Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-06-14

his own hishonor. Without attempting to
disturb the guilty pair, he fired his house
IN three different Places the flames cTeeping
through the upper stories, and encircling the
roof his once happy home. The wretched
woman and her paramour were aroused from
their adulterous dreams by the flames, and
rushed to the windows to save themselves
by lcaping out, but below stoodtlse inturiated
husband with his rifle, and the moment the
easement was opened he fred with unerring
aim, and they both fell amid the burning ru-
ms.
WhitesOashing Extraordinary THE Rev.
MIR. Williams, whose return to the South
Seas was noticed IN the Herald few DAYS
ago, gives in one of his narratives laugnable
account Of the effect produced on the natives
OF ons ofthe islands by successful attempt
which he made to convert the coral of their
shores into lime. After having laughed at
the process Of burning, which they believed
was to cook the coral for food, what was their
astonishment when in the morning they found
the missionary's cottage glistening in the ri
sing sun, white as snow! They danced, they
sung, they shouted, they screamed for joy.
The whole island was soon in commotion,
given up to wonder and curiosity. The bon
tom Immediately voted the whitewash O COS.
metic and Kalydor, and superlatively hap
py did many Swarthy coQuette consider
herself could she but enhance her charms by
q daub of the white brush. And now party
spirit ran high, as it will do inmore civilized
countries, as to who or who was not entitled
to preference. One party urged their supe-
rior rank and riches q second get the brush
and was determined at all events to keep Il !;
and third to overturn the whole, that they
might obtain some of the sweepings. They
did not scruple to rob each other Of the little
share that some had been SO happy as to pro-
cure. But soon new lime was prepared. and
in week not hut, domestic utensil, q war
club, or garment, but was as white as snow !;
not an inhabitant but what had his skin pain
ted with the most grotesque figures; not q pig
but what was similarly whitened and even
mothers might be seen in every direction ca
pering with extravagant gestures, and vel.
ling with delight at the superior beauty Of
their white-washed Infants English paper. I
Escape and Recapture.-A letter dated Elk
ton. KY. May Z, to the Editor Of the Green
River Gazette, gives the following account
of the escape of three prisoners, and their re-
capture by two young ladies. negro and q
dog.
"A very extraordinary occurrence took
place in this village this evening. AT twi-
light, our county jailor opened his prison
door, and three prisoners, young and stout
men, pushed by the old keeper, throwing
him over on the floor. The stoutest of the
prisoners, whose name is Morrow. was caught
as he passed through the lower part of the
prison, (Which was occupied as residence0
by two Of the keepers daughters, the Misses
Bunch, who held him until the alarm brought
to their assistance several gentlemen, and
Morrow was again put in prison. The other
two prisoners, whose names were Campbell,
run On, and an old negro caught one Of them
in the creek, and set his dog on the other, and
the dog caught the third SO that the whole
| three, in the course of fifteen minutes were
safely lodged In Jail. Thus we see three a.
BILE bodied prisoners captured by two Green
River Young Ladies', a negro and dog. The
above is literally true.
The Hartford Patriot, nv. B. says AT o
great meeting Of the friends Of Mr.. Clay con-
vened at Masonic Hall, in the city Of New
York, on Tuesday evening last, the Hon.
| CUBAN G. VERPLANcK was chosen President,
assisted by one hundred Vice Presidents and
eleven Secretaries. An able address to the
people of the State Of New York and Of the
United States was unanimously adopted after
| which series of Resolutions, approving OF
| at Harrisburg, Penn. in December, 1889, for
| the nomination of candidates for President
and Vice President mmending HENRY
CLAY as suitable person to be nominated at
that Convention appointing q corresponding
committee to carry out the objects OF the
meeting-and condemning, In the strongest
and most pointed language, the leading
measures and policy of the present admins
tration az " dangerous 10 our liberties and In.
compatible with our republican institutions =
&c. &c. were introduced. After some el0-
uuent addresses the resolutions were adopt
| ed. The meeting was immensely large, and
was conducted with great spirit and enthusi-
asm.
Prospects Of IMyisns in de Empire Stale
Our last elections, which were in the Spring,
for town officers, exhibit the following results
| In the towns 4S4 are wing, S47 tory, giving
the latter IA conservatives. Of nine cities,
seven are entire in every ward, and the other
two New. York and Brooklyn) have q major
ity. Almost all tho principal villages (many
Of them cities ia size) are wing such as
Auburn, Newburgh, Syracuse, Geneva, Itha-
ca, Poughkeepsie. Canajoharie, &c.
AscfM effects Of Rum.-Tbe Providence
| Journal has the following ga young lady
possessing great personal and mental accom-
plishments, and also rich in this worlds
goods, committed suicide al Farrington, N. X.
only fifteen days after marriage, being impelled
to the fatal deed by discovering that her hus-
band was drusikard.
A Man Missing.--Th Albany Evening
Journal of the 3Oth says MIR. Kennedy, .
journeyman tailor, recently from New York.
who was missing after the fire, supposed to
have been burned in Mr.. Goods buildings,
has since been found in the ruins.
Mr.. Rires If Vigginia.-This gentleman
remarked IN debate the other day, that e III