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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05
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 'THE PHuNfx MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CoMPA- NY:.4 The statement of this company for che year ending June l5, 1869, shows it's unrivalled sue cess: It's receipts during the year were over two millions of dollars (s2, ,176 297). Its disbursements wore SclV, ,9o9 Its assets are over four millions and quarter of dollars (s4, ,S67 ,259.64). Ut was thought last year that the prosperity of th .h.s company in 1867 was marvellous, exceeding country But in l868-9 it has been surpassed by 1Cs own wonderful success of all the previous years ,ae increase of its business in 1868 that of aool, was 65 per cent. In 1869 over 1S67 it was " per cent. The assets of the con,ranv over its liabilities (the real test of soundness) show even quarter per centage of gain more than is pre- sented by its general business the increase of to tai assets over 1857 being 15O per cent.
 l The New York Insurance Times sneaks of this company as follows:
 "AssETsTo L1ABIL1FTEsE- which none can dispute are found In another column of our paper showing the ratio of assets to liabilities of the va rlous life companies doing business in this State The friends of the Phenx Mutual Life will be de- lighted, and it's traducers dsmayed by its exclu- slve exhibit. It stands in an advantageous con trast with all the other companies which cannot but excite universal surprise and admiration Those results can only be fairly ascribed to the,superior ity of the company's management, for they are the direct fruits of the watchful prudence sagacious discrimination, consurnnate skill, and unfagging devotion exercised by it's officers in every detail of its business. Its president, E. Fessenden Esq, must enjoy an enviable pleasure in contemplating | the unrivalled prosperitycof his company and his satisfaction is doubtless shared by James F. Burns Ess., the gifted Secretary, whose great ability ana brilliant talents have contributed so essentially to place the Phoenix Mutual Life foremost among the first of the leading life institutions of the coun. try.'' N ". -'-As 577l'cF,a z
 The following are the facts referred to by the Insarunce Times :: RATIO SURPLUS ASSETS TO LIABILITHs
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05
SHARON. .

The wheat crop in this town isa isaa aanusnaiiy 6ne. this year. and the last few day.. dJ .s oi fine weather have given our farmers an op. D. portunity to secure it in 9 excellent order. Sixty years ago, wheat was the great staple ol the tue town. and the principal relisppcc,e of our fafmers in profitable farming. The result, this gear. encourages themso be. lieve that areturn to the business of wheat
 raising, will be profitable. ent son e,I q i
 valuable OK of Fitch Landon. Esos was killed by lightnipg, early on Thur Thursday day mofnlne last The animallwasi iatsnding ir sne open field when he received the fat.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

I0- The Fat Men have their annual clam-bak at Gregory's Point on the 20th inst. Every man in the known world weighing, oyer 200 lbs is invited to attend
 All the Fat Men ln this vicinity are requested to meet at the Mansion House, in this place, and accompany mine host Ciossm an, on morning of the 20ta. 'E.s s.gl <: -,r;.L.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05
Mr. Bromley reports Mir. Dawes oration to the Yale Alumni as follows:aay -49itnh

<. The oration of MT. Dawes as an intel. lectnal effort was--on the whole =zso to speak to be frank with you, I,didn t hear MT. Dawes oration at all. Professor Thacher came out of the tent where a number of us were sitting, stating that invited into the hail all who wished to hear him AS the Professor did not go, in him. self, and as I always esteemed him ,s safe guide in such matters, and as I remember ed his last injunction written in my auto graph book sixteen years ago o-wiiat an old fellow I'm getting to bs-was Fsstina len,e, Iconcluded to hasten in as slowly as he did, aiid SC staid outside AT I did take q peep in at the door, after the orator had got comfortably at work. and heard him remark that ~ Justice must now be made the head-stone of the corner. Having heard something like it before, applaud
 ed moderately and retired. = L .si'S'3h
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

Reader, if your Druggist or Merchant does not keep Renne's Magic Oil on hand to sell he will send for it at your request. and sell it at the manufacturers lowest price at retail. 1t works like 8 charm. " For Sale by Vessels S Gates, Litshfield.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

PIANOS, MELODEONs and ORGANS. Prices greatly reduced for cash. New 7- Octave Pianos of first class makers, for $275 Id upward. ( New Cabinet Organs for $45 and upward. Second hand instru- ments from $4O to s175. Monthly install. ments received. suS ,i9sguments for re9t1
 .....,~.,.... HORACE WATERS.
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Acrsandtl liaas Ibeeu. isn anlaaaEsEEparssassoa

