Litchfield enquirer., 1833-10-24

 ase Of 'hs UaHed States Cur siA years y the LegiN Gure Or reoues.se. There were Glys6us ballasiHea. Oa several successive days, before choice made The opposing eaadida'es were EphFaim H. Foster and JOhW U. Eaton, the latter che Iavorils candidate Ofahe PFesidena and it win doubslcss be dis. appOiHtmeatIO him shaa ke s 10, chosen. I s grati GyWg, however. to shs friends or good morals when saeh we as Mr. Grunly are continued tn the SenaIa to the exclusion Of such as JOhn n. Eaton. 
 7he late sfeam bOat disastes Since lasl puhli- cation do not learn many atdi.iQaal particulars From the MiddietOwn papers learn that Mrss,Ock- ing, Ot that city, whose name was noticed among the badly wOUWded is dead: that there two or three others whose recovery is doHbiial: and lhae female found al the bottom Of the river who had nO, be- fore been missed. An investigation has eea made or Is making into the of the explosion, which will probably be shortly made pohlie.
 Horeicnlt~rol productions. our last we mention. ed that we had in possession Pear raised iN this village weighing 9 OHNccs. We have since been shew"a couple OC Pears raised i6 the garden Or Col. Beckwiih, of RedhOOk, each weighing 25 ouncee.-- Some others were picked from the same tree which weighed % ounces. An Apple was aiso shown to as raised by fhe same per~o", which weighed lS ounces. Bat none of these any where io a Pear
 ced a th- Albany Argus, raised in one of the towns in the neghborhood of Albany. IL weighed, accordS ing to the account, Al ounces. This we think will not Se "bea;en."
 A newspaper away off n Maine, which accidentally fell under notice day two since. conians the following sentiments. u may enbody the very of the doctrines pro pagaled y he parry" but no, such we caH subscribe to: % g
 "Ough, caucus examinations 0iseays he sus,ainedi Undoubtedly. lf a caucus oC 50 20 persons noIni Male an unsuitable caMdiGate-0ne O( wh0m 0u would to be bound by that MOmiWasiOWf YES! Att might have turned out a, the caNeUe and so have selected prorer candidate: The modification of voiiog Tor an improper person is jus, punishment for negleciing attend the primary meeting"
 Aerial Ascension. Durant made another as- cen. in hs Balloon Monday afternoon the l4h inst. in Bal,iuore--makng his ninth ascension. In the enclosure where the balloon was inflated, there were upwards of 400O people; aud on the outside was an immense number Of persons, who had the opportunity of witnessing the ascension without paying Zoe i.- The balloon continued in sight of the people on some of the emiAeHces in the neighborhood Of Baltimore nearly the whole of the time it in the air. Mir. Durant gives the following account M lc,,erto the editors oi ,he New.York Gazette:
 Ches0peake Bay, 6oapG steam boat Independence,
 S4 assaates past o'clock, l4th Ocs. 1853.
 Messrs. John La"g & Col have asccndrd lor tue nimlh time, again landcd and in comfortable condon with my usual good health and sp;rsss leli Bahi. more ai b. 28 m. which isa iltle sooNer lhaa lhe
 ne cUnced iM the advertisement did sn in or. der to cross the Chesapeake ;Ihe greaes altitude attained was about one mile few piouaens after starting, a rabbit with parachute in snGew 10 he earth the same one seat dowD ai my eighth as. varahss. aMd Rt h. m. ] hove t0 to get glass Ot waier, which you know s iavosiie beverage miRe--stop. ped only ,wo minutes, shook hands wiiit Benjamin Porter and Dr. Mace, they informed ne Waa elen miles from Baltimore, aad reqaesed nae sos renaNin wiil them, iM, was anxious io reach Chesiertssn, having heen provided with letlers os inFssction so number Oi gentlemen n that iowBi all the letters written in garden h0ur presious t0 any alaTHg.
 accordingly took leave of y iriemds Messrs. Porler and Mace. iripped my a"r'r, aad siasseG t1r Ches- ier,ow , bUi quite discouraged when at h. p uuderst0ad isom Mr. Benjamn ~. Hnri, over whose farm passad. that wasUny 16 milee from Bans0re, and 20 srcm Chesier!owni he was ''kewise anxious another essay for my previous destined port sen. him copies Of he Gazette aDd Patriot and the sddsess, which by the bye is very neat little .''ag send by this conveyance, one copy of t satin, which had urinied o please some ladies; wish you woSld put q. ia oae corner Of your paper: Some tune before entered over the Chesapeake, saw s!eam-bea. ma. king for the direction was g0ing, and three times wen, dp~ O speak her, and ,'oSgh, was wiihr 20 feet of ihe waier and near the s'oai as 10 see the IasseHgere waving sheir hSie. yet C0uo nOt neAr . word in consequcnce of the noise oa the steam-ppe and machinery. 1.s
 The wind had hauled since came on the Bay, ii wa. now almost calm, and night approaching, when within one mile of she eastern shore he captain low cred lis sfna boat, when concluded u woDld be novel affair to land in ihe Bay. lei ge one anchor with aoai 200 eet of fcord, which wns caught by cap tain Pierce in his smal boat. a l5 minutes past 6, king one hour and 47 minutes from Balimore-haviRg travelled distance of g miles. Neither myself any iart oI my apparatus have touched ihe water. Eslded she balloon the upper deck, and believe sppgsev which capt. Pierce had the poeness to pre- pare me, and yo9 may imagine ii vas 6ne relish, whea tell yom tha, had 'iasied noihag bat water siae break fact. The boat has arrived at krcncb tdsSs. Gom Iheace go ,o Bal'imcre, where I :h.Ii pr0iahy arrive oclDck tO-inoFEow InorDing. The am,i,heaae which had cOnsisacted for ihis asccai s noa much inferior Cas,le Gsfden, sad was well slish with the beauy aad (ashisa Of BaInmoTe, and the surrosnding villages.
 With shis send you the evening" paper, which bsought from Baltimore. Yours. 6Ec. - CHARLES F. DURANT. CScwEar offhe CoanecficHt Temperance E0ciety.- At mseii1y of the Executive Commiiee ofthe Con- aeciicst TemperaSee Sseieiy, held at HarGoTd, Oct l6ih, l833-