Litchfield enquirer., 1843-06-22

The structure was placed under the su- periniendence of Mr. James Savage ot bos- ton, by whom the foundation and fourteen courses of the superstructure were lad, when, in August, 1928, the work was sus- pended on account ofa deficiency m funds. About S56,OOO had then been eXpended- The work was not resumed till the summer of 1884, when sixteen additional courses were laid and the work was again stopped in 1885, about S2O.OOO having been expend- ed. All business was then greatly depres- sed and the project of holding public Fair was suggested, at which every female m the Union who desired it might contribute aid for the completion of the monument.
 The fair was held in Boston in Septem. Der, 194O. and its proceeds with few muni- ficent donations, put within the hands of the Committee of the Bunker Hill Association a sum sufficient to complete the great ob- ject. Mr. Savage, by contract with the Building Committee, was engaged, in the autumn of 1e40, to complete the work for $4S,9OO. He resumed his labor by laying the first stone May 2d, 194l, and finished 1t with entire success, by depositing the apex on July 23, l642. The last stone was rais- ed at 6 o'cock in the morning of that day, with the discharge of cannon ; Mir. Edward Cranes, IT,, of Charleston, accompanying it in its ascent, and waving the American flag during the process. .tr.
 There are ninety courses of stone in the whole structure, eighty-tour of them being above the ground, and six of them below The base is thirty feet square 7; in rise of two hundred and eight feet, the point where the formation ofthe apex begins, there Is a diminution of fourteen feet, seven and half inches. The net rise of the stone from the base to the apex, is two hundred and nine teen feet and ten inches, the seams Of mor. tar making the whole elevation two hun- dred and twenty -one feet. No one can stand and look at the structure, or scan 1t with close observation, without being impressed with the wonderful mathematics al accuracy which distinguishes it. The joints of the stones seem to be chiseled with great exact. ness and the diminution of the obelisk has been faultiessly executed.
 From the ". Y. Jour. of Commerce June lSth
 RECEPTION OF THE PREsnENr.-.In accord. ance with the programme of arrangements for the reception of the President, national salute was fired from the Battery at sunrise yesterday morning. and the national flag was displayed on the City Hall, the Hotels, part of the city. About noon the division of artillery and several uniformed military com panies repair d 10 the Battery, and were mar shalIei under the direction of Maj. General Sandford.
 The joint committee and members of the Common Council left the city in the Steam. boat New Haven. early in the forenoon, to mee: the President and suite, and convey them to the city from Amboy. Alderman Purdy President of the Board, addressed the President at Amboy in behalf of the Common Council and v,,rzcns of New York, and at the conclusion of the Presidents reply, the company embarked for the city. The boat was appropriately decorated and provided with n band of Music. On it's arrival in the bay, after passing Staten Island, salutes in honor of the President were fired from the various military st .tions in the harbor,'. in the midst of which the boat landed at Castle Garden, where the President was presented to the City Authorities, and welcomed by an address from the Mayor, to which the Presi. dent replied.
 The Presidents address was followed by loud cheers.
 At the close of this ceremony, the Presi- dent ntaccompanied deputation of the militia ry to review the troops on the Battery, and afterwards made circuit of the city. accom- panied by an immense procession, which ter minated ut the City Hall.
 We learn that no intoxicating liquors of any kind were furnished by t.le Corporation yesterday, and that none were carried or used on board the boat which brought Presi. dent Tyler to New York
 From :he Boston Atlas of Yesterday.
 HORRID MURDER IN THE MASSA-
 CHUSETTS STATE PRISON.
 The very melancholy duty devolves up- on us to state that the estimable Warden of the State Prison, Charles Lincoln, Esq.,, was murdered yesterday afternoon, between 5 and 6 o'clock, in one of the work shops of the State Prison at Chaflestown by a con- vict named Abner Rogers, Jun. Mir. Moses Jaquith, of this city, our informant, states that he had been visiting the different de- partments of the prison. in company with Mr. Lincoln, and when they were in the up- holstery room, while M. L. was in conver- work. the convict Rogers, who was employ ed in making mattresses, left his bench and approached MT. Lincoln in the rear and stabbed him with a shoemakcr's knife in his neck, completely severing the jugular taneously. The sight was appalling, and prisoners rushed 10 the body and raised it up, but life was extinct. The prisoners evinced feeling of deep regret d: the death oftheir kind keeper. The murderer was immediately secured and put in irons. No cause can be assigned for this dcplorable act The murderer has been obstinate and unruly for some time past. Mr. Lincoln was an upright, humane, and efficient officer, n NAd n %vnpthv md acfannncd f>itiyt.,r and hiS