Litchfield enquirer., 1829-09-17
ROCHESTER, Sept. $.

;ournod yesterday. after a brief session |
Inc commenced last Monday. Two of the
causes excited much interest. The one was
am indictment against Nancy Williams TOR ~.
fanticide. She was acquitted. The Dlstrict
Attorney remarked that it was the hrst !riaI
for murder ever held in this county, pOpulous
as it is. xx,...
In the other natter-Colvin versus whit
tlesev. for assault and battery-it seemed tnat'
earlv in 1923, Mr.. Colvin, a lawyer OF Niagara
county. was on a visit to Rochester. WINE
taking same refreshments with Mr.. Whln!e-
sew. who is also lawyer, at the bar OF the
Eagle Tavern, some remarks passed between
them relatiI to the contents of hand-blIIs ls-
sued by the body commonly known as the
% Morgan Committee" of which WhIttlesey
is member. Whittlesey Immediately at
tackled and knocked Colvin down, dlsfigured
his face, sc. 1t did not appear in evidence
that there was any adequate prOvocatlon tor
this assault. The Jury returned Verdic'
lit being civil actiOn) Of 500 for the plain
Tiff. Mr., Whittlesey was indicted for the
same offence soon after its commission, and
found guilty on his own confession. Sentence
was suspended till the issue of the civil suit
above mentioned. twill accordingly be pas
sed at the next session of the County Court,
in which the indictment was tried.
This being the last term at which bills could
be found on the Morgan affair, great exertions
| were made on that subject. One indictment
ONLY was found in reference to that matter.
Appointment By the Fredericksburg Mi
ereken, to be Consul of the United States at
! Martinique.
The above, which we copy from the Phil
adelpha Inquirer of Saturday, shows to
whom the President intended to give the ap.
pontment Of Consul at Martinique. when in
consequence of " misrepresentation of the
person,' the commission was sent to Mr..
John Jackson.-Nat. Journal.
At a regular term of the Superior Court
FOR Baldwin county, Georgia, Judge Cobb
presiding, which commenced on the 18th
inst two cases were tried which excited a
good deal of Interest,"" The one of Martha
| Ellington against John Duncan, for a breach
of promise of marriage, and the other. the
suit of Geo. w. hurry, Cashier of the Branch
Of Darien Bank, against Maj. John A. Jones,
for SANDER. In the first case the jury gave
three hundred dollars, and the last, nine thou
sand dollars damages. "-Gaz.
Singular Occurrence.-There is large
pond in the south part of the town of Gov.
entry, r. I. called the Norro,o Lane pond
which has heretofore abounded with fish
known in the country by the name of mad
pouts and it is singular fact that these fish
are experiencing most sweeping mortality
They began to die, without any apparen
cause, some time in the month of June since
which they have continued to die in sucl
numbers and quantities that a common car
may be loaded at any time on the banks. NJ
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pond, by which this event could be produced
nor has the water this season fallen unusually
low. Query: To what cause is this effec
to be ascribed ?-PrOvidence ado.
The N. Y. Gazette states that Jeremiah G.
Harpman, who is now in prison on charge
ofattempting to rob man of his watch, wa.
recently discharged from prison at New Or.
leans. On reaching Louisville, after his dis
charge, he robbed a gentleman of $4,000, and
was pursued to Cincinnati where he acknOwl-
edged the theft. and the owner recovered all
his money except about $500, land he was then
suffered to go at large. The gold snuff box
which he threw away when recently taken.
was stolen from a gentleman's pocket at one
of the gardens.
There is now building in Philadelphia, an
United States Navy Asylum-The Mint ia
State Penitentiary-twO spacious edifces for
the literary and medical departments of the
University-a Hall for medical lectures-a
Hall for the Society Of. Odd iellows'-three
Presbyterian Churches, besides two Just COM
pleted-a German Church-and a Baptist
Church will be Immediately commenced.
Tolls ofthc Erie Canal.-It is understood
from information received of the canal COM
missioners, that the amount of toll collected
up to the LIST inst. on the Erie and ChampIaip
Canals, will fall about 81 ZOO. 900 short Of the
amount received up to the same period in
1898. We have not heard any particular
cause assigned for this deficit. 1t is probable,
however. that the lateness ofthe period when
the canals were opened last spring, will in
some degree account for it.
From comparison of the tolls taken last
season at the toll house ut West Troy, with
the receipts OF the present season, we find
substantial cause for the belief that the bust.
ness OF our own city has not lessened, nor in
any manner aided in causing the supposed de-
duct'on OF Income.-Iroy Budget.
CMriosity.-A few days since, a party of
gentlemen and ladies from Pultneyvile, made
an excursion Of pleasure, in small boat, and
when about half mile from the shore, they
saw large seal swimming m the Lake. It
soon approached the boat, and attempted
to come on board. first at the hoVv Eail;c~