The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-11-20

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GAYS since, enclosing $40 Farmers Bank bill of
!0O2:-"Accept the enclosed from one who once an
yured you. but who cannot die with peaceful con-
science until he has recompensed you double. Who
when, aud where, none but the great God knows
Except Onel and never will, until the great dav az
reckoning. Troy Sent. :
Worcester (AFass.l CooL-Cau, Thomas has =, ..
trnng expense, fitted up common stove in his bar
room' Tor the purpose of burning Worcester Coal
ne has had fire burning for two days, without being
rekinded, and without the of any charcoal since
1t was first kindied. If any doubt remained of the
practIcabiy OF using this coal, for common fires the
experiment of Capt. Thomas has removed it. Other
individuals are about o.tOIow This example, and the
coal WILL even this winter, be extensively used,-
Woman.
4orrid.-A most cruel and cod-blooded murder is
SAID to have been perpetrated in Pike Run township
IN this County, Saturday last the particulars Of
which, so far as we have heard are the following -
MISS - MCrory, of that township, had agreed to
meet young man oTthe name OF - Nixon of Fa!-
lowfed township, also in this County for the purpose
paying visit to other relations the Fayet:e
SIDE OF MOnongaheia river and on the day above
mentioned had lett home with this view On last Mon
Gay she was found on or near the high road in the
former township dead, with her throat from ear TO
ear knife laying in her hand, and the hand cut aso
Nixon%wass missing, aand suspicion was Immediately
fastened upon him after Search he wasfound appre-
handed, and understand is ia custody. The wretch
who had been her seducer, had become her murder
er asso,to conceal his nfamy.- Washington Pa )Er-
an.iner.
Execution Of Criminals. following section,in
rOduced by the revsers of the criminal code into the
laws OF this state adopted by the Senate Thurs
day last.
Sec. q. Such punishment shall be inflicted either
in the prison where thel convict shallbe confined or
within an enclosed yard Of such prison, if there be
one or IN some enclosure adjoining such prison,a the
discretion Of the sheriff whose duty it shall be to in
tlct such punshment.-[N. Y. Adv.
Slapers turned Pirates.-A late Nassau paper says:
From HAVANA wethear mucn the extent to which
the slave trade is still carried there. Ills said one
vessel lately landed upwards of nine hundred on the
coast OF Cuba, and that fitting is of con-
siderable force, and intended to carry 1900 slaves
that some Of these vessels overpower Portuguese and
other slave traders. and rob them of their slaves
the coast OF Africa when meeting them their pas
sage to Brazil. A
Street Potatoes-Great quantities of sweet potatoes
says the New-England Farmer, have been raised this
year in the vicinity of Boston. In BUSH
ell has been dug from five hills, while the common po-
tatoes, planted side by side with them, have yielded
only one bushel to thirty hills.
Stauery--The American convention, for promot-
ing the abolition Ofslavery, is in session the
Baltimore Athen@um. Delegates are present from
New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, N
Carolina, Tennessee, and the District of Columbia
The convention sits with open doors.
The Electoral colleges meet in their respective
seats If government They vote by distinct ballots, g.
make distinct lists of persons for whom they vote-
The lists then signed, sealed certified and
Washington. On the second Monday Of February
next the votes are opened IN presence of the Senate
| and House and counted. Whoever has majority OF
all the electoral votes is then declared PRESIDENT and
the same regards the vice president. The certified
lists are sent to Washington by special messengers
paid for that purpose.
Counterfeit bals.-Five dollars counterfeits on the
Orange bank are abundant They are filed up with
various dates, and made payable various persons-
They are detected by the engraving Of the vgnete,
which is much than the biis and that is
quite too coarse. The quality Of the paper also
~ bad. Jour. Commerce.
Merna;ds.-Sr H. Davy in a recent publication,
proves follows, that such an animal the tabled
mermaid cannot exist. Wisdom and order, he SAYS
are found in the works Of God; and the parts OF ami
mails are always in harmony with each other, and al
ways adapted to certain ends consistent with the anal
ogy OF nature; and human head hands, and breasts
are wholly inconsistent with fish's tail. The human
head is adapted for an uprghtsposture, and in such
posture an animal with fish's tail could not swim;
and creature with lungs must be on The surface
eral times in a day, and the 10 nconvenie
breathing place; aud the hands are instruments OF
manufacture. and the depths ofhe ocean are little fit
ted for tabricatng that mirror which old prints
gave the mermaid. Such an animal il created, could
not long exist.
BaLloous-Baloon accents have long ceased to
have any philosophical useful purpose attached to
them; and have become mere puppet shows the more
or less attractive the fools who go up with them
the more or less risk. Of this have had speci
mems this week; one near Manchester, where per-
son of the name Of Green mounted with balloon
torn that the gas escaped several holes he could
only be whirIed alof cingng TO the hoop for six or
eight minutes, by the crazy engine; and another near
London, also by an individual called Green, who rose
on the back of poney. We do not know that the
police have right to interfere whthe actions OF any
ass, il confined to HIMSELF but surely on the Martin
ct act against cruelty animals horse may be pro-
tected from such ridcule and danger. Luckily, on
the present occasion, the modern Pegasus had merely
a Gabrielle in the air; and the badauds Of London
hugely delighted with the sight ola horse, and
another beast Of not very different species, flying in
the clouds together. London paper.
The Hon. Thos. B. Robertson, formerly disn-
guished member Of Congress from Louisana-sOme
Years governors and for the last years ohs life district
Judge Of that state, died at the Sulphur Springs in Va
on The 9Th ul,. Four judges Of the u g. Courts have
died within the last three months, viz. Judge Trmble
of Kentucky, Of the Supreme Cour;-and judges Bird
of Ohio, Peters OF Pennsylvania, and Robertson OF
| Louisiana Ofthe District Court.
The late disclosures of Mr. Adams respecting his
communi cations Mr. Jefferson at critical period OF