Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-04-21
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n Remarkable Fact.-The church a. Southampton,
Mass was organized in 1743, and they have had bu,
two clergymen in alt that me the first serving ne.
riod Of go years. and his successor still holding on-
This speaks much in favor Of the congregation as
Of their PASTORS Such instances har.
mony are but too rare in country. #'@s
Lou Rerenge.-A man named Goodwin, al Kings.
ton, Pa" in revenge against another. named Sleeper,
opened the waer-gate Of q saw.mi last week, while
Sleeper was on the wheel. the consequence Of which
vas that Sleeper had both legs fractured, and the flesh
completely stripped from other parts body.
An affair Of honor, as il is called, took place at
New-Orleans between two actors, named FIRMLY and
Spencer-,he latter had run away with the wife oTtl,e
former, and then made her widow in an honorable
manner by shooting the husband. This 10 a fair cam.
pie Of modern honor.
Fishing. for Compiimeuts.-" Well. Dinah''-sai a
would he belle to black girl" they cay beauty soon
fades-but do you see any or my bloom fading-now
tel! me, pIa"iy-wilhout any complime ats" Oh no
missa--hu, den me kinder tink-" "Think what,
Dinat--you're bashtul''-" Oh nome no baslfui-
but den me kinder nks how mssa don'i yelaiu her
color quite so well as sister PhiIIesey-Scp's lubly
rose. - Ciaremonf IN. H. Eagle. e.r
The booksellers advertising "The life and DO
iacsi opinions Of Mari" Van Buren," for sale. The
latter arc aware have been IN marke ct long while.
Wheeling Times.
a Snoser.-A woman in Ohio recently applied for
divorce. nad OF the principal reasons for 90 do
ing was that her husband sDored 90 loud thai was
Impossible TO sleep. Ft7+
John Tiaey, tried few days since for the murder
Of his wife, found guilty Of granddaughter. The
jury must have G'und this mgs,ed verdict, from the
pecuiilIly sOftened circumstances Of the act; we
perceive merely proved that the accused knock
ed his victim down stairs, and stamped her 10 death
by jumping with both feet on her sion,ac The Only
excuse which The prisoner gave for this deed, was
that bis wife was intoxicated! ag .1s
The caste, nmost Yankees have hii on a new cheat,
and that ought be looked 10 nj ouce Tor il ia
likely TO be dangerous than the fabrication ol
false flints and wooden turnip seed. II 10 actually
stated that in Maine they have actually CONNIE need the
manufacture OF cast iron gun-barrels; and person
was recently very much Injured by the bursting OF one
Of those atrocious coppierfeiis. We expec. 10 hear
next that they cas-. these mpskets ready loaded.
Fire at TSseaiOosG.-A very destructive FIRE occur
red at Tuscaloosa Sunday the 18th uIi, by which
property destroyed 10 the amount, according "a
the estimate Of the Tuscaloosa n.eigencer, Of forty
thousand dollars, large portion Of which, however,
10 covered by insurance. The fire commenced in a
turssrs shop, Oh the north side Of Main street, and
spread It's ravages The adjoining buildings, and
thus laid in ashes the vey heart Of the business por
tion ofthe town. Dr.. Morrison, Johnson g. Whiting.
J. o. CunniDs, and H. Andrews, Esq. were amoDg
the sufferers. @ 81 seasE es...s
The Phiadeiphia Gazette says:-" Tie custom, Of
leaving anonymous infants door steps. Is becoming
quite too common in New-York." II certainly 10.
On board the Batavia, which sailed from London
for New York, the 18th February, are 80 brcklay
ere aud carpenters, coming in expectation Of fad
ing employment 10 rebuilding the site Of the great
Ere On December IT, Nearly one hundred more en-
gagged passage on board the Westminster. ,423s4os
One UateMiaiae SpseaiatiOa fhsOa,ted.-rhe Troy
"his iara'shes she report Of trial for breach Of
promise Of Marriage. Ia which spias,sr, OF the ma
urs age Of 49, bsough. suii against brisk widoweu
Of 6b-ser compensation 10 damages for hopes defeat
ed and fer peace Destroyed. Tie jury. however, b.
their verdict for hs defendant seswed TO think each
party was beSseG apart,