Litchfield enquirer., 1834-10-23
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$. in this city. by young Englishman; he commenc- ed the 4th inst. aud was mOI detected tll Saturday the Huh. He had already obtained $ll ,4UO. by org- ing the checks Of a respectable 6rm before was dis covered by the officers of the Bank. He succeeded o' oniy by forging the name, but with er0neery most extraordinary, personatins member of the 6rEn.- Funding this mode of renoUing dpOsites eaey, he re- newed the attempt jt: too often for hmsel aud was taken i" the act of oferGg cheek for $600j which he had just filled up the counter. Being in- ordatey recognized by the clerks, he was soon put in the possession of old Hayes, who already on the look for him. He manifested great distress aud gave the strongest possible assurances that could he have had the lrast idea of the miserable condition in which detection had placed him, he would have di- reced his talents " honorable point than that of robbng ins,,u,ion tn which the funds of the or phan, the aged and ihe intasrious were insesaed.- We happy hear that nearly all of the money is rcgained.--Nesc- Yo,k Daily .lGrersise,.
 dispute is going on in the Tennessee papers, "wheher Nit. Bell, Speaker of Congress, is a Jack son nan or no, ?'' Both parties are iiositiye--one that he is, the other ,hat he is not.
 The.Han!ori Times says:--A colored girl, a slave, who has been nthis city for three four years past, was reclaimed by her master on Tuesday last. She taken into the fourth story Of the United Saaes Hoie, and in moment of desperation leaped from the window the ground, distance of 30 feet. AL though he distance great she but slighsly injured, and purse was immediately raised fer par chasing her freedom.
 FVe dt Syracass.-We learn by gentleman who passed through Syracuse, in the canal packet on thS night of the 4lh inst that fire broke out in that vil- lase ab"u, l2 o'clock, which destroyed the Mansion House an" several other bUidings. This is the sec o"d large fire hch has occurred n tim. place within a short period. >s
 The Philadelphia Gazette of Saturday says |: ssThe result of the elections held yesterday M the several wards in the city, for assessors and inspectors ia la vorabe to the Whig cause beyond our most sanguine expectations. The friends of the Constitution have los: b tw" of the fteeG wards, sad their aggregate majority is over two thousand vOtcs Last year the Whig mnjoriy was scarcely hundred and the gain this year is therefore tremendous. At two or three of the poIs regret learn great disorder prevail edn
 The editor of the Colnmbus (Ohio) Hemisphere, apologzes for the delay of one day in the publication of lis paper, by saying ina. he had been engaged in cowhding man who had slandered him.
 Governor Davis, of Massachusetts has appoin,ed
 
 thanksgiving ,hroughon, tbat Sla,e.
 The Whigs of Boston have nominated Abbot, Law re"ce as successor to Mr. Gorham ihs present mem- Der ofConsress. h Essex Ceupsy, Stephen c. Phil IIs is nominated 10 succeed MT. Choaie resigaed; aa ]" Middesex He'nan Lincoln to succeed Mir. Everett.
 man I'y the nao'e of Ladre, fencing master, was shot dead at New Orleans the 22d, by a man nam- ed Geniil, while crossing lhe threshold of hs door to go out Geniil, a)er committing the deed, drew from his pocket pistol, and blew out his own brains.
 number of negroes have been committed to pris- on at Jacksonville. Miss. supposed to be consecied with o poisoning codilniissd on the plantation of Mir. Briggs, of Bea,y's Bluf under the mos. da- bolical circumstances It appears the cook of the family obsa"ed the heads of rat.lesnake and scorp. on. and had them boiled in the coffee prepared for breakfast. Mrs. Briggs swelied and died ia few hours after drinking of it, and Mir. B. was n dapgev- ous state.
 Townsend McCoun. an active, energetic, and valu- cd citizen ofTroy, died ofan apopectc it on Sunday night He retired to bed in perfect heash at n o. clock the night of his decease, which was instan- tane0us. 't- l The summit oi Blies is said to have been reached by two romantic lovers svho wers married n Virgisa, on the highest poin, or peak ofthe blue sidge.
 ma" named William Wilkins, supposed to be in, sane, committed suicide on board soop a, saybrook on Sunday last. He stated he wassIrom Oyster Bay, l.. ], and was abou. 30 years of age.
 The election of member oi congress from the state Of Delaware will take place on Monday next. Mg. Millgan, ihe present incumbent, s the Whig caAdf- date, and James A. Bsyar the candidate forshs Ad. minisraon party.
 IL is still rumored that Gov. Cass is a6oai to retire from the War Department. He was h Pliiladelphia a day or two ago. s
 In Shsrb"rne, Chenaago couniy, is digging well, at about two feet cad hall below the surface orho earth, he skeleton of human being, partly decayed, Was found. Thirty years ago man wish considssa-
 e money porcIiased land there wah the in,en,ioa of settling. He then IeG as il was expected, for his goods. Since then he had never been heard from. M. Roihschild having rather too deeply dipped in the recent stock specUasons, has at last beea cagghi and experienced a loss of S5. .OOoO sssr A fellow in New Haven attempting to rob grape vine instead of boncls ofihe fruit carried oi chaiR6 of grape slioi. reception more mineraiogisai and less botanical ,han he had anticipated.
 Sta6bing n she State Prisoa.--vVe nndersiaad thas the Deputy Warden, MT. Pardy. and sas efshs ossr- seers hy the aasns ef Story. were seeany sabbsd by prisoner psiiaasss. h. whether ifom one sr tse we have not lsasasa Alr. Purdy was ~oaaasd ia the shouldes, and Mr. Story in shs hand and side.