Litchfield enquirer., 1837-08-03

''As eN""islOn urOugh portions of Monroe Gennesee Livingston and Steuben counties he found the wheat and potatoe crops in admirable condition Corn looks less promising, owing to the rain and cold, which the present hot clear weather will soon remedy One field of wheat near Rochester promises yield of 2355 bushels.
 A HandsOne Man.-The editor of the Newbure Journal is said to be handsome that he is forced to carry a club to keep the women off!
 Scarcity cf fIr0Uelers.-Ar remarkable illustration oi the paucity of travellers the present summer occurred yesterday at one of our principal hotels. Only eight persons sat down to dinner at table which orlinari- y enterains two hundred this season of the year.
 Philadelphia HerGId.
 The erpent-Tongued Infant" which we pub- lshed the other day, is declared by the Post-Maser in that town, to be miserable hoax. x."-Nortkamp- ton Courier
 ' Broom corn," now cultivated to so profitable an extent m this country, owes it's cultivation to Frank ms acute mind. lady in Philadelphia held an imported clothes whisk in her hand and whilst ex- amlning it as novelty, he found single grain still attached 10 the stak this he planted and large and increasing article of usefulness has been thus perpet uated in the United States
 A bold Mief-During the forenoon of Wednesday. fellow called at the stables where the menagerie horses were kept and told the oeer he had been sen. by Mr. Purdy for one of them He led it short dis. tance when he went back, remarking that the horse was not good enough, and asked for better one. A better one-the very best in the stable-was accord ngiy given him, when he made off with it without ex cng the least suspcion and has not since been heard from-Rochester Democrot.
 Me'onchoty Accident.-We are pained to record the death by drowning, on Saturday the 4h ult at Greene VIlage Of the Rev. MT. Foote, son of Amasa Foote Esq Of smyrna, and recent graduate of the Auburn Theological Seminary. MT. F. had but just arrived at Greene, upon visit to the Rev. Mr. Raymond the Presbyterian Clergyman of that place, who was his ciassmate tn college, and for whom he intended to preach the next day. After taking tea together. the two friends went out into the river to bathe, when Mr. Foote being an indifferent swimmer, was drawn over nit in the stream, into very deep water and before any asslstance could be rendered, was drowned
 ChenangO Ieegroph.
 Ihe Dime.-A friend showed us on Saturdav a ,en cent piece of the new coinage it is smaller in cir conference than those formerly emitted. On the side are the words dime, encircled with wreath on the other is finely cut figure of lberty-not the old head and trunk, that once looked so flarng out from our coin-but neat, tidy, female figure sufH- ciently dressed, holding in one hand staf surmoun ed with liberty cap the other hand sustans shield, inscribed with the word LIBERTY The figure IS Tn sitting posture, and resembles, generally, the representation of Britannia on the English coins
 v. s. Gasette.
 S"'c'de-We learn from the Louisville (Ky) City Gazette, that Job Stevenson Esq: man of wealth, strict member of the Methodist Church, and many years in the Legislature from Scott County. commit ted suicide few days since, by hanging himself in his bed chamber. No cause could be imagined. other than Arrangement of intellect for the commission of the act.
 THREE DUELs took place in New Orleans, Sunday, 10th July. One was between two Frenchmen, in which one of the parties was slightly wounded An. other was between two Creoes of this place. one of whom was shot dead on the spot. They fought with pistols The third was fought with res at 40 yards distance. The names of the parties were Mr. Cornell and MT. Bains in which the former fell dead at the third shot,
 Whigs-Whig Principles-" The Whig lives in every state, but wishes to live only in free state- He claims right in himself but what he is willing to give to his neighbor He is not listed in sects by bounds, nor kept in them by prejudice his mind is not contracted by systems nor sacred bigots it is open to God and nature he attached to persons or factions, but to things, justice, to liberty, to vr tue, and to his country. He adheres 10 men who ad- heres to these. With like contempt of promises and menaces, unawed by power he is attached to these.- Not lurking like drone to reap what others sow he cheerfuly acts his part in society; he does what he can he endeavors, within his sphere to promote the general welfare. No matter what you call him, what his name, his profession or the title of his religion This is WHIG.' "-Benj. Franklin.
 Crops in Ohio.-The Ohio (Columbus) Political Re- gster, says "Our harvesters are in the field, with their sickes and cradles, gathering the golden grain From Ross, Clark, Warren, Butler, Montgomery and Hamilton, we have gratifying accounts. Every thing promises abundance. The corn can almost be seen moving upwards, in the alluvial farms it grows so fast and the wheat heads wherever the harvest has been commenced, are very heavy, and will make large yield In our own county, this crop is some- what more backward than either east or west of us yet few of our farmers have commenced cutting their grain, and are satisfied that the entire harvest will be one of plenty Several contracts for Wheat have been taken in this county at $l per bushel.'
 College Boys in Hay-making.-At the re- quest of several students in the Oben Collegiate In- sttute the Faculty of that Institution have granted of wO ,Oeeks, from Monday next, (the 24h inst 20 or 90 able bodied young men, who will labor at hay-makng and harvesting for farmers in neighbor- ing towns.
 The SteubenvilIe (Ohio) Gazette heads an article on the address of the Albany Republican Committee -" Highly important, the Specie Humbug abandon ed by the administration and good times coming"-l On the strength of this the Gazette appeals the Tory convention that assembled at Bloomfed-which, as