Litchfield enquirer., 1842-05-05

following account of m0st melancholy ac-
cident from the Boston Courier:
A party of twenty seven of the boys OF
the Farm School, on Thompson's Island,
accompanied by teacher and boat-keep-
er, went out yesterday morning on fishing
excursion. After being out nearly all day.
while returning, about o'clock r. M the
boat was capsized by flaw OF vino, wnen
between Fort independence aud Ihomp-
sons Island, quarter or half a mile from
the latter, and out of all on board only
three Of the boys are known to be saved
Frederick w. Simmons, w. Wallace and
G. F. Gould. We saw the first named last
evening. He states that the boat sank soon
after it capsized. The boatman, Mr.. Oakesv
threw a chair and the topmast of the boat
to some of the boys, to help to save them
The teacher gave a shrek soon after they
went over, and Immediately sank. He got
into the box, and his companions, who were
good swimmers, held on to the sides; and
though it was turned over several times.
they were fortunate enough to regain their
position each time. One of the boys, Isaac
Major. swan nearly to Thompson's Islands
when he became exhausted, began to cry
out, and went down. The H. B. Foster was
hailed by one of the boys after he had been
about half an hour in the water, when the
captain humanely dispatched boat tothelr
relief. They were much chilled when Ia
ken from the water.
We learn tina, Mr.. Morrison, the Superin-
tendent of the Farm School, put of: in II boat
after the disaster, and picked up the bodies
of two of the boys, one of which, james
Lynch, was still alive, and was resuscitated.
The other was beyond recovery.
This school has been singularly unfortu.
nate. Commenced some five or six years
lnInr thn fnurrrhIo 0,YSuipPS-
having for its object the noblest of charities
to take poor, triendless helpless children
from the temptations ola large city, and ed
ucate them for usefulness and responsibility
and enjoying, as such charity deserves,
the patronage Oft wealthy and influential.
and the favor Of the community, it seems.
for some time past, to have been the sport OF
malignant fate Some two years Sit ce two
boys belonging to the school were struck by
lightning, and one Of them Instantly killed !;
then came the unfortunate affair Ut Locke,
with all its atrocities and now this accident
with the loss of many lives. We know nos
u benevolent institution any where that has
met with such u series Of disasters AS the
Farm School.
Arrest IF another English Financier.-A f.
nancial gentleman Of England, whose name
we could not obtain, recently overdrew his
account in the Bank Of Leeds some FL 400,
sterling (lrarIy $4,000 and embarked i'm
the ship Eli Whitney for this port. Intor-
mation having been communicated by tho
Great Western steamer 10 y. M. I.owndrs,.
Esq of this city, n civil process was sued.
out before the Supreme Court, and officers
6. F. Hays and Stephens instructed TO watch
and arrest the gentleman on his arrival
Yesterday the Shi was tclegraphrd, when
those officers proceeded to the lower bav.
and boarding. arrested the English tinanci,.r-
ON ship hoard and brought him to this city.
Here he handed over the portion Of the spoils
that remained in his possession, having dis.
posed Of large part of them. and was held
10 bail before MIR. Recorder Tallmndge tor
tho forthcoming Of the remainder. IT is dam
gerous for English defi,ulters to flee hither
while ocean steamers are plying, and active
and vigilant Yankee officers are on the alert
to arrest them before they set foot ON our
shores.-N. Y. Tribune.
MFR. Gidlings.-The Wing papers in tho
Sixteenth Congressional Disirct-fhnt "fs
Mr.. GIDDNGs-in Ohio. are full of the pro.
cecdings OF public meetings relative to his
censurc by the House of Representatives
As evidence Of tho spirit which was adopted
at n county meeting of the citizens Of Ash
tabula, " irrespective ofparty," by acclama-
ton:
"ReSolre1, That the Hon. J. r. GlDDINGs,
on his return to Congress, be and he is here
by instructed, ut the first moment that it
shall, be in order, to Introduce the Identical
resolutions orer again, and insist that the
House of Representatives act upon them by
IL direct vote"
Some COMFORTS FOR REpUpIAroRs-The
VickSburg Wing says-Thc Regulators Of
Mississippi will doubtless he glad to learn
that vllainy thrives in some other place be.
sides Mississippi. The liberal. enlightened.
refined and honest government of Mexico,
has repudialed debt of Ssl2,OO0OO for a
loan contracted during the Presidency Of
Bustamente. The grounds upon which
Mexico rePudiates is fully equal to that as
sumed by Mississippi, and that is. that the
terms of the loan were "preudicial tn the in-
ierests Of the National Treasury and an insult
tofhe public morals -
Mississippi and Mexico! McNutt and
Santa Anna!
DEATH OF A BROKER IN THE PEN1rENr1ARY
HosPITAL.-On the 18th of january last,
Francis Metford, formerly WalI-strect
Broker, was fully committed to the City
Prison on six several charges Of forgery, on
each of which he was afterward indicted,
and pleaded not guilty. At the April term
of the court of Sessions he was to have been
tried. but his severe illness prevented. On
the 22d inst. he was sent to the Pcnitentia-
ry Hospital on Blackwell's Island, the bet
ter to affect his recovery, but died in that
institution yesterday morning, of what was
alleged to be bilious fever of typhoid form,