Litchfield enquirer., 1830-05-27

! near the Falls bridge. s On the same day man and his wife I stated to the coroner that they knew the deceased, and that he had wife and fam ! fly near Norristown, and also an aunt res- idcnt in the city. They followed the hearse to the public burial ground, where l the coffin was opened for their inspection, ] when they fully identified the person as Francis C--, and appeared much af- fected at the recognition. The body was l put by for safe keeping until the relatives should be acquainted with the accident.- About sun-down two young men sent by the aunt, examined the body and were ful- | ly satisfied that it was Francis--a niece of 1 the aunt's also saw him, and unhesitatingly ] acknowledged that. it was his body. At the request of the connexions, on Monday morning, the coroner had the corpse con- veyed to burial ground that they had sec lectsd for his interment, information hav- l ing been previously forwarded to lis wife. On Tuesday, to the astonishment of all parties here, the identical Francis C., who was supposed to have been buried, came to assure his friends that he was not drowned--although from some striking si- milarity five persons had declared the de- ceased to be him. The person drowned therefore remains nknown.-I,hi!. Inq.
 Lake Erie.--It is peculiarly gratifying to notice the annual increase of business upon the waters of Lake Erie. The lake navigation commenced this spring much earlier than usual, and it has already assu- naA of unequalled by that of any former period. Besides the numerous Schooners that con- stantly crowd our wharves,- waiting their several turns to load or unload, seven fine Steam Boats have full and profitable ena- ployment. One of these Boats now leaves our harbour every morning, crowded with freight and passengers, destined to the fer tile regions of the west. In is impossible to reflect on the almost incredible increase of business upon Lake Erie, for the last five or six years, without indulging in what to some may appear extravagant anticipa- ton of the future. ,"~
 Tho map of the entire globe does not prsent another sheet of water so strikingly peculiar as that of Lake Erie. 1t liter- ally commands the navigable waters of North America. From the South, a Steam boat has already ascended the Allegany to Warren, and rif1ing improvement of the Chautauque outlet will enable Steam Boats from New Orleans to approach within eight miles of Portland harbour. From the north, the vessels of Lake Ontario have already visited lake Erie, through the Weland Canal, and river. The same spirit of enterprise that produced the Well land Canal, it is believed, will soon be a. ble to overcome the natural impediments to the navigation of tho St. Lawrence, and open an easy and uninterrupted com- munication from Lake Erie, through lake Ontario, to Montreal and Quebec. The ease with which canal of sufficient ca pacity to pass Steam boats, can be opened between lako Michigan and the navigable waters of the Mississippi. is well known. This enterprise has been long agitated, and will it is believed soon be accomplished. But this will not be the only channel oi intercourse between lake Eric and the gull l of Mexico. From the southern shores oi lake Erie, the Ohio and Pennsylvania canals will open communication through the Ohio river to the Mississippi.
 Lake Erie, therefore, may be regarded as great central reservoir, from which O. pen in all directions the most extensive channels of inland navigation to be found in the world; enabling vessels of the lake to traverse the whole interior of she coun- try, to visit the Atlantic at the north or ir the south, and collect the products, the lux uries, and wealth, of every cline and coun- try.-BnfaLO Journal.
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 D.. Ra;n- Woter.-Wc find in Dr. ] Smiths Address delivered recently at BaI- timorc, (Md.) an account of singular per- sonage who figured in Connecticut, fifteen or twenty years ago. He was noted qnack and was known by the name of pr. Rain-water from the fact that after prescribing to his patients simple and wholly inert nos.rum, he enjoined upon them to drink nothing but TaiH-scGter; de- claring if they drank any other. the medi- cine would operate as deadly poison.- The quack had discovered that large proportion of the diseases which fell under his observation, were either originated or aggravated by the drinking of ard snt sp'r' its. The consequences of his prescriptions were--that his fame was widely extended. and multitudes focked to him for relief from all parts of tine state. The most as- tonishing cures were actually performed by