The Litchfield County post., 1827-08-23

man, printed at Caslleton, gives an account
Of a very heavy rain, which took place on
Friday week, between 8 and II O'Clock in
the evening. is said by many Of the oldest
citizens 10 be far greater quantity of water
than they ever before knew to have fallen in
so short time. The smallest rivuIets, with
in the space of an hour, were swollen to the
size of the largest creeks, while the stream
that runs near that village, was suddenly
transformed into mighty river, covering the
whole contiguous plain. The greatest dam
age done in that vicinity, is to grass and grain
upon the lewlands which, however, is not
of great amount.
In Whitehall, the rain inundated a good
part of the village. The southern stage was
obliged to stop below the village, and convey
her passengers in with boats. A sick woman
we are also told. was removed from house
with a boat; the water having become 50
deep as to admit rowing into her room. Du-
ring the next day, numbers of citizens were
occupied in shOvelling sand out of their hOu-
ses. which had been deposited during the in
undation. The canal is slightly injured, and
the roads near Whitehall, in many places al
most destroyed.
Il The most powerful part of the storm it is
said to have been no wise heavy few miles
south of that, or a few miles north. How
far east it extended we do not know, but uE-
derstand it was very heavy in Rutland.
From the London Literary Gazette.
MAJOR Laing.--In recent sitting Of the
Geographical society of Paris. M. Jomard,
the president expressed some doubts of the
authenticity of the intelligence published in
the Journals land repeated in the English
journals not only without grounds but care
lessly and recklessly,) of the death of Major
Laing. II is the third time that the death Of
this intrepid traveller has been announced;
and as the first two reports proved unfound-
ed, M. Jomard expresses his hopes that the
last might turn out to be as untrue. The let
ter said to contain the statement was dated
on the 5th of April. and arrived in twenty
four days; an unprecedent instance of des-
patch. Besides, it is declared in it, that SO,-
900 Fetlans (the proper name is Felletahs) had
risen, and demanded that the English trav-.
eler should be given up to them; and that
the KING of Tombuctoo wished to protect
the Major, but was unable to save him from
becoming the victim of the harbarity of these
$4,000 Fellans. Now, M. JOmard observes.
that in 1926 it was female who i5ned III
Tombuctoo; and here king is mentioned
" How is it, too,'' he asks, g that the Fellet-
abs, who welcome the English, have sudden
Iy become their most cruel enemies espe-
cially when it is recollected that the most pow
erful OF their princes wrote to the King of
England Il letter full of the warmest express
sions of friendship, and in which he NANTES
ted desire to have some English living in his
court 7" 1t is possible, that the news may
have been fabricated by the Arabs, who car
ry on commerce between Tripoli and Sou-
dan, and who, apprehensive that the English
may deprive them of a portion of their trade,
oppose every obstacle TO their progress, and
circulate every kind of story calculated to
disgust them with the country.
THE Mackerel Fishery.-We are very sorry
to hear that the valuable fishery for Mackerel,
on the coast of Massachusetts, has almost
entirely failed this season. This business
which was commenced only few years ago,
has furnished great quantity of excellent,
wholesome sailed fish to the country, at
moderate price, and babe fair to increase reg
ularly and rapidly from one season to another.
A Portsmouth paper mentions that there
has been an almost total failure of the Bay
Mackerel Fishery, thus far-The boats which
have arrived after an absence Of four to eight
weeks, have not landed enough to pay the
expenses of her outfits, the average being a
bout twenty barrels to the schooner. All &C
counts agree in representing this to be the
case with those still in the Bay--many YES
sells spoken with, out long time, having no.
thing, and Others but very few; no Mackerei
having struck into the Bay, as in former sea-
sOns.-
Commerce Of the United States.-The Ma
tional .Inte'ligencer publishes statements. de-
rived from the official documents from which
it appears, that the whole value of the i'm
ports during the last year, ending SOth Sept.
was S84,974,447, of which $50, 49, %, was
in American vessels, and S4,l96, 357 in for
egn vessels. That the whole value of ex-
ports during the same time was ST., sos ,32e,
of which S55,055, no was domestic, and s24,-
5Ss,6l2 foreign produce. That of these FIX
ports $50, 552,516 was in American, and 49,
OIL, 500 in foreign vessels. That of the Ton
mage employed in the commerce of the coun-
try, 949, 200, tons of American, and 1O5,654
of foreign vessels have entered, 95S,O12 Anne
rican, and 8S,417 foreign, departed from the
ports of the United States during the same
period. q
Suici1e.-At Montpelier. (Vt.) on w ednes-
day morning, June 90, Mr.. Joshua Warren,
of Elmore committed suicide. He took
down his gun in presence of his family, on
pretence Of shooting squirrel, retired short
distance from the house, placed the muzzle Of
the gun against his head, and discharged the
piece with his foot literally blew out his brains