Litchfield enquirer., 1833-09-12

that borough, as well memOere 10 in Parliament as for muNicipaI officers"
 CfOLerd.-The Columbus. Ohio Monitor of Aug. Q8, says :-" Sunday last, like Sunday thp lin inst. was day of terror and gloom mess. Seven persons died between Saturday midnight and Sunday midnight. No family" did we ever see present such scene Of rapid extinction as that of Mir. James 5. Whyte.- On Saturday an infant child of Mr. Whytr' died probably with debility of constitution. directly after Mrs. Whyte was taken With the cholera, and died on Saturday evening, Mr. Whyte was taken at 10 o'clock of the same evening, and died few minutes before the next morning. Chauncey Boring, an appren- tice to Mr. Whyte. aged probably 19, who had attended the funeral of Mir. and Mrs. Whyte, died on Sunday night. To render the desolation more appalling. Ge"rge Phil ps, on the same town lot, died on Sunday; and on Monday, woman of the mime "f Shea. There were twelve burals lti town on Sunday and Monday.
 Civiiization.-.A controversy of the most acrimonious nature. (says the N. Y. Ameri- can.) has been for sume time going on he- tween the Editor of the Louisville (Ky.) Fo- GUS and Mr. Trotter. also formerly an Edf- tor, who killed young Wicklilfc in a dutE~ SOI1te years dSOs A CuducukG Illus JCCGtAtJ passed between them; but as the parties could not agree about weapons OF distances, there was no fight: but there has been abun- dance of writing since, which 6naIIy resulteF as stated in the annexed paragraph from the Focus, of the 24th uhimo
 Attempt 0t ASseSsinatioR.-On my way from my office so my lodging. last evening, + passed c. J. Trotter on Market>street, few donrs below the Post-oifice. As ! approacll- ed, he retired behind large gentleman, who was standing pear. and, aftrrF had passed about fen feet beyond the place where II. stood he stepped forward, drew pistol. and fired at my back. The ball grazed my. side,, inflicting slight wound. drew a short piss tOl, which wore about my person, present. ed and snapped it. then closed " ith Trot- ter. and bore him to the pavement, the dirk which he had wOrn rather osteniatiously alF day, dropping upon the pavement, and Ieav-.
 ing the wretch utterly drfenceless. ] held him upon his back several minutes; and nervelrss and weak enough Hound him-but,r for my soul. could not slay him, though my weapons were at my fingers ends. l have been warned against these attempts at mur- der, bat l could not realize that Geo. J. Trot- ter, ferocious, blood thirty, and cowardly as he is, could mediate SD dartardly d deed.- He was attended by his right trusty friend and cousin. H. C. Pope. who seized this op- portunity in the confusion, to snap his pistol at Mr. Cooke, against whom it seems he en- tertained grudge hut, upon the advances
 of MT. Cooke, who is a very resolu,e man,
 the little gentleman skipped away and eIopcd
 from the scene through an open window. ~E [
 now give notice, in sober seriousness, that !
 will accept no more challenges from any of
 this crew. In obedience to "cnst0m," [ l have offered fair and honorable combat, but
 '"""' """ T"'. ss"'' ts'rU-ru away up-
 on enemies of this temper. Let them not.
 however, be cmaoldrned by this pledge, nor l secretly exnit in their own safety. To nre
 vent " assassination" l wear arms, and to
 cl1astise nsolence have cane. It is for the ci'h authorities to determine how mnch far ther these things are to he tolerated in a country which is under the government of law. GEo. D Pepxr,c,.
 Robbery and Burning learn by gen. tleman from Lowell, that the store of Mr.. G. W. Whipple, dealer in silk goods, Aerri- mack street. Lowell. was felonious!y entered on Monday night, and robbed of silk goods to the amount of S6,0oO or s7 1000, and aftcr wards set on fire. Between lg and, o'clock m tho morning. wagon was observed stand lng m front of 'ae store. and it is supposed the goods were carried of in the wagon. It
 'S tuot tUc SurNeS on which the richest portion of the silk goods had been placed. were not burnt, but the goods were gone. evincing that the goods had been abstracted before the fire was commu. ncated to the building. It is stated that MT. Whpple was sbsent from Lowell at the time. and ,he store was clOsed as usual un the pre- vious night.-Boston CentineI
 George " Whipple, of Lowell, whose siore ana wh'c was an insurance of $700O, burnt on Tues. day night, committed suicide Thursday morning ny dTowning Strong suspicious had existed that k. hmsell was the incendary, and rumnrs o that effect had no doubt reached his ears.-N. r. Jour. Com.
 From the Cincinnati Advertiser, Aug. 27.
 We mentioned that man was found dead yesrer day n the house which he had broken into io rob naslng talfen rom upper loft and broken his meek
 h's man was Joseph H. Johnson an old resident oT me cyy' who had considerable property. Hts house was pnssessOD of by the police on Su n,ay even i"g, immediately after his being identified and on yesterday underwent anexamfnation when uuantit;ra o' nfy goods, groceries, &c tf,r there was little of every ihihg) were found. Many of the goods were mne'iaieiy claimed by merchants who han heen rob- pea oi ,hem: large quantity unclaimed were sent to me mavor ohce The house Is jour story in front upon Wa'er-s'reet, and how many subterranrnus so.
 s "pp" Inc rver hank, we cannot say, we Oaiu went anwn thiee, the last by ladder: hut never ad ,ie neen"'iy oi manconirive bading better calculated Tor Inc business which rnrried on in i, .rh.a are numerous apartments dark as dunget,ns comr.ra nsey. all the light they received being iron, narrnv passage of some sixty feet in length Jobnson ,.as man Ot eral education and Se eueral