The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-08-29

| ofman g. beast. The accounts we have heard
from some parts Of Vermont are enoughtO give
feeling man the heart-ache: The huppers
are now disappearing, but distressing drought
is rendering the work Of desolation complete.
Cattle are furnishing for foOd.-at least, SO
short is the grazing; that 1t is impossible that
the cattle should be- made marketable; and
siblc that one third Of the usual number can
be kept through the winter Grainat pres
ent is bearing price unknown before for ma
ny years in that fertile state; we understand
that already It will bear transportation from
Troy, distance of fifty to seventy miles,
The crops OF 1895 were short in consequence
| of excessive drought, and but few farmers
have any Of that years growth on hand.
While our friends at the North are thus
painfully taught their dependence on an over
ruling Providence for fruitful seasons, and
| rain in due time, other parts of our land have
been visited with most distressing and des-
tructive freshets. On +almost every stream
on Long Island, more or less damage has
been caused, by late rains, to dams, mills, aud
| manufactures; several Of which have been
carried away. BY the rain.guage of Union
Hall Academy, it appears that on the nth 81
| ~ inst. Fourteen inches ef:water fell. About
the same date, the quantity ofrain which fell
in Boston exceeded sixrand halfinches; g.
in Salem about nine inches, andin New Bed
ford the quantity which fell was-nearly eleven
inches. In Boston, the embankment Of the
! and 1t will require large sum to repair the
damage. In the southerly parts of Rhode
Island the rain fell in torrents, which swept
| away roads, bridges, nlill-dams, and fences.
| In Newport the rain was accompanied by in
cessant and tremendous thunder and lightning,
| and so severe storm has not before been
known by the oldest inhabitants. Some OF
the narrow streets resenbled river, bearing
ON with rapid current carts, timber, fences, &c.
laying prostate every movable article which
interrupted its progress. In Concord, N. H.
and its vicinity, the damage by rains was con-
sidcrabley but hero the evil was mitigated by
its causing total destruction ofthe grasshop-
pers. nNew-Jerscy the excessive rains have
been more disastrous than at any other place
we have heard from. The waters of several
streams We're raised tW ain ovcrfowing height.
Bridges, mill-dams, wood, lumber, and in
some instances buildings. yielding to the mad
dcning streams, were overwhelmed, broken
down, and swept away. Sin every direction,
(says the Trenton True American,) the ves-
tiges of ruin multiply before the sight, and
give awful evidence Of the violence of the
storm. The loss sustained in the county OF
Burlington is estimated to exceed $4,000"
Several lives were alsoiost.
Vernoet Gold.-A piece Of native gold,
weighing nearly ten ounces, has recently been
found in the town of Newfanc, Windham Co.
VT. A letter from that place says, sin its
general appearance livery much resembles
". c. gold-speci1c gravity le.5--consider-
ed worth 80 cts. per pennywcight. II was
found in the bank Of a stream which empties
into the branch opposite the village" The
inhabitants Of the'vilhge Have made general
turn ont in search for more Of the precious
metal, the result Of which is not known; but
one thing we believe, all the gold that has
been, or may hereafter be found there, will
cost more to the citizens of that vicinity than
it is worth. The iron ore of Vermont, and
the wealth which eplOw-share and the hoe
will turn out from its hills and vallays, is vast
ly preferable to even the mines of Mexico
Besides we are far from wishing that gold
should become any cheaper, whether ny the
finding Of mines in Vermont or North Carroll
ma. The more plenty the metal, the less val
liable will be its coin.
The article in preceding column headed
English Electioneerine," is short specimen
ofthe excellence of that system Of popular G.
lections, which our dignifed Senator, John
Randolph, SO highly applauded as being SUI
perior to, and less liable to abuse than, any
other system. This extract however. shows
only in partial light, the excellence ofEng-
lish and Virginia elections, compared with bal
| lot voting In numerous instances in Eng
land and Ireland, at the late elections, the mil
itary were called in to maintain order, and in
many places the electors were fired upon, and
numbers were shot down in the most wanton
and barbarous manner: The English have
the word Of an American Senator,-who by
the way they will soon find is entitled to but
little credit that their method Of popular
elections is vastly preferable to ours, and we
must either exchange our comparatively
peaceable mode ofchoosing our rulers, for
the noise, confusion, blood andmurder Off
British system, or be content to be lashed in
the Quarterly for semi-barbarous race, too
stubborn to be taught, and too ignorant to be
advised. However, give us the mild, gen.
tie disposition Of the daughter, rather than
the ternaagspt, noisy passions Of the mother.
The Newly rk Eveiiing Post of Thursday
week contains report to Judge Edwards, from
the receivers appointed to investigate the con-
dition Of the Tradesmen's Bank. The report
gives long list Of oyerdrafts, but exhibits
nominal surplus of 1891 dollars in favour Of
the bank. The receivers, however, express
the conviction that the capital of the institu-