Litchfield enquirer., 1829-12-10
GENERAL SUMMARY.

authority ofa gentleman direct from Pensacola, that the eapIan, crew and passongsS, lS tn number, with one exception, of the schr. Magnolia, OF s. MaFGs, which was struck by SquNl and capsiEed, were all lost on the 9th Ult
 The Baptist Church In Alexandria, D. c. was ds. S,royed by fire on Saturday week.
 Mount Vernon 30 interesting to every American, aS the residence and burial place of General Washing. ton will not pass into strange handsin consequence Of the death of its late proprietor, Judge Washington 1t will tevolyc upon the nephew Of the Judge John ! Adams Washington, ofJefFersOn County, Virginia, gentleman of large estate and distinguished co skill. fnl and Sealous agrculIurist.
 On the 18th ut one of the CatIaraUgus Indians wac killed by wolf within ten miles of Jamestown, Cha' tauque County. The decoased found the wolf in trap, and going too nigh, caught him by the neck and cut his throat instantly
 The dwelling house Of Dr. Lewis, ofNorwich Vt. wns consumed by fire on the 10th inst. The house was occupied by two families. and 1t was with much difficulty they escaped Tho Doctor is s5 years Of age, and awoke by the noise of the re surrounded by the James, and escaped by throwing the bod out of the window and capng out upon it.-BGrtisgtOn Sen.
 Good.-Dr. Jesse Fairfield, of fWaterloO, recently went into the office of the Seneca Farmer, to cane
 
 three blows tho Editor took the cane from his assal ant, and paid him of with compound interest. In other words he gave the son of Esculapius sound drubbng. > .. Tue Bocheiors--where are they? Are they doad--- marriedor falling, like ,he leaves ot auumn before the mild beams of the evening sun of woman's beau. iy7 During the las, two years these glorious bHcb. olors shook the world and disturbed the solar system | ,lo sLo 1 Their ranks are thinning rapidly. Woman-lovely woman-s making sad havoc among them. We have had many inquiries whether there will be enough of the remnants to make up a Ball next February. We shall inquire.-N. y. Courier.
 l Defnton.-A school boy, in the Literary Empor~ um, being asked to define ,he word admission, said it meant twenty-five cen,s-" Twenty-Five cen,s !" erh. oed the mastcr, "what sort of definition is that7' II don't k"ow," sulky replied the boy, "bMt I'm it says the advertisement down here at the show." "YcS," said another boy, [" and children half prce!''-M Y. Constellation.
 Snow fell at St. Louis Mo. the llih inst. to the 1 depth of three inches.
 Thanksgiving dinner.-A New.Tlampshire paper thought worthy ofre that by travelling 40 miles on thanksgiving day, might dine n three eatcs. A Worcester print then undertakes tV go "the whole hog" and dine his neighhor in three states without travelling more than three miles. But the Williams. town Advocate has fairly beaten them all in this busi- ness. Hear him :-" There is a family living in this town, and only about three miles from our oice thns can dine in three states without travelling shres rods 10 accomplish it. And common three foot table set in their front yard might have of its corners in Massachusetts, one in New-York, and one tn Yer I moni.-Boston Tr0v.
 A person who lately visited President Jackson says, He appeared to have favorable opinion of the people of the Eas'-spoke highly of their skill and industry l as agrcIturaIis,s aW. EnanMiacturers-said he wns anxious vs, the Eastern aies, and intended to- as soon as circumstances would admit. [Niere election eering twaddlc.l
 man by the name ot Willard Adams, we'll known as stage and steam boat runner, in Albany, jumped from the second story Of house few days since and killed himself. He talked much about Sam Patch, and shortly before hc made his leap, was heard to say that he could do some things us well as' Sam. He 1 was supposed to be insane.
 l fire occurred in Camden, s. c. on the 22d uli. It took in n stable adjoining Dr. Blanding apotheca- " shoI-and all the houses that side of the street ! were destroyed.
 Georgta GFairs.-A rencontre took place in the neghhorhood of Macon, Geo. about the 2O,h ul, be- tween James Flewellcn, Esq and James CaIoon, in which the former was stabbed in three places with o knife and expired in two hours. Cahoon was severe ly wounded in the shoulder by knife from F.
 Napoieo" Bomapa'te-Amongst the private nstruc- ti"ns to me (says De Bourenne in his memoir.) by Bonaparc. was the following rather singular order: "At night" said he, "you will enter my bed chu,n. Der as seldom as possible. Never awaken me when you have good news to announce. With good news there Is no necessity ,o hurry. When, on the contra ry, you are the depostary O evil iidings rouse me tn. si1nty, for such occasions there is not momen, to bc lost" Bonapar,e frequently found the benicinl results of th is cacuIaton which, tlough differing from that generally adopted, really just.
 Netc- Fork Eitction.--Among the votes given for < assemblymen nt the late election were for Frances Wright, for Russell Cider Comstock, 1 for Bolivar of Colombia, for Charles the tenth of France for IIobokcn Dayton, 1 for Don Pedro of Brazil, for Ferdinand With of Spain, for George the fourth of England, and for general Jackson.
 Mr. P. ?. Barbour, in his late speech in the con- vcniion, remarked: "NO wise farmer ever tries an experiment.; he leaves that for others to do" II this be the true characteristic of Virginia farmers n iswe tor them that there experimental farmers in other parts of the world, otherwise they would yet, like the Spanars in their attachment to old notions be using the plough described by Virgil in his Geor-