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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-06
The President and Gen. Lee.

Some of our Republican journals seem little sensitive over the visit of Gen. Lee to the President, on Saturday last. We car sympathize with no such feeling. We have great respect for the private character born an aristocrat, bred an aristocrat, and we have no right to be surprised tbat he should have fought for his caste. It is con. ceded that no Southern general fought more shonorably, or yielded less to the pressure of Southern opinion that found endless bafbarous expression in the pa- pefs, and sanctioned much barbarous act ion on the part of the, government of the Confectionery. It is to be remembered, also, that Gen. Lee does not represent the par- oenu, cotton aristocracy of the Wigfalls, Tombs and Davises-an overbearing. to- bacco. chewing, -whiskey- drinking, profane and brutal crew, the last and evilest pro. duct of Slavery--but the old Virginia aris- tocracy that gave us George Washington and many other Americans eminent in the early days of the republic. It was a caste begotten of Monarchy rather than of Slave "; which has well-nigh become extinct with the progress of democracy; and which had lost it's control of the Union, and even of the South, long before the Rebellion n We should as soon think, of hating Prince Charlie Stuart because we detest popery, prelacy and Jacobitism, as of hating Robert E. Lee, because we de. test Slavery, Secession and Rebellion. There can be no grander proof of the superiority of the Nineteenth Century over the Eighteenth -that Democracy. is far gen. tier than Gsntility-than in comparison between the ghastly headings and hang ings after the Appomattox of fJacobitism in TAG. and the wise magnanimity that fol- lowed the American Cnlioden of 1865.
 generous policy in this case brings not only its remote, but its immediate ad. vantage. Should the Alabama difficulty result in war with Great Britain. as soon as we attacked Canada, the natural British policy would be to strike into the sontb
 Suppose General Lee had been driven into exile. His name. local knowledge, and military abilities would have been worth fifty thousand men to an invading army The English Ministry can have no assur- ance that the rebellion is dead equal to his casual appearance at the White House.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-06

e9rThe Amenia Times says that the pleu- ro-pneumonia has again broken out in that vicinity, on the farm of MT. A. P. Balls, as before It seems to be yielding already to the free use of carbonic acid, which is the
 remedy applied. Mir. Balls has lost three COWS. but five oxen which have been sick are likely to 1e~euar ].
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-06
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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 Nor FEW of the worst disorders that, aflct mankind arise from corruption of the blood. Helm. Dolds Extract Sarsaparilla is a remedy of the ut ''-''' '4.u0. .0n6l1 ff0iTA
 THOSE WHO DESIRE brillancy of complexion must purify and enrich the blood which Helmbold's "a Concentr4ted Extract of ssarssparillaI invariably does. Ask for HelmboldTs Take no other.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-06
Inconsistent

The Bridgeport FGmer is in the habit of denouncing in the loudest terms everything like an invasion of the right of freedom of speech and of the press. It especially complains of the ducking it got for advo- eating Secession. during the war. How much it really cares for the great principle 1 it has pretended to advocate, is evident from what it remarks. last week, upon the publication of the Insperialist =
 1 We have Haunted in our faces a journal winch openly, boldly and unequivocally complains that Republican Government is a shan, and which de- nies either the right or ability of the people to govern themselves The proprietoEs of this in infa- | know that long course of Congressional usurpa- | tion and public disorder has made the dissemina- tion Of anti-republican ideas safe, well prof. | table. They know the difference between the pco- pie of to-day and those who founded our institu- tions. 4 decade ago, had the fou0Uiag, aotich zoe extract from lhe " hape,ialist," been published I ,could haue cost the editor his lJe, certainly ae
 "The name of the form of government is of ] little consequence. The Empire will bring us peace. Shall we refuse it, because we like not the name of the giver? To-day the Impe,ialist raises Republican anarchy" .s# The crime of this new Conservative jour- nal does not lie, it will be observed in its mis- statement of facts. It only maintains what the Farmer announces daily-that, in the United States republican government has proved sham and failure. It lies in the fact that the Imperialist has dared to draw from Democratic premises their logi-
 cal conclusion. In short, it is provoking
 and premature in thus letting the Demo- cratic cat out of its bag
 i One compliment the Farmer unwittingly pays the Republican party. Ten years ago, under q Democratic administration, any journal daring to express political opinions favorable to Imperialism absurd, we admit, but not in the least dangerous differing therein from the treosonable talk of the F,nnaer during the war)-would have been destroyed and its editor proba- bly killed! If that statement is true, then the country is to be congratulated on the success of party that has restored free dom of speech and of the press, denied by the sham Democracy throughout the whole Union, North as we'll as South.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-06
The Sentinel.

