Litchfield enquirer., 1829-12-31
DESCRIPTION Ur LORD BYRON.


 1 [From "Vivian Grey."1
 Ifo one thing was moro characteristic of Byron than another, it was his strong, shrewd common sense-his pure, unalloy- ed sagacity. I was slightly acquainted with him in England, for was then very young. But many years afterwards met him in Italy. 1t was at Pisa, just before he left 1 Genoa. ! was then very much struck at the alteration in his appearance. His face was very much swollen, and he was getting fa'. His hair was grey, and his countenance had lost that spiritual expression which it once SO cminen,ly possessed. His teeth were decaying; and he said that if ho ov- CT came to England, 1t would be to. consult Way,e about them.-T certainly was very much struck at his alteration for tho worse. Besides, he was dressed in tho most ex- travagant manner. He had on a magnif- cent foreign ioraging cap, which he wore in the room, but his grey curls were quite perceptible; and froggcd surtout; and he had large gold chain round his neck and pushed into his waiscoat pocket. l imagined, of course, that glass was ate tachcd to it, but l afterwards found that it bore nothing but quantity of trinkets.--- He had also another gold chain tight round his neck, like collar. I was not long at Pisa, but we never parted, and there "cs QnlY one subject of onversation-Eng- man, in whom tho 6.a malaadsc dap pSyer S,.e met !" strong. Byron was certainly at this time restless and discontenled. He was tired of his dragoon captains, and pcnsioned poetasters, and he dared not to come back to England with what he considered a tar- nished reputation. His only thought was of some desperate exertion to clear him- selc It was for this he went to Greece. When I was with him ho was in correspon. dence with some friends in England, about the purchase of large tract of land in Co- lomba. He affected great admiration of Bolivar. The loss "f Byron can never pe retrieved. He was indeed man-a rsal man; and when say this. ! award him, in my opinion, the most splendid character which nature need aspire to- Byron's mind was like his own ocean, sublime in its yesty madness-beautiful ir , glittering summer brightness-mighty il F the lone magni6cence ofits waste of water . -gazed upon from the magic of its owl l nature, yet capable of representing, but a . in glass darkly, the natures of all others The Pennsylvanians are queer sort o ] good folks. In other states it is though . going the hog enough (to use the elegan
 Kentucky phrase) to fno bachelors wh' r voluntarily are such. Not so in Pennsyl l vania.-Mere marrying is not an excuse l if he has not family of fine rosy children 3 -three boys and four girls us noisy as { | m.n.l :. i. G.oohIa st, Dnnnevlvn mia to a considerable extent. There is 6 tax in that state upon collateral inheritan- ces-tha; is-a married man who happens
 to be childless, cannot leave his property
 to his ncphews, nieces, or other relations, without paying heavy tax into the troas- ury. 1t is said that on some occasion this [ tax has amounted to several thousands.-- , Several of the wealthy chldless capitalists , in Penn. are determined to leave the state , before they depart this life, so as tO evadc this tax. We wish they would come to this state. A man can die more comfortably in New York, than any place we know ot: r A man who has no children we do not call 1 a sinner. Even bachelors are permitted P to live and breathe here. They have ] however to giv0 our young women very r pretty ball On St. Valentines eve every
 year, and this saves them from the tax . which our friend Gen. Mcclure once s ,hreatened.-We say to the Pennsylvani- P ans come and die in New York-nO dan- ]. ger.-N. Y. Courier.
 AdUiee tO Gke COnsMmptiUe. Vigorous |, exercise, and free exposure to tho air 0 are by far the most efficient remedies, ir [ l nulmonaEv consumntion. lt is not. how.