Litchfield enquirer., 1831-10-20
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1 Last week, m Irishman, name unknown, and wO- 1 man of color, named Hannah Warwick, were ioant in the woods in Smithfeld, R. I. both dead. Two persons, suspected of being concerned in their der, have been arrested at Barriville.
 Mir. Potter, the Represen tative elect in Congress from the Greenvile District in N. Carolina has ad- dressed letter to his constituents, upon the occasion l ofhis conviction upon an indictment for Main, in which, far from denying the fact either in the case in which he has been sentenced or in the other case
 in witch he stands indicted he and uslifes the fact in both cases He repels the charge ofcruelty, declaring it to be part of his character and de- cares that the injuries which he did those persons were deliberate means resorted to by him for vindca- ting his honor, which he fully satisfied from per- sonal observation, that they had been irreparaby n- ured. He accused the of malice and the Judge of being under the influence of Willie's con nexions and others in excluding testimony prove the misconduct Mir. Ps wife, and then gra,uitously declaring her to be wholly innocent. Having pub
 shed the fact of Mr. P's ira Sc thus much it seems due to him to publish of his defence before his con stiiuents.---Nat;onai Iatei.
 TheAubnrn Free Press states tha, Miss Betsy Harris avery respectable young Of 9 elllown, while standing as window, and instantly expired. She had eaten hearty dnner,an 1t tho opinion of,he surgeon, that her stays being tightly Iaced prevented the blood from circulating, and the food from being properly diges,ed. The verdict of the Jury was that sha came to her death of apoplexy, caused by her stays being too tightly laced.
 Good Taste.-The editor Of ihc Washington Jour nal says" It was never habit to court men, our wooing has taken different direction"
 Newspaper 6o,rowers.-A correspondent of,he Sub. altern gives excellent piece of advice newspaper borrowers. Instead of annoying your neighbor, he advises you 10 make small box, six in0IEes square, make hole large enough to admit cent and 10 drop one therein every day. At the end of,he year there will be money enough to pay the printer. most ex- cellent piece of advice trny-and we hope to ny follow it.- Republican Herald.
 The ninety: y:toa,th birth day of MT. Charles Carroll the only surviving signer of the Declaration of Inde pendence was commemorated on the 2Oih ult. by numerous friends in te vicinity of his residence who paid their respects to him that day. Among his visitors was the President of ihe United States.
 The Editor of the Baltimore Patriot, mentions a sample of Nankeen coored Cotton, which grew the estate ofthe Hon. John Forsyth, of Georgn, and specimen of cloth made oftho same material, in im-
 aiion Of tho Indian Nankeen which is beautiful fa bric.
 4 fact in relation Co the practical benefts o Me U Ssates' Bank.--Ths Count de Leon, who has been soourning few days with us, has brought with him from 5 to 10 millions of dollars, sum sufficient to turn the balance of exchange with Europe in favor of the United States, and such is hs and every monicd mans confidence in the U. S. Bank, that he has ex- changed mnch of his cash into large bills of that Ias tution. With these he travels, and his secretary makes point of duty to change them for others oi the same insnton, his best security against iinpo- sition. If there were nothing but local banks, he would lose quarter per cent almost between every country village and by the me he reached Pttsburg, his place of destination, very considerable amount. But as is foreigners not afraid to bring their money or invest it here. It would be act of folly in our government 10 put down an institution that gives strength character and certainty to currency, and is SO strong an induccment for strangers bring their funds into the U. Satee.-Albany Daily Adrertiser. 1 The Samese Twins are now in Exeter. gem
 eman, while visiting them, who was doubtless promPt cd by the spiri, of scientific inquiry asked Chang .whas would De the consequence if he thrust pin in l 10 hin f,is brother would feel it, &c." To whicl Chang hastily repIied # you stick pin into me- the consequence will be that my brother Eng will knock you down."
 The Salem Gazette says--Mr. Wirt is one ior the Delegates to the Clay Convention to ] meet in December at Baltimore. Probably he will then do as John Alden did, when Miles Standish sent him on n,essage ofiove to fair damsel; the following is the anec- dote :--
 I "In very short time after the decease oi ] Mrs. Standish. inc captain was led to think that, # he could ohtain Miss Priscilla Mullins, l a daughter of Mr. William Mullins. the breach in his family would be happily repaired, lie therefore, according to the custom of those times, sent to ask Mir. Mullins permission td visit his daughter. John Alden. the messen- ger, went and faithfully communicated the wishes of tho captain. The old gentleman did not qkject, as he might have dope. on ac- count of the recency of captain Standish's \ bereavement. He said it was perfectly agree able to him, hut the young lady must also be consulted. The danscl was then called into | the room, and John Alden, who is said ts have been man Of most excellent form witf a fair and ruddy complexion, arose, and, ID !! very courteous and prepossessiDg manner, de \ hyered his rrrand. Miss Mullins listened I with respectful attention. and at last, alter considerable pause, fixing her eyes upon hili' l with an open and pleasant countenance, said prifhee, Jola,. seky do yOa not sPeak tor your self7 He bIushed, and bowed, aad took his l.SS.. L..e ..sfh |, lnnk which indicated more