Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1835-12-10

TIE Skp PsassIisania.-'rho line u battle chip
FennsyISaOsa, a"w the stocks our Navy Yard,
under the shelter Of building that e45 900, 10
one Of Ihe most siupendOus labFcs shat ever des-
tined 70 float the ocean. Her length on deck Il
Us feet, and her breadth Sc feet She e large enOug
to carry two thousand mea, which 10 larger number
ed the battle Of Chippewa and grestev Than the pop.
ualiOn OF considerable sized county She 10
OF the buTtheO OF 5000 tons, and could &c loaded with
n0ur carry the moderate cargo Of thirty thousand bar
reR enough 10 supply bread for 6een thousand peO-
pie Tor whole year. She il carry 140 guns thir-
ytwo pOUnders, that every time she discharges
ium brOadside, size will dispose Of precisely ton Of
bullets l" help to make iron pebbles Cnr the bOtlm VI
inc ocean, unless she happens to hit the enemy. She
Will draw 8 feet Of water, and hus nd Il difficult to
navigate in sllOa rivers. One Of her anchors which
10 he seen IN the yard, and which 10 said be the
largest one in the world. and weighs II $3.50 pounds,
which Is something more than TONS aud will require
some merry piping at the caps'ern 10 get il apeak
large chests CAPABLE Of hosDa oO .e sap1 h o.
having PREPARATION Of them Of other shapes adapted
TO III around the sides Of the ship, to leave no
space as happens with casks. The Number is proba-
by ASO az TAR az we could judge from lOokng at them
"s We did day or two since, under the guidance Of
the yard. 'E'f70 M
friend has lust informed ne that the larges anch.
or IN the British Dock Yark, at Portsmouth, ia 1882
weighed something less tha0 600 lbs. which time
there were on the stocks three ships nearly az large
as the ennsyavania.-1'aiIa6. paper.
The Star thus bewails the short comines" Ofsome
Of the Patrons OF the Press:- "A ....
"PAx THE PRlETER."-I, 10 quite pitiable, we de-
ciare in opening many Of our country papers TO
the Oft repeated and impioring request, TO "pay the
printer and the earnest that he will teke
wood butter, eggs candles poultry, and pigs 10 pay
meat, and IL we in the city were not ashamed at the
'"convenence OF looking so poor, we would make
ProcIamatOn To the same effect; indeed, we should
all be thankful 10 the delinquents least, if they
would commute for butter and eggs-ehickens, corn,
and oats. II but the other day. that ten or twelve
Southern subscTioers. not having the convenience of
Nicholas Bddles "monsters," sent little bale Of
cotton 70 quidate arrears, and il they were all TO
club in this manner, should be in clover we'll rs
IN cotton. Really and truly il 10 lamenable for an
Editor to look the st Of bis delinquent subscr
bers-it 10 enough to make the tears come into his
eyes the ingrntitude Of mankiud 10 think how daily
and nightly he has labor pluck out his brains like
bird lime, scour the city and the mail papers Cor
Dews-tO keep his scissors and pen in nceesanl EN-.
poymeO', and to shin ii in Wallsreet, for the need
Gu to pay for printing paper ink, composors, rent,
carriers, devils and forth, and then at the end Of
six months probation be told call again lo.m0r-
row." lerSm ad que itsran," until the poor printer
says, Ell take pork and molasses, apples or cider,
cod sounds or mackerel in payment" The amount
due the printer from each individual 10 frequently 60
small, that he who pays thousands and Of thou
sands daily, deems il Nf irAng import TO lose
time in paying Eve dollar note, but the aggregate Of
these small payments make up the cum total Of the
prnters' hopes. s- =