Litchfield enquirer., 1829-04-02
GENERAL SUMMARY.

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 A steam boat has been burnt between Au6ssta and Savannah, loaded with cotton, of which only 10 bales were saved. .....
 The steam boat Potomac burst its boiler on the 18th inst. her passage from Richmond to Norfolk. Four men were so much injured that they died soon aiaeF
 man was killed at Somerset, Niagara %. N. Y. on the 4th ut. by the bursting ot an overcharged cannon, loaded in honor of the new President prob. ably by fellows Overcharged with whiaksy. Too great sacrifice on such an occasion. The Cherokee Phoenix states, that Cherokee tn fly had been robbed by white people, eight miles from Carol county; and that the poor Indian has no re- dress in the courts of Georgia because Iudiaa is admitted there either as a witness or party.
 On the night of the 7th inst. the dwelling house ol Mir. J. Patchin, of Tioga county, was consumed by fire, and his wife and three ofhs children perished in the flames! Mrs. Patchin after carrying out two of the little and leaving them in the of her husband, rushed back to save the other three vvho slept above stairs. The flames cut of her retreat; piercing cries were heard, and she perahed the VIC. tim of maternal affection The father was found wt- out clothing in the snow, with the babes in his asms and deprived ofreasoD by the sudden and horrible ca- tastrophe.---N Ypapsrs.
 Gen. Jackson the day of his Inauguration to the Presidency is estimated have shaken hands with as many as 10000 persons.
 The U S. Telegraph informs US, that on the day of his inauguration, President Jackson 'walked on oot to the Capitol We suppose, then, as all his steps are ,n the road of "reform,' that his predecessors had some different mode of walking to the CaptolL ing on horseback or in a carriage, perhaps.- Trav.
 negvo man named Jo, with dark complexion, is advertised in the Norfolk Herald as a runaway There's poser for Dr. Mitchell.
 young thief being asked, some time since, at police oice how he got his lving replied, with great apparent simplicity, by fitting keys to locks.'
 The following are specimens of the toasts usually drank on the 4th of March by the Jackson folks when ''chock full" of patriotism and whiskey. They were given somewhere in Fairfield county, and are copied from the Bridgeport Farmer.
 "Since the election of President Jackson, may ali turncoais in his favor anticipate office, and receive the reward they merit
 cobweb pair of brooches, porcupine saddle. hard trOtting horse, and long journey to the mics of Jackson.
 Henry CIay-may he be permitted to retire to his own plantation, and turn his attention the culture of hemp. *
 May the hickory leaf be parasOl over the hsanlss of America and the branches thereof applied b the backs of their enemies" rH
 Casually .-On the 10th inst. the body of man was found floating in the Housaonlc river at the north part of New apparently about 60 years Ofage; the body entirely naked except aa old handker- chief about the neck and part of old ssocking on one foot-wth several marks of violence on his head and face: it appeared to have lain in the water some time. Jury ofInques. was called: the verdict was 'hat he came to his death by violence, how inflicted, to the Jury unknown; or drowned, and the marks oi violence formed on the body, caused by ce oFsones"
 DaabnU Recwds,.
 A company has been chartered by the Legislature of Louisiana, to supply the city and iauxaOargs ofNew Orleans with gas light Capital elOo,Oo0, with leave to increase i. io $500, ,OOO-shares eloOcharter to. continue 25 years.
 Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin has PFessnied E2O0 ster- ling to Triaity Church, Boston, as memorial of regard for the place of his baptism. The Richmond Compiler says the season is Gncom. monly backward in Virginia-there is az yet 0ot . blossom on any of the earliest trees,