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Litchfield enquirer., 1870-11-03
8ittgfela Gnquirst Litchfleld, Thursday, Oct. 27,IS7O
TO CORRESPONDENTS

Nearly year since, we made propositions for regular and occasional correspondence, which met with a.ready response, adding much to the value of our paper, and laying us under personal obligation to the gentlemen rendering us such assistance. We are thereby encouraged to renew our propositions, hoping that the good example already set will be generally followed. and that the local news of all parts of the County will be fully reported in our paper.
 Our propositions to regular and occasional cor respondents from any part of Litchfeld County, are as follows
 l. On publication of any communication we will forward sir ertra copies of the EN- QUIRER containing the same, to the address of the person sending it to us. or to any residents of the county such person may designate. Correspondents must advise us, at the time of sending communications, of the number of copies desired, and to whom they are to be sent.
 2. Local items from reliable sources, in any part of the county, will be received with pleasure, but we are particularly de- sirous of increasing our list of regular correspondents. To each of these, or to such person as he or she may designate, we will send copy of our paper regularly in addition to the extra copies mentioned above
 REQUIREMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
 Anonymous communications cannot expect publication.
 The names of correspondents will be kept strictly secret, if desired.
 Communications of personal nature will not be published, unless the propriety of such pub lication is manifest.
 Manuscript should be written only on one side of the paper.
 Regular correspondents can avoid all danger of having the contributions of others attributed to them by assuming some signiature, single let ter being sufficient.
 In case of two communications relating to the same event, the fullest will usually be published Hence communications never come amiss. even from places where we have regular correspon- dents. since they often give valuable additional information.
 simple statement of facts is all that is neces- sary. and hastily written communications will be corrected before publication.
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CATARRH.-H your head, nose or throat are nlled with burdensome mass of mucus. either dry or moist, thin or thick, white or yellow. and your eyes swollen and heavy, your head feeling all throughit, resulting from Caiarrh, uss Dr. J BRIGGS AileyantOr. The mucus will be immediate- ly discharged from the head. nose and throat. the eyes brighten and sparkle with delight; the head feels natural again, all pain has fed. and life is once more desirable
 CORNS!-Who has not suffered from Corns, Bunions, !ngrowlng Nails, Chillblains, Tender Feet. &c., &c. Briggs Curative is certain rem edy for all Feet Diseases. Sold by Druggiats Sent by mail, 60 cents.
 Sold by Wessells Gates, LitchfeId, Conn
 pR. J. BRIGGS CO, Propiietors, Newark, N. J.
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LAKEYILLE.

An accident which might easily have
 been serious one. took place here last
 Wednesday afternoon. The family of Mir.
 Geo Coffing. of Salisbury, were out for drive, while his daughter, Glare, aecompa-
 nled them on horseback, ,as she is frequent
 ly n the habit of dong. As they were. com ing from Town Hill her horse took fright ana started rapidly forward; in refining out
 to pass the wagon in which were tue other members of the family, the horse, slipping
 fell violently. rolling over on his back, and
 ot course throwing the young lady from
 the saddle. thereby injuring her so severe
 y that she has since been unable to walk, though no permanent lameness, or indeed
 any unpleasant consequences, are appre- hended.
 The ''Second Adyentists are becoming
 more energetic and earnest ill their en- deavors to disseminate their peculiar views
 and beliefs than they have. been of late.
 Last week, Friday, five converts, (some colored) were immersed in the waters of our lake. The day was raw, cold, and
 rainy. and the fact of their submitting to
 the performance of the rite under such
 forbidding circumstances, seems strong ev-
 idence of the warmth of zeal which could continue burning with unabated fervor in their souls, even whils the icy waters closed over them. One colored gentleman, when afterward asked if he was Christian, said "Yes. I s'pose so, I've been put in the wa ter, having evidently firm belief in i'm
 mersion, as a saving ordinance, But" he added in the same breath, -s'I can't afford b Keep Satwday." ?
 On Saturday of last week the Magic
 base ball club of Ameuia, N. Y., played the first nine of the ''Mectlanics" of Lake
 vile. Ct. The game had been appointed to come off two weeks, previously. but the "Magics' failed to appear. In spite of the extreme unpleasantness of the day the game was witnessed by many spectators,
 who crouched shivering on the windward Fside of the dirt dumps of the Porter Ore bed" at the base of which the ground is
 located. The game was called at one P. M with the Mechanics" at the bat; the first innings resulted in score of twenty two to five in favor of the "Mechanics'' where at the stock of that club was enormously inflated But at the time of the calling of the game, at the end of the fifth inning of the "Mechanics" and the fourth of the ssMagics," the score stood 55 to A in favor of the latter club, and the ball was duly presented, after which supper was given by the ''Mechanics". to their visitors. who departed later in the evening cheering tremendously. The game, however. was deemed by both clubs to be no criterion of of the excellence of the play of either, as the extremely high wind, and it's accompa- nying chillness, rendered loose playing un- avoidable. But one fly catch was made in
 in the game, and that an excellent one hot from the bat, by MT. Turner, pitcher of the ''Mechanics." Much credit is due Prof. Robbins of Amenia Seminary for his just and impartial umpir:ng, both clubs being satisfied, which is rarely the case.
 .-E ..F a OBSERVER.
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LITCHFIELD.

