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moneys ought to be promptly investigated and severely punished without fear Gr

moneys ought to be promptly investigated and severely punished without fear 0f favor. .i s.I.-if. sxssIs ssFf fego sfo 8st rgss i That we expect of our State legislators 1 and stale officers the strictest integrity and economy; the largest possible relief from tine burden of taxation; the ma1ntea nance of public education; the preserya- tion of the purity and freedom of the bal lot box; the continuance of such registra- tion laws as shall invite all who are entiil- ed to the precious right of suffrage to par tlclpation Ill it, and shall at the same time exclude all fraudulent voting, that the ses- sions of our General Assembly should be short, and it's legislative acts few and gen eral; that i'll making judicial and other Legislative appointments, character and capacity should be the only qualifications considered, and that all bargains and trades for these appointments are abusive of the health of the commonwealth and destructive of the interests of the people. That the rightfull interests of labor. in view of the present condition of the in- dustrial classes, and their relations of capital and to the great corporations of the country, demand the careful solicitude and attention of the legislature, that we recognize the wisdom and necessity of obtaining reliable statistics and informa- tion in regard to condition of the labor Ing classes upon which to base proper leg lslatlon; and we believe that an important and non-partisan bureau for this purpose IS demanded alike by humanity and the best interests of the state. n
 That the questions whether or not a convention ought to be called to revise our present State Constitution should be submitted by the general assembly to the people of the State for their decision.
 With these declarations we present to the people of Connecticut the names of the Hon. Henry B. Harrison for Governor and of his associates on the ticket for their several offices with pride and confi- dence, believing their well=known charact- CT IS guaranty of their faithful perfor- nance of the trusts which we feel assurAd. will be committed to then'
 Tbaro .-, aulscussion about fhe conven- tion resolution .but on being assured that MT. Harrison desired it's adoption, it was not struck out and the resolutions were adopted as reported.
 A State Central Committee was then appointed with the following names from this county:-Rufus Cleveland, of Bark hamsted; Wm. Smith, of Woodbury; Wm. B. Rudd, of Salisbury r+.. |
 A telegram accepting the nomination was received from Mr. Harrison and the convention adjourned. .....
 At subsequent meeting of the State Central Committee Joseph E. Selden of Norwich was reelected chairman.
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 | SHARP PRACTICE IN NEwTowN.-New- town has had @ democratic government for so long time that when by some dis affection a republican was elected upon the board of seleetmen year ago last fall everybody was profoundly surprised. The 1 officer thus elected has exercised such | control over the town affairs as to reduce l the expenditures amazingly, insomuch that the people called in question the | honesty of former boards and in town meeting assembled, they voted last Sep tember 10 appoint Messrs. H. s. Peck of Brookfeld, Henry Beard of Bethel, and Elisha Wheeler of Southbury commit tee to audit the town accounts of the last twelve years. This caused stir in the democratic camp. The committee waited until Jan. 14th before commencing their work, and even then the treasurer, D. H. Johnson, did not have the books in order, and has since become insane. Still the auditing could not be staved off except by some bold measure. On the 31st ult there was a special town meeting, for which no warning had been posted, at tended by 27 voters out of 75O voters in the town, at which in five minutes reso- lution was put through unanimously re- scinding the action of the former meeting appointing the auditing board. Thelead- CT in this cooked-up affair was an ex-se- lectman, who probably has much to fear from an exposure of the town business, and those in attendance had apparently been privately warned to be on hand. This is about the most impudent move ment that the democrats of Connecticut have been guilty of in late years. It seems to be wholly indefensible and will furnish the party papers with as good text as the District of Columbia affairs" for them to plume their quills upon.
 A philosophical Danbury clerk, being out of job, took up with an offer from a farmer on Thursday. The first night on the farm he slept so soundly that the call before daylight. with subsequent rap pings on his door, failed to arouse him. About 10 o'clock he came lounging down stairs, when the disgusted farmer sarcas- tically enquired: "Won't you have & glass of wine?' ''No, thank you," was the yawning reply; q never take any thing so early in the day" The agricul- turist tainted.
 De Quincy somewhere tells an anecdote of a man who, on being threatened with ,lt aQaault hv oiOhfoop foiloro nria1 nrk
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-02-19
Farmers and Gardeners! 1!

