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The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-01
From the Massachuseits Teacher.

Horace Mann, the eldest of the three sons of
the late Horace Mann, lately died of pulmo-
nary disease, at his mothers house in Cam
bridge, after brief Illness. He was twenty.
four years old had been pupil of Thoreau,
IF Agassiz and OF Gray, and was rising to
cminence as naturalist Seven years ago
he accompanied Thoreau In his last journey
10 Minnesota; and three years ago he en-
plored the Sandwich Islands, and made col
lections of its plants which are Of much val.
Tie. He was long engaged, with other
yong men, In arranging specimens in Mr..
AgassiZs museum at Cambridge, and had
given lessons and lectures on his chosen sub
jects. Being quiet and reserved, he was less
known than his talents deserved, but was
greatly esteemed by all who knew him. He
have resided for two or three years
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-01
Southern Illinois College.

Corbondas, Jackson Comfy. Founded, 1856. CLARK
Bricn, \. NJ, President.
The project of ,his college TO De located ia
southern Illinois, originated with the Pres
byterian.Syuod of southern Illinois. which, in
1856 resolved TO build one at such point in
Southern Illinois, on the Illinois Central
railroad, ms should make the best subscrip-
ton. Carbonate offered nearly twice as much
as any other place. and secured the college.
the building for which was begun in 1858, and
nearly finished in 1861 before this time,
however, the preparatory school had been
opened under charge Of Rev. w. :. Post.
which was continued two terms. The enter
prise was ere long hurdened with debt which
broke il down completely aud all its proI,-
erty was sold, and the public school wis
taught in the building in 1865 and SOC
In the spring Of 1866 the project of start
ing n college in Southern Illinois, under the
auspices of the "Christian' churt hes of that
region was discussed and conventions held
to consider il. The location of this, when
determined upon, was again made dependent
upon the libcrality OF local subscription, and
again Carbcndalc exccled The old college
property was purchased ut $l2 600, of which
one Of the owners Mr.. j. NJ. Campbell, gave
$4,000, and the other, Mr.. u. H. Brush. $500.
\ board Of trustees was chosen, and Mr..
Clark Bradcn and his wife installed as
teachers. who began work October lst lsGC.
one week only after the building was deliver
ed 20 the trustees. Much work WIS 90 be done
20 make the building comfortably tcnable, and
10 win back the reputation for the school
which had been lost in previous years Be-
ginning with emptiness and five pupils. tho
year was closed with an enrolment OF eighty
eight gentlemen and fftv-iour ladies, and
with the building repaired, well furnished.
and fenced The building /, Of brick, three
stories high. sixty 10y forty feet with thirty
acres of land, twelve acres around the build
ing being covered with beautiful grove.
The manager, say they have adopted the
motto "pav %, We 90, 80 thut they may avoid
The gnlfof icht.
College clU,.r, are not yet organized; Out
% classical aud scientific COURSE are marked
put, with preparatory cours. fur each ne
scientific omit, HI. language. bat English.
The charter provide. "thn' She institution
shall forever remain under $40 control Of the
Christian g'Hrrha. oi S.ath.rH Illinois. or
;ha, portion ofthe stat, lying ON aud south OF
the 1crrc hnutr Alton and -. I.oui, rail-
road Tho trustee, ur. hy law elected by
delegab, of the Christian congregations Of
Southern Illinois, assembled IN
general convention in Caripudolc ou the Ia.
Friday In IUuc ofcarh year, ouch
church being entitled 80 three delegate, and
three vote, IN said election
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-01

Humanitarian trash--lohn Bright. argu-
meut IN favor of the abolition of the hunging
of murdprcrs. In Illinois they have tried
the abolition Of capital punishment. and they
have found IL ~ encouraging 10 cut-throats
that they have passed hil 10y The Legislature
10 restore the rope. \ pound Of facts j..
worth a ton Of visionary thcores.-New York
Herald.
lllinoi, never encouraged the work of cut
,hrouts by the abolition of capital pUnish-
ment So the editor Of the Herald has not,
in our case, bis pound of fact, with which TO
Offset ton OF visionary theories. The rule
Of capital punishment far malicious murder
Till obtain, In Illinois.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08
SHARON.

