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Litchfield enquirer., 1853-12-15
FROM OALlpoRNIA.

Thete have been several liges in diller. ent portions of Sun Francisco since sl,e arrival Of lhe last steamer. but .he loss in eacla instance was u0E hvayy--S San Francisco. Sonora, Stockton. Dow neville and Sacramenlo have aII suffeted.
 Flom ths mines tto news is highly en- conraging. and inc miners in many 0f the localities are doing better than ever. A massive lump of gold weighing eleven pounis. had been fsund.
 Tue San FFansisco papers record more thsA tie usual number of murders. The heahh q California Maa generally good. and the weather favorable. The crops in Cal'l0sniA con,inued to yield we'll. SANDWICH IsLknDs.--There < hul l;i- .le news of interest from ,lAsse Islands, l Nhs small pox ceaiinaes to psevail wilh lpe nppasenl sivns, 0f abaiemeas. Nc iassl'sf change n shs Ministry had ,akeu 1 plAce.
 6puTH AMEacA Eiles of papers iron Valparaiso seppst that immense discove Ifie1 6I gold had been made in tho vale, ol tlie Alna4on. md shat expeditions hai l besa lAed oni both from Pan and Ecu unoss in starch of lhe precious msisl GHeAt exeiiealenl pEepailed lp cpnee qasnee ci those dls1oFciish
Litchfield enquirer., 1853-12-15
Ihe Lifcbfieio Enquirer.
Li.oAfleld. Thursaay. Dec. ls, lsss.
THE rRRsTDRNTss gIEssaC3R.

THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
 The 6,s. mvssags of President Pierce win befound in our columns to>day. u is 0f moderate length. and as the opening document Of . new Administration will De read wilh interest by .llose who would 'infcsm themselves of the policy to De pursued no new disclosufes are made, nolhing hut what the.coun,ry was vel. iaHme Of before. No mention 10 made of tEe events taking place In the eastern. world. and the probable result on iLe whole continent. The progressive De. mocracy find but little encouragement to their erpansiss principles l; 10 hopes are held ou, of bringing the San6uich Islands even under the protection of the Eagle. Herecommehds the payment of the un> righteous demands Of the owners of the schooner Amisiad upon pur government
 - but is silsnt on the subject of paying l the ofs-acknouledged French Spoliallon claims. The subject of the 6sheries is passed over with lhs hal: promise of a
 farorable result in she negotiations. =
 Serious difficulties exist between the Mex
 ican and our own government. which our minister is sndeavoiing 10 adjast smica- ply. The increasing surplus in the m. lional treasury forns ! prominent point of attention in the message. and of course suggests the necessity of q reduction of the tariff. and large increase in the navy --whicl recommendations. if carried out. will speedily relieve the treasury of it's .overplas. The present land system meets she Presidents approval. and is exten- sion to Utah and New Mexico is ,ecom-
 mended Upon tue subject of apprc, p,ialions for rivers and harbors. internal Improvements and the Pacific Railroad,
 ,he message is vague and unsatisfactory, Mr. Piece t evidently opposed to ths undertaking. but lacks the nerve to glv'
 voice to his opposition with | manly ans q ppen iranEness.
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 FoR0RaY Ann FRAup.--Tho New Lon- don Star of Wednesday, ssys shal A bner T Penrce. the e,ont llailr6nd 6nr bnild- eg in NoTwich, bas failed md nhsenndsd -saHn lh4 Ior1ed papef Co the amount of spo.O0o has ben found in fhs bnnks' of the city some of fwkicl, hs securoa by moltgages before ht leiI. a
 The appeaF6nce of full blown Bloc. mcr is announced as Washington. The exolis < danghler oi fisrsif Smitlas E
 The New York Jonrnal of Commerce 'is strong ly nppostd io tts annexation of lhe SandwiOl Islands. On the ground that we have territory enough alieady. and that they will be so expensive tD eaIii. son nsad dsfend in any war. wilIl one of eiie great naval powers, M sss.s s,-
 Six hundred and eighteen couple were made happy in HYmeh. in the city oF New Yolk duiing the month of Nov.
 Gardner Snow of Troy, has been ap- pointed Attorney General of the Sla,e s.f New York. in the room of Levi 8. Chat. field. resigned.
 A bill has been introduced inlo Con. gress sende,ing the public thanks 10 Capt. Ingraham for his gallant conduct in the Kosxls affair. and granting him . sword. .s ss 4sa.. " s.s4.,
 The Senate has confined Mas6fl as Minister 10 France. SeS mour 10 Russia. and McLane to China.
 The clipper ship Wbitef Cloud. reaclsSt a New York in S7 cnys from San Fran. cisco. Nj NY sss
 The Governor of New Hampshire las appointed Ex Governor Williams 10 sup.4 ply the vacancy tn the U. $. Senate. oc. casioned by .hs deash of Hon. Charles G.. Aiherton .ss X " "
 Henry Ward Bescher is about 10 pub~s fish three volnHes of his Msitings .lhe Star Papers. collection of bis cnntris. bu.ions b the Independent. They will have a fine sale. sss A s
 The ferrymen of Delroit say that 900 fugitive slaves have crossed into CsRads the past year. IL is aIso repo,,ed thag 25o have ofossed at Cleveland ThaiF marksi value must Lays been falI one million of dollars. ~ esessssAi
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Tomperanco Lecturee.

