Litchfield enquirer., 1842-06-09

ing acknowledgment from q lady of Vir-
ginia, of the Effects of Mr. Marshall's speech
ON Temperance.
IN M: Marshall Jardon lady for
hiking him, through the medium of the
public press, for his able and surprising ell
oquent speech on Temperance? lthos had
the blessed effect to cheer a friend, and
make widowed heart rejoice, as her only
son, a we'll known lawyer, has pledged him
self to "T Total Abstinence" with some gen.
tlemen in this city, in consequence of having
read that GdmipakIsadd1ess. Two ofthe sons
in-law,of the Presidentpf the United States,
,have likewise pledged themselves
May God bless Mr.. Marshall in time, and
throughout eternity"
WILLIAMSBURG, Va
U- The New Haven papers detail most
found dead in her bed the other day, in that
city, and the verdict of the jury was,that She
died from drunkenness. Inthe same bed was
found little girl two years old, almost per-
ished with cold and furnished with hunger,
while the beastly. husband and father was
drunk near the body of his wife. When and
where will these UNHAPPY cases end o.
that fearful responsibility Of the yender Of
acknowledgement Courier.
TERRIBLE RESULT FROM 1NToxIcATToN.-Ws
learn that on Saturday last, Rufus Cobb, Of
Holliston, a man of Incorporate habits after
having been INDUCING freely in spurious
drinks for Il day or two before, hired or bor-
rowed horse and wagon and proceeded to
Milford. He then applied Mt one of the tav-
erns for drink, but the landlord. seeing his
condition, very properly refused him. Il is
believed, however, that he obtained liquor at
some other place, as he was subsequently,
seen in his wagon on his way back to Hollis
ton, in n very drunken condition. On the
road he fell out of the wagon, while the horse
was going along at a rapid rate, and his feet
being entangled in the harness, he was drag
ged distance Of more than aquarter Of n
mile, in consequence Of which his head and
body berame dreadfully lacerated; so muclS
SO, that the wretched inebrfate died yesser-
day afternoons. We are told that he was
man Of respectable connections. about forty
| or forty five years Of age and has left q wife
and five children, to lament the terrible fate
of the husband and father.
Surely the "public good" is not promoted
by the retailing of intoxicating drinks.
Mercantile Journal
THE RAcE-The great match race Of Bos-
ton, vs.. Fashion, for $4,000, originating i'm
challenge of the owners Of the famous ra-
Ger Boston to run him against any thing I'M
der a steam locomotive for 100000 sidev
was Iun over Union Course yesterday. Bos-
ton is Virginia horse, nine years old
Fashion Jersey mare of five-both in tip top
condition. Contrary to the more prevalent
expectation, Fashion proved the winner in
two heats, taking the first ~ length, and
| the second BY four or five of them. The time
twas decidedly the best ever made in this
country, and we understand the best on Fec
ord--N. Y. Tribune
The HARTFORD FIRE Insurance COMPANY
the oldest institution of the kind in the State,
was organized in June, I9lO-thirty two
years since. II is a remarkable fact, that OF
the Officers, then chsen, all are now living
but one, Nathaniel Patten. The following
| are their names, viz; Nathaniel Terry, Press
ident Nathaniel Patten, David Watkinson,
Daniel Buck, Thomas Glover, Thomas X.
Brace, James Unveils, Ward Woodbridge
and Henry Hudson, Directors. Walter Mitch
ell Secretary. The institution has had but
two Presidents and two Secretaries, during
the whole time it has been in operations.
/ Hartford Coussat-
| A Lively RELISH FOR BREAKFAsT.-Yes-
terday morning, while kind old mat
L
fast, she thought that something extra appca.
red to be in the milk, and upon examination
found it to be a live eel Of small dimensions.
How the slippery stranger got there was in
vOlved in mystery however, it was conclu-
ded, upon reflection, that the milkman had
| not put a strainer on the nozzsl of the pump
when he watered his milk by which over.
sight the eel slipped into his pail. mobserve8
until near being scalded to death with hot
coffee.-PhilGdelPhiG GGzeae.
! There are moments in mans fife, when
dependency weighs upon him like an incu-
bus. He has his sunny hours, and his hours
Of gloom. Bright winged thoughts, like birds
Of paradise, fit through the mind. Hope
gilds his days with glad promises, and joy
spreads her charms around him but in the
smiling garden, where roses grow and eteP-
nal summer rejgns, the darkling Magistrates
! will spring up and the funeral cypress fling
its shadow. Sadness will steal in upon
Eden, and convert the brightest and raresS
flowers to rue and bemIock.
An Irshman cautions the public aginss harbovinQ
or trusting his wife Peggy, Oh his account he nos
| married TO her.
| MoRMoNIsM.-The Nasvoo LEGION i. il said com
pTiees two thousand we'll disciplined and fully armed
soldiers. Gov. Carlin to review them on the 7th
ofMdy. 10 Smith commando this formidable body.
"Whais the cause Of that bell ringing r. inquired
Peter. "Et's my deliberate conviction that somsAO-
! dy is pulling the rope - answered John.
| Co. Pa. at which Henry Clay was nominated for
the Presidency and Gen. Scott for the Vice PFesi-