Independence was celebrated 4sin this town on Monday, without distinction of party. by avery large gathering of the cit izens from this and the neighboring towns.
 Considering the throng that assembled,
 the proceedings were remarkably orderly and quiet. The oration was pronounced by MT. Hurlburt of Salisbury and was a very creditable and acceptable performance. The Sharon Brass Band were on duty all day, and this being their first appearance in public, attracted much attention by their beautiful uniform and excellent music. They were joined in the afternoon by the Band from Cornwall. and both bands re4 galed. .onr. .oitizens4 with. their skilfnl per- formances till late hour in the evening. The fire works in the evening were a re markable success sss4 ...ek .83sida
 The pleasure of the proceedings were in some degree marred by the premature dis. charge of field piece, by which two young men were very seriously injured and it is feared that one of them will be permanent ly blind. A subscription for his benefit was taken up and one hundred and twenty dollars raised. Aotst'!. ,4'H 7es aaSls
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08
STATE ::';Z;Aa ITEMS.

IA LITTLE girl fell from her chair and broke her collar bone, Friday. a aJa4 so A MAN fell from house and broke both arms h West Haven, Thursday. ... ~ - ? MR. DANIEL LANE was drowned in the Ousatonic dam, at Birmingham, during the late freshet.
 2 A LARGE floating dry-dock has arrived at the New London Navy Yard. .e a 1.,. ,,.-,. .. x, ao THE Etna Flexible Oil Cloth O.. soon commences work at Middletown. -s. s II E A MAN had both legs nearly cut off by 8 moving machine, near Canton, last week. A MAN crawled dowa, and then up, East Rock, New Haven, Sunday, for $1O. y:~s. 100 bushels of strawberries have been going to market from Wallingford, daily.
 THE Wallingford community are soon to commence the manufacture of sewing silk. 2 THE new Episcopal Church of Waterbu- ry is soon to be commenced; 1t Is to be built of stone, and to cost $130, ,O00.
 A MAD dog was killed in Meriden, last week.
 AN old lady was run over and killed at the Stratford depot, Friday night. 5q A LARGE telescope has been set up at Shuttle Meadow tower, New Britain.
 . A MERIpEN man offers State House site worth $190,O00. (?) .sssa3o aaa set1gs LA MAN was stabbed in the back lately and seriously injured. ,.3......gf l.',,st, /. - TIE twenty years lease of the Canal rail- Thursday, and the former has begun bu- slne on s 1's " id" o. 8oy aa3 sqa9d2 lfs 4 A WATERBURY boy had both bones of his forearm broken wrestling, lately, o o4'.,, ' ! A WILDCAT caught in Gnilfordg | al sah
 WORK is resumed on the, Shore Line bridge across the Connecticut and 1t IS to be completed by Jan. next.ldzt E KFos VICE PRESIDENT Colfax and U. s. Grant, IT,, son of the President, were at stamford' iAs' "eeA. 4off essa8xS} 1f5 5@zz1
 900 bushels of strawberries were ralseo n Norwalk, this year. ; ' , '>~ ''-
 WrsrpoRr has sent l, 600 quarts of straw berries to market, daily. %S'ss, ',.s ..s-. ORLANDO RoaHRs of New London gave sl. GOO for missions, last year. adj a3 aFss =. A BOY i six years ,ya old fell from. fourth. story window, in. Norwich, last week, and [ escaped unhurt. .o
 TIE Danbnry shirt factory iturns ont 5O day. .7aEfs@2t1 sa-1'1 '.-.' s1'-.2 I
 TIE body of a man was found on the ailroad track, last week. aear< Fairfeld. Foul play is suspected. -.a-,
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08
News Of the Week.
FOREIGN.

eAH FOREIGN.
 Great Britain. The House of Lords arc still engaged discussing and amending the
 Irish Church bill. sA.<5in H5s@4l "A llt" iii The House of Commons has been deba- ting the treatment of Fenian prisoners,
 which appears to be extremely hard. IF" 9i The Confederate bond-holders are still holding meetings, attwhieh they encourage
 each other exceedingly. iW oi-ei elis 4s1E ost "A terrible nitro-glyeerine explosion oc- cured in Wales, lastweek. A railway sta ton was blown in pieces, and many per
 sons injured. sa5 siaafGag bfst J-4@7si1o ' k A cable has been successfully laid be- tween Scotland and Norway q T 6l1A8A
 France. A break occurred while laying the French cable, which oecasioned consiti- erable delay, but it is now reported pro. gressing favorably. i5a t 9T1 Ia 7saa 3o 159I . The liberal members of the Corps Leqis. Aatf will demand important changes il, the government. e9as ,7II4UI sd3 lt tLaI 4s4s } Rochefort has been sentenced by the Court and deprived of the right of sitting m the Corps Legislny, for pretended libeIs. T A formal complaint has been made by an American citizen for i'll treatment dur ing the late election disturbances. ga4 The Viceroy of Egypt has returned to Paris by way of Belgium Es 4in aza 2ssa v
 ia!y. The Pope has delivered another in which he adepiores the re- forms in Austria and Spain,.5 aa54 A..-
 It is reported that the grand Papal Ecu menlcal Council IS to be postponed year.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08
&ittk6eIo &nqniret::
Litchfield, Thursday, July 8, 1869
i" Put Over

