Litchfield enquirer., 1837-04-06

have to trk the aid of Mir. Riddle, btu O t is. Many Of tho Directors and Presidents of the Bank of America, Manhattan, Ph1nix, State and other Banks, proclaimed Co the PuDIlc' that if the Monster could only be broken up. regulate Exchanges and give the city as good, if not better currency. Where are now their boaSted promises? These very Banks, which promised so much, now admit not only that they cannot grant relief but that they cannot increase their line of dis counts to this bleeding and suffering com munity. The distress which this communi- ty labor under at this time, is chargeable in no small degree to those very Banks which we have here named, some of whom are rcaping golden harvests of about fourteen per cent on their capitals per annurn.
 NEW ORLEANS, March 19, 1887.
 most unfortunate rencOntrc took place yesterday at the City Hotel, Qong known as Bishops HoteD between Mir. NGYlOr, of Do- jacksonville, in this State, and MT. Brou- nGugh, of this city. It seems that the former gave the latter several days since, a note of 5000 to negotiate for him. The latter, or Brounaugh, 1t seems, kept the note beyond the specified time at which the note or the money was to be returned to the owner, MT. Naylor. The latter had called on him for
 
 pened, that Brcunaugh absented himself in some way so that the opposite party could not see him for two or three days, whereupon, Naylor posted himas stcindher and sconndrel. Soon afterwards, or the next day, Brounaugh appeared and pulled down the hand bills, and posted up Naylor as d-d li0r and scoMn- dreL. Yesterday about three o'clock, they met ln the bar-room of Bishops Hotel amidst a crowd of people. Some angry words en- sued, when they both drew pistols and fired. being only three or four paces apart. Two balls entered the side of the chest of Naylor, one of which passed through his heart; ho fell and expired in few moments after- wards. Brounaugh received Naylor's ball in his groin, and while in the act of falling, be received another ball from a third pistol. fired by friend of Naylor's, which passed through Brounaugh's body, who fainted and fell. and Was thought to be dead. Naylor only spoke one or two words after he fell.- Some one exclaimed as Brounaugh fell, "hs $ dead" "Who is dead p f;lltered Naylor. |" Brounaugh," replied Q spectator. ''HuzzG! Hn2za :" feebly articulated Naylor, who ex- pired in ten minutes afterwards. Brou- naugh's life is despafred of, he is not alrea- dy dead. Of him know little or nothing
 -Ne,o Orleans.-The great failure spoken of
  nected with house in New York.
 NEW ORLEANS, Wednesday, March 9.
 The temporary calm for the last twelveor fifteen days has proved deceitful. Another house has gone by the board for five millions. There is some deep seated disease in the be- dy commercial. A long and continued pros- perity engenders maiadies that cannot be cured without violent revulsions. The tam- perlng of the government with the currency, has only brought on the crisis sooner than it could have been realized in an undisturbed state of things. We stand on hidden fires. and the commerce of the country must yet receive shock from which it will take years to recover, unless the currency is restored tn heaIthful condition and placed beyond tho reach of interested dcmagogues. But apart from disorder of the circulating mediumv New Orleans stands at present in peculiar situation. Cotton, our great staple, is declin- ;ng; and all other articles of produce arc tending downward. An immense amount of capital is now locked up or totally lost to the general trade, by the late heavy suspensions. and the Banks are consequently compelledto curtai and cease discounting. Thus arc transactions in real estate impeded, while a damper is put upon the operations. of com mercc. The scarcity of money in New York and Philadelphia, joined to the difficult ties here, present any thing but agreeable prospects. Reference to the past tells iis that we are on the eve of q revolution in the com- nncrcial world. The government can. if it pleases, avert the storm. That it iciN not, we have the experience of the past and present to assure us.
 Transactions in produce arc light; and no material change observed.-Irue American.
 From the Utica O6serv.r Marck 3l.
 AWFUL Cor TTcA IN FLAMES This morning has witnessed the most dis astrous Fire that has ever occurred in this city. It broke out at about two clock in a frame building occupied by Mr:Brooks, jew cller, and MT. Walton, saddler. near the cor- ner of Tennessee and Broad streets.
 The block being composed principally of frame buildings Ca few of them having brick fronts) the flames spread with great rapidity. and the whole of the block, with the excep- tion of the buildings owned by J. E. Hinman andT. E. Clark, fronting the wood market on Main st. and the store of E. B. sherman Ss Co. on John st. was destroyed. :
 There being ahigh wind from the cast. the whole of the west side of Tennessee st. from the store of T. r. Tracy to the corner of Gen. nessee and Whitesboro' sts., including buil- dings in the rear, and all the buildings on Whitesboro st. to the brick dwelling adjoin- ing the county clerks office, were also des- troyed-among the rest the North American Hotel. Most of the buildings were eccupied as stores, and though 9 considerable quantity of goods were saved. the loss and damage IS still great. The loss in buildings is the most important. aa
 A large portion of the property was insur- ed but how much or by what companies it