Litchfield enquirer., 1840-10-01
woRKMEN IN MANUFAcroR1Es

lSAAC HILL the keeper Of Van Burens Iron Chest, dares to stignatise them in the following nanner in
 letter addressed to the hunbug democrats of Norfolk County, In Massachusetts, and published in the hur ming Post. ..- fss r
 :" Let us suppose that the many thousands ucsfcd on manutdcturing establishments had been invested m agricultural Improvements that li.is lost cdEiin had heen sa we'd and added 10 the capital of your far Iners, laid out in nimprovenents such us have seen in passing through your county; that the pruducts of the sngle acre had been increased from half ton to three tons of hayfrom fiftN to five hundred bushels | ot esculent vegetables-from ihurns and brars to orchards of full bearing fruit 9rees how much better niserabi, panc.strickel forces MGt Es oniy in the snits o Their employers, aud obliged 10 sell eir
 principles tor despcabte pifance when they come to the polls-wond not they at tile presen, time have CONTROLLING VOICE n your elections Ii is the anu. tdcfurtng oeratireS, dependent residing in the cities and villages that sustain the ars.ocracy Tn New.England."
 A more gross and impuden, libel on worthy class oa citizens we never remember iO have read What say you, manutu tucturers of OLD NORFOLK? Fhe grossness of the caunmy Is only equaled bv the absurdlty ot the policy he recommends. How does he suppose agriculture e"n prosper if the whole population become tanners ! Who will he the pur- c!asers of their produce? Suppose all manuaciur. ing and mechanical labor is abandoned and we all go 10 arHlng. What will be the price of produce And how shall we pay for clothing, tools, books, any thlng not produced on the farm, or even pay for the land we purchase 3-Kennebec Journal
 <A1hoClOUS OUTRAGE-AQCEDUCT BLOWN UP.-lhe Acueduct of the Welland Canal, which crosses Chip pewa Creek, was blown mp, early on Saturday mor- ming. with terrible explosion, while two schooners were in It; of which settled down in the chasm made by the explosion, the other fell over on her beam ends The navigation is of course stopped until the damages can be repaired There is every reason to suppose that it was the work of the mscreant Let who recently made his escape while on his way to the residence of such scoundEels a, Auburn. Pour water hastily into Q vessel with a narrow neck, little enters; pour gradually, and by small quantities, and ihe vessel is filed. Such is the sim pie figure employed by Quintlian to show the folly of tenching children Zoo much at a time.
 LoNGlTrDE.-A standing reward of great amount is offered by the British Government for new and efficient mode of discovering the Longitude The features of the Van Buren leaders in this quarter, since the of the Vermont election will illustrate the meaning of the term longitude; and if they would exhibit phzzes before the board of commissioners, the reward would doubtless be awarded to them by acclamation-Bosfon Mer. Jour.
 A child of two years ofage was found drowned on Monday last in Philadelphia, in tub, having in it but eight inches of Dater.
 CANNlBALs IN TExAs-A late number of the Austin Gazette says" A few days ago Comman nchee was killed on the Brushy by some Tonkahua Indians- his hands and arms, and thick part of his thighs were cut off and carried home a feast 10 their women and children. The Tonkahuas make no secret of their pariality for human fcsh and e,a.c that all the native Indians in Texas eat their enemies when they can catch them."
 THE CoSxEerIcrr afS4r~.. A gentleman wi.n has jus, returned from Sira,ford Ct. states that in the southern part of TrumbuII, three miles from where he was, fragment ofsone fell the earth, of the size of peck measure. This stone fell in pr- vae path. p!ouGhng along for some distance, and scorching the grass all the way. No other fragments had as yet Teen found. IL is conjec,ured that the explosion of the body of which this was part caused the earthquake of the 18th ult.-Jour. Com.
 ANTDorE AGAINST MicE.-Mr. Mcdonald, of Scalps in the IIchrides. having some time ago suffer- ed considerably by mice put a the bottom, the cenire md top of each oi his stacks of erain as they raised, three four stalks of wild mint with the leaves on. gathered near brook in neighboring field, and never afer had any of his grain consumed. He then tried the same experiment with his cheese, and articles kept in store, and with equal effect, by laying few leaves, green or dry, the articles to ae preserved.
 
 bound" The Vermont election has used the locofo COS up. They are tongue bound, and Chapman has received special request not to crow any more "LiSh gricfs may speak But the griefs of the standing army and sub-treasury faction are too big for uterance.
 TEMPTATION You know not the power of tcmpta- ton. Associate with vicious person but one day. and you receive serious injury; then what must follow if you are on the etric,est terms of intimacy with such character? By little and little you will be ass,nIa,ed to his bad practices till at length you become his equal in wickcdness.
 TRIAL OF MEs. NoRroN.-We learn from the Springfield Gazette, that Eliza Norton had her second trial last week, for the murder of James F. Staunton in Monson, by means of arsenic, in Nov. last. The Jury, as before, could not agree. The prisoner was accordingly ordered to recognize in the sum of five thousand dollars for her appearance at the next term ofihe Supreme Judicial Court, and then set libery
 Editors ia Phiindrlrhia Two editors are in nomi- nation for Congress in Phil. .dciphia, Morton M Mi chael, of the editors of the Saturday Courier, by the Whlgs, and the editor ot the Pennsylvanian cy the Administration men. r-
 A Sailors Kiss.-We were highly amused at a little incident which is said to have taken place at the Fair in Boston on Wednesday Among the nu- merous visitors, was noble hearted Jolly lar, who after ha wing wandered about for time. viewing the rich and varied articles of exhibition, suddenly came to the table of lovely and rich young ady- when Jack, sfer viewing the table and eyeing the lovely dan,sel, could refrain no longer, ard said to friend near by-"I would give frenty dollars to kiss tha, eirl,"-no sooner said than done" You may" said the young lady, timidy stepping forward and ceiving sweet kiss Jack. nothing daun,ed. plank