Litchfield enquirer., 1843-12-14
ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.


limited. Freights to America had nevertheless
improved-a1d fair amounts Of freight were offer
ing, for American vessels. as ga
The overland mail from india arrived on the 9th
Of Observation-Disclosures accounts Of very serious
outbreak and revolutions In Punjab. Il '#
There was no later news from China. -
In Ireland very little progress had been made IN
the State trials. 0'Conneh was very jealous in
his efforts to preserve peace among the Irish peo-
pie. tits stated that OConnell' sheath was fail
ing, and that serious fears were entertained in his
behalf among his friends. 81 2
The State Trials in Ireland dag their slow length
along. Little progress has yet been made, and, If
the statement which has been put forth by the
Times correspondent be correct the defendants
have 80 O0o witnesses to examine, the proceedings
will become the greatest bore JIM the world, fnot
excepting the Thames Tunnel1 before they are
finished. @ @Es * #ves
"a OConnell's great fear is for the preservation o.
the public peace and from the intensity Of his adj
dresses to his countrymen on this head some idea
may be formed of the pitch to which he had raised
the enthusiasm and natural spirit, which he now
seeks to drown. On dit that his health is giving
way and that he has been ordered by his medical
men to try change of air. 60
No. The latest accounts from Dublin state, that the
State prosecutions willin all probability, be aban-
doned. Mr., OConnelp plea ofabatement-
ed on an nformality In the proceedings before the
Grand Jury where the evidence was not taken on
by the Court Of Kings bench assrespects the time
when the plea was put in. TheaAttornev Gene
raj has dsmurred to the plea, and the Court has
appointed Monday next for arguing the demurrer
and the belligerent counsel. This decision in fa-
vor of OConnel and the rest of the traversers, is
generally regarded as the Sc beginning of the end
<SSf the indictment.
\ Wilmer & Smiths European Times states that
Mr.. Sands, an American merchant of great emf
neare has been elected Mayor Of Liverpool. for the
ensuing year ~N
General Duff Greenhas published several articles
in the London Times and Globe, IN reply to those
ofthe Rev. Sidney Smith on the subject Of the nom
payment of their debts, by of the States Of our
Union His writings in this behalf, do not seem
to have met with mach favor.
The operations of the Anti Corn Law Leaguers,
under the gnidance Of Mr.. Golden seem to have
gained anew impulse since the result Of the Par
liamenfary election in London. They have carried
two members Of Pariiament-one in London, aud
one in Kendall. @
Parliament has been further prorogued to Tues
day, the 10Th of December. 4
A-London correspondent Of the Evening Post
SAYS that Sir Rob ,rt Peel will positively propose
state provision for the Roman Catholic Clergy in
Ireland nextsession of Parliament ii
His Holiness the Pope has ordered that PRAYERS
be offered W every div, in the Pontiical Chanel,
for the safety, long life and success ofo,COnneil
. Dispatches have been received frSm Al ,iers to
the 39tlr Of October, which state that the French
had made 1curs'on into the territory of
the Diaf and had taken 41lnris;oaefs, 10 head
of.cattlc, and 10 sheen, besides lir4ea number
'ofhorses. A second incurson was made into the
same countrv bv the Harras atribe attachad to the
French, and with sim lar success. It was sad that
the Diaifras were about to- weld to the French.
TURKEY. v
TIE German papers state the Turkish population
at Urania to the south of Nissa have risen against
ri FT..-O al
the Chr stians. The Inrks pliitssd the churches,
volatsd tn, women, md committed other eycesses.
The Rassiar Amb tss,d v has demanded satisfaction
from the Ottoman Porte.
Letters from Alexandria, Of the 10Th Of October,
/: state tint Amhed Pacha of Soud9n, had declared
hims alfilds ut of Mshcmet Hi, whn had giv-
zen OVERS to 1iase frtY shonsl ID mcslnder arms,
to rsla.e his coatum ,ciaus .si5'rdsnate to 0bed-;
e1cc. Ami ID Is fory-fye years Of age, cool, and
'ssas brave as a'lio1.Ts q
MELANCHOLY. SUIcIp~-RuMs DeINGs.-A
mn named Croc'sar committed suicide in Bethel,
N. Y, list Saturday BY shooting himself. The
Monticello .vstchman saws he Joined the temper
ancc society three months before, having been a
drunlard for fwa1tv-fve wears, but while out hunt
ing, about a week before his death, he yielded
the thru ats and ieers of his companions and Joined
them in a drunken caTp,isal in the woods, where
they enc nm ,ed over night. He FELL broke his SOL
emn pledge, became dead drunk, and continued
drinking fer week. When he became sober, he
felt the cravings Of remorse, more acutelv than he
ever did before All his efforts to lead sober life
had been fruitless. He imagined there was no
hove for him, as he had alreadv failed to keep. his
pied re inviolate. Death seemed to him preferable
to life of drunken degrad ton, and so the poor
nebriate, who had been led astrav BY fiends, rush
ed u1called to the presence of his maker. He shot
himself with his rife, and died almost instantly
Previous TO committing the fatal deed. he REQUEST
ed those who had induced him to break the ledge,
to prepare his dead body for burial.
AHARD Cash. 1871, Mr.. James Arnold, of
Chautau Tue county, was robbed on the Syracuse
believed that he had net been robbrd, but had Sc
creted his money for the purpose Of defr,uding
them. They commenced suit against Mr.. Da-
vd Hurlbut, the person to whom Mr.. A. sold his
store, and obtained iud yment against him for Mr..
Araolds debts, under plea that he had consoired
with Arnold to cheat them. Under these judge
ments they took from him all his property amount
ing to $l2,090. Evidence has Just come to light,
which establishes the fact, that there was no coll
fusion between him and Hurl5ut. This is hard
case. Arnold and Hurlbut lost both their proper-
ty and reputation, and whether either of them has
any remedy is doubtful. BinghGmptOn Repmb.
GAMBLING IN HIGH PLACES FOR HrAvY
srAKrs.-A writer in the New York Evening Post,
in view Of the troubles in the Locofnco camp, aris-
ing from the multitude of their candidates for the
Presidentshn, recently made the following start
ling propositi0n:
IS By libar1l concession alone, can we hone to
succeed in the terrible contest before us. And in
strict accordance with this srrit, pro3ose third
" that Calhoua and Van Rure1 drfw lots bv prox-