Litchfield enquirer., 1852-12-16

TIE OLD BREwERY.-No locality in
this country IsPv.A-r---- ---.. s.lafAlsr q $50,
GATED with the crime and misery which
conc entrate in great cities as the sod
Brewery" at the Five Points, New York.
The horrible scenes OF which that Old shell
has been the witness, would, it recorded,
surpass the inventions OF romances VINO
delight in that hind Of description. The
Five Points have been famed all over the
country, and the old Brewery has been the
worst spot and in the worst locality OF al!
New York.. For some years gradual
aneliora,ion of the condi,ion OF the Five
Points has been going on. under the diree>
ton Of good men and women who have
been tempted to try the experiment Of
Christian effort and Christian kindness up
on the worst class OF humanity.
The result has been in the highest de>
gree encouraging. The horrors OF the
Five Points have beeD greatly diminished.
The crime has been checked, the misery
has heen aleviated and now the Old
Brewery is to come down. its iniqultous
walls are 10 be leveIed 10 the ground, and on
the spot where this ancient monument OF
wickedness has 90 long stood, 10 TO be cree
ter! q house consecratsd to eivilisa:io and
Christianity, with chapel and school room,
and CHEAP but comfortable tonements for
the poor. This good work has been ac|
eornplished mainly by the Ladies Home
Missionary Society. They are entitled to
the active sympathy and cooperation Of
of the community. and to the THANKS ana
the prayers Of al' good people
DEATH OF Mr.. BOOTH THE TRAGEDrAN.-
Booth the Tragedian. is reported by Iele-
graph to have died few days ago on the
steamer J. 8. Chenoweth, on her passage
from New Orleans to CincinnatL The
body was put in a metallic ceffin, and for.
warded, to his friends. Booth was great
actor twenty years ago-but subsequent
frailties and follies left him the wreck OF
his former self. But he has goae now
Let the curtain drop.
New Haven Palladium.
LoursvrLLe. KY, December 6.
HoRRrBLE SuiciDB.-Daniel Street and
wife, father and mother Of four children,
and deck passeng gers on board the steameI
James Niilinger from st. Louis TO Louis
vile. recently committed suicide under the
following circumstances Whom peal
Evansville the wife seized the youngest
child, an infant, and jumped into the river
The husband Immediately followed. The
three remaining children were taken care
of by passengers, and landed at New Al.
bany, in charge Of their grandfaiher.-
Nearly $50 were contributed by passengeri
for the support Of the children
~ The late Duke of Wellington held
an immense income during life. Al
Commander-in>C Chief. the Duke was en-.
titled 70 draw something over eighty
dollars day. or about $4,000 annu'
ally and as Col. Of the Grenadiel
Guards, he was entitled to nearly $4,000
year more. He drew pension Of
nearly $40. 900 annually. and was in
possession Of property given him by the
British nation to the amount OF E7O0,'
600. or nearly s3.5oo.ooO. The pen
SION will continue to be paid to lh'
Dukes two next male heirs, who alst
inherit his large estates and his titles
but most of his Offices and emolument
are to be scrambled for by the nobilit!
and Others /; aud rich prizes they will b
for the disposal Of the ministry.