Litchfield enquirer., 1830-04-01
No. 42.-WuoLE No. 198.

VI" !" "OuHOSu0y eNehIhgS a reSpectaDle young lady who was proceeding through Hudson-street to her residence in the ninth ward, accompanied by little black girl, was violently and disgracef1lly assaulted by young ru6ian,apparently sober. From the violence and the nature of the attack, the young lady immediately sunk senseless to the ground the, little girl who accom- panied her instantly raised an alarm, the villain fled, but was traced and arrested by the activity of the Alderman of the 9th ward.-M Y. Courier.
 7he L0W and tke iTs.'-Some years since, two men in Middlebury, Vt. commenced a litigation about seq eggs, which was appealed from one court to an- other, till at length the costs exceeded four thousand dollars. These were Nest Eggs for the Lawyers-golden eggs, laid by some Goose.
 The laws of Massachusetts require that marriages should bc performed by settled clergymen. The result of this prescise phraseology was somewhat singular, and very curious, on late occasion, A lady was prosecuted under the statute of that state, for adultery but as the clergyman by whom she was united in the holy bonds ofwedlock, was not an actually settled min-
 ster at the time, tho marriage was decided not to be legal ons, and the happy fair one, was of course pronounced innocent of the charge preferred against her! It is sugges- ted in one of the Boston papers, that this decision, if the principle should bc carried out, would declare large portion of the good people in Massachusetts to be living in unlawful wedlock, and illegitimatize n whole army of children.
 4 good Anecdote.-A limb of the law, who piides himself on his skill in perplexing witnesses, commen- ced the examination with" Pray sir, nre you not d- rec,y indirectly interested in the termination of this sut?" "Not bit, sir" "Wi you not gain any thing in of it's terminating in favor of the paintifi" "Gain any thing! by my soul, I'll rather lose than gain any thng" "Ah, says ,hs wise one, twh very significant look,) 30 yo6will rather lose than gain by it9 Pray, hew may you lose by itf' By stGnding here ansscsring questions W& my horse aud dray stand idle is Me street." The effect was contagious and extended to his honor, 20 that the throne of justice shook for time. .AN. Cfft,ns CoUr.
 Tricks upon TrauetssS.-A stranger in Albany, inquring for a mans sore,' few nights since, was told that distance, and recOmmendedto to 90 to the hoNrding of his informant sleep, who would show him there next l1orning. W1fen he was in bed. two girls cnme, seized his watch stockings and oantaioons and made off, He groped about, found the nticr, the watch.housc, and all were reated cxcelthe man who decoyed him to the house. The girls the county jail for four months.
 Proof that e Maa is Dead--A subscriber to ore of the papers, few years ago, being sady in arrears for the same, promised the editor, that il his fife was spared to cer,ain day. he would; without f discharge his ball. The, day pnssed and te bill was not paid. The natural conclusions therefore was, thatthe man was dead-absoutely defanct. Proceed ing this conclusion, the editor in his next paper placed the name of the delinquent under his obituary head, with the attending circumstances of the time and place. Pretty soon after this announcement, tho subject of it appeared to the ed,or-not with the pale ghastly countenance usually ascribed to dbputtons- but with face as red as scarlet Neither did i,, like other apparons. wait be first spoken to but broke silence with" What the devil sir, do you mean by publishing my deathi" "Why sir, the same that mean when publish the death of any other person, viz: to let the world know that you were dead" | "Weil. hut I'll be c--s-d if am dead!" " Not dead then ts your own fault, for you told me you would positively pay your bill by such day, if you
 lived l that time. The day is past, the bill is not paid, and you positively must be deadlor will not believe you would forfeit your word-O mo-" II see you have got round me- MT. Editor-but say no more about ii--lere's the money. And harkee, yoa wag, just contradict my death next week, will youf" 70 certainly, sir, just to please you--thOugh upon my word can't help thinking you died at the time speci6- ed, and that you have merely come back to pay this bill, on account of your friendship fer me-" aaj
 bill to prohibit the circulation of foreign notes of small denominations, has been passed by the Legsla- ture of New-Jersey.
 project is in agitation in the Pennsylvania Legis- ature, to construct tunnel through the Aleghany Mouniains.--N. r. Gax
 The principal opposition papers in this quarter have published the great speeches" of Mcssrs. Hayne and Webster delivered in the Senate of the U States. while most of the Jackson papers have pablshed Mir. Haynes only. Are they afraid to trust their readers with Mir. Webster's replyf [Les the Hartford Times answer as it is one of them.J m
 The nomination of Mir. Williams, as collector of New Bedford has been confirmed by the Senate.
 Stump Oratoys.-There is much originality and quaintness of expression in ths following extract from a stump speech of candidate for the Legisa- ture in one of the states :4 Born said hes
 in aeane-brake, craded in sap-srough. my seal for