Litchfield enquirer., 1836-10-20

for seeding the gcldwatch of the laiy from her necs Webb@id he did it from feelings of pmn humanity. Mss Smith, from having saksn inogEsat doss of gin ding was taken with fit in tie stsset and wst the speesGtos were endeav6Fihg her. their neas did not permit them t6 ses the cause, but MT Webb, with peculiar sharp iehtedness saw it was black ribbon around her neck with, ss he thought commendabe good nature, he stepped forth and cut the string to which was attached aeOd watch. which he put m his pocket and went of thinking yirtlous action always claimsi tits owireward Mfr. Webb was sent to prisOn.--N. Y 4SiaF. s3 4tsas at 'ss3rroE
 The body of the young Englshman, who was drowned in New-York hafbor by jumping overheard, l after having robbed female. Mrs. Chase, of her trunk. has been recovered the money taken from the trunk was fonnd in his pocket. ,t f CHNning.-A short time since High Constable Hays went to search house, where a man, had been rob bedpfa @lOO bill. Aftsra asEict searchhe was about to leave the premises without success when he sud. denly turned to the dd and giy- ing her his hand, wished hsr good bye. In co doing the crafty officer dfev tailor thmble from her fin. ger, in which was Kislss, the ieat;cal aOte This
 worthy fricsoliary has obtained such aknowledgeo of human nature in colsequence of long practice, that he is almost omniscient.
 We learn that the President has ordered Court of
 Inquiry, to consist of Major General Macomb, a Pre- sdent; Brgader Generals Brady and Atkinson, merii- bess; and Captain Samuel Cooper, as Judge Advo- cate and Recorder; to be held Ut Frederick, Nary ldnd as soon as the state of the service will permit whic the President of the Board win be the J,ire, to investigate the causes of the faure Of the campaign in Florida under General Scott and General Gaines and of the delay in prosecuting the campaign against l tha Tn1s 1nh. politan. j1-8 v ssss' ,' t-1,t 1t Disress;ng Epent. We learn from the Wheeling Gazette of the 18th ultimo that when the steamboat Home, with the President ef the U. States on hoard, touched at Portsmouth Ohio salute was to be fired. By same unforeseen ,cnnse the cannon was discharg. ed prennatureyy and the most shocking consequences followed; four persons were iastantaheoady killed, and two severely wounded-so tnacl ao that there is little hope of their recovery. tfass q 'ts t'ltisA
 Marriage see in the New Hampshire papers a marriage announced between MI. Benjiaimn Bean. aged 77, and Miss Jane Clark. aged g. The dispari-
 y of years is nothing, but the lady repudiated the Shakers and abandoned ceibacy. for spcha piece of frail mortality as 77. {, 4 Eisfsel i3t5 | A SIsN-The state convention of the Whg young men of Ohio at Columbus, Sept 20th, announced to I near 3,OO0 delegates! g 3sbasgS1g aB3iii h@igJ | 8 They are GIone.--An account of a sudden death of little girl in New York, thus con- cludes: "This little girl was the last of the parents fanlily-they are alOne." aQ al
 Will those who read the above lines, pause l a moment and reflect upon their import [ 1 Where once was heard the sound sof childish mirth, the joyous life or the thoughtiess pratt I tie, there is now a mournfilt stiffness. The parents whose labors to maintain U family were frightened by the reflection that their own children shared the produce Of fheir.lag boT, have no such reward for their toii moth. ing to tighten the severity of their labor. A the mornings sacrifice, at the tables bles- sings, af evenings prayer, they look around upon the unwonted solitude, and sinite their breast with renewed anglishs for z they are alonev iSi tUJ a 7a .tasga3te yIaeg7, iti In sickness, who shall watch their feverish frames and minister to their thousand wants? | Who shall hold the anguished heady or bathe the feverish brow! They shall have none upon whom to call, for 4 ihey are .aJcne.r 3q1ss | Death comes with double pain-there are none to receive the dying blessing to perpetuate the name and exercise the cher ished virtues-no child to close the dimming eye, or to give dignity to death by natural l tears. they are alonc.v a4a ss2@a.t tg5
 
 safed in children! Truly do they Sise cup like olive branches, at once the source of honorable pride and the emblem of domestic peace.--U, S. GGzette. elga ~ h.s9r %3 1ssS J Eeomstyesses of Nesp- Yo,k.--One of the most delightful sights in this city, both Aat morn and dewy eve" is to see the troops of young, pretty, and cheerful girls, o(f0r cheer- fulness always gives charm and grace to the features, even when nature has denfed them regularity and beauty9 hastening to. and returning from, their daily toil. Not that we would be supposed to insinuate that beauty is at all rare among this exemplary and industrious class of the community, as we devoutly believe that they are.as haud- some as they are assiduous that their eyes are as bright and as piercing as their need les; and that their feet could move as lightly and nimhly in the danna. sif sl,sir . .sca,isIis permitted such a reIaxation,) as their busy | fingers move over their daily toiI. They are always neatly dressed, and hasten onEaheir way. iua the morning, as if anxious to com naenCe their york and in the evening. as if equally impatient to return to their homes {; no loiierine, no listless indOleBce in their pace; but alIording, by their g1it,a q fine H. lustraai0m of the indomitable eneEGyamd per. seveFencc of our people. Is itnOf lamentasI ble to think, that during the weary hours that intervene between their routgulng and ihcom- ing, they should scarcely have earned s,ifIi., ciency 1or their daily bread q that the fairest flowers ofthe community should be condem.' ned to the sternest iabolrs that ahe weaker vessels should have the most onerous bur. thens imposed upon them [ and iInt their i;Som ehnaslA hA aT,rnf- in incA&sanf axnysfns,a