Litchfield enquirer., 1843-08-10

 in tho Ohio Supreme Court on lhe 2Jth tnst. the jury returned verdict of $4. .0pO slgSsla- gcs for the plaintiff. IL was an action of slander. In the Common Pleas of Sandnsky the plaintiff recovered $5, 900 damages, from which the defendant appealed to the Stu preme Court. The plaintiff is young lady l about IS years of age, and. the dcfetdant wealthy man residing in Hooking c9iIhty.- Upon tho bringing in of the verdict, the plaintiff by her counsel remittcd $200O- the. amount she had put in her bilI INSTRUCTION. ATTEMPTDE SUICIDE,
 AND NOBLE RESCUE. On Thursday night between 10 and II 1 o'clock,a shore boat rowed by one man, and containing a young female, came along 1 sidethe U. $. ship Independence, lying off Ellis Island, and on being hailed, Sthe fc- male desired to know if Midshipnan ------4 was on board. On being answered in the affirmative, she insisted upon seeing him, but the officer of the deck told her it was | impossible, as not only the regulations of the ship, but the rules the service forbade it. She urged, implored, and entreated, but the officer actuated by stern sense of duty, was still compelled to adhere to his original resolution of refusing her admittance on board. Finding that he was ineXorable the young girl, without a moments thought, sprang from the boat, in which she had been standing and sunk. A seaman who had been standing in the fore chains, listening So the girls conversation, saw her make the Spring, and as she touched the water he sprang oyerboarrd after her, and few Jus. ty strokes brought him to the spot as she arose. He seized her, arI holding her up, the shore boat dropped alongside of them and took in the unfortunate girl and her gallant preserver.
 7 The officer ofthe deck had her Drought on board, and surmising that something ex- traordinary must have occurred to in- duccd the fsmale to oattempt suicide hc.sum- moned the first lieutenant. When he reach-! led the deck, he drew from her Q history of the causes which brought her out at that hour of the night, in such a place, and it was one of love, confidence, ruin, and sub scquent desertion.
 The Midshipman who was the cause of the poor girls troubles, was called on deck, and being confronted with her, was at once rec ognizcd. Whatsteps the first lieutenant then took with the recreant officer, we are ignorant of us yet, but the young girl was sent on shore, having first given her ad- dress, with the assurance that full and ample Justice should be done as soon as the Com. modore returned -1ri6ane.
 M TIE GREAT STORM ofs Saturday night was very severe South of us-far more so thann this quarter: The Brooklyn Daily News, has collected the follow. ing particulars;
 In i3rookyn, the cellars of several buildings in pro- gIess aferecsiQn on A.lantic-s,ree. beoncng to Mr. pn the nights opposite Mir Halls buildings on Furman street, was washed away to some extent. The dam ogeinBrookyn so far we have been able to learn, s comparatively slight =
 asvin! to the giving awoy ot the emhanknent of the u the Morris Canal at the inclined plane: tue eel lars and bascmen,s ofmany ofthc buildings on Plane, ,iiarnson, Washington, William, and Church streets, heiu Glled and much loss of proVcssy iucured Sev. craI Idaas oa the sreanls known First rivcf, hnye pecn carried a%ay.and the damages is essiplatcd at
 In MorisCounty, N y, Ihe Farmers have srstain. cd serious injury by the prpsratpg otscr cornsfieds Bridges acrosE the streams washed away, and the roads rendered impossible.
 Al EIizabethtown N. J lhe turnpike is vrrv much injured, the roads torn up and considerable damage done in the village. Three bridges m Elzahcthtown and Springfield Turnpike were carricd. away,
 A Orange, N. J., good deal of iniury has been done to the track of the Morris and Essex Railroad.
 Al Ba!ovie. N, J.. severe loss has occurred in consequence of the breaking awny. of 'he dams, on for several days, unllhe damages can be repaired
 l. is ted there are no less hnn six breaks in tho Norris Canal between Newark and Patterson, and the next ma il will doubtless bring us information of severe loss in the county oi Passac, and the north. eastern section of New Jersey. .G&
 GREAT Loss OF LIFE AND IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF
 PROPERTY AT CHEsrER-FlrTG-Six BRIDGES
 CARRIED AWAY!
 Correspondence of le Tribune. PHrLADELrArA, August 7-P. M
 have just learned the following particulars from Chester: The immense Railroad Bridge. built ai treat expense. together with 56 other Bridges have been swept away. s& M all ns looms and machinery, are gone, and 80 com. pIetey tprooted nre thc foundation walls that one can hardly tell where where they stood. Loss $l0O 900.
 MT Bronson. x 'anncry'is ruined Loss Slo00.
 Mfr. Evrc's lumber yard swept away Loss $SCOO
 Jesse M Egrc's siorehouse suffered much 1; hls loss tnnsi he $G000.
 The loss of life has been very great. A man nam. ed Rhoads tpih hs ftro daughters. were carried away ed Jackson. was drowned. man with his iwe sons md daughter were drowned about two miles from Chester. &
 The dead bodies of woman and her son were picked up on Sunday mnruIng about miles from Dcshong's Hotel. where they were drowned.
 The loss of property in Delaware County alone is estimated at S506o0O. About tceHty lives arc sup posed 10 have been lost.
 s-Posr MISTER OF PHLADE1RBlee- rejoice 10 find thlt there IS at least one Hnn m Philadelphia, who although not rich cannot bo bought with John Tvers gold. Col. Paige, formerly tbe excellent Post Master in iha, city under Gen. Jackson and Mir Van Buren, has recently been offered the situation 0t the Post Office which he unhesatngly declined. From Inc outset he has refused al! alliance with Tyersp, and when overures have been officially made to inc Democratic partv Col Paige has uniformly reIeeied the offer. He not only despised the traitor, bu he