Litchfield enquirer., 1833-06-06

NeO AppOhtmeRts s.-The Globe al length amour ces officially the following appointments by the Pres deMls-
 Louis McLane, Or Delaware, to be Secretary O state 'n the place of Edward Livingston, appointed Minister tO France.
 William ). Duane, of Pennsylvania, tson of Wm,
 9ane Tor greN, many years editor OC the Aurora, 1e secretary Of the Treasury, in place of Louis
 Edward Livingston, late oC Louisiana, to be Envoy Court of France.
 The trial of the Rev. F.. K. Avery. which eoaAmen- ceu On he oh O May had not terminated the latest acco"nss from Newport. large portion of the evi. dcnCe has been published tn Many of the NewspSpers b"t material part offs IS of such character that we are unwilling to admit into oW: columns. We fully agree w'h the editor fhe Times tn the opiNoN that
 hose who regard deceMcy wilt wish Ms introduce ton '"'o their hmies."-CoHR. CoMr0Mt.
 The Newport Mercury of the Is, nst. states tha the examination or witnesses closed on Thursdays that there had been l09 examined for the prosecution and lS2 for the prisoner; that on Friday Mir Mason closed h'sspeech i" defence, and that the Attorney General would close on Saturday, and the case be committed to the jury in the evening.
 FIOrers.-hon. Daniel Webster, on his way to the westward last week. s,ad one or two days at Albany. While he was at Crut,endeus, the Daily Advertiser states ,ha, Judge Jesse Bue, formerly editor of the Argus, and one of the most thorough-going Tammany men in the state, among the first to wait upon him with his compliments. It may not be amss to remark that upon his retirement from the editorial chair, in afiuence, Judge Buel purchased him farm in the vicinity of Albany, and is of the ful agricuI,uras,s in the csunlry.
 The Daily Advertiser says-" On presenting Mir. Webster to Mr. Buel, Mir. CruueMdeM said, This is Judge Bue, who cu,va,es the finest Rocers of the field; and this the Hon. Daniel Webster, wlo Culls the choicest Ro,cers of rhetoric.'
 Mr. Webster then happily observed, 'YOurR RoWers produce fruit; mine, fear, may prove aborVe.'
 To this Judge Buel, with equal felicity, replicd- ooe's, sir, are ann"nl aud euanescsn, while yours promise perpetual 6ioOm.'"
 Conn., Chauncey, who has for some years had the charge of the Navy Yard a, Brooklyn. has been ap. pointed Navy Commissioner. Com. Ridgely sue. ceeds him in the command at Brooklyn.
 LA,o in Ahabama,-An action ofassault and battery lately tried dhc(orc the Circuit Court in Huntsville, Aiabama, having been brough, by change of venue from another county. u was proved by the plaintiff that twenty persons, among whom were the detend- an,s, came to his house and gave him fifty ashes, and that these persons afterwards admitted, that being members of an association called the Slick Company, lNey naO assaulted the Tor inc purpose or ficling the penalty provided ny the Sick LaW against counitrfeiters. class ,o which they considered the plaintiff belonging. They offered 10 prove by way of Justification, that he both a'coun,erleer and in other respects dishonest; but this testimony being excluded by the Court, they rested their defence up- on the following considerations. That the confess sons of the defendants must be taken together and f this done. they justified both by the of fence of the plaintiff and the character in which they acted. The Slick Company, they maintained, was Composed of vlrtu0us men, and had done much good to sOciey: according to report there lnrked on the borders of Jackson County, band of counter eiters who couIl be brought to justice, because they enabled 10 prove any facts necessary lo their AcuMial by of their coniederateS jurors, too, were dsnclined to convict, in cases where the penalty was death; and the slick law was therefore far more eficaeious, than the law of the land. The jury, however, gave verdict for the plaintiff, with damages 10 the amount of $l00.-BostOn Mess.
 [Theso Slick Companies have existed in Alabama for more than 20 years-,hey are indeed almost CO eval with the settlement ot the State. They have been the means of driving from the towns and villa ges a species of population who were depredatng no only upon the public peace, but upon the rights Nnt properly of psaceable citizens. Their usual manne Of proceeding was by catching the depredaior, bii" folding him, and tying him to a sapIing in the neigh borhood, and in6icting upon him "Gfy stripes save one''-or pumping cold water upon him, or immersing him in spring or rivcr.]