Awaanasal alhaas, lbesu felt andtesprssssod by physicians, for ay safe and reliable .purga- tive ]; snch g want is now supplied ih Par sons q ,sss ss ;ssfd s1aa M ' , \ Henry K. aBela Of Jefferson, Maine, wsscured Of spitting blood. soreness aud weakness of ethe ztomach. by the nsa oi Jebnson's Aaodyms Liaimsnk. -------- bGa zERUoI9 .YgudZoa E'KoazoaaR
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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

s~ The new French Cable is in opera
 tion, as will be seen by the edsspatches of President Grant and the Emperor aNapor leon, in another column. A great reluo- ton on the fares of the old cables is pro. posed. gtkA a8poNoi asJtn ..
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

1~ Ths Conneotient State PpultEy. So- ciety h0ldsits first exhi bition in Sauforsl's
 HslL New Haven on New Havsn ooa Nov.
 9th. 1oth. and 11th, 1889. l5o ;..,' ,., i',s.l II
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The Death of Isaac Touoey.

Hon. Isaac Toucey died at his residence in Hartford on Friday morning last. Mir. Toucey has been so long out of public life that people have almost forgotten the .promlnent part he once took in our state and National politics. A Democrat of the straightest sect. a lawyer of good if not of remarkable ability, and . cool l.headed, sen. sihls mans he went twice to the National House, ,of, sentatives,a ,and was for seve ral years fayorite fl not : popular caudi. date of his party for Governor. He was successful, however, but once, and that by choice of the Legislature and not of the peonlasoT TwoSsars afterwards. in 1s4s, he wasisppointed Attorney General by Presi;- dent Polk From 1852 till 1856 he was in the sUnited States Senate, and on the ac. cession of Buchanan was appointed Sscre- t1ry Of the Navy. which. position ha hell till-the close of that gentlenan's term. in 186l.b From that time he has withdrawn entirely from politics and lived retired life at Hartford. : ..1i~.E a
 asMra Toucey's public course. we can ind little to commend. He supported those Southern aggressions which started the Republican party into being; he did not opposeao say the least. the conspiracy against the life of the nation; and he dil not evep take sides against it when it ripen eadtito a bloody rebellion. There is no vesige in his life of that patriotism which has eadeared the memories of Stephen A. Douglas. of Lewis Cass and of Daniel S. Dickinson to the American people. in spite of many grave errors. $ .5l.i1 .aoa | sPhe private elcharacter of MT. Foucey was aboyereproach; and, being childless, he has maoe grusr E si ftr saDaritahla- hiecs.. LlKs many rather cold-natured men he is said ts. have had n few Very warm personal ffienJsa eGt eos,.-s.s c1 z-a 3@as z..oa
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

i 5 THRC Congregational church at West Mer- iden. are considering tue question dof lex tending . callto the Rev Dgo Murdock, of New Mhferd. .sasatsaWs ts9E9 asiH ,IiimI hsARAzTLzsNAKK,f forty five. inches long, and having elgnt rasties, was killed ansar the Meriden reservoir,i ooS Saturday of last sweaI. IasYae o3 3nUo1IR o3 9GIc1 tn2ev
 .TsI svasi ot bat1ats dssiT aliI r bias .sads szd 3Gob r.
 Haairose
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

S@ Amovement is said to have begun for coalition of tue i've sections of the Republican party in Virginia, in support of Governor Walkers administration. "A very sensible movement. @ .>l. --'as}t lie
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

Tssssa s bsns.--Washington, 3; Mater6uFy, I9aoti
 Fly Catches Missed A; Wsterbury g. IT Home Runs.Chapman, !; G. Parsons, Richards, l--s
 6asss on Aalls Called .Washington, 2; Waterbury Umpire--W.C 0. Bacon Derby. 1Cl le 4..', ,.l. -l9 6corers.-Messrs Howard, and Fields. , .s, ,, si.a
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New Advertisements. A

saPhenix Mutual Ins. Co. Hartford. Waterbury. ettao .msat sa agsoa ,as9
 PainsKiller. Perry. Dasis q Son, bFEEovi- debce, R. I.leoi 2fta ;ad1 tas b9rsHfis oa5
 Commissioners Notice. Estate of Mi nerva Brown, Plyhaodth.a noE 8i .aa-t"
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Dr. SIS fitch's Family PHysioian.

