Litchfield enquirer., 1831-09-01

history of thus venerable institution from the lime of
 s commencement to te induction of its present ead has just been issued from te press If Alr Heaekiah Howe, Compiled by a gentleman oi this city, wl,ose means have furnished hm vitIS the most abun;iant materials to do justice to the spliecs We have moi had m opportunity to examine its details bnt from what we know have reason to believe that it tiveS
 faithful narrative of facts, wish the iII6s,rasions of sound scholar and elegant writer. It should com nand the attention, only of ihe friends or the ih saiiuton, but of the Pnblic at large -Con Herot8.
 Phs Besa-We understand tlat an ora.ion will be
 elivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society. on t.e day preceding the commencement n Yale College, by Chancellor Kent, of New-York. ID. A SioHness Loayer.-A gentleman who wasnresent at the examination in the case Of an assad the SiaHlese Twins some days ago, 1t Lynnfeld. Mass. has given in Boston paper, statement of the evi dencegiven by different witnesses from which il wonla appear that those singular specimens of humanty are endowed with a creditabe spirit and courage and quick reasoning powers, as we'll as ready wit and ex pedent in trying emergency. It would appear also. eh"t they were shamefully treated by the curious crowd, who had at ust followed them to witness their skhl in shooting excursion. An argument offered by one ot the Twins afforded much amusement to the Court It was nearly in this form, and was addressed ,e MT. Prescott. the cohplainant:-" You swear you ira'd O me; you rad kill you, shoot you-but same tune you know have guns-you see shoo, you if I choose-and you keep round mo following me abou,
 I ask you civilly not to follow me-you wont le, me go away-yon calme and my brotherhard name-alssl Iy yet you swear you fraid kill you. Now, suppose | see man n my country, in Siam--he goes out into woods, and sees lion asleephe say Oh frad tl,a, lion kill me'-what think of that man if he 20 up and give that lion kick and say get out you ugly beast Iwist you'd answer ,hat."--N. r. Adp. The new steam-,oat Boston, Capt. Wm. Coms,ock. made her passage to Providence on Monday last in
 hours and 4i minutes being the shortest passage ever made. To Newport l2 hours and 43 minutes i: to Prayidence, IA Al.
 The Ohio Independent Press announces tie death of the Hon. James Shields, aasReps esenatiye from that S,a,c in the las, Congress.
 Il is stated in the Tannsah Reporter that the driver of the Accommodation stagc from Providence to that town, last Friday, lost from his trowsers' pocket package containing $30OO, directed to the Taunton Bank. II was pieked up by MT. Beni. Fuller of At ilcboro 80 eaFs6ld living at distance from ahe yil lage, who sent Monday by his son 10 tie bank, with the seal unbroken. The $2OO reward offered ny the stage proprietor, Mr. Smith, was sent to the old man MT. s. also gave the son $50 for lis faith falnrss.-Beston Patriot.
 Scpio Lodge. No. e, in the village of Aurora has intentionally forfeited its charter. No meeting has been held for two years No officers have of course 6ecnelcc,cd aaits members have thus wisely relin quislcd the ordeF.
 The same course has also heen pursued by Aarorc Chapte, of Royal Arch Masons, No. 64 which is dis solved and Inc charter forfetd.
 We also learn that Solomon's Lodge, of Poughkeep- sic, has been n the way sufered to e out, and all the Jewels, eInbIems and furniture have several months since been sold public auction In all these eases our information is direct and posi,ive-Specs According to statement in the Washington Tele- graphof Wednesday, it appears ,a, the editor of that paper is firm in the belief ahas Gen. Jackson cannot be reelected to tl,e Presidency. Gen. Green holds this language upon the suhect:-"We honeslly be- lieve that all the influence of all the office holders in the country cannot secure the reeIecon of General Jackson; and that, if Me- Clay is withdrawn, as we believe he will be, and Gen. Jackson should continue n acandida'e. he will not receive thirty votes." s A Bet.-A wviier in the Charleston, s. c. Courier offers to bet Sl,OOO hhe moncy to be deposited in Bankl with any Cotton Planter, that the Tariff has not reduced the value of cotton one cent tn the pound
 aad that if the duties were reduced to the rates of 1916. cotton would not thereby rise permanently. one cent in the pound-ihe decision to be made thus: Two of the first merchants in London or Liverpool shaii have tie question submitted to them if they agree he decision to he final; iraot, they shall refer their views to one of the most enlightened merchants of France, whose umpirage shall be final. The writer addsNow, let any of those who have so often tlelud- ed the people, by saying that the Tariff has produced runous fall in the prices of cotton, come forward and try the sincerity of their assertions.
 Ma,shai Diebstsch Jeff property 10 the amount of i,6O0 900 francs, half oi which he wed to his broth- CT. Arnold Diebsc', hat manufacturer at Stei.in, andthe other half to his sister, nun.
 The frgate Potomac smiled yesterday morning, hay ing been detained for several days by contrary winds It s stated that she is touch Rio de Janeiro, on her way to Suma.ra. her object being, before sated to demand satsfaciion for the recent outrage on our flag. and our countrymen. The Commercial Advertiser mentions that ihe crew consists of 500 men.
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 DrOUHed.-On Sunday afternoon last, in Connecti- cut River, near the Quarry in Chatham, small row boat vas upset, containing four young women andiwo men and melancloily to relate. three of the young women were drowned. The young woman who was saved, clung tO the boat until she was taken off, and the men swam to the shore. One of the young wo- men drowned, is Miss Aiaer1a Eodgr, about l8 years old. of East Granby, who had been employed for some