Litchfield enquirer., 1857-08-13

ing had black ink, also brought out, together with some other little points which have not roou l to detail.
 l to appear at the next term of the United States District Court He gave bail. G. and NJ. Iittick l of Christian County, are his bondsmen.
 The Columbus correspondent of the Cincinnati; Gazette, says that the Treasury investigating com mlttee have made thorough overhauling of the treasurer DOCKS, and have prepared a statement sho"lng that the dedication amounts SIPS. .691 O1
 Much of the plunder was expended by Breslin in doing the work of the Democratic partv. of which he was faithful and jealous member. The sn. of SlO,0OO is said to have been expended in Maryland se Keep in existence the charter of bank in which he exploited" From $50 OOO to s1OO, 900 is said to have been lost ill gambling, about the time the National Democratic Convention met. bv nart;es with whom Breslin connected The hotel and other bills of the '' Miami tribe of Democrats are also supposed to have been paid out Of Bresln' S savings. The rogue is now in Windsor. Canada, with his family, and means to remain there. Gil,- son is under bonds of sl10,OOO to appear at the Franklin County Court in October
 Saturday last the Governor pardoned convict in the Auburn State Prison who was sentenced for ten years-seven years of the sentence having ex- prcd. The pardon came unexpectedly to the con- vct and his joy receiving the intelligence almost deprived him of reason
 Elizabeth City County, Va, ontains nearly S. 900 inhabitants; there is not single family com pelled to depend charity for support, fact which speaks loudly in favor of the industry of the inhab itants.
 Gov. Walk CT has raised his seige of Lawrence the fourth to which that renowned citadel of Free Labor has been subjected and sent of his dragons
 in quest of hostile Indians the further prairies. He has accomplished not one of the ostensbe objects of his military demonstration for the bogus taxes remain uncollected the home made Charter and Mu- nicpality in full blast and the people have just had their State Election under the Topeka Consti- tuition reafirming that instrument by Vote in Law renee of 652 Yeas to Nays. Yet the real object of this bullying demonstration has been effected in the carrying of the South Western Elections for Buchan an. The thunders of the Southern Conventions against Walkers Inaugural and his repeated pledges that the People of Kansas should be secured fair vote on the adoption of bogus Constitution, were queed by the parade of troops before Lawrence and the windy fulnlnations of rebellion v and tr aason to which the people of that indomtable and stiff necked city, subjected by the worthy successor of Shannon aad Woodson. Walkers dragons have done good service in North Carolina, Alabama Ken lucky and Tennessee, but none at all in Kansas, unless it be for the purpose of placing tLe few deserters from the Free State standard in position where they be conspieuously observed and admir- ed Henceforth, trust, there can be little diff erence among Free State men, as to the proprety of her coming into the Union, as if she is ever admit ted on the application of her own people under the denounced and vilifed Topeka Constitution.
 A boy named Kelly, about IA years old. recently undertook to ride blind horse in a scrub race round the Metairie lace course at New Orleans, and after going about half way round the track, the horse bolted through the picket fence and killed both himself and rider. The boy s head was crush cd in horrible manner.
 FRleHrFuL MURDER AT CLEVELAND At about o'clock Aug. 6, there was determined attempt at murder in the tenement occupied by Mrs. For man. colored woman. Bill Brown, coored man, and his wife Susan, a halfbreed Indian wo- man, lodged here and had frequent quarrels. About a. m. Brown procured ladder aud enter. ing through the window, proceeded to the bed where two women were asleep, and struck his wife with ax, inhic,ing frigh,ful gash on the left side of tho head. The other woman, being awoke by the noise. jumped up just as Brown was making his escape through the widow. Susan, on being struck. jumped out of the bed and ran to the win dow, where it is probable s.,e fell on tn hoor as large pool of blood was there. When the other woman awoke she was sitting in bed holding her head in her hands The wound is ten inches long, commencing on the occPital bone, and cutting through the temporal bone down to the jaw. It cut completely through the skull, and penetrated about an inch into the brain. About thirty pieces of bone are extracted. The woman is not expec- ted to live.
 Brown is a desperate ch aracter. Some years ago he was slave in Louisville and escaped from his master. Since that time he has been implicated in many crimes, and was sent once from Detroi. to the State Prison. W hie he was in prison his wife went to live with another man. On his being released from prison Brown wanted her live with him again, which she refused He theatened 10 kill her, and has made several att tempts previous to this.
 The ax with which the deed was done was found among some weeds near an adjoining stable. It is a cooper's with blade about 10 or II inches wide, and short handle, and the owner of the stable thinks it belongs to him as he has missed such an ax for several days. This stable had been his lurking place for some days, and it is supposed by some that he secreted himself there after the assault.
 The woman formerly lived in Chilicothe, Ohio, and was there some years ago, shot through the body by some citizens of that place. She then