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The New York herald., 1872-10-12
THE COURT S.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS COURT.

Charge Against . Post Once Employo'
Before Commissioner Shields. 4.s
The United States vs.. A. A, Philips.-The de-
fendant, who had been porter In the Post once,
was charged with embezzling packages OF mail
matter. de waived an examination and was held
to await the action OF the Grand Jury. COmmis-
si0ners Shields and Osborn adjourned several ex-
aminations in consequence Of the death OF mr..
Seward.
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sunaoeATE's COURT.
Daniel Ayres' Will.
Before Surrogate Veeder.

The following bequcsts appear in the will OF the
late Daniel Ayres, which has just been fled in the
Surrogate's Court
To the Preachers Ala Society OF New York, and
New York East Conference OF the Methodist Epis
Preachers and Widows and Orphans Fund.- $500;
to the Missionary Society Of the Methodist Episc0
pal Church. 81, 900; to the American Bible Society
to the Memorial Chapel Of the Wesleyan University
at MiddletOWn, Conn.
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CITY CouRT-SpEe.,:, TERM.
LibelliRg the District Attorney-Suit 10,
$4,000 Damages.

District Attorney Winchester Biitton has insti-
tuted suit against Henry A. Richards the propre-
tor OF local paper Of recent birth, to s2o
damages for alleged libel. This proceeding has
grown out OF charge published in that sheet to
the effect that Mr.. 6ritton had corruptly entered
a0lLe Dr0seQut IN the case VI Patrick keenan,, who
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SUPERIOR COuHT-spEClAl TERM


BY Judge Curtis.
William p. Powers vs.. Ann Powers ct al.-Judg-
meDt for plaintiff.
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COURT OF COMMON plEAs-spEcIAL TERM.
Decisions.

Decisions
BY Judge Robinson.
Elizabeth Miller vs. William Il. Miller.-Decrce Of
divorce granted to plaintiff.
Cooke vs. Cooke.-Afldavit of issuing Of summons
ana efforts to serve is required
Hansbrow vs.. Observation-Disclosures ordered.
Platt vs. KObbins-Motion denied.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08
Kent. q arlA0


 Nothing of. any importance has trans pired here in the last few weeks.s For nearly all the. town were in Litchfield to attend the s great slt wi2 case, and those who were not there were sick with the n1umps or measles which are raging here with al- most unparalleled violence. .f..rs On Saturday afternoon, some rascals broke into the house of Mir. Denis. They were not satisfied with getting in and talk ing everything that they wished, but set to work and broke everything that they could lay their hands upon; eroekery, chairs, window glass, Sc. The family were away visiting a neighbor and did not return till sometime after the damage had been done. MT. Denis is a poor man and the persons who did this deed are evident ly too mean to tiUe.
 A Frenchman with jaw-breaking name came very near being drowned last week. In crossing the Housatonic river he fell through the ice, the current not being strong, he fortunately came up in the spot where he went down, and cling ing to the ice shouted for help. His cries were heard over mile, and men im- mediately started for the rescue; but be- fore they arrived he had become tired of the situation and rescued himself.
 R. C.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08

