Litchfield enquirer., 1836-12-22

Paying for it-A suit was tried few days since at Petersburgh, Va. between Nicholas Mills, Esq of Richmond, and Mir, Joseph Mason, a.merchan. of the former place. for certain slanderons words uttered by the defendants wife, in reference to the daughter of the plaintiff The trial lasted eight days and conclu ded by verdict of the jury awarding five thousand dollars damages In addition to this, the jurors made
 special statement in rendering the verdict of their entire confidence in the innocence of the accused
 It aords very good lesson to the slanderers of female character, and teaches peopeto be very careful in perintending the tongues of their spouseswe mean, of course, such of them happen to have ranpoe tcles of that kind in their households, which very few and far between. we hope-andi it teaches theadies that pulling to pieces the reputation of their own sex, luxury that will cost their husbands mo- ney--N !. Courier. ' s;'l!sf @@t i'E"
 Vermont-The Legislature of Vermont, at their late session passed bill authorizing the state treasurer to receive from the United States the states proportion of surplus revenue and to deliver over to trustees of each town, be appointed r the purpose, an amount proportioned the population of the respective towns by the census of lS3O The money thus distributed is to be loaned to the citizens at per cent and the n terest appropriated to the support of common schools The towns to be responsible for reflnding the princ
 pal when called for by the United States and the dis
 rbution among the towns to be capitalized according to the new censusin 184l.
 A Black Aristocrat.-There is a negro named Geo. Washington Jefferson, Immortal names) residing in most magnificent villa near Brighton, England. His
 income from investments in the national funds alone, is over lO0ool t$5OOOO per annum. Besides this he has 2OOO0l in Bank of England stock, and is also partner in extensive country bank. Jefferson took
 conspicuous part in the Hayten revolution of 17el, and went to England in 1904, when Jaques l. Empe- TOT of Hayti ascended the throne He was then
 great stickler for democracy, and hence assumed the name he goes by It is supposed he had considerable property when he came to London.-English paper We were reading, a few days ago, of an adventur- CT at sea- who was driven about for several days in
 most tremendous storm, expecting every moment to go the bottom He escaped with his hfe but so ter ribIe was his fright that, from being the most aband
 oned sinner on earth, he became very moral and well behaved citizen Now may we not hope, that
 if the Van Buren party has escaped with it's lfe its awful fright during its last visit to deaths door will
 produce reform in its morals LouisUille Jour. " BLOCK ISLAND BEATEN-IAe cote ef Hull, (1fass .l-- We learn from the Boston Advocate, that the town of Hull has been heard from, and the vote ct the late election stands follows: Everett !; Morton O0-- Last year the votes were for EverettS; Morton CO.,
 We fear the worthy citizens of this beautiful village were not active in the good this year or they would have got out the other voter-N. Y. Express.
 petition is before the Legislature of Maine for a. mending the constitution of that State for limiting the judicial tenure of Judges and giving their appointment and that of certain county officers to the people.
 The "recusant" 70 studentsof the Virginia Univer- sty have laid down their arms sued for peace, and were pardoned. sAr # ,rti tu a# e' l Ratlbun's Essate.-The remainder of his personal
 estate and all the real estate and land contracts, will
 be sold Buffalo Jan. l6th The lands lie in the city and at the Fas and are very choice selections; but the pressure on the money market will cause them to % at great sacrifice The personal estate already sold is $ll5O0O tho estimated by Rathbun at S455, OOO.-N. Y. Star. u ---,. y.sr s .~g 4.ss Erercise of Females.-The English girls, it is we'll known, will walk five or six miles with ease. They are never afraid of the air. | They do not reason as our girls do, that to be pretty and interesting they must be liv- i'd, pale and consumptive; and in order to be so, exclude themselves from the open air, from walks and parks--but they reason nat \ urally, that health is beauty, and that sick ness is otherwise. English girls. it is said, l 0AO 0AhtNDt NtAO OAAAS 6NAS "t sAAS sides of the Alps, or struggle, anclc deep, up the ashes of Vesarvius.--Rev. OruilIe Detcey. "A Reason for the Faith th0t is m ns."-A la- dy in England, of the name of Johnston, left l the established church and went to the Meth odist chapel. Being asked the reason for her dissent from the church of her fathers, she replied, That it was on account of her pie being exactly ready when the Methodist cha pei came out whereas, when she attended the church, it was always oyerdone." Mrs. Johnston indulged herself on Sundays with a pie which she put into the oven when she went to church, and as the morning service of the Church of England is rather long, she found that her pie was always too much done when she came out and not so juicy as she could have wished. The Methodist ser- vice was rather shorter, and her pie was done toaT. This pie decided Mrs. Johnston'sre- ligion. e49a assa ,i sgsa4 .Ilfqt 2 rsl,aa A dandy was one day sitting in tavern porch, dressed in tights, when waggOner coming along, said-s stranger, I'll bet you bottle of wine, that with my whip I can cut your tights, and not touch your fkin." a.f@ :. q Done, 2 said the dandy-qpd at the: word i the waggoner drew his whip with all his might, and cut the fellow o,ths bone. at the same time calling for the wine and declaring ] that he had lost the bet. f,5sssfa3 s'3gt esr,