The Parallel Road is dead-more prop erly it is "not dead but sleepeth" for an- other twelvemonth. But the triumph of the old monopoly is costly and far from decisive: A margin of thirteen in the House and one in the Senate satisfes.no party but the Lobby, whose virtuous hearts swell with the prospect of one more "year of plenty Nevertheless. it is certain that the Pdrallal lschems1has not thus far been go naanaged=as-te-deserye success. Had they, favored the passage of General Rail- roadsAet its evident that they could have carried 1.-the House and probably the Sen ate; but of monopolies we have enough already. s51ea
 Ttis probably too late to pass such an act this session. So good proportion of the. Influential members of this Legislature will be added to- the Lobby of the next Legislature; ;-and the evil will go on increas- ing tih the matter is finally set at rest by the refnsal of all special charters and the passage of the General Law. To this peo- pie are Beginning to look for prevention of the, shameful and corrupting influences thathave surrounded the present General Assembly from the very beginning.
 Alter the Tragedy follows the Farce. A corrupted Legislature always pretends to investigate its corruption; and always with the same want of success. This year, the joke, assumes this form: A contemptible New Haven ward politician named Schlei- gelSStste House Keeper under Governor English. and in that capacity, mixed up with the fraudulent alteration of the Elec- tionaInw, last year, offered MT. Bishop of Cheshire, $200 to vote against the Par allei .e ;iraaad ad.- efartar. This Schliegel be- gan the session as lobbyist for the Paral- Tel, but'aansferred his affections to the other party during the contest. It was not denied that he was in the employ of the New York and the New Haven monop- oly when he approached Mir. Bishop; but he was not authorized, their chief attorney testifes. to do exactly. that kind of work. "Weo don't do business in that way" says MT. Watrous. But suppose that for the modest sum of $2OO, their employee Intellectually converted Parallel man into New York and New Haven man, would MT. Sehleigel have been disavowed in that case? Believe it who can! That the old monopoly has bought all the members they couldvthat the would-be new monop- oly has bought all the members they could; and othato between them,ia good many members have been purchased, is belief that,is generally if not universally held by all who have watched the proceedings of tho present Legislature. To suppose that ahy5S sSidsAcs s0f such corruption can be procured, is to underrate the capacity of the managers of that disgraceful busi- nessio nwo5 odl 1T aa4ets. .-tY.aE
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08
HARWINToN.

. The Rev. George Curtis was installed Pastor of the Congregational Church here on Wednesday last Introductory service by the Rev. Mir. Gaylord. Installing by the Rev. MT. Fem. Right hand of Eel: lowship by Rev. MT. Clark Charge to the Pastor by the Rev. MT. tColton. Charge to the People by the Rev. MT. Backus. Con cluding Prayer by the Rev Mir. Harrison. Cancellation by the Pastor, ..s ..4. ~ - The ladies connected with the Con
 gregatiopal Church held a festival on Thurs
 day evening of last week, to raise funds te increase the Sabbath School Library The amount raised was over $1OO. Il 'l.,~ ''s,. :
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08
DIED.

In Normal, III. March 18th, M,rietta, wife of Frederick N Peck, formely of Corn wall, aged 67 Also. in the same place and State, March 23d, Frederick N. Peck, aged62.
 h Harwinton. June 3Oth, Willie. son oi Henry H. and Julia Cleayeland. aged 10 years.
 In Brooklyn, N. r., Juno 25th, Hon. James Parks, aged 64 years. His remains Were brought to New Milford for inter ment.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08
99sILlv sdThe Legislature.


