Litchfield enquirer., 1830-06-24

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 I Destructiue Storm.-The Nashville (Tenn.) Banner. of the Sd inst. states, that dreadful ] storm of wind and rain visited that place and neghborhood on the Monday night be efore.- Some injury was done in the town of Nash vile; but much greater in some other places. In Rutherford county, between Mur(rees- burg and Nashville, the damage was consid- erable; fences and cuibuldings were Over- thrown. and the Cotton Gin and Horse-M Mill of MT. Jones were entirely demolished. l But the most serious calamity, says the Banner, befel the town of Charlotte. in Dick son county. where the principal force of the l gale, SO far as We have learnt. was experience ed great proportion of the buildings in { that village were prostrated. The Court 1 House, substantial brick edifice two stories | high, was nearly leyelled with the ground, and Mr. Collier. who lodged in the upper story, was so much injured that his life is despaircd oE We understand, from a traveller, who passed the night in the hotel at that place. 1 that the scene of distress and alarm was heart-rending and indescribahly awful. So soon as it was ascertained that the.hOtel was 1 unnjured. persons rushed in every direction. in their night clothes, and most Ofthen bloody from their own wounds or those of their |
 most of them lad received some bodily in- jury, aud were excessively distressed and a.
 laFmed. We have just learned, that the town
 of ShelbyviIle in Bedford county has likewise
 experienced the destructive influence of the
 storm. Nearly half the buildings are said to
 be demolished, including the Court House and Methodist Church. Several lives were lost, and among those killed, we understand.
 is MT. Newton, Editor of the Western lntel- ligencer."
 Geological CGriosity.-A few weeks since, says the Rutherfordton (N. C.) Spectator.
 while the workmen were employed in taking I out the .. grit nOnn one ot the pits in the Harris Mine, now owned by Messrs. j.. g. J. E. Patton, thFee posts were discovered just
 at the top of the slate formation. and below ] the stratum of flint rocks which contains the
 gold. These posts were sunk perpendicular l ly in the slate, and about 4 feet from each>oth
 CT in a triangular position. ~The posts were
 dug up and examined, and found to be of
 post -oak timber. about { feet long. and ten inches in diamater; the lower ends of the posts were sharpened, while the upper evil ] dently appeared to be sawed off transversely 1 in the sides were mortise holes, together with the marks of an axe. too apparent to be mis- ] taken. From the position in which these posts were found it would seem that they had ] formed the legs of a rude table or bench at some former period As proof that no modern cause could have placed them where they havernow been found, the ground is ele- yated and near the creek, and beneath any al'uvial deposites of soil; yet when. and by whom they were placed. must for the present remain a subject of philosophical inquiry and speculation. At many other mines sticks of timber and logs have been found, in and on the slate formation, together with variety of articles. formed hy the hand of art, such as Indian pottery, Indian arrow points, (madc of Ant)-and pieces of wood, in various shapes.
 Peter Crawbuck was tried and convicted yesterday in the Court of Sessions, for an as- sault on his wife. As the offence was nut of very aggravated character. the Court order ed that he should give security in the sum of one thousand dollars, for his good behaviour for one year, and directed an officer to go with him. for the purpose of obtaining the same. They proceeded to the house of Crawbuck, who retired to room alone, and almost i'm mediately discharged the contents of a load ed pistol through his head; he expired almost instantly. Mir. Crawbuck was about sixty years of age. and one of tho oldest butchers in tho city.-N. Y. Adv.
 Emigr0mts.-Thc New-London steamboat towing line. brought up from New York yes terday besides large freights of merchandise, company of English emigrants, amounting in all, men, women and children, tO three hundred. They are from Lincolnshire. Eng land. and going. some to the western part Of this State, and some beyond. to Ohio, and other parts of the great West.-IToy Sent.
 Ihe Siamese Youtks.-Some very singular facts relative to this l,ssus nature have been communicated to the Royal Society. by George Buckley Bolton, Member ofihe Roy al College of surgeons. and communicated by Dr. Roget :--A silver teaspoon being placed on the tongue of one of the twins. and disk ot zinc on the tongue of the other, the mo- Insnt the two metals were brought into con- tact both the boys exclaimed, Sour! sour !'' mus proving that the galvanic influence pass ca rom one to the other. through the con- nectsng band. Their strength and activity are very remarkable. They run with great swiilness, bend their bodies in an djrections. ana ln their sports often tumble head over heels. without the least difficulty or inconvsn-