Litchfield Enquirer (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-Current
January 29, 1829

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LITCHFIELD ENQUIRER. —i————MM———————MM*^**1^ VOL. III. mKmmmmmiimMmmmaamaMmmmm LITCHFIELD, (CONN.) THURSDAY. JANUARY 29, 1829. No. 33.—Whole No. 137. TlittfcftclU Cnatifrrr: PUBLISH.'.!) r.YFRY THt'ttSDAlT KORN I NO, BY HENRY ADAMS. I’t.rt'i>. to village amt single Mail Subscribers j «e> ear, i»u able before llie expiration of six per vein*, payable arf above. vv;M bvdetiuu miles from any house, and became a l»M«etl, a> his strength was failing. At this cMiinil moment. Natty plunged into the t n unite oppoite side of the tree, swam 1 on ml it to where Joseph was,stopped qui !“il\ until lie mounted him, and then swam l«i the shore with Joseph on his back 1 his story, incredible as it may seem, you will believe to be true. What a noble an ninf! and how much more must you now prize him.—Broome Hep. Breach of marriage promise.—A short time ago,a case was reported by the Cincin nati Chronicle, which shows that a breach of the marriage promise is held in detesta tion among Indians. A young Indian fail ed in his attentions to a young and beauti ful squaw. She made complaint to an old chief, who appointed a hearing or trial.— The lady laid the case before the judge, and explained the nature of the promise made to her. It consisted of sundry visits to her father’s wigwam, ‘many little unde finable attentions,’ and presents of a bunch of colored feathers, and of several yards of red flannel. This was the charge. In defence, the faithless swain denied ‘the (indefinable attentions’ in toto. He had visited her father’s wigwam for the purpose o' passing away time,when it was not con venient to hunt; and had given feathers 6c, flannels from friendly motives, and nothing further, i)uring the latter part of the de fence, the young squaw fainted. The plea was considered invalid, and the offender sentenced to repair the wrong, by giving the lady ‘another piece of flannel,a broach that *was then dangling from his nose, and a dozen coon skins.’ Tiio sentence was no sooner Concluded, than the squaw sprung upon her feet, and clapping her hands,cried out for joy, ‘Now me ready to bo courted again.’ Purity of Elections.—I was reading the Governor’s (Van Buren’s) message to my Uncle Toby, and when I had got through that part where he speaks of the evil effects of employing money at our elections, the old gentleman -smiled and related the fol lowing anecdote It puts me in mind,” said lie, of a young clergyman I once know, many years since, who preached an eloquent sermon, in the course of which ho took occasion to remark on the propri ety of spending the evenings of the Sab bath in social visits—a custom, he said,ve ry common among young men. You re member the sermon, Trim?” ‘‘Oh yes, y-our honor, perfectly well,’ said the cor pornl, and tho clergyman too ho was tf sedate looking man, and wore spectacles.” Well,as I was saying, (continued my un cle) lie had been preaching against the evil of going to see the girls on Sunday evening —when after service, he took me by the arm—come, says he, let us go to the dea con’s and spend the evening with his daugh ters.’ ‘How, cried I, with much surprise,is it possible you can make such a proposal to me, after the sermon you have just con cluded ‘Pshaw says he, I only made those remarks in order that we might have the better chance ourselves.” When my Uncle Toby had concluded, Corporal Triin and I indulged in a hearty laugh. Nat. Adv_ Franklin particularly endavored to con vince young persons, thar no qualities are so likely to make a poor man’s fortune, as frugality and integrity. I was never dis couraged, says he, by the seeming magni tude of my undertaking!, as I have always thought, that one man of*tolerable abilities may accomplish great affairs among man kind, if he forms a good plan, and cutting ofi'nll amusements and employments, that would divert his attention, makes the exe cution of that plan his whole study and bu siness. solution.—r or a soicner 10 meet mo enemy in battle, where leaden deaths are whizzing on every side, must require no faint resolution for a lover to pop tbo question of questions to his deary, when his heart goes pit-a-pat, and his tongue threatens to prove recreant to its office,re quires no every day effort of resolution for a toper to quit the beloved bottle, and 1 endeavor to stem the strong tide of hank erings, requires a mighty resolution-and many a mail having proved victorious for a moment, goes back again to treat resolu tion hut of all the situations in life, re quiring a determined, heroic, and prod g ious.effort of resolution, that of getting out of a warm bed,in a keen cold morning,caps i (he climax—wo mean, one of those cold mornings, when tb« windows are crusted over with frost,when your breath congeals on the sheets, when your fingers freeze to the door la«cli,aiid the very air itself seems stiffened witlt cold.—Berkshire Anier. Tbo Rochester Telegraph says, it is, perhaps, worthy of remark, that in a vil }fngo whore so many persons ate engaged inbusincss on so large a scale, and the an imal purchases aieof so great an amount, not a simile failure of any product mer chant, large grocery dealer, manufacturer, or tradesman, nor indeed ol any ctoss ot business men of any note, has occurred in Rochester for more than two years. It is stated that 600 of the Portugueflft merchants are in jail in Madeira.

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FROM El'ROfE. »wr*»V* Am**** I_, After a long interv al,we wrr^ 'r"rt_' afternoon overrun with foreign l!*P*' l.„. ,lK.y Ng:-mllv ^rrj';rr,.^^r7; !fjlT£i»S> ”",rh as !'p were. No tan. movement has been made bv the ^nce the fall ul V ar na_,|,rv appear now to be ...tent upon the reduction of Silistria—and then Will, as from the general complexion ol accounts, appears to us clear,sit quietly down before Choumla and await a more favorable sea son for military operations. Meanwhile, the diplomacy of Europe will beat work to bring about a peace. The Emperor had gone to St. Pctorsburgb—where,with in a short period alter his arrival from the conquest of Varna, his ambitious mother, the Empress Dowager died. The French military and marine forces had obtained entire possession of the Mo rea, having been obliged to bombard for a few hours, the castle of the Morca, on the straits ofLepanto,garrisoned by I in ks who surrendered as soon as a breach was effected. The British frigates Talbot and La Blonde, aided the French attack, by landing sailors, marines, and cannon, and throughout acted under the orders of Ad miral De Rigny. This certainly looks like harmony in the views of the two govern ments, as to the proceedings of the French in Greece. The French tro-ps in the Mo rea appear to have suffered severely from sickness. Don Miguel, ot Portugal, driving ms sister, was overturned,and broke his thigh. The accident was occasioned, the loyal Portuguese say, by the vivais with which the Don was received during his drive whereat his mules were alarmed,ran away, and overturned him Others more sarcas tically allege,that he was applying the whip unmercifully to his beasts, and that they, t,;jre spirited than his subjects, rebelled overthrew !tim. He was said to be in a pre carious state, for as late as Nov. 22d—12 days after the accident, the bone had not been set. Sir Walter Scott has been elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow. On the 25th of November, the King of England held a Court at Windsor Castle, when Mr. Barbour delivered his creden tials as minister from the United States,& was graciously received. Mr. Baron Vaughan was presented to the King on his being appointed one of the Barons of the Exchequer, and had the honor of knight hood conferred upon him. London, 23d Nov.—The Chancellor of the Excliequer has had several inter views with the Director of the Bank of England, the object of which is said to be to propose the emission of an additional a mount of exchequer bills, followed by a new sinking fund, to increase the resources of the ministry. From the 1st of September to the 5th of November, the number of cases of yellow fever which occurred in the military de partment of Gibraltar, amounted to 1800; the deaths to 407. Greece.—A letter from Dr. Howe,da ted Malta, Nov. 4, states, it was reported that Gen. Jaavis is dead. The reported death of Capt. F. A. Hastings is confirm ed. The letter says, Capo d’lstria, it seems, is getting along wonderfully well with the internal administration (lie peo ple are returning to their occupations the peasant to his vineyard piracy has ceased entirely, and the country is quite tranquil. P. S. I do not give entire confidence to the report of Jarvis’ death. Cochrane has returned, and is now at Angina with another armed steam-vessel— but it is said, demands five thousand dol lars, ere he will hoist the Greek flag upon her. Contostavlos is here he has the man agement of the financial department,under Capo d’lstria and has just obtained $30, 000 on a loan. Greece is looking up. I hope to And things in such a slate on arri val there, that 1 shall be able to send you a good report of the land. From the London Courier* Some of the Ambassadors who were at Odessa will proceed to Petersburgli; oth ers are returning to their respective Courts. The activity of military movements may, during the winter,be succeeded by the ac tivity of diplomatic operation—at least let us hope so. Nor are we singular in cn tortaining it—the Press of every country unite with us—for every man feels convin ced, if the two belligerents refuse to listen overtures for peace, and determine to prosecute the contest, that the flames of war. W‘U ,,ot Jong be confined to Hussia an to Turkey. Some foreign writers obstinacy uf ,be Wlielher lie vmT'v" ”C'‘ an may have been reasons which we are unacquainted n GS WV 1 war has been entered i...o/illw ,U‘ it, there were no symptoms •*',olfc and intemperance in his conduct” S*,,,‘,c?r and violent man might !i ive deem(.u 11 cause of war had been given, u hen his til, at Navarino was destroyed. But he show ed no marks of intemperance; he adopted no hasty policy neither did ho have re course to any rash measures from the first announcement, to the carrying into execu tions, of the expedition to the Morea_ And, therefore, ,ve disbelieve the Au«s burg.1 6-*ette altogether when it asserts that lie is very mt^b incensed against f mute npj Ins ordered .hiny «W„and Turks and Albanians to be arm to lb* More*.