The Cortes have adjourned till October. q z kostagdL Judge hellabargef. .: s. Min1 ster, has arrived at Lisbon sSa95oGi
 z Russid YH6 Uzaf ofbids the bishops ,f that country to attend the Romish gen. ,ral council. 7aa q hffa .sTo szaaa 7
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

B0- Gen. Terry reports the evidence re- garding the murder of Senator Adkins as follows; Every effort was nj ade to provoke MT. Adkins to quarrel at the depot on his return home, where he and his wife were insulted in the grossest manner. Failing in this, he was attacked and mortally wounded before he reached his residence. He gave the name of his murderer, before death, but no prosecution was attempted by thesciyil anthoritiess and the man fled before he could be arrestsdby the military
 The proof shows that the affair was con certed political murder. u s.. ...- pl.s f~
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

T 16r We are in receipt of letters from two musical gentlemen and choir leaders
 in different parts of the County. request ing that call be made for meeting oi u the County Musical Society, or for the
 formation of 2 county musical society. with . view to business, dsis fall If such is the general sentiment of those interested in music, throughout the county. let us hear from them!f The thing can be done. CT,
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22
ifMARBLEDALE.

The Society," 8 meeting warned for 'Satur- day. the Sd, was held pursuant to notice and g vote taken on the question of dis solution of the pastoral relations existing between the Rev. Mir. Randall and the par ish. The vote stood IT for, and 8 eagains such dissolution. He has not yet resigned although we understand the Bishop ad vises him to do so.a aA55 3aiiloa io asiqs st1
 -iS Milfington. L. Morehousse., and ". Watson. are making extensive improve sments about their residences. baa .,nc
 MT. w. J. Morehouse has 2 field o tobacco that beats any thing we have seen. A majority of the plants have leaves that measure n by IT inches. He tells us tha from bed AS feet long and feet wide, he has set twelve thousand plants, and sold te the amount of fifty dollars. yd1 s-.--sAifew mornings since, aladyl on go ing to make up the bed where her little girl slept the night before, found a black snake abont three feet long, .coiled ilup in the bed. ssd e,Iet .o95iA esl- aoolts5 go - '+e--s Farmers are taking advantage of this fine weather. and :. make hay while the snns shines. n'as We understand that tho crop ia ratherlight.i fGrainI is locking well. $ 1sa Tn There is prospect of .an bnnaance of wild bsgr;ss. @ ssa a.t = esi- no'y's s'.e-1 =.
 si4- The Fourth (Fifthf) passedI 6quiats ly. Since the "Old Gudgs0an stepped out ao nincefsnoniouassiy. our our lmofning nap has. tbesnf fdjsturbedl baa .gszooI -l9as There ia danger of our losing our Post one Mr. Q. B. Mprshouss resign. j. ed bis soMmiasion some two years since, and not hasiage gebesn relieEed of the bfica5 has, ve understand written the depart . ment requesting is jdiscon3ti naancs. a se
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

! L peA- The enforcement of the Massachu- setts Prohibitory Law seems to have en- tirely broken, down in Boston. We clip the following account of the lager beer raid that finished the demonstration in that city from the Couran:
 "The excitement existing here at the time wrote you last week, growing out of the enforce Inent of the new liquor law, has in some measure snhsided. It resched its height when the lager
 least objectionable place of it's kind, or one of the least, ,imour limits. Two three bottles of whis- key or brandy were found in it, but it's sales are almost entirely confined to lager. It's proprietor is.a large manufacturer, who makes of this place whefe the public can find samples of his beverage, q and also central place for temporary storage. There is no complaint of any drunkenness having been known there. Gentlemen have found it con venient when they desired a refreshing draught during the, heat or burden of the day. and the Germans regarded it as one of the best appointed for the sale of their favorite bever age that was accessible. There was nothing in the nature of 8 nuisance about it whatever. When, therefore, the state police bounced upon it and began riding it of it's contents and con6scating them by the wholesale, it was felt that outrage was in perpetration. None but the most ultra of temperance men justified the act, and there was almost universal deprecation expressed. As men 8 all hands that this would never do. It may be said that there was almost no public sentiment to sustain it, for even prohibtionsts themselves were brought to their senses under such an enforce ment or tnelrilawsY YaI9iqNGH ul.
 The result was the abandonment of that prosecution, and also of all others. Such i seems to be the. unavoidable result of li- a quor prosecutions in any large city. The public sentiment of many rural commu- I9 nity will sustain prohibitory law fo, Q uiwithethem, total. abstinence is the general 4fulep In cities, however, where the public Y practice and sentiment is anything but abstinent. such a law becomes odious al once.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22
n@ Thera is ereat exeitemant in Har

