Litchfield enquirer., 1872-09-12
MAIN E..

Liberal Repub1icanism has met another serious rebuff, in Maine. The contest has been exactly opposite in character to the quiet canvass in Vermont, yet the result is substantially the same. There has been a slight falling of in the Republican vote from that in 1868, but no perceptible in- crease of the Democratic. The Republi- can decrease is accounted for by opposi- ton to the cider law and other local caus- es. The failure of Liberal Republication to increase the Democratic vote of '68 is 8 significant proof of the weakness of that movement.
 This result is not only great blow but great surprise to the Greeley party. MT. Kimball, their candidate for Governor, wrote MT. Schell, on the 9th, a letter pub lished in Mondays Tribune, in which he says, ''Our opponents claim majority of It. 900 votes, but I do not think they ex- pect to get more than from {, 1000 to 10, 900, and they cannot expect that unless they think they can reclaim many who have openly declared against them" The re- suit shows how accurate the Republican canvass proved to be, and how greatly the Liberals over-estimated their strength.
 The September elections certainly indi- cate another Republican sweep in Novem- Der. They prove, to all reasonable men, that Greeley cannot carry single New England State, except perhaps Connecti- cut; and unless his party does vastly bet, ter in October than it has done in Sep. tember, he has no chance even for Con necticut. New England proves true as steel to the Party of Progress; those who expect anything different of the Great West have another great disappointment in store. a-s a
 The New York Observer, under it's head ing Insurance Department" publishes what purports to be an extract from the Hartford Courant, stating, that, particles of matter were found attached to. the knife of Capt. Colvocoresses, some of which were sent to Prof. Barker of New Haven for examination; and adds that "the spec imen which the Professor pronounced tc be leather, corresponds with the materi al of which the satchel is made" The inference the writer of that article would have others draw therefrom, is, that the Captain cutopen his own satchel But il happens that the specimen which the pro lessor pronounces to be leather, was no found on the knife at all, but was cut from the leather bag by the police officers of Bridgeport. and the chief of Police knows it to be so; while the particles or the knife, the professor says were clearl. vegetable, and yet the falsehood and others equally atrocious, have been carefully cir culated. This is specimen of the fair ness of the agents of the Life Insurance Companies, who, it is said,. are spendinl large sums to subsidize newspapers, ant to prejudice the public mind, at the ex pense of truth, the fair fame of the Gap tain, and to the unspeakable distsess O
 
 his widow and children, and many warn friends. An opportunity will probabl. occur, ere long. to disclose the truth, and exposs the Captains detractors. *
 An investigation is being made into tn tMetis disaster which shows bad man agement on the part of the officers of tha vessel. After the collision, another steam CT offered assistance, hasty examination of the Metis was made, disclosing no in iuries, and the profer of assistance wa declined. The steamer went On, and wa out of reach when the serious nature o | the Metis' injuries were discovered. Whei the vessel was found to be sinking, tn launching of the boats was very badl, managed; three were upset, and fourtl went of with only an officer and a fev seamen. A ife.raft was not used at all ! It seems that the Metis was constructed with water-tight compartments, but so i'm perfectly that the water broke througl into the compartment where the machiner, was placed. Altogether the investigation discloses insufficient means of protecting the lives of passengers, inexcpsable care lessnass in allowing steamer that coult have saved all to go away under the sup position that the collision had occasione' mo serious injury, and failure afterward toI maee the most even of the insuAacien means of escape at their command. Tn total loss of lifs was about forty.