Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-05-31

Murder ofG Missionary Family. The South
ern Christian Advocate publishes the follow
lowing letter, giving moving description of
a massacre by the Florida Indians. The
writer is Superintendent of the Alachua Mis-
sion on the Tallahassee District:
"Dear Brother Capers 81 am ruined -
While engaged In my labors in the Alachua
mission, received letter bearing awful IT,
dings. 1t informed me that the Indians had
murdered my family! I set out for home,
hoping that 1t might not prove as bad as the
letter stated but 0 my God, it is, if not worse.
My precious children, Lorick, Pierce, and
Elizabeth, were killed and burned up in the
house. My dear wife was shot, stabbed and
stamped. seemingly to death, in the yard
But after the wretches went to pack up their
plumber, she revived and crawlcd off from the
scene Of death, to suffer a thousand deaths
during the dreadful night which she spent a.
lone by the side of pond, bleeding at four
bullet holes and more than half dozen stabs
three gashes to the bone on her head and
three stabs through the ribs, besides num-
Der of smakler cuts and bruises. She is yet
living-and O help me to pray that she may
still live. My negroes lay dead all about
the yard and woods, and my every thing else
burned to ashes. Pray for me.
My family was on a short visit to my ia
ther-in-law, for the purpose of having some
supplies sent up from our plantation to our
temporary residence in the mission, and du-
ring this brief period the awful catastrophe
took place. r. D. PEyRHox."
Most Destructive Fire The Albany Eve
ming Journal ofFriday last says:-" Our city
has been visited by calamitous fire. The
extensive and valuable Coach Making Es-
Enlistment of JAMES GooBD & Co., yester-
day the pride ofour city, furnishing employ
Hcnt for many of our citizens and support
to numerous families, is now smoking ru.
in! The fire originated in the smith shop.
1t broke out about 8 o'clock and consumed
both ofthe splendid buildings connected with
Mr.. Gould's establishment. The I'd. I'D and
4th stories of the new building were filed
with Coaches, Barouches Wagons Sleighs;
&c. alt of which were lost. The property on
the first floor was saved. Mr. Goods loss is
not less that $4,000, on which there was an
insurance of @l0,5OO in the Albany. Mer-
chants, Mutual and Hartford Companies.
Every possible precaution had been taken
to guard this building from fire. The fires
were extinguished in the smith shop at nine
last evening. The night watch went through
the buildings at ten, when all appeared
safe"
Thirteen or fourteen small buildings were
destroyed in the neigbborboOd. principally
in sured.
Dreadful Death.-Mr. George Thompson,
farmer, unmarried, and about 40 years of age,
living in Southbury, was killed IN or near
that place on Friday, the 18th inst. in the
following shocking manner. He got upon
the tongue of an ox-cart. which was laden
with two tons of plaster, and was thus riding
homeward, the team being driven by another
person, when he fell from his seat, and be-
fore his perilous situation was discovered.
the wheel of the cart had passed over his head
crushing Il in the most shocking manner con- |
ceivabIe. His death was instantaneous.
Is supposed BY some that his fall was IN con- !
sequence OF a fit.--N. Haven Palladium.
Theeditor ofthe Pa. Democrat offers to wa |
ger his "head against ten-penny nail upon
the success Of Mr.. Van Buren," we decline |
INC wager. Wen not bet hard currency
against sott one.-LoaisUiAe Journal.
.Sf0nn0ra. the celebrated pedestrian, drew
heavy sulkey over the course of one mile.
Do the Hoboken race ground, on Friday, in
sre rsinHtes and yEfly.foItr seconds. Stannard |
5 a Connecticut Yankee.