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4 Rema, Eable Man.--The German

4 Rema, kable Man.--The German town (O.) Emporium has an obituary notice of Mir. John Schafcr, who died IT that vicinity on the 24lhof March. aged @ years. The notice concludes with these surprising statements;
 The deceased was the largest man that we eyer saw: The coffin was large enough to contain 5 men of ord nary size meas uring in width 3 feet 4 inches in the clear. and three feet in height. Three men could have wo.ked in it at the same time. with convenience. It required sis men 10 take him from the bed oR which he expired. This was done by raising platfo, m-removing the head boald oi :hs bed stead. and taking him out end- wise. They could not get the eoinn mo the house. but by taking ot the doos facing of an old vacated house tnas stooo | in ,ho yard they got him into that and carried the corpse thither on three empr tv haoc. A wagon and four horses l stOod prepared. and ten msa men piacsa ' VI A,s7 ge asssz6s5Ns & Wa 4s Aas <
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Artfal Yo9ng Forgsr. 1.-Two cheeks one for $25, and the other for @632, purporting te have bcen drawn by Mfr. c. Ayres. of New York city, were . few days since presented at the Hanovsr ] Bank. for paymens. The smaller check /, was paid. and the larger one was certi-4
 fled by the Teller. About an hour after warl. John Sturtevant, the lad who had
 presented the checks, returned with the, certified one. which had been indorsed by Chas. F. Sturtevant. and requested the cash for it. The Teller, for some reason. then suspected it was forgery.
 Meantime tho boy cleared out and sold
 the check to q Wan street broker. He
 was soon found, however. andthe uuouey recovered from him. He said ., man named Matthews gave him the checks to get cashed but it is believed that he himself is the forger. as he Is cunning and in,elligtn. boy. and he made several contradictory statements. He was lock- ed up in prison.
 LATER FRoM CHINA--E1oEg Kox0 DE.. srRoYED-Loss S4.0o0. .o00. The bark William Watson. arrived at Ssn Fran. cisco from Hong Kong, brought the ia 'elIigencc of'a most disastrious confia. grafton there. which destroyed nearly the whole city. Hundreds of lives. t is said were lost and every newspaper office were destroyed. The public mar. ket was destroyed. and much snffering was the result. The total loss was pat at $4ooO. .o0o.
 The first newspaper published in Vir> ginia vas $50 per annum: it was issuad weekly. and advertisements were char- ged ten dollars for the first week and seven dollars for each subsequent inser tion :.
 o,-Mrs. Huldah Sparling died in tue village of Oswego. N. Y.. ton the sth inst aged no years. She distinctly re. collected tho old French war. and tho ci cumstancc of her father and mother being driven from their house by the Indians.
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HUSeARr. 50 great is the discontent in Hungary that the Austrian minister of the interior recently summoned com. mittee to consult with him as to HungarlA an affairs but the friends of Hungary despair ofihducing the Austrian cabinet to accede to anything of even a satisfae- tory character. This miserable despot. is still vents itselfon women and ehild- ren. It keeps Kossuths sisters still in prison. It is snid that it is at loss what to do with the relations of Kossuth.-- The family is in great distress. A small sun. about 5000. wss lately sent to their relief. and tie imperial authorities --sees this down to tAeir credit actually allow : ed it to be paid to the aged mother who has three daughters. The two daughh- tcrs in prison have thirteen children, who are dependant on this mother for their daily bread So states a Vienna letter dated March, l6, 1852.
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p-MR. HENDRICK will commence his School On the lst M onday in May. Terms of Board and Tuition as usual. Music, French. Drawing, and Painting at usual extrn prices.
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mThe P,esidant and Directors of the Hartford, Providence and Fi<hkill Rail- road Co. nave issued proposals for gra> dino the track between Bsistol and the Nauratuck Railroad. The time for re- ceiving proposals has been extended 10 the 9th of May.
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5. L. JUDD.
DAGUERREAN ARTIST

DAGUEKREAN, ARTIST.
 ETAS just returned from New York win Ill a splendid assortment of Daguerreo- type Materials, among which may be fonnd some beautiful Frames and Cases of an en- lire new pattern. which will be fitted uF with his Premium Miniatures on the mos reasonable terms. ss.tss.
 Those who can make it convenient to si fer their Pictures in the fore part of the day ar. requested to do so, as the light is then always good. and he is less likely to be en' gagged than ia the afternoon.
 Li,ch6eld. Nov. 12th, 1851. z0
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the coffin and its contents upon it. In letting down the coffin into the grave. they had two lines doubled Lone at each end and one large well rope in the middle and seventeen men to let deHn this great sprinkle cfmortality into it's last home Cn earth, His weight was not known.
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GOSHEN ACADEMY.

