Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-09-06

4 O~".s tA]~soa"o'-Ahe Chariepton papers speak
Of The easepsiOH Of cOOred man named William, the
husband and properly Of MARY Conner.
fExrLOsIOE.-W iiningtOn, Aug. 25.-An explosion
took placs to-day about noon, Ofone 81 DuponfspoS-
der mills. was distant from the place about six
miles, and heard il very distinctly with s prolonged
Fumhling echo. II was different fFomthe noise which
thunder makes ip ils character and Twas instantly
sure. from the quarter whence it proceeded, that it
was powder mill which had blown up; huge col
umn Of slhoke from the same quarter convinced me
that il On aFriyinga the mills, found il was
the dust mill in the lower yard which had exploded,
whsre the ing1edientsare mixed, and ttattwo unfor
t1nale Irirhmen had pershed.-Eyery part Of the
mill was blown TO atoms, aDd the taies Of the two
men were found, horribly mangIed and blaekened, on
the bank Of the creek, covered with rubbish they had
been blown out Of the mill with the walls. No other
person was MANNED. 4H
Disgracefa Bunker Hin Aurora states tia,
few days since Lieut.. Romans, of the Erie al the
Charlestown Navy Yard, after an aliercaton with the
Purser, struck him, in return for which The Parser
stabbed him, though not dangerously, in she back,
with his dirk. III .ss
Rhode Island Qmmantiness Well, Doctor, = said
airisnd the otherday The eminent Dr. G. Of Pha.
delpha, Is hear that they have got the cholera in
Rhode-Island Notwithstanding ail their inhuman
quarannesa " No matter, no matter" said the DR..
"a - itcan't hart them-they've got no bo,cels."
But wont you take my word, sir, when tell you
will call and liquidate your demand on Saturday
morning next r. said delinquent debtor to dunning
creditor, with whom ~ had sharp words "No, sir,''
rejoined the otiers had rather you would keep your
word"
kmnn ssa1 Al
day, che 18th dlt. in good health. "S
Melancholy and Sudden Death The National In
tellgencer mentions, that most melancholy accident
occurred in Washington, on Saturday afternoon, by
which Miss Hamersy, yisiier in that city from Al
exandria, lost her life. She riding on horseback
and the horse becoming alarmed, she threw herself
from II sll on her head and fractured her scull She
wascarried 70 Gen. Jsnes residence, near which the
accident happened, and expired 10 the course ofshe
night. s4
'a' Railing Passion strong IN death. Among the
singular circumstances which we have seen recorded
as connected with the cholera, we may mention the
following, which we have received from The most on
questionable authority. We copy ii from letter be-
fore US, dated Princeton IN. ~ Aug. "a. We pre-
sent the nals but omit the full names of the parties
" Dr. S---f, ofPennington. was seized with il The
cholera) Monday night last add on Tuesday, .phem
in a collapsed stats he was married 10 Miss VIZ,
TO whom he had been engaged for some time past,
in order that she might inherit his property.
In looking over the list Of candidates for cts Off
GERS in the Cherokee nation, as announced in the
Ph@nix, we observe The following among Others -
Sleeping Rabbit, Sweet Water, Roman Nose, and
Parched Corn. @
The Health Of Albany.--Wihin the last week,
(says the Albany Argas.) cits has put On a new
aspect. Gloom and deseriioD have given place to
cheerful faces, animated Streets the evening prone
nades, and the customary pursuits Of citizens Oar
wharves and streets are. beginning to assume their
wonted appearance ofsh1slle and activity; travel 10
getting back into lie usual channel; the steamboats,
and water craft show of the life and commerce
Of the season and merchants already greet the
faces ofod friends and customers from the INTERIOR.
The epidemic has ceased 10 be topic of conversa-
ton, or, generally, Of thought. We contrast, with
gratitude, this siee Of things with the period Of dis
ease and dependency through which have passed.
and which there is now every areasOn to believe has
given place 10 brighter prospecl4 "a
Our readers win doubtless recsllect notice pub
lished in this paper the 18th uI the mysterious
OisaPpeHtMnce OF tWO Me nOys one " ana the other
5yeas old, chiidren.of Jeremiah and Phebe Clark
Il appears the children had wandered down 10 the
steam boat and had got on board and were aiken 10
New-York, where they were aAerward found by their
anxious mother who went there in search Of ther.-
Soon after Mrs. Clark returned with her children to
thisPaces shs was attacked wi,lthe cholera on the
9th ult and died The SAME day. Her husband was
attacked with the same disease and died the fol-
lowing day. Two days aiter their little orphans
daughter agedtw and a half years was seized with
cholera aud dedand the next day, afterher foneral.
one Of the boys who had been lost attacked with
the same epidemic, and is also dead-,hus between
the 9Th ut. and the I'd inst. almost the whole family
was swept way BY the peslence.-N esoark Eagle.
Angliag u The Sky.-The author of ,he Sketch
Book, IN his tales Of Alhambra, gives abe following
account Of a novel species Of amusement, which he
Witnessed among the Moors. Before, concluding
these remaEks must meniion Of the amusernens
Of the place which has particularly struck me. had
repeatedly observed along lean fellow perched ON the
ION of one of The towers, manoenvring two orahree
fshing poles - though he was angling for STARS.
was Cor some time perplexed by the eyoluIions Of this
aerial 6shcrman; and my perplexiy increased IN OBJ
serving others employed in the same maa0er and IL