Litchfield enquirer., 1841-10-28

became confirmed on Saturday afternoon,
when it was positively announced that K. w.
Redfield, late Cashier of the Commercial
Bank Of that city, had disappeared, and was
a defaulter to the amount of $65.0OO. The
fact was not fully ascertained until Friday,
when the Bank Commissioners ELECTED 1t, in
the Investigations. Rcdfeld has 'gone TO
parts unknown"
| Here is alm,,E.er instance, says the N. \.
T;lttler, at 'hr Consequences OF the monstrouS
! folly and iniqny Of attempting TO support
the state aud ,lI,t"r of ten thousand year,
upou a salary Of three. We should suppose
that with what has happened in this wise be-
fore, the eve al suspicion would rest upon all
who occupy places of trust, and live beyond
| their means. AT any rate, few more such
! dcvelopemcnts will compel some people to
reurench their expenses, it they would save
their Characters.
Almost an escape from P,iSon.-James E.
Colt, who was sentenced to the State Prison
for fifteen years, about u year since, for high
| way robbery in this city, contrived an inge-
NOUS mode Of escape, which, however, lack
Ell the most mat erial part, success. 1t was
after this wise Colt had been employed in
the shop making boxes, in which materials
are sent from the prison to this city he made
one, and put buttons ON the lid. so as to fastcn
it inside, and then drove nails around the
! edge, breaking them off thus giving it the
appearance of being nailed down !; then di-
/ rcctcd it himself to Mr.. John Larue, corner
of Madison aud Pike streets in this CITY,
Having thus far arranged he employed me-
gro convict TO place it, after he had fastened
himself in, ON board the sloop Fanny, to be
brought TO this city. The box was placed on
the wharf, head do,cn, and remained there for
l in pn
Of the sloop.
| The sloop started during the gale yester-
| day, but was obliged to put back. and did not
| arrive until this morning. In the meantime,
Mr.. Lent, one Of the keepers. missed Colt,
and came down TO the city to look for him /;
not hearing of him here and learning that the
Fanny had not arrived, he misirusted that
| Colt was on board he therefore boarded her
| this morning on her arrival, and going into
the cabin saw the box and opened it. where
he found Colt nearly exhausted, from his
close confinement, and not having eaten any
thing, since yesterday. Colt was Immediately
his old quarters at o'clock 'his afternoon.
". Y. American.
Melancholy Suicide-We learn from the
Norwalk (Conn.) Gazette, that Miss Esther
C. French, an adopted daughter OF Mr.. Da-
vid ST.. John, of Norwalk, committed suicide
in that town on the 18th inst. by drowning
herself in well. The Gazette observes,
! that "the system of the deceased had been
| left in disordercd condition from an attack
| of the measles, which in spite of the efforts
of friends and medical treatment, led to
rapid dccline." .F ."a. '".
Fast working Oren.-The greatest objection
! to the employment of oxen upon the road
and ON the farm is their movement. This
ohiecti6n is oftener the fault ofth man than
,tha lserst. Very much depends upon the
trimming OF steers. and no animal shows the
treatment he has received in training more
surely than the OK. observe nun when he
is free in the field, and he will walk as fast
as the horse, and the same speed of walking
NAV he secured in the team by proper train
ing. It is common in breaking them to yoke
them with oxen that have already acquired u
slow pace, or to load them so heavily that
they can hardly move. and by such means
1t Is that they acquire tnrdy habit of work.
ing while in the team, but it is better to train
them yoked behind n fast walking horse, or
to attach them to light Wagon, with load
they can easily move by this course quick
step NAV be secured, which will 60 far to
obviate the objection above named.
Fire at Williams College.-We regret to
learn from Willamstown, that the EAST
College" was destroyed by fire on Sunday
afternoon last There was no insurance. No
person was injured. The calamity will not
interrupt tho College exercises. for there are
other buildings sufficient for the temporary
accommodation Of the students.
The building burnt was 100 feet long by
about 40 wide. and four stories high. 1t was
the largest and best of the two principal edi-
fees, and its loss will be severely felt by the
Institution.-JOur Of Com. 't.''.
The Rock River 1ragedy.-A letter from
Sept. 9th, to the editor of the Peoria Regis
ter, Says" The persons who had hand in
the DriscolI murder last summer, have been
indicted and tried ut the recent term Of the
circuit court of Ogle county. One hundred
and twenty persons were indicted, and oil
acquitted by the jury" . H- .''a
Island IF Cubr.-A commercial gentleman,
who has spent some weeks in HAVANA. in.
forms his correspondent in this city, that he
has become satisfied, from Information he
has obtained in the best quarters, that Eng
land is negotiating with Spain for a cession
of Cuba. Some Of the steps he has learned
the British government have taken in the
matter he states thus -" The English de-
mand the liberation Of all the negroes intro.
duced here since the treaty of 1920, as being
called for by the spirit Of that document
The government at Madrid referred the
question TO the Government here, who called
a junto Of rich people-they answered with
one exccption) we cannot allow it. Now,
England has said il must be done it the Re.
gent Of Spain says to Cuba do Il, and the peo.
E..l~ hot