*' We cannot satisfactorily ex plain the apalliv of the Sultan with respect to the Morea, for sr may inter, from shat he lias ciwrtitl this campaifU npainsl Rus sia, mid from tin* large armies he has hi might into the field, that, long before be cutcied into war with Russia, lie might have sent a force that would have crushed the Greek insurrection. It ma\ he, that as so tnanv Greeks are scanned through his dominions, some of them holding pla ces of trust, lie despaired of making the contest againsi the insurgents popular or i national. The war with Russia ptesenteci j a very different character. She was the invader—and every feeling of attachment to country and to home, to existing insti tutions, to the graves ofour forefathers,and to the altars of our religion, unites a peo ple in one firm and indissoluble bond a guiust any Power that sets a hostile foot in their land, with hostile intentions a gainsi its independence ar.d existence. The Sultan, from the commencement of his reign, seems to have been anxious to as similate his in amnions and his policy to l the other European nations. Every ac count from Constantinople shows that the Russian prisoners are treated with gene rosity. With respect to the Morea, we can not believe that lie was hostile to the ar rangement made by Ibraham Pacha tor j the evacuation of that teritory and wc have heard that much difficulty would have been removed, bad the extent of the ter ritories to be included in the State of New j Greece been specifially declared in the first instance. i _ [From tho Boston Commercial Gazette.] By the politenessof a gentleman who has been for a long time trading in theBospho rus, who was in the vessel that entered the port of Constantinople a short time since with the American flag displayed, for the first time, as it was then thought, we have been favored with some interesting details relative to the affairs of the East. He states that the Turks in Varna, and the Russians who were beseiging it, were both at the time when it was taken, almost des titute of ammunition that the arrival of the Grand V izier who was expected from j Sliumla with a reinforcement, might have changed the face of things, and that the ex plosion of the mine which filially reduced Varna to ruins and put the Russians in possession of it, destroyed great numbers of the victors who had too hastily entered the fortress in triumph, as well as of the Turks, who were compelled by treachery to surrender. The Grand V izier in con sequence of his disgraceful conduct has heed exiled, and the Capitan Pacha ap pointed Grand Vizier in his place, while the Pacha of Pera and Galatia has been promoted to the office of Capitan Pacha in the room of the last. The new Grand Vizier is Mahomet Pacha who comman ded the naval forces after the battle of Navarino. Our informant states, that Ma homet Ali is about 32 years of age, well formed, active, and of an enquir^ig dispo sition, zealous in the different modes of I moi'lii i r lure had mat ters of grave importance. under discussion in l onfrm. The propositions of Mr. Miner, relative to slavery in the IhVrict of Columbia did not create as much excitement and de bate as was to lie ex|*ected from tile nature and per uliar character of the subject. Mr. Weetns, to lie sure, quoted scripture, to show that slavery was consistent with the law nfiCod: —and the statute bnoks.to shew that the infe riority of the African race is recognised in all the free states of the Union. The preamble to the resolutions was vrry strong. The facts which it sets forth relative to the condition of slaves in tin* District, are not all of them ca pable of being proved—and other things in it are questionable. Hut at the same time there was much truth in Ilk statements; more than the citizens of Washington would he willing to acknowledge, and more than the paper it- self found credit in Congress. The preamble was rejected by a very large majority. The resolutions themselves do not amount to any thing. The second one refers it to the Com mittee of the District of Columbia to report a hill for the gradual abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia without interferi lg with private property. The reservation of private rights renders this scheme impracticable. The only manner in which slavery can he a liolishcd here or elsewhere is by removal or manumission. The Oregon River.—The occupation of the Oregon has.for many years, been a prominent topic of discussion i.i Congress. The meas ure lias been recoinmended to Congress, by Presidents Monroe aid Adams, and has been approved and urged hy some of our wisest state linen. The temper of the people, too,is favorable to the measure. After a debate of several days, which was not, as I conceive, characterized by much eloquence or ability. Congress has rejected the hill. The action of Congress in this case, is not, I am justified in saying, in accordance with the wishes of the people. Tlienrguments urged against the measure are various a bad climate—courtesy due to foreign nations—danger of weakening the Union by extending its bounds; and the inconvenience and expense of colonial estab lishments. The two first objections are met by downright denial. it may lie, however, that another Congress more attentive and compliant to the wishes of the people will take a different view,and take proper measures on this subject. It is now very certain that the Anti-Tariff gentlemen do not intend to do any thing,this session, towards the modification of the law so obnoxious to them. A7. Y. Spec. Washington, Jan. 15, 1829. You have seen it stated in some of the pa per-of the city, that universal gloom was thrown over the metropolis hy the intelli gence of Mrs. Jackson’s death. The news was unexpected and truly melancholy; but I have been rather surprised at the slight im pression it appears to have made even on those whose sympathies, it might be suppos ed, would have been most deeply excited hy the event. The splendid parties of Mrs. Sec retary Clay, and of the Russian Minister, Ba ron Kruduer, which were about taking place when the rumor which had before reached the city was authenticated, were, as fully and brilliantly attended as any that have preced ed them during the season and the warmest friends of the President elect,appeared to en ter into the gaiety of the scenes with as much zest as any others. And from some hints that have been dropped concerning the nnniversa sy dinner of the 8th, I should infer that there had been no want of hilarity and spirits upon that occasion. Whatever may have been the failure in manifestations of proper respect among the avowed friends of General Jackson upon this point, the event has not escaped the notice of Mr. and Mrs. Adams, nor failed to call from them a tribute of regard- It was intended that dancing should form a part of the entertain ments at all the drawing rooms this season, but Mrs. Adams has already given out that in [consequence of Mrs. Jackson’s death, there I will he no dancing at the approaching levee. A mark of respect vhicli speaks equally a great delicacy of feeling and high sense of pro priety in tile station she occupies.—lb. Washington, Jan. 18. The Supreme Court had not, yesterday morning, formed a quorum. By law, the 4‘ini would be lost, if, within ten days after the time appointed for the meeting, a quorum were not formed. I nn happy to inform you that Mr. Justice Duval arrived in this eity this evening. Of course they make a court‘upon Monday. Messrs. Marshall, Washington.and Story, had been here several days. Mr. Jus tice Johnson has not been beard from yet,but it is conjectured lie is on his way to the city. The nomination of Mr. Crittenden as Circuit Judge in place of Justice Trimble, deceased, is still before tile standing committee of the Senate. The nomination is not acceptable to the Jackson party, and an attempt will be made to postpone a decision upon it, and all other unpalatable nominations until after the fourth of March next. The standing com mittee has not yet reported on the nomina tions of Hopkinson and Creighton and 1 pre sunie, will not. Our venerated Chief Justice is in excellent health and spirits. It is cheer ing to the heart to look upon his benevolent j face; no one can peruse his features, without fanc ying himself bettered by the perusal. That dignified countenance, that Christian hu-1 milily. those tiaces of thought, that aspect of henetulcncc.and those eyes flashing with fire, e\er ready to be kindled in the cause of vir tue, are so many deeply impressed moral les sons. When the people of this country lose their awe for pistols, dirks, whiskers, and oaths,they will become sensible that for their real safely and true glory, they are indebted to such men as Judge Marshall. AVc have had, last night and this morning, the heaviest fall of snow ever experienced in this c*'y. y. y. Sjxctator. Providence, Jan. 10. Trawl.—As an evidence of the increase of travel between this town aud Boston,we men tion the fact derived from a correct source, that the amount of money received by the a gents of one of the lines of Boston stages for the last year was 582,000. The same line employs 21S horses and has 20 coaches. The expenses, therefore, have left no more than a fair profit for the investments ucccssnrv to carry on tile business. /hmiM tiwjt tKu.—\N v ui«r«1 the mum cd ntfKt from the spc*-ch of this distinguish rd gentleman on taking the oaths as Mayor of Boston, not on'jr as an act of justice to him and his colleagues in the celebrated Hartford Convention, but as a specimen of the fine composition, and good feeling, which cliarac actcrixc all his productions. The whole speech, which was of great length, has been published in pamphlet form, hut we have seen only a few extracts. As an orator and pop ular dechumcr, no man in the country stands higher than Mr. Otis. i.n .1 v vi'-uii'-iiii-u, i w ui iHnv urspeaK your in diligence for a few moments, upon a matter which though not directly appertaining to the municipal sphere, may not when candidly weighed, he regarded as misplaced and nn seasonuhl** on this occasion. It is quite appa rent to some of our Fellow Citizens, that the honor of the chair which I non occupy, is not the fruit of any party struggle. With the friends of former days, whose constancy can never be forgotten, others have been pleased to unite (and to honor me with their suffra ges.) who hold in high disapprobation the part I formerly took in political affairs. Their support of me on this ocsasion, is no symp tom of a change of their sentiment in this particular—I presume not to infer from it even a mitigation of the rigor with which my pub lic conduct has been judged. But it is not presumptuous to take it for granted, that those who have favored me with their coun tenance on this occasion, confide in my sense of the obligation of veracity,and of the aggra vated profligacy that would attend a violation of it, standing here in the presence of my God and my country. On this faith, I feel myself justified by circumstances, to avail myself of this occasion—the first, and proba bly the last, so appropriate that w ill be in my power, distinctly and solemnly to assert, that j in no time in the course of my life have I been j present at any meeting of individuals, public i or private—of the many or the few or prh v j to correspondence of whatever description, in which any proposition having for its object the dissolution of the Union, or its dismem berment in any shape, or a separate confede racy, or a forcible resistance to the Govern rnenf or laws, was ever made or debated, i That I have no reason to believe that any i s,,c|i scheme was ever meditated by distin guished individuals of the old federal party. But on the other hand, every reason which habits of intimacy and communion of senti ment with mostofthem afforded, for the per suasion that they looked to the remote pos sibility ofsuch events as the most to he dep reeated of all calamities, and that they would have received any serious proposal calculated for those ends, as a paroxysm of political de lirium. This statement will hear internal ev idence of truth to all who reflect that among those men were some, by the firesides oil whose ancestors the principles of the Un ion and Independence of these States were at. first asserted and digested—from whence was taken the. coal that kindled the hallovygd flame uf the revolution—from whose ashes I the American Eagle rose into life. Others who had conducted the armies oft hat revolu- i tion—Solomons in council, and Samsons in I combat. Others who had assisted at the birth of the Federal Constitution, and watch ed over its infancy with paternal anxiety.