Litchfield enquirer., 1834-12-04
DEFERRED ITEMS.


 sO"aI re"cOntre. succeeded in sralping Br"in with t"mahawk, which he happened have in his posses sion.
 The State of Georgia has purchased of his owner at the enormous price of $500, a negro Wan named Sam, with view his emancipation, for his services tn extinguishi"g the fire the State House, which occurred upwards of year ago.
 l" Need-hom, Mass. Morton, the Jackson candid. ate for Governor, did not receive single vo,e. "You are n want of par,zans in that ;own," said an anti. Jackso" man. l" Yes, we Need-hGas (need 'en, ' re. piled whole log man.-N. Y. Star. The Dero', paper says, a most horrible affair oc. cured O" Rouge River, about, five miles below the city. A man named Moody, doub,ing the cons,ancy of his wife, in t of passion struck her in the bead with "" axe, killing her the spot. He is tn prison
 0ncomhEoH Occsrrence.-~On Thursday last some persons were opening an old well in Hawkins st for the purpose placing in 1t suction pipe. Before any attempt was made to descend, Ugh, was brought, ]" order, by letting dowD to ascertain whether the air was fit for respiration The moment the gh, was held over the well aO ins,antaneou combustion took place, emitting light blue flame, accompanied with intense hea and jarring e gr"nnd and buildings for some rods around. Two men who were standing al, the top of the well were considerably scorched and blstered.-N. r. Adu.
 noble lord charged recently with an illegi,mase child, pleaded his pririrge as peer but the police forced him, nevertheless, to plank the rhino.
 little black child was killed in Philadelphia, while lying by the side ofits mother, by having its face part y eaten off by rats.
 FerHs of the Sea.-I saw a boy climb 10 the main. toPlnas he had been ordered there to secure loose tacking-he would not have gone could he have hep. ed the night yves dark to pitchiness, but by the light of the pinnacle, enahied to detect large tear that was rolling dow" his cheek. There was no moment for delay the order gvca must be executed 20 away went the hoy. IL was boy that had en,er,ain ed me with everlasting stories of his mother and his "ome and who told me of the dread that he had ,ha, he should never return to them. The boy went up- watched him; lie had gained the first sleepe, now flew on 10 the second. had u, his foo. upon the yord and grasped the tackliog, when-when--bus my brain reels. for what heard was suIIen fall, and then a gurg'ing in the waves.-E. 4 Maguzias.
 10" Ped'0 was oia generous, lefty temper. Al the opera, while at Rio, lady appealed to him in the lob hy |" behalf ot her husband, who had been suddenly reduced 10 misfortune. Don Pedro encouraged her to bear up against it. and told one of his sui, 10 give her "il the money tn hs purse. The latter had ius, made a" enormous gain at gambling, bu did as he was directed Soon alter Don Pedro had landed as Opor,o he received l2,000 dollars from a Lady who pvoved 'he same who had been enriched by him, and who now made her gratitude felt a momen, when came very opor,une. Her also espoused the cause of Don Pedro.
 WoOt Fair.-A writer in one of the New. England he Wool Fair. This appears worth attending to. as the convenience of both buyers and sellers is pro,no,- ed by their having general place of meeting. In England there horse fairs, sheep fairs cae fairs, hop fairs, and probably many others; in Germany there are book airs linen and cotton fairs wool fairs and the like; whereas almost the only fairs in ,hs country are fancy fairs. These latter usually offer most attractive scene from the number of beautiful ie males who grace the stands, and they are oien made beneficial to some public charity; but they do not sub. serve the grea, interests agriculture or
 Failures in Boston.-From an investigation, lately made, it appears there have been 137 failures in Bos ton during the last year, the aggregate amour, of which is $6,74l ,OOO.
 FSre.-The house and harm belonging 10 Wbitins Cotton, Yves, Hartford. was burn, to the ground las Monday night between 12 and l o'cIock-suppOsed ,o have been the work of an incendiary.
 lt has been satisfactorily ascer.ained says the New York Gazette, that the members of Congress from Georgia. with asngIe exception, are opposed to Mar. tin Van Buren. We shall see.]
 Sentence of Richmond, fhe MGil Robber.-Josep, Richmond, ex-deputy postmaster as Middletown, Md who arrested in April last for robbing the mail, on heinz arragned recently before the U. S. Court, plead gny. and has been sentenced to ten years mprson n. ment in ths penieniiary.
 L0ment0bie OecHuencs.-We learn with deep re. grei from 'he ChaTesaon Patriot, that the Senate o the United States is likely 10 lose the services of one of its most brilliant members. The Hon. William Preso, of ha. State, has been visited by that dread calamity, shattering the strongest constitution paralysis and serious apprshe nsons are entertained for the issue.
 4 hxrra.tkrOs0-Hp.my:hd q doWn @oihthe Bank post. master of Kings6cd, in Somerset county, Maine has bees committed to jail for absiraeiing . five hundred dollar bill from letter. which arrived at the pos-oE flee of which he had charge.
 Supposed Murderer of Perry.-We understand thai an individual is in prison suspicion of beine the perpetrator of the murder of William Perry on the evening oi the Ward elections. He was arrested by high constable Garigues, Saturday last, in the vi ci"ity of Lancaster, Pa, had partial examinaiiou before ihe Mayor, and was committed for lur,he, bearing. Itappears that suspicion has rested on hin for some time, snd Mr. Garrigues was in pursuit o him in the same neighborhOod about two weeks since The name of ths prisoner is Daniel 0eer or Guier-