Litchfield enquirer., 1835-07-09

has been exhibited at Louisville, Ky, as beiog l6l years old, is travelling this way. We n0- tiee by the Wheeling Dahy Gazette Ofthe goth that she was then in that place attracting crowds Of visitors IA as the greatest wonder hOw to be seen in the world" Her name is Joice Heth. The Gazette appears iO enter
 tain nn doubt OE the truth Of her age Hs given tO the public. In the description Of her ii is
 said that :" she was formerly the property 0f Augustine Washington. the father of Gen.
 George Washington, and purchased of him ny
 E. Atwood, in 1727. as appears from the orig
 inal bill of sale. She has been exhibited in 1 various places, and has rlicited every where the wonder of ihWse WhO haze seen her; her
 appearance fully justifying the fact of her age 1 She has been blind ahont 75 years, and weighs
 only about 45 or aO pounds; she retains her
 faculties and health in wonderful degree,
 and relates many interesting incidents of time | long since past."- NelOnrk Adv.
 Great Flood in Rensselaer, County We
 learn hy the Troy Whig there has been great
 and extensive freshet in Rensselaer, county, produced by the late rains. Peopiein many places were compelled tn leave their lyrds at
 night, aad escape with barely the clnthraih wore. HOrses,s cattle, sheep, hogs, fences,
 buildings of every description. and one large
 church. were seen floating in inland seas.- Of fD,iy bridges in the town of Nassau, hut two remain stsnding. The damage to that
 town alone is c.smpnted to exceed S50,00O.-
 Some were seed hying to the mountains, while l others. believing another deluge and day of
 wrath had come, were uttrring in the phren- zy of fdespsir, lamentations. and prayers "A l tavern keeper at SrhaghticOke, believing the
 destruction of the world at hand, ein piled his srfx, Ht
 with fervency that God would forgive him
 for the crimes and misery he had been instru-
 mental in producing! s--........ Curious C0se-A case. of which the fol-
 lowing are stated to be the prominent cir cumstances, is at this time pending before one of the Courts in Philadelphia. A young girl, apparently almost white, has been brought before ii, tO answer t0 the claim of an indi-
 vidua in Baltimore. who proposes to identify
 her as his slave. He alleges that she is the child of a mulsttO woman. who was fOrmer-
 y his slave, but whom he manumitted in
 lss4. In the following year. the child, whom
 he still retained in slavery. disappeared, hay
 ing heen as he supposed. carried away by it's
 mother. The girl was then about nine years old. Since that time, he had heard nuihng of her, until he was very lately informed by OIdVh "UsOdUs tUhl SUc WdS bSttIS tU tbjiaUeb- phia. On receiving this information. he went to that city, and recognized the girl before the
 Court as his slave. His testimony respect ing the identity was confirmed by sl,a, of the black woman. who knew the mother and the child, and by that of an individual who lived iD the family of he claimant in 1895.
 On the other hand, colOred man of Phil adelphia, named Gilmore. who is spoken of as a man of very respectable character. ap- pears for the protection of the girl, and re- lates the following story. About the year 1920, white woman brnught to his house girl. two ar three years "ls:. and proposed to Gilmore and his wife to take charge of her, alleging that she was light muatto. The woman ' ho brought the child had much con versatiot respecting t, with the wife of Gil more. who is now dead, which he did nui hear. Having no children nf his own, he a. dopted the girl. and she has constantly since that period remained in his family. The wo- man N ho brought the child to the house came again, few months afterwards, for the last time. His story is sustained hy several wit nesses. who maintain that they often saw the girl at the house of Gilmore. long time pri or fo 1925. He also states, that the black woman. allnded to, was gelative Of his wife, and having quarreled with him, had undoubt edly been induced by revenge to attempt |" deceive the claimant.
 The case is said to have excited much in- terest. BOsfon Messenger ..-,
 4 Pleo in Abafement.-In one of the Guar 1 ter Sessi0o Courts of Tennrssee, one Joe Phillips was indicted for assault and battery. The Solicitor called him to the Bar. and ad dressed him thus :-YOu are indicted fnr a nisdemeannr. snd stand charged in these worlds" The Jurors fnr the State. upon their oa'hs present that Joe Phillips, late of the county of-. on the 10th day of August. 18-, with force and arms in and upon the body of one John Strengths, with malc""s intent. an assault did make, with guns. swords. pistols. and clubs. with malice aforethought" =" Stop. Mr. Lawyer" says Joe, ''.herr was something of it, but you're making it a darned sight worse than it was." "Wrll, how was it Joe '" says the snlieitor. "Why, and John met one day m the road. and says ! to John, this is bad day for snakin. Then says he to me. not very had neither, for kill led one near upon rod long. Then says !. that's lie. for there's nara snake in this coun. Y half so long. Then after good many such compliments passed between US, says John to me. says he, doesn't milk my na- hnrs cows as some fniks do. And then hit him clew with my fist side nC his head-and then we set to and had a real scufie, fair
 fght-thel just quit so==-and we had no gun, NS-S