Litchfield enquirer., 1835-04-30

,h;s he sxas carried due east and immediately over C6ncOrd-next he was carried east-nOFth- east. which brought him at 1 O'cIOck, nearly m 10 GallipOIs, little belew which he cross ed the Ohio river. He next passed into .
 more soufherIy cuFrent, which Brought hlm
 over the Kanawha river. At halfafteT twelve o'clock he passed JOyer CharlrstOn. and in a
 few minutes was carried over the Fnrnaees of
 inc KanawIaa Salt Works, aOd in sight OIthe fork formed by Gaufy and New rivers. Soon
 afteTS this he approached tite earth, and fbd-
 ing his ballast was nearly exhausted. prepared
 for descent; he threw his anchor OFerr
 W hich caught firmly iD tree, but finding,
 contrary to his " first impressions" that he was oyer a dense forest. he cut inc cable and ascended tO his former altitude. It now be- ing very cold, he says he wFapt himself GOm-' fortably up. drank same brandy ~felt c"mfOr-
 table and highly delighted with his novel trip,
 laid down in the bottom of his car, andin that situation diOpt to sleep. He was awakened at last by his car striking. He landed St half
 after 9 o'clock, in safety, on mountain 5000 feet above the level of the sea, iaccOrdiDg to his barOmeterl called Stinson's Knob, in Mu0-
 roe county, Va. from $50 to 100 miles from
 Cincinnati. A pretty good distance: fO be
 travelled in g 1-g hoursr Of really intrepid
 E.ronsrss. Claytonssnftly hears the "f'aim! Durant himself has been outdoOe. - Diamond. ad.-Wonders will never cease-'
 discoveries nevtr terminate. the riches of OuT
 land multiply in every? direction. VirgInia' paper says:'
 "A Diamond weighing upwards "f 5dwts.
 vas found on the piaH.atinn ot Mr: Philip
 Brooks, in the county of Pimce Edward, by
 one of his children. Wti0. it is supposed, was
 attracted by the rays "flisht emitted from it's surface. It has been examined by several
 scientific gentlemen, among whom was the
 Professor of Chemistry at Hampden Sydney
 College; all of whom prOho,rhce 1t the pure
 carbon. Thediscovery ofthis great treasare,.
 appears to have Jeen the wGrS of Providence; for Ilr. Brooks was very poor man,, and
 hrsitlesyis much involved. Since i!je discov-, [ cry, however, he may occupy the station that
 he formerly did, as regards the riches'Of this
 world MT. BTo0ks IS disposed to Sett."' x At the lowest computation brilliant 9f 1 the first water weighing i've carfats would De ' worth $500, and ifthis.diam0nd of five dwts.' lis of.that character, is whald bring $f5.00O. r --k s., Iadiana-L Ldmenta5le and Degrading Dis ] closnres.-We have received copy of re- port addressed. to the legislature of Indiana Fby the trtss3ees of state seminary. sncorpo- | rated for the express purpose ot q"antynS' teachers for commou'schoOis. From thus re- port i: appears there is deplorabIe drhcien-
 cv of tea chers in the state. "The linvPsi'ga- l lions" says the report, "of the associatioR' Eformetiifo the promotion of common ednca-
 ton the state. have thrown ad6itionat light
 on this subject. From tiirir inquiries 1t an- pears' that only abou; one quarter of the ch'FL drennfsuiiabr age attended school in le3S-4. Only one in six can read one in nine write z, and one in hundred study geography anE
 one in a, hundred and forty five grammar.-' 1 The universal complaint was we cant get
 suitable teachers-some are ln'emPpFMe
 some profane some notori"usly deba.cAcd. | Aud vet the frustres say, "wes.fare not dFsS miss them, for tiferP are no others to be nad. | A recent decisian in the District Court will
 be interesting to Physicians. Dr. Dunn had left his horse at the sic 0l the street. while
 he visited patient. The horse was frghten- ed, and not being fastened, he ran away, antE
 struck the shafts of the gig against an"thes horse and killed it. The jury returned yer
 dict against the Doctor for the price of the
 horse.
 l. Mr. Barry sold ous.-We learn that MT.
 Barry has taken formal leave of the Clerks in the Post Office Department, and expected to see MT. KendaIrs installation announced i'm
 the Globe of to day. Why this ,n,oserneet has not been SO announced, will we suppose be hereafter explained. Having carried Con- necticat and Rhode Island. the Regency can now veature to risk Kendalfs nanination be-
 fore the Senate. Mr. Barry, it is understood goes to Spain.-N. Y. Ado. Y, Erbact e letter from correspondent cf tAs N Y. Star. dused Llv ERPooLt March ". s{~ L Pnblic affairs have taken xpeeled turn here.
 The Peel Wellington ministry have every prospect of
 remaining in power. Much of this they owe i0 iher kown sirengsi-more the divided optuions ot their
 opponents. Some Of opposition. thick but hir to give minister's < a fair Irial Others wish to onse
 them, once, by vote of the Commons diFecay ex-
 pressing that there s no confidence fo De placed m
 them. Between these divisions. ministers oontinue
 in oice and reap the advantages without any ol the
 struggles for tte victory.
 Beaten on the election of speaker-beaten ly an
 ame utlment on the address iO he king-beaten, t'y Sir R. Peels admission, oh the choice of eharmaT of committees would have thought they were at
 the point of dissolution: they scere-had the oppos~
 ,ion united make strong struggle but tae petty
 dssenons of partsanshp crept in and ministers are | actually made more firm n.their opposition.
 Out of doors, the eeling is " the iores wit! remain lin power and the hope that necessity VIII comPs! iAem to aot wih liberai,y. Vain hope! They wIIl gfant as little as be reform: afe psdgst against cutting doNh1he Irish church establshEleee
 ,iey are pledged against municipal feiosmthey afe> pledged against all that the people want. It is evident. any who watches she coere6 or events that ministers will remain in ofce They ear ,eayor 10 impress mens miDds the similarity be-