Litchfield enquirer., 1837-01-26
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when they were to meet at. the new city of Houston, near Galveston Bay. Col. Austin died at Columbia on the 20th tlt. The army is encamped near La BexaF. Gen. Houston, being aware of the intentions of the Mexi- cans, has gone down to review his army, and give them a warm reception.
 Several passengers came up from Texas yesterday, for the purpose ofpurchasing lum- Der, &c. to build houses in the new city of Houston. The TeXians would do we'll enough, if the Mexicans would not trouble them.
 There are at this time ten vessels loading with provisions and merchandise for Texas. The Ex-President of Texas, D. G. Burnet, Esq. arrived here to-day. The Texians only require the presence of Santa Anna in Mexi- co, and to be admitted us State into the Union. '
 From the Baulgor Whig S Courier, of Jan IT, ! Great Fire 0t S. Johns-We learn from MT. Packard, just from St. Johns, that on Sat- urday evening last, at 9 o'clock, very de- structive fire broke out in that city, which, before it could be arrested, consumed about, cue hundred and .ftieen buildings, situated on South Market Wharf, on Water and Prince William streets. Every building OH the wharf, and nearly all in Water and Prince William streets, are included in the loss An immense quantity of goods were also destroy ed, among which were about 1900 barrels of flour. A large number of families by this calamity, are rendered houseless. The fire burnt with great violence for the period of nine hours. Loss estimated at TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. The weather was extremely 1 cold, and the engines out of order. Conse-' quently, but little could be done to stop the progress of the flames, until the fairest por-' l ton of the city was in ruins. The shipping, at the wharves was removed, though some. what injured. The agent of the Hartford Etna Insurance Office, stated to our inform- ant at three o'clock on Sunday morning, that buildings to the amount of $60,000, insured | by him, had then been destroyed, after which all Market Wharf was burnt One building only stands in the region over which the fire swept in its course. ,. ...- In Character.-During the Expunging de- bate in the Senate on Monday evening last, MT. Van Buren was among the absentees.-% Mir. King, of Alabama, was where MT. Van Buren should have been-flling the chair of the President of the Senate. MT. Van Buren no doubt was where he always is when there is danger-tied to the skirts of General Jack sons coat. "Get behind me-get behind me, Mir. Van Buren," is still the cry of the tather- ly Executive. Mir. Van Buren obeys, and therefore seldom or never gets so much as a scratching in the war of debate. The Gener- al will soon forsake his offspring, and Mir. Van Buren will be out of his teens. What then will become of the successor !-Courier.
 Murder at Tallahassee.-J. D. IIuguenin, armed with pistol, went into the store of R. s. Miller, at Tallahassee, and asked him if he had called him a rascal es he had been told. Mir. Miller replied that he had, whca Hugue- min shot him instantly dead. They had pre-, viously had quarrel. Miller has left sever- al children. Huguenin was committed to prison and great excitement existed in Talla- hassee. *s .... .....
 Steam Boat Burned-By an extract of q letter dated Apalachicola, Dec. 29th, we learn that the steam boat Reindeer, from Colum- bus, for St. Joseph, while lying at one of tho wharves at Apalachicola, took fire on the night of. the 26th, and both boat and cargo consisting of 564 bales of cotton were totally destroyed. The flames communicated to O. other bales which had been landed from the Free Trader, and they too were consumed.
 Stubborn Facts for those icho drink Rum, sely it, or buy t for others.-A Jury was summon ed last Friday, by Zenas Briggs, Coroner. to. inquire into the cause of the death of Mir. A.. mos Merrill, IT, who was found dead in tho road, about half a mile from his house, in New Gloucester, last Tuesday night or We'd nesday. It seems from the facts developed before the Jury, that the deceased had been a day or twp from home engaged i6 break ing roads and drinking near SS0bath day Pond, in New Gloucester. Having been for some time quite intoxicated he was urged by some of his neighbors to go home. The store- keeper Mir. Asa w. Goysen, much to his cre- dit on this occasion, denied him. although he had the miserable murderous stuff on tap.- But it seems the unfortunate Merrill had friend who was kindly disposed to furnish him with deadly poison. He did so. Be- ing apparently in rather better standing than Merrill, the deceased, he procured jug and quart of rum, and after guzzling down por- ton of it himself, (pi,y he hadn't swallowed the whole of it,) he gave it to Merrill. who started for home. The miserable man got part way, drank-sat down in the snow drank again-and died! The body, frozen and lifeless, was found in sitting posture, nearly buried in snow, one mitten of, proba- i bly the better to handle the jug, and the jug beside the body almost drained of its con- tents, about half pint cf the liquid poison remaining in it. How poignant and cutting the reflections of this man must be who pro- cured the rum, unless his conscience is scar ed as hard as his throat must be-! "Cursed is he who puts the cup to his neighbor's mouth" What better is this man than murderer! with his eyes wide open to the consequences, he purchased the killing drug -gave it to his already intoxicated neighbor: his neighbor took it, drank ofit-sat down m the snow-drank again-and died!
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