 The discussion of the Parallel road com menead inothe House on Tuesday. The Lobby had been at work so assiduously that debate was felt to be useless; still the venerable old dIspeech.making forms were gone thfodgh with. for. a day, to make mat ters look healthy. On Wednesday the vote Was taken and resulted as follows {: Yeassa ao4; Nays, 117, 80 the measure is de- ieateaa.. ieateaa.oo Phis was accomplished by the votess sSf 1itehfeld t and of Windilam conn ties; the fermer giving a majority of IS, and ttelatter of 15, against the resolution. The Eesolntion instructing the railroad committee toireport a.b bill regulating fares and freightsaoai our railroads then came up in tho House. An amendment leaving ae. ton t9r the discretion of the committee was. added; which probably kills the measure this year, The following bills and resolu- tions have passed both Houses,
 Locating principal office of the Hartford and Salisbury Ore Bed Go. in Salisbury, (passed House, last week.; allowing express companies to sell unclaimed goods; appro- priating $10,0o0 to bring water to State Prison; providing that whenever Q person under conservator changes his residence, the codrt ofprobate in new place of resi- dence shaay appoint conservator; exempt ing hcfss,o wagon, &c., of physician, to amount of $2O0, from execution; to pre-. vent gambling on railroad trains; setting off Plaih wills from Huntington and making it a new town; allowing extension of Nau- .gatuck railroad to State line; regulating width of bridges on the Housatonic river; regulating support of free schools; laying State tax of 2ha mills ou the dollar; valida-. ting subscription of New Haven to the Derby railroad; allowing appeals from e. parte'decrees of probate courts within IS months nafter passage; authorizing Wind- sor to aubsofibe $l0O. 900 to stock of Meri- den and Cheshire railroad.
 A resolution granting $50. 1000 to make an addition to the State Reform School buildings was rejected. Both Houses have voted toadjonrn on Friday the sth inst.
 On Tuesday the House passed a bill ap. propriating $s5, 800 to the Hospital for the Insane. '' A"' VI
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

BASE BALL. z70n the Fifth. two impor- tant games wereipiayed; the Atlantics ys Athletics, and Harvard vs. Yale. The At. lantics were victorious on 2 score of 51 to 4S; the Hsryards. Al to A. We are unable to accountfor the latter. The Yale Club never ysfptagea such 2 muffin game as the score diaeloses, and the Harvards did not ao snenseises any thing like justice in the nela, although their batting was splen
 did. Ws hepe these Clubs will play the usual shras games before they call the championship of New England settled
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

n@L We received. this "Wednesday morning. a Goshen letter giving an ac- count of the queer doings of the lightning. during the last weeks storm, 'anda report of the celebration in that place on the Fifth. We publishit in full, next week. ~zvzgsS
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

@r The papers of the week past are full of the accounts of the Commencement ex. ercises of our different Colleges They are not of especial interest to any but graduates and undergraduates. c .y44lna i
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

10r The article on the Chinese, conclu- ded on our first page, is the production of MT. Raphael Pumpelly, agentleman who was long resident of China. and knows whereof he speaks. 9as.4 eysr.0a YflefsGa
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

nar The magnificent gift of another million. by Mr. George Peabody, for sdni- cational purposes in the South, is adeserv- ing of commendation and imitation. AL though we regret that there ever should have been American raillionaires, we can2 not but acknowledge that some of them make an excellent use of their money. ;Fg,s
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

PIANOS, MELoDEONS and ORGANS. Prices greatly reduced for cash. New F Octave Pianos of first class makers, for $275 and upward New Cabinet Organs for $45 and upward. Second hand instru- ments from $40 to $1?5. Monthly install ments received end instruments for rent.
 Warerooms, Eo.l 481 Broadway s's,.,2 !. " Vi - -. - aa -sznA Y HORACE WATERS. :
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

nA- Mir. Isbell of Wolcottville, gives q concert in Thomaston tonight, tThursday)i and in Winsted. Friday evening. sgad .st
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

aA ' s8
 n@- The letters which were published as the cotfsspondence between the Presi- dent and Seq Borie turn out to have been much gerblsd. The new Secretary of the Navy. Ms Robeson. has not yet began the performanc 6 Of the duties of his office.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

s~ Eminent New Fork and Philadel- phia Physicians claim that Duboiss Missis' quoi Powder cures Cancer. It is allver. tised in this issue. m ss s.s etss -.s... s.~a
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

s 16r The Hon. G. H. Hollister has made industrious use of his spare hours while representing this country at Poft-au-P Prince by writing . " History of Hayti,' MT. H. is we'll known IS the author of ss History 1of Connscticut volume of poems, a tragedy on, the subject of Thomas Beck every reason to expect from his forth com xJa e ing book an interesting and valuable addi- ton to our historical records. - IFibaae.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08
MARRIEIl.

