Litchfield enquirer., 1841-10-28

blows with Qnick progressive frequency
His eRmiiy is indiscriminate-his wrath is
not confined to classes or conditions. Now
the man surrounded with friencs and basking
in the sunshine af afTluence, falls his victim,
and now the poor pennileSs stranger shares
u like fate. There goes the corpse OF the
millionaire, followed by troops OF mourning
friends and IA hong train of carriages. lmme-
diately after is the unattended hearse of the
poor unknown. In this house the sober, in
duSirious mechanic lies stretched on the bed
OF death, and in that the voice OF the diSSOlute,
dissipated spendthrift echoes in the silent
chamber as he gives utlerance to the wander
ing and NncOnnected imaginings Of his fever
ed brain. ...
| Business, it may be said, is suspendeds and
the principal occupation Of those who have
SO far escaped the insidious attacks of the
disease, is minisaering TO the sick and burying
the dead. Instead ofthe buoyant and elastic
step that marked the motion Of our citizens
as they passed through the streets in the
healthy business.season, they seem to have,
instinciively and unanimously, adopted a
melancholy kind Of march, as it their foot
steps kept time with the mOurnfNl tones OF
the muffied drum. The cheek on which the
smile of pleasure then played, is now coursed
over by the tear of friendship or affection.
Rarely does person pass who bears not
the conventional insignia of sympathy about
him as we'll as its internal traces. That man
with Grape covered hat, his eye still moisten-
ed by the spring Of fraternal affection, has
just seen the tomb close over dearly below
ed brother. He who follows after him, that
has already reached the autumn of life, but
yesterday saw inurned the prop and hope Of
his declining years. And those two men
wearing the Grape on their arms, are recount
ing the many merits and manly virtues OF a
deceased brother fireman or fellow member
of some benevolent society.
At night all is still, as still almost as if it
were indeed the city ofthe dead. For, except
those who noiselessly pass along to visit the
sick, or are intent on the performance of
some other work of mercy. nothing is to be
heard but the rumbling Of the doctors car
riages, as they pass over the Pavements, or
the tap at intervals, ofthe watchman's baton
on the curb stone. New. Orleans is, literally
shrouded in the pallor Of mourning and sor.
row.-N. 0. Picayane. ?: .. -s....s.. ...,
| The One. Gallon Lao Of MississtPpi-We
were conyersing, a few days since, with
very intelligent gentleman from Mississippi,
in regard to the action of the one gallon law.
passed in that State, it will be remembered.
some two or three years since. He informs
us that the law is rigidly enforced, and is so
wisely framed, that to eyade it is almost inn
possible. In the large towns on the river, it
Is true that it is violated, but throughout the
State its enforcement has been of satutary
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The efforts made to evade this law have
been promptly checked. We give an in
stance. An ingenious rum.Seller fitted up in
his house sliding apartment, ON the open
sesame principle. Little cards, bearing the
names of different drinks, were near, and the
buyer had only to drop one Of them into
box with Levy, when out came the wished
for beverage. In this case it WAS impossible
to identify the seller, but the Judge charged
the grand jury to find bill against the OWL
er Of the house. This was done, and no
more attempts were made to violate the law
W ..'esa'Io or nIScnunicai agents.--Bos. Star.
The Bridgeport 0tana.>-I .h:nLs tho ,ocos
have been little more successful this Fall
than usual, for the reason TINT they have not
had to carry Van Burcn on their shoulders.
There's something in that, Major. ..
While the workmen employed on Fort
Trumbull were engaged in removing some
earth few days since, they discovered the
skeleton of a man about one foot from the
surface. Appearances Indicate that he was
murdered. A bayonet lay near him, and he
appeared to have been buried with his clothes
on. It is conjecturcd that he was a soldier
belonging 10 the garrison, and was murdered
while on duty as sentinel. The belts were
distinctly yisjble.-New London Gazette.
The Oxford IN. c. Mercury of the l4th
instant adds another to the list of foul trage-
dies which have recently disturbed the quiet
of our land. On Tuesday night last, as Rich
ard Bullock, Esq. was standing near the
piano, on which his daughter was playing, he
was shot, through the window. and in few
seconds was n corpse. 1t is supposed that
the mouth ofthc gun could not be more than
two or three feet from him, as the shot enter.
ed his body within a small space of each
other. A Coroner's inquest was held over
the body the next day, and verdict "mur.
dered by an unknown hand" relurned.--
Suspicion DIS yet rests on no one. , ,.
The Georgia papers inform us that Messrs.
INSECT and AFFORD, two Of the Representa-
tives from that State. have been compelled,
by private considerations, to resign their
seats in Congress. ..ri 5 ,-'...'" q.
The Editor Of the Boston Mail says
neighbor informs him that wood goes further
when left out of doors than when well hous-
ed some of his having gone upwards of a
quater of a mile in one night. az
REcIPRocATIoN OF NATIONAL PoLITENEss--
Mcleod after his acquittal, WINS escorted 10 the
frontier of New York, by the Sheriff of Onei.
da County. It seems that brother Jonathan
WINS determined not to be Outdone by his
cousin John. for we learn from the Montreal
Herald, that Sir Richard jackson, admins.
traitor Of the Canadian Government. had re.