Litchfield enquirer., 1837-12-07


 given with loaded whip, breaking the skull and sticking the butt of the whip full three inches in the skull MT. Hale sadmtted to bail in bond of 5000
 The Wigs of the FItteenth Ward paid marked at- tenton to their felIow-ctzen Beni. Brdsal, who Conservative efficient leader has done much to ef feet change They brought field piece before his door, and bazed away until his windows were nearly all broken. Mr. Birdsall was too i'll to receive his friends, but roared out of the window to fire away even if the house tumbled.
 A TAWmaper.-An American paper sta:es that per son in Nashville has an oyster. which has been so tanned that it follows him about like dog.
 Protessor WilsOn.-We grieye to announce that this gentleman the editor of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine and the proprietor of the beautiful villa at Eeray on the eastern banks of Wndemere, has fall en into stnte of mental incapacity, "The last mfr mity of noble minds from which his nearest friends seem to have little hope of his recovery We not know when an event canse to our knowledge bring ing with train ot reflections more painful than that we now most unwilingly publish Kendall Mercury. Coon Hunting-Two passengers, coming down the Mississippi in steam boat were shooting birds, etc. on shore, from the deck. Some sportsman converse ensued, in whchone remarked thath would turn his back to no one in killing racoons-that he had repeat edly shot fifty in a day. "What O that 2" said Kentuckian; "I make nothing of killing hundred | coon day, primary luck" "Do you know Capting Scott, of our State ?? askeda Tennessean bysander. He now is something like shot. A hundred coon! l! Why he never p'ints at one, without hitting him. He never misses, and the 'coons know it. T'other day he leveled at an old 'un, in high tree The var mint looked at him minute, and then bawled out Hello, Capn Scott is that your" "Yes," Twas the reply. "Wel, don't shoot :" says he; "it's no use 1! KnackerbOcker. 4 Small Ga;n.-According to a carefully prepared statement the net Whig gain throughout the country since the last Presidential contest is Ninety Thousand Four Hundred and Thirty Two votes, which exceeds by Sixty-Five Thousand and Sixty-Nine, the major- ty in the whole country by which Mr. Van Buren was elected to the Presidency It clear, therefore, that Van Buren, now, at least, holds office adverse to the wishes of vast majority of the people of the United States Will he obey the instructions given him-or will he resign? sf
 T1e "a Vendee of fAmerica.-New Hampshire stands in relation to the United States the La Vendee to France when the whole people had declared for the Republic and overturned the power of the weak and corrupt Bourbons, and driven in disgrace from their capital still the miserable sers of this benghted prov ince for few months longer were found devoted as ever to their tyranncal rulers. But even the La Ven- dee people shortly became the most ardent supporters of equal rights :-so will tho people of New Hamp- shire-N H. StasesmGn.
 TRe Rockester Mwrder.-The examination of the per- sons accused was concluded on Saturday after having occupied eight days. Dv"..ett committed as an accompce before and after the fact and Feutt as an accomplce after the fact. Baron, the principal figure who appears in the transaction Ia youth only seven- teen,) was committed last week. The trials will oc- cur next spring. Barons confessions are frequent, and of various kinds other of the ac- cused as the chief actor in the tragedy But little con- fdence should be reposed in such tales.-Roch Dem. Packet Ship SHsquehannah Spoken.-The packet ship Pocahontas Capt. West, arrived yesterday from Liverpool She experienced very bad weather on the voyage sprung her foremast in gale of wind. Nov. 3d. in latitude 43 l longitude 6l she spoke the pack ct ship Susquehannah, Captain Chopper. ls days out I -" all well.'
 Kiling Insects.-By placing number of lamps in well greased dishes among the vines, 5000 moths were killed in one night-French paper.
 Ss;cide-On the 10th inst. MT. Henry Weaver, an old and respectable citizen of Albany, messenger to the Governor, committed suicide. In his pocket was found letter stating that he had destroyed himself account of his owing s4oo to different gentlemen. while he had not money enough to support his family three days. or to bury him.-Harsford Pat
 1 Profitable CosC.--A farmer in this town hast COW ten years old spring, whose children are as follows yoke of oxen worth e26O; 2cows worth go apiece; two-year old heifer, e0O pair of twins year old last spring. e40; and calE el5. Her grandchildren are three calves worth s6 piece. The milk of the mother cow for nine years he estimates worth e15 . year, and 90 also of the two cows for two and the other for one year-making the whole yield ofthe COW little short of 600. Eight of her children and her grandchildren are now with the old lady on the fam.-Claremont Eagle.
 Abel Fish, in Boston. advertises that he no lon ger supply his customers with soft water. Fish ou of water. I OED GUNs-The Boston Gazette, speaking of the specimens of brass and iron cannons exhibited at the Mechanics Fair. says: "Tle best cannon in the world will not bear more than thousand discharges without danger of fexpIosion in consequence of the ton of the heat and shock upon the particles of the metal It is well known fact, from authentic docu- ments that more persons were killed during the last war; by the explosion of our own cannon, than were killed by the enemy This shows the necessity of good founding of cannon, either in var or peace. Old guns Of iron ought to be thrown aside on gaia days even if they are suffered to be used at all" l NeU Opsra;oa.-The season has been amazing dry in some places. gentleman informs us that be- ing in neighboing town the other day. he saw fel low holding hog by the tail and turning water on him like all possessed Upon inqurng the cause of this the operator replied, 'why he's confounded dry that am scakin' on him e wake Aim hoid spiI" ~. HdMPshirs Eagle.