Litchfield enquirer., 1836-12-08

,he ~I~.a,.s In me door, and in the show ca- seS 6s, tI,e counter were broken, but the re- s,,I, ,.as that fine shoemaker was most emphat- ;cnIlv Ao00ed. to the great satisfaction of the crowd around, who sympathised in feeling with. and highly applauded the conduct of the youthful avenger of his sisters wrongs.
 ". Y. Courier.
 A DemOn-A negro was brought through our town day or two since, in chains, by an Arkansas sheriff, for having murdered in Hot Spring county, Arkansas, about three weeks since, fue individuals-his master, another white man, and three negroes, and burned their bodies. The furiated demon, i've know no more appropriate term,) was assisted by another negro, whom he killed by knocking him in the head when retreating from the scene of their hellish iniquity, that none could tell the horrid tale. He confesses the horrid crime. MT. Thomas H. Huskey was the un- fortunate master, who was emigrating to Ar kansas from this county. The wretch will most assuredly expiate his diabolical infamy in the flames. We raise our voice against such punishment, notwithstanding the mon- strous crime.-Memphis (1snn) paper.
 Great Fire e., Johnstoaon, W. Y.-At o'cl'k on Saturday morning last, fire broke out in a large wooden building on the main street of the village and before it was subdued the fairest portion of the village was destroyed. Among the buildings destroyed was the Epis- eopal Ch,arel, with it's fine bell and old organ. This was very ancient edifice, erected be- fore the revolution, and it's bell and organ were presents from the celebrated Sir Wm. Johnson. Its walls are all that now remain of it. One small brick building was blown up to stop the progress of the fire on Market street. but it did not succeed, as the flames swept onward, and were only checked on reaching the fire proof store of T. B. Kibbe. The buildings destroyed were variously oc- cupied by dry goods merchants, grocers, me- chanics, bakers, lawyers, families, &c., the number of which is not stated, but including many new buildings, erected on the ruins of the great fire in that place in 1884, The office of the Montgomery Republican was destroyed. The loss by the fire is estima- ted at about $3O,OOO, one half of which is be- lieved to be insured. There was insurance of $5O0O on the church.-Po'keepsie Eagle.
 The SIX Culture in our country may no longer be regarded as the pastime of ladies, who, having nothing else to do, have employ ed their time in raising silk worms, and in winding and reeling the products of their in- dustry. The preparation of this valuable ar- ticle is becoming rapidly branch of n1anu- facture, employing large capital and return ing to those who have embarked in it hand some profit for their money and labor. There is at Dedham, Mass, that land of enterprise and industry, a factory which drives sixteen hundred spindles, and employs one hundred females, who turn out two thousand dollars worth of silk every week. With climate adapted to the growth of the food for this va luable operatiue, and we'll suited for its exist ence, we can see no good reason why our country should remain tributary to other na- tions for its beautiful and useful product Millions have gone, year after year, to pay for the stuffs fabricated by foreign industry, which might have been keptat home to great advantage, and we hope the day is not far dis tant when Americans will no longer expend their money in supporting the laborers ot other countries. Silk, in its raw as well as prepared state, may soon be sent abroad as one of the staple commodities of our com. merce, and so far from being drain upon our wealth, will be powerful means of in- creasing it. Why may we not become in the course of few years what the French and Italians are at present, and our silks be as ce- lebrated for their lustre and beauty as those of France and ltaly.-Bah. Amer.
 Lady King.-It appears from the following extract of letter, received at N. York, that we are to receive two somewhat celebrated visitors in the course of few months:
 "Lord and Lady King Qatc Miss Ada By ron) will sail in February tor N York, where they will remain until the opening of spring. They purpose to remain some years in Anne rica, and bear letters that will ensure their proper reception in society. She is 9 sweet creature, quite the beau ideal of her fathers hopes. Lady Byron, it is said, will accompa- ny them. believe you will soon see, as visi- tors, perhaps as residents, several of our high families, whose genealogical trees flourish more greenly than their fortunes. They talk of America as they did heretofore of the con- tinent, and the interested sneers of the Trol- lope tourists avail nom more than does the dread of the voyage, to deter them from the under taking"
 Lady King will undoubtedly be kindly re- ceVed in the United States, nor is it improb- able that her mother, Lady Byron, vii lmeet with all the attentions to which she is enti- i tied. As strangers in this country they will be entitled to our hospitalities, but it IS hoped that our good folks will not run absolutely mad in extending degrading marks of sur veillance and idolatry toward the empty ti- ties of nobility-Bosion Gag.
 EDITORIAL SATISFAcTIoN.-We have seen a story going the rounds, of the manner in which an angry gentleman. who found fault with newspaper paragraph, was foiled by a contrivance which cause him to beat a nasty retreat. This story we copied some years a. go, and had good deal of fun about the fight ing editor. That having passed away, and happening to know precisely the facts ot the affair, we take thisopportunity ofstating them as they actually occurred. We happen to know the precise particulars of the case, and