The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-08-29

fortnighs's wear the purchaser finds his blue
coat has assumed the color of q muddy clar-
ct. By the application Of vinegar the quality
OF the dye Is readily discovered.
HAvERHILL, July 26.--For number of
| Gays past, wild man has been heard of in
tlcwo0ds of this town. who always fed when
discovered. The peOfle, supposing it was
Mr.. Frlnfs, made hunting party, and, with
great exertiOns, caught him on Tuesday,
Their surprise was great to End that he was
not Mr.. Frink, but literally wild man of the
woods. AS near as can be ascertnined, he
has been unfortunate, aud refuses to live in So
ciety.
The frigate Drandywine, Com. Jones,
accomPaniedbyth the sloop ofwar Vinccnnes,
Capt. Finch, will sail from New York for
the Pacific Ocean in few days.
The Baltimore Gazette announces the
death of PAUL ALLEN, ESQ. after short
illness. He was known to tho public as a
writer of considerable talents, both in prose
and verse; He formerly edited the Balti-'
more Federal Republican, afterwards the
Morning Chronicle, and ut the time of his
death we believe he was editor of the A
merican.
F The Gold Country of North Carolina
extends over 1900 square miles, in which
there are five mines. The largest mass of
| gold ever found in that state, was dug, up
by a negro. 1t weighed % pounds, and
sold for $4,000.
| A Natchez paper contains an advertise
ment against swindler, which concludes
thus -" He is gcntccl in his manners ,and
altogether likely, good looking rascal"
At the last term of the Court of Sessions
in New-York, about fifty persons were
tried and found guilty Of various offences,
and scyerally sentenced to imprisonment.
About the same number were discharged
from Bridcwelly no one appearing against
them!
The Rochester Telegraph estimates the
quantity of flour made at the several mills
III that village the last year, at / SO, 900 bar
rels, 31,S12 Of which were manufactured
at II. Ely's.
Fircs.-A cotton warehouse, occupied
by Edward Camfeld g. Co. together with
4 2,lOO bales Of cotton, principally belonging
to planters, was destroyed by fire at Au-
gusta, Geo. on the night of the 9th Inst
! The fire was caused by lightning. r
Two or three buildings, occupied by me-
chanics were destroyed by fire at Windsor,
W. on the morning of the 18th inst. The
principal sufferers, some of whom have lost
all their property, are Dea. r. Smith,
Messrs. Samuel Patrick, Lamson e. Saw
age, VIM. Colston, VIM. Cubley, Thomas
Russell and Rufus Walker. The damage
! is short Of $4,000; but it is pronounced
the most disastrous fire that has ever been
witnessed in that Aourishing village.
The valuable mills Belonging to the
Messrs. Tysons, of Baltimore, and situated
at York Haven, together with quantity Of
grain, have been destroyed by fire. They
were fully insured.
A New Iragedy.-The circumstances
connected with the murder of Col. Sharpe,
and the conviction and execution Of his
murderer, are to be dramatically gentle
man of North Carolina. The amiable and
interesting Mrs. Beauchamp is to be the
heroine. of the piece. In the last scene
she 10 to be represented with bottle of
laudanum in one hand, and butchers knife
in the other, exclaiming to Sharpe's mur-
dcrer, &c for thee haze livcd, for thee I
de-" In the back ground, are civil officers,
tho hangman,and Beauchamp's uncle. The.
curtain falls to the touching air of" Bona
4 parties Retreat from Moscow"
Z The Administration. -Ifthe toasts drank
on the late anniversary ofour Independence
be any criterion Of public c2inion-and
| in general, we think they form pretty COR
rect onc-wc feel no hesitation in, saying,
that the administration is strong in the con-
fidence ofthe people. The efforts to render
II unpopular have been unavailing; and its
leading measures, as far as our information
extends, seem to have met with decided
appreciation. The undignifcd proceedings
in tho Senate, and in the lower house have
with few exceptions, found no favor; and
the seal Of public Reproduction has been af-
fixed to them. Their tendency has been
to support, to unite more closely tho friends
Of the administration, and to strengthen it
in the opinions Of the rejecting and impair
tial portion Of the community.
Whiskey Lsspection.-Dur the last six
months there were upwards of 100000 gal
Ions Of whiskey inspected in the Baltimore
| market. -
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