Litchfield enquirer., 1829-09-10
GENERAL SUMMARY.

on the farm on which he nowl'ves'
Asa w. Howe, Of Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio,
has been convicted Of rObbng the mail, and sentenced
to the Pententiary for year, and TO pay me OF
5000.
There was a fire in Montreal, on the I'd, in Rade.
gonde and Crag-ss., which destroyed the houses Oc'
cuped by Berriah Gibb MIR. Reid, Miss Curtea", and
Mr.. Aubertin, and the stables Of Tu0vernie & Ora"
velle.
Mr. Barker, of Thetford, Eng. is about publishing
Webster's American Dictionary in two volumes,
quarto. The abridgment of this work, executed by
Mr.. Wort ESTER of Massachusetts, expected speedily
10 be published and will be looked for with interest.
James p. Bull Editor Of the Bradford PAL Settler
has been appointed to a cIerkshp ut Washington,
with salary of $l,lOO-making the 2S'h Editor who
has been appointed to Office since the inauguration OF
Gen. Jackson.
The body of Lyman Booth, who had been living at
Pownal, Vt. was recently found in the woods not far
from the residence of his employer, with his hands
tied behind him and his skull fractured.
We had yesterday (says the U. 8. Gazette Of Phil
aeIpha) the pleasure Of examining the original draft
Of the Declaration ofIndependence. II contains the
few verbal alterations suggested 10 its author by Mr..
Adams and DR.. Franklin, together with the erasures,
nterlineations &c. Of Mr. Jefferson. The paper 10
now in this city, and in the hands Of experienced
and sklful engraver, with view Of having fac
simle OF its whole " form and pressure" taken, TO
accompany as we suppose, the work about to be pub
lished by Mr.. Randolph, the grandson Of Mr.. Jefer
! son.
! Advantage Of Promptness.-A merchant, whose
policy expired at 12 clock, called at the Insurance
Office at la.past IL, and obtained renewal Of it.
At ? O'clock the same day, his store and goods were
reduced to ashes!This circumstance occurred at the
late destructive fire in Augusta, Geo-What would
have become Of that mans fortune if he had thought
it "wouId do rs well after dinner ~
Ne,o- York Manifestations appears to he rather on
the decline. N Y fresh ground was selling at IS on
Wednesday last, Troy the same. Gennessce old
Wheat, 81 per a"s'cl; N. Orleans new, 90 cents;
Virginia, sI,O4. Oats 80 cents.
A correspondent Of the N. Y. Courier recommends,
the for mosquitoes to he plentiful has just
arrived, to throw into each cisern Of rain water, two
or three small shovenlls Of common ashes, which
will destroy the insects before they emerge from their
chrysas state. Tho preventative has succeeded at
the South.
Melancholy Occu-rence-Departed this life, in
Nansemond county on Sunday evening, the 9th inst,
after an illness Of few hours, Elisha Copeland ESQ.,.
in the 34h year of his age. The circumstances Of
his death should he warning to those who are in tho
habit Of keeping and administering medicines with.
out exercising the utmost caution. Mr.. Copeland had
two large Walls Of nearly the same szc me Of which
was filed with CaIcinncd Magnesa, and the other
with Tartar EmetiC. He complained Of feeling u
little unwell and thought Of removing il by osc Of
Magnesia; but unfortunately took table spooas;JnH
4 Of Tartar Emetic He instantly discovered the mis-.
take, and rushing into the adjoining room where his
wife was, cried out in agony Ina, he II ruined man,
and in short time he was corpse-Norf6ik Herald.
Jackson paper has lately been established in
| Louisiana, under the title Of the "I'oitca GridiroR.
and Feliciana County Advertiser"
II is not very long since one Of the petty Arican
kings said he would send hia son to EGsaud tina, he
might learn "to read book and he rogue"
The Providence Journal of Monday last contained
ninetyhree insolvent notices. II seems the good ri,;.
zens Of that place have determined 10 gu ltr all their
trouble at once, TO prevent undue advantages.
The New-York Commercial Advertiser recommends
the establishment Of police on board Of each Of the
principal steamboats,. Another New.York paper
gives an account of M less than nine rol,beries on
board the different steam boats, SO that precau.ion
"f this kind seems called for.
SMpper for fps doiia,s-The Philadelphia Aurora
MENTIONS tina, la,oring man Of that place, having
received6ve dollars Saturday, as his weeks wages,
in ct Of ntoxicaton enclosed the bill in part of n
peach, and swallewedit.
Wealthy people should make a poin; to encourage
and pay particular attention to persons u, labor
false shame Of being at work Ias been the ruin
Of many. Times should be changed. People ought
to be made proud Of being usefllly employed. All
| honest ahour is Observation-Disclosures.
The Georgia Enquirer affrms that coniederacy 10
about forming among the Chcrokees, Chocaws and
Semnoles, the object Of which is to extermna.e tho
whites living west Of Flint River.
Cherokee Lanas-We learn from Gen. r. M. Saun.
ders, who returned few days since from the Chero-
kee Nation that himself and the Rev. Mr. Posey the
other Commissioner, succeeded in contracting with
the claimants for reservations of land in ffty-fowr
cases, of $40 acres that there are three or four cases.
IN which they expect TO meet with no difficulty in OBJ
tanning: that the appropriation by Congress, 1900,
will more than cover the purchase and attending ex.
pensss; that il will be necessary for the Commission
ers asa" TO visit the Nation, to pay the money, take
conveyance, &c. when they expect to make inal
adjustment Of the whole business; and that part Of
these lads have already been sold BY the State bat
large proportion yet to sell, OF which are val.
uable.-W. Caroiiniaa.
late Winchester paper thus announces marriage