Litchfield enquirer., 1831-07-14

have stated that Eaton and Randolph altern. ately occupied the treasury building iN the treasurer and registers rooms with view to N personal assault upon me, which | have termed assassination; for although had re- ceived notice Of MT. Eat0n's design, l dVd uOt believe that either he or Randolph would at- tack me, unless they could get behind my back, or take some other advantage. therefore considered the threat as a cover tor n dastardly attempt to assassinate. | have not said that the treasurer. register and 2d aU. flitor were privy to the design of Eaton have only said that the rooms Of the two for mer were occupied ky him while tying in wait, and that each of them was in his com pany. Now it is admitted by MT. Eaton that he was seeking personal rencOntre with me on that day-and the exculpatOry statements ofthe officers named, without even the aid ot a acrOss-examinatiOn. leave the mind lrres'stI" blv to infer even more than have stated.
 have remarked that the note Of MT. Ea- ton indicated prcdeterminatiOn for quarrel. This is clearly proved by his seizing as pre-. text for it, a newspaper statement of tact v~h;ch had been notorious in the city Of Washington for two years past, viz: thGt my
 f,m;ku refused to Uisit his. This fact he well Encw could not disavOw. He did not even alle6ce that had said any thing to the dis n.ragement of his family; and I could nor L.ve d;sayowed the fact upon which ne hau nrej;catet, his menace, unless l would nave raosonted to he hullied into statement which o.arv hodv knew to be false. My reply to L;s n,.pace was neither more nor less than an
 .,n.on;vocal refusal to disavOw the fact that n,v Gm;lv had refused t0~visit his. The 0n;lt or innocence of his wife, never was m oontroversv between MT. Eaton and myser. He never complained that l had made any charges against her. She had been char ped hv others with offences against soc'ety which had excluded her from 1t, long before ] went to Washington; and the attempt was to compel me and my family to associate with woman whom the resPectaoIe soc'ety of that citv had deemed unworthy of such "nnntanonce. resisted this attempt, and th;s ia inc complaint of Mr.. Eaton, for which he sought my life.
 4 Prophecv.-Tn looking through an o'o file of the New-York Statesman. says tne Albany Evening Journal, while mat paper was under the Editorial charge of the lament ed CARTER, our attention was attracted |" ser;es of communications. bearing the sigma tnre of " HERAcLIrus." They were ascrlbed Inv the Editor of the Argus. to the pen of the late GoY. C1rNfoN. with how much truth it is not for us to say. Thesauhor certainly pos sessed a thorough knowledge of MT. Van Btu rcn's character, as may be gathered from the following paragraph, which closes number addressed to '' Martin Vdn Buren, mo'O, or formerly, cf Kinderhok, Pursairant cf tue LGW"- "It is understood that you look to for eign embassy as the dernier resort of your ambition, and as the closing scene of your political hOnors. Let US suppose for mo- ment that you are transferred to Paris, the central seat of science, and the metropolis of human knowledge. Let us further suppose that you are enrolled in the corps cf diplomat ioue, and that you occupy the seat that has been filed by Franklin and Jay, Armstrong and Adams. Livingston and the Pinckneys l the curiosity of that great city would be ex'
 cited ta pe MinistGr. af tP6 far tpWstt
 be its astOnishment to fad the places of those
 distinguished persODages. occupied by man
 nuiia c0gnitione rerun,, ,nuiG ScsntG ornGtuS ;'' fribblc, a sciOlist, a smatterer; a political grimalkin, purring over petty intrigues, and musing' over sinister stratagems of cunning, without elevation of mind, or dignity of con duct."
 7He Erecution.-The two pirates COllinet and Gadett were executed at Boston on Fri day morning at half past 8, on the jail wharf, The Boston Patriot says the prisoners con- ducted themselves with becoming fOrtitude, and were accompanied to the scaffOld by the clergyman of their respective religions. They died without a struggle and to appearance without pain. A vast concourse of people assembled on the neighboring wharves and in boats opposite the place of execution. We were sorry To observe however thata number of females were among the crowd, contrary to every feeling of delicacy and propriety-- Alter the bodies had hung the usual time they were removed to the Jail Yard, where under the direction of Dr.. Webster and in presence of great number of scientific gen tlemcn, the power of the Galvanic Battery was applied with great success.
 An incident took place just before inc com
 nencement of the galvanc operations, which showed that neither the march of intellect nor the power OfphiIosophy has quite exter-
 minated the reign of superstition. A person sad to hc afflicted with some scrOfulous com. pIaint made his way to one of the dead crim-
 naIs. and, seizing the hand, rubbed it on his face and neck-it is presumed, in compliance with the ancient notion that such an applca- ton was a sovereign remedy for the king's eVI.-Con. Gaz.
 Stephen GirGrd.-It appears by an article in the Boston Transcript, that this gentleman. so generally known for his extensive business in the city of Philadelphia, and as generally respected and esteemed for his good qualities ot heart, rose from the humbest condition in