Litchfield enquirer., 1841-12-02


 remarks, in the course of reply to sundry empty theories of the Enquirer, upon the sub- ject of Free Trade.
 Arelwe never to be done with this ever- lasting nonsense about free trade and the tariff! Will the Enquirer, or Professor Dew, or the Hon. MT. Hunter, be so kind and oblig- ing as to inform US what they mean by free trade! Can any trade between nations be said to be free which is not TeciproCal? Is that free trade which shuts the United States out of foreign ports, and gives to foreigners a free admission into our own at low duties, thereby virtually surrendering to them the monopoly of our markets and fatally paraly- zing our own domestic industry! We can tell the advocates of that silly doctrine of tree trade that there is large majority of the American people who scorn and deteSt it as miserable humbug; and when the ques- tion is fully and fairly presented before them, whether American industry shall fall prostrate and paralyzed before British indus try, they will, as with the might and power of strong man, resolve that the Union itself shall not hold together at such an enormous and desolating sacrifice. There are break CTS ahead, indeed but we shall see who it is and what class of opinions are likely !o be shipwrecked.
 AN AMERICAN PANTHER.-An enormous animal of this species was killed in Sidney, on Saturday last, about seven miles from this place, by party who were out fox hunting. They came upon and followed his trucks about three miles, when they overlook him in the woods, and fired at him at the distance of about fifteen feet, without any apparent effect he retreated some fifty rods and stop ed /; two of the party again approached to within about ten feet, and fired again, when he turned and came at his pursuers with the utmost ferocity; but fortunately hound bitch they had with them, seized him behind, and caused him again to retreat short dis tance. After firing dozen rounds of shot and balls, they so disabled him as to allow them to approach and knock him on the head with an axe. He measured 7l-2 feet in length, and l2 l.2 inches round the fore arm, and weighed nearly POO pounds. He has been exhibited in this town, and is consider. ed the most formidable animal ever taken in our forests. He had not long been in that vicinity, and it is surprising how an animal of this kind could have penetrated into so populous territory without being sooner dis. covered, and hunted down.-Kenncbec JOur.
 Great Fire at St. Johns, ". B-The East ern papers received this morning, bring us intelligence that this city has again been visited by devastating conf1agration-.w which broke out on the evening of the 18th inst, and swept away all the buildings on Market street wharf, and down to Whitncy's wharf, from Prince William street to the water, the new market house, &c. Large quantities of goods were placed in the market house, and were all burnt. Forty vessels are stated to have been burnt, including five large ships, md Nho Stil ,hnr fha Jeff. The wind was very high, blowing gale from west to south. west, and it is feared that the quarter part of the city must have gone.
 Some advces mention seventy five build- ings were destroyed.-N. Y. Express.
 Ertensire Circulation.-A curious instance of the circulation of a bank note is mentioned by the Houston Telegraph. A gentleman who was closing up some business ot Q mcr- cantile firm in one of the western settle. ments of Texas, n few weeks since, paid out $ 100 note on one of the Louisiana banks, and in a few days after received it again from a person who was owing him. On making in- qury he ascertained that this bill had made the complete tour of the settlement, "paying up old scores," and had actually passed through the hands of twenty -four different debtors and creditors, thus paying debts to
 
 serve to show how small sum of money is requisite to supply all the neccssarics of domestic circulation.
 4 Fierce Encounter Concordia (La.) [ntelligencer gives the subjoined account of an affray which recently took place in that neighborhood:
 "On the afternoon of the 9th inst. Mir. E. G. Collingsworth, the overseer of Marengo plantation, in this parish, was assaulted by three runaway negroes, two men and wo. man, one of the men and the woman the prop erty of Dr. Gustine, the other man belonging 10 Mr. Clark. The negroes jumped upon Mir. Collingsworth while in the field; and had he not been strong. athletic man, he would have been murdered on the spot.- The contest was principally between MT. c. and the boy of Mir. Gustine the other two negroes having run away at the time that Collingsworth cOllarcd Gustine's boy. It seems that after struggle between these two. the negro got free from the grasp of MT. c. and seized shot gun near by. This was critical moment of life and death: MT. c. flash they were clinched-the negro was strong, and in the struggle for power, Col. lingsworth was thrown upon the ground and nearly choked to death. In this situation, he felt for pocket-knife, and having suc- ceeded in opening it. by the aid of one hand, he drove the blade fast and fierce in the back of the negro until he surrendered as dead subject. The negro Is dangerously i'll, and but little hope is entertained Ot his recovery
 Arrest of ReU. Mr. Knappfo Slander.-We learn from the Providence Journal that Rev. MT. Knapp, a preacher of some celebrity.