Litchfield enquirer., 1833-11-28

Singular COiRcidence.-There ia now confined in
the dcblors prison, New York, gent Ieman who less
than five years ago. figured splenddly among the pri-
vate Bankers Of London. He is confined for a debt
of eighty thousand doars-at the suit Of former
Sheriff OF London-who is also inmate fthe same
prison, o" executions for several large amounts The
Banker is dependent upon charity for his food. What
strange vicissi,udes Of fortune ~ Y. Com. Adv.
The New-York Commercial Advertiser states that
the memoirs Of COL Aaron Burr by Matthew L. Davis,
about to be published, under the direction of the
former.
The New-York Constellation and Atlas are now
united, and issued under the title Of the N. Y. Con-
steliaion and Atlas. The new paper combines the
peculiar exceences of the two journals and is va
ried and interesting sheet.
The Territory Of Florida is about making applica-
ton 10 Congress for admission into the union as a
state There were 81 73O inhabitants a. the last CEN
The number required for admission is Al, 200.
We learn by late London paper. that Mrs. Troll
lope brought up before the Bow Police and
fined 81 shings for an assault Of her servant
girls.
The public money IL safe, or as some will have il,
is rescued" The President has removed it from be-
ing under the Of Congress and heSecre,ary Of
the Treasury, aud has got it under has oon care
and of Secretary who will obey bis bidding. What
a fine Republican Government we have got! When
Bonaparte drove the representatives Of the people
from their seats, and ,surped absolute power, many
persons went about the huzzang, Viue Bona
parte! NDe Li6e,te! These men no doubt were soon
made parakers Of the "spols Of the vanquished.''
Kentucky Olive Branch.
Ia hu he
Attorney General Of the United States has, az we are
informed by the Richmond Enquirer, declined the APP
poi,meni. This is the third time according 10 the
paper, that the President has rendered TO that
individual different Offices, all Of which he has decn-
ed II is rare instance, days, aud 10 our judg
ment wise and credible rare, Of public mans pre-
ferring dependence on his honest labors to the
precarous, and too often degrading, fees Of office.
". Y. Amer.
There is no end 10 The pen Of modern Nostrums.-
One Of the Newspapers adverises palen, medicine
which TO be Of any use the Advertiser says must be
applied internally aud erevnaHy. The Printers devil
says, that merely by leaving out letter, the
posior has enough made this everlasting good
remedy.
Diffusion Of Light.-The clouds obscure a great
part o the suns light, but they dense
to obsruct altogether. The light Of the sun, when
strikes upon the particles Of moisture forming the
clouds, is diffused through their whole mass; there
fore the light receive cloudy days, instead Of
coming parallel rays directly from the sun, is df-
fused among the vapours in the air, which thus be-
great reservoir ofIig, and transmit i. the
earth in varied directions. Even the clearcst day,
great portion ofthe light from the 10 dfused by
the yapOurs Of the atmosphere II is this diffusion Of
the light that produces the bright appearance Of the
sky. Were the air TO he perfectly transparency the
sky would appear almost black because, as the rays
ofligM invisible, excepting when they strike d-
reciy upon the eye, il there nothing above us
that coaid reflect them, no Igh. could be perceived,
and the himself wouId appear like brilliant orb
surrounded by the darkness Of night. In fine dry
climate the sky 10 Of much deeper blue than we ever
behold it in this cOuBiry; and the tops Of high
mountains. above the misty exiaIaons Of the earth,
the sky appears Of still deeper color. II is to the
diffusion Of light, by the sapors Of the atmosphere,
that are indebted for twilight that ushers in the
day. and cheers its departure. In perfectly trans.
paren, atmosphere we should be left in darkness The
instant the set, but the clOuds and vapors
reflect the suns diused light long after he Is below
the horizon, and during the summer months spread
genial twilight throughout the PhitosqPhicat
conversations.
Some time ago the legislature Of Ge"fg'a under-
took to break up the trade which ihs Yankees had
long carried with iis citizens muiua! advantage
10 clocks. The legislature forbade the sale of clocks
by pedlars. under heavy peBaities Nov tie Yankees
lease them for ninety years. This IS the Story az
i, is told We do not ~arrant il exacily.-N. " Jour-
The Hon. WIN =. Duane is nominated in The Gin
cinHai Daily Advertiser for .he Vice Presidency.