.VTEE Summer Session of this School will \ commence Thursday April 29, 1852
 G Lessons in French, Music, Drawing. Painting &c. will be given by experienced Teach CTS. JAMES e. RICE,
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LITCHFIELD ENQUIRER
LITCIFIEI.D, April 2e. 1852.
IRON BANK.

The Sixth InsiaIIment of 10 per cent. on the Increased Capital of this Bank win be due and payable at said Bank on the Ist of May next, A. U. kANDAI IL,
 Falls ViIInge, IA Apr. 1852. Cashier.
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MEDICAL MEETING.

VVsIlE annual meeting of the Litchfeld 3 4 County Medical Society, will be holds en atthe Mansion House Luchfeld, Thurs day April 29, 1o52. -
 .--.-. GEO SEYMOUR, Secretary.
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 A writer in the Boston Traveller calls attention to the fact that on the 18th ef April, l775, the day of the battle of Lexington, the heat was sn great as to cause much distress n mong the British troops on their re- treat from Concord i; whilstths Spring was 50 forward. that on the 18th of April the cherry trees were in fnll blossom, which has been the case but two or three times since l775.
 IFThe select committee Of the Pennsylvania Legislature On the abolition of capital punishments atier careful consideration of the subject, have come to the conclusion tAae tue death punishment. as a penalt4 tOl crime ought tO he ahollahsd,
 &,, 3.s8s 2s X t4s ss Ss5 sssgssss
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nEETZ. BROTHER &C( 134 WILLIAM STREET,
 NEW YORK.

