Litchfield enquirer., 1829-04-30

He has now taken stepsto add to his unenvi- able reputation, by disclosing that he is not the son of General G0rth, but of the Duke of Cumberland and the Princess Sophia
 From Hav0no-By the brig DromO, arrived at New-York, information is received that the Spanish armed schooner Habanera, ar rived at Havana on the Sd inst. with her prize a piratical schooner, which she captur- ed (as before statedl of the COlOradas. The crew, llty in number, escaped to the shore, where they were pursued and five Of them cNrtured. One of these men it was said be- lOnged to the French brig Amedec. whose crew were murdered, his life being saved on condition of joining them. He stated {" the authorities, on examination, that during the cruise the Pirates had murdered one hundred 0na Rfessa seals. The Captain of the Haba- nera reported that he had seen the wrecks of two vessels inside the ColOrados Reef, which he supposed had been destroyed by the pirates. ~ {. The following lines written in Spanish, were t0und on the table Of the pirate schooner. "thia is brave c0rsair, which cruises here ahOuts. the eternal persecuter of the infamous Euglish. They arsthwarted in every thing, although very vigilant. They pursued every trade, the slayer with diligence, and with still greater interest thsPoor pirate. ."-BostOn. SAVANNAH. April 10. "AhOut ten this morning, fire commen' ced iN the store of Mr. Gwin, corner of Fahm and Indian street lane, which has destroyed on Indian-st- ( or $ one story buildings be. longing to the estate of John Gardner.-- Thence the fire crossed to Babersham's Pres sing Warehouse, which is burnt to the ground. and the two story frame building occupied by Mr. Sheets. The other two story irarne buildings near the river are now on flre--the yard of the Steam. Boat Company, and the Upper Rice Min, are in great danger. We also understand that Blake's Corn Mill, is de- stroyed. Considerable lumber, and the loose cotton in the warehouse is consumed.
 One O'Clock-All the buildings on the South side of Indian street, from Fahm to and including Swymer's, within two lots of w.. Broad st. through to Joachim street, with one or two exceptions, are pulled down. On the N. side of Indian-st. the fire is stopped. The sloop Cynthia is considerably damageG. A. bout 80 buildings were destroyed. At the great fire !n Augusta, (Georgia, ) which occurred in the early part of the pre- sent month, an infant but two weeks old was laid upon bed, something being lightly thrown over it, when stranger gathering up the bed, threw 1t and the bed together out of the second story.-The half-distracted moth- or on running into the street found that the babe was uninjured.
 Ata late meeting of the city council of Charleston it was unanimously resolved that one thousand dollars should be forthwith transmitted to Augusta for the immediate re- lief of the sufferers by the fire in that city.
 The. .fre 0t Augast0 did not destroy so ma ny houses as at first reported. By actual en. Umeration, the number of front houses and tenements is found to be 18S. The Courier of that place says, great quantities of corn and bacon have been burnt--those articles having been generally stored and sold in that part of the city which was consumed about the market. Nearly 2O,O00 bushels of corn were consumed in the stores of Shelton's Warehouse. Very little cotton has been lost.
 What still heightened the public calamity, ev- cry Baker in the city has had his estahlish- l ment. md we believe, all their stock of ma. terials bnrnt. Al the Insurance offices have
 lost something. About Sl60,000 were insur- 1 ed, being not one sixth of the value of the 1 property lost,
 1 Shocking Caiamity,-A gentleman of this
 city informs us that on the night of the 18th
 March, the dwelling house of Mr. Jeremiah
 Watts, on Pine barren flats in Butler county,
 took Are, and that four of his children, one
 grand child, and traveller who had put up
 there for the night, l@rished in the 0amGs.-
 Two other persons tn the house were sO
 dreadfllly burnt that their lives were despair
 ed oE All the furniture and about three
 thousand dollars in money were also destroy
 cd. Mobile Register. l A distressing event occurred in the town oi | Westerlo0. on Tuesday last, which was oc.
 casioned, to put the mildest construction np.
 on 1t, by most gross carelessness in the hand
 ling of fire arms. A Mir. George Erwin went into the house of a Mr. Gregory, a neighbor
 to borrow a gun. On taking down the gun
 mt thinking it to be loaded, he pointed it al
 Mrs. Gregory. and snapped it. He was eau. tioned against snapping it, and to!d II was
 loaded. He blew into the muzxle, and said it was not; and turning round to a daughter of Mrs. G. named Sally, aged about IS ar %, who was sitting at her work, singing lively | tune, he remarked to her that she ought not 1 to sing that tune, but prepare herself for an other world, as he was going to shoot her, As sOun as he said this. he pointed the gun at her and snapped it. when it went off and the contents entered her left breast. The charge
 was shot. but as it entered the body very ob- N-.A Al Il aa