DOmOIC YOuT crops
 By using Amoniated Super Phosphate of Lime prepared by an association of Farmers, and the very best in the market and the lowest price ac- cording to it's worth as analysed by Professor l bushel equal to 20 bushels of Leached Ashes. For sale by, ...s
 SAMUEL CLOCK, Agent. Analysis of l6 different kinds to be examined by all that wish to know whlt they buy. 4f
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-02-19

De Quincy somewhere tells an anecdote of man who, on being threatened with assault by eighteen tailors, cried out, "Come on, both of you"
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FARM FOR SALEl

HE undersigned will sell his farm. situated about 2l miles from Court House. containing about l5o acres of good land suitably divided in- to wood, piow, pasture and meadow, we'll water cd. The buildings are all in good repair. Also the rgat 70 the use of saw mill will be sold with the place if desired " Y TT
 Mtchfeld, Feb 18th, 1873. 45-tf.
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H cavalry officer whose drinking powers and bravery have been immortalzed by the war rior-poet, Denis Davidotf, temp. Alexander D. -'Tr
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She EitfbhelS er,quirer, t. l. HICkOX, Editor < Proprietor
 LITCHFlElD; CONN.
TERMS:

SuoscTiption, per annun
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AHE ssahssszI.ssr zlshing has paper stopped with ,At srz-ss7 of lzRs subscription should notify Ha .z sAas tSz4S Og sascTIhlng. before the term AA4 fE sxEE-sS- Amy subscriber in arrears de- 'E-1a4s ss ssaP k5s ssaPeE must pay up arrears
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THE DIFFERENcE.-We merely ask if this isn't about so. When two young ladies meet they kiss and shake hands,
 and one of them says: ''Why, Lucy, how do you do? havn't seen you for an age.
 Where have. you kept yourself lately? Lucy explains where she had sskept him sell" and then an animated discussion ensues as to what they are going to wear the coming New Year, and how they are going to have it trimmed, etc., which by an easy and natural transition leads into protracted conversation about what peo- pie wore at church last Sunday, and how
 they were dressed. Finally, at the end oi half an hour they make move to start.
 "Well, I've got lots of shopping to do, so suppose must be going. Now you be sure and come and see me, won't you? ] shan't like it a bit if you stay away so long
 again. :" ''Well, I've heen so busy, you
 know, but I'll try and call in some time next week; and you must come up and see
 me too. sThank ydu, Twill. Good bye "Good bye" An hour later the. brothers
 of these young ladies pass each other in
 nearly the same place. 'sHolloa, Jimla s.Holloa, JoeP ssCold, ain't itl' C'fect!' Comment is unnecessary. Y sas rc aei
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LILCHFIELD. February 9. 1874.


 ruary 9th, a party of more than forty friends and neighbors were gathered at the home of MT. and Mrs. Milo Beach. Although they came down ''like the wolf on the fold" yet their visit was not unex- pected, and if any were chilled when they arrived. am sure their hearts must have been warmed and gladdened, by the cor dial welcome winch they received. The time was passed in conversation and vari- ous games, and enlivened by music's sweet est measure. The hours vanished like 8 fairy dream. We ''took no note of time.'' At last an aching void within urged us to do our duty, and the savory smell of oys- ters, sweet as the rose of Sharon, was not to be resisted. The spirit was willing, and the oysters weak, and soon the latter were falling on every side, together with snowy cake we'll fitted to cheer the eye and grat- | ify the taste. According to custom the first table was for the staid and so- Der, who are bound in the chains of mat rimony; and the second for the youths and maidens who have not yet embarked up- on the matrimonial sea. After supper the young people mingled in the fairy mazes | of the dance; guided and animated by the sweet music of Mr. Almon J. Beach. Gen. sure them not. Dancing is of ancient and honorable origin. The best and wisest of all ages have approved it, and surely, if it is conducted aright. we cannot do better than occasionally to follow their example. The party dispersed not till an- other day had begun her reign, feeling that the evening would finger long in their memories and hoping that the bright vis- ions of the present may be fulfilled in the 1 future ... TO MIR. AND MRS. BEACH. .. Wintry winds are loudly blowing, l Nature wears a robe of gray; | Yet our friendship, ever flowing, | Blooms as bright as flowers of May. Friendships joys smiling 1 Frost nor cold can never chill; l Till lifes last hour beguilidg, They're prized and cherished still. | Friendship seeks not rank nor atation, | Place nor power its homage owns; 1 And the fairest since creation, t.est Flourished not, meath crowns and thrones. l And thy friends happy greeting, @ 1 Gladly give to thee and thine; f 5-zs l May the future, ever heeting
 1 Bright with many blessing shine. May thy life be long and pleasant. | May thy path be strewed with flowers; 1 Cherish time, improve the present, l For the future is not ours.
 | Where true friendship yields it's sweetness. 1 Where the light of love expands; 1 Dwells all beauty, all completeness, All the wealth of Eastern lands. 4-s as+st- J5t st-5 zsts1' lali la4 si5zs If our love fulfIls our duty, l If we love the true alone; +--7
 Then shall life be full of beauty,., ,.,eas l We shall win the magic stone. | vrE 17gf9 a2Aillf e|3 cosMo
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-01
GAS.
Centenary of the Birth of Chemistry.

