Litchfield enquirer., 1844-07-18

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committed to prison.
The excitesnsEt in the vicinity of Gen. PatteT-
sons Head Quarters was kept up ull late hour
last evening, much to the annoyance Of people re-
siding in the neighborhood; while, Throughout tne
day, the crowd q great as materially 70 reGaro
the transaction of business.
Every thing has remained quiet to-day. Sc.
Philip de Neri was open this morning for divine
service Crowds Of people are vending their way
this afternoon into Southwark, attracted, suppose
out of mere c1iasity 7,,r,spM
The Char .oF Judge Jones.-The Court OF
Sessions this snzHng was crowded to excess to hear
the charge Of ledge JONES' relative to the lateEiots,
which was delivered verbally. At the outset, HIS
Honor distinctly said the first cause OF the South:
wark Riots was the arning OF ST. Phllip de Ner1
Church-that it was the undoubted right OF every
citizen to wear arms-bnt not to assemble in Chur-
ches or other buildings, for the purpose OF resisting
violence-that al such buildings were liable to be
indicted as nuisance, and the persons assembled
therein were also liable to be indicted IN the eye OF
the law. That the Churches were under the con-
sttuted authorities, who were bound to protect
them, when danger was threatened-that every de-
fence of building is an act Of partisan warfare
and we could never look for the restoration Of peace
The charge throughout was an able one, and was
listened to with profound attention. By some, 1t
is considered evidently Native"
| Destruction of KaskaskiG, &c.-We regret to
learn by late Western papers, that the city OF kas-
kaskia, Illinois, has been swept away by the flood,
few buildings only being left to mark the spot
where, but few days ago, stood tiourshlng CITY
Chester is rdiaed also. Millions of dellars' worth
of property haV been swept from the shores o. the
Missouri and Upper Mississippi rivers and their
tributaries The business of Missouri and Illinois
is sadly deranged. Farmers, mechanics gardeners,
all have suffered and brick yards, woodyards, and
the necessaries of life along the river have been
destroyed. We are happy to see that human life
has not been sacrificed, so far as heard from. The
Convent at Kaskaskia has been abandoned by the
Sisters Of Charity, who fled to st. Louis.
.4yrest.-The Rev. Charles T. Torrey, formerly
of Boston, and recently the editor of an abolition
paper in Albany, has been arrested in Baltimore,
charged upon the oath of Bushrod Taylor, of Win
chester, va, with being fugitive from justice in
that State The crime alledged against him was
that of stealing negro slaves, in which business he
is supposed to have been successfully engaged for
more than year, and it is believed he is the same
person arrested at Annapolis some time ago as an
incendiary, having in his possession large quanti-
ties Of abolition papers. After hearing the evil
ldence, the Justice committed him to Jail, to await
a requisition from the Governor of Virginia. Sew
eral witnesses appeared and on oath testified that
they believed he had an agency in decoying away
three slaves from Mr.. Heckrotte on the 18th ult II
was shown that he had hired hack and horses
from Mr.. Woodward of North street, day or two
after the negroes had disappeared. A hack with a
person driving, and three colored persons answer
ing the description of those mentioned, were seen
on the 7th or sth of June in the neighborhood of
Deer Creek, Hartford County, leaving little doubt
that the hack, horses and parties mentioned were
those here noticed.-.9m. 1Tau.
Wreck of the Erie.-Captain Weaver, of the
bark Sandusky, by means of diving bell cast al
Fredonia for the purpose, at an expense of $500
and weighing tour and half tons, has succeeded in
visiting the wreck of the Erie, at depth of SO it,
and got fairly to work on Saturday morning. They
have raised the best bower cable chain45O feet il
length and one of the best on the lakeland arr
getting up two other cables. AS her shafts
projecting from her sides so far as to be in the way
of raising her, are got out, the brig Rocky Noun
tain will proceed to the spot and aid in getting he
up. The wreck was discovered by means of
etrracrronAthe same by which the wreck Of tn,
Lexington was found. The inventor, MIR. Chaplin
: who is at work with the diving bell on the Erie
has likewise ascertaned the location Of the schoo
ner Young Lyon, sunk with railroad iron on board
: some two years since. The company engaged ir
this enterprise also intend raisting the schooner
Religion and Morality in .Near- Orleans The
Presbyterian states that there have been one hun.
dred and FIVE additions to the Presbyterian church
in New Orleans Of which Rev. w. o. Scott is pas
tor, since the first of January, and that they have
IACOCSSdlJ " &c HOUSE Oh Worship
The congregation has contributed ten thousand
three hundred and ninety dollars to the various be-
nevolent causes within the year. Two hundred
merchants have petitioned the city council for an
ordinance prohibiting the opening of stores on the
u Sabbath, and the measure seems to be gaining
ground.
A Nice Young .Man.-George w. Reed appear.
ed on Friday, before magistrate in New York land
made charge against his OWN FATHER. Itseems
that young Reed is manufacturer of root beer and
his father who was employed to sell the beverage
did not account for fsc0 dollars sUoTf, whereupon
the son demands that his father be ncarcerated for
IpAfering. The magistrate, shocked at the attempt
expostulated in vain with the son, and then posi-
lively refused to take cognizance in the case.
A DEN OF SNAKES IN MASSACHUSETTS,
A gentleman in Ballard county, Massachusetts.
has been very much troubled with rattlesnakes for
several years past. From close observation he be-
came satisfied that in particular part of his farm
there was den ofthese deadly reptiles. In clear
ing up new piece of ground he discovered den,
the opening to which gave strong evidences of the
passing IN and out of animals of some description,
and after digging to the depth of several feet, he
succeeded in killing several hundred snakes of diff
ferent kinds. 1t is somewhat remarkable that the
same den was the habitation of snakes of different
kinds. There were angles in the den about as a.
cute as the corners of worm fence and at each an
gle there would be found large lot Of snakes. The
same gentleman has discovered other dens in the
same neighborhood, and he has succeeded in killing
an incredible number of snakes.
The u S. Ireaswy.--A Washington cores
pondent of the Philadelphia Mercury says:-"I
learned to-day that the receipts at the Treasury
Department exhibit degree of prosperity in the