New EdLsi0nG NlSh GenIargsd, rqo Y{FeZ, with most valuable additions, sent free to any sddres@s sWdfe tocl1eGSs B. HITCH, lGBroad- way, New York. s.
 Dr. S. s Fitch will be at the Fontine Hotel. New Haven, saturday Jan. g, 1S69, and every I'd Saturday after from 8a. m. until D. m. consultation free.
 Dr. s. s. Fitch successfully tfeatsAan chron- ic disease of all or any part of the human sys- tenn.
 SsasEI GLH@z ErA y=rSga~
 CONSUMPTION AND CANCER CURED.
 'aau0a fWAtfaAM, Mass. Nov. .f2o 1888.
 Ny grand7mother and several eunts and cousins dlsd of consamptions Ny mother had toagess ssa oii6no saI aSAo aos g4sHO cell b asvise1ads gssiiss bGa Iise oa hstsyal Ila' YI I ,sosa ad
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a6r In the present Hearth: of news. the newspapers report that General Grant has been seen reading the Ipspsriafst " - =, ~ 5..
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

.a =; Mosfo1 Rev. John F. Hawley haa haaaa ra. E.
 sslcsa ss Ns 2 esn tc the Oensrsgstfonai Church v OoyentEys Vurmenk-Hrald
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New York Report. 1889.

THE Atlantics of Brooklyn were beaten by the Haymakers of Lansingburgh, at Troy, on Monday. ,r, ''h' >9o"'
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have not only ceased prosecuting the prophets but have become prophets them selves. so that the sociai condition of an abolitionlst is now by no means as lamsnts. able as it certainly was thirty years since.
 This week we snay perhaps expect game of base bali between the old scholars nine,l and the Weantinauesof New Milford. "A proposition to make the school reunion an annual affair also meets with favor on -aH sides. and will probably ba adopted.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

eT An American Pathological Society was organized at Poughkeepsie. last week. Professor Hadley of Yale. aboriginal Gre elan. and Hon. J. H. Trulnbull of Hart
 ford. aboriginal American. read papers ir their respective languages faa s+.a. j.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

Anis We6k We sn&v pernapS expect Saus of base ball between the old scholars nine,l and the Weantinauesof New Milford. A proposition to make the school reunion an annual affair also meets with favor on -aH sides. and will probably be adopted. Eclipse of the Sun. 4 remarkable eclipse of the sun occurs oasaturday, next. It will be total on line about 15O miles wide running from Alaska through Montana. Iowa, Ill.,, Ky, and North Carolina. Here. only about four-fftlls ofthe sun's surface will bs ob- scnred. The eclipse beginning at about : quarter past Eve; the ,naiddla is at about a quarter past six. and it ends only with sunset. sf2 @y1u1 nI aoD i9asZitl
 asspa4.s.n Reunion! 15d Dosa ns5la
 The Reunion of the 2l Conn. Heavy Artillery, will take place this year. on Wednesday, the 18th day of Ssptsmbsr.t next, at New MileDrd9 aoo l. esom odj o5a:
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 a@ The Adirondack business is being terribly .over>doue this year. A friepd, who came down Lake Ciamplain and Lake George. lately, says that region is being completely over.run with tourists Mr. Murray bass all army. this year, abont equal tu ti,at which Mcclellan took tu the peninsula. bns they d',n's seeAi q lite SO devoted tt their leader. The hotels are ful of enthusiastic out gu-fs anl ,s;fuln- bling iucomsrs. Que party of t.,ea latter registered themselves as '' Murray s Fuois;' but cro sdsar still pushing for the Saranao Lakes. aud the prices for board, glldes, &c., range up to ti4e fir famed swin.lia. eUfo Niagara. Win Amet:stl. ,,.vsr T.. tGstuA to take their fun. or their. work. or an ytinng, in maderaiidu7 ssi4oc- dtG3a5J EnHc1 b4.4
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 D9- The Democratic complaint about the dis.nission of two indigsnt daughters of ths. late Judge Tauey from employ: ment iu tlle Pension and Patent Offices, has. this foundation only: It1was decided sometime since that it was not aivisabls to have the work of the Dspartmsut Lous out of their offices. The Misses Fancy; were advised of this arrangement, ani conclu- ded not to work at the offices; htnos their employ ment ended. 5iietr ess <sG h.aoa
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 n9. Attention is called to the statement of the PhBnix Mutual Life Insurance Go. Y of Hartford, published in another column. The exhibit is of such character as 9onght to recommend this company to all wishing life insurance, Figures ,oM not l;s;;''' aud in these days of bogus life insurance com; panies. something reliable and something near at hand is the great desideratum. ' ..
 s6r An American Philologicai Society was organized at Poughkeepsie. last week.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

