The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-11-22

20 vfsft, come Il aud relieve the INDECENT poor
in the neigh .shOOd once at least in month;
vet with SO much cheerfulness as 20 induce
her not to despise dancing or other innocent
amusements; whose chief ornament shall be
her mOdesty, and whose pride shall consist in
her particular attention to neatness and clean
illness. In a word, one who will not only ac-
knowledge, but feel, that her highest dignity
and praise will consist in well-Ordered home
her husbands best delight, and by submissive
wisdom, modest skill, with every care-eluding
art. to raise the virtue, animate the bliss, and
sweeten all the cares Of human life. Such a
lady, who would BE- cOntent to live in elegant
suihciency, without spcndOr, with such gem
tleman, may hear of an acceptable proposal,
by addressing line to C. z. through the post
office, who will thereupon wait upon the la
dy, and endeavOr to make himself agreeable.
N. b. Fortune, in This case, is not an OBJ
iPct with the gentleman; but If the lady could
add to the common stock such an income as
could support the expense Of keeping a car
riage and pair, perhaps she'might he INDUCED
in that article of luxury.
Mr. James Abercrombie, jr. of Baltimore,
has undertaken to prosecute the prOprie-
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town and Newcastle, for the injury re-
ceived by one of his relatives in the upsetting
Of the stage which occasioned the death of
Bishop Kemp. Nat. Goz.
In cases of negligent driving 10 England,
where injury has resulted to the passengers,
by severe bruises, or the fracture of limbs,
damages have invariably been given, on proof
Of the injury and the negligence; and these
damages. in some instances have been very
heavy. Where deaths have insued from SIM
lar instances of carelessneSs, criminal indct-
lnents have been frequently preferred, & con-
victions of manslaughter have been rendered,
the severity of the sentence has been proper
toned to shade the criminality which the care
lessness exhibited.
The effect of these prosecutions must be to
render proprieters of stages more cautious in
the selection ofdrivers, and drivers more care
ful of the lives and limbs of those committed
to their cares. We think prosecution in this
case may be productive of good. A valuable
member of society has beer cut off premature
ty by the criminal negligence stage drivers.
1t is alleged that they were both drunk. A
double crime, therefore, has been committed,
and heavy infection from the hand of the law
is called for. The propreters themselves should
be Jealous to bring the criminals to justice
for ifthey exhibit any apathy.in case of such
a distressing character they ought to,and prob
ably will, experience decline ofpublic patron
age; orpassengers will prudently refrain from
hazarding their lives on rout where care
Iessness and drunkenness in the drivers is add
ded to want of common humanity in the
proprieters.
1t is mentioned in Delaware paper, that the
drivers who caused the late accidents, antici-
pating some legal proceedings, have abandon
ed their families, and left the State. We hope
however, that the arm of the law will reach
them,in whatever State they attempt to elude
it.-Nat. Jour.