Litchfield enquirer., 1836-09-15

...:ss. sS. .;d of scn,e citizens, effected fbeiI -. as fhe imminent hazard of their own : | S;ves heinC themselves without arms, while . smith and Bell had various weapons. Smith attempted several 1nnes .O sncot Dr. '. B. ' s~-;~tsnsa' who warded of the pistol and , S.eorce White, Esq. received ball, aimed at hia hearf. through his hand, coat and waist coof. His active presence of mind in avoid ing the direct aim, was his preservation The decision and bravery of the gentlemen who seized the aggresSors are widely con- mended. Smith and Bell are both in iail, a. waiting their trial.-NGt. Gag.
 Great increase Of the UGISe q re0l estGte.-We have obtained a highly interesting article. from an abstract of the Assessors books. bv which it will be seen that the taxable real eS l tate, of this city, has reached over @226OO0- OOO-an increase of $62, 1000 over that of last year. This sum was considered SO low. that the Assessors raised it over S7O.OOO OO(l making it upwards of $SO0,O Not withstanding the fire in the Burnt District" 1" the value of property in the First Ward is over $1O,OOO,OOO what it waslast year: Sec ond Ward, $6,5O0OOO; Third, three and a l quarter; Fourth, one and a half; Fifth, three and half; Six, three; Seventh, three and a | half: Eight, four and half; Ninth, four :: Tenth, three Eleventh, ten; Twelfth, near ly forty; Thirteenth, three; Fourteenth, two l and half; Fifteenth, six !; Sixteenth is taken off the Twelfth. The growth of this city is truly unparalleled Hast year the real estate was valued at $144, ,OO0, GOO, this year at over | $500, 100000. An increase, we believe, that cannot find parallel in the history of the world What the amount ofpersonal proper 1 tv will be, we are unable to say-indeed the books have not yet been made up.
 ToM THE BARRIERS PARRor.-Iis master holds the following colloquy with him every morning for the edification of his customers
 "PoM" says Tom to the bird, " tell the gentlemen, Poll. who is the greatest man in the world"
 "General Jackson" shrieks the bird, with an air of intelligence that an owl might envy.
 "Who's the next?"
 "Pretty Poll"
 "What does Genl Jackson say :" .
 "D-n the Bank! D-n the Bank !''
 "What does Pretty Poll say 2"
 "D-n the Bank D-n the Bank !''
 A wonderful bird, gentleman. You per- ceive that his politics are perfectly sound.- It is astonishing to consider how correct his views are on banking-they agree with Gen. eral Jackson's in every particular"
 Is it meent, under the glise of parrot. to Vpuy tI4C AuuOpCuuCAAt POA1tAClGIls WnO Lnl0KS it glory enough to serve under Gen. Jack son." and, we suppose, wisdom enough to echo an Gen. Jacks0n's WordS!-N. Y. Amer.
 A hard cGse.-A woman whose husband was in the penitentiary, enumerating his suffer- ings said, He is allowed no visitors on Sum- days and aOorse thGn tk0t, he is obliged to go to church, which the poor fellow has never been accustomed to-"
 Touch of the Romantic.-There has been an elopement from the city during this week; and all for love- A young gentleman of IS has actually carried off the daughter of an eminent merchant resident in - Place and report saith the happy couple are at Ni- agara Falls. We are sorely tempted to give names-but are not at liberty to do so at pres ent. The accomplished Mary Ann - is however on the wintry side of 21, and of course is at liberty to marry whom she pleas- es. But whether the worthy importer, her father, will consider it his duty to endow a poor artiste, and so younga one too, with any of his indigo and coffee, remains to be seen hereafter.-N. Y. Sun.
 Extraordinary Afair.-The N Y. Times of Satur- day, publishes the following statement:
 young lady, elegantly dressed, and wearing sever al articles of rich iewery observed on Thursday morning by MT. Riggef, gardener, (whose premises are situated between 3d avenue and kpp.s Bay) ly- ing senseless in of his cornfelds He immedate- ly went to the Amshouse, and gave notice of the af fair to Mir Stevens, when that gentleman and phy- sican promptly repaired to the spot and found fine looking girl apparently about 20 nearly in the agonies of death. The Doctor concluded that she had been taking poison. The stomach pump was placed in re- quisiton and other immediate measures used, happily with the best effect, and she is now out of danger.
 This young lady is daughter to one of most pectable citizens, residing in the Bowery. She was CT and intended husband is fine young man, and it supposed, (and there is yet to believe otherwisel that the affection was reciprocal She left home on Wednesday evening. Search was made in every direction for her. but n vain. The bridal hour came. It was sad one for the inmates of that house. The bridegroom and the friends were there. but tears and lameItaons absorbed the place of the antcipa- was brought to the door in light wagon. she having told her name. The scene may be imagined. There s mystery the affair and secret in that young heart known but to God and herself. The fortunate pershng. which she must have done in short time, and the cold and narrow coffin or tomb proving her bridal bed w t&# ' sRF "l AM NO roIrErcrAN."-We always pity a man nothing about poitics''-we pity him, because he is criminaly nsenshe the rights and privileges secu- red to him by the government under which he hves- We contend that man has no right to disregard pol extent. for the measures of government and for the preservation of the liberties of the countrythat when he becomes the recipient of the privileges of citizen ship he also becomes impedly bound protect those privileges, and to hand them down posterity unna- paired, for they not given to him to be made the playthngs Of hls changing fancy. but loaned to elevate his character and raise the standard of his intellect It IS peculiar feature in the institutions of this coun- try that they rest upon the individual action of the neopie for slDn0rt-fhaf tler eocur;sv , ;, s