Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-10-01

SUI TISeS ugHlu, tue DOunuIeSS Verdure O
the whole provincc---a whole empire. in
truth will be changed. In the morning.
lhore will be hardly green leaf to be
found. Before this week is over, 90 where
you may, through the superb wilderness.
you will meet with nothing but gay, brill
liant, scarlet, purple, orange; with every
possible variety of brown, lgh, blue, vi
vid crimson, or blood color, Orall tho
trees, none but the evergreen tribe will
keep their integrity. They will show n
long the baltlementS Of tho mountain
darker than ever; like so many architec-
tural ruins, or surviving turrets-in the
splcndor of the surrounding landscape.
No, no: it is not saying too much Of all
this beauty of+ll this great n,agnificence ::
when the fresh, cold, brisk wind of the
season gets among the branches, after such
a night, aud blows up the superhuous leaf
ing to the warm sunshine, like a tempes,
among prodigious demonstrating and
scattering the tulip-colored foliage over all
the earth, and over all tle waters: no, il
is not saying too much, merely to say that,
under hcavcn-lhroug!,ou all the vege,a-
BILE crea,ion-there is no spectacle Of beau-
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compared with it. lmaginc--wc do not
mind appearing little absurd, if, thereby,
we may give the stranger true idea of
this appearance -imagine, thercCore,a great
Wilderness ofpoppics or ulips--outspread-
fling itself on every side !; reaching quite a.
way to the horizon, over hill and over val
ley--or wood literally encountered !:
heavy, with great, gorgeous, live butter
flies, forever in motion.
eve have been traveller: we have
looked upon The dark Norwegian woods
their dull evergreen towering up into the
sky-covering whole provinces: woods,
too Of stupenduouS oaks-each tree, if tho
soil were divided, ovcrshodowing mans
inheritance Aourishing bravely through
whole territories /; more than one quiet,
solitary placc-entirely shut in by hills {;
Towering all over, oil the year round. But
| we have never met with-never heard Of
mover looked upon, elsewhere, that pro-
fusion Of glorious vegetable beauty which
is TO be seen every Fall, in the woods OF
North America heaped up, on all the
banks Of all the rivers--up to the very
skies-on the great mountains or accu-
INFLATED over the low counlries-and wei.
tering there, all the day through, in the
light or shadow, or wind, or sunshine, Of
the season. "-B0st0n Yankee.
;! France and Algierss.-The Dey Of Al
! gIers has a sort of easy lmpudonco in hi
composition that is quito amusing. II,
walks along his ramparts, looks very com.
Iposedly at 1900 pieces of cannon, g. snap,
his fingers at the feet of"la belle nation,
with much self-possession. There arc
three frigates, two brips, and a ship Of the
line, bearing the lily flag, lying before the
harbor of Algicrs, under the name and ti-
tie of blockGdimg squadron. But in spite
OF this imposing array, vessels sail in and
sail out OF the port, and a corsair OCCASION
ally sallies forth, takes prize, and returns
home, apparently ignorant Of the fact that
there is a hostile squadron on the watch for
him. This is so provoking that the Dey
is about to have his town bombarded, and
his castle pulled down about his ears. At
least it is SO said. Tho Sandman Consul.
acting as Il peace-maker, takes the DEFY by
the hand, and says, my dear sir, il you
don't behave yourself, the French will
blow up your town, and make you feel ve-
ry uncomfortable" The DEFY makes Il
bow, takes the Consul to the window
doubles his thumb and three fingers, and
points to his twelve hundred cannon. So
it goes. Meanwhile commerce suffers in
that quarter. The truth is, it is high time
for the French to put forth their strength,
act seriously and finish this business. We
do not think much Of the Dey, because he
does not help our friend the Sultan, and
therefore we care not how soon he is made
10 behave himself. For one consideration,
however, we recommend that little mer-
cy should be extended to him. He dues
not misuse his prisoners, by selling them
for slaves, placing them in the galleys, or
clothing them in feather breaches, and o.
bliging them to hatch chickens, as was
done of yore. They are well treated. All
their cause of complaint arises from their
being located in the neighborhood of the
menagerie, and being often wakened by the
roaring of lions and tigers. This produ-
ccs an occasional sacri-a shrug-a wish
for sunrise--a turn of the head-and then
in five minutes they are all asleep. Once
in while his Highness liberates half a
dozen, by way of showing his good humor.
In this particular he deserves encourage
ment.-No0h.