Litchfield enquirer., 1841-09-16

| cOI WHAT ID All the world to me
| When th01 art lost, my daPk-ey'd one"
Hdanger come or dark despair,
| And clouds be CATERING thick above thee,
| Who then will Joy thy ills to share p
lis he ALONE who dares to love thee.
Then chase that shadow from thy brow,
| Call back those days Of pleasure gone
Again IN say that sacred vow,
Again th0H'lt be my dark.eyd one''
I Yale College-The annual commencement of this
venerable Institution took place at New Haven on
On Tuesday morning, at o'clock, an grafton was
delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society by the
| Rev. Ed. Robinson, D. d., Professor in the New
York Theological Seminary. on the subject ofltera-
old world
ciety OF the Brothers in Unity, by the Rev. J. N.
Mafit, Professor in the College at St. Charles, Mo-
The subject was Genius"
The afternoon was occupied as usual, by the ann
| versary exercises Of the Theological Department.
On the evening of Tuesday, an grafton was deli
vered before the Lionnian Society by the Rev. w {.
y A AmsdreMst Of Kent Conn.,, and poem by Na.h
The exercises of the graduating class were quite
numerous. and very honorably sustained the repua.
ton Of the College.
Edward E. Salisbury. formerly of Boston, who has
spent several years in Europe, and devoted himself
while there to oriental studies, appointed Profess
sor Of Arabic and Sanscript.
The degree OF l.. l.. ID. was conferred on Augustus
B. LongsreetS President of Emery College, Georgia,
and David B. DoHglas, President Of Kenyon College,
Oh 49,, These gentlemen were members of the class
The day of Commencement is changed to Thurs
day, with view to give more time for the exercises
of The occasion.
The Concio ad clerum was delivered on Wednes-
day evening by the Rev. Timothy P. Gille.t Of
Branford, Conn.
More Lynchirg~The N. o. Picayune of the 18th
says the authority Of friend from Arkansas that
n q WI hpf
the 5th and lOtbs in Philips county, Arkansas, and
Coahoma county. Mississippi consisting of about 100,
who by siratagem captured u notorious counter.
in the Mississippi river. The stratagem is thus de-
scrbed They engaged trading boat at Helena
and had abont fifty men in the store room; they then
descended the river, landing at every place where
they expected to fall in with the countcrfeters. These
depraved men came on board to purchase produce,
with the intention of paying for it in counterfeit
eey They were thus taken and secured in the boat.
When the number had increased to 81 men, nine of
them were tied hand and feet, and as report says,
drowned in the Mississippi, near Island No g. in the
appears. ocated. or at least took active part in
the execution Of the sentence. u
In mole the Picayune gives 90 as the. number
drowned, on subsequent information The following
are sS!Sfn 81 ee%GGg 9s 9a%ss 2! !Gs victims; g.
lin, Willis Pollock, Hugh Cotton, Elliott and Robert
Hunter. the latter lately from New.York, Joe Mer'
The he, Picayune adds We understand that the
coed to the mouth of White river. w hen our infor'
mant met division uf them they were in pursuit OF
certain Merriam Wright. When he arrived at Nnpo.
some six or seven dead bodies had been seen floating
on the river opposite that place. and also that some OF
the counterfeers who escaped had been seen pass
ing down the river with uncommon speed, IN order to
evade their pursuers
"Ilave you read my last speech 2" said prosy
orator the other day to friend. No. replied the
person addressed, with shrug, ~ wish to goodness
had"
Rattle Snokcs.-Two men, Egbert Galusha and
Reuben Davis, residing in the town Of Dresden, on
the east side Of Lake George recently killed in three
days, on the east side Of Tongue Mountain, in the
town Of Bolton eleuer hundred and four rattesnakes
They were confined to rocks and uninhab,ed places.
Some of the reptiles were of an enormous size. huv-
ing from six to twenty ra,es. They were killed for
their oil or grease which 10 said to be very valuable
We will turn out Warren county against the world
for rattesnakes.-Glen Falls Clarion.
Miss Rogers-The New.London Gazette says
that the Miss Rogers whose tragic fate so deeply int.
rests the community. was q native Of New-London,
and was connected with highly respectable families
still residing there.
Our exchanges from various parts Of the country
give the names Of sundry persons in their REGION who
j, was known were intending to 60 up the lake about
the time the Erie left on her last fatal trip. and as
nothing has since been heard from them it is feared
they took passage on that boat and were lost. We
shall probably never know the full extent Of the loss
hut there is every reason to believe that nearly $50
persons, men, women and children, were enguphed
in the waters Of lake Erie, or persisted amid the
flames in that awful night.-Bu6ato Ado.
Accident-A female domestic al the American
HOTEL fell last evening with the baustrade, from the
tod Of the building to The arena below. distance OF
81 feet equal to sr stories high and sustained no 9TH
! or injury save breakin2a limb. That she escaped
instantaneous destruction is the wonder Of all.
| Buffalo Ado.
| Prof,able.-The Palladium says that the Hartford
and New Haven Rail Road has cleared, over ITS or
binary expenses, about SzO'OOO w''nm tue last "o
months!
Three ABstracsionssfs "A member Of Congress in
the debate, relative to the position to be occupied by
the statue OF Washington in the capitol, having sug-
eesteG that il be placed in the CORNER OF the rosH"dG'
Mr.. Stanley Of N. c.. moved ,ha' committee con-
sstine Of three absractionsss be appointed to find out
where the corner Of q rOfunda can be found. The
idea is an excellent one and suggests very fitting
occupa,iou An obsractionist could not possibly he
better occupied than in looking ogthe corner Of Ge'r
cle We should think he would find himself as much
in his element, as trout in shady stream. or tai
negro sitting in the sun and Tanning himself'wi'h
brickba.-NortA American.
Great Fire at Lospeu-Ws learn from the Mai
of this morning, that fire broke out in Lowell
Thursday night q II l2 O'Clock. in part ofthe CT
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