Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-07-02
DREADFUL DEATH.

UREAUtUL DEATH.
An accident of most heart.rending
character, occurred in the cotton factory
OF CIV. Glass, Esq, at Stephentown, in
TINS county, on Tuesday the 26th ult.-
Inc unfortunate victim was toy about
IA years OF age. a son of Mr.. A. B. Green,
The lad was tending the picker of
small room alone. when the belt slipped
OFT and was wound around the shaft, in
the room below. He, it is supposed, wen,
down to eXtricate the belt from the shaft,
and while unwinding it, was caught bv
the belt and carried over the shaft, upon
which he was whIrled around for seven
hours before he was discovered! The
accident occurred between 6 and 7 O'Clock
=. M, at which time the other hands
lett the factory, with the exception of one
man employed at night work. The
Wheel was stopped about 2 O'Clock on
wednesday morning, and during all this
Time the poor victim was whirlng on the
shaft: Every vestige Of clothing, inclu-
DING his boots was whipped from his body
IN the countless evolu,ions. His neck
was broken and his limbs dreadtully
crushed and laceraled. His absence had
occasIoned no uneasincss, as he was sup
posed to have gone on fishing excursion;
Eor was any thing known of the acct
dent until 4 O'Clock on Wednesday morn.
ing, when the door of the. room was op.
pened by the boys father, and the frs,
OBJECT that met his gaze was the mangled
body ofhis child lying on the floor, where
It had dropped when the wheel stopped.
Mr.. Green, as may be well supposed,
was completely overwhelmed by the
appalling spectacle.-Albany Atlas.
A LITTLE Boy HANGED The son of
Mr.. Dufee, of Pocahontas county, came to
his end in rather singular manner. A
bag of beets was placed by the door on the
outside of the house; the little boy got on
the bag. and placing his head in a crupper
that hung over the bag-after getting his
head through the crupper, his feet slipped
and the little fellow hung by the neck until
he was dead. His mother had just missed
him, and he had been bat a few moments
absent, when she found her little son in the
condition above described. What her feel
ings must have been is left to those who are
parents to enter in to it; for it is beyond our
descriptive powers to porIay.-Louisbu,g
Chron.
D1t would be we'll for Locofoco SANDER
ers of Wing patriotism to inquire who are
the men that are winning laurels for their
country on the Rio Grande. General Taylor
himself is genuine Kentucky Wing of the
Henry Clay school. Major Ringgold, who
has sealed his patriotism with his blood,
was also true Maryland Wing, descended
from Wing of the revolution. And Major
Brown, who has also given his life for his
country, we are informed was another from
New England. Such are your "Traitorous
Whigsw
nThe cashier of large cotton house
in New Orleans lately decamped, being a
defaulter in the sum of about $4,000. The
principal, on ascertaining the fact, retired
to back room and shot himself
I5lce for England Our English
friends are rejoicing over the importations
of ice, not only in London, but in the ports
of Liverpool and Hull-and not from Amer
lea only, but from the kingdom of Norway.
Two vessels from Norway, containing SO
and $50 tons of ice, We're discharged at the
above named ports about the LIST of April,
imported by the English as speculation.
London Times.
Wayike.-Tne Boston Post, of Saturday, has
the following
"Seth Luther went into the State Bank yes
terday, armed with sword and demanded
5000 in the name of the President Officer
Ryder was sent for, and carried him off, He
did not draw his weapon
The Boston Atlas states that they have seen
a three dollar bill ofthe Farmers and Mechan-
les Bank, Hartford, altered to or hundred dol |
lars, and SO we'll done as to defy detection ex. |
cept by very good judges.
SILENCE ON THR PRA1RIEs-One of the
most striking things is the silence of the
prairies. 1t is absolutely awful. A,
night. when the moon has gone down,
and the stars are all out, to stand in the |
centre of one Of these seemingly bound
less prairies, and mark the deep unbro-
ken silence that surrounds you, is sub
timely impressive. never witnessed |
any effect like it. Not solitary sound |
can be heard-no insect, no bird, no beast, |
no human voice, or s,ep-bu, all is one |
space of grand and fearful silence. Such |
a spot, far from the haunts of congrega.
ted multltudes, becomes to the good man |
like the glorious Bethel where the Jour.
ney'ng patriarch slept.--Irving.