Litchfield enquirer., 1848-08-17
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One of Capt. C""k's sailors, John Lyng. l who accompanied Captain Cook in his last voyage. and witnessed his being speaied b, the lances of the Indians. recently died in Greenwich hospital, at the advanced age of 97.
 Return of the .ans>rie0" Army = The con- clusiun of p. ace has brought the whole of the volunteers md regular soldiers back to the U States. They amount 10 HOO officers, 26,o0O rank and file, ald 5OOU teamsters,
 The Houupsiead in WisrOnsin.-A bill ex- empting .he family homestead from sale on execution for debt, hss passed both branches of the N iscnnsin Legislature. The final Vote in the Senate was II to 5, n the House-33 ts B.
 Do- A hoary headed pekpockei by the name of Sutton, robbed Judge Ira Harri' of his pocK' ct book al Albany, the olher day. II was re- covered. together with the contents. It l. said that Sutton is about 6Oyears old. He has been p,owlng about New York and Boston for 1 30 years
 lr,- Of l6o persons who died in Philadel- ' ,hia last week, lO2 were children under five ars of age,
 nz- Ela,r Knapp has been dscoursing al Cnicaoar .n "lhe Personal Character and Dwelling Plane of the Devil"
 T. is sad here 70, s'"gl" pauper |" the town ,f Litch6piG. N. H~
 .Neso Londoa io .h' p Hoven - s2'F'''' meeting was held al New London, (. ''' other day, with view to the construction of rail oad fiom tha, city to New Haven, jr- winch charter has been granted by the Leg, 'slature ofCt. A committee was appointed to procure subscriptions fer a survey. and to em- ploy an engineer. The New London Chroni- cIe says the people along the line are abun- dantly able to build this road, and they will dc u."-Jour. ef Com.
 The Asior House. New York, has commen- ced making it's own gas. IL consumes 14OO cubic fee, night. and the expense for tw' weeks was $4s ys. only $sss,22 less han il cos the h use for it's gas for like time, from the eomp pany.
 7Ae Red Man ia Conuenticn.-Tn the sec Ond annu,l convention Of the Episcopal dlo- cess of Wisconsin, held on the l4h O. June, among other bu siness, a chief of the Oneida rrije,of Indians, a man of Con: idrrable intel- ligence, was elected lay delegate to the next general convention. The tribe was represents pd by four of our red brethren at ifis convrn- ton.
 Yearly Regisiraiion cf Births, Marriages. aud Deahs = The following good move is mo- Connecticut have long been accustomed to the annual visits of the School District Commit tees, for the purpose of enumerating The chil- dren between the ages of f"ur and iouTfeen years. Bs an act of the last General Assembly tt is made the duty of these Committees tc ascertain aEd rep 't the number fbir,hs and marriages, which have occurred in their sev- raI districts during the year preceding the first Monday in August.
 4 BO,cl of Punch In l791 bowl ofpunch was made at the Right Hon. Edward Russel's house, when he Was comma .drr-in-cnirf of His Majesty's forces in the M diterranean. It was made in fountain, in ga:den in the middle of four walks. all covered oyer head with lemon and orange trees. and in every walk was table the whole length of ii cov- cred with cold collAtions, etc. In the said tb e.,il tour hogshead of brandy. eight of water, twen. ty-6ve thousand lemons, twenty gallons oi lime juice, thirty cwt of lump sng [, five pounds oi grated nutmeg. three hundred loas'- ed biscuit. and pipe of dried Malaga wine A canopy protected the fountain from the rain, and boy from the fleet rowed boat round the fountain and filled the cups of the company which comprised upwards of six thousand men.
 Sir George Simpson, of the Hudson Bay Company, communicates to the Montreal Ga zeiie of the 3lst ut., the result of his observa tidns during the late trip of himself and party from Oregon City 10 Montreal. He speaks favorably of the prospects and condition of the settlers. Red River setilemen, contains about 5OU0 inhabitants, of whom 2O0O are house. holders. each having one hundred acres of land. Ten thousand acres under cultivation, arg yielding the richest crops, from smaller afnount of labor. probably, than the same por- ton of the earth demands in any other part If the world. It is mostly lr-i ie land. Herds of buffalo. game of all kinds. and fish abound throughout the Ped River Valley People seldom die there and although there is only one Doctor in the settlement, he has hard i work to make living.-Sun.
 James E. Belser, late Locofoco Represen- tntive in Congress from Alabama, has taken the | stump in powerful advocacy of the election Of Gen. Taylor. r ... ..,-...~
 OLp SrAeERs Rs.-Amone the members elect in | the NMth Cnr'ina Legislature. We renark the names Of Kenneth RavneI, Edward SIaniy. Wm. B. Sheppard, and Henry W. Connor. ex- Members of Congress, and ,here are probably others. Mir. Connor is Locofoco all the rest are Whigs. ta .a.s
 Touching Graef.-- Mrs. Wilson. wife of