Litchfield enquirer., 1831-10-13

 to he pf0stituted to the purpose Ofa blind and | unjust prescription, involving innocence and honor with guilt and treason, and no man IS | worthy of a nomination tO this high office ID whose judgment and patriotism, confidence cannot be placed to make the proper distinc- | ton between them. In the view ot all hon. 1 orable men, he would deservedly becOme an object of disgust, fhe could stOOp to commit himself by any pledges, in a case like this, as l the price of his nomination.
 ] Ifwith these views of my opinions. it is the pleasure of your convention to change the nomination. can assure you very sincerely that shall retire from it with far more pleas ure than I should accept it. If, on the con- trary, it he their choice to abide by i:, have only to add that in government like ours, consider no citizen at liberty to reject nOm- hination by. so respectable body, upon per | sonal considerations.
 Be the final determination of your COnven- ton what it may, shall ever retain grate- 1 fnI sense of the honor conferred on me by this nomination, and beg the Anti-Masonc Con- | vention to accept the assurance of my res pect for them and their cause. do not dd- dress them as party, because l understand the principle oftheir union to bc, to assert the supremacy of the la,cs which trust is and ever will be the sacred and immutable princi- pie of our common country.
 VIM. WIRT. ! Messrs. RUTHERFORD, SLOAN and ELDER, Committee ofthe Anti Masonic Convention Baltimore, Sept. aa, 1881.
 1 Imposter Detected.-The person who reple- sented himself as having been knocked down in Coenties Alley on the evening of the goth | ult., and robbed of his pocket book, contain ing S65O, has been discovered to be an impos- fer and the story of his having been robbed all hoax. The same man put up at the York House, on the 29th August, and entered his name on the register ' c. D. Wilson, Detroit" Some few evenings afterward, he stated that he had been robbed at the Theatre of S25O, and showed where his pocket had been cut and his pocket book taken. Being destitute (as he said) of money, Mr. Ackley, proprietor of the York House, kindly furnished him with funds to return home. After leaving there, he took lodgings at the Broad Street House, where he entered his name " Daniel Wiikin- son, Michigdn" that he came to the city 50 purchase goods. and actually bought and had put up at the house of D. Jaques & Co. and others, goods to the amount of about 5000. And on the following evening. pre- tended to have been robbed, as heretofore sta ted, showed the same cut in his inside coat pocket, as he had done before, to have been done that night by the robber. The circum- stances were so plausible. none dscredted his having been robbed; and he again set forth that he was entirely destitute of money or means; consequently, contributions to a con siderable amount were made by merchants in the neighborhood, and much more would soon have been raised, which in a few hours more he would have received: but fortunate. ly he was accidentally recognized by Mir. Nk md fhn, l. ~soc c. duct disclosed.-N. Y. Ado. m
 From the W. Y. Da;ly Advertiser.
 From the Doylstown, (Pa.) Democrat, we learn that the foreign imposter, Espoz- ? -Mi- na, is suspected ofhaving caused the death of MT. Chapman, who few years since was en- gagged in curing stammering in this city. The following is an extract from that paper. Mi- na was demanded in Boston, by the Governor of Pennsylvania, and has been taken back to Philadelphia.
 It appears that he had become acquaint- ed, by some means or other, with the family of MT. Chapman, who was an English gentle. man, and had a school at his residence, on the Bristol road. for the cure of impediments of l speech, and that the villain above referred to, was m the habit of intercourse with his family. MT. Chapman took sick some time in July last, at which time Nina was assduous in his attentions to him. He died, however, and in about ten days after, Nina married the widow, whom' report says, he induced to believe he was the son of the celebrated General Nina, and foreigner of distinction. He procured all her jewelry, plate, of which she had a large amount, horses and carriage, and other valu- able articles, and took them to Baltimore
 where he converted them into cash. MT Rose, prosecuting attorney for this county received information of the facts, proceeded to the place last week, and had the body talk en up' and an examination made by Dr. Hop klns"n of Philadelphia, assisted by Dr. Coates of Bristol, for the purpose ofa chemical anal ysis by Drs. Hare and Mitchell, ofthe city, 1he governor has made a demand for Nina. and We Tsy expect to have him here shortly. A forged draft of 1000 doiisrs, drawn by him on merchant in Philadelphia, had been in tercepted. Several letters from him <" Mrs. Chapman. have been lying in the post office here for some time. The lady of Mir. c. left this county on Monday or Tuesday last. since when she has not been heard of. It is un- necessary tO state any thing further, as .he facts off the poisoning, which are said to be al- 1 most positive with other evidence, will be brought forth on the trial. Great praise is due to those who have been active in sifting out this business. and thus bringing to justice an accomplished scoundrel. whose crimes are ot the greatest magnitude"
 It is astonishing to perceive how much mat r'inony Is perpetrated about the present peri I