The Litchfield County post., 1829-01-01

tion oG Ihe eenial iaaesnce Whieh eya and Feeioos livery eNcsS over rcOple. Cor political ias'isT,i0ns srS in . aourJthsne condaioa; peVeF were pescc, plenty, and ha,qsn'e es showcred nore prCguSely uron aRy nation. Our country advancing with rar strides iu the path or national glory and prosperity, and assuming conspicuous station among the nations of the earth. Only few years have elapsed since the West, now Ieeming with wealth and a Rumerous pop uaiiOn and 6lled with AOUrshing and villages, was one vas, wilderness The Mispissrpi r"lled it's mighty waters in silent grandeur through an unbro- ken forest u was lost in the bosum of the Gulf "f Mexico Now it's bankr are a considerable extent studded with villages; the forests are disappearing before the axe of the adventurous settler. In the course of a few years, the great wild which now stretches to the Pacific Ocean, will probably vanish before the steady march of cultivation and civilization
 Let every one on this day review the events of the past year as connected with the incidents of his life during this considerable portion of his existence and determine whether he has occupied leach winged it flew" in the manner that he should have done And let all who have not, enter upon the pre- year resolving to spend their time usefuly, and in promoting their own happiness, well that of those around them. Let tke hand ot charity be tended to the needy and a spirit of fbenefcence and benevoIence pervade all. Let offices of kindness go round, and he recrrocated bv every one. In short, let all strive render the present year useful and happy one both to themselves and their friends and neighbors.
 GTAs this day dates the commencement of another year, would suggest to those who might favor the proposition, the proprety of refraning entirely from the of ardent spirits during it's continuance To- day constitutes new era in their existence let it al so constitute epoch in their practices, from which to date the origin of reformation.
 UOur readers may possibly be disappointed in not being presented with poetcal New Years Ad- dress, after the good old fashion. But that old ty. l rant, Winner has thrown his chains the harp strings of bards and feared that if we should attempt to mount Pegasus, might, smany ofour modern poets do, make ridiculous an appearance as a monkey while bestrding an elephant.
 CoIMEEDABLE.-We understand that the Jury at the December session of the County Court in this place. came to the praiseworthy resolution of ab- staining entirely from the of ardent spirits during ther juridical labors and that they accordingly used none while the Court remained in session, thus evin- cling their disposition to aid the great cause of moral reformation, by urging its importance with aprocticni argument which will have it's due weight.
 In relation ardent spirits being used by the town authorities throughout the state their annual meet ings the first Monday ofthe present month, cor respondent spritedly remarks-'We have the fullest confidence that the time is now come, when we shall not hereafter that spirits either necessary to sustain the select in their duties, a requisite medium to Hquid-ate the just claims against the toWns.'
 We observe that all the merchants in towns in no more spirtuoss liquors. Shall Berk shire be suf fered to take the lead of Ltchfed County in arrest ing the progress of intemperance
 0PTwo or three weeks since acknowledged the receipt off well written and sensible communica ton upon the subject of reducing the number of the 1 members of the House of Representatives of our State Legislature. We could not make room for il 1 at that time, but shall give it place in next as we entirely coincide with the writer in his views rel alive to the propriety and expediency of the meas ure.
 We this week present readers with abstrac of the Reports ofthe Secretary of War and the Secre,a ry of the Treasury; the Reports themselves too long for columns. In next shall giv e ab .ssssass Of the Reports ofthe Secretary of the Navy and Post Master General.
 It will be seen by the following, that Elias Boud- mott has renquished he editorial charge ofthe Cher l okee Phoenix, which he has conducted since it's es- tabshment, nearly year since, with ahilit, which would do credit to great share of the presses under the control of his more favored white brethren He was educated at the Mission School formerly in operation in Cornwall in this County. If the ques- ton the practcabity of cviiizing and educa- ting the of the forest ever considered prob lematica it is no longer subject ofdisputation. It has been ncontestby proved that the moral and intellectual condition of the Indians can be meIiora- ted through the medium of schools established for their instruction None will deny that the red man is endowed with intellectual powers equal to those of his white brethren if any skeptical upon this point, they referred to the speech of Logan, the Mingo Chief which Burke pronounced to be the perfect and touching specimen of pathetic elo- quence with which he had met in his researches. And it is the height of puerility to contend that the development of these intellectual powers is mprae-