The Litchfield County post., 1827-01-02

bod ,Fung so loudly as il fell contained key and so it proved. Sumo time was wasted in examining the organ loft and in- deed every place in which mouse might have concealed. At last soinbody hitupOn the truth, and little inquiry placed the e. lopenent beyond doubt. We learned that carriage had been in waiting at cor ner of the street opposite to the cnurc" aud that d gentleman had been seen iolter- ing under the portico, who, the instant t'at two ladies poped out, conducted them to his eouipage which moved leisurely away, while we were engaged in onr unsuccess- ,nl search. Upon strict examination 1t came outl that pewopner had furnished the Uueans ofobtaining a false key. 1t would be impossible to dScribe Ihe rage and dls- may of the disappointed parties :: the mother went of in mysteries, the bride groom looked sourer than ever, tie father Tayed and swore bitterly and the clergy man after vainly attempting to pacty him. read him lecture upon incorporate con duct. All those who were not related to the parties slunk quietly away, perhaps to have their laugh out and take shame teas myself to say that could not help enjoy ;ng the scene, sothoroughly unamiable did those persons appear with whom the fair' bride was unfortunately connected. l was anxious about the young couple, and heard with pleasure that they got safe to Scotland.
 From the Neao- York STectotor.
 Outrdge ct the Sand'oich lsIards.- When the report of a rio: committed by the crew of the U. s. schooner Dolphin, against the Chiefs of the Sandwich Islands and the American Missionaries resident there, first reached this country, an unwil- lingness to believe any vessel of our navy guilty of such an inaccessible transaction as that was said to be, and want of detl- mite information on the subject, led us to forbear noticing the fact. But some of the principal papers of the nation did glve it a place, with editorial surmises not cal culated greatly to preposscss the pubic mind in favor of tho party who were the principal sufferers. The sightof private letter, however, from the Rev. MT Rich- ards. who was at the island of Oahu at the time, received last week by friend ill this city, perfectly satisfies US of the truth of the fact, and the general merits of the case. From this letter, and from other creditable and decided evidence on the point, we do not hesitate to assert that the Missionaries had been before, and were al that time, acting only in their appropriate character and sphere-that there was no interference on their part in the commer- cial or civil affairs of the government, and that the aggression on the rights and laws ofthe nation-the fault and the infamy be- long exclusively to the commander & crew of the Dolphin.
 It is fact extensively known, that the intercourse offoreign vessels with the lsl- ands of the Pacific, is attended with the most unbridled and most unblushing icen- tiousness, and at no place was this licen- .tiousness more unlimited & more barefaced tlaamat the Sandwich Islands. The es- tabIishment of mission of Christian min isters and teachers there, as might well be supposed, soon threw light on the existing abominations of the land, even in the view of the heather themselves, and in the course of very few years, the leading per sons in the government became so fully convinced of the disgrace and enormity of prevalent habits of open licentiousness,th that they determined to suppress them. Alaw was accordingly made and proclaimed nearly two years since, prohibiting native females from going on board ships for pur- poses of yice--the penalty was the dis pleasure of the Chiefs and imprisonment.
 1t was the existence of this law, as it ap- pears, and the strictness with which it was enforced, that excited the riot. And we are sorry to perceive, from the following extracts from Mir. R's letter, to how great an extent the Captain of the Dolphin was accessory, by his example, in the insult and violence of his crew.
 After the mention of other subjects, this affair is thus introduced :-
 must now give you d history of the conduct of Capt. Percival, so far as am acquainted with 1t. On his first arrival,he treated the missionaries with tolcrable po- iteness. In one of his first interviews with Mir. Bingham, however, he expressed his extreme regret, that females were prohibi- ted going on board vessels. He soon be- gan to drop hints against the Mission, and in my presence, ridiculed our attemps to instruct the people. He also made a for nal request of Mir. Bingham, "that none ofthe Missionaries might be present when he conversed with tho Chiefs, even if the