Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-08-23

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misshaPeh sleeves :-'ARd say, thus saith the Lord
Wo U0'O the women that pillows 10 all arm
hOIes-NOw we submit il to fair readers &c thi.
descrpaiOR Of sleeves does not include balloon seeues
and we s'hmissiVey ask them if they can cOnscien.
iOisly costume to such unnecessary things a.
ter eadag the above denunciatiOns OfIhe holy Prop.
eG.-EreEer NesUsszetter.
Ca the Rail Road between Charleston and Ham
burg s. C. the travel twice day regular
~ to SHmmerville, twenty-one miles and bali Be-
yOad that place the work advances rapidly. o. the
contracts rs Ear the Edisto, 600 hands are employ
ed, with many horses aud besides employed by
the contractors. The bridge across the EdstO, 65
miles from Charleston, has all the abuIments piled,
and the timber is ready. II is to be Of 60 feet sPan
and one arch. Six'y-IOur miles beyond the Edis,O
are inprOgress, aud ia go advanced state, that they,
with the other divisions just mentioned, will probably
he completed by the first Of January next. On the
35 miles nearest TO Augusta $40 men are employed,
and 400 or The other IS. The inclined plane viii also
hc ready Cor the machinery by the LIST Of JaaaaEy.-
The receipts from passengers for the Rs rec weeks,
have averaged 5000 a week.
Remarkable Circrmssaece. or ,heaesweeks
since, Saturday evening three joviai young men
Of this city. who Of rather Inemperate habits
met ut their accustomed haunt, tavern in Broadway
In the course Of their conveation says one Of them
to another, calling him familiarity by given name-
"f die Of the Cholera, won't you see me decen,ly
laid on, aud buried ~ The one addressed answered
in the affirmative, and in his turn made similar re-
quest Of the third, which accedcd ,o-while the
third asked the favor Tor himself should he die
before them. This all done jocularly and 10 APP.
parent high spirits. That same night the first
was taken with cholera, aud on Sunday he needed
the Offices performed TO his dead body which he had
engaged. The second was taken sick soon after he
had buried his friend, and;on Monday The third
was called TO fulfil his promise before Wednes-
day the third one himself in his grave. These
are facts we'll authenticated, and names would he
given were riot for wounding the feelings Of friends.
One ot tIs sssons, Al least had been 10 situation
Badgers Weekiy Mess.
Governor Houston was IN effect mo66ed few days
ago Mt Cincinnati, Ohio He had been invited to a,-
tend The now theatre in that place. Great exception
taken to his prcseace, and great disturbances
ensued that the representation broken up before
was half finished, without however, any damage to
the building. So much for the public opinion Of
fighting braggadocio and ploner Tor the peoples
money! II should he remarked, however, in justice
10 The citizens Of Cincinnati that this violent express
sion Of public feeling is principally be attributed to
the indscrelon Of the Manager Of the Theatre, in
openy announcing the fact that invitation had been
extended tOahe Governor, and accepted. The inaI,.
ants Of that fair city easily thrown into rage;
but parade Of this kind for the purpose Of doing
GRANGE 10 man, who had grossly insuiied their state,
in the person Of one Of tie Representatives was task
ing their lorbearance little too Ear. Under these
circumstances, Gov. Housions treatment can he mat
ter Of surprise Considering. however, that
he is whom ise Presden, deIighteh 10 honor, the
occurrence may be Numbered among the small " signs
Of tho times."-Coan. Mirror.
ANOTHER REMEDY.-Cam,phor Treatment of Chol
era.-We have received (says the Courier and Enqui
rer,) communication from William Channing, N. d.
giving account oflhe treatment ofChOera by Spir
its Of Camphor. II appears That out Of t.ro hundred
persons attacked by the epidemic within his procice
all were cured except fc.r, and these four died Of
other disorders superadded. The writer thinks that
Camphor 10 certain specific for the disease in every
stage. The treatment is-from one to three drops Of
Spirits Of Camphor taken 10 little water every hour
every two hours. according 10 circumstances, until
reaction has completely Sc. in. !. has the merit Of
being simple remedy. s e
Captain Hooper, on leaving Gloucester, the other
day on fishing voyage, in firing the usual parting sa-
te, with an old swivel, unfortunately shot John Low,
Rged about 81. He shockin gly torn 70 pie.
ces, and lived bat few hoHrs.-M. Y. Gas.
Grsat Spesd.-The steamboat NORTH america, Capt.
James Benson, owned by the Messrs. Stevens arrived
at city Saturday evening in hoars 30 "a min
u,es from New-York, iaciHdiag landiags; beating
che Troy boat Erie minutes. This 10 alfoge,h.
or the quickest passage ever made between the two
cities. The North America, we understand, went in
and landed at Hudson, while the Erie came straight
up through Athens channel; had the Erie gone 20
Hudson, the difference in their arrival here would
have been mach greater Albany Argus.
A few days ago, iouf Irish laborers upon the Della
ware and Rari,an Canal were found dead in one Of
their shantecs" upon ihe line Of excavation, few
miles above Treniop, N. J. The immediate cause Of
their decease isnes Known to certainty, but they
supposed 70 have been simultaneously attacked with
the Cholera, and were only enabled TO reach theil
beds, where they were subsequently found in state
Of putrection. II Was not until after considerable
time that any person could be found perform the las
Office Of iaierment. At length some colored personI
were adaced, by the offer Of large reward, to under
take their burial These having dug pit TO wind
ward or the cabin, succeeded in inierrihg ihen,
then setting fire 10 the shantee," they burnt Il 10 ihs
ground.