— And I may add to the best of my knowledge and belief, that all of them regarded its safe i t} and success as I he best hope of this people, i iind the last hope of the friends of liberty J throughout the world. Are treasonable or i disloyal plots or purposes, consistent with! these relations? It would seem to he hardly conceivable. Yet it is possible. The lost Arch Angels caballed anil revolted against j the Government of Heaven—Favorites riot ing in the sunshine of royal favor have turn ed Traitors to their King; and republicans sickening with the higher glory of the love and confidence of the people, ‘have enslaved j them to Tyrants such foul conspiracies may have been in our times. But should they be j credited without evidence proportioned to I their probable enormity? Without any evi denee whatever? Secret cabals and plots arc i the constant theme of suspicion and accusa-j tion in times of political excitement, and mcj tun lie uisamrmeo only hy the simple negation of parties accused, until the proofs! ,are adduced. Are unguarded slips of the tongue, or passionate invectives, proofs) which ought to satisfy impartial minds?—! Surely it is not for the honor or prosperity of1 this city or of any party, that it should* be stigmatised as the Head Quarters,not of good principles, but of Treasonable machinations. J’lie discredit of malaria, once fixed, would affect the reputation of all. The distinction j between leaders and led. so humiliating to j Ireemen who are supposed to come under the1 bitter denomination, will not be recognized, I and if you are known to come from the in fected district, those who hold their nostrils and avoid you, will not stop to inquire wheth er the* plague were in your own family. I again express my hopes that tiiese remarks will not he deemed ill timed. They are a) testimony offered in defence of the memory of the honored dead, and of patriotic survi vors who have not the same opportunity of i i speaking for themselves. Their ultjecf is not j personal favor, though I am free to admit that i J I am not indifferent to the desire of removing!, doubts and giving satisfaction to the minds of any who by a magnanimous pledge of kind feelings towards me, have a claim upon me for every candid explanation and assurance! in my power to afford. Moreover the bar-! mony of our fellow citizens may be promoted by a right understanding of these matters.— The history of republican states and cities is soon told. Parties grow up from honest dif-' ferences of opinion on the policy of mens ures. In process of time the subject of con- troversy dies a natural death; and if person al animosities could be buried in the same 1 i grave, all would be well. In that event the; people would have a respite from party strug- j gle, and when new contests and dissentiuns should arise, they would again choose sides 1 from principle, and take a new departure I from each other,free from the fetters and irri- j 1 tat ions ot former alliances. The virulent hu- I mors of the body politic would not collect in the old wounds, but be again dispersed and i cured by the course of nature. But this hap-1 py termination of political strife with original causes, seems not to accord with experience.! i The names and badges and attitude* of par *nr preserved; antipthw* become b*b its turn ifm!xp i« difiV-r eternally without causr, for the reason of having oner differed for Rood cause. One portion of the people IS excluded by the other from public service. Parties become factions. The torch ol dis cord biases while the (Ire of patriotism ex pires, and the fierce and unholy passions w Inch have rent he Republic survive its ru in, May our helm ed city prove an exception to these sad examples. PORT GIBSON. (Miss.)jA.v. 1 .-Anun fortunate rencontre took place in Clinton, in Hind's county. Miss, on the 5th tilt, between Ool. James Gibson, and Mr. Anthony Dur den, his brother-in-law. frnth of the county of Warren. They were in affendance on the Chancery Court, before which they had a suit depending which was decided in favor of Mr. Durden. They had been at variance for some time, and it had ripened into a deadly hatred. A few words passed between them at supper table—rising simultaneously, rhey met at the head of the table, and exchanging a look of desperation,commenced with sword canes, a furious fight, which continued about five minutes, when Col. Gibson fell, never a gain to rise. He received five stabs three in the abdomen,one in the breast, and one un der the chin, passing through his mouth into his head. He lived hut a moment after hi» fall. Mr. Durden, who has been admitted to* bail, was not seriously hurt. DESPERATE RENCONTRE. A most butcherly conflict between two run away negroes, took place some weeks since,on' Saturday night, in Hertford county, North Carolina, the particulars of which have been communicated by a gentleman of undoubted veracity, residing in the town of Winton, in that county. Torn, who was a very likely fellow, a bright mulatto, said to belong to a Mr. Wnmble, of Southampton county, (Va.) and Nat, who formerly belonged to a Mr. Jerkins,of Hertford,hut who was sold by him to a Georgia-man, had been four or five years ranging the forests of Hertford as runaways. They had lived together like brothers during all that time, and had rendered themselves so i terrible by their daring villianies, that numer ous attemprs were made to arrest them.w hich they had successfully eluded. On the night above mentioned, they were at a fodder stack six miles from Winton; a dispute about some trifling circumstance had brought them to high words,and Tom became so irritated that lie laid down his gun, and taking a fence rail from the stack pen, siruck Nat a blow' w ith it which felled him to the ground, and on re peating it, Nat drew a long hladed knife, and plunged it into Tom’s breast; upon which Tom seized his gun, and fired the w hole contents into Nat’s bowels, and then reversing the weapon, procc d d to beat him over the head w ith the b-eech; Nat at the same time stab bing him in tin side and breast with his knife until finally. Torn having shivered his gun ter pieces in laying on upon Nat, left him and walked about sixty paces, when he dropped dead. Nat’s cries soon brought some people to his assistance,who removed him to a house dining which he gave the preceding account of his s ingiiifiary conflict. I have heard an anecdote, since I came to this city, related id a South Carolinian,which will illustrate the character of that people._ The fact was stated to me by a gentleman, former!) of high rank in tin- army, and who ivas liimseil present when the affair happen* ed. It was in the War Office,during the war when Gen. Armstrong was Secretary. Arm strong was settling the am ounts nfan old gen tleman from Vermont, w ho had been active nr recruiting troops for the Niagara frontier. In ’lie midst of the interesting inquiries of Armstrong, a member from South Carolina came into the War Office, and being immedi ately noticed hy the Secretary,his high south ern spirit kindled into a blaze, and he addres sed the Secretary in a lofty tone of complaint that South Carolina, whose patriotism was so conspicuous, was treated with indignity, in lint* being unnoticed, while a man from the north was allowed to engross the whole at tention of the War Department. Armstrong looked up with an air of curiosity, and shov ing his spectacles upon his forehead, thus ad dressed the representative of South Carolina, •Sir. you have boasted of the zeal w ith which Smith Carolina has advocated the war. It is true, sir, South Carolina has talked much a bmit it. and made many patriotic speeches on the occasion, hut let me tell you, sir, that this old man, pointing to the Vermonter.has him self brought more soldiers into the field dur ing tin war, than the whole State of South Carolina. This is what weareto understand by the patriotism of the patriotic' states. Essex Register. On the 3d inst. the dwelling house of Mr. Coonrad.in Cooperstnw n, N. Y. was destroy ed by fire, with all the furniture. A young man. to save two of his sisters,rushed throm-h the flames to the second story, where thev were in their midnight slumbers, took the bed from under them, and throwing it out of the window to the ground, threw them upon it, and made his escape hy jumping from the window on the same. He was most shockin'-, ly burnt in making his way to the chamber. Mr. Coonrad, we understand, lingered about the fire so long, and was so badly frozen.that it is feared he will lose his legs at the knee joint. The loss of property is estimated at between two and three thousand dollars. The Norfolk papers contain the particulars )f a shocking murder it Point Cor.fort,on the ast day of December. Tw o black men,slaves [)f Capt. Pritchett, in the absence of their master, entered the house, and demanded of Mrs. Pritchett, some change which she had tromised them upon her stating that she ivas unable to give it them, until her husband -etorned, they seized her. murdered her, and brew her body into a well, w here it was af erwards found. The negroes were detected, ind have since confessed the murder. The St. Louis Republican uf the 23d ult. ■ays The steamboat Pilot, on her passage lence to New-Orleans, sprung aleak, and tunk off St. Genevieve. She was laden with ead.” A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette elates that a young man who was in torture i om having thrust his hands twice into a bed coals, experienced relief from plune ng them into a pot of tar. His hands heal >o free from scars.

