Litchfield enquirer., 1837-09-21

too, but hope you'll let me grind my axe also on the same stone, and if only can keep one as sharp as tother, won't have the worst ont, now Itell you. f's sf'1 Your fellow citizen, "
 '-a .,, J. DOWNING, Major, Y Down;ngville Militia, 2d Brigade. |a' .1 NEw ORLEANS, Aug. 2s. Mosr AFFEcTING.-A few weeks since, Q French family, consisting of man and his wife, were taken i'll, Supposed of fever.) the woman was first afflicted. Her husband ministered to her wants with zeal rarely evinccd. Their circumstances, apparently, did not admit of employing a servant, and the kind hearted man could be perceived at all hours attending to domestic drudgery.- But Providence, whose ways are dark and inscrutable, willed that he should not long continue in his sphere of usefulness he was seized with the same disease as that of the wife, to whom he was so fondly attached ; over exertion, fretfulness, and increased care, no doubt, were the provocates. Some kind friends sent Spaniard to attend to the wants of the stricken; they gradually became bet ter, and the poor man was enabled to leave his bed day or two ago. In the mean time he crawled about when the assistant left them. l'7-'
 On Saturday night last. he was observed by some persons residing in his neighborhood, (Ursuline street0 to pass with bucket in the direction of the river, conjectured for the thought of it. Not so his unfortunate wife [ she, with all of woman's instinctive fondness, soon missed the partner of her sorrows, but was unable to leave her sick bed to seek him. Her means were heard frequently during the night: but having been known to be III, they were not supposed to proceed from any new cause. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, she was hurried from her 'sorrowing couch, to recognize the body of an individual found drowned. tproved to be that ofher kind and afectiOnGte husband ...I ;.
 It was thought that in stooping to fill his bucket at the river, he toppled over, and from extreme weakness was unable to regain his footing. He was found midway between the markets. We saw his ernaciated, pale and sickly wife. tottering through the streets tc she only rose to look her last upon her dead husband Her cup of misery was filled to overfowing! The shock, in her delicate state of health, it is more than probable will have a.fatal effect.-N. o. Adrertiser. l@,a
 BEE srorY,-The Winchester virgininn gives this story oft6e busy bee:
 
 from two hives about twenty pounds of honey, which he placed in dishes, in an upper room of his dwelling Tith the windows Tp in order to let inc bees were found t0 be collected in considerable numbers removing the honey, and before they could be expel- led which done et QyHiis, they had in carrying of the whole. Thus, in the short space of two hours, and we are credibly informed they were not engaged at it greater length of time they had carried away about twenty-five pounds of honey. = The gentleman has but six hives on his premises- This affords one of the most singular instances on rec ord of the industry of the honey-bee
 Gen. Riplsy--We regret to learnh by private le,ter that this veteran soldier and patriot continues il ct his plantation in Louisiana It is doubtful whether he will be able to resume his seat in Congress at an early period of the session, and we fear his precautions health may induce him to resign His illness results from general derangemen. o the nervous system. occasion. cd n part by tho bullet wound received through his neck at the soEe .. Fort Erie, and partly from sGn siEoAs. hO imagined he experienced q. years ago.
 The g.. Louis Bulletin says tha. ihs story which has gono lho rounds of tho pnpeFs giving an account of lhs marriage of Levi Gilman. Justice of ihe su. promo Court 0f Missouri" O an Indian Princess, s hoaH. ThsFs Ia 10 such Justice ogllls Supreme Court ef Missouri sn Levi Gilman.
 oUERYs-What'a become Of tha Philadelphia Van IluFon Minute Msnf Have tho Royal Guard" dIk' perasd GInea Iho WssIsTn taAdeF believed In lholT eanf