Litchfield enquirer., 1836-11-24
1 CensGs cf WiscOnsin.-The Miwaukie Advertiser
 gives the following as the official returns of inc cens"s htely taken of Wisconsin Territory

Brown, 2707
 Crawford, 854
 Des Mones, 6257
 Du Buque, 424
 Iowa, 52A
 Milwaukie, 2S92
 Total s2,22S west of the Mississippi, (Des Moines and Blu Buque) territory Those two counties comprise what is cal led the Black Hawk Purchase, and their population has been almost wholly made up within the last two years division of the Territory, by the Missssip-
 Cfreat Men as ,Uel Little haUe heir Oddites."- This rite remark was brought to mind not many days snce h by tnend, who was speaking of the Hon. Horl ace Everett one ot the Vermont Representatives in congress; This gentleman, who though not so much of speaker, is busy thinker, has somewhat sngu- lar way of aiding his mind in its labors. Soon after taKlng nus seat, he emptes the contents of his sand Dox upon sheet ot paper spread before him, and in apparently the deepest train of thought commences drawlng with his fingers the outlines of innumerabe the paper distributes the sand again into an unbroken snrface' .f and again he commences his unconscious to to bo uch m n, ana @ so os has this been an eeua- gentleman who mentioned 1t to us observedj that the pencil of the professed painter could scarcely excel in beauty or in correctness of delneation and attitude, any oraWlng thus produced on strange body, and by so strange an instrument. In this employment, however, Mr. Everett does not spend stess or nac- ye , n2uh but s fully aware of and acquainted with frequently offers few brief Observations which shows now concluslvely his mind has been intent on what was gong on before him.-Concord Freeman 7Ae right course.-We see-it stated in several ua- pers that the engineer of the British steamboat Royal Tar has been arrested and imprisoned at St. Johns, where he will be tried for his life for having caused the destruction 1.-the boat and the lives of several passen- gers through his criminal negligence. As he is to be tried in the British territories where the laws govern, we have no doubt he will meet the punishment due his crimes. The of the boat will also be held re- sponsible for employing him, when utterly incompe tent to discharge the duties required his hands, Had the accident occurred among us, after the usual newspaper regrets, the matter would have been drop- ped not worthy of further consideration, if those concerned had not been also furnished with the usual sterotyped certificate that no blame whatever could be attached to the officers and owners of the boat"
 POughkeepsie Eagle.
 Sctt soaped.-The Baltimore papers relate that Dutchman in that city, named Hans Lterich, while lifting barrel of soft soap the hoops slpt of, and Hans Literch, together with an old Dutch lady who was standing by, were soused head and ears in the unctuous contents of the barrel. ss .
 Anecdotes -Origiaal-An officer of the navy beingin company with an assembly of greenhorns, was show ing his importance by clustering and spinning tough yarns. Speaking fthe swiftness with which he had sailed upon the high seas he declared that he had pas sed so rapidly through the waves as to tear off the ships copper. A young sailor, who had been stand ing by incogno, upon hearing this speech, suddenly ,,arkod-"0, that's nothing worth speaking of have frequently sailed so fast that we were obliged to heave to, to cool the ship rudderirons, Mor. Post
 Prentices last--Melanoholy effects ef teauty.-Mr Blair of the Globe rdicules Judge Whites personaap pearance. The Telegraph, in return, gives descrp- ton of Blar's countenance. That paper says, that when Blair, few days ago, met lady in the street, the natural distortion of his face slocaed her shoulder
 letter supposed to have been lost, containing the sum of $21, ,OOO which mailed at New Orleans in June last, came to hand safely on Saturday It has been improperly sent to NewYo and in returning was doubtless thrown out of the way by the difficult ties with the Indians It is matter of relief not only tc Messrs. Sheffield & St. John, to whom the letter be longed, but to others upon whom suspicious might have rested that it has safely reached its destination 5-.- Mobile Register.
 Pardee Jones, the person who some weeks ago beat his wife and an Irishman with club in Straord. so as to cause their deaths redlast week before tho Superior Court in Danbury, and convicted of man. slaughter He has been sentenced to the State Pris- | on for 20 years.-Bridgeport Farmer.
 Governor Vroom of New Jersey, having sgnifed his wish to retain no longer the office of Governor, the Hon. Philemon Dckerson of Patterson now mem Der of Congress- has been chosen by the Legislature to succeed him. Upwards of three hundred mechanics, citizens ant laborers arrived at New Orleans on the 18th ut iron the North They will no doubt do well, for the de mand for laborers was very great, and wages high The New Orleans True American of the 18th states that inferior carpenters have been receiving through the summer $4 and $4 50 per day, and first rate brick layers often commanded $5.
 | SChooner Epe,ing EdihOn.-Capt. Rees, ot the brlg Amadillo, from Mogadore, states that the schooner 1 Evening Edition, formerly owned by this establish ment, has been presented by the Portuguese govern | ment to the Emperor of Morocco. If the history o this craft could all be told it would be sufficiently ad venturous Although but 90 tons burthenshe has wis l ited South America, Asia, and Afnca-has been en gagged ill collecting ship news and slaves-has been run as an Express 4OO0 miles in single voyage, and been run away with by insurgents, their hands yet reeking with human blood-has assuccessvely borne the
 flags of three different nations, Protestant, Catholic and Mahommedan, in three different quarters of the woyld-has been owned by an Editor, King and an Emperor-and yet is young enough to go through as many more adventures as she bas hitherto expenen- ced-Journdl of Com.
 College Students.-The number of graduates the present year in the Colleges North of Pennsylvania, IS 57s; being g more than the number last year. The largest class of graduates was at Yale College New