N In New Milford, July 5th, by Rev. W R. Webster, Edward Siberry of New Ha-
 ven, Conn.,, to Miss Sarah Thompson of Sherman Conn. i gHuaAos s' <Cgss9
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

AN UNPRECENTED RECoRD.-It is an nounced that ill the first ten months after it's organization, A''AThe National Life h. surancc Company of the United States of America had issued no less than 1895 pol icies, by which the public had insured to the amount of over 1J7een millions. Such a success is sunparalleled in the history of life insurance, and there must be strong influences which have contributed to this result. The fact that tle Company is na- tional in it's character has been strong recommendation. It was chartered by Congress with authority to transact busi- ness in any and every part of the country.
 and it has acted upon. this authority by seeking the best fnanciers, and most ac- tive aud respected business men through: out the States and in the Dominion of Canada, to act as general or sub-agents
 The public having confidence in the hon. esty and sagacity of these agents, have given special attention to the character of the work which they represent, and have found that the National Life presents fea- lures certain to recommend themselves to popular favor. And yet, notwithstanding all the many manifest advantages offered, it is matter worth special note that in the first ten months of its first year this Com Npany should have issued Insurance to an amount nearly double that eyer issued by any other company in the, world during the entire first year of it's existence, and exceeding by nearly $5, 900, GOO the amount insured by any company previous to 1863, during ANY full year of it's operations. Y t' D This Company has, by widespread and systematic advertising, invited the fullest Investigation into its plans and purposes; how we'll it has borne the most exacting inquiry is best shown by the fact with which this paragraph began-the issuing ooo, GOO insurance, in ten months tin time: @
 The local agents of this Company ap- pear, by advertisement in another column, and to that we refer our readers for fur lther information cuncerning q it. l2.a9-5 N1
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

10r The statement regarding the q 10,- 900 net profits of the Boston Jubilee turns out to be incorrect. It is donbtfnI wheth- CT the affair paid expenses. la# 9asa saiss
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

nGr The vote in the Methodist Church of New Milford, stood IA in favor to" against Lay delegation. 's. :, = ~ Y
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

A IABoRER at work on the Boston, Hart ford and Erie railroad, in Southbnry, was killed on tho 2lst, by the fall of 2 derrick.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

THE SroRM.-The managers of the Hou- satonic and Naugatuck railroads have shown most commendable activity in repairing the damages of the late storm. On the former. the great "wash out" at Falls Vil- lage and the other injuries did not delay connections over A hours. On the Nau, gatuck, trains were running regularly to this place on Thursday. We see the joss to the Coe Brass Co.,, of Wolcottyille, esti- mated at SIG, ,OOO in the Comrant It is re. ported that tscenty:tsee bridges, great and small, were carried off in New Hartford.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

@~ Andrew Johnson fairly beat his re-. cord at Washington, last week. He not only reviled Congress as of old, but made a personal attack on the President as vim dictive in spirit, as it was ungentlemanly in form. If any one thinks Gen. Grant did wrong in refusing to ride to the Inaugura- tion with such man. he should read this speech. 4 4L. at;,.u
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

D@ Mir. Alexander Stephens. has pub- lished letter in which he subscribes to the correctness of the decision of the ma- iority of the Georgia Supreme Court de- ciding that negroes are entitled to hold of fee in that State. He maintains, howev- CT. that the action of the Legislature ex- polling them is final If that action was wrong, we do not see why the mistake cannot be acknowledged and corrected. ,fc
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08
Mn JOIN ": HnI is postmaster of Wat.

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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

WAAsuOI At AAotCeus s7&sI %t S&8
 a-- We are glad to learn that tho loss of the bridge near Camps Millsis no loss to the town. A new one had been contracted for and was almost ready to be raised. It is the old one that went of. .l,
 s- The Court House is being painted
 outside, which will greatly improve the ap. pearance of that antique edifce. ai1- ailIo
 B- The Prindle Rail Company is prepar, ing to push things. Their new pamphlet is out. and their patent for double rail is certainly in advance of anything of the kind yet invented. io ssp zist.' 'A.s M l.si | o4 93 13ig l@Guf&1 g5d40&4 l8 lg3Ii.s
 a-7 The County Commissioners meet in this place to.msrrow e(rhursday) to take action sd9' with the Sheriff on the appointment of Jailer.a asaaeal E.ii 1alaw sa414.oa .. All our summer residents have arrived in town, and our streets are assuming their usual summer look.alqosq siat .o s9ae4sql s.5:-7 Mi Cook is finishing the concrete pavement in front of Judd's building. Why can't the Borough wake up and do a little paving 7ass1' 1'4H ss't e.: st.:5'-i7' 8s-7Dr Henry preached at St. Michaels on Sunday 1eS a.l s3a'nsl. .a'f ssess ss-i
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-08

The Meekertown dam in South Norfolk
 was carried away, together with part of the
 Northway Tannery, and the sawmill of Philemon Johnson.