1@ There is great excitement in Hart ford over the action of the directors oi the Conn, Western Railroad. in, locating their, line on theI northern, or Tariffville route. A town meeting was held on Sat. urdaay, to turn out Mr., Bartholomew. the present agent. who favors that location. Mir. Northam was appointed to. take Mr., Bartholomew's place. and there was. quite "a row. Finally. on MT. Bartholomew's agreeing to propose an adjournment of the stockholders meeting of Tuesday, it seems to have been concluded to submit the question to g ballot of the voters of Hartferd. As Hartford has controlling interest, the proposed vote will, in effect, decide the location.9 hiHi ss'i ot .ggTesa ref
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

ABr The old scholars of Mir. E. W. Gum s school, Washington, will not forget the re- un ion commencing on Monday next. The Editor of the Wirsted Herald issues rous- ing appeal, and promises to be on hand.
 Ex-scholars, old and young. may be sure of large attendance, and good time.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

< The Legislature has given the ran k of Gaptdjn to minister's who act as schsplains ID tho State militia This indicates a de-. sire to use carnaI, d well as spiritual weapl onsi but it will sound oddly enough the Key, Captdin Jencks will preach, :, &c., &c.
 Regisiey. '-s'i'ssl. '''T s-sses ''sslT
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

16r The completion of the French ca. ble may be expected within aanfew days. The sea-line IS successfully laid: but tho connecting link between the little French island near Newfoundland, land the Mas sachusetts coastis not yet completed! Int Company will commence operations forth, with. withlt the understanding that they arr to be subject to the requirements of Con. gress. to be arranged hsrssftsr. ,. qn4p ;.2 o5 o5
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22
Chinese Labor at the South.

The important experiment of the intro- dnotion. of Coolie labor into the Southern States is about to be tried on larger scale than ever heretofore. A Chinese emigrant agent is to open direct communication with the Empire. and furnish Coolie laborers for plantations on the Mississippi river. Not long sincs an attempt was madeto employ Cooiies on Louisiana plantations, but with ittlasuccess1 For the hard work of the sugar and cotton culture they did not turn eutsequal to the negro.
 iedncfact, competition with the accimated African in the hot climate and unhealthy atmosphere of the lower Valley of the Mis- sissippi,is by no means as easy a matter as is generally supposed. While it is true thatsthal Southern black accomplishes by no means an equal amount of work with the Northern, white, it is also true that the climate will not admit of the performance ofanything like the same amount of hard bodily labor. Moreover, the negro is fed and clothed as cheaply as is possible to feed andzclothe even the Coolie and his wages are far below those of the European .emigfant at the North. Under such cir -cumstanoes is it probable that the China man, coming to America, will choose the To- caiities where the climate is unhealthy, the laborer, ill-fed. ill-clothed, and ll-paid, for e large and permanent immigration?
 The cause of the difficulty of obtaining labor at the South must be evident to any hsensibler well-informsd Northerner. Only one.half ofithe population expect to work at all; and just now, they are unable to offer in- ducements at all tempting to foreign Ia. bor. The true solution of the difficulty lies in the Southern white taking off his coat and doing his own work. There are, in. deed, portions of that country, where no white can labor; but those localities prob ably cover much smaller area than is now | generally assumed. Clearings, drainage, b and the abandonment of unhealthy modes of irrigation will also reduce the dangers of the climate, The Coolie project grows out ofthe selfish inaptitude to, and dislike of laboY YZengendered by Slavery. There is room in America for the overfowing popu- . lation of Asia, as well as of Europe, but we D cannot afford to have another subject class, q imported and that We fear is the present !. design of the ex-slaveholder. +'
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

p@- The New Haven Register thinks the Virginia road to victory a "hard road to travell" Nothing is easier ;: adopt a straight Republican platform nominate straight Republican candidates: elect them, and you have a Democratic success of the true Virginia stHmp. aa a iat ss.o "
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22


