Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-10-29

his countenance 10 very frequently illuml.
mated with smile Of choorEOlncss. Mr.,
Monroe seems somewhat more broken, but
perhaps misfortune has been quite az busy
with him as time. Gov. Giles lNbors Wn.
der q physical lntirMlty, which renders Il
necessary that no should have an easy chair
In the Convention. His eoUntenance Is
not prepossossing. Mr.. Randolph looks
much as no has done during tho last two
or three years. His cough still clings TO
him, although he 10 making constant efforts
to eject Il; whether his cNrpinv habit nd.
heres to him with as much portiHacity, time
alone can disclose. Whether The present
Convention will result In any extension of
the right Of suffrage 10 doubted by some,
although It 10 probable that this doubt 10
not well founded. But Il may, with more
reason, DO questioned, whether such aM
extension will DO agreed to as tho voice and
interest Of tho Western counties require.
Boston Pailadiam.
1Ne Niagara A6air.-We find In tho
N. Y. Spectator particular account of the
proceedings ut Niagara Falls OH tho 9th
and 9Th inst. The fate Of tho schr. Supe-
rior has already been mentioned. Owing
TO- some delay IN erecting ladder, the ce-
lebrat0d Sam Patch did not make his Jump
until tho afternoon Of tho 9Th. The ladder
from which he jumped was erected ut the
foot OF the precipice below Goat Island,
midway between the British und American
Falls, aud was 1875 feet high. We make
an extract from the article ia the Spectator;
AZ 4 o'clock precisely, he was thore
and both shores were sprinklcd with PEG.
Pile, while tho trees and cliffs of Goat Isl.
and bore respectable testimony to the pub
lie curiosity. IL now came on to rain li,ri.
ously, and Sam, who Ii more of q wag than
most people take him 10 DO, concluded thu,
It was not prudent 90 jump In tho rain, lest
he should get wet. But with tho greatest
patience, the audience endured the peltinps
oftho pitiless storm for an hour--un.il they
were all as wot as SO many drownded rats.
II now broke partially away, and Sam
crawled out from cleft in rock, dressed
In white, aud quickly assembled tho ladder,
amidst cheers so loud that they would have
been heard tar abroad, had II not been for
tho roaring Of the turbulent Niagara. At
length he reached the pinnacle, whore no
sat tor q moment like sea.gull upon tho
corner ola cloud. Now he stretched him.
self to his full length-bowed as gracefully
as no could TO the tlomen-kissed his
hand 70 the softer sex, and made his fear
iul leap. "What a fall was that, any eo0n-
| trvwness.o lie s@~i. down -s,vusvelly, W,,sf
disappeared In tho whirling cauldron, which
closed upon, and boiled over him. "He
has made an everlasting leap," said an old
man. wiping away o tear. 81 wonder if no
was told 60 look for the bones Of Morganl"
inquired q little old man who looked no
though he wanted to 90 70 tho Assembly.
And some said one thing and some anoth.
or. But Sam heard none of ,hem-he be-.
ing full five fathom deep, down below
1t was indeed a wonderful, u prodigious
jump, such as mortal man had never made
before; aud the fishes must have stared
some, / reckon, when he popped In so sud-
denly upon their unvisilod kingdom--a pro.
vince which even Neptune himself, uor any
of his tritons. had ever yet dared TO visit.
II was now time to look about for the new
messenger to the deep and the boat piled
briskly round the eddy to seize him by the
crown as seOn as be should rise to tho sur
face. But Sam didn't choose TO favor them
with his custom, and he continued to scull
himself ashore uDperceived by any body,
and the next that was seen of him he was
discovered clambering up the rocks like
soaked muskrat. He was received with
hearty cheers, and the people oil scamper-
ed home to dry their clothes and talk eran-
diloquently Of tho hero Of tho day."
A curious Cotton Merchant.--A few
days since man calling himself William
Budget, came to the village of Scotchtown
in this county, in company with two ladies,
one of whom he had recently married in
tho city Of New.York. Tie bride had
friends in this part ofthe state, Of respect
able standing, with whom they sojourned
while in the ncighbOrhood. The gentle
man cut considerable swell manifested
much importance, and occasionally was
somewhat insolent. For his own amuse.
ment, nothing more, he made free use Of
his whip upon the highway for which spi-
rited act he was unceremOniously brought
before justice Of the peace bu. the mat
ter was settled at the solicitation of the
good people of Scoichtown, by his paying
out of the abundance Of his purse a small
compensation to the individual over whose
back he had displayed the suppleness Of his