Litchfield enquirer., 1845-11-20

His guilt was established, notwithstanding, and he had resigned the office of Judge of the Parish What lesson for youth Truly the tales of lite are more startling, and are enveloped in more mys- tery than fiction, the revelation of which surpass 1 Tn horror of feeling. the most thrilling romance. JUNIUS' LETTERS.
 1 The author of these celebrated letters has been discovered for the thousandth time. The latest pos 1 itive information in regard to the great unknown | Is in the Boston Traveller. correspondent ot | that paper says :-' Sir David Brewster, who is married to daughter of the late James Macpher- son. translator of Ossian's Poems, had discovered some papers of his iaher-in-law which, It is said, may lead to the discovery of the author of Junus" Sir David Brewster states that he will prove to be Lachlan Maclean, the son of an Irish Presbyterian clergyman, but descended from the ancient Scottish 1 family of the McLeans of Coll. He became po-
 tical writer and adventurer in London and rose to 1 some eminence. He was Under Secretary of State, and thus became acquainted with the State secrets ] He was sent to India by Government, and was l shipwrecked and drowned on the passage, and all his papers were lost. This, it is said, accounts for the authorship of the '' Letters of Junins' never | having been revealed. As Sir David Brewster would not lend his name or influence to any erro- neous statement, 1t Is expected that he will give, under his signatere, al! the particulars respec ting this important affair"
 | incident in the life of this celebrated lawyer we 1 have never seen in print:
 1 In the year 1919 MT. Williams was counsel for ] the heirs of a citizen of Columbia county, who died at the age of 80 years. leaving will which | gave such great dissatisfaction that the heirs determined to make an effort to set it aside or, in common parlance, to break it. They undertook 10 prove the Incompetency of the old man 10 make will, and all the available points in favor of his c- en:s were ably handled by MT. W. Still, in sum- ming up, his case did not appear strong to bespeak certain success; and MT, w., who had, hy his we'll known eloquence, got the jury in prnp- ] CT frame of mind. wound up his speech by the fol- lowing remarkable climax, the effect of which was to break the will into something less than thou sand fragments:
 "The Scriptures" said he, " limit the days of 1 man to three score and ten years. Shall eighty years of age then make will? Why, he has outlived God Almighfy's statute of limitations"
 Hon. Willis Hall is now in our City on his way to Washington, where he will spend the Winter attending to his business before the Supp eme Court of the United States We rejoice to see him in excellent health. Except when walking, he ap- pears quite himself again.-N Y. Tribune.
 Shocking DeaM.-We learn that man by the name of Lines, met with his death in sudden and terrible manner, on Wednesday last.
 It appears that he was blasting rocks near Per- kins' Tavern, in Bethany, and having loaded drill made several unsuccessful attempts to discharge it. with a slow match.
 At length becoming irritated, he rashly applied match directly to the powder, the consequence of which madness was, that he instantly blown some twenty feet into the air; nearly all side of his head was torn away, and he was otherwise frightiully mangled He survived the accident but for few hours. Our informant states that he was a man of fintemperate habits.
 Is it not surprising, that after the many casual
 ties accustomed by the careless use of gun powder.
 that there should still be those who handle it with so little prudence.-.Nes0 Hauen Morning Cou- rier, N0u. IA. Science on Foot.-A Norwegian has proposed to discover the sources of the Nile, alone and on
 foot. He is highly recommended by the court of St. Petersburg, as eminently qualified for the under
 taking being able to accomplish degree every twelve hours; and abstain three days from food He takes only map, compass and axe. climbs mountains, swims rivers. and turns neither to the right nor to the left. trusting to his heels for dev- erance from man and beast Truly the mantle of Iedyard must have fallen on hIm and ith the endurance of camel we can conceive nothing further than the stomach of an ostrich, to digest the roots and leaves on which he must be obliged 10 subsist.
 Sn0tc E0sf.-The snow was so deep at Cayuga Bridge, Sunday, that the Engine was unable to drag the train. and had to come on with the baggage alone. The snow was said to be IS inch. deep | and all the trains were several hours behind. Rochester Democrat of Tuesdav Smoking FreShman.--Some If the digntaries of the Sophomore Class in old Yale soon after the late assemblage of the students undertook to init- | ate Freshman in some of the mysteries of the | school by the ancient process of Smoking For this | purpose five of them visited the room of a young 1 Freshman, with pipes in their mouths. smoking Justify and at the time amounting the hot stove with asafet ida. As no compliments had been pass- ed, Freshly very coolly rose. walked out of the door. turned the key and left the smokers to enjoy the fragrance which they had created After an
 hour or two, Freshly called to inquire how they had spent the evening, when the Sophs cried for quar-
 ters and were suffered 10 depart. They did not
 like asaietida at all and thought it rather danger
 ous to jump out of two-story window.
 1 Hol'is Street Chwch.--We learn from the Post
 that protest against the formality of call given
 to Rev. Mir, Peabody was made by several members
 of "the church," headed by Samuel May, Esq !,
 and that it was forwarded to MT. Peabody That
 clergyman has declined accepting the call of Kings
 that of Hollis street church, will probably induce
 him to dec that also, to the great satisfaction of
 hls congregation in New Bedford. Boston Jour.
 The .Moymons.-James Arlington Bennett writes
 from Nauvoo. Oct. 2Sd that he had met by invita- tion. and was introduced to all the Apostles by
 their President, MT. Young. The subject of dis
 cussion was their exodus to CGiJornio. The place of destination fixed upon at present is the Bay of St. Francisco, on the Pacific Ocean. Every thing is settled, and the whole Mormon people or