Litchfield enquirer., 1840-01-09

Sstpposed Loss dt Sea ef c C0"sPey qF Uaited States TN0Ops.-The Boston AoVefu- ser of Monday says :-' It will be seen rom the following letter of our correspenoent as Portsmouth, that there is reason to aPpreneno the loss of the brig Virginia, with her entIte crew, two officers oL Inc army. Co"k"
 oc men. and several women. We hope, now >sver. that these fears may prove groundIesS, and that the vessel may have arrived at her destination, or some other port.
 " Portsu,ouxh, ~. 1T. Dec. 9, 1930.
 Eir-Great fears are entertained here for the safely of the brig Virginia, of Jackson vile, East Florida, Chas. Wiley master which sailed from hence for N. York, on Wednesday, the 1lth inst, having as pas- seugers, Lieuts. Fowler and Grafton, and about 40 recruits of company D. of lst Re giment U. S. Artillery, women, one ot whom was the Captains and another the mates wife, and the residue wives of the sol. diefS also two other men passengers ana several children-making in all about 0O souls on board.
 Rlood hounds are used in the West India Islands to hunt down absconding negroes They are terocious and blood-thirsty' anu are dreaded much by the blacks to wn'L" these dogs seem to have peculiar aversion. During the day, they arc kept secutsy chained, but at night are liberated' ana II negro is found beyond the preclnc's oI ms
 cabin, he is at once attacked by tne hounos'
 They spring at the throat, and seldom la.i .o :"
 unarmed individual avails but little when opposed to the strength and ferocity ot these animals, When negro runs away a aoe
 is nut upon the scent, and in very snort
 lime. he has him by the throat, or the negro
 to rid himself from an animal he shrlnKs
 from with terror, climbs the first tree tor pro- lection. They tear and mangle the limbs of the poor black, especially if he resists, and oflen times, they are literally murdered by the hounds. A friend from the West ln- dies, informs US, that the antipathy of these blood. hounds to the blacks is purposeiy m" creased, by tying them up in the day tlme' and compelling the negroes to beat them with great severity. It is thus their terocl. ay is cultivated, and when their black per secutcrs are found at large during the night. ahese blood thirsty brutes amply repay their injuries. Northampton Courier.
 A Mock Morriage-A fashionable villain, boarding at one of the'hotels m providence K. I. recently made proposals of marriage to modest young woman, who ilVeo at Ine hotel in the capacity of chamber maid. De- ceiyed bv his attentions, the young woman accepted his proposals. and they were Pra- vately married, at the house of friend by | u magistrate. After living together between eight and ten weeks, the poor giri ascertain ! ed that the ceremony was fraud, and the l ,psetended magistrate an impostor but not until the chief actor in the villainy had esca. ped. The wretch should be lashed naked through the world. s'i @s'>4$
 Since the above was in type, we learn 1 that the principal in the affair has been ar rested, and held to bail in the sunlof $lOOOO, at the suit of the young lady whom he da. ceived.- BostoniGn. s.f at e ,isf
 "1Gke BrGndrsth," is . good phrase, but 1t seems, from Law Court Report, in the ! Times, that some constitutions require "a heavy dCse.'' The case in this case was n ! law case Benjamin Brandeth vs. Benjamin l B. Mussey. The plaintiff set forth, in his 1 declaration, (with the usual quantity ofver- bal rignarole for such cases made and provi- ded) that he was lawful possessor of the SC. transmitted to him by his ancestors, and carefully concealed from all other per. sons-of mixing and compromising certain medical ingredients which, when duly and 1 properly mixed, produced q valuable medi. cine of great efficacy in curing various dis eases. But the defendant had greatly injur- cd the sale ofthe genuine "Brandreth's Pills," by spurious fabrication, which he com. pounded aud sold under the same name, to she great detrin,ent of the plaintiff. The ev. tdence upon all the points relied upon by the plaintiff was full and explicit. and the jury found verdict for the plaintiff: and assessed damages in the sum of $6,26S; and judg- ment was rendered for that sum. a0
 A Flare up in High Life-We copy the fol- | lowing from the Ohio Freeman, published ot [ Columbus. The only item respecting the subject. noticed in tho other papers at the ! Capital, reads thus: "A bill has passed the I House to divorce Thomas shannon from his l aMife Sarah Shannon" I
 Nudden Diuorcemeist --On Monday last. the | elite of this great city were thrown into the | utmost confusion by Q most unexpected dis covery that a certain lady, the recently ca. poused lady of an honorable Senator, was not exactly what she should be. It appears that the honorable Senator, who is very nearly related to his excellency, met this accom- plished and bewitching cyFrian some months siAea in the course of his travels, and became go completely enamo1red with her .perfec- lions that a correspondence was fixed upon and regularly continued until the conslrn. saAsiOn of their union, which took place at NeWG Gsleans short time before the meeting ofthe Legislature. On the arrival Ofthe par- ties in this city, the lady took her place at the hotel table, and was received with open arms by the fashionable and the gay, the vir. taous and the pious, of this fashionable and goy, virtuous and pious city. Parties were given by the aristccracy. to which none but 1he aristocracy were, of course, invited, in honor of Mrs. Senator S--, and the gilt and embossed cards of the honorables and the anaiables were poured in upon her by the dozens. But, alas for the aristocracy, and alas for the anaorator of Senator s.! Her ca. Seep of S;stinciion was doomed to be a short