Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-11-14

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have been received AZ New Orleans. n
both these cities the yellow fever had been
very fatal some of The most distinguished in
habitants having been carried OF by it,
Among the deaths in Houston, we find the
names Of the Hon. Henry HMmphrcgs, Chief
Justice OF that county. the Hon. RobsrE Barr
Post Master General and ~. "A. Ander
son, late OF Vicksburg. $500 80 sssao
: A party Of fifteen men, q woman and two
children, on their road to q settlement above
Austins the new seat Of Government. were al.
tackled by q party Of Indians and all muir
dered.a isi3,.'.3ss -sas..s,s ~, ~ =
Business at Houston was extremely dull.
Preparatlons were making % remove the
A force of $50 men was still engaged in
traversing the Interior for the purpose Of dis
placing the Indians and protecting the settle
mentS. So IA
ii Van AFabuggh OutdOne. The lion Emper-
or, Gas we suppose he must be called, 10 dis
tlngnish him from Mr.. Van AmbuEgh,) Mr..
Carter, made his first appearance at Astley's,
on Monday eveningS ina piece entitled stThe
Miracle. or Afghan, the Lion King" In the
first act ct this piece, Mr. Carter fought with
a tiger. The beast of prey iii the outset mas
tered the man. and dragged him from q plat
form down fight Of steps, and after con-
test for superiority for some time, the animal
il mastered, and IS led off tame as a kitten.
All this takes place on the open stage, With
out the restraint ola cage; the tiger has the
same latitude as all his brother performers,
uncontrolled. in the second act he intro9u-
ced the novel and beautiful display of a lion
in harness, peaceably and docilely drawing
him in chariot. The lion is a magnificent
animal but meek and mild, and seems to
manage itself rather than be managed. In
thethird act he brought out beautiful leop-
ard, and played with il, attached to leading
string, as he would have done a lap dog
His performances, of course, comprehended
all the experiments Of thrnsting his arms and
legs in the mouths Of the creatures, and all
that was done with ease, elegance, and per-
feet safety. When the curtain dropped, the
audience called loudly for the Lion King,and
he. presented himself 10 receive the congrat.
ulations of the house, leading in his fayorite
tiger, who partook Of the repast. sa,f
IA National Bank During the fifty years
in which the existing system of National
Government has been in operation, we have
had. for forty years Of that period, the benefit
of q National Bank. Within the same con-
stitutionai period Of fifty years, there have
been three several suspensions ofspecie pay
ments. And It is fact worthy Of notice, as
we'll by the friends as by the opponents of
SUCH an lnstlluflon,thut NOT one OF these three
suspensions occurred during the existence of
the Nationa! Bank The first suspension oc-
CURED some time alter the charter of the first
National Bank expired and the second and
third suspensions, after an interval of twenty
years, followed the expiration of the charter
Of the second National Bank es @'1*
Thus, by appealing to the record, it APP
pears that the existing constitution of gov
eminent has been in operation for fifty, years.
During forty years Of that time, " National
Bank, chartered BY Cong has been the
fiscal agent Of the Goyernment-and during
these forty years, there was no such an oc-
currence as q general Suppression of specie
by the banks OF the Union. But
during the remainder Of the constitutional
tern-that IS. during the ten years that the
country and the Government have been with
out the advantage of National Bank, there
have been no less than three suspensions of
specie payments Bal Pat.
ts4sf tssis a tss 49, - '7 II II ~
"A CuRrostrY "A gentleman Informed us a
few DAYS since. thai d short time previous,
while ii, puFsui, Of wild turlties in Hart CO.,
Kentucky. HI company with 3 friend. they
vatiotI. 4 laree hole. that would admit q
mar s hodv' ,aifho,,t much difficnlty.l Curi-
osity led them fo rnnlxe preparations. and by
an accession. thev entered mis- mysterious
Mace All me de1fh al nbot,t 90 feet thew
found themselves In q subterraneous cave or
room. apparently cut out of a solid rock,
which they had passed many feet,
which. apneared rs he about l6 Or ie feet
snunra . iiDnr ;rf:,SSoart yvas the first TINT