Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-08-04

nlst an was attacked On tlnt evening wit4n quar-
ded-nany ko1ses killed. Capl Abb, &c Sc "a U.
;. Dneoons, severely wounded thEcNgh the neek-y
through the thigh. On hearing Ire ing al The dispO-
sable force within the work at MicanOpy moved out
e he support Of the escort Other results the loss
the two posts, and many Of those reported for duty"
were IN feeble and debilitated state. ~ sos ~
SINCE writing the above, accounts have been recei-
Yea, tnat the Indian force was 2OO-tkat the escort
consisted Ct 20 men. under command ofCapt, Ashby,
q me " 8 Dragons, having howitzer and that the
.n1lans we5e deteated-SeveTal ct our men were NOR
De-, 81 e.. ---~leati sal. .,nisiieq
lhere Is painful fact stated in the st. Augustine
Herald According to that account, Lieutenant
MneelCck' who distinguished hiniselfin the battle in
IMMcn Coi. Helman behaved 20 Handsomely, died by
nus own hand; having in delirinm produced by &c.
| pistol.
81 Authorship Of WashiRgton's Faresrel Address,
The question is set at rest letter from The ven
cradle John Jay, published in thssecond volume Of
his Le.s Mr. Jay relates tile following circumstance
after having asserted Washington's right general
grounds -, 4ui>i- p, sfdsi4 sgbt ] ~ g
.Some time before the address appeared, Colonel
afterwards GeneraD Hamilton informed me that he
had received q note from President Washington, and
President had prepared and on which he requested
our opinion He then proposed that we should fix on
day for an interview at my house on the subject: A
Hay @ e
this effect after having read and examined the
proyenIentthat be thought the easiest anbest way
was to leave the draft untouched and in its fair
state and to write the whole over with such amend
ments alterations and corrections as he thought were
advisable and that he had done 80. He then propo.
sed to read it, and to make the subject Of our cons
eratl S being agreed To- he read IT, and pro-
graph by paragraph, until the whole met with our nu
t9al appreciation some amendments were made du-
ring the interview, bnt none Of much Importance. Al
tnouga this business had not been hastily despached
gested the giving It further critical examination
but he declined it. saying he was pressed for tme and
without delay 1t afterwards occurred to me, thata
certain proposition was expressed m terms general
and unqualified and limited il in aletter TO the Pres
ident. ,a@tH r. @.a. q f.T6 81 /. Il 81 -,
As the business took the course above mentioned,
recurrence 70 the draft was unnecessary, and il
was not read There was This sdyantage il the
Gas deicacy requred FAIR and not obscursd BY inter
with it. be would Immediately observe he particular
would find them standing in their Intended Places
Renee ne was enabled to review and TO decide on the
whole matter, with much greater ceamess and facil-
tached notes and with detailed references % The pages
and INES where they We're advised to be introduced"
The Washington Globe says. itappears to be forgot
ten thatthe houflt6 mako its disburse-
mens IN specie, or notes commanding specie at the
place Of disbursement. On this ife Journal Of Com
at seems that the Globe and the government have
yet TO learn that i is customary 70 pay cash at al
We ought 70 put the gentleman right at Washington
on ont tins subject i known then that every cbga-
York, or at Bank in any other city or State in
these United States is Absolutely payable in specie,
g paid its because the creditor prefer: not % ie e.
That will be, and hasbeen the case with government
payments. They will be no more payable in specie
pote e Bank 3 % man S &C.
not General Jackson whenl salary is paid order up
the bags Of precious metalstO the white house Be
once that the despsed rags are more convenient for
his use than the eloozed specie So it is with all our
specie leaisators They talk ofthe gles 6f gold. but
nor their own the convenience
r. Mr. buchanan will furnish us with . copy Of his
against MADIsoN we will publish il. 9i.,7 i5,i1
And vet Van Buren, in tho tine legal style has offer
ed to appoint Buchanan his successor Il ne win secure
s 70 Kvss Will re We s ana S cSS,
they will come to the old Of the Magician. He Is in
pr %s sy S e. g sssS s mater what the
Aaother Siga-The Carlisle Republican declares
for freedom in the following manner. n s;l,8l
We have thrown of the collar Of degrading party
worse than Egyptian darkness although We ptll
profess TO Be Desocrae we swear never again to be
slave The people and the press hsve TOO long been
in state of vassalage to party leades-to dishonest
demagogues who profess o. love- merely to daPe eDd
o = l'nssHA'AA - A ses6SG
The end Of an Afhsist,-Joseph A. Mapcel, sgsd4s.
native ct Austria, wasfound dead on Thursday eve
was forced, and the deceased was found sitting
chair IN the room dead, his head partly blown away,
and pistol, which had evidently been recently fred,
he bad frequently declared bis intention Of killing him;
set-that he kept a loaded pistol, and that he had
written to his family that he should blow out his brains
about the time the letter shoud reach them" A.
and English, tinged strongly with in6aeEy but dis
playing marks Of intellect He had written in one Of
the nlahnscrpts thus - Having noticed the Coro-
ners jury find very often verdict Of insanity against
man less strongly attached 70 wretched life than
IN their opinion he ought to have been, l. unable to
write like Moses and some others after DEATH intend
to be before hand with those gentlemen, declaring
them tirstrate fools they should pronounce mad;
their kindness reserves for friends only. Beside, the
real worth Of juEys VERDICT even in capitol cNse,
has very cleasiy shown. - Iiiadelnlia paEer4 4 :
SM Cs.lhsre.-Mr. Du Buchet, Frenchman, has
commenced this business at New-Haven. He has a
e, sgs two sGsy building in ss part Of the c
the mulberry attached. He has raised about twonlil-
ons Of coeoons this SEASON and has the most approx
ed and best machinery for winding and reeing the
the mulberry. Mr.. Du Bichet reconmends the forna.
sivsly We hopethe plan will saLe = BridSYorf Fsr.