Litchfield enquirer., 1831-04-28


 greatest difficulty ny MrsJeffersOn himself.--- But the moment he breaihed his last, every thing of his creation On that eminence, ,ss t sympathising with his dissolution, itself began tO -dissOlve. And less than i've years have worked decay and desOlatiOn, which hut for the certificate of the calendar, might fairly be counted as the, product Of long age. And In i've years more, at the same rate, there will hardly be found among the ruins a place fit fer the nest of an 0SsI. !Sic transit gloria mGadi. It is indeed an ,interesting spot. as the tanciful creation and the philUsOphie retreat Of a great and honOred Dan. But it is hOly-dseply s0.y What is not Alrca- dy decayed and G.IIen, is rapidly Crambling. The storms of heaven are working their way '9tv the once proud apartments, and iut0 the most secret places. The whole exteriar and 'nterl0r,-the very penefs0fia, ths. drsansiiaFiss ot ihA, hoalselsold gOdsa-(f (fnr Ms. Jefferson had them In abundance,) exhibit nOught hat, the marks of a farmer spleIdid mansi0n, richly furnished and lGxUriantly sustained. tenanted oy proud spirits, who, at some suddeW fright. had fled tn cOnsternatiOn. hastily catching up their most valuable and precious things-lea- v'og every apartment and every 1O0r strew. eu with spOlls--and never returned to pick them up. or adjust them. ;. ~y"6 UCO Ut UUts dGueTSOuA 0tu CEeOs lDIy informed, rernained for months unresnO- ved. and its furniiare in allthe disorder of one Just vacated by the tenant of night--his clothes and slippers just as he had dropped them when he last lay down--his table, books aud papers. as he had left them---and the en-. tlre fur0lture Of his apartment undisturbrti from the irregular and dis0rdered dispositions ot his own feeble and dying hand. Eec~n- tric meNeDtOs of affection indeed 1! such ,un-- donbtedly Was the intention :--.as if becoming reverence forbade the touching of any thing he had last touched. This room, however, ( or rooms, there being two separated by an aicOve, in which still Is affixed the bedsiead. on which Mr. Jeffsrson expirpd,) is now prin- cipally vacated. and thoroughly exposed through the windows. to vulgar gaze. The Library, an adjoining apartment, and equally exposed, is still sirswed in the utmost disor- der. with fragments of furniture, philosophi. cal apparatus, papers. aud books. There is scarcely an apartment in the house, which does not contain relics of furniture-some of them quite valuable. But they appear like the spOils of deserted rnansion-and desert- ed n haste. All is still and chcerless as the vault of the dead. The great time-kreper, and time-teller. the clock, is there-but 1t has ceased to strike. Nothing performs its for.
 
 constructed weather vane. And that will probably soon cease tO obey the jacoOstant winds-by the impending disorder Ofits flame work. ..., .- .a
 The plan of this edifce. in its tOut ensemble of inside and out, is as heterogeneous and as as that of tho Capitol Of Wash ington. The eye is constantly impressed. aud at every turn with an aifecta!iOn Ofthings rare and things fOreign- ] question whether there be material feature in the whole es. which is not either the creation 1 Of MT. JeffersOn's own fancy, or, a copy of something he had seen in Europe. ln archi. lecture he was an enthusiast. Indeed he WAS an enthusiast in every thing. His mind-his whole temperament was constructed for emi- nent virtues. or for eminent vices. And for- tunaiely for his country and for the world, his patriotism and his devotion to civil liberty were his dominant passioDs-excepting only that his willingness tO. have credit for this was not less strong. His social af- fectiODs, we understand, were kind.-and his manners courteous.
 As have intimatsd, Monticello is rapidly fulfilling its destiny as naked, forgotten des- OlatiOn. No probable, might say no l,Osyi- b'e. human motive j: likely to arrest its course. And the grave yard too. would, that faml- y pride. or iIial affection, or some pious rev erence for the distinguished dead might re- deem at least. the grave of Thom0s Jefferson from its present unmarked Obscurity-and set up xn enclosure tO rescue it from ih.. tread of the prowling and senseless brute.
 IL is really amusing to see the asperity with which the two divisions Of the Republican party commanded by Generals Van Burrn a0d Calhoun, speak of each other. We have heretofore given few specimens take the following from the Salisbury Carolinian, for another Speaking of Mr. Van Buren, that little paper says" He Is an intriguer, and comes from New-YOrk, which gave birth tO the only trGitors in the United States-Ar- mold, Burr, and Armstrong;" We say n0th- ing of the logic of this sentence hut 1t ap. pears to US, that the abuse of the prints lriend. ly to Mr. Clay is rose water compared to that which flows from the presses of their OppU- nents.
 Hol as ths Noush-The Fayetteville (N. C.J Jour- nal mentions that hail s.orm which lasted aboUt an boar, was experienced in that place tse 4ih inst. during which stones fell of about the size Of pigeons egg.
 Self Elusfro ,iOn.-In the Jamaica House of Assem- bly,. motion being made for leave to bring is bill o preven. the fraud of whar6pgerS, Mr. PasI Phillps member Sf St. Andrews, rose and said-" ME. Speak er, I second the motion the whar6ngers are te a man, a set of rogues know it well; s00s say- self tor ten ysars.' .t..t-ef.-.
 The Alsxandsia Gazette states, that Mr. Whasson Rector, who was nomioated by President Jackson as