Litchfield enquirer., 1829-07-09

Manufacturers terrible stories which have reached us from the other side of the Atlantic relative to the distress of the manu- facturing districts in England, seem to have prompted some of our veraciOus editors to make the most of the temporary depression experienced In some of cur manufacturing villages. A report has been sent abroad that 45,OOO spindles had been suspended-that eight hundred families had been turned out of employ in Rhode Island and that hundreds ofmechanics were starving in and about Prov idence> The Pawtucket Chronicle, alluding to this report says:-
 "Not more than one quarter of the num- Der Ofspindles above stated have stopped in this and the adjoining states during the last year, and most of these have been put in oP- eration, (f not by the owners.) by their as- signees, who find the business will warrant continuance. As to the distress of families, we have taken great pains to ascertain wheth- CT any cases of "actual starvation" exist a. mong the operatives in this or the neighboF- ing towns, and the result of our inquiry is that no person who has been employed. or is will ling to labor in factory stands in need of as- sistance.-Every factory in this town IS now in successful operation, with the usual num- Der of people employed."-i6.
 Credit.-The facility with which credit is obtained by men in business, often operates as much to their own prejudice as to those who give credit and suffer losses thereby In time of prosperity, it is hard to be satis- fled with reasonable advances and profits. If an individual has gained thousand dollars in year without meeting any rGverses, he will be exceedingly apt to believe that this sum may be easily doubled. Credit enables him to make the experiment; if the times con- tinue prosperous, it proves perhaps success ful one if otherwise, partial or entire ruin IS the consequence. The practice of doing business out of proportion to the capital employed, and on the strength ofcredlt, IS al- ways hazardous, and never more so probably. than at thls time. A single reverse--one heavy loss, may deprive him ofthe confidence ofthe community, and thereby take from him the imaginary foundation on which he had before sustained himself. Although in fact, at fair estimate, he may be worth hand some estate, yet his property under the ham mer, is not sufficient to satisfy his creditors and in an unexpected moment he becomes bankrupt. Hundreds every year, doubtless, find themselves in this situation from these causes. The easy inference from these ob- servations, is, that at 0lL times snug business with moderate income, is better than lar ger one without ayn adequate capital, even with the fairest prospects of success. But there IS sometimes reverses to be encountered which the utmost prudence could not foresee or a. vert, and are to be submitted to as inevitable misfortunes.- Colunsbian Reporter.
 A young man of fortune, the son of wealthy planter in Kentucky, was welded to a lady of comparative wealth and merit From the moment they were united in holy wedlock. up to the year 1920, they lived in harmony, and in the uninterrupted enjoyment of their loves. In the summer of this unpro- pitious year, the husband, who had been two or three days absent. engaged in the chase returned to his plantation. and on leaping his " five barred gate" found his wife and young child on the eve of their departure for the home of the mothers father.
 In an authoritative tone, the husband de- rnanded of his wife. where she was going. when she informed him, that she was on her way to the house of her parents, to make short visit, and begged him to accompany her. "You shall not go," said the husband. "I will," exclaimed the wife, and immedi- ately gave loose to her steed, and was about to leave tNS CUuEt yotuS "uVu HNoO""'f enraged us he was, struck at the horse on which she was seated, but did not hit him. The wife calmly, yet with vengeance in her eye, looked at him for an instant; then cold ly said to him, " Sir. you never shall have another opportunity to strike at me. You are coward, sir, and here we separate for ever." She then departed for the home of her parents, and from that day to this, has never held the most distant correspondence with her husband, though he has endeavored by every art of persuasion and address, to re- store her to his bosom and his bed. The in- suit she could not brook. and in revenge for it, leads life of unnatural widowhood, dis claiming all connexion, love and knowledge, of the man to whom, in early life, she gave her hand and heart-Literary Subaltern'
 James Patrick, Esq has been removed from the Post Office at New Philadelphia Mrs. Catharine A. Garfield appointed in his place. MT. Patrick thus humourously amour ces his dismissal :--
 We thank the Postmaster General for put ting us off 80 handsomely. While many of our brethren of the letter bag have been hurl- ed out ofofiice, and compelled to surrender their papers, maps and mail keys. to surly looking fellows of opposite politics. we po- litely step aside to make way for lady, Here there were no sour looks between the officer turned out, and the officer put in.- While in other places, the newly appointed