Litchfield enquirer., 1845-09-25

heard of the melancholy fate efsny brother, Walk CT K. Baylor. His death was sudden and unexpect- ed. A Mir. Riverss late of the State of Tennessee. havinga revolving pistol in his hand, the hammer sliPpe Through his fingers, causing .ns pistol 70 the heart. He died instantly. A nephew stand | ing by, exclaimed, " You have killed my uncle 1" Poor Walker replied, |" Oh, no !"-and never spoke again. Mr. Rivers, I learn, suffered greatly from agony of mind, and expressed the deepest sorrow, on account of his being the cause of this fatal oc- curTence." A new Parish, with the name of Christ Church, has been organized at Unionville in the town of Pennington, under very favorable circumstances. It already has soodly list of families and com municants, while others are ''ready and desirous' to be admitted among the number.-HaTU Ca|en. 4 Ctwiositv-John L. Dimmock, Esq Presi- dent of the Warren Insurance Co.,, has. at his of- flee, very curious specimen of the wonderful op- eration of the sea, upon substances deposited upon its bottom. It is concreted mass of submarine substances such as various shells, &c., united with the solidity and weight of stone, from which are protruGing several Spanish milled dollars. Thisis part of large quantity which has been recently taken up, from the place where the spanish ship Saint Pedro was blown up February 1lth, lsl5.- An enterprisng company fitted out the brig Fran ces Amy, Captain Binney, from Baltimore, tor the purpose of making an experiment for the recovery of the money known to have been on board the Spanish ship. at the time of her destruction. We happy to hsar that the attempt has so far pro- we'd successful, that ttey have raised and brought over $27 000 of the lost money-nearly all of which was in the same state of which we have spoken Among other curious formations which were rais- ed, in the course of this search, we learn that single cannon ball was brought up, with $50 im- bedded in 1t. Some of the soft masses ot rocks and shells, on being broken open, were found to contain rows of dollars, as if they had remained there in the same order in which they came from the boxes in which they were originally packed.- This property is now brought into use again, after having lain thirty years on the bottom of the ocean, subject to all the wonderful changes inci- dent to such situation. .dtlas.
 .Qn Extraordinary Fact.--An old man died last summer in Paris, at the advansed age of S5, who was perfect miSer. He can ko Paris. ac- companied by his son, about three rs since, in the most abject state of povertM They depended entirely upon the charity of. their neighbors for subsistence. and were in the habit of begging from door to door for something to support them. One of the neighbors having missed seeing the old man for few days, went in search of hlm, and found him just breathing his last in miserable hovel, destitute of every necessary He was iying on heap of straw in corner of the hut, without any GOV ering. In the same place was hisson, about 16 years old, with scarcely rag to cover him, crying most piteously. On asking the reason. he said his father had been without any food for more than two days, and that he had not a sous to purchase any. Observing near the straw large iron bound chest he inquired what it contained the son re. piled that his father had told him it was full oiron. He then proposed selling it, and having procured key, they opened it but what was their astonsh- ment on finding it filled with gold pieces (coin of Louis 15th) instead of iron, a.nounting in all to l5O.OCO francs ($3O ,0OO) It was supposed the old man had accumulated this large sum by begging. His son became almost insane on the receipt of this fortune, but he amplyrewarded the neighbor who had assisted him.-Jotv cf Com.
 Cunamington, .Nass-This town will be ever known as the birth-place of one of the hrst poets of our land. It was here that the early days of Wm. C. Bryant were spent, and here he breathed the mountain air, and sent forth his first poetic verses The old mansion yet stands, and when passed, is pointed outsas the birth place of the the birth place of the ex.lieut Governor Bradish, now resident of your city. He in his early days emigrated to your State, SO that few are to him l known hereabout. Gideon Lee, formerly made and mended boots and shoes in these diggins, thongh l he was born farther east; but from here he emi- grated to your city. Also, the celebrated law wri ter. Willard Phillips, of Boston, was native of
 
 went through Harvard College, and has gone up along on the high ladder of fame, honored and to be honored. From his history.'a a lesson can be learned by the young man, that it is not birth, but personal effort, that makes the man.
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 If such facts as the following ever come to the eye or mind of John Tyler, they must give him cold sweat: :, 1
 TNe Traitor .d,rOld. At the close of the Rev. | olutionary War,s Arnold. the erator, accompanied the royal army to England. 'The contempt that followed him through life, says an elegant writer, is illustrated by the speech of Lord Lauderdale, who, perceving Arnold on the right hand of the 1 King, and near his person, as he addressed his parliament, declared on his return to the com. l mons, that however gracious, the language he had heard from the throne, his indignation could not but be highly excited, at beholding as he had done, his majesty yupported by a trator.' And on an- other occasion. Lord Surrey, rising to speak in the House of Commons, and perceving Arnold in the gallery, sat down with precipitation. exclaiming, . sciU not speak ,chile hat n,an,' (pointing to him, , is a Me House' This miserable outcast died in London, June IA, 1901. +
 As an evidence of the Commencement of the fall business of the city, may state the fact that all the Hotels are crowded with guests, and hundreds fnew corners are every day obliged to make gen. era search throughout the clty TOT lodglngs lhree gentlemen from the South, by the night train on Tuesday last, drove thus around town for couple of hours, and succeeded at last in obtaining perms- sion to stand in Ne area of oneabf our hotels !- We prN hme they found better lodgings than this: but the fact that all our hotels and leading bcard- ing houses are full and running over, is illustrated by the circumstance-N Y. Cou. & Eng.
 Gen. Ryas King. formerly Editor of the A. bany Daily aud late Assistant Editor of the Even- ing Journal, has pitched his tent at Milwaukie,