Litchfield enquirer., 1834-10-09

now vacant scene Of tumult, beheld the vast Nisles Of the holy church strewed with the dead and dying pilgrims. The lowest state ment gives the loss Of I5O lives; one. which Is respectable, between zoo and 800 and re- port says that nearly 400 have been lost, and among them many Of the Egyptian soldiers and some Officsrs.''
 Destructive Fire.-The new cotton and wool factory, (says the Athens Geo. Banner of the goth uIt.) lately erected at this place. and principally owned by Messrs. Dearing and Nisbet, was burned to the ground on Fri day morning last, together with the whole of its splendid and extensive machinery. The fire was discovered about o'clock A. M., af- ter having advanced g" far as to render all ef- forts to save the building or machinery una vaiIing. It is supposed 10 have been commu- nicatcd by spontaneous combustion. as 1t was at first discovered in the attic story, where quantity of refuse cotton had been slowed a. way. Nothing of consequence was saved.- The actual loss is estimated by the prOprieI"rs lo be not less than S4o,OOO; not dollar of which was insured.
 7Ne burning of the ChGrlestOtcn Convent.- The report of the committee appointed at Faneul Hall, Boston, on the l2th ult., tO iu- vestgate the recent Ontrag"s in CharIestOwn, and take measures to bring the perpetrators 1O iustice-also to consider the expediency of providing funds to repair the damage done {" the Conveat-is published in the Boston pa pers of Tuesday. It appears that more than 1 l4O persons have been examined by the com mitlre, and information elicited which, with the aid of the investigations of the Charles town committee, has led to the arrest and commitment of IS peIsons-eight upon char ges of capital nature. The publication of the testimony in this preliminary stage of the proceedings, is for obvious reasons withheld. The report consists principally of the re- suits ofthe committees investigations into the probable causes W hich led to the outrage, the history and character of the institution at Charlestuwn, it's discipline and ecOnOmy; in- vestigations which the committee avOw, were not made with the view of justifying the wrong, or tO aid in the dissemination of the Catholic faith, (tO the characteristic tenets of which they are unanimously opPosed) but to ascertain the truth of rumOrs to the prei iudice of the institution, which had caused SD much excitement in that vicinity, and to disabuse the public mind of unfounded impressions. should they prove to be such. 1t is credita be tO the institution that the cOmmlttee, thus constituted, upon full investigation. unani- mousIy acquit the establishment of all the im- putatinns (tOo often the effect of Prejudice) which have been attributed to similar institu- lions in other countries, and particularly ofall improper interference or coercion in the case
 which is supposed to have led more immedi-
 ately iO the burning oflhe Convent.
 On the subject of reparatiOn for the dam
 age, the committee are of opinion that the
 plainest principles of equity require that it
 should be made. They at the same time ex-
 press their conviction, that nothing short of a
 compensation from the government of Massa-
 chusetts can fully Nindicate the majesty Ofthe law and the reputation ofthe Commonwealth. They therefore discourage private contribu- tions, and conclude with expressing the hope that the subject will receive the early attention the Iegislature.-Ab. Arg.
 Figures scont lie"-It is understood, says the Albany Journal, that the Regency called upon the Delegates to their COnv ention to submit an estimate of the probable result of the election for Governor in their respective counties. This was done by going through the counties alphabetically. the delegates an- swering for each county. In casting up the figures thus stated, it toas found, Co their as- Punishment, th0t they had majority 0f three thousand for he Whig candidate!!! This would not answer, and they set to work with determination to at least beat on paper.- The second effort produced a majority of 5000 for Marcy! In this instance, however, they made the tgures ie!
 Hon. Thomas E,cing, Senator of the U. S. from Ohio, is man of distinguished talents and irreproachable character. He is one of the numerous :odividuals who in this country have raised themselves to emncnce by their own exertiOns, from the most humble origin and occupations. But he happens to be a Whig. like Clay, Webster. and many others who have risen in the same manner, and of course is mark at which the Tories aim their most cnvenomed and malignant shafts. At a late "whole hog" meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio. the following precious specimen of ex- elusive democracy was uttered by Jackson Orator:
 "Who is Tom Ewing? where did he come from? From the coal pits of Scotia Salt works. from chucking wood under the Fur mace ]"
 The New Jersey Democrat makes the fol- lowing pertinent commentary upon this ex- tract :-
 "Mr. Ewing-the fearless Patriot: the liberal and enlightened Statesman; the rlo- qurni, profound and accomplished Advocate and Scholar; the honest, virtuous and high minded map-who raised himself from pow erty and obscurny to his present enviable el- ovation solely by his own talents and untiring ! nprseVprpnrs. is tauntsAd nv inc 4 lack snn Aris.