The Litchfield County post., 1828-10-09

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result. Yet were the fact markedly presented
| to one of our farmers, he would necessarily
suppose that the maker of the offer thought
him 1.-THE farmer) stupid fool, or was him
self an impudent ellow.-Nttes.
LOOK Our -Four men arrived in town
last night from Cumberland, in pursuit Of
George Swearengen, sheriff of Washington
County, who is charged with the murder Of
his wife, a few days since. He was traced to
| the Big Capon River, where he was seen at
the Baptist Association near Mr.. Bells, upon
Sunday last, but cannot since be heard Of
He is about six feet. stout frame, and wears
blue surtOut and white hat with Grape on it.
He had with him, on the same horse, "a female
with whom he had cohabited for the last two
years. As he may be secreted in some of
! the adjoining Counties, we hope the pubiick
will endeavor to ferret him Out.-VirglnlG
paper.
The Boston Evening BulleIin informs us
that an individual has offered to appropriate
ten thousand dollarsto the establishment of
practical Seminary for the cultivation of the
! various branches of agriculture and mechanic
| al science, to be located ia the central part of
Massachusetts. and placed under the supervi-
sion of the American Lyceum. 1t expect
ed this Institution, which is to embrace extern
siVe workshops, gardens, sc, on the most i'm
proved models will go into operation in the
ensuing spring.
PAUPERs.-Every weekwe have hundreds
of the poor landed on our shores, who make
their way to the city. Here they continue
to exist during the temperate weather, but
the first cold day brings whole families to the
Aims House to be maintained by the city
This is crying evil-our city taxes are very
great already; if remedy is not soon adop-
ted to avoid the maintenance Of the English
poor, we may build anew aims house every
year and it will be filed.
~ York Mercan. Ado.
VOYAGE OF Discovery understand
the preparations for this enterprise, which has
met with such general appreciation, are going
| ON fast as the nature of the business will ad-
init. Report says that Lieut.. A. B. Pinkham
will be appointed to the command. Lieut.
Pinkham is we'll known to many of our
nautical men as first rate seaman and nav
igator. active and enterprising, possessing a
strong cons titutien, with all the character
isticks peculiar to the place Of his nativity,
(Nantucket) He has long arden ly wished
to be employed in such service.-Cook, Par
ry, and Foster, were all appointed to ships
| Of discovery from the list of I.ieutenants.
On the whole it is considered that this would
be judicious appointment.
We laid the following on our table fort
night ago, that we might decide whether it
was meant for fact or fiction as the ques-
ton is still pending, our readers may share
our perplexity.-Jour. Com.
Translated from the WsLch Magazine for June.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE MERMA1D.-In
the month of July, 1926, farmer, of the
parish of Llanuwchhaea about three
miles from Aberystwyth, whose dwelling
house is within three hundred yards ofthe
sea-shore, went down to the rocks when
the sun was rising, and delightfully."- BEAM
ing ON the ocean, and saw female (as he
thought washing herselfin the sea, within
a stone throw of himself. At first, he
through modesty retired. On reflection,
he thought no female would have gone out
so far to sea, seeing it was then in flow
And he was also certain, that the water
was six feet deep at the place where he
saw her standing. On so thinking he fell
on his face, and crept forward to the
brink of the precipice; from which place
he had complete view of her, for more
than half an hour.
After sufficiently looking at her himself,
he went back again, land ran to call his fam
lily to see this wonderful sight. Having
told them what he had seen, he directed
them from the door-stand whittier to go,
and to creep to the edge of the rock, as he
himself had done. Some of them went
half dressed fort was early, land they were
just risen; and, on reaching the place, they
saw her about ten minutes, while the far
mer was calling his wife and his younger
child. When the wife came forward, she
did not fall down, as the others had done,
but walked forward in the sight of the
creature. AS soon as the Mermaid saw her
she sank into the water and swan away till
she was about the same distance from the
land that she was first seen at and the
whole family, the husband, tho vile, and
The children, the men and women servants,
who in all were twelve in number, ran a.
long the shore for more than half mile,
and for nearly the whole Of The lime saw
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