Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-11-08

was the German rife invented! How long
ago could it have been possible for an Indian
or a French hunter to have had such rifle
upon the waters Of the Mississippi? How
many years would have been required in ac-
the soil twenty two feet in depth,
with gum trees of such size upon its surface
These are questions for the antiquarian as
well as the geologist to answer.
NICHOLAS BIDDI.E THE FISCAL
AGENT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
The Globe, the Argus and their collateral
echoes, are vehement in their denunciationS
of the United States Bank. Loco-F oco Con-
ventions are passing Resolutions in favor of
a 4" Divorce Of the Government from Banks"
The followers Of Van Buren, impudentIy as
sert that the Sub Treasury Scheme is in ac-
tual operation. Indeed they pretend the "Re-
al Issue" before the People is whether they
will sustain the Administration in discontin-
uing the use Of Banks. j. ..4 H..
And yet there is nothing but patpabte,
gross, monstrous falSehood in all these pro-
LESSONS and pledges. The whole is cheat.
The very I" Monster" which the people are
called upon to strangle, is now in the en-
ployment of the Government Nicholas
Biddle is now the Fiscal Agent of the United
CIRCULAR, addressed by Department at
Washington 70 the Officers of the Army -
q i a 4 w q
[c1RcuLARl "Paymaster Generals Office,
.'. Washington, Oct. 9Th, 1888.
:" Sir-Arrangements having been made
with the UNITED STATES BANK to pay
the Treasurer's drafts to q certain amount at
different places, and it being PROBABLE the
notes of that Bank will be as As ACCEPTABLE
to claimants, and in some cases MORE CON.
VENIENT THAN SPECIE; you will,
should you receive drafts on that Bank or its
agents, make as many of your payments by
check as you can, which will give the recei-
yer the option of taking paper or specie +;
AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJ
LECTION TO,YOUR USING THE PA
PER OF THAT BANK IN ALL YOUR
PAYMENTS, so far as it can be done le.
gally." ~ IT,. ~. ......r.., .....
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The circular exposes the shallow pretenccs
of our Demagogue Rulers. It shows how
empty and hollow are all their professions
Van Buren, stands pledged to "UNCOM-
PROMISING HOSTILITY TO THE UNI
TED STATES BANK" and yet in the face
of his pledge, he employs the Bank of the
United States as the Agent of the Govern.
ment! And while they pretend that all pay
ments are made in specie, here is an official
from the Treasury Department to
use the paper Of the United States Bank in all
payments! Albsny Jour.
. Paris, Sept. %.
~. .Ax,l So
Madrid by a murder committed by NJ. Rod
riguez the Deputy, ON the person OF his wife,
a young and beautiful woman, to whom he
was married about two years ago, at Seville.
M. Rodriguez, who is extremely jealous, ac-
companied his lady to masked ball give by
NJ Vinadores. His wife's brother was
amongst the guests inc0gnito, and wishing to
cure his brother. LAW of his failing, impru-
IDENTIFY accosted him with an inquiry il he
was still as jealous as ever! "I am at all
events not jealous of you, beau nsasqne," was
the reply. "There you are wrong" said the
mask. " for you have very handsome wife,
with whose charms / am deeply smitten."
+" So much the worse for you," retorted M.
Rodriguez. 3" BY no means" said the broth.
er, for your wife, returns my affection, and
as a proof Of it, can inform you that she
has violet mark under her right BOSOM"
At these words NJ. Rodriguez seized the
stranger with the utmost violence by the
hand, exclaiming, Your life or mine !! Meet
me in a quarter Of an hour at my house,
He then tore his wife from the quadrille
while she was dancing, and without wing a
word to her. hurried her home. On reach
ing his hotel, he assembled the staircase with
his wife on his arm, dragged her intoh his cab
met without procuring light, opened his
and, taking from it a loaded pis- |
toI, placed the muxzle close to his wife'S bo- !
som, and shot her through the heart. At the
report, q number Of domestics, accompanied
by the Inflated lady's brother, who had been
the involuntary cause Of this frightful catas-
trophe, rushed into the room with lights On
witnessing the dreadful sight which met his
eyes, the brother tore off his mask and pro-
claimed his near relationship to the victim.
The disclosure deprived the wretched hus-
band of his senses, and he was hurried from
the spot in a state Of raving madness, which
the Madrid correspondent whom we quote,
fears, but we might, perhaps, more charita-
bly, hope, he will not survive.
FatGl Aecident. The proprietors Of the Co.
lumbia Gardens, in Camden, N. J. a placeof
respectable resort for our citizens in summer, !
have for some time had on their premises a
very large bear, brought from the Rocky
Mountains. which they have kept chained.
pn Saturday. in the absence Of both propri-
etors, little boy, q grandson of one OF them,
(Mr. Edmonds) Was running alone in the
garden. when the tear rushed out towards
him with such fore, that the chain was snap
ped in twain. The animal then seized the
child, whose cries brought out man wholly
unafmed and unprepared to rescue the body.
he returned and found pitchfork. with
which he assailed the bear, who retreated, |
holding with severe grasp upon the child
At the entrance TO his lair, he dropped his
victim, but not until life was totally extinct.
the animal then escaped into the neighbor. |
ing woods. where. after numerous discharges
Of muske.s. he was killed.-N. Y. Journal