Litchfield enquirer., 1835-05-21

night. The. Gre was disroverea aboa6a half past eleven. spd had progressrd too fav tO be arrested. The. huildings were insured as the Havtf0rd Olsce Cor gaSOO. The taetOry wasf run on shares by Messrs. French B. Ca whose loss in stOck and machinery iS estima- ted at @S50O. The lass of MessEs. Sssk Har- shall eE Co.,, the HIrnishers Of the raw mate riaIs. is esaimiMted at Ss5OO. neither of which were insured. The fire is supposed tO he spontaneous c0mbusli0n. AGrtfend ReUieae.
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 AdjOWrnw0ent-TheL Legislature of New York on Monday adjourned sine die, after a session of le6 days, during which they had passed Sll Acts, either public or private.- Notwithstanding the hue aud cry about mo- n0pOlirs, the Legislature have passed over FJty Acts cf Incorporation. [N. Y. Jour. CoNrRAcrs FOR LABoR.-WilliGm FOsrler vs. HOseG Biis&-This was an action brought to recover wages for five or six months labor, dope by the plaintiff for the defendant, at SO much per month. The defence set Op, that there was special contract between the par ties for year.S service, and therefore that the
 less time, unIeS e t1IItIled the tDhos Such being theteyidence. and such lhs instFpc. l ton of the Court, the jury gave verdict for I the defendant. si a~s
 The principle involved in this case, is of great importance, especially in reference to contracts of labor, and accords perfectly with l the dictates oe equity and common sense. as
 welt as with the decisions 0f our Courts. It is too apt to be the case, that persons employ l ed by others, feel and act as iE they were at
 liberty to leave their employment whenever l they Please-nO matter what the contract may he. or what the damage to their employ. sA l.~ 1... cad N1Nnp
 ed, that tcheneUer flare is contract to labor for q man ,tor eny specific time. say year. Ghe.lc- borer can recover nothing for any portion of his scork. # he does not continue ia his seruice the
 WHOLE time. unless indeed the contract has been sOaiued.- ed.-SPringfeld Gazette.
 We learn, says the Philadelphia Gazette, iron, gentleman who has recently travelled through Virginia, that the gold fever which | lately prevailed in that State has been follow 1 ed. as are most such fevers, with the chill of disappointment. Most Ofihe works are aban. donrd, and that too aiter the expenditure of ! hundreds of thousands Of dollars. Even those which gre worked, produce in thssggre: gate but meagre profit.
 l On Friday night last, as Mrs. E. Banks and l her daughter, 0f S7 Chapel street, were com bs awakened by the hand of a man passing gen. l tly over her budy. and screaming, aroused
 her mother, who seeing hnge black fellow in
 her room, sprung out of bed and boldly grap- pied him. He made a stout resistance. and
 handled the lady somewhat roughly, ID order 1 to diseniapge himself from her toils, but she
 seizing an axe, gave him severe blow, with
 its edge. in the face, when he fled and escaped through the Feas entrance. leaving behind him
 his chip hat with crape and blacktribbOn
 round Y, .ss l@snps of bite s"sa: and aom" segars in'tf and n small rattan whips aI'he
 blood frons.his lace was traced tO the outside I of,he door of the house, when the trace was
 lost. Inaediataly after the villain had fed. ] t was discovered that he had carried off
 handsome gold watch. S7 in money and a
 breast pin and Mrs. Banks, althN,gh but re. gently SO heroic, sunk down into state of complete i-.lplessness, by the overpewering l effects of the fright that succeeded her terri. 1 bte encounter.-N Y. Advertiser.
 1 Movement in Tennessee. Agrccahly fo call
 made in the public prints of Nashville, by large numhev of highly respectable citizens of Davidson County, (Gen. Jackson's "wR.coan 1 ty,) very large public meeiiog took place in 1 Nashville, 0n the Cd inst. the object of which
 was tn consider of the propriety of nomina-
 ting the Hon. Hugh l.. White, as candidate
 for the Presidency. .,,e. l Tine meeting was organized by calling Dr.
 John Shelby to the chair. and appoinliDg A.
 A. Hali,. Esq. as Secretary. ,~~..set The meeting was ably and eloquentfy ad.
 dressed by several distinguished gentlemen,
 and preamble and set of resolutions were
 submitted. opposing Mr. Van Bnren, and
 nominating Judge White for the Presidency,
 which were sdopted without dissenting
 1he Boys R CaySg0.--Sitiing at one of our ] hotels lew eyrnings since. ho should come
 'n among ether guests. hut couple of Lili-
 p"tian grnilenrn in travelling atiire-the tall. est might have been about three feet, the
 shortest twn. ten inch-s-all told. Not It,
 t'e curiosity being excited by the extreme youth 0f the strapgers, the following eanver. sat'on between them anda gentleman pres enf. look Plaee: We'll. my little men. where dc you come fromT 'Cayuga county, sir.' bye both. pnnaaRtly. Did you come in the slagHI No sira. .We came dQMp tos heln latheEI WWH urnse @E EnOFSes. well. [wIt6 SUE Estsey d'd you come ina wagon. then Why. no sir; we came on h"Fsehack, and each Of us rode OAe horse aHd'sled another. Iss it possible well, you are fine fellows-how old ere you an B sir. sod my brother is s. Didn't you get tired of riding so far I O, no: got off and walked . few miles. and made me as tir- ed as Sam Hill. said the year old man in miniaiure. with as much nonchalance and self complaesney Ns any gentleman needs fer any occasion. no- matter what his attitude, hut never get iired of riding lf these ase iair spceisnens of the boys Of Cayuga. 90 years will give that true blue democratic county