Rev. Mr. Pearl and Mr. Poer. were lis.. tened to by crowded houses at the Court Room last week. Mr, Poer We learn, isI to spend some time in the county. dis cussing the Maine Law. and prspaiing for the Spring campaign. ..:.s
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BrRoIAHrT The store of Mr. Terry. q, Plymouth. was broken open last week, and money u the amountlof $i4o taken lthefefrom. A young man was arrested at Winstcd on suspicion.
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Rrnn nnlI nnnrnnllan.

The Free Sui sIile Convention auesm- bled at HariIord on Wpincsdsg lat and nionsinnled tlse following tirtrf; For Gov srnor. John Hooker. of Hartford Ter Lt. Governor. wm. Alexapdsr, q KiIIingly !; for Secretary Of slass. Dsvid Lyman. cf MiddleiOWn; for Treasurer, Amos Town send. Jr., of New Haven; fos ComptrOl- Ter. Rollin L. Bessher, of WinsIed. Nr. Gillette, their former candidate for Gov- efnor, refused eo bead llle licketlllis year under any circumstances.
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Firc nt Fairaeld.

The "Monot House" one of lhe larges, hoielsin the Stale. was consumed by fire early Tuesday morning. It was built two or three years ago: and of late has been owned by q Joint Stock Company.
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p RAILRoAD AocIDEsr.--A A serious ae-

x RAILRoAD AccIpEEr.--A serious ae- ,sidens occurred about 10 clock Thurs.
 day evening, on the E,is load st Bergen cut New Jersey. The nigh. emigrant train came in collision with the dwy ex>
 press train near the junction Of the Erie and New Js,sey roads. Five passengers iayihe express train were severely iliur> ed. ,Wo probably fatally. One of them is Mts. Davidson of Brooklyn j: another shewife of Dr. Lynan LinIs of zanes-
 vile. Ohio. The CUTS and locomotives
 were badly damaged. The passcngers in ihe ernigrant Train were not injured.
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strange Proceedings.

NSthfshsNSU AbVCEE AAAtbSs \.
 VIe dweIlers in North St. weie equally surprised and annoyed on Sunday last by the sudden conversion of the Academy inlo d Catholic Chmcla. Who is respon> sibls for This insult 10 the known feelings i6f the neigbborhood. ws have no certain ihformation. bat. remembering that an attempt of ,he like kind year since. was rnes by the earnest and indignant remon strances of lhOsa whose ,ights and wishes ought te be respected cannot but wonder at the renewal of this impudent intrusion.
 H is not ot du the question, aoketker the Pdpists have q right to meet tfor 'sOrship. Thsir equai right witA oiher denominations Is freely admitted. Nor do we deny the righ. of desperate poll, ticians who think it cunning way to secure Irish votes. or Of apos,ates from
 the evangelical faith who seek nolo,iety. to build ID, if they choose. the Romish get he,e. But we do deny the right of tconyertingr to such use n building -the founders and owners of which, it is well
 kno Tn, intensely abbor such perye.sien
 oft. We do deny the right of any body
 to force upon 2 neighborhood. against ltheir emphatic expression Of dislike. and hio the great depreciation of their real es- 1tales a Romish meeting, Why do not persons who are smilten with such zeal for tie Papists, furnish :hem convenien- lcesi in their own more central buildings Eorselecl. \ place of worship on their owr
 l-ads Is there no redress against hi.
 arbi.rary contempt of the general senti.
 nnent and of others rights z 4j l ESouIRER.
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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-09-14
TWemty-three Years i'm the Water.

