The Litchfield County post., 1828-09-18

ed by the plumber Of a few houses in their
path, must have undoubtedly carried the
town at one rapid charge with their spears.
4 field piece however, was sOOn brought
to bear upon them; the muSquestry CALLED
their tanks, and the whole mass of Sava-
ges rolled backwards with immense loss
to The deep recesses Of the foreSl. The
loss of the colony was wounded and Z
children taken prisoners. On the 29th OF
| Nov. the attack ,S renewed by twice the
number of natives, and at this time, at two
opposite points OF the town. The conflict
was long and severe; but again the AL
mighty gave victory 10 the cOlonists; and
the savages defeated at both points, retrea-
ted across the Mesurado. This was their
last attack. Since then, under the care OF
Mr.. Ashmun, the colony has advanced
with one steady pace, to condition OF
prosperity, unparalleled in the annals Of
colonization. He reconcled the discor-
dant materials which were yearly arriving
from America he encouraged the down
cast he minstered to the sick he conso-
led the bereaved in the hon: of deep afflc-
ton; he taught all that their shield was
the Almighty's Arm, and he imprinted on
| each bosom the sentiment of heartfelt pi-
ETY. towards their Omnipotent Protector
Toll was pleasure in the cause which he
had espoused, and death has been the con-
sequence of his unremitting labors. With
an uncommon judgment, and most feel
ing heart, quick to decide, and still quick
er, having decided, to execute, he was one
whose loss is almost irreparable. In AZ
RIGA, we know he will be long truly mour-
ned. The colonists looked up to him
with reverential love, and the natives deep
in the interior regarded the white man.
of the /" far country as superior being.
He aimed not at the rank, the wealth, or
the power Of his world; but when the
names of the politicians and the rulers of
this day, like the highest spray on the
summit Of the wave, shall have sunk for
ever in oblivion, the memory of the sin
gle white man, whose energies reared and
fnstered the germ Of mighty nation, shall
survive SO long as the continent he was
the means of civilizing, shall endure.''
THE WAY TO THE PIT.-A young man on
| reaching the door of Theatre. overheard Que
Of the d"hrkerpers say. "This is the way to
| the PIT ~ Having had some instruction in the
word of God in early Iife,he interpreted what
the man said, that the employments of the
Theatre led to hell. The thought haunted
him; made him cease fr'q ning CT amuse-
nents; he became attentive to the things of
the soul, land was afterwards preacher of the
Gospel.
The Vulturs Pover of Sight.-Prof. Lich
pnstein remarked, when travelling in South
Africa. that ifan animal CHANGED to die in the
midst of the most desert wilderness, in half
an hour there was seen high in the zenith, IA
number Of minute objects descending in spir-
al wheels, swelling in. magnitude at each revoiu-
ton. These are soon discovered to be flight
Of vultures, which must have observed from a
height viewless to the human eye, the drop
ping of the animal Immediately marked out
for prey.
ALBANY, Aug. 25.
One of Douglass s. Dunn's tow boats
which arrived here on Friday, from N. York,
had goods destined for the State Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and
Tennessee, and the district of Michigan.
We are told that contracts have been made
for carrying goods from New York, by tn,
way of Albany and the canal, for SO 25 a
hundred to Pittsburgh, and for SO IS a humid
red to Cincinnati.
Here is the most striking instance of the
great benefits of our system of internal i'm
prOvements-Yet the children of the man
who did almost all to effect it, W ere colby &
nngratefully turned off by the legislature OF
New York. with ten thousand dollars ~. Y
Da. Adv.
Dartmouth College.--The annual COM
nencement at this College was held on Wed
"esday last. The degree of A. B. was con
Irrred on Al young gentlemen, that of A. M.
on 16, that of M. D. on 10. The degree OF
d. ID. was conferred en- Rev. John Smith,
Noah Porter, and Warren Fay, and that OF
l.. l.. D. on Hon. Charles Marsh.
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