Litchfield enquirer., 1837-11-09

General Hernandez takes up the line of march t0.morrow, as far as Musquito and VOlusia. for the purpose of securing the coun- try and bringing in all parties of Indians and Negroes that may be discovered. He will return in few days, when I will rive inc result of his expedition together with a,cor- rect description of Oseola. | '~A>@
 We have now in our Fort as prisoners, the following Chiefs Powell, Coa-haio, Philip, -coo-chy, (son to Philip,) Blue Snake, Euchee Billy, and Suscanuggee- se- veral minor Chiefs, with about 14O or l5O Indian warriors, squaws, and their children. I think the Indian spirit must now be damp ened, and that they cannot hold .out much longer.
 s @e OCTOBER 9. ~ N. B. Ten more warriors were captured this morning by Major Ashby. It appears that they came into Fort Peyton to inquire for Powell, when they were taken prisoners.
 An EIephGM belonging to a menagerie which had been exhibiting at. Wilmington, was recently taken across the Delaware river in steamboat and tied to a tree on the Jer- sey shore; the boat then went back for an- other load, but on it's return in the night, it was found that the elephant had broken his fastening, and was missing. It seems the an- imal swan the river, as the next morning he was. discovered in the woods of Brandy wine hundred" He was first seen by black boy, who was frightened almost to death, "and ran over the fields as if legion was be- hind him." A gang of Irishmen working on the rail road, being attracted by the cry, came to the spot, and after carefully survey ing the wonderful baste, undertook to capture him by laying hold of his snout, and leading him to a stable or shanty; but his majesty re- sisted their attempts for while. and then taught them better manners by some smart raps with his proboscis. Finding that he would neither be led or driven, it was de- termined to secure him where he was, and they went to work and impounded the astray by building fence around him.''
 Horrid aGair at Columbia, Penn.-On Mon- day of last week, MT. Benjamin Peart, re- spectable farmer, hearing noise in his pig. stye about II o'clock at night, went out to as- certain the cause ofthe noise. He perceived a negro helping himself to a couple of shoats, whose throats he had cut, and was.in the act of depositing them in bag. MT. Peart at once went forward to save his property, and secure the thief. Mir. r. caught the vil- lain, but in the struggle received thrust from knife in tho stomach and a continued cut quite across it before the instrument was withdrawn, and several other stabs in differ- ent parts of his person. aa
 Still he held on until exhausted with loss of blood, when he was forced to cry murder, and for help. He was heard by a man of the name of Cruzer, who kees tavern on the opposite side of the road to MT. Peart's, who coming to his assistance, the negro flcd.- Cruzer pursued and overlook him, but when in the act of taking hold of him, was felled by a backhanded stroke of the knife by the ne- gro, driven up to the hilt in the stomach.
 The supposed assassin was arrested tho next morning and committed. He is stout rough fellow, and named Hen Smith. Tho knife used, is shoemaker's knife ground dow, thin and sharp, and is well suited for the hand of tho assassin. Both of the indi- viduals stabbed, are in very low and .preca- rious situation, and their recovery is consid- cred extremely doubtful. Mir. Peart died at 4 o'clock the next morning.-N. Y. Express.
 Steamboat Boiler Collapsed.-As the steam ferry-boat Delaware, Capt. Downs. plying between Burr's Ferry, at the foot of Market street, in this city, and English's wharf at Camden, was departing from the latter wharf yesterday afternoon, about the hour of four, her boiler collapsed, killing the engineer, Mr. John Thorne, of Camden, and seriously injuring passenger by the name of Day.a bell hanger, belonging to this city. The en- gincer was thrown over board. and when found, about an hour afterwards, his arms were folded and his legs crossed, which is supposed to be the position in which he stood when the scalding element deprived him of life. MT. Day was thrown off the boat on the slip of the wharf, and so severely scala ed and bruised as not to be able to be brought to this city. There were several other pas sengcrs on board, none of whom were injur- ed with the exception of boy, who was thrown overheard by the concussion and in,- mediately restored through the agency of a boat. tt
 The boiler was torn from end to end, and the deck of the boat burst open above it, to- gethcr with the larboard wheel house. Tho causes for this accident arc not known, hut it is supposed that the engineer neglected to Q raise tho weight from the safety valve.
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 We understand that Mir. Southard will in few
 days resign his seat in the United States Senate and that Mir. Frelinghuysen is likely to take his puce.- Such m arrangement will only deprive the Senate of the services of one good man and secure those of anotherS-N. Y. Gazette.
 Wesleyan Unicersay at Riddlstown.-We learn from the Mildetown Sentinel, that this Institution now contains l35 students, viz; Seniors 30, Juniors 36, Sophomores 8, Freshmen 36. Besides the Presi dent, Rev. Dr. Fisk, it hastive Professors arda Tn- ,tor. The College Library consists of more than 5000 volumes The Philosophical and Chemical apparu- tns has been greatly enlarged wifhinthe last year, and is now very complete, especially the former
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