Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1844-05-09


Spread, spread Thy mantle DER US,
And bless the poor mans home
ARRIVAL OF STEAMER ACADIA.
SEVENTEEN DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.
The steamer Acadia arrived at Boston on Sunday
from Liverpool She left Liverpool on the 4th inst
and brings London dates to the evening of the Sd,
and Liverpool to the 4th.
The weight of the mail was about ton and
half.
Cotton, it will be perceived, has still farther de.
cned. In the grain markets but little appears to
have been done. The duty had declined
The Great Western is not again to visit this port.
She has been sold to the Peninsular and Oriental
steamship company.
The death Of the King Of Sweden, formerly Mar
shall Bernadotte, is announced. 1t has been for
some time expected.
England.
1t is stated that all the arrangements have been
completed for Mr.. OConnells a peal to the House
OF Lords.
In Parliament, Lord Denman adverted to the case
of individual condemned to death in Louisiana
| TOR aiding a slave to make his escape. He hoped
hat the expression Of the feeling which prevailed
N England and over Europe, would reach the Uni
ted States in time to prevent the infection Of pu
>ishment utterly disproportioned to the alleged
! offence.
The action Of the Judges and the House Of Lords
| on the marriage misunderstanding marriages be-
| ween Episcopalans and Presbyterians, solemnzed
by PRESBYTERIAN clergyman, to be illegal-Avas eX.
citing great alarm and indignation among the Pro-
esant population of Ireland where such marriages
have been frequent.
| In the House Of Commons, on the 10th, both
| Lord Ashley and the Government found the manu-
occurring interest too strong for them, on the bill
| 10 limit the hours of labor. Lord Ashley proposed
that tea hours should be the maximum, and minis.
| ers preferred twelve. Lord AS proposition was
negatved 49, to 1SS; and the ministers by 1873 to
ST. The defeat was little relished by the minis.
tiers, and it was said that Rir Robert Peel had
threatened his refractory supporters with dissolu-
| ion.
Parliament had adjourned for the Easter holidays.
Great distress prevails in Galway, and the other
western parts of Ireland. The fisherman on those
coasts have appealed to government to aid them
with means to pursue their avocations.
The American dwarf, Tom Thumb, has had an
| interview with royalty, at Buckingham palace.
The british trade with China is increasing very
rapidly. Upward of eighty vessels have left the
London docks for Canton since the first of March,
all carrying out full cargOes.
| Extraordinary Courage in Young Woman.
! The Van Buren, (Ark.) Intelligencer records a
instance of presence of mind and extraordinary
courage in yonng lady of that neighborhood. Mrs.
| Steward, of that county, and niece. young girl,
| were fordng Frog BAYOU on one horse the stream
was high and the current very rapid. They were
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other horse. In the act of fording the stream, Mrs.
! Steward and the girl were thrown from the horse,
and the little girl floated down some fifty yards
Miss Steward the daughter very coolly rode to the
opposite bank, sprang from her horse into the
stream, swan after and rescued them both, bearing
them safely to the shore. The little girl was not
caught until after Miss Steward had swan about
fifty yards.
DR.. Wafts-It was 30 natural for DR.. Watts,
| when child, to speak in rhyme, that even when
he wished to avoid it he could not. His father was
| displeased at this propensity, and threatened to
whip him if he did not leave off making verses
One day when he was about to put his threat in
ecuton, the child burst into tears and his knees
| said:-
"Pray. father, do some pity take,
| And will no more verses make"
i A citizen of Massachusetts, has invented power
loom for the manufacture Of Marseiles quilts, with
as much facility as the common brown sheeting
| which costs nine cents q yard These quilts are
constructed in Europe by hand looms, and great
" priced BY the opulent. Theresult of this inven-
ton will be to bring the price within the means Of
almost all. The same person has invented power
loom for weaving ingram carpets with the same ra-
pidity that the looms Of factories turn out the
plainest and coarsest fabrics certain rich capi-
talist at the eastward has expended. we are told
eighty thousand dollars, in assisting the inventor
which he has at length succeeded in doing. The
inventor has been offered eighty thousand pounds
for his patent right in England.-.E Y. Express.
Gen. Scott is away on tour Of inspection. and
since has departure, his daughter has taken the
white veil at the Convent in Georgetown. - Wash
iagton CORES. RePssbfic.
The Revenue Bill has passed both houses Of the
Legislature Of PennsylSana. much to the credit Of
the State, and the Joy Of her bond holders.
| DeceGse Of Jan0fker .Membev Of Comgyess.-The
decease Of another Member Of Congress, the Hon.
Mr. BossieF, Of Louisiana, announced in both Hon.
ses and followed by the usual immediate adjourn
ment, prevented any business being done in either
/ House yesterday. Mr.. b. had been III for many
weeks, and for some time past nat expected to
viye his illness. His death occurred on Wednes-
day night, and his funeral will take place to-day.
| National haeelHgeneeT.
| Saws Tom to Dick, "Y0ur neighbors say,
You wrangle with your wife each day."
"Pochl pooh !" says Dick, "yOu only joke;
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