Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1844-04-04

an eye witness of the awful carnage on board tn.
Princeton, and who escaped the explosion, by |;
species Of proyidentia interference. II is awfulls
graphic. IL = - stt '-'[
! 7a-Ig .lg a7adw Washington, March 3D., 1874.
Your kind letter Of yesterday came to hand thi,
evening. My escape from death by the tremen
duous occurrence on board the Princeton, was
narrower than you or the public are aware
stood at the bFeech Of the gun, and supposed
nearer to it than any man except those employed
in discharging It. had with me young lady from
Maryland, Miss Somerville) whom l had Just in.
troduced to Colonel Benton, and who was the on,
ly Lady On board Exposed. The Col. and l were
both Frustrated, and he is on his back still. Ny
hat disappeared, and have made no enquiry for
it. The young lady's bonnet went with it-her
dress was torn. My surtout was torn open, and my
pantaIoons demolished. Her face was scorched
and the poor girl stood like statue, unconscious.
did not lose my consciousness for moment
took a glance at the scene, caught her round
the waist and carried her below. / wit
messed there scene which l shall not attempt to
descrbe-t was one Of agony, frenzy. The shrieks
Of a hundred females-wives, daughters, sisters
the beauty, the lovlness of the land, still ring
ing in my ears. The imploring appeals to know
the fate Ofte nearest and dearest objects of their
affection cannot be forgotten. " Sir" said one,
I" they will not tell me about my husband" knew
her not, but she was at that moment a widow
state of frenzy, caught in the of her hus
band, and assured, by his ardent embrace and fer
vent kiss, that he'was safe but the agOnZing be-
ing, who had at that moment, made that trying APP
peal to me, argued too surely that she would feel
that embrace no more. Ar+i t8 .ts
The sternness of mans nature will encounter
pain-nay, meet death boldly, but the agony of wo-
mans heart in doubt and uncertainty of the truth,
yet fearing the worse, surpass ALL My friend. you
will hardly believe me, when tell you was calm
COLLECTED. 1t was no time for trepidation. felt
as if introduced into the presence of my Maker
The scene was nnearthly every selfish feeling van
ished-even my own life was OF no account. was
taken to the portals of eternity, and felt that
surveying not the paltry interests Of time and sense
but mans eternal destiny. The first tear which
tarted in my eye, fell upon the few lines which
CONVEYED to my beloved and devoted wife-the
assurance that she was not widow, nor her chill
dren fatherless. pulvf r41
But it is past The friends who. but moment
before the fatal accident, were seated with me at
the festive board, blest with health, and clothed
with honor-the select and distinguished few,
nations's pride and nations ornament, are now in
the presence of their God, whittier must soon fol-
low. My worthless life has been spared may it not
have beenfor the purpose of better preparation ?
Adieu, S. s. p.
A Revolutionary .4dtrOn.-The editor Of the
Vergennes Vermonter has been shown lock of
hair taken from the head of Mrs. Mary Barton, of
Minesburg, VT, on the day she was one hundred
and two years old 1t is black and glossy, and
there is not spangle of frost in il. The health of
the old lady is exceedingly good-she dresses and
undresses herself with perfect ease and without
assistance her appetite good and her intellectual
faculties remain unimpaired.
fl Prolific P0yih--Mr. Phillips, of Assump-
ton, stated in debate the other day in the Louisiana
House of Delegates, that in his parish there were
on an average, ten children to euery family.
Presence Of AGnd.-Duripg the conAagation at
Hawley's Stable, on Saturday night, young man
who no doubt felt grieved at the loss of property
which he saw around him, in his zeal to preserve
as much from the devouring elements as lay in his
power rushed into the counting-room of the stable.
took an old worthless clock ,andcarried it toa neigh
boring public house, and there stood ringing for adj
mttance, while all the horses and other property
in the stable were in the utmost peril.
This reminds us of an instance which happened
at the burning of a cottage in the country, some
years ago. As soon as the fire was discovered, a
Young man rushed into the kitchen, wrenched the
crane from its place in the chimney and dashed
through window exclaiming-'s Thank God,
have been the means Of saving so much, any
how !'-B0st0n Bee.
The Washington correspondent of the MY. Eve.
Post relates the following touching incident which
occurred atthe funeral Of those killed by the late
explosion:
=" A very affecting incident occurred at the door
Of the vault, when the body of Commodore Kennon
was about 10 be deposited within its dark recess
Two little sons of the diseased officer were among
those who followed him to the grave, and one Of
them child Of about ten years of age, chung to the
coffin, in the bitterness of his anguish, until it
found necessary TO withhold him by force. To bis
almost infantile perception, this was probably the
first complete realization Of the rrevOcabie depar
ture Of his parent" ....... .s.}
Lunch La,c in Illinois. Negro who recent
" murdered German shoemaker and his wife. in
jefferson county, Illinois, subsequently taken
from the prison bv mob OF 300 persons, placed in
cart, taken to the scene Of his MURDERS and there
hung. t " ''s' ~ I<F 2%
fkS- Letters from the Rev. DR.. HALVES were re-
ceived by the last steamship from Liverpool. He
was at Constantinople the latter part Of January,
and ingood health.
PRopoRrIoN.--An Irish clergyman once broke
off the thread of his DISCOURSE and thus addressed
the congregation; I" My hearers, let me tell you
that am now Just half through with my sermon.
but as perceive your impatience. will say that
the remaining half is not more than quarter as
long as that yoa have beard" .at.
Holatrous FoIly.-The Americans can no long
er boast of having made themselves supremacy rid
iculous by their adultation of foreign dancers. Al
the last appearance of Mde. CeritO the celebrated
donseuse, al London theatre, a mammoth boquet
was lowered down to the stage. 1t Is described a
being LITERALLY tree of GOtCers, and cost two hun
! dred and fifty pounds sterling. How many siarv.
ing families in that same city would this sum have
fed how many freezing backswouldit have cloth
ed 7a- Is . eooA4aq Heesd sn. t'.e-.t.tF