The Litchfield County post., 1828-12-11

maintain their swNy and how are light and knOwI-
 edge to be disseminated among people except by
 means of the press Newspapers indispensably
 necessary ume the Egyptian darkness ofignorance
 and upersliiion as is the pFestn of the dis | uel the gloom of night Our own country, in whic
 he press has the most liberal support of any in Il | world, is a happy exemplifcation of the vast b's
 which public journals exert in society Yet how mA ny there are even among us, who, in order to save ptful sum annually, will deprive themselves and their families of these useful vehicles of information
 they cannOt agord to take a newspaper. Such men are to be envied neither their wisdom nor economy. GFWe have received well written communica- ton fro,n an unknown correspondent upon the sub
 iect of reducing the number of the members of the
 House of Representatives of State Legslaure.---- We entirely coincide with the writer to the PrOpr- civ and ex,,edency of the measure but must decline inserting his communication least for the present.
 It is sagely intimated by some of the "knowing ones," that the President elect intends 10 spend the coming winter in Philadelphia, school, and that
 Enelish Grammar will constitute the principal branch of his studies. Now if such should prove to be the fact, and his wife make up her mind to spend the
 winter at the .Hermitage," and keep boarding house. as she has been advised to do we think they
 will he very appropriately employed; and we shall be
 inclined to give the General and his lady much more credit for wisdom and prudence than we have hcre-
 tofore done. After all that has been said about the
 Generals stubbornness and headstrong disposition, we should not be surprised if he should make very
 tracable and docile pupil attend studiousy to his les
 sons, and prove an assduous scholar. At any rate, it certainly can be no discredit to "dero" even of
 ",wo wars practically coincide with the assertion of one of the most eminent Statesmen of the age, fiat .sthe Schoolmaster with his Primer is more formidable character than the Warrior with his Sword.' Nathaniel Macon, that statesman of by-gone age, has resigned his seat in the Senate ot the On,ted States. He has been member of Congress tor thir- ty years without interruption Never hatter a woman of strong sense---you only
 disgust her but weak woman will receive tt grae- | fully, and repay you with interest," An English writer describes dandy io he ''one who
 has been left orphan by manliness and taste, and 1 who no longer remembers hts last parents
 i Mr. Webs.er's great Dictionary has just been pub l lished.
 SUSPENSION OF LAWS. Abraham Laws was hung l in Sussex last Jnly, tor forgery.
 l NEW CANDIDATE.---The advertisements of the l Chatham Museum ,n New York, headed "Hur- | rah boys for Mr. Puuch." Only put General iD-
 stead oi Mr. and keep the .Hurrah'' going. and we 1 would bet on "Punch'' for the next President. 1 REMARKABLE.---It is affirmed in a Georgia paper,
 that Early, who murdered by Desla, was himself
 the assass,m of indvidua in that slate about two
 years snce Desha, it will be recollected after com
 inilring two murdess despatched himselt Early was
 the son ofthe Governor of Ge0rg ia, and Desha that of another Governor. There seems to be something like "even handed jastice' in these events.
 INcoNvENlENT.---A Belvidere N. J. paper says, ''a
 number of oung folks n this place complain that they
 cannot get married because there are no houses in town to rent. There Is no fun in "ove in iub,when l the bottom's out"
 | Ore containing pure tin has lately been foun in 1 Goshen, Mass. Should there be supply of hs met
 al it will be source of immense wealth, al that is l now used in this country is imported frem Europe 1 A finished Gambler has no heart. The companions
 with whom he herds would meet, though It were iD an apartment of the charne house: lie would play up-
 on his brothers coffin he would play upon hIs father sepulchre.
 Unerampled Hardihood.-We have read the account of tho celebrated Putnam boarding l wolf in her den, and have almost been tempted to laugh at Sawney when he caught the wild boarby the tail to save
 his companion. We have as strange, and a
 more terrible tale to relate, which lately oc- cure d in this neighbOrhOod FAO brothers,
 living on or near the PocUnO mO0ntain. in this county Stafteu upon tne tEdCM VI :" Pe''S.s
 accompanied ny their dog. After pursuit of some miles, they came up with this savage of the forest. who was immediately attacked by their faithful companion. The panther, however, got the better of the fight, and sci
 zed poor Tray by the throat. ln this slt"a-
 ton the dog and panther rolling heels over Lead, neither of the brothers dared fire. fear ful of killing the dog who was great favour
 ite. At length however the youngest of the brothers, afraid that the poor dog would be
 sacrificed, and forgetting the danger of the at
 tempt, threw down his rife, and resOlutely
 seized the panther by the tail !! At th's criti. cal moment. the panther still keeping hold of the dogs throat, and the young man of the panther's tail, the elder brother approached,
 and fired the contents of his rife into the head of the infuriated animal. and thus saved both
 brother and dog.-Penn. pa.
 Libel Suit.---Gen. Theodore Lyman, jun. is indicted in Boston for libel against the Hon. Daniel Webster, contained in late
 number of the Jackson Republican. The ar ticle asserts that Mr. Webster is one of those
 ..federaI leaders," of whom President Adams
 as asserted, that they were ready to dissolve |athe Union, and unite this part of it with Eng land in time Ofthe late war. The defendant