Litchfield enquirer., 1829-12-10

four PeVSOnH convicted of burglary, were sentence, on Saturday the 00th ulL to Ihe state prison durnI the term Of their natural lives. One of them Do, named Allen, stated in letter which he addressed (, tho court that he was only fourteen years old. H, appears to Do aH instance Of preCOcOus and irrecalm able viainy. Hts hther is tn the state prison, hi mother to the peniIentiNFy and hs brother sscapoC being consigned to one or the other O these mansions by turning States evidence.
 i've have one or two us remarkable instances iT Maryland, oE crime drumming tn families" "l-Niiss
 An acsress of the Fremont Theatre, Boston, Is said to have received a legacy equal to 100000 dolars from an English relative. lf %, she will make hes sEit, with "bencG."
 The Montreal Gazette mentions that the smallpox had prevailed very extensively at the Indian village O St. Regis. This village contains population of coo SOuls of which one halt are subjects of the British government and the remainder of the United States
 s said that the tolls the Chesapeake and Del aware Canal already amount to about one hundred dollars a day. On Monday week, no less than % SIOOps and SChOOners passed the western locks.
 NeU. YOrk.-Only % of the l28 members of assem. bly recently elected, were members last year; and nine new members have been elected to the Senate. The public interes. materially suersby such extensive changes in q legislative body.
 DissrsssfRg EAipWreck.-A Portland paper oc Nov. 94 says, "The schooner --, Haddock, of Gran. berry Island, on sealing voyage, was lost, iO May last, with all the crew, l9 in number, l3 Of whom were married, and ot these had eleven children each--ot the remainder, one had four, one pix, and the rest from two to five. 1t is believed tas no, less than one hundred children were made Ga,heress by shis distressing occurrence.
 An extract of a letter received iM New.Orlcans dn,ed St. JeaD Baptisie, Nov. 3, says "That Mr. M. Burlington. printer, formerly of New.orlcans, was aseassMoted in a ball room by one COlaS Cry. The murderer has not yet hcco caught"
 AiystsriOHs.-Of the tax at Dedham this year {4S,O0O) upwards of 1000 paid in three days, under new system established by the town.
 It Is calculated that Samuel Patch, in falling l25 feet must have reached the water tn abou, seconds and suposing he weighed 100 lbs. mu.t have struck she water wiiH momentum equal to 5000 lbs
 Several Russian Officers have arrived at New. York. as sad they to practice in our Navy. Perhaps sse Emperor will order ships of war built in this country.
 At the late term of the Supreme Court tn Portland, Mrs Godfrey. Peter Kincaid recovered IT, for breach of promise Of marriage. Kincaid is about ,ytes yours Of ago. aud the widow Godfrey ssoenty- Jour.-N. r. Gas.
 The Supreme Court of Rhode Island, in recent caseOf divorce, has laid down principle that intem- peraOce n wife was not sufficient ground to sus. san the petition of the husband. In the in ques ton, gross attempt iO make evidence tn order to criminate his wife by procuring man to be seen in he'd with her while she nsensble from the effects of intOxcasiOn, proved against her husband.-i6
 An action was brough. in the Circuit Court in this city, On Monday, by Samuel De Moit to recover dam. ages for the seduction Of his daughter by Oliver S. Denton. The defendant made no defence. Judge Edwards charged the jury, recaPulssed the circum. stances otho case and advered to tho total want of pentence on che para of the defendant. The jury brought in avcrdict of Q, 500 agaiDs, ,he dcfendan The parties reside in Queens counsy.-ib.
 The Georgia Enquirer states that Benjamin Mar ehal Creek Chief has just returned from Arkansas and gives of she soil, climate, and abundance Of game, 30 Ratter'ng account. that all to whom he had made known the true situation and prospects 0f ,he country allotted the Indiana had sgnied their intention to emgratc; and it Marslialls opinion tha, half the Greeks would remove he"rc next lall.
 Political Curiosity.-Thc following strange sen. icncr, heinz part of "an extract of letter from gentleman im Louisiana to the edor' of the "u. s. Telegraph" was published in that paper of Saturday Iasl
 "Clny is yet very strong in this state, and uncss his party is deprived of every little oi the power and pa- ronagc of the general government should not be prsed if it proves triumphant in 1883 7"
 A calculation has been made in London print ihNi Sir Waiter Scott has written 54l ,G?6 lines of poetry, aud $50 tales Of a sorts and sizes. He has been en- gagged in it 39 years.
 gn North Carolina tue punishment for having two wives at the same time, is death. man is now un- der sentence there for this offence. In the of slaves, we presume i, is different; for nothing is more common ,l,an for one slave 10 have three or four wivee to mono of whom, Pat would say, had he been wSied.
 ,,,I Mardev is supposed to have been committed in ,y;Mveek beGore last. 4 lumber man, who had re.
 considerable money the day previous, was
 Ts; blood and stone with blood and human hair was found upon the dock, and cap among the lumhcr. h is supposed he was beaten to death, and then thrown into the river. Two men have been ar rested on suspicion.
 4 Prize "A bachelor passing along public street in Philadelphia, week or two ago, noticed blanket carefully wrapped up at the corner of an al ley He picked is up and unrOlling i. found tC ou1a;w fsr;p :u annaranslv afo,a fun dava old