Litchfield enquirer., 1829-04-02

been illegally brought within the jurisdiction Ot thus State, the process of the Courts could not attach. He has left the city.-N.Y. Obs. From Sau0nnuh.-We learn from Savan- nah papers of the 18th. that the abduction Ot l Stephenson had created great excitement tn that city. As soon as the circumstance was known. whale boat, with proper Ofii- cers, and twelve armed men, was despatched in pursuit of the pilot boat. to bring her back; hut the pursuit was fruitlcss. Lloyd nad re- turned to Savannah, and on hIs information three of the individuals who arrested Ste phenson had been apprehended, and two Of them bound over in heavy penalties to an swer to the charge at inc Superior Court ID May next. Subsequently writ of haoeas corpus was issued in their favor, returnable at l2 o'clock on the 18th inst. An application has been made to the Governor of Georg'a. to demand Stephenson from the Governor ot l NewYOrk, if he should be brought there.- It is also stated that Stephenson. on ms arr val at Savannah, reported hImseIt to the sec I retary of State at Washington, ana LOOK counsel, by whose advice he has since acted l N. Y.MOrn. Co~r. l Another F;ve PoSats Case-The Gazette of this morning contains the following account of another outrage committed ln the A'saua of New York.
 '.On Tuesday evening. between ten and e. ] leven o'clock. MT. Geo. D. Strong, assistant alderman of the 9th ward ,and James BaIIagh. his partner, left their store with the intention of returning home. Their route lay through the Five Points" On arriving at this me morahle spot, they found the walk Obstruc- A 1:nR>f fhov aff tod n through. Whereupon one of the individuals accosted Mir. Ballagh roughly, "What did you run against me for?" Mr. B. observed, he presumed the person did not know to whom he was speaking. The reply to which, was blow from one of the men, who struck MT. B. in the eye-foIlowed by blow from another ofthem, ,who inflicted severe wound on MT. StrOng's nose, supposed with knife. The assaiIed party immediately raised the cry of "watch,'' upon which the fellow made of. pursued by the assistant alderman. Two of the ruffians turned into Little Water, st. and thence into Cross-street. ..-..
 One Of the men was arrested Vesterday in the new market, in the eastern part of the city. His name IS George Haines. He was brought to the Police Office. where he gave bail in the sum of $lO0O."-N. Y Spec.
 CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 5.
 Another Murder.-On Friday night last, man of the name of Birdsell was committed to the jail of this county for the murder of his wife. We have not been able to obtain the exact particulars, but learn that in fit of iealOusly he knocked her down with an axe l and severed her head from her body. She | was the mother of several children, in whose | presence the deed was perpetrated. He made | no attempt to escape. His trial will take place before the Supreme Court in May next. ---Gaz. '}
 President J0ckson's In0ugWral Address, Though we must acknowledge ourselves dis appointed in the perusal of this address, we were happy to see the pledge he has publicly given to pursue just and liberal policy to- wards the Indian tribes. We hope it will not prove mere promise it is an interesting cri- is with our Indian brethren fact one of fe and death, and the government have a air opportunity to allay their painful appre- ensions, and protect them in their just in- eritance.--Chr. Mirror. The Nantucket Inquirer relates that sea- aptan on visiting his cabin lately. after seve- al weeks absence, found that the mice had l lissected his charts and nibbled away 80 pa es of Bowditch's Navigator; but had left the | Bible untouched. The editor, disclaiming | ID superstition, surmises that the respect l hown to the holy volume, arose from it's hay ng engaged less of the captains attention han the Charts and Navigator, and, by req on of unfreqnent manipulation, had contrac- ed fewer greasy and savory particles.
 
 Many of the distant papers have noticed with pleasure the tribute which Gov. Giles bears to the morality of the females of Vir- ginia, in his last message. He stated, that for the last four years, but one white woman had been convicted of Penitentiary offence within the Commonwealth of Virginia, and that only two white women have been. confi- ned for the last two years. Yet higher claim is put in for the females of Georgia, by the editors of the Milledgeville Gazette.- They say there have been but too females im- prisoncd in their Penitentiary since the sys- tenn first went into operation in Georgia ]! years ago. And one of these was convicted by the perjury of witness; and tie other had been employed as an accompIice Of her husband in forging change bills! Per haps there is no country in the world. In winch so few females are convicted ct crlme as m the United States. And this must be ascrlbcd, partly to the superior morality of our women. partly to the comparative ab- sence Of temptation, and in some degree to the Sunpritr and nhivalrv Of the