Litchfield enquirer., 1845-08-07

prices, an old cannonaue ralSeu rom tnc Sunke0 vessel, and then, as all conmoiion on the subjec. ceased, we supposed the bubble had burst.
 In this we were in error. We found orrself af Caldwells few days since, and were greatly sur- prised to perceive that Golfer Fam had been constructed around the sunken essel and that the Engineer of the work had ..nat day commenced pumping out the water. We ascertt ined too, that all parties interested ;n this speculation, have the most unwaverIng confidence in this vessel being the identical one sunk by Kidd, and that it con tains millions of dollars worth of treasures
 There IS no doubt of the fact, that Kidd did sink hls ship somewhere in the Hudson, and that he escaped with his crew to Boston, where he was aPpreherded, sent to England, tried and executed
 Tn lWl. It IS, we suppose, equally certain, that in boring through the deck of the vessel sunk al Caldwell's, the auger has brought up specimens of silver, and there is no doubt but the vessel lying there IS large one, that she is embedded some twelve feet in the sand, and that they have raised
 from her an old fashioned canonade. | All these facts have doubtless given confidence
 to those engaged in the enterprise; but it is curi | GUS that the principal cause of confidence, and
 that wherein parties have expended nearly thirty thousand dollars, is meSmeyiSn, and cloruOy0nce Almost every individual in the United States who
 pretends to be clairvoyant under mesmeric sleep
 has united in declaring that this identical vessel
 contains an enormous amount of treasure in gold
 and silver bars. jewelry, diamonds, and other pre- l
 declare their willingness to have mesmerasm stand ! or fall by this test! - ... ... 1 This is certainly very curious fact, and one l which gives an interest to the work now rapidly
 progressing to completion at Caldwelrs. We cer-
 tanly have no faith in the enterprise but we are
 perfectly willing to take the mesmerisers at their
 word, and if they have truly foreold the existence
 of great treasure in this vessel, to admit their abil ty to see invisible things. If, on the contrary, 1 there is no such treasure there, then by its own
 admission mesmerism is humbug.-Coa1 $ EnQ 1 .Liberiy for !Sir to Seuen Hundred Slares,-A
 friend of has favored us with the following ln-
 tellgence. communicated in letter from one ot l the most distinguished and benevolent men in Lou.
 siana. The letter is dated July 3d. .
 l G The Supreme Court of Louisiana having de- l livered yesterday most important decision, one l which will send to Africa some to seven hun
 dred slaves, l seize the first moment to give you
 the information. Our late fellow-citizen, Stephen Henderson, directed by his last Will, that his
 slaves, (six to seven hundred in number as I am
 informed) should be sent to Liberia. by the Amer ican Colonization Society. His directions were. that at the end of five years from his death, (which took place about six years ago) the slaves should be permitted to draw lots, and the ten on whom the lot should fall should be sent to Africa at ten years from his death, 20 others by lots; and in twenty-five years, the whole of the residue should be sent, after securing outfit of one hun dred dollars. The suit now decided Gas it was lost in the lower Court,) was brought by the heirs, against the executors of the will, and the decree of the Court is, that the will must be carried out As this decision deeply interests the country and the Colonization Society, it should be immediate ly attended to by it.-N r. Jour- cf Comm.
 .Mr. .adans and the Right of Petition-Some time ago, Julius Pratt & Co. of Meriden, Connect icut, presented to the Hon. J. O. Adams, an ivory cane, as mark Of respect for his public services, which he (Mr. Adams.) deposited among other in- teresting relics, in the Patent Office at Washing ton, assuring the Donors that, should the right of petition become triumphant, he would cause the fact Cor enon this duty upon his successors) to be engraven upon this cane. In letter 10 Julius Pratt & Co.,, dated the 26th of March, 1s45 after referring to the repeal of the 25th rule on the sd of December, 1s44. Mr. Adams says: -
 "On that day was the Right of Petition Tri- umphant'' in the House of Representatives of the United States. May it never again be suppressed or impaired. l have caused the date, Sd Dec, 1S44, to be engraved under the scroll bearing the motto Right of Petition Trumphant'and have returned the cane to the Patent Office, to he there kept among the models, characteristic of American intellectual energy, American exquisite hantcraft, and American irrepressible love of Freedom"
 Abandoned mothers i've mean mostly deserted moheis,) are abandoning their children to stran- gers, every day or two The crime is becoming horribly frequent. However, let us keep still, and put good face upon the matter-Society is very good yet-we are not half so bad as they are in Pa ris 1.-The Brooklyn Ferryboat has been recently the scene of two abandonments within few days. The last was on Saturday night when woman, Ca lady.' our account says,) with an infant about two months old, stepped on board, on the Brook lyn side, and remained until just as the boat was leaving the ship, when she desired small girl to take her baby, until she could step ashore and get her other child. Of course, she did not return, and the child was sent to the Almshouse. Poor mother !- Tribune. .a... < 5..,I n. Y
 Another cruel deserton of an infant occurred on Saturday last at the Fulton ferry. It seems, says the Eagle, that well dressed woman was observed in the ferry house with young infant in her arms
 for more than an hour Al length some little girls entered the room; and the woman accosted the el
 der of them and requested her to hold the child for few moments, until she could go on board the o. i've Branch to see the father. who was upon the
 boat The girl, nothing 10th to oblige thewoman. assumed the care of the child, and waited in vain for upwards of an hour for the woman's retlrn.-
 Nor has she since been heard of At the end of that time the infant was taken to the little girls home, and thence transferred tc the charge of the Superintendent ofthe Poor, who have had it prop erly cared for. As our ferries seem laterly to be converted into place of deposte for the rising generation, we understand the company inteFt to have all persons with babies narrowly watched in that vicinity .N Y. True Sun. 4 female domestic by the name of Eliza Neal, of Westville, has been arrested on the charge of setting fire to the premises of Mir. Samuel Hull, of Orange Sufficient evidence being adduced, on her arraignment before the Magistrate, to make her guilt appear probable, she was bound over in the sum of $2OO to take her trial at tine October