Litchfield enquirer., 1837-08-17
NRw-ORLEAHs, August 1.

NEW-ORLEANS, August |.
 Robbery ErtrGOrdinGry-The schr. Wm. A. Turner, hence to Brassos, St. Jago, has just returned, and the following is the sub stance of robbery committed upon the Cap- tain, the particulars of which will hereafter be published. The Captain, James Hagger- dan, on his arrival at the Brassos, having bu- siness at Matamoras, thirty five miles beyond, went there on horseback with servant, fur nished by the American Consul, who was the consignee ofthe vessel. The Captain on his return had with him fourteen hundred and fifty dollars in specie on the owners ac- count, and when about three leagues from the city, he was attacked by band of twen- " robbers, who tied him up and stripped DoIn nm and his servant of all the specie.
 But who. think you, reader, were the rob Ders! Mexican Merchants-the Merchants ol Matamoras. The owner of the vessel has received letter from the American Consul. informing him of the arrest of several of the robbers, two of whom were promptly con demned to be shot. The money has not
 been recovered, but these Mexican Mer- chants have plenty of property, which will trade.
 "Solitary and alone. What will our old friend Thomas of Missouri do at the ap- preaching session of Congress! The great Expunger, we mean, and as the Missouri Arr gus calls him, the father of specie curren- cy. Where is his child now, and what will ne say for it! The Globe has forsaken him. Martin has forsaken him. his own State has torsaken him, (having just established five million 'monster,) and the party are leaving nm, m every direction. What will he do? Wlll ne stand up solitary and alone" on the floor ot the Senate, and with his own right arm defend his bantling-or will he, too, fol- low the new light, deny his offspring, and leave the "specie currency'' to 20 down un- wept and unmourned, to the tomb of the Humbugs! Alas poor Yorick!
 A 6e0MyW 0nd terrific phenomenon. Lexington (Ken.) Intelligencer of July l4th says:
 On Tuesday last, some ten or fifteen min- utes before o'clock, P. M, a heavy explosion was heard Ill this city, which the writer SUD- posed to be powder mill in the vicinity.- The sound seemed to come from an easterly or southeasterly direction. A gentleman ar- irving from Paris on horseback, at the dis tance ot ten miles from Lexington heard it in the same direction. Wehave seen an intel llgent lad, fourteen or fifteen years old, who happened to be, with several other boys, a snort distance in the country, and says he saw distinctly Qo use his own words) "a great 'ohae 6an flying very swiftly from where the sun was, towards the east. It was nearly as big as the sun, and very bright, winter than snow, and had long bright streak after it, ot' a reddish color. It seemed to be very near us and flew almost as fast as lightning. We were all frightened, and watched it till it went behind a tree, when all at once we heard a terrible noise, like heavy cannon at a great distance. thought at first it was great bal loon 0ursted." Such was the graphic account the boy gave of it. There can be no doubt put It was grand naeteorsc explosion; and, if such was the brilliancy under clear merid ian sun, 1t must have been splendid and grand indeed, had it appeared in the dark gloom of midnight.
 Str0nge and Melancholy Occurre nce-Ben- !amln E. Foote, passenger in the Pioneer line going West, on Thursday night, after the passengers on board the canal boat Chief Justice Marshall had retired, called Capt. Voglesong, and after placing trunk in his possession, with desire that it might be re- turned to Harrisburg, left the boat. On the Captains return to Harrisburg, he placed the trunk m the office of the company, where it remained till Monday, when nothing being heard of the owner, 1t was deposited in the Harrisburg Bank, where it was opened, and besides the wardrobe, found to contain $5OOO m Bank notes, and schedule of personal property amounting to several thousand more. The same day, MT. Foote was found in a piece of woods about 50 rods from the place where he left the boat, with his carotid artery pierced by sharp instrument. It is doubt less a case of deliberate suicide, after the manner of Lord Castlereagh.-PhilG.p paper.
 MySteriOnS-A few weeks since we copied a notice in our paper of the elopement of tho young lady from Vermont, who, in con- pany with person said to be a tailor. it was supposed had gone into the state of Maine.- We give place to the following narrative, thinking it may possibly reflect some light on the subject, and afford clew by which the mystery may be solved as we think it high ly probable that the person spoken of in the narrative, may be the same alluded to in the notice to which we have referred. The facts we relate, are from a responsible source and may be relied on.
 Some time last winter not far from Christ mas, a man came to the house of MT. Ehene- ger Arnold, respectable citizen, residing near the village called Centreville, in War wick, in this State, and introduced lady to the family, for whom he wished to procure board. Accordingly, the lady was received into the family. Some time subsequently,, she gave birth to female child. She how ever survived the birth of her child but a short time.
 During the residence of the lady in the family of Mir. Arnold, she studiously conceal ed her name, and every circumstance which could give clew to the discovery of her family and friends. Her lips were sealed on this subject, and she died without having been known in the family by any other name than that of Mary