Litchfield enquirer., 1834-11-20
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 4 Wymisg-The CharleStOwu Free Press. gives
 the verdict of COrO"er's inquest upon tue body of Edward Davies, young ma", who engaged in |" a spree," drinking frolic with other wild young of that place, Saturday night the Huh ul. 0" Sun. day morning. Davies was discovered tn feeble con- ditiOn, out no one apprehended any danger. But R. bout o'clock, he ded-and an inquest was held upon his body. The verdict was, that the deceased to his death by he excessive use of ardent spirits, aud exposure to cOd It is believed this was Iris first de- bnMch! What an a~Gul end
 | Shocking DepraUity.--At recent session of the Superior Court of Stokes County, N. Caroliua, Wilt iam Gibson, a lad about l3 years old, pu, upon his trial for the murder of his sister, child younger ;saN himself. h that D" some squabble taking place between them ahouI cooking some food, when no one was about the house hut these two, the lad de- liberaely sharpened rase knife and cut the e girls ,hroa, tn snch a manner that she immediately died- On being charged with the act, he acknow!edged it., bat at first gave different reasons for doing from what 1 he afterwards assigned On the trial he appeared quite unconcerned what going on and although the Jury acquitted hm account of deficiency o in- tekect, many thought that his apathy or manner the effect of vicious examples, with which he
  hood. His whole associations h is said, have been Of the depraved character, aud i, seemed matter of surprise every that such state 9f morals, this trial exposed, should exist in civilized country.
 Cholero.-The Richmond Compiler, of Thursday states that the Cholera raging in Petersburg with renewed fatality. On lhe Tuesday before, there deaths in that town, some ol them extremely sud- den.
 Comfort for Gin. Drinkers.-A medical gentleman in London me, an old woman, who asked him wheth- CT he liked Gin, Rum, or Brandy, best He replied lhat he no,i" the habit of taking either. "Wha! said the astenshed teerst-" What, not take Gin like gin bes, ofany,hing for have been n the hos pitfalls and know all about ii. Gin only of the skin oi the liver; rum fills i, up like sponge; hdt brandy holes in,o M that could put my finger ." Gov. Lucas, who has been reelected Governor of Ohio, is native of Saybrook, in this State, and was the son of parents who in reduced circ"ms,an- ces.
 ] Hops.-The cos, of producing and making crop of hops has been competed by those well acquainted with the business exceed egM cen.s per pound; |; and the common yield at full fifteen hundred pounds to the acre. The price in the market this year, is from 18 10 % cents per pound, yielding net, profit  hops aller paying ouays Of every description. This computation gives one hundred and eighty dollars clear income for every acre oi land employed grow ing hops.
 Animal Sngncity-About on Thursday morning, I a building, between Eldrdge and Allen, took fire in- side, clerk and large watch dug sieepiDg therein.- The clerk would inevitably have been burnt to death, or esoca,ed. but for the sagaciiy of the dog, who jumped upon his bed put his paws on his body, and pulled him by the shoulder until he aroused from his almost death s!umbers. He then rushed out of il'e store, followed by the dog and the arrival of help soon ex,ngnished the 6re-but for the dog all would probably have perished.-Dai. Ado.
 The difference between a lover and married man is like tha, between who in dream fances him self asceuding to Eysum, and having its delightful already in view, joyfuy expects his near ap proach to it, and waking from his decep,ion finds him. self seated in his easy chair, with cheerful fire be- fore him, and pleasant book by his side; not an'ici- pa,ing ecs,acy, bu, enjoying comfort.
 Joseph ). Sager, of Gardiner, Me. has been tried st HslloweI, Me. a charge of poisoning his wife with arsenic, of which she died I. appears that the arsenic mixed by the prisoner with wine and egga, which he forced his wife to drink. Very soon after l BIOS. excruciating pain for six seven hours, when she died. The prisoner was ably defended by Messrs. Sprague Allen and Bacheder, but the jury returned verdic, ofguiy. and he senienred to be hanged by Chief Justice Weston.
 | The ViOcennes Sun records the death of Mrs. An gene MaIet, a. the ads a"ced age ot no years. It was her tot raise fsmily Of fourteen children the age of and men, and to live to bury them all all of them having left behind them large families. The NewinglOn Postmaster, Perkins, has been dis cred at Newport Island by one of his cre- ditors He had hired himself tO farmer, and was at work tn corn.G field. He restored the money he had absconded wi,h and was set at liherty.
 serious riot recently took place at Charleston, S. c. between the Nullifers and the Union men. Mus ke.s were used, and several persons wounded. The 1 Nufers made rush for the afsenal, and demanded arms defend themseIves; bat Gov. Hayne and Gen. Hamilton here addressed them and persuaded them io refrain. This circumstance has created good deal of feeling on both sides.
 A fatal renconire took place last week, near Pitts. burg, betweentwo young men, of respectable connex ions, named Cowan and Young, the latter Of whom seceved fatal wound of which he died almost imme- diaely. Nesc-E Ene1and Schools.-A writer in Southern pa. per thus describes the schools Of New England ss ,ka