Litchfield enquirer., 1837-06-15
Fso,a aIe Nsy.OrIsans COmmsrciaI Bullefin.

Fbo,a eKe Nsw-OrIsuas COmmsrci0I Balleftn.
 TzOmas TyDbess.-This extraordinary indi- vidual. who was hung yesterday morning was horn we believe, in this State. However, be that as it may, he has spent the pest Sor rather the worst) part of his life in 1t. At the aOe of ten wears, he was @ drummer boy m me army, and was stationed with his step- father, Ia corporaD in Louisiana. Having been beaten, as he says, very severely, by ms step-father, in fit of revenge he seized m,isket and laid him dead at his feet. For fhis he was tried ard sentenced to be impris- oned twenty-one years; the sentence of death being thus commuted on account ot his ex- treme youth. After remaining in prison for the space of eleven years, he was in January 1888, being then but twenty -one years of age' pardoned out by Gov. White. He arrived ID this city just at the time that the Louisiana volunteers were about to embark for fIorlaa cc and having enlisted under Co!; Fersl.er Smith, he went with him to Florida. Atter serving there fo,1r or five months, he returned to this citv. and almost immediately went up inc river: he returned here, however, m fortnight after, and had not been m the clty three days before he committed the crime for which he yesterday forfeited his lite Three days since. he was visited in prison by the Mavtr, Denis Prieur, who asked him how he felt As we'll as a man in my situation can feel was his answer: but should like to have something to drink Some brandy was brought to him, which he drank eagerly; af- ter which MT. Prieur told him he did not come for the purpose of giving him any hopes or pardon. sa And if you should do so, I'd not believe you, said Tibbets. Would you not prefer imprisonment to death. and that on scaffoldY 'Ah, no' said he, with bitter smile, if my sentence could be remitted for only a years imprisonment, (and know that they would not let me off for so short peril od,j I would prefer to die instantly
 Life is said to be sweet observed the May or. 'Ah, it may be so to you, and such as you, surrounded as you are by the comforts and luxuries of life. But look at me, (holding up his chains). Eleven long years of my life have passed in miserable cell, chained thus like galley slave, disgraced and deser- ted by all and every thing that could render life dear to me. What sweetness, think you, ,has such a life for such person as am l? No, sir, (seeing MT. Prieur was about to Speak) as boy, it is true, was headstrong and wayward, but not naturally vicious. It is true that hated those who hated me but also loved those who were kind to me. But this take no credit for; but obeyed there- in the instinct of nature. But upon one oc- casion, for indulging in damnable propensi- ty, that corporal (his step-father) beat me so brutally, that seized musket and shot him. Twas imprisoned, and led to believe that if I behaved we'll should be released in year or two; but year after year rolled on. and still was a wretched prisoner; the bright morning of my life was wasting away, unso- laced, uncheered; no release came, my heart sunk within me, my hopes were blighted, and with my hopes died my youth. then gave loose to the worst passion of my nature, and joined my miserable companions in their worst pursuits. Finally, my prison doors were unbarred-I was pardoned entered that prison not a depraved boy-I left it a des- perate man. came to this city and joined the volunteers for Florida; before sailing was arrested as suspicious character, but being released, went with Colonel Smith returned to the city, and-the rest you know MT. Prieur then hinted that the vice which he furiously, gambling! damnable gam- whom, in revenge killed. deserve to die, but not for the offence for which now stand committed. deserve to die, however, for deeds that have lately done.' He was ques- tioned on this head, but obstinately refused to reveal syllable. MT. Prieur, who is, by the bye, practical phrenologist, then pro- ceeded to examine his head, to ascertain if the organs of firmness and destructiveness were not strongly developed, and finding such to be the case he spoke of it. The pris- oner said nothing in reply to him on that head then, but the day before yesterday, he asked for pen. ink and paper, and wrote the follow ing:
 @ My last Will and Testament.
 Give Denis Prieur my head.
 ToM TIBBErs'
 Fiuing up of Lake Superior.-This mighty lake is the largest body of fresh water in the known world. Its length is 46O miles, and its breadth HOO miles, and it's depth 900 fath- oms. Its waters arc remarkable for their un- rivalled transparency. About 1000 streams empty themselves into this lake, sweeping in sand, primitive boulder stones, and drift tim Der, which sometimes accumulate so as to form islands in the estuaries. Algnite torm- alton, indeed, is said to be now in progress. Within mile from the shore, the water is about 70 fathoms, within eight miles lS6 fath 'oms. From the above causes, the lake is gradually filling up.
 Lake Erie. from similar causes, is also fil. ling up. This sheet of water is 27O miles in length. 60 in breadth, and 200 fathoms in depth. It is gradually becoming shallower. Long Point, for example. has, in three years, Q8lned lncc hos <h~ee v,osloc o~ ,c v,oao.