Litchfield enquirer., 1835-01-15

cal Journal says n s notorious among physicians ,ln, many young ladies, tn of the northen states arc addicted to the pernicous haBl of ea,ing charcoal and when this habit is once established they undergo great suffering. fdeprvcd of their accustomed smu- I"s The females in the factories consume great quan.
 'ies of this arcle hut the vice is by no means con. h"ed to them. Scho"l misses and houee maids, have in many instances contracted the love o charcoal eat. '"s Some prefer occasional meal of dry blue clay. The Jonrna supposes that the objpc, in heRinang ,o ca. charcoal is the beau,ifyng oi the co,npiexion- Many females believe that this regimen will make the face and hands become extremely delica,e This ei- iec, is altogether imaginary. When the destructive habit s confirmed, the desire to ca. coal becomes in satiHble, and calls for the assisance of medicine.
 HGmpshire Gas. 4 POlyghot.-Mrs. Eucotha Minerva Caadacie Cy- rene Ceeci" Couerre lately brought her petition he. fore the Legislature of Missouri for divorce from Henry Miles Co,terell, Esq., We think not only thu, the Legislature should grant the divorce but that the Attorney GeneralshouId prosecute Couerell for DO. iyg"my. We haven't heard of such a harem since the days Of Solomon, Kipg of fsrael.-.N. Y. Conr.
 The WaFa hAarhs anErlBdOn al sa5suiy .Ssa BB,tn on the Gsce erpie,y.
 (,oiom;.Ous Fye.-We understand that building was hurmt at Schenectady, oR Sunday morning, 'H which a woman and two small children were co"s"m- ed. We did Hot hear the nHme ot the sufferers nor the particulars in relation io the hre. L,'eol Creatness. Tuesday morning MT. Walter Holbrook, formerly a very respecta- ble Merchant Tailor, was brought into the Po- lice office by Mrssrs., ,POpham and Shaw. who charged him with insanity. and with annoy ing the officers of the Branch Bank ofthe Uni led States for certain large sums Of money, which he imagined he had there deposited. It appeared that some time since his mind be- came bewildered, and he fancied himself to be the President of the United States and said the United States Bank owed him S35, oOO. GOO, which they wrre trying to cheat him ont of. In order to compel these fraudu lIent bankers to restore to him the thirty.Rv' millions they owed him, and which they ob s,inately withheld, he applied t" Justice Wy
 man. some time since. fer process to brln them before him, that by the punitive iuflic ticn of the criminal law. they might he com
 pelIed to disgorge their pluDder. The si0gu
 lar application was treated by inc n1agisirat with his usual tact and good nature, and s nolitely refused, that HolbroOk went ava, apparently satisfied, that he, as President q . th.. United States, would soon be able tO brO these held invaders of his rights. to justice
 For some time his power appeared 1" slee over his claim, hut an the day before Christ mas, he determined if he could n". get ih : whole of his demand, to obtain in detail, b what he called small drafts. For this pn' pose he drew check for S2OO.Oo0, to whic he signed his name. and endorsed 1t Waite 8 HolbroOk, President of the United State . This he presented with all due sOlemniiy, an ' ordered that it he immediately cashed; b. e ahA Aafs nF brook was disregardrd. and he went away iI 2 dignant at the disresprct with which he ha - been treated. On the 26th he again preseI - ted himself before the officers of the Ban| with check for $Io,OO0, for which 4'ayme' l. was demanded and refused, as befOre-an e daring the day presented three more cheek each for SlO 900, all of which were dishcnO ed, and the checks. like the former ones. ? i tained, much to his modification and grie He however on the S0ih. presented anOih
 check for S66e e6. at the Bank for paymeu
 which was also disregarded. when his wrai became aroused and he seized sll the notes
 eouId lay his hands on, and endeavOred
 cram them into his stockings to make the
 Iperfectly secure. This liberty, however.
 inc imaginary President of the Bank. n
 comporting exactly with the officers opini0
 of propriety, and weary with the snnoyane - of his sham rxccllency. they carried h'm
 the Police office, where he seated hims' n with magistesial dignity, and looked and a
 ted the President as if he were really th
 exalted parsonage. The necessary aiSda.
 having been made touching his insanity' M
 President HelhrWok was placed in dnFan
 vile, with view t0 send him to the Asylum. ~. Y. Daily Advsriissr'
 We suspect that the vsoG President D
 sOmelhIng of this nanomaMiA in hls c"mdU