Litchfield enquirer., 1843-08-03


 active merchant in Charleston, and at pres. ent rising lawyer in Florida, crossed the hall aud approached the pledgc-book. He begged leave to observe, that although he was frequently governed by impulse, and was in some measure so prompted in the act which he was now going to perform. since he had but accidently entered the hall this evening on his arrival from Florida, yet he had not been brought to his termination altogether by sudden and momentary feeling. He had lately conversed with some excellent friends tn Florida, who were doing all in their power to promote the good cause of tttaI abstinence there; aud he had so far been impressed by their views as to vOIun. ,eer the resignation of every shape ot stimu. l Ia:ing liquor. save porter and c10ret. Bui 1 from what he had heard and seen that eve. hing. he was induced to throw away even those two surviving relics of ancient indul. gences, and go back to Florida thorough | going laborer in the cause. He accordingly took the pledge. Several other sigpers were 1 obtained.
 FRoM FLoR1pA.-We have recent advices from St. Augustine, via Savannah. Gen. | Worth has been out on visit to the few indians remaining in the Territory, and finds them so humble and friendly that it wili hardly be possible for the white villains who unifortnly intest their neighborhood to embroil them in another war. l
 The settlement of Florida, under the Armed Occupation law, is rapidly progres sing. It is believed that 100000 acres have been already taken up: Probably all that is worth any thing will follow, and so the Territory that has cos: the People of the United States over $4O;00O, ,O00 will net them just nothing, We'll: better so than to have it continue bill ot expense to them. A good many of the People are disposed to have the Territory divided into two, l which would afford two Territorial Gov ernmepts, with their respective trains of leeches on the breast of Uncle San. We trust Cong ress will never consent 10 this division, nor 10 any admission nf Florida into the Union, uuil some decisive steps are taken toward the payment of her Pub lie Debts, so improvidently contracted and so intamously repudiated. We have enough | Repudia,ing States in the Union already 10 disgrace us ineffaceably until the last far thing of their debts are paid and for half century thereafter. Let us sternly resolve never 10 become voluntary partakers in | these villanies or their blasting infamy.
 N. Y. Tribune.
 A TRULY DISTRESSING CAsE.-The brig | Ohio smiled from Point Petre (Gaudaloope) | on the morning of the 2d of July, bound 1 for St. Thomas. On the evening of that day, her second mate, Mir. Atwood, ! was taken ill, and died on the 9th a few hours following the second mates attack, her lcommander Captain Berls, was taken and on the 5th, the chief mate, (brother to the capain,) was seized with like symptoms, and died on the 9th. The Captain fingered until the llth, when he also died. In this situation, with but three souls on board, and one of them ill. the el. dest Seaman took charge of the vessel, with the hope of reaching some part Of the Uni. ted States. Mo one of inc survivors had the least Knowledge of navigation, and the ves- and provisions. Providetially they fell in with one of the Baltimore pilot boats, one hundred miles from land, on the morning of Che 18th inst, in state of hopelcssness. bor- dering on despair, and safely reached our | Baltimore Sun
 ONE SCENE IN A DRAMA OF REAL LrFE.- The Owensburgh (Ky.) Bulletin gives an account of an,affray that occurred recently few miles back ofthat town. Mr. Ed wards, wishing to run away with Miss Lamb against the consent of her family, em- ployed two ot his friends, Wall and Wright, ID titkc HCI lTOth uCt AotuCi war S Wright were discovered and ordered off. They refused to go, and an atfray took place between them and the father and brother of the young lady. The elder Lamb gave Wall a severe cut ia the forehead, and the younger Lamb received from Wright dangerous stab under the heart. Wright fed.
 The young lady denies that she eyer con- sentcd to run away.
 STRANGE ENcoUNrER.-We learn from a gentleman of this City that, few days ago, d cat which had often caught birds, mice. &c., was seen emerge from under a house, with snrke about foot in length in her mouth with which she sported for some time, tos,ing it with her mouth, laying j: down, putting her paw upon i, i,&c. &c. at length, wcar,ed with her play, she put the head of his snakeship in her mouth, and had scarce closed her jaws upon it. when she made sudden spring in the air, allighted on the ground and rolled and iosted about appar- ently in great agony for several minutes, the saliva running from her mouth, accom- panied by every symptom of madness,when both snake and cat were killed by those who had witnessed the exciting conflict- The snake appeared to be viper. and had probably retained sufficient life during the rough usage it received to give its antago- mist a deadly wound in the mouth.
 PMisbarg Spirit of the Age.
 EXTRAORDINARY VITAATY-The Journal of Commerce. mention the following re- markable fact "In the winter, on the North