Litchfield enquirer., 1835-02-05

who is now On visit to this country. by per- mission Ofthe church, iHr purposes of Obser- vatiOn. is said to have lost the snug sum Of two hnncred guineas at billiards, On Saturday last. The winner understand iO he a crlc- 0rated blacklrg from NSw-YOrk, who played decOy duck for while, and then Heecrd the ParsOn. But little pity is manifested for the saint in lawn" by the knowing ones and though it Is supposed that he lost about all the reaoy cash that he possessed, the brethren so n:I es'nce any particular cOmmiSeraIiOn
 D'stressing Deaths by POison.-A more mel anch"Ily circumstance than that mentiOned below we have seldom had to record. On the last day of December, member of the laml'y Of Eber Wheaton, Esquire, Assistant Justice Of the list. gd, and Sd Ward COurts) placed some mango pickles in yellow earth eD Jar which was glazed on the inside with preparation of lead. The acid of the vinegar acted, of course, on the lead in the glazing, dissolved some of it, and thus formed very powerful poisonous salt, (acetate of lead commonly called sugar of lead) which was dissolved in the vinegar. Nearly all his fam fly part"Ok of the pickles, and especially his eldest daughter, (nineteen years of agr,) niece of his, and his three youngest children. On the 9th January, his youngest child (a daughter) was attacked with inflammation of the bowels. and died on the l4ih in great az "ny, but without any one suspecling the cause of her death. During this intervaI of five days, his next eldest child. boy, seven years of age, was attacked with similar symptoms, as was also the next eldest daughter; the boy. after suffering drcadfulIy, died five days after he was first attacked, but the daus h.er is still living. The dreful effects of the dceteri"us substance of which they had partaken did moi stop here for on the night that the youngest child died, the eldest daughter was also attack ed. together with a young lady her cousin Still thprause of the sickness was not snspec- ted. On the 18th. Judge Wheaton himself ale some of the pickles. and on the following day was attacked the same as the rest of the family had been. On the 2ist, the physician who attended them stated as his belief that they must have been poisoned by metallic salts the pickles were tested, and the result confirmed his suspicions. The proper re.ne. dies were then resorted to. and the remaining sufferers. weare happy to say, considered con valescent.-N. Y. Trans.
 A singular and melancholy incident occur red at Washington on Wednesday :-Mr. Benton, in the Senate, had just reported a bill for the relief "f Col. John Ilundry, of New Orleans. when 1t was announced that Cot. Fl. had that morning committed suicide? Mir. Benton exprpssrd his astonishment and regret at so melancholy an occurrence. and took the opportunity to say that he was well acquainted with Col. H"ndry at New Orleans. where he behaved with great galantry du- ring the late war. and sustained great pecu- niary sacrifices. He also believed that the cIaim was perfectly correct and just. Mr. Porter remarked that he knew the individual well, and knew him t0 he a most eslimabr man. He did behave himself most gallaniiy at New Orleans. both on the 23d of Dccem- ed there in various munitions of war from len to fiitren thousand dollars from his private purse, f"r which he had never been compen- sated. The Senate the0 proceeded tO con. sidrr the bill. which was amended 80 as to make the allowance (ahOut S4366) to the heirs and legal representatives of Col. John HU0dry. The bill was then ordered to be engrossed and read a'third tinne.
 Extract Q ia letter dated Natehez, .jaa. 1885.
 Yesterday was a great day hertS Faster. the murderer of his wife. was acquitted and set free, hut it was only for minute or two. 1 Perhaps you may have heard 0f him before. ] He was tried for the murder of his wife last l year, who he killed with negro whip. He was a planter and is worth 90 ar 9O,OOO dol l lars, and gave Eiihn Huston, one of our first ] lawyers, 5000 dollars [" get him clear of the gall"vs. Yesterday at three O'cluck he was set free. but the moment he made his appear ancc outside of the Court House, a mob, com posed of the most respectable citizens of Nat. ] chez and the surronnding country, laid hold of him. iO"k him out tO iIle edge of the town 1 kA l.. n red and ffty lashes we'll laid on with three i good cOw-hidrs. None hut gentlemen "f good standing foggei him. and after they had 1 done SD until h;s back was cut tO pieces, they ] got tar barrel. warmed 1t and poured it ali over him, then laid about two bushels of feathers on him after this they made him walk through all the streets in the city. foll"w- ed by about 1000 pr"pie. with all the yeils , and cries of kill him, whip him again. SLc.-l All this ! was an eye witness lo. Whilst 1 whipping him. some of the crowd called out for mercy. when one Of our first lawyers rose and said ''his wife called out Gor mercy when he was killing her and he did not hear ber." It was ihe intention of the populace to have taken hi.n lp the river and nut him in canoe without oars. carry him out into the middle [ af the river and then let him ga. This they did not do. on account of it's having been said among tEc crowd that there were several waiting "n the blnff to shoot him. Whare else will be done with him do not kuow."