Litchfield enquirer., 1836-10-13

in the shape Of two fine boys, who weIearn are doing
 well. Who says Editors renOt on the increase fib An author was, few evenings past, impOrt,ming .
 very precOcious child to sing one of his prOductons
 "tdon't want to-" said the child. " Why not, my
 dear Y" /" Because, tNere's no meaning in it, and
 whats the use of singing nonsense" I sot 4
 R.sde but Expressive T6ast -A At the dinner given
 10 MI. Feyton in Tenn, we find the following toast By B. s. Cardwell Gen. JacksonA We love Rim BUT D-N HIS "DoG.' 9fss!F fnTg st,t} 91s-s,j.lI <" Dn9~ the S.OOrd tor SeOtlnnd'i--Ths Toledo
 HHlaoe, long tune neutral has drawn the sword for Organ'c Re"ains.--A young man from the town,
 while wandering upon the banks ot the Connecticut just above Sunderland, the other day. found among the slate stone there, various beautiful specimens of organic remains Iabsdded in the stone, numerous
 fishes were found, their forms perfect, every scale and finn and feature of the fish as clearly defined, could have heen done by an artist. Two or three speci. mems found were competed masses of stone, and when broken open they presented the form of the fish entire. The appearance o these curious remains is wonderful indeed. suggesting the thought that while in state of stupor inactop, the mud in which they might have been imbedded, suddenly hardened, and left thefsh an entire piece 6fpetteacticn They ex- ceed n distnctness and entireess of form any thing of the kind which has fallen under our observa tion. -NortkamptoD Coarier 2e..I C3H i'" 92ts}
 EWAae . huaabag At meeting of corar-merl at sy. rac,,se, called convention, Wright and Fiagg made their appearances with the gubernatoia and electoral
 tickets cut and dried, and itwas swallowed forthwith without . murmur.s Talk of slaves at the South why Van Buren owns the largest number of white slaves in the world Nicholas of Russia, perhaps, ex- cepted.-Noah. tli.l,r-, ,f 4l;yt ,f,-a a.,lT4.e.
 4 "DoUn East" Boy.-A few days since a, youth belonging down east, called at the Rendezvous in Ann street, where seamen are shipping for the Explo ring Expedition, and made known his desire to ship for the cruise. He had been to sea only few coast
 ing voyages and demured to shipping as an able sea man, or even ordinary seaman and it was final. ly decided that he should be ranked among the boys of the first class; subsequently examining him, for the purpose of recording description Of his person, Sc it was ascertained that he was 20 years of age, sar teef shree i"ehe' aud hal hgA and dwe propOr- toned FJ-, sIg ta jl h s Ed tgg e, tfys.y ,
 The Rev. J. Waterman, an old man of sixty, eHga- gedin teaching Juvenile School 1t Nantucket, whilst listening to the reading of one of his pupils, fen from his chair and expired on the spot. l9 o2sffH 5a
 Murder -Mr. John F. Earskin was shot through the head while sitting in his house in Greenwood in this county on Wednesday evening last about o'clock. The window of the room being open. the murderer aimed his rife at Mr. E. while sitting by the side of his beds and the ball passing from near one ear to the eyebrow on the opposite side ofshe head caused in- stant death The family of the deceased we're in the room at the tune, and daughter came near being hit with the ball. Two persons lIra Apptes and James Davs) have been committed to the jail in this village s,,spicinn Eah. ". Y Cossf s4S .s1 A man named Benjamin Carr, who wished to be exceedingly polite to female on board the steamboat offered to accompany her to her home on their arrival there. She bore inher amsa lttle babe of sx months old, which Mfr. B. Can paid particular attention to, and the mother being somewhat thirsty, reduessedh the aniabe Mir. Carr to hold her little cherub whilst she stepped in and quenched her thfst MT. Carr, with his little charge sate him down. and Sor very long time say honr, he iondled and caressed the pfetty little thing, but last he became inpatient and tho't he would see where mammy yhiled away her time : but poor feow he looked in vain, She could not be found, and after telling his story to number he went to she commissioners of the ,Alms House, but they re- fnsedto receive the child, thinking Mr. c. knew more Of the affair than he chose to e and sohe had towalk off withshe infant which he determined to take to AL bany. 1Nodh. q }f3 @file so itF.rt i'it+3ft
 Nsps Jor aae Ladsa.-A Western paper states tl,a. tee-oaths of the inhabitants of CattsvilIe, Wisco- sin Territory are males the other fourth are married, and that some merchants there offer to pay the freight of cargo of girls and will insure them before starring handsome log hut each, and as much hommony and bears meat they eat. All they will have todo is to hos corn, dig potatoes and do tho house work in general faps1s4 1e' 3ft2 a fiiii aasai4o Ha'
 Tps Mo,e nsD Ssases, making 9si in all, are already begun to be talked of and their names are already v rEo.oa and WiscOasin, at present comprised within the newly formed Terit@yof of Wisconsin. This tract by the flood of emigration which is pouring in there, already amounts to 5000. of which the Iowa country contains 25 to 3oOoO This latter west of the Mis- sssipp ver, and is 0milesinlengfh. which istech- nieally called Itasca. The Grand Gulf Advertiser adds the west the fatre state of Iowa. others win soon be added and the child lives who will travel trough twenty States lying north of the mouth of the Ohio, and west of the Mississippi, and containing 2O- cCD,OUUor Deines, as yet unposh. gs -T ,...s
 q The R;chnond Enqsirsv. speaking of Gen. Harrison, says -" However decidedly we may differ from him in opinion, ,se cyainly do not fiak hi enemy lobe despised." And again :-"W We make no question a. bout his patriotism and public spirit. Say that he honesf as any man and shall be the last to de- tract from his merits as patriol. We shall be tho last too to dispute his military fame, or to pluck Iau- rel from the veterans head" A
 Omo-.J -.Jocksonism NOT Van Baseaism.- .-It is stated on good authority. in New York paper, ta. all of the Congressional Electors in Ohio, now living. who in 1882 gave their votes for Gen. Jackson. are now the friends of Gen. Win. Henry Harrison, and will vote for him to be President of the United Sfates. with the single execution of one who is now Commissioner of