Litchfield enquirer., 1833-10-24

| TT -~~~--S~-@ and attempted tO rescue t. but in vain. NNp. ' peared. by ample testimony that the girl was not only destitute Uf auy notion Ot human laws, but 0Fa God, and Offnture rewards and punishments; aud upon the ground of want
 Ofmoral laccountabiIiiy the jury acquitted her. 1 Among the trials at the. recent term Ofthe
 Superior Court at Hartford, Conn. we notice the following
 Butler Us. LoOm;s, 3r.--Action on the ease
 fer negligence. The dsfeHdants On the eve ming ofi7th November. 1880, rode into the ci- ty Of Hartford in gig, stopped at a grocery shop On business, and left the horse either en- tirely or unsafely fasteneS. The horse ran a. way and against the plaintiff, who was walk
 ing along Main street, ny which hc was se-
 vereiy injured. The defendants claimed that the horse was saiPly ,av,s properly secured.- Verdict for plaintiff $a99.
 I JFeoden Cf0eks.- Thss vpfsaiiie genius pe- Eculiar tu the Yankee ls i0u.i.s in no place un- der the sun so widely spread as in the steady land "f Connecticut. Here the inventive spir- l lMwhich first usheren scoedeh clocks into rxis- tence saw the light. and here the wheels ofthis business have continued to fevOiye with accel. cratcd speed until the present day. In the town of Plymouth alone, we arc iRformed, Oot less than .Gfieen tkeasand wooden clocks arc made annually. ahtlsWnt indiviavalin that town has acquired F fortune 0f nearly $200,- 900 by this business, One day last week, thirty handsome wagons, with two horses each. started from Plymouth, for one of the Southern cities. On a clock.peddEng exsur- si0n. About three hundred Wooden time- keepers, all wavrantcd to go, were shipped recently for Baltimore or Richmond, where these wagons are to assemble, load up and dis i'erse over the Southsrn country. When their supply is exhausted tisey resort to the city de1 pot. and when that is out, Connecticut manu. lecturers replenish it again. The original cost of ihese wOodeR vessels, ia about $500, and the retail price at the South, is S20,O0. There are-not less than six townssin ConnReticut, all extensively engaged in this kind oeBIsiness.-. Unitedly, they make not far from Gtfy thow- sGnd every year, and yet the demand fSssti nnsappled. = Northampton Courier.
 r. Ely tkoasaadl'' Why, yes, nearer 900, ,Ooo-,he single towns of Plymouth aud Bristol make, each, Gfty thousand per year.-- This year Bristol makes about 60, GOO, as we had an opportunity Gf ascertaiuing few days since. ID. Eng.
 Freshes.-There vas heavy rain in this and the adjnining counties on Tuesday of last week, md much injury was done to the roads, bridges. milldarns, SLe. In Cnmmington and Chesterfield tBany bridges over Westfeld riy. ! CT and other streams were carried away, and a sawmill in Chesterfield was undetermined and fell into the river. The dam built across WesiAeld riyeh above Westfeld village, at the head of the feeder 0f the H. & H. Canal, was swept ava.K, Some sheep and other an | We hear Gf the destTuction 0f bridges and other dansals, ia Asl,irId. Windsor, Hins. dales Pittsl%td. kEes The rise in Connrcti- 4 cut threatened tp innndate the meadows in lthis town, and on Wednesday many hands were engagcd in digging potatoes, to secure them from the food.
 There was another pouring rain on Satur- day night, which raised the Connecticut two or three feet higher than the rain of Tuesday. On Monday the water covered about two thirds of the South Meadow and the corn and potatoes must have received some iniu- Try. Some damage was done in Williams bursh. and probably in other towns.
 Hampshire GaS. E Hon. Henry Clay and family arrived in N. York from Philadelphia on TuesAay after noon, oman excnrsi6n to the eastern states.-- At the latter city. he was received with some ceremony. and held levee at the U. States Hotel. At the publicmeeiing to make arrange l n,ents for his reception, Matthew Carey, Esq. presided, and Hon. John Sergeant was chair man of the committee. A communities of the citizens of New oFk. at the head of which were Col. Trumbull and ChancellOr Kent, ad- dressed MT. Clay, informing him that "a very large number 0f our most distinguished and respectable citizens are desirous of testi.
 lying tho high respect they entertain fbr you as a 'statesmaH and a patriot, by the offer to | you of public dinner1' Mr. Clay, in reply, Isays-'.I have to regret that my acceptance of t would be incompatible with the parpos. es offny present journey, and the circumstan. ces under which am performing it. shall, however, proceed on Tuesday next to New York, whereI shall remain day Or two, dn- ring which 1t will afford me much pleasure to meet any Of fitainhabifants who may desire 10 see rnes and to repeatin person the expression l of the feelings of gratitude inspired by your n0te." Similar invitations were extended and declined at Raliimnre and Philadelphia. It is anRoUneed that Mr. Clay will, during his stay in New. York, visit the Mtchsnics' Ap- Prentices' Library, and the Fair "f the Amer jean Institute. sss Sss
 @At special meeting of ibe hoard of alder
 men of New York ons Tuesday, at ifo'clock. 1t was voted unanimously to tender to the
 Hon. Henry Clay the use of the Governors
 roon uihe City HalL during his stay in that lcity.-Aibaay Argus.