centenary Oh the Birth Of Chemistry.
NORTHUMBERLAND. July 3l.-This
usually quiet town was astir to-day with
representatives to the convention. called on
the one hundredth anniversary Of the dis
coyery Of oxygen by Jos. Priestly, whose re-
mains lie here. The following cable tele-
gram was read:
To the American chemists assembled at
Northumberland: Our marble statue rep
resenting Priestly discovering oxygen will
be unveiled tomorrow. II was presented
by the subscribers through Prof. Huxley TO
the town and accepted 10y the Mayor. We
greet you as colleagues in hOnOring the
memory of great and good man.
THE PRIEsTLY MEMORIAL Committee.
OF BIRMINGHAM, Eng.
The following is the telegram sent TO
England:
The brother chemists at the grave OF
their brother at the home of PrieStly send
greeting on this centennial of the birth Of
chemistry.
This afternoon the grave of Priestly was
visited by at least five hundred persons.
including many ladies, who repaired to the
cemetery which is located on the outskirts
of the town, where they listened to a beau
tiful address by Prof. Henry Copper. This
evening the hall was filled to listen to Prof.
J. Lawrence Smith, of Louisville. Ky.,
who, taking as the subject a century pro-
greSs in industrial chemistry, gave a full
review of the effect of chemistry upon the
industry of the world for the past one
hundred years, making it really the science
of the 18th century; in doing this the adj
vantages of soda, sulphur acid, chlorine, coal.
etc, were shown as marked examples of the
benefit reaped from the labors and free will
offerings Of chemistry. The meeting ad-
iOurned till tomorrow.
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THAT MYSTERY.
One of the Parties Committed TO Jail.

Ouc VI NiaC 10 jail.
Knoxville Chronicle, July %.
The mystery spoken of in yesterdays
issue in regard to the HObbing and probable
murder Of youth near Ebenezer's station
has to some extent been cleared up, and one
of the prisoners now rests in the Knoxville
Jail. George Thomas, the old man. had
hearing on Tuesday before Justices Ven
It's and MabTy, at which trial il was proven
that the boy had been seen after he
had been with Thomas and Barlow,
and that he complained Of the treatment he
received at their hands, they having robbed
him of his clothing and shoes. The boy.
so far, has not been found, nor is it known
where he is at present. He stated to some
parties that he had been working above
here, and was on his way to Nashville,
where he says his mother lives. At Bris-
tol he received some money, but not
enOughtO pay his railroad fare to Nashville,
and so he concluded TO foot it, and
save the money and pay his expenses.
The boy being described, some
ofEsquire Mabry's hands testified to having
seen him on that Tuesday evening. The
justices bound Thomas over to court in the
sum Of $500, and rs he failed to give secu-
Tity, he was lodged in the Knoxville jail.
1t is claimed by his neighbors that he is a
bad man, and always possesses a number
Of fine horses and cattle, but was never
known to work.
Barlow, the other prisoner mentioned,
had hearing yesterday, and was released,
it being proven that he had been led off by
Thomas, who seems to be the real criminal.
His neighbOrs say that the worst that can
be said of Barlow is that he has been keep
ing bad company lately. He has been liv-
ing in the same house with Thomas, and
not as we stated some distance from there,
hence they have been in each others COM
pany considerably of late.
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teach Barbara to begin her love where
mine now Is. Icannot CONCEIVE a sweet,
or future for Barbara than talth19l
Iovs : To-day a new mysterl-
ons feeling came over me, which L never
G.f,ra Affected kind of awe, or
waitino or listening to learn what 6od
will do for me, and an agony OF fear
Iss+ bv reason of my unwOrthIness L
should fail to receive his blessing.
sIS55. How l re1olce III
INV husbands love. / am kept IN hu-
INITIATION by it. The chords OF my
beart are set to the harmony OF love for
+bis heroic man. Oh, that the flame
NAV always burn, so that he shall new
OPP live TO see it IN my checks, eyes ana
soul. l.
1855. Rodney is right when he
calls me a dreamer. To dream is 10
charm away care. My little chapel Is
NV dream land. = Oh the
mystical union Of the soul with heaven!
ysIo57 l love to read Rod
nav's letters to me over and over. Is
tbere ANYTHING sweeter than old love
Letters. which, when read again IN after
wears, find all their prophecies fulfilling
IN the actual love which they hrSt pre-
dieted only in fancy and hope, -.
1859. Once again l mwntng TINS
endless journal But what can |
wrife9 Nothing, save my loye-lts
beiobts and depths. 1t absorbs me
- . - l am conscious
~ three lets to the fountain OF my
soul-my child, my husband, and my
Heavenly Father. Oh, so much Iove
sometimes makes me trem6ie and weep
nv heart breaks with afullness which
If cannot contain.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-01
LOUISIANA.
Horrible Outrage and Swift Retrfbu.
ton - Action Of TaN-Payers in
NafehifOeheS.

