Litchfield enquirer., 1831-06-16
GENERAL SUMMARY.

town the 14th inst after battalion trNining in, young people who had collected from the adioiniu. neighbOrhoods indulged tn dancing frolic in tn, course of the morning; at about II o'clock when al were in the height Of their merrimemt, young lady the daughter of John Mengle, of Maidencreek town. ship, who was then dancing, fell to the noor-L1rE LEss The immediate ot her death is traced to UeTy tight iocing, and consequent excessive fatigue
 Sincethe adjournment of Congress, three gentlemen of that body have departed this life, vz-Hon. Daniel H. Miller of the county of Philadelphia; Rolin c, 1 Mallary of Vermont, and Thomas Chiffon, of Ken. lucky. These gentlemen had made themselves exten- s've'y known, hy the prominent and active part each had taken in the affairs of the nation, whilst in Con gress. Mir. Clifton is not dead.] | number of the members of the Pennsylvania Le- g'slature have published paper, under their sigma tures in which they pronounce the assertion published in the New-Hampshre Patriot and lished in the Washington Globe. thattie passage of the resolution m favor of the United States Bank by the Legislature of Pennsylvania was procured by system ofcorropt bribery, |" to be an mnfounded and atrocous lbel"
 Dr. Samuel G. Howe, well known for his labors in the cause ofGreece, and his valuable work on Greece has announced his intention of publishing daily eve ming paper in Philadelphia, to be called the National Repu6iicon & Commercial Obserper Its leading prin c'pes as announced in the prospectus will be to watch over the preservation oi the Union-to advocate the American Systemto urge the necessity of recharer- ing the U. s. Bank-,o support the Judiciary and to support Henry Clay for the next presidency. We hope that he may meet with liberal support.
 Forgery.-It is, we believe, no longer doubted says the Alhany Argus of Monday that the person. (Hurd) fnr y ,l,; n:.. A.~..
 has been missing from that city for several days and for whose safety apprchensons have been entertained has voluntarily taken himself off, 1t being now ascer- that he forged several in his fathers name one of which, for $l ,O00, discounted at the Canal Bank, in this city, and another for $ 000 at the Cum mercial Bank. This act of criminaty falls heavily upon the endorsers whose signatures genuine and who, under the belief that the drawers signature was genuine, were induced to lend their names
 [It is mistake with regard to Hurds having forg- ed, his name being confounded with another persons of the name we believe of Welch.1
 Fire nt Roh,noy, ~. J-The Railway Advocate contains account of the destructive fire which oc cured near that place Saturday morning of last week. at the Calico Print work of Mir. Truser. The destruction total and the loss of property is es- mated at from S25,0OO to s3O.OOO. Eleven buildings consumed within two hours, all of which were new, and occupied by about 15O pcrsons.--N y. pa.
 ease of Saicide occurred at Sayhrook, ,on the 9th inst. in ,he person of Mrs. Rhoda Pratt, aged 40.
 Tsco outfits, and $36, 900 more.-A friend a, Norfolk, under date of Wednesday last, says. un- derstand that orders have been received a, the Navy Yard 10 fit out vessel for the purpose of conveying Gen. Eaion to Russia, where he is to succeed Mr. Randolph. Mir. R. is expected to his native State early in July. If he reaches home before the election, which is to take place in August, he will suredy be elected, and then look out for a war with Mir. Van Buren."-N. r. Spec.
 Misunderstanding o the report of the committee of our legislature the subject of insane paupers, there are HOO lunatics in the state, 75O of whom are town or county paupers. The support of these under the present system, estimated to cost the yearly 0,000. It proposed to found aay- lum which would diminish the expense and afford the means of restoring these mise erabe beings society. The committee assert that n 90 of 100 cases of maady considered incurahle, perfect cure may be effected by judicious streaiment.-Efarttord pa.
 Abuse o the Liberty of the F,ess.-A libel suit be- tween three editors and prOpreors of Jackson papers, lately decided tn St. Louis county Mo. by yer
 
 paper states, that Col. Forman the plaintiff, was at the ,ime editor of the St. Louis Times Land the deie ndants Keemle & Brooks, printers and publishers of the St. Louis Beacon. Each of the papers striving to be the organ Of e party, and in the course of the wat, the defendants charged the plaintiff with disgraceul crime, which charge they adduced no evidence in sup port of on the trial, which resulted in the verdict above stated. We hope this will operate as a warn- ing against ie outrageous abuse of the liberty of the press, which some par,izan editors, home occasionally guilty Of-M Y. Sentinel
 The Cincinnati Chronicle relates a recent case of hydrOphobia in that place, which may carry an ad- montOry caution persons in this neighborhood. It appears that yOung man named Morehead, was seiz- ed with the usual symptoms of this horrible disease which terminated fatally on the second day of the at tack, and examination Of the body made the succeeding day. and diseased appearances which constantly characterized hylrophobia. pre- ed ny four respectable medical gentlemen who at- tended him, nothing less, that that which is produced by the bi,e of mad dog. Still the pa- ieRt had been bitten by sHch animal indeed had he ever been bitten, bus onee and that nine years before, and the animal not mad. The only ex- pana,ion Of this mechanically event, which has been suggested. is the following The deceased was by trade tanner, and t s supposed, several domestic animals are said to have died of hydrophobia during ,he mas, winter that one or them which had besmear. A .,. o.n hair yh aal;va hadbeeu Hkinned and itn