Litchfield enquirer., 1831-03-10

Ia the course Of the debate 10 the House Of Rem.
resentativea the bill for the relief of i..Oven,
debtors, Mr.. Storrs mentioned the iolIowing fact,
which is highly credIable the great body Of Amer
lean merchants, Wig $50 IIiai since the commence
me"t Of the Government they have paid into the ma
'iOnaI treasury than SIR hundred millions of dol.
tGTs and the loss on the whole Of duties has
been but one half per cent '-BosfOn Com GAG.
remarkable change in the channel Othe Mississippi
by the steamer Brandywne, we have (says the ~
Orleans Mercantile Adverser,) the confirmation Of
long expected cutoff this river. At the well known
curve opposite the mouth of Red River the current
burst across the neck Of land, by the aid Of Can't
ShreVe, and has made channel four hundred wards
wide and about four fahoms deep already. Flat boats
and RATS have descended through it with tremendous
veloci'y-and the Bramdywine would have done the
same but for business on the other route. The dis
lance between this and NaIchez is thus shortened
about thirty miles by one small cut-of-and should the
same thing occur at the Tunica Bend, (which is ex-
trrmely probability the distance would be lessened ome
hundred miles
A late Liverpool paper has this paragraph A poor
woman, in the vicinity "f Winchester was on Tues
day safely delivered Of twins, united each other pre-
csely in the same manner the celebrated Siamese
youths, who have excited such curiosity in the me-
| tropolis.
An attempt is making in New-lIavcm to raise 100
900. for the purpose of completing tile Hampshire
and Hampden Canal, by raising new stock Of that
amount.
meeting Of the members of the Legislature of
Maryland, opposed TO the present National Adminisra-
ton. has proposed National Convention of Delegates
from all the States, To be held Baltimore the
cond Monday of December next.
On Thursday afternoon, in Ncw.York, rs Mr.. Will
liam Sheldon, butcher, was engaged in carrying "a
quarter Of beef Grand street his back, his
foot slipped, and he fell, the beef resting on him
Persons instantly I" his assistance bu, the unfor
,unale man was dead, his neck Icing broken. Mr..
s. was young married man.
A man, calling himself John Misfortune, has been
commute To Jail in Phladelphia charged with steal
ing two trunks of shoes.
White shad, in considerable quantities, were
brought to the Petersburg, Va. market the 23ih Of
February.
The Pi.,s,urg Mercury of "Wednesday last says " On
Saturday last, the ice broke on the M"nongahea and
Ohio rivers as Ear up the bridge. II moved in
solid mass with such force sink the steamboat
Anegany, and strand other boats the wharf
| They have, however, been repnired. The river il
clear flee. aud will he in good navgabIe order
| until the rivers break up above the bridge"
| The Hon. Daniel Webster has been nominated in
the Nashville HeraIh,a paper published in Tennessee
! MS a candidate for the Vice Presidency.
MARRIED,
tn Fast Hnrtf0,d, Mr.. Edwin W. Barnard, of ROrl,-
ester, NJ Y. to Miss Henrietta Ripley, "f Hartford.
In Humphrcysvllle, MIR Abraham Bassc Of Ok ford,
| 10 Mrs Harriet Stiles oi Snuhhury.
In New Haven, M James Cunningham TO Miss Sal
| " Moves.
In Crawford, M Wo,rous How'd, to Miss Charlotte
| How'd,
DIED,
IN Hartford, Mr.. William II. Wadsworth, 90, a0n
ofMr. Horace Wadaworih; Mfss Hannah u. Pratt, 81.
In Waite riown, Miss Hannah Matthew's 35;
In Norwich, Miss Lucy Ann Perkins, ~, daughter
Of M,. Adnn jah Perkins.
IL New Ha, en-, Mrs Brannon, "a: Mrs Brown, WIFI
o. Mr. Daniel Brown, senior; Mrs Eumce Miles, 43;
Mrs Rrhecca Blagge, SO.
In B,anfrd, Mr. Jonathan Gondsell, 81; M Elias
Pond. 81. a Revolutionary Prnsionrr; Mrs Barker,
IS: Mr. EIihn Co"ke, rs; Mrs Marguerite Hobart. 30
Mr. Eeazrr Sient, 40.
in Prospect, Mrs Hannah s. Bradley, wife Of Mr.
Stephe" Bradley, 81. In Hamden, Mrs Hannah Doc
lite, &c, and mother Of Mrs Bradley above noticed.
In East Hartford George $. Kilbourn, ~, son Of
Mr.. Jeremiah Kii,o,rm ; Mr. Abia Williams, 49,
In Wethersfed, Mr.. Seth Boardman, 50, a reVolu-
tionary soldier.
In Farming,ou, Mr.. Chester Webster, 40; Miss
Mary Ann Clark, 10.
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