Horrible Outrage and swift Retrfbu.
ton - Action OF TaN-Payers in
NatehitOehes.
SHREVEPORT, July 3l.-A report of a
terrible outrage and swift retribution reach
ed the city tonight. The facts as far as
ascertained are as follows: y widow named
Sias resides with Ter fOurteen-year-old
daughter in DeSOta parish, near the Caddo
line. At q o'clock last evening a negro
named March entered the house during the
absence of the mother, Oyerpowered the
daughter, carried her to the woods.
and outraged her. After returning
TO consciousness, the girl gave
the alarm, and a mounted parted started in
pursuit of the negro, patroling the roads in
the neighborhOOd. March was captured at
g O'Clock this morning, near the scene Of the
outrage, and hung on the CaddO side of
Cypress Bayou.
New ORLEANS, July 3I.-The Times
Natchitoches correspondence reports that
the white taxpayers of that parish, num-
bering 700, met in convention on the 9th
and demanded the resignation of the dis
trict and parish judges, tax collector and
parish attorney. The two judges had left
the parish, and the demand was not COM
piled with. The tax collector and attorney
resigned. All quiet, and no violence is APP
pretended.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-01
ESTABLISHED MARCH 80, 1886
WASHINGTON.
Redemption Of Rona..

WASHINGTON, DULY 3i.-The following
viii be issued from the Treasury tomorrow:
BY virtue Of authority given by act of
Congress, approved July II, 1870, entitled
an act TO authorize the refunding of the
national debt, hereby give notice that the
principal and accrued interest of the bonds
hereinbelow designated, as follows. Bonds
known as $50 bends. will be paid
at the Treasury Of the United
States in the city of Washington, on and
after the 1st Of November, 1874, and that
Interest on said bonds will cease on that
date; that is to say, coupon bonds known
as the third series, act of Feb. %, 1862,
dated May /, 1862; coupon bonds, $50, Nos.
12,2Ol to 1880, both inclusive; $40, Nos.
3S,2Ol, TO 45, 100, both inclusive; 500, Nos.
19,4O1 To 2S,700, both inclusive; $1,000,
Nos. 1901 to 1920, both inclusive; total.
S2,OOO,OOO. Registered bonds, $50, Nos.
,461 to 1,750, both inclusive; 500, Nos.
1O,7O1 to 1890, both inclusive; $500, Nos.
6,4Ol to 1900, both inclusive, $1,000, Nos.
26, l6T to 3l,6O9, both inclusive; 5000,
Nos. S,304 to 8, 500, both inclusive; $4,000,
Nos. l0,51S to 1l,750, both inclusive; total,
$5,OOO,OO0; grand total, s25,OOO,OOO. The
interest due on Nov. l on the registered
bonds embraced in the call will be paid
with the principal of the bonds.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-01
KANSAS.
Two Pests.

ST. LOUIS, July 31.-The Democrats
RdHSas City special says, a Vigilance
Committee Of about one hundred men have
been formed at Wellington and other
points in Kansas for hanging horse thieves.
Three men named HasbroOk, Bill Book
and Charlie Smith were hung near We'll
ling;On last night, and made confessions
involving twenty other parties. ....-.
A great many grasshOppers have appear
ed in Western aud Southwestern Kansas
and are destroying all before them in the
way of crops. Much damage and distress is
apnrehended.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-01
TILTON'S PEN.PORTRAIT OF HIS
WIFE
New York World.


