Litchfield enquirer., 1834-10-16

@U0 tensive machinery are utterly destroyed. The boilers had been suffered through neglect to become heated before the water was let into them, which caused the heads to be blown Out-and the cOncussiOn was so great that they rose from their beds, and passing out of the engine house, overturned a small office at- tached to the buildings, aOd were finally ar- rested by a large board pile in the rear Of the building, which it shivered tO pieces. A ma- chnist, James MariAtt, Frenchman, was killed instantly, and the first Engineer. Alex ander Morrow, so badly scalded as to leave no hopes of his recovery. Two boys, named fleming and DOdd, are missing. Another boy killed. Three young women at work in the factory were very badly wounded, all of them having Iimbs broken.
 4 good reason for 6elieuing the President in the wrOng.-The following an~cdOte has long had sOme circulation in private. We cannot vouch fUr its truth. But lift is not true, i. is very like truth. TN. Y. Amer.
 When General Jackson was first persua. ded by Messrs. Kendall and Whitney. that the depOsites might be removed from the Bauk of the United States, notwithstanding tho re- solution of Congress, and was furnished by K. and w. with what they called reasons for the measure, the General called together the Cab. inet proper to propose it. This Cabinet then consisted of Messrs. McLane, Duane, Cass and Woodbury. Mir. McLane arrived first. and entered into a discussion of the subject, iD the progress of which he boldly denounced the measure, as fraught with the most dsas- trOus consequences. The General kept his temper pretty well 'considerin.' While the ar- gument was going on, Mrssrs. Duane. Cass, and W0Odbury arrived, and listened to the ENrn aaR fhsaA sS .l :n
 The two first were clear against the meas- nre. and even Mir. Woodbury, not knowing that the other Cabinet had decided the ques. tion, and not having heard from Mr. Hill, par. ticularly on the subject, was too sagacious nut t" perceive the mischiefihat was brewing.
 These three gentlemen, however, kept pro- found silence, being we'll content, that the General and Mr.McI4ane should fight out ih~ battle alone. In this state of things, genllc-
 man, we'll known as a universal favorite at
 Washington. who often, under the cover of a jest, was able to convey home truth without giving offence, (and wh" never failed. io jun. prove the oPportunity.) was announced and shown into the Presidents Cabinet. Being well known [" all present, his appearance oc- cas'oncd no interruption of the matter in hand. "Come Mr. -" said the President, who
 happened to be in high good hdn,or that day, (" You shall decide this knotty point for us.-
 Here's Louis McLane and disputed about a certain matter, and not one of those gentle-
 men says word. Now want you to de- eide, wh;ch"-"YOun need not say anoih- CT word, MT. President" replied Mr. -. To" are altogether wrong, Mir. McLane is right and you must give up the mrasure."- Now, how upon earth," said the General to
 Mr. -. "can you tell " neither am right
 or wrong, when you have not heard one of
 the arguments. and do not even know what
 the matter in dispute }" Tine gentleman
 s'Di'ed. and being privileged person, rrrii. ed' Why, Mr. President, did yOM not say that you diffrrrd from Mr. McLane }" "Yes. to be sure, and is that any reason why should be wrong and he right" Heaven forbId." answered Mr. -, that ] should iosinuate any thing so disr.spec,fnI. But did you not say that these three gentlemen kept silence '" "I did, certainly" said the Presi- dent. "WeIl. then," pursued the gentleman. "a'low me, instead of answering directly your question. 'how I know you are in the wr"ng,' to repeat a little anpcGote:
 Louis XIV. Of whom you have perhaps heard. was one day playing at backgammon. and had doubtful throw. A dispute arose, and the cOnrtiers around remained in the
 most profound silence. Al that instant, ths Count de GrammOnt arrived. "Decide this question:" said the King to him. Sire" said the Count. "Your Majesty is in the wrong" "How." replied the King, "can you accuse me of being in the wrong, before you know what the question is '" Because" answered the Count, "if the matter had been in the slightest degree doubtful. all these gen ilemen around would have decided the ques- 'ion i" your Majesty favor."
 Great RGI Road.-The National InteIli- gencer has long letter from General E. P. Gaines [" the GO' ernor of Georgia, on ths subject Of a rail road from the Mississippi t0 the Atlantic. to pass through the States of Tennessee. Mississippi. Alabama. Georgia. and South Carolina. Memphis, or the Mis- sissippi, in the south west corner of TeDneS- see. is to be the starting p"inf. Alter running about seventy miles eastward, with slight southern inclination, tt is to pass into and cut off the northeast corner of Mississippi. by a route of thirty or forty miles, enter Alabama, and by the way of Decatur traverse the nOrth- eEn part of shat State, and 6naliy. after get. ting into Georgia. branch of into two divis- ions; one to proceed iD a nOrtherDy direction through Athens tO Augusta, ojoin inc Scoth Carolina rail road. and the other to the south through MiIledgsyiIle, at or near which it is tO branch again. one brancl, going to Savan. nah, the other down tO inc sonth- W estera part of the State. tO open communication through West Florida with the Gulf of Mex icO. The distance from Memphis to SavaO- nah would be nearly six hundred miles, and SmSn nAn AR~na n.