 16 The local paper of Rochester. Iowa, thus comments on the official course of 8 postmistress, just resigned to get married:
 'sThe postofice in this city has been, during the larger portion of the last three years, under the management of Mrs. Fay, and better conducted or better regulated postofice could not be found within the limits of the whole country than this at '0'n'ssef, Iu .!sA 1JAla G- z.fe9
 sa We are in receipt of a copy of the Lynchburgh Viryinia Aduertiser. It is Conservative in politics, but talks thus sensibly of the true policysof the South:-
 If the press of the South, instead of pandering to the appetite for political gossip and excitement, will set itself to direct the public interest towards questions of practical importance exclusively, and our liue men will take hold of every enterprise public or private, that tends to advance the gene ral welfare and carry it on with the concert of
 tion 30 necessary for the present day, we shall soon see different spirit infused into the business of the country. .az. .l. .gts.at s..J ..,sl. ~7.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22


 s@ Our neighbor of the Ssntinel dis courses in the following sensible vein on the Woman Question:
 There's are to-day. only feu occupations that may teach school. or teach music, and . generous public will partly forgive her for taking this means to earn an honest living, but she learns to make coats, or dresses. or bonnets, she goes down the social ladder three steps at 8 time so young la- dies mostly restricted to the single occupation of getting married. -
 It would be the highest philanthropy of the age to give women chance to earn their living and make it honorable for them to do sc. That wo- pations open to them we very much doubt. Your true womans rights woman wants to vote and make speeches, and grumble about the wrongs of her sex but has no very ardent desire to eat her bread by the sweat of her brow; still there . great many women who Wonld love the independence of self-support by honest industry. and they ought to have chance. ..s
 The Sentinel is, however, clearly wrong in charging that the woman's rights wo- man" will not work. The leaders of that movement are ladies who do earn their liv- ling, generally by literary pursuits, and set an excellent example of indus. try and independence to their more easy. living and fashionable sisters. Occasion ally, female idiot, like Dr. Walker. makes noise apparently for mere notoriety. but they are no fair specimen of the class
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

MT. Laurent s sq5lIsrc. so long eonnnsct-s ts ea with the FAs5lnnrfer tue deaf and dumb at Hartford, died atsthat placeoai sundsy,l aged Ss. sr dasa1 "
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

S@ We must again impress it upon our respondents that this is just the time they are most apt to neglect us. The hay. ing season implies hard work and little To. cal news; bat that little we must intreat them to forward us, or our columns will be good deal dryer than the weather.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

"a. The result of the Virginia election is the hand writing on the wall to the Radical party Register.
 The most encouraging political phenom- enon we ever hear announced is this .' handwriting on the wall!' The Demo cracy have seen it before every election. these dozen years, always with the same result. The difficulty is, they can see the " handwriting easier than they can read it. They needn't bother themselves with Etranslations; they have only to remember that the party to whom the miracle is vouchsafed, is the party predestined to be thrashed. o1s 40 Ga.-te t Esz4 e-u
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

! ~ The fact 'annoanced 'by Gov: Jewell in his closing message. that this legislature adlourned 2dHdays1 earlier than ita pre-
 decessor. occasions much favorable cosn- ment. His Excelleney knows how 1to put the best foot foremost. 's ! .seasa alisi l,' |
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

a@ In every section of the country the Democ- racy are taking sides with the masses against the rule of the privileged classes, who are laboring to aed 10 their own wealth and power at the expense or the laboring classes.- Farmer.
 So the Democracy" have changed sides at lastI24 Well, it's only fair that . after organizinga rebellion sfor the rule ee ot the privileged classes. they should do a la anItle Tor Radicalism. Such seems to be d the lesson of the Virginia election.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