The November Term of the Superior Court commenced it's session, Tuesday. Judge Granger presiding. In Peek vs. Southbusy. an action by an administrator to recover damages for the death of boy, resulting from an insufficient bridge, the defendants suffered default. and have a hearing before the Court, to determine the amount of damages. : - Construction of the railroad at this end, continues to progress rapidly. About fifty men are at work on the section be- tween the tannery and the West Barying Ground. Parties are also at work in Da- wis Hollow and at the Steep Rock cut in Washington, at the Shepaug Falls in Rox bury, at the Housatonic bridge. and near Hawleyville. ....,s-., ...v.,..s.,a.-4 .E
 A new barn is being built in the jail yard.
 - The Courthouse came near being burned. Saturday night. The hall of that building is not locked. and affords a har- boring place for birds of adopbtful feath- CT, who seem occasionally to go in there to smoke and to play cards. They. seem to have set some paper on fire, from which g board near the door caught. and was considerably charred, when the fire was probably discovered and put out by those whose carelessness started it.
 
 - On Monday evening next. at 715 P. M., the Rev. H. B. Elliott. of this place. will deliver 2 lecture on Temperance at the Court Room.
 = The Congregational Society cpmmen- ced Singing School. on "Wednesday eve, (2d Nov.) under the direction of Mr. D. H. Abbott of Waterbury, with a view to improve their Church music. Any per sons wishing to become members of the School, will please confer immediately with Mir. Fuller or Dir. Pettib9pe. i.
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News of the Week
FOREIGN.

Frdncs. Metz surrendered on Thnrs- day The Germans get 173, 900 prisoners. $8. .OOO. 900 in cash, 5000 pieces of artille. ry, and the strongest fortress in France. The sure ider of Schlestadt and Diioh to the Prusslans, gives them full l44control of the Northeastern departments.
 Another sortie has taken place from Pa rls. but the Prussians soon recovered the ground they had lost at first
 The French Republic have decreed uni versal trial by jury
 The members of the Tours government have issued a proclamation, denouncing Bazaine as a traitor. .-4-44az..-~-~- ...@s
 The immediate bombardment of Paris is again threatened.
 Spain.-The candidature of the Prince of Aosta, is approved by the great powers
 DOMESTIC.
 The democrats carry West Virginia by about 1000. majority. They elect two out of three congressman and have the legis- lature, giving them an U. s. Senator. this result is accustomed by enfranchise- ment of rebels
 Gen. Wilson, the famous cavalry officer, has resigned.
 Several thousand troops have been or dered to New York to secure the enforc ment of the U. s. laws against fraudulent voting.
 A serious accident has happened on the Terre Haute Railroad. A number of monitors at Charlestown Navy Yard will be fitted for sea at once. The quarantine of Texas ports has been revoked by the Governor of of Louisiana. Centerville, Idaho, has been totally de. stroyed by fire.
 Senator Morton has declined tie Eng fish Mission.
 The American Social Science Conven- tion is in session in Philadelphia. South Carolina Republicans ask for troops to prevent Democratic persecu, tions.
 The New-Orleans Catholics protest a. gainst Victor Emmanuel's action toward Rome.
 It is proposed to abolish the Patent Office Bureau. .
 The census of New York city will be talk. n over again.
 The great Fair at Augusta, Ga., i, closed.
 A meeting to express sympathy with France has been held in Chattanooga, Tenn.
 SSerious accidents have happened on the Portland aud Kennebeck and the Ohio and Mississippi Railroads. A Republican meeting in Eutaw, Ala, was fired on by the Democrats. Ex Mayor Cahoon of Richmond, Va., has been sent to the State Prison for for gery. % Nt Heavy storms of snow and rain have fallen along the Rocky Mountains. The US. fleet has returned from Canadi- an waters. A convention in Cincinnati has passed resolutions favoring the removal of the capitol. -.
 A robber has been lynched near New Albany, Indiana. a &
 The Executive Committee of the Nation al Tobacco Association had session in New York, last week.
 Two colored companies of Pennsylvania militia were received in Cooper Institute Wednesday night.
 Several persons have been ind icted at New York, for violation of the National election law.
 District Attorney Long committed sui eide at New Orleans, on Tuesday
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WOLCOTTYILLE.

