Litchfield enquirer., 1858-08-19

ASTONISHING ESCAPE The Binghan,ton (N. Y.) Re. publican states that little son of Mr. Crary, aged seven years fell into we'll in that village few days since, while endeavoring to raise bucket of water. The distance to the water was thirty five feet. sewing society had convened at a house near by, and the boys companion, about the same age ran and gave the alarm. The women ran out and found the bucket down and out of sight, and the water in commotion. The well was narrow and the rope very small, and there appeared way but for some one to go down soon as possible. But the little fellow soon came to the surface of the water and grasped the bucket to which he clung with his fingers until hauled to the top of the well. The Republican says, .sThs bucket being nearly hori- 1ontal and quite slippery, how he held himself so long with grasp of only about one-half the length of the little fingers on the edge of the bucket is truly wonderful. There were some thirty ladies present at the sewing society, and about dozen t- tie children, and until Mr. Wood lifted the little hero out it was uncertain who he was His moth- CT stood by the well trembling with anxiety as he was lifted from his perilous situation, and did not know until she heard his voice, saying, T shall fall, that it was her only son. Her heart gushed out with sobs and tears of joy and thankfulness.- It was such time of gladness and thanksgiving as will not soon be forgotten by those present. Strange to relate the little boy but slightly injured and probably suffers no serious harm from his fall.' We learn from gentleman who passed through
 
 Post, that terrific tornado occurred at that place. at about P. M. The bridge over the Shctucket about 15O feet long, destroyed, and parts of it were seen floating in the river. Ire bridge was built about year ago at cost of S2 200 and crossed the Shetucket about a mile below the village of Willimantic. The crops in the line of the storm appear to be entirely destroyed Trees were up- rOOted fences prOstrated, and scene of desolation presented that deies description. The storm lasted only about fifteen minutes, and was accompanied by rain in perfect deluge. The amount of damage done was incalculable but cannot at present be as certained.
 There are nine revolutionary pensioners yet living in this State, viz. David Bostwick and William Will Hams, of New Milford Benjamin Cobb and Jacob Hurd, of Chatham :; Joel Spencer, of East Haddam i; Cornelius Chittenden, of Wcstbrook John Brooks. of Bridgeport Nehemiah W. Lyon, of Easton i; Rey- holds Johnson, of E sst Lyme There gre none liv- ing in either of the counties of Hartford, New Ha- ven. Holland or Windham.
 The story that John A. Washington (proprietor of Mount vernon) designs to remove the remains of General Washington from their resting place on the premises proves to be a fabrication.
 We learn from the Hartford Times that the man who passed counterfeit 5's the National Bank of Providence, in Winsted, Burrville, Wolcottville, Cornwall Hollow, and other places in this county, has been found to be one William Parsons of Cha pinville He was there one day last week, coming from barn near his house, which is on a woody hill called Mount Riga and one of the neigh bors undertook to arrest him. but the women in Parsons house set upon the neighbor with broom sticks and clubs and drove him off-and Parsons ran for the woods. He was still hiding in the woods, up to Sunday, though number of people were hunt ing for him. Parsons formerly lived in Norfolk.
 The sporting men of New Milford are making ar- engagements for laying out trotting course in that place. Sorry to hear 1t.
 A son of Mir. s. B. Stone of New Milford, while playing with hand-car with several other boys at that place, few days since, was thrown out on the track, the car passing over him, in turing him seri Ously.
 The Press says violent storm of wind, rain and hail passed over Hartford on Saturday afternoon, and though it lasted but for few minutes great damage was done to the corn and tobacco crops in that city, East and West Hartford. The tobacco upon Col. Colts meadows suffered damage estima- ted at 5000.
 ANOTHER CABLE WANTED. D.-The New York Evening Post syS that the next necessity of the age is the laying of another cable between this country and Eufopc, to terminate in New York. It says the preseat cable can never do half the business that will offer, and the controlling influence of the company is in English hands, it thinks it eminently proper that the gentlemen who, by their persistent energy and sagacity in establishing electrical com munication between this and the old world, have GOV red them selves with impershable honor should complete their task by laying second cable as soon possible from New York
 The Journal of Commerce states that the company
 
 tablishing telegraphic communication between the island of Cuba and the American continent have completed their preliminary arrangements, and are resolved to commence the work immediately. A mong the managers of the company are some of the wealthiesl and most enterprizing citizens of New York and Havana.
 On Saturday afternoon, the 6th MT. Willis Upson, foreman of Brown Brothers establishment in Water- bury which recently destroyed by fire, commit ted suicide by hanging. He was a stockholder in k1r s.l,,.1 which he suffered thereby the probable cause of the act. He leaves wife and three children.
 TIE RECEPTION OF SECRETARY ToUoEY.-Colt's Ar mory Guard, Colts Armory Band, and Colts private carriage, together with some hundreds of men and boys, headed by the party runners, met the Hon. Isaac Toucey at the depct last evening and escorted him to the residence of George Beach, Jr., where William w. Eaton, Esq, informed him that he was the representative man of New England and partic- ulary celebrated as the man whose glorious honor 1t to give the order that united the parent and child. Mr. Toucey replied with becoming modesty, that he did not take the honor of this reception to himself, but rather gave it to that great and good man who had settled all the difficulties in Utah, brought peace to Kansas, stopped the restless Brton from overhauling American vessels, and tied the two continents together with telegraphic cable.- Roman candles were then fixed on Mir. Beach's fence and the crowd withdrew.-Courant
 A SPLENDID PREsENT.-In making full set of his military arms for the Russian government, Col Colt also ordered an additional set of his arms elegantly ornamented, present to tho Russian Court. They firmly fastened in three large cases each tainng samples of all the arms made by Col. Colt. The first case which is of rosewood. lined with silk velvet, is for the Emperor. It contains two large cabre rifles (58 and Al holster pistol breech at tachment belt pistol and pocket pistol These arms are highly finished, elegantly engraved, and gold mounted All the appendages go with them. In the second and third cases, (of polished black walnut, and walnut lincd,) are specimens of the same arms silver mounted-intended for the Crown Princes the Grand Dukes Constantine, Michael and Nicholas.
 These presents are, we presume, intended as an acknowledgment of the courteses shown by the Rus sian Court to Col Colt and MT. Jarvis during their visit to Russia at the Emperor's Coronation, when, members of the legation and friends of Gov Sey- mour, they were presented each with silver medal "a likeness of the emperor.
 A plain walnut case accompanies these presents