Litchfield enquirer., 1837-12-21
FROM FLORIDA.

The steam packet Florida, Capt. Hebbard
 arrived last evening from St. Augustine We learn that on Saturday night seventeen
 Indians, (4 men and 1S women) two wives ot
 Powel and his sister, with forty negroes, ar. | rived at St. Augustine from Picolata. They
 were sent down from Volusia by Gen. Jesup
 Gen. Hernandez had gone to Indian river.
 A correspondent of the Republican (at
 Garey's Ferry, Dec. 2d,) furnishes the sub- joined paragraphs. He expresses an opinion that Wild Cat, alias Co-a-coo-chee, who re- gently escaped with eleven other Indians from the fort at St. Augustine, joined Sam Jones in thirty hours after their escape from confne- ment.-Sauannah Georgian
 "Some three days ago, two of Powell's wives, five warriors, ten women, eleven chil- dren and thirty-five negroes came into Fort Mellon. Except the negroes, they are Pow clt's people, and have been sent by Gen. Jes- up to St. Augustine. They could not have been Wild Cat or any of the eleven, or I think they would not have come in-as it was, they had to run away from the hostiles {; they were nearly naked and appeared in want It is said by many that the Indian de- puta.ion may bring them in. But again Sam Jones is known to be hostile; he is sup posed to be twenty six miles from Fort Mel lon with a large body of warriors, and to sur round and catch him is next to an impossibil- ity, us it is country only known 60 him and his. aat
 The five hundred and thirty Tennesseeans who came here day before yesterday, are ordered to leave on Monday, to cross at Pi- colata and SCOUT the country on that side of the river, up to Fort Mellon. The troops and persons in Florida are very healthy-much more so than could be expected fl om so ma- nv strangers being suddenly brought into this country, which is not very good one.-4 From Volusia all the way up, there are or. ange trees, filled with tue finest kind of or- anges, though they are sour.
 4 Touching Incident.-A few sabbaths ago. as the bells were ringing for the afternoon service, in New-York, singular procession was seen passing one of the squares. A fe- male, with the coffin of a child apparently three or four years old on her bead, with a little girl carrying a wooden cross painted white with black spots, by her side, led the procession. Six men followed. next five children, and last fifteen or twenty women dressed with large white caps, without bon- nets. With very rapid step, thus led, white cloth being thrown across the coffin, this singular procession moved to the burial of their dead in a strange land. They were Germans.-Porlland Trans.
 M11LEpeEv1LLE, Nov. 16, 1e37.-A novel and interesting incident occurred in the House of Representatives this morning. One of the Bibb members presented memorial from Robert Beasley, stating, that some few years ago he purchased of slave trader a negro woman and her sucking child-not doubting but that the woman was its mother. Subsequent developments, however, had convinced him that an imposition had been practiced upon him in the sale of the child that instead of being born of slave, it was the offspring of a achite aOoneon from whom it had been stolen, or who had abandoned 1t The object of the memorial was, to move the Legislature to change the name of the found- ling from that of William Gas known in the bill of sale of the slave trader,) to that of William Crockett Beasley-and to restore to him the natural rights of which he had been unjustly deprived.
 A thrill of admiration passed through the House. Mir. Beasley was in the lobby and held up the child in his arms-a fairer, pret- tier, more intelligent looking boy, need nev- CT be desired. Many an old bachelors mouth watered The House went into com- mittee of the whole, had the child in the midst of them, and every one we believe was satisfied of his whiteness and his title to his freedom.-Macon Ts1egrarh.
 Lunch Law.-On Tuesday evening the 25th ult. it was reported at the town of War; ren, Ky. that an individual who lives about Q mile from that town, had whipped his wife most unmercifully, and that she was not eX- pected to live. This of course, raised con- siderable excitement among the citizens, and some time after dark, number of persons went and brought the individual to town. A sham trial was held over him, Judge Lynch presiding, and the unfortunate prisoner was sentenced to be stript, tied to post, and to receive one hundred lashes with raw hide which sentence was immediately put into execution.
 We understand that communication has been addressed by the Secretary of State of the United States, by direction of the Presi dent, to the Governor of this State, request ing his attention to any movements, growing out of the present contest in the Canadas, that may violate the laws of the U. States, passed to preserve the relations of amity with foreign powers and fulfil the obligations of our treaties with them, and requesting also his prompt interference to arrest the parties concerned, if any preparations are made ofa hostile nature against any foreign power in amity with the United States. Similar con- munications have been addressed to the Ex- ecutives of Vermont and Michigan, and to the District Attorneys and marshals of those States and of this.-Albany Argus.
 RECIPE FOR CoLD WEATHER-The Kenne- bee Journal gives the following excellent re- cipe for keeping comfortable in the winter season :e
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