In the year 1880, man named Mr. McClay
ter quarries Marble Hall, about five miles below
the borough. He was, at the time of the acci-
dent, about so years of age. 1t was supposed
that, during the night he had missed his way, and
fallen in one of the quarries that had not been
worked for some time previous, which contained
water to the depth of seventy feet Repeated at
tempts were made to recover the body, and whole
days together were spent in graphing for him,
but all without success, until the effort finally
abandoned. 1t was thought that he might have
foated under ledge that jutted out, and SO mat
ters remained until quite recently This quarry
being about to be used again, some weeks since
an effort made to pump the water out, in
which they finally succeeded last week, and to-
wards the close of the week the skeleton of this
man was found The water is very cold all the
wear round, and it was thought petrifaction had
taken place, but such not the Howev-
er, about nine years after the accident, large
quantity of stone fell in, and that may have struck
and mangled him. He was found to be com
pIete skeleton, nothing but his bones left. The
shoes were as perfect as they were twenty-three
years ago, the strings bye which they were tied
were as readily undone as though it had just hap
pened; the buttons of his vest were laid as regu-
larly where they had rotted off though they had
arose. as if decomposition had just commenced
The remains were handed over to his friends for
Observation-Disclosures Herald. .E
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-09-14

GREAT SILVER MINES D1scovERED IN New
MExIco.-A letter from New Mexico, in the ST.
Louis Republican, states that some time since q
very rich mine of silver was discovered in the
Sierras of Los Arganos, by a party of vagabond
Mexicans. Mr.. Stevenson, an experienced miner
and very wealthy man, from Ell Paso county,
Immediately purchase from the discoveries this
mine, and having had it thoroughly tested at the
mint, in Chihuahua, has commenced working it
on an extensive scale. Another mine has also
been discovered by an old miner. who sold cut to
Mr.. Hendree Csince killed at Ell Pas0I 1nu wv
Mexican capitalists The writer adds: -.sas
AS to the value of this discovery, no estimate
can be placed upon it. Many old miners have
visited the mine, and with one assent have pro-
nounced it unequalled in Mexico, or in the world.
The vein commences near the foot Of the ims
mense Sierra of Los Organo, on the side of a Can
on, called "La Cueva," and runs direct into the
thickest part of the mountains, thus giving pos
tive assurance that there be no exhaustion Of
metal, for from the summit to the bottom of the
mountain extends one solid mass of lead and sil-
yer. The principal vein is over four acres In
width, while great number, of less width, branch
out right and left To give You some idea OF the
wealth of this metal, eight pounds of ore from the
surface yielded one dollar and over of silver in
little cuidrada or ash-furnace, where more than
third of the silver was lost; every vara Of
depth that is dug displays metal richer and richer
The work will be carried on by the present own
ers, on an immense scale, as it is evident they
will not sell, having already been offered large
sums of money for the mine.
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phere where scarcely they can draw breath for

phere where scarcely they can draw breath for
utterance.
The stoical negroes, too, who are hired at five
dollars per hour to assist the work of inter-
ment, stagger under the sitting fumes, and can
only be kept at their work by deep and continued
potations of the ''fre water" They gulp deep
draughts of the stimulating fluid, and reeling to
their tasks hold their noses with one hand, while
with the other they grasp the spade heave on the
mould, and rush back to the bottle to gulp again.
1t is jolly time with these ebon laborers, and
with their white co-workers, as thoughtless and
and as jolly, and full as much intoxicated as them
selves.
And thus what with the songs and obscene
Jests OF the grave-dggers, the buzzing of the flies,
the slng-song cries of the huckster-women, vend-
ing their confections the hosrse oaths of the men
who drive the dead-earts, the merry whistle of
the boys, and the sitting reck from scores of
blackened corpses, the day wears apace, the work
of sepulture is done, and night draws the curtain
-Nea0 Orleans Crescent
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-09-14

