Litchfield enquirer., 1836-09-22

 of the fight but few moments only inter } vened, when Garrett saw the noble f0reigne ! fall from his horse, mortally wounded. MT Garrett informed us that his mother attainet
 the extraordinary age of 12O years, ana m
 grandmother 1l5.-ChGrlestOB Courier.
 NeaO- York, Sept. l6
 Death of Col. Burr.-This extraordlna,Ey ,:
 individual died on Tuesday afternoon e ~ stao
 Richmond House, Mesereau's Ferry S;s a~e ten Island in the eighty first year ol nIs A9 g. C-I p,'.r hos heen confined to his room TOT inc lost year. but has enjoyed unco.Ll'n.l 1:n f;na Sn;r;ts and was able not only to ulS-
 co,,rsa ,,,;th his friends but to arrange ms pa- l rers for publication. Few men nave maoe u
 more conspicuous figure in Amerlcan history.
 He was born 9th Feb. 1100, Jolned the Amer- ican army under Gen. Wasnington, 'nen De- 1 fore Cambridge, as volunteer, in August 1775. He marched from Penobscot with Gen, Arnold, through the wilderness to Quebec, one of the most fatiguing marches ever re- corded. The sufferings endured by this band of American troops has hardly parallel.- He was aid to General Montgomery, on the ever memorable night of the Slst December, l775, when the assault was made on the city of Quebec, and at which this distinguished off, Ger fell. After serving with fidelity and hon. or in the campaign of Canada, he returned to New York and entered the family of Gen. Washington, at his (Gen. W's.) request. He was soon appointed Aid to Gen. Putnam, and fought bravely in the battle of Long Island. after which he was made Colonel in l777, and remained in the Army and was con- spicuous officer in the battles of New Jersey. In 179O he retired in consequence of i'll health, arising out of his fatigues at the battle of Mon- mouth. As soon as Peace was declared, he was appointed a Judge the Supreme Court of this State, which honor he declined. He served as Attorney General until he was chosen United States Senator, which he held from l793 to 1799. In 1901 he was chosen Vice President, which term expired in lSO5 The 10th of July 1904, he killed Gen Hamil- ton in duel, which put final end to his po- litical career, and in fact drove him from his country He then engaged in the celebrated Burr's expedition destined to Mexico-was taken, tried and acquitted at Richmond in 1907. He soon leftthe country, and returned in about 1911, and commenced his profession as Counsellor at Law. He has been engaged in number of important cases which have reached our highest Courts.
 Within the last few years he has enjoyed an annuity of about fourteen hundred dol lars and pension of six ht,ndred,S in all a. bout two thousand, so that he has been com fortable in his circumstances. We are hap py to learn that he has left all his valuable papers to the care of Matthew l.. Davis, Esq. A more competent individual could not be found, and he has now one volume of his life ready for the press.-N. Y. Adv.
 Death bed of Aaron Bu,r-Aaron Burr di- ed christian, in the full hope of the nercies of his Saviour and Creator, and at peace with himself and all the world. His life has been kHr> finally, by the operation of its own exhaus- ton, quietly flickered out. Yesterday norn- ing, finding himself near the end of his earth ly journey, and approaching " that bourne from whence no traveller returns, 1" he reques- ted that a minister might be sent for, and the last solemn religious rites, ere he entered in presence of his God, be duly performed.- The minister asked him if he knew that he was rapidly approaching his end, when he quietly answered that he did. He then ask ed him if he felt persuaded that he could be saved only through the merits of the Redeem CT, to which he erphatically gave assent.- Prayers were then offered to the throne of grace, in which he appeared to take deep and heart-feeling interest, and his soul soon winged it's flight to that heaven of hope and happiness swhere the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest" Previ- ous to his death he was asked where he wish ed to be buried, when he answered in the sepulchre of his ancestors" His remains will consequently be conveyed to his native town, where his Fathers, in a long honored line repose. Times.
 AHigators.-We learn that an Alligator, about three feet long, was caught on Sunday last in the fields near the mouth of Saugatuck river. There appears to be no clue as to how he got there-how he withstood the cold of last winter-whether there are others in the swamp near by, &c. &c. When discovered he was on the point of seizing chicken, which stood before him charm ed. as it is said, and ready to be swallowed without an effort at Yesistancc to escape. A stone thrown by a bystandeY dissolved the charm, and the wily reptile was sso@ed so death, and his skin taken f6x preservation, N61SN&k 9Ss,
 Merico.-By the arrival 0f G&e Se4R, Lady Hope, in seven days from Ta2STSG6S we EAQsR that the Mexican republic is ftl ff1gbsftARAy convulsed state. The intelligence feceay6A at Tampico previous to the selling Sf a46 sS&f, was of a most paipful nature, rl0taAg, tfSs6H' cry and strife being the order 6f g6 dry j party pitted against party and &ll IA 0rsH hostility throughout this distracted I8f2d.. Nc battle of note, since that Of Etla, has BeAh fought, in which 1t will be remembered, Gi6 conSelt"saon.issts sera WCrsted tl4ex Afe E2Dff, 1t appears, dispirited or broken By tH6if d6s feat-on the contrary, they are encouraged by the accession of numbers t0 their ranks, and the rapid extension of their principles Ifthis is correct, the overthrow 6f tb6 fr6S69l government is the likely result, but 1t Will fl6t be effected without much destruction 6fli The troons nt Tnr1nico nre dril16d isv fIaA