Litchfield enquirer., 1844-05-30

Ado'nnias on AL4eN eRel1pBp IN interesting report
was Tead " DF. Armstrong lfOm which i pPpesrs
August 1sts 10l3 to April 30th. 1874, were $685..
ga md ths to the Missionaries for
the same period were l07, 75O-exceeding the re-
,eeipta b. rs .06k This balance will probably be
reduced " the close Of the fiscal rear in July next
gone ont Ios te 6Fst time to various fields Of labor
- have returned 10 their labor alef visiting their
native land Ia have died. and IS have been dis
missed ct their own request. @5aa! % ti5H NV
| The whole number d Missionaries now connec-
Ted with the IS Missions IL the Board il 136-As-
distant Missionasies 224-native helpers 13o4Ena.
ing an aggregate q 400. Besides these there are
some hnndreds Of Native Helpers, not deriving
their support from this Board .f ~ 80
There are 90 dissi1n Churches, containing more
than q, 600 membeFss exclusive Of some hundreds
Of hopeful converts of Western Asia. Connected
with the missions are = seminaries, IS boarding
schools, containing altogether more than $4,000
The report eives a favorable account Of the mis-
sions among the Indian tEibesnn our frontier. The
Cherocees and tChoctaws are largely engaged In
agricultural pursnits and mechanic arts are mach
devoted to the means Of education, very attentive
70 the meshs q grace. and particuaFiy obsetvant Of
BEYOND the Rocky Mountains the prospects are
Gathering the Missions in the Sandwich Islands are
prosperous, there having been added to the chur-
ches within the last twelve months S2o5 persons.
and since the commencement q 1870. the number
Of 20,60S. The report gives some account of the
persecution and bptchefies Of the HISTORIANS Of
Western Asia Twenty -four Of their priests were
killed, and the members of the Church scattered a.
broad, 90 a. to leave no hope of theif ever being
gathered together again. The HISTORIANS in Persia
have not suffered BY persecution, and Mahyohanna:
since his return from this co0ntry, has labored
much, and with sigaal success. among his breth-
fen. m stsss .s.t.
kssUessine-ef Losf Cs;ld.--We learn that
little boy, the child Of Washington Hurt, near the
Broad-ford in Symthe county, Va, aged two years
last February, wondered from home ON the 27th Of
last month, and was not found for Eve days. Dili-
gent search was made by q large numher Of people,
sometimes reaching, we learn, neat 200. The
child was at length found in the head Of hollow
running from Walkers Mountain, and about mile
from home. h II had sought asheiter under the side
been tRe whole time. i had bed Of leaves. near
it was spring where il had gone for water, which
was the only sustenance the child could have had
in all this time. The child knew its parents and
exhibited no signs Of fear, and we learn IL doing
well. How strangely has this chiid been preserved
and kept in life! But for the supply Of water It
must have pesishsds- Wythessae Republican 81
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Murder ssill vut--The Buffalo Advertiser learns
verbally Of strange murder, sad to have been
committed at ornesr Chippewa Captain Bfun-
dage, who some years ago ran the litle steamship
Victory between Buffalo and Chippewa, and who
has since resided at near that place, is the party
implicated. A woman and child were living with
him. Some time ago, but how Tong we are not in-
formed, the woman who had some six "a eight
hundred dollars in cash. ana her child disappeared,
but no suspicious were aroused until one morning.
v~ham tho ,nvcnf 2rayAyaEA die.
| covered a new made grave
He wondered who dug ii, and the incident giving
rise to some remarks, it At last came to the ears Of
half crazy fellow, called 90 old Moses" living in
the neighboEhecd, who selate the following story:
He said be was lying in the graveyard the night be-
fore, when Bvandage kcuag1 in a woman and child
and buried them. The grave was immediately
opened, and the bodies Of the woman and her child
were found in It. Brundage was forthwith arrest
ed and is now in the Jail at Niagara, awaiting his
trial for murder. 4tai:Hy
YHe lee Ttdde-IThe Boston Shipping Listsays
the amount Of ice shipped from Boston, last year,
was SIS 600 tons II sdeivered on ship board gen.
orally at S2 25 per ton. One firm, Gage, Hittinger
4 Co., ifeighted with it i0i vessels last season--
II is regularly ehipped to Bombay. Canton. Madras
Calcutta, Manritus. and oil ports Of consequence in
warm climates One cargo was recently shipped to
the East IMdies and exchanged pound for pound for
cotton, and the latter taken 20 Liverpool, thus res
alizing very profitable voyage.
This trade i advantageous to all concerned, and
even benefits the tumbermen and saw mills of
Maine. So much saw dust ID required in packing
the ice Tor shipment that it sells for three dollars
cord, and one vessel ID constantly employed in
freighting il from one sA-miil on the Penoescot TO
BostoA1
IN Eagle eaplsned An eagle was shot oneday
Last week, on Quaker Hill, in this county, measnr-
ing with wings extended from tip to tip, seven feet
Il WAS wing broken BY rifle bali. and taken alive,
and particular caution wan necessafy in handingit,
Tor such was the strength Of its claws, that when
fhev were fastened around stick, or any other
substance, man could otby Andnncleueh them.
He weighed nine and half pounds. The gentle
man whose % the above account, also Forwarded
with il q quill from the eagle. II makes noble
pen, with which we add these lines.-PeugA 1ei
NE Rot at Danssilse. The following state
igin uf the riots, which have been disturbing the
: Our neighboeing village 81 Danssille has been
the scene ufgfeat excitement and some disturbance
during the past week During the last winter. the
citizens Of DAnssille have caused slip OF branch
canal, to be built leading from Genesee Valley Cam
a In their villages distance 81 ab0t halfof
mile They pelieione1 the Legislature for peRnis-
sion 10 let the Wafer in from the main canal Sem
akof Faulkner being the owner or largely interested
ID the property IN the vicinity Of the teEmi-
nation d the main canal. strennously opposed
the bill, and finally caused its defeat IN the
Senate, after il he'd passed the Assembly BY
large majoity. This very naturally excited the in
Senator entered the village. on his retafn HON the
T,slns,,re fha v;fl~ ch,1rsh helle ser tolled I'm