Litchfield enquirer., 1838-12-20

c'ent fWei to heat IlIc four thousand DubIie baths Ofthc city fur six months. Thus, bv "ne rash act of savage and ignorant bar- barlan. was the world robbed of one oft richest treasures it ever contained, and a veil 0i ImPrneirable darkness cast over its history and literature, during those very pe- ri"dS of tire which we are now inc most anxious to investigate. The reasoning of Omar slrikingly evinces the native hosf;l;. y of false religion to the light of learning and the progress and improvement of the human mind; and i, shows in no less stris~ ing a manner, the, narrowncss of that intel. feet which viewed the Koran as containing, the sum oF all that was necessary or desira- blb '" knnw, and which was unable to con. ce've of the existence of any literary .con1- position whose object was not either to re- peat it's lnssons or oppose it's authority.
 Oi altihe magnifceMce of this celebrated structure, all that now remains consists of fWn. .ohs.lSl s-r,n1 s...>-.. SSs~s trate--together with a portion of the wall.
 DeasH of Sailors.-How affecting, how ap- palling the statement, that, " for every six teen sailors who die of all diseases, eleven die by drowning, or in wrecks. .,@ss
 1t appears by report of a. committee of Parliament on the extent of loss in property and lives at sea, that between 1888 and 1885 inclusive, there were 1875 vessels stranded or wrecked and during the same period there were R7 vessels missing or lost, ma- king total of 17O2 vessels wrecked and missing in the period of three years. The amount of property in those vessels was be- lieved to be l.6lO,OO0I., while 2662 live were, lost at the same lime. s a..5t Dtt..a. .5.,..
 On our own coast it appears by the Sail- or's Magazine for January 1887, that Sl6 vessels and s26 lives were lost in 16S6, Now estimate the value of each vessel and cargo, at $2O,OOO, we have the amount of 6,320,O00. lost the last year by shipwrecks. ss .gt r.@
 Well, indeed, might an ancient philoso-r pher inquire, when distributing the human race into two classes of the living and the dead, "who can determine into which class we are to enter the names of those on the sea 2" At this moment, perhaps, while tle' reader is quietly perusing these lines, the, sea m some parts, is dashed into fury. Deep is calling unto deep. A vessel is staggering and plunging from the mountain waves down into the roaring caverns. Death is raging around it seeking for it's prey. A moment longer-a nail starts, seam yawns, the masts. plunge over the. side-he enters, and the vessel disappears, So literally and em- .phatically true is it of tho seaman, that there is but step between him and death! .sg.t5
 How affecting to think that the great ma jority of fthose who have perished at sea were cut off suddenly in the prime of life. The earth is the grave of infantine weakness, of diseased emaciation, of worn out age ;; but the ocean is the tomb of the young, the wig orolls, the brave. While yet they were AilF of heart and hops baeynnt as ths RRxk krh ia lightning smote them, or the boom struck them overheard; they fell from alofi, or the resstless wave washed them from the deck :, the ship sprung n leak or stranded, or struck :, the boat sunk. or the tempest gathered, burst and overwhelmed them. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sen covered them, they sank like lead in the mighty waters" Un- der circumstances the most unfavorabIe for reflection and prayer, " in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye" they passed into the presence of their Judge ,,s..
 How affecting to anticipate the day when the sea shall "give np the dead which were in it ;" when tI. .,,a ,tt,
 :" From out their watery beds, the Oceans dead.
 Renew'd shall on the nnstirring pillows stand,
 From pole to pole; :; thick covering all the sea-"
 How appalling to reflect that the countless hosts which the sen shall then surrender up- more numerous than it's waves-the great mass perished suddenly, went down quick" and oh 1! what ground there is to fear that they died unprepared-died in anger with death-ded and !" gave no sign" but that of impenitence--died and offered no prayer but that of horrid imprecation-died amidst noise and tumult, hostile to salutary refiec- tion!
 And shall we wait till the sea give up its dead before we awake to sense of our re- sponsibiity! Shall we delay. till we see them standing for judgment, before we begin to weigh their claims, or to consider the con- sequences of our neglect? Shall the host on augmcnting, and make no combined cf- fort to prevent it ?-Rsv. John Davis. .'..'@
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 A SOUTH WALES SeLoMoN.-The follow ing anecdotes are related. in Ross's Hobart Town Almanac, of Capt. King, of the Royal Navy, who was Governor of New South Wales, from 1900 until 1906 N. 5r...
 One day, at Paramatio, he was waited on by two prisoners sueing for pard0ns. One presented petition signed by aIl the hrst men in Sydncy, white tilat or the other was signed by only one. {. How comes it." said the Governor, "thnt you have only one name to your petition, while this man has so ma. nvY' II have lived," answered the man.. "with only one master all my time, sir, and I did not know any body" The Governor immediately gave the latter a pardon but to the former he said, as he already knew so many rich friends. he did not need cne. At another time, n country settlcr waited on him, requesting the loan of man 10 assist him in shingling his house. "Come to me" said the Governor, " in six weeks time, when the harvest is over, md I will find Q man for you" Accordingly. at the end of that time, inc settler, who does not appear to have been a man of much personal industry, again pre. the Governor, and you will see him." M- fer d few minutes the man returned, saying | u Al.,,,nh ha hAA IAnAIA6