The Litchfield County post., 1827-07-19

one al Sammon Brook, which is rebuilding, are com pleies most of the bridges built and the locks are in good loFwaFdness. There s fair prospect, that the Canal will be finished this season--and it is the de- termination of the President and Directors that t shall be completed.
 petition to Congress to set apart from the Feve- nue of the government, a fund for furnishing the means ot transporting to Africa such free people of color as may be desrous of emgratng is now in cir- enlation in Boston for signatures.
 A quary of granit handsomely mixed, d,and apparent ly of excellent quality, has recently been opened at East Haddam, on the bank of Connecticut rvef. The quantity appears to be inexhanstable.
 The Rev. Geo. CowIes, of Hartford Conn. has &C., cepted the invitation of the second Church and So- cety Hate the Rev. Dr. Walkersl in Danvers Mass. to become their Pastor, and is to be installed in Sep tember
 The income derived from the laboY of the csnvicts in the NewEiampshire State Prson the last year, ceeded the expenditures for supply of the prsOn by tho sum of $324l. The sales of hammered stone dn- ring the year, amounted to SIP ,a21.
 On the 9th part of tho town of Orange adjoining New-EIaven, was visited by a severe hail siorm The stones were very large and perhaps for a mile in breadth fell to the depth of two inches. The corn, rye@ &Ic. were completely cut down-the unripe ap. pies and peaches were stripped from the trees--and thousans of pancs of glass broken in the houses.
 On the 4h inst the slaves in the State of New York were all liberated, amounting it is supposed to about lO00O. plan was set on foot before the day arriN- ed to have public procession and other tokens oi joy in NewYor city. But some of the most respcc- table and influential persons among them interposed ] and prevented it.
 ! GreQt Fish Story.--A Eew-Haven paper says, that 7 large sharks were taken insthat harbor July I'd, at one haul, in sen for taking white fish, The haul also brought in % 000 white fish; although most that were caught escaped in consequence of the injury the net sustained by the sharks. 1 Tremendous Hwrscnne.-The Vincennes, (Indiana) paper states that destructive hurricane, accompani- ed with hail. was experienced in that country on the every thing that lay in its range pfosrated to the ground The effects of the storm are almost incredi- ble some of the hail-stones picked up, it is stated weighed ten ounces each! l The Globe Tavern in Augusta, Ga. was consumed by fire the night of the first inst. Among the items of loss menoned we observe the whole of the prop. erty of the Georgia Religious Tract Society, which had a depository in one of the lower rooms of the building. The amount of Tracts consumed was 350,- GOO pagcs-thc loss not great in itself considered cept that the demaad for these publications is now said to be increasing in that vicinity, and the onpor tunities for profitable distribution of them very nu- mcrous.
 The Fifty-frst Anniversary of American Indepen- dcnce appears to have been celebrated in New-Eng- land with very little noise and parade, although doubt not with much more propriey, and consequent- ly with better effect than the day has been heretofore honoured. In most of our large towns religious and moral services took the place of rotous eating and drinking, with great majority ofthe inhabitants: and
 in some of them other services appear to have been announced. The mighty efforts which were formerly
 ncde monifnst inv the this by showy and boistcrous demonstrations of gratitude appear to have been neglected this year, and quie, congratulations each other the return of the an niversary and ascrptons of praise Heaven for the blessings oIndependcnce wcre adopted in their stead l by very large share of the community.
 1 The Twenty-eighth Anniversary of the London Re ligious Tract Society celebrated on the 18th oi May at the city of London Tavern. The great room for meeting was filled to overaowing by five o'clock
 in the morning. and at six the lord Mayor arrived and took the chair and the services of the meeting were l immediately commenced. From an abstract of the Annual Report, published in the N. Y. Observer, i, appears that the publications of this Society have been circulated in almost all parts of the known world pre-. senting the eyes of the deluded votares of idoar the glorious truths of the gospel in inviting orm well alluring tbe aged and the young in Christian lands from the destructive paths of vice the pursuit of virtue and happiness. One circumstance of pecul- ,ar interest occurred at this meeting Inan interval between two of the speeches, of which several were made, the lord mayor arose and said that Git was with no ordinary feelings he broke in upon the order of the meeting; but account had that moment reach ed him that the kne of death had just toled the tomb ofthe Rev. and venerable author of the Dairy. man's Daughtrr and several other tracts,-that the Rev. LEIGH RICHMOND, late Secretary ofths Society was now gathered to his rest" His lordahip then made an affecting appeal to the old and the yoang to stances were awa sudden in which both were alike annunciaton of the death of this excellent man. at such time, must have created strong emotions o l sympathy in every feeling heart. The Dairyman's Daughter is probably one of the best tracts pub
 shed. It has carried conviction as well as consola
 ton to the heart of thousands, and will be read with profit and delight so long as the benign influence o { the gospel shah affect the human mind.
 DE7ED
 At Little Falls, N. Y. 28th ult. Mrs Esther B. Ham