Litchfield enquirer., 1835-07-23

four children in most hofribls e0nditiOn- | some 0f them just able to he abOut the house, l while others were tying on the bed. Src. in sombeFOhs, sickly a0d wretehed state. He endeavOred tO arouse them. hoping to ad. minister relief, but in short time one child expired ln bic ssms. GhoFtly alter his vile 0led, and in little while another child breath ed iis last. He procured medical aid as soon as POssibles and by their active exertiOns the ealher two children were saved from immedi- ate leaeh, altho' it remains doubtful, whether they will recover. The oldest child that died was about years of age. Those who sur vived were from to 10. From what the surviving children gay, t is suppOsrd that Mrs. SpeEry, who has been fOr tw0 pr three years by turns, . little deranSrd, gathered Ctcuta. or as some call it, wOodch1ck rOWt. steeped h in warm water, and fed her children, and drank plentif0lly of it herself, with a view of saviNg them and herself Gin the embraces of deNthl from prnury and want. which she had frequently insisted was coming upon them, AhANaEh It is understood that Mir. Sperry is h good Albany paper.
 C&raeo Saiss.-A gentleman who attended the s@lN Sf land and l"ts at Chieago. has given sa kSely picture of the extravsgaDt delusion
 
 eega~ TAMn.sxssA tive. thnusand persDns, RAseAAsess- 2pm abroad. besides thOse who bad asaAasSsy to parchase for gentlemen resid- iNg Sa NeW>YoFk and elsewhere. The vil- hSe lets sald sn some instances as high as one hantsrvd and eighty dollars foot. These l1ts wsre generally eighty feet wide by one hundred aud sixty feet deep. A block rum- ming t0 poiat. about two hundred and fifty feet front. was sold for forty thousand dollars. The parties however differing as fo the rate of interest on the balance of the pay ment lone halfbeing paid dOwn,) the bargain was broken. There was not as much land sold on the line of the canal, as was expected.- The quantity was diminished by the amount taken by the pre- -emption purchasers and the squatfers. It sold generally for one dollar and thirty cents to four dollars. The wood land was the most valuable.
 We can hardly conceive more lameDtable spirit of infatuati0n than seems to prevail at Chicago. The country around it is entirely new the village itself contains about two thousand inhabitants. althO' it is rated higher. The value of.prOperty is entirely prospective- founded on it's advance hereafter, and not on its present1baeiness. However, the citizens of Chicago will consider this as the conjecture of timidity and prejudice it may be. but we say to those who own Chicago lots. sell them if you can get one hundred and eighty dollars
 UticG Whig. Etiquette vs. Diplomacy.-The New-York
 papers contain the grave correspondence be- tween the Hon. MF. LiVingston, our Minister to France, and Col. Herman Thorn, whose son married a rich lapse,l legacy. and went to Paris. The controversy grew out of the rs- quest Of C0I. Thorn, and the refusal of MT. k Livingston, 10 present the very exquisite son and sdanghfer .Of the former at the Court Of Louis Phillipe. Major N0oh, our former Minister to Tunis, hits of this affair thus hap piy:--
 Now what is t0 be done in this matter r. MT. Lisingston has acted quite cavalierly in this balsiasss, and hare a precedent h proof Cfmy position. When wss ambassador Of the Upited States. at the court of his Serene Highpess Mustapha Mahmoud Ben YOuseff Ben Chous. Boy of Tunis. the < abode of safety and happiness" this very Col. Thorn the WIS not Colonel then, hut a Purssr of a frigate at anch0r in the roads,) demanded of me to he presented af court. What do you think dids Sit down and write halt dozen diplomatic notes begging of! No such thing -l ordered the jackasses to be put to the carriage. and we all went, off together to the palace. IspYesented Col. Thorn to his fero- cious Highness the Bey. with suitable dignity 1 and ceremony; they drank coffee together. and the Colonel saw all the splendor and cu- ,iostiss of the palace,> excepting the women, that being rather against etiquette. The Bey told me that he was handsome man. and ! believe my < old, friend Commodore Elliot was there at the same time, and the Bey said he was n handsome man also, and the whole af fair ended quite au .fait and fashionably.- 1 Now had Col. Thorn only quoted as aaprece- ! dent this presentati0nsto to his Barbaric Majesty, at time also when Hlutus was not at his el- l bow. think it would have settled all of MT. 1 Livingston's doubts and qualms on the sub. l ject.
 Disastrous E6scts cf tke Late Storm.-We learn that the storm which visited this city | and vicinity nn Monday afternoon extended ! over the northern part of this county, and al- | so to the southern portion of Washington county. The violence of the wind has been l in many instances very destructive to the l grain crops; much injury has also been done | in many districts of the country. from the hail | that accompanied the storm. The full extent 1 of the darnases we have not yet learned.
 Besides the destrnction of property, we ! learn that at Cambridge, Washington Co. | young lad about 19 years of age, while labor | tng in anONsu leid neay the Iannery of Messrs ": G J. Rp9insOn, was struck .xith lightning 1 and killed istantly. Aifef the storm had ! passed his lleless body was found lying in ths MnVN fsAt t ~ A