Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1835-10-22

tween stranger from Kentucky, we believe.
by the name of Hutchinson. and L. Cone,
a citizen Of Ridgefeld. in this county, which
resulted in the death af the latter. They
were both gamblers. aud the immediate cause
Of the quarrel which terminated SO fatally,
was a dispute about the terms Of triHing
hOrse-racc which they proposed to rIn, un-
connected with the regular races, in the
course Of which HutchnsOU called Cone IL
ar; upon which Cone said. - You dirty pup
py, you must not call me liar" and seized
him by the collar, and rubbed or brushed his
face with his hand, when Hutchinson drew a
pistol from his pocket aud shot him through
the body. He immediately placed one hand
ON his stomach and the other ON his back. and
exclaimed, II am dead man the villain
has shot me :" walked few PAGES, and laid
himself down ON the ground, and expired in
few minutes. Hutchinson stepped out Of
the crowd, put the pistol he had discharged
:ntO his pocket, took out another and put 1t
into his bosom, then mounted his horse and
fled into the woods. Some Of our citizens
soon after started 10 pursuit but they did
not End him. He has not yet been arrested,
and we know not that any other exertions
have been made to apprehend him.
The notorious Stephen Burroughs, whose
career Of r"guery while a student Of Dart
mouth College is well known, and who after
wards preached at Pelham IN the pulpit Of
! Presbyterian clergyman. and left that vocation
\ to be whipped at the post, and serve in the
Massachusetts State Prison for mannfactur-'
| ing counterfeit money, is at this time settled
costly enough at the Three Rivers, in Upper
Canada, as a Catholic Priest! The Lady
| Superior Of the Catholic Convent at Charles
town, who was recently burnt Owt of Massa-
chusetts, has also taken up her residence at
Three Rivers.
Abolition Meeting at Utica.-Ten Of the
! eleven gentlemen residing in Albany whose
names were affixed to the notification Of
meeting at Utica, for the purpose Of forming
an Abolition Association OF the State Of New
York, have declared that their names were
thus used without their knowledge or consent.
and that it they had been consulted, they
would have opposed the measure.
splendid silver vase was presented to Mr..
Webster by his friends in Boston on Monday
evening last, at the Odeon, Boston, late the
Federal street Theatre, but nOw a most beau
tiful church. The vase Is of the cost of $500.
The Newly Herald insinuates that Mr..
! Campbell p. White has resigned his seat in
| Congress to be rewarded with the Post Office
in New York. ''What true patriots we r.
On this subject the Washington correspond
eit Of the Herald says, 6 MIR. Kendall started
for New York and the East a few days ago.
| The principal cause Is the determination to
make change in your Post Office. Many
applications have been made TO remove Mr..
| Governor, and many have been proposed to
| GIL his place. give you "A list Of the names
-J. J. CoddingtOn, Thaddeus Phelps, Jesse
Hoyt, Jesse Oakly, and Campbell p. White.
rather think the latter individual will have
\ the best chance-but he must Of course re-
sign his seat ia Congress. The Whites have
considerable influence here-and Campbell p.
is quite fayorite with the President"
Termont.-The legislature Of Vermont as
sembled at Montpelier on Thursday last
The council is composed entirely Of wing an
ti-masOns. Ebenezer N. Briggs was elected
speaker Of ths House by vote Of $50 to rs,
over M. u. A. A. Buck. the Van Buren, can
didate. The people having made no choice
Of Governor, the choice dsvolves upon the
House Of Representatives. Five unsuccess-
ful ballOtings were had. when the adjournment
took place until Saturday. The anti-Van
Buren, majority ia the state, ut the late cleo
ton, was 0,24O.-N. Y. Com. Adv.
The Baltimore Wings have determined up.
on celebration Of their Waterloo victory 10
Maryland, and are making preparations for it
with great spirit. The Van Buren, boys who
Toasted over their city triumph, afterwards
eat up the Fragments Of the jolli6catiOn, by
way Of :" funeral cold meats" and we think
they did right. There was very little left but
bones, according to the Baltimore papers. but
they gnawed them with excellent appettes,
and what is very much to their credit, dispers-
I'd peaceably after the very meagre meal had
been devoured. We are in hopes our Penn
sylvania friends will leave their Van Buren,
antagonists very much such another bone to
pick.-N. Y. Cowr. & Eng.
Melancholy were Informed this NOR
ming. by reverend gentleman who was wit
ness of the affective event. Of the death Of the
eldest daughter Of the Rev. ]. 8. q. +. Frey
a married lady, under circumstances peculiar
ly distressing. She had but just returned
with her husband from the West. this fore
noon. having been III some time, but not so
much so as to create any serious alarm. The
relatives, Of course, were all much rejOiced to
see each other |; aud their sensations at be-
holding her departure to an eternal home, in
one brief half hour after her arrival, may be
imagined. but not expressed !-BroOkkyR ado.
Profitable G0Tdening.-Mr. William Stin-
son raised squash 10 his garden in this town
the present season, which when taken from
the vines weighed one hundred xad sixteen
pounds-was l-e feet 10 circumference and
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