The Litchfield County post., 1827-05-31

shire after it. Am'dt rejected. Mir. Storrs moved to strike out the words "Shall not be more than 8, nor less than 5 in number" and to provide that no coun- ty shall be divided.
 MI. Warren was opposed to the amend ment if the gentleman would so modify it that large counties could be divided into districts, he had no objection. ! Mir. Stoors moved to amend so that no part of county should be annexed to an- other.
 MT. Ingersoll proposed modification of the amendment, so that no district shall be composed of parts of two or more coHn- ties.
 Mir. Cleaveland moved an amendment so that whole county could net be annex ed to a whole.
 1. Mir. Gurley moved to lay the bill on the table which was done.
 Several other bills and resolutions were read and the House adjourned to meet to- morrow morrow at 9 o'clock.
 Wednesday, May g.
 The committee to whom was referred the bill on the petition of the American Literary, Scientific and Military acadamy, praying for Lottery, and also for the power of confering diplomas, reported in favour of granting the prayer of said peti- ton, and recommended passage of bills in form thereon.
 Two bills in form on said petition, passed their second reading; one giving the pow er of eonferring diplomas, the other au- thorizing the grant of lottery.
 The bills were advocated by MT. Storrs. MT. Griswold opposed both the bills on the ground that the power of confering di- plomas should not be made too common. He was followed by MT. Miner who op- posed the grant of a lottery as being not only in urious to the morals ofcommunity, but as being burden upon that part of the people that are least able to bear it. Mir. Boardman, in speech of some length, opposed the bill, giving the power of confering diplomas. He was opposed by MT. Shepard.
 The remainder of the forenoon having been consumed in discussing the merits of the two bills, without coming to any de- termination the house adjourned.
 Thursday May 24.
 Several committees having been announ- ced by the Speaker, tho consideration of the bill for a public act, relating to the States Prison, which was before the House at its last adjournment, was again resumed; after some remarks. it was laid on the ta- ble, and 300 copies ordered tobe printed.
 Awtul fire at Clarkson.-The dwelling house and cabinet shop of MT. Philip Ross and building occupied by Miss Ann Cher ry, in the village ofClarkson, were con- sumed by fire on Friday night, and what adds to the horrors of the conisgration, is the loss oftwo lives. The son of MT. Roos ten years of age, and young man named Luther Pierce, aged 20, were consumed in the flames. Two smaller children were snatched from the mad element, after the flames had reached their room by gener- ous man MT. Bird) who ascended to the upper story window by ladder, and at the hazard of his own life, restored the children to their agonized parents.-The children had left their bed, and as the room was fill- ed with smoke, Mir. Bird groped about in the dark until he found and saved them, but was himself severely burnt. The fa- ther had just returned from an unavailiing effort to save his children, exhausted and despairing, when MT. B. nobly encounter ed every danger and rescued the almost lifeless sufferers.
 The fire broke out about 12 O clock, & had made so much progress before it was discovered, that little or nothing was saved from its ravages. The loss is estimated a. bove $4OOO, not a cent of which, we are sorry to say, was insured.-[ Rochester D. Telegraph.
 Gale in the S0und.-We understand three was tremendous gale of wind in Long, Island Sound on Thursday night the 17th. Five sloops belonging to Riverhead are on shore at Gardiner's Island, A sloop in the sound opposite Fresh Ponds was dis masted. Two sloops ashore at Wading River totally lost. One at Skidmore's Landing will be got of. One at Riker's Island totally lost.-L. 4. Star.
 Surprising Escape from Death.--A son of Mr. Polhan,is. of Marlborough, Ulster county, N. Y. aged 9,years, on the 22d of April, fell from the precipice of that place, distance of2O7 feet, among the rocks, into the creek, and was carried by the stream 2O9 feet below where he fell, and d. |.