Litchfield enquirer., 1835-03-05

beloved and hODnred dead. and its splendid new organ, (which cost $4,5oO) is now a smO- king ruin.
 4 Mysterious Afair.-About two weeks since, as a solitary wood chopper was pursu- ing his vocation in Camac's woods, which adjoins Camac street and the Germantown rail road. green close carriage was seen cOm- ing slowly down the hill, from the direction "f PheniN tavern. which after reaching the foot of the hill. drew up to the fence and hal ted. The door flew open, and four genteelly looking young men muffl-d in large clOaks. stepped out, crossed the fence. and entered the wood. Here, after cOnversing moment, two "f the party stepped of and marked a certain distance, say Zen or fifteen pacts; while the other two, throwing off theIr c!uaks, appeared in closely bntt0ned rOnndah"nts.- AS soon as these preIimlnarles were compile ted, the two former placed pistol 'oto tn" hands of each of the latter, who immediately took their stations on the designated ground, and at giving signal, wheeled and fired at cach other without effect
 At this stage of the business, our spectator, who was the only One on the occasion, tt we except the coachman, becoming aware of the l object of the parties. drew nearer t" the "scene of action." As soon as the first dis 1 1 pistols were immediately handed to the sec onds, were reloaded, and the combatants, who. only few minutes before were riding and probably conversing side by side, now l stood up in a second attempt on each others 1 life The word fire had scarcely been utter ed, when both pistols instantaneously exP'o- ded. and one of them, it is believed with mOr- 1 tai effect. The unfortunate party upon re- ceiying the ball of his antagonist. sprung sev- eral feet into the air, and fell to the earth ap- garently lifeless. No sooner was this result known, than the seconds seized the prostrate individual, wrapped him in his cloak, and conveyed him to the carriage. which they all hurriedly entered. and instantly drove off. The individual from whom these facts were derived, was wholly ignorant of the names "l the parties. or the parties which led to this reprehensible mode of redressng grievances. All that is known is, that the carriage stopped on its way to the ground, at the Phoenix tav- ern, and procured piece oftallow candle, for the purpose of using, no doubt, in loadng the pistols -Germanto,on Oa.) Iste.
 Forgery.-On Monday last, good looking young man, with fine pair of coal black | whiskers. presented at the counter of the Branch Bank in this village, note for three 1 hundred and seventy five dollars. purpOrtlDg to be signed by James w. Sanford, and Aa-
 ron Sanford, Esq. of Reading. He handed to the Cashier at the same time, a lAt:ar from
 MT. Sanford stating that he could not conven- iently accompany the bearer, but hoped the
 note would be discounted on his responsibility.
 The Cashier at once suspected both the pa pers to be forged. MT. Reuben Booth soon afterwards came to the Bank, and upon in l specting the papers, told the young man that ] ak NHn ,.l He replied with great composure that they
 were, and the business might rest until the day following, when he would return with Mir.
 Sanford. He said he came to Grassy Plain
 in company with brother of MT. Sanford 1;
 and it was finally agreed that he should re-
 turn to Grassy Plain in company with the
 cashier and satisfy him that all was right. In the meantime. he said he wished to step into the store of Fry. Gregory & Co. a few rods distant, and would return immediately. As no person present had any power to stop him. he left the Bank. A process was forthwith prepared. but instead of calling on Fry s. Gregory, he cut into the fields; and although officers were sent in pursuit of him immed- ately. has not been heard of since.
 Dan6uyy Gazette. Profigocy.-The population of Munich, the capital city of the duchy of Bavaria, in Germany. is said 10 amount to 95.OOO-and that it has been greatly increased by the num- Der ofillegtimate children horn during the last year. It appears from the returns ofthe pub | lie institutions, that in the last twelve months the number of illegitimate children exceeded that of the legitimate by about one-third! l Something New.-About six weeks since. company of ofIndians, about 80 in number, con-
 sisting of men, women and children. came in- to Simsbury. Con. and pitched their tents up-
 on the Pennington river. They say that they own a strip two rods wide, on each side of that river from its mouth to its source. They have taken up their residence in remote part of the town; it is supposed they came from Michigan, and it is rutnored, that 800 more will come on in the spring. They have no claims any individual, and present no evidence Oftheir right to the land. They are peaceable, and rather avoid intercourse with the whites.-WestfeldJ Journal.
 MisSouri-An act has lately passed the Legislature of this State, providing that the election of Members of Congress shall be by general ticket. and does npt require a resi- dence in any particular quarter of the State, as was contemplated in the bill first introdu- ced into the Senate.
 On the evening of the llth inst. at place called Aloha Nntfa&vav EHn Vn~inia