Litchfield enquirer., 1832-11-08

ed mother to inc community. Upon this be- ing done, the conduct of the nuns upwards her became entirely changed. and she was sub- iected to such close confinement, and other harsh treatment. that she felt she was sink ing cradualIy into the grave. Becoming at lrHgih satisfied that this was done with n de. sign of obtaining an earlier possession of her property, she wrote severa1 letters to her fa- finer. hut they were all intercepted by the su- perior of the house, till, Fortunately, when ihe last qleam of hope was on the sDoint of extinction, boarder, who had been attach ed tO the sufferer, quilted the establishment, and conveyed an account of the state of his daughter to MT. R. He instantly hastened in inc cOnvent, and demanded to see his child.
 who aupeared before him in the last stage of {, consumption, begging with PiteOus tears, that he wouid take her with him. Her weakness
 was SD great that he was obliged to take her in his arms to remove her. On his making ihe attempt. however, the superior opposed him. and, ringing the alarm bell, called around her the whole sisterhoOd, and some ecclesi- astics attached to the establishment. At ,racted by the bell. some of the inhabitants nf inc neighbOrhood also came in, and on learning the circumstances ranged themselves on the side of the afflicted father. A long and desperate contest ensued, but in the end, the young lady was taken from place which, in a few days more, must have be- comb her tomb. Dispositions have since been made before the Magistrates of the place, upon which judicial pi ocecdings against the guilty parties will be founded"
 The present respected Primate of all Eng- land chances to be the son of a poor country clergyman. The Bishop of London derives descent from school master in Norwich.- The father of the Bishop of Durham was nothing more than shopkeeper in London. The Bishops ofWinchester and Chester boast no nober lineage than belongs to the sons of an under master at Harrow. Bishop Burgess is the son of that lllustrious citizen with whose excellent fish sauce civilized men are general ly well acquainted while his Lordship of Exeter dates his percentage throughsa a long line.of hereditary inn keepers of the town of Gloucester. Besides these, we have the Bish- on of Bristol, the son of a silversmith in Lon don; the Bishop of Bangor, the son ora school master in Wallingfurd: the Bishop of Lan- daff, whose father was a country clergyman; {; with many others, whom ii were snperfnous to enumerate. Lincoln, St. Asaph. Peterbo- rough, Gloucester, all spring from the mid ding classes Ot society.
 A personal renc0ntre took place at Hunts vile (Ala.) on the gath ult. between Hickman Lewis of Huntsville, and T. Nixon Vandyke of Tuscaloosa, the circumstances of which are detailed as follows :-
 "Vandyke advanced towards the spot where Lewis stood, and when at ;he distance of about three paces from Lewis drew from | Ls- n nd ouA clamatiOn at the moment, drew the trigger upon Lewis. The cap of the pistol exploded without communicating fire to the powder A gentleman who was standing across the street when he saw Vandyke draw his pistol from his pocket, called to Lewis to look round." Admonished of his danger, Lewis made sudden spring and immediately re- covering from a. slip he had made, drew his pistol and aimed it upon Vandyke. who took refuge behind Cauly, calling at the same time ,pon c. to give him another pistol. Lewis lot being able to shoot for the interposltlon sf Cauly,s person, w cnt up and taking hold Ut with one hand, and reaching round Cauly with the other and holding the pis- tol'nearly on Vandykc's side, he fired. Van dyke fell at the shot, after which Lewis struck him blow with his pistol over the head"
 The combatants were then parted. and medical attendance afforded to Vandyke, whose wounds are said to be neither severe nor dangerous.
 Erplosion in q Coat Mine.-One of those appalling subterranean occurrences, which inc invaluable invention of Sir Humphrey Davy has now happily rendered so rare a. nong the coal mines throughout the country. ook place on Friday last, at the little village Df Ni!ts-hil contiguous to Hurlet works, near about six miles from town. The nit in which the circum stance ' happened is the property of Mir. Dove, and is known by the name of the Wellington Pit. The minors detected the indications of an accumulation of the vapour, and about two in the afternoon they intimated the circumstance to the over seer, as a reason for not contributing their la bors any longer. The inhabitants of Barr head aud Noilston, both near, were resign ing themselves to the mirth of their Reform Jubilee; and the overseer taxed the poo'
 cotliers with what would have amounted tt
 nothing more than desire to disinter them
 selves to seek an aftern0on's refreshment IT
 the light of day. He treated their fears witt
 n bravado, and lighting a common lamp. or dered the miners to descend the shaft aioni
 with him, which they did, the number bei0, five men and two boys.
 On reaching the varour, 1t exploded witl
 tremendous violence, shaking the earth tor
 great distanccs and making the clusters Q cottages tfcinble to their foundations. Whh
 many hurried ID the scene of the acclden'
 others, aatlcipatingsthe worst, posted on o
 hOrseback for the assistance of medical men The whole seven were soon raised to tn