The Sentinel
 Last weeks Sentinel announces the re- tiremsntof it's late proprietor, MT. John D. Champlin, IT,, from his connection with that paper During the years that We have edited the ENQUIRER, We have had some rather sharp passages with that gen tleman, as was natural in our advocacy of opposing political views. Nevertheless, we can testify our sincere regret at his with drawal, and our hope that in him Journal ism will not permanently lose the pen of an able and ready writer, of scholar and gentleman.
 Mir. Champlin's successor in the editorial chair, Solon B. Johnson, Esq, former as- sistant editor of the Bridgeport Standard, is an excellent writer whose pungent style and dry humor are not altogether unfamil- jar to the readers of the Sentinel a We have no doubt his management of that paper, editorial and otherwise, will prove entirely satisfactory and that the excellent start which the editorial ability of Mir. Cham pin and the business energy of MT. Bald win have given it, will not be lost under its new administration.
 nA-On our first page, in reply to a let ter regarding the Marketable church difi- calty, we have discussed at considerable length the laws of this state and of the Episcopal church. regarding the powers appertaining to the Rectorship, and the proper mode of proceedu re for dissolving that relation. We have intended to avoid the mere expression of opinion. Neverthe- less, our belief is firm that the extraordina- ry prosperity of the Episcopal church in Connecticut is largely due to the free con- stitution of her Ecclesiastical Societies, ,and that the practical irresponsibility of the English parson to the members of his par ish cannot safely be conceded by the laity of any Connecticut parish to their minis ter. Fs. st
 Be1~ Gen. Howard and others are urging church contributions for the education of the Freedmen. An excellent start has been obtained in the matter. and the movement for educating our new citizens mp to their opportunities is receiving strong support from various charitable or ganizations. The design seems to be to- wards the education of colofed teachers, and the establishmentof Normal and Mod el Schools, so as to give common school education at the South a fair start @''.' cid --->--- A Coop BEGINNING. public debt statement fol. May 1, is very satisfactory. The National debt is reduced during the month of April. $6, ,6S3, 331. sarThe Amenia Times says that the pleu- ro-pneumonia has again broken out in that vicinity, on the farm of Mir. A. P. Balls, as before. It seems to be yielding already to the free use of carbonic acid, which is the remedy applied Mir. Balls has lost three COWS. but five oxen which have been sick are likely to ro~~uar.
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 aFDuring the prevalence of the heavy t.--.o, | shower on Saturday night, lightning struck ana partly demolished the door gard tence in front o1 the residence of George Lathfop ot Bozrah Center. l l-COurdnt.
 sn0wer must have passed through Litchfeld, the night before.
 R6~ The New Haven Register in speak I oe kIo. .
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-06

aEDuring the prevalence of the heavy t,---.., shower on Saturday night, lightning struck ana partly demolished the r-ydrd tence m front o1 the residence of George Lathrop of Bozrah Center. -COurdnt
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-06

A Coop BEGINNING. a.-The public debt statement for. May 1, is very satisfactory. The National debt is reduced during the month of April. $6, ,6S3, ,331. I ?
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-06

