Litchfield enquirer., 1829-04-30
GENERAL SUMMARY.

{ post oitlce from the l4th to the 2lse inst. S.L Knapp, Esq. is preparing for the press work entitled |" Historical and Picturesque description of Washington and it's vicinity"
 Esaias Warren, Esq. Mayor of Troy, N. Y. Presi- dent of oue of the Banks and formerly an eminent merchant, died suddenly on the I0th inst. aged 57 1 The NewYork Courier says that one of it's fat sub. scribers has discontinued his paper in consequence of an article on corpulency being published. 1 tremendous hail stsrm, accompanied with thun. der and ruin, passed over Buckingham county, Va. on lS' inst destroying plants, herbs, and young fruit and breaking all tho window glass within its range. Hail l lay upo" the ground two to three inches deep Further Intormation. Another Massachusetts pa. per says, "Mcssrs. Phelps, IngersOll, Barber, and Plant, are reelected to Congress from Connecticut" How our delegation improves! one week ten mem bers, the next only four!
 l Rho0e lsiand-It appears from the Providence pa-
 ers, that the Jackson ticket for Governor and Mcm bers of the State Legislature succeeded atthe election lately held by majority of2 or 3OO. Sevcnty-two indisiduas in Greece, Monroe county, NY. who have heretofore acted with the anti-masO,. ic party, have published their renusciat5n of it onA ] account of its political connexions.
 Missouri. According to recent census, this state contains 2l2, 400 inhabitants.
 A Mrs. Mary Dickson, proprietor of the Lancaster tPa) Gazette, has been charged by the Postmaster General with the supcrin,cndcnce of the Post Office in Lancaster, in place of Mrs. Anu Moore, resigned. It is but few days since we saw t announced that Mrs. Lydia R. Bailey appointed printer to the Custom House in Philadelphia, vice John Binns, re- moved. Why not give the ladies some of the Cabinet appointments, or foreign enbassiesi
 Benjamin w. Richards has beca elected Mayor of Philadelphia, in place of George M. Dallas, appOins- cd U. s. District Attorney
 fire broke out in the tavern of Mfr. Carey. Ut Pittsburgh, by the upsctng o kettle of fst into the
 fire. It extended until four buildings were destroyed Loss about $l2000. ..
 It is mentioned in the National Gazette, that it is the intention of Count Joseph Bonaparte) provide the world with body of memoirs, found. ed tue great mass of original and curious testno. ny which he has preserved.
 A work recently published in Paris, to teach the art of reading D 20 or 30 lessons is called SiquiO. techMy. t% l In New-Bedford they talk of forming society to put down dotracon and petty slander. IL may be de- l perance in the use of,ea and clack watcr."
 Economy.-A Scotch General in the midst of bat tie, shouted to his men-"dont waste your powder, but give them the steeI."
 A celebrated German Professor. who calls himself Mr. Wkelmkiaaerkla latfoOsky, has just taken up hi' quarters in London The pronunciation of his own name will, doubtless be the first lesson. l6
 'Load-sione Glcs'' are advertised in tho New-Yor papers, from Paris for the cure ofcorns and othar troublesome vegetnbley upon the 3Dcs aHdE saot. ~ @ ] Potassium placed icc will produces biaxe imme- diaiely. This the only legitimate modp of setting river on fire. .stI
 The cia community of Monirealh las beea for some days Sgitaed in a similar mannes, though on . smaller scale, the inudon Stock Exchange, on the flight of Rowland Stephenson. Mir. Henry Hamilion of York, U. c. report saya has absconded from ihas place, ieaving himself indebted to some ofour snoss respectable houses to the amount of Ei40O0 and so number of his Yort friends about E5000 more. He obtained the confidence of the public by the produc ,ion of letters of credit to certain amount from Messrs. T. Wilson &s Co. of London, and Messrs. Prime, Ward & Sands, of Ncw.York, and has suc- ccedcd by purchases, by thc sale Bills on Europe, and negotiable paper to obtain credit from individuals who had confidence in him to the amount already sta ted. He Is supposed have gone (" France, though
 many suspect hc has found his way to the WestIndies or Soul, America. -GGsste.
 Jadge Nathan Ford of New York, who died at Og- densburgh on the 20th u in the Goth year of his age, is called the pioneer of civilization in the fertile northern region of that state." In the New.YOrk HOuse of Representatives, . bill from the Senate, to continue, for year, the ployment of special counsel in regard to Morgans ab iuction, has been ordered to third reading. The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, states tlaf fortu- naely for the wovd the proper use of N. E. Rum has been discovered at ast and that is to kill lice upon calves
 A gentleman, taking an apartment, told the landla- dy, " assure you, madam, never left lodging but my landlady shed tears." She answered, |" hope 1t was not, Sir, that you left without paying"
 According to a new statistical account o the cxis. ting Jews, their number throughout the world iS at least 2, zoo, 900, belonging to the diGerent secis The steam boat Fanny, which was sndeEgoing some repairs in the river between Norwich and New-I.on. don, disappeared one night last week, and it was af terwards discovered that she had sunk in the deep water, with all her furniture on board. In a case lately tried in Dublin, geqtlsman, csI- led as witness, was asked whether his brother, she plaintiff, lived happily with his wife. He replied that they seemed to live happily any couple oi mar. ried people could"
 The editoY of the Portsmouth Journal states that