The Litchfield County post., 1828-10-30

| the mere pleasure OF SAVING money, which
! he cannot ,rry hence with hm-ho' like
dead weight it may hang upon his soul at
the last moment of his existence There
are few suCh-hve or ten in million; and
what wretched creatures are they? Most
| men, sensible that they must die, are dis
posed to enjOy little of he fruits OF their
tolls: and nothing is, perhaps, more neces-
Sary to the enjoyment of society, or self
satisfaction III Tetl emtmt, than well IN
formed and virtuous mind. 1t gives zest
to all things in prosperity, ami is the best
resource in adversely. Newspapers, tho
not always conducted with talents and re-
spectability, are the best possible channels
for obtaining an acquaintance with the at
fairs Of The world, and to implant desires
in the hearts of the youth for more
solid reading as he goes on to maturity
In truth they are the great engine that
moves the moral and political world, and
are infinitely powerful to establish the
character of a people, as we'll as to pre-
serve heir liberties; and cannot be so ca
silly dispensed with as some persons believe
unless, indeed, we think the trouble Of
self-gpvernment is too great, and agree to
transfer the power of the state to the few
that are ready to use it for their own adj
vantage. But this cannot be the will of
the people of the United States yet OBJ
serving however The too general repug-
nance to reading, that, (though it prevails
less with us than in any other country it
is the duty of those who feel the pleasure
and profit of it, to smooth the way to it,
and afford every facility that light and
knowledge may be difused. can armed
people, and an unarmed magisracy," said
Dickinson, sis he best guarantee of free
DOM" Aud while the body of the people
read, reason, and reAect-wh'le the press
is free and literally supported, the sword
of the magistracy is pointles, except it is di-
rected to execute the will of the people,
Hew important then is it that that will
should result from an enlightened mind?
Niles Reg.
AMus1NG-FOssu Remoins.-It will he
remembered that the Rev. Mr.. Buckland
distinguished himself few years ago, by
discovering a cave at kirdale which he
proved to be the dining room of antedilu-
Wan hye4,aS, that had in this retreat feast
ed upon elephants and water rats, and loft
nothing but the teeth of these tit-bits, just
as records of their good living, and bones
of contention for future naturalists and cos
mogonists. The same ingenious gentle
man has lately had the good fortune r. iod
a piece of red sand stone, bearing upon it
the traces of an antediuvian tortoise's foot
steps. The whole geological world has
been in raptures at this discovery; and in
order to make sure of the fact, that he
steps traced in the stone were the steps of a
tortoise, a meeting of the Society was held,
and some soft chalk was prepared ,on which
modern tortoise might make his mark,
and thus authenticate, as it were, the sig
nature of his ancestor. Every thing being
ready for demonstration, and the interest
! of the scientific company being wound up
TO the highest pitch, the tortoise was pla-
ced on the chalk, and, first of all, he fatty
refused to stir 5 ep. The members, upon
this, very properly waxed impatient, got
in rage, and began kicking and banging
him about, and maledcting him in a very
moving manner. They had much better
lants, for when he tortoise was at last pre-
vailed upon TO W Tx, he insisted on walk
ing IS straight DIS an arrow; whereas the
antediluviAn toroist,'s march was as crook
ed as rams horn. The Society were a.
ghaSt al the discrepancy. Various argu-
ments, however, were used to console
them. Il was suggested, that the tortoise
might have forgotten the true manner of
walking while confined in the ark; and
that owing to this circumstance, the prop
er step might have been lost by its descen-
dants. Or it might be, that chastened by
the deluge, his slow race had returned to
the path of rectitude, which they had, in
the universal degeneracy, deserted for de-
vious ways. Or, perhaps they had one
way of walking on red sand stone, and an
other on soft chalk: one manner in pri-
va e, and another before scientific behol-
ders.-Lond. Mag.
The following anecdote is related of the
late Adju ant General Sir Henry Torrens:
On the I'd of October, 1879, severe
action was fought near Alkmar, in Hol-
land; and some of our officers, among whom
was Sir Ii. Torrens, imagining that they