Litchfield enquirer., 1832-06-14

The Assembly ibis Staieal the hate Session con-
ss,sd Of 900 members, of whom III are AgricnInra.
iss, q Merchants % Mechanics and RlaauGaclures
"a Lawyers, and Q Physicians. The above statement
we have from an authentic sources dhtnsy RxpOs.
An old crime eOmmitted n q HtW sOay. hshefOrs
last chap called At The store Of MessEs. Sykes and
Fink, in Green Street, and purchased few triting
ticles for which he paid. He thea looked AZ other
ar.iele'' and after pretty dsIiberaie examination,
during which time he went iequen.ly 70 the door,
and cried "whO" to horse iiat might have stood
tsre-but for the circumstances that the fellow had no
horse y he allowed several ar,ielestc be cut of and
Pus np.s After his goods we're neatly compressed in
appropriate Wrappers with The cusomar ysegnr stem
twist at each end, my gsOienan took the bundle and
inquired for the bill. Whereupon he drew forth .
leathern pocket book which might have been lined
with bank notes. Atthis critical moment whilst the
clerks fingers were licking Or The dust, that impatient
horse provided always that there had been horse in
the case required the customers attention, who first
looked, and then passed ont the store, taking the
goods with him. Bu, az he lsit his apparently well
filed pocket book before the clerks eyes the coun
ter II was certain TINT he had merely stepped ont to
quiet bis horse! As, however, the gentleman did not
return after lapse Of sons fifteen minutes, Il was
deemed not impairment TO pop in" to the leasher
pocket book, which was found ID contain something
less than quire Of rather coarse. but very substantial
brown papsr.-Aitany Ersniag Journal.
Ssicide-Mr. Clark Stevens, Of Brookfeld, de-
stroyed himself on the goth dt. by taking audanum
The reason he alleged for the act was trouble.
r.. rfYst has
in New-York that when an auctioneer bids for prop
ery he offers for sale, and makes repeased bids on
himself until he receives real bid, a whichihe pro-
perry 3 struck off the purchaser i not bound by the
purchase. %a Gssss8sfH
Fire at Painesvlle Two ware houses formerly oc-
cuped by Mr.. A. Cable, and then owned by Mr.. Ed.
ward D. Green fFairport, was consumed by fire, on
the night the gath ult The total loss 10 estimated
at fron 8 to $4,000. No insurance.
SscailO,us.-On the 25ih ulf. Mr.. Frink, Of Wind
ham, Conn. killed in one chimney, 763 chimney swaI
lows, and took SO alive. What savage!
observation-disclosures E. Waimsley, for the murder Of
John Burke and Hannah Frank, was hung az Proyi-
dence on Friday. He was native of Smi.hfeld, R.
I. IS o. 30 years Of age. He cammi,sed the crime
when Intoxicated, and followed Burke and Frank,
sho. it appears were vsgranis,l with stick from hs
btoiher's house to beat them. MI
Mwder.-Inihe Police Court, Bosion, on the 9Th
inst James Jourdon, said 10 DO a, Scotchman, and 4
woman named Susan Page, were fully cornmis.ed for
ra Mt the next term Of the Supreme Judical Conrts
Tor the murder Of John Kareher, said to be Dascl-
man. The ARRAY 10 which X. lost his life took place
on Saturday afternoon, house in Sea-sreet where
Jourdan and Karcher had been playing Ut cards and
drinking wished TO obtain pcssession Of Susnn
Page, when she sided with y. who iel upon Karcler,
kicked and bent him, assisted BY de woan. x. died
about II o'clock on Sunday his right temple bona
was iractafed and his lungs were ropgared.
W 7ua es VI. BostoS Weekiv Messenger.
Mnr1sr.-Tt has been mentioned That Il was supro.
yea tha, 4 murder had been committed IN Desrfeld,
near Udca. The story ascertained % be true The
unfortunate person stranger, about As years OLD,
apparently an Enslishman. He. together with two
men named James Peck and Griffiths, were drinking
together Al grocery belonging 70 man named
Stcarss, on ,hs nght Of HE i2ho April. Peck con,
iesses. according 20 .hs Uica Sentinel that Gr6ihi
and himselftook the old man into the barn short die
ianca from The grocery wheFe they had beeadrnking
and deliberately cut his throat with razor, and after
wards buried him onthe bank of small creek, which
empties into lho Mohawk, short distance from Oh,
scene ~ she murder. The whole temptaiion wasthi
sum NJ $40. whichthe old man had cn .;s person II,
mentioned thai he could and would designate the Mined
where they buried him.. He was accordingly taken
from thejai, and accompanied BY large crowd from
the ciy, be scross The river % the banks oghs
small stream, where he directed them 10 dig. They
followed his directions, but made no discoveries Ths
spot near the water that il il not inprobahls
that the body might have been washed into il. and
from thence been carried into the Mohawk. An the
parties are now in Jail. Stearns 10 not supposed ID
have aided in the commission Of the murder, bGt u
charged BY Peck with having received .hiry dollars
Of " the spoil" I'll q.
Anckher Marder.-The Lexington, Ky. Reporiss
of26th ulf. states that Mr. Aadrew Young, or Mont
gomsry county, and hs vile, wsrs both murdered IN
most shocking and brutal manner on Sunday The Goth
III. BY one Of his own negro men. On abe evening
before the msrdsr, the pegro mas absut leaving home,
and wss told by his master that he must reiurs early
next morning to catch the horses lor Nj. Y,s dsue
tiers 10 ride 70 Nicholas Camp meeting, and per.
haps 70 60 with them take cars 81 the horses He
did not return however, until 10 81 il o'clock, when
he wen. into ihe garden where Mrs. Young was pick
ing strawbsssies, and Oh being seolded BY her and
threatened with chassisslaeni, hs took up m axe,
struck her % the gronnd and eonssasd his biowsas-
iii be severed her head from her bo.3y. He thea
want In direction 40 meet Mr. Yam.w 80 h.a I..m