Litchfield enquirer., 1853-09-08


 TRE MARTVRs OF THE PRIsOE SHIPs = An elegant mOnumenl has been eUmmene' i ed in Trinity churchyard, New York eily iO the memory Of Ihe American sOldieFl and ciIlzens who died in the English pris- on ships iH the war Of lSI9. i will be TS feet high.
 A fearful famine is now prevailiGg in Spain, like ihai in Ireland in IS47. Hun dreds of sick have died for want of nOHr, ishment and medicine. More than IhOu- sand people wait daily al the gate of the arcE-episcOpal palace for bread.
 A terrible riot occurred at C0xsackic, on Monday night, between some rOwdies that accompanied the Worth Guards and the citizens. Some three hundred of Ihe cili- zens engaged in the riot, aud several aIe reported as being badly injured.
 Three very interesting young ladies are exhibited at presen: in B0ston. One ol them, Miss Norton, sixteen years OlG, measures seven feet four inches in height :; the second Miss Briggs, measures but ST inches in height, and the third, Miss Tay> Tor, only seven years old, weighs 909.
 We learr from inc Northampton Court. CT, that Augustus Clarke, late Postmaster of that town, has proved deiauler to the government to the amount ofnearIy $9500. He left for California about a fortnight since, leaving nine good bondsmen.
 The subject is being agitated of estab- fishing Cattle Market al Manchester N. H. There is no market of the kind in the State. The plan is 10 procure piece of land containing ten or twelve acres and prepare It in suitable manner to accom- modaie the Cattle Market, and also the State and County Fairs. It is estimated that $l00,OO0 is now annually paid in Manchester for meats.
 The Canada crops to the norihward of drought ripened the grain before the heads grass; and cattle have been turned into the oats.
 DEATH IN A STAGE CoAcH.-'rhe King stOn Republican records the death of a la. dy in the stage running from that village to Delhi, Delaware county. The lady had just arrived in this country from Scotland, and was Ill. On reaching the village of Edger,on she was found to be dead.
 It is stated that the escape of convicis from Blackwell's Island, near New York, averages one day, and the most of the escapes are made in day time.
 The Liverpool Times states that the po- tatoe rot has manifested itself in very bad form in ireland and the west of England. Crops which three days previous lOOked fine nnU nPpSpniph Onn black AraOninU tangled mass. as though some poisonous gale had passed over them.
 Wm. J. Weir, one of the composiiors of the Commercial Advertiser, committed suicide by hanging himself to his bed post, in New York last week. Love is supposed to have been the cause of the suicide.
 Three young ladies of Cincinnati, sent. petition tO the Common Council there, a few evenings since, setting forth that they were inmates of the City In6rmary, and shat they had been seduced by two of the officers Ot that institution.
 A WISE DlscRIMINArloN.-Ag gentleman has given 1000 to BOwdoin college iO aiG indigcn, young men in getting ah' educa- ton, but has provided that DO one is to de. rive any benefit from it who uses either rum or tobacco.
 TnE CORNER SToNE.-John Adams once remarked iha, New England had four institutions, any one of winch would have led iO national independence. These were the popular form of her churches, the town meeting, the volunteer militia, and the free school.
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