Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1857-11-12
News of the Week.

Droacned in a Singular Manner.-At St. John
N. b., on Friday night, it being very dark, man
named Archibald Brown, walked off one of the
wl'afves when the tide was out. He CROPPED his
way along in the mud but instead of taking a
course that would extricate him from his unpleas.
ant predicament, he wandered among the spiss
beneath the wharf, where, of course, he became
more bewidered than ever. The rising tide made
him conscious of his danger, and by shouts and
noise he was enabled to attract the notice Of per-
sons passing in the vicinity, but too late for sue
cor. AS the tide rose, he climbed to the top OF
the spiles. and throu. h small aperture in the
wharf sufficient to admit one of his arms, he was
enabled to inform them of his situation. His no.
sition and feelings can he imagined when the wa
ter was every moment rising around him, and he
could not be extricated lie shook hands with
his friends, passed through the hole all the mo-
ney and valuables he had about his person, and
just as the water was closing ovor him, after Civ
ing some directions concerning his family, he bid
his friends good bye and the gurglng water be-
meath announced that all was over. His BODY was
recovered when the tide receded. Mr. Brown was
highly respected. He leaves family and many
friends.
Mas. CUNNINGHAM Mrs. Cunningham is vet
on the carpet. Judge Mitchell lately deciding to
allow her to remain out on bail, at the same time
directing that she should attend either at the gem
era special term of court as she might b. need
ed
The WeopMAN CASE Our readers will re-
member reading AN account some time since Of
an attempt by the husband of Mrs. w. at the N.
Y. Hotel, to shoot one Gardener Furnce. The
papers Of the last week have been filled with the
disgusting history of the affair. Furnce attempts
ed to get possession of Mrs. W. who had been con-
fined in the asylum at Flushing. by her husband
The writ Of haheas corpus, was last week dlschar-
ged, and Mrs Woodman left for New Orleans,
the place of her mothers residence, witt, her broth
er. Furnice has succeeded in making himself
about as notorious as Mis- Cunningham. Mrs.
". is undoubtedly insane.
SHOCKING TRAcEDy.-A bank president, one
Richard Carter was shot in Of the Hotels in
Phi!adephi by Young man named Thomas
Smith. The case is very melancholy ona, in.
voIving the seduction OF a young girl by Carter
who was IA married man some forty five years Of
age. Smith al once surrendered himself
WESTERN GRAiN.-During two days of las,
week, upwards Of 400 900 bushels sof wheat was
taken ia vessels from Chicago alone On the So,h
ut there arrived at Buffalo, $4,000 bushels of
wheat, 299,lso bushels from Chicago.
The CHsEs CONGRESS- PLAYED Our The frs,
pfize was won on Friday last by NJ. Morphey, Of
New Orleans. This assembly of the Arst chess
players in the Union, has been in session for sew.
eral weeks in New York large number of
the states are represented, even California send
ing delegate.
Rejection OF WAeEs.-The New York &,
Brooklyn Railroad have reduced the paw of their
drivers to 1893 per day. The days OF this compa-
are l6 hours long
PoRK PACKING IN The WEsr.-Never since
the trade of pork packing was commenced has the
season opened under worse auspices. Heretofore
in November the pens Of the slaugh.er-housts
have been full, now they are all deserted. Far-
mers are not disposed to sell otherwise than for
cash, and the purchasers have no money TO offer.
The Louisville jottnat thinks from this that the
price Of bartel pork will therefore be very high.
A BARGAlN.-One of those frauds upon the
Government, SO common in the sale Of public
lands, took place at Fort Smelling. $4,000 acres
of land being sold fer $2,2aO. This territory was
actually occupied by settlers, who would have
been willing to have given 1855 600, had they
not been cheated out Of the privilege of bidding
by the goternmen. agents, who fraudulently dis
posed OF it themselves.
Lass Of Vessas-The Journal of Commerce
states that iIss number of vessels lost and damage
ed dnring the month Of October VT r. 1870 OF which
the estimated loss amounts to upwards Of S2,250,
900: This includes the disasters on the lakes,
and rivers. and some twenty foreign vessels, OF
which so"e were bound to or from the United
States' ports.