Litchfield enquirer., 1830-01-14

The Members OC the Foreign Legations, tho
several Heads 0f Departments, Members &c
both Houses 1t Congress, OtAceFs, Civil Nil.
ltary and Naval, Of al grades, from the Gen.
erNl.tn. Chief to the Cadet, and from The old
est Commodore 10 the youngest Mldshlpman,
numerous AZ they were, formed but small
proportion OF the gathered multitude. The
Marine Band lent ns aid tN hNrmonl1e the
scene, and the day went of pleasantly, with
the exception Of little too much rushing nc.
ter refreshments, and she total contempt of
all ceremony, and indeed &c all propriety, by
portion &c the younger persons who were
admitted intO the mansion, but who ought
never to be admitted there again, unless ac-
! compNnird by elders wh0 will be responsible
Cor their good behaviOUr.-Ndt Intel.
We mentioned short time ago the arrival
Of Ex.presldent ADAMS In this city. He con.
tinNes here, with his lady, at the residence Or
his son, aud Il gave us pleasure to observe, on
New.Year's day, the large number of ciii.
4enS, residents and distinguished visitors Of
the city, who called on him to pay their res.
poets and greet him with the compliments or
the seasOn. Il was the voluntary tribute Of
respect to virtue and patriotism, Invested If
! the attractions Of power and the glare of of.
Ilce.-ib.
A remarkable incident occurred il the Vir.
ginia Convention on Friday. II was the cir.
| cumstancc Of Mr.. MadisOn's voting against
every other member Of tho Convention, on n
proposition, too, not his own. OF a great
variety Of projects Cor basis Of representa-.
ton, which have been pressed by their res.
pective authors for several weeks past, one
was deemed by Mr.. M. as the most fair and
| expedient, and he embraced It; but, It ap.
pearing In the end, that Il could not he CARR.
ed, and that one somewhat variant would
unite more votes, the friends Of the former,
| including the mover himself, abandoned Il for
the latter-the opposite party voting against
L Of course so that when the question came
up Ngreeing to the Rrst proposition, every
member voted against Il except Mr.. Madison,
who, seeing 40 reason TO change his opinion.
maintained his consistency by voting for H..
Thus Il was that this venerable and instrious
citizen whose name alone is ga tower If
strength" presented the extraordinary spec.
,aclr Of giving his solitary vote against the
whole COnventiOn.-lnteW.
A Singular Enc0mpment.- u
few weeks since In New Hampshire, aud be-.
ing obliged to take the stage s0"n after mid
night, we observed beside the road, not Ear
from keene, hrc and several persons en-.
camped around It. Close to them, on the
fences and trees, we deserted great number
Of dark looking figures, and as We were
scarcely yet awake from our night slumbers,
we hncrd there was m encNmpment Of a
handful of Russians, and horde Of Turks,
around, ready IL fall upon and ma ssacre them
in their sleep. How long we should have
continued In this delusiOn we know not, had
It not happened that smart crack "f the
divers whip startled the creatures which we
had inncich to be Turks, and quick cry OI
"Quit quit !" dispersed our dream and in.
formed us, that Instead OF Turks, they were
merely turkieS.
On taking n wider survey, We now per
ceived that some hundred Of these creatures
were occupying the fences and trees beside
the way. They were drove, and having
T got to this spot the night before, aud feeling
inclined to rest, had positively determined not
TO bulge another step; and perching upon
the nearest object, had made good their de.
termination.
Such. we are told, IL the disposition Of
these birds, and such the unanimity Of feeling
and resolution, that when in drOves the desire
Of rest comes upon them, they all, as one,
take to the tops of the nearest trees, build.
ings or fences, which neither fear nor per.
| sUasion can make them quit, till morning.
on them, as 1t often does, Car from any human
hahitaticn, the drovers have nW resource hut
10 indulge them IN their desires, and encamp
wherever the turkies cho"sc to halt to watch
over them, and prevent the dcpredati"ns Of
foxes, or guard against the prowlng Of AMI
mails still more rapacious, though endowed
with but half the number Of legs.
N. Y. Constellation.
Sam Patch OutdOne Were we thorough.
g"'"g believers in the Pythagorean doct' inc
| of transE1igraii"ns, we should have nn doubt
but the soul Of Sam the jumper had obtain
ed new tenement in the nrighhoring town
of POwnal. But whether that doctrine is
true or false, certain it is that a girl in that
town by the name of Ross. about fourteen
years Of age. performed n greater feat ut leap.
ing on Christmas day than Sam. in his best
days, ever dared 10 undertake. Miss Ross.
IL appears, had been to " Browns Mills" and
taken bundle Of r"lls from the Cardng.ma.
chine. with which she proceeded homeWards;
but thinking to reach home sooner by going
across the lots than by the common route, she
leN the road and proceeded towards her
house. Il seems that she soon lost her way,
and after wandering about for some time she