Aranufacturers of every variety of
 LAMPS. CEAMDBxIERS. GiraudOlcs, CandsIabFa, Gas RixtHFes, | N April lS6I.-6nD. eSe ~''3 @f
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n%It is stated that the sales of MT. Stewart of the marble dry goods palace, Broadway, New York. amounted during the year 1851, to the eno' nous sum of nearly twelve millions of dollars The sale of Gloves alene is set down at SIX hundred thousand dollars.
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D-It is officially announced that the amount of the dedication of the teller ot the Suffolk Bank, Boston. is $2o4.5oO. As the Bank has a surplus of $S00, ,ooo. the loss will not prevent live per cent dividend to the stockholders.
 pThe Legislature of Ohio has just voted that the salary of the Governor shall be f2oo0.
 p The editor of tho Yankee Blade says that prejudice against color IS very natural, and yet the prettlest girl he ever saw was Olive Brown.
 Os-The fate of the crystal palace has at last been decided. Lord John Man ners, commissioner of oods and forests under the Derby administration. stated in reply to question put to him in the House of Commons, that tho Govern ment did not intend to take any steps for preserving it beyond the lst of ay. The balance of the funds in thc hands of the Exhibition Commissioners is 10 be expen. ded, in the erection of National Gallery at Kensingion. in which all the pictures and statues capable of being removed are 10 be placed.
 WWhelher you are termed great ol not. depends more upon your good for tune than upon yonr talents. Had Gen Washington lost the bettle of Yorktown he would have been hung as a traitor as he did not, he has became the Father ef his Country. Whether men mount thrones or seaifolds, depends altogetber whether they lick or get licked. ass
 H Registsr,
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r5 Governor seymour's official ma : iorny is AGO.. The other candidates on inc democratic Stale Ticket are elected by maiolilies varying from 50 to 200.
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opposite direction Three words from the
Wings suffice to call forth an amazing amount
of zeal in behalf of the Compromise but such
remarks as the following, from the Mississippi
an, never by any accident find their way into
It's columns
"Pe hare yet TO see leading Northern Demo
cratic paper achch farOrs Incorporation If the Com,
pronise into the Democratic platform. Our contem.
porares at the North, with a few exceptions, while
they regard it inality of the slavery agitation
are yet unwilling to airesh dffic uties in the
Democratic party, by countenancing its endorse
ment by the Baltimore Convention"
The Union manages to overlook declara-
tons of this kind. One eye is gifted with
microscopic power, and it is sedulously EN-
ployed in hunting for Wing flaws; the other,
which should keep watch on Democratic say
ings and doings, is either blind, or SO afflicted
with spasmodic winking, that it invariably
misses objects striking to the vision of every
body else. Ii this be the result of bodily
calamity, we offer to the Union our sincere
condolences. Ii it be intentional, then, we
humbly opine, it is clear case Of ''political
jugglery.."
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QUICK PASSAGE OF AN AMERICAN CLIPPER-SHlP
FROM CHINA.--A large American clipper built
ship, named the Witch Of the Wave, Captain Mil
let commander, has recently arrived in the East
India Docks, London, from Canton, having made
one OF the most extraordinary and rapid voyages
record. She has also brought one of the moot
valuable cargocs Of tea that perhaps ever entered
the port of London, having board no fewer
than 19, 900 chests of the choicest quality. She is
nearly 400 toms burden, the size OF our largest
Indiamcn, and was built at Salem, near New York,
in the course of last year She proceeded TO Cali.
fornia, thence to Hong Kong, and sailed from
Whampoa, Canton, on the 9th of January;
made the passage to Javahead in seven days aud
twelve hours then had the wind w. s. w TO N w
the Cape in % days. Then encountered strong
pilot of the Dungencss on the 4ih of April max
ing passage from China TO the Downs in ninety
days--a trip surprising the celebrated runs Of the
Oriental and Surprise American clippers. Had
che not encountered the strong easterly winds up
channel, che would have accomplished the voyage
several days earlier Az il was, she wns only four
days beating up from the chops Of the channel to
reaching the river, while OF our large vessels
were nearly fortnight doing the distance The
Witch of tho Wave is the object Of much interest
she lies in the docks. Her bows are similar 10
thoze Of a 'Arge-sized cutter yacht. By the above
ii will be seen that she sailed round the world in
ten months and n half, including loading and dis
charging nj the above ports The greatest ds-
lance she ran in twenty four hours on the voyage
to London was three hundred and thirty eight
miles.
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FnUIr Trees, nc, by STgAMsns-Our atten-
ton has been drawn 10 the immense increase in the
impor tation OF trees, cvcrarccns shrubs md plants
from Liverpool, by our line Of steamers The inn
portation prnvious To last winter had been almo [
impracticable from the danger OF being damaged
by heightened voyage in sailing vessels. Iron
ships are particularly adapted for them. from the
fact OF tho temperature being regulated by the
coolnsss OF the water in which the vessel sails
Our informant bas seen some OF those Landed from
the getty OF Manchester" last voyage, and re-
ports them almost ms esh-lookng as when taken
from the ground This ship bad no lees than O0
already tnding the advantage in beautifying the
ground around their country houses at only mod
crate expense. They arc imported free Of duty
philadelphia bulletin, Isl.
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Silver deposits for April


TnE BANKING Laws OF WIscossIs-The New
York Tribune has received copy of the Free Bank
ing law of Wisconsin, which ia 10 be submitted to
the people in November next, and saye:
THE principal novelty in il is the receipt of
railroad bonds, in addition to the Government and
State stocks, security for Giro ulating notes.
This is the fret time this description of security
has been proposed in bank law, and the drawers
up of the law appear to have endeavored to make
railroad bonds as complete security as possible.
The bonds must bear per cent. interest, must be
first mortgage bonds on roads in Wisconsin, ON a
continuous portion Of not less than forty mles,
entire road of not ess thai twenty miles must
be on a first-class or II railroad fully equipped
and in actual operation, aud earning a net revenue
larger than the interest on the debt. The bonds
of the road. not in any event at over IS, 900 per
mile, and when received, circulating notes to
only the amount OF SO per cent. the bonds to
be Issued. II railroad bonds to be received at
all, which very doubtful policy, these s,ipula
tons would appear to make them safe. The di-
rectors ALEC required to give bonds in fourth
the amount Of notes received to meet any def
cheney in the securities to redeem the notes. and
the stockholders in addition personally respon
sible TO the amount of their stock. Five days arc
allowed to redeem protested notes, and per cent.
damages arc to be paid by the bank"
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Our Geographic summary of the intelligence
brought by the Pacific states that the remain
der Of the Cuban prisoners were, at the latest
date, expected at Gibraltar, on their way to
this country. From statement Of the Colonial
Secretary in the House of Commons, we learn
that the English government are about to com
municate with the Executive of the United
States in relation to the enforcement Of the
passengers act, passed two or three years ago,
for the protection of emigrants. From another
source we are informed that swindling agents
of shipping companies are busy entrappng the
ignorant peasantry of Central Europe, with
the pretext that the king of America" has
granted to kossuth lands for the use of exiles.
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south Carolina Convention.