comes the shallop, and onward rushes the maid
ems boat. Nearer, still nearer! Her eve catches
glimpse of immortal beauty, for the resplendent
being, who surely seeks her, is of another sphere
Nearer, still nearer! See his radiant smile! see
the love that burns in his azure eye!-the shadowy
hand that beckons her away! Diviner grow those
heavenly harmonies! The wind is laid! the wa
tiers are hushed! The silver shallow touches the
boat, and thousand stars smile through the far
ether, while triumphant music floats from their
golden spheres! 4
ssMine! mine! forever mine!" falls on the mai
den's tranced ear, and clasped in the arms of her
immortal lover down, down, thro' the shadowy
waters glides their silver shallop. With ring
ing sound it strikes on the gemmed floor of the
sea. started A gust of wind had detached one
of the glittering prisms from the chandelier, and
it lay broken in fragments on the floor, its rain
bows all scattered, as were my faneies.
awe such stuff
sS5* As dreams are made off,
Fancy seizes the realities of our existence, and
arrays them in tissues of iris or of storm, and we
I'VE call them dreams! 1873 sz
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-09-14
Singular Escape.

James Dunn, young man, but twenty years
DID, made his escape on the 18th ult, in the follow
ing singular manner, from Sing Sing Prison, to
which place he had been sentenced for life. He
worked in the weaver-shop, and managed to pro-
cure strips of India Rubber Cloth, with which ne
made tube, some six feet long, and water tight.
To one end of this he attached bag OF the same
material, shaped like duck. During the fore
noon Of Friday, he left his shop and managed TO
elude all the vigilant keepers until he reached
the river, where he threw off and secreted all his
clothing, and with his India Rubber ife-preserVer
plunged into the water. Sinking to the bottom,
he kept one end of the tube in his mouth, while
the bag f1oated upon the surface, through which
the air passed to supply respiration. In this man
ner he went some distance from the shore, and
drifting with the tide, he passed the guards and
keepers, and all the men employed along the
D rison docks, the railroad, Rcbison's Dock, Far
mer's dock, at the lower landing of the village
Mansion House dock, and up to Collyer's DOCK
distance of half amile. At this point, some OF
his pipe gave way, and he arose to the surface
and swan ashore. After running great hazards
of discovery, he succeeded finally in making his
escape.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-09-14

SENATOR DoUGLAs IN CoNsTANTTEoPLE--Hon
Stephen A. Douglas, United States Senator, from
Illinois, was in Constantinople about the lst OF
August, and was to have bad an audience with
the Sultan, but was unable to defer his departure
for Russia until the day set apart by the Sultan
to receive him. letter from Constantinople
in the New York Post, however, says: ~
"Senator Douglas, during his visit to this place.
had an interview with Reschid Pacha, the present
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and late Grand Vzier.
Reschid Pacha is now at the head OF the Sultan's
ministry, and directs the present rather ddleult
foreign affairs of the empire. The Senator
young America) expressed himself as much
pratifed with the interview and formed high es-
innate of the character and attributes OF the Pa
cha. He assured Reschid Pacha that American.
svmpathies were all warmly in favor OF Turkey,
in her present differences with Russia, and that
the people of his country regard her cause as q
most lust one. In reply, the Minister expressed
his thanks to Senator Douglas. The agent of the
Porte. who visited the United States some years
AGO, said that the Sultan and his government were
much gratiied by the manner in which ne had
been received there"-Unio1.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-09-14