Fevers of many degrees and kinds are quite prevalent in this place. The land- lords of both our hotels are numbered a. mong the victims. Providence and the doctors are srescuing most from this sick ness and are enabling many an attennat+d form to getaout into the charming ntfnos. phere of this season.
 -Mr. G. H. Welch made his appearance among us again. last Wednesday, after an absence of some weeks during which sick ness had laid him low.
 The rains which have occurred of late here have raised our streams to such an extent that the noble Naugatuck can not now be forded dry-shod. As consequence the shops are running on usual time.
 The Grand Army of the republic will give an instrumental and vocal concert here next Tuesday
 The N. o. Female Minstrels will dazzle and bewilder our people with their charms next Friday evening.
 Foot ball is now engaging the atten- tion of our juveniles.
 Our Town Hall has been repaired and fitted up in a very neat and comfortable manner by the Methodist and~ Congrega- tional societies as q conference room. The expense incurred was about $l65 The Hall was first occupied for the purpose of religious worship last Friday evening" A.
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STATE ITEMS.

The Yale students gave Mrs. Scott Sid dons serenade, after her Friday nights concert. A 200 lb: lump of pure copper has been found in Hamden. ' [ The Shore Line, the Hartford and Nev Haven, and the New York and New Haven railroads, are now practically under con- trol of one consolidated company. -
 Mir. George Briggs, wealthy citizen of Sherman, was found drowned, on Thurs day. under circumstances which lead to a belief that he committed suicide.
 New London is re.taking her census.
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 EUGENE. gallantry of the New York Tribune finds special occasion for dis play in the downfall of the ex.Empress of the French. It admires her many virtues, and the choicest tears of the establishment gush out repeatedly at mention of any new misfortune to the Imperial consort. All this sympathy is very beautiful and disin- terested, but is it, after all, deserved? A beautiful woman captivates an Emperor. He is known to be an habitual breaker of all the commandments. particularly of the one which would most concern wife, and he is not at all the kind of man any young woman could fall in love with. Neyerthe- less, she marries him-if the sale of her person which an ambitious woman has eff fected, can be so consecrated by civil and religious forms, as to make it a marriage. The profigacy of the Imperial husband, so notorious before marriage, continues af- ter it. The Empress, meantime, becomes the leader Of the world fashions as an oc. cupation, and dabbles with religion as re- taxation. AS her beauty declines. her big otry increases, and she seeks every oppor- tunity to strengthen the Church at the ex- pense of the people, in true Spanish fash ion. Luckily, her downfall came before the expected opportunity, when, as Re- gent, she might have turned the whole strength of France to the support of the tottering Papacy.
 Had Eugenie been true woman, she never would have accepted such man as Louis Napoleon. though an Emperor. Had she been true woman, she would never have continued to live with husband, whose infdelities were notorious. In short, this Tribune heroine is one of the worst specimens of the large class of wives who marry for position, and then seek to cover their degradation with the cloak of reli- zion.
 Ex-Secretary Gideon Wells contribu- ted an article to the November Galasy. which represents MT. Stewards early con- duct in tlIe Lincoln Administration in ary thing but favorable light. If Mr. WIS view is correct, the versatile premier un. dertook to secure peace within 60 days," by means of underhand manage ment. which seriously compromised Mir. Lincoln, lost us our only chance of reliev- ing Sumter, and threw every thing into confusion, by executive orders contraven- ing those coming from the regular heads of department. Several attempts at reply have been made. but we look especially to Mir. Seward for the chief argument |" for the defence"
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GAYLORDSVILLE.