E U ! Come, come, MT. Ferret, 2 said I j; | s'this testing is all very well i; but it is quite time the farce should end
 Farce Y exclaimed Mr. Richards ssFarce r growled doubtful Mir. Outlet
 Farce P murmnred the beautiful Gi- u1letta s"-s's - ''1
 ''Farcer' cried MT. Ferret. "sMy dear sir, 1t is about one of the most charming and genteel comedies ever enacted on any stage, and the principal part, too, by one of the most charming of prima donnas Allow me, sir-don't interrupt me ! it is too delicious to be shared; it is, indeed. Mir. Richards, and you, Mir. Outlet, will you permit me to observe that this admi- rable will has one slight defect" GA defect!-where- -how?"
 '1t is really heart rt-breaking that so much skill and ingenuity should be thrown away but the fact is, gentlemen, 1 that the excellent person who signed it had no property to bequeath P
 s'How
 Mot shilling's worth. Allow me, sir. if you please. This piece of parchment, I gentlemen, IS, have the pleasure to in form you, marriage settlement"
 'sA marriage settlement p exclaimed ! both the men of law in breath.
 "A marriage settlement, by which, in the event of Mir. Harlowe's deeease, his entire property passes to his wife, in trust for the children, if any and if not. abso- lutely to herself" Ferret threw the deed on the table, and then giving way to con- vulsive mirth, threw himself upon the sofa, and fairly shouted with glee
 MT. Outlet seized the document, and, with Richards, eagerly perused it. The proctor then rose, and lowing gravely to his astOnished client, said, '"The will, l madam, IS waste paper. You have been deceived" He then left the apartment.
 The consternation of the lady and her attorney may be conceived. Madam Corelli, giving way to her fiery passions, vented her disappointment in passionate reproaches of the deceased the only ef- feet of which was to lay bare still more clearly than before her own cupidity and folly, and to increase Edith's painful az itation. led her down stairs to my wife, who, I omitted to mention, had accom- panied us from town, and remained in the library with the children durin our confer ence. In very short time afterwards MT. Ferret had cleared the house of its intrusive guests, and we had leisure to offer our condolences and congratulations to our grateful and interesting client. It was long before Edith recovered he1 former gaiety and health and I doubt if she would ever have thoroughly regain. i ed her old cheerfulness and elasticity of mind, had 1t not been for her labor o1 love in experimenting and directing the education of her daughter Helen, a charm ing girl, who fortunately inherited noth- ing from her father but his wealth. The last time remember to have danced was at Helen's wedding. She married a dis tinguished Irish gentleman, with whom, and her mother, perceive by the news papers, she appeared at Queen Victoria's court in hubIn, one, ! am sure, of the brightest stars which glittered in that galaxy of beauty and fashion. -qs-
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08
West CornvvaIE

|
 The Reading circle met at the house of Mir. D. B. Hart, on Wednesday eve the 24th. A goodly number were in attend ance. The reading consisted of selections from the poets Whittier, Longfellow &c., poor Shakespeare having been left out in the cold thiswinter An entertaining feature of the evening was the reading of the first number of 'The Star," paper published for the benefit of the circle. The contri- buttons were nearly all from those who had lived in town. Next time we suppose they will come from those who nos9 live in town. One from Rev. Wm. B. Clark, Teach your Boys and Girls how to spend money is worthy of 8 wider circulation than ''Fhe Star" will ever reach. s.Wants'' are sometimes, not alagays, imperative. --Mr, Fsata of the Howard Mission, N. r., made some very interesting remarks before the Sabbath -shool on Sunday last Three lnsty boys, genuine Yankee have been born in North Cornwall and vi cinity within the past week. s.l siis ar
 Farmers Club at Mr. R. B, Poster 1 on Wednesday of this week. 4e
 -Milk, 4 cents per quart. H. W.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08
For the Enquirer. Reciaiming Swamp Lands.

