Litchfield enquirer., 1829-07-02


 ball in his thigh. Captain H. then Iett hey West for Mexico, and had been absent Tor four months, when on his return he learned that his wife had been sent to her family 0y l the friends of Captain H. on account Of the renewal of her intercourse with M'Rea and that MT. M'Rea had stated publicly this im- proDer conduct to Mrs. H. M'Rea, had fur ther aggravated Hawkins, by receiving fee. and appearing as counsel for the opponents of Hawkins, and possession of all the facts necessary in behalf of H.
 The excitement at Key West was so great in consequence Ofthe death OfMr. M'Rea, that on the arrival of the Cutter Marion, letter was addressed to Captain Jackson, from Judge Webb. (Distrct Judge,) desiring him to remain in port until the excitement had subsided. The friends of the parties were armed, and very serious rencOntre was for some time apprehended. It happily was qui- eted when Captain Hawkins was placed on board the Cutter.
 ROCHESTER, June 16. TragicGl Occurrence letter from gen. tleman in Kingston, Upper Canada, to friend in this place, mentions the following mechanically particulars. On Friday, the 4th of June, young woman arrived in Kingston, claiming to be the wife of Mr.. Willis, a POr- trait painter; but he refused to recognize her as such, and advised her to return to ROches- ter, whence she had come. Mortified and heart-broken with his cOldness and brutality flor she had travelled alone and unprotect- ed through many towns of Canada in search ] of him-she next evening procured some arr senic, and poisoned herself on Sunday morn- ing. She lived for few minutes only after knL Hhsn Nho Ran coroner's inquest proved that her maiden name was Laura Button-that she had been 1 a miIliner in Rochester-that Willis married her in the spring of last year, after an acquain- tance of two or three days-and that. a few days after marriage, he set off for Canada, taking with him part of her clothing, sc. ] and promising to return or send for her. Af- ter waiting a considerable time without hear ing from him, she departed in search of him. and her fate on finding him was as above sta ted. Her funeral was attended by number of Canadians and Americans, all indignant at the inhuman conduct of her husband.
 in Southbridge, Mass. on the 2d Miss Asenath M. Townsley, aged 19, was killed in the following distressing manner. She was at work in the carding room at the Columbi- an. Factory; an upright shaft was revolving at the velocity of 95 revolutions per minute, against which she very incautiously stood leaning back with her hands behind her. Her clothes caught and wound round the shaf.- From the strength of her clothes in few se- cOnds she began to revolve with the shaft l; her head and shoulders not being confined to the shaft, were made tO describe circle of three or four feet in diameter; within which stood posts and machinery. at every revolu- l ton coming in contact with her head. The mill was stopped, but not in time to prevent the accident. She survived hut S4 hours, re- mainng senseless the whole time. e.
 At late Circuit Court of the United States held at Newport, (R. I.) Judge Story presi- ding, the following decision was made in the case of David Wilkinson, vs. c: Gray. Gray was the general assignee of a MT. Bliss, under what is called an outdoor Assignment. The counsel for the defendant cOntended. that fla debtor mortgages his real estate, and after wards, and before the mortgage is recorded, makes an assignment for the benefit of all his Creditors and the Assignee has no notice of the unrecorded mortgage, that it shall prevail against it. it being for the benefit of Creditors. Justices Story, and Pitman, both expressed their decided opinion, that the Assignee stands in the shoes ofthe Assignor; that he takes the property loaded with all liens, mortgages and incumbrances, which existed at the time of the assignment. and that such incumbrances, though unrecorded, yet being good against the Assignor, are also good against the As signee.
 Distress among Mans stactMers.-The fol- lowing is from the Providence Literary Sub- altern of Friday last
 "Within the last ten days within the cir cle of ten adjacent miles, upwards of twenty five hundred people have been suddenly and unexpectedly thrown out of employment. and the distress that such an event has pro- duced. can better be imagined than describ- ed.'
 Other Providence papers confirm the statement, and inform us, that in North Prov idence hundreds are almost starving. It is calculated that 45,OOO spindles have been sus- pended, and 800 families turned out of em- ploy-engaged principally in the production 0fCOttOn GOods-the competition in the man. ufacture of which has been carried on to so great an extent, as to render the business, for some time past, losing concern. The fail ures among the eastern manufacturers have been very heavy.-Mid. Sen.
 Noble Act.-The Philadelphia Eve. Bulle- tin states. on the authority of private letter from highly respectable source, that Gen. La Fayette. on hearing 1.-the pecuniary em- barrassments of Ex-P President Monroe sent to