Litchfield enquirer., 1839-08-08

Nous expedient was resoried to 10 save pris-
oner, charged with robbery in the Criminal
court at Dublin. The principal thing that
appeared in evidence against him, was a
confession alleged to have been made BY
him at the police office, and taken down by
u peace officer. The document purpofting
to contain this self eliminating acknowl-
edgmcnt, was produced by the officer, and
the following passage WINS read from it.
'Mangan said he never robbed but twice
said it was Crawford
This, it will be observed, has no mark of
the writer's having any notion of punctua-
tion, but the meaning he attached 10 it was,
!hnt,
Mangan said he never robbed but twice.
Said it was Crawford
MIR. O'Gorman, the counsel for the prison.
er, begged to look at the paper. He pcrused
it, and rather astonished the peace-otiicer by
asserting that so far from proving the mans
guilt, it clearly established his innocence
This said the learned gentleman, is the
clear and obvious reading of the sentence :
Mangan said he never robbed.
But twice said it was Crawford
This Interpretation had its effect on the ju-
ry, and the man was acquitted.
Frna Trees protected from Spring Frosts.-
In France practice has long been success.
fully adopted, by which tender trees IRE Sc
cured from the effects of frost 10 the same
manner that a house is secured from light
ning-by means of q conductor. In these
days of science, every farmer as well as eve
ny gardener. may. by recourse 10 his ba-
romcter and his thermometer, atld BY the me-
neurological experience incident to his cali
ing, detect probable change in the weather,
a nd n NaVcnns,onf Surroaco r>n 1o<.enea,., rs
temperature. When, therefore, he apprc.
hcnds frosty night. or by way Of precah-
ton to secure against blight his tendefest and
and most valuable trees, let him cntwine
among the branches Of each tree IN full
bloom, and from the top to the bottom. a thick
hempen rope. tho lower extremity of which
must be immersed in vessel of water. In
the morning the surface Of the water will be
covered with a cake of ice, though water pla.
ccd in vessel by its side would not have
been frozen and the blossoms would bc
found uninjured. This is very simple and
has proved in France very conclusive ex-
pertinent, which may be adopted in England
with great advantage. 1t would probably be
difficult to apply it as here described in large
orchards, although the same conductor, and
the same water, might serve for several trees
situated close to each other. Bot hHodifica-
ious agriculturist, which would admit Of its
being used in orchards, on the most exten.
sive scale, and without much expense.
British Formers Mag.
From Me Texas Stas
Discovery Of Mummies at Durango, MexicO.
A million ofmummies, Il is stated, have late
ly been discovered in the environs of Duran
60. in Mexico. They are in sitting pos
ture. but have the same wrappings, bands
and ornaments Of the Egyptian. Among
them was found poinard of flint, with a
sculptured handle, chaplcts, necklaces, &C.,
of alternately colored beads, fragments of
bones polished like ivory, fine worked elias
tic tissues, (probably our modern India rub
Der cloth,) moccasins worked like those of
our Indians to-day, bones of vipers, &c. 1t
remains to continue these interesting re-
searches, and America will become another
Egypt to antiquaFlans, and her ruins will go
back to the oldest periods of the world. show
ing doubtless that the ancestors of the Mon
tezumas lived on the Nile, and that their lux
urious civilization was broken up and over
powered by the hardy hOrdes of Asiatic
Tartars, who came down from Behring's
straits and the Rocky Mountains. The
scenes of Attilla and Alaric in Rome and
Greece, were rehearscd at an earlier day on
the shores of California and the plains OF
Mexico. 1t is unknown of the munlies above
mentioned what kind of embalmnlent was
used, or whether it was nitrous deposition in
the caves where they were found. A fact of
importance is stated, that the shells OF the
necklaces are Of marine she'll found at
Zacatecas, on the Pacific, where the Colum-
bus of their forefathers probably landed from
the Malay, Hindoostan or Chinese coast, or
from, leila nds nm the Indian OC@Nn.
The BOnGparte FomiLy.--A Matseilles Jour-
nal remarks that the month of May is fatal
10 the Bonaparte family. Napoleon died
NAV S, 1921 Pauline Borghese, May 10,
1925: Cardinal Fesch, May IL, 1889; Caro-
line Bonaparte. May l6, 1880. BY the death
of this last lady there is now no surviving
sister of Napoleon. His living brothers are
Joseph, the eldest of the family, Louis, Li-
Glen, and Jerome. The three sisters of Ma
poleon were Eliza, Pauline, and Caroline
(Murat's widow who took the name of the
Countess Of Lipona as the anagram of Ma
poll and remembrance Of her past great
ness. -
A Few FACTS ABOUT LoNDoN-London is the Jar
eest and richest city in the world occupying surface
Of 81 square miles, thckly planted with houses most
" three, FOUR and Eve stories high; il contained IN
1881 population Of l.47l9 y c.'rsisted q Lon
Tower Hamlsis, Southwark, and Lamheth distrcte.
In 1884 there entered the port Of London a7S6 British
ships, 1880 foreign chips; 1909 were registered as
beIonging 10 il in 1882, with 32,7S6 Seapen The
London dock covers 20 acres The two West India
Docks cover SO acres St. Kstherine's Docks cover
"a acres. There generally 5000 vessels and 1000
boats on the river employing 5000 watermen and 1900
iaborers London paw about one third OF the window
duty in England. The number of houses assessed
arc about 10000 rated upwards Of 100000 ster-
ling; about one third NOT assessed. The house
taverns, hotels and public houses The retailers Of
spirits and beer upwards IL iO0OO while the dea-
lears in the staff Of life somewhere about fourth
Of this number Numbering oil the courts. streets,
James, squares places dfd rows. they amount 10 up
wards Of 10000; and on account OF their extreme
points no Individual could pass the0ugh them IN the