Litchfield enquirer., 1846-05-28
Tartgttes.
REV, CHARLES T. TORREY.
From the Boston Daily Mail.

FFon the Boston OaHy JAou. We have already chronicled the death ofRev. Charles T. Torrey in the Maryland Penitehtia- ", where he had been imprisoned for aiding the escape of negro slaves. There are circum- tances which, perhaps, render 1t proper that we should give more particular notice of him. de was employed to write the Washington cor respondence of this paper in the winter of 1s42, and his letters were much sought after, and more generally copied than the ordinary corres- pcndence of the newspapers. There was ra- ciness, piquancy, and an independence in the spirit of his remarks, which rendered them quite popular, but owing to the peculiar views of the writer on the slavery question, we were | obliged to exercise a strict surveillance over l them, and to expunge much matter which was l in reality indicative of the man. He was to condne himself entirely to Congressional proceedings, and matters of general interest at Washington; but his heart was so full of his loved subject, the abolition of slavery, that 1t would ''shine out" in spite of him. But he | never complained when we applied the prun- l ing knife to his letters; because he knew, and repeatedly acknowledged that, as we employed and paid him for particular line of correspon' l dence, we had a perfect right to keep him to l h!s Bargain Alter lis return from Washing ton, he was employed to conduct an Abolition paper at Albany, called the "Patriot;" but
  discretion necessary for such a position. and he soon abandoned it."
 In all our knowledge of mankind we have never known one possessing a more generous heart, or more independent spirit than Charles T. Torrey. He was open, free, and above all disguise or fraud. He loved the truth, and he spoke what he believed to be the truth, at all times, in all places, and under all circumstan- ces. His haliucination on the subject of sla- very did not rob him of the amiability of tenn per and department which rendered him 90 we'll beloved among his large circle of person. al friends. He detested fraud and hypocrisy wherever they exhibited themselves, and he loved the beautiful and bright things of earth, and wondered why all mankind would not be good, virtuous, centented and happy. He was the author ofseveral moral tales-one ofwhich we published-all showing the ardent temper ament and high moral principle of the man. Even on the subject nearest his heart he was not vindictive towards the slave holders. He believed that by persuading the slaves to aban. lon their masters, he was contributing to the temporal and eternal benefit of both.
 We saw him few months previous to his arrest, and he talked of his plans drumming the "underground railroad" as he termed it, as though it was attended by no danger, and counled with no violation of law. We ear. ncstly, hut kindly remonstrated with him. We pointed out the dangers and difficulties of the experiment.. We adnionished him that he was violating what every citizen was bound to protect. We appealed in behalf of the wife he loved and the friends who loved him. But 1t was all in vain. He was fearless of conse- quences, and apparently ready and willing to become martyr to the cause. It was with a heavy heart that we parted with him on that occasion, for we we'll feared what would be the consequence Of his daring and reckless career. And when, short time afterwards we heard ofhis arrest, it occasioned a good deal more of sorrow than surprise. His subsequent history Is before the public. He has gone to his last and who we doubt not, will mete out to him the reward of a pure and virtuous life.
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 A FISH STORY. H
 In Lewis's History of the Isle of Tenet, page 16S. and in Kilburn's Survey of Kent, page 2l5 5, 2l6, find the following description of a large fish which shot himself on shore As have never upon enquiry been able to discover the name of it. should be much obliged to some one of your correspondents to tell what species or class of fish it belongs 10. should natural. iy conclude it to be of the whale kind, did the enormous size of the eyes correspond with those of the Whale, several of which have seen, and those remarkably small The Spitz. bergen Whales of sixty feet to hundred feet in length, find, from the authority of authors of note, have eyes of not more than six inches ov- er and those which have seen are not larger than those of all OK, though the whales have been more than fifty feet long.
 Near this place, (Viz. Broadstairs, in the parish of St. Peter ihe Apostle) on the 9Th of July, 1874, monstrous fish shot himself on shore, on little sand now called Fyshness, where, for want of water, he died the next day, before which time his roaring was heard above mile: His length was 22 wards, the neither jaw opening l2 feet: one ofhis eyes was more than cart and six horses could draw: a 1?an stood upright in the place from whence l''seye was taken; the thickness from his back ( the top of his belly (which lay upwards) was feet: bis tail of the same breadth: the dis tlnce between his eyes was 12 feet; three men stood upright in the mouth; some of his ribs were l6 feet long; his tongue was Is feet long: ms liver was two cart-loads; and man might creep into his nostrls."
 CANTERBURY, Oct 4th, 1772.
 Cent Mag: To' 42. pages 461-2
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 nPA singular suicide was committed Tt Gaston, N. C., on Monday the 4th inst By tailor named Palmer, who worked in Raleigh. Just before the hou. for the arrival of the freight train of cars for Petersburgh. he went on the track. laid himself down between the rails croswise, his neck on the iron bar, and his feet firmly braced against the opposite rail | In this awful situation, he awaited the ap- proach of the locomotive, having thereto | twenty five heavily laiden cars-all of which passed over his neck, producing. of course, instant death. He had placed his hat at a convenient distance, in W hich was found letter, announcing his deter. mination to "shuffie of this mortal coil" and asking certain gentlemen named therein, to make some provision for his destitute wife and three children. This is the same man who, last year, jumped out of the third story window of the Bol4 lMgton Hotel, Petersburgh. MELANCHOLY SuioIDE.-A young man about twenty-five years of age named, George w. Burnh am, clerk in tho of- l flee of the New England Puritan, com 1 mnitted suicide. says the Traveller, at his | boarding house in Couch street. yester. day morning. by cutting his throat with 1 a raZoP, His WindpiDe and ho,h ;u~ui.,