Litchfield enquirer., 1843-11-09

Tho bridge was stone arch, nearly 10 feet
high, thrown over deep ravine between
the base of two mountains, through whicha
wild, headlong stream rushes. Connected
with the bridge was wall about 200 feet
long, 60 feet high, and 25 feet wide, built up
from the bottom of the ravine by the side Of
the mountain, upon which the railroad was
placed. During some of the recent storms,
this impetuous stream had begun to under
mine this immense wall before it was dis
covered. The worknen were engaged i'll
repairing the foundation, when shower
came up which drove them away for shell
ter. While they were absent this immense
structure gave way and fell into the river
below, carrying with it tho railroad, and
covering up the tools of the workmen all Of
whom would inevitably have been killed,
had not the rain caused them to seek shelter.
A dollhouse frame has been laid for the
the rails to pass over, but before the wall
can be re-laid and the work made good
again, friend vino gave Us these facts, says
it will cost $l0,00Q.-N. II. Courier.
EMIGRATION TO MIssoURL-The st. Louis
New Era Of the 18th instant has the follow
ing:
sThe boats arriving at our wharf from
Ohio, ape crowded with emigrants from the
older States, all seeking better home in
Missouri. So, also an immense emigration
overland passes through our streets every
day, destined for Western Missouri" LEI
them come. There is room. and abundance
Of every thing and we know they will add
greatly to the Wing vote inNovember, l544.'
CHARCOAL SKErcH.-A Coal man was stop
ped on Saturday afternoon by well dressed
person, who bought several baskets OF his
commodity, and ordered them to- be left at
% Cambridge street. The occupant of %
ud'n want any chaNcoal-the man insisted
on leaving it because it was paid for--the
curious gathered around land, upon inquirng
into particulars, found that the charky hah
been done by rouge, who had given him a
counterfeit IS on the Sufforlk. and receiv-
cd n good So in change.-Boston Post.
REMARKABLE Cow.-We havo been fur
nished by tho Secretary Of the Ohio and
Brooke County Agricultural Society with u
daily record of the milk and butter obtained
from cow belonging to our late towDsman-
DR.. Fl. w. ChipliDe, Of Ohio Co.. which We
should regard rs incredible ID it wGs, not ae'-
companied, as it is, with :3o attNtavre OF Pa
person, whose word alone in this community
would DO sufficient to gain credeDee t"
statements much more extraordinary than
the following:
The cow in question (Dr. ChipIine's Cher
ry)wus MIXED three times "a day and yretdeG
in the months of May and J0ne, for Is days,
upwards of 81 ID quarts Of milk and du--
ring two weeks that II record was Kept of
the butter that WAS manufactured Of sln, same
COW, showed yield Of 20 lbs !: an average.
of IA l-2 pounds per week. Let so4rsr OF our
Eastern dairymen who boast so much os'
their fine COWS, beat this if they can.
Wheeling Ga:sHe
TIE MURDER OF AN OLD MAN We men,
toned day or two ngo the murder of an.
old man in West Jersey, near the toll galo-
on the Burlington road. The Phila.iclphia~
Inquirer Of yesterday states thar this victim
of violence had only buried his wife on the
morning of the Same day he received tho
savage injuries that resulted in his DEATH
Two or three persons witnessed the outrage,
but did mol interfere! The accused party ~
reported, and VIC hope truly. 10 be in the
hands Of justice. Tue only provocalion CIV
en- by the poor old man, was picking up n
few scraps Of wood on the ground belonging
to his neiyhbor. The day was extremely
cold, and being in great grief from having
buried his vito in the morning, he was per-
hans, hardly consc Gus of what he was dong,
or deemed tho &C, of too triliing character
TO excite notice, much less deadly revenge.
N. y. American.
A HEARrLEss CAsE.-We learn from tho
Buffalo Courier that Thomas 0. Page mar
ried q lady in Alden, in that county, on the
18th of September Inst, by the name of Ham
nah Neltleton, who had accumulated in cash
and effects, the sum of $500. On Tuesday,
the l7.h ult, they arrived in Buffalo o.;cth-
err, with the intention of moving out West-
On Saturday following. having first got from
his wife oil her money, Page left the city
alone, leaving her entirely destitute. and has
not been heard Of since. 1t is supposed he
went to the West. tie talked of going to
fort Wayne. Wherever he il, we hope he
may be discovered and exposed. The lady
is of respectable connexions, and OF unex.
ceptonable character.
AN Ep1roR's LAMENT-The editor of the
Tallahassee Floridan, in alluding to the late
storm there, an account of which we pub
lished, goes it strong" in this wise -" Sue
cessively visited by tho scourges OF an In
dian war, by floods and by droughts, by
failure of crops, by pestilence, by confiagra-
tions and hurricanes and we will add,
borne down by severe pc :uniary distress,
caused by the operation of the most vicious
banking system ever known. and that worse
managed than any where else-an earthquake
is only necessary to cap the climax OF our
calamities" Poor fellow
A powerful element in the operation Of
commerce is the state of the China trade
China has been the reservoir of enormous
sums of money, constantly drained from Eu-
rope. The throwing open of her trade will
Roo.y nj off m f1r