A writer in the Scientific American proposes to
build the great Pacific railroad, not on the ground.
but about eight feet above it. He would have
the whole distant piled, and on these piles he
would place the roadway. The idea is.a novel
one and if railroad could be built equally strong
on this plan as any other, we do not see what
is to prevent the pile driver from triumphng over
the barrow and pick-axe, grant that there be no
objection to the strength and longevity of such a
road and it possesses advantages that place it far
In advance of any other mode of construction. In
the first place, it would be free from dust; sec.
ondly, it would never become obstructed bv snow.
drifts; thirdly, it would be somewhat sprinpyi in
Its nature, and thus sllow locomotives to make
better time with less wear and tear than they ex
perience on roads made perfectly solid. That
road Juiid on piles can be rendered practicable, is
shown by our Hudson river Railroad people
Between Albany and New York there are some
twenty miles over which the rails are laid on
piles. Just below Hudson there is one single
stretch ofupwards of four miles. This portion of
the road wears as we'll any other; while the
entire freedom from dust makes it one of the most
pleasant pieces of the whole route. -f5a
The protector ofthe pile road proposes also, an
'"0i iAAPiO'0l0A1' AnSIeou Vi Pldciug cars
above the rails, he intends to Let them hang be-
tween them. BY means of properly-shaped axle
this is very easily done, and whenit is done one
hundred miles an hour can be made without any
fear whatever that the will fly from the track
or bring up in gravel pit. A road built upon
piles, the Scientific American says, can be con.
structed for $4,000 per mile. If this be so,it
would make the whole cost of the New York and
San Francisco railroad less than thirty millionsof
dollars, which is some seventy millions of dollars
less than road be built for on any other
known plan. road resting on piles woaldha
very little grading to do. Where the land declin.
ed, the level could be preserved by driving piles
a smaller distance into the earth: where the lane
ascended, the level could be preserved by driving
the piles into the soil an increased distance.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-09-14

DECIDEDLY FRENcHY-The Paris correspond
ent of the New York Times,uhder date Of fAugust
1, relates the following curious fact:
"The feat ofjumping from balloon, the jump
er sustained by an India rubber rope, was duly
performed on Thursday. 1t was the most stu
pendous exhibition of daring and address that the
Parisians have yet been permitted to witness
From one side of the car of the balloon hung the
India rubber cord descending $50 feet, and then
returning and being fastened to the other side of
the car. 1t thus formed strong loop. The
aehletic was dressed as Mercury; his body, from
the neck to the small of the back, was enclosed
in frame work that enabled him to endure the
suspension without wrenching dslocation.--
The rope passed through an eyelet in the middle
of the back, placed so that he was placed in per-
feet equilibrium. When the balloon had reached
an altitude double that of the supposed elasticity of
the cord, the voltiguer, appeared on the edge OF
the car, looked over, shut his eyes, and dove into
the space. The eyelet slipped along the rope, so
that the first $50 feet positive fall through
the air, without any resistance or break. The
rest of the way was an elongation of the rope
1t stretched four times its length, making in all
descent of 600 feet and then ascended again.
There was no further rebound, and no oscillation;
the voItguer lay calmly Graded in mid air, and
probably spent the leisure he was permitted to
enjoy in recovering his breath and contemplating
the prospect. The eronaut above now commenc-
ed at the windlass, and gradually wound his dang
ling friend up again. In four minutes, he climb
ed over the side of the car, having made the fast
est time that any human being has ever achved,
except such as have been shot from cannon, as
Baron Munchausen said he was, l think. Six
hundred feet in two seconds is at the rate of three
miles and half minute. We are waiting now
O know what will be done next.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-09-14

OE1lFA st. Louis lady, who not long since mar
ried Mormon and emigrated to the Salt Lake
City, writes that the Mormon city is "frst rate
place for new settlement and Notwithstanding
sickness in the family and the loss of cows, she is
comfortable and contented. About Brigham
Young having many wives, she says "the num-
Der twenty five is right, and can tell you he is
about the best man living. No man is allowed
to have more than one except he can we'll look
after them. Everything here, in Salt Lake, is
pure and holy. Thomas has no thought of hav-
ing any more wives! Every man can do as he
likes about it,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-09-14

A MAN SHOT By SNAKE. - A letter in the
Philadelphia Ledger states that, few days ago
man named Louman, storekeeper in Siddonsburgh,
York Co., was out cunning, when he discovered a
snake, and in order quickly to secure it from run
ming away, he placed the but of his rifle, loaded
with ball at the time, upon the body of the snake
with his hand directly across the muzzle. The
snake in it's writings to free ITSELF coied around
the gun stock, and with ofits coils struck the
hammer, which was down upon the cap at the time,
hard enough to discharge the gun, the contents of
which entered the hand near the wrist, and, in a
diagonal direction, came out between the junction
of the little finger and the one next it. Happi-
ly no bones were broken. - -.