.ga IEg s3s9 alaoof gofsaao94 ea5 aaRW aIt LssossiG Tsdtom gm 1iaaa He9aa1
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

fxsn elsI .s4a1ah anfgEg Qie4s .. yged5 an@ req 4dsEs oas ban u saH ob o4 9niIs
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Eclipse of the Sun.
Reunion!19

The Reunion of the 2a Conn. Heavy Artillery. will take place this year. on Wednesday, the 18th day of September next, at New Mileprd9 aoo l. cEoas odj o5a!
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

Over $s5. .OOo was subscribed to the Wa itertown9 railroad, the first day the books
 ss, Rss sssl HssH6a s soer ss
 the town subscription, makes over $100, ,0O0.
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makes this correction in the police oourt report-of the Norwich Advessiss4 :44 4ss Aff. Colporter, Norwich Adver tizzef. q ln your i tTfmsa You sez I ,wuz up afors the, pol ice Court for britch of the Piece this is fall surse-T was up for being drunk-1 hant
 hurt. the piece, and I steam my ucaricat1re
 as we'll az family too hutch to do it. n Cor rect thia-5Ia have 2payed costs of pursycu- tion. Yures,zT Tim McDonald.' {.F
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

8laiaz sases aas co 48.,Ta,
 ss%A seoas Lssaaw .sSansr;5
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05

T- MT. Elmore Smith, organ builder, New Havep. was in town last week. and tuned ths organ at St. Michael's. and the Canrch. Ias
 f5- t-- The village flag was displayed ut half. mast on Sunday and Monday last. in re- spect to the memory of Hon. Isaac Tou- ccy, late Governor of this State, who died 1t Hartford ou Friday. 'i .% '-.~--~
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-15

larry during the present week, and which came
under our observation in our ory,anized ca.
pacity. On Monday Of the present term
citizen OF this county, who was under bond to
attend the court, Was, without warrant or pro-
cess of law, sefsed, BY a member of the con.
st"bulary, and Violently. and against remon
STRANGE, forced into the municipal prison of
the town. AT this juncture nothing but the
most determined efforts on the part of certain
influential pcrs2ns Of the town and county
prevented the cffuson Of blood. A warrant
having been obtained for the arrest of the
offender, he was brought before magistrate;
but, instead of being committed to jail, or
bound over to answer for his crime, by order
of the chief constable he was set ut liberty, as
being member of the constabulnry force, and
therefore above the law. Such are the facts
stated in the magistrates endorsement upon
the warrant. If tho person of the citizen
much more sacred in the eye of the law than
his property, even ie thus to be made matter
OF sport and caprice on tho part of body Of
men, not in sympathy with tho interests aud
feelings Of the community. not responsible Gas
they claim to be) to the justly constituted au-
thorities Of the country, we feel called upon
as conscryat9rs of the public peace--as Inc
county itself. which we are-to protest and
remonstratein the noyt sol, mn manner against
these acts. and in the name of.the peace, or
der and we'll being Of the community to de,
mand the removal ol this prolific ouuse Of dis.
cord and trouble. .nei.etf 's ntnnlr
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-15
Tho Reputation Mse,,ng in Union.

