Litchfield enquirer., 1845-04-24

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 o. One of the painful incidents connected with the wreck ofthe Steamboat Swallow, was the loss sf little son of Gen. Mather, ot New York. aged 6,years. Mr. Mather, married the daughter of Mr. Goodrich, of Hartford his wife was present., and
 witnessed the surge that washed her boy into wa
 tsry grave, The Journal or Commerce says:
 When the boat struck. though all felt the shock,
 no one supposed there was any danger. The hrst
 thought vas, that the boat had run upon rocks--
 The crowd of passengers were sitting or standlngr
 engaged in a hundied different ways In the saloon
 on the promenade deck there was a large nre, ana the intense cold clustered the passengers near it. Gen. Mather had taken a state room nearthe stern
 of the boat, and in that the lad had been put in bed
 in his night clothes, anc was asleep In the sa--
 loon. were Gen. sMather and his iadys MT. Wickof,
 Mrs Parker, and crowd of others, engaged m conversational groups The first thing alter the
 boat struck was iiite conversation about the cause- off the difficulty. Then some of the gent temen and
 Gen Mathet among the rest. walked aft to the door leading ont upon the rear prcmenade desksto'
 obtain intol nation by observation. The darkness' and the storm prevented them from perceiving any
 danger; but on their return tothe centre of thesa- lloon the confused cry of tetrnr, with rush tpas- seneers, came up from the Ran deck, and alarm filled all hearts The companN immediately rush.
 cd towards the ontlet the at the stern and
 as ey passed by the state room lad was taken' up by his parent. wrapped in his iathers cloas,. and MT. Wyckof yer, kindly took krn Tn h,s arms; On getting out of the saloon. the conRany wereal in water and the boat appeared toAbe sinking. Gen. Malher exc rlaimed fo MT. WveaVf you
 cannot save yourself with that boy. but Xhe rush of water swept away at that moment Mir Eyckoff
 xnd all who were upon that part of the hoaS ex-- | cept Gen, M Mrs M and another lady. TAey were buoyed u3, and after long exposnreiDfRe'
 water, gained the hurricane deck. The lapd wax
 lost in the surge which separated his friepdsssha sss THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. Leti be remembered blythe people of Connecti-
 sfors ;n Congress. drew this sum from the public
 treasury, for iroDeiiNg from Washington to Con-
 nsr,;ru, ana back Ggain, when he had not set his
 foot ont of the precincts of Washington Giiy.-- Th;s he was authogized 10 do by law, but in prn- ciple it was entirely wrong. The members of the old Senator who were called 10 the exercise, of Itheir duties in an extsa session on the 4thA of the adiournment had not taken place. In appro- priating sixty Or seventy thousand dDllars of the peoples money tor their mileage, when they never lieft the city, they committed breach of trust for which they should be called to an account. How different was the course of the Hon. Jabez ". Huhfi6ason 5ke Wbig Senato from this State,
 I'm iesI M NSs hS sslgsfs S uns iust. and the money remains in the areAsury. lsAsEsssa ss <aa Hayuord pai!g Cesra5
 Fyo,a pitlsrsps hIA letter itcn the cashier, of inc BanIs of Pittsburgh just received, says Fam happv 10 mfnrm you that although our bahking
 house sas totally destroyed ht the great re edef. fleets are saved. Every paper inD1r vaults cseaut F6nharmed, and NJ are going enls theM tazness as usual.