Litchfield enquirer., 1838-02-01

$S70O00 more of the Government deposes have been swamped by the late blow-up of the Common wealth Bank of Boston-and yet this is of the n- stitutions which Gen. Jackson pretended was to be safer depository of the Government funds than the United States Bank! What an awful commentary upon the "experiment." The Franklin, Lofaycttc, Commonwealth and Middleser Banks, of Massachu- setts, which have recently failed, were all the tools of the democracy, and managed entirely by Jackson and Van Buren men! Not bank managed by whigs has yet failed in that State !-Nerc-H Hduen Palladium.
 Factery Burnt.--On the night of the 18th inst. the Mansfield Factory, situated in Mansfield, was con sumed by fire together with the machinery machine shop, and saw-mll. Loss estimated from $lo,ooo to Sl2,Ooo-no insurance. Haryord CourGnt. Singular Legend" There was, said Sir Walter Scott, "a very merry party collected in town in France, and, amongst all the gay lords and ladies there were none who caused so great sensation as beautiful young lady, who danced, played and sung in the most exquisite style. There were only two countable circumstances belonging to her; one was that she never went to church, nor attended family prayers the other, that she always wore a slender black velvet band or girdlc round her waist. She often asked about these pecuarties, but she al ways invaded the interrogatories, and still, by her amiabe manners and beauty, won all hearts. One evening, in a dance, her partner saw an opportunity of pulling the loop of her little black girdle behind. It fell to the ground, and immediately the lady became as pale as sheet-then gradually shrunk and shrunk
 till at length nothing was to be in her place but small heap of ashes !"-Lockhart's Life cf Scott.
 Horrid Tragedy at Louisville !-Capt. Clarendon E. Dix, while the cashier was at dinner, entered the Mechanics Savings Institution, killed the clerk, Mr. Owen Parker, by beating in his skull with the cancel
 ling hammer. When the cashier, MT. H. s. Julien, returned, Dix attempted to kill him also, but he wrench ed the instrument from his hand and rushed of the door. Dix immediately afterwards shot himself with pistol. It issupposed Dix's object was plunder.
 The Emperor of Russia has committed the disgust ing atrocty of leuying 600 of he airest young among the Polish peasansry and taking them by force from their families to be married his soldiers the military farms at Woznesensk! The women fled and resisted but in vain they carried off from thetr families, and their male relations who aided in their attempts to escape logged or banished to sibe ria. tss s...e.. .s.. .sg ,Ee a. f=r-..st Steamboat Murders.-The number of lives lost on the Mississippi during the lastsum sersn hum dred and tory-sr. according to an account kept by gentleman at Alton, Illinois. 54
 "There is no need of praying as if God and man were deaf or of wallowing the floor frothing at the mouth, if filled with hydrophoba instead of the Spirit of God nor any harm in kindness and gentle. ness, any benefit in harsh and severe expressions The state of man may be explained to him that he shall believe and elbeter than by calling him dew H. viper, serpent. There may be as great direct ness is needed, or possible without ndecorum and the gospel may be preached faithfully and atten ded with the power of God, without grooming in prayer and crying amen, and without female prayers and ex hortations, and without the spiritual pride which CT fails to attend pressing the mass of the community of their places, and shaking together in one cau dron of eervesence, all the passions of all the classes in human society."-Dr Beecher.
 A man boosting in company of ladies, that he had
 very luxurant head of hair, one of the damsels re- marked that it owing entirely the melowness o fhe soil! An Industrious Wife.-Some women are never happy unless when they are scrub ping, brushing, sweeping or otherwise toling in household affairs, although they have ser wants to do all that they require. The Hon. Henry Erskine's first wife was one of this class, and her extreme nervous durability and eccentric ways, it may be supposed, did not contribute greatly to Harry's domestic happiness. One ofher peculiarities consist ed in not retiring to rest at the usual time.- She would frequently employ half the night in examining the wardrobes of the family, to sec that nothing was missing, and that every thing was in its proper place. The follow ing is told as a proof of her oddities: One | morning about two or three o'clock, having been unsuccessful in search, she awoke Mr. Erskine from sound sleep, by putting to him this important interrogatOry, Harry, love, where's your white waiStcoat "' Middtetown Consultation.
 The Sun Fzoscer.-The Sun Flower is plant of much greater value than is general ly known. Instead of q few being permitted to grace parterre, and considered only as gaudy flower, experience warrants my say ing it should be cultivated by every planter and farmer as part of his provision crop. It can be turned to profitable account on all our plantations for certain purposes it is more valuable than any other grain known to us inasmuch as it can be made to yield more to the acre in exhausted soil, with little labor, and with greater prospect of success. Its seed are wholesome and nutritious food for poultry, cattle and hogs, and very much relished by them.
 From the seed an oil is obtained, with great facility, as delicate, it is believed, as that of olives.
 They are also pectoral. A tea made of them is quite as effective as flax seed, or any other, in catarrh affections. On one occa- sion, this tea, sweetened with honey, was of so much more service to me than the prescrip- tions of my physician, that attributed my early restoration to health to its agency alone. Certainly favorable change did not occur until used this tea, which did upon the re- l .s -< rAl.