Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-01
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m thlS cy, and who mas lett young wlie and talIy lament his loss. It appears that Mr. Patton left Abbevlle for the Western cOuatrY, in company with man by the name of Bennett Dooly: They were together various places the road within two miles Of Cumberland mountain, near the top ofwhich Mr.PaWOn'sbody found sltockiDgiy mangled, hava ing evidently been beat death. Mir. Patton is sup- posed to have had about four thousand dollars in ncy about him, with which he intended to purchase land in Alabama, and which no doubt the cause of his murder. Dooley lives in Tennessee, at she head of the Elk river; he returned home after the commission Of the mnrder, remained one nighh and then started for Texas; and had been pursued, but not apprehended on the l4lh of June. Tue murder committed it is supposed, about the 10th. DooIy was seen on Mir. Pa,,on's horse the same day.
 ,. Chasieston Pat.
 Rev. E. K. Avery hung, burn. and shot in efii-! gy the 4,h July ut Fall River and Portsmouth R. I. l s said he is afraid to make his appcarance ia public at Bristol. The excitement against him con- iinues 0nabated. @F
 Dr. Scudder, of this city, has invented torpedo, with which he is determined to destroy the Sea-Ser pent. He has secured patent for hs inven,ioa and intends to star. for Nahant this morning. The same weapon, ihe Doctor thinks, will be useful 10 whale men, and others who are in pursuant of large fish.
 ~. r. Gas.
 singular and fatal disease is prevailing this time among the horses in this vicinity. They nre seized without previously exhibiting any illness, and immed- aely lose the oftheir limbs. The propricoro of extensive livery stable in this city, has los, sx within a few days. He does not entertain the opinion that they diseased. Messrs Parker and Co. have lost nine horses the last week with the same symptoms.
 4s Utic0 Sentinel.
 Buried Aiipe.-A woman, sometime during this week, who supposed to be dead, was prepared for the grave and put into her coffin, which was inter- red, and is now, we are informed convalescent and likely to recover. We mention this fact more cauton than for any other reason.St. Louis Times.
 Mr. Ciay.-It is stated :" that in consequence pro- baby of the ravages of the cholera at Lexington. not likely Mr. Clay will visit the north this summer, as he had intended; which will be as great a dssp- pointmen, to his friends in that quarter, MT. Web. sier's rapid movement homewards las been to che people of all parties in Oo who were anxious 10 see him, and much disappointed thar they had not an op- portumity'' = ss
 Major Jack Downing says that after the Presiden. received the degree sf Doctor of Laws at Harvard University, of them 'sIck looking eIlers" oer- ed to give him tMajor Jackl degree; while .he Pre- sident was drinking mug of cider with Mr. Quincy, they took him into ite and wrote some lGting upon sheet of pasteboard, just like the GeneEais and they set down and sgned their names il, they told him t was degree of A. S. s. which stood tor Amazin Smart SkoIer. The Major says that the kol- dge fellers, when they gave the General his pastc- board, jabbered away like all nntur, in gibt'erish worse than Black Hawks, bui the old General never let on and nodded his head if he understood every word of -Neo-Isedford Mercury.
 The Presidenrs visit to Nesc- York.@-The New York bills of expense incurred for the reception of the President in that city, said to have come in to tine amount of less than thosan3 dollars, and it s calculated that otbers the of not less than tsoo thousand s,ore, will soon he frthe:ning
 Poaghkeepsie lnteil.
 The popsfation of Arkansas, according to the cen- sus recently completed. amounts 4O026 exclusive of Miller county, from which no returns have been re- ceived, but the number of whose inhabitants, it is thought will aoi fall short of l,OO0 Should the ter ritoy copiiHne increase in the same ratio tati has done for few years nast, il win contain suficis0t population the expiration of three years from the preseat lime, en,.e it to admission into the union as slate.-Nashpiys Rep. " The following toast was sent by Black Hawk to be drank at the celebration of the Fourth O July San dusky. . g4a
 "White womea.-Pre.,y squaw-good big sleeves pu. papoose is--short blanket--rOn fast" f4
 He,vorsef the Choiera-A Kentucky editor, when lately describing the rayages Ofihe Cholera in that Stae =" A messenger arrived on Sunday morn ing. from Fiemingsburg, and announced io us the drilling and appalling intelligence that our father was no more and that two dear sisters had been attacked with the epdemic-We hurried to the scene. fa- er and sister had been borne to their graves, and another sister was hreaihing her Iast. We watched by her--wept over. her and che died! How many have suffered and done like this, and how many are ve, to suffer aud do like 1t. In this village, out Of family of tliFtcen individuals, it s stated ihai twelve were carried oFby the disease.'' % #9i
 The New Orleans Bulletin of inc 2d inst. says The interments during fife month ofJuDe, within the corporate EMs of the ely, (includng subjects from the parish eTerson) were lO6l-859 at ihe CailO lie cemetery, 202 al the Protestant"
 Masons.-TheEe is a grest scarcity in this city of brick layers and stone maaOns, esen ai l5 shilngs day, now she wages. This fact is mentioned that those ous of emrloy in other places may know where ,o find werk and good wagas.--N. r. Gaz.
 At Hudson, sn Sunday aGieFaoon the l4sh inst. ,here was a most isemendons thunder storm. The lightning struck ia several places in the eliy. h s,ruck or times on the steep bank ofthe river. near
 e round house or observatory and excasaied an im- nense hedy of ear.h into the river. Al Stockport, near Hsdson, man was instantly killed whilst in she