Litchfield enquirer., 1858-04-01

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 A heavy westernly wind commenced blowing at Rochester, N. r., Wednesday evening, and con- tnued all night, causing great loss of property in that city and vicinity by unroofng houses Blowing down steeples. &c. All the telegraph lines running West and South were down. The flood in Genesec River was doing consider able damage
 GsT The steamer Moses Taylor, which arrived yes ter,lay from Aspinwill brings the California mails of March 5. and S1 403 9I9 in gold The. passage from San Francisco is the quickest record, hav- ing been male in 20 days and If hours. The news is not of general importance Bates. the late Treas ,lrer f the State has heen acquitted his trial for the charge of embezzling the public funds The U. 5: s"op'ot-war St. Mary has arrived at San Fran cisco from Honolulu. terrible tragedy took place at Gr.ss Valley on Sunday, Feb. 2lst in which the family of Michael Brennan consisting of his wife ait three children. Were poisoned by him with Prus SIC acl'i' after which he committed suicide in the same manner MT. Brennan was the Agent of the Mount Hope Mining Company, and had formerly been photographic reporter for the press in this city Pecuniary embarrassment is said to have been the cause Of this dreadful deed.-N. r. Tribune.
 TIE BRoSTE FAMILY It is now said that Patrick Bronte, the father of Charlotte. Em;lv and Anne, in early life. was himself an author. Two volumes ct poems from his pen were pub- iished m lsii and 1913 His name may be found in CoIburn's Dictionary of Authors, lsI6.
 A NEw TERRITORY. resolution was recent ly introduced into the Wisconsin Legislature. proposing to reds back 10 the General Govern. ment, all that part of the State lying north of the third correction fine, provided Michigan will cede back that part of her State nortI, and West of Lake Michigan, for the purpose of forming new Territory.
 A Funchal correspondent of the London Times says that il is not open question wheth- CT any more Madeira wine will ever be produced n haa han I1 ~s-
 new only some 7.0t:O or 5000 pipes upon the en- tire island. All recent attempts to manufacture this wine have utterly failed, and pumpkin vines now adorn the old grape arbors, once covered with abundant clusters of rich grapes.
 Per contra, We have the best authority for say ing that instead of or 900, there are not more than 5000 pipes upon the island.
 -The Official Journal of the Two Sicilies of the 18th u't, publishes complete list of all the victims of the memorable earthquake of Decem- her Is, 1857. The total number of dead amount ed to 9,35O, and the wounded to 1859. It appears throughout the list that. contrary to what is the case in battles and other circumstances in which human life is at stake, the number of dead has greatly exceeded that of the persons more or less seriously injured. Thus. at Mrntemurro, place of 1000 inhabitants, 5000 were crushed to death by the falling houses, aud 800 severely injured.
 A SAD HONEYMOON. A1baugh was recently tried, convicted and sentenced in Cleveland. Ohio for robbing the mail. The Columbus Gazette says
 "Charles Albaugh is only 20 years of ago. and the events of the past few months will fill an i'm portant chapter in his lfe's history. On Christmas day he elopcd with his landl 'rd's daughter Miss German in her 16th year welt to Alexandria, Penn, and was married. An effort made to keep the affair secret, but it discovered by the girls parents who highly nccnsed at thei. daughters impru- dence.
 Un the 18th of January, Mir. Prentiss, the U S. Mail Agent arrested Albaugh upon charge of rob ping the mail He was taken to Cleveland tried, convicted and sentenced before the United States Court, and upen reaching Darlington, on his way to the Penteniary, the young wife came aboald the cars to bid farewell to her convicted husband. Tae meeting was painful and affecting one. Shetheg- ged him to keep up his spirits to make affirm resolve to do his whole duty while in prison. Shef'Vowed to stick to him. though all the rest of the wofld should forsake him for, said she, "Charley, we are both young; we have years of happiness in store fer us other land where the offence will ps5t be known where we can live happily together aga earn an non est livelhood.' <F
 The poor girl nerved herself to the task and as she wiped tho tears away from the chegSs of her young husband, she never whimpered.
 Tho e.r was full of passengers &ho witnessed the scene with fearful emotions. The conductor who. at the request of the officers had 5indly delayed few moments, to give the young couple an opportu- nifty of meeting each other, at last notified them that he could delay no longer, and the whistle gave mo- ticc that the cars were about starting. Keep up your courage like man, Charley" said the fair he- rone, as she kissed his cheek. She turned to leave him. but overpowcred by her feelings she fell flint ing into the arms of the bystanders, who carried her gently into the station house. and the rolled over the rails with increasing speed, to make up for the detention.