Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1831-06-23

statement and in the face Of it, gives some circum-
stances to slow that there was negligence, most cub
pable negligence. the part Of the Captain in the
management of the boat shat when the engineer, who
s among the killed, wished TO let of the steam, the
captain couniermanded the order; that the engineer
was said 10 have remarked to a lady whom he WA
handing on shore in hurry, that there WAS very
heavy pressure Of steam, thereby intimang The dan
ger OF an explosion; that il was observed from the
shore that there but or three nEfs Of steam
escaped before the explosion took place, &c. The
matter is said will be further investigated by the au
thoritcs ofWestchester county.]
The " Cabinet RGts"-The following sportive pa
ralei, after the manner Of Putarch," as somrbodv
remarks, We copy from the New-York Wing. twill
afford amusement, ut least, TO some Of our poltical
readers:-
"A Rat! dead, for a Ducat !''-Ths is what the
prince Hamlet said when he thrust his raper through
the arras and let the life out Of POonious. Nov,
this Foion'o"s was shakespeare auctore) a neddYe-
some Secretary OF State, in Denmark, in former lavs
and " is curious to what remark able parallel 10
tins Danish case, the political history Of our own times
ca" f"rnish-'he coiucidence.is very affecting. Er
eph gratio, as Presden, jackson might say: for he
said set t~ Brute !" to Mr.. Calhoun. Poionius was
Secretary Of State: soas Mr.. Van Buren,, Polon;.
US meddled with the affairs of Hamlet, who was mex,
in place to the King Of Denmark MrVan Is,reu med
died with the affairs Of Mr.. Calhoun next in place 10
the President; Hamlet gave the ncddling Dane his
qa'ef"s, and Mr.. Calhoun has done as much for the
meddl'ng American; Hamlet did it with bare bod
Kin" and Mr.. Calhoun with sharp pen : Polonius
thought he safe behind the arrs but vet he was
pierced Mr.. Van Barren hatered himself he was Sc
curey cealcd too but he was and hrouoh
quite as tin cartain aud, finally, as Hamlet, when
he made his lu"ge, exclaimed ga rat % So have Mr..
Van Buren's counrymen exclaimed upon this fight
from the Cabinet, with the feashere shaft of the Vice
president trailing from his side" rat q rat ~
Indeed the parallel does the lawyers say run wpon
all tours; it is great deal closer than that which
Capt. Fiewwellen drew between Henry 5,h and All
exander the Great. =,
Though this Danish case rreGgures "a the foregons
conclusion" Of our ExSeerearys fate yet il 10 by no
means the only omen that is lrownng upon hiss. Ma
ny publlc Journal which echoed the praises Of
the hmderho0E Statesman, has turned its columns
against him or maniiests cool determination to cut
his acquaintance. The ColumLa Telescope, the pa.
per W which the famous DR.. Cooper and his disciples
cacdiae the value of the union has roundly ,enoun
ced Mr.. Va" Buren,; and the nulGers, generally we
believe, have raised their war-cry, and made their
onset upon him. We do not mention this however.
as anything dscredi'ale TO Mr. Van Buren, hut mere
" as a changeof opinion or rather Of Language, and
AZ a" indication of his waning fortunes But other pa.
pers OF different stamp, TO he growing shy Of
HIM. The Geo. Journal, Crawford paper, the State
paper OF Georgia, and one which the ALBANY Argus
has Sfen exteed for the souudness Of its republican
ism, is one Of this sort. The Journal, moreover it
should be ohserved, has always been very hostile 10
Mr.. Calhoun.
This paper, speaking OF late occurrences in high
life, and Of certain individuals who figured in them,
said, not long ago" Between him [the Kiaaerhook
StatesmanJ aud the rest Of them (certan mwlifvine
pe"pic II is six of one and hafa dozen Of The others.
The country whcuid be emiaeny blessed get rid of
The sohole Of Them provided their places could he sup
Piled by men who would put the Interests Of the comn-
try in the first place ia their Affections and their oGn
nggrandsememt in the second.'' What an nsinua,.on
here is against the public spirit and disinterested pub.
Tic vitae Of the exSecrelary Of State The editor
of the Journal could have seen the late lucid letter
Of the ex-Secre.nry t. the President, in which he
states explicitly that he is public spirited, and that he
quits the cabinet for the sake Of the public good. l,
is unfortunate for The Secretary that his
lions better received In whatever the fugitive
Secretary says, does, resting running, every bo-
dy seems I" be smelling a rat II lhinga SO on, or
rather go of. at this rate, the philosopher Of Kinder.
hood will shortly be er-magie;an and eraster spi,u
as well as cx-Seeretary and he w!I, finally, some
Tennessee orator Once aaid. "slope of into perlcc
rclracy.""