The Litchfield County post., 1828-04-17


 ton, they took to enScOnce themselves behind
 potash kettle through which, after several shots the apples were " so handsomely cut" which poured out their fame amounting juice and pumice on their ] secrated heads. The Vermont Advocate remarks "AmbtOn need no longer essay to " climb the path
 where fame's proud tempt shines afar"-the goddess
 will henceforth hold her beneath potash kette
 whither all true worshippers may resort."-Herald. l From the Maine InqNircr of Tuesday, last.l PLEASING INFORMATION. We are extremely gratifed :n receiving the
 following information in letter from Wash
 ington.
 "Col. CUTTER. ,cith e Bottallion Of Four 1 Companies, hos receiUed orders to repair to 1 HoULToN PLANTATION, or its vicinity and
 ,ciU arriUe the first Q June"
 1 This is as it should be; and as the troops
 must be furnished with supplies from the Pe-
 noSseot, a Military Road will become neces-
 sary, which we have no doubt will be made
 during the present season.
 The letter also adds :-" Ihe biu appropri- ating thirty thousand dollars for the Augusta
 Arsenal has passed bOth Houses cf Congress" !" These measures are unquestionabIy adopt ed in consequence of the able and spirited
 measures, pursued by the Governor of this
 State, aided by our Legislative body, and l the Senators and Representatives at Wash ngtOn. ., ] RaI Road from Boston to Albany. y.---Thp Board of Directors of Internal Improvements have prepared memorial to the New York l Legislature, and taken measures to have it presented praying for authority to extend the l railroad which may be laid out from Boston. | through that state to the Hudson river. This l application has been anticipated in that Leg islature. by proposition to survey and lay out road on the same rOut, under the au
 thOrity of that state.
 Scarcity of Money,-Great difficulty and embarrassment are felt in Boston, New York and Philadelphia, in consequence of the want If money. Large quantities of specie have been shipped to Europe, for the purchase of spring goods.
 Great Sate.-At the late semi-annual sale in Market Hall. Boston, under the ,superintend- ence offhe N. E. Society for the promotion 1 of Manufactures and the Mechanic Arts, the following sales were made. Cotton and wOOIlen goods. to the amount of S486, l63. 89; Boots. shoes, and leather, S79,s75, 97 Wool, Sl3.537, O9; Cabinet Furniture, S7.- 764, 97; Machinery. S3.e96, S6; Glass Bot ties. S963. 79; Hats, $l,945, fl: Umbrellas S6.692. 54. Total. S559,759, O9. 4 Grocer, of Brooklyn, N. Y. proposes that not more than 50 out of 200 licensed tippling shops and groceries in that town shall bc li- censed for the coming year. He adds, should l be selected as one of the 15O to be denied. promise to acquiesce in the decision without a murmur. He presumes that more than two thirds of the people would be in favor of the amendment.
 Peratious tigation.-Judge Irving says he has tried 238 actions of islander and assault and battery. in that city. beginning with the winter of 1924. The aggregate costs and ex- penditures he estimates at S45,OOO. Of this ! number. 9l verdicts were for defendants, and 60 for the plaintiffs with only six cents dam ages; showing that two thirds of the actions l were frivolous, and two thirds of the expense thrown away.
 Potatoes.-Mr. Wm. Wilson states in the N. Y. Farmer, as the result of 20 years ex perience, that the driest and best flayoured potatoes. and the most abundant crops, are produced on strong heavy loans. lie tried years in succession. to raise good potat- oes on sandy soil. He thinks that thorough cultivation is necessary to raise potatoes of a good quality.
 CGnGda Ihistlt.-Mr. Winchell of Duch- ess county. N. \. in an articlepublished in the N. Y. Farmer. describes several expe- riments which he has made to exterminate the Canada Thistle. He tried strong brine frequent pIoughings. covering with boards and barkss cutting down, &c. and as the result of his experiments concludes that, if the stalks are frequently destroyed, by any means whatever, for one or two seasons, in the months of August and September, the thistle will he destroyed.
 The receipts at the Rochester. N. York. Post Office during the last year were S5,- OSl l8 cents. which according to the Post Masters report. ranks this town the third in the state. This post office was estab- lished in 1872, and the first quarters re- ceipt amounted to S. 42.
 AN UNFORTUNATE MOoR---A Moor who was born at Tombuctoo. on the Niger, in the interior of Africa, has been a slave in this country more than 80 years He now lives at NatcheZ. His father was a prince and his brother is now a monarch among the FOolahs. His hair was long and grace fnI, flowing below kis shoulders when he arrived n the United States, but his master compelled him t0 cut it 0E, and it has since become in some degree curly. He despis- es the negroes. He was educated a Nah Ometan. He admires the precepts of the New Testament. and his. objections are that