Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1835-10-15

street OIL pasaces-auu many OI tue people m
IL, and about IL, in the fashionable houf, such
IL the rush Of carriages-the display Of pOsnp
and tiAsel-appeared az il they had dropped
from some more dazzling sphere. There is
place in il called the Quadrant, 10 form Of a
quadraDt-and a prettier place for effect. ar
chitecture could not well design at mn equal
expense. Add then the shops (they never
say stores here rs we doll cannot describe
the wealth they display, such is the prOfIsion
Ofit-Of silks and jewellery-Ofsilver and gold
-Of all that can attract and fnscinate the eye,
set forth in unrivalled taste. An American
woman Il never say lady when Can help it,
except IN certain case, for woman is n better
wOrd) would grow frantic here, unless she
had money enough to spend-and then if she
had, have mercy on her husbands pocket a
mid SO many temptations Indeed, can
hardly avoid purchasing almost every cheap
portable thing see. and every thing is cheap
here. compared with oar prices, as see by
the labels of prices in the windOws-every
thing in the silk, wOOllPn, and liner line--of
hosiery, and stocks, and ncckcloths. and jew
ri!ery, &C., but as TO what is leather, or Of
leather. the price here is nearly double what
It is in America. OF hooks have made no
purchases-guide books except. The price
is enormous Fanny Kemble's work, for ex-
ample, selling for about four dollars there is
an excise OfabOut six cents pound on paper,
and the expense of advertising, without which
book will not sell here, is nsonstrous. Fs,,t
the sPIeDdOur of the shops of london I
could not exaggerate in description If were tn
make the attempt. All the wealth and snlen.
dour Of the world seems to centre and enarkis
in some Of them. For money, man ran
have every thing he wants. almost anv thine
he can fancy. whether it be of cornfnrt or ~
luxury. love to wander among them for
hours, aud often find myself lost from. nv
way, as have been tempted from street to
street, But adiea for the present. B.
Ne,0-York Police, office, Oct. 80 .,o.
robbiag himself-At an early hour on We'd
nesday morning, whilst the steamboat BOSTON
was on her way to this city. one Of the mas.
sengers, named Slade Hale, grocer in this
city, informed the Captain that some person
had robbed him of 81 500, during the night.
whilst he was asleep. The money he. alleged
had been in his coat pocket, and the robber
cut through the outside Of his coat and ex-
tracted it. In confederation of his account
he showed him the cut made in his coat. and
as the Captain had no reason to doubt his
story, when the steamboat arrived here. in
stead Of bringing her into her birth. the Can
tain kept her out in the stream and sent for
police officer, Ontil whose arriva! no person
was permitted TO come on shore. Mr. Hun
tingdon was the officer who went ON board.
and on inquiring into the occurrence, he sus-
pected that Hale had not been robbed at all,
and proceeded to search his person. Mr.
Huntingdon could End none of the money on
Hale. but found in one of his pockets two mo-
ney labels which had been round packages Of
bank bills. and this confirmed his suspicious
that Hale had secreted the, money himself.
which he said he was robbed Of No part of
It. however, could be found, and the matter
terminated for the present. Yesterday NOR
ming, some person connected with the steam
boat, found bank bills to the amount of $500
under the carpet that covered the stairs, which
money 1t was surmised must be part of the
sum Mr.. Hale said he was rohhed of. Inf0r-
nation OF this money having been found, was
sent to the Police Office, aud Mr.. HopsOn d.
rected that it should be put back again under
the carpet here Il was found. and sent an Of
fcer to watch for whoever went to take it a
way. Mr.. Huntingdon accordingly went down
on hoard the steamboat, and concealed him
self in one of the births, Rear the stairs, where
ne patiently rensained nearly four hours, at
the end of which he saw young man come
down the stairs and cautiously examine the
carpet until he found the mOmey, which he
was just about to take off, when Mr.. Hunting
don spraog from his place Of concealment and
took him iRto custody. and brought him to
the Police Office. On being examined it
Turned out that his namc was Want0n w. Ca
prom, and that he was clerk for Hale. who
sent him TO take away rhe money. As there
appeared nothing criminal in Capron's con.
duet, at least in a legal point If view. he was
discharged, bot how the matter wilt end with
Hale Is another question. There are various
rumors IN circulation as to his object in play
ing 50 extraordinary trick. .lf..,. ...
From she ". Y. journal Of Coassserce.
Late and Interesting from Liberio.-By an
arrival at Norfolk, we have recei. ed Liberia
papers to the Slst of July inclusive. They
bring US the melancholy intelligence that a
frontier settlement of the Colony called Port
Cressan, which had been conducted upon
Quaker principles in respect to preparations
for defence. was attacked by native tribe on
the night Of June roth. and ahOut - of the
inhabitants massacred! AS ]. was expected
the neighboring settlement Of Edna would
also be attacked. a cOrrs Of volunteers was
sent up from M0Drovia to aid in protecting il.
Furtherm0re. the Colony had issued a condi-
ilonaI Declaration af War against the hostile
chief. There is NO doubt of the Colony be-
ing able to put down any native force which
can be brought against it. ..l ...,
49, MONRovfA, June &c..
Dreadful Catastrophe. ten O'Clock ON !
the night Of the 18th Of June, an express ar
rived from William l.. Weaver Esq. Snperin. (
tendant Of the settlement Of Edna. commu.
nicating the dreadful intelligence a; an attack |
by the natives, on the infant settlement at J
Port Cress"n, and If the cruel slaughter Of ~ |