Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-08-27

|iDgton; Mr. Henstin, clerk in one Of the Offices;
and the Hon. Secretary Of War, john II. Eaton, are
rumOured to be the persons. We wonder the Presi.
dent himself was not incluied n
Saicide.-Alr. Benjamia Stafford, Of Lafayette, hung
himself on Saturday last u rs hog pen. His body
was found some hours Afterwards, shockiugy mutIa-
ted-the hogs having eaten of his ears, nose, and
part of his face. He was upwards of 60 years old,
and through long life sustained the character of an
honest man.-Onondaga Register.
! Penknife Manufacture.--Nlr. Moses l.. Morse, an
ingenious mechanic and the Inventor ofsevefal yaua-
BILE machines, has commenced the manufacture Of
Penknifts in Worcester, Mass. If sufficient encour-
agement is given, he intends to employ 40 or so
hands. The Egis says they are all we'll made with
high polish, aud unless examined very closely, it
would be difficult to distinguish them from those of the
English shops"
The President has recovered from his recen, sick
ness, and is able to attend to his duties.
| The Managers of The Colonization Society have
recently appointedJ. b. Russworm, a;wel educated
man of color, and former edstSe OF paper in New
York, as Superintendent Of the Colonial Schools; he
will shortly embark for Liberia. He was formerly
opposed the project of colazing the free persons
OF COLOR but has since becon Convinced ofliserror,
and is now a warm advocate.
! The Executive Committee Of The Connecticut Tenn
perance Society have employed the Rev. Stephen
Crosby, Of East CRANKY eber several weeks in the
County Of Hartford, for the promotion Of Temper
ance. M
Capt Basil Halls travels 10 the United States are
published in England and are almost ready for pub
LEGATION here from the press of Messrs Carey, Lea &
Carey, Of Philadelphia. Theyare variousy spoken
oE-They,are published.
| DR.. Watkins was appointed Fourth Auditor by Mr..
Monroe, and recommended to that Office by Mr..
White of Tennessee, and ME-. Tazewe, of Virginia.
| An INSTANCE of 'enacity ofife was exhibited yes.
'erday, says a Savannah, pager, by the heart of a
! large Alligator shot in the Ftser opposite this place.
For four hours after it was xlracted from the body it
continued to exhibit muscular rritabty, by strong
pulsatio"s the slightest toach. The Alligator was
a few inches less than niue he, in length.
| The Baltimore Chronicles ya,ys,-We understand
that riot took place the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road on Friday last in which one man was killed and
several wounded. The rnglelders we're, we learn,
on Friday evening lodged Jail. ,sfSsa
DR.. Israel L. Corieli, Of Kiugswood, New-Jersey,
wis killed by the upseung OF his sulkey. ...
| Mr.. Daniel Irish, OF Gor,am, Maine, aged 40,
jumped from the cabin Of the schooner Leader, in
( state of arrangement, aud was drowned.
| The fellow who stole the files Of the Mercantile
penentiary for one yea'.
| Al B,idgeton, Me. trader who used To sell four
hogsheads Of rum during the hay season. has
been able to sell one the present season.
A young man named Nathan Palmer, was, while
driving team in Sussex Comfy, the 9TH inst kill
ed by lightning, together with four oxen.
A correspondent of the MlcAGeviI!e Journal states,
that two gold mines had been discovered in Haber-
sham County, Georgia. 49,
! Some of the roads near Charleston are said to be
infested with runaway negroes and marauders.
Shamefal-A few nights since, some persons en-
tered the orchard Of Mr.. John Langdon, Of Dunkirk
N. Y. and grded nearly all his fruit trees, 40 in
Der, consisting of apple, pear, and plum, which he
had been many years in collecting. -.., ...,..
A snake was lately shot at Miramichi, N. d. which
measured IL feet inches in length. Five whole pi.
geops found in its stomach.
THE Weasel asiesp."-A draft was not long since
drawn by firm in Boston upon Bank in New York,
for $500, as expressed by figures in the margin; it
was however, inadvertently written ffteen dollars in
| the DOuy OF tNC DILL Dill WIN tUib oFVH u WIS uIBs
counted at a Bank in Boston, forwarded to New
York there drafted aud returned TO the Bank, and
paid at maturity, in the full amount of fifteen hundred
dollars without the discovery Of the mistake by any
one, except the person whom the bill was drawn
who noticed il at the time Of acceptance.-Paiiad.
sugar mill belonging to a Mr.. Barker, the
coas, below Newt Orleans, was struck with lightning
the 2Oih ult. Sixty seventy negroes had takeu
shei,erin from the storm, five Of whom killed
and eleven wounded. p
| An eclipse of the was observed by a short gen.
teman of this town Sunday last, between 10 aud
o'clock. He passing through Cornhi when all
! Of sudden moving shadow enveloped him, as il a
cloud or the moon were passing over the suns disk.
| On looking up, however, he found it was the awning
OF adys head, videict bonnet, that was passing
between him and the sun, the wearer Of which threw
every body on that side Of the street, shorter than her.
self INTO the shade.-Boston Gatary.'
1t is stated thai printer in New-Haven last week
drew a prize Of 1850 dollars! We have not since
/ heard of his being in a s.raItjacket!
The editor Of the Concord Patriot, N. II. has been
prosecuted for libel by Jacob B. Moore, editor of the
New Hampshire Journal.
On Sunday, the 9th inst, severe thunder storm
passed over Troy. Mr.. Russell Twiss, who was at
tending upon sick 10 West Troy, was instantly
Ll.d hv the lightning tow-boat end harm s,ruck