The Litchfield County post., 1828-11-20
difference was known to exist between Mr. J.
and Lincecum.

aud Lincecum.
Columbian CentineI-This old and valuable
newspaper has been transferred to the hands
of new editor. The veteran of his profess
ion, who for forty-four years has been the
faithful servant of the Boston pubIica, has at
length, retired from his post. The discharge
of those professional duties which he has in
dustriOusly performed for nearly half a centu-
~, has devolved on Mr. Joseph It. Adams, a
gentleman of education and native of this
city, and Mr. Thomas Hudson, who has for
several years, superintendent the printing
of the paper. We tender our sncerest
| wishes to Mr. Russell as he yields up the sta
ton he has so honourably occupied, and ex-
tend the right hand of fellowship to his sue
cessor. BeSt. Week. Mess.
Mr. Bull. of Newport, speaking in General
/ Assembly, upon the affairs of the Narragan-
set tribe of Indians, mentioned the curious
historical fact that the late king of Narragan-
sets, voluntarily transferred his right of
| regnty to the Legislature efthis state by will
and expressly placed his people under our
protection RI pap.
/ n. York City erpenditures.-The amount Of
receipts and expenditures of the New York
city government is published once fortnight.
| We have often had occasion to admire the
munfcence with which they lavish their ex-
] penditures ON objects of public improvement,
! and the exactness with which the receipts of
( the treasury are accommodated to the de-
| mands upon it. In the last account published
the receipts of the preceding fortnight were
S29,S54 81. and the expenditures S29,S51 10
-balancein the treasury SO 60.
Philadelphia, Nov. g."
! We learn with sincere regret that the small
pox prevails to very considerable extent in
| Pittsburgh. Four persons have died of this
loathsOme disease, and nearly thirty others
are infected with it: The physicians are en-
gagged in vaccinating those who are consd-
cred liable to infection.
South Carolina From the returns receiv-
ed it appears that Messrs VIM Drayton, Geo.
| M'Dufie. Warren r. Davis, VIM. M artin, g.
VIM. TtNckolls, have been reelected. John
Il Campbell succeeds James Hamilton, jr and
Gen Blair takes the place of Mr. Carter. We
have heard ONO opposition to Gen Tucker,
and presume he is elected. This will COM
plete the representation of South Carolina in
the 2lst Congress.
Cases Of longevity are not only much more
common, but also more extraordinary 10 res
pect to a greater duration in Russia than in a.
ny other part OF Europe: thus, from the re-
port of the Holy Synod, published in 1897, it
appears that there were living in 1825 among
those who professed the Gr@cO- Russian reli-
gion, thrOug bout the empire, not fewer than
846 males who were 100 and more years old
among whom SO had passed fhe age of SO,$S
four others betweea $50 aud 1856 years old.
The Gazrtte of the Russian academy, pub
Ellshed 10 January contains statement of the
progress of the population in Russia, as far as
it concerns those who profess the Greco Rus
sian religion. in the course Of 1885, This doc
ument contains results still more extraordi-
nary; for out of sos 1891 males who diedthat
year, G7S6 had passed th- age of SO; I4s2 that
of So; and $40 that of 1O0-among the latter
SO were more than 115 years of age % more,
than 100, more than les, and one was $50
years old at his death.
DR.. Granritle's Travels.
thquakes.-Violent earthquakes were ex-
perienced in some parts of Spain on the 18th
14th. and'l5 OF September. A large part
OF Tore de la Malta was destroyed {; and the
inhabitants of Murcia were preparing to leave
the city, which those of several other places
had already done. A fire bnrst out Of the
ground. about se'Pn leagues from the city of
w. UCt"CCH 1IdSuud ana UCeOas
which set fire to the stubble fields, and over
spread mountainous region in that vicinity.
to the great CONSERVATION of the people.
J N. Y. Dai. Ado.
A letter from Charlottesville. published in
the Alexandria Gazette, mentions that the
Ex-president Monroe had fallen from his
horse. and was much injurcd-but hopes are
entertained that he will surviye.-[N. Y. D.
Adv
! The foregoing was in type, when we heard
ofanother affection which has befaIlen this
venerable patriot, and which though anticipa-
ted, it was hoped might have been averted.-
1t is well known that from his devotion to the
public service, his private affairs became long
since entangIed; until to arrange them.he Of
frred for sale his whole estate in Virginia.
This proposition, howe, err, did not meet the
eXigencieS of the case and those ha wing cla;roS