Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-17
1- sl. Na,u Bsdtsrd Gasstls.

Ghs history Of this part Ot Ihe S'ate. ""'' hOrrid murder was committed in Wareham' Plymouth county, on Monday night. by drunken fcnd, known by the name Ot james Fry, upon the person of his wife, aged aO""' 50. The traiH of circumstances, as we ga!n- CT them, are these: About dark on Monuay evening, boy, sent to the house Ot FTy U" an errand, gave an alarm that the 0e"u OOuy of woman was lying at the door of Fry's houee. The neighbOrs around fOcked to inc spot, and found it to be the body of Mrs. F. cold and lifeless, crowded into small space under the door steps. and cut and mang'Fo U" the head, neck, and back, in a most Sf'"'HI"e c. manner. On entering the house. some "' n. hair was discovered in the blood. "h!c" :., cred the Hoor--a whip of heavy na"u'e c. blood upon it, and hoe having 'ne s"". tal marks upon its broken handle were %,S" forod f.w hOurs after, the drunKen FTy -.as e,,rd s.creted in q barn not far from me .not and taken into custody. He had the ln' dnh;tshIe evidence of his hOrrid infamy upon h;m--the blood of his murdered wife was so stained upon his wrists and hands that the water Ofthc earth had drefused to obllterate It. Woeden Nose.-On Monday week. deal man, named Butler, was presented to tne London Medical Society, by Mir. Curt'ss' tne aurist, and fellow of the society. Ine case is remarkable; disease had entirely ces'royeo the nose externally and internally. ths Pa'ate, part of the orbital and frontal bones' as we'i as of the upper naaxiIlary processss-exposins the tongue, &c. to view SO that the anEeEt"- nate sufferer was unable te speak without ar tsaeial assistance, and had too ghastiy an ap- pearance to be looked at without horror'- ssch artificial aid he has, however, eontrved
 
 to speak distinctly. and appear 'n society consists ofa wooden nose. which is fastened on his face by means of pair of imitation spectacles. riveted through the nose, false palate, and other apparatus. The case excit- ed much interest, both from the dreadful raV- aq-s of the disease, and from the ingenuity and skill manifested by MT. Butler (who IS chief clerk in mercantile house in the c'ty) in the structure and adaptation of the various parts of his inyention.-London paper. Tmproyuent in Fire Arms.-A MT. Colt, of Connecticut, has exhibited in this city, a{ newly invented rife and pistol, of admirable construction. The chamber contains tubes for several charges of powder and ball; It may be made to contain from to 10. In cooking the gun to shoot, the chamber re- wolves on an axis, and brings. in succession' every tube in the chamber in line with that of the barrel; and when discharged, the act of cooking brings the next tube into position, until all are discharged. All the tubes may be recharged as quickly as single gun of the ordinary structure. This new implement of war has been shown to the President, the Sec retary of War and the Navy, many officers of both the army and navy, and is considered the most efficient instrument of the kind ever invented. We made an experiment with the riaed pistol, and found it as sure in firing, and accurate to the aim as the best of the com mon construction.
 We are informed that Mr. Colt has already obtained charter from the New Jersey Le- gislature, and is about to organize joint stock company, with a capital of $500, ,000, for the purpose of manufacturing rifles and pistols, for private use. and that in few months his guns will be in inc market.
 Washington Globe.
 Mr. Niles, of Cennectieut.-This cognom- ination is becoming as familiar as that of Tom Thumb or Davy Crockett" damned to fame," the land of the Puritans and-JOhn M. Niles. We have not yet been favored with the speech which this gentlemen read over to the empty seats of the U. S. Senate, which will undoubtedly immortalize its author until after the coming election, though we look for tveFy anxiously in the next Times or Regis ter, but we have petit morceau from the Washington correspondent of the Boston At- las, which is probably the first extemporane- ous effort of the mighty mind in which it was conceived. The bill making an appropria- tion for the Cumberland Road being before the Senate, MT. Crittenden, ofKentucky, op- posed the bill as partial in its provisions, and unjust to some of the older States. Several gentlemen spoke on the question, when,
 After some remarks from Mr. Buchanan, in favor of the bill, MT. Niles ef Connecticut, who had been industriously taking notes, rose and inflicted speech upon his unoHending hearers. Here you have the pith of it |" I am prepared to vote, sir, for this bill, sir, be- cause its provisions are, sir. if may be allow ed the expression, sir, consistent with lib- eral policy. Sir, the gentleman from Ken lucky is for the suspension of action, sir, upon this bill, sir. Yes, sir, suspension was the word. sir. It is not good word, sir. do not like the word suspension, sir. trust, sir. if I may be allowed tte expression. we shall never have any thing of the kind here, sir. No. sir, nothing of the kind here. sir.- l would have, sir, moral influence go forth from this central point, moral influence, sir. which, while it is felt, may, sir, If may be allowed the expression,) be unseen. As, sir, have, sir, already remarked, sir, am pre- pared, sir. to vote, sir, upon, sir, this bill, sir, at this time, sir"
 o, most forcible Feeble!
 have nothing extenuated nor set down aught in malice. True, have condensed the Observations of Mr. Niles, but deny that the above specimen is caricature. Connecticut has sent one of the weakest drivellers to rep