Litchfield enquirer., 1834-04-17

A a milliReF,s shop iu ihe town of Hookse,, ,v. .,'.. ing home from the residence of Samuel Head. E.o on Sunday afternoon. aboat o'clock, she was ,,,v laid by deaf and dumb mau, in the empIov or Nj. Head. seized by the throat and dragged into te wood. and most inhnmanly iusued and abused; her clo,be. were rent to pieces, her comb broken to filters and her i'ie but barely spared. The distance from NIr. Head's so the village is about naile and the road passes through wood near which ,here is no house it was m this by-place that the rufian effected his in teraal purpose, for which he now l $ in Hopkipson jail. and for which, f for any crime he deserves the scaOotd and hemp. Although denf and damb, he is said to be man of considerable iaforma,on, muc,, paias having been taken to educate him.
 UaeramRied DepraO;ty. young girl of Philadel- pha, of only IA years of age, during the temporary absence of her mother, ried the chess o the a,,sr of SS6 duliars in silver. She had tlse money paeed in a band-bdx upon csrs and took lodgings at the foot of Chesnnt s,. on her way New-York. On be- ing arrested, and the money recovered che eyinced the most hardened remorseless indifference. No cause for isisaasigned. nor any accpmpces discover- ed. ss,.-
 The Alabama Journal of the 8th inst published at Montgomery, contains the following article :-T The
 
 received proposition from the Secretary of the Treasury. make the depository of tte public mo- ney. for this part of Alabama. The Bank after ma- iare deliherson upon the subject determined that i, could not coassenily with the interests of the Ins tuton, sad withuat violation of iss charter, accede to t'ae terms proposed by ths Secretary.
 BeHk of MGryLaRd.--Mr. Foaltney has published in the Baltimore American of "Wednesday, notice in relation to the failure of the Maryland Bank. Itcon- cludes thus =: My coa6dept opinion is that ie Bank is able to pay al obligations but obyiae any d
 culiy whatever and to sassy the holders Of the and the special csrai6sa,ss of the Bunk, I liereLy pledge my whole private estate, whether real person. al or mixed, to redeem any deficiency that the means fthe Bank may. by any possibility. be unable to re- deem.
 EUifs ofthe Exps,Seent.- editor of the Fall l River Monitor has been furnished by the agents own srs and clerks the diferent BanufaessrHIng esia lishmenis in that village, wth statements, by which it appears shat about eigt thousaad 6ps handrsd spin des have been already stopped ia that place, and lhal a consequences about six hundred persons have been deprived othe means ohsiaisg asubsisience.
 Siaader Ssis.-nA saii. brought hR lhe Rev. James Anbler against Lewis Tappan for islander. in charg- ing the plaintiff Riih obtaining goods on false prstsn- ees from the. .fism Arthur Tappan & Col of which the slsssadant isa member was tried yesterday in inc Court of Common Pieas and resGIied in verdict for f's A"a'sa dollars in favor sf'As pI;e; Nj % c..,,,,
 Human lilessems bat slightly appreciated tt New- OrIeans.-A murder which in this city would create quite ferment-s thus noticed :.-" We learn that on tho night of Thursday lass, snan was murdered a, CT in ihe yiciniiy of the Swamp" Particnlars not ascertsined."--.N. F. Ere. Star.
 A deaier in horss-Aesh ,o shs Westward, adverts- ing the arrival of q drove of hosses. recommends tics, and each bearing lis certificate of quaca- tion.-I1.
 Escape cf q Lios nad 1Sgress from Womb apelFs menqgerie-.fOur liues Lost.--A melan- choly accident occurred at WOmbwelrs men agerie. in cOnsequence Of the lion Wallace and . large tigress escaping fram the caravan, al W0fksw orth, on Tuesday night last, on the way to NeM-ha fair. It appears that the drivers were putting the vans into the yard of the White Lion Inn, when carriage, laden with timber, came in contact with the one in which the celebrated lion Wallace, who con- tended with and defeated fiie dogs at War wick, and a very large tigrsss, were kept, and sfave0 Bn the WUOb0 oiuE VI AHG VGUtCiG. EveFy mains nossihle Were taken to prevent the Leasts obtaining their liberty. by repairing the yan as we'll as circumstances would permit, and by closing the gates of the yard but in inc course of inc night. the beasts, being by nature restless, by some means removed one
 af ,h.. brokcn panels, and succeeded in mak-
 ;nr their escape by the backyard into the
 feids. where the tigress attarked number of sheen. and killed threr. The liOns finding himself at IibeHty. was ny no means idle, bnt
 falling in with some COWS belonging fo ME
 Wilson. killed one and severely wounded two others. The bleaiing of the sheep, the low ine of the COWS, and the roaring q tbe lion, aroused the keepeEs and several ofthe inhab- ;fants. when pursuit was made by the whole hodv. in order tO, kill or reiake them. They 1;rsf discovered the ton about three or EDnr fields distant, feeding on the eOw which had 6allcn victim to his irresistible fury. They |.immediateIy fronted him as well as tIaeir Tears
 would admit, and several shots were fired. though coptrary tO the orders of ibe keeper, by which the lion was severely MOunded.- The infiiriated animal suddenly rushed upon a man who was at some distance from him. and before assistance could be sendefed. he unfortunately killed him. He then dashed into . cow-shed. where. by the well known voice of the keepers. and their able manage ment, he was secured. and lodged in . place ofsafety without further mischief. Theparfy tbep went in pursuit of the tigress. which had taken annaher direciiop.a .aDd had fallen in with some persons going to work ID The brick