Litchfield enquirer., 1834-12-18

the bride smiling, and her new spouse in ecstacy. Dancing was set afoOt, and the new married couple were proceeding down an Irish jig, when thunder and turf who should make his appearance, dripping with precipitation, but the missing bridegroom, W hO was not long in finding oul how he had been and instantly knocked his brother down. A scene of glorious confusion ensucd, all hands at work matters, however, were made np, aud the brice was transferred to her original fane, seemingly nothing 10th at the second dcharge.-KitnlGrnOck Jour.
 Important from Washington.-The Cores pondpnt of the Philadelphia Inquirer, writes from Washington as f"llOws:-
 Ut is said that Mr. Grundy is to go into the Post office Department, and Mr. Barry is to be provided in some way that will relieve both himself and the public from the fruits of his Iabors in that department. MT. Grundy has given in his adhesion to Van BureO, and is expected to provide for himself aDd his sons by his political influence wi;h the powers that be. This is another striking effect of the pat rOnage ofthe Government. MT. Grundy was one of the most viOlept opponents of Van Buren and the Kitchen Cabinet, until the pres ent session, and even Jackson himself dNl not escape the sarcasms and reflections of Mr. Grundy. But since the Post office was shak en at him, he has changed his tone. Judge White, however, who was always straight forward, though unobtrusive friend of Gen. Jackson. and who repeatedly refused office when it was urged on him, is now not dspOs- ed to sanction the transfer ofthe Government to the shoulders of Mir. Van Bnen by the acts of the Executive. Mr. White has al- ways sustained the character Of an upright and independent man, and fn withholding his cOuDtenance ii Otn the corrupt movements by which the office holders intend to appoint the successor of General Jaeksoni he is only ac ting in accordance with the anticipations of those that know him well. Judge White is not only opposed to Van Buren, on the grounds by which Gen. Jackson was elected, (namely, the impropriety of the Executive appointing his successor) but it is we'll known that the Judge is more popular in Tennessee than Gen. Jackson himself. If Judge White should be a candidate for the Presidency, nearly the entire Tennessee delegation and the southern states will go for him.
 4 Roarer from Buncombe.-A man from Buncem be, N. c. Cor that quarterly recently sold a firkin of butter to gentleman in this place, the emptying of which exhibited cu- riosity, which the curious may see by calling at our office. The slaves at the mouth of the frkin are about half inch thick, and are so constructed as to increase in thickness to the bottom, where they attain the thickness of a. bout an inch and quarter. The bottom, or heading, is made of thick oak, and ascends on the inner side of the frkn about fi'uF inches and half, presenting pOnderOus frustum of cone. One would suppose that here was gain enough to satisfy avarice itself; but, to use vulgarism, when the Buncombe people "go eating, they go catting;" according ly our butter vendor did not stop here, but filled up the space between the heading and sides of the firkin with seven stones, of about two pounds weight each upon an average. If the seller would compute the labor he was at in making this noudescript irkin, he would probably find that, after all, his gains but little more than paid him for his trouble.-Augusta (Geo.) paper.
 Love, Murder, and Suicide.-A young man of respectable connections of Philadelphia. committed a deed on the afternoon of Thurs day, seldom equalled in atrOcity, while exci- ted by jealousy. The Philadelphia Gazette gives the following particulars :-'' He repair. ed to the house of the object of his jealous affections, Mary Davis, in Travis COatt, South street. between 5th and 9th streets, and murdered the girl by cutting her throat. The arteries were completely discovered, and the miserable girl fell and died at once. The maddened wretch then turned his knife a. gainst himself, and in another moment the murderer was suicide. A corOner's inquest was held at once over the bodies"
 A hOrrid murder has been committed at St. Louis, (Mo.) An old man and his daughter, living hack of the arsenal. were the victims of the barbarty of some inhuman wretch. The daughter was immediately shot dead. The father, when discovered, was still alive. though shot, and wounded with an axe. It is supposed he must have had money, as he was thrifty and industrious old man. Alter committing the hOrrid deed, an attempt was made to destroy the dwelling by fire, coal having been thrown into d chest; this was timely frustrated by citizen. who was pas sing by and observed a large volume of fsmoke issuing from the building.
 A Mr. Entz, of Cambridge. (OhiO.) is de- voting himself to the tanning of Otters, musk rats, S1c. on the principle that the fur plucked from the living animalis superior to that taken from the dead. He has already been suc- cessful in tanning an otter. and verified the fact, and has also discovered that the tame otter yields two crops of fur a year.
 Spangies.-The Secretary of the Treasury recommends the coinage of goid pieces. value one dollar. He may not be aware of the fact