Litchfield enquirer., 1837-03-30

q Uuesti0AAhly true. All our readers Know with what extreme readiness and with now 1ittle examination the Legislature granted diyorces during its late session. Certaln Svags at Frankfort, it appears, took adVan, 4aCe of this easy disposition of the General Assembly, and played of practical joke ,,non that honorable body. They handed in .an application for the divorce of certain couple, and the bill, as usual, was. passed without particular inquiry. Some days at forwards, gentleman in distant part ot th' State. having read the columns ot the Frank fort Commonwealth, closed the paper m sur prize and hurried of to his nelgh6or, a ven erable old citizen and exclaimed" why neighbor, I am astonished; never heara O any quarrel between you and your wlIe! am lost in amazement :" A quarrei oe; tween me and my wite!" ejaculated the o,o ,o offence Sir" replied the first, "but rea9 vour divorce in my paper and was puzzled fo account for it. I supposed of course tnat YOU & Aunt Betsey had quarrelled. natN ye Sir /" responded the old man, am seV- s,t,, wears otd. and my wife is sixty-elght-. Uao have lived together forty mine years ana '.o:.oJ +hree children-and there has never hao, tbe first ill-natured word between us ln SS TeM o,,r lives. Divorce! diUorce! Idivorced 'Gn G.on, nov oN ,ooman? Why, what the devil has sent you here with such story ," The neighbor made no reply, but coidly took the naner from his hat and handed It to the old man. who, with the aid of his spectacles, then and there read, to his utter dismay, an othclal statement of the actual dissolution ot the mat rimonial bonds of himself and his wife by the sovereign authority of the State. The ago nies of 1he poor old couple, at finding them selves two. can readily be imagined. That nipht they wept on separate pillows, but, ear- ly on the following day, the good old souls trudged off for marriage icence, paid the fee, went before the nearest magistrate, and were duly joined second time together, each ferventlv praying, that the Legislature would never again interfere with their connubial tics-Louisrille Journal.
 An Irish row occurred at Troy on St. Pat rick's day, (Friday lasD provoked however, it would seem, by Americans, who, during the preceding night, had suspended, in diff ferent places, stuffed images of St. Patrick.
 The Irish resented this, a sort of street fight .ensued, in which some by islanders and look ers-on being injured, took part against the Irish. This first outbreak was soon quelled, but the riot was renewed with more violence in the evening, when the houses of the Irish were assaulted, and two men (one danger 'ously) and woman were wounded by the discharge of musket, loaded with shot.
 The presence, however, of the city author ities, backed by "The Citizens Corps" a unifoNn company of young men, with loaded arms, and resolute purpose to use them, if ordered, put an end to the tumult. Several of the ringleaders of both countries, arc in custody.
 Melancholy Accident.-On Tuesday last, as the mail stage from Brattleboro' to Windsor, Vt. was crossing a short bridge over Cold Water Creek in Walpole, it gave way and was precipitated into the water, carrying the stage with it. It was carried down the stream into the Connecticut, where the remnant oi the bridge was completely broken up and the nah Chesley and Mrs. Rebecca Tasker o Charlestown, Mass, Miss Dunham of Wood stock, Vt., MT. Swain and another gentle man, name not given. The three ladies were drowned, the two gentlemen and the drivc succeeded in making their escape, tho witt great difficulty. Three of the horses were drowned. The mail was saved. and the let ters sustained no material injury, though thu newspapers were reduced nearly to pulp The bridge had long been in r,iinous con dition, and it is in the highest degree dis graceful to the town of Walpole that it was suffered to remain public nuisance and Q trap for the destruction of human life.
 A Convention of Editors of Newspapers in the State of Kentucky, assembled lately at Lexington, and adopted several excellent re- solutions; much better, we fear, than will be the practice under them. The following is one of them:
 1st. That in all future discussions, wheth- CT political or otherwise, the Editors of the Kentucky press shall carefully abstain from all disrespectful personal allusions or epi- thets towards each other; and shall conduct all controversies between themselves with decency, decorum and moderation and that 1t be also recommended to them to cultivate each others good will, and on all proper oc- casions. to advance each others interests.
 Now. if this fine theory can be carried out, 1t will certainly rebound very much to the credit of the Kentucky press, and ought to havea more extended application than the li- mits sof single State. We must say, however, that OthellO's occupation will be gone in some ofthe newspaper establishments of the country, whenever such rule of action comes into vogue. Take away the privilege of personal vituperation among themselves, and portion of the editorial corps in Ken lucky, like portion too, in every other State, will find themselves deplorably lacking in material. It isvery much to be regretted that 1t IS so, but it is too obvious for denial, that class Of men have crept into the management of newspapers in this country, who have few other resources than arc furnished by the Sad eharecter of each other; and no originality but their own original sin.-N. Y. Cour.
 The Hon. Jeremiah McLane of Ohio. died in Wash ingon on Monday night. ot the prevailing influenza, taken no doubt on the day of the inauguration. This