Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-05-07
WHOLE No. 1858,
artettea.
THE NAVY OF THE UNITRD
STATES.

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THE NAVY OF THE UNITED
STATES.
At appears Gy the Naval Register ne
1916, that the naval force Of the United
States consists of eleven ships of the line.
one razee, twelve first class frigates, tw6
second class trigates, twenty-three sloop5
of war, eight briggs, nine war steamships
and four store ships. Their; are 67 cap.
tains. 81 commanders, 326 lieutenants.
l34 surgeons and assistant surgeons, 81
putsers, % chaplains, 149 midshipmen;
passed mid hipmen, masters and masters
mates, besides petty officers. There is
one colonel Of marines; lieutenant col.
onel, a majors, l2c plains, and 40 lieu
tenants. There are also 81 engineers
and assistant engineers, 6naval construc-
tors, 8 store keepers and Is navy agents.
IFThe whale ship Hamilton, Capt.
Eidridge, from the northwest coast, arri-
we'd at Bridgeport on Monday, with car
60 of 1900 bbls. whale oil and 1876 of
sperm. The H. during her voyage los
her Captain and several of her crew by
death.
b U-A fire broke out in the wods in Yves:
ton, Fairfield County, on Sunday morn.
ing last. which burnt over 700 acres be-
fore it could be got Under, destroying
much standing timber, besides some cord
wood. 1t is supposed TO have been set
on fire by some evil minded person, as
the flames were discovered IN two differ,
ent places at the same time.
UVirginia has already nearly twenty
WOODEN factories and the products of her
cotton manufactures amount to more than
$50o,O0O per annum.
"JoHN Polk, AMER1cA."-An American
writing to the Lynn, Mass, Pioneer, says
that he saw ain Almanac in London, which
contained list of the "Soyereigns Of
Europe" In the list he found in regular
order " john Polk, America"
FRAUDS IN FLouR.-We preceive by the
Annual Report of the New York Inspec.
tors, that 26,96S barrels of flour were
weighed in the city of New York and
found short 150,637 pounds, equal to 800
and Is barrels OF the flour inspected at
Albany there were 80 barrels light weight
and 50 barrels with false tare."
IPA friend of ours informs US that
about a week since, some wag started a
story in Woodbury., and some OF the neigh
boring towns, that one of the barking in
stitutIons IN New Haven had failed
smashed ss up completely. Upon hearing
looked over his cash on hand to see how
much he was in for, and tried to sell at q
discount any notes which he happened
to hive on that bank.
In this way quite little panic was ere:
ated, and the knowing ones no doubt took
advantage Of it by buying up any bills
that were offered below par. Our friend
says that some were sold at 25 per cent
on, and the holders appeared glad to get
rid OF them at that. 1t is not known how
the story originatel.-N. II. Herald
SUICIDE OF BoY-Edgar Wade, aged
about IA years, son of Mr.. Thomas
Wade, of this county, hung himself to a
tree, in the neighborhood of his fathers
house, on Sunday evening last. The act
appeared to have been deliberately done
No cause is assigned for it.
Morganstown Va, STANDARD.
WESTERN EoSPITAL1rY.-" have not
been charged one cent for lodging or
horse feed during the last ten months"
writes colportel in Missouri. al have
sometimes suffered with cold, but my
heart has been warmed while conversing
with or reading my books and tracts 10
the families on whom called" This
colporter has travelled about 3,4OO miles
IN ten months, and visited 933 families,
l2O OF which had no Bible.
Clover Fields ALI fields in clover should
have bushel Of plaster, per acre, sown there
on as soon as practicable, a moist day to be Sc
ected for the operation. BY attending to this
hint ten times the value Of the plaster will be
added to the product Of hay, while the soil it.
self will be clothed with an absorbent that will
continue through the season to draw from the
atmosphere whatever there may be floating in it
nat Is calculated 10 enrlcn the SOIL or furnish
>abulum to the plants; for of truth, it is thus
hat plaster acts, or so small quantity as does.
:ould not produce the astonishing results which
ire so graifyingly witnessed by the observing
armer, and which contribute so largely to the
ustenance and comfort of his stock, objects
which we are sure are dear to the pride and
eart ofeyery good man.
AMERICAN Farmer for March
7ransplanting Irees-In TRANSFORMING
rees with success, it is of great importance to
ike them up early in the spring before they
egn to start. so that they may not be checked
! the removal. If it he convenient, and the
md is dry enough to work well, they may be
It out Immediately; but if the land is still
e: where they are to be set, it is better to
ait week or two till it becomes little dried
nd warm. During this time the trees may
e kept in the shade ifwell packed so as to be
loist or if not packed. bury UP the roots in
'il not very wet and cold, and if convenient!
rotect the tops from the sun.
Human G1ory-There arrived at HULL
Dnfch vessel