and possibly very just indignation, It's wrath has certainly been not little incon sistent and not little indiscriminate. In it's last issue we find the following:
 Mr. Clarke informs the editor of this paper that he went to see Beardsley in regard to pOstmasters, but without the remotest thought of consolidation and that Beardsley, spontaneously and voluntari- y," to use Carke's own words, offered to consoli- date them.
 Furthermore, Mir. Clarke has told several Win sted people the following story. He and Beards- ley went to Norwalk to see Senator Ferry. Boards lev said to Senator Ferry "I want to consolidate the Post Offices of Winsted and West Winsten; and if you'll let me manage this thing, you'll see one of the damnedest prettiest little fights in tha. town that you ever saw. ea.
 Week before laat the Herald devoted about column to proving. pretty conclu- sively we thought, that Mir. T. M. Clarke is no better than he should be. Now what does that paper do. last week, but offer tAis impsached witness and no !4 othss ss us te cuse Senator Ferry and Mir. Bsardsley of being parties to so contemptible conspir- acy on such evidence? L's.l
 -S' 7Aiss
 NoRFoLK.-A petition quite extensively signed is going the rounds, authorizing the Selectmen to call town meeting to take into account the expe- diency of erecting lookup for the confinement of drunken and dlsorderly persons Petition states that ''Liquors are being sold at different places contrary to law. and under the spacious pleas of medicine and poverty, ,and as natural sequenc our streets are preambulated continually by gangs of drunken men. boys and negroes, making nght hideous with their howlings and to the detriment of the public peace, and that therefore place of confinement for such persons is public necessi- ty." To all of which we say amen. Winsted Herald. By ali means erect Lock Up. Here in Litchfield, we have fair accommodations in that line, and behold the result Our streets are not perambulated continually by gangs of drunken men, boys and ne- groes, making night hideous with their howlings, to the detriment of the public peace" They do not tear down park fen. ces, break off iron lamp posts, steal signs. carry off gates, or tear up plank-walks Blessed institution is that Lookup!
 Next to the Lookup, our most valuable institution, however, is the Grand Juror. H e is useful in afixing his signature to complaints brought to him, at one dollar an autograph, but we never heard of his doing anything else. '''' ''' aA#
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-06

The Base Ball season commences this
 1 week. ~
 E AnotllerI Indian war is threatened.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-06

The Richmond, Va, isomhern Opaio,, has collapsed. Tho editor considers his omission ended. D. The. health of Hon. A. H Stephens is  $l3. 600 was received in two days,Ssfor season tickets to the greas4Boston Musical Jubilee.
 The Central Pacific Railroad Bempanv have finished their portion of the Pacific poilpaaJ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-17

Pella, Illinois, has too much Of goot
thing. The city council lately passed at
ordinance forbidding the railroad com
pany to run trains through the village al
higher rate of speed than six miles AT
hour, and also requiring that the engi-
neer should ring the bell at all crossing:
and "toot the whistle at all cattle on OF
near the track" The company thought
this was asking too much. but in order
to comply with the ordinance engineers
were directed to start the whistle on
crossing the corporation line and keep
them blowing until the train is out OF
hearing of the :o=u. Every trs;s pass
ing through thus gives the people about
twenty minutes OF whistle. The citizens
desire o compromise. evt m t'ilH
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-17
The Last .wager of Battle"

We find in an exchange the following
imperfect account of this shair. ex-
tracted from Henry Crabb Robinson 4
Diary. 1t occurred in 1917:
witnessed to-day scene which would
have been reproach to Turkey or the
Emperor of Dahomey--A wager of battle
in Westminster Hall. Thornton was
brought up for trial on an appeal after
acquittal for murder. No one seemed
to have any doubt of the prisoner 5
guilt; but he escaped, owing to the
unfitness of profound real-prop-
erty lawyer TO manage criminal trial
For this reason the public sense was
not offended by recourse being had to an
obsolete proceeding. The court was
crowded to excess. Lord Peterborough
asked Reader whether he had anything
to move, and he having moved thai
Thornton should be permitted to plead,
he was brought to the bar. The declare
tion or count being read to him, he said !:
mot guilty. And this / am ready
to defend with my body" And at
the same time he threw remarkably
large glove or gauntlet on to the floor
of the court. Though we all expected
this plea, yet we all felt astonishment--
at least / did-at beholding before our
eyes q scene acted which we had read Of
as one of the disgraceful Institutions OF
our half.civilzed ancestors. No one
smiled. Thejudges looked embarrassed.
Clark on this began very weak speech.
He was surprised, "at this time of day, "
at soobsolete proceeding; as if the sp-
peal itself were not as much so.
He pointed out the person =, OF
Ashford, the appellant and thought
the court would not award battle
between men of such disproportionate
strength. But being asked whether be
had any authority for such position, be
had no better reply than that it was
shocking because the defendant had mur
dered the sister, that be should then MUIR
der the brother. For which Lord Ellen
borough justly reproved him by observ-
lug that wnni Tue Iiaw sanctioned could
not be murder. Time was, however,
given him to counter-plead, and Reader
jndiciously said in single sentence that
he had taken on himself to advise the
wager of battle, on account of,the preju-
dices against Thornton, by which fair
trial was rendered impossible. M !
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-17
rbe Price Of Heart In the New Do
ldaaE '-'d '- minfon.

