The Litchfield County post., 1826-07-11

a day for ar 0 shillings q igtehs and star wing with their families On one meal of oat- meal day, rather lhan apply 10 the Par ;sh for relief. Our readers will rec0lIect that the silk manufacturers in EnElaEid have complained bitterly of the removal of inc prohibitory duties on foreign silk, and pretended to be fuined by the measure.-- 1It is stated in Bells Messenger, that large bodies of workmen were thrown out of employment by tte principal silk n,anufac- turers, $ to aid the case of distress which was represented to the Treasury; and an artificial stagnation was added to the real difficulties of the hour, to enable the com- pIainants to make better stand on the point of competition with tue foreign mar ket."
 IakamGn.-A Baltimore paper, not long since, contained the following article; Yesterday, at 10 o'clock in this Christian city, under the authority of the Orphans court, motherswith children, the eldest not more than or years old, and the syoungest at the breast, were put up at pulp lie yendue, by southern Slave dealer. The spectacle was fitted to harrow up uil the tender sensibilties of nature. The mo- ther, a matronlike, interesting women, was overcome with grief the children, who were old enough to know their sad condition, wept so bitterly as almost might melt a heart of stone. The auctioneer, however s performed his part in the most unfeeling manner. Half dozen slave dealers were present, and the family were knocked down to slave dealer of New Orleans, and were immediately shipped for that place. This happened during the sitting of the court, and there were many spectators, who, to their credit be it said, expressed strong indignation at the shameful outrage. , though, as the deed was sanctioned by the laws of the state, they could not interpose to preventit.
 .Laghtning Rods.-The season (July) is near at hand, when your barns will be filled with the produce of. your fields. Andit is certainly desirable after the labor and ex- pense of filling them has been met, that they should be preserved to remu,serote this labor and expense. You must however, be sensible, at least you will be, ifyou will recur to facts, that your expectations of reward for your toll are often cut short by a sudden stroke of lightning. This you can prevent by erecting lightning rods to your barns. The last season after the summer crops were gathered, greater amount of property was destrosed by light ming, in the county of New Haven alone than would have furnished lightning rods certainly be unwise to risk such an amount of property, when it can be insured at so @low premium. close observation for fifteen years, fearlessly assert that during the months of July and August, that is, after your summer crops are lodgeda X i'll your barns, greater number of barns are struck by lightning, by twenty to one, than other objects of equal height and number. The reason is obvious to careful obser- yer, at least it is,so to a philosophical one. The exhalations which arise from barn filled with hay and grain, recently gathered are great, and form a column of rarafied air, which reach to great height in the atmosphere. This column is a direct at- tractor and conductor of the electric fluid, as much so, as the smoke of an extinguisl- ed candle is to an approximating flame. Erect lightning rods to your barns, and the fluid is conducted harmlessly to the earth.
 Conn. Journal.
 Ohio Canal.-The 'Cleayeland Herald states that upwards of 2,OoO laborers and 300 teams are constantly employed on the line between that place and Kendall, which is now under contract; and work to the a. mount of between $4O,OOO and 1000 ]. at contract prices, isperformed monthly.
 Far the greater part of the line has beer grabbed and cleared, and some of the sec. tions will probably be completed within ,; month from this time. This part of tho line was put under contract in Februar, last. Forty-four locks, overcoming diff: ference in elevation of 395 feet, are requi. red between the Portage Summit and Lake Erie. The pits for 30 of these locks have been dug, and those for more than halfthe others are now excavating. The Contracts require the completion ofthe whole work by tho first day of October next; and it is now in a state of forwardness which renders it probable that the work may be complc. ted by that time, with the exercise ot req. sonable exertions on the part of the con, tractors. A3party is now engaged in the location of the line between Kendal and Coschton, preparatory to contracting foi it's construction. It is said, however, that this part of the line will not be under con