Litchfield enquirer., 1838-08-09
PRENTYCE-LANA.

PRENTYCE-LANA.
 The Trenton Emporium boasts that it's party is sin the habit of using up rascals" Theres some found- aton for the boast party, that makes such habit ua of Fascals, must of c0urse some of tkee Wp It cannot expect its tools to wear forever. I MT. Woodbury, notwithstanding all the attacks made upon him by the Whgs, continues to Keep cool
 He may keep cool enough but he does so at the ex- pense of the people. It appears from MT. Bonds speech, that, among the various items of public ex- penditre, the sum of $l04 is set down for ioe 1or country would willingly let the Secretary get little warm occasionally, rather than keep him cOoI on such terms.
 Why is the Louisville Journal so anxious to knock the breath out of the bodies of the Tory papers - | Vt. StltesmGn.
 Because to suffer such nusances to breathe the vi- 1 tai air is wicked waste of heavens atmosphere.
 MT. Bonds speech is full of slang. The people will set their seal upon him at the next elecuon-Oh'O
 And will a Bond'' be any the less operative for bearing the broad seal' of the people
 A GROUP. from the pencil of Bryant "Peyton offer ing to shoot down witness who stood before hin on l examination; Wise plotting and executing the death of a man whom he hated and feared Clay belchlng curses in the Representatives Hall, and Bel! dealing blows on the man who denies the truth Of hs vtu. at the side of Wise, exclaimng, Il must have anoh- CT shot'-Boston AdUocate
 Pshaw! The picture is not half complete. By way of filling it up, let have Jackson, with arms a-km- bo, exclaiming that there should be good hickory cudgel over the door of each House of Congress- la beled, "this for islanders " Benton tripping seaithy bill protrudimg from his adjusted cravat; Col John son gazing with enamoured look upon his dear yu- a and quoting in ecstacy the ine of the poet, "she of the Advertiser, mounted the shoulders of four | Tory members of Congress, Tn the act of breaking I into the Commonwealth Bank of Boston.-LouisciAe Jour.
 | Longeu;ty among Printeys.-A late French paper contains the following interesting calculations In twenty-three printingOfces in Paris, there were no 70 wears An aged master printer asserted that he had known more than 90 compostors or Pressmen who had passed their 6Oth year. Among thirtycfive persons engaged in one oice onenra & ranged &g m Iro pm office few years ago, said there were, out of forty workmen, twenty-five whose ages ranged from 50 to 7o This office was appropriately termed m .hds's There are seventeen printers now working m taris of whom seven are 70 years of age, one 50, and an other s2 A journeyman wrought m the ofhce % cf Didot the younger, until his death at the age of S6 and another continued to work until the age of S4- Among the deaths in Paris in one year, there were l twenty-five Printers, whose ages yar'ed from 20 to 78 years and among the returns from the hospital ot the aged the death of four printers were announced whose ages were respectively 64, 69, D and 7s'
 Ho,D to ruin Son.-l. Let him have his own way. | z. rove where he pleases on the Sabbath. 4. Give him full access to wicked company }: Cal! him to no account for his evenings 6. Furnish h!m with no stated employment. Pursue either one Of these ways, and you will experience most marvellous deive- rance, will have to mourn over debased and rl- ined child Thousands have realized the sad result, and gone mourning to the grave ..
 One of the parishoners of minister who had late; lv been settled while on a visit to Boston, asked by friend how he liked his new minister .' Very satisfaction. He is one of the most liberal, discreet men ever knew-for in the pulpit he neither inter- feres with politics nor religion"
 Married Lodies.-A married lady, aluding in con- versation to the l4sth Psalm, observed that while "young men and maidens, old men and children" ," were expressly mentioned, not word was said about married women. An old clergyman, whom she was addressing assured her that they had not been omit ted, and that she would find them included in one of the preceding verses under the description of vapcrs and storms. .t
 4 Small A6air-A Western paper in speaking Of steamboat explosion, said that great deal of un- necessary fuss had been made about ii. as only Jt teen lUes suere lost"
 "As ' uiu pay no deJts of her contracting. ."-The Hon. Mir Norton has published an advertisement in the London papers, stating, that as his once adored and beloved Mrs Norton is living separate from h;m-he having placed 400 pounds per annum at her dsposal-he will not be answerabe for any debts or liabilities she may contract.
 How pleasant it is for father to sit at his child board It is like the aged man reclining under the shadows of the oak which he had planted.
 Most Horrible.-A black woman, named Sarah Henry, having an anmosity against a woman of her color, enticed her out on the common beyond Fede- raj Hill, Baltimore, on Saturday night, after getting her intoxicated. When there, Sarah tied the arms of the other prevent her resistance and then set fire to her clothes. The weched woman was burnt from the head to the feet almost to crisp is sup posed that she cannot survive. Sarah Henry ar- rested and committed for further hearing.-N Y. American.
 Murder in the Streets iu Broad Day Light.-Satur- day morning between 10 and Il o'clock, as coIored woman named Ann Coleman, was walking in Broad. way, near Walker-st. in company with the woman with whom she boarded, she was met by her husband. who seized her by the har pressed back her head and cut her throat from to earamost sevengthe head from the body. The woman who was in company with the deceased, testified that she had heretofore heard the husband threaten the death of his wife, The cause which led to the commission of the act is supposed to have been jealousy. She had lived for some time separate from her husband. The jury re- turned verdict of wilful murder. The murderer. | whose name is Edward Coleman, is in custody and was committed to prison await trial of his crime. -Nsw- York Express.
 Cain and Abel.-A murder took place on the oppo- site side of the yer near the town of Girard. Aaba ma, on Friday July 10th. almost too horrible to be given to a Christian community. The circumstances l f.lln, share nd Hal Lucas, who had been much in the habit Of guar. reng, came together under strong excitement. and Tom, as was his frequent custom, begnn to fog Hal