The Litchfield County post., 1828-04-03

County, amounted to between S2OO 900 aad S2SO GOO;
 in Bristol County had been ascerlained thai the a. mnunt of manufacturing capital was $t.0o0 900; and
 n 3-4hs uf Warcesier County. including nearly all
 the manufacturing part of the County, the Capital was $5,OOO,OOO. Aurora. Within the last two three weeks there has been an immense quantity of dry goods, hardware, g-ass waTe &c. &c. entered 1t the Custom Houses N. Noit, brought by the numerous arrivals From England, France and other foreign countries. h is presumed that heavy corporations of goods have been made from England to the United States, under appre- hension that the American Tariff would be new mo- delled at the present session of Congress. The gem era! opinion now is however, that Congress will ad- journ without a,tering the tariff; and that, conse- quen some of those merchants who have made hea- " shipments of goods from England will suffer loss There is an amusing feaiuee ih the which Congress has taken, during the present session. that well he remembered. One of the first steps taken to make provision for their own pay-th,s done he Army and Navy, and civil Officers, left to make out as well as theN can, without pay.
 A letter from merchant of New York, of the 18th March, says -" Our custom houses not get thro' with the entries but by keeping open extra hours Messrs. - x -, auctioneers, were offered
 E7O000 sterling worth of British goods, by British agen, if they would advance E15OO0, their notes al XtV days which theN declined Messrs. - & Go, larger amount if they would advance; they a- so declined. The fact is, there such enormous quantities of goods in the market, that the Brit
 sh agents determined to drive them through at all If they cannot get advance, they will be sold without; and the endorsed notes which are re- ceived, wi be given to the owners, or the auction eer's payable when the notes receivable are. The
 oss the country by this excessive food, destrnc- ton to the manufacturers, It vii such drain of specie, tha description of produce will be reduced to much below the ability of productions
 The same scenes as in 1916 and 1917 are realizing with trghtfu effect with this most important differ ence that the southern staples of cotton rice, and tobacco, brough nearly double the prIces then that they do now to pay for the awful flood ot foreign manufactures of those years"
 Morgan--On Thurslay last, Lieut. Gov. Pitcher sent message 10 the senate of New-iork, on the subj hect o the anti-masonc excitement, m that state and the outrage which produced it. He says " it IS believed by that Morgan murdered, and 1t IS certain that, if alive, he ia held in captivity As all
 efforts to bring the offenders to justice have been un- avaIIng, he recommends the appointment o person for ihe special purpose of investigating the crim na transaction u relation to the removal of Morgan i;
 that he be invested with power to examine witnesses, enter complaints, conduct cr,minaI prosecutions, &r Lieut. Gov P. says the apprehens!ons oi our fellow citizens ought to be satisfied until justice is obtained"
 Commercial Curiosity.-A Louisville tKen.) paper contains advertisement for freight tor the new and substantial schooner Star, for HapaRG now ivy
 ing Portland wharf, having nearly all her cargo gaged."-LouIsv.ile is on the Ohio River, about 400 miles from ts junction with the Mississippi, and about 1900 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Such an ad-
 vertisement, from the centre oi what was recent
 ly immense wilderness, must excite some surprise Lin the "oid world"
 Justifable Homicde-in the early part of the night of the ist inst, negro whose name we have not learnt, made attempt 10 break into the house ui l Mrs. M'Laughlin, widow Lady living near Massy \
 Cross Roads, in this county. Mrs. NIL. put chItd | out a window, and sent it to neighbours house 1 for asss,ance--a friend came and remaned until a | ate hour during winch tune the attempt WAS not re- ] newcA. Experiencing no further danger he re'nrn- l ed home. Soon after the negro again renewed his
 efforts to break the house, when the chid be- l fore, was despatched for assistance In the mean
 time the negro making rapid ngreSs al Mrs. M Us
 chamber window, and she found il necessary stand on the defensive, accordingly commenced operations
 with an axe-heVe upon his hepd, and by the time her neghbor arrived she had despatched hm---e was
 extinct, and she saved from robbery, violation, and perhaps death. Chest. (Nd) 1eI