The Litchfield County post., 1827-10-04

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lua. l. Nra D. r-lrrsncrc ihsi ths report uss mNae
~ bonoisle ssd Ach-uaadea Senator's, 81 tane
wsCn 90 eA-iscs' ~, CAisicd against the Geacrnl.
whcn be was a., before the people a csDdidsse Sos
say oace, wlca the thought of Pre- lpscv had tev-
en,crcd his shell, whcn enc.Tc ~ - iAe ka.o Vi
nilrta'y glory, sad whon all the (ecngs, the peiDui
ces, aud te passions OF the mass &C our population
enlisted IN his favour. The report was not made
from parry views sectional ieeliRgs, bat tcom
Of duty. With regard to the conduct of Gen. Jack
son, the commiueesay, this nation subject 10
the Wa Of military deSpOt, and there no coIstita-
i0pai barriers the ,nornate exercises of military
ambition, more than Ibis could scarcely hare beea
pscted."
Distressing Shiptrreck.--The Norfolk Herald saws
-smong the melancholy disasters, by the hurricane
in the latter part of August, grieved TO have to
record the loss of the schooner John s. Spence, of
this port and all on board except one passenger and
1.-TWO seamen. The only account have as yelof this
truly affecting circumstance is briefly stated in the
New-York papers, furnished by the arrival last Mon
day at that Port of the vessels which brought home
the survivors. The survivors subsisted upon the
percargO, and steward (who died for eight days. 1t
is thus ascertained too certainly, that Mr.. Matthew
Reardon, estimaLle towmsman, who went in
this vessel as supercargo persisted the wreck. The
horrd circumstances Of his death too painful to
dwell on tits enough that he has been of in the
flower of manhood, and in the fruition of those SYM
pathles and attachments which friendship and alice
J
sailed from this port tor Havana the Goth of Aug.
with the following persons on board; DanekDavis of
New-Engand Master; Edward Lewis of Virginia,
Mate Sylvester II. Worth, of New-fork, Seaman
Arthur S. WEIGH, Virginia, do ;--,sa coiourcd
man, do ;--, do Cook and Steward: hiatthew
Reardon, Supercargo; VIM. Sehicy and Wm ii.
Pelz, Passengers. These last were two young men,
believed 10 be from one OF the n. Western counties
of Virginia they were last from Washingon,l who
were understood to have for their object to Obtain
commissions in the Mexican service under Com Por-
ter of them it will be escaped the dreadful
catastrophe.
Miss Sally Omsted lately brought action against
MIR. Isaac Dickinson. for the non-fulh,ment Of his
promise of marriage. The parties resided in Benson,
Vermont The jury gave the plaintiff 5oO dollars,
damages, and costs.
A rattle snake killed Sabbath afternoon at Sta,
ten Island N. Y. by of MIR. Richard Svas, mea-
surfing feet inches in length, and inches in Gin
conference. He had rattles-when killed was in d
coil, and in the act of making dart at dog near
him. 1t is supposed he came from a vessel.
Mr. Ezra Jones of Caremont, in the state of Ver-
mont, recently lost barns, two houses, and
two sheds. with their contents, by fire occasioned by
lightning Loss between 10 and 1900 hundred dollars
No insurance.
The Tremendous Leap.-On Saturday the 9th inst,
the schooner Michigan, The !arges, on Lake Err, made
her fearful descent over the Falls of Niagara She
was toWcQ by the steamboat Cn1PpcWa creek, nFe
I miles above the Falls, in the forenoon. At precisely
two O'Clock P. M. they hauled out into the river, and
! lowed about two miles down, when the steamboat
left and made for the shore. Immediately afterwards
Capt Roughs barge seen pulling ahead of the
Pirate with line. When the steamboat left her she
tackled, and came broadsdes, but headed down
again by the barge, and kept steady for another mile,
when Captain r. cut loose, gave her three cheers and
pulled with strong, steady, and fearless stroke hro
torrent never before stemmed, for the Shore which
he made at point 34 OF mile above the Fails. The
interest felt for the safety of the barge painful
Human life had never before, IN that frlghtu man.
ner been voluntarily periled AL! who had ever been
hurried thus far into the current, went to that borne
from whence traveller returns
The high grounds (says correspondent Of the lal-
ly Advelser) on both sides of the American and Bril-
fish shores, lined with people having full view
of the rapids and of the approach of the vesse and
now that thousand fears and expectations
INDUCED, the Michigan unguidea by human agen-
cy, approached head on, the first rapid or descent,
apparently keeping the very that the most skill
ful navigator would have pursued, having Amerl-
ensign flying from her bowsprIt and the British
jack displayed at her She passed the first rap
i'd unhurt, still head on, making plunge, shipping
sea- and rising from it in beautiful STYLE In her de-
scent the second, her mass went bythe board,
at the same moment afordng those who have never
! witnessed shpwreck, specimen OF the sudden de-
struction of the spars OF ship at sea IN case II
wreck. Expectation for her fate now al the high
est she swung around and presented her broalslde
to the dashng and framing waters, apdatter remain
ing stationary moment Or TWO, was ny swung
round stern foremost and having passeu tQ the third
rapid she blged, but carried her hull apparently whole,
between Grass Island and the BrtisEn shore to the
Horse Shoe, over which she carved stern fore
most and launched into the abyss below. In her fall
she was dashed into ten thousand pieces went be-
low the Falls Immediately after the descent and the
river exhibited singular appearance from the thou
sand of floating fragments, there being scarcely to be
seen any two boards nailed together and many OF her
timbers were broken into twenty pieces. Such was
the eagernoss of the multitude present to procure
piece OF her. that before sunset, great part OF her
was carried away.
believe nave already Informed you OF tho ami
mails ON board. The consisted of buffalo from the
Rocky Mountains, two bears from Green Bay and
Grand River, two foxes, raccOon, dog, cat, and
four geese--he fate of these you will probably wish
learn. When the vessel was left to her rate, they
were let loose on deck except the buffalo, which was
enclosed in temporary pen. The bears left the
vessel shortly after she began to descend the rapids,
and swan ashore, Notwithstanding the rapidly OF the
current On reaching the British shore, they were
taken. The buffalo seen to pass over the Falls,
but was not visible afterwards What became OF the
other animals is not known. Those who had glasses,
could of the bears climbing the mast as the
vessel approached the rapids; the foxes were also
seen running up and down, but nothing was seen of
them after the schooner passed over. The only
live animals of the crew that passed over the Falls
were two geese; they were taken up unhuT. Major
Fraser obtained one and English gcntleinan pur-
chased the other for 81. .
A somewhat different account of the fate OF the
animals is given in the Buffalo Journal: Either she
fox or the raccoon, say the Editors we could not DIS
tnguish which, ran up the man-mast size went over
the first reef and brun mounted the toretop as she
bounded over the second where he was distinctly
seen by thousands cnging TO the top, as she lay on
her beam, and went by the board with the mast sus-