Litchfield enquirer., 1835-07-16

bBs for the 6ogS and usofessss of New Orleans. Willing at any risk tO ObIigs Ihe Gnif obiect ot his fond regards, and anxiOus to delay as MtsIe as possible the contamination Of his earthly bliss, he completed his arrangements here, bid his loved me adieu, and started. full Of hope aOd joy, to settle his alEairs at home. preparatory to quitting there, perhaps forever. He was not idle tn making the necessary prep AratlOUs ter his return, and in three months after hisdeparturs he was ag~in in New York, ready to fulfil the important engagement he had 70 gladly entered into. To few short weeks, however, what casualties may occur, what difficulties may Intervene to mar the most brilliant prospects; to blast and ruin the most fcrvent and bright anticipatiOns !- The female whom he had regarded as pos. sessing angelic purity, without Assembling and without guile-in Whom his souls afFec- tIOns aud warInest hopes were all cOncentra- ted-had, during his brief absence, given her ha4d to another, and, on his appearing to claim her as his own, had passed the bridal honey moon. y,ss -, ..rs..as ..,s a. fs.
 Such are the circumstances as related to us. of the trial that is to take place during the next month at the Circuit Court of this city. If. indeed, it be true, that developemenis % extraordinary as we have advefted i0 will be made tn the progress of the proceeding, they will excite a more lively interest among the community than for many years has been cre- ated by any nisis Prius cause presented to a jury.-N. Y. Trans. ars
 Appalling Sight.-Yesterday morning the dead bodies OftwO men. one named Markette. the Keeper of confectionery in the Arcade. ana the other "a man whom he had hired short time agO, as an assistant, were found in their own room shockingly mutilated, and pierced in several places by dirk and knife, which were found near them covered
 with blood. IKE .s'sa
 It appears that for some days previous they had been heard q0arrelling. and 1t is supposed theft dispute coded io the bloody conflict which Terminated both their lives. It is evi- dent. however. that nO third person was im- plicated tn this horrid affair. Both the de- ceased slept in one room. Three hundred and hfteeO dollars in notes, fourteen dollars in silver, and check for thirty-three dollars and seventy-ive cents. were found in the pockets of Markette'a clothes, who from his being found naked, must have had retired ts bed before the affray commenced. .,
 sa One, Of the deceased, the assistant, was partly dressed >whan fossud; and 1t ia snspec. ted by some that he first assailed Markettc,
 with an intention of robbing him, but found him prepared to sell his life dearly. It is how ever more probable that the quarrel originated ln the manner we first mention, as some bot ties of coFdiala, out of which they had been drinking, were found upon a table in another room. s s4 &e .sst ..4 4Es, -l .,.5...e Y.
 We are informed that two fatboat men were murdered on the Levee, on Saturday night. This is an additional evidence of the necessity of establishing we'll organised po- lice. Netc. OrleGRs Americcn.
 DreadfI Efscis ef Lightaiag.-The last Worcester Spy furnishes us with the f0llow.. ing melancholy details :L-sS Y NJ @s D..slass o s.s1 al 1,os :: :: ss aay last. Sth inst. the house of Solomon King ln' the westerly part of Sutton, was struck hy lightning. and Nir. King and his wife were in. stantly Killed. The circumstances attending tl,is melancholy casualty, as near as ,ye can learn, were the following: The lightning pas- sed down the chimney of the house and 'en. tered room in which were Mrs. King, her son and daughter, aud two neighbors, who had stopped tor shelter from the rain. Mr. King had just left the room and gone into the entry. Tor the purpose, 1t was supposed, Uf shutting the outside door. The electric fluid sn its descent divided into two branches, one of which passing out through the entry, struck down Mr. King in it's progress. The neigh oors wno were in the room. seeing him fall. sng, sprang to his assistance, hut he had sunk to the aOor before they reached him. The nu'd went out through the door hy the well .nto hog pen, throwing considerable rubbish into the well. and killing sow and fous out of eight pigs in the pen. The other branch of the hu'd passed into the cupboards, demol- isn'ng their contents. and in its course struck Mrs. King and her son while sitting in thei. chairs. The latter seeing his mother's cap on ire, endeav0red to rise to 70 tow ards her. hut found himself unable to move. The oth. CT persons on coming back into the room, cid 0ot at ilfst notice her situation. but soon dis covered that life had aed, although she retain. ed her position unchanged. The son recoy- cred from the shock in short time. There were only slight marks of violence on the bodies of the deceased. Mr. King was 6S years of age, his wife few years younger.
 Bibie Meeting at WasRingson Cisy.-A cor respondent of the New. York Observer gives an interesting account Of Bible Meeting which took place at WashiDgtod on the alsf uit. The amount subscribed, in proportion t0 inc pamber and wealth nf shs inhahifants. is unprecedented in this country. One indi. v'duaI subscribed 1sa 1,hoassand Dsllars tour others One Thousand Dallavs each; cue $500; and several SiOO each. At previous meeting held on the 2d June. two individuals subscribed $lOO0 each, and others smaller sums. The total amount DleaRed ae the two