Litchfield enquirer., 1842-05-19

Friday Morning, Mae l3
Meeere Fox, Hart OF Pennington, Mnnthrop, Wake
man, Sharp, Case of Barkhamsted, Clarke Of Chat
ham. and Fenner we announced as committee on
petition of James Mars and others for the repea Of all
laws Nh. III make distinctions on account of color.
1"nmer on state p,,snn rePo!ea reseT W IN
bury, to he restored to forfeited privileges He stole
hens eggs from barn when l6 years Of age Reso-
luton passed.
The committee corporations to whom refer,
red certain resolutions relating to the Hartford and
Springfield Railroad, reported that said resolutions
mi''ee pffixed.
MIR. Douglass of New London, said that minority
Of the committee thought this legislature assembled
for wiser purposes than to patch up old charters
make new ones. He was replied 10 by Mr. Perkins,
when the resolutions laid on the table and af.
tho naon OF few unimportant petitions the
House adjourned to Tuesday.
A CHILD MuRDERED.-On Saturday about 81 o'clock,
T. M, the neghburhood Of Cherry street. James,
was The scene of great excitement, ocea'ioned by
g ant boarding house, No u, kept by Mrs. Morgan
On repairing 70 the spot the i'll t,i!ngs were found to
be unfortunately true, for a very interesting child
nhon three years Of age, maine James Price the SON
.f John and Rachel Price, lately from Cardiff, in
Wales, had been n,urdered by wretch named RICH
al Nobhs, also emlgrant, who arrived here Fri
dnv in tie ship Jane Bar bara. from Bristol England.
and who had ken board la nding a, M RS Morgans
where Price and his wife and their little son, and
daughter about five wears of age, had vlousy been
staving. On Saturday morning, Price and his wife
Luz ing business at Quarantine, left the City. the
children remaining at Mrs Morgans; About three
O'Clock, ?. NJ, the little girl who had been playing
about to house with her broth, came running down
s''ir in STATE Of the atest alarm stating that her
Ii IL Ltoher was all over blood aud that Nobbs Was
Edward Morgan, son Of the landlady, and sal
lur named Nahum Brown, who were below. mmedi-
aeIy UP and found the little hoy lying on the floor
pool Of blood, his throat cut from to and
his cad nearly severed from his body, and on looking
round they discovered Nvbbs lying on The bed, firmly
g. aspng a blunt. edged dinner knife, with which he
had inflicted long cash in his own throat after hay
ing committed the fatal deed Of numbering the little
IL ncrnt. Nobbs was Immediately secured and
placed in custody of officers Buckley and Parker OF
the Fourth Ward, who conveyed him to the Police
Office, where his wound was dressed by DR. r. u.
Warner, H:! i" Tho evening he was taken before the
Coroner who had summoned many T'''."~Ses. a!!c an
Inquest was nell on the body OF The deceased chlld-
The jury rendered verd that James Price came
10 his death by having his throat cut with knife.
while in the hands of Richard Nobbs. The wretchsd
man. 1t appears, had been sick during the whole of
~" voyage, complaining OF burning in his throat, and
since landing had been attended by physician who
recommended his being removed to the CITY Hosp oil
a., "A III subject for that institution. On lis being ask
Cd why h- committed the foul deed, he said she didn't
know and seemed PERFECTLY calm during the whole
stranger both 10 Price and his wife, and msunder
standing had taken place between them during the
short time he had been at Mrs Morgan's, The mo,
i've for this rash act is then, inexplcahle; it must
have been committed during Temporary alteration
Of mnd.-F. y Tribune
A Mast Of Eggs Mr. Samuel johnson Of Bethlem
has 20 hons, which, during the year l64l laid 325
dz., or 5000 eggs Of uncommon size and quality
appears that they far exceled the golden freghted
go Of tabled no,oriety, for each Ia id more than
seven times its own weight of the farest eggs. The
of this novel prosperity is pretty satisfactorily
accounted for, by the fact, that every hen minded her
own business, made no unnecessary cackling, and
did business on the plan Of punctual payment for
appears from the hooks that, besides paying theirown
board and chan,iceer's too, they enriched the farm,
crs cxchequer to the tune of % dolau lfany Of our
worthy farmers can produce proof Of mora nduslri-
and worthy biddies we should like to hear them
about It, "Chapman."
Providence Municipal Election-In me election on
Wednesday, Thomas NJ Burgess, the present Msvor,
was re elected, and the Wing ticket for Alderman
Svas chosen, almost without opposition,
MrcE.-Those "dearli,'le innocens" have such an
aversion the common spearmint that they will not
approach crib of granary in which few
sp:igs of this herb s,rewed. They never nbble
al min; juIep-nOt they!
A GALLANT WIrNEss.-A, tralthe other day in
C!unmeI, price constable, who examined as
"HHcSS, aH6T giving MS teStlnouy hd' t"o pioSeS"
trix in the worthy Of credit on her oath, ad
ded-"i know nothing of her but what heard the
neigIbors say and in my opinion, what women say
Of another lie worthy Os belief"
flame, what letter in the alphabet do you like
best ?" well. dent like to say "PooII, non
sense! tell right out Jano; which do you like best 7"
'WelI. tbushing and dropp.g her eyes,) like The
hest
The Picayune says:-"Y Dung ladies' who read the
newspapers are always observed to possess winning
ways, most amabIe dispositions, and invariably make
good house wives"
DREADFUL AccDENr.-We learn from Adams e.
Co.'S Express that n serious accident occurred Satur-
dav afternoon, the Norwich and Worcester Rail-
road. The engine of the steamboat train came into
collision with wagon and two horses upon the Kill
hnpby crossing six miles above Moosup, and before
the cars could be stopped the wagon was broken in
pieces, both horses killed, and an old gentleman by
the name of Edward Bad ger was thrown with great
force over precipice. He was taken up in q state
OF insensibty, and carried to his own house
by; il is supposed that he has received a moral
wound. Mr.. Badger is one OF the Oldest and most
respectable inhabitants OF the village. and his loss
will be deeply depored.-Tfibane.
SAD AccDENr.-The Eastern Argus contains the
following letter from Saco. Me-, describing an ahic
tive event:
"This afternoon, about o'clock, two young lads
were drowned by the upsettng Of boat in a sudden
Point One Of them was Walter, oldest son Of Gov
emor Fairfield, aged about IL years-the other son
of Edward Rumery, of about the same age. The
body Of young Fairfield taken from the water in