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tw« same-is f; MIlHWin, JAM'ARY g>, 1829. Mr. J. Gam it. proprietor ol (his establishment, having disposed of it to Mr. II. Adams, the subscriber f, relinquishes his eonnection with this paper, ns editor. The brief period in which he has been acquainted w ith his renders, ami they with hint, renders snper- fluou* the use ol many words upon the occasion. Fully sensible of the difficulty of adapting the con tents of a (taper to the diversified tastes of its rea tiers, as well as that lie has lacked experience, ho would say, that if, with what little lime lie lias been enabled to devote to the editorial department of the paper during the short space in which lie has been connected with it, he lias succeeded in rendering it acceptable to hi* readers, the reflection that his en deavor has resulted in their gratification, will be to j him a source of the highest satisfaction. D. C. M’CLEARY. i ft~i* All newspaper accounts due to the subscriber, will lie settled by Mr. H. Adams. Those who have paid in advance for papers, will be supplied the same as if no change had taken place. J. GARRITT. O' The subscriber having purchased of Mr. J. Garritt his interest in the printing establishment of the Litchfield County Post, this paper will in future be sindcr his management and contronl. For various reasons, which it would he useless here to detail, I have thought it expedient to change the title of the paper: it will hereafter be called the Litchfield -Enquirer. In taking the charge of this paper, I deem it unne cessary to enter into an elaborate exposition of the principles or poliry by which t shall be governed.— Promises, in cases of this kind, are often made which are never fulfilled; and the disappointment is conse quently not unfrquently more than commensurate with the expectations which have been held out. Suffice 1 it therefore, for the present, to say, that it shall lie conducted upon the broad ground of the public good 1 and for the general information. The great object and design of the publisher will be to make this a nncs-paper; not altogether and ex clusively so: but that its columns shall occasionally be enriched with productions, either original or select ed, upon the subjects of agriculture, manufacturts, and tlie arts; that articles will be gleaned from the gardens of poesy, literature, and science; that, in short, we shall endeavout to make it interesting and instructive to all classes of the community. Temperate and well written communications upon subjects of general interest will be thankfully receiv ed, and arc respectfully solicited. HENRY ADAMS. Lilchjitld, Jun. 23, 1029. The following Circular from the War Office, ex tending the construction to cases under the Pension Law not heretofore embraced by it, was handed in for publication last week, but inadvertently omitted. We now cheerfully give it an insertion. Department ok War, Dec. 26, 182e. 5 Sir—The present practice of your Office, in regard 4o the amount of property which under the law of May 1st, 1820, shall disqualify a person from receiving a pension,is deemed to be unequal in its operation upon different classes of applicants To correct which in equality, the following rules will hereafter he observ ed. The object of the pension law is to provide for the absolute wants oflhc poor, hut meritorious soldierof the Revolution; and the highest rate of pension is supposed to he the smallest sum that will afford a com fortable support to an individual. In accordance with this principle, the following rule lias been adopted by tlie Department, and is hereby continued, viz: 1st. \V hen the whole property of :!ie applicant consists in n yearly income, (such as an nnmiiiy lor lile, bequest, rent or charge upon hinds, or any other incorporeal right) wh ich is not convertible into capital, lie shall not be deprived of n pension, unless sin h yearly in come exceed tlie full yearly pension of a soldier. In addition to which the following rules, corres ponding in princii le, are hereby established. 2. When the applicant’s properly consists in money, stock, houses, lands, or such other properly ns lie can at pleasure convert into money or rapital, it shall not deprive him of the right of pension, unless its yearly pioceeds, estimating them at 10 percent, on its total i alue shall he equal to the amount of a full pension. 3. When the applicant’s property is mixed,and con sists ot both species, he shall not lose his pension, un less their aggregate income, estimating by the preced ing rules, shall amount to a full yearly pension. As the Pension Laws of 1018 and 1820 are not pre dicated on any pre-existing engagement of the Gov ernment, but were intended as a gratuitous provision for the support of aged individuals, for the time being, the two last regulations will not be considered as re trospective in their operation. To obtain the benefits arising from the foregoing regulations, in every case where a claim has been re jected under the former regulations,a new declaration is now deemed essentially necessary, in order to show what is the present state of the claimant’s property, and to prove his identity. Very respectfully, l our obedient servant, PETER B. PORTER. James L. Edwards, Bsq. Pension Office. Mr. A damn and the Federalists.—Many of the pa per* have recently stated, but upon what authority we have not Item able to learn, that a correspondence has lately taken place between the President of the United State* anil scvetal gentlemen who were for merly leading members of the federal party, on the subject of the charges brought by the former against the latter just previous to the late presidential can vass. it is further said that one of Mr. Adams’ letters occupies upwards of thirty manuscript pages; that he treats the federal party with great stverity; and that it is probable the whole correspondence will be pub lished as soon it shall have been brought to a close.— If published, it would no doubt be eagerly sought for and read in every section of the United States; and in noue more than in New-F.ngland, where the fede ralists whose principles and patriotism the President has called in question mostly reside. We shall give due notice of the appearance of the correspondence. Jackson in Fftgy.—We are sorry to learn by the papers that some worthless fellows in Hartford lately burnt the effirv of Gen. Jackson. The common council of the city, as well to manifest their abhor rence of the act as to punish the offenders, have of fered a reward of 100 dollar* for the apprehension of the persons guilty of this outrage. SENATORIAL APPOINTMENTS. lion. John IMmrt lot* he a elect'd a Senator in Congress from tbe Mete of Maine. to supply tbe va cancy occasioned In the icsigamion of Gov. Pam*. He formerly occupied this Nation; but some two years •go. I icing strongly suspected of harboring sentiment* unfriendly to the adminiMradnn of Mr. Adams, Gov. I’arns was elected in his Mead. Gov. P. however proved recreant; threw a somerset, and ramc out for Jackson, while Mr. Holme*, shortly after the terrible castigation iie received from Mr. Randolph, declared openly and decidedly for the administration. What course lie may pursue tinder the Jackson dynasty, re mains to he seen. Should he continue firm, instead ol proving “a tartar,” Cion. Jackson will probably have a majority of the Senate op|Hised to him. The Legislature of Maine have also elected the Hon. i’eleg Sprague, at present a talented adminis tration member of the House of Representatives, to the Senate of the United States, in place of General Chandler, a Jacksonian, whose time will expire on the 4th of March next. Hon. Nathaniel Silsbee lias been re-elected to the Senate for six years from the 4th of March next by the Legislature of Massachusetts. Hon. Littleton TU. Tazeicell has been recently re elected to the United States’ Senate from Virginia by an almost unanimous vote. George M. Bibb, Esq. a Jacksonian, has been elec ted to supply the place of the redoubtable Colonel Richard M. Johnson in the Senate of the United States from Kentucky. This we are glad to learn, for various reasons. It will he recollected that it was this same Col. Johnson who made the impious decla tioniti Washington that the administration of Mr Ad ams should he put down, though pure as the angels in heaven.” That administration has, indeed, been put down hut there is some consolation in tho re flection that lie who made the aliovc assertion, and who made the most strenuous efforts to effect it, is himself 1 put down’ by his own constituents. In Delaware, John M. Clayton, Esq. has been e lectod a Senator in ill* place of Mr. Ridgeley, whose time expires on the 4tli of March. Mr. C. is a sup porter of the present administration, Mrr"R. a Jack sonian. Charles E. Dudley, Esq. Mayor of Albany, lias been elected Senator in Congress from the Slate of New-York, vice Martin Van Bnren, elected Gover nor. The vote of the two houses of the Legislature was, for Dudley 102, other candidates 47. Dr. Ephraim Bateman, Senator from New-Jersev, has resigned his scat on account of continued ill health. The time of his colleague, Mr. Dickinson, will expire in March. The Legislature is now in session. As Mr. D. is a Jacksonian, though an able and influential member of the Senate, lie will proba bly not succeed in a re-election. Hon. Mr. Webster arrived in Washington on the 12tli inst. and took bis sent in the Senate. (CP Among the rumours of the day, it is said Mr. Webster will lie ofleicd a seat in Jackson’s cabinet. Harvard University.