Litchfield enquirer., 1829-06-25

NfO NNWWENa and was received with extraordinary marks of ofappPObaGiOn. There was he believed. a su- persfitiOus notion among the ancients, that m their battles the shades of the dead stood be- side them in the ranks and helped them to achieve their triumph. Certainly it had been 80 !n this great combat in it the great NaDd eloquent dead, still living tn the words of wis dom they had left behind them, were present | with their mighty aid. and the cOnquerOr fought under the shadows of their shields. It | was pleasing tO look back upOu past proceed | ings; still the pleasure was mingled with q degree of astOnishment at the strange shifting l of the political scene which had brought him, l malcOntent-Irishman, tn shOrt--tO appGaV there as the eulugist Of prime Minister of Great Britain, and a voter for statue. Pope use to say that he never would be worth 8 grOat. for he was born Papist and poet. :" Now, gentlemen, (cOntinued Mr. MOorr) this saying Of Pope, with the simple altera
 tiOn of poet to pOeIaster, will be exactly ap- plicable to me. {Laughter.) But l add third office to the catalogue, and so fur. have the advantage of pOpe. claim to be a proph- tt also. Many years ago. after the great vic tories of the illustriOus Duke, | followed up the conquerer's renown with that sort of penny trumpet eulOgium which a small poet -in ail respects small-c0uld contribute. afterwards regretted that praise, and became for the time an example of the truth Of the assertions of Dr. JOhnson-that poets are generally in too great hurry; but now blush no longer at it, since the Duke of Wellington is not only the cOnqueror of other lands, but the paciiicator of his own, (Cheers.) l con- gratulate you upon this event, and also that it has been attended with no bad consequent ces, in spite of all auguries to the contrary.- But am wrong. Addison makes his Tory fox-hunter say, there has been no good weather since the Revolution. In that res pect we also had cause Of complaint, since the passing Ofthe relefbil: but it is the only oDe. ," (Lpughter.) %I'@ The meeting brought its labors to happy conclusion, by resolving to erect statue to the Duke of Wellington, on tho base ofwhicl' are to he inscribed the names of the leading
 advocates of the Catholic cause. s4...s .t. Extract cfa letter from Smyrna of 22d March.
 As the season advances our anxiety increas-
 es. This summer ! certainly must believe
 will finish the contest between the Russians and Tnrks before which, however. much
 blood will be shed.-The Turks are going O.
 yer in crowds to Europe, and really believe if the Sultan were to order, literally and truly
 the whole population, they would go. Grea' as their struggle will be, cannot hope. fpl ultimate success. Every thing in my view , appears tO oppose them. Never has natiOE beer er dealt with to more unjust manneT.-- Reason and right they nave On their sides bH what will that avail them? If the capture Q l Constnntlnople is to decide the contest. it ap , Inenrs to me the Russians being masters at sei , have Only to dare the thing. and it will bt .as gyvHna OH .cnsc" ToassGHstacpie 1eie stnnaS IE after that, the war is continued, ifs resl.lt
 calculations summer will be to Us, in.
 hahitants of the Levant, time 0f great anx-
 ie'y. but hope, to us SnyyniOles, 0fn0 great danger.-N. r. American. .t<.E
 From tke Nes0- York Spectator. a$@ KEY WEST, May 9s.
 Departed this fife, at Key w est, on the a4th inst. William Allison McRea, Esq. late Unit ted States Attorney tor the Southern Judicial District of Florida, int the eSth year Of his age.
 While walking down one of the principal streets of Key West on Sunday evening last, he received 2S wounds from . double barrel. led gun, shot from the window of an adioin. the Mexican Navy; from the effects of which he survived not more than two hours. Be-
 tween Hawkins and himself. there had exis-
 ted personal difficulty for some months
 and 1t had been intimated to him, that he
 would be attacked; but, believing that he was
 contending with an enemy too honorable and
 brave to avail himself of an assassin's cover,
 he refused (thOugh urged) to resort to the le.
 gal means to prevent 1t; always supposing that
 he would be able to resist an open assault
 which he might receive. Thus has he fallen
 sacrifice to his own honorable feelings, and
 to the dastardly act of u coward, but he still
 lives in the memory of his friends, and tn the good feelings of the community. ar's
 In addition to the foregoing painful narra. tive, we learn that Hawkins and the deceased have fought two or three dnels. during the ex. istence of the fsld. They last met some where in the West Indies, and the deceased was then wounded by Hawkins, in the leg.- But his thirst for the blood of his victim was unsuitable. One story --and certainly the most
 charitable-is, that Hawkins has been insane
 these 5 years.
 Zrait of Heroism. tsINh late terribla ex! plosion of the steam EFigate Fulton which
 has cast such gloom over 0lr city. the mind seeks almost in vain for single incident upon which to dwell with complacency. We see iD It but one scene 0f black unqualified desO- lati0n--a shattered wreck. the only remnant of what once was the pride of human ingenu
 ity bodies mangled, bloody, sundered, and disDerseA ---snlN veafiRNs Of the unanlv fnrf,.a