Litchfield enquirer., 1834-02-20

A soldier named Brooks receutIy returned to Eng land, aier fifteen years of hard service in the Easl To- dies. and found his wife married to . Mir. Rogers, whom she had blesscd with three children. On com- plainl oi Brooks, his wife brought before Beach ot Magistrates, who, aer thorough investigation of the afar, decided tha, she leave Rogers aud live with Brooks, and cautioned any persOo against mo-
 testing or attempting to separate them. To this ar engagement she lady appeared willing ,O aecedc The eyes Of Brooks frightened but the brow of poor RO- gers wore gloomy anger, when their decision waa made known.
 Alta recent trial of skill among select party of r- fe-shoO'ers, in Castle Garden, New-York, eight gen temen shot in succession at a target 6Gly.6ve yards distant. seVe" Or whom hit the object shSt at, which was the size of tem cent piece. Upon removing tue target, the hole made by these successive shots ap peared as rOuad and uniform f done by an auger, and O diameter could have been covered by atwen- Iy-fVe cent piece.
 Jhe Scieace ot Selt.DeteMce. ce.-This manly accom- pshment seems have some vo,aries at least tn the other sex, fw may judge from the fact, that two ol erably well dressed and good looking females from ls 10 20 years of age. were yesterday the public street while engaged in regular se,,o having
 just then entered upon the fifth round, while the op4 poriNne arrival ot some police officer fofuNa,ey ier- rupted. Who they ot what they are, both Ofthem refused to disclose to the police magstra;e beyond the fact tha, the name of one was Adelaide and the other Belinda Both of ,ten being s,rahgsto the officers, and ,nanfes.ing determination not to revea! their of quarrel place of residence, they were mit,ed to prison for breach of tho public peace ns1 h,tn info hnn ton to ,hen.-N. Y. Cour.
 fnsratitWde.-The basest pf all crimes, has lately ] been singularly exempfed in New York. About a | year ago, the wife of fellow numed Dunn,' n dry goods dealer in Canal street, surceeded n getting her husband pardoned, aad released from prison to which he had been sentenced for five years. Not long after hie release the wre,ched iUgraie for the bases pur- poses charged his devoted wife with n6deli,y,-and, by the perjury of vile woman with whom he had socn.ed hmsel endeavored prove his allegations. In this way he extor,ed from her friends nearly $5OO0; and afterwards served subpoena on his wife when she wnsly lying sick bed but told her was sham suit in consequence of which she failed to make her defence. Having been subsequently ac- qUaned with the treachery her husband, Mrs Dunn has had him arrested on change of perjury, md he | is now holden 10 bail in the sum of $8000. She hns l also applied to the Vice Chancellor to have the de.
 cree aside, and bill for aiimony allowed her,-
 which has been granted by the Court.-Fhu Intel l The Hon. Levi Eincola has been nominated can
 didate fDT Congress. ll the vacancy occasoned by
 the resignation of Gov. Davis and has accepted the nomination. l IL is stated that the Warcbam Iron Manufacturing
 Company have stopped payment, for $35O, ,000. Many
 persons thrown out of employment by this failure !
 | MARRIED.
 Tn Belhlen 6n the Iltlt inst. by the Rev. F. Couch
 Samuel Church. Esq. to Mrs. Abby Langdon. Ia New:Preson, onths al!h inst inst mr. GsTri,t Nor In Ellsworth, onibs 2.l'inst., Mir. Joshea Everi, to Miss Elmira Ski6, both of E. Tn New.Haven, Mr Isaac Nj. Hsll. of New-York, t i" Harserd. Mr. T'noaa. Marshall to MI.s Marsa 1 rette Gilletand. .: In Coiebrook, Giles II. Bass, Esq. Co Miss Louis In New Milford, Mir. Samuel Sage, of fCoebroot to Miss Susan Merwin, daughter of Daniel Merwiu Esq. l..a l. DIED,
 h lhis town, on the 14tl inst. Mr Tlpnnas Stevens
 aged el-a revolutionary soldier.
 1 ln this town, the 18th inst. Mr. Joseph E. Hop
 la Coinsyille, Illinois. on the 3d ul., Mrs. Eshe [ Collins, aged about 75, wife of Deacon Wm. Collins Ia New-York, Mrs. Lucy Hatch, aged Al, formerl y of this town.
 < io Burlington. on Monday morning last Mir. A, '! e,atus T. Merrs, aged "A, late of this village. d In Bridgeport, Me James Rowell. 85. {; In Straford, Mrs. Maria Uford. 4s, wife of rahi :, Uford.
 y In Monroe, Mr Amos Hard, 90. n In Griswold, Capt. Josiah Udey, 39; Mrs. Sara e Prentice, 96.
 In North Stonngton, MT Ezekiel Benty, 97. y In Berlin, Lucy Carrier, $.
 In Ellington, Mr. Joseph Abbott, 68. E.. In Sufisld, Mrs Rhoda Lewis. aged 34, wife of M
 Warren Lewis
 c Al meeting of delegates from the several towns cor