The Litchfield County post., 1828-08-21


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Torpedo Shot.-Capt. Ward, fthe Custom House,
as invented species OF shell to which he has gwen
MS name and which he confident, # fairly tested
viii enable merchant ships TO project themselves ag-
east any description of vesseisthe larger the hOstiI
snip the greater the chance being of tins kind off
snU' taking effect All that Capt. Ward requests is AN
opportunity OF testing his invention some condemn
ed hulk, under the observation OF scientific men.
Commercial
benevolent indiviua has offered to pay for the
tuition IN Yale College of one hundred pous students,
preparing for the ministry. The price of tuition is
tair'y three dollars year; consequently the offer is
three Thousand end three hasndred doFals year.
We are informed by correspondent, saws the Bos-
ton Chronicle, that John N. Strutlon, Esq. fomery
delegate from Of the counties of the Eastern
Shore, IN Virginia, to the legislature of that state,
hung himself on Saturday the Goth ult. The is
not assgned-and on the Saturday following, I'd ns)
Henry Tazewel', of Norfolk, his cousin, SON of the
Hon. l.. W. Tazew ell shot himself with pistol, near
the same place, and expired almost instantly. Failing
TO secure the affections OF young lady, is the cause
assigned for the commission OF the act by the latter
The gameser, if he die martyr 10 his profession is
doubiy ruined. He adds his soul to every other loss,
and by the act of sucide renounces earth to forfeit
heaven
Prolific Wives.-Mrs. Gray, of Binghamton, Broome
county, N. Y. was on the 18th u made the happy
mother Of three healthy and promising babes. On the
9th u. Mrs. Elizabeth BoWles, of Hanover county,
Va. gave birth to four intanis whose total avo,rdu pos
was IL lbs and 5-8ths-Com. Adr.
The wife ofMr. Pny Mann, of South DeerGed, was
safely delivered of three fui' grown children, the
both and Dist Ju!y.-Gteen. Gas.
acknowledgements -four Saxony Sheep, the prop
erty of Capt Burt, of Longmeadnw, Mass.
Gently killed Stafford under one tree, by single
flash Of shtning.
The Albany Argus OF Wednesday says ;-Consider
able sensation produced yesterday throughout the
cy, by the report OF The assassination and death -four
muCh respected friend and eiiow cllizen, Gen. John
L. Woo, Inspector General o the U, ). Army. We
are happy be enabled to that athoug he was
shot at and wounded Monday, whist at his
dence he not seriously hurt. Gen. ". resides
at Nassau, Rensselaer, County, twelve miles east of
Albany.
fellow calling himself James Rogers, and profess
ng to be of the engineers the Delaware Branch
OF The Philadelphia canal, has been ''runnng ne"
Not of canal routes, but of b u.s. at the taverns
Northampton county, that would have done credit to
foreign ambassador. "Wherever he came" says the
EastOn Wing ''every servant was in requsltIOn and
attendance upon Mr.. Rogers. When he called tor
meal, the mahogany tables would groan under the
weight of uxuries spread for him. His purse length
getting low he was obliged to go upon tick awhile
Consequently whatever debts he contracted, were
charged to "Mr. Rogers the engineer" In tins way
he rolled up bill of $40 at tavern, aud s. at
oher and Beng against ''Mt. Rogers the engineer"
who drew 81 per day, they were OF COURSE considered
sale'
At length report of the habits of this cipI engineer
reached the OF the real gentlemen, IN the vcny,
vino beng somewhat more remarkable tor their at
ention to the states canal, than TO their atmentdTy
canal sent forth to examine this pleender. He was
iound-but not recugm Zed as b,oher, and conse
aueniy safely housed for oOdays-Where he must have
some body to olen lock before he can proceed.-U.
>. Guz.
Rabid CoD.-On Monday afternoon, at about 5o'
clock, posse OF men. woman, and chndren counting
not ,ess than Thousand the whole, were drawn to-
setnel IN Chatham street by the cry OF "m.d COW :;
and some OF the bodesl among them surrounded and
atlem, led To bind Or destroy the obnoxious anmaI-
Whether the creature had been actually mac, I'VE know
not; but quite clear, that the batting OF the aar
med multitude, bent on killing securing her, was
sufficient TO sci her Wild earnes-even though she
mad been The most placid cow n the Union. The ei-
lOrts emp.oyed against her, beng I'll concerted were
not immediately successful; and becoming violent as
was pursued, she exhibited divers symptoms OF
battle. Occas, ona,Iy she dared either side with
furious speed, AMI with horns armed for destruction
at every demonstration of which kind the trmest OF
her pursuels made preciptate retreat, while, IN
long line from the point OF her attack, promscuous
fight kept up until her hostility directed itself
elsewhere. She was finally caught by dexterous
back man, VINO sprang upon her back and fixed al
rope about her HORNS
What gave rise to the belief of her Madness was
not easily to be ascertamed. 1t stated by some
that the first exhibition of her disorder attack
upon a hoy i'm Chatham street who narrowly escaped
with his lIte. Other evidences of her mlch evOus
disposition were also mentioned but whether these
statements correct, and what was the extent OF
the INJURY done by herwe have not been able to learn
N. Y. Statesman.
Mr. WIN. Clark his wife, son about six years of
age, and another enid about two years old, died on
Friday IN Union Town, Pa. from having taken poison
in some food. II W administered, Or by whom Is moi
known. cat and dog which had eaten OF the same
vlcluas, died also at the same tme SIN the evening
after the funeral" says the Union Town Democrat,
tive relaOn, to whose care 1t had been COM
mted, carrying away the only survivor OF the family,
an infant unweaned from its mother breasi."
Nineteen members OF the Bar of Essex county, N.
j. have recently subscribed pledge to "abst am from
the use of ardent spirits all cases, except Tor med
cal purposes;" and to exert their best influence to
repress the practIce in others. The Morrstown Bar,
1t is sald have formed similar resolution.
After violent thunder storm at Atkinson and PIai-
stow, New Hampshire, the LIST inst. 1t was as
certained that the lightning had struck in more than
forty places within the compass OF mile and hat.
One dwelling house struck, and The family we're
knocked down, but not severely injured. An OK and
COW were killed.
Kentucky.-Our advces from Kentucky are to the
from thence-ior that State, by many OF both parties,
tt,a mann n fhks nfIul