—At a recent meeting of the Corporation of this highly distinguished literary in stitution, lion. Josiah Quixcv, late Mayor of Bos ton, was chosen President. The appointment has yet lo he acted on by the Board of Overseers, a meeting of which has been called lor the purpose. Mr. Q. as a statesman, and magistrate, is unquestionably active, industrious, and persevering, and possesses talents of (lie highest order: but while such men ns Ware, and Everett, nnd Sparks were willing to accept of the station to which lie is called, we .should think that a literal! nnd scientific institution of the reputation of Harvard would be more likely to flourish under the management of either of those gentlemen. Mr. Q. is said to be a Unitarian. Salisbury. Jan. 19,182#. Mr. Editor— I learn from the newspapers of last week that the Convention assembled at Middletown on the 8th inst. nominated me as a candidate lor election to Congress at the ensuing election in this state. I beg leave to say to the electors, 'hrongli your paper, that I wish not to be considered is a candidate for an election to the next Congress. Respectfully your ob't servant, SAMUEL CHURCH. A NOMINATION BY THE PEOPLE. Mr. Editor—It is well known that the republican members of the Legislature from this eounty, refused last spring to have any thing to do with a Legisla tive Caucus. Hence no nomination has been made i>ut for Litchfield County, either for Congress or the Senate of this state. The proceedingsnt Middletown on a late occasion, were ol so singular a character that they do not amount to a nomination, and little notice will he taken of them in this part of the state. It has occurred to me that there can be no objection to a nomination by the People, though it must be confessed that it is in direct opposition to Caucus us:ige. Therefore please insert the subjoined votes in favor of Hon. Homer Boardaian, which it is pre sumed may he considered as a decisive expression of public sentiment in favor of his continuauce in the Senate of this Ssate. A SUBSCRIBER. Votes in favor of Homer Boardman in Litchfield Comity for a scat in the Senate in 1827 and 1828. 1827. 1228. Litchfield, 300 351 Barkhamsied, G 120 Bethlem, 78 88 Canaan, 37 M2 Colebrook, 20 93 Cornwall, 72 121 Goshen, 73 138 Harwinton, 55 125 Kent, 79 70 New-Hartlord, 8 Ml New-Milford, 240 201 Norfolk, 02 144 Plymouth, 157 107 Roxhury, 31 114 Salisbury, 10 154 Sharon, 85 214 Torrington, 107 161 Warren, 52 95 Washington, 147 187 Watertown, 25 36 Winchester, 23 113 Woodbury, 120 154 1787 3073 An opposing candidate 953 No oppo. can. Majority, 829 On the night of the 17tli inat. a fire broke out in the upper part of the stote of Mr. G. Harrison, in Chapel st. New-Haven, which, with moat of the contents, was consented. The building adjoining, occupied by Mr. Ot instead aa a jeweler’s shop and Mr. Barber’s print ing ofice, was several timet on fire, but by the spirited exertions of a few individuals was saved. Although Mr. Barber’s printing materials were all removed, no material damage done QKNKRAL NUMMARY. (Under tkn bead, it cnr miration la place, cither roadcaaed liy onrsalven or extracted from other pa per*, article* of intelligence nod tnix-ellany which lor want of room we ara anaWe to give in full.] The fificr of Wa. A. Merreia ara* broken •pea ia New -York on Satnrday aiglit. Strange, that nny perron should be no fool-hardy a* to suppose mo ney could lie obtained in such n place! Why, we should as soon think of attempting a breach upon an almshouse. The steamboat Hercules, while desremling the Mississippi, the latter part of December, was run in to ami sunk hands and passengers all saved, i Gen. Jackson, it is said, ha* left his residence for W asliingion, w hirli place he is expected to reach by t the 5th of February,

Another lire broke out in Dauphin street, Mobile, J i °n the Gilt inst. w hich destroyed seven buildings eon- j siderable property besides the buildings was lost. Mrs. Elsie D. Whipple, whose husband was shot by j ^*rang, in Albany, as it appeared by her instigation, has recently liecn married in New-Brtinswick, N. J. ,0 Nathaniel Freeman, an old schoolmate of hers. About seventeen marriage* took place on New Year’s day at Johnstown, N. Y. This is excellent. William Morgan, of Meadville, Penn, makes paper of straw, hay, and other vegetables, by means of al kali and lime. This is a patent right. Several pa per makers in that neighborhood have attempted a j similar manufacture. The St. Clair Seminary nt Pittsburgh,Penn, is con ducted by French Nuns of the order of St. Clair.— Music, French, Painting, Sec. are taught hero. The dress of the Seminary is uniform—tw* black ami one white boinbazet frocks—capes and aprons of the same materials, Sec. The girls look like so many young nuns. The New-England Farmer says, the breed of hor ses is bad, because the colts air not well fed during the winter. Give them hay, oats, &r. but no grog, and they will aiake good horses. We once heard of a man and his horse, who regularly got drunk once a month. One night they both tumbled off a bridge, and got drowned.—Noah. ne grc.il Topic which at present agitates irgima, is a State Convention, for tlie amendment of the Con stitution. Tlie House of Delegates is actively enga ged in the formation of a lawforcaliitig a Convention. The Tariff is almost neglected. The Georgia Courier mentions that a few days sidcc, Mr. Simon Hancock, of Edgefield district, shot himself through the heart with a musket. He had suffered for years with a corroding ranccrin the low er jaw, which rendered life a burden to him. Old Fashioned Corsets.—Tlie only Itcnliliv corsets, says the editor of a Georgia paper, for a lady’s waist, is a husband’s arm. A Wrestling Match.—A man lately undertook to wrestle with half a pint of Brandy. First, lie took Brandy down, with great ease; but the day was won by Brandy, who took bis antagonist down, anil held him for the space of three hours! when he suffered him to rise.—Berk. Amer. Bets.—The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania have decided that bets of any kind about any human being, are not recoverable in a Court of justice. The rea soning is,that such, bets are either malicious,indecent, or indelicate, and therefore illegal. A’etc Case.—At the last election in Georgia, the Hon. George R. Gilmer was one of the gentlemen chosen to the 2lst Congress. Governor Forsyth is sued a proclamation requiring all those elected to no tify him of their acceptance, and to send him evi dence of their clegihilily. Mr. G. failed or declined to comply, and on the lapse of 40 days the Governor ordered an election to be held throughout the state for the choice of a person in his stead. The Western (Ohio) Titles contains a very sensible and interesting paper on the population of the United States, in reference to the approaching census of 1850. The nnmberof inhabitant* in 1790 was 3,816, 450, and calculating for the past rntio of increase, it will be at the next census, 12,520,500, giving an in crease within these periods, of 8,004,041. Front this estimate the following important farts arc deduced. The population of the United States has in 40 years been tripled. The States which in that time have received the greatest accession of numbers, are, New-York, Ohio, ami Pennsylvania. That the middle and western non-slave holding States, being New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, have in the same space of time, multiplied their people more thanJite fold, and contain now more tlinn half the white inhabitants of tlie United Stales. That the southern slave holding states, so called. Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Louisiana, have, in that period, only doubles! and front nearly half,are recuced to less than one third of the whole popula tion. I hat in reterence to the most important points 01 national policy, the protection of American industry, the centre of power has been entirely changed. The Franklin Republican say*: “They have to pay /#ur dollars for the liberty of getting married in Maryland; in Baltimore alone, last year, this tax a mounted to $3 376. Why not fleece the ‘dear lambs’ a little for court ng, too?” From a reeeir calculation, the population of Tur key appears to amount to 8.899,000 souls. Dividing them into classei, there will be found about 3,000 Greeks, 2,500,000 Sclavonians, 2,000,000 Turks, 2, 000,000 AlbaniaLS, and 1,500,000 Wallacbians and Romeliots. Claming the population by religious sects, we find 3,OCO,000 Mussulmans, 6,000,000 Chris tians of the Greek Church, and 1,000,000 Catholics, the remainder being of the Jewish persuasion. The ship Harriet, with 130 colored persons on board, was at Norfolk on the 12th inst. about to sail for Liberia. In Rchmond, Petersburgli, and Lynch burg, liberal donatnns have been made in favor of the designs of the Colonization Society. The African Prince, Abdul Ralninan, has obtained contributions from different placet sufficient to ransom bis family, and was soon expeced to embark at that port. Gen. Izard, Governor of the Territory of Arkansas, having recently deceased, the President lias appoint ed Hutchins G. Barun, late Governor of North Car olina, to supply his place. Rev. Dr. Kirklam, former President of Harvard College, arrived in Ntw-Orleans the I9th ult. The Fifth Congressional Distriet, in Vermont, has already made three unsuccessful efforts to elect a member. On the third trial, Mr. Buck, the aitting member, had 2573 votes, Mr. Cushman 2657, Mr. Ca boon 1156, and a few scattering. It is a cunoua feet, that in the preeent House of Representatives of New-York, consisting of 126 members, 105 ef them are nfr. 1 «e Asylum »t iiartturd tor the ed., mtmm ||PJl/ •ad Has Iasi ia eratieu nearly twentv years. Wring that period. 266 up.ls have catered —130 lrft—uour prevent 136. Sharp.—In ilie Legislature of New-York, latelv, Mr. Curtis offered a revolution directing t‘l.e Clerk to procure a |ienknife, stamp, and paper-cutter for each member. Mr. fgvferton moved to add, a rar.or.' On Saturday last, Capt. Thomas Sanford, of Fair Haven, was drow ned, in New-Ifnvcn harbor_ He wav upset in a lioat, within sight, but before as sistance could be received, lie had sunk, and his body was not found until next morning. The new Packet sell. Abbot, of about 120 tons, oaded with wood and bark, lying in Belfast harbor, ook fire on Sunday night last, and was burnt to tltc water's edge, together with tiro seamen onboard who were intoxicated. Twenty and sometimes forty waggons of moving1 families passthrough Indianapolis every day, destined 0 settle on the rich valleys of the Wabash. The Pennsylvania Democta*, speaking of General 1 Jackson, says, “lie will come among us li|$e njlashof' lightning, liitle expected, sublime in his appearance and rapid in !.is departure A Ewe belonging to General Somebody, in Scot- 1 1 anti, lias produced a female lamb with two heads and 1 eight legs. Mr. Sandy Mac Rogerson, an Edinburgh wit, calls this a double tue—(W.) Mr. Jefferson s Library is advertised to be sold some 1 time next month. It consists of about 2.000 volumes. I _ l American Literature.—Messrs. S. G. Good- rich and Co. of Boston, have in press, and will shortly publish an original work entitled, j Specimens of American Poetry, with Critical j Notices, &fc. in 3 vols. 12mo. This work was j announced nearly two years ago,and has been I in a course of preparation since that time. It is intended to embrace biographical sketches of all those individuals in our country who have distinguished themselves in this depart- j ment of literature,with specimens of their po etry. and critical remarks on their writings.— j Such a work, if edited with ability, will he a valuable appendage to any library. Nearly j one hundred and thirty names are enumera ted as contributing to this collection. Conn. Mirror. Col. Johnson, from the Committee of the Senate, j ha? reported that it is inexpedient to stop the Mails i on the Sabbath; his report is of considerable length, extracts from which may be given next week, X X” was not rcutitvefl tit time for this paper. j MARRIED On the 21st inst. by the Rev. Mr. Tnleott, Mr. Noah Stone, 2d, to Mrs. Margery I’rishee, both of Litchfield. j On the 25th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Jones, Mr. John Eadon, to Mr?. Sarah Painter, of Sheffield, countv ot Yorkshire, England. In Torrington, Mr. George D. Wadham?, to Miss Lucy S Aberiietliy, daughter of R.C. Aherncthy.Esq. In Middletown, Mr. Ilenry Skiuacr, of \Vilisted, to Mrs. Mrngaret Walworth, of the former place. DIED j In this town, on die 21st inst. Mr. Ilenry Prescott, i son of Mr. James Present), aged 1~. In Cornwall, on the I2ih inst. Miss Laura Marsh, j daughter ol Doet. Isaac Marsh, formerly of this town. In Lyons, N. Y. on the 7ih inst. Mr. Zaclmriah G. riiomnson, formerly a resident of this town, aged 49. j In Hurt ford, Dr. Joseph Lynde, aged 81. In Philadelphia, the Rev. John Chester D. D. of Albany, aged 44. Dr. C. was a native of Weathers- I field, Conn. In Danbury, Mr. Orrin Osborn, 30, editor and pro- prictor of the Danbury Recorder. „L» New-York, Mrs. Harriet Edwards, wife of Hon. 1 Ogden Edwards. In Georgetown, D. C. in the 66th year of his age, Lieut. Col. Isaac Rqherdenu, of the Topographical Engi lie era, and Chief of the Topographical Bureau of the War Department, over which he has presided from its creation, with zcnl and fidelity. I Li Ncw-Haven, on the 2oth inst. Dr. Nathan Smith, Professor of Surgery, Ac. in the Medical In i stmition of Yale College, nged 66.—Also, Joseph Al i ley, aged 67 John Hitchcock, 36. i In Southington, Mr. Mark Newell, a revolutionary soldier, aged 74. 1 _ *n New-York, Miss Jane Northrup, daughter of Mr Cyrus Northrop, of Ncw-Milford. NOTICE. All persons indebted to the subscriber for Newspa pers or Advertisements, are requested to make imme diate payment to J. Adams Esq. or to Mr. Ilenry Ad ams. A little attention to this notice will save costs. S- S. SMITH. Litchfield, Jan. 23,1C39. LOTTERY. DRAWN Numbers in the 1 1th' Class Groton. S3 36 13 17 8 24 The First Class, for the benefit of the 1st Ecclesiastical Society in Canann, Litchfield County, will be drawn on the lltli February next. News of the drawing next day. Highest prize, $10,000 Next, 0,000 i Do. 4,500 Do. 4,000 Do. 3,500 Do. 2,750 2 of 1,000 besides 8754 of less denominations. Whole Tickets $5—shares in proportion. It is needless for the subscriber to add that he has sold over 330 prizes in Litchfield, and 67 valuable prizes. Since the last notice, there will he lotteries drawn as frequent as once a week this win ter. Tickets in all will he constantly on hand for sale. Foreign prize tickets received in exchange—cash paid for prizes—all orders punctually attended to. N COOLEY. Litchfield, Jan. 28, 1829. 33 BY-LAW. AT a Meeting of the town of liethlem, legally assembled on the 1st day of Do- cember, 1828—as per warning on file Voted, That all horses, neat cattle, and geese, be restrained from going at large on the highways or commons within the limits of this town, at any time between the first day >bf March next, and the first day of December next—and if found going at large as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Haywards, and it shall be lawful for any other person, to im pound the same. And before such creatures shall he released from the pound, the owner or owners shall pay to the impounder, for a# horses and neat cattle, 12 1-2 cents each— and for geese, 4 ceots each—and shall also pay to the pound-keeper his fees—Provided, however, that any ptrson shall have liberty to keep two cows on the highways or com mons, free from any penalty whatever. A true copy of record, Attest, SAMUEL CHURCH. 33* 7Wn Clerk, j anniversary Of the UlchfiM County Foreign Mission Society. (TT** The Friend* of Missions in this coun ty are hereby informed, that with Divine per mission. the Rev. Mr. Temple, late of the .Mission to Western Asia, will be present at the ensuing anniversary of the Auxiliary Fo reign Mission Society of this county, on the l lth of February next, as a deputation from the American Board. C. A. BOARDMAN, Sec'y. I\ew-Breston. Jan. 25, 1829 he subscribers haring concluded to relinquish business in Goshen, and expecting to leave town within a few months, request all those having unsettled business with them, (anil especially in the adjacent towns) to call ns soon as convenient and close the same. They offer for sale until the first day of April no,., GOODS of every kind at about cost and charges. Also, various other kinds of property, in cluding a very elegant and valuable span of young hay Horses, a valuable breeding Mare, working Oxen, Cows, and young stock. They will also sell the one half of their ve ry valuable improved short-horned Durham Boll WARWICK, (whose stock is offered as his best recommendation.) E. W. TOWNER k CO. Goshen. Jon. 28,1829 *8w33 KTKAYS. BROKE into the enclosure of the snhscri her, in the east part of South Farms, on the 21st inst. a dark bay MARE, a few white hairs in her forehead, no shoes on, supposed to be 15 or 16 years old—Also, a brownish colored horse Colt, a little lame in one hind leg. The owner is requested to come forward, prove property, and take them. ANDREW A. FRENCH. January 20, 1829 8S NOTICE IS hereby given, that so much of the real estate of JONATHAN REED, late of