Litchfield enquirer., 1834-02-06


 siderati0n of 1t was pOstponed.-N. Y. Ado.
 Riots on tke Line of tue Cdnal.--We regret to have to inform our readers that the account of the modification of the riot among the la borers upon the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, above and below WiamspOrt (in Washing ton county, Md.) turns out to be premature. Since the return of the HarristOwn volunteers: with a number of men under arrest, fresh and fatal hostilities have broken out, in the course of which, as appears by the following account, number of lives have been lost:-NGt. Intet. WILLIAMsPoRT, (Md.) Jan. 98. 1 Since the foregoing event, great cOmmo- ! ton has existed among the hands. Very ilt- tie work has been done, and state of alarm and warlike preparation has taken it's place. On Thursday last, we are informed, party of Corkonians committed excesses along the line above this place. Yesterday morning 1 small party were seen approaching this place from above, and were met on the Aqueduct and driven back by an opposing party oftheir l countrymen in the town. In this atfray one { man was very seriously beaten and wounded. The citizens of the town. with cOmmendablc alacrify, soon put themselves in military orr ] der,s under arms for the protection of the peace. and remained under arms for the baE- l ance of the day and the greater part of the | night.
 This scene was soon followed by anotheY which resulted in disastrous battle and sev- 1 eral deaths. party of Fardouns or Long, l lords, consisting of about three hundred mcns
 headed by intrepid leaders, were announced
 as approaching from below. Their design
 they stated tO he to pass up the line of the ca
 nal to the upper dams for tire purpose ofex-
 hibiting their strength. and not to commit a breach of the peace unless attacked. They were armed in part with gums, but principally
 with helvcs, clubs, SIc. They passed uP qu- etly over the acqueduct, and on their way, as
 we learn, three or four hundred more of the
 same party fell into their ranks. At the up- per dam, in field on the other side of Mie- 1 dlekauffs, they met the enemy in battle arr ray, drawn up on the top of h about three 1 hundred tn number, and armed in part, with
 military weapons.
 The Information that we have is, that the
 attack or at least challenge tO the combat.
 was made by the latter party. VUllrys of shot were exchanged some men were seen t6 { fall, and the party above begun tO fall back
 and disperse before the superior forces of their
 enemy. Apursuit ensurd through the woods,
 where frequent firing was heard. and no doubt ) many lives were taken. Persons toho travers-
 ed the field a(ter the battle aoas orer, observed
 fre nlen in the agonies of death, scho had beem |
 seen m fhe a0oods, and e number ioo,inded in eue
 ry direction. Those who observed the battle 1 describe as one of great rage and most
 deadly violence. All the deaths and wounded
 are reported to have been of the CorkoniGms. 1 About ten o'clock last night the victorious
 party returned. and passed quietly through 1 this place, after haltng few moments in one Of the public streets, to their respective sec
 tions and shantees below the town. Quiet
 was restored for the balance of the night. Postscripf-Since writing the above, a prin-
 clpai leader of one of the parties has been ar
 rested for examination. The volunteer com
 panies have arrived from flagerstowp, com
 manded by Col. Wm. H. Fitzli6gh, who is l also Sheriff of the County. and are now in
 readiness to aid the rivil authority. An ex- ] press has been dispatched to the Seat of Gov
 ernment for sufficient regular force. to be
 sent on and stationed here, or at the other
 suitable points along the line Of the Canal, to ] preserve order among the labnrers, and for
 purposes of general prQtection.--Banner. Fire ct Herkimer.- court house (incl,i-
 ding the jal( and the church, in the village of
 Herkimer, were destroyed by fire on Sunday evening last. The Little Falls Courier states l that the fire was commpncatedby the prison- CTS in the jail, which was in the same building 1 WVH tue court house. From me account Stv- en ny the prisoners. it spems they were anus { ing themselves by setting fire with candle,
 to some newspapers pasted on the wall, hut
 were unable to control the flames, and gave
 the alarm too late tO save the building. l Albany Argus. The Fort Plain Gazette extra, states ihe entire destruction by fife, on Saturday night
 of the new Reformed Dutch Church. in that
 village. Ithad just been completed, and was
 tO have been dedicated on the ensuing
 Wednesday, ] Baltimore, Jan. 25.-Destruction of the Warren FocfOry-A little before l2 o'clock on Thursday night the extensive Cotton Mill, belonging to the Warew
 Manufacturing Company about ffieen miles from the
 city, was discovered 10 benn fre In short time tho whole bStiing with all its valuable machinery, was 1 reduced to heap of ruins. None of the adjbinng
 buildings were injured. By far the most distressing
 circumstances connected with the event, is the fact,
 that between seven and eight hundred persons teriv-
 ed, directly indirectly their support from this es-
 tablishment, md are thus suddenly deprived of em- l ploymen at this very indictment season. We under
 stand that the building and n,achinery were insure,i
 to the of $63,O tn several offices in ,,
 Eastern States. The properly destroyed, however,
 could not he replaced for $iO0, ,O00.