Charleston papers supply dispatches from
the State Convention, sitting at Columbia, to
Friday last. The Committee of Twenty one.
through their chairman, Hon. LANGDor
CHEvEs, presented report asserting the right
of secession, but leaving the exercise Of it to
depend on future circumstances. Mr.. b. +.
PERRY, of Greenvile, submitted counter re-
port and offered Union resolutions. Colonel
MAxcr GREGc, of Richland, also made a
counter report. These reports were made the
special order for Friday, when the committees
report was adopted by 1876 to 20.
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The New York Journal If Commerce says:

"Thc shooting Of negro arrested as fugitive
slave at Columbia, Pa, by one Of the officers en-
gagged in the arrest 10 event deeply to be regret
ted. IL is an event however, which, in an irnpor.
tant sepse, is cbargoable upon those who have
taught the fugitive to defend his liberty as he
would defend his life, ond that of his wife and chill
dren, against the assassin. he slave i'm the case
before us. was netting out these instructions, by
resisting the officers Of the law TO the utmost lie
hiss found the truth OF the declaration, that such
fupctioparics bear not the sword in vain The
officer will Of course be tried but 60 what extent
the circumstances will be taken in justification we
will not undertake to say."
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The steamer Crescent City arrived yester
day at New York, bringing two millions Of
dollars in gold on freight, and six hundred
thousand in the hands of passengers. BY the
same arrival, we learn that, since the subsistence
of the late floods, the yield of gold in Caiior-
MIA has been immense, and that localities which
were lately supposed to be nearly exhausted
now yield greater abundance of the precious
dust than ever.
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FIR At New ORLEANS. AND BURsise TO DkATG
OF Fovn PxRsoNs The New Orleans Pica,ps,.< of
the oath contains an account Of n fire in Lave Oak
street, in which four pcrsons met their DEATH old
man, his wife, and two children:
"The name of the man Johannes Siegel n
native Of Germany and aged about fifty Elk years.
HE wife, or the woman with whom he lived. was
aged about thirty five years, and their children
who burned with them were n boy named
John, aged about three and half years, with n
little girl aged about four months An inquest
was held. the verdict of which was, "Died by being
burned alive" The amount Of gold found near
the bones was 4 sos"
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SAILING or the ARCTIC United States mail
steamship Arctic, Captain Luce, sailed from THE
port at noon to-day for Liverpool, with by far
the largest number OF passengers taken out by any
stc amer this season We publish n list elsewhere
Among them we soc the names Of Captain Moller,
Of the Russian navy, On special agent Of the En-
peror Nicbolss;) Colonel Jemes Lee, bearer Of
dispatches 10 the court of London; and Governor
Gregory, OF ths Bahamas. We also see the follow
ing clergymon: Rev. o. +. Starkey, Lockporf;
Rev. Mr.. Psttcp and family; Rev. John Higgin-
botbsm, 81. Louie; Rev. J. Ryerson, Of Toronto,
Csnada. New York Express lst,
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DAMAGE TO THE CHEsAPEAKE AND Ono CANAL.
II seems that Mr. Fisk, the chief engineer, esti
mates the injury done to the canal by the late
reshet at $4,000, and the time required to repair
il at two or three months.
We arc inclined to believe, from what we have
recently heard from prudent and cautious men
who have passed over tho line, that the damagc
Will fall within the engineers estimate. From
Harpor's Ferry TO the Point Of Rocks particularly,
now that the wntcr has fallen. the injury proves TO
be less than was estimated, and we glad TO hear
that men are at work repairing every break in that
direction. We trust that the came is the case along
the entire line Cumberland Journal
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Missouri, Nomination. and delegates.

