The Litchfield County post., 1828-12-04

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~ vsr,sne. devastation. ffard, specnlaiions e
-Ssshl2nr do net 70 shcgging.s Lotteries
~ nnf 20 a herking. Theatres do not 50 .
he~v;ne. Rnrce showsand mountebanks do
not 70 I, 'beraing. Venal Votes do not 60
hers;rr. B1l the cause Of education the
crv az ihe needy, the silent implorlng Of the
dumb, 60 begging. And great patriots snun
81, sl,eifs nose. They declare their shame as
sodou,. and hide Il SO. The times We trust.
win come. when the claims Of such patFlo@
will go begging.
From he Losados COeisrcf Oct. IA.
THE DREADFUL. ACCIDENT AT
MAYO.
The following interesting details of the late
awful occurrence 10 the county of Mayo, nre
from the Clergyman who OiEiciated ut the
time when the steeple was thrown down BY
Clarernorris, Oct. g.
AS Incorrect accounts Of the awful event
which Yesterday took place az Clare may be
circulated, hasten to give to the publick q
true statement of what bad happened and
this am enabled to do the more accurately
having been then present.
The congregations was assembled for Dir
vine worship in the newly erected ctnrchs at
the usual hour; and ], as the officiating min
isfer. III the absence Of Mss SIR. the rector OF
the parish, was reading the Litany. when the
heavens were suddenly darkened by heavy
storm. which gathered over the town. That
portion ofour most solemn form of supplica-
ton. Christ have mercy on u.s. had just been
uttered, when adeafening crash shook every
house in the place to its foandation-and at
the same moment the lofty stone steeple,rent
by lightning was thrown upon the root, and
together with it overwhelmed the congrega-
ton in ruins. Tn a moment after all was still,
and those who were miraculously preserved
from harm. saw the danger they had escap-
ed, and the remainder Of their fellow worshi-
pers involved In destruction, not moment
waslOst in seeking for those bnried beneath
the ruins but the heart rending scene can
not venture to dwell upon while husbands
labored TO extricate their wives, and parents
called in despair for their children: much less
would harrow up the feelings Of your read
ers by detailing their rnangled appearance.
after being freed from their awful confine-
ment. te ,: EF5a cr&*
/ write with too vivid a. recollection of
these scenes of horror to enter into particu
lars. ,.t-.>. .ts.....-
The state of ireland is every day more cri-
teal. The separation, says the Sun. between
the two great parties rs daily-hOurly wild
ening; the distinctions Of caste are more, de-
fined. Brunswick and Liberal Chibs--each
animated to a man with the burning spirit Of
hatred-are rising in every direction; even
the meanest villages send forth their poIifi-
cans, and contribute their willing M e. From
one end Of Ireland to the other, she is all
earthquake. Is this state of things to be
looked at with indifference Is England SO
decidedly influential on the continent that she
can thus afford deaf ear, when dOmestick
enemy. according to my Lord Newcastle, is
1t the gate The Catholick Question from
the force of circunstancessis fully sixty years
nearer crisis. one way or the other, than it
was six months ago. Who shall say how
soon events, at present unforeseen. shall press
1t to satisfactory commissioners battle an en-
tire country in blood? 1t is absurd to suppose
that when two factions, athirst for revenge,
are all but drawn up 10 array. one against the
luther, snarshailed. disciplined. drilled and ex-
ercised by adroit and experienced leaders they
will be cOptent to repuse ON their arms. Still
It is more absurd to imagine Tat in nation
pr0verbially inAammabte. versed in the his-
tory of '98, and prompt in the recollection
Gifts wrongs, public opinion will lie dormant
more especially. w hen its Vice Roy is cy-
pher, except as he inclines towards the pre-
yailing faction; and the very law itself has
lost its authority. Hs4*
Cabinet meetings were frequent, and Ire-
land was supposed to be the theme Of discus
sion. The government must be alarmed, at
the extraordinary meetings and professions
which every day take. place, and the angry
tone ofthe opposing parties. A collection Of
so to "a. 900 Catholics is no uncommon thing.
A letter from Mr. Lawless on hisr0ute 10 Bal
~ Bag, says: Il went from CarrickmacrOss.
and when got within two miles ofthe Chap
Ell, / had before and behind the carriage at
least taoo hundred and fry thousand people.
am sure / underrate the numhers-fall three
miles of the road were covered with dense
The report was current that Mr.. Shiel and
Mr. O'Connel had been arrested for high trea.
son.
HoRRiD AFFAlR.-A most h0rrid and cold
blooded murder was perpetrated on the body
Of Mrs Ursula Newman,late Of Philadelphia,
on Thursday the Goth ult. 1t appears that
Richard johnson. who boarded with her
here as well as at Philadelphia, had been to
Rochester, whence he returned with an in
FAINT child. which he attempted to force Mrs.
Newman to accept and acknowledge as hers.
IL appeared in evidence before the court that
they had lived together as man and wife for