Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-15

Il lows Amos Kendale to make his report about the State Banks, it is but fair to let me pub- fish mine about Squire Biddle's Bank. So am getting mine ready.
 We have a fine cOOl time here, and ain't bothered with Office. Seekers; we can see lem fu droyes alf along shore, waitin for chance. One fellow swan off last night to get appointed to some office-the Gineral thinks of making him minister to the King of the Sandwich Islands. on account Ot their ber ing all good swimmers there.
 @ Yours etarnally, ~
 J. DOWNING. Major
 DowningvilIe Militia, 2d Brigade.
 The following is an extract from speech of B. w. Leigh of Virginia.
 ''I now declare my conscientious belief, unpopular as the axUwal of it may be, that from the beginning of time, never any nation made more rapid progress in corruptiOn. than have these United States, during the last quarter of a century. Even in this good Old DOminiou, for oneplace- hunter that was to ie seen when first grew up t0 manhood. there are ten now. Yes, the number is ten- fold at the leasts they swarm in the country, and in the city; they infest our publie places they invade our privacy, and distusb the qui-
 
 solicitations. They are themselves nlarketa- hle commodities; they put up their opinions, their principles. their vote, at auction to the highest bidder. setting tfe highest value up- 1 on their service, but wiling tO take any price Ethey can get. Men hardly fit for cierkship aspire 10 embassies, and men who aspire to embassies will descend to a cierkship. Office f--ofice and em0luments, high or low, state For federal, any sort of office which will save them the pain of earning their living by honest industry.' s.e4 a~
 ] It is a matter of deep regret that our citi- zens generally, and particularly the agricul- ! turalists, are so deficient in the kaow ledge of the proper use of the Electric Contiucfor.-- Most persons who have them, erect them on one end of the building. with triiling projee- ton, and fOrked, SO that the opposite end is tho more protected by it. than were it put on la neighboring building. Now, the true prin- ciple, us established by actual experiment, is this: ga lightning. rcd will protect a circular distance t,sice its ieagth beyond the part is ri- ses 0b0Ue, and no farther.' For example: A roof of 70 feet in length. with a rod in its cen I tye, requires the rod t0 be not less than ten Gect above it.--or if f,Co rods. i've feet above the roof, aud ten .fset from edch end tcaving1 each rod to protecta circle of twenty feet.---l This is to be observed without regard to smoke, sisam. or soot, which are considered gOOsi conductors. The puint shnnld be kept free from rust. and but 0ne---as the branches ger the huildin8. Barns at this season 0f the year should always Dc protected. as there a- rises from the steam Of the grain and hay confined therein, fluid. which, coming in contact with an electric cloud whilst passing | over. ignites as readily as the spark from the flint in contact with powder. This isthe req | son why barns are more often affected shan dwelliags. and shows the importance to the l husbandman to provide seasonahly to secure his ycar's labor from sconlagration.
 Bridgeport Farmer. Loss cr LiE by Lighining,-We have she f0llvwing statement from . gentleman who visited the scene of the awful occurrence which it describes, the morning after it took place: "F@ ya A respectable citizen cf Hampshire county, Va. of the name of Arnold, who carried on the business of tanner, ha,i been down to Alexandria to sell load of leather. and was returning an Thursday, the a5,h inst. travel. 1 ting Qn horseback hy the stage road, wheaa n l bout tea usiscs below Aldie, in Loudon eos,n-- lty. the appearance efa heavy cloud warned him to seek shelter for himself and horse.--- l He accordingly rode np to a stable at the side Of the road. where the stage stopped to change horses, and having obtained permits sion 1.-the stage driver, put his horse into one Ofthe stalls. The driver at this time had the four stage horses ont before the slcor--- three Of them were in cluster, a few paces from the door; the fourth was detached lit. tie distRnce from the rest. Mir. Arnold was standing in the stable door, calmly viewing the threatening cloud as it thickened and rall- cd over head, flashing and roaring in awful aud territc grandeur. It was not long that he st0Od thus--a cataract of electric lire de. Escended upon the stable, rending 1t from the
 ridge pole fo the sill Mir. Arnold was struck
 dead !-the three h0rses nearest the stai,le door were killed, and the drives knocked down and so stunned that he remained for a
 time insensihlc. His Aie uMs evidently pre-
 serted 6y fhe Gccident0l circ1nss1nce of kis hav- ing silk handkerckief in the croscn ofhis hat. Our Informant sawthe hat and hand ndkerchi.f :. l the rim and the top of the hat were severed
 rom the crown, and fsfge piece taken out ot the iatter; the several pieces were cut a-
 sunder as neatly as if it had teen d0ne with a sharp instrument. The tandkesehief was
 scared or scorcised, as if a red hst irOn had passed quickly oyer it. A smaA reddish mark was perceptiblc on one ef the drivers cheeks, but whether from the lightning or moi was uncertain; besides this there was not th,,
 slightest appearance of its effects on any mari Of his body. He was entirely free from nrv