MIR. EDITOR: would add my testimO- ny to that of T. l.. Hart, of West Corn wall, in last weeks Enquirer. He speaks of having acres of swamp resting on blue clay, and that twenty years ago he commenced retaining it, but it seems that he is badly ''swamped."
 still continue to take the same paper that read report of his brilliant sue cess in, nearly twenty years ago. That set me inquiring more about reclaimed bogs, having one similar to his, of 20 acres, in front of my house which was an unsightly eye sore to me- From that time to this, have had an eye upon all the swamps reported to be reclaimed, and from time to time have visited many in this State, Massachusetts and New York, and l am sorry to say that about three fourths of them have proved failures; one half hopeless failures. About one-fOurth have been tolerably successful; thus pre- senting dark picture for me to com mence with. I then concluded to wait awhile. In the meantime, flowed the bogs with water and killed the bushes and swamp wood, using the water for my mills below, and at the same time ventil- ating the subject of raising cranberries; but the pond became an unsightly mud hole, worse than the swamp. Men, boys, and dogs, running through my grass and crops, fishing, and shooting ducks on the Sabbath, fishermen sleeping in my barns and smoking their pipes. could stand it no longer. In 1879, Sept. being dry, l drew off the pond, went to New York and brought home a squad of men and set them opening the outlet. This was only partially done when heavy rains set in and.broke us of. 1870, we all know, was very dry, and such a crop of grass and weeds grew on that 20 acres aa I ney- CT saw anywhere else, and part of it was so dry that I moved 1t with my machine where there were no stumps or brush, af- ter having. then put another set of men in to finish the main channel, and cut l50 rods of cross ditehes g. feet deep. In 1871 I moved most of it with the ma chine, raked with the horse rake, and cart ed with heavy yoke of oxen. ......
 l have made thorough work of this job, and all that visit and walk over it say I am eminently successful. do not think so; for, judging the future by the past, I expect it to go back to its native element again. A man from New York State. call ed on me and said, you have a mine of wealth in that swamp. I told him that thought it good place to sink mine of wealth. For, so long as I live, it shall not go back to an unsightly swamp or mud-bole; and, to cut the story short, I think the cheapest and best thing to be done is to mow early every year, letting the cattle eat what they will, and the rest go for lit ter. This will keep down the weeds and bushes, and cost nothing. Ifully endorse what MT. Hart has said about the value of muck. consider it worthless only as an absorbent.
 I have paid out in cash, so far, for the 20 acres, $2S2 beside board, tools and other necessary expenses; and I feel abun- dantly satisfied. Had the swamp been back of my barn, it would have remained swamp during my life time.
 Bethlehem, Ct, l.. F. ScoTT.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08
Naugatuck Railroad.

OHf fo"n. s%S after ''n 2''' lS'2 trains will run a" GOING EOKrH-LEAVE BRIDGEPORT. 7.l5 A. M.-Milk train forWinsted with passenger
 car attached, connecting at Water
 barry with train from Hartford.
 Leave Litchfeld 1l.32. 10.16 A. M.-F"r Winsted, connecting with the
 500 a. m. train from New York and with Ibe 10.l0 a. m train from New
 Haven.
 Leave Litchlield I248p m. II % A. M.-Freight train for Wlnsted.
 Leave LitcIfield 4J0 D. m. 5.GG r. M.-F"r Minsted, connecting wilh the %
 D. m. train from New Yerk and the
 5O0p, In. from New Haven, and at
 Waterbury with train from Hartford. Leave Litchfeld 7,39.
 GOING SOUTH LEAVE TWISTED. 7.30 A. NJ. For Bridgeport, New York, and New
 Haven, connecting at AnsoEia with
 train for New Haven in time to
 connect with train via Shore Line for
 New London and Providence.
 Leave I.itclfcld 8.02 53O A. M.-Freight train for Bridgeport, con-
 meeting at Waterbury for Hartford. Leave Litchfield 6.3S. l62 P, M.--F"r Bridgeport, N. Y., and N. H.. con-
 meeting at Waterbury with train for
 Hartford.
 Leave Iitchtield 2.2G. 4.00n. M.-Milk train with passenger car attached
 connecting at Bridgeport for New
 York. and AnsOnia for New Haven.
 Leave Idtchfield 4.5O.
 On Saturday nights, an additional Train with passengar oar, will Ioavo Bridgeport for Wfnsted at $40 P. M.
 wATERT0WN 4 WATERBURY +. R. Trains leave Watertown at 7SO A. M., and 2. 40 P. M., connecting with passenger trains to New York. Returning leave Waterbury 400 N., and 6.55 P. M.,on arrival of passenger trains from Bridgeport. AWoodbury Stage arrives to connect at Seymour with the 730 4. N. Train down from Ninsted, and at WstertOwn with 7.90 A. N. Train, and leturn on arrival of tue 10. l6 A. N. from bridgeport. The Stage from New Hartford, Otis, Colsbrook, Harrington, Sandisiieid. arrives to connect with the l.53 P. N. Train down from Ninsiel, and re- turus on the arrival of the 1916 4. M- Train up from Bridgeport.
 The Stage for Litchfeld leaves Litchhold Sta ton the arrival of the O16 A. M and O6 P. N. Trains from Bridgeport. The Stage for Marvin ton leaves Litchfield Station the arrival of the 10.I6 A. NJ. Train from Bridgeport. The Stage for Bethlehem and Morris leaves Wateftown on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur- days. f=sr. Smiths Stage for Middlebury leaves Waterbury Mondays, Wednesdays. and Fridays, on the arri- val of the lO.16 A. M. Train up fr0m Bridgeport. The Stage for Goshen leaves W0icDttyll on ar rival of the 10.1e A. N. Train from Bridgeport. A Discount of cents made to Passengers par. chasing Tickets at the Office. GEO. w. BEACH, Superintendent. Bridgeport. Jan. 29th, 1872.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08
BRIDGEwATRR Jan. Roth 1S7

