Litchfield enquirer., 1848-01-27
IFRxs-Origlual and Selected.

counly, Ohio, two thoosand seven hundred & fifty bushels Ol corn are every day used up iH ains dislilleries, They make each day ten -thousaMd Eallons of RILL DEVIL. called whiskey. and they sss the refuse Oi the corn in bloatiuw up. not falliug thirty thousand hogs this is abusiRi the cOrns abusing maa and aS businx the hugs.-WUEcsster Transcript. No-Mr Banvsrd realized seventy thousand dollars profit from the exhibition Ui his great painiing tn BsslOH. in Ons year.
 M1-The Lawyer co Courier states that the N- mount of freight taken over the Boston and Maine Railroad to Lawrence for the past has been more than 45o tons per day.
 n,-Tt is said thst at Boston the street dirt sells annually tor $9O, ,OOO-being more than the income derived from some gold mines
 nc-The saying that 'there i' InOthing to be ! got by cheating came from the fact that ma" ] once passed away bad cent tor handful o' chssnuts, which proved te be all rO''en'
 no-Providing tor the J'st'~s.'-Ths admins isiration have ordered an exploration and s0r> vey of the Dead Sea to be made-preparatOry we presume, to i,s emigration lhither. The tame is to be changed alter March Ath ls49' to the sea of eblivieR.'
 ng-The Boston Travelled estimates the quan- titv of milk brought over the FhchhurS Ra'l- road at l,O22, 200 gallons for the Last year Mdiana.-This State does not make a good exhibit in her educational statistics. One seventh of her people over the age of 2i, cana not read and write. Wayne county, settled mainly by Frisnts. is an exception to the gen. e,al rule. Only a adults are unable [" read and write within its beuncs.-Louisvills Ex- aminsr.
 Tutor Goodrich who was so badly ia' iured by blow on the head, by one of the students, is apparently out of danger, and in possession of bls mental faculties.
 Lyne Sterling, Esq. Of Columbus, Ohio, has given $3O 600 to the Willoushby Med icai College: located there. for the erection of a hospital and other benevolent instisu" tiOns.
 eS- Fsschbswg Roilread.-Ths Boston Trav . eller gives the following facts. which 1t lea'"s from the Report of the Dirsctors of the road !: The total number of tons upward and down. ward. transported over the road during the wear, was 244.47e, "f which 77.5O5 were ice' and 3l, ,722 bricks. This is equal to 7se l-2 tons day. The following will show to what extent these tw. branches of manutactVr ss,ave ministcred to the business of he road the past year.
 Chairs, 42o'7o@' Pails, l'oo3''So' Tubs, @zo's"o' | Clo,hes. APPS .2Os, | w..h.hr,rae Ol,450. l r r.,er. l66, ,753
 The number sf passengers carried over tne road last year was AOA.O35. 1 Free .Negroes in Lo,riso'lie.-The Mayor of Louisville gives notice, dated l4th inst. that after 20 days from that time the act of the Le- gisla,urs passed in the session of is4d>0 VIII he inforced against tree negroes in that city, The act provides that any free negre who shall come into the State and remain thirty days shall be liable to arrest. and upon conviction of the fact, shall give reeognlzance with w" sufficient sureties in the sum of $500. to leav" the State within ninety days, and nsvsr return and upon failure SO to give ercogniza"e"' sball be sold into slavery, ts the highest bidder, for one year. An altroclous law. n+Pvesty Fair.-Not long ago beautiful young lady of this city who had formed "a" s'- ,achment to gentlemen of worth an address but whs was unfortunately not acceptable to the parents of his ladylove. and had in conse- ouence been denied the house. found means. nevertheless to communicate with him; but s,ric. watch being kept on her by her 6 tends. che was uot able to make her escpae. The matter was, however, at length arrainged be- tween them One beautiful Sabbath day she attended Church with her friends. but during the course of the service found it necessary to seek the open air. A carriage was in waiting at the door. into which she entered with her lever, and the relieved and happy couple drove over to Trinity Gnu oh whare they were im- mediatsly married in defiance of all opposIti- on. We believ. that the parents have since become rsconeilsd 10 their enterprising son.
 Brooklyn Eagle.
 
 sAGACITY OF THE ELEPHANT.
 The tragical event at the msnagerie. resSl- ting in the death of posr Kelly. has made the Elephant the chief lion, of Philadelphia. A morning or two after the terrible occurrence the daring Drissbach took him into the ring for the puApose of dressing his wounds. made by sundry thrus,s of the pikes, lancss. aad pitchforks, in the effor,s to subdus him. The Elephant appeared ts be i;l at ease. and sought to attract the attention of Driesbach by gsnily fonaling him with his trunk, and poiAting [" his foot. slightly rsising it from the ground. and in various ways challenging particular no- a A ..