Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-22

ey PuDhiuS Ot tne Watetse e"0 uHste"S1 " es- cape, which pr0videntially they all elecsee. j, though without mOmeht tO spare. sesefel U
 them being np t0 their pecks tn the wz The water COntiBued tO pour into the dAlHms sive ravities beneath, and the next day tre- lmendousIy large space broke down, into which the whole river descepded, leaving its bed quite dry for the space Of mile on each l side of the aperture where it had PreytDusIy been six feet deep. On the flowing of the
 tide, the depth Of the water below the chasrn increased to nine feet the desnIation was aw- 1 f1l. The wSfer siifl rushed m torrent into
 the earth. Three men,in boat had almost ! lmiracul0us escape from being sucked into tbc
 vortex they had no sooner got out than the boat was drawn in with Iearfnl rapidity.
 The great body of water continued tO pour down iiII the whole workings. which exiendrd 1 several miles. were completely filled. A new scrne or terror now presented itself-the In- prisOneA air, pressed hy ihe weight of water, 1 b0rst through the surface of the earth n a Etth0usand places, r hich for the extent of ma ny acres, prrsrnted she appearance of n boil ; ing cauldron. I,nmense quantities of sand and water were thrown O,. aud descended like
 torrents ofIain. for many hours. By this ca lainity, six hwDdrcd persons were thrown out Of employ; ant so..txirnsiye is the des'ruc- ton, as t0 preclude the hope that the works 1 arc ever to be restored tO their former state.
 Edinburgh Ese, Coaront. Red RiUer Eafl. .--yTfie ilcrculean task ofSe- mosing this raft is insapid progress. A let ter dated I 5th May, and written on the thea-l Ire of 0perations. statesth that S8 sections. etn- l bracing 90 miles of aiae rait. had been reinO- yed, The portions detached have been dis. | posed of by running them into ihe low bot
 toms or down the bayous that lead from the main channel ofthe river into the lakes 'OD ei- I tter side. The leaning timber on the margin
 of the river has been taken away, and the
 small islands have been q uimOoref' and dis posed of. There is no doubt, that aFter the
 work shall have been completed; thS naylga- I ti0p will be as good. through what is now
 termed the raft as it has heretofOr been be-
 low the raft. The raPidity ofthe current has
 been d0eblcd below ny the work already done. The superintendent expected to con- tinue his latsors until the g5th of June. by which tiine the funds appropriated would be lexhaustest; hut he tels confident of going through the first great section of the ra4s, and thereby extending steamboat navigation about 30 miles up the river. cutting 0f two thirds oa the keel boat navigation round the raft. The party had enjoyed perfect health. The land is said tO be excellent and well adapted te the cultivation of cotton. Millions of acres will ] be greatly improved iH value by the work. - We only regret iaat the appropriation was in- sufficient to enable the perses esiOg and accom- plished superintendent tS demoiish the raft ir } a single season. Though it was supposed the : work would take years of tabor and cost . million of dollars, he will effect two-thirds Q it with an expenditure ofless than $22.0O0 : Tine services of such an indisiduat are invalu ! able.-LOuisville AdUertiser.
 b ,,t }, We can think of nothing more ridiculous 3 says the Albany Argus. than the scene which l, is said recently to have occurred duvs0g the , ceremony of swearing allegiance, by stha l; membess of the Spanish Cortes. tO. the siDfaut [ daughter of Ferdinand. as successor to his h thrOne--or rather. We ought perhaps to say, : that eknow Of fnOtRing more ridiculous. than y before childhood, and with iareicaland eiabO-
 ance, and profEer unqualified devotion to its rule. The sceDe is thus described II ''T'he poor little princess, te whom each ol the deputies n turn bent his knees and kissed
 her hand as that af his future Queen, was
 alarmed atthe ceremony. A letter from Mad rid, published in the London Titness says "The young Princess, not aecsistomedto such
 hustle, became frightened at the number of
 times her hand was kissed, and frequently burst into tears. There was some difficulty
 in appeasing her, and this was always done
 by giving her sugar plums :"
 Ihe ne,o Mint appears to be a iasoritc place of resort for the curious among our fellow-
 citizens. Visitors pass in by lhe Chesnnt-
 street front. at all hours of the morning. and are at once nshered into beautiful and ca
 pacious huilding, well adapted for the impor- .ant purposes for which tt was erected The first object which attracts attention on enter- ing, is a huge steam engine. at the opposite end efthe huilding, the noise of which, added tn the inecssant jarsing of the dies. gives to-
 kr1 .Of the lahoriDus purpose t0 which it is ap.
 piled. This engine. Of thitty hofse power. is
 the most highly finished specimen of the eaFa-engine. we have ever witnessed. The shafts. upright and horizontal, are of polished } metal, and most of the c0g-wheels are of , brass. The huge Hy-wheels run with the pre- } cision of . watch-w heel, while the various and totally different purposes to which it's power ] is applied, strike the beholtier with admira- } tiol of the skill and ingenuity Of the machin- , est. Rush and Muhlenhnrg. of this city cen structed this engine iis eest was about eigh thousand dollars.
 3 From the hot rooms in which the bullion | J converted into ingOts, we enfered the room s where tho ingots are passed through sue . eessiOn ef stesl rnllers, until they aesuana th' s satness and thinness uf a eomsnonif0n iJoop b Thence we ascended into a room where thes 10 thin bars are passed through steel 9uage, q