Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-09-24
GENERAL SUMMARY.

SeNGNWaGN
to embark In October or November for Greece, III.
their object to establish SchoOlEin some Ofthe Gre.
clan islands, or at AthOnS--they will be assisted and
supported mainly IN this philanthFopic undertaking. bv
an association Of Ladies and Gentlemen In New.Ho.
ven. Two Greek you,hs, members oflhe Glass in
Yale College which has just been graduated are al.
ready on their way back 10 their native land. Thew
have IeI behind them high reputation for learning,
talents aud worth. COWrant.
More Of Boston JdcksORism.-Duf Green, tho Ed.
itOr orthO Washington Telegraph, announces, uMder
his proper signature, an intention 10 publish 90 much
Of HE private correspondence with Co.. OTae, Doctor
Eagotls, and General Lyman, "as will expose tho
true character of.he jackson Republican:pary,"
called, and Ns 10 necessary to its vindcalion against
the cAlumnies OF Judge Orne." It seems tha, the
numbers published in the Bulletin under the signature
OF Columbus, are attributed by Gen. Green to Judge
orne. The Bulletin oflast evening replies Rt the re.
quest ofCol Ornc" that he considers the threat To
publish private correspondence as infamous as its nc.
tual publicaion aud the threa. 70 publish IT, with an
intimaon that will prove whathe hrea,euer knows
will not prove, cOnducG to prove Nsstill more in.
iamous-but N,here be any ouewho thinks Il lessso,
COL Orne exOnerates Mr.. Green from any further re-.
sonsibii'y 10 keeping Il back 0odtdaves him 70 pub
lish Il wheneyesor wherever be paOses,"-Pattad.
ErhibGic" at Niagara FaLLs.-The Buffalo Journal
states that arrangements oro making by party OGgen.
uemen, partly from that town and partly from Canada,
for the singular and complicated exhibition at the
Fails, on the 9th October, the following particulars Of
which have been furnished BY gentleman concerned.
There exists assure in the rock, at the very brink Of
tho fall Of 100 feet In depth, and about 10 in
width, at top. This ia to DO charged with powder,
and tho explosion Is expected TO disengnge mass Of
ten millions Of tons freight. The schooner Superior,
which Inns been purchased e. tho purpose, will 10
committed 10 the stream, to follow tho iate &C her
predecessor tho " Michigan" Asthis vessel, though
nearly Os large the Michigan, does not draw 50 much
water, by several feet, there 10 little doubt that she
WILL under the direction Of Capt. Weissnoon, Of Chin
pewn, who assisted in conducting her predecessor,
reach tho brink OF tho Gall uninjured-in which case
her descent would be most splendid and imposing.
The Episcopalians have established press q. New.
York, for the publication Of books connected with
their faith. A Churchman'S Almanac" will soou
DO issued from il for 1880.
A Good Busiaess.--The Franklin Insurance Com.
pRny Of Baltimore has declared dividend ofS per
cent for the Inst six months. The same office has d.
vided ~ 2Per cen. IN the last two years and hale
An accident ola distressing nature occurred ut mi.
itia training az Chaplin, Con. AGer the company
was dismissed, young nun by tho name Of Chapman
loaded his musket saying, "rll give them one morc,"
and on dschNrging H. the gun burst, and the umor,u.
nate person received of.he Fragments which pen.
e.rated his heart and killed him instantly
Quick Wo&.-A sum Of $50 was bet few days
since that Mr. John Billings of this town, could not
make SO horse since IN three hours. Mr.. u. took u
the bet and went to work. The first hour he 6nished
" shoes, and In trO hours amt sixteen minutes tho
whole number was completed. AZ the end Of three
hours he ha, made Jo'ly,fse shoes!
Saco Palladium.
The three pretsssions.- clergy live by our sins;
the medical faculty by our diseases and The lawyers
by our misiortunes. What do printers live on n
10 reported, on tho authority Of n letter from tho
Editor ef'he Mexican Advocate, Nacogioches Texns,
to gentleman Of Nachochcs, ,ha. Commodore Por.
tor and Lorenzo do Zavaas Ser. Of Haciendias, have
obtained grim. Of land, tho Aysh Bayou, down ~
far rs the Sea coas,.
Fish Story-A man Of tho name Of M'Daniel, was
on Tuesday '"s' standing on the pier at the upper eud
OF the cut across the point q. tho mouth Of the Chin.
pewn (now excavating by order of the WeIIand Canal
Company when he espied q fine large Sturgeon ly.
ing very composedy in tho water, but few fec. dist.
ant. Thinking it pity 10 lose the opportunity Of
securing so desirable prize, and having none Of tho
ordinary means at hand no instantly stripped OF his
clothes, plunged head foremost into the lioud eIc.
men'' and succeeded in grasping his sturgeOnship
firmly by the tail. Aroused by this sudden and uuex.
pecsed assault, away went the FISH, dragging his aver-
sary down stream towards the FALLS at the rate Of ten
knots an hour-whose head was occasionally seen
oooDng above water, to tina no small CONSERVATION Of
the by's'a"ders, engaged on the work. boat was
despatched to his relief with all speed; but before
arrived, the attacking party, after running near
quarter OF mile, luckily came to soundings, and by
lha' means finally overpowered his antagonist and
lowed him triumphanty ashore, without assistance.
The stdegeon between four and FIVE feet in length
and would probably weigh 40 OF so pounds.
f.f. 81. Catkerine's y. G. Jour.
IL hasbeen asce:iained by the miiIers ut Rochester
hat u kernels Ofthe wheat of the present season.
produce as much fine -FOUR as "a kernels Of tho last
:rop. -'~
IL 10 affirmed in the Nsw-Orcans papers tina. the
Sank OF New-Orleans will not lose dollar by "he
imputed misconduct and subsequent dea,h Of tho
Cashier"
The Secretary of.he Navy, with the appreciation
fthe President, has ordered full suit OF sails be
made for the slOop Of war Peacock, now fitting for
60, Of cotton caaccs. Tho experiments which have
zen Instituted hitherto, supper, the opinion ihattis
ot at all inferior to that made Of hemp.