Litchfield enquirer., 1837-09-07

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 The correspondent of the Times backs his suggestions by the following conclusion :-
 "That the destructives will oppose every feasible plan of relief which tends to restore confidence in the sOlidity of our institutions, and thus pave the way for a resumption of specie payments, is highly probable; but let the intelligent and patriotic members of both Houses of Congress act in harmony, and the country can 6e materially relieved in the short period of thirty days from htis ti"'e"
 By the "destructives," the correspondent who is considered high authority by the Times, no doubt means Kendall, Benton, Blair, & Co-N. Y. Express
 Great SouirreI Han.-We received infor- nation from gentleman of undoubted vera city, of one of the greatest squirrel hunts We ever remember to have heard or even dr6amt of. which took place a couple of weeks since in the neighborhood of Fishing Creek, Tyler county, of this State. We are aware that in making the statement, we subject ourselves to rather severe imputations from our East ern friends, who scarcely know squirrel from a skunk, except by the sense of smell ling, SO scarce are they in that direction, but we are willing to run even this risk, rather than neglect to inform the public of so mar vellous Q fact in these ordinary, common place times. Well, as we were saying, the citizens of Tyler took notion to have a squirrel hunt, as much for the pleasure of the sport itself as for the sake of their corn crops, which were in danger of annihilation from the destructive propensity of this vicious quadruped. Two parties were accordingly assembled, numbering thirty each, and upon the bet of dinner for the whole company, set out for their respective neighborhoods, to make trial of their skillin the most delight full of all sports-hunting. At the end of the second day, we believe they returned to head quarters, to make report of their achieve ments to their several commanders. After all the scalps had been counted, and fair calculations made, the result proved as fol- lows, viz {: For one party SIX THOUSAND and sEvENTY-sK! For the other SEVEN THOUSAND and FOURTEEN! Making in all upwards of THIRTEEN THOUSAND squirrels, which had been killed and scalped in twodays by sixty men! l! Marvel not reader. Strange as the above may seem, it is nevertheless true. as our in- dormant can prove to the satisfaction of all who will take the trouble to pay visit to Fishing Creek, the scene of this prodigious performance, where they shall be permitted to feast their eyes on the skeletons, all that remains since the dinner of the immortal thirteen thousand.-W Wheeling Gazette.
 Marine Eruptions of Fresh Water.-These fountains in the Ocean are the more interest ing, because, being accompanied by brakers, they are mistaken by strangers for shoals, or sunkeh rocks, a mistake which it is conjec- tured may be more extensive than is suppos- ed, and may be the cause of many errors in the charts of the day, in designating as shoals what are, in fact, deep ard grateful reservoirs of fresh water.
 Of these fountains, one is described by Lieutenants Pettigrue and Ingraham, of tie U. s. Navy, to be situated about miles from the land, and or 9niles from St. Augustine light house, the latter bearing by compass N w. by N.
 It is distingushable at some distance by a yellowish appearance on tho surface of the sea and the breaking or ripping of its escap- ing waters on the weather side, and sul- phurous atmosphere may be smelt half a mile to leeward ofthe fountain. The Sound. ings adjacent to the Fountain are 9 fathoms on the seaward side, and IA fathoms on the land side. IGi the Fountain itself Capt. Sis son reports that the lead at 9 fathoms failed to touch. In sailing over this Foalhtain they found 1t difficult to keep determinate course or position central or convenient for obser- vation, owing to the activity with which the
 
 vessel gets drifted to one side or the other, although there is no difficulty in circumnav- igating the spot. The waters of this Foun- tain, as far as their observations went, were cool brackish and sulphurous, and the vol tune discharged they conjecture to be as large as column of 100 feet diameter.
 Other mariners have stated the waters of this Fountain to be decidedly fresh, and the volume of greater extent, but when the ac- companying resiStances are taken into view, the turmoil of waters meeting under differ ent impulses it may be expected that des- criptions of this singular Fountain may vary in some particulars, until it is made subject of methodical examination. In the mean- time there seems to be good reasons for SUD- posing the origin of this Fountain to be hom- ogeneous with that of many others in the in- terior of Florida, impregnated with sulphu- rated hydrogen.
 But to the mariner, the locality of this Fountain is worthy of particular attention, because, instead of it's being shoal, as the breakers might indicate, it may be good mark at a time when other land marks can- not be seen. Instead of a Scylla and Char. ybdis to be avoided, he may find an oppor- tune haven for the supply ffresh water. Distressing Sage Acc;dent.--A stage with nine passengers, on starting from the Ten Mile House, east of Lexington, on the Mays vile turnpike, on the 2Oth inst, went off un- der the crack ofthe whip, ut full speed, and m turning the angle of the yard, upset and dashed into a thousand pieces. Every per- son was injured. Judge Johnson, of Louisi- ana, had his head severely cut Judge Un- derwood and daughter, of Kentucky, both se- riously but not dangerously wounded in the head young man named Love, from Ten nessee, on his way to West Point, had his