BRIDGEWATER, Jan. 30th, 1872. -
 MIR. EDITOR: Perhaps few items from our quiet town will interest your readers. Nearly one hundred thousand dollars worth of tobacco has been raised here the past year affording employment for many; and, in fact, since the railroad has passed by on the other side, 40 other paying business is left us H It is rather aggravating to hear the 1 whistles both east and west of us; but still it does not embitter our feelings to such a degree that we cannot rejoice with Litch- field and other towns, through which the road passes. .--
 At present we are receiving 8 visit from the Humps. There are more than fifty cases in our district, It is surprising how many there are who have not had this disease. @ f...r.. z.
 Thieves passed through our village on
 the night of the 26th, ult taking posses
 sion of horse belonging to H. B. Young; robes and blankets from G. Sanford, to the value of forty dollars; a robe from W.
 Randall; blanket from c. H. Sanford,
 and robe and blanket from E. Sturde- want. No efforts have been made for the
 recovery of the stolen articles
 Services are held in both churches eye " Sabbath. The Episcopallana are sup piled by ". B. galhurn, LL D. The Congregational church is supplied by can-
 didates. @ H. a-.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08

4 Model LOc0notiVe. e.--While on the Housatonic road a few days since, our att tentlon was directed to Q peculiar looking object attached to passenger car on the Danbury road. It had the appearance of huge dry goods box, perhaps 10 feet square, which was perched on four crdi- nary car wheels, to two of which was at tached Q piston-rod. These tive thus rio ged, performed the duties of s'drivino wheels. In the center of the top of this uncouth box, 8 six inch stove pipe loomed majestically heavenward. On each end was attached q "cow-catcher," and A re- versible head light tied on with ropes adorned that part of the concern headed toward Danbury. This we understand is the entirG passenger locomotive power of the Danbury railroad, which is said to be 1-2 miles long. The company attempt to dignity this box by the appsllation of dummy engine" but this scheme is too thin. A genuine, natural born dummy engine, would look down upon such car feature as that, as stork would gaze on Q turkey buxzard. .-Danbs@y NeaOs. The tobacco crop of the year in the Connecticut Valley has been a most re- markable one. The raiseSs have discover ed that stable manure is the best fertiIi- ger. The result is that this article has been in demand, and instead of being sold, as 1t used to be for fifty cents . load, it now brings $10 and $14 cord. It is brought in large quantities from out oi the State, The prices obtained have been enormous. One purchase has been made
 this week of three eases of East Hartford
 leaf at 55 cents. Three acres of Newing- ton were bought at 37. One purchase has
 been made this week of case and . haii l of East Hartford 60 at SO cents. Une
 man has just sold the product of seven T and half acres for over $12, OOO dars-
 ford county alone raised $4, OOO,OOO worth
 in 1871.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08
New Haven and nd Derby y..l] Railroad.
 

