Litchfield enquirer., 1840-12-24

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 s'' -o Frm" the Spriagalid Repa1lidaa, Dec ig Si
 Shocking Acciaent-Four Mea Instantly Kiliea !--' We have the painful duty to give an account of Q town last evening ahoat ochck. ;Fhe tfeishis train, of thirty cars Jed by the great locomotive Massa cl,Sset.s, came d9Sn,he inclined plane with open, the engine passed through it wilhou. innryk k
 lhe engineer, conductor, freanan and one other, jumped otf and saved themselves just before the loco carpenter, and Mr. ALe Willard, machinst. being nj the door of the engine house, and is supposedy in the act of opening It, instantly killed and RluiJ latedln the most shocking manner. au / ,,-it
 In passing through the engine house, the Massachu-, sets struck the ttampden and drove tue whole lhro' the brick wall of the building on to a wood pile, where .he 'wo locomotives being broken to pieces stopped. l he freight cars behind m the engine house were ashed and heaped up together in mass of ruins. MT; Marcy, assistant fireman, Of West Brooktield, ana MT. Bacon brakema9 ot Worcester, were in.
 The engineer says that. as they descended the plane, which is nboSt60 feet to the mile, the engine was reversed, and the wheels played backwards put me immense tram had acquired such trce, thAt ail even with ihe use of the brakes, sufficient to stop the ran The frosty surface of the rails pror bably' Increased the difficulty, nj; ~. -..4 rtaa AccIDEEr.-The magnificent, Chandelier of the Hall of Representatives, which attracted Sd nhch admiration, IS 2 mass of ruins About ten o'clock elegant lamp shades and crystal drops, and richly wrought ornaments, were shattered 10 pieces-the immense frame work broken up-scvcrai desks and chars deslsoysd-but, most fortunately, no one was in)nfed. On Tuesday evening was lighted, to satis.
 " he curiosity of the members, many Of whom were present. and were highly pleused with the truly splendid effect il produced when fnlly iuuainate edI esterday morning, two attendants engaged in cleansing II, and taking put old oil for the purpose ot supplying tle lamp with seme ofa superior quality
 They suddenly found the chandelier begin to ascend and m spe o all their exerti0nsthey throwing their weight upon it-lt wen: up along the whole rod 10 the dome, and struck with great violence against the
 frame work below the sky ght and, instantly, Ihe down The two workmen, and the Hon. MT. (Soode, oi Oho. who was standing near them, had hardly time to get out of the way Hon. ME. Dennis, of safe par, of the Hall. " ' = = "'e''''' "''O ,biM Msss Sr,asa.sy s House session ese derto contemplate. PfabaLly twenty or lhiry mem beTs sSeald have been killed .r nsamied for Iife ,Ihe eloquent Chaplnia tMr. Goldman, made an appropriate alusion to the circumstance in his open ing prayer, and returned thanks to Divine Royi- dence: on the part of the members for their escape from this great danger.- Nadisoniun, Dec l9
 Ter wal of Amerc" csas, ' weshed ns edaoSe oSer seven thousand pounds, nn4 cosi four or five thou. sand doIlas, l! was ,hriesR feet in diameter. con. with 265o cot glass lasitea aud 5000 glass spangies.ss t@E,ss
 sAasiee to Politicians Collect the bets you have without delay and never be guilty ofsIch diss Auta. bic condpchqgain-Bosse" Posf
 TaEAscnx REP9sr- The, Tfeasufy Report on the ipicfesis egAienng information important than any contained iR tle Presidents Message The val. ue el ex9ots tor the yeaI ending September % last, standing he low price of aH the products exported than the highest amount of exports known tn our history G this amount. onB si7,Soa,:a31 was of gsS@s s,1 q icre,g origin making an amount of $ll3
 At the same time the amount of imports was siO4 sos ssl being dimipuiion Of 57,ass24i, com. results show very remarkable diference in the state Oltrade in the two years, and indeed strong con- trast to any thing, wheh. hes happened for many fexpMis sad imports, has psoduced a very sensible eeci m feducing the lmeiise debt of this country Europe, and prepared the yay for the resumption of
 It is io be hoped that the cnntiOn wiich hns been observed. against an excess q importss will be per sevsred in tnrough the present year. Bold caicula. tors should take care not to deceive themselves with the expectation o aTetnEp effhe former a0des of do ing b0siness, and the immense demand for goods which was the result of extefsive credits. tT+ @
 The amount of exporis here exhibited presents q most ateyng view oi the immense resources and B-
 must be much more than iB pf0coron to the increase of populati0n. Had the expOrls been valued in tae prices of 1896 and :, it would have exhibited much greater increase in the amount: The cunenl senson has been productive one, and there is Ee0son to be leve that the operations the present year will pro duec favorable Tesult.-BOston Messea,ger. io ''H P}Sf5 sER5" f3 .#s -..@s SE fe"1T sp vLuiJ .t l
 We do not observe, upah looking over tie annual report of the Secr4ary 0f War; that there is sDy newed recommendation Of the famous militia system proposed st the last session. We do understand why this silence is observed on subject that only yearago ,sas considered oi such prime mponance.- 1T standing army was an object of first nece ssi,y ihcr. Nhat has happened Wrender ]. unworhy of Le-
 ing even sneniioied at inc present tliie IL s possi be the matter may he sllnded to, in'X Blind manner in the following passeraph of the rcport-' " hen we fake into considcFaiiVn, says the Secretary, the character of people, and sparseness of tie pOpu iaion ih proportion to the extent of our so it is not wise to rely altogether for our defence nImbers and Mnfough U0ior TlIs hal ;alons ihaf must fight our battles are composed ct sdeEs taken from every clsss of the ceBnnty, sBd he issue of every contes, must necessarily deprive the country of some of its best and w0rskieas eitizens. Every efiift Otiela thefeIofe tO be made ds1iSh heng fhe naeqns pro tecfo, G1d fo insf,aa fkep Co defcnd sheseires 90 thai ie loss we pr.. suffer on such occasions may bs ss light as possible, .e.
 10 President Van Bure necessity of sfrongiy recommending the plan toike cgnSid6rstion of Con. gress, and afterwards depyng it., Ihisegsys Lim a great deal of iroute last year eepecaiy us ptble sentilnent and feeling were SO FItOnaly expressed sgnnse ifl 5nt this yeaF theVeis President to l,e eh4sea and Ms. Van Barren is t0 eo let what wif BecOme of the militia and the pgoscted slanipg brought ts(Jfs Congress asid the cnnn,ry. At any raSe ne Zee m nee ;n ha ckin0 one &k m