Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-10-18

ing that on the whole Of the evidence the
prisoner was entitled 70 an acouittal, or at
least to verdict Of manslauehter. The
judge, however, directed the jury that there
was 40 evidence to support the charge of the
murder, but the prisoner had been guilty of
lnanslaughter. He then recapitulated the
evidence, and after quarter of an hours |
consideration, the jury pronounced Il verdict |
of mansIaughter. He was sentenced to Is
months Imprisonment, with hard labor,
An.Importam Discouery--T'he Tseth.-Wal-
die notices a discovery Of no little impor-
lance 10 such as arc troubled with bad teeth.
He says:
{" Some time since, Doctor Caldwell, now
practising dentist at No. 6S South Six street,
had favorite horse which had become in
cabable of eating his oats, and on mvestlga-
\ ton Curious tooth indicated the difficulty
to result probably from ioothachc. EXtrac-
! ton was the remedy of course the poor
horse was tripped up by tying his feet to-
I gether as custom prescribcs, his gum was
lanced as we poor humanties have too, often
witnessed, and a pair of pinchers were appll-
ed, rs we have also experienced; even q
mallet and chisel failed of their effect. The
tooth was intractable no effort would with
draw it from its socket. The gumtumeficd-
and ON examining it carefully, the doctor per-
ceivcd ligament at the neck of the tooth,
and without much thinking of the effect he
cut it, the tooth Immediately fell out, or was
extricated with a slight effort of the thumb
and finger.
"This led the operator to reflection, and
the hint was obtained which confers upon
; suffering humanity benefit, which may .p De
esteemed by the sufferer second only to the
) discoveries of Jenner or the circulation OF the
blood! Subsequent experiments have fully
3 proved that the human teeth are also retain
a ed so powerfully in their sockets by a lig0-
0 ,ne1at, and il is the breaking of this which re-
i uuires SO much manual force; and this, when
d cut, which gives not so much pain as lancing
i the gums, loosens the tooth, and it may I'M
It mediately be extracted soittoan pain with the
n fingers! A physician of our acquaintance,
@ whose name we are at liberty to mention 1t
d requested, has had the operation of extrac-
s ting large molar, treble fanged tooth 10 this
d way without PAIN and so gratified was he
!. with the fact, that he investigated the anato-
II nv Of the parts and extracted all the teeth
a of dead subject in the same way, and with
!, mo more difficulty than above related He
: is a witness not to be ,impeached, who. with
. many Others have already been benefited
7 by this great anatomical discovery. 3s.,t 9a,
...'a.. 81 i, GOOD ADVICE, ~ ..ab,s4
Don't be discouraged if, occasionally you
you little. In other words, don't let fail
ure or two dishearteni you; accidents will
happen, 'miscalculations will sometimes be
made, things will turn oat differently from
our expectations, and we may be sufferers.
It is worth while to remember that fortune is
like the skies in the month of April, some-
times clear and favorable; and as it would
I be folly to despair again of seeing the sun,
because to-day is stormy, so it is unwise to
sink into dependency when fortune frowns,
since in the common course of things she
may be expected to smile again. .ttI IA btst
.,4ta t{t,stsfyt, gcs, '------- 4t.3 tvst319f'
6 AN INTERNAL MAcHrNE.--We this day
heard from Col. Haskell, at the coroner'sof-
| flee, most remarkable circumstance, which
occurred in the lower part of Blocker street
last night. 1t appeared from his statement
that an engineer engaged on the Crotch Wa
ter Works, living in Bleecker street, had
been in the habit during the summer of
sleeping with his window3open. This SEEM
ed to give an opportunity to some evil dispos-
ed persons to attempt robbery. The engi-
neer saw on, several occasions some persons
lurking near his premises, and, suspecting
their designs determined to set trap for
them. He accordingly constructed an !" in
fernal machine" formed Of a board. on which |
were placed two Bowie knives. This board
was made to fit into the window, and drawn 4
back by a spring, the conductors being two
threads placed across the window, which if
touched would Immediately cause the ma
| chine TO strike against the intruder. He then
told the persons in the house that he was GO 4
ing out Of town, and fastened his doors. Last 4
4 night a man, deeming the coast clear, at \
tempted TO enter the spring being touched, |
the board flew home, and one of the knives 4
entered the mans body, while the board, |
I striking him with great violence, forced him
| some feet from the window. He was picked 4
up bleeding and insensible. He is said 10 be 4
q notorious thief-N Y. Wing. rs, .-,@b
Important Decision.-The Supreme Court |
of Rhode Island have given their decision in 4
relation to the Constitutionality Of the Ii 4
cence Law of that State. This law provides I
that no person shall sell wines or strong IL \
quors, without licence, in quantities less than |
ten gallons. Subsequently to the passage of
this law. the citizens of Providence byn vote |
in Town meeting, instructed the, municipal |
authorities, to grant no licenses for selling 4
rum, wine. or strong liquors, for the current \
year. An action was brought against Alb. 4
ner Peckham, for selling an unbroken bask.. \
ct of Champagne, Of u bottles, in the same \
form and package as first put up in France,
TO Richard Smith. Innkeeper in Providence,
for the use Of his Inn. special verdict ,ha-
wing been found against Peckham, the de- I
PENDANT moved for his discharge on the (
ground that the law was unconstitutional \
and void" The constitutionality Of the la,o Is
fully sustained by the Cotss4. II is understood
that an appealewill be made to the Supreme
Court OF the United Statesy- Boston .oGy.'i
NV 4E Hh 2ii $500 4dlea U0IB ,4Wol
" tRRRATENrD AvALANcHE.-Accordin to a
statement in the Natchex Free, Trader' Sf the
18th ult. which is to be taken with some 81
ioowance. probably the town Of Vickshurg is