As Mir. H. R. Piercy was walking home from singing school, on the night of the 21st ult, he was struck a severe blow from behind, on the head and shoulder, felling him almost senseless to the ground. The perpetrauor of the outrage slipped away, undiscovered. among the dozen people who were near Mir. Piercy offers reward of 1925 for his detection.
 - On Sunday of last week, as Mr. Wm. Evans, lame old man, was, passing the railroad wood shed she saw Michael Hen nessey saving wood and reminded him that it was breach of the law. Hennes- sey cursed him violently, took away his walking stick, kicked him, put his saw on neck. &c. MT. Evans has commenced a prosecution, and Hennessey has given bonds for his appearance.
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WOODBURY.

Col Bolster has just sold his five year old horse, Col. Bolster. for $120O. The Col. has anumber of the same breed which will be ready for market ere long.
 The First Congregational Society has commenced repairing and painting its par sonage buildings, also it's church e,lifice, and will expend some $500. The eondi- tion of these buildings, for some years past, plainly indicated that the Bi centennial should be observed, as it was, in the month of May last. sss -
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ssTIRED NATURES SWEET REsToRER, BAL. MY SLEEP" But there are times when this sRenewer of Strength" is denied us, times when our minds and bodies have been .so over.worked and are so worn out that we s'woo the drowsy God in vain." The Pe- ruvian Syrup (an Iron Tonic), renews our strength and makes our rest sweet and re- freshinn
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DIED.

In Cornwall, Oct. 26, John Bradford, aged 69 years.
 In Cornwall Bridge, Oct. 24,S Hubbard, aged 55.
 In Woodbury, Oct. 24th, Lucius Hard. aged 60 years.
 In Woodbury, lOct 25, Mrs. Anna M.. wife of David Betts, aged 82-having been married nearly sixty -four years, having reared nearly nine children. all of whom survive her, hers being the only death in her family during this long period.
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KENT.

On Saturday last, the White Caps B. B. c. visited this place tosplay a return match with the Second Nine of the Mt Algos After waiting for some time, the ball was given to the White Caps, as Capt. Spooner was unable to get his men together to play the game, owing to some difficulty having arisen among them. a R R.
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N9etz.

