Litchfield enquirer., 1840-10-15
From the Albany Advertiser, Oct. 6.

 Dreadful Steamboat Accident and Loss of Life.-We regret that it becomes our duty l to record q most appalling steamboat acci- dent which took place yesterday on board the boat Swiftsure. This boat left our city about eleven o'clock yesterday morning, having in tow several barges and boats for New York. When in the vicinity of Castle ton, and about 6 or 8 miles from this city, the boiler ofthe boat exploded When the confusion caused by the explosion had sub- sided, it was found that seven persons em- ployed on the boat had been more or less injured. An account of the disaster had reached the city ill the course of the after noon, but. it was not until the Swiftsure came up in tow of the Troy about o'clock, that the whole was known. The boat was brought to the dock at the foot of Lydius street, where every aid, medical and other- wise, in the power of man to bestow, was rendered the unfortunate individuals.
 Our informant says that with one excep- ton (the son of Havens the Engineer9 the bodies of the sufferers presented such an ap- pearance that their nearest friends would not be able to recognize them.
 We annex a list of the sufferers by this dreadful calamity. Thomas Havens, the Engineer, of Shrewsbury, New-Jersey. MT. H. is a married man, with family of seven small children. A son of Thos. Havens, about l2years of age is but slightly injured.
 Daniel Hagerman, of Shrewsbury, N. J., fireman-dead. Henry Yates, fireman i; is a married man. and has family-resides in New -York-dead. Robert Graves, fireman, has large family-dead. George White, fireman, of New-Jersey-dead. John Kear- ney, deck hand father lives in New York dead. Nicholas Davis, deck hand, lives in this city; but slightly injured. i"
 Unbounded Liberaliiy.-On Friday, young lad, son of Mr. Leonard. stabler. in Liverett street, found package of bills, amounting to about $2O,0O0, near the Lowell Railroad Depot, and carried it to his father Mir. l.. immediately took it to the ticket office, on the supposition thnt the money had been dropped by some passenger inthe cars. It turned out to be so, and the owner upon re- covering it promptly paid the boy one dollar!
 A whole dollar! Incredible! Wonder how many thousand such souls as the owner possesses could dance on the point of a cam brio needle without jos,Iing each other.
 Boston Transcript.
 We heard an old farmer relate the follow ing anecdote in remarking upon the Sub- Treasury Bill. s-....
 Stsh H'uStIdtc HIS present. COuuiuOH.- Some time since a very fine large hen of mine laid a full litter ofeggs, and commenc- ed sitting on theln. In a little time a num- Der of my smaller fowls made m attack. and drove her from her nest, when d small hen took her place, but from her size could not cover more than half ;hc eggs. There she remained, and the rais or other vermin soon destroyed all they could get at. When her time for matching had arrived, she made great fuss and clucking. and at length was driven from her eggs, when not one of them was hatched; and on eyamining the eggs found they contained nothing hat, dead chickens. So it is with Mir. Van Buren, The party that had put forty millions in the treasury was driven away, and small hen took it's place; defaulters and public robbers stole all they could lay their hands on-aId after waiting so long, when he is driven from his post on the 4th uf March next, we shall find all the other good money turned into government shinplasters; and he will retire like my hen, with his COW feathers erect, and we shall then hear nothing but "cluck chuck chuck 2"