.a" assAe We notice from the Fnmer that. -'o c .s1ne partizan character of the late Legis- ,asuFe A was never more forcibly illustrated" faa .nan ID Its division of the town of Fairfield
 .n'o ooilng districts. Has this accursed rad 'oa' legislature located those polling places ssw a-,4n 4 q f'woa a rom any whisksy shop--or ia aoHhat gees ire the Democratic heart
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

a's@ The following is the allotment of judges to Litchfeld County for the coming years: aa ..
 Second Tuesday in September Sandford, J.; first Tuesday in November, Granger J.; fourth Tuesday in January, 1870 Phelps. J.; second Tues day in April, 1870, Minor, J.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

Fl .A 1T The New Haven kegistsr doubts ss4In1hsther the nan who ploWed up a penny Ssiiain 7,anbnfy, lAtsiy, dated i4oO. was. after
 all turning an AOness penny ?"
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

10 ano seAszfn view of ths attempt to enforce ss's "the prohibitory law in Massachusetts. the a sa alH lHsrtiofd gss declares it ia good state to asbnaemigFate from r The Times does not ad. nnis advise good Democrats where they should
 emigrate to-probably to Bourbon Go. .Kv
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

90 The editor of the Sentinel seems to
 be unable to conceive of an honest admin istration. We never saw a genuine old
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-14

The National hteNiyenccr asks the follow
ing pertinent questions: Who can franc a
better Constitution than the Constitution of
the United States? Are not checks and
balances better than oligarchy? Is it not
wiser to trust written law than to trust the
huctuating and mad winds of party? Are
we not safer with the Independent functions
of an unimpaircd Presidential Office and
judiciary, than we should bo under the
consuming and despotic will of a Directory ?
Are not the inspiring rights of the States
so many safe guards of the Republic? Are
not these the inspirations of patriotism, the
centrifugal tendencies of our great machine,
so essential as against possible absolut;sm
Is not free speech, is not free thought, bet
ter and more to be encouraged than slavisb
fear and mean Submission to the will of a
many-headed tyrant?
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-14

Mr. Tomiinson, from the COMMITTEES on
the. Removal of Political Disabilities, re-
ported afavorably on the petition of James
F. Green, of Charleston, praying the
removal of his political disabilities.
Mr. Saspcrtas introduced q resolution,
which was adopted, that the Committee on
Privileges and Elections be requested to
report what legislation is necessary in order
to have speedy election to fill vacancies
occasioned by resignation, death or refusal
to qualify, OF persons elected to County
Offices.
The Speaker laid before the House the
returns of the election for Representative
in Beaufort County to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr.. George A.
Bennett Referred.
At 3.05 p. NJ, the House adjourned.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-14

At the inquest. yesterday, on the little
girl who was fatally burned by an explosion
of kerosene oil, on Monday evening, it was
shown that the oil was below the lawful
standard, being almost pure benzine The
coroner charged the jury, and they rendered
a verdict to the effect that the accident was
due to the culpable negligence of Reiser G.
Lahenmeiker, the manufacturers, and Sa-
muel Schoonmaker, the vender of the OIL
They also recommended that all kerosene
oil in the city be properly tested. The
coroner held the manufacturers and Schoon-
maker under heavy bonds to await the action
of the grand jury.-Neao York Herald, 11M.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-14

DIR. Columbus Davega, of Charleston
who is about to remove to New York-bas
been presented by his Israelite friends with
q massive silver pitcher and goblet and n
gold-hcaded cane
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-14

1t was remarked that among the pail
bearers of the late John Minor Bolts, ap-
pointed by the radical party in Richmond,
there was not single "colored man and
brother" Also, that in all the proceedings
the negroes ere utterly ignored. "Blood is
thicker than water"-except when votes are
wanted