Litchfield enquirer., 1836-08-25

ged 20 snh who describes hprself as native Of Bos- tons to the Commissioners of the Aims House. to take charge of cclOred mnla child aged 10 months, tof which she stated, she waSihe mother in consequence having been intimate with . negro and whom, the negro, she declared was the ater of the child) The Commissioners declined to take charge of the child, but offered to pay her expenses Boston whither she said she wanted togo butwch she refused accept; and was finally committed to BridewolL for an at tempt to desert her child Nosooner had sho eS cred that building than she commenced heatingth childs head against the wal squeezing it. and otherwise SO ill-treating it, that it died within a few hours On these facts being proved the Jury returned verdict against her of Waful Mr5sf. lt'ssl .1s'5 59
 Two hundred Jackson men in Licking, Ohio, recent
 y offered to serve on the Harrison Vigilance Commit: tee and were accepted Mi Yen Bpren will grpInbatei tumble at this licking. ,.Se5das agT .35c. 10 st,3ss
 1t is stated that several have recently died of Asiatic ChoeEa at AlexnndEa, Louisiana. This is the first instance, we believe, of the reappearance of
 the disease in the United States the present season.
 Those who have been weeping over the fate of the two men who were recently seen taking the awful plunge of the Niagara Cataract, may dry their tears The gentleep who performed the feat were prepared for the occasion having been made, and placed in theboat for that identical purpose by some ingenious young artists who had nothing better to do. The ad- venturers were not injured by the fall athough they fell topieces. sat iy8aI iIBaal @ .fzi&g Plumb 1rees.-The rough, black excrescences that appearoR the branches of plunb rees or rather the
 insects whichcause those excrescehces have disconr aged the cultivation of Plumbsn Vermont, more than
 any thing else The insects leave the diseased branch es in July. Cut them off and burn them before July commences year aer year, and the disease will soon cease to trouble especially fyour neighbors all adopt the same plan-H Vermont Gaeepicle. 7as4 ?
 Good Ne,cs from Msscuri.--The spirit of reform is fully aroused throughout the great West In no one State watered by the Mississippi is il probable that MT, Van Buren will get an electoral vote Northwest of the Ohio and in Kentucky Harrison is carrying and will carry, all before him. Judge White is predoni- nantn the Southwest, and probably ia Missouri. The near approach of the eeeons is acting public sen. tmeHt. aRd the more it is developed the Rcse adverse does it appear to the Heir Apparent His prospects fade as that sun goes down, whose SaEslwarned him into consequence. He ehad beennothng but for Jack. sonsfavor He will be nothing when his patron loses the power of purchasing him friends In himself he is merely dexterous and selfish jdgsler. without any hold public confidence or affection and without ha- wing done any thing to deserve it. XXI, The New York Commercial Advertiser says that Richard P. Robinson is not within the United States, butts fighting against the Mexieana Mr. Hoxie, Ro- binson's employer has authorised the editor of the Commercial to say that he has never able as- certain that the wretched young man has ever wrong ed him tU rirc nf a single cent 1Aj Ercurs,on up the N,ger rau eutrS Satzhlg traveller, M Beocro, has lately into Central lnfknS addressed to the Geographical Society of London, he states that he reached in steamboat place called Alacinta, about 200 miles up the Niger He found tho natives extremely friendly and glad to give ivory in exchange for the most riAing articles. eait, a3
 PoliiicaE Anecdote-A gentleman from one of the ii,- teror counties of this state, tormedya Jackson man
 stated to us the other day that he was some days be- fore at an auction in the neighborhood few miles
 from his house, whepe forty or fifty people had collect ed En the course of the day two naen, both Jackson men, got into discussion as to the relative merits of Gen. Harrison and Mr. Van Burenfor the Presidency The dispute warm, such disputes usually are, each advocating own favotte, until the whole com pany had gathered round the dsputantst to isten At leagth the Harrison man said, @I don't know what your man, Van Buren, has ever done or who he is :; but do know that Gen Harrison fought the battles of his country during the last war, and defeated the British and Indians; and hang me if I don't go for him through thick and thin. Whereupon he raised huna for '.old Tippecaneo.' which our ipforpani states was joined by every person except himself and the Van Buren man.-PkilGd. Herald. 1d "99f
 Michigan has been the rst State to legsate in ference to the act of Congress concerning the Depos ties of Public Money. Her Legislature, now in sesr sion has passed aa act which the Governor has ap- proved authorizing the acceptance and reception of her share of the Depostes to be made under that act ,G bisd .f rtr@3tas ,, fNewark Daily Adv, Steas,boat Bsrnt.-We lsasp from the St Louis Re. publican that the steamboat St. Charies wss burned to the water's edge on the night of the 2lst ult as Richmond Landing tMo.)2 The fire took place ahoni midnight and so rapid wasits progress that the pes. sons on board had not le even to save their trunks The loss Is esiiIpated Ut ei2ooo of which eaoeo were insured, The books papers, and money. the latter amounting to Sl2O0 were desiroyed in the safe.
 Matthias the impcster, ai6towing hs honest vcca. ton of carpenter in Halifax, Y. Ss0e sa gF
 The pew hotel, near Niagara Fais, the building oi ! which hes heen commenced by Mir Rathbun. of Buf
 lo stc ba f74fset front ls0 fet deep four stories
 gh co feet the top the conice, and i2S feet wide. Itissaid thatths Elder Rathbu slis svindlss, ens tered Buiialo twenty years ago pshnyiess. hired . small tavern with ts furniture, and ffdn these rose to the command of propeTiy to the amount of nearly three millions of dollars. N N I' | MT. Benjamin e. Evans, residing on the siresm called Itsle Elkbar, in New Yor sailed ou. he ot- CT day, with hisrAe in his hand A few minutes af ter he left the house. the dschaEge ate was heard | and he olaerved tn faIl.s Mr. Evans on coming up