Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-09-19

Of Oscar Cobb; Alleyne & Co.'S wholesale grocery
ana two o. three grOcerys and cofeehouses belong
The loss is varousIy estimated ut from eIoOOOO 10
$4,000; It being impossible 20 estimate the value Of
sne gnocs on storage The insurance will probably
amount to $4,000 or $4,000
DuLIng the fire, two explosions Of gunpowder oc-
eSu, WINCH to some extent, prevented those pres
en !0m taking such measures as they otherwise
~ oave TAKEN to stop the ogress Of the fire,
Caami.Cus as this Gre has BEEN the chief cause Of
Is me loss Of number d vzIaable lives. Mr..
~! M GHEnonIL well known e. bookseller in this c-
ger. named Brewer, and i i supposed oI,e or two
DINERS persisted in the flames! They wcrs engaged
~ goods from the store Of Mr.. Willing. when
e Ilosl0n IN the store Of Blaine, TOmpkins & Bar.
S !ntew down the stone wall of The building crush
ing me frame building below. s,J es
das :" s storage OF powder in these buildings IT i
~ .oa Slllae the insurance. win at least meet with
p SSTnehsion OF every member OF the community.
.t:n roui or as some assert, five bodies have been
NJ from the smOudering ruins, including those Of
t,, HInOuil, Mr.. Hayden, Mr.. Brewer, and one or
TWO whose names are nnknowr.-St Louis Bulletin
On. From the NorfoM Beacon, Of Friday =
vi "it "c end Loss Of Le.-Scvera seamen arm
E eI mere Yesterday afternoon, who stated that they
sailed from New. York Oihe 2Ist nil. with cargo Of
ury goCds, &C and several passengers hound 20 Sa-
aaInaN n aG 9 was totally lost on Thurday morning az
miles North of Cane Hattsras. EigM 1assengers.
drowned. ~'S' ~'+ ~''s !" $50 49, ' "s'So
Capt Porter remained on the beach TO attend to
"'T W. p''1i VI Tue cargo which washed ashore.
we also learn from the crew sfiihe Milledgeville,
,nat number Of cattle were driven ashore on the
W., Isdoseu to be from some vessel bound to the
augusta, Geo is nearly deserted. OF course the
Sea.hs ny yellow fever have diminished. On the lst
sept mere were two. On Sept. 81, four cases. .
Ihe Yellow Fever at New Orleans swept of. ac-
ring the month Of August. The whole number Of
deaths IN that month was close upon 700.
J, Yetto'0 Fe.er.-At New-Orleans on the 5th inst.
me, were - nterments in the several grave yards
isanlan o. the 9Th says The yellow fever has no,
pecome ess malignant, and il seems TO hunt out
na.oua , by Sesdenee in the climate
IevSr was evidently on the spread. For three days
ehaing on Monday evening the interments were g.
dsa,h letter Ter from Mobile dated 5th inst says that the
that the city had become like hospital, and that
our OF the present population computed at three thou
SAND and tive hundred, the doctors state that about
one thousand and two hundred are sick.
Al Augusta, Ca, on the 9th there were four deaths
A, Charleston, for the week ending the Bib inst q
deatns-l2 from fever.-N. y Express.
MARRIED,
Rev. Mr.. Brace. Mr. james HI. Foster, Ct Sullivan
County, ~. Y. to Miss Mary A. Bennett, daughter
Of Mr. Charles G. Bennett.
!, In Watertown, the 18th inst. BY the Rev. Mr.
Mitchell israel Coe. Esq. Of Wolco,ye, 10 Mrs. HUI
dan De Forest, OF the former place.
In East Hartford. Mr.. Henry w. Rockwell. to Miss
In Chatham. n. J. the Rev. John S. s,one, D. D. Of
Boston, TO Mary, daughter If James Kanf gEs0
In East Hartford, Mr. Charles Wright, Of GIasten.
Dury' to Miss Caroline E. Foster, Of East Hartford.
DIED,
In this village, on the 18th instant, Hon. PmNEHAs
MINER: aged 6O-a distinguished member of the bar
Of Ltchfied County. Mr.. Miner had successfully
the State-was one year member ofthe lower house
OF Congressman at the time Of his decease was Judge
OF Probate for the district Of Iitch6eld. He was
man OF uncommon purity Of characiesand in all the
relations OF life was eminenty distinguished for his
amiabihy.
In South Farms, on the l4,h ins. Of consumption.
Mrs: Lncy G. Mason, wife of Mr.. JOeeph w. Mason
aged 80. With the calm serenity Of mind which the
christians hope inspires, she viewed the approach of
the King Of Terrors, and was enabled with pleasing
antcipations Of glorious Immortality 70 bid farewell
to the scenes of time leaving 70 heHdeeply afflicted
partner and numerous circle OF moigning friends the
consong belief that their loss is. to lr Inspeakable
In MiddIobury, VT on the 18th ult Mrs. Clar;ssa
Potter aged 49, wife OF Mr. Daniel l. Potter former
IL Hartford, Mrs. Elisabeth Huribu., wife Of Mr..
Jared Hur!hut aged 81 Mrs. Persv Richards, aged
S.; Miss Mary s: Matler, aged 30 years, daughter
Of Mr.; Allyn n Mather.
ter Of The laie Col Eeazer Pomeroy of Coventry e..
In New-Haven, Mrs. Susan Dorance wife or Mr.
Isaac NJ Prior; Mr. Benjamin English, aged 80 |;
Mrs Harriet, wife Of Mr. benjamin J. Stowe, aged 26;
Gilbert Totten, Eco aged 70 2a
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