Tho Repudiation Mseslng in Union.
The resolutions adopted in Union County.
locking 70 q repudiasion of the bond deb. Of
the State orsatea BY che present. Govaament
has met with the dsapprob.tion Of the ea.ire
preas of the State. They are consia cred by
some % too late to efreot tho purpose intend.
sds ~ others isprasticabls. i,npoli.ie and
snwae. inasmuch as no Que san doubt or do.
ay that the present ID sovernmens deJ,,c.o
Il moi aejs.S. and possessing and exercising
al sae fuaDtions ofs government, aud to de.
paectato tho bonds Of the State, would only
enhance onr present distress by incrsasn.
The Debt OF BY forcing tas authorities TO raise
by ruinous taxatioa the funds necessary 10
carry onothe government The "Andsrson
t"tclligencsr" has we'll said, the resolution.
como fronrths people Of Union with bad
grace. inasmuch as that very county, with
Spartanburg at she last oessiof Of the Lepis.
l.ture. used every exersion to secure fr IN tho
State an appropriation for the purpose of es
tending the Spartanburg and Union Railroad.
The "sparsanburg Gazette pronounces these
resolutions both ilki,ned and lladvised. and
'egrets that they Originated in Union. I,
considers them ruinous obstacle in tho mat.
tefof ter tho little ohaoge these counties exuectcd
10 askl at The hands Of the noxt Legislature,
The samepspar says: lh"wo trust the roso.
aanticps passsd dosaos irsa ,os the sentiments
of the more rejecting peHple Of Union, add
hope they willibe asapublioly repuaiated A.
they have been aaselared, % add further That
saslpropased unessing son tho l0tu Of Noyorn.
- GER iHill VII not bsHheid,t Hero doubtless tho
matter. I'LL fest. f4lsiinG 81 % sies8 @af'1
,a s aovsnot seo.. Rss pppssa.ed ,Wm. s. &
ltigon'a y Beneficiary stud ID tbs. Upivessi.y
cft South csFolips from 4 sdsysSn coua,y. \
E.ioa sfthat Uosnsy. 'S' Ss' .s ,,s
tis s- ThsFssare oh the docket Oh tfYs eah =
,eions sldc Of the pouxt, 10 EdgedSld county,
FniuS murder, and largo number of smaller
ofences. On tho civil side. there ara 800
Gases, Tsssss assssssa,J ..aSssssiGg ''iiss IS
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-15

conducted by Miss Marley, lady Of large
experience and ripe culture. The institution
is spoken of on MI sides as one in which the
pupils study thoroughly and learn rapidly,
while, by constnnt companionship with their
teacher. they attain moral dignity aud Gle
vation Of sentiment worth in itself fur more
th"n any ordinary education. For young
girls growing up to womanhood, Miss VAR
ieyss school is ali that could be desired, and
am pleased to learn that the number of pupils
is steadily increasing. ky.
Charleston Nc,cS
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-15
The Hope Of the South.

war Is mighty teacher and terribly severe
arc the lessons it sets. Yet all great wars
teach greatness to the people who are engaged
in them No greater war has been witnessed
shan that through which the Southern people
out lately passed. It taught many lessons
while it ragged. but its wissest and best lea.
ION mas yet to be learned. It is that the re-.
alance' of the South-the hope of the South
lies in her young men. In a great measure
'h's Is true Of every people. But, in t.e
usual course OF nature, the old men 90 off ano
tue young men come on the stage of action 80
gradually, that the balance between tho con-
servatve wisdom of age and the impulsive
energy of youth is beautifully presented
but the South no longer moves in the ustu-
raj order of things. Her entire system bas
been wrenched from it's ancient grooves and
is now seeking a new direction along new
ilncs' The war brought on this chanre.-
but the war also prepared the means whereby
'"'s ohange may be made blessing. The
war var brought forward the young men, and the
men OF action. 1t drilled them to lessons ~
patient toll, of calm endurance and cheerful
obedience, and more than ALL noble self soc-
',nce' The war, too, taught the old men.
the women and children to rely upon tho
young meD. And this very reliance made
men Of mere boys.
what was taught in var must be proc,
"ced 10 peace. Though the war is ended.
now and forever, we trust, the time for men
of action has not passed. The South needs
her young i.nen now to work for her even
more than she did to fight for her. The t,ues
are not as they we're, and the thoughts ,na
the habits OF the good old times will not do
for to-day. The men who were born and bred
ana nave grown gray in those ways and
thoughts are set. They cannot chanoe nor
can they be remodc1ed The new order OF
th'nss requires new men with new ideas
wen who are not so fondly welded to the
good old ways that they can see nothing GOOD
IN the new. Men who have the wisdom 70
see what is good in the old system and what
IS good In the new; who can quietly put
good thing in the pl G, of a bad, and let bad
die ont. In a word. men who, however.
clearly they may see the best thing. have the
courage to do tho best thing that car be done
Tor the time being. and the patience to wait
tor the rest. These are the young men who
Know TO" to command from having learned
how to obey The future of the South is in
their hands. and could not be in better. !.
they will neither desert nor dishonor her.
Southern Hatchman.