Litchfield enquirer., 1836-12-01
Nrw.YonK. Nov. %.

this port, Captain McKown, on ROckaway Beach. .. a o,,I.,s,,l. .,.. .i....s
 lav to off Sandy Hook with the usual signal
 light out for pilot, Dus none cOnlng; n ~ elev;
 i;oht then bearing w. N. W.. At l o'clock t5e ship was steering E. N. E.. and ut a quar- fer before 4, during the violent gale which came on, she struck on Rockaway, about sev- en miles East of the Pavilion, and immedi- ataly filled with water. -I,.,
 The scene which ensued on board, with the ships cabin and steerage crowded with pas- sengers, we leave to the readers imagination It was not till l2 o'clock on Monday that a boat could reach the wreck from the shore. This boat took off twelve female passengers and landed them safely. She also took from the vessel a tow line, for the purpose of being drawn back by it to the vessel, but unfortu- nately this line proved too short and in con- sequence, no assistance again could be affor- ded before twelve o'clock at night, when all on board still alive were taken off. We la- ment to add that MT. Donnelfy, and two gen. tlemen of the name of Carlton, the cook and steward of the vessel, and no less than about sixty steerage passengers, have fallen vic- tims to this dreadful catastrophe. The rest of the crew and passengers are at the Pavill- ion Hotel. The ship subsequently went to
 pieces, and the cargo is totally lost.
 For seven miles the beach is strewed with traements of the wreck. Last night about twenty bodies had drifted ashore, which had been inferred by order of the Coroner, who remained in the vicinity. In the pockets of one of them, seventy Sovereigns were found and are now in the possession of the Coroner. We would however, it were in our power, to add that the property of others was also re-
 <ho 1onm mfh of %ho on which the bodies are washed, it is impos- sible to keep any guard, and consequently the corpses are immediately stripped of eve rv thing valuable about them. The beach is filled with wagons coming from a distance of twenty or thirty miles, and the peoplewho came in them, are watching like cormorants for their prey Our Reporter, in riding along, saw Q body come ashore, and the first thing on which these harpies placed their hands, were the pockets.-N. Y. Courier.
 Ship Bristol--fvther particulars.---We We have conversed with gentleman from Rockaway who informs us that the number on board the Bristol when she went on shore was one hun- dred and thirty -three-of these the number lost would therefore seem to be ninety y-six: thirty-seven were saved.
 The Bristol was loaded with railroad iron, carpets and other valuable freight. But little of this will be thrown up by the sea.
 ss.-s -r5ssss sa Brooklyn Adv.
 Shut the Door.-At this season of the year, it may not be out of place to make few re- marks on this subject. It is we'll known that much inconvenience, us well as great mis- chief, frequently result from what are con- sidered triRiag errors And although we cannot now refer to as case where any very serious evil has been caused by tneglectingto comply with the advice urged in the caption to this paragraph, yet it cannot be denied, that from this neglect, has resulted much in- and vexation. How many eb- ullitions of temper, hard seedlings, violent, and in some instances. profane sentences, might be prevented, if one and all, would re- member during the cold season of the year to shut the door. How much irritation, and vexation and i'll humor, attention to this ap- parently triAing nonition would prevent After all, it is of no trifling matter, on day when the thernometer stands sAndry de. grees below the freezing point, to have ones door left open, especially when it communi- cates with the wide eworld. More cold is thus admitted in .fpe minutes than can be expelled in two hours-and there is thus heavy draft on our temper and our fuel-we have even heard it doubted whether a person can be good citizen, or an honest man or wo- man, who is habitually guilty of neglecting to shut the door. At all events, it is breach of good manners. Reader, while you live re- member, when the chill bleak winds of au- tumn or winter are bowling around, TO SHUT THE DooR.-Mercantile Journal. -.'t
 Hydrophobia--Moa Horrible.-We under stand that several dogs in this vicinity with in the last two or three weeks have exhibit ed the most palpable symptoms ofhaving be- come rabid, and that in consequence consid- erable excitement prevails among our citi- zens. Several dogs and other animals are known to have been bitten, and what adds to the well-founded alarm is that several per- sons have also been bitten, one or two of them among our most respectable and one of whom died on Thursday evening last, ex- hibiting all the dreadful symptoms of this ap Pailing disease. This was very respecta- bic colored man named George Austin, who was bitten about four weeks since. The wound had healed, and all the alarm had
 nearly ceased, when on Wednesday evening
 tasa while at tea, thesymptoms of the disease
 appeared, snd about o'clock at night was
 followed by full development. Convul-
 sI0saS and Spasms 0f the most distressing cha
 faeter succeeded, A. the wretchcd nian would
 lie 0A his face, knaSh his teeth, frCth at the
 mouth, bite his own flesh, bark like dog ard
 make the most distressing noises, exhibiting
 degree Of agony almost too intense to be
 behcld. He died about 9 o'clock on Thurs
 day evening. One or two very respectable
 gentlemen, surrounded by interesting fami-
 lies. who were bitten by the same dog and q.
 bout the same time with tho negro, arc now
 suffering with their families all the dreadful
 alarm ana consternation consequent upon the