New York World.
In Mr.. TiltOn's cross examination,
allusion is made by him in one of his
answers to the fact that the character
of Mary Vail, in his novel of Tempest
Tossed" was modelled after his wife,
and that the extracts from May Walls
journal contained in chapter TX, were
in point Of fact excerpts from letters
and memoranda actually written
by Mrs. Ti.ton. The book it.
self is romance, and pre-
sents the picture of a small,
loving family, by a strange chance left
to live for many years upon a vessel
stranded in mid ocean, and IN the
character of Mary Vail portrays the
pure devotion, the self-sacrifce and
the gentle heroism of a fond wife and
mother, whose sensitive nature finds its
fullest Joy in living allfor love. In the
Introductory passages of chapter TX,
which contained the extracts men,
toned, the author says of Mary Vail
that
Living habitually in the inner, not
in the outer world, she was a mystic
dreamer. Her true life was IN her af-
fections and meditatiOns. Exterior
things were important to her only as
they ministered to those innermOst and
passionless passions. Devoted to the
Puritan faith, she had long ago appro-
priated state-roOm No. that number
being, as she thought, mystical and
hallowed-for a clOister, a chapel, a
Gethsemane, to which she habitually
resorted alone, and In which, after
closing and locking the door behind
her, she bent her knee, and, with low,
murmuring voice, prayed. . :
Dwelling within herself, the warp and
wool Of this inward life, as she wOve it
into / er journal, consisted of three
threads-wifely love, maternal solicit
tude, and religious devotion"
After thus sketching the character
of Mary Vail, the author fills the re-
mainder of the chapter with extracts
from her journal, one only being Sc
lected from the record Of each year.
From these the following selections are
made:
"I84s. s. My babe fills me
with mystery and gratitude. / dare
hardly speak my feelings aloud. l am
so grateful. 1 never felt so like pond
ering and keeping all my thoughts con-
corning the high calling of motherhood
as now. / say little but to God
1850. Strange that l bear my bOdy's
pains better than my souls joys. Why
is it that great love, great warnings,
great emotion of any pleasing and
ecstatic kind, even the furthestremOved
from grief and distress, should make
me suffer? My kisses on Barbara's
cheek, my love, my prayers, these,
although they are the very chiefest de-
lights of which my sad life iseompOsed,
nevertheless all go quivering through
me so as to make me suffer rather than
enjoy. What is suffering but painful
joyf
man so absorbs woman's thought and
life? How beautiful is ROdney's ma
ture! How grand his resoureesL If he
were among men, he might prove his
genius and power; but how could the
world, even If be was in It, ever know
his purity and tenderness: These are
known only to God-and 10 me. MY
beloved is mine, and l am his
! 1854. . If I live shall
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WHY EARS SHOULD NOT BE BON
ED.

In Physiology for Practical Use, we ma
the following: There are several things
verv commonly done which are extremely
e-|i.. ,-,oidad And first,
cbiIdren's ears ought never to be box
oil we have seen that the passage OF
the ear is closed by 4 thin membrane,
especially that adapted to be inhu-
enced by every impulse Of the air, and
will nothing but the air to support II IN
fsrnaIIv. What. then, can be more likely
10 iniure this membrane than a sudden and
forcible compression Of the air in front OF
IN If any one designed to break or over
stretch the membrane he could scarcely de-
wise a more efficient means than to bring
the hand suddenly and foreibly do"n upon
the passage Of the ear, thus driving the ar
violeptly before il, with no possibility Tor
its escape but by the membrane giving way
Many children are made deaf by boxes on
the ear in this way"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-01
MONTGOMERY.
Platform of the Alabama Demoerae,


MONTGOMERY, ALA. July 31.-The
Democratic State Convention adjourned
this morning. d. i. Lewis and W. IL.
Forney are candidates for COngreSsmen-at-
Large. The resolutions pronounce that
the action OF the Radical portion of the
Republican party necessitate a union of
the white people in self-defence; acknOwl-
edge the rights Of all classes under the con-
stitUtiOn and laws, but reject social union
and equality as a dangerous invasion of the
Conservative principles of free government
and a palpable violation Ofthe constitution,
and view with adherence the attempt TO
take possession Of the schools, colleges,
churches. hotels, railroads, steamboats,,
theatres, etc, for the purpose of establish
ing negro equality; invite white immigTa-
ton, urge the enactment Of laws to secure
the wages to employees Of railroad compa-
MES. and pledge economy in the State gov
eminent, and tie payment Of every dollar
justly owing by the State when it is able
TO do so.