Litchfield enquirer., 1835-05-21

f Aussisan Home Ais,iOnsEy goeisty.-The ninth ahntsl meeting of thiS Socisiy was he'd l se Chaihsm street Chapel Wednesday eve. ming. Extr.cts- lsou tbe RePort were Fesd by the COrrrsDUnniug Secrstary, tRev. Dr. l PetervA from which it appeared that the num- l Der of missionaries under the patronage Of the Society was 7le, Ofwhom 4s4 ara settled pas tors, or are employed as stated supplies to single enngrega6OuS; ISS extend their IaboFs to two 0r three congregations each; and aO, including agents, are employee IO larger helds. The whole number Of congregations thus supplied, tn whole or iD part. during the past year was 494. The new appointments Of mis- siOnaries Ciuriuk the year were l08. The whOlc amount of missionaries Ur ministerial labor during the year, in cOnnexien with the Society, was eq0al 10 488 years labor Of an individual The whole number added tO the churches assisted, dMring the year. was about 45OO; of which bg profession, about S0OO.- The number of Sabbath schOlars connected with the coagres atiOns aided, is about 4O, 900, Bible Glass pupils, about T 2 900, members of Temper anee Societies. about 10000. The. receipts into ihsS Treasury during the year a. mounted 10 $8i,260 87: exclusive oft d. mOunt received thtaGgh the Marine Mission. ary Society and not yet rrpOrted--prObahly anonnting 10 37Q0O. A~shiek W Ould inevenss the total ttl SsSsReO. xExpenditures S8g,79l.
 Balance in ihe Treasury 35,46s 9S. The
 Committee statr, what they have not been a. ble to. do at any previous adniversary since
 1881, that the Society is, for the moment.
 out ofdebt. Its pledges, however, in advance,
 are not less than $40. 900; and the prospec- tive demands upon the Treasury, are con-
 stantly increasink with the increase of popae
 lation and frontier settlements.-N. '. Adv. | '
 1 The antkracite coal mines, of Pennsy lvania
 may be classrd among the wonders of the world; for there are here whole mountain tops covered with carbon. Scarcely turf presses upon thss silvery masses of the coal on some of the tracts. where it is dug or quarri. ed in the open Fair, under the blue vault of heaven. instead of being 'excavated from mines beneath the dark vaults of Ovrrhang- ing, dripping rocks. The rays of the sun, aoJ not the miner's glimmering lamp afford l light to the labofers.
 The empty wagons are drawn back to the summit of ;he mountain by the toilsome labor of mules, who descend again however, with l out effort in their little mOveable stables Or pens, mounted, on wheels. The conductor l stated that these animals have become so ha- bituated to riding down, that they will evince their mulish dispositions when deprived of their expected pleasure, and will endeavOr to l step into their pens and to lie down, rather than to budge on foot to the bottom of the mountain. They actually appear to take vast satisfaction in their ride, with their ears erect and long faces peeripg grasely out as the sides, like passengers in stage coach, 10 en- joy the prospect. The, spectacle of num- ber of mules, thus transported from the usual station in harness, to the dignifed situation of inside passengers. travelling with greater speed than that of a mail coach, produces an effect % ludicrous as inevitably to produce a { srniid.--zAs 1Ostrise. : 4 Bull Fight: aeiM !Steam.-A few days since, Ss the 7Dcnueotive stssna engine was l passing along the Cnlnn,bia Railroad, the en- gineer espied a noble hull driving acr"ss the
 field. apparently tO give battle to the machine He was coming at the top of his speed. his tail stuck right into the air, and his head down. as if for immediate attack. As the bull er- l rant rushed onward, the director checked the car, and received the blow upNn the front wheel. The animal recoiIed several steps- fhr puffing Of the steam pipe seemed to chal- lenge him to second onset. and on he came, believing and tearing up the earth, while his l eyes seemed to shoot forth svaneful fire. The engineer thought that his safety consisted in
 n1oving-he thenefore put on the whole head
 of the accumulated steam, and the car start.
 ed like the wind The enraged beast struck
 short of his aim he missed his footing, and
 rolled down a high embankment. to the infi-
 mite gratiiication of those who had watched
 his behavior. and to the glory ofthe engineer. 1 'r'ss e-. f. 4~ @ c. s. GGxehs. Dreadful Murier.-I have to inform you of one of the most Outrageous eases of murder
 ever heard Of. which took place on Saturday
 evening, the 25th inst. at Silas S0mner..ll's
 store .hSuse, in the county of Southampton 1.-the place where our company muster is held. On thatba Capt. Presson called his cbmpauy together, for the purpose of elrc,ing tfoficers. Tn the evening, after most of them
 had dispersed, Capt. Summerell, who had
 been at vendae at Lenow's store, rude up. and was sitting on his horse, talking to some ofthe cofnpany, when fellow. named Pat.
 rick w. RitteFs Mas seen walking up, carry ing gun, and when within l2 or 5 yards of Capt. SunmerslL cooked it; at which time, obe:of the ronfpany, who was noticing him,
 cried out, Captain, he is going t", shoot
 yeu.":. Al which remark, the Capt, attempt.
 ed tO .alight from his horse; bat before be kc0pla get of, Ritter fired and filed him. with
 o1t word having passed between them.- Rter a' %ggr..h.es;d. r. ....ss !.,,. '- l Remarkable kocs.--1He .American Journal of Science and ttet Arts contains detailed &C., count with a. diagram of a snake found iass
 summer in tAe Bine cellar of Mr. David E.
 vans. at Batayiss New. York; suspended with
 hts head downward tO spider weh. The web was m inA et1eGf one Of iutersecting flores, ending in cnrsl Ahnuf inc sizss Of ailk thread