Litchfield enquirer., 1829-03-19
GENERAL SUMMARY.


 dollar; but that his neIghbOr, widow in moderate circumstances gave te" dollars. The next day wealthy man came and stopped his paper. It was af- forwards aScertained that the man who stopped his paper was not the individual hinted at But the 'sIOe pinched."
 Gov. Van B"ren having accepted the office fSec- retary of State, the Lieut. Governor will be the acting Governor tor nearly two years to come. 1t IS stated that twenty-oDe Catholic Priests have arrived at NewYOrk the present season. to settle in the Mississippi valley for whose support tie Pope has appropriated $lOO,OOO
 The Presidents Inaugural speech reached New. York from Washington, by express, in e7 hours. Gen. Peter B. Porter, late Secretary of War, and family left Washington the 10th inst. for his resi- dence in the State ofNew-York. Utica, by recent census, contains 80l0 inhabit- ants In 1920, it contained only 2972. George WoLf has been nominated for Governor of Pennsylvania by Convention at Harrisburgh. On the 18th ballot, the vote was, for Mir. Wof7O; l. D. Barnard 62. Frenchman named Charles Rite, was killed last week in Pennsylvania, by notorious murderer med Whiskey. The wretcied foreigner repaired to
 
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 Several persons have recently been poisoned by eating cartridges in New-Y York. This bird during the time the snow remains on the ground, the laurel berry for food, which impars poisonous prep critics to their flesh.
 One man at least has paid pretty dear for attending the Inaugural of Gea. Jackson. He to the the- atre on the Sd, and had his pocket book with $500 tal en from him.
 2ll lots of land belonging to the estate of the late Mangle Mnthorn, in the city of New-York, were sold at public auction the 3d and 4 inst for $258, ono, being an average $1l90 for each lot. The property is in the upper part ofthe city. IasuTecticM in Louisiana.-The Norfolk Beacon of Monday says:-"We learn from Captain Riley, who came passenger in the brig Hopes Delight, from New l Orleans Feb H. that information had reached the city, that nsurrection had broken up the river, (above New Oreana,) few days previous his leav- ing there, and that several thousand negroes gagged in the revolt. The Governor gave orders on the night of the 10th, that tue military should be in | readiness to march a moments warning" 1 The Buffalo Republican informs us that there is substantial ice-bridge the fa,homless abyss below the falls of Niagara, "constructcd by the ee- ments, (which though not very we'll finished. is yet quite passable for sundry cloths and nck-nacks bought cheap for cash in the Kings dominions ard brought into the American territory duty free. lady is engaged at New-York in reading public lectures on knowledge, in opposition to the doctrines of Frances Wright.
 In one window of shop in Westminster, is a sign, -"musc taught''-n the other. 'sears bored here' '' l ball was given at Goshen N. Y. on the 3d oi l March, for which l2 Adams men and l2 Jackson men were chosen managers-the first set to act tl midnight, when they were to abdicate in favor of the l others.
 In Salem, Mass. on Saturday morning week, a man was discovered sticking sticks into huge swin. try bank of snow." On being asked why he amused himself thus-"Amnse!'' !'' said he, "fne amusemen mt {! have lost my shol-it used to stand somewhere near this spot"
 The Newborn Spectator says that brig and two schooners, thames not given) were recently lost on Cape Lookout, and that, in one instance. the whole crew persisted.
 One of the stone pillars for the Fremont, House has reached Boston, from Qnincy, drawn by seventeen yoke of and two horses its weight is about IA | ions.
 Six hundred mcn in the lower part of Mildlcsex, Conn. have pledged themselves to abstain from ardent | spirits as drink refreshment. Three hundred and sixteen females have also given in their names on the side of entire abstinence.
 It is considered, that the seventies of the winter will be amply compensated in the abundance of fruit and crops next summer, which supposed to be the l natural consequences of such season. writer in the Harrisburgh Chronicle asserts that he has letter from one of the candidates named for the office of Governor of Pennsylvania, to Kon. | stausnt. No doubt real Jacksonman. ] Cardinal Dubois used frequently, in searching foI any thing he wanted, to swear excessively. One o his clerks told hm-"Your emnence had better hire a man to swear for you, and then you will gain so much time.'
 The Boston Daily Advertiser says-"A packet is packet is waiting Barnstabe for wind sail for this city with six hundred dozen eggs''
 It is said that the winter of 1797 was the ever felt in the United States. Pine wood sold in Philadelphia for $26 and all other kinds in propor. ton. In New York, some 6eneroLent individuals de- maDded 40 cord.
 Progress of Litigasion.-At the Court ot Common Pleas in Worcester Monday last, it was found that the number of new entries of civil actions on the docket was l05O.---H Hump. Gag. Reterence.-The index to the Colony Laws of Mas sachnsetts contains the following title-"BEARs see