Litchfield enquirer., 1831-10-06
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stabbed m the side during the latter part last month
 while lying in bed. The assassin is supposed ,o
 effected his purpose by thrustng his hand ,hrouph h window immediately under which the bed ,vas nI,c.d
 Captain Paces wife, her father and brother ,ope,b.r
 w'lh stOrekeePer by the name of Orear. have b.eu
 arrested. The latter is supposed to have been in.
 P"r"mour o' Mrs. F. and 10 have given the death wound, and the others were accessaries-N V ooo.r CHoterG M0r6MS-Our advices from Liyerpool are
 to the 4th ofAugust By the Hercules at this por, o
 10th Juy we received verbal advices that several ve
 sells had arrived at that port, with the ChoI.,, n,
 board, and one with black flag. It is liule cur;
 o"s that our subsequent Liverpool papers make no
 mention ot these vessels, what their condition was
 we have conversed with intelligen, ship master
 WHO saed from Liverpool, August 3. He states that
 "omoer of vessels from the Baltic had been sent to M"'ord Haven' to perform quarantine, without being allowed to have communication with the shore and al though half their crews dead and the other half sick, they were not allowed 10 have any additiona, persons to navigate them. Two vessels had been scutled and sunk. One vessel had arrived on board ofwhich the cholera had destroyed lhe greater part of the crew; and it said that tho city au,hor- ties had it in contemplation to sink the vessel with the still surviving persons on board!
 It IS stated in the Louisiana Advertiser of the e6,h August, ;hat a number Of fishermen and their fam;
 lies amounting to no less than l50 persons had dis. appeared during the late gale at Baraaria. The huts or those unfortunate people wee all washed away, and ihe boats into which they had fed for safety in the storm are no longer visible. It much to be ap prehended that every soul pershed. A great num- Der ofcatlle we understand, were also drowned The cane, it is sad has not suffered to the extent which was at first imagined.
 Harttord Insane Hospital.-We learn from the Hartford Couran, that the Directors of the retreat of the Insane at tha, place, late meeting decided to build an addition otii,y feet to each wing of the pres. ent establishment. This step is rendered nee essary says the Courant by the numerous which are made for the admission of patients beyond what the present building can accommodate. The contem- plated addition will furnish accommodations for about fifty patients.
 We learn from the Albany papers, that Coun. Leon together with the Countess Leon, aud for,y.Gye other persons, Secretaries Sc. attached to his suite arrv. ed in that city Thursday night, in the steamboat North America, from New-York, and are on their way o the westward, to seek permanent place of resi- ienee. It is the Dukes plan 10 purchase tract of and near Pttsburg, Pa. which he and hi. eapend. lnts will settle. Afer he has purchased tract, abou, wo thousand persons from Belgium, will leave their 'omes and come to this country. He IS said to be worth about five million of dollars. It is stated that he Count is one of those who opposed to the epara.on ofBelgium from Holland, anG that, since 10 has been most strenuous opponent of the recep- ion of foreign Prince Sovereign of that county ie Is republican in opinions He prese nted to the isrma" Benevolent Society of Albany, the sum Of me hundred dollars to be appropriated for the bene6 fnesdy German emigrans who ar e daily docking to his country.
 Polish proverh says" You may rip a Pole to his hirt-but if you attempt to take his shr, he will re. ,ain alI."
 The editor of the Delaware Advertiser says he has 'een presented with an apple measuring one foot two nches and five eighths in circumference.
 Sheep aud Cattle are sometimes poisoned by eating he leaves of the wild cherry. Dr.. Tully of Connecti- gut recommends the following remedy :-Take the | leaves of common plan,aa, bruise and pour on little hot water, strain the liquor, and is cool enough il may be used. have had sheep apparently in the agones of dcah instantly relieved, and in few hours entirely cured by the above remedy One gill is generally sufficient dose for a sheep. Having never seen bullock poisoned in a similar manner, cannot answer for the success of , but have doubt .lat il would prove cffeciual cure."
 Intelligence from all qarters of South Carolina and Georgia represent the late freshet to have been to the Rice crops.
 A letter from Augusta, received at Savannah, es- timaes the loss sustained upon the Savannah River by the Freshet, at tco and haLf fmiiion e dollars.
 Ex- Secretary Branch was invited on the llth inst. by the citizens of Bertie (N. O. to public dinner, which he declined-in cOnse- quence of tl,e i'll health of portion of his family. In his reply to the letter of invitation he indulgcs in the following language, which needs no comment:
 ''Situated as am-recently expelled from the Cabinet of Gen. Jackson by the ascend ancy of certain " malign influences" and still pursued in my retirement with fend- like vengeance, which, it seems, cannot be satis- fled but by the destruction of my good name -nothing. assure you, could be more grate- fl to my feelings than the generous conf dence and support of those who have known me from my earliest entrance into public life.
 "With purpose bent on their own selfish gains, and regardless of the fame of the Chief Magistrate or the hest interests of the coun- ry,these influences are uniting in their efforts to drive from the administration most of its
 old and long tried supporters; and gladly
 would they force me from my principles into
 the support of the recent associate and leader
 of part of them, well knowing that | could not espouse his cause without utter ruin and d;s~-..a-.ll th;a and unora hesAas is affa nnnf.