The Litchfield County post., 1826-10-24


Scarce single thing from the luggage room
was saved. One Of the proprietors being
on board the Congress, instantly gave d.
rections for every exertiOnsto be made TO
recover the baggage, but from the great
depth of water, considered from 80 10 40
feet,) there was but little prospect of sue
cess. Both the captains are very gentle-
manly and attentive men, belonging 70 the
same concern The directions are for two
lights. The Congress had but one up.
She saw the Phenix at some distance and
no excuse can be offered for pilots daring
to run their boats SO near each other in the
night, when the passengers are below.
The pilot and passengers on the Phenix
say the Congress was not known until too
close to avoid her, surprising the single
light she had hoisted to be on shore. Be-
ing in range with Port Kent, the shadow
Of the hill increased the deception. But it
is to be remarked, the Congress having
grounded at St. Johns, was long behind her
time, and they were, or ought to have been
very vigilant and particularly cautious in
entering any place that they could not dis
tinctiy see. With all the allowances that
can be made, there certainly has been
degree Of carelessness highly censurable,
which has resulted in the death Of two per-
sons and an irrcparable loss to many. And
it may not be out of place here teremark
| upon the very careless manner in which
the mails are conveyed from place to place.
There can be no excuse for putting the
mail in the baggage room, under the care
(f it can be called carey If a waiter on
board the boats, and where passengers who
are utter strangers, pass in and out at their
leisure.-Evening Post.
New YoRK, OcT. 1S.-I empest.-Yes-
terday morning, about 3 o'clock, storm
commenced, which lasted, with but little
intermission, until late. last night. 1t was
tempest Of greater violence, considering
its length, than any we recollect to have
seen. The rain poured down as though an
inexhaustible water spout was emptying it.
selfupon us and the fury of the blast drove it
| through the streets with the impetuosity of
the ocean surge. In some houses the wa
ter came so copiously into the kitchens,
that " all hands were kept to the pumps"
or rather buckets, to keep it from flc ating
their furniture and putting out the fires
In Pearl street, and all the streets below,
many of the cellars are filled; and in Va
rick and Chapel streets, and the houses
upon all the made ground, the inhabitants
were literally deluged. In some instances
we are informed that the fire engines were
put in requisition to throw of. the water
We may yet have several weeks Of warm
weather, and it is important to have the
cellars promptly hailed out and cleansed.
| The Inspector will doubtless attend to it.
We are yet without intelligence from
the coast. The Packet ship Cortes is still
at anchor in the lower bay, The packet
ship Birmingham, from Liverpool, and the
brig William Rowland, from Gottenburgh,
reported as below yesterday, are not in
sight this morning. They must have been
driven to sea during the storm. The Capt.
Of the sloop Laura, from Providence, re-
ports, that yesterday morning he passed
topsail schooner ashoresat City Island
Most of the vessels at Quarantine dragged
their anchors, but brought up without dam
age. -; - ss-. s..r,
In an open tub strnding ON the deck of
vessel in the East River, there was on
Friday morning seven inches Of water, from
the rain that fell within the preceding "a
hours. @
In Philadelphia, on Thursday, the rain
poured down in torrents, and the wind blew
with violence from all parts of the COM
pass.
The poor Greeks seem to meet with the rub
hers from all sides; they are not only beaten
and killed by the Turks at home, but some Of
those who fed to tins country appear TO have
" fallen among --." From pamphlct late
ly issued in New-York by III. %. Sedgwick,
Esq. It seems that the Greeks in the latter
part Of 1895, sent an agent DO New York to
procure two frigates. This agent agreed with
LIE Roy, Bayard & Co. and @. G. g. s. How
land to have the frigates built: after they
were launched, but before the Greek agent
could get possession of them, misunderstan.
dings arose between him and the merchants,
which were submitted to three arbitrators Of
whom Judge Plat was one. The two frig-
ates were built, but one of them has been sold
to pay expenses SO that although the Greeks
had money enough to build three frigates, yet
only one has been sent to Greece, and the bal
ance seems toshave fallen into the hands Of
Turks.
The following are some Of the facts which
have come out in the course Of this extraor-
binary business. The frigate Brandywine,
equipped, cost $27S.OOo; and the Greek frig-
afaS nf the sarao a;ze cnxf (Ed0 0nn each