Litchfield enquirer., 1845-08-14
FIRE IN NEwpoRT-THE OCEAN HOUSE


 ming from room to room screaming for their friends, brothers, husbands wives and children. and all n 1 Quiring with white lips the cause of the alarm There was a most pitiless lack of water, and the flames seized with fury upon the extremely dry and combustible materials of which the cook house as we'll as the whole building, was composed The bells rang the alarm-the whole clty hurried to the spot, and the opinion already became general, that not timber of the whole of this graceful and airy but light and insubstantal edi6ce could be saved.
 The Ocean House was built by the Ocean House Company, in 1914, and finished last winter. It cost S36 y0OO, and was insured in Providence and Bos- ton for IS OOO It was rented by John C. Weaver of Newport, at 8 per cent. on the value It was m the form of an l., containing 2O6 rooms. us sltu. ation was beautiful and commanding, and its loss IS a heavy blow to Newport, as we'll as an inconsid erable inconvenience to the great number of boarj- CTS many of whom were from New York. But the sadest part of this calamity is the death of Samuel F. Gardner, Esq, one of the oldest wealhiest and most estimable citizens of Newport. He leaves a wife and ten children. It is believed, also, that Thomas R. Hazard. Esq, has perished. And 1t is feared that other lives have been lost. The fur niture of the house was worth $s25 ,ooO-two thirds sayed $o ,OOO insured. The steamer Massachu- setts arrived at o'clock, at Newport and furnish ed about 500 houseless sufferers with lodging for the night and with food. MT. Weaver, the lessee of the Ocean House, had taken a house, in which he would accommodate fifty boarders, to open next day. There's enterprise!
 The .VSICpOTG FUe.-LaleE accounts state tHdt only three lives probably lost at the burning of the Ocean House; MT. Gardner, and two servants an the house-whose remain had been taken from the ruins. It is now believed that MT. Hazard was not injured The boarders saved all their baggage and nearly all the furniture of the house was saved. Except the building the loss will be less than was at first expected. The house was insured at the American office, rovidence, $S, ,OO0; shington office, Providence, ,0OO Hartford office, SC ,OO0 Hartford Protection s oO0; Hartford -Etna 6, ,ooo.
 PainfM-On Tuesday night, 29th ult., Mir. Ed ward Cornwel, merchant. of Poughkeepsie, went to New York to make purchases, was taken sud- denly sick there on Thursday died on Friday morn- iuq, and his remains were brought to Poughkeepsie on the evening of that day. On Sunday his Tuner. al was attended by large number of citizens, and by the members of the different Lcdges of Odd Eel. lows. of one ot which he was a member.
 Since his funeral, circumstances of a most pain .ful nature in relation to forgeries committed by him, have come to light It IS ascerta'ned that money has been obtained at our banks and ot lndI. viduals on forged notes and other papers. On sev- eral of the notes there or two forged endor- .sers. and one real endorser The bank therefore will not lose but the real endorser, who supposed Himself safe when he gave his name' because there were other substan,;al endorsers before him, will he the sufferer The for,.eries are said to amount s,o s5ooO or S6ooo He had besides, borrowed sev- .eral hundred dollars of ditferelt rers"ns, whcn probably, will be entirely lost to l5e .'enderS' and some of the cases are hard ones
 Mir. Cornwell was known 10 be in stra' sht encd circumstances, but never suspected, until these sal -xipvelopements have been made. It IS now gener- ally supposed that he committed suicide by taking 7,u,lanum or some active poison.-Ere. Post.
 Shocking Fuse.-The following is an extract of letter from an officer of the U. S. Sloop-of-war Falmouth, at Pensacola:-
 About two weeks since, one Of our crew, an o,A man. who was at the time unwell. fell cver- board during ttc uight unobserved by any one-he was not missed until morning About week af. servad shark was caught ca board the Saratoga, and on opening him. (horribe to reiate,) the head of the old man was found 1t was sent on board our ship and recognized His name was James Griffin, quarter master. and as he had family somewhere in the United States, think it would be well to publish it for their information"
 T Young Heroine and q Nayro,c Escdpe--We have rust heard of an incident which occurred at Glen Cove yesterday, and which does infinite cred i, to two or three persons there, one ol whom IS young lady, but little more than fourteen years of aye. young ,nan while bathing there. got be- yond his depth, and being unable to swim was sink ing fast, when he was perceived by Miss W'ls, daughter of Wm. H. Willis of this city. The girl was an exrert swimmer, and being m the water at the time quickly thought she darted for the suf ferer, The drowing man caught the girl with all rhe strength uf a dying man, and the girl m turn made an effort to extricae herself by biting the clenched hands that held her fast. She was una ble to do so, and both were about 10 be drowned, .xhen they were happily discovered by some labcr. ing men near by and saved-.N F. Mirror, Aug 6.
 .Me.merism and CIai,voydnce.-InC Corinth, Me- a man lost his trunk, containing money and other matters ol value. In order to discover the thIei, he consulted Mrs Greenla~. ot Bangor who pro Sras..s, when in Mcsmeric state, to reveal hidden tb;nvs. She charged the offence upon rcspecta- ble citizen of Co:inth, who was regarded as above suspicion. There being clearly not the least req .on 10 suppose him guilty, public meeting was called in Corinth and resolutions were adopted, o~nre.sinr the fullest confidence in the moral char sctsr of the accused, and denouncing Mrs. Green 1,w as" ,nere pretender and impostor. respecting whom the public should be on their guare."
 D..,..,snu;n Credit-Since the lst inst, John r.coh Astor. of New York; has invested fifty thou. s.na dollars in Pennsylvania State Elves Many other heavy capitalists said to be following his example With such heavy drafts on the floating stock in the market the prices cannot long remain below par.-PhI Ledger
 1brns.-We have information from various parts If Inc West. that the country is full ofpersons looking for land. They are; generally, sald to be of highly respectable class, and are ready to make fn,l or bart payment in cash.-GGfresf0" 1eras) .Ne,C July 15.
 It has been decided by Judge Parscns. that in Pennsylvania marriage IS civil contract, ana as .srch nav be proved by admissions and acts of the .rt;es without the necessity of any particular cef- emonv. Tn the case before him, it was proved that fhere had been no ceremony performed. but tne narties had lived together man and wife, m me presence of acouainiances. This, 1t was heid' ac. rord;ng to the law of Pennsylvania. was sufficient to constitute marriage. and endow the woman