Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-10-11

ling her TO surrender the warrant. He was
refused admittance, whereupon he stove in
window and thus effected an entrance. AS
soon as he had gained admission ne selzed ms
wife and stabbed her twice in the neck near
her ear; he then threw her upon the bed
where the little child lay,. left the house,
travelled some distance into field, ana Cut
his own throat.
After bleeding profusely, he tainted, but
finally recovered sufficiently to 60 back to
his wifes house, where he fell upon the floor,
and was found in an almost inscnsible state
in the morning. Means were Immediately
used to restore him, and in short time ne
acquired sufficient strength to undergo an ex-
animation before magistrate, when ne
made the above disclosures He Is too feeble
to be moved to Concord Jail at present. but
will undoubtedly recover from his wounds.
The first person who discovered the awful
scene was one of his sons, whose notice was
attracted by the appearance OF the broken
window, as he was passing the house on Sat-
urday morning. -BoSton Post.
Loss OF A SUB REAsURY.-We learn from
the Hartford (Ct.) Courier that Mr.. Hoia-
bird, U. s. District Attorney and Postmaster
at Winchester, in that State, having deposit
ed the public funds in an old stocking, woke
up one morning and found the whole missing.
A colored woman had runaway with treasure
and treasury. 1t seems she was perfectly
aware of the constitutional provision that no
money shall be drawn from the treasury but
in consequence of appropriations made ny
law, and SO, instead of drawing the money
out of the stocking, she took stocking and all.
Has not our Government achieved wonders
for the security of the public funds by trans
ferring them first from the U. s. Bank to
hundred local banks and $4,000 dirty stock
ings !-LouiSuiNe Jour.
Loco Foco PAPERs.-An Indian was once
asked what he would wish for, if allowed to
wish three times. He very easily determin-
ed upon the two first objects, and wished first
for plenty of rum, and secondly for plenty of
tobacco-but here he stuck fast-what was
next in desirableness to rum and tobacco he
was totally unable to imagine, and finally
got out of his trouble by wishing for more
rum. We are continually reminded of the
dilemma of the Indian by the trouble expe-
rienced by the Loco Foco prints in finding
something to say. After the phrases Bid
dle'' and Federal" are exhausted over and
over again, they nib their quilts, scratch their
heads, look over their exchanges once more,
consult Benton's speeches the ninety ninth
time, examine the Presidents message again,
look at DR.. Duncun's romance, and finally,
finding it in vain to look or wait for any
thing new or plausible, they become despcr-
ate, and throw in more Biddle." Such are
their arguments-irst, Biddle-second, Fed
eral-and third, more Biddle.
Jersey City Ado.
REAL L1FE.-Enter husband from s0ork-
"Well wife, has the paper come yet Z" Yes,
husband, and bill came with it for one
years subscription "Ahem! Well, what
kind ola paper have you got this week, hey,
pretty tolerable-any thing new?" Oh
yes, got glorious paper! it's chock full Of
shocking accidents, Opponents, robberies,
and murders, and suicides, and homicides, and
PARTICLES, nd-and-besides there is good
love story on the first page and lot of deaths
and marriages! I've read it through and
through-shall l 60 and fetch it for you :"
"Never mind now wite-but what did you
say in the first instance, a BILL camewith it,"
{" Yes, husband, a bill, it's in the upper draw"
-" That's the most important item in the paper,
wife-TH sit right down and forward the
money, and then I'll read the paper"
DEAF AND DUMB BoY.-A few years ago,
clergyman paid visit to deaf and dumb
asylum in London, for the purpose of exam-
lining the children in their knowledge of di-
vine truth. A little boy on the occasion,
was asked in writing, "Who made the
world!" He took up the chalk and wrote
underneath the question, In the beginning,
God created the heavens and the earth" The
clergyman then inquired in similar man.
ner, Why did Jesus Christ come into the
world 2" smile of delight and gratitude
rested upon the countenance of the little tel-
low, as he wrote, This is faithful saying,
and worthy of all acceptaton, that Jesus
Christ came into the world 10 save sinners"
A third question was then proposed, eminent
ly adapted to call his most powerful feelings
into exercise: 80 Why were you born deaf
and dumb, while l can hear and speak 7"
Never, (said an eye witness,) shall | forget
the look of resignation which sat OH his
countenance, as he took up tho chalk and
wrote, "Even so, Father, Tor it seemed good
in thy sight"
MuRDER-From the Westminster Carroll
tonian, we learn that most foul and unnatu-
raj murder was committed in the vicinity Of
Restertown, Baltimore county, Md. Satur-
day, 22d ult. The victim was Mrs. Bond,
and the murderer her husband, Peter Bond.
The instrument used was an axe, with which
he struck her twice in the temporal part of
the head and once in the back part pcnetrat-
ing deeply into the brain. Mrs. B. was an
industrious woman and the mother of eleven
children, one of whom. daughter, was sit
ting near her at the time the deed was done.
The murderer was arrested and imprisoned.
He either is. or pretenGs to be, insane.
WABASH COLLEGE BURNT.-A letter from
Charlottesville, Indiana, to gentleman in
New York, states that the spacious college
building in that village, which was under
roof and partly finished, took fire about 2
o'clock on the morning of the 22d ult. and the
middle and north divisions were burnt to the
ground. The south division, which was fin