The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-09-04

with " iGrut zeal for the service of his most
excellent Majesty. He is harmless good
old man--w hat was the cause of his forsak-
ing the busy world" we cannot tell.
Adrdafoge Of Bonkrnptcy.-It seems that
il is not in England alone that some persons
imagine that they are only fl to hold no their
heads after they have committed an acftf
bankruptcy, and by defrauding hor>s' cred
TORS, derive considerable profit fro the,"
speculation. A short time ago a poor g,u-
nan named Debret had an action brought IL
gainst her before the Tribunal de Commerce,
At Paris, for having illuminated Mr.. Teys-
ser, a dashing butcher, by calling him a.
bankrupt. The defendant who had no conn-
sci, pleaded guilty to the charge, but said
she was provoked touse the expression com
planned of by the plaintiff. who had ruined
her and her family by his bankruptcy. The
Following extract from the poor woman's
statement is not with, ut interest 81 met
NJ. TeyssiCr." said she, - IL his cabriolet, and
told him that had been obliged to sell my
clock to prevent my furniture from being sci
zed. You are fool said he, you should
have done as /! have done aud then you would
have been called madame But Honor said
|. Honor! Nonsense replied M. Teyssier,
juggling the money in his pocket; this is
what l call honor Yes, gentlemen did
cali him bankrupt--this man eats out Of
silver, and use lead; and the other day,
when went to his shop for bit of meat to
make soup for my poor sick husband he
hesitated to give me credit for few sous;
as to this process, know not how am to
get out of it; have only one resource
TO take my poor husband, who is paraly-
tic, and throw myself, with him, in
to the river" The judges were much affec-
ted at the defence, and decided that as she
had only spoken the truth when she had cal
led the plaintiff bankrupt, he should lose
his suit and the costs of the action.
Economy Of Bees.--At late meeting Of
the Royal Society letter was read from
Thomas Knight Esq addressed to the Presi-
dent containing an account of some circum-
stances relative to the economy Of Bees.
la former paper the author stated
his having observed that several days pre-
vious to the settling of a swarm of bees in
the cavity of a hollow tree adapted to their
reception. considerable number of those
insects are incesantly employed in the exam
lining the state Of the tree, and particularly
every dead knot above the cavity which ap-
peared likely to admit water. He has since
had an opportunity Of noticing, that the bees
of being the same individuals, as he had for
merly imagined, were in fact, a continual
succession of different bees the whole num-
Der in the course of the three DAYS being
such as to warrant the differences, that not a
single labOring bee ever emigrates in a swarm
without having seen its proposed future hab-
Itatlon. He finds that the same remark ap-
| plies not only to the permanent place Of set
Element, but also to the place where the bees
rest Temporarily, soon after swarming, in Or
der to collect their numbers. The swarms
which were the subject of Mr.. knights ex-
periments showed remarkable disposition
to unite under the same queen. On one oc-
cason. a swarm which had arisen from one
of his hives and settled upon bush, at dis
lance of about twenty-five yards; but instead
, Of collecting tOgether into compact mass,
as they usually do they remained thinly dis
persed for nearly half an nour, after which
as if tired of waiting, they singy, and one
| after the other, al not in obedience to any
signal arose and returned home. The next
morning swarm issued from neighboring
hive, and proceeded to the same bush upon
which the other bees had settled the preced-
ing day, collected themselves into a mass, as
they usually do when their queen is present.
In few minutes afterwards a very large as
S6mDIage OF DeeS fuSneu rom the hlVe rom
| which the former swarm had issued and pro-
ceeded directly to the one which had just
settled, and instantly united with them. The
| author is led from these and other facts to
conclude, that such unions of swarms are
generally if not always, the result of pre-
vious concert and arrangement.
A great BubbLe.--We observe that the
Bubble Blowers of Liverpool have seized the
adoption Of the United States Tariff Act,
just PISSED, to puff in the most extravagant
manner, a joint stock canal in Canada. The
great encouragement which the projectors of
the thing" advance. is, that this canal will
facilitate the smuggling Of British mercfian-
disc, and they have the impotence to wind
up by stating. that the subscribers in this
country comprise noblemens and gentlemen
of the first responsibility. including several
members of his Majesty's Government
These worthy constituents OF Mr.. Huskis-
son. seem to forget that Lord Palmerston
"went ont with the leader of the iberalists
the Right HIN. Member for LiyerpoOl-&
the rest Of the scheming gang. We should
not be surprised by way of hooking John
Bull into the concern, If it were part of the
plan to convert the falls of Niagara, into a
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