Litchfield enquirer., 1832-07-26

uOsPtas % tue quantty at teeth ne would be
able 60 collect in consequence Of the epidem.
ic. They are good Cor nothing, was the re-
| ply, sin consequence of their red color. M.
! Begin ascertained that such was the fact. and
then examined the homes Of a corpse, of
which the teeth were discOlOred. He found
that every one of them presented the came
| curious phenomena. He exhibited fragments
Of different bones to the Medical Academy,
all of which appeared as if injected, and as il
the persons had died ola violent Inflammation
of the bones.-GGzette MedicaLe.
Cholera Morbus, (says HyppOcrates, 9TH
Book of Epidemics-20OO years agO,) is Oc-
casioned by an immOderate use of food. espe-
ciaIy Of pork not sufficiently cooked. aud
peas; by an abuse in drinking the heat Of
the sun the frequent use Of cutie Ash, crabs
and holsters by the excessive use of vegeta-
bles, especially Ofieels. onions, boiled lettuce,
Artchokes and fresh sorrel !. by ragouts aud
honied CONNECTIONS; by fruits, cucumbers,
melons; by milk; by barley meal, even If
cooked. 81. 8,s.s
Fight bettpeen the Sha,Vnee ana COmmanche
Indidns.-A gentleman residing at Washing
ton. Hampstead County, {Arkansas,) has Civ
en- the Editor of the Arkansas Gazette the
following particulars Of u fight between the
Shawnee and Commanche indians, which
took place about the goth ult. on Red River,
near the Cross Timbers.
About twenty. Ave days since, t,centy-fre
Shawnee Indians fought three hundred and
,.ffty Commanche Indians on Red River, near
Cross Timbers. The Shawnees attacked the
Commanches about daylight, and The battle
lasted until near sunset. when the Comman-
ches retreated, leaving seventy Of their party
dead; the Shawnees lost only nine Of their
men. This appears to be an unreasonable
story, but have it from good authority in-
deed, my informant saw most Of the seven.
(ty-seven scalps.
ION Saturday next, June 1917 the Shaw
nees and Choctaws are to hold u Council for
the purpose Of raising large party to make
war upon the Pawnees and COMMUNICATES
1t is understood that the Cherokees, Kicka-
poos. SIC. will all Join against them.''
One thing will strike every reader. The
President says, chad the Executive been
called upon to furnish the project of such an
institution, (that is such an one ns he would
apprOve,) the duty would have been cheerful
Iy performed" The glaring improperly Of
such suggestion is papabIc to all. Thisis
the irst time that we have ever heard sug-
geslion from any quarter. that Congress should
ask the President to instruct them on their
constitutional powers. A more glaring en-
crOachment the prerOgatives Of free le-
character with the declaration of his organ
that he was BORN TO coMMAND''-D. Green.
On the morning Of the 5th inst the BODY
of Mrs. Litchfed, wife 0f - Litchfeld.
} ofthis village, was found in the canal near the
river bridge. On examination, several marks
OF violence were found upon her, and suspi-
cions exist that she was murdered and thrown
into the canal Two persons have been arrest
cd and examined on suspicion Of being con-
cerned 10 this transaction. but nOthing appear
) ing against them they were discharged.
Os,cego Palladium.
n Rat A Rntn-A friend from West
Hartford informs us that drove ofnearly two
thousand rats were seen early one morning
last week, on their way from this city. They
had been driven away, doubtless, by chloride
of lime. the smell of which these long tailed
individuals seem particularly to abOminate.--
The gardens and roads about the city were
tracked up with these four legged pedestri-
ans, which have fed from before the face of
a cholera preventive. Similar facts are re-
corded in Providence, Rhode Island. paper.
Rats and mice, and such small DEER have
vacated barns, cellars, stables add houses,
J where chloride of lime has been sprinkled.
Conn. Mirror.
Mr.. CLAY has declined the invitation the
friends and neighbors Of his birth. place and
early life. to Public Dinner, in q letter of
which the following is an extract. ia
:" Not having seen the spot which gave me
, birth for near forty years. it would afford me
the sncerest satisfaction again to visit it, and
to behold the scenes Of my early youth the
humble parental roof which sheltered my
brethren and me from the cold and rain, the
grounds on which I sported, the springs at
which have often drank. the trees that sha-
: ded me, or up which clomb and gathered
delicious fruit, ,heasmalI stream in which
have frequently bathed, and the lingering
remnant of the companions ofmy boyhood,
now like myself grown old. But, gentlemen,
visit TO these endeared objects, at this time,
in conformity with your invitation, would vi
olate rule which have prescribed to my
SELF ~
During the last autumn. in answer to an
invitation rendered to me by my fellow-citi-
xens of Vincennes, stated that while / con-
tinued before the Public, 10 the attitude which
had been placed as candidate for il suffra-
ges. would not accept Of any invitation TO a
public entertainment proposed on my own
account. The considerations which prompt
I'd that fis,rx Env.s,.