Litchfield enquirer., 1834-08-14

while others were set 20 watch about the place
Ut bis confinement. Ii this way, Edwards
dlidO Heath and his two associates. were APP
pretended aud fully committed fos trial.
This Edwards Is blind man, a music master
by profession. aud had married Mrs. Canning
a few weeks hack, under ihe assumed name Of
Heath, having frst obtained an introduction
to her from being employed to time her piano
forte. Nappears that the hOise Was selected,
the prison cOntrived, and all the arrangements
made BY him; his accOmplices hring mere
instruments To carry bis designs into Effect
Nothing seemed to puzzle Edwards more
than Mr.. Gees mode of extrication. 1t IL a
matter of speculation, whether il was intend
ed TO murder Mr.. Gee, or give him his liberty
after the property had been secured. It was
rumorcd that Edwards had talked in the
neighborhoOd Of his expecting to come to n
large property. with which il was his deter
mination 10 emigrate tn America. Great ex-
element was produced 10 London ia c0nse-
quence Of the'discovery Of this affair, and thou.
sands Aocked TO view the prison 10 which the
attorney was confined.
Tire first husband Of Mrs. Canning was a
farmer. he died six years ago, leaving his Wild
0w with three children, all girls, the eldest six.
and the youngest two years old. Edwards.
her present husband, has not confined himself
exclusively to his profession as an Organist,
but has occasionally taken upon himself the
sacred calling OF a propounder Of the Gospel.
Haven Paifod.
n Scouadrel Of the first tcaier.-A fellow
calling himself Augustus fl. J. Smith, went
into the Village of Augusta, short time since,
in the character Of a writing MASTER. where
he engaged school. He then went into an
rA, - ~ nS1,f,I
pretence of opening another school. Ia this
latter plsce he was hospitality enterrained by
the family Of Mr.. -. and SO thoroughly in
gratiated himself with Mrs. --, the wife Of
his entertainer, that. after good deal efper-
suasiOn, the husband consented to his accom- :.
panying her 10 Avon Springs. where she was
going for the benefit of her health-he pre-
lending that he was going that way on bust
ness. After about week they returned as
far as Leroy, where they stopped three days.
and passed as husband and wife. The land J
ord, having learned who they were, followed
hem home and informed her friends Of the
occurrences at his house. The miscreant
was Immediately held to baitin action ofcrim. !
ION. which being unable 10 procure. he was
committed. and is now in gaol. He has a
wife and child near Utica, and is Believed to
,e the same fellow who escaped lately from
Boston charged with counterfsiting, and for
whose apprehension a large reward was of |
Eeretl. He is six feet high. slender hnilt, dark
and has the appearaace of gem
y. Courier.
A Comtrast.-Noah says -" Look at the
glorious demonstrations Of popular feeling to-
wards such men as Frelinghuysen aud
Sprague! Their march from their Rrst en-
trance into their respective States, was con-
linued jubilee of grateful, admiring people.
The little Undertook necrOmancer. on the
contrary, creeps back, like the witty serpent,
silently to his den, glad to avail himself Ofany
that may not expose him to the
gaze Of that country, which by his counsels,
he has SO wronged and outraged. The day
viii come when he will pray Cor the darkness
of oblivion To hide him, and think himself for
tunate to he companion in exiss at the Her
mitage Of the old warrior, whose laarcls he
has furnished"
"The Administration Journals are exultingl
nightly at the importati0ns of specie from a. |
broad, which are now daily reported. They
seem not to comprehend in the least. that
hese icportations, so far as they are unusual,
instead Of being the subject of congratGlation
o the friends of the Executive. are among
he deleterious consequences predicted from
he " Experiment." They do not even ap.l
,ear TO be aware Of the fact, that every i'm
,ortation Of specie. finstead Of return eargoes
# foreign goods, is a positive loss 10 the
Treasury. of perhaps one-thisd Ofthe amount
If such. importation. Thus if twenty millions
II specie be imported within six months from
his date, whilst the cenDtry can derive no d. !
ect benefit from the importation. the Ireasu-
y i0iH be made bankrupt By tt. We dare say
hat this viii appear strange to the President,
+ he is suffered to read II, and II may do so
% some Of our interior readers, who are not IA |
niliar with the sources and smaDDer Of col |
ectiOn Of the mass of the annual revenue Of
he United States. II is nevertheless true,
ind susceptible of demonstration.
!" About Ave sixths cf all the revenue Of the |
United States il derived from the Customs,
,r nett proceeds 0f duties on Foreign Goods
into the United States. The reven-
,e for the current year, for example, was es-
mated in the Annua! Report Of Mr.. SeCre-
airy fancy. at eighteen millions and half of
iolars, viz: fifteen millions from customs,
hree millions frnm the public lands. aud half
/ million from bank dividends. The surplus
IN the Treasury (in the Pet Banksl on the LIST
Df January last. after deducting the then un-
available funds. was estimated at nearly eight
millions Of dollars. making the. estimated a
valuable means Of the GOvel nnaents for the |
year 1884, just Sa6, 4S3,790. This sum, the
Secretary estimated, after paying all demands
on the Treasury during the year, would leave
a balance IN the Treasury, on the hrst of jan
uarv neas ne DO N8l glJsO tOr nearly three