Litchfield enquirer., 1831-09-08

names or NaS0lOktOu du0 pbuCES dIC 0SS~A'T edIy dear to them for their struggles in the cause of freedom. there are other names which will descend to the latest pOsterity, as the de- liverers of their country from thraldam more dreadful by far than that of any foreign yoke. It was reserved for such men as Beecher, ana Kitredge, and Hewitt, to stand forth before an astOnishcd world, and with a moral courage which invests them with immortal honor, to seize this hydra-headed monster, lntemper- ance, and to lay him prOstrate in the dust They looked abroad on their country and they saw that sweeping flood was desoiatIng the fair plains of New World they attempt | ed not by puny effort, to roll back it's wa ] ters of death, bat they conceived the project ! of stopping them at the fountain, and drying | up the sources of supply and already the raging torrent has almost subsided into brook. Well may those noble men rejoice in what they have achieved. How many blt- ter waters of sorrow have they dried up and | how many streams of gladness have they | opened to those whom misery had marked as her own! What consolation to such man | as Beecher, to think, that not in America alone he is enjoying the results of bis labors' but that many thousand copies of his little work have circulated through Britain-have | hclped to awaken the energies of her slumber- 1 ing people, and to dispeI the long and dreary night of sorrow which reigned in so many of her dwellings,"
 Description of the Cholera in RussiG.-t General uneasiness; violent headache and giddiness; great languor; oppression at the chest: pain at the pit of the stomach and sides; a very weak pulse and frequent vomit- ing, first of undgested food, and then of watery fluid mixed with phlegm; frequent purging; severe pains; cessation, or very scanty secretion, of urine; excessive thirst cramps in the legs, beginning at the toes, and by degrees reaching the body voice feeble and hoarse eyes dull. and sunk in the head the features changed, and like those of a corpse: coldness, contraction, and bluelsh tinge, of extremites coldness over the whole body, the lips and tongue becoming blue, cold and clammy precipitation. The vomiting and purging so on exhaust the patient; the spasms become greater, attacking the most vital parts the pulse ceases the beating ot the heart becomes scarcely sensible and the pa tient after suffering the most horrid martyr dom, dies quietly, having few moments ease just before his end.
 The schooner Antarctic, which arrived at this port last evening, has been absent on voyage in the North and South Pacific Ocean, two years, during which time she has lost
 
 and the other thirteen were massacred by the natives of newly discovered Island in the South Pacific, long. 16O East, while they were on shore trading; eight others were wounded who have since recovered. Capt Morrel took one of the natives prisoner, who he has brought home with him.-N. Y. Gdz American SIk.-We had the pleasure few days since of examining a fine specimen of merican sewing silk from Mansfield, Con. The gentleman who exhibited it has upwards of 10, 1000 skens. for which he finds ready sale at about $8,5O per lb. He informs us that about five tons have been raised in Mans field alone this season. and the culture is rap idly extending in Coventry and other neigh boring towns. One gentleman in Connectl- cut last year paid $500 for white mulberry trees, with which he has set out an orchard Of one hundred acres. About 1000 bushels of cocoons were sent to Philadelphia last season and were sold for S3 per bushei. Competent foreigners are now setting up machinery in Mansfield for spinning and weaving the raw article, which has made great demand for cocoons, and given spur to business. By means of machinery introduced year or two since, the value of the raw silk has been en- hanced Sl per lb. The business is managed almost exclusively by females, requiring very
 
 year. The sales of sewing silk in Mansfield alone this year are estimated at upwards oi S8S,OOO.-N. F. Farmer.
 Claims on France.-Our claims on France have been fully acknowledged. treaty, signed on the fourth of July last. was brought !! by the FormOsa. recently arrived at New York. It allows five millions of francs for in- demnity of spoliations-a sum, says New. York journal, which in the opinion of ofseveraI competent judges, will nearly, if not altogeth- CT, satisfy the principal@of all well founded claims upon France. The mode of dlstribn- ton is left entirely to this government; all claims on France, for burnings at sea, seizures and coniscations in port, and illegal condem- nation. being renounced on our part. Claims for supplies at St. Domingo on account as a'- ledged, of the French government, and tor protested bills of Exchange. are not included among those which the sum stipulated by th's treaty is meant toextinguish. The payment of five millions of dollars is to be made m SIX annual instalments, the whole bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent. from the day of ratl- fcation. The sum of one and half million for the adjustment of the Beaumarchals and other French claims, is not to be deducted from the five millions.
 Parties in Kentucky.-The Maysville Eagle