Litchfield enquirer., 1835-10-08

her marriage they came to this city, and he then began tO show signs of his ungOvernabIe temper. On Saturday. he came home about dinner time, and finding fault with the food. he Jeff her and went to neighbOring house; distressed to see him dissatisfied, she followed him and endeavOred to prevail upon him to return home he ultimately did SO. and ahus- ed her shamefully in a moment of excite ment-an exasperaiion she replied that if he was dissatisfied with her behavior she would leave him and return to her father. He said she might leave him as soon as she pleased, hut that he would give her something to car ry home to her father, and he struck her twice. She sent for her father, who came down and exp0stulated with the husband, and the latter promised to behave better. But on Sunday night. after returning from Church, they went to bed, and while in bed, he dsev penknifs across her throat several times and cut it se- vertly she screamed, and jumping out of a bed rushed down stairs, and fled to neigh hor's. In the morning she came, as we have stated, to the Police Office in the Park. tO procure a warrant for his apprehension but as the assault was committed up town, the clerk referred her to the Upper Police, whith- CT she went to make the necessary afidavits. u. 4- sf s ~. r. Transc,ipt. We have seen several specimens of raw silEe raised the past season by Samuel Church. Esq. of Bethlem. in this State, of the most perfect and beautiful flature. We have rare4 ly seen foreign raw silk superior to them, and we were somewhat surprised to learn that they were the result of the first effort of Mrs. Church at reeling. Silk of this quality, and reeled In this manner, can be easily man- ufactured into fabrics of any description.- These specimens are not only creditable t1s Mrs. Church. hut they afford abundant proof of the fact that American ladies can reel as good silk as those of any other country. We. are also much gratiffed to learn that the citi- zens of Ltrhfeld County are about E,rtning aSilk Society, on the plan adopted by those in several of the other counties. These So., cieties are almost indispensable to the success of the enterprise and could the ladies of Litchfeld County have an opportunity of seeing the specimens reeled by Mrs. Church.. we have no doubt they would be perfectly satisfied of its praciicability, and engage in it with spirit and success.-Sik Culturist.
 A veteran !" Whip."-Mr. A. Shumway of Belchertown, has driven the stage between that town and Northampton more than twen- ty five successive years! He has passed over the road on an average twice every day .and af- ter making proper deductions, it will be found he has travelled l68 miles per>week. 8756 year, and 2l8, ,400 miles during this period of time! His route at both extrcmities s usnal- ly before daylight in the morning andsafter dark in the evening, and numherless instau- ces have occurred when the darkness was in tens" or during terrific storms, yet what is very remarkable, he has never overturned his h. hnPcA np r,nf tsr accident ofany kind. Wh4n it is r+memhcr- ed that he has made more than fffeen thou sand trips, and conveyed at least one hundreh ana tcenfy Jour housand passengers, and has neither broken limb nor upset his coach, surely such man deserves well of his cosn- try !--Northampfon Courier. .. .:4e at i : LnJ1uence cf Ser on Mortality.--Fn his ioq,,ii- rlps on the influence nf sex upnn mortality, M. Q"etelct states that 'sthere exists a peculiar cause of mortality, which presses On n,ale in- Rants before and immediately after birth. or the still born the number of males is as ihree to two; while, between bith and the com p'eiion of the two first months. the mortality IS as 4 to 3. nearly; and during the three fol- lowing months as 5 to 4. From fourteen t0 eighteen the mortality of females increases; between twenty one and iwenty.six that of the male; and from twenty-six to thirty, (the average epoch of marriagr)s the deaths are equal but during the period of fecundty, the female mortality again sensihly increases; and after that time it again diminishes. so that the deaths of the two sexes subsequently, occur in the proportion to the respective ac- tnal numbers then surviving" From ihess results, tt may be concluded, that the law of developement in the two sexes. is not precise ly the same, fact of which we have physi- Ological evidence. There is nothing exter- nal circumstances to explain the early mor- taliy of the males. The Increasing mnrtali- ty of females. towards puberty, is more eas- Iy accounted for, partly by physiological caus- es, and partly by errors in the management of female youth. The decrease, of mortality among old women is probably consequence of the stronger animals only surviving the ac- cidents ofcarlier life.-London paper. x
 DestrHctiue Fire at 'Boston.--A fire broke out 9 o'clock A. M. Thursday the large four story build- ing corner Of Devonshire and Water streets. TkE Building was soon in sheet of James, and with leA others in Devonshire street, and large amount of terias desroyed,s was 900 worth of stereotype plates, owned by Carter, Hendee & Co.,, Sc. Also e'ght large steam power presses. #
 The materials of the Chronicle and ReCormer news paper are entirely destroyed. Mr. Roberts, beokbin- der, was alsOa great suftreramoRg the other works lost were IsOO. copies of Bowen's Norih American Review. The building of lhe Atlas newspaper sWaA also considerably Hju, ed The whole damage is il'naIeda $l0OO GOO. It s curious crcuuasiance ,hat two such large fires should have Ocenrredas ikis Of Boston and that recently in New.York, in both. aE which the printing and book trade were the heaviest