The Litchfield County post., 1828-11-27

ere WIN l0oiiShly hoid % upon their stock.
until Ghe prospect Of asw crop gives sesF-
tnl tokens that whest i not worth Sc the
bushel. In these cases ofgreat speculaiion.a
reaction must and win take place. As sub
saitnte Cor wheat, rye and cor0 win be cOn-
verted into bread stufEs Instead of whiskey.
and where barrels Of Hour have formerly heen
used. peckwill be haught merely Cor lux
ury. Where then win these tens OF th0us-
ands ofbarrels Of four end an outlet. at the
present high pricei For ten years Europe
has been cultivating the arts of peace, and her
soil yields an ample supply for all her wants.
No common event can make it profitable to
carry any of our last harvest there. South
America presents no opening for proEtable
shipments to any of her ports. The West
Indies always afford good market. but no
better now than In any former year. Cana
da wants but little. If any. Of our produces. and
| very probably none, at our present high pri-
ces; and while SO or even So is demanded
for the article. the American purchaser and
consumer will learn TO make ..Iittle go 4
great ways" thus leaving the Spectator.
some three or four months from this.as much
on hand as he will think it profitable to
keep through the approaching summer.
Since writing the above, we see that
New York date of the 18th says-.sHolders
are onrionsly looking Cor further advices from
Europe" We reckon they will look in vain
for profit upon the purchase money paid
for their -four. Again, Baltimore date Of
the 18th says-"Fiour has declined from
9 Ia to s dollars" Somebody will be sorely
quilted by this business; but If the farmers
come ofwith we'll filed purse, we shall not
regret the circumstance SO very much, al
though we have been Aeeced out of some 6
or 8 dollars Ivy the business.
NeU York, NOE. 24-"Since our las, (says the
Journal Of Commerce,l there has been decline Of
81 so to 81 rs in Floor" "Some small parcels were
sold on Friday aud Saturday the wharf, at 81 g."
The American says, "the stock in this IN W mar
ket large, in consequence OG the transactions being
SO largely specuat;ve:" and quotes wheat at 81 81
to 81 oper bushsl, and -four q, % rs to SO 90.
An Adams man at the West writes, " Ohio has gone
the Devil, and am about starting for Canada." NJ.
Yes, Ohio has gone, high and dry, for jackson, and
Old Ken,uck has followed close at her heels. Well,
! no matter; f jackson must come in, we are nncon-
cerned about the majority he may get: perhaps the
more the better, as it may operate a. check upon
his desire to "punish his enemies" We would how
ever sooner be exiled than yield him any support
More true Joy Marcellus, exied, feels,
ethan Caesar, with Senate at his heels"
1--WE would rather be John q. Adams, in the
peaceful retirement Of Quincy, than Andrew Jackson
in the loftiest place Of power and splendor,-for
believe that he will be shrned deep in his countrys
heart Of hearts, when the name Of his rival will be
brea,hed but in the execratons Of enslaved peo-
ple." N. E. RerieD.
But, our modern Caesar will hardly have the Sc
nate at his heels" Fortunately for the country, the
next Congress will contain majority Of Anti-Jack-
son men in the Upper House, whose fearless patriot
ism will throw barrier in the way Of the Hero's
furnishing his enemies"
=" jackson hns more Of the old Roman in his char
acfer than any other living" JacksoH quotation.
We learn from the Boston papers that Gen. Theo-
dore Lyman has been indicted Tor libel Hon. d.
Webster. The words set forth as ibelous, pertain
TO the disclosures of WIN. b. Giles, relative the rea.
sonable purposes, called OF certain distinguished
fcdcras;s, in 1908. Mr. Lyman appears to have ac-
cused Mr. Webster OF being Of the individuals inn
plated in that charge. We think Mr. Lyman. as we'll
as his Jackson supporters, must have made wild
mistake in calling Mr. Webster distinguished feder-
al leader in 1903. AT that time he was young law.
yer, just commencing he business Of his profession, in
Portsmouth, N. H., on Of the most thorough demo-
cratic towns in New England. Born and educased
in the interior Of New-Hampshire, with no disiin-
guishcd parentagc introduce him to public notice,
and depending solely upon those powers Of mind with
which Providence had 50 richly endowed him, it is
not possible that he connected with any Of the
deep designs Of the rabe leaders of the federal
party in another state. In not until some OF
10 years after this that Mr. Webster left his native
state for Boston; and a still longer time before he
took conspicuous par. in the politics Of Massachu-
sets. This trial, which comes in March next,
will doubtless eucidate many interesting particulars
in the history Of party politics some 20 years ago but
however much the patriotism Of others may be made
to suffer by the investigation are confident tina,
Mr. Webs,er's character will shine brighter by the
trial.
THE PRESS must really have suffered consider
ably in the public estimation Il late, if we are to
judge from the defeat of certain EDITORS who, at the
late elections, aspred at political honors. First, the
Hon. Charles Miner, of the Penn. Village Record,