Litchfield enquirer., 1838-09-13

bruins dashed out. His comrades seeing
him fall, suddenly took to their heels and no
more was seen of them. Some other names
have been communicated to US but we refrain
| from giving them at present, lest we should
either iniure innocent individuals or preju-
dice the administration Of justice. 1t is thot
that the wounds of Flekensteln will not seri-
ously endanger his life: An inquest was
held over the body of Helt and verdict rem
dered that he "came to his death by the
hands of one of the three Flekensteins. p
Measures have been taken to bring the Often
ders to Justice at the next term of the GRIMM
al court. ...
SIR ASHLEY COOPER.
In Pettigrew's Medical Portrait Gallery,
part V. lately published in London, are the
/ following amusing anecdotes fthe celebrat-
ed Surgeon, Sir Ashley Cooper.
! "He received, perhaps, the largest fee
ever given at one time for an operation. 1t
was upon an old gentleman named Hyatt.
who was a resident in the West Indies, and,
when arrived at the age of seventy, being af-
flicted with stone in the bladder, determined
on going to England, to undergo an opera
ton for its removal. He selected Sir Ashley
for the occasion. It was performed with his
accustomed ability: and upon visiting him
one day when able to quit his bed, he observ-
| ed to his surgeon that he had feed his physi-
clan, but that he had not yet remunerated
his surgeon. He desired to know the amount
of his debt; and Sir Ashley stated "two hun,
dred guineas !" "Pooh, pooh :" exclaimed
the old gentleman, - shan't give you two
| hundred guineas-there-tha is what shall
| give you,o taking off his night cap and tos-
sing it to Sir Ashley. "Thank you, sir, -
said Sir Ashley, i" any thing from you is ac-
ceptable," and he put the cap into his pock-
ct. Upon examination it was found to con-
tain check for one thousand guineas!
"Ohe other anecdote must be related as
| singularly illustrative of character. Mr..
Steer consulted Sir Ashley at his own resi-
dence, and having received his advice, de-
parted without giving the usual fee. Sir A.
took no notice ofthis, but gave his assistance
to him cheerfully, under feeling, that he
was gentleman who had seen better days,
and was now in Indifferent circumstances
Shortly after, however, Sir A. received a
note, acquainting him that in going into the
Stock Exchange, he found he had some ON
mum, which he had not disposed Of and that
he had taken the liberty to put G3OO0 of it
! in his name and finding that it had soon
after risen he took the further liberty Of SELL
ing it for him, and now sent the difference,
which was G63,l0. at zu.s.,.af s .s
| Sir Astley's annual amount of fees, far ex-
ceeds that Of any member of the profession.
| In one wear he received no less sum than
E2l 900, and for many years from 5000 up
wards. His patients have comprised all
classes of society, and his attention was
equally bestowed on the wealthy and the in
digent.
| A Black Leg-That good.looking man,
with a large breast-pin, and chain of gold
conspcuously displayed across his breast is a
blackleg of the vilcst class. He is insinuat-
ing himself into the society of those young
men, for the purpose of making up card
party, when the work of plumber will COM
! mence. He has a scar upon his left hand.
and Twill tell you how it was gained. He
was travelling down the Mississippi, in COM
pany with some Southerners, and succeeded
in provoking them to gamble. One of them
soon became "a heavy loser--he suspected
foul play. and narrowly watched the strang-
er's conduct. He soon discovered that the
blackleg secreted the winning cards of the
pack, and produced them at his pleasure
The Southerner had lost heavily-more, in
deed, than he could afford-when he saw
the end of card peeping out from beneath
the others outstretched hand, that was lying
fiat on the table. He drew his spring back
dirk from his pocket, and, with one jerk,
drove it through the hand of the gambler,
deep into the top of the table. He was COM
PEELED to remain, nailed to the place, with
the evidence of his villany perfectly visible,
till every one on board of the boat had been
invited to look at him, that they might know
and avoid him for the future. All his win
nings were taken from him, and he was put
ashore at the first wooding place. But The
unblushing scoundrel is ut his dirty work
again, as If no such exposure had occurred.
Letters from the West.
Rise of the Lakss.-A gentleman who has
just returned from the West, states that for
est of oaks have been killed by the rise of
waters in the Lakes, and that some of the
trees, on being cut down, are found to be
marked with the growth of one hundred and
forty years thus proving that during that
long period, the waters had not before been
so high as at present. The cataract of Mia
CARA has gained in grandeur, while many
cultivated farms are not only to be found un-
der water, and city lots, which had been sold
for four thousand dollars are in the same
submerging condition. Dwelling houses
barns, &c, stand sin the water and out of
the WATER" and the ferces which once di-
vided estates, now only divide "watery
wastes" The rise has been regularly 90.
ing on for seven years, and irrcgularly for
seven more. 1t is however stated in the Buff
faio Advertiser, that within the last two or
three months, owing probably to the great
evaporation by heat. the water has fallen a
few inches. Lake Erie is now about four
feet higher than in 1926, and Lake Ontario
about 6 l-2 feet higher.-Jour. Com.
ENERey.-A noble ship successfully striv-
ing with the waves OF an agitated sea. is
grand object. To see her tossed from billow
to billow; now elevated to the summit of the
watery mountains. now almost engulphed in
Al i.