The Litchfield County post., 1826-08-01

and bitter hatred in mans heart tO induce him to write. or publish, such string of ca dummies against fellow man, t is good that the word should see, and detest, the Spiritwith which he is actuated.
 "Against Mir WicklifFe can feel no strong emotions of resentment. for his wanton. un- provoked, and cowardly efforts to injure me- as heis so notorious LIAR, that he can scarce ly be believed, sukeTe he is kwOsCR when he tells the truth, and is so base VILLAIN in principle, that consider his censure and abuse as the highest and most Aattering applause of my conduct. To enumerate all the untruths ut- tered and published by this man, within the last five or six years, would be task almObt ae endless as to count the stars, or to number the grains ofsand upon the shores of the ocean. {" "Nature, in forming him scoundrel, has, fortunately for himself but unfortunately for his country, denied him courage. If by his natural disposition, ke was as prone to the commission of murder, as he is to the giving of false testimony against his nighbour, he would long since have expiated his crimesup- enjoyed the benefit of useful public ex- ample.
 ''His mind appears to be great reservoir of ffalsehoOd--an inexhaustible fountain of lies, from which there fows perennial stream of calumny, embittered by the base malignity of his heart" as .y
 During the ceremonies at Petersburgh, Va. in honor of the memory of Adams and Jeifer- son, on the 18th ult. just as the orator com menced his address, the cry of fire was heard, and the audience, instead of being instructed with an historical account of the.actions of those political patriachs, were compelled to rush to the rescue of their ill-fated city. The fire commenced from stable, and resulted in the destruction of 20 houses and stores. It isi said tile town was fired in three places at the same time, evidently the work of ofincendiaries. Again on the 2fst ult. were the unfortunate inhabitants of this devoted city reused to &C., ton by the cry of Fire! The fire broke out in a range of wooden buildings on Walnut St. generally known by the name of A Allison'sRow, These houses were erected immediately after the great fire in 1915. and having been built of combustible materials, at the time in a very dry state, the flames spread with astonishing rapidity. In less than an hour thirty houses were swept away by this destructive element As to the origin of the fire nothing is known with certainty; probably some of the fruits of that unhappy system which our southern brethren deplore, which they would cheerfully be freed from, and for the existence and con- tinuance ofwhich they are not accountable the system of slavery.
 ''W'ooden Nutmegs" outdone.--lt is said in the London papers that some fellows in the west of England have been selling cucumbers made of Plaster of Paris. This was indeed a vulgar imitation of Yankee contrivance with out displaying particle of Yankee shrewd- ness; for unless the cucumber is rare plant in that part of the world, such an imitation of them would be buying money at dear rate. & as -aoe-
 FOR THE COUNTY POST.
 A CHARACTER. @
 The capability of accommodating one's self to circumstances is one of the most important particulars in human character. The World sometimes calls it versatility, sometimes Ack- leness, as they are disposed to premise or to blame, but the character of Anselmo which am about to dclineate shows that it may be consistent with strength of determination and 6rmness of purpose and be an instrument of great power in governing others. Many men are guided, in life, by no fixed plan, but are the slaves of circumstances. Heating wherev- CT the current of good or evil occurrences may chance to bear them not SO with the char acter now under review. He started in life with previous determination to accomplish particular objects and to make every thing bend to those objects, whether principles of his own or other minds or circumstances of life. Hence the motive of that power of accommo- dating himself to the characters of all near him:
 His perception of the shades ofhuman char acter were 30 nicely discriminating and so quick as to appear almost intuitive; in time so short as to seem to others to result from the capability of seeing the thoughts and mo- tives ofthe heart he was master of the princi- pies of association that guided the heart; and knew how any thing would affect any indi. vidual with whom he was conversant.
 Joined to this power "of seeing quite thro' the deeds of men," he possessed such facility of ofgoverning his own character and concealing its principal traits, as to enable him to assume any garb he chose eand so to act in it, as if in his proper dress.-In the words of the apos- tie. though with different object, "he could