Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1834-07-17

in silver; and hence the gold pieces coined at
our mint command a higher price than their
stamped value. An eagle contains at present
g47 / g grains 1t pure gold, and IS legal ten
der Cor only ten dollars. Yet aSs grains Of
pure gold are received in the bullion market
ne the equivalent Of ten. dollars in silver and
hence an eagle is intrinsically worth more
than ten dollars in the proportions Of this ex-
cess, or sixty-six cents and fraction. The
standard which is now about to become the
law will fx the relative value Of silver and
gold at sixteen to one or 10 ether words, the
eagle will contain 2S2 grains OF. pure Gold,
whilst the dollar contains S7l IL grains Of
sliver.-N. Y. EUe. Post.
FTe.--Another large fire occurred this
morning IN Pearl street. II was discovered
about I O'Clock, in the ncw Eve story brick
store, No. 2O9. the lower part Of which was
occupied by DOremus, Suydam & Nixon.
wholesale dealers in dry goods, and the upper
stories by Messrs. Brewer & Add0ms, i'm
porters Of the same. Just as the alarm was
given, the flames hurst out simultaneously and
with incredible fury, from all the windows Of
the four upper stories, and through the back
part of the roof. From this circumstance, 1t
was evident that the fire had been shoulder
ing within for long time before it was seen.
An attempt was made by those who first
reached the spot, to burst in the front door.
for the purpose Of saving some Of the goods;
bot the heat was SD intense that they were o.
bliged to desist and, indeed, it was not more
than ten minutes before the flames were
streaming with equal fury from this story
The contents Of the building were entirely de-
stroyed before the engines began to play up
on it {; and at half past one, the south gable
gave way with tremendous crash. part Of it
falling upon, and setting ERE to. the roof of the
adjacent store, No. 2O7, a low three story
building, occupied below by Revo G.. Hance
as wholesale dry goods store, and above by
r. HI. Messenger, as an umbrella warehouse.
The two upper stories of this building, with
their contents, were destroyed.
No. eli also, one of the new five story
stores, took fire about two o'clock, and is now
a complete ruin. This building was occupied
below by Brett s. Doremus, and above by
john Rankin. wholesale dry goods merchants.
The loss of property is very great--proba-
Messrs Sudan g. Nixon was owned by Sam
nel Redmond, and that Of Brett g. Dorumus
by Mr.. C0lgate.-N. Y. Amer.
Burdens Boat.-This boat left the foot Of
C0ur,land street at % minutes past Z o'clock,
on Monday morning. The Erie. which is
considered the fastest sailer in the line. was
then from 4 to 5 miles ahead. Mr. b. c0niin-
ued gaining on the Erie until he nearly reach
ed Catskill, and in a very few minutes would
have passed her. but f"r an accident that &C.
Cured to the machinery. The lever of the
cut-Of-steam valve gave way. and the cOnse-
quence was great waste Of steam, and re-
ductiOn Of the revolutions of the wheel from
% 1-g ofa ten foot strOke'tO 10. Mr.. B. fl .
nally stopped the boat, and with the assistance
Of Mr.. Snodgrass, Civil Engineer Of Glasgow,
under whose direction the engine has been
c0nsfrncteds repaired it--but not so we'll as to
enable Mr.. B. to regain the speed he was pre-
viously going. viz. abont 10 miles an hour.
The time lost In repairing it, and the differ
ence of the speed 10 consequence Of this acct.
DEM, may be estimated at about three hours
hour after the Erie. Had the machinery work
ed wtll, Mr.. B. fully calculated 10 have made
the passage in nine hours.-Ih.
The Figure Hedd.-The Mercantile Adrer-
tiser gives the following account Uf the decol-
lation tho Figure Head Of the Frigate Con-
't~
We have il from authority, 10 which we
have the most perfect reliance, and there is
but one person, whose character our inform
ant vouches for between himself and the act
ual beheader. The deed was done by boy
who had followed the seas. he had no nc.
or assistant. 1t was entirely a Gre
alton Of his own brain, and he had never
breathed word of to human being. On
the eve of the ed Of July, at i2 o'clock, he
went in small boat, with nothing but saw,
two gimblets and small rope. On arriving
ut the vessel he had the greatest difficulty 10
reaching the gangway ladder, in which be e.
nally succeeded. The rain was falling in tor
rents, and when he stepped ON the deck, no
one was visible. He heard the tread Of the
sentry below, but nothing daunted he pro-
ceeded TO his work. He bored the two gim-
blets into the head. and fastened one end Of
the rope to them. the other end he made fast
to the vessel. FEE was two hours 10 saving
off the body. The iron bolt which ran through,
gave him much difficulty, as he was obliged
to saw all arOundit. After this was done, the
head was fairly lifted of the bar. and lowered
into the boat. There another, difficulty Oc-
cured. The boat had been left under one Of
the scuppers, and the boy found it nearly full
of water. He was obliged TO take hold Of the
boat rope, and raise up the bow, till some OF
the water had run out, when he got in, and
safely reached the shore.
We give the, above account to Onr readers,
because we believe il TO he true. Besides the
boy, there 10, or rather was, but one person 10
Boston TO whom the fact was known.
DIR. Clay has had a narrow escape from