The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-10-23

the countrymen, without examining L minute
/ Nv took Il, and gave him dollars good money
! ia change. The fellow said he would send
for the chesnuts in few minutes, went Oh
and has not since bcen heard Of. The follow
| ing is the form of the bill THE Derby ha"r
promises TO pay the FULTON BANK. fl
dollars" SLc.-FrOm the manner in which the
! capitals are paraded, person withOu! close
examination, would suppose that it was bill
of the Fulton Bank in New York, and thus the
man who sold the chesnuts was deceived.
A TUMBLE.-On Wednesday night, one vi
our apprentice boys, IL years old, took 1t into
his head to tumble from the fourth story of
J the Printing Office, through series of open
trap doors to the first floor. Strange as it may
appear, not a bone was broken, and although
somewhat bruised, he is comfortable and live
ly to-day. When he commenced his descent
he fell head foremost, but landed ON his feet,
and bounced up like cork. Ia reply to our
questions. he said that when he found him
self falling head foremost he caught hold of
the fall rope, which righted him. Let us hear
no more of Sam Patch's jumps after this.
Ne,O York Morning Courier.
DIsrREssING.-Tn a private letter from a
person now travelling West. it is stated that
sickness prevails to great extent in many
places near the Canal. In some families, al
most all are sick. There are not sufficient
number to attend on the sick. 10 some in
stances. one dollar per night has been given
for an attendant; in others, as much as sew
en- dollars week for girls. The gentleman
from whom we received this intelligence
states that in one family he had learned that
g -. 1o1 no bod nf
disease; and in another. the parents and four
children lay dead in one house. This is a
truly melancholy state of things.
. tica Baptist Reg.]
EXETER, N. HI.
Last evening, nearly $1,000 in bills of the
New Hampshire banks (being part of the mo
ney stolen from the Exeter Sank) was found
secreted in field in this town. The bills
were found by Mr.. Rogers, the Cashier OF
the Bank, who arrived yesterday from Exc
ter. with Malbone Briggs, Zone Of the persons
tried last week for robbing the Bank and
who accompanied Mr. Rogers to the spot
where the bills had been secreted. The bank
have now recovered the whole sum, 1000
which was stolen from their vaults.
FATAL ACCIDENT "A melancholy accid-
ent took place at Middle Hill. Lime-Rock,
Smithfeld. Rhode Island, on Saturday last.
As Mr. David Carpenter, said to be an active
industrious man, was 10 the act Of kindling
the combustiblps placed over charge in the
rock. coal of fire dropped upon the exposed
powder, causing an instantaneous explosion.
which instead of rending the rock. discharg,
I'd only the tamping (material Of pounded
stone, &c which confines the powder.) This
entered the body of the unfortunate man in 8
different places, which ended his existence in
about an hour.
HORRIBLE 1NDEED.-The Rev. Mr.. Gray,
of WiIkesbOrough states that at court in that
County, man named Barlow was tried for
the murder of a pious and affectionate wife,
who has borne him five children, the young
est weeks old. Barlow confessed that he
beat his wife until he thought she was dead
that he left her-that she arose and attempt
ed to make her escape-and that he pursued
her, and beat out her brains with rock 1t
is said that they had previously lived in per-
feet harmony, and that her character was IT.
reproachabIy good. Barlow was acquitted
on the plea Of insanity. But his insanity
was induced by drunkenness---and the
last spirits which Barlow was known to
have used before the murder Of his wife, was
few gallons procured from Preacher Of the
Gospel, achO kept distillery, and to whom his
previous habits WERE well known.
The people Us. Seth Hunt. for libel on Jon
athan Russel.-This celebrated and long pro-
tracted case has been recently tried in
the city of New York before Judge Edwards.
Among the witnesses were Mr.. Russell him
self, and Mr. Mullet, jun. of the house Of Null
lett. & Co. with whom Mr.. Hunt had accus
ed Mr. Russell of corresponding, whilst Com
missioner at Client, for the purpose Of joint
commercial speculations predicated on infor-
nation furnished said house, by Mr.. Russell,
respecting the progress Of the pending nego-
Citations between tho United States and Great
Britain. The witnesses testified that they had
done no such thing, and produced their cor
respOndence to prove it.
sin the first letter which was read, dated
( May 2, 1914, the house requested to be advi-
sed by him, ''whether the olive branch Oi
peace will be extended, or the torch Of war
continue to burn" and stating to him that
they would be much obliged to him for a
hint upon that subject" This the counsel Ol
the defendant argued was very broadly gwen
by the letter of Mr. Russell, on the the 18th oil
! September following, pending the negOcia-
tons OF Client, in which Mr.. Russell, after
expressing great regret at the indispOsitiOn Of
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