At last, the great stronghold of North western France has surrendered, and the last of her Imperial armies, 173, 3,0OO strong, are prisoners of war. Long as the blow has been imminent. its terrible force could not be fully appreciated till it came. Where can the Republic now gather an army strong enough to relieve Paris? Without speedy relief, must not that city fall of its own weight? The most ardent well-wisher of free France can see no reasonable hope of it's successful defence.
 The capital may hold out as heroically as Strasbourg, but the six or seven hundred thousand Prussians who beleaguer it, have only to wait to be sure of it's eventual sur render. There is patriotism enough in France, but there are no more trained sol- diers. and without nearly a million of such there is no hope for Paris.
 One cannot but be struck with the change modern facilities of transportation have wrought in the mode of carrying on war. In old times. an army of half mill- ion would soon have perished, or have been forced to retreat from hostile coun- try, on the approach of winter. The Mos COW campaign proved the impossibility of supplying so large an army in winter. Now, however. system of railroads enables Germany to supply without difficulty all the men it can throw into France, in one season almost as we'll as in another.
 The present war will result either in the general adoption of the improv- cd militia system which has given Prussia the victory in two great wars, or in a general disarmament. The old-fashioned plan of maintaining large standing armies in time of peace. leaving the mass of the popula- tion without military training, has twice proved disastrous failure. We are glad to believe that the Prussian system will tend to increase popular strength, and to the overthrow of that military caste which has been the strongest ally of despotism on the European continent.
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n@. Smith, the colored cadet at West Point, has been tried by a court martial. The irrepressible African knocked one of his prosecutors on the head with dipper, to the manifest injury of his scalp and of his feelings as white person. The sen- tence is not yet made public.
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D6e Secretary Ooxe's letter of resigna. tion has at last been published, and we re. gret to see that his retirement is owing to his refusal totbe controlled by politicians in the use he has made of his official pat ronage.g We should judge that the Presi- dent was wrong in accepting his resigna- tion. In 1868, General Grant ran many thousand votes ahead of his ticket in every State. because he was not Q politician. If he is to receive those votes again, he must shov that he cannot be controlled by mere politicians.
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99 The Tammany ratification meeting of last week, was about the queerest kettle of fish ever seen. Horatio Seymour, Jas. Fisk, Jr., August Belmont, Capt. Rynders and James Gallagher, among others, made speeches. No wonder Mir. Seymour threw his whole hett "onto" the Erie Canal. Fisk intimated that he was worth 25,O0O votes to Tweed (Erie employees). .ea".a
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SENATOR SUMNER AND THE WAR.-Sena- tor Sumner delivered lecture at the Mu- sic Hall Boston, on Wednesday night last, on |" the Duel between France and Germany, with its Lesson to Civilization. From the synopsis published in the pa- pers, we judge that it is an able and really statesman-like production i've venture to use the word statesman like" as meaning something-as generally used by the press, 1t means mothing.) MT. Sumner strongly opposes the dismemberment of France, as sure to lead to future wars; but he de- mands general disarmament as the strong est security for peace, and the most im- portant measure of economy of which the situation admits. He looks to the people, and especially to the working.men of Flu rope. to put a stop to the present system of enormous, standing armies. with it's ne- cessary consequence of frequent wars.
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THE Loss OF THE CAMBRIA.-It seems at last settled, that all the passengers. and all the crew of the Cambria but one, are lost. Modern invention has accomplished much that seemed impossible, but it has not yet rendered the navigation entirely safe. Perhaps, however, sea travel is as safe as land travel, on the average even now?
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B4- The Derby Ghanscyipt publishes a long account of the celebration at the completion of the Housatonie dam at that place. The, dam proper is 637 feet wide. In addition are abutments of 175 feet width. It is from 25 to s2 feet high, and capped with blocks of granite.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-11-03

Mr.. P. T. Barnum has been of shooting buffaloes on the z. prairies of Kansas It is not stated whether he rode straight haired or wooly animal.
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Homes, Healtll. Happiness.

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B4 A bank at Grafton, Mass, was rob- beds on Wednesday night last, of bonds, &c.,, to the amount of about $500. .OOO. The burglars seized the watchman outside of the bank, gagged and bound him, and pro. ceeded to break open the vault.
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BURRvrrnE.-Mr. F. w. Fenn has been engaged to teach Singing School at this place to commence nextweek. All llpersons within radius of 6 miles are respectfully invited to attend free of charge. Herald.
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New Britain shows the, largest per cen .tage of gain of any town in the State.
 Bethel turned out 1000 hats every day last summeF.
 Typhoid feyer prevails in 4iddletovn. ], A bullet fired at Naugatuck train be. low Derby, Thursday evening, just missed two passengers heads. tAi A<st There were, burglaries in eWillimantic and Sufield, Thursday night.
 Thompsonyille Uniysraalists are build ing new church.
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TERDrs. INDuCEMENTs. sto.

TERMs-S3 Year of 52 Numbers, and only S26O in Clubs of Ten This Quarters 13 numbers sent FREE to ell subscribing for 1871 before Dec 15 Our Club In ducements for 1871 the Most Liberal ever offered Specimens Premium Lists, &c., sent free to all forming Clubs-and we want live Club Agent in every Town.
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 BOA DID. T. MOORE, 4 Park Bow, New York.