Litchfield enquirer., 1836-09-08

give 2" Four per cent, 1" said the merchant ? and added. SI will give you seven for all yol , have" "Well," said the man, ~I shoul' like to have you just clap down on paper hov } much you give, and the number of your shop or shall be puzzled to find it." "Yess" snit , the merchant, that will do: what is you name" "Edward Sumner" said he. Tne : merchant then wrote as follows and gave, , to him.
 Edward Sumner of Roxbury, says that he thinks he has some Spanish dollars at nGne, .N } but don't know. hereby agree to pay ,innu n.n seven per cent; premium for all sucn a" uO.' eff find any," said the dung-cartman, ] will call with them tomorrow morning, at J Il o'clock if don't you won't see me-" The
 o,r,ssa rance of the man satisfied the mer-
 cba nj that his dollars would be scarce. At 9 l o'clock the next day, however, the man ap- peared, and stocking full after stocking full
 was carried up and emptied on the table, till l screen MoatSGnd were counted. The merchant,
 somewhat restive, but honorably caught, took
 the silver, gave check for the amount, with
 seven per cent added pleasantly remarking did not really suppose, from your appear
 ance, that you could have more than half a
 dozen dollars"
 Mr. s. took up his check, and replied in his
 own peculiar emphatic style, "Sir, I'll tell
 you truth which a man of your standing in the world ought to know, and it is this-AP-
 pearGnces ottenaimss deceiue us.
 Appalling Picture "A letter from Garey's Ferry, Florida, dated the 3Oth of July, gives the following appalling picture of the sick
 ness prevailing there The letter is from an
 officer in the army:
 "You have seen by the papers that great deal of sickness existed at this place. The half is not known. The people come in here for protection from all quarters, and there are now some or SOO-they had comfortable homes, and the conveniences of life, but were compelled to leave all behind-here they have built huts, which keep out neither the sun or rain, and it rains every afternoon most violently. Added to this the measles broke out among them, and their insufficient shell ter caused colds-death has ragged among them most frightfllly 80 or 90 have died within the last five or six weeks, and it is SUD- posed that no less than 200 are now sick with the measles, ague and fever, and cholera mor- bus-the latter takes off adults as we'll as children.
 have today been in the huts of 300 or 400 of these miserable creatures-n1y heart bleeds, and no tongue could tell the suffer- ings have witnessed, and the tales of woe I have heard. In a hut ten feet square would be three or four places for beds that is, four sticks driven in the sand, and poles laid a. cross for boards to rest upon-on them some had beds, others nothing but blanket. The occupants ofthese beds were the most distres- sing objects ever saw-sonle, emaciated with the cholera morbus- almost bur- ming with fever-others again, having taken cold with the measles, were swollen most were from two to six sick in each of the huts that visited. In one in- stance the father and mother were both dead, leaving five children, all sick, the oldest be- ing 1S, and these poor creatures were obliged to help each other as we'll as they could"
 We learn from the Philadelphia Inquirer that Captain A. s. Lewis of the Texian army has just arrived in that city. He left Gaines Ferry CTexas) July 15. The Mexican army was concentrating at Matamoras, and suppo- sed to be l1,OOO strong. The information, however, it will be seen by the later intelli- gence, there is reason to believe was errone- ous. *
 The Texian army were 25OO strong, at Victoria, under General Lamar, and the greatest spirit and unanimity prevailed among them. General Houston was at St. Augustine, and was anxiously looked for.- Santa Anna was at Columbus, under the charge of Mai. Patton he was to be sent to the vicinity of the Sabine, to be regularly of preserving his life, provided the Mexicans made no further incursions into Texas.
 Capt. Lewis himself was one of the officers ofa company that had Santa Anna, Cos, and Almonte in charge for several weeks. He had frequent and free conversations with each of them. Santa Anna, he describes as very fine looking man-unable to speak English with any degree of fluency-and in very low spirits, conscious that his life will be taken the moment his countrymen re-march upon his captors. Cos expects death, and is
 prepared to meet his fate with some degree of tortitude. Almonte is polished man converses very luently in English, and is
 raIner favorite than otherwise with the ar
 ny, as ne never committed any direct act of
 a.Ioclty, Dut merely acted like hundreds of others Tn the service of Santa Anna
 The crops throughout Texas are verv Dundant-much more so than could have
 been expected, as little attention was maid to
 them. The army was fully provided with
 provisions and it was believed that little snf.
 fering would be experienced on this score.
 should the Mexicans march against them.-
 Recruits were constantly pouring in. I Capt. Lewis believes that an army of even I l5.OOO5 Mexicans could not conquer Texas 9ganst one-fourth the number of Americans l The MexlcanS are miserable troops, and {. moreover, disheartened by their terrible de.
 feat at San Jacinto. It is certain that the In.
 dians are disposed to join the Mexicans. The principal and ruling tribe, and who are at the same time the most numerous. are the Chero.
 kees, who count 2OOO warriors, which. with the smaller tribes, would make 4OOO-the whole of which are at the disposition ofa tai.
 ented chief r1anond Roxvlns +.e k:. l:.-... .. ~