Litchfield enquirer., 1831-09-01

there are two candidates, George A. WaggO- man, (CIay) and Henry Carleton, (JacksOn,) State Legislature is so decidedly anti-JacIr- son, that # is highly improbable that the l Jackson candidate can succeed.
 The Senate then will stand tsOemfyssiE for the administration and tsrenty-tIOo against it. This approximation Of the strength of the two political parties places the balance of power into the hands of Mir. Calhoun and his two personal and political friends from Southf Carolina and it would not be surprising if in K their present state of feelings they should ex- ercise it to the great dissatisfaction of Gen. Jackson and his followers. Should MT. Cal- houn openly take the field for the Presidency, ! his friends will of course he in the opposition, not only in the Senate, but in the House of Representatives in which event the Jackson party will find themselves in a minority in | both brapches of the Legislature.-N. Fl Journal of Com.
 We learn from the Mississippi, that on the Slst of July, two or three hours beiTDre day, | a party of from 30 to 100 Sacs and Fox In- ] dians,surprised q Menominee Camp, 8 or. 400 yards above old Fort Crawford, on the east side of the Mississippi. and killed &5 of the latter, and wounded many who may probably recover. There were about 80 or 40 Menonl-
 lnees. men, women, and children in the camp, l most of whom were drunk, and the women
 had concealed their guns and knives to pre-
 vent their hurting each other. The Sacs and
 Foxes. though greatly superior in numbers 1 and attacking by surprise a drunken and un- | armed encampment, lost several men, who I were seen tO fall in the onset, and retreated I in less than ten minutes with only few scalps,
 pursued by four or five Menominres, who fir-
 ed upon them until they were half mile be-
 low the village.
 I The party killed. consisted of one war chief,
 three head men, four warriors, six women
 and eleven children.
 This massacre ofthe Menominecs is most audaclous aggression. not only against the un- fortunate sufferers, but Against the authority of the United States, The Menon, inees were on visit to our post at Prairie du Chien, --wcre asleep under the flag of the United States, and almost under the guns of the fort The assaillng party crossed fromslhe west } bank of the Mississippi and made their at-
 tack in defiance of the power which has hith- erto. in great degree, been enabled to hold in
 check, the fierce tribes even when at dis
 tance from the military posts. The violence 2 recently committed within the very precints of the national authority, will require the in- , deposition of the arm of government, that an example may be made by bringing the murderers to justice. Washington Globe. The Raleigh Star mentions, that remass kable phenomenon was witnessed there on : three successive days, beginning on the 18th
 inst. The sun presented a very singular hlu- ish appearance through the day, excrpt about
 noon, when it's briIliancy was much greater than ordinary. From 5to6P. M. it was wild and pale. more like the moon : and then
 a dark spot was visible 0n it's disc. towards the southern side. At night the moon was un- commonly pale, and a small portion of her . edge was obscured. This phenomenon was
 noticed in other places south, as we'll as at Philadelphia and in this city. At Norfolk it was remarked, that similar change was evi-
 dent in the stars as wellas the sun and moon
 whence the cause must necessarily have been
 in the state of the atmosphere.--N. '. Ado.
 Look out for Viilain.- Sometime durine
 the year 1912, man by the name of William ShipmGn. shoemaker by trade, and native
 of Essex county, in the state of New-J Jersey,
 was married to respectable young lady Of
 Hanover. Morris county. by the Rev. MT. Con-
 dit. They removed to Newark, where they
 lived together six or seven years. He the,
 absented himself without any known provo
 cation or cause whatever. leaving his wife with
 two helpless children to struggle with the complicated cares and trials of life incident | su tOUEiy COUUUIOU OI q WlUOWGO GnOIOeFs From Newark he wandered to Easton, Pa.
 where he located himself long enough to com init the crime of bigamy by marrying a se-
 cond time. After having had one child by
 this woman, he abandoned her, again seek Ting whom he might devour.' He next pro-
 ceeded to Bedford, Pa. where he had the ad.
 dress and hardihood to impose himself upon
 an aniiable girl of about l8 years of age, nam ed Margaret Tracy, as single man. They
 were married by the Rev. John Rough de
 Rough. From Bedford they removed to Pittsburg, in the same state. where they liv- ed together and had five children. On the 9th of July he abandoned her also. And then, to cap the climax of his perfdy and in- solence. he returned to Newark and paid his frst sOifs very abrupt visit. charged her with having married another man during his ab- sence, which was not the fact. she having continued to support herself and children alone ever since his criminal abandonment of them. Information of his return. and of his criminal conduct during his absence having | been communicated to magistrate, process was immediately issued for hissapprehension. but before 1t could be served he made his es- l cape. He is described as person of prepos- l sessing appearance and manners, about 40 | years ol age. It is to he hoped that every effort will De made to bring him to speedy | Jasi'ce.- Nesrark Eagle.