Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1833-12-26

4 40 Single Genttemens-A respectaOte young
widow, having more room 10 her house than
Is necessary Cor her own family. (withOut
childTen) is dlesirOus Of receiving as a b0arder.
| middle aged gentleman of nnquesiionahle
responsibility and domestic habits. and who
would make himself agreeable as friend and
companion. note with name and address,
sent 10 L. M. d. at this Office, will receive
prompt attention.
Bitter Fruits Of Crime. case Of WAL
ter F. Osgood, who was recently sentenced to
IS years imprisonment in the N. Y. State
Prison, for forging Revolutionary papers, by
means Of which he defrauded the Govern
ment Of large sums, is an appalling admoni-
ton to the dishonest. Osgo0d was once
respectable member Of the New York bar
His family was among the most respectable
IN the state. One Of his sisters was the first
wife Of the late De Witt Clinton. Another
was the wife Of Citizen Genet. Upon being
handcuffed as a common felon, his feelings
ovepcame him and he remained senseless for
half an hour. He is laboring under an ncu-
rable disease, which will probably abridge the
wretched period of his inCarcel atom.
an unusual Occurrence short time since,
| a sheep belonging TO drove which was on
the way towards this city, (says the Troy
BudgeU deserted its companions, and running
! astray. attempted to cross the Poestenkill
! stream. near the dam at the Touring mill Of
T. M'Conn, & Co. The current was so strong
| that it carried the sheep to the dam, over
which it was precipitated down u fall of IF
teen or sixteen feet. By some means, the
sheep IN its descent and plunge into the wa
| ter below the dam, got into tho eddy, which
is formed Immediately under the dam. Ris-
ing TO the surface behind the falling sheet Of
water it crawled under the alcoye which is
| formed by the construction Of the dam
Here the sheep continued fourteen days with
out any food, constantly drenched with the
spray from the falling water column. Efforts
were daily made to release it frOm its peril
Gus situation. After several days an attempt
was made to shoot it with rife, and thus
preclude protractrd death by starvation,
I (for the sheep could be distinctly seenl hot
the sheet Of water parted the ball and render
ed the effort Intellectual. On the fourteenth
day the water was drawn off from above the
dam SO much that an access was gained, and
the sheep rescued. Notwithstanding il had
tasted fourteen days. upon its liberation 1t ate
with greediness, and is now in as good con-
ditiun as it nothing unusual had occurred.
| A man who had the character of having
amassed considerable sum Of money, ny de-
| nying himself the common necessarics Of life.
was found dead in his house, in Southampton
township, Bedford county, Pa. "n the 22d ult.
An inquest was held on the body, and ver-
dict Of murder returned, but of the perpetra-
tor no trace has been discovered. The de-
ceased was about fifty years Of age. and a
bachrlor-liying life of perfect seclusion and
self-denial.
The Corsaire says" When King Fprdi-
nand on his death-bed named three patriots
as members Of the Council Of Regency, h4
was told that it was impossible. Why so =,
demanded the dying monarch. Your Ma
jesty had them hanged in 1924 was the re-
ply. 'Oh, that alters the case said his Cath
Ole Majesty"
aaron Sarge0nt.-This individual was bro't
TO the bar OF the court of sessions 90 Satur-
day, and adjudged to pay a fine of .ffy dol
lars and TO be imprisoned in the city prison tir-
ty days. Such sentence as this is calculated
to give free license to all swindlers, TO go OH
their way without fear Of consequences.
". Y. STANDARD.
4 hair breadth escape o IA voluable citisen.-
Major Beach, 10 crafty the curiosity OF some
Ot our CItIZenS, on MS idte ylSlt 10 TINS place,
measured the depth Of the chasm at the cele-
brated high bridge. While holding his line
in his right hand, on the very verge of this
frghtfu precipicr, which is more than one
handred feet from the surface Of the ground
10 the water, he sustained himself by laying
hold of n small tree with his left hand. Thus
perilously situated, the tree gave way; but by
a most extraordinary effort, he regained his
balance, and escaped instant death.
- Kesseriie Herald.
The Meteoric Phenomena.-A writer in the
Cincinnati Gazette speaking of the late mete-
oric phenomena, observes that the meteors
fell like flakes Of snow, and seemed to cover
the roofs Of buildings. Judge LOCKER, he adds.
assured him that he saw one or more vanish
| within few feet Of his well-poIe. He then
proceeds to state theory, in regard to their
origin, which was suggested some years ago
ny the late surveyor general Megs. 1t is,
that these bodies are cratic secOndaries 10
our planet, obey ing 10 some respects the laws
which govern the other bodies Of the planeta-
! ~ system; and that they are ascertained to
be composed Of solid minerals, combined in
peculiar manner. This theory appears suf.
! hciently probable to the above writer. who
suggests that one Of these bodes might have
come SO near the earth, on the occasion allu.
ded to. as to, discharge some of its surplus
electricity, or even to burst off some of its
scales. 1t is difficult to say much with respect
| To theories like these hut granting that This