Litchfield enquirer., 1837-05-18

aging each other to endure to the end-hoId. ing the lights high up-Hancocks responding to Henrys and Henrys to Hancocks-the House of Burgesses to Faneuil Hall and Fan euil Hall to the House of Burgesses-When saw old Massachusetts again, when we were thrown back on those same fundamen- tai, dear and sacred principles on which ever heretofore been united, reaching out her arms and appealing, calling again affec- tionately and touchingly, Virginia! Virgin ia Virginia - wept. Old VirgisiG ao0S not there |: Mere acGS nO reSponSe-IS the elder sister of Massachusetts deGd-nO more ?-Oh God! iS Virginia no more ?-I can't believe it--I am not willing to believe it. She shall rise yet from her lethargy, she shall redeem herself. She shall be herselfagain
 Anachments.- Boston failures are an- nounced in the morning-here in the after noon. There, the first thing you hear is that all the property ofthe bankrupts is trans ferred to the hands of assignees. Here the only event is, that their notes for the day, or some them, remain unpaid in the banks The difference results from the different laws which prevail in the two cities. Here prop- erty can only be seized after a claim has been established in court-there it may be SC1LCu dS LuC NCIy IlISL uCL. ICO III Connecticut The first thing debtor knows in Boston is, that forty writs against him fill the sheriff's pocket, each to be satisfied in full, according to the successive minutes of their chronological order. The lucky num- Der one, of course urges his suit to maturity with all possible speed, and sells the proper ty which he has grasped, at any possible sac rifice, caring for nothing if only there is enough to pay his debt. Iftherefore, mer. chant has reason to fear that he shall not be able to meet the engagements of the coming day, the only way he has to secure any de- cency at his mercantile funeral is to take time by the forelock, and transfer himself, the night before hand, to the care of his friends The small traders, whose liabilities to a con- amount stand on the books of their creditors, are often obliged to make assign ments from fear of attachment, when they do not consider themselves bankrupt in proper ty. Creditors, too, often seize upon the prop erty of their debtors more from fear that oth- CTS will go before them, than from distrust of the ability of their debtors. The assign ments made ill such haste are often made in- ed; and they are sometimes made from fear of inability to get through day, when ifonly the s1saGsifpent could be made, it would sG Beast, be successful, and no fail NandsS But in our state if the mer- v ssU sillce, st the engagements of the
 oilse inwhicfl tor possibly no publicity
 bored, and W0rtbfact and he can try again
 riDte.; Onbeinke cannot succeed, he then
 the note had beOut himself coolly, consult tiaa, he 11anklstet an extension on his lia- Fyany other disposition of his ~ b1s1el lEh may be thought best, and so in general the best is made of every thing. The Massachusetts system makes great cost from the outset; ours makes none. That increas- es the terrors of panic immensely; ours allays apprehension. We have seen the workings of both, and we wonder that sys- tenn so illiberal, so injurious to all parties, so odious in every point of view, should be per- mitted to remain in force among people so enligtened as the citizens of Massachusetts They have generally too. poor an opinion of the laws of New York.-Jour of Com.
 Abduction at Cincinnati.--A young lady named Allen, of respectable character and connections, on her return from a singing school, was met in the street by an unknown individual, who 1t seems had previously in- quired for her at her residence and been told where she was, with pretended message that her brother was alarmingly ill, and desired to see her immediately. She followed the stranger, who conducted her to mean and isolated dwelling, where, after her entrance, she was shut up and detained in dark room several days, undergoing most brutal and re- volting treatment from the unknown ruffian who had entrapped her.
 One evening, however, the door being left open, (perhaps by design,) she effected her escape, got home, and told her story. Great indignation was excited, and one or two ar- rests were made, but the parties were dis charged for want of proof.
 We learn from the Cincinnati Republican, that on the 25th ult. further investigations were instituted, which resulted in the second arrest of man named Moffit, who had pre- viously been discharged. He was recogni- zed by Mrs. King as the man who had inqui- red for Miss Allen on the evening of the ab- duction, and had gone to meet her. A man named Lazarus was also committed. Two persons named Levi, were released on bail, but were afterwards discharged from their recognlZances, nothing appearing against them. postscript to the Republican states,
 that at eight o'clock in the evening of the 25th
 ult., the popular excitement was rising to a fearful pitch. At the time that paper went to press, nearly four thousand persons had as- sembled in Main street, when R. T. Lytle was addressing them, and imploring them to disperse quietly and retire. The military were ordered out, and under arms, to main- tain the peace of the city.
 Ihe Abduction Case-The abduction case at Cincinnati, whose horrible details have been published far and wide, and excited so much sympathy towards the imagined inno- cent sufferer, and so much virtuous indigna- tion against the presumed perpetrators turns out to be a mere humbug. The evidence was direct as to the criminality of the young