Litchfield enquirer., 1830-08-12

Esa true "A late New-f1aven paper. the Religious Inteiigencer, contains account of visit of some body to what he calls his native home, within few hours ride of New-Haven." There are many pla- within that indefinite dcscrption.] The writer represents that he had been absent from the place a. bout twenty years; that when he lef it contnincd- for he is precise in this 'espeOscentytsro houses, occupied of course by twenty-two families; that many of the tenants were men of good standing. deacons, merchants, industrious mechanics, &c.; that on his return, after lapse of only forty years erevy one of the head of the families, and in the wife also had either died drunkards, or were confirm ed so,ssnd tn very many the children had foi lowed the example Of their parents This is the sab stance of the story, spread over page fthe Inte- gencer. For own part, we must say we do not be. liese the story. although n the outset, lest t might perchance by some be doubted, the writer endorses t as a true bill'-we say cannot creditit we do not believe there village or settlement tn any part of Connecticut, in New.England, oi the magnitude of ihs one, where the aOhoe popaatiOn are such
 irmed, beasty drunksrds this account represents Why not give ie of the village that the islander might be investigated, and put down proved to be true We wish not 10 be msunderstood-we are per. fecy friendly to temperance, and the temperance re- formation, and wish it ten times extensive tlan i but we nevertheless cannot approve of such wholesale stories being forth iBiO society unless they can be fully subssaniated. They calculated in our view to do the cause Of temperance infinitely harm than good-for they furnish strong reasons doubt the truth of GN statements upon the subject.
 We have received the first three numbers of the JowyRal of LGso, semi-monthly periodical recently established at Philadelphia. From the last number extract the following paragraph-coDveying good deal of tru,l-upon the Uncertainty efkhs La'o;"
 "A man falls into dispate with his neighbour, touching an account. any of the other matters Of interest or feeling which from the beginning of the world have been prone tO dispute aboat. The parties discuss she question with each other and pass through all the grada,ions of temper-from amiabIe civili,y to angry hosiy-which are usual O oral po- iemics. They part in most inAamiDg wrath, and the claimant before he has digesied the venom of his splees runs to his counsel tells his story in his own way iorgess those facts which are against hm-reates the rest with that of exaggeTaiion which s natu- raI to party-undertakes prove the whole case he has stated it-and asks Gor legal redress. Afier such an examination of the statement lnecessariIy
 mos, imperGect and inadequate examinaioB,) the counsel can make such an occasion, suit IS aecor- dinely iusiituted-the trial ccanes on-'he plaintiffs witnesses are heardshey reduce in great degree the coIosiag which the party himself had given; shs de- teudanss witnesses prove maay new facts. which to- tally change the cOmplexOD of the saseits decided in favor of the defendant and tho plaintd ever after eompIains Oethe smcvtainty ef ahs lav. The iapli, h s evident, was in himSelG hs had told tho 'Vutb ia the Gss. instance he might have saved hS money time, and temper"