Litchfield enquirer., 1831-08-25

of T.ais& Huron. The children went into the ,voSds to hunt COW. when it is supposed, fl,eA rot bewildered and lost. Our infoEmanS stnies. that their tracks tad been seen once. and Orlv once, 0n the bank of creek aUoue % miles from their homes. Ansee eE ths children belong t0 MT. Van Meers Os1eA- .r,;th. farmaFlv from the neighbarhona oE T1.,r;iton. f3ors district; two gifla. one about i S. and lie other IS years ofages and young er br,aller. The other was . son et hAr: Law is Hornines formerly from near Hamilton: lad of cr 6 years of age. We arc told tnae inc afflicted rn0tIers of the children, under nec,iliar rircmnastaDees, ara dangeFoMs.y lls sra no nllvsician within 50 miles. such erana ;S eertaiuly one Of inCOneeigabB anlse- t;on. Nav it be sancti6ed and rightly im- prosed.--U. Casl0dG Gu0rdidss.
 DysadfuE Shipscreck. k.- The ship Lady Sher- brooke, Chambers, from Londonderry Tor Quebec, with .285 passengers and a crew ot IS men. was lost on the night of July l9, near Cape Ray, Newfoundland. About midnight rocks were discovered tO leeward. and .an at- tempt made to tack, but the wind was % light and ground swell so great that t could not De accomplished. and iH less than 10 mi- nutes after che struck. she was completely broken up. Only 27 of the former, l6 of whom were f2sisales) and the Captain, mate and 3 men, saved, who received assistance l2 hours afterwards, from fshernsB. Her boats were all swamped in attempting to iaDd. and those in them peFished. The sufvseoFs were taken from piece of the wreck andahe rocks. Boston Courier.
 A Noble Deed.--A MT. Johnson, fshern1ap. of Nahanf. on Monday last " ent Ot in his do- " from that place. during high easteriy n snnk4 two persons from drowning, Rfla had been 1 on the bottom of the boat for some hoiifs.-- The undertaking was considered extremely hazardous, and was much applauded by the company at Nahant, who made np . pufss for him, one gentleman gising him $iOs--sd- lem Observer. a.as 2' The Ricnns.as sfYa.) Whig Of Thursday
 last, says--" On Sunday nishe. and Monday
 morning laat. there fell in this city and silas+ country around, the greatest Fain repeinber- ed for half century. In King William, &c. immense damage has been sustained. There
 was a general sweep of mill dams -0f some
 we understand which have withsiDoa the l floods for hundred years. Fences, out hou- I ses, wheat stacks, were borne o9 inm many ca
 ses."
 Qsizzical bass not Qmizz06ls. As party of young men from the City were sidinga fssF I days since through Cambridge being s0sae- .I what yinous,l they amused GheEnselseg with
 .stricks upon fray oilers ;''--spe peeIi1gat n ein ] odd questions, and laughing at thelr queer ais'
 swers. The sport went on ,negvily nnsil sone of them asked a sober citizen if he wOniel
 have the goodness tO inform theM m Mhat
 State they were'-" State oE intoKleasl21'i
 sir,'' was the ready reply of the iateIEofaae.a. hns.f GAf40ID II - a's., VI fsT ahe pses- } ent, that there was'no fun in qdizzisg. # @ .---------.. .sz Y '
 INDIAN SAsAcirv.-It would bes pity nos
 to preserve the following aBecdote, which dis plays so much of that accuracy 0f fObserva- ton which is known to be one of fhe char
 acteristics of our red brethren Of the West. An Indian upon his return home to his hut
 one day discovered that his yenisOn which he
 had hung up to dry, had been stolen. Aitcr
 taking observation of the spot, be set off ie
 pursuit of the thief, whom he tracked through
 the woods. After going some distance he
 met some persons Of whom he inquired, ii
 they had not seen little. old sciite ast,s, with
 a short gua, accompanied by small dog. wiih
 bQb tail ? They replied in the affirmative, and upon the Indian assuring them that she man thus described had stolen his provision, I they desired to he informed how he was able
 to give such a minute dcscripfion of u persoa he had not seen. The Indian answered thus {: I The thief know is n liffie nsan, by his hay.
 ing made a pile of stones to stand upon
 in order tO reach the senison from thu height hung it, standing on the ground tkH4 ! he is an old man, II know by his shorts sters.
 which have 4Faesd over the sieAd leayes in
 the woods {: and that he is abkise man |, know by his tusaiag ont his toes, when he l walks, which m Indian never does. His gun
 know to be short. ysthe mark the muzxls
 made by rubbing against the bark of the trco
 on which it leaned 1; that his dog is sa,aN
 know by his tracks; and that ha had a bob
 tGil. discovered hy the mark tt made in the dust where he was sitting at the time his mas
 ter was taking down the aneat.''s Cholera MOrbGs. The bIayor Of Nsw-E hassis
 sued a ProcIamation requiring all sesseIs fsom ihe ports of the Leyan Adriaic and Mediterranean seas. seas of the loh degrees of Easf Ioasii6de, and also from the Baltic and the poris Of DeNsaf. so anch.r at the Quaran.iSe gronnd. to be sabsned to the ex amiaatiOn of the Health Officer, and to Bs subiec,ck in all respects toahe provisions of ths sealh Law. The Board of Heallh of Philadelphia ou s,h. 9,h inst passed resoiaoa directing slse Lasare,o Phv. sican gantiy so examine all vessels, earaoes he's sons and hagsase, from ports in .bs orh al Enropc. ihe Mediserranean sen. the Leyaat md ssl o Nsn- ice and in case o sickness. to esain ,hs AT. .l