Litchfield enquirer., 1834-11-13

Br0GsriO relates case illustrative Of the nor bid effects of music. A woman, 2s years Ot age. of . robust constitution, married, Out without children, attended ball which was given on occasion of rural fete tn her nauVe village. It So happened that she never had
 heard the music of an orchestra before sue
 Ras charmed with it, and danced tOr three days successively. during which the test'Vty
 lasted. But though the bat! was at an en0' she yvomaD continued to hear the music i; whether she ate, drank, walked, or went to
 he'd. still she was haunted by the harmOnies of inc orchestra. She was sleepless. her diges- five organs began tO suffer, and ultimately her whole system was deranged. Various remedies were tried to drown the imaginary music; but the more her body became enfee- bIed, the more intensely did the musical sounds disturb her mind. She sunk at last, after six months nervous suffering. It should be added, that the leader of the band having occasionally indIlged in discOrdant capprie- ciO, for the amusement of his auditors, the notes which he played produced the most tortnring effect when they recarred to the im- aginatiOn of the patient: "thOse horrid sounds 2" she would cry, as she held her head between her hands. There Is nothing SO ye. " extraordinary in this case, as it regards the mere repetition of sounds in the sensOri- Mns, in cOnseqnence of a long.continued im- pression originally made; but that it should bc carried to the extent of causing nervous affection, terminating fatally, is what seems to render the case unique. An anecdote is told Of the celebrated Mademoisele Clarion, which has some analogy to the preceding. A
 man once shot himself on her account. Ev- came. Male. Clarion heard the report of a al hn aR hall hoA asleep-at an inn-on journey-nO matter i; when the moment arrived the sho: was heard, it was louder than the music of the ball |; startled her from her sleep; and was heard as well in the courtyard of an inn as in pal ace.-LoDd. Med. Gaz.
 Nfr. W;lliam BlackscOod, the proprietor and publisher of the celebrated Magazine which goes by that name, died at Edinburgh few weeks ago. He had been in a very delicate state of health for some time past. He was considerably advanced in life. It is not gene rally knOwn that he was editor as we'll as pro prietor of Blackwood's Magazine. He was greatly assisted by Professor Wilson. Not only were all that distinguished writer's con- tributions inserted, but his recommendation, or other W ise, Of the articles of others, went a great way in influencing the decision of Mr. BlackwOOd. Mr. B. cOrresponded himself with all the contributors to his Magazine, and by this means increased their attachment both to it and himself. He was extremely liberal in the remuneration he gave for contributions. Other publishers regulate the price they give for articles by the length to which they ex- tend; but Mr. BlackwOod, when he met with m article that particularly pleased him, would often give fOur times the price for it which it would have brought # paid by the sheet--add- ing, when authors would have expressed their surprise at his liberality, that he never paid for literature by the yard. as if paying for a piece of cloth; but he wished to measure The quality rather than the quantity. This Mag aZiUe is most valuable property. Perhaps it is the most valuable of the kind in the world. It has circulation of nearly 5000 copies, monthly.
 4 Rendezvous for Rogues.-Does burglar
 break gaOl he is sure to make the hest Or the
 worst of his way to New-YOrk, to plan and execute new robbery; does thief commit . burglary in any part of the UnioD! he inva. riably brings the whole or greater part of his plumber to New ork; does counterleiter successfully strike off several thousand im- pressions of forged bills he and his accom- plices are sure t0 travel to New York to pass Ou tucsE aOSSeTscSS uUcS pust"udStSS CteVH embezxle money from letters which pass through his haods! he will come to N. York with view to avoid detection does villain commit a murder! he will try to sscrete him self in New-York; in short, does any man. either in the United States or on the continent of Europe, do any thing by which he renders himself liable Co punishment by criminal law T he will fly to New York in order tO escape the ends of justice; and as sure as he enters the city. so sure Is he to bs taken by Hays, or one of his emissaries. Our columns to-day furnish instances of the truth of these re-
 marks: An Italian committed murder at Havana. in June. came tO New York-set up
 in business-was making money-our police
 terretted him out, and he is now on his pas.
 sage to Havana to answer for his crime-lhe deputy post-master 0f Stanton, Va. stole mo.
 ney from several letters there--came here. and was immediately taken by Benjamin Hays; desperadO brOke gaolA week back at Danbury--he was taken by Merritt on Fri. day; three scoundreis broke Opeo ieweller's store in Philadelphia, on Thursday night--- on Friday night. A. M. c. Smith and Hays arrested aii three, and recovered jewelry to the value of Sg0OO. And this was done be- fore it was known generally inkPhiladelphia that the robbery had been committed. And these are bat q few Of the instances in which Hays. his son, Merritt and Smith, have made the most extraordinary captures. #i
 Horrid Msrders.-We learn, by accounts from Norfolk, that shocking murder or rnur. ders were committed on Friday of last week, at a place called Mount Pleasant, between what is termed Blackwater and the Great