Litchfield enquirer., 1833-06-13
lTEMS-sEkEcrED.

sailor bore down towards with strong symptoms of 6e: coming purchaser of some ofihe rich artices before her. He drew from his pocket ten dollar note aud after looking steadGasty upon the lady, he laid the money on the table, and was about to withdraw "Will you not take some article for your money I" said Mrs. O. to him. The honest fellow turned again
 towards her, and iOOkeG-then with an expressive hitch, Ire sheered of, saying mo- Pue had ay nnOna ey's sOOrth.'
 ] "GO"-G ErGnsitiUe rerG.-A teacher not long since
 in explaining the difference between ranstive verbs, told the class that the word go was niransve, be- cause it would not make sense with the words per- Ging after it. When little following look ing very insigni6can,y him, said, "Sir don't peO pie go the sOhote hog sometimes 2"
 Sutton, the Ven,rloqust, Is said to have won be, made oa board one of the river steamboats that he would induce the engineer oil part of the ma- chinery by his ventrloquaI powers. First creaking sound came from the shaft of the water wheel, the oil
 can immediately in use, hut ere that was accom- plished the sound came from the piston every down. ward stroke. As the oil can was about being carried to that part of the engine tho trick explained, and hearty laugh was joined in by the engineer and 1 spectators-Alb. Adp.
 It stated that Lieut.. Randolph. on his way to join
 Hon. John Randoph,on his foreign voyage, learnt his death a, Newcastle. The United States Marshal from Washington reached that town while he was there, and in company with the Attorney General of the State, visited the Chief Justice of Wilmington, and l obtained warrant. He returned 10 Newcastle the ! same night, and summoned a posse, intending to rest Me. Randolph; hut being apprized of his inten tion, at early hour left Newcastle and arrived at Frenchiown in time so take passage in the steamboa. for Baltimore, whence he proceeded in the stage to-, Washington the game evening, of course he did not remain long in Washington. Y. Dai. Adv. Distressing Eccident.-L.asi week, Miss Sophrona Meicalf, younger daughter of Mr. Allen Me,caIG Of this town, accompanied by her cousin and other friends, visited elder brother, who resides in Kin derhook, N. Y. White there, party ride on horse- back was proposed and formed She joined it. The 1 company had not proceeded far, before the horse which Miss M. was riding, took fright from the bark ing of dog. The animal ran furiousy half mile, when its rider lost her hoId and fel One of her feet caught in the srrup, and in this condition she was dragged along the earth some distance, until her. head was dashed against stone, when she became disentanged from the horse. One of her arms was ,rod ppon, and dreadluIy lacerated. She was taken up senseless, her head shockingy bruised. None of her limbs were broken, her skull fracxred-- She is yet dive, but insensble. No hopes are enter tained of her reoovery.-[ Lenor fDzass.1 Joau. MMrder.-A man named Moore has been arrested at Cincinnati. charge of having killed another named King, with whom he had cut timber on the Mississippi miles from Matches, in company with
 third named Brock. Moore, it is stated, aier having left their company, returned one night, killed King with an axe, took his money and escaped.
 Balloon Ascension.-Mr. Durant made his ascension on Wednesday afternoon from Cas- tie Garden, according to appointment. The battery was crowded with spectators, and more than three thousand were admitted io- to the Garden. The balloon, containing Mir. Durant, which was 47 feet in its longest di- ameter. and of an average transverse diaue- ter of 2S feet, ascended amid the acclama- lions ofthe multitude; but tn less than min- | ute vanished in the mist, the weather being cloudy and rainy. The following is an ab- stract from Mir. Durant's journal of his @rial l voyage. Started at 4 minutes after o'clock; in m. lost sight of the earth-in m. had risen to top of the clouds-clear sunshine- | continued 10 rise S9m.-attained an adjudged altitude of 16.0O0 feet or three miles-the heat increased the first mat the greatest altitude the cold was intense-let out one an- chOr with or 800 feet of cord-at 23 m. aE- ter 6 again touched upper surface of clouds could hear the roar of the surf and judged was over the Atlantic or Sound-4 m. after heard crows-at 6, S9 heard birds singing-1 m. af- ter saw the earth-was over a cluster of trees threw out bag of ballast-in less than a l minute anchor struck in grass field on farm of R. Morris, esq. in Westchester co. Il miles from City Hall. from Hudson river, from East river-folded balloon in safety and start: ed for hOme-near MacOmb's dam began to rain-being in an open wagon put sp for the night at Devoe's, and arrived in the city at half past nine this mOrning.-lN. Y. EUe. Post. A Philadelphia paper says that it has lately been decided in New-YOrk, "that person detaining another on the road unnecessarily, by driving slow, and turning occasionally so as to prevent the one driving faster from pass | ing, is liable to damages."
 | In inc case lately decided at Harrisburg. it was charged by the judge that no vehicle is bound to turn out at all, in order to permit one driving faster to pass but that the faster vs- hicle must take its chance for getting by, and be responsible fnr damages.
 The prinicple which reconcies these decis- ions. apparently contradictory, appears to be this The leading carriage has the right to choice of the road, without reference to the convenience of that which follOws-but tO on- l lv one eh0iee Tf is nof 10 be allowed to