Litchfield enquirer., 1840-11-19

Melancholy Accidenf-!t is our painful duty to re- cord an accident of most shocking and melancholy nature that occurred at the Whig celebration in Wallingford, yesterday noon: The Whigs were about firing 100 guns, but had discharged but twO and while raming the cartridge of the third, plosion took place with most disastrous consequent to two of the gunners, namely Mir. Constant Webb, and MT. Loveman Hill The first lost both arms, one above and one below the elbow. MT. Hill lost one hand and the other badly wonnded.- He was also injured in the breast of which wound he died before morning An express reached the city for Dr. Knight soon after the accident and he immediately proceeded to the scene of the catastro phe and amputated the limbs of the sufferers. lad about the gun was also injured in the eye, probably by splinter from the ram-rod, and the thumb ot the vent tender was also wounded, but not as to re- quire amputation. The affair." as may be supposed, the town in both political partcs, few ends in hr- man form excepted. MT. Webb has a wife and two ~children, and Mfr. Hill has left family of the humber.
 The celebration was designed to be of the most orderly character, to consist chiefly of salute and oraton but the accident at the very beginning of the eeremomes ot course put an end to them and turned the joy of all engaged into mourning:
 .5.s rs N. H. Palladium.
 We regret to state that on Friday afternoon. while the whigs at Wolcot'vile were firing an old iron field piece, burst, scattering the fragments in var. ous directions; fortunately. however, though many people were around, only one person was injured Mir Charles Mason was struck by Q small fragmen. in the face, penetrating the iaw bus dangerously wounding him. The cannon was carslessIy filled near 10 its mouth with clods and dirt. .,,
 TIE JUDGMENT OF THE WEsr-The three adiou- ing states OhiO Kentucky, and Indiana, the state o General HarrisoE's residence, and the two Heghbor states, will give aggregate Harrison maIonty ol SIXTY THOUSAND VOTES. That an emphatic Tebuke to the pIesen, administration. whose officers, high and low have been exeFting their utmost abilities to myslify public opinion. and make the wOFse appear the better canse What cOmmen niary on the sian ders and arocious falsehoods, with which the admin israon press had for ten months groaned against the character and services. the name and fame of Gen Harrison! What q laundering -certifca,e" s this of three mighty states, who know him best, and know him thoroughly. of the exalted worth and high quail lies of the Peoples candidate for the Presidency The noblesI spirit which our country eveS produced and honored might well be proud of SUCH cERrlFt cATE.-BGH Pat .. .."..A
 fin striking contrast with this, reader, just glance your eye over the home ef Van Bures. and HIS sur rounding states. His own state of Nsw-York, will majority of l2OOO against him-Connecticut 64OO Massachusetts lS.OOO and Vermont l5,O00, all Dor derug upon the east-New-Jersey 2SOO, and Penn sylvania 300, upon the south and west-With an az gresate majority of jGftyfour MOGsGnd against him and cay if this is not still wi,herng rebuke tt VAN BUREN than the former is complimentary 10 Gen HARRISON 2-Enql
 Nov. 8. MORSE G. CAMP