Litchfield enquirer., 1829-09-17
GENERAL SUMMARY.

ment of the ordinance expeling the coloreI popUa-
,on from the city. A body Of whites attacked the
dwellings Of some Of the coored people, broke their
windows and committed other Outrages, when gun
was discharged from a window which killed Ely Her.
ricks one of the assailants Ten blacks and seven
whites were arrested Immediately afterwards and
committed 10 Jail The Mayor had issued PrOCla-
nation calling upon all good citizens 10 assist the
,horities in preserving the peace.
| tS,;cide-In New-York, Mr.. William Ryder by
poson, Mr.. Samuel Sandford, aged 81, who was
present when the inquest was taken, went home and
committed the same act
man lately killed himself at New-York, by drink
ing wine from cask on the wharf till he died. An.
other victim of intemperance died the same day in "a
grOg shop.
| Variable Weasher-At Troy, N. Y. on the Sd inst.
| the mercury in a good thermometer stood, in the
shade, at 81 deg On the next day, it stood at S.
difference SO deg 10 about IL hours. In this town we
should suppose the difference nearly great at
| the same time.
| Corning the Canal.-Two gentlemen in Rochester,
advertise that they are determined to abandon the
tra6ck in spiruous liquors, and offer their extensive
stock of liquors for sale. "Call sooD," say they 'as
| we intend 10 dispose Of them few weeks. either
by sale or by feeding the Erie Canal We do not
think that they have any rightto make the canal tpsy.
Mean age of marriage at Paris.-From 482 instan.
ces taken unfortunately among all ranks and or
ders it results that at Paris, during the eighteenth
century, the mean age of at the period Of his
marriage was 90 68 years, and Of woman 24.72
years; the mean difference Of age between the par
ties being 1885, or very nearly five years. 1t further
appears that from sos observations made tho male
and 486 on the female sex, that the age Ola -
Their at the birth of has been 1881 years, and
that the mean age of a mother at the epoch has
been 29.17 years. The duration Of generation at
Paris in the eighteenth century, would on this by
, poihess, amount to 1881 years.-ESdin Req.
Horid transaction.--A difficulty having arisen in
Hancock county, KY. on the 18th ult. between two
men, named Robert Hogg and Lowry McCuly, the
former, accompanied by choice friends, repaired
to the house Of the latter, for the purpose Of satisfying
their vengeance. They first killed trusy dog, then
fred into the window, attacked the door, and fired
fifteen err twenty shot, Hogg, it is said, by this time,
(not at all to he wondered at,) thought they were
really in earnest and determined to stop them. He
accordingly got his rife and fired at Of them,
which proved 10 be McCully himsel-the shot passing
/, directly through his body, caused instant death. The
rest of the assaants then retreated uninured. Hogg
afterwards delivered himself up the proper authors
y and plead self-defence was tried, and honorably
. acquitted.
u Williams Coilegs.-The annual commencement in
this institution held on the 81 inst. The degree
;. of A. B. conferred % young gentlemen; that
OLA. nj. on 12; the degree of d. d. the Rev. Gil
e bert Livingston, of Philadelphia. aud Of l.. L. ID.
!, Hon. John Woodwork, Of Albany late one Of the
Y Judges of the Supreme Court Of New-York.
t II is stated in the Wliamstown Advocate that all
the merchants in Bennington, VT have come to tho
determination never to carry any dent spirits
into that town, and after selling their stock on hand
: not to sell any more.
The "PhiIanthropist and Investigator" n paper
published in Boston, and devoted the interests Of
philanthropy and temperance, has just been discon-
tinued. The establishment Of the Journal Of Human
iiy no doubt a means Of s discon.inuance.
Two young lads recently drowned in Valley
Falls, r. !. while engaged in fishing II is supposed
one fell in and that the other drowned in aempt
, ing to save him. 1t on Sunday.
man tried in Boston last week for keepinp
open shop on the Sabbath, and fined 81 and COSTS
An editor asks-Why are the females Of the present
day like the lily in the Scriptures? And is answered
-" Because they toll not, neither do they spin, yet
Solomon in all his glory not arrayed like one OF
these"
Cancer Docfor.-A very respectable from
New-Canaan Conn.,, appeared yesterday at the Pc.
lice Office to make his affidavit TO an agreement be.
tween himself and Cancer Doctor 10 this CITY, by
which he promised to pay the Doctor fifty dol;us on
condition that he should cure his wife Of Cancer
otherwise nothing. In pursuance Of the agreement
he paid him $a5, on the positive assurance of the
Doctor that there would be difficulty in effecting
a complete cure. His wife, however, died under the
Doctors treatment, and the deponen, had no doubt,
from the opinion Of or two respectable physicians
that there were desperate remedies made use Of The
object was to compel the Doctor refund the twenty
five dollars. His affidavit to the agreement was taken
| ". Y. Paper.
On the 9th instant the ant-nasons Of Albany nppli-
cd to the trustees of the Presbyterian church, a. the
corner Of Fox and Chapelsreets, for the use Of the
house, for the purpose of delivering Grafton in com.
memoration Of the abduction of Morgan. The trus-
tees by regular voe refused the request but on the
following morning they gained admission. A number
of the trustees then and ordered them to retire.
but they refused riot was threatened, but it was
happily avoided 1t is feared that dssentions in the
church, as cell as civil prosecutions will be the con-
| sequence The animasons 10 the number of fhiytv