Litchfield enquirer., 1837-03-09

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 *Years 1.-the Embargo ! In July and August this year the price advanced to $ll and $l2. Years of war with Great Britain.
 The pnpers say that MT. Van Buren will set his face against the use of concealed weapons, dirks bowie knifes, &c This is not threading in the footsteps of Gen. Jackson" according to the bond
 A bill passed the Senate of the United States on Wednesday, making the burning of any of the public buildings of the government, punishable with death.
 Aggrauatcd case ef Seduction.-A case of Reduction of peculiar atrocty occurred recently at Fredonia in this stae-that of the daughter of David Smith, aged F, by a wretch named Asahell Russell. The ind- viduals had been playmates from childhood, were pledged in marriage, and the infamous deed was complshed after years of intimacy, in which the as siduous attentions of the guilty individual could have had no other motive than that which is most base and dshonorable. The damages were $500, that being all the defendant was worth-a sorry retribution for crime which even life in the penitentiary could not have atoned for.-N. Y. paper.
 Honest Peoplc.-Very kind and courteous.-The Ti- oga County Phoenix, printed at Wellsborough Pa., says their jail in that county is generally empty for trothrds c the year and nothing strange is thought of it; in fact that they seldom have stray rogue among then and when they have, they banish him "t to the State of New York; or some other such wild place."
 It is stated in the Owego (N. Y) Advertiser, that the house of Levi Searles, about two miles distant from Owego was entirely consumed together with its contents the 9th inst. and horrible to relate, man and child pershed in the flames.
 Aduertising.-Ifa tradesman pays twenty dollars for sign over his door, which can be read by those only who pass it, what must full and descrip- tive sign be worth, in the shape of an advertisement, which is carried into many hundreds of families, in town and country, and read by thousands persons
 Obstinacy.-A western paper, in giving an account of late execution, says, Jerry struggled much af- ter the drop fell, but Williams, who always known for an obstinate fellow, refused to kick stroke"
 An act by which we make one friend and one ene- my is losing game, because revenge IS much stronger principle than gratitude.
 Female Erpression.-The celebrated Judge Paine, one of the gners of the Declaration of Independence, induced by friend to go to assembly to see noted beauty who was to grace the meeting with her presence. When he arrived there, on being asked how Inc liked her appearance" Fudge" exclaimed the cynic, "d do you call her handsome? !? she has no more expression than bo,cl ef milk :"
 The Ohio Argus states that John Deliver, a rich settler near Tariff, in that State, has been committed to prison on charge of murdering whole family ed Gorgns, four in number. The murder is supposed to have been perpetrated in the year 8345. Two of the bodies remains of them have been found. Plum der is said to have been Delivers object; he having taken possession of all G.'s property Gorgas lived some fcur and half miles from Tariff-and was re- ported to have removed to Missouri
 4 Great Tropeuer.-A letter writer, who dates from Chicago in giving account of his recent trav els, says he mapped at Naples passed through Pen, cantercd to Canton, rested at Roe and provender cd in Peru. This last place, he states, has but house in it get, but the lot adjoining it having been " sold within month for s1,5oo cash 7" he augurs that something extraordinary in the way population may be expected soon.
 It is stated in New Orleans paper that there is not a single house of worship in all Texas.
 Whitney refuses peremptorily to be examined by the Committee-he has suspicion that they may ask him the following question: FoU many hend of cat- te did you contract deuer the English Comissa- " at Montreal during tho latc spar, and koU many did you obtain from Vermont the subsisfencc o the Bri ish army and t1s amount received ;" paysent7'
 Massac1usens.-Onc hundred and sirtyseren mem. ber of the House of Representatives voted against the bill for the reception of the Surplus Revenue.
 A TRous1nd Dollar Or.-A great OK fattened by Wm. Felt, Esq. of Madison county, N. Y. was sold to Sandy Welch, who keeps the great eating house, ner of Broadway and Ann streets, and Matthew Har- pei of Washington market, for the round sum of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. It was estimated that the quar- ters of meat would weigh five hundred pounds each.
 Journal of Com.
 Unparalled dLiberGlay.-During the progress of devastation at Hart's -four store, three in- digent young men, named Smith, Ryerson, and Beetslcy, succeeded. at tho risk of their lives, in reacuing from the clutches of tho mob, ten valuable account books, and mum. Der of valuable papers belonging to the es. nblishment, and took them to tho Mayors office. where Mr. Hart obtained them the next day, and saw two of tho young mcn.- fIo requested them to call Rt his store the next day, and he would recompense them for their trouble. On the following day thov called accordingly, and hc made them tho magnificent present of a silver dollar to dI. vide between them.-N. Y. Sun.