Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-02
us have, to bear his abuse with any degree


 Moore was justified in refusing tosstop his. horses and submit to service of writ for debt, is legal point that will soon he de- cided in the courts. That he was clearly wrong in not quietly submitting to arrest when the sheriff came to his house for that purpose, is undeniable. He was uadef the mistaken impression, we are told, that the privilege which makes "man's house his castle" into which an officer has no right to break upon civil process, extendedualso to service of criminal warrants. The use of handcuffs was, as it seems to us, an in dignity which the circumstances did not warrant, and was no doubt suggested by the gentleman who started the whole batch of legal proceedings by instjgating suit to recover Jly csnts. As regards the origi- nal difficulty between Messrs. Hitchcock and Smith it is observable that the friends of the former do not claim that the latter attempted to strike him with the au- ger he happened to have in his hand but that he made such threatening motions with it as justified Mir. H. in com mencing the affray. Taking this admis- sion in connection with the further facts that on being charged on the spot by MT. Hitchcock with threatening to strike him with the auger. MT. Smith emphatically denied any such intention, before hs scu6iLe began, that he was retreating when MT. Hitchcock made his attack, a nd there would not seem to be much doubt as to which party was legally responsible for the subse- quent affray. w tsI
 In regard to the course of the ENQUIRER in this matter we will simply say that if MT. Hitchcock feels aggrieyed by any statement in our paper, he will always be allowed the privilege of counter.statement (not unreasonable in length, abusive in language, or irrelevant to the question in dispute; assuming the responsibility of such publication by subscribing his name thereto. But when his friends commence the controversy anonymously in another paper. and then on reply appearing in the ENQUIRER, attempt to continue the attack (still anonymously as far as the public are cQncerned) in ours, it is asking a privilege we should not feel justified in granting. We are the less inclined to allow Mir. Hitchcock no special favor from the fact that he has not met MT. Smith fairly by private suit for the alleged assault, but has taken advantage of his influence over Dem- ocratic local officers to institute 8 public prosecution against him and to embroil his son-in-law in series of prosecutions, com mencing with about the most trivial suit ever brought before court of justice.
 We are confident that the charges of corruption ill railroad matters which Mir. Smith and 6 good many other New Prss- ton people have made against MT. Hitch cock are entirely without foundation, but the violent courses (egal and otherwise) the latter is taking to right himself, are much better calculated to produce the op: posite effect. i srl ..4.l-.4 .a%s4
 THEATRrcALs.-The merit of previous theatrical performances at Farmers Hall, Washington, is too we'll known in that vii ciqity to need our commendation. No eff fort has been spared to make that of to- morrow night the best ever given there. A moonlight night and good travelling uill undoubtedly bring large attendance from adioining towns. The St. Nicholas Hotel, Washington, is not quite so large as the establishment of that name in New York, but will, no doubt, furnish all needed s'ac- commodation for man or beast; and, by procuring reserved seats, persons from abroad can escape the crowding that often so greatly annoys country audiences.
 FROM A NEW HAMPSHIRE CORRES-
 PONDENT. 4..
 Like you in Connecticut, we in New Hampshire are having decidedly cold weather. On the morning of Monday, the 23d Jan., the thermometer indicated from 15o to 25o below zero, in greater part of this State, and did not rise to zero du- ring the day. Again, on the morning of the 26th, nearly or quite an equal degree of cold was experienced. and this was fol- lowed ill the course of the day by an old fashioned snow storm. But the scientific gentlemen on Mt. Washington are having g wonderfully varied experience. for, during a considerable part of the week ending Jan. 21st, it was as warm upon the top of the mountains as in other sections of the State. But great change came on during Sab bath, the 22d, and the night following, for on Monday morning the thermometer in- dicated 45 Q below zero, while the. wind was blowing at the rate of 90 miles per hour. Prof. Huntington sends down word that the combination of such wind with such temperature is something hitherto unknown in meteorological records even within the Arctic circle. "It is, doubtful he adds, eff a civilized being ever witness ed such terrific gale" On the evening of the same day there was almost perfect calm on the mountain, and by the next morning the thermometer indicated a rise of more than 4Oo. It is a curious life that those gentlemen are living, for not a little of the time they are above the stormy oIor6a &bo& oro cxvoapin0 over tha othor