State offices by the recent Wing Convention
held at St. Louis, Missouri:
A. w. DoNIPHAN. For Governor.
JAMES WINSTON. For Lieutenant Governor.
Peace c. GRACE. For Secretary of State.
l.. w. AEsDRISK. For Attorney General.
BENJAMIN EmMoNs. For Register of Lands.
ENos b. CoaDELL. For State Treasurer.
The following are the Delegates TO the Ma
tional Wing Convention from the State:
James o. Broadhead, James s. Rollins, Abel
Leonard, John + Barr, A. b. Cha mbera, S. ii
Kimmei, John X. Brown, George c. Bingham, and
Colonel Tilon.
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BLOODY AFFRAY.-A bloody tragedy took place
in Danville, KY, on Friday last. II seems that
DR.. Frank Corwan and the family of the Shcbys
had difficulty the cause of which is alleged to
have been an anonymous letter sent to Miss Shell
by. They met about nine o'clock. drew pistols,
knives, &C.; nine shots were fired. Dr. Corwan
received severe wound in the leg; and Joseph
Shelby received several shots, from the effects Of
which he died in few minutes.
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From the River Plate.

Accounts received in Boston, by way of Eng
land. from Rio Janeiro, mention the belief that
Brazil was getting the worst Of it In Montev deo,
the presidential chair being allotted to leading
Oribista.
In Buenos Ayrcs the satisfaction was by no
means general, for although Urquiza had hitherto
acted well, he was not trusted much, and the peo-
pie wished TO get rid of his unpaid army.
General Mansilla, the late commanding officer
of the troops Of Rosas had reached England.
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New Book.

n Journey TO Iceland, and Travels through y1oeden
and Norway Translated from the German of
Ida Pfeiiier by CHARLoTrE FENIMoRE COopER.
New York; GEORGE p. PUTNAM. 1852.
This volume of travels has attracted consdera BILE
attention, and the present translation forms part
of Putnam's Semi.monthly Library.
II is sold by all the booksellers.
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LEGISLATIVE BANQUET, so.caled, given
TO kossuth at Boston on the evening Of the 30th
ultimo. Hon. Henry Wilson, President Of the
Senate Of Massachusetts,; Hon. N. P. Banks Speak.
er of the House; several other dignitaries; Count
Pulszky; Colonel William Schouler, of the Atlas;
Elizur Wright, Of the Commonwealth; Mr.. Hopkins,
of the House Of Representatives; Mr.. Burlingame,
of the Senate; and Judge Moore, of Concord,
figured on the occasion.
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Hon. Henry ClnY.

ness ofthis distinguished statesman has assumed
more hopeless form than it has worn for some
time past During Friday night he was much
distressed by cough. and his condition has
since that time gradually become worse. His
most sanguine friends now despair of his re
covery.
Dr. HALL, of this city, is the attending ply
stefan.
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WASHIN GTON:
MONDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1852.

"a crisis is approaching that must, if it cannot
be arrested, soon decide whether order and good
government shall be preserved, or anarchy and
confusion ensue. can most religiously aver
have no wish that is incompatible with the dig
nifty, happiness, and true interest Of the people Of
: this country. My ardent desire is, and my aim
has been, az far depended upon the Executive
Department, to comply strictly with all our en-
gagements, foreign and domestic; but to keep the
United States free from political connexions with
every other country, to see them independent
OF all and under the influence Of none. In word !,
Europe may be convinced we act for ourselves,
and not for others. This in my judgment, is the
only way to be respected abroad and happy al
home; and not, by becoming the partsans of G reat
Britain or France, create discussions, disturb the
public tranquility, and destroy, perhaps forever,
8 the cement which binds the Union"
fGEoRoE WAsEINGToN, l795.
"ResoIued, That we regard the series of acts
known as the Adjustment measures as forming
in their mutual dependence and conncxion sys-
: TEN of compromise the most conciliatory and the
best for the entire country that could be obtained
from conflicting sectional interests and opinions
and that, therefore, they ought to be adhered to
and carried into faithful execution, as final set
tement in principle and substance of the danger
Gus and exciting subjects which they embrace
Revolution Of Whig Congressional Caucus, Deem
Der |, 1851