Litchfield enquirer., 1841-01-07

To sooth a friend distresses;
 Who helped and tried, still side by side,
 A friend to face hard weather,
 Oh, thus may we yet joy to see
 And meet old friends together! . 70
 ImpuSence Three rascals in New York recently robbed landlords bureau of Sl20, and then took drink all round at the bar paying him in his own money.-Bosson Post. za... .. .-..a
 "A wise man changes his mind, but a fool never does," is a popular quotation from the Spanish. If this be true how very wise some of our politicians must be! "'H >i'
 Resignation.-The Hon. John W. Crockett, son of the immortal Davy, has written letter to his constit uents announcing his intention of retiring from Con- gressional life. at the close of the present Congress- He assigns as reason for this course, his conscious want of the high qualifications necessary to nn able and efficient discharge of his du,ies. Such modesty in politician, it must be acknowledged "i virtue somewhat rare.'-Boston Courier. fA ="
 Circumstantiol Epidence.-A friend of ours, says the Journal of Commerce, had some time ego cook, whom he suspected of dishonesty. To test the mat ter litle he gave her three dollar bank note in the evening" with which to buy something in the morning In tho morning the note was gone. The cook said she put the bill in tea cup the shelf at evening, and in tho morning it was not there. This, however. was not satisfactory to the family, as no person but the cook could possibly have access to the place. She was therefore dismissed, aud another employed A few days afterwards. the new cook, in cleaning out the kitchen, found the three dollar note behind the cupboard, torn in pieces and made into mouses nest. ''E' ''.*#"
 TIRES BoxEs-Mr. Riddle said in late agricnl'n' ral address. that "three great influences rule the ouA nAn ehn eHeUp bor the ballot Dor, and the band bor-N. Y. TStIer.
 SAD AFFAR.-The letter writers from Washington assert that there is bitter enmity existing between Col Benton and the arch nnlliier John c. Calhoun that Benton attributes the defeat Of Van Duren who'll ly to his alliance with Calhoun, and asserts that mo- thing was ever supported by him yet that did not meet with immediate defeat. The two redoubtabIe ones are looking ahead to the presidency at some flu. ture day. and their chances arc about eQual it is not singular that ealouses should arise between hem
 NuFF CED!-A negro wcnch named Margaret
 il of Washington City, recently obtained $40 from Alexander Washington, . gentleman of coloE. for Q breach of marriage contract. GOi', ye wooleys. v
 The population of Indiana. is 6s33l4. In 1890 it wns Al ,4s2. Increase. 3ll739. In other words the population has little than doubled in ten years.
 The total population of South Carolina, according to the late census 594 439 showing increase of 10 per cent. during the last ten years s.' B..
 New.IIampshire, with less population than Yer moni voted the latter State by SIPS Any pipe laying therel .f ." ..#
 A man named William Stephens. of Springfield Mass. was strangled to death in the paper mill Of Elliott & Co.,, in Louisville, Ky. His black silk era vat was caught in the machisery. which could not he stopped before his neck was broken and his life tinct. ..-... .. ....-...
 Gen. Thomas Gascock, who4ad been nominated by the Van Burcn party in Georgia. for Congress to fill tho vacancy occasioned by the resignation Of Judge Coquii. has declined the nomination.
 KENTucKY-Thc Legislature of Kentucky has re- elected Hon. John J. Cfit,enden United States &c., na,or for six years from the 4h of March next. The vote in joint ballot stood-for Crtendcn tHar! 100; James Guthrie. ~. B32 %; whig majority 7l.
 The Patriot Son of Large Family-The Electo- ral Messenger from Indiana, is Col M. G. c. CLARK. Col C. was with Harrison at the Maumee and Tip pecanoe, and has been resident of Indiana. since the perod when there hut six inhabitants with in its territorial boundary. But what is most remark. able he s oRe o fentynise aud Do d0Hghicrs by ske same aiher and moiher This, we reckon, will be hard to beat. "e. .' ti%
 EXEMPLARY DAMAGEs-A verdict of @4000 has been recovered by the father of young lady at Wor. ccstcr. Mass. against Seth Maynard, married man. for the seduction of his daushter-who was member with him of a church choir. ....s
 CHANGE OF FoRTuNE.-A young Irish woman who had been sentenced to Blackwelis Island fer petty larceny for three months was yesterday discharged. her time expiring While making preparations to leave, gentleman who had but just heard of her whereabouts. came on the Island with trunk full of elegant clothing and what was better. the inf'rma ton that one of her relatives in Ireland had died and bequea,ed her the sum of twenty thousand dollars She left the prison elegantly dTeseed-and with . purse well filled with cash.-NeT-Er0.
 A DREADFUL CAsE.-One of the most appalling ca. ses that we ever remember related tn the Philadel phia Inquirer to have occurred day or two ago in the lower part of Philadelphia County. drunkard named Jarvis resided in unfinished house in Sixth street near Catharine-aDd his daughter, girl of nineteen, together with little boy, absolutely per ished with hunger and cold. The female was alive when discovered but all the ei1rts of the neghbors proved vain, and she expired on Sunday morning The little hoy was dead when discovered, and two other children were perishing with want in "ne cor ner of the room. The wreiehed father Is said io be utterly lost to all sense of shame.
 Col. Hines HOl, IS the Whig candida'e in Georgia to succeed Judge Culquii. v B. resigned in the pre-. sent Congress Of the United States. Gen. Glnscock is the Van Buren candidate. He has decIinedl
 Bu. twenty of the ,wcnty-Ihrre Electors of rresi- dent and Vice President met in Virginia st the sp- pointed time. The vacancies in such cases filled by the Legislature. which although decidedly Whe> elected three Van Buren men. tn defercncc to the