.idaap i-,a 'A' minion. - t
"A lady in Montreal has just sued q
gentleman for breach OF promise Of mar
rage. and the broken heart which is hg.
uratiyeiy supposed to follow that kind Of
perfdy. She ulodestly assessed the price
Of her heart at sixty thousand deliars,
bat the Canadian jury decided that Il was
worth, Just three thousand i've hundred
dollars, and no more, and so they gave
her q verdict for that smoInt. This shows
the difference between the value which
interested parties place upon thing and
the asse IS nent which disinterested body
Of men assign as its real value. Such
things occur every day, in cases where
something more material than female
hearts is coucerned-real estate, for IN
stance. I..f l.sH.r.- .rfflf fE fE
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-17

The Kaasas Farwsr mentions cor
responaent as reporting q yield Of th,rfy-
three bushels and half Of winter veeat
torthe' acre, by weight from q held OF
eiRhiy-three Acrea. ~ Il
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-17
Female PoRehers The Terrers Oi
WOmanhOOd. ssfre. rs

From the London Times. Hoa 'arst /
A female poacber is not one who lays
running nooses for hares and rabbits, or
who goes out on cloudy nights for the
chance of knocking over a pheasant or
so, but one who trespasses on the erotic
preserves of her sisters, and who likes
nothing so well as to invade the rights
which the formal assignment Of man by
betrothal or marriage has bestowed on
another woman. In q society like ours,
where women are so greatly in excess of
men. poschers necessarily abound; aud
we cannot enter a drswing-room where
we do not find them plying their vooa-
ton, making pleasant sport enough for
the husbands, If but mesger entertain-
ment for the wives. But q poacher who
knows her business, and prefers sRug
and safe corner TO one that has more
dash and excitemeut snd triumphal eclaf,
but also more danger, is caretll pot 70
carry on her game toe openly and,
above ell, she is careful not to offend the
wife. On the contrary, q poacher OF the
wary kind Is tiss Wjte's most intimate
friend, and with an eye 70 future in
Identification and the cleverest method
Of laying foundations, is always ready 70
devote herself TO her when the husband
is absent or engaged. OF course she has
stupid time of it; bat then there are
arid tracts everywhere, aud making the
bricks for future pyramid is by no
means the liveliest part Of the proceed
ing. Her method is wise if not amusing;
for by il she hoodpinks both society and
the wife for a time, and lnder coverof
masked battery makes so much the batter
practice. 1t is only by slow degrees that
the wife ends out the real meaning Of ihe
poacher's demoustratiye affections only
after q progressive series Of experiences
that she is entitled to whisper 'serpenilY
in her ear az she shrinks from the kiss
which, making believe to come from q
friend, is in reality the kiss of a heirayer.
The poacher is frequently q young
lady Of artless manners and gushing
tepderpess strict in theoretical morals
when abe can be brought to book, but no
torious foF 6 pertain vsgueness, which
can neither foresee consequences nor
calculate effects. Intending no evil, 50
she says-and We are bound to take her
At her word-she does, undoubtedly, al
low herself very considerable latitude;
ana her manners TO men, though pretty
and undenisbly tAking. would be risky
even for Arcadia, where all men are pnre
ana All women innocent Bu, for sin-
ful. passionate England. where our Fery
ehits know more than is good for them
and our fnll-blowr dovagers have Ter
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-17

had scorned to secure to herself, to be
the means Of his debancheries, VIZ almost
feel that we can never open his works
again iiaA luA Nt.AAala Nt 10 q thAi l.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-17
GIANT RELATIONS.