--g fA8MA- lsISSz&s sss.SEGXE.1s nN and aftei "Wednesday, Sept. 2!, is7t, tFains O will run as follows:
 # af LEAVE NEW HAVEN AT
 .0710 A. M., arriving at Ansonia at S.O9 A. M. ] 10. 10 l. M., arriving at Ansonia at II .00 A. M.
 2.50 r. M., arriving at Ansonia at 3 40P, M.
 5.05 P. M., arriving 3t Ansonia at 5.55 P. M.
 6.s0 P. M., arriving at AHsonia at 7.20 P. M. 's.t2 LEAVE ANs0NfA AT @ TOO A. M., arriving at New Haven at F,4S 4. IT
 9.05 4. M., arriving at New Haven at $50 4. M. el.A6P. M., arriving at New Haven ct 2.85 F. M. o5 r. M., arriving at New Haven st 4.5O P. If. Goo F. M., arriving at New Haven at 7,55 F. M Passengers are delivered at Ansonia to all pas- senger trains moving Northwarl, and are received from sil passenger trains moving Southward. on the Nangatuck Railroad. 7IT'f f9 nUonnectuns are made at New Haven with inc principal trains on the ether roads arriving at or departing from lhe New Haven passenger sta ton Tickets sold by the conductor on the trains. I2i-tf E. $. lUtNTARD Snr,t
 New Haven, Sept. %, 1871. 1'7'E "f''!F '! ' <
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08
SHORTEST, AND .QUICKE EST ROUTE
 TO ALBANY, TROY AND ...-.- THE WEST.
HousatOnic Railroad. WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

D On and after Nov. 9th, 1871, Passenger Trains will run as follows: @--
 f4s5 I LEAVE BRIDGEPORT. On arrival of Trains from New York and New Ha-
 ven and Hartford.
 1030 A. M.--For Pittsfield. connecting at Brook t.t...... field Junction with train for Danbury;
 also connecting at Van Deusenville -l with train for Albany.
 , 40 r. M.-For Pittsfeld.
 LEAVE PITTSFIELD.
 On arrival If Trains iron, North Adams and B. X .t+ A L5Es GGa A. Railroad. 9.00 A. M.-For Bridgeport, New York, New Ha-
 ven and Hartfogd. connecting at
 Brooktieid Junction wlth train for .- 5,-tH Danbnry; also atVan DeusenSiile with train for Albany. -t.. 235 P. M.-For Bridgeport and Now York by
 Rail or Steamboat, and train for New 4,--.ag '- Haven and hartford. .'.s-t Sunday Milk leaves htttsfield at 2:s0 p. m lat a.t ..@ STAGEs. .sa Connect with lo.So q. m. train from Bridgeport. and a. M. train down from lttstield, as At Stepney for M,a,ras, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. .s.z.s.ss s-e#s.-.rrss .,-f -''f At Newt0wn for woodbury, SoutLhary, and South Britain daily. For SouthvilIc, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. ~ & I5 E.1' At New Milford for Park Lane, Worthwhile, Mar bledale, New Preston Warren, Washington, Bridge watev. Ghalybes and Roxbnry daily. For sherman Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. For Wood. vile, Bantam Falls sad Iitchheld, Mondays. Wed nesdays and Fridays. ~ s{ .ss At Cornwall Bridge for LltchReid Cornwall, ,2Iil- ton, Ellsworth and Sharon daily. atl3 At West Cornwall for Goshen, West Goshen North Cornwah and Colds Mills, daily.
 At Falls Village for Lime Rock Salisbury, Lake vile, Orc Hill aud Millerton daily. At Canaan for East Canaan, Norfolk, Winsted, and Mill Brook daily, At Harrington fnF New Marlborough, HartsyiIle, and Mill River. daily. Monterey Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays.
 At Lee for Otis, New Boston, eanaisGela and Tyringham daily. fgt4.#.z s5 At Pittsfeld for Lanesboro and Hancock daily A discount of 5c. fIom each fare made to them purchasing tickets li93 25tf H. w. FRANKLIN. SuUt.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08
SHEPAUG VALLEY RAILROADi

ON and after Thursday, Jan. %, 1872, trains
 ' will run as follows:
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08

Kenney's Stage from the Naugatuck Railroad will connect with the 830 A. M. train from Litch- field. F.W. NORTHROP, superintendent
 LitchfeId, Jan. 24, 1872. 42tf
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08
0bt Gild)ht!o Guquirer, C. 4. HICK0X, Editor < Proprietor,
 uTcHFlELD, CONN.
sFERMS:
lscription, per annuno.

