The Litchfield County post., 1826-09-26
ELOPEMENT.

ment for county, and the proprietor of a
splendid town and county establishment, has
eloped from home which all the world pre-
sumed to be happy one, and which the fash
ionable part Of it have long known to be the
gayest and most favorite resort of the glitter
ing circles Of society. These advantages, this
lady has sacrificed for ever, by absconding
with a yonng military gentleman.-With
scarcely means to support himself in the class
| of society, in which he has hitherto moved,
| the L4ady---will find her future situation
in life very different one indeed, and very
sad change from that which she has abandon
ed. She is young and beautiful. We can
scarcely term this elopement a. fight, as we
have pretty good reason to know that the gull
" parties are at this moment in one part Of
the town, whilst the injured husband is resi-
ding Mt another.
The elopement took place at the hour of
| one in the morning, from the town-house of
the husband who was absent from London.
The fFal fair fed, without hat or bonnet, to
IL neighbouring street, where a barouche and
four were in waiting. Not one of the servants
was in the secret.-London paper.
Large Observation-Disclosures church,
| New-York, has 1925 commandments LIST
church, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, 900;
Brick Church, New-York, 853; Cd church,
Philadelphia, eco; LIST church, Elizabethtoyn,
In. J. 6S2; Orange, N. J. SOC; Morristown,
nv. j. 5s5 Carlisle, Pa. seq; Troy, N. Y.
sos. These are the only Presbyterian chur-
ches in the United States that contain more
than 500 members each.
The first congregational church in North
| ampton has about $50 communicates and the
congregational church in Belchertown had
near 600 few years since. -Hanp. Gqz.
/ "a - . # q.
THE LATE FRESHET AT THE EAST
The papers from the east continue to be.
filled with details Of the destruction of life
and property, by the late tremendous rains
which fell upon a part of New England.
and particularly with regard to the catas-
trophe at the White Mountains, where it
would seem that mighty water-spout
must have discharged itself. The follow
ing interesting account of this awful occur
renee is from the Rev. Mr.. Wilcox, late
Of Hartford, who communicated the same
to the editor of the Boston Centinel.
INTERESTING NARRATIVE.
Account oCtAe late Slidesfrom the White
Mountains.
IN letter from the Rev. Carlos Wncox.
HANOVER, IN. III. Sept.2, 1926.
DEAR SIR,-I have just returned from
an excursion to the White Mountains, and
shall now spend day of rest in this vii
|lage, in giving you some account Of the ef--
focts produced by the most destructive fall
of rain in that region. 1t happened ON the
night Of the 28th Of August, which will be
long remembered in that part of the coun-
| try. e
left Hanover on Saturday last, in COM
pany with two gentlemen of my acquain-
lance from the city of New York, and rode
as far as Haverhill, where we all spent the
Sabbath. The road over which we passed
was like bed of ashes two or three in ches
deep and the country around us exhibited
tho usual effects of long drought. The
abundant rains that fell three weeks ago,
over the Southern half of New England,
did not reach the upper part of the valley
of Connecticut River. !
On Monday morning it began to rain at
Haverhill, and continued along our. route
for most of the day, but SO moderately and
at such intervals, that with the help of great
coats and umbrellas, we proceeded on our
Tourney i'm an open Wagon as far as Beth
lehem, Is miles west of,the White Noun
tains. As we approached the vicinity of the
Mountains, the rain increased till it became
a storm, and compelled us to stop about
the middle of the afternoon.
The storm continued most OF the night:
but the next morning was clear and serene.
The view from the hill of Bethlehem was
extensive and delightful. In the Eastern
horizon Mount Washington, withthe neigh
boring peaks on the North and ON the
South, formed grand outline farup in the
blue sky. Two or three small feecy clouds
rested on Its side, little below its summit,
while from behind this highest point OF land
in the United States, East of the Missis-
sippi, the sun rolled up rejoicing in his
strength and glory. We started off to-
wards the object Of our journey, with spir-
its greatly exhilirated by the beauty and
grandeur of our prospect. As we fastened
forward with our eyes fixed on the tops OF
the mountains before us, little did we think
of the scene Of destruction around their
base, on which the sun was now for the
first time beginning to shine. ln about
half an hour we entered Breton Woods an
incorporated tract of land covered with a
primitive forest, extending on our road Eve 5.