Litchfield enquirer., 1833-09-19

-he had reduced his goods to the value. as is estimated. of about S5OO0, from which he took the:most valuable portion, and then iir- ed his store with the intention of recovering the whole amount of insurance. When he found that strong suspicion had been excited against hlm ilc resolved upon coc.mitiing su- 'clde; and effected it by plnnging into the ca nat near hts house. On the morning of the decease, he arose as usual, dressed himself wlth care ana Jeff his chamber in an apparent " uBc0ncerned manner. The water was on- y tour feet deep where he was found, and he had not beer in it more than fifteen minutes, but aIl efforts io resascitate hitn proved una vaing. His coat was folded carefully. and laid by the side of his hat upon the bank Of the Canal. His house was searched, hut n0 goods We're found tn it, nor has any thing yet transpired to lead iOthe discovery of the mis- sing property.-Bosson Post.
 4 Choice Bit.-The following is part of an oraton delivered recently in South Car ,Iina, by Thomas Grimke. It is beautiful exiract, |, and we commend it to the attention of our ! readers. Mir. Grimke is extensively known, and wherever he is known he is esteemed. U. $. Gaz Our country our whole country! How af-
 fecting are the ties which bind us to thee ! how venerable is thy clain, to our faithfui ser- vices, to our purest affections What indeed IS our country but a parent, by obligations the most sacred and sublime by associations the most delicate and comprehensive hy prospects the most animating and delightful
 In our American creed, what article then is of higher authority, of deeper interest, of more enduring value, than the precept, which commands Us tO reverence and love our cnun- try! Are we bound to father and mother by relations which God himself has ordained and enforced SD are we to our country. Are we bound to cur parents by all the sanction of civil society. coeval with its origin, expand ing in it's progress, and destined to endure while social life shall last !? So are we to our country. The parents whom nature has giv- en us. die, and are laid in the earth. by the hands of their children but our father land protects us in life and hallows our graves Our parent country still survives her children. She is immortal Shall we not, then, in the spirit of gratitude, reverence and love. engrave on our hearts some maxim, not less beautiful in it's moral, if we regard our duty, than em- inent fur its wisdom and truth, if we consult only our interest? And where shall we find precept more venerable for its antiquity. more commanding in authority, than the n scription on the table ofstone? :" Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may he long in the land which the Lord thy God giv- eth thee." Our country is indeed father, to be reverenced in the authority which com mands our obedience; and a mother to be loved with all the enthusiasm of gratitude and affection. No voice has indeed proclaim ed amidst the thunGers, and lightnings, and ciOuds-Of another Sinai, !" honor thy country, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee" No mirac- dious hand writipg has denounced against us the sentence of destru ction for unfaithfulness to her commands, for hypocrisy in our atfsc- tlons. Ne prophet or apostle has recorded with the pen of inspired truth and by divIne authority. ssthy country is thy parent-by all that is most solemn and binding in duty. ny allihat is most eloquent and holy in love."- But the voice of nature and the testimony of all experience; the brightest and the darkest pages of history the wisdom of philosophy, l the energy of elOquence, aod the enthusiasm of poetry, all, all attest the truth, !" thy coun- try is thy parent"
 On Thurday last, the first trial of the Dun- ham counterfeters took place at the court of Kings Bench, before the Chief Justice and Judges Pyke and Rolland. From the cir. cumstance that there were eight bills against the same individuals for the offence of unlaw- fully acquiring and having in their possession counterfeit notes of as many banks of the United States, with intent to utter them, at one and the same time, the attorney general was anxious to have the whole tried before one jury; 10 which Mr. Grant, counsel for the prisoners. was disposed to accede but the Chief Justice refused to allow this mode of proceeding as tending to confuse and em- barrass the jury on the trials. The attorney general then selected the indictment which related to the acquiring and passing ten dollar bill of the Bank of the United States. The prisoners in the dock were ten in num- ber-Ebenrzer Gleason and his sens, Ebene- Fer F. Willard, Samuel and Horace; Reuben and BenjamIn Moses Jonas Boardman, Ben Jamin Dudley Wing, Artemis Howse, Lyman Jones, and Willis Sherman.
 After very long triai, the jury brought in verdict of guilty against Ebenezer Gleason, ihe father.
 f-- Tae same iadiyiduals. with the exceptian Fof tsyman Jones, were put upon their trial yesterday, for having intheir possession plates
 for forging the notes If the Harrisburg Bank of Pennsylvania, Sussex Bank and COmmer- cial Bank of New-Jersey, aud Fulton Bank of New-York. The jury brought in a yer dict of guilty against Ebenexer Gleason and his sons Ebenexer, Horace and Willard. Ben
 jamin Dudley Wing, Benjamin Moses, and l Jonas BOardman; and not guilty against Al I timis Howse, Samuel Gleason, Reuben Moses
 and Willis Sherman. .-- Montreal GG1. Sept 2. . TEMPERAEcE.-Extract from recent in-