Sharon, deceased, (by order of the Court of Probate for the District of Sharon,) as will raise the sum of six hundred and ten dollars, will be s*;M p,m,;c auctj0„t on on the second Thursday of Febru ary, 1829, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. The terms ol payment will be made known at the time of sale. BENJAMIN LINES, Adm'r. Sharon, Jan. 22, 1829 *33 NOTICE. rpHE Judge of the Court of Probate for t,le District of Litchfield hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors to the estate of TIMOTHY HUMESTON, late of Harwinton, in said district, deceased, represented insoIvenUn which to exhibit their claims thereof; and has appointed Messrs. Eli Potter, Jeremiah Holt, and John S. Pres ton, Commissioners to receive and examine said claims. The subscribers give notice that they shall meet at the house of Alanson Iiumeston, in said Harwinton, on the 24th day of February, 1829, and on the 27th-day of July, 1829, at nine o’clock in the forenoon on each of said days, for the purpose of attending on the bu siness of said appointment. ELI POTTER, JEREMIAH HOLT, Com'rs. JOHN S. PRESTON, All persons indebted to said estate are re-' quested to make immediate payment to BENAJAH HADEN, Adm'r. Harwinton, Jan. 27, 1829 *33 FOR SALE; THE DWELLING HOUSE and OUT HOUSES.Iate the property of Col Wm. Cogswell (deceased,) together with about 4 Acres of Land. This; above property has a central situation in New Preston, near the junction of the Turnpike Roads leading from New Milford and Bull’s bridge through Litch field to Hartford. This as a tavern stand is unequalled by any in the town, and the build ings are well calculated for that business.— Unless previously disposed of at private sale, he above will be sold on the premises at pub lick Auction on the first day of April next. Terms may be known on application to DAVID C. WHITTLESEY. Washington, Litchfield co. Ct. J __January 19th, 1829. 32 LITCHFIELD, DANBURY, AND NORWALK __* v'Tv. h iir i my Jflaii Stage, LEAVES Litchfield Tuesdays,Thursdays and Saturdays, at 8 o’clock A. 3f. and Drives at Norwalk on the days following at l o’clock 1*. M. passing through New Pres on, New Milford, Brookfield, Danbury, (at kvhicli place it stops over night.y Redding, ind Wilton, to New-York. Returning, leaves Norwalk Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur days, and arrives at Litchfield on the days'' following. This line intersects at Danbury a daily' dage for New-York, which leaves Danbury it r> o’clock A. M. and arrives in New-York it 4 o’clock P. M. of the same day. Retimi ng, leaves New-York at 7 o’clock A. M. and wrives at Danbury in the evening of the same lay. I-’ARE FROM LITCHFIELD TO NEW YORK, on this route, OSLY FOUR DOLLARS. H. BARNS.. Litchfield, Jan. 22, 13298&r NOTICE, THE Court of Probate for the District ef' Sharon lias ordered that Commissioner* i»n the estate of GIDEON PETIT* lute of Sharon, in said District, deceased, be* appointed at the Probate Office in Salisbury,, on the 3d day of February, at nine otlook in the forenoon. All persons indebted' to said estate are required to make immediate pay ment to the subscriber. CHAS.F. SEDGWICK, Adm’r. Sharon, Jan. 13, WOT

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POETRY. HYMN Hung at the dedication of the new Cong^^«*:,‘,',n•, Church in Uuiney, Mas*. bt the rev. J. p«R',‘,"t' Wiren lliy Son, O e«l. In death’* rocky pri»uR bound. When hi* faithful one* were weep.ng, And the gunr* wind aud the weather furnished mo with considerable occupation. I watched the weather-cock as close as I ever watched my anvil: and there was uo small comfort in grumbling a-1 i bout the dry and wet spells, which, I said, j was going to ruin the farmer. Having no I business of my own, 1 kept my eye upon other people’s. I thought I was a pret I ty close observer, and I declared, as lazv folks always do, that the world was i going to destruction, as last as it couldj go; but the world didn’t mind mo—so 1 gave that up. I wanted to complain to my neighbors,but they hadn’t time to hear me. j ‘When I talked to my wile, she kept on I knitting, and only said, ‘I always told you you was a fool for giving up your business. If l had any real calamity, I might have been pretty well off,though I had too much money. My eldest son grew very fat; and for a long time I worried myself every night for fear ho would bo attacked by apoplexy but instead oftaking fits ho took to politics—and I could soon count his ribs.- It was too bad—with all my whims and notions I could not get enough to think about. I could not take my favorite walk without having the east wind blow in my face. Folks came to me for my money,& I let ’em have it because I did not know what to do with it myself—there was a real satisfaction in being of use to somebody. How I did watch for my bills to become due! Many a time I’ve bad a breakfast an hour earlier than common, and set out on a brisk trot to pay a mechanic, who liv ed ten rods from my door.’ ‘But how did your money hold out neighbor Bond V said Jones. ‘I desire to be thankful,neighbor Jones, the barrel run low at the bung boh*. I had to go to work again—and now 1 am a happy man, sir.— Mv children all behave well; for i didn’t play rich long enough to spoil them. My oldest son goes a representative from our town and my daughters are all well mar ried. Sometimes they tell me they wish I wouldn’t work so hard but I say to them ‘I’ve learnt wisdom by experience—let them be idle that like it. Here I’ll dig, till you have to dig a new home for me.’— ‘But neighbor Bond,’ said Jones,‘it makes me mad to see them ruffled shirt gentry in Boston, with their white wristbands over their hands,walking by the market so state ly-like, as if they was afraid my breath would spoil their new broadcloath—Don’t it raise your old Adam, neighbour Bond V 1 *Not a bit, man—not a bit; I often look hover my shoulder at them and laugh, as I say to myself, ‘When a man has nothing to do, it must bo a great comfort to think ho is of so much consequence.’ ‘Well t eigli bor Bond, you are a happy man. For my part, I don’t like to be lorded over.’ ‘Lorded over! Heaven help thee, man we lord it over them! I should like to know what measure they carry, if the hon est yeomam v of the country have a mind to veto against them'? The honest, hard working moti, who take a newspaper homei and road it with candid minds in the bosoms! of their industrious families—these are the men to save the nation, when the nation is in danger. ‘I am proud of my station, sir and I’ll try to use my power well. Thore are ma >*V good folks among the rich, as well as amtng t|,e p0or. It makes a man neither better nor worse to be a gentleman, provi ded ho haS taste for i1. If the gentry, as you call ’c«it Vu(0 for what is fair, I’ll vote with them tlu] jf they want to vote for any thing that will oppress the people, I guess they will find they an’t of so much consequence as think they are. Let the I upstarts among 'em enjrfy tlieir line clothes as much ns little Sam does his rattle ami if they have a mitul to take the trouble, let them tell forty lie* a week to hide that tlieir great grand-father made leather breeches for a living. What do I care I Can’t I know that I am the happiest of the twot An’t I as free? And haven’t I as much weight in the Government as they have t’ You talk like a hook, Mr. Bond; J hut, after all, I don’t like to see their car riages and footmen rolling by my old hay cart.’ ‘Very like, very like, neighbor Jones for, as Aunt Betiv says,there is a great deal of human nature hi man Women in tlieir nature are much more gay joyous than men; whether it be that tlieir blood is more relined, tlieir fibres more delicate, and tlieir animal spirits more light and volaatile r whether, as some have imagined, there may not bo a kind of sex in the very soul, 1 shall not pretend to determine. As vivacity is the gift of wo men, gravity is that of men. They should each of them, therefore, keep a watch upon the particular bias which nature lias fixed in tlieir minds, that it may not draw too much, and lead them out of the paths of reason. This will certainly happen, if the one, in every word and action, affects the character of being rigid and severe, and the other of being brisk and airy. Men and women were made as counter parts to one another, that the pains and anxieties of the husband might be relieved by the spriglitliness and good humour of the wife. When these are rightly temper ed, care and cheerfulness go hand in hand; and the family, like a ship that is duly trim med, wants neither sail nor ballast. HP I. H/\n cm no tnli if 1 no iy Doet. Isaac Thompson, of New-London, Conn, the inventor and sole proprietor. This highly approved and much celebrated Eye W iter, which has been in so extensive use for more than 20 years past, and given such'general satisfaction to all who have made use of it, has lately been coun terfeited by some unprincipled dealers in medicine. The proprietor has heretofore been in the habit ot signing each bid of directions which accompanies his Eye-Water. He now has a red label put around eacii phial of the Eye-Water, outlie outside ol the envel ope, signed in his own hand writing “I. Thompson.” If purchasers will be careful to buy no Thompson’s Eye-Water, but such as has the red’ label, signed as above, they will be sure of getting my genuine Ey« Water, but not otherwise. ISAAC THOMPSON. New-London, Conn. Nov. 10, 1828. The above valuable medicine is for sale by most o the resoectablc Druggists and dealers in Medicine in the United States., From Doctor Vine Utley. This may certify that I have practiced medicine as a Physician for 30 years; dining this long period of mv practice, I have made use of various kinds of Eye Water, in both acute and chronic inflammation of the Eyes, and 1 believe with as good success as physicians in general; after all, 1 find no eye-water equal to that prepared by Dr Isaac Thompson, of New-London, Conn. 1 would advise those who make use of it to be particular to follow the direction of the Doctor, in ap plying it to the Eyes. 1IWE UTLEY. Lvmr, Conn. October 4, 1827. 