Litchfield enquirer., 1829-04-09

Presents and Presidents.- President e. stbt is truly lucky man. He not only sue
 seds tn the extent of all earthly ambition, Nnt his constituents seem determined to re- Nsard him for his success. Presents of the nbod things of this life flow in upon him in aach prOfision that it occupies one haIf Ot the ti'ne of one half of his negroes to stow them aasay. One presents him with an elegant R0ver, to protect and ornament hts precious head; and begs he will wear-it tO the glory Of eolumbia The gallant General lifts his old asAne. and renlrs with due solemnty, in effect, fhat hc will. Another sends him pair oi ssrine hang .up Boots, with similar request. Me susnect howevtr these were not a good 6t: for the General replies that he will "h0ng fkem uD" (under the second section we sup saOse) :. as memorial 10 stimulate him to fu- lnre deeds of glory and patriotism " Pro ai-gi-ous, as Dominic Sampson says. One nresents him Cloak, another a Hickory Wdlking Stick Szc. until they rig ort the old I. Tennessee Farmer" as dandy of the first Avater. Then comes the edibles-the real substantial knife and fork prOvender-the true old fashioned table forage. A cream faced yankee sends him Cheese, which it requires two yoke of oxen to draw, using, it is supposed. a tenhogshead. .cistern for hoop, a 'SOpus mill stone for follower, and steam engine for cheese press. A Kentuckian, who .'goes the whole hog" sends him prime barrel of Pork and, not to be out done, the New-YOrk butchers, after slaugh tpring the tremendous mammoth Or Presi dent" sends him a quantum suf. of surloin steak, roasting pieces, &c. which the Gen. eral politely and m,odestiy assures them shall grace his ''hospitabie board' in due season But all the queer gifts which he has yet re- ceiyed from his loving subjects, that which was lately sent him from Mr. TobiQs (not Peter) Funk, from Pennsylvania, is the cap- sheoc It was nothing less than BARREL OF WHISKEY!! Yes, a barrel of the real old siing0-what is sometimes. n the west crn country, called rye-m-the-shieC
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 We find the following jeu d'esprit in the Augusta Courier:
 "The HICKORY TREE has begun 10 drop its nuts. The first five or six that have fall- rn, we are afraid are defective. It is said to he the same with hickory mats, as with other fruit. Some do not mature per(ectly-cth CTS fall because the limbs have sheen eaten round by worms. In the present instance one Brunch is thought to be drfective-anOth CT we know. is Eaton. But, from whatever cause. they may be now expected to fall very rapidly. It is March, and the winds which usually prevail, will bring down the expected fruit in showers. We are told there are mmI- titudes in waiting to gather them np. as fast as they can he thrown down. We wish those who may be successful in the scramble, all imaginable pleasure tn cracking then."
 An order from the Adjutant Generals of. fee recites the proceedings ofa Court Mar .;ai, convened at Jefferson Barracks on the gath December last, at which William Hut son Orffart, of the 9th Regiment of Infantry, was arraigned and tried. The first charge a. ga'nst h'sa~vas for descriion from Jefferson Barracks in April iast, the second for re-rn- listing at Natchrz in the following May, and receiving part of the bounty, while a desertcr; the third for deserting in June from the post at Natchez. To all three the prisoner plead ed guilty, and was sentenced to be shot. The following is the order from the Department:
 War Department, l7th Narch. 1929.
 The proceedings of a General Court Mar. ,ial. (Capt. B. Riley, President) in the case of William Huston. alias William Hart, pri- vate in the United States Army. charged with the crime of assertion, and sentenced tO death, has been submitted to the consideration of the President.
 The opinion is entertained. that while the conduct of the soldier presents no mitigating circumstance which in state of war would demand the interpretation of the pardoning power, there is atthe sa,ne time nothing in it, of character which, at n period of pro found peace, requires the punishment of death. He is pardoned.-But in thus inter posing the arn, of mercy between the offend cr and the law, the President desires it not to be considered as an evidence of his future course. The soldier who voluntarily steps forward to serve his country and afterwards hy iorsaking her adds perjury to the Aban d0ninent, can have no well founded claim to mercy; and hence should not expect it. Painful to the feelings as such executions must prove. fla warning of the Consequences, so olten given. shall fail of effect. mercy must cease to plead, and justice have its way. By order of the President.
 n. JNO. H. EATON.
 Re,card Of Treason. copy from the Gazeite of the U. States the following par agraph: !" An article from Samaria says, the