The Litchfield County post., 1826-08-01
From the Spirit Gnd MGnmers of tke Age.
 RESULT OF MISSIOrtSs
lA SCENE IN THE SANDWICH IsFsA

"a SCENE IN THE SANDWICH IsAANDS.
 August 5. This morning went to Coxe ! intending to purchase some goats. kcxpect 'I ed tn find him as usual, either eleepings Q
 smoaking, or drinking, or busy tFailicking lik
 myself. .-The door of his hut was half open
 and was about to e.,ter uncerem0niCsisly \ when scene, toosstriking ever Go be forgot
 ten, and which would require the hand If 2
 master5painter to do it justice, suddenly ar
 rested my whole attention.
 l About a dezen natives of both sexes were seated in a circle, on the matted floor of the ! apartment, and in the midst of them sat John I H0noree, the Otaheitan catechist. (These catechists are converted natives who'are ap- l pointed te impart to their less enlightened brethren the instruction they have themselves receiyed.) All eyes were bent upon him :; and the variOusly expressive features of each individual marked the degree of interest ex. cited by what was passing in his mind. So absorbed, indeed, were they in4their rehec- tions, that my abrupt appearance at the door created for some time neither interruptiok nor remark. The speaker held in his hand the Gospel of St. John, as published at Otaheite, and was endeavouring, by signs and familiar illustrations, to render its contents easy of comprehension. His simple and energetic manner added weight to his opinions, and pro ved that he spoke, from personal conviction. the sincere and unpremeditated language of the heart. < - .s y,. l.a
 The chief himself stood in the background, a little apart from the rest. leaning upon the shoulders of an attendant. A gleam of light suddenly fell upon his countenance, and dis closed features, 0n which wonder, anxiety, and seriousness, were imprinted in the stron- gest characters. He wore no other dress than the, marc round the waist; but his tall athletic form, and bust seen bending over the others shoulders, and dignifed demeanor, marked at one glance his rank and superiority over all around. One hand was raised instinctively to his head in pensive attitude. His knitted brows bespoke intense thought; and his pier ciDg black eye was fixed upon the speaker with an enquiring. penetrating look, as much as tO say,-" Can what you tell us be reaily true! gazed for some minutes with mute as'onishment, turning my regards from one to the other, and dreading to intrude upon the privacy of persons whose tisne was so usefnlly employed. At last the chief turned round, and motioned with his hand in digni fled manner, for me to withdraw. | did SO but carried away in my heart the remen,- brance of scene to which the. place, the people. and the occasion, united in attaching peculiar interest.-M Mathison's Travels.
 Lo! THE PooR IND1AN.-A Letter from gentleman resident at the Colorardo riv- CT, (Mexico,) to the Editor of Louisiana paper, dated April goth, says" On the 2d- inst. party of Indians, l6 in number, came to the house of one of onr citizens under the pretence of friendship, but in the course 0f the day bccauc very impu. dent, and manifested signs of hostility. I, was, in consequence, thought advisable to embody parcel of men not for the pur. pose of defending only, but also of attack. ing them. Runners were immediatel, started through the settlement for that pur. pose theyswere attacked at daylight on the succeeding morning, and thirteen of theil number were killed, the, balance, three o I them, two of whom wsre wounded, esca. ped to their village. Spies were sent af. ter them to ascertain. ifpossible what nigh, be their future intention, who upon arriving at their village, found them all in lamenta. tion and hustle, and who were not permit,
 ted to stay among them. They could learl
 nothing decisive, except being told :" tha
 the Americans were not good" Undel
 the apprehensions that they will seek {,
 revenge themselves of the whites, we has
 all left our homes and are fortifying cur
 selves in the interior with all speed but |
 much think this unfortunate even, will
 be the ruin of our settlement.
 AsgfM DsGtk ef Sab6atA Breaker.-
 The following nionitory narrative, says th, editor of the London Wesleyan Methods
 Magazine, we have received from cor
 respondent on whose authority we can full ny rely. The occurrence" he says
 took place few years ago. I knew th
 gentleman alluded to and am we'll ac
 quainted with the person who is named a I being intown with him From him recei
 ved the statement of the fact. a few day l after it happened. That person also bein, new dead, I feel myself at liberty to com
 municate itatoyo for publication.n
 ME D.. a gentleman engaged in a,
 extensive manufacturing concern. in .op,
 of the midland counties, was called to on, don on business. After being engaged t;l t late hour. one Saturday night, he said !, 3 confidential person in his employmen, who had come to town with him, "Wcll st-s we cannot settle our acrour,. .,