The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-08-09
0Sor Of the Coicpi.aiiea !Socic,y, !

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AZ meeting of the Board Of Managers this day, il
was resolved that Dir. CHARLES TAPPAE,of BOston,be
requested and authorized 10 Agent for the re-
ccp, of monies for this Society, in the New-Engand
R.R. GURIEY, Escy ofthe I'm. Col. Soc'y.
In compliance with the above resolve, the subscr
Der will receive such funds may be transmitted t.
! him for the Colonization Society.
CHARLES TAPPAN, No. 76, Sa;e-street Boston.
GTEdtors of papers in New England, who wish to
promote the objects Of the Colonization Society,
respectfully requested to insert the above. July %.
| The trial of Mrs. WhippIc, Of Albany, has closed
with verdict OF NOT GUILTY.. The crcumstantiaI
evidence strong against hcr-suffcicnty to de-
stroy her character entirely, even should she have
been possessed Of any previous the murder of her
husband. Srang was not admitted a witness, and
he the only person who could have adduccd pos
Ityc testimony against her. Her strange conduct I'M
| medatcly before and after the IuurtScr Of Mr. W.
must convince any candid mind that she not
! knowing to the intent Of murder. A few days pre-
vious the deed, she stated at Fobcs' tavern that
''Srangc people constantly lurking round their
house, and she would bet hat that Whipple would
be shot" Her anxiety free the character Of Stang
from suspicion; and after he had been committed, her
anxiety know whether he had said any thing about
/ pie is unfit to live in civil society," But all this
crcumstanal evidence, the jury could not upon their
oath, find her guilty, and she is therefore permitted
II still to dwell in that society which she has iouly
dissraccd although she will be summed and ablored
! by every friend of virtue and decencyThc ;estimo-
ny in this case, and that of Strang fills the city pa
pers to the almost entire exclusion of every thing else.
i Washington College-The first annual Commence
ment Of Washington College was held at Hartford
l Thursday last After the usual performances, nine
young gentlemen received the degree of Bachelor Of
! Arts, also other out of course The degree of
| Master of Arts was conferred on the Rev. John NJ.
Garfield, and on William Croswe!l, alumni of Yale
College. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
conferred on his cxcccncy Gideon Tomlinson, gov
crnor Of Connecticut. On Wednesday, the Trustees
of the College appointed William W. Ellsworth, Esq.
Professor of Law.
J Reading (Ia) paper says, an atlray took place
between two negroes in the suburbs Of that borough
in which received the load of gun in his breast,
! which it is supposed will prove mortal. The
Of the affray is said to have been jealousy. The
shot conveyed to the poor house, and the other
jail.
! Export Of Cotton.-Thc export of cotton from the
United States to Europe the past season has consid-
at Liverpool from the LIST of January to the LIST Of
June, from all quarters, 423,454 bales, and from
the United States 1886, 1873 bales which in
the import from the L. $. during the same
| period of the preceding year, Of l445O7 bales. The
| whole crop Of the U. S. the last season, probably
exceeded that of any preceding year, by about ?Oo,-
600 bales The shipments from the u. >. to British
ports, principally Liverpool, in June, were between
| 30 and 100000.
A western paper offers $50 for ono Enoch Mounts,
who has away from pcntcntiary. lie is de-
scribed as ugly, drunken and quarrclsome. Why do
| they offer reward for such man 1t would be more
rational to say, "hcrc are $50, bcgone and never
come back"
| Gen. Church.-Sir Richard Church, who is now
the head of the Greek land forces, is according
the Enquirer, officer who has greatly distinguished
himself during the war Of England with France
! He raised regiment in the lonian Islands, known
by the of the Greek Light Infantry. After the
peace Of 1885, he entered into the service of the King
of Naples, and was appointed Governor General of
| the eastern provinces of the kingdom. He SUBJ
sequenty appointed to the command of the Neapoli-
tan forces in Sicily and was present at the revolution
| in Palermo, whence he escaped at great personal
I hazard. The popular party afterwards imprisoned
him in the castle of Naples. He was liberated when
the affairs Of the CarbOnar took disastrous turn
Gen. Church has been, from that period the pres
cnt, out of employ. He is regarded officer of
great sagacity, enterprise and courage 1t showcver
| somewhat curious to see person distinguished for
his attachment to the cause of Neapoltan despotism
| now commanding the free spirits of Greece. General
Church OF Irish family. There interesting
account of his adventures and escape from Sicily, du
ring the troubles of 1890, to he found 10 of the
J late numbers of the London slagazinc.
| Steamboat ErpioSion.--A jury in England has re-
turned verdict of mansaughtcr against the Engineer
of steamboat for the bursting of the boiler by which
! a person was scadcd to death.
A IIorrid Taie.-Thc Frederick sburg Arena says,
there can be possible doubt of the truth Of tho fol-
lowing story, the facts have been established by the
| decision Of Il court Of Justice In the of 1924,
several citizens of Havana missed many of their little
negro children At last it discovered, that their
bodies up in long vault under pastry shop
and made into pies sausagcs, &c. for sale The shop
had high reputation, and supplied the best families.
Four Of the shopkcopcrs were executed, and one iru
| prisoncd for life.
! The commencement at Union College was held on
Wednesday last week. The degree of ID. u. was con-
| fcrrcd on the Rev. Francis Wayand late Of Boston,
President of Brown University and Rev. J. Ludlow,
Of Albany. The number ofgraduates was 20 or 80.
Improved trareking.--.Thc ordinary mode of travel
| ling is SO much improved, that gentleman from Bos
ton, after delay in ransacting business in New-York
! reached Philadelphia distance Of 299 miles, in SO
hours; and all this done, without fatigue incOnven
! fence, by the aid of steam navigation. If Dr. Franklin
could return life he wished, and witness this per-
Torrance, what difference he would find between it
and the voyages and journeys between the two places
made in his time, when the mail was carried from Bos
ton to Philadelphia once fortnight
| Medicinal Spring, lately discovered in Jacob
street, w-York has attracted crowds Of citizens.
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