Litchfield enquirer., 1833-06-20

Ous parts, would he . .sma computation, The usual IprepaEaliOW 0f alaIimg WIS gone through with under was in perfect order long before the distinguished guesIs appeared.
 GHrsts.-At 5 P. M. tIUe President arrived a, the Garden, and was escorted to the Bnlc""y in lron,, where he bowed Io she assembled muItilude and im mediaely retired wthout %iIhessing the ascension- One Of his friends announced that the fatigues of the day, with other engagemens, prevented him from re- maining longer at ihe garden; he returned through the crowd amid Ihe Fhonis df tae multitude The Steam Boat with Black Hawk and the other Indians from Philadelphia, anchored within few rods oC the Castle. enabling the Of the forest to have fine view of the ascension, the assembled thousands, and the whole seeIe-at the saIne time to be in re- turn.
 A few minutes before o'clock, all lhinos be;,o ready and the crowd impatient, Mir. Durant jumped into his little basket which attached tn his Bal- loon, his anchors suspected, flags flying barometer tied, and plenty of ballast.
 He rose very slowly, and seemed almost to finger the city, just clear of the houses and s,eeples-
 He was seen for nearly ten minutes, throwing his valediciory verses waving his liie flag, and his hat The wind gently from Ihe west, which waited his balloon the lower part of city, the East River and Brooklyn, aE0rdng opportunity to every per- 1 son in the city or surrounding country, who took the trouble to look upy of seeing the balloon and Hronat The Balloon was in sight, but not the Eronau, al- most the whole time from the moment of starting un- l til iI descended on Long-lslanut-N. r. Dai. Ado. ArrSrQl of Black HasOk 0mdskis Portu tu-These dis .inguished personages arrived yesterday in the midst of the crowd that had assembled witness the ascen- sion. The boat iR which they took passage anchored
 of the Battery, where they had fair opportunity to witness the whole scene We learn from Major Gar land, who had them ia charge, that the of the forest looked calmly the scene that Black Hawk remarked while the Balloon was in the air that the AErOnaVt might ascend and 2,uy ufsn to the Great Spirit. The Prophet said he must be great W0rri- l or. On landing, Black Hawk s1suke a few words to those who crowded around him, thanking the Great Spirit thai he had brought them 90 far and saying al. the same time that his heart with them.-N Y. Ad. VGrrosc Escapes Of the PresideM.-Few men have had more escapes of their lives than President Jackson. Even at this late day, and in our own city, he has been in great peril. The moment after he set his foot the Battery the bridge felE over which he had just passe had it fell minute before it would have preeipated him and his horse into ihe river then passing through the dense popUlaiioH up Broadway number of horses became frightened by the music, and were very thro wing him from his horse; and on leaving us while standing the upper deck Ofthe steamboat the wad of field piece struck within an inch two of his person-~so that the Pres- ideM came losing his life three different times at least during his stay in this city-N. Y. Day AdU.
 Acci6ent-rwo men engaged in blasting rocks for the site of cotton factory n Plymouth, m this Stae, were severely injured the 18th, by the accden,a explosion of a blast. Oue, poor man, who has a large family, belonging Cheshire, had both shattered that RmpiWatOn was performed just below the elbows The other, lrishman, received dam gerous confusion in the chest.-N. Hap. Herald.