Litchfield enquirer., 1834-02-13

ride, whom he found so exceedingly enter | taining and friendly. that he was induced now l and then to take drink with him. Upon their | arriving at Jersey city, she wagon and horses were driven on board the ferry-bOat, l when the farmer descended into the cabin, 1 leaving his accidental friend on deck. Being considerably fatigued, the farmer in short time fell asleep, and upOHawakpg found him. self on the Jersey side of the river. hut no wagon on board, it having been driven a. shore in this city by the stranger. and the boat then on her third or fourth succeeding trip.
 As soon as he could collect himself suffi- cieDtly for the purpose, he crossed over again to this city, and went in search of his team hut a couple of days heinz fruitlessly spent, and not the slightest information relating to the horses, wagon or poultry being obtained. he detailed the facts at the police office, with description of the strangers person, and re- turned home. Yesterday the keeper Ofa liv- cry stable gave information at the police of fee that a pair of horses had been left at his stable, which not being called for by the per- son who left them at the time he had appoint ed to call for them, excited suspicion that something was wrong. Upon an officer being i sen: to the stable Co. examine them, they were found t" answer the description ofthc horses stolen from Mr. Dodd; hut as yet nothing has been discovered with respect to the wag- gon, harness or pouItry.-N. Y. Cour.
 At the celebration of the Typographical Society at Washington city, Col. Crockett gave the following toast. The sentiment is excellent, and the allusion pointed and just:
 Ihe Art cf Printing-May it flourish in the liberty without being sustained by the licen- tiousness of the press; may it go forth as the handmaid of universal freedoms of thought and conscience-its triumphs multiplying till public virtue shaa predominate. and despOts, whether under the nanae of KING or PRESI- DENT, be made to trembe.
 An Afdir of Honor,-No little excitement 1 has been manifested in the city for two past days in relation to misunderstanding be- l tween two gentlemen of the fashionable circle of society. One ofthe parties, a merchant of this city, the other. gentleman of high stand ] ing from the South. The origin of the quar- rel it is not necessary to state at present. Tthere was lady in the case. The affair, however, has assumed serious aspect, chal- lenge has passed, the ground selected in Ded- ham. One of the parties, we learn, took l ground this morning. the other was arrested, and placed under heavy bonds. An officer is now on the alert for the other.-Boston Trans.
 .Afair of Honor.-A meeting of the parties
 referred to in our paper of Thursday. was
 effected yesterday. at Pawtucket, without the
 bounds of this State. The parties. Mr. R. c.
 Hooper of this city, aud Mr. Jones of North Carolina, took ground about noon, accOmpa-
 nied by their seconds. Shots were exchang- ed, and MT. Jones was wounded, his antagO- nst's ball passing through his left thigh The wound is not considered dangerous, he being able to walk. The party returned to the city last night at II o'clock, and put up at the Fremont House. The bonds which MT. Jones gave on Thursday to keep the peace in
 N Massachusetts. does not control his conduct !" 1e"""H .~'.''-~' A.. sl,o d..nl sune fnIi 9h Distance eight paces.-Ib. '''''0 LII Canal Riots.-A Treaty Of Peace has lately been made, with due formality. by deputies from the two contending parties-the Cork 0nians and L0ngfOrdmen-whO have carried on civil war. for some time past, upon the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. | The Columbia Telescope states that on the 9th inst. seven negroes belonging to MT. Moses B. Livingston, of St. Mathews Parish, were burnt to death. the cabin in which they dwelt being consumed by fire, in the middle of the night.
 ] A VcTspus UcdTIUS tue dSSUIUeu name of Charles Williams, was convicted last week at the Sessions. New-York, of stealing two hogs, and sentenced to four months i'm. prisOnment and labor on Blackwell's Island. The prisoner on arriving there. was about to be habited in the prison uniform, when it turn ed out that he was .tsma!c. It appeared that she had made two or three voyages on board a ship as sailor, and when on shore general ly Oficiated as porter or messenger. She seemed extremely reluctant to resume the ha- biliments or habits of her sex.
 A worthy Pennsylvania farmer presented lately for payment at the Bank of the United States. notes of the former National Bank to the amount of ses eral thousand dollars, which he had hoarded. Having heard, he said, that the Banh was in trouble, he thought it as well to look ahead and get the specie. His sur prise was nGt slight when he learned that the notes were no longer payable any wheFe. more stable policy in OuE government would prevent all losses and surprise of this kind. Fraud-A check drawn by the Suffolk Bank at Boston. dated Sd inst. for $50OO, on the Phenix Bank of this city, to the order of a merchant of this city, was presented and paid yesterday. It was presented by pub lie porter, who, after handing the money to the stranger who employed him to draw the check, had suspicians that something was wrong. and weHt back to the BaWk to inquire