Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1833-05-16

According
ion of the Circuit Court Of the District Of Columbia
in the case &c pavts Tobias Watkins, was delivered
Nv Chief Justice Cranch Saturday last, quashIng
the three writs execution against the prisoner over
ruling the motion or the Attorney for the u States TO
commit him, and ordering him to be discharged;
Tsas.-Wi,hn ten days past, nine vessels have ar
rived at New-York from Canton, with upwards Of
10000 chests and boxes Of Tea, and great quantity
ofginger, cassia, silk goods: &c. Thousands Of the
boxes are small, containing only or 10 pounds. TIE
cargoes are estimated at 10000 dollars EACH
silks are probably worth more than the teas A0O"'
$4,000 chests, half chests and boxes OF Tea weFo SUI"
at auction on Wednesday last; the qua''eS "e'o O'
binary and the prices moderate. 1oOU c"eslS Vi 10
hea. lpoor) brought about l3cen's.-Hdmp. Gas.
ErceyJen, ErampIe.-The Hon. William Writ, late
attorney general ofthe United States, has purchased
large tract Of land in Florida TO be used for the cu-
are of sugar by free labor. No slaves are TO be
purchased or employed the estate; large number
of German emigranls have been hired by Mr.. Writ,
who 90 upon the estate under the charge OF Lieut..
Goidsborough. Mr.. Writ deserves great credit for
adopting this new plan, aud hope his example may
have sau,ary influence dpO" others in The slave
holding states.-Poashks IassR. & Rry~b,
S,poHOcinga Farn.-A farmer in Ceaaecsscnt, ~he
In. occupied the sane farm, on lease Cor ahsna dhns
wears past, was complaining uha, he bad seen h1e 10
lay up nothing from his thirty years sahor~ neigh
boring merchant offered to sxpaaa 10 hn the 7@tason
and proceeded a. fellows s' D~raag the last ahIre
wears that you have been thai saaan have been
trading in this sore: and the Ssaea sF'ar1s have
sold you with the Of the 1asnsy, Weaa have
made you the ssuer Of the farm yO~ hi,s;
We learn from Washingsca, that Morgan A. Heard.
who made nm ourrageOas assault upon Mr.. Arnsld,
member of Congress from Tennessee, in June last,
and who has ever since been confined in the Jail Of
Washington city, was brought into court the 18th
inst. and discharged, on his recognizance in the
SUM of $500. He is considered insane, and was not
therefore put upon his trial.-N. Y. Jour- Of Com.
Diaboiical.-We have been informed that a most
dabolical outrage was committed Wednesday last,
by three monsters in human shape, upon the person OF
. young woman, near Middletown, in this county
She is said to be Of respectable character and was on
her return from Ohio, josrneying on foot, and had
passed free from insult until she was encountered by
the yillans.-Frederick (Md.) Citizen.
Thomas Bayman, Of Ilhica, went into a house occu-
pied by Mrs. Cronk and her three children, "and
made use Of abusive and immodest language. -
Whereupon Mrs. Cronk ordered him to leave her
house, and almost immediately seizng an axe, struck
him asflll blow upon the forehead. Brayman's skull
was fractured and Mrs. Cronk is bound over TO the
next court Of oyer and terminer, for attempting to
take the life Of Thomas Brny,nan.
Yale CoHege.-The following are among the sub
scrptions the fund OF 900 raised for the bene
81 OF Yale College :-Israe Munson, Boston, $4,000;
Gen. Van Rensselaer, g. Sons, Albany, 5000; A Friend
[John T. Nortonl in Albany, 5000; Messrs. Lewis,
New-London, 5000; w. w. Woolsey, New-York,
$3.50; 8. E. and r. c. Morse, do. 100; and 1000
each from President Day, Professors Silliman and
Goodrich, Hon. Elias Perkins, New-London Judge
Williams, Hartford; Judge Daggeu, N. Haven; o.
d. Cooke, Hartford, Timothy Cowles, Harrington
Sias Holmes, New-York; Joseph Hurlburt, N. Lon.
don; Hull & Townsend, New-Haven; VIM. Letting.
well, do. Z. G. Smith, do; Isaac Townsend, do.
Hon. Benjamin TaIlmadge, Lch6ed; Daniel Wads
worth, Hartford.
SHddeH DeaM Of Fige Persoas.-The Western
(M"rcer) Press Of the 18th says :-Mr. Gill, ofWoE
creek township, in this county, a revolutionary PEN
sioner dropped dead from his feet on Wednesday
morning last. The House of Mr.. Gill is brick one,
with brick kitchen attached to it. While watching
the corpse Of MIR. Gill on the following night, vio-
lent storm arose, which lifted the roof off the large
house and threw it the kitchen, which gave way to
the immense weight, thereby instantly killing four la
dies and woundng two or three others who were un-
fortunately in that part Of the dwelling at the time
Three Of the ladies daughters Of Mr.. Gill-.he
name Of the other we have no, learned"
Bank Faifsve.-The Planters and Merchants Bank
Of Augusta, Geo. has failed. Tho nominal capital is
stated Mt $4,000, only small portion Of which had
been paid in. The amount Of it's bills in circulation
is said 10 be 100000.
Foscer Of Masic.-NIr. jerks, Of the Nantucket In.
qprer, says" Paganini has fddled himself into ii.
tie OF nobility. He has been created German Baron
IA commander Of Westphalia the honor to he here.
orprimogeniture." r -
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