Litchfield enquirer., 1843-07-06
COrrespondencs of the Litchfe1 Enquirer.


 cOrrsspondencs of the LitchfeId Enquirer.
 AUGUSTA, GEo., June 9, lS43.
 Believing any piece of interesting news would be acceptable an edtor hasten to inform you ofthe acquittal of William H. Plat arragned in the Supe- rior Court of Richmond County, Georgia, for the lawful killing of Wm. R. Harding on the Both day ot March last. This have no doubt will be none the less agreeable to you because this young man was son of w-England-one of those poor boys, who, thrown at very early age on their own resources, have the thirst of distinction as early enkindled in their bosoms, and who in this case, often in the race of ambition exhibit talents of the first order.- He had engaged in the practice of law in this city and gave hopeful promise of soon attaining :ts high est honors. The unfortunate young gentleman who fell victim in the street rencounter, had also been bred the bar, but connected with the business of the U. S. Arsenal in the neighborhood. He was an amiable gentleman and universally beloved by all who knew him; a fact which alone might be sufTi- cient to explain the clamor of persecution which for time threatened to drown the voice of justice.- Both were young men, in the first bloom of man. hood, and buoyant with bright hopes of the future. Unhappily. dissension arose between them, which, fnot famed into flame by indscreet advisers, was  iudicious friends. A street brawl was the conse. quence, in which Harding was shot through the body and died the first ot April. The verdict of ac- quittal by jury of his country impanneed under unusually strict and impartial arrangements of the court, is the best evidence on which side lay the wrong doing. The jury believed, under the crcum. stances, it was an act of sefdefence, and am the investigations, which occupied eight days, have dissipated much of that prejudice which was excited by ignorance of the true merits of the case, and sat- isfied all who witnessed them, that however great may be the first clamor consequent on the shedding of human blood credtable always to the communl- ty thus actuated-the ultimate safeguard of justice is alone to be found in the imparality and independ' encc of a conscientious jury The just popularity of the deceased founded his virtues and undispu. ted worth reused spirit in the prosecut,n, which was vindctive-even bloody, and threatened to over. whem all who dared to doubt the guilt, or assert the innocence of the survivor. Thank Heaven, the storm has passed and the atmosphere public opin ion has been purified by the process, and rendered again fit to be the conserva,or of public justice.
 AUGUSTA.
 A HERO CONE. The Boston Atlas announces the death of Capt. JosAH CLEvEIANp. the venerable pat
 
 from his home on the Susquehanna a, Oswego to s,. tend the celebration of the l7h of Juno on the spot where he fought at the Battle ot Bunker Hill under the immediate command of Putnam. He died on Friday morning, in Chures,own, where he had been kindly received and entertained since his arrival.
 The Atlas saws that he was born in Canterbury. G, December 36. l752. He volunteered his services in the Army of Freedom immediately after hearing Cf the fight of Lexington. and entered the army at Cambridge. He was engaged as soldier in the Bat. te Of Bunker Hill and received the Ensigns comms. aOO Q fho rhola vas in nearly all the prominent acons-nnd closed hls military career at Yorktown, at tho capture of of Bunker Hill Monnment was laid, June l7,h, 1925, and wns recognized by LA FAyETTE-who on perceiv- inc him exclaimed -"My God !-'here is Captain Cleveland w
 A WIFE or THE PROPER SPrRlr,-The N. Y. Auro. ra is giving rcmnescencos of the band who went from New York to aid Texas. A journcyman mo. chanic formed one of the number, who wen. from New York suddenly, that he left his wife only two and sxpence to support herself ill he came back; in fact, she did not know wha, had become of him, and like an industrious woman, went 10 work to support herself and child comfortably, and laid up money About year after his mysterious disappearance. she received letter from [" liege lord," dated some whe,e in Texas, saying that he almost starved to death, and requesting her aend him sloO, so that he nigh, come home. His wife very deliberately wrote in large letters under his communication, Stay and he saTved' and re.direcied the letter his address in Texas. The husb and has no. reached home up to this day.
 CONNECTICUT BIBLE SocIETy-We aather from the Thirty Fourth Report of the Connecticut Bible Soci. ey. the following interesting facts. The receipts of the Society for the past year, have been g 315 of which 9l,973,l4 were collections from various Socie. ties, mostly by the efforts of Rev Mir Scranton, their agent; the remainder from dona ons, dividends, sales &c.
 MR. WpE.-A dinner was lately given 10 MT. Wise in Northampton County. Virginia. Among the sossss was the following, by Mir. ). W. Williams, whose admiration of the guest did not make him for get his somewhat slippery character:
 "The Hon. Henry A. Wise-mav he not deser, his constituents before he end of his term"
 The Tribune thinks if he does not desert his con. stuenis before the end of his term, it will be because all parties know him well that none will receive him. Another toast was the following. which is a. bout as dsgraceful any thing of the kind that we remember ever to have seen:
 By W. H. Wliams-John Quincy Adams-once . man, tDics c ekild and now demon.''
 RATHER POINTED! correspondent" of the Exeter News Letter, in 6 spirited and humorous ac. count ofthe celebration of the seventeenth, says" do not like discuss the Presidents dress his drink but think his Porter is unwhoesome, and dislike AL