Litchfield enquirer., 1836-11-10

hnd to retire to Black Greek, the;r nr..anf encAmpMcnt. They intend prusecuifnr he lcAnpaien again a soon @ provislons eSn be tAf0wn nE depot at Fort Drane, or suppliea can De obtained at some point of the Wifhla- coochees k1. Col. Lane. commanding ne detachment of friendly 75O Creek warriors, arrived at Tampa Bay, fought his way to the Withlacoochees having had two skiymishea with the SeminOles, and burnt inc viIlarea- was ordered to Fort Brane by Gov Call, and two hours after his arrival shere (aboat the 9Oth inst.) committed suicide by putting the hilt of his sword on the ground, and running the point through the corner of the eye; into the brain--no cause assigned~-K&. Col Brown will succeed him. ea 71la z@
 MADAM MALBRAN, the, Queen of Song. she who commenced among us her brief but brilliant career. is no more She died in Manchester, England, on Friday night, 23d' September, after an illness of nine days, hav- ing only reached her 18th year. Alas! how much of pain is there in this brief notice-- how thronging the recollections associated young, gifted, and brilliant being, whose ca. reer is so early cut off. Not only was Mad- anne lMalibrd's, a great artist in her peculiar walk-but she was highly endowed woman, with great susceptibility of feeling, Quickness. and strength of mind, and aspirations after better things, than in her circumstances, and brought up as she had been by coarse and vulgar parents, it was possible for her to at tain. .,,s.-...-. -.s.f '..r 2.lIS In her calling as a singer, she was enchan- ting indeed-and none will forget, and few Will ever hear again, voice which, like that now hushed, was the very eloquence of mu- SIC; and even more theyinterpreter of feeling than ot sound.--N. Y. American. esgs IDs,,, z .}sa L. The Fall River (Mass.) Monitor states 6 circumstance very honorable to day labor CT from Ireland. This individual came to that place seven or eight years ago and has time receiving higher wages than 92 cents Q day. He is now about to return to his own country with fifteen hundred dollars, the fruit of his own honest industry. es. r 5,e.,..s Taking the temperance pleolge.--A tolerablv good looking and well dressed female, named Isabella Cook, went lately to the Boston Pc lice Office and requested the favor of being sent to the House of Correction. 1t was no use, she said, trying to resist her temptation tohpple-she got drunk, andshe couldn't help it while she was at liberty The magistrate, after some hesitation, complied with SO req sOnable request, and sent her to the House of Correction for six months. She was only twenty five years old. ai s~sj 7,.s aa... l. asa F saaE. 1ts.-..9sfs ss tny.s.tesl 3. s5Sg, A magnificent meteor passed over the town of Greenfield, Mass, few evenings since It had the appearance ofa ball offire 1 train behind it. Some two or three minutes after it's disappearance, d loud explosion was heard, producing a concussion that shook the houses in the village. @ .'e*fas'sAos,4s [ INTERESTING NEWS FROM TEXAS.
 The New Orleans papers of the 21st October repre- bringing only tas additional intelligence of the dea,E of Lieut.. yereniah F. Johnson of the Texian armed
 The Tssia army is eneanpsd on the Ty and Green. Atle men dre volunteers from the Uni. repoTed p to be in & cuxstosn dHs .a with eood o crops
 Texian armed vessel lately crnsed along the coast of Mexico, without meeting a Mexican. vessel Ihs armed vessels at Galveston. the scbr Ds Ks6 care Y IS guns, and the schr Wper lately the Passac of | New Orleans. 3sHS HIM sR% The Texas TsIegraph Of ths sth contains the pro- ceedings of the frat Congress of the young Repabc, and the message of President Burnef. With respect
 to the FIRST Congress was not reasonable to expect be said is that the ground work has been careful
 laid for the future superstrucuTe. From the mes l sage we give the following items: .3
 "The result of this negotiation afforded conclusive evidence of the impracticabilty of anticipating the wants of the country, by ordinary loans. Some other course was necessary, and the government resolved to
 issue scrip for land considering the public domain as of public revenue Accordingly, the agent appointed in New Orleans, Thomas Toby, Esq. agentleman who ! had already made considerable advances on the count of the government and had manifested . warns sympathy in our behaK authorised to issue scrip. Ito the amount of five hundred thousand acres of land
 to be located on the public domain of Texas and to dispose of 1t, at the established minimum price of fifty cents per acre. He has subsequently been empower
 ed to extend his issues to one million of acres. | he i'd fn i've, Iow indeed could be otherwise D and tits ad
 ded, that "A further accession of these generous champions of liberty may bc desirable; and arrange, ments made. which trust will be adequate to all our wants in this respect. Iwould recommend your ments to enlisments for short periods of tme for it's very apparent that volunteer for three six months can scarcely be famianzed with the ordinary duties of a camp, before his term of service expires Tho pedient but it is also desirable that De made as e
 fective possible in the grand purpose of its creation
 The judicial department is also acknowledged to te> in very imperfect state and 1t goes on to obeerve that more energetic administrator Of criminal jug tice, is indispensable The increase of cle. is m
 Under the existing system there wasno tribunal m the country vested with maritime jurisdiction, and consc
 quently competent to adjudicae questions ane- ing from captures on sea Some pxzes had aiready
 " and of the country that regular and lawful dspo stion, should be made of them.. The government,
 there ore concluded to appoint district judge tor the district of Brazos within which, was probable aif pointed Benjamin (. Franklin, Esq. to that office It l soon the new organization shah De perfected"
 After expressing just hope that prompt and n dec,
 @ S os o tons ii1 the public domain the President ad in