Litchfield enquirer., 1833-04-11
Frou, the Ttou Budgpt.

Fromthe Troy Budget.
 Achdsh L. Clark, ys. John Q. Mnrtiing.- This was an action on the case and brought by the plaintiff to recover damages sustained by her in Consequence of most scandalous and infamous report circulated by the defen- dant The plaintiff had worked for the de- fendant in his confectionery establishments had sustained an uni,npeachable character-- and some time last fall entered into mar riage engagement with an industrious and re. putablc young man of this city. The defen- dant, for the purpose of retaining her services, which were valuable, and for sume other sel- fish and damnabIe purpose, informed the young man to whom she was engaged, that she was destitute of chastiy-that he him. self had frequently had criminal intercourse with her-we do not state the wnlds as laid in the declaration-and after the poison had taken the effect intended, after the match was broken off, he then offered her superior wa ges, ~hich of course were promptly rejected, and this suit brought to test his veracity. The cause came on to trial at the late circuit be- fore Judge Vanderpool. An intense interest was excited in the community, in consequence of this outrageous violation of public senli- ment-this base attempt to ruin an innocent woman. Messrs. Hunt and Buel were conn- sel for the plaintiff, and Messrs. J. P. Cush- man and Stevens. for the defendant. The de- fendant placed his vianous charges on the record, and attempted to justify. He did jus tify, if his material witnesses testified to the truth-but their characters were SD notorious Iy infamous-all probability was 80 strongly against them, that the judge and the jury had no confidence in them. The Jury brought in verdict of s19OO, for the plaintiff.
 The charge ofthe judge was able, righteous. and accorded fully with the deep feelings of a crowded assrmblage. This is the first case in the history of jurisprudence, that we ever heard of, where a defendant came boldly in- to court, and deliberately attempted to prove himself guilty of course of conduct, which mus, fastcn upon his character stain so deep that neither the waters of the Niagara, nor the washing waves of time, can etface it.
 Disgraceful-We learn from the Columbia IS. e. Times, that Nessrs Drayton Blair and Mitchell, the three South Carolina Representatives who vo,ed for the Enforcing Bill, were burnt in efigy in that town,
 by inc indignant citizens" on the evening ofths 18th inst. We wonder who dsgraced by the transaclon-the burners, or the burned
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 The Secretary of the Treasury acknowledges the receipt of one Hundred and sirty dollars transmitted anonymously by mail from Philadelphia, in enve- lopc containing only the words " Credit the United States" The money has been paid into the Treasu- ry ccordngly-Bost. Mess.
 Mir. Pomeroy. of Pitisfeld, who has for many years been engaged in the manufacture of Ar.ns has recent y made an excellent bargain with South Carolina Mir. P. had on hand large lot of guns, &c. which had been from time time laid aside for delec,s some small and some larger as unsaleabIe. This defective assortment has been purchased of him by the NuIih- cation pacGc party, for the sum of $2O,OO0 Several hundred muskets of the same quality, manufactured at the Springfield Armory, which had been rejecteh by the government, purchased from individuals in this town by the agents that bought Mir. Pon-. eroy's.-sprngf'id 1Vhig
 Erpiosion-A distressing accident oce~rred latelXs in the town of Richmond. in Rhode-faland. A man named Welcome Prosser, had in his house something more than half keg of powder. It was left in an im proper place. where it is supposed his child had ac~ cess to, and ignitedit. The explosion kedhe child, and wounded very dangerously its mother, tearing off the scalp from her head and otherwise Djurng her. One half of the house was nearly destRoysd. Three bar- res of 1our which were ia the with the powder, were blown entirely away. The father was absent from home.
 The Moka,Ok-We understand that the overflow of the Mohawk the last week has been productive oa good deal of damage. The ice accumulated so much at the Noss' as to obslruct the road eniiFely-The bridge at Palestine has been carried off and the vile ags on the south side almost inundated The watera rose the second story of the houses boats were em poyed to take od the inhahianIs Fhe river haS noe been % high n many years: We do not near O' a"y