The Litchfield County post., 1827-01-19

Washington, to e Judy in the country Dec.
 1926.
 At the party at Mr.--'s last night, I was silent, ,but very attentive spectator, but saw only three he must have ment thirty, not three tolerable beauties in the house. found their heads were well fur nished, outside. admired their finely car- we'd tDrtois shell combs, as they stood be- fore, and ill contract with me. Twas at one time caught like Capt. Parry, between two hills of snow, aud had nearly as much difficulty to extricate myself,I felt the dan ger of my situation, and had like to have been changed into "Fury" before l was relieved. find the ladies are relapsing into their old habits of undressing g'' a. gain for parties. hey have strip'da as low already as the hemispheres, aud ifthe fash ion progresses as rapid as it has !--T snatched kiss* from among them, which send to you. A confusion of tongus reigned at one time beyond that of BabelS and in as many languages. English, French, High and Low Dutch, Russian, Prussian, Swedes, and Spanish, were let off upon us at once. The music was drow- ned, and the dancers merely kept up the first motion. It was little more than beat ing time, they were so cramped, and pray what was ours but killing it, the worst kind of murder About 9 o'clock, a waltzng match took place in which some foreign ministry figured. It being exclusively diplomatic, and .fgmative of the various shifts and turns of diplomacy, I looked on until felt my head beginning to turn ,when ! descended into the passage, to get my cap and cloak, which l had left upon a tadle. Here l found the ''confusion worse contounded," sunk knec-deep in cloaks, and trod upon fine merno shawls, hats and great coats. I saw one man touzling q heap in one place, another lifting up lots in another-some turning over this parole, some that. l at last met with my cap and cloak, at opposite ends ofthe passage, they being rather of an inferior quality, to pre- vent folks from feeling too much tempted to make an exchange, and exit.
 *To prevent misapprehension, the Ed itors take leave to add, that the kisS that's spoken of, is the name given to species of confection.
 In an action for an assault x battery, it was deemed important to ascertain the size of certain stone, by which it was alledg- ed the battery was committed. For this purpose witness was called to the stand and the following brief report of his ex- animation will show how perfectly his tes- timony must have satisfied the jury.
 Q. Did you see the defendant throw the tone? A. I saw the stone and I am pret- ty sure D. threw it. 0. Was it stone of considerable dimensions? A. Why it was considerable of stone. Q. How large was il '? A. I should say it was a largish stone. 0. What was its size1 A. Why it was sizeable stone. Q. Can't you answer delinitely-how big was it! A. I should say it was stone of some bigness. c. You are singular witness-can't you give the jury some idea of the stone :? A. Why as near as l can recollect, it was something of stone. Q. Can't you compare it with some other ob- ject? A. Why was to compare it, so as to give my notion of the stone, I should say as near as can judge, it was about as big as a piece of chalk.-Iroy Sen.
 1He Lion m the Desert.---A part of the country between Tunis and Tripoli in Africa) cannot be passed without great danger, on account of wild beasts, who fre- quently attack travellers. A Sicilian phy- sician, who performed this journey with his wife and two children, describes its horrors to us in very strong terms. He joined caravan of some thousand persons, which is the only method of passing the desert in safety. They passed gloomy and impenetrable forests, where the re- peated howlings of wild beasts, attracted by the cattle accompanying the caravan, in- creased as it drew near to their horrible dens. Sometimes the caravan was con- strained to remain several days near these woods to avoid approaching hurricanes.- No sooner were the tents pitched, and the caravan become stationary, than a pecu- liar noise in the forest announced that the wild beasts were assembling on the boar ders, waiting for favorable opportunity to rush out and seize their prey the .dread- ful roar of the lion was not heard during the day time, but when darkness came on, continued murmurs announced hlm,and his voice becoming louder and louder, broke like peaIs of thunder on the stiffness of the