AIR" Ten Little indian Bow." ~
Ten Grant relations on the Office. whine;a
Ono got Marshalship. then there were nine
Nine Grant relations on IN Office waltz
Another got a Customhouse, then there vert
/ eight. Fh 81 EfEt tf- ff /
Eight Grant relatives asking office leaven;
Another got Assessorship. then there wen
seven.
eeve Grant relations in Office begging fix;
One got Consulship, then there were six.
Six Grant relations in ofiice-beeging dive;
Another got Postmastership, then there wers
FIVE. $3.50 arr i4 [
Five Grant relations at the White House door
Another got a Clerkship. then there were four
-Four Grant relations shrieking poverty;.,
Another got a contract. then there were three
Three Grant relations In kitchen cabinet stew
Another got a Captaincy. then there were two
Two Grant relations after Robeson ;.l1ifnd |
The frst got q Lighthouse. and then there were
y P one.
Only one relation of the President u
Left without office. and he's would. be Gov.
} ~ Dent. ~ A !
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-17
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The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-10-01
PnEfita[.
THE BACHELORS COMPLAINT.


THE BACHELORS COMPLAINT.
Returning home at close of day,
Who gently chides my long delay,
And by my side delights to stay9
Nobody.
Who sets for me the easy chair,
Sets out the room with neatest care,
And lays my slippers ready there9
Nobody.
Who regulates the cheerful fire,
And piles the blazing fuel higher,
And bids me draw my chair still nigher2
Nobody.
When plunged in dire and deep distress,
And anxious cares my heart Cypress,
Who whispers hopes of happiness?
Nobody.
When anxious thoughts within me rise,
And in dismay my spirits dies,
Who soothes me by her kind replies?
Nobody.
when sickness ralxs my feeble frame,
And grief abstracts my fevered brain,
Who sympathies with my pain?
Nobody.
Then I'll resolve, so help me Fate,
To change at once the single state,
And will to Hymen's altar take
Somebody.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-10-01
Oranae Trade.
NEWS FOR THE PURl,IC.

WOULD respectfully inform my
friends and the citsens of Orange and the
adjoining Counties, that / have just re-
ceived large stock, of which will enume-
rate, in part:
DRY GOODS.
- Calicoes,. bleached and brown Cottons,
Kentucky Jeans, Linseys, Cassimeres, Tick
ings and Flannels.
HARDWARE.
Axes and Helves. Cross-cut and Hand
Steel Squares, Hatchets, Chissels, Wood
Screws, Hinges, Augurs, Locks, Curry Combs,
Spades, Shovels, Coffee Mills, Rat Traps, Sad
Irons, Drawing knives.
TIN WARE.
Buckets, Oil Cans Pans, Plates. Coffee Pots,
cups, Wash Basins, Pitchers, Dippers, Stew
Pans.
WOODEN WARE.
Painted-iron and white brass-bound Buck
cts, Lard and Butter Cans, Sugar Boxes.
GROCERIES,.
Sugars of all grades, Coffee, Tea, Pepper,
ers, Rope and Irvine, Linseed Oil, Spirits
Turpentinc, White Lead, Copal Varnish, Dye
Stuffs, Mason's Backing, Soap, Candles. fine
Chewing, and Smoking Tobacco, Cigars,
Pipes and stems, Powder, Shot, Caps, Tubes.
a large stock of Boots and Shoes.
LIQUORS.
My stock is large and select, consisting o
the finest mountain and Bourbon Whisky,
seven years old, Apple Brandy, eight years
old, fine Wines, French Brandy, Rum Gin
which guarantee to be the best brought to
this market since the war. Just come and
see, and can satisfy the most scrupulous.
cents; Rio Coffee % cents Cheese % cents;
Shoes, women's, $3.50, and other things in
proportion. Give me q call and will do my
best 70 i please t You nrodc t PEYT0N
change for goods.
January 3, 1868.