Litchfield enquirer., 1829-12-31
remarkably favored by the deserts which sur round it.-N. Y. Daily Ado.

by some person, who deposited it in the bar of the Marlboro Hotel; 1t was soon after called for by man named Butler, who pre- tended to have been sent for it by the own. CTS, and who abscOnded as soon as he reCeiv. ed it. A large reward was offered for hts ap. prehensiOn, and he was taken few days since at BattleborOugh, Vt. On his way to Boston he attempted to escape, and failing in his attempt, he cut his throat, and died in . short time. The money was all recovered except about SI3O.-HGrttord Mirror.
 Consecration-On Wednesday, the 03d of December, the new and splendid Gothic edi. fee recently erected by the parish of Christ Church, in Hartford, was consGcrated to the service of Almighty God, by the Rt. Rev. John Henry Hobart, D. D., of the Diocese of New-Y Ork, acting in behalf of Bishop Brown ell, who is now absent on his western tour. Episcopal Wctchm0". Our information received from various sources at Washington, leads us to the con- clusiOn, to which we confess we are some. what reluctant to arrive, but which we feel bound to express for the sake of our cOsnmer- ! cial readers, that no change will probably be made in the tariff during the present session, except, perhaps, in the articles of tea and coffee. The South may make an effort to bring up the question, but we cannot predict their success. If any thing efficient is done. which, however, we do not think likely, 1t will come from NewE EngIand.---N.Y. EUP.
 THe Seducer caught.-Some weeks since, we inserted an article relating to the seduc- l ton and mysterious absence of young te- male belonging to Westfirld. The mystery is unravelled; the girl and her setlucer, Wm' Johnson, were found in Western, Worcester l County, last week, and he was arrested ana committed to Springfield Jail. Johnson Iiv" l cd in Westfield, where he has wife and SIX children. If reports be true he is an adept ] m the art of leading females astray, and has { been successful in seducing and running scve-
 ral girls. The WestReld girl was about l1
 years of age. of respectable family. aud, 1 previous to her acquaintance with JOhnsOns ! of unblemished character. She was be-
 witchpd by his vile arts, allured from the
 paths of virtue, and so completely infatuated that she remained n his barn for week. in the woods another week, and then travelIed to Western with him on foot in mems clothes She has returned dejected and ruined. "She sets like stars that fall to rise no more."
 Hampshire Gaz. J The Journal of Commerce states. that OD ] Thursday of last week, as two s"ns of Rev. ] Dr. Cox were passing Canal-street, they were run over by a carriage drawn Oy two ] horses that had become unmanageable. Tn" oldest, about twelve years of age, had leg l fractured and some of his teeth broken out; but is now doing very well. The youngest, about five years old, received no injury.
 Mir. Booth, the celebrated tragedian. arriv- ed in Providence on the 10th inst. in state "f Il 0AAAae G ID -..,... His feet were much swollen, and it is said he slept in the woods one night, covering himself with the leaves of the forest. 1 A Savannah paper states, that out of lSS ] members of the House of Representatives of Georgia, v were natives of Georgia, 16 of Virginia, 16 of South Carolina. l6 of North ] Carolina, 2 of Pennsylvania, 2 Hf COnnecti- ! cut. of East-FlOrda, of Maryland. lOF l Massachusetts, born at sea, and unknown 1 -1O9 of the number are married men and l8 l widowers-89 are farmers, 20 lawyers, 10 | physicians, merchants. The youngest l member is % years of age, and the oldest 50.
 The report of the Navy Commissioners proposes a reduction of the nunber of Navy yar..l. and recommends Newport in Rhode Island, anu Norfolk. Va. for the general rem dezvous of our ships of war. The COmmis- siOners propose to retain the yard at Charles tOWn dH cOnneXIOn Wltn tne cOntempIateo eS- tablishment in the waters of Narraganset Bay; and the yard at Washington in con- nexiOn with the establishment at Norfolk. In Vermont a man detected in carrying a jug of rum with him to the field when going to work, promised reformation-and the jug was no longer seen. Some time afterwards, at school, his son not being able to say what j j-"-c spelled, was asked what his father car. ricd rum in, when he replied, "a tin kettle with cover 1" j."
 The President Of tue United States and Vice President are antipodes in opinion res- pecting the National Bank. The latter was the author of the nstitutiOn.-BostOn Ga=. .
 CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE -AR indiUids10E cf inte,nperate habits, engaged in unloading e shdlLor cf rOOOd at one cf Oar schGrves. .et something pass up his sleeve to ,0hich he paid mo attention until q sensation of fCiOlent burning in- duced him to erGmine his arm. On stripping up his sleeUe he discOvered Gn animal resembIiag e lizard. ,chich, from Me existence cftkree sm0N pimpLes near his shoulder, he concluded had 6it- ten him. Ihe arm immediately s,celled wp Co an enormous size-becGme of bright red color, and intensely painful. No medical attendance sras procured for .fue days. 1Re arm from she shoulder to fhe elbo,o iOas then fully as thick as the thigh cfan ordinary size man-paisfL Co khp ko,eh-0n ..,ssgonS N.sss..~s:~.. o z ...SsS..