Litchfield enquirer., 1842-06-16
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GDlck' what did You have for dinner to.dav?"
"W oht,ietnlhg new lSohan Potatoes"
WWIny DIDN'T your folks cook em3"
q. " nat DO you mean 2-thev wera cooked 70
men men why did You say they were raw"
Won 'S"" ''cy were excellently well done, assn
coa J,Snitc riddle! RAW ham and pe,o,oe, nioo
b,,. ma! I'D ha good! Excuse nv laupbinc IT,,
Lno,y oIr comprehension is rather dull. 30 W
chosen IN u I''e Canecncnt Legislature have late
hos tttertalTy, Dick the Hon. ]. NJ. N..-bu, ub,
d;nno e5' event to do with your having So unusual
"IIl tell you soon; did you never hear tho t4or
'e "6h termed the Great Rohanr'' -'o'
w.; w an, yes ha! ha verify must cut INV b;oy
''''"g H0N0" 'ot0toes!' ha ha don, mention i.
honBTNG THE NArL.-Mr. Denver Tho IA
Pn'v POSTMASTER of South Durham. Green
County, has hees arrested. and is now in
PRISON al Catskill m the charge of stealing a
letter containing $:45. "
- !! aepears that AZ. Matthews of WinA,
ham, deposited in the Post Office at that
place. on the 18th of May, letter containing
bills to the above amount, addressed to Mr..
Hill. jr., Cashier of the Catskill Bank. The
acknowledgment Of it's receipt not arriving
IN due course, inquiry was made, and it was
ascertained that it had not been received.
Application was then made to the post
master at Windham, and the letter was trac-
ed until it came into the hands of Demyer,
but beyond that it had not progressed.
On the 9th, Demyer was seen at Catskill,
where he had paid away some 800 to differ
ent creditors, and the bills so paid were iden-
titled by Mr.. Matthews, as the same which
he had enclosed.
Demyer was thereupon arrested by
Messrs. Dubois and Van Cleek, Justices Of
the peace, and committed for examination.
The punishment for this offence is impris-
onment in the States Prison for not less than
Is, and not exceeding 81 years.-Erpress.
FLORIDA MAssAcRE.-The following, from
the st. Augustine Herald of the 2sth ult,
seems to give an authentic account of the
late horrible barbarities of the Indians in
Alachua County on the 18th ult:
After the murder of MIR. Cason's family,
they attacked tine house Of Mr.. Absalom
Snowden, not Mr.. w. H. Ward, as stated in
our last, and killed him and three children
and Mrs. S. they wounded in seven places
and left her for dead.
After setting the house on fire, they took
the children about 200 yards from the flames
of their dwelling and shot them one by one
with arrows, in sight of their mother, and
killed them all before they molested her -
A refinement of torture this that only finds
place in the savage breast, and that no CT
vilized being would conceive. They then
shot her with arrows and left her for dead
She swooned and has no recollection of the
departure of the Indians. 1t is believed she
will recover. She is under the care Of DR.
J. p. Chrichton.
On the morning of the 18th they killed two
soldiers near Wacahootee, and on the same
day Lit. Britton was in search Of the party
and came upon them while in ambush. The
Indians fired on his advance, and wounded
three men. They fled precipitately. Thu
day and night. Captain Kerr's company o
Dragons has been in pursuit of them, as al
so Captain Sewell's company of Infantry
but all unsuccessful. On the 2lst inst. thu
Indians were at Col. F. r. Sanchez's plant
| alton, at San Felasco hammock. Captain
Sewell and party Of citizens had gone GU
on the hunt after them, and had not return
ed when the mail left. The writer conclude.
by saying, and justly too, " If this is peace
we never want to hear of war"
AMERICAN SILK CULrURE-We extract the
following from the Prospectus of the secont
| Vol. Of the "Journal of the American Silk So
ciety "a highly valuable work.
"The important fact is now established be-
You'd any question, that the people of thu
United States can make Silk cheaper ant
better than any other nation upon earth.
has been proved by unimpeachable testimo
ny, that the entire cost of producing Sill
ready for market. does not exceed too dbl
lars and t,centy Iue cents per pound, and it
least value is four dollars and fifty cents alst
that one acre of ground, planted in Moru'
1ulticauls,. will produce the first year the
trees are planted, Jorty-eigM pounds Of SiL'
hundred and eight dollars.
LAUNCHES, DIsAPPoINTMENTs, &c.--It seems
that directions had been originally given t
have four frigates launched on Wednesday
viZ.-the Cumberland at Charlestown, the
Savannah at Brooklyn, the Raritan at Phil
adelphia, and the st. Lawrence at Norfolk
thus making an addition on the same day
of 200 guns to our naval force. The Cum
berland, however was launched on Tuesday
and the order to launch the Raritan was
countermanded, as was indeed that of the
Savannah, but the order arrived too late
These orders were doubtless induced by the
curtailment of the naval appropriation BY
Congress. Orders were also given to dis
miss almost all the workmen at the Navy
Yard, Philadelphia, and the same step will
probably soon be taken here. Operations
must also be suspended, to a great extent, a
all the Navy Yards throughout the country
The Philadelphia papers give most wofu
accounts of the disappointment which per
vaded the city when the order was announc
ed countermanding the launch. The Nortl
American says:
Thousands had prepared to witness tn