Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1831-01-13
No. 3l.-WuoLE No. 2S9.

| Pua UAhA HoIS Ills own uSGs ne
soon became the most wealthy man in that
section of the country. In three years
from the time Of his clandestinely leaving
Oxford, Mr.. Fl. returned wealthy man,
honorably paid his debts, made an ac-
acknowledgement to his wife and family, and
removed to his new land. He afterwards
enjoyed the confidence Of his fellow citi-
zens, and for several years filled an impor-
tant Judicial Office. He died about two
years since, leaving numerous and happy
family to attest the truth of the passage of
scripture which says, the heart of man
deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth has
steps,"
On Thursday last week, while the
steamboat Dewitt Clinton was on her way
up the river, the cook, a colored man, by
some accident, fell among the machinery
and was killed. He was missed, and was
supposed to have fallen overheard. His
remains were found after the boat had arri-
we'd at Albany, terribly mangled.
The legislature of South Carolina adj
J journed on the 18th inst. just before they
broke up, the House Of Representative
AOOM up EGSOIutIOUSs OU
taking the question for calling Conyen-
ton, the votes were ayes 60, nays SOMA
jority 4. But as it required two thirds to
pass it, it was negatived.
The amount of tolls received on the Erie
and Champlain canals this season, is over
81 100000. Last year it was $795, O55.
Increase $235,OOO The Otsego canal
has yielded $12,1OO, and the Cayuga and
Seneca canal $l1,9Ol. a
II is stated that MIR. Bartlett, Of Newbu-
ryport, had 5000, 900 lbs.of Coffee at Ant
werp; and several Boston merchants had
large amount Of Tobacco and other mcr-
chandise in the public stores in that city.
The Wonders of Nature.-For want of
more appropriate we give this name to
the Bones that have lately been dug up at
Big Bone Lick, Boone county, Kentucky.
We have seen two skeletons of the Mann
moth, the skeleton of the Whale, and the
Elephant, besides numerous Whales and
number of living Elephants; but the sight
of neither of them created any of those
sensations of the mind which we felt at be-
holding these wonderful productions of ma
ture. To reflect for moment upon tho
appearance of living animal, which, from
the skeleton, is proved to have been at
least SIXTY feet in length, upwards Of taOen-
ty-two in height, and tOclye across tho
hips, and the upper bone of whose head
weighs sir hundred, and grinders eleve.
pounds each, and this after having UNDER
gone the decay of many centuries--must
fill the mind with establishment and rever-
Co. +Lo% 10 n 4.
light, and there sc0s light" This animal
as much surpassed the Mammoth in size
as the Elephant does the Ok, and was of
the carnivorous species. With the bones
of this non-d escript, we're found the bones of
several other animals, some of which were
of the herbaceous species, as is proved by
their teeth, Of which there are number;
and to add to the singularity Of discovery
of these bones, among them are two Of tho
footaof horse, which those skilled in COM
porative anatomy pronounce third larger
than those of the present race of Horses.
Tie popularity of this circumstance con-
sists in the fact that Horses were not known
on this continent at the time Of its dscov-
cry by Columbus nor was there any tra-
dtion among the Indians of such an ami
NAL ever having existed. We shall con-
clude our remarks upon the subject by
stating the Bones were found embedded in
black mud upwards of twenty feet below
the surface. The FIRST eighteen inches is
alluvial, then yellow clay to the depth of
twelve or fifteen feet, and then the black
mud in which the bones were contained
The proprietor has brought large quanti-
| ty of them TO this city, among which are
the head and tusks Of the non-descript:
the latter measuring ta0elre feet in length I!
1t being impossible to erect the entire skel-
eton without building for the purpose, he
intends taking them from this to New York
and from thence to Europe. Adv.
Recipe for getting through the Winter
| quick.-Put Note into the Bank in De-
cember for four or five hundred dollars,
payable in ninety days, and spring will
come before you are prepared for il!
1t must be a gloomy moment to one
who is just leaving the world, to think that
no human being has been made the better
for bis existence and that possibly thou-
sands have been made worse, and will con-
tinue to be more and more depraved long
after he shall cease to be tenant OF tins