Litchfield enquirer., 1829-02-26
GENERAL sUMAGRY.

writing the life of Alexander hamton. ferhaps no man was better qualified to do justice to it. Mir. IngersOll, from the COmmittee the Distric, of Columbia, has introduced bill suppress loue- ries, and to prohibit the sale 6flO.tery tickets within the District; and makes yiOlatOn of its provisions misdemeanor punishable by n large fine. The bIll was twice read, and ordered to inc third reading on a future day. The Attorney General cftae |. States, Mr. Wirt, has entirely recovered from his he severe nispOsi- ton. A Mrs. Flood was stabbed with knife in New-Or- leans on the 18th ult by her son-in-!aw, Simnard, by tlle name of Garrow, aud exnired immediately. A man has been convicted in Albany of stealing couple oFspoons and some articles of bedding from house where he Lad been tratcifiag rith q corpse
 Cleared from the port of MeadVille, Pa the fast floating boat, "Ann Eliza" All the materials of which this boat built, were growing on the banks of French Creek on the Eth ut. On the 2oth she launched, and poted intOeths place before sun- set by her expert bulders Messrs. Mattox & Towne. Her cargo consisted among otherflngs, of3O0 rcams of crown medium, and royal palet straw paper, and patent book and paste boards; ad te this place on the 3Ot ult. for Pittsburgh, wfk auut 2epassengers l on board.-Niies Register. SsSa2-5 r We learn that friend at Washington lately met Mr Clay and addressed him in the language of the Spanish Dons-"May you live thousand years!"- Clay replied in his usual bold manner, ''rhank ye, Sir, but as I am a man of Bargain, Ill compromise for half shat time"-I6.
 It is stated that there are remaining only about 70 disiduals of the powerful tribe of Mohegan Indians in the eastern part of this state. Tho land is estimated at $60,OoO.
 The Burlington, Vt. Sentinel, of Feb. 6, says, sthe broad lake opposite this place. closed with ice on Sunday last. The fall of snow and freezing cold weather since, has rendered the ice passabe for teams in almost any directions
 Two editions of the correspondence between J. @. Adams and certain leaders of the Federal party, of 200O copies each, were nearly alT disposed of on the day of publication.
 slave of Mr. A. Gait, of Norfolk Va has drawn the eighth of $5O0O prize, and his master has sented to give him his freedom for the fruits of his luck.
 case of breach 1.-the marriage promise, was tried in Wayne county, N. Y. at the January term, Han nah Dennis vs. John Stewart Verdict for the plain tiff $500!
 Lewellen Jones, formerly respectable planter in
 
 bama, for the murder of Nathaniel Barl,am. It ap. peared the trial, that Jones went to the house of Barham sought quarrel with him, then drewa large Spanish knife and stabbed him in several places, SO that he died in short time Jones was wealthy and had been respectable, but possessed of most d abolical temper. tags
 It is stated that in conseqnence Of sieaas aost Of ebe students have left the University of Virginia. E The Senate 1t is said have rejected the nomination by the President of Mr. Crittenden, Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States.
 1 By the Vergennes Aurora, we learn that the a. 1 mount of produce exported from Vermont through the Northern Canal has increased very considerably since tue canal first opened. The tolls received at Whitehall the last year amounted in the aggregate to $5966l 67 being 94.6 5s moro than was received during the year 1927. The iron mines of Vermont are productive of more good to the public than the golden ones of Potosi, because while they enrich they do not enervate the inhabitants.
 Suicide.-Mr. Joseph H. Jones, ian Englishman,) J respectable merchant of St. Louis, shot himself on Monday at the City Hote in Philadelphia. It wal reported that $40O0 had been committed to his care pay to sundry merchants, which had not been done, and that slip of paper found in his bed room which was written, "I did not take the mon ey, nor did my relative" ."-Cor. Adv.
 Something aeso.-The Hudson river is now frozen so hard that loaded sleighs come from Newburgh within forty miles ofNew-York, to Albany and Troy all the way on the ice, making one hundred and twenty miles, with perfect safety. The stages thai run on the west side of the river to the ice at Kingston, and run through to Albany the ice. ~. AD. Ado.
 short tune since, all the ladies of Boston went in crowds to inspect new set of guns, pistols, and swords, which military company had treated them- seves to. What charming patriotic creatures, to be- come inspectors ofthe infantry! If the practice generally introduced, who would not be sofdierf Noah.i
 4 Priater's Sensarkable Dream.-The Printer of the Farmers Advocate says-"Ws do not pretend to believe in dreams, but we had one a few nights since of such singular character, that cannot resist inclination to glve it publicity. We dreamed, (for printers are subject dreams that all our delinquent subscribers locked in and paid up theroid accounts consequently we immediately procured new type from New York, enlarged the Advocate, and paid of the paper maker; but as we about to render host of grateful acknowledgements to our patrons, laundering little insect, (which we do think might have found better Iodgihgs) gave us such friendly grip between the shoulders, that we awoke under the dreadful apprehension that the Sheriff had favored us with caIl-but twas all dream-all but the bite.