Litchfield enquirer., 1829-03-05


 nations of the inhabitants, ,who had assem- bled around him, cast his eyes upon the multitude, and perceived in one of the cor ners of the square a stone cutter, who had 1 been induced to quit his work, by the cu- rioSiy.which animat ed the crowd by which 1 he was surrounded. The indifference of tiliS man excited the curiosity of Napoleon; l he wished to know something about him; and passing through the crowd, urged on his horse until he arrived close to him.- What are you doing there 2 said Napo- leon. The workman raised his eyes, and recognized the Emperor am cutting stone.' 'You have served under me, quickly observed the Emperor, ,who recog- uized an old soldier. It is true, Sire.'-'| You were present in the campaign of E. gypt, you were brigadier in such corps 2 Yes, Sire 'Why have you quilted the service ? Because had com- ple,ed my time, and obtained my dis charge.' I am sorry for it-you were brave man-I shall be happy to do for you any thing in my power--say, what do you require from me ? 'That your Majesty will leave me to cut my stone in quiet my work suflices me am in want ofnothing.' This trait brings to mind the interview of Diogenes with Alexander; but the modest pride of the Greek Philosopher was not e. qual to the stone cutter.-F0rss paper.
 RED JACKET.-There was time when we looked upon this chief as proud rem- nant of that heroic race whom we must yet mentally honour as lords of the soil. We had even viewed his incorporate habits and hatred of missionaries, if not with compile cency. at least with char1ty.-The former had the plea ofhabit, ,plan:cd by intercourse with tl,e whites, and confirmed by an old age spent in that intercourse the other tn" plea of ignorance, and that experience in the insidious arts of the white men, which might easily lead stronger minds to spurn what they would offer, however plausible it might seem.-But when we see him the hero of the forest--the oak of his tribe following the sckening fashion of ,ravel- ling lectures, s,-holding talks for money dancing in museums and theatreS,-we know not which to despise most, the vanity which moves him or the cupidity of his
 fattcrers who hang around him, and make him mere monntebank for their own prof. it. Red Jacket, twenty years ago, would scorn to hold talk for n,oney,or to exhibit tho sacred dances of his tribe to be stared at by curious and sneering strangers. But his country is in ruins. His warriors are wasting away. The strength is departing from him. His forests are cut down, and his game has been driven far from his hum ting grounds. Why then should he be proud any longer 2 There are none among the mighty of his tribe to make him glad, ,Or to mourn when he is no nore.--C C0tsktW Recorder.
 4 fish out of Water.-Lord Nellie was 1 amusing a company with an accout of sermon he had heard in America, in which the preacher related the miracle of St.An- thony preaching to the fishes, which, in or- der to listen to his pious discourse; held their heads out of the water. can credit the miracle, said Henry Erskine, if your lordship was at church. certainly was there, said the peer. Then, rejoined Har- ry, there was at least one fish out of srater.
 7he tor0ng vay to Cork.--Mr. Kenny ,the popular dramatist, in drinking glass of wine, inadvertently swallowed a small sub- stance which was floating in the glass, and which nearly choked him. A friend see. ing his distress, and anxious to proclaim to his companion the sad state of the casc, exclaimed, "itis Cork gone the wrong way" don't know whether it is the wrong way to Cork, said wag who was present, but it seems very likely way to kill-Kenny. . >"
 Move furtker.-When Gen. Lincoln went to make peace with the Creek In- dians, one of the chiefs asked him to sit down on log. He was then desired to move, and in few moments to move further. The request was repeated, till the general got to the end ofthe log. The Indian thcn said move further; to which the general re- piled, I can move no further, am at the end of the log. Just so it is with us, said the chief, you have moved us back to the water, and now ask us to move further.
 It is healthy to laugh ; it is also a human prerogative. Yet often so much folly is blended with the ridiculous, that the sen- sation is not always agreeable. Whenev- CT one is not inclined to laugh at any ab-