Litchfield enquirer., 1872-11-28

unable to move ln any direction, and 1n state of despair. At the suggestion of Mir. Tyler we advanced him money enough to pay his passage across the Atlantic; and the next we heard from him was at Paris, destitute, and living on friend, waiting for something to turn up. Obtaining re- lief from gentleman whom hehad slight ly known in Washington, he mnde his way to punis at last. issrsssss4e- <, f.rz
 He soon ingratiated himself with the Bey, and in due time he compensated us for all our trouble by long, charmingly written, and most interesting letter, de- scriptive of everything that had occurred under notice in Carthage. The Boy had given him the use of palace larger than the White House, and assigned him ret inue of Arabs for domestic service sufi- cient in number to form body-guard to the Emperor of Morocco. Not one of them understood word of any civilized tongue, and Payne, who spoke French like native, and understood several of the modern European languages, had not included the lingo of the Mdssulman in his studies. So the communication be- tween the lord of the palace and his ser wants was confined to gestures and grim aces. His sitting experiment. was about
 
 House, with cool marble floor, furnish ed with divans and lounges. Here Payne sat in solitary splendor. If he needed any thing, he blew silver whistle, and there filed in at least dozen tall Arabs, who placed themselver in 8 semicircle around him, as silent as graven images, but all of them salaming with the grace of sons of the deserts, and informing him ,,lr %1aA I,s slaves. The novelty of the thing afford ed amusements for while; but becom- ing fatigued of 1t, he turned his attention to reform certain abuses which he as- sumed had been overlooked by his friend the Bey, and the result was that he came near falling victim to the bow-string.
 The telegraph has doubtless aided you to follow the general course of the Kreis. o,rung in the Upper House of Landtag, and has appraised you of its rejection in the session of yesterday. The result ex- cited no surprise. The temper of the members had been shown so unequivocal- ly, and the progress of the debates had developed such an increasing bitterness, that the overwhelming majority of the final vote only verifies the universal pre- diction. The situation is grave, but not at all menacing. That it is a serious check to the progress of internal reform in Prus- sia, and in a broader sense to the cause of popular rights throughout Germany, is unhappily true but that the interruption will be only temporary, and that the Gov ernment will triumph in the end is equally clear The crisis is moreover 8 character istic one. It presents the singular fea- lures of Conservative Ministry strenu- ously pushing scheme of liberal reform, and a conservative majority refusing to allow the Grown to abdicate some of it's own prerogatives. There are also under lying motives of personal, or even class, jealousy, of the most successful of Ger man statesmen. He who would thoroughly master the question at issue must possess an intimate knowledge of the Prussian system, and must search among traditions and privileges which date from the time of Charlemagne but fair idea of the principles involved is not difficult to give.
 Prussia is divided into provinces, dis tricts (kreise), and communes. The first are generally, natural geographical divis- ions, such as are found in all tho States of Europe the last are the townships of all Teutonic States. The ETeise, on the contrary, are arbitrary departments ere ated for administrative convenience. They embrace sometimes several communes, sometimes only one, and often include within their compass free bailiwicks, feu- dal communes, and other relics of medic val institutions. In a loose sense they may be compared to American counties. The chief executive officers, called Land rathe, are at present appointed nominally by the King, really by the petty sovereigns the interior. The legislation for these districts Is intrusted to an assembly in which the aristocracy is generally able to ksep power out of the hands of the bour- geoise and the peasantry. Thus these proprietors, by reason of their control over the magistracy and thereby over the police, and their superior authority in the assemblies, wield ill the districts 8 power pretty nearly absolute in all internal affairs. The usages and laws on which this power rests may be traced, as l have said, back to the middle ages, and are rel ics of the old German feudalism. m.-COT- respondent N F. Tribune.
 The Boston Herald says:-''A Additional evidence has been discovered to duplicate Leavitt Alley in the murder of Abiiah Ellis. On the Wednesday morning after election (the day the murder was commit ted) Alley left his stable with his team which contained four barrels. His son noticed blood on his shirt and asked him what it was. He replied that he got it from horse. Another man was present who rode down town with Alley. He moved one barrel, which was empty and tried to move another which was heavy, so as to get place to sit. Alley told him that if he was going to ride he must get over on the seat, and he did so. Shortly after this they met another man, to whom Alley paid $50, fact which is significant, as Alley had said the day before that he had no money. The axe with which the murder was probably committed has not been found"
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