Litchfield enquirer., 1829-10-01


rest the parties, that both husband and wife
were intoxicated.
CIRCULAR.
Post Office Department, Sept. Is, 1899.
The new arrangements Of the Pos! Office
Department have rendered it necessary t0
give notice, that the functions Of Abraham
Bradley, Esq, as Assistant Postmaster Cen
eraI, will cease from and after this date.
The Banks and Offices employed as depos-
tories of the funds Of this Department, will
observe, that all checks and drafts for pay
ments, will hereafter bear the signature of
Charles X. Gardner, Assistant Postmaster
General, and will also he registered and cOun
tersgned by Obadiah b. Brown, Chief Clerk;
or, ia the absence Of either of them, by the
person specially appointed by the POstmas'
ter General to perform his duties. No credit
will be allowed to any such Bank or Office
but for payments made on drafts or checks,
drawn conformably to this regulation.
Postmasters who are not instructed to de.
pOsite their proceeds OF postage, will make
their payments on drafts by the same Assist
ant Postmaster General. aud countersigned
by John Suffer, Principal Pay Clerk, or by
the Chief Clerk-and 10 no other manner.
All banks. officers and agents, having funds
of this department., will balance their ac'
counts at the end Of this month, and forward
transcripts thereof, as soon as practicable, to
the Postmaster General; distinguishing IN
those transcripts. the checks made under this
regulation. A new account will be opened
by each bank, or officer authorised to receive
the moneys of this department, under the
head Of "the Post Office Department" to
which amounts, from and after the first of
ro~A al vvill no cruflit pI and
all payments charged.
w. y. BARRY, Postmaster General.
Extract ola letter from Washington.
I Yesterday attended the sale of furniture
belonging to Senior Rebello, the Brazilian
Charge d'Affares, which, Notwithstanding
the lowering clouds, and dense atmosphere.
was fully and f;ashionably attended the sale
commenced in the kitchen rs usual, some
decacy pervaded the minds, and bridled the
tongues of those present, and it was length
Of time before bid could be obtained {; the
first bid for any kitchen utensil for some time
was Invariably "t,Oentp;fve cents," and grad
ually advanced: at length, during pause at
ter the auctioneer's usual inquiry "what
shall we begin with 7" a sepulchral voice ex-
claimed " t,Oenty foe cents"-the attention TO
the spot whence 1t was supposed to proceed,
was Immediately drawn, but all faces were
indicative Of surprise, it appeared that no.
body had spoken; again the auctioneer ex-
"what shall I say for the article 7"
a pause ensued, and "25 cents" was again
repeated; "whO bid" cried hammer: not a
soul replied well, said he, we'll go on with
'25 cents," and he continued, and the thing
was running up and stopped at As cents,
when, to the utter establishment of all present,
ehn hu11 ksNLnA nHnss~
I" Great Heavens !" exclaimed the ladies'
" what can it be the house is haunted."-
The gentlemen declared it wondrous
strange" and were all about leaving the
premises, when the auctionecr asked "no
more 7" he was replied by an echo from the
Odds pot, "nO neore.'' Then it was, and not I'M
iii that moment, we discovered huge parrot,
who, although generally speaking the Portu-
guese language, had caught few words in
English from frequent repetition Of the ham.
mering knight, and initiated his words. This,
rs you may readily imagine, dispelled the
previous alarm, and caused a universal roar
Of laughter, and the busy hum of the scene
was not unfrequently broken afterwards by
Polls bids, who, although she did not contri-
butte much to the profit of her master, afford
cd great deal of merriment to the idlcrs and
purchasers of the day, and there was not one
present who wished her seized with the cynan-
che parOtidGm.
A cOroner's inquest was held at Albany on
Friday, before B. G. Allen, coroner. on the
body Of black man, named Henry Hartman,
and the verdict was, that he came to his death
by kicks, blows and wounds inflicted on him,
by colOred man named William Lavender.
The quarrel which resulted in the death,
arose from dispute about sixpence, at a
game Of cards. The affair occurred on Tues
day. but the injured person did not die till
Thursday.-Albany Adv.
Forgery.-On Saturday about 10 o'clock,
a small boy went into the Bank of Pennsyl-
vania, and rendered Patent Check, purpOrt-
ing to have been drawn by Michael Bowler,
for two hundred aud City dollars.-It was
soon detected as forgery. The boy was al
lowed to walk out, followed ut distance by
one of the pOrteTs of she bank. At the cor
ner Of Fourth and Pine streets, young man
stepped mp to the boy and inquired if he had
got the money, &c. He was Immediately
arrested and taken before an alderman, where
he confessed he had drawn the check that
morning. He was committed to prison,
where he now is.-Dem. Press.
Me Au,hrn;ao Crahort ,vos ln1Ol, 49,