Aay subscriber wishing his paper stopped with ths expiration of his subscription, should notify Rs at tlae time of subscribing or before the term pad for expires. Any subscriber in arrears de- .1E1ng t0 stop his paper must pay up arrears.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08
COUNTY coRREsponDEncE.
The following letters arrived too late for publication, last week: F, rsss --r- ----= .-as= FaIis Village.


 Little has transpired, this week, worthy worthy of publication. ....-..., ....,. Our Barber Shop lived but a short time. ''Going out of the business" was the an- swer of the Knight of the Razor to all questions put him, and now he goes ska ting and enjoys life. .....-
 A society for social improvement is on foot, and we think that it $ worthy of consideration as it is an an anti-drinking affair. The Canaan Good Samaritan society fourishes successfully. Onlya few weeks ago they had but eighty members; now they number over two hundred and we notice marked change in both young and old ts
 The singing aeAeeis progress finely under the oaFefel supervision of Mir. Jo- seph hrinton, undoubtedly they could give a concert at the close of the series of lessons. Dor.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-12-13
AGRICULTURE AND CIvILIZA-
TT0N

This subject, says the New York
Mercantile Journal, was the theme
of recent discussion ia the n. Y.
Liberal Club. The lecturer and
several speakers took the ground
that civilization tends to disappear
from a country in the ratio of the
decrease in the fertility of the soil.
IF such be the fact there are mark
ed exceptions to this rule. Neither
Greece nor Rome, at the height OF
their prosperity, could feed their
population from their own soil. The
experience of England and Holland
has been much the same and the
continuance of the insufEiciency of
the fertility even its increase-has
repeatedly coexisted with steady
increase Of civilization.
How is this to be accounted for !
Simply by the development OF com
merce, by which the need for food in
one community is balanced by the
need for that community's products
ia another, and both are satisfied
Without commerce, agriculture is o
mere scratching of the soil for tenn
porary subsistence. Without trans
portation and exchange, there Is
small inducement to pay attention to
the soil.
Now, where commerce is preyed
on by robbers, official or otherwise,
it may struggle into existence; but
it only Aourishes in the air of liberty;
Where commerce is fettered, and
where the peasant is liable to have
the yield of his toll torn from him by
violence, he has little inducement to
save and as the conviction of the
uncertainty of keeping his boards
forces itself on his mind, his tillagc
becomes a mere hand-to,mouth cuI-
ture of the ground. He cares not to
fertilize, to drain, to subsOil for the
fertility of his land would be a cause
for taking it from him or compelling
him to pay more for its peaceful pos
session. Slave titled lands are soon
exhausted the slave cares nothing
for improvement in agriculture, and
nothing about waste. Nor is his in :
telligence generally equal to the task
of avoiding the latter. Emigration
took place from both New England
and Virginia before the late civil
war. New England's soil was
not exhausted, while the exhaustion
of Virginia was proverbial. Tyran--
ny and oppression is the principal
cause of the decline of both fertility
and civilization.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-12-13
CONGRESSIONAL.

WAsHINGToS, Dec. Gin the
House, Harris, of Virginia, intro
duced a bill paying for all property
destroyed during the rebellion by
authority of the United States.
Morey, of Louisiana, offered a
resolution inquiring into the Proba-
BILE cost of the canal from near the
mouth of the Mississippi river to the
water in the Gulf Of Mexico.
Adopted.
The following resolution was
adopted in the Senate:
Resolved, That the Committee on
Finance be instructed, in view of
what legislation is necessary to re-
lieve the present s,ringency of the
money market, the propriety Of pro-
viding for an addition issue of legal
tender, notes and all matters con-
nectcd Herewith, and report by bill
or otherwise at as early day as
practicable.