Litchfield enquirer., 1837-02-23

eloped in the night and joined his regiment and lived with him. At the time she was wounded, she would to the tent 1t was the opinion of the surgeon that she must die She then requested to see the General, who having been called, she wished to have the tent clear ed of all but the general and the surgeon. She then told her story, after which, the ball was extracted and she recovered and she and her lover obtained an ond she b shorty % ae man, but would do the work on the farm, and some- times get up in the night, and load her wagon, come to Boston, and sell her produce before her husband could get here. Yours, .'.....,.. .........a
 A RELATION OF DEBORAH GANNErr.
 From the Harfford Courier, Feb. l6 4...
 WitchcrQft Reviued.-Within about ten days past,
 series of occurrences ofa most mysterious and mal- cous character have taken place in the family of Mr. David Clark, of this city 1.-the same things had hap sefwonld certainly have been brought the scrape, and perhaps one bagged up and thrown into the rlver for witch. As near as we can get the story together, from information We have had it is as fol- lows:
 About ten days snce basket of clothes whiafn had just been washed and left in the yard moment. ferred to old dirty chip basket, by which extra rnsing was required, before they were fit to be dried One morning, while the family were in the sitting room, barrel of four in the back room was turned bottom upwards and empted, and some other things scattered about the room. Towards night, pane of glass was broken m a window in the kitchen, by piece ot coal thrown against It, and the next day window beside the front coor was broken m the same way. Since that time. almost every day, coal has been thrown at the wlndows breaking pane oi glass watch as possible, consistently with other duties and have even had their neighbos and friends to assist in keeplng lookout no one has seen the coai tnrown- pens to be looking One large piece of coal came through window, and struck the head of girl living in the family, IA IS years of ago. hurting her con! horse hung full of clothes against one cf the broken windows, when suddenly hand was thrust through a through the window The a!arm was gven, and two or three ran to the door-:he garment lay on the ground near, but though strict search was made; the ali happened n ' in the absence of Mr. Clark himss while he has been at his store, or about his ousnes but on one occasion 2 window was broken wMIe ne fence or two, and looked in every direction without seeing any one but just as he was entering ,he mouse M his % voice 2, se Ne distance ns sed Mr C., and started again in the direction of the voice, but the second time obliged to make his return, Ho' est. This was early in a bright moonlight evening Ono day last week. the girl before mentioned was passing along space.wav towards the kitchen with bundle of some kind in her hand she observed that the door leading from this space into the cellar was partly open, and on attempting ,o shut it, she let some pressing against 1t; on looking, she says she large negro she cellar stairs, who threatened her life if she made any noise. She screamed and fanted. Mrs c. ran and found the girl lying on the flor, and on examination the outside cellar doors were found open-.hey must have been opened tronT
 
 bers in the second story have been nysteriously thrown open several times.
 On Sunday last, MT. Clark and his children had gone to church. leaving his wife and the girl at home. ment of these transactions locked the outside docss when her husband went out. and then ni'ed all the nail over the latch. About fifteen or twenty minutes after, she thought she heard the front d05s swinging Upon looking She found open, and c9ng some as. sistance, went up stairs. where the docrs were sm found wide open, and the nail which had fastened one ofthem, broke short ofn the door. Who had done it, and the only answer was, aph0 ,.,,l......, :,
 Tuesday afternoon, after MT. Clark had gone 10 me store Mrs. c. locked the front door, and put the keys into bureau drawer in the sitng,room She then went into the kitchen, where the glrl was at w3rk Having been occupied about fifteen minutes, she re- turned and found the front door wide open, and the keys the floor beside it! Alter tea the same night. Mrs. c. in the stting-room, and the gn busy m afterwards stated) hand placed oyer her face. and a tow cloth twisted around her neck. She gave one scream and Mrs. Clark instantly ran eut, foNnd the girl lying on heap of coal in the room, the cion a. round her neck, and scarcely able to breathe. The girl says she got glimpse of the person no seized her-sha he ran out at the back door-and she !nnks This is the last prank Of which we have heard--whae win come next, nobody knows: but we HoPe It may be the detection of the mysterious scouncrei wno we doubt not, IS destined ere long to catch henen- w
 It is very evident, that whoever is the author oi alf this mischief it is some one constantly watching an opportunity and the object seems to he to make ev
 
 ally happens in the morning, early in the evening Nothing is attempted in the night, very seldom when MT. Clark is at home, and never when any one ls watching. The object is not plunder, and no attempt has been made to njure any of the family, except the girl. How any person can enter the house SO often without being detected, where any one can De se- creted, is unaccountable 1t is new brick house m kubonfn street. lnD ,5fis sd' YfbnJM Gt .7Ts'
 From Merieo.-The news of Santa Anna s libera- ton. when received at Vera Cruz, the theatre of me principal marked events of his life, produced as was to be expected, the most lively rejoicings. The po- pers tee with long adulaory eulogiums on the cnas acter of Santa Anna, and confident expresson" :" hope that his anivalwil restore the country :o Bustamente, however, is said to have the Pness s s military with him. The Vera Cruz papers spe4fi 4ineaS pectfnlly of the president and people ei lns ;ans States but in bitter and hostile terms oi ne I Santa Anna is more feared by the usurpers .nsm ue Texians. Recording to the Courier correspcndent.1e The same peTson ingeniolsly imagines that Texas recoenized. would serve useful receptacle icT ho slaves of Virginia Maryland, North Garonns apS ASn- tucky which might then become as seems tO ue Me desisn of the new Ritchie and Hives scnooi g polu- cia1s in the Old Dominion" free states whiie tho cotton nlanters however, would hn9 # dangeEuus rval for their staple in Texas-N. faSsaf' se's',
 Thedwelline house of wm. Corden, AnnsviIlstown-- chin, LsSaHbn coaney, Pa.. was destIOyed by 6reon Thursday and with it, unfortunately three of the eh ho oncrnawh m.vl ny.r,,N vnsua nnA.Nwo