0»The above Valuable Eye-Water for sale in Litcjifield, by W. Sc S. Duel, and S. R. Childs. Price, ,25 a bottle. 6eow25 OLAY’S ITCH OINTMENT, tvOR pleasantness, safety, expedition, ease and cer tainty, is infinitely superior to arty other cure to that tormenting disorder. Price 25 cents per box. Clay's Stomach Bitters They will he found, in all cases of the followiug de scription, to give relief—nausea, vomiting, heartburn, costneness, weakness at the breast, pain in 'he stom ach, loss of appetite, and all other symptoms of indi gestion and flatulence, and as a nervous cordial, is is not to be surpassed by any thing.—Price 25 cents a box. Pearl Tooth Powder. This celebrated Powder needs no recommendation —every gentleman end lady should be in the constant use of it, if they wish to preserve then teeth from de cay,and have them appear ofa beautiful pearly white ness,—Price 25 cents a box. Sold by W. Sc S. Buel and J. Stoddard. D. CLAY. November 21, 1827. 75eowly I NOTICE. WE the subscribers having been appoint ed by the honorable Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield, Commissioners Ion the estate of JOSEPH BAILEY, late of Goshen, deceased, represented insolv ent, hereby give notice that we will meet on the business of om said appointment at the store of Messrs. P. A. Bailey, on the 30th day of May tnd 29th day of June nest, at 1 o’clock I*. M. on each of said days. Sis months from the 29th day of Deeem her last are allowed by said Court for the creditors of said estate to present their claims properly authenticated—ind till claims not presented within that time will be foreclosed and barred a recovery. LUMAN OVIATT, Commis ROBERT PALMER, 1;°" THERON TOWNER, Goshen, Jan. 7,1829 *31 NOTICE. rriHE Honorable Court of Probate fertile JL District of Litchfield has assigned Tues day the 27th day of January, 1829, at one o’clock in the afternoon, at the Probate Of fice in Litchfield,for the appointment of Com i missiouers on the estate of TIMOTHY HUMESTON, late of Harwinton, deceased, represented in solvent.: All persons interested in said estates are hereby notified to appear, if they see pro per, at the time and place above mentioned,, and be heard in the premises. BENAJAH HAYDEN, Adm'r. Litchfield, Jan. IS, 1829 31. COUGHS, ASTHMAS, ANI> CONSUMPTIONS. THE public are respectfully informed that Auder sou’s G-SS DalOSPS and pectotal POWDERS have from an extensive use for years j past, proved themselves to he one oi the most valuable remedies evottgtet discovered for the cure ot coughs, colds, and other affections oi the breast and lungs lea ding to consumptions. Thousands have experienced tlie happy effects of this Healing Balaam, and many i of the highest respectability have given certificates, some of which will accompany each bottle, that will satisfy every unprejudiced mind that the most extraor dinary and unexpected cures have been pet formed by tite use of this medicine in eases of long standing, in which other medicine had produced no favorable ef fect, and where the most skilful physicians had given them up as hopeless Tt is not pretended that they are tin infallible cure in till cases, but ot such as are incurable, there are but a few but what will be great ly relieved by them. .Scarcely a casnofcoughs,colds, pain in the side, difficulty of breathing, want of sleep arising from debility, or even seated consumptions,but may be relieved by a timely use of this healing bal sam. Each dollar buttle of this medicine contains a byut GO .loses, which proves them to he a cheap med icine considering their virtues. HIS5ST CHSUt^lFXCATlIS. To James Mellen, Hudson, N. Y. Inihe spring of ItUo, Air F.ieazor Harris, n man in indigent circumstances, and wDo had labored for me occasionally for more than a year, was violently seized with an affection of the lungs, accompanied by a tight dry cough, frequently unable to raise any tiling for nearly half an hour, and then most commonly blood. His cough was so severe and incessant that he soon became much emaciata I, his eves glassy, and his strength left him to that decree that he was wholly un able to labor, compassionating Ills situation, a friend of mine and myself procured for him one bottle of An derson’s (Hough Drops, by taking which,in about three weeks, (to mV astonishment) he was so far restored as to be able to perform his usual labor. GA1US STEBBINS. Hillsdale. Feb. 19, 1828. 1 Robert Kidney, of Rochester. Monroe, eo. N. Y. do hereby certify thal tor a long-time I was so redu ced by an affection of the lungs, attended with a pain 1 in the breast, difficulty of breathing, vVc. that tny life was despaired of and given up as incurable by a coun oil of five physicians, but by the advice of Doct. G. Hitchcock, of Rochester, was induced to make trial i of your Anderson’s Cough Drops, and by using one bottle was restored to perfect health. E would there lore recommend all those afflicted with a similar com plaint, to make use oftlie same remedy, as I am per leetlv satisfied that it saved r.iv life. ROBERT KIDNEY. Rochester, March 11, 1828. Bctcarc of Imposition. This valuable medicine is counterfeited. Purcha sers must lie particular, and ask ior ANDERSON'S COUGH DROPS prepared by JAMES MELLEN, and also see that the bottles at;e stamped in the glass J. Mellen, instead ofl. Miller. For sale by W. S. BUELL, Li chfield, and also sold by druggists gener ally. Gn.27 FOR SALE AT T1IE I. TCIIFU: Ll) B OOKS Toil B, SCOTT’S FAMILY BIBLE, 6 vols. $18—Neu ton's Works, cheap.—Life of Hailoek, Rutledge’s Family Altar, Dwight’s Sermons just published. Com mon Prayer Books, with new hymns—Bibles ami Testaments—Dabo!i’s,C o' burn’s. Smith’s, a nd A out Ids Arithmetics—Webster’s Marshall's and Sears’ ►Spelling Hooks, bv the dozen and single—Woodhridgo’s, Goodrich’s, Willard’s, and Morse’s Geographies—Writing and Letter Paper hy the Ream. tationary of all kinds, and of t ho best quality—THE ATLAN TIC SOUVENIR, a Christmas and New-Year’s pro sent, for 1829—THE TOKEN, published at Boston, bv S. G. Goodrich, price $2 511—A good assortmen o?' Pocket-Knives—The Imperial Renovator, for cx~ raciin® grease, oil, &c. from Ladies dresses. Also, Loiuion Botanical Vegetable Soap, for extracting ni case of every kind from gentlemen’s clothing. Litchfield, Nov. 20, 182S. CAUEZOOT. Dr. L re's Original (Windham) Billions Pills or Family Physic. THESE much celebrated Pills are prepared genu ine, only at the-original Dispensary, at Windham, 1 Conn, by Charles Lee, brother of the late Dr Samuel Lee, Patentee of the above named Pills,who has ever since the decease of Dr Lee, (many yeais since,) pre pared them. The hill of Directions to the genuine Lee’s, (Wind ham) Pills, is alfvays signed in the hand writing of Charles Lee, and a Red Label is on the outside of' each box of the GENUINE Pills, over the Stereo type label, sigued by Isaac Thompson, Joint Proprie tor with the Original Patentee, and Wholesale Ven der ofthese Pills for the U. S. and elsewhere. I No Lee’s Windham Pills, but such as correspond with the above description, will the proprietors be accountable for. If purchasers will be careful to purchase no Lee’s Windham Pills, but such as are described above, they i will be certain to get the GENUINE kihd—but not i otherwise, as many attempts have been made, and are now making to Imitate these Celebrated Pills, which have for more .than thirty years given such general satisfaction to at. who have had the Genuine kind. (Jj=A!inost, if not all the respectable Druggists and Apothecaries in the principal towns and cities in the United States, who have been any considerable time in business, are more or less acquainted with the a bove fifts,: and QjrThe above valuable Family A/edtcine is for sale m l.tichfietd, by WS. Buel. and S.R. Childs, in Hartford*by H. Seymour, Lee, Hopkins But ler, Dr Bin!. Price 37 1-2 cts a box.