The Litchfield County post., 1826-09-19
THE OLD CANISTER.


prey of young gentleman that came to
town with his pockets full of money, took him
to a gaming house, and there to encourage
him to play, showing him several topping
sparks that were born to no fortune, who by
play had purchased great estates; and liveG
in pomp and splendour, by a success in sha
king their elbows.
You shew me- says the young gentle
man, the winners, but pray what has be-
come OF The losers I" To which The old pris
making no reply, third person, oyerhe;,rina
Their conversation, told the young gentleman
that since tn other was silent and Confound-
ded with shame at the question, he would
Oblige him with an answer Many of those
losers, aaitl, he. "taking the highway to re-
pair their LOSSES have been hanged; others
are gone to sea to earn their bread; some
have taken up the trade of being DULLES to
baudy houses; others, that have not hid
themselves as servants under livery, are beg
ging or humping about the streets, or starV-
ing in jails for debt, where you will be ere
long, If you follow that rascal's COUNSEL"
" The punishment" says the young gentle
man is fit for the sin, when men, possessed
with great sums Of their own money, will play
the fool to make il another mans; and, If
this he the humour of the town, win return
again to the country, and spend my estate
among my neighbours and tenants, where you,
sir" speaking to the gentleman who dealt 80
plainly with him, z shall be very welcome"
CoNcoRD, IN. H.) Sept. 4.
Melancholy. our paper went to press
we have been verbally informed by gentle
man direct from the White Hills, that the
family Of capt. Samuel Wiley, who resided
at what is called the " Notch House, in Bart
lett, consisting of II persons, were lost during
the shower of rain on Monday night last. The
house was found much injured by " slide,"
or peak from the mountain. and it is suppo-
sed the family were alarmed, and fled for safe
ty, and were either buried in the earth by
some "slide" or carried away by the waters
as nOt'one of them has been heard of since.
The clothes of the family were found in the
house by their bed sides, and had they renal
ned there they would have been preserved.
I'VE have conversed with gentleman re-
Gently from the vicinity Of the White Hills,
who mentions, that Mr.. WILLEY's family con-
sisted Of nine persors; that they resided be-
tween the two Crawford's; that they were
alarmed by the noise of an avalanche which de-
stroyed the barn, fed from the house, and
were overwhelmed by an another avalanche.
The house was not destroyed. It was calcu-
lated that the rise of the river Conway, SIC.
in consequence ofthe rain, was nearly as great
as in 1890, whenit rose 90 feet, and destroyed
the bridges, SIC. The produce on the inter-
vale in Friburg suffered considerable loss.1
"a Boston Centinei.
From the Boston Patriot. Aug. 90.
Loss Of the steam brig Neic Y0rk.-We learn
from passenger on board the steam brig
New-York, Capt. Harrod, which left this port
on Monday week for EastpOrt, that the boat
took fire On Tuesday last and was entirely
consumed. The fire caught near 0ye of the
flues, about nine o'clock in the evening, and
it was immediately discovered, vet such was
the velocity Of the flames owing to the com
bustible matter near, that exertions to stop Il
were fruitless; time enough not being allow
ed to secure the baggage Of the passengers,
and nothing we learn but the letter bag was
saved. In fifteen minutes time, the boat was
all in flames. Fortunately this accident Oc-
cured when the weather was calm, the sea
smooth, and when the boat was only 9 miles
distant from Petit MenOn Light house. THE
passengers and crew took TO the boats and by
the aid of the keeper Of the light, were ena-
bIed to make kale landing on the island al
about ~ O'Clock the same evening. One pas.
senger, Mr.. J. Wilton, of Lee, Mass. had
$1,000 on board which was all lost.
BosToN, Aug. 80.
We learn by Captain Mason, who arri.
we'd at quarantine yesterday, from Ponce
Porto Rico, that about the 22d of July, an