Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-05-19

since, the Merchants Bank at Pros idpnce,
IL. !. was broken into and robbed Of an tnur-
nous amount "f money. Information &c the
n"rSlary was transmitted to All The police nI-
hceFs throughout The Union. and d rev ard of
zen Thousand !'Ilars offered for The recovery
:" me property. This great reward natural
" SharP"ned the wits 0f our city noIire off,
GERS, and the " hole hive was sonn IN ,rnt;onn
Huntington and Benjamin llays. VIII, s.bcr-
ally work without humming, silently co,n-
mrncrd nprrail"ns, and soon succeeded h,
obtaining inflammation which ultimately led
to the recovery Of the stolen money. Hunt
ingtOn, through . correspondent, learn, that a
man by the name of Deli alias Laydlav whu
carried on the trade nf a carpenter in Provi
drnce. had. without communicating his inten
ton To amy one. left The town suddenly, and
had come on TO Npw-Y"rk. On inquiry.
Huntington found that he came in the steam
boat Franklin, bringing with him three boxes.
In order 10 ascertain where those three boxes
had been carried. he caused am advertisement
to be inserted 10 the Courier and Enquirer,
calling nPon the cartmtn who conveyed IN. M
| away from tire steam boat to give information
at a grocery store in Mulberry street. 'rhr
advertisement had the desired effect. 'The
cartman came to the place directed, and gave
Information where he had conveyed the box
! es. From thence Huntington and BENJAMIN
Hays, TO whnm he had cnnlidpd the secret.
traced them until they found that they were.
| at Harlem, in possession Of Bell, their owner,
" hO had taken house and began furnishing
it in style. They obtained warrant for his
arrest. and by means Of Those devices fur
which our Police are so famous. they contriv-
ed to worm from him the secret If the rob.
! berry, in which others were implicated: and
with much difficulty collected the stolr,, mon
ey from the different places where il had been
deposited. The arrest of Bell took place on
Saturday evening, and by Monday the mon.
| ey was 10 possession ofthe vigilant and enter
| prising officers, who immediately wrote to
! the President and Cashier "f the Merchants
| Bank at Providence. appris;ug them of the
recovery Of the stolen money. and requesting
1 them to come ON to New York and receive il.
OF course these gentlemen were not slow in
obeying the invitation; and yesterday, the
sum Of one hundred and sirty eight thousand,
three hundred and ten dollars and eightv-niae
cents, were safely placed in their possession !;
and as reward for their vigilance and success.
| the officers received ten thousand dollars.
/ This is the second reward Of ten ihousa nd
| dollars that Hays and Huntington had receiv-
&c within few months. The first, was for
the recovery Of the money stolen from the
Bank of Darien, Savannah.-N. Y. Courier.
Professor Sllim0n on Alcoholic Drinks
Professor Silliman. Of Yale College. in a let.
ter to DIR. Edwards, dated Boston, March 10,
1886, gives the following as 10 the effect Of
Alcoholic stimulus v,,t Is
Dear Sir AT about forty three years Of
age | suffered an almost entire prostrAiiOn vt
health in consequence Of excessive latOrs, and
affection, for the sickness and death Of s.ve
al Of my children. During several years. in
which | was sinking. l tried in vain, under
medical direction, the most approved forms
OF stimulus. joined with the most nutritious
and varied diet. When. at length. my powers
were almost broken down. I was persuaded
by friend. to abandon the use Of wine, and
every other alcoholic stimulus, and To de-
pend upon a small quantity Of bread. crackers;
rice, sn6 a little animal muscle, or other sim
pie kinds Of fOod. with wafer. milk, or either
mild diluent drinks, omitting every thing that
contains alcohol Within "A few weeks my
health began to mend. and. at the end Of one
year. was able to return to arduOus duties
demanding constant employment to both body
and mind. My frame. naturally vigorous and
elastic, gradually recovered its tone, and now,
thirteen years after the periOd Of my greatest
oppression, I am able, upona simple but c"m-
I mon diet, consisting Of the most useful arii.
Giles vi food, taken without any use Of alcO-
holic stimulus, to perform CONSTANT labor in
my profession. with much public speaking.
and sustain no incoBy enieRce. except the "a :
tigUe which sleep removes, as ia the case Of
other healthy persons. was. from child
hood. cODstitutiOnaily prone 10 bleeding ut
the nose, and sometimes 10 an alarming de-
gree. After the recovery Of my health. al
lowed myself to use. with much moderation.
the best bottled cider at dinner Onfu After
abstaining from il for few weeks. on a long
journey, tbecause cider Of good quality
could not be obtained at the iaverns.) my
nose breeding ceased. and with il the yerlig0s,
and coDfusrd and uncomfortable feelings vi
the head and nerves, by which had Frequent
~ been troubled. Thinking that cider might
have been concerned 10 causing these effects.
] have never returned to its use, and for near
~ three years, since | omitted cider. have
mo- serious recurrence &c these affections. p
r. s. In two or three gases within my
knowledge. DOse- bleeding has ceased by the
omission Of cider. In one Of these the bleed
ing was excessive and dangerous. The iDdi-
vidual last referred to is a very athletic man,
Offal! habit and sanguine temperament.
Ig}aH 7tsg- sssE9@ sfB ----.- {4S ,0if sea- eft.
! Youth, beauty and genn-
inc accomplishments stand 10 no need o: the
mistaken weapon Irritation, TO achieve their
highest conquest; il they resort TO u, we
may be assured there is a consciousness Of
! want Of desert, or vanity which must poi
SON all true enjoyment. Let the young,
the lovely and the gifted. therefore adhere
to the nature which made them what they
are and leave Irritation 10 those who fam
cy thew cannot provoke attention without