Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1835-11-26
From Ne Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, Nas. r..
uNpRECEDENTED STORM.

Anticipated. The wafer rose to helght un-
knoAn 10 our eldest inhabitants. ce~cring the !
entire fats several feet in depth. On the east !
Of Main street. extending DeaEay to SENECA 81. I
Il presented the appearance ct ~ immense !
lake, fnriOusly raging. threateaiNg destruction !
to the inhabitants Of that seetion. Boats |
GverG continually 10 motion, bringing the reO-
4,ie from their houses. which in many I6stasa-
1ces were Overthrown, or floating before the
wind-sOme entirely demOlished, and others
were carried considerable distance fr"m their
.fnrti1er location. The amount Of individ1al
suffering is beyond calculation, and we fear a
number Of lives have been lost, although our
Information upon that punt is So cOntraAict"-
Wy. that we are unable to give particulars
the damages sustained by the owners oflum-
Der and wood is immense. The merchan-
die Upon the wharves was greatly damaged.
and large amOt,nt destroyed. The shipping
ia the barbor also suffered much. The scene
throughout was grand and melancholy. The
fury Of the wind-thH raging Of the waters-
the dashing Of the spray-the confusion which
prevailed throughout the day. combined, rem
!dered the scene truly grand and awful. .tas.
The following are the particulars as far as
we have been able to gather them:
AS to the Hmotnt 81 damage done to the
shipping. It is 4iiikcult in the confusion Of the
moment. 70 ascertain. The schooner Tecum-
sab Is on the point Of the pier. and will prob
ably be lost. Two vessels, names unknown,
are ashore in the bay; south Of the light house.
Several vessels came in during the height OF
the gale. sails and spars much injured. and by
running foul of other craft in the harbOr, have
been seriously damaged. The steamboat u.
States came in during the gale, and was run
into by the Com. Perry, both Of which were
much damaged by the conclusion. Several
steamboats,, the Sandusky, Ohio, Charles
Townsend, Henry Clay, and Sheldon ThOmp--
con are aground, and uaust have sustained
more or less injury. The schooner Florida,
Of Oswego, lies high and dry. about 200 feet
upon the beach, near the ship canal. The
Benz. Rush is upon one Of the docks.
The Wharves have suffered more or less,
and we trust that the attention of the forward
ing merchants, who generally own the docks, |
will be turned to the erection of stone VVharves.
The greatest sufferers are the heavy mer-
chants 10 the lower town, who had not time !
to remove their effects from their cellars.
Ia The water was at least two feet higher than J.
it has been for the last thirty years. No fears
were entertained until too late to adopt meas
urcs tor security. 4ta 3a.y za,..+
The bodies Of two men have been found,
and are said to have been recognized as the |
last two Of the number that were drowned
|
A bridge over the canal, on Prime street. is
broken dOwn. One canal boat, lies partly on
the bank of the canal slip, broken through the
centre. Schooner Eclipse lost one mast, and r
schr.s Canadian lost both. The steam boat
w. #. p. TAYLOR, received eonsii orable in ia.
~. by being run into by the schooner Helen.
Several buildings were blown down. and sew
era! chimneys were destroyed. The roof was
blown of the new county clerks Office. Ma
ny other accidents happened duringthe storm.
which are Of an uuimportant nature, aad also.
those in relation to which we have HOt heard
the particulars. (
PANTHER EFFECTS OF THE GALE ON LAKE J
ERiE.-Westfeid, Chatauque county, Moo IL.
One ofthe most bbisterOus gales ever expe-
rienced on Lake Erie, commenced this day, |
and continues still to rage. We have felt its
disastrous effects 10 this vicinity but the
great tale Of wo, by loss of lite and the des-
truction ofproperty, is yet to be learned from
abroad. Portland harbor has lost two Of its
cilizens: w. McHenry. an enterprizing resi-
dent with large family. and Mr.. Crossgrove.
a single man. It appears that a vessel, the
Farmer, heavily laden with goods and just !
arrived at Buffalo, and fastenedtO the outer !
store house, was in danger ofbreaking loose,
and the captain and crew considered not able
10 manage her in such tremendous sea-
McIlenry, Cr0ssgsove, and a man named
Ludlow, volunteered to 60 to their relief. pas
sed The whanf and reached the store.hou in
safety, but while passing through it, the vessel
broke loose. which they heard. and sprang l
Toward 10 alight upon her. Ludlow succeed
ed 10 gaining the vessel. The other two fail Z
ed-but knew not the extent Of their danger
until they perceived the wharf on which they d
bad just passed entirely covered With water,
and they upon an island. as il were, fast wash
log away. Soon the store hoHse was swept q
of, and they plunged into the lake. One |
swan few rods. aud was drowned; the 9TH 4
or went down a mile on one Of the doors Of
the building, aud was lost.-Argus.
Commercial Credis.--lcsop was once sent
TO market by his master, who had invited =
some company to dinner. with orders to buy
che best skimgs he could fnd in it. He re-
turned home with basket Of tongues. and ,
upon beine reproved iOr his bad taste, 10 Sc /,
lecting snch a dinner for company, insisted I
upon il that he had literally Obeysd his in |
structions, for that tongues were the best things
On the world. By them Il was that truths
were promulgated. and hoodsAeneaDced. ,
de might even have gone so far as 70 haze 4
said that some Of the wiscst lessons 10 his !
book Of fables. had It been .then written, I,
were pronounced by the tongues of goats.
sheep and other animals. His master 10
rage told him 10 90 back and purchase the