The Litchfield County post., 1829-01-22

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 AnecdOte.-We might d0ub; the trn,b ul the anecdOte we are about tO relate, had we not received it from an English gentle man who is not particularly fond of laugh at the eXpence of his countrlme The packet Algonquin, of this port, was visited, { at Liverpool, not long since, by Mr. Sec relary Peel, Nitended by the chief munici- pal officer of the borough wbo had voIun- teered to show II',u the lions. IL need not be s,id that these gentlemen were re- ceived with all poSSibfecivlily in return for which his worship the e\Mayor, whcu d. bout to leave, offered the captain a sovc- reign. He declined it with thcNimost po- lItencSS, obscving that all American could not accept a soOcrtign under any clfc,An- stanccs.-PhilodcIhi0 Chron. \
 
 Lord Mon$fetd and Je,c. 'Mr. Abra- ham, said lord Mansfield, ''this is your son, and cannot go in the same bad bond. !" "He ish not my son, my Lord." "Why Abraham, here are twenty in court will prove it." ''I will sllwear, my Lord, he ish not my son." "Take care, Abraham, or will send yon to the Kings Bench. ''- Now if your lordship pleases, l will tell you the truth" A'Well, I shall be glad to hear the truth from jew" My lord, I wash in Amsterdam two years and three quarters when came home l Gndish this lad /; and consequently, my lord, he ish but my son-in-law." "Well, Abraham, ,rejoincd lord Mansfield, this is the best definition of a son-in-law l ever heard.
 COngress.-A resolution has been sub mittcd by Mir. Sprague, for enquiry into the expediency providing by law that spirit ous liquors shll not hereafter be furnished by the government to the army, except when prescribed as a medicine by sur geon; and of prohibiting suffers from sell ling spurious liquors to soldiers of the ar my.
 The number of votes given by the peo- pic, in the choice of President, in twenty one States, (Soulh Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi, not being inclnded) was 1,l35, 5,216; majority for Jackson 1l9, ,3O4 The states of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, gave within l5,S79 voes ofthe number given by the other eighteen states, viz. 559,650.
 Stars and Garters !- No man has been so childish and ridiculous in lis airs, since the overthrow of Mr. Adams, as Major Mordecai, Manassch- Manuel Noah, Gov ernor and Judge of Israel, intended Sheriff of New York, &c. &c. &,c. He lately made the vulgar stare at his wonderful descrip- tion of the coming coronation of Andrew l. "by the grace of God, ,"&c. and gave notice that splendid "coach and four'' was preparing to convey the Republican Farmer to Washington, in style bccom- ing conqueror. Here we have some- thing for the new nobility. Down with the Aristocrafs and Hurrah for Jackson - Jour. Times.
 O." Jackson Star,. s. Ackerman & Co. 63 Vessey-street, have received from Philadelphia Jackson Star, to be worn at the approaching festival. It is composed of blue ribbon, tastefully formed around small medallion likeness of the General and is quite neat hing."-Noah.
 We have heard the following anecdote told of Com. Hull :-" As the Constitu- ton and Gurriere approached each other, Com. Hull had determined to withhold his fire, till an opportunity offered for an etlec- tual discharge ofa broadside on the near approach of the enemy. He had some difficulty in restraining the eagerness ofhis men, particularly as the Gurricre bore down upon them with constant firing but Hull necessarily repeating, Don't fire tiU Igive you tAe word don't fire, don't fre," with suppressed anxiety and a seaman's eye, watched the nearer and nearer ap- proach of his enemy. At last, finding favorable moment, and cautionng all hands to be ready, he shouted the commands, "Jsre," with so much vchemence, and with such sudden squat, and violent stamp of both feet on the deck. that tho naval uni form, particularly the pantaloons, Heing wary t;0ht ha Snlit the latter from inc knan