Litchfield enquirer., 1835-09-10

the following paragraph from the POst-O6 law :-
 "Ycu will not allow newspapers to be read in your office, by persons io whom they are not addressed nor lend them out io such, in any case without the permission of the owners"
 Painful DisclosMre.-A few days since it was ascer- 'ared that importing house in William-sreet which has heretofore sustaned high reputa'ion have bong been in the habit of smuggling dry goods, by means of false invoices We understand that already ESQ., 900 worth of goods thus brought to thus city, have been seized by the Cus,oms.-NesO- York Sun. 0P Il is understood that the firm alluded 10 s that of Brown & Addoms, and that they have absconced. HGrtford DemOcrat. The new steamboat Nesc-l1aven made her first passage from Ncw-YoIk to Haven, on Monday. in hours and 20 minutes, against the tide: pre- sumed she .wii accomplish the distance im hours
 Van Buran paper at Bangor, in Maine. eHlls ups the abolitionisls sustain the nominations made 1he Baltimore Convention, and particularly that of Col Johnson, "6ecanse, inc editor sagely observes, "he practises srhot they preach."-Nouoict Coxr.
 Mir. Thomas BelliOgh an aged gentleman, was found dead in the city of Detroit, in a lane, few weeks since. He had pack of Anti Masonic and An:i-Slavery Almanacks with him. Herdics--Anti- Slavery and An.i-Masonry! What an awful dea.h!! --.. .. ...t ......-t ..s Boston Gaxette.
 
 cis P. Blair and Major DoneIson returned 10 Wash- ngton, with their royal prisoner, Gen. Jackson, in good heallh."-I6.
 Remarkable CHre.-A young man tn this village, had finger cut off by the blade of haycutter few days since. It divided between the frs, and sec ond joints. Dr. Deane was called in about fifteen minutes afierward; the severed portion had fallen among the hay, and was then pale and cold; it was taken, washed in water, secured on the stump by sewing and bandages, and is entirely re-un- ted. This fact should serve as lesson in all similar cases, to save the pieces.'-Greenfetd Mercury.
 Naiuste.--A neighbor of ours, not long since, in- iroduced to his son, about six years of age, little brother who had just arrived in this worId which all agree in abusing, though like part with h ev- en in exchange for better. The boy looked at his infant brother in little perplexiiy, and then rais- ing his eyes to his father, he inquired, "Where did you get I" "Bough. i,, my son." said the father with audable gravity. Again ihe boy looked nt the baby, and aer short time sagaciously asked, Why didni you pick Uhite one father ?"--SuHioan Mer. Rich, VAEE, and Handsome.-The Marchonees of Londonderry, while Miss vAEE, worth nearly $360, 900 year. She is said 10 be. also, one of the handsomest women in England. No girl uniting such envied qualities could continue VANE, any length of time, with such crowd of fortune huuisrs as usuay throng around an heiress.
 The Washington Telegraph inqures in behalf of correspondent, if there is any other substance on which the silk worm will eubsist than the Mulberry leaf The Mulberry leaf is the only thing the silk worm will eat, and he may add, that the useless and unoccOped lands of the city of Washngton, are ca. pablo of cuI,ivating millions of ,rees and that from he \ (Sov ;a nI,o attempt silk culture in tho District of Colnmbia.
 Boston Gazette.
 An aged lady of the interior of the State of New. York has been prosecuted for knocking down the village parson. The Amaxonian and the Lacedemo. were engaged |" free discussion," about the lite ra interpretation of the let chapter Of Romans, and as they could not agree, they at it '' hammer and iongs." The rarson was Roored, and the ma,ron was put in the bilboes. So much for "tixe discus. sion."-B.
 Benton has been appointed Collector of the DOT. of New-Orleans. He will now begin 10 manufacture miat drops for his own benefit. Who deubted how his patriotism would endf Pay--pay-pay; that's the flag end Of Jackson and Van Burensm. " The Spoils-the spois."-Noah.,
 Speaking of the Franklin medals awarded at the anniversary of the Public Schools, the DOStUU tue bOUOWJUk pIeA0. ant anecdOte concerning one of its carrier boys:
 s.After our paper had gone 10 press, one of the carriers. an intelligent lad who distributed on the northern route, did not make his ap- pearance with his usual pmnctuality. "Where is Joseph '" asked the clerk. e He's down in FaOueil Hall," said John, another urchin, who knows "a hawk from . Hernshaw," {" drinking Champaigne with the Mayer, and Gov. Armstrong, and Mt. Everett, and Pres ident Quincy, and all the Aldermen and Con. stables, and-' John was running on with long and not very intelligibls story, when the clerk brought him to. and found by little cross examination. that Joseph had gained one of the Franklin medals at the Wells School, and was dining with his fellow lGureGti. at Fanuei Hall. as the aforesaid John had cun- ningly discovered. The papers. however, were not neglected. nor did our subscribers suffer from Master Joseph's late dinner. He made his appearance in good seasOD--his medal rolled up in its blue ribbon, and mod estly slowed away in his pocket--and per formed his customary round, with his usual alacrity. And here we may add. that il he is as diiigent at his studies as he has been in our service. no boy more richly deserves token of his preceptOr's appreciation"
 Animal Instinct.-On Monday, being near the north part of the City. we noticed mis- chievous Ram. tied to an Appletree some or inches in diameter, which. after attempt